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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HIS HUMAN BELIEVER (MONSTERS LOVE CURVY GIRLS BOOK 14) by Michele Mills
She’s the believer. He’s the skeptic. And the Hyrrokin are back. Something seriously creepy is happening in the dark jungle, just outside of my best friend’s gated community on Tarvos. The adults swear it isn’t real. The peacekeepers won’t take it seriously. A professor from the Royal Hyrrokin Academy arrives to debunk the swirling rumors before the neighbors panic. Dr. Vidar Coalstone is tall, fire-breathing, and devastatingly handsome. Black horns. Red skin. Barbed tail. Does he really need those reading glasses? He’s the most beautiful, terrifying scholar I’ve ever laid eyes on. He thinks my Intelgram crime show is sensationalist and the children who’ve made credible sightings of a ghost are mistaken. I’m the believer and he’s the skeptic. And yet, as we work on solving this mystery together, I learn we have more in common than I’d thought. Except this sexy Hyrrokin has taken a twelve-month vow of celibacy in front of his entire academic council. Twelve. Month. Vow. Oh no. And I should be helping him to maintain this vow. Ugh. Except I’m finding it so hard. AmazonKU
REMMEN: MINOTAUR MATES (ALIEN MATCHMAKING AGENCY BOOK THREE) by Kate Rudolph
I came to Ceres-9 to counsel traumatized alien gladiators, not fall into bed with their mayor. After my fiancé replaced me with my best friend and my last job nearly broke me, this posting was supposed to be a fresh start. Then I met Remmen. A former gladiator turned mayor with a body built for violence, and the kind of quiet authority that makes everyone around him fall into line. He’s controlled, capable, and devastatingly good at taking care of everyone but himself. He’s also completely off limits. My contract has one very clear rule: no fraternizing with the men I’m here to help. If we’re caught, I could lose my job, my home, and the only career I have left. Which would be easier if the way Remmen looks at me didn’t make me forget every reason I shouldn’t touch him. Easier if one stolen touch didn’t leave me wondering exactly what those enormous hands could do with the rest of me. And easier if staying away from him didn’t get harder every time I discover another piece of the male beneath the mayor. I crossed the galaxy because I needed a second chance. Falling for Remmen could destroy it. But I’m starting to think walking away from him might be the bigger mistake. AmazonKU
BASKET CASE (SENTIENT OBJECTS ADVENTURES BOOK SEVEN) by Skye MacKinnon
She wanted to reconnect with her roots. She did not expect them to tie her to the bed. Burned out by teaching and city life, Kathleen returns to her grandmother’s Highland village to spend a week in the family cottage. Waiting for her is an old wicker basket with a promise that it will bring her joy. On the eve of Samhain, the basket wakes. Aonghus is an ancient, touch-starved fae trapped inside the creel. He can bind Kathleen’s wrists, change his anatomy on command, and sees no reason to limit himself to one appendage at a time. Sometimes, it is not the basket that gets filled. Sometimes, the basket does the filling…Gran promised the basket would bring her joy. She never said how much. A filthy, funny sentient object romance featuring Scottish folklore, magical bondage, fae dominance, multiple appendages, creative anatomy, and one extremely flexible wicker basket. AmazonKU
BITTEN IN SECRETS AND DESIRE (CLAIMED BY THE MORRAK BOOK THREE) by Leann Ryans
She was never supposed to matter. He was never supposed to care. Elaina wanted to study the Morrak, not mate one. An intelligence analyst, she dreamed of new languages and hidden messages, not an alien bond she didn’t ask for, but when Drazien singles her out at the Selection Gala, her quiet world is shattered. Drazien’s loyalty was to the mission. He didn’t want emotional complications,
He wanted bait. With rebels threatening the alliance, he volunteered to choose the next Human as a lure to draw out the enemy. He planned to use her. He didn’t plan to fall. When Elaina overhears a rebel plot and saves them both, the deception between them is cracked open. She offers to risk herself again, but if she’s going to be used, it’ll be on her terms. Together, they set a trap that could crush the threat to the alliance…If it doesn’t destroy them first. They began as a lie, but something real awakens. The line between duty and instincts blur. And the alien warrior who meant to sacrifice her, May burn everything down to keep her. AmazonKU
THE SALT KING: A NOVEL by Natasha Pulley
VS Note: LGBTQ Dystopian Romantic Fantasy.
Jesuit priest Avelyn Brocken was born into a mining family in Hreodwater, a small, totally isolated salt town in the Fens of England. At age 16, he fled, abandoning his faith in the god of the mine-the Salt King-and the mythology that killed his whole family. When a fellow priest is miraculously healed only to then be turned to salt after a visit to Hreodwater, Avelyn is sent by the Vatican to investigate. But in Hreodwater, the town’s gentle doctor, Jericho, tells him that the priest is not the only one experiencing strange cures-and may not be the only one in danger from a substance in the mine that the locals call “salt light.” Avelyn and Jericho team up to protect the world from the salt light-but they may already be too late: strange happenings are occurring at mines all around the world. At an archaeological dig on the Dead Sea, electrical devices froth salt; at another salt mine in Russia, a KGB officer finds the bodies of five tourists who seem to have turned to salt; and at the huge salt works at Wieliczska in Poland, all communication is lost, and rumors circulate of total annihilation. As salt light spreads, devastating cities around the world, Avelyn must decide what and who to believe-and whether his faith is strong enough to withstand an apocalypse.
TOUCH HER AND BURN by Cara Stone and Athena Storm
I crash through her ceiling bleeding out, and the human medic doesn’t run. She digs bullets from my chest while the district burns above us. Her hands are steady. Her scent is ruin. The bond ignites—ancient, merciless, Precursor fire in my blood that demands I claim what’s mine. Her only focus is to stitch up monsters. Mine is to keep her. To burn the world before I let anyone touch her. I was built for war. She makes me want forever. Read on for fated mates, possessive dragon shifter, injury care obsession, and a ruthless protector who falls first and hardest. HEA Guaranteed! AmazonKU
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CLAIMED BY THE ALIEN AFTER MIDNIGHT by Lara London
An obsessive alien prince falls for the curvy matchmaker who has been hired to find him a bride. Phoebe – When Kismet Moon Matchmaking is hired by the royal family of Planet Orlo to find a bride for the heir to the throne, I insist on handling the high-profile client myself. After all, I’m co-owner of the company. Who is going to take better care of the situation than me? But then I land on Orlo, and I don’t know if there is something in the space juice or what, but the way the prince looks at me has me questioning everything I think I know about love. How am I going to help the obsessive alien prince find his bride when I’ve fallen for my client? Belacoran – She’s mine. Tropes: instalove, sci-fi, alien MMC, human FMC, he falls first, obsessive alpha alien, guaranteed HEA. What to expect from a Lara London romance: Quick Reads. Big Heat. Forever Love. Steamy, short, insta-love romances with quirky heroines, obsessive heroes who fall hard, no cheating, and guaranteed HEA — delivered with heat, heart, and humor. AmazonKU
GALACTIC PILOT: MM SFR (ABDUCTION DISRUPTION BOOK ONE) by A J Marcus
VS Note: From July 26.
