As always, I recommend sampling before you buy! I have not read most of the new releases listed (although I always end up one-clicking a bunch as I prepare these posts LOL).
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WARLORD’S RETURN (CHAMELE BARBARIAN WEARLORDS BOOK 6) by Cynthia Sax
Ariq is a barbarian warrior seeking a war. He locates that battle when he meets Xareni. * * *Ariq is one of Chamele’s top warriors. A genetic predisposition to fighting, paired with intensive training and experience, has honed the scarred male into an effective killing machine. He loves war, can’t live without combat. The Succession Wars, however, have finally ended and the Chamele sector is now at peace. Seeking excitement and purpose, the barbarian warrior accompanies his Second to the Refuge, an outlaw settlement on Carinae E. He hopes to locate the battle he’s been craving there. Ariq finds that conflict and more when he meets his fated mate.
Xareni owes the Ruler of the Refuge a favor. That’s the only reason she has returned to the settlement. She doesn’t like crowds or structures or a certain barbarian warrior who insists on following her everywhere. It doesn’t matter that there’s a connection between them, that he makes her burn with desire, that he looks at her with heat in his dark eyes. She’s a monster and monsters don’t need anyone.
AIRSHIP LEGENDS: ADVENTURES OF THE PHANTOM SABER by Various
The legends of great airship captains all have one thing in common: A ship unlike any other. The Phantom Saber.
Ships know no loyalty, but privateers, air pirates, vagabonds, thieves, and merchants all answer to someone…Step aboard the decks of the most feared ship in the Queen’s Merchant Navy and experience the adventures of hidden royalty, pirates, privateers, thieves, murderers, stowaways, merchant sailors and more. Will you be brave enough to join the crews of the Phantom Saber?
HOW THE MULTIVERSE GOT ITS REVENGE (THE THORNE CHRONICLES BOOK 2) by K Eason
After avoiding an arranged marriage, thwarting a coup, and inadvertently kick-starting a revolution, Rory Thorne has renounced her title and embraced an unglamorous life as a privateer on the edge of human space. Her new life is interrupted when Rory and her crew–former royal bodyguards, Thorsdottir and Zhang, and co-conspirator Jaed–encounter an abandoned ship registered under a false name, seemingly fallen victim to attack. As they investigate, they find evidence of vicious technology and arithmancy, alien and far beyond known capabilities. The only answer to all the destruction is the mysterious, and unexpected, cargo: a rose plant. One that reveals themself to be sentient–and designed as a massive biological weapon. Rose seeks to escape their intended fate, but before Rory and her friends can get Rose off the derelict ship, the alien attackers return. Rory and her friends must act fast–and wisely–to save themselves, and Rose, and maybe the multiverse, too, from a war humanity cannot win.
CAPTURED FOR THE ALIEN BRIDE LOTTERY (KHANAVI WARRIOR BRIDE GAMES BOOK 2) by Margo Bond Collins
Somehow, I knew my name was going to be drawn in the Bride Lottery—the hellish agreement that Earth’s leaders had made to sell us to the aliens who protected our planet. I’d grown up with the propaganda. It was our civic duty. Men registered for the draft, women registered for the Bride Lottery. No way in hell was I going to be handed over to some giant man to be brutalized into bearing his children. Instead, I cut out my bio-tracker and walked away from everything. I should have realized they’d send one of those hulking, brightly colored aliens to track me down and bring me back. Never did I expect that he’d be devastatingly attractive. Or that we’d have to go on the run from the evil Horde trying to destroy both our planets. Now that we’re together, can I ever run away again?
WASTELANDS AND WANDERERS by Various
VS Note: Why yes, I did pre-order this LOL! You know me and post apocalyptic tales! Not listed as romance.
Who do we become when the world burns? Governments collapsed. Cities crumbled. Society as we knew it perished. Worlds of privilege and desire turned into wastelands of peril and deprivation. And yet, we survived. When necessity outweighs desire and every day is about getting to the next, what will we do? Can love and hope endure in the harsh ruins of humanity’s destruction? Will we rebuild civilization or are we doomed to wander the wastelands forever? Find out in this limited-edition collection of tales from the end of the world. When everything we know is dead, we are finally forced to discover what we’re all made of.
MYADD (VAXXLIAN MAIL ORDER BRIDES #6) by Sue Mercry and Sue Lyndon
Pregnant and alone, Sienna feels she has no choice but to sign up for Vaxxlian Mail Order Brides. She’ll have to marry a complete stranger, but she’s desperate to provide a real future for her unborn child. When she meets Myadd, she experiences the first glimmer of hope in ages. The huge muscular alien is sexy as hell and sets her pulse racing whenever he comes near. He promises he’ll always protect her, but how will he react when he learns she’s carrying another man’s baby?
Myadd is a skilled warrior in need of a human female. Once the mail order bride service finds him a match, he immediately travels to Earth to meet Sienna, and Star God, she’s perfect–kind and sweet and beautiful. Everything he ever hoped for in a mate. Though she’s initially shy and nervous around him, she soon blossoms under his careful attentions, and a boundless passion ignites between them. But there’s a chance they’ll never make it off Earth. Sienna’s been keeping secrets, and powerful forces don’t want her to leave.
SPEED (AETHER CHRONICLES BOOK 3) by Abi Barden
When their secrets are threatened in London, the Makers leave the country. Inspector Jenson heads out too, hunting dangerous traitors. Feeling alone, Amethyst falls in with an American team developing a new aetheric engine. When their success draws interest from a private investor to test the engine’s capabilities on Pendine Sands, a trip to Wales is called for. When the elements of her life come crashing back together, it’s not just Amethyst who’s in danger. In a high-stakes game of engines and intrigue, some people will try to change history forever.
AR’TOK (BOOK 10 IN THE GALAXY GLADIATORS ALIEN ABDUCTION ) by Alana Khan
Star – I’ve been completely alone on this satellite since my parents died four years ago. I’m human—an illegal—there’s no safe harbor for me anywhere in the galaxy. I hadn’t allowed myself to acknowledge my soul-crushing isolation until my nightly conversations with Ar’Tok allowed me to connect with another living being for the first time in years. When my oxygenator malfunctions, he races halfway across the sector to rescue me. Although he looks nothing like I expected, it’s not his appearance that’s the problem. Ar’Tok – Since she didn’t recoil at my scarred face and body, Star will surely hate me when she learns of my shameful past. Not even the gladiators know the truth. Maybe a miracle will happen when we share Blessed Peace Week together on the infamous Pleasure Planet.
AN ALIEN CHRISTMAS by Juniper Kerry
Ashley loves living on the alien planet of Beshtast. Nestled in a human outpost, Ashley experiments with all the new and different foods, cares for the chetta and her fellow pioneers, and lives a safe and quiet life. The only disruption to her tranquil life is Tal — the recluse alien who lives in the barn. He barely speaks, and seems more irritated by her than anything else. Still, something about him calls to her. When the seasons change, and the crops run low, Ashley decides to travel to some of the small villages in Beshtast. She hopes she will learn new skills that she can bring back to the HuManor in time for the holidays. She doesn’t expect Tal to volunteer to join her. Can she keep her feelings to herself?
Tal has never liked other people very much. Since his time on the training fields, he has always preferred to keep to himself. But when he meets Ashley, everything begins to change. She is so tender, so kind, and so damn sexy. He lies awake in the barn, thinking of her. When she decides to journey deeper into Beshtast to explore, he volunteers to accompany her. He has no plan; he just knows he cannot be apart from her. But sharing a bed with her is starting to prove more tempting than he could have anticipated.
ALL YOU CAN HANDLE: THE SOLARS DUOLOGY BOOK 2 by Natalie J Damschroder
Alec Ross lived in his sister’s shadow until he was recruited to join an underground organization dedicated to keeping peace between solars and humans. Pax Solis gave him purpose in his work as a handler and a way to keep his deepest, darkest secret from ever being uncovered. If his feelings for his top agent are getting complicated, well, no one ever has to know that, either.
Delta Verrett has always known her path. The child of two high-ranking Pax Solis agents, she grew up in the secret organization and now works to contain any threat by those with extraordinary powers. Alec is the best handler she’s ever had, and their track record is impeccable. If her attraction to him is getting inconvenient, well, maybe it’s time to address it head on. But “addressing” it triggers something dangerous, and the timing couldn’t be worse. Pax Solis is facing its biggest challenge in Helios, a group determined to steal solars’ power and who may have compromised Pax. And that something dangerous may mean Alec and Delta can never be together…just when they’re coming to realize they don’t want to live without each other.
THE MOCKER (AUCKLAND STEAMPUNK BOOK 4) by Barbara Russell
Auckland, 1886. Pregnancy isn’t the happy, easy period Isabel thought it would be. She feels sick all the time, and her empathetic power is gone. On top of that, she worries that Murk will never be attracted to her again. But as a woman disappears during a magic show, she has to put aside her personal problems and focus on searching for her. Unfortunately, the missing woman is found dead a few days later while another lady goes missing from a boutique.
Without using her power and after giving birth to an invisible baby, Isabel has to find a way to catch the kidnapper while saving her marriage.
TAKEN BY THE CONVICTS (PRISON WORLD BOOK 3) by Julie K Cohen
They all want her. Only four will succeed.They say being convicted to the prison planet of Veenith is a life sentence. Melina Archer would argue that point. Granted, she’s stuck there for the rest of her life, with hundreds of rapists and murderers. But her ex can’t touch her there. The only ones who will be touching her Are the four prisoners who’ve taken her. The soldier who wants revenge against her, The mute bodyguard who kills with no remorse, The con man who sees her as the ultimate deal to line his pockets, And the man who holds almost as many secrets as the prison planet. She doesn’t know these men, but she needs them. And they need her, more than they realize.
ANZIL (GLADIATORS OF THE KRIX BOOK 2) by Miranda Martin and James D Horton
Kiara – I’m a marine. It was my responsibility to protect the generation ship but I failed. I can’t fix the past but I can change our future. Twelve women were captured besides me and we’ve all been sold into slavery on this insane planet called Krix. Before we arrive at our new master’s home, we’re attacked and four of my girls are captured. This shit just gets better and better. The situation has changed but my mission is the same. Protect those I swore to, no matter what it takes. I will rescue my missing girls and then I will win our freedom. It’s not only our alien ‘masters’ that stand in my way though. The biggest problem may be Anzil. He’s big, red, with a rock hard body, and sexy as the devil he could almost pass for. I don’t know if he’s an ally or an enemy but I do know that he makes my heart beat faster, my breath come short, and he’s made it more than clear what he wants. Me. Can I trust him? Can I rescue my girls? Can I save us from slavery?
Anzil – I am Primus. The best that House Batius can put onto the sands of the arena. I’ve beaten every gladiator and every monster they’ve sent to stand against me. No one dares stand against me. Except Kiara. She’s tiny. With full lips, dark skin, an unruly mop of hair, and a backside that is made for tumbling. But she’s also brash, loud, and a highly skilled fighter in her own right. She isn’t going to back down for anyone or anything and the more she stands up to me, the more I want her. I’ve never questioned my life as a Primus, owned by House Batius, but if my female wants freedom? I’ll take on the entire planet to make sure Kiara is liberated. I’ll do anything for what’s mine. And she is mine.
SEVEN OF INFINITIES by Aliette de Bodard
VS Note: Not listed as a romance…
Vân is a scholar from a poor background, eking out a living in the orbitals of the Scattered Pearls Belt as a tutor to a rich family, while hiding the illegal artificial mem-implant she manufactured as a student. Sunless Woods is a mindship—and not just any mindship, but a notorious thief and a master of disguise. She’s come to the Belt to retire, but is drawn to Vân’s resolute integrity. When a mysterious corpse is found in the quarters of Vân’s student, Vân and Sunless Woods find themselves following a trail of greed and murder that will lead them from teahouses and ascetic havens to the wreck of a mindship–and to the devastating secrets they’ve kept from each other.
