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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THE NAGA EXILE’S FROZEN MATE (SERPENTS OF SERANT BOOK 10) by Robin O’Connor

Felicia – They said deep space was lonely. They never warned me it could ache. After years in stasis, I wake to a dying ship, a broken world, and a man—or not quite a man—watching me like I’m oxygen after a lifetime of drowning. Levant’s voice slides through me like heat in the cold, his eyes promise sin, and when his tail brushes my skin, I forget how to breathe. He calls me his. Says the bond between us is written in the stars. I should fight him, focus on fixing my ship before it tears Serant apart. But every time he touches me, I want to shatter. The wind howls beyond the hull, but the real storm is the one he’s stirring beneath my skin. Levant – I was sent to the pole as punishment. Alone. Exiled. Then I found her. Human. Fire-willed. Fragile in a way that makes my pulse burn. When I found her sleeping in the ice, the bond struck like lightning through my veins. My exile doesn’t matter now. Only her. The Council watches. The ice moans with the waking Revenants below. Her ship is unraveling, and the planet trembles with it. To protect her, I must bind her to me. To save her world, I may have to sacrifice my own. The longer I’m near her, the more I know, I’d let the universe fall if it meant keeping her in my arms.       AmazonKU

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

I traded myself to save my brother. One life for another. Simple math. The male who owns my contract is anything but simple. Drazex Draven is seven feet of charcoal skin, silver eyes, and barely contained violence. Chief enforcer of the most dangerous crime family on Vahiri Prime. The male they send when an example needs to be made. He could crush me without effort. Sell me without consequence. Use me without remorse. Instead, he brings me food when I forget to eat. Gives me access to parts of his compound no property should ever see. Watches me with a hunger he refuses to act on as though wanting me is a war he’s losing, and winning scares him more. When his enforcers start dying, I’m the only one with the skills to uncover why. The investigation drags us closer. Every stolen glance. Every accidental touch. Every night the space between us shrinks. He calls me property. A debt with a pulse. He says this is business. His body tells a different story. But someone inside House Draven is killing from the shadows, and the conspiracy climbs higher than either of us expected. If I’m right about who’s behind it, the truth won’t set us free. It could bring down House Draven entirely. And me with it.      AmazonKU

STITCHED (BLOOD AND STARDUST) by Y D La Mar

I devoted my life to Project Oryx. As a geneticist, I told myself it was about discovery, about pushing the boundaries of what life could become. I never expected my greatest creation to change me in return. What began as an obsession blurred into something far more dangerous and profound—an attachment I couldn’t explain away with logic, an unconventional love that rewrote everything I thought I knew. When militaries set their sights on Oryx as the ultimate weapon and intergalactic coalitions hunted us to steal what I’d created, we became fugitives overnight. Bounties followed us from system to system, and every encounter reminded me that the universe measures worth in power and conquest. Yet in the midst of pursuit and fear, we found something rarer than victory. We found trust. We found family. And as the walls closed in, I realized we weren’t just fighting to survive—we were fighting for our right to remain human, and for a love strong enough to change the course of everything. A slow-burn sci-fi space opera inspired by Frankenstein and Flowers for Algernon, dusted with a glimmer of The Wizard of Oz—where the Monster isn’t destroyed, loves, and finally finds home.      AmazonKU

SO I MARRIED TWO ALIENS (MAIL ORDER ALIEN GROOMS BOOK TWO) by Lyonne Riley

What’s a girl to do when she’s looking for true love but can’t seem to find it on Earth? She applies for an alien husband, of course! But when Fiona receives two for the price of one, both of them decide she’s their fated mate. Saddled with this “clerical error,” the soft-spoken Fiona has to help her territorial alien husbands get along when all they want is to tear each other apart. Shathar left his grocery business behind to find a new life on Earth—and a bride he could love and call his own. But now he must compete for the title of Fiona’s husband when all he wants is peace and happiness. Khesan came from a wealthy family and a strict military life. Knowing he’s found his forever in Fiona, he’ll use all his drive and determination to show he’s better than Shathar and earn her love. But only one of them can stay, and it will be up to Fiona to decide who. How can she choose when sparks start to fly between all three of them? This is a sweet and spicy M/M/F rom-com (with a little bit of angst) about two aliens looking for true love, and the woman who can’t choose between them.     AmazonKU

GALAXY REVISITED (MAGIC OF THE GALAXY BOOK SIX) by Harlowe Frost

VS Note: FF SFR.

Pillar Betsy Doeth, the other Pillars, and government representatives are struggling to prioritize. Finally, there are people coming to them with newfound magical powers wanting help … too many people. Can such a small group help to teach them all? If, as a group, they can’t help them, where will the people go? Meanwhile, a full town of people have the ability to imbue objects, a skill sought after by many in the galaxy. Once the commonality of this proficiency is widely known, how safe will Earth and its inhabitants be? Aliens have already taken interest in some of the population. The search for the mayor’s child continues. Betsy, Violet, and the girl’s sister will travel the galaxy if they have to. They will consult enemies and even ask favors. As much as facing the very beings that started all their troubles is anathema to Betsy, she’ll do anything to rescue the child.      AmazonKU

FINN: GALACTC CYBORG HEAT SERIES by Jessie Rose Case

FINN. A name he took to reflect his heritage. A warrior. A Cyborg. On a recon mission to a new world that had gone dark. His owners Earth Corp back on Earth wanted to know what happened to their world. To the colonists on it. With no communication abilities, they sent a lone warrior. Him. Dispensable. A commodity they owned. His mission, find out what the problem is with this world and report back using the line of buoys his ship had laid on the journey. On landing, secure the leadership and prepare for new arrivals. Only his ship had landed without the cryo waking him on the dark side.
The power drain doing it for him. He woke to a whole new world. Literally. And not alone. A lone female stood there…(more details on ebook seller’s page)       AmazonKU

RUINS OF DESTINY (RETURN TO DESTRA BOOK FOUR) by Ella Blake

Baleck – I’m staying on Destrani to help the D’tran integrate with the wider galaxy, but that’s not the only reason I can’t leave. Iris Larivee—the human operative with the scarred face and a hundred weapons—fascinates me in ways I don’t fully understand. As a communications specialist, I pride myself on reading people, but she’s completely unreadable. Disciplined. Guarded. Beautiful. When we discover a Brakken probe threatening this fragile world, I know we’re in danger. What I don’t expect is how working with Iris ignites my mating instincts. She’s mine. I’m certain of it. Now I just need to convince her before our enemies make their move. Iris – I don’t do relationships. I’ve survived by staying alone, staying sharp, trusting no one. But Baleck keeps slipping past my defenses with his easy smiles and genuine warmth, making me want things I have no right to want. When a D’tran conspiracy puts me in the hands of our enemies, I expect to save myself. Instead, Baleck comes for me, and everything I thought I knew about connection shatters. He says I’m his fated mate. I think he’s going to break my heart. But first, we have to survive what’s coming.     AmazonKU

THE BONE KING’S SECRET BABY by Tara STarr and Athena Storm

I should’ve killed her the second I caught her. Instead… I claimed her. Now she’s gone—vanished into the void with my heir in her womb. They say Reapers don’t feel. That we’re forged in bone and bred for war. But I remember the sound she made when I claimed her. The look in her eyes when I called her mine. The way she tasted when she begged for more. They took that from me. I burned half the sector hunting her down. I crawled back from death for one thing only—my blood. And when I find her again? She’ll learn the Bone King doesn’t ask twice. She hides my child like a secret. I’ll raise our daughter like a weapon. She wanted freedom. She’s getting a throne.      AmazonKU

THE VOID WARLORD’S BLOOD MATE: DARK MM SCIFI VAMPIRE ALIEN OMEGAVERSE ROMANCE by Vivienne Myrhi

I was engineered in the freezing labs of Siberia to be a weapon against the dark. I never expected to be sold to the king of monsters. Elian Vance is a Venator. Genetically altered, trained to feel nothing, and lethal to the vampires that plague Neo-London. He is a tool of war—until he’s captured, stripped of his armor, and thrown onto an alien auction block. The highest bidder is a nightmare carved from obsidian scales and ancient heat. Warlord Vorakh. He is eight feet of terrifying, primal power, the last king of a dying star-faring race. The Vrail are facing extinction, silenced by a genetic plague, and they believe Elian’s unique, chemically enhanced blood is their only cure. Vorakh didn’t buy a pet; he bought a savior. He demands an heir to secure his species’ future. But the ancient “Law of the First” forbids him from taking what isn’t freely given. He needs Elian willing, docile, and ready to breed. Trapped aboard the Sanctum—a massive, sentient spaceship that pulses with biological life—Elian is surrounded by the intoxicating scent of the Warlord and the undeniable, terrifying heat of a biological bond taking root. Vorakh is possessive, dominant, and relentlessly patient, chipping away at Elian’s icy defenses with a terrifying honor that is harder to fight than brutality. When Elian’s former human masters return to liquidate their “lost asset,” he must make a shattering choice. Remain the weapon humanity forged, or embrace the monstrous heat of the Warlord and become the mother of a new race.      AmazonKU        AB

HEART OF THE DEEP: AN ALIEN ROMANCE SHORT by Adrian Blue

Shannon Cooper has spent three years falling in love with a world she’s never seen — a planet of endless ocean, bioluminescent cities, and a king who has turned away every human diplomat who dared to meet his gaze. She will be the eighth. As a xenolinguist, Shannon knows the Thalassian negotiation protocols better than anyone. She knows the sacred pools are designed to make lies impossible. She knows that trust must be earned through touch — skin against tentacle, mind pressed open to mind. She knows exactly what she’s agreeing to. What she doesn’t know is Kael’thar. Scarred by centuries of betrayal, the king of Thalassia has learned to read humans one way: with cold efficiency, searching for the disgust or greed hiding beneath every polished smile. But when he reaches into Shannon’s mind and finds neither, something long-fortified begins, for the first time, to crack. The negotiations demand they go deeper — into the water, into vulnerability, into a closeness that has no name in either of their languages. But the greatest depths between them have nothing to do with the ocean floor. They have everything to do with daring to be known.     AmazonKU

GILDED ROSE (WHERE ROSES ROT BOOK THREE) by Gigi Vale

Jilted at the altar. Saved by the apocalypse. Kind of. Relief shouldn’t be the first thing you feel when your fiancé jilts you at the altar. But for Dakota Levine, the end of her engagement based on blackmail is the start of her freedom. Even if it comes with wedding guests starting to eat each other. Now, both families are trapped together, and Dakota is at the mercy of her ex-fiancé’s devastating older brother. Julien Mora. He is cold, ex-military, and holding a decade-old grudge against her father. To a former soldier who lives by a hierarchy of survival, Dakota and her family are a liability he never wanted. But as the dead begin to evolve and the masks of the old world slip, Dakota must learn that there’s more to life than just being the “perfect daughter”, and Julien discovers that there is one dangerous, undeniable exception to his rules.       AmazonKU

LOVED BY THE ALIEN MINOTAUR (MINOTAURS NEED MATES BOOK THREE) by Nell Carroll

Love Comes with Horns – I cross the stars to find love on Taurus, where the Visitor Program promises every human woman her perfect match. Mine rejects me. Hard. I’m ready to go home, but they offer me a second match. That’s how I meet Kalvak. He’s a massive minotaur bull with battle scars and careful hands. He doesn’t flirt. He doesn’t boast. He takes one look at me and treats me like I’m worth protecting. Like I’m worth choosing. Kalvak is convinced his scars make him unworthy of a mate. He expects me to leave the moment I notice. But I’m not looking for perfect. I’m looking for kind. And the more time I spend with him, the more I want warm meals, steady protection, patient devotion, and the one thing Taurus doesn’t offer lightly. A mate. On Taurus, mating is forever. And Kalvak loves like forever means something.      AmazonKU

AT STAR’S END by Anna Hackett

VS Note: A “lightly edited” re-release. Author has added one new chapter. I enjoyed this when it was first published.

Dr. Eos Rai has spent a lifetime dedicated to her mother’s dream of finding the long-lost Mona Lisa. When Eos uncovers tantalizing evidence of Star’s End—the last known location of the masterpiece—she’s shocked when her employer, the Galactic Institute of Historic Preservation, refuses to back her expedition. Left with no choice, she does the unthinkable—joins forces with the most notorious treasure hunter in the galaxy. A man she finds infuriating, annoying, and far too tempting. Dathan Phoenix can sniff out relics at a stellar mile. With his brothers by his side, he lives for adventure. When the gorgeous Eos Rai comes looking to hire him, he knows she’s trouble, but he can’t say no. Working side-by-side, the hunt pushes both Eos and Dathan to their limits and ignites a scorching desire. She follows the rules, he loves to break them, but they’re going to have to trust each other to not just succeed, but to survive.      AmazonKU

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ENEMY AND MINE: GALACTIC SURVIVOR GAMES SERIES by KD Jones

From the bestselling Galactic Cage Fighter series comes a deadly new alien romance. The Galactic Survivor Games offer one prize—and no guarantees. Mara enters to save her dying father. Vaelor fights to protect his pack. Stranded on a frozen death world, enemies become allies… then something far more dangerous. Because in the Games, love is a weakness. And only one can win. “The galaxy watches. Only the strongest, and the boldest, survive.”       Amazon

CAVEMAN ALIEN’S SPEAR (CAVEMAN ALIENS BOOK 28) by Calista Skye

I’m stranded on a deadly alien planet called Xren. Dinosaur-like monsters prowl the jungle around me, and the flying saucer that got me here will never fly again. Well, it’s not like I needed more reasons for my anxiety. One night I slip out for air—only to be snatched from the beach by Crat’ax, a towering, hyper-intense caveman alien who believes the ocean has gifted me to him, making me his to protect and claim. He takes me to his stilted ocean village of striped, virgin cavemen who seem to think that I am there to destroy them. Still, every glance from Crat’ax sparks heat I can’t ignore—his massive hands, the way his loincloth moves, how his purple stripes seem to light up when he looks at me. He makes me forget my worries, and that is both dangerous and addictive. I fight the pull, insisting I’m no one’s gift and no one’s mate. I’m just a captive plotting my escape, and trying to get away from a chilling presence I sense at the edge of the village, but which nobody wants to talk about. But as Crat’ax and I fight jungle beasts, defy suspicious tribesmen, and try to resist the fated bond we both feel, the line between captive and cherished blurs. I tell myself I’ll outwit him, outlast him, run when the time’s right… until the moment he finally touches me like I’m something sacred, chasing the old darkness out of my mind. But I can’t stay. Because that secret right outside the village is ancient, and angry, and has been watching me since the moment I arrived. And somehow it knows exactly who I am.     AmazonKU

ARIES – HER ALIEN CONQUEROR (ALIEN GODS AND FATED MATES BOOK ONE) by Lindy Moonhill

He didn’t come to Earth to save her. He came to claim her. She is mine. The universe marked her. I will not lose her. Sera Moretti has survived abandonment, betrayal, and a lifetime of people who thought they knew what was best for her. She refuses to be owned. She refuses to be controlled. So when a towering alien war god abducts her from Earth and declares she is his fated mate, Sera doesn’t melt into submission. She fights. Aries is fire, violence, and grief given form—an ancient god once worshipped on Earth, now sworn to stop a cosmic entity that feeds on isolation and entropy. When Sera is marked by Khaos, Aries knows she’s the key to ending the threat that destroyed his world and killed his brothers. To protect her, he takes her to his volcanic planet, Ignara. To keep her alive, he cages her. But Sera Moretti is no prize to be locked away. Every attempt to control her only ignites her defiance—and the explosive attraction neither of them can escape. The more Aries tightens his grip, the hotter the bond between them burns… and the closer they come to destroying each other. Because Khaos doesn’t fear gods. It fears connection. To defeat it, Aries must learn that love isn’t claimed through conquest—but chosen through trust. And Sera must decide if surrendering her heart to a god who would burn the universe for her is worth the risk.      Amazon

BOUND TO THE ALIEN WARRIOR (SAVAGE PLANET MATES BOOK TWO) by Wendy May

My mission was a rescue op. It turned into a death sentence. As a Special Space Forces operative, I was sent to the savage planet of Kroel to locate a missing science team. Instead, I stumbled onto a black-site facility run by rogue Earth agents. When the base went up in flames, my own command left me for dead to protect their secrets. Now, I’m wounded, weaponless, and caught in a jungle that wants to eat me alive. But I’m not the only one hunting the traitors. There’s something else in the trees. An unseen shadow picking off the rogue agents one by one. When I come face-to-face with the entity, I don’t find a monster; I find Varen. He’s a Xenjia Elite, a high-tech warrior bound by ancient honor codes and armed with an arsenal that could level a city. By all rights, our first encounter should have been my last. We fought, and I should have been just another skull on his trophy rack. He claimed me instead. Now, the rogues are closing in, and my only chance of survival lies in an uneasy alliance with the galaxy’s deadliest hunter. Varen is possessive, primal, and terrifyingly skilled, shielding me from the jungle’s nightmares with a ferocity that shatters every rule of his warrior code. But as the heat between us turns into a firestorm, I realize he isn’t just protecting a strategic asset. He’s guarding his mate.        AmazonKU        AB

POSSESSED BY THE ALIEN (iMANIFEST BOOK NINE) by Jessie Knight

Anna – The moment I step onto university grounds, I feel the hostility. I fight for every inch of space I occupy. Running is the only place I feel powerful. Until the storm rips that away from me. One second I’m sprinting along the cliffs. The next, the wind tears me off the edge. I should have died. Instead, I wake on my cottage sofa. Nearly naked. My clothes folded with careful precision in the bathroom. No memory of how I survived. There’s a bruise on my thigh shaped like a massive hand. A scent in the air that doesn’t belong to me. And on my doorstep, a rare flower that doesn’t grow anywhere near these cliffs. Someone caught me. Someone carried me home. Someone undressed me. The dreams start after that. Not dreams of a man. Dreams of something watching me from the dark. When I’m alone, I feel it. A presence. Close. Breathing when I breathe. I tell myself I’m imagining it. But I lock my doors now. Aryx – Interfering with humans is forbidden. Watching her isn’t. I’ve been observing her for weeks. Cataloging her habits. Measuring her pulse from the sky. Defiant. Alive. Reckless enough to run into a storm. When the wind drags her over the edge, I don’t hesitate. I break protocol. I break law. I break the barrier between our worlds. I catch her before her body shatters on the rocks. She fits against me like something designed to. I should have left her there after I erased her memory. I didn’t. I held her longer than necessary. Memorized the weight of her. The sound of her breathing. Now I watch her constantly. Other men look at her. They don’t know how close they are to crossing a line they can’t see. She thinks she’s being followed. She’s right. And soon, watching won’t be enough. I will step into her world. In human form. Not to observe. To claim. The question isn’t whether she will learn what I am. It’s whether she will forgive me for what I’ve already done.   AmazonKU

WHEN EDEN FALLS (ISLAND OF ECHOES BOOK ONE) by Sophie Davis

A rebellion buried beneath obedience. Power built on control. A paradise designed to keep them blind. I was raised to believe Eden was paradise, an island Republic without war or hunger. Without lies. And I was special, gifted with the ability to see and feel auras, the hidden truths pulsing beneath every soul. Or so I thought. Everything changes the day a ghost from my past washes ashore broken, terrified, and carrying secrets that should not exist in Eden. Before I can help her, she’s dragged away by the Protectorate… by Fletcher. A Siphon. The Republic’s most ruthless enforcer. The man who’s always watched me like I’m something to be controlled or culled. What he doesn’t know is that the woman left something behind. Old-world technology. Impossible. And proof that Eden has been lying to us all. As I dig deeper, my gift begins to show me what the Republic never wanted me to see. The more I uncover, the more dangerous my existence becomes. Because Eden doesn’t protect its people. It cages them.        AmazonKU

KNOTTY BARBARIAN (FROSTBORN MATES BOOK ONE) by Kira Fire

I went looking for a cure. I found a nine-foot barbarian who decided I was his. Solaris was supposed to be safe—a shining city sealed against the frozen wasteland. Then my mother died begging for treatment the Clergy refused to give. So I ran into the ice to find the truth. Instead, I nearly froze to death…and woke in the arms of a frost-skinned warrior carved from winter itself. Karth is bound to a brutal trial. Until he kills the legendary beast stalking his people, he cannot take a mate. But he can still touch me. Still mark me. Still make sure every warrior knows I belong to him. He calls it Starblood. Says my body answers his for a reason. Says the bond between us will either save me from what’s waking beneath the ice……or doom us both. My city wants me burned for heresy. Something ancient wants me consumed. And the barbarian who rescued me? He refuses to let me go.    AmazonKU      AB

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VS: My alien empath series! Here’s the Amazon series page (all books are available wide in cluding Kobo Plus.) Four alien empaths kidnapped by the interstellar mob and forced to work for them – who can they trust and how will they escape?

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HIS CURVY QUEEN OF BLOOD (SHADOW REALM SYNDICATE SERIES BOOK ONE) by Evangeline Anderson

Welcome to the Shadow Realm—where monsters rule, magic is currency, and curvy women have all the power. (This is a plus-length novel, over 100K words long) Lucian – I am Lucian Draxos—Vampire Don of the Shadow Realm. Ruthless. Immortal…and Cursed. My father doomed our bloodline by stealing a forbidden artifact, and now the Blood Lust is close to overwhelming me. There is only one cure left: the blood of a Curvy Queen—a woman whose magic is so potent it’s been outlawed for centuries. Julia was never meant to exist in my world. She is human…vulnerable. Not to mention dangerous to the fragile balance holding the Shadow Realm together. But I do what I must—I have her taken—kidnapped from the Human world and brought to my home, The Crimson Spires. She calls me a monster. She calls me her enemy. She tells me she’s not my personal blood bank. I have to admit—I’m intrigued by her fire. She draws me like no other woman ever has. The most dangerous truth of all? I don’t just want her blood. I want her. Julia – One minute I’m living my normal, boring human life as a mid-level accountant with a horrible boss. The next, I’m kidnapped and dragged into a nightmare realm dominated by monsters who are also Mafia Dons, ruling a shadowy kingdom. The worst of them all is Lucian—he’s cold, beautiful, and terrifying. ..(more blurb on ebook seller’s page)

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THE WISHING THREAD by J L Jackola

An unassuming thread. A foolish wish. A transformation that will test two hearts. It’s been a year since her cheating husband left her for a younger woman, but forty-eight-year-old Cassie is still reeling from it. In a desperate need to regain her youth, she makes a wish to be twenty-one again. Fifty-year-old Nick has a steadfast rule of dating only women his age. Until he bumps into the very thing he’s avoided—a younger woman who seems entirely too mature for her age. Navigating a complex relationship, Nick will struggle to define his attraction to the twenty-one-year-old Cassie, battling his reservations and fearing the consequences. As they grow closer, Cassie will grapple with the web of lies her wish has created, fighting for Nick to see the truth but fearing she will lose him once the spell breaks. A simple wish brought them together, but will it be so powerful it tears them apart?      AmazonKU

DRAGON MAGIC (MAGIC FOR HIRE) by Alexnadra Ivy

Wynn takes what she wants. Nothing stops her: not walls, not spells, not even a coven of clever mages. Certainly not rules. Her immunity to magic gives her access to rare artifacts and a life of luxury, but her cunning, fearlessness, and defiant nature protect her in a world where no one cares. It’s worked for centuries—but now the horrible dreams haunting her suggest a corruption has gotten past her guard. Inconvenient timing, since somehow a mysterious stranger is tracking her, moving closer with every job. When he finally catches up, Azh is like no one Wynn’s ever known. Gorgeous, secretive, and oddly protective, he seems to think the corruption burning through Wynn is an ancient curse on his people, the dragons who are trapped in hibernation. She can’t trust him, even if the tingly feeling she gets when he’s near is its own kind of magic. But as Wynn’s enemies close in, Azh makes for an irresistible ally. And if they can uncover the truth about the treachery that’s warped both their pasts, she’ll see where his loyalties truly lie.      Amazon      AB       Apple Books       Kobo

WINGED DESTINY: MM URBAN FANTASY ROMANCE (ARCHANGEL BOOK ONE) by Andy Gallo

He’s the angelic PI who works alone. He’s the legendary warrior who vanished for seventy years. Together they’re the only thing standing between Earth and annihilation. When a series of impossible energy surges lights up rural Minnesota, Archangel Michael drags private investigator Ezekiel “Zeke” Masterson off his low-profile cases and orders him to find the source. The readings point to Drevlin technology—the same alien race that obliterated the angels’ home world millennia ago. Michael insists on assigning Zeke a partner: Orion Blake, a legendary fighter who walked away from the world after a brutal heartbreak. Orion hasn’t let anyone close in decades, but protecting Ares Masterson’s youngest son is a debt he can’t refuse. Their uneasy alliance flares into combustible attraction just as they uncover a hidden lab packed with crude Drevlin weapons—one misfire could vaporize half of Minnesota. Worse, the mastermind behind the tech is Orion’s ex-lover, now hell-bent on “saving” the angels by any means necessary. With time running out, Zeke must out-think an alien arsenal while Orion battles the ghost of his past. Failure means millions of dead and a second shattering of Orion’s heart, but success could give them both something they never expected—a future together.    AmazonKU

ONLY BEARS (SAWTOOTH SECURITY BOOK FOUR) by Kristen Strassel

Brad’s job is to protect Only Bears sensation Synamon Honey. When the lights go down, Synamon’s not sure which is more dangerous—the Centerfold Slasher… or the way her bodyguard looks at her. By day, she’s Ellie, a mild-mannered city hall employee who blends into the small-town shifter community without drawing a second glance. By night, she transforms into Synamon Honey, the Only Bears superstar famous for ’80s hair metal and horror cosplay. And if anyone connects the two? Her quiet life and her safety will vanish in a heartbeat. When the Centerfold Slasher starts targeting Only Bears stars, Brad, a grizzly shifter with a body built for trouble, is assigned to keep her alive. The rules are simple: Don’t let her out of his sight. Don’t blow her cover. And definitely don’t fall for her. Every performance, every stolen glance, every moment alone when the danger feels too close, pushes them toward breaking every rule he’s sworn to keep.    Amazon     Apple Books     Kobo

STARLIGHT SPELLS (STARLIGHT HOLLOW BOOK SIX) by Yasmine Galenorn

A collector has kidnapped Fancypants, and it’s going to take all my magic and help from everyone I love to get him back safely. But when we begin our search, we realize that we’ve stumbled onto a small, secret ring of “procurers” specializing in kidnapping, enslaving, and selling rare beings, and now we’re in a race against time, trying to rescue my dragonette, as well as the other victims they’re offering to the highest bidder.     Amazon      Apple Books      Kobo

THE LAST VAMPIRE KING by Rosemary A Johns

Betrayed by the ruthless dragons, Sin, the most feared and powerful vampire in the Shadow Kingdoms, only desires one thing more than revenge. His stolen wolf shifter Omega, Freya. A bestial outcast within his treacherous magical court, he is compelled into an arranged marriage with his fated mate to end the war. Freya is dragged into the vampire’s wicked nighttime world. Yet she must hide the secrets of her birth and her passion for the enemy Dragon King. The handsome masked fae, her soulmate, who travels with her is hiding a dark secret of his own. Freya unlocks a web of mysteries, political games, and intrigue in a seductive world of death and pleasure. No one knows her true shifter powers or the fact that she is both thief and spy for the dragons. No one knows that the marriage is a plot to capture the last ever vampire king. But then, Sin has secrets and an impossible choice of his own. He must use Freya’s blood to protect his doomed kingdom, no matter what it costs them both…even their hearts. Three villainous kings. One strong heroine. And an epic love that could burn an empire.      AmazonKU

MATED IN INK by Edie Monte

VS Note: MM PNR.

 don’t know what my tattoo animal is, but it’s adorable. When my bestie insists we ditch her bachelorette party to get tattoos, I agree. It’s not like I think she’ll follow through. Only she does and now I have a meerkat tattoo. I didn’t even know what the cute little furball was when I pulled the flash from the mystery ball machine, but somehow it’s perfect. It’s a great conversation starter, but who knew it was going to be a matchmaker? Mika is drawn to me by my tattoo, but our connection is so much more than that. He’s everything I want in a mate. Unfortunately, I’ve sworn off mating. I’ll never please my omega dad. It’s not worth the heartache … right? This meerkat on my arm has me second-guessing everything. Mated in Ink is an MM Mpreg shifter romance featuring a human omega with a judgmental dad, an alpha meerkat shifter who will do anything for his fated mate, the tattoo that brings them together, true love, an impulsive bestie, an adorable baby, and a guaranteed happily ever after.      AmazonKU

FIRST TIME INK by Toby Wise

VS Note: MM PNR.

Jin loves life. He loves new experiences, trying new things, and meeting new people. During a fair at the mall, he gets a tattoo that’s supposed to connect him to his soulmate. The only problem? The tattoo is a fiery pair of wings that look exactly like his own. Does this mean he’s destined to be alone? Leo is stuck in a rut. His life isn’t bad but it’s also boring and gray. That is, until he runs into Jin quite literally. Their connection is instantaneous, adding sunshine and colors to Leo’s life. So what’s the deal with Jin’s soulmate tattoo? Everything comes to a head when Leo goes into an unexpected heat, brought on by being around Jin.       AmazonKU

FOUND BECAUSE OF THE MOON (WOLF RIVER SERIES BOOK SEVEN) by Rebekah R Ganiere

He was born in the wild. Raised in a cage. And now he’s landed on her doorstep…Wolfe should have died the night his parents were slaughtered. Instead, his uncle saved him- only to turn him into a weapon. From that day on, Wolfe’s life wasn’t his own. The Oasis Hotel became his gilded prison, its underground fight club his arena, and his uncle his master. He fought. He bled. He obeyed. Until one desperate night- freedom. Told to run and not stop until he reached Wolf River, Wolfe nearly makes it… until his body gives out in the backyard of Opal Hayes. Opal and her Ursa have been hiding, too. After surviving her past trauma, she’s carved out a quiet life of solitude in her family’s mountain cabin- schooling online, working part-time, avoiding people as much as possible. The last thing she needs is trouble. But trouble has a name- Wolfe. And she finds him. Half-naked. Brutal. Gorgeous. As she nurses the broken fighter back to health, Opal discovers something she thought she’d never get- connection, laughter, and the thrill of being wanted. And Wolfe? For the first time in his life, he finds more than survival. He finds peace in her gentle touch… and fire in her kiss. But peace can’t last. Wolfe’s uncle will never release him. And when danger comes pounding on Opal’s door, Wolfe must make an impossible choice: Stay and risk bringing destruction to the woman who could be his Fated Mate… or return to his cage and save her life.

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BROWNIES FOR MY GRUMPY BUNNY (FAIRHAVEN FALLS) by Honey Phillips

She’s sweet, stubborn, and far too tempting. He’s big, grumpy, and determined not to fall. Sara Cartwright came to Fairhaven Falls for a fresh start—quiet mornings, kind neighbors, and maybe a few furry friends hopping through her garden. She wasn’t expecting her next-door neighbor to be six-foot-plus of scowling muscle and twitching ears. Ben Hollowell likes his peace, his pub, and his solitude. The last thing he needs is a relentlessly cheerful kindergarten teacher moving in next door with flower boxes, laughter, and curves that make his pulse race. But when Sara’s warmth starts melting his defenses—and her brownies start showing up at his door—Ben finds himself craving things he swore he didn’t need. Will spring in Fairhaven Falls turn out to be mating season for the most reluctant of bunnies?      AmazonKU

TRIAL BY FIRE (LEGENDARY BOOK THREE) by Christine Pope

Some guardians are born. Some are forged in fire. Sidney Lowell has accepted her role as the guardian of Silver Hollow, but she’s far from prepared when an electromagnetic pulse rips through the town at dawn, plunging everything into darkness. The distress signal she senses through her inherited abilities isn’t just any creature dying in the forest — it’s a phoenix, and its corruption could collapse the dimensional portal forever, trapping her mother and grandmother on the other side. Ben Sanders came to Silver Hollow as a cryptozoologist chasing legends. Now he’s the most important person in Sidney’s life, his bioelectric field amplifying her powers in ways neither of them fully understands. When his equipment registers readings consistent with a solar flare — but localized to a two-mile radius — they both know this is no natural phenomenon. What they discover in the forest clearing is worse than either imagined: the phoenix’s fire is tainted with shadows, its natural death-and-rebirth cycle sabotaged by an artificial electromagnetic signal. And the government agency responsible has been watching Sidney all along, engineering her relationship with Ben to weaponize her abilities. As the phoenix’s corruption spreads past the point of no return, Sidney faces an impossible situation — she must merge her consciousness completely with the dying creature to cleanse the fire, risking the loss of her own humanity in the process. With DAPI closing in and the portal network on the verge of cascade failure, Sidney must decide how much of herself she’s willing to sacrifice. Because saving the phoenix might destroy the artificial portal and reunite her family…or it might cost Sidney everything she is, leaving behind only fire and ash.

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FORGED IN FIRE (DRAGONS’ FLAMES BOOK TWO) by Catherine Lievens

VS Note: MM PNR.

A wolf journalist and a dragon firefighter have to work together to catch a serial arsonist—before someone ends up dead. Journalist Caleb has had trust issues with dragons ever since his best friend was abused by one. He prefers working alone, especially when tracking the arsonist targeting shifter businesses around town. The human population doesn’t know about the paranormal world, and Caleb intends to keep it that way. He’s not sure the arsonist does. Austin knew he and Caleb would cross paths eventually since their best friends are dating, but he didn’t expect it to happen at the scene of a fire, especially not when they both suspect it was arson. Austin offers Caleb his help, but Caleb rejects it. As the fires escalate and the arsonist grows bolder, Caleb finally accepts Austin as his partner. Working together sparks something neither of them expected, but will they have time to explore it, or will the arsonist reach one of them first?       Amazon

VAMPIRE LORD BOOK TWO: LORD DAJ AND CLARISSA (VAMPIRE LORDS) by Jessie Rose Case

This is Book 2 in the Vampire Lord series. Book 1 sets the series. Book 2 follows it on. Books 3, 4, 5 will go on to explore the Houses the Vampire Lord Daj creates with his Mate, Clarissa. Feisty, challenging she’s his match. Part Witch, her father a Warlock, Demon and Fae blood from her mother, but mainly she feel human. Kick ass and a match for the Vampire Lord Daj in every way. And she’s no walk over. And Daj, well, he’s a Lord in his own right. 2000 years old. Fallible, decisive, determined. He has ruled with an iron will. Bends to no one. But her.      AmazonKU

WAR OF FIRE AND FURY by Marion Blackwood

The final war against the Iceheart Dynasty has already started, and now it is a race against time to catch up before their enemies can wipe them out completely. But after everything that has been done to her, Selena struggles heavily with the effects of magic. Managing the full impact of it while fighting on the losing side of a war might just prove to be impossible. At least alone. But her friends are battling their own demons, and not everyone comes out unscathed. With the tension mounting, long-overdue confrontations come to a head in the midst of chaos. Relationships will be changed, loyalties will be tested, and hearts will break, because not everyone survives to see a new era dawn. For better or worse, the greatest battle of their time will come to an end. But in a war of fire and fury, who will be left when the ashes settle?      AmazonKU

LAST RESPECTS (THE AFTERLIFE FILES BOOK SIX) by Paula Lester

Funerals are supposed to be the end of the story. For investigative journalist Edgar Cross, they’re only the beginning. When Edgar dies under suspicious circumstances, the town is determined to call it an accident—and bury it fast. City Hall controls the narrative, the obituary, even the guest list. But funeral director Wren Grimm knows better. One brush of empathic contact tells her the truth: Edgar was betrayed, and someone powerful is terrified of what he uncovered. Now Wren is caught between a relentless ghost with a true-crime obsession, a vampire who treats funerals like performance art, a town administrator who weaponizes paperwork, and an ancient protector whose loyalty to Honeyvale may be more dangerous than any killer. As officials scramble to suppress evidence and silence witnesses, Wren turns the funeral itself into an investigation—because when everyone shows up to pay their respects, secrets have nowhere left to hide.       AmazonKU

THE VAMPIRE’S OFFER: GAY MM SPICY VAMPIRE ROMANCE by Blake R Wolfe

Stalked in the shadows of the bathhouse by a vampire… and there’s no escape. I spent the last year reinventing myself. I hit the gym, upgraded my wardrobe, and clawed my way from the bottom of the office scoreboard to the very top. I want to be someone who matters. I want the biggest clients. So when Raoul Allard walks into my office after hours—wearing a suit worth more than my car and radiating a cold, magnetic power—I see the commission of a lifetime. He promises me the account, but there’s a catch. He doesn’t do business in boardrooms. Instead, I find myself at a nondescript bathhouse at midnight, holding a locker key and staring down a hallway filled with steam. Raoul isn’t just a wealthy heir; he’s a vampire with centuries of hunger in his dark eyes. He wants to see if the buttoned-up professional like me can handle the rough touch of an orc, the hunger of a werewolf, and the possessive bite of the vampire who orchestrated it all. I went looking for a deal. I found a new master.       AmazonKU

DUSKBORN: GAY ELF SHIFTER PNR ACADEMY ROMANCE (WIDDERSHINS ACADEMY BOOK FOUR) by Blake R Wolfe

A forgotten witch. A dark elf prince. A bond written in the stars… and a love forbidden by the crown. Silver: I was born into destiny—the Twilight prince with white hair and violet skin, heir to a kingdom that never lets me forget who I am. At Widdershins Academy, I’ve tasted freedom: magic, sports, friendships that let me pretend I’m just another student. But as my senior year comes to an end, so does my time. The crown is waiting. So is the bride chosen for me. A woman I’ll never love. Because I don’t love women—I never have. And then Ash Vale appears. A quiet witch from a family so low they’re barely remembered, with eyes like sapphires and magic he doesn’t even realize is extraordinary. He shouldn’t matter. He shouldn’t even exist in my world. But the first time we…(more blurb on ebook seller’s page)        AmazonKU

DRAGON’S RECKLESS JOURNALIST (DRAGON SECRETS OF PARKHURST COLLEGE) by Serena Meadows

He was sworn to protect a secret. She was never meant to see it. Ryan Bellamy is a dragon shifter bound by clan law, duty, and an engagement he never wanted. His future is already decided—until a freezing night on a mountain road puts a human woman in his path. Paula never expected her car to die in the middle of nowhere. She never expected to witness something impossible in the sky. Ryan saves her, warns her to forget what she saw, and sends her away. But fate isn’t finished. When Paula takes a job inside Ryan’s world, curiosity turns dangerous and attraction turns impossible to ignore. Every question she asks draws the attention of a clan that survives by erasing loose ends. She saw too much—and the clan won’t let that stand. Protecting her may cost Ryan everything he’s sworn to protect.       AmazonKU

BITTEN BY MAGIC by Brogan Thomas

Betrayed, bound and resurrected—can a soul-forged survivor reclaim her humanity before time runs out? Harper “House” has endured the impossible. Once Hestia, a formidable paper mage, she trusted the wrong man and lost everything: her magic torn away, her soul sealed into brick. For 162 years she has existed as a sentient house, hiding from those who’d destroy her while sheltering society’s outcasts. Watching. Waiting. Until one reckless choice tears her prison apart. Human again, Harper must navigate a world determined to cage or kill her. The Ministry of Magic hunts her. The Vampire Court schemes to silence her. Shifter packs prowl, terrified of the secrets she keeps. Then there’s the one sent to capture her—a frustratingly charming enemy who might just become her greatest ally. Harper isn’t just a survivor; she is magic reborn—and she’s done playing nice.      AmazonKU

CAT AND MOUSE (TWILIGHT HOLLOW WITCHY COZY MYSTERIES BOOK 10) by Sara Christene

Roses, and Rituals, and Red Velvet Cake! Love is in the air, or at least the commercialized version of it. And it wouldn’t be Twilight Hollow without a festival to commemorate the occasion. Other than a grumpy feline, everything goes smoothly until Logan sees something he shouldn’t. Now Addy has to juggle her business, a binding, and worst of all, her family’s opinions on the matter. Worse still, Addy’s old enemy has been watching her, and he has killed again. Will she and Spooky figure out who the murderer is in time to save Logan? Will the Ministry come in and screw everything up again? Will Addy ever make enough crunchies for the kitties?      AmazonKU

CROW KING MATE: MM MPREG SHIFTER ROMANCE (ALPHAS OF WHISPER GROVE BOOK TWO) by Lorelai M Hart

They once spoke my name like a prayer. Now I am all but forgotten. Once upon a time, the farmers of Whisper Grove laid offerings at my feet. In return, I blessed their fields and guarded their harvests. I was their crow shifter alpha. Their king. They wanted everything from me: prosperity, protection, and peaches. Lots and lots of peaches. All I wanted was a mate. Someone to call home and to bring shiny trinkets to. My mate never arrived, and, over time, the offerings slowed to nothing. How could I provide them with blessings when all my dreams of a mate had never come true. Now I’m a whisper of a memory. A story older people tell each other, reminiscing about the past. Some still remember me. A few even fear me. But days of savoring their reverence are long gone. I don’t want their worship, their tribute, their acts of perceived obligation. I want my mate. Someone who chooses me for who I am and not what I can do for them. Someone to spoil. Someone to call my own.     AmazonKU

CROWNED BY THE ENEMY VAMPIRE by Michele Mills

I’ve had a crush on the vampire king since I was fourteen years old. That poster came down years ago, obviously. I’m a grown woman now, saddled with a useless degree and fifty-seven thousand dollars in student debt. So when I take a high-paying job as a maid in the Krovenian royal castle, I definitely don’t expect to be assigned to clean the King’s private chambers. The same king I called an “arrogant, condescending asshole” on my third day of work. And instead of firing me, he requested me as his personal maid.  Something doesn’t add up. He’s cold, criticizes my dusting and calls humans stupid. But his people adore him, and every time he catches me looking, his fangs extend and his eyes go dark. Then I discover the truth…and walk into a snowstorm to save him from myself. He carries me back. “You’re my mate,” he growls. “No, I’m… I’m your maid,” I whisper. His eyes flash pure black. “Not anymore.”       AmazonKU

LIGHT UNDER THE SHADOW WING: HEIRS OF THE SECOND DAWN by Amanda Bouchet

A woman searching for answers. Idallia has been serving in the Dragon King’s Elite Wing of dragon shifters for nearly two hundred years. She doesn’t have fire or flight of her own, but she’s a phoenix rider with enough speed and skill to make her enemies think twice about tangling with her or her warbirds. Centuries of life without knowing who or what you are is complicated enough without harboring a growing secret attraction, but the more time Idallia spends with Bale Cinderheart, the harder it is to stay away from the fiercely protective Dragon King. Dominant, intense…and the one man with the power to ruin everything. A king safeguarding his treasures. Bale has centuries of ruling under his scales and more responsibilities than he has fangs. His greatest triumph is his Elite Wing and their warbirds, but his biggest fear is losing them. Especially Idallia. She’s his forbidden desire and the one person he can’t seem to let go of—even for his own good. While the man in him guards his heart as relentlessly as the dragon in him guards his kingdom, he’s also the keeper of the answers Idallia has been seeking her whole life. Revealing the truth now could cost him everything—his home, his crown, his heart…The threat of war looms as magic fades from the world of Ellonrift. Will the Dragon King preserve the fragile peace between the kingdoms? Or burn it all down, for her.      Amazon     AB      Apple Books      Kobo

FATED LATE (COMPLICATED MATES) by Sara Ivy Hill

A guy walks into my bookstore, takes one sniff, and decides I’m his fated mate. Great meet-cute, right? Except I’m not single. He’s not human. And according to him, even though I’m in perimenopause, I’m the only woman on the planet who can give him the pups he’s been dreaming of.
Now he wants a deal, one that involves doctors, a surrogacy contract, and an insemination arrangement I absolutely should not make, given the ring already on my finger. Helping him become a father might be the kindest thing I ever do. It also might be the most complicated. Because falling for the wolfman is not in my plan…but fate is here to make a mess of my white-picket-fence life.   AmazonKU

GRAVE INTENTIONS: BEYOND THE VEIL MYSTERY (GAY PNR MUSTERY) by Lissa Kasey

Former homicide Detective Jude Holt is working to get a handle on his necromancy, connect with his new SED team, and bond with his fated mate and partner, Angel. But when a dark force from his past resurfaces, a volatile new magic awakens inside him—one that threatens to consume everything and everyone he loves. Angel Mao swore to protect his fated mate, even from himself. But as a shadow god targets Jude, using a familiar face to tear open the Veil, their bond becomes their only shield. Now, Jude must master his magic without letting it destroy the man at his side. To save their future, Jude may have to make a deal with the very shadows that want to destroy it. Tags: Seeing ghosts got me promoted to the spooky cops. My new partner is a scorching-hot shifter who communicates mostly in glares and warning rumbles. He’s grumpy, I’m a supernatural lightning rod, and our team-up is a recipe for chaos. My new cryptid crew is lovely, though they all look at me like I’m their next meal. Warning: Minor cliffhanger (this is a three book story arc).      AmazonKU

FLASHED TO DEATH by Crymsyn Hart

Hot Flashes, Murder, and… Tentacles? Forty-three-year-old Ava discovers magic when her hot flashes start causing things to explode around her. Her best friend Pamela, a local funeral home employee, regularly attends yoga classes with Ava, but when their yoga classmates start dying, Ava thinks things can’t get any worse. Then Pam goes missing. Ava’s new upstairs neighbor, Garrick, is not only a jerk, but he declares she’s a venefica. A witch. And like it or not, she’s stuck with him for a teacher. Life only gets weirder when her betta fish starts talking and declares he’s her dead husband reincarnated.
It’s a crazy world she’s stepped into: balancing magic, finding Pam, and dealing with her clown of a teacher… then something dark comes knocking on her door, out for blood. On top of everything else, she has to survive. How does a fledgling witch cope knowing she could be the murderer’s next target?   Amazon

OBSIDIAN EMPIRE: A VAMPIRE FANTASY NOVEL by Elizabeth Hunter

The ruler of an immortal empire. The rising voice of an ancient clan. The relationship they’ve hidden from everyone. Tatyana Vorona was just a bookkeeper until she made a bargain with a powerful vampire that led to her death and a brand-new life of blood and brutality. She tried to run. She tried to hide. But Oleg Sokolov is a man who gets what he wants. Oleg has the ability to manipulate fire, the power to command an empire, and a will that cannot be broken. But political upheaval and blood loyalties have kept him from publicly claiming the woman who owns his heart. For five years, they’ve loved in private and played rivals in public. Tatyana has come into her own as a leader of an ancient immortal clan. And Oleg is a breath away from stomping out the brother who betrayed him. If he can play the right pieces in this political game, he might win the ultimate prize— publicly marrying the woman who is already his wife.     AmazonKU

CALICO CAT AT THE CHIBINEKO KITCHEN (MEALS TO REMEMBER AT THE CHIBINEKO KITCHEN) by Yuta Takahashi, Cat Anderson Translator

f you could speak one last time to someone you’ve lost, what would you tell them?  One sunny morning, the Chibineko Kitchen opens its doors to Nagi, a young woman facing an impossible choice: Should she marry her boyfriend, despite knowing she has only a few years left to live? Desperate for advice from her mother, who died years ago, she hopes that one of the Chibineko Kitchen’s fabled meals will work its magic. Such is the promise that attracts three others to the restaurant: an anxious man rebuilding his life after shutting himself away for years, a lonely widow unaware that she is surrounded by friends, and a theater director hoping to rekindle his career after a tragic accident. In the company of Kai, the Chibineko Kitchen’s chef; Kotoko, who has experienced the miracle of the restaurant and now works there; and Chibi, the resident kitten, each sits down to a meal of uncanny personal meaning that has the potential to reunite them with a departed loved one—and to remind them what matters most in life.

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VAMPIRE’S LAMENT (BLOODY MELODY BOOK TWO) by 

VS Note: MM PNR.

When hate becomes seriously complicated…What does it mean to be in close proximity to a man you’re supposed to despise? Especially when that man is the vampire king. As much as I’d love to deny it, there’s a strange attraction building between us. An executioner like me is all about slaying vamps. So why is the desire to kill him fading away? And why am I starting to enjoy being by his side? We’ve been through so much together, our lives tangled in a storm of revelations. And it pushes us closer, forming a bond neither of us expected. Damn. I can’t be losing my head to this. New dangers are lurking in the shadows, the world teetering on the edge of a dark path no one wants to skip down. But leaning on Silvanus is a mega morale boost, his entire delectable presence like warm soup for my mind, body, and soul. Ugh. What alternative reality have I slipped into?     AmazonKU

THE LEGEND OF THE NINE-TAILED FOX by Katrina Kwan

Yue may be the last of her kind. At night, she stalks the streets of the capital city of Longhao, luring in unsuspecting victims with the mask of a beautiful woman, then consuming them in her true form of the nine-tailed fox. When she is captured by a powerful demon hunter named Sonam and banished to Hell, she manages one final act of revenge: dragging him—and two of his subordinates—down with her. Now trapped in an abyss with unimaginable terrors, they’ll need each other’s help to navigate Hell and bypass the gods who preside over each circle, each of whom presents the group with a unique and deadly challenge. Forced to depend on one another as they claw their way out of the underworld, both demon and demon hunter discover that there might be more to the other than meets the eye.

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THE TRIDENT AND THE PEARL by Sarah K L Wilson

Queen Coralys, ruler of the Crocus Isles, kneels to no one. But when her kingdom is besieged by a terrible hurricane, killing her husband and destroying half her nation, she is forced to make a deal with the gods for salvation. But the gods have a wicked sense of justice, and they demand payment for their help. Coralys must give up her titles and marry the first man to set foot on her pier: a poor, wounded fisherman with broad shoulders and dark power in his eyes. Coralys keeps her promise and sets out with him in his dinghy, with only the hope of revenge against the gods to keep her from despair. But her new husband hides his own secrets: a link to the gods that may make him her enemy or her ally, and a mysterious list of impossible feats waiting to be crossed off. However, learning to trust each other will be their greatest challenge, because only together can they stop the enemies gathering at her kingdom’s shores.

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THE VIOLIN MAKER’S SECRET by Evie Woods

On any given day, there are thousands of items slowly gathering dust in the Lost and Found of Heathrow Airport. Unknown to anyone, hidden among the clutter, is a very special object that can change the fortunes of those who possess it – a violin of rare beauty and power. Now, as if by chance, it has fallen into the hands of three strangers…Baggage claim agent Devlin, retired teacher Walter, and appraiser Gabrielle have nothing in common, but can these three unlikely guardians unlock the secrets of the violin?

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A DEMON CHEF’S RECIPE FOR FRIED CHICKEN (THE FIRKED TAIL RESTAURANT) by Ariana Jade and Arizona Tape 

VS Note: Sapphic PNR romance.

Every demon in the capital knows the Forked Tail restaurant. They serve delicious sinful food with the freshest of ingredients, away from prying human eyes. What they don’t know is that the owner and chef Lana has higher ambitions than just serving the masses. She has set her sights on winning the popular Demon Chef competition and she’ll do it with the help of her taste tester Demi, her ragtag crew, and her trusted recipe book. Can Lana rise through the seven rounds of the competition and does she have what it take to battle against some of the most prestigious demon chefs in this realm? She’ll have to risk it all to have a chance at winning and convince the judges to crown her as the Demon Chef. A Demon Chef’s Recipe For Fried Chicken is the first book in the Forked Tail Restaurant series. It’s a cozy urban fantasy series about a determined and ambitious demon chef, a sapphic romance, found family, and mouth-watering food.

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WEAVINGSHAW by Heba Al-Wasity

Three years ago, Leena Al-Sayer awoke with a terrible power. She can see the dead. Since then, she has hidden herself away from the world, knowing that if she ever reveals her curse she will be locked up in an asylum. When her beloved brother, Rami, falls fatally ill, Leena is faced with a terrible choice: Let him die or buy the expensive medicine that will save his life by bartering the only valuable thing she has—her secret. The Saint of Silence, a ruthless merchant who trades in confessions and is shrouded in unearthly rumors of cruelty and power, accepts her bargain, for a deadly price. Leena must find the ghost of Percival Avon, the last lord of Weavingshaw—or lose her freedom to the Saint forever. As Leena’s search takes her and the Saint to Weavingshaw, she finds the estate and the surrounding moors to be living things—hungry for blood and sacrifice. Fighting against Weavingshaw’s might, Leena must also fight her growing pull toward the enigmatic Saint himself, whose connection to Percival Avon remains a mystery. As the house begins to entomb them, time is running out on their desperate hunt for answers. For Leena has come to see that here in Weavingshaw, the dead are not hushed—and some secrets are better left buried with them.    Amazon     AB      Apple Books      Kobo

THE WICKED AND THE DAMNED (DARK INHERITANCE TRILOGY) by Rebecca Robinson

Torn from her husband Reid’s arms and dragged back to her homeland in chains, Vaasa is no longer a ruler, but a political pawn. Now under the control of Ozik—a cunning Zetyr witch with a stranglehold on her magic—she faces annulment, forced betrothal, and a kingdom that no longer feels like her own. As Ozik’s machinations aim to install himself as the true power behind the Asteryan throne, Vaasa is forced to take part in his game. Meanwhile, across the continent, Reid is done playing politics. But waging war is never simple, and a soldier’s fury cannot stand up against Icruria’s bureaucracy. With allies fading and time slipping away, Reid may have no choice but to infiltrate Asterya on his own to find the woman he loves and bring her home. As Vaasa’s magic begins to flare, she desperately seeks control, even if Ozik is the only one who can offer it. She then finds a cryptic final message from her mother about a precious missing necklace that might just be the answer to finally freeing her magic from Ozik. Yet when a ghost from Vaasa’s past reemerges among the suitors vying for her hand, escape might be within reach—but will it demand a betrayal that real love may not survive?      Amazon      AB       Apple Books       Kobo

A ROSE OF BLOOD AND BINDING (MIDDLEMIST TRILOGY BOOK THREE) by Claire LeGrand

WAR IS RAGING IN EDYN. The battered Middlemist can barely hold itself together. Olden monsters terrorize the land. The gods are awakening from their ancient slumber, but if the vengeful Kilraith destroys them, all will be lost. And it’s up to the Ashbourne sisters—demigods, daughters of the goddess Kerezen—to stop him. But the sisters are spread thin. Gemma and Talan travel the world in a desperate search for the gods. In the capital, Farrin and Ryder shelter countless refugees amid roiling unrest. And Mara Ashbourne, bound to the Middlemist and longing for a home she can never return to, is just trying to survive. Every day is chaos as Mara battles invaders and fights to protect her fellow Roses. The presence of librarian Gareth Fontaine—assigned to aid the Roses’ war efforts—doesn’t help. Charming, brilliant, far too confident, and annoyingly reverent of the Roses—Mara most of all—he’s a distraction Mara can’t avoid or afford. Especially since she can see the shadows of Mhorghast brimming underneath his dazzling smile. Shadows of violence and shame that she knows all too well. Shadows that terrify her more than any monster. As Mara and Gareth search the Old Country for Kilraith’s final three curse-anchors, a slow-burning passion born of sorrow and solace sparks between them, one that could finally bring Mara to the very home she longs for…or drive her toward the dark fate she secretly craves, and bring both worlds crashing down alongside her.       AmazonKU        AB

REFLECTING THE DRAGON’S HEART (HEARTSTONE RESCUE BOOK FIVE) by Minerva Howe

VS Note: MM PNR.

Talon is the kind of dragon who helps rescue other dragons from bad situations. He’s always been a warrior, and he’s a protector, so it seems like the best thing for him to do. Together with his best friend, he finds dragons in trouble, and he also helps find them new heartstones when they’ve lost the ones they were born with. Mercury is a lost dragon. He’s been imprisoned for years, and he iknows he’s fading. When Talon and his friend, Kami, show up where he’s stuck in an abandoned dragon keep, he’s suspicious of their motives, but happy to be anywhere but there. And it turns out, Mercury has a unique talent that helps him get the three of them somewhere safe. But that talent can also spell danger for Talon and Mercury and the new family they’re trying to create. Can they find a future that reflects the love they have for each other?       AmazonKU

FALLING FOR THE SORCEROR: VILLAINOUS RAPUNZEL AND SWAN LAKE SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE by Jes Drew

Once upon a time, he would have burned the world for her – But she ran away from their happily ever after. Now they must find a way to work together if they want to break twin curses. Gothel was once the most eligible maiden in the Empire. But when her little sister is endangered, she has no choice but to steal her away. Abandoning the man who claims to love her, Gothel dedicates herself to raising her sister in an isolated tower where no one can ever find them. Her enchantments further protect them from any intruder. Or so she thinks . . .Rothbart was once the most feared sorcerer in the land. But when his gamble to win the hand of the woman he loves backfires, he’s left with nothing but a broken heart and a feathered prince in need of a guardian. Swearing off love, Rothbart has no choice but to exchange his plans of world domination for an honest trade to support the family he never asked for. At least he never has to see Gothel again . . .Everyone’s plans go out the window when their teenage charges cross paths and trigger twin curses. Now Gothel and Rothbart must find a way to work together if they want to save their families. If they can put their bitterness aside, they might just be able to survive their joint quest. But resisting falling back into love? That is another matter entirely.       AmazonKU

CONQUER: BOOK FOUR OF THE ELFIN SERIES by Quinn Loftis

Rezer was never meant to remember. A shadow elf haunted by dreams of a sealed door and a power that whispers his name, he’s spent centuries avoiding the truth of who and what he is. Lisa was never supposed to matter. A human woman with a quiet strength and a talent for seeing too much, she becomes the one thing his past refuses to ignore. The Chamber of Light and Dark stirs, drawing others toward it. Too late, Rezer discovers a terrible truth. He wasn’t spared when the Chamber was sealed as he thought; he was forgotten. And now the Chamber remembers.       Amazon     Apple Books      Kobo

GARTERS, GHOSTS AND WEDDING TOASTS (SOUTHERN GHOST HUNTER MYSTERIES BOOK 15) by Angie Fox

THE VAMPIRE’S HUNTER: PART ONE (SUPERNATURAL LOVERS BOOK THREE) by Alexa Piper

ORC’S MARK (THE VEIL LANDS) by Cyn Blade and Milly Taiden

OUT COLD: MM MPREG SHIFTER ROMANCE (BRAMBLE WOODS BOOK ONE) by Lorelai M Hart and Colbie Dubar

My den left me out in the cold as a cub, hoping I’d never return. That didn’t work out too well for them. As the firstborn son of the most powerful Alpha our den has ever known, I should’ve had everything. Respect. Protection. A future. Instead, my stepfather tosses me out into the freezing cold, left to face the elements before my first shift, and leaves me there to die. My polar bear refuses to give up, pushing my shift early and saving my life. He keeps me alive. Keeps me fighting. Helps me find safety in the embrace of a small wolf pack. While the den forgets me, I prepare. I study business management, train in mixed martial arts, and learn to survive among humans. I wait for the right time to return and take back what’s mine. When I hear about a human scientist coming north to tag and track polar bears and examine why we settled so far away from most of our kind, my timeline shifts. It doesn’t matter if I’m ready or not, my den doesn’t understand how dangerous humans can be. Despite my past, protecting them is my duty… even if they never wanted me. I don’t expect the scientist to be a hot nerd with a heart filled with kindness and a true desire to help wildlife. And I certainly don’t expect my bear to scent him as mine. Now I have to find a way to save my kind without losing the one person fate put on this planet just for me.      AmazonKU

CRONE OF BURNING SHADOWS: MYRTLEWOOD CRONES BOOK SIX by Iris Beaglehole

Delia Spark has come a long way from setting tea towels on fire by accident…Once a theatre director going through a disasterous divorce, she’s now a fully fledged fire witch, one of the four Myrtlewood Crones, having recovered her family grimoire and claimed the fire dragon’s egg. But there’s no time for curtain calls. The Order of the Crimson is marching on the Veiled Sisterhood’s mountain stronghold, led by a vessel of darkness who once was her ex-husband. The Sisterhood’s crystal has become a prison, draining the life from those meant to protect it. And the four Crones must finally claim the full power they were born to wield to stop the convergence that has been spoken of in ancient myth for generations. Fire doesn’t just destroy. It transforms. And Delia is done hiding in the wings. Expect dragons, demon cats, banter, and far too many cups of tea.     AmazonKU

VALENTINE FOR THE BOSS BEAR: MONSTER ROMANCE WITH A HEART by Melanie James

He’s a billionaire bear shifter in need of a new assistant. She’s a human who lied on her resume. What could possibly go wrong? Fleeing her past, Audrey Lawrence fibs her way into an executive assistant position for Mack Kingston. He’s arrogant, ridiculously wealthy, and the owner of a top-secret supernatural security firm. He’s also the most attractive man—er, shifter—she’s ever met. Mack’s world is chaos after a betrayal, but his new human assistant is a surprisingly competent breath of fresh air. And according to his inner bear, she’s also his fated mate. Now, with Valentine’s Day looming, Mack has a new mission: convince his skeptical, sharp-tongued new employee that her place isn’t just at his company, but by his side—forever, making this a Valentine’s romance she’ll never forget.      Amazon      Apple Books      Kobo

UNBOUND RETRIBUTION (BROKEN ASHES) BOOK EIGHT by Nikita Parmenter

House has more secrets than we anticipated, but as usual, it’s not the only thing that we have to deal with. In fact, it’s at the bottom of the pile. Allies emerge from the most unexpected places, while our new magic from the Choosing begins to make itself known, magic that is not what we expected it to be. Even the Spirit Guides don’t have the answers, which can’t be a good thing. Oh, and the Voices, the ones that are those of the dead, yeah, they aren’t, and if they aren’t the voices of the dead then what or who are they? We finally uncover some long-anticipated answers, but with those answers come a whole new set of questions.      AmazonKU

THE BLOOD AWAKENING: THE ROSE VAMPIRE COVEN by B A Stretke

VS Note: MM PNR.