The strange lights took Mac out of a fighter jet over the Pacific Ocean, and he woke in strange alien ship in the middle of a crash landing, a very long way from any sky he knew. Blan has worn a Grisian slave collar for five years. Four arms, an engineer’s hands, and a careful, buried hope he’d stopped letting himself feel, until the human he rescues from an exploding ship looks at like he’s a person and not a price. When a spore-ship attack tears the slaver apart, the two of them are thrown together to survive the best they can. The explosion throws stolen humans across the dark in failing scout ships, and Mac and Blan crash-land into freedom on a hostile desert world with nothing but each other, a wrecked ship, and a strange gift waking in the back of Mac’s skull, the kind of gift the Grisians would kill to own. They could keep their heads down and survive. Instead, Mac makes a vow: find the others. Every last one of the lost that had been taken when he was. A slow-burn MM sci-fi romance about two stolen men, the family they build out of the wreckage, and a love worth crossing a galaxy for. First in a found-family space-opera series. HEA guaranteed. AmazonKU
ALIEN MATED IN ERROR (MISTAKENLY MATCHED BOOK TWO) by Millie Voss
A structural engineer running from her ex. A seven-foot-eight horned alien who hasn’t been touched since his wife died. And the housing lease that turned out to be a marriage contract. I came to Rethaan because it was the farthest planet from the man who spent three years teaching my body to scan every room for exits. The reconstruction posting came with a dwelling and a housemate named Rennaak, a settlement leader built like a geological formation, with horns, armored plates, and hands I’d hear carving stone when he thought everyone was asleep. He walked through doorways ahead of me so I never had to enter a room first. But he’d also known I was his wife since the housing agreement. While I was trying to figure out why I wasn’t afraid of him. Then my ex followed me across fourteen light-years with scrubbed records and the kind of smile that makes every human on the settlement trust him. The most dangerous-looking being on the planet is the first person whose presence makes my body stop scanning for exits. I don’t know what to do with that. AmazonKU
GLENHAVEN (MOUNTAIN HAVENS BOOK ONE) by Love Pierce
The world ended in just two months. Four years later, Malia is rebuilding her own little world on a hidden farm in the Colorado mountains. As one of few survivors of a worldwide illness, Malia headed across state lines to her father’s hidden ranch in the Rocky Mountains with one goal: to bury him. Along the way, she rescued a starving boy who had lost everything. Months later she rescued another child. Then another. One by one, she found herself as the responsible adult to a group of children and teens orphaned by the same illness that took her family. The farm she fled to became something far greater: their haven. Now their quiet life is about to change. When a life-threatening attack leads to one of the teens unexpectedly finding the older brother he thought was gone forever, Malia finds herself drawn to him and two men in the group he travels with. Harvey, Finn, and Jude lead a small group of survivors who fit in perfectly at the farm. Harvey uses his medical skills to heal Malia, and his affectionate attention to open her heart. Jude uses his humor to make her laugh, and his way with the children has her melting inside. Finn’s confident leadership lifts the weight from her shoulders, and his open heart gives hers a safe place to trust. Malia never expected someone could fit so perfectly, let alone three of them. But she’s never been one to run from something good. As terrorizing rovers threaten their peace, the group must do what’s needed to protect their life on the farm. What began as a happy reunion becomes something deeper as love blossoms and strangers become family. AmazonKU
BRIDE OF THE ENEMY ALIEN (SURVIVOR BRIDES OF TAJSS BOOK SIX) by Miranda Martin
An enemy alien crashed into my desert carrying the one warning my people cannot ignore: the galaxy knows Tajss survived.Rhazek arrives bleeding, dangerous, and wrapped in secrets. I should hate him. He came from Krix, a world built on slavers, arenas, and chains. His arrival brings danger to our gates, and he may be the reason off-world hunters can find Tajss, the power hidden beneath our City, and the fated bonds they would kill to possess. But Rhazek is not Krixian. He is Voraxxian. A gladiator survivor sold into captivity, forged into a weapon, and marked by enemies who never stopped hunting him. No one in the City trusts him. I’m not sure I do either. But when Rhazek’s warning reveals a threat larger than anything we have faced before, I’m forced to work beside the one male everyone believes could destroy us. Every argument sparks. Every touch burns. Every moment trapped together makes it harder to …(more blurb on Author’s online store) Kobo Author’s online store Apple Books
WAKING THE GOLDEN GODDESS (DRAGON LORDS OF VALDIER) by S E Smith
The Ancients gave Bear Running Wolf one month to save the woman he loves, and the worlds that depend on her. He has no immortal power, no command over the stars, and no time to lose. But Bear can love, and sometimes love is the most powerful force in the universe. VA Note: As far as I am aware this ebook is currently only available on the Author’s online store.
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VS: ARRIVAL is book one in my Planet of Last Resort series, completed now at 5 books, available wide. SciFi romance set in the midst of a zombie apocalypse on a remote colony planet…
Melisande “Melly” Jericho is a newly licensed medical doctor, returning to her home planet to practice family medicine. She hasn’t been home in years and is excited to see her friends and family again. But when her shuttle lands, the spaceport seems deserted and she can’t get her handheld to connect to the network to call for help. Stranded on the landing pad far from the terminal, she joins forces with the only other passengers to arrive, never dreaming they’ll all soon be plunged into a life-or-death situation. Jeff Pearson, retired Sectors Special Forces captain and his friends have come to colony planet Randal Four to take up ranching. He’s attracted to the curvy doctor as soon as he sees her on board the shuttle to the planet and hopes he can at least get her com details and maybe set up a dinner date before he and his team leave the city to reach their waiting ranchland. His tentative plans come to a crashing halt as a strange horde of moaning, growling people emerges from the terminal, headed in their direction with clearly murderous intent. Jeff, Melly and the others make a desperate run to escape from the mob and begin an adventure the likes of which none of them could ever have predicted. As they struggle against overwhelming odds to survive, evade the infected, escape the city and reach her family home, the attraction and trust between the two grows ever hotter. But so does the danger and the mystery of what happened to the people of Randal Four
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A TASTE OF MAGIC (SCOTTISH CHARM SERIES BOOK TWO) by Tricia O’Malley
RAVEN’S FIGHT (DRAGONIS ACADEMY THE SECOND YEAR BOOK THREE) by Serenity RayneThe Purge doesn’t care what I’ve survived. It only cares who’s left standing. I’m the Dominant Dragoness of an entire continent. Heir to the Marzana Throne. Bonded to five mates who’d burn the realm to ash for me. I’ve clawed my way through enemies, politics, and prophecy—and I’m still here. But year three at Dragonis Academy isn’t impressed. The Purge is coming. Every third-year knows the name. Few speak it. It’s not a test—it’s a hunt. A brutal culling where alliances mean nothing, mercy is a death sentence, and only the most vicious walk out alive. Some don’t walk out at all. And this year, someone plans to turn it into a massacre. The traitor who’s hidden among the academy staff for decades is done waiting. Done watching. They’re ready to strike—and the chaos of the Purge is the perfect cover. I don’t know their face. I don’t know their endgame. But I know they’re close. Closer than I ever feared. A diplomatic mission with my mother. Alliances with Queen Giselle of the Eastern Isle and King Cassius of the Southern Isle. A hatchling who needs me to come home alive. None of it matters if I don’t survive what’s coming. The enemy wears a familiar face. The killing field is set. Welcome back to Dragonis Academy. AmazonKU
TERMS AND DAMNATION (CROSSROADS COUNSEL BOOK TWO) by Brenda Trim
Three months into this nightmare, and I still can’t tell my ex-husband why I quit the firm. “Spiritual contract law” doesn’t exactly fit on a LinkedIn profile. Neither does “I can see the threads of fate binding people to their doom.” But that’s exactly what I do now—I see the deals, the desperate promises, the soul-deep contracts that mortals make when they’ve run out of options. My latest client is a surgeon who promised Erzulie Dantor anything to save her son’s life. Anything. The goddess of mothers took her at her word, and now she wants the surgeon’s hands—literally. Every life she saves from here on out belongs to the goddess. It’s elegant. Brutal. And technically ironclad. But I’ve found a loophole in the original terms, buried in the way the oath was sworn. If I can prove the contract was made under false pretenses—that the goddess is literally feeding on my client like a parasite—I might be able to renegotiate. The problem? Erzulie Dantor doesn’t appreciate being told she’s wrong. And Papa Legba is breathing down my neck, reminding me that my job is to facilitate deals, not torpedo them. Baron Samedi, of course, finds the whole situation hilarious. He keeps appearing…(more blurb on ebook seller’s page) AmazonKU
DAGGERBOUND (SWORDHEART BOOK TWO) by T Kingfisher
VS Note: MM Fantasy.
