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  • The Skye Sisters by Desirée

    The Skye Sisters by Desirée

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The order of this series is as followed. Bambino, Opium, Delirious, and what you're about to read. The Skye Sisters. With this story...I don't know yall. I honestly have no way of explaining this. Alot of secrets are revealed, drama finally reveals itself. People aren't who they say they are. People get shot. Protest are heard. Folks marching throughout the streets of Atlanta for justice...
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    black-mc  poc-mc  steamy  adult  book  crime  dangerous-mc  dark
  • Necronomicon II by H.R. Giger

    Necronomicon II by H.R. Giger

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Only once in a great while comes an artist with a completely new vision of the world. An ability to perceive things in a truly revolutionary manner. A talent to communicate through imagery so unique and provocative that it simply cannot be ignored. H.R. Giger is one such artist...
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    steamy  adult  book  cosmic-horror  cults  dystopia  fiction  horror
  • Street Soldiers by L. Divine

    Street Soldiers by L. Divine

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    At South Bay High, the drama just keeps on growing... In the long-awaited 15th volume of the Drama High series, Street Soldiers picks up with a murder in front of Jayd's grandparents' house. Mama and Daddy are convinced the police have the wrong suspect in custody and have joined forces to help organize the neighborhood and find the real killer...
  • Hexing on a Hunter's Moon by Harmony Raines

    Hexing on a Hunter's Moon by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Halloween is a couple of days away. Unfortunately, this year it coincides with the Hunter’s Moon. But it’s not vampires and werewolves the people of Wishing Moon Bay should fear.It’s the ghostly fae army that will rise when blood is spilled on their final resting place...
  • Anybody's Daughter by Pamela Samuels Young

    Anybody's Daughter by Pamela Samuels Young

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Based on the real-life horrors faced by thousands of girls, award-winning author Pamela Samuels Young takes readers deep inside the disturbing world of child sex trafficking in a fast-paced thriller that educates as much as it entertains. Thirteen-year-old Brianna Walker is ecstatic. She's about to sneak off to meet her first real boyfriend—a boyfriend she met on Facebook...
  • Apex Predator: Wolf Moon by D.A. Roberts

    Apex Predator: Wolf Moon by D.A. Roberts

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They exist in myth and legend dating back to the earliest history of man. Different cultures have different names for the same creature, which has haunted the dark places of our collective psyche. Loup Garou, Werewolf, Lycanthropes, Rougaru, Michigan Dogman, The Beast of Land Between the Lakes, Oolonga-Doglalla, Shunka Warak'in, Skinwalker...
  • An Alpha's Claim by E. Bowser

    An Alpha's Claim by E. Bowser

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dax Rayne swore off Hunters long ago for how they treated his kind. That is until a Hunter named Devana Okar entered his life with visions of rogue wolves and with the scent that she is his MATE.Dax wasn’t expecting the True Alpha of all Wolves to come to him with a mission involving working with a Hunter. A mission to stop a rogue wolf from killing other Alpha’s and taking control of their packs...
  • Malevolence by Smauggy

    Malevolence by Smauggy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "Pretty princess who lives in tall towers built by slaves she calls 'monsters' thinks she knows what it's like to live in fear..."~Every young faerie girl fantasizes about her dream wedding.The beautiful gown with the lace train that trails behind her as she walks barefoot across the soft grass, holding a bouquet of daffodils and baby's breath...
  • An Ugly Girl's Diary by T. Styles

    An Ugly Girl's Diary by T. Styles

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On the opening night of his restaurant, bad boy Tye Gates finds a diary moments after being unfaithful to his fiancé'. Captivated by the words of a mysterious woman, before long, he's pulled into her drama-filled world that soon impacts his own life...
  • John by Annie Baker

    John by Annie Baker

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The week after Thanksgiving.A bed and breakfast in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.A cheerful innkeeper.A young couple struggling to stay together.Thousands of inanimate objects, watching...
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    black-mc  poc-mc  21st-century  adult  book  drama  fiction  historical
  • Spell of Love by Auryn Hadley