He went in search of a career. He found a destiny he never knew existed. Thomas Carter is a brilliant Art History graduate stuck behind a gift shop cash register at the Art Institute of Chicago. His dreams of an internship are crushed by the petty, elitist Dr. Orin Ferris, and his social life is a string of awkward moments and “team building” disasters. When his coworkers drag him to The Blood Rose, a semi-exclusive club with a dark reputation, Thomas expects another night of humiliation. He doesn’t expect Riggs McClain. Riggs is more than just a devastatingly handsome bartender with a wicked smile. He is a soldier for the Rose Coven, an ancient vampire who has spent decades waiting for the one person who would change everything. The moment he catches the aroma of sweet lilacs clinging to the shy man in the bow tie, he knows. This man is his beloved. As their bond deepens, the human world refuses to let go. Dr. Ferris is determined to destroy Thomas’s reputation and blackball him from the art world forever. What Ferris doesn’t realize is that Thomas is now protected by the most influential coven in Chicago. In a world of shadows and secrets, Thomas must choose. Does he stick to what is safe or does he throw caution to the wind and embrace the unknown?       Amazon

CRIMSON ELEMENTAL (ONYX ASSASSINS BOOK NINE) by Samantha Whiskey

As an immortal, elite hunter with elemental abilities, I’m no stranger to taking orders. But I never thought my king would demand I teach a noble vampire how to control her newly surfaced powers. Especially when that noble vampire haunts my dreams in the best way. Annika Sorokin is the most gorgeous vampire I’ve ever seen. She’s smart, sexy, and is fiercely loyal to her family—something I completely understand. But she’s not a one-and-done kind of vampire, so I keep my fantasies to myself. And now I’m secluded on an island with her. Working nightly on her water-wielding abilities. With the island offering nowhere to run, her constant nearness is driving me mad with wanting her, but she deserves more than what I can give. The more time we spend together, the more my no-relationship rule crumbles. We’re matched in so many ways, beyond our similar power, and there’s an undeniable need that pulses between us. She’s air to my fire, water to my ice, and soon I’m not sure how I’ve ever lived without her. I’ve always viewed loving someone as a weakness, especially in a hunter’s line of work. We have enemies all over the world, now more than ever. And for me? They’re constantly searching for my weak spot. Annika is mine. But she’s worth breaking every rule I have about love, and I’ll do whatever it takes to keep her safe.       AmazonKU

LUMINARA ACADEMY: YEAR TWO BOOK TWO by Serena Cross

Three fated mates. One deadly secret. Zero room for mistakes. Surviving the Matching Ceremony was supposed to be the hard part. Turns out, being magically bonded to three possessive, irresistibly hot supernatural males who can feel my every emotion is so much worse. Especially when my secret could get me executed. Malthor, the demon who murdered my father, has infiltrated Luminara Academy, and the Bonding Trials start in two days. One blood scan is all it takes to expose what I really am: a demon-fae hybrid. Kill on sight. Now I’m trapped between survival and surrender… and my mates are making that choice impossible. Rex: the dominant dragon shifter who believes possession equals protection. Finn: the golden-hearted wolf who keeps my secrets… and shares my bed. Cain: the cold, lethal demon who should want me dead, yet looks at me like I’m already his. I came here to protect my sister. Not to crave three males who fight over who gets to touch me next. And definitely not to risk everything for a bond that could destroy us all. But as enemies close in and the heat between us ignites, walking away may be the one thing I can’t survive. Because the real danger isn’t letting them claim me… it’s what happens when I finally claim them back.      AmazonKU

WINTER FERINE (CURSED OMEGA BOOK ONE) by Birdie D’avo

Mona’s entire life is defined by illness. Until one night, after a party, a gorgeous, mysterious stranger rips into her neck and drains her life away, leaving her naked, cold and alone. The next morning, she wakes in the body of a wolf, her chronic illness gone—but so is her humanity. Now she’s on the run, hunted by men—wolves—who call her omega, like she’s something precious, while also trying to outrun the nightmares of the man who did this to her. Meanwhile, something primal pulls her north, and as the attacks increase and her wolf grows stronger, she’s left with an impossible choice: keep running or face her fate? After one more brutal attack, she finally gives in and heads north to a remote mountain in Maine. What she doesn’t expect is their lead Alpha and his second-in-command claiming she’s their fated mate. She has no intention of giving in to their demands. After all, what would she do with one mate, let alone two? And when she begins to suspect she has a third, Mona realizes she knows absolutely nothing about shifter life—and it could cost her more than she’s willing to give.  This is an MFMMM (no MM) reverse harem wolf shifter romance with omegaverse elements. It is part of a duet (this book ends in a cliffhanger), multiple POV, multiple partners/extremely graphic sex scenes  AmazonKU

THE WITCH’S PET: A SAPPHIC DARK ROMANCE by Tiana Warner

When Hannah accidentally breaks an ancient spell and binds herself to Julia Moreau, a powerful witch who was cursed to an enchanted sleep a century ago, the reluctant duo must hunt down Julia’s old coven to sever the bond. But Julia is a sanguine witch who draws her power from the life force of others. To keep them both alive, Hannah must allow Julia to feed on her essence—a ritual that grows more intimate with every repetition, blurring the line between necessity and desire.      AmazonKU

FATED TO THE EMBERJACK by Selina Bevan

I freed the monster in my basement. In return, he kidnapped me. He had the nerve to say he was saving my life. The real reason? He knew I was his soulmate the second I walked into his prison. As much as I want to call him insane, my own magic is siding with the pumpkin man. It’s been a destructive wrecking ball since I met him, a tempest that only his hands on my body can tame. He needs to survive seven rigged trials to take back his throne, and our fated connection has just painted a target on both our backs. He’s the monster, and I’m the witch his people want to burn. Our fated bond might be the spark that reignites an old purge, but it’s also the only thing strong enough to drag a dying realm back from the brink. And if his enemies come for us, they’ll learn exactly what a monster prince and his witch will do to hold onto each other.      AmazonKU

WHEN THE STARS WERE DEVOURED (THE DEVOURED FATES BOOK ONE) by Stephanie Blair

The skies are darkening with rebellion in Noxia. A tyrannical king rules with madness and the only thing stopping him? A Rebellion Leader – Civil war left everyone in the kingdom of Noxia both destitute and dejected, but Alora refuses to watch her people continue tosuffer. Magic comes with a price, and with her power of illusion considered a rarity, she joins with the cause to assassinate the ruthless king. Alora quickly finds her plans derailed when she unexpectedly captures the king’s favored warrior and it becomes apparent that more than her freedom is on the line. The Royal Executioner – With the power to destroy souls, The Devourer is as ruthless as his magic. As the king’s right hand killer, The Devourer must hunt down and eliminate every threat to the king’s reign. But when he finds himself captured by the very group he hunts, Kassiel will begin to question if his fate to be alone, is truly set, or if his hardened heart could actually begin to feel again.      AmazonKU

SHADOWS REVEALED by Zora Stone

Rule #73 of surviving your own destiny — once the fighting stops, your feelings attack. Hi. I’m Kaia. Valkyrie. Professional disaster. This should be the easy part. The Gate is closed, the shadows are safe, and Absentia is finally healing. Instead? I’m trapped in Japti with six overprotective, emotionally unstable idiots who apparently love me and have zero chill about it. Also, I’m exhausted, grieving, and accidentally bonding with people again. Typical. This novella is the aftermath of everything we survived — rest, recovery, truth, and choosing each other without a realm trying to kill us.   AmazonKU

THE LION’S LIGHT (GOLDEN PRIDE BOOK THREE) by Caitlin Ricci

VS Note: MM PNR.

Robin has been performing since he was old enough to watch his parents tear each other apart and learn the safest thing to be was charming. The flirting, the easy smile, the guy who makes everything look effortless — it’s armor he built in childhood and perfected over a lifetime. No one gets past it. Not even the grumpy lion shifter mechanic who watches him like he’s something worth figuring out. Vaughn doesn’t do sweet. He does engines, crossword puzzles, and silence. But Robin’s act doesn’t fool him — never has. He can hear the skip in Robin’s heartbeat every time he fakes a laugh. He just doesn’t know why. Robin has survived worse than a bad boss and a kitchen that tried to break him. But surviving isn’t the same as living, and Vaughn is the first person who’s ever made him want to stop just getting by. Being real means letting Vaughn see everything — the scars, the fear, and the dream Robin’s been too afraid to chase. It means trusting a man who could crush him and believing he won’t. Vaughn has never been good with words. He’ll have to prove it the only way he knows how: by staying.       AmazonKU

A TEMPLE OF SIN AND SALVATION (ROMAN TEMPLE SERIES BOOK ONE) by Kiara Rae

They called her the High Priestess of Love. They called him the God of Ruin. Together, they became the story the stars were never meant to tell. Kalia was born for devotion, her every breath bound to Cupid’s temple. She is trained to worship love, to speak its blessings, even when hers has run cold. When a stranger steps from the shadows, the temple itself bends around him. The fallen God, Caelus, carries the echo of something both divine and dangerous, a darkness that knows her name. One forbidden touch shatters the divine order, binding them by a love that could unmake the world. As the veil between worship and desire unravels, Kalia learns the truth. The God she served was never gone, only fallen, and the ruin of love itself lives behind eyes she cannot turn away from.
Now chained by fate, and tip-toeing on the line of damnation, Kalia must choose between the faith that shaped her… and the one thing even Gods fear to lose—love itself.       AmazonKU

WRATH AND DESIRE (REALM OF ZADRYA BOOK TWO) by Susan Illene

Darrow is raw power exemplified. He is full of secrets and pain. The dark elf isn’t satisfied with only marrying me. Oh, no. He wants it all—my body, heart, and soul. I must resist despite being his fated mate. Because if I don’t, he could break me, and I’m already at my limit. Aella is everything I’m not. She is full of compassion and resilience. The half-druid’s grace and odd fondness for plants bring me to my knees. Though I cannot love her, I need to own her in every way. She can resist all she wants, but I’ll do whatever it takes. No price is too high, even if it breaks me. But now, war and death plague us. My mother’s people have invaded our realm with ruthless precision. Our monarchy is at stake. And a blight is rapidly spreading to kill the land. Powerful forces are at work to divide our people. I may wish I could focus entirely on my new wife. But we must find a way to save our world. Even if it means traveling to a distant one with its own dangers. That is…if we can find a way there before the enemy stops us. Somehow, they’re ahead of us at every turn.        Amazon     Apple Books      Kobo

SOMEONE FRAMED MY WITCH by Lindsey Devin

Retirement was going so well, until it wasn’t…Declan McClintoc retired from supernatural detective work three years ago. He does not take cases. He does not get involved. He does not open the door at 4am. He opened the door at 4am. Now he’s got a wolf-shifter witch sleeping in his bed — framed for murder, hunted by the people who actually did it, and completely dismantling the very careful nothing he’d built around himself. She didn’t ask to become his problem. He didn’t ask to become her protector. Turns out neither of them had a vote.       AmazonKU

PRIMROSE MAGIC (KITTEN AND WTCH BOOK FOUR) by K L Noone

VS Note: MM PNR.

Quiet documentary filmmaker Luke Wright adores his celebrity-witch boyfriend: Primrose Stone’s beautiful, charismatic, powerful, and kind underneath the flamboyant surface, honestly happy to help those in need. And Luke might be only human, but he believes Prim loves him; he’s starting to think about their future together. But when Primrose accepts a case involving a perilous magical rescue, Luke will come face to face with vicious sorcery, his own fears, and the all-too-real dangers of Prim’s job, with Prim’s life hanging in the balance.      Amazon

DRAGON KING’S BROKEN MATE (ALPHA DRAGON KINGS OF SILVER PEAKS BOOK ONE) by Alicia Banks

The magical place that Bryn Matsen has dreamed about visiting her entire life. Once her little sister goes off to college, Bryn is finally able to escape her life of duty and start a life of her own. The problem? She lands in Stagholt just in time to witness an assassination attempt on the Dragon King’s life. Sven Aftervadee – All Dragon King Sven Aftervadee wants to do is pick his brother up from the airport. Instead, he finds himself on the receiving end of a poisoned arrow that prevents him from tapping into his dragon powers and healing himself. Luckily, a beautiful woman comes to his aid who has healing powers that she’s not even aware of. But Bryn is now targeted and in danger. He has her brought to the castle for her own protection. But there’s something about her that pulls at him. And why can she heal him when she’s a mere human? Despite the threats made toward the royal family, a mating ritual quickly approaches and Sven has to get to the bottom of the danger in his kingdom. When his intended partner for the ritual flees the castle, his crown is threatened if he does not mate. His heart chooses Bryn as a replacement and when she agrees to participate, it seems that one problem is solved. Except he didn’t tell her the whole story about the purpose of the ritual. And how will she react when she finds out that he’s actually a dragon?       AmazonKU

THE GARDEN OF FORGOTTEN THINGS: JASPER LAKE BOOK TWO by Maeve Garner

Some secrets refuse to stay buried—no matter how many hearts they break in the telling…All Regina McClaine needed was a break. A quiet place to recover from the devastating betrayal that wrecked her professional life…and love life. Her great aunt Muriel’s renovated mansion in Jasper Lake seemed like the perfect place for a fresh start. Until she found herself haunted—literally—by an enigmatic ghost.
Security specialist Knox Sinclair arrived at the lake with secrets of his own. But Muriel asked him to investigate threats against the mansion, and that’s what he intended to do. Until Regina—a woman as beautiful as she was clearly hiding something—snagged his full attention and changed everything…In a garden blooming with betrayals, unsolved mysteries, and second chances, can Regina put her faith in Knox when it matters most? Or is trust a luxury she simply can’t afford?     AmazonKU

THE ALPHA KING’S DESTINY by Eloise Benjamin

The plan was simple: Convince the King to choose the Alpha’s sister. Earn my freedom. And finally escape the pack that’s made my life a living hell. But destiny has other plans, and with one look at the King, everything unravels. Violet – Freedom from this pack is all I’ve ever wanted, and for the first time in years, it is finally on the horizon. Until the King of the Werewolves declares he’s seeking a Queen, and my Alpha assigns me an impossible task: ensure his sister’s victory, or mine will have to wed his cruel Beta. My final duty as a chaperone should have been uneventful. Stay quiet. Do my part. Then disappear. Instead, I can’t take my eyes off him. The King with a gaze that sees too much. And when his attention turns to me —a nobody omega —desire burns hotter than the rules keeping us apart. But just when I’m ready to risk it all, I’m stolen away by a man obsessed with breaking what he can’t have. Me. When I’m taken and forced into the brutal Wolf Wars, fighting for my life against my own kind, I fear that the wolf I once was is gone. Only… there’s more to me than anyone realises. Vadik –  With Lycans on the brink of extinction and no mate in sight, the Mate Trials are my last chance to find a queen worthy of my throne. Until I see her. Not a contestant. A chaperone. An omega. Mine. When Violet is taken into the human underground fighting pits, I’ll do anything to get her back. Even if it means entering the Wolf Wars myself. Run by a madman who wants what’s mine, the games are far deadlier than I imagined. And when her secrets rise to the surface, I realize that my destiny doesn’t lie in power or bloodlines. It lies in a tiny omega half-breed who refuses to break.   AmazonKU

A MATTER OF TIME (THE BRIDGE THROUGH TIME SERIES BOOK FOUR) by Jennae Vale

Sir Richard Jefford has a reputation–a bad one. The witch Edna Campbell seems to think he can change for the better, because she’s giving Richard a chance to redeem himself in present day San Francisco. Confused as to why he’s there and what he’s to learn, Richard wonders how he can possibly be successful. Will he get his chance at a new life, or will circumstances deny him what he truly desires and cause him to return to his old ways? Angelina Lawson thinks she has it all figured out when it comes to love. She is a beautiful woman who could have any man she wants, but Angelina doesn’t trust any of them enough to ever be in love. Protecting her heart is first and foremost in her life, that is, until she meets a man so unexpectedly different, he could possibly change her mind and claim the heart she so fiercely guards. Battling their pasts, as well as each other, Richard and Angelina find themselves running for their lives back to sixteenth century Scotland, while being pursued by a man who would do anything to go back in time to recover a lost treasure.      AmazonKU

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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). 

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SILVER SCHOLAR: WARRIORS OF VALOSE NOVELLA by Iona Strom

Zikkar – I was a scholar, not a warrior, yet I would burn the universe to keep her. Rowan was stolen from Earth, torn from her twin and believes she’s alone on Valose. She isn’t. Her echo burns in my ancillary heart, placed there by Spirits who don’t make mistakes. She doesn’t understand what we are yet. But I do. Beyond our dome, new enemies gather. Huren still bleeds from the last war. Safety crumbles. Time dwindles. And when they come for my female, I’ll become something far deadlier than a tech. Because Rowan will be mine. Rowan – I didn’t believe in soulmates, not on Earth or anywhere else, but Valose doesn’t care. Here, sex creates an unbreakable spirit-bond, something I can’t risk while my twin sister remains lost among the stars. Yet I struggle to resist Zikkar, the silver-scaled male whose calm brilliance makes him impossible to ignore. He watches me like I’m both sacred and something he’s starving for. Now, with war pressing against our trembling dome, the one male who makes me feel safe could claim me forever. When that bond finally snaps tight, will I run or surrender to my silver scholar?       AmazonKU

SEER WARS SEASON TWO: A NEW ENEMY (PART IV) BOOK SEVEN  OF THE SAGA by JC Andrijeski

River and Valek scarcely get a chance to talk, to reconnect after months of being apart, when an unwelcome visitor at the hotel sets events in motion that spiral out of control. When her husband ends up unconscious and hurt again, River is furious, and ready for war. She tracks down the seers responsible without Valek, determined to end things for good, but before she can, someone else intervenes. An enemy breaches the Earth’s atmosphere, one beyond anything she or her soldiers have ever fought, even in decades of war on Old Earth. Forced to flee Los Angeles, River and her new, found family attempt to escape the beings after them… preferably before the human world falls apart for real. But this isn’t an enemy they can easily outrun, and they’ll need to survive on the planet for months before any hope of rescue can reach them. * * *Author’s Note: This series was written originally as a serial, and individual books end on cliffhangers as a result, with the longer arcs continuing over several books. This particular novel is a continuation of Seer Wars Season Two: A New Enemy, and follows Part 2 of the same season. Thanks so much for reading!     AmazonKU

JUSTISS by Linda Mooney

With only a couple minutes’ warning, an alien attack on Justiss Kaye’s home planet leaves her being the lone survivor and plagued with nightmares. Somehow she is rescued, but she has no memory of who or how. Joining the planetary military, her plan is to rise in the ranks and get revenge on those that attacked her, destroyed her home, and killed everyone she knew. She dreams of becoming a Legionnaire, an elite class of warriors, but she keeps getting passed over for promotions at her own base regardless of how good her numbers are. She’s one of the best and she knows it. When she’s passed over for a third time, she demands to know why, knowing her superiors don’t like being questioned. There’s more than her job on the line, it’s her life. Little does she know that she’s been watched for a while and her dream is about to come true. After being rescued yet again, she’s put to the test and finds herself being invited to become the third in a Legionnaire triad. And then the fun really begins. They find evidence of the fleet that attacked her planet and many others, and it’s now their mission to save as many other planets as they can. Justiss is her name for a reason, and she won’t rest until she’s served up her own brand of retribution.      AmazonKU

HIS LITTLE TUMERION (ELEADIAN MATES BOOK 14) by Paige Michaels

Bailey has lived all her life under the thumb of her extremely strict father. He even tracks her phone. But the man does sleep, and that’s when Bailey accepts the dare from her college roommates. Go to Club Zoom and come back with a picture of one of those hunky Eleadian men. It’s Zingar’s fourth night on Earth. All he can do is wait for his mate to enter the club. The moment she arrives, he knows. To some extent, so does she. Humans can’t fully grasp the fated connection, but she will understand in time. After twenty-one years of being the good girl, Bailey quickly discovers she has a mischievous side. It turns out she can say no as often as she wants. It won’t cause Zingar to bend the rules, and it will end with her facing discipline, but what if she likes being punished? Her new life may be even more strict than her previous existence, but the rewards are worth her obedience.     AmazonKU

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

STAR CRUISE LUCKY CHARM by Veronica Scott

VS Note: 

This 35K word novella first appeared in the Pets in Space® 10 anthology, which is no longer available. I have added 1300 words relating to the MMC’s backstory but there are no other changes.

Dahlia Vale is a floater on the interstellar cruise liner Nebula Zephyr. She fills in wherever she’s needed and loves the life. She hopes she can land a permanent spot on the crew roster and she and her alien rescue pet Petal can secure their home aboard the ship. Then one night she gets called to take a waitress position in the casino and a high society guest decides she’s his lucky charm after winning huge at the roulette wheel by betting on her casual suggestion. Life becomes a whirlwind for Dahlia and she’s not sure she likes the attention. Fortunately her pet gave her a special token of good luck that she carries all the time. Casino Manager Mike Remington isn’t happy to have an unknown floater assigned to the casino on such a big night but he’s impressed with Dahlia despite himself. He wants to get to know her better which is a challenge since he’s the boss but maybe the way to her heart is to help find answers for her ailing pet. Amidst preparations for an upcoming gaming competition Mike finds time to spend with Dahlia. But he’s got everyone from the interstellar mob to the upper echelons of society on the ship to deal with. When Dahlia is endangered thanks to her reputation as a so-called ‘luck puller’ for the avaricious gamblers engaged in the championship games, she needs her own lucky charm and Mike’s help to avoid disaster. Can their growing attraction survive the chaos?

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A VERY TENTACULAR HONEYMOON (TENTACULAR TALES) by Chloe Archer

VS Note: MM SFR.

Every epic love story deserves a honeymoon—preferably in space, surrounded by tentacles and superfans. River – The Alliance on Earth is safe, our enemies are defeated, and I am finally getting my honeymoon—in freaking outer space. Even better? Kai’s taking me to Tentacular Tales Con, the biggest intergalactic fan convention for the extraterrestrials who love my web serial. Yes, I’m basically a star and this is my moment to shine! Between much-needed pampering at our intergalactic resort, swoon-worthy surprises from my hubby-boo, quality bow-chicka-wow-wow time, and meeting my adorably devoted superfans, this trip is one I’m never going to forget. But by golly, I will find a way to top it when I plan our one-year anniversary! Kai – Planning this honeymoon has been a joy—and an opportunity to pull out all the swoon-worthy stops for my one true love. River is usually the one sweeping me off my feet, or rather, tentacles. This time, I’m determined to surprise him, spoil him, and adore him to the fullest with both my hearts and all my tentacles. The danger is finally behind us. We have hard-won peace, a bright future, and three very different surprises on the way. This honeymoon isn’t just a celebration—it’s the beginning of the next chapter of our lives together.   AmazonKU

SINGLE DAD SPACE CRUISE (SMUTT BOOKS SHORT ALIEN ROMANCE BOOK EIGHT) by Deiri Di

Lin thought she was just helping. The winged Scrangie scientist looked exhausted, juggling cruise activities and a strange, wriggling larva. When Lin offered to babysit, it felt simple. Practical. Kind. A small favor on a singles cruise full of strangers. She didn’t know the larva wasn’t what she thought. And in Scrangie culture, love began with care. Jax was steady, attentive, and quietly intense in a way Lin didn’t expect. She came aboard craving novelty, connection, and maybe even the possibility of a future. She just didn’t expect that future to arrive wrapped in ritual, laced with expectation, and shaped like something dangerously close to family. Because she hadn’t just been babysitting. She was being courted.      AmazonKU

ALIEN SPARK (MOTHERSHIP BOOK FOUR) by Eden Ember

She survived the crash. She’s not sure she deserves to survive him. Elena Vasquez is the last one left. While her best friends found love aboard the alien starship that rescued them, Elena buries herself in dangerous electrical work—crawling into live power conduits, rewiring weapons arrays, taking every risk that might finally make her useful. Or finally make her pay for surviving when so many others didn’t. Vaxon, Mothership’s imposing Security Commander, has watched Elena’s death wish for months. When he assigns himself as her permanent partner, she’s furious. She doesn’t need a 8’8″ warrior shadowing her every move, no matter how his protective intensity makes her pulse race or how those cobalt-blue eyes see straight through her defenses. But when Elena’s obsessive scanning detects a signal from Liberty—her destroyed colony ship—everything changes. There might be survivors. There might be answers. There might finally be absolution for the guilt that’s eating her alive. Investigating the derelict nearly kills them both. Trapped in the wreckage of her past with a corrupted AI hunting them, Elena must choose: keep punishing herself for surviving, or fight for the future Vaxon is offering—if they make it out alive. Because the dead don’t need her sacrifice. But the living warrior bleeding beside her? He needs her to choose him.      AmazonKU

LOVE IS ALIEN (INTERGALACTIC DATING SHOW BOOK THREE) by Carlotta Page

LOVE GALAXY is cancelled. The director has fled. And I’ve been abandoned on an alien planet with the so-called love of my life.     AmazonKU

AN INDECENT BARGAIN (ALIEN ENFORCERS BOOK FOUR) by Zadie Fox

A human stranded on an uninhabited alien planet must convince the enforcer who kidnapped her that she’s not allied with the fugitive hunting them. I never thought my thirtieth birthday would land me on a distant alien planet, caught between a fugitive on the run and at the mercy of a devastatingly irresistible enforcer. The bargain I strike is my only chance to survive. If I can survive the cunning fugitive. If I can earn the trust of the commanding enforcer. If I can resist the delectable danger of giving in. But some bargains aren’t meant to be resisted.       AmazonKU

DOPPELBANGER: MM SFR by W H Lockwood

August Blackthorne: Pitifully broke? Check. Fresh from a messy breakup? Check. The apparent object of some weirdo stalker’s affection? Unfortunately, also check. But everything changes when I finally get the chance to confront the guy who’s been terrorising me, only to discover that he’s actually… me. From a parallel universe. A smarter, more confident, sexy quantum physicist version of me. And for some reason, he wants my help. You’d think a super genius like him could find a better way to say hi, wouldn’t you? August Blackthorne (the other one): This was supposed to be simple: find the version of me in this reality, put our two genius brains together, and fix the problem I’ve created. Only this August isn’t a quantum physicist like I am. He’s a body-building, music-loving, karate-teaching absolute sweetheart. And I’m falling hard for him. The kind of hard that could destroy the universe. Because unless we can find a way to undo this mess, his whole existence will be torn apart, atom by atom, him included. But when he finds out who I really am, and what I’ve done, I know he’ll never want to see me again. How am I supposed to save the universe when doing it will destroy the one person I truly care about?      AmazonKU

STARGAZERS by Anne Kane

VS note: Re-releases.

Five stargazers defy the odds and find love and adventure as they travel across the galaxy. Descended from the witches of old Earth, Stargazers are highly sought after, both by legitimate sources and by pirates who enslave them and use their talents to bend energy to power space ships and detect people’s presences from great distances. Wanton: When Tarik’s brother is captured by the Intergalactic Council, the handsome cyborg realizes he’ll need the help of a Stargazer if a rescue mission is to succeed. But when he kidnaps Krystal, he’s torn between rescuing his brother and his growing attraction to the talented witch. Willful: Born both a Stargazer and Daughter-Heir to the throne of New Zanadles, Jazlyn is used to a life of pampered luxury. But when the planet runs into financial trouble, her leisurely life is replaced by a whirlwind of Intergalactic Council intrigues and the lusty attentions of her new employers. Wild: When Stargazer Anaya stows away on a ship…(more blurb on ebook seller’s page)      Amazon     Apple Books     Kobo

THE OBAKE CODE by Makana Yamamoto

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

After the heist of a lifetime, Malia has it all: a loft apartment aboard the massive Kepler Station, expensive clothes, and a dev credit in her favorite video game. She’s also bored as hell. Three years after retiring her mantle as the Obake, the most infamous hacker in the quadrant—and arguably the galaxy—Malia hasn’t taken well to civilian life. So what’s the harm in rigging a few cybernetic prizefights and making a little cash on the side? When Malia’s scheme is uncovered, she runs afoul of Jeongah Song—the dangerous leader of a local gang with a reputation for brutality. Malia is ready for retribution. But what she gets instead is an offer she can’t refuse: take down the local politician leading a “clean up the streets” campaign displacing residents and hindering Jeongah’s operations on the space station… or die. Without another way out, Malia takes the deal. Luckily, she has some friends she can call on in times of need: a master thief, a street racing wheelman, and a femme fatale grifter. But as Malia digs deeper into the politician’s shady dealings, she finds herself embroiled in a conspiracy that might be too big for her to handle. One that has roots in her own rise as the Obake—a cybernetically enhanced superhacker created by a power-mad genius… a superhacker whose mods are rapidly degrading. Faced with threats on all sides, Malia may finally be in over her head…or stuck—forever—inside her own mind.      Amazon      AB      Apple Books       Kobo

SUBATOMIC LOVE by Shannon Kirk

In the final seconds before the Pointe Reason nuclear reactor explodes around them in October 1971, Dr. Cecilia Ribold makes a conscious choice: to defy death itself. She, her true love Mitch, and her best friend and fellow physicist Dawn-her platonic soulmate-have a theory about harnessing the laws of physics to direct their own reincarnations. Energy cannot be destroyed, so they devise a method to ensure their bond won’t be either. They vow to find each other across lifetimes. Now, half a century later, they are each fully entrenched in their subsequent lives. Ceclia, now known as Vienna, finds Mitch, now Marcello, in a fateful encounter. Hoping to express her agonizing love for him, while also sending a warning to a culprit she partly blames for the Pointe Reason disaster, she publishes a novel containing details no one could possibly know about the meltdown-unless they’d been there. The novel attracts her old friend Dawn, now Darcey, but also the dangerous attention of the perpetrators of the original disaster and the government who sees directed reincarnation as a valuable weapon. Their lives converge once more in an international chase across continents to defend their love, so deep and unbreakable, it’s subatomic.        Amazon     Apple Books       Kobo

THE ALIEN WARRIOR’S VALENTINE (SCIFI HOLIDAY SPECIALS) by Robin O’Connor

On a struggling alien vineyard, the only thing harder than surviving is letting someone get close. Mariska – I have two years to make this work, and time is running out. The cozy small town is scary when the Aderians are all empaths who seem to know your innermost thoughts. I came to Llykhe to escape, to find myself again. The vineyard granted to me by the Aderians is supposed to be my salvation, even if it’s rundown and the machines are failing. I have space, but not the privacy I came for. Then there’s Jeltom. Grumpy and silent, he’s not your typical Aderian empath. When I ask him for help, he actually says no. With Valentine coming, I wonder if explaining a human holiday and asking him to share it is brave or foolish. Jeltom – I hadn’t come home to fall for anyone. After being shot, I want simple: familiar air, quiet nights, and absolutely no responsibilities. Then Mariska crosses my path, human and shy like a skittish animal. Giving her my help when she needs it is easy. It feels like the purpose I’ve been searching for all my life. When she mentions a custom called Valentine, a strange human ritual, I don’t understand it, but I want to. Not for tradition’s sake, but for hers. This human might just be the one thing my people have forgotten how to find: my fated mate.   AmazonKU

THE LONG WINTER (SICKNESS BOOK TWO) by Isla R Quinn

In a world hollowed out by sickness, two survivors learn that the hardest thing to trust is the chance at something real. Cara O’Keefe has spent her whole life hidden deep in the woods, taught to rely on no one but herself. After the world falls, solitude becomes her armor—until three strangers stumble into her territory and shift the life she’s always known. Jay Bennett never expected to want anything again. Scarred by loss and the weight of what he couldn’t save, he’s resigned himself to simply surviving. But Cara—fierce, capable, and unexpectedly gentle—awakens a longing he thought he’d buried with the old world. As winter locks them together in Cara’s remote cabin, the unlikely group forms a fragile new family. And somewhere between shared chores, firelight, and quiet confessions, Jay and Cara find themselves drawn toward a connection neither knows how to navigate. But survival is never secure. With danger moving in the frozen woods and winter finally breaking, Jay and Cara must decide if love is worth the risk, or if trusting each other is the most dangerous choice of all.   AmazonKU      AB

TURNS OUT I WOKE A GARGOYLE (A COSMIC MONSTER ROMANCE BOOK SIX) by Alison Voss

I signed up for a guided tour and accidentally woke a gargoyle. Killian is ancient, territorial, and deeply unimpressed by tourists. Unfortunately for both of us, the moment I touch him, the castle recognizes me as its key—and he decides I’m staying close whether I like it or not. Now the fortress is alive, the exits are sealed, and I’m stuck in a sentient death trap with a monster who runs hot, growls a lot, and refuses to let anyone else near me. A short monster romance in the Cosmic Monster Mates series. Each book follows a new couple, new alien, and new chaotic mishap across the galaxy.     AmazonKU

THE SPY WHO STUNG ME (PLANET WLN269 NEEDS WOMEN) by Latrexa Nova

Honeytrap, I’m home! Signing up for an intergalactic dating app was not in my job description. But when the government agency I work for needs someone undercover to investigate a potential human trafficking ring, I’m the only woman for the job. Everyone in the agency says I’m too unfeminine and coarse to pull this off, but I’ll show them I can be as sweet as honey. The mark? A seven-foot-tall alien man named Hunnei Ral Xeric who looks like a bee-themed superhero. In our communications, Xeric is considerate and earnest—but that has to be a facade. Maybe my time here on Earth has jaded me, but Xeric isn’t like any man I’ve met before. It only gets worse when I start asking questions about his proboscis and he starts going off about how enjoyable he finds it to suck the nectar from between—This is supposed to be a sting operation, dang it! So why is my heart all abuzz?      AmazonKU

SAVAGE BONE KING by Cara Stone and Athena Storm

She was never meant to catch my eye. Just a cleaning girl. Small. Soft. Breakable. But the moment I saw her… everything burned. I rule by blood and bone. My enemies wear their skulls like jewelry. I’ve razed cities with my bare hands. But when she flinched and stood taller anyway—when she whispered no with fear in her throat—I knew. She wasn’t mine to take. She was mine to survive for.Then the traitors came. They chained me beneath the mountain. They caged her in the dark. And still—she didn’t kneel. She planned. She fought. She escaped. Now she’s out there, running barefoot through the fire. And I will tear through steel and planet just to touch her skin again.      AmazonKU

THIS IS HOW WE DIE by Elle Richards

Sadie’s spent two years perfecting the art of being invisible, and her neighbour, Theo, has spent just as long noticing her, anyway. As months of lockdown deteriorate into riots, and rumours of the dead reanimating turn out to be terrifyingly real, residents grow to become family, and the walls of their once safe apartment building close in around them. While chaos reigns and survival means doing things none of them could have imagined, Sadie learns to trust the man who makes her laugh, cry, and protects her from any threat, even one that lurks inside their building.     AmazonKU

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VS: In honor of the Olympics, here’s the second book in my scifi romance gladiator series. Rennyr fights in an alien arena and the stakes are life or death, not shiny medals, but the sacrifices he makes are worth it to him to save his fated mate.

RENNYR (BADARI GLADIATORS SERIES BOOK 2) by Veronica Scott

Rennyr was a genetically engineered senior soldier in his Badari Warrior pack until one day he woke up on a strange planet naked, disoriented and about to be sold into the gladiator arena for the rest of his life. Unscrupulous guards faked his death in the lab where he was created and sold him into slavery in the galaxy’s hinterlands. Kill or be killed is the rule in his new life and a Badari never gives up. He’ll fight to stay alive until the Badari goddess sees fit to decree his death and release him from the wretched existence.

Jaine Mitchel of the Sectors was on her way to an exciting research internship until pirates seized the spaceship on which she was a passenger and took her to feature in a gladiator ‘death match’ in the galactic hinterlands. She has no hope of surviving in the arena until a man she only glimpsed in passing breaks out of his cell and saves her life, declaring her to be his fated mate. Given to Rennyr as his reward for winning the death match, Jaine must share a cell and a bed with the handsome, not human, gladiator and together they have to find a way to survive in this merciless world of violence and death. Their mutual attraction is off the charts. Falling in love is the easy part, finding a way to escape or even to remain together is the challenge. At any time their mutual owner could decide thumbs up or thumbs down on one or both of them, or sell them separately.

Their only hope is a mysterious gladiator master from offworld who may be coming to buy Rennyr. Will he take Jaine as well? Could Rennyr win freedom for them both if he does well enough in the arena? Badari Warriors claim their mates for life and Rennyr has no intention of losing Jaine…RENNYR is an 80K word novel and can be read as a standalone. KYDEN is the first book in the series.

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VOWED TO THE VULTURE GOD (ASPECT AND ANCHOR BOOK FIVE) by Ruby Dixon

The Vulture God of Aos needs a partner. Or more accurately, a watchdog. It’s my job to escort him through the phenomenon called the Anticipation. If I make sure he stays alive until the very end, the fates will save my brother’s life. Of course I say yes. Who wouldn’t? I expected Kalos to be repugnant, not an elegant, world-weary man with silvery hair and tired green eyes. I expected him to be cruel and uncaring. As we get to know each other, I find that his caustic commentary shields a soft heart that’s been betrayed too many times before. He’s used to everyone hating him. He doesn’t know how to handle love, or understanding. He doesn’t know what to do when I don’t turn away from him, and kiss him instead. Most of all, Kalos doesn’t know that I’m doomed to leave his side, no matter how this ends.      AmazonKU

LAST CALL (ARCANE WONDERLAND BOOK ONE) by Jami Gray

In the Arcane world, magic is power, and betrayal is a family tradition. As an Oracle, Cassandra Alcmene always knew her fate was tied to Pythia Strategies, her family’s cutthroat magical consultancy in Las Vegas. That changed the day her visions betrayed her and her younger sister paid the ultimate price. Fueled by guilt and anger, Cass’s reckless decision to rewrite destiny shredded the final fragile threads tying her to her ruthless family. Now, she’s built a new life in Phoenix, co-running Wonderland, a bar turned sanctuary where she and her found family help Arcane society’s overlooked victims slip through the cracks of the magical elite. After a vengeful Memori mage targeted his family, Grayson Beck, an Arcane Key, knows what it means to lose everything. Forced into the role of sole guardian of his younger siblings, he carved out his reputation as one of the Arcane world’s most sought-after curse breakers, one dangerous job at a time. He doesn’t do distractions, but a chance encounter with Cass at Wonderland shakes his carefully controlled world. When Cass’s beloved grandmother dies unexpectedly, she’s pulled back into the life she thought she’d left behind with Grayson riding shotgun. Their return to Vegas takes a deadly turn when her youngest sister collapses at the funeral, revealing a twisted web of conspiracy tying Pythia Strategies to an insidious plot that could shake the foundation of Arcane power. With trust in short supply, enemies closing in, and time running out, Cass and Grayson must outmaneuver the darkest players in Arcane society while navigating the explosive connection neither of them expected. Because Fate isn’t finished with them yet.       Amazon     Apple Books      Kobo

ONCE YOU GO GROWLY by Sabrina Sin and Milly Taiden

I’ve been called too big, too loud, too much. The sheriff just calls me his. I came to this town to lay low. No scandals. No attention. Definitely no growling lawmen who look like they split firewood with their bare hands. But then I start asking questions about the local disappearances. And suddenly the town shuts up…While the sheriff starts showing up. He’s huge. He’s intense. And apparently, I’m his fated mate. Which is a lot to process when I’m still trying to figure out why my rental smells like wet dog and secrets. He says I’m marked. Claimed. That if I step one foot out of town, he’ll drag me back by the bond. Honestly? I kinda want to see him try.     AmazonKU

PRIMAL FLAME (DARK FLIGHT BOOK ONE) by Milly Taiden

A woman with fire in her blood. A dragon with the power to destroy. A bond that could save them—or burn the world to ash. Selene: My car dies on a terrible road in the mountain territories. There’s an inheritance there that makes me the most wanted woman alive. Now I’m trapped in a remote cabin with a dragon shifter king. He’s silver-tongued. Bossy. And every time he looks at me, my skin tingles and my pulse races with a hunger I can’t control. My mind tells me to fear him. But my heart tells me to burn. There’s dormant fire in my blood. And it’s waking up for him. A rogue army is coming. Drayke says he’ll protect me. But what I want is to be able to protect myself. Drayke: Four hundred years of isolation. Then her scent hits me—and my dragon demands a claim that threatens to shatter centuries of discipline. Selene Ward is fire and defiance. And everything I cannot have. But my dragon doesn’t care. The claiming fire builds every time I’m near her. It could bond her to me forever—or incinerate her from the inside out. To protect her, I have to risk the one thing I fear most. Losing control.        AmazonKU

THE NIGHT PRINCE (BOOK FOUR) by X Aratare

VS Note: MM Fantasy.

The dread Night King Xelroth Vex has brought all of our heroes to the Under Dark to face their pasts, their fears and maybe even their destinies. But while Vex believes he is the one in control, his son, Declan Wilde, has something to say about that. Follow King Aquilan as he discovers his memories are not complete. See Lord Rhalyf face off against his family and ambition. Witness Finley fight for his life to obtain the magic that he’s wanted all his life. And join Helgrom, Snaglak, Glom and the twins in a desperate heist to obtain magical weapons and armor from the abandoned dwarven city. This cozy, romantasy goes a little high fantasy as the stakes grow higher.      Amazon

BLOOD SO PURE by P Mattern

Jack Silver is no ordinary vampire. He builds the family fortune by deep-sea diving for hidden treasure. Jack is rich, handsome, and a known playboy. He has a taste for the fine things in life. There is, however, one thing he hasn’t “Pure” blood. It’s rare. It’s intoxicating. It’s a food that enhances libido and leaves a vampire free from blood-lust for months. It leaves the donor with a vampire imprint forever. Aja, the daughter of a family friend, has the rare AB negative blood. When she approaches Jack with a request to find her missing father, Jack has a quest to taste her as part of the bargain. Aja’s no fool. She strikes a deal Jack can’t refuse. When she’s injured in a diving accident, Jack is left with a dilemma that challenges his honor and his cravings.     AmazonKU

TWICE BITTEN AT THE FAIRE (MAGIC AFTER MIDNIGHT  BOOK TWO) by Lia Davis, Daphne Moore and Maeve  Rayvenne

Three weeks ago, Avery and Allison were Broadway actors who knew how to hit their marks, wrangle personalities, and keep a production from collapsing mid-show. Now they’re vampires, working at a renaissance faire. Their supervisor, the vendor coordinator, has just nearly lost her head, and the ancient fae who owns the land insists the faire stay open. Which means the sisters have been promoted to management. Between missing magical creatures, nervous vendors, suspicious inspections, and a forest that keeps acting like it has opinions, it’s clear something is wrong behind the scenes. This wasn’t an accident. Someone knew where to push. And whatever they’re stirring up is getting bolder by the hour. If Avery and Allison can keep the faire running, the patrons alive, and the chaos contained, they might just survive the season. The gates are open. The forest is watching. And the show must go on.     AmazonKU

MY PRIMAL LUPERCALIA: A CUPID AND SHIFTER ROMANCE by RE Johnson

Sometimes the key to unlocking your powers is one night in the forest. Magic has never come easily to me-And Neither have I. Frankly, I’m sick of it. So desperate times and all that, and I find myself actually going to a local Lupercalia festival, not a solitary witch’s dream outing. I’m going for a power boost, but I end up finding a wayward Cupid and a lone Werewolf who’ve set their Lupercalia sights on me. I like being alone. I’m not looking for any of that romance bullshit…but they’re willing to chase me down, and I’m not sure I have a choice. Cupid’s arrow hits the target, and werewolf fangs sink in deep. What was one night might just turn out to be…forever.     Amazon

THE DRAGON SHIFTER’S CURVY VALENTINE by Kat Vroman

Her employee just volunteered to be her fake wedding date. The problem? He’s a dragon shifter who sets her body on fire with one touch. When Joss Gallagher gets dumped before her cousin’s Valentine’s wedding, her employee Brando Kane offers to pretend they’re engaged. She needs to survive one weekend without her family’s pity. He needs to stop hiding the feelings that have consumed him for over a year. One fake kiss on the dance floor changes everything. Now she can’t stop thinking about the younger man who filled their hotel room with stolen wedding roses or the way his purple eyes darkened when he confessed he’d been in love with her all along. Some dragons breathe fire. This one just sets her soul ablaze.      AmazonKU

COFFEE HOUSE WITCH AND THE UNWELCOME GUEST (THE COBBLESTONE COVEN BOOK FOUR) by Ariana Jade and Arizona Tape

VS Note: Sapphic Romance.

While life with the grumpy cat might have settled for Cassie, it’s not going to stay peaceful for long. A source of negative energy shows up to disrupt her life and it’s going to take more than a simple cleansing to get rid of it. ****The Coffee House Witch & The Unwelcome Guest is book 4 in the Cobblestone Coven series and it follows witch Cassiopeia and her return to her hometown. It’s a cozy fantasy with a sapphic romance in a magical world with talking animals and lots of light-hearted banter.     Amazon       Apple Books       Kobo

HOUSE OF ICE AND SHADOWS (MYTHS AND OUTLAWS BOOK TWO) by Sherrilyn Kenyon

TAKE BACK YOUR KINGDOM – Gisela Bloodthorn is trained to kill. She has spent her life enslaved as an assassin in the court of the Centaurs, where only the strongest survive. Now, the Centaur queen has a final assignment for her: protect the Oath Keeper who holds the contract that will keep their enemy at bay and kill the queen’s enemies and Gisela will go free. But when Gisela discovers her first Outlaw known as Xaydin, Gisela learns that the Outlaws aren’t what they seem. Nor are they easily slain. Xaydin isn’t just a bastard half-troll, he’s an assassin who has dedicated his life to ridding the Thirteen Kingdoms of the Oath Keepers, especially the one who holds the contract Gisela has been sworn to protect. But trust doesn’t come easy to either of them. If they can’t find common ground and fight their real enemy, both of them will lose everything and everyone they care for.     AmazonKU

THE SERPENT AND THE SIREN (NO OTHER GODS BOOK THREE) by Piper CJ

t’s only the end of the world… Reeling from shattered trust and caught between the truth and the love of her lifetimes, Marlow finds herself facing down the apocalypse…not as its victim, but as its very catalyst. She’s ready for the end times, and she has officially declared herself an enemy of Heaven. Gathering allies across realms and pantheons brings new tantalizing twists and passionate nights as more and more figures step out of mythology to fight to the end.  With the stakes higher than ever and every world at risk, Marlow must determine once and for all who she needs on her side—and who she can trust to stay there as she tears it all down. Enemies new and old close in, and the lines between love and hate blur. And in the end, it might just be the power of Marlow’s own realm, the power of human belief, that can turn the tide before it’s too late.

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ENFORCER (ASTOPES PACK BOOK FIVE) by Rbecca Zanetti

Loyalty is fragile. Blood is currency. And the biggest threat comes from within. Caidrik McGregor has spent his life as a mercenary, fighting for those who could afford his blade and walking away before the dust settled. Now, he’s been offered something far more dangerous—a chance to claim the Alpha seat of the Slate Pack, the same pack that cast out his family generations ago. To take it, he must survive the brutal trials, silence the doubters, and crush the rivals waiting for him to fail. The prize isn’t just power. It’s Nadia Hodge, the newly discovered daughter of the current Alpha, bound to him if he survives. Nadia never needed a pack, let alone an Alpha deciding her fate. She didn’t grow up with their rules, wasn’t raised to play their games, and has no intention of letting a hardened outsider control her future. But war is coming, led by Caidrik’s half-brother, and someone inside their own ranks is leaving bodies behind. If she wants to protect the people who now call her family, she may have no choice but to stand at Caidrik’s side. With enemies circling and trust in short supply, Caidrik and Nadia must decide what matters most—vengeance, power, or the unexpected pull of a bond neither of them saw coming.      AmazonKU

MORE THAN WORDS: LAMONT’S STORY (HELLHOUND COLLAR SERIES BOOK SEVEN) by Lisa Oliver

VS Note: MM PNR.

“I’ve been alive a very long time…thugs with government connections don’t scare me.” Hellhound Lamont had been through a long week providing much-needed protection for Giorgio and his new mate, Enda. He was willing to help, it’s what packmates did for each other. But just prior to going to Tuscany, Lamont had been waylaid by another man in Egypt – an intriguing man who left him with a business card and a plea for Lamont to call him before being dragged off by two goons. Unable to get the man out of his head and not getting any responses to his texts or calls, when Lamont was finally free of his obligations, he went looking for the man behind the card. The only issue was that ten days had passed by that point, and the man was very definitely missing. “He doesn’t know… That’s the only explanation that makes sense.” Ewen Cross, journalist and silver fox shifter, really wished he hadn’t stopped to talk to Lamont just moments before he’d been abducted. Unfortunately, the pull to be with his mate was…(more blurb on ebook seller’s page)       Amazon     Apple Books      Kobo

CURSED LOVE: A PARANORMAL CHARITY ANTHOLOGY by Various

This collection is bursting with beasts ready to curl their claws around your darkest fantasies. Inside, you’ll find monsters who seduce with shadows, charm with danger, and worship with anatomy that defies every rule of nature. If human lovers fail to keep up with your desires… perhaps it’s time to indulge in something forbidden and cursed. All profits from this charity anthology are being donated to the National Immigration Justice Center.       Amazon

THE GLASS UNICORN PART SEVEN (QUEST WARS) by Yasmine Galenorn

When Erenye Green, an editor at a small publisher, and several of her gaming friends find themselves stuck within the fantasy world of Abarria, they must learn to navigate the realities of what it really means to battle monsters, zombies, and all manner of creatures, now that the stakes are life and death, and no longer a simple roll of the dice. Part 6: With the Necromancer after Erenye and her party, Otsiano guides them to the edge of the Cryptic Marshes, where they enter the dangerous land. Notes: This is a LitRPG serial.      Amazon

GHOSTS OF THE REVOLUTION (PARISIAN GHOST BOOK NINE) by Janna Ruth

The dead may rule Paris, but this is France. And in France, the Revolution never stays buried. Napoleon has conquered the city, his army of bone and shadow marching through its streets. The Panthéon has fallen, the great minds scattered. Sébastien and Gaspar are in chains. And as for me… I’m trapped in a new reality with no happy end in sight. But Paris has always risen from the ashes. And so will I. To fight back, I’ll have to rally the scattered ghosts of Paris, free the ones I love, and gamble on an alliance with the agency that once swore to destroy me. The Chevalier thinks he’s won. He’s wrong. Because the prophecy was right all along—I will raise the dead. Not for glory, not for vengeance, but for Paris itself. Vive la Révolution!

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BLACKEST INK by Lilo Quie

VS Note: LGBTQ PNR.

Tripp – Months ago, my fiancé walked out on me after I caught her in our bed with another man. It’s a blessing in disguise because I’ve always fancied omegas more. In a whirlwind of bad choices, too many drinks, and the pounding club music, I hooked up with the cutest omega with scales tattooed up his arms in glowing lines. Part of me knows I’ll never see him again, and it hurts worse than the betrayal that led me there. Draymar – One bathroom stall hookup in the club has resulted in the worst mistake I’ve ever made, and now I’m going to be the third generation of single parents in my family despite promising myself I’d be different. And, to make matters worse, this straight-edge alpha rattlesnake just waltzes into my studio to get his first tattoo. He puts a token in a fated gachapon machine, and the tattoo it picks for him is a drawing of my snake. And here I am, four months pregnant with a child I don’t know the father of. But this alpha, who keeps coming back to get his tattoo worked on, seems determined to be its father come hell or high water.      AmazonKU

THE DAUGHTER WHO REMAINS (SHE WHO KNOWS BOOK THREE) by Nnedi Okorafor

Featuring Najeeba, now older and wiser than readers have ever known her, this is a tale of family, courage, and healing Najeeba has something terrible to kill. And now she’s off to go and kill it. A fully trained, mature, and sharply focused sorcerer (don’t call her sorceress), Najeeba has left the comfort and security of her town with two companions, the glass maker Dedan and the old camel MorningStar. This journey takes her back to where it all began. And despite the fact that her training with the sorcerer Aro forced her to face her deepest fears, she hasn’t seen anything close to what she’s about to see. As the Igbo proverb goes, a masquerade does not dance for nothing. The Daughter Who Remains is the final book in the She Who Knows trilogy. This tale isn’t about Najeeba learning to master her powerful skills, it’s about her having the audacity and courage to use them and use them well…no matter the consequence.

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THE BODY BENEATH THE WITHER (HAUNTED RANCH MYSTERIES BOOK FIVE) by Sara Bourgeois

A dead tree. A dead podcaster. A desert that remembers everything. Claire Caldwell was ready for wedding planning, not another corpse. But when her fiancé’s vet call takes them down a lonely road outside Perdido Springs, Rusty blocks their path and leads them straight to Broken Acres, a long abandoned farmhouse with a twisted tree locals call the Wither. Beneath its dead branches lies Craig Dooley, better known to his listeners as Stone Coldwell, the loudmouthed host of The Cold Files. He came chasing ghosts, chasing fame, chasing the thrill he’d lost… and now he is the newest spirit the desert refuses to forget. His unhinged ex turns up screaming and clawing at the body, a will is found in the dirt, and two siblings are suddenly at each other’s throats over a secret fortune that should have died with their father. Then the whispers start. A grieving woman in old fashioned clothes begs Claire to help the man she has waited a hundred years to see, and the Wither’s shadow seems to sink into everyone nearby, feeding paranoia, greed, and old resentments until even the living feel haunted. Claire has solved murders before, but this one is different… because Sam is watching, and he is finally noticing the things Claire has been hiding. To catch a killer, Claire will have to face what waits under the Wither. And she might have to tell her fiancé the truth… before the desert takes someone else.      AmazonKU

WOLF HUNTED (BOUND TO THE SHADOW KING BOOK TWO) by Felicity Heaton

My fated mate will die by my fangs. I went back for my pack—for vengeance against the mate who rejected me, and for the family I may have already lost. But some bonds refuse to be broken. The unseelie king I left behind still haunts my blood and my thoughts, and when we’re pulled back together, he makes one thing devastatingly clear: I am not facing the coming storm alone. Kaeleron is shadow and steel, ruling his court with ruthless grace—yet with me, he is something else entirely: fiercely protective, dangerously tender, and willing to burn worlds to keep me safe. But as tensions rise and I’m drawn deeper into his world, I’m forced to confront what power truly costs—and how easily love becomes a weapon. Loving Kaeleron means standing at the edge of a blade forged long before either of us had a choice. Because the fae do nothing without blood, bargains, or betrayal. And the closer I come to claiming it, the clearer it becomes that vengeance will demand more than I’m prepared to give. This time, it isn’t just my freedom at stake. It’s my heart. His crown. And a truth that could tear the realms apart.     AmazonKU

SOULBOUND INK by Trisha Linde

VS Note: MM PNR.

Before they were mates, their souls were bound in ink. Joel is just your average human omega—overworked, underpaid, and doing his damnedest to smile his way through it. He’s living for himself and no one else, because let’s face it, he doesn’t have time for dating, and he’d probably just end up with a loser anyway, so why bother? It’s with himself in mind that he walks into a tattoo parlor to get his first ink, however he walks out with more than he paid for… He’s been marked by his fated mate. Alpha North is a jaguar shifter, his sleek black fur the same color as the ink he tattoos his clients with. People wait years for a chance to get inked by him, even knowing they don’t get a choice about what he’ll choose to mark them with. Heck, it’s part of the appeal. They know the rules: No requests, no speaking, and most importantly, never, ever hit on him. This jaguar is saving himself for his mate. When his mate walks in the door, though, his people skills are more than a little rusty. Does he talk to him like any normal guy would? Nope. Instead, his jaguar convinces him to mark him as theirs.   AmazonKU

MORGATH THE SKULL REAPER by Cara Wylde

Audrey Griffin’s life has been a fifteen-year countdown to vengeance. To deliver the justice her slaughtered family was denied, she’ll offer herself as a tribute, a lamb walking into the lion’s den. Her mission: get into the bed of the one orc she holds responsible – Morgath the Skullreaper – and kill him in his sleep. Morgath, a powerful mage forced into the role of captain, despises the human world he’s trapped in. For years, he forbade his warriors from taking human mates, but now his horde is turning on him. To prevent a rebellion, he must do the one thing he loathes: take a human bride to secure his position. He’ll trust the skull he wears to mask his distaste when he’s forced to look upon her.       AmazonKU

CHOSEN BY THE DARK ELF KING: A KING THRUSHBEARD RETELLING (ONCE UPON A FAIRY TALE ROMANCE BOOK NINE) by Jessica Grayson

All my life, I’ve been told I must marry for duty. But when every suitor turns out to be an arrogant fool, I’d rather risk my father’s wrath than surrender my freedom. Only… I push him too far. And when he swears I’ll wed the next man who walks through the throne room doors, I laugh—right up until a battle-worn Dark Elf soldier steps inside. Auren is nothing like the polished princes I’ve rejected. He’s dangerous, steady, infuriatingly calm. And before I can protest, vows are spoken, a ribbon binds our hands, and I find myself carried across the realms as his bride. I tell myself I hate him. That this marriage is a punishment. But the longer we travel together, the harder it becomes to deny the truth: I’m drawn to him in ways I don’t fully understand. Auren treats me like a queen. But secrets linger in his smile, in the way he watches me like he’s waiting for something. I know he carries a secret, and I’m determined to uncover it. And now I find myself wondering… Can I trust him with my heart?     AmazonKU

CROWN OF WAR AND SHADOW: KINGDOMS OF THE COMPASS by J R Ward

An outcast burdened with a curse. A mercenary out for himself. A kingdom that must be saved. In the deep, dark, dead of night, passions rise, and empires fall…The Fulcrum is failing, and demons are slipping into the mortal world. No one is safe. Especially not Sorrel. An orphan and an outcast within the walls of her small village because of her mystical abilities. She wants to survive…and find somewhere she can call her true home. But Fate has other plans. Sorrel has been chosen. Cursed. She must cross the Badlands to return the Queen’s crown and convince the fearsome female to save their world from destruction. Well aware she’s no brave hero, Sorrel makes a dangerous deal with Merc, a brooding, commanding mercenary known only by his unscrupulous profession. The deal? A night in his bed that she will never forget, in exchange for her safe passage. But Merc has secrets of his own, and even though desire runs hot between them, adventure, danger, and betrayal lurk around every corner.     Amazon     AB      Apple Books      Kobo

THE REGRESSOR KING by AJ Sherwood

VS Note: MM Fantasy.

