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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KATE AND THE KRAKEN (ALIEN ABDUCTION BOOK 11) by Honey Phillips

Kate spends most of her time in her lab, and as much as she believes in her job, she occasionally longs for a break. Being captured by aliens isn’t exactly what she had in mind. Neither is being forced to abandon ship and almost drowning in an alien ocean. But the massive alien warrior who saves her? He might be exactly what she needs. Prince A’tai is desperate to escape his family and their nefarious political schemes. On his way to a remote island, he rescues a smart, beautiful female. She doesn’t belong in his world, but he is determined to keep her. But A’tai is not quite what he seems, and the planet of Mafana holds more than one secret. Can Kate and A’tai survive political intrigue, a planetary crisis, and their inescapable differences to forge a happy ending?

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VARTAN: BOOK 14 IN THE GALAXY GLADIATORS ALIEN ABDUCTION ROMANCE SERIES by Alana Khan

Born in space. Raised as a pet. I’ve never allowed myself to even dream of love.Lyra –I’ve never worn clothes, held a fork, or made a decision. When my old master dies, I’m put up for auction and sold to the highest bidder. I expected my life to continue as it had always been—kneeling at my master’s feet. Instead, I’m told I’m now free. I should feel grateful, but I’m terrified of being alone. Maybe if I’m good enough, my new master will decide to keep me. When I dig deep and discover the well of my own power, I have a burning desire for something more than freedom–I want Vartan. I’m going to do whatever it takes to seize my new dream. Vartan – My quest in life is liberating slaves. When I see a human female up for auction, I purchase her in order to set her free. Imagine my surprise when she doesn’t want freedom but requests to stay with me instead. Through my ignorance, I damage things between us. To make amends, I vow to help her discover herself and unlock her deepest desires. I ache for this female. How can I let her go when it’s our destiny to share our heart connection?

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HIS UNEXPECTED MATE (ASSASSINS GUILD BOOK 3) by Michelle Howard

Should she? Scarlett Tun desired the charismatic assassin from the moment she set eyes on him. Relationships weren’t her thing but she could definitely spend some quality time with the new and very sexy addition to their friend group. If only he didn’t put up such a hard fight. He shouldn’t. 
Resisting the beautiful medic who made her interest known wasn’t easy. Everything about Scarlet drew Amar Faason. If it were anyone else, he would have succumbed at the first wicked smile, but she was friends with his peers’ bond mates and Amar didn’t mix his personal life with his professional. Ever. Then the unimaginable happened and with Scarlett’s life on the line, Amar soon realizes he’d rather have Scarlett in his bed and heart then worry about things going wrong. Besides, his inner cat claimed her as his mate and only a shifter fool walked away from that gift.

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DESTINY (CENTAURI BRIDES BOOK 5) by Kallista Dane and Kate Richards

She’s promised to another—but the moment I saw the beautiful alien and her future mate I knew we were meant to be together. My name is Luna, and I’ve been running the day-to-day operations of the Centauri Brides program since Chancellor Athene and Director Zaroq began it, choosing human females to become the mates of dominant alien warriors building their new home on a faraway planet. My trip to Centauri was a bonus from Chancellor Athene, a chance to see the new world I’d played a pivotal part in creating. When I arrived the colony was abuzz. Felice, the sole female off-world when Arythios was destroyed, had just been rescued by a passing starfreighter. A pilot, she’d been driven off course by a galactic storm and crash-landed on a minor planet in Vector Three. With her ship’s communication system destroyed, the Arythian Starfleet had given her up for dead. Drago the sexy alien warrior she’d planned to mate with, was ecstatic. His beloved had returned from the grave. When I was invited to the feast to celebrate their new life together I never dreamed it would be the beginning of a new life for me too. Felice made no secret of the fact that she was attracted to me that night. Neither did Drago. As for me – maybe there was something in the air on Centauri. Or maybe it was that Arythian tea I drank. All I know is I found both of them wildly sexy. They invited me to join them. I did. And discovered my destiny.

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PROJECT CHARON 3: SURVIVAL MODE by Patty Jansen

VS Note: Not a romance but a scifi release of note…

Tina had no choice but to escape Aurora Station on board the Starfighter Manila: the ship was about to blow up and would have killed the entire station. But they’re in deep trouble. They have less than half the crew number necessary to fly the ship safely, the engines are damaged and Tina’s travel companions are on a different ship. Aurora Station fell into pirate hands, so returning is not an option and the ship isn’t safe to fly long distances. On top of that, several crew members may have been exposed to genetic treatment by the pirates and may be turning into violent monstrous creatures. With no outside help forthcoming, survival becomes an intense battle.

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BASWIN (TAXYON SPACE BOOK 5) by Aurora Springer

VS Note: I’ve enjoyed the snippets she’s been sharing from this. The author is amazing at world building details!

An alien spy on the run. Two human sisters chosen to train as astronavigators. Their paths are destined to converge. Psychic sensitives, Holly Moon and her sister Rosie, are chosen as candidates for Warrish training as hyperspace navigators. The sisters are eager to promote humanity’s advance into space. Will they succeed? They must pass a series of rigorous tests and adapt to the alien neuro-implants. Alien merman, Baswin Kenton Tallis, Second of his Triad, lives on Earth disguised as a human. When Earth agents discover the secret identity of his older brother, Baswin must flee to the Warrish embassy in the Pacific Ocean. Holly and Baswin are swept together on an island in the Pacific Ocean, but their destiny lies farther away and many forces threaten to drive them apart. Can they overcome the obstacles and find a haven?

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ALIEN LIAISONS (COSMIC BONDS BOOK 2) by Chloe Parker

Mai’s brother was always the diplomatic one. Cunning, calm, and composed, Cal was proud to be the first human diplomat on the Lyran planet of Logos. Now Cal is dead, and revenge is the only thing on Mai’s mind as she heads to Logos to track down and kill the aliens who took his life. Of course, things rarely go according to plan, and Mai crash lands on the garden moon of Halla. Alone and stranded in hostile territory, Mai finds herself pursued by Reza K’lyr, a highly skilled Lyran operative with a checkered past and a commitment to tracking her down. And the strangest part? She’s seen Reza before – but only in her dreams. When the two find themselves caught in a coup, they form an unlikely partnership in order to survive as they try to resist their growing desire. Will Mai and Reza escape Halla and stop the coup? Or will their shared attraction destroy them both?

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PLACES BEYOND THE WILD: A Z-DAY ANTHOLOGY by Various

VS Note: Not romance but you know me and dystopian scifi. I one clicked.

The vast wilds outside a place called Hope hold their own stories. When the end came, what happened to everyone else? Massachusetts. Texas. Alabama. Tennessee. Pockets of humanity have persisted through the apocalypse. All have tales is survival and loss. Mad Dog Mattis’ last stand at the Pentagon. The first Christmas after the end of the world. A family isolated on their homestead as the evolving dead press at the fences. A desperate quest for helicopters to destroy the undead. Come read through this expansion of Daniel Humphreys’ Dragon Award nominated Z-Day universe. Twelve brand new survival stories written by the best up and coming independent sci-fi and fantasy writers will thrill fans of the series. Find tales of hope in a desolate world and read Places Outside The Wild today!

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MATE HER (WARRIORS OF HADES) by Jenika Snow

VS Note: A re-release.

Minka was a human, a dying species that was both weaker and more vulnerable than any other being in the galaxy. Because of this, humans were hunted down and taken to the intergalactic auctions to be sold. Brawn, Thorque, and Lukin were warrior brothers from the planet Hades. Because their need for finding a female and procreating with her had come upon them, they were in search of one to share. But when they were forced to land on a planet infested with dangerous beasts, the last thing they thought they’d find was their human mate. When demon-looking warriors rescued Minka from certain death, she knew there would be a price to pay. She just didn’t know that price was to mate all three of them, or to be the mother of their alien babies.

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SURRENDER (RESCUE SERIES BOOK 2) by Mx Alex

Ethan is one of the thousands of humans who were secretly kidnapped and transported to the alien planet Raug. Forced to live as servants and slaves, many of them would do anything to get back to Earth; but not Ethan. He’s found a home with his lover and denmate, his Raugon master, Kipexo. Together, they’ve vowed to bring the truth of the humans’ situation to light and save them all from servitude. As his master works to find proof Ethan’s people were taken from Earth by force, Ethan discovers a group of runaway humans in need. Getting involved could sabotage everything, but turning his back on the sick and starving just isn’t an option. Helping the runaways soon becomes more difficult and dangerous than Ethan ever imagined. If it means risking the life he and Kipexo have built together, is that the price he’s willing to pay to save his friends? This book is part of a series that should be read in order.

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PETTICREEK FIVE: A THRIVE SPACE COLONY ADVENTURES PREQUEL by Ginger Booth

VS note: Not a romance but a scifi release of note.

She cannot die. But this moon is killing her people. Sass Collier took years to buy a spaceship, a dream born in humiliation and defeat. Four decades ago, Sass arrived on the unpromising moon Mahina with refugees from Earth, the home planet now falling out of living memory. As a marshal, she mediates disputes between the elites of the capital and destitute settlers wresting a living from the moondust. Then an ‘air drop’ kills hundreds, maybe thousands. Settlers tucked their children into bed, then enjoyed an hour of free time before they slept. And out of the blue, they suffocated to death. This isn’t the only injustice on Mahina — far from it. But it’s the final straw, the match that lights rebellion aflame. Irate as anyone, Sass becomes a ringleader. Settlers demand a shot at a better life!Until the rebels go too far. Must she betray everyone? Petticreek Five is an origin story for the humorous Thrive space colonization series. If you enjoy the motley crew of Firefly and the world-building of Heinlein, try Thrive!

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CORIOLIS by Mychael Black

Sometimes the perfect soldier isn’t what you expect — neither is the perfect lover. In 2207, humanity is the dominant force in the galaxy. The Syndicate governs the humans, and its leader, Joren — a former Marine sharpshooter — oversees it all. Distress Signal: Captain Carter Therres doesn’t know what to expect aboard the Maelstrom, but it sure as hell isn’t the gorgeous man waiting in the maintenance ductwork. Ash Mracek’s past involves something much more sinister than the Academy bombing for which he was framed. Now it’s a race to save Ash before their enemies can take them out of the picture for good. Kill Fee: When former Syndicate leader Joren joins his brother, scientist Ash Mracek, and Captain Carter Therres on the lawless planet of Geren in search of allies, he comes into the sights of an assassin. Morgan Reid is a gun for hire, but when his latest contract comes through, he breaks both of the rules he’s always kept: never mix business with pleasure, and never make eye contact with the target. Silent Running: Jordan Sawyer, the pilot, is focused, determined, and smarter than she lets on. Which is why Eric Kane wants her so much. Major Kyle Cortez has set his own sights on Coriolis’ curvy pilot as well. It’s up to Jordan to get them all on the same page. Or bed. Either works. Modus Operandi: Geren is a vast network of prisons that was once the Syndicate’s pride and joy. Now it’s a hotbed of crime. The perfect place to enlist a group of former Marines and set up a base of operations. The trick is to do it without alerting anyone — including the criminal residents of Geren — that Joren’s still alive.

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HOLD FAST THROUGH THE FIRE: A NeoG NOVEL by K B Wagers

VS note: Not romance but a good solid LGBTQ+ SF series.

The Near-Earth Orbital Guard (Neo-G)—inspired by the real-life mission of the Coast Guard—patrols and protects the solar system. Now the crew of Zuma’s Ghost must contend with personnel changes and a powerful cabal hellbent on dominating the trade lanes in this fast-paced, action-packed follow-up to A Pale Light in the Black. Zuma’s Ghost has won the Boarding Games for the second straight year. The crew—led by the unparalleled ability of Jenks in the cage, the brilliant pairing of Ma and Max in the pilot seats, the technical savvy of Sapphi, and the sword skills of Tamago and Rosa—has all come together to form an unstoppable team. Until it all comes apart. Their commander and Master Chief are both retiring. Which means Jenks is getting promoted, a new commander is joining them, and a fresh-faced spacer is arriving to shake up their perfect dynamics. And while not being able to threepeat is on their minds, the more important thing is how they’re going to fulfill their mission in the black. ..(more blurb on ebook seller page…)

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TRACE THE SKY: FAE ALIEN ROMANCE (AERILON FAE BOOK ONE) by Jessica Grayson

As a Doctor in the Terran space program, I never expected to wake up in a cage. When I’m rescued by a handsome Aerilon Fae warrior, I am both grateful and wary. Al’aneo is a Prince of his people, and claims that I am his fated one.He wants forever with me, but I’ve been through so much. I know I can trust him with my life, but can I trust him with my heart?

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RESCUED: FAE ALIEN ROMANCE (ICE WORLD WARRIORS BOOK 3) by Jessica Grayson and Aria Winter

When we crashed on an ice world, my master drank my blood so he could survive, leaving me near death. Rescued by a fierce Aerilon Fae warrior, he tells me that I am his fated one–his Al’essa. He and his people are stranded here too and surrounded by enemies. He’s fiercely protective of me, and I cannot deny the pull I feel toward him. The more time we spend together, I can’t help but wonder: what would it be like if I allowed myself to fall for him?

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DRAYNA’S WARRIORS (EIDOLON SURVIVORS) by Quinn Fisher

Drayna Rennick, younger sister to Adrian Rennick from Laena’s Elite, fights her destiny to follow in her mother’s footsteps and take her place among the Elite. Instead, she carves out her own path in an attempt to wrest control of her own life before the Law requires her to give up her unencumbered life. With Eidolon-creatures running rampant outside city walls and the rumors of Eidolon-gifted numbers on the rise, Drayna finds her place comfortably as a cog in the military. Free-spirited and playing by her own rules, Drayna has never had a lack of male attention, but she is determined not to be tied down until absolutely necessary. A boy from her past – A brief encounter with the enigmatic River Halvorson spurs Drayna to know more about him and to uncover the reason his existence is what the Elite fears the most. A friend with benefits – Stryker Rathbone had been in love with Drayna for as long as he can remember, but she always kept him at an arm’s length when they weren’t rolling around in the sheets. He longs to give her everything, including his long-kept secret that could throw the Elite world off of its axis. The older man…(more blurb on ebook seller page…)

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SEA WOLF: A COMPASS ROSE NOVEL 2 by Anna Burke

VS Note: Not romance but a scifi release of note…

Life aboard the mercenary ship Man o’ War is rarely dull as hurricanes, swarms of jellyfish, and man-eating squid pose daily doses of danger. As intrigue and subterfuge from enemies old and new begin to surround its captain, the infamous Miranda Stillwater, even an uncanny sense of direction won’t be enough to help Compass Rose navigate these dangerous straits. As dark secrets bubble to the surface and everything she’s fought so hard for begins to crumble, Rose learns the hard way that she’ll have to rely on the only person who can save her from certain disaster. Unfortunately, that person is Compass Rose herself.

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SAVAGED (BRIDES OF VERITAS BOOK 3) by Athena Storm

I don’t care if Vaxtin is my fated mate. I’m not going to drop everything for him. Because most likely he’s going to pick me up and throw me over his shoulder. Seriously, I was on the cusp of the biggest discovery of my career. That’s when this dude just showed up. He’s all twisted steel and muscle. Sure he looks human. But something about him I can’t place. Maybe its that rugged, handsome face. Or those red scales. Wait, what? That’s right. One moment, we’re getting “acquainted” and losing our clothes in the process. The next, I accidentally turn off some image inducer and see a real live alien in front of me. An alien that needs to keep his presence a secret. Now I’m on his back, and he’s dragging me to his secret hideout on a tropical island. He’s going to lock me away. Let me eat whatever I want after I get a complete makeover. And use me for whatever he wants. Whenever he wants. I only have one thing to say to that. I can’t wait!       Amazon KU

TIME PEACE: A DYSTOPIAN STEAMPUNK ROMANCE (WORLD CLOCK JOURNALS BOOK 3) by Angela Roquet

Late Boston is out of time.Winifred McCaffrey sold her soul when she agreed to work for the wealthy Abraham Orwell. As the head of New England’s most progressive institute, Orwell has the funding to back his every vision, including visions that wander deep into the gray areas of legality and morality. Winifred has learned to look the other way. Without Orwell’s backing, she’d never have been recognized as the top medical engineer of her time. When Ezra Huxley’s famed time machine breaks reality, Orwell commissions Winifred to be his chief advisor at the Post Boston Infirmary. The position would be a dream come true if not for the horrific circumstances…and the fact that Winifred knows Orwell doesn’t do anything out of the kindness of his dark, twisted heart. With hands as dirty as hers, Winifred fears she won’t have what it takes to thwart Orwell’s most diabolical vision yet. At least, not on her own.

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TAKEN TO LEMORA (XIVERI MATES BOOK 6) by Elizabeth Stephens

Raingar – My horns itch and I hate it. I’m a Lemoran clan chief and I hate that I’m being forced to schmooze with the other Quadrant dignitaries. Looking for a way out, I run into flesh peddlers. Pagh! I hate flesh peddlers and I’m not interested in what they’re selling! Until I see her…Half human, Essmira’s soft, and I hate that she’s so easy to break. I hate that her beauty makes my horns and heart both ache. And most of all, I hate that she has no idea that she’s my mate. Essmira – A female must always smile. She must always aim to please. She must always obey. A pleasure female, that’s what I’ve spent my whole life training to be. Now that I’ve been purchased by a Lemoran clan chief, I’m more than happy to please him. But his pleasure might be out of my reach. Because he doesn’t want me to be a pleasure female anymore. He wants me to be…me.

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ARMY OF THE UNSETTLED: A DYSTOPIAN NOVEL (ACADEMY OF THE APOCALYPSE BOOK 3) by K A Riley

Branwynne and the Asylum are given their first assignment: track and report back on the moving caravan of the Army of the Unsettled. What could be simpler? After the Unsettled destroy a cluster of small outposts and turn their attention to a small town in the desert, Branwynne decides that tracking and reporting just won’t be enough this time. With their training still far from complete, Branwynne and her friends agree that saving the town is their only option. After all, that’s what the Emergents are being trained for. In way over their heads and facing an entire army, they’re about to discover that learning about the end of the world isn’t nearly the same as surviving it.

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CAPTURED (STAR MARKED WARRIORS BOOK 1) by Sam Burns and W M Fawkes

Lucas: Sure, my life isn’t going exactly according to plan—I have a degree that led nowhere, a crappy job as a closing-shift barista, and an ex who has everything I want and got it . . . by dumping my sorry ass—but that doesn’t mean I’m willing to give up on living yet! And holy crap, when I’m plucked off the sidewalk of my rural Colorado town on the very night of my ex’s wedding, I’m pretty damn sure I’m about to lose my life and a whole lot more. If you’ve never tried flying, I do not recommend the first time be when you’re drunk and alone at two in the morning. But there I was, dumped in a cage on a spacecraft, surrounded by barbarous, giant blue aliens. And the only thing that might keep me safe is there’s one huge, intimidating warrior who can’t keep his eyes off me.     Kaelum: I am the true-born son of the King Xyren the Imperator, but as a Thorzi-human hybrid, my path to the throne of Thorzan is far from clear. My father’s people are enormous and foreboding, their skin is the deep dark of twilight when our planet’s twin stars set. I am not. My enemies think I am small, soft, incapable, and they dog my every step. If I am to take my rightful place, I must focus on saving my people. But my mother was born on a far-away blue planet called Earth. In my bones, I know the answer to my problems hides out there beyond the stars.      Amazon KU

HYBRID RELATIONSHIP (SPACE MARINE HOSPITAL BOOK 2) by Harlyn Moxie

When using a remedy as potent as true love’s kiss to revive one’s long lost boyfriend, a girl should not accidentally bestow the all-powerful smooch on his twin brother. And a girl should definitely not enjoy it!  Fortunately, the mishap did provoke the desired emotional response from my otherwise impassive cyborg sweetheart. Further experimentation proves that sibling rivalry is the only way to bring my alien hybrid warrior out of his cybernetic shell, and it seems a pretend relationship with the wrong brother is the only way I’ll ever get a second chance with my soulmate, Mr. Right. But when fake love begins to feel overwhelmingly real, who’s a girl to choose? And does she have to…? 

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FAR OUT (RECENT QUEER SCIFI AND FANTASY) by Various

An Anthology of Recent Queer Science Fiction and Fantasy from Award-Winning Editor Paula Guran – Speculative fiction imagines drastically diverse ways of being and worlds that are other than the one with which we are familiar. Queerness is a natural fit for such fiction, so one would expect it to be customarily included. That has not always been the case, but LGBTQ+ representation in science fiction and fantasy—in both short and long form—is now relatively common. Even so, most of the queer science fiction and fantasy anthologies published in the last thirty-five years have been narrowly focused: specifically gay male or lesbian (or, more recently, transgender) themes, or all science fiction or all fantasy, or adhering to a specific theme or subgenre. Far Out: Recent Queer Science Fiction and Fantasy, on the other hand, features both science fiction and fantasy short fiction from the last decade and includes characters, perspectives, and stories that span the rainbow. With stories from incredible authors ranging from Seanan McGuire to Charlie Jane Anders to Sam J. Miller, it’s an essential read for anyone interested in queer science fiction and fantasy. (more details on ebook seller page…)

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THE WAY MAKER (THE CODES OF CREATION – THE ZEMYNEAH EXPERIMENT BOOK ONE) by Arlie Sheelin

VS Note: I won’t usually list a completely brand new author’s first book with no reviews and no history to go on but the Look Inside seemed well written and interesting and I was intrigued by the author’s bio on her web page so…there’s an Author’s Note inside the book with trigger warnings. 

For hundreds of years, the Dragon Warriors of Althanea have fought against an archaic belief system that enslaved the women of their world. Now, a dangerous outside influence emerges —her name is Brooke St. Claire. Abducted by aliens and genetically modified, Brooke’s life is forever altered. Now, she has become a catalyst for change, but will that change free the women of Althanea —or will it destroy her—and the Dragon Warrior who protected a woman he should never have let live.

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RESCUED BY HER RELIC by Paulina Woods

Brandy is a nobody inside The Gate. Or at least she was until the authorities discovered her grandmother and mother were a part of the Resistance. Now Brandy is an outcast, banished to the wastelands as an example to any who would dare challenge the government’s authority. But banishment won’t stop her from fulfilling her family’s mission—resending the SOS into deep space that can rescue all of humanity. Ja’Ivan inherited a dead planet. As the leader of his clan, his only recourse is to scavenge the universe and steal the resources his people need to survive. When he takes the Eden portal to Earth, a curious and familiar signal leads him to the one thing he isn’t looking for. A dying human mate.       Amazon KU

ALIEN SENTINEL’S MATE (WARRIORS OF THE LATHAR BOOK 15) by Mina Carter

Being rescued by aliens doesn’t mean she’s going to marry one… not unless he’s hot. Asking would help too. The problem is the only alien warrior Gracie is interested in hasn’t asked. Seren K’Vass is the epitome of the strong, silent type. Emotionally avoidant with a bad boy vibe, if he was human, she’d climb him like a tree. Hell, she’d climb him like a tree anyway. But the lathar don’t do casual… anything. Then a warrior from another clan tries to claim her and all bets are off. Whisking her away to his homeworld, she discovers Mr. Doesn’t Talk about Feelings has been keeping secrets. Ones that might get them all killed…She’s his, but with tainted blood, how can he claim her? From a family the lathar would rather forget, Seren long ago resigned himself to being the last of his line. But fate has other ideas, putting a beautiful human female in his path. Gracie is everything he never knew he wanted in a mate. But how can he ask her to take on a mate with cursed blood? When a B’Kaar warrior tries to claim what’s his, long-suppressed instincts flare to life. He’ll take Gracie home, keep her safe and persuade her that he’s the only male she’ll ever need. But fate, and an ancient and malfunctioning orbital weapon, never makes things easy. They must face their inner demons and find a path to each other… or die in the attempt.

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ROOTS: AN ANTHOLOGY by Various

VS Note: Not romance but I do enjoy anthologies…

Do you like bite-sized stories with a dose of mayhem and drama? Ancient warriors must fight a rival tribe to save themselves from a mysterious plague. But will victory really save them? –  A sheriff faced with a choice: uphold his oath to serve and protect or take the path of revenge. Is ridding the world of a murderer really such a bad thing? –  The carnival life is all she’s ever known, but can she make the decision that will alter her life forever? Massive swamp creatures, human experimentation and one man’s obsessive medical research—will his lack of ethics be worth the cost of progress? –  Two families perpetually linked by a bloody trade and a rivalry they don’t fully understand. Can two assassins break free of past mistakes and end an age-old feud? (SNIP…more story details on ebook seller’s page…) Adventure stories with a dash of enigma, Roots follows a timeline of unique stand-alone stories—characters that share a link through time.

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ACCIDENTAL ACQUISITION: KINDRED TALES BOOK 35 by Evangeline Anderson

Milk–check. Eggs–check. Bread–check. One huge, muscular bodyguard who I now own exclusively…Wait! That wasn’t on the list! Jillian Marks is an Executive Chef at a Kindred restaurant on the Mother Ship. Every Monday she goes to the Buy-All-Sell-All Market to get exotic, hard-to-find ingredients for her menu. But this time she’s made an accidental purchase–one she didn’t expect. While trying to buy soup ingredients for a special VIP dinner, she mistakenly buys a bodyslave as well–a huge, muscular Kindred warrior named Kalis, whom she now owns. And did we mention there are absolutely no returns, refunds, or exchanges? Kalis was captured and taken as a fighter in the Blood Circuit in his early twenties. Now, in his early fifties, he’s used to serving a Mistress. And since he’s been dreaming of Jillian for the past two years, all he wants to do is love and protect her. But he has another side–a darker side that comes to light when his new Mistress is threatened. ..(more on ebook seller page…)

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RESIST (CAPTURED EARTH BOOK 1) by TJ Nichols

Capture is a soldier’s worst fear, but all his training couldn’t prepare Sergeant Josh Rayne for what it meant to be caught by the alien invaders, who have claimed the desert in Western Australia. Josh believes he is the only man left alive from the teams sent out to spy on the aliens, but in the alien prison, he is reunited with his lover and fellow soldier Xavier Fisher. There is no time to celebrate though as Xavier is gravely injured and in need of medical care. With the exfil date fast approaching, they have to escape before the ship leaves without them.

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POSSESSIVE ALIEN’S MATE (FATED MATES OF THE THAANA BOOK 1) by Luna Hunter

The possessive alien haunts my dreams. Every time I close my eyes I see him. His strange silver skin. His terrifying black eyes. His icy white hair. His intense, dominant gaze that tells me I’m his and his alone. No way. Just because he saved my life on Saloo VII doesn’t mean I owe him said life. A thank you, perhaps. But nothing more. I return to Earth hoping the dreams would stop, but when I’m attacked again by vicious aliens, guess who swoops in to save me out of absolutely nowhere? Thiray th’Rasda Di’ylian. The mysterious Thaana warrior warns me I’m in great danger — and that he’s the only one who can protect me. I do like it when he wraps his strong arms around me and tells me I’m safe. But can I truly trust an alien who’s stalked me across the entire universe?      Amazon KU

STOLEN BY THE ALIEN (ALIEN CAPTORS BOOK 2) byt Ashlyn Hawkes

Hannah Porter’s fiancé left her for her best friend. Maybe she should be counting her blessings, but instead, she’s trudging down a snowy street to the bakery before it closes so she can eat her feelings. Only a strange light comes. And she’s stolen away onto an alien spaceship. Supposedly, she’s this alien’s mate. Let’s see… the cheating bastard or a hot alien? A very lusty alien at that, but can lust turn into love?      Amazon KU

RESET (THE FORGOTTEN BOOK 4) by Jarica James and Suki Williams

The only way to rid Lumen of corruption was to hit Reset. My Plan for the Reset:  1.  Figure out a way to heal Wade. 2. Find the mainframe. 3. Don’t get caught by Lumen, the Apostates, or the gods. Anouk had his idea for the end of days, but so did we and they couldn’t be more different. Humanity had fallen, but it seemed so had the gods. As we go about our mission we are met with secrets, lies, and betrayals around every corner. When faced with revelations that bring my world crashing down around me, what will I choose? Will I follow the men that claim me, body and soul or will a temptation from my past be too great to pass up? What do I do when both choices mean breaking my heart in two? The Forgotten Prison series is a WhyChoose mmmmfmm romance, meaning the female main character doesn’t have to choose between her men.     Amazon KU

ONCE STOLEN (THESE TREACHEROUS TIDES BOOK 1) by D N Bryn

Return to Our Bloody Pearl’s steampunk-inspired world of merfolk in this fun, fast-paced adventure with a hate-to-love romance, a boat-load of sass, and even more heart. No one with half a brain would rob the jungle’s most notorious energy cartel. The vibrations of their power-producing stones are the only thing that calms the mer-snake Cacao’s agonizing sensory condition though-and after being banished from his homeland swamps for similar thefts, he’s desperate. When his attempt fails stunningly, a chaotic escape leaves him chained to a cartel prisoner: a self-proclaimed hero with a hidden stash of power stones so large, Cacao would never need to steal again. He’s determined to get his hands on it, even if it means guiding her home straight through the mist-laden and monster-filled swamp that exhaled him, with scheming poachers and a desperate cartel leader on their tail. But the selfish and the self-righteous can only flee together for so long before something snaps.

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THE FORGOTTEN COMMANDER (THE LOST PLANET SERIES BOOK 1) by Nina Blanchard and K Webster

VS Note: This entire 8 book series has apparently been recently re-released, going by the copyright dates, so here’s the blurb and link for the first book.

