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Hidden Power


Fiona Starr - 2020
    I grew up bouncing around the foster system, never knowing when the rug would be pulled out from under me. Now, I’m twenty-two and while I’m free of the dangers of my childhood, life still isn’t easy. When a strange couple appears chanting in some weird language, I try to walk away, but the guy whips out a freaking fire lasso and starts making like he’s going to hogtie me right there on the street. That’s when all kinds of crazy breaks loose. Next thing I know, I’m strapped to a bed in what looks like a hospital, I can’t speak, and some woman is telling me I’m a Vox Elemental, which leaves me a choice between getting shipped off to a magic school to train my voice or be silenced forever. Of course I choose the school; who wouldn’t? Turns out my new home is a highly competitive, cut-throat academy where one wrong step could cost me everything. I promise myself that I’ll work hard and get free, which all goes out the window when I meet not one, not two, but four of the hottest guys I have ever seen, and they are definitely not part of the curriculum. As if juggling new relationships, a new school, and some rather testy mean girls weren’t enough, there’s also someone or something making a meal out of the student body—literally. Add that to the things I have to manage. Assuming I survive… Some luck, huh? Publisher’s note: Academy of Elemental Magic is a full-length reverse harem supernatural fantasy academy series with magic and steam meant for mature readers.

Bodyguard Wolf's Baby


Amelia Wilson - 2020
    I turn to the only people I know who are strong enough to help.The Paranormal True Mate Dating Agency sent me two strong, sexy werewolves…… One is the asshole who abandoned me in the first place.Now I want both wolves.But more importantly, I want my baby back.Will these werewolf bodyguards save the day…...Or will they abandon my son and ravish me?Read The Bodyguard Wolf’s Baby for excitement, exhilarating sex, and incredible action!

Lock and Key


Evangeline Anderson - 2020
    Since I started school at Nocturne Academy, strange happenings have befallen me. The weird key-shaped necklace I found at a flea market chokes me every time I try to take it off. Also, a tall, beautiful, and bitingly sarcastic Nocturne has the lock that matches it. His name is Griffin Darkheart, and—like this freaking necklace—I can't seem to stay away from him, though he's being Censured for mysterious crimes. Among a student body composed of vampires, witches, were-dragons, and fairies, I no longer know what my future holds. To heck with graduating with honors. I'm just hoping to graduate alive. Nocturne Academy is full of deadly dangers.And I've already got a target on my back...

Turquoise Mountain


Diane J. Reed - 2018
    Dillon Iron Feather is dangerous and he knows it. Hardened by his championship fighting career, he returns to his remote Colorado ranch to heal, only to discover that city girl Tessa Grove is determined to stake her claim to the old mine she inherited on a corner of his land. Stubborn to the bone, Tessa soon digs up precious gems from deep within the earth to use in her custom-made jewelry business. But those stones turn out to be sacred, and sparks fly as they begin to guide her to the secret chambers of Dillon's heart.Iron Feather Brothers Series: Meet the Iron Feather Brothers—they’re tough, they’re dangerous, and family means everything to them. Whether it’s living up to their ancestor’s outlaw reputation or brandishing their own style of justice, these men have each other’s backs. And it takes very special women to get under their skin and untangle their barbed-wire hearts in order to find love in this contemporary western romance series set in the Rocky Mountains.

Her Earth Mates


Lark Sterling - 2019
    But you can’t escape what’s written in the stars.With my three sisters off in search of their own fated circle of three mates, my journey begins. Duty drives me to the deep and mystical hidden home of my own ancestors, the Grizzly Shifters.As luck, and a little magic from beyond, might have it, my own three fated stars, Minco, Billy, and Yansa stand waiting for me. Their protection goes beyond the exterior, a connection forged in centuries of prophecy and a deep yearning that leads me beyond intuition or education.But with the good always comes the bad. As I stand in the place my father once stood, staring out at my future, the fog begins to settle in, and I wonder whether my mates are for life, or if I was truly cursed from the start.This is a fast burn standalone reverse harem shifter romance. Readers 18+.

