I have a new release this week too!
I have not read most of the new releases listed (although I always end up one-clicking quite a few as I prepare these posts LOL).
‘AB’ denotes audiobook and the Amazon buy link.
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RESOLUTION (PLANET OF LAST RESORT BOOK THREE by Veronica Scott
VS Note: Technically there are 3 books in the main series, this being #3, but there are also two novellas. Sorry for the numbering confusion!
Dr. Melisande Jericho returned home to Randal Four to find herself in the middle of an undead apocalypse. Together with Captain Jeff Pearson and his team of Sectors Special Forces operators she’s been making her way across the planet toward the sanctuary of Pearson’s homestead claim in the north. Battling swarms of the infected, treating surviving humans in need of medical care, and taking down a local warlord have taken their toll on Melly. At the same time they’ve also been seeking answers to how the viral outbreak happened and who might have been behind the situation. While she and Jeff have fallen in love as they battled the infected together and endured hardship and danger, Melly is apprehensive now as the most daunting task lies ahead – infiltrating the large refugee camp run by former government authorities who may or may not have a secret agenda. Can she forgive Jeff for taking her into such a perilous situation? Will they find the answers he needs? While her trust in the man she loves is absolute even he may not be able to save her life when she’s targeted by the very enemy they’ve been seeking. Matters come to a head and the future of the planet and every surviving human is at stake with only Melly and Jeff and a few of their comrades to stand in the way of complete disaster. 59K words. Can be read as a standalone, some spoilers for the earlier books.
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FALLING FOR LOVE (STAR DATE ISLAND BOOK ONE) by Marit Prins
Six women. One alien planet. And a dating show where warlords, princes, and warriors from across the galaxy compete for the chance to claim their fated human mate. When Emma signed up for Star Date Island, she thought she’d be competing for the heart of some billionaire celebrity. What she didn’t expect was to wake up on another planet at Eros Estate—and discover the men vying for her attention aren’t human. They’re aliens. Very powerful aliens. And apparently… they love curvy human women. For the first time in her life, Emma isn’t “too much.” Not too loud. Not too bold. Not too curvy. She’s exactly what they want. Warriors kneel. Princes court her with quiet devotion. Warlords promise entire galaxies at her feet. And the cameras capture every moment as the galaxy watches six human women navigate a villa filled with powerful alien bachelors searching for their perfect mate. But choosing a mate isn’t easy when two very different aliens are fighting for Emma’s heart. Prince Kadran is thoughtful, intelligent, and the kind of man a woman could build a future with. Warlord Zul is dangerous, commanding, and the kind of male who makes Emma forget every rule she’s ever lived by. The cameras are rolling. The stakes are rising. And somewhere among the warlords, princes, and warriors competing for her heart… Emma might just find the one who proves she was never too much at all. Welcome to Star Date Island. Where love isn’t just real…it’s intergalactic. AmazonKU
80% SMOKE 20% SHOW by Chris Redd
VS Note: MM SFR.
All it takes is one intergalactic leap of faith…For his birthday, Nash expected cake. Maybe a quiet night in. Definitely not a seven-foot-tall, purple-scaled alien doing chin-ups in his living room.
Saluda is powerful. Built for battle. And completely unprepared for Nash. Nash doesn’t fight with talons or fire. He fights by showing up. By caring. By offering warmth without asking for anything in return. And that kind of strength might be the most dangerous of all. To earn his wings, Saluda must prove himself worthy of becoming a Drack warrior. Strength. Discipline. Control. That is all that matters. The human male who smells like storms and looks at him as though he is more than a weapon is just a distraction. A small, soft, weak distraction. When duty demands sacrifice and destiny demands fire, Saluda must decide what kind of warrior he truly wants to be, and whether earning his wings is worth losing the male who has already taught him how to fly. AmazonKU
VYTLN’S TRAP: THIRD IN DELIVERY SERVICE DETAILS by Talia Rhea
Delivery Details: Multiple crates of high power explosives from the factory, to be delivered to a war torn planet. There’s a pest moving around the ship, and Vytln is the only one who knows its there. He has no proof, no one else has seen anything, but he is determined to catch it. He finally succeeds in catching the pest in a trap. The only problem is that it’s his mating a trap. He’s been in this situation before. He’d been betrayed and lost everything he prized the last time he caught a female in his trap. He absolutely won’t do this again. Haven spent her entire life breaking things down, building them back up, and chasing after her own curiosity. She’d never met a machine she didn’t want to figure out how it worked. The printer in school, the plane in the hanger, the starship that took her off planet without anyone knowing she was there. And now, the broken down starship with a mechanic that was so fun to tease by messing with his wiring. But man, she didn’t think he’d be so determined to catch her he’d make a trap this elaborate. Haven doesn’t mind being mated to the big guy, but man does he have baggage. A whole lot of family issues, a former almost-mate, and a criminal record that would make most people run. He’s not the only one with a past, however, in this crew of ne’er-do-wells. Their old crimes are coming home to roost, and it’s affecting all of them. The ship and crew are facing a threat much bigger than themselves, and things will never be the same again. AmazonKU
RADIANT STAR by Ann Leckie
VS Note: Not a romance. LGBTQ. A scifi release of note.
he Temporal Location of the Radiant Star has always been a source of both conflict and hope for the people of Ooioiaa. However, the imperial Radch see it only as an inconvenience, an antiquated religious site soon to be absorbed into their own, superior culture. But local politics is complicated, and the Radch have made a final concession: One last man will be allowed to join the mummified bodies in the temporal location to become a “living saint”. But this decision will ripple out to affect every part of the city. Amidst a slowly worsening food shortage, riots, and a communication blackout from the rest of the Radch Empire, a religious savant will entertain visions of his own sainthood, a socialite will discover hir comfortable life upended, and a young man sold into servitude will find unlikely escape.
BROKEN DOVE (SILVER ELITE 2) by Dani Francis
LINES WILL BE CROSSED. After blowing her cover as a double agent within Silver Elite and fleeing the Prime-controlled capital, Wren Darlington is finally safe behind allied lines. As her lover and former commander Cross Redden works to disrupt the Primes from inside their ranks, Wren turns her focus toward assisting the Uprising in overthrowing their rule once and for all. LOYALTIES WILL BE TESTED. Though she’s back among her own people, trust is hard-won and hidden agendas abound on the Mod base. And beyond those walls, Wren can’t help but worry that Cross is keeping secrets of his own . . . secrets that could jeopardize everything. Complicating matters even further is her shocking reunion with hotshot fighter pilot and undercover operative Grayson Blake. Once her closest friend in Silver Elite, Gray seems to understand Wren on a level she never thought possible. AND THE FIGHT FOR THE CONTINENT IS ONLY JUST BEGINNING. With the war between Mods and Primes growing more brutal by the day, and with her own role in the conflict becoming more essential than ever, Wren must confront some gut-wrenching questions. Who is she fighting for . . . and who is she willing to lose? Amazon AB Apple Books Kobo
BETWEEN SUN AND SHADOW by Laura Genn
VS Note: FF SFR.
Hades and Persephone reimagined on a tidally locked planet, for fans of queer romance, mutant superpowers, eccentric robots, and speculative tech—featuring fun and stylish case art beneath the hardcover dust jacket! Sixteen-year-old Kori struggles to be a dutiful heiress to the Daylands, a post-cataclysmic society reliant on chip implants to retain memory. With a strict routine and an overly cautious mother, Kori has only one friend, Aspect—an industrial robot she’s repurposed. Determined to awaken sentience in her metal companion, Kori crash-lands in enemy territory while hunting for a memory that might do the trick. Ravaged by radiation from a meteorite, the citizens of the Shadowlands have evolved into beast-like creatures with supernatural abilities. Adria, a winged mutant, has wrested control of the Shadowlands from her bloodthirsty parents—but not everyone is so willing to embrace her leadership. What better way to instill confidence in her court than by capturing a foreign princess and demanding ransom? However, what began as a political maneuver transforms into a potent attraction as Kori’s longing for relationship echoes Adria’s own. Granted free rein of Adria’s fortress, Kori stumbles upon a startling revelation that could upend the Daylands entirely. As rebellion grows and Adria’s precarious hold on her throne wavers, Adria and Kori must join forces to avert all-out war. Does a queen of shadows really stand a chance with a princess of sunlight? Or has the chasm between their nations grown too wide? A science fantasy “Beauty and the Beast,” this action-packed adventure is written in dual point of view and layered with a charming robot, a cuddly three-headed dog, mind-bending twists, and sapphic yearning. Amazon AB
MODEL ACTRESS WHATEVER by Kim Newman
VS Note: Not a romance but a scifi release of note. Superheroes.
When Chrissie Chambers (model actress whatever) discovers her soap opera character is about to be killed off, she finally stops dieting and discovers hitherto untapped supernatural abilities. Meanwhile, Chrissie’s aunt – former national heroine Lady Shade – goes missing. Afraid for Jasmine’s safety and itching to costume-up, Chrissie and her ghost-possessed best friend Loulee break into Devil’s Dyke, the asylum where Jasmine works as a therapist with the most dangerous cutthroats (supervillains) in Britain… only to find the inmates have taken over… Chrissie debuts successfully as a cloak (superheroine), but who will become the arch-nemesis of Lady Shade II? In Chrissie’s timeline, the Beatles didn’t split up and recorded a hallucinodelic album in 1972 – Never Mind (strictly, Never Mind the Beatles) – which literally changed the world. Set in an alternative 2020s London, this hugely entertaining, darkly humorous superhero tale is packed with Newman’s trademark wit, and comes with wickedly sharp edges. Amazon AB Apple Books Kobo
HER RUNAWAY LADY by BJ Sikes
VS Note: Sapphic with a “hint of steampunk”.
