Kat has been given a chance at a new life, so long as she isn’t too scared to take it. After growing up in a life of crime, Kat has an opportunity to train as a musician at the Temple of Hathor, and she’s determined to make the most of it. But life on Temple Street is different from what she’s used to, and it’s taking more time to adjust than she’d like. And then there’s her ex. Eirene has made it clear that she wants to try again, but with Kat now part of Eirene’s world, she’s starting to wonder whether she’s good enough for her. Can Kat find what she’s looking for in her new life? Notes of Change is a standalone set in the Egyptian Empire series. It is a modern fantasy set in an alternative version of Paris where the Egyptian Empire never fell. It includes a sapphic (f/f) workplace second chance romance. If you love Egyptian mythology, alternative worlds, temple politics, and workplace romances, you should start The Egyptian Empire world books today!       Amazon   Apple Books     Kobo

DEVOTED: D’IMMORTALI VAMPIRE MAFIA DYNASTY BOOK THREE by L A McGinnis

The strongest bonds are forged in blood. And breaking them comes at a deadly price. Emberline never expected to be bound to three powerful vampires, but fate had other plans. Now she finds herself caught between passion, danger, and a destiny that could destroy them all. Her bargain with Dante was never supposed to become love. Yet their arranged marriage has deepened into something real. Gabriel was raised to rule the mafia empire. Taught to be cold. Untouchable. Merciless. But Ember is the one weakness he never saw coming until she owned his heart. Nico Draconi has always used his charm to keep the darkest parts of himself hidden. But his armor is cracking, and the truth he’s buried is clawing its way free—a dangerous secret bound by forbidden magic, one he swore would never see the light of day. As their enemies close in, Nico must choose: continue pretending to be someone he’s not, or embrace a destiny steeped in death and darkness—and risk losing Emberline forever. When Ember and her three vampire mates choose between protecting their bond and saving the empire, they discover survival will demand the ultimate sacrifice. But in the D’Immortali Dynasty, everyone goes down fighting.      AmazonKU

HUNTING ZAKI: BLACK PNR (WINTERMOON SHORTS BOOK SEVEN) by Tessa Stone

The Bouda do not kneel. Zaki made sure of that — crossing an ocean on bare feet and fury, tracking the scattered survivors of her massacred clan through territories that wanted her dead. She returns to Wintermoon with a handful of Bouda and the scars to prove what it cost her. She has a village waiting, a queen who needs her, and a duty that leaves no room for anything else. Then Tau arrives. The alpha of a displaced lion pride, migrating to Wintermoon with what remains of his people after a war he almost lost. He fought for his land until there was nothing left to fight for, and the shame of surrender sits in him like a second heartbeat. He did not come to Wintermoon to start over. He came because there was nowhere else to go. A sovereign warrior and a fallen alpha. Both carrying the weight of the people they saved and the ones they could not. When Zaki’s ridge drops without her permission the first time his scent reaches her, she does what any Bouda warrior would do — she ignores it. When Tau’s lion goes still in his chest the moment she walks past him, he does what no displaced alpha should do — he follows her. But Mother Fate does not care about pride, duty, or the walls two stubborn shifters have built around their grief. The mate bond is already burning, and Tau is not the kind of man who lets his prey walk away.       AmazonKU

BOUND BY THE SAVAGE MOON (BONDS OF SILVER AND SPELL BOOK ONE) by Hannah Haze

An enemies-to-lovers why choose romance where fate bites deep, desire is dangerous, and love is most definitely forbidden. I was trained to kill shifters—not fall into their arms. I clawed my way out of the orphanage to the top of the academy—twenty stars on my belt, one for every shifter I’ve killed, and a single promise in my heart: make them pay for the family they stole from me. Then one mistake sends me plummeting toward death—and into the grasp of the enemy’s most feared alpha. He doesn’t kill me. He saves me. Then he sinks his teeth into my arm and marks me as his mate, binding me to the monster I swore to destroy. A mage marked by a shifter is a dead mage. A mage who hides it is a traitor. If the academy finds the bite, I won’t be punished. I’ll be erased. But the wound won’t heal. My senses are sharpening into something inhuman. I’m becoming the very thing I’ve spent my whole life learning to hate—and the alpha whose bond now runs in my blood isn’t the only one who’s caught my scent. A masked executioner is closing in on a bitten mage. A wolf who’s seen me in his visions won’t let me go. And something ancient is waking in the mountains—something that will hunt us all. I belonged to no one. Now fate has decided I belong to them.      AmazonKU

HOT GHOST SUMMER: MM PNR by Sam Northman

Haunting #434: Plot 47 (Bowen’s Farm) – Number of ghosts: 76 – Location: Clawson & Stoker Land Development Group, Cockfosters, London Borough of Enfield. Wanted: A swift and discrete resolution. Bonus offered. Sometimes, dying can change your life…Paranormal expert Hollis Nachtmann is close to completing the first-ever ghosthunting app. All he needs is to study a few remaining entities, and survive another month with ExorSquad: the UK’s shadiest ghost-busting operation. When a strategic land development group offers ExorSquad a tidy sum if they’ll exorcise whatever haunts Plot 47, Hollis has an opportunity to fill a gap in his database… The problem? He has to take new recruit, Theo Irving, with him. The former country-bumpkin-turned-city-boy hasn’t completed basic training, let alone encountered a ghost. So when the incomplete building rattles and shakes, Theo’s mischievous grin is useless. When a menacing apparition manifests, his need to be the centre of attention is an unwanted complication. And, when a blast from his plasma ray kills Hollis outright, Theo’s spicy attitude can’t bring his mentor back to life. As a technomancer, Hollis has to navigate not only electrical systems, but those constant little zaps firing between him and his murderer. To help Hollis ‘move on’, they’re forced to work together to solve the haunting, but when it turns more dangerous than anyone predicted, could Hollis become the spark that keeps Theo’s heart beating?      AmazonKU

THROUGH FIRE REDEEMED (NIGHT ELVES OF  ABREIA BOOK THREE) by Kenley Davidson

Night elf legends speak of the lost Valley of Mists, where an immortal king lies trapped in eternal sleep, awaiting the fated bride who will free him from this curse…When aspiring scholar Camryn Halivard braved the deadly wilderness of Dunmaren in search of a folk tale, she did not expect to find a story without an ending. Still less did she expect to be rescued by a lethal but beautiful shapeshifter, who demands a terrible price in exchange…Break the curse or die trying. After centuries of a cursed existence, Xaviel lives only to protect the king who is closer to him than a brother. So when fate casts the fiercely brilliant but innocent Ryn as the bride who can finally free them from their soul-crushing prison, Xavi knows but one thing…Even if his heart shatters, she can never be his. From an enchanted labyrinth filled with monsters to the thorny coils of twisted fae bargains, Xavi and Ryn must endure trials that may break them… or forge them anew. But whether they win or lose, the final page of this legend will at last be written. Will it be a timeless love story, or a star-crossed tale of tragedy and sacrifice? The answer awaits.       AmazonKU      AB

THRESHING DAY (THE EMPYREAN) by Rebecca Yarros

Welcome to Threshing Day, the brutal, high-stakes trial where would-be riders at Basgiath War College fight to earn the bond of a dragon or die trying. Amid ruthless competition and dragon fire, these thirteen cadets must survive a battlefield where desperate rivals will do anything to gain an advantage and dragons decide one’s ultimate fate—and where a single choice can forge a rider…or destroy them.
Xaden Riorson, the powerful leader. Rhiannon Matthias, the clever friend. Dain Aetos, the dutiful rule-follower. Liam Mairi, the kindhearted protector. Ridoc Gamlyn, the jokester. Sawyer Henrick, the underdog. Garrick Tavis, the dependable aide. Imogen Cardulo, the impulsive fighter. Bodhi Durran, the second-in-command. Mira Sorrengail, the fearless rider. Brennan Sorrengail, the brilliant tactician. Aaric Graycastle, the restless royal. Sloane Mairi, the determined sister. On Threshing Day, there’s only one rule: don’t die. The ebook edition of Threshing Day features fifteen beautiful original black-and-white illustrations by artist Joe Requeza.     Amazon     AB      Apple Books      Kobo

