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Fin's Claim


Rachelle Mills
    This is the second book In Grey's Tribute.....Jealousy is an evil thing, it crawls up your spine wrapping it's vileness around your body, hissing it's thoughts in your ears.Your insecurities are pushed to the forefront burying your reason in a layer of black....Fin has been saving himself for his mate only to find out that she gave away her virtue to another male...that male being his twin brother...how can they possibly move forward from that when all that consumes him is jealousy of what was done so long ago....how can Fin forgive Victoria when in her jealousy she killed the pregnant female carrying his son...How do you ever move on from mistakes of the past....does the hurt and betrayal stay anchored to you weighing you down forever or can you remove that weight and begin to forgive and be what the both of you were born to be.Disclaimer: There can be only one Alpha and Victoria is not it!!!!!Mature content, sexual and violent, Luna's are below the Alpha it doesn't mean that the alpha doesn't love her, it means he is the leader...the head and she stands on his right behind him!

Set Me Free


M.R. Leahy
     Set Me Free Torn and betrayed by her family, Emmalyn is taken and forced to live with her mother and stepfather, who happens to be the leader of one of the biggest sex trafficking rings around. Thrown into a world of sex and slavery, Emmalyn is roomed with Kodah. A hot-headed boy, whose only weakness is her. Both lost and tortured in this endless hell, they cling to the hope that one day they will make it out, that one day they will be set free.

Highlander's Moonlight Seduction


Adamina Young
    

UnCage Me (Savage Beast MC #8)


Hayley Faiman
    She hasn’t been waiting excitedly for her eighteenth birthday. She’s been dreading it with every fiber in her being, trying to figure a way out. As the princess of the Donkey Punchers MC, eighteen does not include freedom. Instead, it’s the exact opposite. It’s an unimaginable hell. Jaguar doesn’t know much, but he knows one thing, and he knows it well—betrayal. He’s been a traitor to the only family he’s ever truly had, and he hates himself for it. He cannot be the man who deserves to breathe, let alone be welcomed back to the Savage Beast MC clubhouse. If he’s ever going to atone for his actions, he knows that he has to do something huge to help his brothers. Things aren’t exactly as they seem. A man on the brink of death. Destruction and war on the horizon. Relationships tested, unsure if they will hold the weight of the world around them. Two people scared of the uncertain future, yet when they collide, one caged bird is finally set free, and the other discovers that being bound is exactly where he needs to be.*INCLUDES: UNCHOKE ME

The Matriarch: An Erotic Superhero Romance


Sloane Howell
    Maggie Madison sits in the lofty towers of her city during the day, but at night she lurks the seedy underbelly, looking to snare the man who stole her innocence. Her simple quest becomes complicated when she meets a man who is as light as she is dark, as straightforward as she is deceptive. When a villain rises and sets her world alight, she must weigh her need for revenge against the good of the city she vowed to protect.

Theo


C.M. Seabrook
    Three years ago, she walked out of my life. No explanation. Just gone. With the biggest fight of my career only weeks away, she walked back in. I'll do anything to protect her. Destroy anyone who tries to hurt her. When it comes to Mac, there isn't a line I won't cross. I've loved her my entire life, and now that's she's back I won't let her go. She refuses to speak about the past, or the secrets I know she's hiding. I know she's planning on running again. But when you love someone, you stay and fight. Even if you're fighting blind.

Law of Attraction (Universal Laws #1)


Raeesah Ambarker
    Instead of fighting it, let's see what happens,❞ he grumbled, hands roaming my body. His thumb brushed my bottom lip. ❝Open up for me, baby.❞--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Nyx just can't seem to escape her eternal night, the very darkness she was named after. Angry at the world, her hatred is ravenous for none other than Beckham Hunt, captain of the ice hockey team. Beckham loathes Nyx Taylor, that much he is certain of. Nobody boils his blood as she does and when she's hired to assist his team during championship season, he discerns that there's more to her than meets the eye. She was always the villain in his story. But, suddenly she's the plot twist he never saw coming. Each glare and scowl and insult piles up, put under tremendous pressure by their mutual hatred. Yet, peeking through their fury clouded vision, they find the centre of their relationship blazing. Like two rival stars gravitating towards each other, Nyx and Beckham can do nothing when the law of attraction forces them to accept that passion doesn't always mean hatred, but perhaps something more.

