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Saving Their Queen
Beth Rosalee - 2019
She finds herself drawn to, not just one man, but four of the most gorgeous, god-worthy guys she has seen in her entire life.Terrified for her life and stuck in the self-destruct mode that her ex trained her to live so well, Celia doesn’t believe herself good enough for one man.Let alone four.Added to that, there’s more to her than meets the eye, as she soon discovers.Celia’s terrified to find this truth amid the chaos of her life but she quickly learns that she doesn’t have any choice.Not now that Destiny has stepped her meddling ass into the picture.But does she have the courage to truly let go of her fears and save herself?Can she release her past and accept her true destiny with four fated mates?Or will she let her ex win and forfeit her life before it’s truly begun?Trigger Warning: book contains past abuse, violence, and nonconsensual sexual and consensual sexual content.Must be 18+ to read.
Spindle Fire
Lexa Hillyer - 2017
A princess sleeps. This is no fairy tale.It all started with the burning of the spindles.No.It all started with a curse…Half sisters Isabelle and Aurora are polar opposites: Isabelle is the king’s headstrong illegitimate daughter, whose sight was tithed by faeries; Aurora, beautiful and sheltered, was tithed her sense of touch and her voice on the same day. Despite their differences, the sisters have always been extremely close.And then everything changes, with a single drop of Aurora’s blood—and a sleep so deep it cannot be broken.As the faerie queen and her army of Vultures prepare to march, Isabelle must race to find a prince who can awaken her sister with the kiss of true love and seal their two kingdoms in an alliance against the queen.Isabelle crosses land and sea; unearthly, thorny vines rise up the palace walls; and whispers of revolt travel in the ashes on the wind. The kingdom falls to ruin under layers of snow. Meanwhile, Aurora wakes up in a strange and enchanted world, where a mysterious hunter may be the secret to her escape…or the reason for her to stay.
The Goblins of Bellwater
Molly Ringle - 2017
But some are about to find out. Skye, a young barista and artist, falls victim to a goblin curse in the forest one winter night, rendering her depressed and silenced, unable to speak of what happened. Her older sister, Livy, is at wit’s end trying to understand what’s wrong with her. Local mechanic Kit would know, but he doesn’t talk of such things: he’s the human liaison for the goblin tribe, a job he keeps secret and never wanted, thrust on him by an ancient family contract.Unaware of what’s happened to Skye, Kit starts dating Livy, trying to keep it casual to protect her from the attention of the goblins. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Kit, Skye draws his cousin Grady into the spell through an enchanted kiss in the woods, dooming Grady and Skye both to become goblins and disappear from humankind forever.It’s a midwinter night’s enchantment as Livy, the only one untainted by a spell, sets out to save them on a dangerous magical path of her own.Content warnings for the book: Magic used nonconsensually on people's minds, including a lust/attraction spell; some violence; facing fears including heights, deep water, fire, and being underground.
The Harbinger
Candace Wondrak - 2018
One: technology doesn’t work. The Second doesn’t need electricity when it has magic. Two: don’t trust anyone. The Second’s races—the Elven, the Malus, the Ulen and the Dracon—are way too pretty to trust. Three: when someone tells you you’re the new Harbinger, believe them. Bad things happen if you don’t. Back in the sixties, the last Harbinger permanently opened the gateways between Earth and the Second. Humanity grew accordingly. Faith is in her fifth year at the Academy, with her sight set on joining the Division, the branch of government that enforces what most law enforcement can’t, like smuggling goods between worlds. Following her mother’s footsteps has always been the plan. Of course, she doesn’t want to follow them to a T. Her mother had awful luck with men, as did her grandma. Faith wouldn’t mind finding out what’s so special about a man that it has her quirky grandma swearing at them constantly. A field trip to the Second is just what she needs. Being the first female Harbinger in the Second’s history and having to face down the realm’s most dangerous Dracon, also known as the ridiculously-named Dread King? Not what she needs. Faith isn’t a hero. That sort of responsibility is not what she wants. The perks that come with it—like a sexy but infuriating Elf, a flirty Malus, and a quiet and pensive Ulen—well, maybe for them she’ll make an exception to her grandma’s no-man rule. Maybe she’ll have them all. The Harbinger is the first in a slow-burn, reverse harem fantasy series. Expect eventual hot and steamy scenes, coupled with the Chosen One trope, and a heroine who will reluctantly try to save a world that isn’t hers.
