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Survival


Helen Scott - 2020
    Or so I thought.I certainly didn’t count on the one man I’ve longed for, the one man who stirs feelings of femininity and desire within me, to enter the games as well. Every minute that I’m there I’m risking everything. If I’m discovered I’ll become nothing more than a broodmare, but I can’t abandon the woman who is like family to the fate that the Divine would deem she have.I’ll do whatever it takes to save her from the desolate future of becoming nothing more than a prize for the victor of the games. The only question is, will my secret still be intact by the time the trials are over? Or will I have condemned us both to a fate worse than death?This is a 18+ slow burn #whychoose novel.

Ghosted


Steffanie Holmes - 2020
     When my mom got sick, my dreams of a career in music imploded. That is, until Madame Usher wafts into my life like a ghost from the past, offering me the chance to study at the exclusive Manderley Academy – a music school for the most gifted and wealthy. It’s an offer I can’t refuse—free room and board at the gothic mansion where elite students immerse themselves in mastering their art. But there’s a catch, and it’s a big one. I’m her slave. I clean the rooms. I polish the piano keys. I serve her and the six rich, pretentious students who paid to be here. I must endure their bullying in silence. Even when they destroy my things, sabotage my performances, and try their best to drive me from Manderley. Rich. Arrogant. Cruel. Especially Dorien Valencourt – the cute boy who used to be my friend grew up into the world's hottest a-hole. The Bad Boy of Baroque with his sinister smirk and come-to-bed eyes. Dorien won’t have the poor little charity case ruining his fun. He’s heard me play. He knows I’m a serious contender for the prestigious Manderley Prize. Dorien isn’t used to losing, especially to the help. But he’s not the only one haunting me. Something twisted and evil shrouds Manderley Academy. Maybe my bullies are the least of my problems. Maybe Dorien’s not the one behind the strange noises in the walls, the warnings scrawled on my mirror, and the gruesome murders on the school grounds. Maybe...maybe Manderley’s ghosts are real. A dark mystery unfolds around musician Faye de Winter in book one of this gripping gothic college bully romance by USA Today best-selling author Steffanie Holmes. Warning: Proceed with caution – this tale of a spoiled rich boy with an unsettling secret and the girl who refuses to put up with his shit contains dark themes, a creepy house, a smoldering second-chance romance, college angst, cruel bullies, swoon-worthy sex, and potential triggers.

House of Secrets


Marie Robinson - 2019
    My princes? Far from Charming. Let the masquerade begin… Every girl dreams of being the princess at the ball. For me, going out in public is forbidden. No man could love this scarred face. But when a masked ball gives me the opportunity to lose my inhibitions with three powerful men, I take the chance. Hiding my true face from them is easy—hiding my heart is harder. They promise to kill to protect me, so I can regain my birthright from my wicked stepmother. A girl couldn't ask for better champions: a deadly vampire, a powerful warlock, and a brooding lycan warrior. I've entrusted them with my life. But when things get complicated, I'll have to decide if I can show them who I really am—and give them my heart, scars and all. ------ Can three powerful heirs love a girl born of embers, longing to rise like a phoenix from the ashes? Unmask a reverse harem modern fairy tale full of secrets you can only begin to guess... This book contains adult scenes not suitable for all ages.

Coven Of Magic


Leah Silver - 2017
    Sounds like the beginning to a bad joke, right? If only. I’m Merry Young, the best demon hunter my kind has ever known. Which I guess is why they asked me to save them all. Like I’m some kind of super hero, not the evil creature of the night the humans dream up in their fantasies. If they only knew what actually hunts them. Unfortunately I’m neither of those things. I’m just a vampire. But, when the disease that’s killing us starts in on my daughter, I summon a strength I didn’t know I had. The guys and I must find the cure for what’s plaguing the vampires. I won’t consider the alternative. Because before I’m a superhero, or a vampire, or whatever anyone thinks I am, I’m a mother. And I won’t let the demons have my daughter. The hunt is on. And I never miss. **WARNING: This book is a reverse harem, full of foul language, sex, violence, and other taboo content. ** Coven of Magic: Dec. 6, 2017 Break of Magic: Coming Feb. 2018 Kiss of Magic: Coming April 2018