Death, Paradise, and the gods themselves–all rejected for the sake of love. When King James Kronenscheld dies at the hands of the Demon King, he thinks his suffering is finally over and he can join his Edwin in Paradise. And, hey, at least he’d taken the Demon King with him, right? But then the gods try to send James to Paradise WITHOUT his Edwin, and that is simply unfathomable. So he does the unthinkable–he turns it down and negotiates for one more chance to fix his mistakes.  Armed with memories and regrets, James regresses to before he was crowned. He is determined to woo the man he lost, even if it means facing down all his previous failures. For Edwin alone will James face Wraths and plagues, court politics, and demon kings. He will avoid the horrors of the crown and attain Paradise for them both. Failing this time means losing Edwin forever. And that is not an option.      AmazonKU       AB

CRIMINAL COCONUT CAKE (MURDER IN THE MIX BOOK 55) by Addison Moore

My name is Lottie Lemon, and I see dead people. Okay, so I rarely see dead people, mostly I see furry creatures of the dearly departed variety, who have come back from the other side to warn me of their previous owner’s impending doom. This time, a ghostly lion has me seeing stars—and not the kind you wish upon. When the Hop Til You Drop Easter Eggstravaganza transforms Honey Lake into a pastel paradise, I’m ready to showcase my signature coconut cake and maybe win the baking competition. With my twins strapped to my chest and my two-year-old in tow, what could go wrong at a peaceful Easter festival? Of course, when an heir to a chocolate empire ends up dead with my Grandma Nell’s antique knife buried in their chest, I realize someone just turned Honey Hollow’s Easter celebration into a murder investigation. Between a cheating scandal that involves a steamy romance author, a wellness guru’s vendetta, and a money-laundering operation that makes organized crime look like a church bake sale—half the festival had motive to kill the chocolate heir. But when the investigation reveals this murder has more layers than my coconut cake, I know I’m dealing with a killer who doesn’t leave anything to chance. With my spatula in one hand and my sleuthing skills in the other—plus a supernatural sidekick who has a mighty roar, and enough suspects to populate a small town—I’ll need to crack this case before the killer decides I know too much. Living in Honey Hollow can be deadly.      AmazonKU

COURT OF THE SHIFTER KING: A PARANORMAL ROMANTASY COLLECTION by Various

Welcome to the court of the shifter king…In the world of Wylding, powerful shifters rule four regions composed of unique kingdoms, but they all share one thing. Each shifter king’s heart is about to be captured. Welcome to Wylding, a world of paranormal romantasy. The Winter Kingdoms: The Bear King’s Bride by S.C. Principale A tale of bargains, magic, and an icy heart that might be melting…The Spring Kingdoms: The Fall of the Stag King by Roslyn St. Clair In a world where strength is the only asset worth having, Cian has it all, and Ayala has nothing. But that doesn’t stop them from falling in love. The Autumn Kingdoms: Flames and Fury by V.V. Strange Elske is the strategist, fire honed to a blade. Dierk is the berserker, fury made flame. Together, they will burn Dornwulf to the ground, and from its ashes, they will claim a new kingdom. The Summer Kingdoms: Dawn of the Phoenix King by Sydney Winward Bound by fate, enemies by blood. A love that may be destined to rise from the ashes.   AmazonKU

FALLING FOR THE MAD KING: A FAIRY TALE VILLAIN MASHUP by Sydney Winward

A witch without magic. A king without a heart. A wonderland falling apart at the seams. Ellie Strife never cared about getting caught as long as she got her revenge. But after she fails to cast her second curse on the king’s twelve daughters, she is banished to the Mad Lands—a place where logic ceases to exist, flower vases sprout legs, and the unexpected becomes the norm. Rylan Rhapsody, the unpredictable King of Hearts, is a man who hides more than one secret behind his smile. Chaotic, charming, and powerful magic of his own, Rylan is just as likely to make you lose your mind with his babbling alone as he is to make another ridiculous decree. After getting his heart stolen from him, quite literally, Ellie must help him get it back. She needs his heart to restore her stolen magic. Rylan needs her cunning to save Wonderland from falling into a state of destruction. What begins as a reluctant partnership spirals into something unexpectedly dangerous: love. But when their adversary makes their move on the chessboard, only one of them can pay the price. And in Wonderland, even love demands a sacrifice.      AmazonKU

DIRTY ANGEL by Nora Phoenix

VS Note: MM PNR.

When bubbly wedding cake baker Charles (not Charlie…never Charlie) accidentally overhears a mob boss plotting a murder, he contacts the cops. Detective Eamon O’Rourke offers to protect him…by posing as his boyfriend. Soon, they’re cooped up in Charles’s cozy little house in the cute, small town of Charming, NY. Sparks fly, and it doesn’t take long before they give in to the attraction simmering between them. But Eamon isn’t a cop at all. He’s an angel. Charles’s guardian angel. And he’s anything but angelic, especially in what he wants to do with Charles…Eamon has his hands full with Charles in more ways than one. Especially when Charles discovers Eamon’s been hiding the truth from him because if there’s one thing Charles is allergic to, it’s liars. Is a happily ever after possible for the wedding baker and his Dirty Angel?     AmazonKU     AB

SHADOW OF THE MOON (SHROUDED NATION BOOK 34) by Brenda Trim and Tia Didmon

Vengeance runs in their blood. Survival runs in mine. When people started disappearing across the city, the police brushed it off as coincidence. But my wolf senses detect the same otherworldly scent lingering at every crime scene. The deeper I dig, the more chilling the truth becomes. All the victims are tied by blood to an ancient wolf-hunting clan. That kind of legacy doesn’t just vanish. It festers. With Faith tracking strange demonic energy, Eve casting spells that echo with a vengeful presence, and Tegan unearthing an artifact marked with a forgotten pack’s symbol, the pieces begin to fall into place. And their leader isn’t after random prey. He carries an ancient grudge—one that threatens not only the city I swore to protect but the secret buried deep in my own bloodline. Can I unearth the secrets from my past, or will I sacrifice my future and my pack?       AmazonKU

GODDESS OF PROMISE AND PAIN (CRUEL GODDESS BOOK THREE) by RE Johnson

A fight for the fate of all worlds …An inventor off kilter …Nicoli snatched the wand of power and entered the domain of the Goddess and what he finds is beyond his wildest imaginings. He wants to be of service, just as he was in his homeland—or at least to convince the Goddess to save the people of the Claws—but he’s distracted, finding love with a woman he’d never imagined possible, although after everything she’s been through, she might not love him in return …A wife conflicted …Maria has a life she’d never dared dreamed of: a husband she loves, healthy children, and a prosperous land, but when Nicoli sends a message from beyond the sealed Toll Gates, she realizes that Celestl is not what it seems. Celestl’s leaders must decide if they should demand more for their people, but while some think they should, others are convinced it would spell disaster. A sorceress unleashed …The weight of the Atlas Web sits on Ava’s shoulders, but to fix the balance of magic, she must change the way things have always been … or perhaps return to how things once were. And with Var and the magical families out to stop her, Kush will finally have to pick a side.     AmazonKU

TIGER OF THE TIDES (TIDES OF FATE BOOK FOUR) by Delta James

I was sent to hunt a predator. Fate decided I belonged to him. I’m the new chief of police on the Isle of Skara, and my top suspect is impossible to ignore, Kian O’Donnell. Dangerous. Gorgeous. Trouble. Then he shifts into a massive tiger right in front of me… and everything I know shatters. Now a supernatural syndicate has put a price on my head—I have evidence that could destroy them, and they’ll kill anyone who gets in their way. And the only thing standing between me and death is the smuggler I should have arrested. Hiding with Kian is a mistake I can feel in my bones. His touch destroys my defenses. His hunger steals my breath. And the bond growing between us is as terrifying as it is addictive. If he claims me, I’ll become a shifter. His mate. His forever. But when the enemy strikes, I must choose: the law I’ve always lived by…or the tiger who would burn the world to keep me.      AmazonKU

BAD THINGS COME IN 3’s: MMM PNR (FIENDS OF FELOVE BOOK ONE) by Jonatham Hawker

“They say bad things come in threes. Turns out, yeah—we do.” I hightailed it the hell out of Felcove four years ago. Away from middle of nowhere Michigan. Away from the Midwest’s supernatural epicenter and my future as a Garland witch. Away from Emery, my werewolf bestie… and far, far away from Tyler fucking Hargraves. Then Grams died. She wasn’t supposed to. Maybe not ever. Garland witches don’t just kick the bucket. Suddenly, I’ve got responsibilities I never prepared for and the family monarchy on my shoulders. And there was no way in hell I was going to dodge the two formerly most important people in my life while I was in town. Accidentally roping both Tyler and Emery into a full moon sex magic ritual didn’t help matters, either. Now I’m never getting rid of them—and I don’t think I want to.       AmazonKU

PROMISED TO THE BEAR (WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE BOOK TWO) by C D Gorri

He’s human. She’s a Bear. Fate doesn’t care about the rules. Honor D’Amato has always looked out for his little sister. Hope may be grown, but she’s still family, and nothing comes before family. Only now… something’s off. She’s hiding secrets—and Honor isn’t about to let her get hurt. Rosalind Carrera knows exactly what Hope is hiding. As a Barvale Bear, it’s her job to keep the humans safe—and clueless—about the Shifter world. That’s why she’s supposed to keep a close eye on Honor. Make sure he never learns the truth. There’s just one problem. The moment Rosalind lays eyes on him, her Bear roars one undeniable word. Mate. Honor is stubborn, protective, and very much human. She’s sworn to keep her distance, but every instinct inside her demands otherwise. And when danger creeps closer, Rosalind knows she’ll break every rule to keep him safe—because her Bear insists Honor isn’t just a human she’s protecting. He’s the male she was promised long ago, when a little girl asked her mother if she’d have a family of her own someday. Now Honor has questions, Rosalind has no more excuses, and fate is about to collide with a love too powerful to resist.      Amazon     Apple Books      Kobo

VALENTINE FOR THE DOTING DEMON: MONSTER ROMANCE WITH HEART by TJ Bell

In Arrhythmia, Texas, even half mermaids, half demons aren’t exactly what they seem. Hell, we’re lucky to have a resident mermaid here, considering the lack of water within the city limits. Speaking of Hell, that’s exactly what Daruka, our local mermaid is hiding from. You see, her daddy just happens to be the keeper of the underworld. And he wants her to join the family business. Whether she’s interested or not. The good news is, Arrhythmia, Texas, is the sort of place where one can hide…even from the devil himself. The bad news is, Daruka isn’t the only demon in town. And demons are definitely not her cup of tea. Even if Asmoday does make her all hot and bothered. And helps when dear old dad discovers her hiding place.     Amazon     Apple Books      Kobo

PRINCE OF SECRETS AND SHADOWS (CURSED FAE COURTS BOOK TWO) by Heather Hildenbrand

Betrayed by the prince I loved. Hunted by the crown I destroyed. I escaped one corrupt kingdom only to become a prisoner to another—traded away like a bargaining chip by the fae prince I trusted most.
All while my people still sleep under the Winter Queen’s curse. Now Callan sits on Autumn’s throne with vengeance in his veins and a bounty on my head. The boy I once knew is gone, replaced by a ruler willing to burn the world to make me pay. And Rydian…The warrior prince who swore to protect me now keeps his distance, haunted by secrets he refuses to share. Yet every time our eyes meet, something dangerous sparks between us—something fierce enough to unravel the careful alliances keeping me alive. In a court built on lies and ancient magic, I must navigate deadly politics, masked enemies, and the whispers of a prophecy tying my fate to two rival heirs. One prince wants my loyalty. The other wants my heart. Neither one can save me. To do that, I’ll have to embrace the power that’s been awakening inside me… even if it turns me into the monster they all fear.      AmazonKU

MATE MISHAPS by Morgan Lysand

VS Note: MMM PNR.

Buckle – I move to Mink Hollow hoping to find my Fated mate while staying close to my best friend. Instead, I get abducted by a hawk, dropped from the sky, and wake up with two mates. I’m an Alpha chipmunk shifter, professional family man at heart, and apparently a walking Fate magnet. Perry – I’m an Omega squirrel who likes plans, rules, and not having my new Alpha almost eaten. I did not plan for a second mate, especially one with wings and anxiety the size of his wingspan. But here we are, and I’m determined to keep us all alive and emotionally regulated. Abel – I’m a Beta hawk who accidentally tried to eat his Alpha mate. Having two mates means twice the feelings, twice the panic, and zero idea what I’m doing. I’m pretty sure I’m not built for love, but Buckle and Perry clearly didn’t get the memo.      AmazonKU

UNEARTHED (CONVERGENCE BOOK TWO) by Amy Sumida

The Source chose her. The war wants her. And the enemy loves her. Chosen by the Source of Technology itself, Lena is the living bridge between two warring worlds. Taken into a conquered fortress by Vor, a Nethren commander forged for battle, she becomes the catalyst for a future neither side was prepared to face. Vor was created to conquer, not to feel. But Lena awakens something within him that defies everything he was taught about emotion, loyalty, and power. As ancient lies unravel and peace negotiations threaten to collapse into bloodshed, their growing bond becomes both a promise and a danger. When betrayal ignites violence and genocide looms, Vor must make a devastating choice: keep Lena by his side—or leave her behind to save her people and give her the freedom to choose her own fate. With enemies closing in and the truth of Technology finally emerging, Lena must decide where she belongs: the world that raised her… or the one she was destined to rebuild from beneath it. Unearthed is a sweeping epic fantasy romance featuring destined love, slow-burn tension, morally complex heroes, forbidden desire, and a world where love is not an accident—but a design. Note: This book is mainly a heterosexual romance but it also contains a homosexual romance as a subplot.      AmazonKU

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KNOTTED BY THE DRAGON PRINCE by Amaya Black

Amara Brooks likes her life quiet. A curvy, kind, unmated Omega, she spends her days tucked away in a small-city library, surrounded by books and routine. After her cousin stole her Alpha years ago—and her perfectionist mother never quite stopped pushing—Amara has learned to keep her world small. Her favorite comfort? Morning pastries and evening coffee from the cozy bakery down the block. Kael is just the baker with the gentle smile and flour-dusted hands. The one who remembers her order. The one who slips her extra pastries “by accident.” The one who watches her read like she’s the best story he’s ever known. What Amara doesn’t realize is that Kael Solas belongs to an ancient dragon-blood Alpha pack, a powerful lineage hidden in plain sight. The youngest heir of a wealthy, influential family, Kael avoids the spotlight at all costs, choosing ovens and early mornings over galas and expectations. He fell for Amara quietly. Her scent calms something deep in his blood. Her softness steadies instincts he’s been taught to control. But Kael keeps his distance, afraid to …(more blurb on ebook seller’s page)  AmazonKU

A DEATHLY DISPLAY (A PERFECTLY PROPER PARANORMAL MUSEUM MYSTERY BOOK 11) by Kirsten Weiss

Can Maddie’s sleuthing save her sister from a deadly encore? Maddie and her sidekick Herb are just trying to survive a snooty curation class at the Domus Vinea museum. But then Maddie’s opera-diva sister, Melanie, trips over the museum director’s body. Suddenly, the vibe’s less “classy art seminar” and more “murder most melodramatic.” With a sneaky killer eyeing Melanie for the next curtain call, if Maddie can’t solve this mystery, Melanie’s next aria could be her last. Maddie and her quirky crew must bumble through a lineup of suspects, including a swoon-worthy vintner whose haunted painting hides a chilling secret—and whose charm might just steal Maddie’s heart.

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FORBIDDEN: SAPPHIC AGE GAP SHIFTER ROMANCE (CANDLE DISTRICT BOOK TWO) by Isabeau Moon

She was groomed to be the perfect mate for another man. Now, she belongs to the Elder who trained her. Adinah did everything right. As a rogue orphan taken in by the Candle District, she followed every rule, learned every custom, and prepared to pay back her debt by mating the son of a powerful family. But when he rejects her at the altar and his family demands her exile, Adinah is left destitute, humiliated, and alone. Elder Maya is the clan’s enforcer of tradition. For two hundred years, she has stood as a pillar of discipline, emotionless and solitary. She doesn’t take mates. She doesn’t break rules. Until she sees her former student about to be thrown to the wolves. In a move that shocks the Council, Maya claims Adinah, offering her name and protection to save her from banishment. But the arrangement comes with a catch: it’s a marriage of duty, not desire. Maya is ancient, dangerous, and set in her ways. Adinah is young, soft-hearted, and craving love she’s never known. Living in Maya’s secluded estate, the lines between mentor and mate begin to blur. And as the heat between them rises, they realize the only thing more dangerous than breaking tradition is falling for the one person you were never meant to have.      AmazonKU

THREE VALENTINES: RONAN (THE LEGACY SERIES) by Sandra R Neeley

Ronan has had a life plan since he was in middle school. Take dual enrollment classes, graduate with honors, and score a full ride scholarship to his choice of university. Enroll in M.I.T. as a late season freshman, or even a sophomore if possible. Focus of study — biomedical engineering. His plan is going great! He loads up on double the standard class load of every other student, and completes the work with no problem. He’s got his bachelor’s degree, and is working toward his master’s with intentions of jumping straight into his doctorate. Two weeks away from the start of the new semester he’s seated in the dean’s office of a new university, begging to be allowed to register and attend on a probationary basis until his official transcripts arrive. If allowed, his scholarship will be left behind, and he’ll become responsible for his own tuition. It’s a place he never expected to be in, but doesn’t hesitate. He’s got everything he never knew he wanted right in front of him, and he can’t look away from the unexpected possibilities fate has tossed his way. He might not be able to force the situation to his liking, but he can place himself in a position in which he can’t be ignored. From there, he’ll work it out. He’ll go to school, get his degrees, and pursue the mate he never considered. He has no choice. Because she’s here. Traded by her father to a crime family to cover his debt, Giada soon became…(more blurb on ebook seller’s site)          AmazonKU     

SNOW FALLS AT MIDNIGHT: VERMILION COUNTESS SERIES by Victoria L  Szulc

As Stella prepares to return to service with Mark, her handler, a rare snowfall in New Orleans brings up memories of Joseph, the man who trained her to be an assassin and Vincent, a slave she protected. As her snowbound memories collide, Stella must decide how to use her violent experiences to prepare for the future while dealing with her painful past. They say that vampires don’t have hearts, but Stella’s immortal coeur has been broken.      Amazon     Apple Books       Kobo

WOLF QUEEN RISK (SHADOW FANG BOOK TWO) by Lindsey R Loucks

Luna found the Shadow Fang. Well, a piece of it. Now she has bigger problems than ancient death traps…and that’s saying something, because the death traps were really bad. And she’s headed to Paris with Damien Cross, the infuriatingly secretive, devastatingly attractive vampire who’s responsible for many of those problems. Their mission: retrieve the second piece of the Shadow Fang from beneath six million dead bodies in the Paris catacombs. Simple enough. Except…Damien’s ex lives in Paris. She’s gorgeous, she’s petty, and she has a smile that promises either hospitality or homicide. And she insists they stay at her estate. As Luna navigates drowning chambers, politics, and a Vampire Council gathering where “formal attire” apparently means “dress nicely for your own destruction,” she starts uncovering secrets Damien never planned to share. Secrets that could shatter everything between them. The catacombs were supposed to be the hard part. Turns out, the real danger isn’t underground. It’s standing right beside her.      Amazon     Apple Books     Kobo

AGNES AUBERT’S MYSTICAL CAT SHELTER by Heather Fawcett

Agnes Aubert leads a meticulously organized life, and she likes it that way. As the proudly type-A manager of a cat rescue charity, she has devoted her life to finding forever homes for stray cats. Now it’s the shelter that needs a new home. And the only landlord who will rent a space to a cat rescue is a mysterious man called Havelock—who also happens to be the world’s most infamous magician, running an illegal magic shop out of his basement. Havelock is cantankerous and eccentric, but not not handsome, and no, Agnes absolutely does not feel anything but disdain for him. After all, rumors swirl about his shadowy past—including whispers that his dark magic once almost brought about the apocalypse. Then one day a glamorous magician comes looking for Havelock, putting the magic shop—and the cat shelter—in jeopardy. To save the shelter, Agnes will have to team up with the magician who nearly ended the world . . . and may now be trying to steal her heart. Havelock is everything Agnes thinks she doesn’t need in her life: chaos, mischief, and a little too much adventure. But as she gets to know him, she discovers that he’s more than the dark magician of legend, and that she may be ready for a little intrigue—and romance—in her life. After all, second chances aren’t just for rescue cats.     Amazon     AB      Apple Books      Kobo

THE ASTRAL LIBRARY by Kate Quinn

Alexandria “Alix” Watson has learned one lesson from her barren childhood in the foster-care system: unlike people, books will never let you down. Working three dead-end jobs to make ends meet and knowing college is a pipe dream, Alix takes nightly refuge in the high-vaulted reading room at the Boston Public Library, escaping into her favorite fantasy novels and dreaming of far-off lands. Until the day she stumbles through a hidden door and meets the Librarian: the ageless, acerbic guardian of a hidden library where the desperate and the lost escape to new lives…inside their favorite books. The Librarian takes a dazzled Alix under her wing, but before she can escape into the pages of her new life, a shadowy enemy emerges to threaten everyone the Astral Library has ever helped protect. Aided by a dashing costume-shop owner, Alix and the Librarian flee through the Regency drawing rooms of Jane Austen to the back alleys of Sherlock Holmes and the champagne-soaked parties of The Great Gatsby as danger draws inexorably closer. But who does their enemy really wish to destroy—Alix, the Librarian, or the Library itself? Amazon     AB      Apple Books      Kobo

BLOOD BENEATH THE SNOW (BLOOD AND SOULS DUOLOGY BOOK ONE) by Alexandra Kennington

Revna is no stranger to struggle. As the only member of the royal family without a magical ability, she is seen as an embarrassing mistake by her kingdom and a blight on her bloodline. Luckily, Revna has found family in other outcasts in her kingdom. But when her two closest friends’ lives are put in danger, she is determined to save them by any means necessary, no matter the cost. The Bloodshed Trials—a competition where the last sibling in the royal family standing takes the throne—might just be the ultimate price. Revna turns down her arranged marriage and commits to competing for the throne only to be kidnapped by the mysterious and terrifyingly powerful Hellbringer, the general of her country’s greatest enemy. He has the ability to rend souls with the flick of his wrist and is every inch as intimidating as the war stories say he is. But Revna wonders if there may be some humanity left in him—especially when he reveals there are other parties who want her on the throne for their own secret reasons.

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HALF CITY (HARKER ACADEMY BOOK ONE) by Kate Golden

Viv Abbot is an average twenty-one-year-old girl. She lives in an expensive city where the rent is too high, works long hours at a thankless job, and is dating a guy she doesn’t even like in the hopes of winning her prickly mother’s approval. She also happens to be a demon hunter. Ever since her father’s murder, she’s been forced to hunt deviants alone, meaning everyone, including her family, sees her as an outsider . . . until the day she crosses paths with a dangerously alluring demon, Reid Graveheart. The reformed deviant tells her of a school for people just like her: Harker Academy for Deviant Defense. If she enrolls, she’ll learn to hone her craft, work with other hunters, and never be alone again. But Viv has a deadly secret. One that not even her new friends at Harker can know about, not if the school might hold the answers to untangling the mystery surrounding Viv’s father’s death. When strange occurrences begin to plague the students, Viv will have to figure out who she can trust, all while trying to ace her classes, avoid falling for a demon, and make it through her first year at Harker in one piece. How hard could that be?        Amazon     AB     Apple Books      Kobo

THE VANISHING BOOKSTORE by Helen Phifer

VS note: From JAN 7.

‘Every story needs a happy ending. And you can’t have yours until you find the bookstore.’ 1692. On the outskirts of Salem, a bookstore stands covered in overgrown vines. Inside, a young woman hides a linen-wrapped journal under a loose floorboard and runs away, panicked by the sound of hounds barking in the distance. The bookstore vanishes into thin air…Present day. Stepping inside a pale-pink house on one of the oldest streets in Salem, Dora can’t believe she’s about to finally meet the mother she thought died tragically when she was just a child. But the excitement is short-lived. Dora’s mother has fear in her eyes, and with a trembling voice she whispers: ‘my life is in danger, and now so is yours…’Desperate not to lose her mother all over again, Dora digs into her family’s mysterious past, and stumbles upon a seemingly impossible secret: the key to their survival is hidden in a bookstore that no one has seen for generations. Losing herself amongst thorny brackens and twisted ferns, Dora eventually finds the path that leads to the bookstore. But someone is watching her. They’ve been waiting for her. As she pushes open the beautiful blue door hidden amongst the sharp brambles, and stands in front of rows of crumbling leatherbound books with faded pages, she has no idea of the secrets she is about to uncover. Or that her life is in more danger than ever before.   AmazonKU     AB

WONDER (LOST IN WONDER BOOK ONE) by Aisha Urooj

I swore I’d never fall in love. When I turn twenty, the City’s System will decide my future—an Arrangement, calculated through cold, flawless data and enforced without question. I accepted it as truth… until a shadowy knight stepped out from the mists of Edge City and offered me his gloved hand. I should have refused. Instead, I took it. One reckless step was all it took to leave behind a world built on lies—and plunge into madness and mayhem. Welcome to Wonder, a realm of magic and monsters ruled by a ruthless Seelie queen whose crown is soaked in blood and fear. The knight who claimed my heart is bound to her by an unbreakable oath. He was her weapon. Her shadow. And the one soul she can use to break me. I’d choose this dangerous world over the City’s false safety every time. I would choose him over anyone the Arrangement deemed ‘perfect’—even if loving him might be my undoing. Wonder is crumbling. The Red Queen tightens her grip. And though I wield no magic myself, I’ve found something just as powerful: a heart unwilling to surrender. He hates me. He wants me. He warns me to run. And when the Red Queen demands his loyalty, he’ll be forced to choose—between the crown that owns him… and the mortal girl he was never meant to love.     AmazonKU

TORTURED SOULS by Melissa Roehrich

The King – The safety of his kingdom has been the highest priority for Cethin since the moment he was born, but he’s been on the throne less than a year when new threats find their way to his lands. Past sacrifices mean nothing if he can’t figure out what is hunting his people. Desperate to protect his kingdom but also free Avonleya from the curse that keeps them locked away from the rest of realm, he’ll do anything to ensure his people know peace. Even if that means being a villain in one story to be a savior in another. The Queen – When Kailia steps in to save the Avonleyan king from certain death, she never expected to be punished for it. Then again, maybe she’s being punished for accidentally stabbing him a few weeks later. Whatever the reason, she suddenly finds herself forced into a marriage and onto a throne. But she’s not from here. She’s from across the sea where the Avonleyan king is only whispered about. Wicked. Cursed. Cruel. That’s fine. She can be all those things too, and she’ll have to be to get what she came to the kingdom for. She lives for the hunt, and she’s never the prey. The Dragon – Avonleya is the only real home he’s ever known, but Razik Greybane is loyal to the kingdom that loves the night, not the arrogant king who sits on the throne. Content with his books and solitude, he only cares for two people: his uncle and the female Fae who can sustain his magic. When his uncle assigns him to be the new queen’s personal guard, Razik agrees. Sure, it’s mainly to figure out the new queen’s ulterior motives, but if he can use the opportunity to undermine Cethin, he’ll take that too. It’s only fair when he’s the reason Razik was abandoned to this realm and cursed to forever fight a destiny he doesn’t want, until he realizes the Fates just might be more involved than they ever realized.       AmazonKU

BOUND BY FATE (BLIND FURY BOOK ONE) by Annabel Chase

Most people move to a magical retirement island for peace and quiet—and pickleball. Maya August moved there to disappear. As the assistant director of security for Evermore Island—a secret community where elderly paranormals fade into obscurity—Maya has built the perfect hiding place. Her days consist of magical mishaps, avoiding the clothing-optional tennis courts, and definitely not getting attached to the island’s strays (feline or otherwise). Then her boss vanishes. A resident turns up dead. And Maya’s carefully constructed refuge begins to crumble. She could handle a murder investigation. She’s handled much, much worse. What she can’t handle is the HOA president forcing her back to the mainland after five years in self-imposed exile to meet Vale, the mysterious and powerful figure who’s claimed jurisdiction over her case. But Maya isn’t interested in playing by his rules or anyone else’s. Because if Maya can’t solve this case and keep her past buried, there are fates far worse than letting a killer walk free.      AmazonKU

MY ORC PROTECTOR (EASTSHORE ISLE BOOK 14) by Veronika Kane

He protected me when no one else would. Now can he learn to let me care for him? When my father sent me to Eastshore Isle to pay off the guy he lost to at poker, I assumed I’d be handing over a wad of cash to another sleazy lowlife. I didn’t expect the door to be answered by a ridiculously hot, far too clean-cut orc who looks like he takes everything too seriously. And I definitely didn’t expect the payment to be…me? But my dad’s just enough of an asshole to follow through on his threats if I don’t seduce Garrak to pay off the debt, and I find myself not really minding the thought of climbing this guy like a mountain. Too bad Garrak’s too noble to consider his own pleasure. In fact, he’s too noble to send me back to my shitty old life and insists on keeping me on Eastshore to take care of me. I mean, a girl could get used to the bonbon-eating, Insta-O life, yeah? Except…the more I get to know Garrak, the more I realize he needs someone to take care of him. Why won’t he let me be that person?   AmazonKU

CAGED BY FALLEN CROWS PART ONE (OF CROWS AND THRONES SAGA BOOK TWO) by Ava Larksen

Imprisoned in Graysen’s tower, Nelle Wychthorn finds herself ensnared by something far more dangerous than chains. The sway is awakening. His tamer influence bleeds into her thoughts, seizing hold of her will—and he doesn’t even know it. If he ever discovers the hold he already has… she’s lost. Escape is her only chance. Convince him to open the door, find the hidden tunnel, and run. Graysen Crowther walks a knife’s edge. He defies his family by keeping Nelle in his tower instead of the dungeon. She’s a pawn to force her father’s hand—surrender the god‑forged weapon, or lose his daughter. But living together? He’s utterly out of his depth. Nelle wages war, tormenting him mercilessly, upending his carefully ordered world. Yet within the intimate chaos as roommates, fury and heat collide. Wild. Consuming. Ruinous. When Graysen is ordered into the catacombs to hunt an elusive beast, long‑buried memories resurface of his mother’s secret life—and a mysterious Horned God who may know the truth about her final day. To right the terrible wrong that haunts him, he must find the Horned God to unlock everything he desperately needs… if his family doesn’t uncover his true intentions first.       AmazonKU

BREEDING MEADOW: MMFM WHY CHOOSE  (ALPHA SEASON) by Aly Hollis

As the daughter of a wealthy alphas, I grew up pampered but locked away. I never had a choice about who I would marry, but when my unwanted fiancé tries to claim me as his mate against my will, I have to run—right into the arms of a rival shifter pack. Brooks, the alpha of the new Silva Pack, offers to claim me as his mate so my family can’t drag me home. But he already has a mate, a moody artist named Camden. Together, they take care of me, and I can’t help falling for both of the gorgeous werewolves. However, Brooks’s best friend Theo doesn’t want me around. He’s abrasive and sarcastic, but despite how much he irritates me, I can’t deny the pull I feel toward the tattooed, motorcycle-riding grump. Just when the Silva Pack feels like home, my ex-fiancé starts sending threatening messages, my parents contest my mating with the werewolf council, and someone is trespassing into our territory.      AmazonKU

GAME NIGHT:  AN EROTIC CHARITY ANTHOLOGY by Various

VS Note: My understanding is that at least one story is paranormal.

Twelve authors. One theme. Endless ways to play. When the dice roll, the cards are dealt, and the lights go low, Game Night becomes something far more intimate than friendly competition. In this tantalizing charity anthology, twelve bestselling and emerging voices each spin a short erotic tale inspired by the deceptively simple theme of Game Night. From flirtatious wagers and daring dares to strategic seductions and high-stakes roleplay, every story explores a different interpretation of what it means to play, to risk, and to surrender to the moment. Board games become battlegrounds of tension. Poker faces hide hungry intentions. Truth-or-Dare takes on delicious new meaning. And sometimes, the real prize isn’t winning at all. Playful, filthy, and deeply provocative, Game Night celebrates connection, chemistry, and the thrilling vulnerability of letting the game lead where it will. All proceeds from this anthology are donated to The Trevor Project, supporting vital crisis intervention and suicide prevention services for LGBTQ+ youth—because everyone deserves a safe place to be exactly who they are. So gather around the table.       Amazon

A BLACK STAR (CELESTIAL BODIES: A SERIES OF STANDALONES) by Dani M Ward

In the slums, you learn to take what you need. Once every twenty years, a Black Star glides over the slums of Granit, promising a life of luxury for any woman who can reach it. But only one will win. Only one will be chosen. E.L. wasn’t supposed to compete for passage to the Star Realm. That honor belonged to her beautiful, elegant younger sister, Celeste. But when opportunity presents itself, E.L. doesn’t hesitate—she takes it. Now she’s won the impossible: a place among the stars, caught between a prince and his guard in a realm where women are prized for one thing alone—their ability to bear children in a world of infertility. In the Star Realm, where women born from this dimension cannot bear children, a pregnancy is worth more than love or money. It’s everything. The Stars are a glittering prison where powerful men wage silent wars, and women fight for status. Prince D’Angelo offers her a rank. His guard, Carter, offers her protection. E.L. will take both—and everything else they’re willing to give. Because E.L. didn’t crawl out of the slums to play nice. No, she came to conquer.        AmazonKU

ELEMENTAL AWAKENING: ECHOES OF LUMORIA – BOOK ONE by Bobbi Workmaa

Set in a realm of elemental clans and long-sleeping dragons, Elemental Awakening follows a young woman’s rise from survivor to Spiritborn—the realm’s most dangerous legend—and the warlord she was never meant to love. When 23-year-old Amara Thalor awakens her elemental powers during a brutal Shadow Force attack, she’s named the Spiritborn: a prophesied wielder of all four elements. But power alone isn’t enough—not in a realm where dragons refuse to bond, the magical wards are crumbling, and an ancient force stirs beneath the surface. Training under Thane Caelum, the realm’s war-hardened Warlord, Amara discovers a bond that defies history—and truths that could fracture the world once more. The only way forward might cost her everything…including him.    Amazon

FAKE DATING MY GRUMPY ALPHA (BENEATH THE ALPHA’S ROAR BOOK ONE)  by Flora R Leigh

Grumpy Alpha chef needs a fake girlfriend. Lucky me—I smell like his mate. Unfortunately… I’m human. I’m a disaster of a food vlogger who just torched my career live on camera. Broke and desperate, I take a job at a failing diner in the middle of nowhere. Then I meet the owner—Weston Callahan. Growly. Gorgeous. And under pack pressure to mate the wrong wolf—until I walked in. He offers me a deal I can’t refuse: Fake dating for one year and a salary that’ll save me. The rules are simple: No kissing. No crossing lines. No letting the wolf out. Until a storm traps us alone in a cabin…The lights go out. His breathing turns rough. The rules don’t stand a chance. Can I tame this wolf…or will he claim me first?      AmazonKU

DIVINE BETRAYALS: WHEN DIVINITY ENDS BOOK THREE by Ella Rae

When the truth finally breaks the surface, nothing will ever be the same. Luna barely escapes the summit alive, her magic unstable and her circle fractured. With Hunter missing and the kingdoms turning on one another, she and her remaining mates are forced into hiding, until a cryptic vision reveals secrets buried since the dawn of the realms. Whispers of a forgotten god. A war erased from history. And a betrayal powerful enough to poison worlds. As Luna searches for answers, the corruption stalking Terra grows stronger… and so does the pull of the ancient darkness that keeps reaching for her. Every step uncovers new lies woven by gods and mortals alike, each more devastating than the last. All paths now lead toward the truth. One that could save the realms…Or destroy everything.      AmazonKU

MY FLORIST IS A FAE KNIGHT by Geralyn Beauchamp

Dandy Lyon just wanted flowers…A quiet life. A little beauty. And maybe, one day, a love that didn’t feel quite so out of reach. What she didn’t expect was a mysterious new florist with striking green eyes, impeccable manners, and secrets he guards far too carefully. Caelen Thornevale is Fae. A knight and prince from another realm. And he never intended to end up in Moon Creek Falls. Thrown through a door by accident—or fate—Caelen finds himself stranded in a strange world with no clear way home. But even trapped in another realm, his purpose remains unchanged: save his brother. Save his kingdom. And stop a forced marriage to a ruthless Unseelie princess that would doom them both. The solution may lie closer than he ever imagined. Forced to take a job in a flower shop to blend in, Caelen sees his chance in Dandy Lyon, the shop’s unsuspecting owner. With her warmth, grace, and quiet strength, she could pass for a princess long enough to give his brother a choice, and a future. It’s only meant to be a plan. A deception. A temporary solution. Until Caelen begins to fall for her. As doors between realms stir and danger edges closer, Caelen’s carefully constructed scheme begins to unravel. Because if the truth comes out, Dandy won’t just lose the man she’s falling for—she may lose everything. Some plans save kingdoms. Others break hearts.      AmazonKU

THE LOVERS (TOWERFALL BOOK TWO) by Kristen Cast

Gemma Summers is broke, burnt out, and about three weeks from moving back in with her parents. Her career has imploded, her confidence is circling the drain, and the last thing she needs is a run in with Alder Hawke—the dangerously charming ex who still haunts her dreams and could buy her a new life with just his pocket change. When a magickal tarot card sends them spiraling—literally—into another realm and they land in the steampunk inspired Kingdom of Cups, Gemma is forced to rely on the man who shattered her trust, broke her heart, and somehow still makes her weak in the knees. But survival in the world of Towerfall is anything but simple, especially when she’s caught between the ex who wants to own her and a roguish former king who sees through every one of her defenses. With secrets mounting, identities unraveling, and her heart very much on the line, Gemma must decide: will she cling to the version of herself she built in the real world… or risk everything to become the woman she was always meant to be? One enchanted tarot card. Two infuriatingly hot men. And a modern woman who refuses to be anyone’s damsel.      AmazonKU      AB

LEAVE ME by T S Joyce

Cam Marsden is a dominant bear shifter living in a human world. He has carved an ATV tour business out of nothing and is trying to fit into a town that doesn’t accept shifters. Feelings are dangerous for a creature like him, so over the years he has taught himself extreme discipline to be able to blend into his small Colorado town. But when a little spitfire house cat shifter books a tour with him for an UnValentine’s Day celebration, his interest is piqued. She’s mean as sin, and sexy as hell, and dangerous to him in ways he can’t yet understand. She hates this holiday, but Cam has a plan to find all the dirty ways to take her mind off the day. Moira Jennings has escaped her boring life to the Woodpecker Inn to celebrate her least favorite holiday with other bitter singles. She is not looking for friendship, much less the romantic attention of a powerful bear shifter, but the meaner she is, the more he seems to like her. Cam makes no sense. That man is too hot for his own good and a clever hard worker, so why is he throwing all this attention at her? She is just an unfriendly house cat shifter with an attitude problem and lack of a social life. But the more she hangs out with the complicated predator shifter, the more she thinks there is more to life than the bitterness she has been clinging to. This UnValentine’s Day celebration is about to change her life forever and in ways she could have never predicted…and part of her wants to fight it, but a bigger part of her wants to see what this love-thing is all about.      AmazonKU       AB

CUDDLED BY THE PACK by Ella Hartwell

I charge $80 an hour for platonic, therapeutic cuddling. I didn’t charge extra for becoming the tactical obsession of a special-ops werewolf unit. My name is Carmen, and I’m a professional cuddler. No funny business—just holding lonely people so they feel human again. It’s a quiet job, until I get a group booking from “The Triad.” I expected three nervous tech guys. I got three wall-to-wall muscles who look like they eat rocks for breakfast. They are a tactical mercenary team, lovers who have been fighting back-to-back for a decade. They claimed they needed grounding for “combat stress.” The session was going fine. We were in a spoon train. I was the little spoon. Then, I made a mistake. I fell asleep. And apparently, my drool contains a specific enzyme that tells a werewolf, “Target Acquired. Protect at all costs.” I woke up to find my windows reinforced with steel plating, a perimeter established in the hallway, and three very large men arguing over who gets to guard my shower. Beau: The Team Leader. He’s scary, scarred, and usually doesn’t let anyone touch him. Now, he’s treating my apartment like a Forward Operating Base and looking at the mailman like he’s an assassin. Grady: The Sniper. Quiet, observant, and lethal. He realized first that the scent marking me as theirs is like a beacon to every rival pack in the city. He’s not just holding me; he’s calculating kill zones. Mitch: The Demolitions Expert. Loud, brash, and the golden retriever of the group. He’s moved his toothbrush into my bathroom, but he’s also wired the front door with C4 because “you can never be too careful.” They were hired to take down a crime syndicate running the city’s underground, but the mating bond has re-written their mission parameters. The syndicate knows the Triad has a weakness now, and they’re coming for me. My new boyfriends have decided the safest place for me is in the middle of their nest. And God help anyone who tries to breach the perimeter.     AmazonKU     AB

ARMADILLO’S INSTINCT (A DAY CARE FOR SHIFTERS) by Elva Birch

The single dad of an energetic armadillo shifter, Bruno thinks his heart is well-armored until he meets a woman on a mission to uncover all of his secrets. Clarice is living a perfectly ordinary life, thank you, until a whirlwind of a small, loud boy apparently teleports into the back seat of her car, and now she’s not sure who to trust in a world that’s gone topsy-turvy. Suddenly she’s dating someone who might be a wizard, investigating what might be a cult, and falling in love with a family that might become her very own…if they can escape the clutches of all the people who are hunting Nickel City’s smallest (and most adorable) shifters.      AmazonKU

GHOSTS DON’T RSVP (GRUMPY GHOST BOOK FIVE) by Maggie March

Solving murders is tricky. Falling for the dead detective helping you? Even trickier. The Campbell House B&B’s grand opening was supposed to be Hank Miller’s dream come true—until one of his party guests takes a fatal tumble from the widow’s walk. Now the future of his charming bed and breakfast hangs in the balance, and Hank is looking like suspect number one. Anna McGuffin should be focused on the blind date her friends insisted she needed. But it’s hard to concentrate on someone new when she’s still reeling from that Christmas kiss with Richard Lockwood—the impossibly handsome Victorian ghost she definitely shouldn’t be falling for. When an uninvited ghost from Lockwood Cove’s mysterious past crashes the party, bringing secrets that could change everything, Anna realizes this murder is far more complicated than it appears. Now she, Richard, and their ghost dachshund Daisy must untangle old lies, navigate complicated feelings, and catch a killer before Hank loses everything.      AmazonKU

HUNTING MY HOLIDATE (THE NIGHT REALM: HUNTER MARKED BOOK ONE) by Chandelle LaVaun and Megan Montero

The wrong kind of dating hunt…By night we’re known as world most famous popstars . . . Chanegan. Stadiums of people chant our names and wear our merch, but the bright lights of the stage are just a cover story. An alias. By day we’re known as The Virtues, angelic hunters who protect the humans from the secret supernatural world lingering in their shadows. While they sing our songs we make sure the prey never becomes the victim. Platinum records were nothing compared to our perfect hunting record. No criminal could escape us . . . until now. After all these centuries we’ve finally met our match: a pair of vampire fix-it brothers with ties to the original mafia and eyes the color of sunshine. They operate just under our noses, always two steps ahead with a mischievous grin that makes us weak in the knees. Catching criminals is our job. Falling for the enemy is not.   AmazonKU

HEART OF THE KINGPIN (14 DAYS OF LOVE AND LUST BIKERS AND MOBSTERS) by E C Land

He’s the ruthless royal that reigns supreme, and she ignites his every desire…Orpheus – In the shadowed heart of the supernatural underworld, I am a god among men. The son of Hades. The Vampire King. Just a whisper of my name is enough to trigger a mere mortal’s nightmares. With a booming business and a reputation for terror, I can have anything — or anyone — that I want. And I want Cassia. Her beauty is irresistible and her devotion is intoxicating. She has no business mixing drinks at Nightclub Dyrk like a common servant. She’s far too innocent to be more than just a toy. But I’ll take what she has to give and enjoy every exquisite moment. Then someone dares to threaten her life and my true nature emerges. No one has ever seen the full extent of my power. Or how far I’m willing to go to claim what’s mine. Until now.      AmazonKU

INFERNAL SECRETS (ELYRDIN FATE BOOK ONE) by Stephanie Denne

“Once you spin the wheel of fate, you cannot undo what you set in motion.” I thought nightmares ended when you woke up. Turns out, mine were just waiting for me to open my eyes. Thirteen years ago, I saw something the night my parents died no one would believe. Grandma said the monsters were real, but everyone called her crazy like Mom. And after a lifetime of seeing things I’d never admit to, I feared I was losing my mind too… until four men appeared in my house after I opened a book I never should’ve touched. They’re beautiful. Dangerous. And definitely not human. Ash, Cyn, Zeke, and Ezra—demon princes trapped on Earth by my mistake. Helping them find a way home means facing both the darkness that destroyed my family and the mysterious pull between us. Each of them tempts me in different ways: Ash, the wounded protector who makes me feel seen. Zeke, the broken soul who awakens my own need to protect. Ezra, the ice prince who watches me like I’m both threat and prey. And Cyn, the magnetic asshole that I shouldn’t want, but I do. The closer we get to the truth about my bloodline, the clearer it becomes that our connection runs deeper than desire. Some fates aren’t chosen. Some fates are written in blood.      AmazonKU

WHEN ROSES BURN (BENEATH THE BRIARS BOOK ONE) by Brenda K Davies

Briar – “He went by Knox now, and Knox was everything Seth wasn’t and everything he’d never wanted to be. He was distant and ruthless like his father. Knox was a version of a man who was never supposed to exist, yet he stood only a few feet away from me. My mother did this to him because of me.” I’ve dreamt of finding Seth and fleeing the kingdoms as we once planned, but that was impossible. For ten years, while I longed for him, he plotted my demise. Knox now believes every word I say is a lie, and has cast me aside as his mate, but the love I feel for him never wavered. He may hate me now, but he can’t deny the attraction that still binds us even as our history tears us apart. I’m determined to prove to him that I’m not like the other night casters. The only problem is, I’m not sure what I am anymore as strange new abilities surface within me. Knox – “I didn’t know exactly how this dragon came to exist, but I recognized a kindred soul when I saw one. We were both creatures forged by despair.” And that despair has driven me since I last saw my mate, the woman I’d loved… and the one who betrayed me. Briar not only destroyed everything I cared about, she also cast me into a fate worse than hell. I lost everything because of her, but I’m free now, and I intend to make Briar pay. She will help me save my kingdom and break the curse her kind set upon the shifters. Once she does… I’ll destroy her.        AmazonKU

MOONLIGHT INN (MOONLIGHT SPRINGS BOOK FIVE) by Lula Ward

Leanna McMann never asked for the gift that is ruining her life. Every touch floods her with visions of an object’s past and, more alarmingly, its future. Desperate for control, she turns to the Moonlight Inn and Verena’s guidance, where the walls themselves seem to hum with secrets. Joe Hall, the quiet craftsman restoring the inn’s antiques, understands better than most how stories linger in wood and stone. Together, he and Leanna uncover visions tied to the legendary Amber Stone, a powerful relic whose disappearance has left the town vulnerable to dangerous fractures in time. But they are not the only ones searching. A ruthless developer is racing to claim the stone first, and Leanna’s unstable gift may be the only thing standing in his way. As Joe and Leanna’s bond deepens, she must decide whether to hide from her ability or embrace it fully before the past, present, and future of Moonlight Springs collapse into chaos.       AmazonKU

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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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STAR CRUISE LUCKY CHARM by Veronica Scott

VS Note: 

This 35K word novella first appeared in the Pets in Space® 10 anthology, which is no longer available. I have added 1300 words relating to the MMC’s backstory but there are no other changes.

Dahlia Vale is a floater on the interstellar cruise liner Nebula Zephyr. She fills in wherever she’s needed and loves the life. She hopes she can land a permanent spot on the crew roster and she and her alien rescue pet Petal can secure their home aboard the ship. Then one night she gets called to take a waitress position in the casino and a high society guest decides she’s his lucky charm after winning huge at the roulette wheel by betting on her casual suggestion. Life becomes a whirlwind for Dahlia and she’s not sure she likes the attention. Fortunately her pet gave her a special token of good luck that she carries all the time. Casino Manager Mike Remington isn’t happy to have an unknown floater assigned to the casino on such a big night but he’s impressed with Dahlia despite himself. He wants to get to know her better which is a challenge since he’s the boss but maybe the way to her heart is to help find answers for her ailing pet. Amidst preparations for an upcoming gaming competition Mike finds time to spend with Dahlia. But he’s got everyone from the interstellar mob to the upper echelons of society on the ship to deal with. When Dahlia is endangered thanks to her reputation as a so-called ‘luck puller’ for the avaricious gamblers engaged in the championship games, she needs her own lucky charm and Mike’s help to avoid disaster. Can their growing attraction survive the chaos?

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AQUATIC ENTANGLEMENT by Holly Hanzo

Marine biologist Cordelia never expected her research dive to end with her being sucked through an underwater vortex to an alien planet. She definitely didn’t expect to meet Olin, a powerful alien warrior who’s part man, part jellyfish, and all dominant male. With her oxygen running out and death seconds away, Cordelia faces an impossible choice: accept Olin’s claim as his mate, or die in the depths of an alien ocean. But survival comes with a price. Transformed to breathe underwater and bound to Olin by an unbreakable mate bond, Cordelia must navigate a society where humans are considered property and female submission isn’t optional – it’s survival. As she struggles to maintain her identity while adapting to Tiere customs, she discovers Olin is more than just the alien who claimed her. He’s patient, protective, and willing to challenge his own people’s traditions for her sake. When rivals threaten to tear them apart, Cordelia must choose between the independence she’s always valued and the mate who’s captured her heart.      AmazonKU

STARFALLING (IT’S DEFINITELY NOT ALIENS BOOK TWO) by Elle DeYesso

He fell from the stars. Now she’s falling for him. Raven did not sign up for this saving-the-world crap. But after unlocking a galactic map, surviving an attack from the deadly robotic Enil, and kissing her alien coworker, she’s officially on the run—with the fate of planets possibly lodged in her brain. Now the Enil are hunting her. So is the government. And, because the universe has a sense of humor, Raven’s stuck in close quarters with the undercover alien who’s determined to keep things strictly professional. Which would be fine…except, as Raven and Sky race to stay ahead of their enemies and track down his elusive partner, Bast, the unresolved tension between them crackles hotter than Sky’s spark powers. She’s not sure what’s more dangerous at this point: evil robots from outer space, the star map and what it’s doing to her, or the feelings she’s developing for Sky. The bad news? It’s definitely aliens. The worse news? She’s falling for one of them.     AmazonKU

YESTERDAY’S WAR (THE LADY BANE BOOK THREE) by Rachel Ford

VS Note: FF SFR.

The shot heard round the Union. Maggie, Kay, and crew came to Kudar to placate a grieving king and prevent a war. Then everything went wrong. Now, Sydney is accused of attempted murder, of masterminding a failed assassination plot. The planet is in flames. King Alkulard is angrier than ever. The Kudarian supremacy movement has never been stronger. And war? War seems all but inevitable.
At this point, it will take a miracle just to get out alive, never mind pull off the mission.   AmazonKU

VANGUARD: A DARK POST DYSTOPIAN ROMANCE by Karina Halle

Her kiss may be deadly, but he’s indestructible. Erasmia “Mia” Baxter is her agency’s most lethal operative, genetically engineered to have poisonous saliva. But having the kiss of death is hell on her social life. Her future holds no romance, no family, no intimacy of any kind—only killing for her country. When her special ops group hears rumors that America’s first enhanced soldier—Vanguard—may be more deadly weapon than savior, Mia is tasked with infiltrating his inner circle to investigate. What she finds is a former military asset with a hidden dark side—and the only man she can kiss without consequence. Intoxicated by the obsessive passion rising between them, Mia falls deeper into lust with each new sensual encounter. But the closer they become, the more she realizes there might be truth to the rumors. Vanguard is changing—becoming more violent, more devious, less…human. And the truth of her identity might push him over the edge entirely. In a world where heroes and monsters are separated by the thinnest of lines, Mia must decide: Is the man she’s falling for worth saving? Or is he the weapon he was created to be—one that will destroy her first?       Amazon

TAKE ME AWAY ALIEN REJECT (ANYWHERE BUT HERE BOOK THREE) by Sybur Phyre

Imari – I always dreamed of traveling the universe, meeting new alien life, and using my skills to advance Earth’s biotech so that we might help more species rise above the ailments of their homeworlds. I never expected my humanitarian missions to lead me to a gifted, brutish alien named Torius and his special tactics team. Apparently, there is someone in their region of space doing the opposite of me, and it’s tearing worlds apart. On a routine mission, our outreach vessel is attacked, and I’m captured and thrown into an experimental chamber by a crazed organization just to see if my theoretical mutagenics actually work. As my body changes, I’m left in my cell, alone, abandoned on a distant planet to the fate I designed. Just when my hope has run out, Torius finds me. The brooding alien breaks me free, but his life comes with its own challenges. Getting him to talk to me is the first. Surviving the war against his kind’s powerful enemy is the second. Torius is fractured inside. But what he dreams of, what he can create, and the scorching desire in him that burns for me when we’re alone make me fight to find a way to heal him, even if it turns me into something I swore I’d never become. Torius – I was banished before I was born. ..(more blurb on ebook seller’s page) AmazonKU

ALIEN WAR-COMMANDER’S MATE (LATHARIAN MATE PROGRAM BOOK SIX) by Mina Carter

She wanted a fresh start. She got an alien War-Commander instead. Harper is drowning. Broke, exhausted, and dragging her irresponsible cousin through life, she sees the Mate Program as her only escape. A signing bonus and a fresh start, what could go wrong? Then her cousin blows the money and crashes their flyer. Harper thinks they’re done for… until seven feet of patient, protective, irritatingly handsome alien warrior pulls her from the wreckage. Now she’s in his quarters. Under his rules. Going nowhere. Until the Mate Program decides they don’t want her, and they’re going to send her home. Unless the warrior who saved her gets his way…He didn’t become a War-Commander by giving up. She doesn’t stand a chance. When War-Commander Kirr M’Aab pulls the fierce little human female from a crashed flyer, he knows she was always meant to be his. He’ll burn down the program, the station, and anyone who tries to take her from him. She’s prickly, defensive, but also the most beautiful thing he’s ever seen. The more she pushes him away, the more he wants her. When her past threatens to destroy everything, he will have to prove that his protection—and his heart—are hers for keeps.

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EDGE OF KNIGHT by Megan Derr

VS Note: LGBTQ SFR.

FURY’S KITTENS: GALACTIC CATS PREQUEL NOVELLA by Evelyn Lederman

AGE GAP SPACE CRUISE (SMUTT BOOKS SHORT ALIEN ROMANCE BOOK SEVEN) by Deiri Di

TINHEART (MARS CHRONICLES BOOK TWO) by C J Dragon

Vs Note: MM SFR.

Carl Walker, 35, is a man whose heart is buried beneath layers of caustic wit and earned cynicism. He sacrificed everything for the one person who mattered, and he paid the price by being cut off from his wealthy family. Now a physician’s assistant on the frontier of Mars, Carl’s only defense against the world is his spectacular ability to insult anyone who crosses his path. Ezra Nolan is his antithesis: relentlessly sunny, quick-witted, and a dozen years his junior. An ambitious former heavy machine operator, Ezra crashes into Carl’s life with a request Carl can’t refuse–mentor him through his nursing training. But Ezra doesn’t shrink from Carl’s venom; he tosses insults right back, confusing the veteran PA and slowly chipping away at his defenses. Their attraction is electric, hidden beneath layers of professional protocol and biting snark. Carl is convinced he’s too old, too damaged, and too much Ezra’s superior to ever cross that line. Does Ezra’s easy optimism conceal a deeper pain, and is Carl prepared to admit he wants the one person who sees past his fortress?       AmazonKU

ALIEN’S BARGAN (ALIEN WOLF TALES) by Honey Phillips

OOPS! I SUMMONED A NIGHT DEMON by Tiffany Roberts

When she wished upon a star, she never thought the universe would manifest him. Ember has always worked hard to achieve her goals. Move to the city? Check. Start her own boutique? Check. Buy a Victorian house? Check. Find love? Absolute failure, and it’s not for lack of trying. So she does something she hasn’t tried yet—she makes a wish upon a star. It’s just a silly, hopeful gesture. What can it hurt? With a literal bump in the night, Nyte appears. He’s ethereally gorgeous, with dark skin that glitters like the starry sky, wings formed of otherworldly shadow, and eyes that glow with all the beauty, depth, and mystery of the universe. The moment Ember sees him, she can’t help but think her wish has come true. What does it matter that he’s not human? He’s her monster-loving fantasy brought to life. The problem? He had his heart stolen by his freaking ex. Thanks to the spell that inadvertently summoned him, she has a month to prove that she’s the one for him. That she’s worthy of his love. But is his wounded heart able to give it?      AmazonKU

HOLLOW KINGDOM by Shana Galen

Once the world was composed of five kingdoms, but that was before the red vein virus turned those it infected into monstrous Hollows. Twenty-two-year-old Mara has never known a world where the Hollows weren’t a threat. The princess has been trained since childhood to protect her kingdom of Earsleh by hunting the dead creatures that feed on humans. Life is precarious, so when Mara and her half-sister are suddenly recalled from their hunt to the castle, they fear the worst. The reality is much stranger. The kingdom of Zulen was overrun by the Hollows—at least that’s what Mara had been taught. That belief is upended when a Zulenii prince arrives in Earsleh to demand the Claiming Rite. The prince will choose a princess, and if he defeats her in hand-to-hand combat, he may claim her as his own and take her back to Zulen. Mara has little fear she will be chosen. She’s nothing special among her sisters. But when she sees Taio, she almost wishes he would choose her. He’s tall, tattooed, and perilously handsome. Her traitorous heart races every time she sees him, even though their interactions are laced with animosity. But when Taio’s arrival reveals to Mara that everything she held sacred has been a lie, and she has the power to save the world from the monsters that ravage it, she’s faced with an impossible choice. With monsters on her every side, is there anyone or anything she can trust?