Riot: Bad Boy Escorts


Jo Raven
    A sexy escort.A fancy hotel room and a struggle for trust.When Paxtyn makes an appointment with escort Riot Gallagher of the Bad Boy Escorts agency, she has her reasons, and they have nothing to do with sex or pleasure. But after that first, disastrous meeting, something changes. The tables are turned, the picture shifts.A strong girl.A damaged boy.An attraction that turns into love and a fight for life or death.There was never any question about how this would end…*Warning for sex and violence. 18+*This is a standalone romance novel.

Paying for His Mistakes


Elizabeth Dadelik
    Dejected Sarah forces herself to go on. Why? Because she is pregnant. When the pack discovered that she is, she is more hated than ever. Especially by her mate Conrad. Even though he rejected her, she still got herself pregnant! With no one left to turn too Sarah has to face the hardest thing she will ever deal with in her life.

Meet Me Halfway


Lilian T. James
    A life. A future. But his lies had only been a cover for the personal hell he introduced her to daily.Now, at twenty-five, Madison has long since stopped believing in love. It’s simply not a square on her bingo card.Balancing single parenthood, three jobs, and online courses, she doesn’t have the time anyway.So when the broody neighbor living in the other side of her duplex leaves a rude note on her door, she’s not interested.Not in his dark hair, not in his physique, and definitely not in the dimples she’s only seen a hint of. She’s one hundred percent, absolutely, not interested.Not even a little.Author's Note: Head to the author's website for a full list of all content descriptions, tropes, etc.

The Beast Must Die


Lee Hyeon-sook
    He approaches one of the known members of the group, Kang Moo, and asks him for his cooperation. However, in order to join the fraternity and find out who led his sister to her death, he is asked to have sex with everyone in the fraternity. As time goes by, this isn't the only challenge he has to face in order to come closer to the truth.

Needing to Fall


Ryan Michele
    I’ve lived it, breathed it. Why?Because life hated me. It disliked me from the moment of conception, despised me when I was born, loathed me when I bounced from each foster home, and kicked me in the gut when I watched the one thing that meant everything to me leave.For years, I drifted, unable to find my footing, never knowing what the word stable meant. Then a single moment in time rocked me to my core, changing me and making that solid ground I so desperately craved crumble at my feet, causing me to fall farther than I’d ever imagined. The darkness of the swirling tornado that is depression captured me, pulling me down to its depths, drowning me, suffocating me, owning me.A depth so deep, I didn’t think I’d survive and didn’t care if I did. I only wanted peace. I wanted the pain to disappear. I wanted to be … free. Needing to fall into the cyclone of darkness was the only way I could find the light.**Warning: This book covers many tough issues—including, but not limited to, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and abuse. It is a very highly charged, emotional read. You have been warned.****Please note: depression, PSTD, and other issues covered in this book take different lengths of time to combat—some take a lifetime. In this book, time is skewed and sped up to flow with the story line.**

Diamond B!tch


Michelle Brown
    They don’t know what I’ve lived through and they don’t know me.But they will.There’s a reason I’m called a bitch.This is my story. You better pay attention.

Charged


Kerri Ann
    Hide. Repeat. That has been my life for longer than I remember. I know all it takes is one missed step…One person to recognize me.When my car breaks down leaving me stranded in the middle of Louisiana, I thought that was the worst thing that could happen. It was not. It was him. Ryker pulls no punches, he tells me how it is straight, and that frightens me. He tempts me. He makes me want to stop. He makes me want more.It can be my undoing. When the mafia catches up, can I leave? If I do, will I survive more heartache?

