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Dark Magic University
Jenna Edon - 2020
As it turns out, I'm not quite human. My guidance counselor recognizes something in me--power--and enrolls me at Marcovian University where I can master my gift.I finally feel as though I belong even though I'm only a half blood by their estimation. Since I'm not pure, the chancellor insists on appointing protectors for my safety which is a joke. My so-called protector, Drax, clearly wants nothing to do with me and, believe me, the feeling is mutual. Trey all but balks at the notion of watching over me. And then there's Wyatt, lethal and sexy as hell, but he seems to have his mind on one thing. If I'm to survive potential threats, I need someone to focus on more than my body no matter how good it feels.I know I should be grateful, but I start to think I may be better off on my own. I've always looked out for myself. Why stop now?But when a student turns up dead and I'm the prime suspect, I have no choice but to rely on my protectors. I've already got a target on my back as a half breed, but if word gets out that I may have killed one of their own, it will put my life in peril.Dark Magic University book one is a medium burn, new adult, paranormal romance about a feisty FMC and the three hot guys sworn to protect her.
The Other Pack
Erica Stanciu - 2014
She's dating the quarterback of the football, her grades are through the roof, she has amazing friends, her popularity is skyrocketing and, she can now shift into the rare white wolf. Her life really couldn't get any better. There is some pressure from her father but it's only because he is Alpha of the pack. Everything seems to be going great until Whitney is dared to go in "The Others" territory. She can't turn down a challenge. It's in her blood. Now she finds herself stuck between two worlds and a war. Can she go back to being a normal teenager or will the vicious pack leader win her affection?
Outcast Fae
Ingrid Seymour - 2020
Imprisoned for a crime I didn’t commit.
My name is Tallyndra. As a fae royal, I used to have it all and now I’m nothing but a refugee and prisoner on an island where breaking the rules can mean death.Faerie was destroyed and my kind was forced to flee. I’d been homeless, hated, persecuted by the same humans responsible for the destruction of our land. I was coping, taking care of orphaned fae children who needed me, but now humans have abducted me and locked me in a prison camp.They aim to “rehabilitate” me, the problem is... I didn’t commit the crime.As if that weren’t enough, the other inmates despise me. Led by the rich and snobby Vaughn Collins, they want to make my life a living hell. Vaughn believes he’s better than me. He thinks he’s tough and sexy, and maybe he is—in a human sort of way. He's also a major a-hole. As we’re forced through our “rehabilitation” and I try to prove my innocence, I realize there’s more at stake than meets the eye and Vaughn may be at the center of it. Can we make it through their program before the island finishes us for good?
If you loved Carnival Row, The Faerie Games, or Dark King, you’ll want to check out this Supernatural Prison Romance. It is a companion series to Supernatural Academy, but can be read alone.
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One True Mate
Julie Trettel - 2017
Running away is all she knows and necessary to preserve her deepest, darkest secret. She can not afford for anyone to get close, or know about the monster within. But when she lands a lucrative job as an administrative assistant to Kyle Westin, CEO of the Westin Foundation, her life changes and everything's at stake. Can she conceal her growing feelings and her true self from this enigmatic, strong willed man, or will her world fall apart? Kyle Westin, an alpha male who always gets what he wants, has watched and waited for the little she-wolf he knows is his perfect mate to show any signs of recognition. For two years he endures her unnecessary formality and daily rejections with a patience he did not he possessed. But even Kyle has his limits.... Can he make Kelsey notice him as someone other than her boss and break down the walls she built around her heart? Or will Kelsey do what she has always done --- run?
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.