Learned Edmund, a disillusioned scholar, is transporting yet another precious relic from one stuffy temple to a different stuffy temple. Another great adventure for the ages…But when Edmund is set upon by bandits, in desperation, he breaks the cardinal rule and grabs for the relic, an ancient sword. To his surprise, instead of unsheathing a rusty, ancient weapon, an alarmingly handsome man appears, wielding daggers of blue steel and cutting the thieves down. This man is the Dervish, an immortal warrior who’s been trapped for centuries in a sword of enchanted steel, and is angry as hell about it. He hates the curse that put him there, and he wants to hate Edmund, just as he has hated every wielder before him. But the damned scholar is just so sweet and clever and kind. And while the Dervish may be able to protect Edmund from bandits, cultists, dragons, and strange inhuman diplomats, he may find it much harder to protect his own heart. Amazon AB Apple Books Kobo
PUCK OF MY LIFE: MM HOCKEY SHIFTER ROMANCE (PUCKS, PACKS & PREGNANCIES BOOK THREE) by Colbie Dunbar and Lorelai M Hart
I was forced to reject my mate, and it nearly destroyed me. I’m one of the lucky wolves who find their fated mate. Or I was, until my pack Alpha gives me a choice: reject the human omega or watch him die. Rejection hurts, but not as badly as the alternative. I move across the country for college, knowing that if I don’t, I’ll never be able to stay away from him. Years pass, I graduate, get offered a spot on my favorite hockey team, and to the outside world, I’m living the dream. Only my dream is a nightmare, one where my wolf is barely holding it together. The wound left by denying fate is just as raw as the day I was forced to make my choice. I’m biding my time until I’m strong enough to challenge my pack Alpha and find my omega and attempt to win his heart again. Time runs out when I attend a charity event and scent my mate. He’s one of the reporters covering the event. I lose control, all that exists is Benedict and me. I mark him, right there in the hallway. He may be the puck of my life, but if I don’t do something quickly, he won’t be alive long. AmazonKU
THE CURSED TOUCH (THE HAUNTED HEARTS SERIES BOOK THREE) by Jennifer Julie Miller
RITE OF POISON AND WHISPERS (HOUSE OF BLOOD AND ROSES BOOK NINE) by Laura GreenwoodBeing a princess comes with its challenges, especially when Beatrice is at odds with the Queen. Whispers are circling the court about Beatrice’s twin brother, and there’s very little she can do to stop it, especially when Bastian is acting without consulting anyone in House Rothorne. To make matters worse, the Queen’s dislike of Beatrice is only growing, and when a royal dinner turns into a disaster, things become even more complicated. Beatrice’s allies are close, but could her enemies be closer? Rite of Poison and Whispers is book nine of House of Blood and Roses. It is a fantasy romance series full of vampires, court intrigue, and an established m/f romance.
MY DEMON HACKER: MM PNR (DEMON DEBACLES BOOK FIVE) by Stella Rainbow
Demons made great hackers. I’d know, I hired one…It was supposed to be simple. Steal the money. Get my revenge. Help a few people along the way. I had a plan. I had a team. I had no room for complications. Xin was a complication. They were smart, sweet, and way too good at getting under my skin. I didn’t know what they wanted from me—but I knew I couldn’t afford distractions. Not now. Not when I was this close to getting my revenge. I’d spent years planning, and I refused to fail. Not even for love. AmazonKU
CASTING BUTTERFLIES (WITCHES BY FLUKE BOOK TWO) by Eve Langlais
Don’t swallow butterflies because you might become a witch. You might be wondering how I came up with that nugget of advice. Because it happened to me. It all started with an ugly amulet that I bought at an estate auction. The moment I touched it with my bare hand, wham-bam, I ended up infused with magic. Some might think this was cool. Not exactly since it also came with trouble. AKA a wicked wizard who will stop at nothing to steal my newfound power. The one shining spot? The hot dude that breaks into my house. I know, I shouldn’t be falling for a home invader, but Misha’s kind of a special case. He knows about the power I absorbed, but if I want answers, I’ll have to travel to Russia. A trip that’s complicated by a lack of a passport and the monster hunting me. Still, it’s the trip of a lifetime, and the most dangerous thing I’ve ever undertaken. Add in a smart-ass talking cat, a voyage plagued with deadly attacks, and it’s no wonder I boldly seduce my handsome companion. A good thing I took my pleasure when I had a chance because the end of my quest might not see me surviving. Can I find a way to salvage a happily-ever after?
MY ORC PACKAGE DEAL (EASTSHORE ISLE BOOK 16) by Veronika Kane
I didn’t marry a hot orc because I believed in fairy tales. I married him because my son needed a father, health insurance, and a home that would welcome his differences. The decision was practical, logical…safe. Except nobody warned me that “practical” would mean sharing a kitchen with a huge tattooed male who makes my coffee before I ask, calls Milo his son without hesitation, and gets quieter when things go wrong—steady and solid in a way I keep wanting to lean on. Then there’s Jay, Korrad’s twelve-year-old son: lonely, earnest, and determined to turn our marriage into a family whether we’re ready or not. He plans our beach wedding with a clipboard, expands his backyard fort so Milo will fit, and looks at my son like he’s been waiting for a brother his whole life. Korrad and I have a contract. Rules. Sensible boundaries that made much more sense before our boys became brothers and my husband started feeling like home. Now the only thing standing between me and complete disaster is the man I married for all the wrong reasons. Because I have secrets I’ve been carrying alone for a long time…and I’m beginning to suspect Korrad never intends to let me carry anything alone again. AmazonKU
ASH AND BURN (PARANORMAL DATING AGENCY BOOK 110) by Milly Taiden
Dr. Arvid Jasper knows how to handle deadly diseases, military disasters, and impossible odds. What she does not know how to handle is Gerri Wilder offering her a trip through a wormhole to treat dragon shifters on another planet. But people are dying, the disease looks way too much like her current research, and Arvid has never been great at walking away from a crisis. So off she goes to Nova Aurora, armed with science, stubbornness, and absolutely no plan for what to do when the alien dragon king turns out to be hot enough to require medical supervision of his own. King Calix Silvanus has no time for romance, destiny, or anything that might distract him from saving Ashvorn. His people are sick, his council is panicking, and his volcanic kingdom is one bad decision away from disaster. Then Arvid steps into his estate smelling like lilies and rain, touches his arm, and his dragon immediately decides she is his mate. Wonderful. Because apparently a deadly outbreak was not enough trouble—now fate has sent him a brilliant human scientist with a sharp tongue, dangerous curves, and zero interest in being bossed around by royalty. Gerri insists this is all perfectly timed. Arvid calls it medically inconvenient. Calix calls it a threat to his control. But as they race to uncover the truth behind Ash Fever, their chemistry burns hotter than dragon fire—and someone in Ashvorn is determined to make sure Arvid never finds the cure. Now she’ll have to save a kingdom, survive a traitor, and decide whether loving one overprotective dragon king is the most reckless thing she’s ever done… or the cure she never saw coming. AmazonKU
TAIL THE TRUTH (PARANORMAL DATING AGENCY BOOK 111) by Milly Taiden
Celina Bates has spent twenty-four years being managed—her career, her image, her entire life dictated by a man who saw her as a paycheck the day she turned four. Then a white-haired matchmaker sets up what should be a boardroom negotiation, a devastatingly gorgeous lion shifter billionaire shakes her hand instead, and the second their skin touches, Celina’s whole body goes up in flames. Now the ruthless CEO she came to negotiate with is the one man she can’t walk away from. Osias Fellan runs a Beverly Hills empire, a lion pride, and every crisis that crosses his desk with the same ruthless control. Until Celina. One breath of her scent walking through his office door, and his lion loses its ever-loving mind—prowling, possessive, and dead certain this fierce, green-eyed actress belongs to him. Osias only meant to keep her safe when a mysterious attack drives her straight into his ultra-guarded mansion. Celina and Osias have to turn one impossible business deal into a real partnership and a human-shifter romance neither of them saw coming. But with jealous rivals circling, paparazzi hunting a story, and Celina’s manager refusing to loosen his grip, she’ll have to decide if trusting a possessive Alpha lion means losing herself all over again—or if standing beside him is the first real choice she’s ever made. AmazonKU
ORC’S GRIMOIRE (VEIL LANDS BOOK 12) by Cyn Blade and Milly Taiden
Welcome to the Veil lands, where monsters are the only ones who can save you. Thyra: Bleeding for a haunted library taught me to bury my emotions in numbers. Twice a day, I slice open my skin to feed an ancient book that pulses with a human heartbeat. I knew the rules, but then a massive, terrifying orc cornered me in the dark stacks. He pins me against the cold stone, but his burning eyes tell me he wants to possess me rather than kill me. Our temptation is deadly—a forbidden bond that is waking a century-old monster inside the pages. He was sent to execute me, but I’ll drown this entire Archive in blood before I let him go. Korrath: A lifetime of executing witches turned my soul to stone. Until I met a ruthless keeper who isn’t afraid of my blade. Her cold, beautiful defiance broke my discipline completely. If her pulse stops, the grimoire’s curse will drag me straight into the grave next. I’m violently addicted to the copper-sweet taste of her skin. I was commanded to incinerate her, but I will slaughter my own brothers to keep her as mine. AmazonKU
LOVE ME LIKE A ROCK SONG: A NOVEL by Shelly Jay Shore
VS Note: LGBTQ+ Fantasy.
