And when she loses control of her ability, accidentally killing several villagers, she is banished to the palace of the terrifying Prince Sasha in Kiev. At the castle, though, she is surprised to find that Sasha is just like her—with his own strange talent, the ability to summon fire. Instead of punishment, Sasha offers Katya friendship, and the chance to embrace her power rather than fear it. But outside the walls of Kiev, Sasha’s enemies have organized their own army of people who can control the very earth. Bent on taking over the entire world, they won’t stop until they’ve destroyed everything. Katya and Sasha are desperate to stop the encroaching army, and together their powers are a fearsome weapon. But as their enemies draw nearer, leaving destruction in their wake, will fire and frost be enough to save the world? Or will they lose everything they hold dear?

    Friend or Foe. Truth or Lie. Everything has a counterpart. There’s always another side to a coin and to a person. Though, with these boys, I’m not sure if there’s any light left in them. Maybe once upon a time they had a tender side. One that allowed mercy to lead their judgment… But that didn’t exist within them anymore. Something snuffed out their brighter side and I wanted to know what it was. They were the most stunning kind of men within the world’s standards. But I saw what the jaded eyes didn’t. Under their beauty lied beasts of suffering. I noticed, so my bullies made me their target. They lashed their anger out on me. My pain excited them. I should’ve ran. I should’ve been smarter than this… Yet, I couldn’t back down. I couldn’t let them win. With how messed up I was, part of me craved their cruelness. Longed for their attention—even if it was only negative. Whether this mistake ends me or not, I’ve never felt more alive. Now, it was just unraveling their secrets to help me win this sick and twisted game. *WARNING: Triggers for sexual and physical abuse.

    If I stick to it, I can escape and finally be free of my father's suffocating grip on my life. My plan does not include four stubborn, rich hot guys that just happen to run Harvard Academy. Brent, Cole, Tristan, and Axel are the top of the food chain. All the boys want to be them, and the girls want to be with them—except me.The thing about spoiled rich boys... they'll do anything to get what they want. These four have set their sights on me—a sweet, innocent pawn in their game of little white lies. And now my plan is f****d... Lies, lies, lies... The lies from Harvard Academy's Elite had fallen upon deaf ears. With the truth revealed, Sam was the only person I could turn to and trust. But a girl once so broken, was only bent. As I returned, stronger than before. The de Lacharriere's could play their silly little games and spew their lies. One thing remained true, I was getting free of my father's clutches. Even if that meant having to side with the enemy. The four guys who broke my heart with little white lies, would have to heal me with their ugly dark truths. *Bully Romance* Reverse Harem* Angsty* #WhyChoose* Steamy*

    Featuring contemporary and paranormal authors.Naughty is the new nice, so this year, Let's Scrooge!

    Wanted for piracy, she fears neither God nor death nor man. Except Priest Farrell. The unfaithful, stormy-eyed libertine hunts her with terrifying possessiveness. Nothing will stop him from coming for her. Not his unforgivable betrayal. Not when she's captured by the ice-cold pirate hunter, Lord Ashley Cutler. She must escape Ashley's prison and Priest's deceit. But can she walk away from their twisted desires? Two gorgeous captains stand on opposite sides of the law. When they collide in a battle to protect her, the lines blur between enemies and lovers. Passion heats, secrets unravel, and hearts entangle until they break. Can love prevail in the sea of ruin?

    When a planned trip for the three of them goes awry, never in a million years did she think that it would end with her in the arms of five sexy strangers. Men who are more than willing to prove that she’s more than her own opinion of herself. A week alone in a remote cabin in the mountains puts more at risk than they all realize. Will they be able to keep their hands, and more importantly, hearts to themselves? Especially as the New Year brings them a surprise none of them are expecting.

    Edward III is at war with Scotland. Nineteen-year-old Sir Harry de Lyon yearns to prove himself, and jumps at the chance when a powerful English baron, William Montagu, invites him on a secret mission with a dozen elite knights. They ride north, to a crumbling Scottish keep, capturing the feral, half-starved boy within and putting the other inhabitants to the sword.But nobody knows why the flower of English knighthood snuck over the border to capture a savage, dirty teenage boy. Montagu gives the boy to Harry as his squire, with only two rules: don't let him escape, and convert him to the English cause.At first, it's hopeless. The Scottish boy is surly and violent, and eats anything that isn't nailed down. Then Harry begins to notice things: that, as well as Gaelic, the boy speaks flawless French, with an accent much different from Harry's Norman one. That he can read Latin too. And when Harry finally convinces the boy – Iain mac Maíl Coluim – to cut his filthy curtain of hair, the face revealed is the most beautiful thing Harry has ever seen.With Iain as his squire, Harry wins tournament after tournament and becomes a favourite of the King. But underneath the pageantry smoulder twin secrets: Harry and Iain's growing passion for each other, and Iain's mysterious heritage. As England hurtles towards war once again, these secrets will destroy everything Harry holds dear.

