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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DARK PRINCE’S PRIZE (CURIZAN WARRIOR BOOK 2) by S E Smith
VS Note: Glad to see SE this week!
Royal Flush…. Prince Adalard Ha’darra’s mission is simple—stay out of trouble while on Earth. His plans to enjoy his time with a few pleasurable distractions change when his transport is sabotaged, forcing him to land miles from Paul Grove’s remote ranch. When a stranger stops to give him a lift to his destination, he sees the colors of her aura and is stunned to discover his mate! Samara Lee-Stephens has lived with the Lee-Stephens curse her entire life. Determined to break it, she focuses on earning enough money to one day leave her family’s reputation behind. She is furious when her stupid brothers drag her into their messed up lives—by losing her in a poker game! As if her life wasn’t complicated enough, she soon finds herself fascinated by the Grove ranch’s newest client who claims to be an alien prince! Adalard and Samara discover that time may change them, but not their enemies. Can Adalard and Samara survive the challenges that threaten to tear them apart, or will their enemies succeed despite the precautions and sacrifices they’ve taken?
NANCY AND THE NAGA (ALIEN ABDUCTION BOOK 14) by Honey Phillips
VS Note: Always happy to see a new book from her!
Can an alien prince in exile protect an escaped slave who won’t surrender?A year as a slave in an alien mine is enough to destroy any woman, but Nancy refuses to give up hope. When she sees a chance to escape, she takes it. Her freedom is worth almost any price, but she didn’t anticipate how hard she would have to struggle to survive. When a strange new alien discovers her, she fears the worst. He’s part man, part snake, and all dangerous – but he makes her feel safe for the first time since she was taken. Banished from his home planet, former prince Kaiyo has found a place for himself in the dangerous underworld of Kalima. For the right fee, he’ll solve any problem – quickly, efficiently, and with no questions asked. The only problems he can’t fix are his own. When an uncharacteristically altruistic action leads to the discovery of a fierce, frightened woman, his long-forgotten instincts demand that he protect her – whether she wants him to or not. And the more time he spends with the tasty human, the more he realizes he never wants to let her go. But Kaiyo’s past is about to catch up with him. He has no intention of releasing his claim on Nancy – but will she be able to handle all of his secrets? And will his people ever accept a human? Amazon KU
TITAN: ARKADIAN MAIL ORDER BRIDES #3 (INTERGALACTIC DATING AGENCY) by Tasha Black
VS Note: Love having a new one from her!
Ugly duckling Summer has to become a swan fast if she wants to save her uncle from being imprisoned for life. But no trainee has ever been at the Arkadia Brides Agency for this long without being assigned a match. Warm-hearted and sincere Summer just can’t master the subtle graces of Upper Arkadian society. When a missing-bride situation hands her the chance to skip the line and get married immediately Summer can’t believe it. But the groom leaves her at the altar, with no one to comfort her except his unbelievably hot attorney. Titan has sworn off love until he reaches his career goals. But he’d have to be made of stone not to notice how sweet and sexy his friend’s discarded mail order bride is. Determined to resist her charms, he promises to help her beat the clock and find another husband before her time is up and her chance at winning a bride bonus is lost.
The two head off on a whirlwind of Upper Arkadian social events. But the harder Titan tries to find a match for the radiant little Terran who has turned his world upside down, the more he becomes convinced that no one is good enough for her. Well, almost no one…As their secrets start coming out, the unlikely couple finds themselves up against more than just cultural differences. Can they learn to trust each other in spite of all odds? Or will Summer find herself out in the cold?
REVIKK: BOOK 3 IN THE GALAXY SANCTUARY ALIEN ABDUCTION SERIES by Alana Khan
Dawn –A year ago, I never would have dreamed I’d approach a male like Revikk for a fling. Being abducted and held hostage changes people—it certainly changed me. When I decided I needed pleasure in my life, the hunky rogue seemed the perfect choice. Revikk – I was irrevocably broken. No, not just broken—ruined. My dreams were small: stay hidden from my enemies, eke out a living, and keep my demons at bay. Charming Dawn with her beautiful smiles and quick wit changed everything. She made me want more. For a moment, she even made me believe I could be more. Amazon KU
BEYOND SAVAGE STARS (ASTRAL LOVE BOOK 1) by Star Wing and Sasha Caine
Captain Jaxx has one mission—ensure the settlers arrive at Terra Nova safely. He hates babysitting duty, but when Space Force gives an order, a good soldier complies. The only thing he hadn’t prepared for was a meddlesome, beautiful, brainy, civilian woman… who made him re-consider his commitment to a solitary life. Terra Gilbert has the heart of an adventurer and the mind of a scientist. So, when an unprecedented astral event is happening a few lightyears away from the settler ship’s course, she decides she must witness it in person and she takes matters into her own hands. Though, she doesn’t realize is by changing the journey’s trajectory, she endangers the entire ship… hundreds of lives now hang in the balance. It’ll take a genius to fix the fuel shortage problem. Lucky for lonely Captain Jaxx, sexy Terra isn’t just a troublemaker—she’s a brilliant badass with the key to saving them all.
SEIZED BY THE STORM DRAGON (PLANET PROTECTORS BOOK 4) by Juniper Kerry
It was just one little slip. One moment of passion with a hot, muscular alien, who I can’t stand. We were fighting–we’re always fighting–and then, suddenly, we were kissing. And then we were touching. And then… well, you know. It was glorious and wild and incredible. It put every other romantic experience in my life to shame. Just a couple weeks later, I realized I was pregnant. Maybe I should have been overwhelmed. After all, pregnant with an alien baby on a faraway planet isn’t most women’s idea of a good time. But I have wanted this baby forever. I could have managed it on my own… That was my plan, anyway. But Qrill had other ideas. And suddenly I found myself kidnapped, speeding across the open forest to a tower in the middle of nowhere. Oh yeah, and there’s some kind of poison infecting the forest, and it turns out it can infect people, too. And did I mention it turns out that Qrill is a dragon? Yeah, everything’s going great. Amazon KU
HIS ALIEN VESSEL (ABDUCTED BY THE MANDORIAN FERTILITY SCIENTISTS BOOK ONE) by Sasha Caine
Sienna Jones just landed her dream job, and she’s almost positive that her boyfriend of five years is finally going to pop the question.Life is good…Until a big blue portal appears in the middle of her office and a giant green man with undulating tentacles appears with an announcement: Sienna’s the first test subject harvested for Project Regenerate.Whisked away from everything she knows, Sienna fights tooth and nail to avoid the poking and prodding from the overbearing aliens keeping her captive. She’s got to do something, anything, to free herself.Anything except fall head-over-heels for the tentacled warrior that kidnapped her from Earth. Amazon KU
ABDUCTED: AN ALIEN ROMANCE ANTHOLOGY by Various
Love built on betrayal. Lust that can’t be denied. Temptation of the forbidden.Prepare for out of this world stories as you delve into these 8 unforgettable sci-fi alien romances. This isn’t a rescue mission. This is ABDUCTED. Abducted includes stories based on forbidden romances, enemies to lovers, and happily ever afters – there is something for everyone! Amazon KU
FANTASTIC FITTINGS by C M Ries
When scientists developed nanobiology to dissolve plastics, they never anticipated EMPs would mutate it to decay everything. The Blackout, a worldwide ban on electricity, was the only solution. Now, in a steam-powered future, Sarah Peterson counts the last days of her apprenticeship with the ingenious but transgressive inventor, Arthur Goldstein. When her gold-digging parents introduce her to the wealthy, charismatic Kane, Sarah sees a path to independence–until she meets Ethan. He is the perfect test subject for Goldstein’s illegal biometal experiments, and despite a rocky start, an attraction blossoms. But Sarah can’t let Ethan becomes a tether to the life she’s desperate to escape. And when she learns her own ocular lens uses the same illegal material, the threat to her safety becomes as dire as her friends’.
TAKEN: VAMPIRE ALIEN ROMANCE (ICE WORLD WARRIORS BOOK 5) by Jessica Grayson and Aria Winter
When we crashed on an ice planet, my A’kai master drank of my blood to survive. We find a settlement of his people; they’ve been stranded here too, for the past five years. Bound and thrown in a cage, I’ve all but given up hope of rescue until one of the A’kai guards takes pity on me. Defying his people and his Commander, Erolas helps me escape. With nowhere to run and enemies on all sides, we make our way across the ice and snow. His race are the inspiration for the ancient Earth Vampire myths. He claims I’m his fated one–his Sy’nan–and that I can trust him. Even though he helped me escape, I’m still wary. His race are feared throughout the quadrant and known for their cruelty. But the more time we spend together, I cannot deny the pull I feel toward him. And despite my better judgment, I find myself wondering: what would it be like to be fated to my enemy? Amazon KU
CITY OF SHATTERED LIGHT by Claire Winn
As darkness closes in on the city of shattered light, an heiress and an outlaw must decide whether to fend for themselves or fight for each other. As heiress to a powerful tech empire, seventeen-year-old Asa Almeida strives to prove she’s more than her manipulative father’s shadow. But when he uploads her rebellious sister’s mind to an experimental brain, Asa will do anything to save her sister from reprogramming—including fleeing her predetermined future with her sister’s digitized mind in tow. With a bounty on her head and a rogue A.I. hunting her, Asa’s getaway ship crash-lands in the worst possible place: the neon-drenched outlaw paradise, Requiem. Gunslinging smuggler Riven Hawthorne is determined to claw her way up Requiem’s underworld hierarchy. A runaway rich girl is exactly the bounty Riven needs—until a nasty computer virus spreads in Asa’s wake, causing a citywide blackout and tech quarantine. To get the payout for Asa and save Requiem from the monster in its circuits, Riven must team up with her captive. Riven breaks skulls the way Asa breaks circuits, but their opponent is unlike anything they’ve ever seen. The A.I. exploits the girls’ darkest memories and deepest secrets, threatening to shatter the fragile alliance they’re both depending on. As one of Requiem’s 154-hour nights grows darker, the girls must decide whether to fend for themselves or fight for each other before Riven’s city and Asa’s sister are snuffed out forever.