The Struggle Continues


David Coltart
    Kennedy Human Rights“… a masterful account that is eye-opening and shocking, yet never loses hope” – Christina Lamb, author of The Africa House and co-author of I Am Malala“… This magnificent book is far more than just the autobiography of one of the most significant figures in Zimbabwean history; it is also a history of Zimbabwe itself, and a moral testament.” – Peter Oborne, Political Columnist of the Daily Mail, and author of The Rise of Political Lying, The Triumph of the Political Class and Basil D’Oliveira: Cricket and Conspiracy – The Untold Story David Coltart’s roots in Africa might be deep generational ones but his love for and commitment to the country he grew up in, Zimbabwe, goes far beyond the accident of birth. This is an authoritative work, spanning the last 60 years of Zimbabwe’s history, told from the unique perspective of a first-hand witness.Reflecting his career initially as a human rights lawyer in Bulawayo and later, from 2000, as a member of Parliament for the MDC opposition party, Coltart’s personal narrative is compelling and his scope broad. With sharp insight and intelligent analysis, he is as unsparing of himself as he is of those who continue to wash their hands in the blood of a traumatised people.Coltart throws new light on the shaping and undoing of a country, from the obstinate racism of Ian Smith that provoked Rhodesia’s UDI from Britain in 1965, the civil war of the 1970s which brought independence and hopeful democracy to a scarred nation, the Gukurahundi genocide of the 1980s and the terror of the Fifth Brigade, to Mugabe’s war on white farmers and the urban poor, and seemingly unshakeable grip on power.Fearless in his championing of peace, non-violence and justice and in speaking truth to power, Coltart was branded by Mugabe as a traitor to the state and survived several attempts on his life. Through it all he kept meticulous notes, records, letters and diaries, much of which is source material for this book.

Unwrap My Heart: A Friends to Lovers Romance


Heather Dowell
    . .. . . and the breakup made it worse.Is she forever trapped in the friend zone?Brayleigh has had a tough life as a foster kid. Now, kicked out and homeless, it's all she can do to survive. Still, she's a young woman with strength. But is there hope in the form of her crush?Zain wants to help her.Their chemistry is clear.There's just one problem...she's carrying a secret that will alter her life.As she hides in his attic, Brayleigh must make some decisions. Ones that will affect her loved ones. Can she trust Zain to help her decide?You'll love this heart-wrenching romance because the best things in life don't come easily, but Brayleigh is willing to fight for them.Get it now!

Little Miss Somebody


Christy Lynn Abram
    Having left everything she knew behind, Nikki is left to fend for herself from her mother’s vicious cycle of abuse and abandonment while living at her grandmother’s house amidst her mother’s drug addicted siblings. Feeling unloved and more than ever like a burden, Nikki seeks to find a missing piece to the puzzle of her life- her father. Along the way, she unravels more layers of family abuse and pain causing her to feel helpless. But she won’t give up. Not yet, Not Nikki. Not until she finds what she is looking for. Will Nikki find the love she so desperately needs?

Beauty in Deception


Charmaine Pauls
    I’ve been trained for that role since the age of fifteen. For ten long years, I’ve been taught to be someone else, to respond to a different name, and to live in another woman’s shadow. Evie Warren is the most coveted mafia princess in the country, and I’m her double. I’m the decoy, her stunt girl, so to speak.So when I break the first rule, I know it’s bad. I know it’s going to get worse when the man who carjacked my convoy gives me two options, telling me he hopes I won’t choose the second one. And when he calls me Evie, he confirms my worst suspicion. The attack was premeditated.There can only be two reasons why he wants to take Evie. He wants her either for ransom or for revenge, and Bell Warren, her father, has more enemies than money.Note: Beauty in Deception is part of the Diamond Magnate Collection. The book is a standalone and has a HEA. You don't have to read the other books in the collection to follow the story.

Dance With The Devil


Erin Trejo
    Broken. Used. I was all of those things until I wasn’t. Thrust into a world I knew nothing about, I was forced to adapt. I didn’t expect to find my heart in such an evil place. Satan worshippers. That’s exactly what they were but the more I found out about Kellin, the more I wanted to see the real him. I shouldn’t have wanted a monster. I shouldn’t have craved his touch. I was about to dance with the devil and I was enjoying every sick second of it.

