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Hoards and Harbors by S.M. Olivier
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNavigating our new reality has its ups and downs. My relationships with my men and most of my family continue to grow. Together, we've made it our duty to help those who can't help themselves. We're determined to ensure good prevails despite the evil forces against us. We make new friends, giving us hope we're not alone in our mission... -
Death Before Dawn by Amelia Hutchins
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsHello Diary,Not sure when I will have a chance to write again, so I’ll have to make this fast.The search for my brother has been a long one and what I have seen along the way makes me question everything I was taught to believe about people and reinforces what my father said might happen if an apocalyptic event were to occur... -
Hoards and Harbors Part 2 by S.M. Olivier
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOne of my worst nightmares came to fruition, and I was separated from some of my guys. Not knowing their fate left me in a state of constant anxiety. We were determining our next move and waiting for the hordes to pass only added to the stress of the unknown. Of course, leaving the prison and embarking on our next journey was also fraught with additional dangers... -
Hell to Pay by Cate Corvin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThey bound me. Led me into sin.Twisted my heart and soul.But they didn’t break me.By a stroke of fate, I’ve won my freedom… and the dark half of the Seventh Circle. All it took was betraying the prince who held me captive.Belial’s anger burns hotter than the fires of Hell, but I won’t rest until I’ve won my Nephilim mate from him, even if being his enemy tears at my heart...Categorized as:
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Unhinged Alphas by Lenore Rosewood
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsI'm a feral omega with one rule.Never get attached. Never let anyone in.But five alphas are about to shatter everything I thought I knew—and this time, I can’t blame it on my biology.The Ghosts are killers with fractured souls. Monsters in human skin.But somehow, they've become my monsters.Especially Wraith, the silent, scarred sentinel who sees me like no one else... -
Extending Family by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy name is Inez Garner, and I’m a vampire princess, wife to two vampire nobles, fiancée to two more, and girlfriend to another. I’m the leader of a new coven that is made up of mostly shifter clans and thriving better than established covens and they love that. But we’re still in a precarious position as our main location for the coven only has the castle...Categorized as:
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Coveted by the Hunter by Lynnea Lee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHEATHERWhen I offered to help the scary alien hunter rescue his friend, I had no idea the seven feet tall brute planned on abducting me. Now I’m stuck in a shuttle with my growly, purple captor, speeding away from everything I ever knew.Nov’k is sinfully handsome, covered in muscles, and claims he wants to wake up every day with me in his arms. He makes me feel beautiful for once in my life... -
Team Inez by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy name is Inez Garner, and I’m a vampire princess. It still sounds crazy to me too, but again, the fangs sold me, especially now that I have my own and drink blood. Things have become more complicated as people give me answers, but I’m no longer alone to handle it all. I have Darius and Jaxon, plus my knights, and maybe one of the oldest vampires alive joining us to help keep me alive...Categorized as:
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Reaching for Home by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy name is Inez Garner, and I’m a vampire princess. I no longer swallow a hysterical giggle when I say that but I’m still trying to accept all that comes with it. Now that I’m not recovering from years of starving and feeding as I should, my power is growing and honestly, it scares me and makes me a huge target. Luckily, the crazy of the apocalypse keeps me pretty distracted...Categorized as:
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Princess Ninja Warrior by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy name is Inez Garner, and I’m a vampire princess, a fiancée to two wonderful men, girlfriend to two others, survivor of the apocalypse, awesome with a rifle… And in way over my head. Aether’s quest is FINALLY done. After five long, grueling years, I’ve collected and hidden everything She wanted me to. We made it to where my coven is supposed to be and handled the heartache that went with it...Categorized as:
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Lifted Curse by C.M. Owens
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHale and Brazen are relentless, and it's time for Araya to choose, and even with the new hybrid threat still at large, love keeps finding a way to reign dominant. Each day is full of more threat and more promise at the same time. Old wounds, old faces, and new enemies emerge to make the struggle all the more severe. When the newest bomb is dropped, and one lover finds the hope he thought he lost... -
Raw IV: A Primeval Fantasy by Misty Vixen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe forest that Jak, his bond-mates, and his tribe call home is safe now that they have secured alliances with the secretive nymphs and the brutal karn clan they share the space with.Or that's what everyone thought until an army of the lethal corrupted attacked their forest... -
