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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CRASH LANDED: THE DARANTHIKI (DARVEL OUTCASTS AND SURVIVORS BOOK TWO) by SJ Sanders

As a woman of status, going to the luxurious Galaxoros Colony should have been a simple matter for Daisy McGillin. She had taken all precautions, even going as far as hiring a private charter on a nondescript merchant vessel to make sure that she arrived safely and discreetly. Waking up from cryogenic sleep to discover that she was the lone survivor on the destroyed vessel didn’t make her day, and the Daranthiki cybernetic mercenary who had turned up on the vessel to strip it for parts wasn’t much better. Especially when he appeared to be inclined to leave her behind to fend for herself. Thankfully, the warrior’s loyalty and protection can be bought, but will there be a higher cost for falling in love when they find themselves crash landed and with pirates in pursuit?   AmazonKU

ASTRID’S ABRAUXIAN KING: BOOK ONE OF THE ABRAUXIAN BRIDES SERIES  by Lisa Clute

One minute, I’m lounging on a yacht with my best friends off the coast of Grand Cayman enjoying sunlight, salt air, and laughter. The next, we’re torn from Earth and hurled across the stars by an alien race desperate to save their dying civilization. I’m Astrid Akselsen, a Miami child psychologist who knows how to stay calm in a crisis. But nothing could have prepared me for waking on Abrauxia, a breathtaking world of towering cities, dangerous oceans, ancient secrets, and creatures that should not exist. Or for meeting Jakvar, the powerful alien king who claims I may be the key to his people’s future. Their females perished. Their empire is unraveling. And the thirteen women stolen from Earth may not be entirely human after all. As unrest spreads through the royal court and something ancient stirs beneath the seas, I find myself drawn deeper into a world of hidden truths, impossible powers, and a bond neither Jakvar nor I fully understand. Protecting my friends means uncovering the mystery behind why we were taken, and what is stalking us before it’s too late. Because the greatest danger on Abrauxia may not be the creatures lurking in the dark.      AmazonKU       AB

FORMULA ZERO by Meredith Lanzen

Madeline Clarke didn’t think her life would be all fun and trophies after earning her spot in the solar system’s most elite zero-gravity racing circuit, but she definitely thought it’d be better than this. Aside from being a female pilot in a male-dominated sport, her boss is a controlling jerk, her estranged father is a beloved figure from her team’s past glory days (and an absolute ass), and she’s performing so poorly she risks losing her contract. And worst of all, there’s Julian Casperi. Julian was Clarke’s childhood best friend and is a rising star in the league. The dance between them has always been complicated, but when Clarke walked away from her feelings years ago and Julian didn’t stop her they became nothing more than competitors—until Clarke gets into a near-fatal accident on the track and Julian comes to her rescue. Now back in each other’s orbits, the tension between them is at an all-time high. But navigating their relationship might be the least of Clarke’s problems. Things keep going wrong on the track, and she suspects there’s something shady at play. If she wants to come out on top, she needs to move fast and make bold choices—about her team, her future, and her heart.    Amazon     AB     Apple Books     Kobo

THE SECOND RULER: PART THREE (THE STARS AND GREEN MAGICS BOOK EIGHT) by Novae Caelum

VS Note: LGBTQ SF. Not a romance but a release of note.

THREE SIBLINGS. ONE KINGDOM. NO TIME LEFT. Dressa wanted to overthrow her puppet master, but what if the cost was too high? Arianna wanted to reclaim their birthright, but the path back is darker and more desperate than they thought. Lesander wanted to break free of her mother’s control—but Yroikan Javieri’s grip is only tightening. And Rhys, lost beyond the border, is faced with truths humanity isn’t ready to learn, and a choice that could shatter everything. The kingdom is breaking. The Kidaa are waiting. Will there be balance? Or will there be war?       Amazon     NOTE: The book wasn’t on Apple Books or Kobo yet as of the day I checked.

LOANED TO THE LEONID KING (FELIS ORBUS GALAXY BOOK EIGHT) by S C Principale

Fall in love with the alien from the galaxy next door… Or not. Gideon is a Leonid Knight who knows his place in the old-fashioned and proud society of upper-class Leonids. In the shadows. Without a Pride of his own, without hope of winning one of the few remaining Queens, he’s accepted that he’ll always serve as secretary and assistant to a Leonid with much more power. Until his boss, Farhet, gives him an impossible assignment—mate with a human surrogate and produce an heir for him. If he agrees, Farhet will set him up for life on a new planet, and Gideon can finally emerge from the shadows. To refuse would be a disaster, but to accept creates a whole new set of problems…Sasha has nothing to lose by spending a few cycles in the Felix Orbus Galaxy. On Sapien-Three, her life consists of nothing but dead-end jobs, men who don’t want to stop playing games, and shadowy slums where human monsters roam. A visit to a new galaxy to get more money than she could make in a decade and help a civilization struggling to rebuild? Why not? ..(more blurb on ebook seller’s page)   AmazonKU

HOODED (POST-APOCALYPTICE FAIRY TALES BOOK THREE) by Claire Kent

He might be a wolf in disguise. Ever since the world fell apart a year ago, I’ve been doing whatever I can to survive, serving food at a trading post in the flooded hills of central Virginia and sometimes taking men to my room upstairs. They have to pay, of course. Cade stops by every few weeks. He’s gruff and quiet and not looking for friends, but he always treats me okay. I don’t mind having him as a customer. I actually start to like him, which is the last thing I expect in the hellish place the world has become. But Cade isn’t the harmless loner he’s been pretending to be, and his secrets could drag me into danger. I thought he was just a regular guy, but all this time he’s been hiding a wolf.   AmazonKU

MATE HUNT DASHER by Holly Hanzo

There’s a legend… men from our planet are banished, never to be seen again…Turns out it’s true, and now it’s my turn. As if waking up in a frozen wasteland isn’t bad enough, I’m transformed into something different. After getting shot, I scent my mate, and even though I don’t fully understand what that means, something about it makes me feral. I track the scent to her – Meredith – and shift back to my usual form. Of course, she thinks I’m crazy when I explain what’s happened, but she takes care of me anyway. Once I learn the truth behind the legend, I’m desperate to claim my mate, even if she’s hesitant and runs away. I will hunt her down, and I will make her mine. Every hundred years, a reindeer shifter can choose to retire, and a new one is called from the planet Santos. Who will be next?      AmazonKU

FINISHING TOUCHES by Rebecca Cohen

VS Note: MM Steampunk,

Amid London’s brass and steam, one apprentice and one inventor risk everything for a love society would deny. If Marcus Tanner can prove himself worthy of inventor William Collier’s workshop, he can claim a future he’s never dared allow himself to imagine when growing up in the slums of London. For William, Marcus is meant to be only an apprentice: brilliant, steady-handed, and entirely too easy to admire. But long nights among brass and steam turn respect into longing, and longing into something far more dangerous, with class and propriety standing between them at every turn. And for all William thrives within the Inventors’ Guild—among minds like his own, where wit, invention, and a taste for trouble are rewarded—it is not a world that makes room for a man like Marcus at his side. Then William draws Marcus into the sort of mischief the Guild delights in most: outwitting polite society and stealing a priceless ruby. As Marcus begins to believe he might truly have a place in William’s life, the return of William’s former lover stirs old doubts and new wounds. Marcus has fought too hard for this life to risk his heart on a man whose world was never built for him—especially when every fear he has ever carried whispers that he will never be enough to be chosen.   AmazonKU

THE BROKEN DRAGON (TALONIAN WARRIORS BOOK 11) by Celeste Raye

He’s fought every battle… except the one for his heart. Brensom is a warrior scarred by loss, carrying wounds no one can see. Love was never meant for him—until fate puts a woman in his path who refuses to walk away. As enemies close in and old pain resurfaces, Brensom must face the one thing he fears most: hope. He was trained to survive. But a fated mate may be the only thing that can heal him.      AmazonKU

BOSSED BY THE ALIEN: KNOTTED BY THE MONSTERS by Amara Bonds

Try not to stare at my giant, blue boss. Save a failing magazine. Remember that humans and aliens don’t mix. Just another day at work. Skylor: My mission from my father was simple: clean up our family’s underperforming media conglomerate and shut down the dead weight. I didn’t expect to find the ultimate distraction sitting in the assistant editor’s chair. Bernice Watson is brilliant, defiant, and beautifully curvy. I promoted her on the spot, gave her ninety days to save the publication, and relocated her to the office directly across from mine. Then my senses fully recovered from my inoculation, and her scent hit me. Omega. Mine. I’m supposed to be executing a cold corporate restructuring. Instead, all I want is to lock my office door and show her exactly what it means to have a very hands-on boss. Bernice: I’m used to being invisible. I’m twenty-eight, a virgin, and soft in the middle—so I pour every ounce of my passion into editing Athena Magazine. Then our new alien overlord took over the building. Prince Skylor Ak-Layn is rude, arrogant, and carved from pure command. He fires my incompetent boss, promotes me, and traps me on the executive floor. He claims he wants to oversee our digital layout migration personally. But the way those golden eyes track my mouth has nothing to do with corporate analytics. It’s a primal, laser-focused hunger. I know a royal alien prince shouldn’t want a human girl like me. But when he locks us inside his corner office, my brain completely loses the script.     AmazonKU

CLOCKWORK CARNIVAL LETTERS: THE DESERT NEVER FORGETS by Amara S Iris

For Lyra Blake, the Clockwork Carnival is the only home she has ever known. Every night she dances above the void — but the greatest danger waits for her in her trailer. A letter, on yellowed paper, written in fresh ink, bearing a hundred-year-old date — foretelling a tragedy set to unfold this very evening. The handwriting belongs to Orion, the circus’s cold, precise, and inexplicably advanced humanoid robot. But he swears he didn’t write it. Yet he knows Lyra’s past — and her future — better than anyone. The letter’s instruction is clear: obtain the silver watch from the man in the red hat — or the town will never wake again. When the man collapses dead in the audience, then knocks on Lyra’s door hours later, one thing becomes undeniable: in this desert, the laws of physics do not apply. Lyra and Orion must race against time to decipher the hundred-year-old messages — before it’s too late. But as the mystery deepens, Lyra faces a danger she never saw coming: falling for a man with a clockwork heart.     AmazonKU

