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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ROCK HARD ALIEN: STARLIGHT GARGOYLES #1 (INTERGALACTIC DATING AGENCY) (STARLIGHT ALIEN MAIL ORDER BRIDES BOOK 10) by Skye MacKinnon

She restores ancient stone for a living. She’s about to bring one very grumpy gargoyle back to life. For nearly five centuries, Cairn has stood watch over a historic Scottish castle. Literally. An alien gargoyle trapped in stone, he’s waited through wars, storms and the passing of empires for the one woman destined to wake him. The only problem? Humans thought he was just another statue. Traditional stonemason Georgie has spent her career restoring Scotland’s historic buildings. Cleaning centuries of moss from an ancient gargoyle should have been just another day on the job… until the statue opens its eyes. Now an impossibly handsome winged alien insists she’s his fated mate, and an intergalactic matchmaking agency may be their only hope of finding the two friends who crashed with him. There’s just one tiny complication: stray too far from Georgie, and Cairn turns straight back to stone. The only way to keep him warm, winged and hers is to let him taste her blood. After hundreds of years alone, Cairn has finally found the woman who can bring him back to life. Convincing Georgie they’re meant to be together may prove even harder than surviving nearly five centuries as a statue.

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BLACK MAMBA (NAGA BRIDES BOOK NINE) by Naomi Lucas

One day my territory is all mine, and the next, there are several spaceships outside my nest. Then I see her. A brown-haired beauty with tears streaming down her face. Enthralled by her sorrow, she becomes my obsession. I… want tosave her. So, I wait for her, getting ever closer. Until one day, she leaves her ship and sees me. And now that she has…I will stop at nothing to make her MINE.   AmazonKU

AFTERBURN (ALIEN BRIDE RACE BOOK EIGHT) by Sybur Phyre

Solara – There isn’t a person in my life who understands or accepts me. Not my mother, either of my siblings, any of their friends, my coworkers, or my uncles. They’re all entitled, affluent types that love the way money talks. When they discover what I’ve been doing on my own, without their consent, they use their power to wreck my life. Fortunately, they didn’t find out about my Alien Bride Race entry. So I leave everything behind to take my chances on finding an alien mate. I never expected to see suave, confident Onidus again. He’s the only one who ever looked at me as a person, someone with inherent value other than money. Our shared trauma is what changed us both and made us different from our peoples. He’s grown into a skilled soldier far beyond my comprehension, and feelings emerge that I’ve tucked away for years. I know his pretty boy smirk isn’t genuine, that deep down he’s still haunted by why happened. He makes it his mission to protect me, even if he won’t admit it. Onidus always seems to show up right when I need someone. No one has ever backed me up before, not like he does. So I start to do the same for him. I can’t afford to lose him…(more blurb on ebook seller’s platform)      AmazonKU

THE LAST INFINITY by Alexis Ames

VS Note: FF SFR.

Cal Hunter is a cryo, a person who was cryogenically frozen after his death in the 22nd century. Resurrected four hundred years later, he now lives in the 26th century and works as a time traveler for the time agency on Mars. After a mission goes disastrously wrong, Cal returns to his present to find that he’s seriously altered the timeline. All life on Earth and the Moon has been wiped out, leaving only a failing settlement on Mars of fewer than two thousand people. Even worse, Cal can no longer time travel due to his injuries. The only person who can fix the timeline is Renata Carr, a teenager from the 20th century. She’s brought out of cryogenic suspension, and a reluctant Cal is put in charge not only of her training, but also her well-being. Meanwhile, Renata grapples with the grief of waking up in a strange century on another world while also coming of age—and falling in love with the daughter of one of Cal’s friends. When disaster strikes the settlement, the timeline for humanity’s demise rapidly speeds up. While Cal knows he must send Renata on a mission she isn’t ready for, and which will likely kill her, he is torn between saving humanity’s past, present, and future, or the girl he’s come to see as a daughter.      Amazon     Apple Books     Kobo

CLAIMED BY THE WRAITHS (RIFT WRAITHS BOOK THREE) by Elin Wyn

She was his anchor. Now she’s his undoing. Control is my armor. The shadows are my weapon. The Khavai bond is a fire I will never touch. It is too dangerous, too consuming, too easy to turn into a weakness. My mission and my crew are all I have left. But now she is in danger. Jessa, my anchor, my friend, the one person I cannot lose, has walked into the enemy’s den. To get her back, I will unleash the darkness I have kept chained. They think they are trapping an easy target. They are about to meet the monster she commands.      AmazonKU

DANCING FOR THE MINOTAUR: MONSTRUM KINDRED by Evangeline Anderson

Her cheating ex threw her away. An eight-foot-tall Minotaur is ready to worship her. Terra never expected her second chance at love to come in the form of an eight-foot-tall Minotaur alien. After her cheating husband leaves her for a younger woman, Terra is struggling to support her kids and elderly mother when she meets Taurex—a massive Monstrum Kindred who treats her with more respect in one night than her ex did in years. Taurex knows immediately that Terra is his fated mate. But after sensing how badly she’s been hurt, he refuses to rush her. Instead, he offers her a job managing his chaotic intergalactic import business, where Terra quickly proves just how smart and capable she really is. Soon their professional relationship becomes impossible to keep strictly professional—especially when Taurex takes her aboard the incredible living Monstrum Mother Ship, where everything is grown instead of made…and some very naughty alien flowers have ideas of their own. Terra is finally learning what it feels like to be treasured. But when danger from her old life follows her, Taurex will show everyone exactly what happens when someone threatens a Monstrum’s mate.      Amazon     Apple Books     Kobo

MILKING HER BEEFCAKE (HUCOWS OF ICORA BOOK FOUR) by Vivian Murdoch

When a Human Bull Becomes the One Thing She Can’t Afford to Lose – Ethan × Zilara – I wasn’t born for Icora… but I was born for her. One wrong moment, and I ended up on a planet where humans are auctioned like livestock. Yet, somehow, I’m the useless joke no one wanted. No milk. No purpose. Nothing to offer. But Zilara bought me anyway. To Icora, I’m her bull. Her property. The docile human who kneels when she commands and knows his place at his Rancher’s side. Behind closed doors? She knows exactly who’s in control. I’m addicted to the way she surrenders to me. Obsessed with every breath, every tremble, every moment the woman who owns me lets herself become mine. But Icora doesn’t care what happens in private. Humans who can’t produce milk have no value, and one wrong move could cost me the only place I’ve ever wanted to stay. So I’ll kneel for her. Behave for her. Let an entire planet believe I belong at her feet. Because when we’re alone, she belongs in my arms. And I’ll do anything to keep her there.

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DEEP FAKE (SHIFTER HACKERS BOOK ONE) by Lorelai M Hart

VS Note: MM SFR

The threat came from the internet. But I never thought the resolution might come from the same place. When threatening messages began to come, first to my email, then phone, then social media, I did what any sensible person does and blocked the senders. Before I could congratulate myself on my logic, the messaging continued. Different senders, same message. Doubled down. Deep Fake is the first installment in the Shifter Hackers mpreg series by Lorelei M. Hart. It is a super-sweet with knotty heat mm shifter mpreg romance featuring an alpha ferret shifter lurking in the darkness, the omega human who stumbles on the hacker by mistake and really needs his help, an adorable baby or two, and a guaranteed happily ever after.      AmazonKU

SUBJUGATE (COMPANIONS TO THE LEVIATHAN BOOK FOUR) by Deiri Di

She’ll do anything for her man, even take him captive. Andrea – I just want a man. A man will solve all my problems, and take away all the stress of being trapped on a spaceship going somewhere I don’t know where. I am willing to do anything and anyone to achieve my goals. Even if the man is really an alien. INF-GRA 32811 – I’ve been taken captive by a human woman. She has managed to use my biological suppression system against me, and is keeping me trapped with that mouth of hers. The thing is, I don’t want to escape. If I escape, the chip inside my head that forces me to do things will lead me to my death. This woman who has taken me captive? She’s my only hope. Subjugate is a fun, playful story about two mentally trapped people who find their HFN by giving each other exactly what they need.      AmazonKU

BOYD: GALACTIC CYBORG HEAT SERIES by Jessie Rose Case

Boyd… A soldier, a warrior, a man….. Cyborg. Allara. Bold, beautiful, and knew her own mind. Seeing him…… Not so much….Deployment to a new world was always interesting. People would often ask her why she did it. In all honesty, she wasn’t really sure. She’d find somewhere that needed her research skills, that had a specific job, normally with a definitive ending, either time frame or result and she’d move on. Or like this time, they’d sort her out and she’d take it or not. The challenge was always interesting. She found at an early age that she had an affinity with numbers. She was always counting, evaluating, calculating; her mind rarely turned off even in sleep. It was just how she worked. How her brain worked. There were sequences in life, most people never saw them. But they were there. Everything had numbers. Numbers that had to balance. Had to work. If even one of those numbers was out of balance, things died. It was a very simple equation that no one took any notice of, just accepted that they were there. The problem with that was no one was watching what they took for granted. Until it was often too late. Until too often the damage was done. Until often people started to die. She didn’t look for what was there, she knew that…(more blurb on ebook seller’s page)   AmazonKU

A HISTORY IN HORTICULTURE: STEAMPUNK VICTORIAN MURDERY MYSTERY (LADIES OF WACK BOOK THREE) by Stephanie K Clemens

VS Note: Not listed as a romance. Reviews of earlier books mention “splash of romance” and “light romance”. No idea what WACK stands for.

A murdered mentor. A contested inheritance. And secrets powerful enough to kill for. It’s a new semester at Grantabridge University. Along with the beautiful flowers of spring comes the hope of no more dead bodies, the possibility of none of Lady Corinne’s machinations, and a new professor! Wilhelmina Schultz, Willa to her friends, has settled comfortably in her apprenticeship routine with the apothecary and mentor, Rupert Benson. That is, until she meets her new professor and begins to doubt her place in her chosen career. Her professor is just the beginning of her problems. The apothecary shop is broken into more than once, someone’s watching the shop … and then she finds the body. Every clue the Ladies of WACK uncover leads to more secrets to unravel. Mysterious medications. An apothecary who lost his license. Coded records to difficult to decipher. Can the Ladies of WACK solve yet another murder? Only time will tell.     AmazonKU

THE PLANETARY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE DECIDED WE NEED A NANNY: A LOVE STORY by Jennifer Cody

VS Note: MM SFR.

