It can’t be December already, can it?!
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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A GIFT FOR NICHOLAS (HORNED HOLIDAYS) by Honey Phillips
Jenna is a hard-working single mom with no time for fairy tales. She dismisses her daughter’s stories of a mysterious horned Santa living in the woods as no more than the imagination of a precocious child – until the day her daughter doesn’t return home. Her frantic search leads her to a crashed spaceship and a massive, horned alien warrior. He’s bossy, arrogant – and has a loneliness which matches her own. When Ambassador Nicholsarian’s chief rival doesn’t return after the… distraction he arranged, he refuses to admit he’s concerned. But when the months pass without word, he finally sets out to investigate – only to have his own ship crash on the backwater planet of K.R.S. Three. Before he can determine if a similar fate befell the other male, his mission is diverted by two of the most fascinating creatures he has ever encountered: a small child who shows no fear of his mighty horns, and a beautiful female who is equally unimpressed with his mighty… sword. Trapped together by an early snowfall, Jenna and Nicholas find an unexpected comfort in each other’s company. It is the season of giving, but she has a daughter to raise and he’s looking for the fastest way off the planet – what could they possibly have to offer each other? Amazon KU
ZYON: ALIEN ADOPTION AGENCY NO. 9 by Tasha Black
Kora competed as a professional athlete until a tragic injury ended her career. But the opportunity to adopt a baby and tame a wild frontier moon electrifies her adventurous spirit, and the moment she lays eyes on adorable baby Pax, she is convinced that everything in her life happened for a reason. But when the child’s maddeningly handsome guard tells her he’s staying with them for good, she starts to wonder what she’s gotten herself into. Zyon is a brave Invicta dragon warrior, fully committed to protecting his tiny Imberian charge, no matter what. When the child’s adoptive mother sends the dragon inside him into a frenzy of desire, he’s not sure what to think. Surely a dragon can’t choose a Terran for his mate. Kora is already worried about fitting in among the residents of the glamourous dome town of Cupola Cove. When Zyon makes a decision that causes tension within the community, the two find themselves back out on the dangerous ice plains in a race against time to make things right. Will the big dragon prove himself to Kora? Or will they both be left out in the cold?
HIS BRIDE (EARTH WOMEN FOR ALIEN WARRIORS BOOK 2) by Keira Conrad and Luna Kingsley
I hate myself for wanting her. I’m furious when Kendra insists on joining my scouting mission. Humans are too weak and fragile for this planet. She’ll slow me down and put everyone at risk, but I can’t refuse. I have my orders. Disaster strikes when we venture into the desert. With no hope of rescue, we rely on each other to survive. Every time she laughs at my jokes, tends to my wounds, or tells me a story about Earth, my heart softens a little. She sleeps against my shoulder and I marvel at the softness of her skin and the silkiness of her hair. In my dreams, I take her to my bed and claim her night after night. Then I do it for real. What if the woman I’m supposed to hate is the love of my life? Amazon KU
WED TO THE WILD GOD (ASPECT AND ANCHOR BOOK 3) by Ruby Dixon
When I find a gorgeous stranger in an alley, covered in blood, you’d think the logical thing would be to go to the authorities. Not me. I take him home. I’ve got my reasons, though. See, Kassam is cursed with hedonism. He’s a god from another world, accidentally stuck in ours. Anyone (and everyone) around him falls under his spell. It’s impossible to resist. Like scratching an itch. And being around Kassam? Boy, do I itch. But trying to send the god home to his world is a near-impossible task. Between everyone we meet trying to kiss him and the gods of this world trying to get rid of him, I’m in over my head. There’s only one solution that will keep me safe — marry him. Being the wife of a god will protect me from immortal machinations. Now, I just need to figure out a way to protect my heart from Kassam himself. Amazon KU
ZENITH: INTERGALACTIC DATING AGENCY (BEAST BATTALION BOOK THREE) by Elsa Jade
She’s never been on her own. Her whole life, Callie was pampered, protected—and imprisoned. Then she lost it all. How can she survive on her own in such a dangerous universe? She needs someone to save her. Luckily, she knows just the one she wants—if she can figure out how to catch him. He never wanted to be a bodyguard. Born to serve in a beast battalion, for Zenith, getting banished was an unexpected dream come true. Now he’s free to fly the wilds of Montana, Earth, answering to no one in the universe—if he can avoid a certain needy female with a knack for rubbing him the wrong way…and the right one. The new Big Sky Intergalactic Dating Agency is ready to launch! But not everyone believes in the promise of matchmating true love, and Zenith and Callie have only one chance to decide if her fear and his freedom matter more than a forever together.
24 GIFTS FROM THE GALAXY: A SCIFI ROMANCE ADVENT CALENDAR BOOK by Various
VS Note: The ebook is free. The paperback is marked $12.99 and supports a charity.
Reach for the stars with twenty-four first chapters from bestselling romance novels, perfect to fill up that reading list for the holidays. Aliens, cyborgs, mail-order brides, shifters, and out-of-this-world love stories await you. Every day between now and Christmas Eve, get a taste of a new book you haven’t discovered yet, or be inspired to re-read the ones you know already. Plus, exclusive behind-the-scenes insights about your favourite authors. How do they come up with ideas? How do they spend the festive period? You’ll get answers to those questions, as well as fun tidbits about pets, unruly characters and the craft of writing. Make yourself a hot drink, cuddle up on the sofa and get ready to open your first (spaceship) door… your holiday season is about to heat up. This advent calendar collection contains twenty-four first chapters from existing books by a variety of SFR authors. All proceeds of the print edition go to Book Aid International!
ANATU OF THE HUMAN: TUNRIAN CYBORGS BOOK 2 by Marie Dry
A marriage with a mission! That’s what cyborg Anatu keeps telling herself. Volunteering to marry the human president of Earth, John Davies, was a sacrifice she was willing to make in order to convince this president to use his army to war against the clones fighting alongside the cyborgs. But after the wedding, Anatu has her own battle, the surprising attraction she feels to John. Each day—and every night—he seduces her without committing his troops to fight against the cyborgs. She needs to stay focused on her assignment, but her new husband makes her organic heart beat a little faster, especially when he treats her with such kindness. It was too much hope this human could care for her. Because when it comes down to the choice between her and saving his human race, how will John ever choose his alien wife?
VIPER (THE CYBORG CHRONICLES BOOK 5) by Kelsey Nicole Price
Oz – I am the girl who infiltrated the cyborg rebellion–you thought it was hard? I hacked Viper’s processors and boom I was in. Sure, call me the villain, but what would you be willing to do to rescue your best friend? For me, the answer was easy–I would do anything. I now find myself an unwanted guest of the cyborg rebellion–the female every cyborg eyes with suspicion and the one Viper hates with a passion. I can’t blame him. I would hate me too. So why do I catch him looking at me with desire in his piercing violet eyes? And why do I like it and wish for more? I am supposed to be the badass who guards her heart behind a bulletproof vest. But the cyborgs are wearing down my defenses. I am the girl who infiltrated the cyborg rebellion, but what happens if I let Viper infiltrate my heart? Viper – I am the best Technology Model the Global Allegiance ever created. Give me any code, any program, and I’ll hack it faster than you can blink So how is it that I find myself getting my processors invaded by a tiny human female with bright pink hair? It doesn’t matter that she infiltrated our secret hideout to find her best friend. Or that she almost died …(more blurb on ebook seller page…) Amazon KU
CHRISTMAS WITH THE KLAGAN by Holly Hanzo
About a month ago, Ivy was rescued by the Klagan Warriors from an Elodian slaver ship. She’s brought to Klaga where she’s trying to make a new life, since she has nothing and no one to go back to on Earth. All she wants to do is get settled, and try to find something to celebrate, with the winter season heading their way. She has no intentions of falling in love. Since ‘the incident’ years ago on a faraway planet changed him forever, Navil has lead a quiet life. He craves love, but with no Klagan female giving him the time of day, he struggles to believe in himself. When a ship of human females lands on Klaga and begins making preparations for a Christmas ceremony, Navil jumps at the opportunity to help the humans with their preparations. But when they get snowed in a few days before the first ever Human-Klagan Christmas party, on the way to get a special dessert, their chances of making it back in time look slim. With qiva falling from the sky, an ornery faal pulling their ‘sleigh’ could Navil be the one to make Ivy see that falling in love on Klaga might not be such a bad thing after all, especially on Christmas? Amazon KU
MOMS AGAINST ZOMBIES (AGAINST ZOMBIES SERIES BOOK 1) by Alathia Morgan
A mother protects her young, even if that means fighting Zombies – Emma Jackson is an army wife, a new mom, and a force to be reckoned with. After being chased by a man that looks half-decomposed, her concerns take a turn from diaper changing and feeding schedules to protecting her baby. Trish Walsh dreaded taking all four kids on errands. She expected tantrums, nagging and sibling wars in the backseat, not a man beating on her window. He looked half dead, and the bloody mess he left behind made her skin crawl and fear clutch her throat. Cooper Walsh has a top-secret job, but when criminals break in to steal his company’s secrets, he discovers a conspiracy that could either explain everything or nothing at all. It’s up to him to right this wrong. Amazon KU
EXPERIMENT KL4UTH (RED PLANET DRAGONS OF TAJSS BOOK 23) by Miranda Martin
If my life was a story, I’d be the wicked step-mother…On Tajss, us humans are the aliens. As a former mining colony resident, I’m double alienated. We were all cast out from the City before the Invaders came and trapped us all underground. Now all the separate groups are forced together in cramped spaces. What’s worse is my sister and her husband were lost in the attack leaving me to raise my nephew. Me. Who knows literally nothing about being a mom. Of course I’ve dreamed of having children. Later. When I have a man and, well, time. Except life happened and now I’m doing my best being stuck in a bunker with a little boy who needs me. Every day my one escape is Klauth. He’s one of the “Frankenstein’s” as we call them. Zmaj who were experimented on and altered in unbelievable ways. He’s stuck in a medical tube and barely conscious, except he reacts when I’m near. I feel it and he feels me. Then everything goes wrong and my worst nightmare happens. Al, my nephew, is threatened and Klauth breaks free to save him. To save me. It’s the best, most romantic, sexiest, alpha-male, hot thing I’ve ever seen. And also the worst thing that could possibly happen at the same time. Fate is pulling the strings and somehow Klauth and I need to save each other and hopefully I’ll figure out how to be a better mom to Al. I’m all he has and he deserves better. No pressure. No pressure at all. Amazon KU
CLAIMED BY THE ALIEN VIKING: BOOK SIX GALACTIC VIKINGS MAIL ORDER BRIDE SERIES by Lucee Joie
Betty is having the worst day ever. Not only has her group been destroyed by lindworms but she had to crawl through a swamp in order to escape by sneaking onboard a Vikingr spacecraft. Halvdan hasn’t thought much about love up until this point, concentrating on his job and his obsession with carving his name on every surface across the galaxy he comes upon. “Halvdan carved these runes.”