DEAD AWAKENINGS by Rebekah R Ganiere
Struggling to pay her bills, New York theater student Evaine Michaels sees an opportunity to make money by taking part in an unsanctioned clinical trial for a new drug. But things don’t go as planned. Instead, she wakes up in a derelict hospital, chained to a bed with no memory of who she is or how she got there. Then a band of pale-skinned, fiery-eyed men, led by the gorgeous Luca, bursts in and rescues her. Taking her to a safe-house for her kind, Evaine learns that the drug trials have made her a Deader- a reanimated Undead. Luca is inexplicably attracted to newly rebirthed Evaine. But he has no time for the feelings she’s awakening within him- or the fact that she can read not only his thoughts, but his feelings as well. He’s spent the last decade exterminating the scientists experimenting on, and creating Deaders. And the last thing he needs is a female messing with not only his mission, but also his head, and his heart. Especially a volatile newborn Deader. Evaine and Luca find themselves drawn to each other in a way neither has experienced before- until Evaine remembers not only who she is, but that she’s engaged. And that her human fiancé, Tristan, is probably still looking for her. But when a rogue faction of Deaders, called Feeders, attempts to kidnap Evaine, Luca suspects she might be the key to stopping the experiments for good. And everyone will have to band together to keep Evaine off the enemy’s cutting table once and for all.
PRIMORDIAL EARTH BOOK 8: THE EXTINCTION SERIES by Baleigh Higgins
This is their world, and we are the prey. After negotiating with the Mayor of Vancouver for the supplies their loved ones so desperately need, Seth and the others can finally relax. Back on her feet, Rogue looks forward to exploring the city and is soon swept away by the marvels that surround her. But one catastrophic event threatens to sabotage everything. Once more, they must set out into the unknown…Having lost the second shipment of vital supplies, the deal is off. Out of options, they are forced to accept the most dangerous mission of their lives. Time is against them, and failure means losing their homes, their family, and everything they’ve fought for. Amazon KU
ALIEN AVENGED (ZYANTHAN WARRIORS BOOK 6) by Julie K Cohen
Lucy (Chloe) – After being sold to slavers and getting caught up in a planet’s invasion, Lucy just wants to be left alone. She’s come to Affinia to heal, to find that part of herself she lost since leaving Earth as a mail order bride. But she’s trapped within herself. She lost her ability to speak and she never learned to read or write, thanks to the strict coalition rules on Earth. As Lucy tries to deal with her fears and frustrations, she catches the eye of a handsome zyanthan warrior. Melikk is sweet, smart, and understands her even though she can’t speak. She longs to talk to him, to get to know him better, but first she needs to find her voice… and her courage. Melikk – Melikk lost a part of himself when his sholani and unborn son were killed during the war. While planning to avenge their deaths, he meets Chloe. The human female who hides in Makov’s barn has been traumatized by slavers. She cannot speak and she fears males, but her rare smiles and guarded glances make him feel alive again. But a male can’t have a second sholani, can he? When Torin wants to use Chloe to lure dangerous slavers, Melikk has to choose between love and duty. He has already lost one mate, he will not lose another, even if the fate of his world hangs in the balance. Amazon KU
SUBMITTED (STARMARKED WARRIORS BOOK 3) by Sam Burns and W M Fawkes
Beau: I never had a place to belong. The only gay kid in my small town on the shores of the southern Mississippi River, I’ve spent my life hiding who I am. And the night I came out of the closet? Yeah, my dad kicked me out of his house. But there’s not belonging, and then there’s being kidnapped and whisked off the flipping planet and hanging out with huge, intimidating extraterrestrials. Okay, given that I’ve been caged by a bunch of big blue aliens, I guess “hanging out” is an overstatement, but at least they’re feeding me. We get to an entirely new planet, and these warriors have more in mind for me than I’m prepared to give. Only, there’s one surly alien warrior who’ll put his life on the line to save mine. Vorian: Son of Crux the Progenitor, self-proclaimed savior of Thorzan, I have spent my life outcast from Thorzi society, watching…(more blurb on ebook seller page…) Amazon KU
THE CHOSEN by Kaitlyn O’Connor
The colonists thought the chaki were ugly troll-like beings, but harmless. They were wrong ….Kaya grew up without her mother and without any knowledge of the world her people had come from. Kept in poverty and ignorance, no living humans had any notion of what it was the chaki wanted from them. For the chosen never returned to tell any tales. The shifter, Rahn, who befriended her as a child and mentored her into adulthood, is her protector. Lord Mordan is the half-breed chaki aristocrat who selects her from among the chosen as his consort. But Kaya is the one true chosen–handpicked by fate to free her people from the chains of the chaki to freedom.
GLIMMER by Marjorie B Kellogg
VS Note: Not a romance, a scifi release of note. On my TBR List.
It’s 2110, the Earth’s glaciers have melted, and there’s no climate fix in sight. As refugees stream inland from the inundated coasts, social structures and national economies are stressed to the point of fracture. Food production falters. Pandemics rage. Rising sea level and devastating superstorms have flooded much of Manhattan and wrecked its infrastructure. Its residents have mostly fled, but a few die-hards have bet their survival on the hope that digging in and staying local is a safer strategy.
As the weather worsens, can a damaged population of poor folk, artists, misfits, and loners work out their differences in time to create a sustainable long-term society? In a lawless city, where the well-armed rich have appropriated the high ground, can an ex-priest find a middle road between non-violence and all-out war? The lives of his downtown band of leftovers will depend on it. Sheltering among them, a young girl named Glimmer struggles to regain a past lost to trauma. As her memory returns, she finds she must choose who and how to be, and who and what to believe in, even if it means giving up a love she has only recently found herself able to embrace.
HIS SECRET HEIR: DREAD LORD’S FATED MATE (KHULDUN WARRIORS BOOK 1) by Emma Alisyn and Celeste King
CHANDA – I’m just your average gal, a fugitive on the run from the possessive barbarian warlord who tried to claim me as his mate and drag me back to his planet as a blood concubine. I fled. He isn’t happy. How was I supposed to know he was a prince? And since I’m a wanted criminal on his planet, when he captures me, I don’t expect a happy reunion. One savage warrior prince pissed off at having to hunt me across galaxies? Check. Two walking, talking secrets I’ve kept from him? Double check. A mating frenzy I can’t escape, and an enemy who doesn’t want me to have a happily ever after? Yeah, check that too. Amazon KU
PUBLIC WORKS STEAMPUNK PRESENTS JANE EYRE by R A Harding and Charlotte Bronte
The classic story of Jane Eyre reset in a steampunk world, complete with zephyr-ships, clockwork, and automatons in addition to the original romance and mystery! As a child, Jane Eyre lives with her cold aunt and cruel cousins in the levitating manor Gateshead Hall, but is soon sent to Lowood Institution, the austere boarding school for orphans across continents in India. Jane eventually journeys back to England, to take the job of governess at Thornfield Hall, a mysterious manor that floats in the air above a lake and harbors a dark and shrouded secret.
CHOSEN BY THE ALIEN ADMIRAL (NOVA BRIDES BOOK 2) by Thea Dane
I worked my tail off to be the first female marine engineer in outer space. But my dreams became a nightmare when my spaceship crashed near an island on planet Xaxos. Siru, a muscled, blue-skinnned aquatic alien, rescued me. Turns out, he’s the admiral I was supposed to report to. He wanted a soldier. He didn’t expect me to be a civilian. Or a woman. I didn’t expect him to be such a stubborn alpha male. I’m turned all the way on, and that scares me. We have to work together to find the missing crew and defeat our shared enemy. Do I have what it takes or will the mission and my growing feelings for Siru be too much for me to handle? Amazon KU
LIES MY MEMORY TOLD ME by Sacha Wunsch
VS Note: Not a romance but a scifi release of note. It’s on my TBR List.
Enhanced Memory changed everything. By sharing someone else’s memory, you can experience anything and everything with no risk at all: learn any skill instantly, travel the world from home, and safeguard all your most treasured secrets forever. Nova’s parents invented this technology, and it’s slowly taking over their lives. Nova doesn’t mind—mostly. She knows Enhanced Memory is a gift.
But Kade says Nova doesn’t know the costs of this technology that’s taken the world by storm. Kade runs a secret vlog cataloging real experiences, is always on the move, and is strangely afraid of Nova—even though she feels more comfortable with him than she ever has with anyone. Suddenly there are things Nova can’t stop noticing: the way her parents don’t meet her eyes anymore, the questions no one wants her to ask, and the relentless feeling that there’s something she’s forgotten.
UNLEASHING BOAZ (ANGUIS DEFENDERS BOOK 3) by Stephanie West
Laney regretted blindly taking this job. She had no clue she’d be interpreting for prisoners, let alone aliens, or she would’ve run the other way. The alien is massive, with camouflaging skin and razor-sharp barbs lining his muscular forearms—a true predator. How could she communicate with him when she was too terrified to be in the same room? Yet something about him drew her in. Boaz came to Earth to return rescued humans. They thanked him by imprisoning and experimenting on him. He refused to cooperate but then a frightened human female crept into both his hardened hearts, unleashing a love and desire he never expected. Amazon KU
NIGHTWATCH ON THE HINTERLANDS (THE WEEP BOOK 1) by K Eason
VS Note: Not a romance but a scifi release of note.
THE TEMPLAR: When Lieutenant Iari hears screams in the night, she expects to interrupt a robbery or break up a fight. Instead she discovers a murder with an impossible suspect: a riev, one of the battle-mecha decommissioned after the end of the last conflict, repurposed for manual labor. Riev don’t kill people. And yet, clearly, one has. Iari sets out to find it. THE SPY: Officially, Gaer is an ambassador from the vakari. Unofficially, he’s also a spy, sending information back to his government, unfiltered by diplomatic channels. Unlike Iari, Gaer isn’t so sure the riev’s behavior is just a malfunction, since the riev were created using an unstable mixture of alchemy and arithmancy. As Gaer and Iari search for the truth, they discover that the murderous riev is just a weapon in the hands of a wielder with wider ambitions than homicide–including releasing horrors not seen since the war, that make a rampaging riev seem insignificant.
ENTICED BY THE SATYR: KINDRED TALES 38 by Evangeline Anderson
Mia could have had a beautiful life. She had a scholarship to Juilliard and a future as a concert pianist ahead of her. But that was before her boyfriend got her pregnant on prom night and her strict parents forced her to get married. Now her life has been spent as the wife of an abusive husband who hates the music she still loves to play. But she dreams of a better future…and she also dreams of a stranger in the dark, one who will offer love and tenderness instead of hatred and scorn. Storn is a Satyr—one of the Monstrum Kindred. Though he lives in a whole different universe, he begins to Dream Share with Mia. He longs to save her from her cruel husband, so when a rip opens in the fabric of space-time which leads from his universe into hers, he volunteers to go. But there is trouble brewing…more rips are opening in the fabric of space-time and whole universes are being overrun by the Darklings—embodiments of pure evil that strip their victims to the bone and fill whole solar systems with their malice. Can Storn save Mia from her abusive ex? And will the Monstrum Kindred come to Earth when the Darklings invade? More importantly, will they be allowed to call human brides when they themselves look so very different from regular Kindred?