THE ENFORCERS (ST ANTONI – THE FORBIDDEN COLONY BOOK 2) by Gail Daley
Chloe was trained from a young age to be an assassin. Since her move to Junction City, she has been trying hard to reinvent herself as an investigator. But her first case has a huge complication: she finds Samuel Adams, the man she came to question, dead. He has a wicked knife sticking out of his groin. She didn’t do it, but given her history, who will believe her? It looks as if her past is about to catch up with her. Caleb Jones is a man with a violent past. After his family was destroyed in a city state war, he went to work at the only job he knew. As an Enforcer for the Marshals of the Federated City States of St. Antoni, he hunts killers. He came to Junction City looking for a serial killer. Instead he finds Chloe. Is she the killer he’s looking for or the woman who can replace everything he lost?
STOLEN: BRIDES OF THE KINDRED 25 by Evangeline Anderson
Dr. Penelope Wainright–Penny to her friends–is an archeologist on a serious mission for the Kindred. She must find the Eye of Tengu, an ancient stone artifact, before it awakens and causes horrible death and destruction. But before she goes to the Yown System, where the Eye has been hidden, she is given a warning–stay way from Hell’s Gate Station and the notorious pirate, V’rex, who makes it his home base. But through a series of mishaps, where does she end up? On Hell’s Gate Station, alone and vulnerable, of course. And you can guess who she runs into…
V’rex is a Hybrid–half Beast Kindred and Half Kru’ell One. The minute he sees Penny lost and alone, he knows he has to have her. The curvy little plus-sized female is exactly his type and he’s about to go get her…when fate intervenes. After being drugged and kidnapped, he wakes up in the compound of a fertility cult. By chance, Penny has been kidnapped as well, and soon they are forced together as “Forever Mates” by the fanatical cult leader.
Penny is frightened to death of the huge Hybrid, who is tasked by the cult to impregnate her. V’rex wants the little human, but he doesn’t want to hurt her. Now they must work together to escape what seems to be an inescapable situation. But can Penny trust the male she has been warned against? And can V’rex keep her safe from the fanatical cult and their “Glorious Leader?” You’ll have to read Stolen to find out.
DRAGON’S MATE: A XENO SAPIENS NOVEL (GENETICALLY ALTERED HUMANS BOOK 18) by Rena Marks
Cavan has lived with a beast inside him his entire life. He’s never stepped outside the Crested Ute facilities. He’s never known there are others like him. All he knows is the creature inside him with who he wars for domination. Until Amber. One lone human who treats him with kindness and is locked up for her trouble. They agree to be mates until the end of their short lives—mates living in separate cells. Even the dragon is in agreement. Amber should have known better than to trust her traitorous brother. But when their father dies and Shane insists she come apply for a job at Medic Nurtures, she follows happily enough, unaware the company is looking for women who may not be missed. Now locked up for discovering a genetically altered human, Amber has a new urge to break free. Cavan’s dragon has had it with captivity and intends to burn both him and Cavan the next chance he gets.
THE ALPHA ENIGMA (TEAM PSI BOOK 1) by W Michael Gear
VS Note: A scifi release of note…
Dr. Timothy Ryan, head of the military psychiatric unit at Grantham Barracks, is meeting a new patient, a woman known as “Prisoner Alpha.” As she is being transferred, they are attacked by assassins, barely escaping with their lives. One shooter vanishes, leaving behind a dead companion unlike anyone Ryan has ever seen. But even more baffling is the puzzle of Alpha herself. She speaks in a strange tongue, and doodles in bars, dots, and little pictures like nothing Ryan has ever seen. Is she some sort of savant, or the most cunning spy he’s ever met?
Meanwhile, in Egypt, archaeologist Reid Farmer uncovers an 18th-Dynasty tomb that shouldn’t exist, filled with Mayan epigraphy, mathematics, and materials that didn’t exist 3,000 years ago. As a result of this discovery, Reid and forensic anthropologist Kilgore France—along with the sarcophagus they have found—are snatched away to a hidden lab to solve the enigma of a man lost in time. As dark forces gather, Alpha makes an impossible escape from Grantham. Ryan quickly becomes the prime suspect in her disappearance, but with a team of unique allies, sets out to prove his innocence. Together, they must find Alpha and save Ryan before it is too late.
ANDROMEDA’S REBEL (HEROES OF ANDROMEDA BOOK 1) by Debra Jess
They took the sky from her, and her memory, but no one could take away her rebellious spirit. Mind-wiped and implanted with a death collar in case she should get out of line, Manitac’s corporate flunkies told Tamarja Chase that love could never be a part of her new life. However, working on a paradise planet as the director’s personal shuttle pilot does have its perks and Tamarja intends to take advantage of both. Perk number one: dark and sensuous Yohzad Cyrek, her parole officer and personal champion. Perk number two: Daeven Blayde, a blond and brooding badass, who can’t decide if he wants to throttle her, kiss her, or both. Falling for Yohzad would scratch all her rebellious itches by breaking the rules about prisoner and officer relationships, but not even he has the power to set her free. Pursuing Daeven would be like loving a lightning strike: powerful, explosive, and deadly. But, when other mind-wiped slaves start disappearing, her love life quickly becomes the least of her worries. Death collar or not, Tamarja takes a stand—one that could not only kill her but lose her the man who truly loves her and force her to kill the other.
A CLAIM FOR CALIX (TALLEAN MERCENARIES BOOK 4) by Lynnea Lee
He’ll do anything to find his mate! Calix has been looking for his mate for years. There’s someone fated just for him, and no one else will do. But one look at Emma has Cal overwhelmed with protectiveness. He knows Emma is not the one, but that doesn’t stop him from stealing her and claiming her as his own. Emma stinks. Stinking is ideal for avoiding attention. But when it comes to the hot-as-sin alien mercenary who just rescued her from slavery, that’s the last thing she wants. Emma wants her muscle-bound hero, lock, stock, and barrel. Instead, he dumps her in the spare room to “keep her safe.” What a bummer! But the more time they spend with each other, the more they realize they are perfect together. Will Calix give up his hunt for a mate to claim the female he loves? Or will Emma leave him in a misguided attempt to help him find his one true mate?
WARRIORS OF PHAETON: AXIS by Leora Gonzales
As the Phaeton’s master interrogator, Axis was often called upon to handle the most difficult missions. His natural ability to sniff out lies, plus his intense training, had never let him down. Until it did. Questioning his place amongst the brethren he’d failed, the Skrammon warrior has been living on the planet Euphoria in the Pleasure Sector trying to work through his mistakes. Although technically on leave, the Phaeton Council requested one small favor in exchange for the free time he’d been granted. Keep an eye out for anything unusual. Nova Rodriguez is more than a little unusual, and that’s not counting the fact that she’s a human imprisoned in a space brothel. The details on how she ended up in a whorehouse versus her original destination are more than a little murky, but one thing is completely clear: she needs to get the f$#% off this planet before Cruum, the gross alien master with a penchant for torture, sells her off to the highest bidder. With sheer determination, the help of a couple of sex kittens, and a list of rules to live by, Nova comes up with a plan: find a Phaeton—preferably the one she’d seen in the market and can’t stop thinking about—and convince him to help her. Not only does her life depend on it, so do the lives of the other two women Cruum has already sold.
UNSPOKEN (HAVEN FOR THE LOST BOOK 1) by Deiri Di
Kiera – “A telepath without restraints is a telepath that should die.” That had been drilled into her head at the Academy for Telekinetic Telepaths. But when Kiera hurtles toward an unknown planet, stranded and alone with a limited supply of her mandatory suppressants, she’ll need all of her powers to survive. Including the forbidden ones.
Lucky for her, there are people already on the planet. Feral aliens who are willing to take her, teach her, and give her a place in their violent society. One of them wants to give her a place in his bed. The only problem is that Kiera has been taught that she is the real monster…And that all monsters should die. Maon – A hunter with a longing he never understood, Maon has spent years staring up at the stars, wondering if there was something more to life than simple survival. When a strange egg descends from the sky, he discovers that what he has been waiting for his whole life wasn’t a thing, but a woman. A woman who has been taught to hate herself. Now he has to teach her to survive.
Even though she fights him at every step.
BRUTE (REAPER’S PROPERTY BOOK 3) by Athena Storm and Cara Stone
I’ve spent my entire career chasing and killing Reapers. How could I love one? It seemed ludicrous to me at first. I mean, they had a name for me even. The Reaper Killer. That is, until I was defeated in battle. By the one who would take me to be his mate. He claims it is a jalshagar bond. That I belong to him. To this monster. A being who inspires nightmares. It’s enough to make you cry. And I weep. But only because I realize I’m falling in love with him. I’ve never been in love before, yet I know this feeling for certain. It is the jalshagar bond. Profound, throbbing through my very being. Bonded to a monster. I am not ashamed. There is no more worry about my dignity. I have realized that I have no need to worry about such matters. He controls what happens to me. No need for anxiety or guilt. Just as long as I surrender.
DELIVERED TO THE ALIEN MATES: A STARLIGHT MATCHMAKING ROMANCE (MARS MAIL ORDER MENAGE BOOK 1) by Viki Storm
I’ve never even had a boyfriend before— but now two aliens have ordered me as their bride…My father’s trying to marry me off to his business partner, so I sign up for Starlight Matchmaking to escape and get married quick. Except, there’s gotta be some mistake because the agency sets me up with not one but two alien beasts. They’re rugged warriors, ready to retire and work the land—and impregnate their mate. To be honest, the two of them scare the hell out of me. Their scales and horns are enough to scare away any humans on the Mars settlement—present company included. But they’re willing to risk it all to protect me when the local warlord tries to frame me for a crime. But I wonder, would they still feel this way about me if they knew my secret. That I’m not the girl that the matchmaking agency says I am.
OWNED BY THE ALIEN (FATED MATES OF THE TITAN EMPIRE BOOK 1) by Tammy Walsh
VS Note: Apparently she released all 3 books in the series on the same day…
Abducted by aliens and bound for a breeding zoo. I hate Wednesdays. I’m on a streak of bad luck. First, I approach a hot guy at the bar and fall flat on my ass. Then I’m engulfed by a bright light and wake up five days later in a spaceship. With no other way home, I agree to a plan with the captain: help him with his mutinous crew and he’ll return me to Earth. There’s just one catch. He’s injured and needs to heal fast, and that requires the use of my body for one whole night. If I give him what he needs, will he keep his word? And will sleeping with him make me his fated mate for all time?
CAGED BY THE ALIEN (FATED MATES OF THE TITAN EMPIRE BOOK 2) by Tammy Walsh
I’m trapped in a room with an alien Adonis. And 100 billion viewers are watching. Two weeks ago, I was abducted by aliens. Now I’m trapped in a room with four walls and no door. I’m scared. I’m alone. And there’s no chance of escape. Then he appears out of nowhere. A Greek god with an ass to match. We try to escape but our efforts are thwarted. In a moment of weakness, we kiss. The next morning, a door appears. We’re trapped in a depraved gameshow. If we can reach a shuttlecraft within 24 hours, we can escape together. But first, we have to give the producers what they want.
SEIZED BY THE ALIEN (FATED MATES OF THE TITAN EMPIRE BOOK 3) by Tammy Walsh
I’m lost in space and will do thing to return home. Even sacrifice the ones I love? I’m lost in the galaxy. I have no money and no friends. I’m desperate to return home and I’ll do anything to get there. That’s when I meet Traes. He’s cold and distant. He’s a tyrant ruling over his empire. But in his eyes I see his repressed passion. It’s there every time he looks at me. I want to break him down and tear him up. I’m gonna make him beg for what I know he wants. But the closer I get to him, the more I want to stay. There’s an opportunity for me to return home but it comes at a terrible price. Am I willing to sacrifice the ones I love to secure the journey home?