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A FLAME OF DRAGONS AND GODS by G Bailey

It’s been twenty years since the Dynasty war that nearly destroyed our world, and nine months later, I was born to the Moon Dynasty king and queen. Only, I was born with a strange mark on my chest, and powers I cannot control. My father calls me god touched. My mother tells me stories of dragons and deities…but nothing prepares me for him. A stunning brute of a man with dark powers walks out of the sea on my birthday and opens a portal before knocking me out. I wake up in a world that mirrors my own, but here, the dragons rule with an iron fist and they do not take riders…unless you’re a god. Fae are disgraced enemies and they hunt them for sport. The deities here are called gods… and they play deadly games for amusement while they rule on their cold thrones. If I lose the game, I die. If I win, I could go home. Even if my kidnapper, the Game Hunter, is sneaking into my heart and setting it aflame.     AmazonKU

EMPIRE (DRAGONTOWN BOOK THREE) by  K A Riley

Guess who just woke up. Ynarra—weakened, exhausted, and accompanied by Arson and her Horde—embarks on an epic quest through the Cursewoods and the Scarlet Mountains in a dangerous search for the fabled Apex Dragon. As they close in on their goal, they find themselves pursued by a band of enchanted, supernatural hunters, who are determined to finish them before they can finish their mission. An old empire has fallen. A new empire is ready to rise. Even if the bonds broken five-hundred-years ago can be restored, no one is prepared for the power about to be unleashed. The very thing Ynarra and her friends are searching for has a small chance of saving their lives and a big chance of destroying their entire world. It’s a no-win scenario. And Ynarra has no intention of losing.   AmazonKU

FATED INK by Katy Manz

VS Note: MM PNR.

Sometimes, you need a little magic…And ink. When I decided to get a magically infused tattoo that would lead me to my mate, I didn’t foresee getting abducted from a rest stop and ending up in a fox rescue. But sometimes fate has a sense of humor. When my mate finds me trapped in my fox form at the animal rescue he volunteers at, he immediately recognizes me as his mate. The wolf paw tattoo on my forearm has done its job and led me to my fate. Now, the real adventure begins —life as a bonded pair, with a stalking ex, a twin pregnancy, and friends who have a secret of their own. Let the fun begin!      AmazonKU

ALPHA WOLF’S FORCED BRIDE (ROSE HOLLOW WOLVES BOOK FOUR) by Lyra Atlas

I’m forced to mate with the new Alpha. And then he knocks me up. I’m an outcast even among outcasts—unable to shift, bullied, and a hidden witch. Now my name is drawn in a lottery to become the black ops Alpha’s mate. I want to escape, but I’m forced to marry him. And before I know it, I’m pregnant…I’ve been helpless and vulnerable so often, just a secret witch among cold, cruel wolves.
This time, the lottery delivers me straight into his strong Alpha arms. I’ve always been intimidated by black ops guys like him. He’s powerful and rough. He’s a brute who will make my life hell. And there’s nothing I can do about it. He acts like he possesses me, and I try telling him I’m not his property. But my body is betraying me by losing all control around him. I’m ashamed of the way he makes me blush when he touches me. I’m ashamed of the way I crumble in his arms and forget to resist. Will the Alpha claim my heart and my pregnant belly?     AmazonKU

SPLINTERED VIGIL: NEW PROTECTORATE FRACTURE: BOOK ONE by Abigail Kelly

Finders keepers. Sloane knows he shouldn’t watch her. A predator trained from childhood to do what no one else will, his specialties are murder and torture, not protection. Certainly not any of the things a mate should be. He’s no good for anyone — most especially the soft human woman he stalks day and night. Losers get a bolt in the head. Cecilia Warren is a waitress with dreams of being a teacher. She’s soft, sweet, and blessedly ignorant of the bloodshed he deals in. When she’s attacked, the plan is to rescue her, not keep her. But everything goes awry when he finally gets her in his claws. Instincts blur loyalty. Need makes letting her go impossible. If they want to take her, they’ll have to kill him first. The mission objective shifts when he goes from protector to captor, secreting her away and going AWOL from his squad, the terrifying shadow unit known as Fracture. He won’t give her up and he won’t back down — even if that means destroying himself to keep her.      AmazonKU

HEARTS AND HEXES (HOLIDAY HOLLOW MYSTEROES BOOK THREE) by Paula Lester

In Valentine Vale, love is in the air. Unfortunately, so is murder. Hollis Merribell is just a courier—she delivers packages, keeps her head down, and absolutely does not solve crimes. But when she finds beloved listener, emotional linchpin, and professional heart-holder Liora Ashcombe dead at her own tea table, Hollis is suddenly way over her delivery quota. The official verdict? A peaceful passing. Hollis’s verdict? Absolutely not. With the help of her miniature reindeer familiar (dramatic, judgmental, and allergic to nonsense), Hollis starts asking questions the Cupids of Valentine Vale would rather ignore. Why was a calming charm still active? Why did half the district feel entitled to Liora’s time? And why does everyone seem more concerned with keeping Valentine Vale romantic than finding out who sat across from Liora… and watched her die? As heart-shaped décor gets vandalized, secrets spill faster than enchanted tea, and “love” starts looking a lot like motive, Hollis must untangle obsession, entitlement, and weaponized calm—before the killer decides one meddling courier is one heart too many.       AmazonKU

DEVIL’S MATE (LOVERS OF THE DAMNED BOOK FOUR) by Colette Rivera

VS Note: MM PNR.

Love’s price is redemption. Happiness isn’t for Lucifer. He chose to be the villain and no matter his initial motivation, he embraced being bad. Now he can’t even make amends. Luc will never have the life he fell to Earth to find. Luc doesn’t deserve his fated mate, and yet there he is, strolling into a bar. Dex Colt’s life has been on hold for years. It’s time to move on, sell the home that feels like a tomb, and take back his life. Starting with the gorgeous guy asking to join him for a drink. Usually, Dex would say no to more than a quickie, but there’s something special about Luc, and there’s no harm in agreeing to a date. Right? As it turns out, harm doesn’t begin to cover it. Dex’s best friend drops the bombshell that magic exists, and reveals that Luc isn’t the sweet man he appears to be. He’s the Devil. It’s no surprise Lucifer’s mate is the best friend of the man he once tried to kill. A mate who hates him is the universe’s retribution. But Dex inspires a better world. If Luc can mend all that he’s destroyed, he could give Dex a gift even greater than his love. And if Dex will have him, together they might truly have it all.       AmazonKU

MY PROTECTIVE ALPHA (THEIR ALPHA MATES BOOK FOUR) by Rianne Burnett

Laney chases headlines, not love. Then an Alpha werewolf saves her life and calls her his mate…A respected journalist, Laney Phillips is moments away from clinching the most explosive story of her career. Then it all goes to hell. Her source leaves her in the clutches of the very men she’s trying to bring down. As her life flashes before her eyes, she’s saved by the unthinkable: an Alpha werewolf who is determined to protect her at all costs. Laney is sceptical, even if she has trouble fighting their undeniable attraction. When she learns more about the secrets of the werewolf community, though, she realizes that fate may have handed her more than just a mate. They have a story worth telling–if she can help them navigate the threat of their fae enemies. But will her dedication to the truth come at the cost of the love her heart has been missing?       AmazonKU

RAVEN’S SONG: DRAGONIS ACADEMY YEAR ONE (DRAGONIS ACADEMY THE SECOND GENERATIONB BOOK ONE) by Serenity Rayne

What happens when your mother is the Queen of the Marzana Empire and your father is a legendary war drake? Simple—everyone expects the world of you. Raven thought she could blend into the background at Dragonis Academy, living the “normal life” her royal parents desperately wanted for her. But normal doesn’t exist when you’re dragon royalty at a school where shifters train for war, and ancient feuds simmer beneath polished academy halls. When a long-dormant enemy resurfaces and kidnaps her sister, Raven’s carefully hidden power explodes into the open. No one threatens her family and lives to tell about it. But unleashing her true strength means painting a target on her back—and everyone she cares about. Between navigating deadly trials that could kill her before breakfast, discovering her destined mates among the academy’s most dangerous students, and uncovering a brewing war that threatens everything she holds dear, Raven faces an impossible choice: stay hidden and lose everything, or embrace her birthright and burn down anyone who stands in her way.   AmazonKU

CURSEBOUND (WAR BRIDE BOOK THREE) by Sylvia Mercedes

Though their hasty marriage began as a matter of convenience, Taar and Ilsevel have discovered a love worth every risk, every hurt, and every obstacle standing before them. Newly heart-bound to one of the sacred unicorns of Licorna, Ilsevel hopes she will at last find her place in the world, while Taar seeks only to protect his spirited young wife from the prejudice of his tribe. But when they return to face the consequences of their actions, they meet with a cruel reality. “Cursebound,” the people whisper, convinced Ilsevel is a human mage who has ensorcelled both their king and the unicorn she rides. Her death is demanded by all. Taar, however, believes in his wife and the miraculous connection she shares with her unicorn. He convinces the elders to let her undergo a dreadful ordeal—a ritual used to prove the validity of a contested bond. More dangerous than any terror Ilsevel has yet faced, it is now her only hope for survival. With the threat of war looming over their heads, and the knowledge that Taar may soon be summoned to fight, can Ilsevel prove she belongs among her husband’s people? Or is harmony impossible between two such different worlds?   AmazonKU

MARKED BY HER BEAR: FF BEAR SHIFTER ROMANCE  (THE MONTANA GRIZZLIES BOOK FOUR) by Ariel Marie

One cabin. One storm. One chance to melt the coldest winter. When her car skidded off a snow-slick mountain road in the middle of Montana, Liana English came to the conclusion that she had the worst luck imaginable. Stranded in a blizzard, injured, with no cell signal, her trip to visit a friend has turned into a nightmare. Until a towering, gorgeous stranger lifted her out of the storm and into the heat of her cabin fire. Eddie Fane wanted one week alone—no clan politics, no responsibilities, no expectations. But when her bear heard a crash off in the distance, her instincts roared to life. rotective. Possessive. Hungry. Snowed in and forced to share close quarters, sparks ignite between Eddie’s desperate need to care for Liana and Liana’s stubborn refusal to be helpless. But danger lurked in the woods, and something feral caught Liana’s scent…When Liana disappeared into the storm, Eddie’s bear rose—and this time, she won’t hold back. Because once a bear shifter marks her mate…She’ll fight the world to keep her.       AmazonKU

SERAPH’S BLADE (ANGELFALL SERIES BOK TWO) by Anna Evernight

Do not trust outsiders. Do not disobey the precepts. Do not listen to handsome men. Lilith has spent her whole life straining for perfection to please the elders of her restrictive religious community. When she’s thrust into a conspiracy involving handsome, otherworldly angels who claim to be Heralds from her god, she’s skeptical. Despite her wariness, one angel in particular is charming enough to thaw her icy walls. Castiel, a warrior angel, Fell from the sky and into Lilith’s world. For fifty years he has searched for a way home, and his first clue comes from this cold, beautiful woman and an ancient manuscript hidden by her cult. He strikes a bargain: he’ll pretend to be a messenger from her god, snatch the book, then return to his fellow warriors, and in return shore up her precarious position as a beautiful, single woman in a patriarchal cult by providing a veneer of holy approval. As they search for the book, Castiel realizes he longs for Lilith in a way that can only mean one thing—she’s his fated mate, even though a human and a seraph together seems impossible. When suspicious elders uncover their deception, suddenly more is at stake than a broken heart or hidden manuscript. If Castiel and Lilith can’t escape the elders, they’ll lose Castiel’s chance at returning home—and even their lives.       AmazonKU

THE TRUTH ABOUT JUSTICE (SCALES OF JUSTICE) by Laura Greenwood

Rera knows it’s only a matter of time before her secrets can no longer be hidden…With more people learning the truth about her Ma’at Blessing, Rera has to decide whether to tell the one person she thinks will never understand, or to keep hiding it from him. But with no way of knowing how Zet might respond, she worries about the consequences. At least matters of the heart seem a little more settled for her…until she realises that being back in the world of the temples means a whole new set of pressures, especially those that come with dating a Legacy Blessed. With the pressure mounting, Rera has to decide which of her allies can be trusted. The Truth About Justice is book five in the Scales of Justice series, an urban fantasy series based on Egyptian mythology and set in the same world as The Apprentice of Anubis. If you love Egyptian mythology, alternative versions of the modern day, temple politics, slow-burn workplace romance, and a world where the gods are real, then the Scales of Justice series is for you!

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THE HUNTRESS: A DARK BRIDE HUNT ROMANTASY by Bec McMaster

Beauty and the Beast meets Labyrinth in this spicy and addictive bride hunt romantasy—where a desperate huntress realizes the beast she swore to destroy, has been hunting her all along…Nine years ago, the Beast of Kerawan snatched my sister from the Labyrinth, and I swore a blood oath to destroy him. I volunteered for the Bride Hunt, sacrificing myself to the Knights of Malus to enter this twisted game where women are hunted like prey and men become monsters. With nothing but my knife and a lifetime of rage, I’ll carve my way through this maze to find the beast who stole everything from me.
But then I’m thrown into a cell with him. A hunter, just like me. Dangerous, amber-eyed, and infuriatingly arrogant, Bael’s not human, and his enormous body was crafted for war. I should kill him. Instead, I find myself forming an uneasy alliance with this warrior who moves like shadow and fights like death itself. He saves my life. I steal his blade. He promises to help while igniting a fire within me I cannot control. I should hate him. I do hate him. Yet with every heated glance and forbidden touch, the boundaries between hatred and desire blur until I can’t tell where one ends and the other begins. As we battle through the deadly Labyrinth, facing slavers and monsters alike, a terrifying suspicion grows. The way he watches me. The secrets he keeps. The primal hunger in his eyes when he thinks I’m not looking. What if the monster I’ve been hunting has been hunting me all along? But here’s my little secret…I am not prey. I am not a prize. I am their ruin, with fire in my heart and defiance in my soul. I am the Huntress, and I will have my revenge—even if it means destroying my own heart in the process.       AmazonKU

THE MAIDEN: A DARK PRIMAL BRIDE HUNT ROMANTASY by E V Mitchell

I lived a quiet life as a temple maiden, my days defined by duty and subservience. Until the Trickster God shattered my world. He ripped me from my temple of healing and sacred vows, casting me into his twisted Labyrinth where women are hunted like prey. The rules are simple; run and hide, or be claimed—a brutal choice between forced marriage and eternal torment. These hunters see me as nothing more than a rose ripe for the plucking. Then he finds me. Rooke. A charming rogue with a wicked smile who promises protection and asks for nothing in return. It’s a dangerous offer from a man who moves through the shadows with deadly grace, yet touches me with unexpected kindness. My instincts scream danger. I should fear him. I should run. But his touch has become a spark in the darkness, his kiss, a taste of rebellion. Do I dare trust him? Or must I finally learn to trust myself? It seems even the gentlest rose can have thorns.      AmazonKU

****VS Note: There is a third book in the shared world series but the reviews were mixed on it and it’s VERY dark. THE QUEEN by Lana Percherczyk. Check content warnings.****

ZAC’S BEAR MATE: MM MPREG SHIFTER ROMANCE  (THE MATES MOTEL BOOK TWO) by Lorelai M Hart

I checked in with a broken car and no way back to the desert. I checked out with my future. Buy a new car, they said. It’s better than getting a used one that might break down on you the first time you drive it, they said. You won’t regret it, they said. They had never been more wrong in their life. And by they, I mean my so-called bestie I had just put on probation for getting me stuck in the middle of nowhere. The last place I want to be is a dated motel that rents rooms by the month, week, day, and even hour. Nope. I want to be back home in my comfy bed and saltwater pool. Yet here I am. Might as well make the most of it, right?       AmazonKU

SILVER LAKE: A MERMAID MYSTERY (ALEXIS SILVER BOOK EIGHT) by J R Rain and Matthew S Cox

Beneath the surface, the dead are waiting…When mermaid private investigator Alexis Silver is summoned by her CIA handler for a “quiet favor,” she expects another classified errand. Instead, she’s flown to rural Oregon, where a long-forgotten reservoir hides a drowned town, and a Cold War listening post built to monitor something the Agency still refuses to name. But the lake holds more than secrets. As Alex dives into the sunken streets of Haskell Springs, she finds spirits drifting through ruined storefronts and ghostly figures glaring from the windows of submerged houses. Some plead for help. Some want justice. And some want vengeance. The deeper she goes, the more Alex realizes the truth: the dead are growing stronger, bold enough to reach into the world above and kill the innocent. When Alex learns that the spirits plan to destroy a vulnerable family, she races to intervene, only to discover the haunting is tied to something far older, stranger, and more powerful than restless ghosts. To stop the killings, Alex must navigate spectral politics, ancient magic, government secrets, and a mystery buried since 1952. But saving the living means confronting a force the CIA once tried to hide at the bottom of a lake… one the spirits won’t let go without a fight.   AmazonKU

DARK ALCHEMY: CATCH 22 by I T Lucas

She was captured and enslaved. He was freed only to be conscripted. Both are trapped. On an inescapable island, Dimitri struggles to break free from the compulsion enslaving his mind, even as the drugs he is forced to create for the enhanced ones tighten his invisible chains. Mattie hunts for any means of escape, collecting secrets and searching for cracks that don’t exist. The bond growing between them is a risk neither can afford, and neither can resist. Meanwhile, across the globe, Annani faces an impossible bargain that demands the unthinkable. Welcome to Catch-22.     AmazonKU

VALENTINE FOR THE LONE WOLF (ARRHYTHMIA TEXAS HEARTS BOOK ONE) by C D Gorri

Love was never part of the plan—but in Arrhythmia, hearts have a mind of their own. There’s nothing normal about the hearts in Arrhythmia, Texas—trust me, I’m Sheriff Owen Randall, and I’ve seen it all. For fifteen years, I’ve kept this little town of supernatural outcasts from tearing itself apart. We’ve got grumpy Dragons, brawling Yetis, Witches with too much attitude, and one Garden Gnome who really needs anger management. Me? I’m a Lone Wolf—literally—and my other half isn’t the romantic movie kind. He’s the kind parents warn their kids about. Still, I love this place. It’s home. It’s peace. It’s the one thing worth fighting for. Then Agent Megan DiNapoli blows into town with orders from the DPCA to evaluate us. Translation: She’s here to decide if Arrhythmia gets shut down for good. She’s sharp, gorgeous, and determined to do her job. And I’m just stubborn (or desperate) enough to think I can change her mind. Maybe even win her heart. Problem is, this Lone Wolf’s starting to fall for the one woman who could destroy everything he’s sworn to protect.

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SHE CAME FOR THE PACK (DEMONS AND DREAMERS: SAPPHIC MONSTERS BOOK FOUR) by Darva Green

“We tend to forget that the first wolves were witches. The Omegas inherited the Moon Goddess’s gifts, and the Alphas were supposed to use their enhanced strength to protect them.” As a daughter of one of the ancient werewolf houses, Sheila was born with a rare ability to see past the veil. But these days, she’s being haunted by more than lonely ghosts and strange dreams. After ten years of running from her past, the Alpha who overthrew her pack wants to bring her back to the ceremonial altar where she left him.When Quinn—the packless she-wolf Sheila rejected as her mate—volunteers to keep her safe, she reluctantly heads to her remote cabin, where they agree to work together to figure out the trouble brewing in their territory. Quinn is determined to keep things friendly, but the lines between them begin to blur as they stay up late, unraveling pack secrets and exploring Sheila’s strange gifts. The mate bond between the two women might be broken, but fate keeps pulling them back together. How can they remain friends when they can’t resist each other’s touch, taste, and scent?    AmazonKU

FALLING FOR THE PIRATE: A LITTLE MERMAID AND PETER PAN RETELLING WITH A TWIXT by Nickli Chapelway

A siren with no song – A lost boy who accidentally grew up – It was supposed to be the perfect story… not her reality. Vera is a screenwriter at the end of her rope. She has always wanted to write a story that will bring a villainous twist to two of her favorite fairytales, but if her producer asks her to make one more edit to the script, she might just lose it. However, when she wakes up in the world of her script, she begins to think she has already lost it. Forced into the role of her main character, a vengeful siren by the name of Moira, Vera finds herself having to live through the story of the Little Mermaid… but as the villain of the tale. Struggling with how to get by with fins is bad enough, being doomed to get her heart broken in a love triangle of her own making is worse. But none of that compares to the fact that by some twist of fate, it seems her producer James is also in this story. And he is filling in the role of the notorious Captain Hook. James blames Vera for the fact that he is currently missing a hand and being hunted by a monstrous crocodile. He is also not too happy that his nemesis is a childlike force that is creepy beyond all reason. Now Vera finds herself having to get herself and her producer back home safely as she struggles to survive her own story and not fall in love with either her producer or the guy she made up. But as the plot progresses, she starts to wonder if she should have been kinder to her own characters. And maybe she should have written a happy ending after all.       AmazonKU

THE BABY DRAGON BOOKSHOP BOOK THREE by A T Qureshi

Emmy has an enemy, and his name is Luke. The good news? She rarely sees him. The bad news? When she does, she (and her pet dragons) are reminded just how handsome he is. Besides, Emmy is too busy focusing on her dragon-fuelled business to have time for love. But when both she and Luke approach the same local investor for funding, she’s suddenly unable to avoid him. The kookie investor insists they must compete for the cash by working at the local failing baby dragon bookshop to prove their magical business knowledge. Determined to win the funding, Emmy dives into the task. But making a very flammable bookshop fit for baby dragons is no small feat, and it seems these rivals may need to join forces. Could Luke and Emmy’s fiery animosity spark something more between them?   AmazonKU     AB

A FOREST, DARKLY by A G Slatter

Deep in the forest lives Mehrab the witch, quietly battling her demons. One evening, a young woman arrives at her door pursued by god-hounds, who wish to destroy all those practising magic, and Mehrab’s solitary existence is disrupted. Together they forge a cure for their isolation with heartbreaking consequences… Meanwhile, in the local village, children begin to disappear. Sinister offerings appear on Mehrab’s doorstep, and a dark power pursues her through the trees. As the villagers turn hostile and the god-hounds close in, Mehrab finds herself at the centre of a struggle to save the soul of the forest, the life of an old love – and her own new-formed family.
Set in Slatter’s bewitching gothic Sourdough universe, this is a haunting, gripping tale written with wit and heart. A book to both savour and devour.       Amazon     AB      Apple Books      Kobo

ACCIDENTAL MAGIC  (DAMNED MERCENARIES BOOK TWO) by Mika Nix

VS Note: MM PNR.

Gargoyles are immune to Mage Magic, so why can I feel Rune in my veins? Ever since the snarky mage kidnapped one of my fellow mercenaries, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about him. It’s like he’s under my skin somehow… or rather, under my stone. Why did I have a dream about him being abducted if I’m not meant to save him? The problem is, the list of Rune’s enemies is a mile long, and no one else is all that broken up about his life being in danger. I’m going to rescue him one way or another, even if it means getting myself caught in the process, even if he doesn’t really want to be saved, even if it’s the stupidest idea I’ve ever had. The more I get to know him, the more I’m starting to think his sarcasm and bite is just a cover for the truth… he doesn’t trust anyone, and he has good reason not to. As far as I know, gargoyles don’t have fated mates, and neither do mages, but the pull between us is undeniable. Maybe it has something to do with his magic or maybe fate has plans for us after all… but we need to find a way out of this prison before we can start to think about Happily Ever Afters.       AmazonKU

THE FOUND OBJECT SOCIETY by Michelle Maryk

For twenty years, Greta Davenport has lived with the guilt of surviving the accident that killed her parents. She’s tested the limits of her own mortality ever since, but little gives her the dopamine rush she craves. Not until the night she almost drunkenly crashes her car into a tree, and a peculiar blank card slides under her front door—an invitation to the Found Object Society. What she discovers there is beyond comprehension: an opulent, subterranean playground filled with aisles of objects from different eras and regions of the world. Pick an object and go on a voyage to relive the final moments of the person who died holding it, along with an unparalleled, irreplicable high. Greta’s hooked, but she can’t quiet her questions about the society and its enigmatic creators, the answers to which have implications far beyond her growing dependence on the voyages. Death is addictive, and what she uncovers will put her entire life into question. A fever dream of a novel with episodic, time-traveling chapters told from multiple points of view, The Found Object Society examines the depraved whims of the ultrarich and the breadth of unresolved trauma—all while asking how grief and the choices we make in its aftermath can change the course of our lives. Michelle Maryk’s wholly original and ambitious debut opens an impeccably wrought speculative world of greed, power, and destiny.

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HEIR OF ILLUSION: VERRAN ISLES SERIES BOOK ONE by Madeline Taylor

She is not the pet they tamed. Blessed with the power of illusion, Iverson Pomeroy has many tricks up her sleeve. However, none of them are a match for the enchanted collar at her throat that keeps her bound as assassin and mistress to a ruthless king. Forced to play the role of his obedient pet, she plots in secret to destroy him and claim the freedom she has always been denied. She is the beast they let inside. When a mysterious reaper, Thorne, arrives in the city with his sights set on the same weapon Ivy needs—the only artifact that can remove her collar—she must decide how far she’s willing to go.
And she will show no mercy. With a tenuous alliance tying them together, Ivy learns there is more to her reluctant companion than meets the eye… He sparks her curiosity and ignites dangerous desires within her. But will the secrets they harbor destroy each other? And does it even matter, when anyone who so much as touches Thorne dies?      Amazon     AB      Apple Books      Kobo

MUSCLES AND MONSTERS: LEVIATHAN FITNESS BOOK ONE by Ashley Bennett

After a wedding cake catastrophe on the street, local baker Tegan lands in the most unexpected place—a solid wall of fur and fangs named Atlas. She’s never met anyone like him and finds herself enamored by his wolfish charm. After their sweet encounter, Atlas invites her to his gym anytime she needs his cake-lifting services. However, Tegan is through with being a damsel in distress. She signs up for a membership with Leviathan Fitness, determined to build her strength…and if she sees the handsome wolven again, it’s a win-win scenario. Atlas can’t believe his eyes when Tegan walks through the doors of his gym, and nearly goes snout-over-paw to offer her personal training. Shared glances over the barbell and accidental touches at the water fountain set Atlas’s heart racing in a way he swore it couldn’t again. Primal desires emerge as Atlas and Tegan test just how much their new love can lift. Could Tegan be the unexpected mate of Atlas’s dreams?       Amazon        AB

ALPHA BOSS’ BABY SERVICE: MM MPREG ROMANCE (BABIES FOR BROKEN DADS BOOK FIVE) by Anna Wineheart

Alpha Wolf + Single dad cat shifter – Twin Buns needs help. To revive his dwindling bakery business, alpha wolf Titan comes up with a new plan: Selling his own “cream filling.” – Surprisingly, the Baby Service is a hit. Orders start pouring in, almost too many to fill. Then everything goes sideways: Both of Titan’s arms are injured, and his cream production grinds to a standstill. Enter Mathlin: a single dad adrift with his baby, needing shelter and protection. Titan hires him. But Mathlin is keeping secrets; there’s something strange about his baby. Not to mention Mathlin’s constant disappearances. It doesn’t matter. As soon as Titan’s arms are healed, Mathlin will be on his way. Just that Titan’s instincts keep howling: Mathlin needs to stay.      AmazonKU

EYE SEE YOU by Lizzie Strong

Greys Anatomy but with a floating tentacle monster who has a peeping tom fantasy. It felt like fate that Lelianna found the best help wanted request…EVER! Help wanted: Let me pay you to be naked in a hotel room where I can watch. Problem is, after an extraordinary night with her peeping Tom, who just wants to stick his tentacles everywhere, she can’t shake the feeling she knows him. Low and behold her Tom is none other than Healer Syniz Vizglyat. The perfectionist perveyour, surgeon with the complex and general social recluse. Plus, the only person at work she’s constantly flirting with. She just can’t help it, and apparently, neither can Syn. Agreeing to be his sugarbaby seemed like the natural next step. But as they explore their spicy relationship, she begins to ask herself… why weren’t they already doing this? Because she’s pretty sure Syn was made for her.      AmazonKU

PERFECT SCENT MATCH by Emily Antoinette

Three scent matches, two blind dates, and one accidental first heat. Ruby is done pretending to be the perfect omega. If that means her odds of finding a pack that won’t bristle at her boldness are astronomically low, then so be it. When she finds out she has a scent match, though, fate might be on her side. Beau isn’t looking for a pack. He’s been there, done that, and has the broken heart to prove it. But when his sister signs him up for a scent-matching service, even he can’t say no to meeting his match. Archer is sick of letting his fears control him. Screw worst-case scenarios of what an alpha might do to him as an omega, it’s time for him to finally have some knotty fun. Too bad his nerves didn’t get the memo. When two blind dates collide, will their hopes for a Valentine’s Day miracle be dashed? Or will these three lonely hearts be set ablaze when things unexpectedly heat up? Perfect Scent Match is a spicy, fast burn MMF why choose omegaverse romance featuring a confident, plus size omega FMC, a burly loner alpha MMC, and a bubbly, nervous omega MMC. Expect plenty of spice (with sword crossing), along with emotional, cozy vibes.      AmazonKU

FATES THAT BIND (BRIARHOLLOW SERIES BOOK ONE) by Ashtyn Kiana

Most of Renata Blackthorn’s life has been spent hiding–avoiding her mother’s cruelty, ashamed of her powerful spirit magic, and dreaming of escaping from her childhood home. As the only gray witch in a family of green witches, she’s always been an outsider. But the Blackthorn family curse, which afflicts those born with spirit magic, only makes her feel more isolated. When a letter arrives from a late great-aunt, Renata inherits the eerie, crumbling Dreaming Willow Inn… Alongside it comes a warning: she’s the only one who can end the madness. There are many places she has dreamed of running away to, but the inn where the curse started was one she hoped to avoid in every lifetime. Until it becomes a beacon of hope. Once she steps foot on its grounds, fate stirs. So do the ghosts of her family’s past. Renata quickly learns how the curse affects more than just her bloodline and its ability to give her everything she’s ever wanted—or take it all away, including her newfound coven and the man she never expected to meet in person, Archer Vexley. After a decade of only finding him while sleeping, Archer is in Briarhollow with just as many ancestral ties to the Dreaming Willow Inn as she has. Not only that, he’s determined to learn more about the woman from his dreams. Renata never thought she would meet him in person, or have a coven of her own. Now that she has everything, she won’t let fate rip it away.       Amazon

WELL HUNG SHELVING: MM FANTASY ROMANCE  by Callie Colby

Everyone jokes that the local big-box Swedish furniture store is a maze. They don’t know that the bedroom department is literally built on top of a shifting Fae Labyrinth. I just wanted a bookshelf. I took a wrong turn at the meatballs, walked through a display wardrobe, and ended up in the Deep Fae Realm. Now I’m lost in an endless corridor of flat-pack boxes and confusing arrows, hunted by shadow beasts. My only hope of survival? Grael, the Fairy-Fae Guardian of the Maze. Grael is seven feet of winged, muscle-bound terrifying. He’s also hopelessly lost. He’s been wandering these aisles for centuries, trying to find the exit because he really, really wants to try a cinnamon bun. He thinks the store map I grabbed at the entrance is a sacred scroll. He thinks I’m a powerful wizard because I have an Allen wrench. And he’s decided that his sacred duty is to protect me until we find the checkout. But when the lights go out and we get trapped in a display bedroom for the “night,” things get complicated. Grael has never seen a memory foam mattress before. He’s very big, very curious, and he wants to test the structural integrity of everything. Including me.     AmazonKU      AB

DEMONIUM REX AKA BUTTERCUP (DEMON ENTANGLEMENTS SEVEN) by Stephanie Burke

Win is a writer with a new house, a new life, and a rapidly approaching deadline. She doesn’t have time for the voices in her head to be demanding attention. She just wants to finish her book and maybe get laid. But what will she do when the character her subconscious dreams up starts becoming corporeal? Demonium Rex is the undisputed king of all sexual demons, but when his people come to him with a mark who refuses to crack, he takes action. Now he is stuck in a non-corporeal form while the woman he needs to seduce is too stubborn to just let it happen. And even worse, she sticks him with a stupid name. But in the end, he will show her who’s the real King — or his name isn’t Buttercup.       Amazon      Apple Books       Kobo

SECONDHAND LUCK (THE SHADOW AGE BOOK TWO) by Kim Harrison

It’s been months since Petra Grady bonded with the shadow Pluck. With the help of researcher Benedict Strom, she has made a place for herself at St. Unoc University as the first weaver to use shadow magic in a thousand years. But some are not happy to acknowledge the new shadow/weaver pair, and Petra and Pluck aren’t surprised when they’re blamed for every recent trouble. When a new weaver is drawn to St. Unoc, Pluck quickly realizes the novice magic user has not come alone. Trailing her is Thoth, a devious shadow responsible for betraying his own kind and setting mage against weaver thousands of years ago. His goal hasn’t changed, and when Thoth turns both the mage courts and the university against Petra, she and Pluck must risk everything to uncover a truth that even Pluck has forgotten. Shadows, though, have earned their terrifying reputation, and if Petra can’t prove her and Pluck’s innocence and capture Thoth, any hope of balance will be gone—taking Pluck and her with it.      Amazon      AB      Apple Books       Kobo

THRONE OF NIGHTMARES: A NOVEL (PRINCE OF SIN BOOK THREE) by Kerri Maniscalco

“Beware of waking the gods, their dreams are often our nightmares …”  A prince who prefers games of the head to those of the heart. Prince Sloth hates leaving his enchanted library, but when a forgotten deity threatens the very fabric of the Underworld, he’s thrust into a race against time. He must find the Book of Nightmares—an ancient artifact that has the power to break worlds—before it unleashes a deadly game to free its master, the Goddess of Night.  When a betrayal leaves him marked, and desperate, his path collides with a young woman who possesses the legendary Phoenix Tear—a portal stone unlike any other.  A librarian who is all sweet sunshine … until she burns. Lore Brimstone has always loved getting lost in a book—but she never meant literally. Yet, after visiting a traveling caravan, she quickly finds herself transported to a terrifying but oddly familiar world—with the worst, twisted prince at her side. Realizing they are living out her favorite novels one by one, they face off against an increasingly dark magic as they try to survive the story. A twisted tale that means they can’t trust themselves—or their hearts. As Lore and Sloth navigate the pages of her beloved novels gone wrong, she must channel her inner main character to defeat the Book of Nightmares before the wall between the gods and mortals comes crashing down, dooming them all.        Amazon     AB      Apple Books      Kobo

YOU & ME AND YOU  & ME AND YOU & ME by Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees

Meet Adam and Jules. Married for nearly twenty-five years and stuck in a rut, their future looks, well, boring. Then Adam stumbles across a box of old mixtapes he and Jules made for each other when they were young and falling in love. He dusts off his vintage stereo, inserts one of the cassettes, presses “Play” …and the unbelievable happens. With the power to travel back in time, Jules and Adam can recapture the headiness of falling in love. But they soon realize that visiting the past could be as dangerous as it is addictive, because the temptation to change just a few tiny things is irresistible. As the consequences start to spiral out of control, can they find a way back to their messy and imperfect, yet glorious, real life? Or will they lose each other forever?

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HITCHED TO THE HELLHOUND (MONSTER MATRIMONY FILES BOOK TWO) by Evangeline Priest

The Sanctuary said she needed protection. What she got was a 7-foot hellhound with smoke in his eyes and a body made to burn. When Tamsin agreed to the Monster Matrimony Protocol, she expected a scaly lizard, maybe a bear-man. She did not expect to be claimed by a hellhound general from the volcanic borderlands—part ancient god, part flame-wreathed warrior, all muscle and menace. Her new husband, Soranus, doesn’t speak much. His version of courtship involves silent guarding, heated stares, and growls that vibrate in her bones. But as the bond settles and the heat builds, Tamsin realizes something dangerous: She might be falling for the monster she married. And he’s already on fire for her.       AmazonKU

HAUNT PURSUIT (HAUNTD EVERLY AFTER MYSTERIES BOOK 16) by ReGina Welling

When strangers show up for an event in Mooselick River, so does trouble. Two men and a woman check into the Marlow Inn for the town library fundraiser, but only one checks out—and Everly Dupree is once again caught in the middle of a mystery that refuses to stay neatly on the page. Between keeping the event on track and enjoying a visit from her favorite cousin, Nell Pemberton, Everly has her hands full. But nothing is ever easy in Mooselick River. Before the event is over, the first of two bodies will fall, and Everly will need all of her wits (and maybe a little help from the other side) to keep the past from rewriting the future.      AmazonKU

WITCHY WOMAN (VAMPIRE QUEST BOOK ONE) by Tina Donahue

A witch who’s ditched sorcery…a down-on-his-luck vampire…and one fateful encounter between them that could be pure magic. Bored with getting whatever she wants whenever she wants it, Wren’s now earning things the mortal way—through hard work… specifically erotic dancing. As a newly turned vampire, Roman dreads eternity until he chances upon Wren at a Las Vegas strip club during her nightly show. Desire sparks. Lips meet. Trouble brews from the vamp who turned Roman, and also from the vile warlock who’s determined to make Wren his…forcing her and Roman to battle dark magic and blood lust to turn a disturbing future into their shared paradise. As they embark on their Vampire Quest.       AmazonKU

ONE BITE STAND (PARANORMAL DATING AGENCY BOOK 96) by Milly Taiden

Winslet Ward is officially done with “charming.” After discovering her high-society fiancé is actually a ruthless crime boss, she’s spent six months on the run and looking over her shoulder. Now, his goons are closing in, and Winslet needs a miracle—or at least a very remote GPS coordinate. Enter Gerri Wilder, the sassiest matchmaker in the paranormal world, with a one-way ticket to Alaska and a promise of protection. Korrak Volkov is the Alpha of the Icefang clan, a man as hard and unyielding as the Arctic tundra he protects. He’s built his life on cold precision and zero distractions. No mates, no drama, and definitely no humans. But when Gerri waltzes into his territory with a curvy, green-eyed brunette in tow, Korrak’s inner polar bear doesn’t just wake up—it roars. The moment their hands touch, the sparks don’t just fly; they ignite a mating hunger that threatens to melt the permafrost. He might be devastatingly hot, but Winslet isn’t looking for a new master. Korrak is ready to tear the world apart to keep her safe, even if it means bringing his entire clan into a war with the human underworld. With a deadly storm howling outside and death creeping across the ice, they need to decide if this is a temporary “bite” stand, or have they finally found someone worth fighting for?     AmazonKU

HEIR TO THE SECOND LINE: PART TWO by Grace McGinty

Boellium War College had fallen. Avalon had done the only thing she could: she reset time and went back to a moment before everyone she’d loved had died…again. Resetting time had its own consequences, and none of them could return back to Boellium again. Their element of surprise was gone and all that was left was to try and gather allies before the Baron of the First Line caught up with them and squashed their rebellion before the Second Line could return. Worst of all, the family they’d created was crumbling at the edges as secrets are exposed, guilt eats away at trust, and Avalon was no longer sure she could survive what was coming with her heart intact. This is Part Two in a Three Part book. If you haven’t read DAUGHTER OF THE NINTH LINE, it’s strongly suggested you do that first.   AmazonKU

FREEDOM’S FURY (BROKEN SOULS TRILOGY BOOK THREE) by Melody Joanne

Some part of me thought being murdered in front of my mate was rock bottom. It was the delusional part. Because I didn’t stay dead. Instead, I woke up tethered to my psychotic ex who still insists we’re soul mates. I insist he seek immediate medical attention. To top things off, my actual mate will stop at nothing to get me back – even if it costs him everything. It’s a good thing I don’t have anxiety issues, or this might be terrible for my mental health. (Sarcasm). My captors think they can control me, but they have no idea how far I’ll go to keep my loved ones safe. After all, it’s amazing how many options open up when you have nothing left to lose. He wanted to carve me into his perfect, obedient wife. Instead, he cut away the last threads of my sanity. And I’ve never been more dangerous.     AmazonKU

CLAIMED BY THE BEAST KING by Alessa Thorn

Every shifter, man, and fae has a beast living inside them. Scratching for survival, to be heard, to be loved. Delphi’s beast is about to meet its master. In the shadow of the cursed Mistwood, where magic bleeds through ancient trees and mist devours the unwary, Delphi hides her forbidden magic behind healing tonics and herbal remedies. She’s survived her father’s cruelty, poverty’s bite, and the constant threat of burning at the stake—all while dreaming of escape to a life of books and freedom. But the Mistwood has been watching. And its king has been waiting. Tenebrys isn’t just a beast—he’s vengeance wrapped in fur and fangs, imprisoned for thirty years by those who feared his power. When Delphi’s father offers her as payment for his own dark bargain, she becomes the key to the Beast King’s freedom… and the target of his obsession. Trapped in a crumbling château where shadows breathe and magic pulses through every stone, Delphi discovers that her captor isn’t the real monster she should fear. Ancient fae are stirring. Witch hunters are closing in. And the fire burning in her veins calls to the darkness in his. He claims she belongs to him. She swears she belongs to no one. But when desire meets destiny in a world built on blood and magic, even beasts can become saviors, and queens must learn to rule. A dark, spicy Beauty and the Beast retelling      AmazonKU

THE ICE TYRANT’S FATED MATE (HOLLOW EARTH ICE DRAGONS BOOK ONE) by Riley Storm

In the Ice Kingdom the strong rule, and the weak end up in cages. At the top are the Elites, cruelest and most powerful of all dragons. Below everyone else are my friends and I. The Wing-Clipped. Dragons too weak to shift or claim a fated mate. We’re who the cages and illegal markets were made for. Until the man with green eyes who smells like forever awakens my dormant dragon. It should be impossible. It is impossible. Because Clippys don’t have fated  mates. Ever. Everyone knows that. Everyone except my dragon. She’s staking this one out as hers, and she doesn’t care what he or I think. It only gets worse when I discover who she calls our mate. Somehow she’s decided the Ice Tyrant is all ours. The strongest, most ruthless dragon in Hollow Earth … and me? Never gonna happen. Even if I had a dragon to shift into, and even if I could claim another as my mate, it would never be him. Not just because it’s his kingdom and his rules that put me in this cage. But because he left me to rot in it…Casimir – My kingdom isn’t ready for me to claim her. I am. Civil war and threats to my throne? That’s nothing compared to bonding with my mate. I’ll destroy anyone who threatens her or our future. But before we can have eternity, I’ll have to win her over and show her I’m not what the legends say. Somehow. Because hiding at the center of every rumor, there’s a dark truth.      AmazonKU

HIS IN THE FIRE by W Winters

Ripped away from Olympus to the Underworld was a hell of its own making, but so is returning. Leaving behind Hades and my rightful place as Queen of the Underworld caused an agony I’ve never known before. What’s worse is that the war has not come to an end and my place in Olympus is questioned by all because of Hades’ demands. My mother will stop at nothing to have me safe with her and neither will Hades. I’m left torn between life, Olympus, my mother and the throne I was always meant to have beside my lover, the King of the Dead. I miss him dearly, I crave his touch and I need the love I felt so strongly in his presence. What brings me the most fear though, is my own thoughts and my own power. The threat of losing what I had is enough to make me question my sanity. My mother would starve the world for me, Hades would burn it. But myself… What I’m willing to do as the suffering intensifies is blasphemy and terrifies me to my core. There’s no going back and in this place I must find peace and balance before it’s too late. I know one thing for certain: after dark, there will always be light. If that wasn’t true, the dark would not have a name…And I crave both. Please note: His in the Dark must be read first.       Amazon     Apple Books      Kobo

FATE AND FANG (THE BOUCHERS BOOK THREE) by Nicole Jacquelyn

He’d do anything to protect her. She just wants him to stay. Daniel Boucher has waited over a century to find his fated mate. The moment he hears Rosemary Whitlock’s voice, he knows—she’s it. Smart, capable, and already entangled in vampire affairs, Rosemary is nothing like the fragile human he expected. But with mates being hunted and war brewing in the shadows, Daniel will do whatever it takes to protect her, even if that means keeping her at a distance. What he doesn’t see is how much that distance is tearing them apart. Rosemary isn’t new to this world. With mated vampire-human godparents and a lifetime of witnessing what real bonded partnerships look like, Daniel’s sudden disappearances feel less like protection and more like rejection. She’s not the type to sit back and wait to be rescued—and she won’t let herself be left behind. As the Bouchers close in on a deadly truth, love and loyalty are tested from every side. And if Daniel and Rosemary can’t bridge the growing rift between them, their bond may not survive what’s coming. Is fate enough to hold them together when everything else is pulling them apart?      AmazonKU

WICKED ONYX (THE VERITAS LEGACY) by Debbie Cassidy

You don’t graduate Nightsbridge Academy—you survive it. Born into a sorcerer bloodline, cursed, and cut off from my power, I was accustomed to being an outcast. For generations, my bloodline carried the weight of a crime committed by our ancestor. But my mother’s death changed everything. She left a clue that could prove our innocence: an ancient text hidden deep beneath Nightsbridge Academy. The Academy is a fortress of power, housing the most dangerous incantors and sorcerers, conscripted to keep Horrors and Echoes at bay. And as the last surviving Onyx, I’m owed admission. My plan is simple—find the book and expose the Imperium as the liars they are. But I didn’t plan for the whispers that haunt my dreams. Or the complication of feelings I shouldn’t be capable of—stirred by two men bound to the very institution I’ve come to destroy. One sees too much yet says too little. The other is steady, protective, and always in my corner. I can’t have either. Yet when I’m in their presence…my curse begins to crack. If they discover my true purpose, I’m dead. But some truths are worth dying for. The Imperium cursed my bloodline. Stripped us of our magic. Branded us as traitors. And now they will pay.       AmazonKU       AB

ELDRITH MANOR by Lee Rivers and Avina St Graves

The Ghost – What happens when someone accidentally summons a demon? They die and become a ghost. I didn’t believe in Heaven or Hell. I thought the pain would stop, and I’d taste sweet oblivion. But I was wrong. Hell does exist. It’s not just a place, but a person too. His name is Lynx. Night after night, day after day, I try to escape and break free of the cage I’ve been damned into. I can’t hide from him, and he can’t outrun me. I’m trapped in the manor with the monster who killed me. The Demon – Be careful who you steal from. They might just come for your soul. They called me a sinner, then stuck a blade through my heart and cursed my soul to an eternity in flames, turning me into the demon they claimed I was. For centuries, I suffered and screamed. Made other souls wish they were never born. It was an endless cycle I couldn’t break until one day, she called me forward. A little human who played with someone else’s toys. I thought I could get rid of her, but I was wrong. I can’t escape her no matter what I do. At least, I know one thing for certain. Sable looks pretty for a dead thing.      AmazonKU

THE ALPHA’S CAPTIVE by Reece Barden

Carla – Three weeks in a monster’s basement, and now my wolf is screaming one impossible word at the man who brings me food. Mate. Billy Lennox is the son of the bear holding me captive. He has no idea what we are to each other. And I’ll do anything to keep it that way. Because if his father discovers my secret, senses how my body is about to betray me, he won’t just ruin my life. He’ll destroy Billy too. Billy – Something about the wolf in my father’s basement gets under my skin. She’s fierce, defiant and hiding something behind those green eyes. I’ve looked the other way my whole life. Done things I’m not proud of, but watching my father break her isn’t something I can stomach. Getting her out means betraying everything I’ve ever known, but after one night trapped alone together, I know I’ll burn it all down just to make sure she’s safe.     AmazonKU

KNOT ON YOUR PUCKING LIFE: SNOWVALE HOWLERS OMEGAVERSE NOVEL by Heather Long

Wren Foster plays by her own rules. As the PR manager for the Snowvale Howlers—the league’s most brutal pro hockey team—she’s the only omega in a den of alphas… and no one is supposed to know. Her secret is held together with black-market suppressants and sheer willpower. But suppressants fail. Instinct doesn’t. When a dangerous heat hits, Wren escapes to a remote cabin to ride it out alone. No bonds. No witnesses. Except three already know her scent. Her stoic captain. A dangerously charming goalie. And an ice-cold beta with secrets of his own.They follow her into the storm—masked, feral, and primal. What begins as a heat becomes a hunt. And survival means choosing more than just herself. Because being claimed by three isn’t about surrender. It’s about choice—and the fiercest kind of love.      AmazonKU

HOW TO TELL IF YOUR K-9 IS A DEMON by Trista Ricketts

She went to adopt a K-9 partner. She did not mean to adopt a demon. Officer Kelly “Chuck” Charles thought choosing her new K-9 would be straightforward. Obedient. Loyal. Not possessed by ancient evil. She was wrong. Her new K-9 partner growls in dead languages, smirks like he’s plotting world domination, and reacts to holy water like it personally insulted his ancestors. Because Malachi isn’t just a dog. He’s a centuries-old demon trapped in a canine body — morally black, dangerously clever, and very annoyed about it. The problem? Chuck doesn’t know any of that yet. She’s just a cop trying to survive long shifts, bad coffee, and a partner who may or may not be judging her soul. She definitely doesn’t know she’s part angel. And she absolutely isn’t prepared for the supernatural chaos headed straight for her life. When a well-meaning witch gives Malachi his body back, everything goes from “weird dog behavior” to full-blown celestial disaster. Redeem him. Banish him. Or fall for the demon who was never meant to have a heart.     AmazonKU

REAPER WOLF (RETURN TO FATE MOUNTAIN BOOK EIGHT)  by Scarlett Grove

She’s a weapon. He’s a song. Together, they’re unstoppable.Grizzly shifter Reed Bright’s perfect small-town life playing folk songs at Fate Mountain Brewery shatters when his ambient recording captures a murder. Terrified and hunted by forces he doesn’t understand, he finds unexpected hope when he matches with Reaper Wolf on a shifter dating app. When she responds to their 100% match with “Not the right time. Sorry,” he thinks fate has rejected him. Until the dangerous operative walks out of the back office at Steel Protection, and discovers he’s the witness she’s been assigned to protect. Siren Cross has spent fourteen years convincing herself she didn’t need anyone. The ex-military intelligence officer has earned her callsign in blood. She sleeps alone behind walls no one has breached. The mission is everything. But when a protection job brings her face-to-face with the gentle musician, her wolf recognizes what her armored heart tried to reject: her fated mate. Now Reed has become a target, and the conspiracy he stumbled into threatens everyone he loves. Siren must protect the man she pushed away while hunting those who would destroy their community. One bed. One van. Weeks on the run with the mate she rejected—and his patient, steady devotion slowly dismantling every wall she’s built. He falls first. He falls hard. She teaches him to master the beast inside him. As the threat escalates and the mate bond grows impossible to ignore, Reed must decide if he can trust the wolf who rejected him. Because when the stakes are life and death, the mate who almost threw their chance away might be his only hope for survival.       AmazonKU

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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). 

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FALON by Jennifer Julie Miller

Edie – He’s everything I hate in a male: cocky, walks with a swagger, thinks his poop doesn’t stink, and that every woman within arm’s length should fall at his feet. A man-whore who goes through women like they’re a bag of chips to be enjoyed until he’s had his fill. He corners me one day, calling me his Little Morsel, getting mad when I try to escape his massive arms and alluring smell. I touch his arm accidentally, triggering something neither of us saw coming. I run, doing everything in my ability to avoid him, but he follows, putting his life in danger simply to be with me, and it takes him giving it his all before I can see the man behind the sins.  Falon – If I cannot have a mate like my brothers, I will simply enjoy the females that are throwing themselves at me. That is what I told myself as I was jumping from bed to bed, but oh, how I came to regret that decision when the God of Ruk put my mate within reach. The soft touch of her hand triggers a bond so powerful that I follow her across the cosmos, knowing if caught, I will be sentenced to death. But then one rising disaster appears in the space around us, and I know this is the true test. I sit her down, buckling her into the chair so that I know she is safe, and turn around with the full intention of sacrificing myself to save her and the others. Will their Lord of Light intervene and give me a chance to prove to them my worthiness and the time to make her MINE?! Or will my sins finally demand their due?       AmazonKU

THE ALIEN’S STOLEN RIVAL (STOLEN HEARTS BOOK TWO) by Leslie Chase

Penny – I didn’t come to the galaxy’s most exclusive art show to flirt—especially not with an infuriatingly hot alien rogue who’s after the same prize I am. Varok is arrogant, lethal, and exactly the kind of distraction I can’t afford. I have a mission, a deadline, and no room for desire… no matter how his piercing gaze makes my pulse race or how his presence sets my body on fire. Varok – I planned the perfect heist. The only thing I didn’t account for was Penny—a brilliant, stubborn, and utterly irresistible human thief. As soon as I see her, I know fate marked her as mine, but claiming her could mean sacrificing my escape, my heist, and maybe my life. Trusting her is dangerous. Letting her go might be impossible. With enemies closing in and the prize of a lifetime on the line, we have to decide what matters more: the treasure we came to steal, or the bond neither of us saw coming.   AmazonKU

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS (YOU’VE GOT ALIEN MAIL BOOK SIX) by Lara Roth

ZOLA: I came to document safety violations—not get biochemically bonded to the galaxy’s most accident-prone courier. But Crash Maxone doesn’t match his file. His reflexes are lethal. His survival rate is impossible. And every piece of my equipment panics when he’s nearby. I suspect contamination. I’m not wrong. When his past catches up in the form of a seven-foot Exoscarab gladiator, Crash’s combat secretions collide with something far worse—Velogian mate-recognition pheromones. Now we’re bonded, unable to be more than ten feet apart without severe physical consequences. My objectivity is shot. My instruments think he’s a compatible partner. And my body is learning exactly what “hazardous materials” means when it craves an alien warrior who moves like liquid death and smells like starlight and sin. CRASH: The safety inspector was not part of the plan. For three years, I’ve stayed ahead of Thek-Ka—the gladiator hunting me across the sector to finish our championship death match. My “accidents” aren’t clumsiness. They’re survival. My biology is designed to repel humans. Zola doesn’t recoil. She studies me. Challenges me. Stays. When my defenses fail and we bond, she thinks it’s temporary. That she can science her way out of fate. She doesn’t understand that when she chose me—when she saw worth instead of danger—she sealed it. I will protect her. I will claim her. And I will show her exactly what happens when a Velogian warrior finds his mate. Mine to guard. Mine to keep. Mine.       AmazonKU

AMBUSH OF TIGERS (PROJECT THERIANTHROPE BOOK TWO) by Eve Langlais

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THAWED GLADIATOR: DRACO (AWAKENED FROM THE ICE BOOK SEVEN) by Alana Khan

From ancient Roman gutters to glittering Manhattan mansions…Draco has always known how to survive. Once he relied on sleight of hand to steal his way through Rome’s slums—later he fought for his life in the arena. Now, after two thousand years frozen beneath the Norwegian Sea, he wakes in a world as strange as any illusion. But the greatest danger he faces isn’t hunger, hardship, or discovery—it’s Charity Pembroke, the sheltered heiress who discovers him trespassing on her estate and offers sanctuary instead of calling the police. She embodies everything he’s been denied: safety, privilege, and a world untouched by blood and sand. A woman ready to burn for him…Charity has lived her life wrapped in silk and rules, but one look at the dangerous stranger hiding on her property and she’s ready to risk everything for a taste of freedom. Draco sees past her polished exterior to the woman aching to break free, and suddenly her greatest fear isn’t scandal—it’s how fiercely she craves his touch. When fire meets ice…To survive, Draco hides in plain sight, transforming his old tricks into dazzling underground magic shows while stealing forbidden moments in the shadows with Charity. But when passion explodes into headlines, they’ll discover the most dangerous magic isn’t the illusions on stage—it’s the forbidden desire that casts a spell strong enough to consume them both.   AmazonKU

STOLEN IN DEATH by J D Robb

ERION (BLADES OF ARRIS BOOK SEVEN) by Starla Night

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FIRST LADY DOWN (COZY TALES OF THE APOCALYPSE) by Mary Jane Owen

Former First Lady Helena Barrett could use a vacation. Since her husband’s death, Helena has been happy to serve her country. That comes to an abrupt end after she calls the current administration’s policies idiotic during a televised climate conference in Paris. Oops. Finally ready to chart her own life as a free woman, Helena jumps at the opportunity to spend a few days at a lovely inn nestled in the French countryside. She is charmed by the locals, captivated by the scenery, and tolerant of the other guests. The humans are annoying, the fainting goats are distracting, and the resident cat is a menace. The zombies…well, they’re downright terrifying. Armed with her signature dry wit and a cast iron frying pan, Helena must hold the line against the infected. Despite her best intentions, she has become attached to this quirky cast of characters and will do her best to ensure they all survive. After dealing with politicians for nearly thirty years, what are a few zombies?       AmazonKU

ALOTL LOVE TO SHARE (PLANET WLN269 NEEDS WOMEN) by Holly Hanzo

Grace Moretti never expected the dating app to match her with the one perfect guy for her. Problem is, he’s not only a guy – he’s an extraterrestrial. But when Zyx’s profile pops up, the Jersey girl’s curiosity gets the better of her. In their first few conversations, Zyx is adorably awkward, earnest and romantic for someone who looks like a gecko crossed with an axolotl. He’s got shimmering scales and feathery gills – just what her Mafia Don father wouldn’t approve of. Zyx’s bioluminescent stripes and frills pulse with color whenever Grace laughs, betraying emotions his species was never meant to show.. When he asks Grace to be his mate according to ancient customs, Grace faces an impossible choice: the comfortable life she knows, or a love that transcends species.     AmazonKU

HOME, HOME ON THE STRANGE (A PLANET WLN269 NEEDS WOMEN STORY) by May Fuhrst

Riding horses is easy. Riding ET? Sounds like an out-of-this-world good time! Having bucked her way through every local bronco, Sally Rider is ready for a change. She’s looking for a better 8 second ride, so when her best friend jokingly makes Sally a profile with H.E.L.P, the new online alien dating app, Sally doesn’t stop her friend’s fingers from hitting the ‘submit’ button. Meanwhile, on the distant planet light years away, Xenoth’s brother is dying and the one person who could save him, his peoples’ last remaining Queen, has gone crazy. Desperate for survival, Xenoth needs another Queen, a female who can handle his peoples’ unique mating rituals.What he finds is the slimmest of hopes in a sassy, flummoxing, red-haired human female. When offered the opportunity to shake off her obligations and start fresh, Sally’s ready to ride off into the sunset and become a U-F-HO if it means helping the beautiful creature on the other end of their thoughtful late-night messages. But when she arrives and begins tending to his peoples’ naughtier needs, Xenoth is surprised to find himself jealous of her affections! Can these two Lone Stars reconcile their growing feelings, save Xenoth’s people, and take their relationship from U-F-OH-NO to U-F-HELLO?      AmazonKU

GOING BATTY FOR YOU: A PLANET WLN269 NEDS WOMEN STORY by E K Darnell

Robin Leclair has had enough of Earth. From obnoxiously in love roommates to misogynistic coworkers, everything seems to remind her of how lonely she is. But when she signs up for the Human-Extraterrestrial Liaisons Program on a whim, maybe it’s time for her luck to turn. “You have matched with Phyllorak!” Phyllorak’s life changed forever when the Andromeda Galaxy was destroyed. His homeworld? Gone. His species? Almost extinct save for the few other males on the mining planet that is both his haven and his prison. As the months tick by, his ruts grow more extreme, until he signs up for H.E.L.P. in the desperate hope of winning the affection of a human female. After months of late-night messages (what exactly does helping with a rut entail?) and flirtatious exchanges (she teaches him how to write spicy texts), Robin is ready to take a leap of faith with a sweet bat-like alien she has never met. And Phyllorak is no less eager for a chance to woo the intriguing woman he has come to know. Will Phyllorak’s ruts be too much for Robin? Or is an acrobatic love ritual exactly what she needs?     AmazonKU

FILLING THE VOID WHILE ALSOBEING FILLED BY THE VOID: A PLANET WLN269 NEEDS WOMEN STORY by Ginger Kane

Earth men are garbage, and Viv is tired of taking out the trash. Finding a guy who can handle a hot tempered, musclebound mechanic from Jersey is no easy feat… but after aliens from WLN269 enter the chat, Viv decides to find out if Mr. Right could be waiting for her somewhere in a galaxy far, far away. Cue the H.E.L.P. Program…and Xietor. The last of his kind, a strange species born of dark matter and cosmic coincidence who definitely shouldn’t be desiring a biological mate… but Xietor has always wanted more than he was meant to have. And when the lonely astrobiologist gets matched with a strong and sexy human like Viv, he finds himself wanting more—much, much more. Can the unlikely pair make it work as mates, or will their love get lost in the void?      AmazonKU

TAKEN IN BY THE ALIENS: A PLANET WLN269 NEEDS WOMEN STORY by Sabrina Cross

riar needs a way out of her life. The Human-Extraterrestrial Liaison Program may be her only hope. For twenty years, Briar has done what she’s told and helped care for her siblings. But her father has gone too far this time by arranging her marriage. She knows she doesn’t have many options for escape without a formal education, work history, or money. So when the newly-discovered aliens start looking for mates, Briar signs up. Her only hope for reclaiming her future may be found among the stars. Sury is the leader of his village and it’s up to him to set an example. His people are nervous about the humans and many are skeptical about their suitability, but they’re desperate. They need the human women to help bring balance to Planet WLN269. He may have not planned on mating, but the human is the future for his planet and he’s determined to make it work. Briar and Sury both have selfish reasons for signing up for the program but they might just be what the other needs.   AmazonKU

THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME by Jasmin Kirkbride

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

Recruited by the mysterious Project Kairos to change history and save the future from ecological disaster, Echo and Hazel are transported through time to opposite worlds. Echo works as a healer’s assistant in Ancient Athens, embroiled in dangerous politics and wild philosophy. Hazel is the last human alive, in a laboratory on a polluted island with nothing but tiny robots and an untrustworthy AI for company. Both women suffer from amnesia, but when they fall asleep, their consciousnesses transcend time and they meet in their dreams. Together, they start to uncover their past – but soon discover the past threatens humanity’s survival. If Echo and Hazel have a chance of changing the future, they must remember to forget.     Amazon     AB      Apple Books     Kobo

BONDED IN WAR AND STARLIGHT  (CLAIMED BY THE MORRAK BOOK ONE) by Leanne Ryans

Humanity’s only hope lies in the Morraki, but the alien warriors are fueled by primal instincts and demand bonds of flesh. Serenya Hale, obedient daughter of a powerful general, never agreed to be offered as a bride, But when she’s summoned to the Morraki Selection Gala, defiance isn’t an option. Protection has a price, and she’s been chosen to pay it. Commander Kael Vorran, ruthless leader of the Morraki fleet, suspects deception. General Hale’s political ambitions reek of betrayal. Choosing his daughter as his mate is a calculated risk…Kael never expected to be so entranced by her soft skin and generous curves. Wanting her is dangerous, but their bond is essential to the alliance. If he submits to his feelings, they rewrite the fate of a species. If she resists the loss of control, he loses a vital alliance. Can mutual trust be their salvation? Or will rebellion and betrayal claim them both?   Amazon

REDEMPTION ARC (SHADOW ZONE BROTHERHOOD BOOK FOUR) by Dalia Davies

Maybe You can’t manifest an alien abduction, but if your otherworldly safety net turns out to be three men willing to die for you.       AmazonKU

AN ALIEN SPY FOR SEPTEMBER (ALIEN ABDUCTION OF THE MONTH) by Lindy Moonhill

SEPTEMBER – All I want is to go home. After surviving the destruction of an alien city, I’m one step from freedom—until a smooth-talking alien drugs me and sells me into the interstellar slave trade. Now I’m trapped on a slave ship, imprisoned by the scarred alien enforcer assigned to deliver me to a galactic auction. I should fear him. I should hate him. But when Baelor looks at me, I feel protected instead of prey. Desired instead of disposable. Claimed by the very alien who’s supposed to sell me. Falling for my captor could cost me my freedom. Trusting him could cost me my life. BAELOR – I’m an undercover alien spy inside the slave guild. For three brutal years, I’ve hunted slavers from the inside, earning a reputation soaked in blood so no one suspects the truth. My mission is simple: deliver the human woman to the auction and protect my cover at any cost. But September isn’t just another captive. She’s brave, defiant, and far too easy to love. If I save her, I expose myself and lose any chance to destroy the slave trade. If I sell her, I destroy the only good thing left in me. By day, I’m her captor in a galaxy ruled by slavers. By night, I’m the alien warrior who would burn down empires to keep her safe. Every stolen touch and whispered secret pulls us closer to discovery, to war, and to a choice that could damn us both. If my cover breaks, she’s sold into slavery. If the truth comes out, the slave guild wins. And if we give in to this forbidden love, neither of us may survive.    AmazonKU

CLAIMED BY THE ALIEN HUNTSMAN (CLAN OF TH FORGOTTEN TUNDRA BOOK ONE) by Leona Windwalker

VS Note: MM SFR.

