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Blood Lessons by Orlando A. Sanchez
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe hardest lessons are taught in blood..The power unleashed during the Ascendance, lingers.After defeating the Revenant, Monty realizes Simon’s blood has been poisoned—tainted.Simon is slowly transforming. His body is harnessing dark magic in ways thought unimaginable.Now, Monty is faced with the hardest choice... -
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Queen of Death by Chandelle LaVaun
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’m not who I thought I was.Something has awoken inside of me. Something ancient and powerful. It sings in my veins a song of glory and pain. I see memories of a life long ago, that couldn’t possibly be mine and yet they feel like coming home. Just when I think I’m losing my mind I find the prophecy of the reborn that speaks terrifying words I know in my heart are true.I have been reborn... -
Revenge of The Gods by Leia Stone, Jaymin Eve
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsAfter losing Cronus, Maisey had to make a choice; lay broken on the floor and sink into depression, or charge into the underworld and get her man back.Not one to sit around, she and Hyperion waltz into Thanatos‘s office and demand the god of Death give them safe passage through the seven levels of the underworld to retrieve her love.It seemed like a good idea at the time.. -
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Hunter's Kiss by Veronica Douglas
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI can’t escape the truth.I broke out of the Dark Wolf God’s realm, but I know he’s always there, watching me from the shadows. I should hate him, but I can’t deny that I’m drawn to the ruthless beast, and the heat between us is only growing stronger... -
The Queen's Shadow by Alexandra St. Pierre
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRaven and Rycon are on a warpath to reclaim what was stolen from them.As Raven fights to protect those she loves, she must also somehow manage to build political allies for the looming war...Categorized as:
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Fate Undone by Linsey Hall
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA god in disguise No one in the Prison for Magical Deviants knows that prisoner Logan Laufeyson has a secret identity. He is the ancient trickster god Loki, in magical disguise on a mission of his own... -
God Touched by Alessa Thorn
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"I want to start by saying none of this was my fault."Imogen Ironwood owes the God of the Dead two life debts…and Arawan isn't the kind of god to let a debt go uncollected.'God Touched' is book two of the new spin-off series in the best-selling 'Fae Universe,' featuring everyone's favorite supernatural hunting family, the Ironwoods. This series is perfect for fans of K... -
The Cursed Academy Complete Series Boxset #1-6 by Holly Hook
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Complete Cursed Academy Series is now here as a single omnibus! Binge on six full academy novels for one low price! On sale this January. Giselle Bowman never thought she'd be descended from a Greek god...or a monster. Klutzes and small-town girls don't find out they're descended from the Greek gods. They don't get taken to Olympian Academy to learn to hone their godlike powers... -
Kissed by the Gods by Caty Rogan
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLeina has spent a lifetime submitting. Kneeling. Enduring.Then soldiers come for her brother, and divine fury surges through her veins. She expects execution for the bodies she left in her wake. Her people have met bloody ends for far, far less.Instead, Ryot, a godsworn warrior born to privilege and raised in order, drags her into a world that was never meant for her... -
Destroyer of Light by Rachel Alexander
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe marriage of Hades and Persephone blossoms and their mysterious grove in the world below thrives……while the sunlit world withers.Demeter holds out in Eleusis, pushing both mankind and the gods to frozen starvation in order to reclaim her daughter... -
The Day Of Darkness by Elisa S. Amore, Kiera Legend
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDetermined to restore order, Melany and her friends embark on a forbidden mission to find the Fates, coming face to face with a deadly new threat.After losing one of their own, they band together with others from the academy for a dangerous rescue, but they soon discover not everyone is an ally. Unfortunately, things go terribly wrong when Melany is labeled a murderer... -
A Dangerous Demon King by J.S. Scott
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe final book in The Sentinel Demon series by New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author J.S. Scott. Please NOTE: The Sentinel Demon books don't stand alone well. Although each Sentinel gets a HEA in their book, there is so much of the overlying story arch that would be missed if you haven't read the other three books... -
Sacrifice of the Brave King by Eliza Raine, Rose Wilson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Poseidon Trials have never been more deadly, and it’s not just my life at stake. Poseidon, my sister, and the whole realm of Aquarius are just as likely to die as I am if we don’t stop Atlas.But the revelations coming my way are so much worse than anything the insane Titan can throw at me... -
