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A Soul to Protect by Opal Reyne
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAll 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... -
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... -
Vibing Unity by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy name is Tamsin Vale and I’m about to get married.Wow, I never thought I’d ever really say that. Seriously.And apparently, I’m not allowed to elope, so there will be a wedding that keeps growing in size no matter how many times I yell or threaten people. I swear, if something goes wrong, this will be the only one I have, and there will be some men who will angrily lay the smack down... -
My Merman Prince by I.T. Lucas
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe beautiful architect working late on the twelfth floor of my building thinks that I’m just the maintenance guy. She’s also under the impression that I’m not interested.Nothing could be further from the truth.I want her like I’ve never wanted a woman before, but I don’t play where I work.I don’t need the complications... -
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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... -
Dawn of Chaos by Benjamin Medrano
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere will be hell to pay.Evelyn’s parents have been missing for more than thirty years, and at last Evelyn has a clue as to their fate. Investigating won’t be easy, even for someone as powerful as she is, yet she won’t be deterred... -
Scarlett and the Dark Woods by Mary Mecham
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsShe is one of the protected elect. He is a shunned shapeshifter. Can Scarlett rescue her grandmother before her heart is stolen?When her grandmother is cast out as unworthy after facing Hamelin’s annual Shunning, Scarlett knows she must brave the dangers of Darkwood Forest if she will have any chance of saving her grandmother. Her perilous adventure becomes a race against time... -
Performer by Lexie Winston
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHi, my name is Lila, and I’m an alien. I have two husbands and two fiancés. I also won two more mates in a kickass battle for supremacy, and I may have been seduced and had a crazy, sexy swim with a merman when he sang to me. Oh, and did I mention I have just hatched three beautiful but slippery kraken babies?And that was just in the first month with the Galaxy Circus... -
A Single Thread of Hope by Grace McGinty
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThere were a bunch of lessons a girl could learn from the story of Snow White. Some were valid in the real world, others… not so much.For instance, no matter how often I sang Taylor Swift off-key, birds and forest animals weren’t ever coming to clean my apartment.You could live with seven men and not end up in a free-for-all festival of fluids... -
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Seminal by C.M. Stunich
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsI don’t play the role of the kidnapped princess very well.And I really hate the fated mates trope.Hello again, I’m Eve Wakefield, and I refuse to accept that I’m in love with an intergalactic moth prince.No.I don’t care how handsome he is, I don’t want to marry him.I don’t care if his parents have a sentient spaceship capable of eating entire planets.Love is earned, not swindled by pheromones... -
A Gray Area by Amy Sumida
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife can be a gray area. Amaranthine Madison is now a part of the secret, supernatural, special forces team; First Extraordinary Abilities Regiment. And FEAR has just been given their first assignment; to discover what is leeching the color from the people and landscape of a Washington D.C. neighborhood... -
Barbarian Dragonslayer by Aaron Crash
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn ancient evil has come to Old Ironbound—is it a dragon or is it something else?Ymir has obtained six of the eight Akkiric rings—the rings that allowed Aegel Akkridor and his wives to live for a thousand years—but the more he studies, the closer he comes to learning the secret behind the great vempor’s death.A secret that may mean death for Ymir and his wives as well... -
Barbarian Alchemist by Aaron Crash
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYmir has heard rumors of possible trouble with the merfolk because the fish people are not to be trusted. But everyone's favorite barbarian turned scholar has other things to worry about. He's working on forging another ring, running a business, and studying for his alchemy exams.The women of Old Ironbound aren’t making that easy... -
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Heir of Draga by Emma Dean, Jillian Ashe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's time to meet the legendary Drakesthai...Princess Adelina is prepared to leave for Hai. She has her wedding to the Prince of Thieves and then they will seek out the dragons. Forces are moving to the border, but the Neprijat are three steps ahead of them.Adelina must convince the Drakesthai to ally or her people will be slaughtered... -
King of the Satyrs by Marvin Knight
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFather, Patriarch, Conqueror. Theo's done it all, and he's ready to settle down. But his enemies have other plans. Far from the Hearthwood, his enemies plot against him. The Cult of the Unblinking Eye schemes. An arrogant Satyr King demands. A swarm of dragons hungers. And an evil twin has plans of his own.At home, the Hearthwood has never been better... -
Deathless by Crystal Ash
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDeathless is the third and final book in the Vengeful Gods MC series! Full description coming soon... -
Mama by Lexie Winston
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is it! Go time. No longer can I stick my head in the sand or pretend that my kraken honey hasn’t knocked me up."What do you mean, Lila?" I hear you ask. Well, it means I’m screwed. And not in the good way.After the lightning attack on Iceen triggered my latent Skarrian abilities, they’ve kicked into gear big time. Not only am I a lightning cat whisperer, but I’m also a mimic... -
