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Chased by Darkness by Taylor Spratt
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The Price of Silence
Elle Mae - 2021
Join us in this journey into a magical world filled with witches, demons, curses, and lies that will forever change the path of one girls life.
I am Rosie Miller and at the age of ten, I was cursed.Because of my parents' debt, I was forced into silence and now every word, every laugh, was a weapon used against me.By nineteen I had come to understand that I would have no choice but to follow in my parents' footsteps. Get a soul-sucking job reserved for low-levels like me, keep my head down, and die alone.That was until I got a letter one day welcoming me to the most prestigious demon academy in the entire country.I knew that when I opened that letter, it was too good to be true. There was no way after thousands of years of separation between high-levels and low-levels that I would ever be given such a golden opportunity.Meeting them only proved my suspicions to be correct.A bloodthirsty gangster.A child of a high-ranking demon official with a penance for blackmail.And last but not least a witch who seems to be called by the power my curse exudes.Becoming tangled with them will probably be the most reckless thing that I have ever done in my life, but will it be worth finally breaking my curse after nine years?CW for all books are on author website
From the Ashes
Candice M. Wright - 2020
Out of time and options, I make a devil's bargain with the Phoenix group that ensures my family will be provided for once I'm gone. So, I pack up what’s left of my life and sign it over to them. I have a month left to live, 43200 fleeting minutes. Yet, it’s long enough for everything to change. Long enough to dream big, to love hard, and inexplicably begin to heal. But the thing about a devil's bargain is that there is inevitably a price to pay. Always one step ahead, The Phoenix group observe, test, and wait for someone special to come along. Someone like me. Now, to avoid spending the rest of my life in a cage, The girl who was once ready to die will burn the world to ashes for a chance to live.
Legendary Triad
Rae Hendricks - 2020
I am nothing. That is what has run through my head since I was a small child.Freak. Garbage. I have been called it all and from my own flesh and blood.Finally, at 17, I am free, as free as a homeless teenager can be. I constantly move around, doing every job I can to make sure I at least have food to eat, and I am thankfully alone.I like it that way, and if it is up to me, it won't change. No one will ever get close enough to hurt me again.But when I get literally dragged, kicking and screaming into an ancient school for magic users hiding in plain sight, I know avoiding others will no longer do me any good. Because if I don't build my powers and get ahead in this world, I am useless and dispensable.What I don't count on while working hard to stay on top is to get the attention of the Legendary Triad; three young men who are both the worst and the best people I have ever met. And our connection, like it or not, will shape our fate while at The Academy of Dark and Light.And maybe even after.
Start this paranormal reverse harem series today and find out why it is being one-clicked by fans of Addison Moore and Richelle Mead.
Book 2 Legendary Darkness coming January 2020
Book 3 Legendary War Coming April 2020
Veiled Wings
Mazzy J. March - 2021
A little fact my parents failed to mention the entire time I was growing up. Then when it was time to apply to college, when all my friends were taking the SAT, I was informed that would not be necessary. I was a legacy to the Sciathian Academy, a private college so exclusive, I would find it in none of the brochures in my high school counselor’s office. No need to fill out an application or take the SAT. They apparently had their own tests… No financial aid forms because the families who sent their children there had funded the school with a legacy a long time ago. No need to do anything but show up and settle into my dorm.Pretty sweet. Also a little concerningEspecially when the private jet lands at an isolated airfield and I am ushered into a long, black car along with three other girls who all seem to have known one another since kindergarten and who are chattering away in another language. Gaelic, I think. And since I’d just left behind everyone and everything I knew, this did not bode well for the future. If everyone spoke this language, how would I even attend classes? Or pass a test?As if Fae Academy wasn’t hard enough, there are three guys that all want to date me.Wait, do fairies date? I think they have soul mates or something. Heck, I don’t even know what my powers are yet. I was never in the spotlight in high school, so why in the world am I the shining light here?Just when I decided to buckle down and study to be the best fairy I can, the whole world breaks open. For some reason the headmaster thinks I am the one who can intervene. I can’t even move a pebble or conjure up a rain cloud and they want me to save us?Dream on.I’m not the Fae for the job.