When Delilah Cohen’s much more famous fiancée leaves her at the altar right before Delilah is supposed to start recording her first solo album, she’s left with a notebook of unusable love songs and a honeymoon road trip that’s now a last-chance search for new inspiration. She doesn’t expect to fall for the mysterious passenger she picks up two hours in, but what’s more inspiring than a rebound with a built-in expiration date? But there’s more to Emmett than meets the eye. Emmett is a golem, a human-ish being of Jewish folklore, created from clay to serve a now-deceased master, who gave them one final, fatal task. Road-tripping with Delilah is the first thing they’ve ever chosen for themself. It’s not supposed to change their destination . . . but the longer Emmett spends with Delilah, who has plenty of secrets of her own, the more their ending feels like something to fight, rather than something set in stone. As the California coast brings Delilah’s writing deadline—and Emmett’s fate—closer with every passing mile, Delilah has to decide whether making an unforgettable album is worth losing a love she never expected to find. Amazon AB Apple Books Kobo
MY PLEASURE (BEWITCHED AND BEWILDERED BOOK 17) by Alanea Alder
Hunter Armstrong has come to love his adopted city every bit as much as he loves Lycaonia. But lately, the city of the witches has begun to feel cold and hostile. Splitting his days between patrols and watching over two skittish children from afar, he finds his nights are filled with thoughts of his mate. As much as he longs for her to come home, he can’t help but remember what happened to Genevieve and prays instead for her to stay away and stay safe. Kiera Sorrel received more than one update from neighbors that the climate in Storm Keep is changing, and the streets are no longer safe. Fearing for her little brother and sister, she hurries back to a house that never felt like home. Stepping onto the cobbled streets, she wasn’t expecting that the first thing she’d see was her mate in the form of a goofy, smiling stalker, sitting across the street from her home. As he tells her of the recent events and the Witches’ Council’s decisions, she can hardly believe that their world has come to this. Choosing to stay at his side, with her younger brother and sister in tow, they invade the Armstrong estate, much to the delight of Hunter’s parents. As darkness begins to creep up around them from all sides, can Hunter and Kiera fight the shadows of treachery that loom just out of sight? Amazon NOTE: Didn’t find the bok on either Apple Books or Kobo the day I checked.
EMBER AND ASH (THORNE SAGA BOOK ONE) by Lisa Renee Jones
In the dark of the night, there is passion and destruction…Criminal defense attorney Ember Thorne thought the biggest challenge of her life would be her quest to navigate the justice system on behalf of the wrongly accused. That is, until she finds herself in the sights of an otherworldly evil, desperately hunting what she cannot kill, not yet, at least. Nothing in her life, or in this world, is what it seems, and when a blue-eyed stranger named Micah saves her life, their attraction is the fire that could become the death of all that exists or the salvation that blooms with new hope for all. Micah, royalty in his own right, will challenge her to stand against evil, but when you have never known true evil, can you really recognize it where it hides? In a world where angels and demons are the truth humans call fiction, could it be a lie between lovers that equals salvation? Or is that lie the blade that delivers devastation? Ember and Ash, the first book in the Thorne Saga, introduces you to a world filled with the magic of angels and the darkness of the monsters they hunt, where secrets and lies, and a passionate forbidden romance hold world-altering consequences. Amazon AB Apple Books Kobo
THE ART OF CHARMING A CHANGELING by Sylvie Cathrall
A cozy slice-of-life romantic fantasy set in a Regency-inspired world where humans and fairies compete for artistic supremacy, from Sylvie Cathrall, author of A Letter to the Luminous Deep. On her first day working in the prince’s galleries, art conservator Florrie Hyverfell discovers that the most famous portrait in the collection is not only a fake—it’s also inhabited by Vern, a fairy trapped in the forged painting. Tracking down the stolen original is the only way for Florrie to save her job and for Vern to escape his canvas. Yet as they journey to a famed fairy museum to find the missing artwork, Florrie finds herself taking more than an art historical interest in the changeling painting’s charming inhabitant. Amazon AB Apple Books Kobo
SUMMER COVEN (DEAD AND BREAKFAST BOOK TWO) by Kat Hillis
VS Note: MM PNR Mystery.
Arthur Miller (no relation to the playwright) and his beloved, Salvatore Conte, are settling into their (para)normal lives in Trident Falls. Finally, everything seems to be going swimmingly…business is booming at the inn and Arthur is hard at work on his first case as a private detective: finding their friend Brody’s missing mom. But when a pet psychic is felled by a poisoned potion she (somehow) didn’t see coming, Arthur’s investigation takes an enchanting turn – and not in a good way. It turns out the psychic was a member of the Celestine Coven, a powerful group of witches who sell their charms for a price. Did the pet psychic find herself on the wrong side of the coven? Or did she trigger someone’s pet peeves with her predictions? It will require all of Arthur’s wit and Sal’s whimsy to solve this murder, find their missing person, and avoid becoming part of the witches’ wicked brew. Amazon AB Apple Books Kobo
THE CAROUSEL OF FORGOTTEN PLACES by S Hati
First rule: Don’t mess with the timeline. Second rule: Don’t mess around with the time-god. For 500 years, immortal timekeeper Ryka has run a cozy magical fair on the edges of time, managing the time threads and protecting the spirits that live there. She lives happily among a found family of quirky ghosts, a spectral cat, and even her insufferable boss, the annoying (and sexy) time-god Everest. But when the carousel at the heart of the fair begins to show signs of time rot, a live human falls through time and ends up landing at their feet. With the fair descending into chaos, Ryka and Everest must team up to get this human home, find the source of the rot, and keep the fabric of time from tearing apart – all while hoping that the 500 years of feelings between them don’t get in their way.
THE DARK IN HER VEINS by M K Lobb
Nothing is sacred for those willing to pay the price…In Valestadt, everything has a price. Sin leaves its mark in the form of the Bloodrot, a slow-creeping disease that leads to madness, then death. The rich outsource their violence. The poor sell theirs and suffer the cost. Talin Keller is a sinner. Employed by the holiest man in the city, the Prophet, she stains her hands so his can stay clean. But with her Bloodrot rapidly advancing, Talin knows her next job could be her last. Then a new assignment puts Talin on a collision course with the Warden, a shadowy figure whose name is spoken like a warning. If she can get close, she can trade his life for her own freedom—and escape the death her sins have promised. That is, if she can stay steady on the knife’s edge. Because Talin is dangerously drawn to the Warden. He is sharp, cruel, and whatever blazes in him sparks against every dark part of her. If she isn’t careful, her plans will burn. As savior and sinner tangle, Talin uncovers a conspiracy tied to the past she thought dead. And in Valestadt, where sin is currency, she’ll have to decide what she’s willing to pay to survive.
