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  • A Soul to Protect by Opal Reyne

    A Soul to Protect by Opal Reyne

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    All Linh wanted was to feel safe.After escaping vile bandits, Linh is faced with a conundrum. She can either run through the Demon-filled wilds, or seek safety from a serpent monster.The longer she forces her presence in the monster’s territory, the more she learns a Duskwalker’s heart can be nurturing...
  • Dark Voyage Matters of the Heart by I.T. Lucas

    Dark Voyage Matters of the Heart by I.T. Lucas

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    As Annani and Syssi set out to unravel the mysteries of Syssi's visions about the gods’ home world, the long-awaited wedding cruise sets sail with Aru, Gabi, and Aru’s teammates on board. While the gods find themselves surrounded by immortal clan ladies eager for their affections, they soon discover that destiny has a different plan for them...
  • Obsidian: Last Chapter in Daemon's POV by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Obsidian: Last Chapter in Daemon's POV by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
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  • Sparks Rise by Alexandra Bracken

    Sparks Rise by Alexandra Bracken

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Don’t miss the thrilling novella that connects the last two novels in the New York Times best-selling Darkest Minds trilogy. Sam didn’t think things could get worse at Thurmond rehabilitation camp. Then the Reds arrive. Everyone assumed the kids with firepower had been killed years ago. Instead they were taken away, brainwashed, and returned as terrifyingly effective guards...
  • Scarlet: Chapters 1-5 by Marissa Meyer

    Scarlet: Chapters 1-5 by Marissa Meyer

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Cinder is trying to break out of prison—even though she’ll be the Commonwealth’s most wanted fugitive if she does.Halfway around the world, Scarlet Benoit’s grandmother is missing. It turns out there are many things Scarlet doesn't know about her grandmother, or the grave danger she has lived in her whole life...
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    dystopia  paranormal  book  cyborgs  fairy-tale  family  fiction  magic
  • Zorn der Engel by Marah Woolf

    Zorn der Engel by Marah Woolf

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    "Wenn er nur den Hauch einer Gefahr spürt, wird er mich in seine Arme reißen und mit mir fortfliegen."Moons Pläne wurden von den Engeln zunichte gemacht und Cassiels Verrat hat sie tief verletzt. Nun ist sie im Gefängnis unter dem Dogenpalast eingesperrt und ihre Geschwister sind immer noch in Gefahr...
  • Dark Voyage Matters of the Soul by I. T. Lucas

    Dark Voyage Matters of the Soul by I. T. Lucas

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    As the Silver Swan leaves Acapulco, Frankie and Dagor expect smooth sailing, eight more wedding celebrations, and, hopefully, Frankie’s transition, but fate has other plans.The ancient amulet has more secrets to reveal, and when a new vision necessitates a change of course, Dagor and his teammates are pulled into the millennia-old battle between the clan and the Devout Order Of Mortdh...
  • High House Draconis: The Complete Dragon Shifter Box Set by Riley Storm

    High House Draconis: The Complete Dragon Shifter Box Set by Riley Storm

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Big wings. Big Muscles. Big d-esigns on the women of Plymouth Falls.Welcome to High House Draconis. Home of fearsome dragons burning with the need to find their mates.For a century they have slept, but no longer. They are needed once more.A darkness has returned to the world, one not seen in millennia, and if the dragons hope to stop their ancient enemy, they won’t be able to do it alone...
  • Death Is My Friend With Benefits by Katarina E. Tonks

    Death Is My Friend With Benefits by Katarina E. Tonks

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The fourth installment of the DIMBFF series continues the thrilling journey of a young woman, Faith Williams, battling for her life, and the Angel of Death dragging her further into his world...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  angels  romance  fantasy  death  demons  sci-fi  hell
  • Blood Heart by Lexi C. Foss

    Blood Heart by Lexi C. Foss

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Asset File 4-7: Elizabeth Watkins Genotype: Non-Human That’s the only information Jayson Masters has about his newest assignment. To learn more, he’ll need to infiltrate her life in the most intimate of ways without getting too close. Game on. Lizzie’s new neighbor is loud, seductive, and ridiculously attractive. And he keeps flirting with her...
  • Domination by Leia Stone

    Domination by Leia Stone

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The ghouls have upped their game and retaliated in the worst way. Humans are waking up from the dream wars in random parts of the world, next to people they don't know, in countries they've never been to. When Kit and her team find out that the government is bed with the ghouls, she makes a promise to exploit them...
  • One Night at the Refuge by Nalini Singh

    One Night at the Refuge by Nalini Singh

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A little glimpse into the past, when two of our favorite dangerous angels were just beginning to grow into their wings.Guild Hunter Short story featured in the April Newsletter...
  • Red King by Charlene Hartnady

