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Ruin by Charlene Hartnady
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhat happens when destiny gets it wrong?I’m a fae beast king. It’s preordained that I have to take a mate, and it can’t be just anyone. The universe will decide on my behalf. All I know is that my fated mate will be an enchantress of great power. And that when the universe chooses her for me…I must obey. To fight the calling will mean my demise. I have come to trust the process... -
Demon Gambit by Debbie Cassidy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIf you play with fire, you’re sure to get burned.The Powers that rule Morningstar believe death is a game, and my siblings and I are the unwilling players.The only way to be free is it to destroy the ascension contracts.So, I’m headed into the demon realm to convince the princes to do just that.I won’t be going alone... -
Ice by Charlene Hartnady
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIce is the fifth book in a series about monsters of all kinds. If you enjoy fated mates, forbidden romance, sassy heroines, and swoon-worthy beast kings who are almost untamable, then this is the series for you... -
Venery: A Why Choose Alien Romance by C.M. Stunich
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’ve been abducted by an alien in a cowboy hat.He needs me to play the role of fake fiancée to appease his family of tentacle-tailed cops.I’ll keep up the charade as long as I need if it means being reunited with Abraxas and Rurik.Shouldn’t be too hard, right? To play pretend …My life force is now inextricably tied to handsome, gun totin’ Officer Hyt... -
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What The Hex by C.M. Stunich
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy demon ex has me trapped in a devil’s bargain.My mother is dying, and I need the help of my soulmates to save her: all four of my soulmates. That means I’ll have to rescue the half-witch, Hex Sorciere, from his evil coven before the clock runs out on Mom’s curse... -
Ashes by Charlene Hartnady
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAshes is the sixth, and final, book in a series about monsters of all kinds. If you enjoy fated mates, forbidden romance, sassy heroines and swoon-worthy beast kings who are almost untamable, then this is the series for you.To avoid spoilers. I will not be writing a blurb for this book. If you read Ice you will know that this next story is about Ax... -
Bad Blood by Cate Corvin
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsForgiveness is divine weak. A woman who desires revenge should dig two five graves. An eye for an eye makes the world blind is incredibly satisfying.Will and Sura made me believe I was one of them, only to betray me in the worst way. With a second chance to prove I deserve to be in Libra Academy, I’m going to serve the pain back in spades... -
Loving Nightmares by M. Sinclair
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI would go to war to protect the nightmares I loved.War was at our doorstep threatening to kill my father, and with him were enough humans that if battle ensued, it would make national headlines. Ones that would only further divide and enhance the hatred between humans and nightmares.War had to be defeated, I just didn’t know how... -
Carnival Creeps by Aiden Pierce
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWelcome to Sinner’s Carnival, the most gruesome, blood-curdling attraction this side of Hell.Selling myself to a shadow demon to secure a position at the devil’s circus is all fun and games until the Horsemen of the Apocalypse show up.I’ve fought too long and hard for a place at Sinner’s Sideshow to let anyone take it from me.Not Conquest. Not War. Not even Death himself... -
Ember's Claim by Jillian West
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe North American Pack was always meant to be Ember’s birthright, but she grew up far away from shifter culture in a sanctuary city for monsters.Her wolf yearns to scout pack lands and socialize with other wolves, but Ember understands the risks, especially considering female shifters are nearly endangered nowadays.So, she keeps her distance, even if she has to fight her wolf at every turn.. -
Lost to the Moon by Meg Anne, K. Loraine
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s the end of the world as you know it…At least it will be, if my dear despicable mum gets her way. I, however, happen to be quite fond of some of the toys I’ve discovered on this plane. Ma petite monstre, for starters. But the plague is spreading, taking no prisoners, and I’m trapped and at the mercy of a deal I made with Rosie... -
Haunting Beauty by K. Loraine, Meg Anne
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne heroic act damned me for eternity. With a name like Tor, I should have been a hero, just like my father and twin. Turns out I’m not. Not even close. Instead I’m the very thing we hunted. A depraved monster. I thought there was no escaping the curse. No hope for a future. And then I met my mate in the unlikeliest of places: Blackwood Asylum. A place for criminals. Power hungry madmen... -
To Kill a Nightmare: The Complete Series by Rory Miles, Harper Frey