DEMONS AND DIPLOMACY (MINSTREY OF SUPERNATURAL AFFAIRS BOOK ONE) by Megan Frampton
1851, London. All supernatural species have emerged from hiding, a result of The Great Revelation, led by Her Majesty, the vampiric Queen Victoria, and her dhamphir consort, Prince Albert. Cora Hastings is the British government’s Species Ombudsman, a human tasked with keeping the peace between supernatural creatures. It’s run-of-the-mill work: enforcing the newly created shifting parameters, negotiating contracts between species, and generally making certain all Londoners are treated equally. That is, until the Devil himself decides he wants to leave his hellish home and see the results of Prince Albert’s greatest accomplishment, the Great Exhibition. His arrival could upset the uneasy peace between creatures, and worse—he’s brought his son. The Marquis of Hell is diabolically good-looking, unnaturally perceptive, and, well, a demon. Cora navigates her sinfully seductive diplomatic assignment as best she can, until she catches wind of a secret conspiracy set to come to fruition at the opening of the Great Exhibition. This leaves her with an impossible choice: Either Cora enters an unholy alliance with the Devil’s son, or she watches as her world is torn asunder. Amazon AB Apple Books Kobo
HORSFALL (BOX SET): LGBTQ+ GAY SHIFTER ROMANCE by Jade Buchanan
What started out as a regular job assignment quickly escalated into something more for Oliver Philip when he meets twin Shire horse shapeshifters Bayard and Marshall Stoddard. Hired to perform a safety audit on Horsfall Ranch, Oliver never expected his life to be turned upside down, but he’s game for anything. Happily throwing himself into a relationship with both Bayard and Marshall, Oliver quickly discovers a world of intense pleasure, laughter and comfort. Unfortunately, storm clouds are gathering on the horizon and Oliver must find the strength to fight for the two men he can’t live without. Publisher’s Note: Horsfall box set contains the previously released novellas Tail of Two Brothers, Taste Test, and As the Crow Flies. Amazon Apple Books Kobo
DREAMERS OF THE FULL MOON COFFEE SHOP: A NOVEL by Mai Mochizuki, Jordan Taylor Translator
Under the energetic star of Neptune the doors to people’s hearts are opening…In Japan, cats are a symbol of good luck. As the myth goes, if you are kind to them, they’ll one day return the favor. And if you are kind to the right cat, you might just find yourself invited to a mysterious coffee shop under a bright moon. Under one such moon in August, Neptune pays the Full Moon Coffee Shop a visit, taking the form of a beautiful human called Sala. Sala’s special talent is giving people dreams and helping them to open their hearts. As the cats work with Sala, they find new ways to guide people as their customers face personal conflict. When Satsuki, returning home after she spent three years away with minimal contact, decides to introduce her new boyfriend to her mother Fujiko, she learns an unexpected truth about her family’s past. Meanwhile, Fujiko is struggling to come to terms with her true feelings about her place in life and author Wataru is facing writer’s block after years of success. Can Sala and the cats help Fujiko and Wataru open their hearts? Amazon AB Apple Books Kobo
HEIR OF PROPHECY (THE CLASH OF PROPHECIES DUET) by Analeigh Sbrana
She’s a woman bound by fate, torn between two prophecies. He’s the Prince of the underworld, fated to either claim her or end her life. Defying destiny is one thing…the heart, another. Magic has always been at the periphery of Audra’s life. As a human, she knows that magic exists, but it’s as distant as the legends she grew up with. Until one day, magic returns, bringing with it the all too real Fae and upending Audra’s life entirely. Abducted by a cult of fae Priestesses, Audra finds herself conscripted into a magical war academy. The only hope of surviving this new world filled with guilds, magic, and danger is to band together with a group of her fellow prisoners. Though unlike the others, Audra’s burgeoning magic is erratic and violent—just as the prophecy foretold. She must discover what it means to be the Heir, but time is running out. The Priestesses know the Heir moves among them, and they’re determined to root them out, no matter what it takes. As she struggles to mask her power, Audra’s plagued by visions of a dark, seductive being with a conflicting truth. He doesn’t want to save the world; he plans to reclaim it. Now, Audra must choose: become the savior the cult demands or the catalyst the vision promises.
TALES OF A TREACHEROUS FATE: A NOVEL by Jennifer Delaney
Trust is fractured and our heroes are separated across Elysior as war looms closer. Fey flee to the north to try and rouse the ancient power that sleeps beyond the mountains. Nothing is as it seems and as demons are unleashed upon the earth, Kat and Emrys must call upon the last resort for help… the Old Gods themselves. For not all darkness is as it seems and fate is about to begin its final deadly game.
THE LITTLE SHOP OF CURIOUSITIES: THE MUSIC BOX PART 2 (CRAWSHANK’S GUIDE TO THE OCCULT) by Vawn Cassidy
VS Note: MM PNR Mystery.
Strange things are happening in London, with a murder investigation underway into his biological mother’s murder Harrison is trying to find answers about the mysterious and powerful bloodline he’s descended from. Plagued by terrifying dreams of one of his ancestors and trying to keep his friends from discovering his true identity is exhausting. But his growing feelings for Sam cannot be ignored and sooner or later Harrison knows he must tell him the truth. Having returned to London after fulfilling his own family obligations Sam begins to realise the cases that he’s investigating as a PI are all paranormal in nature. As he delves deeper he begins to suspect they are connected to the Crawshanks family and somehow to Harrison, himself, the man he’s falling in love with. But as the murder investigation comes to a frightening conclusion and the killer is revealed, Sam and Harrison begin to realise that this is only the beginning. Now they find themselves facing their most terrifying challenge yet. AmazonKU
THE WHITECHAPEL FULL MOON SOCIETY: A NOVEL by Elizabeth DeLozier
When Caroline Foster arrives at the Whitechapel Full Moon Society in search of her missing brother, she finds a dilapidated façade belying an interior as opulent as any exclusive gentlemen’s club. In exchange for room and board, Caroline is hired as the Full Moon’s maid, where she is given three orders: don’t ask personal questions, stay out of the iron-barred room on the second floor, and remain in her bedroom from sunup to sundown on the full moon. But when it is revealed that the previous maid was murdered—an early victim of Jack the Ripper—and her brother has left behind no answers, only more questions, Caroline begins to suspect her hosts might be hiding something. As more bodies turn up with a connection to the Society, Caroline fears she may have unwittingly stumbled into a bedtime story, the kind with monsters and curses, family secrets and ancient lore.
Tantalizing and pulsing, Elizabeth DeLozier’s sophomore novel gives an exciting alternative look into the infamous Jack the Ripper story with a major, supernatural twist.
WOLFTAMER (THE WOLF AND THE MAGPIE DUOLOGY BOOK TWO) by Maggie Rapier
Faolan has escaped death. Twice. After a lifetime chasing freedom and legends, he was finally on the brink of becoming one himself when it all went up in flames. Stranded on the Isle of Lost Souls, bound by an oath he did not make, Faolan is plagued by dreams of drowning and a past he swore never to revisit. The pirate in him wants nothing more than to raise hell and run away—but with no ship, and no way to untether his wife, Saoirse, from the land she’s pledged herself to, Faolan is trapped. And everyone knows who tamed the Wolf. When their sinister rival King Maccus unveils an ancient godly relic—one with the power to unbalance their entire world—Faolan knows the game has changed. There’s only one person who can hunt down the missing relics before Maccus can, and the Wolf of the Wild will do anything to protect his wife. Even if that means leaving her behind. Amazon AB Apple Books Kobo
HEART OF GOLD (KINKAID SHIFTERS BOOK NINE) by Bianca D’Arc
A wounded jaguar shifter, battle-scarred and forced home to heal. A human woman who kept his Clan’s secret for years. A small Arizona town where the past never really left — and neither has the danger that’s followed him home. Paxton Rojas went out on a simple mission and came back broken. Two weeks off his feet in his childhood bedroom was not part of the plan, but a trip to his hometown hardware store lands him face-to-face with Briana Leeland – the girl who grew into the woman his jaguar has been watching since the moment he walked through the door. Bree catches him when she realizes he’s still healing. She feeds him soup, steadies him on the stairs, and reminds him, quietly and without drama, exactly what he walked away from fifteen years ago. Pax is starting to think that was the worst decision he ever made. But something dark has followed him home. The mission that nearly killed him isn’t finished with him, and the people who came after him then haven’t stopped looking. Falling for Bree while a threat circles closer than either of them knows may be the most dangerous thing he’s ever done… and Pax Rojas has done some very dangerous things. Amazon Apple Books Kobo
THE HUMAN’S HEART (A BRINNSWICK STORY BOOK THREE) by Michele Notaro
VS Note: MM PNR.