YOZEF by Paige Michaels

Twenty years after Earth’s total destruction, a group of human women are struggling to survive on their failing space station. Their only hope is being rescued by the Venkorians, but at what price…
Zoey is scared and confused while she sits for days in a cage in a Venkorian holding center. Finally, a giant alien man shows up. She can’t understand a word he’s saying, but she’s grateful to no longer be in a kennel. Where is he taking her and what does he expect from her? Her anxiety grows as she learns her true fate. Trust and acceptance are the hardest lessons she’ll ever learn. Yozef gets to the warehouse as soon as he can to pick up his new pet. He’s heard the rumors. Human females are far more intelligent than expected. That doesn’t change the fact that she will need to be restrained most of the time for her own safety. As the bond grows between them, Yozef realizes he will do anything for his Little pet—even if that means angering her to ensure she is always protected.      AmazonKU

THE ORC WHO CARVED HER NAME (HER ORC MATCH) by Nellie Voss

I’m not looking for true love on another planet. I’m just trying to get my sister through the scariest week of her life. I’m the woman who shows up. I pack the lunches, drive to the airport at dawn, and hold the hand that’s shaking. I keep my own life light because the people you love leave, and it hurts less if nothing ever had roots. So I fly out to stand next to my sister while she meets the alien she’s been matched with. I’m the plus-one with the guest badge, there to carry the spare bag and keep her steady. Then an orc steps into the elevator and goes dead still, looking at me like I’d reached over and switched him off. He’s a seven-foot blacksmith who’d stopped believing the program would ever work for him — and I’m not even in it. But his biology takes one breath of me and decides. He can’t get a word past the tusks, so he leaves me carvings instead. I came here for my sister. I didn’t expect a giant to carve my face from memory before I’d even told him my name.      AmazonKU      AB

********************BRIEF BREAK BEFORE THE FANTASY/PNR BOOKS!**************************************

VS: Time for a summer cruise…in the stars! Have you booked your Star Cruise yet? 15 voyages to choose from! I’m toying with two possible new Star Cruise stories, don’t know when I can fit it into my writing schedule though. Available wide. Here’s the series page on my blog with all the buy links. Here’s the Amazon series page.

************************** 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!*********************

THE EXQUISITE TORMENT OF LOVING YOUR ENEMY  (DEARLY BELOTHED BOOK TWO) by Brigitte Knightley

Osric is a member of the Fyren Order, a guild of assassins who gleefully murder for money. Aurienne is a Haelan, a scholar-healer whose Order’s motto is Harm to none. Clear-cut absolutes separate them: good and bad, right and wrong, light and dark . . .Until they don’t. When Osric first bribed Aurienne to heal him, he never imagined those lines would begin to blur. But every healing session draws them closer together. He finds himself developing unwanted feelings for Aurienne as her capable hands heal his body—and his heart. Aurienne’s perfect life has been flung into chaos in the form of a devastatingly handsome assassin. She should be in her research lab, not illicitly healing a Fyren every full moon—nor wrestling an attraction to him that threatens to slip into something else. Things go superbly sideways when Osric and Aurienne discover more about the deadly Pox deliberately unleashed through the Tīendoms. The plague may be the work of another Order—an Order far nastier than either of them can handle. As the lines between Osric and Aurienne continue to blur, the balance between peace and war, and love and hate, trembles, shifts, and hinges on a heartbeat.      Amazon     AB     Apple Books     Kobo

ANGEL’S REDEMPTION (DEMON’S UNIVERSE BOOK THREE) by Harper Dakota

God has been alone for a very long time. He lost his family and then the only person he’d loved. When he was asked to step forward to lead, he agreed, but vowed to never allow himself to be vulnerable to the kind of pain losing a lover had caused again. Trinity is in an abusive relationship and needs help getting out. She’s made a life for herself and is successful in every way except in love. Little do they know that the Fates have a plan for them. Will God find a way to open his heart again? Will Trinity find the courage to trust?     AmazonKU

FAREWITCH OF FOXE HOLLER by Ellen Polley Goff

Honey Frost is Foxe Holler’s dependable Farewitch. With a dash of flour and a pinch of charm, Honey carries on her family’s legacy for healing any ailment with the right recipe. She just didn’t expect to inherit the role twenty years early. When the Holler’s reclusive Warlock suddenly requests a Farewitch to cure his mysterious illness, Honey’s ordered life turns upside down. Honey is reluctant to help—witches and warlocks do not get along. Then he tempts her with the one thing she can’t resist: access to his infamous library of spellbooks and kitchen grimoires. Soon, Honey is the newest resident of his moody farmhouse, which has one gorgeous kitchen. And a Warlock that maybe…isn’t so frightful after all. Or old. Or bad looking. Healing the Warlock would be simple if he weren’t hiding a web of secrets. As Honey works to unravel his illness, a darker threat looms: the Widow Witch, who steals a soul from Foxe Holler every year, is due—and this time, she wants the Warlock.     Amazon     AB     Apple Books     Kobo

LIKE WATER FOR DRAGONS (DRAGON HUNTER NOVELS BOOK TWO) by Katie MacAlister

 dragon hunter born of a curse. Tormented by a life spent fighting the darkness filling his soul. Alone, unloved, and isolated until balance returned him to the dragonkin. Hunter Vehar may be the master of the mysterious–and deadly–shadow dragons, but he’s never felt as out of his depths as when he’s forced to work with a reaper named Mabel. It’s up to them both to find a missing relic so powerful, it could throw the mortal and immortal worlds into the same darkness Hunter fought hard to escape. Mabel Touchet dances on more than just a stage…such as trying to keep the Otherworld from locking her away, dealing with a blackmailing broker who knows far too many of her secrets, and most worrisome of all, trying to stay professional around the sexiest dragon hunter she’s ever met. In a desperate attempt to avoid disaster, Hunter and Mabel must work their way through a Mayan afterlife filled with murderous gods, vengeful spirits, and a chubby jaguar who lives for belly scratches.      Amazon     Apple Books     Kobo

BLOOMING IN BRIMSTONE: SAPPHIC MONSTER ROMANCE NOVELETTE by Lila Gwynn

What makes a monster a monster? Teynan’s life only has one purpose: to bargain with humans, bring them to an early demise, and reap their souls. Helena is an easy mark as far as humans go. She gambles and drinks, playing into a system designed for suckers. So why is it so hard for Teynan to reap her soul? A reluctant demon meets a human with a death wish in this sweet sapphic monster romance novelette.      Amazon

IN THE WAKE OF THE RUINED: A NOVEL (THE SIREN MAGE) by Kalie Cassidy

The realm has a new queen … and a new monster. Imogen Nel, a powerful Siren, can no longer hide her monstrous abilities. She has claimed her ancestral crown and new grotesque magic, and now the corrupted bond she shares with the ancient deity Eusia is stronger than ever. Though Imogen is determined to sever it, doing so is no easy feat. The threat of war looms. Shifting alliances, a hunger for magic, and her feelings for Theodore, King of Varya, attempt to thwart her at every turn. Meanwhile, Theodore is battling the strain of his own crown and commitments. When Imogen suddenly appears on his ship, every dutiful resolution he’s ever made threatens to snap. As they draw nearer to ending Eusia, lurking dangers and their perilous desire for one another prove nearly insurmountable.  Will the chaos, ruin, and death that Imogen was prophesied to usher into the realm be the end of all things, or the beginning?     Amazon     AB     Apple Books     Kobo

THE INN AT THE FOOT OF MOUNT VEGEANCE  by Chiara Bullen

Mount Vengeance is legendary. For most, it’s an adventure or a quest to prove themselves worthy of fame and glory. For Ainsworth Gladsly, it’s the perfect thesis material. Ainsworth is an ambitious research fellow and up-and-coming historian, finally ready to make his mark on the world. When his supervisor learns of the rumored Misnich Inn at the foot of Mount Vengeance, she sends Ainsworth to be the first to document the exploits of the bold adventurers who seek to face the perils of the mountain and the dragon said to inhabit it. The inn is far from the sophisticated city life he’s grown to love, but even as he grudgingly warms to its rustic charm—and its lovely innkeeper, Honey—the mystery of the mountain refuses to reveal itself. Worse, Ainsworth can’t find evidence that anyone has ever undertaken the climb. Even the bravest warriors who stay at the inn turn away from Mount Vengeance the next day. With Ainsworth’s reputation on the line, he can’t allow this mystery to remain unsolved—even if he has to push the adventurers up the mountain himself.       Amazon     AB     Apple Books     Kobo

MANOR OF DECAY (THE THREADMENDER CHRONICLES BOOK TWO) by Maxym M Martineau

Edira Brillwyn is not enjoying retirement. She’s traumatized and heartbroken by Orin and the battle at Fernglove Manor. Although her brothers are safe and financially secure at home in Willowfell, she fears wasting away her dwindling lifethreads. It’s a welcome surprise when Seville comes knocking at her door—at least until she reveals that the blight has returned to the Ferngloves. Edira has had a taste of the power her heartbond with Rorik provides, and she’s certain there is a way to cure the blight for good… with Rorik’s help. But Rorik doesn’t think his life is worth saving, at least not worth Edira’s few remaining years, or months. He’s more concerned about keeping her alive than saving the world. But other powerful Ever families have caught wind of Edira’s talents and are desperate for a cure. As those families begin circling, centuries-long conflicts rise to the surface and, once again, Edira finds herself at the whims of power-hungry Evers fighting for their lives. Before she runs out of time altogether, Edira and Rorik will have to face the source of the blight: Death himself.      Amazon     AB     Apple Books     Kobo

THE LAST SOLDIER OF NAVA by Yejin Suh

VS Note: Sapphic Fantasy. Based on Koren mythology.

According to legend, the Soldier drowned entire kingdoms in darkness. Yet, the Soldier was only a girl, robbed of her will and raised as a weapon for her power-hungry father. When she awakens years later, freedom takes the form of a hidden life and a new name: Shadow. As war brews and magical dead zones devour the natural world, Shadow is captured and pulled back into court life by her immortal father’s new prodigy, Scarlet, a diabolical woman obsessed with her sister’s murder. A murder Shadow herself committed in a past life. Shadow’s control over darkness holds the key to restoring the balance of their world, but a serpentine court hides greed, corruption, and her father’s new plot to resurrect his fading magic. If she’s to survive and save her nation, Shadow will have to hide her past and rely on the woman who captured her—even as they unwind the legends that brought them together and face their growing attraction.

