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  • The King & His Queen: Volume 3 by Donna Fletcher

    The King & His Queen: Volume 3 by Donna Fletcher

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A King. A Queen. An unforgettable love. Talon is King of the Picts, forefathers of the Highlanders, a fierce warrior, and he needs to find a queen. He need not care for this woman and it would be preferable if he didn’t. She need only bear him an heir thereby securing his reign. With his enemies mounting, war looming, and unrest among his people, he needs no distractions...
  • Crimson Kingdom by Robin D. Mahle, Elle Madison

    Crimson Kingdom by Robin D. Mahle, Elle Madison

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Rowan thought she had escaped being a prisoner.But even in Lochlann, she is chained by the memories of everything she left behind in Socair.Of everyone she left behind.With her people clamoring for war, the responsibility falls on Rowan to enter into a marriage alliance to keep her kingdom safe. That should be easy, considering she’s already received proposals from half the clans in Socair...
  • The Gods We Obey by Auryn Hadley

    The Gods We Obey by Auryn Hadley

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As priests, we are meant to obey - but our duties are to our gods, not mere men.Zeal is back, and he's seen by more people every day. The God of Temptation grows stronger, but High Priest Kinen has found the one thing that can stop a god: disbelief. The return of our gods means an end to his power.And Kinen isn't ready to lose...
  • The Ways We Betray by Auryn Hadley

    The Ways We Betray by Auryn Hadley

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    To protect those who matter most, we will betray others in ways we never expected.This is supposed to be a good year. With a new set of instructors - and ones I know well - I'm sure it will be. For once, things are finally starting to go my way. My mentors are proud, my family is closer than ever before, and I am happy.Unfortunately, the gods are tired of waiting...
  • Great Falls Protector by Alex Lidell

    Great Falls Protector by Alex Lidell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Lera burned him. Now it’s Tye’s turn. Tye has sacrificed everything for his chance at the Prowess Trials, and Lera’s betrayal in reporting his injuries nearly ended it all. Now there is nothing left but to kick Lera out of his world—and ensure the eviction stays...
  • The Prayers We Pray by Auryn Hadley

    The Prayers We Pray by Auryn Hadley

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Be careful what you pray for - because even gods can be tempted.The Temple of Temptation is broken. The system is failing the priests who serve faithfully, but Zeal isn't missing. He's simply powerless - or was.As more priests believe in our god, the balance of power has been shifting. Temptation is thriving. Miracles are happening. The High Priest is struggling...
  • The Queen's Line by Kathryn Moon

    The Queen's Line by Kathryn Moon

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Kingdom of Kimmery is broken…Bryony, Princess of Kimmery, has a secret. She lacks the Hunger, the magical and passionate craving that is responsible for Kimmery's prosperity. Without that power, she will lose the crown and the chance to rule the kingdom she sincerely loves.The Queen's Line must select Chosen to satiate their Hunger with and Bryony's Choosing ceremony has arrived...
  • Everspell by Donna Grant

    Everspell by Donna Grant

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Donna Grant “skillfully melds history and legend” (RT Book Reviews) in a thrilling series – The Kindred.Nothing stays secret forever.Runa’s world is full of mysteries. Skilled at dwelling in the shadows, she is prepared for everything.Except the truth.To save the family she never knew she had, she has to make a plan...
  • Forever Claimed by Betty Shreffler, Betty Legend

    Forever Claimed by Betty Shreffler, Betty Legend

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Captured by my enemy and held in his captivity, I have two choices; play his games to survive or die fighting. Surrendering my body or territory to him is not an option. Determined to outlast his manipulations, I utilize every advantage no matter how treacherous. Only my enemy holds the key piece of leverage necessary to break me down to my core, leaving me questioning every move I make...
  • Keeping the Human's Heart by Lyonne Riley

    Keeping the Human's Heart by Lyonne Riley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Esme will not be used again, certainly not as fodder in a war that has nothing to do with her. When she makes a mad dash from the field of battle, she becomes a deserter, with nowhere to go except deeper into trollkin territory.Drazak the orc and Han’zir the troll have lived a quiet, peaceful life together on their farm—until they find a human woman sleeping in their barn...
  • Dragon Queen by Elizabeth Knight

