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Knights of Arcanum Academy
Bella Holiday - 2019
So, of course, Arcanum Academy has four. And worse? Not only are they equipped with looks that could kill, but they've got magic, too. Lachlan. Alexander. Sebastian. Gabriel. These boys are strictly off limits. Taboo. So high in a class of their own, I’d be surprised if they even knew my name… Even with me being stuck in each one of their classes. Not that I care. The conceited asshats think their god-like bodies, expensive cars and filthy attitudes make them the most desirable beings to ever have had the disprivilege to walk the halls of the Academy. And they act like they have some big secret only they’re good enough to know about. But I can say that, without a doubt, I'd rather eat dirt than spend time with any one of their elitist boys club, let alone care about their stupid secret. Because what they don’t know is, I've got a secret of my own. One they’d do anything in their power to find out… Including making my life a living hell.
Arcanum Academy
is a mature Reverse Harem Bully Romance set in a magic academy in Scotland, with full steam, dangerous magic and mysterious men in kilts that are too hot to handle. Contains foul language and sexual content.
Abel
Katee Robert - 2020
Seven Brides. A revenge seven years in the making.Eight years ago, my family was betrayed by those closest to us. Now we’re back in Sabine Valley, staging our return during the feast of Lammas, where I step into the ring and ensure we’re given what we’re owed. Who we’re owed.Our enemies send their seven best warriors against me. With each victory, I win a Bride for each of my brothers. And for me? I’m saving the best for last. My Bride is Harlow, the woman claimed by the man I used to call friend—the one responsible for our exile. Eli.And if Eli has a problem with it? Well, then I’ll take him as my Bride, too. All the better to enact my revenge…and bring Sabine Valley to its knees.The Paine brothers are back, and we’re here to stay.
Stolen Enchantress
Amber Argyle - 2018
An enchantress. An unbreakable curse . . .When her little sister is taken by the beast of the Forbidden Forest, Larkin does the unthinkable: she goes in after her.Deep within the sentient woods, Larkin uncovers a secret that puts her in dreadful danger. Worse, now that the beast has had his taste, he’ll never stop hunting her. But the forest has woken something inside Larkin; something that gives her the power to fight back. Magic.Using forbidden magic will get Larkin hanged. Not using it will leave her at the mercy of the beast's enchantment. But there’s a third option; one that scares her more than anything.She could fall in love with the beast. Fans of A CURSE SO DARK AND LONELY and A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES will be spellbound by the fairytale retelling of Beauty and the Beast and The Pied Piper in Stolen Enchantress. One-click now to find out why readers around the world are getting lost in the Forbidden Forest! “Moody, whimsical, & enchanting.” - Emily R. King, author of The Hundredth Queen Series OTHER TITLES BY AMBER ARGYLEForbidden Forest SeriesLady of ShadowsStolen EnchantressPiper PrinceWraith KingCurse QueenFairy Queens SagaOf Ice and SnowWinter QueenOf Fire and AshSummer QueenOf Sand and StormDaughter of WinterWinter’s HeirWitch Song SeriesWitch SongWitch BornWitch RisingWitch Fall
The Mermaid's Daughter
Ann Claycomb - 2017
She suffers from the bizarre malady of experiencing stabbing pain in her feet. On her sixteenth birthday, she woke screaming from the sensation that her tongue had been cut out. No doctor can find a medical explanation for her pain, and even the most powerful drugs have proven useless. Only the touch of seawater can ease her pain, and just temporarily at that.Now Kathleen is a twenty-five-year-old opera student in Boston and shows immense promise as a soprano. Her girlfriend Harry, a mezzo in the same program, worries endlessly about Kathleen's phantom pain and obsession with the sea. Kathleen's mother and grandmother both committed suicide as young women, and Harry worries they suffered from the same symptoms. When Kathleen suffers yet another dangerous breakdown, Harry convinces Kathleen to visit her hometown in Ireland to learn more about her family history.In Ireland, they discover that the mystery—and the tragedy—of Kathleen’s family history is far older and stranger than they could have imagined. Kathleen’s fate seems sealed, and the only way out is a terrible choice between a mermaid’s two sirens—the sea, and her lover. But both choices mean death… Haunting and lyrical, The Mermaid’s Daughter asks—how far we will go for those we love? And can the transformative power of music overcome a magic that has prevailed for generations?
