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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ABRAXX: BOOK TWO IN THE GALAXY SANCTUARY ALIEN ABDUCTION ROMANCE SERIESby Alana Khan
Juno – In my six years of slavery, every male I’ve met has treated me with contempt. Only in Abraxx’s ice-blue eyes do I find kindness and compassion. But when he buys me, heals me, and leads me into danger I wonder if I’ll ever find safety . . . and if I’ll ever dare to love. Abraxx – My mind and soul died during my endless days in a windowless dungeon. Watching Juno dance in the flickering firelight ignites a spark inside me. There is nothing I wouldn’t do to keep this female safe and by my side. Could she ever find it in her heart to return my feelings?
SYNNR’S KISS (ZULIR WARRIOR MATES BOOK 4) by Kate Rudolph
There’s no going back from abduction…Luci hates that most of her friends see her as fragile and in need of protection, rather than the strong woman she’s growing into. Everyone but Ax, that is. She doesn’t want a relationship. But she’s more than happy to spend her time with the gorgeous warrior until unexpected intrigue forces them closer than ever. Ax will protect his Match…Luci owns Ax’s heart before he realizes he’s given it to her, but telling her that may send her running. When they’re stuck together on an unplanned journey, Ax will do everything it takes to keep his mate safe. But she’s stronger than she looks and she’s not about to let Apsyns torture her… again. As danger swirls around them, so do the intense emotions they’ve been avoiding. To get back home they’ll need to rely on each other, but facing their feelings may be even more frightening than fighting the Apsyns determined to end them.
HER ALIEN PRIEST: A ‘MONSTER BITES’ STORY by Michele Mills
I’m the Hyrrokin High Priest of a remote monastery on the planet Salo. I spend my days in quiet contemplation, keeping my flame-throwing banked and nursing my war wounds. And I take my vows of silence and celibacy very seriously. Very. Seriously. Then one day a mouthy, gorgeous human female is dumped onto the stone steps of the main altar. And suddenly I’m tempted like never before.
THE STRIP DOWN (EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS BOOK 5) by Honey Phillips
Can Amanda discover the secrets behind an alien ruin? And the mysterious alien with the haunted eyes? Amanda is happy with her life as an elementary school teacher – and making plans to expand her family. Waking up naked and alone on an alien planet is not on her schedule. Desperate to return to Earth, she reluctantly accepts the help of the massive alien who appears out of the sands. But the more time they spend together, the more complicated her need to return becomes. Va’rik awakens to find himself alone on the edge of an ancient desert. He is quite sure he has an important task to perform – the only problem is that he can’t quite remember what he needs to accomplish. When he encounters a strange, beautiful female, assisting her becomes his mission. But as his memories start to return, he realizes that helping her leave is the last thing he truly wants. Can Va’rik keep his vow to Amanda, even if it means the future of his race – and his own happiness – are in jeopardy?
BROKEN BY THE HORDE KING (HORDE KINGS OF DAKKAR BOOK 4) by Zoey Draven
Nine years ago, he broke my heart and never returned. I vowed to forget him…if only I could. When I was a child, I fell in love with a Dakkari boy. The prince of our clan. Rukkar, we called him. For he was destined to become the greatest horde king of our time. He was Kiran of Rath Okkili. My friend. My strong, unyielding protector. His mischievous smile and golden eyes made my heart flutter and my soul sing. And just when I began to believe he returned my love…he shattered me so completely and never once looked back to see how I’d survived. Nine years later, he’s returned. Only, he’s not a prince anymore. He’s a horde king. Cold and cruel. With molten eyes like sin and a body made for war. I promised myself I’d never love him again. He intends to make a liar out of me. Because he not only wants my love again…he also demands me as his queen.
ALIEN INVENTOR’S MATE (MARS TIMEGATE BOOK 5) by Scarlett Grove
Abigail – So I was saved/abducted by aliens. I knew they were real even when no one believed me. Now I’m here on Mars, helping this hot guy save the planet.
THE UNRAVELING by Benjamin Rosenbaum
VS Note: Not a romance. Scifi release of note…
In the distant future, somewhere in the galaxy, a world has evolved where each person has multiple bodies, cybernetics has abolished privacy, and individual and family success are reliant upon instantaneous evaluations of how well each member conforms to the rigid social system. Young Fift is an only child of the Staid gender, struggling to maintain zir position in the system while developing a friendship with the acclaimed bioengineer Shria—a controversial and intriguing friendship, since Shria is Vail-gendered. Soon Fift and Shria unintentionally wind up at the center of a scandalous art spectacle which turns into a multilayered Unraveling of society. Fift is torn between zir attraction to Shria and the safety of zir family, between staying true to zir feelings and social compliance . . . when zir personal crises suddenly take on global significance. What’s a young Staid to do when the whole world is watching?
PEARL OF WISDOM: DRAGONS OF TARAKONA (MAGIC NEW MEXICO) by Jody Wallace and S E Smith (Forward)
Pearl Courtier is a nobody. A human from Tarakona who just happens to have a famous wizard brother. When a lab accident transforms her into a walking lie detector, Pearl travels across worlds to seek help from a wizard on another planet. But the price of stiff-necked enchanter Everett DeBoer’s agreement to remove her curse is high. Pose as his companion during a business conference, and use her unique skill to tell him which of his colleagues are lying. What will Pearl do when she discovers how he’s been lying to himself—and how deadly that might be for both of them?
THE ALIEN DRAGON KING (MAGIC NEW MEXICO/DRAGON MEGAVERSE BOOK 1) by Tianna Xander and S E Smith (Foreward)
One woman. Two royal dragons. A battle that could destroy their world. Angie wants three things: a vacation, a brief romance, and a break from her dysfunctional family. Alien dragons hadn’t figured into her agenda. Rik is hunting for a new homeworld for his dying race. What he finds is his fated mate. The problem? She doesn’t know who he is. But Rik isn’t the only dragon to notice Angie. With the throne and the fate of two Earths hanging in the balance, his cousin is determined to destroy their mate bond before it takes hold–and Angie with it.
VENOMOUS SECRETS (AN ELEMENTAL STEAMPUNK CHRONICLE BOOK 4) by Anne Renwick
Cait McCullough, venom expert, is trouble personified. Bored with exploring the possibilities of her unique biology in a laboratory, she longs for excitement. And investigating a vicious fanged creature who stalks its victims by lamplight in darkest London offers the perfect opportunity. Working with a handsome, unmarried agent? A delightful bonus. Jonathan “Jack” Tagert battles enemies shrouded in darkness. While chasing suspects was once second nature, impending blindness threatens his line of work. The timing couldn’t be worse. When a deadly attack upon a lord at his brother’s engagement ball connects to a string of odd murders, the hunt begins for a seductive predator. Bound together by societal scandal, they must trace the creature’s past. Every clue spirals them deeper into peril as they struggle to separate fact from myth. As the venomous truth slithers near, the fight to survive draws Jack and Cait ever closer. With lives on the line, and time running out on Jack’s dimming vision, the pair must untangle a mystery to stop the body count from rising.
A WINGED EMBRACE: A MATE INDEX ALIEN ROMANCE (THE MATE INDEX BOOK 13) by S J Sanders
Diamond Shipley is a jewel thief—not a particularly successful one as far as her trade goes, but it pays the bills, or it did until someone betrayed her and her partner and landed her ass in jail after years of evading the law. Looking at years behind bars, she does what any sensible person would do. She agrees to become a bride in the Mate Index. A one-way ticket off Earth and her record expunged, it is the perfect opportunity to ply her skills somewhere fresh. Sure, she would have to get around her new mate while she got together a nice little pile of credits, but how hard can that be?
She does not expect him to be a mountain of muscle and sex appeal—or head of security for that matter. Yet beneath that hard exterior is a gentle male with a heart a gold. Can she keep her eye on the prize or will she let love make a fool of het yet? Tar-denovak yielded to his mother’s scheming and sent away for a bride from the Mate Index Distribution Program, but he had not expected to be so captivated by his little mate. She is so small and vulnerable that it rouses every protective instinct a male could have toward his mate, even if she has a tendency towards mischief. As head of security, he has many responsibilities…(more blurb on ebook seller page…)
TERNARY by Kristin L Stamper
Elora isn’t a robot, but she isn’t human either. She’s an abominable combination of the two, a cyborg. For this offense, she must face judgment in a court of law. There, it will be decided if she’s a person, owed the same rights as any other, or an object, owed no rights at all.But when a last-ditch effort to demonstrate her humanity backfires, Elora is faced with an element of human nature she always hoped to avoid: love. The consciousness of a dead man is accidentally downloaded into her cybernetic brain, and she becomes infatuated with his still-living husband—whether she wants to or not.For Elora, making her way in a solar system that fears and hates her has been hard enough. Now, she must do it as an intermediary between lovers while keeping her own heart in check. With the trial fast approaching, and anti-robot protesters demanding her head, Elora can’t afford to get swept up in someone else’s love story.