Ollie: So there I am, sitting at my desk in the call center I work in, answering tech questions about a sprinkler system I know full well is absolute shit, when all of a sudden there’s alien space ships in the upper atmosphere, and Armageddon is on. Well, that’s what I think until I meet our new alien overlords, and it turns out they’re here to save the planet and all its lifeforms, because apparently the galactic government values all life. Weird, I know, but according to the aliens here to take charge of Earth, we’re close to exterminating ourselves, and that just won’t do. So now we have alien nannies, and I probably wouldn’t admit it aloud to anyone I know, but I might have a crush on mine. It’s the size difference, I swear. The Planetary Systems Preservation Committee Decided We Needed a Nanny is a 40k, MM science fiction romance between a giant alien and his tiny human. Tropes include: alien invasion, some type of egalitarian utopia, mind control (sort of), unrealistic size difference, a chubby MC, extreme body modification (in a good way), and science fiction techy stuff that rides the line of fantasy.       AmazonKU

ALIEN HEALER’S MATE (LATHARIAN MATE PROGRAM BOOK SEVEN) by Mina Carter

She escaped his medical bay for fries. Now the galaxy’s most possessive healer is taking her off-station himself…Delilah Sawyer has always been the disaster… the impulsive one, the broke one, the woman nobody chooses. Waking from a coma on an alien space station should convince her to take life more seriously, but escaping medical for a free burger seems perfectly reasonable. Unfortunately, her terrifyingly handsome and sexy alien doctor disagrees. When Kellat is ordered off-station, he refuses to leave his runaway patient behind, sweeping her aboard his shuttle for a road trip she plans to enjoy whether he likes it or not…He’s supposed to monitor her recovery. Not obsess over her smile, threaten every male who looks at her… or imagine her as his. Kellat V’Raav is the empire’s most disciplined Lead Healer, a battle-trained wall of muscle, silver braids, and iron control. But Delilah is prickly, reckless, endlessly talkative… and the most beautiful thing he’s ever seen. He knows something she doesn’t: the Mate Program has declared them a ninety-nine-point-eight-percent match. Now all he has to do is protect her, resist her, and keep that secret until she’s ready to hear it. Even if he’s one growl away from showing her exactly who she belongs with…Then a medical conference exposes just how extraordinary Delilah’s recovery really is. Powerful researchers want answers… and some of them are far more interested in her DNA than what she wants. He’s determined to protect her without claiming her. But when danger closes in, the healer may have to unleash the warrior underneath.       Amazon     Apple Books     Kobo

BLOOD WE STEAL by Kaye Blue

VS Note: Zombie apocalypse with the Mafia. Cliffhanger.

Men who run the Albanian mob don’t look twice at the plain, plus-size accountant who cooks their books. That’s exactly how I got close enough to bury one. Now Rubin Marku is serving life, and it’s my fault. Eighteen months later, he has me dragged to his jail to ask me one question: How much did they pay you to betray me? Lucky for me, the dead start walking before I can answer. Now the man who swore to kill me is the only thing keeping me alive. His words promise death. His eyes caress me with hate. His hands torment me with pleasure. But he’ll never, ever kiss me. Blood We Steal is the first book in a dark apocalyptic mafia trilogy. If extremely obsessive mob bosses, plus-size accountants, forced proximity, enemies-to-lovers, and deliciously dark BWWM romance at the end of the world sound good, you’re in the right place.       AmazonKU

INNOCENCE CHAINED (CAPTIVE MATES OF THE WARLORD TRIADS BOOK ONE) by Corin Cain

I will let them chain me at the Breeding Rite while dozens of slavering, murderous alien triads fight for the right to claim me. Because it is my only chance at revenge. Aurelians tower over humanity like Greek gods. Giant and powerful, with honed bodies, marble skin, and relentless primal needs, they wield ancient weapons in battle. But these branded monsters have cast off all honor. They murder. Enslave. Breed. And I came to kill every one of them. I was promised I would never Bond to an Aurelian. The chance that I could be the one woman in the universe able to bear a triad’s sons was too small to matter. Then three warlords crush every rival driven mad by my virgin scent. They win me. And when they claim me, all three ignite inside my mind. The Bond lays their terrible will bare to me. It lets them feel my terror, taste my shame and desire, and press against every lie protecting my true identity. It twists my darkest needs, rewards every surrender, and tries to turn me into the obedient broodmare their Priests demand. Now I am trapped inside a Spire filled with women their Rites have already broken. The man who murdered my parents is somewhere within it. And the three warlords chained to my mind would slaughter anyone who tried to hurt me. But I came here to destroy them. The deeper the Bond grows, the less I know who to trust…And who I will have to kill.    AmazonKU     AB

THALEN (DRAGONII HEARTS: THE MATES OF NEW HAVEN BOOK TWO) by Leona Winwalker

VS Note: MM SFR.

Sometimes the dream you’ve been watching from afar is waiting for you among the stars. Evan Morales has spent years dreaming of a farm, a family, and a life far from the crowded city. After a brush with death finally convinces him to stop watching other people live his dream, Evan takes a leap of faith. He applies to foster-to-adopt—and follows his favourite YouVid creator, Jesse Wilson, by applying to become a colonist on New Haven. He knows the odds of being matched with one of the planet’s Dragonii settlers are slim. He never expected to beat them. Thalen has spent five lonely years helping build New Haven, using his environmental science skills to turn an alien homestead into a place he can call home. Quiet and shy, he’s resigned himself to a life without a mate—especially one willing to share his isolated little corner of the colony. Then Evan arrives. Neither man expected the stars to hand them exactly what they’d secretly wished for: a farm, a mate, a house full of animals, and children who need a family to call their own. But sometimes the greatest adventure in the universe isn’t finding a new world. It’s finally finding home.      AmazonKU

ENGINES OF REASON: ELDER RACE BOOK II by Adrian Tschaikovsky

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

On a planet where stories govern identity, where science and magic are merely a point of view, a fallen princess, a reluctant wizard, and a precocious child must unravel the past to shape the future. betrayal, ancient myths, and a clash of worlds converge in this spellbinding tale of courage, friendship, and self-discovery from one of science fiction’s most compelling voices.      Amazon     Apple Books      Kobo

HOW MY FAKE ALIEN BOYFRIEND LEARNED TO COOK AND SAVED THE FAMILY BUSINESS by

Lola is out of luck and almost out of time. After moving home to take over her family’s restaurant, Southern Charm, Lola has been working her butt off to keep the place open. But business is getting worse, and she’s not sure how much longer she can hold on. If only wishing on a shooting star could solve all her problems…Kal is an outcast with something to prove. When Kal became a human expert, he had one goal in mind: to go on a mission to Earth. But Kal can’t stop screwing up at work—including accidentally launching himself through space and landing in Roswell Falls, a small town in the mountains of Tennessee. Mistaking Kal for a job seeker, Lola hires him as a line cook and quickly realizes he’s a bit…unusual. Even stranger—she finds Kal charming. And kind. And pretty much everything she could have wished for. Except Kal has an out-of-this-world secret, and Lola’s already got enough on her plate.       Amazon       Apple Books      Kobo

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

VS Note: I had to feature this book from my backlist this week – book one of my Intergalactic Dating Agency Soldiers of the Ardannan series from 2025! (Book 4 releases SEPT 14 amnd is on preorder here: 

TREYLON: SOLDIERS OF THE ARDANNAN BOOK ONE (INTERGALACTIC DATING AGENCY) by Veronica Scott

Prince Treylon of Ardanna isn’t looking to find a fated mate on his one week R&R at the Intergalactic Dating Agency’s new Resort Planet. He wants to relax with friends, enjoy casual fun times with the human woman he matched and then return to active duty on the Sector’s frontlines. He certainly wasn’t expecting to find the one woman who could change his entire life. Rosalie Lenox lives a life of quiet desperation on Old Earth, juggling multiple jobs, with no future. The all-expenses paid invitation to spend a week at IDA’s Resort Planet and possibly find a serious romantic partner was impossible to resist. She quit her jobs, packed her thrifted vintage clothing and took the plunge. Only the man she was matched with doesn’t want anything serious…and he’s an arrogant prince. Will a week together on the lush Resort Planet change their minds about each other? Danger for both lurks in unexpected places as the romance heats up. The Intergalactic Dating Agency has been successfully matching humans and aliens for centuries. Now they’ve expanded to also operating a luxury resort just in time to help the interstellar Ardannan kingdom find human mates in hopes of smoothing their way into becoming well accepted Sectors citizens and allies. Every eligible Ardannan male between the ages of 20-50 has been ordered to spend a week at the resort with the woman the IDA algorithm says is their match These are a few of their stories. A 25K word novella crossover between the Sectors SF romances and the Intergalactic Dating Agency. It’s not necessary to have read any of the interconnected Sectors series to enjoy this book.

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FROST AND VENOM by Christine Feehan

VS Note: Listed in Paranormal and Ghost Romance. Read reviews on Goodreads (mixed) and saw no mention of PNR elements so I don’t know, folks.