ALIEN WARRIOR’S BRIDE (LAST WARRIORS OF DILARIA BOOK 5) by Piper Fox
Bastan isn’t built to live his life confined on a ship. He itches for adventure, danger, maybe an enemy force to combat. When they make a stop, he’s the first one off ship, intent on cutting loose and getting into some trouble.
He’s having a drink in a local cantina when a curvy female in bridal garb shows up. Bastan is immediately smitten by her sass and beauty. But this runaway bride, destined for another, isn’t just any human female. She’s also his mate. He’ll do anything to save her. In order to escape her would-be groom, they’ll have to fight for their lives and so much more. She’s everything Bastan’s been looking for, but not at all what he thought he’d find. And he’ll take on anyone who tries to stop him from keeping her forever.
THE LOST TEMPLE OF PSIERE (MYSTERIES OF THE MAKERS SERIES BOOK) by K Aten
As the heir to the throne, Royal Connate Olivienne Dracore cannot escape having a Shield team protecting her wherever she goes. But with the addition of Shield Commander Castellan Tosh, she has a team that doesn’t just guard her person but also aids in her job as a historical adventurist. She knows without a doubt that together they can unravel the Divine Mystery of who the Makers were and why they created the great temples.
With the conclusion of their last mission, Olivienne acquired the map needed to find the mysterious third great temple of Psiere. And there is no one better to accompany than her beloved Cmdr. Tosh. But before they can leave to brave the dangers of the unknown, first they must brave their own oathing ceremony. They will need each other for the coming mission because as with all things related to the Makers, mystery often begets mystery and danger is always just a wrong step away. Especially when the prize is something that could change Psiere forever.
SEIZED BY THE ALIEN COMMANDER (HEART IN THE STARS BOOK 1) by Haley Luna
It’s possible to break the intergalactic code without even traveling to space. And I didn’t know that until the sexy and gruff Commander of the Intergalactic Cadets turned up to arrest me for my crime. All I’d been doing was running my dating business and expanding my customer base. City wide, statewide. Hell, why not conquer the world? But apparently, I was broadcasting my data halfway across the known galaxy. Whoops. Earth is full of women who want to find a connection. As the Commander of the Intergalactic Cadets, it was my job to find and punish criminals. And trafficking was definitely a criminal offense. Not that I really minded. What fun was life without a little corruption?
The woman I arrested claimed innocence. But she had everything I needed as proof – photographs and enticing personal stats. The only thing missing was prices. But I could remedy that. And help the lonely Earth women find their connections.
BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY 2020 by Various
VS Note: A release of note this week and a great sampler of some current voices in SF&F…
Today’s readers of science fiction and fantasy have an appetite for stories that address a wide variety of voices, perspectives, and styles. There is an openness to experiment and pushing boundaries, combined with the classic desire to read about spaceships and dragons, future technology and ancient magic, and the places where they intersect. Contemporary science fiction and fantasy looks to accomplish the same goal as ever—to illuminate what it means to be human. With a diverse selection of stories chosen by series editor John Joseph Adams and Diana Gabaldon, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020 explores the ever-expanding and changing world of SFF today.
LOST ROADS (BROKEN LANDS BOOK 2) by Jonathan Maberry
VS Note: Not a romance. Scifi release of note. I do long strong heroines…and zombie apocalypses. Book one is on my TBR List.
Gabriella “Gusty” Gomez lost her mother, and now she’s losing her home. Gutsy and her friends, along with Benny and his crew, have just survived a massive attack on New Alamo by the Night Army—a mix of mindless shambling los muertos and sentient half-zombie ravagers. She’s also reeling from the revelation that the residents of her town were the lab rats of the biological testing facility linked to creating the most dangerous zom, the Raggedy Man, who controls all of the living dead. And the first raid was only a test. The real Night Army is coming, and this time, it’ll be a handful of survivors against seven billion zombies.
THE PRESERVE: A NOVEL by Ariel S Winter
VS Note: A scifi release of note, sounds good…
Decimated by plague, the human population is now a minority. Robots—complex AIs almost indistinguishable from humans—are the ruling majority. Nine months ago, in a controversial move, the robot government opened a series of preserves, designated areas where humans can choose to live without robot interference. Now the preserves face their first challenge: someone has been murdered.
Chief of Police Jesse Laughton on the SoCar Preserve is assigned to the case. He fears the factions that were opposed to the preserves will use the crime as evidence that the new system does not work. As he digs for information, robots in the outside world start turning up dead from bad drug-like programs that may have originated on SoCar land. And when Laughton learns his murder victim was a hacker who wrote drug-programs, it appears that the two cases might be linked. Soon, it’s clear that the entire preserve system is in danger of collapsing. Laughton’s former partner, a robot named Kir, arrives to assist on the case, and they soon uncover shocking secrets revealing that life on the preserve is not as peaceful as its human residents claim. But in order to protect humanity’s new way of life, Laughton must solve this murder before it’s too late.
THIS VIRTUAL NIGHT by C S Friedman
VS Note: Not a romance but a scifi release of note, put it on my TBR List…
When deep-space travel altered the genes of the first interstellar colonists, Earth abandoned them. But some of the colonies survived, and a new civilization of mental and physical “Variants” has been established, centered around clusters of space stations known as the outworlds. Now the unthinkable has happened: a suicide assault has destroyed the life support system of a major waystation. All that is known about the young men responsible is that in their last living moments they were receiving messages from an uninhabited sector of space, and were playing a virtual reality game.
Two unlikely allies have joined forces to investigate the incident: Ru Gaya, a mercenary explorer with a taste for high risk ventures, and game designer Micah Bello, who must find the parties responsible for the attack in order to clear his name. From the corridors of a derelict station lost to madness to an outlaw stronghold in the depths of uncharted space, the two now follow the trail of an enemy who can twist human minds to his purpose, and whose plans could bring about the collapse of outworld civilization.
MIXFITS by Amber Ghe
VS Note: Not listed as a romance…
After generations of interracial mixing the FUTURE is in jeopardy of becoming one race with no differences in characteristics or appearance. However, there are a handful of people in the world who are carriers of rare gene mutations that the government seeks to study. Ryder along with her friends Zuri and Cadence are struggling with their own sense of identity and flock to each other as they form a tight bond. Ryder finds love in Silas, a man who respects her need for self-identity and helps her understand what she’s been longing for her whole life… acceptance.
Just when she’s coming into her own, their worlds are catapulted into deception and uncertainty as they fight to uncover a government conspiracy that can potentially save mankind as we know it.
SUCKER PUNCH: A PARANORMAL WOMEN’S FICTION NOVEL (FIRST FANGS CLUB BOOK 3) by Kristen Painter
Newly appointed vampire governor of New Jersey, Belladonna Barrone is fast discovering that life as a vampire isn’t much easier than life as a mobster’s wife. But that experience certainly taught her some things about how to handle the problems that come with being governor. That is until a friend is kidnapped by the fae and his life put in danger, all because of her actions. Figuring out how to save him feels very much above her paygrade, but she’s the boss and the decision about how to handle this potentially deadly situation is completely up to her. With the clock ticking, she has no choice but to attempt a rescue. Thankfully, she has the help of her team and some impressive new friends. But going to battle with the fae has painfully real consequences and the outcome of their mission leaves them all reeling. While dealing with the fallout from the fight, Donna once again becomes the target of a jealous vampire rival, which puts her future in question. Somehow, she has to find the strength to keep going and overcome these new attacks. But there’s only so much a woman can handle. Or is there? With new resolve, Donna knows her only option is to fight back. Who else is going to protect her family and friends? She’s never been one to run from her problems. Even when her problems feel like a supernatural sucker punch.
STEALING TIME: A PARANORMAL WOMEN’S FICTION NOVEL (CROW’S FEET COVEN BOOK 3) by Christine Gael
Just when Cricket thought things couldn’t get much worse, Mee-maw’s a witch now too! And she might be the most powerful of them all. The Crow’s Feet Coven of three is finally complete, but hell if any of them know what to do next. With the Organization still hot on their trail and a new enemy they hadn’t expected, their burgeoning powers will be put to the test. If they succeed? They will stop the senseless killing of witches around the world. If they fail, their magic will fall into the hands of a being so evil, humanity itself is at stake.
MIDLIFE BLUES: A PARANORMAL WOMEN’S FICTION NOVEL (NOT TOO LATE BOOK 2) by Victoria Danaan
Rita Hayworth is not just the only American in town. She’s also the only human! For all the everyday heroines over forty who know it’s NOT TOO LATE for magic! Begins with the formerly reclusive, gentleman vampire hosting a murder mystery dinner you’ll never forget, and ends with the case of the captured kelpie. From Hallow Hill to northern Ireland, don’t miss your favorite judge’s magical adventures.
DEMON KING (CLAIMED BY LUCIFER BOOK 1) by Elizabeth Briggs
I made a deal with the devil. Now he’s claimed me as his mate. When my best friend goes missing in Las Vegas, there’s only one man I can turn to for help. Lucas Ifer. Billionaire playboy. CEO of Abaddon Inc. King of Sin City. And…the devil himself? Lucas—aka Lucifer—agrees to help me, but in exchange he wants one thing: me. He’s dark, dangerous, and wickedly handsome. Oh, and evil incarnate. I should say no, but I can’t. I’m that desperate. But when you make a deal with the devil, there’s no escaping it. Now he owns my body for seven nights of sin. Even worse, he owns my soul for all eternity. I’m Persephone being claimed by Hades, and I have no choice but to enter his underworld and become his dark queen. Is there any light left in that black heart? Or will his darkness consume me?
THE LIBRARIAN’S VAMPIRE ASSISTANT, BOOK 5 by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff
NEVER HIRE A HANDSOME VAMPIRE! MIRIAM MURPHY loves being a librarian. It’s all she’s ever wanted—to eat, breathe, and sleep books. But when she hired Michael, a handsome college student, she had no idea he was a four-hundred-year-old vampire and that inviting him into her life would result in her becoming one too. But not before he knocked her up and broke her heart. Now Miriam is a single mother, all alone in a new world with a new vampire body. And someone’s trying to kill her. Who? Why? She has no real enemies. If only Michael would help. After all, he’s the vampire king now. And this is one mystery she can’t solve on her own. NEVER FALL FOR A LIBRARIAN!
MICHAEL VANDERHORST knows he’s changed. He can no longer love or laugh or enjoy hot peppers like he used to. But being an unfeeling, ruthless vampire is what it takes to rule the deadliest bloodsuckers on the planet. It’s the only way to keep humankind safe. Problem is, his enemies know the librarian and his daughter are special to him. They are his to protect, even if he’s incapable of feeling love. But when danger comes knocking at Miriam’s library door, he must choose between solving the biggest mystery of his existence and the woman he swore to protect. What’s a vampire king to do?
HEART OF THE VAMPIRE: EPISODE 1 by Tasha Black
Drucilla Holloway is desperate to finish writing her novel, desperate enough to take a job as a night clerk at a haunted hotel on the top of a snow-covered mountain, just to get some peace and quiet. But when she arrives at Hemlock House, Dru is immediately distracted by an unshakable sense of danger. Dead animals keep appearing in the snow, someone is sneaking around in the tunnels under the hotel, and everyone seems to have something to hide. But no one at Hemlock House is as mysterious as Viktor Striker. He’s wildly gorgeous with a disarming smile. But something is haunting him, and Dru is determined to find out what it is. At first, she thinks Viktor may be in some kind of trouble. But it’s starting to look like he is trouble. A Continuing Story: Heart of the Vampire is told in three installments, or episodes, like a TV show. Each episode includes a cliffhanger to entice the reader to tune in for the next one! If you’re not a fan of the serial format, be sure to join my mailing list at TashaBlack.com to be informed when a complete bundle is available!
