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Living a Lion


Harmony Raines - 2016
    As the nephew of Darius Reinier, he thought he knew his place in the world, rich, eligible, he had his whole future mapped out. And then he finds out he is one of them. A shifter. Does he still have a choice? Can’t he just hide from who he really is? Carry on as if the moon doesn’t call to him, doesn’t make him want to rip the flesh from his body and turn into… what? What is he? She has the answers. Amara. Beautiful, curvy, dangerous. She will turn his world upside down, and also make it whole. If he can only find the strength to let go of his past and embrace his future. To become who he is supposed to be. After a bitter war, the world is split, shifters live on one side of the border, humans on the other. Any shifter who enters the human world must wear a collar, silver threaded with copper, to stop the chemical reaction triggering the change. They can own no property, and can never be treated as equals. This is the world Amara finds herself in when she has to pay off her father’s debt. Despite having to wear the collar that keeps her lioness a shadow in her mind, she counts herself lucky, when her contract is bought by Darius Reinier. Her job working in his mansion is easy enough… until the moon beckons and she is thrust into the life of Kane Reinier. But as she learns about Kane, she knows she has to help him, not least because it means she will be able to go back home to Shifters Prime, but because he happens to be her mate. Although he has no idea. Can these two strangers learn to live together, will Kane master the beast that lives within him, and can he find the strength to avenge his past? Find out in Living a Lion. Contains scorching hot scenes meant for adults only.

Marked by the Alpha Wolf, Part 1


Scarlett Grove - 2014
    For the next five years, she lives safely inside a protective domed city. Working in The Program, a virtual reality simulation, she is confronted by her dead mother who tells Cassie she is in danger. After a shocking revelation about the people who she believed had saved her, the hologram of her mother leads her out of the dome and into a toxic, dead world.Rafe, the alpha of a mutant werewolf pack, takes her in and helps her come to terms with the new world they share.With zombie attacks, alien spaceships paroling the skies, and the ever-present struggle to survive, will Cassie and Rafe realize their budding attraction? Or will they be torn apart, body and soul.

Dead of Eve


Pam Godwin - 2012
    Few men survive. The rest are monsters. The women are dead, except Evie. Through a quirk in her genetics, she survives. When her physiology begins to evolve, she must come to terms with what she is and accept her role in finding a cure.The mutated hunt her. The men brutalize her…except three. Cryptic warrior, contrite lover, caring enemy; they are fiercely protective of the last living woman, but divided in their own agendas. Can they come together to protect the only hope for humanity?Evie must survive.

SHTF


Gillian Zane - 2015
    This isn't a romance...there aren't any happily-ever-afters, this is just Romeo's fight for survival and how he became a NOLA Survivor. It's Friday night in New Orleans and Tim "Romeo" Voiter has the night off. A night of rest and relaxation is something new for the former Marine, and he's looking forward to enjoying a fun night out with his buddy, Lucas Martinez. The two men try to ignore the emergency broadcasts and news about the spreading iKPV virus and just enjoy the evening. Romeo, true to his name, even hooks up with a hot redhead and plans on ending the evening at her place. Plans come crashing down, though, as he comes face to face with what the iKPV infected really looks like–and it is not like any infection he's encountered before. Knowing the media is sugarcoating the virus and things are about to get a lot worse in his city, Romeo talks his family into leaving their urban home and bugging out to a more secluded and secure area; the compound his employers own at the edge of the city, deep in the marsh that surrounds New Orleans. But, as the infection spreads and New Orleans begins to fall under the chaos of victims gone made with the virus, Romeo begins to realize that the "stuff" has hit the fan in New Orleans and things will never be the same for the Voiters.

With Spring Comes the Fall


Joshua Guess - 2010
    If you already own "Year One" it is not necessary to purchase this volume.*Living With the Dead is an ongoing survival horror story set in the zombie apocalypse. Its original format was and is a serialized daily blog. When the world falls apart and the true nature of mankind is revealed, a small group of survivors in Kentucky make a go of holding their ground and building again. Through hordes of undead and bands of ruthless marauders, they come together with a common purpose. Over the days and months, they begin to learn that when the world is filled with the dead, the only choice is to learn how to truly live.

The Girl in the Box


Janet Miller - 2012
    Unfortunately Ganth is a Gaian man must attach to a woman who is whole and healthy, and Ammi has been confined to a box-like wheelchair all of her life. She knows her misshaped legs should keep them apart but Ganth has his own plans for the girl in the box.*Should be read after Promised to Keep

Boone


Christa Kelley - 2015
    She has other things on her mind, like the fact that her family's farm is about to go under if the concert they're hosting doesn't sell out. But when the sweet-talking lead singer of Tennessee Honey comes sauntering into town, Harley's plans go up in a puff of smokin' hot country superstar. Bear shifter Boone Reynolds doesn’t do small towns. Not anymore. So the fact that his band has to play five backwoods towns before they can go back to their real tour has him about ready to blow. First stop? Redding, Georgia. Population: Who gives a damn. Definitely not Boone. That is until he meets spitfire Harley in a rundown bar. And as far as he and his bear are concerned, she already belongs to him. She just doesn’t know it yet. Boone makes Harley tingle in all the right ways, even if she isn’t willing to admit it. But she’s not gonna be another notch in his belt. No way, no how. Now Boone only has a few days to convince Harley he isn’t just after a quick roll in the hay. He wants her forever, and he’s willing to fight off a crazy ex, and even give up his fame and fortune to be with her. Bear Country: Boone is Book 1 in the Bear Country series. It can be enjoyed as a sexy standalone, or read as part of a series. A Note For Readers: This book contains a sexy as sin werebear who's gotten a little too big for his britches and the fiery BBW who helps him get back to his roots. It also contains explicit love scenes (of the panty-melting variety) and naughty language. Adults only paranormal romance!