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Riding for a Fall by Sam Hall
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFreed from her neurological condition and the suffocating attention of her parents, Kira is a whole new woman, literally. And now she’s on tour with her favourite band, travelling across foreign countries and recording what she sees with the gorgeous Marlow by her side... -
His Rejected Mate by Lindsey Devin, Skye Wilson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe show is over, but I’m not giving up on our love without a fight…The deadly hit television show The Reject Project may have stopped filming, but that doesn’t mean we’re done fighting for our lives. We’ve been abandoned on the island while war wages on the mainland, and Kira’s been kidnapped by a dangerous scientist...Categorized as:
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The Savage God by Eliza Raine, Rose Wilson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIn order to save my only friend’s life, I am being forced to complete three Trials set by the Lords of War; Pain, Panic and Terror. And I have to work with the most arrogant, stubborn, untrustworthy jerk in Olympus to do so. Ares not only won’t teach me how to use my powers, he also keeps trying to steal them. And he's crossed a line that should be unforgivable... -
Eros by Carly Spade
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsElani Stewart hasn't believed in "true love" or fairy tale endings since her parents' divorce.It's one of the reasons she developed her dating service "E-romantic",a scientific algorithm based process that matches one person to their most compatible partners... -
Kings of Shadow and Stone: World of Aureum Series, Book Two by Anastasia K. King
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFEBRUARY 14, 2022Power can lead to a crown or a cage. Passion can give you wings… or a grave.The Coroner raised her scythe, but the forces of the Dalis razed her people to the ground. Keres' chains are now in the hands of her enemy and he’s bringing her to heel. Twists of fate and warfare are entangling her. She must learn to play the strings or become the spell-bound puppet... -
Sunburn by Rosanna Leo
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPatience O’Conner is a travel blogger who lives for her work. Her dedication to her readers brings her to the famed Helios Resort in Mexico, a locale that stuns her with its beauty but at which she suffers from some very strange accidents.Luckily, hunky resort bartender Apollo Delos is always there in the nick of time, a malcontent guardian angel... -
The Kategan Alphas Vol. 2: The Kategan Alphas by T.A. Grey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Kategan Alphas Vol. 2 Bundle featuring books 4 - 6. Save when you buy the bundle!ETERNAL TEMPTATIONFierce, troubled brother, Darien Kategan now leads his life in solitude. Shut off from his family, he lives only in apast that haunts his every breathing moment. But on the path to recover himself and move on with hislife, he finds a woman hurt on his land...Categorized as:
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Destiny of Three by Bryce Evans
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJust when Star Johnson thinks her life is starting to move forward and she can finally put the hell of her past behind her, in walk a bear shifter and a wizard who turn her world upside-down. She fights her attraction to both men with all her might, but some things are just impossible to ignore... -
Laverna: The Lost Goddesses by Alessa Thorn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRome has always had two rulers - Romulus, the god of the above, and Laverna, the goddess of the below. But the time for their hostile peace is at an end, and if they don't come together, the whole city will burn. Laverna, the goddess of thieves, has always ruled Rome's underground with her army of outcasts... -
A Spark of Death and Fury by Nicole Bailey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe world is on fire.But one thing burns hotter.Revenge.The high gods have fallen.The spark is gone.And chaos is the new king.Amidst a scrabble to survive, gods step up to steal Zeus’ place. The treachery they cause pushes characters' moral boundaries and forces them into one last fight for survival.A blaze of wrath may save them all or finally lead to their ruin... -
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Jailer to the Death God by Rebecca F. Kenney
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Standalone Dark Rulers Romance Vale has lost everything to the plague--friends, servants, and almost the entire royal family. Newly crowned as queen of a dying nation, she determines to stop the tide of grief by summoning and ensnaring Arawn, the Death God himself. But Arawn is none too happy at the human queen's attempt to control him, and he's determined to teach her a lesson... -
The Realm That Falls to Her by Zara Storm