Surgical and trauma nurse Harlow Frye loves the small town of Knightly, where breathtaking views of the Sierra and a tight circle of female friends provides a refuge from her professional life. But lately, it’s Harlow’s personal life that’s causing all the chaos. First, a series of anonymous threatening letters are left in her mailbox. Then, Harlow is dealt a blow when her friend Lawyer dies after reacting to some sort of toxin. And to top it off, Harlow finds her secret obsession, CIA operative Hawkin Wilder, bleeding out on a mountain trail. As Harlow turns her home into a makeshift hospital, her infuriating, attractive patient insists on distracting her. But even in the face of their increasing connection, there’s no way Harlow can ignore the escalating storm, when someone else close to her is struck down by the mysterious toxin. With little more than intuition to go on, Harlow turns to the five friends who have proved themselves to be a better family than her own flesh and blood. As the women attempt to unravel the killings, they will need to rely on their instincts and their connection to each other—or else they’ll lose everything they’ve come to hold dear.       Amazon     AB     Apple Books     Kobo

DRAGON DESCENDING (FIRE AND CLAW BOOK TWO) by Jennifer Allis Provost

Dragons value family above all else—but when a dragon shifter can’t shift, how will he protect the ones he loves? Lochlyn Blackmoor, the last dragon shifter in Alessia, has lost his ability to shift. Heartened by a prediction that he will shift again, Lochlyn retreats to Dragon Ridge with his beloved wife, Rosalie. They’re content to enjoy a quiet life, until they receive unsettling news from the capital city. The king’s seer has been marked for death, all because she helped him free Rosalie’s sister from the king’s clutches. Despite his current weakness, Lochlyn embarks on a mission to rescue the seer with his brother-in-law and spymaster in tow. Almost immediately, one of their few allies—Arthus Flameborn, Grand Master of the Order of the Phoenix, who also happens to be Rosalie’s grandfather—abandons them. As they run out of time and options, Lochlyn turns to a former foe for assistance: Basilisk, the same rogue shifter he freed from the Order’s dungeon, and nearly killed him. Basilisk proves himself a worthy ally, and his vast knowledge Alessia’s royal family comes in handy more than once. As more of Basilisk’s past is revealed, Lochlyn learns Alessia’s darkest, most dangerous secret, information so deadly It could unravel everything he’s ever known. To make matters worse, the ruthless Grand Master wants to form a relationship with his granddaughter, Rosalie, and he doesn’t care who he hurts in the process—not even Rosalie. And only a dragon can overpower the Grand Master.     Amazon      Apple Books       Kobo

TRACKING SNOW: SPICY SNOW WHITE RETELLING (THE LOST GIRLS BOOK SIX) by Holly Roberds

Seven boyfriends wrapped up in one body. And they all want a turn. Almost everyone I know and love is magically gifted, while I’m just a plain powerless human. Which I find deeply unfair. I try to make up for it by becoming Boston’s least official vigilante. I have all the qualifications for that: insomnia, sick knife-throwing skills, and zero sense of self-preservation. When a hooded stranger crashes my rooftop routine, my rescue attempt turns upside down. I mistook him for a loner, but The Seven is never alone. He’s one man broken into seven pieces, and every piece has its own power, its own temper, and its own reaction when I smile at him. And beneath them all lies the shard they keep chained. The one I’m warned never to provoke Poking things I shouldn’t is kind of my brand. While they can’t agree on whether to push me away or keep me close, they all agree on one thing. Nobody touches me but them. I’ve spent my whole life wanting magic. Now I want the man who has more of it than anyone in Boston. But Boston is turning uglier by the night for magic-kind, friends of mine are starting to disappear, and the deeper I dig, the closer I get to the one part of The Seven that scares me.   AmazonKU

AN OMEGA IN TROUBLE (HIS ALPHA FANTASIES BOOK ONE) by Lorelai M Hart

VS Note: MM. Shifters.

My partner lost me to another alpha in a twisted card game. He made the bet while drunk, but the winner took it seriously. And the next morning, he came to collect. The man my partner bet to an inside straight on was a career criminal who always got what he wanted. Except me. When I heard the hushed conversation, I took off, threw my phone out the window, and never looked back. I’ve received threatening online messages from my partner and anonymous numbers, but I’m hoping here, in the desert, at my new job, I won’t be noticed–or found. Our resort is for making alphas’ fantasies come true but one night when a guest asks me for a drink, I realize, he’s about to grant mine.   AmazonKU

FAMILIARS AND FOUL PLAY (CRONES OF A FEATHER pnr COZY MYSTERY BOOK FIVE) by Beth Dolgner

When Hazel Underwood and her coven of middle-aged witches stumble on a dead body in the woods, it sure looks like the work of dark magic. Unfortunately, the case falls under the jurisdiction of a non-magical town, and the sheriff there is looking at the witches a little too closely. Meanwhile, the coven has to protect the town’s resident Bigfoot, Barry, when a Bigfoot hunter rolls into town. Is it a coincidence that the hunter has ties to the murder victim? While the residents of Foxfire Haven struggle to protect their magical secrets from being discovered, Hazel also has to deal with the growing energy vortex inside her home. As the energy grows, more and more witches’ familiars are being drawn into the chaos.     AmazonKU

THE ORC IN THE DINER: MONSTROUS NEW YORK BOOK FIVE by E M Sauber

I blame jetlag and hormones for the best night of my life… the one that led to all of my dreams coming true. What better way to celebrate my return to the city than with a night out with my bestie. Except when she ditches me, I’m not quite ready to call it a night…especially when a lonely orc across the bar catches my attention. One thing leads to another, and— I’m sure you can figure out the rest. Imagine my surprise when I show up for my interview as head baker at Cream Me Up and find none other than Phil. Not only is he the double knot-wielding orc I slept with last night, but he’s also my new boss! I have no choice but to let him down gently. Hopefully, I don’t break his heart too badly, but I have dreams to chase, and Phil is a walking distraction I don’t need. By the grace of the Mother Tree, I convince him to hire me and keep things platonic. Except fate has another curveball up her sleeve, in the form of two pink lines. Turns out, forgetting to take your birth control and being knotted by a big, sexy orc has consequences. But Phil makes sure I can have my cake and eat it too. As we navigate the ups and downs of pregnancy and parenthood, he solidifies a place in my heart, promising a future that’s bigger and brighter than I could have ever imagined.      AmazonKU

NOT BROKEN (THE WOLFVERSE) by Sam Hall

She wanted to learn how to ask for what she wanted. Falling for three men was never part of the plan.
Nadia has never been good at asking for what she wants, especially in the bedroom. Determined to change that, she makes an appointment with an intimacy consultant. Instead, she accidentally propositions three construction workers. Embarrassed doesn’t even begin to cover it. When Tex, Ethan, and Grey run into her again, Nadia braces for awkwardness. What she gets instead is an irresistible proposition: no strings, no promises, just three men determined to help her discover exactly what she likes. For the first time in her life, Nadia’s needs come first. As their casual arrangement turns into late-night laughter, lingering touches, and feelings none of them agreed to have. Which is a problem. They’re alphas, she’s a beta, so their fated mate is out there and it’s not her. Is Nadia heading for heartbreak, or is she about to discover she was never broken in the first place?    AmazonKU

THE CENTAUR’S IMPULSE: MM  SPICY PNR SHIFTER CENTAUR ROMANCE (BATHHOUSE BEASTS BOOK 15) by Blake R Wolfe

A burned-out CEO. A secret bathhouse. And a massive centaur who demands total surrender. Thirty-nine-year-old CEO AJ is working himself into an early grave. When a concerned friend stages an intervention, AJ is ordered to visit a discreet, anonymous bathhouse in the warehouse district to finally disconnect from his stressful life. He expects a simple hot soak, but quickly discovers the club caters to both humans and monsters looking for a no-strings-attached release. After a very hands-on encounter in the main pool, AJ is directed to a private upstairs room for some specialized stress relief. There, he meets Dimitrios—an eight-foot-tall, magnificent centaur who knows exactly how heavy the burden of constant control can be. Dimitrios doesn’t just want to give AJ a massage; he wants to strip away his need to manage everything. Bound in silk ropes and left completely at the mercy of the commanding creature, AJ discovers that surrendering to the beast’s intense, otherworldly pleasure might be the only way to truly save his life.     AmazonKU

CURVY SOLD MATE (BEAUMONT LOTTERY MATES BOOK TWO) by Layla Silver

He rejected me, bought me, and bound me to him. And there’s nothing I can do. It’s been years since my brother’s best friend broke my heart. He obviously disliked my big body. Now the magical lottery has cruelly chosen me as his mate. I really want to refuse. The problem is that I’ve been kidnapped by a rival pack. And now my mate buys me “free.” So here’s what happened. The enemy pack took me and put a suppression shard into my skin. Hence, I’m severed from my wolf and the pack bond. I’m effectively useless. Defenseless. When my supposed mate pays the ransom and tells me I’ll be marrying him pronto, nothing changes. I’m still useless. Defenseless. And utterly at the mercy of the wolf who rejected me. I helped dismantle the old lottery system. Now I’m bound by the new system I helped build. I’ve spent years running from him. I can hold myself in a fight. But not against him. I desperately try to hold myself together, but one look from him, and I break open. I was forced into this bond, and the worst thing? My plus-size body feels like it’s always been tied only to him. Will he claim me as his rejected, fated mate whether I want to or not?      AmazonKU

BUMPY, THE GARGOYLE SLAYER by Roslyn St Clair

Destiny is what you make it, Bumps, and I want to make you mine. Bunny Winters, aged twenty-seven, knows a vampire when she sees one, and Alain D’Ange, famous financial genius, and too-hot billionaire, is it. Or him. Whatever. The point is, she’s trained all her life to be a slayer, and slaying him, even if it is on national television, is just something that a girl with a destiny has to do. Unfortunately, when she stabs him in the chest, her stake splinters, leaving him very much alive. Worse yet, she gets hauled off to jail for attempted murder. She’s just beginning to wonder if she’s actually slayer material when the vampire-with-the-impenetrable-heart shows up to rescue her. Of course, he comes bearing an ultimatum: be his fake girlfriend for a month, and he’ll help spring her from jail. Honestly, it should be harder to swipe yes on his offer. Instead, it’s far too easy. Alain isn’t a vampire. He’s a gargoyle. Very different kind of thing. He’s not a guy who can be done in with a silly wooden stake, because stone will beat wood every single time. Since he was born to protect, and since Bumpy (his nickname for the slayer) clearly needs protection from her own worst instincts, he needs to find a way to excuse her assault upon him. Unfortunately, the only thing he can think of is to tell the world she’s his actress girlfriend, taking advantage of a global audience in order to promote her new play. Now, he just has to make her into what he needs her to be, even if it’s only for a month, and hopefully salvage both their reputations and livelihoods in the process. Oh, and somehow, he has to manage to not to fall in love with the bouncy blond, because gargoyles and humans don’t mix. But there she goes, slaying his heart.      AmazonKU

MONSTER MATCHES: A COLLECTION OF SHORT AND STEAMY MONSTER ROMANCES by Ami Wright

Want to take home a monster? How about five? This collection of short, steamy monster romance stories will get your blood pumping and your other parts… quivering as you dive into the world of Ami Wright’s Grumpy Monster Bosses and Monstrous Deals. Imagine what it would be like to be an escort to a monster? Or to have a grumpy monster for a boss. Five different monsters, five different fantasies. Escape your reality and take home a monster today.      Amazon