    Spell of Love by Auryn Hadley

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    There's nothing stronger than love, except maybe desperation. All Jade wanted was her own happily ever after. Unfortunately, it's never that easy. Being a woman and a mage complicates things. Falling for three men at the same time? At least that's working out. Everything else is a mess. And it's all the Spider's fault. That man just can't help himself...
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    black-mc  poc-mc  steamy  adult  audiobook  book  dark  fiction
  • Fell for a Billionaire Vampire by N'Dia Rae

    Fell for a Billionaire Vampire by N'Dia Rae

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Zion Teese was broke, frustrated and hating life until one fateful night changed her life forever. When her cousin suggests she goes to a new vampire bar in town, Zion reluctantly agrees. The bar seems normal until she is viciously attacked by a vampire and then saved by their leader, a mysterious vampire named, Knight. Knight and Zion's connection is strong, earth-shattering and fateful...
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    black-mc  poc-mc  adult  book  female-mc  fiction  horror  paranormal
  • Mestaclocan by R. Lawson Gamble

    Mestaclocan by R. Lawson Gamble

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When old friend Marty O'Bannon, a San Francisco Homicide Detective, calls FBI Agent Zack Tolliver early one morning with news of a third murder victim, her throat ravaged as if by an animal, Zack agrees to assist him with the investigation.But Zack's responsibilities at the Navajo Indian Reservation prevent him from leaving so he sends his friend Eagle Feather, a local hunting guide, in his stead...
  • Seek & Find by Beatrix Hollow

    Seek & Find by Beatrix Hollow

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Monsters--humans with weapons and lies. They tricked me, they've captured me, and they hurt my men. Ben was after me from the start, this entire trip was a farce. He’d been hiding, wanting, and waiting for the day he could use me for his twisted rituals, making monsters of men.Traveling the country camping was supposed to be an escape from the strange and unusual that clings to my family...
  • The World For My Zombie Kings by LeeSha McCoy

    The World For My Zombie Kings by LeeSha McCoy

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I used my mind to kill hundreds of the dead that my three-year-olds gathered in our back garden.Now, I have to tell their dads.My Kings have been bitten and now sleep peacefully while their minds and bodies strengthen. I miss them more than words could ever express, but in a matter of days, they’ll awaken.Then we’ll all be the same...
  • Collected Stories, Vol. 1 by Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury

    Collected Stories, Vol. 1 by Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    RICHARD MATHESON: COLLECTED STORIES, VOLUME ONE is an expanded tradepaperback version of the 1989 Dream/Press hardcover limited edition. We will be publishing it in 3 volumes, the first in 2003 and one each year following.RICHARD MATHESON: COLLECTED STORIES is the gathering together of 86 Richard Matheson short stories, beginning with Born of Man and Woman from 1950 and ending with Duel from 1971...
  • The Other Brother by Brandon Massey

    The Other Brother by Brandon Massey

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Gabriel Reid seems to have it all - a good family, a great career, a loving fiancee. Until a man named Isaiah Battle comes into his life, claiming to be his illegitimate brother...
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    black-mc  poc-mc  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  horror  monsters
  • Blackbird Fly by Willow Rose

    Blackbird Fly by Willow Rose

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “It was just a dream.” We all say that to our children when they have a nightmare and wake up crying, don’t we? “Sh, baby, it was just a dream.” But what if there is no such thing as just a dream? What if dreams are portals to other worlds where evil lurks? When Andrew and Julia have their baby, they quickly realize their daughter is very different from other children...
  • Sweet Vengeance by Viano Oniomoh

    Sweet Vengeance by Viano Oniomoh

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Joy needs a deal with a demon to bring an end to the man who’d ruined her life. Malachi needs a deal with a human so he can remain in the mortal realm, far from the sentries looking to drag him back to his sect in hell.It’s a match seemingly made in heaven...
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    poc-mc  steamy  adult  book  crime  dark  demons  fiction
  • Succubus Lord 9 by Eric Vall

    Succubus Lord 9 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jacob and his friends might have made it out of Hell, but now they face something even more daunting: Heaven. Someone has been killing in Jacob’s name, and the Exalted One and his minions are not happy. Now, Jake’s on trial, and he’s got to figure out how to clear his name. In order to do that, he must gain allies, battle evil cultists, and take on Demon King Beelzebub himself...
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    steamy  adult  book  dark  fiction  horror  urban-fantasy  fantasy
  • Collected Stories, Vol. 2 by Richard Matheson, Jack Finney

