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Pure Healing
Aja James - 2012
To harness and accumulate enough energy to heal severe wounds, especially as the war between her people and the vampire hordes accelerates, she must take a Consort once every ten years and draw strength from his blood and body. But as the war wears on, few Pure-males who are strong enough to serve as her Consort remain. Valerius, Protector of the race, is the strongest candidate.Despite their instant attraction ten years ago when they first met, Valerius has staunchly avoided applying to be the Healer’s Consort. The brutality and violence he suffered as a Roman sex slave in his human life ate away at his soul, leaving a dark abyss of torment and self-doubt.Now, as Rain’s strength drains with every healing act, Valerius cannot escape the fact that he may be the only one who can save her, and in so doing, afford his people greater hope for the future as battles intensify.Will Rain and Valerius find their way to each other as the struggles between good and evil evolve?*** Trigger Warning * Sexual Abuse. ***
Gods and Monsters Box Set 1
Quinn Blackbird - 2020
“I could kill you a thousand different ways where you sit.”The nail cut deeper. Blood beaded, then spilled down my front, over my breasts. I choked on a whimper.“Now tell me everything.”1. Prince PoisonFew knew Valissa's secret but it already carried a death toll. One.If the Gods ever discovered what she was, they would capture and flay her alive.But in the land of Gods and Monsters, no secret stays hidden for long.Lissa—drunk on the high of a midnight party that's rife with mysterious pirates—gets too close to one of the pirates, who turns out to have secrets of his own.Jasper is no pirate. He is a servant of the Gods. And the moment she touches him, she steals his power.He kidnaps Lissa, and he's taking her to one of the most brutal Gods in all the lands ... He's taking her to Prince Poison.Prince Poison's mere touch kills and his cruelty is said to stretch beyond even the darkest pits of Lissa's soul. But when she's standing in front of this fearsome God, ready to face her gruesome fate, the Prince might see more in her than she ever thought possible.2. CaptiveValissa is an abomination among Gods and Monsters.She's cursed with the unexplained ability to steal power from the children of the Gods. It's a curse worthy of death, but her fate is much worse than that.Prince Poison, the cruelest of them all, keeps her captive in the stardust palace, where she's forced to train her abilities into something that terrifies her, while evading the malicious interest of those around her.What's worse than holding the interest of a God whose touch kills and whose lips enchant?Becoming his captive...3. PhantomValissa’s death toll is on the rise:One—before she was stolen away to the cruel Prince Poison. Seven—under the Prince’s malicious watch.The worst part? Valissa just doesn’t care anymore, not about the lives of those she doesn’t know when her own life is falling apart all around her.Ava’s not speaking to her. Jasper pushes her in training to the point of exhaustion. And though Valissa does everything he wants, the Prince grows distant.Valissa finds the closest thing to a friend in the mysteriously dark stranger who haunts her in the stardust palace. Damianos; a God or aniel she most definitely knows better than to trust.In the Land of Gods, is it really ‘better the devil you know’? And what about when the devil you don’t know is just so damn intoxicating?What’s worse than being the prisoner of a God?Abandoning all hopes of freedom.This is Box Set 1 of 2. It includes the first three books in the Gods and Monsters 6-book series.Box Set 2 is available for preorder, release date: January 2020.Disclaimer: Please read content warnings.
Sinister Hunger
Katze Snow - 2018
A life of lies. A future of sacrifice. Vincent Hudson is a vampire hunter, and his life is about to be ruined. When a hunting trip ends in tragedy, he is forced to do the unthinkable—seek refuge in Sanctuary Hope, where each family must nominate a member to the city council. But there is a catch. In exchange for refuge, the nominees are turned into bloodslaves for an elite chain of vampires, and unaware of the gut-wrenching reality, Vincent nominates himself. He only wanted to save his group. Now, a life of captivity and war await him. . .
