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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SILVER SLAYER (WARRIORS OF VALOSE BOOK 16) by Iona Strom

Quin – I was stolen from my world, taken so far from home that the stars don’t even look the same. It left me stranded on a planet swallowed by an anomaly, sealed away from the stars and surrounded by things that hunt in the dark. It taught me one truth: survival isn’t mercy. It’s violence. It’s grit. It’s refusing to die. Then rescue arrives in the form of a silver-skinned alien warrior with eyes like molten steel… and a bond I can feel clawing at my skin. He looks at me like fate. But I’ve already been caged once, and I will not belong to anyone again. Not even to him. Vennox – I remember Valose before it became a sanctuary, before humans, before peace, before the clans stopped bleeding each other dry. Then the Gretolics took me. When I finally returned, the world I knew was gone, replaced by something softer. Stranger. Now I am leaving it again, pulled into an anomaly and trapped on a savage alien planet where even the air feels wrong. That is where I find her. Quin is human, fierce, wounded, and fighting the bond with everything she has left. The planet wants to kill us. The past already has. And my spirit mate refuses to surrender. I should let her go, but Valosians do not abandon what is theirs, not when the bond awakens, not when she is the only thing that stills the violence inside my mind and makes the world feel real again.      AmazonKU

VEXING VALMIR (ICE PLANET CLONES BOOK FIVE) by Ruby Dixon

Resonance is supposed to be like finding your other half. I’m not sure how that’s going to work, considering that I already feel like I’m only half of who I’m supposed to be. I’ve lost my memories of Earth. I can only recall fragments of a rich cultural heritage that I want back more than I want to resonate. Unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to be in the cards. Instead of returning my memories, fate has decided that I should resonate to cat-like Valmir, the most unlikable gladiator stranded on this planet alongside the human clones. He thinks I should take him to my furs, but I think I’d rather fling myself into the ocean. To stall the inevitable, I make a honey-do list for Valmir. If he completes a task for me, I’ll let him win a bit of my attention. A flirty touch here, a quick caress there. It’ll buy me time to figure out who I really am. And in the meantime, it’s rather fun to make Valmir squirm.   AmazonKU

GILROX THE MERCENARY’S RULES FOR RETIREMENT by Ella Blake

I’m Gilrox Ban-Ver-Mos, rank V guild mercenary, recently retired. New resident of a small, boring planet nobody cares about, which is exactly how I planned it. I have a fishing rod, an animal friend who likes to eat fish eyes, and a quiet, solitary life that doesn’t involve blowing anything up or killing anyone. My retirement plan did not account for a nearby village and its attractive female council leader who ordered me to leave (spoiler: I didn’t). Or the large, loud, extended family of villagers I did not ask for, but apparently acquired anyway. Or the fact that not everything I’d left behind had finished with me.      AmazonKU

EMPIRE OF STARS (BOOK THREE): MM SFR by X Aratare

After goodbyes to their old lives, Jace, Khoth and the Osiris’s new members leave Earth for the Tha’fell planet Haseon. The Tha’fell call it “a grave planet” – full of tech that the Altaeth left, but they cannot use, until now. Jace and Khoth think that their greatest challenge will be convincing the Tha’fell-led Alliance to work with them. But all tension is put on hold as the Khul get through Haseon’s underpowered defenses and bring destruction to the Tha’fell home planet. NOTICE: This is a long serial that is divided into book-length segments. Every single one ends in a cliffhanger. There are 10 books in this series.       Amazon       Kobo 

ALIEN COMMANDER’S CAPTIVE (DARK SUMMER BOOK ONE) by M Q Rush

Nobody’s supposed to be in this sector. Will somebody please tell that to the unhinged alien chasing me down? Every human on this planet knows about Dark Summer. Usually, the local Messari aliens are stoic and calm, but this season makes them lose control of their darkest urges. It’s a good thing botanist Maren Grier is totally isolated—she wouldn’t stand a chance if she ran into one of those huge, dominant Messari men. Which means it’s really bad news when she finds out she’s not alone after all. For Gage Hok, seeing Maren in this sector isn’t exactly a cause for celebration, either. There’s a reason the reclusive ex-commander is living in self-imposed exile. This Dark Summer is more intense than usual, pushing his legendary self-discipline to the breaking point. When the human intruder shows up with her braininess and curves, Gage finds her far too delectable to resist. In this sector of buried secrets, Maren is about to find out just how dark this alien’s urges can get.     AmazonKU

GHOSTS CRY (CALYDRYN PARLIAMENT BOOK FOUR) by Jenny Schwartz

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

A locked vault mystery. A very archival murder. A body is discovered in the Archives of Caldryn Parliament. The victim died in terror, and his unseeing eyes stare at an eternity of horror. Old sins cast long shadows. New sins wake ghosts. The Caldryn Parliament mystery series mixes fantasy and science fiction with political intrigue and family drama. It is recommended that you start at the beginning with Stars Die. There is a series arc as well as a mystery solved in each book.    AmazonKU

VS: Just a reminder of my new release last week!

JAMIRR (BADARI GLADIATORS BOOK FIVE) by Veronica Scott

His memories gone, mistreated and abused by a series of owners, Jamirr knows only that he won’t give in and become a fighter in the savage arenas of the galaxy. He refuses to give his so-called masters the satisfaction. Destined for a grim fate in the mines, he waits to die. Raised by a gladiator father to become an arena warrior from the time she was old enough to hold a wooden sword, Samyra inherited his struggling gladiatorial house and has carved out a career as the ruthless Beast Lady. Looking for new fighters she knows she should pass Jamirr by. He’s nothing but trouble and untrainable. Something about him won’t let her walk away and she takes the risk of adding him to her team. Despite himself Jamirr has a growing loyalty and attraction to the Beast Lady. He’s drawn to the caring woman underneath the savage exterior she presents to the world. But she has secrets that threaten them both and he still has no idea what kind of past his amnesia is concealing. He knows he’s not human, not with claws and fangs, yet he loves a human woman. Will he fight for her? Could a gladiator and his mistress ever become mates and equals? And will the arrival of a group of men like him known as Badari create opportunities for freedom or destroy the life Jamirr’s carved out?

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Q-138 by Linda Mooney

Cobalt Balski has been serving his sentence alone on the prison moon for over two years. Starved for human contact, aside from his supply drop every 38 days, he spends his days checking for activity from the one source of communication he has—a radio. Bored, he starts scanning through the channels and calling out, desperate for signs of life, when he gets a response. Anyone caught speaking out against the Coalition was made an example of and punished, and with Valerie Shimmins being one of the leaders of the CAC, the anti-coalition group, it’s no surprise she also ended up sentenced to one of the prison moons. She’s shocked to hear another prisoner calling out on the radio. During their frequent communications, the two begin noticing too many similarities in their circumstances, and questions arise. Could they be closer than they thought? When the supply drops start getting further apart, the news they receive about Earth is also concerning. The Coalition is in hiding, and Cobalt and Val figure it’s only a matter of time before the shipments stop altogether. The CAC needs leaders for a revolution, to prove the Coalition are liars and manipulators, and to take down the oppressors once and for all. Cobalt and Val are willing to put their lives on the line for that cause. But first they have to find their way off the moon before they’re forgotten and left for dead.      Amazon     Apple Books     Kobo

B IS FOR BONDED (ABC’S OF ALIEN ABDUCTION) by Honey Phillips

A true bond can never be forced—only chosen. Polly survived the unimaginable. Now she’s found safety on Hothrest—and in the arms of the Hothian clan leader who watches over her. Every night she slips into Njkall’s bed seeking comfort. Every morning she walks away. Njkall has known from the moment they met that Polly is his mate. But after everything she’s endured, forcing his claim on her is the last thing he wants to do. If he wants a future with her, he’ll have to convince her that a mating bond is built on trust, not possession—and that some promises are worth making forever.   AmazonKU

THE ALIEN JUNGLE WARLORD’S BRIDE: STARFALLEN BRIDES OF XTHEOS BOOK ONE by A V Wilcott

crashed on his planet. He found me in the wreckage. Claimed me as his bride. Now the most dangerous warlord in the jungle says I’m his. And his jungle agrees. I’m Elena Parks. Trauma nurse. Engineer. I flew twenty survivors off a dying planet and kept us alive through a crash-landing on an alien world. Twenty women. Twenty different biomes. Twenty alien rulers who claimed us after we arrived. Coincidence? I don’t think so. I’ve survived worse than an alien claiming ceremony. But I wasn’t prepared for Rythar. Seven feet of genetically engineered alpha male. Warlord of the Green Reach, where every vine, every predator, every living thing obeys his command. He wanted me before fate ever paired us. Now a mate bond I didn’t ask for burns through my skin every time he touches me. His jungle wraps around me like it’s trying to keep me. And when an enemy warlord steals me from his fortress, Rythar tears through an army to get me back. I should be focused on finding my friends. Instead, I’m falling in love with an alien who claimed me as his bride. But Rythar knows more than he’s telling. And the more I learn about Xytheos, the more our crash feels less like an accident and more like an alien abduction.      Amazon

ALIEN HUNT (MATED AND AFRAID BOOK THREE) by January Bell

I convinced my friends to sign up for an alien reality show—now we’re trapped in a deadly survival game, I’m in heat, and a terrifyingly devoted alien has decided I’m his mate. I thought it would be a cute, dating or survivor game–style experiment. Instead, the show has gone violently off-script. The challenges are dangerous, the stakes are real, and the worst part? This is all my fault. I was the one who found the casting call, the one who pushed us to apply, and I thought it would be harmless fun. Instead, I landed on an alien planet, went straight into mating heat, and got claimed by a massive, possessive alien who refuses to let me out of his sight. I need to focus on getting myself and my friends off this nightmare show in one piece. But Vael-Torin is always there, watching me like I’m his, guarding me like I’m something precious. And the more he stays at my side, the harder it is to remember I need to make things right with my friends and get us home safe. Because I don’t just want to win challenges anymore… I want him.      AmazonKU