Mated
Leigh Kelsey - 2019
Too bad she’s about to belong to three. When magic screws up overnight, it makes Lyra Ripley the most desirable wolf in the north. But Lyra isn’t interested in having a bunch of strangers salivating over her, eager to bend her to their will. She’s perfectly happy with her life, running her pub Moonlight Inn and shifting when the full moon rises. But the wolves won’t take no for an answer, even if it means forcing a mate bond on Lyra. Unless she claims her own mates. Plural. The only problem is she’d have to claim her pack - quiet, mysterious Jack, Gray, the smartass with a dangerous intensity, and the man Lyra’s been in love with for as long as she can remember: her serious, protective alpha Casimir. And she’s terrified that claiming them will damage their close pack bond, and she’ll lose their friendship. But with more wolves arriving to force a mate bond every day, Lyra might not have a choice. Mated is a paranormal urban fantasy RH romance with sexy, protective, sweet guys and one kickass, foul-mouthed woman for all to share. The harem grows throughout the series (starts with three guys but builds), and Moonlight Inn is medium burn with high steam. Expect sexy scenes, explosive magic, and tender romance. Welcome to the Moonlight. 45,000 words. Contains some mature scenes. ***previously released as the serials Mated and Hounded. These have been combined, expanded, and completely re-edited to make Lyra’s story even better!***
Miss Landon and Aubranael
Charlotte E. English - 2013
Miss Sophia Landon is the daughter of an impoverished clergyman. Her father’s health is failing fast, but who wants to marry a woman without birth, beauty or wealth? Her prospects are limited indeed - until her friendship with the town’s fae denizens earns her passage to the otherworldly realm of Aylfenhame. Could her fate truly lie beyond the shores of England?There she meets Aubranael, a young man with a warm heart and a ruined face. In Sophy he sees the answer to his loneliness, but how can a disfigured Ayliri hope to win her heart? When a mysterious witch offers him the temporary gift of beauty, he eagerly accepts: and so begins an adventure that could change his life, and Sophy’s, forever.
Shoot the Messenger
Pippa DaCosta - 2018
Invisible to tek, she’s hired by the criminal underworld to carry illegal messages through the Halow system. But when one of those messages kills its recipient, Kesh finds herself on the run with a bounty on her head and a quick-witted marshal on her tail. Proving her innocence should be straightforward—until a warfae steals the evidence she needs. The fae haven’t been seen in Halow in over a thousand years. And this one—a brutally efficient killer able to wield tek—should not exist. But neither should Kesh. As Kesh’s carefully crafted lie of a life crumbles around her, she knows remaining invisible is no longer an option. To hunt the fae, to stop him from destroying a thousand-year-long fragile peace, she must resurrect the horrors of her past. Kesh Lasota was a ghost. Now she’s back, and there’s only one thing she knows for certain. Nobody shoots the messenger and gets away with it.
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Royally Entangled
Catherine Banks - 2018
Unfortunately for them, it now means abandoning their chances of pursuing females to focus on keeping her alive. But with a new battle on the horizon, Jolie will have to choose between her heart…and her life.ROYALLY ENTANGLED is a full-length reverse harem fantasy novel, the first in the HER ROYAL HAREM series.
Battlefield Love
Skyler Andra - 2018
Sure, her job as a phone operator job is a little unusual, but it pays the bills, and as a broke, twenty something college student, she doesn’t have much room to be picky. She is used to odd calls from strange men thanks to her job, but when one begins quizzing her about love, she finds her life turned upside down.An unbelievable turn of events…Turns out the creepy caller might actually be Cupid. For some unknown reason, the god of love passed on his powers to Locke, which makes no sense considering she’s never been in love and considers the whole concept overrated. Talk about an unlikely candidate!A mission to save the gods…Having Cupid’s powers alone might be more than she can handle, but with her godly benefactor doing a disappearing act, all the gods are in a flurry, and it’s up to Locke to save Olympus. All in a day’s work, right? Battlefield Love is the first in a series, a slow burn reverse harem romance with sexy, godly avatars and steamy scenes.