Sanctuary's Warlord
Nikita Slater - 2019
Only the strongest can survive in a hostile world ravaged by a disease that turns humans into primitives. She is the Desert Wren, a rebel bent on providing safe passage to illegal refugees entering into her Sanctuary city. If she’s caught she’ll be executed, but the price is worth the privilege of doing what she knows is right. Except when she’s finally caught, the sentence isn’t death, it’s her freedom. It’s the Warlord’s job to weed out the weak and sacrifice them for the good of the Sanctuary. Brutal and autocratic, he is the highest authority. The only threat to his dictatorship is a rebel faction rising up from the slums of his city. When he arrests a rebel leader, the Desert Wren, he sees his redemption. She will help him guide Sanctuary into the future. He just needs to convince his little captive that she’s better off with him than flying free. What is the price of Sanctuary in a dying world and is it worth the sacrifice? Sanctuary’s Warlord is the first book in a trilogy. Please watch for the second book in summer 2019. This book is a dark dystopian romance with sensitive subject matter that may offend some readers, please read at your own risk.
Dark Domination
Lili Valente - 2015
He’ll see her on her knees, even if he has to pay for the privilege. Six years ago, Hannah buried her twin sister. Now, with her family in jeopardy, Hannah must sell herself to a wealthy stranger in order to save their home. She expects to be scarred by the experience. She doesn’t expect to pay penance for her sister’s sins or to meet a man who brings her body savagely to life. Now Hannah must choose—confess to Jackson that she’s not the twin he’s looking for and forfeit the money she needs to survive, or submit to a man whose dark domination may be the end of them both. * *Dark Domination is the 1st in the Bought by the Billionaire serial romance series. The entire series will release summer 2015* *
Drackon Mates - The Complete Series
Maia Starr - 2017
They are strong and fierce with the ability to shift into dragon form. But when they encounter the strong and intelligent women of Earth, they must have them. They must mate with them. Through a registry program it is possible, but nothing ever goes at it should. How can any woman resist their silver hard scales, silver wings, and the firm muscular physiques of such tall intense warriors? Follow the journeys of strong heroines as they journey through the Drackon worlds and experience the wildest passions a dragon shifter has to offer in this fantasy hot series!
Jarith (Drackon Mates #1)
What’s hotter than an alpha alien warrior? An alpha alien dragon shifter, with a body to die for...
As a Drackon Prince set to inherit the throne, Prince Jarith Rykor is a dragon shifter reluctant to take on the responsibility of being king. He only wants to fly and indulge in debauchery. But when his father makes him take an assignment that takes him to Earth, Jarith has to do his duty and visit the Gladonetics Corporation, even though he despises the humans of Earth.
It all changes when he meets the CEO of Gladonetics, human female Marissa Volander with a desirable pheromone scent that drives him crazy. But Marissa is a femme fatal and has no interest in being anyone’s mate, until she is forced to go on a mission with the prince back to his home planet.
Jarith wants her, but he realizes that his father sent him to fetch Marissa for his own needs. Marissa can’t be his because she belongs to his father, the king.
But when there’s a mutiny in Jarith’s family, he has to protect her from danger that will forever change her life. Many think Jarith should not be the rightful king and want to take Marissa from him. Can he gather enough forces to fight the battle to end all battles? Or will he fail and expose Marissa to a prison she can never escape from while losing the right to his throne?
Terik (Drackon Mates #2)
Terik found his match, but she belongs to his enemy. But it’s never too late…
Dr. Adriana Adams is a geologist with a chance to study a rock from an alien world. But the only way to get to the alien world is to register as a bride to a Drackon weredragon. She finds a registration match in Captain Mordikye Nezis and follows him to Sala, but she was not expecting to fall for another weredragon, Land Sentinel Terik Vuna in the process. His long dark hair, rugged looks, muscular form and a passion for land have her torn between two desires - her career aspirations and her heart.