    Dragon Queen by Elizabeth Knight

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    No one wants to be crowned queen on the brink of war, but fate doesn’t pick the weak. After saving the Crown Prince and returning to find her people now hidden away in a mountain hideout, Cassarah can no longer put off the inevitable. Once she is made queen her Birthright selects her guardians that will be by her side in this upcoming battle...
  • Power and Pentad: Part One by Amanda Cashure

    Power and Pentad: Part One by Amanda Cashure

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Pax, heir to the throne, last wolf shifter in the kingdom, and mate to a woman who up until two days ago was mortal and off-limits, is facing the toughest challenge of his life. No, make that the two toughest challenges. Keeping his mate safe from the tyrant who has sent an army of released prisoners, the worst of the worst, after them...
  • Imposter by Tate James

    Imposter by Tate James

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Three trials. Three weeks. Three Royal Princes. It should have been an easy task, for a skilled mercenary like Rybet Waise. Simply break into the royal palace, and rescue her friend from the executioner's block. But when Rybet accidentally qualifies for the Trials, she finds herself with little choice but to see them through...
  • Claimed By The Berserkers by Lee Savino

    Claimed By The Berserkers by Lee Savino

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "You're ours now, lass. We're claiming ye." My mind and body are weakened by the curse of my magic. My three sisters have mated with Berserker warriors, but I am too frail to be a bride. One night, three warriors break into my home. They steal me away. Now we're on the run from the pack. These warriors tell me I belong to them, and that they'll never let me go...
  • Scent of a Wolf by Alex Lidell

    Scent of a Wolf by Alex Lidell

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.Lera isn’t a hero. The world doesn’t know that. Lera needs to keep her head down—not an easy feat when a giant gray wolf with a fondness for her dorm room starts roaming the Academy...
  • Kitten and Allure by Amanda Cashure

    Kitten and Allure by Amanda Cashure

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    With Tanakan prison empty of its most powerful and dangerous criminals, and a tyrant with insurmountable power and a thirst for death still named as Crown, the Silvari and human worlds are on the edge of a catastrophe they may never recover from...
  • Taming the Wolves by Lyx Robinson

    Taming the Wolves by Lyx Robinson

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    First I was dragged into a fort filled with cursed Vikings.Now I'm to be used as bait.To lure out the enemy with the scent of my heat.And my only protectors are the very Vikings who dragged me here...- - -The world that Tamsin knows is on the brink of disaster.Her kinswomen have been found. Their sanctuary lies open for the plunder, their military strength weakened by treachery...
  • Her Orc Husband by Zoe Ashwood

    Her Orc Husband by Zoe Ashwood

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This arranged marriage is my last hope for a better future. The city’s best matchmaker has all but despaired over me and my brother is threatening to throw me on the street if I don’t find a husband soon. But the revulsion I feel every time anyone touches me has made it impossible for me to find a good match...
  • Burn the Stars by Elisha Kemp

    Burn the Stars by Elisha Kemp

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Time-travelling to the Bronze Age Mediterranean was never part of Adrienne’s plans.Adrienne has been doing her best to adapt to life among the Minoans. But the language barrier is nothing compared to the cultural divide – and the ensuing misunderstanding that results in Adrienne falling for a man already promised to another...
  • The Maid and the Orcs by Finley Fenn

    The Maid and the Orcs by Finley Fenn

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    She’s fallen for an angel… but he’s mated to a monster. In a realm of orcs and powerful men, housemaid Alma Andersson is drowning — in grief, debt, and drudgery. And when her awful employer makes his darkest demand yet, she flees for the forest, and tumbles toward her doom…Until she’s snatched to safety by a huge, vicious green beast. An orc...
  • Evading by K.L. Kreig

