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Readers who enjoyed The Forbidden Note by Nelia Alarcon also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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One Last Rainy Day: The Legacy of a Prince by Kate Stewart
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsFrom the international best-selling author of The Ravenhood Trilogy comes the first book in Ravenhood Legacy!Now an Amazon charts, USA Today, and International best-seller!“My rainy days are yours, Dominic. If you want them.”Once upon a time…There lived a man with a vengeance-filled heart that held too many secrets.And a woman, pure of soul, intent on uncovering them... -
Sancte Diaboli: Part One by Amo Jones
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Devil comes with baggage, and not the kind you can lose. I was two years old when he saved me. I didn’t understand much at that age, but I remember the pale boy with hair as dark as ink, saving me from two evils. He said he would protect me; I just didn’t know he meant from himself... -
The Reckoning by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 69 ratingsThe answer to your question will be revealed on the Lunar Eclipse.But when finding the truth, don't let the shadows take you.The week of The Reckoning has begun. And senior students have been tasked with making the freshmen's lives pure hell as they prepare to take their fateful assessment... -
Boarlander Cursed Bear by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratings**Don’t miss this riveting final installment to T. S. Joyce’s bestselling Boarlander Bears series.** Clinton Fuller has been burned by love, but that doesn’t stop him from thinking of his first mate and what could’ve been. And when she blows into town, with no memory of him or what happened to her, he does his best to stop history from repeating itself... -
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Better Than the Prom by Lynn Painter
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsProm night has arrived, and Wes Bennett couldn’t be less excited.Not only is he not going with Liz, the girl he’s loved his entire life, but Liz is going with Michael, the guy she’s loved her entire life. Talk about a nightmare.They manage to avoid each other at the event, but every glance he steals of her in that gown, smiling up at her date, feels like a punch to his solar plexus...Categorized as:
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Reaper's Wrath by Jamie Begley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHave you ever wondered how soulmates fall in love after they meet? One touch was all it took to pierce through the hatred, the revenge, the payback that kept Reaper’s sanity in check... -
Saint and the Queen by Desiree .
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEve Noelle has been tortured by her mother's careless dreams and delusions her entire childhood that her absent father is actually Santa Claus. The real Santa Claus. She despises Christmas, the music, the children, and anything to do with the holiday but then one day. -
Death Game by Kelly St. Clare
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe king commands at 3:30 a.m.I’ve screwed up big time. Now, I’m facing the damning consequences.The walls are closing in as I balance duty to grandmother’s memory with my impossible feelings for Kyros. Then there’s the freakin’ human-vampire hybrid thing to deal with.The problem is, I’m no longer willing to lose the person I’ve gambled against from the start...Categorized as:
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Shadow Princess by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 69 ratingsAfter the events of the Lunar Eclipse, Tory and Darcy must learn to deal with the darkness which shadows their lives.With a secret binding them to Darius and Orion, they must find a way to all work together for the greater good. But some things are easier said than done.. -
Fated Throne by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 60 ratingsFate has torn us apart and sometimes I believe the stars have given up on us altogether.Without my sister, the world seems darker than ever before and the shadows loom thicker, rising up to answer the call of the Shadow Princess and changing the face of Solaria for good. Now Lionel Acrux has the strength to make a move for the throne, I’m not sure how much time we have left to stop him... -
Tarian Outcast by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsKaty Craigson is on the run. Not from anything too scary, because she is a safe girl and doesn’t do danger, but she’s running from a past that keeps trying to drag her under. All she needs is a week with her best friend in the mountains of Colorado for a week. But when an unlikely hero comes to her rescue, she’s sent on a path she never saw coming... -
Cursed Fates by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 65 ratingsAfter the devastating events at Zodiac Academy, we have to deal with this darker world we're faced with. Lionel seeks to hurt us, the Nymphs seek to hurt the entire Fae race, and between all of it, we just have to try and survive each day as it comes. I'm afraid of everything falling apart, but it looks like it already has... -