Written originally as a joke by Halvdan but now Betty will carve out love for them both. However, first, they must escape the terrors of the penal colony planet that they have just touched down on. Amazon KU
ALIEN ABDUCTION (TSENTURION MASTERS BOOK 3) by Lee Savino and Golden Angel
This Tsenturion warrior has waited a thousand years for a mate, and nothing will stop him from claiming me. I was dying, but now I’m fine. My e-reader sucked me through to another universe where I’m healed and trained as an alien bride. Don’t get me wrong, I’m grateful for the new chance at life, but I’m not sure I want to be mated to a hulking, brooding, bossy alien. Though he’s kinda hard to resist…Relationship status between me and my giant alien abductor: it’s complicated.
LEVIATHAN FALLS (THE EXPANSE BOOK 9) by James S A Corey
VS note: Not a romance but a scifi release of note and I know we have a number of ‘Expanse’ fans here.
The Laconian Empire has fallen, setting the thirteen hundred solar systems free from the rule of Winston Duarte. But the ancient enemy that killed the gate builders is awake, and the war against our universe has begun again. In the dead system of Adro, Elvi Okoye leads a desperate scientific mission to understand what the gate builders were and what destroyed them, even if it means compromising herself and the half-alien children who bear the weight of her investigation. Through the wide-flung systems of humanity, Colonel Aliana Tanaka hunts for Duarte’s missing daughter. . . and the shattered emperor himself. And on the Rocinante, James Holden and his crew struggle to build a future for humanity out of the shards and ruins of all that has come before. As nearly unimaginable forces prepare to annihilate all human life, Holden and a group of unlikely allies discover a last, desperate chance to unite all of humanity, with the promise of a vast galactic civilization free from wars, factions, lies, and secrets if they win. But the price of victory may be worse than the cost of defeat.
GLOAM: (MONSTROUS BOOK 4) by Lily Mayne
When a strange woman shows up outside our camp in the Wastes with monsters chained up to her RV, it feels like I’m the only one who actually wants to help them. That big, grey-skinned monster with the cage on his head and the chain hanging from his back—something is telling me I need to help him. I need to free him. But I have absolutely no idea how I’m supposed to do that, especially when he can’t even talk to me to tell me how. Collector Mary is finally leaving our camp to head back to her monster menagerie, so I do the only thing I can think of to help him. I go with her. Now, this big beastie and I are travelling companions for the foreseeable future. Now I just have to think of a way to get that cage off his head, which seems like an impossible task. But I’m not giving up. He has no one else, and when I start to discover who he is beneath the cage, my motivation to free him becomes far more than just a desire to help. This is so dangerous. The military is lurking. Vicious monsters are lurking. And when Mary turns out to be even worse than we could have ever imagined, my desperate bid to save this monster turns into a deadly game of cat and mouse. I’m pretty sure I’m going to die out here. Gloam is Book Four of the Monstrous series, a post-apocalyptic m/m fantasy series that features monsters and human men falling in love. It is best to read the series in order. Warning: This m/m love story contains explicit sexual content and is not suitable for young readers. It also contains graphic depictions of torture and violence. Amazon KU
DEATH WALKER by Linda Mooney
After traveling through space for eons, hopping from planet to planet mining for the ore needed to fuel their ships, the crew of the North America may have found a world they can finally colonize. A planet that could have everything they need to survive and put down roots. But is Ayn Corin ready to settle down? After being trapped in an abusive marriage for years, she is freed by her husband’s death in an accident, but Ayn is leery of trusting again. It has taken her months to be able to stand contact with another man, but Blynn Trainer is willing to give her the space and time she needs. He’ll wait for her, however long that takes. Ayn is chosen to be among the first crew of borers to initiate drilling on the new planet, as well as Blynn and his crew, and an honor it is. Couple that with the fact that she’s finally realized that it’s time to move on and trust again, to trust Blynn, she is finally getting her happy ever after. But when tragedy strikes, she will lose it forever…or will she? It seems the new planet is not as void of life as they thought, but are the aliens inhabiting it friend or foe, and just waiting to take over the newcomers’ bodies? Ayn discovers just how much her heart is willing to accept.
WIDE AWAKE: MMF OMEGAVERSE SHIFTER ROMANCE – ALPHA COMPOUND BOOK 3 by Anna Fury
My life hangs by a perilous thread. The Awaken Virus began turning men into mindless beasts three years ago. They ravaged and burned and killed, and humanity hasn’t been safe since. Bouncing between friends’ apartments and the shelter was hard enough. But now women are being abducted right off the streets by Awakened. That’s why I decided to get out of New York and head for the forest upstate–I can be alone there–alone and safe. Imagine my horror when an Awakened male saunters right into my new home, flirting like a lunatic and offering unsolicited gardening advice. Connor claims I’m his omega, and offers to introduce me to our “mate”. Hard pass. My reservations are confirmed when I meet Brady and he tries to rip my head off. What makes this even worse is the Awakened Task Force breathing down the alphas’ necks. I came out here to feel secure, but safety is an illusion the longer I stay around the alphas. There’s just one problem. Connor and I can’t keep our hands off one another. And every time we slip up and touch, it hurts Brady. Discovering me is tearing their bond apart. One of them wants to kiss me, and the other wants to kill me. Can I figure out what’s between us before the Task Force destroys it all? Wide Awake is the third book in the Alpha Compound series, by Anna Fury. This dystopian MMF omegaverse romance features a quiet heroine and two alpha males finding their happily ever after. Amazon KU
CHERISH (THE VELASPIAN PACT BOOK 4) by Lexi Ander
Destin is torn away from his chicks and his bonded when the Terrens invade Aries 7. Experimented on in Terren labs, and made to work their mines, the GyrFalconi struggle to survive. Destin becomes their caretaker, endeavoring to save as many as possible, despite the emotional toll. Amidst the battle for survival, the universe shines on him and he bonds with not one but four people who give him a reason to keep fighting. When Valespia sends its Legions to the GyrFalconi’s aid, Destin and his bonded are eventually freed, only to face new cruelties from their own people. Freedom comes with its own trials, though, as a divide forms in GyrFalconi society between the winged and the wingless. Destin and his bonded are given a chance at true happiness and they keep what they claim, no matter what.
RENEGADE ANGEL (AN ASTRAL HEAT NOVEL BOOK 2) by Laura Navarre
In the icy depths of space, a galactic mating contest is turning deadly, and the stakes are atomic armageddon. To unite four warring races, rebel princess-turned-cybergirl Kaia chooses the most dangerous possible mate in Zorin—a scourge-of-the-galaxy space pirate. Yet she’s seriously tempted by Dex, the imperial enforcer who’s Zorin’s ultimate nemesis…and his mouthwatering obsession. Kaia burns for both of them, but Dex and Zorin are lethal enemies. And the galaxy’s most powerful telepath, the mesmerizing lover who betrayed her and nearly destroyed her, is a major distraction for all three of them. Can two mortal enemies defy a star-spanning empire that crucifies lovers for unconventional unions? Can a runaway princess dare to trust the enigmatic lover who abandoned her to scandal and disgrace? With the fate of billions now poised in the balance, can four fiercely distrustful allies survive a savage mating contest, navigate an interstellar war, and consummate the explosive passion between them…without dying in the flames?
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UNBLESSED: CHRISTMAS ALIEN ROMANCE (XITHILENE MATES) by R L Olvitt
Naomi Parsons discovers things get complicated when you unintentionally catfish a Xithilene priest. She wasn’t planning on falling in love with an alien—or on lying to him. Now he’s coming to her sleepy little town for Christmas, and he assumes that she’s his mate. It turns out she should’ve read the fine print on that mate portal website before she signed along the dotted line…R’visth has his own share of secrets, yet he hopes his prospective mate will be able to overlook his flaws. All his life, he has longed for a woman who can see that he is more than his faults. When he travels to Earth with little more than a single piece of luggage and naked hope, he isn’t sure whether he’ll be welcomed with open arms or sent back to Xithilene in disgrace. Naomi and R’visth are from worlds apart, yet they’ve been searching for the same things. When they meet, they’ll get the chance to have it all: love, belonging, and family—but only if their enemies don’t stop them first. Not everyone is happy to have an alien in their midst, and some people will stop at nothing to get what they want. Amazon KU
ALPHA BREED: OMEGA MATES BOOK 4 by Pearl Tate
I don’t believe aliens abducted me from Earth… until I land on the strange planet and see one drowning! I’ve dedicated my life to saving people, and alien species or not. This is no exception. Let’s hope whoever operated on my head so I can understand the natives doesn’t expect me to be an alien ambassador. After losing my boyfriend in college, I’ve dedicated my life to my profession as a surgeon. I’m sorely lacking in people skills. When I’m thrown into their breeding program, I realize it isn’t my social expertise they’re interested in! The purple alien I’m paired with vows not to leave me. Even I can’t deny the attraction between us. But I’m waiting for the other Earth women to find me. We have an agreement, and they promised to keep looking until we’re all back together. Can they get me out of this predicament I’m in? And do I want them to? Or am I better off trusting this dominant alien who declares I’m his mate? Amazon KU
COURTING MAYHEM (COLETTI WARLORD SERIES BOOK 14) by Gail Koger
When she was barely eight, Mayhem’s berserker powers surfaced and wherever she went, pandemonium soon followed. To teach her control, and keep her from destroying the known universe, her fathers started a training program tailored to Mayhem’s unique talents. Now she is a formidable bounty hunter. On her twenty-first birthday, her fathers gift her with her dream vacation, which quickly turns into an unmitigated nightmare. First, she butts heads with a cranky Coletti War Commander. To complete the fiasco, the Shebu, a stone of unfathomable power, is stolen. Now Zarek, the Coletti Overlord, demands she work with the cranky Coletti to retrieve it, or her fathers will be imprisoned on a penal colony. Can her Berserker skills save the galaxy? Can she avoid falling in love with the smokin’ hot War Commander?