An ambitious young milliner. A shy noblewoman fleeing an arranged marriage. Love is a risk neither can afford. Solange doesn’t have time for love. She’s too busy working her way up in the Parisian millinery trade. Her goal: to become rich and lift her family out of poverty. So when a beautiful aristo whirls into the millinery fascinated by hat making, Solange isn’t interested. Or so she tells herself. Louise-Marie hates the fancy parties she’s dragged to at Versailles and never wanted to marry. She just wanted to be left alone, making hats. Running away from home to become a milliner seemed like a good idea but the life of a working-class shop girl is harder than she imagined. And her new coworker doesn’t seem to like her much. When they’re thrown together in the cramped backroom of a millinery shop and a shared garret room, tensions fray. Amazon Apple Books Kobo
SURVIVING HEARTS (APOCALYPTIC HEARTS BOOK TWO) by Charlotte Saxon
I thought finding and rescuing my brother would be the hardest part. I was wrong. While our plan to free everyone from the Scourge worked, we’re now on the run, being ruthlessly hunted down by a gang hellbent on revenge. And with weak and injured people in our group, it’s turned our journey into a deadly game of cat and mouse. To make matters worse, cracks are forming. Not just with the new members of our group but between the three men I’m falling for. Tempers are flaring, past fears and secrets are coming to light and decades-long friendships are being pushed to their breaking point. But with the relentless hordes of zombies, the Scourge closing in and potential traitors in our midst, we need each other now more than ever. Will we be able to overcome our pasts and put our trust in one another? Or will the pain be too much and shatter our hearts beyond repair? AmazonKU
CAVEMAN ALIEN’S HEAT (CAVEMAN ALIENS BOOK 29) by Calista Skye
In a frozen alien world, survival has rules. Breaking them could cost everything. Riley never expected to crash on a glacier, surrounded by icy wastes and predatory dinosaurs. She expected even less to survive it. Stranded alongside Nator’ax, a lethal jungle warrior bound by honor, her life depends on the one man sworn to protect her… and forbidden to touch her. He is her shield, her guide, her only ally in a world that would swallow her whole. But the closer they get, the harder it is to remember the line he can’t cross. When an ice-bound tribe captures them on forbidden ground, the verdict is swift and merciless: Nator’ax will die. Riley will be kept. She knows what that means: Used. Claimed and broken into something she would rather die than become. Now, honor is no longer enough. To save her, Nator’ax must risk everything – his oath, his tribe, his life, and the fragile control he’s held over his desire from the start. Because Riley is more than a woman stranded in the wrong place: she’s the one thing he was never meant to want. And the one thing he will not lose. Even if it means unleashing horrors that will make an entire tribe regret the day they took her. AmazonKU
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BETWEEN YOU AND I (STILL BEATING BOOK ONE) by Isolde Blackwood
VS Note: I one clicked.
Sloane Mercer has always preferred the quiet certainty of water. At thirty, she spends her days inside the aquarium’s dim, glass-lit corridors, caring for fragile ecosystems that still follow rules. It’s easier than facing the slow unraveling of her own life—easier than admitting she’s been standing still for far too long. Callan Ward exists on the edges of her world. Steady. Distant. Familiar in the way only someone you see every day can be. He understands the aquarium like it’s part of him, like he’s been preparing for something no one else can see. Then the world outside begins to collapse. What starts as rumors becomes sirens. Silence. Absence. The aquarium—once a refuge—turns into something else entirely. Cut off and running out of time, Sloane and Callan are forced into a desperate escape, following nothing but instinct and a half-remembered promise of somewhere safe. Somewhere hidden. Somewhere meant to survive the end of everything. But isolation changes people. Strips away the lives they used to live and leaves behind only truth. And in the fragile quiet that follows, Sloane begins to see Callan differently—not as the man she worked beside, but as the one standing between her and the dark. Because survival isn’t just about outrunning what’s out there. It’s about facing what’s been waiting between them all along. And sometimes, the most dangerous place to be…is alone with someone who truly sees you. AmazonKU
POSSESSED BY THE DREADBRINGER: MM MONSTER ROMANCE (OFFWORLD MEAT MARKET BOOK FOUR) by Morrigan Black
I’ve been running from fate my entire life until I slammed face first into a four-armed monster who bought me off the auction block. He isn’t a slaver. He’s a war god in the making, and the second he ripped out his own heart and fed it to me, I became his. Nocil Dreadbringer. He carves through armies with a laugh in his throat. His own warriors whisper his name when they think he can’t hear. Then he looks at me and my body betrays me. He force-feeds me his dead mother’s favorite cake just to taste it through our bond. He guts one of his own generals for daring to touch me. In bed he cradles me in all of his arms and never lets go. When he says mine, my body answers before my mouth can argue. He hates every creature in this ruined galaxy. But I belong to him. And he would burn the stars to keep me. AmazonKU AB
THE BONDING GAMES PART ONE by Loa B Hunt
Every year, a series of deadly games are held in the city of Techtis, where Players must bond, kill, or be killed. To capture and bond an opponent is no easy feat, but to avoid a bonding, or the likely alternative of a brutal death, is even harder. So it is no surprise that the Games’ Champion is viewed as nothing short of a goddess throughout the world for escaping both five times. Which would explain the uproar kindled in the masses when her deadly streak comes to an unexpected end when she’s claimed in her sixth Bonding Games. And not just by one man, but five…The Bonding Games: Part 1 is a why choose / reverse harem sci-fi romance featuring a villainous FMC and five devoted men AmazonKU
ALIEN WARRIOR’S HONOR (TAUREAN MERCENARIES BOOK ONE) by Melody Beckett
VS Note: From APRIL 28.
A warrior with a secret. A woman desperate to find her sister. A twist neither saw coming. During an alien invasion, slavers snatch Aletta’s sister, tearing her world apart. Hunted and alone, Aletta expects death—until Gark, a mercenary captain with a fearsome reputation, saves her life. Gark has spent his whole life fighting against the dishonor of his heritage. But the moment he touches Aletta, his suppressed side erupts, triggering a mate drive he cannot control. As they race through the stars to track her sister’s captors, Gark saves Aletta again and again, his growing desperation mirroring his fading sanity. In the shadow of her sister’s rescue, Aletta faces a final, terrifying choice: accept Gark’s claim, or let him succumb to the madness of an unrequited mate bond. When everyone she’s ever loved has left her, can she trust in Gark’s promises of forever? AmazonKU
THE THIEF (TIE MASTERS BOOK EIGHT) by Geralyn Beauchamp
VS Note: Looking at the blurb for book one apparently the Muirarans are aliens.
Two timelines. Only one version of her will survive…Julia Dawson was promised a chance at freedom. All she had to do was complete one assignment for the Muirarans. Simple. Keep her head down. Stay out of trouble. And above all, don’t let anyone discover who she used to be… or what she became.
