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Discovering Synergy
Elizabeth Knight - 2020
College was going to be great! So what’s the worst that could happen?Lailah, a small-town girl from Wisconsin, is stuck in her mundane life with no clear ambitions. Surprisingly, she finds herself the recipient of a scholarship to attend Ryevick University. This elite school in Europe is miles away from all she has ever known, but is the key to uncovering what her wandering soul is looking for. Established by one of the last known Knights of the Templar, Ryevick holds secrets hidden beneath the ornate buildings and scattered within the lavish art throughout the campus. Driven by her curiosity, Lailah uncovers an ancient school myth about angels who blessed a group of Knights with elemental abilities. These gifts will allow them to overcome the demons who are throwing the world into chaos.While experiencing the woes of college life, Lailah captures the attention of the five most sought after bachelors on campus. The “Manor” boys are at the top of every girl's wish list, therefore making Lailah a target of their schoolgirl jealousy. Lailah’s attempt to remain in the background fails and she starts this new chapter with the boys helping her to discover that she is made for so much more than she ever knew.This is a reverse harem where the leading character will not have to choose between her men. This is the first book out of six in the series. It is not a complete story and will be continued on in the next book. It is an 18+ book that has strong language, sexual situations, and mild bullying.
Potential
M.L. Ridener - 2015
She and her cousin are being hunted by a group of crazed panther shifters. Ari is a Potential. It is said that Potentials unlock a great power from within their fated mates. The panthers don't care about fate though, only power. She will not give up her freedom without a fight, but she can't shake her fear. Everything changes when she moves to the little town of Winago Heights... "...when the time is right, you will find the one that fate has chosen for you." Connell O'Reilly has been plagued by the death of his parents for the past eight years. The attack was meant to destroy his brothers, but he was able to save them. Because of the total destruction of the pack that night, he was thrown into the roles of father, provider, and Alpha. It wasn't easy for a boy at fifteen, but you play the hand you're dealt. Life has been quiet, that is until his brothers meet the new girl in town...
The Lost Daughter
Bo Reid - 2020
Until the day they cursed themselves in order to save their last born daughter. A child that would be destined for darkness.Twenty-five years later, and she has returned to the cursed grounds of her hometown, Hells Hallow. Tanda Morass is the last living descendent of the Morass bloodline and she has returned home in order to finish what her coven started. Defeat what forced her coven to take such drastic measures to ensure her life.The key to her success hinges on bonding with the leaders of the town, the six men that make up the Hells Hallow Council.Can Tanda convince these alpha males to put their differences aside and help her, or will she die trying to be a hero she was never meant to be?“Every story has an ending, don’t fool yourself into thinking they’ll all be happy.”
Meeting Sang: Victor
C.L. Stone - 2016
It's not that he's a recluse; he hides to avoid rumors and throngs of teen girls throwing themselves at him because of his fame. When his team of friends is assigned a job at a new school, it's his one chance to finally be just Victor; not a local celebrity, or that guy whose parents have a huge house and lots of money. He wants to be normal, to be able to blend in and not worry about what everyone else is thinking or what they may want from him.Things change when he meets Sang Sorenson. She's beautiful and clever, though she hides her intelligence behind a veil of shyness and insecurity. But with just a look, she makes him say the stupidest things.Only things are wrong in her world. She's hiding something dark and terrible, the evidence of it in her haunted eyes. He barely knows her, but he'd give everything to help and protect her. Whatever it takes to keep her safe, he's in.
Alpha Wolf: A Reverse Harem Shifter Romance (Moon Born Academy Book 1)
Rune Hunt - 2022
The Luna's Destiny
Drea Shane - 2017
. .”Being the Alpha’s daughter is no picnic. As one of the few remaining female shifters, my future duty is to become Luna of my own pack. I’m surrounded by overprotective males 24/7 that suck the fun out of life. It doesn’t help that I’m fluent in sarcasm as a second language. I don’t mean to be willful, but a girl and her wolf need to breathe.Then there is the merging of my wolf and access to our full powers on my 18th birthday. As that change approaches, each day is proving more difficult than ever, as my feelings and moods amplify. Unfortunately for me, Dad’s called Assembly, and soon our territory will be swarming with potential Alpha mates. I’d hoped to make it through the final change before I had to deal with mating, but no such luck. Yay me.As if that wasn’t enough, a chance encounter with a mysterious and alluring wolf has me questioning everything. Then there’s Joe, Dad’s enforcer and protégé. I can’t figure out why these feelings of desire are cropping up anytime I’m near the pain-in-the-ass shifter.But all that pales in comparison when my dad drops a bombshell, a family secret that turns my world upside down. Nothing for me or the shifter race will ever be the same. It might just take the Moon Goddess herself to get me through this.* This is the first book in a new adult, reverse harem series. Not intended for younger audiences due to language and sexual situations. *
Covened
Ann Swan - 2019
So when I came into mine, my grandmother helped me hide it so I wouldn't be swept away by the ISC, our magical government. The price of discovery was steep; becoming an ISC drone and being paired with their choice of mates for my coven. So I hid in plain sight working days at Maggie's Pet Wash and night piecing together the mythical Words of Power. The only thought that keeps me going is figuring out a way to beat the ISC and hopefully fall in love with a coven of my own... maybe even raise a few little witchlings. So when my familiar, a pug named Mrs Pig, screws up my one shot at obtaining the Words of Power, I figure everything is ruined. That is until Pierce, Sam, and their own talking dogs walk into my life. Now that I have them, can I give them up? Even to save magic? The ISC is coming for me. What they don't know is: I'M COMING FOR THEM, TOO.