Chance Fur Hire by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEmily Vega must avenge her father, and as the last of the Hell Hunters, she has one mission: destroy the Galena pack. Werewolves are carefully camouflaged monsters intent on taking over the world—or at least that’s what she’s been taught—but one meeting with the werewolf she’s hunting, and Chance Dawson is changing her mind, little by little... -
Catching Genesis by Nicole Riddley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHow do I reject thee? Let me count the ways. When the future Alpha, a major player rejected her for Queen B, Genesis and her two best friends came up with a plan to give the arrogant future alpha the taste his own medicine. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned... -
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Nothing Lasts Forever by Scarlett Black
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAxl has it all as the VP of the MC he loves in Reno, Nevada. Living a life free of worries has never been an issue for him. He’s partied and lived fast with the best of them. He’s never truly had to deal with the repercussions of his actions. Until his world is shattered right before his eyes… Dana has always been the heart of her girls and family... -
Big Bad Boss: Midnight by Renee Rose, Lee Savino
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRULE #1 OF WALL STREET: DON'T FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR BILLIONAIRE BOSS.I hate my new assistant.I’ve hated them all, but this is a different kind of hate. Her presence is torture.She’s whip-smart, overly-capable, the only employee of mine who dares talk back.And the little human smells like temptation. The worst kind.She dresses to kill, and I’m in danger of dying... -
Kings of Quarantine by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsCruel. Heartless. Quarantined.The ruthless boys of Everlake Prep never saw lockdown coming.But the virus isn’t their number one enemy.I am.And as if being confined to a boarding school for the elite wasn’t bad enough, now I’m stuck in isolation with the boys who hate me most too.Saint, Kyan and Blake. The Night Keepers. Or so they call themselves... -
Fastlander Fealty by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOwen Carson is a big, dominant boar shifter who is finally ready for a mate. Since he was young, he knew he wanted to escape the unfortunate legacy of his people and find something that has always felt just out of reach... -
Operation Fit-ish by Shannon Myers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDakota has spent her whole life dreaming about finding a superhero to call her own. She thought she’d found him—well, maybe not a superhero, exactly, but someone. Then Jackson unceremoniously dumps her four weeks before their wedding, and Dakota decides the time is right to get in shape and take control of her life... -
Princess Ballot by Jaymin Eve, Tate James
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsYou have been chosen. Those four words change Violet Spencer’s whole life, when against staggering odds, she's selected in the "princess ballot." Arbon Academy is affectionately known as the school for Royals. Only the rich, powerful, or heir to a throne gain entry ... except for the one scholarship student accepted every five years...Categorized as:
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Olsen by Ariana Hawkes
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe brand new installment in the best-selling series. * * * Can be read as a standalone book. * * * What if your fated mate was just an app swipe away? As the biggest, gruffest and growliest of all the bears, even Olsen Burchfield has a hard time locating his inner human... -
Dark Alpha's Redemption by Donna Grant
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThere is no escaping a Reaper. I am an elite assassin, part of a brotherhood that only answers to Death. And when Death says your time is up, I’m coming for you…My duty to Death drives me forward. I've never once strayed from my path – not even when the future seemed uncertain. However, Maeve's intelligence, cunning and determination challenges me in ways I never imagined... -
Jinx's Fantasy by Pepper Winters
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom New York Times Bestseller, Pepper Winters, comes a spin-off novella featuring Sully and Jinx from the USA Today Bestselling Series, Goddess Isles.“A marriage born from slavery and secrets.A happily ever after like no other.”Sullivan Sinclair has a wife who shares his wildness and desires. To others, she is regal and perfect on his arm... -
Aaron's Patience by Tiffany Patterson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAaron She was supposed to remain in the past. A past I worked long and hard to forget. I run a multi-billion dollar company. I am at the top of my game. I didn’t have time for petty memories and silly indulgences like love. Making deals and taking names in the boardroom were what fueled me. But one night everything came flooding back. There she was, just like she was waiting for me... -
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Ruthless Fae by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 74 ratingsThey tried to break us.They almost did.But we're not going anywhere.The Celestial Heirs think the stars are on their side. But they don't know what's coming. Fighting them one on one isn't an option so we have to be stealthy. Remaining under the radar won't be easy, but if we pull it off, they'll never suspect our involvement when their lives start falling apart... -
Vampire Debt by Kelly St. Clare
