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Black Spells and Twisted Souls


Cece Rose - 2018
     A dead boss, a demonic kitty in her bathtub, and a smoking hot detective… If only he wasn’t trying to pin her for the murder. Between a mysterious fae prince with no sense of modesty or boundaries showing up, having to call a vengeance spirit, and more demons than she ever expected or wanted to meet appearing in her living room, an iced latte spilled all over her new dress is suddenly the least of her worries. When white magic won’t save her, and black magic will taint her soul, what’s a witch to do? -Urban Fantasy Reverse Harem-

Wings of Ice


G. Bailey - 2018
    Three Curses. Two Heirs. One Choice… Forbidden love or the throne of the dragons? Isola Dragice thought she knew what her future would bring. On her eighteenth birthday, she’d inherit the dragon throne, but one earth-shattering moment destroys everything. As war looms heavy over Dragca, Isola is catapulted out of her pretend human life and thrust into a world, she knows little of. One life-threatening accident, when she loses control of her dragon, ends up with the whole of Dragca academy hating her. When the four most powerful dragons in history are ordered to protect her, they find themselves with an awkward problem. Her family cursed them centuries ago, relegating them to slaves of the throne and they hate all royals. Especially an ice dragon princess with no control over her powers that can kill fire dragons. Which the whole school is full of. What happens when fire falls for Ice? 18+ **Reverse harem**

Amber Goes Yeti


Mia Harlan - 2020
    But when the heat goes out right before guests arrive, the party of the year might just be a complete disaster! Can my mates and I find a way to turn up the heat? And will they ever look at me the same again after I shift into a big, hairy, grunting yeti?Amber Goes Yeti is a reverse harem short story starring Amber and her guys. It is intended to be read after Amber and Amber: Deja Brew.

Fallen Elemental


Tamara White - 2016
    And it feels like they know it too, because they treat me like an outcast. When all I really want is to be cared for by someone. To be loved for who I am. Not hated by my parents like I am now, or bullied by girls who know nothing about me, but treated like I too am important and worthy of affection. It seems like that day has finally arrived when four new guys show up at school and turn my life on its head. I know I shouldn’t let my loneliness be the reason I let them into my life, but I can’t seem to help myself. There is just something about them that draws me in, that makes me long to be near them. But when my eighteenth birthday arrives, everything I thought I knew about them, and myself, changes. I have to adapt to all sorts of new challenges, like controlling powers I never knew I had. Let’s just hope I don’t destroy the world by accident. ***Warning: this book, while based in high school, is not YA. I recommend readers be over the age of 18 before reading this and and to ensure you read the inside warning page regarding possible triggers.

Lucifer's Daughter


Kel Carpenter - 2018
    Harbingers of the apocalypse. Destruction given form. Four of the sexiest—wait no—forget that. You get my point. So imagine my surprise when I find out everything I’ve ever been told, is a lie.But we’re getting ahead of ourselves here. Let’s start from the beginning.My name is Ruby Morningstar. I run a tattoo parlor in Portland with my bestfriend, have a pet raccoon, a crazy ex that stalks me, not to mention this one little thing… I’m a demon. Half-succubus, to be exact. For the last twenty-three years of my life, that’s the story I believed, but on the day a handsome stranger bails me out of jail my world is turned upside down, and suddenly I don’t know who I am anymore.Because the Four Horsemen aren’t the bringers of the apocalypse.I am.Talk about never catching a break.

Compel Me


Elena Lawson - 2019
    But don’t let the delicate name fool you—I’m all thorns… The polished metal stakes strapped to my thighs have pierced the hearts of so many vampires I’ve lost count. And after five years I still haven’t found him—the vamp with one blue eye and one brown. The one who slaughtered my mother and left me, a child, to sit screaming in a pool of her still-warm blood. With any luck, he’ll come to me. You see, I’ve made something of a name for myself with my trade. It seems more and more of the bloodsucking bastards seek to find me every day. Each of them wanting to be the one to say they plucked The Black Rose. It’s not until a group of three finds me that I think I’ve finally met my match. But these aren’t just any nameless, faceless vamps. I know them. Or, at least, I knew them—when they were still human. Worst of all, I owe them a debt. But paying it means I’ll need to face my worst fear… that I may not be entirely human, either ____________________________________________________________________________ Compel Me is the start to a steamy new reverse harem vampire romance from bestselling author, Elena Lawson. One-Click today, and immerse yourself in a world of supernatural romance, riveting adventure, and shocking twists and turns that will keep you turning the pages until long past your bedtime. Perfect for fans of Vampire Diaries, Patricia Briggs, A Shade of Vampire, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Laurell K. Hamilton, and Jeaniene Frost. AUTHOR'S NOTE: If you are offended by bad language, turned off by violence, or cringe at adult themes then this series is not for you! If, however, you enjoy a main character who curses like a trucker, stabs first and asks questions later, and isn’t afraid to tell a man exactly what she wants from him, then you’ve found your next read.

