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Revenge
C.Y. Jones - 2019
Assassin, taker of lives I’m what fears are based on, the one who exists in the shadows, only seen when you look death in the eye, and beg for its forgiveness. I am the nightmare whose name you whisper in the dark of night. Your jailer, judge, and executioner all rolled in one. In my world, my brother and I are ghosts, and we don’t give out second chances. I thought I knew everything about the world I was born into, but I was wrong. It took one failed mission to turn my whole world upside down, and I discovered everything I thought I knew was all a lie. Revenge is still my mission, but now the targets have changed. Warning: 18+ This is a Dark RH and contains certain triggers
The Castle of Earth and Embers
Steffanie Holmes - 2018
Maeve Crawford has her life mathematically calculated down to the last detail; Leave her podunk Arizona town, graduate MIT, get into the space program, be the first woman on Mars, read lots of books, get a cat (not necessarily in this order). All Maeve’s careful plans come crashing down when her parents are killed in a freak accident, and she discovers she’s inherited a real, honest-to-goodness English castle – complete with turrets, ramparts, and four gorgeous male tenants. Corbin – the protector wallowing in guilt Arthur – the warrior tired of fighting Flynn – the trickster with an artist’s soul Rowan – the enigma whose scars run deep As soon as Maeve enters Briarwood, she’s drawn to Corbin, Arthur, Flynn and Rowan – four beautiful boys drenched in grief, hope, and ancient magic. Maeve needs them all to heal her broken heart, and they need her to help them protect the world from the fae host baying at the castle gates. Dark forces converge on Briarwood castle, and Maeve Crawford – science geek, scarred soul, lover of four remarkable men – must draw from herself a power she never imagined in order to protect the shattered remains of her life. The Castle of Earth and Embers is the first in a brand new steamy reverse harem romance by USA Today bestselling author, Steffanie Holmes. This full-length book glitters with love, heartache, hope, grief, dark magic, fairy trickery, steamy scenes, British slang, meat pies, second chances, and the healing powers of a good cup of tea. Read on only if you believe one just isn’t enough.
Omega
A.B. Marie - 2021
If that wasn't bizarre enough, I'm also the first female White Wolf... ever. We live in a secluded pack in northern Alaska called the Freedom Pack, and we house every shifter and other paranormals.Against the council's orders.Basically, we're abominations that should be dealt with... And... Well.. That's why we have mages on our side to hide us...At least that's what we thought. So much is going wrong, and what's worse? I'm about to turn twenty-five and be mate marked. Will my mate even be able to find me, if he's not already here?Everyone has opinions of who my mate will be... The problem is... I have feelings for several males... and it's tearing me apart. Not that I let it show.Our issues become much worse on the night of my birthday, and I'm not sure even the Goddess who has 'blessed' me will be able to save me now.Omega, a 77k word novel, is the first book in the White Wolf series. This is a reverse harem, meaning the main character has more than three love interests and doesn't have to choose. Why choose, anyway?This book is intended for readers over the age of 18. There may be triggers for sensitive readers, including, strong language, mature adult content, and situations.Also included in the series: steamy scenes, hot men, m/m, and adventures.
How to Tame a Beast in Seven Days
Kerrelyn Sparks - 2017
But when her father arrives, he offers her a choice: remain on the island or return with him and marry the Beast of Benwick in order to save their legacy—and her father's life.Lord Leofric, the Beast of Benwick, has not been touched since he was a child. Born with the power to harness lightning, he is a danger to everyone he touches. When he meets his betrothed, he expects a loveless, lonely marriage...until he discovers she's vastly more powerful than he realized. But is she strong enough to withstand his touch?If they can survive, their love will alter the future of the kingdom. But will their extraordinary powers cost them everything?
The Glass Princess
Lidiya Foxglove - 2018
The Dragon’s Tear turned my bones fragile as glass. I was no Ionger strong enough dance or learn to fight… or take any lover until my wedding day. I was destined to wed the King of the Dragons, and only he could restore my health. Now it is time to fulfill the prophecy. To become King Aurekdel’s bride. I don’t want him. I want the dashing young head of my guard, Oszin, who has been my best friend and secret crush since I was fifteen. But Oszin can’t heal me. Only Aurekdel can. I already hate him and his tall, fierce warrior champion Lord Seron. I really had no idea what I was in for. Aurekdel is charming and clever and he wants to give me everything I ever wanted and then some. The love of three protective men, a magical garden, a blessed sword, and the role of a great queen. But there is one thing he cannot give me after all: a cure. The prophecy was a lie. I am still broken and no one knows went wrong. I’m determined to learn to fight for everything I hold dear, but the truth of the prophecy will shatter the kingdom Aurekdel has built...and gain the attention of the dark dragon who will change our destiny. Glass Princess is an 85,000 word fast-burn reverse harem novel. Warning: cliffhanger ahoy!
