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The Librarian: A First Contact Story
M.N. Arzu - 2015
Aliens, it turns out, like to keep their existence quiet.Breaking a great number of rules, Seattle's resident alien has come back from a quick trip to his home planet to talk to his human wife. He just happened to land too close to a military base. Now, he will tell her the truth, even if he has to do it behind a glass wall and with the military between them.
The Librarian
is a contemporary novel set in America and dealing with first contact with an alien species unlike anything else in modern science fiction. Readers' Favorite Silver Award for Short Story/Novella, 2018WriteOn Staff Pick, 2015
Alien Billionaire's Fated Mate
Miranda Martin - 2020
Starlight Matchmaking, what a joke. I'm sure this is a scam. I'm more interested in figuring out their game than I am in a possible date. But the instant I see Wadjet, déjà vu hits me. Somehow it's like I've known this sexy, golden skinned billionaire forever, but we've never met. He says we have. That he's been searching for me for an impossibly long time. And now that he's found me, he's not going to lose me again. I don't believe in fate. I don't even believe in aliens. But before this date is over, he's determined to change my mind.
Police Bear: Bear Shifter Romance (B.E.A.R.S. Book 2)
Candace Ayers - 2021
Dragon Returning
Sloane Meyers - 2017
Now, he’s determined to stay as far away from magic and shifters as he can. He’s perfectly content living as a human in a city full of humans, until Mandy Evans walks in and turns his world upside down. She’s smoking hot, but she’s also a wizard, and Russ angrily pushes her away…until she makes him an offer he can’t refuse: piles of cash to complete one little job that requires a dragon’s touch. The Dark War left Russ penniless, so he reluctantly agrees to accompany Mandy back to the wizard-shifter town of Torch Lake on a temporary basis—very temporary. He’s planning to hightail it back to his human existence as soon as possible, but he never counted on falling for beautiful Mandy. And he definitely never counted on Mandy needing his help to escape the dark wizards who still lurk in the shadows… Wizard Mandy Evans has a lot to prove. She’s the first female wizard to be given a shot at recruiting a dragon shifter to help clean up the aftershocks of evil that threaten her new hometown of Torch Lake. She nearly botches the job, but manages to convince Russ Porter to help out at the last moment. Breathing a sigh of relief, she thinks she’s finally made a real difference for the cause of good. But soon she realizes that evil is lurking closer to home than she ever imagined, and she needs Russ’s help to hold it back. The only problem is that Russ is determined to get away from her, and away from Torch Lake, as soon as possible. In a wild bid to get him to stay, she realizes that her reasons for wanting him nearby go deeper than just fighting evil: her heart has become tangled up with his. Will love be enough to convince Russ to leave his old life behind and join Mandy in building a new one together? Read this action packed dragon shifter-wizard romance to find out! Dragon Returning is the first book in Sloane Meyers' Torch Lake Shifters Series, and can easily be read as a standalone book. Please note, this novel is intended for mature audiences and contains explicit love scenes as well as adult language.
Ruling Alphas: Shifter Romance Collection
Lola Gabriel - 2020
But she knows he’s off limits—someone like him would never get involved with someone like her, not when she comes from a family of troublemakers.After the pair kiss at a masked ball, Marin is left wanting Rocco more than ever, but knowing it can’t happen, she has to protect her heart even as she risks breaking his.Rocco can’t help but wonder what life would be like if he was with the beautiful Marin, but he also knows that her family’s status wouldn’t go over well with his parents or with the pack. Choosing Marin as his mate could mean giving up his birthright as the pack’s alpha. And he can’t give up everything to be with Marin. Can he?Books in this paranormal romance collection:Dragon’s EnchantmentFae DreamsWarlock PrinceWolf’s TroublesContent warning: Explicit love scenes and lots of sexy shifters. Intended for mature audiences.
Possessive Alien Warrior
Penelope Woods - 2020
And I liked it.That's not even the half of my story…I come from the human colonies. A place where you don't get a choice. A place to be forgotten.But he found me. He was a warrior, a savage royal hunter. And I was his prey.For a moment, I was lost in the reflection of his eyes. Speechless. But his power swept through me, and I knelt.I would have done anything to get out of the colonies. This was my chance. When the sun sets and the darkness rolls in, I feel him protect me.I am not just in love. I am his possession.Always & Forever.
Thorns (The Devious Fae, #1)
Katerina Martinez - 2021
but I kissed him anyway, and now I'm here. My fault.Oh, where's here? It's definitely not the Blind Raccoon, one of Seattle's grungiest, dirtiest, most prestigious dive bars. No, that beautiful stranger at the bar is the reason I'm plucked out of the human world, where most things make sense, and brought to a place called Arcadia - the world of the Fae.A world of monsters.He brings me to a mansion called Emerald Hall, and while it's breathtakingly pretty, I'm a prisoner here, stuffed into a cell and warned not to be seen by the other Fae. I have to try to get out of here, using every trick I learned growing up, but I can't help wanting to know more about the man who stole me from my home and brought me all the way to his.You know, after he tried to kill me.There's something about him, about this place, and about me. Secrets just waiting to be unraveled, if only I cared to pull the threads. But who has time for that when there's escaping to do?