Charcoal Tears


Jane Washington - 2015
    Only asinine peace, where my paintings don’t seem to paint themselves, leaving me with terrible feelings of premonition and a chill beneath my fingernails.”Seraph Black used to think that she was prepared for anything. She could last days without eating and she always walked away from the violent altercations with her father relatively unharmed. She survived working at the club and the drive to school every day in her mother’s rust-bucket of a car… but it all changed when Noah and Cabe came bulldozing into her life, careless of the precious secrets they picked apart in their quest to take over her world. She was even less prepared for the mysterious Miro and Silas, and nothing could have prepared her for the bond. The connection. The reason for it all. Someone wanted her to stay away from her new friends, but she wasn’t willing to do that.Everyone had secrets.She wanted to know theirs. They wanted to own hers. And the stalker?He seemed to know everything already.

The Tracker Hive Academy: Year One


Avery Song - 2019
    I've endured being the bad gal in the room. I’ve taken a lot of life’s punches on the chin. But never did I expect to be forced to attend an academy full of power-hungry delinquents. Born with powers far too great to control, I ended up homeless at eight years old. With my family gone, I lived on the streets, learning quickly that the world was just as cold as my beating heart. Because I carry all eight magic elements, enemies sought me out from every dark corner. Luckily, I was saved and taken in by Alaric Masters, headmaster of Tracker Hive Academy. My name is Jade Storm, and I’m the youngest recruit to become a Tracker. Now that I'm eighteen, Alaric is insisting that I attend the academy. I’ll do it, but on my own terms. My only goal is to learn just how powerful I am and breeze through the next four years. I have no interest in joining any cliques, and I’m not here to make friends. If there’s one thing life has taught me, it’s that I work best alone. However, the Troubled Four — Zeke, Zion, Zackery, and Zeus — have other plans. Quadruplets who together carry all eight elements, the boys are desperate to make me submit to their trickery. They’re stupid to think I’ll play by anyone's rules but my own. I can handle whatever threats, traps, bullying, and schemes are thrown my way, because I'm not here to be a good student. I'm here to keep my secret safe from those who will do everything to see me perish. Game on. This is an 18+ Academy Romance.

Shadows and Shade


Amanda Cashure - 2019
    One minute I’m chained up with my master’s fist raised, and the next, Chaos himself has stepped in and saved my life – or at least my face. I’m used to saving myself, and my new life in immortal lands isn’t going to be easy.I mean, I do cause a little trouble… I may have put a taco in one of the brother’s boots. But that’s small potatoes compared to the magical freaking bubble I end up in – which I wholeheartedly blame Chaos for. It might be invisible but it is very real to me. I’m trapped within a pretty tight perimeter of at least one of the brothers, and if he leaves the room and I’m not right behind him I will literally be crushed to death against the wall. So we’d better get used to working with each other, and living, and showering. Everything! Privacy doesn’t exist anymore.There’s more going on here. With me, with them, with the world we all reside in. Their kingdom is on the brink of destruction. No one can be trusted, and we only have each other. Can the four immortal alpha males drop their guard long enough to see what’s right in front of them? This is a full-length, slow-burn reverse harem filled with humor, crazy antics, and excitement as Shade and her men fight overwhelming odds to find a way to be together. HEA guaranteed...but they're going to have to work for it.Reviewers are saying fans of Tamora Pierce, Maria V Snyder, Jaymin Eve, Jane Washington, Tate James, and Auryn Hadley will love these books. ⚠ Warning: laugh out loud funny and potential drink snorting. ⚠

Born of Embers


Quinn Arthurs - 2018
    I’d thought it had to be hidden - to stay a secret. I didn’t know my secret would become the key to my survival. Turning eighteen and getting accepted into college brings me everything I need to escape from the nightmares of my past but I never could have imagined my nightmares - and dreams - were just beginning. Finding myself thrown into a world of fantasy, politics, friendships, and rules that are nearly impossible to understand, I feel like I’m drowning in a world of shifters I never knew existed. As I struggle to find my place and prevent my nightmares from tearing me apart, I find myself surrounded by an unusual group of sexy men. With Hiro, Killian, Theo, Damien, and Ryder I’m trying to become the woman I’ve always wanted to be, if my past, and my future, will let me. *Warning this book contains scenes and references of abuse that some readers may find triggering. This book also contains some m/m themes.*

