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Circus of Death by Candace Wondrak
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dark-romance
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The Deadly Game
G. Bailey - 2018
Stay away from your windows. Don't look the witches in the eye. Once a year, the bridge between the living and the dead is opened and witches compete in The Deadly Games for a chance to speak with those that have crossed over. Each coven needs a human to participate, and this year I'm forced to help the Hex Coven, a group of sexy witches mourning the loss of their brother. They're determined to find his killer, curses and evil covens be damned. Humans rarely survive the games, and I’ve accepted that I won’t make it to morning. Deciding to live this night like it’s my last, I enjoy all the pleasures that the Hex Coven has to offer. Because to speak to the dead, first you must die. 18+ Dark Reverse Harem Romance.
A Different Model
Heather Killough-Walden - 2019
The handsome and dangerous man is the perfect machine, tall and strong, fast and brilliant, a strategist and tactician capable of out-thinking anyone on the planet. With his wealth and power, he can have anything, and with his intelligence he can outsmart anyone. Except the one person he actually desires: Samantha Hart. Androids are not only human-like, they have become so real they’ve waged a war to win their freedom from slavery and servitude, much like their human predecessors had centuries ago. Their sole aspiration is equality. To this goal, the rebel group Prometheus is formed, with the beautiful and genius human inventor and android sympathist Samantha Hart at its core. The androids are slowly winning, and they have hope. However, one day a different model of android emerges from the shadows, one whose designed purpose is not uniformity or egalitarianism – but to reign supreme. This captivating model is a mystery; no one knows who designed or created him. Within Zero’s enigmatic programming lies the ability to bend the world’s most influential people to his will. He is endlessly cunning, ruthless and cold. And unfortunately for Prometheus, he’s on the wrong side – that of the human oppressors. To make matters worse for the rebel group, who must now attempt to outwit a machine perpetually one step ahead, the new model’s main goal has become patently clear: He wants the heart of their operation, the source of every winning idea they’ve ever had. He wants Sam. He will stop at nothing to obtain her. For in her own mysteriously unique make-up lies the miraculous ability to make a machine feel emotions. What’s more, within the confines of her priceless mind hides a well-kept secret that means the difference between kneeling as a slave… and ruling the world.
Freak Show
Crystal Ash - 2018
I held onto the magic of that memory until I could finally escape. And like Alice down the rabbit hole, I entered a world beyond my wildest dreams. A world with a shiny, colorful exterior, but filled with rot and corruption underneath. But no matter what these people put me through, I can’t go back to my life before. The man with the biggest secret is the only one I can trust. He’s dangerous, but he’s safety to me. He’s broken, but he put me back together. I’ll keep his secret. My heart hopes he’ll keep me. But in a hall of mirrors, how do you know what’s real or an illusion?Every grueling night onstage is building up to a final show: The Wolf Man. Is he real or a hoax? Why do I feel such a pull to find out his truth? Care to join me on this ride? Step right up.**Harem of Freaks is a slow-build reverse harem series. The heroine will add to her harem and build multiple relationships as the series continues.**
Dare Me
Felicity Brandon - 2020
I'm a powerful demon.My fixation is as strong as I am.If I take her, there'll be consequences.But she'd be mine.Entirely.For eternity.She'll paint for me while I master her enchanting beauty.I'll let her bewitch me and damn the aftermath.But in this dangerous game, the real question is, who will possess who?If you devour dark heroes of the supernatural, and enjoy feisty female characters, then this sizzling paranormal romance series is for you. Get lost in the frenzy of lust and temptation as the mortal and demonic realms collide!Dare Me is a full-length paranormal romance novel with no cliffhanger ending. Beware: spirituality and religion, but not as you know it!
Beauty's Wolves
Tiegan Clyne - 2020
It’s up to her to find a cure. Her quest leads her to Everafter Academy and an enchanted rose that might hold the answer she’s been seeking.Too bad she’s not the only one who wants it.Three handsome brothers, cursed and suffering, have been told that the one with the rose is the one who can break the curse they’ve lived under for a hundred years. Beauty is going to cure them, whether she wants to or not.They think she’s their fated Mate. She thinks she’s their prisoner.Maybe she’s both.Beauty's Wolves is a Dark Reverse Harem Romance that is based in the world of Everafter Academy. You do not need to read that series in order to enjoy this novel.
Sapphire
Eva Delaney - 2019
But an errant love spell has my three man-snacks calling me their mate:- A wolf shifter who’s an Instagram model.- A Pegasus shifter who shifts when he sneezes. - Bob.As a vampire, I don’t need any mortals hanging around. I just want the delicious treats they provide...and their help stopping an old nemesis from destroying Silver Springs and tainting all the ice cream.Can I save my town? Will my three mates thaw my frozen heart and teach me to love again?Sapphire is a paranormal reverse harem novel. It’s part of the Jewels Cafe shared universe but can be read as a standalone.Scroll up to read this quirky, steamy rom-com today.