LOVE AT FIRST FRIGHT: MM PNR by TJ Rose

Haunting #362: Grimthorne Manor, nr Devizes, Wiltshire – History: Built 1347. 21 confirmed deaths, 37 suspected. Current owners bought it sight unseen—big mistake. Wanted: Immediate ghost removal. Renovation crew refuses to work after “flying hammer incident.” The ExorSquad Team: Star employee Brad Harrington (works alone, prefers it that way) & new recruit Charlie Hayes (doesn’t believe in ghosts—yet). Additional notes: Unusual EMF spikes detected near the music room. Recon team reported “aggressive 90s alternative rock” playing at 3am. Black smudges appearing on bathroom mirrors—appears to be eyeliner. P.S: Avoid the basement at all costs. Charlie – I’m broke, I’m desperate, and I’ve just signed up with ExorSquad—a ghost-busting company that’s definitely conning vulnerable people out of their life savings. But hey, minimum wage is minimum wage, even when it means spending multiple nights in a crumbling Georgian manor with my new colleague Brad, a complete tosser. The job’s simple: pretend to clear out the ghosts, collect our fee, go home. Easy, right? Except the locals keep crossing themselves when I mention Grimthorne Manor, the renovation crew literally ran away screaming, and I just got locked in the attic with…(more blurb on ebook seller’s page)     AmazonKU

DUPED: A PUSS IN BOOTS OMEGAVERSE RETELLING by Zoey Indiana

She was supposed to be invisible… until she used a pack of Alphas to rewrite her fate. Mireya Vale has survived by being nothing. No scent. No heat. No power. When she’s handed to the Blackthorn Pack, she doesn’t beg for protection. She asks for boots. With sharp lies and ruthless strategy, Mira transforms a struggling pack into a rising force, binding an Alpha leader, a cunning Beta, and a deadly enforcer to her side. The more they rely on her, the more dangerous she becomes. And the cracks in her carefully hidden Omega nature begin to show. Because Mira isn’t just building power. She’s hunting a monster. The Ogre of Briarhold has never been challenged and never lost. Until Mira walks into his territory and dares him to prove his legend. But when her secrets unravel and her scent finally surfaces, the pack she’s been manipulating must decide. Will they control her… or burn the world to keep her?      AmazonKU

ALFIE (WERE ZOO BOOK 25) by R E Butler

Wolf shifter Alfie is more than ready to find his soulmate and finally settle down. When he and his friends go out for a drink after a long day at the safari park, the last thing he expects is for his soulmate to walk through the door. Fresh off a bad date with a creep who won’t take no for an answer, Myla agrees to meet her future sister-in-law at a nearby bar. When the creep follows her inside, the sexiest man she’s ever seen steps in and shuts him down—calm, confident, and unmistakably protective. She doesn’t know why she feels so safe with Alfie…only that she does. And when he asks her to dinner the next night, she says yes. Alfie and Myla are drawn to each other like only soulmates can be, falling fast and hard. But Alfie hasn’t told her about his shifter nature, and the secret weighs heavily on him. When Myla begins to suspect he’s keeping something from her, he brings her to the park and reveals the truth. Everything she believes about him is wrapped in a secret so serious she can never tell a soul. Will Myla keep Alfie’s secret and choose the life he offers? Or will she wish she could go back to the night they met and never find out the truth…that shifters are real and she’s the soulmate of a wolf?    Amazon     Apple Books     Kobo

WE STEAL THE FLIGHT (THE BLOODSTONE ACADEMY SERIES BOOK THREE) by G Bailey

I grew up inside a lie — a pocket world built to keep everyone trapped and no one the wiser. Now that ends. With my newfound family beside me and a plan to tear the illusion down for good, I go back for my mates. Only they can’t leave. One spell went wrong. Two lives were taken. And the people I love are running out of time. This is my final year at Bloodstone Academy — and if I’m not careful, it will be my last.     AmazonKU

SORCERY’S ECHO: PNR URBAN FANTASY (DEMON TALES AND FAIRY GAMES BOOK FOUR) by 

It’s Halloween. Time for witches and ghouls and… a sacrifice. Trapped in the human realm, Aidian d’Alamine is cursed with an ordinary life. But he’s a fairy and a demon, and ordinary is… well, for ordinary people. His only way out is to find his way through the veil and go back to pitting demons against fairies in a war that will see him ruler of the realms. At least, that’s the dream. In the meantime, he’ll distract himself with the demonologist Orion Stone. Shy and sweet…Or is he? Orion made the worst mistake anyone could make. He befriended demons for a ticket to the other side of the veil and got… well, a vengeful troll who speaks to him through his Ouija board. Now he has secrets to keep and a magic stone to steal. In the meantime, he finds himself entangled with his neighbor, a flippant, flighty beauty who seems to have no need for furniture, adores candy, and wants a smoothie bar on every street corner. An innocent…Or is he? Everybody wants the stone, everybody has a secret—all Orion wants is his life back, but when he’s kidnapped by a group of people who might or might not be human, he vows to find out who they are and free himself from their power plays. And right behind him is the cheerful Aidian, who may or may not have secrets of his own. Enemies await them, and something in a house with a long dark history of evil is stirring from its slumber.

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LIAR’S MARK (ORCS OF THE SEVERED TUSK BOOK TWO) by Lia Frost

I forged a letter, stole a seal, and talked my way into an orc trade caravan as a diplomat I invented three months ago. The commander looked at my letter. Looked at my hands. Included me anyway. Gurn doesn’t talk. He grunts. One-word answers. I’ve been reading people since I was fourteen, and he’s the first person where the surface and the interior are the same thing. I can’t read him. I can’t stop watching him. Every night the best portion of meat arrives at my place by the fire. He caught me on a mountain ledge and held on longer than the catching required. And when I stop performing long enough to sit beside him in silence, he says one word. Better. The lie is going to collapse. When it does, and the commander asks who I am, my answer is the worst one possible. I don’t know.    AmazonKU

FORMERLY MINE AND OTHER VAMPIRIC AFFLICTIONS by V V Strange

Eleanora “Ellie” – I’d been working for him for five years. I’d loved him for almost as long. But it was time to face the truth: while he understood exactly what I was to his ambitions, he would never see me as anything beyond that. And he never would. It was almost The Gleaning, when they said Mother Nature was kind enough to leave something behind for those who endured. I had begun to think what was left behind was simply what no one had chosen first. So I left, before I became that definition. Constantine – My record keeper resigned today. For five years she had maintained my estate, scheduled my feedings, prevented at least two political catastrophes, and reminded me–on more than one occasion–that threatening the town council constituted “poor diplomacy.” I had assumed this arrangement would continue indefinitely. Instead, she left and informed me she had accepted employment elsewhere. This was problematic. Because after she left, I discovered three things. First, the house had become unbearably quiet. Second, my life was significantly less interesting. And third, the idea of another male employing her provoked a degree of violent rage I had not experienced in ages. Humans, I had been told, valued courtship. I had never seen the necessity. But I was centuries old, extremely patient, and rather adept at acquiring what I wanted. And I had just realized what that was.      AmazonKU

TICK TOCK, DARLING: PETER PAN RETELLING (DARK EVER AFTER FAIRYTALES BOOK FIVE) by M Guida

Women have always been the easy part. Until her. I’m a smuggler for the vampire mafia—magic, weapons, secrets that can start wars. I don’t do attachments. I don’t chase what I can have for a night. Then I meet the one woman who couldn’t care less who I am. The most powerful witch in New Orleans. The woman who cursed a beast…and walked away untouched. The Keeper of the Christmas Veil. She’s stubborn. Infuriating. Completely unimpressed. And the one woman I can’t stop thinking about. When the vampire mafia orders me to protect her until Christmas morning, she makes one thing perfectly clear. She doesn’t need me. Then Peter Pan escapes the Hollows. The boy who never grew up. The monster who will destroy both the Elder Dimension and Earth if he reclaims his shadow before midnight on Christmas Eve. He kidnaps Tinker Bell. Now the only way to stop him is to cross into the Elder Dimension, find the Christmas Star, and bring her home before time runs out. Because Pan has no idea what he’s started. I don’t chase. I hunt.      AmazonKU

PROTECTED BY THE ELF PRINCE by L Rose and Lila Rose

VS Note: MM PNR.

Landon has always kept one foot firmly planted in the ordinary world. He’s an accounant after all. But then he discovers monsters are real… and an elf prince insists they’re fated mates. Dashiel has waited centuries for the one person destined to be his. The moment he meets Landon, he knows he’s found him. However, convincing his human is another matter entirely. Landon isn’t ready to believe in fated mates. He’s still trying to accept vampires, shifters, and elves exist. But the more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to deny the bond growing between them. And when danger comes calling, Landon must decide if he’s ready for a love he never saw coming.     AmazonKU

FOUNDLING (MONSTROUS WORLD BOOK SIX) by S E Wendel

She wasn’t supposed to survive…Far down the line of succession, Leita was perfectly unremarkable amongst her powerful family. That was, until the line was extinguished in a single night. Now the last of the royal fae, Leita must wear the crown she stole and break her people of their subsistence on magic. Surrounded by suspicious courtiers and a capital in ruins, Leita’s only solace is a seer’s promise—that her dream of love and a family will someday come true. Everyone wants him dead…All Attalus Princeps wants is to live—not the simplest thing when his eldest brother is the cruel king of dragons. Being the affable, carefree one of his many siblings has kept Attalus alive; no one bothers plotting with or against him, and that’s just fine. Except, now someone has. Or, that’s what the king thinks, and there’s no reasoning with him. Flight is a wounded Attalus’s only hope. But the fates must have a sense of humor, for even as he lays dying, the life he knew reduced to ash, he finds himself exactly where he needs to be. With her. A love forged in fire and fate…Leita isn’t what the faelands needs but all it has. This dragon claiming to be her mate isn’t what she imagined nor wished for. But she’ll have what she was promised, and no fae, no ancient magic, not even an enraged dragon king will take it from her.      AmazonKU

