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Lor by Lily Mayne
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMy role as Moric—ruler of a small and prosperous fiefdom in a quiet corner of the world—has always been painfully dull and stifling.Until a beautiful, otherworldly creature with pink skin and a mane of golden hair falls through a strange void that has appeared in my guestroom.And I am instantly captivated by him.I have never seen anything like him... -
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Dervishes Don't Dance by Kim McDougall
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Guardian is dead. Fae are missing. And someone has let a golem loose in town. Ride along with Kyra Greene, the only pest controller qualified to deal with the strange and wonderful creatures that come out the shadows when magic flares.Dervishes Don’t Dance is the second book in the Valkyrie Bestiary series... -
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Horde by Ann Aguirre
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsThe epic conclusion to the USA Today bestselling trilogy.The horde is coming.Salvation is surrounded, monsters at the gates, and this time, they're not going away. When Deuce, Fade, Stalker and Tegan set out, the odds are against them. But the odds have been stacked against Deuce from the moment she was born. She might not be a Huntress anymore, but she doesn't run...Categorized as:
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Protected by the Orc by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHer orc bodyguard is determined to keep her close!Holdar doesn’t do commitment. Even his latest security job as bodyguard to a pretty, spoiled - and annoyingly adorable - heiress won’t last, which is just as well. The sooner he gets away from her innocent smiles and tempting curves the better... -
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Hot Wolf in the City by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWorking 9-to-5 has never been this wild!Desperate for a fresh start, Julie jumps at a chance to work for the boss of TalkToMe, the country’s fastest growing social network. The job's location, the enigmatic Monster Island, only adds to its appeal - she won’t be tempted to make another foolish mistake... -
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Outpost by Ann Aguirre
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsDeuce’s whole world has changed.Down below, she was considered an adult. Now, topside in a town called Salvation, she’s a brat in need of training in the eyes of the townsfolk. She doesn't fit in with the other girls: Deuce only knows how to fight.To make matters worse, her Hunter partner, Fade, keeps Deuce at a distance...Categorized as:
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A Mate for Oigr by S.J. Sanders
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJoin the crew of The Lady's Fortune once again for another Mate Index holiday novella.Oigr spent the last twenty-five years as the caretaker of an Indivi orphan. He gave up his future on Vrol, the chance for a mate and family, and everything he knew. Now that Nazzek is mated with a youngling on the way, Oigr must adjust to a new future that he’s not prepared for... -
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For the Power by Debbie Cassidy
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTake the journey, find the lock that fits the key and get some damn answers.Get from point A to point B. Stick to the mapped-out route and take shelter at the pre-planned times. It sounds simple enough, now if only we’d factored in getting attacked by djinn and having to take a detour through The Wilds... -
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His Human Rebel by Michele Mills
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter a teeny incident with red paint, my hometown votes that it’s done with my activist ways . . .Now I’m on an entirely different planet, holding a single suitcase, standing on a platform, waiting for my new alien husband to arrive . . . I bite my lip as I wait because there’s one serious problem with this whole situation . . . after a best forgotten, one-night stand gone wrong . . -
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Twins for the Wild Orc by Michele Mills
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA drunken, one-night stand with a wild Orc turns into a life-long commitment.Because I’ve given birth to his twin babies. And now I can’t find the green, horned father of my children, which is really my own fault. He came on strong, calling me his “Bride” and I got scared at the idea of marrying a ferocious Orc... -
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Deadline by Mira Grant
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsShaun Mason is a man without a mission. Not even running the news organization he built with his sister has the same urgency as it used to. Playing with dead things just doesn't seem as fun when you've lost as much as he has.But when a CDC researcher fakes her own death and appears on his doorstep with a ravenous pack of zombies in tow, Shaun has a newfound interest in life...Categorized as:
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Beast Unburdened by Robin O'Connor
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAbigailMonsters are real. And so are aliens…The beast was terrifying. Eight foot tall, covered in green scales with horns that would make a bull jealous. When they threw me into his cell, expecting him to knock me up so they could sell his offspring, the last thing I expected was to find a gentle giant.Okay, okay, not that gentle... -
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Ten Simple Tips for Surviving the Apocalypse by Cari Z.