DEAD TO ME (GULF COAST REAPER MYSTERIES BOOK TWO) by Tegan Maher

Rule 1: Never, ever let a dead guy talk you into a cheeseburger!
Being a reaper’s an easy gig as long as you follow the rules. The problem is, I’ve never been much good at that, especially when it comes to ignoring people who are talking to me. It seemed harmless enough, but when a client refused to go with me until he went to his favorite burger joint one last time just to say goodbye to an ex who’s not exactly upset he’s dead, it was the beginning of the end of my peaceful week. Sure, I passed on the word for him, but little did I know I’d end up investigating a murder before I even finished my fries. Now the soul’s on the run, a murderer’s on the loose, and it’s my tail on the line if I can’t get it sorted before my higher-ups find out.      AmazonKU

MOTH TO A FLAME by Ava Thorne

A curse twisted every word she spoke. She’d given up all hope, until he–quite literally–crashed into her life. Lucia Atropa has the most dangerous garden in Pumpkin Hollow and a curse she can’t escape. Every word she speaks twists in the ears of those around her, a parting gift from her family for speaking up about their patenting of folk remedies. She’s done trying to be understood. Her night-blooming flowers never ask her to explain herself, and she busies herself in her work, even as the loneliness creeps closer every night. She didn’t account for a six-foot-something Mothman with wings, a leather jacket, and a ridiculously strong affinity for lamps. Hawk Acheron just does the deliveries. He doesn’t settle down, always on the move for good reasons he doesn’t talk about. But when a broken Moon Queen flower dusts them both with its pollen, suddenly he can feel everything Lucia is feeling and for the first time in years, someone actually understands her. Now they’re stuck within each other until Halloween, when they can to break the bond for good. Surely nothing could come from two emotionally stunted people spending the most magically potent time of the year forced to stay near someone who can read their every feeling like a book. No reason why this should become anything more than a temporary inconvenience. Except the counter-spell requires them to both truly want it broken. For a witch who’s been betrayed by everyone she trusted and a mothman who’s spent his life taking care of others, choosing to trust is scarier than any Halloween fright. For two very lonely people, one fateful delivery leads to a whole lot more than a broken greenhouse window.       AmazonKU

BREADKNIVES AND BROOMSTICKS: SAPPHIC COZY FANTASY by Marie Cardno

When a magical catastrophe leaves half-troll Runa stranded far from her adventuring party, she holes up in the nearest shelter she can find: an abandoned bakery in Pothollow, a town whose quirky inhabitants jump at the chance to have someone else do their doughy work… despite the fact that Runa can’t tell a croissant from a crossbow. Runa has spent most of her life avoiding what she’s meant to be. For the first time, she discovers what she wants to be, instead. Even if she’s really, really bad at it. But when a knife-wielding priestess with the best hair she’s ever seen appears in her basement, Runa’s new life crumbles around her. Pothollow isn’t just the coziest and most strangely welcoming place she’s ever had the luck to stumble into – it’s also home to a hive of secrets. And Runa’s own secrets might bring it all down in flames.     Amazon

THE TRAVELER (SENTINELS OF MAGIC BOOK FOUR) by T M Cromer

For years, Alexander Castor has used his time-traveling ability to outrun his enemies, staying one step ahead and keeping his secrets buried in the past. Trust is a luxury he can’t afford. And relationships? Yeah, they’re a dangerous liability. But when his best friend, the Aether, sends him on a mission with Josie Stephens, a fiercely independent witch with a gift for unraveling truths, his carefully constructed walls start to crack. The Authority is hunting them. The future is uncertain. And the only constant is the woman he was never supposed to fall for.      AmazonKU

SAVED BY THE VAMPIRE THIEF (DARK WINE VAMPIRES BOOK TWO) by Jenna Barwin

Christopher – I’ve spent years surviving alone. Stealing from the ruins of the old world is easier than caring about anyone. Far less painful. After everything I’ve lost, I’ve sworn never to risk my heart again. Then I break into an abandoned missile silo…and meet her. Maria is fierce, beautiful, and determined to protect her daughter. When her arrow flies toward my heart, instinct takes over. I shoot. Maria – The man invading my home isn’t just a thief. He’s a vampire. I’ve buried two husbands. I won’t let my daughter become a monster’s next meal. But when his bullet tears through me, death is certain. Instead of leaving me to die, he saves me. Now I’m bound to a brooding vampire haunted by regret—a man who never wanted the responsibility of a widow and her child. Together, we’ll have to survive the dangers of a post-Collapse world…and the feelings for each other neither of us want.   AmazonKU

MOONLIT BITES (SPICE-TEMBER) by Brianna Malotke

Welcome to Howling Point, where love & magic collide! Now that monsters roam the earth out in the open, finding your fated mate should be easier. Right? But love is never cookie cutter perfect. Mia Wilson did what she said she never would. She uprooted her life for a guy. Everything revolved around him and his success. Until she caught him cheating and that was the nail the coffin. Now she’s determined to put herself first. Mia has sworn off men, moved states, and is throwing herself into her journalism career. But when she meets her next-door neighbor Felix, she’s thrown for a loop. Mia just came out of a terrible relationship. Does healing from heartache have a timeline? Felix is everything she’s ever wanted in a partner. Can she open herself up one more time? Or risk her shot at love? Felix Forney is a wolf shifter. Not a werewolf. As a composer and audio engineer he’s often fully immersed in his job. But he longs for love. He’s tired of being a third wheel to all the town’s events. He wants a real connection and he’s willing to wait for his fated mate. Even if means spending decades alone. When Mia moves in next door, he knows instantly that she’s the one. He even says those three little words WAY too fast – “You’re my mate.” Felix agrees to go slow and offers to help her with her current work project. They find themselves getting closer with each interaction. But, with secrets that linger beneath the surface, can the two of them agree to give in to fate and open themselves up to love?      AmazonKU

THE DEVOURING TIME: A WIDDERSHINS UNIVERSE NOVEL by Jordan L Hawk

I wasn’t even supposed to be there. My business partner, James—co-owner of Forgotten Folios Rare Book Shop—is the one who meets with clients. But an accident kept him in New York, so I took the train to Hart’s Leap, Massachusetts, to meet with eccentric book collector Zebulon Hart. I was the one who walked through the eerie marsh with its strange sculptures. Who knocked on the door of the old manor in the middle of nowhere. Who was attacked and drugged by my host. Now I’ve awakened a year and a half later, with no memory of anything that happened during that time. I don’t know where I am, or why someone is trying to kill me. My only ally is the insurance investigator who says he’s been pursuing me for the last few months. According to him, I stole a rare book, and his firm wants it back. I have to find out what happened during my missing year. Because it’s not just my fate that depends on it. It’s all of humanity’s.

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MOONLIGHT MINGLE (SPICE-TEMBER) by K R Hall

College senior Clare Bennett finds herself at a bonfire in Gettysburg, PA, surrounded by friends and the eerie tales of the Headless Fiend. But when her friends dared her to go on a blind date to the Halloween party with someone dressed as the infamous legend, Clare never expected actually to encounter the real thing. The Headless Fiend, known for taking the souls of the dying to Hell, arrives at the Halloween party to collect a soul. But when he sees Clare, he is immediately transfixed by her pure soul. He can’t help but be drawn to her, even though he knows he shouldn’t interfere with the natural order of things. Unaware of the danger she’s in, Clare mistakes the real Headless Fiend for her blind date. And as their night together progresses, she begins to realize that there may be more to this mysterious figure than meets the eye.       Amazon

TREATED BY THE OGRE (SPICE-TEMBER) by Jilli Waters

Everyone knows ogres don’t get loved. But that isn’t going to stop Kresh from treating her like a princess. I’m starting my new life post-divorce: new job, new town, new outlook on life. And my own guiding rule: don’t rely on any man. After my car breaks down on my way to a Halloween party, right in front of the ogre’s house, I’m forced to ask for a ride. He’s green, burly, and incredibly grumpy. Why can’t I stop thinking about him? How can I hold onto my resolve when Kresh’s treats overwhelm all my senses?     AmazonKU

LET SLEEPING VAMPIRES LIE  (MAGICAL MIDLIFE DEATH BOOK 18) by Tia Didmon

Power is rising. Love is dangerous. And I’m running out of time. Shadow Bone is cracking at the seams. Rene grows weaker, Siris pushes for change, and I hide the magic scars spreading beneath my skin When a new lead on the Pentacoris surfaces, it drags us into Marcus Lindholme’s secrets and deeper into danger than we expected. Club Spice gives us truths none of us want, and Constantine keeps begging me to stop using magic before it destroys me. I can’t. Not when Raven and Rene’s lives hang in the balance. Not when assassins strike again and Raven falls to a poisoned blade. Every use drains me. Every surge pulls me closer to the edge. And Constantine won’t leave my side, even when I’m the one who might destroy him. The final clue leads us to an underground auction, crawling with enhanced mercenaries and shadowed by Valerian’s presence. He watches, amused, certain I’ll break long before he does. If killing Valerian costs me everything, do I save my clan… or the vampire willing to fall with me?       AmazonKU

ENCHANTED (HOPELESS BLESSED) by Lark Taylor

VS Note: MM PNR.