    Collected Stories, Vol. 2 by Richard Matheson, Jack Finney

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    SECOND VOLUME OF 3 OF THE COLLECTED STORIES OF RICHARD...
  • It Dreams in Me by Kathleen O'Neal Gear

    It Dreams in Me by Kathleen O'Neal Gear

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sora, the High Chieftess of the Black Falcon Nation, has been banished by her own people until she can find healing for her broken spirit. Her seductive, murderous rampages have led to war with nearby clans and caused dissension in her own, as well. If another body was to turn up, Sora will certainly be blamed--even her own clan will demand her death...
  • Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone by Sequoia Nagamatsu

    Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone by Sequoia Nagamatsu

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “You should be here; he’s simply magnificent.” These are the final words a biologist hears before his Margaret Mead-like wife dies at the hands of Godzilla. The words haunt him as he studies the Kaiju (Japan’s giant monsters) on an island reserve, attempting to understand the beauty his wife saw...
  • Meet Your Maker by Matthew Mather

    Meet Your Maker by Matthew Mather

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the Czar's Suite of Kiev's five-star Persian Palace, police discover a body jammed impossibly deep in a narrow ventilation duct. Security cameras reveal that no one else entered the supersecure room.An ocean away, Interpol rookie Delta Devlin witnesses an attempted assassination, but the bullet meant for the Ukrainian prime minister hits her father instead, lodging next to his heart...
  • The Druid Breeders by Marata Eros

    The Druid Breeders by Marata Eros

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Baird has been captured by the powerful Druid priests after they discover what he is: A Reaper. Pure Druid females must be hidden from all vampire. Each Reaper that is eliminated, makes the available pool of Reaper Warriors smaller...
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    black-mc  poc-mc  steamy  action-adventure  adult  book  dark  epic
  • Dragon Estate by Lara X. Lust

    Dragon Estate by Lara X. Lust

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Xavier's life is hard.Every day is a struggle. His debt is mounting, his boss is threatening to fire him, and an eviction might be around the corner. But that was about to change. One day, a mysterious lawyer approaches Xavier with promises of fortune and a hidden estate...
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    steamy  adult  book  dark  fiction  harem  horror  urban-fantasy
  • Honeybear Halloween by Jacqueline Sweet

    Honeybear Halloween by Jacqueline Sweet

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Double Shot of Shifters! Two steamy Halloween novellas will get your blood pumping, and your heart racing. This pair of stand-alone paranormal romances are hot enough to steam up your Kindle. In Midnight Feast, a mischievous shifter spikes the punch at the town's Halloween party. Only Sebastian, the Alpha's son, can stop the mayhem before it rips the tavern apart...
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    poc-mc  steamy  adult  anthologies  fiction  ghosts  horror  humor
  • Press Play by C. Lymari

    Press Play by C. Lymari

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I am the grand master. I set the rules, and I call the plays. You’re now my new puppet until I say The End. What I want is simple, one word: revenge. Don't think of me as your enemy, but don't mistake me for a friend. You are looking for answers, and I like to play games. Two steps forward and three steps back, be careful because I like to make little girls cry...
  • The Wishing Pool and Other Stories by Tananarive Due

    The Wishing Pool and Other Stories by Tananarive Due

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In her first new book in seven years, Tananarive Due further cements her status as a leading innovator in Black horror and Afrofuturism “Tananarive Due is the master of Black horror, even teaching a class where Jordan Peele guest-lectured. So her new collection,  The Wishing Pool,  out in mid-April, is a major treat, full of major scares...
  • Tokyo Night Parade by J.P. Takahashi, Minako Tomigahara

    Tokyo Night Parade by J.P. Takahashi, Minako Tomigahara

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Spirited Away meets Where the Wild Things Are by way of yokai   mythology in this enchanting picture book by debut author J. P. Takahashi and illustrator Minako Tomigahara. The night parade is about to begin . . . The ground thunders in Tokyo. A gust of wind blows. The pitter patter of paws and claws draws closer. The air is thick with swirling, swooping demons...
  • Master B-1212 by A.A. Dark, Alaska Angelini