TEN LOW by Stark Holborn
VS Note: Not a romance. Scifi release of note…
Firefly meets Dune in a breakneck race to escape across an alien moon thriving with aliens and criminals. Ten Low is eking out a living at the universe’s edge. An ex-medic, ex-con, desperate to escape her memories of the war, she still hasn’t learnt that no good deed goes unpunished. Attempting to atone for her sins, she pulls a teenage girl from a crashed lifecraft. But Gabriella Ortiz is no ordinary girl – she is a genetically-engineered super soldier and decorated General, part of the army that kept Ten prisoner. Worse, Ten realises the crash was an assassination attempt, and that someone wants Ortiz dead… To get the General off-world, they must cross the moon’s lawless wastes, face military hit squads, savage bandits, organ sharks and good old-fashioned treachery. But as they race to safety, something else waits in the darkness. Something ancient and patient. Something that knows exactly who she is, and what she is really running from.
WHEN YOU AND I COLLIDE by Kate Norris
VS Note: Despite the cover, not listed as a romance (so no guarantee there’s an HEA or HFN ending). A scifi release of note.
Sixteen-year-old Winnie Schulde has always seen splits–the moment when two possible outcomes diverge, one in her universe and one in another. Multiverse theory, Winnie knows, is all too real, though she has never been anything but an observer of its implications–a secret she keeps hidden from just about everyone, as she knows the uses to which it might be put in the midst of a raging WWII. But her physicist father, wrapped up in his research and made cruel by his grief after the loss of Winnie’s mother, believes that if he pushes her hard enough, she can choose one split over another and maybe, just maybe, change their future and their past. Winnie is certain that her father’s theories are just that, so she plays along in an effort to placate him. Until one day, when her father’s experiment goes wrong and Scott, the kind and handsome lab assistant Winnie loves from afar, is seriously injured. Without meaning to, Winnie chooses the split where Scott is unharmed. And in doing so, finds herself pulled into another universe, an alternate reality. One that already has a Winnie. In this darkly thrilling novel that blends science and war with love and loss, some actions just can’t be undone.
THE SHIP by Doug Brode
VS note: Not a romance. Scifi release of note.
Deep within snow-crested mountains, nine thousand feet above the lumber town of Blackwood, Oregon, a vessel has arrived. It is a craft of enormous dimensions, covering the mountainous peak. And yet, the ground beside it remains undisturbed. Not a single pine tree broken. Not a sound to be heard. Inside the craft, however, things are not as quiet. A young waitress, Casey Stevens, awakens after having mysteriously vanished from Blackwood thirty-five years earlier. And she is not alone. Navigating inverted tunnels, she’s plagued by ghostly apparitions from her past and stalked by a ravenous alien experiment gone horribly wrong. When Casey discovers her own body is changing—becoming blotched with grey, scaly patches—she fears she may face the same fate as the once-human creature that now hunts her.
FRANKLIN IN PARADISE by John Patrick
VS Note: Another post apocalyptic book! I also have a family member on the spectrum so I one clicked this and found it to be a very enjoyable read. It’s not as dire and full of adventure as a typical post-apoc but I enjoyed the inner journey of the two main characters. I’m up for a sequel if there is one someday.
Life is good for eighteen-year-old Franklin. He lives on the spectrum, structuring and organizing his days, avoiding messy situations and ambiguity. But what he really wants is a boyfriend. Twenty-one-year-old Patrick has a past he can’t seem to shake, and a sexual identity that’s hard to describe—or maybe it’s just evolving. When a manmade virus sweeps the globe, killing nearly everyone, the two young men find themselves thrust together, dependent on each other for survival. As they begin to rebuild their world, their feelings for each other deepen. But Franklin needs definition and clarity, and Patrick’s identity as asexual—or demisexual, or grey ace?—isn’t helping. These two men will need to look beyond their labels if they are going to find love at the end of the world.
STELLAR (THE PORTAL SERIES BOOK 1) by Jade Thorn
VS Note: Not clear to me there’s any romance. Not listed as a romance but it’s charting in the category. Also, one reviewer complained about ‘filler’ in the book at the end (not related to the story). Your mileage may vary. Author has other books with overall good ratings.
Jacinta’s life was difficult. As one of the one percent of the population with the psychic talent labelled as Portals, her future wasn’t bright. For starters, her new boss was hands on. VERY hands on. Either she met his increasingly ridiculous sales targets, or she got on her knees and earned it another way.Oddly, her lecherous boss was the least of her problems. Her seizures were escalating, not only in frequency but intensity. If things didn’t improve soon, she’d be taken away to a containment facility and studied until she died of an event.Her increasing instability had her observation team worried too. They hadn’t said anything yet, but she knew it was just a matter of time. If all that wasn’t enough, there was also the Pure Human movement. A group of belligerent protestors, they claimed that portals were a human variant and therefore not subject to the rights and privileges of humanity. They should be locked up and studied like the freaks they were. Her greatest priority, however, had to be learning how to control her power. All she needed was the right key – and the right team to support her.She was so screwed.
RAPTOR KING (ALIEN BEAST KINGS) by Loki Renard
I wanted my Prince Charming on a white steed. Instead, I got an alien king riding a dinosaur. I’ve never been kissed. Never been a bridesmaid, let alone a bride. I’m a virgin. But not for much longer. Not if this super hot, ultra dominant king has anything to do with it.
EXPLOSION (THE DARK ANOMALY BOOK THREE) by Marina Simcoe
I came here for three reasons—the adventure, the reward, and my captain. The minute we land in this cursed place, the adventure becomes a nightmare. My crew gets killed. Injured, I don’t think I’ll survive either on this mysterious entity in space that its inhabitants call the Dark Anomaly. The damirian alien, Malahki, seems to be the only one aware of my existence. Malahki insists I refer to him as “he,” even though he is of neutral gender. Damirians only change to male or female when they meet their other half. I know he feels nothing for me, and I’m certainly not attracted to the sarcastic, emotionless damirian with a snappy attitude. What I don’t know is that a volcano of feelings is building under his cool façade. All he needs is the right woman to trigger the eruption. But will the explosion be so powerful that it’ll consume me? The Dark Anomaly is not conducive to happy endings. What future awaits us here? As the time passes, the life on it is deteriorating. This place threatens to destroy us all. They say there is no leaving the Dark Anomaly. How about blowing it the f*ck up!
TOURNAMENTS OF THAW (THE THAW CHRONICLES BOOK 9) by Heidi Catherine and Tamar Sloane
The Outlands are a deadly place to grow up. In a world devastated by global warming, resources are scarce. Humanity and kindness are even scarcer. The struggle to survive is a deadly war. And a bitter one. Because great riches lie just over the waters. There’s one place that has everything the Outlanders could ever want. Askala. But to seize power, they’ll need to unite the factions. And choose a leader. Only the strongest will succeed. The one person who can do what needs to be done—attack Askala and share in their riches. The Tournaments are announced. Deadly games where there can be only one winner. No one expects siblings to enter…let alone two sets of twins. Lexis and Raze. Born to rule, trained to win. Winter and Gray. Born to poverty, expected to lose. In a world where survival comes first, there’s no room for mercy. Loyalty. Or love. And yet four teens are going to have to choose what matters most. Let the Tournaments of Thaw begin.
GIRL ONE: A NOVEL by Sarh Flannery Murphy
VS Note: Not a romance.
Josephine Morrow is Girl One, the first of nine “Miracle Babies” conceived without male DNA, raised on an experimental commune known as the Homestead. When a suspicious fire destroys the commune and claims the lives of two of the Homesteaders, the remaining Girls and their Mothers scatter across the United States and lose touch. Years later, Margaret Morrow goes missing, and Josie sets off on a desperate road trip, tracking down her estranged sisters who seem to hold the keys to her mother’s disappearance. Tracing the clues Margaret left behind, Josie joins forces with the other Girls, facing down those who seek to eradicate their very existence while uncovering secrets about their origins and unlocking devastating abilities they never knew they had.
THE CURE CHRONICLES BOOK 1 by K A Riley
VS Note: Not a romance. Romantic elements maybe? Scifi release of note.
On her seventeenth birthday, Ashen Spencer is blindfolded and escorted to the massive, mysterious building known as the Arc to begin her year of training and testing in hopes that she can earn the Cure–a powerful drug given only to those deemed worthy to survive beyond their eighteenth birthday. Ashen has a chance to rise up from her former life of squalor and be granted a place in society, if the Panel–the mysterious group of powerful men and women in charge of the Arc–deems her year a success. She’s assigned to live for twelve months with a wealthy family whose son is the most alluring young man she’s ever met. At first, Ashen is grateful for the opportunity to earn her place in a society she’s always dreamed of inhabiting. But as time passes and she begins to learn the truth about the people she admires so much and the home she left behind, she realizes she has a choice: Be part of the disease…Or be part of the Cure.
THE APOCALYPSE SEVEN by Gene Doucette
VS Note: Not a romance. A good week for my dystopian tales- reading! This one sounds different and I liked the Look Inside so I one clicked. We’ll see.
The whateverpocalypse. That’s what Touré, a twenty-something Cambridge coder, calls it after waking up one morning to find himself seemingly the only person left in the city. Once he finds Robbie and Carol, two equally disoriented Harvard freshmen, he realizes he isn’t alone, but the name sticks: Whateverpocalypse. But it doesn’t explain where everyone went. It doesn’t explain how the city became overgrown with vegetation in the space of a night. Or how wild animals with no fear of humans came to roam the streets. Add freakish weather to the mix, swings of temperature that spawn tornadoes one minute and snowstorms the next, and it seems things can’t get much weirder. Yet even as a handful of new survivors appear—Paul, a preacher as quick with a gun as a Bible verse; Win, a young professional with a horse; Bethany, a thirteen-year-old juvenile delinquent; and Ananda, an MIT astrophysics adjunct—life in Cambridge, Massachusetts gets stranger and stranger.