Getting abducted by aliens was not on my bingo card. Marketing pre-packaged sandwiches was not an exciting job, but it paid the bills. Okay, actually I hated it and it barely covered the basics. Long drives down rural highways to gas stations and minimarts in one and two stoplight towns across a two state area made for a terrible commute. I wanted out, but I’d thought I’d start looking for a new job closer to my apartment. Not get kidnapped along with a whole bunch of other humans by one set of aliens only to crashland on an inhospitable planet inhabited by yet another set of aliens. Seriously, when the other survivors voted that it would be me to venture out of the wreckage to see if there was somewhere safe for us to go, there was a whole lot of nothing but white, more white, and oh, even more white frozen landscape as far as my eyes could see through the falling snow. This Florida boy was not a happy camper, let me tell you. Then, he appeared. At first, I thought I was about to be eaten by an alien Yeti thanks to the furs he wore. Instead, when he shed them to wrap me up, I was stunned to find a seven foot plus tri color tabby cat man with a disconcertingly human-like face and body. A very ripped one that under very different circumstances would have had me drooling. He picks me up and hauls me off, not understanding a word I’m trying to get across about the others. I need to get him to understand, so we can save them.The way he looks at me as we spend more time together? Some other things don’t need words to be universally understood. This planet might be frozen, but things are definitely heating up.      Amazon

GRUMPY ALIEN VALENTINE (ASEMSA BOOK THREE) by Liz Paffel

Tora has no desire to take a human mate like many of the other retired Majaki warriors in Asemsa have. He doesn’t trust humans in his territory and seldomly interacts with them or wears a translator to understand their harsh language. There’s no room in his heart for trust or love, not after the horrors he’s seen. But when a delivery takes him to the local human school, one look at the radiant teacher has his inner predator snarling, mine. When another male offers to accompany her on a hike to the frozen pink waterfalls, Tora nearly flings her over his shoulder and carries her away. Instead, he insists on taking her himself. Jasmine just wanted to bring a little Valentine’s magic to her students. She didn’t expect to be collecting heart-shaped ice from the waterfalls with a grumpy silver fox alien who can’t understand her. He’s silent, imposing, and looks at her with a hunger that makes her Valentine’s Day desires go crazy. He might think Cupid’s “arrow through the heart” is barbaric, but he’s already been struck hard—and he’s not letting her go.      Amazon

EARTH IN-LAWS ARE WARY (EARTH FATHERS BOOK THREE) by Lyn Gala

VS Note: LGBTQ SFR

Max and Rick are travelling space with three children and one human friend they’ve promised to take home. They’ve overcome language barriers, confused surrogacy contracts and attacks from hostile aliens. And that includes political attacks and prejudice in addition to pirates boarding their spaceship. But now the children want to see their home planet and Rick is getting stranger every second they draw near the Hidden world. Max knows his belchy husband well enough to know something is wrong, but nothing would prepare him for the political and familial disaster waiting for them. This time, circumstances may pull their little family apart at the seams.

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SECRET WAR (THE STARFIGHTER CLUB BOOK ONE) by Michael Lucas

VS Note:  SciFi but not a romance, although there is apparently a romance, might not be an HEA?  One reviewwer mentions an unrequited love. More books planned in the series.

An interstellar war kept hidden from Earth. A dangerous girl with deadly secrets. Two college students and an enigmatic country club against an invasion no one knows is coming. Unknown to all but a brave few, a secret war has raged for millennia across far-flung star systems—and now it threatens the quiet suburbs and university quads of Earth. Devin Harrison dreams of more than lectures and cross-country practice. Then he meets Becca Conley. Magnetic, dangerous, and more than a little stuck-up, she pulls him into the mysterious Firelion Club—a front for an interstellar alliance battling the terrifying Unworlded, sentient virus-entities devouring system after system. Becca is a starfighter pilot, and immune to the virus—because all humans are. At least, they’re supposed to be. When a rogue scientist offers Becca’s cancer-stricken mother a forbidden cure, Devin and Becca stumble into a conspiracy that could shatter human immunity forever. Now two college students must stop an invasion that’s already begun—and to save humanity, Devin must first earn his place in the Firelion Club.     AmazonKU

CUPIDLY ABDUCTED (PROUVIANS ON EARTH) by Rachel Nova

Nutella. Horror movie. ‘Personal time.’ That was Annabel’s plan. The dying alien behind the dumpster was not. One very spicy emergency rescue later, she’s accidentally bonded for life to a seven-foot Prouvian who reorganizes her entire apartment and then asks her to explain Valentine’s Day. Now she has to convince herself that her new alien roommate with zero personal boundaries is just a temporary situation. She wasn’t looking for forever. He was. Sometimes one alien’s trash is a human woman’s unexpected treasure. Cupidly Abducted is part of the Prouvians on Earth novella series. Each book features a different couple, and there is no continuity between the stories. You do not need to read them in order to follow the stories, but you might catch a few minor references if you do.   AmazonKU

ECHOES BENEATH: A PROJECT ENTERPRISE SHORT STORY by Pauline Baird Jones

VS Note: A re-release.

A routine mission turns into a planetary crisis. Geologist Miles Walker travels to a remote world to inspect an old seismic sensor. He finds unexplained tremors, missing research, and Lira, an archaeologist searching for her missing father. When a major quake reveals signs of an ancient alien presence, the danger escalates fast. Systems fail, sabotage surfaces, and something powerful begins to stir beneath the planet’s crust. Lira’s loyal and very opinionated space bird, T’Korrin, is the first to sense the threat. Miles and Lira must combine science, courage, and trust to stop a disaster that could destroy more than one world. Falling for each other only raises the stakes. Echoes Beneath is a science fiction romance adventure in the Project Enterprise universe, filled with alien secrets, high stakes danger, and heart.

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ALIEN’S FAKE FIANCEE (COSMIC CONNECTIONS ALIEN DATING AGENCY ROMANCE STORIES BOOK THREE) by Emerald Cox

WRECK OF THE NEBULA DREAM by Veronica Scott

FAT PREGNANT MATE (SILVERCREEK LOTTERY MATES BOOK FIVE) by Layla Silver

I’m forced to mate with a wolf shifter I can’t stand. And now I’m pregnant. I’m a plus-size psychotherapist running from my abusive ex when I get stranded in a small town. An annoyingly hot guy tells me to stay but doesn’t mention that people shift into wolves here. He doesn’t tell me about the mating lottery either. Until it selects me as his mate. He says he doesn’t believe in my therapy bs, all the while checking me out. He believes in other things, like fate and mates, and says my little human mind needs to catch up. When I tell him I refuse to be his mate, he says it’s the only way he can protect me. And when I fight him, he throws me over his shoulder and marches me to the mating ceremony. They tell me being mates isn’t some kind of prison sentence, but what do they know? He takes my wrists and tells me to stop fighting, that he knows what I really need. He makes my curvy body go limp in his arms and puts me up against a tree. The things he does to me are unspeakable, and I’m ashamed that I only want more. Will my forced mate be the baby daddy I need him to be?   AmazonKU

THE DEMON’S BEAUTY (GRYM HOLLOW BOOK FOUR) by Tati B Alvarez

Isabelle would do anything for her sister—and she proved it. She will never regret seeking justice, even when fleeing her inevitable fate means accepting an unbreakable contract with Grym Hollow’s Guardian and becoming betrothed to the beastly Demon King in a loveless marriage. Because that’s all it will ever be. She’ll make sure of it. Oziel has seen three kings before him fall and then rise against their enemies with their wives—but he won’t succumb to their end mistakes. Pride is a demon’s specialty, though he knows when to pick his battles, and all his little human bride needs to do is break the terrible curse turning his subjects to stone. But love is worse than any curse, with no place amongst depravity and sin, and the spitfire who waltzes right into his kingdom is making him feel something dangerous. Not for long, though. The rules are set, guaranteeing their freedom once they’re safe. But with the magic dwindling—and a traitor in their midst—they’ll become the only other person they can trust…and the only one they can turn to once all hell breaks loose.   AmazonKU

THE MIRROR OF BLOOD AND MADNESS: ALICE IN WONDERLAND RETELLING (DARK EVER AFTER FAIRYTALES BOOK TWO) by M Guida

My magic has never been stable, and the coven is one mistake away from casting me out. Banished. Alone. Vulnerable. So when the mirror materializes in the Nightshade Crypt and breathes those same haunting words, every instinct says to run. I don’t. The moment I touch the glass, it shatters into a portal and drags me into the Elder Dimension—a realm of twisted magic ruled by a queen who wants me dead and the man she failed to break. Darius Acosta. The Mad Hatter. A vanished Golden Demon with silver eyes like fractured moonlight and a mind unraveling by the second. He doesn’t trust me. I shouldn’t crave him. But something dangerous binds us together—and in this realm, he’d burn everything before letting anyone else lay a hand on me. A dark, slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers demon romance featuring a mysterious mirror, a witch on the edge of losing control, and a silver-eyed hero who will destroy anything that threatens her.     AmazonKU

LOVING PROUDLY: AN ANTHOLOGY OF QUEER LOVE FOR QUEER RIGHTS by Various

Celebrate queer love in all its many forms with over thirty brand new stories from queer authors across genres. From monsters to myth, sweeping landscapes to cityscapes far and wide, you’ll find something that tickles your queer fancy. Featuring beloved names in romance and new names you’re sure to follow from here on out, these stories profess love, lust, struggle, and the art of living as your authentic self. You’ll see nearly every type of dynamic represented with tales that lean from sweet to spicy to scary and back again. All proceeds from the anthology will go to the ACLU in support of queer individuals and their legal battles in the US, as the need to protect their rights becomes increasingly important.       Amazon

LORD OF LUST: HELL’S LADIES BOOK ONE by Margaret Couplet

Hell has been sealed for over four thousand years. What happens when the demons come home to roost? Cherry’s life isn’t great, she’s living in the backrooms of a bar with four other women as she struggles to pay off her mother’s hospital bills because even with Hell now firmly on earth medical debt waits for no one. Until one fateful night when she makes an insulting comment about one of the Princes on her normal street corner and a demon overhears her. With that one encounter her world is thrown off its axis as Cherry is offered the opportunity of a lifetime as Prince Asmodeus’s personal secretary. A position that promises to pay off her debts, make a real change in the world, and, maybe, a romantic relationship worth pursuing. Lord of Lust is the start of a five book LGBT+ series and contains two bisexual disasters trying to make the world a better place      AmazonKU

COLD COMFORT (THE AFTERLIFE FILES BOOK FIVE) by Paula Lester

When shipping magnate Allisia Jordan is found dead beneath the docks, Honeyvale calls it a tragic accident. Wren Grimm calls it a problem. Wren can feel how the dead died, and Allisia’s final moments were angry, deliberate, and definitely not clumsy. Unfortunately, Wren is also running a funeral home staffed by a dramatic vampire, a blunt ghost, a fire-proof coworker, and one extremely judgmental cat—and hosting her skeptical best friend Mara, who definitely did not sign up for a murder investigation. Someone turned murder into an accident. Wren just has to prove it without alarming her human guest—or becoming the next “oops.”      AmazonKU

DRAGON’S GAP: CONVERSATIONS AT THE GAP by L M Lacee

Where the quiet moments matter most. Conversations at the Gap returns to the world of Dragon’s Gap through the quiet moments that have shaped—or are still shaping—the lives of our friends at the Gap. Snippets out of time. Conversations easily forgotten, laughed about, or remembered just as one is falling off to sleep. Intimate exchanges captured between familiar characters—mates, Shadows, friends, rivals, and family. This stand-alone companion volume offers glimpses into relationships beyond the main storyline, illuminating moments that happened between chapters—or might never have been witnessed at all. Whether you are revisiting beloved characters or discovering new sides of them, this volume invites you to slow down and listen. Perfect for longtime readers who want to linger a little longer in the world of Dragon’s Gap, Conversations at the Gap is a celebration of character, connection, and the power of simply being heard—a quiet gift for fans who believe that sometimes the most powerful magic happens in a simple conversation.      Amazon

INTRINSIC INKS: MM MPREG SHIFTER ROMANCE by Colbie Dunbar

He waited eight years, but I didn’t know he existed. I inherited a house and came to this small town to figure out my life. What I didn’t expect was a contractor with green eyes to show up with a toolbox and a tattoo identical to mine. The tattoo appeared when I was eighteen, and I barely remembered getting inked with flames and scales. I thought it was just a tattoountil I met Dray. He breathes fire and says the universe chose us, but I don’t believe in destiny. I don’t want fate choosing my life, but walking away from Dray means denying something ancient and powerful burning inside me. And I’ve never been good at resisting fire.      AmazonKU

SIBYLLINE by Melissa de la Cruz

Raven, Atticus, and Dorian have dreamed of attending Sibylline for as long as they can remember. But when the magical ivy league rejects them, the friends’ plans of a future together studying the arcane begin crashing down. Until they decide to steal an education. Getting jobs on campus, they sneak into lectures and swipe forbidden texts, dodging the administration’s watchful eye. In the quiet of night, in the thrill of secrecy, their magic awakens. And so do long-buried attractions that turn their friendship into something more. But like magic, love can create, and it can destroy. As unrequited feelings and resentment threaten to fracture their bond, the trio discovers an insidious magic that has sunk its claws into Sibylline, killing students and corroding the very bones of the university. Now the three intruders may be the key to saving the institution from wreckage . . . if they don’t wreck one another first.

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WITCH IS THE LAMEST EXCUSE EVER (WITCH P I MYSTERIES BOOK 52) by Adele Abbott

Who has discovered Flatley’s true identity, and will Jill be able to protect him? Jill is also determined to find out what happened in Middle Tweaking that eventually led to Myrtle Turtle’s untimely demise. Meanwhile, at the office, Winky has a new friend, but Jill is convinced he may not be what he seems to be.     AmazonKU

DRAGON’S SECRET BABY (DRAGON SECRETS OF PARKHURST COLLEGE) by Serena Meadows

Three years ago, he walked away without a word. Now fate has put him back in her path. Walker Price never stopped wanting Maddie—but wanting her was dangerous. As a dragon shifter bound by ancient rules and rival clans, loving a human nearly destroyed everything he was sworn to protect. So he did the unforgivable… he disappeared. Maddie rebuilt her life without him. Stronger. Wiser. Carrying secrets of her own. When they’re forced back together at Parkhurst College, the attraction is still there—raw, undeniable, and more dangerous than ever. Especially with a rival watching from the shadows, determined to take everything Walker cares about. As jealousy ignites, old wounds reopen, and the bond between them begins to awaken, Walker must decide whether protecting Maddie means staying away… or finally fighting for her. Because this time, walking away could cost them both everything. Some bonds can’t be broken—no matter how hard you try.      AmazonKU

CANDRIN AND HIS THREE BEARS: POLY MM MPREG SHIFTER ROMANCE by Lorelai M Hart and Colbir Dunbar.

Fairy tales aren’t real…or are they? After omega Candrin’s father dies, making him an orphan, he’s thrust from wealth and privilege to abject poverty when most of his inheritance is given to a brother he never knew existed. Approaching homelessness, he rents the first room he’s offered. Now living in a house with three smexy alphas, Candrin’s world spins off its axis when he discovers shifters are real, true mates exist, and three knotty bears are better than one. Available for the first time as an ebook, Candrin and His Three Bears was originally released as a serial mpreg shifter romance on multiple platforms.       AmazonKU

WITCHES WITH BENEFITS (NIGHTSHADE DETECTIVE AGENCY COZY MYSTERY BOOK ONE) by Amanda M Lee

Freya Holmes is unique in an already eccentric city. New Orleans may be a paranormal mecca but even in a world where every type of shifter and witch is commonplace, a vampire-witch hybrid is something to worship … and fear. Freya has never been interested in her parents’ opulent world. She finds her power in magic, which is why she formed Nightshade Detective Agency in the first place. She’s interested in helping people … even when that help might come at the cost of her life.
Knox Cullen grew up on the poor side of New Orleans. His shifter genes allowed him to climb out of poverty and embrace a certain lifestyle as a paranormal bounty hunter. He can take a punch and throw one. He’s not ready for Freya, though. When a local mobster ends up dead and the culprit appears to be a supernatural assassin, both Freya and Knox are on the case. Unfortunately, they have no intention of working together and two hard heads don’t make for a soft landing. Freya has her hands full. In addition to Knox, who is hiding something big, there’s a paranormal investigation unit seeking a partnership that takes advantage of her hard work and their impressive reach. The Legacy Foundation has quite the reputation, as do the two people—Charlie and Jack—who approach her with an offer she might not be able to refuse. Can she trust them? Can she trust anybody? The clock is ticking. Freya needs to save the French Quarter. Sadly, she might lose herself in the process.   AmazonKU

THE CUPID CLAWS (FERALLY F*CKED BOOK THREE) by B Grimm

Blossom was kicked out of the official Cupid Union after too many infractions. She’s now been given an assignment as her last shot at being reinstated and getting her magic back by matching the untouchable pop idol Clawdia. Her client’s soulmate is close, she can feel the signature pull. But no name, no magical link, no lock-and-key flare. She’ll have to get creative to make this work. Havrek is very familiar with Blossom and her antics and he’s not about to let her cause chaos on his clients tour, as Clawdia’s head of security his job is to keep everyone safe. Even from Cupids…especially from Cupids. They can’t stand each other. But they can’t stay away.     AmazonKU

YOU MAY NOW BITE THE BRIDE (WITCHFULLY WED BOOK ONE) by Ava Ross

I craft joy-infused magic for a living, but my new vampire husband rules a kingdom that’s forgotten how to smile. When my grandmother arranges my marriage to the vampire king to form a treaty, I expect a political alliance with a brooding stranger. I do not expect to marry Kieran, the man who kissed me breathless at a magical festival six years ago, then vanished without a trace. Now he’s all formality and frowns, ruling a kingdom full of vampires who make funeral directors look festive. And while his court thinks I’ve bewitched him, the truth is far more complex. We might still have feelings for each other…Then his advisors announce that we have thirty days to convince the court our marriage is real, or the fragile alliance between our people will shatter. I should guard my heart. But when Kieran’s careful control slips and my magic flares under his touch, I start to suspect the real magic isn’t in my enchantments. Maybe there’s more to my vampire husband than meets the fang.   AmazonKU

NOT EVEN CLOSE by Lisa Oliver

VS Note: MM PNR.

Why can’t everyone just accept that I’m a broken f**king wolf and be done with it? Connor, beta wolf and second for the Davis Pack, could hold his own in any fight. He was a fair man, who dealt with all people equally, accepting who they were, and helping them where he could. His larger than average size meant that most other wolf shifters accepted his ways, but deep inside Connor always knew he was broken. Which wasn’t a problem, until he met his mate at a pack get-together, and realized his ‘differences’ could impact someone else. I knew what I’d been signing up for. I told Connor I would wait, and that I understood. Alpha Leyden was a typical alpha wolf shifter – he fought when he had to, cared for his pack, and enjoyed intimacies with anyone willing who crossed his path. It was the wolf way, and he never saw anything wrong with the way he lived his life. Until, one night he scented a huge man who seemed immune to his appeal – a man who when confronted with who they were to each other, ran away. “I still intend on biting you, Connor, and I want for you to bite me. So we’ll be mates, regardless of whatever else happens,” Connor was determined to stay away from Leyden for his own good. But when he learns Leyden is in trouble, he can’t ignore it and goes to help. The two men came to an agreement, and Connor accepts Leyden’s bite. But a lot of pack wolves didn’t agree with Connor and Leyden’s new reality. Were Connor and Leyden strong enough together to make the positive changes they both believe in, or would the old ways win out in the end?

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YOU’RE MY FAVORITE by Sophie Stern

Every vampire needs a pet. Holland Smith has a problem. In the three years since she left Clearwater Cove, she’s struggled to find her footing. She throws herself into her work, obsessing over every meeting and slide deck until she finally reaches a breaking point and throws it all down the drain. Only, Holland didn’t count on the fact that the head of her company is also a 200-year-old vampire with a penchant for human pets. He takes her, claiming her as his mate, but other girls have come before Holland. She isn’t the first, but she might be the last. After all, she’s his favorite.     Amazon

A LEGACY FORGED (BLOODLINES LEGACY BOOK THREE) by Rose Garcia

A princess without her past. A dark prince bound to fire. A reckoning that will decide a realm. Avalynn awakens in the Frost Vale with no memory of who she is or what she’s lost. Taken in by a hidden mountain village, she believes she has always been one of them and begins training as one of their warriors. But when dreams of a dark prince begin to haunt her, she realizes a terrifying truth: war is coming from the south—and she will be called to face it. Far beyond the Vale, Mateo has become the queen’s greatest weapon. Consumed by dark magic and bound to a dragon’s power, he leaves behind everything he once was—including the love he abandoned and the family and friends he once fought for in the Sublands. Now, he must prove himself worthy of the crown and solidify his place as future king—even if it means burning everything in his path. With the prophecy slipping out of reach, Avalynn must rediscover who she is before it’s too late. Because the bloodlines that shaped them are stirring—and if Avalynn doesn’t rise, Mateo may fall beyond saving. In a war of bloodlines and dragons, will love survive the fire—or will Avalynn and Mateo destroy each other first?

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A DEATH SO LOVELY (KISSED BY DARKNESS BOOK TWO) by Harper A Brooks

I never asked for this. Lucian Vale stole my life when he gave me his blood. I should hate him for it, but now that I’m a vampire, every day is a battle between loathing him and wanting him. Between freedom and surrender. The pull to him is stronger than anything I’ve ever known. At first, I despised what I had become—the hunger, the shadows, saying goodbye to my old life. But the more I fight it, the more it owns me. The more he owns me. Secrets at VMR run deeper than I imagined, and the answers I’ve been chasing are finally within reach. But Lucian’s past has returned with a vengeance, and an old rival is determined to drag us both into a war I’m not ready to face. This time, Lucian can’t protect me from what’s coming. But I’m not scared. Because with him, even death can be a lovely thing.      AmazonKU

DEAD LETTERS (COLD CASE PSYCHIC BOOK 40) by Pandora Pine

VS Note: MM PNR.

When psychic Tennyson Grimm receives a ransom-style letter with block printing and no return address, he thinks it’s a joke. Opening the message, Ten realizes the contents are dead serious. The anonymous author claims Ronan has fallen off the wagon and is breaking his wedding vows. Angry, bewildered, and feeling lost, Ten hides the letter, hoping that the author has gotten their kicks and will not make further contact. Detective Ronan O’Mara has so much on his plate that he fails to notice something is bothering Tennyson. In between working cold cases, he’s helping Jude recover from his accident and training a new member of the Salem Police Cold Case Unit, Greeley Fitzgibbon. When Jude mentions Cope is struggling with something, Ronan promises to get to the bottom of it, never imagining Tennyson is caught up in the same nightmare. Receiving a second anonymous letter, Ten knows he needs to tell someone what’s going on. He calls a meeting with the West Side Magick psychics and learns all of them have been receiving poisoned pen letters accusing their spouses of being unfaithful. Worst of all, Cope’s letter intimates that Jude’s accident was nothing of the kind and accuses him of pushing his husband down the stairs. As the meeting ends, both Ronan and Jude burst into the office, angry, waving similar letters and demanding answers. Who is writing the letters? Why? What does the anonymous author want? More importantly, who’s next?      AmazonKU

CAESAR (WERE ZOO BOOK 23) by R E Butler

Alpha lion Caesar has everything…except a mate by his side. Then jaguar shifter Sera arrives with danger on her heels, and his animal snaps to attention with a single demand—mine. After sacrificing everything to help her daughter escape a forced mating, Sera is only looking for safety at the safari park. But Caesar is impossible to ignore—powerful, protective, and so tempting it hurts. When the jaguar alpha shows up with plans to use Sera to retain control of his people, Caesar will show him why alpha lions are the most dangerous males on the planet when their soulmates are threatened. All hail the king.

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VOWS AND ROWS (AMETHYST’S WAND SHOP MYSTERIES BOOK 16 by Laura Greenwood and Arizona Tape

With Stacey’s wedding approaching, almost everyone has marriage on the mind…except for those thinking about murder, and this time, it isn’t Amy. Join Amy and Ambrose as they embark on their latest case. Can they solve it before their friends’ wedding day? Vows and Rows is book sixteen of Amethyst’s Wand Shop Mysteries, an urban fantasy murder mystery series featuring a quirky witch, a serious detective, a slow burn m/f romantic subplot and a standalone crime.

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THE ONLY WITCH IN THE SEA (A WITCH ON THE RCKS COZY MYSTERY BOOK 13) by Lily Harper Hart

Shifter politics have never been Gray Hunter’s thing. Now he has no choice but to embrace them because representatives of almost every shifter pack in the state of Florida—that’s wolves, alligators, snakes, and sharks for the curious—are gathering in the Everglades to talk about the future of pack politics. Gray only wants to form a council for his former pack, then walk away. He just needs to survive one week to make it happen—or so he hopes. He won’t be embarking on the biggest adventure of his life alone. Hali Waverly knows nothing about pack politics. She’s gung-ho to help her fiancé, however, so when Gray suggests she tag along, she’s more than happy to offer her emotional and magical support. The only problem is nobody wants a witch involved with pack business. When the wife of one of the pack elders shows up dead, Hali and Gray have an even bigger problem to deal with. If one pack is responsible for the death of a member of another, it means war. If somebody within the pack killed her, then it’s a different sort of battle entirely. All Hali wants is for Gray to get the peace he deserves. That might not be in the cards. Pack antics, murder, and past alliances are about to collide in fiery fashion. Who will live to tell the tale?      AmazonKU        AB

APPARENTLY SIR CAMERON NEEDS TO DIE by Greer Stothers

VS Note: MM Fantasy.

In Which Many Dangerous and Homosexual Things Happen. All his life, Sir Cameron has stayed as far away from danger as possible. He is quite frankly too handsome to die a pointless death in battle. But then the Church hands down a prophecy to his fellow knights: the only way to defeat their nemesis, the mad sorcerer Merulo, is to kill Sir Cameron. Short of ideas, Cameron throws himself on the mercy of the one person who now actually wants him to survive: the mad sorcerer. Merulo isn’t thrilled to be babysitting a spoilt, attention-seeking knight, but transmogrifying him into a vulture is at least entertaining. Cameron, meanwhile, is on a voyage of self-discovery. It turns out he’s really, really into surly sorcerers who lock him up and tell him what to do. Who knew? As a legion of knights surround their stronghold, the sorcerer’s poisonous ambitions draw ever closer to fruition. Cameron is quite invested in not dying, but he finds he’s also invested in Merulo. And sometimes, supporting the sorcerer you care about means taking an interest in their hobbies. Even if that hobby is trying to kill God. Even if it might get you killed, too.

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FORTUNE’S CURSE by J C Yeamans

Frustrated, longing for love, and…cursed. With the help of her arrogant Morkie familiar, Fortune Whittle is a single woman in her forties straddling two worlds—the Unremarkable world of humans and the hidden fae realm that has invaded her city. But she’s not just an ordinary woman. She’s a cursed witch, hiding her secret and struggling to control her magic without the help of a charmed copper band. Should she submit to Nana’s demands to join the local coven for help, or continue her quest in solitude? After the tampering of a portal in a local lagoon, Fortune begins to question everything. Two gorgeous men—one a local Unremarkable detective from England and the other a Tylwyth Teg fairy—compete for her attention while she races against time to uncover the cause of a mysterious series of drownings.     AmazonKU

THE MERMAID IN THE SHOT GLASS (GROOM AND DOOM BOOK THREE) by Hailey Edwards

The time has come for Ana to conquer her doubts about her heritage and discover her inner dragon. Her lessons begin with summoning fire on the shore at Lendman Park, placing a buffer between her fledgling powers and town. Her flames prove eager to please, leaping to her fingertips, but a sudden burst of magic topples her and Rían into the lake. A lake one of the locals swears is inhabited by a mermaid. Too bad the mermaid lore isn’t the only story making the rounds in Brentwood. Rumor has it that Mercer Bates has challenged Carmichael Sartori for control of the Sartori pack. Ana doesn’t want to care whether Carmichael lives or dies, but our hearts don’t always listen to our heads. And that proves doubly true when someone Ana considers a new friend reveals her true loyalties in an explosive betrayal that shakes the foundation of the Walsh clan.      AmazonKU

NOT SO BAD (PINE RIDGE UNIVERSE) by S C Principale

Jasper Wainwright is one of Pine Ridge’s most eligible bachelors. He has a Hollywood smile, thick hair that could launch a thousand shampoo commercials, and he looks like Superman’s shaggier brother. So why does love always seem to evade the sexy werewolf? Well, sometimes you just have to let good things come to you. At least, that’s what Jasper tries to tell himself as he stares down another Halloween night—alone. Loretta is very good. So incredibly good. She’s been the perfect wife, so it makes no sense that she can never seem to please her abusive husband. Maybe it’s the long hours he works. Maybe it’s the drinks that are becoming more frequent. Maybe it’s because her body is flabby after the arrival of their daughter. But maybe Halloween is the perfect time to take a risk and escape from his tight web of control. But where can a desperate Red Riding Hood and her bundle of sweet joy go to escape a monster who is becoming ever more unhinged? Why, into the arms of a big, not-so-bad wolf, of course.     AmazonKU

NIGHTSHADE AND OAK by Molly O’Neill

VS Note: Sapphic fantasy.

When Malt, the goddess of death, is accidentally turned human by a wayward spell, she finds she’s ill-equipped to deal with the trials of a mortal life. After all, why would a goddess need to know how to gather food or light a fire? Unable to fend for herself, she teams up with warrior Bellis on a perilous journey to the afterlife to try to restore her powers. Frustrated by her frail human body and beset with blisters, Malt might not make the best travelling companion. But as animosity slowly turns to attraction, these two very different women must learn to work together if they are to have any hope of surviving their quest.

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LABOR WOES AND DEADLY FOES (MYSTICAL MIDLIFE IN MAINE BOOK 19) by Brenda Trim

I never signed up for magical parasites trying to steal my triplets’ powers, but here we are. Pregnant with three magical babies who each have their own divine gifts? Hard enough. Add in my psychotic enemy Lyra creating parasitic connections to drain their powers before they’re even born, and this mama is living a supernatural nightmare of epic proportions. My husband Aidon’s shadows can only defend us so much, and with my entire family working overtime on protection spells and battle plans, we’re racing against a divine deadline. Because of course Lyra would time her ultimate power grab to coincide with my labor. Throw in a mysterious woman named Thalia with a connection to Lyra that nobody saw coming, Forgotten Ones attacking our property, and my unborn children developing powers strong enough to create weather events and magical maps—and I’m having the pregnancy from hell. Literally, since my father-in-law Hades is now involved. As the celestial alignment approaches and my contractions intensify, I’ll need every ounce of my Pleiades magic and the support of my supernatural family to ensure my babies aren’t just born—but born free from the parasitic bonds that threaten to make them magical batteries for a power-hungry madwoman. Turns out these triplets have plans of their own, and Lyra has no idea what she’s awakened. Grab this thrilling paranormal women’s fiction novel featuring a pregnant heroine with attitude, powerful magical triplets, and the family willing to tear apart dimensions to protect them today!      AmazonKU

KENDRICK (VALLEYOF WOLVES BOOK TWO) by Kathi S Barton

Sharon Taylor never expected a trip to the hospital to change her life forever. After a terrible accident at work leaves her badly injured, the quiet, hardworking woman meets Kendrick Valley — a charming doctor with kind eyes, a gentle smile…and a secret that changes everything. Kendrick isn’t just a doctor. He’s a wolf shifter. And Sharon is his destined mate. What begins as pizza, shy smiles, and careful conversations quickly turns into something far deeper when Kendrick’s touch mysteriously heals her wounds — proving that fate has already chosen her place at his side. When Sharon suddenly loses her job and her home on the same day, Kendrick opens his doors — and his heart — without hesitation. Welcomed into his powerful, ancient family, Sharon must adjust to a supernatural world filled with immortal wolves, deep loyalties, and a love that promises protection, devotion, and forever. She’s never belonged anywhere before. Now she belongs to him.       Amazon     Apple Books      Kobo

CLAIMED BY THE STORM (A TWISTED FAIRYTALE COLLECTION) by Renee Rose, Katherine Deane and CaseyMcKay

When a blizzard traps three women at an enchanted lodge, surrendering to fate might be their only way out—or their greatest undoing. Jillian sought refuge from a wolf attack, but the mysterious lodge owner who saved her—Bertram, a powerful shapeshifter—awakens desires she’s spent years denying. In his world of pleasure and discipline, she must choose: keep running, or trust the alpha who sees past every wall she’s built. Coral fled the sea witch who owns her debt and the emotions she’s buried deep. But Jake Hill’s commanding presence strips away her defenses, demanding she surrender everything she’s kept hidden. When the witch comes to collect, Coral faces an impossible choice: her freedom or the only man who’s ever made her feel truly alive. Faye’s spell went disastrously wrong, binding her to her landlord until she can break the enchantment. Under his firm guidance and watchful care, the inexperienced fairy discovers a hunger that threatens both her powers and her heart. But some bonds are written into fate—and breaking them may cost her everything. Three darkly twisted fairy tales. Three women discovering their true power lies in surrender. Three alphas willing to risk everything for the mates fate delivered to their door.       Amazon

SAVING KIT (VAMPIRE VOWS BOOK FOUR) by Fel Fern

VS Note: MM PNR.

Kit Mercer used to be one of the Guild’s best, until the man he had admired, his mentor, betrayed him and chose a vampire over him. Now he is burned-out, barely hanging on, taking the easy jobs, and trying not to think about all the lives he has taken. Simon is a fledgling vampire, barely hanging on and desperate just to survive. He should fear Kit, but instead, he finds himself drawn to the hunter who spares him. When their worlds collide, Kit must choose between the Guild and the man he cannot stay away from. Simon must trust a human with his life, even as danger closes in from all sides. Somewhere between guilt, desire, and survival, they realize they were meant for each other, and neither can face the world alone.      AmazonKU

MONSTER IN THE MOONLIGHT (MOSTER HUNTER MYSTERY BOOK FOUR) by Annalise Ryan

When a dead body turns up along a lonely country byway in rural Wisconsin, rumors of The Beast of Bray Road, a werewolf-like creature that is said to inhabit the area are reinvigorated. For years locals have reported sightings of the terrifying creature, but this would be its first verified attack. Marks on the dead woman’s body indicate a mauling by some kind of large animal. The wounds plus deep scratches on the victim’s car convince the community that the legendary beast is not only real but responsible for this brutal killing. If the police have any hope of solving this crime, they’re going to need an expert—enter cryptozoologist Morgan Carter. She’s investigated sightings of eerie creatures throughout the upper Midwest. If anyone is going to track down the killer, it’s Morgan, but she may find that the Beast is not the worst thing lurking on Bray Road.       Amazon     Apple Books      Kobo

VALENTINE FOR THE BAD DRAGON (ARRHYTHYMIA TEXAS HEARTS BOOK ONE) by Julia Mills

Love wasn’t supposed to happen—but in Arrhythmia, Fate doesn’t take no for an answer. I just wanted to serve my ninety-year sentence and get the hell outta here. I only had six months, six days, and six hours left, and I would’ve been a free man. Then Bernadette happened. Was I mad that she slipped past the wards I was sworn/sentenced to protect? Well, yeah. Was I ready to grab her up by the nape of her cute little neck and throw her out on her keister? Yep, you could say that. Did I lose my ever-lovin’ mind when she opened the Hellmouth to ask her dead momma a question? Let’s just say I wasn’t thrilled. But when I found out that she was not only the daughter of the man who’d put me here, but my Fated Mate, I was ready to spit fire. Now, the Denizens of Hell have flooded the streets, and the SOB’s are lookin’ for love. Bernie doesn’t know how to close the door to Hell, and all my Dragon King can think about is completing the Mating Bond with the prettiest Necromancer there ever was. Love wasn’t supposed to happen in Arrythmia, but it did–and it might just be the death of us all.         Amazon     Apple Books     Kobo

CRUSH (UNHINGED HOLIDAYS BOOK THREE) by Alyson Archer

VS Note: MMF.

I wished for my best friend. He wished for me. And then Cupid showed up…to claim both of us. When in Rome, right? Even though it might be silly, I flipped a coin into a fountain, with one hope: for Cole to want me as much as I want him. I didn’t expect Cole to make the same wish. And I definitely didn’t expect our mutual, secret crushes to summon Cupid. Yes, that Cupid. The god of love and desire, who looks like a fantasy come to life. He says he’s here to help us find our way to each other. For one night, he can guide us. Tell us what to do. And then he’ll leave us to our newfound bliss. But the way he looks at us? The way he watches me touch myself while he’s on his knees for Cole? He wants us both. And we both want him, and each other. Now Cole and I just have to figure out how to convince him to make all of our wishes come true. Because keeping Cupid is against the rules…Crush is a magical MMF novella with a flirtatiously possessive Cupid, a shy librarian with a filthy side, and the woman who wants them both.      AmazonKU

ACCIDENTALLY MARRYING THE PROFESSOR by Alyson Archer

My research trip to do list: study ruins, take notes. Try not to drool over my insanely hot professor. Then Professor Vale and I stumble on an ancient altar in the forest. There’s chanting.
There’s glowing. There’s… accidental marriage. It’s magical and apparently legally binding according to local laws. Yep. We’re bonded. Spiritually, magically, and, um. Very, very intimately. Now we can’t stop thinking about each other. Or touching each other. Or sneaking off into the forest to “research” each other under the stars. It’s fine. Everything’s fine. Except that Rowan wants to break the bond…and I don’t. Accidentally Marrying the Professor is a spicy instalove novella with ancient magic, zero angst, a geek in the streets/freak in the sheets professor, one sweet grad student, and a magical marriage that insists on being consummated, over and over again.      AmazonKU

A HEART WRAPPED IN THORNS by Megan Derr

VS note: MM PNR short read.

When he was fourteen, Aurélien’s mother insisted a particular spell be cast on him and his siblings, and commissioned a famed mage to do it. Instead of what his mother demanded, however, the mage instead gave Aurélien what he most wanted: a spell of thorns so that none could touch him without his permission, and those who tried would suffer immense pain. Now he waits, alone and despairing, for the one destined to burn the thorns away.     AmazonKU

THE APPLE AND THE PEARL by Rym Kachacha

As dawn breaks on All Souls Day, the lingering mists part to unveil an unending vista of serried gravestones. Between them looms a theatre like a haunted house and the sleek iron carapace of a steam train – the Pearl. On board are the cast, orchestra and crew of a travelling ballet company, performing The Apple and the Pearl. As he stumbles toward the restaurant car the lighting director, Zach, asks the new recruit, Lara, “Have you ever worked in ballet before? “Have you had any contact with the supernatural?” Everyone from the principal ballerina to the first violinist, from the wardrobe mistress to the newest members of the corps de ballet, have committed their lives to the perfection of the show. But every night they must also confront the malevolent glamour of their audience of Fae creatures only too eager to snatch them away into the Otherworld.

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DAWN OF THE NORTH: THE ASHEN SERIES BOOK THREE by Demi

The lost Volsik heir has finally returned to the people of Íseldur, and even with the warrior who’s captured her heart standing by her side, Silla’s task is monumental. She must earn the loyalty of the northern jarls to drive Ivar Ironheart from the throne and restore peace in the kingdom. But the secret she vigilantly guards threatens to ruin all her plans: A shard of a god lives in her mind, twisting her thoughts and deeds to His will. Meanwhile, held captive on the mysterious isle of Zagadka, Saga Volsik fights to return to her sister in Íseldur. But when King Ivar sets his sights on the Zagadkians, she’s forced to make an impossible choice: fight for the man who stole her—and is now hell-bent on marrying her—or let the innocent people of his kingdom die. As a poisonous mist threatens the realm, the sisters will delve into the unknowns of their magic to battle against evil. Return to the land of ice and fire, where a god awakens, a queen finds her power, and sisters must unite against the darkness threatening their realm.

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THE HEIR AND THE SPARE (OF FLESH AND BONE BOOK FIVE) by Harper L Woods

SPOILER WARNING: This book is overflowing with spoilers and should only be read after devouring What Sleeps Within the Cove. Once, I’d spent my life in the tunnels beneath the mountains. Now, I’m bound to a husband I didn’t want. My mother waited centuries to find me on the other side of the Veil of Flesh and Bone where the Lunar Witches hid me. She sent her greatest weapon, the God of the Dead, when the Veil finally fell. But I never expected to love his human mate, Estrella, the way I did–to feel the sisterly bond between us as if it had never been interrupted in our lifetimes spent apart since a rogue witch took her away. But Mab sees love as a weakness, and she uses my bond with Estrella to manipulate me into a betrothal I never desired. This marriage is a cage, a means of control that goes against everything within me. But when Estrella is banished into Tartarus, I am left no choice but to journey to the Summer Court and take my place as a bride and a queen. No matter what I leave behind.      Amazon     AB      Apple Books      Kobo

FYRE FLY: BOOK TWO OF FRIENDLY FYRE by

VS Note: LGBTQ Fantasy.

Becoming queen of the Fyrethians was never on Fyre’s to-do list, but at least she doesn’t have to do it alone. Co-ruling the Fortress is more manageable with Mirzayael at her side—and needed, given all the new problems that come with piloting a flying city. They may have left the Jorrian zealots behind, but now they have new nations, treacherous terrains, and budding relationships to navigate. Not to mention, a flying city is bound to draw the attention of the gods. The clock is ticking, and Fyre needs to find a place to land their floating city before anyone decides to knock it out of the sky. Fyre’s cozy kingdom-building and magical experimentation continues in Fyre Fly, the second instalment of Friendly Fyre. The final book of the trilogy will release in 2027.     AmazonKU

THE LIES THAT SUMMON THE NIGHT by Tessonja Odette

From the art of liars, the monsters came . . .Ever since art gave life to bloodthirsty shadows, creative works have been forbidden and talented creators sacrificed to the Sinless—the immortal royals who feast on human blood in return for their protection. Inana’s secret storytelling nearly got her killed once, and she’ll be damned if she’s ever caught again. With a bounty on her head, she keeps to the city’s dark underbelly, where she earns a meager living from thrill-seeking patrons desperate to hear her illicit fiction. Until Dominic, a Shadowbane, catches one of her performances. Dominic is a half-Sinless monster hunter as fearsome as his prey. But to complete his hunt, he needs an artist to summon the shadows . . . he needs Inana. Dominic delivers an ultimatum: Serve him or he’ll claim her bounty. When survival is all Inana has left, the choice is clear—at least until she can betray him and leave him for dead. As their tense alliance leads them into the heart of danger, dark secrets unravel—about each other, their world, and the threats they face. But the greatest risk of all is the desire growing between them. There’s something more sinful than lust at play, and it could bring the world to its knees.

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ROMANTASY REBELS: A FANTASY ROMANCE ANTOLOGY OF STANDING UP AND PUSHING BACK by Various

Lose yourself in over 800 pages of rebellion, resistance, and unapologetic feminine rage – while fighting book bans and censorship. When all is darkest, these heroines refuse to stay silent. From stubborn academics to dissident witches, and from village outcasts to ambitious queens … These romantasy rebels challenge tyranny, defy expectations, and reshape their worlds by fighting for love rather than hate. This FaRo Society charity anthology features 26 rebellious short stories and novellas from a diverse line-up of authors, including USA Today bestsellers. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to PEN America, a charity advocating against book bans and defending writers around the world. Romantasy Rebels will be available until February 28th. Every purchase helps us keep books on shelves – so get it now, and make a difference!

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GAME OF CAPTIVES (FIRE AND FANG BOOK THREE) by Lindsay Buroker

After her coronation, Queen Syla Moonmark must lead her people against the stormers and their dragon allies to drive them out of the kingdom. That would be easier if she’d managed to bring home the rare magical components that would allow the rebuilding of the sky shielder that was sabotaged early in the war. Without that protection, keeping dragons away from her people’s islands is impossible. As she battles the kingdom’s enemies, worries about usurpers, and learns what it means to be bonded to the persnickety red dragon, Wreylith, Syla plans to capture and interrogate the dragon rider, Captain Vorik. By questioning him, she might learn where the crucial shielder components are—and how to get them. The problem is that Vorik is charming, handsome, talented, and keeps saving her life. She might even be falling in love with him. To make matters worse, Vorikhas orders to capture Syla. If she can’t outmaneuver him, she could end up in an enemy camp, being tortured and interrogated for secrets with the power to destroy her entire kingdom.   AmazonKU

CATCH ME BEFORE SUNSET: A SAPPHIC FAE GODSTOUCHED ROMANCE SERIES BOOK FIVE by Ali Williams and Ellie Rose

In Ireland, freed after being trapped behind the Veil, the fae are reasserting their powers and indulging their desires…I’m completely unremarkable. An ordinary woman in an ordinary life. And yet Mebh still wishes to submit to my touch, to fall to her knees and worship me, the way that so many worshipped her. There’s one night left of summer, and if I can catch her, everything could change… Catch Me Before Sunset is a sapphic opposites attract romance, where Queen Mebh falls – and kneels – for a mortal.      AmazonKU

A CROWN SPLENDID AND SHATTERED (AGE OF FAE ROMANTASY SERIES BOOK THREE) by Amy Patrick

Captive to the Beast…The Kingdom of Avrandar believes I’m dead. I thought it was the end as well until I awoke in an unfamiliar castle far from home. After being crushed in a dragon’s talons, it’s a miracle I’m still alive. And then I learn the bad news. My host, my savior, is none other than my archenemy, the man I thought I loved—until he betrayed me. Pharis Randalin. The powerful Fae prince is back to being growly and secretive, and now I know better than to fall for his wicked charm and dangerous allure ever again. Trapped on his remote estate by his arduous “conditions” for release, I dream of the day I can return to my family—and the gentle and kind Crown Prince who loves me. I know Stellon is searching for me and that he’ll never stop. And I do want to be found. I think. Though Pharis’ palace is my prison, it’s also full of wonders and unimaginable beauty. His doting staff spoils me and treats me like a princess. And every once in a while during my captivity, I get a glimpse of the carefully concealed longing that simmers just beneath his guarded surface, and I wonder… could this beast be conquered?       AmazonKU

CURSE OF BEDLAM (BEDLAM MOON BOOK FOUR) by Kathy Haan

All of Bedlam has whispered about why Royal Guardsman Bellamy Nightblade never claimed his High Queen. After five long years of silence, Bellamy’s time has run out. Now, he and Lana must face an impossible choice: let him die, or attempt the Ritual of Vowkeir—an ancient rite so lethal it is almost certain death for them both. Stripped of their magic and separated from Lana’s other mates, they must survive four grueling trials. The ritual first lulls them into a false peace, then tests their physical limits, and finally traps them in an alternate life that feels more real than their own. In the end, they must face a hunger so intense it could turn their bond into an execution. If they fail, they die. But the trials are only part of the nightmare. A secret five thousand years in the making is unraveling, and the truth behind Oz’s vampire curse is finally coming to light. Lana will do anything to save him, but the cost of his freedom may be the souls of two other men she loves.     AmazonKU

LEGEND OF THE WITCH  by E L Rose

VS Note: MM, MFM, cliffhanger.

Astrid has always felt like she didn’t belong in this time. She preferred being in the museum with everything old and dusty, even though she knew something was missing. A viking exhibit. She longed to see that world, to immerse herself in a life she only ever dreamed about. When a handsome benefactor comes to the museum with so much rich viking history Astrid is overjoyed and also strangely drawn to this man. When he makes her an offer she can’t refuse her life changes overnight. Him and his best friends fly her to their house and she begins to step into a world that she only ever dreamed about. What she doesn’t expect for her dreams to start to feel like memories. Her heart starts to wither with every memory and dream, even though love is surrounding her. Her magic is getting stronger. Old wounds start to open and intentions turn dark. Even with the love flowing the guys can’t stop Astrid, and the people who are involved do not know what is coming to them.    AmazonKU

MARRIED TO THE MOB (WIFE): MM SHIFTER ROMANCE by Lance Roddick

Oliver listens to way too many true crime podcasts. So when he meets Roman—a man with custom suits, mysterious scars, and intense conversations about “territory” and “loyalty”—he knows the score. Roman is definitely in the Mob. And honestly? Oliver is so ready to be a mob wife. He’s baking lasagna. He’s establishing alibis. He’s pointedly not asking why Roman comes home at 3:00 AM with shredded clothes and dirt under his fingernails. Roman is confused. He’s just a wolf shifter trying to keep his pack in line. He has no idea why his sweet, librarian mate keeps asking if he needs help “bleaching the evidence” or “burying the bones” in the backyard. But he’s not complaining. Oliver’s ride-or-die energy is the hottest thing he’s ever seen. But when Oliver tries to bring a baseball bat to a “turf war,” Roman has to come clean. He’s not a made man; he’s a made wolf. And he’s about to show Oliver that the only thing more dangerous—and delicious—than a criminal kingpin is a primal Alpha in the bedroom.       AmazonKU      AB

VENGEFUL DOVE (INSTITUTE 13 BOOK THREE) by KC Kean

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice … I’ll never trust the same again. Not after I was finally beginning to let him in. I have enough on my plate with The Sanctum, their Institute Games, and generally trying to stay alive. I certainly don’t need to be worried about a shameless golden retriever, a silent enigma, or a guardian asshole. My magic doesn’t haunt me like it once did, but it should now The Sanctum aren’t the only ones intent on using me as a weapon. Every turn I take is warped with secrets that unravel, only to reveal another layer of unwanted surprise. I’m walking a fine line between death and… death. Everywhere I turn, someone is trying to take something from me. Well, I have nothing left to give. All I have is me, myself, and I. Elodie Blackwood. Loner. Survivor. Scythe.   AmazonKU

OF PIXIES AND PEKOE (OWLS, TEA SHOPS AND OTHER MAGICAL  NUISANCES BOOK TWO) by Shari L Tapscott

Welcome to Merriweather Tea Shop, where the tea is piping hot, gossip flows like Earl Grey, and a family of gnomes has inconveniently moved into the back garden. My name is Kit, and I’m the new proprietress. I know next to nothing about tea, but that’s all right, because I’ve hired my owl to help. Except Rowan isn’t an owl anymore, and our friendship isn’t as simple as it used to be. But that’s the least of my concerns right now. My focus is on my business ledger, which apparently isn’t supposed to be negative. I’ve quickly discovered that running a business is expensive, especially when I can’t touch my aunt’s fortune for another three years. So, what’s a smart pixie to do when a mage with questionable intentions shows up on her doorstep with a dust pendant and a generous proposal? Well, I don’t know about a smart one, but I know what I did… And maybe it wasn’t my best idea…Owls, Tea Shops, and Other Magical Nuisances is a rom-com style contemporary fantasy. The perfect lighthearted escape, this story is sure to delight readers who enjoy cozy magic and humor. The books in this series feature smoldering-but-sweet, closed-door romance. (Passionate kisses and some innuendo, but no spicy scenes.)       AmazonKU

WISH OF DEATH (KARA HILDER MYSTERY BOOK 17) by Jenna St James

A Valkyrie with Haphazard Magic – A Fallen Angel Seeking Redemption – An Unlikely Crime-Solving Duo ***Cross-over series from the A Witch in the Woods series with Shayla Loci and Alex Stone! It’s Kara’s birthday, and Zane is whisking his new fiancée away for a romantic weekend in Glacier Peak…a paranormal small town tucked in the Alaskan wilderness. With glass domes to watch the Northern Lights and hot springs to soak away their worries, it should’ve been the perfect getaway. Too bad someone forgot to mention the dead bodies. Now, instead of birthday cake and champagne, Kara and Zane are chasing a killer through the snow…and their romantic weekend is about to get murderously cold.      AmazonKU

THE BARGAIN OF DRAGONS (THE AELFYN ARCHIVES BOOK FOUR) by Samantha Amstutz

Dragon fire remade them—yet the coming storm may still shatter what remains. After surviving an encounter with a race long thought extinct, Serenna, Jassyn, Lykor, and their companions rise as druids, bearing a boon powerful enough to tip the balance of a dying world. To wield it, they must first master the power of Cinderax’s gift before setting their sights on the next imprisoned dragon—Skylash, chained within the Crackling Maw, where lightning devours the sky itself. But across the world, the king hasn’t been idle. His armies march through the newly uncovered realms, hunting the remaining dragons. If Skylash falls, her elemental might will belong to the crown. Her freedom becomes a desperate race against war, ruin, and a tempest gathering fast enough to imprison them all.      AmazonKU

QUEEN TAKES DARKNESS 2 by Joely Sue Burkhart

As her power grows, Helayna Ironheart Calls more Blood to her side. But this time, it’s not Darkness who answers…With only three dark alfar Blood, Helayna almost lost the Ironheart cabin in the sunfire attack. Luckily, Aima warriors begin answering her Call as they move to a new nest in Iceland. It’s not an easy adjustment for her dark alfar Blood. They barely understand human concepts like pizza and clothes, let alone Aima court life and the Triune. Yet they never hesitate to give their vampire queen every drop of black blood in their gargoyle bodies. In Iceland, Helayna hopes to learn more about the Ironheart legacy and her mother. But the more she learns about her past, she begins to realize her mother lied to her. Repeatedly. Long before Helayna awoke trapped in Hel, her mother kept her in the dark about everything. Her heritage. Her power. Even the identity of her true father. As her power grows like mighty Yggdrasil, more Blood answer her Call on both sides of the World Tree. But the hurt of her mother’s betrayal dampens everything. She needs to know the truth. Even if it destroys the last few precious, tattered memories she has of her childhood.   AmazonKU

VENGEFUL FIRE by Mikala Ash

Heat rages out of control as the pub burns. The only thing hotter is the woman watching the flames. Diana Kendall just had an argument with the owner of Cornwall’s Pub. Now Cornwall’s is burning to the ground. Diana’s an enigma, an artist, beautiful and intelligent, but strangely aloof. How can Mike resist? But when he wakes up the next morning, Diana’s gone. It’s not until Mike sees a naked woman disappear into an art gallery with a wolf at her side that the real trouble starts. The woman looks incredibly like Diana. But what is the mysterious apparition trying to tell him — does Diana’s fiery past tell the story, or will Mike get burnt by Vengeful Fire?

