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The Hunter's Call


D.D. Chance - 2020
    Until the night I stumble onto an elite monster hunter academy and into the arms of four hottie hunters who not only know the exact Latin classification of the thing trying to eat me, but how to kill it dead.Then Tyler Perkins, the crazy rich and shamelessly sexy leader of this monster hunting squad, kicks it up a notch. He challenges me to stay. To fight. He’s arrogant and entitled and did I mention gorgeous…and the way he pushes me makes want to push back. Hard.Tyler and his whole smokin’ hot team tempt me in ways that are far more dangerous than a monster throwdown. I know I should split town—but I can’t. Because for all its gorgeous old buildings and shiny bright classrooms, something dark, sinister, and deadly is lurking in the shadows of Wellington Academy, waiting to attack…   And I’m just the kind of girl for that job.  **THE HUNTER'S CALL is a slow-burn urban fantasy romance with a fast-talking, sharp-witted heroine, four hunters-in-training hot enough to make your palms sweat, and way too many monsters to hide in a closet. Keep your blades at the ready and dive in!**

Liberty (Keeping Liberty)


Delilah Mohan - 2020
    3. Vampires are real. I know what you’re thinking, but I’m not crazy. Yesterday, I woke up just an artist. Today, I have a harem of hot males trailing behind me with protective instinct that would rival the CIAs. Males? I mean vampires. Hot, sulky, stubborn, sarcastic vampires to be precise. It seems like every woman’s dream, right? But, I can’t even enjoy it. I’m being hunted by an ancient witch with a bloodline vendetta who would like nothing more than to see me dead. Our only option? To kill her first. **Liberty is book one in the Keeping Liberty Series and a why choose/reverse harem book. It contains language and situations suitable for 18+. Current or future books in this series contain M/M, inappropriate humor and language, and/or a cliffhanger. **

Year One: Dreamers


Cara Wylde - 2020
    I look like I’m in my twenties, but I’m not. I look human, but don’t let that fool you. I’m unlike any other supernatural out there. I can’t fly, I can’t move objects with my mind, and I can’t read minds. What I can do is dream. I am a dream jumper. I can travel to parallel dimensions and see worlds most don’t even know exist. I’m also a hero. I’ve saved this dimension from destruction once, and now I have to do it again. Grim Reaper Academy is my destiny. When I get the letter in my mailbox, I know it’s time for me to continue the legacy of my cousin, Mila Morningstar. She left some things unsolved. I’m not worried. I’ve had two centuries to prepare. It should be easy enough to save the world again. Now, if only the two VDC A-holes – an incubus and a sphinx – would stay out of my way, and the hot PE professor – Unseelie, descendant of Gilgamesh himself, they say – wouldn’t trip me at every step. It’s like they don’t want me to kill the monster hiding under the Academy.

Witch's Curse


Sloane Murphy - 2021
    We’d had time to ready ourselves, but nothing could have prepared us for the fall out. No one warned me our enemies would make me the pawn in their game. No one saw just how broken I would become.Now it’s up to me to pick up the broken pieces and wield them against the ones who made me this way.Believe me… they are all going to pay.**This book is part of the Shadow Walkers Saga. It can be read as a standalone series, but will contain spoilers to the first books in the saga, and the author strongly recommends you start reading from book 1 - A Crown of Blood and Bone**

Fae's Torment


Atlas Rose - 2021
    Retribution. Revenge.It burns in my veins and keeps me awake at night, hunting Crown City’s streets like the ones who took from me.But it’s not these streets where I want to spill blood. It’s over there, across the bridge. Where the shadows of this world cloak their sick, foul secrets…and where they trade magic for mortal lives. I can’t get across there. Can’t walk in their world. If I could, I’d take this knife and shove it between his ribs. But I doubt I’d find a heart. None of them had hearts. Not their leader, Shrike, or Mojin, the one I see the most, or Honor and Ruin, the ones I don’t see. The ones no one sees. They’re the ones who corrupt. They’re the ones who kill. They’re the ones who took my brother from me…Only I found a way to get to them now. This new seductive club the Wolves opened called Dark City needs mortal women to entrance these beasts and I’m the one they’ll want. The one who hides the truth behind her smile. And a knife against her thigh.Only when I take my chance I’m the one taken instead. But my enemy doesn’t want me dead…they want something else. Something those dark Unseelie eyes promise…and I might never sleep again.Note: Each Mafia Monster series can be read as a stand alone in the same world. There is cross over of your favorite characters to help you understand underlying motivations better, but it's not necessary to read from book one.