Dove


D.H. Sidebottom
    Dove, now a world famous, high class escort receives a job that will change her life forever.Her once best friend and fellow traveler, Flick O’Kane, now a Hollywood star, hires Dove to accompany him to a charity ball, unaware just who exactly this premium whore really is.Both their lives come together in an explosion of sex, drugs and secrets. The friendship they once held close is about to be tested when their past threatens to rip them both apart and endangers not just their own lives but the very life Dove has broken her own soul for – Serenity’s. ***WARNING***This story is not for the fainthearted. It includes scenes of non-consensual sex, forced prostitution, drug abuse and violence.

Renovating His Heart


Stella Grace
    

The Pumilio Child


Judy McInerney
    The day-to-day reality was surprisingly barbaric.Ya Ling’s cultured life of privilege in Beijing is cruelly cut short when she is abducted and shipped to the slave market in Venice. When celebrated Renaissance artist Mantegna sees her chained to a post, although his finances are perilous, he digs deep and buys her. His initial intention is to paint her exotic beauty, but he soon moves her into the harness room for pleasures of a more private nature. Ya Ling has two ambitions, to ruin Mantegna, then to escape her brutal and sordid life in Mantua and return back to her family in China. However, Mantegna’s latest commission, two huge frescos for the ruling Gonzaga family, make him invincible.This gripping story is interwoven with a subplot introducing a bizarre and vicious practice that took place during Renaissance times. It was so corrupt and disturbing it has been wiped from history.

Sparks


Yolanda Olson
    My son is a good man.I know what you think about him, because I know what he's done, but you have to understand that it's not his fault.He was something of a misanthrope in his youth and that can be attributed to his father.Please understand that I will take the blame for my part in wrecking his soul, but it's so hard to resist a boy so sweet.He's always loved me most of all and I took advantage of that.Until you feel what I felt in his arms don't judge me too harshly.Don't hate my son for the sins of his mother.I betrayed his trust.I made him into the man he's become.God help me.This is my confession.

Nera


Raven Amor
    Every story has two sides; you’ve heard his before.Now, it’s time for mine.It’s not pretty, and it’s no fairy tale.Full of blood-soaked betrayal, it will break open your chest and pull out your beating heart.We will find love and lose it.Blood will be shed, lives lost.We will be brought to our knees, to rise once again.This book is the stunning full story of King; the first section was previously released in The Dark Kingdom Anthology. You do not need to have read The Dark Kingdom Anthology to enjoy this dark MC standalone.WARNING: Adult content. Explicit sexual material and violence. This a dark romance, don’t expect a fairy tale. No unicorns in this book.

Gypsy's Chance


Shelley Springfield
    She is forced to leave her home behind and head to the small town of Macon, Missouri. While there, she finds love and contentment with a family that isn’t her own. She is finally able to bury her past and look to the future with hope and excitement. After an unexpected tragedy hits, she is left to start over again.When she meets Chance Ryan, he offers her a helping hand. She can't help from being skeptical, but trusting this supposed knight in shining armor seems like her only option. With nothing left to lose, she really has no other choice but to take what he offers. Can she take a chance on him giving her the happily ever after she always wanted?Warning** This story includes violence against women, both physical and sexual. Not intended for readers under 18.

Smoldering Ruby


Bebe Harlow
    With the ashes of her former captor—and later victim—scattered at sea, it’s time to move on. But it won’t be easy: Not with the secrets that plague her. Two weeks of watching the man she both loved and loathed burn in an incinerator messes with a girl’s head. She understands that truth.After four years of allowing the dust to settle, Ruby can no longer deny the flicker of curiosity that comes with tempting danger again. She refuses to deny the burning pleasure that once came at the unyielding hands of a sick, sick man. She knows now what she must do to feel alive again: It is in a club where wealthy men go to have one night stands with submissive women where she finally faces it all. In His hands now, Ruby cannot resist Secret Liaisons’ Owner Nathan Holloway. The feeling is mutual. Set on the curvy woman with aqua eyes and a claim that she will never allow herself to be broken again, Nate is not one to turn down a challenge. Indeed, sparks will fly.But even in the brightest of fires is a darkness. And Holloway has secrets too. For starters, he’s the man who molds younger girls into shady patrons’ tools. No one knows about his basement, where he brings the naughty ones with pouty bottom lips and attitudes like Ruby’s. It’s been six months. But they will again soon. That is, she will.He will throw everything he knows at it and her. He won’t lose. He understands this truth:To tame the wildest of fires, you must know it from its very source. You must contain it too. It will start with the cellar, a cage and an unraveling of secrets so shadowy, someone is bound to get burned…