I know Zay’s scared of losing me, but I really, really don’t want to become a vampire. Who would want to drink… that for the rest of forever? Blech! With my and Zay’s viramore bond complete and our lives settling down after what happened over the winter, it seems all my mate can think about is impending doom. Or rather, the fact that I’m human and mortal and he isn’t. It’s not that I want to grow old and die. It’s not that I want Zaos to wind up alone. Not at all. It’s just… being a vampire is so, so, so gross. I really don’t want to drink blood for the rest of my very long existence. To top things off, we have new friends coming into our lives and a few, uh, scary encounters that I don’t like thinking about. So maybe I can’t blame him for wishing vampirism on me. But do I really have to turn? Ugh. AmazonKU
BONETIDE: A DARK GOTHIC ROMANCE by Karina Halle
When Iris Galloway inherits her great-aunt’s cottage on a remote Scottish loch, the terms are simple: live there one year, and it’s hers. She doesn’t know about the disappearances yet, nor does she know about the handsome man who swims in the loch at night, who watches her cottage from the dark water, and who appears at her door very wet, very naked, and asking to come in. Meanwhile, the locals warn her about a murderer on the loose, the police are in over their heads, and her aunt’s letters say to keep the salt lines around the house and the doors locked after sundown. And never, ever invite him inside. But Iris has spent her whole life being careful. And this wicked stranger is going to ruin her for it. Bonetide is a dark gothic romance that’s tinged with horror. While this book starts off almost like a cozy gothic mystery, it does pivot later into darker territory. Amazon
MYTHS AND LEGENDS 4 by Judy Mays
Myths… Legends…Deep in the Central American jungles supernatural beings roamed freely — half human, half cat. For three such cats, a jaguar, a puma, and an ocelot, life is easy and uncomplicated — until humans cross their paths — specific humans, humans who will need their help, their protection, their love. Balam, Karak, and Raina must choose between the uncomplicated life denizens of the jungle lead or a life with a human with all its complications. Sanika, Mireya, and Hans must also make a choice, one that is far harder and more uncertain. Can each of them find it in themselves to love a being that is more than human, that is half animal? What is love? What isn’t? Publisher’s Note: This collection contains the previously released novellas Jaguar, Puma, and Ocelot. Amazon Apple Books Kobo
A GHOSTLY ALIBI (GHOSTLY SOUTHERN MYSTERY SERIES BOOK NINE) by Tonya Kappes
A funeral, a ghost, a murder. It’s all in a day’s work for Emma Lee Raines . . .Emma Lee Raines thought life was finally slowing down. Between running Eternal Slumber Funeral Home and planning a future with her fiancé, Jack Henry Ross, she was looking forward to a little peace. This is Sleepy Hollow, Kentucky.Peace doesn’t stand a chance. When ninety-eight-year-old Annabelle Rose appears at her own funeral surrounded by ten loyal ghost dogs, she has one message for Emma Lee. She didn’t die naturally. As Emma Lee follows a trail of buried secrets, missing recipes, small-town gossip, and a community fundraiser honoring Annabelle’s legacy, she discovers that someone would do anything to keep the truth six feet under. Now, with a determined ghost refusing to cross over and a killer hiding in plain sight, Emma Lee will have to solve the mystery before someone else becomes the next guest at Eternal Slumber. Welcome back to Sleepy Hollow, where the sweet tea is legendary, the ghosts are opinionated, and murder is always on the menu. AmazonKU
MAD DRAGON OF CHAOS (FORGOTTEN GODS BOOK TWO) by Jocelynn Drake
VS Note: : LGBTQ Fantasy. Cliffhanger.
Haru is in trouble. War is brewing. And someone is hunting the minor gods to extinction. Tyche has tossed aside his hopes for a quiet life and teamed up with Prince Shey to save the dragon, stop the war, and protect his own kind. If he’s lucky, the virgin god will finally get his first kiss and more from the very flirty prince. But that kiss has a price. Tyche will have to share some secrets he’s had tucked away for thousands of years and put his life on the line to preserve the new family he has found. Will it be enough? AmazonKU
THE WRONG PRINCE (FATE’S MISTAKE BOOK ONE) by Arian Wulf
Five lifetimes of sacrifice. Five lifetimes of betrayal. Five times Prince Cedric has let her down. No more. Valeriane is done dying for the wrong prince. When she wakes at the beginning of her final life, she makes a choice that defies everything the goddess demands of her: she will let destiny burn. No more royal intrigue. No more saving Cedric. No more sacrificing herself to put an ungrateful heir on the throne. She will simply disappear from the game and spend whatever time remains to her living in peace. Then, she finds Lucien Darl chained in a brothel. To the world, Lucien is a monster in the making. He is a brilliant, cold-blooded outcast with blood on his hands and enough hatred in his heart to one day drown a continent in blood. Valeriane just sees an eighteen-year-old boy who needs someone to save him. So she does. And then she offers him marriage. But saving Lucien means changing the future Valeriane thought she knew. A forgotten goddess is determined to drag her back onto the path of prophecy. An ambitious marquis is furious to lose the pawn he’s spent years controlling. And a prince has begun dreaming of Valeriane, awakening feelings he cannot explain and a desperate certainty that she belongs at his side. As the forces of fate close in around them, Valeriane fails to realize the most terrifying truth of all: The monster she rescued has become obsessed with her. He will protect her. He will possess her. And if the only way to keep her safe is to lock her away forever, Lucien will gladly watch the world burn. The Wrong Prince is a dark fantasy romance featuring a terminally ill heroine, a time-loop mystery, forbidden magic, political intrigue, a desperate goddess, an obsessive prince, and a morally grey hero whose love is every bit as dangerous as his hatred. AmazonKU
LEGACY FOUND (LUFTIS ACADEMY BOOK ONE) by Jaye Marellen
I crossed an ocean for a man. He wasn’t worth the airfare. In hindsight, I probably should’ve listened when my horoscope said, Don’t make life-changing decisions. But to be fair… he had a really cute accent. Now I’m twenty-two, living in England, working at an outdoor hiking store, and pretending my life isn’t a complete disaster. Then a ridiculously gorgeous professor walks through the door and tells me the increasingly aggressive letters I’ve been throwing away aren’t junk mail. They’re from Luftis Academy. And apparently I have ten days to report to Europe’s oldest elite academy…for wolf shifters. I’m pretty sure he’s insane. Right up until his eyes flash gold. So, great. Apparently I’m a wolf. Except when I arrive at Luftis, I discover I’m not like the wolves who’ve spent their entire lives here. I don’t know their rules. I don’t understand their obsession with bloodlines and hierarchy. And when three arrogant, devastatingly gorgeous wolf princes walk into a room and every other wolf instinctively submits…I feel absolutely nothing. Which gets their attention. Unfortunately, so does everything else I do. Now I have to survive classes, figure out how the hell to become a wolf—and try not to get distracted by several men I absolutely should not be thinking about naked. Maybe getting into Luftis was the easy part. Welcome to Luftis Academy. AmazonKU
TAME THE DARK by Ella Fields
When enemy heirs shelter together from the war, forbidden love sparks between bookshelves and behind dormitory doors…When war erupts, heirs from across the continent shelter on sacred ground at the Archives of Avyshla. But our sense of safety is shaken when the enemy king sends his heir to join us. Voran is not merely a prince but his uncle’s hunter and assassin. And what his uncle seeks belongs to my family—control of the wyverns—the Scale Crown. Although no one can spill blood on sacred ground, I fear the prince’s intentions are as sinister as he seems. He proves as much when danger breaches the isle, and he saves me to have me in his debt. To survive, I make a secret deal with him. Except survival soon becomes longing. A hunger for calloused hands, stifled breath, and accented murmurs that doesn’t end with the war. Instead, it blooms into something even more forbidden. Something that could be my salvation—and the downfall of my kingdom. AmazonKU
DEAD O’CLOCK (COLD CASE PSYCHIC BOOK 46) by Pandora Pine
VS Note: MM PNR Mystery.