    Red King by Charlene Hartnady

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The dragons on Mistveil Island are not your run-of-the-mill kind. They’re something else entirely…Change is coming to our island, and I’m not completely convinced it’s for the better. At least, not where I am concerned.Twenty human Tributes will arrive soon. All female, all young, all healthy...
  • Shifter by Rebecca Zanetti

    Shifter by Rebecca Zanetti

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ***First published in Kindle Vella***She's a wolf-shifting scientist who needs cover...and He’s an alpha without a pack…As the only living wolf pack member with the tiniest drop of alpha blood in her veins, Luna McElhanney should be happy. Instead, she just wants to be left alone in her lab with her experiments, until she discovers something that could end them all...
  • Rescued by the Rebel Orc by Celeste King

    Rescued by the Rebel Orc by Celeste King

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’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...
  • Demon Defeat: Part 2 by M.J. Haag

    Demon Defeat: Part 2 by M.J. Haag

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Listening to Molev's intuition that the west coast isn't safe, we start making plans to return to the community he and his brothers have made. However, the infected are changing. Into what, we're not sure, and we don't want to find out.Our final stand against the infected is coming, whether we want to admit it or not, and even with Molev at my side, I'm not sure I'll survive...
  • Saven Denial by Siobhan Davis

    Saven Denial by Siobhan Davis

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sadie has been kidnapped by the Tor, the vindictive alien race who destroyed Thalassic City. As her past, present, and future collides, her worst nightmare looks set to become her shocking new reality.A deliberate pawn in leader Griselda’s vengeful game, Sadie is horrified to learn the truth about her heritage and the destiny that’s already been mapped out for her...
  • Telepath by Janet Edwards

    Telepath by Janet Edwards

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Amber is one of over a million eighteen-year-olds in one of the great hive cities of twenty-sixth century Earth. She’s about to enter the Lottery of 2532, which will assess her abilities and decide her hive level, her profession, her whole future life. Amber’s dream is to be level 10 or above, her nightmare is to be a level 99 Sewage Technician...
  • Division 5 by Krista Street

    Division 5 by Krista Street

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    With freedom, comes choice. Dr. Meghan Forester’s dream has finally come true. A vaccine for the deadly Makanza virus is spreading throughout the world. Borders are open. The Kazzies are free.But just when happiness and hope are infiltrating society, Meghan’s world comes tumbling down. Davin’s first love reappears. The Kazzies are incessantly harassed. A young girl falls gravely ill...
  • Marked by Sophie Davis

    Marked by Sophie Davis

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    *Note: this book was previously titled as Unforgettable*When Talia and Erik leave Washington after UNITED's attack on TOXIC, they have no idea that the war has just begun. The Talented are about to lose their citizenry, their status, their entire lives.With the Creation drug wreaking havoc on Erik, the couple relocates to Eden - an island community of Talented refugees from around the globe...
  • Jessica by Ariana Hawkes

    Jessica by Ariana Hawkes

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Three best friends separated for ten years, the laws of a clan, and a forbidden love clash in the latest episode of this bestselling series.Curvy geek girl Jessica Schmidt works as a developer for the dating app Shiftr. When her two best friends, who disappeared in mysterious circumstances ten years earlier, come to the office looking for mates, she couldn't be more shocked...
  • From the Grave by Kresley Cole

    From the Grave by Kresley Cole

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kresley Cole’s New York Times bestselling Arcana Chronicles series comes to a spectacular and fiery conclusion in this final installment.When even the gods hold their breath . . .To defeat the Emperor and Fortune, Evie, the great Empress of Arcana, must repair her bond with Death, despite the earth-shattering developments between them. And danger lurks in every shadow . .
  • Single Orc Dad by Ava Ross

    Single Orc Dad by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Will my roller coaster romance with my hunky orc neighbor fly off the rails or ignite our hearts forever?After inheriting my estranged dad's defunct kiddie amusement park, I turn in my corporate badge and return to my old hometown. Despite the issues I had with my dad, I rediscover the fun I missed out on while I lived ten years in the city...
  • Hot Wolf in the City by Honey Phillips

    Hot Wolf in the City by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Working 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...
  • Beyond the Night by Alexandra Bracken

    Beyond the Night by Alexandra Bracken

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    'A RIVETING EMOTIONAL READ THAT KEPT ME ON THE EDGE!'- Melissa Marr, author of the bestselling Wicked Lovely series, on The Darkest Minds The government-run 'rehabilitation camps' have been shut down, but kids with Psi powers are anything but free...
  • The Forgotten Promise by Kate Ryder