    A Queen awoken. And the Five Dragon warriors sworn to protect her… When these sexy mysterious strangers show up at my bar and tell me that I’m their destiny, I assume it’s just another corny pickup line.Little do I know that their words hold more truth than I could ever imagine…They call themselves Paragons, dragon-shifting warriors from a land far beyond any I have ever dreamed, and guess what?They think I’m the reincarnation of their Queen.Mhm, sure guys.I highly doubt a college dropout, Bayou waitress like myself, who’s constantly covered in grease and ketchup stains, would be chosen to sit on any throne—besides the one that flushes…I have zero intention of believing a word out of their crazy seductive lips, but as I’m suddenly struck with powers I don’t understand, and visions assail me of my past lives, it’s getting harder to deny their claims.These warriors are pledged for my protection, and my pleasure, and yet I don’t know if I’m ready to leave the life I’ve always known behind.Four of the warriors want to whisk me away to rule their sacred land. The fifth is suspected of murdering me one hundred years ago.And, yet, he is the one I find most irresistible…

    It might be her family’s only salvation. But the leader of the Bolshevik army is after them, and he’s hunted Romanov before.Nastya’s only chances of saving herself and her family are to either release the spell and deal with the consequences, or enlist help from Zash, the handsome soldier who doesn’t act like the average Bolshevik. Nastya has only dabbled in magic, but it doesn’t frighten her half as much as her growing attraction to Zash. She likes him. She thinks he might even like her.That is, until she’s on one side of a firing squad . . . and he’s on the other.

    In the box is also a medallion that can take her into the past, and he has left her breadcrumbs to the largest pirate treasure that has ever been lost, a treasure her ancestors have sought for generations…Sebastian Talbot is a disgraced former Duke who trades in antiquities. He meets the alluring Catherine at The Great Exhibition of 1851, unaware that she is 80 years before her time and is laying a trap for the pendant he always wears around his neck. She seduces him, gets her hands on the necklace and plunges them both into the past…As Catherine and Sebastian embark on the adventure of a lifetime, the pull of their desire is as magnetic as their magical medallion. The closer they get to finding the lost treasure, the closer they get to each other. But Sebastian still doesn’t know who she really is. Will Catherine reveal her secret and give them a chance at love?This is the first book in the All Who Wander series, time-travel romance novels that sizzle with passion and adventure. If you are a fan of love stories that are a wild romp, you’ll love The Time-Traveler’s Daughter.

    On the run, with adversaries on all sides and an endless journey ahead, Jinghua hatches a scheme to use the Kipchaks’ exile to return home, a plan that becomes increasingly fraught as her feelings for Khalaf evolve into a hopeless love.Jinghua’s already dicey prospects take a downward turn when Khalaf seeks to restore his kingdom by forging a marriage alliance with Turandokht, the daughter of the Great Khan. As beautiful as she is cunning, Turandokht requires all potential suitors to solve three impossible riddles to win her hand—and if they fail, they die.Jinghua has kept her own counsel well, but with Khalaf’s kingdom—and his very life—on the line, she must reconcile the hard truth of her past with her love for a boy who has no idea what she’s capable of ... even if it means losing him to the girl who’d sooner take his life than his heart.The Bird and the Blade is a lush, powerful story of life and death, battles and riddles, lies and secrets from debut author Megan Bannen.

     Kate Hamilton is companion to the dullest and meanest woman in England, but she is looking forward to going home for Christmas and her sister Mary’s wedding. When her employer refuses to release her, Colonel Robert Woodgate comes to the rescue. Robert now owns Malton Manor, Kate’s old home in the village of Malton. Recently returned from the Boer War and recovering from his injuries, Robert has been reclusive and morose. Clashing several times over his plans and sweeping changes in the village, their relationship has always been tempestuous. But when Kate returns to Malton, she discovers her sister’s wedding is to take place at Malton Manor and everyone is convinced the Colonel has an ulterior motive. Can Kate resist the lure of her old home and the memories it holds? And does she have the courage to break down Robert’s defences to find happiness at last?

    With no memory of who I once was, all I could do was try and flee.Found. Tormented. Sacrificed.On the day I'm meant to slay myself for their sake, I use one last act of rebellion to choose life over death, and a world I never knew existed swallows me whole.Dark Fae. Shade. Demons.The prince who rescued me thinks I'm their salvation, one of the last powerful Light Fae ever born. But when dark magic begins to leak out of me, corroding all they've given me, will the Dark Fae truly be my saviors? Or will they throw me to the wolves?Cruel Monsters is a standalone epic fantasy romance where the heroine won't have to choose between her Dark Fae princes, her half-demon Shade, or the nightmare chaser she's slowly falling for.It contains violence, slow burn romance, sexually explicit content, unique magic, dark themes including scenes of abuse (dark story, not dark romance), and is intended for ages 18+. If you have any triggers, please read the foreword before perusing.

    Dark men that change form, change their games, twisting your dreams until you’re gasping, though is that from pleasure or from fear?But these monsters have an agenda of their own and when I’m summoned halfway across the world to my grandmother’s manor house, their snares get tighter. An heir must be chosen, not by my family, but by monsters.Monsters that want to own me.Do I surrender to their dark embrace, one that promises a world of pleasure that no man can rival, or do I search for the secret that lies at the heart of the family fortune? Because now they have me in their clutches, I’m not sure if they’ll ever let me go.Author note: This book is a 200k story split across two parts. They will be released at the same time, so you'll be able to binge the whole story arc in one sitting. No cliffhangers, guaranteed HEA.

    This book contains schemes of MFM as well as MM. It is set in Victorian London in the late 1800s. This novel is a slow-burn romance.**