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Briarwood Witches: Collection by Steffanie Holmes
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Intertwined
Gena Showalter - 2009
Aden Stone has four human souls living inside him:One can time travel.One can raise the dead.One can possess another human.One can tell the future.Everyone thinks he’s crazy, which is why he’s spent his entire life shuffled between mental institutions and juvie. All of that is about to change, however. For months Aden has been having visions of a beautiful girl—a girl who carries centuries-old secrets. A girl who will either save him or destroy him.Together they’ll enter a dark world of intrigue and danger... but not everyone will come out alive.
One Part Human
Viola Grace - 2015
Her life as a recipe blogger pays the bills and lets her socialise, but she is about to get the assignment of a lifetime.Her boss orders her into a one-week ride-along with agents of the XIA, the eXtranormal Investigation Agency. It is the anniversary of the agency, and they need to improve their exposure with the general public.Against her objections, she is paired with a standard set of agents—a vampire, a shifter and a fey. They are willing to work with her, and it is only when she signs the waivers that she learns why. They all read her column.A week doesn’t seem like much time to learn about an organisation that deals with things most folk don’t enjoy thinking about, but it whips past when the assignments go from casual crime to murders that have one pivot point.
Benny.
Wintertide
Everly Taylor - 2020
What no one tells you, is the teachers don’t give two shits, and its more of a prison than an actual reformatory. The only thing we learn here, is how to survive.Being born of winter and ice, survival should have been no issue for me. There was one catch, I had no clue how to control it. I was a constant disappointment to my family, one they feared instead of loved. It didn’t help that my sister had it out for me and was determined to have me sent away.My sister got her wish, and I was sent to hell on earth, needing to figure out who to trust, and who was my enemy. I find the most unlikely allies, or at least I thought I had until I learned that betrayal was right in our midst.A druid, the son of Lucifer, a Lion shifter and the son of Jack Frost himself…. Who can I trust and who is ready to betray me, just as my family had?
Dragon Marked
Jaymin Eve - 2015
Contained within these fortresses are some of the deadliest criminals from the five supernatural races: vampire, shifter, fey, magic users and demi-fey.Jessa Lebron, twenty-two, has spent her entire life in Stratford, Connecticut, one of the gateway towns adjoining these prisons which protect the fortified borders. She’s a wolf shifter, and her father leads the town council. She learns that much of her life has been hidden from her, secrets which threaten to tear apart the very fabric of her world. Especially the biggest secret of them all.She is dragon marked.Jessa only knows what she’s been told about the dragon marked, that they are dangerous and must be eliminated to prevent the rise of the dragon king, the powerful warmonger who had his head removed a thousand years ago. So now Jessa's on the biggest hit list of all. Dragon mark hunters are lethal and her only hope to evade detection is to keep the energy contained.As more secrets unfold she finds herself locked up in Vanguard, the notorious American supernatural prison. Thankfully she’s not alone. Braxton, the dragon-shifter has her back. Together they must survive long enough to free themselves and the other dragon marked.Because it’s time for the dragon marked to rise.
Visions
Elle Lincoln - 2021
Not for food either. For a four-letter word that rhymes with lick.Don’t act all coy, we all know what I’m talking about, and I just so happen to have four very delicious men vying for my attention.My ex, Pim, who stole my heart and my fear when he chose to become a shade rather than spend endless days worshipping my body.Greyson, who wants my heart and not just my lady taco. Well, if he isn’t going to give it up, then he needs to stop walking around in that fireman gear because… damn.Oh, and Hades, who has that whole bad boy persona going for him, but he’s a secret teddy bear at heart. I want to see if I can bring the God of the Underworld to his knees.Then there is Apollo, who is a rage monster hell-bent on making me his when I want to make him mine instead.It’s a shame my world went crazy and weird things keep happening all around me, because I definitely have better things to do. Or rather men.Who do I have to kill for a few moments of peace so I, Nessa, can claim these creatures as mine?VISIONS is book 1 of 4 in a slow burn reverse harem romance with so much sexual tension, it’ll leave you panting for more.Oh... And a Cliffhanger. If you're new here, sorry not sorry. If you aren't, you totally knew this was coming.