The self-styled Apocalypse Seven are tired of questions with no answers. Tired of being hunted by things seen and unseen. Now, armed with curiosity, desperation, a shotgun, and a bow, they become the hunters. And that’s when things truly get weird.
VARIANT (THE PREDICTIVE: DEEP SPACE FRINGE WARS BOOK TWO) by L V Lane
VS Note: Not a romance…here’s what the author (who does write romances sometimes) says on their web page: “While there are some romantic relationships in the book, I wouldn’t describe it as a romance. More action, adventure and intrigue with a light touch of romance.”
One hundred years of stasis and a one-way ticket.They expected a barren planet: soil, water, and at best microbe level life. Instead, they found a verdant world full of diverse life…and a city advanced beyond understanding. A planet, once their hope and now a source of confusion that might soon turn to despair. A planet, but not their planet. No, someone else had got there first.
REBEL’S CALL (SPACE TROOPERS BOOK ONE) by Jamie McFarlane and Rachel Aukes
VS Note: Not a romance. Scifi release of note. Sounded good.
Separated at birth, orphaned twins Peyton and Jai Foster’s lives couldn’t be more different. Raised by a billionaire, Peyton Foster has been taught that anything other than first place is failure. With her adoptive family’s name dangled like a carrot, she’ll need to not only get accepted to Space Academy but finish at the top of her class. Raised in a group shelter one step from the streets, Jai Foster has earned every meal he’s ever eaten. Discovering early that his penchant for technology gave him an undeniable advantage, Jai manages to earn a spot to the Academy with hopes of securing a future better than as some low-level corporate cog. When fellow cadets are callously murdered for failing training exercises, the orphaned twins discover that the corporations controlling the solar system are far more sinister than they could’ve ever imagined. When terrorist attacks leave millions dead, Academy’s cadets are drafted to fight the latest corporate war. But what happens when the twins discover that the terrorist enemy they’re fighting isn’t the real enemy? Will a pair of orphans follow the orders of an immoral corporation or will they find that fighting against tyranny is worth everything?
SIXSHOOTER: A HORIZON CROSSOVER by Lyndi Alexander
VS Note: From May 17.
Valeni Pascual wants to be free to make a living hauling cargo with her spaceship and to understand the shapeshifting alien who presents sometimes as the steamy male Nik and other times as the blonde bombshell Nikki. As a rebel insurgence builds against the oppressive government known as the Agency, Valeni and Nik/Nikki encounter a sexy Terran cowboy named Garrett Rawls. Since being pulled into this region of space by another mysterious wormhole, Garrett has looked for a way to return to Earth. After meeting Valeni and Nikki, he might have found something worth staying for. However, dark forces may have a much bigger picture in mind for all of them. Valeni, Nik/Nikki, and Garrett are pulled into a life and death fight that lays bare all of their secrets and their desires. Will they lose everything as the battle against the Agency rages around them or can love pull them through?
WE DARE: NO MAN’S LAND: AN ANTHOLOGY OF STRONG FEMALE LEADS by Various
VS Note: Scifi not romance but how could I resist? I’m all about strong female leads and I love anthologies…
Ripley facing down the Xenomorph Queen. Sarah Connor fighting the Terminator. David Weber’s Honor Harrington. Science fiction novels and the silver screen are full of badass women kicking butt and taking names. Sometimes it’s the momma bear persona stepping up to defend her young, but, other times, she’s just the meanest one standing—bionic arm or not! Edited by Jamie Ibson and Chris Kennedy, “We Dare: No Man’s Land” is a collection of 15 all-new stories with female leads. Whether it’s changing an engine on the outside of a spaceship’s hull or chasing SimNACs through the jungle, these heroines have only one goal in mind—to win at all costs! From defending asteroid bases to searching giant space stations, these women get the job done! What makes female leads great? Does it matter—these women are incredible! Be warned though—they may be referred to as the “fairer” sex, but don’t cross these ladies, or you’re gonna get what you have coming! The authors dared write about these awesome women; will you dare to join them on their adventures? If so, step inside. But beware…this is No Man’s Land!
ASHFALL: THE WASTELAND BOOK 1 by Denise Agnew
VS Note: OK, I one clicked this.
A strong woman and a former Air Force pararescueman tangle with a new world forged by an apocalypse no one could stop. Mally Andretti survived an apocalypse that has altered the world. Tucked away in a huge compound she should feel safe, but loneliness eats away at her. Until a deep, mysterious voice tantalizes her over the ham radio and invites her into soul deep conversation. Who is the man who claims to be her friend, who awakens mental and physical cravings? Working for a private security company takes all of former Air Force pararescueman Adam Becker’s time, until a sexy voice on the ham radio tempts him to do and say things he’s never done before. Mally calls on every fiercely protective instinctive inside him, and when she’s in serious danger he’ll do anything to get to her in time.
THE DRAGON’S WEAKNESS (TAHOE DRAGON MATES BOOK 5) by Jessie Donovan
Dragon-shifter leader of Clan StoneRiver, David Lee, has vowed to never take a mate. The previous five clan leaders all lost their mates to tragedy, and he is determined to prevent any other female from sharing the same fate. Even when he discovers his true mate is human, David tries his best to keep his distance to protect her. But when he’s forced to be near Tiffany for a week, during an event to help orphaned dragon-shifter children, the human becomes harder to resist. It’s going to take everything he has to keep her safe. Tiffany Ford is thrilled to be selected to help with the orphaned dragon children. Even if the StoneRiver clan leader is distant and borderline rude to her at first, she soon makes friends and enjoys herself. When David sets her a surprising challenge to test her observation skills, she’s intrigued. And never one to back down, she accepts, curious to discover more about the leader. As the days go by, Tiffany starts to realize there is more to David than his aloofness, making her wonder if there could be something between them. The only problem is that they both have doubts about each other. Will they be able to move past them before it’s too late? Or will a sudden enemy take away their chance at a happy future forever?
CHASING SPARX (PRIDE OF ALPHAS BOOK 2) by Milly Taiden
Sparx Brady is sick of playing the same role. She’s been on the same soap opera since she was fourteen. She needs change and adventure. When the role of a lifetime comes around, she’s determined to be cast. She quits her job and heads to the mountains for a week-long survivalist course. She’s a stubborn Brady woman; she’s got this. Tiger shifter Dash Jones doesn’t talk. He can, but he prefers quiet contemplation on his mountain. The only time he interacts is when he’s teaching a survivalist course. It’s a fun, easy enough gig. But when a shiny actress in heels drives up to his mountain, he tries to chase the chatty woman away. He doesn’t want a mate. Especially not her.
But Sparx is determined and strong. Her energy knows no bounds, and soon, the grumpy tiger is smitten by the actress. If only he can find a way to keep her from completing the grueling final test… and from the dangerous bears on the other side of the mountain. Falling in love definitely isn’t the only kind of fall in this mountain adventure.
FATE INTERRUPTED: A PARANORMAL WOMEN’S FICTION NOVEL (MOONSTONE COVE BOOK 3) by Elizabeth Hunter
She had her life all planned out; fate had other ideas. How did an accomplished Southern businesswoman, wife, and mother end up living on California’s Central Coast, working for a stubborn wine-maker, newly divorced, and wrestling with sudden psychic powers? Megan Carpenter asks herself that same question nearly every day. She’s working her way back to the business world and starting her own event planning business, but fate keeps throwing her curveballs. Her ex has an unexpected new girlfriend, her telekinetic powers keep short-circuiting, and her self-control—at least when it comes to her boss, Nico Dusi—is slipping. Thank goodness she has the two best friends in the world. With Katherine and Toni at her side, Megan is determined to keep her plans on track, even when at unexpected theft at the winery threatens the new business she’s building. When Nico asks Megan, Toni, and Katherine for help finding the thief, life in Moonstone Cove gets even more mind-bending. Experimental grape clones, industrial espionage, and bizarre blood stains. Even for three psychic friends, this mystery may be more than they can handle on their own.
HEART OF FURY (VAMPIRE ROYALS OF NEW YORK: GABRIEL BOOK 2) by Sarah Piper
HEART OF FURY is the second book in Gabriel and Jacinda’s trilogy in the Vampire Royals of New York world. It’s a steamy enemies-to-lovers paranormal romance featuring a filthy-mouthed, red hot British vampire prince and the dark witch sent to destroy him.
CRIMSON CROWN (THE CRIMSON ACCORD SERIES BOOK 4) by Amy Patrick
The Crimson Court is at a turning point. Abigail Byler’s life is about to change profoundly… or end for good. It remains to be seen what will become of the vampire queen, Imogen. And Abbi’s eternal love, Reece, faces the possibility of taking on a job he was never meant to have while living without the only girl he’s ever loved. In this fourth and final installment of the Crimson Accord series, the fates of both the vampire and human races are at stake, and it all depends on who will wear the Crimson Crown.
