The one that had made me feel worthless and question if I could even call myself a monster. My mother.I knew I would never escape her, she was everywhere, and two nights before my eighteenth birthday… She threatens everything.Somehow she found out my secret. Somehow she found out about them. My monsters. My best friends. The only nightmares I could call my own. And when she threatens their very lives? I decided to run, leaving with a severed heart, realizing that they would wake on my eighteen birthday to realize that I was gone.They would hate me for it… or so I thought.But what happens when they hunt me down? What happens when they show up right when I truly need them? What happens when I realize that the men who chased me halfway across the globe… are actually my mates?Mating Monsters is a standalone reverse harem novel that features possessive, territorial, and psychotic monsters that will do anything to keep their mate safe… even if it means hunting her halfway around the world. This book is filled with all the monster steam, terrifying creatures with a sweet streak for their girl, and an absolutely guaranteed HEA.Warnings: This novel includes violence, parental physical and verbal abuse, PTSD flashbacks of mentioned abuse, swearing, and sexual content for +18.

    

    The outlaw biker and the accountant. Straightlaced vs straight to hell. Or heaven, depending on how you look at it. And you can look at it any way you like, doesn’t mean it’s true. Either way, falling for snarky Alexei Ivanov is the lightbulb moment I’ve been waiting for my whole damn life. Or at least since my head got turned by someone else. A man I call brother, but he's so much more than that. I’ve loved Saint Malone for years. My loyal wingman has owned my heart so long I figured it had died of yearning for him. But Saint is as fragile as he is deadly. I don’t know how to help him until Alexei brings me to life in ways I can’t describe. He opens my eyes, and I see them both. I love them both. With the weight of the underworld bearing down on me, I just gotta stay alive long enough to tell them. Devil’s Dance is the first in a hurt/comfort, dark romance, MMM duet from the world of the Rebel Kings MC. Expect: tattoos and leather, an enigmatic Russian hitman, and dark and dirty themes. *Trigger warnings: childhood abuse, sex work, graphic violence, death.

    

    . . much to the dismay of the adventuring party of Michel, Hocus, and Ani. They are in need of an at least moderately capable fighter and it looks like Eugene, being a prince and all (albeit a bastard one), is going to be it as long as he wants in. Life on the road is different than Eugene expected, but there's no time to wallow in pouty disappointment; townsfolk are going missing and our heroes have answered the call to adventure. It feels straightforward enough; the perfect opportunity for the prince to save the day and make his companions some coin before moving on to the next distraction. But outside the palace walls, Eugene crashes into a hard reality: the system that kept him safe in his silk-sheeted bed isn't particularly concerned with the well-being of anyone who isn't him. Eugene will have to level-up his awareness if he means to be a real hero, and time is running short!

    Pining after my younger roommates in San Francisco, my friends point out my Daddy side, and I start to wonder what else could be possible. My youngest roommate was a shy, chubby, red-headed trans boy finishing his fashion degree online. July’s confidence came out when he worked as a cam-boy every night, but he seemed to be holding back from pursuing the kinks he really wanted. His family was either dead or rejected him, and I have helped him as much as I can. My other roommate, Roman, was living his best life as a fabulous, tech-savvy gay man by day, high femme Drag Queen by night. He had everything he wanted, but seemed to need a firm hand as he flirts relentlessly, resulting in both July and I wanting him. When one of July's online clients tracks him down and turns into a stalker who thinks Roman is a threat, Shepherd has to protect both boys. They were members of the same kink club as well as roommates and friends for years, but the forced proximity of hiding out reveals secrets long held.On Amazon: amzn.to/3ohdXM9

    Unimpressed, Ansley is determined to keep her promise to her friend that the toy shop remains open for its iconic Valentine’s Day sale.They might be the Bratva, but they’ve never gone to battle with a resourceful, though oftentimes reckless, heiress before.When the Shlykov Bratva discover the only thing standing in the way of territorial domination is a saucy and stunning hot brunette, who isn’t afraid to take them on, there’s only one option left to put her in her place.