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTorn between two realms, the fate of a kingdom and my father hang in the balance…I need my mate—a darkly dangerous fae prince—more than ever.And he needs me to help claim his throne.But Ruskin is gone.Disappeared into a place most dare not speak of.There isn’t time to mourn.In the human realm, a cruel king holds my father captive... -
Medusa by Rosie Hewlett
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGORGON. KILLER. MONSTER. VICTIM. SURVIVOR. PROTECTOR.You know her name, you know her story. Just not the right one.Within the depths of the Underworld the formidable snake-haired Gorgon has finally had enough. Tired of being eternally and unjustly brandished a villain, Medusa has found the courage to face her tragic past and speak out... -
Girl, Goddess, Queen by Bea Fitzgerald
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsTo hell with love, this goddess has other plans...Thousands of years ago, the gods told a lie: how Persephone was a pawn in the politics of other gods. How Hades kidnapped Persephone to be his bride. How her mother, Demeter, was so distraught she caused the Earth to start dying.The real story is much more interesting.Persephone wasn't taken to hell: she jumped... -
Hermes by Alessa Thorn
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe god of magic has lost his mind. Literally. A reluctant nurse with a healing touch may have the power to save him...She only needs to be convinced. HERMES is the fourth book in a new paranormal romance series, based in a dark, sexy city ruled by Hades and his court of gods and monsters... -
The Golden God by Eliza Raine, Rose Wilson
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI’ve made a few enemies in my time, but none as powerful, or spiteful, as the Goddess of Love.Aphrodite’s curse has turned Ares from the man I was falling in love with into a savage beast, crazed with blood-lust and desperate to steal my magic.Worse, we still have one Trial left to complete in order to save my friend from a rogue Underworld demon, a Trial set by the spirit of Terror... -
Courted by her Cougar by Felicity Heaton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMadness is sweeping through Cougar Creek, and Flint wants no part of it. The fever has two of his brothers in love already, and Flint is damned if he’s giving up the bachelor life to tie himself to one female, but when a perimeter sweep has him running into an exotic and enthralling beauty who rouses his instincts as a cougar shifter and a male, the hunt is on... -
Cupid's Heart by Nicole Garcia
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCupid, God of Love, has not used his bow and arrow to create love in twenty-five years. Being solely responsible for producing love amongst the humans, had proven to be too much for him to handle. His only disastrous mistake made him feel guilty, and thought he deserved to be alone for the rest of eternity. Valentina Hart, a human, has a few problems of her own... -
Betrothed To Jack Frost by Alex Gedgaudas
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsElle grew up thinking myths and magic belonged in the land of make-believe. Little did she know, she belonged there as well. On the night of her twenty first birthday Elle’s life changes when she learns of an ancient prophecy dictating a fate that binds her to every fairy tale ever told. Marry Jack Frost... -
Adrastia by Kamery Solomon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom author Kamery Solomon comes Adrastia, the fourth title in the bestselling series, The God Chronicles.“This series is excellently written. Much more compelling for a woman than the original "Thor" movies/books. You end up loving the inner fight that these characters go through. You won't regret this read at all... -
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Sin and Soil 2 by Anya Merchant
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith his wrathblade in hand, Damon returns to the farm alongside his aesta, Malon. The days pass in a routine mixture of familiar chores and fair spring weather. The two of them return to normal, ignoring the illicit shadow of their shared intimacy.But he simply cannot forget their night in the tent... -
Sin and Soil 4 by Anya Merchant
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBack at the farmstead, Damon gets a chance to rest and recover from his recent adventures. With Vel teasing him more than ever, finding time to play outside of the range of Malon’s watchful gaze becomes a quest in itself.When Bylia arrives at the tower in search of a new muse, the farmstead’s lurid secrets are at risk of being thrust into the open by her songs. Damon does what he does best... -
Reincarnated Hunger by Marisa Chenery
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook five in the Ra's Chosen series.Unlike his fellow warriors, Kysen already found his mate-the woman who stirred his blood like no other. But he'd been mortal at the time. When she died, he vowed to never love again. He feared the day Ra's decree that all his warriors take mates would fall upon him... -
Foreseen Hunger by Marisa Chenery
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook six in the Ra’s Chosen series.Takan has hidden who he is for three thousand years, but the time for secrecy is coming to an end. He knows it, and more importantly, Ra knows it. To complicate matters, Takan has found his mate. And she means more than happily-ever-after and smokin’ hot sex. She’s the key to ending the demon god Apep’s threat to the mortal realm... -