Found
D.M. Page - 2022
Instead I met them, five guys who became the center of my universe. Our friendship grew but so did my feelings. What should I do when I could never choose?She’s our fated mate but she doesn’t even know about supernaturals. We know she’s something, but we aren’t sure what. We have to gain her trust before we can reveal everything.*This is a medium burn, paranormal, reverse harem, meaning she doesn’t have to choose and book one in the series. The story changes POVs between the main character and her men. The steaminess factor will go up as the series goes on and is intended for 17+. This is 30,000 words and ends on a minor cliff hanger*
Secret Monsters
Lacey Carter Andersen - 2020
The most important of which is to never leave a personal object in a demon realm.But somehow, I did.That means the demons who found my ring own me. They can use me. They can command me.I'm at their mercy.But what if everything I've ever known about demons is wrong? And what if I'll need three sinfully sexy demons at my side, or else fall to an enemy I never imagined?SECRET MONSTERS is a steamy paranormal reverse harem romance. It has sexy demons, a tough demon hunter, and a mysterious enemy. But be warned, this book might make you wish for possessive demons of your own. (This book was previously released as Renegade Hunter.)
Piece of Dragon
Laurel Chase - 2018
Then I take a risk to help a gorgeous stranger and find out the world I know is a lie.My stranger is a tempting dragon with more darkness binding him than I know how to handle.He claims I'm the lost Qilin Queen - a magical freaking unicorn. His team is hot on my trail, too - lion shifter, mage, fae, merman, and vampire. They're from a magical world beyond mine, and they need me to help them find the way home.Only a pure Qilin can find the Path, and these six sexy men think I'm the last one alive.But they aren't the only ones trying to find me. I haven't trusted anyone but myself in years, and I'll have to change that if I want to survive. Here's hoping I took the right risk.I'm Carlyle Licorne, and I'm no innocent unicorn.Ready to find your next group of book boyfriends? Scroll up now to start this sexy series today!Reverse Harem - one girl loving six guysMedium Burn - harem collection over several booksSteamy - suitable for eighteen and up
Twice Bitten
Belle Harper - 2020
From foster homes, creeps on the street and the law. Lexi is a survivor, she has spent her whole life moving from one abusive foster home to the next, until she decided to take charge of her own life. Living in abandoned buildings, couch surfing and working at a strip clubs are huge improvement on what she had before. All she needs is enough money to feed herself, finish high school and hopefully go to college. She has a plan. That is until she is caught and sent to live with a strange foster family up-state, —her new high school isn’t much better. Rafferty King was forced like Lexi to this new foster home, but he fits in better. And that’s saying something for a total misfit. Hot as hell and getting into fights, while ignoring her existence. Whatever. Then there are the twins Ranger and Maverick, also known as “The joker and The Loner.” They know who she is and give her the new girl treatment she is all too familiar with. And how can a history teacher look that hot, there should be rules against that kind of thing. But there is something about Galen Donovani, that has Lexi feeling safe when he is near. While everyone else avoids him. What the hell is going on in the state of Washington. And why are there so many wolves roaming at Port Willow High! 17+ RH shifter and vampires.
Lured
Sam Hall - 2020
Super hot on the page, not so much when you’re living it.I’d been living a small little life, reading romance novels on my break and working for my uncle in a dead end job when he sends me to his ‘male revue’ club. I expect to see wall to wall hot guys, but nothing prepares me for the Puck brothers.After a wild night out, with men who turn out to be so much more than your average strippers, I think it’s a one time, steamy encounter. Yet somehow the next day, push comes to shove and they’re calling in my Uncle’s debts.Their price? Me.The deal? For one year, I’m to be taken to the hall of the Goblin King, to do whatever they ask and at the end of the contract, I’m free to go.The question is, will I still want to?I just have to hold out against these goblin’s desires, but God hasn’t created a woman that can resist the Pucks.Author note: This is a paranormal reverse harem romance, so multiple love interests, one girl. It is super hot and steamy so 18+ only.
Demon Bound
Eve Newton - 2015
An Angel that risks everything for her & the Devil that falls under her spell.They are tested to their limits, but will love conquer all?