Our planet, Mortuus, is lost and dying. A desolate place where a few lone survivors dwell. My men have lost hope. Our future is bleak. Longevity is a luxury we can’t afford. The most we can hope for is survival. We’ve all but given up when an opportunity presents itself. Five females—a chance at a future. Procuring these women went against everything I’d been taught, but desperate times call for desperate measures. They’re ours now. Asleep and made ready for breeding. We won’t die out—lost and forgotten. It’s our destiny to grow and once again inhabit our lonely planet. I am Breccan Aloisius, the forgotten commander. My people will have the future they deserve. I’ll make sure of it. My mind is made up…until she wakes and nothing goes as planned.      Amazon KU

CLAIMED BY THE ALIEN BEAST (CHET’I WARRIOR BEASTS BOOK 1) by Nova Celeste

Kavox, a giant, midnight-blue beast of a Chet’i warrior, wants nothing more than to save Earth from the Tanquits. They’re silver-skinned and beautiful, but also treacherous and conniving, and Kavox knows the Tanquits have evil plans for their newest planetary contact. The Chet’i warriors have tried to warn Earth, but humans are enthralled with the Tanquits. Kavox has been sent to spy on the Tanquits on Earth—but when he sees a human woman, he realizes she’s his fated mate, and he cannot bring himself to leave her behind to be destroyed by the Tanquits. Lainie Clearwater wants nothing more than to meet one of the aliens on Earth, but knows she’ll never be important enough to be allowed to meet one of the exotic aliens. So when Kavox walks into the comic book store where she works, she’s fascinated by him. Right up until the moment he abducts her.   Amazon KU

THE ADVERSARY: A NOVELLA OF THE ELDER RACES (THE CHRONICLES OF RHYACIA BOOK 2) by Thea Harrison

When Dragos and Pia move to the Other land of Rhyacia, they hope starting a new life will bring safety and freedom to their family, especially their young baby, Niall. And at first their new home seems perfect… but looks are deceiving. Beneath Rhyacia’s idyllic façade an ancient, malevolent force lurks, waiting for the right opportunity to break free of its cage. When that opportunity comes, it strikes with devastating accuracy. While Dragos has never backed down from a fight, he’s also never encountered an enemy like this one before. How can he fight a foe who doesn’t have a body? A foe who can invade and turn his own mind against him? How can Dragos protect his family, when at any moment one of them may become the enemy? As Dragos and Pia race against time to fight this unseen menace, they must also acknowledge a terrifying truth—when anyone can become the enemy, no one can be trusted. An adversary who can trap the dragon poses a threat to everyone in Rhyacia, and that means no one is safe.

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CLAIMED (LAIR OF THE WOLVEN BOOK 1) by J R Ward

Lydia Susi is passionate about protecting wolves in their natural habitat. When a hotel chain develops a tract of land next to the preserve, Lydia is one of the most vocal opponents of the project—and becomes a target. One night, a shadowy figure threatens Lydia’s life in the forest, and a new hire at the Wolf Study Project comes from out of nowhere to save her. Daniel Joseph is both mysterious, and someone she intrinsically wants to trust. But is he hiding something? As the stakes get higher, and one of Lydia’s colleagues is murdered, she must decide how far she will go to protect the wolves. Then a shocking revelation about Daniel challenges Lydia’s reality in ways she could never have predicted. Some fates demand courage, while others require even more, with no guarantees. Is she destined to have true love…or will a soul-shattering loss ruin her forever?

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CLIENT FROM HELL (BOOK ONE) by R J Blain

Step one: add some gasoline. Step two: light a match. Step three: watch the devil’s house burn.
As far as plans go, Sandra Moore rather likes hers. It’s simple. It gets the job done. It reduces the devil’s house to smoldering ruins. Life is good—at least for the year she has left of it, assuming the devil doesn’t kill her first. Instead of the quick end and the retribution she deserves, Sandra gets the client from hell for the case of a lifetime, one that could forever change the war between the heavens and the devil’s many hells.

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THE DRAGON KING (BLADE AND ROSE BOOK 5) by Miranda Honfleur

After Jon’s near brush with death, Rielle couldn’t be happier when he awakens. As he resumes his duties and his normal life, however, it becomes clear he is changed–perhaps forever. There is a power in him, and a darkness, that threatens to consume him… for all time. With the Order of Terra and the Tower of Magic now serving the Crown, Emaurria is stronger than ever, but the threats it now faces might lead to the kingdom’s undoing. Locked in open war against the Divinity of Magic, Emaurria is in grave danger and, worse, divided at its core. The Houses see opportunity in a withdrawn king, and Rielle, Brennan, and Olivia fight to keep stability as they try to reach Jon, while Leigh finds himself damned and looks for the strength to save himself before he can save the world from the Rift. As the Houses and the war poke a sleeping dragon, they invite flames that could char Emaurria to mere glowing embers. Can Rielle and her friends reach Jon before it’s too late, or will he be lost to the darkness, and Emaurria to the flames of dragon fire?

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WITH A CHARM ON TOP (SPELLFORD COVE MYSTERY BOOK 4) by Samantha Silver

Things are flowing smoothly for Robin in Spellford Cove. She’s got a support network she loves, business is going great—she’s even thinking of hiring another employee—and things with Hunter areheating up both literally and figuratively. But when strange things start happening in town, and a number of bodies start showing up, Robin thinks there’s more to it than meets the eye. She smells magic, and she knows that she’s going to have to get involved to get to the bottom of it. And as Robin investigates, she’ll find more clues as to her past and her biological family that will rock her world.

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A VAMPIRE’S SIN (THE ORDER OF THE BLACK OAK – VAMPIRES BOOK 2) by Marie-Claude Bourque

Meet the Order of the Black Oak: a powerful order of modern-day warriors fighting evil to protect the ones they love. Son of an ancient vampire and a legendary French witch, Mont-Royal Immortal Magnovald St-Amand has lived for so long that nothing matters except his ruling over the Montreal’s sultry nightlife. But when he chooses to help an ambitious real estate tycoon rescue her kid sister from a pack of daemons, he finds deep yearnings in his soul that he thought were buried forever.

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THE CYAN HUNTRESS (PROPHECY OF CAERLEON BOOK 1) by Krystal Pena

She will avenge her husband’s death, even if she must kill every knight in Caerleon to learn who betrayed him. Anwyn thought she would finally enjoy comfort and happiness when she married a traveling psychic–that is, until Uthyr Pendragon unleashed a war on all magic-users and had her new husband burned alive. She’s determined to wreak her revenge, until a Druid boy’s prophecy convinces her to put aside her personal vendetta and learn to hunt the ones who want her dead–harder to do when she’s captured and taken to Caerleon to be tried as a sorceress. Now, if she can escape with the help of Caradoc, a man whose secrets rival Anwyn’s, she will have to fulfill her vow of revenge while on the run and attempting to find the one leader who can unite three broken kingdoms under a single banner. Assuming, of course, she can protect herself from burning at the stake, safeguard her heart from the enigmatic Caradoc, and complete her training as the Cyan Huntress.

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GRIEVANCE (OMEGA QUEEN SERIES BOOK 10) by W J May

When Evie makes a fateful decision, the rest of the realm unites. But her own world is falling apart. Bound in a promise of marriage to a childhood friend, the princess must navigate the politics of the remaining kingdoms while dreaming of Asher and a simpler life on the road. Things are moving quickly, but there are darker powers at play. A delicate alliance is forming, the forces of good are rallying. But the fate of the kingdoms hangs upon nothing more than a ring. The enemy is almost upon them. Trouble is brewing on distant shores. Can the princess uphold her promise, or will the cost of such unity prove too great? Be careful who you trust. Even the devil was once an angel.

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ON THE HUNT: A PARANORMAL HUNTERS ANTHOLOGY by Various

Monsters hunt us, but who hunts the monsters? When things go bump in the night, someone has to answer that call. Join these brave heroes as they take on creatures, not of this world and send them back to hell where they belong. This is a multi-author anthology some stories may come with a trigger warning or end on a cliffhanger. Please beware before reading. This is not a Supernatural TV show Fan Fiction. All stories are about a Hunter that hunts supernatural creatures.

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FORSAKEN FAE: BOOK THREE by R A Steffan

Some people just want to watch the world burn. Unfortunately, those people seem to be in charge right now. Trapped at the mercy of a corrupt Fae Court, Len and Albigard must overcome their harshest challenges yet in order to stop the Wild Hunt and retrieve their friends’ lost souls. Albigard’s father seeks to use his estranged son as a weapon against their enemies, the demons. And apparently, he’s not bothered by the idea of entire worlds becoming collateral damage in his endless war. Meanwhile, the pair’s only potential allies reside among the dregs of Fae society. The Forsaken—outcasts condemned by the Court—carry a terrible secret regarding the magical imbalance decimating the Fae realm of Dhuinne. If the three worlds are to survive, Len and Albigard must tame Dhuinne’s dark heart before everything around them falls into ruin.

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THEIR REJECTED MATE (LUNA REJECTED BOOK ONE) by River Ramsey

My three intended mates left me rejected, half-marked, and broken. Every wolf shifter dreams about her first night with her mates, but mine left me an outcast with the revelation that I’m really a hybrid. A hybrid between a wolf and what is the question. Only my late mother knows the answer, but these days, I have other things to worry about. Namely, being caught in a war between my gorgeous jerk of a boss and the hunter who’s somehow become my enemy with benefits. There’s no time to dwell on the past. Until the consequences of my incomplete mating mark leave me in physical anguish each full moon, that is–and the only thing keeping the monster in my veins at bay is the dark gift of a vampire lord who thinks I’m something else entirely. Something that makes me more dangerous than anyone could have imagined–especially me. Like I don’t have enough infuriating (but admittedly tantalizing) alpha males on my plate, now the three wolves who threw me away are back, trying to stake their claim now that I’m their only hope of overthrowing my unhinged father as regional alpha. If the men in my life don’t make up their minds soon, I’m booking a one-way ticket to an all-female island.

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BLOOD KISSED (CHOSEN VAMPIRE SLAYER BOOK THREE) by Mila Young and Jordan Crow

Torn by loyalty and the fiery desires of a conflicted heart, Veronica finds herself at a crossroads. What will she do if burning love turns into cold regret? This is your kind of book if you love kick-ass heroines with sass to match, scorching hot monsters who take what they want, and is perfect for devourers of enemies to lovers books. Expect steam, action, and a supernatural world filled with vampires, demons, shifters, angels… and unhinged alphas who will do anything to protect their woman. Lovers of Anita Blake and True Blood, this is your next addiction.

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DOUBLY BOUND (TWICE MATED TALES BOOK 2) by CD Gorri

Can a sassy human tame this Alpha Omega pair? The oldest of three sisters, responsibility has been Sage Freeman’s guiding force for as long as she can remember. But can she still make that claim after she quits her job the day before their annual vacation? Nothing is going right for her. Especially not the whole dating thing. Men are just another mark in a long line of disappointments. Okay, maybe not that long. Whatever. Determined to enjoy the Freeman sisters’ annual vacay, she isn’t looking for all the answers. She just wants a couple of days of wild frivolity in paradise. Is that too much to give a girl? Callan McGregor and Landry Smyth are a unique pair. The powerful Alpha Silver Dragon and the Omega White Liger sit as Heads of the Council of Triads entrusted with helping all Alpha Omega pairs to find their mates. Out of options, they announce a shocking revelation during the Council meeting on Moongate Island. With the shortage of eligible female Shifters, they are opening the search to include humans. Of course, the Dragon and Liger never expected to meet their mate as well. But what will this pair do when they meet their own mate in a beautiful normal with a sassy mouth?

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BALLGOWNS AND BUTTERFLIES: A STITCH IN TIME HOLIDAY NOVELLA by Kelley Armstrong

The North Yorkshire moors are always a magical place, but they’re particularly enchanting at the holidays…especially if one gets to travel back in time to a Victorian Christmas. For Bronwyn Dale, it is the stuff of dreams. Fancy-dress balls, quirky small-town traditions, even that classic one-horse open sleigh, complete with jingle bells. There’s just the tiny problem of the Butterfly Effect. How does a time-traveler make a difference without disrupting the future forever?

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SIGVARD THE NAMELESS (DOKIRI BRIDES BOOK 5) by Denali Day

Tasked by his chieftain, Sigvard the Nameless will do whatever it takes to save his people, and the whole of Sestoria, from succumbing to darkness. He’ll travel the continent to claim a magess said to be so powerful, she can wake a sleeping mountain. It won’t be a true bonding. One must have a heart for such things, and Sigvard’s went dormant years ago. Adira Greykeeper has spent her life hidden behind high walls, under the thumb of a man she both despises and depends upon. The only thing she fears more than her prison is the thought of a life without it, a life where her power reigns unchecked—even by her own will. When a wild man on a legendary mount spirits her away, Adira is determined to return to her gilded cage before she can relive the horror of her youth. The savage is willing to suffer any fate to keep her at his side, a folly Adira knows will herald his doom. Despite his tortured soul, the barbarian lends her a bravery she’s never known, and with it, hope. But it comes with a price, and he’ll demand more from her than she could ever have imagined. Two hearts. Two wounds. One great love—may the mountain fall.

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FATED CROWN (BOUND TO THE FAR BOOK 6) by Eva Chase

I thought I’d lost everything when the vicious fae murdered my family and stole me away. I’ve made a life with more love than I could have imagined in these dangerous, magical lands. But it turns out I left something behind in the human world. My heart longs to make up for the time I’ve lost—but it also can’t let go of the four fae men I adore. With all of the fae seeing me as some kind of savior, how can I choose who needs me most? And is there another threat lurking behind the arch-lords’ attempts to tear me from my lovers? I can’t shake the feeling that my greatest challenge lies ahead of me, one no crown or tender words can save me from.

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VENTURA HELLWAY (CALIFORNIA DEMON BOOK 3) by Debra Dunbar

Beware the devils who promise miracles. When an old flame asks Eden to help find his younger brother, she initially refuses. Searching for Anton will put her smack in the middle of the Disciples—as well as on the radar of the demon who might own her soul. But a sense of obligation (plus the promised payout), overrides her instincts for self-preservation, and Eden takes the job. In the depths of a human underworld, Eden finds Anton and a whole lot more. Here the lawlessness of New Hell reigns. Organizers of cage fighting matches profit off human desperation, and a drug called Aries promises heaven but delivers hell. With the future of humanity at stake, Eden will need to face the dark origins of her magic, to embrace both who she was and what she’s becoming—all to save those who may not even be worth saving.

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DAGR: VIKING ANCESTORS (FORGED IN FIRE BOOK 2) by Sky Purington

Maya always knew she was meant to travel through time to help humanity in some unknown way. She would never have guessed it was to keep them safe from warring gods. Nor that she would straddle two worlds, caught between life and death, her only hope a Viking from the distant past she craves but can’t have. A dragon prince with too dark a lineage. Determined to make Maya his, Dagr Sigdir heads to the twenty-first century only to discover she’s half immersed in Helheim, the Norse Underworld. Son to its ruler and certain he’s her fated mate, Dagr’s the only one who can free her from its dark hold. Or so he thinks until someone far more challenging than mere death stands in his way. His closest friend and brother-in-arms, Thorulf. Will Dagr step aside if Thorulf and Maya are destined to be together? Or will he fight to claim his mate and risk his people’s safety? After all, if Maya doesn’t end up with the dragon meant for her, they won’t harness the power needed to battle the deities. Find out as Dagr, Maya and Thorulf embark on a super-steamy mystical adventure for the ages.

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AGAINST THE GRAIN (AN URBAN FANTASY M/M ROMANCE) by Nikole Knight

Ellian has a problem, and his name is Felix Masters. When Ellie, a high society male succubus, joins Against the Grain, he has a foolproof plan: attend the support group for supernatural misfits, figure out how to correct his… abnormality, and then return to the Incubi compound to join his betrothed. For once in Ellie’s suffocatingly controlled existence, he will bring honor to his family name, regardless of the personal cost. As long as a certain awkwardly sweet human does not ruin his carefully laid plans.     Felix Masters has a problem, and his name is Ellian. Felix never meant to crash into a therapy group for magical oddballs, but that single stumble changes his world forever. Magic, glamour, and succubus tails are only the beginning, and when faced with a skittish Incubi dead set on self-destruction, Felix is determined to change Ellie’s mind and, with a little bit of luck, capture his heart as well. An asexual succubus trapped by fate and expectation. An insecure human desperate to set him free. Join Felix and Ellie as they find acceptance, courage, and unconditional love in the one place they never expected: each other.

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LOVING DRACULA (DATING MONSTERS BOOK 2) by Kinsley Adams

The Legend. The Immortal. My… Fiancé? Welp, I, Anna Perish, am now a vampire. And it’s been one hell of a ride so far. Not only am I shacking up with the Dracula, but I’ve also been summoned by the Queen of Vampires. And why, you might ask? Oh, it’s nothing big. She just wants to kill me for killing her sire. Unfortunately, self-defense means squat among the undead. Then there’s introducing Vlad to my family—which might just be more terrifying than facing the queen. Oh, and we mustn’t forget the inquisitor who comes calling. Man, my life has become really dangerous since dying. If I survive all this, I think it’s time for a looonnng vacation. With a moonlit pool. And Vlad as my nekkid Cabana boy. Now, there’s an image… Wish me luck. I’m certainly going to need it.

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FOXFIRE IN THE SNOW by J S Fields

Born the heir of a master woodcutter in a queendom defined by guilds and matrilineal inheritance, nonbinary Sorin can’t quite seem to find their place. At seventeen, an opportunity to attend an alchemical guild fair and secure an apprenticeship with the queen’s alchemist is just within reach. But on the day of the fair, Sorin’s mother goes missing, along with the Queen and hundreds of guild masters, forcing Sorin into a woodcutting inheritance they never wanted. With guild legacy at stake, Sorin puts apprentice dreams on hold to embark on a journey with the royal daughter to find their mothers and stop the hemorrhaging of guild masters. Princess Magda, an estranged childhood friend, tests Sorin’s patience—and boundaries. But it’s not just a princess that stands between Sorin and their goals. To save the country of Sorpsi, Sorin must define their place between magic and alchemy or risk losing Sorpsi to rising industrialization and a dark magic that will destroy Sorin’s chance to choose their own future.

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HER CROSS TO BEAR (HOUSE OF VAN HELSING BOOK 1) by Erin Bedford

Everything that goes bump in the night is true and they are coming for you. With one living older brother, I thought that I would be in the clear of having to take over the family business. I could play pretend in the human world and none would be the wiser. Until I find out my brother has gone missing and now, I was the sole heir to the Van Helsing clan! What must my father be thinking? I’d never been proficient at the game of masks. I tended to talk better with my fists than my mouth and I wasn’t about to hold back from telling the supernatural community what was on my mind. That’s if I could live long enough to do it.

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THE SERPENT AND THE ANGEL (SHIFTER CHRONICLES BOOK 8) by M D Grimm

VS Note: a re-release.

n the year 1866, Sheriff Tobias Goldstein guards a small mining town in the Colorado territory with a cold and merciless hand. A rare rattlesnake shifter, he lives by a code and expecting others to do the same has kept the peace— until a nameless stranger wanders into town. Intrigued by the lone man, Tobias names him Angel Smith, and sensing he’s trustworthy, he deputizes Angel. A guardian at heart, golden eagle shifter Angel protects the townspeople, but his dedication is to an ancient scroll capable of great destruction. For generations, Angel’s family protected the artifact with their lives. Now something has returned to hunt down the scroll. Forced to leave his tribe, Angel enjoys the quiet he’s found with Tobias, who hides a warm heart under his aloof exterior. Angel knows the quiet will not last and fears the battle on the horizon. But with Tobias at his back, Angel might stand a chance against his enemies.

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FURY OF CONVICTION (DRAGONFURY BAD BOYS SHIFTER SERIES BOOK TWO) by Coreene Callahan

Caught between duty and honor, dragon-warrior Hamersveld is neck-deep in a dilemma. His commitment to the Razorback pack should take precedence, but when a new captive is brought into the lair, he’s forced to decide—risk everything to rescue a woman in desperate need of his help. Or stay loyal to the Razorback cause and keep his new home, along with his life. Kidnapped by a rogue faction of Dragonkind, Natalie Bainbridge spends her days looking for ways to escape. Breaking out seems impossible until one of her captors offers her a trade—spend time with him in return for greater freedom inside his lair. With time ticking down, she enters the fray, playing a dangerous game with a man who makes no mistakes. Will she buckle under the pressure? Or hold the line and break free for good?

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BLOOD FOLLOWS MIDNIGHT (THE SOULBLOOD SERIES BOOK 3) by Brenna Harlow

VS Note: From JUNE 27

Captured by a demon… my life couldn’t get more complicated. Except it does, because this demon isn’t exactly demonic. He calls himself a Novian, but all I know is that he’s tall, has massive horns, and prefers to be completely nude. Unfortunately for me, I’m stuck with him, entirely at his mercy. Maybe being held captive by this entity isn’t the worst that could’ve happened. The dhampirs rampaging outside these ramshackle walls are a greater threat, and every second I’m inside with Jaal, I’m safe from imminent death. But I want to go home, back to the base where my friends await. All I have to do is con my way out of this mess, one way or another. Jaal may be a predator, but wait until he sees what kind of power a woman backed into a corner has.

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A GREY WOLVES HOWLIDAY (GREY WOLVES SERIES BOOK 14) by Quinn Loftus

The Romania Grey Wolves have been through hell and back. A month remains of the mourning period decreed by the Great Luna, and Jen has decided it’s time for the pack to celebrate the many blessings they’ve missed over the years because of all the battles they’ve faced. As usual, there’s a little crazy, a lot of funny, and most of all the loyal love of the pack as they deal with all the chaos that comes with the holidays…(more blurb on ebook seller page…)

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PHOENIX HEART EPISODE THREE: BRIGHT FEATHER by Sarah  K L Wilson

It’s Sersha and Kazmerev against the world in this wild third episode of Phoenix Heart. With her cousin stolen, and her friend Judicus once again in trouble, everyone needs Sersha to save the day. But not all is as it seems – there are villains lurking in every hill and hollow – and Sersha must use all her skills to fight against impossible odds. Her bond with Kazmerev is growing and together, they are seeing the world in new ways, but will it be enough?     Amazon KU

AT YOUR FAIRY WORST (FAIRY BATMOTHER BOOK 1) by Willow Mason

I’m a fairy godmother, turned vampire, assigned to protect a detective sergeant determined to wipe out my entire nest. That’s the TL;DR version, anyway. Born without wings, I was never considered suitable for the cushy assignments my compatriots scored from the high council. Instead, I mucked around on the low rungs of the ladder, taking piecemeal work that earned me a reputation as a Ms Fixit. But when a dead police officer (don’t ask) seeks my help to solve a murder, I find myself investigating a crime of paranormal proportions. A situation that’s not improved when I wake one morning sprouting a set of long-desired wings—vampiric in nature. Now the dead cop’s partner wants us to team up and investigate the very bats who turned me. If I don’t die in the hunt for justice, I might very well perish when he stakes my “bat-daddy.” I’m all for solving crime… just not at my expense. But if I don’t help, who knows what the man will get up to on his lonesome? Better the devil you know than waking up one morning with a wooden splinter through the you-know-what.

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SPEAK OF THE DEMON (DEALS WITH THE DEMON BOOK 1) by Stacia Stark

I don’t work for demons. I hunt them. And I promised my mom one thing before she was murdered: Under no circumstances, would I ever go near the high demons. But I’ll break that promise over and over again if it helps me avenge her death. When my only lead turns to ash in the middle of demon territory, I’m suddenly a dead witch walking. Violence in Samael’s club is an automatic death sentence… unless he can use you. And it turns out that the most powerful demon in the country has a use for little ol’ me. Demons are being slaughtered. His demons. And as a bounty hunter, it’s up to me to find out who would dare hurt his people. I’ve got two weeks to find the killer, and if I fail, I’m bonded to Samael. Forever. Samael’s certain that I’ll be his, but I’m not the kinda girl who risks her freedom for a demon. I’m the kinda girl who won’t let anyone get in the way of her vengeance— not even the Machiavellian control freak who thinks he can run my life. The problem? I’ve pissed the wrong people off. Now I’m the one being hunted, and someone’s coming for me with everything they have. But I’m never more dangerous than when my back is up against the wall. And I’m ready to come out swinging.

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CELENA’S PACK (MAGICAL JINN SERIES BOOK 1) by R L Wilson

After nine excruciating months, I’ve finally escaped the prison of my lamp. To my great surprise, my long-awaited freedom introduces me to three drop-dead gorgeous shifters. The best part—Jeremy, Zachary, and Adam are my new masters. Under normal circumstances, I wouldn’t have a problem with that. But if I’ve learned anything in the last nine months, it’s that nothing is normal. I’m between the menacing fae Prince who wants me and the lamp back, and wondering if the shifter trio are the rightful owners or thieves who stole it from the demon master. But anything is better than returning to the fae prince. Now all I have to do is not fall in love with my new masters. That would be bad, but what the Jinn Council doesn’t know can’t be wrong. Can it?

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PRIDE: A RAPUNZEL RE-TELLING DARK CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE by Kris Butler

At night, I’m free. Free from the restraints growing tighter each day. Free from the pressures placed on me. Free from the disappointment of never being enough. At night I dance and the movement sets me free, and I become whomever I want under the bright lights. My disguises offered me safety, providing me escape from the real me—Rapunzel. It started as a way to survive, but the thrill of the dance and the power I weaved soon became my addiction. My life in shambles, my pride’s the only thing keeping me alive, clothed, and moderately fed. Asking for help isn’t in my nature, but I soon find a safe haven and place to belong at The Tower. Three men offer me something I desperately needed and I find acceptance in their love. When the safety I found in my disguises runs out, I have to face the man who’d made me hide in the first place. Will I be able to find a happily ever after or am I doomed to always be trapped in a prison of my own making? The root of all sin is pride, but what if it’s the only thing that can save me?

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CURSED IN LOVE (NORA MOSS BOOK ONE) by Zoe Ashwood

VS Note: From JUNE 23.

In a magical race around the world, there can only be one winner. My powers weren’t enough to save my mother from an excruciating death. But I won’t stand by and watch anybody else I love suffer. The spells I need to protect us all are locked away, sealed by a magic I can’t break. The only key is conning my way into the magical elite and winning their deadly competition. I can’t do it alone. Levi has my back. He’s a strong witch, my best friend, and fiercest protector. Raphael might be my ex, but his vampire powers give us an edge. And then there’s Isak. Dragon shifter, with his own secrets and reasons to win. But in a competition full of witches whose powers outweigh my own, dangers arise from every corner of the globe. Until one thing becomes clear. We aren’t just playing to win. We’re playing to live.       Amazon KU

CHANGE OF PLANS by Addison Albright

Sequel to The Best-Laid Plans – Once upon a time, two handsome young princes fell in love, faced down adversity, and lived happily-ever-after … until one romantic evening, they unwittingly ate a confection laced with a mind-wiping toxin. Crown Prince Efren of Zioneven blindsided Prince Marcelo of Sheburat when he used The Contingency Plan embedded in a peace treaty to marry the naïve young prince. Now, Marcelo is shocked again when he awakens in an unfamiliar bed, in an unfamiliar land, in the arms of a stranger who’s taking such liberties! Will that ignominious new beginning to their relationship doom their chances at rekindling their love? …(more blurb on ebook seller’s page…)

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THE FORBIDDEN (KREWE OF HUNTERS BOOK 34) by Heather Graham

Playing the victim of a vampire king on an island off New Orleans is actress Avalon Morgan’s creepiest role to date. It’s also scary good fun—until the victim of a real killer is discovered on set, laid out for all to see. With production shut down, Avalon can’t stop thinking about the chilling crime scene, or Grayson Avery, the investigator working the case. With a rising body count and zero leads, Gray can’t help but be impressed by Avalon’s amateur sleuthing, which takes her to the darkest corners of the internet, where killers confess their crimes. One such account is a dead ringer for the murders, but when the evidence vanishes, nobody believes Avalon—except for Gray. With no one they can trust, Avalon and Gray are determined to unbury the truth at any cost, but a return to the deadly island could be the last thing they do.

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DRAKE’S DREAM (REYES BROTHERS SERIES BOOK 2) by Jenn Nixon

Despite his family’s Psychic curse being broken, Drake Reyes doesn’t want anything to change, including his love life. He’s perfectly happy keeping things casual and friendly with whoever catches his eye. Then Rose shows up at the Halloween Fundraiser with her boyfriend and Drake sees his chance to get closer to her. He invites them both to his club for some risqué fun. Rose Derby never expected Drake to be interested in hooking up after ditching her months ago in New York. His naughty proposition, however, has her mind spinning and heart racing. But things don’t go according to plan. She finds herself the target of some nasty Psychics, dredging up her painful past and infecting the present. For them to have a future together, Drake and Rose must uncover the mysterious attackers while dealing with feelings neither has experienced before. When the danger hits close to home, Drake will stop at nothing to keep Rose safe, even if it means letting her go.

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MENTORED IN FIRE (DEMON DAYS VAMPIRE NIGHTS WORLD BOOK 10) by K F Breene

After a life of hiding and laying low so as not to end up trapped in the Underworld, that’s exactly where Reagan finds herself. It could be worse, though. She could’ve had a hostile father as her jailor instead of a man eager to teach her magic. She might’ve been trapped with someone other than the steadfast Druid. She could’ve gone her whole life without riding a dragon! When push comes to shove, maybe the Underworld isn’t so bad. Or maybe Lucifer is doing what he does best – deceiving her to get what he wants. Reagan must walk a razor thin edge to keep her independence. She must battle wills with the lord of the Underworld.

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THREE FRONT DOORS (PLAGUE OF TIME BOOK 3) by Kate Garrison

After being miraculously rescued from almost certain death, Grace finds herself safely reunited with Caleb in his world. But the feeling of security doesn’t last long. Forced to move because of growing dangers all around them, Grace and Caleb decide to flee from the city. Caleb is inspired that Grace is back, and Grace feels that she can finally breathe now she has found real meaning in her life. But Grace knows that the safest place for them to be is back in her world. Does she dare try to make that happen? Just how far is Caleb willing to trust her?       Amazon KU

MEN ARE FROGS (FAIRY GODMOTHERS INC BOOK 2) by Saranna DeWylde

SOMETIMES YOU’RE THE CURSE . . .Disgraced wedding planner Zuri Davis is so relieved to be offered a job with Fairy Godmothers, Inc., she’s willing to trade the high-rise excitement of Chicago for the small-town charm of Ever After. Falling for one of her grooms, even unintentionally, was enough destroy her career—and also to prove that all men are indeed frogs. But when she meets gorgeous B&B owner Philip Charming, who definitely lives up to his name, even she is tempted to test that theory . . .AND SOMETIMES YOU’RE THE CURE – Three hundred years as a frog by day and himself by night, is enough to test any man’s patience–even if Philip knows he deserved Petunia’s curse. It certainly taught him not to mess around when it comes to making promises. And stubborn, proud Zuri is a woman he’d like to promise his heart and everything else to—if only he weren’t a sometimes-frog. Can he hope for True Love’s Kiss from a woman whose trust has been so thoroughly broken?