Land Sentinel Terik Vuna has never found a human female match, but when he sees a photo of Dr. Adriana Adams he knows that she is the one for him. He jumps at the chance to make his first match in her. But it’s too late she’s already matched. Now, he must concentrate on arresting the illegal cargo carrier Captain Mordikye, his enemy. But when he captures the captain he’s surprised to see that the dark haired human female Adriana is with him. Terik knows that Adriana should rightfully be his, but can she be trusted?
When Mordikye breaks out of prison and takes Adriana with him, Terik will do whatever it takes to get her back. Even if it means killing his enemy who holds information that can stop illegal trade once and for all...
Drin (Drackon Mates #3)
Drin couldn’t have her, because of the promise he made. Now they might die…
Dr. Felicity Maltra is on board a research vessel that answers a distress call from a Drackonian ship. The wounded Drackon weredragons on board need her care, but their reason for being in a disabled ship seems suspicious. She doesn’t buy into Captain Drin Ky-Vesa’s lies, especially because he is constantly arguing with his younger brother about something that seems to do with her. But although she must do her duty as a doctor, it does not require her to fall so damn hard for this attractive powerful Drackon Captain, but she can’t help herself.
Captain Drin Ky-Vesa has had no interest in mating with a human female, especially after the promise he made to his father on his deathbed. But now there is a threat from a radical faction known as the purist who seek to stop the Drackon from mating with human females at all costs, even death. As an alien and human weredragon hybrid, Drin feels more conflicted than ever, but his conflict is escalated when he is drawn to the human female doctor that treats his wounds. Now he must protect her even though it goes against everything he’s ever been loyal too.
When the threat of the purist reaches earth, the catastrophic devastation forces war upon the Drackon, the earthlings, and the purist and Felicity and Drin are right in the middle of it, but will they survive?
Eniv (Drackon Mates #4)
Eniv must find his fiancé, with a sexy detective. Now he might lose them both…
Detective Melinda Katiama has finally received the promotion of a lifetime to the Intergalactic Special Forces Agency. But her first case forces her to partner with a Drackonian alien weredragon in the search to find his missing bride to be. She is furious that she has to partner with such an arrogant rogue, but even more so that her body is betraying her every time he is near. He is already promised to another, and not just anyone, he is promised to the very woman they have been assigned to rescue.
Commander Eniv Handor is an intelligent agent in the Drackonian battalion. His father has matched him with a diplomat’s daughter from Earth, it is important for his career. But when he shows up to fetch his bride he finds that she has gone missing, along with five other brides. He discovers that brides have gone missing before and the whole thing reeks of a cover-up. Now he is on a mission in space to find the diplomat’s daughter, but he’s not alone. He is with a feisty Latina detective that is unlike any female he has ever known, and her scent drives him wild. How can he fight giving into his temptations when she is so near, and his guilt of betraying his fiancé is so strong?
When they crack the case and find themselves in the heart of an outlaw planet, the threat of battle looms near, and Eniv and Melinda must solve the case, rescue the missing women, and keep their feelings from destroying it all.
Kuvo (Drackon Mates #5)
Andrene put everything at risk, including him. Now, she will lose him forever…
Ambassador Representative Andrene Novan is tired of her oppressive and powerful father, so she devises a plan to leave his grasps forever. But her plans are complicated when her father assigns a gorgeous Drackon warrior to be her security detail. Now her plans are put into jeopardy when she allows her desires to get the best of her. Why did it have to be him to guard her? Now she has too much to lose in order to gain her freedom.
Special Ops Squadron Leader Kuvo Bane is running away from his past on Mooreah, and goes into the private sector of security detail. He figures guarding a human on Earth would be easier than what he has seen on the Drackonian battlefields. With his shifting abilities into a weredragon, he can guard the best of the best, but he’s not expecting his assignment to look like her. Now he must test his restraint in mixing business with pleasure. But he realises exactly what he would risk for her, when he fails her.
When an outlaw Drackonian villain captures them, Kuvo Bane must save them all, but he doesn’t realise that it has all been a trap, a betrayal.
