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All of Us with Wings


Michelle Ruiz Keil - 2019
    Then one day, she meets Pallas, a precocious twelve-year-old who lives with her rock-star family in one of the city’s storybook Victorians. Xochi accepts a position as Pallas’s live-in governess and quickly finds her place in their household, which is relaxed and happy despite the band's larger-than-life fame.But on the night of the Vernal Equinox, as a concert afterparty rages in the house below, Xochi and Pallas accidentally summon a pair of ancient creatures devoted to avenging the wrongs of Xochi’s adolescence. She would do anything to preserve her new life, but with the creatures determined to exact vengeance on those who’ve hurt her, no one is safe—not the family she’s chosen, nor the one she left behind.

Heart of Iron


Ashley Poston - 2018
    Found as a child drifting through space with a sentient android called D09, Ana was saved by a fearsome space captain and the grizzled crew she now calls family. But D09—one of the last remaining illegal Metals—has been glitching, and Ana will stop at nothing to find a way to fix him.Ana’s desperate effort to save D09 leads her on a quest to steal the coordinates to a lost ship that could offer all the answers. But at the last moment, a spoiled Ironblood boy beats Ana to her prize. He has his own reasons for taking the coordinates, and he doesn’t care what he’ll sacrifice to keep them.When everything goes wrong, she and the Ironblood end up as fugitives on the run. Now their entire kingdom is after them—and the coordinates—and not everyone wants them captured alive.What they find in a lost corner of the universe will change all their lives—and unearth dangerous secrets. But when a darkness from Ana’s past returns, she must face an impossible choice: does she protect a kingdom that wants her dead or save the Metal boy she loves?

Extra Credit


J. Arthur Klein - 2021
    If you answered yes to the third, well… my mother taught me not to say mean things to people… even if they do deserve it!Money, as they say, is the root of all evil. Not having money that is. When budget cuts at the high school where JT teaches threaten his mortgage, he’s forced to seek an alternative source of income.Using the latest VR technology that lets the body rest while the mind is at play, our digital entrepreneur dives into the latest VR MMO game Argos Online with a potentially exploitative character build no one saw coming: the Kobold Necromancer.He’s got all of Spring Break to see if he can grind the system for all it’s worth… or end up Spring Broke in search of a new place to live with his wife and young son.YES: Stats, Cursing, Kobolds, Slice of LifeNO: Harem, Explicit, Pineapple on Pizza

Blood and Salt


Kim Liggett - 2015
    You will be all in—blood and salt.” These are the last words Ash Larkin hears before her mother returns to the spiritual commune she escaped long ago. But when Ash follows her to Quivira, Kansas, something sinister and ancient waits among the rustling cornstalks of this village lost to time. Ash is plagued by memories of her ancestor, Katia, which harken back to the town’s history of unrequited love and murder, alchemy and immortality. Charming traditions soon give way to a string of gruesome deaths, and Ash feels drawn to Dane, a forbidden boy with secrets of his own. As the community prepares for a ceremony five hundred years in the making, Ash must fight not only to save her mother, but herself—and discover the truth about Quivira before it’s too late. Before she’s all in—blood and salt.

We Are Blood and Thunder


Kesia Lupo - 2019
    A young woman, Lena, running for her life, convicted of being a mage and sentenced to death. Her only way to survive is to trust those she has been brought up to fear - those with magic.On the other side of the locked gates is a masked lady, Constance, determined to find a way back in. She knows only too well how the people of Duke's Forest loathe magic. Years ago she escaped before her powers were discovered. But now she won't hide who she is any longer.A powerful and terrifying storm cloud unites them. It descends over the dukedom and devastates much in its wake. But this is more than a thunderstorm. This is a spell, and the truth behind why it has been cast is more sinister than anyone can imagine ... Only Lena and Constance hold the key to destroying the spell. Though neither of them realise it, they need each other. They are the blood and they have the thunder within.

This Is All Your Fault


Aminah Mae Safi - 2020
    Instead, they have to deal with the news that the bookstore is closing. Before the day is out, there’ll be shaved heads, a diva author, and a very large shipment of Air Jordans to contend with.And it will take all three of them working together if they have any chance to save Wild Nights Bookstore."

RoseBlood


A.G. Howard - 2017
    RoseBlood is a Phantom of the Opera–inspired retelling in which Rune’s biggest talent—her voice—is also her biggest curse.   Rune, whose voice has been compared to that of an angel, has a mysterious affliction linked to her talent that leaves her sick and drained at the end of every performance. Convinced creative direction will cure her, her mother ships her off to a French boarding school for the arts, rumored to have a haunted past.   Shortly after arriving at RoseBlood conservatory, Rune starts to believe something otherworldly is indeed afoot. The mystery boy she’s seen frequenting the graveyard beside the opera house doesn’t have any classes at the school, and vanishes almost as quickly as he appears. When Rune begins to develop a secret friendship with the elusive Thorn, who dresses in clothing straight out of the 19th century, she realizes that in his presence she feels cured. Thorn may be falling for Rune, but the phantom haunting RoseBlood wants her for a very specific and dangerous purpose. As their love continues to grow, Thorn is faced with an impossible choice: lead Rune to her destruction, or save her and face the wrath of the phantom, the only father he’s ever known.