Monster Girls Unlocked: A Men's Fantasy Adventure by Justin Trublood
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJustin Trimble's fantasies come to life when a couple of great looking, middle-aged professors give his virtual world a try and are transformed both in-game and out.As an AI researcher, Justin Trimble already has access to some of the most advanced technology on the planet. On his nights and weekends, he explores the capabilities of the virtual systems to invent an immersive game... -
Dragon VIP: Kyanite by Starla Night
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSmokin’ hot dragon shifters have no idea what to do with these sassy Earth females — but claiming them as mates will change the universe! Scarred dragon shifter Kyanite “Kyan” Onyx is the Security officer of the Onyx Corporation. Used to working in the shadows, this deadly former mercenary is the only one who can safeguard his family’s company from growing dangers...Categorized as:
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Ravage by A.L. Rook
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWe promised to stick together. And then they betrayed me.In a world where more children are being born with special abilities, we were six of the ones kidnapped and hidden away for testing and training.We banded together and became a family…until one of us was killed.The others turned on me and left me for dead... -
From the Grave by Kresley Cole
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKresley 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 . . -
Awakening by Bethany Adams
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn unexpected dutyFor three hundred years, Princess Dria has avoided the drama of the royal court by training as a battle mage. When her father summons her back to court just as she begins to rise up the ranks, she's furious. Even worse, she must work with her estranged brother Ralan on a mission to Earth... -
Bound for Their Pleasure by L.V. Lane
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWar leaves my family destitute. My enviable life comes to an end.I shouldn’t covet the stern shifter who turns up offering to work for free. Even if he lights a fire under my curiosity when he casually mentions I’m in need of a firm, corrective hand.I definitely shouldn’t dream about the handsome barbarian who swore we would wed and then dropped me in the river... -
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Creature of the Wild by Maya Nicole
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWith the wind at our backs and the dagger forcing our will, we’re on our way to find my next mate. New information from my brother makes me question everything. There’s no escaping what’s to come.A creature from the wild will hold me tight, but what if I’m already in pieces?*Creature of the Wild is book three in the Her Creatures series and is a paranormal shifter romance told in multiple POVs...Categorized as:
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Red Elf Ranch by Michael Dalton
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA cowboy is just a man with guts and a horse.Connor Mills is only trying to earn some summer money for school by working the Green River Drift cattle drive in Wyoming. The Fates have something else in mind for him... -
Interlude by Lexie Winston
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt’s go day! Time for Lila to rescue her grandmother from a planet that is so inhospitable no one goes there. No one but the hard-as-nails Halla harvesters, but it turns out they have a secret weapon. And it’s that secret weapon that Lila needs to convince to help them... -
Hunted by the Barbarians by Epsilon Angel
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey hunted me, caught me, and claimed me. Now they're going to share me.Barbarians. Just thinking about the shameful things these beasts would do with a human girl like me should have been enough to keep me out of the forest on Hunting Night, but I went anyway.The moment they caught my scent, my fate was sealed... -
The Bridesmaid Earns Her Wings by Heather Horrocks
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMoonchuckle Bay ... Movies ... Monsters ... Magic! DIXIE’S GOOD LUCK STREAK IS TAKING HER ACROSS STATE LINES! When a Vegas psychic tells Dixie and Stacy that their “lifemates” are waiting for them in a small town in Utah, of all places, they take a road trip. Everyone in Moonchuckle Bay is incredibly nice to her, so Dixie decides to stay for a while... -
Sacrificed to the Monster by Ava Mona
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen 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... -
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... -
Barbarian Assassin by Aaron Crash
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere’s something new, dark, and sweet at Old IronboundYmir made a vow to master magic and to take care of his women. To do that, he'll stay at the Majestrial Collegium Universitas, but he'll stay on his own terms. He has a new business idea that will make life at the college sweeter and keep all the scholars randy... -
Virtues of Syn: A Phoenix Project Novel by Candice M. Wright
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy mother taught me to embrace my gift.I was special, she said, and one day I would change the world.But that was before they murdered her and forced me into a cage.All those things that once made me special became my curse.And the gift I’m blessed with became a weapon to use against me.When the chance of freedom presents itself, I take it,Seeking to reclaim the life they stole from me... -
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... -
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Oops, I Elf'd it Again by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’m teaching a gorgeous elf how to fit in with humans and now I’m falling in love.With thirty-six looming on my horizon, I’m determined to have a child. I don’t need romance. I don’t need love. And definitely don’t need a happily ever after... -
Dragon VIP: Peridot by Starla Night