RAINING CATS AND KILLERS (COUNTRY COTTAGE MYSTERIES BOOK 17) by Addision Moore
My name is Bizzy Baker, and I can read minds—not every mind, not every time but most of the time and believe me when I say it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. It’s proving to be a boiling hot summer in Cider Cove and the inn is hosting Emmie’s wedding and a touch of murder, too. A local resident dies and leaves millions to her cats. Emmie’s wedding dress is rumored to be cursed, and everything that can go wrong for her big day does. Bizzy Baker runs the Country Cottage Inn, has the ability to pry into the darkest recesses of both the human and animal mind, and has just stumbled upon a body. With the help of her kitten, Fish, a mutt named Sherlock Bones and an ornery yet dangerously good looking homicide detective, Bizzy is determined to find the killer.
BALANCE (OMEGA QUEEN SERIES BOOK 9) by W J May
VS Note: From May 20.
When a crimson dragon rises from the ancient fortress, Evie and her friends think their luck is finally turning. Their enemy is strong, but not invincible. He is raising an army of darkness, but they have powerful allies to come to their aid. They are returning to their parents. Their parents will know what to do. If only things were so simple. A realm divided cannot stand, and it will take more than taking up the crown again to restore the five kingdoms. Sacrifices must be made, an impossible choice that shakes the friends to their very core. Are they willing to do what is required? Can they set aside personal happiness for the greater good? No matter what they’re forced to give…will it ever be enough?
BOURBON STREET GHOSTS by Lily Harper Hart
Harper Harlow-Monroe and Zander Pritchett have been excited for their upcoming ghost conference in New Orleans for years, since before they were involved with their significant others. What was once a trip for two has now become a trip for four … but that doesn’t make them any less excited.
Ofelia Archer has just found out that her bar Krewe is about to be inundated with ghost hunters … and she’s beyond excited. She’s looking forward to a good week, which means more money to funnel into her next business venture. Two worlds collide when Harper and Ofelia meet in Jackson Square, a ghost catching their attention. Before they realize what’s happening, they’re embroiled in a huge mystery … one that involves New Orleans’ colorful past and worry for the future. Harper and Ofelia have a lot in common and they bond quickly. That adds a colorful edge to their friendship. Add Zander to the mix and the Big Easy is in for big trouble. Hang on because it’s going to be a bumpy ride. Between ghosts, Zander’s attitude, and Ofelia’s mother … it’s going to be a very strange trip. It could also be deadly.
RETURN TO CHARLOCK (CHARLOCK SERIES BOOK 2) by Leah Moyes
One year after her life-changing time-travel journey back to 1878 England, Kat Shelton is swept off her feet by the handsome and wealthy Trenton Gilford III, the owner of her beloved Charlock Manor and the third great-grandson of Merritt Gilford—the 19th-century gentleman who helped Kat cope through her fiancé’s death. While family and friends descend on the Gilford estate for a traditional ten-day house party leading up to Trenton and Kat’s wedding day, a confounding woman mysteriously appears in an antiquated gown and with an all too familiar insolence. Ms. Margaret Abbott! As if Kat’s archenemy from 1878 isn’t enough, her pretentious soon-to-be mother-in-law aligns with a scheming unwelcomed guest, to pursue every opportunity in driving a wedge between the idyllic couple. Interspersed between archery arrows, horse races, and a lively game of cricket—doubt, deception, and lies emerge. Will Kat conquer her fears to attain the happy ending she desires? Or will secrets from the past crush her resolve and leave her defeated?
THANATOS (GUARDIANS OF Hades book 8) by Felicity Heaton
Thanatos, god of death, has a mission: scour the unknown realms of the Underworld and retrieve the only daughter of his god-king, Hades. Murdered six centuries ago and her soul captured before it could pass on, she now falls under Thanatos’s domain. Armed with only a description of the location of her prison seen in a vision by her oldest brother, Thanatos has spent four years hunting for her, determined to complete his task and save her. But when he locates Calindria, she’s not the delicate little girl he remembers—she’s a fierce, bewitching and beautiful warrioress who stirs unwanted feelings in his black heart and she’s on a mission of her own. Calindria, daughter of Hades, has a mission: escape her prison, hunt down the ones who murdered her twin brother, and then make her family pay for abandoning her. But the Fates have other plans, placing a distractingly gorgeous god of death in her path—a warrior who is determined to convince her that what she believed is the truth is in fact a lie. In a realm that turns memories against them and where anything can be an illusion, can Calindria and Thanatos learn to trust each other enough to work together to escape the hellish domain, or will the darkest moments of their past prove too powerful to overcome?
BLOOD BALLAD (CHARMSLINGER BOOK 3) by Liza Street
Bounty hunter Gracie Boswell knows three things: the vampires want your blood, the fae want your flesh…and worst of all, the demons want your soul. Traveling through the outlaw-infested west is never an easy prospect, and it’s even harder when Gracie realizes she might be half in love with one of the men in her posse. It’s harder still when a demon starts slaughtering entire towns, and nobody else has the guts—or the lack of self-preservation—necessary to go after the demon behind the violence. As Gracie, Boone, and Carson scour the territory for the soulless menace, the local folk show them only distrust and prejudice. Turns out in this region, anyone who wields magic is suspect, and Gracie’s posse has to be just as careful of the demon as they do of the intolerant locals. Because who’s going to save those ungrateful cowherds if Gracie’s dangling from the end of a hangman’s noose?
THE JASMINE THRONE (THE BURNING KINGDOMS BOOK 1) by Tasha Suri
Exiled by her despotic brother, princess Malini spends her days dreaming of vengeance while imprisoned in the Hirana: an ancient cliffside temple that was once the revered source of the magical deathless waters but is now little more than a decaying ruin. The secrets of the Hirana call to Priya. But in order to keep the truth of her past safely hidden, she works as a servant in the loathed regent’s household, biting her tongue and cleaning Malini’s chambers. But when Malini witnesses Priya’s true nature, their destines become irrevocably tangled. One is a ruthless princess seeking to steal a throne. The other a powerful priestess seeking to save her family. Together, they will set an empire ablaze.
REBEL’S KARMA (DARK PROTECTORS BOOK 13) by Rebecca Zanetti
There’s no denying destiny . . .For too long, Benjamin Reese has masked his deadly skills and temper with loyalty and humor. A vampire-demon hybrid, he fiercely protects his family, guards his brothers, and destroys the enemy without mercy. But when he discovers one fragile, beautiful blonde—a woman once mated to a Kurjan, no less—every primal instinct he has buried for centuries roars to life. With the mating mark she roused on his hand entwining their fates, no one will prevent him from keeping her safe and making her his, forever . . . Or desire . . .Karma wishes she could remember her last name. Or if she even had one. All she has in this confusing new world is a desperate duty to save the innocent. That means destroying the dark, dangerous, and desirable Benjamin Reese and everything he loves—an impossible task even before his touch arouses a passionate hunger she can’t afford. She’s certain a deadly enemy watches her every move, but it’s not until Benny kisses her that she tastes true danger.
BESPELLING THE BOSS (WITCHY IS THE NEW FORETY BOOK 2) by Elizabeth Kirke
Twenty years ago, Rose and her two best friends cast a love spell that went horribly awry. Not that Rose ever paid that much mind. Focused on her career, she has dreamed of owning her own apothecary since she was just a little witch. Unfortunately, as she nears forty, that goal is farther away than ever. Not only is she stuck in a dead end job, lately she feels she’s moments from getting fired. On more than one occasion she has caught her new boss, Bay, snooping around the shop and fears he’s looking for any excuse to let her go. She thought evoking one little spell couldn’t hurt.
She couldn’t have been more wrong. Poor choice of wording in the incantation tethers Rose and Bay to disastrous consequences. Will the result blend the perfect potion for romance? Or will it be enough to crush Rose’s career and her love life?
HEALING MINDS (THE SHIFTER CHRONICLES BOOK 5) by M D Grimm
VS Note: A re-release with “updated and revised text”.
Josh McPhee always wanted to be an agent. To keep from going crazy at the Agency’s New Mexico substation, he talks to the imprisoned wolf shifter—or tries to. Their one-sided conversations only prove the shifter is not getting the help he needs. After all, he is a victim too. Wolf shifter Xavier doesn’t remember much before his time with the Knights or the time under their control, where he was brainwashed and used to kill innocent shifters. He wants to recover his memories, and yet he fears what he might find. He would escape were it not for the aide whose voice quiets Xavier’s implanted urges. Late one night the Knights attack the station to retrieve what’s theirs. Overpowered, Josh cannot stop them before they unlock Xavier’s cage. But Xavier rushes to Josh’s rescue and, sensing his opportunity, escapes, taking Josh with him. When Josh wakes up on the road, they strike a bargain: Josh offers Xavier one month of freedom before he calls in the Agency. Both doubt he can be cured, but something about Josh makes Xavier better. They just have to figure out what before the enemy catches up to them.
DANGEROUS ENCHANTMENT: EDEN’S DRAGON BOOK 3: A MAGIC NEW MEXICO NOVELLA by Evelyn Lederman and S E Smith (Foreward)
It’s kill or be killed. Fatima, a victim of an enchantment, takes her human form only a single day each year. A born warrior, she goes after the member of the Brethren who has sworn to kill the enchanted female descendants of Eden’s Dragon. Everything changes when a witch tells her to come to Magic, New Mexico to reunite with two of her sisters. Michael Dixon has stalled his dad’s plans to reunite with his runaway brother. Together, the twins have the ability to conjure a jinn to grant all their immoral father’s wishes. When a naked woman appears before him and then later changes into a dragon, he knows he must find her. Forces converge in Magic, New Mexico, where anything is possible.