There’s just one problem. The mission sends her into a fractured timeline—one where another version of Julia already exists. Older. Wiser. Ruthless. And close enough to recognize her. If that happens, everything unravels. But the mission isn’t the only thing slipping out of her control. Archer, her teammate, is a thief. He takes what he wants and disappears before anyone realizes what’s missing. And as they’re there to steal something, they need him. He drives her nuts and should be just another complication. Instead, he’s becoming her weakness. As secrets tighten and danger rises, Julia is forced to face the one thing she’s been running from. Herself. Because this time, failure won’t just cost her freedom. It will cost Archer. And maybe both their worlds. But as right and wrong begin to blur—and the life of someone believed to exist only in legend is at risk—Julia must decide:Is she still the woman she used to be…or someone worth fighting for? AmazonKU
OUT OF OFFICE (ZENITH APP BOOK ONE) by Infinity Beyond
I thought I was swiping for a date. Instead, I got abducted by a seven-foot-tall alien warlord who thinks I’m a logistical masterpiece. As a Senior Administrative Assistant, my entire life is invisible labor. I manage executive tantrums, fix jammed printers, and survive on lukewarm takeout and chronic anxiety. So, when a weird pop-up ad asks if I’m tired of “Earth boys” and want to take The Zenith App personality assessment, I click Yes as a joke. I didn’t expect my apartment to implode. I definitely didn’t expect to wake up in a junk-cave on a lethal alien penal colony. My accidental match is Vrox. He’s a terrifying, crimson-skinned Drakar warrior with marbled horns, a lethal tail, and a voice that—thanks to a malfunctioning translator—sounds like a late-night smooth-jazz radio host. To the rest of his brutal, strength-obsessed military base, he’s a disgraced “runt.” But to me? He’s a genius who builds “predictive coddling” robots and over-engineered, heated passenger seats just to make sure I don’t shiver. To protect me from being incinerated as “contraband” by his ruthless Commander, Vrox claims me as his mate. Now, we’re on the run across the toxic wastes of Kaelen Prime, dodging mechanical panthers and giant sinkhole worms. Vrox thinks he has to protect me with brute force. But he’s about to learn that brute force doesn’t win wars. Logistics win wars. And I am a very good assistant. AmazonKU
********************BRIEF BREAK BEFORE THE FANTASY/PNR BOOKS!**************************************
VS: My zombie planet series is now complete withthe release of RESOLUTION. Check out the first four books! Available wide…
************************** THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT IF YOU DECIDE TO CHECK OUT THE BOOKS (because my own books pay my bills) AND A BIG THANK YOU IF YOU ALREADY HAVE! AND ONWARD WE GO!*********************
LOKI’S WARRIOR MATE (GODS AND MONSTERS FATED MATES BOOK TWO) by Rebekah R Ganiere
She’s the last Valkyrie alive. He’s one Norse God who has no interest in settling down. But Fate doesn’t care what either of them wants. For a century, Val has lived behind enemy lines in Muspelheim- enduring Surtr’s cruelty, biding her time, and keeping his daughter Sutrelle alive long enough for them to escape. She carries the scars of everything she’s survived, and a bone-deep hatred for the Norse gods who sent her sisters to their deaths. Loki has spent centuries being everything everyone feared he was- the Trickster, the Betrayer, the God of Chaos. Easier to play the villain than admit the truth: that beneath the charm and the mischief lives a monster who has never been truly loved for who he is. So he stopped trying. Then she walked in. When fate drops the God of Mischief across a candlelit table from Val, and his fingers brush hers, both their worlds crack wide open. She’s the one woman immune to his every trick. She rolls her eyes at his smile and tips his thousand-dollar whiskey into his lap. She’s never wanted anyone to stay before. He’s never been so terrified someone would leave. And some fates can’t be outrun- no matter how many daggers you carry. Amazon Apple Books Kobo
EMBER AND OBSIDIAN by Lilliana Rose
Rival packs. One deadly storm. No escape. I ran. From my pack. From my mistakes. From the crushing weight of a life that smothered the wolf within. I thought the blizzard would hide me. That the brutal mountain cold would protect me. I was dead wrong. Now, I’m trapped in a crumbling cabin with the last person I should ever be alone with: a rival she-wolf. She hates my guts, she’s lethal, and she is entirely too tempting. We are supposed to be enemies, but the longer we are snowbound, the harder it is to remember why. To make matters worse, the storm isn’t the only thing howling outside. Something ancient and hungry is stalking us from the shadows. Running was the easy part. Now, survival is the real fight. But the greatest danger might just be the heat burning between us. AmazonKU
MARKED BY THE FAE KING (COURTS OF FAERY BOOK FOUR) by Megan Van Dyke
Aimee has spent years researching a cure for her ailing twin brother. But when modern medicine fails and his time runs short, she’s forced to consider an option she once scoffed at: the fae. They have a potential cure, but it lies in the land of the Unseelie, ruled by the most hated man in Faery, the Unseelie King. A coven of gifted humans agrees to help Aimee get to Faery on one condition: if she meets the Unseelie king, she’s to lead him into a trap before all-out war erupts between the Seelie and Unseelie Courts. It’s not the king Aimee meets, but Elias, a mysterious Unseelie fae who offers to aid her quest. Along the way, his kindness and compassion transforms her view of the Unseelie from disgust to admiration, and she finds herself falling for her handsome and unexpected ally. But Elias is not all he seems. When he’s revealed to be the villain she swore to lead to his doom, Aimee has to decide who to betray, who to save, and how much she’s willing to sacrifice. The fate of Faery itself is in her hands. AmazonKU
THE SPRING PRINCE: MM FAE ROMANCE (DELANEY’S SEASONAL FAE COURTS BOOK TWO) by Delaney Rain
Bridge Flint just wanted to spend time with his life-long best friends but instead finds himself falling through a fairy ring and into a pool where a naked fae prince was just about to enjoy a swim. Bridge is in the Spring Court with absolutely no way to get home. Determined to make the best of it, he accepts a job, learns about the curse trapping everyone within the court, and tries to discover if his friends have also come through the ring. He’s also getting to know the prince and wondering if boosting his confidence to regain control of his court will help break the curse. Falling for him? Bridge can’t resist a sweet man who grows flowers in his hair when he’s happy. Standing in the way of that happiness is a former advisor who’s usurped the prince’s throne and has grown increasingly dangerous. Can Hydris learn to stand up to those who would keep him down? Could that be what frees everyone? And what about falling in love? AmazonKU
BIG WITCH ENERGY by Amanda M Lee
Bay Winchester should be on top of the world, what with plans for her future house being finalized. A tour for family members is a cause for laughter…right until a creature from another world pulls Bay through the lake. Yes, through the lake. Bay doesn’t have time to panic because she’s got a big problem on her hands in the shape of a man straight out of a faery world. He calls himself Fogarty, and the only thing he wants is Bay. Unfortunately for him, she has more than one trick up her sleeve, and she manages to escape. Once back on the other side, the hunt is on. Bay has a new enemy. She also has a problem that may or may not be related to the new enemy. When the local librarian is found dead outside the downtown area, Bay knows what it isn’t—suicide—but she can’t figure out what it is. Not exactly. Her husband, Landon, is willing to listen to her theories, but she can’t give him what he needs. Between the new commune causing people to ask questions, a dead young woman, and a man who may be older than time hunting her, Bay has her hands full. She’s a Winchester witch, though. She doesn’t know how to lose. Or maybe she just hopes that. AmazonKU AB
GARGOYLED AT FIRST SIGHT: HARMONY GLEN by Ava Ross
Single motherhood I can handle. A charming gargoyle who sees right through my walls? That terrifies me. Sammy: After years of barely scraping by, I finally found stability in a job as a manager at Harmony Glen’s botanical gardens. It’s a safe place for my son, Corey, and maybe a safe place for me. I’ve learned the hard way that trusting leads to heartbreak, so when Gavrel arrives from France, all sophisticated charm and patient smiles, I keep my distance. But he’s impossible to ignore when he’s making breakfast for Corey, helping fix sprinklers, and looking at me like I’m worth fighting for. Then Corey’s estranged grandmother shows up threatening legal action, and suddenly Gavrel is the only thing standing between me and losing everything. I’m afraid of falling for him, but I think it might already be too late. Gavrel: Not long after I meet Sammy, I know she’s my fated mate. She doesn’t trust easily, and I understand why. She’s been hurt and abandoned before. So I’ll prove myself through patience. I’ll fly her son to school, repair what’s broken, and show her what it means to have someone who stays. When her past threatens to destroy the life she’s built, I’ll fight with everything I have to protect my mate and the boy who’s already claimed a place in my heart. Now I just need to convince her that some bonds are meant to last forever. AmazonKU
SATYRDAY NIGHT FEVER: HARMONY GLEN by Honey Phillips
Marigold Bloom has always preferred quiet corners to center stage, but when her flighty mother abandons her latest project, Marigold is left to pick up the pieces. Running Bloom & Vine in a small town full of nosy neighbors and magical residents is challenging enough—until Harmony Glen’s town council insists she co-chair the Summer Solstice Festival with the town’s most notorious bachelor. Thallos likes his life easy: good wine, good music, and no entanglements. But the pretty new florist is different. Quiet, stubborn, and unexpectedly fascinating, Marigold isn’t swayed by his charm. The more time they spend together in the enchanted grove, the more he finds himself wanting to unravel her secrets instead of hiding behind his own. Between mischievous town gossip, meddling matchmakers, and the grove’s sensual enchantments, Marigold and Thallos find themselves tangled in more than just festival lights. But is what they’re feeling true desire—or just the magic of Satyrday Night Fever? AmazonKU
SEALED WITH A KISS: HARMONY GLEN by Evangeline Priest
She faked a romance to forget him…then he walked back into her lake. Cora San Pedro has her lakeside life all figured out—low drama, high sunscreen, and a best friend who happens to be a shark-shifter with abs for days. So when her selkie ex returns to town like some moody, sea-slick heartache ghost, Cora grabs the nearest himbo (thanks, Rex!) and pretends to be wildly in love. Everything’s going great until Rex accidentally hires Muir—the very selkie she’s trying to avoid—for their dive business. Now she’s stuck on a boat with the ex she never got closure from and the best friend who’s very bad at pretending. With lake legends swirling and old feelings bubbling, Cora’s summer is about to get messy. Expect banter, bite, and a love story that swims deeper than it looks. AmazonKU
MONSTER MARRIED (MONSTER APOCALYPSE BOOK TWO) by Alexa Piper
VS note: MM PNR.
