Books like 'The Dragon's Bride'
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Token of the Blessed by Cebelius
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt is the mettle to proceed that matters ... The Labyrinth behind him, Terry and company arrive on the Eastern Steppes in the midst of a carnival, and a fateful decision puts him under a dire curse. Stripped of his bond powers and exiled to the dreamlike Wildervast, he must find and free the ultimate witch, then kill an invincible man... -
Sword of the Tyrant by Cebelius
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNEVER split the party ... Tyrfing is both the key to success in Terry Mack's quest to destroy the Dust Lord, and a death sentence for any template foolish enough to go after the cursed blade... -
Swing Shift 2 by William D. Arand
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsReports to write, forms to fill, coffee to drink, leads to run down. Gus’s life had been a tedium and boredom he’d grown comfortable with. One that he sought out after he’d come back from his tour of duty. That was before Melody, a contractor, more or less blew his life up as if it were a building packed full of c4... -
Necropolis by Jordan L. Hawk
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsan alternate cover edition can be found hereIntroverted scholar Percival Endicott Whyborne has spent the last few months watching his lover, Griffin Flaherty, come to terms with the rejection of his adoptive family. So when an urgent telegram from Christine summons them to Egypt, Whyborne is reluctant to risk the fragile peace they’ve established... -
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Prayer of the Fallen by Cebelius
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"We are all monsters here ..." Celestine is a land of beauty and horror where the heroic souls of men are tempted to fall from heights mere mortals were never meant to attain.Terrence Mack has managed to survive in this brutal world, gathering bonds of great power and ability, passing trials and tribulations that would crush lesser men... -
The Cities of Dead by Alys Arden
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Cities of Dead: the highly anticipated third book in Alys Arden’s spellbinding The Casquette Girls series. Old World witches collide with the French Quarter’s strangest denizens, setting off events that could tear the fabric of the Natural and Supernatural worlds, and only the most elusive, mischievous Voodoo lwa hold the key to stopping it... -
I Went on an Adventure and All I Got Was This Barbarian Orc by Jennifer Cody
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLawton:I don’t know if I appreciate learning new things about myself. Bonding with Berklak has been eye-opening, but I might be a tiny bit terrified by it, because suddenly I have more magic than I’m supposed to, and now I kind of understand why other necromancers have rampaged across thyr... -
The Warrior's Assault by Kristen Banet
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsMave finally has a home. The Ivory Shadow Mercenary Company has taken the long winter off, letting everyone recover from the troubles of the Empire and the shadows that loom over them. Despite the tumultuous beginning to her newfound freedom, Mave has stumbled upon everything that’s ever been denied to her. A family. A home... -
Resisting the Alien Rider by Ursa Dax
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBook three of the Cowboy Colony Mail-Order Brides series. Magnolia's story...Categorized as:
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Forbidden Honor by May Dawson
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn my world, dragon shifters rule. Dragon shifters are always royals. They’re always male. They’re always assholes.An orphaned servant like me? Everyone assumes on first shift, I’ll turn into a squirrel.Instead, I grow wings. Breathe fire. Throw the world into chaos.No one wants a girl in the Royal Dragon Guard. So I’m disguised as a man and sent off to military training... -
Perfect Strangers by Jan Stryvant
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsDuring his junior year in college, Sean finds himself suddenly dropped into the middle of a world that he didn't even know existed. A secret world of magic and magic users, lycanthropes, goblins, and all the other things that go bump in the night...Categorized as:
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To Free a Soul by Opal Reyne
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratings*THIS BOOK SHOULD NOT BE READ BEFORE COMPLETION OF THE DUSKWALKER BRIDES SERIES OR BOOK 1 OF THE PREQUEL - To Trap a Soul*A hundred and fifty years have passed, and much has happened for Lindiwe. She’s bonded, she’s served her duties, and she’s brought Duskwalkers into the world.Every year, her relationship with Weldir grows steadier, only to eventually shatter...Categorized as:
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Breath of Dragons by Barbara Kloss
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings*Best in YA Paranormal - 2015 RONE Award Winner*After Prince Alaric's death, Daria and Alex set off in search of the legendary box of the Pandors'. The box is famed to hold a secret of power--one strong enough to overcome Lord Eris and the shield of power he stole from Valdon... -