Absolutely, Positively


Jayne Ann Krentz - 1996
    Harry Stratton Trevelyan. She'd hired him when the foundation had needed the advice of the best expert in America on new inventions. Brilliant, tall, and unexpectedly handsome Harry was the best--at getting under her skin. She had bubbled over about a device for lunar power. He shot it down. She went wild for a bright-eyed young inventor. Harry called him a con. They were getting nowhere fast when he suddenly invited her to his condominium for tea. There she was thinking of giving him his pink slip. There he was serving her Darjeeling, a sexy smile, a smoldering gaze, and an outrageous proposal--that thy have an affair!Harry had been burned before by love. He wanted no pulls on his heart, no intrusions on his time, no dizzying of his logical mind. But he couldn't get Molly Abberwick out from under his skin. His brilliant deduction: have a simple fling, "just one of those bedroom things." It was a fail-safe formula for a no-commitment/no-demands affair. After all, the chemistry was right. What could go wrong?Everything, of course. Molly was ready to go to battle with Harry, not to bed with him. Worse, she believed only an absolutely, positively impossible man would think that a relationship could be planned, predicted, and run like a science project. But just when Molly was ready to let him have a piece of her mind--not her heart--she discovered that the eminent Dr. Trevelyan was not what he seemed.Harry turned out to be fascinating. First, there was his family, the Trevelyans, a long line of carnival owners, illusionists, and daredevils who ran the Smoke & Mirrors Amusement Company. Then there were the paranormal premonitions Harry denied having--on scientific grounds--but which brought him to Molly's side when a sinister prank exploded at her family mansion. And when the pranks escalated into violence and a mysterious the stalker threatened her life, Molly needed Harry's sixth sense, and his extraordinary family, to help. Sh needed Harry, not for just a week, not for just an hour, but forever in love.

The Italian's Secret Quintuplets: BWWM, Billionaire, Escape To Italy, Secrets Romance (Love In Miami Book 10)


Alicia Beckton - 2021
    

Burning for Christmas


Kaye Kennedy - 2020
    His parents are relentless in their quest to get Keith to give up his dream and move to Washington D.C.They’ve made it clear that his attendance at their annual Christmas Soireé is required—as is him bringing a date—but he can’t take just anyone to a holiday party for the members of Congress.Enter Brielle—Keith’s roommate and friend who knows him better than anyone. She’s sophisticated, she’s intelligent, and she’s an award-winning news anchor. His family will love her.They went to the party as friends, but left as something more, and now he has to keep his parents from digging their talons into the woman who means more to him than anything.He puts out fires for a living, surely he can keep his family from burning down his life, right?This interracial love story will have you cheering for love to win over hate. All they need to do is survive Christmas…This standalone Christmas story is set in the world of the Burning for the Bravest series featuring New York City fireman who love hard and make love harder, but can be read without having read the series. (Be warned, you're going to want to devour the series once you get a taste of the sexy firemen in Burning for Christmas.) The author is a former firefighter, so expect authentic action scenes. You'll also get all the warm fuzzy holiday feels and a tissue-worthy HEA.

King's Mate


Piper Stone - 2020
    Something that would not be denied. Something that demanded I claim her then and there.I took her the way a beast takes his mate. Roughly. Savagely. Without mercy or remorse.She will run, and when she does she will be punished, but it is not me that she fears. Every quivering, desperate climax reminds her that her body knows its master, and that terrifies her.She knows I am not a gentle king, and she will scream for me as she learns her place.Publisher's Note: King's Mate includes spankings and rough, intense sexual scenes. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.

The Leopard Twins' Christmas Mate (Uncontrollable Shift Book 4)


R.E. Butler - 2020
    

He Has Your Eyes


Vixa Vaughn - 2020
    on a handsome young boy?I know he’s my son. I’m not giving either of them up, ever again.I’m stunned, but I’m spurred to action.I’m going to win back his mom.Be a real part of my son’s life, because I already love him so much.Nothing and no one is standing in my way.I’m the luckiest man in the world, falling in love at first sight...twice.First with Vivica. The only woman for me.Then, our son. He’s smart, sweet, and he’s my whole world now.Can I erase the pain of the past and get us to happily ever after - as a family?Guess you’ll have to read to find out...