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDo you have what it takes to survive the apocalypse? Are you sure?Let Javi help!Ten Simple Tips For Surviving The Apocalypse is a handy guide for anyone who wants to weather the end of the world's mayhem, misery, and mutants with flair... -
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The Dark and Hollow Places by Carrie Ryan
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThere are many things that Annah would like to forget: the look on her sister's face before Annah left her behind in the Forest of Hands and Teeth, her first glimpse of the Horde as they swarmed the Dark City, the sear of the barbed wire that would scar her for life. But most of all, Annah would like to forget the morning Elias left her for the Recruiters...Categorized as:
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Lauren's Barbarian by Ruby Dixon
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsA lush, tropical island on an icy planet makes no sense.Then again, not much makes sense anymore after waking up and finding myself not in bed but on a strange world populated by aliens. Since that moment, I’ve learned that nothing is normal anymore and I’ve got to roll with the punches. I can handle this, though. I’m strong and capable.So… washed up on a tropical island? Got it handled... -
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Even Angels Fall by E.V. Sauvage
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings300 years ago, my world collided with Earth.My kind has been ruling over the world ever since, passing as archangels.Doves, swans, cockatoo, their white wings in half shifted form are the sign of their power.I should have been the next in line.I should have been the new archangel Michaël.But my wings aren’t white.So instead I have to stay hidden. Instead, I’ve been trained my whole life...Categorized as:
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Monster by Soren Summers
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBloodied corridors. Mangled bodies. Deranged test subjects. Just another day at Vertex, a corporation devoted to perfecting humanity by any means necessary. It's up to Jarod Samuels to keep the hallways pristine and safe, but scrubbing bloodstains and bagging bodies is losing its luster. Then someone new joins his department, this man with a huge ego and an even huger mouth... -
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Dark Horizons by Krystle Jones
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen seventeen-year-old vampire hunter Sloane McAllister went into the Red Sector to look for her brother, she never expected to meet vampire commander Aden Knight. She definitely never meant to fall in love with him. And she never thought she’d call the vampires her friends, or that to save them she would defy the one person she swore to always protect: her maniacal twin brother, Orion... -
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The Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsGabry lives a quiet life. As safe a life as is possible in a town trapped between a forest and the ocean, in a world teeming with the dead, who constantly hunger for those still living. She's content on her side of the Barrier, happy to let her friends dream of the Dark City up the coast while she watches from the top of her lighthouse. But there are threats the Barrier cannot hold back...Categorized as:
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Entity by Meg Smitherman
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“You thought you knew pleasure before you met me. You were wrong.”Kit Fox needs a fresh start. Her essays on quantum physics are too outlandish for the mainstream, and her writing career is fizzling. But things look up when she’s offered the opportunity of a lifetime: a private three-day interview with reclusive billionaire Ian De Leon, inventor of the Pleasurebot... -
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The Farm by Emily McKay
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsLife was different in the Before: before vampires began devouring humans in a swarm across America; before the surviving young people were rounded up and quarantined. These days, we know what those quarantines are—holding pens where human blood is turned into more food for the undead monsters, known as Ticks...Categorized as:
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Touched by an Alien by Gini Koch
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsMarketing manager Katherine "Kitty" Katt had just finished a day on jury duty. When she stepped out of the Pueblo Caliente courthouse, all she was thinking about was the work she had to get caught up on. Then her attention was caught by a fight between a couple that looked like it was about to turn ugly... -
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The Other Life by Susanne Winnacker
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 16 ratings3 years, 1 month, 1 week and 6 days since I’d seen daylight. One-fifth of my life. 98,409,602 seconds since the heavy, steel door had fallen shut and sealed us off from the world.Sherry has lived with her family in a sealed bunker since things went wrong up above. But when they run out of food, Sherry and her dad must venture outside. There they find a world of devastation, desolation..Categorized as:
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Aftertime by Sophie Littlefield
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAwakening in a bleak landscape, Cass Dollar vaguely recalls enduring something terrible. Having no idea how many days-or weeks-have passed, she slowly realizes the horrifying truth: her daughter, Ruthie, has vanished. And with her, nearly all of civilization...Categorized as:
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