SHADOWS OF ETERNITY by Gregory Benford
VS Note: Not a romance but a scifi release of note. It’s on my TBR List.
Shadows of Eternity is a novel set two centuries from now. Humanity has established a SETI library on the moon to decipher and interpret the many messages from alien societies we have discovered. The most intriguing messages are from complete artificial intelligences. Ruth, a beginner Librarian, must talk to alien minds—who have aggressive agendas of their own. She opens doors into strangeness beyond imagination—and in her quest for understanding nearly gets killed doing it.
FIERCE (ROGUE ALIEN WARRIORS BOOK 1) by Hattie Jacks
I only went out to the supermarket. Then I was abducted. By aliens. Freaking aliens! What the hell? So now I’m on another planet, at the mercy of one massive alien predator…And what an alien he is! Big muscles everywhere, handsome, winged and with a burning desire to eat me. Whole. Jyr is the leader of a fearsome alien species known as the Gryn. Dark and dangerous, winged and clawed, these predators need females, and he believes he already owns me. I’m not that sort of girl. For a start I don’t belong to him, or anyone. I’m not staying on this planet to produce babies for an alien male who stalks my every move. Who looks at me like I’m his perfect prey. Who makes me feel warm inside. Better than I’ve felt in a very long time. But none of that matters. I don’t belong here. I’ve got to get back to Earth, by any means possible. Just one problem…This alien predator isn’t going to let me go. Amazon KU
ADEPT OF CHAOS (EVE OF DESTRUCTION BOOK 2) by Benjamin Medrano
Evelyn’s deeds are coming back to haunt her. Free to travel among the stars, the former warlord is enjoying her freedom, even if she’s occasionally exasperated by the women who’ve attached themselves to her. They accompany her as she encounters wonders, from dryad terraforming ships to the orcish arenas of Skaloth. Yet Evelyn has enemies, and they have not forgotten her. They target one of the few people she truly cares about, knowing that Evelyn will come. When she does she may be drawn into a trap from which even she can’t escape. Amazon KU
XORA (VRISHA WARRIORS BOOK 1) by Olivia Riley
Beneath the surface of Oceanus, Grace Monrow spends her days in an underwater city working within the rigs, hoping the place doesn’t flood and drown her in her sleep. She just wants to get off the cold, watery world for good, where she doesn’t have to see another tentacled monstrosity or worry about creepy, deep-sea pirates ever again. Then a vrisha comes to the city, forcing workers out of their substation to fulfill some secret mission. Rumors about the alien are enough to scare even the bravest, but the company needs a volunteer to maintain the station. Grace is the lucky chosen. Pirates are now the least of her worries as the lethal vrisha becomes her workmate. Twisted horns, red eyes, dark fangs. When she encounters the real-life space devil, she’s a little freaked, to say the least. She also comes to find him arrogant, impatient, and stubborn. Yet, oddly mesmerizing. She knows full well he has no interest in humans, yet he’s willing to be near her, even to talk. His weirdly intense stare makes her wonder what he’s really thinking. Working with him could be dangerous.
Xora is committed to atoning for …(more blurb on ebook seller page…) Amazon KU
QUEEN’S RULES (DUET) by Treva Harte
In a world where too few women exist, men will do anything to claim them… and their favor. Every Good Boy Deserves Favor: Jewel. Ara. Maryam. In a world where too few women exist and too many men want them, three women are about to receive the surprise of their lives because… every good boy deserves favor. King of the Castle: Jewel thinks it’s one last chance for adventure. Maryam and Ara think it’s their only chance to escape a terrifying future. But when the women leave Castle Bloomingdell, they are captured by alien renegades with nefarious plans. It’s a battle of the sexes, and one heck of a sexy battle. But who will end up King of the Castle?
BIVROST NINE SAGA BOOK 1 by Andrew Tanner
VS Note: From SEPT 29. An LGBTQ+ scifi release of note, not listed as a romance.
Nysse Ann Hazara-Ghazi has spent thirteen years traveling the Three Arcs from Core to Rim and Frontier to Desolation, trying to forget the awful Human-Othren war that killed all her dearest friends. But a weary warrior with decades of experience working alongside Aliens is a valuable commodity in the twenty-second century, eight decades since Earth learned the secret to swift travel between the stars and humanity joined a burgeoning interstellar community. Tensions are again on the rise between the great powers, and many fear a new strife is brewing, well aware of the Plague that so often comes when planets go to war. Now Nysse has a new mission: take command of a remote outpost thousands of light years from Earth, home to a unique effort that seeks to give form to an old dream: a place where the many diverse peoples of known space can meet to work out their differences peacefully. Joined by Sam, a cyborg on his first off-world adventure; Winston, a brilliant but unorthodox scientist; and Ishlaa, an Othren priestess, Nysse and her new team face the daunting challenge of securing and governing a small city perched on the remnants of a shattered world, all alone in the night. Danger stalks their every choice, as no noble effort is without its enemies, some lurking in dark places where others fear to walk, waiting for their time. The year is 2159. The place: Bivrost Nine Amazon KU
KRAL (CYGNIAN 7 BOOK 2) by Cassandra Chandler
He’s waited long enough. Kral has respected the wishes of others for long enough. His new human friends, his parents, the king and queen of Cygnus-Prime. Earth might not be ready to know that aliens are real, but his soulmate is. He can feel it—feel her. And nothing will stop him from claiming her. For months, Becca Myers has been feeling a growing restlessness, like the electric crackle in the air before a storm. She knows that change is coming, but not how or…who. She never imagines that change is coming in the form of a huge, blue warrior determined to make her his own—let alone that he’s the prince of an alien world. Their coming together will set off a chain of events that will shape the future of both their worlds. But with enemies targeting them and those they love, will they survive to see it?
BARQA (QUEENS OF THE GANDRY BOOK 3) by V C Lancaster
After the death of Barqa’s abusive mother, Mirr, she and her sisters have to give up any future they might have wanted for themselves, and Bond their mother’s mates before the males die of withdrawal. Or that was the plan. Tirra and Senri, Barqa’s older sisters, are forming loving, succesful Bonds with the males they’ve divided amongst themselves. Only Barqa, the baby, fails, when her two males choose each other over her. She’s distraught. She wanted to prove herself. She wanted to pull her own weight. She wanted to be as strong as her sisters, not make them sacrifice while she gets away with doing nothing. She’s sick of being coddled and spoiled. She doesn’t want to be the lucky one anymore. Which is why she refuses to give in to Sarris, the beautiful, funny male untouched by Mirr who swears he wants Barqa as his Queen. He’s the only male – the only person – in the tribe who isn’t broken and scarred, and Barqa can’t help but want him. Anyone would. But Barqa can’t settle down with the male of her dreams, when her sisters have given up everything, can she? This is a 27,000 word novella that features an alien/alien romance. This novella follows on from Krol’s Goddess, Book 5 in the main Gandry/Ruth & Gron series, and is the sequel to ‘Tirra’ and ‘Senri’, which should be read first for the best enjoyment. Amazon KU
ALIEN ORPHAN (FATED MATES OF THE SEA SAND WARRIORS BOOK 3) by Ursa Dax
MELANIE – After getting dumped on an alien planet and left for dead by Earth’s leaders, I’m learning to adapt and rebuild my life. It’s what I’m good at. Keeping my head down. Surviving. But it turns out it’s kind of hard to keep your head down when the brooding, scarred alien warlord of the new tribe follows you with his glinting golden eyes wherever you go. It gets even harder when you find out you’re supposed to be his mate. Gahn Taliok makes a lot of promises, and I feel drawn to his hungry eyes and scarred body more than I want to admit. But experience has taught me be wary of things that seem too good to be true. I’ve been hurt one too many times. I couldn’t even trust my own people, my own family, on my home planet. How am I supposed to trust an alien warlord from across the universe with my heart? TALIOK – With so few women in my tribe, I never imagined a life with a mate. But fate, it seems, had other plans for me. ..(more blurb on ebook seller page…) Amazon KU
RESCUING HIS BRIDE by Tracy Lauren
VS Note: from SEPT 26.
How awful would it be to get abducted by aliens? Absolutely terrible, right? You lose your entire life, your friends, your family, everything. BUT! Imagine this: you get abducted, nearly sold into slavery, and then boom! In comes your hero. A hot, futuristic alien, He-man, Fabio, warrior type. He busts down the door, shoots all the bad guys, scoops you into his arms…and then? Happily ever after, of course. He takes you back to his place. But…what if his place turns out to be a grimy cargo hauler, packed sardine-tight with a bunch of creeps who haven’t seen a woman in God knows how long? You end up not being able to communicate with anyone—or you would be able to if anyone bothered to speak the one language programed into your translator. At some point it dawns on you: you’ve got no money, no clothes, and nowhere to go. You’re tethered to this guy. But that’s not even the worst of it! Turns out your “hero” is the lamest, most selfish lover you’ve ever been cursed to encounter. What then? And what if, this sent-from-Hell alien boyfriend decides to bet you in a game of space poker? Believe me, it really couldn’t be any more of a nightmare. You might even wonder when the real rescue was going to begin. Amazon KU
A PERFECT DAY WITH EXPLOSIONS (COMBINED OPERATIONS BOOK 3) by Dorothy Grant
Jenna Brooks is a welder, and a fashionista whenever she can afford it. AJ is a former Special Forces spacer, who finds himself completely outside his comfort zone with her. However, terrorist bombs can overcome almost any divide – the hard way. When Jenna stumbles over a corpse wearing an important clue, she’s roped into a high-stakes counterterrorism operation to uncover a counterfeit fashion ring that’s funding the terrorists. As the trail of blood money and knock-off shoes starts leading closer to home, Jenna’s going to need all the help she can get to stay alive. AJ’s just the man to do that – but he’s after a lot more than merely her safety. It may cost her everything she’s worked for… and also her heart. Amazon KU
MARKED BY KANE (GAY SCIFI SOULMATES BOOK 1) by H J Perry
VS Note: A re-release.
A monster of a man rescued me from a bleak, harrowing situation. He says I’m his missing slave and now he wants to keep me. His personal slave. KWIM? And he doesn’t just expect me to service his massive ego. He wants me to love him in the same way that he loves me. And live with him in a world where clothing is entirely optional. It sounds crazy to admit I feel I found my soulmate. My home. Where I belong. I have little to lose. No parents, no job, no place in college. And as for the bullies who’ve taunted me through high school, they are gonna think twice about what they’ve done if they ever see me with HIM. But am I ready to sacrifice everything I know to live so far away that it is out of this world? Time races on, and I have to decide. Amazon KU
PROMISED TO IDRIS (GAY SCIFI SOULMATES BOOK 2) by H J Perry
VS Note: A re-release.
