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Trust The Dark


A.M. Hardin - 2018
    Especially when demons aren't real. Right? Kara Matthews finds herself in exactly that position after allowing her best friend to drag her to the biggest Halloween party their senior year. What Kara doesn't expect is for Vance, Elijah, and Jesse to come to her rescue. She sure as hell doesn't expect to find out that the three hottest guys in school are demons themselves. Can Vance, Elijah, and Jesse convince Kara that not all demons are evil monsters? Can they convince her that it's okay to trust the dark? How much will be too much for Kara to handle when she becomes a constant target? This is a novella length reverse-harem, recommended for 18+

The Order: Hit and Run


Emma Cole - 2020
    She knew it wouldn't be easy, but she didn't expect to have to deal with the guys she used to call friends— those same ones that had turned their backs on her.Unable to leave without risking her future, Cora has to figure out how to make the situation work. But things aren't what they seem to be on the surface, something dark lurks on the grounds of Blackbriar Academy, and it's fixated on the new girl.Cora knows she has to tough it out or find a way to break her contract. What she doesn't know is just how far she'll have to venture into the darkness to find the light at the end.18+ RHContent warning - Readers discretion advised

Home


Lyla Oweds - 2019
     That's how I've lived my whole life being able to see spirits. Pretending to be normal begins to pay off though. Despite my weirdness, things are finally getting better. Somehow, I found a home with parents and a new life. No one needs to know. But then I meet Finn. He's in my class, and is slowly being killed by a demon. No one else seems to notice. At first, I try to ignore it too, but then Finn Abernathy starts following me everywhere. It's really annoying, but... I feel bad. He's dying in front of me and I can't just let it kill him. That would make me the worst person in the world. There's no other way but for me to stop it. I only hope I know what I'm doing. This book might contain trigger warnings.

Awoken (The Ascension of Meghan May, #1)


Jaya Moon - 2019
    All you want is to find somewhere safe. Lose yourself. Never feel again.When Meghan May’s world disintegrates around her, she moves to the city. Inhabited by angels sworn to protect humankind, it’s the safest place she can be.In her new life, she doesn’t let anyone close. Never lets anyone in… Until a chance encounter changes everything.Meghan is thrust into a world she never knew existed, where angels hunt shifters and kill the humans who help them. She’s unwittingly helped a shifter. Now angels are hunting her.Can Meghan rely on the three sexy men who vow to help her—an unlikely alliance of a shifter, human, and angel?Will she ever be able to return to the safety of the life she led before they came into her life? Does she even want to?Everything Meghan thought she knew is changing.The walls she put up are breaking.Outwitting angels is one thing. Feeling is another.Awoken is Book 1 in The Ascension of Meghan May series. It is a slow burn, paranormal, reverse harem #whychoose story intended for mature audiences (18+ years).

Dust: Season One


Amanda Cashure - 2020
    It's been her dream to get the collar off and vanish into the countryside. Working as a highly paid whore has gotten her close - she can almost taste it. Until her Mistress dies, and the new Master burns her contract. Now everything is gone, and Blaise has to fight just to keep herself out of his hands. Keepers are charged with keeping the peace amongst shifters, mages, and humans. The lower ranks spend their time collaring newborns and inspecting communities. But the higher ranks are on scene to investigate murders and hunt down criminals. Of these Keepers the Six Horsemen are an elite, high ranking, team, but to those who rule the kingdom, these six men are little more than instruments to do a job, and they're getting sick of it. When they're ordered to take in a whore, a calculated move to prevent Keepers from forming meaningful relationships that will impact their job performance, the Six Horsemen go looking for Blaise. But there's a pretty good chance she's going to be dead before they find her. Dust is season one of the Six Horsemen series and it is comprised of five individual episode style installments that fit perfectly back-to-back. Episode one was available for a limited time in the Land Of Nightmares anthology. Episodes two-four will be released one month apart as ARC's through Bookfunnel. Episode five is releasing here and only here for the first time in Dust. This season is more than 60k.  To join in the ARC process visit www.sixhorsemen.com Six Horsemen is an adult reverse harem. It is intended for an adult audience. It is a medium burn with a three rose rating in the relationship department, but every episode involves some panty-dropping. The series has a five rose rating in the trigger department. Episode one alone contains drug use, non-con, and physical abuse. This series does contain m/m content, and there are plans for m/m/m/f/m/m/m at some stage.