Midnight Fae Academy: Book One


Lexi C. Foss - 2020
    Even if it kills me.Except Headmaster Zephyrus is one step ahead of my every move.Prince Kolstov won't stop cornering me.And Shadow--the reason I'm in this damn mess to begin with--haunts my dreams.My affinity for the earth is dying and being replaced by something more sinister. Something powerful. Something deadly.The Midnight Fae believe this is my fate.They claim that I was "recruited" for a purpose.To battle a rising presence.Or to die trying.I don't owe them a damn thing. But if I have to pass their trials to find my way home, then so be it. I survived a plague and far worse in the Elemental Fae realm. An ominous energy? Please. What a joke.Give it your best shot.I'm waiting.And don't you dare bite me.Or I'll make you regret it.Author Note: This is a dark paranormal reverse harem romance, and despite Aflora's opinions on the matter, there will definitely be biting. Shadow, aka Shade, guarantees it.

Raven's Mark


Angel Lawson - 2017
    When her acceptance letter from NYU arrives she thinks maybe things are about to change. She just doesn’t realize how much. It's quite thrilling enough to discover that her new home is a beautiful mansion. But then she discovers her housemates. Five wildly attractive young artists. It's easy to get swept up in the fairytale of it all, but this house carries with it a secret... and so do the five enticing and charming men. In time, Morgan learns the six of them must wield this knowledge--together--if they're going to save the world.

Shunned


Steffanie Holmes - 2019
    I should have let them win. Now the kings of the school are out for my blood, ... and they’re not the only ones. The fire took everything. My parents. My best friend. My life. Now I have a second chance. I only have to endure one year at this prestigious academy for rich snobs. One year of being the charity case no one wanted. One year of taunts and insults and bullying. Then I’m free. But I didn’t count on Trey, Ayaz, and Quinn. Arrogant, privileged, dangerous. Drop-dead fucking gorgeous. They want me gone. They want me to suffer. They’re determined to make my nightmares real. Tough luck, bully boys – I won’t hide away. I’m not afraid. But maybe… I should be. HP Lovecraft meets Cruel Intentions in this dark paranormal reverse harem bully romance. Warning: Not for the faint of heart – this story of three broken bad boys and the girl who stood her ground contains dark themes, crazed cultists, books bound in human skin, high-school drama, swoon-worthy sex, and potential triggers.

Shadow Caster


Debbie Cassidy - 2019
    Doesn’t matter if you don’t remember doing the crime.I killed a human, and no, it wasn’t on purpose, but that shit doesn’t matter to the council. I’m facing death. So, when I’m offered a deal to avoid execution, I’d be a fool not to take it, even if it means leaving the human world and urban life behind to enroll in the Nightwatch Academy – a gothic monstrosity hidden from human eyes, located way too close to the largest tear in the fabric of our reality.It would be fun if I had any inclination of becoming a member of the Watch or supporting the shadow knights at keeping the Formorian threat at bay. But heck, the monsters beyond the mist aren’t my problem. I have personal demons to deal with.Once I’m out, the Watch can shove it.But one sip from the ceremonial goblet and my plans to coast are out of the window as my powers spark to life.I’m an anomaly, one the Watch won’t be letting walk any time soon.My only comfort is a man who prides himself on his ability to harness pain. Battle scarred and formidable, he’s my tutor, my mentor, and the object of some super saucy dreams. He’s completely off limits and my only hope of surviving my first test.I’ll need to harness my powers fast.There can be no distractions.But when my fellow cadets start going missing then returning with no memory of who they used to be and my best friend is taken, turning a blind eye is no longer an option.Allies are limited when you’re a freak. Luckily, I don’t need a cheer squad to get shit done. Whoever is responsible better watch out. I’m coming for them, and I’ll be bringing the pain.The Vampire Academy meets Game of Thrones in this kick-ass, supernatural academy, Urban Fantasy with a slow burn Why Choose Romance.

Misfit Princess (Misfits of the Fae Realm, #1)


Daria Binx - 2020
    My newest treasure, earned through escaping my abusive boyfriend thanks to the help of my best friend. I’m a survivor, but it comes with a price. I constantly feel like someone’s watching me, and between this paranoia and the panic attacks, my new life has not been easy. It’s a constant battle to hold onto my fragile new self-control. Enter three vastly different, equally stubborn men to complicate my life, each one evoking feelings I thought I’d know. Who are they and why am I drawn to them? I want to move on from my past, but I’m scared to let them in. If I could just find the time to sit down and figure it out, perhaps I could solve this riddle, but an old threat has found me, and my time is running out...who do I turn to for protection?