Mating My Mob
Amanda Cashure - 2019
Meanwhile, in Australia… a feisty chick in her red ballgown is jumping off the Pyrmont Bridge in Darling Harbour to escape dingo shifters. She’s saved by five guys with mixed feelings over whether to kill her or use her to form the mate bond that will move their lives from 'fight and run' into 'safety and belonging'... if only one of them wasn’t keeping a secret that completely changes the game. An ambush, and the realisation that mate magic runs deeper than they thought, leads them to hide in a cabin in the Blue Mountains – where Jager bombs are drunk and things get out of control in the hot and naked kind of way. This is not a parody of Australian life and is definitely a genuine shifter RH paranormal romance. Our Harper gets to keep all 5 of her men, after they earn her trust and her heart. This is a fast burn, with m/f, m/m, and m/m/f (threesomes, foursomes, and moresomes) and a trigger notice for not-entirely-consensual anal (dubcon) and an instance of self-harm which may be triggering for some people - but which is not part of the main plot or an ongoing recurrence. If you like fast burn RH, from 0-100 in about 10 chapters, this is for you. If you like slow-medium burn with lots of tension and lead up, then go into this one with your eyes wide open for something different. The premise for this book actually started as a dare on facebook... and out of that the author was supposed to write a short story but couldn't help herself, she's a sucker for world building and character development and that takes time. So here it is. For anyone who would love a second book please head over to the facebook group 'Amanda Cashures Keepers' and share your desires. As it stands this is a stand-alone, book 2 won't exist unless readers really want it. It has a Happily For Now ending where Harper gets to keep her five guys and they get all their hopes and dreams answered. Its a full-length novel at 100k and there's plenty of bonus materials over on 'Amanda Cashures Keepers' facebook group.
Mad Girl: Locked Up (Supernatural Asylum Book 1)
Karpov Kinrade - 2020
I can feel it in my bones. The voices are inside me, clawing at my consciousness. I see my face—her face—everywhere I look, and I know the truth. The curse of my ancestors has come to pass. I have fallen victim to my own insanity. After tragedy strikes, awakening the demon within, I am taken to an asylum for the sick of mind and soul. They say they want to heal me, but the voices say they lie. A doctor too beautiful to be real almost has me believing I can be normal, and at first I cling to him as a life preserver in a storm. But the haunted eyes and feral looks of the Woodland brothers give me doubts. They say I can’t be cured because I’m not crazy, I’m a witch. A night witch born under a new moon, and the only one who can save them all. My soul hungers for the brothers, who are my stalwart guardians in this house of horrors. And my heart yearns for the doctor, who offers the promise of a light in the darkness, even if that promise might be false. My mind is playing tricks on me, and when patients start going missing, I begin to fear everyone, most of all myself. In the bowels of an ancient French abbey, the screams can wake the dead. Welcome to Le Reve Asylum. We’re all mad here, but some of us are also dangerous. *** Mad Girl is a reverse harem why choose paranormal romance with potentially triggering themes of suicide and institutional abuse. For fans of sexy romance with mystery, werewolves, vampires, and witches, and readers who enjoy Tahereh Mafi's Shatter Me series, Jaymin Eve, Kristy Cunning, Tate James, Alex Lidell, C.M. Stunich, Cece Rose. Other books by Karpov Kinrade & Heather Hildenbrand: The Winter Witch (a standalone novella) Mad Girl: Locked Up Mad Girl: Fights Back Bad Witch
Baby & the Late Night Howlers
Kathryn Moon - 2019
She only wanted to get laid, not get knotted, bitten, and bonded. Now Baby’s entire life is about to turn upside down.With the sexual frenzy of her heat on its way, she needs to find a pack, a nest, and alphas she can trust.The Late Night Howlers have given up hope…After years of waiting for an omega to choose them, this motorcycle club of alphas is ready to move on with their lives. Until one sweet woman takes a chance on them.A rundown bar and apartment building is no place to spoil a new omega but the Howlers are determined to do right by Baby when she needs them. All they have to do is keep her satisfied while resisting the mouthwatering temptation to bite and bond her, permanently.When a rival MC comes sniffing after Baby, her safety is put at risk and the Howlers may be torn apart forever.
All the Teacher's Pet Beasts
N.J. Adel - 2019
I can't believe I married that fuc… I mean, my college professor. You think this sh*t we blandly call domestic abuse doesn't happen to someone like me, a nerd smart enough to get her PhD in her twenties and becomes a professor herself. Well, it does. But don't you dare feel sorry for me. The monster is behind bars for now, and I've moved to Forest Grove, Oregon to start fresh. Where the worst is already over. Where it's safe from monsters. Right? WRONG. Forest Grove is swarming with...danger. The kind you only read about in paranormal romance books. I'm talking vampires, shifters like wolves, huge wolves that come in twins, and many more. P.S. They are NOT smoking as hell beasts who swoon and fall in love with you forever like they tell you in those reads. Well, the smoking as hell part, yes...of course...how else will they mess with your head...but not the second part. And each beast thinks they have some sort of claim on me. What the hell? Now that my monster of a husband is on the loose, sending me notes, threatening me to go back to him, and the sizzling beasts in my class want a piece of me, LITERALLY, I'm terrified and lost. If I go back to the monster I know, at least, I'll still be human, even for a short while before his next rage kills me. If I surrender to the beasts and become their mate, I'll live forever protected as a beast myself without a soul. Survival 101 doesn't even begin to prepare you for this. What would you do? HELP!
Curses
Lish McBride - 2021
She will be forced to live as a beast forever, unless she agrees to marry a man of her mother's choosing before her eighteenth birthday.Tevin Dumont has always been a pawn in his family's cons. The prettiest boy in a big family, his job is to tempt naïve rich girls to abandon their engagements, unless their parents agree to pay him off. But after his mother runs afoul of the beast, she decides to trade Tevin for her own freedom.Now, Tevin and Merit have agreed that he can pay off his mother's debt by using his con-artist skills to help Merit find the best match . . . but what if the best match is Tevin himself?