WOLF QUEEN (SHADOW GUILD: WOLF QUEEN BOOK 5) by Linsey Hall
A week ago, it took everything I had to save the werewolves from the Dark Moon curse, but I did it. Unfortunately, it left me with a nasty case of the curse myself. To make matters worse, I’m the most powerful werewolf who ever lived. And I’m apparently a goddess. As a result, I’m stuck in a cell because I’m a danger to everyone around me. Even though I don’t want to be locked up, I know it’s the best thing for everyone. If I were to get out and succumb to the curse, I would destroy us all. The only way to save myself is to find a cure and defeat the Maker, something that has proved impossible so far. My fated mate Lachlan is determined to help me, but we’re still haunted by our own curse. According to our most powerful seer, if I fall for him, I’m dead. So yeah, let’s just say things are complicated.
A DAB OF SORCERY (THE FRENCH QUARTER WITCH MYSTERY SERIES BOOK 2) by Constance Barker and Corinne Winters
Hi, I’m Georgie, and I have my hands full with Xavier, the witch hunter. He wants to close down my art gallery, proclaiming that I’m pushing dark magic on my patrons. Of course he hasn’t dealt with Miss Hallie when she’s ready to go all medieval on his hiney. And that’s putting it nicely. But when a jazz singer is stabbed to death, I must put on my sleuth hat and assist local detective Raphael. Marcel, my monocled familiar, is also on the hunt. Well, after some coercion with a few cat treats.
Lady Languish was an up and coming young singer, but who would want her dead? Could it be a spurned lover, a rival singer or someone much more dark and mysterious?
ALPHA DRAGON’S RUNAWAY SURPRISE: RUNAWAY DRAGON MATES by Serena Meadows
When Alix Scott finds out she’s expecting—escaping her abusive fiancé Danny—is her only choice. The runaway bride keeps the pregnancy a secret and puts the baby up for adoption. Alix pursues a relationship with wealthy CEO and single-dad Declan Montague. She’s smitten by him and his 5-year-old daughter Emily. But just as sparks begin to fly…Danny reappears for revenge. He’s convinced Emily is his daughter. But a change in the young girl’s behavior has everybody asking: who are her birth parents?
BONFIRE BRIGHT (ELVENSWOOD TALES 3) by Alexa Piper
Charlotte “Charlie” Bisset, born to witches but without any magical power whatsoever, is slowly settling into her relationship with medical doctor and vampire Hugo and with Laurette, Elven royalty and passionate baker. While Charlie is reluctant to commit to moving in with her Elf, New Elvenswood is plagued by unnatural vermin attacks. Hugo is not a possessive vampire, or at least he tries not to be when it comes to his lovers. Yet, his human lover in particular regularly brings out Hugo’s wilder vampire side even if all he wants for her is sweet, fairy-tale love. Odd attacks on unsuspecting people in their city only leave Hugo more unsettled.
STOLEN THREADWITCH BRIDE by Clare Sager
When threadwitch Ariadne is taken by a fae lord as part of a centuries-old bargain, she expects to marry him whether she likes it or not. But, desperate to return home, she won’t give in easily. Even if Lysander claims he doesn’t want her hand in marriage but for its skill with needle and the threads of magic, everyone knows the fae are not to be trusted. Plotting her escape, she sews spells into cloth and tries her hardest to ignore his charms as well as the fae realm’s equally alluring beauty. But she soon discovers his world is as dangerous as it is beautiful. With dark creatures in the forest and enemies who wear friendship as a mask, Ariadne must make every stitch perfect if she wants to not only escape but also keep Lysander alive. Which, it turns out, is something she wants far more than she ever expected.
GIRLS AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD by Laura Brooke Robson
In a world bound for an epic flood, only a chosen few are guaranteed safe passage into the new world once the waters recede. The Kostrovian royal court will be saved, of course, along with their guards. But the fate of the court’s Royal Flyers, a lauded fleet of aerial silk performers, is less certain. Hell-bent on survival, Principal Flyer, Natasha Koskinen, will do anything to save the flyers, who are the only family she’s ever known. Even if “anything” means molding herself into the type of girl who could be courted by Prince Nikolai. But unbeknownst to Natasha, her newest recruit, Ella Neves, is driven less by her desire to survive the floods than her thirst for revenge. And Ella’s mission could put everything Natasha has worked for in peril. As the oceans rise, so too does an undeniable spark between the two flyers. With the end of the world looming, and dark secrets about the Kostrovian court coming to light, Ella and Natasha can either give in to despair . . . or find a new reason to live.
CONSORTS FOR THE QUEEN (OUR FAE QUEEN BOOK 2) by Traci Lovelot
The Fae need my help to regain their long-lost magic. Sure, my powerful guards are all supernaturally hot, but their weird Tree of Life ceremony would turn me into nothing more than their sex slave. Not happening. Plus, as long as I possess the queen’s magic, the Unseelie won’t stop hunting me… or my friends. To protect us all, I’ll gladly give up the throne. But surrendering the queen’s magic won’t be easy. And until I do, it’ll keep summoning potential consorts to my side. So when these gorgeous men tell me they want me, I can’t trust their intentions. Is it me they crave? Or my power?
DARK MASTER by Jack Stevens
Sean Sinclair is handsome, brilliant, and completely self-centered, so it is no surprise that his main ambition is to succeed as Master of one of England’s oldest and most prestigious universities—St. Thaddeus’s College. And while working his way up the academic ladder, he is more than happy to fill his days with as many sexual conquests the life of a successful gay university fellow can throw his way. But when an embittered former lover goes missing under grisly circumstances, and suspicion falls on him, Sean is dragged into a world of ancient horror hidden behind the dreaming spires of St. Thaddeus’s, and into a centuries-old war between light and darkness. Hounded by police and stalked by monsters, Sean must fight to find the truth of “The Shadow College”. What are its plans for humans? And for him? In the shadows, it’s hard to tell friend from foe, lover from killer, and as the darkness deepens, Sean is forced to make choices that will cost him far more than just his life.
CAVEMAN NEED WIFE (THE FIRST MOUNTAIN MAN BOOK 2) by Frankie Love
I’ve been here a long ass time. Lonely as hell and wishing for a wife. When a woman arrives she thinks she’s time-travelled to a prehistoric nightmare. I think she’s finally come home. She’s innocent, curvy, and all kinds of cute. And she thinks I’m nothing but a cave man. Growly. Grumpy. Gruff. She’s not wrong. She also has ideas about marriage. She’s planning on wearing white, with her father walking her down the aisle of a church. That’s not happening here in the jungle. Closest thing to a chapel is a cave and I have no intention on her staying pure until her wedding. I want her now. Today. She thinks her father would never give her away to me … but she’s wrong. Besides, I’m not asking for her hand, I’m taking it.
THE WHIRLPOOLS OF TIME by Anna Belfrage
It is 1715 and for Duncan Melville something fundamental is missing from his life. Despite a flourishing legal practice and several close friends, he is lonely, even more so after the recent death of his father. He needs a wife—a companion through life, someone to hold and be held by. What he wasn’t expecting was to be torn away from everything he knew and find said woman in 2016…Erin Barnes has a lot of stuff going on in her life. She doesn’t need the additional twist of a stranger in weird outdated clothes, but when he risks his life to save hers, she feels obligated to return the favour. Besides, whoever Duncan may be, she can’t exactly deny the immediate attraction. The complications in Erin’s life explode. Events are set in motion and to Erin’s horror she and Duncan are thrown back to 1715. Not only does Erin have to cope with a different and intimidating world, soon enough she and Duncan are embroiled in a dangerous quest for Duncan’s uncle, a quest that may very well cost them their lives as they travel through a Scotland poised on the brink of rebellion.
MYSTIC PASSAGE (HIS NAME WAS AUGUSTIN BOOK 2) by C L Carhart
Swanie von Thaden and her companions bend time to search for the truth, but things go awry from the start. Unexpected dangers lurk in eleventh century Europe, and Swanie soon learns that she may be there much longer than intended. She sets out to carve a place for herself in a primeval land of princes and noblewomen, but she quickly finds that her Teuton peers prove unwilling to reveal their secrets to a brash interloper. Swanie fears that she may never uncover the mysteries of Teutonic history—until she meets Augustin von Bayern, a mysterious young lord that her people mistrust. Educated and refined, his aura entices her in ways she had never anticipated. But he offers his shadowy lore at a price, one which may alter her future. Does she dare to explore the darker aspects of Teutonic magic? Should she bare her heart to one who walks a demon’s path?
TRENCH WARFARE by Fiona Glass
VS Note: Based on a previously published short story.
County archaeologist Steve Saunders desperately wants his latest dig to be a success. Too many people think he’s too young for the job, and besides, the chance to track down the town’s missing priory is too good to miss. But the dig seems to be jinxed. The weather’s awful, the clients want the land back to build an apartment block, and the clients’ representative tries every dodgy trick in the book. On top of that there’s a strange, unfriendly atmosphere about the place. Could that be why the priory disappeared so thoroughly? And what’s the link to the unusual stairs Steve’s assistant Jon finds in the cloister trench? Throughout everything, Jon proves to be an invaluable support. But when he tries a trick of his own, he sets off a chain of events that lead to a result nobody, least of all Steve, expects.
