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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+.
Kiss of the Goddess
Tessa Cole - 2021
how could this dream possibly go wrong?
Winter in Chicago is the perfect time for a mini pity party. Annie Chambers hates snow, her job sucks, and getting laid? Ha! In her dreams. When she slips on a patch of ice, opens her eyes on a tropical beach, and meets the blue-green eyes of a beautiful… merman?... she’s positive she’s dreaming. Or suffering the world’s best concussion.As long as she’s hallucinating, she figures she might as well enjoy it while she can. And this dream lays it on… thick. What woman wouldn’t feel sexy under the heated gazes of not one, but four men who worship her body like a goddess? What woman wouldn’t feel inspired to be as bold as she’s always wanted to be?Delphon, Rion, Aethan, and Keph are as magical as the world they live in. Yet this world isn’t perfect. A strange sickness is sweeping through the people, and when Annie discovers a magical ability of her own that can help, it attracts the wrong kind of attention.Suddenly Annie’s dream isn’t just reality, it’s a nightmare — and the four men who love her will sacrifice everything to save her from an ancient evil that wants her dead.
Protect
Laura Wylde - 2019
I dug a hole. A deep hole. Now I’m being targeted by a gang of ruthless harpies who are power-hungry, dangerous and wreaking havoc on NYC. When I met Sergeant Daniel Richards, he reveals a side of the city I never could have imagined existed - including the three other stunningly HOT protectors who stand by my side: Lenny: The rebel who wears his heart on his sleeve. Jack: Two words: Champagne and Chopin. Jamie: The type of person who behaved as though he has always known you. Social. Relaxed. They’re a very special unit of Phoenix shape-shifters and their responsibility is to keep the balance between Earth and the nether-world. Unfortunately, things couldn’t be further from.... The closer I get to my protectors, the more drawn to them I become. But now’s not the time to be thinking about that while the whole city goes to hell…. is it?
A steamy shifter romance that will bring your body temperature up a notch and leave you wanting more.
Court of Blood and Beasts
Melody Rose - 2020
But now? Now, I know the truth.They’re both real. Vampires of all kinds are after me, my mom is some kind of valkyrie… and I’ve got the magic. A magic everybody wants, including these all-too-real vampires. Some want to use me, some want to kill me, and some of them, some really hot, sexy ones, just want me.Now, if I can figure out this magic, if I can cement the bonds of love and blood with three devastatingly handsome beasts, we might just survive long enough to carve out a place in the Courts of Blood and Beasts.
Libra Ascending
Tamar Sloan - 2021
One Task. Save the universe.Brielle has never been normal - she sees things no-one else does. But as it looks like she’s about to be adopted after growing up in an orphanage, she’s the closest she’s ever come. All she has to do is act...well, normal.The new guy in town, Tristan, is anything but that. On the first day she meets him, he starts talking to her of visions and aliens and a darkness so evil, it will take twelve Zodiac heirs to defeat it. Brielle knows she should run the other way, as fast as she possibly can. If only she wasn’t so undeniably drawn to him…When assassins attack and Brielle can no longer deny she has powers, she begins to wonder—is Tristan telling the truth? Are there others like her? Are her feelings so powerful because she and Tristan are soulmates? And ultimately, will Brielle have to sacrifice everything she’s ever wanted so she can join a daunting fight to save the universe?
Captive Monster
Demi Dumond - 2020
Where's the fun in that?I thought magic only existed in movies. Turns out I was wrong. It does exist, and it's illegal to use it in the mortal world. Oops. So now I've been sent to Blood Moon Academy to figure out this whole magic thing. The problem is, I've got three strike against me before even setting foot in a classroom:Strike 1: I got the lowest score ever on the magic placement test. FML.Strike 2: A rare blood moon happened the same night I arrived. Which apparently means I'm cursed.Strike 3: I seem to have woken up a monster with my arrival. Go me.When the body count rises, I'll have to prove my innocence before the headmaster throws me in a dungeon or the students take matters into their own hands. Good thing there are some smoking hot distractions around.
Captive Monster is a snarky, sexy why-choose romance.
