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We Tell Lies
A.J. Merlin - 2021
I’ve done everything I can to forget my past, but it seems like the past isn’t ready to forget me. With my older sister in need of some long-term help, I have no choice but to go back home to the place where everything went wrong before.What should’ve been only mildly painful has turned into a full-blown nightmare when I step back into Ashwick, Indiana and am welcomed home by a murder and words painted in red for me to see.WELCOME HOME, PARKER.Something’s really wrong here, perhaps more than I’d ever thought there was. Someone is hunting me, intent on a past I want so badly to forget. But maybe I was never supposed to forget in the first place. And with a man I thought I knew well and another that I’ve never met both unwilling to let me go, I’m unsure if I’ll make it out again. They may be…convincing, for lack of a better word, but they aren’t telling me the truth. No matter how they try to distract me from their lies.And this time, those lies might really be the death of me.
AUTHORS NOTE
WE TELL LIES is a MMF dark romance. It features MM and MFM scenes, along with graphic violence and killing. It is the first in a three book series.
The Lost Daughter
Bo Reid - 2020
Until the day they cursed themselves in order to save their last born daughter. A child that would be destined for darkness.Twenty-five years later, and she has returned to the cursed grounds of her hometown, Hells Hallow. Tanda Morass is the last living descendent of the Morass bloodline and she has returned home in order to finish what her coven started. Defeat what forced her coven to take such drastic measures to ensure her life.The key to her success hinges on bonding with the leaders of the town, the six men that make up the Hells Hallow Council.Can Tanda convince these alpha males to put their differences aside and help her, or will she die trying to be a hero she was never meant to be?“Every story has an ending, don’t fool yourself into thinking they’ll all be happy.”
Wicked Stepbrothers (Loved By Three, #6)
Karine Saint Jacques - 2021
Liam didn’t trust my intentions, Ricky wanted only sex, and Chase was engaged to be married to another woman. Despite it all, they wanted me too, and I would do everything in my power to be with them. But the danger of someone finding out about us could destroy everything.Fans of Ilsa Madden-Smith and J.L. Beck & C. Hallman will love this book.One-click to fall in love with the wicked stepbrothers.Author’s Note: Wicked Stepbrothers is Book 7 in the multi-author series, Loved By Three, and is recommended for 18+.
Crush: Deadly Hearts, Book 1: A Dark Mafia Contemporary Reverse Harem romance
Eve Newton - 2022
Her Hidden Destiny (#1)
Tami Payton - 2021
The night my dad died and I survived. I lived with guilt ever since and it doesn’t help that my mother and twin sister don’t ever let me forget it. I’ve always asked myself why.Why did I survive and he didn’t?I’ve built walls around myself. Walls so high and thick that it would take a wrecking ball to knock them down. I need to escape and start over, away from my mother and sister. Away from their constant reprimands. So I take a job that sets me away from them all.Only I didn’t expect what I found. Triplets. Three very hot men who I have to work with every day. Men who seem to be hiding something. Even worse? Men who seem to be breaking down the walls I have been building for years. They say everyone has a destiny, that fate has something planned for them. Maybe my destiny is hidden in the form of these hot men in the small town of Hot Sulphur Springs.
Merlyn Academy Book One
Sophia Stone - 2020
An orphan, dumped into the foster care system and bullied throughout school, I tried to keep my head down until I was old enough to leave. That was the plan. At least it was, until I found out I was from one of the most prestigious magical families, the Castles, and I was to attend Merlyn Academy for Witches and Wizards. As a Castle, I am able to master all four magical elements. This makes me exceptional. As a Castle, I am also part of a notorious family who died in pursuit of power. This makes me dangerous. While everyone else treats me with suspicion, it is only my roommate, Elenore, the guy who saved me from some bullies, Harry, and the four Knight brothers, who are brave enough to befriend me. I only have three goals while at the academy; to find out who I am, learn to control my powers and to not fall in love with five guys. What could possibly go wrong? Book Two: Pre-order is now live!
Villainous Wonderland Complete Boxset: Books 1-3
A.K. Koonce - 2019
I was taken. This world is a perfect, enchanting wonderland. The people here are just as alluring. But we all have our secrets. Like the white rabbit who’s leading a rebellion right under the King’s nose. Or the sweet March Hare who’s actually an enemy spy. Or my one true ally in all of this, a killer who’s so feared they won’t even say his real name. As for me, I have more secrets than all of them combined. Because Wonderland is waiting for the beloved Alice Liddell. And I’m just the bitch pretending to be her. This is a complete reverse harem box set including all three books: Into the Madness, Within the Wonder, and Under the Lies. Recommended for readers 18 and over.