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDisgraced. Damaged. Dull. Dragon-shifter Peridot has been called all that and more. Exiled to Earth, he will prove himself and answer his boss's question: What is the mysterious "spirit" of Christmas? One enticing woman can give him that answer. The more time he spends with her, the more he wants to forget his past and taste her forbidden sweetness... Curvy. Klutzy. Cinnamon-scented... -
The Keys by Chloe Gunter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMore Secrets. More Suspense. More Steam. When Charlie finds herself on the wrong side of Ethos, the secret society she just joined, she’ll have to prove her worth to show just how valuable of an asset she can be. As Gage and Gavin are sent on a mission, Charlie has to address the tension between her and her roommate Reed... -
Falling Into Faerie After by Mercedes Jade
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNever stop running. Well, I had taken my mother's advice. It hurt me as much as I had the Dark Fae prince hunting me when I pierced his black heart to escape. The bleeding consequences left me wounded. The Wild Hunt was only a beginning. I have a Faerie Tale to make come true with the sand-glass turned against me... -
Beneath the Dust by Amber Lynn Natusch
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPiper Jones is in a real jam. Her dangerous journey from powerless orphan to the Princess of Faerie has brought her to a perilous crossroads. The fey king's minions are stealing witches from right under her nose, and her mother, the fey queen, has come to collect on her favor—one with potentially devastating consequences for everyone she loves... -
The Vengeful Princess: by Kelly Wightman, Jessica L. Lee
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsComing to Divinos Academy drastically changed my life. I’d completely given up hope of ever having a meaningful existence. I had every intention of ending it all, but fate had other plans for me. Instead of finding one reason to live – I found four!Four extremely assertive, arrogant, compelling alphaholes that made me irrevocably fall in love with them...Categorized as:
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Turnabout is Fairy Play: Monster Between the Sheets: Season 2 by Andie Fenichel
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLorenzoI rarely eat the food at my upscale Italian restaurant. Vampires need blood, not pasta. I crave the hunt, but I’m not a killer. A lady-killer, yes. There’s something about the vampire in me that lures women. The only woman immune to my allure is my dearest and oldest friend, Lily. She helped me survive my transition to vampirism, despite also becoming a monster of sorts... -
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... -
DragonSeer by S. Rodman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwo lovers, our dragons, eggs on the way, and one cottage.It’s everything I need to be happy. But my partners were meant for greater things, I can feel it in my bones.Kirby is radiance and light. His presence is too big for a Welsh valley in the middle of nowhere.Cai is doing so well, but he is clearly a shattered man.They both need more and I need to give it to them. The world needs them too... -
Devoured by Monsters by Katie May, Ann Denton
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMonsters rule the world. And now, they rule me.After an attempt on my life, I find myself saved by an unlikely ally. Injured, confused, and faced with emotions I don’t know how to deal with, I hunker down in a monster’s safe house.But I refuse to stay hidden.With threats coming at us from all angles, I must learn to put my trust in the very monsters I swore to hate.The Grotesque. The Creeper... -
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Deviant Evolution by L.V. Lane
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTsing has big plans for the viral program now they are back in the heart of the Empire. Plans that Lilly doesn’t agree with. But that’s the least of her concerns now that Ethan is back. Because Lilly is sitting on a secret. And hiding it could see her tried for treason amid the ever escalating stakes of the war. Stay or run? There are no easy options left with Ethan watching her every move... -
Deadworld by Debbie Cassidy
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHumans weren’t meant to live underground, but then artificial intelligences weren’t meant to feed off souls. Shit happens. Being a Potential is an honor. It qualifies me for the mandatory Run, the chance to become a Guardian and wield one of the only weapons that can disable a Genesis scout... -
Juneau by Calliope Stewart
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBoston, 1915.Juneau Wilde is the youngest child of the illustrious Wilde family. Despite her omega designation, she is an adventurous troublemaker that spends her days driving her widowed mother crazy. Juneau constantly bucks against the constraints of society, wanting to live the kind of life that the heroines in her favorite novels live... -
Of Cages and Crowns by Brianna Joy Crump
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor goddess-touched girls, there is only one destiny: the CullingFrom the moment Monroe Benson is born with a mark on her hand and the ability to summon fire from her fingertips, her life will never be her own. She’s goddess-touched, which means she’s destined to participate in the Culling, an age-old competition to determine the next queen of Erydia... -
The Queen's Nest by Merri Bright
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEveryone wants the new queen… but some want her dead.Kings want to marry her, warlords want to steal her, assassins want to poison her… how did a simple brothel maid get this popular?Born long after the Great Plagues that devastated the continent, Vali is the last of her kind... -
Wolf Outcasted by Avery Song
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"You've completed your task, Willow, and it's time for the world to acknowledge that what was once rejected now deserves a new role. A position of power that no one will be able to steal from you."When the world proclaimed me an outcast, I fought against that role and destroyed everything — and everyone — that tried to belittle me...
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