    Evading by K.L. Kreig

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "Let me obliterate each and every last beast that's holding that beautiful mind captive, Giselle." It's no secret Detective Mike Thatcher wasn't a fan of the blood drinkers. They stole his life, his woman, his future when they kidnapped his college sweetheart. So of course Fate paired him with the one thing he'd spent the past eleven years hating...a vampire. But Giselle isn't just any vampire...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  paranormal  steamy  adult  book  crime  female-mc  fiction
  • The Right of Vengeance by Lina J. Potter

    The Right of Vengeance by Lina J. Potter

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Two countries are caught up in the flames of conspiracy, desperate to restore order. Rebellions in Virma and Wellster are at its peak. In these dark days, when no one is safe, in order to survive, Lilian has to remember who her friends are. Separated from Lilian in the very heart of a cruel scheme, Jess will have to face reality: his wife is one of a kind...
  • The Harem Master by Megan Derr

    The Harem Master by Megan Derr

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lord Demir has spent his life trying to appease a brutal, selfish king, and keep the concubines under his care alive—and now he is on the verge of losing everything. The council wants to abolish the harems, there are no heirs to the throne, and the foreigners control the Steward. One wrong move will tip tensions into civil war...
    Categorized as:
    polyamory  royalty  steamy  wlw  adult  bisexuality  book  fiction
  • The Emerald Lily by Juliette Cross

    The Emerald Lily by Juliette Cross

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Princess Vilhelmina Dragomir is awakened from her hellish sleep with a blood kiss from a handsome stranger, she learns that much has changed while she’s been away. The armies of the Black Lily and the vampire Crown have amassed and are on the brink of war.No romantic entanglements, no family. Mikhail Romanov, Captain of the Bloodguard, took a vow when he joined the Bloodguard...
  • The Sjöfn Academy by Samantha Sabian

    The Sjöfn Academy by Samantha Sabian

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Ha’kan, an all-female race that reveres sexuality and views monogamy as unnatural, have been at war with the Tavinter for centuries. Queen Halla seeks to end this long-term dispute with the nomadic forest people by extending a unique offer to the Tavinter Chieftain. She invites his daughter, Skye, to attend the most prestigious school in all of Arianthem: the Sjöfn Academy...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  polyamory  royalty  steamy  wlw  adult  book  dragons
  • Birthright by Elizabeth Knight

    Birthright by Elizabeth Knight

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Cassarah, the firstborn child of a baron, is finally ready to be presented at the royal court. Every step of the way, her mother has been planning out each detail of her life—who she's going to marry, how she's going to dress, and even what she's allowed to say. But Cassarah’s ability to quietly submit to her mother has come to an end...
  • Everwylde by Donna Grant

    Everwylde by Donna Grant

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Re-enter the world of New York Times bestselling author Donna Grant’s spellbinding Kindred series.They murdered her family and she will have her revenge.He intends to have her first.It is no secret that Ravyn will stop at nothing. The orphaned witch hunter know that her family’s murderer is nearby. Ready to avenge their loss, she rushes headlong into battle.Carac is patient...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  paranormal  steamy  adult  audiobook  book  dark  fiction
  • Pretty Little Thief by Ashlee M. Edmonds

    Pretty Little Thief by Ashlee M. Edmonds

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’ve never been good at being a princess, but when my father chooses me as his rightful heir over my brother, I hold my head high and prepare myself for what is to come. Only it is far more deadly than I had anticipated. My brother is a puppet at my grandmother's mercy. Which leaves us pitted against one another in a fight to rule IronHaven...
  • A Brat's Tale by S. Legend

    A Brat's Tale by S. Legend

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tristan, former junior warlord of Markaytia, thought he’d found a cushy hiding place as a prisoner of Aldrien. Life was simple—play with weapons by day, tumble with the beautiful Aldrien warlord by night. Best of all, he can’t be blamed for a thing—he’s the prisoner of this story! His hideaway is ruined when the Aldrien king threatens to kill him (rude) and he’s forced to return to Mortouge...
  • Blood & Brujas by Mikayla D. Hornedo