KICK AT THE DARKNESS: AN APOCALYPTIC NOVELLA by Suleikha Snyder
Emran Ali had his life as he knew it ripped out from beneath him—all because pampered princess Mona Sarkar had a crush on him. He returns to her five years later as an embittered zombie hunter. Tattooed. Angry. Determined. But Mona’s not that spoiled teenager anymore. She’s a grown woman who has seen and lost far too much. And she needs his heart more than his fury if they’re going to survive. With a hungry horde of the walking dead literally on their doorstep, Emran and Mona must put the past behind them and fight for their future. A 10,700-word romance with a guaranteed happy ending. (Yes, even in the middle of a zombie apocalypse.)
THE FABULOUS WIZARD OF OZ by Kaye Draper
Daniel never imagined his career as an infamous E.A.R.T.H. diplomat would end with him in full drag riding a defunct landing pod into a magical cyclone. But honestly, he’s been in weirder situations in his life. Exiled to the planet Ozma-4 for doing his job as an advocate a little too well, and for knowing too much about…something…Daniel sets off disguised as Dotty West, helpless but fabulous Kansas farmgirl. His silver spike heels aren’t made for trekking through an alien landscape. But fortunately–or unfortunately, depending on your perspective–he manages to crash-land on some poor, unsuspecting citizen. And it’s not like the pancaked woman really needs her hiking boots anymore, right? Accompanied by his faithful robotic assistant, Toto, Daniel sets out to find answers about why he was exiled and find a way home. But along the way, he uncovers a case of colonial feuding and native oppression that he just can’t ignore. Aided by a group of sexy Oz outcasts, Daniel journeys to the Emerald city to meet with a shady wizard and ends up blackmailed into a quest to steal from a powerful witch. But that’s only the tip of the iceberg. His time on Oz will help Daniel finally embrace all of who he is. But he might just end up leaving his heart behind when he finally finds a way back home. The Fabulous Wizard of Oz is a ridiculous, fun gay harem Wizard of Oz retelling that fuses magic and light sci-fi elements. It is a complete standalone story and is just over 86,000 words. Amazon KU
IT’S A MATTER OF MIDLIFE AND DEATH: A PARANORMAL WOMEN’S FICTION NOVEL: GOOD TO THE LAST DEATH BOOK 6 by Robyn Peterman
Midlife is madness—magical, messy and one freaking crisis after another. With a new job I didn’t apply for and an extended family I didn’t know I had—midlife has become somewhat problematic. Gluing ghosts back together is easy compared to my new celestial occupation. The Grim Reaper wants to put a ring on it. Tim wants to be a father. Candy Vargo has lost her damn mind and Jennifer thinks we’re all sparkly vampires. I’ve been given an impossible task with catastrophic consequences for failure, but it wouldn’t be my midlife without another crisis. What’s the saying? When in Crazytown, embrace the insanity or go insane. It’s time to lean into the madness. I’m putting down roots, pulling up my big-girl panties and getting down to business. With one month to succeed, it’s time to grow a bigger pair of lady-balls and play in the big league. The rules are unclear. However, when it’s a matter of midlife and death, I’m making the rules. And I will win. Amazon KU
SHADOW WEB: A PARANORMAL WOMEN’S FICTION NOVEL (MOONSHADOW BAY BOOK 5) by Yasmine Galenorn
The holidays are here, and this year, they’re deadly…It’s my first Thanksgiving back in Moonshadow Bay, and everything is hunky-dory until the Witches Guild assigns me a research project for the upcoming Winter Solstice Festival. Not only do I melt down my computer, but I download a demon who ends up stuck in my house. But Tarvish the Funtime demon is the least of my worries when my grandmother asks my BFF and me to go undercover. A magical pyramid scheme has moved into town and it’s siphoning more than money off its recruits. Will we be able to take it down, or will the leader of the cult manage to silence us for good?
JINGLE SPELLS (HEDGEWITCH FOR HIRE BOOK 5) by Christine Pope
All is calm and bright as Globe, Arizona’s holiday celebrations approach. Selena Marx should have known it wouldn’t stay that way. The painted snowflakes on her shop window are barely dry when her best friend, Josie Woodrow, bursts in with news that the baby Jesus is missing from the crèche in front of St. Ignatius. Selena has enough on her mind without having to use her psychic powers to suss out the culprit. Her boyfriend Calvin Standingbear’s parents are still on the snow-covered fence about accepting her, which throws a dimmer on the town’s highly anticipated Festival of Lights. And when Calvin springs a surprise on the solstice, Selena realizes she has some work to do to reconcile the two men in her life: Calvin, and her cursed cat, Archie. The last thing she needs is a spontaneous vision that indicates the baby Jesus theft was more than just a prank. And if someone doesn’t spill the beans soon, someone’s getting away with…well, not murder (this time), but a whole lot of dough — and we’re not talking cookies.
DEAR SATAN (WELCOME TO HELL BOOK 11) by Eve Langlais
Merry is determined to make Christmas special for her son. He hasn’t spoken or smiled since his father died, so she writes a letter hoping for a holiday miracle. Dear Satan…Her unfortunate error ensures her wish ends up in the wrong place. Worse? Satan answers her plea—after telling Santa where he can shove a candy cane. The devil knows just what Merry needs, and he has the perfect demon for the job. Marduke’s mission is to deliver a hellhound puppy to a little boy, along with some tips on how to avoid getting eaten. What the devil’s kennel master doesn’t expect on this emasculating mission of kindness is Merry. A happy, optimistic woman despite all the strife in her life.
It’s disgusting. Annoying. Tempting? Usually, Marduke is all about destroying hopes and dreams—and letting his dogs pee on people while they’re down—but there’s something about Merry.
SHADOW BOUND: THE DARKFELL VAMPIRE CLAN BOOK 2 by L A McGinnis
For a hundred years, a queen was promised. Now that she’s arrived, war is not far behind. Everything in the Darkfell Clan world puts you at risk. From the twisted king determined to kill me, to the demonic revenants hunting me down, it seems everyone wants me dead. Lucky for me I’ve found powerful allies—a sexy warrior with a heart of gold, an arrogant trickster who’s as good with a knife as he is with words, and a reclusive ancient whose wounds run too deep to heal. Our love makes us strong, but it could become the lever that breaks us apart. I didn’t want a war, but when Viktor takes something that’s mine, he needs to learn the truth. I’ll kill to save the ones I love. New Orleans is about to become very bloody. Amazon KU
THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GLENDALE: AN IMP WORLD URBAN FANTASY (CALIFORNIA DEMON BOOK 4) by Debra Dunbar
To settle her debt with the tax demons, Eden promised them ten jobs, but she didn’t think the demons would cash in on her vow so quickly. When she discovers her target is a powerful mage in charge of The Righteous, a group dedicated to freeing New Hel from demon rule, Eden is torn between her promise to the tax demons and her loyalty toward the humans in her battered city.
But the Righteous and their leader don’t have humanity’s best interest at heart. If The Righteous win this war, New Hell will be in the hands of a magically powerful dictator. If they lose, the backlash from the demons will cause even more death and misery among the residents of New Hell.
As tensions rise between the humans and supernatural beings Eden is caught in the crossfire of loyalty and betrayal with the winner taking all—including LA. Amazon KU
BAT OUT OF HELL: AN IMMORTAL OPS WORLD NOVEL (CRIMSON OPS SERIES BOOK4) by Mandy M Roth
Special Operative Blaise Regnier feels the darkness he carries within creeping up on him. With centuries under his skull-studded belt, this immortal vampire has seen a thing or two in his day. Not to mention he’s become something of an expert at hiding his worries and emotions behind dark wit and black leather pants. It’s just a matter of time before his inner demon holds all the cards, and then he’ll be the next threat his teammates need to hunt to protect mankind. As it turns out, someone has that task well in hand, and she’s not playing games. Too bad an old enemy has resurfaced, wanting to end their sizzling romance before it can even get started.