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THE MEMORY BOOKSHOP: A NOVEL by Song Yu-jeong, translated by Shanna Tan

If you’re lost or grieving, you’ll find The Memory Bookshop, where the shelves are endless; the books, strangely familiar; and where memories are bound in pages. Jiwon’s life has been slowly disintegrating since her mother died. Until one day, caught by a sudden downpour, she stumbles into a mysterious bookstore. Inside, she is met by Manager K and offered no explanation, only a mysterious hourglass and a rare opportunity: to travel back to three chapters of her life. But returning to the past isn’t without risk. In exchange, Jiwon must give up time in her future. As she wanders between the shelves, the bookshop humming with memories and regrets, she must ask herself: can the past truly be rewritten? Or does the real magic lie in the life she’s yet to live?

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BLOOD OF THE ANCIENT (UNNATURAL BRETHREN BOOK SEVEN) by Silvana G Sanchez

Ivan Lockhart thought therapy would save him from his darkest impulses—instead, it put him in the crosshairs of an ancient vampire order bent on genocide. When his vampire therapist bursts into flames, Ivan uses his forbidden Source blood to save him—and paints a target on everything he loves. As spontaneous combustions ravage vampire dens across Europe, he faces an impossible choice: grant Juliette the freedom the Deverauxs once denied her, or hold on, and watch mortality slowly win. But the fires lead to Venice. And Venice has its own plans for Ivan Lockhart. In the city that witnessed his awakening three centuries ago, a vampire council gathers—political, treacherous, sitting on secrets that could unravel everything. Dristan races to Poveglia to uncover what he buried long ago. There, he finds that the greatest threat was never the hunters. It was the blood feuds, the ancient vendettas, and the betrayals rotting within. Back in Paris, three witches face three crises. Juliette, fighting to keep what’s left of her world intact. Cassandra, pregnant with a hybrid child, and a price to pay. Samara, who brought danger into the safest house she knows, and is about to light the fuse. When the sins of the ancient come back to burn, can Ivan protect those he loves without losing himself?     Amazon     Apple Books     Kobo

HEPHAESTUS’ HAMMER (HALFLING ACADEMY BOOK SEVEN) by Ember Raine Winters

Welcome to Halfling Academy where the Greek Gods are real and danger lurks around every corner. With war just over the horizon Beth and her friends must retrieve Hephaestus hammer to defeat Hera in the final battle, but when Adrian has a vision everything they thought they knew of this final battle is turned upside down. The group must do something they have never done before. They must split up. Jayden must stay behind or the academy could be destroyed. With unstable volcanoes and machinery around the world failing Beth and Raven head to Mt. Etna facing glitching automatons and giants along the way to retrieve the hammer and get back in time to end the battle.     AmazonKU

FIGS TO THE END: REAL WEREWOLVES DON’T EAT MEAT BOOK 10 by Karenna Colcroft

VS Note: LGBTQ Fantasy.

Anax Tobias Rogan, ruler of all werewolves in the United States, is preparing for what should be the happiest day of his life: The day he finally marries his fated mate, vegan werewolf Kyle Slidell. But before the wedding can occur, Tobias has to make it through his first time hosting the annual gathering of the country’s werewolf leaders. Not everyone is pleased about the changes Tobias has made in the year since he became Anax. After one of the regional leaders and several of the alphas under his rule leave the gathering in protest, Tobias faces a fracturing country–culminating in the issuing of a challenge to fight for the Anax rank. A fight only one can survive. Tobias has always refused to kill without reason, but this time, the choice is to kill or to die. And all Tobias wants is to live to see his and Kyle’s happy ending.      AmazonKU

ORC’S THORNS (VEIL LANDS BOOK NINE) by Cyn Blade and Milly Taiden

Welcome to the Veil lands, where monsters are the only ones who can save you. Xela: I chased a deadly contract into a flesh-eating forest, only to become the prey. Now I’m trapped in Briargrave, held at the mercy of a towering, seven-foot orc warden. Tharos is a brutal predator who should have ripped me apart the moment I crossed his border. Instead, his rough, heavy hands are mapping my skin, and his dark, possessive kiss is becoming an addiction. Survival instincts tells me he’s a monster who will consume me alive. But when the darkness rolls in, I don’t want to fight him anymore. I’m tearing off my armor, pinning myself to the bark, and begging the beast to drag me under. Tharos: I am the warden of a nightmare, bound to an ancient hunger that I have to keep caged. Then a fierce, beautiful hunter tracked me into the dark, looking for my head. But the moment she bled for me, the monster inside me woke up with a brand-new obsession. I don’t just want her compliance; I want her complete, breathless ruin. I want to spread her against the trees, taste her blood and sweat, and make her scream my name until the forest shakes. I was bound to this prison to suffer alone, but this little human is claiming my soul and burning my cage to the ground.      AmazonKU

MANE HEX (HAVEN SHORES BOOK SIX) by Milly Taiden

She reads endings. He feels like a beginning. Lunaria Reed doesn’t do permanent. As a celestial witch who reads death in the stars, she learned young that love only leads to loss. She’s in Haven Shores for one job—fix a dead garden, leave by spring. Then the uptight mayor decides her garden needs supervising—and nobody warned her he’d look like a Greek statue in business casual. The way his voice drops when he says her name? Not helping her exit strategy. Hux Holt is fine. Responsible. Definitely not broken just because his lion went silent years ago while everyone else found their mates. Then a dirt-smudged witch storms into his office and his lion wakes up starving. She’s temporary. She’s trouble. She’s a disaster in gardening gloves, and argues with him like she enjoys it. His lion is obsessed. He’s not far behind. When the garden unearths a decades-old murder and a curse feeding on Hux’s family, running stops being an option. But between moonlit greenhouse nights and touches that feel like fate, staying might be the scariest thing Lunaria’s ever done.    AmazonKU

BEAUTY AND THE STONE BEAST by Lisa Carlisle

he came to steal herbs from my garden. She stayed to try to save ME. A queen’s curse turns me to stone at sunrise, punishment for defying her. My soldiers are already gone, frozen mid-scream around my walls. And I’m forced to watch over them as a reminder for my defiance. In my library the petals of a poppy are turning to stone, one by one. When the last one falls, so do I. Then a green witch and her family walk through my failing wards and straight into my courtyard like they belong here. She steals herbs from my courtyard. So I imprison her. She tries to bargain for her family’s freedom, telling me she can help. I stopped believing in help three years ago. I only have one petal left. But maybe one chance. Her.       AmazonKU

THROWN INTO THE MOB: MM MPREG SHIFTER MAFIA ROMANCE (THE WOLVES OF LA LUNA NOIR BOOK FIVE) by Colbie Dunbar

Going undercover for the family business is what I do. But getting kidnapped by dragon shifters isn’t part of the plan. When my cover is blown and I’m snatched by the Solari dragon flight, I expect intimidation and maybe a ransom. But I encounter identical twin brothers and the hostile one is my mate. His father wants me to mate with the wrong twin, but fate doesn’t follow his rules. He’s a dragon shifter who’s never known love, and we’re on opposite sides of a war neither of us started. The longer we fight what’s between us, the more dangerous it gets for everyone we care about. But walking away isn’t an option for me or my wolf.      AmazonKU

OUR WICKED GIFTS by Kathryn Foxfield

How much would you sacrifice for love? What would you trade for power? How far would you go for family?  The Winter family are worth billions. But only they know their success is built upon a sinister deal with the devil – each Winter possesses a unique supernatural gift to ensure their power and influence, but in exchange for their souls…Nineteen-year-old black sheep of the family Cicely’s gift is for uncovering secrets, which doesn’t make her very popular. But, when her family are threatened, and her uncle is found dead, they need her for the first time. When the clues point to Soren, a boy the family banished years ago, Cicely must choose between loyalty to her family and her growing feelings for the person who is trying to destroy them.

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UNGODLY RICH: A NOVEL by Katherine McGee

When Julia Dodds meets Harry Adams, love hits her like a lightning bolt. He’s adventurous, charismatic, and impossibly handsome. Little does Julia know that her boyfriend has left out a few key details. His name isn’t Harry: it’s Ares, as in the ancient god of war. His mother is Hera, and his father is Zeus. Soon, Julia is caught up in a world of wealth and privilege as she joins Harry at a lavish family reunion. Except these billionaires don’t just have wealth—they have divine powers. And the moment she steps onto their private island, Julia becomes their latest target. It’s no secret that the Gods love to meddle, and when it comes to Julia, Harry’s immortal relatives each have their own agenda. Harry’s mother, Hera, will do anything to protect her own. Harry’s sister-in-law Aphrodite has a deeply personal reason for hating Julia, and tasks Hermes, keeper of family secrets, with digging up dirt. Meanwhile, Hades has spent years trying to upend Zeus’s power—and now he finally sees an opportunity to strike. Set against a globe-trotting backdrop that sweeps from New York’s exclusive private clubs to the wilds of New Zealand to the gated estates of the British aristocracy, Ungodly Rich is a story of love, revenge, secrets, sex, and the most ancient motivator of all: family.