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JUPITER’S JUNGLE by Temple Madison

When club owner Jupiter Marston drinks water from a wild cat’s paw print, he doesn’t realize a curse lurks in its depths and becomes a were-creature living in two different worlds. One night a handsome young biker who is lost and hungry walks into his club, and Jupiter falls in love. Shane is on the run from a dangerous lover, and he discovers Jupiter is a dangerous were-cat. Then the full moon takes Jupiter deep into the mysterious urban jungle and, when he doesn’t return, Shane goes to find him. A woodland fairy saves him from death and removes the curse by wiping both men’s memories. A magic wind thrusts them back into the past, but with their memories of each other gone, will they fall in love again … or will Shane and Jupiter pass by each other like wandering ships lost in the night?

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CLIFF’S DESCENT: A VAMPIRE’S TALE by Dianne Duvall

Every mortal who works at network headquarters knows that vampires reside below them. They were the first to surrender to the powerful Immortal Guardians who hunt them. And they did so, hoping they can be saved, that the doctors and scientists the Immortal Guardians employ can halt the progressive brain damage that robs all vampires of their sanity. Though curious, Emma never thought she would meet any of the vampires who remain under heavy guard several stories beneath her office. Then mercenaries strike, bombarding the building with heavy artillery. The vampires are freed to join the fray… and Cliff saves her life.     From that moment on, she can’t stop thinking about him regardless of the restrictions placed on interactions with vampires. When Emma discovers a way to speak to Cliff at network headquarters, she becomes even more fascinated by him. He’s smart, charming, and honorable to his core despite the darkness that lies ahead. And he seems to crave her company as much as she does his. Aware of the eyes that watch them, they…(more blurb on ebook seller’s page…)

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SPARKLING BLEND (A PARAMOUR BAY COZY PARANORMAL MYSTERY BOOK 21) by Kennedy Layne

The annual Midsummer Festival had to be postponed this year due to a nor’easter causing considerable damage to the quaint coastal town of Paramour Bay. Now that the scattered debris and fallen trees had been removed from the surrounding neighborhoods and town square, the residents are more than ready to relax and enjoy the festivities. It’s too bad that not everyone shares the same sentiment. When Raven Marigold and her familiar take a morning stroll through town square, they notice something amiss behind a bench near one of the food stands…the kind of something that could go kaboom!

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WE WREAK HAVOC TOO (ATINA AND RIDGE BOOK 2) by N R Hairston

I have two clubs in two different worlds. When multiple people overdose at both my clubs I know I’m being targeted. I’ve pissed off some powerful people lately and any one of them could be after me. I grew up in the streets. I had to fight for every ounce of respect I got. They made a mistake in thinking I was weak. They miscalculated in thinking I wouldn’t hunt them down one by one. With the help of my boyfriend Ridge and a few of our friends, we take on one of the most powerful men in all the universes. We defeated him before and killing people at my club is his revenge. I can’t let him get away with it. This will be the fight of our lives. Either he goes down or we do. One of us won’t make it out of this alive.

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MAAHES (MALICIOUS GODS: EGYPT) by Emma Jaye

Corrupt to survive or seduce to kill? Lev lives for death. Tainted from birth and despised for sacrificing fellow Servants of Maahes, Lev pursues a life of devotion and abstinence as the Left Hand. His reward will come in the Afterlife. Živan Bratko, bastard heir to a Bulgarian crime family, lives in the moment, rescuing big cats and slaking his lust with even wilder men. He can’t resist the challenge of corrupting one of the legendary Hands of Maahes. A sociopath hedonist versus a devout assassin. Who will be hunter or prey when lives and souls are the ultimate stakes?

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A DRAGON’S BODY (THE MINATH CHRONICLES BOOK 2) by A L Tippett

Tracker Seraphina has found her way back to Mandar City from the dragon’s mountain. But with her recent memories missing, she has no idea what happened on her journey. Sera wrestles against her amnesia as she tries to return to her old life tracking rogue mythical creatures. When a Tracking mission goes horribly wrong and a unicorn is killed, Sera’s life unravels. Mythics from her forgotten past haunt her steps and she struggles to know friend from foe. Will Sera regain her memories before it’s too late? Or will her unwitting actions shatter the fragile peace between man and mythic?

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HEXED HISS-TORY: A NINE LIVES MAGIC MYSTERY by Danielle Garrett

Have you ever wished your cat could talk to you? If so, allow my story to be your cautionary tale. Following a disturbing revelation regarding my Aunt Lavender, my reluctant familiar and I have to work together to solve another mystery—one that hits much closer to home. Unfortunately, Selene isn’t big on the whole ‘teamwork’ concept.

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SMALL FAVORS by Erin A Craig

Ellerie Downing is waiting for something to happen. Life in isolated Amity Falls, surrounded by an impenetrable forest, has a predictable sameness. Her days are filled with tending to her family’s beehives, chasing after her sisters, and dreaming of bigger things while her twin, Samuel, is free to roam as he wishes. Early town settlers fought off monstrous creatures in the woods, and whispers that the creatures still exist keep the Downings and their neighbors from venturing too far. When some townsfolk go missing on a trip to fetch supplies, a heavy unease settles over the Falls. Strange activities begin to plague the town, and as the seasons change, it’s clear that something is terribly wrong. The creatures are real, and they’re offering to fulfill the residents’ deepest desires, however grand, for just a small favor. These seemingly trifling demands, however, hide sinister intentions. Soon Ellerie finds herself in a race against time to stop Amity Falls, her family, and the boy she loves from going up in flames.

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A SUITABLE CONSORT (FOR THE KING AND HIS HUSBAND) by R Cooper

Everyone expects the king to rage at the suggestion that he find a new spouse to stand alongside–or better yet, replace–his beloved husband. Some might be planning on it, hoping to incite another conflict like what has plagued the country since the death of the last legitimate ruler. But to everyone’s surprise, the infamous Traitor King, Arden Canamorra, reacts to the suggestion with amusement, perhaps even interest. Decades of chaos ended with Arden’s ascension to the throne. But many in the oldest noble families want more influence over the crown–noble influence, that is. Not from the king’s lower-rank and somewhat rough palace guard husband, Mil. They don’t care that Mil is a hero who helped secure peace at Arden’s side, and that, at least among the common people, Arden and Mil’s love story is legendary. Mattin, however, is outraged. A librarian at the royal library and advisor to the king despite his relatively young age, Mattin deeply admires the royal couple. That they happen to also be incredibly attractive is something he very determinedly ignores. If Arden and Mil are going to marry again for political purposes–since Mattin is sure no new love could ever match their great passion for each other–he will at least find someone perfect for them. If thinking about it makes Mattin miserable, well, he ignores that, too. But the king and his husband seem less interested in meeting appropriate nobles and more interested in fussing over Mattin while making plans of their own. It’s a more complicated matter than an innocent librarian could have realized, with more at risk than just his heart. The most suitable consort might not be enough to appease certain nobles, but the most beloved might win over the entire country.

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THE CENTAUR WARRIOR’S HUMAN by Brogan Riley

A curvy black woman destined to be great. A centaur warrior destined to lose his grace. A love that’s stronger than one-way portals. Zoe – I meet the man of my dreams. Bjorn is sweet and kind. As strong as a Titan. We fall in love with each other. But a love like ours is forbidden in Bjorn’s realm.
Not to mention that I don’t belong here.

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THE GROOVY ALPHA (WEST COAST WOLVES BOOK 4) by Susi Hawke

Sky Blackwood is an omega wolf who’s only ever lived a fabulous, all-too-human existence in the wilds of… Beverly Hills. A place where your best friend will smile in your face while stabbing you in the back if there’s money or fame involved. His Gramps told him all about fated mates and the old-school shifters who still live in packs, but those were just stories. Until they aren’t. Sold by his family, Sky’s saved from the auctioneer’s block by Devon—a sexy alpha wolf who looks like surfer Thor, drives an even sexier Harley, and smells like everything Sky never knew he wanted. If fated mates are real, what if all those other stories about packlife are as well? Sky feels like he’s on the best adventure ever as he learns to live like a shifter. With Devon’s help, he’s ready to settle into the peaceful commune life. Only problem? Even paradise can be a camouflage for something darker. Having grown up among people who hid their evil behind friendly smiles and designer clothes, Sky soon realizes Devon needs help if they’re to survive the unseen threat. He’s not worried, he was taught to “handle people” from the cradle, a few hippies with criminal intentions shouldn’t be too difficult, right? The pack’s problems are easy to fix, but his real issue… not so much. What exactly is expected of an omega and how is he supposed to actually do it? Fortunately, his mate’s brothers know a few omegas who are all too happy to help.

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THIS TIME LOVE by Mary Ellen Boyd

It was just an antique mirror. Or was it? Grace Harding is an independent modern woman. She loves her work, loves making old things new. Then she purchases a very unique mirror. And suddenly finds herself in a country party in 1810 England. Thrust into this new world with nothing but the mirror and her wits, Grace has to learn to fit in and quickly. She takes a risk, and trusts the truth to a larger-than-life old man who matches the stories passed down from her grandmother. She’s desperate to find a way back home. What she doesn’t need is to fall in love. Who is this woman, and how did she get here? Garrett Atherton, Earl of Fairfax and determined bachelor, is definitely not enjoying his own country party, a sop to his parents’ demand he finally wed. However, when a mysterious woman who strongly resembles one of the wealthiest families in England appears, uninvited and spouting odd opinions, his whole world flips upside down. No one seems to know her or where she’s from. Worse, she claims to be from the Americas. Yet she is the only woman in the Marriage Mart ever to intrigue him. He may lose his heart just in time to lose her forever.

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GUIN THE EMERALD (THE SHIFT SERIES BOOK 2) by Louisa Kelley

Guin is on a mission in the Oregon mountains when all connections with Dracan, the world of dragon-shifters, is cut, leaving her with one ally and Miriam, the human who betrayed the Draca, who is under house arrest while working off her debt to the dragons. To Guin’s dismay, she’s forced to partner with Miriam as they hunt for answers to the turmoil engulfing Dracan with only an ancient prophecy as a guide – definitely not the easiest thing, as Guin’s dragon is still furious with Miriam, though Guin…not so much and her reluctant attraction to Miriam is causing an unprecedented break with her sister-self. Miriam only wants to the dragons to forgive her and will do everything in her power to show she is worthy. Falling in love with Guin is an insane complication, but together, the two of them and the rest of Guin’s unlikely crew embark on a mission to find a missing young dragon and a thousand-year-old dragon egg with the power to end the danger to Dracan. Everything is at stake as dragonly chaos descends all around them and Guin roars to the challenge in order to save her world, and in the process, lose her heart to a most unlikely person.

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DARK POWER CONVERGENCE (CHILDREN OF THE GODS PARANORMAL ROMANCE BOOK 52) by I T Lucas

The threads of fate converge, mysteries unfold, and the clan’s future is forever altered in the least expected way.

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CLAIMED BY THE DEMON AND DRAGGED TO H*LL by Harpie Alexa

VS Note: Listed in erotica. See also Author Note on ebook seller page.

She’s his to take, his to rule and his to claim. And he will. Amy – Something’s wrong with me. Something deep, dark and terrible. It leaves me feeling hollow and stranded in madness. I’m desperate for passion. Desperate for release. But endless lonely nights is all I have. That is…until he arrives. Leviathus. A demon. A king of the underworld. He’s cruel, merciless, easily the most dangerous being I’d ever met. And what does he want? To make me his slave until the ends of time.
My body says yes, but a part of me says no. And Leviathus thrives on no. Leviathus – His throne was taken from him, but before he can return to the underworld and claim what is rightfully his, Leviathus must deal with the human who’s essence beckons to him ways that shouldn’t be possible. She’s a menace, a distraction, a hindrance to his goals. But each time he tries to leave, her body calls him back. That is…until he tries to own it. Own her. Amy. The woman who he’d been feeding off unknowingly for months. She’s sweet, feisty, easily the most exotic creature to ever walk the earth.He wants her. To be his slave. To be his queen. To be the only thing he ever needs. And Leviathus always gets what he wants.

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NEPHILIM THE RECKONING (WRATH OF THE FALLEN BOOK 3) by Elizabeth Blackthorne

Those that betrayed me had better run because when I catch up to them, they will wish they were burning in Hell! Just as we were coming together, our team of Guardians has been ripped apart and I will stop at nothing to getting the demon I love back home where he belongs. Leaving a trail of blood and carnage behind him, Shemyaza is seeking something. If he find what he seeks, he will become unstoppable. I know if we don’t discover what the Watcher wants, the whole world could suffer. But Shemyaza isn’t the only one with secrets. My team, my men, have accepted me no matter what I turn out to be, but as Euriel probes deeper into the events of the past, will he discover what I am, and if he does, will he ever forgive me?

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DESTINY IS NOT AN EASY ROAD by Arianna Eastland

Mali Stoddard – young, independent and career-oriented – isn’t afraid to go after exactly what she wants (including men). After dealing with the restrictions of the pandemic for only a few weeks, she becomes frustrated and restless and wishes she could be someplace where Covid-19 doesn’t exist. Her wish is granted in a way she never could have imagined when she is transported back in time to New England in the 1600s, an era when men ruled and women were expected to remain chaste until marriage – an era when public displays of affection were a criminal offense. From the moment Mali arrives in Creede’s Bay, she stirs up trouble, especially when she meets the man of her dreams…and discovers there is just a slight age difference between them…of over 300 years.

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BITE ME (SHADOW GUILD VAMPIRE BRIDE BOOK 1) by Linsey Hall

I’ve got one thing to say to the fated mate who wants to kill me: Bite Me. I can handle anyone who walks into my pub. Except him–the most powerful vampire who ever lived. The First. Dark, damaged, and hot as hell. He says I’m his one and only Vampire Bride, and that five years ago, I buried him alive. Obviously he’s crazy, because I don’t remember any of that. All I know is that if I want to escape his vengeance, I have to help him infiltrate a deadly secret society. I’m going to use the time to prove that I didn’t try to murder him, and that I’m not his Vampire Bride. Because if I am, he’ll kill me. But his wrath starts to falter as our mutual hate turns to heat. As the danger thickens, I start to wonder if he’s right. But whatever happens in the end, there’s no escaping our twisted fate.

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REVEALING THE MONSTER: PLAYING WITH MONSTERS by Amelia Hutchins

I ended my life to protect Lucian from his enemies. It should have been the hardest decision to make, but it wasn’t. Now I find that Lucian kept even more secrets, deadly ones that threaten to destroy me. I thought I won the game that he and Katarina played, but he’s never stopped shuffling the pieces on the board. Even so, I’ve found peace in his violence and learned to accept my fate within his embrace. As our enemies are revealed, and worlds crashed down into ours, everything is on the line again. Could we survive his latest betrayal, or would it destroy us all?     Lena wasn’t supposed to pay for my sins, but she did. I hadn’t intended for her to suffer the consequences of my actions. I’d put pieces into motion to give her back the things that mattered most to her. She may never forgive me when she learns the cost I paid or the decisions I made. The thing is, there’s no world where Magdalena isn’t mine. I’d do whatever it took to keep her, and I’d destroy worlds to ensure she stays with me.

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MARKED BY REJECTION (OUTCAST HOLLOWS PACK BOOK 1) by Avery Stone

At eighteen, my life should have ended with the last beat of my bleeding heart, but instead, a scorching press of lips ignited a mark that resurrected me into a world of shadows. Alas, my survival proves to be a curse. I’m thrust into a pack I’ve never heard of, where arrogant Alphas — with antihero tendencies, dominating chiseled bodies, and mysterious ranks — wrestle for control. I’m nothing here, and it turns out I beat death only to be rejected. I’m exiled and abandoned, left to die at the hands of whichever predator discovers me first. Only I’m found by the chief’s son, Alpha Killian — a man who carries the exact same mark as I. I’ve discovered a loophole, and instead of being slain by this cold, merciless man, he decides I’m a worthy gamble. My flesh is deserving of his tender caress, my lips soft enough for his dominating hunger. My body is strong enough to handle his punishments, while my shattered heart summons my hidden talents. I’m Killian’s secret weapon, but in order to survive, I have to promise him one thing: I must never be a submissive wolf again.     Amazon KU

DEADLY COFFIN (A WITCH IN THE WOODS BOOK 5) by Jenna St James

When Shayla and the gang attend the Enchanted Island Museum celebration for the acquisition of an authentic Dracul coffin, they have no idea the chaos about to unfold. When the dead body of one of the guests is revealed inside the coffin, numerous suspects emerge. Who knew collecting antiques could be so dangerous and cutthroat? In between stakeouts at a seedy pier and chatting up a Papillon dog named Sassy for information, Shayla and Alex once again use their supernatural skills and hunt down the killer. Just when pieces start to come together, Zoie’s friend, Izzy, is kidnapped. With Needles leading the charge, can Shayla identify the killer and save Izzy too?     Amazon KU

PRIDE: WOLVES OF RESURRECTION ROAD by Kiki Burrell

Torn apart by a curse…Dominion, won’t let his second chance go to waste. He lost his soulmate once and now Dominion is determined to keep Pani safe and far from danger, no matter what needs to die to make that happen. A love unrequited…Pani has spent his entire existence pining for his mate’s touch. The years without Dominion were hard, but Pani got through them with the hope that one day, his warrior would return. Forced into combat… Dominion would let the world burn if it meant protecting Pani, but the ones responsible for breaking their curse will put it back together if the soulmates refuse to fight the insidious evil threatening to enslave every human—and shifter—on earth. The soulmates need the power of their pack to save humanity from the demons trying to bring hell to the human realm. And when a mission goes awry, and Pani loses all memory of his mate, Dominion will have to discover why Pani loved him in the first place if he wants a chance at making his mate fall in love with him a second time. Can a love that was once instant be earned?

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A VOID OF MAGIC by Sandy Williams

VS Note: Saw this reviewed on the excellent Whiskey With My Book Blog.

Kennedy escaped the family business when she turned eighteen. Now, an ill-timed vacation pulls her back to The Rain Hotel, the only known null zone on the planet. It’s a place where vampires can see the sun rise and werewolves can avoid the lure of the full moon. And it would be the perfect place for a paranormal wedding…if the bride wasn’t the local alpha’s daughter and the groom the scion of a vicious master vampire. With a sexy werewolf determined to sabotage the wedding and dark forces threatening The Rain, Kennedy’s life is thrown out of balance when she’s forced to confront a past she swore to avoid. Ultimately she must choose: will she maintain the stability of the supernatural world…or will she destroy it.

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TRIAL OF MAGIC (FAIRY TALE ENCHANTRESS BOOK 4) by  K M Shea

Lord Enchanter Evariste has been missing for years. Everyone has given up all hope of finding him—except for Angelique. Because he dared to befriend her when all other mages scorned her due to her dangerous magic, Angelique is determined to find him—no matter the cost. But as years have passed and she has failed to locate Evariste, she’s forced to realize that he was more than a friend. Battle weary and sick of politics, Angelique is close to breaking…until she hears a rumor that Evariste was taken north. To confirm the information, she’ll have to break into a den of black mages, hide her identity, and master her magic—which she fears above all else. But when she finally finds Evariste, she learns she is woefully unprepared for the enemies that hold him captive.

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UNTAMED MATE (FERAL SHIFTERS BOOK 2) by Callie Rose

VA Note: Apparently even the blurb has SPOILERS for Book one…

SPOILER WARNING: Although they left me with a gaping hole in my chest, Kian, Malix, and Frost did me a favor when they shattered our bond and left me alone in the mountains. For a moment there, I’d started to trust them. For a moment, I’d started to believe they could be changed—that I wouldn’t need to kill them to keep them from carrying out their dark mission. I’d started to believe there was something real between us. Then they reminded me, in the most visceral way possible, that they’re heartless monsters. Creatures made of shadow who don’t understand what it means to care for anyone. But when they betrayed me, all they did was even the playing field. Because sometimes it takes a monster to fight a monster. And I’m not sure I have a heart anymore either.

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THE KING OF FAERIE (STARIEL BOOK 4) by A J Lancaster

The fae are real, and Hetta Valstar is trying her best to marry one. If Hetta and Wyn ever manage to marry, it will be the first union between Faerie and Mortal since the Iron Law was revoked. The mortal Queen has given them her blessing—sort of. Now, Wyn needs permission from the fae High King. There’s an intensely personal reason why they need to tie the knot as soon as possible, and time is not on their side. The clock is ticking. Except in Wyn’s home court, which is trapped under magical stasis. To break the spell will mean venturing into the deepest realms of Faerie, where even fae princes—and definitely human lords—fear to tread. Unfortunately, the fae problems aren’t limited to Faerie. Public tension is rising, and the reveal of Wyn’s true identity makes him and Hetta the centre of the storm. On top of this, Stariel’s magic is going haywire, and Hetta is struggling with her intensifying powers—and she might not be the only one affected. The High King might be the only one who can help, since he’s responsible for the fae returning to the Mortal Realm in the first place. If only they knew where he was.      Amazon KU

SAND AND STARS (WINGED MARE BOOK 1) by Olivia Hart

He’s a beast who kills without mercy. My kidnapper. My enemy. My mate. All I want is a simple life, but any chance of peace is stolen from me by a winged warrior prince. He sweeps through my village, leaving a trail of destruction in his wake—and taking me with him. Born of battle, Marcellus is unstoppable. A storm of obsidian wings and steel who’s turned killing into an art form. He says my visions hold the key to the hidden Elven kingdoms that his father’s vowed to conquer. Kingdoms I’ve vowed to protect with my life. We’re on opposite sides of this war, and yet the dark and undeniable craving that sparked between us soon grows into a fire. It won’t be long until it consumes us both.
I’ve become his captive because of a prophecy. I’ll survive because fate has etched my name on his heart.          Amazon KU

KNIGHT FROM THE ASHES (CROWN AND CREST BOOK 1) by  shari L Tapscott and Jake Andrews

With single-minded determination, Henrik has worked toward gaining his knighthood so he may rise above the lowly station in which he was born. But just when the coveted position is within his grasp, he’s tasked with a mission that proves to be far more difficult than expected—secretly keeping a watchful eye on Lady Clover, a nobleman’s daughter with a sharp tongue and a knack for starting fights. Clover, too, has one goal in life, and it has nothing to do with joining dull and dry Henrik on his supply run to the northern guard post. Why the blacksmith’s son is so determined to keep her close, she has no idea. They bicker and fight, and if Clover were to find a troll pit, she would certainly dump Henrik into it. By the time they reach their destination, they are more than ready to be rid of each other. Unfortunately, something is amiss in the northern mountains. The usually quiet aynauths are on the move, with a bloodthirsty agenda of killing the peaceful Woodmoor elves. Putting their differences aside to work together, Henrik and Clover trek across the mountains to investigate. As they slowly unravel the mystery, uncovering clues that hint at a conspiracy against the crown, it quickly becomes apparent that what started as mutual distaste has morphed into something entirely different. Something dangerous, something they didn’t expect. But neither Henrik nor Clover has room in their lives for love—especially when a sinister plot is already in the works that might not only tear them apart, but the entire kingdom as well.     Amazon KU

FLAME AND STARLIGHT (THE ESTERIA SERIES BOOK 1) by Dana Isaly

Alys grew up hearing stories about the Fae that were hunting her; dark, powerful creatures that could live forever. Her mother warned her about them, moving them from city to city, always trying to stay one step ahead. But Alys always thought they were merely the ramblings of an eccentric woman and let her guard down once her mother was gone. Left on her own, she’s found, marked, and taken. Asher is tall, dark, and handsome…and Fae. He claims he took Alys from the human world for her own safety but she doesn’t trust him or the dangerous feeling he stirs inside of her. As he pushes, she pulls, refusing to be used as a pawn in whatever game he’s playing. Forced to live under the same roof as her captor, Alys soon learns there’s more to the story, discovering the disturbing truth about her connection to Asher. When the opportunity to leave presents itself, it won’t be easy for her to walk away. Faced with an impossible decision, she’ll have to choose what life she wants to lead, and who she wants to lead it with.      Amazon KU

TO BLEED A CRYSTAL BLOOM by Sarah A Parker

Nineteen years ago, I was plucked from the heart of a bloody massacre that spared nobody else.
Small. Fragile. An enigma. Now ward to a powerful High Master who knows too much and says too little, I lead a simple life, never straying from the confines of an imaginary line I’ve drawn around the castle grounds. Stay within. Never leave. Out there, the monsters lurk. Inside, I’m safe … though at a cost far greater than the blood I drip into a goblet daily. Toxic, unreciprocated love for a man who’s utterly unavailable. My savior. My protector. My almost executioner. I can’t help but be enamored with the arcane man who holds the power to pull my roots from the ground. When voracious beasts spill across the land and threaten to fray the fabric of my tailored existence, the petals of reality will peel back to reveal an ugly truth. But in a castle puddled with secrets, none are greater than the one I’ve kept from myself. No tower is tall enough to protect me from the horror that tore my life to shreds.       Amazon KU

MULTIPLYING STORMS (ARTEMIS UNIVERSITY BOOK 11) by Erin R Flynn

My name is Tamsin Vale and I’m the only living heir to all of Faerie. It’s still hard to accept that, but given how often people call me “Princess” or “Your Highness” like it’s my actual name, I can’t deny it.
I simply hate that I am. Yeah, it’s going that well. The councils’ win might have seemed small, but the ripples from that decision are drowning me at every turn. I can’t endure the bullying and abuse much longer, and I can’t fight back given the situation my people are in. I’m not sure I care anymore after finding out fairies being awesome was a lie. Most days I struggle to not push them all back in the darkness and live as I want… Because the more of them I free, the more I’m trapped. Something major needs to change and soon but I don’t know where to start. I can’t get my footing when I’m always at the center of the storm. The hobgoblins are clear that something worse is coming. I don’t think I have the strength to hold on anymore, and all hope left me after the last tidal wave dragged me under.       Amazon KU

CHIEF DRAGON (DRAGON FIRE CREW BOOK 1) by Scarlett Grove 

Daphne Young needs to run. The Mafia is after her. When her old car breaks down and explodes at the foot of Fate’s Peak, Daphne’s at the end of her rope. With the last of her strength and money, she applies for a job as a nanny. Erik Sorensen hates Christmas. As the dragon chief of the Fate’s Peak Fire Crew, he takes pride in his job. That didn’t prepare him for the squirming surprise on the doorstep of his firehouse. With one whiff, Erik knows the baby is his. Now he’ll do anything to protect him. When Daphne shows up at Erik’s door for the nanny job, he begins to believe that fate has something new in store for him this Christmas. Daphne is surprised when Erik tells her she’s his mate. She loves taking care of baby Hagen. Erik’s son is the sweetest. Eric is sweet with both of them. Erik makes Daphne believe they could have a safe and loving life together. Too bad the truth of her past could ruin everything. Finding love at Christmas is an easy choice. If the past doesn’t come back to haunt them.     Amazon KU

OUTWITTED (THE REJECTED MATE BOOK 2) by Bella Klaus

The big bad wolf god is huffing and puffing at my door. Fenrir has the nerve to believe that I’ve wronged him, and he won’t be satisfied until he’s gotten his revenge. He wants to strip me of everything I hold dear: my home, my pack, my freedom… and my clothes. It looks like I’ll have to find a way to keep him happy—or else. While I’m busy trying to work things out with Fenrir, enemies are closing in on us at all sides. We’d better work together, or it we’ll both end up in Hell.     Amazon KU

DARK FOREST (ROSA ROYALS) by Shanna Handel

Briar Rosa and her sisters live alone in the woods. Their life is no fairy tale. The dark secrets of their tangled past hide in this forest. And danger is coming. There’s a war brewing between powerful families, Old grievances rising from the grave, Hatreds borne of a torrid affair. I need the girls in my castle where they will be safe. I demand they return with me, But Briar is as stubborn as she is beautiful. She’ll quickly learn; No one tells me no.       Amazon KU

AS DARKNESS FALLS (SOULBOUND SHIFTERS BOOK 2) by Riley Storm

I should be free. Of him. Of everyone. But I’m not. I’m still here. I’m still Soulbound. Just not to my ex. Now I’m bound to an ancient shifter god. He’s all I could want in a man. If I’d been allowed to choose him. That’s not the only change however. I’m stronger. Faster. The others, they look to me for answers. I wish I had them. I’m making everything up as I go along, and I’m not sure what scares me more, the idea I might screw up, or the bigger question, the one that keeps me up at night. What am I? But among all the questions, I’ve learned something. The Alpha of my pack is majorly pissed at me. He still thinks he can control me. Only this time he’s going to try and do it by threatening the last person I have left from my old life. It’s going to be his last mistake.     Amazon KU

PIRATE’S PROMISE (SENTINELS OF SAVANNAH BOOK 5) by Lisa Kessler

Greyson Till never found a weapon he didn’t like. As the immortal Master Gunner of a pirate ship, he’s grown his collection for over two hundred years. So when a legendary cursed blade that can cut through any material goes missing from the government’s paranormal artifact vault, he’s eager to retrieve it. Working with the secret division Department 13 has always come with its set of challenges, but this one is the worst yet. Along with the mission comes fiery, no-nonsense paranormal weapons expert Aura Henderson, who couldn’t be less thrilled about this pairing. The last time they saw each other, Greyson accidentally blew her cover, almost killing them both. Worst of all, to get the sword, she has to pose as Greyson’s wife. The last thing she needs is to get involved with a sexy grumbly pirate, whether in reality or just pretend. When they locate the relic, the gilded blade thirsts for blood and things aren’t what they seem. Greyson isn’t sure who to trust anymore, and he’s not about to let death come between them.