Forgotten Essence


Aster North - 2020
    We all will experience it at some point. The question is what happens after. Where does the soul go?Well, it goes to me. Or someone like me, at least. My name is Zella Healani. I’m a Grim Reaper. Not the kind most think of when they picture the old skeleton guy either. Nope. I’m young, have no swinging stick thing, and am usually swimming with some kind of mind-altering substance.Don’t let that deter you. Not that you actually could. Like it or not, I’ll pull your soul free from your husk and ferry it back to the big soul soup we all start from. You get a new life, and I get a hit of euphoria so pure, it’s addicting. Oh, and some additional powers here and there.But what happens if nobody comes for you? And why would someone keep Grims from reaping? That, my new friend, is exactly what I’m going to tell you. Have a seat and open the pages to discover what happens when you mix evil, Earth souls, and one screwed-up Reaper together. **********Forgotten Essence is a fast burn RH. This means she doesn’t choose between the men. It contains potentially triggering content. This book is not meant for those below age 18 and may not be suitable for everyone.

Her Howling Harem: Book Two


Savannah Skye - 2018
    Can Arianna, Anton, Luke and Ethan save the missing piece of their pack before it's too late? Or will they all wind up victims of a mad-man with a diabolical plan? *This is a reverse harem romance and contains love scenes with more than one partner.

Huntress Rescued


Eva Brandt - 2020
    Three werewolves fighting a seemingly endless war. An unlikely mate bond that could shatter them all.I was born and raised to hunt and kill rogue paranormals, to protect the human world from supernatural threats. But my life is torn asunder when a botched mission destroys what hunters most value--my humanity. And there’s no room in the Julii clan for a huntress with demon blood.Rejected by my family for a twisted nature that I can no longer change, I have nothing and no one to turn to.No one but them, the werewolves who came for me, who risked their lives to save my own.Xander - the only Alpha to care about a human’s fate almost as much as he does about his pack.Byron - the infamous ‘White Wolf’ of Xander’s pack, who stains his white fur with demon blood as easily as I once stained my hands.Ulysses - the heart of their pack, who hides a secret pain and a terrible burden behind his warm smiles.It would be so easy to let myself fall for them. But the love of a huntress can be as dangerous as the blades we use in battle. Can they protect me from the demon who is still after my body and my soul?Huntress Rescued is the first book in the Huntress’s Pack why choose series and includes steamy scenes between the heroine and her overprotective, lupine boyfriends. But beware! This is not a gentle love story and there will be a lot of dark content ahead. Remember, a demon is just waiting around the corner to steal our huntress away.

Mark of Salem


Jodie Szarmach - 2019
    She's marked by the Goddess, Albina. Only she doesn't know. As the saying goes, a clueless witch is a dangerous witch; And clueless is exactly what Salem Barrow was. Betrayal has snatched Salem from her family, but she isn’t completely alone. With the help of two familiars, a fellow warlock, a hellhound, and a shadow walker, Salem taps into her dark heritage to exact revenge on those who have turned against her. Now, it's up to these men to keep her from burning New Orleans to the ground in her thirst for vengeance.

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.