After escaping Hell and then being found back on Earth, I'm sentenced to eternity in a fiery prison down in Hell, when suddenly, I find myself pulled out of my misery by the Devil himself.When he starts to take an unusual interest in me, I'm intrigued at what is it he wants from me, while also finding myself on the receiving end of a Reaper's infatuation.I'm tested to my limits for the Devil's unknown cause, grabbing the attention of the opposite side and an Angel that wants to save me from myself.When I finally learn of the Devil's intentions, my loyalty to my creator starts to waiver and escape seems to be my only option.Will I manage to flee the pits of Hell for an unheard of third time with my Reaper to meet the Angel who claims he can save me? Or will I be stuck in the Devil's idea of happily-ever-after?
The Legacy
Amelia Shaw - 2019
My life is carefully planned, and blissfully free of surprises. I hate surprises. Discovering I come from a long line of Fae Slayers and must give up my position at a prestigious college to attend a Slayer Academy? Worst. Surprise. Ever. I’m a nerd. A bookworm. I slay with words, not swords. Fighting to stay at the top of the class is nothing compared to fighting to survive. If the deadly weapons and mysteriously hot, but possibly evil guys don’t kill me, then six months without cell reception might.
He haunts my dreams... His eyes pierce my soul.. but will my sword have to pierce his heart?
Megara’s battle to survive Slayer Academy has just begun. Weapons classes, unexpected passion, and forbidden love await in The Legacy… *The legacy is the first book in a New Adult, college-age paranormal academy series. Expect magic lessons, a bookworm heroine, a sexy scene or two, and a slow-burn forbidden romance*
The Lies We Tell
Becca Steele - 2020
One in particular. Caiden Cavendish.My nightmare. My shadow. My stepbrother.My dad’s death was an accident... Lie.My life isn’t in danger... Lie.The Four won’t bring mayhem to my life... Lie.I don’t want Caiden Cavendish... Lie.Lies.Lies.Lies.Eeny, meeny, miny, mo.The Four are coming for you, Snow.Note: This book is not a standalone, and may contain triggers for some readers.
Corviticus University
J.E. Cluney - 2019
And it’s going to be a struggle to stick to my personal rules of no sexual relationships with them. They’re all so tempting, sweet, and funny. Well, except for one.Yep, definitely hard.And with their help, I’ll learn to manage my mischief magic. No more flying, honking vibrators for me.But questions rise when more powers surface for me, and it’s obvious I’m not just your average pixie halfling.Can we find answers together? And can I stick to my personal rules of friends only?Please note this is a mature reverse harem, slow/medium burn. Intended for audiences 18+
Royals
S. Dalambakis - 2018
No matter what school she's in, she likes to fly under the radar. Hoping that senior year, at yet another new school, will be the same. Enter Zeke Montgomery, Graydon James, Maximus Anderson, and Lucian Harris. They enter Callyn's life like a Category 5 hurricane. All the boys recognize who she is the moment they see and scent her. She is their mate. All of their mates. Information comes to light. Callyn and the boy's futures will be changed. They will bring about a change. A change some do not want to happen. *Trigger Warning*- This book contains scenes of abuse. Mild cursing.
The Beautiful Boys
Kailin Gow - 2019
Far from it. Since I was two, I have been seeing angels and demons. Given the gift of battle as a warrior, my role as a slayer often interferes with my role as a normal girl. So no, I was never a typical girl who had just found out she was heir to some magical family or something like that. I've been "gifted" practically all my life. So when my ordinary family moved us to San Francisco to a new school where my father teaches, I didn't think much of the school. Shadowlight Academy, the most exclusive and posh prep academy for the super rich. I thought I would be there to slay the evil like an undercover superhero amongst the ordinary. I just didn't think the ordinary would all be extremely unordinary. Especially the three most popular kids in school. Then there's the hot brooding rebel boy who didn't seem to fit in, too. Everyone here has secrets, and I am determined to find out what, before it kills me...the entire Academy and even the world. Okay, I might be dramatizing a bit, but yes, from what I've barely seen...it could be that big. Better get my game gear on and my entire armor on, because this is going to be one epic battle. But who can I trust?The Beautiful Ones, which rule Shadowlight Academy is known to be both beautiful yet wicked. They're fascinated with me as I am of them.But who or what are they really, and why do I feel drawn to them like a fly to a spider? Can I escape their beautiful web before I am trapped forever? Do I want to?*The Beautiful Boys is the first in a high school paranormal academy series for mature teens and up. Expect a tough heroine who can take on anyone and anything, with lots of steam literally and figuratively, and a reverse harem romance.