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Calliope’s Wings by Guin Archer
reverse-harem
fantasy
rh
dark
Bound Spirit
H.A. Wills - 2018
Starting over in a small nowhere town in Oregon with an aunt she didn’t know existed until a week ago, she makes five new guy friends that are each something otherworldly. Something supernatural-- and they say she is too. As if high school wasn’t hard enough.In this captivating and vivid, paranormal reverse harem, join Callie on her journey of healing from the horrors of her past, while discovering that the world is far weirder than she could’ve possibly imagined.Warning:This book contains graphic violence, adult language, underage drinking, mild sexual content, and deals in sensitive issues such as abuse, suicide, and PTSD. Reader discretion is advised.
Alien Embrace
Tracy St. John - 2010
Her life of peace shatters when a three-man clan from the planet Kalquor kidnaps her and holds her prisoner.With their people poised on the verge of extinction, the Kalquorians are determined to have Amelia for their mate. Amelia is equally determined to escape. But when her body thrills to the ruthless domination of her captors, she finds herself surrendering to desires she never imagined possible.Mild BDSM including captive/forced seduction, anal play/intercourse, bondage, Dom/sub play, homoerotic situations (m/m), and multiple sexual partners (m/f/m/m).
Broken Bonds
J. Bree - 2021
This book will end on a cliffhanger. It's recommended for 18+ due to language and sexual situations.
Princess Ballot
Jaymin Eve - 2019
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. It's a worldwide lottery, and one that Violet entered without giving it any serious thought. But the media got it wrong and Arbon Academy is much more than a simple college for future leaders.It’s a dark world of politics, intrigue, and dangerous guys who will stop at nothing to get their own way. Despite her best efforts at remaining off the radar, Violet finds herself a pawn between two of the most powerful monarchies in the world. Prince Rafe of the Switzerlands and Prince Alex of the Australasias are bitter enemies both on the soccer field and in the political arena. Monarchies rule the world now, and every waking breath is a competition for the princes. Control the ball.Control the world. Control Violet. Whether it's through love or hate, someone will ultimately win.*This is book one in a dark college romance. This is not a RH or traditional love triangle story, but it does include a-hole princes, nasty princesses, and one chick who will take none of their shit, all the while doing her best to make it out alive. HEA guaranteed. Eventually. 17+. #darkromance #collegeromance #sportsromance #royals
Grit
Elle Cross - 2018
Vesper Tallinn is an empath and artist who has been recruited by her best friend, an NYPD Detective, to help solve an unusual homicide. When they discover that the victim was under the protection of the Remnant Gods, the investigation brings Vesper under the attention of Deimos, the new Power Broker of Manhattan. As she has been hiding from stalkers, being under anyone's attention is the exact last place she wants to be. Too bad for her, Deimos had spent his entire life looking for Vesper, and now that he's found her, he intends to keep her. Grit is for mature readers. Lots of crime, mayhem, and steamy sex scenes abound.
Caged Wolf
Caroline Peckham - 2020
And maybe getting sent down would seem insane to some, but I’m Rosalie Oscura, champion underground cage-fighter and alpha werewolf from the infamous Oscura Clan. My family wrote the book on criminal organisations and I’ll be ruling this place by the time the next moon rises.Then I just need to get to work on busting us the hell out of here. ‘Us’ being me, the lion shifter I’ve loved for ten long years, and the most notorious criminal in here - a sinful incubus who’s been condemned to isolation for committing an unspeakable crime.What’s the worst that could happen? I mean, short of being rejected by my mate, the black-hearted werewolf who rules over my sworn enemies, or getting myself noticed by the sinister vampire guard who has a dark vendetta against me. But how likely is that?The trouble is, I need the help of those four alpha males to get out of here. And they happen to hate each other almost as much as they hate me.But I always did love a challenge. And I never did learn when to back down.So how hard could it be to make them accept me as their leader?Caged Wolf was previously titled ‘Darkmore Penitentiary’ and is a dark, shifter RH with rejected mates, age gap romance, enemies to lovers, psychos, violence and steamy scenes recommended for readers aged 18+It is set in the world of Solaria after the events of Zodiac Academy and Dark Fae and contains some character crossover but can be read as a standalone series without having read the other books.