Captured (Highgate Preparatory Academy #1)
Rosa Lee - 2021
The stuff of f***ing fairy tales. My knights wear tarnished armour. They’re angels that have fallen into the pits of hell and been baptised anew in blood, emerging devastatingly beautiful but with the souls of demons.But fate is a b***h, and one night my life tips on its axis again, making me doubt my dark knights as their terrifying secrets are revealed.Yet life is never quite what it seems, and even knights must bow to tyrant kings.Apparently, the grass is not always greener on the other side.It's covered in crimson too. And none of our hands are clean.***Warning: 18+ This book is a #whychoose romance so our leading lady won't have to choose and will end up with more than one lover. Please be aware that this is a dark contemporary romance with scenes that some readers may find upsetting or triggering, such as scenes of violence, torture, sexual assault and graphic sex scenes. Also might contain m/m elements.***
Sometimes
November Sweets - 2020
My only living relative that I can stand is Aunt Dell, and she has graciously offered me a room in her single wide trailer.I thought going from heiress to penniless was the worst thing that would happen, turns out I was wrong again.Backridge isn't quite the quiet peaceful place I thought it was. With constant chaos going on since I stepped out of my car, my Aunt's three sexy neighbors who might or might not want a piece of me, a creepy stalker and a psychotic ferret its been one hell of a bumpy ride.But sometimes the bumpiest rides take you exactly where you needed to be all along.
Holy Trinity
Savannah Rose - 2019
Drop dead gorgeous. The flame of hell in their eyes. And rage. Pure, unadulterated rage in every word, every look and every breath they send my way. There's every indication they're out to break me. Maybe I'll let them. Maybe I'll bite back. After all, what's a girl got to lose when her heart's already been obliterated? Holy Trinity is a high school bully romance fit for readers who love the transition from enemies to lovers.
Impure
Kenna Bardot - 2020
Those Collected go to Godsvail Academy, the impenetrable school where cruelty reigns. But humans and Descendants alike compete for one thing - the right to Ascend.The Academy is treacherous, and enemies lurk around every corner. None are worse than the five Descendants who are determined to torment me.Break me.All I’d wanted was to live out my very human life in my snow-covered Northern village, where my body and my will would be my own.But the Gods and their Descendants have other plans for me.And I’ll be lucky to survive.Disclaimer: Impure is Book One of the Ascension series, a paranormal reverse harem romance set in an academy. This whychoose is set in a different city-state of the same world as InkHaven Academy, but none of the characters will be familiar. As always, it features m/m as well as m/f and group scenarios, but also features scenes that may be triggering for some.
Cursed by Fate
Renee Shearer - 2018
Stalked in the present. Terrified of the future. Ariana isn't just your average twenty-one year old. She's also cursed. For five hundred years, her family line has been cursed to ensure there would never again be an All-Seeing-Eye. They are the balancers of the Light and Dark, with abilities beyond anything the world remembers. To break the curse, she must pass three trials, find her mates and make them hers. Easy right? One problem...she has to do all of this before she turns twenty-two, or she's dead. Ariana has already passed two of the trials, and they almost destroyed her. But she got her two beautiful daughters, who she wouldn't trade for anything. But with a sadistic killer stalking her every move, can she trust the six devilishly handsome men tasked with her and her daughters protection? She knows deep down they are the final piece of the puzzle to break the curse. How when she can't even stand the thought of a man touching her? She doesn't know yet, but will have to figure it out quick. With her past threatening her future, can she survive long enough to learn how to love a man...err..men, let alone break a centuries old curse? Or will the third trial prove to be too much, breaking her instead? Warning** Cursed by Fate is a reverse harem novel, which means our heroine doesn’t have to choose between any of her men. It is recommended for readers 18+, as there is foul language, sex, and violence. Some content in this novel may also contain possible triggers
Fractured
Blake Blessing - 2021
Are these signs? Red flags? I won’t let myself look too close.I refuse to be crazy.Then four men swoop in just when I need them. They’re protective, supportive, and everything I never had even though we’re unconventional. I want to be the person they need me to be. I need it.But I’m afraid...that I’m crazy.
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!**
Corsets and Quartets
Mercy DeSimone - 2020
Instead, she’s surrounded by snarky queens, sullen teens, and a retail job that’s sucking her dry. With her writing and professional career at a standstill, her best friend suggests that what she needs is new inspiration... especially if that includes filling her dance card with more than one sexy, eligible man at a time.Could it be that maybe a modern girl needs a Quartet to thrive? Here’s what happens when Josie decides that she’s not such a plain Jane after all....