CRAVED BY THE DRAGON WARLORD (FATED MATES OF THE SARKANII WARLORDS BOOK SIX) by Hattie Jacks

I’ve been running my entire life, now I have to run from this feral dragon warlord too…It’s no secret I’m scared of most things. Being abducted by aliens hardly helped my anxiety either, especially after what they did to me. But finding a group of great human friends on an alien planet has gradually made things a little easier. Then I’m kidnapped by a feral Sarkarnii warlord who only wants me for one thing…leverage. For the first time in a long time, I’m mad about something. I am not a plaything for aliens and I’m determined he won’t make me one. It doesn’t matter that under all his growling, snarling and wild hair, Deus has a handsome face and abs to die for. It doesn’t matter that, when he has to, he’ll share his body warmth with me, or when he looks at me sometimes his eyes burn with…something else. I’m not playing games any more. I am not falling for my captor, no matter how he makes my heart flutter in my chest. This time I’m going to win the game.     AmazonKU

FUELING HER ALIEN FIREFIGHTERS (THE UFOMEGAVERSE BOOK TWO) by Zoe Nash

One busty baker who can’t stop burning her muffins. Three Milky Way Firefighters on a two-month Earth rotation. Misty McTavish is about ready to call quits on her lifetime dream of making the world’s best hybrid pastries. Cranberry Cruffins. Bacon Brookies. Coconut Croffles. Turducken-inspired cheesecake stuffed with red velvet, milk chocolate truffles. She just can’t seem to bake without burning everything these days. Heck, she almost burned down Whisky Business trying to Frankenstein mash-up a Sicilian cannoli with her great-grandmother’s Cranachan recipe! Before she throws in the towel, Misty decides to get back to basics. Scones. Not overly complex. At culinary school, she could make them in her sleep. Somehow, she still ends up with scorched ceilings and an out-of-control flame. To make matters worse—both of her fire extinguishers are inoperable, the overhead sprinklers don’t activate, and the kitchen is quickly filling with smoke. As she desperately tries to save her bakery, three large figures burst into the kitchen. Her vision is blurry. Her head hurts. She’s totally confused. Her saviors can’t really be walking, talking rocks, right? Brox. Sagan. Zaphod. They drew the intergalactic short stick and ended up monitoring Earth’s wildfires. It’s a hazard duty, but someone has to do it. The concealed outpost is bare bones, with dehydrated meals and …(more blurb on ebook seller’s page)       AmazonKU

ASH: GALACTIC CYBORG HEAT SERIES by Jessie Rose Case

Maya. There was a rock band going on in her head. What the fuck had she done this time?…..
Holding in her moan. She peeled her eyes open not moving. If she did, she knew that was going to hurt. Seeing herself naked in bed. Looking down at her body under the sheet and then, a second set of feet. Oh hell…..Then up the legs, the torso, to an impossible back, wide, really wide shoulders, thick neck, face turned away as he slept on his front. Holy shit… She had that?…. And frowned. She couldn’t remember….. Had she been drugged?….Her initial fear thinking it, leaving her. No, she didn’t feel like she’d been drugged…. She felt like she’d seriously tied one on. Taking a shallow breath, she…(more excerpt on ebook seller’s page, no blurb as such)     AmazonKU

THE CRIME LORD’S POSSESSION: A VAHIRI PRIME DARK  SCIFI MAFIA ROMANCE by Charmaine Ross

She hacked the wrong House. Now one of Vahiri Prime’s most lethal males has decided she’s his. Mira Okonkwo only wanted off-world. Instead, she trips a syndicate firewall and gets hauled into the orbit of Zavin Sethrak. Copper-skinned. Towering. Built like a weapon. Heat-sensing scales glowing beneath his skin. Long hair spilling over broad shoulders. A forked tongue that flicks when he smiles. And two other very large very…distinct anatomical features she refuses to think about. Zavin Sethrak is the second son of a ruling crime dynasty. A collector of secrets. A beautiful predator raised to dismantle enemies from the inside. He should kill her. Instead, he keeps her. Locks her inside his compound. Moves her through restricted corridors. Studies her like a weakness he intends to indulge. Mira does not fall for alien crime lords. Unfortunately, her pulse didn’t get the memo. Because Zavin doesn’t touch her…but every glance burns. Every step too close sparks heat along her skin. Every low command sounds like a promise. When someone inside House Sethrak starts spilling blood and secrets, Mira becomes indispensable. And Zavin decides possession is easier than restraint. But Vahiri Prime is built on betrayal, and if Mira uncovers the wrong truth she won’t just lose her freedom. She’ll become the reason Zavin’s House goes to war.      AmazonKU

THE RED WOMAN ON MARS by Claire Barner

Vivian Bowen left Earth for Mars, seeking safety and a fresh start after seven long years trapped in a climate refugee camp. She’s determined to fulfill her contract as a Red Mother by selecting a Martian partner and bearing genetically modified children to fund her family’s survival back on Earth. In sixty days, everything will be secure. But beneath the glamorous lifestyle of the Martian oligarchs, with luxurious gowns, lavish balls, and charming suitors, lies a dark reality. The Red Mothers initiative is controlled by the Intelligence, an AI worshipped as a god, who is indifferent to the pain and suffering the Red Mothers will experience as they carry out their contractual duties. The last thing Vivian expects is to be drawn to Xavier Dorsey, a charismatic and infuriating Martian politician hell-bent on shutting down the Red Mothers initiative. As Xavier pushes her to imagine a life beyond mere survival, Vivian is torn between her obligation to her family and her own evolving dreams of a different future. When her younger sister is seduced by a dangerous Martian soldier and breaks her contract—threatening the lives of their family back on Earth—Vivian is forced to act. Joining forces with Xavier and the Intelligence to rescue her sister by infiltrating an enemy Martian dome, Vivian discovers a strength and power inside herself she never knew she had. Caught between the security she’s always craved and a future filled with passion and uncertainty, Vivian must decide how much she’s willing to sacrifice for freedom—and for love.      Amazon     AB     Apple Books     Kobo

XELIO: RED (ATLANTIS GRAIL NOVELLA SERIES) by Vera Nazarian

Xelio’s secrets revealed at last! At last, get the full story of everyone’s favorite Atlantean bad boy Xelio Vekahat, best swordsman in the Imperial Fleet, astra daimon extraordinaire, and Aeson’s heart brother. Charming, confident, brash, irresistible Xelio is a man of many layers. Discover the dark trauma in his past, the bitter relationship with his own noble House and the Imperial Kassiopei Dynasty, his complicated friendship with Aeson, and his growing fascination and attraction to the Earth girl Hasmik Tigranian. Get inside Xel’s raven-haired head!

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I REMEMBERED THE SILVER STORM (BLIND DATE CORPORATION BOOK 24) by Viola Grace

Saving her son and his school trip leads Alody down a path of reunion, regret, and a new phase in her life and that of her clone and adopted children. Alody has a complicated history, but after being sold as a child, trained to assist heroes, and cloned, she was sold again. Now she is in a good place with a simple job, and her son is in one of the best schools in the city. When she gets an emergency call from her son, she leaves work and does what she was trained to do. She gets there, saves lives, and gets them to safety. Unfortunately, she did it all on camera, and her simple life now hangs in the balance. Her clone saw the rescue and contacted her. They have been living parallel lives but didn’t realize they had settled in the same city. Diena has her own complicated history. She denied the lab she was raised in any hint of the power she carried from her genetic progenitor. She registered as an active, but no one could determine her skill set. Once she was cut loose from the program that literally owned her, she began to answer the compulsion that her skills pushed her to. Need. She answers need using any and all means necessary, just like her mother did.    Amazon     Apple Books     Kobo

TIME AGENT ZERO by P S Power

Bethan Sarder isn’t just the new neighbor; she’s just a little bit… Odd. Sent across space and time to guard the mind, and body, of Matthew Long. Billionaire, intellectual, and one day to be the inventor of time travel. Only someone made a mistake and sent her, a combat oriented fighter with a decade of tactical training, on a seduction mission. Still, the stakes are literally everything, and Time Agents get the job done… No matter what. Only, the further she get’s into the mess that is her mission, the more it looks like she’s been put in place for a very different reason than protecting a man she can’t help but admire deeply. Worse, the AI system in her head is telling her that she has information directly from Time Agent Zero. The worst killer in all of human history. At the same time, she realizes that she’s getting far too close to Matthew Long. In a way that she never would have expected to be possible.   AmazonKU

LOVE AND DRAGONS by S E Smith

In Love and Dragons, Abby and Zoran’s dragons take center stage as they embark on a whimsical and romantic journey together. After the demands of daily life leave their dragons craving a special moment, Zoran’s dragon devises a unique plan to rekindle the magic in their bond. From playful flights through starry skies to intimate moments by the fire, this heartwarming tale explores the powerful love between mates, where dragons and their humans are united by a bond deeper than the cosmos itself. Even dragons need a date night!

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

VS Note: If you like my Badari Gladiators you need to try my best selling, award winning original series Badari Warriors (Sectors New Allies). AYDARR is book one. This series has:

Genetic engineering      One Bed      Forced Proximity       Found Family       Alpha Males

Hurt/Comfort      Alien Abduction        He falls first        Action/Adventure       Spice

Touch her and die    Strong FMC’s   Shifters (not all the Badari can shift)   Fated Mates

The Badari are handsome, not human…available wide, including Kobo Plus.

Here’s the series page on my blog with all the buy links. Available wide including Kobo Plus.

