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  • Fire by Charlene Hartnady

    Fire by Charlene Hartnady

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Fire is the third book in a series about monsters of all kinds. If you enjoy fated mates, forbidden romance, sassy heroines and swoon-worthy beast kings who are almost untamable, then this is the series for you."To avoid spoilers, I will not be writing a blurb for this book. If you have read Ruin, you will know that this next story is about Thor...
  • Ashes by Charlene Hartnady

    Ashes by Charlene Hartnady

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ashes is the sixth, and final, book in a series about monsters of all kinds. If you enjoy fated mates, forbidden romance, sassy heroines and swoon-worthy beast kings who are almost untamable, then this is the series for you.To avoid spoilers. I will not be writing a blurb for this book. If you read Ice you will know that this next story is about Ax...
  • Lord of Bones by Aiden Pierce, R.K. Pierce

    Lord of Bones by Aiden Pierce, R.K. Pierce

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rayven Kidnapped. Collared. Trapped. I slink through shadows and steal from the deceased. It’s my passion, until I steal from Death himself…Then it becomes my curse.I’m a prisoner in the realm of the dead, at the mercy of the beast who calls this labyrinthian castle home. The walls are alive, with shifting corridors and eyes that follow me everywhere.He’s given me three days to escape...
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    paranormal  steamy  myths  romance  dark  fantasy  horror  monsters
  • Anubis by Alessa Thorn

    Anubis by Alessa Thorn

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Anubis, God of The Dead, is missing a piece of his soul, and he knows just the archaeologist to help him find it. He only needs to convince her of that…ANUBIS is the third book in the new series ‘Gods of the Duat’ that centers around the Egyptian gods of war, magic, and the dead...
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    myths  paranormal  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  demons  fiction
  • Trouble for My Troll by Honey Phillips

    Trouble for My Troll by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Her troll mechanic is determined to get her engine revving! Alison is looking forward to finally settling down in Fairhaven Falls. Surely a town full of monsters will make it easier to guard her vulnerable heart. When she runs into a truck driven by a massive troll with a charming smile, she realizes it might not be so easy after all...
  • Shifter God by Meg Xuemei X

    Shifter God by Meg Xuemei X

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He beds me, whispers sweet lies, then chooses another. The Alpha Heir finds me. Broken, bruised, and with no memory.How fortunate I am that he’s my fated mate.Then he rejects me for another, even though his wolf still wants me.So he locks me up, tries to control me, tries to force me to be his again.But I know a secret. Someone much stronger, more powerful, is coming for me...
  • Unremarkable by Viola Grace

    Unremarkable by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A scheming vampire, a unicorn with a job to do, and a mage who thought her power was gone, leaving her unremarkable.Ally surrendered her magic as a teen. Her sister was the family heir, and Ally just wanted to leave her home and start off in a new city. She takes on odd jobs and ends up as a secure courier...
  • Grimor the Joyless by Cara Wylde

    Grimor the Joyless by Cara Wylde

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When the orcs invaded the human dimension, no one could stop them. War raged for years, and now the monstrous beasts have agreed to peace on two conditions: one, the human scientists must rebuild the machine that brought them into this world; and two, they must be provided with fertile brides to bear them orc babies.Faith Bell is in need of a miracle. A Christmas miracle...
  • Ghosting the Griffin by Violet Rae

    Ghosting the Griffin by Violet Rae

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When the lines are blurred between the dead and the livingCan love find a way for a ghost and a griffin?GalinaWhen I drank the “harmless” punch at the Screaming Woods annual Halloween party, I never expected to wind up dead. Other townspeople grew tails and claws. Not me. Nope. I’m trapped in a realm between life and death. Doomed to wander in search of a cure for the curse...
  • Wed to the Basilisk by Layla Fae

    Wed to the Basilisk by Layla Fae

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    No one touches my bride. No one but me.I am the last basilisk on Alia Terra. As I roam my lands, loneliness muddles my mind and pumps violence into my veins until I don’t recognize myself. Soon I’ll become a feral beast – unless I mate.The matchmaking temple is the only way a creature like me, scaly, fanged, and with lethal eyes, can marry. Soon, I have a match...
  • Hidden by Night by Jada Storm, Emma Stark