Dandelions Never Die (The Dandelions, #1)


McCartney Green
    "Gritty, sexy, action-packed, inspirational..." “We are only victims if we allow ourselves to be." Shelley wanted to scream in frustration the day Master Kino asked her to consider that statement. In the end she learns the truth.After being sexually assaulted, Shelley Adams is having a difficult time. Not only did it end her marriage, but she is filled with guilt for not having fought as hard as she thinks she should have. She goes searching for empowerment and crosses paths with legendary martial arts master, Eric Kino. He offers to train her and she believes her life is about to change drastically . . . and she's right.Eric Kino has finally found love a decade after losing his wife to cancer. Unfortunately, finding love brings terror and pain to the one he cares most about. When Eric's old enemy seeks revenge Shelley must dig deep to find enough courage to triumph over the evils of hatred. Will she be able to see through the haze of pain and blood to bring about her survival? Will she conquer her fears? Will she finally find the empowerment she is looking for? “A sexy and suspenseful read that is inspirational to both men and women.”

Loving Her Soul Mate


Katherine Cachitorie
    But when she meets John Malone, a stud of a cop, and they develop a deep bond based, not only on hot sex and passion, but on mutual respect and admiration, her life changes forever. Police Captain John Malone never dreamed a young, slip of a girl like Shay Turner could make him gladly turn in his player card, but that’s exactly what happens. First he respects her spunk and her refusal to kiss up to the powers that be, including him. Then he falls hard for her body, a body that gives him the kind of pleasure he’d always longed for. But when he falls deeply in love with her, and others in town aren’t all too thrilled with their union, he realizes that loving Shanay isn’t going to be as easy as cherishing her and being completely devoted to her. He has to protect her, too.Loving her Soul Mate is the story of a May-December, interracial romance where two people share a bond that constantly gets tested. And they fight with all they have to overcome every test.

Miracle


Kimberly Shursen
    Mira has never told that her identical twin sister died soon after birth.Over the next few weeks Mira’s personality begins to change. She is no longer a happy, carefree child. And when Mira accuses Charlie of being abusive, the Abbott family is slowly torn apart. Something is happening to Mira that no physician or psychiatrist can explain.After Charlie asks Winston Fry, III for help, when the psychic discovers who holds the power, he questions if saving Mira is beyond even his expertise..

Jailbird


Harper B. Conway
    Triggering a downward spiral, Nadia goes from princess of the school to the notoriously rebellious, tattooed, single mother; the stain of her little town. She could care less about her reputation though, all she cared about was making ends meet and providing for her little girl, swearing off drama, and most importantly, men. That is until her brothers best friend gets out of prison and flips her world upside down. Now she has to decide..... is the risk of heartbreak worth it again? Or should she leave the Jailbird behind?

Pushed


Linny Lawless
    I’m a dangerous man with a dark and twisted soul. A killer. I’m in the business of power, and money flows through every corrupted vein in my body. They call me Push. I run the wicked streets of Washington D.C. I have everything I could possibly want, except one thing – Nadia. She’s like a delicious drug running through my sinister veins. I’ve wanted her ever since she was just a teenager. But I’ve held myself back, keeping my need for her hidden, even from her... especially from her. I've seen the fear that flashes in Nadia’s eyes when she looks at me, but she can’t hide the lust that accompanies it. Her energy is like a damn aphrodisiac. Now her life is in danger and she's come to me for protection. I think we both know I’ll keep her alive, and keep her as my own, but she'll not be safe, not from me.NadiaI don’t even know his real name. Everyone calls him Push, but he can’t push me around and I think he knows that. He’s a notoriously dangerous man, intimidating everyone he comes into contact with. He’s rugged, with dark eyes – eyes that frighten me, but light me aflame at the same time. In a way, I guess I can understand parts of him. My own father is corrupt and depraved, and my mother died so many years ago that all I have left are scattered images of her memory. The sole purpose I have is to fulfill my father’s hunger for money, corruption and power. I’m nothing but a pawn to him, when I should to be so much more than just a piece to move in his game. He gave me to Lucas Peterson, a man who matches my father’s ambition. Lucas is just as cruel, and maybe even more sinister. When my father is killed, it’s now that I realize the only person I can trust to protect me is the man I’ve kept at bay. Push.