************************** 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 MOON RAVEN by Grace Draven

Disaris jin Gheza’s rare gift for code-breaking means she must flee a conquering army and a fanatical cult, or become their prisoner and pawn. To evade capture, she will cross perilous territories and sorcerous borders, her aim, two-fold: rescue her sister from captivity and stop a zealot from remaking the world through destruction and bloodshed. But she won’t be facing danger alone. The battle mage known as the Moon Raven travels by her side. Once Disaris’s best friend and lover, Bron is now an uneasy ally with a death bounty on his head for desertion. Bound together by memories and a bond that they both believe broken, the two fugitives must outrun a deadly tracker, save a loved one, and defeat a horde of fanatics – all without dying in the effort. A tale of loyalty and longing.  Amazon        Apple Books      Kobo

THE WEDNESDAY WITCHES BOOK CLUB (MAGIC AND MYSTERY COLLECTION) by Sarah Beth Durst

A book-loving witch finds magic and mystery in a whimsical short story about the transformative power of friendship and community by the New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop. After a challenging divorce, Ashley joins a witchy book club in search of a new social life. But when members start being transformed one by one, Ashley and the remaining book club members must uncover the culprit behind these sinister spells. With time running out until she’s the next target, she turns to her grimoire for answers. Because what better way to catch a magical culprit than through stories?      Amazon       AB

HUNTED BY THE WOLF (BRED FOR THE RIFT BOOK THREE) by Zara Crowe

She has never been caught. Until the wolves run her down and let her believe she chose to stop. Mette is a courier, the fastest on the border, uncaught her whole life by one rule: never stand still long enough to be scented. Then she crosses the wrong pack’s ground, a wolf stands up into a man, and says the word she’s spent her life outrunning. Mate. Their law says the run keeps what it catches. Three of them mean to keep her. Fenrik closes the gap, takes her, then answers for it. Halvar won’t have her any way but a dead run. Bersi won’t lay a hand on her at all; he waits for the want that’s hers, not theirs. Three marks. Shoulder, nape, heart. Then it all burns out, the world stands open at her back, and nothing is chasing. So she runs. All the way out. And then she turns around.   AmazonKU

QUEENS AND OTHER QUARRELS (MYTHO COLLAPSE BOOK FOUR) by TJ Nichols

Pan and Noah’s story continues…The centaurs make a visit to town and Noah leans to be more careful with what he wishes for. MM urban fantasy romance between an ancient god who has lost his magic and a human who is now selkie.      AmazonKU

MARK OF THE SHIELD (ECHOES OF OLYMPUS) by A J Manney

The daughter of a fallen Warden, Alexa is determined to honor her father’s legacy by becoming one of the elite warriors chosen to train inside Zeus’s temple. Armed with nothing but her spear, her determination, and years of relentless training, she’s ready to prove she belongs. But when Ares’s legendary shield abandons its place among the sacred artifacts and flies into her hands, everything changes. Furious that anyone could have taken his shield, the most feared Olympian of them all storms into the temple, demanding answers. He finds only one: Alexa. Ares has seen kingdoms rise and fall. He’s commanded armies, slain monsters, and fought the Titans himself. Never has one of his divine weapons chosen another. Now Alexa is forced to train under him. Ares is ruthless, relentless, and every bit as terrifying as the stories claim. He’s also arrogant and impossible to get along with. War is coming. The shield has marked her. Together, Alexa and Ares could become an unstoppable force….if they don’t kill each other first.     AmazonKU

HER CROWNED DRAGON MYTH: A VIKING ROMANTASY (VIKING ANCESTORS: REALM OF FIRE BOOK TWO) by Sky Purington

When a steamy Fairytale Gone Wrong brings Fated Mates together across time, the line between good and bad blurs, and destiny hangs in the balance. What if I told you I was meant for a ruthless Viking dragon warrior over a thousand years in my past, determined to claim me as his own? Then what if I told you I was also fated to be with the nicest guy on Earth, with a heart of gold and a silver crown? Well, I am, and the kicker? He’s one and the same, plagued by a dual personality. So says the story I’ve been meaning to write. A total myth. Pure fiction until the tall, gorgeous man born of my dreams and nightmares steals me away to the distant past. Dauntingly enough, nearly into the waiting arms of the enemy, forcing my errant hero, Torsten Sigdir, to flee with me until we figure out our role in his homeland’s ongoing strife. Now I have no choice but to navigate his various natures, sometimes noble and gallant, other times deliciously sinful, blurring the lines between love and desire. Yet being on the run only buys us so much time before my myth-turned-reality leads us back to the Realm of Fire and the prophecy at its root. Better said, our destiny and a wicked twist I never saw coming…My Happily Ever After could land me in the bad guy’s not-so-loving arms, even if I’ve already fallen hard for the good guy.      AmazonKU

A SHIELD MAIDEN’S WARRIOR (OF SCOTS AND VIKINGS BOOK TWO) by Sky Purington

When a shield-maiden touched by the Valkyries is sent to Scotland to bring peace and find an advantageous marriage, a steamy, forbidden love ignites that could alter the course of fate.  
Astrid- Born of seers and Vikings of old, I never could have imagined my father ordering me to go to the distant shores of Scotland. Nor could I have foreseen that I would end up desiring renowned warrior Declan Mackay. Not only did he consider my people the enemy, but worse still, he was the son of the man I was to marry. Declan- From themoment I locked eyes with Astrid Helvig, I knew she could very well be my ruin. How else could it be when I considered her and her people my enemy, yet I still craved her fiercely regardless? Yet when I learned she would be marrying my father, I knew I had to push past my desire for her, no matter what it took, even though I feared she already owned my heart. Brought together by magic and destiny, Astrid and Declan have no choice but to navigate the turbulent times following the Battle of Largs when Scotland and Norway are more at odds than ever. If that isn’t enough, they must also try to deny their forbidden feelings for one another whilst aiding Scotland’s King Alexander in ways that will either help bring peace or do the very opposite. Will they succeed in ushering in a brighter future for both their countries? Or will their own personal battle against their unstoppable love for each other leave nothing but mayhem in their wake?    AmazonKU

LITTLE SHAKE OF SALT (FF MERMAID ROMANCE) (CREATURE CAFE SERIES BOOK 15) by Clio Evans

Creatures of all kinds go to the Barista to find love, including the bossy mermaid, Marina. When Marina is rudely portaled into an apartment by the Barista’s daughter, she demands her fated mate be found as repayment for the inconvenience. The Barista charges Layla, the new Grim Reaper, with the task. Demi is a rugby player, a sailor, and most of all—certain she’ll never fall in love. But when her first date goes from fishy flirting to being kidnapped by her hot mermaid date, she jumps headfirst into the deep end of lust. But as the prickly mermaid and tough sailor get to know each other, trouble brews across the seas. Will the storms drown them, or will fate be the lighthouse that guides Marina and Demi to the shore?      AmazonKU

WOLF QUEEN RISE (SHADOW FANG BOOK THREE) by Lindsay R Loucks

He hunts her bloodline. She’s carrying his child. Naturally, Luna did what any woman would do—she locked her mate in a cage and fled to Iceland. Now she’s searching for the third piece of the Shadow Fang, hidden beneath a volcano filled with ancient magic and deadly traps. Because apparently cursed tombs weren’t enough. Now she gets lava. But one very persistent dead king insists she’s destined to become the next Wolf Queen. Hard pass. Yet even Luna can’t deny that something inside her is changing. Because the greatest threat to Luna’s future may not be the volcano. Or the people hunting her. Or even the vampire she’s mated to. It may be the woman she’s becoming. Which means trusting Damien could be the biggest mistake she’ll ever make… Or the only reason she’ll survive what’s coming.      Amazon     Apple Books     Kobo

BOUGHT BY THE MANTICORE: MONSTERS BRIDE MARKET by Eva Brandt

My blood is a poison that eats me from the inside out. But to the starving manticore in the shadows, I am a feast. I came to the city of the dead seeking salvation from the fatal sickness ravaging my body. To the monsters of Asphodelia, my affliction radiated pure death energy, and the bidding went feral. But my mortal shell failed before a mate could claim me, and I collapsed on the auction block. Now, I am confined to the healer’s wing. The city’s magic refuses to let me pass on, yet it feeds the agonizing pain in my veins. I am trapped in an immortal limbo. Until he finds me in the dark. Skaros. A terrifying Manticore, unwoven by fate and trapped as a creeping, sentient vine. His endless, forbidden hunger for flesh should be a nightmare. But when his thorns slide beneath my skin, he doesn’t hurt me. He devours my illness. He drinks my pain. In his grasp, I am not a fragile, broken thing to be pitied. I am treasured. Craved. Adored. But my failed auction left me unclaimed, and the laws of the city are absolute: an unbonded human cannot stay. If the beast in the stone cannot find a way to tear himself from the earth and claim me as his own, Asphodelia will cast me out—and the sickness inside me will finally win.      AmazonKU

PHOTOGRAPHERS CAN’T DATE THE BLACK SWAN  (TALES OF TOPAZ COAST BOOK RIGHT) by Lucy Winton

She’s an imposter. He’s best friends with her twin’s ex. What could go wrong? Everyone at Topaz Coast Sixth Form knows about my sister Fay. What they don’t know is that she’s tired of being perfect. She needs a break, but she’s part of the events committee and they’re about to organise this year’s Summer Ball at a lakeside mansion. While staying in said mansion. I have a crazy idea that just might work: we swap places. I pretend to be Fay and help with the dance, while she takes my place as a helper at Goldbriar Farm. Nobody’s going to know the difference between us, right? As soon as I arrive at the mansion, I realise the plan has two small flaws. One: pretending to be Fay means being as extroverted as she is; two: Brendan Reyes, Fay’s ex-boyfriend, and his best friend Theo are also on the events committee. Brendan doesn’t recognise me, but Theo does. He promises not to tell anyone – but we have to work on tasks as a pair until the night of the ball. And I’m enjoying his company. Quite a lot. Falling for my sister’s ex is a no-no, but his best friend? That might be possible…if only everyone didn’t think I was Fay. Photographers Can’t Date The Black Swan is the eighth story in Tales of Topaz Coast, a series of short fairytale retellings set in a modern, magical world.      Amazon

THE HIDDEN FAE PRINCE (PRINCES OF ELLADAR BOOK ONE) by Tavia Lark

VS Note: MM Fantasy.