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe best way to ruin a rogue slayer's day? Force an arranged marriage on her. Despite being the best of the best, my parents–who run our region's slayer council–decide it's time for me to get married. Apparently, being the wife of a high-born slayer will finally make me respectable. Or so they say. I see the arrangement for what it really a power grab... -
Circus Creeps by Aiden Pierce
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome to Sinner’s Sideshow, the most obscene, blood-pumping, skin-crawling creep show this side of Hell. As a circus brat, show biz is in my blood. And as a half-succubus, I was made for Sinner’s Sideshow—the only circus made to entertain the most depraved of monsters.When I’m plunged into a dark world of death, darkness, and corpse-ridden carnivals, I meet them…The demonic ringmaster... -
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Crowned by Charlene Hartnady, B.E. Brouillard
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCrowned is the third and final book in this trilogy. It's fast-paced and ultra steamy. Take care that the heroine will end up having more than one love interest. Her partners can shift into demon form, so there might be some monster action – please don’t read this book if you are put off by this sort of thing. If you’re adventurous, hop in because the water is warm…and getting warmer... -
Falling Shadows by K.C. Kean
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI am at home in the darkness, where brutality feeds on the weak and fuels the strong. Shadowmoor has forged me into who I am today and I have the mark and scars to prove it. I never thought I’d see the light again, but it seems destiny has other plans for me. My father’s arrival means life as I know it is about to change... -
The Monster's Desire by Jillian West
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe picturesque town of North Falls is as beautiful as it is deadly. When Nadia is called to help deliver a human woman's little elven babies, she knows she can't say no. After all, she's masquerading as a fertility witch since blood witches were hunted out of existence several generations ago... -
Ebony's Legacy: Year One by M. Guida
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWant more Legacy? This is Raven’s sister’s story! Watch the legacy continue!!!Ebony: I’m stuck at Legacy Academy, trying to live down my big sister’s reputation.I’m not Raven. But try telling this to the other girls who want my head on a platter. I’m not special. In fact, I’m a big, fat mess. I didn’t want to go to school. I wanted revenge, but like my sister before me, I can’t control my powers... -
White Raven by Kel Carpenter, Aurelia Jane
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn alpha wolf, a seductive vampire, and a dominant fae all walk into a bar. What do they have in common?Being mated to me, apparently.My dreams of retirement crashed and burned when the rogue shifter bit me. Not only have I changed into something neither world has ever seen before, but my mission just became even more impossible... -
Demon Throne by Debbie Cassidy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNothing brightens up a Monday like finding out you’re the spawn of SatanThe big bad is dead and now Satan’s spawn must fight for the Morningstar throne. I’m tossed into the ring, whether I want to be there or not.I’m mostly human, a hunter by trade, and totally outmatched by my half siblings. The chance I’ll survive these tests and claim the throne is slim... -
Castle of Nevers and Nightmares by Lana Pecherczyk
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen winter comes to the Court of Dreams, the war against the Subterranean of Nightmares freezes. To celebrate, the faerie queen holds a tournament where mortals compete for the prize of a dream come true. For outsider Willow Nightstalk, it’s the only way to break the curse making her as ugly as she feels... -
Bite of Loyalty by R.L. Caulder
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBeing the sole survivor of the Van Helsing family was never a burden I wanted to carry.Yet here I was, an orphan with a score to settle against Dracula for orchestrating the near genocide of my bloodline.One small kink in that plan: I was turned into the blood sucking creature that I was born to destroy... -
Snowball's Chance in Hell by Harper A. Brooks, Mila Young
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFour demons for Christmas? It pays to be naughty.Being the Queen of Hell has its perks... Like having four sexy demon lovers at your beck and call, and the power of the underworld at your fingertips.It has its downsides too, like everyone trying to kill you for your throne. And that includes Krampus... -
Wolf's Hunger by Atlas Rose, Kim Faulks
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCrown City is divided. Mortals on one side of the river and the beasts on the other. Only I’m a woman caught in the middle, and now I’m forced to choose a side. Return to the FBI who’s hunting us, or run with the Wolves? Phantom, Church, Vitold and Arran.They’re hiding for a crime they didn’t commit, bullet-riddled and bleeding they’re considered weak now and their territory fair game... -