    The Forgotten Promise by Kate Ryder

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Irish lass, Maddie O'Brien, is living an independent, carefree life in London. She loves her work with a film production company but, as the years slip by, is increasingly aware of a nagging insistence for change. During a film shoot in Dorset she is inexplicably drawn to a 17th Century cottage for sale...
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    angels  paranormal  adult  book  female-author  fiction  ghosts  gothic
  • Consumed by Fire by Charlene Hartnady

    Consumed by Fire by Charlene Hartnady

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The dragons on Draig Island are not your run-of-the-mill kind. They’re something else entirely…Things are hotting up on the island. It's Octane's turn.For the best enjoyment, please read these books in order.This story contains mature themes/language.Also, be prepared for a ton of growls, dirty talk, and a hard-won HEA. Hulking, skulking, foul-mouthed, brooding dragons ahead...
  • Heart of the Fire by Charlene Hartnady

    Heart of the Fire by Charlene Hartnady

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The dragons on Draig Island are not your run-of-the-mill kind. They’re something else entirely… Although you will see characters from previous books, this story will follow Kim and Blaze. To avoid spoilers, there will not be a blurb. It is very much an enemies to lovers romance.For the best enjoyment, please read books 1 and 2 first.This story contains mature themes/language...
  • Shield by J.C. Andrijeski

    Shield by J.C. Andrijeski

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ONLY 99 CENTS FOR 1ST WEEK OF RELEASE!! From USA TODAY bestselling author, a psychic warfare alternate history set in a gritty version of Earth. Contains strong romantic elements - a book in the Bridge & Sword World. Apocalyptic. Psychic Romance."And Death will live among them in the guise of a child..
  • The Diseased Ones: The Hollis Timewire Series Book 1 by Danielle Harrington

    The Diseased Ones: The Hollis Timewire Series Book 1 by Danielle Harrington

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Life is easy in 2647, unless you're a Diseased One...On the morning of her 16th birthday, Hollis Timewire receives the worst possible news. She can't become a citizen of the world. She's a Diseased One...
  • Return by J.A. Huss

    Return by J.A. Huss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The FINAL book in the epic SF Saga I Am Just Junco! Three years ago Junco Coot was an insane sniper. Three weeks ago she was a prisoner being tortured in a morph tank. Three days ago she was nothing but billions of molecules floating in a sea of darkness. Today, Junco Coot is the key to saving or ending the world. Three years ago Raubtier Aves was the captain of the Avian Military...
  • Broken Wings by Viola Grace

    Broken Wings by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An Enjel who lost her wings and everything else learns that there is more to life than a past that can’t be changed.Minerva loses her wings when her home is attacked. She takes control of a mech and walks the bot into battle. When she is removed from the wreckage, it is determined that the bot ceased to work two days earlier and her latent talent has risen...
    Categorized as:
    angels  paranormal  adult  aliens  book  fiction  futuristic  grief
  • Sacrificed to the Monster by Ava Mona

    Sacrificed to the Monster by Ava Mona

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Grace sees her name flashing on the TV screen, she knows this is the last day of her life. She’s being drafted as this year’s sacrifice to the monster that lurks beneath her world. It will keep her people safe, prevent her sisters from being the one chosen instead, even if it means she’ll be eaten whole once she’s lowered into the ground...
  • Chained To The Orc Chieftain by Celeste King

    Chained To The Orc Chieftain by Celeste King

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This Orc Chieftain is destined for an orc mate. But there’s one problem.He's in love with a human woman. Me.Let’s face it. The Earth is broken. Humanity is destroyed.And if you’re a human female? Forget about it.You don’t have any rights. You don’t have any hope.The monsters are bad enough. But the surviving human males are even worse...
  • Escaping with the Orc Enforcer by Celeste King

    Escaping with the Orc Enforcer by Celeste King

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My life is worthless. I’ve always been told I’m a freak.Not quite human. But never an orc.I was bred to fight the orcs. You may look at me and see a human woman, but they’ve added some of the traits of our enemies. Now no race wants me. And I am alone.Except for the handsome orc who calls himself Xenon...
  • Orc's Pet by Celeste King

    Orc's Pet by Celeste King

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My world is not kind to women. But I’m going to change that.The orc invasion has left humanity a broken husk of its former self. Society has broken down. And it’s the human females that have paid the price.We’re commodities to both human men and orcs. To be used, claimed, and bartered with.I admit that when I was first captured by an orc, I felt that once again, I was at the mercy of a male...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  romance  sci-fi  ghosts  supernatural  fiction  book  adult
  • Balfor's Salvation by Susan Trombley

    Balfor's Salvation by Susan Trombley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dangerously unstable and exceptionally violent are definitely not qualities Stacia Dornan looks for in a mate, especially after the harrowing experience of having half of her jaw torn off by an adurian warrior. Yet, when she meets Prince Balfor to discuss a trade alliance between her father’s company and the umbrose, sparks immediately fly between them...
  • Section 12 by Krista Street