ENDLESS (STEEL DEMONS MC BOOK 10) by Crystal Ash
The war is over. Finally, we can breathe and be a family. With the worst moments of our lives behind us, we have only the future to look forward to. Our twins arrived nearly four years after the Sha was defeated, and now we face a new challenge–parenthood. Whether it’s our daughter taunting the chickens or our son’s fear of water, we’ll take the highs and lows of raising them in stride. Most importantly, they’ll never know the horror and loss their parents endured. Our children will be protected and loved endlessly. The gods haven’t spoken to us in years, but we’ve never stopped listening. When they have a message, we’ll be ready. Endless is an epilogue novella to the Steel Demons MC series. It is not “required” reading, as the story ends in Merciless. This book shares a slice of life for the Steel Demons characters after the series ends. Amazon KU
A GHOULISH MIDLIFE: A PARANORMAL WOMEN’S FICTION NOVEL (WITCHING AFTER 40 BOOK 1) by Lia Davis and L A Boruff
Widow and empty nester, Ava Harper, never dreamed of turning forty without the love of her life. Nor did she know she would bury her favorite aunt, who raised her after the death of her mother, a few years later. Then again, she doesn’t have the power of foresight. No, her powers are much darker. Powers she has kept behind lock and key. With her only son off to college and her life savings depleted, Ava returns home to Shipton Harbor, Maine. She’s only there to clean out, fix up, and sell the family home. But like everything in her life in the last five years, things change. Plans get canceled. Arriving in Shipton Harbor is like stepping into another world. Her high school rival is married to her best friend and is set on making up for every devious thing she did when they were teens. The magic in the house reawakens, making it impossible to sell. It doesn’t want new owners, apparently. And to top it all, the sheriff looks like he belongs on the cover of a romance novel. When an old friend of the family turns up dead, Ava must delve deep into the powers she’s repressed all her adult life to find the killer. Only a necromancer could’ve killed her friend. Now she must open up to her own wells of dark magic to find the murderer while working with the hottie sheriff she’s sure has his own secrets. Amazon KU
A SWIFT AND SAVAGE TIDE (A CAPTAIN KIT BRIGHTLING NOVEL BOOK 2) by Chloe Neill
Captain Kit Brightling is Aligned to the magic of the sea, which makes her an invaluable asset to the Saxon Isles and its monarch, Queen Charlotte. The Isles and its allies will need every advantage they can get: Gerard Rousseau, the former Gallic emperor and scourge of the Continent, has escaped his island prison to renew his quest for control of the Continent. Gerard has no qualms about using dangerous magic to support his ambitions, so Kit and the crew of her ship, the Diana, are the natural choice to find him—and help stop him. But then Kit’s path unexpectedly crosses with that of the dashing and handsome Rian Grant, Viscount Queenscliffe, who’s working undercover on the Continent in his own efforts to stop Gerard. And he’s not the only person Kit is surprised to see. An old enemy has arisen, and the power he’ll wield on Gerard’s behalf is beautiful and terrible. Sparks will fly and sails will flutter as Kit and crew are cast into the seas of adventure to fight for queen and country.
HELL ON EARTH (SIN DEMONS BOOK 6) by Mila Young and Harper A Brooks
The journey’s been Hell… but it’s time to give the devil his due. This is it. This is where it all ends. It’s me, my shadow, and my demons against Lucifer. With the relics stolen, the only way to get them is to go back into the hellfire–back to Hell where Lucifer awaits. Defeating him may mean making the ultimate sacrifice, but even with so much at stake, I don’t know if I can. Things heated up fast with Cain, Elias, and Dorian, and now Maverick, but I’d sell my soul a hundred times to keep them as mine. Forever. What if that’s impossible? There’s so much danger ahead of us, but I’ll bring Hell on earth to save the ones I love. I just wonder that when all’s said and done, who will be the one wearing the unholy crown? Amazon KU
WILD LOVE: A REJECTED MATE ROMANCE by Mila Young and C R Jane
Real Wolves Bite continues. Amazon KU
PINA COLADA CARNAGE (MYSTIC BAR MYSTERIES BOOK 2) by Constance Barker
Resident Bridezilla Sydney is getting on everyone’s nerves in the bridal party. But her wrath isn’t only for her bridesmaids and groomsmen. Sally and Sarah also come under fire when no one can seem to get the rehearsal dance right at their dance school. It won’t matter however, when the wedding is called off for a murder. Zeus is once again inhabited by the deceased who wants to find the killer. And Wanda is determined to find them as well and get rid of a gnarly ghost. Amazon KU
HOW TO KEEP AN AUTHOR (ALIVE) by AJ Sherwood
VS Note: A re-release.
The old days of vampires slinking sexily through the night are definitely a thing of the past. Now, vampires hold day jobs like everyone else, and Justus is no exception. The funny thing about living forever is that you still somehow have laundry and bills to deal with. Enter stage left: JD Cooper, Justus’s new employer. Supposedly, the man is a writing raconteur, known to craft a mean mystery. His skills excel on paper, but suck in reality because he’s one step away from hoarder level. Justus takes the job as his housekeeper, expecting eccentricity. Which he gets. And so much more. Tags:
Vampires with day jobs, Justus has it rough, Cooper is a walking disaster, how self-indulgent should I make this, the answer is very, bite kink, book hoarding, this is the least angsty thing I’ve written all year, smother tested, editor approved. (This was a short story originally published in the Working Stiffs anthology. With the anthology no longer published, I’ve chosen to re-release it as a 10k short.)
MACK’S ROUSING GHOULISH HIGHLAND ADVENTURE by AJ Sherwood
Mack did not sign up for hunting unknown ghost-eating creatures. But that’s what he gets when he and Brandon arrive to help Eli and husbands at an old inn situated in the Scottish Highlands. Now he’s surrounded by terrified ghosts on the run, zombie-ghosts that look eaten, and no one knows what the baddie is. They’re running out of time to figure it out though, because whatever it is? It’s herding ghosts straight for the inn. Scarier still? It’s killing healthy people in a week to eat their soul. If someone could please come up with a game plan? Mack would be forever thankful. Before, you know, they all get eaten. Tags: Scottish mythology rears its head, not in a good way, it’s a hot mess but they’re trying dammit, emotional baggage check, Brandon wants a kilt and sword, Mack wants him in a kilt, it’s a mutual desire thing, Mack being a BAMF, Havili protectiveness rears its head, friends being awesome, no one gets thrown this time, Quinn’s a kissing monster when drunk, Romance novel your highlander is missing, personal growth is hard, shower sex, character growth.
SHIFTER CITY (HEARTS OF STONE BOOK 2) by C D Gorri
Silas McKennon is a corporate shark, er, Lion. All business, this hard-hearted male hates women. He simply refuses to have anything to do with them. Well, except for one. Blonde and brainy, Larissa Clark works for Silas as his right hand man, er, woman. She’s a sharp shooting administrative assistant and one of the few females he will tolerate. Having the hots for her hunky boss is just one of the secrets she has to keep in order to stay in the city she loves. When the prince of the local Pride starts pursuing Larissa, she has no choice but to skip town. But Silas is not ready to let his prized employee go. He’ll do anything to stop it, including mate her. Will she risk it all on a man whose heart is made of stone? Amazon KU
PANTHER SHIELD (GUARDIANS OF CHAOS) by C D Gorri
She’s a fierce Panther Shifter fighting to preserve the freedom of all magic. He’s a normal with a target on his back. Will she risk it all for him? Elena Soussa is the only female Guardian of Chaos in her group. A Panther Shifter, she was a loner by nature. But ever since the members of her crew started meeting their mates and gaining new powers, her curiosity had been piqued. When she finds a normal cornered by the enemy, she is compelled to save the ridiculously handsome man. But to do so means violating the Guardians code. He is not her problem, she reminds her inner she-Cat. But the beast sure wants him to be. Will Elena risk it all for one man? Amazon KU
THE FOX AND THE VISCOUNT (THE SHIFTER SEASON BOOK 1) by Laura Greenwood
When Victoria runs into her childhood friend and fellow fox shifter, Edmund, at a society event, she finds herself engaging in a scandalous wager over which of the two will secure an engagement first. Even with a suitable suitor calling on her, she can’t help but be drawn back to her friend’s side, and they soon find themselves in a compromising situation with only one way out of it. Can they resist the pull they have to one another?
HUNTER’S HOPE (VAMPIRE MOTORCYCLE CLUB BOOK 2) by Alyssa Day
Hunter Evans risked his life again and again as a firefighter until the night he died saving a child…only to be reborn as a vampire. Now the man who lived his life as the quintessential “nice guy” must find a way to conquer the deadly urges that threaten to turn him feral. When his own actions put a beautiful woman in danger, he vows to protect her…even from himself. Alice Darlington has a secret of her own: she sees ghosts. She thought she’d done a good job of keeping it under wraps—until now. A terrible threat from her past is hunting her down in order to use her power for dark purposes. Now she’s on the run and doesn’t know who to trust or where to go. When Hunter and Alice team up to battle the dangers coming at them from all sides, they’re forced to rely on each other. But Hunter doesn’t know how long he can keep the beast inside him away from the woman it craves.
T’WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE MURDER (COUNTRY COTTAGE MYSTERIES BOOK 21) by Addison Moore and Bellamy Bloom
My name is Bizzy Baker, and I can read minds—not every mind, not every time but most of the time and believe me when I say it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. It’s December in Cider Cove, Christmas is afoot—and so is a killer. Mackenzie’s cousin is looking to get married in a haunted house and Mack offers up the next best thing—the Country Cottage Inn. But when a killer shows up at the rehearsal dinner it throws a wrench in their nuptials and in my holiday plans as well. Add Santa to the mix, a war between Georgie, my mother, and me—a couple of adorable fuzzy pups, and you’ve got enough yuletide chaos to jingle anybody’s bell. As it turns out, the holidays really can be murder. Bizzy Baker runs the Country Cottage Inn, has the ability to pry into the darkest recesses of both the human and animal mind, and has just stumbled upon a body. With the help of her kitten, Fish, a mutt named Sherlock Bones and an ornery yet dangerously good looking homicide detective, Bizzy is determined to find the killer. Amazon KU
WINTER SUN (WARRIORS OF THE FIVE REALMS BOOK TWO) by Hollee Mands
He’d do anything to keep her safe…except give her up. Declan lost her once. Never again. He is an archmage. Fearsome. Terrible. Divine. Yet deadly whispers dare echo in his ear. None more threatening than those of his still-incomplete mate bond and his love’s failing health. In a twist of irony, he must now protect his mate from the greatest danger she’s ever faced…himself. Evangeline was raised to be an apothecarist, not an archmage’s queen. She knows nothing of the subtle maneuverings of court life, and despite her awakened memories, she remains painfully human. Too human to claim an archmage for a mate. But Declan’s contentious council and her questionable mortality aren’t the only things she has to worry about. The secrets of her past are catching up, and even her all-powerful lover may not be able to keep her safe. Amazon KU
WOLF OF ASH (THE SHIFTER REJECTED SERIES BOOK 1) by Amelia Shaw
Talia thought her father’s execution was the worst thing that could happen…until her mate rejects her and banishes her from the pack. Talia’s father goes rogue on a mission, leading dozens of pack members to a brutal death. Now the pack’s out for blood. But even his execution isn’t enough to soothe the Alpha’s anger. Which is why Maddox, who Talia has been fated to since birth, rejects his mating bond with her and banishes her. She has three days to leave town…or the pack will hunt her down. Within hours of her departure, her own pack’s deathly decree takes a back seat to a more pressing threat: Galen, the next Alpha of the Long Claw pack that her father tried to kill, captures her. He doesn’t know that Talia and Maddox are no longer mates, and she intends to keep it that way.