Destined for Dragons
V.S. Winters - 2020
A Queen awoken. And the Five Dragon warriors sworn to protect her…
When these sexy mysterious strangers show up at my bar and tell me that I’m their destiny, I assume it’s just another corny pickup line.Little do I know that their words hold more truth than I could ever imagine…They call themselves Paragons, dragon-shifting warriors from a land far beyond any I have ever dreamed, and guess what?They think I’m the reincarnation of their Queen.Mhm, sure guys.I highly doubt a college dropout, Bayou waitress like myself, who’s constantly covered in grease and ketchup stains, would be chosen to sit on any throne—besides the one that flushes…I have zero intention of believing a word out of their crazy seductive lips, but as I’m suddenly struck with powers I don’t understand, and visions assail me of my past lives, it’s getting harder to deny their claims.These warriors are pledged for my protection, and my pleasure, and yet I don’t know if I’m ready to leave the life I’ve always known behind.Four of the warriors want to whisk me away to rule their sacred land. The fifth is suspected of murdering me one hundred years ago.And, yet, he is the one I find most irresistible…
Triple Duty: A military reverse harem
Katie Douglas - 2021
Rise of the Demon Fae (Monsters and Demons Book 3)
Ava Mason - 2021
Her Biker Boys
Veronica Wade - 2018
What I find out changes everything... Jenn: My whole life I thought I knew exactly who I was: a good girl. The kind of girl who did exactly what she's supposed to do, to please her father. But since he passed, everything has changed. I'm determined to find out what I want to be. As a new woman, I even change my name from Jenn to Jett. Did I expect to fall in love with a bunch of bikers? No way. Not in a million years. But they're sexy, protective, and completely devoted to me. What girl could resist? We get more than I bargained for when the rival gang comes to call... And I realize I'm pregnant. Will my biker boys save me, or will I save them? Her Biker Boys is a 51k word novel with hot and steamy scenes and a surprise, refreshing ending. No cheating, of course, and an HEA that is sure to satisfy.
Road to the Hollow
Cassandra Featherstone - 2021
was dead. All because I happened to come from a small town in the Midwest. Seriously, that’s the only reason he would give me.So I did what any sane woman with a heart full of rage and an Ivy League education would do. Pack up what was left of my failed life and move back...I don’t know what triggered the flags on my file, but you can sure as hell bet I will find out—even if it kills me.
The Hunter's Call
D.D. Chance - 2020
Until the night I stumble onto an elite monster hunter academy and into the arms of four hottie hunters who not only know the exact Latin classification of the thing trying to eat me, but how to kill it dead.Then Tyler Perkins, the crazy rich and shamelessly sexy leader of this monster hunting squad, kicks it up a notch. He challenges me to stay. To fight. He’s arrogant and entitled and did I mention gorgeous…and the way he pushes me makes want to push back. Hard.Tyler and his whole smokin’ hot team tempt me in ways that are far more dangerous than a monster throwdown. I know I should split town—but I can’t. Because for all its gorgeous old buildings and shiny bright classrooms, something dark, sinister, and deadly is lurking in the shadows of Wellington Academy, waiting to attack… And I’m just the kind of girl for that job. **THE HUNTER'S CALL is a slow-burn urban fantasy romance with a fast-talking, sharp-witted heroine, four hunters-in-training hot enough to make your palms sweat, and way too many monsters to hide in a closet. Keep your blades at the ready and dive in!**
Servant
Rebecca Royce - 2022
Most people just leave me alone. I’m poor and on my own more than I’m not.Lately, however, I’ve caught the attention of five guys who I never expected to know. Rowan. Ace. Tanner. Griffin. Caesar. They are rich. Powerful. Gorgeous. Sometimes they set things on fire. And, they’re loaded with secrets they won’t tell me.I think I want to know what they’re hiding. I’m wrong.Once they share their truths with me, I’ll never be the same. It turns out, everyone is a servant of the darkness, whether they know it or not.*The reader should be aware this is book 1 of 3. The happy ending comes with book 3. The heroine is stronger than she knows, the guys filled with depths they can’t imagine, and the heat will build from sweet in this novel to very intense by book 3. Please read accordingly. You have been warned.*