Kasian (Drackon Mates #6)
Kelly fell hard and fast for weredragon Kasian. Now, her past will destroy it...
Kelly Perkins is finally doing it! After having doubt about registering as a bride to a Drackon warrior from the alien weredragon race on Mooreah, she’s finally putting her heart out there. But she never thought that one last fling, as a single woman would jeopardise the relationship with her new husband. It was her personal bachelorette party, what could go wrong? But when she falls hard, fast, and instantly for Commander Kasian Jade, she finds out just how detrimental her one night stand was to her future happiness.
Commander Kasian Jade is on Earth to oversee a massive engineering project and decides to take a human female as a bride to offset the loneliness of being out in the wilderness. But Kelly Perkins is unlike any female he has ever met, and her scent lets him no they are a match. It’s so easy for them to slip straight into a passionate romance in a matter of hours. But he has no idea that she has a secret, a secret that will make him feel so much rage that he doesn’t think he can ever be with her again. Until he realises that she was the pawn of a sibling rivalry feud with his brother that goes deep into his past.
When his brother Orik steals power receptors from the engineering project, Kasian must hunt his brother, but now it’s a matter of vengeance for what he did to Kelly.
Glazov
Suzanne Steele - 2014
IT IS NOW A FULL LENGTH NOVEL.A dark twisted tale of obsession, kidnapping, abduction, and two people who fall into a very unconventional love.Glazov is a man who will stop at nothing to obtain the woman he has set his sights on. The biggest mistake of Kathleen’s life was drawing the attention of a Born Bratva Pakhan. He’s ruthless, deadly and he’s not about to take no for an answer.Glazov has been immersed in criminal activity from the day he was born. He was bred for the sole purpose of carrying on his father's reign of terror. He was born into the world of Bratva, and he would die in Bratva. It was his destiny. He learned how to spot a fighter from a very early age and Kathleen had that fighting spirit inside of her. He wasn't sure what her story was, but she piqued his curiosity. In his gut he also knew he had left his mark on her. She would never be the same, never recover from unwittingly drawing his attention.This is dark romance and there are elements of blackmail and kidnapping within the story lines. Glazov and Novak are cousins, in their minds: They are born Bratva. And they will die Bratva.
Abuse
Nikki Sex - 2015
It has been my joy and my great honor to help those who have lost their way. Not long after I began my journey, I met two such wounded souls. Renata Koreman, my little mouse. She came to me as a child—shy, mute, injured… broken. It took oh-so many years to start to bring her back to herself! Yet, I could not fully heal her. Years later, Grant Wilkinson, he too fell into my hands. The ex-Army Ranger was badly disfigured and saw himself as a monster. Isolated by secrets, solitary and self-contained, his colleagues affectionately named him ‘Frosty.’ Yet, how should one behave when besieged by a lifetime of confusion and guilt? The moment I saw him, I thought of her and I wondered. The eyes, they cannot always see clearly. And the heart? Ah, the heart can only guess at the truth. So it was that I remained uncertain. Could the mouse and the monster heal each other?
Vein Of Love
R. Scarlett - 2016
On the eve she turns nineteen, Molly leaves for her birthday party against her parent’s wishes, sick of their warnings about her “betrothal to a demon.”Except that she’s very much betrothed, and he’s very much a demon—one who’s only agreed to the nuptials to steal Molly’s ancient daemon powers. Brash, arrogant, and built like a Greek god, Tensley Knight keeps showing up to save Molly from otherworldly attacks, only to insult her a moment later.As Molly learns more about the demon world, she realizes two things: that her family’s safety depends on a successful marriage, while any chance of freedom she’ll ever have calls for Tensley’s demise.Yet sometimes Molly spots a tortured soul beyond those liquid grey eyes, and there’s no denying the way her skin tingles when Tensley touches it. In Vein of Love, safety requires sacrifice, foe becomes lover, and one must decide whether to kiss...or to kill.