Savage Saints by K.C. Cross, J.A. Huss
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPell learns to love pants.Pie learns to love magic.And Tomas learns to love a woman. Pie and Pell are like two peas in a pod. Meant for each other, madly in love, and living their best lives as Mr. and Mrs. Monster of Saint Mark’s. Kind of. Pie is dreading her new job working for the tall, dark, and sleek Modern Minotaur... -
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Keeping the Human's Heart by Lyonne Riley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEsme will not be used again, certainly not as fodder in a war that has nothing to do with her. When she makes a mad dash from the field of battle, she becomes a deserter, with nowhere to go except deeper into trollkin territory.Drazak the orc and Han’zir the troll have lived a quiet, peaceful life together on their farm—until they find a human woman sleeping in their barn... -
Rescued by the Rebel Orc by Celeste King
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’s lewd, crude, and a complete jackass.And he’s the love of my life.Before joining the Burning Sun clan, Naar used to be a rebel orc.It shows.Beasts have more manners than this orc.Watching him eat is all you need to go on a diet.Bathing is a foreign concept to this giant beast.But wait, it gets better.He's bedded most of the human women in the camp... -
The Alien and I by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsCan an alien king lose his heart to a human woman?Adjusting to life on noisy, crowded Samar Prime is difficult for former professor Anna Lennox, particularly when she’s forced to spend too much time away from her young daughter. A teaching job on a peaceful tropical planet seems like an ideal alternative... -
Lore by Sandra R. Neeley
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLore is an Ancient and is just what his name describes - Lore. The lore of a thousand peoples and places, their magics and their beliefs all evolved over the passage of time and now walking the Earth as this male — Lore. He’s wandered this realm and the next for eons in search of his beloved mate... -
Taken by L.V. Lane
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTaken is the third and final book in the Omega Prey series and concludes Priya’s story!More adventures will be coming for new characters in the Omega Prey universe!First I was a broken Beta.Now I am a broken Omega.My mates are worried; I am worried.Trapped, and a prisoner of my home lest my scent send Alphas mad with lust.I just need a moment. But I won’t get one... -
Her Orc Husband by Zoe Ashwood
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis arranged marriage is my last hope for a better future. The city’s best matchmaker has all but despaired over me and my brother is threatening to throw me on the street if I don’t find a husband soon. But the revulsion I feel every time anyone touches me has made it impossible for me to find a good match... -
The Basilisk of Star Manor by Kathryn Moon
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe basilisk, Marius, is Star Manor’s latest client, but he arrives fresh from an offer from the Manor’s greatest enemy. The innocent young woman he is matched with for a companion challenges what he knows of his own nature and poses a problem for his bargain... -
My Funny Demon Valentine by Aurora Ascher
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAsmodeus, Prince of Hell, just wants to play music. Jazz, specifically.Unfortunately, he’s a demon, and he’s supposed to be evil. A career as a musician isn’t exactly an option.And he’s cursed, to top it all off.Sick of playing by the rules, Ash and his brothers escape Hell in search of freedom on Earth, only to discover it’s harder than they thought to keep their enemies off their tail... -
Her Orc Gentleman by Zoe Ashwood
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen your family sends you to the orc kingdom to get rid of you, you know you’ve really messed up. Perhaps scratching the face of a rich lord was an excessive reaction to his attempt to win my hand in marriage... -
The Maid and the Orcs by Finley Fenn
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsShe’s fallen for an angel… but he’s mated to a monster. In a realm of orcs and powerful men, housemaid Alma Andersson is drowning — in grief, debt, and drudgery. And when her awful employer makes his darkest demand yet, she flees for the forest, and tumbles toward her doom…Until she’s snatched to safety by a huge, vicious green beast. An orc... -
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The Midwife and the Orc by Finley Fenn
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsOrc Mountain needs a midwife. And this devious, deadly orc is determined to find one…In a world of recently warring orcs and men, Gwyn Garrett is a lord’s daughter on a mission — to escape her lord father, dump her cheating betrothed, and pursue her true calling as a plant-obsessed midwife.Until the night her brand-new house is invaded by an orc... -