Bedeviled (The Bride of Hades, #1)
Victoria Evers - 2021
The venue. The guests. The ceremony…Too bad this bride would rather kill the groom than attend.My name is Scarlett Mason, and on the surface, I’m just your average college student. What you don’t know: demons, Fae, Hellhounds, vampiric sorcerers, and a whole slew of creatures from the Underworld are very much real, and they walk among us. How do I know this? I’ve been training since I was ten years old to become a hunter in the hopes I’ll be able to find the monster responsible for killing my parents. But you know what they say about even the best laid plans…After a gorgeous psycho kidnaps me, I find myself trapped on a hidden island with him and his posse of Underworld assassins. I’ve spent my entire adolescence learning how to slay their very kind…so why are these men claiming they can help me? As it turns out, we have a mutual enemy: Hell's very own Crown Prince of Greed. Even better, he's looking for a bride, and he hopes to find her at the Underworld’s most illustrious masquerade ball. The thought of going should be terrifying, but it offers so much more than the world’s worst love match.Revenge.This Cinderella may be going to one Hell of a ball, but I’m not interested in dancing with Prince Charming. Nope, my plans involve a dagger…and the left side of his chest. Hey, it’s my party. I can kill if I want to.
Elfin
Quinn Loftis - 2012
Her feet were firmly planted in suburban reality and she had no reason to believe her life would be anything but that of a typical teenager. That is until tonight, when Cassie saw something that no human was ever supposed to see; in the blink of an eye she was thrown into the world of the Light and Dark Elves.He comes from a realm where light and dark have fought for millennia. He is of a race known to humans only in myths and legends. The darkness that lives inside him is a part of both who and what he is and it makes him the most gifted spy and assassin in the history of his time. His life is not his own; he lives in the service of the Dark Elf King. He slays who he must, has mercy on no one, is relentless in his hunt, and never tires of seeing his prey fall. He is Triktapic, assassin, spy, most feared of the Dark Elves.Now, in the midst of his King’s complicated plans to expand the Dark Elves’ holdings into the mortal realm, for the first time, Trik finds his loyalties divided. For no Elf, Dark or Light, can turn away from their Chosen.Unbeknownst to the mortal realm, the battle between Light and Dark is being brought to their doorstep. The only one who can keep it at bay holds darkness in his heart like a lover, and the one who can sway that heart must decide if she can look beyond his black past, beyond his evil nature and see the man he is destined to be.The question must be asked, does love really cover a multitude of sins? Can true love actually conquer all or will his darkness consume those around him until all that stands is an assassin with the blood of the mortal realm on his hands?
Wolf's Blood
Laura Taylor - 2015
Because this one’s a doozy.” A strange energy filled the room, and the huge man in front of her blurred, shifted, changed into… Dee stared at the huge black wolf that now dominated the room… and let out an ear-piercing scream. Dee Carman considers herself to be quite ordinary, your average, run-of-the-mill office worker. That is, until the day she is kidnapped by the ruthless ‘Noturatii’ and converted into a shape shifter, a human capable of turning herself into a living, breathing wolf. Terrified by the conversion, Dee escapes from the horrifying lab and is taken in by ‘Il Trosa’, a community of wolf shifters living in England’s north. But danger is lurking on all sides, as Dee finds herself caught up in an ancient war between Il Trosa and the Noturatii, a six hundred year old conflict that threatens not just Dee’s newfound family, but the survival of their entire species.
The Ash Moon
Michelle Dare - 2018
A life altered. A new journey. Ariane lived her life one book at a time. She would never have guessed those books were about to change everything.They led her to Orion. Tall, dark, with eyes only for her. The rest of the world ceased to exist when Orion was around. But during a fateful ash moon, he shifted into a wolf. Ari thought she was dreaming, but she’d recognize those eyes anywhere.Fiction became reality. Fantasy was actually history. And soon, Ari would learn her role in it.A pack war was on the horizon, and she was the only one who could stop it.Nothing would ever be as it once was, because Ariane was now part of the Avynwood Pack.
Her Brave Wolf
Kestra Pingree - 2017
Maybe someone more sensible would be worried, but not Gwen.She knows she belongs with him.He can’t have a human.Nickolas Sipe is the Alpha of Blue Pack. He has a duty to all of his wolves, and that duty means keeping humans away.Humans have no place in the pack. They’re the ones to blame for wolf shifter misfortunes. It doesn’t matter that she gets him wild with a simple look. This human can’t be the one for him.Fated Mates. Forever Love.