Every man I’ve ever hit on has been in a relationship. Why should it be any different with my fated mate? For weeks, I’ve been able to feel my fated mate but unable to find him. Something, or someone, is hiding him from me. When fate finally leads me to him, it’s not in the way I’m expecting. I find my mate dying on the ground. I don’t think. I just heal him. For a few blissful seconds, I’m happy. I finally know who my mate is. Ethan Routliff. The most beautiful man I’ve ever met. But before we can walk the path to our happily ever after, Ethan says the words I’ve heard a thousand times before. “I have a boyfriend.” Never had I imagined that fate would be so cruel. I walk away from him, knowing I can’t make him choose me. I won’t. What I don’t realise is that it wasn’t only Ethan’s injuries I healed that day, but something far more sinister. A disease that was poised to take him from me forever. As Ethan and I become friends, I learn that my mate has been through more than I can ever imagine. And that there’s someone else who wants him. Not his boyfriend. No, someone far more dangerous than anyone I’ve ever come across before.       AmazonKU

TOXIC DESIRES (LOVING MONSTERS BOOK 10) by Faedra Rose

It’s All Hallows’ Eve and Heather Lowes is finally taking a long overdue vacation. Landing in Hawaii, the curvy botanist is ready to unwind and embrace paradise…With a mind to explore the island’s unique beauty, she sets off on an adventure, drawn into the lush, tropical forest beyond her villa by a strange and alluring scent. What she finds slumbering beneath the moonlight in the darkness will change her life forever. She had every intention of connecting with nature while on holiday—but it seems the magic of Halloween has interpreted her desires rather literally.     Amazon        Apple Books       Kobo

LADY OF UNCANNY CHARMS (WHIMBREL HOUSE BOOK FIVE) by Charlie N Holmberg

Owein arrives in England to marry Lady Cora of Leiningen, his dearest friend and confidante he’s known mostly through letters. However, Queen Victoria has other plans in store for the centuries-old wizard. The queen is obsessed with preserving magic, and she believes Owein is the key to pursuing her lofty ambitions. Torn from his family, his home, and his betrothed, Owein is pushed into the Queen’s League of Magicians, where he learns the Crown’s upheaval of his life is only the beginning of his problems. Meanwhile Cora must push aside her broken heart and use her own spells and resources to uncover truths the queen wants hidden. As new threats, former loves, untapped spells, and even older souls than Owein collide, his next choice could be his last: forfeit his heart, body, and magic to the insidious machinations of the Crown, or commit treason against it.      Amazon      AB

RAFE (IMMORTALS OF NEW ORLEANS) by Kym Grosso

He’s a hybrid who shouldn’t exist. She’s the human who shouldn’t be his. In the French Quarter, fated magick is a beautiful lie. The truth? It could cost them everything. Once brought to the brink of death and reborn through ancient vampire blood and dark magick, Alpha Rafe Beaumont is part wolf, part vampire, a rare hybrid cursed with a bloodlust he never chose. Forged by the power of the most notorious witch in New Orleans, his existence is a living nightmare. But one reckless night, fate puts Skylar Hemlock in his path, and Rafe’s tenuous control begins to shatter. Skylar doesn’t indulge in the supernatural world, let alone date immortals. But a chance encounter with the seductive Alpha sends her spiraling into a world of immortal power plays and a dangerously addictive attraction she can’t escape. A terrifying brush with the undead leaves her with every reason to fear the monsters lurking in the shadows. With darkness closing in, Rafe must decide how far he’s willing to go to save the woman he craves. Their attraction is forbidden, and loving Skylar could cost him everything. In a world ruled by blood, magick, and immortal power, desire can be as deadly as evil itself.

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BONE COLLECTOR’S MATE: MM MPREG SHIFTER ROMANCE (ALPHAS OF WHISPER GROVE BOOK THREE) by Lorelai M Hart

A lost wolf pup, a pair of broken glasses, and the alpha Fate sent to save the day. So feared no one dares whisper my name. When they catch me out of the corner of their eye they turn their head and deny seeing a thing. When others mention seeing me, they say, “No, you didn’t.” They wish I didn’t exist. I am an alpha. But not the kind anyone wants. My purpose is to watch over the dead. To gather their bones when something has gone wrong. I hang them as wind chimes in the trees, hoping the music will soothe their restless souls when all the pieces can’t be fit back together. They call me macabre. Morbid. Evil. I’m none of those things. When I wander into Whisper Grove, a hidden haven for paranormals, shifters, witches, and otherworldly beings like me, I think I’ve finally found a place to belong. A small town even a bone collector alpha might call home. But there’s one thing I want more than sanctuary. An omega. An omega to claim. To cherish. To protect. An omega who won’t look at me and see only death. In Whisper Grove, Fate has a way of binding souls together and, for the first time in my cursed existence, I wonder if even someone like me deserves a mate.     AmazonKU

MILKED BY THE BULL SHIFTER NEXT DOOR (MONSTERS OF MOSSWOOD BOOK THREE) by Ami Wright

Would you sign up to be a hucow for the bull shifter next door? My life is collapsing around me. My fiance calls off our wedding at the altar after I get the bad news that I probably can’t have children. How do I break the news to my parents and family, who expected me to be married with five kids already by thirty? Unable to face them all, I escape to the little cottage in the tiny town that my abuela left me in her will. I’m starting over: new town, new life, new me. OK, maybe I’m in denial and hiding from my problems, but can you blame me? I’m preparing to take up the lifestyle of an angry hermit, when I manage to lock myself out in the middle of a thunderstorm. Luckily my new next door neighbor is there to rescue me. Colton is a pro athlete, so he’s tall and built, but he’s also an absolute sweetheart. Oh, and did I mention he’s a bull shifter and a single dad? I was not prepared for the way he fills out a pair of gray sweatpants, or his scent after his morning run. Not that I’m looking—or sniffing him! I’m still recovering from a broken heart, and besides, Colton has his hands full. His nanny quit and his new baby son isn’t sleeping and things aren’t going well for his team. What this single dad really needs is someone to nurse his baby boy. Turns out bovine shifter magic can help with that…Can I really go through with the very intimate ritual necessary to give me what might be my only chance to nurse a baby? The very intimate ritual that involves milking him before he milks me… A better question is, can I really go through with the ritual without wishing humans had fated mates so Colton could be mine?         AmazonKU

HOW TO RETURN FROM THE GRAVE (REAPER’S MATE BOOK TWO) by Nancey Cummings

Geri won’t apologize. She broke the rules to save her sister, now she’s under review by Management. No big deal. She’s taking it in stride. She’s even growing closer to her reaper, Bazel. There’s a connection between them, something otherworldly, and it thrills her. The kisses aren’t so bad either. One problem. The dead won’t stay dead.