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FIERCE COWBOY WOLF (SEVEN RANGE SHIFTERS BOOK 4) by Kait Ballenger

Savannah Cavanaugh has worked her wjhole life to become the first female elite warrior in Grey Wolf history. With her nomination finally put forward, all she needs is the pack council’s approval. But those stuffy old wolves refuse to elect her unless she finds herself a mate. Packmaster Maverick Grey was reconciled to spending the rest of his life alone. Now, having entered into treaty renegotiations with all the Seven Range clans, he needs the elite warrior vacancy filled—and fast. If Sierra needs a mate, this is his chance to claim her. But Sierra has an agenda of her own for their union, and they’ll need to work together against the assassin intent on barring the deal. For these two rivals, the only thing more dangerous than fighting the enemy at their backs is battling the war of seduction building between them.

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VS: Next up in my backlist for the Badari Warriors is DARIK. He’s a pretty happy-go-lucky guy who gets thrown into a dire situation while on a solo patrol. I also put in a few nods to “Aliens” and “Puppet Masters” (the one by R. Heinlein) here and there because they’re among my favorite scifi tales. Darik is in for quite a time!

DARIK (A BADARI WARRIORS SCIFI ROMANCE NOVEL): Sectors New Allies Series Book 4

Nicolle James is far from her home in the human Sectors, kidnapped by alien scientists to be the subject of horrifying experiments.  Her only hope might be a mysterious soldier she’d glimpsed outside the laboratory fence. She’d managed to sneak a few words of conversation with him when her captors weren’t watching but now the aliens were taking her inside the lab to begin the experiments.

Darik, a warrior of the genetically engineered Badari pack, is on a solo recon mission to check out a mysterious new lab high in the mountains. His orders are strict – do not engage. But when he has a chance meeting with the woman who might be his mate, he vows not to abandon her, orders or no orders.

Can he get inside an underground lab, find Nicolle and rescue her without getting captured himself? And when he learns the lab’s deadly secrets, can he get word to his pack about the new dangers?

Because the ruthless alien scientist running the experiments wants to get her hands on him too and will stop at nothing to achieve her goals.

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LINKS TO RECENT NEW RELEASES POSTS from Veronica:

July 21

July 14

July 7

June 30

June 23

“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’.

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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COSMIC BOOM: PROJECT ENTERPRISE 9 by Pauline Baird Jones

VS Note: I love this series and have been very impatiently waiting!

USAF Captain Hedy Quinton joined Project Enterprise so she could travel to a distant galaxy. Excited about her first command, she never expected the headaches that would go with it. She’s dealing with a lonely AI in her ship’s systems, a really cute deck officer who used to be a robot, a disgruntled ally who wants to be in command, and a passel of possibly dubious scientists. The only thing going for her is that none of them are named Dr. Smith.     BoomerJ—known as Boom—is still getting used to his new human body. His new form feels and needs things that his robot body never did, especially when he is around his new commanding officer, Hedy Quinton. His new emotions also make him realize something else—that his new form is fragile compared to his old one. For Hedy, the pressures of command come into sharp conflict with the longings of her heart when Boom goes down to check out the weird happenings on an unknown planet. Things don’t go well down on the planet or up on the ship, making Hedy wonder if she should rethink her life’s choices. Can their love survive a cosmic event, betrayal, and the secret of Boom’s past, or will they be destined to be lost in space?

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LAST GUARD (PSY-CHANGELING TRINITY BOOK 5) by Nalini Singh

VS Note: Had this pre-ordered forever. She’s my favorite autobuy author and I looove this series.

Termed merciless by some, and a robotic sociopath by others, Payal Rao is the perfect Psy: cardinal telekinetic, CEO of a major conglomerate, beautiful—and emotionless. For Canto Mercant, family and loyalty are everything. A cardinal telepath deemed “imperfect” by his race due to a spinal injury, Canto cares for the opinions of very few—and ruthlessly protects those he claims as his own. Head of intel for the influential Mercant family, he prefers to remain a shadow in the Net, unknown and unseen. But Canto is also an anchor, part of a secretive designation whose task it is to stabilize the PsyNet. Now that critical psychic network is dying, threatening to collapse and kill the entire Psy race with it. To save those he loves, Canto needs the help of a woman bound to him by a dark past neither has been able to forget. A woman who is the most powerful anchor of them all: Payal Rao. Neither is ready for the violent inferno about to ignite in the PsyNet . . . or the passionate madness that threatens to destroy them both.

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PURSUED (FATED MATES OF THE KALIXIAN WARRIORS BOOK 10) by Presley Hall

This alien warrior is roguish, charming, and way more experienced than I am. Maybe he’s exactly what I need. All the other women who were abducted from Earth have gotten to make a fresh start on Kalix, but with my overprotective sister always hovering nearby, I feel like I’m stuck in the past—still the naïve little girl Brielle has to look out for. But everything changes when a lost warrior named Zatir returns home. The mate bond sparks between us, and suddenly, my entire world is turned upside down. Brielle wants me to deny the bond. She warns me that it could be dangerous to fall in love too fast, and given my past mistakes, I know she has a point. Unfortunately, a warrior as fierce as Zatir has more enemies than he can count. When a bounty hunter tracks him down on Kalix, we’re thrust into a heart-pounding chase across the stars. As the two of us visit strange planets and evade new threats, I realize that this gorgeous warrior sees me in a way no one else ever has. With him, I can be the person I always wanted to be. If we manage to survive.

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DIVIDED WARRIORS (INTERGALACTIC ENOSIS: THE PYXIS SYSTEM BOOK 3) by Aurora Welkin

A Queen needs a doctor of River’s specialization—an ob-gyn, and a request is submitted to her hospital. She sees it as the perfect opportunity to break the monotony of her life, so she volunteers, assuming she’ll be heading to Dubai or Abu Dhabi or somewhere equally exotic.  Not asking more questions is her first mistake, but it never crossed her mind that the Queen would be not of another country but of another planet. Falling for the two clearly non-human escorts might be her second, but as they crash land on an alien planet and manage to survive, she wants both of them to save her and not just from the alien enemies approaching. Now, if only the two males, who were complete opposites, stopped fighting long enough to see the woman standing in front of them, then maybe River would get her happily ever after.

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WANTED BY THE RAKIAN WARRIOR (RAKIAN WARRIOR MATES BOOK 6) by Elin Wynn and Starr Huntress

When a genetically modified ex-pow is saved by a woman with secrets of her own, they must uncover his stolen memories before a new galactic war erupts, and they are torn apart forever. She’s the one person safe from his flames, but she’s set a new fire in his blood…Merren was created to be the perfect soldier. But the only way to recover his memories is to go rogue. And the only person he can trust is a women with secrets of her own. Sasha knows better than to trust anyone. But the sight of Merren stirs something in her, tempts her to risk one more time. When the shadows of his missing past rise up, they’ll have to gamble on each other to survive. But can they ignore the blaze that consumes them?

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PROJECT ADAPT – REBOOT (BOOK 5) by Jade Waltz

My Circuli nestmates require my constant presence in order to heal making it impossible to accomplish anything else. My ambassadors have moved into my villa, creating many changes to my growing extended family. And adding to my stress…The Citizens of Destima need me…The Assembly wants answers…The Aldawi demands to meet their new leaders…And all I want is to spend time alone with my clan, to heal and grow together as a family.

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ASSASSIN’S ORBIT by John Appel

VS Note: Not a romance but a scifi release of note…

Murder makes unlikely allies. On the eve of the planet Ileri’s historic vote to join the Commonwealth, the assassination of a government minister threatens to shatter everything. Private investigator Noo Okereke and spy Meiko Ogawa join forces with police chief Toiwa to investigate – and discover clues that point disturbingly toward a threat humanity thought they had escaped. A threat that could destroy Ileri and spark an interplanetary war… unless the disparate team can work together to solve the mystery.

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BONDED TO THE CYBORG BODYGUARD (CYBER MATES BOOK 2) by Corin Cain

Alana: I never let my guard down. Every movement is calculated. You have to be on all the time if you want to make it to the top. I go to trillion-dollar meetings with two nine-foot-tall Sentinels at my back. Only, there’s been a hack. The boss assigns me a new bodyguard. One that’s less machine and more… man. I’ve got rules. Don’t trust anyone. Do anything it takes to get to the top. Especially don’t trust men. Fragile masculinity is challenged by a powerful woman. It turns sickly. I know what the men I beat in the boardroom call me behind my backs, and I ignore it. It just shows their insecurities. This… this isn’t any man. He’s a 6’8, 700-pound Alien-Cyborg, and he’s got one goal – keep me safe. I’m not thrilled. He’s a little too protective. A little too possessive. With two huge robots at my back, I look strong. With this man? I’m worried I’ll look weak. I look so small next to him. My carefully crafted reputation could be torn down in a second. That’s not the only thing that worries me… When I’m around him? He makes me want to let down my guard. He makes me want to let go, just for a moment. To feel small, and safe, and protected. He just better be good at following orders… Or we’re going to have a big problem.

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IRIDUAN’S MATE (IRIDUAN TEST SUBJECTS BOOK 7) by Susan Trombley

A former elite Iriduan soldier, Shulgi lives with many regrets…He’s determined to redeem himself by curing the mate imprinting affliction that affects Iriduan males. Unfortunately, the necessity for secrecy makes it difficult to spread the cure to those males in need of it most. He must hide his clinic in the corrupt, criminal city of Za’Kluth, a pirate and slaver hideout on a lava world clinging to the very edge of the CivilRim. When cargo he’s expecting is delivered to the wrong dock, bringing him into contact with a beautiful human slave named Molly, things get even more complicated. Her delicate appearance and incomparable grace impress him, but the attraction Shulgi feels towards the “dyed flower” of a notorious gang boss stems from something much deeper. He was cured of the mating affliction, but his desire for Molly cannot be denied. Knowing that she suffers in the clutches of a monster, he must seek and destroy her foul master and free her from her bonds—even if it means risking his own important mission.      Molly has a dangerous secret—a subterfuge so bold and risky that she can’t allow anyone outside of her trusted circle to get too close to her, lest it be uncovered. When Shulgi is lured into her underworld to reclaim his property…(more blurb on ebook seller page…)

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THE VIRGIN’S CYBORG (GALACTIC STORM BVOOK 4) by Candice Gilmer

Imperial Princess Eleanor Bron wants to prove her worth. Though truly, what could she do, as a second child? She was not the heir to the Empire. She was merely the backup plan. While her sister Caoimhe never treated her as anything less, it was obvious that no one expected Eleanor to be more than bartering material for whatever merger the Emperor formed. The peace treaty with the Rhimodian cyborgs is the first time Eleanor has ever been sent on any sort of diplomatic mission, and she’s nervous. After all, their mother died on a diplomatic mission to create a peace treaty with the Rhimodians. What could happen to her? The spare? The unimportant one? Jedriek, the youngest in his unit, had initially been bored with the mission of escorting the Terran Ambassadors into the Sol system for the peace negotiations. He would much rather be out there fighting. At least, that’s how he felt about it, until he saw the picture of the Princesses. Unsure which one is which, Jedriek finds himself immediately drawn to the one with the bright blue eyes. When the Ambassador’s ship explodes, Jedriek finds himself face to face with that very princess..(more blurb on ebook seller page…)     Amazon     Apple Books     Kobo

TRAPPED IN ORBIT (CLAIMED BY THREE BOOK 8) by Tabatha Stephenson

Geri McClintock – To think this all started with a breakup! I kicked Carl to the curb because of his gambling habits, but when I found out he’d forged my name to co-sign for a loan he took out and then didn’t repay? Well, I wanted to wring his scrawny neck! There was no time, though, as I had to grab what I could fit into a small backpack and run from the syndicate guys after me for the money.I’d only meant to hitch a ride to where ever the next ship was going. Okay, I was broke and hadn’t paid for my passage. Getting caught by the freighter captain and his crew was not part of my plan, needless to say. Thankfully, they might be rogues of a sort, but they’re rather gallant about it all. I get to work as a member of the crew until we decide to part ways. The complication? I’ve developed more than a little crush on all three of the guys, and the attraction seems to be mutual. Oh, space balls! Talk about going from the frying pan into the fire! This could end badly. Very, very badly– or maybe not.

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THE FALLEN  by Ada Hoffman

VS note: There’s only two ratings on this book so far, no explanation for the one low score and Book One has 221 reviews/ratings at 4.1 average and she’s an award winning author so….not a romance but a scifi release of note.

The laws of physics acting on the planet of Jai have been forever upended; its surface completely altered, and its inhabitants permanently changed, causing chaos. Fearing heresy, the artificially intelligent Gods that once ruled the galaxy became the planet’s jailers. Tiv Hunt, who once trusted these Gods completely, spends her days helping the last remaining survivors of Jai. Everyone is fighting for their freedom and they call out for drastic action from their saviour, Tiv’s girlfriend Yasira. But Yasira has become deeply ill, debilitated by her Outside exposure, and is barely able to breathe, let alone lead a revolution. Hunted by the Gods and Akavi, the disgraced angel, Yasira and Tiv must delve further than ever before into the maddening mysteries of their fractured planet in order to save – or perhaps even destroy – their fading world.

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PROTECTED BY HER ALIEN MATE (WARRIORS OF THE D’TALI BOOK 8) by Ava York

Kiss me, damn it. I want you to kiss me, you grumpy pain in the ass who just saved me from a watery grave. All I need is one clue that I do anything other than irritate you…Nora has found a new life with the D’tali. A purpose. A path. But at the touch of one growly, overprotective alien with a dark past, and she’s beginning to question everything. But even as they grow closer, can he truly let her in?

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THE CHAMPION (MEN OF THE NORTH BOOK 15) by Elin Peer

As the biggest genius in France, I’ve been the hope of my nation since I was a child. I’m cherished and adored by all and get a free pick of beautiful women whenever I want. It should be enough to make any man happy, so why do I feel so lost? It’s a red flag to Victor when the only women to get his brief interest are those who look like Freya Aurelius. When did he develop a fetish for the most frustrating and unattainable woman in the world? Is his plan to work closely with Freya for the next five weeks a matter of masochism or the final proof that there’s a fine line between genius and insanity?

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THE STELLAR SUMMONS by M Garnet

The greatest project of all time, possible first contact, is plagued by killers and a scientist that sees herself saving everyone, especially one of the killers. How can a great ship built with special funds to go out on the greatest of all scientific quests, first contact, go so wrong? It is loaded with thirty people and eighteen of them are the best scientists in the civilized system. The other twelve are made up of a hand picked crew. But things begin to go wrong the night before lift-off when Beth, one of the scientists, sees a special Lieutenant who is also a scientist killing the political man behind the project. Death after accident happens as the ship gets beyond help into the deep of space and Beth begins to doubt what she saw on that early evening. Alien items, constant risks to everyone and a thought that they might never be able to return with all the great news they have discovered, leaves the last survivors clinging to each other.

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FALLING AND UPRISING by Natalie Cammaratta

Serenity Ward is the golden girl of Kaycie. She never questioned her city’s status as the last dry land on earth. The Establishment takes care of its citizens…or so she thought. But now she’s seen the map! Why would they lie about other islands just beyond the horizon? In a city built on falsehood, figuring out who to trust is its own challenge, but Serenity pulls together a feisty group who all want the same thing—an end to the government which has hidden a world from them. Bram’s anger drives his own desire for revolution. Being from another island, he was selected to be a brainwashed marshal in service to Kaycie, but he knows what’s going on all too well. Hidden in plain sight, he is ready to draw blood to free the islands. Only dealing with Serenity is the one thing he wasn’t prepared for.  Can two people who were never supposed to meet stop fighting each other long enough to remember who the enemy is?

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FOREVER ALTERED by N M Couillard

VS Note: Saw Ruby Dixon recommend this on her FB page. From JUNE 29.

What would you do if first contact was made? As much as scientist Emeline Cameron would love to explore the possibilities of that intriguing question, indulging in her science fiction fantasies would have to wait. She and her team were the youngest scientists to be contracted by the government to find a solution to the solar flare disruptions that were affecting orbiting satellites. They dealt in facts, not wild conspiracy theories. But when strange anomalies start showing up in their data, Emeline and her friends might just need to take a closer look at the answer to that question.     Science Director Nox, from the planet Delicia, was thrilled that his force field technology was a success. What didn’t thrill him was when the United Alliance of Planets assigned him to be the technical advisor to a secret military mission to help resolve an imminent threat to an obscure planet called Earth. As far as Nox knew, Earth was just discovering fire. Little did he know he would find a more advanced society and unexpected love.

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BLUE DREAM LOVER (RED RULER SERIES BOOK 2) by Kahaula

Freedom is a double edged sword. My best friend Welo went from Battle Queen to Red Empress, when she very publicly declared our independence from the Central Galactic Worlds. Our planet, Ula Nui, used to be a slaver’s cesspool. She turned it into a jewel—a prize that the Central Worlds can’t have. As the head of Planetary Security, my job has only gotten harder. The influx of people to our free and independent world means we’re being flooded with new faces. Normally, I’d be the first to crack a joke and make everyone feel better, but powerful forces are circling our home. Raiders, pirates, spies, and who knows what else has their eyes on us. I’ve also got a persistent Rentok commander trying to worm his way into my life, or back into my pants. I’m down for the sexy times, but you keep those love cooties to yourself! We’ll see how long his persistence lasts when he realises I’ve already got some unique males in my life. A lady’s got needs after all.      Amazon KU

KEPT: A DARK MAFIA OMEGAVERSE ROMANCE (BARION BOOK 2) by Luna Voss

Melyta is mine now. My mate. My wife. Bearing my name, with my mark on her neck. The symbol of my possession, my obsession, tattooed on her skin forever. But it’s not over. In the Dalax City Vostra, nothing ever is. And what I did to claim her can only be repaid in blood. Our enemies are closing in, ready to do whatever they can to hurt us. They’re going to find out just how far I’ll go to protect the woman I love. I’m going to run this city. With my mate at my side.

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MY BIRTHDAY GETAWAY (MY HOLIDAY TAILS) by Marina Simcoe

Aliens came to Earth to abduct our women, but it backfired. Now they’re returning them, and I’m in charge of shuttling women back from orbit. Ever since I first laid my eyes on the alien ship’s commander, I’ve had a crush him. Who can blame me? He’s tall and gorgeous, with skin the color of midnight. He has a voice that can purr or roar and seven long tails that he really knows how to use. I know I can’t have him. I’ve never even spoken to him. But when an incident renders the commander unconscious, I have no choice but to take him to my remote hunting cabin. Instead of cooperating, the commander thinks he’s been abducted. Now, I have a pissed-off alien on the loose in the Canadian wilderness wearing my Snuggie. I need to find him or risk losing my job and starting an interplanetary conflict—among other things. What I don’t know is that finding him will cost me my heart.

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FLASH FIRE: THE EXTRAORDINARIES BOOK 2 by TJ Klune

Through bravery, charm, and an alarming amount of enthusiasm, Nick landed himself the superhero boyfriend of his dreams. Now instead of just writing stories about him, Nick actually gets to kiss him. On the mouth. A lot. But having a superhero boyfriend isn’t everything Nick thought it would be—he’s still struggling to make peace with his own lack of extraordinary powers. When new Extraordinaries begin arriving in Nova City—siblings who can manipulate smoke and ice, a mysterious hero who can move objects with their mind, and a drag queen superhero with the best name and the most-sequined costume anyone has ever had—it’s up to Nick and his friends Seth, Gibby, and Jazz to determine who is virtuous and who is villainous. And new Extraordinaries aren’t the only things coming to light. Long-held secrets and neglected truths are surfacing that challenge everything Nick knows about justice, family, and being extraordinary. Which is a lot to handle when Nick really just wants to finish his self-insert bakery AU fanfic. Will it all come together in the end or will it all go down in flames?

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THE PAST IS RED by Catherynne M Valente

VS Note: Not a romance but a scifi release of note…

The future is blue. Endless blue…except for a few small places that float across the hot, drowned world left behind by long-gone fossil fuel-guzzlers. One of those patches is a magical place called Garbagetown. Tetley Abednego is the most beloved girl in Garbagetown, but she’s the only one who knows it. She’s the only one who knows a lot of things: that Garbagetown is the most wonderful place in the world, that it’s full of hope, that you can love someone and 66% hate them all at the same time. But Earth is a terrible mess, hope is a fragile thing, and a lot of people are very angry with her. Then Tetley discovers a new friend, a terrible secret, and more to her world than she ever expected.

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EVENT HORIZON: THRESHOLD by Kaitlyn O’Connor

Archeologist Roslyn O’Neal was selected for a dangerous, terrifying mission—cross the gateway threshold into a worm hole that will take her and the rest of the science team across the universe to a world no human has ever seen—or have they?  The soldiers sent as mission security seem unnervingly focused on her.  She just doesn’t understand why—and that’s almost as confusing a puzzle as the mission itself—What was the ‘gift’ the aliens left mankind really about?

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TRAITOR: ALIEN HUNTER’S MATE (HAALUX EMPIRE BOOK 5) by Hattie Jacks

TELLA – One minute I’m in my bed, the next…I’m not on Earth anymore. Twin suns beat down and the sounds that creep from the forest tell me all I need to know. I’m on an alien planet, and I’m not alone…I’m being stalked by something terrifying and protected by someone who won’t show himself. I’m not sure what’s going to get me first, my shadowy guardian or the unnamed thing that haunts the night. Either way, I have to stay alive, which means I have to keep running, whether he protects me or not.     TERX – I am an outcast from my own kind, roaming my ancestral lands searching for the truth. The human female was not what I expected to find out here in the wilderness, her delicate beauty entrances me. The creature that hunts her doesn’t stand a chance against me, but I’m just as dangerous. Mating her will be our downfall, no matter how fated it is. Our new enemy took my tribe, my family, and made me betray my Empire to save them. Then they killed them all anyway. My heart tells me that saving her will heal everything. My head tells me to stay away and she will live. The end of my species draws near…they might need me, but all I want is her.

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THE SUMMER THIEVES: A NOVEL OF THE QUINARY by Paul di Filippi

VS Note: Not a romance – romantic elements maybe – but a release of note.

He chased his dreams of the ideal summer across a galaxy of thieves . . .Far in the glorious interstellar future, a time of riches and complex technologies, the stern but utilitarian Quinary guards and regulates the flourishing human-colonized galaxy. Under their business-like rule, a family may own a whole planet. And so two bloodlines—the Corvivios clan and the Soldavere clan—are in full possession of the lush and benign world of Verano. The youngest members of each family—Johrun Corvivios and Minka Soldavere—are slated to wed. All looks rosy for the joint family enterprises. But then the happy future is dramatically and tragically overturned! Circumstances separate the lovers and rob them of their places in the galaxy, and Johrun must undertake a desperate quest across the stars to reclaim his birthright. At first aided only by his devoted chimeric helper, the canny Lutramella, Johrun will face a thousand deadly challenges, from malign magicians to haughty outlaws. As his character is matured in fire, his dedication to Verano and his determination to return increase, and his group of friends and allies becomes stronger . . . but will the precious Summer Planet, and his bride-to-be, even be the same when—and if—he returns?

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TIME PLAGUE: MARK MCNIGHT TIME TRAVEL ADVENTURES by Kim Megahee

VS Note: Not a romance but a time travel release of note…

It’s 2036 and time travel experts are racing to stop a future plague capable of causing mass extinction in less than 40 years. But Marc McKnight and his team’s success depends on Rachel Patterson, an incarcerated time traveler from the future who is violently obsessed with him. Unbeknownst to McKnight, a dangerous female Operative has been dispatched from the future to rescue Rachel, regardless of the cost and potentially catastrophic impact on history. McKnight and his team must outsmart the Operative to prevent both the plague, and the political revolution tied to its malevolent inception.

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BLACK WOLF by Anna Bowman

VS Note: Steampunk

On the run, Solomand and what’s left of his crew formulate a plan to get back to the friends they left behind, before time runs out. But with the arrival of a new enemy—an old acquaintance of Ivan’s—they find themselves at the center of a twisted game with deadly stakes. Will Solomand be able to save everyone or will this Northerner out for revenge prove too formidable a foe? Win or lose, the cost could be more than any of them bargained for.

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THE ALPHA AWAKENS: A DYSTOPIAN OMEGAVERSE ROMANCE (ALPHA COMPOUND SERIES BOOK 1) by Anna Fury

Mallory – As a reporter, I’ve seen firsthand what the Awaken virus does to people you love, turning them into mindless beasts intent on violence. That’s why I’m staying safe inside my apartment. Women are getting kidnapped right off the streets in broad daylight. Rumors say there’s a group of Awakened living under New York, and they’re responsible for the disappearances. The old me would have sniffed out that story, but post-apocalypse Mal is too scared to go digging for clues. Life apparently has other plans for me, however—cue an Awakened showing up at my damn door. He’s huge, imposing, with piercing gray eyes like a thunderstorm, and a mouth he insists he *needs* to put on me. He also claims they aren’t all the destructive beasts I’ve seen on the news. I’m not sure what to believe. When the captivating “enforcer” asks me to live in his compound for two weeks and report to the rest of the world how normal the men really are, I surprise us both by accepting his strange invitation. I shouldn’t have said yes, so why did I agree? My presence digs up something dark and primal in him though, and I’m terrified to find out if I’m his salvation, or complete downfall.

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THE ASSASSINS’ GUILD (THE VIPER AND THE URCHIN) by Celine Jeanjean

The problems begin when Rory and Longinus are summoned to the Assassins’ Guild. Longinus wants Rory to change into something more elegant – not going to happen. Rory can’t make Longinus stop calling her his assistant. Their problems get worse when the Guildmaster asks them both to investigate an attack against her and find out who is behind it. If they fail, the consequences will be….unpleasant. And it looks like the attempted assassination is mixed up in dangerous Guild politics. Between their arguments and making sure the assassins they’re investigating don’t kill them, it’s one hell of a challenge.

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ALLURE OF OARTHECA: BOOK ONE OF THE OARTHECAN SAGA by James Siewert

VS Note: From MAY 30, saw it mentioned on the Queer SciFi twitter feed…

Meet Rowland Hale: cyber-thief and captain of the Luck of the Draw, except his luck’s just run out. A sure-fire bet backfires and now his crew’s life is on the line as he faces first contact with two warring alien species locked in a death match to the end. Meet Toar Grithrawrscion: A big ol’ bear of a man, his tough exterior conceals a bruised soul. He had it all once – a family, a naval career, the accolades of his people – but that’s all been ripped away. Much like his home world, he is wounded, but he refuses to be beaten. When fate brings these two men together, they face challenges not just from without, but from deep within: an Allure that dare not be risked, but cannot be refused. If they give in, they fail – if they give up, they fail – and the fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance.

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THE GHOSTMAKER: TO TAKE A WORLD (A DAUGHTER’S RANSOM BOOK 2) by Niamh Schmid

VS Note: Steampunk

There’s not much left in the world of Baeno…With two Watchers dead and the third turned against the world she was supposed to protect, chaos reigns for near a decade as Skayla rules with the strange beasts called Drogans. And then there’s Baey. Rescued by the last act of The Watcher, Sven Mara, she now stays hidden in the mansion of Valdon, where the last Gifted of Baeno stand as a pitiful defense for the City of Kaedna. The last promise of The Creator says she–an Esmer(or one with wings)–will free Baeno from the grips of Skayla and the mysterious beasts that aid her. However, doubts haunt Baey, and even the others at Valdon seem to doubt her destiny. But one thing keeps her strong; the ring she was given by Sven Mara, a trinket no one but her can see. But when a stranger appears on Valdon’s doorsteps, everyone doubts his motives and the message he carries. Little do they know what he stole, and little do they know how close Valdon is to ruin.

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TIED TO THE ALIEN TYRANT (CRASHLAND CASTAWAY BOOK 3) by Leslie Chase and Starr Huntress

The alien warlord is trouble. Dangerous, ambitious, deadly trouble. Worst of all, he’s smart. Between that and his rugged jaw, rippling muscles, and intense eyes, he makes me melt every time he looks my way. I should be planning my escape, finding a way back to the colony. Instead, all I can think about is what his blue skin will feel like. Tzaron may be the toughest, most handsome man within a thousand lightyears, but he’s still the barbarian warlord who captured me. He says he needs me for my technical skills, but I know better. Every smoldering glance, every touch of his skin, even the tone of his voice tells me he wants more. He wants me. And the worst thing is, the longer I’m his prisoner, the less I want to escape.

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WORLDSHIP FILES: CHANGELING by Erik Schubach

VS Note: From JUNE 25.

When the Earth is threatened by a slowly expanding sun, mankind embarks upon a mission to send a mammoth Worldship to settle a new planet across the stars. The preternatural races step out of hiding to work with the humans to save what they can from their dying world. With the aid of the Fae, shape shifters, Vampires, and other creatures of supernatural lore, the Worldship, Leviathan, is complete one thousand years later. Captain Knith Shade of the Brigade Enforcers was trained to handle any contingency, and prepare for any challenge. There was one thing she found that she was never prepared for, and that was finding out that she had a half Fae daughter, Caitlyn, created using genetic materials stolen from her. As she finds the greatest joy she has ever known in that bright light that Cait brings into her life, a new threat to the Worldship arises, and this time not even the immense power of the Fae can help.

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DARK (PRINCESSES BOOK 3) by Thayer King

VS note: Charting in scifi romance.

For Princess Veracity, it was love at first sight. Unfortunately, Dark has never given her any indication that he returns her affection. Even more unfortunately, she’s betrothed to marry a man she’s quickly growing to hate. She doesn’t want to disappoint her parents, but there’s a reason she’s known to be the rebellious daughter. If she gets her way, her wedding day will feature an entirely different groom. They call him a monster, an abomination. When he smiles, people run. Dark has wanted Veracity since the moment he laid eyes on her, but there are too many reasons why they can’t be together. She deserves better. Because the rumors are true. He is a monster. And he’s only growing stronger.