Blood of Eve by Pam Godwin
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwo years into the aphid plague, there's little hope left. Food and ammo are scarce. The mutated monsters are growing faster, smarter. And the ratio of men to women is millions to one. Mankind faces imminent extinction. But Evie carries a cure for women. Fiercely protected by three men, she sets out to heal as many infected females as possible... -
Bury Me by Annie Anderson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe world ended the night I was born. Coincidence? I think not. Stuck living in the catacombs beneath what used to be NYC, I’ve managed to stay hidden. Alive. Safe…ish.The Supernatural Syndicates that rule the city have been looking for someone powerful enough to give them an edge against each other.Insert me: A rare female dragon shifter that’s lived underground my entire life...Categorized as:
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Legacy Fulfilled by Laurel Night
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJust when I thought this quest couldn’t end soon enough…Yet another surprise sends us sprinting further north in a desperate search for a cure.We’re running out of time, and the life of my mate—let alone the entire world—rests in the balance.Because now we know the legacy isn’t just about the Alpha Queen...Categorized as:
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Fated by Sophie Davis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Epic Conclusion to the Internationally Bestselling Dystopian Romance Series Talia and Erik thought defeating TOXIC was enough. They were very wrong. With enemies approaching from every direction, they're fighting for the existence of their species. Not everyone will survive...Categorized as:
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System Ascension by Prax Venter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPreviously- Mark and the ones he loves are forced to explore an abandoned space resort until a connection is made that opens an alternate path. With the help of his Enthralled, he finally steps out of his ChronoMind immersion rig and back into the real world... -
Destiny Be Damned by Rebecca Royce
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Reverse Harem (MFMMMM) Paranormal RomanceIt is the end of days… With no memory of how she left one existence for another, Mika spends her days serving those who need her without the benefit of guards. Unlike her fellow Sisters she was never in love with any of those who ever worked with her. Until five contractors show up to fix the Sisterhood...Categorized as:
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Anointed Omega by Lizzy Bequin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTheirs to claimTheirs to shareTheirs to anointThe Quarantine Zone is dying, and it's my fault.Now, to set things right, I must give myself to the alphas. Five savage warriors with brutal muscles and piercing eyes who intend to share me in the most shameful ways imaginable. My rational mind is telling me to run, but my omega instincts are begging for the alphas' domination...Categorized as:
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Caught by the Hunter by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn accidental meeting leads to a connection that will last forever... if they ever meet again.Ejected from her home, Nyna is forced to run across the city to her grandmother’s house. If she had known it was the night of her first heat, she might have jumped into the sewers instead of trying to outrun the huntsmen of the Overlord of Y’tel... -
The Outcast by Elin Peer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe best part about being an outcast is that rejection stopped bothering me a long time ago.Everyone in my culture knows emotions are dangerous. In Old Europe we learn how to suppress romantic feelings and follow the rules of no commitment.Now that I’m working in the Northlands, I’m preparing Nmen for a life in France, teaching them how to flirt, have sex, and move on... -
Terror by Crea Reitan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere are beings in this world that are the embodiment of fear itself - we call them Terrors.Already an outcast shunned beyond the edge of town, I’m regularly ridiculed for my ungainly appearance. In this time of darkness, I simply do what is necessary to survive—like inviting in strangers who come knocking... -
Ragoru by S.J. Sanders
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHundreds of years before RedCivilization is failing in a steady decline. In a last-ditch effort to save themselves, humanity has turned to trying to understand their world even as they seek to protect themselves from the monsters within it... -
Demon Design by M.J. Haag
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s not easy hooking up during the apocalypse. Running for your life isn’t a sexy look. That’s why Brooke takes things into her own hands. She’s got her eye on one fey in particular and it’s time to make her move. As a sketch artist, she has the perfect in...Categorized as:
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Freeing Their Heart: A Reverse-Harem Romance by Mira Stanley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a botched attempt to take Cora for themselves, a rival settlement has taken Jud. Now, Cora and the remaining six men of Eagle Peak must leave their home and fight to get their leader back.In the post-virus world, not all fights are won with fists and guns. For better or worse, supernatural Gifts change the battlefield... -