Fairy Tales of a Trailer Park Queen, Books 1-3 Box Set
Kimbra Swain
Banished by her kind. Hunted by zealots.Where does an exiled Fairy Queen hide?A remote mountain cabin, the seedy underbelly of a metropolis, or an uninhabited island. All would be good choices, however, after hundreds of years on the run, the daughter of Oberon, King of the Wild Fairies, signs a binding contract with the zealots that hunt her. In exchange, they allow her to settle down in the last place anyone would look for fairy royalty.Adopting the name Grace Ann Bryant, the Queen buys a double-wide and moves into a trailer park in the one-horse town of Shady Grove, Alabama. Her contract requires her to lend aid to the local sheriff, Dylan Riggs when supernatural problems arise.But when two children go missing, the humans point to the trailer park queen helping the sheriff, and the zealots point at the exiled fairy. Grace must decide whether to fight for her innocence or break her contract returning to life on the run.Bless Your Heart is a Southern Urban Fantasy that will make you laugh, cry, and laugh until you cry, as Grace wrestles with the dark fairy inside herself and starts to see that she’s more than just trailer trash.This Box Set contains books 1 through 3: Bless Your Heart, Tinsel in a Tangle and Snake in the Grass, plus a preview of Book 4, Comin' Up a Cloud.Reviews for Fairy Tales of a Trailer Park QueenBless Your Heart: Loved it!! New author just found on Amazon very impressed with her storyline. I really enjoy paranormal romance books, and this one puts a different spin on the paranormal that almost all the books I have read so far.Tinsel in a Tangle: Whimsical, funny., well-defined characters, unexpected plot twists ---- this is a better book than the title leads you to expect, echoes of Shayne Silvers and Jim Butcher. Definitely recommended.Snake in the Grass: Grace and her friends and family are a great bunch. The author doesn't disappoint in her storytelling and gets you hooked on the story from the first lines of the first chapter. I would recommend this series to all of my friends. I can't wait for the next book in the series.PREORDER NOW!Release Date March 17th
Something Wicked
Emma Dean - 2019
Kenzie Kavanagh exposed her father and brother's betrayal. So Mika is starting at the University of Morgana a semester late and praying to the Fates that she'll be able to catch up and graduate with her class. But as a witch with an undeclared specialty she's trying not to bring too much attention to herself. Because Mika has a secret and if she doesn't learn to control her powers, people will die.
The Bliss Drip
Liddie Cain - 2020
Especially as a vampire. Macory "Mac" Jacobs walks back into our southern small town and my life will never be the same. He pulls me into his world of supernatural creatures that I thought were only fiction. He asks me to help him run a blood donation program to serve the local vampire protection and protect the neighbors we grew up around. But he has no idea how much risk this request will put me in and I need him close to keep me safe. WIll my heart want him even closer?Or will the confident and oh-so-tempting boss of his, an archdemon named Felix, sweep me off of my feet? He is just as drawn to me as I am to him. Clues will begin to emerge that there are reasons from our past for such an attraction. I had always known there was something different about me and these revelations will surprise everyone I love.
The Bliss Drip is a paranormal romance reverse harem romance. This means the main character will be romantically linked with multiple partners simultaneously. It also can be considered a polyamorous romance. There is sexual content in this book that is consensual. One scene could be considered dubcon by some readers.
A Whisper Before Dawn
K.C. Kingmaker - 2020
It finds me: murderous teachers, sexy supernaturals, devious plots.My name is Dawn Rose. I was the food-scavenger for my group of outcasts in the Fringe—what used to be LA County before the Abnorms and supernaturals turned it into a hellscape. But I never expected to witness a brutal murder-by-magic. Now I’ve been whisked off to Briarwitch Academy, the place where magic goes to grow. The faculty think I have an ancient untapped power. Yeah, right. Like I’m going to fit in with drunken gnomes and goth pixies. And then there are the smoldering shifter dudes. One of them basically stalks me. The other hates me. I want them both.I’m just trying to survive the bullies and my classes and the magical weirdos who don’t think I belong here. But when evil threatens the academy, I have to stop it from reaching back home. And that whole murder thing? I know who did it. And he knows I know. And life’s about to get way more complicated… This is a slow-burn reverse harem paranormal romance with more heat than a fresh ghost pepper and more mystery than that missing Tupperware lid in your kitchen.If you like badass female leads, snarky sidekicks, conflicted alpha males, and straight-up evil baddies, one-click now!