Upcoming releases for Blood Moon Academy Series:
Book 2: Monster Awakened Feb 1, 2019
Book 3: Monster Unleashed March 16, 2019
Wish for Me: Book 1
Yumoyori Wilson - 2018
My life was perfect. Successful career underway, supportive family by my side, a comfortable lifestyle, and my hot, hunky fiancé I assumed would become my life partner. But then in the span of twenty-four hours, betrayal, rejection, and heartbreak made my world crash down around me. All alone with no one to turn to, I find myself cradling a lamp given to me by my grandmother, my last connection to someone who loved me. As the clock strikes midnight, I make a silent plea: Let me find where I truly belong. Never would I have imagined that four half-naked men would be the answer to my plea. I’m not one to believe in fairy tales, but I’m about to start my own as I travel across the world as Destiny Jinn, granting wishes with four unique men who brighten my once lonely existence. I am pulled to a new world where wishes can truly become reality—but at what price? I guess the saying is true - Be careful what you wish for...
The Lord of Stariel
A.J. Lancaster - 2018
Long live the Lord of Stariel. Whoever that is. Everyone knows who the magical estate will choose for its next ruler. Or do they? Will it be the lord’s eldest son, who he despised? His favourite nephew, with the strongest magical land-sense? His scandalous daughter, who ran away from home years ago to study illusion? Hetta knows it won’t be her, and she’s glad of it. Returning home for her father’s funeral, all Hetta has to do is survive the family drama and avoid entanglements with irritatingly attractive local men until the Choosing. Then she can leave. But whoever Stariel chooses will have bigger problems than eccentric relatives to deal with. Winged, beautifully deadly problems. For the first time in centuries, the fae are returning to the Mortal Realm, and only the Lord of Stariel can keep the estate safe. In theory. The Lord of Stariel is the first book in the Stariel quartet.
Genie and the Shadow Kings: Three Wish Romance
Gina Manis - 2021
All their wishes are the same. Wealth. Power. Fame. I give it to them and move on because my freedom is never their wish.These newest three masters are different, and it isn’t because they are half Vampire. They did not mean to rub my bottle and have no desire to collect their wishes. Instead, they want to give them to someone else. Who does that?They drag me through their world, and for the first time, I am in one place long enough to feel human. A desire for a true life awakens in me, and I can taste my freedom in their touch.What would it be like to be claimed by three? I will use every trick I know to find out.
Hellfire and Kittens
Rhiannon Lee - 2018
Hell is just a place on earth, right? For Lucy, this couldn't be any closer to the truth. Stuck working in another dead-end job in another unremarkable city, Lucy’s adapted to life on the run by arming herself with a smokescreen of snarky humor. Sometimes though, her filter-less sasses land her in hot water, especially when it comes to triggering her unruly magic. But, still haunted by the memory of her parents’ deaths, she does her best to scrape by under the radar. Little does she know, however, mysterious forces at work have other plans for her.
I knew I hadn’t left anything on it since what little mail I got, which was mostly bills and junk, littered the top my coffee table.
After a trip to the pound, where a small, scrappy black cat befriends her, a rapid series of events thrusts Lucy—literally—into the complicated world of Hell. Caught up in the politics for the scramble to secure Lucifer’s throne, Lucy’s birthright is challenged when a nefarious plot arises, threatening the stability of not only Hell, but the relationships she's worked to build after years of mistrust.
I cautiously closed the distance to the table, while he flung himself back into the floor.
Lucy will need to learn to rely on others and use the help offered to her by an alluring demon and a ragtag team of misfits in order to save Hell before it’s ripped apart by all manners of depraved, ruthless enemies.
Expertly hand penned across the front in fancy calligraphy was my name. My entire name. Lucinda Kenna Melek.
Hellfire and Kittens is the first full-length reverse harem novel in a five-part Paranormal Romance series. That means Lucy won’t have to choose! Full of action, interesting creatures, hot guys, and a sassy independent heroine who is thrown into a strange world that she must learn to navigate while discovering that true love really does exist. Even if it is a bit unexpected and unconventional. **This series contains explicit language and adult situations. ***Trigger warning info—This book contains situations of grief and loss.