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TWISTED ROAD (TORPEDO INK BOOK 10) by Christine Feehan

When Czar shut down Lazar “Keys” Alexeev’s undercover mission, that should have been the end of the story. Instead, Keys is back in the middle of a nowhere town where a petite redhead with a pouty mouth and a ready smile drives him to distraction. He’s not sure why he’s breaking all of Torpedo Ink’s rules to spend more time around a woman who’s not even his type. He can’t get her out of his head—and now he’s facing the consequences. Lyric Johansen doesn’t like to look anyone in the eyes, but Keys’s gaze is the one thing keeping her from a full-on panic attack. Her instinct to charge into the fray and help the biker fend off a group of vicious thugs has led to the most insane situation she’s ever been in: trapped in a coffin with a man she barely knows, minutes away from a painful death. Survival means staying focused. But when Keys kisses Lyric to snap her out of losing it, he’s the one who ends up falling apart. He’ll need to unleash hell to get them out alive. If only to get another taste.      Amazon     AB     Apple Books     Kobo

EXPOSED: A SAPPHIC SHIFTER PNR (THE CANDLE DISTRICT BOOK THREE) by Isabeau Moon

She lost her mother. She lost her magic. Then fate tied her to the detective investigating the murder. Tamsin Matuli’s world shattered the night her mother was found dead in the garden behind their home. Since then, her connection to water magic has gone disturbingly silent, her sister is spiraling toward revenge, and every unanswered question seems to lead back to Shadow Township—the most dangerous part of Candle District. Detective Graciela Costa is known for keeping control. As one of the supernatural division’s most respected investigators, she’s handled brutal murders, rogue witches, and dangerous magic without ever letting instinct cloud her judgment. Then she meets Tamsin. The wolf inside Graciela recognizes her mate instantly, unleashing a possessive hunger she cannot afford while investigating the most complicated case of her career. Worse, the closer they get to the truth behind Wellesy Matuli’s murder, the clearer it becomes that someone is hiding deadly secrets. Now Graciela and Tamsin are caught between a powerful bond neither of them understands, forbidden magic buried beneath Candle District, and a killer willing to strike again to keep the truth hidden.      AmazonKU

TO CROWN A TRAITOR (WHAT LIES BETWEEN STARS BOOK TWO) by Katherine Macdonald

A traitor on the run. A prince bound by duty. A love caught between ruin and redemption. Branded a traitor for a murder she did not commit—and haunted by the ones she did—Wren is a fugitive in both worlds. Hunted by her own people, pursued by the humans, and chased most of all by the man she cannot forget, she is left with nowhere to turn. Prince Cassiel never wanted the crown, yet with his mother lingering between life and death, the weight of the kingdom rests on his shoulders. To rule, he must set aside grief, bury betrayal, and condemn the girl who lied to him. But every choice tears the realm closer to war—and every thought drifts back to Wren. When Wren offers him the chance to regain his sight, Cass must decide whether to follow her into enemy lands, or lose everything to the darkness closing in. Old wounds burn, old desires flare, and the fragile hope between them might be the only thing strong enough to defy fate. But with kingdoms ready to fall and blood demanding vengeance, can a traitor and a prince truly carve out a world where they can be together?   AmazonKU

SOLAN (NORTHERN OHIO SHIFTERS BOOK SIX) by R E Butler

An exiled witch with uncontrollable power. A wolf ready to claim—or die protecting—his mate. Witch Kaeli was cast out of her coven for magic that refused to obey. She came to Northern Ohio to find a place to belong, but instead, she found him. Wolf Solan has watched his friends find their mates while he stood alone. When he meets Kaeli, her wild magic tames in his presence, and he turns out to be the catalyst to unite her powers. As their bond strengthens, danger comes for the wolf pack and the gryphons in their midst. The shifter poacher and the anti-shifter hate group have joined forces once more, and their mission is clear: capture the gryphons and destroy every wolf. With danger closing in and the pack’s survival hanging in the balance, Kaeli and Solan must stand as one, and Kaeli must unleash the power she’s not yet learned to control. Can a witch who’s never felt like enough become the force that saves them all, or will fate demand a sacrifice neither of them can bear?         Amazon     Apple Books     Kobo

FAIL THE SPELL TEST (A WITCH ON THE ROCKS COZY MYSTERY BOOK 14) by Lily Harper Hart

Trouble in paradise? Hali Waverly was hoping for a break, but she won’t get that lucky. A trip to a bridal expo in Orlando has Hali seeing red when a man appears out of nowhere and tries to kidnap a teenager. She reacts without thinking and manages to thwart the attempt but it’s far too close of a call. Hali assumes one fight will be all it takes, but when the man disappears, she’s left with nothing but questions. Until he shows up on St. Pete Beach and tries the same thing. Hali is outraged at his gall. There’s just one little problem. She can’t find him. He shows up when he’s on a mission and then disappears into the ether. Hali taps Gray to help her search, and the answers she gets are not what she was hoping for. It seems their current enemy might have ties to an old one, and they’re running out of time to stop him from completing his mission. St. Pete Beach is about to become even more dangerous. Hali is determined to be the one left standing in the aftermath.    AmazonKU     AB

TIMELESS DOORS AND CAPTURED GODS (HIDDEN REALMS BOOK TWO) by Alice Winters

VS Note: MM PNR.

Riley – Everyone knows the way to a god’s heart is by tossing him onto a roller coaster… okay, maybe not, but it’s a dash of normalcy that Torin and I need before dealing with a malevolent god hellbent on destroying four realms. And I think we’ve just stumbled upon the next one. As if that wasn’t enough, I find myself handcuffed to a strange guy who would rather pummel me than help me, stuck trying to save Mickey from a curse that’s stolen his power (and interrupted his naps), and convincing my mighty god of love and war that we don’t need to join the mile-high club. But even as the world threatens to crumble around me, Torin’s love burns bright, lighting a path for me to follow. Torin – I find retribution for my world in the form of another that’s plagued by an unjust ruler and whose people are desperate for assistance. Now the real catch? We’re the only ones who can help—though honestly, I’m not quite sure Riley and I should even be in charge of keeping a plant alive, let alone an entire realm. Despite Riley’s magic being locked away and my own power diminished, the fate of the world is hanging in our hands. It might be asking a lot when the only thing these hands want to do is fondle Riley… I mean… save the world. Yes, that one.      AmazonKU

JAZZ, JAMBALAYA AND JINXES (TWISTED SISTERS MIDLIFE MAELSTROM BOOK 17) by Brenda Trim

The Six Twisted Sisters barely survived walking the Camino de Santiago while fighting a demon. Now they’re home in New Orleans, and all they want is to catch their breath, plan some parties, and enjoy a boring, normal life. Fat chance. Tourists are vanishing in the Garden District. Not dead—just gone. The magical community is panicking, the mundane police are clueless, and the Aegis Council expects the sisters to fix it. Again. Oh, and some rich lady wants them to host a massive jazz festival at Willowberry during the new moon. Because party planning while hunting a supernatural kidnapper is totally manageable. Lia’s visions show people willingly walking into the past and never coming back. Dani’s psychometry reveals victims were seduced by something promising “authentic” New Orleans. And Kota’s magical analysis points to an entity that’s been collecting people for over a century. The culprit? A nostalgia-feeding vampire who thinks trapping people…(more blurb on ebook seller’s page)   AmazonKU

BOUGHT BY THE OPHIDIAN: MONSTERS BRIDE MARKET by Lia Frost

VS Note: Ophidian is anything having the nature or character of a snake.

An Ophidian dying of his own venom. A poisoner with no where left to go. The last lot of the night. RUELLE – I told a nine-foot venomous predator he was dying. Then I told him to buy me. His venom should burn. It doesn’t. It rewrites my heartbeat to match his. It does something else I’m not writing in the notebook yet. I came for a roof and a locked door. The specimen was not part of the plan. SIRATH – Two thousand gold for a woman nobody wanted. She told me my dried meat tastes like someone preserved it out of spite. She asks questions I haven’t answered in thirty years. She keeps count of every time I almost laugh. Every bite I give her is changing her. And I’ve spent my whole life afraid of exactly what that means.     AmazonKU

THE NIGHTMARE: WITCH BOUND: BOOK THREE by Opal Reyne

Carwyn wants to rid herself of her empathetic powers. The last thing she expects is to be torn away from her quest in the middle of the night by a dragon. He’s arrogant, sarcastic, and hates her kind after what they’ve done to ruin his family, but no amount of arguing can convince him to let her go. She must do as he demands. Yet she finds herself sympathetic to his plight. After losing most of his kin, Kier is determined to save his only remaining sibling. Despite his overwhelming power, he’s forced to swallow his pride and turn to a lowly witch for aid. He cares little for what becomes of her; she’s a means to an end. Then she does something no other has been able to do in decades: make him laugh… and awakens fierce, long-denied desire within him. Though passion blazes between them in a chaotic inferno, how can he convince Carwyn to stay when her abilities make touch without trust impossible?      AmazonKU

CLAIMING THE WARLORD (DRAKKARI BOOK TWO) by Atlas jones

VS  Note: MM Fantasy

Evran has everything he never dared to want. A home in the mountains. A place among the Drakkari. And Vaike, the Warlord who chose him when he could have anyone. When the clans gather at Heldrin’s End for a diplomatic summit, Evran expects politics and posturing. What he doesn’t expect is Torsten, Vaike’s estranged half-brother, who watches Evran with lingering eyes and speaks of Vaike’s rule as though it has an expiration date. Then an assassin comes for Vaike in the night, and the threats stop being theoretical. With no proof and no path to justice, Evran makes a dangerous choice: he will get close to Torsten himself. Close enough to uncover the conspiracy and close enough to end it. It means playing a role that makes his skin crawl, wielding charm like a blade, and keeping secrets from the one person who trusts him without question. Evran has always been the soft one. The gardener. The weaver. The quiet boy from the south who never had anything to lose until six months ago. But no one told Torsten what happens when you threaten the thing a man loves most. Claiming the Warlord is a direct sequel to Tribute to the Warlord and should be read in order.     AmazonKU

DARK CHAINS: THIRD LINK (THE CHILDREN OF THE GODS PNR BOOK 109) by I T Lucas

Some chains are forged of iron. Some are forged of love. The third and final link in the Dark Chains trilogy.      AmazonKU

THE SERPENT’S THRONE (BLOODLINES BOOK THREE) by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

I swore I’d kill Raziel Nostrom. Now he owns my heart…After a shattering betrayal, Nadi and Raziel flee into the Wild—the endless labyrinth of caves that is home to the fae. Nadi trained for years to infiltrate and kill a ruthless family of vampires. Now she faces an even deadlier challenge—returning to her own family with their most hated enemy by her side. In a realm of flickering lights and terrifying monsters, the desire that binds her to Raziel only grows stronger. Enemies and allies wish to tear them apart, but she still craves his razor-sharp smile, his touch, his bite…In the city above, Raziel’s siblings are building a new world, where vampires rule with no restraint and no mercy. Soon their power will be untouchable. Nadi and Raziel only have each other. Two shattered and broken things, in a world that wants them dead. Two perfect assassins, sharpened to a killing edge and hungry for revenge. Their love was forged in blood. And it will end in blood.       AmazonKU      AB

DRAGON AND KNIGHT (SUPERSERUM BILLIONAIRES BOOK SIX) by Julianne Whicker

When an attempted murder by her mafia family comes to light in a zany novel of shocking twists and paranormal suspense. Twenty years ago, Trix ‘Dragon’ O’Hara interrupted an attempted murder of one of the young members of up-and-coming heroes, and ‘The Family’ hasn’t forgotten her actions. Today when she meddles in another situation, the family interferes with her new life, new husband, and delicate pregnancy. It is bringing back everything Trixie thought she’d left behind her. Memories of her violent childhood. A love for one of the most dangerous men touched by the super serum. And a mother whose lasagna and cannolis cover a dark past. But Horse, her new husband, has been hiding something too: a secret that he has never told anyone. As past and present collide, one thing is frighteningly clear. The murder wasn’t prevented. It’s only delayed. And only the truth—no matter the risk—can save her husband from her world and herself. Super Serum Billionaires is a series filled with romance, suspense, paranormal powers, and slow burn. Each duology ends in a HEA.      AmazonKU      AB

DRAGON’S REVEAL (IRRESISTIBLE DRAGONS BOOK SIX) by Nora Phoenix

VS Note: MM PNR.