I spent the night with the man of my dreams, and I promised him my soul. Now he’s come to stake his claim. The big beautiful man is a powerful prince in his realm And he’s used to getting what he wants. Even when he’s not dressed. He lives in a beautiful palace with views to die for. And now he wants me there by his side. He wants me – Just humble, ordinary me – and only me Forever. Mate, and it’s for life. From another world, the Raven Prince can take the form of a bird or a man, but he takes only one lover. It’s an opportunity too good to miss and an offer most people would grasp. But am I ready to sacrifice everything I know to live so far away with the royal family in a palace that it’s literally out of this world? Amazon KU
A VERY D’TALI HOLIDAY (WARRIORS OF THE D’TALI BOOK 9) by Ava York and Starr Huntress
Dojak, King of the D’tali, would do anything for his human mate, Sofia. When the winter blues get to her, he’s determined that she’ll have all the Earth traditions she’s missing. With the help of General Troko, court assassin Vokar and their mates, it’ll be a holiday no one will ever forget! A Very D’tali Holiday is *not* a standalone. Old friends are revisited, babies arrive, and much holiday chaos ensues! Amazon KU
TURO (KA’ATARI WARRIORS BOOK 4) by Kenzie Kelly
Emily fled to space to escape parents who’d become insufferable when her grandmother left her the considerable family fortune. On board the space station Shangris she thrived. Her upbeat, friendly nature shone and she could brighten any crew member’s day. It didn’t matter (much) that none of them truly knew her, or sought her out for friendship. Then the station disintegrated around her, leaving her confused and in a coma for six months. She woke up in alien space, her emotions loud and swinging like a pendulum from anger to sadness, staying far away from the joy she used to feel. The only one she can’t stay mad at is an emotionless cyborg. Turo never thought he’d be gifted with a rhun mate, but when he saw Emily’s broken body on the floor of the crumbling space station, he knew he was hers. He spent six months watching over her, gathering every bit of information he could from the other survivors. When the med pod releases her, it’s not the sweet, happy female he’s been described. She comes out spitting fire and demanding an equal level of emotion from him. His unusual nanites are no help, and he’s left wondering if his lack of emotion will cause him to lose her forever. Complicating their situation are a space pet, a sabotage plot, and a trip across space with no guaranteed return ticket. Amazon KU
STARDUST DREAMS (TWELFTH KEEPER BOOK 6) by Belle Mallory
Against incredible odds, Kennedy has pulled off the impossible. She survived a shipwreck, rescued Phoenix, and she’s traveling with a shipment that will give Earth invaluable protection. The journey back home should have offered smooth sailing, but happy ever after never works out as planned.
Obstacles block her every move: An unruly pirate with a secret. A powerful keeper bent on destroying her. One deadly quest. Earth isn’t the only planet on the line. Faced with uncertainty, Kennedy feels frozen and helpless to act. The worst part? Phoenix is too busy dealing with his own internal battles to be the hero she remembers. Now, more than ever, she desperately needs to lean on him. But without his memories guiding him, he’s still lost, stuck between a past he can’t remember and the future he craves. She can only hope he finds his way back to her. “If my soul has a compass, it always points to Phoenix. Wherever he goes, I follow.” The Twelfth Keeper series doesn’t belong to one particular genre. A blend of Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and Dystopia surrounds swoonworthy romance that takes place on Earth and across the Universe. Amazon KU
SHIP WHISPERER by Valerie J Mikles
VS Note: Not a romance but a scifi release of note. I put it on my TBR List.
A pilot yearning for adventure, Tabitha proudly flies missions scavenging supplies for her space-borne city. But when the Navicorp sends her to scavenge a derelict ship, it triggers a psychic link to the ship and the alien enemy that drove her people from their home planet. The unexpected connection puts Tabitha and her people in the crosshairs of the telepathic invaders who are determined to exterminate the human race. Her rapidly evolving ability to communicate with the alien ship unlocks a chain of secrets about her past that shakes her identity. The Captain’s eagerness to push her into danger challenges her loyalty. Can she use her new ability to save them? Will they turn on her and leave her at the mercy of the aliens? Amazon KU
STAR ON THE TIP OF THE MOON by Linda Mooney
Astronaut Aldyn Mackie is on his return trip home after serving his stint on a small space station. During that time he and NASA have been following a nebula through space that’s on track to bypass Earth…or it was. Now it’s heading straight for the planet. Set to re-enter the atmosphere in the next hour, NASA gives Aldyn the go ahead, informing him that he should be safe as the nebula will be gone by the time he lands. After all, it’s just a cloud of ions, gases, and dust, right? What could go wrong? When Aldyn lands it doesn’t take long to realize that something DID happen when the cloud enveloped the Earth. Something bad. The world has been wiped clean of every living thing. Gone, as if they’d just disappeared. And he soon discovers it’s terrifying being the last man alive. Trying to plan for a future is nearly impossible with no other humans, no animals for food or companionship, no birds or plants, or even insects. Aldyn knows he will die eventually, if he doesn’t go mad first. But when he catches a few glimpses of a woman in reflections, he begins to question his sanity. Is she real? If she is, who is she, and what is she doing here? He is desperate for human interaction, but if she doesn’t actually exist, his reality, and what’s left of his life, will be miserable at best.
EARTH HALLOWEEN FOR THE ALIEN (EARTH ANTICS FOR ALIENS) by C Y Croc
Gargo has a gig booked on Earth in an exclusive Vegas nightclub for Halloween. Hungover, he misses the shuttle flight with his band and has to make his own way to Earth and find the gig. Estelle has just lost her job to an alien, and worse, her boss boyfriend was behind the betrayal. She leaves him and heads for a new life in Vegas. The first female Gargo encounters is Estelle. She’s in a bit of bother with two Earth males. He helps her and even though she hates aliens; she agrees to take him to where he needs to go. There is a day of travelling ahead of them. Will sparks fly, or will Estelle’s hatred of aliens get in the way?
INSURRECTION (DARK DESIRES ORIGINS BOOK 3) by Nina Croft
Malpheas is one of the most powerful demons from Earth, but when he wakes up from cryo on the other side of the galaxy, he notices something is wrong—he’s human. Oh, hell no. In order to get his powers back, he must remove the sigil on his arm by carrying out three good deeds. But acts of kindness aren’t exactly his strong suit. Working undercover as a security officer investigating a suspicious death, he’s assigned to work with Hope, the most softhearted woman he’s ever met. If she can’t teach him how to be good, no one can. Hope is in a pot of trouble, and if anyone finds out what she did, that pot would quickly boil over. She just needs to lay low until she can figure out a way to fix this mess. But when she’s ordered to show Mal the ropes and introduce him to everyone, sorting out her problems becomes impossible. Mal is sexy as sin, broody as hell, and believes she can help him change his bad-boy ways. Fine. If that keeps him from discovering her ties to the rebellion, she’ll teach him how to be a perfect angel. As they work together, though, it becomes clear that Hope isn’t the only one with a hidden agenda, and their irresistible attraction to each other just adds fuel to the fire. When secrets are exposed, they must make the impossible choice between doing what’s right and doing what’s necessary. Light meets dark, good meets evil…and love can hurt like Hell.
A SHADOW IN THE EMBER (FLESH AND FIRE BOOK 1) by Jennifer Armentrout
Born shrouded in the veil of the Primals, a Maiden as the Fates promised, Seraphena Mierel’s future has never been hers. Chosen before birth to uphold the desperate deal her ancestor struck to save his people, Sera must leave behind her life and offer herself to the Primal of Death as his Consort.
However, Sera’s real destiny is the most closely guarded secret in all of Lasania—she’s not the well protected Maiden but an assassin with one mission—one target. Make the Primal of Death fall in love, become his weakness, and then…end him. If she fails, she dooms her kingdom to a slow demise at the hands of the Rot. Sera has always known what she is. Chosen. Consort. Assassin. Weapon. A specter never fully formed yet drenched in blood. A monster. Until him. Until the Primal of Death’s unexpected words and deeds chase away the darkness gathering inside her. And his seductive touch ignites a passion she’s never allowed herself to feel and cannot feel for him. But Sera has never had a choice. Either way, her life is forfeit—it always has been, as she has been forever touched by Life and Death.
CHILD OF LIGHT by Terry Brooks
At nineteen, Auris Afton Grieg has led an . . . unusual life. Since the age of fifteen, she has been trapped in a sinister prison. Why? She does not know. She has no memories of her past beyond the vaguest of impressions. All she knows is that she is about to age out of the children’s prison, and rumors say that the adult version is far, far worse. So she and some friends stage a desperate escape into the surrounding wastelands. And it is here that Auris’s journey of discovery begins, for she is rescued by an unusual stranger who claims to be Fae—a member of a magical race that Auris had thought to be no more than legend. Odder still, he seems to think that she is one as well, although the two look nothing alike. But strangest of all, when he brings her to his wondrous homeland, she begins to suspect that he is right. Yet how could a woman who looks entirely human be a magical being herself?
HAUNTED HOUSE: A KREWE OF HUNTERS NOVELLA by Heather Graham
Halloween! Strange things are going to happen and every year, while loving the holiday, members of the Krewe of Hunters also dread it. Something somewhere is bound to happen. And it does. Krewe member Jon Dickson’s fiancée Kylie Connelly is contacted by an old friend who has just moved to Salem, Massachusetts, when the unimaginable happens as the holiday approaches. Jenny Auger has just managed to buy the historic home of her dreams. But it comes with far more history than she ever imagined—the skeletal remains of seven victims interred in the old walls of the house years and years before—along with a threatening curse. And strange things are happening in the city. Bizarre attacks…murders that mimic days of old. With Halloween on the way. Kylie has a history with the city of Salem, and her strange talent for being within the minds of those under attack—first realized in the city—remains sharp. But the situation is far more dire than what they have discovered, with strange events and attacks occurring. And with all their talent for crime solving—with help from the living and the dead—it still remains to be seen if they can solve the murders of the past before Halloween, and the bloodbath that just might occur if the sins of a time gone by cannot be brought to light.