Protect


Laura Wylde - 2019
     I dug a hole. A deep hole. Now I’m being targeted by a gang of ruthless harpies who are power-hungry, dangerous and wreaking havoc on NYC. When I met Sergeant Daniel Richards, he reveals a side of the city I never could have imagined existed - including the three other stunningly HOT protectors who stand by my side: Lenny: The rebel who wears his heart on his sleeve. Jack: Two words: Champagne and Chopin. Jamie: The type of person who behaved as though he has always known you. Social. Relaxed. They’re a very special unit of Phoenix shape-shifters and their responsibility is to keep the balance between Earth and the nether-world. Unfortunately, things couldn’t be further from.... The closer I get to my protectors, the more drawn to them I become. But now’s not the time to be thinking about that while the whole city goes to hell…. is it? A steamy shifter romance that will bring your body temperature up a notch and leave you wanting more.

Guarded Hart (Cross Creek, #3)


Kelly Collins
    Or does it?I’ve been keeping a secret. One that could change a lot of lives, including my own. I came to Cross Creek to find my father. He’s the difference between life and death for me. During my search, I found love, only sexy builder Ethan Lockhart isn’t having any of it. I’ve done my best to make him mine, but he’s more slippery than a fish in a brook. I built my life here on a lie, but my feelings for this man are true. Will the secrets I keep destroy what Ethan and I creating?I’m not the guy anyone picks first, so when Angie Sutton started flirting with my brother, I wasn’t surprised—that is until I found out she was doing it to get my attention. But this time, I’m determined not to give my heart away—not until I know who she really is. Letting someone get too close too fast is a blueprint for disaster. No matter how deeply I’m drawn to her, I know she’s hiding something, and until she can be honest with me, we don’t have a future.Find out if the truth can really set you free in Guarded Hart, book three in the Cross Creek Series.

Abducted by Magic


Elena Gray - 2020
    Along with that magic comes four sexy guardians. They’re willing to sacrifice everything not only for the power she holds but also for Kat, a human strictly forbidden to them. With their destinies intertwined, fighting fate is going to be a lot harder, especially with a killer on the loose, a killer who’s searching for Kat.Thanks to a traumatic childhood experience, Kat has avoided her grandmother’s tarot readings and premonitions for years. But now she will need to set aside her fears and embrace that lifestyle again. Otherwise, she may not survive what’s ahead.

Ravenwood Academy: Year One: Wolf Moon


Lena Mae Hill - 2019
     When a letter arrives saying she's been accepted to the mysterious Ravenwood Academy for the Exceptionally Gifted, she jumps at the chance. Never mind that she's not sure what she's supposedly gifted at, or the fact that she doesn't remember actually applying there. When she arrives, the school seems like a dream full of beautiful people ready to befriend her. There's only one problem with Ravenwood: it's run by the Wolf brothers, three surly, thuggish, insanely gorgeous guys. Timberlyn's new friends give strict instructions to stay far away from them. Unfortunately, she's not good at taking orders. When girls at the school begin disappearing, Timberlyn refuses to maintain the status quo. She's sure the Wolf boys are up to something, and if she has to, she'll take them down herself. That is, if they don't take her down first.