Captive Omega
Eva Brandt - 2021
An Omega. Useless. When her father arranges her mating with the Alpha of the Firewolf Pack, she knows she has no choice. For her pack’s sake, she has to accept and embrace this union. But the return of the chaos shatters everything, leading her to her fated mate, Rowan Savage, the brother of her would-be bonded.Their relationship is forbidden, and there are still fragments of Luna’s past that she can’t abandon. Twin brothers Nate and Sam come back for her, claiming she is their mate as well. They’re rogues, exiles from the Wolfsbane pack, accused of murdering Luna’s brother--and yet, she can’t ever hope to let them go.How is their four-way bond supposed to work? Luna has no idea. But her blood is on fire. Their kisses taste like death. And she is not afraid. She might be an Omega, but she will be a captive no longer.Captive Omega is a why choose standalone novel, part of the Wolves of Chaos Valley shared universe series. It contains enough steam to drive your inner wolf feral, with an added dash of MM. You won't find any twincest, but there will be graphic violence, gore, and profanity.
Hell's Calling
Skye MacKinnon - 2018
Now she's going to bring her back.Luckily, she's not alone: An angel with a dark past. A wolf with anger issues. A hellhound who's actually quite cuddly.Yes, this is a journey into hell. Grab your tissues and snacks for this will be a rollercoaster into darkness.A reverse harem based on Dante's Inferno, but with a kickass heroine instead of a lovesick old poet.
Cursed
Grace White - 2018
Isolation is all nineteen-year-old Terra Materson has known for the last six years. Hiding from the cruel whispers and judgmental stares of society, she suffers the pain of the world around her in silence. The air that moves … the water that flows …the fire that burns … the earth that grounds, Terra feels it all. Despite her grandmother’s insistence it’s a gift, she knows it is nothing more than a curse in disguise.When her grandmother dies, leaving her alone and guideless, she is forced to step out of the shadows and into the light. Atchison College is the perfect place for Terra to learn to live again. Until she meets four guys with strange connections to the elements that torment her.Together they lead her on a journey to the answer she’s always craved: Who is she? But as Terra quickly realizes, the truth is far more than her head, and heart is prepared for... Cursed is the first book in an urban fantasy reverse harem series from Grace White
Snow's Soldiers (Fairy Tales and Nightmares #1)
L.C. Hibbett - 2020
Together, she said, my princes and I would do great things.But that was before I knew about heartbreak or godawful stepmothers. That was before my entire world became a living hell.Now, I'm not a kid anymore, and I don't believe in bullshit like fairy tales and happy ever afters. By day, I attend the University of Freiburg. By night, I stalk the forest, searching for the monsters that stole my mother from me and ruined my life. After all these years, I didn't really expect to find them. It's not as if there are witches and charmed cottages and handsome warriors just hiding in the Black Forest, am I right?Yeah, you guessed it. I'm wrong. There's far more hiding in the shadows than I could have imagined, and nothing will ever be the same again.
L.C. Hibbett's new fantasy novel is the first in a paranormal RH saga featuring complicated characters, epic worldbuilding, captivating romance, and a story that will keep you guessing until the last page. Snow's Soldiers is a complete 600 page story. Recommended reading age is 17+
Her Pirate Salvation
K.C. Morgan - 2020
It was boring. Repetitive. Completely predictable even. Until it wasn’t.Now Zahra is left reeling after the unspeakable happens and is desperate to find herself again after surviving depravity at the hands of a cruel slaver. With the help of four sexy and determined pirates, can she overcome her trauma and finally do more than just exist?Together Ryland, Daega, Ka’win, and Naree will teach Zahra how to live again. With them, perhaps the love she always craved will at last be possible.But her past isn’t done with Zahra yet. The monster who torments her dreams is determined to reclaim what is his.Will her past steal away her future and break her for good? Or can she find Salvation in the arms of her Pirates?This is book can be read as a standalone but is a part of the Indarian universe. You do not have to have read The Indarian's Ghost but it helps as some characters make an appearance.This book contains graphic content. Trigger warnings apply for dark/sensitive subject matters including profanity, torture, implied non con.
Unhooked
Lisa Maxwell - 2016
Now these delusions have brought them to London, far from the life Gwen had finally started to build for herself. The only saving grace is her best friend, Olivia, who’s coming with them for the summer. But when Gwen and Olivia are kidnapped by shadowy creatures and taken to a world of flesh-eating sea hags and dangerous Fey, Gwen realizes her mom might have been sane all along. The world Gwen finds herself in is called Neverland, yet it’s nothing like the stories. Here, good and evil lose their meaning and memories slip like water through her fingers. As Gwen struggles to remember where she came from and find a way home, she must choose between trusting the charming fairy-tale hero who says all the right things and the roguish young pirate who promises to keep her safe. With time running out and her enemies closing in, Gwen is forced to face the truths she’s been hiding from all along. But will she be able to save Neverland without losing herself?