DAUGHTER OF SPARTA by Claire Andrews
Seventeen-year-old Daphne has spent her entire life honing her body and mind into that of a warrior, hoping to be accepted by the unyielding people of ancient Sparta. But an unexpected encounter with the goddess Artemis—who holds Daphne’s brother’s fate in her hands—upends the life she’s worked so hard to build. Nine mysterious items have been stolen from Mount Olympus and if Daphne cannot find them, the gods’ waning powers will fade away, the mortal world will descend into chaos, and her brother’s life will be forfeit. Guided by Artemis’s twin—the handsome and entirely-too-self-assured god Apollo—Daphne’s journey will take her from the labyrinth of the Minotaur to the riddle-spinning Sphinx of Thebes, team her up with mythological legends such as Theseus and Hippolyta of the Amazons, and pit her against the gods themselves.
THE HIDDEN PALACE: A NOVEL OF THE GOLEM AND THE JINNI by Helene Wecker
Chava is a golem, a woman made of clay, who can hear the thoughts and longings of those around her and feels compelled by her nature to help them. Ahmad is a jinni, a restless creature of fire, once free to roam the desert but now imprisoned in the shape of a man. Fearing they’ll be exposed as monsters, these magical beings hide their true selves and try to pass as human—just two more immigrants in the bustling world of 1900s Manhattan. Brought together under calamitous circumstances, their lives are now entwined—but they’re not yet certain of what they mean to each other. Both Chava and Ahmad have changed the lives of the people around them. ..(more blurb on ebook seller page…)
THE WAYWARD MAGE (WAYWARD MAGES BOOK 3) by Sara Hanover
When her father disappeared into limbo years ago, Tessa’s world fell apart. It took her discovery of magic for her to begin to put things back together. But she hasn’t been able to restore her father from his ghostly half-existence–and he is fading fast. Magic has a price, and Tessa is learning that it is both steep and deadly. The phoenix wizard who could train her has deserted Tessa. She has friends among the Iron dwarves and harpies, even a lesser demon, and the mysterious Malender with his sinister whip of thorns and fire. But she is still faced with a delicate balancing act. Then her mother incurs the wrath of the magical world when she writes a dissertation exposing its reality. That is the final straw, as Magic fights back and an assassin accepts a contract on their lives. Tessa must learn to master her new powers as a sorceress, or everyone and everything she loves is doomed.
MIDLIFE BEAR CUBS (MIDLIFE SHIFTERS BOOK 8) by JL Wilder
Lauren – We both abandoned den life. I went to the human world, He went into the woods. We may have tried to escape our shifter community, But can we ever escape each other? His babies are growing inside me, And I can’t let anyone know. I’m not trying to prevent him from being a father. I’m just trying to protect my heart. Wes – I’m more bear than I am human. Den life and pack politics have never been for me. When she didn’t tell me I was the father, I felt angry and betrayed. My inner beast wanted revenge. But every time I see her, the more I want her. The more I want to protect our babies.
Taking them deeper into the wild with me, might be the only way to save them.
CURSED SOULS (SOCIETY OF ANCIENT MAGIC BOOK 4) by Fiona Starr
We thought destroying Damon meant the end of our vampire problem, but with the return of Tobias, we’ve got one living right under our roof. Add to that the souls of those missing students—they call to me at all hours. We assumed they were dead and gone, but they are still here, and I have no idea what they want from me. All I know is by helping them I help Tobias, and time is running out. The return of Van’s twin is not exactly the joyous occasion one might imagine. After all these years apart, the four of them need time to reconnect, but that doesn’t do anything to quell the pull I feel every single time I look at Tobias. If there’s a solution to this, it’s just beyond my reach. I thought my heart was full with the love of three men, but it seems there’s room for more—if only he felt the same. The hunt for the wolves continues, and fighting between the factions within the Society of Ancient Magic is reaching a fever pitch. The danger to all I hold dear has never been more apparent, and don’t get me started on what’s left of my family. I’ve never been so unsure about the future, and I am afraid I won’t be able to save them all.
THE WOLF AND THE WOODSMAN by Ava Reid
In her forest-veiled pagan village, Évike is the only woman without power, making her an outcast clearly abandoned by the gods. The villagers blame her corrupted bloodline—her father was a Yehuli man, one of the much-loathed servants of the fanatical king. When soldiers arrive from the Holy Order of Woodsmen to claim a pagan girl for the king’s blood sacrifice, Évike is betrayed by her fellow villagers and surrendered. But when monsters attack the Woodsmen and their captive en route, slaughtering everyone but Évike and the cold, one-eyed captain, they have no choice but to rely on each other. Except he’s no ordinary Woodsman—he’s the disgraced prince…(more blurb on ebook seller page…)
BIG GIRLS BITE BACK: A PARANORMAL REVERSE HAREM ROMANCE by Lissa Lynn Thomas
VS Note: From May 18.
A vampire, a werewolf, and a demon all walk into a bar…Sounds like the start of a bad joke. Want another? Alright, how’s this? They bring with them a greater demon and the most powerful vampire in all of NYC. One wants my help, the other wants me dead. Hysterical. Too bad it’s not a joke—just a typical Saturday night for me. I guess the upside is having sex with me hasn’t sent any of these smexy troublemakers to the hospital… yet… Frackin’ fudge fluffers.
MOM’S THE WORD (CASE FILES OF AN URBAN WITCH BOOK 5) by Martha Carr and Michael Anderle
Magical medieval artifacts are on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. They are the perfect target for magical thieves. Look out Lucy Heron. It’s not the usual menace looking to steal a strange magical crown. Good thing Lucy and the Silver Griffins are on the case. Meanwhile, the Underfoot Brigade are on a case of their own. Monsters are in the underground tunnels. Time to find out why. The answers to both problems are hidden in plain sight. Can they look to the past to solve the riddle of the present? Good thing the Heron family is good at researching history – including their own. Will they be able to get the answers they need in time? Will Lucy, the Herons and the Silver Griffins be able to protect the artifacts and the City of Angels as more artifacts are revealed?
ELEMENTS OF MAGIC (THE DEMON’S FAE BOOK 2) by LJ Swallow
We’ve discovered a secret alliance between rogue fae and the demon prince—one that could destroy the London fae court. The Collector could stop the court’s downfall but is he prepared to step forward and reveal himself? My focus lies elsewhere. I never found a cure for the curse marking me, and I didn’t locate the demon-filled box I lost. I did manage to persuade the four men in my life to cooperate. Mostly. Now we need to figure out how to find the dangerous Sunde boxes and keep them out of the demon prince’s hands. I’m dealing with the shock from Dex’s true identity, and after five years in his life, the Collector decides to tell me who he is. I hope Morgan and Cillian don’t have any surprises because I’m starting to lose touch with my reality. Life was simpler when it was just me, my daggers, and my good friend whiskey. Although, with four guys determined to protect and help me, life has also got interesting. Everybody likes a little attention, right?
CAPTIVE BEAUTY (HAREM OF REDEMPTION BOOK 1) by Cassia Briar
VS Note: From May 25.
’ve spent the past decade on the run with my younger brother after our mother was murdered. He’s finally turned eighteen and is under protection of the supernatural academy. But when a dare goes wrong, I’m afraid I’ve lost him forever. My only choice is to give my life in exchange for his. Now I’m theirs. I belong to three beastly men. Cade is a terrifying, scar-faced fae. The wolf, Lucas, guards me like I’m his fated mate. Zane, the seductive vampire, wants more than my blood. They want to break me. These cursed men want to own my body, heart, and soul. I need to escape before I lose myself to their dark temptations. Though outside these walls the hunters await.
I DATED A DEADLY AUDITOR (BLIND DATE CORPORATION BOOK 3) by Viola Grace
VS Note: Seems to be Paranormal.
Being lucky was all she knew until the man from her past ends up auditing her active status, and she has to choose to run or stay. Run it is. Tirra has had it rough. She started out as a victim, turned into an asset, and ended up as a survivor. Her life had started in an unorthodox way, her career is the result of years of focus, and working for Z-tech as an executive trainer made it easy for her to transition into designing the training plan for the different escorts of the Blind Date Corporation. She spent five years working with the escorts and creating connections with restaurants, hotels, and other venues where dates would take place. As the resort was opened in Aksalla, she is chosen for the position of management when her past arrives to audit her active skills as an analyst. She is shocked by the appearance of the man she used to dread and desire with equal measure. ..(more blurb on ebook seller’s page…)
Amazon Many of her books are on Apple Books and Kobo so perhaops this one will get there
REUNIONS BITE: A SHADOW WORLD ORIGINS STORY by Cindy Carroll
VS Note: From May 23. I like the premise. Put it on my TBR list.
High school reunions…suck Especially when you find out your hot ex-boyfriend hasn’t aged a day since prom. Nothing could convince aspiring reporter Callie to attend her fifteen-year high school reunion — except the chance to find out more about the recent murders plaguing the city. The opportunity to ambush, er, interview hotshot Detective Evan Jones is too much to resist. She knows he’ll be there. After all, he was the prom king and the hottest, most infuriating guy in school. And her first love. And the guy who broke her heart. Callie won’t let that stop her from getting the interview that might make her career. Besides, maybe if she sees that Evan has turned into a doughnut-obsessed, boring by-the-books cop, maybe she’ll finally get over him. But Detective Jones is still a six-foot-one brawny, beautiful, infuriating bad boy. He hasn’t changed a bit since high school. He still looks exactly the same. Mixing business with pleasure might be ill advised, but one last hookup will help her move on from Evan for good. Her interest in Evan draws the attention of the killer and she finds herself with target on her back. Unless they can stop the murderer, this will be the last reunion Callie ever attends.