Shattered Princess


Avery Song - 2020
    In fact, I only made one mistake -- not counting on four Deadly Sins being transferred to my penitentiary. But they're here now, and their presence is upending my life.Meet:Sexy Jack of All Trades.Dangerous Liam of Mischievous Games.Mental Darrell of All Things Sinister.Lethal Luca of Pleasure and Torture.The only thing I know for sure about them is that all four men are delicious and deadly, and I take it upon myself to discover exactly what types of supernatural beings they are. But as I work on uncovering their secrets, they decide it's their duty to get me back out into the world.As a shattered princess, being in the depths of prison never bothered me, but now that four thrilling men are fighting their hardest to get me out, I have a feeling the outside world is where I'd love to start a new adventure.Many people mistakenly believe I hide out of fear. Oh, if only they knew just how dangerous an innocent little royal can be. Then again, they'll find out soon enough. It's time for me to show the world what it really means to be a shattered princess.

Bear Shifter Dating Agency


Lilly Wilder - 2021
    When it comes to surviving the frozen tundra, it pays to have a big protective partner.More than one, if you can get that lucky.The problem with being a single mother to a bear shifter cub is that paranormal creatures are pretty much all you can date.I've been alone since before she was born, and I need to cuddle with someone to keep me warm.So I signed up to a paranormal dating website.All I want for Dahlia is to have someone she can look up to, someone like her.Seems that there are two contestants up for the job…and they might be willing to work together, to share.And here I thought the dating scene as a single mother with a human kid was complicated.Bear Shifter Dating Agency is a standalone paranormal romance with a HEA and NO cheating!

Waking Darkness


Laney Powell - 2020
    I was raised by my single dad, I know everything there is to know about fixing bikes, and while the guys in the MC are rough around the edges, they are family in all the ways that count. So when I grab my helmet and hit the road, what I don’t expect is the most irresistible urge to drive right off the pier -- which is exactly what I do. As I sink into the depths, I see the most unexpected thing of all: my mother’s face. Next thing I know, I’m wrapped in a glowing net and surrounded by the magical police who claim I’m an undocumented siren, and I can either go with them or be harpooned on the spot. I don’t know the first thing about magic, but with a harpoon in my face, what choice do I have? That’s how I come to be the newest student at the Academy of the Underworld.While trying to figure out where I fit in, I meet a demon, a reaper, a necromancer and a vampire, all of whom draw me in with the same irresistible call that brought me to the water in the first place. As if that weren’t enough, I’ve arrived just in time to be terrorized -- personally -- by the angry supernatural being who has already killed two people on campus. He calls to me in the night and I fear if I answer him, he’ll find where I’m hiding. Yay me. All I want to do is get out of here, but between this whole magic siren thing, my classmates that tend to be more bully than friend, the voice in the night, and the four hot guys who make my blood race, I’ll be lucky to make it to tomorrow. Academy of the Underworld is a college-aged reverse harem paranormal fantasy series about a bad-ass siren and the four hot men who grow to adore her. Start of your adventure into the Underworld!

Luna Rising


Sara Snow - 2020
    Xavier Blackwood is the man every girl at my college dreams about at night, myself included, but I'd never let anyone know that.Standing at 6'8 with steel grey eyes, he's a walking dream, but he's also a world-renowned jerk.Who would have thought that one night, after dragging myself home after doing double shifts at the diner, I'd be jumped by three men...only to have Xavier come to my rescue.Oh yes, Xavier bloody Blackwood saved my life...but the thing I saw, the CREATURE that ripped those men to shreds wasn't the Xavier everyone knows.He wasn't human...He was a wolf, a demon, a creature from myths, and it was the most amazing thing I've ever seen until he attacked me too and knocked me out.Humans that learn about the existence of werewolves have to die....There are NO exceptions.The Werewolf Xavier saved me, but now I am condemned to deathTo make things worse, both Xavier and Axel claim I am their mate...this can't be good.