OUTFOXED (THE FOX WITCH BOOK 1) by R J Blain
Death is a way of life outside of the safety of Inner Tulsa, and Jade means to keep flipping Mother Nature off until old age claims her. With one eye always on the sky, the last thing she needs is a pack of bounty hunters out for her living head. With no idea of why anyone would want her, her wits might keep her free, assuming she can resist the charming lures of Sandro, one of the men out to claim her as his own. Left with the choice of being the evening snack of a tornado or taking shelter with the bounty hunter, she does what she does best: she lives on the edge.
Striking a bargain with the handsome bounty hunter buys her another day of life, but it also dumps her into the heart of a sinister plot, one meant to enslave the residents of the storm-tossed city—and the others brave and foolish enough to call the Alley home.
ROAR (CATNIP ASSASSINS BOOK 7) by Skye MacKinnon
It’s time for the last meow. Her whole life, Kat has been fighting for survival. For her freedom. Now she’s done. She wants peace. Even if that means having to risk everything she loves.
WINTER IN WISTERIA (WISTERIA WITCHES MYSTERIES BOOK 12) by Angela Pepper
Something evil has been unleashed and is heading toward Wisteria. With its lawyer. Meanwhile, Zara Riddle is picking winter snowberries when an old friend makes a surprise appearance. Zara is led to a remote log cabin, where she finds a zookeeper in trouble. No good deed goes unpunished, and Zara gets caught up in a mysterious conspiracy involving something called Activator X. Zara learns the hard way that some people will do anything to get their hands on Activator X. Can Zara and her supernatural friends save the day and still get home in time to welcome a new family member? Trouble has been unsealed, and it’s coming to town!
BITTERBURN (GOTHIC FAIRY TALES BOOK 1) by Ann Aguirre
Amarrah Brewer is desperate and grief-stricken. For ages, the town of Bitterburn has sent tribute to the Keep at the End of the World, but a harsh winter leaves them unable to pay the toll that keeps the Beast at bay. Amarrah volunteers to brave what no one has before—to end the threat or die trying.
The Beast of Bitterburn has lost all hope.
One way or another, Njål has been a prisoner for his entire life. Monstrous evil has left him trapped and lonely, and he believes that will never change. There is only darkness in his endless exile, never light. Never warmth. Until she arrives. It’s a tale as old as time… where Beauty goes to confront the Beast and falls in love instead.
MAGIC DARK AND STRANGE by Kelly Powell
Catherine Daly has an unusual talent. By day she works for a printer. But by night, she awakens the dead for a few precious moments with loved ones seeking a final goodbye. But this magic comes with a price: for every hour that a ghost is brought back, Catherine loses an hour from her own life. When Catherine is given the unusual task of collecting a timepiece from an old grave, she is sure that the mysterious item must contain some kind of enchantment. So she enlists Guy Nolan, the watchmaker’s son, to help her dig it up. But instead of a timepiece, they find a surprise: the body of a teenage boy. And as they watch, he comes back to life—not as the pale imitation that Catherine can conjure, but as a living, breathing boy. A boy with no memory of his past. This magic is more powerful than any Catherine has ever encountered, and revealing it brings dangerous enemies. Catherine and Guy must race to unravel the connection between the missing timepiece and the undead boy. For this mysterious magic could mean the difference between life and death—for all of them.
WICKED WEDDING (AN IVY MORGAN MYSTERY BOOK 18) by Lily Harper Hart
You are formally invited to the wedding of Ivy Morgan and Jack Harker. Before they walk down the aisle, though, there’s one more mystery to solve. Ivy, who is finishing up the last days of her community service, inserts herself into a tense situation when the alarm at the domestic violence shelter she is working at sounds and she goes off to make sure all the women and children are accounted for. She expects a malfunction. What she gets is a violent man trying to remove his daughter from the facility. She reacts out of instinct … and magically thwarts the attempt. Unfortunately for her, that’s only the beginning. Because the man managed to escape, Ivy and Jack find themselves working together to track him down. On top of that, since the location of the building is supposed to be a secret, it appears an insider might be selling information. More than anything, Ivy and Jack want to slide into happily ever after. However, neither of them can rest until they’re sure those most vulnerable are safe. Ivy’s powers are growing. Her relationship with Jack was always destined to be. They’re both about to get everything they ever wanted … as long as they survive to make it down the aisle. The big day is finally here.
CROWN OF 100 KINGS (NINE KINGDOMS TRILOGY BOOK 1) by Rachel Higginson
A lost princess…Tessana Allisand had a family once. A home. A title. A future. Until one night when everything she loved was taken from her. Secreted away to an isolated monastery in the farthest region of the realm, Tess was raised in the silence of monks and the loneliness of tragedy. And there she would have stayed if the dark magic that killed her family hadn’t finally found her. An impossible quest…With her identity discovered, Tessana must face the home she fled all those years ago. The Crown of Nine must return to its rightful place and Tess must be the one to carry it across the nine kingdoms. And when she arrives? She’ll need to convince a dying kingdom that the crown that has belonged to one hundred kings should be given to a queen.
A rebellious prince…Taelon Treskinat was in love once. With a princess. The daughter of a slaughtered king. He risked everything to save her, to make sure she survived. When that same princess tumbles back into his life no longer the scared little girl he remembers from childhood, he must decide where his duty lies. With the girl that will threaten everything he knows and loves. Or the kingdom he will do anything to protect.
CAMP POUNCE: CHESTER: A RARE AND UNKNOWN WORLD by Shai August
Speed dating meets mating meets sleep away camp. Chester Washington was the last single panther of his liter, and he had no intention of doing anything to change his relationship status from singling and just mingling. His brother, Stanley had happily mated into a billionaire pride; and basically floated through life even with his demanding job as Head of Security for the Rare and Unknown. Thanks to the manipulation of their mother, his sister, Sally Ann had spent a week at Camp Pounce, coming home with a full claw of five men. Now seven months later, Sally Ann was blissfully happy and pregnant to the point of obnoxious. Leaving their mother, Thelma to turn her sights fully onto him and a certain unused Christmas gift from his darling sister. Will Chester escape Camp Pounce as single as he walked in? Or will the temptations at Camp Pounce Pride Week prove too powerful an allure?
DUSK GATE (SOUL BOUND BOOK 1) by Benjamin Medrano
As a holy maiden of the Phoenix Queen, Jasmine was a prize of immense value to the demons. To their shock, she and her nearly defeated rescuers are rescued by the beautiful but scathing Xandra, an enslaved elven sorceress who’d been damned for over a millennium. Once they escape, Xandra and the others soon go their separate ways, thinking that their brief meeting would be their last, for they had little in common. Little did Jasmine know that the fickle hand of fate would reunite her with Xandra when darkness shrouded her homeland and all the other holy maidens were captured. Nor did she know that acerbic, destructive sorceress would provide her only source of hope for the future.
MONSTERS BOOK TWO: HOUR OF THE DRAGON by Heather Killough-Walden
Annaleia Faith awakened something dangerous in Antares half a century ago, something he fiercely suppressed in order to keep her safe. But when she disappeared without a trace after their first night together, he vowed to never hold that part of himself back again. Now, fifty years later, he’s found her. But she has a secret, one she especially has to keep from Antares, because learning it would once and for all unleash that ancient, volatile monster inside him.
As a crazed stalker leaves a bloody trail behind him on his hunt for Annaleia, and the living embodiment of chaos begins to set the world on fire, Antares tries to protect his first and only love once more. But this time, he won’t be restraining the dragon inside to do so. And neither will she.
RAPIER (APACHE COUNTY SHIFTERS BOOK 3) by T L Reeve and Michele Ryan
Ten years ago, Rapier Dryer sent his mate away. The plan was to meet up later and find a new home, however, Raymond Quincy had other plans for them. What should’ve been months turned into years, and now, Rapier’s in a race against time to save Jasmine once more.
Jasmine Dryer knew the risks of splitting up. At five months pregnant, they thought it was the best chance to save their family. A decade later, she’s no longer running. She’s willing to stand her ground with her mate and face off against the one man who could single-handedly destroy everything. Together they’ll forge an alliance with the Raferty Pack, determined to rebuild all they’ve already lost. There’s strength in numbers, and Rapier and Jasmine are willing to use that strength to keep their family safe.
THE LITTLE WITCH by M Rickert
Every Halloween, an elderly woman hands out candy to a young trick-or-treater who’s dressed as a witch each time, looking exactly the same age. With each passing year, the woman grows more attached to the little witch and her odd nature. But she is no ordinary child, and an uncanny relationship develops between the two of them that may prove dangerous and deadly.
KINGDOM OF THE WICKED by Kerrie Maniscalco
Emilia and her twin sister Vittoria are streghe – witches who live secretly among humans, avoiding notice and persecution. One night, Vittoria misses dinner service at the family’s renowned Sicilian restaurant. Emilia soon finds the body of her beloved twin…desecrated beyond belief. Devastated, Emilia sets out to find her sister’s killer and to seek vengeance at any cost-even if it means using dark magic that’s been long forbidden.
Then Emilia meets Wrath, one of the Wicked-princes of Hell she has been warned against in tales since she was a child. Wrath claims to be on Emilia’s side, tasked by his master with solving the series of women’s murders on the island. But when it comes to the Wicked, nothing is as it seems.
THE CALL OF MONSTERS (MY BEAUTIFUL MONSTERS BOOK 3) by J B Trepagnier
I used to love my Greek mythology classes until I got kidnapped and actually met some Gods. I took Hephaestus as a lover and Hades and Persephone are not all that bad, but the rest of them? They hurt my monsters. Zeus kidnapped Hephaestus and is doing who knows what to him for making a knife when it was me that used it to kill Demeter. The Olympians took Hephaestus because they can’t even entertain the notion that a lowly half demon killed one of them.I know why no one said anything when Zeus came to the Underworld. I know there’s a plan to get Hephaestus back. There’s also a lot I don’t know that I need to learn fast. I have this mysterious demonic form from my father that I need to learn to access. Hephaestus made all these weapons capable of taking down Olympians if they came, but I don’t know how to use them. I’m not going to get lucky again like I did with Demeter.
DESTINY FOUND (HYBRID ROYALS FIRE AND ICE BOOK 2) by Serenity Rayne
All of my dreams had come true. I met my mate and instantly felt that soul deep connection with him. And then I get abducted.. Figures right? Ancient rites are performed and I reach my full potential. I’m on the hunt for those that kidnapped me. Along the way I recieve four surprizes, I couldn’t be happier. Last stop the dreaded council of Dragons before all out war. Will I gain their support? Only time will tell.
THE CLOWN (HARROW FAIRE BOOK 3) by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
Finally accepting that there would be no leaving Harrow Faire, Cora sets out to try to find her new way of life as part of the Family. With that comes her slow acceptance of her attraction toward and, even worse, her feelings for the Puppeteer. But just as things seemed to be falling into a pattern, things turn upside down—seemingly literally—as Harrow Faire enters “the Inversion.” And her troubles don’t end there when the mute Clown takes a keen interest in her. One that she doesn’t understand until it’s too late. Mr. Harrow took her from her life to become the Contortionist. But it seems…the Faire itself has other plans.
MERMAIDS MARRY IN GREEN (SEA OF LOVE BOOK 3) by Alice Renaud
Caltha Dooran is the toughest, fiercest shape-shifting mermaid in the western seas. She has three Clans to rule, and no time for romance. But when a warlock, Jonty, turns up and asks her to come with him to London to capture a water monster, she can’t say no. In London, away from her duties, her attraction for Jonty grows… and they soon fall under each other’s spell. But will his past and her responsibilities pull them apart, or can they find the only true magic, the one that binds two souls together?