Blue Violet
Abigail Owen - 2012
On the run from the pack of wolf shifters who murdered her family, she risks discovery in order to secretly watch over another group of similarly gifted people, determined they won’t suffer the same fate.Alex Jenner has come home to protect his family from an unknown danger lurking in the woods. Suspicious of the new girl in town, he challenges Ellie in ways that will spark one of two possible outcomes: they’ll spontaneously combust, or she’ll lose control of the one power she’s fought so hard to contain.In this fairy tale, the dragon the prince must slay is also the princess who holds his heart.***This novel was previously published with a different cover and has undergone a re-edit. Things were added and changed, but the kissing still remains!
Basic Instinct
Jasmin Quinn - 2019
Savage. Untamed. The Shifters of Darkness Falls will leave you breathless! Trist liked her life. Middle of the pack, no pressure, no expectations until she's traded to a new pack. Now she's the omega, bottom of the pecking order and has the attention of not only Raff, the savage, unfiltered beta of her new pack, but also a stalker who wants to make Trist his own. Raff doesn't play nice, ever. And he gets what he wants. Right now he wants Trist and he'll take out anyone who gets in his way. As the two follow their hearts, dangerous forces are at play that threaten not only their love but also Trist's life. This is Book 1 of Jasmin Quinn's Shifters of Darkness Falls Series. All books are standalone but are connected by common characters and theme This is a contemporary paranormal romance with suspense and intrigue. No cliffhanger. No cheating. HEA. Contains mature themes including explicit language, violence, and descriptive sex scenes. 18+
Marked
Jennifer Snyder - 2012
A birthmark with hidden meaning. A bite that changes her destiny. Life for seventeen-year-old Tessa Morganton is seemingly normal until a handsome new arrival in town turns her world upside down. Jace Fowler knows how to avoid attention, but when he captures Tessa's, his secrets prove to be harder to keep. As her attraction to him grows, Tessa struggles to make sense of his need for extreme privacy. When she's attacked by a strange creature, the mystery behind Jace's life begins to unravel and everything Tessa believed about herself is called into question. Werewolves. Mystery. Romance. Fall into the world of The Marked Duology, a captivating Young Adult series.
Phased
Kasey Thompson - 2014
Losing her parents not only severed her family, but it also cheated her from her rightful place as Alpha of her pack. When her uncles give the Alpha title to her younger brother, she is turned into the fatal Wolf Warrior. Known by all as a brutal killer, she had only a few friends to whom mean everything to her. When a threat to her life appears, her brother sends her away to a new pack, where she gets a little more than she bargains for.The Alpha of the Pack is very apprehensive when it comes to Sera, but he allows her entrance to his pack out of mere curiosity. When her uncle threatens her new pack, she risks her life to save both packs that hold refuge in her heart. Along the way, Sera realized that she is more important than she could have ever guessed, and her power surpasses all. Will she be able to push aside her personal insecurities and stand up against her uncle to save everyone she loves?
Charity Moon
DeAnna Kinney - 2012
The loss of her father and betrayal of her stepfather have left her angry and confident that no man will ever win her trust, or possess her heart. She wears that declaration proudly--on her countenance, as well as her sharp tongue.That's all tested when the enchanting Levi Drake transfers from her rival school across town. In a town divided by intense rivalry this should mean trouble, and yet the school is quickly won over by his alluring charm. When a strange encounter with the mysterious young man leaves Charity bewildered, she's convinced he's hiding something and sets out on a dangerous plot to discover his secret. What she uncovers, however, will leave her both grasping for reality and hanging onto the tattered shreds of what's left of her declaration. As she faces the demons of her past, and present, she must decide if she can live, or die, with his.~True love can melt the iciest of hearts~