Bartered to the Fae Lord
Rylee Winters - 2019
But now things have just fallen to a whole new level of crappiness even she couldn’t imagine! Her dead-beat father has struck a bargain with a Fae lord and offered her up as his bride to save his own worthless skin. Unfortunately, she discovers once a deal is struck with one of the immortal folk, there’s no way out… Callum, the mysterious Fae lord, comes for her personally, spiriting her away to his cold, wintry realm. She’s given no choice but to marry him and remain his captive. But Elise isn’t about to give up––she’s concocting a plan to escape. Only she’s in danger of losing herself heart, body and soul, to this brooding, chiselled, Fae warrior before she can realize her plan. Meanwhile, war is brewing in the Kingdom, and Callum has been ordered to ready the army of troops in his garrison to march for battle. There are enemies in the shadows and conspiracies happening behind closed doors, and he and Elise will find themselves caught in the crossfire. Will Elise be able to find out Callum is her fated mate before war erupts around them and tears them apart? Or will she abandon him in his greatest moment of need, when she’s unexpectedly given a chance to return home? *Bartered to the Fae Lord is a standalone steamy paranormal romance with a HEA. Each book in the Fated Mates series will feature a different couple with a complete story.*
Bad Boy
Sammi Cee - 2021
He loves his job welding, creating art in his funky warehouse , and dancing at the Carousal Lounge Gentlemen’s Club for fun! When danger strikes, and he ends up on the doorstep of a reclusive shifter, his whole world tilts on its axis. Fated mates are supposed to be myths, but all evidence is suggesting otherwise. Trickster’s one hundred percent on board for this new adventure, but what will it take to convince his disbelieving mate to trust what’s in his heart instead of the words in the history books? In this anticipated prequel for Sammi Cee’s new shifter world, you can expect a sexy omega who thinks clothing should be optional, a confused alpha who’s not sure what to do with said bold and confident omega, a couple of babies—because why not keep freaking the professor out—and a chosen family who knows just what to do!
Bride for the Russian Boss: An Arranged Marriage Mafia Romance
Bella King - 2021
Chestnuts Roasting Over Dragon Fire
Julia Mills - 2020
How could she have known a blizzard was lurking just over the horizon? Or that a sexy Dragon with smoldering eyes would come crashing back into her life?Fate is stoking the sparks between these star-crossed lovers, unfortunately, the Big Bad Wolf is huffing and puffing and threatening to blow it all away. Can Laurel forgive the past and trust the future? Can love heal a broken heart and turn a long, lonely Christmas into the first of many happy holidays? Can she trust a Ghost, a stranger in red, and a four-legged friend with a twinkle in his eye?Only one thing’s for sure, Laurel’s life is about to change and only Destiny knows if it’s for the better.Hold on tight and believe with all your heart.After all, tis the season for hope, love, and miracles.
The Love of a Family
Rebecca Shaw - 2018
That is until they're named guardians to their young nephews.Myra makes it clear she doesn't want the responsibility. After a terrible loss early in their marriage, she vowed never to open her heart again, and has turned her back on friends and family since. Now she has two children and a rabbit turning her house - and her heart - upside down.It will take danger, more heartbreak and a small dog for Myra and Graham to realise that, even if you don't know what you're doing, sometimes love is enough. That they're going to need help to muddle through. That, sometimes, it takes a village.*
Circle of Blood: Books 1 - 3
R.A. Steffan - 2017
Literally.In another lifetime, six vampires lost their mates - and their mortality - to an unimaginable evil power. Despite the veil of death separating them, the strength of love draws them together across the ages. But now, if they can't reunite with the reincarnations of their lost soulmates soon, it may just mean the end of the world.from the Big Easy to the ancient island of Cyprus and the ritual-steeped nation of Haiti, follow of night-walkers who are all that stand between humanity and chaos as they try to gather together the prophesied Council of Thirteen. Six vampires. Six reincarnate mates. And. . .the mysterious Other. Without the Council, the world will fall to darkness and become a wasteland haunted by the undead. But the demon who covets dominion over humanity will stop at nothing to thwart the vampires on their quest.In the eternal battle between Light and Darkness, love my be the greatest weapon. . . or the greatest weakness.From 'USA Today' bestselling author R.A. Steffan and fresh new voice Jaelynn Woolf comes a steamy paranormal romance series perfect for adult fans of vampire fiction.RUNNING TIME ⇒ 27hrs. and 31mins.©2018 R.A. Steffan (P)2018 R.A. Steffan
Return of the Danu
Kelly Lucille - 2018
Elena has spent her whole life hiding from the Warriors of the South after they burned her beloved Green and killed most of her people in their bid to take the North Lands, she is not about to start trusting them now. Certainly not the heir apparent, and the man they call 'The Bloody'. Both have good reason to hate, yet somehow the fate of the known world is suddenly thrust on their unlikely shoulders. They will have to find a way to work together or everyone will suffer, because the burning of the Green caused side effects none of them could have foreseen. A new alliance between the Danu and the southern conquerors may be all that keeps the people of the North Lands safe from a wild that has grown it's own magic teeth. ...And not everyone wants to see the peace accords succeed. This is the second book in The Danu series. It can be read as a stand alone, but the continuing story behind the romance is better enjoyed when the books are read in series order.
Summer at Lochguard
Jessie Donovan - 2021
Not only will Finn and Arabella deal with a surprise of their own, readers will enjoy updates from some of their favorite past couples. Also, the clan leader mates have some mischief up their sleeves, Asher King watches as Connor MacAllister talks with his sister Aimee, and other little tidbits happen over the course of the gathering.NOTE: This is not a standalone story. It features characters from Seducing the Dragon, Healed by the Dragon, Aiding the Dragon, Craved by the Dragon, Winning Skyhunter, and Transforming Snowridge.