Fergal Fitzgerald is frustrated. His father, the king, doesn’t take him seriously. His clan treats him like a child. And worse, so does Gregor, his tutor and the man Fergal has been in love with for as long as he can remember. Something’s gotta give. Fergal decides he’s done being patient. He’s done waiting for Gregor to see him. He’ll take matters into his own hands. But just when Fergal realizes he might have a chance with Gregor, the unthinkable happens, and he becomes king. Surrounded by enemies and with only Gregor by his side, he has to navigate leading a clan and attending the Dragon Council. At the Council, everything devolves into chaos, and after an arduous journey, Fergal and Gregor end up with the Hightower Pack and the Doyle Clan. For the first time, Fergal thinks he has a shot at happiness. Until he’s kidnapped…by the same men who killed his father.     AmazonKU

JUSTICE IS AN ILLUSION (SCALES OF JUSTICE) by Laura Greenwood

Rera’s meeting the Pharaoh by day, and being a thief by night. Now that Zet knows her secret, being undercover comes with a lot more risks, especially when Rera discovers that he’s more than willing to use her to get what he wants. But the life of a priestess is calling to her, especially with the upcoming banquet for the Pharaoh. Being Ben’s guest is everything she wants it to be, but that’s leaving her torn between the world she left behind, and the one she’s found herself living in. Justice is an Illusion is book six in the Scales of Justice series, an urban fantasy series based on Egyptian mythology and set in the same world as The Apprentice of Anubis. If you love Egyptian mythology, alternative versions of the modern day, temple politics, slow-burn workplace romance, and a world where the gods are real, then the Scales of Justice series is for you!         Amazon     Apple Books     Kobo

SECOND CHANCE WITH BASTET (JINX PARANORMAL DATING AGENCY BOOK 15) by Laura Greenwood

Bastet knows better than to fall for her ex, and yet she can’t seem to help herself. The last person Bastet expects to connect with while at a speed dating event is her ancient ex, but as soon as they cross paths, it seems inevitable that she’ll fall for his charms all over again. Even after thousands of years apart, Ptah is still not over Bastet, and now he has a chance to capture her heart again, he’s determined to win it. Can the two of them make things work a second time? Second Chance with Bastet is a mythology-inspired paranormal m/f romance and part of the Jinx Paranormal Dating Agency series. It features two Egyptian gods who are looking for a second chance.

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PROTECTING MY HUMAN (DRAGOCRACY CHRONICLES BOOK FIVE) by Eve Langlais

I just wanted to be left alone, but then SHE came along. Alistair’s been around for eons because his gift allows him to live undetected among the humans. However, his peaceful existence on Rum Island is shaken up with the arrival of a history professor in search of treasure. Davina isn’t some dry and dusty scholar but a vibrant woman in her thirties who’s taken a sabbatical to write a book about Scotland’s lost treasures. Her research takes her to Kinloch Castle, where the grumpy Alistair sends her packing, but when he spies her falling off a cliff, he literally swoops to her rescue, revealing his scaly side. As you can imagine, Davina is very curious about the man who can shapeshift into a legendary beast—much to Alistair’s annoyance. Getting rid of her is proving troublesome, though, and not just because she intrigues him. According to a selkie, their fates are tied. The reluctant Alistair finds himself joining Davina on a trip to Loch Ness and, along the way, discovering that love is the most valuable thing a dragon can hoard.

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BLOOD AND VENGEANCE (THE ROSE VAMPIRE COVEN BOOK THREE) by B A Stretke

A fake date with an intimidating stranger turns into a lethal lesson in fated destiny…Chris Trudeau is having a terrible night. Bad enough he’s pulling a grueling shift assisting at a high-society charity gala at the Ritz-Carlton, but now his cheating, smarmy ex-boyfriend has just walked into the ballroom to gloat with a new model boyfriend. Panicked and desperate to shield his dignity, Chris grabs the arm of the nearest man—a tall, devastatingly handsome stranger who radiates pure, terrifying power. “Help me. Talk to me like you know me… Pretend we’re together.” Arman Kane isn’t just an affluent art dealer visiting Chicago. He is an ancient vampire, a lethal warrior, and Commander of the ruthless Trento Syndicate. The moment Chris touches his arm; the vampire’s ancient instincts ignite. Arman knows exactly what Chris is to him: his Beloved—the fated mortal partner he has spent centuries searching for. Swept from the ballroom floor and into a world of hidden supernatural covens, shifting power plays, and dangerous underground syndicates, Chris’s reality fractures. The intense physical bond with Arman awakens his senses to a dangerous underworld to which humans are completely blind. But a vampire commander doesn’t pretend for long. When rival covens mark Chris as a target to settle a score, Arman’s medieval knight training takes front and center. To keep his newfound beloved safe, he will gladly tear down anyone—and any coven—that stands in his way. Because Chris belongs to him now. And a warrior knight never let’s go of his heart.      Amazon

BATS AND BIOGRAPHIES (AGNES HALE BOOK CLUB COZIES TWO) by Diana Xarissa

Bats in the crawl space, a curious cat, and a dead exterminator… Agnes Hale has another mystery on her hands. I thought the bats were going to be my biggest problem. I was wrong. Rover and I are settling into our new lives in Greymoure Glen quite nicely after last month’s unfortunate incident. Or we were, until bats moved into the crawl space over our cottage. As I’m not supposed to use magic unless absolutely necessary, I did what anyone would do and called an exterminator. Finding him dead in my backyard after a book club meeting was not in my plans. Rover and I relocate to the local hotel while the police investigate, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t still interested in what happened to Craig Furman. There’s nothing wrong with making a few discreet inquiries as we go about our lives. The more I learn, the clearer it becomes that Craig’s business dealings left him with no shortage of enemies. A visiting stranger complicates matters, and Rover remains far more interested in snacks than subtlety. Which means Rover and I are going to start asking questions again.   AmazonKU

ALL THE QUEEN’S HORSES AND ALL THE QUEEN’S MEN (ONCE UPON A RHYME BOOK SEVEN) by Abigail Manning

All The Queen’s Horses and All The Queen’s Men… Could never put her soul back together again. Princess Amirah of Sarnold has been shattered ever since the day her family was killed in front of her. Before her parent’s death, the ruling king and queen embraced the use of magic by containing their fickle emotions in rare magic stones with the intention of making them fairer rulers, doing the same for their royal children. But when their soulless rule brought unrest among their people, only Amirah remained once the dust had settled—her soul stone shattered. Prince Soren is the most legendary bachelor in all the kingdoms, willing to stop at nothing to find himself a proper bride that won’t leave him to run a black market or scurry off with a gargoyle. After hearing that Princess Amirah has come of age to ascend to the throne, the eager prince makes his way to Sarnold to support the new queen in anyway he can. He knows hardly anything about her other than her appreciation for magic jewelry, but as a magic scholar himself, at least his chances with her aren’t entirely abysmal. With her coronation coming, and her soul split into shards of jewelry, Amirah welcomes the neighboring prince with the hope that his knowledge can help her repair her shattered stone. But help comes too late when the princess discovers that a piece of her magic jewelry has gone missing, taking part of her soul along with it. No longer able to access all of her emotions, only Prince Soren’s endless optimism can motivate her to track down her missing pieces. Can they finally put her back together? Or will someone in the shadows ensure the queen suffers a great fall?       AmazonKU

DEVLIN (HOUSE OF FRASER BOOK SIX) by Kathis S Barton

She walked away from everything that should have mattered…Now fate is about to claim her anyway. 
Devlin Frazier has spent his life exactly the way he wants it—free, unattached, and far from the complications of love. As a powerful wolf shifter and a respected attorney, he’s always been in control. Until the moment he meets her. Lisa Gunther has fought her own battles—surviving the military, building a life from nothing, and refusing to let anyone control her future. She doesn’t believe in destiny, fairy tales… or mates. But Devlin isn’t offering her a choice. Because in his world, mates aren’t found—they’re claimed. As danger closes in and enemies from Lisa’s past resurface, the bond between them becomes more than instinct—it becomes survival. And the closer they get, the harder it is to deny the truth neither of them wanted: Some connections are stronger than fear…Stronger than freedom…And impossible to escape. In a world of power, passion, and primal instinct—walking away may no longer be an option.       Amazon     Apple Books      Kobo

INTERITUS (DEALS OD DARK DESIRE BOOK TWO) by Ruby Roe

VS Note: FF Fantasy.

Four damned souls, two impossible bargains, and a romance powerful enough to topple the realms. Mercedes Midnight should be dead. Her year is up, her debt is owed, yet here she stands — alive, cursed, and crackling with demon magic she has no idea how to wield. Lucy Corvine, the devil’s broken daughter, clawed her way out of a contract that was never supposed to break. Now she’s something the underworld doesn’t have a name for. Something her father will tear the realm apart to find. When two angels crash into Ora City, the rules change overnight. One wants to watch the realms burn. One wants to save them. No one is safe. Reunited and running, Midnight and Lucy strike a new bargain: trust each other, no matter what crawls out of the dark. But trust is a brittle little thing. And every kiss in candlelit libraries hides a betrayal that could damn them both all over again. There’s only one truth left… someone is lying. Find out who — before they lose their city, their world, and their hearts. Three realms. Two damned hearts. One final reaping. This is the second (and final) book in a dark and very steamy lesbian demon romance featuring masc daddies, soul-reaping bargains, fallen angels, dark academia vibes, gothic battles, found family, morally grey heroines, betrayal, sapphic obsession, and a love that levels cities.