Bones by K.L. Speer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBones was born with the miraculous power to heal, but all her gift has brought is death.As a child, her older brother trained her to survive, and so survive she did. The blood on her hands will never wash off, she is broken and scarred in more ways than one, but she survived... -
Solace by Raven Dark, Petra J. Knox
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"The softest woman requires the hardest men to survive. Dark, gritty, and perfectly filthy--modern MC meets Mad Max in this amazing RH tale.” ~Addison Cain, USA Today bestselling author More than one evil is waiting for me and my men. Unfortunately, the one who poses the greatest danger to those I love…might be me...Categorized as:
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Dead City by Debbie Cassidy
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHow many times can you cheat death? I’m not sure but I have a feeling I’m about to be tested.First there were thirteen and now there’s only one. But the responsibilities don’t lessen. Bring the Harvest in, they say, take the soul orb to Haven, they order.One of me, and too many places to be. Like hell am I putting my ass on the line without back up...Categorized as:
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Dragon War by Debbie Cassidy
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThreat hovers on the horizon, and it's time to meet it head on.An unexpected betrayal, revelations, and a reunion that I didn't know I needed. But there is no time to revel in what I've gained because there is too much to lose.Anya's Journey continues in Dragon War, the thrilling finale to the Dragon Guard series...Categorized as:
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Wild by Sara Fields
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe's going to scream for me and I don't care who hears it.I traveled to this city to disrupt the plans of the Brotherhood's enemies, not tame a defiant omega, but the moment Revna challenged me I knew punishing her would not be enough...Categorized as:
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Sixx by Faith Gibson
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Michael “Sixx” Gentry lost control of the beast inside, he walked away from the best thing to happen to him in 500 years.Twenty-four years later, someone points out that Sixx has a doppelgänger. When he hears the man’s name, Sixx realizes twenty-four years too late that the best thing to ever happen to him had been pregnant with his son when he walked away... -
Blood Lands by Stacey Marie Brown
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsNobody can hear your screams from the depths of hell…Those who survived Halálház never imagined going back.But this isn’t Halálház, this is Věrhăza, and nothing can prepare any of them for this.With General Markos in control of the new prison, torture and cruelty are taken to a whole new level. And what Brexley is forced to do will not only change her, but the course of the future... -
Winter's Arrow by Lexi C. Foss
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTrue love is a myth.A trick.A way to subdue the heroine and take everything from her. Winter SnowMy "true love" conspired with my stepmother to have me killed and stole my throne.But they failed.I've been in hiding and refining my vengeance. I'm no longer the damsel they mistook me for once upon a time. I'm coming for them. And my kingdom, too... -
Exiled by Sophie Davis, Tanya Eby
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKenly Baker is alone. TOXIC has been defeated. Her friends from the McDonough School for the Talented are scattered to the wind. Even Kenly’s only living family member cannot hide the scared teenager from those who wish to contain her. Because Kenly is one of the Created.For her, it’s a future worse than death.She travels across the Atlantic Ocean, to the slums of London...Categorized as:
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Wake Up, Alpha by Anna Fury
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPenI’ve seen firsthand the monsters that men turn into when they’re hit with the virus. I’ve been at their bedside in the ER when the Task Force comes and hauls them away. I’ve heard the stories of women getting kidnapped right off the street, never to be seen again... -
The Experiment by Lexi C. Foss
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDacianaI'm an offering. A test. A pawn in an agreement I know little about.Fly to Andorra Sector.Allow them to experiment.Mate an X-Clan Wolf Alpha.Hope for the best.Those are my orders. My fate. My current existence. There's nowhere to run, and the moon is a clock I can't ignore. One of these Alphas will claim me, assuming our genetics are a match...Categorized as:
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Death God by Meg Xuemei X
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe final book in the bestselling Monsters After Dark series.I break Marlowe’s heart and leave with the Alpha King, who once rejected me, then used me, then coveted my power. To obtain me, he merges with the horseman War—my worst immortal enemy.Imprisoning me in his unbreakable dark castle, the alpha forces me to marry him so he can re-forge the mating bond with me and take my power for himself...Categorized as:
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Fractured by Alexandra Moody
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsElle has discovered a horrifying truth about why she never should have left the ARC. What will happen when the recruiters uncover this too?Find out in the next instalment of The ARC... -
Queen Crowned by Laurel Night