Ding! Dong! You’re dead! The letters arrive without warning. No return address. No fingerprints. Just a single page predicting the recipient’s death and the exact time it will happen. At first, no one takes them seriously. Then the first person dies exactly as the letter predicted. When more letters begin appearing, Detective Ronan O’Mara and psychic Tennyson Grimm are called in to investigate. Ten senses that the letters aren’t just predicting deaths, but are connected to something that happened long ago, something that refuses to stay buried. As the death toll rises, Ten and Ronan race to find whoever is sending the letters. Because the next letter has already been delivered. And this one has Ronan’s name on it. AmazonKU
BLOOD OF THE FAIREST (GRIMM FRAGMENTS BOOK ONE) by Morgan B Lee
Waking up as someone else in a different dimension is bad enough. But when that someone is skilled in the dark arts, collects men like trophies, eats poisoned apples for breakfast, drinks the blood of innocent maidens…The evil queen. I’m trying to say I woke up as the mother-*bleeping* evil queen in Snow White’s story. I have no idea why I’m trapped in this dark, twisted world full of even grimmer versions of the fairy tales I grew up on. I just want to survive as the bloodthirsty evil queen long enough to find a way back home. Too bad for me, the queen’s enemies want her to stay gone…and some of her enemies are hot. Like the secretive Mirror who watches me from reflections. And the deadly Huntsman, now sworn to obey any order I give. I’m not even going to talk about Prince Charming. He wants me to ride his noble steed, if you get my drift. Other sexy-but-unhinged fairy tale men are ignoring their original storylines to haunt me from the shadows, but I don’t know if they all want to kill the queen, help me, or if their fixation is something else completely. Here’s what I do know: these men are making it impossible to focus on getting back to my world. They’re both terrifying and tempting…especially their blood. But if I’m trapped here as the evil queen for a while, can’t I be a little wicked? AmazonKU
THE NAMING (CREATURES OF THE NIGHT) by Adrian Blue
Ailish is in the business of new life. Born into a long line of midwives, she has traveled the valley countless times in the dead of night. But tonight is different. Tonight, she is not alone on the lonely road. A creature of darkness and legend wanders the same path. The voice of death. But he has not come for her life. He has come for everything else. AmazonKU
ASHBORNE: DEFIANCE (EMBERQUELL ORDER BOOK ONE) by Aimee Lynn
His greatest battle isn’t war… it’s wanting her. Just weeks from an arranged marriage to a man old enough to be her father, Lady Grace Barnslow encounters Voski, a dark, enigmatic dragon rider from a neighboring kingdom—who despises her on sight. While Grace was born to a world of silk and silver, every privileged choice determined before her birth, Voski is everything the realm admires in a Furyknight: An accomplished man of few words, with intellect and wiles as sharp as his blade, and the casual courage to ride dragons. He is cold to the point of cruelty, yet Grace is unable to resist his savage allure. Voski refuses to trust a noblewoman who smiles sweetly in the ballroom, yet navigates the shadows with all the skill of a spy. When he finds her following him, he intends to return home, leaving her in the velvet cage of the enemy’s castle. But his plan is waylaid when a wild dragon Chooses her—and bonds his dragon. Together the pair are sucked into the bonfire of a she-dragon’s heat. Voski goes to war with himself, and the draw of a dragon bond. Yet, in the wake of his triumph at resisting both, he finds himself standing not on the bloodied field of victory, but in the ashy remains of what might have been. If he cannot overcome the scars and open his heart, Grace will be lost forever. Not only to a rejected bond, but to the type of man Voski despises: A noble of power who sees not a woman, but merely a womb… and the prestige riding her blood. AmazonKU AB
NOT ANOTHER HAPPILY EVER AFTER (TRAGICALLY EVER AFTER BOOK ONE) by A R Schilling
In the realm of Riches and Ruin, a curse cast by the fallen Fairy Godmother threatens to rot away everything both kingdoms hold dear–including the one heart capable of ending it. With hope running out, there is only one choice left: place the still-beating heart of the half-dead princess into the hands of a the not-so-charming prince and force a union that might mend what the curse has broken. That is, if the masked knight sworn to deliver her heart doesn’t steal it for himself first. AmazonKU
COPPER KETTLES AND CURSED KITCHENS (QUILLHAVEN MAGICAL COZY MYSTERIES BOOK 15) by Tessa Silver
A forgotten kitchen. A century-old curse. One recipe for disaster. A mysterious crate addressed to “the Keeper of Honeybell Market” delivers a treasure trove of antique kitchenware to Hazel Honeybell’s door. The copper pots, wooden spoons, and handwritten recipe book are beautiful, valuable . . . and steeped in dangerous magic. When Hazel cooks with the tools, her customers are overwhelmed by memories and emotions that aren’t their own. Laughter turns uncontrollable. Grief becomes unbearable. Soon, several people are hospitalized with hallucinations, and Honeybell Market is forced to close. With some serious sleuthing, Hazel discovers that the cursed tools once belonged to her great-aunt Rose, the forgotten owner of a café that stood on the same ground a century ago. With help from Quillhaven’s favorite witch, Annie Hart, two opinionated Siamese cats, and a charming antiques expert whose magic may unlock the past, Hazel must uncover who cursed Rose’s kitchen and why. But breaking the spell will require more than magic. It will demand truth, forgiveness, and the courage to reclaim a story someone tried to erase. In Quillhaven, some recipes should stay buried. AmazonKU
SKY TITANS (DEITIES BOOK ONE) by Linda Mooney
It’s time for the earth to be cleansed. Released after eons of being imprisoned and tortured, Aeron and his three brothers are ordered by the remaining old gods to bring the Apocalypse upon the world. Humanity has failed them too many times, and the Reckoning is overdue. As the deity of the air and sky, it’s Aeron’s duty to bring about massive storms to wipe out civilization. Tornadoes, hurricanes, lightning – all are at his bidding, and Aeron is more than willing to do whatever he is requested to do. He will mete out the worst he can conjure, as long as it means he’ll no longer be bound within the hot, dark confines deep within the bowels of the Earth. Ceris Shahan is terrified of flying. But when the president of the company demands she be at the summit conference clear across the continent the next day, she has no choice but to take the next plane out. If her phobia wasn’t debilitating enough, they run into turbulence that doesn’t end. Tossed about, bruised and injured amid the ugly black clouds that continue to engulf them, she and the other passengers soon realize they will not survive. When Ceris spots a figure outside the window, a man who appears to be standing amid the thunderheads and is surrounded by an aura of light, she starts to doubt her own sanity. Yet, when the man turns to find her staring at him, the look of stunned disbelief on his face is undeniable. She shouldn’t be able to see him, but she can. Realizing what this could mean, Aeron decides to risk everything, even his freedom, to rescue and protect the woman from the annihilation of all mankind.