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EVERYBODY’S PERFECT by Jo Walton

Piranesi meets Swordspoint in an elegant relay race through fantasy Venice from Hugo award-winning author Jo Walton – The Serenissima is built from mist and belief, a mythical shadow sister to Venice and crossroads of the nine worlds. When a laborer called Tiry has a dream that Serenissima will have a doge, and that they will marry the sea, he tells it to a fortune teller named Khadsha. She tells her apprentice, a gondolier called Taddeo, who tells a cop named Gom, who’s heard it from five people this morning already. And by that point, it’s already settled into the bones of the Serenissima, more than half-fated. Everybody’s Perfect is a gentle, shifting, structurally inventive narrative of startling beauty that will make you rethink everything you think you know about fantasy.

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BEARING THE PACK (DRAGONBLOOD DYNASTY BOOK 13) by BE Brouilliard

Bears don’t run in packs. We don’t trust easy. And we don’t lose a trail. Give me a scent and a head start, and there’s nowhere left to run. I’ve spent a year chasing a ghost — a leak who bleeds our people to the enemy and never leaves a print. No scent. No pattern. The kind of quarry that keeps a tracker awake at night. Then I catch one careless thread and follow it across a crowded yard — to a slip of a magic-blood wolf with a secret she’s not giving up. My bear knows her before my head does. Mine. He doesn’t care that she’s the thing I was sent to cage. He wants to mark her as his. To take her somewhere high and quiet and keep her there. So I do. I tell myself it’s containment. A den, a locked road, time to crack her open. But the rut comes on like weather, and the woman who won’t give me a straight answer gives me everything else. Every hour I spend with her, the part of me raised to believe no creature owns another wars with the part that’s already decided she’s never leaving. She’s lying to me. I can smell it. And every instinct I’ve got says the mate my bear just claimed is the ghost I’ve hunted for a year. I’ve staked my life on my nose a hundred times. I’ve never needed it to be wrong this badly. I’ve never failed to find what I hunt. I just didn’t plan on the hunt ending with her under my roof, in my bed, and a target on both our backs.      AmazonKU

THE TROUBLE WITH FAMILIES AND GOBLINS (A CARY REDMOND NOVEL) by Kat Simons

Trouble meets the family…Back from Scotland and ready to settle into this new version of her job as a magical Protector, Cary Redmond faces only one big problem. Thanksgiving. More specifically, Thanksgiving with her family of mundane humans and her mate Deacon Jones’s family of leopard shifters. Cary’s parents have no idea that shapeshifters exist in the world. Deacon’s mother happens to be the queen of the local leopard shifters. Not just the parents plan to gather for dinner, but every single member of each family intends to be there. And every single one of these people in one small house for one big meal means… Trouble. Fine. Good. Manageable. No problem. Except for the goblins. And the mysterious dog. And, of course, her former faery mentor Jaxer. And her sister’s pregnancy. But everything is fine. Cary controls her Protector magic now. Thanksgiving involves lots of food and drink. All good. No problem. What could go wrong? Oh boy.      Amazon     Apple Books     Kobo

AMUSED AND AMAZED: AN LGBTQ+ ROMCOM by Will Okati

Drag Queens and Superheroes To the Rescue! The Drag Queen of Faerie: The course of true love just won’t run smooth for hunk-next-door Will Taylor, who’s in search of that special someone. All that focused energy attracts the attention of Queen Mab’s less-well-known cousin Mabbey, the Drag Queen of the Faeries. Straight Man and Coffee Guy: Straight Man is anything but — he just doesn’t have a sense of humor. And in a city with so many superheroes there’s no one left to rescue, his power is attracting the freaks — like Coffee Guy from the diner across the road, who has the power of the never-ending cup. Misfits in a mad, mad, mad world, they’re pretty much perfect for each other.      Amazon     Apple Books     Kobo

A DASH OF DUCKS AND DANGER: AN UGLY DUCKLING RETELLING by Robyn Sarty

A dollop of royal obscurity. A serving of baking competition. And a sprinkle of love to sweeten the batch. Lady Elinor de Montmorel has never objected to marriage in theory — only in practice. After all, being tall, overlooked, and perpetually compared to more “suitable” noblewomen has made her cautious of suitors and weary of her mother’s relentless matchmaking. When one final attempt at securing her future is proposed, Elinor agrees — fully expecting another tedious courtship, and not a prince… or flour-dusted intrigue in the palace kitchens. Pierre Deux, seventh son of King Etienne and proof that originality was not his family’s strong suit, has spent most of his life unnoticed. But when a royal baking competition is announced in honor of his namesake elder brother, Pierre, Pierre Deux sees his chance to rise. Armed with years of hard-won kitchen experience and a determination no one expects from him, he is ready to prove that he is more than an afterthought. What neither of them anticipates is sharing baking supplies — or discovering a tiny abandoned duckling, followed swiftly by a very real plot to murder the crown prince. As secrets spill faster than sugar on marble floors, Elinor and Pierre must decide whether they will keep shrinking themselves to fit expectations… or risk everything on a recipe of their own making. In a palace where appearances matter more than substance, will love rise to the occasion — or collapse like a cracked pavlova?       AmazonKU

A POISON OF SHADOWS (WHISPERBOUND BOOK TWO) by Annie Anderson

VS Note: Vampires.

In a kingdom poisoned by secrets, some shadows cut deeper than knives. Nadia Voss knows the rules. Don’t get attached. Don’t get caught. Don’t let anyone close enough to notice when something’s off. She’s broken all three in the span of a week. The price on her head? Expected. Being stranded on the road to Tharros with Lorenzo Veyne—Kieran’s rigid, rule-obsessed, devastatingly competent eldest brother? Absolutely not part of any plan she would’ve made willingly. Unfortunately, Enzo notices everything. Every limp she hides. Every silence that goes too sharp. Every place where the shadows don’t answer the way they should. He calls it strategy. She calls it none of his business. But Tharros is unraveling from the inside, and Nadia’s supposed to watch Enzo’s back, uncover the rot, and survive long enough to return to the shadows alone. She’s definitely not supposed to let him become the one person she can’t afford to lose. And by the time everything falls apart, neither of them knows what to call what’s been growing between them. The shadows do, though. They always knew.   AmazonKU

ENTICING HER FOX: EMBRACING THE BOND by T D Edwards

She is determined to embrace every side of herself, not caring about those who don’t like it. Rylee is a fox shifter who found a home with a snake. Since the day Heath rescued her, he has become her friend, brother, and savior. She didn’t expect his family to welcome her, yet they accept her even though she hides her pain behind a smile. Every day, she fights to live well despite the trauma of her past. After taking revenge on the man who abused her, she can finally move on, hoping to find the peace she craves. She doesn’t expect to meet Ezra or feel an overwhelming need to trust him. Heath may have helped heal her body, but her mate could heal her bruised heart. Ezra is calm, patient, and controlled. As a white fox shifter, he has many gifts that aid him in his chosen work. Being an assassin is easy, and he enjoys giving the abused the justice they deserve. A man he’s tracking leads him to a town filled with shifters and vampires, never expecting his mate to be among the mix of powerful beings. He’s known for his patience and fearlessness, yet all his control will be tested as he learns her story. Eager to see her tormenters at the end of his blade, he will do anything to keep her safe. Rylee will have to let go of her fear of the past and place her trust in Ezra, confident in his ability to give her the love she’s always wanted.       AmazonKU

TRISTAN (SALT AND STARLIGHT BOOK FOUR)  by L Shirleen

VS Note: MM Fantasy.

Austin thought he was finally free when his stepfather died, but Cessair left him one last nasty surprise. Research Austin believed destroyed has resurfaced in another lab, and now another billionaire has his hands on it. With captivity closing in and his own body changing in terrifying ways, Austin does the only thing he can: he flees through a tear in the sky and into another world. Prince Tristan rules a city of monsters alongside his brother. He has soldiers, a predator’s patience wrapped in princely manners, and enough power to make Austin deeply suspicious of his offered hospitality. But Tristan is also the first merman Austin has ever met who doesn’t hate him on sight. More unsettling still, Tristan isn’t afraid of Austin’s dangerous voice. He admires it. Austin has spent his entire life being sharp, difficult, and dangerous because anything softer would not have survived. But in this strange new world of monsters, princes, and impossible magic, those might be the very things that make him belong. And Tristan might be the first person daring enough to love him for them.   AmazonKU

DEAR DIARY by Marie Cardno

Deep beneath the earth, a forgotten god awakens to the blazing light of the first prayer it has received in uncountable centuries. But the world it knew is not the world outside now, and the priest whose words fill its prison-temple is not the sort of priest it is used to. She’s bubbly, terrified, an over-sharer totally overwhelmed by the supernatural world she’s found herself thrust into…And she might be coming to kill it. You’ve Got Mail but make it Buffy meets a lonely god-monster in this cozy horror short story about making first impressions count, by the author of the award-winning How to Get a Girlfriend (When You’re a Terrifying Monster).       Amazon

BADMOUTHS AND BARDS (LOVE IN ORDNIA) by Azalea Crowley

VS Note: MMF.