Galen plans to use her as a bargaining chip, which is the only thing keeping her alive. But how long can she keep up the ruse? Because she’s still in town, and her pack is going to sense that. The clock is ticking until the hunt for her begins, then she’ll have two pack Alphas who want her dead. The one who rejected her…and the one who kidnapped her.
ANARCHY (LIBRARY OF THE PROFANE BOOK 3) by J B Trepagnier
Well, that certainly sucks! We freed Talvath, then we lost Talvath. And the bastard took Bram with him. For all we know, he’s back in Hell building an army to destroy my library. According to Balthazar, Silvaria and Dorian are on their way back to the US now that he’s liberated a large sum of money from their bank accounts. Kaine and the Paranormal Investigation Bureau will be waiting for them. I know Silvaria though. She thinks she has a god under her control. She’s going to want Reyson at the bank with her. I swear to Lilith, if she breaks my library, I’m going to kill her twice. I’m going to let Reyson and Balthazar get creative, then if Bram ever comes back, I’ll unleash him on what’s left over. No one messes with my library. Amazon KU
COWBOY DRAGON’S SECRET DAUGHTER (COWBOY DRAGON’S INN) by Serena Meadows
My life changed when I spotted her in a stalled car that night. Lucy was back. Along with her daughter. I didn’t know Charlotte was hers when I met her. She reminded me so much of her mother. She also reminded me of myself. I tried to keep my head straight. There was no way Lucy had kept it a secret. If she had, then she needed to hear a secret of my own. Our daughter could be in serious danger. She wasn’t aware of her identity. Just like Lucy wasn’t aware of mine. The dragon shifter in me was here to stay. To become more powerful. And to save his family and claim his mate.
ANGEL FAE (THE WORLD OF FAE BOOK 11) by Terry Spear
Hawk fae Ariana is a guard for the royal family, a highly coveted position, and one she has worked hard at, but in one trip to the human world to have fun in the sun with her friend, she makes the mistake of saving a couple of children from drowning in the Gulf of Mexico. Now she’s living in a new world with the Angel Corp in the angel realm of existence, and she’s required to save both humans and fae alike. Before she has gotten her feet wet on the easier assignments, she’s stuck with the really dangerous stuff. But she can’t die, can she? She has already done that once. But she wants to return to the fae world—the living fae world—in any way that she can. Malik was supposed to have been Ariana’s guardian angel but when he saw another human struggling in the riptide, he went to save him, thinking that Ariana was going to be just fine. Now he is her mentor in the Angel Corp, when he’d always wanted to get to know her better while they’d both been of the fae world. This situation of her wanting to return as a fae is a deadly business. But if she manages to do so safely, she’ll leave him behind. Now she’s working on all dangerous missions and he’s afraid he’ll lose her for good. Still, helping her to return to the fae world of the living isn’t in the plans.
DAWN OF THE JAGUAR by Terry Spear
Erin Chambers is leaving the FBI to join her father in his Big Cat Investigative Agency. She loved her job, but she wants to be closer to her father and have more freedom to run as a jaguar shifter when she can. But she knows dealing with her dad’s sole private investigator, Jason Biggerstaff, is going to take some work. He’s a hot jaguar and turns up the heat whenever he’s around her without any effort at all, to her consternation. But he’s not fond of the FBI, and she and he butt heads all the time. He’s been like a son to her father, so she knows he was thinking he could take over the business one day. That’s not happening. Jason Biggerstaff is busy with investigations, not thrilled that Erin is joining the agency, but all that changes when they are embroiled in missing kids’ cases, their usual run-of-the-mill investigations, and she’s really good at her job. No matter how much he fights the attraction he has for her, it’s a losing battle. What starts out as just them handling their usual cases, turns into something worse—a shifter in trouble and they must save him without landing themselves in a worse mess than they already are, which includes dealing with this growing need to take their relationship to something they never bargained for.
KING OF BATTLE AND BLOOD (ADRIAN x ISOLDE BOOK 1) by Scarlett St Clair
Their union is his revenge. Isolde de Lara considers her wedding day to be her death day. To end a years-long war, she is to marry vampire king Adrian Aleksandr Vasiliev, and kill him. But her assassination attempt is thwarted, and Adrian threatens that if Isolde tries to kill him again, he will raise her as the undead. Faced with the possibility of becoming the thing she hates most, Isolde seeks other ways to defy him and survive the brutal vampire court. Except it isn’t the court she fears most—it’s Adrian. Despite their undeniable chemistry, she wonders why the king—fierce, savage, merciless—chose her as consort. The answer will shatter her world.
EXPELLED (MISS PRIMM’S ACADEMY FOR WAYWARD WITCHES BOOK 3) by Christine Pope
She’s just gotten control of her wild magic. Now she’ll have to set it free…Now that she’s finally got a handle on her unruly magic — and a future to dream about with Lochlan — Callie Dobkins is looking forward to her final year at the Academy for Wayward Witches. Until the sour-faced Miss Hendricks makes a somber announcement. Miss Primm is missing…and so is Master Marco of the School for Woeful Wizards. Even though the students are told to keep their noses to the grindstone of an increasingly dangerous course load, Callie and her friends can’t help but connect the dots. But Callie alone can’t shut out the inner voice warning her to keep quiet about her suspicions. In a horrible moment, the conniving Mr. McGee exiles Callie to Mundania. Although his evil enchantment fails to erase her memory, Callie will have to draw on all her wild magic to find her way home to her family. To Lochlan. And to the circle of friends who will try to root out the corruption at the academy once and for all.
INNATE MAGIC (THE MARROWBONE SPELLS BOOK 1) by Shannon Fay
Delightfully cheeky, unquestionably charming, and sometimes maddeningly naive, cloth mage Paul Gallagher is desperately trying to make a name for himself in a reimagined postwar London. But in a world where magic is commonplace, sewing enchanted clothes is seen as little more than a frivolous distraction. Paul is hiding a secret, however: he possesses a powerful—and illegal—innate magic that could help him achieve his wildest dreams. Unfortunately, Paul confides in the wrong person—his latest crush, Captain Hector Hollister—and is drawn into a sinister plot that risks reigniting the machinery of war. To make matters worse, the pretty American gossip reporter Paul just met reveals her personal quest to expose a government cover-up may be related to Hollister’s magical goals. When Hollister threatens the life of Paul’s dearest friend, he realizes that his poor judgement has put not only his family and friends in danger, but also the whole world. The only way to set things right may be for Paul to undergo the dangerous ritual to become Court Magician—the most powerful magician in the country. But is becoming part of the institution the best way to enact change in a terribly unjust society?
WILDE MOON (WILDEWARD ACADEMY BOOK 5) by Gwyneira Blythe
Time to take London by storm. My name is Lady Victoria Grey. In Gilded Age London with its gaslamp streets, Witchy High Society sets their own terms upon me: join them or perish alone. The wizards and vampires also want their cut of my magic. If I don’t join a faction, I could lose it all. Have I walked into a cage of my own making? More allies’ lives are in my bloody hands, while five men of Wildeward hold my heart: Doyle, my vampire; Jekyll and Hyde, my werewolf and my hellwolf; Frankie, my fey monster; but it is Achoris, the blind oracle who has yet to complete our inner circle. The heat of the Crone’s summer breeds vengeance. With Hunters and enemies at every turn, finding a safe harbor is essential, but a house isn’t a home unless my heart resides within. If I don’t claim all of my consorts soon and take the final step, my bloodright will slip through my fingers leaving that seducing enchantress to claim all that is mine. A confrontation is fast approaching. Blood calls us to our origins. So why can’t I put Wildeward behind me? Everything will come full circle under a moon so dark the blood turns wild. Amazon KU
THE ROMANOV ORACLE by Molly Tullis
Anastasia Romanova carried Romanov blood, full of magic, once depleted and diminished throughout her family tree over the years. But when it shows up in her as strong as her ancestors, an incident in her childhood forces her family to attempt to drain the magic out of her. The burden grows as her powers become too strong to control, leading Anastasia to try and fight fire with fire… but there’s always a price for magic. The enigmatic servant boy who was witness to her very first spell is forced by her family’s advisors to assume the priesthood. He becomes the scapegoat for Anastasia’s magic, taking on the moniker Rasputin. There’s only one thing the dvoryanstvo and her family never expected. The magic is real and so is the relationship between Rasputin and Anastasia, who are determined to see her powers unleashed. Even if that means everything else burns. Amazon KU
JADE LEGACY (THE GREEN BONE SAGA BOOK 3) by Fonda Lee
Jade, the mysterious and magical substance once exclusive to the Green Bone warriors of Kekon, is now coveted throughout the world. Everyone wants access to the supernatural abilities it provides, from traditional forces such as governments, mercenaries, and criminal kingpins, to modern players, including doctors, athletes, and movie studios. As the struggle over the control of jade grows ever larger and more deadly, the Kaul family, and the ancient ways of the Kekonese Green Bones, will never be the same. Battered by war and tragedy, the Kauls are plagued by resentments and old wounds as their adversaries are on the ascent and their country is riven by dangerous factions and foreign interference. The clan must discern allies from enemies, set aside bloody rivalries, and make terrible sacrifices… but even the unbreakable bonds of blood and loyalty may not be enough to ensure the survival of the Green Bone clans and the nation they are sworn to protect.