JINGLE ALL THE SLAY: A WITCHY CHRISTMAS COZY MYSTERY (MARSHMALLOW HOLLOW MYSTERIES BOOK 1) by Dakota Cassidy
VS Note: From mid-OCT
Welcome to Marshmallow Hollow, Maine, a holiday mystery, where it’s all Christmas all the time and murder is hung by the chimney with care…I’m Halliday Valentine (yep; funny name is funny), a psychic witch who’s recently moved from New York City back to my very human hometown of Marshmallow Hollow, where I run the family factory that caters to all things Christmas. I inherited the factory from Mom, who inherited from Nana Karen, but now it’s just me (kinda…long story), my curmudgeonly British familiar hummingbird, Atticus; one ungrateful rescue cat; my talking reindeer, Karen; and my BFF Stiles (the only human aware of my witchy side).
Oh, and Digby Dainty (known as Hobbs), the tall drink of water who rents my guest cottage. And who I wouldn’t mind getting to know better. We have a lot in common, including a love of true crime. So as macabre as it sounds, when a shady real estate tycoon shows up dead in the middle of the annual ice festival, I’m thrilled to spend time with Hobbs, flexing our amateur sleuthing skills. Well…not thrilled. I mean, a guy’s dead after all. But he did try to con some businesses right out from under the hard-working locals. In fact, the only thing more surprising than a murder in our charming Christmas town is how many of my friendly, beloved neighbors seemed to want the man dead.
HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE WITNESS: A WITCHY CHRISTMAS COZY MYSTERY (MARSHMALLOW HOLLOW MYSTERIES BOOK 2) by Dakota Cassidy
For an adorable little Christmas town, Marshmallow Hollow sure sees a lot of action. Just days off the last murder—solved by moi, Halliday Valentine, and my gorgeous tenant, Hobbs—I’m eagerly awaiting a visit from my dear Uncle Darling and his husband, Monty, when my phone blows up. Another murder, this time at the convenience store on the edge of town…and Uncle Monty was hurt in the process. Without hesitation, Hobbs and I jump into action, seeking justice for the deceased and both of my uncles. Between ambulance-chasing lawyers, career-climbing journalists and chain-smoking ex-drug dealers, we have more than enough suspects to go around. But how do any of them connect to three missing girls from neighboring towns…? Will Monty, the only living witness, be safe while the killer’s at large …? Will Atticus, my adorbs hummingbird familiar, magic me to Siberia when I use one too many spells for his liking…? And most of all, how will Handsome Hobbs react when he learns my frequent “migraines” are a lot less neurological…and a whole lot more paranormal?
HOLIDAYS BITE by Various
When the days grow shorter and dusk comes earlier, we may spend our time decorating with holly and mistletoe, drinking cider, and playing in the snow. But the creatures who stalk the night are in their element—and while visions of sugarplums dance in our heads, they’re lurking in the shadows, knowing there’s nothing so delicious as a vampire’s kiss. So settle in for a long winter’s night full of winter holiday vampire tales (25) from these New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling authors. Including paranormal romance, urban fantasy, and dark fantasy, this collection give a whole new meaning to the term heartwarming. Because sometimes, the holidays truly bite.
HER PRIMAL MATE (BADLANDS TERRITORY, 1) by Jenika Snow
He was mine. I was his. There is no denying it, my primal polar bear shifter who was linked to be my fate, destiny, the very laws of our kind. Fated mates. That’s what it was called, that one person who was meant to solely be yours. I just hadn’t known who my fated mate was until he came into my life like a storm ready to destroy everyone and everything in his path. When Kasias Stone walked into the bar I worked at and our gazes clashed, I swore the ground opened up. Every part of my body came alive for the first time. My mating heat kicked into overdrive, and all I could think about was needing that male to take me to his bed and ease the desperation. He was the biggest, strongest male I’d ever seen, his height towering, his muscles severe. He made even the strongest shifters look weak. I didn’t even hesitate when he all but threw me over his shoulder and said he’d ease me, that he’d make sure I was sated, that I wouldn’t walk straight the next day. I also knew once I gave myself over to him, there would be no going back. He’d never let me go.
THE WITCH IS BACK (WICKED WITCHES OF THE MIDWEST BOOK 17) by Amanda M Lee
Bay Winchester is living the high life. She’s engaged, owns her own business, and is undergoing a magical transformation, complete with growing powers at every turn. All that changes when a local teenager goes missing at a festival and nobody knows who took her. The girl’s friends saw the abduction but the description they provide doesn’t match anybody in town. The only other witness is Marcus, her cousin Thistle’s boyfriend, and he was seriously injured in the attack and can’t provide additional information. Bay is determined to solve the case, although she’s not sure where to look. On top of that, her normal partner in crime is otherwise engaged, which means her mother has decided to tag along for the ride. Bay is the sort of witch who is willing to put herself on the line to save those who need saving. Unfortunately, this time around, the answers she finds only lead to more questions. On top of that, her great-aunt Willa and cousin Rosemary have arrived in town out of nowhere and they seem to be harboring their own secrets, and it’s something that could change the entire trajectory of Bay’s life. The Winchesters are loyal, and it’s going to take all of them working together to solve this one. It seems new magic is afoot, and whoever is wielding it is deadly.
ORAN (FAE ION WHEELS BOOK 2) by Riley Onyx
Danni – My father taught me to handle myself. I know about faery and the monsters that want to escape into our world. Then the biggest, baddest one pulls up a stool at my bar. Oran – I live for the ride and the fight. There’s nothing I love more than skewering monsters. Then I see her. She’s fae, born in the human world but her eyes give her away. I want to put down my guns and head home…taking her with me.
FAETED FAEBLE (FAE PRISON TRILOGY BOOK 2) by Piper Maki
What happens when you’re surrounded by monsters… but you’re the one they fear? My already shitty life took a turn for the worse when the only Fae I can count on in the beautiful hellhole known as Ynys Gwales was imprisoned. It’s a death sentence. Now I’m stuck trying to survive by myself on the prison island. It’s not easy, especially when the Fae hate me just because I’m human. And when they find out about the secret I keep? That death sentence will be mine.
CHRISTMAS CRACKERS by Various
It’s time to get your jingle bells on and celebrate the holiday season with a whole lot of fun and a little bit of murder with the Christmas Crackers Cozy Mystery Collection. This limited-time festive collection of holiday whodunits includes 10 new paranormal cozy mystery novellas from ten of your favorite authors, including: Jane Hinchey, Nancy Warren, Patti Larsen, Beth Prentice, Dionne Lister, Kelly Ethan, Maggie Mundy, Christine Bernard, Polly Holmes, and Susanne Becker.
LORD OF DESTINY (THE DRAGON DEMI GODS BOOK 6) by Charlene Hartnady
I’m the son of a god. The other half of a coin. Where my identical twin brother, Jarrod, can see the past. I can see into the future. An awesome ability. I’m lucky, right? Nope, I think I’m cursed. Imagine, for a second, that every time you touched someone, you could see into their future. Their happiness, their misfortune, and their death. You’d feel obliged to help them. To steer them clear of imminent disaster. I don’t mind helping others, but I’m not always successful. I’ve seen horrible things. Things that keep me up at night. Trust me, if you had this ability, you’d steer clear of people too. You’d do everything in your power not to touch them, or to be touched. I guess that means I’m lonely. It comes with the territory. I’ve learned to live with it. The words ‘stay away’ are my motto. That’s until I see her. I’m mesmerized because surely a more perfect creature does not exist. I’m the one who touches her. I haven’t willingly touched another person in the longest time. Imagine my surprise when I get nothing from her. No vision. No future. No nothing! That can only mean one thing, this beautiful woman isn’t human. Who is she? What is she?
What happens next, chills me to my bones. I might not be able to see into her future, but she sees into mine. What? How? She mutters a quick word of warning and then is gone. What she tells me is bad. It’s terrifying! I’m in serious trouble.
THE WITCH: ANTI BULLYING CHARITY NOVELLA by Elieen Troemel
Outcast, loner, witch. With Earth polluted and dying, Brigid’s parents sacrifice their lives to send her to a distant world for protection. Surrounded by strangers, Brigid longs for a loving family. The new world changes her in ways no one could have predicted. Hated by those who should protect her, accused of treachery, she’s made an outcast. destined to live alone. Will she find the love she desperately desire or be destroyed by the hate surrounding her?
PUMPKIN BLEND (A PARAMOUR BAY COZY PARANORMAL MYSTERY BOOK 14) by Kennedy Layne
VS Note: She actually did release this OCT 27…
All Hallows’ Eve is only a fortnight away, and the residents of Paramour Bay can’t wait to get their hands on all the candy corn, caramel apples, and pumpkin tea blends this fall season. As a matter of fact, the highly anticipated Halloween Festival is about to kick off in town square with the reveal of the largest pumpkin that has ever been grown in their very own local pumpkin patch. There’s only one itsy-bitsy problem—someone has stolen the town’s prized jack-o-lantern! Raven ropes Leo into solving another mystery, but he goes all in when he realizes that a pilfered pumpkin is the least of their worries!
DARK MOON FALLS: BENJAMIN by Tami Lund
Benjamin Martinez joined the most dangerous rogue shifter pack in the country on his pack alpha’s orders. For five years, he’s been trying to figure out how to take them down. Hannah Montgomery left her old pack and moved to Dark Moon Falls in an effort to forget her past. A past that involved rogue shifters. She swore she’d never have anything to do with them ever again. When Ben meets Hannah, he doesn’t intend to tell her who he is or what he does for a living. Except the rogues are now after his pack. And her.
WITCHY WONDERS by Various
When the ghouls come knocking, the witches come to play. Ever wonder how the witches party on the day of the dead? How the supernaturals play when the veil is thin? Well here’s your chance to find out all their secrets. From witches, to wizards, and all the wickedness. Come join these 20 authors as they discover what goes bump in the night. Authors include: T.K. Barber, K. J. Sage, N.K. Stackhouse, Chris Storm, Helena Novak, Bex Taylor, Stefani Kenna, Mira Kane, Zelda Knight, Lauren Smith, N.J. Ember, Maria Vermisoglou, V. P. Allasander, Poppy Flynn, Sasha Fino, Lissa Lynn Thomas, Katherine Moore, Bethany Strobel, Michelle Scissom
DYING WITH HER CHEER PANTS ON: STORIES OF THE FIGHTING PUMPKINS by Seanan McGuire
Despite its humble origins, there is no more challenging or physically dangerous teen sport in the world than cheerleading. Cheerleaders are seriously injured and even killed at a higher rate than other high school sports. Their stunts are performed in skimpy uniforms without the benefit of proper safety equipment…and yet they love them, glittery eyeshadow, spirit bows, and all.
And then there are the Fighting Pumpkins, who take that injury rate as a challenge. Students of Johnson’s Crossing High School, they answer to a higher calling than the pyramid and the basket toss, pursuing the pep rally that is rising up against mysteries and monsters, kicking gods with the pointed toes of professional athletes chasing a collegiate career.
Meet Jude, half-vampire squad leader; Laurie, who can compel anyone to do as she asks; Heather, occasionally recreationally dead; Marti, strong enough to provide a foundation for any stunt; Colleen, who knows the rule book so well she may as well have written it; and Steph, who may or may not be the goddess of the harvest. The rest of the squad is ready to support them, and braced for the chaos of the big game, which may have a big body count. Prepare to jump high, yell loud, and look pretty with the Fighting Pumpkins, those glorious girls in the orange and green, whose high kicks could still be enough to save the world.