Villainous Hearts
Scarlett Snow - 2020
It’s also where Hades claims she's his reincarnated wife, bad boy Loki of Asgard is determined to seduce her, and the Prince of Darkness wants to turn her into his new vampire bride.Zara might be surrounded by villains, some of them devilishly sexy, but they have no idea what she’s capable of...and she has no idea what secrets lurk in the shadows waiting to tear her world apart.Academy for Villains is a Hades/Persephone retelling with a Reverse Harem Paranormal Romance twist featuring various kinds of mythology in a reform school setting. 18+.
Death Card
A.C. Wilds - 2019
A past she can’t escape, and stuck in a cage of her own making, she tries to settle into a normal life. Except she isn’t normal, she never was, but she is about to find out just how exceptional she is. Greyson’s job is simple. Hunt the things that imprisoned him and bring them back to the Light, but when he meets Azra, things don’t seem so clear anymore. Cassiel is a prince, the heir to the throne. His existence has been ordinary until a inky haired temptress shows him how extraordinary it can be. Thrown into the world of the Fae and forced to make some hard choices, Azra is given her purpose; protect the weak and destroy the wrong. The Fae who claim to be angels and messengers of the gods aren’t holy. They want Azra for reasons she can't understand, and she must follow along to survive. Light, Dark Good, Evil The lines will blur This is an Adult (+18) Paranormal Reverse Harem story. It is a slow to medium burn, with the intensity picking up in book two. There are possible triggers and some violence.
City of the Sleeping Gods
Olivia Ash - 2018
Though she has saved the city hundreds of times, the people of Nighthelm don’t even know she exists.Found wandering the Witch Woods as a child, everything about Sophia is a mystery. With no memories and no family, she’s raised in secret by the professors of Nighthelm Academy… all of whom know far more about her than they’re letting on. But Sophia does know one thing: she’s a contritum, a magical being with a broken soul. Her very existence is illegal, and until she finds the other piece of her soul, her uncontrollable magic will only grow more deadly and untamed.As Sophia races the clock to find her other half, her magic growing more wild by the minute, she discovers three men who hold a mysterious sway over not just her soul, but also her heart.The problem? She must lie. No matter what happens, she can’t tell them who… or what… she is. Strong and dangerous, powerful and commanding, each of these men make her body react in traitorous ways. Bit by bit, she feels herself becoming whole around them. But for the life of her, she can’t figure out which of them has the missing piece to her soul… or how he got it in the first place. To make matters worse, it becomes clear someone broke her soul on purpose… and she’s on a warpath to figure out why.
The Lioness of Egypt
Leigh Anderson - 2019
An evil sorceress. And three lion shifter kings. Sanura would do whatever it took to be the next queen of Egypt – even if it meant marrying her younger half-brother and waging war on all of Africa. But when the pharaoh is murdered and Sanura blamed for the crime, she barely escapes the city with her life. With nothing and no one to help her, Sanura finds herself at the mercy of a lion shifter African king. One of Egypt’s sworn enemies. A man who would be better off with her dead.And he’s not the only lion king she needs to worry about.THE LIONESS OF EGYPT is the first full-length reverse harem historical fantasy book in the SHIFTERS OF AFRICA trilogy.
Badass Alchemy
M.J. Marstens - 2020
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As a Realm Guardian, I’m one of the few humans that can pierce the In-Between. It’s a tedious job, done mostly behind the scenes. I simply monitor the souls that have not crossed over yet. Ninety-eight percent of them complete their unfinished business; then move along, but it’s the two percent that screws me over.These are the souls that have no intention of cooperating.Of finishing their business.Of crossing-over.Instead, they are here to wreck shop.Unfortunately for them, that’s where I come in.I’m Sassafras Dejais and I’m the last line of defense between these malicious spirits and the human world.Usually, I make quick work of these dicks souls and then move on with my life.But lately, that two-percent has been growing. . .It’s getting harder to keep up on my own; so when a devastatingly handsome man offers me a card to join A.S.S., I consider it.It sounds like the In-Between needs a hero.Someone badass and full of sass.Ironically, Sass is my nickname.And Badass is my middle name.
Warning: This is book one in the reverse harem series ASSASSINS of the SHADOW SOCIETY. It's intended for readers 18+. This story is broken into novella pieces and will end with unanswered questions.