    Section 12 by Krista Street

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    To save them, she'll risk everything.The last time Dr. Meghan Forester saw Davin and the other infected Kazzies, she made a heart-wrenching choice. Now, her new life is filled with loneliness.Trying to carry on while Davin and her friends are held captive on Reservation 1, Meghan begins a daunting position at Compounds 10 and 11 in Washington state...
  • Uptown Ogre by Ava Ross

    Uptown Ogre by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A suit-wearing ogre is pretending to be my boyfriend, and I think I’m falling in love.After being ousted from my small town by an underhanded wedding planner who is also now my ex, I moved to Monsterville for a fresh start. There, I find myself in direct competition with the hottest ogre in town, Raze. He’s too cocky and snobby for his own good, and he wears designer suits and ties all the time...
  • Salvation by Laurie Roma

    Salvation by Laurie Roma

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Officer Skylar Aris is a woman with a troubled past. As a Class-A Conduit, she is beautiful and deadly, making her stand out among the rest of the elite soldiers. She has worked hard to succeed as one of the only female interrogators in the Security and Interrogation Division, but everything she has dreamed of is put in jeopardy when she’s given an ultimatum that will change her fate...
  • Talented by Alexandra Moody

    Talented by Alexandra Moody

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Seventeen-year-old Elle Winters gave up everything for one shot at saving her closest friend. But though she may have escaped the ARC and found her way to the surface, Elle is no closer to finding Sebastian and stranded in a world where she doesn’t belong...
  • Captivated by Sophie Davis

    Captivated by Sophie Davis

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Can't get enough of Talia and Erik? Want to know about their first meeting? Interested in what happens between the books? Dying for a peek at what's coming in Created? Captivated is a Talented Novella that includes four short stories, two from Talia's point of view, and two from Erik's point of view. The first is a detailed account of what happened the first time Talia and Erik met...
  • Fallout by Chris Morphew

    Fallout by Chris Morphew

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The time for pretending is over. The Shackleton Building has been turned into a concentration camp, and the last free people in Phoenix are forced into hiding. The fight is over unless Jordan and Luke can figure out where the Co-operative is hiding Tobias. And Jordan has to find a way to protect Luke before Peter rages out of control … or else history is doomed to repeat itself...
  • The Living by Isaac Marion

    The Living by Isaac Marion

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Before he was a flesh-eating corpse, R was something worse. He remembers it all now, a life of greed and apathy more destructive than any virus, and he sees only one path to redemption: he must fight the forces he helped create...
  • Her Alien Angel by Michele Mills

    Her Alien Angel by Michele Mills

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A winged, fire-breathing infant cries from within the soft basket left upon my porch.Wow.Why was this tiny baby placed on the doorstep of the only human female on Salo for miles? I’ll never know. Babies are completely foreign to me. But I can’t find any next of kin for this adorable infant, so I do my best to feed and care for her as if she were my own...
    Categorized as:
    angels  paranormal  adult  aliens  audiobook  book  demons  fiction
  • Taken Over by Erica Stevens

    Taken Over by Erica Stevens

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Librarian's note: Alternate cover edition of ASIN B0086Q7UNK.Devastated by the loss of Cade, struggling to survive in a world she no longer knows, Bethany is determined to exact revenge upon the aliens that have shredded her life, and the lives of her family and friends. Presented with an opportunity to uncover the secret that Dr...
  • Warriors by Sarah Noffke

    Warriors by Sarah Noffke

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Austin Valley appears as it always has, but Em Fuller knows that appearances aren’t what they seem. She knows under the surface, that cracks are starting to form in this seemingly well-manicured society. She’s responsible for creating these cracks and for planting a slow dissension among many of the residents of this once happy city...
  • Watcher Reborn by J.L. Madore

    Watcher Reborn by J.L. Madore

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the shadowed streets of Toronto, there exists a garrison of soldiers like no other—nine immortal warriors, half-Archangel/half-human, living unknown amongst the city, defending humanity from the Daemons of the Hell realm...
  • The Hunchback (Cosmic Fairy Tales) by Regine Abel

    The Hunchback (Cosmic Fairy Tales) by Regine Abel

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Her heart’s desire would be her downfall.After spending her life in training, Esmerelda still can’t believe she’s been appointed to serve as the Vestal of Our Lady of Paris—the greatest temple on any planet in the Nine Circles...
  • Knell by Viola Grace

    Knell by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dot has spent nearly half her life in a private home for those who have trouble with reality. Finding out that her talent for hearing the future is actually useful, she agrees to leave her residence to find a place that she has dreamed of. A world where her talent can be put to use...
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