PERPETUAL POTION (HEDGWITCH FOR HIRE BOOK 4) by Christine Pope
Four months into being a not-so-platonic couple, Selena Marx and Calvin Standingbear are getting into the spirit of Halloween in Globe, Arizona, complete with elaborate costumes. Selena’s even agreed — a bit hesitantly — to do a limited number of Tarot readings for her best friend Josie’s blowout Halloween bash. The party is going spookily well…until Selena’s reading for high school principal Danny Ortega. The cards don’t hold back about his less-than-savory dalliances, predicting that karma won’t be kind. In fact, karma strikes back before the party’s even over — as Danny drops dead. When Danny’s ghost asks Selena to uncover who killed him, she has no choice but to dig through his rather checkered romantic past for clues. All while taking the next step in her and Calvin’s relationship — meeting his parents. And if that’s not enough to make Selena want to dive head-first into a bowl full of Halloween chocolate, discovering the heartbreaking truth behind Danny’s death might be the final blow.
CAMOUFLAGED (THE BUREAU BOOK 8) by Kim Fielding
VS Note: I love her books and had this pre-ordered.
Life isn’t always easy for a Bureau agent who’s also a dragon. Ever since Ralph Crespo was trapped in human form, he’s been going through the motions at a job he once loved. Maybe that’s why the Bureau chief seems to have demoted him to messenger. But this time a letter delivery allows Ralph to meet Anton Steinmann, and Ralph’s life takes a turn toward the unexpected. Anton loves his remote home with its extensive caves. He’s less fond of his leadership position, however, and definitely doesn’t want the offer Agent Crespo hands him. Then Anton is kidnapped and tortured. Someone wants him dead and he doesn’t know why. How can anyone be true to himself in a world where he doesn’t really belong? Perhaps Ralph and Anton can find the answer together—if they survive long enough. Amazon KU
NIGHT MAGICK (WARLOCKS MCGREGOR BOOK 9) by Michelle M Pillow
A modern-day Scottish paranormal romance by NYT Bestselling Author Michelle M. Pillow. Maura MacGregor might by new to the secretly magickal town of Green Vallis, but this isn’t her first dance with the devil. From the Highlands of Scotland to the valleys of Wisconsin.
PETS AND PAROLEES (CLAW AND ORDER BOOK 3) by Molly Fitz
It’s a sad day when I’m the Magical Corrections System’s best shot at bringing down a corrupt magic user who’s determined to sell his power to the highest bidder. My former con-man ways are quite the asset for MCS, not that I ever get any thanks. At least they’re letting up on my leash to let me go undercover, but they’ve saddled me with a slobbery new chaperone. I only just got used to working with the girls, and now I’m stuck with a mangy dog shifter, who—like me—is stuck in his fur for the foreseeable future. You know what they say about cats and dogs? Good thing I’m not a real cat. I just look and act… and ugh, I smell like one too. Not for much longer, though. Because if I can crack this case in record time, they just might reward me with my freedom. All I can say to that is FINALLY!
WICKED VAMPIRE LOVER (ROYAL BLOOD SAGA BOOK 3) by Bella Klaus
I’ve got more targets on my back than I can count. Time is running out, and our enemies. If I don’t find a way to save us all, then I can say goodbye to my wicked vampire lover. Amazon KU
INHERITANCE (MONARCHS OF HELL BOOK 3) by R L Caulder and M Sinclair
The war to take back the Kingdom of Pura from the traitors is beginning… and I’ve been whisked away from everything that matters to me. He holds me prisoner at his castle, claiming nothing and no one else matters outside of us. That I’ll forget about it all as we start our eternal life together. The man is delusional if he thinks he can stop me from being on the front lines and with the people I love. He’ll learn that even the most powerful being in the realm can’t control me. With the lives of everyone on the line, I’ll play the devil’s advocate until it’s time to turn the tables on him. No one will prevent me from saving my Kingdom. Amazon KU
COWBOYS: A BOYS BEHAVING BADLY ANTHOLOGY by Various
VS Note: Ok although cowboys may seem pretty far afield for this report, there are three stories in here that are SFR or PNR.
Get ready to fall in love with sensual tales filled with the earthy scent of horses, cows, and crisp, clean sweat; the sight of sun-leathered skin and crow’s feet; the feel of work-hardened thighs and arms; and the sound of a deep-voiced drawl.
DARK WINE AT DISASTER (A HILL VAMPIRE NOVEL BOOK 6) by Jenna Barwin
Henry and Cerissa’s long overdue engagement party is off to a joyous start. As they sweep across the dance floor, eyes locked on each other and hearts overflowing with love, they believe nothing can stand in the way of their happiness. But when an employee of Henry’s winery threatens to expose Henry’s vampire nature to the world, and Mother Nature hits them with a wallop that could destroy his business, the couple’s future comes under fire. Henry is afraid to tell Cerissa about the financial threats he faces—being a man raised in the 1800s means he must solve his problems himself. Still, he could really use her help. Cerissa knows something is wrong. But as a Lux angel, her relationship experience is limited, and her instinct to fix things only makes matters worse. As disaster after disaster shakes them, will their relationship survive, or will their love go up in flames? Amazon KU
HEARTS AND MINDS A SHIFTER CHRONICLES STORY by M D Grimm
VS Note: A re-release
With the construction for their shifter rehabilitation clinic in Haven underway, Xavier and Josh couldn’t be happier, professionally. But their busy lives leave them little alone time. It’s putting a strain on their relationship, and they still haven’t had anything close to a honeymoon. Josh realizes Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and sees an opportunity he can’t let get away. But never having observed the holiday before, he has no idea what Xavier might want. All Xavier knows is that Josh wants to celebrate, but he has no clue how. Before either of them makes a concrete decision, a bear shifter attacks Haven and threatens to trample their romantic plans.
CURSE OF THE PHOENIX (THE ARCANE IRREGULARS BOOK 1) by Dan Willis
VS Note: From SEPT 26
New York Police Lieutenant Danny Pak has a problem. When one of his officers calls him out to an unusual crime scene, Danny realizes that it’s terrifyingly similar to something the department thought was dead and buried. Now he has to find a madman before the story hits the papers and the city explodes into chaos. Across town, Agent William “Buddy” Redhorn of the FBI has two problems. He’s been assigned a potentially career-ending case with magical ties, and his sorceress boss is out of town. The case involves a stolen statue that belongs to the government of Brunei, but the more he chases the thieves, the more bodies begin to drop. Bodies affected by a strange, unknown magic. Resolving to work together, Danny and Redhorn have to catch a cold-blooded killer, recover a stolen artifact, all while keeping everything out of the press. If they don’t, it will be more than their careers that will die when the curse of the Jade Phoenix descends on New York. Amazon KU
FLOWERS FOR THE SEA by Zin E Rocklyn
We are a people who do not forget. Survivors from a flooded kingdom struggle alone on an ark. Resources are scant, and ravenous beasts circle. Their fangs are sharp. Among the refugees is Iraxi: ostracized, despised, and a commoner who refused a prince, she’s pregnant with a child that might be more than human. Her fate may be darker and more powerful than she can imagine.
THE GHOST OF MORLEY MANOR by Tricia Schneider
When Alice Worthington’s father dies, he leaves Morley Manor and all his debt to her and her younger brother. Desperate to find a way to pay the creditors, Alice performs a séance to contact the spirit of the last man to have seen the jewels rumored to be hidden within her home. Sir Nicholas, a two-hundred-year-old roguish ghost, strikes a bargain with Alice. Find his earthly remains and bury them in consecrated ground. Only then will he reveal the location of the hidden jewels. Alice agrees not knowing when the time comes, she must decide between saving her home or saving the soul of the charming ghost who haunts Morley Manor. Amazon KU
DANCE OF A BURNING SEA (THE MOUSAI BOOK 2) by E J Mellow
Within the world of Aadilor, there is a hidden place called the Thief Kingdom, where both magic and pleasure abound. There, the Mousai, a trio of deadly sorceresses bound by oath and blood, use their powers to protect the kingdom’s treasures. Niya Bassette brings the potent gift of dance to the Mousai, but behind her tempting twirls, she carries a heavy secret—that the infamous pirate lord, Alōs Ezra, has been threatening to exploit for years. Now banished from the Thief Kingdom for smuggling, Alōs resurfaces in Niya’s life with a plot to hold her hostage, leveraging what he knows to extort a pardon from the Thief King. But Niya makes her own deal with Alōs to guard her secret and guarantee her freedom—yet in doing so binds herself aboard his pirate ship, where she must navigate deadly waters, a bloodthirsty crew, and her own traitorous heart. Soon, a simmering attraction between her and Alōs threatens their delicate truce and makes for a tumultuous ride on the open seas. Far from her kingdom, Niya is entangled in a dangerous dance indeed. Amazon KU
A DARK WELCOME (HEATHENS BOOK 1) by Oyinda Aro
London. Two grande houses grace the banks of the Thames… A sanctuary for budding witches and warlocks to master their powers and learn of their heritage. But as three troubled young witches immerse themselves into their new world, they start to realise that the ancient city may hide a darker secret. A force stalks them through the streets and terrifying visions tell of horrors to come. But does the danger lie outside the house, or deeper within…? Amazon KU
WHISKEY SOUR SLAYING (MYSTIC BAR MYSTERIES BOOK 1) by Constance Barker
When Wanda Sperling is called upon to take over her late Aunt’s Tavern, she didn’t know she’d be inheriting a kitty with supernatural abilities. The tavern is known for its special alcoholic concoctions as well as their weekly Trivia night. But when one of the patrons ends up dead, tongues begin to waggle. And when Zeus, resident paranormal kitty, begins speaking to Wanda in the victim’s voice, things get really weird. Most of the Tavern’s regulars, like Tweetie, the bar’s waitress, and Two Dog Donnie, resident cook, are familiar with Zeus’ abilities. Wanda’s aunt was part psychic and perhaps Wanda has not only inherited the Tavern but her supernatural skills as well. Only time will tell. Since the victim was loathed by most of the town, Wanda has her work cut out for her if she wants to get her cat back to normal and rid herself of the cretin inhabiting him. Welcome to Port Jennings, where the lobster is fresh and the town folk are eccentric. Amazon KU
LITTLE THIEVES by Margaret Owen
VS Note: Retelling of The Goose Girl folk tale
Vanja Schmidt knows that no gift is freely given, not even a mother’s love—and she’s on the hook for one hell of a debt. Vanja, the adopted goddaughter of Death and Fortune, was Princess Gisele’s dutiful servant up until a year ago. That was when Vanja’s otherworldly mothers demanded a terrible price for their care, and Vanja decided to steal her future back… by stealing Gisele’s life for herself.
The real Gisele is left a penniless nobody while Vanja uses an enchanted string of pearls to take her place. Now, Vanja leads a lonely but lucrative double life as princess and jewel thief, charming nobility while emptying their coffers to fund her great escape. Then, one heist away from freedom, Vanja crosses the wrong god and is cursed to an untimely end: turning into jewels, stone by stone, for her greed. Vanja has just two weeks to figure out how to break her curse and make her getaway. And with a feral guardian half-god, Gisele’s sinister fiancé, and an overeager junior detective on Vanja’s tail, she’ll have to pull the biggest grift yet to save her own life.