Flames of Truth


A.C. Pontone - 2018
    Four dragons tied to her by an ancient destiny. And a world to save.I thought a lot about death. My death. I got used to the idea of dying. I always imagined it’d be peaceful, with slow-motion scenes and a nice background melody… like in a movie.But I was wrong.I was lost in the eerie quiet. It was cold and dark. My hair floated lightly in the air. No, not in the air, but in the water. Water surrounded me from every side. Frozen water that seemed to burn in my lungs. I was drowning and couldn’t breathe. I tried to swim. Desperately, I kicked my legs and waved my hands, but I wasn’t able to reach the surface. I felt all my energies slowly leave me. It was too dark, and I was tired, but I didn’t want to give up.I didn’t want to die.I tried to push harder with my feet, hoping to feel something solid underneath me, but there was nothing but the fluctuating light and darkness. It swallowed me and I didn’t know what to do. I had always been afraid of two things in my life, water and darkness, so I wondered how the hell I had ended up here. My head was spinning due to the lack of oxygen. I kept fighting, but every cell in my body screamed to let it go. I had to breathe, so I opened my mouth and inhaled strongly. Water came into my lungs, but it had stopped hurting. I no longer felt anything when my body became numb and the darkness devoured me.And then I woke up with a start.My name is Emma and I'm just trying to get by. Between keeping up with my studies, working two jobs, and caring for my ailing father, it’s all I can do to make it through a day.It’d be a lot easier if the Drakons hadn’t come into my life and turned it upside down. Sometimes I think their mission is to make me miserable.And yet, no matter what they do, I can’t shake the feeling there’s something different about them.The Drakon brothers are unlike anyone I’ve ever known, and I’m about to find out why.Flames of Truth is the first book in The Lost Fae series, a paranormal reverse harem series intended for audiences eighteen and over. Oh, did I mention it features hot dragon shifters?

Elemental Fae Academy: The Complete Trilogy


Lexi C. Foss - 2020
    Oh, and the fae think I'm to blame. ╰☆☆Elemental Fae Academy: Book One☆☆╮I kiss one guy at a bar on a dare and suddenly I'm whisked away to the fae realm, thrown into an Academy to control my gifts, and dodging mean girls who want to pin me for crimes I didn't commit.It's a lot to take in, but I have help and they're in the form of several sexy Elemental Fae mentors. They're supposed to help me control my powers, but who's going to keep the elements from controlling me?╰☆☆Elemental Fae Academy: Book Two☆☆╮Someone wants me dead and they're using my missing mate to get to me. I have to stop them before it's too late.No big deal. Master the elements, find my lost Spirit, and identify the bad guy.Yeah. Easy.Except Titus is tired of playing by the rules of others. Vox just wants to be friends. Sol is pissing everyone off. And Cyrus, well, he's a force of nature and thinks he's in charge.Whoever is out to hurt me and mine will pay.╰☆☆Elemental Fae Academy: Book Three☆☆╮Royal Coronations. Finals. A Solstice Ball. And a mother hellbent on ruining the fae world.Just another ordinary day for me, Claire Summers, the halfling fae with access to all five elements.I'm in for the fight of my life with five fae protectors and an ally I never saw coming. It's up to us to save the Elemental Fae Kingdom before it's too late. And it'll require giving my heart to all my mates, to guard and to hold, for eternity and beyond.This is a Paranormal Romance Complete Trilogy where there are five hot fae mentors and no choosing required!

Wayward Stance


Ashley Amy - 2020
    I didn’t get to stop and smell the roses. I didn’t get to indulge in a normal life. Why, you ask? Because I’m Vivian Adair. The only snake shifter known to our kind. I’ve been trained my whole life that my importance rested on my abilities. That I would help tip the scales to make this world a better place. As an assassin in training, I did more missions than most active killers. I took out the bad apples that fell too far from the tree. It became my sole purpose. So, what happens when I find out my cause might not be what I thought it was? The people closest to me, weren’t who I thought they were? I guess we’ll find out, one secret at a time.