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ORC’S BONES (VEIL LANDS BOOK 15) by Cyn Blade and Milly Taiden

Welcome to the Veil lands, where monsters are the only ones who can save you. Xya: I was exiled for proving our sacred rules were a lie. Now the Dominion is dying, and they’re forced to crawl back to me. An ancient magic is unravelling the bone-stone of this city, and the only man standing in the ruins is a brutal Orc warlord. Thruk Varyn is seven feet of dangerous power, dark ancestral ink, and terrifying control. My job is to untangle the deadly corruption in his fortress, but being near him sets my skin on fire—and triggers a raw, possessive violence he can barely restrain. Every instinct screams to run before his power consumes me. He marked me as a threat. I’m becoming the temptation that will break him. Thruk: An exile returned. I’m bound to destroy anything that threatens my bloodline. Then a dangerous bone witch walks into my city with wildfire in her eyes. A woman I should keep behind bars. Instead, she looks at the monster in my chest and doesn’t flinch. When the dark magic forces us together in the crypts, she doesn’t back down—she pins me with her gaze and demands all of me. Now a forbidden connection burns between us, binding my soul to hers. I was built to destroy my enemies. She’s making me hungry to claim her instead.   AmazonKU

HOWL LOTTA LOVE (PARANORMAL DATING AGENCY BEEOK 114) by Milly Taiden

Forensic accountant Emma Burke likes balanced books, color-coded highlighters, and men who don’t make her forget her own name. Then she uncovers a charity embezzlement scheme, someone tries to silence her, and she crashes straight into Jace Maddox—six-foot-plus of muscle, expensive suit, and the kind of stare that makes her nipples tighten. Gerri Wilder calls it excellent timing. Emma calls it a problem. Wolf Alpha and security CEO Jace Maddox knows exactly what Emma is the second she lands against his chest. His mate. She’s smart, stubborn, mouthy, and sexy enough to make his wolf pace every time she gets close. When Gerri suggests a fake engagement to keep Emma protected, Jace is all in. Sharing his home? Easy. Putting his hands on her in public? Even better. Pretending those kisses don’t make him want to drag her into bed? That part might kill him. Now Emma is dodging killers, chasing stolen millions, and sleeping far too close to one possessive Alpha who keeps reminding her exactly how convincing a fiancé should be. But when the people behind the theft threaten Jace’s pack and come after Emma again, fake stops being an option. Jace wants his mate claimed, Emma wants the bad guys destroyed, and Gerri just wants to know whether she should order chocolate or vanilla wedding cake.       AmazonKU

EASY TIGER by Vixen Voss and Milly Taiden

Every instinct tells me to claim her. Every rule I’ve ever lived by tells me I can’t. Halsey Gallagher came to Red Pine to disappear. Sketch the trees, forget the scandal, be left alone. Just one problem…
She has no idea she already belongs to me. One scent on a mountain trail and the bond hits like a lightning strike. It’s sudden, absolute, undeniable. My tiger begs me to take her. Even as my law tells me to keep our secret. She’s sharp-eyed, guarded, healing from a wound she won’t talk about. She’s also completely human, which means she has no idea what just found her in these woods. She thinks she’s just drawing wildlife. She’s about to learn one of the things she’s been sketching has been watching her back, every single day, and has no intention of stopping. I’ve hidden what I am my whole life. For her, I’m done hiding.       AmazonKU

THE INVISIBLE ROOMMATE: A NOVEL by Timothy Janovsky

VS Note: MM PNR.

Gerard Wells loves music but hates fame —not ideal when he’s the youngest member of the chart-topping band of brothers, We the Wells. Cracking under the spotlight, Gerard runs away to a small, remote island in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay. There, he goes by “James” and takes up residence in a crumbling Victorian house on the island’s shrinking shoreline. Little does he know, he’s not the studio apartment’s only inhabitant…Mysterious and moody Emory Griffin never planned to be a test subject for his own groundbreaking invisibility research. He also never planned on sharing a room with a world-famous pop star, but needs must when you’re an unemployed graduate school drop-out who’s wanted by the local police. With nowhere else to turn, the unlikely pair agree to be temporary roommates. Their forced proximity and vulnerability lead to an unexpected romantic spark. As Halloween approaches, their secrets and feelings grow harder to keep hidden, testing the strength of their newfound bond. Could this be a love that neither of them saw coming or an experiment set to go horribly wrong?      Amazon     Apple Books     Kobo

BLUE MOON WITCH ACADEMY YEAR THREE by Annalise Clark

My mother is home. My magic is finally awake. And the people I love have made me a promise I’m choosing to believe. Now I just have to survive long enough to deserve it. The Hollow Court has been hiding something for a hundred years — a truth so dangerous that people staged their deaths to protect it, sealed their children’s magic to bury it, and built an entire shadow-government inside the High Court to make sure it never saw daylight. I know what it is now. I know where the pieces are. And the woman who’s spent forty-two years keeping it hidden knows I’m coming for her. She isn’t going to wait quietly. This is the year everything I’ve been building toward either works or it doesn’t. The year my father tries to earn something I haven’t let myself give him yet. The year Robin and Poppy and I stop being careful about what we are to each other. The year I find out exactly what it costs to be the witch the High Court spent my entire life trying to make invisible. Some truths can’t stay buried forever. I’m about to make sure of it.       AmazonKU

LOVER ENTHRONED (BLACK DAGGER BROTHERHOOD BOOK 24) by J R Ward

Allhan, a computer genius who works for the Brotherhood, has a deadly secret. Torn between what he must do and his increasing attachment to Vishous, he’s not looking for any more complications in his life. He’s not going to survive the one he has. A Royal Future – Princess Dennesha, heir to the throne of the Shadows, is a live-and-let-die kind of female. At least until she finds herself tangling in the destiny of a human—even though it goes against her every instinct and all common sense. A Terrible Choice – When Allhan and Denne meet by chance, their passion is undeniable. But a rare astrological event triggers a crossroads for the Princess to choose between love and duty: either mate a male she doesn’t love and assume the throne, or stay true to her heart and condemn the Territory to destruction. With Allhan fighting his conscience—and a lesser who’s after Wrath and the Brothers—can the two find a way out of their fates? Or are they doomed to grieve a love that could never be for eternity.

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POTIONS AND PAW PRINTS by Fleur DeVillainy

For Evie Hawthorne, Halloween is the busiest season of the year. Guests are piling into her family’s haunted bed-and-breakfast, her aunts are up to their usual matchmaking tricks, and the resident ghosts are feeling extra mischievous. The last thing she needs is romance. But when a rugged jaguar shifter checks in and accidentally gets mistaken for her boyfriend, Evie seizes the chance to silence the gossip. All they have to do is fake a relationship until Halloween passes—but nothing in Moon Hollow ever goes according to plan. Between midnight ghost hunts, enchanted pumpkin patches, and one too many “pretend” kisses, Evie and Liam find themselves caught in a whirlwind of autumn magic. And as Halloween draws near, they’ll have to decide if their love story is only for show… or the beginning of something truly magical.     AmazonKU

OCTOPI MY HEART by Amanda Meuwissen

VS Note: An expanded re-release. LGBTQ+ Fantasy.

Maybe fairy tales are worth believing in…Daren Montgomery is a fisherman in his small hometown on the coast of Nova Scotia. His heart is as empty as the waters in winter—until he meets Lilo, a beautiful creature of the ocean depths that Daren never believed could be real. Their courtship may be a fairy tale, but the gentle curl of a tentacle or wet kiss in magically warm waters has Daren dreaming of summer and a storybook ending. Octopi My Heart was originally a 14k word novelette. This expanded edition novella has a new cover and is more than twice the previous length. Expect a selkie fairy tale retelling with tentacles in this secret love affair monster romance.       Amazon        AB

THE GHOST AND THE DEAD LIBRARIAN (HAUNTED BOOKSHOP DETECTIVE MYSTERY BOOK ONE) by Cleo Coyle

As a young widow, Penelope moved back to her quaint Rhode Island town to give her young son a safer home and her aunt’s dying bookshop new life. Using her late husband’s insurance money, Pen polished the store into a local treasure. But her updates did more than attract new customers. They roused a dead private eye from his big sleep. With Pen’s affection for hardboiled detective stories, it’s no surprise she’s developed a fondness for the wisecracking yet oddly likeable spirit. Sure, Jack’s cold spots are exasperating, along with his proclivity for putting noir fiction in the cozy section. But murder was Jack’s business in life, and his PI skills come in awfully handy when the body of an eccentric librarian is found amid the bookshop’s aisles. For years, Dory jokingly called herself “The Dead Librarian” because of her hobby of collecting and writing local obituaries. Now, in death, she’s discovered with her own eerily pre-written obit. Was it a suicide note? Jack and Pen say no and their certainty takes them from a ghost town’s ancient cemetery to a posh Newport mansion. When another body drops, a mysterious stranger makes Pen a shocking offer, one that may change her life—and Jack’s afterlife. But unless Jack can help Pen prove who “checked out” the librarian, a ruthless killer may close the book on her.      Amazon     AB      Apple Books      Kobo