GLADIATOR MOON: A SAMANTHA MOON MYSTERY (VAMPIRE FOR HIRE® BOOK 39) by J R Rain
When vampire private investigator Samantha Moon is ripped from her world, she awakens inside a brutal interdimensional coliseum where warriors from across space and time battle for the amusement of powerful beings watching from the shadows. Giants. Demons. Alien creatures. And now… Samantha Moon. They know exactly what she is: a vampire detective with superhuman strength and abilities powerful enough to make her a worthy champion. But the arena’s rulers made one mistake: They underestimated how far Samantha Moon would go to destroy the violent games themselves. As Sam fights for her life, she’ll uncover more about the mysterious forces behind the games… and why she was chosen. The arena wants a champion. Its masters want a weapon. But Samantha Moon has never been good at doing what she’s told. Now she’s fighting to survive, to uncover the truth, and to tear down the games from the inside. After all, the most dangerous thing in the arena isn’t the monsters. It’s Samantha Moon. AmazonKU
DIVINE MONSTER: A DEMON MAFIA ROMANCE (THE DEMON SYNDICATE SERIES BOOK THREE) by Emma Dean
There are some monsters even demons fear. Nova knew Dex was a monster when she fell for him. She just didn’t know what kind. Trusting a demon was never part of Nova’s plan, and falling for one definitely wasn’t. But Dex isn’t just a demon. As the truth about his past begins to unravel, everything Nova thought she knew about him is called into question. His power. His family. His secrets…and the forces controlling him. After everything she’s gone through, Nova knows that walking away may be the smart choice, but she’s never been particularly good at doing the smart thing. Especially when it comes to Dex. Dex has spent his entire life believing there are things better left buried. But he can no longer hide from his past, and protecting Nova forces him to turn to the last person he ever expected to ask for help. Now that Dex’s carefully guarded secrets have come to light, Nova has to decide whether the monster she knows is more dangerous than the angel she doesn’t. Because some secrets are more dangerous than others. And some monsters might just be divine. AmazonKU
SAVING HER DRAGON: A DRAGON GUARD LEGACY (THE DRAGONS’ FATE BOOK TWO) by Julia Mills
He survived the Demon. Can he survive life in the real world? Garrett is free. After years of captivity, torture, and a darkness designed to break the bond between Man and Dragon, the Guardsman has finally escaped Leviathan. He has his Dragon King back. He has his Clan. And most importantly, he has Sydney, the woman the Universe made for him. He should finally be able to breathe. So why does Garrett keep waking up in places he doesn’t remember going? Missing time seems understandable. Nightmares. Trauma. The lingering scars of everything Leviathan did to him. It takes time for the heart and mind to heal. Sydney has waited too long to find her Dragon Man to let fear—or anything else—steal their future. Whatever Garrett is facing, he won’t face it alone. Because something isn’t right. The nights are getting worse. The missing time is becoming harder to explain. And the man who survived Hell is beginning to wonder if freedom was only the beginning of the fight. Amazon Apple Books Kobo
ONCE SWINDLED (LACK AND LUSTER) by Laura Sebastian
The Ryskamp family fortune is in trouble. And Arden’s gift for invisibility can’t stave off his creditors…or the shame of catastrophic courtships. His only recourse is to marry a highborn Luster girl of his great-aunt’s choosing. But when Arden goes to meet her, another woman catches his eye: the copper-haired beauty who ran away with his heart. And engagement ring. Newly betrothed to yet another wealthy bachelor, Mavis has gone by many names—Arabella then, Delphinia now. Unlike the Lusters, however, Mavis lacks magical abilities, relying instead on her charms and her cons to get by. But no amount of money can repay her debts. And no amount of distance could prepare her for a reunion with her first mark. Thrown together by fate, Arden and Mavis put aside their past to pull one last con that could save them both. The only price may be falling in love again. This time, for real. AmazonKU AB
NOBODY TOLD ME THRIFT SHOPS SELL DRAGON HEIRLOOMS by Lindsey Devin
Rafe Virelli has spent his whole life watching his family’s history disappear piece by piece — sold, stolen, and scattered across a city that doesn’t know or care what it’s holding. He’s down to one missing relic and no leads, until his law firm’s intern shows up wearing it. Quinn Bradley didn’t mean to become the reason a half-dragon shifter starts showing up at her office. She definitely didn’t mean to negotiate her way onto his case, get pulled into rigged auctions and museum standoffs, or end up in the middle of an actual heist when a rival collector decides Rafe’s family relics are worth killing for. She just wanted a law degree and a dog with a stable temperament. Instead she got a client who fixes her door locks at midnight, a dragon who’d burn down a mansion for her, and a front-row seat to exactly how far someone will go to protect what’s left of their family. The relics can be replaced. This can’t. AmazonKU
A DASH OF WOLF (MOONLIGHT BAY COZY ROMANCE BOOK ONE) by Jenna St James
Retiring from PADA was supposed to be the easy part. After years of undercover work, werewolf Mason Wolfe is looking forward to a quieter life as the new Chief of Police in Moonlight Bay—a charming supernatural seaside town where the biggest excitement should be directing traffic during festivals. Instead, on his very first day, he arrests the town’s favorite troublemaker. Adeline Beaumont is a witch, bakery owner, environmental activist, and firm believer that if something can’t speak for itself, she’ll do the shouting for it. Whether she’s chaining herself to bulldozers to save endangered magical creatures or handing out enchanted pastries that brighten someone’s day, Adeline has never met a cause she wouldn’t fight for. Then there’s Princess Muffin Top. After accidentally drinking an assertion potion, Adeline’s smoke Maine Coon developed the unfortunate habit of saying exactly what’s on her mind. Now every customer—especially the handsome new police chief—has to endure her endless stream of sarcastic commentary. And right now, her favorite thing to do is poke fun at the new chief with embarrassing nicknames like Chief Howls-at-the-Moon and Wolf Boy. As sparks fly between the law-abiding chief and the law-breaking baker, trouble begins brewing beneath Moonlight Bay’s picture-perfect streets. Someone is determined to get rid of the centuries-old pact that has held the town together, and now it’s up to Chief Wolfe and Adeline to figure out who wants to destroy Moonlight Bay…all while fighting off their attraction for each other. Can a rule-following werewolf and a rule-breaking witch learn to trust each other before danger comes calling? Or will their budding romance go up in smoke before it ever has a chance to rise? AmazonKU
CLAIMED BY THE WOLF HEIR by Delta James
For years, my secret has kept me alive. Saving one wounded alpha may cost me everything. I’ve spent years making certain no one discovers the truth. I’m the Northern Pack’s healer—calm, controlled, untouchable. Because I have to be. The day anyone discovers I’m an omega is the day I lose everything I’ve built. Then a dying alpha crashes into my mountain cabin. I should have let him die. Instead, every wound I heal tears another crack in the walls I’ve spent a lifetime building. Eirik Valdisson is everything I can’t survive. A packless alpha. My patient. The heir to a stolen territory. And the one wolf whose scent makes my carefully crafted suppressant start to fail. The longer we’re trapped together, the harder it becomes to separate duty from desire. He swears he’ll never use my secret against me. But a packless alpha needs an omega to reclaim his birthright. And I no longer know if he wants me…or the future only I can give him. Because once my secret is exposed…there will be no hiding again. AmazonKU
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“New” is generally plus or minus a week or two. I try to catch up on ones I missed in recent months. And I may mention ‘special items’.
NOTE: I’m doing my best to avoid listing anything generated from use of AI but it’s sometimes tricky to detect from the resources I have available. As far as covers go, I list the Amazon cover whether it’s AI or not.
I do NOT cover every single new release in SFR/FantasyR/PNR. I never have. That would be an impossible task for any human! I assemble my list by hand every week based on various informal inputs, and I do curate the list to some extent…
Some authors aren’t in KU but still don’t list books with Apple or other platforms. This report is very time consuming to prepare so I’ve always had to limit myself and cannot go and look up every book on all the platforms. If an author gives me their other buy links, I include them here but generally I develop the post on my own, not from author-supplied information. I curate and prepare this post individually every week to help connect readers/books/authors and I have to be very careful not to give it so much time as an activity that I don’t write my own novels! Thanks for the feedback and happy reading!