Soaring Past Death


Morticia Knight - 2014
    Of all the trainees to be assigned, somehow Viper 44 was the last one I expected to see in the program.Still so young, but then that’s what the mission requires.Photo Description: Black and white pic of a slightly built young man with his head bowed, on one knee, arms wrapped around his other knee. He’s chained to the ceiling by a collar around his neck. In the foreground, there is the bottom half of a man facing him, holding a flogger.This story was written as a part of the M/M Romance Group's "Love’s Landscapes" event. Group members were asked to write a story prompt inspired by a photo of their choice. Authors of the group selected a photo and prompt that spoke to them and wrote a short story. This story may contain sexually explicit content and is intended for adult readers. It may contain content that is disagreeable or distressing to some readers. The M/M Romance Group strongly recommends that each reader review the General Information section before each story for story tags as well as for content warnings.

Omega Experiment


Orion Blaze - 2014
    He’s eager to be paired with his Alpha, and together help ensure humanity’s future. He can’t believe his luck when he’s mated to David Croxen, a soldier whose bravery helps keep everyone in Haven Colony safe from the madness that reigns Outside. His heartbreak comes from a misunderstanding. But David has a private reason for volunteering to serve as an Alpha, a reason that threatens to tear their small family apart. As Jon’s world is turned upside down by his Alpha’s secret, David realizes just how important Jon is to him. Can this proud Alpha earn forgiveness before Jon decides to abandon Haven for good? ***This stand-alone 30,000 word science fiction mpreg romance includes steamy romance, male pregnancy, and a happily-ever-after ending.***

Apocalypse Cowboy


Eve Langlais - 2010
    And the most important rule of all; don’t let the zombies catch you.When Brody rides off into the sunset, with grandiose dreams, he leaves behind not just his small town but also his first love. But the hopes he had of making it big are shattered when a deadly virus hits, and those who survive return as zombies to hunt the immune. Lonely in this new reality, he finds himself drawn back to his hometown and rediscovers the woman he left behind.Hannah never thought the expression, “Not if you were the last man on earth” would ever come back to haunt her, but when the world’s population is decimated by a deadly virus, she regrets her words, especially when Brody comes riding back into her life. A very alive Brody who reminds her she’s not just a survivor but also a woman.Eking out an existence in this new world is hard. Forgiving the blunders of the past sometimes harder.Against all odds, Brody and Hannah survived the plague and have prevailed against the undead, but will their stubborn nature still tear them apart?______Authors Note: Apocalypse Cowboy was originally published by Cobblestone Press from August 20th, 2010, until May 8th of 2014. Published anew in October of 2014 by Eve Langlais, this book has been expanded from its original version of 26K to 39k. I gave it a new cover and title–plus I threw in some zombies for fun. Enjoy ~Eve

Dawn of Eden


Julie Kagawa - 2013
    What's worse strange things are happening to the remains of the dead the and by the time she befriends Ben Archer she's beginning to wonder if a global pandemic is the least of her problems....

The X-Club


Anna Zaires - 2014
    An alien sex club. A Krinar who won’t take no for an answer. Amy Myers is tired of writing fluff. She wants to work on serious assignments—and what better way to prove herself than to uncover something new about the mysterious Krinar, the aliens who took over the Earth just two years earlier? But when she meets Vair, the dark and sexy owner of a Manhattan x-club, she may get more than she bargained for... The X-Club is a novelette/short story of approximately 10,000 words (56 print pages), set in the world of the Krinar Chronicles about three years before Mia & Korum’s trilogy. It’s an erotic story, not a romance. It can be read as a standalone or after the Krinar Chronicles trilogy.

At Last Goodbye


Glynn James - 2011
    Ten years after the apocalypse destroyed the world that she knew, a survivor returns to her home town, hoping to piece together the bits of her past that have troubled her so much ever since.Sometimes the past is best left behind us, but sometimes we all need to say goodbye."At last, goodbye" is a short story set in the world of the Diary of the Displaced novel series.

Tovian


Immortal Angel - 2018
    Can he save his elf in time? As the chief security officer on the Flouriant space station, Tovian works hard to keep the station free of crime. But when a threat arises that he can’t fight, there is only one elf on his mind: Callie. Callie has been watching a certain muscular cyborg on the station monitors a little too closely for far too long, but she’s never had the courage to tell him. Both are racing against the clock to protect themselves and each other. When he comes for her, will she have the courage to tell him how she feels?

Into Tolari Space


Christie Meierz - 2012
    Can one laborer put a stop to the Monral's scheme before Tolar's advanced technology is exposed to the Trade Alliance?