    Blood & Brujas by Mikayla D. Hornedo

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From the moment Dayanara could wield a blade, she's been used as a weapon for Caldera, a kingdom of fierce brujas. Whenever her mother, the all-powerful Acna, points her in the direction to kill, Dayanara follows.After centuries of war against the vampire kingdom at their border, her mother offers their king Dayanara's hand in marriage as a truce...
  • Sea Dragon by Bianca D'Arc

    Sea Dragon by Bianca D'Arc

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A blind dragon who just wants to be left alone… Sir Hrardorr was once the mightiest of fighters. Now he’s blind and useless. His knight is dead and he can’t even go into proper mourning because he needs help just to get around. Part sea dragon, he decides to go to the Southern Lair to rusticate by the coast...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  steamy  adult  book  dragons  fiction  historical  fantasy
  • Alpha's Oath by Claire Cullen

    Alpha's Oath by Claire Cullen

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Plagued by strange symbols he doesn’t understand, Prince Cleo agrees to the only path open to him—a life of solitude in the priory. But fate has a very different plan.With their kingdom fighting for survival, a wedding isn’t on the cards for Thorne. A good brother and fighter, he’s willing to do anything to protect his home...
  • Colorblind by Violette Dubrinsky

    Colorblind by Violette Dubrinsky

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    KINDLE #1 BESTSELLERLeon Arnaud is a French werewolf on a mission in America. Unlike most of his kind, he cannot sit idly back and watch humans commit one of the vilest atrocities he’s ever seen: slavery. With wealth and connections at his disposal, he arrives in Louisiana with one purpose and one purpose only: to free as many slaves as possible...
  • Werewolves and Wranglers by Kristen Banet

    Werewolves and Wranglers by Kristen Banet

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It’s the sheriff’s job to protect the town. The town, however, doesn’t intend to make it easy for her. It was a normal day when Tobias arrived back to Redstone, paperwork and petty disputes between the various residents of town, until it wasn’t because humans were trying to attack the werewolf pack...
  • Into the Seas Embrace by Avery Thorn

    Into the Seas Embrace by Avery Thorn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dear Reader, I hope you find this note before it gets lost in the waves. Before I get to send another letter and tell you about what happened to me.It all started when my family and I came to the quiet town of Argos, Washington to start a new life. Again. However, the more I learned about this run-down seaside town, the more mysterious it became...
  • The Coveted Beta by L.V. Lane

    The Coveted Beta by L.V. Lane

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    AlexHe’s been my best friend since we were children, and I’ve admired him all that time.I’ve always known we were different, even before he matured and revealed his animalistic side.I’m a married man with a sweet, beguiling wife who never fails to rouse my ardor while holding my infinite love.Only now, when I see the two most important people in my life together, I realize something has changed...
  • Tamed for Her Pleasure by L.V. Lane

    Tamed for Her Pleasure by L.V. Lane

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When the king of a barbarian horde turns out to be unexpectedly hot…All I wanted to do was stop a war.A sensible princess would have talked to her father and beseeched him to see sense. Instead, I do what I absolutely should not take my horse and leave the safety of my castle to parley with the enemy myself...
  • Prize: A Fantasy Reverse Harem by L.V. Lane

    Prize: A Fantasy Reverse Harem by L.V. Lane

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Publisher's Note: Prize is the second book in the omega prey series and runs in parallel to Prey. It finishes on an HFN. There will be more adventures for Priya in book 3, Taken.I am prey.An Omega prey that our dreaded enemy, the Blighten, search for.I am a prizeOne that noble lords vie for.I don’t want to become a lord’s prize anymore than I want to become the Blighten’s prey...
  • The King's Executioner by Donna Fletcher

    The King's Executioner by Donna Fletcher

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The King of the Pict has entered into an agreement with Cathbad, Overlord of the Western Region to wed his daughter Anin. Blyth, Anin’s mother, has given her husband four fine sons and King Talon hopes Anin will do the same for him. Unfortunately, Anin’s mother wants no part of the agreement. She intends for her daughter to pick a husband of her own choosing as the women of her tribe do...
  • The Shadow Queen by Bertrice Small