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DARKEST DESTINY TRILOGY BOOK ONE by Pepper Winters

For twenty years, Lucien Ashfall has been caged by the very men who profit from his blood. He’s dangerous, uncontrollable, and deadly. He’s also the only one carrying his bloodline and they need another. Every six months, thirty girls are sent into his prison and tasked with one goal: Make him create an heir by any means necessary. But everyone who goes in, never comes out. Until Rook Snowdon is thrown into Cinderkeep by mistake. She isn’t a seductress. And she certainly isn’t there to save anyone. In fact, she only has three goals in life: One, hide her true identity for as long as possible. Two, nap and self-medicate with wine. Three (and most problematic) ignore the fact that stress is slowly killing her. Lucien only has one goal: escape and burn everything to the ground. Unfortunately, everyone has their secrets and these two have many. They just don’t know it yet. Because she might be the key to getting him free. But if he gets out, it’s not the world that will burn. It’s him.     AmazonKU

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KNOTTED BY THE INCUBUS: AN OMEGAVERSE MONSTER ROMANCE by Imani Joy

his Valentine’s season, Cupid’s playing for keeps! When fate decides it’s time for our omegas to meet their mates, there’s no escaping the call. Growly alphas, hulking monsters, or something deliciously other, each of our heroines is about to discover that true love comes with a bite-mark 😉 Click now for a series of standalone romances filled with alpha scents, nests, heats, and all the knotty love! He feeds on lust… but he’s starving for love. For months, Destiny has been dreaming of a shadow lover. Faceless, nameless. The best sex of her life, and he’s not even real. At least, that’s what she thinks…Rahel is an ancient incubus who stopped feeding because no one compares to the omega in his dreams. He doesn’t know she exists. He’s starving, but he’d rather die hungry than settle for less than her. Then, on Valentine’s night, he catches her scent: chocolate, brown sugar… the woman who’s been ruining him in his sleep. She’s real. She’s HIS. And this grumpy alpha biker is about to break down her door and show his sunshine girl exactly what happens when fantasy becomes flesh. One taste, and he’ll never let her go.       AmazonKU

REJECTED BY THE ALPHA QUARTERBACK (CROSSING THE LINE BOOK ONE) by Jasmine Fox

RILEY – Zander Cross—The kind of star who commands the field and steals hearts. Five years ago, I was a nobody intern with a stupid crush. One reckless night, he touched me like a promise.
And the next morning? He iced me out like I was nothing. Now I’m back in his stadium—mic in hand, walls up. Network Sports Today wants a post-championship interview. I came for answers, not love. 
But when the cameras cut, his wolfish gaze pins me, breath hot on my skin. I don’t flinch anymore. Because this time… I didn’t come back alone. And he’s about to find out. ZANDER – I’ve been hit by 300-pound linebackers. I’ve bled for my pack. Nothing has ever wrecked me like Riley Matthews. Her father died because of my world. I swore Riley would never be next. Now she’s back. I answer like a pro, but my wolf tracks every breath she takes. Until I catch a scent I shouldn’t recognize. A little boy is hiding behind the curtain. He smells… familiar. Like mine.      AmazonKU

TEST OF TYRANTS (VEILBLOOD ACADEMY BOOK TWO) by Clara Wils

Izzy was the only name I’d ever known my entire life, but I’ve just found out my true name is Isolde (talk about old fashioned) and I’m the lost princess of a magical world. Only the current princess can’t find out, or she’ll probably kill me, she’s insane like that. Also, I’m an elf, well, a half-blood elf, and that’s another mark against me, since elves hate anyone muddying the bloodline. But since I’m the real heir to the throne I have few options. I’ll always be hunted, always on the run, but since running isn’t in my nature I’m going to stay and fight. But first I need to learn about my new elven powers (as well as my nymph powers which I still haven’t fully grasped yet) not to mention the fact that I have no clue how to rule anything. Luckily, I have people to help me. Myel, my beautiful, mate-bonded, Goth, vampire, shifter. I know it’s a mouthful, but it’s all true. He’s as dedicated to me as they come, but he can’t hide away with me or people will get suspicious, which means he has to go back to the constant danger of his job. Vyns, a literal angel who saved my life, after I saved his. Even though he used to serve Saldrea, the other princess, I trust him implicitly. We’re bound in spirit, even if we’re still getting to know each other, but I know he’ll be there for me when I need him. Rook, the sex demon, with whom I have a stilted, off-again, on-again relationship. Right now, we’re… (more blurb on ebook seller’s page)      AmazonKU 

HEART OF ROYALS (ROYAL ICE DRAGONS BOOK FOUR) by May Dawson

The king of the ice kingdom terrorized Kaelan, Dare and Thorne while they were growing up. Now as I fight the goddess within me—sometimes an ally, sometimes an enemy—the four of us return to the ice kingdom. To destroy an evil king. To protect a kingdom. To start a new life in the shadow of the ruins. The four of us are united. Now, we have to win together. Or die together. Don’t miss the thrilling conclusion of the Ice Dragon Royals series!       AmazonKU

OBSIDIAN SKY (RIFTBORN SERIES BOOK ONE) by Jill Aster

Thaelyn Marren enters the Asgar Training Academy wanting nothing more than to prove herself amongst the other cadets, where she must endure life-threatening trials in the hope of manifesting air, water, fire, or earth magic. Not to mention, a lucky few will pair with dragons who select their riders with ancient instinct, answering only to those whose souls burn bright enough to match their own. When Thaelyn’s power stirs in ways no instructor can explain, she draws the attention of the crown, particularly Prince Thorne Dareth, a renowned warrior and a dragon rider. Hardened by discipline and haunted by a kingdom he was born to serve, Thorne sees Thaelyn as a danger to the realm and yet is charged with her training. And amidst clashing personalities, an undeniable pull forms between them, potent enough to awaken dark forces that once tore the world apart. Now rift-born creatures thought to exist only in nightmares are slipping through the cracks of their reality. And as they push the realm toward open war, Thaelyn may be the only one able to stop what’s coming. That is, only if Thorne can choose between loyalty to his crown or the girl whose power could either save their world or bring it to ruin.       AmazonKU

BITTER KING VICIOUS WINGS by Morgona Allis

On the eve of my execution, I sealed my fate by signing a dark pact with Ilyatria’s accursed king. My reprieve was short-lived; now I’m in a race against time, rotting from the inside out due to a hidden clause. To end the pact, I have to kill my father—the monster who ordered my death. But our kingdom’s twisted magic protects him, and I’ll need an undying dragon’s power to do it. Yet every hour has me sickening further; I can’t bond a merciless dragon alone. With no other options, I turn to Aelen, one of my people’s enemies and the strongest dragon trainer of Ilyatria—or so he says. He’s brooding and spiteful, armed with sharp ears and a venomous tongue almost more vicious than the dragons themselves. Despite our truce, he’s a constant thorn in my side, even sabotaging my training. He’s insufferable—and all too irresistible—but without him I’m dead. My protector. My nightmare. He’s more than he’s letting on: an enigma hiding sinister magic and a fixation on keeping me with him, and away from completing my pact. The further our lives intertwine, the more his lies unravel. And the more his dark obsession grows.       AmazonKU

FALLING FOR THE WINGED WITCH by Sarah Beran

Lindy never wanted to get married or have children—especially not seven stepsons old enough to be her brothers and a doddering royal husband. Just when it seems like things couldn’t possibly get any worse, the king suddenly dies, and her sinister reputation for casting curses means that all eyes and fingers are pointed at her. Rather than support their new mother, her stepsons seem determined to do everything they can to make her life miserable. When the youngest fills her room with water fowl as a prank, Lindy finally decides to take things into her own hands—and everything goes wrong. Atlas lives with his head in the clouds, and he likes it that way. His ancestral home is hidden away so high in the mountains that it’s practically inaccessible. But somehow the secret has slipped, and he keeps chasing away unwanted visitors. After the latest break-in ends with his prized goose missing, Atlas is forced to do the one thing never wanted: climb down the beanstalk. Unfortunately, the scoundrel who took his goose is now a swan, and the only way to get him to tell Atlas where she is is to help the witch who cast the curse in the first place. The nettlesome woman won’t give him the time of day, refusing to speak until the sun goes down. When she does, it’s to instruct him in the most ridiculous task he’s ever heard of. But Atlas really wants to get his goose and go home, and if knitting is the way to achieve that, so be it. If only the task didn’t threaten to knit his heart to hers in the process…Falling for the Winged Witch is a combined retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk and The Wild Swans      AmazonKU

FALLING FOR THE TRICKSTER: A REIMAGINING OF RUMPELSTILTSKIN by Lucy Tempesty

Ottoline has had enough. After years of enduring Princess Gertrude’s cruelty, the maid’s patience snaps during their voyage to the foreign kingdom of Orcage, where the princess is to marry the crown prince to settle a royal debt. There, she crosses paths with a silver-haired, silver-tongued man with a penchant for deals and deception. Cunning and ambitious, fae nobleman Lord Roderick von Ravenstock offers Ottoline the opportunity of a lifetime: to switch places with her tormentor and claim the life of a princess. With a snap of his fingers, she is set to live the life she had dreamed of at the glimmering court of Orcage…until its superstitious king demands she fulfill her kingdom’s debt by turning everything into gold. Trapped by her own masquerade, Ottoline turns to Roderick again, and he offers to save her, in exchange for a kiss. One kiss. One favor. One step closer to ruin. As the king’s demands escalate, so do Roderick’s bargains, each adding another layer to his plot against the royal family, and drawing her deeper into a deadly game of magic and court intrigue. But when the king’s greed spirals beyond control, Ottoline has no choice but to escape into Faerie where she falls from one monster’s grasp into the next. Risking his plans, Roderick saves her and, as she recovers under his watchful gaze, the forced proximity begins to crack their defenses, revealing who they are underneath their roles as the trickster and the fraud. Villains in the lives of others, but heroes of their own stories. Together, they plot one last con to bring the king to his knees. But nothing ever goes to plan, especially when hearts are on the line.      AmazonKU

FALLING FOR THE DOOMED BRIDE: BLUEBEARD’S TALE by C K Beggan

Treasure-hunting pirate Jax the Bluebeard has fallen under a curse that only his bride can break. Each of his wives has failed and been doomed by the curse, filling Jax’s days with death and hardening his heart. Yet the curse compels Jax to keep searching for new brides that can win him the deadly treasure he desires. Fortunately for Jax, he just raided the ship of a cunning sorceress. Unfortunately for him, she just might be the woman of his dreams. Sofie, a fairy godmother of the realm, is fleeing the kingdom after cursing a newborn princess. All she wants is to return to the safety of her wintry homeland. Instead, Sofie is tricked into becoming Bluebeard’s next bride…but not before she curses him to endless slumber if he pricks his finger on a splinter of wood—a true challenge for a man who lives aboard an empire of wooden ships. Can Sofie beat the curse of Bluebeard’s wives and save herself and Jax? Or will these two villains do anything to avoid the warm feelings growing in their hearts—even if it means dooming each other? Falling for the Doomed Bride combines the villains from Sleeping Beauty and Bluebeard’s Wives in a no spice romantasy adventure where the characters trade both kisses and curses.        AmazonKU

CLAIMED BY THE WOLF KING by Delta James

I was given to the Wolf King to repay a blood debt. Stellan Varen is ruthless, feared, and built of ice and instinct. I expected a captor, not the truth hidden in my blood. I’m an Omega. His perfect match.
His greatest temptation. As my suppressants fail and my heat ignites, the bond between us becomes impossible to deny. But surrendering to an Alpha means losing my freedom or claiming a power I never knew I had. And the Wolf King will burn the world before he lets me go.      AmazonKU

BEYOND THE HUNT: EVERMERE BOOK ONE by Mary Ann Weir

For too long, lunar witch Serafina Bell has been trapped in a cage of servitude to her cruel stepmother. But when she’s offered up in a marriage contract as part of a truce agreement, she seizes the chance to turn it into a key—one that might finally set her free. To princes Casimir, Zane, and Koa Cimmerian, the assignment is simple: Uncover what their unwanted bride’s step-crone is plotting. In return for saying, “I do,” the dhampir half-brothers will gain an estate, a fat treasury, and, most importantly, their freedom from the vampire court. They expect an easy arrangement with a disposable bride. What they get is Seri. Battered, bruised, and left for dead on their doorstep, she is nothing like they imagined. Especially when she opens her eyes… and the truth is revealed.      AmazonKU

HUNTING THE FIRE (DRAGONBLOOD DYNASTY BOOK EIGHT) by BE Brouillard

The man who killed my mate is asking for sanctuary. In my home. Under my organization’s protection. And I have seventy-two hours to decide if I should end him. Jericho Allon was a Syndicate tactical commander. He gave the order that killed the man I loved. Watched him die and called it acceptable losses. For five years, I’ve lived with that grief. Carried it like a stone in my chest. For five years, I’ve imagined what I’d do if I ever found him. Now he’s coming here. Traveling under guard. Claims he wants to defect. Claims he has intelligence worth protecting. Claims he’s not the man he was. Our leader says his information could save lives. Stop attacks. End the war sooner. The council says sanctuary is the price of that intelligence. My wolf says he doesn’t deserve to draw another breath. I have seventy-two hours before he reaches our protection. Seventy-two hours to intercept him on the road. Seventy-two hours to decide: justice or revenge. Duty or desire. The living or the dead. Jericho says he’s changed. The Syndicate’s hunting him for reasons that go deeper than defection. And the secrets he’s carrying might be the only thing standing between us and total war. But none of that changes what he took from me. None of that brings back the man I lost. None of that makes him anything other than the enemy who’s getting too close. Turns out the hardest choice isn’t killing the man who destroyed your life. It’s deciding whether letting him live makes you weak…or finally free.       AmazonKU

DAMAGED BY MOONLIGHT (WOLF SHIFTERS OF CALLOWAY COUNTY) by Sara Wind

I was found by an Alpha laying in the woods and he took me back to his pack to nurse me back to health. Even though he had sworn never to allow a witch in his territory. Roman Ironside, the fierce grumpy Alpha of the Ironridge pack, stuck me in this home despite the ire of his pack. No one could tell me why. Soon, our closeness turned into fire and desire that neither one of us wanted to admit. His body made me almost pass out with the heat radiating off his muscular frame. But we had more pressing concerns. A stalker, pack factions and danger from another pack had to grab our attention first. Not to mention a bump on my belly! Oh, oh! If we admit our love and trust each other will we survive the turmoil, or if we don’t will we lose our love, and our lives.        AmazonKU

STRIPES DON’T LIE (SHIFTER MATES OF HOLLOW OAK BOOK FIVE) by Kala Aster and Millie Taiden

Everyone in this cursed little town thinks I’m the problem. Sure, I’m a shadow witch. Yes, my magic sometimes moves without asking. And okay, fine—things have been exploding lately. But I swear on my black lace panties, I’m not the one summoning evil doppelgängers in the snowstorm. Enter Officer Growly. Six-foot-four of tiger-shifter muscle, military brood, and tactical scowls. They send him to watch me. Guard me. Possibly kill me. But instead of turning me in, he turns me on. And when a creature wearing my face tries to ruin my life? He bares his claws. Stands between me and a mob with torches. And drags me into a safehouse where he definitely, absolutely should not be letting me ride him like a broomstick. Oops. I told myself not to fall for the tiger. Then he bit me.     AmazonKU

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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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SANCTUARY BASE (SHATTERED STARS BOOK 20) by Viola Grace

Born William the Third had never been her favourite part of the family inheritance. When her grandfather passes away on the inventor hub of Bellen, she leaves and heads for the stars. There is no one left to miss her or worry over her. Well, no one she is related to. She takes the shuttle and the small warship she has been given and heads to the stars with a few possible locations in mind. While travelling, she changes her name to Trin and goes looking for a place to call home. Things are going fine until the raiders give chase to get a hold of her very nice ship and the AI that she designed to control it or anything else. She drops through the sky of a frozen world and finds a base under the ice. It is a Hmrain base with one occupant and now one visitor. Birun is surprised when he wakes to find a new being in a restoration tank, but the AI named Boss fills him in. He learns who she is, where she’s from, and that Boss has his voice. From that small connection, he looks to build a life with her, and he has just the base to make it happen.       Amazon      Kobo     Apple Books

TALEN: SVESTI FATED MATES BOOK EIGHT by Wavy Martin

Thirty years ago, the Zuvgran released a virus that killed most Svesti females and rendered the remainder infertile. The Svesti initiate first contact with Earth when their scientists discover that humans and Svesti can interbreed. Humans may be able to save the warrior species that has been protecting Earth’s region of space for a century. After her husband’s death, Krista is raising her two daughters alone and definitely not looking for another man, but she’s tired—so very tired. When the opportunity to go to another planet and still do the work she loves arises, she decides her family needs a change of scenery to heal. A bum leg took Talen from the full-time warrior ranks. His position as head cook on the Invictus keeps him busy even if he’s not completely fulfilled. He quickly realizes that Krista and her daughters are the missing components of his life. But can he convince her?   Amazon

THEIR HUMAN RECEPTIONIST (WHISPERS FROM THE IMPERIAL CAGE BOOK THREE) by Oylmpia Black

I never signed up to leave Earth. But here I am—five hundred light-years away. I never wanted to be a freedom fighter. But when I saw what these aliens do to humans, I couldn’t stay silent.    AmazonKU

FIRE: GALACTIC CYBORG HEAT SERIES by Jessie Rose Case

Fire. Named for what he was known as. The warrior of scorched earth. He was feared amongst the humans with good reason. Cyborg. The leader of his men. Sent to deal with the most dangerous and deadly. And he did his job well. Until the programming failed. Became faulty and he could think for himself. Hundreds of years of making choices. Keeping humans away. Until he saw her…..He must be faulty again……. She called to him….. Challenged him….. Something that would only call to him more….She was a tempting morsel. One that belonged to him!      AmazonKU

I AM KAL: FF OMEGAVERSE DFR ANTHOLOGY (THE ALPHA GOD BOOK 11) by Lexa Luthor

An anthology of Kal’s short stories, which are told from Kal’s point of view and span over the length of The Alpha God series. Dive deeper into the series and into who is Kal. Each novella has their own blurb and are meant to be read between their respective novels. The anthology includes:
I, Alpha, Book 2.5    I, Finna, Book 3.5      I, True Mate, Book 4.5     I, High Commander, Book 5.5
I, Sumner, Book 6.5       I, Kalatas, Book 7.25       I, Family, Book 7.75  I, Wife, Book 10.5                                 Amazon

MISTRESS OF THE RED DRAGON (MATED BY FLAME) by Evangeline Anderson

Valen – I’ve been chained like a beast for a year. Collared. Muzzled. Left to rot in a dungeon beneath the palace of my enemy. But when his sister, a curvy little princess, offers me freedom in exchange for a favor, I listen. She needs a dragon to fly her across the Poison Desert to save her dying mother. And I need her blood to Shift. But not just any bite will do. I have to sink my fangs into her inner thigh—right next to her untouched, forbidden heat. And when I do… she moans. She tastes like magic…feels like destiny…and smells like MINE. Now we’re bound together on a dangerous quest full of cursed forests, wicked witches, and ancient trials that force us closer with every step. She was supposed to be a means to an end…But now I’d burn down kingdoms to keep her. Irena – They said the beast in the dungeon was dangerous. They were right. But I’m desperate—and the only way to save my mother is to make a deal with the terrifying man in chains. He’s not just a man—he’s a Drake Shifter with claws, fangs, and eyes that glow like embers in the dark. He says he can fly me across the desert…But first, he demands my blood—and not from anywhere innocent. He bites me on my thigh, and the pleasure is like fire licking across my skin. Now I can feel him inside me… even when he’s not touching me. I thought I was just using the beast to save my family. But the longer we travel, the more I realize—he’s not the monster in this story. And I’m not sure I want to be saved.

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ALIEN PATIENT (MOTHERSHIP BOOK THREE) by Eden Ember

She’s spent her life saving others. Now she needs to save herself. Trauma surgeon Bea Santos survived a deadly crash, a burning planet, and being stranded in an alien galaxy—but the hardest thing she faces is standing still. Working endless shifts in Mothership’s medical bay keeps the nightmares away and the guilt at bay. She doesn’t need rest. She doesn’t need help. She definitely doesn’t need the infuriatingly patient Chief Medical Officer watching her every move. Zorn has treated countless species across the Shorstar Galaxy, but he’s never met anyone quite like Bea—brilliant, relentless, and determined to work herself into the ground. The human healer is magnificent in a crisis, but she’s slowly destroying herself. When a colony outbreak forces them into dangerous proximity for days on end, professional boundaries shatter, revealing the wounded woman beneath the controlled exterior. But when a rescue mission goes catastrophically wrong and Zorn’s life hangs in the balance, Bea must confront the truth she’s been running from: you can’t heal others if you won’t heal yourself. And the alien male who’s been trying to save her might be the only one who can teach her that surviving and living are two very different things. Some scars run deeper than flesh. Some healers need healing too.     AmazonKU

CLAIMED BY THE ALIEN MERCENARY (MONSTER MERCENARY MaTES BOOK EIGHT) by Robin O’Connor

She’s the mission. He’s the monster everyone fears. His claim might destroy them both. Dani – I came to Radin chasing a miracle cure hidden in a flower. I never expected to become prey. Days of captivity leave my empathic senses burned out, my power little more than an ache beneath my skin. Then Jaxin arrives, silent, shark-eyed, built for violence. When the rescue goes awry, he hauls me over his shoulder and runs. Alone in Radin’s humid jungle, survival means pressed bodies, shared breath, and heat that has nothing to do with the heat of summer. As my empathy recovers, I feel what he hides. Control layered over hunger. Possession strangled by discipline. A truth he refuses to face: he feels more than he’s allowed. Jaxin – Emotion is forbidden. My people, the Rummicaron, suppress it for a reason. But the jungle strips restraint bare, and my true nature claws its way to the surface: to claim, to protect, to possess a mate. Dani doesn’t just tempt me, she awakens something ancient and dangerous. As Radin’s giant closes in and a crime lord tightens her grip, I must choose between duty and instinct. And if I choose wrong, Radin will kill us both.     AmazonKU

SONGS OF THE CELESTIAL DEEP (TIDES OF THE WANDERING STAR BOOK ONE) by A R Reynolds

VS Note: LGBTQ SFR.

He spent his whole life hiding what he was. They crossed the stars to claim him. Callum Wilder has a secret. By day, he’s the perfect event coordinator aboard the luxury cruise ship Celestial Dawn—charming guests, solving problems, making everyone feel seen. By night, he fights an impossible longing for water, for transformation, for a truth about himself he’s spent fifteen years suppressing. When a pirate attack forces an emergency landing on an uncharted alien world, Callum discovers he can no longer hide. The planet’s waters call to him with an ancient song, awakening abilities he never knew he possessed—abilities that transform him into something breathtaking, impossible, and infinitely precious to beings who have been searching for someone like him for generations. The Velathari are beautiful, powerful, and utterly convinced that Callum belongs with them. To them, he is not a man but a miracle—a Songshaper whose voice can heal wounds that have festered for decades. They will cross any distance, break any rule, to bring him home to their world. Kethan, heir to a noble house, has spent thirty years suffering under an ancient curse. When they hear Callum’s voice for the first time, they feel something they had forgotten was possible: hope. But …(more blurn on ebook seller’s page)        AmazonKU

A POLITICAL MARRIAGE (CHRONICLES OF THE FALL BOOK 20) by Pam Uphoff 

Lord Kalev Meknikov a young noble in a high tech civilization . . . Lady Aurora Denhart a young lady with a father in politics . . . and you’d think in such a high tech society that political alliances wouldn’t require silly things like marriages between young members of the families . . .But here they are . . .A somewhat silly and sweet romance within a Science Fantasy Universe.     AmazonKU

BOUND IN ASHES (THIS IS NOT A TEST BOOK TWO) by Kaye Blue

My uncle’s farm was supposed to be a sanctuary. But the dead aren’t the only monsters circling. Jackson Thorne promised to protect me. He kept his word. What he never promised was to stay. Without him, the farm won’t hold. And neither will I. “I’ll burn the world for you,” he swore. I just didn’t expect to be the kindling.     AmazonKU

BE MY BAD GUY by Kate Prior

VS Note: Superhero.

Lacey Vigil has been trying to break up with her city’s resident billionaire superhero, Steel Heel, for a while. It’s not easy when she keeps getting kidnapped by his enemies. When her ex is late to the rescue, an evil henchmen swoops in to save her instead (he only drops her once). Lacey might have expected the scary blue mutant with wings and a tail, but not his ice coffee addiction or fanged, devil-may-care smile. Ellis is an unethical lab experiment, a bit of a slacker, and honestly kind of a fuckboy. It wasn’t his idea to join the family business, but he wants to see his dad’s work restored to him. He’s always had a thing for the reporter from Channel 6, but when Lacey asks for his help investigating where the mutants are coming from, he …(more blurb on ebook seller’spage)   AmazonKU

CHAMPION: MM SFR (FROM THE ASHES BOOK TWO) by A V Shener

A year has passed since the fall of Las Vegas and the destruction of the New-Humans. In the safety of the Hive Unity, Finn is treading carefully between his work for the assembly and his dark past as a Raider. When his ex-lover, Caden, returns to the Hive after losing his squad in battle, it becomes clear that a mysterious new force is rising in Denver, threatening the fragile balance between Colorado’s factions. Finn and Caden are tasked with recruiting a powerful new ally, but an unexpected betrayal tears them apart. Running for his life, Finn stumbles down a rabbit hole of dark discoveries that reach all the way back to the day the world ended. If Finn is to face the governor of Denver and stop his diabolical plan, he must rely on old friends and unexpected allies, but with Caden’s life on the line, time is quickly running out.     AmazonKU

MIDNIGHT MIST ( THE FEVER BROTHERS BOOK FIVE) by Michele Mills

VS Note: A re-release with three added chapters.

Three things I know about the planet Timbur: It’s home to the most famous miners in the four sectors. My best friend is married to one of them. If you take off your gloves and touch an unmated male, you could trigger a mating bond. So when I attend the Dark Moon Costume Ball, I keep those gloves ON. I also keep my distance from the brooding male in black who’s been staring at me all night like I’m his next meal. Sure, he’s devastatingly handsome and my body lights up like a supernova every time he’s near. But I’ve watched him make females cry with his harsh words, and I’m done with pretty men who treat people like garbage. Then midnight strikes. Strange mist floods the cavern. The Xylan crumple around me. And when I wake up, my glove is gone and my bare hand is clasped in his. Oh no. “You’re mine,” he growls.      AmazonKU

DETOUR: A NOVEL by Jeff Rake and Rob Hart

VS Note: A scifi release of note, not a romance although several characters have romantic attachments (though not to the other crew members). It was very well done, fast moving but this book sets up the series and does not tell the entire story. Cliffhanger ending. I am looking forard to the next book in the series. I’d love to see it as a mini series, maybe on Apple+ someday!

A space shuttle flight crew discovers that the Earth they’ve returned to is not the home they left behind in the first book of this emotional, mind-bending thriller series from the creator of the hit Netflix show Manifest and the bestselling author of The Warehouse. “If The Martian and The Twilight Zone had a baby, it would be Detour—a thriller that messes with your head as you scramble to piece together what’s really going on.”—Steve Netter, Best Thriller Books – Ryan Crane wasn’t looking for trouble—just a cup of coffee. But when this cop spots a gunman emerging from an unmarked van, he leaps into action and unknowingly saves John Ward, a billionaire with presidential aspirations, from an assassination attempt. As thanks for Ryan’s quick thinking, Ward offers him the chance of a lifetime: to join a group of lucky civilians chosen to accompany three veteran astronauts on the first manned mission to Saturn’s moon Titan. A devoted family man, Ryan is reluctant to leave on this two-year expedition, yet with the encouragement of his loving wife—and an exorbitant paycheck guaranteeing lifetime care for their disabled son—he crews up and ventures into a new frontier. But as the ship is circling Titan, it is rocked by an unexplained series of explosions. The crew works together to get back on course, and they return to Earth as heroes. When the fanfare dies down, Ryan and his fellow astronauts notice that things are different. Some changes are good, such as lavish upgrades to their homes, but others are more disconcerting. Before the group can connect, mysterious figures start tailing them, and their communications are scrambled. Separated and suspicious, the crew must uncover the truth and decide how far they’re willing to go to return to their normal lives. Just when their space adventure seemingly ends, it shockingly begins.

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REAPER’S WARRIOR WIFE by Athena Storm

I don’t do protection. I do control. Power. Precision kills. But the moment she walked into that courtroom, spitting fire like she could burn me back into the void—I knew I’d never let her go. She thinks she can survive me. She doesn’t understand. I don’t want to hurt her. I want to worship her. Claim her. Fill her until her body forgets who it used to belong to. They came for her once. So I sang the old Reaper war song and turned the station into a graveyard. Now they want to take her again? Let them try. She’s not mine because I said so. She’s mine because the galaxy already bowed. She touches my scars. I teach her to scream in my tongue. She breaks the law. I crown her my wife. And when the Nine come to end us? I sharpen her throne. She wanted peace. So I burned the world quiet. Read on for alien mafia obsession, courtroom corruption, and a monster who never learned how to let go.      AmazonKU

HEIR TO THE STARS by Athena Storm

They thought I died on Rhavadaz. They buried my name in the wreckage. Left the woman I loved to raise our son alone. And let Spectra hunt him like a prophecy with teeth. But I didn’t die. I bonded with something deeper than code. Bigger than pain. I carried the Meld in my blood—until it broke me open and made me hers all over again. She doesn’t trust me. Not with her body. Not with our boy. Not even with the truth. But I’m still his father. And I’m still hers. I’ll burn through mechs, monsters, and the mistakes I made to protect what’s mine. The war’s not over. The prophecy is real. And the woman I love? She just walked back into the cockpit. You think dying is hard? Try folding tiny laundry with my claws.        AmazonKU

GEARS OF THE BLOOD MOON: SAPPHIC OMEGAVERSE REVERSE HAREM BIKER ROMANCE by Evan Conrad

She can fix any engine, but she can’t fix the hunger in their eyes. Roxy prefers the logic of machinery to the chaos of people. But when a freak storm tears reality apart, she is ripped from her garage and thrown into “The Rust”—a dying world of black sand, undead horrors, and a bleeding moon that hangs forever in the sky. Surviving the wasteland is impossible alone. Being found might be worse. Captured by the Valkyries, a lethal pack of biker warriors, Roxy is dragged to their fortress. They don’t just want a prisoner; they want a mechanic to keep their iron horses running. But as Roxy works off her debt, the biological laws of this new world begin to take hold. She isn’t just a survivor. She is an Omega. And she has fallen into the den of three powerful Alphas: Jax: The stoic President who offers safety and commands absolute surrender. – Vesper: The feral Enforcer who wields pleasure like a weapon. Hera: The deceptive Road Captain whose gentle hands mask a terrifying possessiveness. As the Heat fever breaks and the undead “Hollows” breach the gates, Roxy must choose. She can remain a captive mechanic, or she can embrace the monster within, claim her pack, and become the Queen of Gears.       AmazonKU

A PET FOR THE COMMANDER (LOVE’S OBSESSION) by Sienna Zini

Dawn – I have only two options: stay on Earth and die, or volunteer for the Alien Trade and bear the offspring of the Kharoi. The choice is simple. I’m just not prepared for my designated partner, Commander Asterion.Cold. Controlling. Unyielding. And yet, beneath his discipline, he makes me feel seen—cared for—almost cherished… until he reminds me of the truth. To the Kharoi, humans are pets, not mates. When he releases me, I think I can start over. I’m wrong. Asterion made enemies among my own kind, and now I’ve become their leverage. Asterion – My species’ arrogance nearly destroyed us. Now the survival of the Kharoi rests on the one race I despise most: the deceitful, emotional, greedy humans. As commander, the first human volunteer for the Alien Trade belongs to me. I vowed I’d never betray the memory of my lost mate, and Dawn should be nothing more than duty, but she’s an anomaly. Her tears are not a ploy. Her emotions are undeniably real. She is a disruptive force, tearing down the walls around my heart. Releasing her is the only way to stop myself before I ruin us both. I am a fool. I underestimated the depth of human treachery. Now Dawn is trapped in a lethal power struggle, and when I reclaim her, there will be no more restraint. No more denial. This time, I will not let her go—even if claiming her fully costs us everything.     AmazonKU

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ELIJAH (SEVEN DEADLY SINS BOOK ONE) by N J Walters

Bounty hunter and werewolf, Elijah Sin lives by one rule: Stay away from other werewolves and pack politics at all costs. Known as the seven deadly Sins, he and his brothers are outliers living on Sin Mountain in Kentucky. Her daddy’s death has sent Kinley Wright on the run from her former pack to avoid a forced mating. Desperate for help, she tries to hire Eli, only to discover he’s a wolf, like her.
Under threat from her former pack, there is only one place Eli and Kinley can turn for help—his brothers. Blood will spill and lives will be lost. Trust is fragile between them, but the attraction is explosive. Even if they survive the coming storm their love might become a casualty.

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CALLIOPE (SPEED DATING WITH THE DENIZENS OF THE UNDERWORLD BOOK 40) by Ariel Dawn

An artist without inspiration. A man with a broken heart. A masterpiece in the making. For a muse like Calliope, there is no life without the beauty of art. So when Callie finds herself with a case of artist’s block following the loss of a successful patron, she isn’t quite sure she’ll ever find someone to inspire again. That is until a stunning man in a Zorro mask walks into the speed dating masquerade at the DeLux Cafe and leaves her breathless in more ways than one. Can one night of passion stoke Callie’s embers and light her fire for all eternity? Or will the magic between her and her mystery man be the very thing that breaks the muse for good?

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CHANT OF CHEATS (HEIST OF HEARTS SERIES BOOK THREE) by E A Winters

Bound by a curse they never chose, Grigg and Adelina’s hearts beat as one-even when torn apart. And now a bond they cannot break may be the one weapon no one counted on. Imprisoned in the nightmare fortress of Himmelhain, Grigg is forced into the Jester of Fates’ cruel experiments-his daily companions a cursed plant and the beasts he must battle to survive. Every lash of pain he endures sears through Adelina as well through the magical link they bear between them. Adelina may have gained distance from the Jester for now, but freedom is no victory. To rescue Grigg, she must master forbidden magic, outwit the Queen of the Sea, and bargain with the mysterious King of the Wind-rumored to devour all who cross him. If they fail, the Jester will break free, the Queen will rise, and the world will drown in their war. And if Grigg and Adelina succeed, the very chains that bind them may unravel their fates forever.       Amazon

STEEL AND SILENCE: MM VAMPIRE ROMANCE (HUNTING HEARTS BOOK THREE) by TJ Nichols

He wants everyone to learn the truth…Trent Fox learned the hard way about vampires. Now, a decade later, he’s even more determined to expose the crimes of the Orlan vampire family. He wants them to suffer the way countless humans have—but he knows nothing of the other vampire families.Garrick Reid is the eldest son of the current Reid matriarch. His job has always been to protect his sisters and his family. His life is valued by how useful he is, how trustworthy…and it is a very nice life where he wants for nothing. Nothing except to be wanted for who he is, not what he can do. Silencing Trent before he exposes vampires to humans is Garrick’s new order. But Trent’s research runs deep, and his fear of vampires deeper. If they can work together, they may turn the tide in the vampire war that almost ended the Hadley family.

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TELL THEM THAT I’M COMING (SOMBRA DEMONS) by Sarah Spade

I swear, if I never hear the word ‘prophecy’ again, it’ll be too soon. My whole life, I’ve known that I was the child of prophecy. Half human, half demon, I was only four months old when I supposedly saved the world. Twenty-five years later, I strive to have a future when I’ve already done what I was born to do. And that’s when I overhear my parents discussing a second prophecy about me…Each halfling in Sombra has their own gift. Mine has been my ability to wield the shadows that make up my father’s home world. Along with my soul-pet, Binx, and my best friend, Rafe, I can visit all of the neighboring realms. Except for one. Noctavara isn’t home to demons. The human realm has no contact with the warded world, either. It’s a gilded cage for the fae—and the plane where I’m meant to find my future. But, first, I have to find Rafe. Sold to a slaver in Noctavara, I’m determined to get him back any way I can… which would be a lot easier if I didn’t get caught by a fae bandit who has his own reasons to help me reach the Gilded Court. And me? When I realize who he is, I have my own reasons to escape his golden gaze and blinding smile… but Thane Aurex is more persuasive than he should be, and now Binx and I have a new fae companion. As we journey together through a world unlike the one I left behind, I have one message for the cruel Court that thinks they can steal from Alana of Sombra: Tell them that I’m coming.      AmazonKU

WE BORROW THE LIGHT (BLOODSTONE ACADEMY SERIES BOOK TWO) by G Bailey

Every generation of the Daygan family went to Bloodstone Academy, but it was all a lie. I was taken as a baby, manipulated and used, my memories and time stolen. Now they want me to marry Hemlock Mercury. Over my dead body. Mazikeen Lycidas, Kane Ardian, Black Ashveil, and Valeron Drexan are my bonded. More than that, they are my fated mates—and I am half dragon, fire and fury incarnate. I will burn through every barrier to bond with them this year—again—and this time, I will not have my memories taken from me. No one will tear us apart. Spells are going to save us, the Umbral Authority is going to fall, and shifters will be freed. Vengeance will be mine. This is my fourth year at Bloodstone Academy, and it will be my last. I remember—and I won’t forget. And neither will they.   AmazonKU

RAINING CATS AND CURSES (ELLA BLOOM MYSTERIES BOOK FIVE) by Sarah Noffke

When the storm of the century hits Gloamington, killer weather isn’t the only thing to worry about. A renowned cryptozoologist arrives in town to study Gloamington’s magical creatures. Instead of discovering new species, he becomes the latest casualty when his body is found during the worst storm in decades. Malcolm Fawkes and Ella Bloom must navigate a web of suspects while battling hurricane-force winds. From rival researchers to protective locals, everyone had a reason to want the controversial scientist silenced forever. The cryptozoologist had made dangerous enemies with his groundbreaking research. His latest discovery could have won him another prestigious award—or gotten him killed. While Ella battles to control her mysterious powers and Malcolm desperately seeks the memory that could restore everything, Agent Cage from the Department of Defense circles like a vulture, ready to shut down the Gloaming forever. But as the storm intensifies and political pressure mounts, finding the truth becomes a race against time. Can Ella and Malcolm discover what happened to the cryptozoologist and save Gloamington before winds, murder and politics tear it apart?       AmazonKU

HEXES AND FOES (AGENTS OF SPELL BOOK ONE) by CD Rachels

VS Note: MM PNR.

He was the boy I couldn’t stand in sorcery school. And now he’s the only man who can help me stop a dark threat. I take pride in being one of the lead agents tasked in protecting the magical world. It’s not an easy job to put our lives on the line keeping mortals and mages safe. Slaying extradimensional monsters is a regular day for us. But new threats are emerging, and my new partner is the one dude I thought I’d never see again. My old schooltime rival used to get under my skin, and clearly, that hasn’t changed. Still, he’s just as proficient as he was all those years ago. While we work together, secrets emerge, and when we aren’t bickering, we learn to protect each other. As dark threats rise to power, I need Taz to back me up in the art of breaking hexes and saving lives. It’s entirely possible he and I have had a sizzling chemistry that burned deeper than teen rivalry. We’re men now, and we need to protect the magical community―that is, if we can stop being at each other’s throats for five minutes.
The only thing scarier than hating my foe, is falling for him. Being an agent of SPELL just got more complicated.      AmazonKU

A KISS FROM A GARGOYLE (KISS FROM A MONSTER SERIES) by Charlotte Swan

Willow is unlike all the other pious Sisters that live within Thorncatcher Monastery. Adopted by the One True Faith as a baby, she has lived a humble life inside the religious order, all the while harboring a reckless and wicked spirit. These urges she feels push her to explore beyond the walls that have caged her. Feelings of love and lust swirl inside her until she snaps by kissing a local boy in full view of her congregation. Now she must be punished, and the lecherous Father Knoll, who’s always had an eye on Willow, knows just the place she’ll beg for forgiveness. Remanded to Shadowveil Church, it is a crumbling structure, worn down by years of disuse. For three days, she will reside there: naked, hungry, and in prayer, beseeching God to forgive her for her sins. Willow soon learns that there’s more than meets the eye as the church conceals a dark secret from the One True Faith’s past. A gargoyle, trapped in a prison of marble, resides atop the dias, unmoving. But not for long. The moment Baezal hears the cries of the small human woman locked inside his church, the bounds of his curse are released, freeing him from the century he spent as a statue. With his newfound freedom, leaving the church is the last thing on his mind as he takes in Willow. One look at her and he knows everything has changed for him. She needs a protector—a guardian, the very thing he was created for. And, God willing, a lover who will take him into her bed. Willow’s curiosity about the creature before her is piqued the moment she sees him. The wickedness flares to life within her, and for the first time, she has the chance to satisfy all her wanton urges. Will she finally be about to please her fiery soul? Or will their night of passion burn too hotly to last?      Amazon

FATED TO THE ALPHA BEAR (BEAR PROTECTOR BOOK TWO) by Reece Barden

EMMA – My brother’s gambling debt made me collateral. My grumpy bear shifter rescuer is about to make me his. One minute I’m living my quiet life; the next, I’m taken by dangerous men who want to use me as leverage. Then he shows up. Bodhi doesn’t do conversation, but the longer I’m under his protection, the more I see what he’s hiding. A man running from his past. An alpha avoiding his throne. And a hunger in his eyes that makes me feel anything but scared. BODHI – She’s trouble. A target with my enemies’ crosshairs painted on her back. She’s also mine. Now she’s making me feel things I buried years ago. Tempting me to claim what my bear insists is ours. I left my clan to escape my father’s legacy. Swore I’d never go back. Never lead. Never let anyone close enough to hurt me again. But Emma’s awakened something I can’t control, the destiny I tried to avoid, and the beast I swore I’d never be.      AmazonKU

WICKED CHILL (WICKED EVERMORE BOOK THREE) by Ines Johnson

Once upon a time, a ruthless Snow Queen gets her happily ever after. Ravenna rules her frozen court with a heart locked in ice and a will sharper than any blade. Feared for her cold magic and whispered beauty, she has spent years untouched, unmoved, and unimpressed—until the day she sets her sights on Prince Charming, the golden boy promised to Snow White. Stealing a prince should be child’s play for a queen like her. But it’s not the pampered prince who intrigues her most—it’s the loyal Huntsman. When the Snow Queen’s wicked gaze falls on him, he doesn’t flinch. He challenges her, melts her defenses, and tempts her with a fierce, slow-burning passion that no magic can control. In a kingdom where loyalty can be bought, true love is a dangerous gamble. One icy queen. One defiant huntsman. One story rewritten.      AmazonKU

PUCK IN TIME: MM HOCKEY SHIFTER ROMANCE (PUCKS, PACKS AND PREGNANCIES BOOK ONE) by Colbie Dunbar and Lorelai M Hart

Fate doesn’t care about fame—only the mate I walked away from. I plan my life one goal at a time—win a hockey scholarship, crush my division, go pro. And I do it. Full ride to my dream school. Team captain as a sophomore. And my roommate, Stan, owns my heart, even if he has no idea. Then a scandal kills the entire hockey program overnight. I’m forced to choose: give up my dream or transfer. When a college recruiter promises me everything I’ve worked for, I take the deal and leave Stan behind. Years later, I’m a pro athlete, a household name, and the wolf-shifter hero kids look up to. But none of it matters to my wolf. He wants Stan, the omega we walked away from. I tell myself Stan has moved on. That I already lost my chance. One moment of distraction while crossing the street later and I wake up in the hospital with him at my bedside. Maybe I didn’t lose everything after all. Maybe fate just handed me the second chance I’m done pretending I don’t want.     AmazonKU

AT FIRST BITE: THE RELUCTANT VAMPIRE SLAYER by Lauretta Hignett

A brutally-hot philosophy professor, a brainiac newborn vampire, and a fortune-telling demon walk into a bar…The rift is open. That’s what Raisin Toast Ronan Bishop calls it, but in my head, it’s the hellmouth. I just wish it were vampires coming out of it. Vampires I can handle. But these demons are something else; something unknown, something unpredictable. Ronan’s got a demon database — and you know I love a database — but he needs help with the monster hunting. Which is a tad ironic, since research is my speciality and I still don’t know how to fight. Imagine my surprise when I discover that this particular demon was summoned out of the hellmouth specifically for me. I’ve made a powerful enemy without realizing it, and now, she’s coming for me.      AmazonKU

VAMPIRE LORD: BOOK ONE by Jessie Rose Case

He’d been alive for hundreds of years….. Hundreds of years making his world……He was one of the Vampire Lords. One of the oldest left on this world. One of the few that hadn’t gone mad with time. One with a reputation that was envied. They kept a fine balance with the humans. Now in the light, the world knowing of them, they were legitimate. Were public. Went to events and mixed with humans. His businesses were successful and made plenty of money. Both human and Other flocked to them. He offered it all legally. And looked after his staff. There was no reason not to. A lesson learned early. Look after your people and they looked after you. He paid his taxes. Played the human game and stayed out of Other politics. He had wealth and a large family. Picking his children with care. Back then, they were always at war. He needed warriors not uncontrollable nightmares. And learned from his own experience of being turned, to do it better. Men came to him for a number of reasons. And none of them, for immortality, for power, for dominance. If they did, he turned them away…(more blurb on ebook seller’s page)       AmazonKU

DANCING WITH THE DRAGON (FERNDALE FALLS FOREVER BOOK THREE) by Krista Luna

My misbehaving magic traps me in a spicy romance book with the grumpy dragon, and we have to act out the plot! The growly dragon is stuck playing my lovestruck boyfriend until we finish the book and win its dance competition. And did I mention that it’s a spicy book? Hoo boy! I’ve gone from competent librarian to mistress of magical mayhem with my very first spell. Luke keeps me in his castle, demanding I figure out how to break the spell using his magical library… with him hovering over me the entire time! The fact that he’s so gorgeous makes it downright unbearable. Because every time the book’s plot takes over and Luke sweeps me into his strong arms for a dance, I crave the heat sizzling between us. Even worse? The romantic in me wants all his sweet words of love to be true, which has got to be my biggest mistake of all.       AmazonKU

BEARLY INKED by Lorelai M Hart

VS Note: MM PNR.

Sometimes losing a bet has you winning everything. After a shitastick day at work, I call my bestie for an omega night out. Far too many shots in, I make a bet sober me would never agree to. One missed bulls-eye, and my fate is sealed. The wager? Loser gets a tattoo of the winner’s choice. I wake up the next morning with a headache the size of a small planet and video reminder of my bad decisions. Could I back out? Absolutely. I’d hear about it for the next decade. Better to suck it up and get some ink. It’s not like he’ll pick a clown tattoo on my forehead. Right? Worse, he chooses a mystery tattoo from their capsule machine. Please don’t let it be something boring. Please don’t let it be ugly. Please don’t let it change my life. Too late.        AmazonKU

PHANTOM QUEEN (OUROBOROS ACADEMY BOOK THREE) by J B Trepagnier

So, the brilliant part of our group is stuck as a jackal as we try to figure out the Forsaken Ones and how to kill them. Whatever Morgana and the witches did seems to be preventing them from hurting people for now, but Morgana said it’s just a bandaid. Nearly anyone else wouldn’t be able to undo the binding spell if they found it, but someone with Void powers could just suck the magic out of it. We’re narrowing in to who the other Forsaken is in this life, but we also have to figure out how to do what the old gods couldn’t and get rid of them for good this time.      AmazonKU

BOUGHT BY THEWILD ROC: MONSTERS BRIDE MARKET by Lia Frost

A bride auction. A Roc untouched for two hundred years. A nest he builds around her while she sleeps. WREN – When my uncle’s creditor raises a paddle to claim me, I do the only reckless, impossible thing that might save me. I choose the monster in the shadows instead. Tavrin is nothing like the horror I braced for. He fills my room with books I’ve whispered about only once. He brings me tea before I know I want it. He watches me like I’m a treasure he’s spent lifetimes searching for. But I can’t curl into safety. Not yet. TAVRIN – I bought her to free her. Now I’m the one undone. The mate bond snaps into place, and the change follows. Wings splitting skin, instincts narrowing to one command: claim, protect, keep. But her past threatens the only family she has left. And to save them, I must choose between two impossible things: Let her walk away. Or risk tearing myself apart to bring her and her sister home.      AmazonKU

RESCUING REBECCA (PARANORMAL SECURITY SERVICE BOOK TWO) by J Thompson

Ten years ago, Scott Hayes walked away from the only woman he ever loved. When his wolf awakened, he fled the New Forest and joined the Paranormal Security Service, learning to control the beast inside him while burying the bond he never claimed. Rebecca came home to open her dream veterinary clinic, not knowing the forest she loved was hiding something lethal. When animals begin turning up slaughtered and glowing eyes stalk her from the trees, danger is closer than she realizes. But protecting Rebecca shatters every rule he lives by, because she isn’t just his past. She’s his mate. As a violent rogue hunts her for his own twisted claim, ancient magic stirs in Rebecca’s blood, awakening a power tied to her family and the forest itself. With the pack watching and the PSS closing in, Scott must choose between duty and destiny. Because this time, he won’t run.   AmazonKU

BOUNDLESS VENGEANCE: A DARK SAPPHIC VAMPIRE THROUPLE ROMANCE (BLOOD ROYALE BOOK THREE) by Elle Mae

Vesper- I didn’t know what was worse. Getting kidnapped by the vampire council or being forced to serve a random vampire family. No, wait, it was my bonded going off and getting married while I could do nothing about it. Cedar and Atlas may have gotten me out, but I’ll stop at nothing to save Aurelia from her doom. Aurelia – I can save myself. Once I deciphered what the seer was saying, I knew exactly what I had to do, the thing I was born for. It will save us all, so why can’t they understand? They know my heart and soul better than anyone else, but if they insist on trying to ruin my plans, I might just have to teach them a lesson or two. Cedar – Getting involved with them might be the most dangerous thing I’ve ever done. Being thrown between powerful vampire families and a bastard vampire heir was definitely not on my to-do list. But I couldn’t let them face it all alone. Maybe I would have been better off rotting in the coven, but they showed me a world I never thought was possible. I’ll bring us back to our happy little life together, even if it means getting my hands dirty.      AmazonKU

THE MOON RAVEN by Grace Draven

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

FEAST OF THE VALLEY (APPRENTICE OF ANUBIS BOOK 19) by Laura Greenwood

The celebration of the dead has arrived. With the Beautiful Feast of the Valley around the corner, Ani has her hands full. Between meetings where she feels out of her depth and complicated preparations that have to be done precisely right, there’s a lot of pressure on her. And it only gets worse when she has to deal with another Blessed who wants to do anything other than listen to Ani’s instructions. Does she have what it takes to make the festival run smoothly? Feast of the Valley is book 19 in The Apprentice of Anubis, an urban fantasy series based on Egyptian mythology and featuring an established couple, a jackal familiar, and the duties of an embalmer. If you love Egyptian mythology, alternative versions of the modern day, temple politics, slow-burn workplace romance, and a world where the gods are real, then start the Apprentice Of Anubis series today with Apprentice Of The Dead.      Amazon     Apple Books      Kobo

OOPS, I SUMMONED A DEMONIC MERMAN (WITCHES LOVE MONSTERS) by Naomi Lucas

One moment I’m within my domain in the abyss, and the next…She’s in front of me with a steam cleaner in her hand. Her name is Grace… but I’m in no threat of falling, feeling hexed…With her, I’ve ascended, on land. Now she wants to get rid of me, saying I’m an accident. Unfortunately for her, I have no intention of leaving without a taste. I plan to stay until she’s flustered, wet, and bent out of shape. Then maybe I’ll give her a reprieve, after I’ve had my fill of the chase. -Sepher, Duke of Hell     AmazonKU

THE GIRL WHO BIT ME: SPICY SAPPHIC VAMPIRE ROMANCE by Valerie Hunter

Six hundred years of immortal friendship. One bite that changes everything. Ancient vampires Aster Castelmar and Sylvia Maroven have been inseparable for six centuries. They’ve survived inquisitions, wars, collapsing empires, the industrial revolution—but now they face their most challenging obstacle yet: New York City rental prices. With only a week left in their last apartment, the broke best friends hatch a bold get-rich scheme: enthrall a billionaire. With Sylvia’s charm, Aster’s raw strength, and a dash of vampiric hypnosis, the plan should be foolproof. Then Sylvia bites Aster. It’s meant to be a joke, a fleeting thrill between lifelong companions. But instead, the bite awakens an ancient bond reserved for soulmates, forcing them to face feelings they’ve spent centuries denying.   AmazonKU

BALLAD OF THE BONE ROAD by A C Wise

Port Astor is a city of ghosts. Once home to the beautiful, brutal courts of the fae, forty years ago they vanished without explanation – and Port Astor decided to forget. Brix and Bellefeather are paranormal investigators, working to keep Port Astor’s wraiths and spectres from consuming the city. Both have hauntings of their own: Belle shares her body with a demon, Belizial; Brix has trapped the soul of his dead fiancée in the world of the living, unwilling to let her go. While investigating the glamorous and notoriously haunted Peony Hotel, Brix and Belle come across a young couple tangled up in one of the city’s most infamous tales. Jimmy Valentine, silver screen idol and one-time favorite of a fae queen, has returned to haunt the Peony. But Jimmy is no mere ghost, and Brix and Belle soon realize his return is more intimately tied to their own hauntings than they could ever have imagined. The fae have not forgotten that Port Astor once belonged to them. And their Hollow Queen won’t give up her kingdom so easily.

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ENCHANTING THE FAE QUEEN (QUEENS OF VILLAINY BOOK TWO) by Stephanie Burgis

Queen Lorelei is a notorious fae seductress, with a trail of broken hearts in her wake. But behind her glamorous lifestyle and sparkling mask lurks a dangerously intelligent woman who’d do anything to keep her people safe, including kidnap the empire’s most famous hero. The virtuous high general Gerard de Moireul represents all that is moral and true. He has to, after his parents were executed for treason. The last thing he needs is the Queen of Balravia, who showers glitter and rainbow-colored sparkles everywhere she goes without the slightest regard for good taste, decorum, or royal dignity. They’re opposites in every way, but when they’re swept up together in a grand–and deadly–fae tournament, they discover all of each other’s most hidden truths–and how perfectly they might be suited for each other after all.

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BURDEN’S MOON: NEW PROTECTORATE STORIES:  2025 HOLIDAY SPECIAL by Abigail Kelly

On the darkest nights, true warmth can be found with those we love. Celebrate the New Protectorate Universe’s most special time of year with thirty short stories! Some feature characters we already love, while others introduce us to new people and places. From harpies ready to leave the nest to snowball-throwing shifters and orcish royalty, join the citizens of the NPU for celebrations, quiet nights, a battlefield romance, family drama, and some really good food. This collection features some spoilers for several books in the series and is best enjoyed as a companion piece to the main stories.   AmazonKU

THE CRIMSON CODEX (THE MAGE AND HIS BRUTE BOOK THREE) by Ava Marie Salinger

VS note: MM PNR.

Some secrets are buried for a reason. But what happens when someone is willing to kill to unearth them? Duke Evander Ravenwood is barely back on his feet after the catastrophe at the Royal Institute when he is dragged before Parliament to answer for the chaos that followed. But political scheming is the least of his concerns. The elusive mastermind he and Viggo Stonewall have hunted for months continues to tighten his grip across Europe—and their new mission to track down the legendary Crimson Codex is about to thrust them straight into his path. From the gilded salons of Paris to the shadowed archives of Prague, from the opera houses of Vienna to the royal courts of Brussels, Evander, Viggo, and their loyal team must navigate a deadly web of conspiracy, royal intrigue, and dark mages who will stop at nothing to claim the Codex’s power.     AmazonKU

LOVE (LITERALLY) BITES (CHAOTIC PARANORMALS BOOK ONE) by Corina Bair

Nothing sucks more than being assigned to work with a (probably) murderous vampire in this new paranormal romantic comedy. Raya Merritt has no control over her chaotic shifting. Rabbit ears? Check. Mouse whiskers? Yep. Cheetah spots? Sure, why not? After a year of randomly transforming body parts–and with another full moon approaching–Raya is quickly losing hope of figuring out how to prevent these unwelcome changes, let alone live in harmony with her inner animal. Asher Sullivan is perfectly content on his own. He has a semi-friendly cat, a blood bank down the street, and a steady income. His life is boring and predictable, just the way he designed it. Until a relentlessly optimistic shifter shows up one day and upends it all. She invades his work space, transfixes his thoughts, and blinds him with cheerful smiles. When they’re forced to share a room on a work trip, Raya and Asher are thrown into each other’s orbit in a way that can’t be undone. Asher’s fangs ache to taste her, and Raya’s inner shifter responds differently to him than anyone else. It may be easy to ignore the dangers of their budding relationship while on a trip, but reality comes crashing back in when they return home to Portland, Oregon. Little do they know that their lives are on the line, and they’ll need each other to make it through.     AmazonKU

HER EVERY WISH (DARK FAIRYTALES BOOK TWO) by Ami Wright

A deliciously dark and spicy why-choose Aladdin re-telling – Princess Yalina was born to rule, but to claim her throne, she must marry to cement her kingdom’s standing with its powerful neighbours. Caught between duty and her desire for freedom, she escapes the palace for one forbidden night of passion, only to awaken something inside herself she can’t deny. Now she must somehow choose between the three who would claim her—or be claimed by her: Kaelun, the darkling street thief, one with the shadows, always one jump away from disaster. Charming and reckless, he’ll do anything she commands, but does that include sharing? Jah’ruud, the ancient wish spirit bound to Kaelun, but longing for freedom. Clever, seductive, all that leashed power ready to break free. Prince Arelion, the possessive dragon shifter who scents Yalina and knows she belongs to him. He will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Can Yalina tame her monsters before they destroy each other and her kingdom? And why should she choose just one when her heart calls her to claim all three?     AmazonKU

MOONSTONE by Linda Thomas-Sundstrom

Magic and Moonlight in the Superstition Mountains…There is magic in the Moonstone necklace Jenny wears… if she will only believe it. It will take a gorgeous man who is also a werewolf to point this out and make Jenny believe in Miracles.

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BEWARE THE NECKROMANCER (IMPERFECT SHIFTERS BOOK ONE) by Lilo Quie

VS Note: MM PNR.