Fugitive
J.B. Trepagnier - 2018
I wasn’t expecting Aiden, Andre, Gareth, and Casey.
My mother finally calls to tell me she’s ready to leave my abusive, corrupt cop of a step father. I planned our escape down to T. I planned for everything except Jake being there when I got to her house. I shot him…with his own gun…in the worst place you can possibly wound a man. He yelled he was never going to stop looking for me and I would pay as I fled my life in LA. Jake always wanted my trust fund. I knew if he ever found me, I wouldn’t survive the encounter. He’d probably torture me first for what I did to him with his own gun.I fled to New Orleans, thinking to hide among the tourists. The first thing I did was go to a salon to change my looks. There’s a huge, sexy, tattooed man sitting there getting a pedicure. He’s probably one of the most infuriating men I’ve ever met, trying to dictate my makeover and trying to convince me to come stay with him and his probably equally infuriating buddies. I underestimated the rum content in the drinks at the restaurant I agree to go eat with them at because I was starving and wake up in their huge fortress.I make the best of my situation. I get to know Andre, the billionaire software developer who owns this huge house, Gareth, the wisecracking security guard, Aiden, the sensitive artist, and I don’t even know what to make of Casey. Casey totally avoids me. I jump at the chance when they all say they want to get to know me better. It’ll get my mind off my secret and they all want to protect me without asking what it is.
But how can I pick? What is Casey hiding? Will Jake find me here and hurt my new friends?
The Queen's Line
Kathryn Moon - 2020
She lacks the Hunger, the magical and passionate craving that is responsible for Kimmery's prosperity. Without that power, she will lose the crown and the chance to rule the kingdom she sincerely loves.The Queen's Line must select Chosen to satiate their Hunger with and Bryony's Choosing ceremony has arrived. On her first night with her newly assembled men—a prince, an ambassador, a stablehand, a sculptor, and a rogue—her own secret, and the secrets of Kimmery, spill out between them.North of Kimmery's capitol, the people are starving. When her truth is revealed to her iron-hearted grandmother, Bryony invents a plan to buy time. She and her Chosen will go to the desolate Winter palace where she can pretend to explore her Hunger while investigating the kingdom's failings.Bryony is determined to take Kimmery and its people back into a golden age, and keep her crown. As passions rise with her chosen so do the obstacles and adversaries they face. Kimmery's prosperity isn't the only thing Bryony misunderstood, and the Hunger is more than what it appears.
Twisted Tides
Erin O'Kane - 2019
Under her harsh gaze, Lyn’s every move is watched and scrutinized, waiting for her to make a mistake. Should she place even a fin out of line, she will suffer the wrath of the Kraken’s Kiss. Unable to endure the Queen’s envious stare any longer, Lyn escapes with the help of her only friend. In her plight for freedom she flees to the one place she feels safe, her island. Unbeknownst to Lyn, two strangers await her there, determined to change her fate. Meanwhile, a war between the underwater kingdoms escalates as the opposing princes continue to search for their missing mate. Will Lyn find her freedom away from the tentacles of the Kraken Queen? Or will she forever be ensnared in the constant shifting of the twisted tides? *Twisted Tides is the first book in the Wicked Waves Series. This is a medium burn, fantasy, reverse harem romance. This book is for adult audiences only. There will be an HEA at the conclusion of the series.* A Reverse Harem Fantasy Romance.
Asterion
Alessa Thorn - 2020
ASTERION is the first book in a new paranormal romance series, based in a dark, sexy city ruled by Hades and his court of gods and monsters. If you enjoy reading smart ass heroine's and sexy alphas, you'll love this enemies to lovers series starter! The Labyrinth is a place of deals and desire, where the wealthy and dangerous play. Asterion's word is law, and he rules the club and fighting arena with an iron fist. As a member of the Court of Styx, no one in Greece is willing to risk crossing him...well, almost no one. Ariadne is an assassin, with no job too hard or too dirty. She'll do anything to get revenge on her powerful, a-hole boss who murdered her sister and is keeping her in debt to him. When she receives the contract of her life, everything she's ever wanted is in reach. She only has to kill Asterion, the most dangerously sexy man she's ever met, and piss off Hades in the process. No problem.
ASTERION is a modern re-telling of the Greek Minotaur Myth. It contains adult content, including violence, swearing, and steamy sex scenes.