HEALER’S BETRAYAL (THE HEALER’S SERIES BOOK FIVE) by A J Manney

Kayla has been running for four months with nothing more than a stolen car, an empty wallet, and a seven-year-old brother who depends on her for everything. Nearly nineteen and already worn thin, she waitresses during the day, and at night she and her brother hide in a crumbling studio apartment in the worst part of town. It’s not the life she planned—but it’s safer than the one they escaped. She’s done trusting dangerous men. Jackson embodies danger. A ruthless leader among rogue wolves, he never wanted a pack—until vampires began hunting his kind, capturing rogues to create unstoppable hybrid monsters. When Jackson finally finds the healer bound to him by fate, he’s prepared for a fight. What he isn’t prepared for is how young she is…or the solemn little boy she’s protecting. But things aren’t as they seem, and betrayal is coming. They’ll have every reason not to trust each other. But if they choose to stand together, Jackson and Kayla may discover a bond worth fighting for—and a future worth believing in.     AmazonKU

AWAKENED BY HER GUARDIAN (YULETIDE SHIFTERS BOOK SEVEN) by R E Butler

Wolf shifter Gabriel has spent years protecting the Well of Magic from Jack Frost and his followers. When his wolf leads him outside one night, Gabriel finds the one person on the planet meant to be his – his truemate. Ana is one of Sandman’s most powerful dream walkers. When the god of nightmares offers her a place at his side and shows her a future where Santa and all good magic fall to Jack Frost’s evil plans, she refuses. Fleeing to the safety of Northernmost, she finds her truemate under the glow of the Northern Lights. When Nightmare targets Ana’s family to force her to join him, she returns home with Gabriel by her side to face the most powerful wielder of dread magic. Will Jack Frost’s alliance with the god of nightmares eradicate good magic forever, or will Ana and Gabriel’s bond be strong enough to keep everyone they love safe?

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FOUGHT IT THROUGH TEETH (RENGARA BOOK THREE) by Atlas Jones

VS Note: MM Fantasy

Morgan is a diplomat, not a fighter. But when a southern warchief’s marriage proposal turns out to be a front for conspiracy, Morgan is sent into enemy territory with only one protector: Bohdi, his brother’s second-in-command, and the man he has been secretly in love with for years. Bohdi is loyal down to his bones and has done everything Eskil, his king and best friend, has ever asked. But things between him and Morgan have been different since Morgan grew into a man, and Bohdi has never claimed to be a saint. Morgan is his king’s younger brother. Untouchable. Off-limits. But, alone together in hostile territory, the lines are starting to blur. When their mission collapses into violence and survival becomes all that matters, the line Bohdi swore he would never cross starts to feel less like loyalty and more like cowardice.      AmazonKU

MAZYWOOD by Tananarive Due

When Johnny—a filmmaker and grandson of the famous Black actress Mazelle Washington—brings his family to Mazywood, the secluded California mountain lodge left behind by his grandmother, he expects a quiet retreat. Instead, he uncovers a legacy of rage, secrets, and terror that has haunted his family for generations. Set primarily in the present day, with haunting flashbacks to Hollywood’s Golden Age, Mazywood explores three generations while following Johnny as he pieces together the true story of his grandmother. As a young Black actress whose career spanned from the 1920s to the 1940s, Mazelle brushed shoulders with giants like Lena Horne, Clark Gable, and Hattie McDaniel. But beneath her public appearance, she carried a secret she had kept and nurtured since she was a child, when a dark wish came true and changed the course of her life forever. Now, fifty years after Mazelle’s death, Johnny finds himself confronting the truth she buried—and the consequences she left behind. For a monster lurks outside Mazywood, hidden for generations, and Johnny brought his family to its hunting grounds.         Amazon     AB     Apple Books     Kobo

THE COURT OF VENUS by Bel Banta

In Alvion, magicians have always ruled beside kings. Blessed at birth by one of the seven planets, their abilities are miraculous and extremely rare. Magicians born under Jupiter influence luck. Saturnborn can speak to the dead. Venusborn read the desires of the living. At the moment of Bianca Mortlake’s birth, the stars and planets aligned just so, making her the first Moonborn magician in over a thousand years. A sorcery so rare that even the history books cannot say what she is capable of. After a childhood training under the realm’s most powerful magician—and alongside a most insufferable Venusborn named Roland—Bianca lives a quiet life far from court. Until a chilling missive arrives in the night, summoning her back. A mad and deadly court awaits. Two queens have met the executioner’s blade, and one wrong move could see any of them next beneath its steel. As power is pulled between ruthless royals and courtiers like the tides by the moon, Bianca must rely on the last person she would ever want to—the infuriatingly alluring Roland. Because something is terribly wrong in Alvion. And only this moon-blessed magician and her oldest rival can save the court—and each other—from the dark fate they see written in the stars.      Amazon    AB     Apple Books     Kobo

CURSED CITY (HARKER ACADEMY BOOK TWO) by Kate Golden

Welcome back to Harker Academy for Deviant Defense, where the line between hunter and hunted has never been thinner. Viv Abbot will do whatever it takes to rescue Reid Graveheart, the reformed Brood demon she loves—even if it means teaming up with his violent, unpredictable older brother, Deacon. Her uneasy truce with him offers Viv something Reid never could: the chance to embrace her darkness. As the search for Reid intensifies, Viv and her friends must maintain appearances on Harker grounds while wading into Astera’s seedy underbelly with none other than the White Stag as their guide. But when a bounty on Viv’s head puts those she cares about most in danger, Viv will be forced to go to lengths she never dreamed in order to protect them. With enemies closing in from all sides and a ticking clock on her life, Viv must save the Half City from destruction while surviving a betrayal that strikes at the heart of everything she’s fighting for. Because in a world where monsters wear familiar faces and temptation cuts deeper than any blade, making it through her second semester at Harker will take more than skill—it will take everything Viv has left to give. Who can she really trust in a city that thrives on lies?       Amazon     AB     Apple Books     Kobo

SENT TO A FANTASY WORLD AND NOW ALL THE MEN WANT ME VOL SEVEN by Jaclyn Osborn

VS Note: LGBTQ Fantasy.

What’s a muffin lord to do? When Evan awoke in a fantasy world, the last thing he ever expected was to fall in love with one man, let alone six. As for the awakening of a rare power and possible future war he was destined to fight with said powers? Forget it. He just wants a quiet, cozy life with the men he loves, drinking lots of coffee and stuffing his face with muffins. Unfortunately, fate has other plans.
With dangerous mercenaries still hunting him and two kingdoms marching toward war, leaving him trapped in the Shadow Realm with a certain fiery hot demon lord, he will soon be forced to face his destiny. Risking his life, and his heart, in the process.      AmazonKU

GALINDA: A CHARMED CHILDHOOD – A LITERARY CHARACTER STUDY FROM THE BELOVED WICKED UNIVERSE by Gregory Maguire

Who was Glinda the Good Witch before she floated down in her bubble to greet Dorothy? Who was Glinda before she became Elphaba Thropp’s magnetic and popular roommate at Shiz University? Well, before then, she was Galinda. With a “ga.” The youngest of four children in a high-born family down on their luck, Galinda is both pampered and ignored. Her natural grace promises to elevate her in the district dance competitions—but these efforts distract her from seeing the growing resentments of local merchants who disapprove of her family’s business strategies. Enmired in the self-satisfactions and unnamed timidities of childhood, Galinda finds in herself neither canniness nor the need to cultivate it. However, as her father deftly pivots around the snares and nets laid for him by his competitors, Galinda begins to dance toward a life that might lift her above her proud, if hardscrabble, childhood. Galinda reveals the girl behind the bubbly, shallow cliché—offering fans of Wicked their first richer glimpse into the life of a beloved and iconic character.