Someone is watching Seren. Seren can feel other people’s emotions. Whether his fellow villagers love him, tolerate him, or despise him like his parents do. It’s painful. Isolating. When Seren first senses his unseen watcher, he thinks he’s finally going mad. Then a creature of shadows attacks Seren, forcing his stalker to reveal himself. Nevander is a guardian fae, dazzling yet cold, who watches Seren as if it hurts to look away. His words are unbelievable, but fae cannot lie: Seren is the last Prince of Elladar, and it’s time to come home.      AmazonKU

SHINE AND SHADOW (THE SECOND FATE OF ELODIE DEVINE BOOK TWO) by Eva Chase

Our bond has sparked. The truth remains hidden…Despite my best intentions, I’ve bonded with the four fated mates I meant to avoid. The men who look and sound so much like the lovers I left behind in my old reality… but who have no idea who I really am. My attraction to them feels like a betrayal. Dragging them into the deadly mess I’m facing seems like a crime. But the more I try to hold them at a safe distance, the more I question whether that’s only hurting them more. Can I uncover the conspirators out to murder me without risking the men I’m falling for all over again? And if I truly open my heart to them… will they want a mate who’s ruined so many lives before?    AmazonKU    AB

HOWL ABOUT THAT (PARANORMAL DATING AGENCY BOOK 108) by Milly Taiden

Poppy Mintz has spent eleven years clawing, fighting, and financially bleeding to keep her lion pride together after her father’s murder. With ninety days left before the banks come calling, one auction is her last chance to reclaim the ancestral land that could save her title, her pride, and her future. Then a mysterious white-haired matchmaker starts bidding against her, a devastatingly handsome wolf Alpha swoops in with ten million dollars, and Poppy discovers the arrogant man who just ruined her life is also her fated mate. Howl about that for a disaster? Keiro Izell is a billionaire wolf Alpha who controls boardrooms, pack politics, and every messy problem with ruthless precision. Until Poppy. One scent of the fierce lioness fighting for her land, and his wolf loses its ever-loving mind. Keiro only meant to help his mate by buying the property for her, but somehow his grand romantic gesture looks a lot like public humiliation. Now he has to convince one furious Alpha lioness that he’s not the villain in her story—preferably before she decides to use those claws on him. Gerri Wilder swears she only gave fate a little nudge. Sure. Now Poppy and Keiro must turn one disastrous auction into a business partnership, a lion-wolf alliance, and a mate bond hot enough to make both their people nervous. But when Poppy’s jealous cousin Sander makes his move and old secrets about her father’s murder come roaring to the surface, Poppy will have to decide if trusting Keiro makes her weaker—or if standing beside her wolf is exactly what her lioness needs to finally claim everything that was always hers.   AmazonKU

RIDER OF THE MIDNIGHT DRAGON (MATED BY FLAME – TALES OF DRAGON SHIFTER ROMANTASY) by Evangeline Anderson

Only men are allowed to become Dragon Riders…too bad I’m not a man. When my twin brother dies before he can claim his place at the Drake Academy, I do the only thing I can. I cut off my hair, bind my breasts, steal his name…and take his place. If anyone discovers I’m really Aurora Lysandra instead of “Auri” Lysander, I’ll lose everything—including my chance to bond with a dragon. As if pretending to be a boy wasn’t difficult enough, my Wing Leader, Ryse Skoren, keeps making my life even harder. He’s the most feared Rider in the Academy, rumored to have dragon blood in his veins, and he’s determined to whip me into shape. Every morning he drags me out to train before dawn. Every evening he makes sure I eat every bite of the Academy’s famous Dragon Custard. He watches over me, protects me…and somehow manages to make me feel safer than I’ve ever felt in my life. There’s just one problem…Ryse thinks I’m a boy and he doesn’t understand why he feels so possessive of me.
But while I’m struggling to keep my secret, something ancient is awakening beneath the mountains. The dragons are growing restless. The Madlings—nightmarish creatures thought to have vanished centuries ago—are stirring once more. And a forgotten golden egg has begun calling my name. If I answer its call, my carefully guarded secret won’t be the only thing revealed…Because some dragons were never meant to be ridden—they were born to rule. And only a Queen can lead them out of darkness. Rider of the Midnight Dragon is Mulan meets Fourth Wing with a dash of Pern.

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WARRIOR AND MAGE AU by AJ Sherwood 

VS Note: MM Fantasy.

Captain Rowan Rangecroft’s first impression of Mage Milo Tobitt? Yeet. There’s no way the chatterbox twink could be the powerful mage Rowan’s duchy needs to protect his people from the fearsome monsters that plague his family’s northern territory. But something about the little mage teases Rowan’s heart, making him wonder: could Milo heal the broken parts he thought unlovable? Milo’s first impression of Rowan? Keep. Milo has his reasons for fleeing to the brutal conditions of the northern duchy, but who is he to pass up on a gruff captain of the guard with muscles Milo could spend all day fantasizing about. Milo knows he’s a lot to most people, so why is it the stone-faced Rowan simply takes him as he is? Milo was never one to let a good thing slip away. To keep or to yeet, it’s a tale as old as time.     AmazonKU

MIDLIFE WITH DEMONS (CHOSEN BY 40 BOOK TWO) by J B Trepagnier

Oops. I exploded again. It wasn’t the shower. I killed people this time. My wings are fully out and I’m down for the count for a while. I can’t put them away until the bones finish forming or I’ll never fly. I’m also having to get used to their weight because wings are heavy. We still don’t know where Lucifer is, but whoever took him knows Kujo is the key to finding him. They already sent his mom to take him by force and that didn’t exactly end well. Something tells me they are going to break the big guns out while I’m vulnerable.      AmazonKU

DRAGON’S VERY MERRY SURPRISE (DRAGON GUARD) by Julia Mills

Some mistakes haunt you. Others destroy everything. This Dragon’s racing to make sure his stubbornness doesn’t cost him everything that matters. Six months. That’s how long Cyrus had perfect happiness with Vanessa, his Polar Bear Princess and Fated Mate. Then a misunderstanding tore them apart. He was too stubborn to chase her. She was too hurt to wait. He left on a mission. She came home to an empty house. It took time, but she’s finally found him. Sadly, nothing is going as planned. The bane of her existence, and her relationship, has shown up and thrown a wrench into the thing. And the worst part is that he’s not the only child– or even the blackest sheep of the family. Can Cyrus overcome his stubborn pride, save the only woman he’ll ever love, and get the best Christmas surprise ever? Only Santa knows for sure, and Fate’s gotta twinkle in Her eye, but this Dragon’s gonna have to fly faster than Jolly Ol’ St. Nick’s sleigh to save his happily ever after.

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WAKING HER DRAGON (RETURN TO THE CLAN BOOK ONE) by Julia Mills

She was born human… but she was never meant to stay that way. Marked by an ancient prophecy and hidden among humans, Sydney has always known something inside her wasn’t right. At six years old, one moment changed everything. She found her true Family. She found the Dragons. Now, the power sleeping inside her is beginning to stir—and with it, a destiny that could save Dragonkind… or destroy them all. He’s been lost to darkness for years. Possessed by a demon. Broken by torture. A Guardsman in name only, he long ago stopped hoping for rescue—welcoming death as his only escape. Until her. One touch. One spark. One impossible light in the darkness. Fate says they are meant to save the world. But Fate has never faced evil like this. And if Sydney can’t wake the dragon within her in time…There won’t be a world left to save.

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THE DRYAD’S TRAP: GAY MM SPICY PNR SHIFTER ROMANCE  (BATHHOUSE BEASTS BOOK 14) by Blake R Wolfe

A closed-off welder. A secret indoor forest. And a massive dryad who claims his heart. Hudson is a blue-collar welder who lives his life by a strict, solitary routine. After a string of brutal breakups, he’s sworn off relationships for good. His only release is his Friday night ritual: visiting an exclusive, monsters-only bathhouse for anonymous, no-strings-attached fun. But this weekend is different. Wandering off his usual path, Hudson stumbles into a hidden, magically grown atrium beneath a glass ceiling. There, he meets a towering, seven-foot-tall dryad made of muscle, vines, and dark wood. But the beautiful creature doesn’t just want a quick encounter. He looks at Hudson with ancient, glowing green eyes and calls him his fated mate. Hudson doesn’t believe in destiny, but the dryad is determined to show him the truth. With intoxicating, honey-sweet magic and a surprising, soul-melting gentleness, the massive forest guardian slowly breaks down Hudson’s walls. Soon, the stubborn lone wolf is surrendering completely, realizing that this gentle monster might just be the one to finally heal his broken heart.      AmazonKU

RAVENOUS (IMMORTALS UNTOLD BOOK ONE) by Kresley Cole

Beyond the mortal world lies the Skein, a realm of mythic beauty and savage desire ruled by creatures of legend. Here, vampires, witches, demons, and wolves wage war—and hunt their pleasures just as fiercely. Now, the Accession has begun, an ancient cycle of chaos and destiny that reignites old hostilities and forges fated bonds too hot to resist. A witch queen on the rise defies the brutal wolf king who stands in her way. But when fate twists their battlefield into a bed of temptation, sworn enemies become something far more perilous. Lovers. A vampire princess trades her crown for freedom, only to be bound to a scarred Berserker, a man whose possessive touch both terrifies and tempts her. An incubus spy and a cunning vampiress strike a dangerous bargain for survival, and profit, but lust becomes the one gamble neither expected. And when a wolf and an enchantress from opposing clans dare to make peace, their forbidden attraction could doom the Skein…or spark a love that defies the gods.