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFirst I was an alpha. Now? A queen.I thought getting a mate would solve my problems.I thought The Oracle would answer my questions.As it turns out, I was wrong on both counts.Because I have not one, but five mates. They’ve all claimed a piece of me, but instead of making me whole, they’ve torn me apart.The Oracle didn’t answer any questions at all...Categorized as:
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Team Changes by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy name is Inez Garner, and I’m a vampire princess, wife to four vampire nobles… And I think one I’m still a girlfriend to? I’m not really sure who is interested with vast ¬crazy surrounding me.And that was before the wedding and I outed us as supes to the settlement. Too many are plotting after that—and not the good kind—but Aether is making it clear where my focus should be...Categorized as:
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Amassed Forces by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy name is Inez Garner. I’m a vampire princess, the champion of our Goddess, Aether, and in charge of saving as many from the apocalypse as possible. Oh, and trying to get the world back to what it used to be as much as possible… When I have no memories of it...Categorized as:
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Bariloche Sector by Lexi C. Foss
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsLife is a series of prisons. And in the end, there's only death. Kari Zamora My father enslaved me. Ruined me. Sold me. Left me to suffer.Until he rescued me.Alpha Sven Mickelson of Norse Sector claims to be my savior, to want me to live, and vows to protect me. But I know Alphas can't be trusted. All he wants is my mating bond. To own me. To make me his.No one cares what I want. But they will... -
Crimson Heart by Kate Avery Ellison
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe latest book in the riveting Sworn Saga!Red Rider has been many things. A Chosen girl. A veiled mate of a Sworn officer. A runaway. The fabled White Mask.Now, she's simply... alone. Abandoned by family and allies.And Kassian, who traded his life for hers, is imprisoned somewhere she cannot find and awaiting execution.Red is determined to find a way to rescue her captured mate... -
Dark Moon by Elizabeth Kelly
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSophia Williams, a powerful and strong-willed Lycan, never thought she would fall for a human. Yet, she cannot deny the instant attraction she feels for Bree's brother, Kaden. Used to getting what she wants, Sophia pursues him, determined to prove that she can be trusted. Beaten and enslaved by Lycans, Kaden wants nothing to do with the family of Lycans his sister is marrying into... -
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Ellie's Wolf: After the Crash 5 by Maddy Barone
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a post-apocalyptic world where women are rare and valuable, Ellie Overdahl is a widow far from home at the mercy of strangers. Sold to be a prize in a Bride Fight, she manages to send word to family, begging for rescue. For six years, Quill Wolfe has mourned the loss of the woman his wolf chose to be his mate... -
Dead End by Debbie Cassidy
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen death starts taking liberties, it’s time to fight back.The council’s word means nothing to me. Their refusal to open their eyes no longer matters. I have a job to do and no one will get in my way.Lie, cheat, deceive, I’ll do what it takes to save the people I love, and avenge the ones I’ve lost. I won’t be doing it alone. My guys are with me; by my side every step of the way.No more excuses...Categorized as:
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Reclaimed by Maya Riley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat happens when your past catches up to you?We found the Salvaged Lands and were welcomed into this secret sanctuary. Inside we find survivors, some comforts, and people who bring us more questions than answers.With this new adventure, comes a new threat. We can no longer trust some of the new friends we've made.The list of strange things going on is growing longer...Categorized as:
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Thunder Rolling by Ripley Proserpina, Rebecca Royce
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTrue loyalty knows no boundaries… The world around Whitney Lake keeps changing, but with John, Isaiah, Nick, Brandon, Dante, and Carson by her side, her foundation has never been stronger. Together, they are building a sanctuary for the survivors of Roanoke—the living and the newly Uncontrolled... -
The Girl with the Gray Eyes by L.V. Lane
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings*Part one of a trilogy. Slow burn with a Cliffhanger ending.I was an omega—an anomaly in a world of betas. A throwback, or so the kindly doctor told me.Then she offered me a form of chemical sterilization to take away my 'unnatural' urges.I didn't take her up on the offer, although I was too young to understand at the time.But I didn't fit in and never would...Categorized as:
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Sacrifice the Sea by Anna Fury, Amy Pennza
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDeserted by a father I can no longer remember, I’m used to being alone, my only companions the cheerful sea nymphs who frequent my shipwreck. But lately, something powerful brews inside me—an aching restlessness to explore the dark depths beyond my cave.Then I meet Ari, a beguiling merman who tempts me past the edges of my territory...
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