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MERRY EX-MAS by C C Dador

Which man from her past will make the perfect Christmas present? All Marygrace Silva wants for Christmas is a date to impress her big, boisterous family. Instead, a disastrous setup and an awkward run-in with her ex-best friend Robbie leave her wishing for a holiday miracle. Then a slip on the ice lands her in a time loop—reliving Christmas Eve with a different ex each time. There’s Flynn the finance bro, Dale the rising music star, Jamie the fitness influencer. Glamorous? Sure. Perfect? Not so much. Between caroling and cookie baking, Marygrace is checking exes off her list—but somehow, Robbie keeps showing up too. Maybe the love she’s been searching for has been there all along.    Amazon     AB     Apple Books     Kobo

MESTRA: A SHORT STORY by Madeline Miller

A cursed father, a gifted daughter – Mestra, daughter of the King of Thessaly, is granted a unique gift by Poseidon: The ability to transform herself into any being she can imagine. Her father, on the other hand, is cursed. As punishment for disrespecting the goddess Demeter, he is in possession of an unnatural, insatiable hunger. Devoted Mestra suggests using her new gift to help her father. But if his hunger is bottomless, how much will he take from her? Soon she must decide: Will she keep helping her father survive or finally break free?      Amazon     AB      Apple Books     Kobo

WOLFSBANE (WOLVES OF THE WILDWOOD BOOK THREE) by Sam Burns and W M Fawkes

VS Note: MM PNR.

Life is good for Daire, the spoiled heir of the head of a powerful witch coven. At least, it should be. But privilege has become his cage, and the punishments for questioning his mother grow crueler each time. But hitting Daire with a spell that stole something from one of the Wildwood pack and left it howling inside him? She’s gone too far, and Daire can’t ignore when the thing in his head starts whispering doubts he’s quietly ignored for years. His mother is wrong. The coven has veered into madness. Daire’s new conscience encourages him to follow his instincts like never before, which ends with him freeing a captured werewolf and running for his life from the witches who raised him. Taken from his pack and reeducated to be a soldier as a teenager, Viktor always expected to die fighting. But when the coven steals his wolf, he can’t even protect his pack anymore. He goes to retrieve his missing half or die trying, but a botched ritual sends him on the run from the coven with the witch who’s got his wolf and an intrepid raccoon who’s determined to help them. Forced to work together, they race to figure out what Daire’s mother has done to them before she kills them both and takes hold of the infinite power of a witchwolf. But neither witch nor wolf has ever had to rely on another before. Trust might be too much to ask, or exactly what they both need.      AmazonKU

THE SISTERS OF CRIMSON HOUSE: A NOVEL by Melissa Anderson Sweazy

Every house has its secrets. Charley Bryde is miserable in a house filled with magic. The only woman in a long line of famous psychics to not inherit the family gift, she spends her days inside Crimson House, the coveted family mansion in Memphis, Tennessee, living in the shadows of her talented older sister, Miranda. But when a shocking tragedy scatters the Brydes across the globe, Charley is forced to grow up on her own, and fast. As the money runs dry and Charley’s ownership of Crimson House is put at risk, she’s left with no other option; turn the manor into a haunted attraction and start representing the family brand with lies, cons, and expertly read tarot cards.  When a skeptic starts targeting Charley for the fraud that she is, she’ll stop at nothing to save the family legacy. But the skeptics’ arrival cracks something open in Charley that the Brydes wanted to remain buried. Deep. And when Miranda shows up unannounced after eight years away, the two will come to realize that Crimson House, and their own family, hold secrets even the greatest psychics couldn’t foresee. Secrets that will threaten to destroy them.      Amazon     AB      Apple Books     Kobo

SPELLSTRUCK: A NOVEL by Martha Waters

In an alternate version of 1920s London, vestiges of England’s magical past exist, but the use of magic has been outlawed, leading families still with powers to operate illegal speakeasies for a public still hungry for magic. Vesper Holloway runs her family club, where a dash of spell powder or an enchanted cocktail can add a little extra intrigue to the evening. But when a spate of accidents strikes these establishments, she worries patrons will flee her family’s business. Enter Maxwell Ashbridge, a onetime friend of Vesper’s brother, who has joined the government agency tasked with enforcing the ban, and who has a personal vendetta against the magical elite. But he does not have a vendetta against Vesper; in fact, he finds her rather enticing. He promises immunity for her club if she teams up with him to investigate, which does little to quell the growing chemistry they share. As accidents continue and the fight to repeal the ban gains ground in Parliament, Vesper and Max will have to decide—is the magic between them worth fighting for?       Amazon     AB     Apple Books     Kobo

THE THIEF AND THE TRAITOR BRIDE (THE HAND AND THE HEART BOOK TWO) by V L Bovalino

A ruthless spy. A deadly mission. A thief who could ruin it all. Nore Gordon is a woman of many talents: she can speak a variety of languages, disguise herself in plain sight, and has made a name for herself as a successful wine merchant. But unbeknownst to those closest to her, it is all a front for Nore’s true role as the favoured spy of the Lindle crown. Tasked with infiltrating enemy lands in search of a powerful relic, Nore is forced to engage the services of a great thief. Unfortunately, the only person for the job is her estranged husband Caspian. Both Nore and Caspian bear the scars of the disastrous end of their marriage, but if they are to survive their deadly new assignment, they must pose as a happily married couple to avoid detection. As danger closes in, Nore finds herself tangled in a web of lies and deceit-and though Caspian is at the centre of it all, she may not hate him as much as she once did. But Caspian has betrayed her before, and trust can be far more deadly than deception.       Amazon     AB      Apple Books      Kobo

ROGUEFINDER (WOLFSEEKER TRILOGY BOOK TWO) by Amy Pennza

VS Note: MM PNR.

I thought the hard part was over. I survived getting turned, beat a death sentence from the Council, and landed a mate who looks like a Greek statue and ruins me like it’s his job. Life with Jesse van der Meer was just getting good. Then the werewolf who bit me turned up alive in Rome. The same rogue Jesse killed with his bare hands. The rogue whose bite shouldn’t have been able to turn me at all. Now the Council wants answers, and they’re sending us to get them. But the trail leads straight to a four-hundred-year-old vampire who runs his empire from an opera house and has a history of eating people who disappoint him. Worse, my prophetic gift has gone dark. Jesse is keeping his worry locked behind our bond where he thinks I can’t feel it. And the closer we get to the truth about Ulfrik, the more I realize that the monsters in my new world don’t play by any rules I understand. But I’ve never liked rules. And if Rome thinks it can take Jesse from me, this whole city is going to find out that I don’t play fair when it comes to the man I love.      AmazonKU

TAKEN BY THE ANGEL OF DEATH (TAKEN 14) by Megan Slayer

One touch sends her victims to hell. But he’s already been there. Would not recommend. 0 stars. Loren knows her job. She’s an angel of death. When she allows herself to be seen, there are no survivors. She drives too fast, has no filter, and bows to no man. Then she sees a vampire crumpled on the ground. It’s not his time. She can’t leave him to die, but she won’t get involved with him. Too bad he’s cute. Michel never wanted to be turned. Never wanted to offer his services. Terminal illness? You’re going to perish anyway? Want to do it on your terms? Then he can help. It’s part of his death wish. But he can’t die. When he finds himself in the presence of the most beautiful, moodiest woman he’s ever seen, he can’t forget her. But she won’t touch him. He makes it his mission to get to know and melt her defenses so they can both have their heart’s delight. If nothing else, he’ll die trying. She kills. He can’t die. They shouldn’t work, but what if they did and the results are fire?      Amazon     Apple Books     Kobo

A FABLE OF DESOLATION AND DO OVERS by Sydney Winward

There is only one do-over. But with no more second chances left, even the smallest mistake could be their downfall. Quest Objective: Turn back time, defeat the enemy, and don’t lose her in the process. There is only one do-over. But with no more second chances left, even the smallest mistake could be their downfall. When the world as they know it ends, Lirael Vannis must turn back time to try to change the fate of the future. The catch? He only gets one chance, and changing the future is much harder than it seems. Their only hope? A runaway elf who has a running list of tally marks as a wanted criminal. Shaelis Ethoril might be a wanted woman, but at least she has good reasons for the things she’s done. But after getting tracked and chased for years, she wants nothing to do with the war with the monsters expanding across the corners of the map. It will take a miracle–or a weasel–to get her to agree to such a sacrifice. As the situation becomes dire, Shaelis and Lirael must come together to stop a common enemy, all while fighting a love that could doom them all while they’re at it. Will they succeed in defeating a powerful enemy? Or is the future destined to repeat itself?   AmazonKU

DARK DRAGON AWAKENED by Nita Round

Some victories cost everything. Kanastya has spent her life fighting. She has faced impossible enemies, uncovered long-buried secrets, and survived powers that should have destroyed her. But nothing has prepared her for what comes next. For centuries, an ancient darkness has gathered its strength while kingdoms rose and fell. Now it has awakened. And it has wings. The Dark Dragon is here, and ready to unleash fire, blood, and ruin across the Sundered lands. Kanastya cannot face it alone. To have any chance of success, she must do what no one thought possible. She must unite old enemies, forge dangerous alliances, and bring shadows, humans, elves, and dragons together against a foe that threatens them all. The war, centuries in the making, has finally begun. This time, victory won’t be measured by who wins, but by what survives. To save them all, Kanastya may have to become the sacrifice she was always destined to be.       AmazonKU

THE BLOOD DEBT: ROSE VAMPIRE COVEN VOL 13 by B A Stretke

VS Note: MM PNR.