Wes: Insta Love Firefighter Romance (Wylder Fire Volunteers Book 10)


Tarin Lex - 2022
    

Institute of Supernaturals: Complete Savage Series


J.E. Cluney - 2020
    Toying with them is just a bonus. Too bad it always ends with them dead.But when I find four men at my door wanting to kill me for crimes against innocents, my whole world is flipped on its head.Four hot supes? Check.Life taking an interesting turn? Duh.Throw it all in a blender? Why not?We’re all drawn together in one big whirlwind of a mess. Lies are revealed, truths discovered, and my life will never be the same.This huntress is about to become the hunted, and these four strangers are my new lifeline.Two hot angel/werewolf hybrids, one broody and one sweet. A wicked demon-born with a taste for darker play, and a fiery being that is quite the fun playmate.Welcome to the Institute of Supernaturals.***Please note this is a RH, super fast-burn.***Book 2 - Savage CollectsMy whole life was a lie. And just when things were looking up, everything came crashing down.I find myself a prisoner to someone unexpected, and then, I’m forced to fight.Fight or become a selected mate.Like hell I’ll roll over.But something’s wrong here, and I know I need to escape.Where even am I?What happened to my mates too? My fake father?Too many unanswered questions, my main focus is to escape.As I fight for my freedom, I make allies and discover new enemies as I embrace my true nature.No one can hold down Savage.Time to spill some blood.This is a fastburn RH.Book 3 - Savage HeartTurns out, evil has a way of returning, and now we need to watch our backs.I have mates.I’m a kitsune.And I’m stronger than I ever thought.My life really has changed in just a few short weeks.My new mates and I have been through a lot since becoming bonded, but now we have a chance to settle in and begin our bounty hunting life together.Take a step towards a future.Or so I thought.With a revelation that shakes us to the core, we need to be prepared to fight for our home and each other.Or be prepared to lose it all.Will we make it out the other side?***This is the final book in Savage’s story, a fastburn RH series.***Plus 2 BONUS short stories!

Frozen in Time (Women of Time)


Crystal North - 2020
    Having caught her fiancé cheating on her minutes before the ceremony, she desperately prays for a way out. But she never expects to get her wish.Thanks to a wacky best friend and a magical gift, Soraya finds herself transported to a different moment in time. There she becomes the unlikely tool to bring four lost and feuding souls back together.But messing with time can be dangerous, with catastrophic results. Can they find a way to break the spells that bind them? Can love set them free? If it does, will they even want to leave? Or will they remain frozen in the moment forever?Only time will tell...***Frozen in Time is a time travel RH novel featuring Gods and sexy Norsemen with a HEA. If you love Thor, God of being an A*hole, Loki, God of P*ssing people off, broody sexy side kicks and sweetheart heroes, this is the book for you!

Five Immortal Hearts: Harem of Flames


Savannah Rose - 2018
    A right to be bestowed upon them by a mere mortal. Misty didn’t see them coming; they entered her world without foreword or warning, shattering her glass cage of boundaries, forcing her to open her mind to parts of a world that should not exist. Five sets of blue eyes watched her closely. “We need you to make a choice, between the five of us, for the coming age,” they said, and they were serious. This was serious. Failure to choose would lead to Armageddon, a scorched earth piled high with the bones of elders and infants. All that power in the hands of a mortal. All that power in HER hands. She wasn’t sure she was ready, but then again, this is the kind of thing no one could ever truly be ready for. Five Immortal Hearts is a standalone Reverse Harem novel, complete at 80,000 words in a world where Dragon shifters mingle with mere mortals. Demons intrude on the peace of the world and chaos reigns.

The Rites


Chloe Gunter - 2019
    But when black envelopes start showing up filled with cryptic messages, she isn’t sure what to think. Enter the Ethos Society. Charlie finds herself deeply entangled in a dark web of rites meant to test her in ways she never imagined. With new twists at every turn, she’ll have to learn who to trust, or face the consequences.

Disabling Relics for Dummies


J.B. Trepagnier - 2021
    But he’s been doing digs in Norway and Ireland at the ruins of the site where one of the most dangerous cults ever met their end. He’s bringing me toys. Lots of nice, cursed toys.One of these items is the most curious puzzle box. There are layers of curses to unravel to get to what’s inside. Maybe I’m stupid, but I’m dying to know what was so important to the Cult of the Aether Sisters that they stuck it in this box behind this much protection and buried it under ground.Everyone is warning me not to. I should have listened.