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HER WOLF PROTECTOR (FATED MATES OF MIRROR ACADEMY SERIES BOOK SIX) by Demelza Carlton

For Tate Mortimer, a fated mate is the ultimate fairy tale. He just doesn’t believe he deserves one — not after his father rejected the woman fate chose and tore their pack apart. So when a hydrogeology job sends him deep into the woods, the last thing the lone wolf expects to find is her: a poisoned, ghost-pale woman collapsed in his bed, smelling unmistakably like she’s his. Arwen Snow doesn’t have time to be anyone’s mate. Her stepmother has been dosing her with her dead father’s heart pills, the hospital thinks she did it to herself, and the only way she’ll survive long enough to expose the truth is to let this impossibly gentle giant turn her into a wolf. The bite was supposed to heal her. Instead it traps her in fur she can’t shed while her face goes up on missing posters across town. With a stepmother hunting them, a pack waiting for Tate to prove he’s just like his father, and a heat neither of them can ignore, the wolf who never wanted a mate must decide how much he’s willing to risk to keep her. Find out in Her Wolf Protector, an emotional, steamy Snow White retelling featuring a tortured wolf shifter, a forensic-scientist heroine, fated mates, hurt/comfort, forced proximity, and a fierce found family.       Amazon

FIREWORKS AND FROSTING: A CRESCENT COVE NOVELLA by Kristin Cast.

Lila Hart has one goal this festival season: win. Win the Frosting Queen title, beat her lifelong rival, Candi, once and for all, and finally prove she belongs in a town where everyone else seems a little more magickal. The plan is simple—bake and decorate the perfect cupcakes, charm the judges, and keep her focus. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy. Until the tie-breaking judge turns out to be tall, highly sought after, and shifter-god-level gorgeous. Max Lark is new to town and determined to make it his home. He signs up for everything—beach volleyball, pier cleanup days, even judging the annual Frosting Queen contest—and quickly becomes the man everyone wants on their team. The last thing he expects is a gorgeously curvy, frosting-smudged woman who talks too fast and tries too hard to end up on his doorstep. Lila wants his vote—no matter what it takes to get it. Candi is determined to outshine her. And Max is trying very hard to remember he’s supposed to stay impartial. Between hand-delivered goodie baskets and late-night taste tests, Lila’s carefully planned seduction strategy starts to feel a little too real. The more she plays her own game, the more she risks her heart on the fox shifter with every reason to choose someone more magickal. One fox. One human. And one summer that proves magick isn’t the only thing that makes sparks fly.      AmazonKU

A DRAGON FOR DANTE (OMEGAS OF ANIMALS BOOK 17) by Lorelai M Hart

VS Note: MM PNR.

It’s the event that could make his career. Alpha dragon shifter Dante is holding the biggest event of his career at Animals. When the baker he hires has a family emergency, he needs to find someone new with less than a week’s notice. He wanted the best, but, at this point, will take good enough. It’s his chance to shine. Omega bearcat shifter Augie didn’t have the money to follow his dreams of going to the best culinary school and winning all the fancy award. Instead, he went from city to city, working under the best bakers he could find. Now it’s time to spread his wings…if only it were that easy. When Augie gets a call about a huge party at Animals, he accepts, not realizing it will be the job that will change everything.      AmazonKU

THE ORC’S GIFT (SUNSHINE VALLEY ORCS BOOK TWO) by Alana Khan

She carved flowers from his homeworld into wood. In his culture, that’s practically a marriage proposal. Honey – I build instruments for retirees, hobbyists, and local musicians. Not devastatingly attractive seven-foot orcs with broad shoulders, careful hands, and a deep voice that slides straight under my skin. Kragen comes to my workshop looking for a custom dulcimer and somehow becomes part of my days instead. Coffee on the porch. Long conversations about music. Excuses to keep coming back long after I’ve delivered his instrument. I tell myself he’s just a client, even when the best part of my day starts sounding a lot like his car coming up the drive. So when I customize his instrument using sketches he once drew on the back of a napkin, I think I’m just being thoughtful. I don’t know I’m accidentally courting an orc. Kragen – I knew I was in trouble when Honey started seeing me clearly. Not the performance. Not the musician everyone thinks they know. Me. She listens when I speak. She notices things no one else does. And then she hands me an instrument etched with flowers from my homeworld because she remembered they mattered. And now I have a problem. Because humans treat gifts like objects. Orcs treat them like intentions. In my culture, a gift made with this much care is a declaration. It demands an answer in kind. Equal intention. Equal devotion. Now I’m caught between restraint and desire, trying not to overwhelm the woman who’s already become the center of every song in my head.      AmazonKU

BLUE MOON WITCH ACADEMY: YEAR ONE by Annalise Clark

I failed all three of my placement tests. For a Moonstone witch, that’s not just embarrassing — it’s impossible. My bloodline has never produced an Irregular. So when my magic refuses to show up in front of the entire incoming class, I’m left with two choices: hide in the library for the next four years, or figure out what’s actually wrong with me before the school figures it out first. Then Robin finds me. They are quiet, steady, infuriatingly observant… and apparently the only person at this academy willing to tell me the truth: different isn’t broken. It might just be the beginning. And then Poppy arrives off the waitlist, and suddenly the careful, contained life I was planning to live in the margins of this school stops being possible. She’s fire and certainty and the girl I dated for three years before I left for the academy, and she has no intention of letting either of us pretend that’s behind us. Somewhere beneath this school is a room my mother built before she disappeared. A magic sealed before I was born is starting to crack open. And the closer I get to the truth of what I am, the more obvious it becomes that someone wanted me exactly this broken, exactly this invisible — and exactly this easy to control. I came here to learn magic. I didn’t expect to find my mother’s secrets, a professor who isn’t who he says he is, or two people who make “unclassified” feel like the start of something instead of the end of it.      AmazonKU

THE DANCE OF THE GLASS COURT: TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES RETELLING by Talia Kent

The music is a trap. Twelve women have disappeared into the Wild Wood. And she has only three nights to burn the Glass Court to the ground. When Sylvia’s younger sisters are lured into the Wild Wood by strange music, returning each morning with shredded silk slippers and no memory of the night before, she realizes more than ever that a new kind of danger lurks between the trees. She is the only one who isn’t lost to the music, and yet she must follow it to save her family. Ealric, the gruff, battle-scarred Captain of the Guard, stands watch at the portal to the Glass Court. Instead of striking Sylvia down, he allows the woman to pass into his world of gold and mirrors and magic. He is a prisoner of duty, bound by oath to a King who has fallen from grace. But Sylvia is not bound by such oaths, and in her determination to save her sisters at any cost, he sees a spark of hope. Sylvia has three days to save the twelve women who would be a sacrifice, and with the fae court closing in, she has no choice but to trust the man who serves her enemy. The music is playing, and the court is watching. Before the New Moon rises, Sylvia and Ealric must decide if they are willing to burn it all to the ground to save the ones they love.      AmazonKU

OMEGA CAPTIVE OF THE BAD BOY DRAGON (ALPHA DRAGONS BOOK FIVE) by Wendy Rathbone

VS Note: MM Fantasy.

Cassius is a set omega. In a world of shifters, he has no beast and cannot shift. Sets are outcasts with no rights and his pack sells him to the dragons for some quick cash. Malin is a dragon shifter playboy with a hefty trust fund and an anger management problem. He cares for nothing and no one. But when he meets Cassius, he finds himself wanting to do something completely out of character. In order to succeed, he needs his father’s help. One problem. He hasn’t spoken to his father (Tane, from book 4) in over six years. This is Malin’s redemption story as well as a love story for two imperfect people who come together in perfection.      AmazonKU

A KISS FROM A MINOTAUR (KISS FROM A MONSTER SERIES BOOK NINE) by Charlotte Swan

Bloom Baker has one chance to save her Father. Life in the rural, farming village of Dew Hollow is peaceful. Neighbors are friendly and look after each other, the weather is mild, and the sun is always shining. The only dark cloud on Bloom’s horizon is the indecent marriage proposal local wealthy landowner Pyke Silvermist has made to her. He is the liaison to Lord Rhydian, the minotaur to whom all villagers must pay their monthly protection tithe. A tithe Bloom and her father cannot afford. Unwilling to give herself to Pyke in exchange for his gold, Bloom sets off to persuade Lord Rhydian to give her an extension. She expects to find a snarling beast who throws her out the moment he sees her. What she finds instead changes everything. Lord Rhydian hasn’t seen a human in over three decades. And never one as beautiful as her. The human with the bewitching face and soft voice arrives at his small cottage bleeding, with a crushed loaf of bread in her ruined basket. The least he can do is heal her wounds before sending her away. She talks of tithes and an extension, but her words don’t make sense. As much as she intrigues him, he knows she is better off returning to…(more blurb on ebook swller’s page)    Amazon  

STANDING STONES (WILD HUNT BOOK 20) by Yasmine Galenorn

With the cult of Jorgununda spreading, Ember and Herne have returned to Seattle to reestablish the Wild Hunt. Morgana introduces them to Ash, one of a new breed of Fae who’s come out of the shadows. Eventually, Ash will work for the Wild Hunt as an liaison between the Court of the Crystal Fae and Saílle, the Queen of Darkness and Névé, the Queen of Light, a daunting task in itself. But first, Ember and the gang must help Nalina, a coyote-shifter who’s being plagued by will-o’-the-wisps, to prevent them from luring her to her death.

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THE WINTER FOLK by Jen Julian

This is the story of Moth, who earned her name working for the Winter Folk. Every year, the mythical Winter Folk gather at a secret lodge, a place known only as Deerhaven. Moth was a housekeeper there once. A trusted confidant of Mr. Oslin, the enigmatic master of the house.  But Deerhaven is dangerous. The rules are exacting. The consequences for break them are dire. Moth has not been allowed back in decades. Still, she feels its call. She will finder her way back. She needs to see him again. No matter the cost.    Amazon     AB     Apple Books     Kobo

LAKEN’S LONGING: DIVERGENT OMEGAVERSE by JP Sayle

VS Note: MM PNR.