Midnight Fae Academy: Book One
Lexi C. Foss - 2020
Even if it kills me.Except Headmaster Zephyrus is one step ahead of my every move.Prince Kolstov won't stop cornering me.And Shadow--the reason I'm in this damn mess to begin with--haunts my dreams.My affinity for the earth is dying and being replaced by something more sinister. Something powerful. Something deadly.The Midnight Fae believe this is my fate.They claim that I was "recruited" for a purpose.To battle a rising presence.Or to die trying.I don't owe them a damn thing. But if I have to pass their trials to find my way home, then so be it. I survived a plague and far worse in the Elemental Fae realm. An ominous energy? Please. What a joke.Give it your best shot.I'm waiting.And don't you dare bite me.Or I'll make you regret it.Author Note: This is a dark paranormal reverse harem romance, and despite Aflora's opinions on the matter, there will definitely be biting. Shadow, aka Shade, guarantees it.
Playing with Hellfire
Harper A. Brooks - 2020
I’ve bounced from house to house, living in foster care, with no true place to call home. And there’s an ancient darkness that follows me around where I go.They may be demons, but I’m no angel, and this darkness craves the Hell they give.Or maybe I’ve just been damned from the start.
Blood and Ruin
Rumer Hale - 2021
A place where pain has been my endless companion.Witches, demons, shifters and humans all live under one rule.King's.What he says goes.So, trying to get the hell out of here hasn’t been easy.No one leaves without his permission.In fact, no one leaves at all...That is, alive.But I have a plan.One chance to get out of this nightmare once and for all.One month is all I need.One month to stay off King's radar and get the last few items needed for the spell I’ve been working on.Shouldn’t be that hard...right?But turns out King has his own plan. One that involves trading me off to the five alphas of Manhattan.With King's ultimatum, I have no choice but to go through with it. But I’m still getting out of here, no matter what.Or so I thought.Turns out the five alphas are my mates…And also, the boys I left behind six years ago.**Blood and Ruin is a Reverse Harem romance, meaning the main FMC will not have to choose between love interests. It also contains violence, adult themes, bad-language and content which some readers may find upsetting.**
Beneath Contempt
Jade Thorn - 2020
Five of the most sought after shifter-familiars in the country. They’re already an unconventional pack of their own. A lion, two wolves and two dragons; witches everywhere would have given their right arm to bond them.Held within the confines of the famed Adolphus Academy, where witches went to learn beast taming magic, their only hope of freedom was to challenge a witch strong enough to defeat their beasts.Trapped until they are bonded, their future and sanity may just rest in the hands of a newly arrived first year student.As the strongest witch they’d seen in generations, Melody had been bound by her Aunt Georgia in their once prestigious coven, forced to bond and break every shifter they could find. Along with them, she was subjected to cruelty and neglect.Confined in abject misery, enslaved by a madwoman, Melody was unable to even imagine an end to their torture.Yet fate and her aunt had other plans. At twenty-five, she was just coming into her majority, and Melody would be sent to Adolphus Academy, where she had to find and bond the members of The Apex. If she failed to do so, she would die. If she succeeded — they did.How could Melody free these men, without enslaving them to another?**Warning, this is a dark reverse harem story with elements that may cause some readers distress, including but not limited to descriptions of physical abuse, neglect and death. Please consider carefully before purchasing. Not intended for readers under the age of 18.**
Draekon Mate
Lee Savino - 2017
Prison planet. Snarling, lethal predators. Two big, hulking, bronzed aliens who turn into dragons. The best part? The dragons insist I’m their mate.The Zorahn wanted women for some kind of super-secret science experiment, and I volunteered. Dumb move, right? But they promised we’d be safe, and they offered a lot of money. Money I needed desperately.Of course, everything went wrong. Our spaceship has crashed on a prison planet, one where the Zorahn exile their most dangerous criminals. My friends are injured. I’m all alone on a jungle planet where everything is designed to kill me. Then I run into the Draekons. When they see me, they change into dragons and burn the predators threatening me to a crisp. They feed me and care for me, and they keep me safe. But there’s a catch. The Draekons insist that I’m their mate. And the only way they can shift into dragons again to save my friends? Both of them need to mate with me. At the same time.This isn't the space vacation I thought it would be.Draekon Mate is the first book in the new Dragons in Exile series. It’s a full-length, standalone science fiction dragon-shifter MFM menage romance story featuring a snarky human female, and two arrogant aliens that keep her warm, with or without dragon fire. (No M/M) Happily-ever-after guaranteed!