OF TAILS AND MISTLETOE (OF MAGIC AND SCALES BOOK 4) by Natalina Reis
In this Christmas novella in the Of Magic & Scales series, the usual cast of zany but lovable characters is back to love and to hold the clueless groom on his way to married bliss. With or without the mistletoe. Aiden Mercer is about to become Naël Fouchard’s husband. Their Christmas wedding is all the ex-detective can think of now that his life has settled into a comfortable routine and no one is threatening his life or that of those he loves. But whose bright idea was it to put him in charge of finding a venue for the wedding? Or to give him a case of mertail-napping to solve?
FAMILIAR LOVE: A SPELLBINDING LESBIAN INSTA LOVE by Harmony Fuller
October Barlow is a Witch in theory with the power to see and speak to the ghosts of the dead. But with no Familiar by her side, no reputable magic company will hire her and there is no mystic solution for rent. So it’s no surprise that she can see just how deceased her career is. Desperate for any job, she takes on a pet funeral that might lead her through the door of destiny. Kaz is a Familiar with no Master and she likes it that way. Spending her day’s contently running a potion shop, she helps supplement any magical needs that might be above the abilities of the local Witch’s Familiars. It is the perfect life, until a down on her luck Witch walks into her shop. And her life. Kaz can feel the power buried just below October’s self doubt. As the seeds of magic start to grow between them, the Familiar faces an impossible choice. Lose her soul to a Master, or walk away from the love of her life.
URANUS (SOLAR MATES BOOK 2) by Eva Delany and Jewels Arthur
I’m Uranus, and I’m the best. Whether it’s baseball or boning, there’s no way I’m letting anyone else get on top. My game, my rules. Even when my rival sets up shop—backed by mob money—and tries to run me out of business, I know I can kick their ass. Alone. It’s not like I’m going to start needing someone now. Besides, guys are good for one thing only. And you know what that is. Even when a plucky Fae blackjack dealer, a well-dressed possum shifter, and extra-fuzzy plant doctor tug on my heart, I know I can’t let them in.
ACOLYTE OF TRUTH (FORGOTTEN GODS BOOK 5) by Laura Greenwood
Having served Ma’at faithfully for many years, High Priestess Edrice is given a once in a life time opportunity. All she has to do is take a test. If she succeeds, she’ll become a goddess in her own right. If she fails, she will cease to exist in this life and the next. But with the art of making new deities lost to most of the other gods and goddesses, there are more risks than Menefer wants her to take. How can Edrice decide between her heart and her destiny? And is there a way she can keep both.
TO BRING HIM HOME AND OTHER TALES by Warren Rochelle
VS Note: From SEPT 11
Home, a place where we belong and are safe and loved. Home, the house in which we grew up, a neighborhood, a culture, even a country. Home is a state of mind, it is a place of the heart, and in the heart. Finding home, coming home, and bringing home the one we love is a journey, a journey that can be a dangerous adventure. For the lovers in these stories, adventures can include quests and fighting dragons and demons, past and present, physical as well as mental and emotional. Rocket launchers need to be dodged, the Wild Hunt needs to be outrun. For some of the lovers here, home has been lost, or they have been forced to leave, as is too common for LGBT+ youth. In this collection queer positive speculative fiction stories, explore the idea of what and where home is in the lives of these lovers. Will they survive their quests, defeat their monsters? Will they find a place to call home?
JACK-O-LANTERN MAGIC (FAMILIAR KITTEN MYSTERIES BOOK 7) by Sara Bourgeous
Halloween hijinks abound! The Halloween Festival in Coventry is one of the biggest celebrations of the year, but when a prop in the haunted house attraction turns out to be a real dead body, Kinsley has to solve the crime one spell at a time. Amazon KU
THE SERPENT LORD (CROWN OF OMALIS BOOK 1) by Wren Murphy
Princess Sarra of Olmalis is a vision of the future—poised, proud, and confident. As her kingdom settles into peace after a long civil war, she yearns to escape the shackles of expectation her father and his court place upon her. But when she is abducted at the command of a man known only as ‘The Serpent Lord’, Sarra is led to question everything she has ever known. Taken from the safety of her castle to the treacherous bogs and cold, stone walls of a forgotten city called Ro’al, she embarks on a journey searching for answers, intent on solving the mystery of her intriguing captor. However, the more she learns of The Serpent Lord and his plight, the more she discovers secrets that surround her kingdom and the people who rule it. When she finally uncovers the truth, will Sarra trust her past or will she believe in her future?
PUMPKIN ROLL RECKONING (MUREDER IN THE MIX BOOK 39) 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. It’s Thanksgiving in Honey Hollow and Lottie is busy trying to keep up with all of the holiday pie orders down at the bakery. A mystery woman barrels into town and dishes out a few threats to Noah and Everett that can put Lottie’s reputation and career on the line. Meanwhile, Noah and Cormack’s housewarming party ends in tragedy when a killer lands themselves on the guest list and decides to cook up a little murder for the night. Turkeys, threats, and killers abound and if the residents of Honey Hollow can make it out of November alive, they’ll have plenty to be thankful for. 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. Amazon KU
HER WOLF IN THE WILD: F/F PARANORMAL ROMANCE by Rien Gray
The Hounds of God MC live outside the law and protect their own. They only have three rules:
(1) look out for each other – (2) obey the club president – (3) never show a human your werewolf form.
Christiana Arjean needs to get out. She tried to fix her relationship, but making a break for it is her only shot. She almost doesn’t make it, until a butch biker with a shock of white hair tosses Christiana on the back of her bike. Micah is as mysterious as she is attractive, and Christiana wants to know what’s under that tough exterior. Micah Nubilo knows a little bit about keeping secrets. Rescuing Christiana is a bad idea, and letting her hang around is even worse. But there’s something calling to Micah: an impossible bond no werewolf should ever feel for a human, even one as beautiful as Christiana. Their growing intimacy is threatened when they realize their pasts are connected in ways they never could have imagined. Christiana and Micah must fight against threats both outside the pack and inside themselves for a chance at putting it all behind them and finding a way forward—together.
FIX YOUR CROWN by Various
VS Note: From SEPT 28. Contains at least one PNR story.
Fix Your Crown is a collection of 13 stories about bold Heroines who cannot be stopped. With each purchase, we are donating 100% of the royalty to a charity that will empower women to fix their crowns.
BREATHING FIRE (ROYAL DRAGONS BOOK 1) by Alexi Ferreira
RAGOR – As one of the Royal Dragon’s and a being to be reckoned with, I rule by example. Even though we live among the humans and our powers are limited, we are still a force of nature that most fear. That is, everyone but Lua. The minute our eyes clash I realize my error in thinking that I would never be defeated, this petite human blows into my life like a hurricane, bringing me to my knees. LUA – Just because he is feared by all for being one of the most notorious underworld crime lords, doesnt mean I will fall at his feet. I have lived my whole life among men that rule with force, I have learnt to stand up to them. Ragor might be different, his very presence overpowers those around him, I wish I could say he didn’t affect me, but I will not bend, I will stand firm and rule his Dragon heart. Can a human concur a forged curse? Amazon KU
PACK ALPHA (WHITE WOLF TRILOGY BOOK 3) by Alice Wilde
I thought I’d found home when I was taken to my father’s estate, only to realize I never knew what real home was … not until I met the Fae. And then him. Now, I have a choice to make. Stay here and be driven insane by the bond that pushes me to mate with my men, or go back and find a way to sever it for good … or die trying. Problem is, I don’t really have a choice …Not if my heart and the Fae have anything to say about it. Amazon KU
WARRIORS OF GOD (HUSSITE TRILOGY BOOK 2) by Andrzej Sapkowski
VS Note: The author of The Witcher.
When the Hussite leaders entrust Reynevan with a dangerous secret mission, he is forced to come out of hiding in Bohmeia and depart for Silesia. At the same time, he strives to avenge the death of his brother and discover the whereabouts of his beloved. Once again pursued by multiple enemies, he must contend with danger on every front.
THE SPAWN OF SPIRACY (A DISASTER OF DOKOJIN BOOK 2) by Jesse Nolan Bailey
VS Note: Listed as LGBTQ+ Dark Fantasy Horror
The Sachem has fled his Fortress. Many fear that he intends to turn on the Decayer Device. Hoping to stop this, Annilasia resolves to track down the Sachem. But her plan falters when she discovers that, should the Sachem succeed in turning on the Device, the dokojin attached to her will rip her apart. Before she can save the world from the Sachem, she must first find a way to save herself. Meanwhile, Jalice sets out to locate her long-lost brother, Kerothan. It is only with his help that she can hope to save the Sachem from his own wickedness. But the sins of the past are not soon forgotten, and Kerothan has no intentions of mending old wounds. He’s more concerned with the infestation of twisters that scheme to unleash a new evil…a new evil that eludes detection and festers in a forsaken place.
HARBINGER (THE ELDRITCH SERIES) by Augustina Van Hoven
On All Hallows’ Eve, the barrier between the living and the dead is thinnest.
Nicholas Harwood has inherited an unusual job—keeping the dead quiet. For several nights before All Hallows’ Eve, he pours a potion derived from a family recipe on the graves of the late residents of Dante’s Hollow to keep the dead from walking. So far, he’s been successful. But something—in addition to snow—is in the wind, and he can’t stop it alone. Nicholas and his unlikely group of companions—a druid sorcerer, a witch, and a ghost or two—are locked in a power struggle with rogue supernatural powers intent on unleashing great evil.
WITHIN THESE WICKED WALLS: A NOVEL by Lauren Blackwood
Andromeda is a debtera—an exorcist hired to cleanse households of the Evil Eye. She would be hired, that is, if her mentor hadn’t thrown her out before she could earn her license. Now her only hope of steady work is to find a Patron—a rich, well-connected individual who will vouch for her abilities.
When a handsome young heir named Magnus Rorschach reaches out to hire her, she takes the job without question. Never mind that he’s rude and demanding and eccentric, that the contract comes with a number of outlandish rules… and that almost a dozen debtera had quit before her. If Andromeda wants to earn a living, she has no choice. But she quickly realizes this is a job like no other, with horrifying manifestations at every turn, and that Magnus is hiding far more than she has been trained for. Death is the most likely outcome if she stays, the reason every debtera before her quit. But leaving Magnus to live out his curse alone isn’t an option because—heaven help her—she’s fallen for him.