Two years into the apocalypse, Rory got lucky. He found a monster that’s out to love him rather than eat him. Even better, horned and handsome Inkiri comes with a found family he’s only too happy to share with Rory. Rory knows he can make that work for him—if it weren’t for his magic, magic he doesn’t understand, much less want. To save Inkiri and his new family, Rory helps bring them to another world where he hopes to find safety. He hopes he can make it so he never has to use his magic ever again. But where magic is involved, things are rarely that easy. Monster Married continues the story of Horns & Heart and should be read in order. Amazon Apple Books Kobo
WHEN THE LIGHT RETURNS (THE WINTER DARK BOOK TWO) by Joanna Ruth Meyer
A deposed king and the powerful captive of a corrupt queen join forces in a sweeping fantasy of romance, magic, and redemption in this sequel to While the Dark Remains. The long winter dark has been banished for good, and the mountain palace of the late king should be a sanctuary for Ballast Vallin, who has just assumed the throne. Instead, it’s a torment. Held to account for the sins of his father, Ballast must relinquish his crown and all claim to Daeros, the kingdom for which he risked so much. Worse, Brynja—his father’s former captive, the woman he loves—is the one who forces his hand. Disgraced, Brynja is sent to Iljaria, a kingdom imbued with ancient magic. There she finds herself at the mercy of Queen Valrún, and is forced to aid in the queen’s quest to claim all the magic long thought irrevocably bound to the gods. But then a shocking revelation about Ballast’s past brings him to Iljaria—and to Brynja. Together, amid secrets, magic, and betrayal, they must challenge the power-hungry queen to a battle that could ruin the world or remake it. For Brynja and Ballast, their most invaluable weapon is hope. Amazon
THE MAKING OF A VILLAIN (BARBI AND THE VILLAIN BOOK TWO) by Veronica Lancet
Every villain has an origin. His was written in blood. Nykander was never meant to live. Born under a cursed eclipse and condemned from his first breath, he was marked as a harbinger of death—feared by his own mother and hunted by the world that should have protected him. Every life around him ends in blood, and every kindness turns to betrayal. With every passing lonely year, Nykander learns the truth. Monsters aren’t born. They are made. But the past isn’t done with him. Some choices cannot be buried. Some sins do not stay forgotten. And in the darkness, something is waiting for him—watching, plotting, ready to strike when he least expects it. As Nykander’s past unravels, the truth claws its way to the surface—every betrayal, every death, every unforgivable choice. And this time… The villain is the one who will bleed. AmazonKU
TIDES OF MEMORY (SHATTERED SKY SAGA BOOK TWO) by Laura A Blake
The cost of survival isn’t just power—it’s becoming someone else to wield it. Brida has always known the world to be cruel—but she never expected to be dragged into its darkest corners. Abducted by one of the people she trusted most, she’s thrust into the heart of the Court of Whispers, where secrets are currency and she has none. Surrounded by cryptic allies and shadowed truths, Brida is desperate to uncover why she was taken—and what he knows about her mother’s past. But the deeper she digs, the more the world around her begins to fracture. The truths she finds threaten everything she thought she understood—about her family, her power, and herself. And when the game turns deadly, Brida will have to decide who to become in a place where even your name can be a lie. AmazonKU
WAND-ERFUL MESS: MM FANTASY ROMANCE (WINGS AND WHISPERS) by Callie Colby
I’m a simple guy. I like my beer cold, my truck loud, and my weekends quiet. I definitely did not order a fairy godmother. I was under the hood of my pickup, covered in grease and swearing at a rusted bolt, when poof. Pink smoke everywhere. And standing in the middle of my driveway is a guy who looks like he raided a Spirit Halloween clearance bin. His name is Aurelian. He’s got shimmering wings, a wand that looks suspiciously like a chopstick, and he insists he’s here to save me from my “wretched existence” so I can go to the Ball. I assume the guys at the construction site sent him as a prank stripper. I tell him to keep the change and go home. But Aurelian doesn’t leave. He’s a “Wish Granter, Third Class,” and he needs to fulfill his quota or he gets demoted to Tooth Fairy duty. Now, I’m stuck with a roommate who thinks “helping” means turning my protein shakes into pumpkin spice lattes and transfiguring my work boots into glass loafers. I should be annoyed. I am annoyed. But the harder he tries to fix my life, the harder it is to kick him out. He’s chaotic, terrible at magic, and weirdly adorable when he’s frustrated. And the way he looks at me? It makes me want to show him that I’m definitely not a damsel in distress—but I might be up for a little wickedness. AmazonKU AB
SAVE A HORSE, RIDE A COW MAN (TAURUS RANCH BOOK ONE) by Emily Antoinette
Broke, jobless, and surrounded by exes and friends I’m pretty sure don’t actually like me, I’m at my wits’ end. So when I get a call that my estranged grandma died and gave me half her guest ranch, I do the only logical thing—pack up my entire life and move across the country to a place I haven’t been since I was six. Reckless? Absolutely. In my defense, I have nothing to lose. Or so I thought. Turns out that the ranch has seen better days and needs a miracle to bring it back to life. To make matters worse, Cal, the grumpy minotaur who got the other half of the ranch, seems determined to make my life a living hell. Too bad for him, I’m as stubborn as the ranch’s namesake. This is my chance to start over and find a place where I belong, and I won’t give up because some rude, annoyingly hot cow man thinks I’m not good enough. As we learn to work together, stern glares and cutting barbs give way to lingering glances and flirty banter. But wanting Cal is far more dangerous than hating him. My heart can’t handle being tossed aside by yet another man, and I refuse to run away from what I’m building. But when he puts his hat on my head and calls me “darlin’”, how am I supposed to resist him? AmazonKU
A SHIELD MAIDEN’S EARL (OF SCOTS AND VIKINGS BOOK ONE) by Sky Purington
When a fierce shield-maiden touched by the Valkyries is forced to marry a powerful Norwegian earl, fiery passion ignites, and destiny unfolds. Freya: Born of seers and Vikings of old, I never could have imagined my father someday ordering me to hand over my shield and blade to the man he made me wed. Nor could I have fathomed that man would be Earl Soren Dahl. A warrior chieftain known for his battle prowess and incredible feats, who has long wanted me. When he arrives on my shores to claim me, I expect to despise him, yet he sets my blood afire. More telling, my mystical talisman claims we are fated. Soren: From themoment I laid eyes on Freya Helvig, as a child, I knew she would someday be mine. Though it took years of making a name for myself and building my tribe into one of the most formidable strongholds in the Kingdom of Norway, I finally claimed her. Or at least I tried. My beautiful, feisty bride-to-be is a force to be reckoned with. A force I welcome, ready to go to battle and conquer her heart, no matter what it takes. Brought together by the Norns, Freya and Soren navigate the ever-changing landscape of thirteenth-century Scandinavia, amid love and destiny. Brought together and torn apart by the whims of magic and mortal men, by King Hákon and the Battle of Largs, ushering in the beginning of the end of Norse rule over Scotland. Will Freya and Soren be lost to each other in the end? Or will they survive all that’s determined to separate them? AmazonKU
HOLLOW HEARTS THAT BLEED SERIES BOOK ONE by Jessica Sorenson
Madilyn: My entire life, I’ve been cursed with the ability to release monsters and demons from books. I do my best to avoid using my ability, but not without some mishaps. My life gets even stranger when I start college, and strange deaths begin plaguing the campus. And all the deaths have one connection. Ashton Everland. Ashton is mysterious, gorgeous, and gets under my skin in a way that no one ever has. He also makes me extremely uneasy. And I soon learn why. It’s worse than I ever could’ve imagined. Ashton: I have a secret, one that’s dangerous. No one can find out what I am. It makes life lonely, but I’m used to it. In fact, loneliness is who I am anymore. But then I met her. Madilyn. The most beautiful and amusing person I’ve ever met. And we’re connected in more ways than she realizes. I have to have her. AmazonKU
THIS TIME NEXT YEAR: A CHARITY ANTHOLOGY by Various
VS Note: I don;t know what genres the stories may be (no detailed blurb) but it is romance and I like to support anthologies. Here are the authors: A.D. Ellis – Amanda Zook – Brandy Slaven – Cassie Colton – Cassie Lein – Christy Pastore – Danielle Keil – Gia Cobie – J.D. Hollyfield – J.M. Walker – Jade Waltz – Jennifer Julie Miller – Miranda Lynn – Nicole Craig – Nicole Dykes – Red Phoenix – Sophie Stern – Tawdra Kandle – Victoria Danann – Vinni George Amazon
WYLD WITCH TEMPEST (WYLD LANDS ACADEMY BOOK TWO) by Janna Ruth
I’m a witch. Not only am I born with a volatile storm inside my chest, my father is also the most notorious witch terrorist of modern times. Yeah me. And here I thought I finally found my place. At the Wyld Lands Academy, elemental magic is celebrated and nurtured. But that only goes for mages. Witches like me get put down. After it was discovered witches had infiltrated the prestigious school—really, we just want to learn to control that vast power inside ourselves—the Guardians have taken over. Captain Sokol is as merciless as she’s ruthless. My only chance at survival is to keep my head down and get a grip on that storm of feelings inside of me. So naturally, I do anything but. Between the constant fear, my wild streak of rebellion, and the emotional tug-of-war of my first love, detection is all but guaranteed. But I refuse to succumb to my heritage. I will show the world that I’m better than my father. That witches can do good. And that I’m more than just a ticking time bomb. Amazon Apple Books Kobo