Princes of the Underworld


Olivia Ash - 2018
    One strong-willed human. A bewitched amulet that makes her Queen of the Underworld—and binds the five of them together. Sadie Blackwood knows 2 things: she's broke as hell and doesn't know how much longer she can keep her paramedic job. She's exhausted, stressed, and starting to wish for a way out of her lonely life in Seattle. But when her sister Blair arrives unannounced in the middle of the night, covered in blood and carrying a glowing medallion, Sadie has no idea her wish is about to come true in the most violent of ways. All of hell is after the amulet’s vast power. And when Blair puts it around Sadie’s neck, all of hell is suddenly after her as well. Separated from Blair and with hardly any information to go on, Sadie finds herself surrounded by four stunning men—the warring demon brothers of the Underworld. The princes hate each other with a passion, and yet they’re bound to her side, captivated and ensnared by her magic. In an instant, the amulet gives Sadie everything she ever wanted—wealth, power, even a fortress with a mind of its own. But she also inherits the amulet’s enemies, and they’re about to kick down her door. Sadie has no idea who she can trust—except for her men. As she spends time with each of the supernatural princes who won’t leave her the hell alone, she falls for them. Hard. Though they can’t stand each other, she can’t imagine ruling her new kingdom without them all. But this is the Underworld, the land of monsters and warlocks, of angels and deadly treachery. The shadows of the Underworld hold secrets, and as her enemies close in on her new life, Sadie has to make a choice—surrender her newfound power, or stand as Queen and fight for the last remaining ounce of integrity and justice left in the Underworld. There are armies at the gate. Traitors in the fortress. Blood on the walls. Good thing Sadie is too damn stubborn to quit. Princes of the Underworld is a full-length reverse harem novel. Get ready for a captivating story, immortal romance, lip-biting love scenes, earth-shatteringly powerful magic, one kickass heroine, four stunning demon princes, lots of toned muscles, fights to the death, and edge-of-your-seat action. READ THE WHOLE SERIES The Demon Queen Saga: a steamy reverse harem series Book 1: Princes of the Underworld Book 2: Wars of the Underworld (December 2018) Book 3: Mistress of the Underworld (February 2019) Note: if you love the series, tell the author! Currently, Olivia plans to continue the Demon Queen Saga for up to 18 books if readers chime in and say they love it! Warning: the Demon Queen Saga is an adult urban fantasy series with explicit scenes and is meant for adult readers who enjoy steamy romance and lip-biting action.

Heaven is a Harem


Kim Faulks - 2019
    I never have.Four Archangels took me from my bed at the Convent of Heavenly Christos.They chained my hands and feet and carried me on broad backs, with mammoth wings beating the air into submission.They brought me here, because of a secret I cannot remember.A secret so powerful it’ll start a war between Heaven and Hell.So I do the only thing I can.I run.And as I hide in the darkness, afraid of the light, I start to remember…and what rises to the surface fills me with terror.Archangel Michael and his warriors hunt me through Harbor City’s streets, but when they capture me, they’ll find themselves caught between love and truth.Why was I confined to Heaven?And why were they tasked to bring me back?

Promised to the Pride


Candace Wondrak - 2019
    What could go wrong? Holly has no choice but to agree to leave her family for her intended mates, in order to help her baby sister. Her entire life is thrown upside-down once she meets them—Nikolas, Aster, and Jonas. Nikolas is the calm and collected snow leopard of the bunch, while Aster is the goofy, playful cutie. Jonas, though…he gives her trouble like no other. Rough and dominant, closed off to her. She knows her life will soon be all about submission to each of these three men. Life in Fairbanks won’t be easy, but sometimes the best things in life are the most challenging. Holly and her new pride are about to find out that even shifters aren’t safe in a world ruled by humans. Promised to the Pride is a standalone RH romance with steamy scenes.

Vile Trials


Isabella King - 2019
    But the night I’m convicted of a crime I don’t remember committing, I’m sentenced to an unbearable fate—I’ve been enrolled in the Magic Academy for Troubled Monsters. Without so much as a goodbye, I’m shipped off to the haunted old campus in Upstate New York and stripped of all contact with the outside world. But I don’t belong here. I’m not a monster. And despite badass students, a weirdly cool atmosphere, and a trio of gorgeous, wildly different boys that are inexplicably interested in me? I can’t stay here. And there’s only one way out—the Vile Trials. Wickedly difficult, totally unpredictable, and grossly public, the Trials are the only hope I have of returning to my normal life. And if I want to pass them, I have to push away the fear of my power, and learn to embrace it. Even if that means opening myself up to danger, daring, and most frightening of all—love. Welcome to the MAFTM—get ready for a badass heroine, a college academy brimming with every monster imaginable, and a steamy reverse harem—no choosing necessary.

Triple Threat


Annie J. Rose - 2019
     The Capello Crime Family has employed the Boothe Brothers to take me down. A Mob princess who’s about to inherit their biggest competition. These irresistible triplets need me out of the way. They want my father’s organization obliterated. But they also want me in their bed. I’m being held hostage... but they know it’s wrong. I should try to escape, But their strong hands make me want to stay. I’ve given them my body. Now, I want something in return. Protection. Love. And their undying loyalty all for myself.