    The Shadow Queen by Bertrice Small

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Mourn me but briefly.Then find your destiny, Lara, my love, my life.Now let me go.With those words, the spirit of Magnus Hauk, Dominus of Terah, leaves his body--and thus the fate of a nation rests upon the faerie woman Lara's shoulders.While Lara's son Prince Taj is well loved by the people of Terah, he is too young to rule, and Lara must obey Magnus's dying command and govern in his stead...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  paranormal  royalty  steamy  adult  book  dark  fae
  • Claimed by Three by L.V. Lane

    Claimed by Three by L.V. Lane

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Grady took my heart then rejected me... for two years. Now he's back and determined to make me his.There's just one problem. I've moved on, and the sweetly wicked Byron has taken his place.Then there is Declan, Grady's brooding brother-in-arms who watches both Grady and me with the same barely tempered yearning.But I have a secret...
  • And Shatter by Reese Rivers

    And Shatter by Reese Rivers

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A love so great and tragic that even erased completely, it causes echoes in Time that can't be denied.Eden Kelly made the ultimate sacrifice to Shatter the mirror and save her men from the pain and suffering that their love caused by erasing it all...
  • The Queen's Nest by Merri Bright

    The Queen's Nest by Merri Bright

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Everyone 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...
  • Given To The Berserkers by Lee Savino

    Given To The Berserkers by Lee Savino

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Captured to be a prize in the brutal Berserker Games...My life changed forever when the Berserkers took me. These fearsome warriors must find women to keep their lethal rage at bay...and I am an ideal mate.The Alphas decree that all warriors must compete in a series of Highland Games for my hand. Of all the giant warriors, two have caught my eye, but I have no choice...
  • Fires of Hatred by Erin O'Kane

    Fires of Hatred by Erin O'Kane

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Fires of Hatred ‘My name is 625. At least, that’s the number branded into my skin, the only identity I have. My real name, whatever it was, was stripped from me when I was sold into slavery at age eight. I am now 20, and no more than property, my only purpose working in the palace. Until the day I meet him.’ The Elves and Humans have been at war for millennia...
  • Claimed for Their Pleasure by L.V. Lane

    Claimed for Their Pleasure by L.V. Lane

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    For as long as I can remember, Brandon has been my obsession. But the shifter warrior had far higher standing in the clan and barely noticed me.Until one day he did, and everyone assumed we would wed.Then war arrived and brought a forgotten Alpha back into my life.Gage, the mysterious warrior I found injured in the woods. Son of a clan king, he is also our enemy.I can’t deny that I want Gage...
  • Heir by Tate James

    Heir by Tate James

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A corrupt King. A murdered Queen. A missing Princess… Found. Once upon a time, The Royal Trials were a sacred ritual designed for a queen to select her king. But nothing is as it was in the kingdom of Tiech. Not since the brutal murder of beloved Queen Ophelia. The town of Ironforge revealed important secrets, but it all came at an unbearable cost...
  • Sea of Ruin by Pam Godwin

    Sea of Ruin by Pam Godwin

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Bennett Sharp is on the run. Wanted for piracy, she fears neither God nor death nor man. Except Priest Farrell. The unfaithful, stormy-eyed libertine hunts her with terrifying possessiveness. Nothing will stop him from coming for her. Not his unforgivable betrayal. Not when she's captured by the ice-cold pirate hunter, Lord Ashley Cutler. She must escape Ashley's prison and Priest's deceit...
  • Lost Queen by May Dawson

    Lost Queen by May Dawson

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    No princess is guaranteed a happy ending. We have to fight for it. The Blood Fae infiltrate my lands, seeking to take over the Four Kingdoms. Their high leader wants my brother dead… and because her body is decaying, she wants to wear me as her new second skin. I’m not in the mood to be turned into a coat, or to bury my brother. I just saved him, and united my males...
  • Warrior by Violette Dubrinsky

    Warrior by Violette Dubrinsky

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Outspoken, loyal, and skilled with the sword, Princess Jaisyn St. Ives of Lytheria is no princess of fairytales. After the unexpected death of her father, Jaisyn takes control of the kingdom, expecting to be called upon to defend her claim to a throne previously held by men...
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