THE TENANT by Katrina Jackson
VS Note: Listed in erotica…
Noel – Okay, so my life is officially at rock bottom. I’m 26 with nothing more to show for myself than a mountain of debt I can’t pay back because I just got fired from my job as an assistant manager at a third-rate fast food chain. So, when I get a phone call from a rude lawyer telling me that my great aunt Sophie has died and she’s left me a house – a whole damn house! – in Alexandria, Louisiana, I jump at the opportunity to skip out on next month’s rent, since I can’t afford it anyway. I maybe should have thought about this a little bit longer, because what I find when I get to the house on 2320 Fleur Belle Court is a two-story Victorian dump. The floors creak, the water temperature is either ice cold or scalding hot and I swear it feels like there’s someone watching me. I’m pretty sure this place is haunted.
Ruby – Of course, this house is haunted. I’ve been here since 1933 and nothing is getting me out of here, especially not Noel Delisle. His people stole this house from my cold dead hands, and he’ll get what his ancestors had coming.
Too bad. He’s the prettiest Delisle I’ve ever seen and sometimes I swear he can see me and feel me. I can sure feel him.
DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH (DAIGHTER OF FORTUNE BOOK 3) by Vivienne Savage
Acquiring the Legacies may not be enough. A dragon may not be enough. And if Rosalia isn’t careful, this may be her end.
THE HAUNTING OF BRYNN WILDER: A NOVEL by Wendy Webb
After a devastating loss, Brynn Wilder escapes to Wharton, a tourist town on Lake Superior, to reset. Checking into a quaint boardinghouse for the summer, she hopes to put her life into perspective. In her fellow lodgers, she finds a friendly company of strangers: the frail Alice, cared for by a married couple with a heartbreaking story of their own; LuAnn, the eccentric and lovable owner of the inn; and Dominic, an unsettlingly handsome man inked from head to toe in mesmerizing tattoos. But in this inviting refuge, where a century of souls has passed, a mystery begins to swirl. Alice knows things about Brynn, about all of them, that she shouldn’t. Bad dreams and night whispers lure Brynn to a shuttered room at the end of the hall, a room still heavy with a recent death. And now she’s become irresistibly drawn to Dominic—even in the shadow of rumors that wherever he goes, suspicious death follows. In this chilling season of love, transformation, and fear, something is calling for Brynn. To settle her past, she may have no choice but to answer.
SPELLBREAKER by Charlie N Homberg
The orphaned Elsie Camden learned as a girl that there were two kinds of wizards in the world: those who pay for the power to cast spells and those, like her, born with the ability to break them. But as an unlicensed magic user, her gift is a crime. Commissioned by an underground group known as the Cowls, Elsie uses her spellbreaking to push back against the aristocrats and help the common man. She always did love the tale of Robin Hood. Elite magic user Bacchus Kelsey is one elusive spell away from his mastership when he catches Elsie breaking an enchantment. To protect her secret, Elsie strikes a bargain. She’ll help Bacchus fix unruly spells around his estate if he doesn’t turn her in. Working together, Elsie’s trust in—and fondness for—the handsome stranger grows. So does her trepidation about the rise in the murders of wizards and the theft of the spellbooks their bodies leave behind. For a rogue spellbreaker like Elsie, there’s so much to learn about her powers, her family, the intriguing Bacchus, and the untold dangers shadowing every step of a journey she’s destined to complete. But will she uncover the mystery before it’s too late to save everything she loves?
HEART OF THE GUNSLINGER: AN IMMORTAL WARRIORS NOVELLA by Sara MacKenzie
1887 London – Charlie Dawes aka Deadeye Dick is a star in the Wild West Show at Cremorne Gardens, celebrating Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee. Women love him, and he revels in his fame. His sudden death tarnishes his memory. The Sorceress of the between-worlds knows Charlie can do better and she brings him back to redeem himself.
Present day, London – Jennifer Kendall owns the Beatnik Café in fashionable London. After her beloved grandmother’s death she finds herself in financial trouble, and her personal safety at risk. When Charlie appears and says he is here to help her, she finds herself instantly attracted to him. But deadly trouble from the past has followed Charlie, and if he is to make a future with Jennifer then he needs to shoot straighter than last time.
LOST AND FOUND: THE EVIE CHESTER FILES, CASE ONE by Nita Round
A gifted slave. A cursed woman. Together can they gain their freedom? Evie Chester is a slave with a precious gift. Living in a world that both marvels and fears magic and the unexplained. Evie dreams of being free and of acceptance. When an opportunity presents itself for escape she finds herself pursued with a bounty on her head. Eyes are everywhere, nowhere is safe. An encounter with a cursed woman brings about the promise of freedom in return for her help. Everything changes. Is the price of her freedom at too high a price?
THE FIFTH HORSEMAN (HORSEMAN’S HAREM SAGA BOOK 1) by Frida Kilnari
The only thing worse than suddenly waking up in a magical house with the insanely gorgeous Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? Being the Fifth. With no memory of who I am, where I came from, or what I’m doing here, I’m thrust into a new life with four people who I might want more from than just friendship. But with no past, how can I possibly plan for a future? The only clue as to who I am? Four different species’ magic resides within me—Vampire, Fae, Shifter, and Witch—and between them, I might be the most powerful creature on the planet.
NAUGHTY AND SPICE by Nicky Fox
To become a witch and solidify her powers, Marigold must perform one act of kindness for another woman. She travels to Bremen in search of her destiny. She stumbles upon Chloe, a sad and lonely girl in need of a friend and maybe a man in her life. Marigold makes it her mission to help Chloe. There’s just one problem. Z’ev, her brother, is as rude as they come. To help Chloe, she needs to straighten him out too. His brooding good looks do nothing to change her goal until one amazing kiss alters everything. But what happens when she uncovers his secret and his walls come down? Marigold finds the true man underneath. She can’t help wondering what it would be like in his arms and his bed. Can she tame the beast? Or is this witch over her head? Maybe it’s time for some Naughty and Spice.
REFLECTIONS IN THE DARK: A CRISSCROSS TIME TRAVEL MYSTERY by Susan Finlay
Chloe Westbrook, a modern young English woman who has given up on love and on people in general, reluctantly travels during the pandemic to Mythe, France to meet her reclusive grandfather, Frederic Chevalier, for the first time.
Nicholas Drake, a young American hippy who is afraid of commitment and carries a great burden on his shoulders, stays in a bed-and-breakfast inn run by a hippy middle-aged French woman, Josephine Lapierre, in the French town of Belvidere. There, he hopes he can bury his past for a while, or at least stop remembering his mistakes every day of his life. These four people from two different times get caught in a time portal that catapults them backwards into the year 1880 and into the French village of Reynier, where respectable citizens are forced to live among troglodyte cave dwellers, gypsies, and at least one murderer. Somehow, they must figure out a way to fit in until they can find a way back home.
DARKNESS AWAKENED REIMAGINED (THE ORDER OF THE BLADE by Stephanie Rowe
VS Note: A re-release of sorts. The author states: “Author’s Note: Perfect for brand-new readers to the series and avid fans, Darkness Awakened: Reimagined tells the story of Darkness Awakened in an entirely new way.”
Ajax Steele has fought against evil for centuries, a brutal life that commanded the ultimate sacrifice. When a dangerous enemy resurfaces, Ajax must sever ties with his team and go deep to stop him. His only chance? Team up with the alluringly sexy woman destined to kill him the moment they fall in love.
Cursed with a rare magic, Madison Locke has spent her life on the run from assassins, living in the shadows to conceal a terrible secret. But when her sister is kidnapped by a merciless hunter, Madison must emerge from hiding to save her. To succeed, she must recruit the help of a dangerously tempting warrior who awakens a burning hunger inside her that threatens them both. A silken caress. A steaming kiss. Can the two fated enemies survive their deadly mate bond and save those they love?
CRIMSON BORN (THE CRIMSON ACCORD BOOK 1) by Amy Patrick
As long as I can remember, I’ve longed for a different life—one filled with adventure, excitement, and romance.
This wasn’t exactly what I had in mind…One minute I was riding in a horse-drawn buggy on my way home to my quiet Amish village— the next was torn by the screech of car tires, and twisted metal, and the white hot lance of pain. There was no doubt in my mind my life was over. So when I woke up to the face of a beautiful stranger who promised me the suffering would end soon, I thought I’d seen an angel. I couldn’t have been more wrong.
CORRUPTION OF THE ROSE by S J Sanders
VS Note: Listed in erotica…
The beast-men of the Urgal Mountains were said to have been a race that had ages past been warped by the magic of dark alchemy. For Rose Almander they are nothing but stories for scaring children and the ignorant. An educated woman and a cast-out alchemist of the Order, she has more to worry about than fictional monsters lurking in the wooded mountains. Like, staying under the cover of semi-obscurity from other mages by working as a perfumer. Although it is not what she would have dreamed of and trained for, the coin is enough to soothe her bruised ego.
Yet, when she’s commissioned by the queen to create a fragrance to bewitch, Rose must obtain the Forial Rose that grows only in the depths of the mountain forests. With a fortune promised and no one available to procure it for her, and her own life on the line should she fail, Rose must face the wilderness and a monster of legend not seen in generations.
The lupi were created to be guardians, the wolves of the mountain that was said to separate the worlds. There, the dark alchemist once reined, his chaotic art keeping the balance between worlds. When the time came for the mage to leave the abode he built, he trained the first among the lupi, Siras, in the arts so that his successor would be found and prepared to rule the mountain. As centuries pass with no heir in place, the presence of a mage in the forest is greeted with high expectations from Siras. But it is a dangerous path for the female. She must prove her dominance with her magic for the lupi to submit. Only then will she be able to bind herself to the mountain as its queen. Saris must push her, punish her, and consume her so that she can rise and take her place upon the alchemist’s throne. Only then will he serve her, his dark mistress and beloved. Rose was captured by a beast, but he discovered the monster within her.
SISTERS OF SALEM (WITCHES OF BLACKBROOK BOOK 3) by Tish Thawer
Through space and time, sisters entwined. Lost then found, souls remain bound. After facing a relentless foe, three sister witches are forced even further back through time to a place that holds just as much sorrow for them as it does joy. Returning to their origins in 1685, the trio races to save not only their mother from the clutches of their new enemy but also to secure the future they’ve worked for centuries to build. Avoiding their younger selves is a necessity that proves difficult, especially when one sister isn’t sure she wants to leave the past behind. Faced with love and loss, these witches are forced to endure the burning times again, and one wrong step could alter history and their future forever.
CRUEL MOON (WICKED MONSTERS BOOK 2) by Melissa Farrar and Skye Jones
Aisha was reduced to nothing but a blood serf in the Citadel, until wolf shifters offered her a chance to escape. Though she tries to resist her new captors, the muscular, tattooed shifters soon break her down. But everything comes at a price. With a vampire and a gargoyle on her trail, and wolves holding her hostage, Aisha learns who—or what—she really is. And the wolves aren’t about to let their new mate go.
WOLFBLOOD (MAGICK AND MONSTERS BOOK 1) by Kim Knox
I wasn’t supposed to want him. Need him. My wolf. My blood-mate. A wolf-less runt like me wasn’t supposed to do or want a lot of things. Yet, here I am out on a rare moon in the wet and the dark, hunting down the man who was the other half of my soul. No matter the cost.
A LITTLE DARK MAGIC (THE LITTLE COVEN SERIES BOOK 2) by Isabel Wroth
*Kill what you love the most, and know what it means to have unlimited power.* Kerrigan Gray can’t sleep without dreaming of the night she was forced to kill her mate. In her nightmares, she’s drowning in his blood, choking on it. Now, after a decade of unsuccessfully trying to summon his spirit, Kerrigan sees Maksim standing across the street in broad daylight, smiling at her. It’s impossible, and yet, there he is, big as life, his lips soundlessly shaping the word, Orpheus. Maksim has lost count of the days he’s spent waiting for the opportunity to escape. His sweet Bride has no reason to believe he’s still alive, and Maksim dreams of the day when he can shake off his chains and return to her. As loathe as he is to admit it, he can’t do it without help. He’s been starved for too long and left to rot in the dungeon where he and Kerrigan both were betrayed. The path Kerrigan must take to reunite with her beloved will be fraught with danger, and it will take more than A Little Dark Magic to defeat their enemies.