Believe


Zoe Danielle
    Although, it's probably a good thing, it still knocks her to the ground. Needing a fresh start, Kate asks for a transfer in her company and moves to the UK for a six month period. Hoping this will give her the time she needs to clear her head and mend her broken heart.That's when she meets Luke.Luke Bennett is a sexy, dirty, arrogant and extremely alluring police officer who is interested in getting to know Kate better. Kate's friends convince her to use this brilliant opportunity as a 'distraction' which will help her take her mind from her failed marriage and divorce proceedings. But a one night stand quickly turns into something more as Kate finds herself falling for Luke... Advanced readers have described Believe as an addicting read which will make your heart race and mouth water.*** DUE FOR RELEASE AUGUST 2016 ***

Wrenched


Emma James
    Knight’s Den of Vipers then you might enjoy this twisted series. If you simply like your reading unpredictable and a walk on the wild side then this series could be a good fitA fast-paced, plot-driven, addictive series.She goes by the name, Whisper.It is all she owns.Stolen from her family, she is raised in captivity by her master and mistress.Freedom is brief from her gilded cage—only to become a debt owed.Edge is a hardened enforcer for a biker club.Girls are going missing.An alliance is made between two biker clubs who want answers.Then a letter changes everything.It's now a race against time.The clock is ticking.Who is good? Who is bad? Who is lying?Can Edge stop the evil that is coming for the girl who only wanted to stay a whisper?Author Note: If you like a full cast of well written characters, an unpredictable plot, an age gap romance, a strong female lead, and a biker who will stop at nothing to right wrongs... then this is the series for you.This is not a standalone series. This is a don't-stop-reading-until-the-ride-ends series. A gloriously twisted series waiting for you to begin.

Bound By Blood (The Betrayed Series, #2)


Victoria Renteria
    Lost among the shadows, she struggles to maintain her sanity in hopes of surviving. In the clutches of the underground mafia, she fights to find an escape from the person who gave her life. Alexander Grant’s sole focus has been his work: serving his country and taking down the bad guys. While leading an elite group of soldiers on a highly classified mission in South Korea, he finds himself thrust into the throes of passion with the woman who changed everything. But when danger comes calling and she is kidnapped, he must choose between his heart and his job. Will he jeopardize the career he is bound to . . . or risk it all to save her? Warning: Due to explicit sexual content, graphic violence, and strong language this book is recommended for ages 18 and up.

Escape Into Oblivion


Gawee
    Hwon wants nothing more than to be with Woojin. Baffled by the intensity of Hwon’s love, Woojin makes a series of absurd demands to push him away. But no matter how cruel the demands are, Hwon never gives up.

The Taste of Letting Go


Sarah L. White
    Being a successful businessman and known playboy allows him his pick of beautiful women. He loves them all--but usually only once. That is until he meets Lori.Lori is a driven, successful woman climbing the ladder to partnership. She is fiercely independent and prides herself on making her own choices. For Lori, men do not make the short list of important things in her life--but then again, she hasn't met Ben yet.When their relationship must be kept a secret, they quickly learn that there is no amount of darkness that can hide their burning flame

Stranger


B. Bennett
    Reader be warned. He was a stranger. My first instinct was not to trust him, but then I learned... sometimes the most beautiful people have the ugliest scars.