When Darkness Calls by C.R. Jane
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHades and Persephone.Everyone knows the story. How he met her and immediately fell in love. How because of that tiny pomegranate seed she spent half of the seasons in the Underworld, and the rest here on Earth.No one mentions the part of the story where she left him.No one mentions that she shattered his heart.And no one ever mentions that Hades was cursed after that... -
Hades by Ambrosia R. Harris
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Careful what you say, Goddess,” he breathed, “I may not let you leave.”…A wicked smile spread her lips once more, “Perhaps it is you who should be careful, my king.”Hades, the King of the Underworld and God of the Dead, had a lonely existence in his realm. Meeting and judging the shades, attending the few meetings in Olympus, and spending as little time in the mortal realm as possible... -
Cupid's Granddaughter by Samantha Carol
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGreek Mythology. First installment in the Cupid series! Amore, Liebe, Amour, No matter what language you say it in it means to love and it's my job. My grandfather is Cupid and he's hired me as his newest apprentice against my own will. The hours suck and there's one rule: I'm not allowed to fall in love myself. Seems like a piece of cake since I'm so good at this matchmaking stuff... -
Hades by Rebecca F. Kenney
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLet's get one thing straight. I never wanted Persephone to live in the Underworld.But I owed Peter Pan a favor, and even I don't want to screw over an influential Fae like him. So when he asked me to take Persephone to the Realm of the Dead with me, for her protection, I had to say yes... -
When the Bell Tolls by Everythursday
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFandom: Harry PotterRelationship: Draco Malfoy/Hermione Granger--------------------------------------------------As a Dark revival begins to rise four years after the war, Hermione Granger is placed on the assignment of putting an end to them – and her first task is to recruit the Ministry’s best hope and last option in the form of Draco Malfoy... -
Vampire King by Stacey O'Neale
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEntertainment reporter Remy Wade has an all-access pass to every sold-out event in Las Vegas. She’s working to make her dreams come true. But her plans are put on hold when her brother goes missing off the world-famous Strip. She must use every resource she has to find him...Categorized as:
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The Shadow Gods by Ripley Proserpina
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey were heroes who weighed the fate of the world against their love and chose me.The gods are a shadow, shrouding my fate in darkness. With one snap of her fingers, Athena turned my life upside down, and now I have to decide...Run?Or fight?Whatever choice I make, I won't be alone.Pollux, Achilles, Hector, Paris, and Orestes have fought the gods before... -
The Nightmare & The Daydream: A Love & Fate Novella by Alexis Rune, Jeanette Rose
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Nightmare… Melinoë, Goddess of Nightmares and Ghosts, mysteriously spawned from the deepest pits of Tartarus, spent centuries barely surviving and enduring torture in the Underworld. Now she spends her life teetering on the brink of insanity and clinging to reality... -
Retaliation by J.N. Baker
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings***This blurb contains spoilers from the last book. Do not read on if you have not already read Ruination (Hellfire and Halos, book 1)*** Heaven and Hell be damned—she is his. And he will get her back, so help him God.GiselleHe'd killed me. I finally thought I had a chance at happiness and that winged bastard ruined everything.But the wonderful thing about demons is we keep coming back... -
A Shield of Fate and Ruin by Nicole Bailey
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the world is at war.No one is safe.Not even the gods.Apollo would hide with Hyacinth and hold him until the sun burned out.But that is not their destiny.When Ares arrives announcing a turn of the tides and war thundering towards Niria, Apollo and Hyacinth take on a journey to save everyone from Zeus’ wrath.But when things don’t go as planned, they might destroy themselves instead... -
Conquest by Sienna Moreau
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Horsemen have been summoned once more.As the first Horseman, Conquest is tasked with bringing chaos to the Earthly Dimension and paving the way for his brethren, War, Famine and Death. It’s been a long time since the rider of the white horse has been on Earth and he looks forward to bringing the mortals to their knees, one murder at a time... -
God of Darkness by Aimee Carter
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDon’t miss this companion novella to the enthralling Goddess Test series, perfect for fans of the Covenant, Starcrossed and Mortal Instruments series, originally published in 2012 as part of The Goddess Legacy anthology!For millennia, we’ve caught only glimpses of the lives and loves of the gods and goddesses on Olympus...
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