COLLEGIATE WITCH (MISFITS OF DEMETER UNIVERSITY BOOK FOUR) by Evelyn Lederman
WITCHING SEASON (WILD HUNT BOOK 19) by Yasmine Galenorn
LEFT COLD, WOLF OWNED by Vixen Voss and Milly Taiden
MANE ATTRACTION (PARANORMAL DATING AGENCY BOOK 103) by Milly TaidenXelene Warren is the best reputation fixer on Earth, with a perfect success rate and zero interest in messy things like love, commitment, or feelings. Then Gerri Wilder offers her the job of a lifetime: travel to Nova Aurora and turn one scandalous lion shifter prince into king material. Easy, right? Except Prince Lev Marcan is gorgeous, infuriating, half-naked way too often, and the second Xelene touches him, her perfectly controlled life goes up in very sexy flames. Prince Lev Marcan is used to parties, pleasure, and avoiding the crown as long as possible. Now his father’s failing health, a brutal royal trial, and one bossy human consultant are forcing him to grow up fast. Xelene is supposed to fix his reputation, not become the mate his lion recognizes on sight. But when danger circles his throne and enemies target the woman fate handed him, Lev is ready to prove he can be more than Nova Aurora’s favorite royal disaster. He can be her king. Between fake dating, real mating heat, political sabotage, rogue lion attacks, and one very nosy matchmaker, Xelene and Lev have six days to save his crown and figure out if their accidental connection is the best mistake either of them ever made. Can a control-freak reputation queen and a playboy lion prince turn scandal into happily ever after? Or will Nova Aurora’s hottest royal makeover end with claws, and chaos? AmazonKU
HEXIN’ THE WOLF (HAVEN SHORES BOOK ONE) by Milly Taiden
Avine Bell is done dimming her sparkle for anyone. Armed with a temperamental hybrid, a lifetime of suppressed magic, and zero patience left for men, she’s starting fresh in Haven Shores—a quirky coastal town. But the moment she signs the deed to a rambling Victorian inn, she summons a grumpy Alpha to her doorstep. She’s not looking for a protector. Too bad the one who shows up looks like that—all broad shoulders, a sharp jaw, and eyes that make her forget what she was arguing about. Theo Vance has spent years being the responsible one—protecting his pack, keeping the peace, and absolutely not looking for a mate. Then a magical shockwave from the cliffs sends his wolf into a tailspin, and suddenly he’s “inspecting wards” at the inn every other day. The stubborn, silver-streaked witch who owns the place won’t take his advice, won’t stop arguing with him, and won’t stop making his wolf howl mine every time she’s near. And when she pins him with those fierce eyes, hands on her hips? He forgets why he came. When someone starts sabotaging the inn, Avine needs help—even if that help comes with fangs, a hero complex, and hands she can’t stop imagining on her skin. But working together means late nights, lingering touches, and fighting an attraction that threatens to consume them both. Theo knows she’s his fated mate. Avine’s just starting to trust her own magic again. Can they stop the sabotage and take a chance on forever? AmazonKU
BLADES, BOOKS AND THE BANDIT (THE FAST AND THE FAE BOOK TWO) by Jeffe Kennedy
Cha, “The Bandit,” has a problem. Well, one more problem than usual. The fae prince she stupidly fell in love with got himself taken hostage and sent her a plea to rescue him. Never mind that he left her forever after calling her “no one” and “a ride, nothing more” – and everyone knows the fae can’t lie. Cha can’t resist his call for help. So, with Katu, her trusty jaguar sportscat, and her best friend, Goldilocks, the Bandit takes to the ley lines again on a daring mission to penetrate the fae realm of Citrine, find Prince Charming, and rescue him from the dragon. Or whatever fae politics he’s mired in. If she can earn a bit of coin smuggling pixie dust along the way, all the better. For gold, glory, and thrills! And maybe true love. Amazon Apple Books Kobo
BUILDING THE NEW (CHRONICLES OF A MISSPENT YOUTH BOOK SIX) by W J May
No matter what happens, don’t forget to smile…Aria Alden is living the fairytale: jetting around the world fighting supernatural villains, married to the man of her dreams and expecting their first child, dancing the night away at the palace beneath a sky full of stars. It’s not until one looks closer, the image is cracked. Those villains are starting to rally. And the handsome prince is nowhere to be seen. When a shocking abduction leaves the world in shambles, Aria and the others scramble to pick up the pieces; but the other players are moving, and things might already be too late. The Privy Council has been split up the middle, and the Abbey isn’t far behind. The taskforce has gathered in numbers, but a surprising revelation could shift the balance once and for all. A secret tatù has been waiting in the shadows, powerful enough to shape the rest of the magical world. Can Aria solve the riddle in time? Can the timeline be salvaged? Or are some fairytales too good to be true? Amazon Apple Books Kobo
A FALL FROM PURPOSE: SEA AND STONE BOOK ONE (ELEMENTS OF ITERIA 3) by Mikayla Hornedo
t was decided many years ago that Solani would not inherit her father’s throne. Not when the blood of her shunned mother flowed through her veins. For on that day they buried the queen deep within the ground, the shamans found her unworthy of an afterlife. An ancient relic now weighs Solani’s soul, a golden scale that measures the depth of her darkness. If she fulfills her purpose, the scale will balance, and the council will no longer deem her a risk to the earth kingdom’s legacy. She must obey in hopes that one day she will gain her freedom, including participating in the ruthless, magicless trials in the Inbetween. Within these trials dwell otherworldly monsters, yet the participants prove just as deadly. Especially Solani’s rival, Niko Vasco of the water kingdom. This year, the shamans believe that if she wins the trial, her scale will finally balance. What Solani didn’t expect was fate forcing the two to fight side by side against the true evil at work within the Inbetween. Now she must choose to follow her purpose and save herself, or defy it to save everyone in Bonda. AmazonKU
BAT WINGS AND MOTOR OIL (BONESAW BROTHERS BOOK TWO) by Lizzie Strong
Jessie Bonesaw, the second of the Bonesaw brothers, runs the family business now, and boy, does it feel good to be king. Even if he has to break a few kneecaps…but who doesn’t? At Bare Bones Cars & Repairs, with his right-hand bugbear-slash-roommate, Nikolai, at his side, he is finally making a name for himself. Until succubus Katarina Hurley is towed into their lot with a kid on her hip and tear-stained cheeks. She’s in need of a place to crash that isn’t Gill’s house, and the boys offer up their humble abode. A comfy bed, pancakes in the morning, and a cherished, stuffed platypus for the kiddo? It’s the most freedom she’s felt in a long time, but that freedom comes with an infinite to-do list and a ticking time clock. She has 30 days till her cruel ex-husband gets out. It doesn’t help that Katarina’s also starving…and a girl’s gotta eat, right? So why not both? But something sinister is slinking around in the underbelly of King’s Fall. Reports to the Enforcers, rats that squeal in the ears of powerful men, and people purposely not paying their debts, someone means to make a mess of Jessie’s business. And they’ll happily destroy anyone in their path. Nikolai’s tough, but can he keep Katarina, Isabella, and the man he’s been in love with since he was a teen safe? Has Katarina just jumped out of the pan and directly into the fire? Can Jessie actually handle the family business? He won’t go down without a fight and he’ll use everything his father taught him to come out on top. Amazon
DRAGON KING (THE DRAGON CHRONICLES BOOK ONE) by Donna Grant
VS Note: A re-release. 5 books are available. Author sez: “Previously published as part of the Dark Kings series, these stories now begin the Dragon Chronicles. For the richest reading experience, this series should be read alongside the Dark Kings world.” Here’s the blurb for book one:
He’s my undoing, but I can’t walk away…I came to the mountain to write. Instead, I woke a Dragon King. Arian is ancient. Ruthless. Untouchable. The moment he looks at me, I know I’ve made a mistake I won’t survive. Every glance burns. Every touch threatens to consume me. And beneath the man is something far more dangerous—a dragon whose hunger is impossible to ignore. I should be terrified of him. But I crave the fire. Because the longer I stay, the clearer the truth becomes—I was never meant to find him. Now that I have, the Dragon King has no intention of letting me go. And if I’m not careful, I won’t just lose my heart. I’ll lose myself to his flames. Amazon Apple Books Kobo
BURNING SEA (ELVEN KINGDOMS BOOK FIVE) by Donna Grant
Desire runs deeper than the ocean…I was never meant to descend into the world beneath the waves—never meant to fall into the orbit of a Sea Elf whose power could shatter oceans. He is danger wrapped in control. Cold. Commanding. Untouchable. His city is beauty honed into a weapon. His restraint is legendary. And yet the way his gaze lingers tells me he wants me as much as he fears what I awaken in him. I don’t belong in his realm of tides and shadows, where ancient magic stirs and secrets are buried deep. But every step closer pulls me under—desire tightening, temptation burning hotter than the sea itself. The truth I uncover could ignite a war. Loving him could destroy us both. Leaving may already be impossible. Because when the ocean begins to rise and everything he’s sworn to protect is threatened, I understand one dangerous truth—The sea isn’t the only thing capable of burning. And I’m done resisting the fire between us.