WENDY, DARLING by A C Wise
Find the second star from the right, and fly straight on ’til morning, all the way to Neverland, a children’s paradise with no rules, no adults, only endless adventure and enchanted forests – all led by the charismatic boy who will never grow old. But Wendy Darling grew up. She has a husband and a young daughter called Jane, a life in London. But one night, after all these years, Peter Pan returns. Wendy finds him outside her daughter’s window, looking to claim a new mother for his Lost Boys. But instead of Wendy, he takes Jane. Now a grown woman, a mother, a patient and a survivor, Wendy must follow Peter back to Neverland to rescue her daughter and finally face the darkness at the heart of the island.
ZENITH (SECRETS OF CERES BOOK 4) by Stella Williams
VS Note: Paranormal. Vampires from what I glean in reviews of earlier books. I also get the impression it’s best to start the series with book one.
The surviving members of Aura Society are struggling with the transition to the human world. Zarovia Monoceros has a plan that could smooth the way, but before she can fulfill her destiny as Zenith, she needs to deal with the handsome distraction under her own roof. Hendrex Andromeda wants nothing more but to settle down in his new life outside of Ceres. Free from his duty as Ruling Four, he can finally be himself, except he has no idea what that looks like in the human world. The only part of his future Hendrex is certain about is Zarovia. But in order to be worthy of her love, he needs to face his demons and show her the man he can be…Under the constant threat of attack, will taking a chance on love be the key to the future for the Aura, or lead to the destruction of everything.
WILD CHILD (ALASKA ALPHAS BOOK 9) by Tamsin Ley
A pack of lies – Pregnant and single, Melody Rush fled to Alaska to avoid marrying the cruel Alpha who knocked her up. All he wants is her inheritance, which she won’t get unless she marries him. But she’d rather live in poverty than spend her life with a man she detests. When a huge, tat-covered bounty hunter tracks her down, she knows she’s out of options. He’s surprisingly kind in a growly, resentful sort of way, and something about him makes her insides quiver with something besides fear…A tarnished champion – Ash Huntington is on a mission, determined to dig his pack out of the debt they’re in because of his mistake. But when he finally catches up to the bounty he’s been tracking, his wolf insists she’s his mate. Melody’s funny, determined, and fierce, and all she wants is to protect her unborn child from the monster who hired him. But if Ash doesn’t turn her in, his pack loses everything. If he does, he’ll lose her forever. Yet he’ll be damned if he lets another man steal his fated bride.
SILVER CHARMS: A PARANORMAL WOMEN’S FICTION NOVEL (MIDLIFE ELEMENTALS BOOK 2) by Kate Moseman
All Rose wants is peace, quiet, and some quality time with her lovable foster dog, Braveheart. Unfortunately, a devious elder fire witch has decided it’s time to begin Rose’s training in fire magic—and she won’t take no for an answer. But even fire spells are no match for family drama: Rose’s sister is in the middle of a divorce, and it’s up to Rose to stop the soon-to-be-ex-husband’s plan to keep the house for himself. With the help of the Ride-or-Die Witches, a friendly fire-setting cat, and a handsome British chauffeur, Rose must fight for her sister’s home… while uncovering a mysterious new threat to the witches of Sparkle Beach.
ROBBERY ON THE HIGH SEAS (NOIR FAIRY TALES BOOK 4) by Linda Mooney
Special Agent Rob Ariello has been assigned to go undercover on a cruise to Ireland for a month to protect the duke and duchess of Edelweiss. A thief has been targeting the richest of the rich, and this couple could make them more than wealthy. Rob’s job is to make sure that doesn’t happen. Naia Meer is a civilian tagged to help with the mission because of her “special abilities”, but what are they? She’s posing as Rob’s wife, but even he doesn’t know. All he knows is she’s a static, and he finds himself being drawn to the redheaded beauty as time passes. He knows he shouldn’t mix business with pleasure, but he almost can’t help himself. He soon learns that someone on the ship knows who they both are, and they want them dead. Who can Rob and Naia trust? The couple’s job is to stop the jewel thief, but can they protect each other in the meantime? When the truth about their real natures surface, can they look past their prejudices and follow their hearts?
IN THE LIGHT OF THE MOON (TALES OF A GAY WITCH BOOK 2) by R D Noland
You can’t keep running from your past, especially when it has four legs and fang’s. In the exciting second installment of Tales of a Gay Witch, we return to Jason and his friends six months later as they are coming to terms with the events of last year. Jason thought he could move on with his life after Damien left in search of information about his mother, after finding out she might be alive after all, but is struggling to adjust to life without him. He is persuaded to go out and meet up with his friends at his favorite night club 1470 West, where he meets a handsome young man named Mickey. That same night, Jason is informed by Detective Miller, now a good friend of his, to be on the lookout for Jo’s ex-husband Rex, who might be coming their way. There have been a number of sexual assaults and murders targeting young lesbian women up in northern Ohio, and Rex is suspected of being involved. Jo’s ex-husband was always a nasty, abusive piece of work, but to make things worse Rex is a werewolf and an alpha to boot. It’s up to Jason to rally his friends again, he is tasked with protecting the people he cares about, before it’s too late.
EAT PREY SPELL (SPELLBOUND EVER AFTER PARANORMAL COZY MYSTERY BOOK 9) by Annabel Chase
The arrival of the National Spell Championships brings out High Priestess Limpet’s competitive side. Emma is forced to practice like her life depends on it and—judging from the menacing look in Limpet’s eye—that just might be the case. Unfortunately, Emma is disqualified for not being a witch, but that comes in handy when one of the best casters on a rival team is found dead and Emma is tasked with quietly finding the killer. In the meantime, Emma’a demigod father is back in town and determined to teach Diana the old ways. Emma wants her daughter toppling blocks, not buildings, and lays down the law with dear old dad, which goes over like holy water in a vampire’s bath. With far more than a competition at stake, Spellbound’s favorite sorceress is up to her neck in magical trouble. Will Emma prevail in her crusade against crime and cataclysm or will she finally fall prey to the forces of darkness?
LOVE, BLOOD AND SANCTUARY by Various
Haunted? Hunted? When you need a safe place from disaster, heartbreak, or gods trying to break you and drain your blood… come to Sanctuary. It’s New York’s most exclusive club for magical beings and the backdrop of three sexy stories from three award winning authors. We Choose to Be by Megan Hart – Love is in the air…and the blood. When hemomancer Hadassah meets the woman of her dreams, she has no idea that Yael is actually a blood demon. Is it only the draw of Hadassah’s talents that brings Yael into her bed? Or is there something more. Something that could last. What is love, after all, unless it’s bound by blood? Sanguine Faith by Brenda Murphy – After a messy break-up leaves Laurel homeless and unemployed, she accepts her great-uncle’s offer of a townhouse and a job. When a seductive spirit trapped in the town house offers Laurel a means of escaping the life her uncle has planned for her, she learns that free does not mean without cost. Promises Made by Starlight by Fiona Zedde – Abandoned by her wife years before and left devastated, Izzy has recently lost nearly everything else. Her credit is abysmal, she’s underemployed, and her successful best friend treats her like a charity case. But when her wife reappears, breaking her heart all over again, Izzy finds that not everything is as it seems. Blood gods walk the earth, and the one she once welcomed into her bed is back—ready to reclaim what’s hers.
A LADY OF EMBERS: FIRES OF THE FAR SERIES: BOOK ONE by Erin O’Kane
After a long war between the elves and humans, Morrowmer is a land full of divided people.Finally free from decades of captivity, Annalise, a high elf, is on the run.Moving from refugee camp to refugee camp, she keeps to herself. These places are dangerous, especially for an elf. One night, the camp is attacked by strange, ferocious beasts. She should flee, but when she stops to save a human, she alters her fate forever. Stolen and taken to a new land, she discovers there is so much more going on than she first thought. A great darkness is about to descend on the Fae Lands and she might be the only one who can save them all.Can Annalise rise from the ashes of her past and become the person she was born to be?
FORTUNE ACADEMY UNDERWORLD BOOK FIVE by J R Thorn
Lucifer has descended on Fortune Academy Underworld a whole five days early—leave it to Cole to be a big fat liar about his timetable. He wasn’t lying about Lucifer’s secret weapon, though, and the truth will take us all for a ride. Olivia is my best friend and she has a past almost as dark as mine, one even she’s not ready to remember and one Lucifer is ready to exploit. I want to help her through all of this, but two of my newest Virtues are trapped in the pit, the lowest level of Hell and Lucifer’s territory. Getting to them will prove harder than we thought. Lucifer’s weapon is bleeding through the realms and if he gets his way, Purgatory will be forever destroyed—and my Virtues with it. The race starts now.