Recovery by Amy Rae Durreson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsReawakening: Book Three Resistance, exile, plague. Raif has survived them all, but now he finds himself in search of a new purpose. Traveling north to wake the dragon Arden, he hopes he has finally found a leader worthy of his loyalty, but Arden turns out to be more of a frivolous annoyance than an almighty spirit lord... -
Captured in Love by Zoe Ashwood
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSecrets lurk under the frigid waves in Iceland... We barely survived the first task of the competition and the secret tomb in the Egyptian desert. Now we’re heading to Iceland, the country where no witches have lived for decades.Ever since the war with the dragon clans, this place has been abandoned by our kind... -
Halfling by S.E. Wendel
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA half-orc, half-human belongs nowhere… Orek has spent his life trying to prove himself to a clan that despises him. The son of a deposed orc chief and human captive, he must try twice as hard to prove himself a worthy male, a strong hunter, a potential mate… Resigned to a thankless place in the shadows, Orek ekes out a living on the fringes of the clan, just waiting for an opportunity... -
Dance with the Dragon Duke by S.L. Prater
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor a desperate duchess, an Unseelie duke could be the perfect fake fiancé.A fae woman named Tomorrow is set to inherit a wealthy duchy. The one she must marry a man of gentle breeding. To make it to the altar, she’ll have to survive her family first. The next in line will stop at nothing to keep her from collecting... -
Saved by the Orc by Rena Marks
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI owe him. He saved me, even when his kind destroyed my family. When orcs invaded our village, everything changed. The newly self-appointed mayor chose me as his wife—no matter what my choice had been. Living taxes were imposed—if you want to live, you pay.My new husband pays the tax for both of us, and it keeps me working wage-free in his eatery for my room and board... -
Wagered to the Orc by Caroline Lee, Veronika Kane
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI am no stranger to being owned by a male, but my new master is something I never imagined…In my years in the Tarbert household, I have learned my worthlessness, and I pray that being sent with my distant cousin on her way to her new marriage might grant me a chance at some value. I see that hope disappear when our small party is attacked on the way to the wedding…by orcs... -
Hint of Danger by Meg Anne
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsShe was supposed to be dead.When a chance invitation to a magical ball revives Lina’s spirit, but none of her memories, she’s left with more questions than answers. Lucky for her, she was also left with someone determined to help her uncover them... -
Destined to the Wraith by Regine Abel
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWould he save her or be her damnation?Hounded by a necromancer hellbent on appropriating her ancestral lands, Ronika must recover an ancient relic from a cursed mansion to keep her enemy at bay. To do so, she requires an escort. Convincing an enraged wraith to help seems like an impossible task... -
Traveling with Gentlemen by Kathryn Moon
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThis novella takes place between the last chapter and the epilogue of A Lady of Rooksgrave Manor. It's mainly little slice of life and heap of smut scenes between Esther and her gentlemen, but there's also an adventure at the end that ties in with the over arching conflict of the Tempting Monster series... -
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Enthralling the Orc by Tracy Lauren
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDesperate to find answers to the whereabouts of her niece, Ellyn does the unthinkable and releases a criminal brought in from the Perished Woods. Believing him to be nothing more than a man caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, she enlists his aid as a tracker... -
Into the Seas Embrace by Avery Thorn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDear Reader, I hope you find this note before it gets lost in the waves. Before I get to send another letter and tell you about what happened to me.It all started when my family and I came to the quiet town of Argos, Washington to start a new life. Again. However, the more I learned about this run-down seaside town, the more mysterious it became... -
The Coveted Beta by L.V. Lane
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlexHe’s been my best friend since we were children, and I’ve admired him all that time.I’ve always known we were different, even before he matured and revealed his animalistic side.I’m a married man with a sweet, beguiling wife who never fails to rouse my ardor while holding my infinite love.Only now, when I see the two most important people in my life together, I realize something has changed...Categorized as:
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Prize: A Fantasy Reverse Harem by L.V. Lane