    Hidden by Night by Jada Storm, Emma Stark

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My name is Ace Bisset, and after a lifetime of proving magic doesn’t exist, I’m learning how to be a witch.If you’d told me a few months ago that I’d be burning sage and staking vampires, I would have laughed in your face. And yet here I am, casting spells and brewing potions while I relentlessly search for a way to lift the curse that binds my four lovers to the night...
  • Howl for the Gargoyle by Kathryn Moon

    Howl for the Gargoyle by Kathryn Moon

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Hannah never wanted to be a werewolf. After over thirty years as a human, she finds her new life on the other side of the species line too full of sudden changes. Especially when those changes risk her band's chance at a world tour...
  • Swipe Right for Passion by D.J. Bryce

    Swipe Right for Passion by D.J. Bryce

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Shonda is lonely. Over a decade ago, she'd fallen for the man she knew was her mate, only to have him flee the pack and never return. She's lived her life on automatic. No boyfriends, no excitement, only work and friends...
  • Taken by the Orc by Mina Carter

    Taken by the Orc by Mina Carter

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s always loved fairy tales. Starring in one isn’t on her bucket list…Not that Hope has much of a bucket list, except in her head. Forced to work for a pittance by her cruel stepfather, she has no way out of the drudgery of her life. Being mugged in the park at night is just par for the course… until a big, green monster rescues her...
  • Silent Predator by Felicity Brandon, Delta James

    Silent Predator by Felicity Brandon, Delta James

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Paranormal Shifter RomanceA predator prowls the Sea of Cortez, protecting a mystery that has been kept silent for almost a century—damning information that some are still willing to kill for.Mason Lockheart is a highly decorated Navy SEAL with a mission that he can never reveal to anyone… even the curvy redhead who’s determined to bring everything up from the depths of the sea...
  • The Naga Next Door by Maggie Mayhem

    The Naga Next Door by Maggie Mayhem

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The naga next door has perfect pecs, washboard abs, and the world’s sharpest jawline, but that doesn’t mean he’s off the hook for disturbing the peace.But this time, when I stomp over to give the my noisy neighbor a piece of my mind, I find Zayn’s front door ajar and his groceries scattered on the ground. What the—The sexy serpent has been hiding a curse. On a whim, I offer to help him break it...
  • Fated to the Orc by Sue Mercury, Sue Lyndon

    Fated to the Orc by Sue Mercury, Sue Lyndon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The orc warrior says I'm his... soulmate?A long time ago, my father sold my sister to an orc. I haven't heard from her since, but I am determined to find her and bring her home. During my first week on the road north, however, I cross paths with a massively tall Orc Guardian who claims I'm his... fated mate.Magnus the Wolf says I'm coming with him, and he won't take no for an answer.Hm...
  • Holidays Ablaze by Lucy Limón

    Holidays Ablaze by Lucy Limón

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When an arrogant demon with a taste for the finer things meets a salty chef with an attraction to fire, sparks fly.Sofia, a talented chef whose culinary dreams have flamed out, is spending her holiday hiding away atop Mount Winter Bliss until she's disrupted by the arrival of Samite, a maddeningly pretentious demon. Sofia is no stranger to facing down big egos in the kitchen...
  • Shared by the Monstrum by Evangeline Anderson

    Shared by the Monstrum by Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Mirabella is running for her life when two huge, muscular alien warriors come to guard her. Will she lose her heart when she is…Shared by the Monstrum?Mirabella is a reluctant ruler—she never asked to be the Ruling Member of the Sacred Seven—the governing body of Opulex. But things get much worse when all the other members of the Sacred Seven are murdered by a ruthless serial killer...
  • Thorn: A Steamy Orc Rom-Com by Vera Foxx

    Thorn: A Steamy Orc Rom-Com by Vera Foxx

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The orcs of the Monktona Wood were promised long ago they would be gifted with fated mates or miresas as the orcs have called them. Their patience has run short as they scour the lands of Bergarian many giving up, including their leader.Thorn has long lost hope of finding his miresa...
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    paranormal  steamy  romance  fantasy  monsters  fated-mates  cozy  fae
  • Cleric of Desire by Amanda Meuwissen