Two hot bards and a disgruntled monk walk into a bar… tell me if you’ve heard this one before…Taldesa was always a punch-first, ask-questions-later kind of monk. As a member of the truth-seeking Valiant Circle, Tala is expected to be level-headed in any given situation. But how can her superiors expect her to focus on protecting her new assignment when her best friend, Avie, has gone missing?
Cashmere Fantasy sounds like a joke, but Tala can’t deny that the water halfen bard duo has earned their fame. Ameriden is smug, Casimine is charming, and both of them allure and frustrate her. Keeping things professional proves difficult when shadows from the past threaten to dim the bards’ spotlight and an unexpected revelation leaves her questioning everything. Tala was already used to breaking the rules… what was two more?      AmazonKU

SUNSCREEN AND SPELLBOOKS by Fleur DeVillainy

Welcome to Crescent Cove—where the sun shines, secrets linger, and every tide brings a little magic. Catherine Prescott doesn’t believe in magic. Not anymore. Once a prodigy witch, now a burnt-out marketing exec, she’s traded spells for spreadsheets—until a sudden layoff leaves her with nothing but severance pay and an invitation to housesit her aunt’s beach cottage in Crescent Cove. Her summer plans? Sunscreen, solitude, and maybe a little self-discovery. Reality? A mischievous dog, a house full of enchanted junk, and a maddeningly handsome marine biologist who insists she’s “disrupting leyline energy.” Elliot Fitzgerald is sunshine in human form—tanned, barefoot, and entirely too charming. He’s also a sea lion shifter sworn to protect the cove’s magic. When Cat accidentally stirs dormant power beneath the waves, he offers to teach her how to control it… if she agrees to stay close. Now they’re fake-dating to throw off nosy locals, knee-deep in magical chaos, and discovering that the ocean isn’t the only thing with dangerous pull. Witty, witchy, and warm as a summer sunset—Sunscreen and Spellbooks is a beachy paranormal rom-com about rediscovering your magic, finding where you belong, and falling in love under the tide.      AmazonKU

STORMS AND SUNSHINE by Kay Leyda

Welcome to Crescent Cove — where the sun shines, secrets linger, and every tide brings a little magic. This hidden magical town by the sea is home to magical creatures, shifters, and witches of all kinds. Join our eight authors for this cozy summer paranormal romance series that range from sweet to extra spicy, all set in Crescent Cove for the perfect summer escape. Tempest, a storm witch, has never quite fit in anywhere. Her family of green witches can’t handle her big emotions and solitary nature. She lives alone in a cottage on the beach, spending her days working as a marine life rescuer, where she can use her storm magic to influence nature and help others. She might be alone, but she isn’t lonely. Reed, a young merman trying to help his family adapt to the changing seas. Between global warming, rising sea levels, advancing technology, and over-fishing, it’s becoming evident that the merfolk can’t continue the way they always have. He must seek help and supplies from the nearby magical town of Crescent Cove. But he never saw Tempest coming.       AmazonKU

TENTACLES AND TIDES by Lauren Sanatra

Kara thought running would be the hard part. Turns out, staying hidden might be worse. After stealing a magical pearl and escaping the dangerous grip of a man who once controlled her life, Kara finds refuge in Crescent Cove—a hidden seaside town where magic isn’t just real, it’s required. Selkies, sea witches, and shapeshifters fill its streets, and somehow, she’s managed to slip among them with nothing but a carefully crafted lie, a borrowed charm, and a poker face strong enough to keep anyone from looking too closely. Now she has a crumbling cliffside cottage, a tenuous cover story, and fear that still lingers just beneath the surface. But for the first time in years, she has something else, too. Freedom. When whispers lead her to an octopus shifter known for his ability to take stress away with a single touch, Kara finds herself standing at the door of Crescent Cove’s infamous Suction and Serenity Spa. Maybe this is where she can finally start over, where she can learn to let go of everything she’s been carrying for far too long. But the longer she stays, the harder it becomes to…(more blurb on ebook seller’s page)         AmazonKU  

DRYAD’S TREASURE: MAGICAL USAGE COUNCIL MISADVENTURES BOOK TWO by MJ May

VS Note: LGBTQ PNR mystery.

Treasure is in the eye of the beholder and the soul of those who secret it away, its siren song too tempting for a will-o’-the wisp like Grayson Delarue to ignore. Called to the Magical Usage Council, Grayson is amazed by the myriad melodies competing for his attention. Is there such a thing as too much treasure? Before walking into the Magical Usage Council, Grasyon would have said no. Now he’s not so certain, and the type of treasure singing to him could tear his fragile wisp form apart. Planted within the soil of the Magical Usage Council compound, Martin Durand, as an oak dryad, can’t physically leave his birth soil for long stretches of time. Stoic, sturdy, and solid, Martin will support what’s left of his family—those members the former director, Tenzen Huxley left alive. Even when the decision of one of his closest friends brings an untrustworthy will-o’-the-wisp into their lives. Treasure isn’t always what it seems, and some treasure’s value is found in its destructive force. Dryads and will-o’-the-wisps have a long-standing tradition of well-earned animosity. Martin soon finds he needs to set aside that animosity to stabilize Grayson’s wisp form in order to find the dangerous treasure Huxley hid within the depths of the compound. Each discovery is more disturbing than the last. Tenzen Huxley’s betrayal reaches beyond his slumbering grave, threatening those who remain. Martin has always wondered what a dryad can do to protect those he loves. The answer might destroy him, but the sacrifice is worth the cost to protect the wondrous will-o’-the wisp he’s come to love—his very own treasure.     AmazonKU

MASTER OF THE HUNT (MERLIN’S LEGACY BOOK SEVEN) by Angela Knight

A werewolf prince and a lovely fairy police chief battle mad gods for the fate of a kingdom. Sidhe Prince Dearg Galatyn is a werewolf, spymaster, and Blade of the Dragon God. When his deity sends him visions of a beautiful cop’s horrific murder, Dearg must save her at all costs. Otherwise, she won’t be the only one to die — and his kingdom could be lost. Iona Anann is the granddaughter of Maeve, the Mother of Fairies. Her day job is police chief of Summerwood, a quirky town full of magical creatures who make fantasy films. When the dragon god’s feared werewolf weapon shares his horrific visions, she is forced to accept Dearg as her bodyguard. Then murder comes to Summerwood as the assassin begins picking off victims — with Iona and her prince as his ultimate targets. Locked in a pressure cooker of blood, magic and madness, Iona and Dearg begin to fall in love. But stalked by killers and psychotic gods, will they even live out the week?

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OPEN WAVES (BETAS IN WAITING BOOK 39) by Viola Grace

A rejected mermaid heads to the islands to heal her soul, finding that the support of family and friends is almost as good as finding her sea monster. Almost. After seeing how happy some of the other mages can be with their elves, Meeda decides that returning to her home is probably the best course of action. Seeing her destined mate swim away from her broke something inside her. The waters of the islands soothe that bit of her shattered soul. Having the resources to get away from it all is nice, and having an understanding older sister is better. With dark elves moving to the islands, it makes sense that the sea monster who got away is there, and to Meeda’s surprise, a cultural difference caused him to leave her behind. She had no idea she was supposed to chase him.        Amazon     Apple Books     Kobo

VOWS OF BLOOD AND DECEPTION (THE HIRATHEAN PATH BOOK TWO) by Aria Ashbrook

Rose Kultavaris survived the Retterheld. She reclaimed her magic. Her title. Her place at court. But victory can be a hollow thing. Her sister’s decisions have left her life in turmoil and the crown which Prince Kyor chose over her remains firmly on his arrogant head, while the tension between them is enough to rip the sky apart. The palace celebrates her as the gifted, yet behind gilded doors alliances shift, secrets surface, and the past refuses to stay buried. When the answers she needs lie beyond the city of Wrohelm, Rose is forced to leave its walls behind and chase the truth herself. Old betrayals cut deeper than any blade, while new truths shatter everything she thought she knew. Rose is more alone than ever, and her power, now reclaimed, proves far more dangerous than anything else she has faced. In a court built on lies and ambition, Rose must decide what she truly wants: vengeance, love, or something far more dangerous … freedom.     AmazonKU

THE FORSAKEN (BLACK ARROWHEAD SERIES BOOK NINE) by Dannika Dark

VS Note: MM PNR.

After years of rejection, Virgil finally has the pack he’s always wanted. But when a tenacious ghost latches onto him, dreams of a peaceful life begin slipping through his fingers. Desperate to escape, he joins a road trip with Krys: his packmate, his best friend, his quiet obsession. Krys is a headstrong wolf who never shows affection, but cracks form in his steely facade when he must bid farewell to a packmate. During this turbulent time, his bond with Virgil strengthens and he’s forced to confront a secret he’s long kept hidden. His heart is buried in the debris of his past, and only Virgil can dig him out. Two Shifters discover the bond was always there, but can their love survive their innermost fears?

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A RIDER’S GUIDE TO DRAGON HEALING  (DRAGONS OF SAFE HAVEN BOOK THREE) by Julia Huni

The only thing harder than mending a dragon’s wing is softening his rider’s heart. Tyge de Xerrist would rather face a Borgonne army on foot than trust his dragon’s life to a witch. But exiled to Safe Haven with Sundri’s wing torn to shreds, the surly rider is out of options. Sarai Lavigne is a Tier One Healer who has spent years mending the wounds of war. She’s ready to save Sundri, but his rider is her most stubborn patient yet. Even as Sarai and Tyge clash over dragon-lore and ancient grudges, they must work together to get Sundri back in the sky and help Safe Haven’s dragon fire brigade come to full strength.      AmazonKU

BITE ME LIKE YOU MEAN IT (ETERNITY FALLS BOOK TWO) by Kinsley Adams

VS Note: From APRIL 16.