    Master B-1212 by A.A. Dark, Alaska Angelini

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    With the death of Whitlock, a new home for horror is born…Garden of the GodsGOTG Registry Rob DelgadoMaster #: 1212 CEO, son to the Vice-PresidentSlave N/ARecruiter #: 21293721Beginner ⌧IntermediateExperiencedMain Master Rob Delgado grew up in the public eye. From being the root of sympathy for his politically driven father, to getting abused for never being good enough...
  • Plow by Marata Eros

    Plow by Marata Eros

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    PLOW is the sequel to SEED of the Druid Series. When Holly awakens from the deep thrall cast by her faction kidnapper, she is struck with hopelessness until she discovers the power her Druid Lineage has over him...
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    black-mc  poc-mc  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book  dark
  • Fetish: Volume 1 by Shameek Speight

    Fetish: Volume 1 by Shameek Speight

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Tatiana believes if you have the goods, then use it. Her two best friends Kandy-Cola and Shanelle believe in the same life style...
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    steamy  adult  audiobook  book  crime  dark  fiction  graphic-violence
  • Monster by Cynthia Havendean

    Monster by Cynthia Havendean

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    AVERTISSEMENTPour un public averti 18 ans et +Les pages abondent en violence gratuite, de meurtres, de manipulation et de scènes porn gore. Avant de t’immerger dans les abysses du mal, sache que : nécrophilie, gang bang, viol, torture, inceste, trafic humain et d’autres abominations se trouvent à travers ces pages...
    Categorized as:
    steamy  romance  dark  organized-crime  crime  fiction  horror  book
  • Dear Vicky by Octavia Grant

    Dear Vicky by Octavia Grant

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Delusional /dəˈlo͞oZH(ə)nəl/ (adjective) - characterized by or holding false beliefs or judgments about external reality that are held despite incontrovertible evidence to the contrary, typically as a symptom of a mental conditionGrocery store bag boy, Andrew, hates his job. No career growth, rude customers, and the forced customer appreciation greeting have taken a toll on his mental stability...
  • Don't Call Me Crazy by Octavia Grant

    Don't Call Me Crazy by Octavia Grant

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Award winning Investigative Reporter Ivory Addison has been on the scene of every Local, National, and International event deemed newsworthy. Her work ethic has a certain je ne sais quoi, that has not gone unnoticed...
  • A Smile Full of Lies: An Obsessed Neighbor Dark Romance by Rose James

    A Smile Full of Lies: An Obsessed Neighbor Dark Romance by Rose James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I want someone who would burn the world down for me, and smile while it burned.Struggling writer Rosalind Cooper doesn’t need more distractions, but when her life falls apart, she ends up under the roof of her enigmatic neighbor, Philip Knox...
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    steamy  romance  mystery  suspense  fiction  horror  book  adult
  • My Soul to Take by Tananarive Due

    My Soul to Take by Tananarive Due

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Fana, an immortal with tremendous telepathic abilities, is locked in a battle of wills. Her fiancé is Michel. But Johnny Wright, a mortal who is in love with her, believes that if she doesn’t stay away from Michel, they will become the Witnesses to the Apocalypse described in the Book of Revelation...
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    black-mc  poc-mc  adult  afrofuturism  audiobook  book  fiction  gods
  • Gathering of Waters by Bernice L. McFadden

    Gathering of Waters by Bernice L. McFadden

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Gathering of Waters is a deeply engrossing tale narrated by the town of Money, Mississippi--a site both significant and infamous in our collective story as a nation. Money is personified in this haunting story, which chronicles its troubled history following the arrival of the Hilson and Bryant families.Tass Hilson and Emmett Till were young and in love when Emmett was brutally murdered in 1955...
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    black-mc  poc-mc  20th-century  adult  audiobook  book  death  drama
  • Tribe Master by Noah Layton

    Tribe Master by Noah Layton

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Build a tribe. Kill monsters. Bed beautiful women. Become a master. After passing through a portal, test pilot Jack Hawthorne finds himself in the mysterious land of Agraria. It has everything in abundance – beautiful women, plentiful resources, and more than a few things that want to kill him...
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    steamy  adult  audiobook  book  dark  fiction  harem  horror
  • Necrophilia Variations by Supervert