A debt paid in blood. A rescue fueled by rage. Bram, a gentle rabbit shifter, has been abandoned by his own colony and bartered to the cruel Insky Wolf syndicate to settle an unpaid debt. Forced into a life of fear and humiliation as a disposable plaything for a vicious underboss, Bram is certain his days are numbered. Daley Reynolds is a lethal vampire enforcer for the Rose Coven, begrudgingly tending bar at the exclusive Blood Rose club for the evening. But when a brutalized little shifter is struck on the club floor, the scent of his blood shatters Daley’s control. In an instant, the vampire recognizes the abused captive as his fated beloved—and Daley will slaughter anyone who dares to touch him. Rescued from hell, Bram finds unexpected tenderness and a passionate bond in the arms of a formidable warrior. But the syndicate won’t let their property go without a fight. With a target on his back, Bram must trust his terrifying new protector to keep him safe, while Daley prepares to unleash the full wrath of the Rose Coven to secure their forever.       Amazon

TUSKS AND CONDITIONS by Zora Black

I’ve hunted things scarier than paperwork. Or so I thought…One government waiting room. One clerk with a stamp the size of my fist. One human in a coffee-stained blouse who backs directly into me at the exact wrong moment. Now Sabine Lin is legally, magically, and eternally mine. She has never once looked at me like I’m not a threat to national security. Doesn’t matter. The bond doesn’t ask permission. Neither do I. She wants an annulment. I want to know why her hands shake when I’m close to her. She calls me a bureaucratic nightmare. I call it Tuesday. That is until every enemy I’ve ever made finds out I have something to lose Now, they’re lining up to test how much of a mountain I can be when it’s her they’re after. She thinks this is a mistake the Department will fix in a few months. She doesn’t realize I’ve already ruined her for everyone else.       AmazonKU

FREED (THE CAGED WOLF BOOK THREE) by Shona Knight

Cherry has spent the past decade fighting to survive. Now she has something worth fighting for. At Starfall Haven, surrounded by the five alphas who refuse to leave her side, Cherry finally begins to uncover the truth about what she is. But peace was never meant for her. The monster who has hunted her across states is still out there. Still watching. Still convinced that Cherry belongs to him. And this time, he’s stronger than ever. But Cherry refuses to stand by while the people she cares about risk everything for her. To end the nightmare once and for all, Cherry will have to risk everything, including the one thing she’s never truly had before. A future.      AmazonKU

HERO OR HAVOC (NEVERBOUND ACADEMY BOOK THREE) by KC Kean

Betrayal was the spark. Now they should fear what they have awakened. My resurrection changed everything. Caught between a power I barely understand and those determined to claim it, I refuse to become another piece in someone else’s game. The Fates have plans for me. Leonardo Corrigan has promises. My enemies have demands. But before I can uncover the truth behind my bloodline, I need answers from the four men who shattered my trust. Because forgiveness cannot exist without truth. While ancient secrets rise from the ashes and kingdoms begin circling, one thing becomes painfully clear…The truth I’ve been searching for comes with consequences no one can escape. The only question is whether I’m strong enough to pay the price. Now they’ve lit the match, I have no choice but to become the inferno. Hero of Havoc is the third book in the Neverbound Academy Series, laced with rejected fated mates, four groveling men, and a dark and twisted academy determined to keep their secrets.      AmazonKU

BLADES AND BONE (HUNTING HEARTS BOOK FOUR) by TJ Nichols

VS Note: MM PNR.

To make a stand against the Orlan vampire family, the Ashby and Reid families agree to a treaty…and the best way to seal it is with blood. For helping his uncle, Hamish Reid finds himself offered to the Ashby family and married to the youngest brother of the matriarch. A man who is as cold a blade and has made his distaste for the treaty and Hamish clear without saying a word. Brodie Ashby doesn’t agree with his sister’s decision to form an alliance with the Reids because it feels like they are stepping into a war that isn’t theirs. The Reids only got involved because they helped Nixon Hadley. But Brodie understands his duty and accepts Hamish as his husband, a man who appears not to understand the seriousness of the situation and is determined to push every boundary. The Orlan family will not back down, as there is too much at stake. When the battle comes to their doorstep, Brodie and Hamish will have to put aside their differences and prove that the families are stronger together. When this black cat meets a golden retriever, teeth and claws come out before they build trust and find common ground and a common enemy.

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HUNT THE DRAGONS (HIDE THE WITCHES BOOK TWO) by Miranda Lyn

Some debts are paid in blood. Others in love. Syneca Black should be dead. But with her last breath, the Phoenix witch makes a desperate bargain with a mysterious stranger for a price she still doesn’t understand. She wakes in the Underworld alive, bound, and hunted. To repay the bargain that spared her life, Syneca must find a missing dragon before her debt comes due. Only Silas stands between her and the demon princes who want the stolen fire in her veins. The more she lets herself trust the man who carried her into the Underworld, the harder it gets to tell where her distrust of him ends and everything else begins. She isn’t the only one running out of time. Lucette Varrow answers to the moon now, and whatever she becomes when it rises, she doesn’t remember it. The only thing that ever breaks through is a dragon she shouldn’t recognize, and can’t stop needing. Two women descended into different kinds of darkness. Only one may find her way back.     AmazonKU     AB

THE MILLINER AND THE GRIFFIN RIDER (WYNKARA CHRONICLES NOVELLAS) by Melanie Cellier

After her parents’ deaths, Chloe willingly assumes responsibility for her three younger sisters. Giving up her position as a gentleman’s daughter and becoming a milliner is a sacrifice she’s happy to make if it means providing them a safe home. So when their futures are threatened once again, Chloe is ready to do whatever it takes to secure the one thing that could save them—a griffin egg. But acquiring a griffin egg means charming the frippery Duke of Everard, and Chloe’s schemes keep going awry. She is certain she could captivate him if only she could get past his implacable captain. Captain Harrison is disapproving and stern, and his eyes seem to see straight through Chloe’s ploys. He’s also devastatingly handsome and commands a squad of elite griffin riders—factors that should make no difference to Chloe, yet prove most distracting. She needs to focus on her sisters’ futures, not on the enigmatic Harrison or even the griffins themselves. But Chloe can’t help being charmed by the majestic creatures and their dedicated captain, and when the flock needs her help, she will have to choose between her head and her heart.       Amazon KU     AB

THE GODS ORDER (VALORIAN VEIL BOOK FIVE) by Willa Rae

The secrets we’ve uncovered have changed everything. The choices left before us will change even more. For too long, decisions made before we ever had the chance to make our own, have shaped our lives. Paths placed before us. Battles forced upon us. Burdens we never asked to carry. We’ve survived every attempt to break us. Now, the final battle is here, and everything we’ve fought to protect hangs in the balance. We will do what we must to save the Valorian Veil. We will make the sacrifices required, fight for the people who have become our family, and right every wrong that brought the realm to where it is. But when this is over, the future won’t belong to those who tried to shape it for us. It will belong to us. Those who were supposed to lead us will understand…Order was never about control. It was about choice. And this time, the choice is truly ours.      AmazonKU

MAGIC, CATS AND DUNGEON RATS  (BRAMBLEVALE: OFFICE OF UNLAWFUL MAGIC BOOK ONE) by Shari L Tapscott

Three years ago, Juniper Woodfield chose employment over marriage and came to work at the Office of Unlawful Magic in sleepy Bramblevale. She now spends her days assisting the royal court sorcerer, visiting the local bookshop, and enjoying an occasional cup of hot chocolate at the local tavern. Life is good—until her family decides she’s more useful to them with a ring on her finger. Horrified to discover her uncle is entertaining marriage offers without her input, Juniper decides she must thwart his plan and elope. The only problem is choosing her future husband. Suddenly, she has more options than she knows what to do with, and the only man she wants to marry is inconveniently unavailable. On top of that, someone has abducted her employer’s beloved cat, and a duo of bandits is causing havoc in the village. In order for Juniper to return to her peaceful existence, she must rescue the cat, rid the village of the bandits, and find a man interested in a quick, convenient marriage…Preferably before her uncle chooses one for her.      AmazonKU