    Cleric of Desire by Amanda Meuwissen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Giving tours of the city’s brothel underground while dressed as historical icon, Mad Madame Mattie, is the only time Jeffrey feels close to being in his right skin. It still isn’t his true self—he isn’t sure he knows who that is—but when dwindling sales and expanding gentrification threaten to take his safety net and sanctuary away from him, he will do anything to keep it...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  myths  steamy  romance  mlm  fantasy  lgbtq  magic
  • Dark Fire Kiss by Amy Pennza

    Dark Fire Kiss by Amy Pennza

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Half human, half vampire, I’ve spent my life on the fringes of my father’s court. Born with all the vampire weaknesses and none of their gifts, I have little to offer my family—until my father, the prince, is poisoned. Only dragon tears will heal him, and the dragons are desperate for female mates.So I’m offered as a sacrifice...
  • Monsters and Mistletoe by Cassia Briar, Salem Cross

    Monsters and Mistletoe by Cassia Briar, Salem Cross

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hot chocolate, snowflakes, jingling bells, and… monsters?That’s what Christmas has in store for you this year!Add a little spice to your holiday festivities by diving into this collection of monster-loving heroines who find love in the most unusual of places.Featuring new, original stories by:Harpie Alexa - USA Today Best Selling AuthorCassia BriarCara BryantRachel CallahanJ.E...
  • Without a Stitch: Monster Between the Sheets: Season 2 by Honey Phillips

    Without a Stitch: Monster Between the Sheets: Season 2 by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Can a bookish scientist find the man inside the monster? Uncomfortable with people, Victoria spends her days - and her nights - working in her lab. When her funding is terminated, her only option is a dilapidated building in the tiny town of Screaming Woods...
  • The Orc and the Manny by Chloe Archer

    The Orc and the Manny by Chloe Archer

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to Monsters Hollow, where love knows no bounds—even in a town full of monsters!Targan WildethorneA confirmed bachelor, and a historian by training, I haven’t the faintest clue how to care for twin orclings when I unexpectedly become their guardian...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  steamy  romance  mlm  fantasy  monsters  lgbtq  magic
  • Corrupting Cupid by Effie Campbell

    Corrupting Cupid by Effie Campbell

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    EVABeing back in the small town of Coal's Lake was the last thing I wanted. My plan was simple, run my grandfather's bar long enough to pay off it's debts, then sell it and head back to London.It was a good plan. Until he walked through the door. Tall, dark and extremely odd. Making a deal to teach the adonis how to please a woman leaves me weak at the knees...
  • His Slender Embrace by Amanda Meuwissen

    His Slender Embrace by Amanda Meuwissen

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Gaze long into the abyss and you might fall in love.Eldritch, Tall Man, slender and strange – Cael is all these things, with a presence humans fear, and among monsters allowed visas to the human world, he still feels like an outsider. The first time someone hears his voice, they’re knocked unconscious, and if they look at him for too long, they risk losing their minds or worse...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  steamy  romance  mlm  lgbtq  monsters  fantasy  age-gap
  • Grab the Bull by the Horns by Sam Hall

    Grab the Bull by the Horns by Sam Hall

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’m a total ancient history nerd and I’m about to get up close and personal with creatures I’d assumed were figments of our imagination.When a strange man gives me a chai latte the like I’ve never tasted before, somehow, I’m stumbling through a rift in reality, straight into the arms of three very big, very muscular minotaurs.Yeah, you read that right, minotaurs...
  • Baruk the Cursed by Cara Wylde

    Baruk the Cursed by Cara Wylde

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When the orcs invaded the human dimension, no one could stop them. War raged for years, and now the monstrous beasts have agreed to peace on two conditions: one, the human scientists must rebuild the machine that brought them into this world; and two, they must be provided with fertile brides to bear them orc babies. Jenna Cole is done with her family, and the world of humans in general...
  • Orc Me Baby One More Time by Ava Ross

    Orc Me Baby One More Time by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Can fake dating the town’s orc blacksmith turn into something real?If I don’t find a date for my grandmother’s weekend birthday bash, my mother plans to set me up with the relative of a friend who has to be ninety. No thanks. On the spur of the moment, I ask the town’s orc blacksmith I’ve been crushing on for months to go with me...
  • Escaping the Friendzone by Emily Antoinette