Cylo


Maia Starr - 2017
    But she never expected that escape to be abduction by Cylo, an alien seducer that can shift into dragon form... Melody loathes being the daughter of the U.S. President and longs for escape. When escape comes in the form of abduction by an attractive alien dragon shifter, she’s introduced to a dragon world she never knew existed, and desires she never experienced. But just when she is starting to accept her new world and the new dragon in her life she is forced to return to earth, against her will. Cylo is a prince of the Draqua race and gets what he wants when he wants it. But when meeting the defiant headstrong human Melody, he knows she must be his mate forever. But he learns that elder dragons oppose mating with humans and want both of them dead. Will he give up his one true mate? Or will he keep her and face the deadly consequences that come with it? Cylo (Dragons Of Kelon) is the first book in the Dragons Of Kelon Standalone series. All books in this page-turning Sci Fi Alien Weredragon Romance can be read as standalones, there are no cliffhangers, and happily ever afters are guaranteed! Steamy Sci Fi Romance bonus books included!! Note: Adults Only!

Bratva Redemption: Russian Mafia Romance (Bratva Debt Duet Book 2) by Coco Miller


Coco Miller - 2020
    A past I had no idea existed. And now?Alegra finds herself in the arms of the enemy.I’ll raise hell to bring her back where she belongs.I don’t care what I need to do.Who I need to kill.Because sometimes evil wins.And make no mistake, I am the evil.*Bratva Redemption is the conclusion to The Bratva Debt Duet. One-click the conclusion to this steamy enemies-to-lovers, Russian Mafia Romance. The series is complete.

An Immortal Guardians Companion


Dianne Duvall - 2021
    If you’re an Immortal Guardians fan, I think you’re really going to enjoy this companion. Dianne has packed it with ninety pages of deleted scenes that feature many of the characters you’ve come to know and love plus a bonus scene from Cliff’s Descent that you won’t want to miss.You’ll also find every character interview Dianne has ever written inside these pages. (Those of you who’ve encountered a few in the past know the ones I conduct are the best.) If you’ve never read one or you missed a few, then pick up a copy, sit back, and laugh while I interview Immortal Guardians and the loves of their lives for the network. Even Chris Reordon and Todd down at network headquarters get in on the action.I also interview Dianne and ply her with questions I thought you’d like to ask her. Throw in a couple of short stories, what inspired the Immortal Guardians series, and a brief Who Does What Now? list, and you’re bound to enjoy it.See you on the inside!Your friend,SheldonImmortal Guardian Richart’s immensely competent SecondAnd the most beloved character in the Immortal Guardians series (at least in his mind)

The Dragon Twins


Michelle Madow - 2020
    Romance. Adventure. And twists you’ll never see coming.According to legend, twin sisters Gemma and Mira are descended from witches. But they’ve never been able to use magic.On their seventeenth birthday, everything changes. They’re gifted with power over the elements, and right after receiving their magic, they’re tracked down and attacked by an ancient monster. They would have died, if not for Mira’s boyfriend Ethan showing up to save the day.It turns out that Ethan has magic, too. He’s a dragon shifter from a dark realm, and he’s sworn to protect the twins from whoever’s hunting them down.With monsters relentlessly chasing them, the three of them go on the run, pausing only to sleep—and to allow Ethan to teach them how to master their magic. But since they’re stuck together, Gemma has to try harder than ever to keep her deepest secret from her twin—she’s been in love with Mira’s boyfriend for months. Sometimes, she swears Ethan feels the same.But Gemma’s feelings for Ethan should be the last thing on her mind, because whoever’s hunting them has dark magic so impossibly strong that even the most powerful supernaturals are running scared. With nowhere left to hide and time running out, the twins race to discover the truth behind their heritage so they can fight back—even if that means committing the ultimate act of betrayal: of each other.