Shimmer
Maggie Alabaster - 2019
...we'll die with it. On his deathbed, the king gave me an impossible task—save the fae realm from extinction. I need to find the cause, but time is running out. As if that wasn't enough, the king wants me to work with his son. I loathe him. And he loathes me. Even if we can't keep our hands off each other. With the help of the prince's friend, a scholar, a human trapped in our realm, and a talking cat, we might just figure out why the fae realm is at risk and how to save it. Or die trying. Who said my job was simple? Join my harem and our quest to protect the world. Get it now. **Warning - this is a reverse harem with adult content and language and a cliffhanger.**
Bless Your Heart
Kimbra Swain - 2017
Banished by her kind. Hunted by zealots.Where does an exiled Fairy Queen hide?A remote mountain cabin, the seedy underbelly of a metropolis, or an uninhabited island. All would be good choices, however, after hundreds of years on the run, the daughter of Oberon, King of the Wild Fairies, signs a binding contract with the zealots that hunt her. In exchange, they allow her to settle down in the last place anyone would look for fairy royalty.Adopting the name Grace Ann Bryant, the Queen buys a double-wide and moves into a trailer park in the one-horse town of Shady Grove, Alabama. Her contract requires her to lend aid to the local sheriff, Dylan Riggs, when supernatural problems arise.But when two children go missing, the humans point to the trailer park queen helping the sheriff, and the zealots point at the exiled fairy. Grace must decide whether to fight for her innocence or break her contract returning to life on the run.Bless Your Heart is a Southern Urban Fantasy that will make you laugh, cry, and laugh until you cry, as Grace wrestles with the dark fairy inside herself and starts to see that she’s more than just trailer trash.
Supernatural Academy: Year One
Jaymin Eve - 2019
WTF?Secondly … she is one, even though no one seems to know exactly what kind. Double WTF.Thirdly … she’s about to go back to school. Well, things just got a little more interesting.The Supernatural Academy is where shifters, vampires, magic users, and fey are educated. Where they are taught about their abilities, and how to function in the human world. Maddison already has the human part down, but this supernatural thing is an entirely new dangerous game.Example one: mean girls who can actually turn you into a frog.Example two: Asher Lock, a god at the Academy. Not literally … well, who knows for sure. He certainly acts the part, as do all of his minions who worship him.Asher drives her crazy, because apparently snarly, gorgeous, and arrogant is her thing, and despite their mutual dislike, sparks fly between them. The more they’re thrown together, the more Asher is determined to figure out what’s been blocking her abilities.Until the moment the truth is revealed, and they find out nothing in this supernatural world is what they thought.
A Forgotten Goddess
Cecilia Randell - 2018
An abandoned Egyptian goddess follows her visions to Ireland, and finds more than she ever bargained for... Bat Sitru used to be a goddess. Well, technically she still is. But with no followers, no temples, and only the overly mischievous cat-goddess Bastet as a friend, it's difficult to lay claim to the title. When her visions—once faded—return to her, they point to a land in the north, one of green slopes, mist, and rainbows. She is shown a hope for comfort and home, something that has long been missing from her existence. Once there, she begins to wonder if her visions have led her wrong. She's cold, damp, and her new landlords, the O’Loinsigh brothers, are not particularly welcoming. On top of that, she is confronted by a dead leprechaun on the rear stoop, a dagger that sucks the life of immortals, and territorial gods. As past secrets collides with the present, will Bat be able to carve a place for herself in this new land? Or will this goddess be forgotten once more? Please note: A previous, and shorter, version of this story was released in the anthology Shamrocked. This is also a slow-burn RH.
For the Strange and Surprising: Where the Mongrels Are
M.F. Adele - 2021
None of those things are as dangerous as the Mongrel men appointed to guard and teach me.All I want to do is go home, but the island has no intentions of letting me leave.I’ll be forced to interact with total strangers to survive this perilous land surrounded by treacherous waters.My dreams of happiness sink into the dark depths below as I struggle to save myself from certain death.The Mongrels will learn that fear makes a person reckless.My name is Adelaide Storm.But they’ll call me Ada Stormbrave.For the Strange and Surprising is the first book in the trilogy, Where the Mongrels Are. This is the beginning of the series, Where They Are, which follows four female characters. The Where They Are series is set in a fantasy world and contains paranormal themes such as elemental powers and mythical creatures.This is a reverse harem romance, meaning it does involve a polyamorous relationship.Please read the disclaimer page in For the Strange and Surprising: Where the Mongrels Are for a full list of trigger warnings.Each book in the trilogy will have an updated disclaimer page with subsequent releases.
If any of the scenarios listed on the disclaimer page trigger or offend you, please do not read this trilogy.
Fate of the Fae
Jenee Robinson - 2018
The creeping undead attacks started almost two years ago, now Liauna keeps the hope of her family and friends alive.Safe behind the walls of her faction, she makes supply runs to keep everyone fed, as well as some simple pleasures like twinkies and books,On a routine run, three gloroious men not only save her life, but turn it upside down.The apocalypse just got interesting.