Her Three Bears, Part One
Indie Black - 2021
Entirely mundane.But as the story goes, that was just the calm before the storm that tore my life to ribbons. One dark, fateful night.One accident that shattered my world. One unforgettable move.And now my life is anything but mundane.My name is Astraea Davis, but you can just call me Rae. This is the tale of a girl whose world was ripped apart and pieced back together in the unforgiving cold.Two months ago my parents were murdered. Their death, as much a mystery to me as the path I'm thrown on because of it.A path that has me contending with the tendrils of an unseen enemy, the quips of an asshole teacher, and the pain from a neglectful aunt. But even the darkest paths have a ray or two of light. For the sun always shines brightest after a brutal and unforgiving storm.A new best friend.A new job that I love.A lickable new boss and his equally sexy as sin, brother.These are my rays in the storm raging around me.As the secrets I didn't know I was hiding are unveiled and the threats loom closer, will the new bonds I've developed hold or will everything around me implode ... again?*****
Her Three Bears
is a two part Goldilocks and the Three Bears retelling, a part of the Fairly Twisted Chronicles. This book is a slow burn, reverse harem paranormal romance featuring one female with three mates. Trigger Warnings: This book contains moderate bullying, stalking related themes, swearing, PTSD, and sexual assault. Content suitable for +18 audience
Run Riot
Colette Rhodes - 2021
Impulsive. Daring.In a moment of weakness, I let the darkness lurking inside of me rule, and it changed everything.I was supposed to embrace the light, but how could I fear the dark, when it brought me Riot?Run Riot is the first book in the State of Grace series. It is a slow burn reverse harem romance suitable for readers 18+
Shunned
Steffanie Holmes - 2019
I should have let them win. Now the kings of the school are out for my blood, ... and they’re not the only ones. The fire took everything. My parents. My best friend. My life. Now I have a second chance. I only have to endure one year at this prestigious academy for rich snobs. One year of being the charity case no one wanted. One year of taunts and insults and bullying. Then I’m free. But I didn’t count on Trey, Ayaz, and Quinn. Arrogant, privileged, dangerous. Drop-dead fucking gorgeous. They want me gone. They want me to suffer. They’re determined to make my nightmares real. Tough luck, bully boys – I won’t hide away. I’m not afraid. But maybe… I should be. HP Lovecraft meets Cruel Intentions in this dark paranormal reverse harem bully romance. Warning: Not for the faint of heart – this story of three broken bad boys and the girl who stood her ground contains dark themes, crazed cultists, books bound in human skin, high-school drama, swoon-worthy sex, and potential triggers.
His Darkest Craving
Tiffany Roberts - 2018
But from the moment she arrives, she’s not alone. She glimpses dark shapes from the corner of her eye, feels phantom touches, and her dreams are filled with seductive shadows. What she first mistakes for delusions of her traumatized mind soon prove to be so much more… An ancient, mysterious, dangerous entity lurks in the woods — and it wants Sophie. ---------- **Trigger Warning: This book contains sexual explicit scenes and violence, including a history of domestic abuse.**