FALL FLAVORS: SHORT STORIES by A M Leibowitz
Seven stories, from tricks to treats: A man discovers the benefits of autumn cologne; a haunted Broadway-themed house; a witch in some trouble; Lucifer’s daughter has a surprise for dear old dad; a pair of pre-teens on an autumn treasure hunt; a costume party; and a broken down car, a thunderstorm, and a creepy mansion.
IN THE BLOOD (THE BLOODBOUND BOOK 1) by Chris Storm
I’m having a very, very bad day. Sadly, it’s a sign of things to come! It began with being captured by witch-hunters, which isn’t actually that big a deal, but when I come face-to-face and the infamous vampire mercenary known as “The Barbarian King,” Thrax Arigios, things take a rapid turn from bad to worse. He says he has a job for me. He says that he’ll release my family from some blood-debt we’ve apparently owed since the days of King Leonidas of Sparta!
The problem with ancient as dirt vampires? They never forget their debts…but come on! Shouldn’t there be a frigging statute of limitations on blood-debts? Seriously, anything from before the birth of Christ should just be considered wiped clean, right? I mean, wasn’t that His whole schtick? Thrax says he needs a blood-witch, that any blood-witch will do and that I’m just convenient. I think he’s full of crap, he’s up to something. Vampires always have some twisted scheme going on and it’s going to be a major headache getting caught up in one of their machinations. If he thinks I’m just going to go along with his mad scheme, well…he’s not wrong. I enjoy living, and going head-to-head with a Vampire King is dumb and suicidal, and my mother didn’t raise a fool! But I swear by the goddess Hekate, if he screws me over, I’ll screw him up!
ALL THE RULES OF HEAVEN (ALL THAT HEAVEN WILL ALLOW BOOK 1) by Amy Lane
When Tucker Henderson inherits Daisy Place, he’s pretty sure it’s not a windfall—everything in his life has come with strings attached. He’s prepared to do his bit to satisfy the supernatural forces in the old house, but he refuses to be all sweetness and light about it. Angel was sort of hoping for sweetness and light. Trapped at Daisy Place for over fifty years, Angel hasn’t always been kind to the humans who have helped him in his duty of guiding spirits to the beyond. When Tucker shows up, Angel vows to be more accommodating, but Tucker’s layers of cynicism and apparent selfishness don’t make it easy. Can Tucker work with a gender-bending, shape-shifting irritant, and can Angel retain his divine intentions when his heart proves all too human?
THESE ARE FOR TEARS (WILL-O-THE-WISP STORIES BOOK 3) by Sherry Perkins
Too much family drama at home. That’s what Morgan Patterson was thinking when she left the States to finish her final year of college studying abroad in Northern Ireland. She quickly finds herself immersed in a hidden world of magic and danger with the man of her dreams at the center of it. Only he’s not a man. Tiernan Doherty is an honest-to-goodness faerie lord with family drama of his own. There’s a blood feud to be settled, not to mention a messy chain of duty that binds him to the queen of the dark fae, a woman he truly despises. None of that matters to Morgan, though. She realizes Tiernan’s not just the man of her dreams, he’s the man she’s meant to protect. But what she does to protect him surprises everyone, threatening the longstanding peace between humans and faeries, and causing more than enough tears for them all.
TOO GHOUL FOR SCHOOL: AN ENCANTADO ACADEMY CHARTER COZY MYSTERY (THE VEGA BLOODMIRE WICKED WITCH MYSTERIES BOOK 1) by Sarina Dorie
Vega Bloodmire has no problem with the label “villainous witch,” though she draws the line at being called a self-centered hag. Life isn’t easy being twenty-two, drop-dead gorgeous, and the most fashionable witch in all the land—especially while working as an intern teacher at a magical boarding school. Being young and beautiful is a curse. A curse for everyone who underestimates her. Vega finally thinks she has her student teaching figured out at Encantado Charter Academy. The lecherous tyrant of a mentor teacher who was supervising her is dead, she gets to do what she does best—boss people around—and she might even prove to her mother that she doesn’t need their family’s money to succeed in life. She can support herself in a career without anyone else’s help, live a somewhat normal life, and keep her ghoulish family secrets under wraps. Unfortunately, all Vega’s well-laid plans go awry when she is framed for murder. Worse yet, she fears she may have revealed her darkest secret—one so awful she will be shunned by Witchkin society even if she can prove her innocence. Vega is going to need to find the true culprit of the crime in order to save her reputation—and her life.
A COURT OF MAGIC: GENERAL ERROL OF THE RAVEN COURT ROYAL GUARD (SON OF A FAE BOOK 6) by Sarina Dorie
General Errol, the commanding officer of the royal guard, has come to terms with his feelings for Princess Imani, even if it is forbidden. Her hand in marriage has been promised to one of King Viridios’ heirs of the Silver Court.
When a dashing suitor sweeps Imani off her feet, Errol is upstaged by this young man who fits King Viridios’ requirements. As much as Errol would like to see Princess Imani happy, his rival is too good to be true, and his intentions seem questionable. The answer to Errol’s problem lies in the mystery of his origin, a difficult task to investigate now that he has little magic left. Only if he accepts the help of enemies and unlikely allies, can he prove he is descended from royalty and prevent Imani from marrying the wrong man. He only hopes she will still want him.
DADDY KRAMPUS: THE KRAMPUS COLLECTIVE BOOK 1) by Kessily Lewel
She’s a thief in desperate need of a strict hand. He’s the embodiment of punishment looking for a mate. They have a year to find what they need … in each other. Inside Valerie is a naughty little girl looking for love and discipline. When Krampus spirits her away to his netherworld domain, she is shocked to find he intends to punish her for every single thing she’s ever stolen. ..(more blurb on ebook seller page…)
SORT OF DEAD by Rob Rosen
Nord wakes up to find himself sort of dead. Well, that is to say, he’s dead, alright — murdered, in fact — but not in heaven, at least not yet. In this limbo-like state, he meets Max and learns that everyone there is waiting for the final poof, hopefully to a better place. Only, with unfinished business back in the real world, like bringing his murderer to justice, Nord’s poof is nowhere in sight. So he and Max set out to find the killer and make things right again. Of course, that’s easier said than done when you’re nothing more than a couple of randy spirits.
With the help of Voltan, a diminutive mystic with a predilection for turbans, and Clark, a nerdy computer geek eager to shed his loner past, plus a ghost accountant Bruce, Bruce’s drag queen brother Eve O’Destruction, and Nord’s kick-ass mom, the newly enamored pair set out to hunt for the murderer, and are quick to discover how much they’d taken for granted when they were alive. In this hysterically funny and often poignant mystery about fate and love and family, it ultimately takes dying for our heroes to have the times of their lives.
FAELAND by Melody Rose
So there I was, freshly divorced and on my way to Scotland. Next thing I know the fae have sent me back to the Scottish rebellion to fulfill a prophecy, restore magic to the land, and bang three hot Scottish dudes.
And no, that last part wasn’t optional.
RETURN: A HALLOWEEN TIME TRAVEL ROMANCE by Clare Cinnamon
Ian Kelly is living a grand life in Manhattan in 2020 with his wife Mawd and their children. On Halloween night, he is tossed into history and discovers Mawd is a Welsh time traveler born in the fourteenth century. Teenage Mawd uses a spiritual summon as a last resort out of an arranged marriage. Ian appears as her solution, unrecognizable to her. If he wants to regain his future wife in modern America, Ian must lure Mawd to fall in love as teenagers while she is forced to follow the summon rules. Ian and Mawd are separated and reunited through a series of Halloween-based time hops as they age- in an English plague village, Colonial America, the Roaring Twenties, and San Francisco’s hippy-born Summer of Love. Their experiences offer a fascinating glimpse at life in each era and will prove their love can stand the test of time or tear them apart.
FLICKER (THE FIRES OF FELWING BOOK 1) by Elizabth Tybush
Stripped of his magick and exiled to Earth, Solin Felwing vows to redeem himself. He committed a lot of bad for “the greater good” and the only way to make up for it is to give back to those he stole from. Incognito, of course, to avoid being brought to justice by humankind. Solin volunteers at a soup kitchen, but his redemption is thrown into disarray when his best friend Jemier arrives to profess his love. Sam, Solin’s one-man support group and only human friend, thinks Solin deserves better. When old enemies resurface, Solin fears his attempt to change is over for good. He could easily wipe his foes from existence—if he had his magick. Saving his friends—and himself—means compromising in new ways, but the temptation to sin remains. Everything could change in a flicker.
THE RAVENS by Kass Morgan and Danielle Paige
At first glance, the sisters of ultra-exclusive Kappa Rho Nu—the Ravens—seem like typical sorority girls. Ambitious, beautiful, and smart, they’re the most powerful girls on Westerly College’s Savannah, Georgia, campus. But the Ravens aren’t just regular sorority girls. They’re witches. Scarlett Winter has always known she’s a witch—and she’s determined to be the sorority’s president, just like her mother and sister before her. But if a painful secret from her past ever comes to light, she could lose absolutely everything . . .Vivi Devereaux has no idea she’s a witch and she’s never lived in one place long enough to make a friend. So when she gets a coveted bid to pledge the Ravens, she vows to do whatever it takes to be part of the magical sisterhood. The only thing standing in her way is Scarlett, who doesn’t think Vivi is Ravens material.But when a dark power rises on campus, the girls will have to put their rivalry aside to save their fellow sisters. Someone has discovered the Ravens’ secret. And that someone will do anything to see these witches burn.
PUSHED BACK: THE TIME TRAVELER’S DAUGHTERS BOOK 2 by S A Ison
Mica and Malisa Flores learn that their missing mother, Ivy, isn’t missing at all. Her sudden disappearance three years before has left the sisters devastated. They are given a mysterious journal written by their long-lost mother. Their mother was pushed back 17,000 years into the past, into the Paleolithic era. With the knowledge of their mother’s location, the twins set about making plans to go and find their mother. They find however, that planning for a trip to the past is much harder than they had anticipated. Will they make it to the past? Will they find their mother? Or will they lose that precious chance that comes only once every seven years?
SERPENT DAUGHTER by D J Butler
Sarah Calhoun has taken her father’s throne and ascended into her goddess’s presence in Unfallen Eden as her father never did. And Sarah Calhoun is dying. Her uncle Thomas Penn isn’t done with her. Armed with new powers conferred upon him by the Necromancer and with new allies won via his impending marriage, Penn aims to remove Sarah from her throne—and from the world of the living. In the meantime, Sarah has fallen out with one of her best allies. Against Sarah’s advice, her brother Nathaniel heads into Imperial Philadelphia with the reckless and likely impossible aim of healing the Emperor Thomas.
On the shores of the northern seas, agents of Franklin’s Conventicle with an unlikely connection to the Emperor struggle to win allies among the pole-dwelling giants, who are torn between seizing land covertly from the Firstborn of the Ohio and entering the war openly on the side of Simon Sword. In the west, the Heron King rides an explosive storm into war, crushing the mortal kingdoms in his path and bearing down on Sarah’s Cahokia. To survive—and to gain the strength she needs to fight this impossible war—Sarah must unite the Moundbuilder kings to enact an ancient rite that will propel her beyond mortality. To do so, she must not only win over doubters among the Firstborn kings, but she must also beat back a rebellion among the Handmaids of her goddess—for there are some of the goddess’s priestesses who long for the dark days of human sacrifice, and who are willing to throw Sarah herself upon the altar.