The Ascended
Serena Akeroyd - 2020
Well, she's not evil, she just sucks at magic, and when she turns eighteen, the unthinkable happens: she grows a pair of wings.Human born Fae are nothing new. An oddity to be sure, but witch born Fae?They're a whole other ball of wax.When she's summoned to the Eight Wings Academy at twenty-five, the doo-dah hits the fan as harsh truths are revealed to her about the Fae. But no matter how hard Gabriella tries to flunk, to escape a society forged on lies, she can't do it.And it isn't because she's a brilliant student, either.She sucks. Hard.Something, or someone, is making sure she passes, keeping her at the Academy against her will, ensuring she heads straight into the warrior caste and into a troupe with three other Fae.Except her troupe?They just happen to be her Virgo—her fated mates.And where Virgo are concerned, they have the final say on whether she claims them or not.She's FAELING FOR THEM, but can she convince them she's a good catch? When she knows, point blank, she isn't...?This is the complete Eight Wings Collection.
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.
Circus Saves Christmas
Erin O'Kane - 2018
With their world not slowing down, and the shows and towns passing in a blur, can Rhea and her men find the time to stop and take part in a pre-war tradition? With the helping hand of an old friend and a few new traditions along the way, it’s time to run away with the freaks once more. *** This is book 1.5 in the series and is a 30,000 word Novella. This is an 18+ RH story.
Wolf Mated
Tamsin Baker - 2020
But now it includes looking after her father’s business – a workshop for bounty hunters. With a little bit of revenge on the side. If the assassin thinks he’s gotten away with killing her father, he’s dead wrong.When a protective wolf shifter and a possessive dragon shifter turn up on her door, things get a little complicated. They’re Sadie's Fated Mates, but she must resist the pull, to find her father’s killer. There can be no distractions. Not even two arrogant, sexy, smoking hot shifters.But there’s something a lot more sinister going on in the city than her father’s death. The Vampires are hunting for something, and Sadie is determined to find out what it is. The only problem is – Sadie is no longer the hunter.
Veiled
Karina Halle - 2016
He had other plans for her.Death.It's something that Ada Palomino has always known so well, having grown up in a house of horrors, surrounded by a family plagued by ghosts and demons and things that go bump in the night.But after the sudden and tragic death of her mother two years ago, death has never felt so personal. Or so close.Now eighteen, Ada is trying to move on with her life and the last month of summer holds nothing but sunshine and promises with her first year at a Portland design school just around the bend. That is until her increasingly violent and realistic dreams, dreams of other worlds, of portals and veils where her mother is tortured and souls bleed for mercy, start to blend into reality. Ada has to lean on her older sister, Perry, to try and make sense of it all but even then, she's never felt more alone. Then there's Jay. Tall, handsome and deeply mysterious, Jay would be just another stranger, a familiar face on the bus, if it wasn't for the fact that Ada has met him before. Every night. In every single dream. And the more that Ada is drawn to him in both worlds, the more she's in danger of losing everything. Including her heart.And her very soul.
Stolen Song
Autumn Reed - 2020
And I’m locked up in Nightmare Penitentiary with no hope of escape. I don't expect to be rescued by handsome Fae princes, either, since the last ones I had a crush on put me here.Now, the princes are here to rattle my cage, and they’re just as handsome and judgmental as I remember. I’d tell them exactly what I think about them, but in addition to stealing my freedom, they’ve taken my voice. **Stolen Song is a paranormal prison reverse harem romance.
Wicked Sexy
R.G. Alexander - 2010
Witches, though they call themselves Magians . They are her second family. Harrison Abbott has been her best friend since they were children. Tucker Abbott, her life-long crush. And their brother, Tyghe? A magical pain in her backside.When the Abbotts need her human perspective to solve a mystery, she doesn t hesitate. Especially since it means getting everything she ever wanted. A chance to be one of them, to have magic, even if it s only temporary.Someone is attacking young women at Triune, a ritual that helps Magians find their perfect threesome the match that will complete their magic and their hearts. Callie expected to be dazzled by her first glimpse into the Magian world, but the bone-melting desire between her and the Abbott brothers isn t part of the plan.Nor is the decades-old secret that makes her the target of a killer "
Twisted Love
C.M. Wondrak - 2021
I’ve lived with my aunt for the last ten years, after my father killed my mother and turned the gun on himself, and I find myself craving only one thing: the darkness. The darkness is my only friend, the only comfort I have.At least, it was, until my life is turned on its head. It starts with weird phone calls, a stranger asking me if I’d been a good girl. When my memories begin to return, I’m faced with the fact that everything I thought I knew is wrong. I’ve been lied to, coddled and protected.In the dark, there’s only one god—and it’s him. Ruthless, malicious, monstrous. He would do anything to get me back. I should hate him, but I don’t.I can’t.Some loves are written in the stars. Ours? Ours was written in the darkness the very day I was born.**Twisted Love is a dark romance that centers around many things some readers might find triggering. This is an age gap, dark romance novel and touches on subjects such as violence, kidnapping, and stalking.**
Carnival of Bones
Penn Cassidy - 2021
Haunting, tragic and utterly lovely. It calls me to a place deep in the Louisiana Bayou, where impossible things creep in the shadows.Following the voice on the wind, I scratch at the blood coating my skin and dance along the swamps with the crickets. Hands caress my arms and lips coax at mine, begging for me to let them inside. Begging me to surrender. Two men...if you can call them men, tell me I'll never leave this place. These lights, this music, this nightmare... It scares me but it thrills me. Enough that I can almost forget about the blood on my skin.My name is Moria Laveau, and I think I've done something very, very wrong.This is a standalone dark ménage romance. This is a why choose book, in which the MC does not have to choose between two love interests. Not suitable for anyone under the age of 18 due to extreme violence, depictions of death, graphic sex and references to triggering subjects.