    Escaping the Friendzone by Emily Antoinette

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A woman trapped with her crush…When I agreed to go to an escape room with friends, I didn’t expect everyone to bail and leave me locked in a room with the hottest, most unattainable person I’ve ever met—my brother’s minotaur best friend. Tension from the tight quarters and frustrating puzzles leads to heated confessions, and the wildest night of my life.He says he wants more...
  • Games with the Orc by Kathryn Moon

    Games with the Orc by Kathryn Moon

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sunny has spent years of her life hiding from her own desires and hiding them from those she loves. Forced to face the idea of denying that part of herself forever, Sunny takes a nose dive out of her routine and into her fantasies. All she needs is the help of Monster Smash Agency and one exceptionally talented Orc...
  • Found by the Lake Monster by Lillian Lark

    Found by the Lake Monster by Lillian Lark

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    A lake monster in heat, a lost human in the woods, and the lie that gets her stuffed…Getting lost in the woods was not the adventure Amy had in mind when she jumped at the chance to search for the local lake monster. She just wanted to liven up her steady but boring life, not wonder if every shadow on the ground is a snake and worry that no one will ever find her.Luckily, someone does find her...
  • Ascending From Madness by Stacey Marie Brown

    Ascending From Madness by Stacey Marie Brown

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Your holiday season is about to get deliciously naughty!The bad boys and girls of the Winterland are back for the conclusion of Alice and Scrooge’s story. This tale is mad, dark, twisted, sexy, and nothing like the legend you know.Life for Alice Liddell should be normal. Work, family, and her general sucky life back at her parent’s house, working as a slutty-looking elf in Santa’s shop...
    Categorized as:
    myths  paranormal  steamy  adult  book  cheerful-mc  contemporary  dark
  • My Orc Nanny by Veronika Kane

    My Orc Nanny by Veronika Kane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Just when I think I’m at the end of my rope, the universe sends a gorgeous, talented, and oh-so-caring nanny to rescue me. What’s the catch?Every morning I wake up and remind myself I was the one who decided to kick out my horrible ex, and it’s my choice to raise my kids alone...
  • What Dwells by Jeanette Lynn

    What Dwells by Jeanette Lynn

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It was just another boring day monitoring the Mists, the strange murky clouds that hover in the canyons below the Up Top. Until it wasn't. They say whatever enters the mysterious mist is lost to The Mists. When Novara finds her schooner suddenly being sucked into the clouds of death, she's expecting the worst. She's going to die...
  • Queenie & the Krakens by Aleera Anaya Ceres

    Queenie & the Krakens by Aleera Anaya Ceres

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Naomi Queen swore to herself she’d never get involved with criminals. She didn’t want any part of the world that raised her because she knew the trouble the malicious underground could bring. But all that changes when she witnesses a murder between a gang of mermen shifters.Swept into the maelstrom of the paranormal criminal underbelly wasn’t exactly high on her to-do list...
  • Rotanev by Lexi C. Foss

    Rotanev by Lexi C. Foss

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kailiani MikosMy life is a mess.One minute, I’m on my way to graduating, and the next, I find out my mother handed me over as collateral to a loan shark.Now I’m standing inside a fancy hotel suite in a tiny little dress, auditioning to become an escort for Jasmine Black Incorporated.That’s when I see him. God in a suit. Ocean-blue eyes. Dark, wavy hair. All sensual lines and hard masculinity...
  • All the Devils Are Here by Devyn Sinclair

    All the Devils Are Here by Devyn Sinclair

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I always wanted to love a monster… I just didn’t think I’d need to be stranded on an island to do it.My name is Meghan Irela, and I’ve just been fired.Not my proudest moment, but I’ll be all right. A trip to Paris is just what I need. Visit my friends, ignore my problems, and pretend I’m not completely alone...
  • Frost Giant Loki: A Fantasy Romance Adventure by Liza Penn, Natasha Luxe

    Frost Giant Loki: A Fantasy Romance Adventure by Liza Penn, Natasha Luxe

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ice Planet Barbarians meets Indiana Jones in this spicy fantasy romance perfect for fans of Katee Robert!When my jerk of an ex cheats me out of archeological grant money that's rightfully mine, I refuse to let it derail my career...
  • Monster's Bride by Stasia Black