All Laken wants a quiet life comprising nothing but work—until a naughty sugar glider called Isley changes everything. Laken is about to face a battle when his past surfaces, but will love win? On paper, Laken Starling appears to have everything—except love. In a past life, Laken did things that left him vulnerable to attack. He has little memory of those deeds, but that doesn’t stop him from carrying the shame. Then a delivery brings Laken’s past into the present, and now he has to decide if he can trust those closest to him to be there for him. Isley Petrau’s animal side, a cheeky sugar glider, isn’t waiting for the humans any longer while they make a hash of it and marks Laken as theirs. When things heat up between them Isley has to find a way to explain to his boss, Laken what his animal did while sharing a cabin. Easy, right? Wrong. The shocks keep coming when Laken discovers his adoptive parents know his secret. Everything that held him back from reaching for what he wants—Isley—disappears with the truth. After spending his whole life focusing on work, Laken has no idea how to date. His brother steps in, but is this a rescue, or throwing Laken in at the deep end? We’re about to find out.      AmazonKU

FISHBONE CINDERELLA: A NOVEL by Elizabeth Lim

1940s Hong Kong – When Japanese soldiers invade her hometown, Ha Yut Ying makes an unlikely escape—by turning invisible. But her miraculous survival is only the beginning. After the war is over, she’s sent to Hong Kong to live with her distant father and glamorous stepmother, who end her dreams of becoming a singer and turn her into the family’s servant. As the years pass, Yut Ying learns the hard truths of betrayal and ambition, of forbidden love and devastating loss, and discovers that sometimes the only way to endure is to disappear. 1960s San Francisco – Marigold has always had a knack for uncovering secrets, but nothing prepares her for the day she accidentally witnesses her mother vanish before her eyes. The moment fractures their bond, leaving questions that shadow her entire childhood. But when her mother’s condition suddenly deteriorates, Marigold is convinced she’s the only person who can save her. To do so, she must journey into the secrets her mother never shared and uncover the tragic, fairytale-tinged history their family has fought to forget. A story of mothers and daughters, the scars they inherit and the magic that binds them, Fishbone Cinderella is a tender and enchanting exploration of what it means, at last, to be seen.    Amazon     AB     Apple Books     Kobo

HARBOUR OF HUNGRY GHOSTS (CHRONICLES OF THE YIUGWAI HUNTERS BOOK ONE) by Eliza Chan

“My name is not Kim, it’s Kiamling. It means Sword Spirit. I was forged to cut down the undead. Demons and monsters aren’t just in your storybooks, they walk among us.” The Au family serve the people of Hong Kong: blessing shrines, honouring the dead and dealing with dangerous monster incursions. The expectations on eldest daughter Kiamling are high, which is not something her strict grandmother will let her forget. When the British disrupt the Hungry Ghosts festival and her grandmother is seized by a strange new monster, Kiamling must step up and lead the search. She is aided by unexpected allies: Archie, an earnest civil servant, Hoi gor, childhood sweetheart turned merchant-pirate and Jingling, her younger sister keeping secrets of her own. Kiamling must figure out who is behind the incursion and more importantly, how to defeat them. With British fables mingling with local Chinese monsters, can Kiamling prove herself, when the old rules no longer seem to apply?      Amazon     AB     Apple Books     Kobo

MAGGIE AND ARTHUR’S MAGIC MOMENT by Leslie Rene

A dangerous spell gone wrong forces the passionate professor of incantations to share tight quarters with her magical college’s leading—and most brooding—alchemist. Despite the college’s budget cuts that slashed her syllabus, Linguistics and Incantation Translation professor Maggie Linden has almost made it to the end of the spring semester. To celebrate, Maggie attends a magical masquerade on Beltane. Maybe the end-of-year frenzy explains why she kissed a masked stranger at the festival, though her celebration may have come too soon….An accident in the lab of famous (and famously broody) alchemist Arthur Taliesin sets loose a dangerous, haunting magic called a pall that renders the nicer parts of their academic building uninhabitable. Maggie is assigned to share her tiny basement office with none other than Taliesin himself. With his insufferable attitude and unfortunate good looks, Arthur makes it impossible for Maggie to concentrate on anything—her research, her students’ final exams, or tracking down her mysterious Beltane suitor. She’ll do anything to get Arthur out of her office, including offering to help him reverse the magic that threatens the school. But Maggie is starting to realize her officemate may not be the conceited grump he pretends to be. In fact, much of what she thinks is true about Arthur is merely a mask.      Amazon     AB     Apple Books     Kobo

A SECOND CHRISTMAS MOON: A COZY SAPPHIC WOLF SHIFTER ROMANCE (EVERGREEN HOLLOW BOOK ONE) by Ariel Marie

This Christmas, the Moon Goddess offers a rare second chance. Five years ago, White Pine Pack enforcer Keena Bolden lost her fated mate. Since then, she’s buried herself in duty, shut everyone out, and dreaded the Christmas season. Brice Andrews came to Evergreen Hollow to open the cozy bookstore and café she’d always dreamed of owning. Falling for the town’s quiet, fiercely protective enforcer was never part of the plan. The moment Keena catches Brice’s scent, everything changes. Fated mate. That should be impossible. Keena never imagined fate would bless her twice. Loving Brice feels like betraying the woman she’ll never stop loving, but the more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to deny what’s growing between them. As Christmas draws near, Keena realizes the impossible wasn’t a mistake—it was a gift. Now she must decide whether opening her heart again dishonors the past…or allows her to have a future. Can a wolf who survived heartbreak find the courage to love again? Or will fear keep her from accepting the greatest gift the Moon Goddess ever offered?      AmazonKU

THE SEANCE GARDEN by Juliet Blackwell

When Professor Harper Grae loses a bet with a friend, she finds herself on a local nighttime tour of “haunted” locations in Monterey. Harper’s a lifelong non-believer in the occult, though her academic career is devoted to the historical and societal significance of witchcraft, ghosts, and medicinal poisons of all sorts. But her skepticism immediately gets tested when the tour stumbles on the body of local artist Delilah Mason—who’s found murdered on the grounds of a nearly two-hundred-year-old mansion, once home to the infamous Perles family. On the night Mason’s body is found, Harper catches sight of something in the house that she can’t shake, something that’s impossible to explain, at least not rationally. Soon the murder investigation reveals that this is the second time a woman has been found murdered beneath a sprawling cypress tree in the gardens of the Perles Mansion. And when Harper’s closest friend is questioned by the police, Harper fears the authorities will fail to uncover the real killer. As Harper asks questions around town and digs deeper into the supernatural speculation and rumors surrounding the murders—two women killed in similar circumstances, separated by nearly two centuries —she sees evidence she can’t ignore that the notorious mansion truly is haunted by the ghost of Isabel Perles. What will it cost Harper to rethink everything she’s always believed to admit that the veil between the living and the dead might actually be crossed?      Amazon     AB     Apple Books     Kobo

TALES OF A DEADLY DEVOTION (THE TALES TRILOGY) by Jennifer Delaney

As Fey wage hopeless war against the oncoming storm of mortal conquest, Fairfax Manor lies in ruins. The first witches of Blackthorn forged the ancient fortress from their very souls to keep those of their bloodline safe. No one is safe now. Katherine Woodrow might have survived persecution at the Institute of Magic and journeyed across the divided lands of Elysior to study magic with the legendary Lord Emrys Blackthorn himself, but losing her heart and almost her life wasn’t on the curriculum. All magic has a price, and in this irresistible tale of gothic allure, shadowed by sorcery and slow-burn desire, it’s a price so steep that Alma would rather have died than see Kat pay. But the dark isn’t finished with Kat yet. And Alma, a shapeshifter, will stop at nothing to save her, drawing on the power of the beasts that simmer beneath her skin and even facing the secrets of her own past to help her friend. And there’s no time to lose. Because more demons are escaping from the cursed texts the mortals failed to guard. The world is slipping back into darkness. And something is returning. . .A tale of deadly devotion.       Amazon     AB     Apple Books      Kobo

THE WHISPER: A NOVEL by Chelsea Iverson

Rule 1: When the trees whisper, listen.  Rule 2: Don’t go into the woods alone.  In the small mountain town of Whisper Ridge, the girls were inseparable. Joey, Quinn, Sophie, and Elena. Together, they channeled magic in the woods, living by six simple rules. The first being: when the trees whisper, listen.  But all rules are forgotten, all bonds broken, when Quinn is found dead in the trees. In the aftermath, the friends scattered. All except Joey, who still can’t move on. Until now, over a decade later, she again hears the trees whisper. Those woods remember some of Quinn’s last words, and for the first time, Joey realizes she may learn the truth of what happened to her best friend. And so, the friends return to Whisper Ridge, to the woods that once held their magic and their secrets. But unearthing the truth about Quinn puts them all in danger, and in order to survive they’ll need to channel their power for the first time in fifteen years to finally put the past to rest.       Amazon     AB     Apple Books     Kobo

EMPATHIC EQUATION (PSYCHIC SOULMATES BOOK TWO) by Emily Carrington

VS Note: LGBTQ PNR.

Nootaikok is losing himself to his empathy. Can Amaruq call him back to love and to bed? There’s a terrible loneliness in being surrounded by a million minds, none of which care a whit about you. With his empathic skills expanding rapidly, Nootaikok is struggling to hold onto his sanity. Only joining with Amaruq in bed play is sustaining him. Both of them know bed play won’t save them forever. As the weight of Nootaikok’s psychic disability pushes down on him, he and Amaruq start fighting both each other and the world. Can their love hold them together or will Nootaikok’s deception crush them?