The Masters Series: A Dark Romance Box Set


Sansa Rayne
    You need to accept that you belong to me now.”When Kate Atwood broke the news story of her career, she destroyed the life of a powerful man. Now his unscrupulous friends have called for her end. The Masters tap Ingram Dent, their top assassin, for the job. However, when he opts to keep her alive, their dark, explosive romance leads them down a road of vengeance, betrayal, imprisonment, death and unending desire.In the clutches of an evil bent on owning the world, Kate must not lose hope. To protect and possess the woman he loves, Ingram will battle a monster from his past. With their lives constantly at risk, one wrong move could cost them everything...This box set contains the complete trilogy of “The Masters Series” novels: Reckless, Disciplined and Trained.Publisher’s note: “The Masters Series” is a dark, romantic thriller with explicit sexual content, no cheating and a HEA. It contains material some may find disturbing. Reader discretion is advised.

Indestructible: Leveraging Your Broken Heart to Become a Force of Love & Change in the World


Allison Fallon
    

Realm of Juxtan


Tricia Owens
    First are the mages, who have undergone training to learn to use ritual and Casts to form magick. Would-be mages are apprenticed to older, wiser mages and spend several years learning their craft. All mages in Juxtan are closely monitored by a small group of men known as the Elders. The Elders oversee the use of magick in the land to ensure that it is not abused.Another group of magick-users are the sorcerors, members of an exclusive, secretive clan known as the Order of the White Shard lead by a man named Gavedon ni Leyanon. Sorcerors forego the rituals and formulas used by mages and use magick in its rawest form - pulled directly from Life's energy. Sorcerors are considered dangerous because of their occasional inability to control the extreme power they access.The Elders hope to one day disband the Order and prohibit sorcerous use in Juxtan.~~~~~One day, Gavedon decides to engage in an act of magick that is expressly forbidden by the Elders - scrying. Gavedon employs the skills of one of his members to look into the future and there learns that a mercenary from Rhiad will one day kill him. Determined to prevent this from occuring, Gavedon dispatches his only son, Hadrian, to Rhiad to gather every mercenary in town together. Once the mercenaries are in place, Gavedon and Hadrian proceed to murder every one of them.However, one mercenary, Caledon, who fell in love with Hadrian while the young sorceror was in the city, lives through the destruction and vows revenge upon his lover and his lover's father. Dedicating his life to ending theirs, Caled, newly-named "Gavedon's Bane", begins the trip to Shard's Point Isle to confront the sorcerors.The Elders have by this time decided that Gavedon has gone too far. Intent on bringing him to justice, the Elders send one of their own - Manix of the heather - and his apprentice, Syellen, to find the sorceror and force him to answer for his crimes.En route, they encounter Caled, who insists upon hunting down the ni Leyanons, with or without the Elder's help, for his own anger-fueled reasons. Manix decides their chances are greater together so they form an unwitting group with a single goal; Gavedon's end.

The Enchanting Rapture


TheParableQueen
    "I think you have lost your mind," Soren suddenly muttered. Then it happened: Annika grinned. A glowing warmth lit inside, heating her cold interior. There was something extraordinary about the simplicity put into a grin. The anguish lessened, and suddenly anything was possible. Surely the sky could fall if Annika could smile?"What makes you say that?" She asked as she continued her movements. The grin acted as a soothing balm on her aching heart. Annika might've been crazy to become so easily uplifted by an everyday facial expression, but crazy seemed like a much better term to be than a slave. "Only a lunatic would approach me in my slumber." His eyes remained shut, and he didn't object to her petting, so Annika didn't stop."Well... you wouldn't know if you were asleep?""Mmm," the sound vibrated like a guttural hum, "I awoke the second you entered.""Did you?" Annika asked as she turned her head to study his face, but this time, his eyes were open, revealing those beautiful pits of colorless depths.

Sadie, someday


SimplyXJess
    Sadie Monroe realized long ago that she was far from perfect. If the voices in her head weren't enough, the taunting from school reminded her of that fact. Day by day, she searches for something to keep her here, something to keep her from floating away forever. She's tired of wishing her days away and she can't seem to handle the pain anymore. But with the help of the strength from a boy with many secrets, will Sadie be able to realize that someday she would learn how to be okay?