SPLINTER: SNOW QUEEN INSPIRED ROMANTASY (MFM OMEGAVERSE) by Sabrina Silver

She set out to rescue the man she loved. She never expected another Alpha to change what love could be. For two years, Sable has waited to choose Garren—the blacksmith’s son who has loved her long before the world learned she was an Omega. When he disappears on the eve of her Choosing, she knows he didn’t abandon her. Someone took him. The only person willing to help her cross into the frozen realm of the Snow Queen is Cayden, the Tower’s disciplined captain and the Alpha whose presence awakens a bond Sable refuses to acknowledge. He could claim her by instinct. Instead, he gives her something far rarer. A choice. Deep within the Winter Court, Sable finds Garren alive—but transformed. The shy blacksmith she remembers has become the Snow Queen’s favored consort, seduced by the power and purpose he never believed he deserved. To save him, Sable must convince him that he was always enough. But the closer she grows to Cayden, the more impossible everything becomes. Because loving one Alpha no longer means she cannot love the other. As the Snow Queen moves to bind Garren forever, Sable, Garren, and Cayden must confront the lies that have ruled their lives—that love must be earned, that worth must be proven, and that every heart can belong to only one person. If they cannot choose each other freely, Winter will claim them all.     AmazonKU

OF MAGIC AND MURDER (MURDER IN MOONBURROW BOOK THREE) by Sarah Spade

What happens when he’s a cursed wolf and you’re a cursebreaking witch who wants to help him… even though he nearly broke you…I came to Moonburrow for one reason: because there was an opossum shifter who seemed to be cursed. Turns out that bringing Ashton Morgan back to life was an easy fix. It’s only everything that happened afterward that was a disaster…When it comes to breaking curses, there’s no better witch in the business. However, great cursebreaking power means that my basic spellcasting abilities are… well, not very good. In fact, whenever I tried to cast an easy spell, it always backfires on me somehow. I’m used to that, though, and my sisters usually help me with any mistakes. The witches in Moonburrow are not my sisters. When one uses my magic against me and I ended up in jail for a crime I didn’t commit, I thought that was the worse thing that could happen to me. But that was before the handsome wolf shifter who I was instantly attracted to turned on me, and I’m finding it difficult to move on… especially considering my history with wolves. Riordan Lobo is cursed. I could tell from the moment we met that someone hurt him long before I arrived in town, but before I can swallow my pride and offer to help him, he disappears. He’s not the only one…The head librarian disappeared two weeks ago. Then something happens near the warded borders that protect Moonburrow from humans, vampires, and other threats. Before I can wonder what is going on, a witch is discovered murdered, her assailant obviously a wolf shifter, and I know that it’s time for me to head back to Salem—especially when the ghost wants ME to solve her case. And that’s when Riordan finally returns to Moonburrow. He didn’t kill the witch. He couldn’t have. That means he’s the only wolf in Moonburrow who isn’t a suspect—and when he comes to me, asking for help to solve the crime, he quickly becomes the only male in the cozy supe town that I can trust.    AmazonKU

THE LAST KELPIE (THE VELASCA BOOK ONE) by Amy Sumida

VS Note: MM PNR.

How do you save the man you love when the world has forgotten him? As a new member of the Velasca, an organization dedicated to preserving living myths, he’s sent to Loch Lomond to document and protect the last surviving kelpie before he fades from existence. What Ethan doesn’t expect is Áedán. Ancient, beautiful, and fiercely devoted to the loch he’s guarded for centuries, Áedán is unlike anyone Ethan has ever known. Their connection is immediate, drawing Ethan deeper into a world where stories have the power to change lives and create them. But something is wrong. The modern stories about kelpies no longer match the records preserved by the Velasca, and the discrepancy is more than an academic issue. It’s killing Áedán. As Ethan searches for answers, his assignment becomes increasingly more personal. Because every moment spent with the enigmatic guardian leaves him wanting more, and every day that passes brings Áedán closer to fading forever. Now, Ethan must uncover the truth hidden within a corrupted legend before the man stealing his heart disappears with it.      AmazonKU     AB

VAMEER: BONDED SOULS BOOK TWO by S J Tilly

Rune – Today is my thirtieth birthday. My parents mailed me a gift, like they always do, but I accidentally nick my thumb while opening the box. A tiny drop of blood wells on my skin. And without thought, I press the tip of my thumb between my lips and close my eyes. When I open them, I’m no longer in my apartment. I’m on the side of a mountain. Standing in the rain. Convinced this isn’t real, I seek shelter in a cave. But I’m unable to stop myself from moving deeper into the cavern. Where I find him. A man, lying inside a hidden chamber, sleeping atop an altar. My body is not my own as I walk closer. As I reach out to touch him. To see if he’s real. But then a force stills my hand above his face. And my heart… stops beating. The muscle freezes inside my ribs. While I panic, unable to move, I watch as a single drop of blood beads on my thumb. And falls. Landing perfectly between his parted lips. He opens his eyes. My heart finally resumes beating. I stumble back, falling…And land on my apartment floor. It was a dream. A hallucination. Not real. Except my clothes are wet. And I feel the weight of him inside my chest. Vameer – I only meant to lie down for a little while. A few weeks to rest. Gods, I just needed to rest. But instead of waking on my own, I’m woken by the unmistakable taste of my mate’s blood on my tongue. We lock eyes. My solid black orbs to her human ones. But then she disappears. When I follow her scent to the entrance of the cave, I find that the world has changed. I don’t know where my mate went. I don’t know how to find my brother. But I know I must find both of them before my enemies do. And I fear I may have slept longer than I meant to.      AmazonKU      AB

THAT’S MY ORC, TUSK OFF (CREATURE RESCUE LEAGUE BOOK TWO) by Ava Ross

I moved to rural Maine for a fresh start. A quiet office job at an orc-run creature rescue league. Maybe adopt a mossnibble. Definitely not develop feelings for my new boss. Then I met Traig. He’s seven feet of green muscle, midnight eyes, and the most organized orc I’ve ever seen. He wrote a sixty-five-page orientation manual before I started. He puts labels on everything. He brought me twenty-four cookies from the local bakery because he didn’t know which kind I liked. And when I kissed him, he looked at me like I’d reorganized his entire world. Now we’re co-leading a school partnership that could put the Creature Rescue League on the map. Meanwhile, two rescued creatures everyone assumes can be adopted separately have me questioning everything. I can see the bond between them. Traig sees reports and data that say they’re independent. The adoption application on his desk is perfect. Approving it could break two hearts. And maybe ours, too. Because some bonds can’t be measured. Sometimes, love means choosing to see what’s been there all along.     AmazonKU

TAIL ME 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

ACCIDENTALLY ON PURR-POSE (PARANORMAL DATING AGENCY BOOK 112) by Milly Taiden

Freesia Waverly is on the run. As the last royal tiger shifter and the final Keeper of the Waverly Compact she carries the weight of her entire species on her shoulders. Then a mysterious, impeccably dressed matchmaker drops into her rotting safehouse with an offer of total protection—courtesy of a panther Alpha whose touch sends heat rocketing straight through her the second their palms meet. Izei Callel is the dangerously handsome Alpha of the Callel panther pride and the head of Singapore’s premier security firm, a man who’s built his reputation on cold logic and impenetrable walls. Until Freesia. One whiff of her intoxicating orchid-and-rain scent, and his inner panther roars a single, primal truth: mate. Now holed up in Izei’s fortress estate, the tension between the stoic panther Alpha and the fierce tiger queen is hot enough to set off the fire alarms—inconvenient, considering Freesia doesn’t have time for a mate bond when assassins are hunting her and the peace treaty is one betrayal from collapsing. But when shadowy enemies close in, Freesia will have to decide if an ancient prejudice between tigers and panthers is worth more than the one man who’d burn his own empire down to keep her breathing.       AmazonKU

JUST THE POOL BOY AT THE VAMPIRE MANSION by Ariana Nash

VS Note: LGBTQ Fantasy.

I should have asked what happened to the last pool boy . . .The money’s good, and my rent is scarier than the rumors about Witherborne Mansion. All I gotta do is clean the pool, keep my head down, and not get involved. Then I meet Theo. The hot mess, party-boy vampire heir who is absolutely not my type. His brother wants him dead. Not getting involved. His mother cares more about political ambitions than her sons. Doesn’t matter to me. The neighbors are something scarier than vampires. Not my problem. But when a body shows up in the Witherbornes’ pool it becomes my business. Literally. I’m the only human in a house full of vampires, trying to work out who did it. Now I’m involved, it’s definitely my problem, and Theo is beginning to matter to me in ways that can’t end well for either of us. My name is Owen, I’m just the pool boy, and my chances of survival are absolutely zero.      AmazonKU

REIGN OF SILVER AND STARDUST (STARDUST TRILOGY BOOK ONE) by Diana A Hicks

My twin sister was murdered. To find her killer, I had to die. CATALINA – I was never supposed to survive. As the mortal spare to an immortal sister, I lived in the shadows until Ry was murdered by a weapon that shouldn’t exist. Now, justice is all I want. To find her killer, I must take her place in the Queen’s Immortal Army and become the very monster everyone fears. But becoming a weapon means losing my humanity… and losing the one man I can’t resist. VALOREK – The immortals bleed my world dry while my sister rots from the inside out. I swore to burn their reign to the ground, until I met her. Sterling is the enemy—a fierce, silver-blooded warrior of the empire that destroyed my family. But the electricity between us is undeniable. We are on opposite sides of a divided world, and falling for the enemy is a dangerous mistake neither of us can afford.       Amazon     Apple Books     Kobo

FULL MOON FRENZY: A STEAMY WEREWOLF ROMANCE by C M Nascosta

Trapp Hemming is used to being the golden boy — his mother’s favorite, the town hero, laid back and well-adjusted in the midst of his bonkers family, well-liked and desired by all. But what happens when the town hero gets dumped? When his position as the coffee shop darling is usurped, when his brother’s giant wedding pushes him to the edge of sanity, and his med school rival winds up in Cambric Creek? There’s a bad moon rising, and the golden boy’s villain era is here. Full Moon Frenzy is the third Hemming Brothers book, a steamy antagonistic enemies-to-lovers romance, with big “I hate her, touch her and die, Oh no I love her” energy.     AmazonKU

MONSTERS AND MOCHA (INSPIRED BY FRANKENSTEIN) by Sarah Beran

One a monster becomes…Darby Shelton’s future is bright—as a top graduate from the Mavorian Academy of Science and Magic, she now holds a prestigious and highly-sought after surgical internship with the famous Dr. Fransten. Sure, he might treat her more like a secretary than a fellow professional, but how can she complain when she gets to learn from the best? And unlike her other teachers, he doesn’t seem to mind that she spends the rest of her free time tinkering with gears and cogs, searching for connections between the medicine she loves and the machines that captivate her imagination. But war throws a shadow over her future, and a battle fought a little too close to home sends her on a completely different course. The wounded soldiers are brought to their hospital, among them a captain who had sacrificed life and limb to protect his comrades. Dr. Fransten might not think him worth treating, but Darby can’t leave him to suffer. It takes everything she knows of magic, metal, and medicine to save him, but at what cost? If the Guild of Medicine finds out, she could lose her position. Her mentor promises to shield her, but when a series of strange and unnerving accidents target both her and the recovering captain, Darby is left to wonder: In saving a man, has she somehow created a monster?      AmazonKU

NIGHTSHADE (WOLVES OF THE WILDWOOD BOOK TWO) by Sam Burns and W M Fawkes

VS Note: MM PNR.