BOUND TO THE WOLF (SOUTHERN BASIN PACK BOOK TWO) by Kate Rudolph
He hates witches. She hates wolves. Now they’re magically manacled together. The last place Reece wants to be is shackled to a freaking witch and lost in the woods. It’s bad enough his best friend has fallen for one. Reece wants to stay far away. But the strange magic binding them together makes that impossible. And Reece can’t pretend he doesn’t want Delainey so bad it makes his wolf howl. If they’re going to survive, they need to rely on each other. No pack. No coven. Just a grumpy werewolf and a grumpier witch and an unknown threat assaulting them from the shadows. Six feet is not enough space to hide an attraction they’ve both been pretending doesn’t exist. Tethered together with nowhere to run and no timeline for when this ends — Reece and Delainey have to reckon with the one problem neither of them can handle. Temptation. AmazonKU
DRAGON IN THE DEEP: SPICY MMF DRAGON SHIFTER STORY by Kaylee Pike
Wild rumors brought her to Siargao. What she finds there is wilder than anything she could have imagined. Marine biologist Meera Kapoor doesn’t believe in sea monsters, but she does believe that ancient mythology is rooted in very real creatures. And thanks to funding from a slightly questionable YouTuber, she’s finally getting the expedition of her dreams: a trip deep into remote waters off Siargao, where something large and unidentified has been spotted in the deep. She’s hoping to find a scientific explanation, or even better, to discover a new species. Instead she keeps spotting a sea otter way too far from his natural habitat. Her two companions make it impossible to focus on her quest. A devastatingly handsome boat captain who knows everything about the water and nothing about his boat, and a sexy surfer who’s rumored to know these waters better than anyone alive. The longer they’re alone on the water together, the harder it is to remember her mission. But the secret they’re both hiding gives her more questions than answers, and Meera must decide what’s right: protecting the men she cares for, or exposing her discovery to the world. Because now she knows the truth: dragons are real. AmazonKU
TWISTED IN THE DEEP by Stacy Warren
A girls trip to the beach brings an unexpected meeting leading to depths unknown. Morgan felt terrible for bailing on a camping trip with her best friend, to make it up to her, she booked a getaway with surf and sand. An unexpected meeting piques more than her interest. Dylan exists in a lonely secluded cove longing for change, a chance encounter brings light to the darkness and hope for more. AmazonKU
TANGLED IN THE DEEP by S R Griffith
When I’m at the verge of losing it, the intoxicating fish tank maintenance man is there to help my heart. Maybe I’m in the middle of a nervous breakdown. Or I need to get a life. At the insistance of a co-worker, I decided to schedule a vacation and learn to scuba dive. When I get to the training class, the hot fish tank cleaner is there. Our connection is palpable. It’s like there’s electricity brimming between us that I can’t explain. Will he prevent me from diving off the deep end and instead, get tangled with him? AmazonKU
THE LIBRARY AFTER DARK: A NOVEL by Andi Pliego
VS Note: I put it on my TBR List.
Not all fairytales were meant for children. Aria Stokes is finally feeling settled—she lives in a tiny New York apartment, works as a bookseller at a local shop, and has even taken a leap of faith in love by indulging her attraction to bookstore regular Jasper. And he seems to already know her so well. As a Valentine’s Day surprise, Jasper gets the two of them tickets to an exclusive, after-dark tour of the Daedalus Library—the grandiose establishment famed for its immersive genre-based reading rooms and, more notoriously, its rumored hauntings. While Aria normally loves all things ghastly, this place holds more dark secrets than she’d prefer Jasper to know. Like that the last time she was here, she left a body behind. But when the automatic-door entry malfunctions and Aria, Jasper, and the five other people in their tour group become trapped in the library, they are forced to venture through the storied rooms and hidden passageways of the Daedalus in search of escape . . . and Aria quite literally has nowhere to hide from the shadows of her past. Then the group learns there’s a murderer in their midst. Now, as she tries to break out of the library’s intricate reading rooms, Aria has to decide who she can trust—and what secrets are best kept buried—if she wants to make it out alive.
THE CUPID DILEMMA: A NOVEL by April Asher
A lover of love and a champion for happily ever after. Those are two of many things people expect from Aphrodite’s daughter. To Adalyn Whitlock, ‘love’ pays the bills, and currently, not well. Business is dropping at Happily Ever Forever, with her latest wedding planning catastrophe ending in a negative social media storm and her sister Maxi’s matchmaking ability on the fritz. To top it off, there’s an ex-boyfriend calling her ‘the Anti-Aphrodite’ and paparazzi pics linking Addie to her new client’s older brother. Phoenix “Nix” Cross—songwriter and drummer for the hot new band, The Stone Talons—is no saint, but he’s far from the womanizer the band’s image rep bestowed on him. If anything, Nix is a romantic, hopeful he’ll find a love like the one his parents share. With the band’s star quickly rising and the record label pressuring him to deliver their next hit, Nix’s writer’s block couldn’t have come at a worse time. But when he opens his door to his irate new next-door neighbor, Nix feels the brief flash of inspiration for the first time in ages. And it just so happens that his new Muse is none other than his little sister’s new wedding planner. With Addie needing an end to her public-relations nightmare and the record label breathing down Nix’s neck, the pair agree to a fauxmance. But what happens when the emotions turned on for the cameras don’t turn off? Amazon Apple Books Kobo
THE DEVIL AND MRS GOOCH: A NOVEL by Oliver Darkshire
In the storm-drenched city of Verdigris, home to indolent sorcerers and undead hotels, something is dreadfully wrong. Buildings are starting to crumble due to the kidnapping of their hobs, the many-legged house spirits that keep each home in order. In such times, one would ordinarily blame the Devil, but he has been enchanted by a new and enticing evil: The jackbooted villainy of Gwendolyn Gooch, who has taken the hobs for her latest diabolical scheme—apartments for rent. As the hobs retrofit the gaudy Gooch Towers, the fate of the city lies in the hands of the arboreal Professor Green; his rare, complete set of the Household Gramarye; and its famulus, the prim Mrs. Bobkins.
FEMME FERAL: A NOVEL by Sam Beckbessinger
Hyper-competent Ellie thinks she’s going through perimenopause, but discovers she’s actually turning into a werewolf in this feminist, dark-comedy debut – The head of a company she started from the ground-up, the worried mother of a troublingly secretive daughter, and the wife of an easy-going man who always has her picking up the slack—Ellie is already juggling too much. So, it’s an inconvenient time to find herself beset by strange physical changes: hair sprouting in new places, running hot, trouble sleeping, losing time, finding bloodstains in all her clothing. And underneath it all, a boiling rage that threatens to disrupt the life she’s worked so hard to build. Her doctor diagnoses perimenopause. But it’s another twenty-eight-day cycle that’s taking hold, one that involves fur, teeth, and a not-insignificant amount of howling at the moon—and that gifts Ellie incredible strength and speed. Her new power’s thrilling, as is releasing the anger she’s suppressed for years—especially as it turns out that there are some problems that can be solved with violence: The terrible new hire who is sabotaging her careful plans. The creep who’s stalking her daughter. Only, the beast within isn’t easy to control, and its bloody trail is getting harder to hide. With an obsessive hunter on her trail and a growing fear of what she’s becoming, Ellie must find a way to yoke her fury before she tears through the people she loves.
THE RIVER MUSE: A NOVEL by Laura Resau
A French chateau. A forest with secrets. A magical spring. Welcome to La Chanson, where lost souls are found again…At the brink of summer, Callie arrives in a secluded village in the South of France with her young daughter, after barely escaping her menacing ex-partner. Desperate to hide, she rents a cottage on the grounds of the Chateau of the Lost. Her new home sings with flowing water, rustling olive trees, and whispering poppies—an otherworldly nook of hidden magic. Little by little, she warms to her quirky neighbors—a witchy landlady, an acclaimed truffle hunter, his kind veterinarian son, and their lovable dogs. Oh, and a mischievous ghost boy. Slowly but surely, her new friends help her discover herself again. Years earlier, she gave up music at the insistence of her ex, but as she reclaims her voice, everyone finds that her songs open hearts and heal old wounds. When her ex tracks her down, the stakes grow deadly, and she must tap into her most powerful self to protect her newfound family. Whimsical and atmospheric, The River Muse will enchant readers with its myth and music—showing how we can find friendship, love, and our truest selves in the most unexpected places.
SECONDS TO SPARE by Rachel Reiss
VS Note: I preordered this, sounds good. Was a Wattpad WEBTOON Watty Award winning story.