Sift


L.D. Davis
    I couldn’t afford New York City, though, so I settled in Philadelphia. The City of Brotherly Love wasn’t The Big Apple, but it had its charms and pockets of culinary splendor. I hadn’t minded because it was only temporary. After culinary school, I planned to do as I’d been dying to do since I was a little girl and roam the earth and splurge on its fruits. More than five years later, I was still in Philly, living with the same roommate I’d had when I had first moved, working as a pastry chef in a bakery across the bridge in New Jersey, and I had Cade. Caden was my on and off again boyfriend of four years. I loved him, even when I hated him. Our relationship was hot and cold, hard and fast, sexy and heartbreaking. It wasn’t until I was with Caden that I understood that passion could be just as terrible as it was beautiful. I didn’t know until him that passion could make you burn as well as burn you. Being with Caden was like being addicted to thrill-seeking adventures. You know there is a danger in it, and it makes your heart race and adrenaline pump into your body. Sometimes you nail it and the rush is breathtaking and amazing. Sometimes you miss, and there is fear and regret in your heart as you fall to the unforgiving ground. After one particularly hard fall, I went home to Virginia for a long weekend. That was where I became reacquainted with my brother’s old college friend Connor. That’s when I learned that passion could be a slow, sweet burn.And it could incinerate me and turn me to ashes.

Torment


Aleya Michelle
    Nowhere and nobody to call home. Willow did what she had to in order to survive life.Alcohol.Drugs.Rehab.Faced with a straightjacket, a bare cell at Ferndale and the prospect of going cold turkey from the vices that have been keeping her alive, Willow is furious. She wants her drugs. She wants her freedom. She wants out of this place.Hunter Edwards is an addict.Just one taste, to impress a girl, and heroin ended up taking every bit of self-control he'd ever owned.Six months later he is hooked and spiralling out of control. Break and enters, car accidents, trouble with the law. His mother and the cops sign him into Ferndale as a last resort before shipping him off to the army. That's where he sees her. Willow. The girl in the cell.The dark haired, blue eyed angel that steals his heart.Can Willow & Hunter help each other through the hardest fight of their lives?Or will they both fall harder than ever before?This is a dark romance. It is not for the faint hearted. You've been warned...

Alternate (Gypsy Brothers, #7.5)


Lili St. Germain
    ALTERNATE contains scenes from Jase, Dornan and Elliot’s first-person point of view (hence the title “Alternate” points of view).http://www.lilisaintgermain.com/the-g...

Darkest Fears


LikkleAngel
    And she hates it. It's weak and pathetic, but she can't stop it.So instead she hides it.But it's always there. It's always itching in the back of her mind. It's only a matter of time before someone finds out.So what happens when Jayden, a guy she never even spoke to before her eighteenth birthday, starts to see past all her defenses.What about when there's nowhere left to hide from her darkest fears? What's the plan then?

When Nothing Is All You've Got


Kirsty Dallas
    In these depths, the worst of the worst thrived, as the pure and misjudged struggled to survive. Nada is the daughter to the king, born in this prison, unwanted and unloved. That kind of neglect can either make or break a person, and Nada was far from broken. A savage beauty, Nada is intent on righting the wrongs of her world and taking down her father, even if it’s the last thing she does. Shadow was dropped into the Underworld fighting, and he hasn’t stopped in all the years of his infinite sentence. From a nobody with nothing, he fought his way up the chain and is now second in command to Kingsley Duke, the most dangerous man in this world. He doesn’t at all understand the king’s daughter, her stubbornness frustrates him, and her arrogance rubs him up the wrong way. At the same time though, her will to fight impresses him. It is said that love and hate are fickle emotions fired by the same passion. Nada and Shadows tempestuous feelings for each other blaze too hot to be ignored. With Nada’s secrets, and Shadow’s loyalty to her father, can they survive the Underworld?EXCLUSIVE TO AMAZONAmazon: http://goo.gl/L9NKXh Amazon.com.au: https://goo.gl/vtR1gyAmazon.com.uk: https://goo.gl/A62B3c