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Unremarkable by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA scheming vampire, a unicorn with a job to do, and a mage who thought her power was gone, leaving her unremarkable.Ally surrendered her magic as a teen. Her sister was the family heir, and Ally just wanted to leave her home and start off in a new city. She takes on odd jobs and ends up as a secure courier... -
Fae Farewells by M.F. Adele
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI am not a good person.Torture and murder can’t even ease the wrath that’s thrumming through my veins. I’m that f*****g angry.This vendetta might actually kill me, but it goes so far beyond the mess my parents left for me to clean up. All the pieces have finally started falling into place. The lies, the hidden agendas, and the games begin to paint a crystal-clear picture... -
Hybrid Heroics by M.F. Adele
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI am not a good person.I’m the villain of Alric Moore’s story. And we’ve reached the climax. Not even mental torture will stop me from becoming his demise.As havoc knocks on another realm’s doorstep, the druids prepare for a war that isn’t theirs to fight. Everyone will come face-to-face with the best version of me. Because beneath the blood and gore lies the Goddess of Wrath and Justice... -
Wicked Savior by Stella Brie
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the archangel Gabriel sends his angels to eliminate a woman, Lucifer knows she’s the critical pawn in his quest for revenge. Intent on pushing Gabriel to the edge of his sanity, he assigns himself as her protector.A scientist, Evren is focused on two things: finding her mother and helping the nearly extinct Druids... -
Devotion: A Mate Games: War Novella by Meg Anne, K. Loraine
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSPOILER THIS NOVELLA TAKES PLACE APPROXIMATELY ONE AND A HALF YEARS AFTER THE EVENTS OF TEMPTATION AND INCLUDES SPOILERS FOR THE MATE PESTILENCE AND DEATH. IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THOSE SERIES, YOU MAY WANT TO STOP HERE AND DO THAT FIRST.Turns out happily ever after isn’t what the storybooks promised.We thought it was over, that we’d earned a peaceful life filled with love and tender moments... -
Blood Oath by Morgan B. Lee
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsEverbound University is the mandatory graduate school for anything that goes bump in the night. Not going isn’t an option, unless you want to be hunted down for illegally inhabiting the mortal world.All legacies — the descendants of the Four Houses — are required to attend because we’re all cursed, and the only way to break our curses is through binding our hearts in a quintet... -
Anarchy by J.B. Trepagnier
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWell, that certainly sucks!We freed Talvath, then we lost Talvath. And the bastard took Bram with him. For all we know, he’s back in Hell building an army to destroy my library. According to Balthazar, Silvaria and Dorian are on their way back to the US now that he’s liberated a large sum of money from their bank accounts. Kaine and the Paranormal Investigation Bureau will be waiting for them... -
Shadow Slayer by Rory Miles, Harper Frey
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe best way to ruin a rogue slayer's day? Force an arranged marriage on her.Despite being the best of the best, my parents–who run our region's slayer council–decide it's time for me to get married. Apparently, being the wife of a high-born slayer will finally make me respectable. Or so they say. I see the arrangement for what it really is: a power grab... -
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... -
Bonded by Death by Kel Carpenter, Aurelia Jane
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’m torn between three men that I swore I wouldn’t get involved with. I know it’s wrong, but part of me loves it. Craves it.Everyone thinks I’m the good girl, but what they don’t see is that my carefully crafted persona is crumbling around me.My ex taught me that love isn’t sweet, patient, or kind. It’s cruel and it hurts... -
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Into The Dragon's World by Brittany White
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA woman who needs protection. A dragon who fears he won’t be able to save her.CASEYStuff like this never happens to people like me.One day I’m studying for my PhD, the next I’m running from a stalker.But not just any stalker. Oh, no. It’s my English professor. And he’s a bear shifter.Just my luck.When my best friend Jasmine tries to help me, she introduces me to her boss. To him.Brady Markonian... -
Dirty Deeds by Cate Corvin
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThings I’ve won in Libra Academy: An expensive education. A vampire sworn to me forever. An incubus on a leash. A man who’d give up everything to save me.Things I’ve lost: My dignity. My honor. My mortality. My blacklist has been narrowed down to two: the king of the vampires, and the slayer who helped him... -
Legacy Academy: Year Two by M. Guida
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhew, my first year at the academy is over--what a ride.I found a magical orb that showed me Mom is alive, but I don't know where she is. The only way to find her is for me to master my powers, but I'm failing. If I don't pass, I'll be kicked out of school. Without my powers, I won't be strong enough to defeat the Dark Demons and rescue Mom. My two handsome princes are still with me... -