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VS: Special Pre-Order announcement! Releases OCT 5th.

PETS IN SPACE 6 by Various, including moi. My story in this year;’s volume is STAR CRUISE: TIME LOOP and I finally wrote my own “Groundhog Day” style story. Here’s the anthology blurb:  Pets in Space® is back for a new year of adventures! Join the incredible authors in this year’s Pets in Space 6 for another out-of-this-world adventure. This award-winning, USA TODAY Bestselling anthology is packed full of your favorite Pets in Space®. Featuring 11 original, never-before-released stories from some of today’s bestselling science fiction romance and fantasy authors, Pets in Space 6 continues their vital support of Hero-Dogs.org, the non-profit charity that improves quality of life for veterans of the U.S. military and first-responders with disabilities. Don’t miss out on this limited-edition anthology before it’s too late! Pets in Space 6 is edited by Carol Van Natta. Contributing authors: S.E. Smith (NY Times and USA TODAY bestselling author), Veronica Scott (USA TODAY bestselling author), Honey Phillips, Carol Van Natta (USA TODAY bestselling author), Cassandra Chandler (USA TODAY bestselling author), J.C. Hay (USA TODAY bestselling author), S.J. Pajonas (USA TODAY bestselling author), Greta van der Rol, Deborah A. Bailey, Melisse Aires, and Kyndra Hatch (USA TODAY Best Selling author).

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KING OF AVALON (RISE OF THE ELDER GODS BOOK 2) by Vivienne Savage

Fated to love. Fated to die as enemies. The fae told her killing him was the only way to save the world. They lied. From one age to the next, the immortal King Arthur worked alongside his knighthood to protect the world from evil dragons—until a fellow knight betrayed him and a dark witch trapped his soul. Long ago, Camelot knew the Nimue as the Lady of the Lake. In modern day Manhattan, she’s the proprietress of Manhattan’s hottest paranormal lounge. For a fae, life couldn’t be more mundane, until a half-naked, reincarnated King Arthur stumbles out of the future and into her life again to prophesize the world’s end. They were once lovers. Now the faerie courts will want him dead for perverting destiny, and they’ll want her to carry out its will.

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THROW IN THE GROWL (PARANORMAL DATING AGENCY 31) by Milly Taiden

A whole new world of PDA is coming your way!

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FASHIONABLY DEAD AND DEMONIC: BOOK FIFTEEN IN THE HOT DAMNED SERIES by Robyn Peterman

Anastasia – I’m dead. He’s demonic. It never would have worked…Getting dumped by the Demon of my dreams wasn’t exactly in the game plan. Game plans suck. Throwing caution to the wind is my new motto. I used to be a semi-happily single Vampyre. As the Princess of the Australian Dominion, I have an enormous palace, a fabulous wardrobe, I don’t look a day over thirty, and I have gobs of friends—most of whom would be happy to see me permanently deceased. However, they hide it well. In the violent world of the undead, I consider it a win. Getting kicked to the curb by my True Mate has turned my world upside-Down Under. Whatever. If the Demon doesn’t want me, fine. He can skip his butt right back to Hell. And if Levi thinks walking back into my life under the guise of ending the bad guy terrorizing my Dominion is gonna fly, he’s got a few electrocutions coming his way. He wants the bad guy. I want him. Game on. Levi – Falling for Anastasia is a damned disaster.I’m a Demon. She’s a Vampyre. I don’t do feelings or relationships. I’m a killing machine with a bounty on my head. I have nothing to offer her…(more blurb on ebook seller page…)

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THE MIDWIFE AND THE ORC (ORC SWORN) by Finley Fenn

Orc Mountain needs a midwife. And this devious, deadly orc is determined to find one…In a world of recently warring orcs and men, Gwyn Garrett is a lord’s daughter on a mission — to escape her lord father, dump her cheating betrothed, and pursue her true calling as a plant-obsessed midwife. Until the night her brand-new house is invaded by an orc. A tall, taunting, treacherous monster, with sharp teeth, vicious claws, and gleaming black eyes. And worst of all, a blatant, brutal mission of his own…He’s come to court her. Claim her. Compromise her. But Gwyn is far too clever to fall for this sneaky orc’s schemes — right? Even if he moves like a graceful god, if his voice is sweet syrup in her ears. If his low, mocking laugh sparks something hot and reckless, deep in her soul…It’s hunger, it’s home, it’s everything Gwyn never knew she needed — but in its wake, there’s only devastation. Defeat. And the realization that she’s forever linked with this horrible orc, and his horrible plans…And with the war. The fates of hundreds of women like her. And the truth that Orc Mountain desperately needs her, and maybe this proud, lonely orc does too.

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THE GOBLIN KING (THE DARK KINGS BOOK 10) by Jovee Winters

The Goblin King, also affectionally known as phlegm, has a problem. A big one. Kingdom is a land built on magick, fairy tales, and happily ever afters. But who wants a man with puke green skin as their partner? No one, that’s who. Not even in Kingdom and so he sets out to find himself in a place called Earth where he can be normal for once. Just one catch, Phelgm is discovering maybe the definition of normal isn’t normal at all. Especially when his cute neighbor greets him with a warm smile and laughing brown eyes. His very tall, very broad shouldered, and very masculine neighbor Joon.

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EMPTY AS A SCARECROW (HEIRS OF OZ BOOK 2) by Kendra Moreno

Oops. This is awkward. You’re expecting a blurb here, but I haven’t written it yet.
Just know that this is the second book in the Heirs of Oz series and it’s going to be epic. Like super epic. Like blow your mind epic. There will be romance, adventure, drama, a scarecrow, and. . .more epicness. Fancy blurb coming soon! Beware the yellow brick road. . .

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HONEYBUNS HOMICIDE (MURDER IN THE MIX BOOK 36) by Addison Moore

My name is Lottie Lemon, and I see dead people. Okay, so I rarely see dead people, mostly I see furry creatures of the dearly departed variety, who have come back from the other side to warn me of their previous owner’s impending doom. Something terrible has happened to someone I love and my family may never be the same. As if that wasn’t bad enough, a wedding reception goes awry when a corpse hits the dance floor with a blade in his back. And the ghost that comes back to help solve the homicide? It’s that troublemaker extraordinaire, Florenza Canelli. As if she didn’t wreak enough damage in our lives the first time around—something tells me she’s about to outdo herself in a grand manner. Here’s hoping we survive the horror. And then there’s that mob war. It’s all going down in Honey Hollow this summer. Here’s hoping we make it out alive. Lottie Lemon has a brand new bakery to tend to, a budding romance with perhaps one too many suitors, and she has the supernatural ability to see the dead—which are always harbingers for ominous things to come. Throw in a string of murders, and her insatiable thirst for justice, and you’ll have more chaos than you know what to do with. Living in Honey Hollow can be murder.

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SHE WHO BECAME THE SUN by Shelley Parker-Chan

“I refuse to be nothing…” In a famine-stricken village on a dusty yellow plain, two children are given two fates. A boy, greatness. A girl, nothingness…In 1345, China lies under harsh Mongol rule. For the starving peasants of the Central Plains, greatness is something found only in stories. When the Zhu family’s eighth-born son, Zhu Chongba, is given a fate of greatness, everyone is mystified as to how it will come to pass. The fate of nothingness received by the family’s clever and capable second daughter, on the other hand, is only as expected. When a bandit attack orphans the two children, though, it is Zhu Chongba who succumbs to despair and dies. Desperate to escape her own fated death, the girl uses her brother’s identity to enter a monastery as a young male novice. There, propelled by her burning desire to survive, Zhu learns she is capable of doing whatever it takes, no matter how callous, to stay hidden from her fate. After her sanctuary is destroyed for supporting the rebellion against Mongol rule, Zhu takes the chance to claim another future altogether: her brother’s abandoned greatness.

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THE HUNGER (THE LYCANS 3) by Jenika Snow

I had no family, no friends. I was utterly alone and always had been. And once I aged out of the system that raised me, I decided to find out exactly who I was. Where did I come from? Who were my parents? What made me… me? It became the fire in my veins. My journey led me to Scotland, the Highlands, and for the first time in my life, I had this feeling of… belonging. What should have been a simple hike through the Scottish countryside led me to things far more mysterious than trying to find out who I was. There were other things—creatures—lurking in this world, ones who were stronger, fiercer. Ones who were not human. Everything I’d ever known seemed like a fable now. And what was once a fable was now true. It was one of those otherworldly creatures who stalked me—chased me. I knew I couldn’t outrun him. I couldn’t escape. He was bigger than any man I’d ever seen, stronger than anyone should be. His growls were feral, his fangs animalistic, and when he watched me, it was with glowing eyes. I found myself at his mercy, chained to a bed and alone with this man who wasn’t really a man at all. I asked him why I was there, why he took me, held me against my will. And all he said was… I was his mate.       Amazon KU

IN SEARCH OF ANGELS (NEPHILIM BOOK 1) by Ashley Wade

It was just supposed to be a standard surveillance job for Lea, but as she falls deeper for her subject, she discovers secrets and darkness surrounding her job. In a world filled with angels, nephilim, and magic, can she keep the ones she cares for safe while running from something darker than any of them can imagine?

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ASHES AND LIGHT (SWORDS OF CHARLEMAGNE BOOK 3) by Elizxabeth Schlecter

The search for the swords brings Douglas and Margaret back to England, where Mystere has hidden the sword Almace — his own sword. Four months pass with no signs of Mystere, and Douglas and Margaret start to make plans to go in search of him. Then they accidentally become the caretakers of an injured street urchin. The boy — a sweep’s apprentice — tells them that there is something invisible haunting the rooftops of London, preying on the children who make their living there. In the absence of Mystere, Margaret insists that they need to help, but Douglas refuses. Margaret defies him and goes anyway, only to discover that what lurks on the rooftops is far worse than she had imagined — Caedda has taken the rooftops of London as his domain. Worse, he has taken Mystere prisoner, he holds the sword Almace, and he knows that Margaret is there. Trapped on the roofs, unable to reach Douglas, Margaret has to rely on her wits and her memories in order to save Mystere, herself and her unborn child.       Amazon KU

FLASH POINT (THE LEGACY BOOK 5) by Luna Joya

Mina Donovan is a woman of many talents. Fire elemental, psychic, Legacy witch, magical asset for an FBI paranormal task force…she does it all. Her latest struggle? Not crushing on her sexy best friend. Logically, she knows they can’t be together. Too bad her heart has never bothered with logic. The friend zone is the last place pyro expert Josh wants to be with Mina. Not that he has any choice in the matter. A witch hunter falling for a witch? Not smart. He’ll just have to learn to ignore his attraction to the gorgeous woman who already owns so much of his heart. If Mina and Josh have any hope of finding their way to happily ever after, they’ll have to banish an all-powerful demon and take down an evil magical organization. Oh, and they’ll also have to figure out how to stop the prophecy that warns a dragon will consume Mina. It’ll take more than magic to fix this supernatural dilemma.       Amazon KU

ASHES OF THE SUN (BURNINGBLADE AND SILVEREYES BOOK 1) by Django Wexler

Gyre hasn’t seen his beloved sister since their parents sold her to the mysterious Twilight Order. Now, twelve years after her disappearance, Gyre’s sole focus is revenge, and he’s willing to risk anything and anyone to claim enough power to destroy the Order.
Chasing rumors of a fabled city protecting a powerful artifact, Gyre comes face-to-face with his lost sister. But she isn’t who she once was. Trained to be a warrior, Maya wields magic for the Twilight Order’s cause. Standing on opposite sides of a looming civil war, the two siblings will learn that not even the ties of blood will keep them from splitting the world in two.

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THROUGH DESTINY’S EYES by Eileen Troemel

Destiny trusts Pythia, her dog, and her instincts. Fresh from a breakup, Pythia leads her to a doorway which changes her life. Discovering the Sanctuary, Destiny discovers more than just a peaceful place to learn how to strengthen her ability to see into the future. She discovers not one but two men who excite and capture her heart. The Sanctuary has rules. Eamon hopes when Destiny steps into Sanctuary that she will be his but he’s scarred both physically and emotionally. Friedhelm wants Eamon and Destiny. He needs them both to be his but he won’t risk their lives for his need of them.
Will Destiny, Eamon and Friedhelm break the rules and risk their safety or will they let each other go for the greater good?       Amazon KU

CINDERS OF YESTERDAY (LEGACY OF SHADOWS BOOK 1) by Jen Karner

VS Note: From June 22.

Paranormal Hunter Dani Black wants nothing more than revenge. Until she meets Emilie. A year ago, the rogue Necromancer Spectre murdered her partner during a hunt gone wrong. She’s been looking for a way to kill him—and keep him dead—ever since. When rumors of a weapon capable of killing anything surfaces in Dawson, Maryland, she sets out on a mission to get her hands on it. While unraveling a web of clues about her own past, Dani runs into the alluring Emilie Lockgrove, eldest daughter of a magical family inexplicably tied to Spectre. Emilie Lockgrove survived the catastrophic fire that killed her mother and hospitalized both her and her sister. Ten years later, she has returned to Dawson, expecting to confront the trauma of her past. Instead, she discovers magic is real, encountering actual ghosts like the necromancer hunting her family for 200 years. Dani intends to kill Spectre…or die trying. Emilie wants to reclaim her life. To survive, they’ll need to work together to confront their pasts, break the spell capturing Emilie’s magic, and destroy Spectre once and for all.

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THE CALYX CHARM (THE SACRED DARK BOOK 3) by May Peterson

VS Note: Suggested by twitter user /author/reader/poet @TheLionMachine.

Second chances take many forms…Violetta Benedetti knows how to hide things. She spent years concealing herself behind the persona her father expected of her. Now she hides in the dark corners of Vermagna’s underworld, lying low to keep her father from using her magic in his unending quest for power.  But her biggest secret is her love for her best friend, who only knew her as Mercurio Benedetti, not the woman she is today. Now he’s dead, and she’ll never be able to tell him the truth.
Tibario Gianbellicci was dead. And then…he wasn’t. Reborn as an immortal, he has powers he never imagined. Powers his crime boss mother wants to tap into to destroy their longtime rivals: House Benedetti. But Tibario is hiding something, too: his best friend is a Benedetti—and the love of his life. With a second chance at life, he’ll have to risk revealing his heart.

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FARVIEW (GRAYNOX TO THE SEA) by Kim Fielding

VS Note: From JUNE 10. I love her books but missed this one! One clicked.

Ravaged by a horrific experience, Oliver Webb flees the smog-bound city of Greynox for a quiet seaside village and the inheritance he’s never seen: a cottage called Farview. He discovers clear skies, friendly imps, and a charming storyteller named Felix Corbyn. With help from Felix’s tales, Oliver learns surprising secrets about his family history and discovers what home really means. But with Felix cursed, Oliver growing deathly ill, and an obligation in Greynox hanging heavy around his neck, it seems that not even wizards can save the day. Still, as Felix knows, stories are the best truths and the most powerful magic. Perhaps the right words might yet conjure a chance for happiness.

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DAMAGED WOLF’S DIRTY SECRET (LUMBERJACK WOLVES) by Serena Meadows

I’ve sworn to protect my town and my clan. As a wolf shifter and the sheriff, it’s my duty to keep the ship from sinking. Even if I have to do something that I could be punished for.Such as…Hiring a human to fill the ranks at the sheriff’s office. A beautiful woman at that. Maggie’s new job does not go over well with the clan council. They are not happy that I hired her. Maggie moved into town with her son to escape family drama. But she doesn’t know the story behind her late grandparents’ house that she’s living in. And I don’t want to be the one to reveal it. Maggie’s life is in danger and she has to know the painful truth. I can’t afford to lose her. Our working relationship has turned into something completely different. Keeping Maggie and her son in my life is non-negotiable, especially now that she’s pregnant with my baby. All secrets be damned… I will keep my family safe. Even if that means choosing between love and loyalty toward the clan.

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BITTEN IN THE MIDLIFE: A PARANORMAL WOMEN’S FICTION NOVEL (FANGED AFTER FORTY BOOK 1) by Lia Davis and L A Boruff

Jilted at the altar a month before her fortieth birthday. Poor Hailey. Midlife really does have a crisis. Or is it that midlife is the crisis? Either way, it sucks. Hailey Whitfield can’t take anymore run-ins with her ex. It’s time for a big change. She’s never considered moving away, but it’s her best plan yet. Bonus – her bestie lives next door! However, her new neighbor is… weird, to say the least. Extremely hot, but odd. So are his friends. But Hailey will take strange neighbors over facing her lying, cheat, deadbeat ex-fiancé all day, any day.  Finding a job in a new town is more challenging than she realizes. With her savings depleted from the move, Hailey has to suck it up and take what she gets. After taking a job as a private nurse for an injured bounty hunter, things start to look up. Then a skip falls into her lap. Okay, sure. She was being nosy and reading an incoming fax intended for her patient. But with a little encouragement, Hailey takes on the task of tracking down the skip. It’s easy money. Right? Wrong. This skip is far more than Hailey bargained for. And her life is about to change in a very bloody and pointy kind of way. What a bite in the… Well, you know. With the help of her witchy best friend and her new, very pale neighbor, Hailey is going to collect her bounty. Or die trying.

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PACK PROPHET by Lynn Leite

VS Note: From June 12.

Rose is the quiet one, the nervous girl who has trouble holding her skin when frightened. The women want to take care of her and the men keep their distance, thinking she might break. Most of what people see is an act. The truth is Rose has a lot more going on than anyone expects. When her secret comes out, the reaction isn’t what she is used to. Rose’s hidden life coming to the surface opens her and her pack up to a world of possibilities.

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PACK A PUNCH by Lynn Leite

Amara loves her job as an enforcer. Having been chosen to represent her pack as one of three searching for the witches is an honor. Jenkins is rude and annoying, but River, from the Moon Valley Pack, quickly becomes the best friend she has ever had. River would make a great mate one day, just not her mate. Amara had originally seen this trip as a way to meet people and have some ‘fun’. The biggest obstacle to that ‘fun’ is she’s afraid to touch anyone, for fear it might tell her that she is their mate. Settling for the adventure of the trip northward, she just avoids all males. This mating thing has some serious drawbacks. It’s not like she doesn’t want a mate eventually. It’s the fear that he won’t want her. Even worse, she won’t want him. Concentrating on the mission is best. That is until the one man she actually wants to risk touching shows up in the middle of nowhere.

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MOTHER OF ALL (THE WOMEN’S WAR BOOK THREE) by Jenna Glass

In the once male-dominated world of Seven Wells, women now control their own reproduction, but the battle for equality is far from over. Even with two thrones held by women, there are still those who cling to the old ways and are determined to bring them back. Now into this struggle comes a darker power. Delnamal, the former King of Aalwell, may have lost his battle to undo the spell that gave women reproductive control, but he has gained a terrible and deadly magic—and he uses these new abilities to raise an army the likes of which the world has never seen. Delnamal and his allies seem like an unstoppable force, destined to crush the fragile new balance between men and women. Yet sometimes it is possible for determined individuals to stem the tide, and it falls to a unique triad of women—maiden, mother, and crone—to risk everything . . . not only to preserve the advances they  have won but to change the world one final time.

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ENCHANTED WATERS by Various

What really lies beneath the waves? Dive into our magical collection of short stories written by award-winning and up-and-coming authors and follow the ocean’s call. Meet murderous kelpies, hear the mermaid’s song, find a kidnapped prince, and explore the beautiful underwater kingdoms. Befriend selkie royalty, break fearsome curses, and swoon as you fall in love. This book is fully illustrated with stunning paintings by Helena Satterthwaite and Elena Shelest. All profits go to Oceana to support their mission to protect the world’s oceans and promote sustainable fishing.

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THE BOOK OF ACCIDENTS: A NOVEL by Chuck Wendig

VS Note: Usually I don;t cover horror by this is a release of note and about half the time I really enjoy his books (the scifi ones) and half the time I don’t. So here it is…

Long ago, Nathan lived in a house in the country with his abusive father—and has never told his family what happened there. Long ago, Maddie was a little girl making dolls in her bedroom when she saw something she shouldn’t have—and is trying to remember that lost trauma by making haunting sculptures. Long ago, something sinister, something hungry, walked in the tunnels and the mountains and the coal mines of their hometown in rural Pennsylvania. Now, Nate and Maddie Graves are married, and they have moved back to their hometown with their son, Oliver. And now what happened long ago is happening again . . . and it is happening to Oliver. He meets a strange boy who becomes his best friend, a boy with secrets of his own and a taste for dark magic. This dark magic puts them at the heart of a battle of good versus evil and a fight for the soul of the family—and perhaps for all of the world. But the Graves family has a secret weapon in this battle: their love for one another.

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CATCH ME: TIME AFTER TIME by Reese Rivers

How do you survive time travel to 17th century France…while wearing a bathrobe…with nothing to help you but an iPhone? How do you avoid being burnt at the stake as a witch for possessing that ‘magical’ evil iPhone? Start by being rescued by 4 hot AF men. Accept that vampires and wolf shifters are real and then make peace with the fact that you can have them all. Eden Kelly’s life is in ruins. Traumatized and alone, she struggles to keep living every day until she stumbles through a magic mirror that sends her hurtling back in time to 1667. Sebastian, Luca, Finn and Cade are completely captivated by the woman that appears in front of them as they go into battle. Her modern ways, smart, sassy mouth and stunning beauty has them entranced and filled with desire. They recognize the damaged soul and anguish she tries to hide as they all have similar pain that they live with. It has them aching to tend, care and soothe her as she unknowingly does the same for them.
Can a modern woman find love and happiness with these men or will time end all things and suck her back to her desolate modern life?

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A CHASE OF NIGHTFALL (THE HAUNTED BAKERY WITCH MYSTERY SERIES BOOK 4) by Constance Barker

Cora is beside herself when Sophie goes on the rampage after learning about her real parents. The information causes Sophie so much distress, her powers become destructive. Can Cora and Sir Jasper make her see that all is not lost? Or will they be victims of her wrath? When a pawn shop owner falls from her balcony to sudden death, many wonder if it was suicide or murder? The victim was arguing with a person the day before, but who was it? Her best friend seems distraught, but is she putting on a front? And the janitor who worked at the pawn shop tried to ask the victim out but was always rebuffed. Did she turn him down one too many times, or did she have something on him that he didn’t want exposed? Or is the culprit within the same blood line?

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THE SECOND BLIND SON (THE CHRONICLES OF SAYLOK) aby Amy Harmon

An insidious curse is weakening the Norse kingdom of Saylok, where no daughters have been born in years. Washing up on these plagued shores is Ghisla, an orphaned stowaway nursed back to health by Hod, a blind cave dweller. Named for a mysterious god, Hod is surrounded by prophecy. To Ghisla, he’s a cherished new friend, but to Hod, the girl is much more. For when Ghisla sings, Hod can see. Unable to offer safe shelter, Hod urges Ghisla onward to become a daughter of the temple, where all the kingdom’s girl children have been gathered. But because of a magical rune, the two cannot be separated, no matter the time or the distance. Now, subject to a ruthless king, Ghisla enters a desperate world of warring clan chieftains and catastrophic power struggles. Uncertain whom to trust, their bond strained by dangerous secrets and feuding loyalties, Ghisla and Hod must confront the prophecies that threaten Saylok while finding a way to save each other.

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KHONSU by Romilly King

Tortured, diminished, encased in stone I rage, and suffer, and rage again.  Through the sand and mud above my head I hear the muffled cries of my people fading away.  The chisels fall silent on Trajan’s Kiosk when a roman pretends to be pharaoh. The prayers no longer come. Egypt is no more. I would mourn for my sweet Nile child but my heart is a shrivelled thing now, bitter in its bonds, persisting in pain. I sink into fantasies of revenge, and remembered pleasure, and revenge again.  I hear him, betrayer, apostate, as he scratches through life after life, unfulfilled and needy.  Trying and failing to make things right. We will meet again, immortality makes that inevitable, and then he will help me home. Back to the Nile, to the red sands and the black mud, the inundation and the reed beds, to the temple floored in silver, and the ceiling of painted stars. That dream keeps me almost sane. When this prison shatters around me, I will use him, and abuse him, and use him again. I will bind him to me with all the deviant acts he secretly desires. His soul cries out its need to atone, and with his guilt I will engineer my way back, to where the praises are singing and the sunlight will burn the degradation away.  I will make it as though this never happened, it will all be just another blue lotus dream in the mind of a god.

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FAE DEVOTED (FAE TOUCHED BOOK 3) by Lisa Rae Roman

Will dealing with the ghosts of the past threaten their future? Wolf shifter Jacob Tucker would love to claim the beautiful she-wolf as his destined mate, but the timing couldn’t be worse as news of his estranged twin reaches him. The same twin who might be under the enemy Fae Lord’s control.
Tucker knows he must find his brother before it’s too late but hunting him down will be dangerous. If he fails, he’ll lose more than his life. He’ll lose his future with Johnnie. Johnnie Long has always been drawn to Tucker, her instincts telling her the sexy alpha male is her fated mate. Yet her heart was wrong before. Just when she determines to prove to herself—and to Tucker—that they belong together, he tells her he’s leaving and might never return. Is she going to allow her stubborn shifter to go on some perilous journey alone? Hell no. Johnnie won’t give up on her happily ever after that easily. She has a plan. The stakes are high. Time is not on their side. Will saving his brother bring Tucker and Johnnie together or break them apart forever? They’re about to find out.

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CAST IN SECRETS AND SHADOW (LORESMITH BOOK 2) by Andrea Robertson

Ara has taken up her mantle as the Loresmith–but her journey is far from over. After suffering betrayals and losses, Ara, Nimhea, Lahvja, and Teth must try to come together and find the Loreknights across the kingdom. The Loreknights are their only hope in overthrowing the evil Vokkans and putting Nimhea on the throne for good. But their journey will put Ara and her companions in grave danger–from the endless pursuit of the Vokkans to perilous encounters with the gods, and the near impossible trials they face along the way–will they be able to survive long enough to help the rebellion? And through it all the Vokkans are expanding their reach throughout Saetlund, putting everyone Ara and her friends love at risk. Only Ara can forge a way forward, take up her powers, and fight to change the world–no matter what it costs.

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AN EARL IN TIME by Ruth Ann Nordin

Willow Knudson just inherited an English estate that she intends to sell. There are two problems. One, she’s unable to sign the contract, and two, she can’t even leave the property. She’s not superstitious by nature, but common sense tells her something strange is going on.     In 1817, Julian Azazel, the Earl of Blackwell, went to his country estate to tend to his father’s funeral. That evening a missive came from a stranger warning him that when the clock struck midnight, he was going to be cursed to relive the same day. He laughed it off and threw the missive in the fire. Two centuries later, he’s no longer laughing. The curse is real. From before they were born, Willow and Julian were destined to meet on June 17, 1817. Willow had assumed wealthy and titled gentlemen would be snobs, but Julian turns out to be the kindest person she’s ever met. And even better, he’s more attractive in person than he was in his portrait. It’s enough of a temptation to convince her to stay in the past forever. At long last, the aching loneliness that has plagued Julian’s life for centuries is at an end. Not only is there someone who understands what he has been going through, but she’s far lovelier than he recalls any of the ladies in London being. But isn’t it selfish to ask a lady from another time to give up everything to live under a curse with him? The path to happy endings can get complicated, especially when magic is involved.

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THE SIDE TRIP (PLAGUE OF TIME BOOK 1) by Kate Garrison

Grace Stewards has never been the same since her father passed away. Struggling daily to come to terms with her grief and guilt while living with her overprotective mother, Grace desperately yearns to break free and feel something other than pain. Four hundred years earlier, Caleb Dugdale is doing everything he can to protect his family and survive the deadly plague in London. With chaos all around him and danger dogging his every step, Caleb is fighting just to stay alive. In a shocking twist of fate, a girl out of time and a boy on the verge of losing hope find each other. Can they heal each other’s wounds and survive the test of time? Or will they be swept under by their life’s countless hardships?

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FINDING TOGETHER (PLAGUE OF TIME BOOK 2) by Kate Garrison

It seemed that destiny had been kind to Grace Stewards after she astonishingly met the man of her dreams amid the chaos of 17th century London. Meanwhile, Caleb Dugdale felt blessed beyond measure when Grace appeared out of nowhere and brought sanity, hope, and healing into his dark life of struggle. In the midst of turmoil in a plague-riddled London, a devastating accident sends Grace back to her own world. Now, separated by four centuries from a young man she feels so much for, she is desperate to get back to him. But should she risk her life trying to travel back in time again? So much is uncertain.

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A RADICAL ACT OF FREE MAGIC: A NOVEL (THE SHADOW HISTORIES BOOK 2) by H G Parry

The Concord has been broken, and a war of magic engulfs the world. In France, the brilliant tactician Napoléon Bonaparte has risen to power, and under his command, the army of the dead has all but conquered Europe. Britain fights back, but Wilberforce’s own battle to bring about free magic and abolition has met a dead end in the face of an increasingly repressive government. In Saint-Domingue, Fina aids Toussaint Louverture as he navigates these opposing forces to liberate the country. But there is another, even darker war being fought beneath the surface: the first vampire war in hundreds of years. The enemy blood magician who orchestrated Robespierre’s downfall is using the French Revolutionary Wars to bring about a return to dark magic. Across the world, only a few know of his existence, and the choices they make will shape the new age of magic.

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CRIMSON CROWN (CRESCENT MOON FAYED BOOK 3) by Autumn Key

VS Note: From JUNE 24…

Zephyr – I’ve got blood on my hands, a long past, and a lot of secrets. I came to London to escape, and make up for lost time with my little Beast. I’ve kept my distance for her protection, as well as my own.
But I’m not prepared for the woman she’s turned into. It’s as if I’ve been waiting my entire existence for this version of her. She’s clever, but that smart mouth of hers is going to get her in trouble.
We just have to remember our roles in this relationship But hell, she’d tempt a holy man and bring him to his knees. Despite all my sins, I almost think she could redeem me. If I’m not careful, she’s going to want me to share immortality with her. Forever comes at a cost, and I refuse to allow her to pay that price.     Ever – It’s been three years, but I know better than to hope he’s back to stay.
Angel and I have been together most of my life. But he’s never really been there for me, spending most of his time living in the States. He doesn’t realize his absence isn’t good for either of us.
We’re always going to need one another. The more he denies it, the more wretched we’re going to become. But something’s wrong. He’s different. I care too much about him to let him suffer alone.
He tells me he’s a bad man, no good for me…that I should be careful. But I see what he doesn’t—what’s bad for both of us, is not being together.