    S. E. COONEY A young human painter and an ageless gentry queen fall in love over spilled wine—at the risk of his life and her immortality. Pulled into the Veil Between Worlds, two feuding neighbors (and a living statue) get swept up in a brutal war of succession. An investigative reporter infiltrates the Seafall City Laundries to write the exposé of a lifetime, and uncovers secrets she never believed possible. Returning to an oak grove to scatter her husband’s ashes, an elderly widow meets an otherworldly friend, who offers her a momentous choice. Two gentry queens of the Valwode plot to hijack a human rocketship and steal the moon out of the sky. DARK BREAKERS gathers three new and two previously uncollected tales from World Fantasy Award-winning writer C. S. E. Cooney that expand on the thrice-enfolded worlds first introduced in her Locus and World Fantasy award-nominated novella DESDEMONA AND THE DEEP. In her introduction to DARK BREAKERS, Crawford Award-winning author Sharon Shinn advises those who pick up this book to “settle in for a fantastical read” full of “vivid world-building, with layer upon layer of detail; prose so dense and gorgeous you can scoop up the words like handfuls of jewels; a mischievous sense of humor; and a warm and hopeful heart.”

    At least, when the Goddess Aphrodite is involved — but Vanessa Reyes’ life seems more Greek Tragedy than Happily Ever After.When a supposed clerical error turns the moment Vanessa has spent all her life waiting for into a nightmare instead of a dream-come-true, she finds herself in an unprecedented situation.With two soulmates instead of one; Alexander, Vanessa and Theo are forced to question everything they ever wanted and where they truly belong. After all, can you really be whole with only half of your soul?

    A Student/Professor Reverse Harem Romance The sexy professors who make my life hell are about to teach me a naughty lesson.Write an English essay about being a virgin, I thought.Seemed like a great idea at the time.Now, not so much.My professor, who always looked at me with hungry eyes, is now looking at me with something else in his gaze.He’s intent on teaching me…a lesson.Only, he won’t do it alone.His friends want to help him ensure I’m handled…properly.That they fill all my…needs.That I become an expert in deep…thinking.I’m always learning things the hard…way,And that includes the A I’m sure to get in lovemaking.Sophomore year just took a very sexy twist.

    Excited and a little trepidatious, Rachel set out to see whether love and a serious partnership with Adam could coexist alongside the freedom to explore relationships with other people. Their relationship was designed to strike an exquisite balance between intimacy and independence, calibrated to fan desire for the long haul.Armed with her instincts from her career as a journalist, Rachel not only put her own heart on the line, she also kept detailed journals, interviewed experts and therapists, immersed herself in the polyamory community, and relentlessly interrogated her own emotions. Now, in her debut memoir, she chronicles her dive into non-monogamy--from debilitating anxiety spirals to heart-opening connections with the men and women she dates--with an unflinching eye, fly-on-the-wall detail, and extraordinary perceptiveness. Through page-turning storytelling, she takes us inside the Brooklyn parties where Rachel first dips her toes in the water of non-monogamy; into the wider swinger and polyamory community where they search for a relationship style that suits them; and into her private moments with Adam and their other lovers. As she and Adam attempt to write a new plot for their love story, she also runs up against miscommunications, ancient power dynamics, and seeming betrayals that threaten the foundation of their love. Rachel breaks new ground in confronting the unique ways coercion and gaslighting manifest in open relationships, and finds herself wondering what liberation really looks like.Casting new light on universal experiences like jealousy, restlessness, and love, Open explores the seemingly endless range of relationships couples have created to answer their desires, and ultimately probes the questions: Can we have both freedom and love? How can we reconcile comfort and lust? Is a relationship ever equal? And is the pleasure worth the pain?

    The fickle prince has been pining over Horatio since before we left Helsingr. Before I ran away from home on the worst night of my life.It's a night I’ve kept secret from everyone. Not even Horatio knows why I left the way I did or why I can’t go home because I'm afraid of my own family. It’s my best kept secret, except for one.That my attitude toward Hamlet has much to do with hate but more to do with lust.HoratioI was born with little and raised with less … until I met Ophelia. She’s my Princess, though neither of us was born to wear a crown.Unlike Hamlet. My oldest friend, the target of all of Ophelia’s jokes, the only man to make me wish I could love them both.I can’t lose either of them, but time is running out to prove they can both be mine.HamletTo be king, I’m supposed to marry a proper queen. Considering I’ve only ever loved the two people I cannot have, an arranged marriage wasn’t the worst option.Until Horatio and Ophelia give me just one night, and I know nothing else will ever be enough. I would do anything to turn one night into forever.Too bad, my dead father has other plans.To Beg or Not to Beg is the first book in the Kinky Classics series and can be read as a standalone with no cliffhanger. It is a sexually explicit MMF polyamorous book with guaranteed HEA. A full list of content notes can be found at cattaleyagiraldoauthor.com