SANCTUARY (HUNTERVERSE FAN FICTION) by Various with Forward by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Over a century ago, the Peltier clan came to New Orleans and established one of the best-known Limanis in the world. Now out of the shadows of their past, the present, and the future, readers will be treated to stories from fans of Sherri’s as they dip their pens into the realms of the Dark-Hunters, Were-Hunters, and Dream-Hunters. Join us for this exciting collection of short stories set at Sanctuary that are sure to entertain!
FAE’S REBELLION (QUEENS OF THE FAE BOOK 7) by M Lynn and Melissa A Craven
Tia O’Shea just wants to go home, back to the palace among snowy fields where her twin brother amplifies the power inside her, and her father tries to secure the future of the throne through her marriage. A marriage she doesn’t want and refuses to consider. As a future queen, Tia only wants a choice in this one part of her life. On the night of the ball to introduce all possible suitors for her hand, she escapes to the human realm, planning to return after everyone has come to their senses. She never expected anyone to follow her, let alone her best friend and two of her suitors.
When the portal home goes awry, she finds herself separated from the others, without her magic, and stranded in a kingdom she knows nothing of, a kingdom torn apart by generations of war.
Tia has been through her fair share of war, she knows what happens to those caught in the middle, but avoiding it might not be possible if she wants to find her friends. To recover her missing magic and find a way back home across the treacherous fire plains, she might have to wade right into the fight. But first, she has to escape the prince claiming her as prisoner.
NIGHT AND DAY by C M Hano
Born from a mortal woman, created with the blood of a god, Zirena’s life has been anything but average. Life as the Chosen is a life of fighting, solitude, and forbidden desires. Never knowing the taste of blood or the touch of a lover. When the alluring, captivating, and presence of a mortal named Dean, known to be her sworn enemy, enters her life, she begins to question the true nature of her upbringing.
ICING ON THE CURSE (SPELLFORD COVE MYSTERY BOOK 5) by Samantha Silver
Something strange is going on in Spellford Cove. No one is acting quite as they should, and Robin is starting to think there might be some sort of dark magic involved. And with her new employee she knows to be working for her biological father, Robin puts a plan in place that will hopefully stop him from being able to find her. Will Robin be able to overcome the dark magic at work, or will she find herself a few layers short of a full cake? Amazon KU
DAMAN (SONS OF THE FALLEN BOOK THREE) by Jaclyn Osborn
Love is messy. Being alone is easier. Cursed with Envy, Daman has spent his life in the shadows. Relationships are too complicated when he’s in a constant battle with his very nature. His only focus is helping his half-angel brothers protect mankind from dark forces. With the son of Lucifer on the rise, stakes are high. Allies are needed. And then a proposal is made: Marry Prince Warrin of the ice dragon kingdom for the sake of an alliance. Daman’s just following orders. It’s nothing more than a marriage of convenience to strengthen their army. But then he sees another side to the seemingly emotionless dragon warrior. Shy smiles. And touches that leave him breathless. Can two men forced into marriage ever be truly happy, or will their romance end before it even begins? Amazon KU
THE PHARAOH’S REVENGE by Audra Hershey
The Valley of the Kings lay undisturbed for thousands of years before modern archaeologists explored Egypt’s mysteries. They found one in KV56. Who is buried here? Could this be the tomb of a child of Seti II and Twosret? Twosret herself? No one knows. Alexandria Griffin is about to find out. The Valley of the Kings: Stephen Roosevelt (her mentor and lover) leads a dig to explore further. He’s betrayed her love for him by cheating on her. In the argument about his infidelity, he shoves her through a rift in time…The Nineteenth Dynasty: Alex arrives in Ancient Egypt to find Twosret burying her husband – and plotting to usurp the throne from her stepson Siptah! Sparks fly between Alex and Siptah – they are immediately, irresistibly drawn to each other. But Twosret will stop at nothing to take over Egypt. Will Alex be able to return to her own time? Or will Twosret kill her in this one? Amazon KU
CITY OF TIME AND MAGIC (FOUND THINGS BOOK 4) by Paula Brackston
City of Time and Magic sees Xanthe face her greatest challenges yet. She must choose from three treasures that sing to her; a beautiful writing slope, a mourning brooch of heartbreaking detail, and a gorgeous gem-set hat pin. All call her, but the wrong one could take her on a mission other than that which she must address first, and the stakes could not be higher. While her earlier mission to Regency England had been a success, the journey home resulted in Liam being taken from her, spirited away to another time and place. Xanthe must follow the treasure that will take her to him if he is not to be lost forever. Xanthe is certain that Mistress Flyte has Liam and determined to find them both. But when she discovers Lydia Flyte has been tracking the actions of the Visionary Society, a group of ruthless and unscrupulous Spinners who have been selling their talents to a club of wealthy clients, Xanthe realizes her work as a Spinner must come before her personal wishes. The Visionary Society is highly dangerous and directly opposed to the creed of the Spinners. Their actions could have disastrous consequences as they alter the authentic order of things and change the future. Xanthe knows she must take on the Society. It will require the skills of all her friends, old and new, to attempt such a thing, and not all of them will survive the confrontation that follows.
HOODOO AND HAIR LOSS: A PARANORMAL WOMEN’S FICTION NOVEL (THE ORACLE OF WYNTER BOOK 4) by Lisa Manifold
Three weeks ago, I kicked a necromancer to the curb. Three days ago, I took a much needed vacation with my new love. Three hours ago, someone threatened everything that matters to me. I’ve just met Nina Davenport, my newest consultant, and to say she needs my help is an understatement. For starters, it turns out she’s got one hell of a gnarly curse covering her. I have no idea what this curse is meant to do, but whatever it is, it’s not good. To make matters worse, Nina is on the run with a nasty ex on her tail who is determined to take her daughter from her. For the icing on the cake, this isn’t something that we have lots of time to figure out. According to Florry, the magical clock is ticking on this one. Whatever is coming is coming fast. If I don’t break this curse, I might lose her – and her daughter. No pressure, right? Oh yeah? And the cherry on top of the icing on the cake? Logan seems to think that leaving me is the only way to solve all his problems. But he’s got another thing coming. I am too old and now losing too much hair to deal with the angsty machinations of a man who refuses to acknowledge his own midlife crisis. No one drives the Wynter bus but Wynter. If he plans to keep me in his life, he better take a seat and buckle up. Being the Oracle of Theama has been one curve ball after another, but this time I feel like I’ve been hit by a pitch. Amazon KU
PRINCE CHARMING NOT: A NOCTURNE BAY STORY by Aja Foxx
Prince Charming he was not, even if his name was Chester Charming. As a fainting rabbit, he was cursed with fainting in his human form when startled or afraid. Finding three vampires being attacked by a group of wolves should have had him flat out on the ground, but the overwhelming need to save one of those vampires kept him on his feet and rushing to the rescue. Little did Chester know that his idiotic choice to run into danger would lead him to his mate. Prince Alaric Xavier D’aureville had lived more than seven hundred years. He’d met different species from all over the world, rubbed elbows with royalty and the dregs of society, and seen history pass him by. He never expected to find his beloved in a sexy rabbit shifter right in his own hometown. Once he claimed him, though, he wasn’t going to let anyone take Chester away from him, not even some idiot intent on taking all of his money any way he could. Prince Charming belonged to him. Amazon KU
SEA PILOT DRAGON’S FORBIDDEN MATE (IRISH DRAGON SHIFTER BROTHERS BOOK `18) by Brittany White
The City Girl – I grew up in a commune. It sounds like paradise, but it was hell on earth. My parents only cared about what made them happy. They left their children to fend for themselves. I escaped as soon as I could and never looked back. New York City offered me a refuge, and I started my own business. Work is my fuel; it keeps me going, and I refuse to get bogged down with dating. My career is all I need. But my coworkers insist on a retreat. On a sunny beach in South America, we find a sea pilot who will take us out onto the ocean. My coworkers insist on an adventure to find a hidden island off the coast of Peru. The sea pilot is gorgeous, and he’s more than just his looks. When the boat crashes into rocks, he saves all of our lives—this sexy man is brave as well as hot. But he’s hiding something—something big. Can I overlook the secrets he refuses to share with me? The Sea Pilot Dragon Shifter – I grew up in a happy clan off the coast of Maine. But I didn’t fit in. I wanted more. I moved to New York City and made my way as an investment banker. For fifteen years, I succeeded in the rat race, but I grew weary of the fast pace. As a newly minted millionaire, I found a relaxing life in a little village on a beach in Peru. I bought a boat, and tourists come to me for adventure. My life is easy, with no complications. Until the captivating Daisy shows up. She makes me want…(more blurb on ebook seller page…) Amazon KU
FEAR THE VAMPIRE: VAMPIRES OF BLOOD AND BONES BOOK 10 by B A Stretke
Colin Mendez hardly even knows who he is anymore. It was never supposed to be like this. This was supposed to be a dream. It is a once-in-a-lifetime chance at stardom, but somehow it becomes nothing but a nightmare, locked in a gilded cage. He’s lost his name; he’s now Alonzo Alistair, the music bad boy. He’s lost his freedom; every move he makes is dictated by his manager and some very shady men. Now, it looks like he might lose his life. People who get sent to Master Leopold don’t come back, and he’s not about to become another victim. All Colin can do is run. All he can hope is that he can hide long enough that they stop looking for him. He doesn’t know that this will put him in the biggest danger of his life and lead him into the arms of his fate chosen love. Rawl Baines is on a completely separate mission when he sees the handsome stranger sitting in the alley behind the Zen bar. Something about him seems out of place. Something about him calls to Rawl, and he just can’t let it go until he finds out who this man is. There is some spoiled celebrity missing, presumed a runaway, but he can’t be him. No spoiled Richy Rich would be working nights at the Zen. The mysterious man pulls him in deeper, and soon he is engaged in combat with jackals sent to kill the man. This just got interesting. Rawl will stop at nothing to save his fated beloved from the forces arrayed against him. Rawl learns that you can’t judge a person until you’ve seen their life. Can he save Colin before it’s too late?