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OGRES AND MOM (CASE FILES OF AN URBAN WITCH BOOK 6) by Martha Carr and Michael Anderle

Lucy Heron knew Los Angles was a little weird, but dangerous magic is upping the ante and making art 3D. At first, it was just one incident, but trouble never stops there. Graffiti is peeling itself off the walls and starting fights on the streets of L.A.. Paintings are coming to life and stepping out of their frames. Tucked at the bottom of the art is the only clue – the tag, VX. Can the Silver Griffin Agent tag the art back before humans start to notice it’s not part of a movie? And what is happening at a strange tattoo parlor? The Silver Griffins will need to cover the entire city to put a stop to it. Tracking down the mystery artist, organizing PTA fundraisers, keeping an eye on the Underfoots. It takes a magical mom and her family to juggle it all.

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OF REDEMPTION AND VENGEANCE (WINSFORD SHIFTERS BOOK 3) by Alice Winters

Emery – It all comes down to this. I should have known my freedom from Mercer would only last so long before my pack was hunted down and I was dragged back into it all. It’s suffocating being back in this place that twisted my shifter side forever and threatened to change who I am. But this time is different. Because I’m not alone. As threats to us and our pack pile up, I’m forced to rely on Graham, the overly protective shifter I feel a strange pull toward. We know we have to get away to warn the others of what’s to come, but with Mercer’s shifters breathing down our necks, we’re being thrust into a fight for our lives. We are determined to make it back to the pack and tear down the threat before it consumes all of us.    Graham – I’ve literally never met a more stubborn man in my life than Emery, yet I can’t get him out of my head. He covers up his insecurities and concerns with snark and teasing, but I know that underneath it all is a man who just wants someone to give him a chance. And I’m prepared to be that person if we can fight our way through this. First, we have to escape the threat left behind by Mercer, but escaping isn’t enough. We need to destroy everything the group’s ever worked for to keep each other and our pack safe.

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DEMON IN DENIM: A HAVEN HOLLOW NOVEL: A WOMEN’S PARANORMAL FICTION NOVEL (WANDA’S WITCHERY BOOK 3) by J R Rain and H P Mallory

Lorcan and I continue to attempt a spell that will return his vampire “kiss” and return me to the witch I once was, but the spell keeps failing. To make matters worse, Lorcan is getting heat from the head vampire of his line, Rupert. Rupert wants Lorcan to either fully blood me or kill me. And while I’m not a fan of growing fangs, I’m really not a fan of growing worms. When a stranger, who introduces himself as ‘Dev’, walks into my shop, and I suddenly start acting like a lovesick schoolgirl, I’m fairly sure magic is to blame. Dev is definitely something supernatural, but I’m not sure what. All I do know is that he makes me feel alive in a very…carnal way. Soon, I’m having dreams that become a reality and I find myself getting more and more confused as to what’s real life and what isn’t.One thing I do know is that I have to get to the bottom of Dev’s appearance in Haven Hollow and, more specifically, what he wants from me. Because it’s becoming pretty apparent that if he doesn’t want something from me, then he definitely just wants me.

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DEVIL IN DISGUISE (THE LILY HARPER SERIES BOOK 8) by H P Mallory

VS Note: The author actually released 5 ‘episodes’ on July 11th – books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12. Here’s the blurb and link for book #8:

When I’m finally reunited with Tallis and Bill after our last harrowing escape from The Underground City, you’d think things would start getting back to normal. But, things are far from getting back to normal, as per usual. And in this episode of my life, I’m: — in danger of being sent to Shade for one hundred years — still the subject of Alaire’s fascination, only now he’s more determined than ever before to make me yield to his entreaties — returned to the Underground City, and more pointedly, the seventh circle, where I’ll have to survive amidst the battling Blood Plains — and last but not least, there’s a new character in town – the fabled Minotaur. And the Minotaur, otherwise known as Asterion, happens to spark something within me I don’t understand.

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MISCHIEF BREWING: A PARANORMAL WOMEN’S FICTION NOVEL (MIDLIFE SPIRITS BOOK 3) by H P Mallory and J R Rain

VS Note: Previously published as the Peyton Clark Series…

After agreeing to let the spirit of Drake Montague inhabit my body (probably not one of my better ideas), I soon discover the twentieth-century French policeman may be dead, but his lothario longings sure aren’t. Now I have to find a way to explain to my sweet, sexy, and very alive boyfriend, Ryan Kelly, that a spirit has taken up residence in my head, whispering French words of affection day and night. And, ahem, French is a pretty… sexy language. While I’m torn between my love for a living man and my growing affection for one deceased, supernatural activity in New Orleans is at an all-time high. Something wicked this way is definitely coming. With the help of my friends (and a little voodoo), I learn that the demonic spirit of the Axeman may still be dwelling in my house. Thanks a lot, realtor.com!

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IMAGINARY CREATURES: AN ANTHOLOGY OF QUEER PNR by Various

VS Note: Story blurbs on ebook seller page.

Let go of the mundane and escape reality with four tales of strange, wonderful magic by up-and-coming authors in the realm of queer romance.

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WHISPERS OF THE RUNES by Christine Courtenay

VS Note: From JUNE 24.

When jewellery designer Sara Mattsson is propelled back to the ninth century, after cutting herself on a Viking knife she uncovers at an archaeological dig, she is quick to accept what has happened to her. For this is not the first Sara has heard of time travel. Although acutely aware of the danger she faces when she loses the knife – and with it her way to return to her own time – this is also the opportunity of a lifetime. What better way to add authenticity to the Viking and Anglo-Saxon motifs used in her designs? As luck has it, the first person Sara encounters is Rurik Eskilsson, a fellow silversmith, who is also no stranger to the concept of time travel. Agreeing that Sara can accompany him to Jorvik, they embark on a journey even more perilous than one through time. But Fate has brought these two kindred spirits together across the ages for a reason.

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GHOST AND FOUND (A REAPER WITCH MYSTERY BOOKJ 4) by Elle Adams

Welcome to Hawkwood Hollow, where the dead outnumber the living. Life as a ghost-hunting witch is never dull. When Maura’s date with Detective Drew Gardener is cut short after the body of a shifter shows up in a local park, she finds herself tasked with finding the shifter’s ghost. Unfortunately, things are never that simple. With tensions rising among factions of the local werewolf pack and the cause of death shrouded in mystery, Maura juggles solving the murder with her job at the inn, training a new co-worker and helping the local ghosts with their various problems. The slight issue is that her Reaper powers are acting up, and the pack has no confidence in her ability to help solve the crime. Worse, as the plot thickens, the detective’s life ends up under threat as well as their relationship. Can Maura fix the situation and catch a killer, or is this the end of her ghost-hunting ways?

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THE SAVAGE AND THE SWAN by Ella Fields

The king of wolves was more beast than man, more tyrant than king, and so much more than he seemed. Raised to avenge his murdered parents, he’d been trained and conditioned until nothing but violence and hatred lined the walls of his dead heart. For nearly four years, I’d done all I could to help my kingdom as we faced the wolf king’s unconquerable evil—hardly anything at all. As the only heir to the Gracewood line, I’d been relegated to menial tasks that would keep me and my secrets safe. A chance to do more than fret behind our castle walls arrived when I breached them after overhearing my parents’ plans for my future. Fleeing, I unknowingly raced into a fate we’d all desperately hoped to avoid. By the time I saw him coming, it was far too late. For my family. For my kingdom. For my heart. Before I could staunch the bleeding, the king had me under his giant paw, and one wrong move after another caused those razor-sharp claws to sink deeper and deeper beneath my bruised skin. I might have been trapped, naïve, and furious, but I still had a kingdom to save—and a plan. Yet when we collided, the bloodshed, the fear, his atrocities… all of it dissolved like stardust upon the night sea. The stars had mapped out our destiny, but it didn’t matter what they or my heart wanted. I refused to see the enigmatic male, the heartless lost boy with a soul beneath the flesh of a monster. The savage king who’d destroyed everything I loved would fall—even if my heart fell with him. Inspired by Hades and Persephone, Rumpelstiltskin, and The Swan Princess, The Savage and the Swan is not connected to any other Ella Fields novel. It’s a full-length standalone romantic fantasy containing mature content.

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WEREPANTHER: PARANORMAL HUNTER by Logan Jacobs

I was a college history major just trying to graduate and live my life, but then I was kidnapped by a bunch of freaky cultists who tried to sacrifice me to their crazy moon god.
Except they were the ones who ended up dying when I shifted into a killer werepanther.
Now, I’ve been thrown into a secret paranormal world where my kind is the apex predator. Werepanthers can kill any other paranormal, but they also have other abilities, including the power to make babies with women fae, shifters, vampires, and demonesses…
I’m the most wanted shifter in the entire world, and I’m going to have to fight tooth and claw to survive and mate.

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A FATED BOND (CHRONICLES OF AN URBAN DRUID BOOK 9) by Auburn Tempest and Michael Anderle

Ye screw with this lass, ye get put on yer ass. Magic, dragons, elves, and vampires are my new normal. At any point, I might get attacked by an angry book, be on the shit-list for forgetting to hook up my battle bear’s keg, or get called to investigate a gruesome magical murder. And how cool is that? Well… the investigating part, not so much the murder. When Garnet brings Team Trouble in to investigate a string of discarded bodies, none of us likes where the evidence points. My Spidey-sense says something isn’t right. In the human realm, the evidence doesn’t lie. In the empowered realm… nothing is as it seems. Join Fiona as she strikes off on another action-packed adventure in the ninth installment of the Chronicles of the Urban Druid.

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SAY IT AIN’T SEW (A GOOD HARBOR WITCHES MYSTERY BOOK 2) by J A Whiting and Ariel Slick

Carly Cooper and her sister, Dana, live in the coastal town of Good Harbor, Maine where they belong to a small community quilting club. Only their “community” is a group of witches, warlocks, and a vampire who are terrible at magic. Maribeth Silvia, a non-magical friend of the sisters, is a world-renowned quilter and author who invites Carly and Dana to come to her house for tea so she can show them her newest quilt design. When they arrive, they find Maribeth on the floor, bleeding and unconscious from an attack, and the sisters are thrown into helping solve the crime. Will Carly, Hazel her pet raven, Dana, and their friends find clues to the criminal’s identity before he or she strikes again?

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CLUB 669 (HOUSE OF WITCHES BOOK 1) by Amy Spector

VS Note: Not a fan of the cover.

Witch’s corpse. Witch’s ticket. Witch’s party. As a counter-boy at a high-end men’s boutique, Charlie Jessup’s life consists of little more than work and sleep. That, and enough flirting to help guarantee his commission on sales will pay his rent. So when a twist of fate—and some behavior unbecoming that of a Ganymede employee—leaves him in possession of a dead man’s pass to a mysterious Club 669, Charlie has no desire to waste it. Every seventeen years, the House of Witches throws a party like no other. It’s invitation-only, and for centuries it has helped ensure peace between the covens. It’s the last place Caspian wants to be, but with the death of Queen Avel, and his own imminent rise to the throne, it’s more important than ever that he attends. The stability of the House depends on it.
In four days a new king will be crowned, but when Charlie unintentionally crashes a gathering of the most secretive of all the Great Houses, he sets in motion a series of events that could disrupt the transition of power, and threaten the future of the House of Witches forever.

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A SHIFTER’S TRIAL (WOLVES OF HAWTHORNE COVE BOON 2) by Debbie Cassidy

I thought surviving the Hawthorne alpha’s wrath would put an end to my trials. I was wrong. I’ve been marked, branded by mystical forces, and with no clue what’s about to happen I’m going in blind. All I know is that it will be a test of survival. All I want is to find a way out. But as the hours tick by and the Calling gets close, I’m forced to accept that maybe fate can’t always be thwarted. Sometimes the things we wish for, are the very things we should be running from.

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BLOOD FURY (THE BLACKGUARD SOCIETY BOOK 3) by SF Benson

Bishop Mercier has taken over and demands loyalty from the BGS agents. Those members willing to accept his rule are welcomed to stay with the organization. All others are choosing to step down. But the concerns of the BGS don’t end there. Those who remain find themselves under the scrutiny of the Supernatural Council, who are investigating the founding family of the BGS. Morgan Vladislav Broussard wants to focus on putting a stop to Bishop’s reign of cruelty once and for all. But how can she focus on the dastardly villain when her family and marriage are being ripped apart by long-buried secrets?

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UNREQUITED MATE (TURNSKIN UNIVERSITY BOOK 1) by T L Reeve and Michele Ryan

Welcome to Turnskin University…Hayden Raferty is ready for a fresh start. Leaving Window Rock to attend college in Colorado is as far away as she could get from her mate, Nico Lopez. In a single incident, he crushed all of her hopes and dreams of being with him. Now, years later, Hayden has decided to move on and start over. Nico Lopez knows he screwed up, but letting his mate walk away isn’t in his plans. It’s time to make his move. With a little help from his family, Nico obtains a spot in the Greek Shifter Games and is determined to show his mate there isn’t another wolf worthy of her.
Can Hayden forgive the man she gave her heart to all those years ago, or are some betrayals unmendable?

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FOUR TRIALS: HEMLOCK ACADEMY BOOK 4 by Kelsey Soliz 

We took down the Night, but I’m not sure it was worth it, since it cost me two of my mates
Feeling Balfour and Foster ripped from our bond was horrifying, and now they don’t even know who I am. To get them back, the goddess has given us four tasks to complete before she can re-brand them, but what if we can’t get a hold of her? The goddess has been oddly distant, and my mates and I have a lot on our plates trying to sort out the council we’ve started leading. Can we find the time to make a triple bond before it’s too late? and what exactly will it take to make our world safe again?

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HER TRUE DRAGON MATE by Amelia Wilson

What I wanted was a wife to continue my line. I am the last of the McWinter line and I need of a child to continue my legacy. Selene is the perfect candidate. She is from a fertile family and will be able to give me the child that I crave. That is until she crawls out of the window on our wedding day and disappears. Now I am searching the world for her. We had one passionate night before the wedding and I learned she is my true mate. Will Bran be able to find Selene and convince her that they are destined to be together? Or will Selene reject him and force him to find another to continue his line, without his true mate.

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THE WOLF’S BILLIONAIRE (WEREWOLF MOUNTAIN RESORT BOOK 2) by Layla Silver

I’m the only one in the pack without a single wild gene. A she-wolf without the rough animal nature. A she-wolf without a destiny, without a mate. Because the kind of love I dream of doesn’t exist. But tonight I want to pretend. I want to go to the bar and be anyone but me. To wear the nice dress and have a real drink. To flirt with an absolute stranger. He smells like the outdoors, rich and heady and male. He looks like an angel or a god and is certainly too good to be real. He is stupidly rich and far too flawless to be an ordinary human. My own personal Prince Charming. If only for tonight.

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WITCHES GET STITCHES (STAY A SPELL BOOK 3) by Juliette Cross

Violet Savoie has a plan. A dream, rather. To open her own tattoo shop, which caters to supernaturals in need of permanent charms. As a powerful Seer, she has the potent magic to cast every kind of spell. Except the kind to give werewolves control over their beastly side. And her business partner Nico needs help in the worst kind of way.     Nico Cruz has a secret. A motive, rather. To subtly stalk and seduce Violet until she finally recognizes they are fated to be together. Ever since their heated encounter in Austin on New Year’s Eve two years earlier, he’s been dying to get his hands—and his tongue—back on her body. He knows a woman like Violet can’t be courted in the usual way. Luckily, Nico has no scruples about misbehaving to get what he wants. But when his former pack roams into town, and an old friend is far too interested in Violet, his focus shifts to the threat venturing into his territory. Nico may come across as the quiet, broody one, but the intruders are about to regret stepping foot in New Orleans. And when Violet goes missing, no charm or spell can keep Nico’s wolf at bay.

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ALPHA KING by Sara Fields

An alpha knows the scent of his mate. I thought I could defy the most powerful mafia boss in the city, but as Lawson Clearwater rips off my nightgown and pins me to the bed..(more blurb on ebook seller page…)

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FAR PATROL by Alex Powell

Will war tear their family and their country apart? Ignius Lockden and their companion Kathely are ready for adventure. Joining Far Patrol was only going to be the beginning—they were right, but in all the wrong ways. Suddenly, there’s a war on the horizon and the two of them are stuck in the middle. Ignius wants to do what’s right, but it isn’t easy to tell what actions will lead to the correct ending. How is one young dragon supposed to change the course of history?

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DOUBLY CLAIMED (TWICE MATED TALES BOOK 1) by C D Gorri

Needing a break from her nightmare boss, Ginger is more than ready for the Freeman sisters’ annual vacation. She loves being a preschool teacher. If only her supervisor would keep his comments about her weight to himself! This feisty redhead is sick and tired of having to eat in her car to avoid the man’s snide looks and rude comments. A weekend getaway with her siblings is just what she needs! With a pitcher of watermelon margs, some tasty bear claws from the hotel bakery, and plenty of beach time, Ginger is determined to enjoy her stay on Moongate Island. She might even meet a man or two for some no-complications fun! Misha Orson is a Kodiak Bear Shifter and the Alpha of his multi-Shifter Clan on Kodiak Island. Along with his Omega, Constantine Ross, a Roosevelt Elk Shifter, he oversees the health and safety of their small and tight knit community. Desperate to find their third, they travel to Moongate Island for a secret meeting of the Council of Triads. But they never expected to find her in the very same hotel. The beautiful human is exactly what they always wanted.
They just have to convince her she is theirs, forever and always.

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WICKED WAYS (THE WITCHES OF HOLLOW COVE BOOK 6) by Kim Richardson

We killed someone…Okay, not exactly the news I wanted to hear from my aunts. But here it was. Now, what the hell was I supposed to do with it? Just when I thought I could finally get a well-deserved break from the shitshow I’d been living for the past months, I get hit with this. To make matters worse, an investigator starts snooping around Hollow Cove, asking questions about my aunts. If they’re found guilty of this murder, it’s a one-way ticket to Grimway Citadel—the witch prison. Adding to my problems, something in the dark is hunting me. And unfortunately, it’s not a naked Marcus. If that isn’t bad enough, things between me and the chief are falling apart, literally, and I don’t think they can be fixed.

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HER WOLF’S DEMANDS (THE WITCH’S PACK BOOK 2) by Rachel Medhurst

It’s done. The mating bond is sealed, and I’m Malone’s hybrid-witch. It’s not the happily ever after I’d always envisioned. The werewolves of the Brighton Pack are ready to do what their alpha couldn’t. They just have to get in line behind my own coven, who not only want to end the first ever hybrid-witch, – I understand why considering my magic has trebled, making me the strongest witch alive – they are hunting my brother, Drake, who is still in recovery after a breakdown. Malone has his own battles to fight, so he enlists my help to recruit runaway werewolves into his pack. We have to make it work in order to survive the onslaught that’s baring down on us. Can we grow together to stop everyone tearing us apart?

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VS: Continuing on with the Badari Series backlist, next up is JADRIAN. His story was one where I woke up in the morning with the book in my head and so I just had to write it. The beginning, with Taura at the end of her psychological rope in a Khagrish cell was especially vivid to me. Additionally, this book introduces Sandara the chef, who became quite a reader favorite to the point I gave the character her own book in IVOKK!

JADRIAN (A BADARI WARRIORS SCIFI ROMANCE NOVEL): Sectors New Allies Series Book 3

The blurb: Taura Dancer has been pushed to her limits by alien torturers known as the Khagrish and is ready to die when suddenly the lab where she’s held as a prisoner is taken down by an armed force of soldiers.

The man who rescues her from a burning cell block is Jadrian of the Badari, a genetically engineered alien warrior with as many reasons to hate the Khagrish as Taura has. This set of shared past experiences and the circumstances of her rescue create an unusual bond between them.

Safe in the hidden base where Jadrian and his pack take her, Taura struggles to regain her lost memories and overcome constant flashbacks during which she lashes out at all who come near. Only Jadrian can recall her from the abyss of her visions and hallucinations.

As the war against the Khagrish continues, it becomes increasingly critical to find out who she really is and how she can help in the fight. Until she can control her terrors and trust her own impulses, Taura’s too afraid to pursue the promise of happiness a life with Jadrian as her mate might offer.

When he’s captured by the dreaded enemy, will she step forward to help save him, or will she remain a prisoner of her past?

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LINKS TO RECENT NEW RELEASES POSTS from Veronica:

July 14

July 7

June 30

June 23

JUNE 16

“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’.

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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STEPH’S OUTCAST (ICEHOME BOOK 14) by Ruby Dixon

VS Note:  I love this series! Happy to have a new one to read…

Ever since we found the two Outcasts, it’s been my goal to get them to join our beach tribe. Handsome, impossible Juth has resisted all my efforts to recruit him and his small son. He’s made it very clear that he doesn’t belong with us. But when I’m trapped at Juth’s side as the beach is invaded by monsters, everything changes. He talks to me instead of pointedly ignoring me. We become friends. Heck, we even share a few stolen kisses. And when the rescue party arrives, he announces to everyone that I’m his mate and he’s joining the tribe. Which is great except…I never agreed to anything? If I point out I’m not Juth’s mate, he’ll pack up and leave with his son. He sure won’t give me more of those toe-curling kisses or touch me like it’s the greatest thing that’s ever happened to him. So…I guess I’m mated? Because I’m not sure I can give any of that – or Juth – up.

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WAVE RIDER (VERDANT STRING 5) by Michelle Diener

VS Note: An instant one click for me, love her books. This has been a good series and the books can be read as standalones.

Isolated . . . Verdant String scientist, Anja Farucci, is frightened. Her calls for help from her remote coastal research station on the moon planet Fynian have been going unanswered, and strange things are happening with the leviathan pod she’s studying. Out of options, she sets out on the dangerous three-day journey to Rinc, the moon’s only city. Stranded . . . Cal is a wave rider, and if anyone understands leviathans, it’s him, but when Kada, a young leviathan, grabs his boat and strands him on the southern peninsula, Cal is at a loss to understand what is going on. Thrown together . . . When Cal and Anja cross paths, they discover Anja’s communications have been deliberately sabotaged. Someone doesn’t want anyone coming or going from the southern peninsula. When the people involved start hurting leviathans, though, neither Cal nor Anja can let it go. What they don’t know, as they get deeper and deeper into the mystery, is that the secret they discover in the cold waters of Fynian’s ocean will change them forever.

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HUNTED BY THE ALIEN ASSASSIN (MATES OF THE KALUMA BOOK 1) by Ella Maven

Bosa: I have many talents and they’re all for hire. My best skill is hunting the dregs of the galaxy, and when I find my prey… let’s say no one ever hears from them again. My latest target is a human trafficker and the kicker is… she’s human. Selling her own kind? I’ll relish this. But when I find there’s more to her story than I’ve been told, suddenly I’m not sure who’s hunting who. Karina: I’ve heard of the big Kaluma with a spiked bat so I know evading him won’t be a cake walk. As my assassin, he’s ruthless. Until he finds out my truth. Now he’s sticking by my side, claiming me as his mate, and I can’t believe it but… I think I’m falling for the cocky alien with glowing blue eyes.

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HEALED BY THE STARS (SOS SPACE STATION) by Jade Waltz

Rejected by my fated mates while pregnant was only the beginning of my worries…Cast aside and abandoned at a space station to raise my daughter alone was my destiny. It had been fifteen years since I was dropped off with nothing but the clothes on my back and a pity bag filled with just enough to get by. I had sworn to myself that I wouldn’t fall for some cosmic love connection once again and built my life from nothing to a respectable position. But it seems the universe has other plans for me. One good deed changed my life forever…now three new emerald males won’t leave me alone, yet I am haunted by my abusive past every time I look at them. Will they be able to heal my broken heart?

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CAPTURED (TRIBES BOOK 4) by Milana Jacks

Omi – When an alien shows up down the river, I pick her off and put her in my cave like any other item I store. Except this alien moves into my nest and forces my transition into a male. There’s only one female who can do that, and after a thousand turns, she has arrived to me. The problem? I haven’t taken my male shape in many turns. I’m practically an animal. A feral bird of prey unfit for a goddess. I can barely walk on these odd two feet. Well then, I’d better shape up. Shave, bathe in oils, put some jewelry in my hair. For a goddess has landed in my nest, and the heat marathon waits for no Alpha, not even the king of the Om tribe.      Gwen – I thought escaping an exploding transport ship was scary. Then I meet him. Or, more accurately, he catches me like a falcon snatching a mouse and carries me back to his aerie. It gets better! He shifts from a giant bird into something more recognizable. More mouthwatering. An Alpha male. He says I am his Omega. And if I can manage not to freak out, I just might become his goddess of wind and desire.

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AN ALIEN OF CONVENIENCE (ALIEN WARRIORS’ REPARATION BRIDES BOOK 1) by Margo Bond Collins

There’s nowhere on Earth she can hide from her ex—so she’ll hitch a ride off-planet with the first alien she can find. Even if she has to marry him. It’s been over a year since Vicky Ortiz left her abusive ex-boyfriend, and she’s been on the run ever since. No matter where she goes, Thomas tracks her down. She barely escaped last time—and she’s certain that the next time he finds her, he really will kill her. So she escapes to the one place he can’t follow her: the Alien Warriors’ Reparation Brides Program. Draakvhed warrior Qhaal doesn’t really want a mate. Not yet. But if he doesn’t accept his place in the program now, he may never get another chance. So when he’s matched with a human woman who wants nothing more than safety, he jumps at the chance to create a detailed nuptial contract. No emotions and very few strings—protection for her and heirs for him. It seems like the perfect arrangement. Until he meets her and realizes he wants much more than their contract allows. Now he has two weeks before their mating ceremony to convince her that he could be more than an alien of convenience—or their contract will be enforceable for the rest of their lives.

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AN IMPOSSIBLE BRIDE (BRIDES OF BESHTAST BOOK 4) by Juniper Kerry

Jayla knows there’s something wrong with her. All the other women who volunteered for the Bride program have met their matches and settled down. It’s been five years, but Jayla is still alone. The closest she’s ever gotten to a connection is with Frey, a sexy, solemn warrior who seemed interested for a while, but he’s made it quite clear he won’t have her. Not that she cares. If he doesn’t want her, that’s his problem… at least, that’s what she keeps telling herself. Desperate to understand what’s holding her back from finding a true bond, Jayla books an appointment with a doctor who might be able to help. It’s a risk, but it’s one she has to take. Unfortunately, the answers she seeks may be far more disturbing than she could have expected. This is a bad idea, and Frey knows it. He should give Jayla the distance she needs. They’ve had five years to form a bond, but it has not happened. Five years of orbiting around each other, sparking and snapping at each other, with no pair-bond in sight. Where once they looked at each other with interest, now they fight every time they try to talk. Frey knows Jayla hates him by now; she wants nothing to do with him. But when he hears that she’s planning a dangerous journey alone, he knows he has to go with her. Even if they aren’t meant to be together; even if she hates the sight of him now; he can still protect her. And when he learns that her condition is even more dangerous than he imagined, Frey will be there to help her… whether she likes it or not.

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A PSALM FOR THE WILD-BUILT (MONK AND ROBOT BOOK 1) by Becky Chambers

VS Note: Not romance but a scifi release of note…

It’s been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en masse, into the wilderness, never to be seen again; centuries since they faded into myth and urban legend. One day, the life of a tea monk is upended by the arrival of a robot, there to honor the old promise of checking in. The robot cannot go back until the question of “what do people need?” is answered. But the answer to that question depends on who you ask, and how. They’re going to need to ask it a lot.

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SILVER SOLACE: WARRIORS OF VALOSE SAGA 4 by Iona Strom

Aggar – Her face has haunted me ever since she wriggled out of my hold. I had returned, and my mission was to honor the human females who perished in the crash, scavenge what I could from the ship, and find the one who got away. Before I could catch her again, I was recalled. The settlement had fallen under attack, and my clan of exiles was on the move. Time was running out, and my spirit mate continued to evade me. Torn between duty and the pull of my spirit to hers, my ancillary heart won’t allow me to leave her behind.     Jane – I had no memory of who I was or how I got here. I woke up strapped to a table surrounded by gray freaks with slashing mouths and bulbous heads. I got loose when we crash-landed. Now I was hiding, hoping my memory returned and trying to find a way off this broken-down spacecraft. Then he found me, the silver-haired one. He wasn’t like the others, but neither was he human. Something inside me called to him, but how could I trust a stranger when I was, also, a stranger to myself?

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ALIEN AND THE ELF by Tricia Schneider

My name is Noelle, and I’m an elf. I was minding my own business, testing a newly installed engine on Santa’s sleigh when it suffered a slight malfunction. I found myself spiraling out of control. Then a bright beam of light hits from above, and I’m taken on board a spaceship. Jaxar is a sexy, to-die-for, green-skinned alien who thinks I’m stealing his salvage. He’s never met an elf. Well, I’ve never met an alien. With no way to get home, I need Jaxar’s help. Can we work together to fix Santa’s sleigh in time to save Christmas? A short, steamy, happy-for-now romance between a quirky elf and a brooding alien.

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ALIEN PRINCE’S OMEGA: MM MPREG EXTRATERRESTIAL ROMANCE (CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE MATING KIND BOOK 1) by  Lorelai M Hart and Colbie Dunbar

Alpha Prince Kagin longs to find his rupling, his mate. He searches his planet, Thulnara, to no avail, but he can feel him out there. As a last resort, he breaks the laws of his kind and finds Idda, a soothsayer. She sees his mate, but there is a problem: His mate is on Earth, a primitive planet once visited by his grandparents. Not that Kagin plans to let that stop him. Veterinarian omega Hanson loves his job, the animals he cares for, and his community at the ocean’s shore. It’s everything he’s ever dreamed of until his dreams change. Night after night, Hanson falls asleep to visions of himself holding a beautiful baby—his baby. Only the baby is blue, and when he wakes up each morning, he mourns the loss. Until one night, a woman appears and tells him not to worry, he is coming, and for the first time since he glimpsed the image of his child, he feels hope. Hope he almost runs over with his car. Oops.