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsVampire royals strategise at 2 a.m.Last week, I inherited every cent of the multi-billion-dollar Le Spyre estate.But tequila is far easier to swallow than the coincidence of my beloved grandmother's death.I'm over this supernatural game, yet walking away from Kyros isn't simple with the damn mate thing on the cards.The Indebted need my help. My grandmother deserves justice...Categorized as:
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All Kitten Aside by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsParanormal Dating Agency Book 11 - STANDALONE BBW Paranormal Shape Shifter Romance Miranda Colilla needs a mate. Fast. This curvy lioness wants a man she can bend to her will, who will stay out of her business, and let her lead like the alpha she is... -
Piece of Tail by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsYou don't have to read any of the other books in the series to read this one. It's 100% standalone A female Prowl Leader? Unthinkable. It’s what Becca Duran has dealt with since the sudden, tragic death of her brother. Now, the leopard council demands she mates an alpha, whether she loves him or not. Given no choice, Becca takes a chance on Gerri Wilder’s PDA. It should be simple... -
When Saint Goes Marching In by Tiana Laveen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWARNING – This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable.It is six years later and Saint and Xenia have two beautiful sons and are enjoying their lives in sunny California... -
Once Upon A Devil by Scarlett Snow, Tiegan Clyne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNo rest for the damned.With the Festival of Light now over, Satanalia at the Church of Shadows is upon us.Now it's time to face the music and my cruel covenmaster for a punishment that may leave me broken... if it leaves me alive at all. Lucifer said he has plans for me? I just hope I live to find out what they are. Once Upon a Devil is a reverse harem bully romance intended for mature audiences... -
Fire Bound by Kayleigh King
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRemington Weylyn is burned and broken. She made a choice and now she’s paying the price. The girl she once was is gone, replaced by someone she no longer recognizes. What once was her home now feels foreign and the people she was closest to feel like strangers. And it’s all his fault. Jax Whitlock is dangerous and damaged. With no home or family, his place in the world is unknown...Categorized as:
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My New Year Fling by Serenity Woods
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLove Comes Later: Book 2A ‘holiday fling’ romanceJessI’ve made so many mistakes in my life, I’m sure I’m in the book of Guinness World Records, and unfortunately, this year has proved no exception. Telling my boss’s wife that we were having an affair was probably the biggest mistake, but the lying bastard broke my heart, so I don’t regret it... -
Through The Woods by Shannon Myers
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOnce there was a princess...Forced to run from her drug-dealing boyfriend, Neve ends up injured and alone in the middle of the Colorado wilderness. She never planned on being rescued by seven bikers and brought to their clubhouse. While the other bikers welcome a female presence, their leader, Charm, is not impressed... -
Her Second Chance Wolf by Ariana Hawkes
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsElinor Back in high school, Blake Waldgrave was my nemesis. Now he’s back in my life. Hotter than ever, and… interested in me??? I had a rocky past—dumped in a cardboard box by my family, and so broken I’d never be able to shift. But I’ve got my sh*t together now. I’m no longer the strange little bird that nobody wanted... -
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Big Bad Boss: Marked by Renee Rose, Lee Savino
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRULE #3 OF WALL NEVER BACK DOWNNo one can know I've claimed the human as my mate.The enemies are at the gates–one wrong move and I’ll lose it all. My world will never be safe for her.If my pack finds out that I’ve mated a human, they’ll revolt. The fractures will grow deeper than ever and we'll be picked apart one by one.The lives of everyone I love hang in the balance... -
Exile in the Water Kingdom by Cassandra Gannon
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsElementals: Water, Earth, Fire and Air are only the beginning. Elementals support everything from Darkness to Time, secretly maintaining the processes of nature. Only now the Elementals are nearly extinct. Two years ago, the Air House released a plague that killed ninety percent of them... -
Reina del Inframundo: Un Oscuro Romance de la Mafia by Lee Savino, Stasia Black
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe King of the Underworld saved me from the streets, Treated me like a princess, And locked me in a tower. Then he turned into a beast. There's a darkness in him. I've seen it face to face. He says I'm his light. But if our love is going to last, I'm going to have to be more than his princess. I need to become a Queen. The final chapter in Marcus and Cora's story... -
The Other Half of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of the Night Huntress series comes a thrilling new look at the iconic origin story of Cat and Bones, as experienced by Bones…from the other half of the grave... -