THEODORA – My name is Thorne, and I’ve officially sworn off men. So when my estranged husband strolls back into town after abandoning me without so much as a goodbye, I’m fine throwing the whole man away. But then he reveals the truth. Turns out, the idiot didn’t leave me because he stopped loving me. Someone is pulling his strings, and that someone sent him back into my town to complete one final job. Calder thinks he can handle this without me. That’s adorable. If this power-hungry lunatic wants a fight, I’ll give him one. I still want to wring Calder’s neck for walking out on me, but I’ll be damned if I let anyone else lay a hand on my mate. CALDER – I’ve made plenty of mistakes in life. Leaving Thorne was the worst. I told myself it was the only way to keep her safe from the man who forced me to abandon her in the first place. Now that same bastard has sent me back to Eternity Falls for one last heist. I wanted to handle it alone, keep Thorne as far away from danger as possible. But my wife has never been good at walking away from a fight, and insists on helping me. If I can’t stop her, then I’ll damn well protect her. Because I came home to finish this fight and win back the woman I love. And anyone who stands in my way will learn exactly what happens when you corner a desperate wolf.      Amazon

SEA AND STARS by Kelly Jarvis

The Isle of Skye, 1847. When Arabella Porter, a lonely healer gifted with fairy magic, receives a mysterious letter from the past, she journeys to Mystic, Connecticut in search of the father she has never known. There she crosses paths with James Alden, a handsome shipbuilder whose shadowy history hides secrets of its own. Both thrown together and kept apart by circumstances beyond their control, James and Arabella must reconcile their forbidden desires for each other with their loyalty to their families, their longing for choice, and their need for freedom. When Arabella’s independence stirs town gossip and suspicion, James must decide how much he is willing to sacrifice to protect her from a past far more dangerous than it seems. Filled with Gothic imagery and Celtic folklore, Sea and Stars is a slow burn but sensual Beauty and the Beast retelling set in the real world. It isfor all those who believe in the transformative power of true love.     AmazonKU

GRAVE BOUND (ACCIDENTAL REAPER PARANORMAL URBAN FANTASY SERIES) by Misty Evans

Once the grave claims you, it never lets go. I’m a grim reaper—balance keeper between life and death—but my latest assignment isn’t about justice. It’s about obedience to the new dictator running Soul Management Group. Kill on command… or lose my soul. If I comply, I become his personal weapon. If I refuse, I die. My soul mate, Killion, dies with me. The part of me known as Grim Zero—ancient, ruthless, and terrifyingly powerful—is my only hope. But if she breaks free, I might save the world… or lose myself forever. I’m forced to ask the question no reaper ever should: Is balance about following the rules…or breaking them? Caught between a corrupt system, a power I’ve been afraid to claim, and a fate worse than death, I have only one anchor left—Killion, who believes in me even when I don’t trust myself. Assassin or revolutionary? Weapon or reckoning? Will I control the darkness…or let it consume me? Because once the grave claims you, it never lets go.       Amazon     Apple Books     Kobo

REMNANTS: A PSYCHIC VISIONS NOVEL by Dale Mayer

Devon Blue never planned to be a mother—especially not to her best friend’s twins. But, after cancer stole their mom too soon, Devon stepped in. Now her paycheck barely stretches far enough, her nerves are frayed, and the offer of a dream home feels like salvation. Maybe even fate. Detective Camden Hartwell doesn’t believe in fate—but the woman next door tests his resolve. Strong yet weary, Devon makes him want to protect her … and not just from the world outside. The twins start changing subtly as ghostly figures appear just beyond the fence line, their safe new beginning turning sinister. Whatever haunts the property isn’t inside—it’s waiting for them outside.

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ORDER (NIGHTMARE MISFITS BOOK THREE) by CeeCee Crow

For Nova, the nightmare is just beginning. She gave herself up to save them. It wasn’t enough. The last thing Nova saw was the men she loves collapsing in the street. Then a black bag. Then nothing. Now she’s alone inside the Nightmare Order, trapped somewhere deep within the system that spent centuries making sure people like her could never exist. The questions never stop. Neither do the tests. And the longer Nova stays inside the Order, the more certain she becomes that this was never random. Never accidental. Whatever they want from her, they’ve been waiting a very long time. Back in the Hollow, something is breaking. Six men were never supposed to bond the way they did. The system was built to prevent it. To control it. To erase it. But grief makes people dangerous. And somewhere in the dark, the nightmare is starting to wake up.     AmazonKU

THE ANATOMY OF MAGIC ( DARKEST DIVINE BOOK ONE) by Alexis L Menard

Enter a city of forbidden magic…Where falling in love could be the last mistake you ever make. Nina Veyr has a dangerous secret—illegal magical abilities that could get her killed. Max Antonin is the most powerful crime boss in Valveron. Cold, deadly, and breathtakingly attractive, he trades in magic that others won’t touch. For years, Nina has stayed in the shadows, picking pockets and smuggling enchanted relics to get by. Then she steals from the wrong man—Max Antonin. Now Max has his sights set on Nina, and nothing will stand in his way. But when Nina is framed for a shocking murder, he offers to help her find the true killers. Following a trail of bodies into the city’s underworld, Nina feels a burning attraction that pulls them closer and closer. But deals with a devil always come with a cost… Does Nina dare to trust her heart to the city’s most ruthless criminal?     AmazonKU      AB

THE MAGICAL SPICE TEA SHOP by Amy Boyles

On the edge of the charming town of Willow Vale sits a tea shop, full of spices that can take you back into your memories. If the rumours are true, they can even allow you to change those memories. Left alone to run his parents shop, and very much out of his depth, a stoic Finn advertises for an assistant position. Lila, an whimsical ex-event planner with an uncanny ability to get under Finn’s skin is the only applicant. Soon, terrible whispers begin to float in about a customer who is lost in her memories, wandering Honeysuckle Lane in a daze. Finn and Lila are forced to work together to find out what – or who – is sabotaging their shop, before the accidents tear it apart. As things heat up between the pair, will Lila ever be able to win over the grumpy Finn, or will he remain as closed off to her as he is to the Magical Spice Tea Shop?       AmazonKU     AB

TIGER BORN (AMBUSH BOOK ONE) by T S Joyce

Damian Ledger is his brother’s keeper. He’s been tasked with keeping an out-of-control tiger shifter away from trouble, but when his brother’s tiger targets a human, Damian knows that life just got way more complicated. Now he’s stuck between protecting his brother from himself and protecting a human woman he’s never met. Misty is gorgeous and driven, and completely naïve to the existence of creatures like him. He must stay in the shadows to avoid humans finding out about him and his brothers, but there is something about Misty that is dragging him into the light. He has to be perfectly diligent, and never allow his brother to see her again, but it is getting harder and harder to protect her when all Damian wants is to be with her. Misty Antone was attacked years ago by something she still can’t explain. She has tried to tell everyone that tiger-people exist, but no one believes her. Now, after rebuilding her life, she gets a glimpse of the man who has visited her nightmares. He is asking her for help, but he has problems she didn’t even realize existed. How can she help someone who is not even human, and does not abide by human laws? A wise woman would steer way clear of a monster like Damian, but the more she gets to know him, the more she realizes he has been protecting her from a danger she doesn’t understand. She is falling hard for the tiger shifter, and breaking all the rules to be with him, but Fate has plans for them, and they are on a direct path to complete destruction of the Ledger brother’s legacy.       AmazonKU      AB

TWICE IN A BLUE MOON: A SHORT STORY (BLACKTHORN WOMEN) by Jess Lourey

The Blackthorn women have always possessed magic. For Helena, working at her candy store in the small town of Faith Falls, it’s the secret ingredient for handmade chocolates that satisfy more than a craving. But behind Helena’s delicious gift is a secret she’s kept from everyone, including the patient handyman who waits for her heart. As a rejuvenating spring thaw arrives, it’s time for Helena—as well as friends, family, and enemies alike—to set her secrets free.       Amazon       AB

ICE KING: ALPHA SHIFTER HOCKEY ROMANCE (THE KENDRICK BROTHERS BOOK ONE) by Piper Stone

Even a king needs a mate. Ford Kendrick already made me come harder than I ever have in my life, but as he chases me down tonight I know he’s going to do more than just tear off my clothes and ravage me brutally. Because right now he’s not a hockey star giving some sassy little puck bunny a few screaming orgasms before slapping her ass and sending her on her way with a story to tell her friends. He’s an alpha wolf claiming his mate.       AmazonKU

A HEX OF A MESS (THE WITCHES OF HOLLOW COVE BOOK 25) by Kim Richardson

The Spring Awakening Festival has arrived in Hollow Cove, and somehow I’ve been volunteered to take part in a magical ceremony involving enchanted beasts, flower robes, and entirely too much public attention. Personally, I’d rather stay home with a strong cup of coffee, my adorable gorilla toddler, and my ridiculously sexy husband. Unfortunately, that’s not an option. As the town fills with magical creatures, enchanted festivities, and Beverly’s questionable romantic advice, something doesn’t feel right. Strange events begin unfolding behind the scenes, old secrets refuse to stay buried, and the closer I get to the truth, the more dangerous things become. Now I have to survive Hollow Cove’s biggest celebration, keep my family safe, stop a threat I don’t yet understand… and somehow make it through the festival without accidentally setting anything—or anyone—on fire. Just another perfectly normal week in Hollow Cove.       AmazonKU

FASTEST KILL: MERCENARIES AND MAGIC (BOOK SIX) by Alessa Thorn

Dario Colleoni has spent his life being the one everyone underestimates, the charming one with a drink in his hand and a secret he’s kept since the night his father died. With Rodrigo finally happy and Leo settled in love, Dario should be celebrating. Instead, he’s drinking his way across Istanbul, haunted by the woman who shot his client two years ago and left him a bullet casing with a heart carved into it. Frederica Alesci doesn’t do soft. She doesn’t miss, doesn’t fail, and certainly doesn’t tolerate love. So when she ends up drunk in a Cretan holding cell at three in the morning, she resents that the one person she can call for help is the infuriating Italian she’s spent two years pretending to hate. A trip to Rhodes to dig through her father’s records was supposed to be a quick detour on their hunt for Serapis. What Dario and Frederica uncover instead is a trail of stolen artifacts, a five-hundred-year-old enemy the Colleoni’s and Edgeworth’s never knew existed, and the kind of partnership that turns professional rivalry into something neither of them is ready for. Please note this is the final book of ‘Mercenaries and Magic,’ so go and start at Book 1, ‘Darkest Night,‘ if you haven’t dived into this world yet. It is an adult dark romance with a splash of magic. It contains graphic action scenes and spice.       AmazonKU

THE WRANGLER AND THE TENDERFOOT (WOLVES OF MADDOX RANCH BOOK TWO) by Lainie Anderson

Jennie: I’m not here to fall for anyone. I’m here to find what the Colemans are hiding on land they don’t even own, build a case, and get out before anyone figures out I’m not the geologist I’m pretending to be. I’ve been undercover before. I know how to keep my head down and my cover clean. What I didn’t count on was Reid Coulter, quiet and immovable as the limestone ridges on this land. He knows I’m lying. I know what he is. We’re both sitting on secrets that should make this simple, and somehow it keeps getting harder to remember why I’m supposed to leave. Reid: She’s not a geologist. I knew that by the end of the second day, and I kept meeting her anyway, because my wolf had already made up his mind, and because whoever she really was, she looked up at a two-hundred-pound wolf in full charge and didn’t run. I’ve spent my whole life on this land, and I don’t let people in easily. Jennie Benson walked onto the neighboring ranch with a cover story and a sidearm and worked her way into my mind. Somewhere between the limestone ridge and the line shack and every conversation where she gave me something real without giving me everything, I stopped looking for reasons to keep my distance.       AmazonKU

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