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPublisher's Note: Prize is the second book in the omega prey series and runs in parallel to Prey. It finishes on an HFN. There will be more adventures for Priya in book 3, Taken.I am prey.An Omega prey that our dreaded enemy, the Blighten, search for.I am a prizeOne that noble lords vie for.I don’t want to become a lord’s prize anymore than I want to become the Blighten’s prey... -
Wrangled by the Alien Rancher by Ursa Dax
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFallon and Darcy's story. Book two of the Cowboy Colony Mail-Order Brides series...Categorized as:
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Bound to the Orc Guardian by Krista Luna
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsOoops! That grumpy orc I just met? Forget hello. I stripped him naked!It’s an accident, I swear. When I wind up in a fantasy world, I see this gorgeous older guy who’s green, and wonder, “What does he look like everywhere?” I don’t realize my new magical healing powers will make it happen!No regrets. Sturrm’s got muscles for days and one seriously impressive pierced package... -
Married to the Alien Mountain Man by Ursa Dax
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook five of the Cowboy Colony Mail-Order Brides Series. Oaken's story...Categorized as:
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Cursed Alien by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCan a stubborn human free a cursed alien shifter?Once upon a time Malrik was cold, wealthy, and arrogant. Convinced he was too important to ever fall victim to the curse of the unmated Vultor, he dismissed every female brought before him. Now he roams the mountains, locked in his beast form. Until one day he catches an unfamiliar scent - one that awakens a part of him he’d thought lost forever... -
Smitten by the Alien Saloon Owner by Ursa Dax
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSee our sweet alien saloon owner Rivven from Warden Hallum's province get his happily ever after in book 7 of the alien cowboy romance series, Cowboy Colony Mail-Order...Categorized as:
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The Mirror by S.J. Sanders
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMirror, Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all….said no one ever. Isabella Norveau is the daughter of a sorceress. Growing up, she learned the magic of her mother in their villa high in the mountains. Though she had everything she could ever desire, Isabella desired love over power... -
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The Empire of Empty Wars by S.M. Gaither
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDeath. Betrayal. Destruction. This was Alaya's destiny, written in the stars on the night she was born. She should have been killed because of it.She wasn’t.The once crown prince of the highest throne in Sundolia is now the high king, and all of his advisors agree on one thing: He should have destroyed that dangerous Dragon woman when he had the chance.He didn’t... -
Skylord by Delta James
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe set out to slay a dragon. She ended up claimed and bred.When Duncan awoke from long centuries of sleep, Aurora was waiting for him, ready to strike him down and avenge her ancestors. But the Lord of the Sky is not so easy to kill, and she ended up punished, sore, and screaming with every helpless climax as he ravaged her mercilessly... -
Of Flesh & Bone by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNow that the Darkness has tasted her, it won't let Emma go.Robbed of her memories, Emma feels like a ghost trapped in her own body. She doesn't remember much, but she knows one thing--something happened to her in Arnsmouth. Whatever had happened to her had been terrible... -
Of Grave & Glory by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEmma Mather is having trouble telling friend from foe…and being wrong about whether someone is her ally or her enemy could cost her more than just her life.The Candle has taken Gigi Gage as their prisoner, and Emma will do anything to save her friend from whatever torture Dr. Thaddeus Kirkbride is putting her through in the Arnsmouth Asylum... -
The Maleficent Faerie: A Sleeping Beauty Retelling by Rebecca F. Kenney
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA spicy, Fae Sleeping Beauty retelling with a male version of Maleficent, a dying realm, and intriguing twists on the old tale.When Malec, the Void King, attacks Princess Dawn's carriage, her Fae bodyguard Aura switches places with her. Glamoured as a human, Aura must fool Malec into thinking she's the Princess he cursed 25 years ago... -
A Gargoyle Gripe : A Monster Romance by Sabrina Cassidy
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen your witchy family has lived on Monster Island for generations there’s certain standards to uphold.Too bad my only claim to magic is being able to heal people through baking. A power my ex-fiancé Brad never fails to give me grief over. After he cheated and left me, I buried myself in pastries. It was better to be alone than to trust my heart to anyone else...
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