Running Beside the Alpha by Lola Glass
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNever run from a werewolf.My life has taught me to expect the unexpected.A serial-killer rampaging through the New York Pack?Sure. Why not?But a serial killer who smells like me?That’s a heck of a lot more than unexpected. With the Alphas of All poking around and my own Alpha on a rampage to figure out who the murderer is, it becomes a race to see who finds the truth first.I'll find the killer... -
Broken Luna by Paulina Vasquez
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDo you believe in Myths? Just when she thinks it can't get any worse, it does. Lucy lost everything four years ago in a rogue attack. She's been abused, starved, rejected and broken. As her eighteenth birthday approaches, strange things start to happen, things that only happen once every century... -
Very Bad Things by Alexis Winter
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsHe said he wants to do bad things to me…very bad things.The first time I met single dad Weston Vaughn, I thought it was my meet cute.I was in Paris looking to start over and he was right in the path of my hot coffee.But it turns out, my knight in shining armor was just a grumpy billionaire in a custom suit...Categorized as:
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Dead of Night by Emily Goodwin
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.From bestselling author Emily Goodwin comes the epic start to a sexy and exciting paranormal romance series... Never trust a vampire. I might have learned that lesson the hard way. But when I find myself in a vampire-owned bar, I don’t have much of a choice...Categorized as:
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Better Than Before by Lynn Painter
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLynn Painter’s Better Than the Movies collides with Betting on You when, after meeting the annoyingly cute Bailey on his flight, Charlie gets picked at the airport up by his cousin, Wes, who introduces him to his annoyingly cute neighbor, Liz...Categorized as:
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Blood Trial by Kelly St. Clare
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsThe dice are rolled at midnight.As the twenty-one-year-old heiress to the Le Spyre fortune, my life should consist of strawberry mojitos and golf carts. Right?But I’m determined to forge my own path.Desperate to escape the meaningless games of the rich, I flee my family’s estate.Secret alias—check...Categorized as:
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On Wicked Ground by Sharon Kay
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe lost memories of a thief...The first twelve years of Alina's life are a black void. An accomplished thief, she uses her cloaking ability to pick pockets as well as stage elaborate heists. Digging deeper into her past sets off a chain of events that puts her, and the family she has just discovered, in the sights of their worst enemy....and the scarred heart of a guardian.. -
An Illicit Seduction by Chencia C. Higgins
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Dark Erotic Experience "I can't even see straight until I've had my face in between your legs." After a night of heavy drinking with her coworkers, Seraph succumbs to an erotic dream in where she receives pleasure beyond her wildest imagination. It’s a brand of filthy that she enjoys but something about it is simultaneously wrong, though she can't put her finger on why... -
Beautiful Salvation by Piper Lawson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe wanted to punish me. I wanted to hate him.Until I didn’t.Trapped in a corner, my only way out was the ruthless billionaire who put me there.But we healed each other.We’ve done things in the dark that we’re not proud of, things that will forever be kept secret from the world.Those sins forged a bond as strong as the love that binds us together.He’s my king, and I’m his queen...Categorized as:
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Lying Lainey by Elizabeth Knight
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the Syndicate calls to collect their debt— Omegas are given no choice but to succeed…or die trying.I’m never taken by surprise. Being a con artist in the world of the glamorous and famous, bending rich men to my whim is my job... -
Not So Silent Nights: A Four Book Christmas Collection by Olivia T. Turner
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Four Book Christmas Collection by Olivia T. TurnerA Holly For ChristmasChristmas magic is in the air.So is my truck.Because some insane driver has driven me off the road and I’ve jumped the curb.Just great.I’m stuck in the snow on the side of the road on Christmas Eve. Lovely.I’m about to give her a piece of my mind, but she takes a piece of my heart instead.She’s perfect... -
Rapunzel and the Billionaire Bear by Sable Sylvan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSince her sixteenth birthday, curvy Zelda “Rapunzel” Woods has been kept in a luxury penthouse in Seattle paid for by her wealthy adoptive mother…but the penthouse starts to feel like a prison tower when Zelda longs for more than a life of leisure, but for a simple life filled love. When polar bear billionaire Lance Asher enters her world, nothing will ever be the same for his princess...
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