Altair has been a prisoner for most of his life. First of his creator, the monster who murdered him and made him a creature of the night. Now, and for the last few hundred years, of a coven of witches who keep him in a cell, eating rats and “awakening” their members. Unexpectedly, one of the witches has a crisis of conscience and sets him free, and he’s not going to waste his chance to slip out into the woods of rural Idaho. Leo has always been the forgotten brother. He never had the intense pressure to lead that Aleks has, and he wasn’t kidnapped and tortured like his twin, Viktor. He’d be a fool to complain about how easy he’s gotten off in their pack, known for its brutality, but sometimes, he feels like he’s the outsider looking in. When he’s attacked by a stranger in the woods who’s even more lost than himself, it’s the beginning of a whole new life for both of them. No longer does Altair have to live in fear and Leo question whether he belongs. But an ancient vampire who never lets go of a grudge is determined to claim what’s his threatens their fragile safety, and it will take all that Leo has to protect his pack.     AmazonKU

BLOOD AND BONES: AN OTHERWORLD NOVELLA (OTHERWORLD TALES BOOK EIGHT) by Yasmine Galenorn

THE SPIDER SILK SCARF: A SHORT STORY by Ana Reyes

HEART OF CRONE (SPELL’S ANGELS COZY MYSTERY BOOK 16) by Amanda M Lee

Scout Randall has made it her life’s mission to fight the good fight no matter the cost to herself. So, when a new enemy arrives in town with three hellhounds in tow, Scout is ready for the fight.
There’s just one little problem. The enemy might not be who he seems. Scout has a soft spot for those in need, but this time her determination to win might hurt the people she loves most. Between the current lamia apex trying to find the nexus keys, the incoming lamia apex candidate bearing down on Hawthorne Hollow, and a new threat that defies categorization, Scout has her hands full. She won’t turn away from a soul in need, however. Scout carries heavy emotional scars, but what happens if it proves to be the key to keeping everybody safe in the present? She’s about to face off with the one thing she never wanted to deal with … her past. With the big fight around the corner, all that’s left is for Scout to assemble her team. That’s going to be easier said than done, and somebody is determined to stop her.      AmazonKU      AB

SPECTRES AND SANDWICHES: MM MPREG CONTEMPORARY GHOST STORIES (ECHOES OF SECRET SPRINGS BOOK TWO) by Minerva Howe

SPELLBOUND: A SPICE-TEMBER STORY by Angelica Grymm

PLAYING WITH FIRE (HUNTER CHRONICLES BOOK THREE) by Shawna Reppert

FATED TO THE HOLLOW KING by Angela J Ford

PORTRAIT OF A WITCH UNDONE by K S Shay

Once, Maeve Ryan was the strongest witch of her generation. But Maeve messed up a spell to contact the Lady of the Fens, an eerie Revenant who lures the unwary to their deaths in the brackish marshlands of the North Shore. Maeve destroyed her reputation, hurt her best friend Ash, and tainted herself with unbound, wild magic that transforms witches into insane Revenants. With unbound power eating away at Maeve’s mind, all she wants is to get rid of her magic. Forever. But Ash’s research into how the spell went awry leads in an unexpected direction: the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and a link between the Lady and a decades-old art theft worth $500 million. When Ash disappears through a stolen painting’s empty frame, Maeve has to follow. Inside is the Other Marsh, a haunting, deadly realm where only the Lady’s rules apply. Within this half-world lie secrets about North Shore’s history, Maeve’s failure, and the fate of the masterpieces that disappeared over three decades ago. But as Maeve fights toward the truth, she risks her friendship, her coven, and her life against enemies hiding in plain sight.      AmazonKU      AB

CHASING PROMISES (CAPTURING MAGIC BOOK THREE) by Jessica Sorenson

VS Note: A Why Choose. From the blurb for book one: “Over a decade ago, I was cursed by a genie so that I could never fall in love. If I break the curse, the creature or human I fall in love with will die a painful death. I’ve spent years fighting my emotions to protect the people in my life. But my fate changes when I make an agreement to steal a genie’s lamp in order to save my friend’s life.”

I need to save Arrow and Asher, but I’m unsure how. I’ll do anything, though, to protect them, even if it means risking my own life. On top of that, I’m growing closer to Max. And I discover something about him, something that might mean we’re connected in ways I never could’ve imagined.   AmazonKU

THE HOCUS POCUS HANDBOOK by Ann Aguirre

Thea Winter didn’t choose to be a changeling — stolen from the mortal world as a baby, raised in the wildlands by a hobgoblin named Mudge who taught her everything worth knowing. How to read the weather in a crow’s wing. How to barter with brownies. How to stay alive in a world of capricious fae courts. What Mudge couldn’t teach her was how to stay out of trouble. Which is why she’s entangled in a objectionable marriage of convenience. Or would be, but her spouse bolted. Now she has to hunt down Devan J. Fenelon, but she’s been saddled with a taciturn, humorless hunter known as Winter’s Hound. He answers only to his cousin, and she’s not looking forward to this quest at all.  Kerboros has survived the Winter Court by being exactly what they made him: relentless, invisible, and careful never to want anything at all. His life is an endless series of ceaseless commands from his reprehensible cousin, Lord Liskaal. Since his father’s failed rebellion, Kerboros has been permitted to survive only as an example to others, an object lesson as to how far one may fall. But traveling with Thea—wild, warm, impossible Thea—is a glorious torment for an enforcer who has never known freedom.  She is sunshine. He is shadow. Their love is forbidden, but when irresistible force sweeps up an immovable object, the resulting reaction might be magical.      Amazon     AB     Apple Books      Kobo

THE DRAGON’S ACCIDENTAL MANNY: MM MPREG SHIFTER ROMANCE (PARANORMAL AU PAIR AGENCY) by Colbie Dunbar

I knocked on the wrong door and walked into a job. When a live-in position lands in my lap, I don’t ask questions. Not about the wrong house I’m living in and not about the gorgeous man who handed me a home. And definitely not about his three kids who are warm to the touch, talk of flying and never take off their leather bracelets. Somewhere between bedtime stories and the way he looks at me, I’m falling for the children and losing my head over the man who hired me.     AmazonKU

STRICKEN (THE LOST SOVEREIGN BOOK FIVE) by Anna Hawke

Stripped of his magic. Dying behind enemy lines. Forced to trust a woman with secrets of her own. For centuries, Asher has fought rogues and protected the innocent, knowing that his magic demands a terrible price. His most recent mission is one he doesn’t intend to survive: he will either end the madness or become the very thing he hunts. Estelle has spent centuries resisting the tyrant’s rule, concealing her involvement from allies and enemies alike. When Asher is injured on a mission, she risks everything to save his life—including the secret that could bring ruin to the rebellion. Hunted through enemy territory, they have no choice but to trust each other. With every mile, they draw closer—and begin to want more than either of them expected. Some secrets are worth dying for. Others are worth surviving.     AmazonKU

BLUE MOON WITCH ACADEMY YEAR TWO by Annalise Clark

There’s a room beneath the library that isn’t on any map. My mother’s journal is in it. Her magic is in it. And somehow (impossibly), my mother might still be in it, trapped behind a seal she built herself, in a prison world she’s been alive inside for twenty-five years. I’m not the same witch who arrived at this school terrified of her own magic. I have Poppy and Robin beside me, and a blue-moon bloodline that’s finally waking up to what it actually is. But waking up to my power means waking up to what’s been hunting it. My father, alive and morally grey and not at all who I expected. A retired archivist with thirty years of evidence and nowhere safe to put it. A professor who isn’t just dangerous — he’s the Warden of something much older than this school, and he wants what’s locked inside that prison world more than he wants to keep pretending to be harmless. To get my mother back, we have to go in after her. All three of us. Into a dimensional prison built to hold something the Hollow Court was never supposed to find. Some things you save. Some things save you back. And some things you don’t know are love until you’re standing in the wreckage of a twenty-five-year-old spell, watching the people who walked into hell with you refuse to leave without you.      AmazonKU

THE KNAVE AND THE MOON (THE STONEWATER KINGDOM BOOK TWO) by Rachel Gillig

INK WITCH (ARCANE MAGIC BOOK ONE) by Brogan Thomas

THE CASE OF THE VANISHED CHILD: COZY STEAMPUNK MYSTERY WITH NO MURDER by Michele Cartere

In an England powered by steam and crystals, it is the regency era. The Lady of House Gray is getting old, and the matter of inheritance weighs heavily on the mind of her nephew, Lou Radcliff. He’s in line to inherit the estate, but not before little Tess Gray, an innocent three-year-old. Behind his charming smile, Lou is utterly devoid of morals, and has no intention of letting the opportunity for wealth and power pass him by. He hatches a plot, and executes it with the help of his wife. Tess vanishes without a trace. 15 years later, her Godfather hires a private investigator to look into the disappearance. The busy detective delegates the preliminary phase of investigation to his daughter, Anne. However, even with the help of her two cousins, Anne will find the culture of Regency England at odds with a young gentlewoman who asks too many questions, with too little authority. She and her cousins will need all their wits—and a touch of clever subterfuge—if they hope to ever solve the case of the vanished child.      AmazonKU

BLOOD AND BELONGING (THE KALANARU CHRONICLES BOOK THREE) by Raven L Bardo

VS Note: Dieselpunk/romantic fantasy.