Life as a half giraffe mage, a hybrid on the fringes of society, has its positives and drawbacks. Greginald lives a simple life with his apothecary shop selling the odd herbal tea and spell for enhancements for certain kinds of men. Together with his whispering books and poltergeist that haunts the kitchen, he lives a fancifully dull life—until Esmeray comes along. Esmeray is working his way up from the bottom in his father’s law firm to prove himself worthy of the Faust name. The only problem is a certain mage who has earned the ire of the church and society at large. Well, that and his sentient demon shadow. Defending the mage means defending his life as well. They’ll do anything to ruin Greginald.      AmazonKU

SHE DOESN’T MIND: A FEMALE MONSTER SHORT by Elliot Ason

He came to the woods to find a cure. He found his fate instead. 
Alder has one mission: find the rare sparkweed to save his dying grandmother. He knows the local legends—that the forest is haunted, that it hungers, that people who go in rarely come out. But desperation makes men brave, and Alder steps into the trees believing he is the hunter. He’s wrong. With every step, the air grows heavier. His legs turn to lead. His thoughts begin to dissolve into a sweet, terrifying fog. And the predator waiting in the shadows isn’t a beast. It’s Eden. She is the guardian of these woods, and her methods are… unconventional. She’s watched Alder from the start, admiring his determination, waiting for the poison to take hold. Eden doesn’t mind that he’s struggling. She doesn’t mind that he’s scared. In fact, she prefers it. Because once the fog clears, he’ll belong to her. She Doesn’t Mind is a darker monster romance short story (approx. 5k words). It features a dominant female monster who isn’t afraid to take exactly what she wants—and neither is he.      AmazonKU

VALENTINE’S ANOTHER VAMPIRE by Heather Graham

Valentine’s Day is coming up! Adam Harrison has made arrangements for Jackson and Angela Hawkins Crow to head to New Orleans for the holiday, a bit of a romantic getaway for a couple usually working all kinds of crazy hours. And, in New Orleans, it’s also Mardi Gras Season. What fun . . .Except, of course . . .That means that they happen to be there when a Valentine’s vampire strikes. Argh! Another would-be vampire! But they know the city well, and naturally, yes, they’ll be working with the police, trying first to determine how a young lady who survived an attack can believe that she’s become a vampire herself, and then . . .Well, a savior is on the move. One ready to give her own life. And even in death . . .Lend a hand when needed, with a spirit as pure and sweet as ever that of a long-ago St. Valentine!     AmazonKU

THE WITCHING HOURS (THE CROWS) by Heather Graham

Skye McMahon sees things. Good and bad, the past unreels in her mind’s eye like a movie. Such is Skye’s uncanny life. That’s why she’s been summoned by Special Supervisory paranormal investigators Jackson and Angela Crowe, to help solve a mystifying murder and kidnapping on the outskirts of historic Salem. Alicia Bolton discovered her grandfather-in-law murdered, her nanny and her young son have both vanished without a trace, and her infant daughter was found terrified and crying in her playpen. Skye, partnered with the intriguing Zachary Erickson, a charmer with a psychic touch, is at first beset only by visions of Salem’s witch trials and the tragic, paranoia-fueled executions. Then she sets foot in the Boltons’ house. What Skye sees is not another innocent from the 17th century swinging from a noose. What she sees is a bona fide crone, pointed hat and all, preying on the family like something from a children’s nightmarish fairy tale. And when another local woman and her daughter inexplicably vanish, Skye has a second vision—that same wicked witch creeping up on her new victims on a lonely Salem road. It’s impossible to believe. Yet Skye’s visions never lie. As Skye and Zachary put their otherworldly abilities to use, and grow closer with each revelation, they’re lured into an ominous mystery enveloping Salem like a fog. Navigating suspects, whispers of a cult, and a sinister history that threatens to reignite in the present, with Zachary’s help, only Skye can see the way to find the missing—but first, she may have to dance with the devil himself.     Amazon     AB

STRAY MAGIC (GUARDIANS OF BOSTON BOOK TWO) by Zile Elliven

VS Note: MM PNR.

Clayton: The utterly unremarkable and forgettable assistant for the Boston chapter house is having the best/worst day ever, and it just keeps going! He’s either getting a monster boyfriend or getting eaten by one, and neither of them is sure which one they want more. Throw in some missing kids, a mysterious, sentient tree, and a boat that refuses to sink, and Clayton has what he’d call a regular Tuesday. Mal: The monster inside him just wants to eat people in peace and not get sucked into some bullshit wannabe guardian drama getting between him and a proper meal. Unfortunately for him, not only is Clayton’s misfiring magic constantly dragging Mal into his world, but the little asshole has the audacity to be attractive while doing it. Also, why do kids keep following him around like ducklings? A monster has his dignity, okay? This book can be read independently from any other book in the series because the author is a psychopath with no ability to follow traditional series rules. Perhaps one day they will, but so far, not so much.       AmazonKU

SILVER AND BLOOD by Jessie Mihalik

There’s something in the woods…When a vicious beast begins attacking her fellow villagers, Riela reluctantly agrees to enter the forbidden forest and kill the monster as she’s the only mage available—or so she thought. Untrained and barely armed, Riela is quickly overwhelmed when one beast turns into two. She fears her death is at hand until the unexpected arrival of a scarred, strikingly handsome man with gleaming moonlit magic changes her fate—and provides a rare opportunity to learn more about her own fickle power. After being rescued and healed from the beast’s poison, Riela awakens in a magical castle complete with a gorgeous library, a strange wolf, and the surly man who saved her life. She soon learns Garrick is both more powerful and far deadlier than a mere mortal mage—but thanks to a century-long curse, his powers are weakening. Trapped in his castle and surrounded by the treacherous woods, the spark of attraction between Riela and Garrick slowly ignites into fiery desire. But the more they discover about Riela’s magic, the more suspicious Garrick grows of her identity. As they unravel the secrets and lies connecting Riela’s past to Garrick’s, the tenuous threads of trust between them start to fray. Because Riela’s life—or her death—might be the key to regaining everything Garrick has lost.      Amazon     AB       Apple Books      Kobo

TO RIDE A RISING STORM: THE SECOND BOOK OF NAMPESHIWEISIT by Moniquill Blackgoose

Anequs has not only survived her first year at Kuiper’s Academy but exceeded her professors’ admittedly low expectations—and passed all her courses with honors. Now she and her dragon, Kasaqua, are headed home for the summer, along with Theod, the only other native student at the Academy. But what should have been a relaxing break takes a darker turn. Thanks to Anequs’s notoriety, there is an Anglish presence on Masquapaug for the first time ever: a presence that Anequs hates. Anequs will always fight for what she believes in, however, and what she believes in is her people’s right to self-govern and live as they have for generations, without the restrictive yoke of Anglish rules and social customs. And fight she will—even if it means lighting a spark that may flare into civil war.       Amazon     AB     Apple Books      Kobo

WE WHO HAVE NO GODS by Liza Anderson

Vic Wood has her priorities: scrape by on her restaurant wages, take care of her younger brother Henry, and forget their mother ever existed. But Vic’s careful life crumbles when she discovers that their long-missing mother belonged to the Acheron Order—a secret society of witches tasked with keeping the dead at bay. What’s worse, Henry inherited their mother’s magical abilities while Vic did not, and he has been chosen as the Order’s newest recruit. Determined to keep him safe, Vic accompanies Henry to the isolated woods in upstate New York that host the sprawling and eerie Avalon Castle. When she joins the academy despite lacking powers of her own, she risks not only the Order’s wrath, but also her brother’s. And then there is the imposing, ruthless, and frustrating Xan, the head Sentinel in charge of protecting Avalon. He makes no secret of wanting Vic to leave. As she makes both enemies and allies in this mysterious realm, Vic becomes caught between the dark forces at play, with her mother at the heart of it all. What’s stranger is that Vic is beginning to be affected by the academy—and Xan—in ways she can’t quite understand. But with war between witches threatening the fabric of reality, Vic must decide whether to risk her heart and life for a world where power is everything.

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SHATTERED THRONES: AN EPIC SAPPHIC FANTASY (ARCADIAN SKIES BOOK TWO) by Annathesa Nikola Darksbane

Jonelise fell to her death. Her revolution might follow. In her absence, her lovers struggle to hold the line. Adrienne, with borrowed faith and stubborn courage. Esmeralda, with violence and reckless abandon. Samantha, with convoluted schemes and a willingness to execute anyone in her way. But hope burns low as the world Jone fought to save tears itself apart. Meanwhile, Jonelise wanders an endless Abyss where the only way out is to confront herself, her mistakes, and the enigmatic spirit that shares her mind and soul. A spirit that may not be content to share them much longer. To fight her way back to the women she loves, Jone must survive capture, betrayal, and impossible opposition. She must decide how far she’ll go, how much she’ll sacrifice, how many lines she’ll cross to keep her rebellion and her lovers together, even as old wounds threaten to tear them apart. Because to save her home and those she loves, she’ll have to kill a woman who cannot die, and slay a Dragon…twice. Revolution is bloody. Survival is brutal. Final battles. Impossible choices. Found family tested by dragonfire. And a polyamorous love that refuses to break—even after death.     AmazonKU

AN EXCHANGE OF HEARTS by K L Noone

All Princess Celia has ever wanted is to be left alone. She’s built her own enchanted tower out of glass and thorns, where she can keep the world outside while exploring her magical gifts, far away from royal expectations and an arranged marriage. But she’s woven her protections too well — and even though she’s finding her tower lonely after so long, she can’t undo her spell alone. Stefan only agreed to accompany his brother in order to provide magical help. After all, rescuing the princess of the glass castle is supposed to be Crown Prince Garald’s quest, not his magician’s. But the quest has already claimed lives, and Stef can’t let his brother face the peril alone. Besides, he likes a challenge. Unlocking the spell will require Stef and Celia to use all their power and find the key in an exchange of hearts.       Amazon

TALK ORCY TO ME by Zora Black

I came on this dating show to save my bakery. Now I’m trying not to climb an orc like a jungle gym on national television. The producers said fall in love. They didn’t say anything about him being seven feet of tusked, growly, bakery-fixing chaos with a warlord stare and a cinnamon roll addiction. Korgan is not boyfriend material. He’s more like… final boss meets small-town disaster husband. He fixed my oven, lifted me onto a counter without asking, and growled at the health inspector. Now the network wants us to fake a love story. Too late. I’m already writing our vows in buttercream. But when they turn the cameras against me, when the trolls come for my shop, my sanity, and my orc? He burns the whole script. He showed up with tusks, trauma, and a mixer attachment. Now he’s my favorite kitchen appliance.     AmazonKU

A DEMIGODDESS’S GUIDE TO LOVE by Jennifer Peel

She wrote the rules of love. He’s about to make her break every one. Demi Blake never asked to be the daughter of Eros, god of love. She’d rather hide behind her black muumuu and bureaucratic rulebook than embrace her divine destiny. As director of the Bureau of Affectional Affairs, she’s made it her mission to regulate mortal relationships with ruthless precision—and with zero tolerance for cinematic romance tropes. But her father and great‑grandfather, Zeus, think it’s high time she fell in love herself—and used her divine gifts for good. Their solution? A quest. Demi must join the cast of Love Unscripted. The dating show—hosted by Roman Archer, son of Cupid, single dad, and walking violation of everything she stands for—is a glittery nightmare of grand gestures, slow‑motion kisses, and love at first sight. And now she’s contractually obligated to be its reluctant star. To make matters worse, she and Roman share a complicated past. They loathe each other—or at least they pretend to. Because deep down, Demi knows the truth her goddess side whispered to her years ago: Roman isn’t just her rival. He’s her soulmate. Her fated match. As the cameras roll and the gods meddle from above, Demi begins to realize the biggest threat isn’t public humiliation—it’s the possibility that Roman might actually be worth falling for. Will Roman recognize that he’s held the key to Demi’s heart all along, or will fate’s cruel timing tear them apart once more?     AmazonKU

FROST AND IRON (THE ASHLAND CHRONICLES BOOK ONE) by Edale Lane

VS Note: FF FAntasy.

A hunter from the marsh. A queen forged by duty. A bond neither expected. Lark Sutter has never feared the wilds of Saltmarsh Reach. Raised by her iron-willed grandmother and tempered by wild weather, loss, and hard survival, she’s become a hunter and fighter who protects her own. But when a raider attack leaves her friend on the brink of death, Lark is driven to the last place she ever thought she’d go: Verdancia’s gleaming capital, demanding aid from a queen she has no reason to trust. Queen Azaleen Frost is no stranger to sacrifice. Crowned young, she rules Verdancia with a steady hand and a heart kept tightly guarded. Duty rises above all—until Lark storms into her hall, mud on her boots, fire in her eyes, and desperation in her voice—shaking Azaleen’s resolve in ways she cannot ignore. As Verdancia edges toward open conflict, fate binds Lark and Azaleen in an uneasy alliance. Threatened by war hawks, cultists, looming shortages, and scheming politicians, the two women must stand together if they hope to save their people and fortify the kingdom for what lies ahead.   AmazonKU

ARACHNID HOLIDAY (BETAS IN WAITING BOOK 33) by Viola Grace

Rache is having a fun night out at a dance club when she meets a man with dark eyes and smooth moves… and then she meets her ex-friend. Being friend-zoned that hard leaves a big mark, but she can still dance. The next day, she gets a call from her friend Eden, and Eden has a plan. She is going to deliver the surrogate child that she is carrying and make sure that it’s legally with its parents, so her brother can’t sell it to the highest bidder. It isn’t the first child that he has done it to. The moment she is able, Eden and Rache are on the way to the islands, meeting a new friend on the way, who is stuck in her elf form. Moira is a designer who was born on Emerald but is heading to Wonder. She needs a place where being hard to miss doesn’t matter, and as she can’t look human again, she wants a place where strutting her stuff won’t gain attention. Together, they head for the islands, one for refuge, one for a new start, and one who just wants a vacation.

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WICKED WITH WANDS by Kim Richardson

I freed my ninja-butler. In my defense, he deserved it. Unfortunately, freedom comes with side effects. After surviving a reality-eating parasite, saving my husband, and keeping my family alive through yet another magical catastrophe, I thought things might finally calm down. They did not. Big surprise. The town wards are acting weird. Davenport House feels… twitchy. And something deep in my family’s magical foundation has started noticing that I changed the rules. Turns out House was never just a butler. He was part of a very old, very serious system designed to keep something quiet. And now it isn’t. With Hollow Cove still recovering, magic behaving badly, and my son sensing things I’d rather not explain at bedtime, I’m stuck cleaning up a mess I didn’t even know existed. One buried beneath centuries of Davenport magic. Saving the world once was exhausting. Saving it again, when the problem lives under your own house and has a long memory, might actually kill me.         AmazonKU

THE HAUNTING OF ORPHAN MANSION by Skylar Finn

Emily thought inheriting her great aunt’s house would solve her money problems. Instead, it reveals the truth about her disappearance. She was murdered, and the killer was never caught. Now the house is haunted by ghosts who know what happened, and they are running out of time. To survive, Emily and her husband must uncover the truth before the killer silences them for good.   AmazonKU

CALMING A GORGON (CRYPTID ENFORCEMENT BUREAU BOOK TWO) by Shelby Rhodes

VS Note: MMM MPREG PNR. Cliffhanger.

Ender Imorus here, to share a startling development in my very dead love life. My portion of this backwards story begins when I feel an odd urge. I thought about ignoring it, but what those blasted Fates want, they usually get, so why bother? Don’t suppose I could’ve guessed it would lead me right to Cyrus Grimm and Killian Neftlem, two people I should stay far away from. Mainly as I’d prefer to remain free and at large, instead of charged and imprisoned. But meet, we did, and some dramatic things happened, which ended with those two wonderful, authoritative, law-abiding cryptids donating into the bank of Ender. After which…tada, pregnant! An accident, yes, but it’s also my chance at a family again. And it is my chance, as they are mine! That Fate and Siren are acting like they want more, but I can see through it! Call me paranoid, but no one is taking my babies from me. I won’t let it happen, and I know they will try! Does part of me want to drop my paranoia and let them in? Not really. I’m quite happy with my paranoia. I let it flourish, and it keeps me safe! But—and it’s a very small but—there’s a possibility that the two ain’t faking, and are my chance to start over. The question is, do I want it? Nah—paranoia all the way! Okay…an itty-bitty part of my elderly butt wants all they’re offering, but what are the chances those two are being serious?!      AmazonKU

WICKED IS MY CURSE: WICKED FAE REALMS BOOK FIVE by L A McGinnis

Three sworn enemies. One hundred years of betrayal. A prophecy inked in blood. Assassin. Executioner. Traitor. Lyrae Antares has worn many masks to keep herself alive. Under Queen Anaria, she finally found her place—as Dreadwatch General and the queen’s most trusted blade—until the Royal Seer foresees a threat rising from the Shadowlands, where an ancient prince rules from a fortress of mist and bone. They call him the Dark Prince of the Shadowlands. And no one leaves his realm alive. No one…except Ryland Storme—the mercurial career criminal who broke Lyrae’s heart and left a scar that never healed. To cross the Shadowlands, Lyrae must join forces with Ryland and Varian Kronos, the bounty hunter whose treachery sentenced Lyrae’s only sister to the executioner’s blade. Sent to collect three dangerous Fae relics, forced to collaborate with the two men who betrayed her, Lyra discovers the prince isn’t the deadliest threat they face. And falling for her nemesis definitely wasn’t part of the plan.     AmazonKU

THE UNKNOWN DAEMON (OMNIS BOOK TWO) by M M Parks

A new path…After Ena’s bold decision to join Ty in the Underworld, she must navigate her status as the only witch in a society of daemons. Charged with posing as his witch-slave for her own safety, she learns to embrace her dark side, all while grappling with the guilt of her decision to leave her sister and Coven behind. A growing love…After waiting for nine years, Ty finally has what he’s always wanted—Ena. As their trust and bond grows, Ty must grapple with his many conflicting responsibilities to his people, to Ena, and to himself. Can he have everything he wants or is hope for the future only a delusion? An unknown future…As Ena and Ty work together with daemon and witch allies alike, they must find a way to break the bond to Iblis, setting right that which the witches broke centuries ago. But as they uncover more about the amulet, the ritual, and the very Gods they worship, they find that everything is not as simple as it once seemed. Together, can they forge a new future, for their peoples and themselves, or will their differences forever keep them apart? The Unknown Daemon is the second book in the Omnis series, a spicy dark romantasy series based on Greek mythology with forbidden romance and unique magical cultures.      AmazonKU

KNIGHT’S FIRE (KNIGHTS OF ENAR BOOK THREE) by Juliette Caruso

She’s the hostage of an enemy knight… yet she’s safer than she’s ever been. Lady Ayla of Blackfell has spent the last three years living in fear of her cruel husband, surviving through quiet, daring acts of resistance. But when a traitorous knight conquers the castle, Ayla finds herself the personal hostage of a warrior far deadlier than the one she married. Niel doesn’t care whether his father’s rebellion succeeds, but he’ll gladly use the war to exact his own revenge against the nobility. There’s just one problem: right as he’s about to ransom the castle’s lady back to her lord, he sees the bruises covering her arm. Now he refuses to let her go. With the Queen’s army surrounding castle Blackfell, they’re trapped together for a long, cold, winter siege. Ayla doesn’t want to return to her old life. But if Niel wins, his father’s armies will destroy her country, and if he loses, he’ll be put to the sword. If she can’t forge a path to peace between Niel and the crown, she’ll have to choose between her homeland and the knight who, despite his treachery, has begun to claim her heart.       AmazonKU

CORBIN (DRAGON GUARDIANS BOOK THREE) by Minerva Howe

VS Note: MM PNR.

Dragon fae shifter Corbin has been watching over the fae man he rescued from vampires for months. He’s had to fight to keep Evander safe, to let him sleep and heal and not be carted off to the land of summer to be healed, or worse, executed. He knows Evander will wake soon, and when he does, he will be the mate Corbin has been waiting for. Evander wakes, relieved to find the vampire attack didn’t change him from the hunt lord that he knows himself to be. And he immediately knows Corbin is meant for him. But there’s danger in the land of summer, and in the human world, that the guardian house will have to face. And when his mate Corbin gets pregnant, Evander is determined to protect Corbin and his brothers at any cost. Can he and Corbin eliminate the vampire threat and still have a future together? Corbin is a dragon fae mpreg romance with vampire fighting, lots of kid time, and family drama with hunt lord, dragons, and one pissed off fae queen mother.       AmazonKU

THE WOLF AND THE CROWN OF BLOOD by Elizabeth May

A princess and a war-weary god met in the ashes of a broken city, forging a pact in blood and sacrifice. Now, centuries of fragile peace are on the brink of collapse…Bryony Devaliant was born to die — again and again. In Vartena, royal blood is the currency of peace, with every monarch sacrificed and resurrected to appease the gods. But when rebellion stirs, the god-king sends his deadliest weapon to restore order: an immortal assassin known only as the Wolf. Evander has perfected the art of killing over centuries — until his latest target becomes the one person he cannot destroy. When forbidden desire burns between the assassin and the sacrificial princess, their connection threatens the fragile boundary between gods and mortals. And when that boundary shatters, empires crumble. Because when gods fall in love with mortals, mortals are always the ones to break. Inspired by Beauty and the Beast and Eros and Psyche…        Amazon     AB     Apple Books      Kobo

KING OF RAVENS (UPON A BROKEN THRONE) by Clare Sager

He’ll do anything to keep her. She’d do anything to escape. Rhiannon is dying—of what, she doesn’t know. Kept protected by her family in their remote seaside cottage, she spends her days searching for a cure. Her world is torn apart, however, when a fae King of the Dead invades her home. Cold and cruel, Drystan offers her a choice: descend to the underworld as his bride or watch her family die. Trapped in a twisted bargain, Rhiannon is thrust into a world of withered gods, scheming courtiers, and ancient magic, but she refuses to be a pawn in a game she never agreed to play. She attempts over and over to run away, until Drystan offers her a new bargain: escape his deadly labyrinth, and he will set her free. Fail, and become his bride. But in a court where every promise has teeth, Annon must make an impossible choice: return to the home she’s always loved or claim her place in a world where she might finally belong.       AmazonKU

BOUND IN BLOOD by Jesi Donovan

I was never supposed to matter. Just another null-blood foster kid waiting to disappear. Then the Ashworth Academy came for me. Dragged through a portal and locked inside a school that trains monsters, I’m told I’m not powerless, I’m necessary. Four dangerously unstable students need an anchor. A stabilizer. Someone to bind them before they lose control. Caine is a vampire who feeds on fear. Ronan hides his cruelty behind charm. Dagon is fire barely contained in human skin. Bastian wields shadows and secrets. They don’t want me. They don’t trust me. But the bond doesn’t care what any of us want. If I fail, they burn the world down. If I succeed, I lose myself to four monsters who were never meant to love. And if I try to run? Ashworth always collects its debts. Bound by blood. Trapped by magic. Claimed by ruin.       AmazonKU       AB

STITCHED IN FATE: PITTSBURGH VAMPIRE VOL 30 by B A Stretke

VS Note: MM PNR.

He was a man living on the edge of exhaustion. Now, he’s a man living on the edge of a supernatural world he never knew existed. Myles Fisher is drowning. Between his work schedule and parents who treat him like a personal ATM, he’s one bill away from breaking. He’s spent his life playing it safe, but safety hasn’t kept the bruises away. Then Flint Marsh walks into his shop. Flint is everything; powerful, sophisticated, and dangerous. As a high-level security professional for the mysterious Hadden Corporation, Flint moves in circles Myles can only dream of. But from the moment their eyes meet, Flint doesn’t just see a shop clerk—he sees his beloved, the one soul he has waited lifetimes to claim. For Myles, a coffee date with Flint feels too good to be true. For Flint, it’s a race against time. In a city where shifters wage a hidden war, Myles has unknowingly become a pawn in a deadly game of blackmail. When shadows come to snatch Myles from the light, Flint must unleash his darkest instincts to save him. In a world of ancient bloodlines and fated bonds, can a human tailor find his perfect fit with a vampire protector? Or will the threads of their new life be cut before they can even begin? New beginnings. Fresh starts. And a love that defies the laws of nature.      Amazon

SWIPE RIGHT ON FATE by Roxie Ray

He’s a vampire who never fit in. She’s a werewolf with no wolf. He’s lonely. She’s done settling. And for once, a human dating app feels like a level playing field. Then ByChance throws them together as a “PERFECT match”… and fate immediately starts getting in the way. But when their first date goes sideways and his “normal guy” act melts away, they’re forced to face the truth: love doesn’t care if you fit in. It cares if you’ve finally found someone who sees you.      AmazonKU

FORGET ME by T  S Joyce

Lance Denison is doing everything in his power to ignore Valentine’s Day. He hates the holiday and is ready for February 14th to be over. When his best friend offers him an all inclusive three-night stay at his inn to celebrate UnValentine’s Day, Lance has to admit, he’s curious. The week has a few rules: no romance, no flowers, no chocolates, and no mush whatsoever. Sounds like a good week to him. When a bite-sized woman runs into him at check-in, Lance doesn’t know what to do with the little tornado. He can’t tell if she’s rude or funny, but he does know one thing—he wants to find out more about her. Birdie Grenadine has eyes that glow like a shifter’s, but she’s being secretive about her shifter animal for reasons that don’t make any sense to him. Usually, Valentine’s Day week is his least favorite of the year, but this year is different. This year…he has found a beautiful distraction. Birdie Grenadine has reserved a cabin at the Woodpecker Inn for one reason, and one reason alone—to meet another rare shifter named Ava. When she asks a handsome stranger for directions, he grates on her nerves immediately. Humans are a lot, and this one keeps pestering her. The more she gets to know him though, the more she wants to spend time with him. Humans and shifters aren’t supposed to mix, but what harm could a little vacation fling do? In three tiny days, she will head back to her real life, but for this short snowy UnValentine’s Day vacation? Maybe she could have a little fun. Too bad her animal is misbehaving, and now everyone gets to have some of the most unforgettable moments of their lives as they realize what she really is.      AmazonKU       AB

DO YOU EVEN SHIFT, BRO? by River Ramsey

Breaking my bond with Kyle’s coven should be easy, right? Except the ritual requires dragon’s blood (supposedly extinct), a mysterious professor who makes my wolves want to commit murder, and me trusting four alpha wolf himbos enough to let them mark me permanently. No pressure. Killian, Sean, Micah, and Rowan are everything Kyle wasn’t. Protective without being controlling, generous without keeping score, and convinced my scars make me more beautiful, not less. They’re also chaotic disasters who’ve been banned from half the buildings on campus and think “lasers, nukes, and chainsaws” is a reasonable decision-making system. But the coven isn’t done with me. The threatening texts keep coming. And when I finally let the pack bond snap into place, something else wakes up.      AmazonKU

TROPES AND TENDERNESS (BLUE RIDGE CHARM BOOK TWO) by M A Innes

VS Note: MM PNR.

Klynn – Humans. Klynn knows that humans come in a variety of shapes, colors, and personalities. What he isn’t expecting is to find a human mate. A stern mate who glares and doesn’t talk about diner nonsense or mate business in public. He’s perfect. The only problem? How to tell the human that he’s Klynn’s mate. Agent Murphy – Aliens. Agent Murphy knows aliens—dragons especially—come in all shapes, colors, and personalities. What he isn’t expecting is to find one rational, perfect man in a sea of ridiculousness and inappropriate questions. Klynn is private, serious, and not into talking about diner nonsense. The only problem? How to figure out what kind of diner nonsense his boy is actually into. When a passionate reader finds the main character of his dreams, two unconventional men will write a story that bridges the stars.     AmazonKU

HER BEARY FRESH START by Theodora Taylor

Vacant Little Thing. That’s what I became to survive my abusive marriage. Empty. Compliant. Subservient. I escaped once. Sent my ex to prison, got the divorce, rebuilt my life, and my relationship with my daughters. Then he got out of prison and found me. I took him back. Happily. At least, that’s what I told my daughters. They think I’ve lost my mind, choosing to return to a toxic relationship. They don’t know I’m trapped again, protecting them the only way I know how. By staying silent. By disappearing into myself. By abandoning all hope of ever escaping again. Until him. Actually… until them: a grumpy smokejumper with burning blue eyes that see through every convenient lie I tell, a retired Mountie who quietly gets to fixing anything that’s broken—even if it’s me, and an erudite teacher who makes me remember all the things I wanted for myself before my ex came along. I’m fifty-six years old, but maybe it’s not too late for a Beary Fresh Start after all.      AmazonKU

LEARNING TO LOVE…BOOK ONE SHADE by M L Knight

Shade Mallory has spent her life cast aside, cursed, and treated as nothing more than a servant in her own pack. Hope feels like a cruel joke—until Alpha Caelan Kendrick opens his Choosing Ceremony to outsiders. Pressured to find a mate, he’s resigned to duty over destiny. But when Shade steps into his world, fate refuses to be ignored. Sparks fly, secrets stir, and a bond neither expected begins to form. Yet, with shadows of the past looming and enemies watching, one question remains—will their connection be their salvation or their downfall?      Amazon

THE BILLIONAIRE AND THE GIRL IN THE SHADOWS (HEART AND SOUL SERIES BOOK THREE) by S E Smith

The promise. Greek billionaire Nikos Aeto always keeps his word—even when it costs him. This time his promise to repay a debt has landed him on a blind date that spirals out of control and leaves him questioning his sanity. The touch. Kiki Reese has spent her adult life avoiding people. Born with unique ‘gifts’ that bring nothing but heartache and trouble, she’s learned the hard way it’s safer to stay in the shadows. When her soft-hearted neighbors blackmail her into a blind date, she knows instantly that trouble has found her again.The past. Kiki’s warnings about the deadly threat stalking Nikos sound impossible—until her visions start coming true. Now, hunted by shadows from both their pasts, Nikos must decide if he can trust the woman who sees too much… or risk losing the only woman who has ever truly captivated him. Step into the shadows and discover a romance where danger and desire collide.       AmazonKU

UNWANTED (DEVILISH BOOK FIVE) by Charity Parkerson

VS Note: MM PNR.

Two entities have Fen on their radar. He only knows about one. That’s a blindness that might get him killed. After Fen’s abduction, Celeste wiped his memory. He has no idea what happened to him after Jörmungandr snatched him in the middle of his shift, guarding the town’s healer. But a beautiful voice keeps caressing his mind, demanding Fen do things he doesn’t even understand. All he knows is the flawless wolf he can’t shake makes the voice go away. Fen has his sights on a gorgeous unmated wolf, Kyrie. He has no clue if he can win Kyrie or if he should bother while his head is such a mess. It’s possible his time as a prisoner broke his mind. He has a bad feeling the hallucinations are real. Fen has an even worse suspicion that truth might break him.Kyrie has… secrets, to say the least. He also has a problem with occasionally dropping dead. He’s working on both. The last thing he needs is a sexy Scottish vamp in his life. That doesn’t mean he doesn’t want him. Kyrie simply needs a miracle if he hopes to keep him. Surely, that’s not too much to ask, especially when he has an open line straight to the Gods. Well, one God, and it’s destroying his life.Unwanted is the fifth book in Charity Parkerson’s Devilish series where vampires, Weres, demons, gods, and all manner of the supernatural live together beneath the noses of humankind.       AmazonKU

DRAGON’S BLOOD (POPPY’S POTIONS) (HAVEN HOLLOW BOOK 45) by H P Mallory

Poppy has always known she was different. Being a gypsy witch with a talent for alchemy is one thing. Having an actual goddess whispering in your mind is another entirely. When a freak accident reveals the power coursing through her veins, power that can heal, transmute, and even command, Poppy is thrown headfirst into a world of volatile magic and supernatural politics. Suddenly, she is no longer just the town’s eccentric gypsy. She is a favored daughter of the goddess, expected to protect life itself, even when it tries to bite her. With a son to raise, a store to run, and her own budding relationship with her soulmate, Poppy doesn’t exactly have space on her calendar for magical disasters. But when a strange and terrifying creature is unleashed, Haven Hollow erupts into chaos, and Poppy is the only one with the power to stop it. Now she must master abilities she barely understands, navigate witches’ coven drama, outwit supernatural enemies, and figure out why the goddess chose her in the first place, before something ancient and hungry tears apart everything she loves. Welcome to Haven Hollow, where the monsters are real, the magic is unpredictable, and the alchemist next door might be the only one who can save you.     AmazonKU

ALPHA’S RUIN: KNOT THEIR MATE (HAVENWOOD WEREWOLVES BOOK ONE) by Ravenna Cross

I’ve been running for five years. From packs. From the Wolf Council. From the truth of what I am. I’m a Luna—goddess-marked, forbidden, nearly extinct. We’re hunted because our power can bring alphas to their knees. I hid my wolf to survive. My parents died for it. When an alpha tried to force a mating bond as my only way to “serve” the pack, the power I’d buried erupted. I didn’t mean to kill him. But now every pack in North America wants me dead—or collared. Three months on the road brings me to Havenwood. One last stop before freedom. That’s when Silas Veylor finds me. Rogue alpha. Leader of the Nocturne Pack. His wolf is fractured—split from the twin brother he was never meant to survive without. He scents the mate bond before I can run.Then my first heat ignites. I bolt into the woods—straight into Malachi Veylor, alpha heir of the rival Blackthorne Pack. Controlled. Lethal. The bite he gives me doesn’t just claim me. It breaks everything. One bond. Two rival brothers. A single wolf split between them—never meant to coexist. The Wolf Council is closing in. Luca Holt—the beta who’s protected me since childhood—is demanding answers I’m terrified to give. I thought survival meant running. Now I’m learning it means choosing who I’m willing to burn the world for.        AmazonKU

DUKE IMMORTAL: GOTHIC REGENCY VAMPIRE ROMANCE  (MIDNIGHT BRIDES) by Claire Karloff

Leonard Greystone, Duke of Harwood, has spent decades avoiding the living—and for good reason. Cursed with immortality and bound by honor, he survives by strict restraint, hiding his nature behind shuttered doors and unyielding control. Desire is a danger he cannot afford. Miss Eliza Radcliffe has never had the luxury of fear. When her family faces ruin, she accepts an extraordinary offer: marriage to the reclusive duke of a notorious estate. Harwood Hall whispers of shadows and secrets, but Eliza is determined to secure her family’s future—no matter the cost to her own heart. What begins as wary conversation becomes a dangerous intimacy neither expected. Eliza’s presence tests Leonard’s discipline, awakening a yearning he has long denied—not for blood, but for companionship, faith, and a future he believed forever lost. Yet the closer they grow, the more perilous the truth becomes. Because loving a monster is easy. Surviving his secrets is not.       AmazonKU

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NOTE: I’m doing my best to avoid listing anything generated from use of AI but it’s sometimes tricky to detect from the resources I have available. As far as covers go, I list the Amazon cover whether it’s AI or not. 

I do NOT cover every single new release in SFR/FantasyR/PNR. I never have. That would be an impossible task for any human! I assemble my list by hand every week based on various informal inputs, and I do curate the list to some extent…

Some authors aren’t in KU but still don’t list books with Apple or other platforms. This report is very time consuming to prepare so I’ve always had to limit myself and cannot go and look up every book on all the platforms. If an author gives me their other buy links, I include them here but generally I develop the post on my own, not from author-supplied information. I curate and prepare this post individually every week to help connect readers/books/authors and I have to be very careful not to give it so much time as an activity that I don’t write my own novels! Thanks for the feedback and happy reading!

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EVADING MIRAN: HISSA WARRIOR SERIES BOK 10 by RK Munin

Sold to be an exotic attraction on a traveling entertainment ship, Novia Null grew up among other carnival workers. Even though she is a slave owned by the ship, she was cared for by her fellow acts and even considers a few to be her family. When several strangers show up to buy her, she’s prepared with an escape plan. There’s no way she or her “family” will let her be sold. What she doesn’t expect is for these strangers to keep chasing her. One of them proves to be more determined and resourceful than the rest. This Hissa named Miran might manage to catch her, but there’s no way he’ll be able to keep her. She’s much too cunning for him, or anyone, to hold her for long. Unless she wants to stay captured. The more time she spends around Miran, the more she questions the merits of escaping.    AmazonKU

FORCED PROXIMITY SPACE CRUISE  (SMUTT BOOKS SHORT ALIEN ROMANCE BOOK SIX) by Deiri Di

Jess is down for anything. Which is how she ended up on a singles cruise to outer space, sightseeing the solar system and maybe meeting the alien love of her life. Or maybe just having some fun. She didn’t expect to get hauled in by the Courtship Mediation Office for flirting. Apparently, batting her lashes and slapping an alien on the arm means something very different to him than it does to her. She was giving him… permission. Nosi is playing by the rules. Sort of. Humans react unpredictably to Noscaryn mating rituals, which means he has to wait for his new mate to formally agree before things get intense… even though she’s already given him a perfectly clear signal. But Jess is making it very hard to be patient. She’s stunning, unbothered, and completely unaware of how close he is to losing his grip. The moment she gives the word, he’s done pretending to be chill. He’ll spend every second of this cruise showing her just how serious he is with his firm, relentless, thoroughly devoted… attentiveness.       AmazonKU

JUNKYARD RIDERS (JUNKYARD CATS BOOK FIVE) by Faith Hunter

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

Shining Smith returns, taking on the “Dark Riders,” a paramilitary group motorcycle gang searching for Gov. political power, military connections, and alien tech. The Dark Riders are closing in on Shining’s secrets and, while she would rather nest in her new roadhouse, Shining must protect her own, once again taking the battle to the enemy. Unfortunately, CAIT, the original AI on the junkyard’s crashed spaceship, has its own agenda buried in the ship’s code and choses this time to implement it. There is nothing Shining can do to stop it, except what she does best – plot an offensive, get her people in place, and hope Jolene can outsmart the virtual alter ego. But the cataclysmic snowstorm crashing in with all the power and subtlety of Mateo in his WarBot suit could be the end of them all.

Amazon     AB

MAGIC REWRITTEN by Harlowe Frost

VS Note: Despite the title the book is listed as SFR (aliens). FF. Cliffhanger.

It’s only been a few weeks since everyone on Earth learned that not only are aliens real but so is magic. Pillar Betsy Doeth has spent as much time as she could in front of cameras answering questions to the general population, only less awful because she gets to spend time with the chanziian liaison Major Violet North. Despite her and Violet’s efforts, new magic users have decided to learn their own truths. Some have turned to religion, others the university and scientists, and some are off on their own. It all boils down to personal choice until reports come in of missing people. Since magic is dangerous, the Pillars have offered resources to any and all who ask, but with their website sponsored by the government, several other sites have put up warnings, boycotting them. Meanwhile, one person in particular has gone missing, the daughter of the Mayor of Oz, the town of magic users. Betsy knows this girl, and her unexplained disappearance triggers something deep in her. She wouldn’t have left on her own and there’s no traces of a kidnapping. If she was collected by one of the scientific studies, well, eleven years old is too young to consent to be a scientific study subject. This family has become more than just friends to Betsy, and she will see the girl brought home safely. There is no stone on Earth Betsy won’t turn in her search. The problem is, no one knows where she was taken. Will Betsy be able to find the child in time? And can she balance her other responsibilities with her desperate mission to save the child?      AmazonKU

DAKEN ROWE: CYBORG GUARDIANS BOOK THREE by Christine Myers and Clarissa Lake

He was built to fight. She was forced to lead. Together, they might rebuild a world worth living in. When Marrick’s raiders threaten the last surviving enclaves of the Black Hills, Selene Kane does what she’s done her entire life—she stands between her people and the dark. Command is all she’s ever known… until Guardian cyborg Daken Rowe arrives with a single mission: Protect the enclave. And protect the woman fate designed for him. Daken was engineered for war—deadly, disciplined, and genetically aligned to only one mate. The moment he sees Selene, something ancient and undeniable awakens in him. But Selene didn’t ask for a genetically bonded protector—or the fierce, unshakable devotion that comes with him. As Marrick’s augmented army closes in, Selene and Daken must stand together to defend their home. But the deeper their bond grows, the clearer it becomes: They’re not just fighting to survive. They’re fighting for a future—one built from fire, trust, and a love powerful enough to reshape their world.     AmazonKU

ETHEREAL ENTANGLEMENT by Holly Hanzo

Dr. Juniper Waincroft came to the planet Otroc for scientific research. Instead, she found herself trapped in a pollination center, a pretty name for a nightmare for human women where pleasure is harvested for drug creation. When she escapes into the forest, lost and poisoned, the last thing she expects is to carve her initials into a tree that bleeds golden sap. Because it’s not a tree at all. Damek is an Arborium, a sentient plant-being who’s spent years gathering intelligence on the criminal operation destroying his world. He should bring Juniper to his people for questioning. Instead, he finds himself bonded to her through an intimate encounter that saves her life and changes his forever. Now Juniper must use her scientific expertise to create an antidote that could dismantle a galaxy-spanning drug empire, all while navigating a village that sees her as the enemy. Damek must choose between his duty to his people and his growing devotion to a human who’s already carved her way into more than just his bark. But when the pollination centers discover one of their most valuable assets has escaped, and an elder within Damek’s own village decides Juniper is too dangerous to live, being together might cost them everything. In a world where humans are commodities and trust is rare, two unlikely allies must root themselves in each other, or watch everything they’re fighting for burn to ash.      AmazonKU

ALIEN COMMANDER’S LOST DAUGHTER by Cara Stone and Athena Storm

She stole my bloodline and buried it in silence. Now I’m awake, rebuilt, and ready to burn the stars she hid beneath. Rynn Sorala vanished after the war — took my name, my past, and the child I never knew existed. But I see it now. In the shape of the little girl clinging to her leg. In the golden eyes that match my own. Our daughter. Five years old. Half human. Half Vakutan. Powerful enough to start wars. Precious enough to end them. The Alliance wants her caged. My enemies want her weaponized.  They’ll have to go through me. I’m not the man I was when Rynn left. I’m harder. Meaner. Built from scars and metal and rage. But one thing hasn’t changed. I claim what’s mine. I will burn command chains, break planets, and rewrite law before I let anyone touch my child —or the woman who tried to carry this alone. She thought she could hide my blood from me. She forgot one thing. I always find what belongs to me. She ran with my daughter. I brought the galaxy to its knees to bring them home.   AmazonKU

VIRAL DESIRE (ROGUE ANDROID ROMANCES BOOK ONE) by Lynell Miles

Ophelia is a woman of simple needs: she has a job she likes, a fiance she loves, and an apartment that’s her refuge. Her life is turned upside down by the revelation that her fiance is not so content. In a bid to spice up their sex life, he brings home a state of the art android. Sam is just a machine. A machine that seems strangely invested in her love life, her mental health, and her sense of fulfillment in life. She’s sure it’s just a quirk of his programming that he comes across so possessive… at least, until he does the impossible by telling lies and refusing commands.     AmazonKU

HER IMPATIENT ALIEN DOCTOR  (LOVE AT HOT MESS STATION BOOK FOUR) by Mina Goodwin

Rhonda Sturgeon is an OCD-precise compliance officer sent to Kepler-896 to catalogue violations, issue citations, and—if necessary—shut the whole mess down. She believes in rules, order, and properly labeled emergency exits. Dr. Orris, the brooding alien chief medical officer, believes in patient care, medical ethics, and exactly zero of Rhonda’s clipboards. Orris guards his med bay like a sacred temple and treats Rhonda like a walking hazard report. Unfortunately for both of them, the station’s license—and its people—are about to implode, forcing them into constant proximity, shared decisions, and far too much eye contact. A medical emergency proves they’re devastatingly good together. Late nights turn into lingering touches. Arguments turn into heat. And a nosy station AI offers entirely unhelpful commentary on their escalating tension. With an official inspection looming and the station one bad system failure away from disaster, Rhonda and Orris must decide whether sticking to the rules is worth ignoring the one thing that actually works.      AmazonKU      AB

HOSTILE AWAKENING (ENEMY DEVOURED BOOK ONE) by E V Cross

I’ve been shot, stabbed, and tortured. I’ve held out through interrogations that broke better soldiers than me. None of that prepared me for the alien who killed everyone who tried to touch me. Name’s Lissa. Spec ops. Currently: screwed. Captured by the Thelvathi on a milk run gone sideways. Fine. I’ve trained for this. What I didn’t train for was my body deciding to betray everything I am—or for every warrior on this station to lose their minds trying to claim me. Fyzar was supposed to break me. Instead, he slaughtered his own people. Murdered the mentor who raised him. Committed treason for a human woman he’d known for three days. Now we’re running. Two governments want us dead. My body’s doing things I can’t control. And every time he gets close, I want things I shouldn’t. I’m a weapon. I don’t do feelings. Too bad nobody told him that.      AmazonKU

THE ENEMY’S CLAIM: CAPTIVES OF THE VORPYR BOOK ONE by Angelique Far

They call the Vorpyr ruthless predators. But the most dangerous of all is the one who claims me. 
I was a desk-bound cultural researcher until a field mission to an alien world promised escape. I knew the risks. I knew the Vorpyr were feared across the galaxy. But the mission ended in chaos. We were ambushed. My team scattered. And I was taken by the deadliest male among them. Arrazyl is everything the warnings promised. He is absolute power. A living weapon. My captor. He should have killed me on sight. Instead, he takes me to his breathtaking city and everything I thought I knew begins to fracture. His world is cruel and beautiful. But beneath the savagery is honor. Beneath the ferocity is a passion that scorches every lie I cling to. His touch burns through me with an irresistible, forbidden heat. And the longer I remain his prisoner, the harder it becomes to remember which side I belong to. Because in this war, the greatest danger isn’t losing my life. It’s realizing I’ve already lost my heart to the savage alien who claimed me.      AmazonKU

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THE SERPENT’S SIN (BLOODLINES BOOK TWO) by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

To destroy the vampires who killed her family… she must become one of them. Nadi is trapped in a deadly alliance with Raziel Nostrom. After a honeymoon soaked in blood and desire, they make a pact—to take down his criminal family together. Now Nadi is at the heart of the Nostrom empire, pretending to be a vampire. If her act slips even for a moment, they will tear her apart. Raziel holds Nadi’s life in his hands. And her heart… His wicked smile sets her body aflame, drawing her closer and closer. Still, he is a born killer—alluring and utterly ruthless. He could turn on her in an instant. But Raziel is not the only one in his family with a taste for betrayal…When his brother and sister approach her with proposals of their own, Nadi faces a desperate choice. Will she stand by Raziel, as the world turns against him? Or seize the perfect chance to destroy his family forever?   AmazonKU    AB

THE GLASS UNICORN PART 6 (THE GLASS WARS) by Yasmine Galenorn

When Erenye Green, an editor at a small publisher, and several of her gaming friends find themselves stuck within the fantasy world of Abarria, they must learn to navigate the realities of what it really means to battle monsters, zombies, and all manner of creatures, now that the stakes are life and death, and no longer a simple roll of the dice. Part 6: Erenye and the others leave for the Cryptic Marshes and get waylaid by a mysterious guardian along the way. Notes: This is a LitRPG serial.   Amazon

A BOND OF TRUST (SHIFTER CITY FATED MATES BOOK FOUR) by Jaymin Eve

Just when we thought the fight was over, there’s a whole new battle on the horizon. Our last battle might have ended in victory, as we defeated one of our enemies, but it also opened the door for a much bigger danger. It gave power to a witch who is determined to take control of all shifters before the next full moon. We are now cursed, and there’s limited time to put a stop to it. With my pack by my side, I will have to race against the clock to learn about my heritage. Together we must embrace our full quintet power, laced with magic I never asked for. But it could be exactly what we need to survive. Especially when we go up against the most powerful witch in the world. And her allies. My five alphas might disagree, but I know that sacrifices might have to be made to save shifters. Sacrifices that could cost us everything.      AmazonKU

MILES’S PACT: MM OWL X DUCK SHIFTER SMALL TOWN ROMANCE (HEIS OF MISTVALE BOOK THREE) by Stella Rainbow

Miles always thought he’d find his mate before his twin. What he didn’t expect was for Mateo to be the one to introduce them… or for his mate to be a duck. Miles – When I sent Mateo to pick out a pet for us from the local shelter, I expected to come home to a cat or dog. Instead, he introduced me to a duck who wasn’t just a shifter, but also my mate, and refused to shift into human form. Winning over someone who wouldn’t shift wasn’t easy, but I didn’t give up. With my twin, my family, and my clan behind me, I was determined to make Duckie feel safe enough to trust me. Duckie – It had been ages since I’d been around other supes, let alone in a town full of them. But no matter how kind everyone was, I couldn’t bring myself to shift. It was too dangerous—at least, that’s what I kept telling myself. But Miles wouldn’t give up on me. Mateo made me laugh. And Mistvale, with its dragon protector, felt like the safest place I’d ever known. Maybe, just maybe, I could finally belong.     AmazonKU

BOUGHT BY THE WYVERN: MONSTERS BRIDE MARKT by Cara Wylde

I’m a creature of possession. What is mine, remains mine. Forever. Years ago, a servant girl fled my palace after a… let’s call it “regrettable incident”. Tonight, I find her standing on a bride market block, selling what’s left of herself to the highest bidder. An amusing turn of fate. The other monsters never stand a chance. A wyvern always reclaims his property. I pay an obscene fortune, and when she looks at me with delicious defiance in her eyes, I tell her the simple truth: I’m not buying a wife, I’m buying a servant to return her to her rightful place. Now she’s trapped in my gilded cage, and her hatred is the most exquisite torture. She thinks she’s my prisoner, but she has no idea. Having her hate me under my own roof is a luxury I’ve earned and a pain I plan to savor.      AmazonKU

BONDS OF WINGS AND FURY: THE TWO-FACED GOD by I T Lucas

n a world where dragons dominate the skies and colossal worms tunnel through mountains, three nations teeter on the brink of war. Like every Elucian, Kailin must brave the perilous pilgrimage to Mount Hope’s summit, where an ancient shaman will decide her fate. A select few are destined to bond with dragons, and for most, it’s the ultimate prize. Not so for Kailin, who is hiding a paralyzing fear of heights and would rather sketch the magnificent beasts than ride them. Alar appears to be a privileged Elurian seeking the glory and immortality of dragon riders. Yet beneath his aristocratic facade lies a secret agenda that could disrupt the delicate alliance between the reclusive Elucia and the cosmopolitan Elurian Federation. When Kailin and Alar cross paths, sparks fly, and as they ascend the perilous mountain, hunted by shadowy assassins and tested by ancient rites, their unlikely bond deepens. Defying a thousand years of tradition, an impossible selection puts the star-crossed lovers at the center of an ancient prophecy. But in a world where dragons have their own agendas and even the gods aren’t what they seem, the greatest threat may yet come from within.    AmazonKU

WHEN FATE IS CRUEL: A SHORT STORY COLLECTION by LJ Andrews

What if the villain in every tale is fate itself – Welcome to a special short story collection from the worlds of LJ Andrews. Part 1: The Ever Seas – Erik Bloodsinger never wanted to live in a cruel kingdom that was desperate to shape their scarred, young king into someone ruthless. But fate is cruel sometimes. Perhaps vengeance for his fallen father is what drives the young Ever King, but there are secrets Bloodsinger and his crew keep in the shadows to survive the cruel twists of fate in the Ever Seas. Enjoy the backstory of a boy king forced to bear the burden of a crown too soon. This story reveals events from the death of King Thorvald up to the days after the earth and sea fae war.  See more of Bloodsinger, Gavyn, Tidecaller, Heartwalker, Sewell, and even some secret allies in the mists of the sea and the lands where songbirds sing. Part 2: Broken Souls and Bones – Roark Ashwood rose in power behind the walls of the royal fortress of Stonegate, even as an orphan from the enemy clan. He’s formidable, ruthless, and the only remnant of his lost voice is the scar across his neck. But what vicious twists of fate brought the Sentry of Stonegate to enemy gates? What was his life before he fell into silence and bloodlust? Enjoy the backstory of Roark Ashwood in the months leading up to the melder raids that left him bleeding and dying at the gates of Stonegate, only to survive by the mercy of a mischievous prince. Fall into the Realms of Stìgandr and the dark secrets of Roark Ashwood. Amazon

SUCH A STRONG OMEGA (HIS ALPHA DESIRES BOOK 12) by Lorelai M Hart

VS Note: MM shifters.

I made a promise to myself after leaving my harem to never get mated again. My harem was supposed to love and cherish me. Those were their pretty words in the beginning. Soon their so-called love twisted into abuse and exploitation. It happened so slowly, I barely noticed the evolution until one day I looked in the mirror and no longer recognized myself inside or out. Love was for fools and victims. That wouldn’t be me. Never again. Still, an omega needs some fun once in a while and I heard there is a new club in the city called Crowned where I can go and explore without the chance of falling in love. Only falling in want. And that’s what I do, until an alpha, one of the owners, catches more than my attention, he threatens to capture my heart.      AmazonKU

MY GOLDEN EVER AFTER by Erin Bedford

A hilariously delicious Beauty and the Beast retelling with a vampiric twist. Mara came to Candiopolis chasing wonder. Instead, one desperate bargain chained her to Rumpelstiltskin for life. But everything changes the day she accidentally saves Blackthorn—the most feared vampire in the Candy Forest. He steals her away to his licorice palace, calling it protection. She calls it kidnapping. Now Mara is torn between the people she spent years protecting…and the monstrous, clueless vampire who would burn the forest down just to keep her. Choose him and lose abandon the ones who have no one else. Walk away and lose the only love she’s ever tasted.       AmazonKU

DRAGON AT MIDNIGHT: MONSTERS IN UNIFORM ROMANCE by Bella Blair

I swore I’d never fall for a man in uniform. Then a dragon shifter pilot claimed me under the lantern light. Berlin, 1948. The war is over, but the city is still starving. I’m Inga Weber—eighteen, German, and raising my little brother in the ruins. By night, I work in a bar for American pilots. By day, I stand in ration lines and pray the Soviets don’t come back for what they already took. Love isn’t an option. Survival is. Then Gideon Griffin walks in. He’s dangerous in a way that has nothing to do with his uniform—scarred, controlled, watching me like he’s holding something back. When Russian soldiers corner me in the dark, Gideon steps in with a fury that feels ancient. Inhuman. Because Gideon isn’t just a pilot. He’s a dragon shifter—one bound by fire, secrecy, and a mating instinct he can’t deny. And somehow… I’m his. As Berlin becomes a battleground again, Gideon’s enemies close in, and the bond between us tightens—hotter, deeper, impossible to escape. He wants to fly me out of the ashes, claim me as his mate, and build a future far from war. But loving a dragon comes with a price. If I stay, I risk my life. If I leave, I lose everything I’ve ever known. And if Gideon fails to protect me… the city will burn.     AmazonKU

FOR BETTER OR FOR CURSE (MAD KINGS DAUGHTERS BOOK ONE) by Tanya Bird

The future must be seen to be believed. And theirs will ignite an empire. Aisha knows what becomes of women born with gifts. She watched her mother burn for hers, leaving her kingdom broken and her father drowning in grief. Now the Emperor is tightening his grip on Avanid, and Aisha and her sisters vow to reclaim power the only way left to them—through marriage. Enter the Crown Prince of Gruisea, a man of quiet intensity with secrets of his own. But falling for her husband was never part of the plan. As political tensions sharpen and feelings grow, Aisha must master her gift before it destroys everything she loves. Tariq has built his life on loyalty and duty to the crown. But now that crown bows to the Emperor, and the kingdom he’s sworn to protect teeters on the edge of ruin. His betrothal to Princess Aisha is more than a political bargain—it’s a chance to secure Gruisea’s survival. Yet the more he gets to know her, the more he realises this is no longer just about politics. With rebellion stirring and enemies pressing in, Tariq must figure out whether Aisha’s gift will be Gruisea’s salvation—or its undoing.       Amazon     Apple Books      Kobo

CRYSTALS AND CORPSES (MAGICAL MISFIT MURDERS BOOK ONE) by Jacki James and Lori Ames

VS note: MM PNR mystery.

Magic, murder, and a whole lot of coffee—welcome to Ravenstone! Declan Hawthorne is just your average caffeine-addicted guy—until a visit to his grandfather reveals: magic is real, witches exist, and apparently, Declan’s one of them. Now he’s getting to know Ravenstone, a supernatural small town where the coffee is strong, the monsters are quirky, and someone just murdered a vampire at the first annual Magic Festival. His ally? Gideon Blackwood—a gorgeous wolf shifter who can’t shift but still manages to growl in all the right ways. He knows he can’t be Alpha, but that doesn’t stop him from protecting everyone else… including one reckless new witch who doesn’t know when to quit. Between magical cookies and cakes, a bunch of meddling misfit monsters, and a lot of spilled coffee, Declan and Gideon have their hands full. But if they want to catch a killer—and maybe fall a little in love—they’ll have to trust their instincts and maybe their magic. Because in Ravenstone, coffee solves most problems. The rest? Magic and a hot wolf usually do the trick.      AmazonKU

MISTRESS OF WAR: BOOK TWO (THE EBUROSI CHRONICLES BOOK 16) by R A Steffan

Everything I thought I knew about Emperor Kaeto was completely wrong. Well… not quite everything. He’s still a bitter, acerbic bastard with a chip on his shoulder the size of a continent. He still fascinates and infuriates me in equal measure. But my quest to retrieve the stolen dragon eggs has somehow morphed into a quest to return Kaeto to his stolen throne. And by doing so, I’ve put those I care about in mortal danger. Our flight to safety in my aunt and uncle’s kingdom of Utrea succeeded only in bringing spies and assassins to my family’s doorstep. As we struggle to stay one step ahead of Brucius’ Alyrian mercenaries, a new, more primal threat may hold the key that changes everything. We just have to stay alive long enough to make use of it.

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A BAKER’S GUIDE TO WERE-BEAR CARE (HONEYTHORN HOLLOW HEARTS BOOK TWO) by Juno

She’s been in love with her grumpy were-bear regular for five years. He’s been secretly pining right back. Neither of them has made a move. His body is about to force their hand. ELLA – I’m sure about three things: My cinnamon buns are the best in Honeythorn Hollow. The massive, growly were-bear who walks me home every evening is absolutely, devastatingly off-limits. And I’m completely fine just being his friend. Really. I’m fine. But staying “fine” is hard when you’re in his home, in his space, seeing him vulnerable in ways he’s never let anyone else witness. SILAS – I’m a man who doesn’t assume anything. So I know that: Ella deserves better than a man 14 years her senior and still haunted by the past. Keeping her safe physically while keeping my distance emotionally is the best thing to do. Years of ignoring my body’s need to hibernate is not going to catch up with me. Definitely not. I’m fine. But I didn’t expect the town to elect her to care for me. I didn’t expect her to hold secrets that rival my own. And I didn’t expect a month together to burn through every wall we’ve built.   AmazonKU

ALPHA’S MATE (BAD BOY BEARS BOOK TWO) by Renee Rose and Lee Savino

Fate brought my fated mate right to Bad Bear Mountain…and made her untouchable. F*&% me. Maisy is human. Too young. Too sweet. Too breakable. I’m a Bad Bear. Ten years older. And I play rough. I’m an animal–in bed and out. She walks into my clinic, and my bear growls mine. But I can’t claim her. So I take Moon Cure to keep my beast caged. Tell myself I’ll wait. Then her scheming father tries to sell her future, F*&% that. I marry her on the spot—a fake wedding to save her from a real nightmare. To protect her, I can handle sleeping in the same bed without touching her. But she’s looking at me like she wants to learn every filthy thing I can teach her. My control is cracking. The Moon Cure isn’t working anymore. And this Bad Bear is done pretending he doesn’t want to devour his wife. She might be innocent. But she’s mine. And I won’t share.       Amazon     Apple Books      Kobo

THE DRAGON KING’S FOUNDLING (DRAGONS OF SERAI BOOK 19) by Amy Sumida

VS note: MM Fantasy

A broken wing. A patient king. A love strong enough to heal them both. Eliel should never have survived Lord Bara’s cruelty. Enslaved, silenced, and controlled, he escaped with his life—but not without scars that make him believe he no longer belongs anywhere, least of all among his own people. Taken in by Raventar, the Dragon King of Tabaa, Eliel expects protection at best… and captivity at worst. Instead, he finds a ruler who asks rather than commands, who guards Eliel’s boundaries as fiercely as his borders, and whose quiet kindness is more dangerous than any blade. But the shadows of Bara’s crimes are not finished with them. A new enemy rises—one who has twisted forbidden magic to create altered warriors and who wants Eliel for himself. As Raventar and his Dragon Dread hunt the truth through fire, stone, and blood, Eliel is forced to confront what was done to him—and what he still carries inside. In the crucible of battle and tradition, trust becomes devotion. Song becomes power. And love becomes a choice neither man can walk away from.   AmazonKU     AB

THE ELSEWERE EXPRESS by Samantha Sotto Yombao

You can’t buy a ticket for the Elsewhere Express. Appearing only to those whose lives are adrift, it’s a magical train seeming to carry very rare and special cargo: a sense of purpose, peace, and belonging.
Raya is one of those lost souls. She had dreamed of being a songwriter, but when her brother died, she gave up on her dream and started living his instead. One day on the subway, as her thoughts wander, she’s swept off to the Elsewhere Express. There she meets Q, an intriguing artist who, like her, has lost his place in the world. Together they find a train full of wonders, from a boarding car that’s also a meadow to a dining car where passengers can picnic on lily pads to a bar where jellyfish and whales swim through pink clouds. Over the course of their long, strange night on the train, they also discover that it harbors secrets—and danger: A mysterious stranger has stowed away and brought with him a dark, malignant magic that threatens to destroy the train. But in investigating the stowaway’s identity, Raya also finds herself drawing closer to the ultimate question: What is her life’s true purpose—and is it a destination the Elsewhere Express can take her to?       Amazon    AB     Apple Books      Kobo

THE POET EMPRESS by Shen Tao

In the waning years of the Azalea Dynasty, the emperor is dying, the land consumed by famine, and poetry magic lost to all except the powerful. Wei Yin is desperate. After the fifth death of a sibling, with her family and village on the brink of starvation, she will do anything to save those she loves. Even offer herself as concubine to the cruel heir of the beautiful and brutal Azalea House. But in a twist of fate, the palace stands on the knife-edge of civil war with Wei trapped in its center…at the side of a violent prince. To survive, Wei must harden her heart, rely on her wit, and become dangerous herself. Even if it means becoming a poet in a world where women are forbidden to read—and composing the most powerful spell of all. A ballad of death…and love.