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MOTHSTAR (SECTOR FIVE SERIES BOOK 1) by Kay Elle Parker

Arin: I made a huge mistake. I was complacent, and I was captured by the one entity in the universe that has no regard for Intergalactic law. My ship, designed and built by me alone, has been seized and sold. Just like me. Until he rescues me—the handsome Hychee on a mission with his friends.
Nothing can go wrong, right? I’ve already survived the worst the universe can throw at me…Taur:
My friends and I are on a mission to get the Makkesh back to his home planet in time for his breeding season, but things go badly wrong. A pilot error resulted in losing our ship, and we’re forced to attend an auction in the worst of sectors to find another. We do, but nothing prepares me for the possibility of finding my mate in the process. Our mate. Once I find her, I stop at nothing to keep her. Mika: The breeding season is almost upon me, and yet again, I’m without a suitable host to implant with my eggs. In my world, the continuation of the species is priority above all else, but everything is conspiring against me this time. Buying the odd little ship at auction turns out to be a gift I never expected…and possibly my saving grace. The stowaway isn’t mine to fall for, but the beast in me doesn’t care…(more blurb on ebook seller page…)

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UNBREAKABLE ROOMMATE (MARNAK SERIES BOOK 7) by Layla Stone

She was born to be an assassin. A Rana. A killer that did her job without question or failure. The killing never bothered her….it was everything else that caused her to fight back. Rejecting the very reason she was born irritated her creators, not to mention the hours and money spent to train her. She’d apologize but, she wasn’t sorry. In fact, she was ready to take the whole society down if she could. Not that she didn’t try, which was why she was locked in a travel pod, bound for a laboratory that was going to insert a coercion chip. Heaven help the poor fool that owned the lab, because she was going to get free, and when she did…. she was taking everyone down. Note to reader: this is a short sci-fi romance that has ties to other characters in other books. It’s recommended you read Unexpected Captain (Unexpected Series) or Unloved Treasure (Drifting Treasure’s Series) first.

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HARD BYTE: A GEEKY FAKE DATE ROMANTIC CIOMEDY by Misha Bell, Dima Zales and Anna Zaires

VS Note: Scifi romance-adjacent..

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of facial hair must be in want of a shave. And tidying. And a fake date. My name is Holly Hyman. I love order and prime numbers—and I’m in trouble. The company I work for is pivoting, and not in a way I like. Our new management? Alex Chortsky, a gorgeous, scruffy Russian devil. Our new direction? VR entertainment of the spicy kind. Maybe I wouldn’t mind it so much if my life’s work wasn’t meant for children. Or if I hadn’t accidentally hooked up with a VR version of my wickedly handsome boss. The only way to save my dream project is to make a Faustian bargain. For one night, I pretend to be Alex Chortsky’s girlfriend.
What could possibly go wrong?

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SECURED BY THE ALIEN SPACE WARRIOR: A DHASU ALIEN ABDUCTION BOOK 12 by  Charmaine Ross

I’ve been abducted by Reptile aliens and sold to the highest bidder. My saviour is in the form of a ruggedly handsome alien with claws and fangs and lethal fighting skills. Not my usual type. He tells me I’m his bond-mate. That I’m fated for him. From the moment I saw him fighting to save me, an undefinable spark erupts within me. But I’ve been down that track before. Had the boyfriend from hell. Don’t need to drive that road again, no matter how much my body yearns for my alien saviour. He says he will take care of me. Protect me, but how can he do that when we crash land onto a hostile planet and he’s made to fight in a gladiator pit as a slave. Every day his life is at risk, and if he fails to come back the aliens who made him fight will come for me. But we have bigger problems. A dictator from another planet is going to use us for target practise. If we don’t break out of here soon, the whole universe will be at risk. I’m losing the battle to keep my shattered heart intact. The thing is, he’s the only being in the universe that has the power to put me back together. To be whole for the first time in years. If I lose him, I’ll lose everything.

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BLIND HERO (ATRAMENTO BOOK 4) by Nix Whittaker

Megan finds a stranger wandering the wildlands. Blind and starving, Toa is on his last legs. As a refugee and a soldier, no one is willing to trust him. And they shouldn’t as he has a secret that could bring an army to Edge’s door. Megan proposes a marriage of convenience to stop the violence aimed at Toa but she didn’t bargain for her heart to be part of the deal.

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WINNER TAKES ALL (THE DRIFT BOOK 11) by Susan Hayes

Never again. That’s the promise she made to herself after two men broke her heart… but is it a promise she should keep? Phylomenia only has two rules. Never profit from someone else’s suffering, and don’t make the same mistake twice. Rekindling the flames of a thirty-year old love affair would mean repeating the biggest mistake of her life—falling in love with Scott and Garrett. So why is she tempted to fall again?     Scott made a mistake that cost him everyone he loved. The time has come to make things right. Duty. Loyalty. Honor. Scott Archer built his life around those principles. But duty is a cold companion, and honor can’t heal the scars of the past. When fate brings the three of them together again, Scott must reforge the links between them or risk losing his loves forever. Garrett never expected to see them again. The one that got away…and the one that never was. Decades ago their love was torn apart by lies, death, and secrets. Now Garrett has both of them back in his sights, and he’s determined to rebuild what they once had… only better. Phyomenia and Scott aren’t same people they were back then, and neither is he. He knows what he wants, and he’s going to take it, any way he can. Old flames. New dangers. And one last chance to make a play for love… Winner takes all.

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FORBIDDEN: THE ALPHA COLLECTORS by Liliana Carlisle

I should tell him no…This is wrong. He’s an Alpha. I’m a Beta. Our path only leads to heartache. But his body, possessiveness, and passion fuel my obsession as we consume each other. I’ve willingly thrown myself into the arms of a Collector, consequences be damned. But we’re on borrowed time.
If I’m not careful, he’ll ruin me. But maybe I want to be ruined.

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NANNY FOR THE ALIEN LORD by Tammy Walsh

For one night, I’m determined to let my hair down. It’s New Year’s Eve and I’ve got a ticket to the hottest party in town. I engineer a dance with none other than steamy alien Lord Tauas Choer himself! For a moment, we share a smoldering, heart-stopping connection…Then morning rolls around and his latest invention makes me redundant. Left with no way to care for my disabled sister, I accept the first job I’m offered. I’m going to be nanny to the daughter of a rich and powerful alien lord…The same alien I danced with that night…The same alien I lost my heart to…The same alien who cost me my dream job. I signed his contract. Now he owns me. And I fear he wants me to take care of more than just his little girl.

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THE ALIEN ADMIRAL (PERINQUAL GALAXY ALIENS BOOK 4) by C Y Croc

“As a Federation admiral, a Human bride is not what I was expecting to come with this job! Perk or pitfall? I don’t want to babysit a female but I have no choice!” Admiral  Anagov has fought many deadly species in the Perinqual Galaxy, but nothing prepared him for the battle he is about to face after rescuing a trio of feisty Human females. Little does he know he will soon be wresting with one of them between his bed sheets. Angel instantly loathes all of the Federation alien officers who rescued two other women and her from another alien ship. If these are the good guys, thank God she didn’t get a chance to see what the bad aliens were like.  If she dislikes them all this much, why have her eyes not left the admiral’s tight alien butt since their rescue?

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SPACE PIRATE’S TREASURE (TALLEAN MERCENARIES) by Lynnea Lee

ANNA – Another auction; another stroke of good luck. A life hidden away in some rich merchant’s private collection is boring, but safe. I’ll take it. But when the door opens, it’s not the stuffy old merchant who comes to collect me but a thief—a thief with mesmerizing yellow-green eyes, sexy fangs, and muscles for days. Kajar calls it “liberating,” but I call it stealing, plain and simple. He promises me everything I ever longed for: freedom, adventure, and someone to call my own. But how can I trust the words of a thief? KAJAR – That black-haired human beauty on the stage? She’s mine. She just doesn’t know it yet. I can’t afford her, and I’ll never pay for a life anyway, so I do what I do best. I orchestrate a plan to “liberate” her from her gilded cage. My Anna thinks she wants a boring life in a harem, but I know she belongs with me, exploring the galaxy. I can’t cover my mate head to toe in gems, but I can give her the Stars. But first, I must convince little Anna to be my treasure.

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ALIEN DESIRE: BOOK ONE OF THE ALIEN PRINCE OF ASTIA by Hannah Haze

My space cadet training prepared me for all situations. All except falling for an alien...One hundred and seventy-one days have passed since I crashed on this desolate planet, with only a trash-talking computer and a shaggy dog for company. But today the stars in the night’s sky — stars that belong to a galaxy far from my home — alter. A flash of light. A ground-shaking rumble. An explosion. And the survivor I pull from the wreckage? Not human. I should feel astonished. I should be terrified. I should feel anything but desire for this tall, powerful alien with glittering gold eyes and a melodic voice. And when he calls me Omega more than desire stirs in my belly. Strange new sensations as alien as his commanding ways. Perhaps he is my way off this planet. And perhaps I am exactly what he’s been searching for.

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XENO LOVERS: THE ALIEN SALAMANDER

VS Note: Mixed reviews. A 10K short. The little bit of the Look Inside that I scanned seemed well written as far as grammar and editing, etc. 

Maral 7844-E is one of the finest scientists her species has ever produced. Tasked with exploring alien worlds, she has seen nearly everything the universe has to offer. Or, so she thought. Upon discovering the crashed remains of a human colony ship, Maral quickly realizes just how inexperienced she truly is. Driven by primitive instincts after decades in stasis, the feral humans are desperate to handle their pent-up biological needs. Needs that Maral is going to have to satisfy, one way or another.

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WHEN  I CAME HOME (SOLAR FLASH BOOK 2) by Frances Regan

During the summer of 2072, the British Army deployed two teams to Afghanistan to rescue and bring home four scientists. IED explosions rip apart the mission, at the entry to the old Bagram Airfield. Indi Hyde, ex-Sergeant of the British Army’s elite special forces team SF2/SAS lives as a double amputee with C-PTSD. Carrying a strong sense of survivor’s guilt, Indi returns to Blue Hyde Horse breeding Ranch to heal. His life has become one long battle of depression and disability, a chance meeting with a couple of Americans changes his outlook on life, can he finally have everything he ever dreamed of and more. Equine Geneticist Dr Jason (Jase) Wade moved to the United Kingdom in search of the only Stallion that carries the gene that produces colour. The elusive gene is known to be in the Blue Hyde stallion Featherlight. The stallion’s owner is grumpy and a chance meeting with him turns an eight-year-long search into something more, can Jase convince Indi to take a chance.  Dr Leo Calvert is an autistic equine veterinary specialist. Living on the spectrum hasn’t been easy for Leo, he feels deeply for his best friend Jase, who is obsessed with finding Indi Hyde. Meltdowns are commonplace in their lives. Leo loving Jase isn’t enough, a meeting with Indi Hyde, and Leo loses his heart to both men. Can they be convinced to give this special connection a chance? Indi’s past comes back in the shape of his ex-Commander, searching for his team. Turning their lives upside down. When I came home is an MMM Romance. Triggers are in the front of When I Came Home. They are C-PTSD, depression, and scenes of autistic meltdowns. Each character is helped through their episodes with the help of a lover or friend.

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HONOUR AND TREASON #1 (REBELS REVOLUTION BOOK 2) by Anurrith Drachenstein and Jason Panek

What happens when the enemy takes the one you love and turns them against you? A week has past since Julie was gravely injured and Kilo was taken for interrogation by Elias Tex, Kilo’s Empire nemesis. Can the Candela’s rescue Kilo and exact revenge? Julie’s mental state is in decline, after loosing most of her squad. On top of that watching her beloved Kilo being dragged away, with her bleeding out. Things only ever seem to feel right when she’s massacring the enemy and bloodlust strikes. Is she to far gone? Being sent on a mission that sees her imprisoned by the Empire, pushes Julie over the Edge.

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LOVING LENA by Esther Rabbit

It’s been nine months living with superpowers that feed off their insecurities, and they’re about to find out why – I’ve fallen for her, hard and past the point of no return. My mind has made love to Lena to the point I’m convinced I know what she tastes like, but nursing this crush has me walking the wire. Especially since we work together. Because I’m not superhero material, I don’t sport a cape, and it’s unlikely I’m here to avenge Manhattan. There’s no logical explanation as to why I go poof and vanish in plain sight whenever my heart rate’s elevated, or why my sister can now change the shape of her body. Yet here I am, wetting my lips knowing I won’t stand a chance to play by the book.

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FINDING HER HEART (AN ORKI WAR BRIDE TALE BOOK 2) by Isoellen

VS note: Author states the Orki are orc-like aliens.

Annabell Roe’s life has been filled with tragedy. People call her the woman of woe, and everyone knows not to get too close. No one wants to fall victim to her curse.It is a lonely, unhappy life for Annabell, who has lost hope of a future where she is loved.That is, until the Orki come.Intent on seeing justice done for the atrocities visited upon the land and its people, the indominable creatures prove to be unlikely heroes for Annabell and others who suffered at the hands of the raiders who came before them. In an Orki warrior named Doki-ni, Annabell meets a man who can’t be swayed by the rumors and superstition that surrounds her. They say the Orki are invincible, that they cannot die. Can he withstand the fatality of her curse and be the love she’s waited for all her life?

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LAMPLIGHTER: A LIMINAL SKY SHORT STORY by J Scott Coatsworth

VS note: I love his Liminal Sky world.

Fen Theora’son is a handsome journeyman in Thyre’s Lamplighter’s Guild. He’s in love with Lewin, a Mason’s Guild journeyman, but they have to keep their affair secret. If they’re discovered, the cross-guild relationship could get them both thrown out. When the spindle – Forever’s main source of light – goes dark, the whole city looks to the lamplighters to bring light and hope. Fen must choose between loyalty to the Guild Masters and compassion, and risk putting himself, Lewin and his friends on the line.

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SECRETS OF THE FORCE: THE COMPLETE, UNCENSORED, UNAUTHORIZED ORAL HISTORY OF STAR WARS by Edward Gross and Mark A Altman

Vs Note: As a Star Wars fan, I can’t resist this! One clicked.

For the past four decades, no film saga has touched the world in the way that Star Wars has, capturing the imaginations of filmgoers and filmmakers alike. Now, for the first time ever, Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman, the bestselling authors of The Fifty-Year Mission, are telling the entire story of this blockbuster franchise from the very beginning in a single exhaustive volume. Featuring the commentaries of hundreds of actors and filmmakers involved with and impacted by Star Wars, as well as writers, commentators, critics, executives, authors, film historians, toy experts and many more, Secrets of the Force, will reveal all in Altman and Gross’s critically acclaimed oral history format from the birth of the original film through the latest sequels and the new televisions series.

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DRAGON MINE (DRAGON KINGS BOOK 2) by Donna Grant

I am hers, and she is mine…Vaughn has spent eons searching for the woman who captured his heart, only to be disappointed time and again. Sure, he sees her in his dreams. May get to touch and hold her. But it’s not the same. As the emptiness inside him grows, he jumps at the chance for a distraction. Setting his eyes on the dragons again in Zora is a balm, but it can’t compare to once again coming face-to-face with the gorgeous beauty who holds a piece of his soul. With responsibilities comes sacrifice…Eurwen has never known anything but the burden and joy of ruling the dragons. But unlike her twin, she’s always been curious about Earth and the Kings and felt as if something were missing from her life. When her reunion with her parents brings an unexpected surprise, she can’t help but give in to the pleasure that Vaughn offers. Still, her loyalty lies with her realm, and the hurdles in their way to happiness seem insurmountable—especially with a new and unknown foe seeking to destroy them.

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HER DRAGON LINK (AWAKEN THE DRAGON BOOK 2) by Milly Taiden and Ava Hunter

Dragon-shifter Aelon is known as the intellectual one of his clan. He isn’t looking for a mate. He’s got a lot going on. Like finding the now exposed temple and using its power to awaken all the dragons. They’re being hunted. He flies straight into a woman whose scent buries into his heart. Once she’s in his arms, he knows she’s the one for him. Fern is a ski instructor that loves her job. But she didn’t expect to get caught up in a blizzard. She’s saved by a dragon. When she touches him for the first time, he turns into a gorgeous man. A shifter. Her heart immediately calls out for him and she struggles to control her need to throw herself at him. And those sizzling looks he gives her are not helping. Not at all. When he explains his need for her help, she agrees to go with him. She knows he’s on a mission and hates the idea of people hurting the beautiful dragons. Aelon is sweet and kind. The perfect gentleman she wants to get naked. But is that enough to grow a relationship with him?

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PANDEMONIUM (TAILS BOOK 5) by R E Butler

Pandemonium “Demi” Bennett has two problems—an alpha lion from another pride is trying to make her his mate, and her favorite curling iron is on the fritz. Granted, the first problem is more serious, but a girl can’t tell a guy to go to hell with messy hair. She doesn’t want anything to do with the domineering alpha male who can’t take a hint. If only she could find her heart-match, then hopefully the alpha would see she’s not for him.     Brothers Rhaider and Rafe Fox are on the lookout for two things: a house band gig and their heart-match. She’d have to be very special, because Rhaider and Rafe have known for years that they are destined to share a mate, and a heart-match between two males is unheard of. They left their grizzly clan a year earlier in the hopes of finding their heart-match, and it’s been a long, lonely year for both of them. Rhaider and Rafe arrive in Kedrick with their band to audition at Tails and know the moment Demi walks into the bar that she’s their heart-match. Once they learn about the unwanted attention from a certain alpha lion, they vow not to let anyone—alpha or not—take Demi away.

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LION’S QUEST (A LION’S PRIDE BOOK 12) by Eve Langlais

He’s cute…for a human. Peter’s got a once-in-a-lifetime chance to find a treasure that will set him up for life, if he can survive. He’s not going to let the fact he’s being watched stop him from following his quest to its rich ending. Only his shadow isn’t so easy to lose. Nora’s been relegated to babysitting a human. A cute one with a charming smile and a nice butt who has no idea what she is. Or what she’ll do to protect the Pride’s secrets. If only her inner feline would stop encouraging her to nibble on his tender parts. Dealing with Peter means going on a wild adventure to uncover a centuries-old mystery that could change the course of shifter history forever and doesn’t compare to her dilemma of whether or not she should marry a human.

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HEART OF FLAMES (VAMPIRE ROYALS OF NY: GABRIEL BOOK 3) by Sarah Piper

HEART OF FLAMES is the third and final 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.

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WOLF IN PERIOD CLOTHING (FAIRE ENCHANTMENTS BOOK 3) by Chris Storm

Athena Zaxon is on a mission! The tiny, but mighty, pixie needs to track down a local source of ethical leather and wool for her designs after discovering that some of her previous suppliers have been less than ethical. Hearing about a supplier not too far away, in Northern Colorado, she heads out to secure her supplies…and runs into a stubborn wolf who holds a grudge against the Fae who chased him and his family out of Scotland centuries ago! What really chaps her hide, however, is that the annoying Wolf is her anam cara, her one and only soul mate, and he wants nothing to do with her at all!     Cormac Shaw has had bad experiences dealing with the Fae who drove his Clan out of their ancestral home in the Highlands centuries ago. Although he’s well aware of the Sidhe Sanctuary just south of his cattle and sheep ranch, as long as they stay on their side of the Rockies, he’s content. Then sheshows up—his true mate! She’s less than half his size, but possesses a stubborn streak powerful enough to rival his own. Unfortunately, the fact that his inner wolf is panting after the pint-sized lass means nothing, not when it comes to protecting his remaining Clan members—wolf and human alike.

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LEGACY OF BLOOD (THE HARKER LEGACY BOOK 3) by Erin Hayes

The man I love despises me for lying to him. I’ve let down my family. My brother is gravely injured. My sister has been captured by her former fiancé and his vampire wife. I will die alone and terrified in this coffin. Everything I have sacrificed for will be for nothing. And my unborn child will never be born. My last hope is that someone will find me before it’s too late. Either someone from the Marrow–the group of vampires that fight for good–or if Jared and Lizzie can somehow find this unmarked grave. Either way, time is running out. And once I’m gone, there will be no one to stop Adelia Holmes from taking over London with her army of enhanced vampires. My name is Hazel Harker and these may be my last words. God help us all.

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DEAD BEFORE DINNER: A SHADOW VALLEY MANOR NOVEL by Kerry Schafer

Veteran paranormal investigator Maureen Keslyn never asked for life to be easy—for her, nothing is more invigorating than hunting down and ending a dangerous paranormal adversary. Fortunately, life at Shadow Valley Manor tends to be a little more…interesting…than the experience at your average retirement community. Right now, though, even she has to admit that things are getting out of hand. The bizarre murder of one of her elderly residents is only the beginning. How is she supposed to focus on tracking down the killer when there’s a spider loving middle-schooler underfoot? Worse, she’s acquired an unwelcome roommate—an elderly woman with dementia and a penchant for walking through walls. Maureen is ever resourceful, but the death count keeps rising despite her best efforts and the help of her team. With the life of a child hanging in the balance, Maureen is forced to take extraordinary measures—but will they be enough?

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POLAR CURVE: A BARVALE CLAN TALE 4 by C D Gorri

VS Note: From JUNE 30

She’s the mother of his son, but can he win her love? Eva Jareck was forced to leave her old Clan to protect her precious son, but Barvale, New Jersey is a long way from Alaska. With nowhere else to go, she swallows her pride for the sake of her cub. Besides, it was past time she introduced the baby to his father. But can she ever learn to forgive the man who broke her heart? Bolder Nanouk left everything he knew behind in support of his brothers and cousin. He’s made a new home in Barvale, but his Polar Bear can’t forget the past. He left his heart in Alaska with no idea how to get it back.
When Eva shows up out of the blue with a cub in tow, Bolder doesn’t know what to do. This is one curve ball the Polar Bear was not expecting. Can he be a mate and father? The single Bears are sniffing around the family he has yet to claim, and Bolder has a decision to make. Let them go, or man up. But can he win her heart in spite of everything?

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FUREVER TAILS: PNR AND UF CHARITY ANTHOLOGY (SHIFTERS UNLEASHED) by Various

Furever Tails is a limited edition charity collection you won’t want to miss. Every penny made goes to Hobo Haven Pet Rescue to help dogs find their furever homes! A single bite can last a lifetime…
Delve into these mesmerizing paranormal romance and urban fantasy stories, where mythical beasts roam the earth and one bite can change a life. Join vampires, shifters, witches, demons, ghosts, and so much more in these supernatural tales, where true natures are set free and many beasts are tamed by fated mates.

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WHITE QUEEN: FLIGHT (SHIFTERS AMONG US BOOK 5) by Lidaya Foxglove

The White Queen and the Black Queen reunite! And so do all their consorts! And…that extra guy. Trouble in paradise?

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HOUSEHOLD DEMONS (HEGEWITCH FOR HIRE BOOK 3) by Christine Pope

Never get into a bidding war with a demon. Winning could be murder. One phone call from her mother, and Selena Marx’s relatively quiet summer ends with the clang of alarm bells in her head. Mom and her husband are coming to Globe…and not just to meet Selena’s boyfriend of two months, Calvin Standingbear. They’ve also dipped a toe into the local real estate market. By buying the most haunted Victorian mansion in town. Sight unseen. Resigned that there’s no talking them out of their vacation rental dreams, Selena checks the place out for herself. Oddly, she senses nothing. But there’s no mistaking the unholy racket of bangs, wails, and evil laughter blasting through the walls. Something is infesting this house, and it’s not your garden-variety ghost. This time, her arsenal of moon water, coffin nails, and rock salt isn’t going to cut it. Selena needs backup, but when it arrives, the house strikes back — hard and deadly. Now her parents are murder suspects. If Selena can’t find the true culprit, she could be the haunted mansion’s next victim.

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THE GAMES WE PLAY (THE PATH OF TEMPTATION BOOK 3) by Auryn Hadley

We’re tempted to play games, thinking they will give us more power – but that only works if we win. 
After spending the holidays with my guardian’s family, it seems that everyone in the temple has the wrong idea. The Baron isn’t my patron. He’s not even a friend. In truth, I hate the man. But the rumor mill is strong, and jealousy is running rampant. This is all just one more excuse for my instructors to hold me back, lower my grades, and try to force me to choose one path. I can’t! My god needs me to save him, and the Path of Temptation gives me the power to do that. Except that I’m drowning in the pressure, feeling like I’m failing my god. I need to make people believe in him, but how can I do that when I can’t believe in myself? All these mind games are starting to pile up, and it’s tearing me apart. But Zeal is getting stronger. That’s enough to keep me going. No matter how hard they try to push me down, I’ll just keep fighting back, learning to play this game better each time. I will not become the victim here, because I’m not doing this alone. My lovers will always stand with me. But this is not a game. If we fail, we’ll lose everything – Including each other.

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THE DATE FROM HELL (MARGIE MAJORS MIDDLE AGED VAMPIRE SLAYER BOOK 3) by Saranna DeWylde

Margie Majors is moving on with her life (Brooke approves!) and unfortunately, that means dating. If only to please her traumatized stepdaughter who has decided to try her hand at matchmaking by setting Margie up with her best friend’s super hot dad. However, the only that can compare to Margie’s vampire slaying skills, are her relationship slaying skills. She’s a world champion at both. What should have been the most romantic night of her life is soured by food poisoning, a literal shitstorm, Vlad the Impaler’s hump-a-thon, and of course, murder involving none other than the undead.

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WHERE DRAGONS COLLIDE (DRAGON RIDDEN CHRONICLES BOOK 5) by T A White

Tate is about to face her biggest challenge yet—navigating high society. After the events in the Harridan’s city, Tate is settling back into life in her chosen home of Aurelia. Peace doesn’t last long when a simple misjudgment leads to an event Tate would do anything to avoid—making her formal debut to court. When an attack on the palace leads to the discovery of a dead body at the nexus between Tate’s world and the dragon’s, Tate will find that her enemies are no longer content to exist in the shadows. They have a plan and not all her allies will be standing on her side in the final battle for the fate of this world. Tate must become who she was always meant to be if she has any hope of saving her city. For the ancients who once ruled this world wish for a new age of domination. Who will live? Who will die? Only the dragons know.

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WOLF TAKEN (LUNA MARKED BOOK 2) by Heather Renee

Cait – I thought I knew what I needed, but all it took was one kidnapping and a near-death experience to show me how wrong I’d been. Wrong about my new life, the people in it, and who I was supposed to be. I’m finally the supernatural I was meant to be—even if things hadn’t gone as planned. Now, it’s time to release my control and see what happens when I let go. Roman – Losing Cait awoke a fear inside me I’d never known existed before. She’s become more than I ever expected and yet, nothing is working out how I wanted. Trouble awaits us at every turn and the harder I try to protect Cait, the worse things seem to get. When left with no other choice, I’ll have to trust fate even as everything is falling apart around us.

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FILTHY GRIZZLY (JUNKYARD SHIFTERS BOOK 6) by Liza Street

Octavia doesn’t belong anywhere. Not with the witches, what with her dwindling powers. And not with the shifters, not when she can’t shift into her cougar. When she earns the wrath of her old pride, she needs somewhere to hide out. Her brother thinks the Junkyard prison for misbehaving shifters is the best place for her. Awkward, because this means she’ll be stuck with Dallas, her childhood crush.
Dallas has wanted Octavia for years. Unfortunately, she’s still under the watchful eye of her very protective brother, who also happens to be Dallas’s best friend. But when said brother requests Dallas’s help with Octavia’s protection—in Dallas’s territory and in Dallas’s house—it’s going to be a whole helluva lot harder for Dallas to keep his gruff, grizzly bear hands off of her.

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A TIME TO WEEP (THE TIME TRAVEL JOURNALS OF SAHARA ALDRIDGE) by Tracy Higley

Sometimes the only way forward is back. Sahara Aldridge, a young Egyptologist in 1922, is chasing down the trail of her parents through the unknown corridors of time. But when all clues point to Ancient Rome as the next place to search, Sahara retreats into the safety of her archaeological work, cataloguing treasures from the newly-discovered tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. As the discovery of the intact tomb propels the world into a frenzy of “Tut-mania,” the ever-present Jack Moretti is there to help, but what is his agenda? And it appears Tempus Vigilia isn’t going to leave her alone. The secret society has sent others, tracking her movements and asking too many questions. Now it seems her family is in danger. Sahara must once again put her career on hold, to find what she has lost. But will Ancient Rome hold the answers, or only one more reason to grieve?

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OUTLAW (PACK PROPHECY BOOK TWO) by RL Caulder

VS Note: Book ends in a cliffhanger.

I was exiled for exposing a murderous traitor. I was rejected by my mate, our bond shattered forever.
Even after being chosen by our goddess, my powers and title will never be enough for them to stand by me. Now plagued by frequent and debilitating visions of battle and death, my mates and I must fight to assemble an army with no one but our goddess at our back. Because war is coming, and not everyone will survive. But I was chosen for a reason. I will lead an army if I must. I will stand in the gap and protect my people and their future, no matter what they’ve done. I will fulfill my prophecy.
Even if it means my death.