Eighteen-year-old Evelyn Werth is trapped in what feels like a never-ending nightmare. She’s the only person onboard Aloha Airways Flight 1333 who’s stuck in a 28-minute time loop, one that repeats over and over again. During each loop, four things always happen: 1. The Internet goes out and the pilot warns of upcoming turbulence. 2. There are five minutes of moderate shaking. 3. A woman in the very last row collapses. 4. The plane tilts forward and begins to nosedive. When Orion James –the cute boy who’s been asleep the entirety of each cycle– wakes, it triggers an alarming change in the events Evelyn has come to count on. As the two grow closer and learn to trust each other, they discover there’s more to the loop than they initially realized. They must find the hidden clues, piece together the moving puzzle, and save everyone onboard –before it’s too late. Amazon Apple Books Kobo
TAPESTRY OF FATE: AN AMINA AL-SARAFI ADEVENTURE BOOK TWO by Shannon Chakraborty
Amina al-Sirafi thinks she’s struck gold. Tasked with hunting down arcane artifacts for the council of immortal peris, she can savor the occasional rollicking adventure on the high seas with her cherished criminal companions while still returning home to raise her beloved daughter, Marjana. But when Raksh, the spirit of discord with whom she is reluctantly wed, provokes the council’s wrath, Amina is charged with a seemingly impossible quest: steal a spindle capable of rewriting fate from a mysterious sorceress on an island no one can escape. Forced to leave Marjana—who is increasingly frustrated at being peddled what are clearly lies about her mother’s life and her own past—Amina finds her mission almost immediately thrown into peril. But deadly storms, an erratic poison mistress, and old enemies are the least of her worries. For the peris’ story is unraveling, hinting at a far deadlier game whose rules Amina must swiftly puzzle out. A game that sets her against an adversary more cunning and powerful than she has ever faced. A game that not everyone on her crew wants her to win. Amazon Apple Books Kobo
THE WHISPER TREE (THE AMARRA CHRONICLES BOOK TWO) by Holly Searcy
The continent of Amarra rests on the brink of disaster. With the heart of druidic magic failing, the balance of nature faces destruction. At the behest of the enigmatic sage Xander, elven druid Kiana Paletine joins a new party of adventurers—including a fearsome Infernal, an axe-happy half-orc, and an unpredictable mage—to help stop the spread of evil. Their quest is to track down three magical artifacts once belonging to the long-dead royal family of Amarra. These Treasures of Rule hold the power to bring peace back to the lands—but only if an heir can also be found. Before their mission can succeed, however, Kiana must find a way to save the Whisper Tree from corruption brought by the devils who invaded centuries ago. A monster once held in stasis now roams free, imbuing the surrounding lands with chaotic magic and sinister aberrations. Kiana and her companions must race against the hourglass sands to save the Tree and find the Treasures of Rule—before their enemies enslave all of Amarra. Amazon AB
VACATION WITH THE SCORPION COWBOY by Jilli Waters
What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. What happens when you’re stranded in the desert…can change your heart and life forever. A girls’ weekend in Vegas? Not my cup of tea. But it’s my sister’s wedding; of course I’ll be there. Her fiancé books us a wildlife tour—to see “the other side.” Unfortunately for us, the “other side,” goes sideways. Real fast. Our tour guide abandons us in the middle of the desert, with nothing but the flip-flops on our feet and the margaritas in our cups.
Is this how we die? Thankfully not. A distant dust cloud of someone in a vehicle comes toward us, I know it will be our salvation. But what I didn’t expect, is a tall cowboy, hat pulled low over his eyes, and a giant tail, like a scorpion. I must be hallucinating; it’s heat stroke. He’s gruff, annoyed at each breath my sister and I take, but he takes us to safety just the same. I’ve never ridden a scorpion before, let alone talked to one. His touch is more than electric, it’s entrancing. Turns out, venom can be an aphrodisiac, when applied properly. AmazonKU
VACATION WITH THE VAMPIRE by Vala Stone
I came to Paris for croissants, not coffins. Susie – After my ex ran off with his secretary, I decided I’d take our nonrefundable dream trip anyway. Paris was supposed to be my rebound romance with the city itself, late-night wine, a fling or two, and definitely no strings. Then I got lost in the catacombs, tripped over a cracked marble slab, and woke up… him. Pale. Perfect. Arrogant as sin. Raoul. He looks like he stepped straight out of a history book, or a very expensive fever dream. And somehow, he thinks I owe him for disturbing his beauty sleep. He’s infuriating. He’s magnetic. And when shadows start stirring in the tunnels, I realize Paris might not just steal my heart, it might devour it. Raoul – Three centuries of slumber, and I wake to a woman who smells like sunlight and heartbreak. She babbles, she insults me, she fascinates me. Humans used to tremble before my name. Now this one waves a “phone” in my face and tells me I’m “mansplaining.” I should compel her to forget me. I should go back to sleep. But something else woke when I did. Something ancient, hungry, and vengeful. Suddenly, I find myself protecting this stubborn mortal as if she were my last breath. She says she doesn’t want another man. Unfortunately for both of us, I’m not a man. I’m temptation wrapped in eternity, and I never lose. AmazonKU
ESCAPE WITH MIDLIFE BILLIONAIRE (ESCAPE MIDLIFE HOTEL) by Lisa Daniels
I didn’t expect to get the attention of a billionaire. The problem with the attention also is that I don’t want it. He might be wealthy, hot, a shapeshifter… but he’s also a real jerk. I really don’t like him.
However, Isaac hasn’t gotten the memo about that, because he keeps bothering me, getting in my way, and I just don’t understand what it is he sees in me. And he seems pretty determined to keep working past my walls. When he gets assigned to be my guardian for a dangerous mission, I have no choice but to interact with him. Here’s hoping I’ll still have my sanity…Or he’ll have me. AmazonKU
THE ETHER WITCH: VOLUME THREE DIVINING OF A DEVIL by Delemhach
Magic. Mystery. Mayhem. Fate has come due. Having defeated the corrupt concubine Soo Hebin, and cast the first witch into a prison she shouldn’t be able to escape easily, Tam thinks some rest is in order. Sadly, because the Zinferan emperor has it in his mind that Eli should be the heir to his throne, there isn’t much time for that. With help from Katarina Ashowan and the Ryu family, Tam, Eli, Luca, and Penelope set sail for Dazaria at long last. Only, leaving Zinfera doesn’t get rid of their troubles for long. Upon rescuing some mysterious Lobahlans from Zinferan pirates, and learning that the rebellion of the covens is coming to a climax, Tam finds that his new moniker, the devil, is starting to sit a little heavily on his shoulders. Can he manage to help stop an all-out war from breaking out between witches and humans? Will the First Witch stay banished and leave him and his family alone? And most importantly, can he convince the freedom-loving Eli to agree to marry him? AmazonKU AB
A CONGRESS OF ROSES: BOOK FOUR OF THE EMPIRE OF STARS by Melissa Cave
Too many Knights of the Brede are the last of their blood. But being an orphan might be better than being the beloved daughter of the Divine Emperor. With blood still soaking the Tresingale docks, Remin and Ophele set sail for the capital, where a single night’s scandal can echo to the Five Courts. The Emperor’s cold war with his Empress has already torn the Empire apart once, and as the Crown Princess Selenne makes her debut, Ophele’s arrival threatens the precarious balance of power. Amidst assassins, duels, and the dangerous machinations of the court, it becomes clear that the only thing more deadly than defying the Emperor is belonging to him. The capital has always found many uses for the Children of the Stars, and Ophele will have to learn to command this game, or be claimed as a pawn. This is not a battle of borders or blades. Sidelined in society and despised as the son of traitors, Remin is forced to fight at her side with new weapons of intrigue and influence, where every move he makes risks everything they have built. Because this time, the greatest general in the Empire isn’t trying to win a war. He’s trying to stop one. AmazonKU
LEGACY OF DESIRE: A DEMONICA BIRTHRIGHT NOVEL by Larissa Ione
It’s a gritty new world. Three decades after the events of REAPER, the world is a different place. The secret is out. The existence of demons, vampires, shapeshifters, and angels has been revealed, and humans are struggling to adapt. Out of the chaos, The Aegis has risen to global power on the promise of containing or exterminating all underworlders, even if that means ushering in the End of Days.