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THE TWICE WANTED WITCH  (THE MCKENNA ELLERBACH SERIES BOOK TWO) by Katie Hanrahan

When secrets are what protect you, can the truth really set you free? It’s been six months since McKenna Ellerbeck killed her second Archdemon, saved Arcadia Commons, and earned a spot on the Witches Council. Things should be good, right? Instead she’s overworked, underpaid, disrespected by her fellow Council members, all while fighting demons on a regular basis and suffering through having her mother as a roommate. At least she has her friends–minus Bastien, her ex who told her to get the hell out of his life months ago. When her friend Brooke is put on trial with the Council and may lose her magic, with Bastien reappearing to lead the charge, McKenna readily volunteers to represent Brooke. Then just when McKenna has hope there’s more to Bastien’s involvement and that they might reconcile, he goes missing, leaving a trail of clues and mystifying secrets: a strange new spell he’s working on with an unknown partner, a secret demon research project, a ring filled with corrupted magic, and a literal demon hiding in his closet. With an epidemic of demon-induced blunt honesty sweeping the town, hints of another Archdemon making plans to invade, her mom’s mysterious and possibly criminal old flame showing up, time is running out for McKenna to find Bastien, figure out who’s keeping which secrets, how dangerous they are, and decide whose side she’s on: the powerless or the powerful.       AmazonKU

HOW TO REAP A SOUL (AND FAIL MISERABLY): MM FUNNY PNR ROMANCE (SOUL MANAGEMENT BUREAU BOOK ONE) by April Kelley

Grym – I’ve reaped souls for three hundred years without a single mistake. Until Elliot Coyne. I’m supposed to ferry him into the afterlife, not bring him back to life and turn him immortal. Now HR is threatening me, the world is acting like it might explode, and my reaper brothers are stress-snacking like it’s Armageddon. Even worse? My soul insists Elliot is my beloved. Reapers aren’t supposed to have those. Are they? Regardless, it’s wildly inconvenient. Elliot – So I die, wake up immortal and able to walk between realms, not that I know what those actually are. The guy responsible is an annoyingly hot reaper who apparently broke the universe just to keep me breathing. We’re suddenly stuck together, hunted by his supernatural bosses, and if we fall for each other it might tear reality apart.  Love isn’t supposed to end the world. Yet here we are.      AmazonKU

FISH & CHIP: NINE LIVES, ONE DEAD BODY (HUCKLEBERRY HOLLOW THEME PARK COZY MYSTERIES BOOK TWO) by Addision Moore

VS Note: Author states these are her actual cats on the cover. No one tell my Jake or he’s going to want to be a cover model too!

After ditching my cheating ex-husband and accidentally becoming the proud owner of Huckleberry Hollow Wonderland (long story involving cats, murder, and a dollar bill), I figured I’d finally hit my stride. The rides are mostly functional, my feline mascots Fish and Chip are Instagram famous, and Detective Dexter Drake has been making my heart do loop-de-loops that put our roller coaster to shame. This week I’m rolling out the red carpet—well, the pumpkin-spice welcome mats—for the Sweet Season Spooky Symposium, a weeklong baking event run by viral grandmas turned baking tyrants, Sugar & Sass. In exchange, they’re helping me launch our Fright & Frost Halloween merch line. Ghost-shaped mugs, glow-in-the-dark hoodies, skeleton spatulas—you name it, it’s got a price tag and probably glitter. But when one half of Sugar & Sass turns up dead—face-first in a black velvet coffin cake—I’ve got a dead diva, a killer on the loose, and a snarky socialite trying to get me arrested. And did I mention the murder weapon came from our exclusive merch table? Plot twist of the century? The prime suspect is Detective Dexter Drake’s ice-queen mother, who already thinks I’m about as classy as a gas station hot dog. Now she might be a murderer, which really complicates my winning over the future in-laws strategy. Nothing says family dinner awkwardness like discussing alibis over appetizers. Okay, fine so the hot detective and I are still in the shallow end of the relationship dating pool but a girl can dream. Nevertheless, his mother isn’t my biggest fan. With a suspiciously flirty baker, a steaming pile of secrets, and a whole lot of frosting flying, I’ll need to figure out who’s behind the murder before someone ices me next. And have I mentioned that I can read the minds of animals? Yeah, that too.     AmazonKU

IVAN (HOUSE OF FRAZIER BOOK FIVE) by Kathi S Barton

Serenity Ranger’s life has just exploded. In a single afternoon, she inherits billions of dollars, multiple homes, and a mountain of responsibility — along with the very real fear that her dangerously unstable mother will do anything to get her hands on it. What she doesn’t expect…is to meet a wolf-shifter veterinarian who claims she is his destined mate. Ivan never planned on finding his other half during a simple steak dinner — but the moment he sees Serenity, his wolf knows the truth. She belongs with him. And more importantly… she needs protection. Because Serenity’s mother isn’t just greedy. She’s violent. And she’s already threatening her daughter’s life. Now Serenity is caught between an inheritance that makes her a target, a family secret that could destroy her, and a powerful wolf shifter who swears to guard her with his life — even if she isn’t ready to believe in fate, mates, or the supernatural. She wanted peace. Ivan offers protection. And destiny has other plans.

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A WHISPER OF TRUST (THE LEGACY SERIES) by Sandra R Neeley

It’s not that Angelle didn’t want a mate, it’s just that she’s always thought it wasn’t in the cards for her. And that was okay, because being alone is what’s always made her most comfortable. She’s never been at ease around anyone but her immediate family, and even then it was too much some times. She’s always been a little different from everyone in her shifter clan, and not just because she was human. She’s never quite belonged — anywhere. She passed her days camping, fishing, reading, sketching — those were her ideas of a good time. Sure, if the right person ever came along, who knew? But she wasn’t fooling herself… it was unlikely she’d ever find any male that would not be bored out of his mind on meeting her. Shifters needed excitement, they needed fire and passion. And none of those things described her. Alone. That’s all she’ll ever be. Boon has spent all his life wishing for a mate, even as a young male. Now a mature Gargoyle he’s sullen and resentful, he’s tired of waiting. None of the females in his generation are his mate, and he’s got no chance of going out to find her wherever she is. He’s obviously not human — horns, wings, exaggerated musculature, silver hair and skin. So, he spends his days hunting, fishing, and camping — it’s the only thing keeping him sane. But still his loneliness eats away at him. Once, years ago, his sister, who has a unique gift for seeing the future, told him he did indeed have a mate, and to be patient…(more blurb on ebook seller’s page…)   AmazonKU

THE DRAGON’S REPORTER BABY (FIRE RIDGE DRAGONS MM MPREG ROMANCE BOOK FIVE) by Ashlyn Dupree

I came to Fire Ridge for a story. Nothing more. A tiny mountain town. A volunteer firehouse with rescue numbers that don’t make sense. Exactly the kind of mystery a reporter like me is supposed to dig into. Then I met Kael Blackscale. He’s quiet. Watchful. Always showing up when I least expect him. He tells me I should enjoy the mountains and leave… but every time I try, he’s right there, looking at me like he’s afraid I won’t come back. My hawk goes still around him. Like it already knows what he is to me, even when I don’t. I’m not supposed to get attached. I’m not supposed to want a man who feels this permanent. And I definitely wasn’t supposed to end up carrying his baby. Now staying means risking everything I’ve always kept separate —my work, my freedom, my heart. But Kael’s dragon knows one thing. I’m his. And dragons don’t let their mates go.     AmazonKU

LOVE, LIES AND LEY LINES (THE FAST AND THE FAE BOOK ONE) by Jeffe Kennedy

It’s been years since the infamous smuggling team of Bandit and Goldilocks thumbed their noses at the fae authorities, running the priceless magical pixie dust desired by everyone from hedge witches to the storied magic academies. No one in the human principalities controlled by the fae can work even the simplest spells without the stuff. And without fae magic, humans will find themselves back in the dark ages of disease and fast mortality. But the enigmatic fae keep a tight grip on their monopoly of pixie dust, charging extortionate prices at their whim. Bandit has been doing her best to get by on her racing wins and the quick thrill of one-night stands while her former partner and best friend, the powerful sorceress known as Goldilocks, is off playing house and having babies. But when Bandit gets the offer of a lifetime, she convinces Goldilocks to come out of retirement for one last, hugely profitable gig. And if the Bandit picks up a mysterious and seductive hitchhiker fleeing his wedding, well that just adds a bit of spice to the job. When he refuses to tell her his name, she dubs him Prince Charming and only regrets that she won’t have time to find out more about her enticing companion—and what he looks like under those fancy clothes. As the Bandit and Prince Charming run distraction for Goldilocks and her precious haul, they face untold dangers penetrating the arcane fae realms. All for gold, glory, and maybe even true love.

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CLAIMED BY WOLVES (COVETED PREY BOOK 13) by L V Lane

The night the raiders came, everything changed. The wolves don’t guard us out of mercy. They claim what they desire. This time, they desire a mate. And that mate… is me.      AmazonKU

DRAGON BOUND (DRAGON RIDER ACADEMY BOOK ONE) by Sam Hall

Who needs a handsome prince when you have a dragon and the courage to choose your own destiny? When Lady Fern defies her parents plans to marry her off to a cruel noble, she earns herself exile instead. But Fern has no intention of fading quietly into the background. With her queen dragon, Auren, she enrolls at the Royal Rider Academy, the one place where strength, skill, and bond matter more than bloodlines. Life as a cadet is not as carefree as she imagined. There are few queen dragons left in Nevermere and that means every man and his dragon are focussed on Fern. Including them. Silver dragons have been extinct for a thousand years, yet now they have appeared on the horizon. Their riders descend with one purpose: to claim Fern and Auren. Caught between rival cadets, awakening powers, and three mysterious riders who insist she belongs to them, Fern must decide what kind of rider she wants to be… and whether freedom means flying solo, or daring to trust the ones who burn for her.      AmazonKU

IN THE LAND OF DEMONS AND GIANTS: MMM MONSTER ROMANCE by Avery Archer

It’s not every day you find out your boyfriend is a demon. Dylan thinks he’s found the love of his life! Then he wakes up in another realm, and his new boyfriend is now a red demon with horns. Turns out there are a lot of worlds that exist alongside his, and demons are very good at jumping from one world to another. Usually, they visit to take goods home with them, but sometimes they decide to collect a human. Kel claims to love him and promises that Dylan will come to love him back. Even if that’s true, Dylan’s first task is simply surviving the demon court and the sudden arrival of the orc envoy.   AmazonKU

TAKEN BY THE LADY OF THE LAKE (TAKEN 12) by Megan Slayer

She’s an urban legend. He’s adrift. With a little magic, they’ll discover their fates are entwined. Amanda Fortune never expected to be left in the lake, but after her murder and subsequent dumping, that’s exactly where she is. She’s become an urban legend, her ghost seen only by a very few. She longs to have a second chance at life, but that’s not possible when you’re dead. Is it? With the right circumstances, anything is possible. Sawyer Gibson doesn’t know what he’s meant to do in life. He has abilities to read the Fates, but his talents aren’t needed in the town of Eerie. Everyone here has magic. He’s nothing special. But Aunt Chloe is dying, and she knows more than Sawyer ever thought possible. Amanda is — was — her best friend. So Aunt Chloe sends Sawyer on a chase to find Amanda’s killer. But Amanda’s a myth. A ghost. And ghosts can’t be seen, right? The moment Sawyer lays eyes on Amanda, he’s smitten. There’s the tiny problem of her being a ghost… but that detail won’t stop Sawyer, even if someone else thinks it will.

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ACCIDENTAL GODDESS: A MONSTER BRIDES ROMANCE by Angelica Grymm

Fleeing a menacing creature through New York’s Central Park at midnight is not Alli’s idea of fun. Neither is plummeting through a dimensional portal and awakening on an unknown world upon the brink of war. After being chased, an enigmatic human patrolman aids her. She escapes into the forest and is astonished to find herself confronted by a figure from a forgotten mythology, an elf. Taken into their fold for asylum, her true identity is revealed—their lost goddess, thought long dead. D’Artan can’t stop thinking about the woman he saved, but she is fae and forbidden by the gods. Thrown together again when magic goes awry, he must find a way to keep her safe and get her home before his father, the king, returns. With tensions between humans and elves at breaking point, the races divided by hatred and fear, Alli and D’Artan know they can never be together. Still, he cannot forget her. And from the shadows, an ancient menace watches. Biding its time; waiting to strike.   AmazonKU

SNIPS, SNAILS AND HELL DOG TAILS : DEATH’S DAUGHTER AND HER HELLHOUND BOOK ONE by Wendy Sparrow

VS note: From DEC 15.

Falling in love is one helluva ride. Conscripting a hellhound to help reap a demon is a huge rite of passage for a ferryman’s child, so Drea Roth is determined to do it right. Take the ancient silver coin given to her by Charon, mythical ferryman and father, to a backwoods bar in Georgia. Check! Find the really intensely hot and protective guy who can shift into a hellhound and who was forged in the fires of Hell. Check! Slap the coin on his palm to conscript him. Uhh, okay, that could have gone better. Drag him off on a mission to destroy a demon—without losing her heart or getting them both killed. Okay, the first bit is impossible, and fingers crossed on the second. Malik Smith has been beholden to demons for centuries—ever since he found himself on the mortal plane. So he doesn’t trust the attraction he feels when Drea conscripts him—at first. The hound inside him is giddy at finding its mate, but the dog is all instinct. After less than a day, Mal is all in. But, how does Mal convince the daughter of Hell’s ferryman to take a chance on an old dog who’s willing to learn a few new tricks?       AmazonKU

UNHINGED (MALUS VAMPIRE FAIMLY SERIES BOOK TWO) by Emily Goodwin

She used to hunt monsters. Now she’s married to one. Wren Malus never expected to fall in love with a seven-hundred-year-old vampire…especially the powerful, dangerous man she was forced to marry. But Xavier Malus has become her protector, her partner, and the one person she trusts more than anyone in the world. As the city edges toward chaos and old enemies close in, Wren fights to keep vampires, werewolves, and humans from turning on each other, knowing the fragile peace depends on her. But when a deadly secret threatens everything she loves, Wren must choose between the life she swore to leave behind and the man she can’t bear to lose.      AmazonKU

TIMELESS MIST by Terisa Wilcox

A dream she can’t escape. A love she shouldn’t want. A past that’s about to become her future. Kristianna Campbell, a 21st-century romantic who’s given up on being truly seen, thinks the Highlander haunting her dreams is a sign she’s finally lost it. But a trip to Scotland puts an antique pocket watch in her hands. An artifact that doesn’t just prove her dreams are real—it plunges her back four hundred years into a world of savage beauty and brutal clan warfare. She’s rescued by Laird Iain MacGregor, the very man from her dreams. But her name is Campbell, and to the stern, wary laird, that makes her his sworn enemy. Torn between a dangerous pull he can’t afford and his duty to his clan, Iain is convinced she’s either a spy or a sorceress. To survive, Kris must prove she’s not a threat. But the longer she stays, the greatest danger isn’t the 17th century—it’s that this impossible man in this brutal time might be the only one who can truly see her, and the only place she’s ever belonged.   AmazonKU

SILVER STORM (STAR TOUCHED WITCH BLADE BOOK ONE) by Michelle Madow

Jade Harrington had her future all mapped out: Yale Law, a prestigious career, the perfect life her parents demanded. But when her plane goes down and she wakes up with silver electricity sparking across her skin, she learns everything she believed was a lie. Welcome to Blaze Academy—a hidden school for witches where magic is tied to fire and emotion. Where one wrong spark could expose Jade as an anomaly the mysterious Witch Council would kill to control. The only person who can help her survive? Logan Ashford. Fourth-year proctor. Devastatingly beautiful, impossibly powerful, and hiding secrets darker than the black flames that burn at his fingertips. He saved Jade’s life during the academy’s initiation trial. He knows what she is. And he’s willing to become the monster everyone fears to keep her safe—even if it means teaching her to control the storm inside her and breaking every rule he’s sworn to uphold. But when a student is murdered and an ancient goddess chooses Jade as her champion, survival becomes more than just hiding forbidden magic. Because Jade has to navigate deadly challenges, uncover conspiracies that run deeper than she imagined, and decide whether the man who holds her heart is her greatest protector… or her ultimate betrayer.   AmazonKU

WEIRD MAGIC (LIA DE CROISSETS BOOK TWO) by Karen Chance

Someone is trying to kidnap the leader of the Were world, Sebastian Arnou, and it’s not hard to figure out who. The powerful Clan Rand just lost their chieftain, who challenged for the top spot and lost—both the fight and his life. Now his clan is out for revenge and has split the Were community in two. To make matters worse, Rand has allied with the dangerous mages of the Black Circle, who have already plunged the magical world into war. One of the organization’s leaders has taken an interest in Lia de Croissets, a newly turned werewolf. As a member of the War Mage Corps, the police branch of the world’s leading magical organization, the Silver Circle, she stands against the dark, but the mage’s interest appears to be more personal. In fact, the kidnapping attempt on Sebastian and later moves against Lia’s new little clan all appear to be geared toward getting something from her. But she has no idea what the mage wants, or why she and her clan of former outlaw wolves should be of such interest to the dark. And once she finds out, the answer could change not only Lia’s own life, but the course of the entire war.

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SPARKLING WATERS (AN ENCHANTED WATERS MYSTERY BOOK  13) by Jenna St James and Stephanie Damore

A Midlife Sea Witch Used to Working Alone  – A Handsome Demigod with a Penchant for Trouble – An Island Full of Secrets as Deep as the Ocean – ***A crossover from the A Witch in the Woods Mystery Series! Fourth of July in the Bermuda Triangle is supposed to be a day of fun—games for the kids, a baking contest full of sweet rivalries, and a community picnic leading into a glow-in-the-dark parade. As fireworks light the night sky, the celebration promises to be unforgettable. But when Isla discovers the dead body of a mermaid in the midst of the festivities, the holiday takes a chilling turn. With the suspects blending into the patriotic chaos, PADA detective Isla Ceartas and demigod Jace Solari are on the chase…with the help of Glo, of course. Can they figure out who wanted the mermaid dead before the fireworks fade into the night?       AmazonKU

COLLEGIATE VAMP (MISFITS OF DEMETER UNIVERSITY BOOK ONE) by Evelyn Lederman

He can’t control his thirst, but Santos wanted something more from the girl in his vision. After two years of debauchery and feeding on the innocent, Santos Mederios arrives at Demeter University a starving wretch. The scent of virgin blood could lead him to his true death if he can’t control his hunger. More responsibility is thrust upon him by the University’s president, including the safety of the woman he craves. Cleo has been victimized by a powerful vampire since she was twelve. Now, she’s sent to a university in the Arctic Circle populated by the undead. Her only hope is to find a champion who will help her break the chains of servitude. Two unlikely allies come together to break the bond Cleo’s parents inflicted upon their daughter. The connection between them may prove soul mates can be victorious a battle that can’t be won.     AmazonKU

FORSAKEN HEARTS (HEARTS OF AVALAR BOOK SIX) by Faedra Rose

Zade is an outcast—a scarred wolf shifter without a pack. There could be no worse fate for a beast bound by nature to find their Fated Mate. But Fate can be as cruel as she can be kind … and Zade’s path inevitably crosses that of the ancient, and embittered vampire, Elizabeth. Will fur fly, and blood paint the forest red? Or will the two forsaken souls find common ground, and a way to overcome the prejudices of their kinds to create their very own bloody Happily Ever After?         Amazon     Apple Books     Kobo

DARK ALPHA’S HUNGER by Donna Grant

VS Note: A re-release.

One melody shattered his silence… and claimed his soul. I am a Reaper—an elite assassin bound to Death. I follow the command. I take the mark. Nothing stops me. Not even the darkness that finally dragged me under. I should have been lost to it forever. But one sound pulled me back—her music.
Thea is a Half-Fae, cautious yet fierce, and her music awakens a hunger I’ve never allowed myself to feel. Every note pulls me closer. Every breath around her tests the control I swore never to break.
Her melodies cut through the void, and pull me into the light, leading me back to my brethren…and into a rising war. Whoever hunts her may be the key to uncovering the enemy stalking us all. For her, I’ll shatter my vow of silence. For her, I’ll face the shadows still clinging to my soul. For her…I’ll risk everything.     Amazon     AB     Apple Books      Kobo

ORC ME OUT by Zora Black

He’s loud, green, and built like a fantasy. I should evict him. Instead, I let him orc me until I forgot my own name. The noise from 4B isn’t normal. It’s rhythmic. Deep. Like he’s chanting ancient mating spells straight into my ovaries. I file a complaint. He delivers muffins. Then reads me a love poem in six languages and fixes my shower shirtless. Now I’m the one making noise. I don’t do flings. Or neighbors. Or men who growl when I stop touching them. But this orc? He recites Shakespeare like a sin and kisses like a damn apology. I wanted peace. I got primal vowels and a tongue that ruins me. Technically, he broke the lease. Also technically…The bed.      AmazonKU

GODDESS OF DEATH (DEATH SERIES BOOK EIGHT) by Penelope Barsetti

I knew Callum would come for me. I leave the treacherous underworld behind and return to life with the man I love — finally. But when I ask him to marry me, there’s a heaviness in his silence. He admits that he’s kept something from me…and he finally tells me his truth. A secret I wish he’d taken to the grave. A secret that changes everything. Callum had earned the respect and acceptance of everyone in my life, but then he destroys it in just the span of minutes. I’m not sure where this leaves us, but the situation only gets worse when Leviathan returns. The God of the Underworld says if I don’t return to the underworld, the covenant will destroy the portal between our realms…and everyone I love will die.   AmazonKU

THE DARKNESS WITHIN (TWISTED THORN BOOK TWO) by Ang T Dalton

Magic is cursed. Fate is a game. And love is the deadliest price. Scarlet Thorne thought she was done playing with the cards she was dealt. But life has thrown her back into the ring. Waking up in Hollow Summit wasn’t all that bad—until she met Fallon, the twin sister she never knew existed. Fallon Fitzroy is everything Scarlet is not: disciplined, calculating, and seemingly determined to hate her. And with their father, General Arrow Fitzroy, Scarlet is forced to navigate not only a fractured family but a destiny she never asked for. To defeat the Grim, the sisters must work with the Wylder brothers. Fallon is forced to ally with her sworn enemy—Shayde—the one she’ll never forgive for the role he played in Scarlet’s capture. Meanwhile, Scarlet has given her heart to Rhodes, even as the curse entwining his fate threatens to tear them apart. Humankind has one last chance to reverse the Mareki’s Curse. And Scarlet and Fallon are the ones bound to fulfill the prophecy… but at a devastating cost. To restore their world’s magic, the Forgotten Realm must fall. And when it does, Scarlet will be forced to give more than her power—she may have to surrender her heart. As loyalties fracture and the Grim closes in, Scarlet must face her darkest truths, the enemies at her side, and a fate that could cost her everything.      AmazonKU       AB

LUCENT ACADEMY: TRINITY AWAKENS by Alex Bright

Every Manaborn of the Invicto Empire is claimed at adulthood and shipped to the Academy—to master their power and call forth their fated mate from the Pacted Realms. A beastkin mate is common. A vampire, rare. A dragon? That’s the kind of legend nobles brag about for generations. But highborn or lowborn, everyone knows the unbreakable rule of our Empire: You summon exactly one Bonded Mate. Rules exist to be broken. As the daughter of lowborn gardeners, I never dreamed I’d awaken Mana. I’d have been grateful for an imp. A kobold. Anything that let me keep my head down and avoid the notice of the elite. Then my Summoning happens. An Abyss Dragon who offers me his hoard and his heart. A Blood Lord promising eternal devotion and immortal nights. A Fae Prince vowing to make me his Queen. Three Bonded Mates. One terrified girl. And a prophecy come to life. Suddenly I’m declared a Trinity—the first in recorded history. A living legend destined either to save this world…or make it burn. Now the Empire watches. The Pacted Realms stir. Priests, kings, and monsters argue over whether I’m a miracle or a catastrophe. All I know is I’m trapped between three equally irresistible, equally dangerous suitors who don’t understand the meaning of “share”—and who are ready to take extreme measures to get what they claim as theirs. The problem is, I’ve never been good at choosing. And if the prophecy is right? I might not have to.        AmazonKU      AB

BOND OF SOULS AND NIGHTMARES (FATED TO THE SUN AND STARS BOOK FOUR) by Zara Storm

To save Trova, she must defy death itself—even if it damns her soul. Ana Angevire was never meant to survive. Tortured and driven into exile, she has fought too hard to watch Trova fall into the hands of Marek Caledon. The hour of reckoning approaches. If Caledon gets his hands on the last artifacts of Ethira, he will become a god—and no one will be able to stand against his vengeful wrath. Now Ana must sacrifice more than she’s ever had to before, defying the laws of life and death to save the prince she loves. But meddling with fate comes at a cost, and her choice will bind her and Leon in ways they never imagined. As Leon’s magic unravels, his mind fractured by nightmares he cannot escape, Ana begins to fear that the price she paid to save him might have changed her forever. With a kingdom on the brink of ruin and her own humanity hanging in the balance, Ana must learn to trust herself and the love that binds her to Leon in order to face the ultimate test…Can she defeat a monster without becoming one herself?       AmazonKU

ORGANIZING THE ORC (MONSTERS OF THE LABYRINTH BOOK TWO) by Lilith Stone

Sheriff Otis Cane may have big orc shoulders, but right now he’s drowning under paperwork and problems. The monsters of the labyrinth are at grave risk from humans up in Sparkle City, who are busily stockpiling munitions and using evil magic against them. He needs help, but he’s way too stubborn to admit it. Enter pint-sized human dynamo, Clem Summers, practical, sassy and way too pretty for Otis’s liking. He hasn’t dated in years and frankly the sight of her bending over his desk is bringing up feelings he thought he’d buried forever. As for Clem, she’s not exactly indifferent to her orc employer. He may look fierce, with those huge tusks and bright red eyes, but whenever he’s close, her knees go weak and her heart (and other places) light up. As the danger grows and Clem and Otis are thrown together to unravel an ancient magic system that could stop the humans from destroying the Labyrinth, they also face the minor problem of how to keep their hands off each other.   AmazonKU

THE DEMON’S DOMAIN (THE DEMON PRINCES BOOK FOUR) by L Alexander

Nobody is supposed to know who I really am, but he sees right through my disguises. Coveted. idden. Protected by a Demon Prince. Angels are hunting me, and I need to stay invisible. Left by my parents in the care of a priest they trusted, I’ve been sequestered at a church in a tiny village for more than a decade. But I haven’t seen them since, and after several angels show up looking for me, staying there is no longer safe. A demon offers to take me to the crossroads to keep me hidden, and while hesitant, I can’t help but accept his offer. I quickly fall in love with my new life … including the scholarly demon prince. The longer I stay, the more I learn how sheltered I’ve really been, and that everything I sacrificed to keep myself safe might not have been necessary at all. The angels looking for me are never going to stop, but running from them may lead to a revelation beyond anything I could have ever imagined.       AmazonKU

BLACKTHORNE ACADEMY YEAR ONE by Zoe Dunn

Bechora has always lived life on the edge, surviving day by day as a twenty-three-year-old stripper, with no memories of her past before the foster homes she was placed in at age two. Her world is one of poverty and struggle, until a mysterious night changes everything. Taken from the club’s parking lot, Bechora finds herself thrust into the enigmatic Blackthorne Academy, a school for the supernatural. At Blackthorne, Bechora is initially classified as a fire mage, but it doesn’t take long for her to realize her powers are unlike anything the academy has ever seen. As she navigates the perils and wonders of her new life, she forms deep, unexplainable connections with several intriguing individuals who seem to hold the keys to her destiny. In a world where ancient powers are awakening, and dangerous secrets lie in wait, Bechora must uncover the truth about her origins and embrace a power that hasn’t been seen in millennia. With her heart and the fate of the supernatural world hanging in the balance, Bechora’s journey is just beginning.      AmazonKU

GOLD FLAME: DRAGONS OF OBLIVION by Lily Archer

A mortal sacrificed to the creatures of Oblivion, I won’t live to see the sunrise …A DragonKin crosses the border and arrives at my village to claim me, its terrible teeth and claws promising a painful death. I’m carried away from my home, from the people who willingly gave me up to fulfill the Bargain, from my mother. I somehow survive the journey, only to find that the DragonKin are more than primal beasts that rule the skies. They’re men, too, of a sort, and I’m captive to the most vicious one of all—Vander, the crown prince. By claiming me in the Bargain between the mortal and immortal realms, he seeks to break the curse that shadows the DragonLands. But Oblivion isn’t meant for mortals, the land teeming with magical foes of every sort. Staying out of danger means staying close to the monster who breathes golden flame. So close that I know his voice, his touch, and the soul-scorching warmth he hides beneath his stony exterior.      AmazonKU       AB

HER POLAR (SHIFTED LOVE SERIES BOOK 15) by Fiona Davenport

Rowan Cooke only came to Timber Ridge to sell her late grandmother’s cottage. But Bexley North caught her scent and instantly knew she was his mate…except Rowan had no idea shifters existed. Then a stormy night stranded them together with only one bed, and Rowan’s first real taste of desire hit like wildfire. By the time the roads cleared, she wasn’t sure she wanted to leave.   AmazonKU

CRAVE ARENA: SUPERNAUTRAL BATTLE (FRMON PEAKS BOOK ONE) by Kelly St Clare

Five years ago, my entire family was murdered, and I became mated to the demon king. One moment on Earth, and the next moment in a foreign realm filled with ruthless creatures and a savage society I didn’t understand. Four years ago, I loved my king with everything I had. Until one fateful dusk he confessed to murdering my twin, mother, and grandmother. In a single breath my love turned to hate. Three years ago, I escaped the icy demon king and his sinister fortress atop the peak. But in doing so I merely swapped one type of terror for another. Two months ago, I discovered my twin was alive and locked in his dungeon… this entire time. Guess he decided to confess to cold-blooded murder and leave that part out? One month ago, I relinquished the idea of freedom to enter Tiers—the brutal and deadly game only the most desperate demons play. A single winner will survive the Crave Arena to make their demand of the demon king. That winner will be me. It’s the only way to kill him, even if I kill myself in the process.
Because three years ago another life became more important than mine. That life belongs to my son.   AmazonKU

FLIGHT RISK (DRAGONS OF WINGS END) by Lia Drake

The divorce papers are signed, my RV is packed, and I’m finally ready for a quiet midlife renaissance. What I wasn’t ready for was a dragon claiming me as his. My plan was simple: hit the road and figure out who I am. It didn’t include six-and-a-half feet of brooding muscle with an intense stare that almost makes me forget my vow of independence. I thought I could keep things casual—until a moment of exhilaration turns into a deadly freefall, and Kade exposes his true nature to save my life. He claims I’m his mate, but after twenty years of keeping my wings clipped, being a mate sounds an awful lot like a cage. He’s a dragon shifter who has finally found his treasure. I’m a woman who just learned how to fly. Now I have to decide if his possessive fire will keep me warm… or burn my newfound freedom to ash.      AmazonKU

CLAIMED UNDER BLOODLIGHT by Sabrina Sin and Milly Taiden

I smell her before I see her. Blood. Winter. Power that doesn’t belong in a human body. She crosses my land on the Longest Night, and the second I catch her scent, my Wolf makes the choice for both of us. I should send her back to the Crypt. Instead, I drag her to my cabin and lock the door. She heals me with her blood. I claim her with my teeth. Now the Pack calls her queen—and I call her mine. They want her dead.They want her throne. They want her power. They brought an army. I brought my teeth.       AmazonKU

BITTERSWEET VAMPIRE CURSE SERIES BOOK ONE by Jade Christy

Annie and Lucas Redington were the couple everyone envied—mornings tangled in sheets, afternoons on the South Carolina beach, evenings filled with experimental pasta sauces, dancing and laughter. And the future plans? Perfect. Lucas had just landed his dream blood research position; they were finally building the future life they always wanted. Just two weeks orientation in California and then he’d be back in South Carolina leading a team. Until he vanished. When he stops answering her calls and texts, Annie flies across the country, terrified. She finds him … but he’s not the man she knows. Not anymore. Lucas has been turned to vampire against his will. Now the sun and beach is poison. Food is ash in his mouth. And the woman he loves more than life has the blood he craves most. He begs her to run before he rips her throat out—but Annie has never run from Lucas. Helping him means embracing a world she never wanted and maybe dying for it. Loving him means risking her life every time he breathes her in. Their marriage survived everything…Can it survive this?   AmazonKU    AB

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VS: I have a New Release this week too!

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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ESCAPE TO NOWHERE (A PLANET OF LAST RESORT NOVELLA) by Veronica Scott

Fleeing the zombie apocalypse on an isolated colony planet, two strangers find a common purpose and more as they strive to reach promised sanctuary in a refugee camp. Les McDaniel barely had a chance to get a cup of coffee in the town of Rosewater before it falls to the swarming infected. He steps in to drive one of the two school buses designated as escape vehicles. He didn’t ask for the responsibility for the lives of all these other people, most of whom he doesn’t even know but he’ll do his best to get them to the refugee camp safely. Then he’s off on his own, no government-run camp for him. Devora Sims was the police dispatcher for the town of Rosewater before the Western Flu hit and left hordes of vicious infected in its wake. The scion of a prominent local family stepped in when infrastructure failed and became a ruthless warlord. She found a temporary haven running his kitchen but then the compound fell to the infected, he was killed and she managed to get herself on one of the buses, with the additional responsibility for an abandoned toddler she rescued. Les and Devora forge an alliance as the bus trip continues and her feelings become deeply engaged with the reluctant hero bus driver. But he’s made it plain he won’t stay at the refugee camp and she can’t imagine trying to live on the run in the open, especially with a child. Will they reach the camp? Will it still be there? And what kind of future could Les and Devora build on a relationship born of the chaos? Author’s Note: This 36K word novella continues the story of the survivors of Rosewater and is related to books one and two of the Planet of Last Resort series. There’s a Happy for Now ending to this novella but Les and Devora will be continuing characters in book three, when the series reconnects with the main characters from the previous books.

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SARVEN’S OATH (BARBARIANS OF THE DUST BOOK THREE) by A G Wilde

All I wanted was a job. Instead, I got a desert planet, a low-grade fever, and a seven-foot alien shadow I call “Stabby.” Life in the caves is simple: Don’t die of planet sickness, try to make alien lizard meat taste like chicken, and ignore the massive, golden-skinned warrior sharpening his blade in the corner. His name is Sarven. I call him Stabby McGoldy. He doesn’t speak English, and I don’t speak “Growl.” But he watches me. Constantly. With red eyes that are terrifyingly intense and a lack of personal space that is frankly alarming. I’m determined to stay independent. I can fetch my own water, thank you very much. I don’t need a mate. I need a life that’s less complicated and a way off this rock. But when our clan’s only water source turns toxic, survival goes from difficult to impossible. Suddenly, my independence isn’t enough. I need a hunter who can track the source of the poison before the desert claims us all. Now Stabby is stepping out of the shadows to help, and as the heat rises, I’m starting to realize that the only thing more dangerous than the water might be falling for the alien who’s decided I’m his.       AmazonKU

MATED TO THE DRAGON WARLORD (FATED MATES OF THE SARKARNII WARLORDS BOOK THREE) by Hattie Jacks

An alien dragon warlord has bitten me…and apparently that makes me his? I was minding my business, enjoying a party, like any normal human who has found herself on the other side of the galaxy in the company of aliens who can turn into dragons, when out of nowhere…I got bitten. What’s worse is the Sarkarnii warlord who bit me, Dante, has to be the most unhinged of them all. Yeah, sure, he’s got abs for days and a face which would make angels weep, but he’s a mass of bad habits and a maelstrom of chaos, not to mention he and his crew are seemingly hell bent on destruction, both of themselves and their surroundings… all of the time. And now he has claimed me by way of a bite, which is apparently how these aliens take their mates. But I didn’t sign up for this and if Dante wants me, he’s going to have to prove himself. Which would be fine and dandy, if it wasn’t for the looming evil which wants to possess all of the Sarkarnii, and it’s not going to stop, not until they are all under its control.      AmazonKU

FIRST CLASS DELIVERY (YOU’VE GOT ALIEN MAIL BOOK FIVE) by Lara Roth

POLLY My job was boring: deliver diplomatic records, get paid, fly home. But my “cargo” turns out to be Lord Rynn Valorian—a high-born alien noble with a bounty on his head. Now, we are being hunted by corporate assassins, and I’m trapped in deep space with His Royal Brooding. He hates my music. He hates my “reckless” flying. And he really hates how I strip down to fix the engine vents. But every time we survive a near-miss, his perfect control cracks a little more. He looks at me with hungry, possessive eyes that say I’m not just his pilot… I’m his. RYNN Polly is chaos incarnate. She is loud, irreverent, and utterly unsuitable for a male of my station. Logic dictates I keep my distance; her human fragility is a liability. But when the hunters close in, something ancient and primal wakes up inside me. She refuses to leave my side, even when the galaxy burns around us. She thinks she is just saving a passenger. She doesn’t realize that by staying, she has sealed her fate. I will destroy anyone who tries to take her from me.      AmazonKU

ALIEN INSTINCT (APOCALYPSE BOOK TWO) by Cara Bristol

In a world where trust can be deadly, they’ll cross enemy lines to find love – Months after aliens from planet Progg-Res invade Earth, Chloe Thorne has yet to encounter another human being. Haunted by loss, but driven by grit, she wanders city to city in search of survivors. One night, she camps in a rundown trailer in a remote area. Upon awakening, she finds herself face-to-face with an armed alien. She expects to be vaporized, but he offers her a deal: help him find his brother, and he’ll grant her freedom. She would rather die than assist one of the murderous invaders, but she’s counting on having a chance to escape. Rok is a disgraced Progg soldier, alone and stranded on an unfamiliar world after a virulent plague wipes out his unit. When he finds Chloe, duty demands that he eliminate her, but something about her causes him to hesitate. Breaking all the rules, he coerces her assistance to locate his estranged brother, an important officer who may know what happened to the Progg forces. From an uneasy alliance fraught with distrust, anger, and fear, each comes to see the other in an unexpected light. Chloe, fierce and stubborn, realizes the Progg soldier is nothing like the monsters who massacred her people, and for Rok, the very human Chloe awakens some very alien instincts. On an Earth now divided by violence and vengeance, they’ll have to decide if they’re willing to risk a relationship or allow love to become the casualty in the fight for survival.      AmazonKU        Author’s Universal Link

TEMPTED BY THE DRAKARN SHADOW (DRAKARN MATES BOOK EIGHT) by Kate Rudolph

I have carved my life from stone, fire, and discipline. Nothing shakes me. Then a small, furious human detonates my world. Lexa is a soldier, an explosives expert, and a survivor. Her scent hits me like a blade to the heart, and I know one truth above all else: She is mine. But she doesn’t want to be. She fights me at every turn, snarling, swinging, refusing the bond written in our souls. Yet when she bleeds, I am the one who heals her. When she shakes, I am the one who steadies her. When her nightmares surface, I am the one she reaches for in the dark. Our task has taken us deep into the Broken Plains of Volcaryth, where only the deadly and the desperate roam. It is a suicide mission with an impossible goal, but I will not let my mate face it alone. The secrets we uncover may change our planet forever. But if this world tries to break her, I will shatter it first.     AmazonKU

FOUR PLAY: TRIUNE ALLIANCE BRIDES SERIES BOOK FOUR by Holly Bargo

Trafficked by her own government in exchange for alien tech, Ursula found unexpected happiness on the planet Uribern with her bonded warrior triad. Then one of them was killed, and everything began to fall apart. Her surviving mates, Bran and Gil, are being deployed on increasingly frequent and deadly missions. It’s no accident. The Council Supreme is working to shatter what’s left of their bond. Ursula, a rare and fertile woman, is too valuable to be left with a broken triad. The government wants her reassigned, controlled, and bred. She tries to hold on—for her son, for her art, and for the mates she loves. But loneliness claws at her. So does the Council’s tightening grip. Then comes Zul, a battle-scarred berserker who has already lost his bonded brothers. When bandits attack, he saves Ursula and her child, pledging to protect them until her mates return. But Zul wants more than honor. He wants her, body and soul. Bran and Gil still grieve. Zul wants to claim. Ursula is the bridge between them all, but the government will not let her go without a fight. They want to use her. She just wants to survive. But her love, her presence, and her refusal to break may be the spark that sets everything ablaze.      AmazonKU

HEARTS OF OBSIDIAN: CREATE BOOK SEVEN by L:yra Starling

n a world preparing for war, two young artists discover that creating beauty isn’t frivolous—it’s revolutionary. She paints to remember who she was. He carves to become who he could be. Together, they create something neither expected: hope. MEI CHEN came to the stars to escape her past. Instead, she crashed into a war. The only thing keeping her sane is her art—painting murals that transform cold caves into spaces of beauty. It’s frivolous, she tells herself. Pointless. But she can’t stop. TOREK is everything a young Vothren warrior should be: strong, eager, ready to fight. No one knows about his carvings, the sketches he hides, the beauty he creates in secret. Art isn’t for warriors. Art is soft. Useless. Weak. When their paths cross over a hidden sketchbook, Mei discovers she’s not alone in her need to create. Torek discovers someone who sees the artist he’s been hiding. Together, they’re commissioned to beautify the settlement—to give their people something to fight for beyond mere survival. But war doesn’t wait for art to be finished. And love doesn’t wait for the perfect moment.  When the Hollow attack threatens everything they’ve built, Mei and Torek must decide: hide from fear, or create something beautiful anyway.      AmazonKU

HEARTS OF OBLIVION: SHELTER: BOOK FIVE by Lyra Starling

VS Note: Missed this one. From DEC 21.

Draven has been a warrior for three hundred years. He’s killed more enemies than he can count. His face bears the scars of a lifetime of violence, and his heart has been closed for longer than most humans have been alive. He doesn’t deserve softness. He doesn’t deserve light. He certainly doesn’t deserve Priya Sharma. Priya came to this frozen world to build a new life. Instead, she found a war. As the settlement’s teacher and caretaker, she’s dedicated herself to protecting the children—giving them normalcy in a world of monsters. She doesn’t have time for the terrifying alien warrior who watches her with haunted silver eyes. But the Hollow don’t care about timing. When darkness comes for her children, Draven is the only thing standing between them and death. In the shelter of his protection, Priya discovers that the scarred monster is actually a guardian angel—one who’s been waiting three centuries for someone brave enough to see him. She taught the children not to fear the dark. Now she’ll teach him not to fear the light.      AmazonKU

THE DARKEST STARS by Debbie Cassidy

You know life’s getting complicated when crash landing on an unknown planet becomes the least of your worries. I’ve spent most my adult life avoiding flesh and blood attachments. Life’s easier without another heart to care for. So, when the Gateway Federation asks me to retrieve a mysterious pod from a lethal asteroid belt, the last thing I expect is to end up on the run with a feral male who needs to rut, feed, and fight every four weeks, and a mech angel, who looks at me with stars in his eyes. Okay, so I may have stolen the pod, and the mech angel may have been inside it, but heck, Gateway should know better than to trust a breacher who lives by the motto of finders keepers. Now I’m having to play buffer between my robo dog and my ship, while they argue over karaoke tracks, as well as doing my best to avoid getting attached to the two overpowering males onboard my vessel. Crash landing on an unknown planet is simply the icing on the cake.      AmazonKU

NOTHING BOT TROUBLE (MOONSCAPADES BOOK ONE) by Gemma Cosmos

Evanora Hale left Earth to disappear. Her plan was simple until she bought a failing repair shop on the dark side of the lunar colony, collecting new friends who refused to let her hide. With every bot Nora fixes, the shop’s fairy lights shine a little brighter, illuminating a future she never meant to build. When her touch wakes an android that shouldn’t exist, her world fractures. Now Nora is figuring out how to protect Six while he does the very thing no bot is meant to do. Love. When buried technology and long-forgotten secrets begin to surface beneath the moon’s dust, Nora is forced to confront the truth she has spent years avoiding. Some things are not meant to stay broken. Some connections are worth the risk of being seen. And some hearts wake for a reason.     AmazonKU

A PROTECTOR FOR CHRISTMAS (ONE HOUR HEART SERIES) by Katty Sue

VS note: From DEC 17.

A snowy Scottish castle. A glitch in the system. An alien warrior delivered straight to her door. Abigail just wanted to test her desire-predicting AI in peace. Instead, her code accidentally summoned Cael—a massive, golden-skinned Anatolian warrior from another dimension who insists he is her destiny. Snowed in and isolated in her inherited Highlands mansion, Abigail tries to resist the fierce, glowing-eyed giant wearing ill-fitting flannel and watching her with intense hunger. But Cael isn’t just here to keep her warm. He’s here to claim her. But their time is running out. Cael’s violent brother has tracked the signal to Earth, and he hasn’t come to make wishes come true—he’s come to destroy them.   AmazonKU

ALIEN’S CHOSEN MATE (COSMIC CONNECTIONS ALIEN DATING AGENCY ROMANCE STORIES BOOK ONE) by Emerald Cox

VS Note: From DEC 9.

The terms of service were forty-seven pages long. I read every single one. Highlighted the exit clauses. Made flashcards. Because when you’re signing up for an intergalactic matchmaking program after three failed engagements, you do your research. My match? A seven-foot-tall alien commander who looks at me like I’m either his salvation or his worst nightmare. Possibly both. He’s got commitment issues. I’ve got a ninety-four percent win rate in court and zero intention of losing this case. There’s just one problem. His tail can’t lie. Every time he pretends he doesn’t want me, it wraps around my waist like it’s filing a counter-argument. Commander Torek thinks he can scare me off with his walls and his warnings and his whole “humans always leave” speech. He has clearly never met a lawyer who’s been left at the altar. Three times. I don’t run. I don’t quit. And I definitely don’t lose. Thirty days to prove I’m staying. One grumpy alien who’s already losing the fight. And a tail that’s about to snitch on everything he’s feeling. Game on, Commander.      Amazon       AB

SEEDED BY THE WILD GUARDIAN by Nova Sloane

VS Note: From DEC 17.

Dr. Joselyn Vasquez studies fertility for a living; she never expected to become the subject. But when she ventures into Verdani breeding grounds, she encounters Thaxon – a Wild Guardian whose massive frame and primal intensity awaken needs she didn’t know she had. He’s ancient, powerful, and built for one purpose: ensuring the continuation of his species. And he’s chosen her to help him do it. Now her body is synchronizing with alien rhythms. Her needs are overwhelming. And her destiny is growing inside her, one seed at a time. Fated mates. Breeding instincts. One claiming that plants the future.       AmazonKU       AB

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BOUGHT BY THE RAVEN KING: MONSTERS BRIDE MARKET by Ava York

OLWEN –  I’ve been faking a pulse for three months. Faking warmth. Faking breath. Counting petals to remind my heart how to beat, and how easily it could forget. At the Bride Market, a wolf’s heat nearly burns through my borrowed life. So I choose the monster in the corner instead. The one made of shadow and frost. The one they only whisper about. The Raven King buys me with funeral coins and says he’s purchasing my silence. I don’t tell him I’m already dead. I don’t tell him his cold is the first thing that hasn’t hurt since I clawed my way out of the ground. I just need to keep pretending long enough to vanish. CADOR – I see the living. I see the dead. I see the ones trying very hard not to be either. My new bride is none of them. A void where a soul should glow. A silence shaped like a woman. My ravens call her sister, and perhaps I should fear her. I don’t. She’s hiding something impossible, and she’s exhausted from holding it alone. I want to know what happens when she finally lets herself rest.      AmazonKU

MAGIC REBORN (WARRIORS OF MAGIC BOOK THREE) by Jeffe Kennedy

The gripping conclusion to the saga that started with a desperate woman in a tower and the Dark Wizard who freed her…The time has come…With the hidden archives unlocked and their explosive secrets waiting to be deciphered, the Convocation teeters on the edge of chaos. Alise Elal, rescued from her evil father’s clutches by an unlikely hero, faces the ultimate test of her hard-won powers—if she and Cillian Harahel can fight their way to Convocation Center. There they will be joined by old friends and new in the final attempt to solve the riddle of the fall of House Phel.      Amazon     Apple Books      Kobo

SCARRED (THE LOST SOVEREIGN BOOK THREE) by Anna Hawke

An immortal woman masquerading as a human. A powerful man who can’t afford to trust her. A corrupt ruler determined to destroy them both. Naomi is gifted with a rare power vital to their species’ survival. Hiding among the mortals has allowed her to evade detection from the brutal men who hunt her. A chance encounter draws the attention of Zayn: the ruthless, honorable prime building a rebellion against the oppressors of their world. Defending his legion from any danger has always been Zayn’s priority, no matter the toll it takes on him. With her real identity a mystery, Naomi’s presence in his territory risks everything. He only knows that she fears the men he’s sworn to defeat. Nothing has prepared him for the battle he must wage to win her heart—and protect her from those who would seek to exploit it. With the rebellion hanging by a thread and a tyrant tightening his grip, they must decide whether their fated bond can withstand the looming supernatural war—or if it will shatter under the strain.      AmazonKU

CURSE OF THE FROST KING (FAE SPARK TRILOGY BOOK ONE) by Jen L Grey

I should’ve left the iron box beneath the rowan roots, but the whispers wouldn’t stop until I opened it. Then my life changed in the blink of an eye when a strange dagger cut me and I fell through a mirror into an entirely new world. Kairos, the Dusk King—stunning as carved ice and merciless—named me trespasser and locked me away. Prison should have ended me, but it put me at his side. Dusk Court and Night Court are at war, and every line he forces me to walk is edged with death and danger. He keeps me close because he refuses to let me go; I stay close while I build a plan of my own… or that’s what I tell myself. The longer we’re together, the harder it is to pretend the pull between us is anything but a choice I shouldn’t make. I never asked to choose anything for this realm, but when the truth finally cuts through the ice, I’ll have to decide whether to stand against him or with him, and live with the price. All I know is that, whether Night or Dusk wins, I won’t be the girl who bows, no matter the cost.     AmazonKU

MUCH ADO ABOUT MUESLI (REAL WEREWOLVES DON’T EAT MEAT NINE) by Karenna Colcroft

VS Note: MM PNR.

Vegan werewolf Kyle Slidell didn’t sign up to be the mate of the most powerful werewolf in the United States, the Anax Tobias Rogan. But fate had other plans after Kyle was changed from human to werewolf, and now he and Tobias are building a life together. And planning a wedding, if Tobias will get with the program. Since taking the rank of Anax, though, Tobias has changed. While at times he’s the Tobias Kyle knows and loves, more and more often, it seems as if the power Tobias holds is trying to take control of him. And when a werewolf confronts Tobias about a crime committed by someone Tobias once loved, it pushes Tobias over the edge. Now Kyle must help Tobias overcome and integrate the Anax power and protect his mate from those who believe Tobias should be removed from the rank—which would end Tobias’s life. Kyle has fought many threats to defend Tobias, but what can he do when the biggest threat is Tobias himself?      AmazonKU

DARK JOY (A CARPATJIAN NOVEL BOOK 39) by Christine Feehan

Sarika Silva has come to Peru’s rainforest to learn about her family’s history and her own capabilities as a jaguar shapeshifter. What she finds is a dangerous world out of her nightmares, where jungle shifters and ravenous vampires vie for dominance and a gorgeous, lethal predator is waiting to claim her for his own. Tomas Smolnycki and his brothers have hunted vampires for centuries. As some of the oldest Carpathians, they are accustomed to seeing the world in unfeeling gray. So Tomas is ill prepared for the emotions that rise like a tidal wave when he hears Sarika’s voice. As his world bursts into color, he knows he has finally found his lifemate—a woman he’s compelled to protect whether she likes it or not. Despite an attraction to Tomas that defies logic, Sarika has no interest in being bound to anyone. But as an ancient enemy gathers power in the darkness, Carpathians and their lifemates from around the world must come together to fight back. And Tomas and Sarika’s bond could be the one thing that will save them from total destruction.     AmazonKU      AB

UNEARTHING GAIA’S HEARTSTONE  (DAME OF THE MIDNIGHT RELICS BOOK NINE) by Brenda Trim

Being a Relic Keeper is never simple, but this time I might be in over my head. When a mysterious artifact called Gaia’s Heartstone goes missing from a secretive coven in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, I’m called in to retrieve it—because that’s what I do. But containing dangerous magical relics before they cause catastrophic damage is never easy, and something is definitely off about this new job. Glowing groundwater, plants aging decades in hours, and random gravity wells are just the appetizers on this smorgasbord of magical chaos. I’m also up against the Sisters of the Northern Pines who aren’t telling me everything. And heir leader Sylvia has secrets darker than the ancient forests she protects. There’s just no such thing as a simple assignment in this business. With my best friends Kaiya and Aeira by my side, we’re diving into a centuries-old conspiracy and nothing is as it seems. The Heartstone isn’t just a magical trinket—it’s alive, it’s choosing sides, and it might just select me as its new vessel. Did I mention relic keeping doesn’t come with hazard pay? I’ve handled treacherous artifacts before, but this one threatens to reshape the very earth beneath our feet. And I’m beginning to think containing it might require a sacrifice I’m not prepared to make. If I fail, it won’t just be Michigan’s wilderness that pays the price—the magical balance of the entire world hangs in the balance. No pressure, right?       AmazonKU

A DEATH SO LOVELY: A DARK VAMPIRE ROMANCE  (KISSED BY DARKNESS BOOK TWO) by Harper A Brooks

I never asked for this. Lucian Vale stole my life when he gave me his blood. I should hate him for it, but now that I’m a vampire, every day is a battle between loathing him and wanting him. Between freedom and surrender. The pull to him is stronger than anything I’ve ever known. At first, I despised what I had become—the hunger, the shadows, saying goodbye to my old life. But the more I fight it, the more it owns me. The more he owns me. Secrets at VMR run deeper than I imagined, and the answers I’ve been chasing are finally within reach. But Lucian’s past has returned with a vengeance, and an old rival is determined to drag us both into a war I’m not ready to face. This time, Lucian can’t protect me from what’s coming. But I’m not scared. Because with him, even death can be a lovely thing.       AmazonKU

MAXWELL: PARANORMAL COUNCIL ENFORCERS BOO EIGHTEEN by Taylor Rylan

VS Note: MM PNR.

Dr. Maxwell King joined the Council at his longtime friend’s suggestion. His position as the Council’s doctor has been both rewarding yet heartbreaking at times. The happiest moments are bringing new lives into the world. But it’s also a constant reminder that he’s still alone with no fated One in sight. Chances are slim for him finding his forever mate when the majority of those around him are already mated. Dr. Camden Kennedy loves his family and what he does. Most days, he loves his job more than his family. The youngest of seven children, and the last still living near his parents, he just wants to put some distance between him and his doesn’t-understand-boundaries mother. It was a complete coincidence that he’d overheard about a position opening with the Paranormal Council, and when he applied, he never expected to be chosen for the position. Maxwell believed a new doctor joining the clinic would provide him the chance to venture out in search of his One. When Camden walked into the clinic, he couldn’t believe that his One was standing in front of him. Camden just wanted to get away from his ma and maybe at some point find his mate in a sexy alpha. When he realizes his sexy alpha is instead a sinful sire, working for the Council suddenly seems more like fate than anything. Will these two find a moment to complete their bond, or will duty calling interfere?   AmazonKU

A CHALLENGING MIDLIFE (WITCHING AFTER 40 BOOK 23) by Lia Davis and L A Boruff

When witch Ava Walker receives a mysterious invitation to the reading of the mayor’s will, she expects nothing more than a legal formality. But Henry, a nephilim with a penchant for surprises, has one final twist in store: his sprawling estate—and all its secrets—will be awarded to whoever completes three trials he has created. Ava must put together a team to go through the trials with her. They are thrust into a magical competition against the powerful Nephilim. Cause why would it be easy? The winner also gets… well, we can’t tell you that. Spoilers.      AmazonKU

THROUGH GATES OF GARNET AND GOLD (WAYWARD CHILDREN BOOK 11) by Seanan McGuire

After Nancy was cast out of the Halls of the Dead and forced to enroll at Eleanor West’s School for Wayward Children, she never believed she’d find her door again, and when she did, she didn’t look back. She disappeared from the school to resume her place in the Halls, never intending to return.  Years have passed. A darkness has descended on the Halls, and the living statues who populate them are dying at the hands of the already dead. The Lord and Lady who rule the land are helpless to stop the slaughter, forcing Nancy to leave the Halls again, this time on purpose, as she attempts to seek much-needed help from her former schoolmates. But who would volunteer to quest in a world where the dead roam freely? And why are the dead so intent on adding to their number?

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STARLIGHT SUMMONS (STARLIGHT HOLLOW BOOK FIVE) by Yasmine Galenorn

As my demon hunter heritage emerges, I must face the biggest challenge of my life…It’s early December, and Bran and I are planning out my new store, which will now include produce and items from Bran and May’s farm. We’ll rebuild in the spring, and until then, both May and Grams are helping me with my magic, which is growing by leaps and bounds. But then, I get a call from Faron. There’s a demon on the loose in Starlight Hollow. It’s killed his brother Kyle, and attacked another one of his Pack members. They were exploring a cave up on Cedarwood Slope, a haunted section of town. Bree and I go out to check it out. Not only do I sense demonic energy when we find a hidden cave, but we’re attacked by a Vizetti, a spider demon. Bree is hurt, but we manage to escape before it kills her. And then, Faron’s wife is attacked. I promise him that I will catch the demon, but can I find it and stop it, before it targets me as its mortal enemy?

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SNOWED IN WITH HIS OMEGA: MM SHIFTER MPREG ROMANCE (OMEGAS OF ILVER CREEK BOOK 16) by Lorelai M Hart

I’m all done with the holiday season and ready to take the rest of the year off. With all the cookie orders for December weddings and Christmas, I’ve been up to my eyeballs. By the time I deliver the last order, I am ready to swear off cookies for a lifetime. Yeah, right. I’ve got my tree up and the fireplace lit when I hear a loud noise outside. My wolf’s senses perk up and as I open my door, I see a truck with smoke billowing from the engine. Making my way outside, I hear a string of curses coming from a tall, broad, mountain of a man. His truck is broken down. All the mechanic shops are closed until the new year. The snow is coming down heavier than ever as a storm rolls in. Helping him out, I’m struck with his scent. This isn’t just any man. My alpha has barreled into my life and has no way to leave. He doesn’t look too happy about it either.      AmazonKU