Visions of Pain
Aleah Raynes - 2017
She knows her mother was murdered, but not why. She has never met her mother's family and has very little contact with people of her own race. Everything changes when her Capissian powers wake up and her father moves them to the small town of Narmik Springs, hidden in the Blue Ridge Mountains. She's pulled into a culture she knows little about and a civil war threatening to spill over into the human world. If that isn't bad enough, someone wants her dead. It's up to Reed, Sawyer, Cal, Kent, and Dalton to help her control her growing powers and ensure she lives long enough to fulfill an ancient prophecy.
Visions of Pain is the first the NEW action packed YA paranormal REVERSE HAREM series by Aleah Raynes, the young adult pen name for USA Today Bestselling Author Lia Davis.
Succubus Chained
Heather Long - 2020
But would you believe me if I said that's just the tip of the shit storm?My name is Fiona MacRieve, and I'm a succubus...or I was. I seduced a vampire and we had a fantastic time, until he drained me almost to death. Which wouldn't have been so bad if he hadn't forced his blood down my throat thinking it would heal me.Yeah, it didn't.Cause that's not how I heal. So not only did I wake up to losing my best outfit, I woke up dead.Now I'm a vampire. Some shit you just can't make up.Oh.. .and my favorite part? I'm under arrest.*Please note this is a paranormal prison reverse harem and will feature aggressively snarky characters, a bit of twisted humor and a lot of passion. So come join an amazing group of authors in Nightmare Penitentiary, a place you'll never want to escape from. The author suggests you should always read the forward in her books. This is the first in a trilogy.
The Midwinter Mail-Order Bride
Kati Wilde - 2017
It was not courage that drove Anja from her magic-wielding family’s enchanted palace, however, but a desperate attempt to secure a kingdom of her own—even if she has to kill the Conqueror to do it. She expects pain beneath his brutal touch as she awaits her chance. She expects death if he discovers the truth of her intentions. She didn’t expect Kael to reject her and send her back to Ivermere. Raised in the ashes of the Dead Lands, Kael fears nothing—certainly not the beautiful sorceress who arrives at his mountain stronghold. But no matter how painful his need for her, Kael has no use for a bride who would only tolerate his kiss. Yet the more of Anja’s secrets he uncovers during their journey to return her home, the more determined he becomes to win the princess’s wary heart. And Kael the Conqueror has never been defeated… Don’t miss all of the titles in the Mail-Order Brides series by Alexa Riley, Ruby Dixon, and Ella Goode!
From the Ashes
Amber Lynn Natusch - 2016
Then the dark and mysterious Merc walks into her life, and it takes a disastrous turn for the worse.Now under attack by enemies both known and unknown, Piper has little choice but to flee her refuge—and start over in a place few vampires ever go. Rural Alaska seemed to fit the bill, except for Knox and his crew of werewolves. The pack shares a connection with Piper that few of them can explain, and none of them can escape. With time running out for answers, Piper must fight the demons of her past to ensure her future—or die trying.
The Binding
L. Filloon - 2011
When she discovers that her attacker is her own brother, Lucas, who disappeared four years ago, Lily refuses to believe that her brother would truly hurt her and becomes determined to find Lucas and bring him home. Lily finds that Lucas’ disappearance is somehow tied to Tharin; so when he informs her that she is his betrothed and must return with him to Velesi, fulfill a treaty between their families and unite the two strongest clans through their marriage, Lily agrees. However, she’s not going to Velesi for a wedding, but to bring home her only family, Lucas. On their journey to the borders of Velesi, the realm of the Thirteen Clans, they’re pursued by a Sidhe assassin group call the Ange, meet with an ogre crime lord that ends badly, deal with a sleazy troll motel manager, and when they discover that there’s a bounty on their heads, they must keep one step ahead of every assassin, bounty hunter and low-life criminal in Velesi. Protecting Lily has become the biggest challenge of Tharin’s life. Lucky for him he has help in the form of his twin brother, Tolan, Lily’s best friend Julia and his three bodyguard cousins.
Syn's Desires
J. Kearston - 2020
Those old crones are in a race with other murderous supernaturals to find the missing pieces, and I'm caught in the middle.Running out of time, forsaken by everyone; even the god who created me.But when I wash up on their shores, my fortunes might just be changing. These hunted men decided I'm theirs, that I belong with them, and they'll teach me to survive.I'm destined to be more than the gods intended. I may not make my own fate, but I’ll be damned if I’m invisible any longer.*Damsel in distress that grows with the book*Overprotective antiheroes*StandaloneThis is a standalone, 18+ RH novel, which means our leading lady doesn't need to choose between her love interests. It is set in the same universe as my Rise of the Sphinx completed series, so while you absolutely do NOT need to read those to enjoy this book, it might add to the enjoyment of character cameos and lend a bit more to the world building if you choose to start there.