Standing in their way is the next generation of warriors, the children of demons and angels and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. See how they become legends in their own right. Legacy of Desire – Scotland, daughter of the Horseman of the Apocalypse known as War and a formidable warrior in her own right, has dedicated her life to fighting evil with her two demon best friends, Mace and Blade. Their extraordinary bond and uncanny ability to operate in perfect unison has made them legends as special operators with the Demonic Activity Response Team. Afraid of ruining a good thing, the three teammates swore a pact to protect their friendship by declaring romantic involvement off-limits. But a recent near-tragedy changed things, and it’s getting harder for Mace and Blade to ignore their long suppressed feelings for Scotty. Especially after she announced her intention of losing her virginity and enlisted their help to find the right guy for the task. So when a routine assignment goes wrong, landing one teammate in the hospital and the other in Scotty’s arms, the fallout puts their team, their reputations, and complete innocents, at risk. Scotty will need to make a choice, but how can she possibly decide between two males she loves equally? All the while, an enemy lurks in the shadows, poised to strike, and an angel finds himself at a crossroads that will test his faith and, perhaps, determine the very future of Heaven and all mankind. Amazon AB Apple Books Kobo
JUST A BETA (BETAS IN WAITING BOOK 36) by Viola Grace
Em survives the worst night of her life and changes what is left into pure magic. Survival is a catalyst, and power is waiting. Em was born to one side of her parents’ marriages, and things didn’t get better from there for quite some time. Handed over to act as a servant for her omega sister’s pack, she spends days in terror and nights in pain. In hospital, a helpful associate from her past hires a lawyer, and he hires a private investigator and a forensic accountant. At that point, Em has everything she needs. She just needs to learn to trust it. Reuniting with her half-brother from her hospital bed brings a heartbreaking pain to her. He and his pack are doing well, and when she is finally out of hospital, he is the neighbour to one of her rapidly forming pack. Now she has a sister-in-law, three brothers-in-law, and four nieces. Family just got big fast. Emhara’s vision of the true nature of the world around her translates into her art, and now that she is with her new mates, art is about to become her life, her joy, and her future. They are with her every step of the way. Amazon Apple Books Kobo
LABYRINTHINE (THRONES OF THE FORSAKEN BOOK ONE) by CJ Holmes
Every generation, the gods take their due. This time, they might take her. Princess Azhara was born cursed. Marked by ancient magic. Promised to an unholy bargain sealed in blood. When the Reaping begins, suitors will descend into the labyrinth beneath the palace—each one fighting to win her hand or die trying. She’s never had a choice. Not in the Reaping. Not in her future. Not even in the power buried beneath her skin. Until now. The golden prince arrives with charm too slick to trust and eyes that gleam with secrets. Her quiet guardian—once her only constant—has begun to keep dangerous truths from her. And as the labyrinth trials unfold, Azhara realizes the maze isn’t her only trap. It’s the men. One lies. One loves. One kills. And she’s not sure which is which. As suitors fall and secrets surface, Azhara must choose what’s worth saving—her kingdom, her heart, or herself. Amazon Apple Books Kobo
VENOM IN HER VEINS by J E Caroline
When the first kingdom of Selvarra fell, the ripple that followed reshaped fate itself—awakening something darker. Despite not knowing her origin, Verena has always been a dreamer, determined to reunite the fractured realms before the world tears itself apart. But fate has other designs. Branded with the mark of The Viper, the ancient curse destined to unravel everything it touches, Verena must face the truth: she was born to destroy the very kingdoms she longs to save. The corruption consuming her veins is growing seductive, becoming impossible to resist. And with every passing breath, she is becoming the nightmare the world already whispers her to be. Yet deep within the darkness, something else stirs—something older, unbreakable, and defiant of even fate. Across the realms, Ronan D’Vyre, heir to the dragon kingdom of Ryuu, carries the weight of a crown forged in fire and chains. The dark kingdom has crumbled, and the plague devouring what remains threatens to consume them all. Freedom is the only thing Ronan has ever craved, and he will sacrifice anything to claim it—until his path collides with Verena’s. To protect his kingdom, he must kill her. To save her world , she must trust him. AmazonKU
BEHIND THE IRON GATE: AN IMMORTAL ORDERS NOVEL (THE IMMORTAL ORDERS BOOK FOUR) by Allison Carr Waechter
When three are slain behind the iron gate, look for the signs of the sea. Viviana Krane fled Nuva Troi to escape the weight of her family’s fame and the grief of losing her beloved sister. She returns quietly, in social disgrace, determined to finish graduate school and avoid the city’s hungry gaze. But the rival factions in Nuva Troi never sleep, and a relentless sense that she has forgotten something essential stalks her. Casimir Sanvier, a ruthless vampire prince, arrives in Nuva Troi with a singular ambition: seize the House of Remiel’s throne. Viviana should be nothing more than a forbidden distraction. Yet, when the witch and vampire witness a murder on campus, they are forced together. Framed for murder, the two must uncover the truth before the city devours them both. AmazonKU
A GAME OF CAT AND WITCH (MONSTROUS SHIFTERS) by Ruby Rune
Avery Alarch has always been the worst witch at Caerwyn University. Now she’s got twenty-four hours to conjure a familiar or get kicked out for good—a fate that means losing her magic forever and being stuck on a dreary island with nothing but regrets. Desperate times call for desperate spells. So when Avery stumbles on a forbidden grimoire, she decides to risk it all. One little summoning later, she’s expecting a cute magical cat. Instead? She gets Felix, a six-foot-six cat shifter with a bad attitude and a knack for trouble. He’s her mortal enemy, magically bound to her by an illegal spell, and very much not purring. He wants her dead. She wants him gone. Neither of them gets a choice. The only way out? Solve a string of enchanted riddles before their magical link destroys them both. Of course, that’s easier said than done when Felix keeps tying Avery up in shadows, and their bickering is starting to feel a little less hostile and a lot more heated. As they unravel puzzles and secrets, Avery and Felix find themselves at the heart of a conspiracy that could upend the supernatural world. And despite every rule and reason, sparks are flying in all the wrong (or right?) ways. AmazonKU
DO YOU EVEN CURSE, BRO? (BROS AND THE WITCH BOOK THREE) by
I thought breaking free from my ex’s coven was the hardest thing I’d ever do. I was wrong. Killian, Sean, Rowan, and Micah have shown me what it means to be their Bonded, and it’s nothing like the live I led before as a coven’s siphon. But when twelve cloaked figures tear open a portal in the middle of our first pack run, I realize my ex isn’t done with me. And he’s brought the reanimated werewolf that scarred me three years ago. With Sean now badly injured and Killian slowly turning into the very monster I’ve spent years terrified of, our pack bonds are more strained than ever. Especially now that I know there are five of them. Not four. And the man who wove himself into our Bonds and is doing everything he can to push me away is the only one who can help me find an impossible cure to save Killian. AmazonKU
BILLIONAIRE DRAGON KING’S REJECTED MATE (ALPHA DRAGON KINGS OF SILVER PEAKS BOOK FOUR) by Alicia Banks
Randi – To Randi, Chance Valor is nothing more than her dangerously irresistible billionaire boss—the most powerful, intoxicating man she has ever known. A man who watches her too closely, stands too near, and yet keeps an unbreakable distance every time she gets too close. And she doesn’t understand why. He rejects her in front of everyone—and breaks her heart. This time, she doesn’t chase. She ignores him. Laughs with other men at the office just to make him jealous. But no matter how hard she tries, staying away from Chance isn’t easy. Not when she works for him. Not when every glance still lingers. Not when every touch still burns. What she doesn’t know is that he’s too dangerous for her—and for every human around him. Chance – The son of a ruthless Dragon King, Chance walked away from a throne soaked in blood and betrayal. He built his empire among humans, choosing control over chaos, distance over desire. But fate doesn’t care about control. The moment he saw Randi, he knew she was his mate…(more blurtb on ebook seller’s page) AmazonKU
PRIDE AND POLTERGEISTS (GRUMPY GHOST BOOK SIX) by Maggie March
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a grumpy Victorian ghost in possession of a haunted mansion only wants to be left alone. For Richard Lockwood, former Scotland Yard detective, that changed the moment Anna McGuffin walked through his door. Months of solving crimes together have turned reluctant roommates into something more. Witty banter. Lingering looks. Undeniable chemistry. And one very inconvenient obstacle—he’s dead, she’s not. Anna and Richard’s fledgling romance is forced to a backseat when Professor Ridley, the manor’s former tenant, appears as a ghost with unfinished business. Twenty years of stubborn pride kept him from apologizing to Eleanor Bennett, the flower shop owner he loved and lost. Now he needs Anna to find his hidden will before his scheming nephew takes everything and robs Eleanor of her inheritance. It sounds straightforward—help a lovelorn ghost, find a missing will, thwart a greedy nephew. But someone wants that fortune badly enough to kill for it. As Anna, Richard, and Daisy close in on the truth, a killer closes in on them. With danger mounting, Anna can’t ignore the parallels to her own impossible love story. Watching Ridley wrestle with a lifetime of regret, she knows one thing for certain: she won’t make the same mistake. Now she just has to find a way to make the impossible possible. AmazonKU
HIDDEN SPRINGS i(MOONLIGHT SPRINGS BOOK SIX) by Lula Ward
Small-town magic, second-chance romance, and fractured timelines collide when innkeeper Verena Harrison must claim her destiny as the sixth Guardian of Moonlight Springs—and face the sheriff who never stopped loving her. After forty years of keeping her distance, Verena can no longer ignore the call of the Opal Stone. Time is fracturing in her magical town. Teacups shatter mid-air, buildings shift between centuries, and the past is bleeding into the present. As one of the town’s secret Guardians, she has spent decades guiding others while hiding from her own destiny. But when cracks appear in the walls of the Moonlight Inn and developer Blake Denton arrives hunting for the final stone’s power, she can no longer face the threat alone. Sheriff Gary Daniels left town once and lost everything. He won’t make that mistake again. Even if it means walking away from his badge, confronting impossible magic, and following Verena into a maze where time itself has lost its way. To save Moonlight Springs, Verena must unite the Guardians, claim the Opal Stone of Unity, and finally accept what she’s denied for decades: that true power doesn’t come from standing alone. It comes from standing together…(more blurb on ebook seller’s page) AmazonKU
HARDEST FALL (MAGIC AND MERCENARIES BOOK FIVE) by Alessa Thorn
VS Note: “a splash of occult magic”.
Freedom was supposed to taste like victory. For Giana Sorrentino, it tastes like loneliness — the screwed-up kind that comes from six years of having the deadliest man in Italy as her shadow. Rodrigo Colleoni was her jailer, her obsession, and the only person who ever made her feel safe. Then he let her go, and she ran before he could change his mind. Unfortunately, with a last name like hers, she’s famous with all the wrong people. Add in an additional fortune in blood money, and she’s nothing but an easy target. When Giana is kidnapped from a sun-drenched café in Bodrum, Rodrigo tears through Turkey to get her back and then offers her a deal that puts her right back in the Colleoni world she barely escaped: another fake engagement to keep her alive. Now they’re playing husband and wife to be, while an ambitious enemy circles closer, and an occult threat rises from the shadows. With six years of buried desire threatening to burn them both alive, it will be a race to see what destroys them first: murderers or marriage. Or maybe, with the help of the deadly Edgeworth family, they might all get exactly what they deserve. AmazonKU
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