Queen Takes Camelot: Gwen


Joely Sue Burkhart - 2019
     You think King Arthur is a hero. You blame me for the fall of Camelot. Because I refused to choose. Yes, I loved Lancelot. Once upon a time, I loved Arthur, too. I loved all of his friends, even Merlin, the cantankerous wizard. But Arthur’s jealousy destroyed our love. He smashed the Round Table, banished Lancelot, and locked me in a burning tower. He would rather see me dead than love another man. Even his best friend. So now I’m doomed to repeat this grim tale over and over until Arthur wins my love. But this vampire queen will never choose Arthur. Not after what he’s done. I will certainly never choose him over Lancelot. I will never settle for just one knight. Not when I can have them all. Oh, and this time? Arthur will be the Once and Dead King, because Camelot is mine. This expanded version contains both Queen Takes Camelot & Queen Takes Avalon!

Witch's Trial


Casey Morgan - 2019
    If I can survive my first trial as a witch, I can stay alive.The problem is, I'm not even sure I am a witch. Luckily, I'm surrounded by hot guys with magical powers who might be able to help me figure it out.When a very late 18th birthday present shows up on my doorstep, I have no idea that it's going to change my life forever. The gift, from my grandmother, grants me four years of paid tuition at Ironwood Academy, in a town called Love's Hollow, New York.I've never heard of the school or the town, but I have nowhere else to go, and I'm determined to take what's mine. It turns out this place is full of non-human creatures. I really don't think I fit in here, and Headmaster Thorn seems to agree. He wants me gone. He may even want me dead.I'm going to have to prove to him that I belong at a school for magic. Good thing the student body is made up of strong, handsome guys who all have special powers. From the alpha werewolf to the witch who can make you kill yourself with one look, they're all so dangerous they should be forbidden.But I think I can use them to my advantage. Because my grandmother left me with one more present: a necklace with special powers. I'm beginning to wonder what will activate the spell, though.As Halloween approaches, my time is running out to learn the secrets that will help me pass the test, and the guys all seem enamored with me. I can feel my power increasing each time one flirts with me.Maybe losing my virginity is the key to my survival.And I'll gladly give it away.But I need to choose wisely about who takes it.Halloween Trial is a new adult urban fantasy paranormal academy romance with mature content featuring university-age characters and is for readers age 18 and up. You'll find a feisty heroine, hot guys with magical powers and plenty of steam!

The New Girl


Scarlett Haven - 2019
    Meeting four gorgeous men wasn’t part of the plan. I’ve been locked away my whole life, because my alpha thinks that I’m an embarrassment. I’m the runt of my panther pride—not good enough, not strong enough, and different than everybody else. Then I get the letter. Shifter Academy says that my enrollment is mandatory. This is the chance I’ve been waiting for. Once and for all, I will prove that just because I’m a runt doesn’t mean I’m not strong. I’m going to Shifter Academy, and not even my alpha can stop me. The New Girl is the first book in the Shifter Academy: United Series. It is a slow burn, reverse harem (RH), why choose, fast paced, action packed, young adult (YA) paranormal romance. This book follows Layla, an eighteen-year-old panther shifter, through her senior year at Shifter Academy against the will of her alpha. Her story takes place in a world filled with different types of shifters, fae and many other supernatural creatures. MORE IN THIS SERIES: Book 1: The New Girl Book 2: The Lost Girl Book 3: The Forever Girl (coming soon) MORE SERIES IN THIS WORLD: Shifter Academy Dragon Shifter Academy Tiger Shifter Chronicles Elite Academy Elemental Academy

Dreaming Of You (Dreams #1)


Melissa Adams - 2021
     Girls start disappearing from her college campus, and her dreams become darker - more twisted than before. When life seems like it can't get any more complicated, the arrival of four hot football players who insert themselves into Selena's life. But how can she choose just one, when they're all so great? And with the danger her Mom and Grandma warned her about, college life just got even harder for Selena. Warning: this book has sexual content so it is intended for an audience aged 18+ ***WARNING: This book DOESN’T end on a cliffhanger but it is the first of a series of 3, so some situations will be resolved and developed in the next two books.