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BITTEN IN THE MIDLIFE: A PARANORMAL WOMEN’S FICTION NOVEL (FANGED AFTER FORTY BOOK 1) by Lia Davis and LA Boruff

Jilted at the altar a month before her fortieth birthday. Poor Hailey. Midlife really does have a crisis. Or is it that midlife is the crisis? Either way, it sucks. Hailey Whitfield can’t take anymore run-ins with her ex. It’s time for a big change.She’s never considered moving away, but it’s her best plan yet. Bonus – her bestie lives next door! However, her new neighbor is… weird, to say the least. Extremely hot, but odd. So are his friends. But Hailey will take strange neighbors over facing her lying, cheat, deadbeat ex-fiancé all day, any day.Finding a job in a new town is more challenging than she realizes. With her savings depleted from the move, Hailey has to suck it up and take what she gets. After taking a job as a private nurse for an injured bounty hunter, things start to look up. Then a skip falls into her lap. Okay, sure. She was being nosy and reading an incoming fax intended for her patient. But with a little encouragement, Hailey takes on the task of tracking down the skip. It’s easy money. Right?Wrong. This skip is far more than Hailey bargained for. And her life is about to change in a very bloody and pointy kind of way. What a bite in the… Well, you know.With the help of her witchy best friend and her new, very pale neighbor, Hailey is going to collect her bounty.Or die trying.

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THE DRAGON’S SECRETS (BLUEWATER DRAGONS BOOK 7)B by Roxie Ray

Blaze Keyton never expected to find his fated mate in the middle of the woods. He definitely didn’t expect her to be a powerful, feisty witch. His pack needs Sammy to help protect them, but despite their undeniable attraction, she’s hell bent on avenging her old coven, not finding a mate or joining them. It doesn’t matter how hard he tries to convince her, Sammy doesn’t want to get too close to Blaze. She’s already seen his piercing green eyes before they met in a series of disturbing visions where Blaze is in danger. The best way to protect him—and her heart—is to keep her distance. But when Blaze starts having flashbacks of Sammy from a time he has no recollection of, they must unite to find answers. Could the darkness in his past be the same evil that destroyed Sammy’s coven? And if so, will finding the courage to trust in their fated bond be the magic they need to survive?

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OF WOLVES AND WARDENS (ONCE IN WHISPERING WOOD) by Sylvia Mercedes

She’s his enemy. He’s her target. But could they be each other’s only hope? Brielle owes Granny Dorrel seven years of her life. Seven years of slavery, serving as the ward witch’s huntress in the depths of Whispering Wood. Dire is a werewolf, a former slave of Granny’s in his own right . . . and Brielle’s newest target. Can these two enemies find a way to work together and undo the curses binding them? Or will the witch’s hold on their broken hearts lead them to destroy one another?

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WANDERING A LUMINOUS SEA by Kayleigh Sky

After escaping his cold fish of an ex, Jody Knox had everything—a new career, his goofy dog, and the love of his life, Merik. He couldn’t believe his luck…Until it changed. In the worst way. After stumbling onto the love of his life, Merik Lighthouse had a dilemma—solve the mystery of the missing mer and return to the sea, or confess his secret identity and risk losing Jody. He couldn’t decide…Until someone decided for him. Permanently. Or maybe not.

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A WITCH’S QUANDARY (DEMON’S WITCH SERIES BOOK 6) by Tena Stetler

Gale’s engagement is off because she refuses to leave her thriving business in Ireland to follow Dillon to Scotland. Her family and friends are on the emerald isle. Yet, when Dillon returns with the whole story and asks for her help, she must follow her heart. Becoming a Solicitor, then partner in the family law firm was never Dillon’s dream. Now it’s his nightmare. Called to Scotland, his father demands he take his rightful place in the firm or be disowned and disinherited. Something is terribly amiss in the firm and family. During Gale and Dillon’s investigation, they discover the enforcer for the Demon Overlord is also delving into rumors the firm is acting illegally. Magic has been stolen, someone is being blackmailed, and a member of the Witch’s council is corrupt. If Gale and Dillon want a life together in Ireland, they have to unearth secrets threatening to destroy the firm and family in Scotland.

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TREACHERY OF WATER (LORE OF NOMADIA BOOK 1) by Angela J Ford

Foul magic stirs in the depths of the sea where sirens are ruled by the whims of powerful water nymphs. But when fever sweeps the watery kingdoms, threatening to destroy the race of sirens forever, a new hero must rise. Darya, a water nymph, is chosen to find a magical remedy to save her people. But the spell for the cure lies ashore in the Great Library of Nomadia. Forsaking the depths, Darya begins a desperate quest to save her home, her people and everything she loves. But her quest goes awry when she is captured by slave traders who bind her magic. Nurimil is a legendary hunter known for his skills in procuring magical creatures and artifacts. Unfortunately, a bounty is on his head and he’s on the run with a risky plan to secure his own freedom. A plan that becomes twisted once he lays eyes on Darya. Araceli the Faun works in the capital city of Nomadia as a librarian. When traveling mages leave behind a mysterious tome she becomes obsessed with it. As she unravels the secrets of the book, it shows her how to summon a dark and devious jinn. As Darya, Nurimil and Araceli wrestle with their own endeavors, they will soon discover they have the potential to sway the fate of Nomadia. For unrest plagues the empire of Nomadia. A darkness rises, fueled by a cruel sorceress with a hideous desire to throttle magic and rule all races with an iron fist.

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MANIX (SHADOWBRED BOOK 1) by Grace McGinty

While Naja had dreamed of someone rescuing her from her life, this wasn’t how she thought it would go. Sure, on the surface it was perfect. Her abductors were huge, hot and members of a race of supernaturals that were rumoured to be extinct. The Manix. Even the name was terrifying. But someone needed to update their definition of extinct, because they were cluttering up her kitchen, looking at her with desperation that had little to do with sex and everything to do with something more life altering. They insisted she held the key to their survival. They said she was an Omega and they needed to do all sorts of freaky things with her to ensure the continuation of their species. Naja wasn’t against getting a little freaky, but there was a line a sane person wouldn’t cross, but the Manix? They jumped across that line with rippling abs and both feet. However, the Manix were the least of her problems right now. Naja’s life was haunted by something worse than the boogeyman; a monster that leaves flowers on her doorstep like he was putting a tribute on her grave. The Manix may be terrifying, but could they salvation from the very thing that’s chasing her? Or will they be too late to save the only female Omega they will ever find? Manix is a Reverse Harem Omegaverse Standalone with MPREG. Contains M/M goodness.

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SIREN SAILS (SEEKERS OF THE LOST SHORES BOOK 1) by Aria Storm

Yuliya Black is betrayed by the crew she was navigating for. After a bloody scrape with the black-sails, she and her apprentice find themselves stranded on a port in a nasty foreign city. Between the card games, she’s won and the women she’s bedded, Yuliya becomes persona non grata with local authorities. Willa leads Yuliya to a potential new job. A captain is seeking a new navigator for his ship. Yuliya must roll the bones of fate and take this chance to bid farewell to her troubles. Soon she will realize that between the broody half-fairy Captain, and the deadly lady assassin, her troubles are only multiplying. A slow building Bisexual Poly Romance and Epic Steampunk and High-Fantasy.

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PHOENIX HEART: EPISODE TWO: SECRET KEEPER by Sarah K L Wilson

Sersha is relieved to be able to leave Landsfall. Her people aren’t safe as long as she stays and her future lies with Kazmerev now. But when her cousin, Mally, makes a series of headstrong decisions, it plunges Sersha and her friends into trouble they can’t easily escape. Getting free will push her ethics, her abilities, and her newfound friendship with her beloved phoenix. Will she have what it takes to keep her people safe?

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HOW IT WILL BE (OATH OF BANE BOOK 5) by T S Joyce

Bron is supposed to be dead. His best friend threw him from the sky to land at the feet of his king in a war Bron never asked for. It’s only three left in his Murder now, and everyone knows the Crow Blooded only survive in numbers. Betrayed by his people, Bron looks to the bears he was supposed to kill for a forbidden alliance, but he and Krome can’t build a crew on their own. He hires a ghost from his past with a special set of skills. His childhood friend can draw in the monsters he needs to protect his king, but Ren has changed in the fifteen years since he’s seen her last. The little pipsqueak that followed him around all those years ago has turned into a sass-filled, tough-as-nails, sensitive-in-surprising-ways vixen who catches his attention and holds it from the second she drives up to his cabin. The only problem? For reasons unknown to him, she’s holding a mighty big grudge on Bron. And as he tries to draw her closer, he slowly discovers nothing was ever what it seemed. ..(more blurb on ebook seller page…)

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WINGS OF SHADOW (CROWN OF FEATHERS BOOK 3) by Nicki Pau Preto

I had a sister, once…Veronyka is no longer an orphaned stable boy or a nameless Phoenix Rider apprentice: she is the daughter of Pheronia Ashfire, the last queen of the Golden Empire…and the niece of Avalkyra Ashfire, the resurrected rebel queen who tore the empire apart. We shone brightly, burned fiercely. Now that the secret is out, everyone at the Eyrie treats Veronyka differently, and with Tristan still a hostage of the scheming Lord Rolan—and Sev with him as a spy—Veronyka feels very much alone. Except for her beloved phoenix, Xephyra, of course, and her new friend, Kade, who has his own reasons for wanting to save Tristan. Was it always going to come down to this? Sister against sister? Darkness against light? Veronyka is determined to do whatever it takes to get Tristan back, even if that means revealing her identity to the world and inheriting a throne she’s not sure she wants. But when she discovers that Avalkyra has bonded with a strix—a legendary creature of darkness that feeds off the life force of others—Veronyka realizes she has more to deal with than an encroaching war with the empire. Val is willing to destroy everything to get her revenge on a world that rejected her, and if Veronyka wants to bring peace to the empire and Pyra alike, she must face down her sister once and for all. The world began with Ashfire queens…perhaps they will also be its destruction.

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STALKED BY THE KRAKEN by Lillian Lark

VS Note: From JUNE 29.

A matchmaking witch, an ancient sea creature, and the sex contract they make. Welcome to the Love Bathhouse where desire and acceptance are in the water. The Witch – Celibacy is a bad look for a matchmaker. Especially a matchmaker who works at the kind of paranormal bathhouse that would have grandmothers clutching their pearls. A worse look is a matchmaker experiencing a crisis of confidence. I am that matchmaker. We need raw magic, desperately. And now a mysterious man walks into my office, offering me the exact solution I need. The problem is that he wants to be matched… with me. Matching doesn’t work for me; I found that out the hard way.      The Kraken – I saw her and the creature inside me wanted. She doesn’t want a relationship. She says that the most we can have are the three nights she promised me, but the dark part of myself isn’t going to let the woman who snared its attention go. I found her. I hunted her. She’s mine. **Stalked by the Kraken is a monster romance that features tentacles.

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WITCHY WHISKERS (A NINE LIVES MAGIC MYSTERY) by Danielle Garrett

My life was going just fine by most standards. I ran a successful business in a tight-knit magical community, and lived just blocks from a beautiful lake and series of hiking trails. Then Selene showed up. According to some magical code I inherit my aunt’s ancient familiar; a grumpy ten-pound cat with a broken filter. She fancies herself something of a saber-toothed tiger, and claims to have wrestled the thread of her ninth life from the hands of the Fates themselves — although, I’m pretty sure that last part isn’t true. Almost positive. I’m still looking into the magical fine print, but in the meantime I’m stuck as the guardian to a cat with the personality of Sophia from the Golden Girls. Oh, and by another cruel twist of fate, my ex-husband just moved back into town. I thought I couldn’t take any more, but when a murder rocks my small community, I wind up entangled in the investigation thanks to a handsome stranger. If only life came equipped with a rewind button.

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PRINCE OF TRICKS (DEMONS OF ELYSIUM BOOK 1) by Jane Kindred

VS Note: A re-release.

When desire rises, angels will fall. Over the past century, Belphagor has made a name for himself in Heaven’s Demon District as a card sharp, thief, and charming rogue. Though he’s content with his own company, he enjoys applying the sweet sting of discipline to a willing backside—angel, demon, and even the occasional human. He’s not particular. But when a hotheaded young firespirit steals his purse—and his heart—all bets are off. Vasily, a former rentboy and cutpurse from the streets of Raqia, has never felt safer than in the arms—and at the feet—of the Prince of Tricks. He’s just not sure if Belphagor returns his feelings. The attentions of a rich, angelic duke provide the perfect opportunity to find out whether Belphagor is willing to fight for him, but the foolish game backfires—spectacularly. When the duke frames Vasily in an assassination plot, Belphagor will do whatever it takes to clear his lover’s name and expose the real traitor. Because for the first time in his life, the Prince of Tricks has something to lose.

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SHADES OF MAGIC (THE DEMON’S FAE BOOK 3) by L J Swallow

Releasing demons from boxes doesn’t endear me to the Four Horsemen, but I have a bigger problem than War’s wrath. Dex either took himself on a long walk or somebody abducted him. Kudos to anybody who could wrangle him into submission. My dealings with the fae grow more complicated, and the Collector introduces me to Rian, the fae capable of defeating the demons and restoring the court. Now all Rian needs to do is depose the queen and deal with the uprising. Simple. My sex life grows more interesting by the day, which is at least a distraction from the death sentence hanging over me. I finally discover why the demon prince is tracking me down and how I’m connected to these sought-after boxes. But if I have to face any more surprise revelations, I’ll convince myself I’m in one of Morgan’s parallel worlds. There’s not enough whiskey in the world to deal with all this. Can Rian restore the fae court before the dark fae tear the race apart again? And can somebody please pay me for all the work I’ve done?

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THE SILVER CAGE (RESTRAINED BOOK 1) by Ana Raine

Danny barely remembers who he is, let alone his mate. After being taken from his pack years ago by a group of overzealous hunters, Danny identifies only as “Wolf” — the pet of the pack who helps track down other shifters for the hunters’ sport. When Danny tracks down a female wolf, he hesitates to help imprison her male companion. At first Danny doesn’t remember this wolf, at least not logically, but his senses are completely overtaken and he’s sure he’s met this Alpha before. This wolf isn’t just his former Alpha. Jamie is also his mate, and after years of believing Danny dead, Jamie’s not going to let his mate go ever again. Even if it means working together to kill each of the hunters so they can never take their lives again — or come between their mating bond.

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A DESERT TORN ASUNDER (SONG OF SHATTERED SANDS BOOK 6) by Bradley P Beaulieu

The plans of the desert gods are coming to fruition. Meryam, the deposed queen of Qaimir, hopes to raise the buried elder god, Ashael, an event that would bring ruin to the desert. Çeda and Emre sail for their ancestral home to bring the traitor, Hamid, to justice. To their horror, they discover that the desert tribes have united under Hamid’s banner. Their plan? A holy crusade to annihilate Sharakhai, a thing long sought by many in the tribes. In Sharakhai, meanwhile, the blood mage, Davud, examines the strange gateway between worlds, hoping to find a way to close it. And King Ihsan hunts for Meryam, but always finds himself two steps behind. When Meryam raises Ashael, all know the end is near. Ashael means to journey to the land that was denied to him an age ago, no matter the cost to the desert. It now falls to Çeda and her unlikely assortment of allies to find a way to unite not only the desert tribes and the people of Sharakhai, but the city’s invaders as well. Even if they do, stopping Ashael will cost them dearly, perhaps more than all are willing to pay.

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SWORD STONE TABLE: OLD LEGENDS NEW VOICES by Various

From the vast lore surrounding King Arthur, Camelot, and the Knights of the Round Table, comes an anthology of gender-bent, race-bent, LGBTQIA+ inclusive retellings. Here you’ll find the Lady of the Lake reimagined as an albino Ugandan sorceress and the Lady of Shalott as a wealthy, isolated woman in futuristic Mexico City; you’ll see Excalibur rediscovered as a baseball bat that grants a washed-up minor leaguer a fresh shot at glory and as a lost ceremonial drum that returns to a young First Nations boy the power and the dignity of his people. There are stories set in Gilded Age Chicago, ’80s New York, twenty-first century Singapore, and space; there are lesbian lady knights, Arthur and Merlin reborn in the modern era for a second chance at saving the world and falling in love—even a coffee shop AU.
Brave, bold, and groundbreaking, the stories in Sword Stone Table will bring fresh life to beloved myths and give long-time fans a chance to finally see themselves in their favorite legends.

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THE REHEARSALS by Annette Christie

VS Note: You know me and these time loop stories! So of course I pre-ordered this one. (I’ve actually written my own scifi romance time loop story for later this year!)

Megan Givens and Tom Prescott are heading into what is supposed to be their magical wedding weekend on beautiful San Juan Island. But with two difficult families, ten years of history, and all too many secrets, things quickly go wrong. After a disastrous rehearsal dinner they vow to call the whole thing off—only to wake up the next morning stuck together in a time loop. Are they really destined to relive the worst day of their lives, over and over? And what happens if their wedding day does arrive?

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FATE’S CALL: MANLOVE EDITION by Various

VS Note: From JUNE 18

This charity anthology includes 6 novelettes for you to fall in love with! When fate calls, will you answer? Fate’s Call brings you six brand new short stories of paranormal romance and urban fantasy in this collection of spell-bounding books featuring Shifters, Vampires, Demons and Witches. Answer fate’s call and delve into this amazing collection of short stories featuring tormented heroes, badass mates and troublesome family members, written by some of your favorite bestselling authors.

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THE DRAGON AND MRS MUIR by Connie Suttle

VS Note: From JUNE 26. Reviews indicate the real story in the book is about a witch (the bride) and a dragon and much of it takes place in Korea, so the blurb seems misleading. I read the Look Inside and one clicked.

It was on every news station in the country—and on many foreign news outlets as well. Attack at Wedding Leaves at Least Fourteen Dead, Many More Injured, the headlines proclaimed. The wedding was an outdoor affair, on a beach with the Gulf of Mexico in the background. In all, seventy-two were injured, and the body count rose to seventeen. Local hospitals were filled with bleeding attendees, and, at one point, the bride, her bloodied white wedding dress cut away and spilling onto the emergency room floor, went into cardiac arrest. Her groom died at the scene. In the room next door, an elderly wedding guest also suffered cardiac arrest—not from a bullet wound but from shock, combined with advanced age and a weak heart. Both souls walked out of their respective rooms.
One wanted to live. One did not.

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MANDY’S LITTLE ADVENTURES by Lizzie Tanner

VS Note: Erotica.

Mandy- I must be the luckiest girl around! I’m leaving the city behind and moving into my cute cottage among the woods in Elmhurst. I will be free to play with my toys as well as work from home.
Having settled in, I started receiving gifts from the faeries after I left food offerings on my porch. I was so thrilled. Arzorg- Before I saw her, I heard her voice which made my ears nearly bleed. She sure frightened the animals but when I saw her, I no longer cared about her singing. Her beauty took my breath away. When she accepted my gifts, I started bonding with her. ..(more blurb on ebook seller page…)

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THE EYE OF ELEKTRON (SUMRECTIAN SERIES BOOK 1) by Leigh G Wynn

Dawn has sixty minutes…to plan her death…so that her brother may live. Competition to be a portrait artist at Crimson Estate is fierce. One lives. One dies. And participation is not voluntary. To save her brother’s life, Dawn ensures her own execution by painting a forbidden magical device—the Eye of Elektron. Banned from use by powerful Sumrects, the Eye of Elektron has not functioned since the failed human rebellion against Sumrectian tyranny eleven years ago. Somehow, it comes to life in her hands…And seizes the attention of an ancient evil and its archenemy, Ansel Cassadian, the most powerful Sumrect in a thousand years. Strangely, he seems to know everything about her difficult past—a past that holds the key to her future. As evil threatens to destroy all she holds dear, Dawn must reawaken the Eye of Elektron in time to free the humans and save the Sumrect who risked his destiny to protect her.

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HONORABLE ROGUE (BLOOD ROGUE BOOK 2) by Linda J Parisi

As a Roman gladiator and slave, vampire Hunter Pierce only knew death and destruction. Never love. Dr. Victoria Roberts only knew love and safety, never fear or death, until the day her life was shattered with a home invasion that destroyed her world. Now Hunter and Tori’s worlds collide, with Blood Rogues continuing to menace both human and vampire alike. Tori is in danger and it’s all Hunter’s fault. To keep watch over the clever scientist, the vampire enlists her to aid in finding a cure for Nirvana, the dangerous poison rogue vampires are using to kill. When Tori is kidnapped, Hunter faces his corrupt former master and a race against the clock to save his own life. But can a vampire who has only watched out for himself risk his life, and his immortality, for the love of a human? Can a woman who has lost everything rebuild her shattered heart with a man who thinks he hasn’t got one? Only love, trust, and an Honorable Rogue can save them all.

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DEMON’S KISS (BLOODCASTER CHRONICLES BOOK 1) by R L Perez

An assassin with a secret. An angel with a strange power. A war that threatens to destroy them both. 
Cora is an assassin who never misses her mark. But she has a deadly secret: her blood can create the most powerful magical elixirs in the world. And she’s been hunted for it her whole life. When a powerful demon blackmails her, threatening to expose her secret, she has to do one last job to buy her freedom: kill a Nephilim named Vince. Cora figures this will be an easy target. Until Vince time travels, appearing in two places at once. Thwarted, Cora must get close to Vince so she can learn the secret to his strange ability–and finally kill him once and for all. But the closer she gets to Vince, the more her icy heart begins to thaw, making way for new emotions she’s never felt before. As she falls for him, her secret is exposed, igniting a powerful war between demons and Nephilim. In the end, Cora must choose between her own survival and preventing a war that will tear the magical world apart.

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I DATED A MOB WOLF by Viola Grace

He had been her favourite date, so she arranged for him to be the father of her child… should she have told him? Vallu spent over five years as an escort with the Blind Date Corporation. On her last date, she used her activation to provide her with something she needed… a child. She just didn’t tell him. How likely was it that he would run into her in the real world? He was from an island in the bay; she was from a suburb. If she hadn’t stopped downtown for a hotdog, nothing would have happened.
Etgar has been searching for Five for four months, and while the management of BDC has been no help, he holds out hope that she will be in his arms again… off contract. When he catches her scent near a hotdog vendor, he follows the scent to the source. She denies her identity as Five, but her scent doesn’t lie. The bright green eyes are a surprise, as is getting shot in the back by a drive-by assassin.     Vallu heals him in the vehicle as his bodyguards recover him, and he refuses to leave without her. She focuses on stopping the bleeding and repairing him as the men drive them to safety. Well, safety for Etgar. The island he lives on is his family home, and they own it all. She has just been dropped into his own little kingdom, but she has some conditions to remain with him. It isn’t like she has had four months to plan or anything.

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JONAS: ROBINSON DESTRUCTION by Kathi S Barton

Jonas Robinson had his hands full but was loving every minute of it. Those four children needed him, and he had to admit he needed them as well. If no other family came out of the woodwork wanting them, he had his heart set on adopting them. Ginger Morgan, a talented photographer, worked undercover for the Government. She was good at her job, but it often put her off the radar for weeks at a time. She had just heard of her sister Sissy’s recent hospital stay when she returned to town. Sissy had it in her mind that she wanted a ready-made family and wanted to take in her nieces and nephews, whom she had never met. When Ginger found out who had the kids, she called her college buddy, Dawson Robinson, to find out more. What happened next had all their heads spinning. Ginger was swept into a world of intrigue as Rogan Robinson brought her team in and hid them from the world. Those children’s identities had to be kept secret at all costs. Now that Ginger and her family were involved, they would be targets as well. Ginger knew a little about shifters, but being mated to one was something she’d have to give some thought to. And being a mother was something she’d never wanted to be—until now.

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OMEGA’S GAMBIT (THE HARTWELL SISTERS SAGA BOOK 1) by Flora Quincy

Miss Viola Hartwell has one mission: ensure the Omega Property Rights Act becomes law. However, as an omega she is prohibited from participating in politics. Viola refuses to let her dynamic stand in her way and makes the risky decision to masquerade as her alpha twin sister. All she needs to do now is convince the reclusive Duke of Orley to support her cause. In another part of town, Syon, Duke of Orley, has chosen the widowed Countess of Kellingham as his future bride in a marriage of convenience. But the omega widow refuses to meet any alphas. When the duke’s beautiful new secretary offers a unique solution to his problem, he accepts. What begins as a simple exchange of votes for a bride becomes a dangerous game of illicit desire and temptation.

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FIREFIGHTER DRAGON’S NEXT DOOR MATE (FIREFIGHTER DRAGONS OF THE SECRET ISLANDS) by Alicia Banks

McKenna Daniels – I had a great time dating the senior partner of my firm. I thought it might be love. But it turns out our relationship was all a lie, a bet. And now the firm’s mean girls won’t leave me alone. I didn’t inherit my mother’s dragon abilities. But Rayna, my oldest friend, knows magic, and she can help. Or so I thought. I’m not sure what’s real and what’s not anymore, Now that my darkest thoughts of revenge are coming true without my assistance. I need help navigating my dreams and reality. But who can I trust? Dalton Striar – I was content with my career as a firefighter—and my life as a dragon shifter. I didn’t need my brothers’ family life. But when my commander sends me to Florida to help Kennie, my childhood friend, My life is turned on its head. She’s grown into a stunning woman, and we’re thick as thieves once more. But she’s in danger, and I know Rayna’s to blame. Black magic is everywhere. And I don’t trust Kennie’s ex-boyfriend’s intentions. He says he wants her back. I’ll do anything to keep her safe. Now that I’ve found her, I won’t lose the girl next door again. Can Dalton protect McKenna before her enemies destroy them? And will they be able to stop the dark magic in time?

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BELIEVING IN BEA (SOUTHERN WEREWOLF SISTERS BOOK 3) by Heather MacKinnon

The day Bea was sent away from her home was the darkest of her life. Sure, becoming the alpha of the biggest pack in the state was a great opportunity, but it came with a price. She had to leave her family, her friends, and the love of her life behind to take the position. Surrounded by hostile strangers and whispers of mutiny, Bea wonders if it was all worth it. The only reason Will let Bea go was to protect himself. He knew if he fell any deeper in love with her, he’d never survive that loss. However, when the witch from his past comes to him in a dream, she gives him something he hasn’t had in millennia: hope. What happens when Will shows up on her doorstep? Can they find a way to overcome their differences? Or will the outside forces conspiring against them be too great?

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ROYAL PAWN (JACKY LEON BOOK 6) by K N Banet

I’m Jacqueline, daughter of Hasan, ruling werecat of the Americas, the werecat liaison to humanity, and the lover of Heath Everson, Alpha werewolf. But I go by Jacky Leon and no one knows about the werewolf. Some time ago, I met a fae and his family while on the run. They helped me, and for his own reasons, the fae had given me a gift. I never went looking for him. I knew the name he gave me and I did my best not to think too hard about it, him, or his family. Life has a fun way of bringing things back because he’s the lost king of the fae and now everyone knows. People who want him to take back the throne, people who want to kill him so he can’t, and people who want to hurt those he loves just to see him hurt. And I’m the werecat he gave a gift, just in case he ever needed someone to protect his innocent human wife. I’m now a pawn in a deadly clash of fae powers the likes of which has never been seen.

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KLUTZ: PHOENIX DOWN (BUT DIOD YOU DIE BOOK 1) by Sedona Ashe

VS Note: From JUNE 30.

After I rescued these jerks from a plane crash, you’d think they’d be nicer to me. I die, like all the time. My track record of hilarious, freak accidental deaths would be impressive if it weren’t so embarrassing. And when I come back, I’m naked. Every. Dang. Time. After my plane was sabotaged and crashed into the jungle, I rescued five male survivors from the wreckage. I could have let them die, but no, I decided to pull their stupid carcasses from the wreckage. I’m immortal, not a monster. Yes, they’re hot, now is not the time to do something about that. The five sexy jaguar shifters are on a mission to locate someone, a rare phoenix shifter. Phoenix, the legendary creature, reborn every time it dies. Wait…could they be looking for me? It doesn’t matter since they walked away and left me to die in the Amazon rainforest. A place full of interesting new ways for a klutz like me to die. Surviving the jungle is harsh, but it’s nothing compared to how they have treated me. And the worst part? It turns out these bullies are my fated mates. Yep, I must be cursed. I can’t wait to escape the jungle and leave these guys behind, but another part of me is begging to love them…Was the Amazon always this hot? “But Did You Die” is a comedy filled, bully, reverse harem, paranormal romance series that includes shifters, a mysterious underground society, and a sexy, yet incredibly clumsy Phoenix.

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VS Note: Continuing with my own backlist, the next book in the Badari Warriors series timeline is Timtur the Healer’s story. I kind of skipped over writing this one originally and then went back to make sure he and Lily Garrison got their chance to have their adventures and romance front and center. One scene in this book made me weep when I was writing it, as a secondary character dies and Lily comforts them as best she can. I enjoyed writing this one because Lily was kind of a shy person and here she comes into her own. Timtur also was struggling with how he could be a claimed mate and still support the pack as a Healer…just a lot of conflict and emotion and action. This is also the book where we first meet Yonn, the Generation Eleven Alpha-born boy who has become quite a reader favorite as a member of the pack. And mine too!

TIMTUR: THE TEACHER’S ALIEN HEALER (BADARI WARRIORS): IN THE STARS ROMANCE

NOTE: Would be Book 2.5 if Amazon let me list a book with a decimal number!

Far from her home in the human Sectors after the mass kidnapping, teacher Lily Garrison is making a niche for herself in the valley by running a school for the Badari young. Although she yearns for Timtur, the pack’s healer, another Badari male has his eye on her and won’t take no for an answer.

Timtur feels the weight and responsibility of being the pack’s only healer, constantly on call as the soldiers fight ferocious battles against the alien scientists and their troops. With scarcely a moment to himself, he’s drawn to the gentle Lily but worries he won’t be able to juggle his duties, his loyalty to the pack and a relationship with a human woman.

When Lily’s stalker takes direct action to kidnap her and steal her from the safety of the valley, she’s forced to reach deep inside to find the strength to battle for her life. Timtur realizes too late how foolish he’s been to resist the bond with his fated mate and leads the rescue effort.

Before this situation can be resolved both will have to put their lives on the line and decide what really matters in a dangerous world ruled by the enemy.

Although this is the fifth book released in the Badari Warriors scifi romance series, the story of Timtur and Lily is a standalone and actually comes immediately after book two’s events.

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VS: Have you seen my hot trailer for CAMRON ? I’m catching up on videos for various of the backlist books to put on my new tiktok account…

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LINKS TO RECENT NEW RELEASES POSTS from Veronica:

July 7

June 30

June 23

JUNE 16

June 9

“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’.