Academy of Six
A.K. Koonce - 2019
The Academy of Six has just never seen a monster as terribly mundane as Izara Castillo. And that is a dangerous problem. She has four semesters to not only understand her supernatural abilities, but harness them as well. Everything at the Academy is a disaster, from Interdimensional Travels through hell to the other hell they like to call Gym. Bullies push her, test her, and simply try to kill her. A few broodingly protective roommates and a scary fake boyfriend could help. Or make her life impossibly harder. Pretend to date the emotionally detached demon, they said. What’s the worst that could happen, they said. It’s make or break within this prison of a school. If she succeeds, she’ll finally know what she’s capable of, who she truly is, and where she came from. If she fails…she dies. This is Reverse Harem series containing M/M themes. Recommended for readers 18 and over.
Hitched: The Bachelorette
G.K. DeRosa - 2019
Twenty-five supernatural bachelors. Six weeks to choose the one.When struggling actress Kimmie-Jayne Starr discovers she’s snagged the starring role on the next huge reality TV show, Hitched, she thinks all her dreams have finally come true. But as soon as she lands on the beautiful island of Mystic Cove, something feels wrong. Sure, the twenty-five bachelors are heart-stoppingly gorgeous, but she’s certain they’re all hiding something—something supernatural. As she gets to know the guys, protecting her heart proves impossible when she finds herself irresistibly drawn to more than just one. As a string of strange accidents on set grow deadlier, Kimmie realizes there’s much more to this dating show than she ever could’ve imagined. If she can’t figure out who’s behind these incidents, she’ll end up risking more than just her heart.***This is an upper YA/NA crossover with lots of schmexy bachelors and is best suited for age 17 and over. The steaminess factor does increase through the course of the series!
Surf's Up
Bee Murray - 2020
Marriage. Kids. The usual. But when she catches her boyfriend in a compromising situation with her boss, she sees red. With her old but faithful minivan, Betsy, she sets out on an impromptu #VanLife road trip up the California coast to start a new life. Trusting Fate to take her where she needs to go, she winds up broken down on the side of the highway just outside the idyllic beachside town of Misty Cove.But Misty Cove isn’t just any sleepy seaside town… It’s full of shifters, magic, and a whole lot more than Ronnie ever bargained for.A pod of sea lion shifters facing down an eternity of bachelorhood, Earl, Bryan, Darren and Trevor are suddenly faced with the pull of a fated mate. But there’s more to this arrangement than any of them are prepared for. They’ll have to put their best flipper forward to try and win her attention...and her heart.Beware, something dark skulks in the shadows of Misty Cove’s forests. A wolf pack bent on claiming Ronnie for their own, and an entity older than time itself has its eyes on Ronnie, too.Magic, mystery, Fate, and the inevitability of Destiny await!SURF’S UP is a sweet and steamy #WhyChoose romance featuring sexy shifters, magical jewelry, a sassy heroine, and fated mates. If you’re searching for a steamy shifter story with a happily ever after, one-click SURF’S UP today and fall in love!
Forsaken
Jennifer Julie Miller - 2018
Why has she never been enough? Why doesn’t anyone truly want her? She was reminded daily that she was nothing but a worthless girl and only another mouth to feed. The last time she saw her family, was the night they dumped her in a ditch on the side of the road and left her to die. A kind woman took her out of that ditch and gave her a home. Her new family was every girl’s dream until a single poisoned scratch took it all away. Emma was tossed away again, becoming a prisoner, and a slave to her circumstances. The one person the Cook enjoyed beating regularly. The day Cook sold her body, all of her hopes and dreams were destroyed. But one fateful night, after fighting for her life, she escapes this Hell. He finds her on the brink of death, naked, beaten, and barely alive. She thinks he is the Angel of Death, someone who will save her, but he is a real monster. Did she just trade one Hell for another? Will the memories he steals from her dreams soften his heart enough to make him care for something more than himself? Or will he turn her away, just to Forsake her, like all the rest? Warning: This book is Intended for mature audiences only. Forsaken is a very dark romance about the struggle of life. The good news is, I promise a Happy-Ever-After
Made For Magic
Melody Rose - 2021
I thought it was crazy, but it turns out magic is real, and more than that, there hasn't been a witch born in generations.So it's just me and a school full of deliciously hot wizards who haven't had a woman around for years. What's a girl to do in this strange new world, other than fall in love... again... and again... and again?But it's not all fun and games. When a dark force rises to threaten the school, the only thing that has a chance to save the day is my boys and me. Time to show the world that I was made for magic!
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