BROKEN HOWL (REJECT ISLAND) by Katie May
As an omega, my job is to be the docile female—smile when they tell me to, do whatever the alphas say, and wait for the moon tide ritual when I’ll finally find my true mates. Nobody can tell how truly broken I am inside. When I find my perfect mates—two powerful, possessive alphas and one flirty beta—I decide to do the unspeakable. Reject them. Why would they want to be with someone as messed up and jaded as me? Someone who’s been used and spit out more times than I care to count? But these shifter men? They refuse to let me go. A twist of fate lands me on Reject Island, only…I’m not alone. I’m being hunted by the very three men I rejected—the men who still set my skin ablaze with every look in my direction. They’re dangerous, psychotic, and possessive. And they want to see me pay. Add into the mix a sweet, damaged delta I meet on the island, and I’m up to my elbows in sexy wolf shifters. But the truth is…I didn’t only run from my mates to spare them the pain of being with me. There’s someone after me, someone bad, and if he finds me, all of our lives will be forfeit. Will I learn how to scream to the moon? Or will my howl always remain broken? Amazon KU
THE FOX’S RELUCTANT ALPHA: MPREG SHIFTER ROMANCE (SEVEN CORNERS SHIFTERS BOOK THREE) by Ana Beringer
A sly fox has me chasing his, ahem, tail. I hate that I love it, but there’s no way I’m falling in love. Is there? Omega fox Duncan Dougherty is a laid-back, fun-loving guy. A little too laid back. After a blow-up argument with his family, Duncan takes off, looking for adventure and freedom. He stumbles onto the Bolder territory, where he takes one look at grumpy alpha wolf Jorik and makes it his life’s mission to rile him up and make him smile. The chase is on, and it leads to a blistering heat. Duncan doesn’t want to be tied down. Or does he? Alpha wolf Jorik Bolder doesn’t want to fall in love. He’s too short-tempered and too busy with his extended family to think about a mate and pups of his own. That is, until a wily fox appears on his territory and teases him until he has no choice but to give chase. When he catches the fox, there are fireworks. The problem is, Jorik’s still hurting from a tragedy is his past, and doesn’t know how to open up. Will he let his dream fox leave? What happens when the big bad wolf catches the mischievous fox? Can the lovers open up enough to share their love for one another? What about the little surprise that comes from Duncan’s heat? Amazon KU
MAGES AND MYSTERIES: A FANTASY PRIDE & PREJUDICE VARIATION by Victoria Kincaid
In Regency England, women are expected to confine their magical acts to mending dresses or enhancing their beauty, but Elizabeth Bennet insists on crafting her own spells to fight goblins and protect the people of Meryton. She even caused a scandal by applying for admission to the magical Academy. When Hertfordshire is beset with a series of unexplained goblin attacks, Elizabeth is quite ready to protect her family and friends. If only she didn’t have to deal with the attitude of the arrogant mage, Fitzwilliam Darcy. Mr. Darcy doesn’t need to be associated with a scandalous woman like Elizabeth Bennet—no matter how attractive she is. But as the goblin attacks accelerate and grow more dangerous, Darcy realizes that he could use her help in identifying the cause—and is forced to recognize her magical ability. Unfortunately, continued proximity to Elizabeth only heightens his attraction to her—which is particularly inconvenient in light of his engagement to Caroline Bingley. Can Elizabeth and Darcy unravel the mystery of the goblin attacks before more people are hurt? And how can they manage their growing mutual attraction? It’s sure to be interesting…because when Darcy and Elizabeth come together, magic happens. Amazon KU
GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST (HAUNTED SOULS BOOK 11) by Pandora Pine
When private detective Jude Byrne took his first breath, his mother, Carol, took her last. Told his mother cursed him with her final words, Jude has never been interested in connecting with Carol. As far as he is concerned, his life is perfect with his husband and son. Psychic Copeland Forbes is surprised to find the spirit of Carol Byrne standing in his kitchen a few days before Christmas. Jude’s estranged mother pleads for one chance to speak to her son and make amends. When Cope tells Jude his mother’s request, his husband is shocked by her audacity but strangely curious all the same. Agreeing to a tentative meeting, Jude faces the fact that he might not know the entire story. With the help of his family, friends, Jude takes the first step toward forgiveness. Will the magic of Christmas help Jude and his mother find peace? Or will Carol Byrne fade into the background as the ghost of Christmas past? Amazon KU
DRAGON ASHES (DRAGON GUARD BOOK 3) by Debbie Cassidy
The Dragon Blood’s took everything from us. Now it’s time to take it all back. The dragon bloods have a weakness, and we’re going to use it against them. All we need to do is brave the eye of the storm.
With my newfound status and powerful mates at my side, there is no doubt in my mind that we can turn the tide in our favour and bring the dragon bloods down. As allies become enemies and enemies become allies, love blooms in the unlikeliest places and even the iciest heart can be thawed. Success is on the horizon. But every victory comes with a price. Amazon KU
VIKTOR (IMMORTALS OF NEW ORLEANS BOOK 11) by Kym Grosso
Ancient vampire, Viktor Christianson, thrived for thousands of years without love. Enjoying the finer things in life, the international playboy embraced the essence of his immortal existence. But after he rescues a beautiful human from a bloodthirsty predator, he discovers she’s awakened the humanity he thought he’d long forgotten. Captivated by her unique energy, Viktor vows to protect her and soon realizes she’s the key to his future. When art curator Waverly LaFleur first encounters the lethal stranger, her instinct is to run far, far away. Although she’s hidden her psychic visions for years, premonitions morph into reality, and she begins to attract dark entities she could never imagine existed. When the debonair vampire saves her life, she cannot deny temptation, spiraling into the seductive ancient’s world. From the spicy-hot streets of Miami to New Orleans, Viktor and Waverly embark on a dangerous adventure. While seeking the truth about the evil that’s entered their lives, Viktor unearths the dark truth of his lineage, suspecting his nemesis is alive. He must choose wisely or become everything he’s always hated. If they survive, will he come to terms with his humanity and bond with a human or leave her forever, abandoning love?
WICKED PACK (REJECTED MATE REFUGE BOOK 7) by Lola Glass
When I was rejected two years ago, my pack began hunting for me. Better dead than rejected, they said. The Outcast Pack gave me a home and kept me hidden from them, and I got comfortable.
Too comfortable. My pack’s hunters have closed in on me. Now the only way I can survive is by taking a mate, and then watching said mate pass my pack’s challenges. That’s their way of proving to them that he belongs in the pack, and that I’m more than the worthless rejected female they see me as. My friend Bash volunteers to be my mate, in name and deed only… but our feelings for each other are bigger than either of us will admit. Amazon KU
LOST WITHOUT A CLAUS by Kaya LaSalle
You might think being Santa Claus’s daughter sounds like a dream, right? Wrong. I never wanted the obligations that come along with the family business, and this is the year I’m supposed to take over for my old man. But I have no intention of letting that happen. That’s why I’m hiding out in a tiny mountain town where nobody can find me—not even my father’s elves. I’ll just ride things out here and wait until Christmas is over, and then my problems will be solved. Simple, right? Wrong again. Because I wasn’t planning on meeting someone like Lizzie Collins in my small-town hideaway. She runs the local candle shop, and I can’t get enough of her—smart, snarky, and a die-hard Christmas fan. Oh, and did I mention that she just so happens to be the only person in town with a spare room for rent? I know I’m falling for her, but there’s just one little problem: she has no idea who I really am. It’s not exactly easy to break the news to the woman you love that Santa Claus is real—and that she’s dating the reluctant heiress to the Santa empire. My father’s elves are getting closer in their search for me, and the countdown to Christmas Eve is on. Will I be able to come clean to Lizzie and have everything I’ve ever dreamed of? Or will I be dragged back to the North Pole with a broken heart? Amazon KU
SANTA’S DESTINY by Tami Lund
Des (don’t call her Destiny—she hates that name) is an elf with a problem. A jolly, red-suit wearing, gift-bearing, reindeer-loving problem. Turns out, someone has stolen Santa Claus’s magic. And it’s three days before Christmas. What’s an elf to do? Help him out, of course. That’s her specialty, after all. Except that creates a whole new problem: Des has to work closely with the Man in Red while keeping her presents under wraps, because there is definitely one thing she will not do. Ride in Santa’s sleigh tonight.
A MONSTROUS LIGHT by Cari Z
What do you do when the person who’s your whole word vanishes in a monstrous light? You hunt them down, of course. Across continents, to the edge of the Waste, through death and deception all the way to the corpse of the creature who would have killed you both. And when you find him? Well. You do what you have to to keep him. Anything you have to. Amazon
WILD COWBOY WOLF (SEVEN RANGE SHIFTERS BOOK ) by Kait Ballenger
Dakota Nguyen has everything she ever wanted–an appointment as one of the Grey Wolf pack’s first female elite warriors, a vibrant career as the ranch veterinarian, and a chaotic, endearing family. When the daily grind gets lonely, her best friend Blaze always knows how to cheer her up. But lately, she has a feeling that there might be something more between them. One of the pack’s elite warriors, security technologist Blaze Carter is as smart as a whip, quick to joke, and fast on the draw. But underneath his witty exterior, Blaze harbors a dark secret, and fears the day when his demons catch up with him. Unwilling to put his pack at risk, Blaze keeps his secrets to himself and his pack at arm’s length–except for Dakota, who has managed to sneak into his heart. But even as friendship turns to passion, a hidden enemy threatens to destroy the pack and all that Blaze and Dakota fight so hard to protect. Now, to act on their desires could have deadly consequences.