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MISS GENTLE AND THE CASE OF THE VERY FLAT MONK (MAGIC & MYSTERY COLLECTION) by Travis Baldree

A peculiar detective takes on a monastic murder mystery in a darkly funny fantasy short story by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Legends & Lattes series. Nobody really liked Brother Gorm, but his untimely and abrupt descent from the abbey’s bell tower has the Order of Venerous the Petulant on edge. Desperate to settle the case before the bishop returns, the abbot enlists the highly unorthodox investigator Miss Gentle. As she clanks through the abbey in a full suit of armor, the cantankerous detective has no problem asking awkward questions—but will she get any answers? Travis Baldree’s Miss Gentle and the Case of the Very Flat Monk is part of the Magic & Mystery collection, puzzle-box mysteries from top fantasy authors. They can be read or listened to in one enchanting sitting.      Amazon       AB

REALM OF DREAMS AND SHADOWS (THE DREAMBOUND SERIES BOOK ONE) by J Kenner

Some nightmares follow you out of the dark. Cora Lyte knows how she’s going to die. The same way her mother did. Her grandmother. Every woman in her bloodline who closed her eyes and never woke up. But she’s not dead yet. Now she’s caught between two men who haunt her in very different ways—Chase, the golden-eyed Hunter sworn to protect her, and Adric, the silver-eyed king of the Nightmare Realm who claims Cora as his bride. One speaks of salvation. One whispers of power. Both ignite something dangerous in her blood. The veil between realms is thinning, and a prophecy has painted a target on Cora’s back. Her wrong move could unmake reality itself. Chase has sworn to keep her safe. Adric has sworn to make her his. And Cora is falling for them both—even knowing the wrong choice won’t just break her heart. It could shatter the world. The only thing more dangerous than falling asleep… is falling in love.        Amazon

ACCIDENTALLY MATED TO THE BEAR SHIFTER NEXT DOOR (MONSTERS OF MOSSWOOD BOOK TWO) by Ami Wright

What would you do if you found yourself accidentally mated to your brother’s best friend? Bastien was my first love. Even when we were kids I only had eyes for him. Back then he was all hands and feet, too big in his own body. Now he’s all grown up—and I do mean grown. He towers over all the other guys in our small town. Bastien was the one who taught me how to ride a bike; picked me up and carried me home when I’d scrape my knee; and he was there to see me through every childhood bump in the road. So when we’re snowed in and I go into my first heat there’s no one I’d rather have to take me through it. The trouble is, he’s waiting for his fated mate and I can never be her. I’m not a shifter. Only my brother inherited the magic, so as much as I want him, the kindest thing is to let Bastien go. But he is adamant—that bite on my neck is his claim, regardless of how it happened. How do I convince him to give up on me; and if he does, how will my heart ever recover?     AmazonKU

DEAD WRECKED (COLD CASE PSYCHIC BOOK 45) by Pandora Pine

VS Note: MM PNR Mystery.

A summer vacation to Cape Cod is supposed to be a chance for Detective Ronan O’Mara to unwind. His first stop is the Whydah Pirate Museum in Yarmouth, where the recovered treasure of the infamous pirate ship sparks his imagination. But while Ronan is admiring gold, silver, and priceless artifacts, his daughter, Everly, makes an extraordinary discovery aboard the museum’s replica ship; the restless spirit of Captain “Black Sam” Bellamy, still searching for the life that was stolen from him when the Whydah sank in 1717. Meanwhile, psychic Tennyson Grimm encounters a mysterious woman wandering the shoreline. Dressed in widow’s black, Maria has spent three centuries watching the sea, convinced her husband, Sam, will one day return. As Tennyson and Everly work to reunite two lovers separated by three centuries, they uncover a tragedy that refuses to stay buried. Because some treasures are cursed, some promises never die, and the ghosts of the Whydah have no intention of letting Captain Bellamy go.     AmazonKU

SCRY BY NIGHT (LAUREL HAVEN WITCHES BOOK THREE) by ReGina Welling

Three hundred years ago, three witches tried to save their home. Now, a witch who has never had a home will have to do the same. Bella Grey has spent forty years mastering the art of leaving. When you grow up never quite fitting anywhere, you keep your bags light and your heart lighter. Trapped inside the barrier of Laurel Haven, Maine — a town that refuses to let her go — she’s surrounded by a coven that keeps feeling dangerously like family and a past that’s starting to send letters. And then there’s Gabe Locke. Arrogant, aggravating, and apparently incapable of wearing a shirt before noon. He lives upstairs, forges iron for the coven’s warding work, and looks infuriatingly good doing it. The obvious solution: sleep with him once, clear the air, move on. It didn’t work out that way. As the Shadespawn grows bolder and questions about her family multiply, Bella is running out of ways to stay unattached to a life that keeps building itself around her — and a man who refuses to be convenient.     Amazon      Apple Books      Kobo

EGYPTIAN LOVERS by Isabella Jordan

VS Note: 3 re-released novellas.

In the desert sands of Egypt, three lovers battle a maniacal curse. Only their love can save them. Half vampire, half sphinx, Kahma roams the deserts of Egypt, praying for death — until his lost love returns, reincarnated as archeologist Emma Bonham. But to fulfill the passion Kahma offers, Emma must part with her life. Fascinated by the tale of Emma Bonham’s disappearance some eighty years ago, Carson Bonham comes to Egypt to unravel the mystery. But the bloody carnage of Karnak’s history has a way of repeating itself. The struggle to keep Carson alive will be a death defying act for the powerful vampire Sopdet. Alexis Peters has no intention of returning to Egypt, until a mysterious dream lover promises endless pleasure if she will just return to him. Little does Alexis know she’s bound to her Egyptian savior, the legendary sphinx, Amenhotep.

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THE GIRL IN THE PAINTING (ROSETTI MYSTERIES BOOK TWO) by Kirsty Ferry

Could the secrets of a Victorian tragedy steal Cori’s chance at love? 1850s – Daisy Ashford aspires to be a Pre-Raphaelite muse and is determined to do anything to see her portrait admired by the world. But in 1862, Daisy dies alone, clutching a diary she never got to share. PRESENT DAY – Cori Keeling arrives in London to indulge her lifelong fascination with the Pre-Raphaelites. She never expected to fall for gifted artist, Simon. Or to come face to face with herself, in a painting more than a century and a half old. The world knows the woman in the painting as Lizzie Siddal: Rossetti’s muse and the drowning girl in Millais’ Ophelia. But when a Victorian diary falls into Cori’s hands, it tells another story entirely — of Daisy Ashford, a young woman who longed to become Lizzie Siddal and whose tragic story was never meant to be told. In uncovering Daisy’s lost story, can Cori finally discover the courage to embrace her own with Simon?     AmazonKU

SECRET MATE SOCIETY: MM PNR SHIFTER MYSTERY ROMANCE by Blake R Wolfe

Stalked by a monster. Rescued by a beast. And a secret that bites back. Ethan Murphy moved to the misty streets of Portland, Maine to outrun his past. He wasn’t looking for love, and he certainly wasn’t looking for the truth behind the “wild animal attack” that killed his father. Then he meets Calder Thorne. Calder is a mechanic with grease on his hands and secrets behind his flashing gold eyes. He’s also a werewolf living under a century-old code of silence. Never reveal the pack, never get too close to humans. But when a rogue shifter starts leaving a bloody trail across town, Ethan’s investigation brings him dangerously close to exposing the entire supernatural world. Calder knows he should stay away. Instead, he finds himself torn between protecting his people and saving the inquisitive human who smells like his fated mate.      Amazon

ROAR OF THE WILD (FATED THROUGH TIME BOOK TWO) by Elizabeth Blackthorne

I crossed twenty-five thousand years to save the world, but I didn’t expect to find three reasons to stay. After being torn from Daska and Rivik, I was carried across the wilderness and sold to Tau, the golden king of a vast cave-lion pride. He claimed I was his fated mate before he even knew my name. I told him no. Tau had never been refused in his life. But instead of taking what fate promised him, he offered me something no powerful man ever had before: the freedom to choose. By the time Daska and Rivik finally found me, I had built a place among the lions—and my heart had begun reaching for a third man. Daska was the steady ground beneath my feet. Rivik was the fierce, wounded alpha whose bond had called to me in silence. Tau was sunlight, temptation and the terrifying possibility that I might be allowed to want everything. But we didn’t come to this brutal age to find love. Magic is draining from the future, and the source of the wound lies somewhere beyond the eastern mountains. Our equipment is dead. The route is uncertain. Winter is closing the passes, and Nathan never lets me forget that every day I spend with my new pride is another day the world moves closer to destruction. He believes my heart is my greatest weakness. That when the moment comes, I’ll choose the person in front of me over all the lives I cannot see. He might be right. Because the earth beneath the pride is beginning to move. Something ancient is stirring below us, and the power I carry is answering its call. Soon I may have to decide how much I’m willing to sacrifice to save the future. And whether I can abandon the men who have finally made me feel whole.     AmazonKU

OUR NANNY IS A VAMPIRE by Lindsey Devin and Roxy Ray

Conrad Lawrence has lost nine nannies in three years. There was Nanny Franny McFine (four days). Marie Von Fire, who claimed she’d once worked for a duke. Mrs. Corrinna Rainer, who lasted until Billie released crickets into her suitcase. Mademoiselle Joella Frosty, who called his kids “creatively hostile” and blocked his number before she reached the end of the driveway. So when nanny #10 walked through the door, Conrad wasn’t expecting much. Then Winnie shows up. She’s calm where his house is chaos. Patient where his kids are relentless. And she sees the grief he’s been quietly carrying for three years without flinching from it — because she’s been carrying centuries of her own. Winnie has survived two hundred years by never staying long enough to be found. But this house, this impossible family, and this exhausted, good-hearted father are the first things she’s wanted to keep in longer than she can remember. She should have known better. Because the past doesn’t let go that easily — and hers is coming to collect.      AmazonKU

CLAIMED BY THE GUARD: A COVETED PREY SHORT STORY by L V Lane

A lass should not creep up to the battlements at midnight. Not when an alpha like me stands the watch. The west tower is a lonely post, and the guards grumble whenever the duty roster sends them there. I volunteer. Because some nights—if a man is patient—light footsteps come sneaking up the winding stair. And tonight, the lass they belong to carries a scent that would test the restraint of any alpha. Fertile. Ready. Mine. She knows exactly what happens to wenches caught where they should not be. It is, after all, why she came. But nothing on that battlement is quite what it seems, and my claim on this daring lass runs deeper than one stolen night.     AmazonKU

THE SINGLE FATHER UPSTAIRS (OMEGAS OF MOONRIDGE PLACE BOOK ONE) by Colbie Dunbar and Lorelai M Hart

VS Note: MM MPREG. Bear shifter.