    Monster's Bride by Stasia Black

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I went in search of miracles… and stumbled upon a monster instead. In return for the healing I was so desperate for, I just had to make one teensy weensie promise… To be his consort for, uh…forever. To say I wasn’t exactly thinking things through when I said yes was an understatement. And now I’ve been whisked away to a castle in a wintry wonderland with a ginormous, ferocious chimera...
  • Stranded with the Kraken: A Monstrous Holiday Tale by Zoe Ashwood

    Stranded with the Kraken: A Monstrous Holiday Tale by Zoe Ashwood

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “The thought of you dating another man makes me want to punch through a wall. You’re magnetic .” I signed up for the new Bone-R app for monster dating thinking I’d get a fun one-night-stand out of the deal...
  • Cosmic Crush: An Alien Burlesque Romance by Clio Evans

    Cosmic Crush: An Alien Burlesque Romance by Clio Evans

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Please welcome the salacious, glitter-gun slinging, hussy, Little Miss Mercury!”Mari is a famous star in her intergalactic troupe. As headliner at the Comet Canyon Saloon, the last thing she expected to go wrong was being lassoed off stage by a chaps-wearing outlaw.Raider’s name has been tarnished by his good-for-nothing brother...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  steamy  romance  aliens  fantasy  sci-fi  monsters  western
  • Mercury Rising: A Brides for the Blood Lords Novella by Alessa Thorn

    Mercury Rising: A Brides for the Blood Lords Novella by Alessa Thorn

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Welcome to Inferno, the city where monsters rule and only the strong survive. Each district is ruled by a different species and if you choose to come and dance with these devils, you're never going to be the same again. Mercury Rising, is a standalone novella that is a sizzling vampire tale drenched in bloodlust and revenge, perfect for readers seeking their spice in the shadows...
  • You're Not My King! by Eryn Hawk

    You're Not My King! by Eryn Hawk

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Reuben CarterThrowing myself in front of my estranged sister didn’t win me any brownie points...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  steamy  romance  mlm  sci-fi  aliens  fantasy  lgbtq
  • Kings and Monsters by Clio Evans

    Kings and Monsters by Clio Evans

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dying was supposed to be a once in a lifetime event.And yet, after falling off an overpass onto a mafia boss’ car, not only am I still alive—I’m a demigod in a world where myths are reality and monsters are hot.My unlikely hero is the Minoan Bull, a fierce Minotaur hated by many. Embers ignite between us, leading to an unforgettable night and a pact to never see each other again...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  myths  steamy  romance  mlm  monsters  fantasy  lgbtq
  • Beefcakes by L. Eveland

    Beefcakes by L. Eveland

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Falling for a minotaur is no piece of cake. Wedding planner Ezra Higgins is having a bad day. He’s lost his phone, he’s got six weeks to plan the biggest wedding of his career, and now the minotaur baker won’t stop flirting with him. It’s enough to make anyone’s anxiety spike...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  myths  romance  mlm  monsters  contemporary  lgbtq  humor
  • The Demon Undertaker by Alex J. Adams

    The Demon Undertaker by Alex J. Adams

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Perfect Shores Funeral Parlour: Where we bury the bodies and reap the SOULS!MalPerfect Shores Funeral Parlour, the family business; we bury the bodies and reap the souls, it’s what we do.“Be nice to the humans, Mal.” My father insists. “Humans are our business.”I don’t do humans. I don’t like humans. They’re tedious, but I'm cold and unfeeling. They mean nothing to me...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  steamy  romance  mlm  demons  fantasy  age-gap  lgbtq
  • Orc Owner by Kylie Marcus

    Orc Owner by Kylie Marcus

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    RiverEvery weekend, I don my Elvish garb and head to the woods with my fellow role-playing nerds. My favorite part of the fantasy world should be the escapism, but a certain orc lord who dominates deep in the woods stimulates my imagination in ways I’ve never experienced...
  • Hellfire & Bowties by A.M. Rose

    Hellfire & Bowties by A.M. Rose

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Oren doesn’t really belong in Hell. But the Devil is so hot he’s willing to make it work...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  steamy  romance  mlm  fantasy  demons  lgbtq  humor
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