DARCY’S OMEGA: A PRIDE AMND PREJUDICE OMEGAVERSE VARIATION by Emma East
VS Note: From SEPT 7.
Elizabeth Bennet has happily lived her whole life as a beta, with no aspirations to live a pampered life as one of those omegas cherished by elite, upper crust alphas. But when strangers show up to the Meryton assembly and an alpha named Darcy takes a keen interest in her, Elizabeth wonders whether this beta has found a dream come true. Handsome, wealthy, with eyes she could sink into–if only he would stop insisting she’s an omega! When she sets out to prove Darcy wrong, it sets into motion events that will change her life. And there is only one alpha this omega wants during her heat.
PIRATE’S TREASURE (PIRATES IN TIME BOOK 2) by Stephanie Flynn
An enlightening text hours before her I-do ceremony left forty-year-old Angela Foxe brokenhearted and cursing technology. Having decided no decent guys are left, Angela is only interested in a good time, and at the Tall Ships festival, she intends to fulfill that wish with a little pirate booty. Instead, she finds herself transported to 1715. Newly-minted Captain Henry Price can finally lead the crew. It’s not treasure he wants, but gold will give him the leverage he needs to hunt the Spanish warship responsible for his brother’s murder, even if it costs him his life. When a woman appears on his ship, challenging everything he believes in, Price will have to choose which future he wants, if there is to be any future at all. When the captain promises to keep her safe from the unruly crew until she disembarks at port, Angela is flattered. And when the captain treats her as an equal and defies her prejudices against men, she can’t help but swallow the pain of returning home. Amazon KU
LADY GRIM 2021: A HALLOWEEN ANTHOLOGY by Various
VS Note: From SEPT 16.
When the clock strikes twelve on All Hallows’ Eve and the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead is at its thinnest, Lady Grim comes out to play…This Halloween, join thirteen of the hottest authors of WLW fiction as they lead you to the places where darkness dwells. From stories that burn and bubble to deals with the devil, from tales of creatures of the night to those that explore the shadowy reaches of the human heart, this macabre collection of short stories is guaranteed to make you sleep with the lights on. Amazon KU
THE FORTUNA COIN by Karen Ann Hopkins
VS Note: I really debated adding this one because domestic violence is such a difficult subject – trigger warnings bigtime for this book! – but the reviews were pretty much all positive and if it’s a time travel romance as billed, there must be an HEA, right? I checked for other reviews and no one mentioned it NOT having a satisfying ending so…I was intrigued by it, despite the awful way the book begins. I read the Look Inside and was caught up in the story already so I one clicked. I HAVE to see the happy ending.
Wendy Catalano, a newly remarried mother of four, finds herself, her husband and her children, murder victims of her ex-husband. A family heirloom takes her back in time to the beginning of her relationship with her eventual killer where she’s given the magical opportunity to change the future and stop her family’s tragic ending. But she isn’t aware that she’s reliving a tortured life. With only glimpses of the future, Wendy struggles to survive present day, unaware that a bloody and unforgiving destiny awaits her. The Fortuna Coin is a haunting psychological thriller about domestic abuse and second chances…but will the truth really set Wendy free? Amazon KU
A HAUNTING TOUCH (MEMORY GUILD BOOK 4) by Ward Parker
I’m Darla. I’m a psychometrist. I can read thoughts and emotions left upon objects. Some people call my ability a “gift.” Some people are idiots. You see, my ability isn’t providing easy answers when I try to learn who killed one of my inn’s guests, a developer about to cover a scenic meadow with condos. The dead developer created another problem. Turns out his job site was the location of a long-ago demolished sanatorium. Unmarked graves are uncovered. And my “gift” is leaving me haunted by the memories of some of the sanatorium’s deceased patients: shifters and other supernaturals. I feel obligated to find justice for the victims, as well as solve the murder of my guest, with the help of the Memory Guild. They’re great at uncovering forgotten history. But they’re no help whatsoever in solving my problems. Like finding my second husband who’s still missing, without offending the dreamy detective who wants to be more than friends.Or, teaching my daughter how to help me at my historic inn, without her burning the place down. Or, making sure my inn’s own resident ghosts behave, without encouraging the Elvis impersonator’s spirit to sing “Hound Dog” in the middle of the day. I’d always believed that in middle age I’d be living the good life. Instead, I’m living the psychic life. Of magic, mayhem, and murder. Amazon KU
HALLOW BLEND (PARAMOUR BAY PARANORMAL COZY MYSTERY BOOK 22) by Kennedy Layne
Lighted jack-o-lanterns, spooky music, and scary costumes set the scene for the annual trick-or-treat event in Paramour Bay. What should have been a fun and exciting holiday turns out to be a catastrophe of epic proportions! The village druid has spent most of the past year preparing for something dire that only she has foreseen, giving Raven and her friends little insight on what to expect or how to prepare for yet another apocalyptic event. No one is sure what to expect, but chaos ensues from the moment Mr. Leo stumbles and falls into a grave that has been disturbed inside the gates of the local cemetery. Were they simply dealing with vandalism, or has the dead begun rising from the grave? Amazon KU
DEMON PACK by Jaymin Eve and Everly Frost
I run with my own pack—my four demon wolves and the two friends I would kill to protect. We might be the rejected shifters of the Vegas supernaturals, different and unwanted, but our pack is strong. Feared. Think of us as your local supernatural vigilantes. With my demon wolves secretly watching our backs, we’re unstoppable. Until the night the first rune appears on the streets. A rune that hasn’t been seen for hundreds of years, sending the Vegas supernaturals into a tailspin. It seems that the Master of Demon Runes has returned, a demon with unlimited power to deceive and kill, dragged up from the depths of the underworld itself. What he wants, no one knows. Except maybe… me. Because there’s a teeny tiny chance that my demon wolves used to be his. And an even larger chance he won’t return to the underworld without them… Or without me. Amazon KU
HOUSE OF MATCHSTICKS by Elisa Downing
VS Note: Fantasy steampunk.
Sixteen-year-old Isaline is under massive pressure. Only alive thanks to Death’s intervention when she was a baby, she’s too shy to speak up when there’s an attempt to steal her mysterious red pendant at school. And getting so emotional that she fails her crucial weapons review, things worsen when she runs into a suspicious but intriguing thief. Forced to work together to survive the threats of the wilderness, Isaline is surprised to be hitting it off with the rogue. But there’s little time for sparks to fly as her unusual necklace attracts bold treasure hunters, two-faced spies, and ferocious beasts … all in search of the fabled House of Matchsticks. Can this strong young warrior graduate her final year before she succumbs to the clutches of evil? House of Matchsticks is a third person, multi-POV series with found family, enemies to lovers slow-burn romance (straight and LGBTQ+), and a healthy dose of action/adventure. This is Part 1 in the series. Expect a cliffhanger.
TIDE OF TRICKS (SHADOWS OF LONDON BOOK 2) by Ariana Nash
Reeling from recent revelations and forced to lie for Kempthorne, the unthinkable happens: Dom fails the latent competency test. One more strike and he’ll be deemed unstable, have his registration stripped, and the life he’s come to love at Kempthorne & Co will be over. If that weren’t bad enough, someone is stalking him, taunting him. Someone who knows what Dom did all those years ago. While Dom juggles Kempthorne’s lies and his own shady past, latents are being murdered. The police won’t help, so it’s up to Dom, Kempthorne & new-recruit Kage (Hollywood) to find the killer, before they strike too close to home. Dom soon finds himself at the heart of it all with his control slipping, his trick breaking free, and the shadows rising. He’s coming undone. And for unstable latents, there’s only one way out. Amazon KU
STRONG WINE (SWORD BANCE BOOK 3) by A J Demas
Retired soldier Damiskos and his lover Varazda have been living together in Boukos for a month, and their future is beginning to look bright. Then Damiskos receives a letter summoning him home to Pheme—where his parents are deeply in debt, his brother is being hunted by loan sharks, and an unwanted arranged marriage looms. And that’s before Damiskos is charged with murder. Fortunately, he’s not alone. Old friends are back in Pheme. And Varazda—eunuch, sword-dancer, and spy—has solved mysteries before. But saving his lover from execution and from marriage will take time, and with only days until Dami’s trial, time is running out.
TRICK OR ORC: A MONSTERLY YOURS ROMANCE by S J Sanders
Kassie Edwards—When a messy divorce, an absentee father who can’t even bother to call, and small-town gossip leaves my kids hurting, I decide that it’s time for a fresh start. Armed with our few possessions and limited savings, we move across realms to help out at my—until recently fellow-divorcee—best friend’s new cafe, The Spiced Pumpkin, just in time for the Halloween season. Ghostly goblins may have it in for me this time as everyone prepares for the greatest festival the village has ever seen. Pumpkin patches, carnivals and a goblins ball are a delight, and I’m tempted to trust my heart again by an Orc whose confections are only as sweet as his heart. Garval Ironclaw—Ever since the last harvest festival, I haven’t been able to get a certain female out of my mind. Even now that I’ve hung up my battle axe in exchange for the warm comforts of a cozy kitchen in my own bakery …(more blurb on ebook seller page…) Amazon KU
THE UNSEELIE PRINCE (MAZE OF SHADOWS BOOK 1) by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
As the son of the Morrigan and heir to the vacant Unseelie throne, Valroy itches to shed the mantle of prince and take his place as King. To his great regret one ancient tradition stands in his way, demanding he first take a bride. With all the members of the Unseelie court proving to be insufferable, what is a prince to do? Steal a human, of course. Abigail often wonders if the townsfolk aren’t right in calling her cursed. Abandoned by her husband and with no family to call her own, everything in her life hangs by a thread. Never did she expect her downfall would come by taking pity on an old hermit. Abducted into the dangerous world of Tir n’Aill, Abigail is thrust into a terrifying Maze that defies all logic. There, she finds herself at the mercy of an Unseelie prince with a strange offer—solve his Maze and he’ll grant her deepest wish…If she can live that long. Amazon KU
HEATH – MARSHALL’S SHADOW BOOK 5 by Kathi S Barton
Paige Avery had been deep, undercover with her brother, James. Their target had been spotted, but something went wrong. The bullets came from everywhere, killing most of the people in the room. Sent to retrieve them, Rebel Marshall popped in and took the unconscious Page and James back to her home to recover. If Paige and James hadn’t already been immortal, they would have died for sure. As it was, Paige was too weak to shift, and until she could, it would be a long recovery. Heath found James in the barn. The man seemed friendly enough, but Heath didn’t trust strangers easily. Heath was ready to go about his business when he smelled the boy. The boy was hurt and hiding it well, that is until he crumpled from the pain. Heath called for Rodney, and they got the boy back to the house. Paige shouldn’t have been out of bed, but her concern for her nephew had her moving slowly. Told to sit in a chair before she hurt herself further, Paige caught Heath’s scent and realized he was her mate, and a string of curses flew out of her mouth in seven different languages.