HER DEPUTY WOLF (SHIFTER NATION: WILD FRONTIER SHIFTERS) by Meg Ripley
Cash – After a career-ending accident at the rodeo, it was time to shift gears. Now I’m serving as a sheriff’s deputy to the kind folks of Sheridan. My days on patrol are full of surprises, But the only one that stopped me in my tracks was Shiloh: A sassy new waitress down at the diner—And the first dragon I’d ever seen with my own two eyes. My wolf knows this beautiful creature belongs to him,
Yet sometimes it seems her dragon wants to fly solo. But when danger begins to creep into her life, she’ll never be alone. For I’ll always be there to protect my mate. Shiloh-All my life, I’d lived in a cabin up in the Big Horns with my aunt, who raised me like her own. Eventually, our roles shifted and I became a caregiver for her. Now that she’s passed on, it’s time to explore my newfound independence. But meeting a man and diving into a relationship wasn’t part of my plan. No matter how enchanted my dragon is by the handsome Cash Taylor. I have too many secrets, some of which I’m still learning about. But my fiery night with Cash created yet another one. And it won’t be a secret for long.
THE FIERA PRINCESS (INAMORATA SERIES BOOK 1) by Emilia Finn
Over four hundred years ago, Malachai Noble’s family murdered mine. Days ago, he personally ordered the death of my best friend, and in doing so, stole whatever future Roman DeLuca and I were tiptoeing toward. Now I’m Malachai’s prisoner, with no way home, and nowhere to go but forward. He’s my escort toward execution. But I go willingly, because the moment I step on to enemy territory, I intend to avenge centuries of sins committed upon my people. My name is Tallulah Aurelia Della Katarina King, and soon, I’m to be crowned queen of Luméa—but first, I must prove I don’t need a king. If only the long days, and steamy nights I’ve spent with my enemy in this bloodthirsty forest weren’t making me doubt myself.
REMINGTON: QUEEN’S BIRD OF PREY BOOK 5 by Kathi S Barton
Remington and her warrior sisters had been around for several millennia. Their time of fighting wars and conquering kingdoms was now a distant memory. Before Queen Dante passed, she’d graced her prized warriors—the falcon, hawk, eagle, phoenix, vulture, and owl—with humanity as well as immortality. Remi wasn’t unhappy with her life. She was just bored. Harlin Tayler was working deep undercover, and he was thinking that hopefully, the case he was working on was about to come to an end. Sorrel was the worst sort of person, and Harlin was aiming to bring him to justice. But Sorrel wasn’t human at all. He was a powerful fae. His case against Sorrel brought him to Remi, and from the moment they met, they both knew they were mates. Harlin also discovered that as a small child, his memory of who he really was had been erased for his own protection. Now that his memories had been restored, the cloak had been lifted, and they were all in danger. But with Remi by his side, they could face anything coming their way—he hoped.
HUNT OF THE DRAGON (THE VALE OF STARS BOOK 4) by Juliette Cross
Photojournalist Krissa Nadeem ventures into the wilderness to record the destruction by the Larkosian army. When she captures on film the Morgon Guard’s top most wanted enemy in hiding, she sets in motion a journey that will change her life forever. Not just because of the secret she uncovers, but also because of the man who will become her protector. And more. Bowen Huntergild, stealthy and deadly assassin, is at the head of the task force searching for the Bloodback witch who killed his sister in a blood sacrifice. When Krissa turns in her finding on film, he teams with her to discover the witch’s hideout in the wilds beyond Drakos. While he focuses on the job, his dragon stirs, warning him that destiny has more intimate plans. As they venture farther into enemy territory, their partnership moves well beyond professional, taking them on a path neither could’ve imagined.
What neither of them realize is that this one photograph could be the salvation or the doom of them all.
DIRE WOLVES by Shelby Morgen and Lena Austin
Whiteout by Shelby Morgen: Zan gives John a reason to want to live as a man again. But before he can make that kind of promise, he’s got unfinished business to take care of. Silence by Lena Austin: Noel Miller, a vampire with a few scars of his own, wants to be more than Cam’s sign language interpreter. If only the werewolf will let him into his life — and heart. White Heat by Shelby Morgen: Heather Grant’s got far too much experience working with stubborn males. She figures it would serve both Alphas right if their pride blows their cover. But someone’s got to salvage the mission.
REJECTED QUEEN (SHATTERED DESTINY OF ALEXANDRA WOLF BOOK 1) by Avery Stone
His lips finish devouring yours, leaving you speechless. Mere seconds ago, you were complete strangers, but now, under the moonlight, he’s everything to you: friend, lover, partner in all things dangerous in these lands of shadows and deceit. You trust him.He looks into your eyes, anticipation building as your lips are centimeters from his. All you need is his answer, the words that will make you his…forever. He smiles with grace and whispers, “I reject you.” Heart shattered, you watch him walk away with his devil’s grin, knowing you’ll be broken for eternity while he moves on to another deemed worthier. Little does he know that a crown sits heavily on your head, one that gives you power, control, and the opportunity for you to meet him again. Today you’re spurned and forgotten, but that won’t be the case forever. You’ll rise from the ashes and sit upon the throne he’s desperate to claim. You won’t be a Rejected Queen forever.
SORCERERS ALWAYS SATISFY (A HIDDEN SPECIES NOVEL) by Louisa Masters
Just because I enjoy planning and researching doesn’t mean I’m not the most dangerous badass mothercracker around. The world sees me as boring, dependable David. And I like it that way. I know things and I’m organized. Plus, I’ve seen firsthand the harm a chaotic life can inflict, and I’d rather have my lists and be called dull. Which is what makes it all the more disconcerting when a sexy elf declares his adoration and begins to “woo” me. What am I supposed to do? Hide, mostly. It’s hard, though, because Caolan and I are supposed to be working together. And he’s tough to resist: sweet, competent, and so incredibly beautiful. He sees something in me that no one else does. Would it really be such a bad thing if I gave in to temptation? But my personal life can’t be the priority right now. The bad guys are gearing up to strike, and if we don’t stop them, the end of the world could be nigh. I need to focus on that, not on letting Caolan show me the benefits of spontaneity. Why don’t world-ending disasters come with an instruction manual?
MADE IN THE SHADE (MAGIC AFTER MIDLIFE BOOK 2) by Deborah Wilde
Miriam Feldman’s got a murder to solve, a mouthy golem to corral, and her name to clear. Quite frankly, she’s swamped. Her new gig as a fixer for the magic community is a lot like being a full-time mom to someone else’s kids… they get annoying faster but don’t respond to guilt trips. And sure, maybe she feels kind of grumpy and stabby about these irritating jobs, but that doesn’t mean she killed her latest client! As far as the magic police are concerned, Miri with her particular powers and her wolf shifter friend Laurent might as well have “guilty of murder” tattooed on their foreheads. If Miri and Laurent lose this fight, it’ll be a one-way trip to Deadman’s Island. Talk about a real buzzkill for their easy banter and deepening chemistry. Even worse, the non-magic cops are also investigating the crime—and Miri’s ex-husband is the lead detective. This wasn’t how she meant to pop his cherry about the existence of magic, but the time for foreplay is over. To unmask the real killer, Miri will have to navigate hidden agendas, lies, and the undead. But hey, she’s faced worse; she used to be on the PTA.
WICKED (ETERNAL GUARDIANS BOOK 9) by Elizabeth Naughton
ZAGREUS—Dark, depraved, cursed. In every way the Prince of Darkness. Then he found her. She was his salvation. His sanity. His strength. The only constant in his immortal life. Even when fate ripped her from his arms, he always found her again. But five hundred years has passed since her last death, and with no sign and no guarantee she’ll be sent back, the darkness inside him is swirling out of control. Then fate drops a female in his path. One with violet eyes he’s sure he’s looked into millions of times across multiple lives. Talisa may be the daughter of the Eternal Guardians’ leader, but Zagreus is convinced she’s the missing half of his tattered soul. He doesn’t care that she doesn’t remember him. He’ll never let her deny that wicked-hot connection still sizzling between them.
This time, Zagreus is willing to risk everything—his present, his future, his destiny…even war—to keep her. Because this time, even if he has to hold her as his prisoner for all eternity, he won’t lose her again.
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VS: My featured backlist book this week is TRAPPED ON TALONQUE. I was intrigued by the idea of having one of my Sectors Special Forces heroes actually meet a woman who might have been an Ancient Observer and what I came up with was an alien ‘sleeping beauty’, left behind by her own people, now worshipped by the planet’s tribes…but the tech which keeps her alive is failing…and the galaxy civilization she knew is long gone…it was fun to think through how she’d react when she was awakened and fun to write. I also invented a life or death ball game the imprisoned soldiers have to play to survive…
TRAPPED ON TALONQUE:
When a Sectors Special Forces soldier and his team crash land on an alien planet, they’re taken captive and given a challenge–win at the violent ball game of sapiche and live. Lose, and they die, sending a mysterious, alien beauty to an even uglier fate. To survive, these soldiers must win the game and find a way to free the dangerous prisoner from her locked chamber.
Nate Reilly and his team are in deep trouble. Prisoners on a backward alien planet, they’re brought before an alien ‘goddess’, sleeping in her high tech seclusion. Nate is astonished when she awakes and establishes a psychic link with him. But her news is not good–he and his men must win a brutal challenge set by their captors, or they will die. She’ll give her aid, but in the end their courage and strength must win the contest.
Bithia sleeps in her chamber, as she has for thousands of years, since her own people unaccountably left her there. Viewed as a goddess by her captors, she must hide her ancient secrets to survive. But only the bravest of men may free her. Can she use her psychic powers to keep Nate and his men alive long enough to help her escape, or will her only hope of freedom die with them?
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Don’t miss: Genetically engineered soldiers of the far future, fighting to live and to love their human fated mates…
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