CHARMING DEVILS by Katie May
Five years ago, they made my life a living hell. They teased me, abused me, and called me a witch. Little did they know…Now, I’m back for my senior year of high school. New hair, new style, new personality. I’ll no longer be the weird girl hiding in the shadows. Instead, I’ll embrace all of my darkness. The goal? Revenge on the boys—the men—who bullied me. The football star, the musician, the bad boy, and the class president. I’ll make them pay for what they did to me. One spell at a time. Buckle up, boys and girls. You’re not going to like me by the time this book ends. I never said I’m the hero of the story, did I? I’m just the crazy bitch with a voodoo doll.
FALLEN QUEEN (LOST FAE BOOK 2) by May Dawson
It’s time for me to reclaim my memories…and my throne. My twin brother, Faer, wants to see me either dead or married to the sea prince and dragged into the deep. He doesn’t care which, as long I lose my claim on our throne. But I can’t abandon our people to his cruelty. At least I have three of the best knights in the four Fae kingdoms on my side: Azrael, the charming prince who hates to love me. Duncan, the grouchy warrior who loves to hate me. And Tiron, my true friend—who has his own secrets that just might drown us. Despite the dark, tangled threads that bind these princes to me—threads that I don’t even remember—can we save the Four Kingdoms? I gambled and lost them—and a kingdom—once before. This time, I have to win. Because if I break their hearts again, or if they break mine, the four of us will all disappear under the waves forever.
FERAL WOLVES (FERAL WOLVES OF THE ARCTIC BOOK 1) by J L Wilder
To protect the omega, three feral wolves must guard and shield her from the dangers of the Arctic. But can they learn to work together? The Omega – I was the most prized omega of the southern wolf packs. Banished to the Arctic, when I refused to mate my alpha. Sent to live among the savage and wild ferals. Now every feral alpha I meet wants me for his own. I’m trying to deny the imprints, but it’s impossible not to want them back. I long for all of them equally. I want them all to claim me. Can I learn how to unify these wolves, before they tear us apart? Feral Wolves – It is safer to be alone. It is safer not to have a mate In the Arctic, a feral wolf can trust no one. But when the omega came into our lives the only thing that mattered was her. Her survival. Her happiness. Her desires. But how can we learn to share our claim to the omega? How can we learn to live in a pack when our nature is to be feral? Can we really keep her safe and protected? Feral wolves aren’t the only shifters running wild up North.
BILLIONAIRE WOLF’S MATEDATE: SHIFTERS MATEDATE AGENCY by Serena Meadows
I became obsessed with Janice without knowing that she was my best friend’s sister. I didn’t know she was off limits.
After a dating agency matched us, we just couldn’t stay away. Even though that first date went horribly. Things got even more out of hand when her brother told me that my marriage contract was with Janice. Marrying her meant involving her in the clan. It was the one thing I dreaded the most. But I would’ve died before letting her marry another man. And so, I did what I had to do. Our love was forbidden. Janice and I shouldn’t have been together.
But she was my mate… and I was going to claim all of her.
MICAELA’S BIG BAD: A HALLOWEEN NOVELA by Tijan
I found my boyfriend mid-thrust in a vampire. Gross. WTH, right? Also, a fork might’ve been thrown. I expected to spend the night commiserating with my best friend. That didn’t happen. I found myself on a mission to save her.
And somehow, I woke up in the back of a vehicle, across from a guy who could be described as literal sex on a stick.
Then I found out a few things: He’s seriously and overwhelmingly powerful. He’s hot, like holy cannoli hot. He’s the Big Bad that I’ve been sensing, but no one knew what kind of a Big Bad he was. Oh, and apparently, he’s kidnapped me.
PAM (THE MATE SERIES BOOK 15.5) by Teresa Gabelman
With a past best left behind, forgetting was something Pam Roark could not seem to do. Nothing was more important than her mate, VC Warrior Duncan Roark, and her son, Daniel. But the circumstances surrounding Daniel and his remarkable abilities throws her back into nightmares she can’t escape. During her journey to protect her son from those who would exploit him, Pam realizes it isn’t Daniel who needs help, but herself. With the help of her mate and son, a path leads her to the life she was meant to have—without the horrors.
SETH’S BOUNTY (KISMET DATING AGENCY BOOK 3) by Haley Weir
Sheriff Seth Black has been through hell and lived to tell the tale. He’s married to his job and takes pride in keeping the small Alaskan town of Destiny Falls protected. Seth is called into Kismet Dating Agency and assigned 3 dates with 3 different women. It’s nothing Seth can’t handle, but it will take a truly special woman to change him. Little does he know, a date with Diana Kelly will bring him face to face with the God of Death and send him on a journey filled with pain, grief, and love. Diana Kelly’s life hasn’t been the same since she came to Destiny Falls, Alaska and befriended the mysterious family of alpha bear shifters on the brink of war. In a world where nothing is safe, meeting Sheriff Black is more than coincidence. What happens when the sexy town Sheriff starts hunting a serial killer that targets women who share an eerie resemblance to Diana? Can he protect Diana from the cold world of Destiny Falls, or will he be destroyed by his own burning heart?
THE BEAR (WILD HUNT 3) by Stephanie Burke
After observing the mistakes made by his fellow Huntsmen, Arcas, the Bear, refuses to follow their example. He immediately claims his mate, a descendant of the cat goddess Bastet. Their pairing will be powerful and his mate is courageous, wise, and sexy as hell. Too bad they have to bring down the remnants of a murderous cult and stop a demonic disaster from being let loose on the world. Marshal is no fool. From the moment they met, he has been drawn to the red-haired Bear. He didn’t think world ending events would ensue to make their developing relationship a bit more difficult to navigate. But now The Hunt was on the move and nothing would stop them from achieving their goals: rescue Kern’s mate and save the world.
WAR OF GODS (VAMPIRE CROWN BOOK 5) by Scarlett Dawn and Katherine Rhodes
Vengeance is foolhardy. War has erupted worldwide, and the humans—the vampires’ foes —are just as reprehensible as the vampires and druids imagined. Bloodshed follows in Queen Gwynnore’s wake as she fights the enemy in their quest for revenge. Vengeance is familiar. Breaker Kimber is tossed from one war to another, now in the peculiar Earth realm. Caught between her men and duty, Kimber’s heart is shattered when disaster strikes. Vengeance isn’t reserved for foolhardy youth. To the damned, vengeance is a familiar hug in the darkness.
TAKING HIS CONFESSION: A GARGOYLE ROMANCE (CLOTH AND STONE BOOK 1) by PJ Friel and Saffron Hart
Sparks fly when a man of the cloth teams up with a cursed creature of stone to save a troubled teen from a ruthless drug lord. Gideon Fawkes longs to meet the handsome young deacon who teaches at St. Anthony’s Boys Academy. There’s just one problem. Gideon is a gargoyle, and he’s pretty sure Deacon Cruz only dates humans. Cordero Cruz knows a lot about forgiveness. It’s the cornerstone of his calling. Too bad he can never offer it to himself. Because of him, people died, and there’s no redemption for that kind of mistake. But a lack of humanity and a heart filled with guilt are nothing compared to a young man’s life. When a merciless criminal threatens Cordero and one of his students, Gideon will have to risk more than his stony hide to protect them. Cordero must do the unthinkable to prove he’s deserving of the gargoyle turned guardian angel. But when their road to hell is paved with good intentions, they must learn only trust and redemption can pave the way for love.
DEMON DISGRACE (RESURRECTION CHRONICLES BOOK 8) by M J Haag
Everyone lives a lie. It replays in my head, the moment of my greatest shame. I’ll never escape it. With an exhale, I let go of everything. I fall endlessly, waiting for the sudden stop. Hell would be a welcome respite. A hollow husk of the woman she used to be, Hannah hides from her pain with any alcohol she can find. She’s bleeding out from wounds no one sees. No one but Merdon, a dark fey with a violent history of his own, who’s determined to keep her from the one thing she wants most. Death. She doesn’t understand why he cares about her or her addiction. It’s not like he’s nice to her. Yet, he’s relentless in his determination to show her there’s something to live for. If she can find a way through the pain she might just see what Merdon already knows: Second chances are rare.
PUMPKIN BRIDE: BRIDES OF THE HUNT HOLIDAY NOVEL by Jeanette Lynn
Witches and goblins and ghoulies, things that go, “EEP!” in the night. It’s Halloween! Mallory couldn’t remember the last time she’d gotten all dolled up and loaded up on candy, embracing the spooky season spirit. There were just a few problems with her getting her candy giving groove on. One, the apparent lack of trick or treaters this chilly, winter wonderland living night. Two, the guy parading around in that funky suit acting like he was going to cause trouble. Three, if someone didn’t take this candy away from her soon there might not be any left to hand out! The curvy, costumed witch isn’t quite ready for the town’s tales of things furry that roam around these parts to be put to the test. One well aimed pocket full of candy, a pair of bumbling furballs, one gross misunderstanding followed by another, and Miss Mallory Allegra Bute finds herself on a one-way trip to a strange place, a land of ice and snow and beasts, colder than the small mountain town she resides in.
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VS: I’ve picked HOSTAGE TO THE STARS for this week’s backlist book of mine. I was inspired by the recent SEAL Team 6 rescue of an American citizen held hostage overseas and when I wrote this novel, I was also inspired by other Special Forces rescues. The hero is Sectors Special Forces Sgt. Johnny Danver, who we first meet in MISSION TO MAHJUNDAR but the book is a standalone. He deserved his own story! He’s one of my most popular characters!
He rescued her from space pirates … but can he keep them both safe from the far greater evil stalking a deserted planet?
Space travel without Kidnap & Ransom insurance? Not a good idea. University instructor and researcher Sara Bridges can’t afford it, so when pirates board her cruise liner, she’s taken captive along with the mistress of a wealthy man, and brought to a deserted planet. When a military extraction team sent to rescue the mistress refuses to take Sara too, she’s left to the mercies of a retired Special Forces soldier, along as consultant.
Reluctantly reactivated and coerced into signing up for the rescue operation to the planet Farduccir where he once was deployed, Sgt. Johnny Danver just wants to get the job done. But when the team leader leaves one captured woman behind, he breaks away to rescue her himself.
As Johnny and Sara traverse the barren landscape, heading for an abandoned base where they hope to call Sectors Command for help, they find villages destroyed by battle and stripped of all inhabitants. A lone survivor tells a horrific tale of the Sectors’ alien enemy, the Mawreg, returning after being pushed out …
Searching for evidence to give the military, Johnny is captured. He regains consciousness in a Mawreg cage–with Sara next to him. Death is preferable to what the aliens will do to them… And even if they do escape their captors, can they alert the military in time to prevent another invasion of the Sectors?
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LINKS TO RECENT NEW RELEASES POSTS from Veronica:
“New” is generally plus or minus a week or two. I try to catch up on ones I missed in recent months. And I may mention ‘special items’.
I do NOT cover every single new release in SFR/FantasyR/PNR. I never have. That would be an impossible task for any human! I assemble my list by hand every week based on various informal inputs, and I do curate the list to some extent…
Some authors aren’t in KU but still don’t list books with Apple or other platforms. This report is very time consuming to prepare so I’ve always had to limit myself and cannot go and look up every book on all the platforms. If an author gives me their other buy links, I include them here but generally I develop the post on my own, not from author-supplied information. I curate and prepare this post individually every week to help connect readers/books/authors and I have to be very careful not to give it so much time as an activity that I don’t write my own novels! Thanks for the feedback and happy reading!
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Woot! Thank you so much for mentioning Warlord’s Return! I really appreciate it and I really appreciate these posts. I find so many new-to-me stories here. Happy release week, everyone!
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