DEMON KING’S DESTINY (MARRIED TO THE DEVIL BOOK 6) by Roxie Ray and Skye Wilson
My mother, who is a powerful witch, had a prophecy—I will marry Mal, one of the Kings of Hell, become pregnant, and our child will save the earth. It’s not exactly the life I dreamed of, but I’ll do whatever it takes to save those I love. Now she’s bound Mal to earth and rendered him human so we can be together, and I’m starting to think that marrying a demon isn’t as bad as it sounds. He’s sinfully hot and it’s sexy how he’s so protective of me. Given the forces in heaven and hell aren’t happy about the idea of our child, I think I’m going to need all the protection I can get…Except there’s one minor detail of the prophecy that I’m convinced is wrong—my husband will die. I don’t care what any damn prophecy says. I’m not going to let anything happen to Mal and we’ll fight heaven and hell to be together. Amazon KU
OWED A NIGHT (OBSCURE MAGIC BOOK 12) by Viola Grace
Jennel is looking to settle down, and Redbird City is the place for it. She and her nephew, Corit, are looking for a place they can be safe from hostile orc clans and a decades-old vision. She registers as an elemental with the local mayor’s office, and they connect her with the orc clan speaker. She can apply to him to gain protection for her nephew and, hopefully, entry into a clan. Once she’s registered, she returns to her new house to meet the movers, and a parade of orcs moves stuff from the van to the house when she meets her new neighbour. Day-ek just got off a shift and noticed the fae woman sitting on the deck and a set of three orcs moving furniture into the house. He comes over to introduce himself, and he takes in her curves and the very frank assessment she gives him and offers to give her a hand. Jennel introduces Day-ek to Corit, and when her mention of having to meet the speaker inspires a grin, she gets a funny feeling about her neighbour. When she meets the speaker and he gives her that cheeky grin while he demands a night with him for each of the three clans he speaks for, she knows that Corit is safe, and she’s got a date. And then… things get complicated.
DEMON VALLEY PACK (PRETTY LITTLE MONSTER TRILOGY BOOK 1) by Avery Stone
“Fated love means nothing when we can avoid extinction. One tiny sacrifice will appease the shadows. It’s a shame, really. You’ve always been my pretty little monster.” Those were the last words I heard from my Alpha, my fated mate, before his Beta tossed me off the cliff into a land of no return: Demon Valley, the place where no human or wolf shifter survives. Legends claim there’s an escape from the shadowy, demon-infested haven, but no one has ever returned to confirm the truth. Except me. There’s a reason no one comes back from Demon Valley, and when I reach the end of its dark tunnel, I finally understand why. At that grand exit lies a place of rejected salvation. Our Goddess may have blessed me with the ultimate plot for revenge, starting with the Alpha of Nightmare Daemons himself. Malifer Nightshade. A beast of shadows. A seductive master. Creator of this forbidden valley. And the rejected older brother of my Alpha. To gain salvation, one must be tested. For me, that means destroying my bond with the Alpha I expected to spend my life with. After his shattering betrayal, it’s the only option, and I won’t deny the ultimate truth. I’m angry – broken – and with the help of these very addictive shadows, I’ll show my old pack of deceitful wolves exactly what a pretty little monster I can be. Amazon KU
ENEMIES WITH BEARS (HATE TO LOVE SHIFTERS BOOK 2) by J L Wilder
I never thought that my old pack would keep me in chains. Nor could I imagine that the one that once loved me, would become my torturer. They want information that I can’t give them. I have to keep Shifter Town and my mates safe. I will do my best to keep the truth concealed. To withstand whatever torture they might inflict, unless it threatens the secret baby growing inside my belly. A child that is not wolf, but bear. Amazon KU
SERENDIPITY: A BAYOU MAGIC NOVEL by Kristen Proby
My sight is a gift and also a curse. It cost me the love of my life. We may have been young, but some things you don’t get over. Like being the cause of the biggest tragedy of your boyfriend’s life. It’s something I’ll never forget, and a reflection of who I am. But now that Jackson’s back in town, with scars and a hero’s badge of honor, it’s time for me to be brave, too. A malevolent evil hell-bent on making my sisters and me pay for rebuffing him is still stalking my family, and some ancient writings portended that the six were the only ones who could defeat him. Jackson Pruitt and I round out that magical number, which means I have to face the evil and the things Jack makes me feel, to save my family and my city. I never sought to reconnect with Jack. Working with him now means opening myself up to my feelings for him. Refusing means destruction for us all.
A SHADE TOO FAR (MAGIC AFTER MIDLIFE BOOK 3) by Deborah Wilde
When I stole a demon artifact for a client, I never expected it to result in a magic curse. Failure to reverse it will result in the death of someone close to me, the end of my uneasy alliance with the head vampire, and open season on my family. As if that didn’t suck enough, my screw-up on a dangerous fact-finding mission may have kicked my sexual tension with the wolf shifter in the balls. At least I’m not obsessing over it, since fighting through a maze of mind games, tested loyalties, and secrets is consuming all my energy. So, glass half-full. Now armed with my trusty to-do list, I’m determined to multitask my way to victory like a magic badass. Yaas, Queen. Amazon KU
HEART OF THE MISTS (BOUND TO THE FAE BOOK 9) by Eva Chase
War has finally come to the Mists. The Murk have invaded, and if they have their way, the men I love and all the other fae in the place I now call home will fall before their twisted magic. I may be only human, but I won’t let my lovers fight alone. I’ve proven again and again that I’m more than a cure for their curse. I’m not a tool but a wild card our enemies still don’t fully understand. But our only chance at victory may come at a cost too high for me to bear. What if winning means destroying the bonds that have made my life worth living? Amazon KU
DEMON FALL (RESURRECTION CHRONICLES BOOK 9) by M J Haag
Love isn’t blind; it’s devastating. June had her future all planned out, and it never involved hiding in a bunker with her long-term boyfriend during what felt like the end of the world. In fact, surviving the zombie apocalypse never even entered the picture. Yet, that’s exactly what fate gave her. A game of survival. One horror after another. But, at least, she’s not alone. At least she has Adam…until she doesn’t. Heartbroken, June wishes she could face the apocalypse on her own, but she’s seen what’s out there. Infected that are smart enough to fake what they are and the hellhounds determined to kill every last human. If she wants to survive, she’ll need help from the dark creatures who rescued her from the bunker. She’ll need a fey, and Tor is just the man for the job.
TO KISS A DEMON (AN IMMORTALLY SEXY NOVEL) by Stephanie Rowe
When Paige quit her job as Satan’s minion, she thought she was finally free. But when she accidentally incinerates an angel, she discovers she’s on the fast-track to becoming a soulless, evil wraith. The only way to save herself? Enlist the help of the deliciously sexy shadow warrior sent to push her over the edge. To save his brother, Jed Buchanan sold his soul to Satan Jr. for all eternity. But when the immortal assassin winds up in Paige’s bedroom during a botched mission, the sassy temptress offers a possible way out if he’ll team up with her. Everyone from heaven to hell wants to get their hands on the weapon Paige is becoming, and time is running out. Can the tormented assassin find the peace and love he’s always desired with an irreverent wraith who refuses to give in to her dark side?
BETWEEN BLOODE AND STONE (BETWEEN THE SHADOWS BOOK 1) by Marie Harte
Cursed long ago to check their growing power, vampires can only coexist in small groups. Yet despite their many conflicts, those Of the Bloode possess similar traits. All vampires, no matter where they came from, are male. They can go unnoticed by humans unless they wish otherwise, and they can’t survive sunlight. Mormo, servant of the goddess Hecate, has created a small, new bloode clan at her behest. The six vampires he commands are rough, ill-disciplined, and mean, and they fail to follow orders on a daily basis. But they’re needed. Something big and bad is coming. Hecate, goddess of death, magic, and gateways, has a duty to guard the borders of the mortal world. She knows that without a strong force to contain the threat, chaos will come, destroying everything in its wake. Hecate’s secret weapons are those Of the Bloode—vampires. Though they refuse to worship anything but themselves, she loves their wild ways. In order to battle gods and monsters and survive, they’ll need ferocity, inner strength, and something to fight for. Because there is nothing so dangerous as a predator who loves, and those Of the Bloode protect what’s theirs at all costs, in undeath and beyond. And Varujan of the Night Bloode has just found the one female he can’t do without.
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VS: The next (and most recent) book in my Badari Warriors Backlist is TRATUS! I thought it was high time to visit the Tzibir pack of Badari out in the desert and look into what was going on with them. Especially since their Alpha continues to co-operate with the evil Khagrish scientists.
TRATUS: A BADARI WARRIORS SCIFI ROMANCE NOVEL (SECTORS NEW ALLIES SERIES BOOK 14
Katrin Rodgerr, ex-Space Navy, was perfectly happy as Third Officer on a tramp freighter in the Outer Sectors, until the day she and everyone on board the ship were kidnapped by alien scientists to become subjects of gruesome experiments. Far away from home or help, Katrin does her best to bolster the other prisoners’ morale and look for a way to escape. Until one day she’s chosen for an experiment of another sort – given to a pack of alien supersoldiers as a prospective breeder.
Tratus, senior enforcer of the Tzibir pack, never expected to find his mate, much less to meet her among the human prison population of the labs. But there she is and there’s no denying the instincts. Despite his Alpha’s objections, Tratus manages to convince the alien scientists to give Katrin to him and he vows to protect her. Deeply unhappy with the way his leader runs the pack as he disobeys all their goddess’s commandments and refuses to ally with other Badari packs to fight the scientists who created them, Tratus plots a revolt.
Despite herself Katrin is drawn to the giant humanoid warrior with alien predator DNA who treats her so respectfully. His scales and other differences from human males only make him more attractive in his own way. But the Alpha distrusts her and Tratus, and time is running out for them both…
Can Tratus defeat the Alpha leading his pack to inevitable doom? Can he and Katrin survive the consequences and find their way to claiming each other as true mates or must he let her go?
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Wow, what a list! Thank you for including Kral <3
Happy to do so and I’m glad the new series is doing so well! (Love that cover…)
Thank you!
Being included in your list never gets old. Thank you for including Turo!
My pleasure for sure and best wishes on the new release!
Thank you so much for including The Ghost of Morley Manor! That just completely made my day! 🙂
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