Saltwater's Weep: Avalar Explored 02


Deacon Frost - 2021
    Traveling to Saltwater's Weep is a dangerous journey. A powerful coterie of adventurers led by the Warlord rules the city. Their dark fingers extend throughout and nothing is as it seems.Taking his time to plan his attack, Jace seeks to gain control of new allies and servants before he sets out on his Quest. Join him as he takes new lovers, fulfills new temptations and gains in immortal power. Watch villains creep from the sidelines with agendas of their own. Can a fledgling Incubus survive in a dangerous world when might makes right?Contains Explicit Content that is meant for 18+ readers, may not be suitable for everyone.

Choices


Nigama R.V. - 2020
    Nathan has watched Evie from afar and has been waiting for his chance to love her, he knows she would be perfect as his wife.Evie has always dreamed is being swept off her feet by her prince charming, and when she meets Nathan, she might just have found him in him.Nathan becomes her first love but intermittently manipulates her love for him... making the naive girl fall in his trap every time under newly discovered ploy... and causes distress; she learns that not every love is fairy tale...The story begins with love, goes with tortured love but not as happily ever after

Promise


Adele Niles - 2019
     Sometimes you make them. Sometimes they are made for you. Kissing Jordan Hawthorne the summer before 9th grade was my choice. What he did after that was his choice, and it ruined my life. All to make himself popular. It worked, and it set off a chain of events that would tear my family apart. Choices made by others. I left Richland and I thought it was for good. Unfortunately, yet another choice made for me. I’m back. Abandoned and forced to face my demons, my dad and the dicks that destroyed my world. This time things will be different. The bullies and b*tches that kicked me from the hill are about to take a fall of their own. What I wasn't expecting was how the two biggest bullies in my life were about to change it, again. The book was previously released as The Hills This is book one of The Richland Heights High series. It contains adult language and adult situations with characters that are 17+. It also contains some sensitive scenes. There are bullies, bad boys, heroines and heroes. This series is a mix of Riverdale, Pretty Little Liars and Mean Girls, with a touch of Sons of Anarchy. It is set in the fictional town of Richland where The No Regrets Ink series is also located. You can see overlapping locations and characters throughout these books. Check out the No Regrets Ink series as well.

The Five Points' Mob Collection: Filthy, Filthy Rich, and Filthy Dark


Serena Akeroyd - 2022
    FILTHY One taste was all it took. She's mine. Whether she likes it or not... This is Finn O'Grady's story. FILTHY RICH The bruises on my bride's face stir the monster in me. Someone's touched my property. I'm Irish Mob. We kill to protect our women. We reap nightmares on those who harm them. And I’m the biggest nightmare of them all. This is Eoghan O'Donnelly's story. FILTHY DARK Loving someone means making them hate you to keep them safe, to get them away from the toxicity that is your world. I destroyed us before we even had a chance to begin… Can a near death experience bring both my kid and the woman who owns my heart back to me? This is Declan O'Donnelly's story. Contains never-before-seen bonus chats!!

London With Dad's Best Friend


Flora Ferrari - 2020
    It's been years since she last saw Edward, and she's literally left speechless when they meet.Edward finds himself just as lost for words as he realizes the beautiful blonde with the stunning blue eyes is the same gangly teenager who was at his going-away party before he left for London.He can't keep his eyes off of her, charmed not only by her beauty but also her demure demeanor and gentle wit.But Casey is only in London for a week, and then she has to leave Edward -- and they both have to face the reality of who they are to one another.After all, she's the daughter of Edward's best friend, no matter how little that changes how they feel, and there's an ocean between them.Will this newfound attraction have the chance to bloom into something more? Or will her father's disapproval and Casey's youth prove too much for the pair to overcome?London With Dad's Best Friend is an intense, passionate alpha romance with high stakes and a satisfying HEA.To lose yourself in a whirlwind love story, click the “Buy Now” button right now. Will love be able to beat the odds?

Consular Times (The Primogenitor Saga Book 3)


Robert M. Kerns - 2021
    

Confessions of a clubwhore: Rogue Devils MC


J.J. Marstead - 2018
    Mandy, a girl with the reputation of a clubwhore but she's actually quite the opposite. She likes sex, that's a given. But she doesn't want just anyone though. She has her eyes on a sexy badass biker named Dante. He's tall, tattooed, and dripping with sin. He's also the president of the Rogue Devils MC. Dante's more than willing to fuck anything that walks by, but when it comes to Mandy, he avoids her like the plague. What is she going to do to get him to finally see her? You don't want to miss out on this confession!

Bookishly Ever After


Isabel Bandeira - 2016
    Preferably a YA novel with magic and a hot paranormal love interest. Unfortunately, her life probably wouldn’t even qualify for a quiet contemporary. But when Phoebe finds out that Dev, the hottest guy in the clarinet section, might actually have a crush on her, she turns to her favorite books for advice. Phoebe overhauls her personality to become as awesome as her favorite heroines and win Dev’s heart. But if her plan fails, can she go back to her happy world of fictional boys after falling for the real thing?