NO PLACE LIKE HOMICIDE (PARANORMAL REALTOR COZY MYSTERIES BOOK NINE) by Eva Onyx

Bas Matthews never gives anything away for free. When Vylette West’s biggest rival hands her a prestigious waterfront listing without a word of explanation, she knows something is very wrong. She’s right. There’s a murdered man in the laundry — and the victim’s ghost is not going anywhere. The handsome detective has plenty of suspects, and the whole town has a theory. But the ghost has a very different version of what actually happened — if Vylette can figure out what he’s trying to tell her before the real killer disappears. Join Vylette West, a ghost-seeing realtor, along with her raven with strong opinions, and a two-hundred-year-old sea captain who takes a very dim view of getting away with murder.       AmazonKU

FINAL TIER: SUPERNATURAL BATTLE (DEMON PEAKS BOOK THREE) by Kelly St Clare

I hated my demon king mate for three years. But uncovering the wrath curse shattered my plans to kill him. Cold secrets bind my tormented king, and I face impossible odds against an ancient power. To stand a chance at saving Carmine and an entire world of supernaturals from this hidden enemy, I must break my oath and complete the mating rituals. Yet if I surrender to our powerful bond, my fate will merge with Carmine’s forever. If he dies, I’ll die, and our son will be left alone against evil. Only the ultimate gamble will satisfy the savage thirst of this supernatural battle, and that may be more than I can risk. The stakes have risen to the final tier.      AmazonKU

TORIN (FERAL MOUNTAIN BEARS BOOK TWO) by Ariana Hawkes 

They say I’m the charming one of the three—the one who’s good at talking to people. So how do I finally meet my mate? My idiot brother runs her off the road. It’s the middle of the night, she’s freaked out, but one breath of Hannah’s scent, and I know what she is: Mine. There’s just one catch. Turns out she’s just escaped a forced mating to a violent bear shifter and she needs to hide. She’s heading to a little cabin, but the only place she’s staying is under my roof. While I’m keeping her safe, I figure the best thing I can do is keep the whole mate thing low-key. Which would be easier if my bear had any concept of low-key. Has she eaten? Is she warm enough? Is she happy? Does she want to cool off in the nearby lake? Absolutely. Pretty soon I’m making s’mores by the fire, taking her swimming, and wanting to know everything about her. And judging by the way Hannah’s looking at me, low-key’s become a lost cause. Except Hannah isn’t just hiding from one thug. She has evidence that could put her corrupt sheriff father behind bars, and he’s got half the county looking for her.
Yes, I’m charming. Civilized, even. But I’m still a feral grizzly. And if someone hurts my mate? They won’t be hurting anyone ever again.      AmazonKU

BOUND TO GODS AND SECRETS by Kia Carrington-Russell

Bound by fate. Hunted by Kingdoms. Tempted by the enemy. The gods chose the wrong woman to unleash. The day our beloved king is murdered, the bindings suppressing my magic begin to unravel.
Now the power buried inside me is waking- wild enough to destroy me and dangerous enough to start a war. Hunted by those I once trusted, I flee the only home I’ve ever known… only to fall into the hands of a ruthless stranger. Regent plans to sell me at the Volmere auction alongside other exotic creatures. I should hate him for it. I should stop trying to kill him long enough to escape. Instead, the longer I remain trapped at his side, the more I realize Regent is hiding secrets as deadly as my own. The gods are whispering. The Fates are pulling invisible threads. And somewhere between betrayal and desire, kingdoms are falling, monsters are rising, and the man who chained me may be the only one who can survive what I’m becoming.       AmazonKU

MATE OF A MONSTER (LORD OF RATHE BOOK FOUR) by Meagan Brandy and Amo Jones

He betrayed their bond. Now saving him may destroy what’s left of her heart. After being cast back to Exile Island, Haide wants nothing to do with Rathe—or the King who chose another woman over her.
Legend Deveraux was once bound to her by magic powerful enough to shake kingdoms. Now he looks at her with hatred in his eyes, convinced she betrayed him, manipulated him, and nearly destroyed him. Worse? His true mate has been hidden all along. While Rathe’s court celebrates the King’s new bond, Legend is slowly dying. His magic is failing, his mind slipping further from the truth, and the woman at his side is tightening her grip on the throne. His brothers are desperate enough to turn to the one person they once condemned. Haide. She should let him suffer. But despite the betrayal, the bond between them still calls. As dark secrets unravel and a new danger rises from Exile Island, Haide and Legend are forced back into each other’s orbit, drawn together by a connection neither of them fully understands. To save his life, they’ll have to break the false bond destroying him. But restoring the true one may cost them everything. Because some betrayals cut deeper than magic. And some loves refuse to die.        AmazonKU      AB

THE SLAYER SEDUCTION (CELESTIAL WITCHES) by Sarah Blue

VS Note: Author’s note: “This is a MF(M) romance where the FMC is in a relationship with two men who share a body.”

It was a stupid vision. Now a man covered in blood was lying on my doorstep, calling me his mate. When I started having premonitions of something dangerous coming for me I had no idea that it would be a murderous vampire slayer claiming that I was his mate or that he’d been searching for me for a millennia. He’s adamant about making me fall in love with him despite my lack of interest. Especially when I learn that the man he’s possessed, Adam, is locked inside of his own consciousness. It doesn’t help that the Slayer is also trying to kill my best friend’s vampire lover or that a slew of vampires are trying to hunt him down. I wasn’t anyone’s mate, and I had no intention of letting my visions come to fruition. Keeping my coven safe and helping Adam break through the curse is paramount. Yet this inscrutable tug on my heart keeps pulling me toward the Slayer. As more danger looms around us my supposed mate is always there to protect me, and he’s far more charming than a prolific vampire slayer should ever be. The more time I spend with the Slayer…and Adam, the more my perception changes. I thought my heart would never belong to any man, but what if it belongs to two?       AmazonKU

TREASURE IN THE STORM (MOONLIGHT BAY COZY ROMANCE BOOK TWO) by Jenna St James

When Tempi Draven and Ronin Seawald are forced to co-chair Moonlight Bay’s annual treasure hunt, sparks fly between the feisty air elemental witch and the irritatingly charming merman. Tempi considers Ronin her biggest rival and has spent three years keeping him firmly at arm’s length. Ronin, on the other hand, has spent those same three years trying to convince the stubborn witch to give him a chance. Forced to work together, Tempi is beginning to realize there’s a dangerously thin line between wanting to strangle a merman and wanting to kiss him. But when a staged hunt for the legendary Crimson Heart uncovers clues suggesting the priceless ruby might actually exist, their friendly town event turns into a real-life treasure hunt. With the rest of their Moonlight Bay friends joining the adventure and Princess Muffin Top offering plenty of unwanted commentary along the way, fake clues turn real as the search leads from forgotten graves to hidden coastal caves. And somewhere between unraveling a centuries-old love story, hunting for pirate treasure, and falling for the man she swore she couldn’t stand, Tempi discovers the greatest treasure in Moonlight Bay might have been right in front of her all along.   AmazonKU

FANGS WITH BENEFITS by Kath Richards

Molly Mason is not a team player. She may do more work than the rest of her team, but when it comes time for promotion, an outside hire is chosen over her. To add insult to injury, she’s tasked with training him. This is easier said than done, though, when he has the digital literacy of a toddler and is, infuriatingly, the hottest man she’s ever laid eyes on. Elijah Thorne’s reintegration into human society is going swimmingly. He scammed his way into a job, bought new clothes, and successfully convinced a myriad of New Yorkers that he is human, not a vampire. The one person he can’t win over, though, is his intimidating colleague Molly. When Molly discovers Elijah’s secret, he realizes that being human isn’t as easy as he thought. She’ll help him act the part if he’ll help her get promoted, but when they fall into a colleagues-with-benefits arrangement, can they keep things professional?    AmazonKU      AB

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