The closest family is the kind you choose. Holding on to them is the hard part. Leva has built something she never expected on Firappa: a home at the inn, a place among the people who keep it, and Zeke—a deep, settled love, even if the last of his guardedness holds a fraction of distance between them that neither quite admits. Between them runs the Kalanaru current—a bond that hums through walls, completes itself at a touch, and answers to nothing either of them can govern. Now Tama Iti has begun to teach them what it means to use it on purpose. In a grove where the air moves on its own logic and very old things are listening, Leva and Zeke learn to send the current with intention—and to understand that a power like theirs does not move in silence. Something has been waiting a long time to feel it wake. And it wakes at a dangerous hour. The balance between Borne and Kusha is tipping toward war, and islands that have kept an uneasy peace for years are sliding toward something worse. A stranger watches the inn—not the building, but two upper windows, hers and Zeke’s. And when a polished airship sets down at the aerodrome, it carries the father who spent decades refusing to give Zeke his name—and the truth about a seven-year promise Zeke has been keeping to a woman who let it go long ago. Some family is given by blood. The rest you fight to keep.       AmazonKU

MAINE EVENT: PNR MYSTERY FEATURING A GHOST DOG SIDEKICK (JERRY McNEAL BOOK 20) by Sherry A Burton

Just when Jerry McNeal thinks life might finally slow down, the spirits have other plans. Between a courthouse celebration that refuses to go as scheduled, a family project that opens the door to unexpected supernatural encounters, and a trip to Maine where the past refuses to stay buried, Jerry and Gunter once again find themselves juggling heart, humor and the paranormal. As always, the dead have stories to tell and they’re counting on Jerry to listen.      AmazonKU

THE KRAKEN BRIDE: KINGS OF FURY by Gena Showalter and Jill Monroe

Princess Bronwyn Drachenveil, famed ballerina of the dragon court, signs away three years of her life to descend into treacherous kraken territory, on a mission that could forever change her fate. Sebastian Mórisi rules Krakenströnd with ruthless precision. Desired by many, feared by all. When an ancient primordial rises from the abyss, threatening the safety of his underwater kingdom, he needs someone clever, nimble—and convincing—at his side. His solution? A fake courtship with the Swan of Ashmorra. The dragon princess now bound to his land. If Bronwyn plays the kraken king’s consort, acting as his spy, Sebastian will grant her heart’s desire. But the longer the deception continues, the more dangerous the game becomes. Because the kraken king who never believed in love…May be falling for the woman destined to set his world on fire.

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THE CANNIBAL (THE POISONER SERIES BOOK THREE) by I V Ophelia

VS Note: “…a botanist who kills unsavory men, and the one man who’s resistant to her poisons yet possesses his own deadly charms…”

Alina Lis is plunged into a Manhattan mansion that’s equal parts gilded cage and war room, finding that she is no longer the woman she was…and in fact may no longer be human at all. It is here where Alina prepares for “The Appraisal”—an ancient, high-stakes trial where her vampiric lover Silas must answer for the mass murder of his father’s Nest—as old rivalries and new alliances threaten to splinter them. However, Alina’s only hope lies with Luka, a former enemy with a knack for keeping the peace. But something is festering inside of Alina, as a hunger she’s never felt before threatens to boil to the surface, imperiling both friends and enemies alike. Betrayals mount, uncovering chilling truths that have been brewing for years, plunging Alina, Silas, and Luka into a waking nightmare from which they must escape, lest they succumb to the darkness for good. The Cannibal delivers the gut punch that longtime fans of The Poisoner series have been waiting for, that will leave readers sated like they’ve received their own vampiric kiss. The Cannibal is the rare trilogy-ender that doesn’t just raise the stakes—it detonates them, leaving readers shaken and deeply satisfied.    AmazonKU   AB

DIVINE OATHS by Elizabeth Agyemang

Westfield University was supposed to be Sianna Adu’s dream school. But just when she’s on the cusp of attending the elite academic institution hidden in Virginia’s swampland, an unexpected tragedy changes everything. In one day, Sianna loses her family and gains an extraordinary power—the ability to see lifelines and witness other people’s pasts and futures. With all she’s lost, Sianna puts her college dreams on pause and spends her days navigating dead-end jobs and a not-so-secret crush on her coworker. But when Kasem Saint James, the undeniably handsome heir to Westfield, approaches her with a strange request, the future Sianna has long deferred becomes a dangerous new reality. Worried that her powers are now tied to Kasem, she has no choice. Fate has called her to Westfield. At an academy where secret societies abound, connections are everything, and an ominous history—stretching back centuries—determines the future, Sianna and Kasem must piece together the past to undo a curse that binds them to each other.       Amazon     AB     Apple Books     Kobo

THE ENDLESS ONE (THE GRAVESINGER SERIES BOOK THREE) by Emma Hamm

Jessamine survived betrayal, death, and the gods themselves—but survival was only the beginning. Her kingdom lies in ruins. Her throne has been stolen. And the man who once murdered her has succeeded in doing the unthinkable: binding himself to a god. To reclaim her crown, Jessamine must defy ancient powers and betrayals alike—and face the enemy who once slit her throat. But now, she isn’t the innocent bride who fell to her death. She is the Gravesinger. Captured and forced to confront a fate far worse than dying, Jessamine must decide how much of herself she is willing to sacrifice to end a war. Bound to Elric, the god who loves her, she must choose between the humanity that shaped her—and the power required to tear divinity down at its source. Because this time, she isn’t just ready to kill a man. She’s ready to kill a god.      AmazonKU      AB

I HOPE THIS EMAIL FINDS YOU IN HELL by Mackenzie Reed

When staying late at the office leads to witnessing an exorcism, Brie Benson’s mundane life takes a hellish turn…literally. After her parents’ death, twenty-seven-year-old Brie has mastered the art of compartmentalization to survive her mind-numbing routine as a receptionist at a life insurance company. But when she accidentally catches her hot, uptight boss, Luke, performing an exorcism on Debra from accounting, her carefully ordered world implodes. Swearing Brie to secrecy, Luke reveals he’s from a line of demon hunters and that demonic activity is spiking. But when her emotional support coworker vanishes, Brie is determined to find her. With nothing left to lose, she convinces Luke to let her join his rescue mission. The problem? Their destination is hell. And the entrance is in Times Square. Now Brie and Luke must navigate a corporate underworld of monsters and bureaucratic nightmares while racing to save their colleague and repair a tearing veil between worlds. All before their growing feelings become irrelevant and hell claims them forever.      Amazon     AB     Apple Books      Kobo

KISS SLAY REPLAY by Rachel Harrison

It’s the picture-perfect wedding weekend: The venue is dreamy, the weather is beautiful, love is in the air—and Willa Sullivan is having a bad time. She’s excited to celebrate her best friends’ finally having the big wedding they’ve always wanted, but this is the first time she’s seen her ex-fiancé in months, and he brought a date. Everything feels off, like she stumbled into an alternate universe. But things start to look up when Willa meets Danny, the groom’s charming and single childhood best friend. When they sneak off together, their rendezvous is interrupted by a masked killer terrorizing the reception. Willa and Danny fight to save the ones they love and survive the night, but the killer is unrelenting. A final girl Willa is not. Or is she? She wakes up and it’s the morning of the wedding. She just had the most intense nightmare of her life. Only as the day unfolds, there are some uncanny coincidences that make her question whether it was really a dream, déjà vu, or something more sinister. After a horrifying turn of events, Willa comes to understand that she’s stuck in a loop of carnage and terror that she must learn how to escape or else suffer a fate worse than death—being an eternal wedding guest.

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LAND OF OZ by Various

13 original stories of dark fantasy inspired by the classic tales of L. Frank Baum and the land of Oz, from the masters of fantasy and science fiction, including M. R. Carey, Christina Henry and Adrian Tchaikovsky. Journey beyond the yellow brick road, click your heels together and enter the dark heart of the tornado… if you dare. Join the award-winning Marie O’Regan & Paul Kane as they bring together some of genre fiction’s bestselling and acclaimed authors as they explore the wild imagination of L. Frank Baum and his wonderful Land of Oz.      Amazon     Apple Books     Kobo

MANTRAS AND MINOTAURS (LEVIATHAN FITNESS BOOK THREE) by Ashley Bennett

VS Note: A “revised and expanded” re-release.

A single mom decides to take life—and love—by the horns as she falls for a hunky minotaur in this steamy monster romance. Pam Rollins is ready to date again after spending the last few years alone. Now that her kids have grown up and moved out, she’s committed to changing her life by starting yoga classes and, at her daughter’s urging, joining a dating app. She doesn’t expect much to come from her swiping, especially not a first date with buff, kind, and generous minotaur Alistair. Alistair Reid is the kind of swoon-worthy monster that every woman dreams of. After one date, Pam is feeling hopeful in love for the first time ever—and Alistair has fallen head over hoof for her. The only problem: they live states apart and have thriving lives of their own. However, as romance blooms, it becomes harder to envision a future without the other in it. Distance makes the heart grow fonder, after all.     Amazon     AB      Apple Books      Kobo

THE PUMPKIN BRIDE: A NOVEL by Fiona Buttercup

Some curses just need a cozy fire, a little magic, and a second chance to break them. A cursed knight.
Sir Bram Duncan was once a knight of legend in Harvest Hollow—until the whim of a jealous prince and the trickery of an autumn sprite turned him into the hulking orc Jask Bone-Cracker, and tethered him to Grimroot Farm. For three long, lonely years, he’s hidden his monstrous form and the truth of what happened the night he lost everything, including his true love, Princess Marigold. A runaway princess. Fleeing an arranged marriage to the vain and intolerable Prince Crispin, Marigold finds a safe haven when she stumbles across Jask’s charmed pumpkin farm deep in the forest. Sensing glimmers of gentleness—and a surprising talent for baking—beneath the grumpy orc’s imposing exterior, she begins to feel a familiar longing she believed dead when her Bram disappeared. One true love. As magic stirs and pies are baked, truths about Jask’s curse begin to surface. But curses don’t break easily, and wronged princes don’t capitulate. As their peace is threatened, Jask and Marigold must decide: cling to the lies that protect them, or risk everything for a love that could set them free.      Amazon     AB     Apple Books      Kobo