    Necrophilia Variations by Supervert

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Necrophilia Variations is a literary monograph on the erotic attraction to corpses and death. It consists of a series of texts that, like musical phrases, take up the theme and advance it by means of repetition, contrast, and variation...
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    steamy  adult  anthologies  dark  death  fiction  horror  humor
  • Taking Nicole by Krystal Shannan

    Taking Nicole by Krystal Shannan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The last thing Nicole Demakis remembers was getting in the car with Sarah's kidnapper and driving away. Now she faces the cold hard truth. The kidnapper, an agent of the Council, is her mate. But he refuses to claim her, and the Council may take everything away before she even has a chance to convince him to trust her...
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    poc-mc  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  horror  humor
  • The World Wasn't Ready for You: Stories by Justin C. Key

    The World Wasn't Ready for You: Stories by Justin C. Key

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Black Mirror meets Get Out in this gripping story collection reminiscent of the work of Octavia E. Butler, which deftly blends science fiction, horror, and fantasy to examine issues of race, class, and prejudice—an electrifying, oftentimes heartbreaking debut from an extraordinary new voice. Justin C. Key has long been obsessed with monsters. Reading R. L...
  • The Girl Who Couldn't Come by Joey Comeau

    The Girl Who Couldn't Come by Joey Comeau

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is a book of dirty stories. They are weird and fun and often bewildering, like sex itself...
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    steamy  adult  book  contemporary  dark  fiction  horror  humor
  • Invitation : Shifter Forever Worlds: 2020 Anniversary Edition by Elle Thorne

    Invitation : Shifter Forever Worlds: 2020 Anniversary Edition by Elle Thorne

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sexy bear shifter Tanner Navarro has an invitation to the wedding, he's got an invitation to Bear Canyon Valley, but he doesn't have an invitation to sexy, curvy Marti's heart--or bed. Marti's secrets are life or death. Tanner and his bear know they're up to the job. Now they have to convince Marti...
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    poc-mc  steamy  adult  angels  book  contemporary  dark  dark-fantasy
  • Thresher by Marata Eros

    Thresher by Marata Eros

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    THRESHER is the sequel to PLOW of the Druid Series.Rachel, Holly and Aubree now hold the future of the vampire race within their bodies as the Druid priests draw nearer in their pursuit of them. The Druid priests ultimate goal of stealing magic through brutality is on the cusp of realization. Tarrin has long sought his Exotic soulmate...
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    black-mc  poc-mc  steamy  adult  audiobook  book  crime  dark
  • Sow by Marata Eros

    Sow by Marata Eros

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When a mercenary group of vampires discover there is a true Druid Queen within their grasp, they begin targeting Druid females in the region in the hopes of capturing their prize, Holly. Beau doesn't remember his past and finds out in a startling climax of protection what he truly is and how that will change his life forever...
  • Seed by Marata Eros

    Seed by Marata Eros

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    SEED is the sequel to SOW of the Druid Series. Beau finds himself absorbed into a blended coven of Druid and Reaper, his former life gone forever. Or so he believes. When snippets of Beau's past begin to encroach, he realizes the web of destiny has caught him like a plump spider and it threatens his newfound connection with Aubree...
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    black-mc  poc-mc  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book  dark
  • Primal Urges by Bex Dawn

    Primal Urges by Bex Dawn

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Carnal Expectations series is a collection of Sweet and Spicy Novellas that focus on a couple (or trio) and their very specific kinks. Each novella is a complete standalone with a HEA. Please read with caution and check out my website for additional info.FoxBabe20:Everyone thinks I’m single and alone because I’m too busy to date, but that’s not true...
  • Secrets and Stardust by Jeannin Counts

    Secrets and Stardust by Jeannin Counts

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The stars are not what they seem. So look away; they’ll whisper you your fate.Iyana’s only ambition in life is to become a healer like her grandmother, but that all changes when her village is attacked by a neighboring kingdom. She desperately calls upon the heavens for salvation and the stars respond, yet not as she had ever imagined...
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