Legacy Academy Year Three by M. Guida
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI barely survived my second year at Legacy Academy, and I have more crazy powers that are hard to control.But I have to, right?Unfortunately, the dark demons want me and last time almost got me if it weren’t for Lucien and the Defenders.To make matters worse, there’s a reason why I’m different from all the other dragons... -
Monsters Below by R.L. Caulder
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWith forces I don't understand out to hurt my monsters and I, time is running out to figure out who–no, what–I am.The weight of the world suddenly crashes on my shoulders, and I’m not sure how long I can carry it... -
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... -
Amidst Secrets and Shadows by Stacy Jones, Harper Wylde
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSurvival. Secrets. Shadows.Faery is more beautiful and otherworldly than Arawyn ever imagined, but there’s a growing darkness in this land of magic and monsters…After years of suffering under the cruel reign of brutal usurpers, what’s left of this realm is dark and twisted... -
Torn Mate by Belle Harper
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSaint is torn. What his wolf and heart wants is Ada. He believes he isn’t good for her, that Noah or even Huxley are a better choice, but he cant stay away. He knows he is just going to break her heart if he keeps doing this to her.When Saint witnesses Huxley kissing Ada, he wants to rip his throat out, but at the same time it would just be easy to walk away... -
Of Moons and Monsters by Willow Hadley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHell hath no fury like a man scorned.Isla learns that lesson all too well when she agrees to go to a party with her half-demon best friend, Alistair, to help him make his vampire ex-boyfriend jealous. Their plan backfires when Alistair’s ex turns out to be more psycho than Isla realized, and she finds herself being kidnapped and sold on the supernatural black market... -
Being Alpha by Aileen Erin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling Author Aileen ErinFor the first time since Tessa met Dastien, life is quiet. The evil witch, Luciana, is six glorious feet under, St. Ailbe's is closed due to human trespassers, and people are finally getting used to the fact that supernaturals exist in the world. It seems like the perfect time for a honeymoon... -
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Ill Will by Cate Corvin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMercilessly beautiful cruel. Relentlessly sensual vicious. Utterly delicious vile. Marrying into the famous Godalming slayer-clan was supposed to be my family’s big break. Our clan is fractured, my brother is dead, and my mother’s spirit was broken by the ordeal. I’d do anything to make her proud and see her truly smile again... -
Hell Gate by Veronica Eden
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsFrom USA Today & International bestselling author, Veronica Eden, comes an all-new standalone reverse harem paranormal romance with a headstrong heroine and twisted demons who left their morals in the last century.Open the gate...if you dare.The first thing I’m warned about when I arrive at the girls’ home is to stay away from the abandoned graveyard... -
Hell is a Harem: Book 3 by Kim Faulks
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Circle’s job was to protect the innocent. But what happens when the innocent aren’t exactly what they seem? What happens when they become the Nine?Gabriel can’t bring himself to look at me. Broken wings. Broken will.Titus lays in a hospital bed, with the vultures hovering close. Rival stands beside me…but he may as well be on the other side of the world for all the lies that divide us... -
Kings of Eden by Mila Young, Harper A. Brooks
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI've danced for some powerful and deadly men. But lately, instead of dollars, I'm collecting death warrants. I’ve always played with danger. And as long as I followed the rules, I told myself I’d always be safe.One night is all it took, one mistake, and now every damned mafia criminal in the Black Spades gang is after me.But so are the Kings of Eden... -
Chosen Warriors by Lacey Carter Andersen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEverything I thought I knew was wrong.The good guys and bad guys are switching sides. An evil I never imagined looms ahead. And if we can’t rescue an innocent in time, all will be lost.Including our freedom.My dark fae fears from my life. My vampire and my shapeshifter have sworn to protect me. And my wolf believes this is our destiny. But I have no idea what I believe. I just want us to survive... -
Escape by L.L. Frost
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJoin Adie on her (mis)adventures towards achieving a quasi-normal life among humans. A charming, slow burn reverse harem serial about one reluctant succubus and the sexy demons determined to have her...
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