RIDER OF DRAGONS by A T Qureshi

She wants to race dragons – Genevieve’s family forbids her from joining the deadly dragon races. But she won’t let them stop her. He’s the trainer she doesn’t want, but needs – Without her family’s money, nobody will train her. Desperate for help, she agrees to a terrible deal: Qais, an alleged member of a dragon poaching gang, will train her to win the races, if she agrees to give him her prize money. Every race could be their last – The dragon races aren’t just about being the fastest. There will be sabotage, attacks and all out violence. The devastatingly handsome Qais will teach her to be cunning and cruel, and Genevieve will be forced to answer a ruinous question: to win, is she willing to lose everything?      Amazon     AB     Apple Books     Kobo

A TIME OF WITCHES by Madeline Martin

Lilith Legare’s life is unraveling. Since her mother’s death, strange things have been happening – plants turn toward her touch, animals linger in her path, and the birthmark on her arm has started tingling. Worse still is her recurring nightmare of being burned alive at the stake. Her search for answers brings her from Savannah to England, to the decaying Brackenmere Manor where the past blurs with the present. There, Lilith discovers a legacy she never asked for and along with it, the threat of peril. History must be rewritten, or she too will die. In 1645 Suffolk, Sybil Brantham stands accused as a witch. An educated, wealthy widow, she is branded a threat by men who fear her independence. As arrests begin and suspicion abounds, Sybil must protect her younger sister, even as betrayal takes root within her household. Across centuries, Lilith and Sybil are bound by blood and by danger. To save themselves, and each other, they must confront the silence that has stolen women’s power for generations—and dare to claim their voices before it’s too late.     Amazon     AB     Apple Books     Kobo

THE TOWER OF BEGGARS: STORMFELL ACADEMY BOOK ONE by Torsten Weitze

VS Note: Previously only available in Europe.

When tragedy strikes her family, Niri finds herself penniless and alone in a city determined to turn their back on ‘her kind’. Her only possession is also her only hope – a copper coin that grants her admission to the prestigious Stormfell Academy, renowned for its magical and combative training. But the coin only offers her a place to sleep, and Niri must learn to adapt and fight if she is to survive the Academy – and its occupants.     Amazon     AB     Apple Books      Kobo

WHITE RAVEN (MESSENGERS OF THE REALM TRILOGY BOOK ONE) by Stacey Marie Brown

Harbingers of enlightenment, bringers of darkness. Givers of life, tellers of death … significance flies on the backs of raven wings for those who dare to listen to its meaning. For we are the Messengers of the Realm. The White Raven was born to bring magic to the dying realm. One hundred and ninety-nine years ago the Blood War between the Ravens and the Leatherwings divided the land into Day, Night, and Dusk, cursing the land with the blood of the dead. Abandoned by Odin and his favored pets, Huginn and Muninn, the Ravens were stripped of their wings and their positions as Messengers of the Realm. Her blood holds the power to heal the land and unite the kingdoms. Wrennlyn Stallard, the King’s only daughter, had lived a life of privilege, kept sheltered in the walls of Silvervale. But on the night of her betrothal, her world shattered when an enemy from the Night Realm kidnapped her, taking her across the snowy terrain into a treacherous land called the Shadow Rift, the land between the Day and Night. His mission is to take her to the Night King. Onyx had waited months to seize her, purposely getting himself captured to work as a thrall for the Day King. Cold, ruthless, and burning with vengeance, he wasn’t prepared for the pampered, prophesized girl to be defiant, clever, and maddeningly impossible to break. Killing her would be easy, but her life is vital to a much bigger plan. Because everyone knows … he who holds the White Raven holds the power.      AmazonKU      AB

THE WOLF QUEEN’S CURSE: A WITCH OF THE WOLVES NOVEL by 

The previously quiet life of Cordelia Levine, half-werewolf, all witch, has been turned upside down. Both of her parents are now dead, and her grandmother’s vicious attack on Trevelyan, her pack’s home, has left the Albion Pack fleeing and severely reduced in number. As they recover and strategize a path forward, Cordelia is navigating her role in the pack as well as her feelings for her new husband, the Alpha. But even as their love grows stronger, the fate of the pack lies in their hands, and they must focus on finding a way to survive. The pack decides that the only way to defeat the cabal and forge a path back home is to rekindle old alliances. The journey proves complicated, however, as each Alpha they encounter has an agenda of his own. But Cordelia and Bishop will stop at nothing to protect their pack – and reclaim their rightful home.

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LOCHED IN LOVE (MONSTER BAE SERIES BOOK FOUR) by Jacklyn Hyde

A primordial sea monster spellbound to a moat. A biology major on a working holiday. An epic magical adventure across lands and seas no one is ready for. For Lachlan Macbeth, it’s been three hundred years of being locked under a castle moat, isolated and alone as he waits for the day he would find his true love and break his watery curse. Being confined to Dracula’s castle by an ancient magic means it’s impossible to search for love himself…until one human on an unlikely escapade falls right into his arms. Elena Pierson just wanted to research rare sediment samples of an untouched castle moat, but instead got a one way trip into the arms of a devastatingly handsome and fiercely charming monster. When she slips and falls into the murky depths, she gets more than what she bargained for as the couple then have to set out on a road trip to get Lachlan’s loch back. After all, what’s the Loch Ness monster without his loch?      AmazonKU

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HER CREATION (THE DARK MANOR CHRONICLES) by Jeneane O’Riley

She brought him back from death. Now he is the one thing she cannot survive losing. In 1795, in a shadowed city of the Holy Roman Empire, Victoria Frankenstein is invisible: brilliant enough to rival any scientist, yet condemned to silence in a world that forbids women their power. When her miracle surgeon father falls gravely ill, grief drives her to a heretical act. Beneath candlelight and prayers long abandoned, Victoria stitches life from death and calls a man back into cold flesh and waiting lungs. What rises from her table is not a monster. Bound to her by blood, breath, and the terrible intimacy of creation, he belongs to her in ways no living man ever could–and he knows it. He watches her. Learns her. Wants her with a hunger that borders on worship, and a possessiveness that should frighten her. As desire coils into obsession, Victoria must face the truth she has always feared: being wanted by her creation is a power she cannot control. His devotion is absolute, consuming, and beautiful, and in an empire that burns women for reaching beyond their place, loving him may be the most dangerous act of all. Because she did not simply give him life. She made herself his reason for living. And love, once stitched into existence, does not let go.      AmazonKU      AB

THE DRAGON’S ETERNAL MATE (THE DRAGONS OF NORTH OAK BOOK THREE) by Melissa Huxley

We found our enemy. Now we just have to kill them. Easy enough, right? For the first time ever, all four of my dragon mates and I are on the same page. Despite that, nothing feels easy. Enemies are encroaching from all sides, desperate to destroy what little peace we’ve managed to create while I am doing my best to keep the health of the horde intact and dealing with four mates who have the weight of the world on their shoulders. Can we find our peace? Or will the fragile happiness I’ve found be shattered beyond repair?      AmazonKU

CALL OF THE BLOOD (EVERLY ABBOTT BOOK FOUR) by K N Banet

Madness lives at the edge of every vampire’s mind. We’re driven by a need to hunt and feed on the blood of what we once were. Blood, though, is not the only thing that can drive us to madness. Alexius and I are learning that firsthand, stuck together for months, unable to leave Savannah, trapped in tight corridors as the tension rises. Conversations grow difficult and need becomes a painful thing that we both avoid. So when the opportunity arises to escape the quasi house arrest Isaiah condemned us to, we take it. My brother, my last living family member, wants to see me and I can’t resist the call. The call of the blood brought me here. It is also the source of a madness that can break me. And we’re not the only vampires who ran to escape madness.      AmazonKU

NOCTURN (WARLORD OF RUIN BOOK ONE) by Allie Santos

I’m not his bondmate. I’m the body he’ll claim until he snuffs me out. The Warlord has waited centuries—long before the Sigil burned itself into my skin, marking me for what I am: the sacrifice. The vessel. The body that will carry his bondmate’s soul while mine ceases to exist. He’s not coming for me. He’s coming for her. I hate him for it. Hate the centuries he’s spent sharpening himself into the thing that will end me. Except when he touches me, everything goes quiet but the urges waking between us. Violent. Forbidden. And I want him to ruin me before he hollows me out. Everything she knows about her world is a lie. Including him.      AmazonKU

ETERNALLY HIS (WITCHES OF PLEASANT GROVE BOOK FOUR) by Jennifer Chipman

My mate is a vampire… and I’m rejecting our bond. Ezra is insufferable, the vampire somehow always knowing exactly what to say or do to get under my skin. As a witch, something about his aura has me constantly on edge. When a paranormal attack on Pleasant Grove leaves him injured, I don’t hesitate to give him my blood. What was supposed to heal him ended up tying us together, since it turns out I’m his fated mate. Now, we’ll be stuck together for the rest of eternity unless we can find a way to break the bond. But every night we spend looking for a way out, the more I realize that there’s nothing I wouldn’t do for the mate I rejected—even if it means becoming eternally his.     AmazonKU

WHEN ASHES FALL (BENEATH THE BRIARS BOOK TWO) by Brenda K Davies

Knox – The tribunal stands at the gate of Wildwood, and Marina is demanding her daughter’s return. I stole Briar to break the curse caging the shifter kingdom, and I’m not ready to give her back… even if it starts a war. Briar – I feared the tribunal’s arrival was the greatest threat to Wildwood, but I was wrong. The power growing inside me is an ominous force with a will of its own. Every truth I uncover twists into something more dangerous, until the answers I chase lead me to a disturbing discovery. When death comes to Wildwood, I can’t tell if our enemies unleashed it… or I did. Inspired by Beauty and the Beast, enter a romantasy where ancient magic, shapeshifters, and dragons dwell beneath the briars. Dark secrets fuel a forbidden romance turning enemies to lovers with second chances that ignite dangerous desires.      AmazonKU

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