THE QUID PRO QUO (BROADFIELD TRILOGY BOOK 2) by A L Lester
Village nurse Walter Kennett is content with his makeshift found-family in tiny Bradfield. However, one midsummer morning a body is found floating in the village duck pond, dead by magical means.
Detective Simon Frost arrives in Bradfield to investigate an inexplicable murder. The evidence seems to point to Lucille Hall-Bridges, who lives with Doctor Sylvia Marks and Walter Kennett at Courtfield House. Simon isn’t happy — he doesn’t believe Lucy is a murderer, but he’s sure the three of them are hiding something. In the meantime, the draw he feels toward Walter takes him by surprise. Walter is in a dilemma, concealing Sylvia and Lucy’s relationship and not knowing how much to tell Frost about the paranormal possibilities of the murder. He isn’t interested in going to bed with anyone — he’s got a complicated life and has to know someone really well before he falls between the sheets. He’s taken aback by his own attraction to Detective Frost and is angry when Frost appears to twist the spark between them to something transactional in nature. Will Walter be satisfied to stay on the periphery of Lucy and Sylvia’s love affair, a welcome friend but never quite included? Or is it time for him to strike out and embark on a relationship of his own?
BITE ME FOR CHRISTMAS by Megan Slayer
Rachael isn’t good at magic, and she’s not versed in life, but this witch wants to lay her hands on the sexy vampire who’s come to her in her dreams. She wants just one thing for Christmas wish — her vampire. Gavin wants the witch in his dreams, but he doesn’t believe he’s worthy of her. Part of him wants to devour her magic and save himself, but what if being saved doesn’t involve dying? Anything is possible with a little Christmas magic.
A WORLD OF LOST WORDS (A TEMPEST OF SHADOWS BOOK 5) by Jane Washington
I was born with a shadow inside me, a beast clawing and ripping its way to freedom. I was born with a clock inside me, the tick-ticking of my heartbeat drawing us all closer to the inevitable, the inescapable. The end of everything. And now, finally, it has arrived. The world is burning, the souls are screaming, the castles are crumbling. Death is here for us all, but I am a warrior of light, a conqueror of worlds, a protector of souls. I have seen the face of death, and it is only one face in a sea of many, one name in a language so vast, most of the words have been forgotten … but languages can be learned. In a world of lost words, even death has a name. In the forgotten places full of forgotten whispers, magic can always be found. Even by the weakest of us. Even the cursed and condemned, the stewards or sectorians, the warriors or maidens, the gods or mortals. Even someone like me. This epic, apocalyptic fantasy is dark, lush and gritty. The heroin has multiple, slow-burn love interests, who all begin as true enemies, so you don’t have to choose your favourite anti-hero. This series has some intense and dark themes, and the heroes begin as utterly irredeemable alphaholes, so consider yourselves warned! Amazon KU
DEAD WOMAN’S POND (NEARLY DEPARTED BOOK 1) by Elle E Ire
No matter how Flynn Dalton tries to avoid it, the supernatural finds her. At first it’s not so bad. Flynn’s girlfriend, Genesis, is a nationally known psychic, which makes Flynn uncomfortable for both paranormal and financial reasons, but she can handle it. As long as no one makes her talk about it.
Then, on her way home from her construction job, Flynn almost ends up the latest casualty of Festivity’s infamous Dead Man’s Pond. And when her ex-lover’s ghost appears to warn her away, things get a whole lot weirder. Flynn might not like it, but the pond has fixated on her to be its next victim. If she wants to survive, she’ll have to swallow her pride, accept Gen’s help, and get much closer to the psychic realm—and her own latent psychic abilities—than she ever wanted.
A GOOD GIRL CHRISTMAS (THE SEASON BOOK 4) by Sam Hall
“Every person is paired up with another and we have to do something for them. An experience, an event, a gesture. More than socks and undies under the Christmas tree. Something that communicates how we feel about them.” Marcus is at it again, but this time he’s being open with the pack. Feeling out of his depth, unable to truly understand how a healthy relationship works, he wants everyone to make some sort of gesture for the others to show how they feel. But as per usual, he’s playing with fire. This pack may have found their way towards each other, but what happens when you’re required to put exactly how you feel out there on the line? Join Cyn and the gang as they work through a series of increasingly sweet tableaus, discovering exactly how they feel about each other as they go and just what they want from the relationship. Amazon KU
DRAGONS DO IT NERDIER (DRAGONS DO IT BOOK 2) by Gemma Cates
A blocked writer looking for inspiration – Kaylee –I write about bad men who do dirty things to needy women. Or I used to. I’m on a deadline and the words aren’t coming. My creative well is nothing more than a mud puddle. Perhaps a reflection of my equally uninspiring life. But then I encounter a smoking man with a serious book habit at my local library. Suddenly, he’s my hero. I’m writing about a gorgeous bespectacled guy with lickable abs and bitable biceps. The words are flowing, but it’s not the book I meant to write. Not enough handcuffs, too many teeth and claws…and I’m not entirely sure why. A nerdy dragon looking for love – Dex – I found her. My one true mate. And… She thinks I’m a lunatic. “Dragons aren’t real.” I just have to convince a woman with an imagination so vast she creates fictional worlds for a living that everything she’s ever dreamt is real, magic included. No problem. Without revealing my true form. More complicated. While keeping her safe. Dammit.
DEAD OVER HEELS (BLACKHAVEN MANOR BOOK 6) by Arden Steele
It’s been twelve years since the Awakening. Otherlings are out of the paranormal closet. The whole world knows that creatures like vampires, werewolves, and witches exist. So, seeing dead people barely even rates on the freaky scale. Right? Wrong. Fritz Tolliver figures he must have done something terrible in a previous life to be afflicted with such a curse. In fact, every bad thing that has ever happened to him can be traced back to his unwanted ability. So, when a stupidly hot werewolf who’s way out of his league claims to be his mate, he should be thrilled. And he probably would have been if he hadn’t gone and gotten himself haunted by a nasty spirit on the same day. When a human male strolls into the station asking for a job—and promptly spills an entire Americano on him—Sheriff Vander Hale has a feeling it’s going to be a bad day. Then, the door opens, the wind shifts, and suddenly, his whole world changes. There’s nothing he wouldn’t do for his mate, no battle he wouldn’t wage, even if his enemy is technically already dead. Unfortunately, there’s just one problem with his plan. He’d go to hell and back for Fritz, but how is he supposed to fight something he can’t see? Amazon KU
A CHRISTMAS LIKE NO OTTER (VIRTUE SHIFTERS BOOK 4) by Zoe Chant
Otter shifter and piano player Abe is usually pretty suave, but that was before the otterly amazing new choir director turned out to be his fated mate! His otter is so excited that Abe himself can’t get a word in edgewise. How can he impress his mate if he can’t even talk to her? Blaire thought her new job as a choir director in Virtue would be a breeze, but the old piano player took one look at her and quit, and the new one can’t even meet her eyes! Which is just too bad, because he’s probably the most handsome man Blaire has ever seen. Why, if Abe could only make eye contact, Blaire might even be prepared to consider him a potential significant otter! But rehearsals for the choir concert mean at least they’re together, and it’s not long before they realize they have a whole lotter more than music in common. From ice skating to hot springs, the winter holiday activities in town bring them closer and closer…right up to one last surprise that reveals itself at the Christmas concert! Amazon KU
HER BIKER WOLVES by Lilly Wilder
Jackson. Hunter. Tom. Primal predators. Testosterone-driven. Alpha werewolf shifters. Experienced fighters with rippling muscles. They could snap me like a twig. I should stay away. A fragile human like me can’t handle all three beasts. But I have no choice. To find my missing sister, I put myself at their mercy. I need the savage bikers’ help. And they want me. Despite my fear, they intoxicate me.
I know I should stay away. Yet I can’t resist. So when they demand I mate with them, I say yes.
Sealing my future. Binding myself to them forever. Unleashing the beasts. Will playing with fire allow me to save my sister? Or will the flame burn me to a crisp? Amazon KU
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VS: This week’s featured backlist title is HOSTAGE TO THE STARS, which is the sequel to last week’s MISSION TO MAHJUNDAR. Johnny, a secondary character in the first book, was a huge reader favorite (and favorite of mine too) and I had many requests for him to have his own story. I just had to wait for the right adventure to come to me. The kernel of the story is the fact that in modern times, Special Forces don’t always get sent in to rescue hostages. I had read several true accounts of people who were taken as hostages in various parts of the world and eventually rescued by SEALs. Johnny is a firm believer in the adage that no one gets left behind.
HOSTAGE TO THE STARS
He rescued her from space pirates … but can he keep them both safe from the far greater evil stalking a deserted planet?
Space travel without Kidnap & Ransom insurance? Not a good idea. University instructor and researcher Sara Bridges can’t afford it, so when pirates board her cruise liner, she’s taken captive along with the mistress of a wealthy man, and brought to a deserted planet. When a military extraction team sent to rescue the mistress refuses to take Sara too, she’s left to the mercies of a retired Special Forces soldier, along as consultant.
Reluctantly reactivated and coerced into signing up for the rescue operation to the planet Farduccir where he once was deployed, Sgt. Johnny Danver just wants to get the job done. But when the team leader leaves one captured woman behind, he breaks away to rescue her himself.
As Johnny and Sara traverse the barren landscape, heading for an abandoned base where they hope to call Sectors Command for help, they find villages destroyed by battle and stripped of all inhabitants. A lone survivor tells a horrific tale of the Sectors’ alien enemy, the Mawreg, returning after being pushed out …
Searching for evidence to give the military, Johnny is captured. He regains consciousness in a Mawreg cage–with Sara next to him. Death is preferable to what the aliens will do to them… And even if they do escape their captors, can they alert the military in time to prevent another invasion of the Sectors?
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