The alpha upstairs is tall, dark, and handsome. He’s also a single father. I should stay away. I can’t. Moving to a new city is expensive. I know that, but when places started asking for first month’s rent, last month’s rent, a deposit, and a pet fee, my hopes of an apartment of my own vanish. I’m about to sign a sublease with five strangers when I get a call from my real estate agent. They found the perfect place and well within budget. I sign sight unseen. I arrive expecting it to be falling apart or in a sketchy neighborhood. It’s neither, but the residents are rude. Some sniff me and turn up their noses. Others refuse to say hi. A few even go out of their way to avoid me. The only person nice to me is an eight-year-old girl who absolutely adores my cat Marmalade. When her father comes knocking, it’s love at first sight, except that only exists in fairy tales, but the sexy alpha checks off every box. Too bad he can’t get away from me fast enough.      AmazonKU

BETWEEN THE TREES (CREATURES OF THE NIGHT) by Adrian Blue

Cora’s been a park ranger for years, and she figures she’s seen everything the backcountry has to offer. But when her mentor finally turns in his badge, he trusts her with a secret he’s carried for decades, one that’s never made it into an official report. He tells her to leave it alone. She can’t. Curiosity pulls her off the marked trails and into the shadows. What she finds out there has teeth, a deep hunger, and absolutely no intention of letting her walk away untouched.     AmazonKU

TIDES OF BETRAYAL (WITCHES OF WILLOW COVE BOOK TWO) by Sara Bourgeois

Rowan Page would like to believe things at Quill & Tide are finally settling down, but the books have other plans. When a prominent local collector dies in what looks like a tragic sleepwalking accident, Rowan notices something the police can’t explain. People all over town are having nightmares. Moss wants nothing to do with the cursed books turning up across Willow Cove, Aunt Oona’s ghost is more cryptic than helpful, and the closer Rowan gets to the truth, the clearer it becomes that some old betrayals were never buried. They were shelved.    AmazonKU

ALL FOR YOU: CHARITY ANTHOLOGY (ALL FOR YOU CHARITY ANTHOLOGIES BOOK ONE) by Various

VS Note: Not fantasy or PNR but a worthy cause. This is one of three in the series released this week, to support relief funds for the victims of the Venezuelan earthquake.

This anthology brings together standalone romances from authors who believe in happily-ever-afters. We’ve come together for the purpose of charity, offering stories that vary in lightness and darkness, tropes and subgenres. One thing stays the same: they are stories where love wins. All proceeds are donated to charities to aid Venezuela in the aftermath of devastating earthquakes and towards the wildfires currently ongoing in Canada. The romance reader community has come together time after time to support causes to help heal the world. We are forever grateful to contribute with our romance books.      AmazonKU

BLOODLINES AND SHADOWS: VAMPIRES OF BLOOD AND BONES VOL 22 by B A Stretke

VS Note: MM PNR.

A desperate relic hunter. A cold-hearted vampire warrior. A fated bond that could save them both. Kai Azar is a relic broker used to living on the dangerous edge of the paranormal world, but his luck has finally run out. Hunted by ruthless mercenaries for a mystical dagger, Kai is left bleeding out in an abandoned Sedona warehouse. With his last ounce of strength, he reaches out to his estranged brother, Tarek, fully expecting it to be his final goodbye. Ramos Carver is a legendary, ruthless enforcer for the powerful DuCane Coven. Known as a ghost and a monster on a good day, Ramos lives a cold, emotionless existence. When Master DuCane dispatches him to find the missing human, Ramos expects the rescue mission to end with a corpse. When Ramos comes face to face with the battered, blue-eyed relic hunter clinging to life, the stone-cold vampire experiences something completely unexpected: a fierce, undeniable need to protect. Whisked away to the shielded, magical territory of Mt. Pleasant, Kai is thrust into a terrifying new reality. He quickly discovers that Ramos is far more than just a bodyguard; they are bound by the sacred, soul-deep tie of a vampire and his beloved. As Kai heals, the walls around his heavily guarded heart begin to crumble under Ramos’s fierce devotion. However, Kai’s dark past is not done with him yet. Will Kai surrender his secrets to the lethal vampire who claims him, or will the sins of his father destroy their chance at forever?      Amazon     AB

A WOLFE IN THE WOODS by Zoey Draven and Marcio Catalano

A Little Red Riding Hood inspired retelling, where the wolf isn’t the only monster in the woods…Blanchette Redfield has spent years sacrificing everything for her career. Working brutal hours under Graymore city’s most powerful corporate heir, she’s burned out, hollowed out, and one wrong move from defeat. When she’s forced on a mandatory leave, she’s sent back to Everwick-by-the-Sea—her idyllic, quaint hometown, brimming with painful memories of her beloved late grandmother. On the outskirts lies Juniper Woods, an ancient forest steeped in magic and local legend…A former high-profile lawyer turned reclusive caretaker of a crumbling B&B at the forest’s edge, Jonathan Wolfe only wants to be left alone. Grumpy and a bit wild, he knows exactly who Blanchette is…and wants nothing to do with her. But Jonathan is hiding a secret. He’s a Lycan, bound to protect the sacred land he inherited. Falling for a pretty city girl with sad eyes isn’t on his endless to-do list. But despite their best efforts, they can’t stay away from each other. As their attraction deepens, Juniper Woods is threatened. Caught between a future she’s spent years building and the newfound love with a Lycan she’s come to crave, Blanchette must decide what matters most, even if it means putting herself in the dangerous crosshairs between two forces destined to clash.       AmazonKU

ONE SHATTERED CROWN (GRIMM BARGAINS BOOK THREE) by Rebecca Zanetti

ELLA – It’s the wedding of the year—a lavish union of two powerhouses. But I’m only here for vengeance against the woman who stole my position as sole heir to my late father’s company, TimeGem Moments, and shipped me off to boarding school. I’ve only made more enemies since. Tonight is my chance to reclaim control. Tonight, TimeGem’s diamond-powered servers are this girl’s best friend. Unless he ruins everything. Justice Beathach, the groom’s unbearably hot brother, with hands built for war and a mouth that spells destruction. He’s lethal, unyielding, and now has me in his crosshairs . . .JUSTICE – Ella Rendale almost killed my brother once. Now, at his own wedding, she’s almost done it again. I don’t care if he’s forgiven her or if she’s been wronged. I care about one thing: the locked flash drive she leaves behind, spelling my destruction. She can run, she can hide, but when I find her, she’ll give me what I want. But someone else wants her even more than I do—they want her dead. When our enemies close in, I’m forced to protect her, turning the fire between us into an uncontrollable weapon. Now, she’s not just my quarry—she’s my obsession. And I’ll kill anyone who even thinks of taking her from me.

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SEA OF CHARMS: A SPELLSHOP NOVEL by Sarah Beth Durst

Marin had always belonged on the great blue sea. When the man she thought was the love of her life schemed to ruin her parents’ business, she did what her heart knew best: she fled to the sea. Now working as a supply runner on her own boat, Marin sails from island to island, delivering a varied array of goods: letters, flour, stories, and even the occasional enchanted statue. It’s a lonely life, but it’s hers. Besides, she’s got the company of Perri the sea serpent and Ree the sailor shrub. They’re the best crew she could ask for. On one of her routine trips to the capital of the Crescent Islands Empire, Alyssium, Marin finds the city on fire and a revolution underway—so she offers transportation to Dax, a composer friend who refuses to leave behind his instruments. What starts as a rescue evolves into a deal: Marin will keep Dax on as a (temporary) member of her crew if he becomes her pretend boyfriend at the End-of-Harvest Festival back home. Against her better judgment, Marin finds herself intrigued by his stubbornness, his passion for stories, his charming smile—and realizes that perhaps she isn’t saving him. Maybe it’s the other way around.

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HAIRY SITUATION (HOT UNDER THE COLLAR) by Riley Harp

Penny has the worst luck. First, she gets a flat tire. Then, she gets kidnapped by a cloak-wearing cult in the woods who want to feed her to the “Beast of the Shadow.” They chant. They summon. The Beast arrives. It’s distinctively… unimpressed. Fenrir isn’t a god. He’s just a very old, very grumpy werewolf who lives in a cave because rent is expensive. He scatters the cultists like bowling pins and sniffs the trembling girl on the altar. She smells like fear and vanilla. Mine. Now Penny is being escorted back to civilization by a mythological monster who complains about his back pain and looks at her like she’s the last cookie in the jar. The sacrifice is cancelled, but the mating ritual? That’s definitely on the schedule.      AmazonKU

THE ADJUDICATOR’S LUNA (THE WATCH HER LEAVE SERIES) by J J Cross

The title of Luna was never meant for me. My sister was supposed to stand at the Alpha’s side. That was the plan, right up until the eve of the ceremony, when Gideon was ambushed on patrol and carried back half-dead. The healers gave him a thirty percent chance of waking up. So they sent me instead. The spare. The bastard daughter. The Moon Goddess, in her infinite mercy, let him live. And for a while, I believed I had finally been given the life I had always wanted. A family. A future. Until the first anniversary banquet of our marking ceremony. That was when I saw the shadowstone bracelet on my sister’s wrist. I knew that stone. Because my earrings were made from the exact same piece. Gideon had taken the heart of the stone and shaped it into a bracelet for her. What was left, the offcuts, the scraps, he’d had made into earrings for me. I thought it couldn’t get worse. Then my Alpha sent me to prison. “Your sister has never been strong,” my Alpha said. “Take her place for a few days. I’ll have you out soon.” He didn’t know that the Adjudicator and I had a history. That we had been something to each other, once, before I destroyed it completely.        AmazonKU

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