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The one they call Shelby.

But the humans have not given her to us. She remains behind the walls of the facility they have reclaimed. She remains with a male that does not DESERVE her.

This beautiful, enchanting creature with long black braids and bright eyes needs a real male, a master, a true protector. She needs me.

I will do whatever it takes to claim her.

I’ll kill.
I’ll cheat.
I’ll steal.

No human, naga, or otherwise will keep us apart. Tonight, Shelby will be in my arms.

To hell with the rest.

--
Blue Coral is the third book in a series of Bride Hunting Aliens. With the charm of a snake, and the wiles of a devil, these males will do anything, and I mean anything, for their females.]]> 318 Naomi Lucas A 3 4.03 2021 Blue Coral (Naga Brides #3)
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]]> Fragile Longing 51072371 Too young.
Not blond.
And definitely not an ice princess.
Her sister is—was all those things. Perfection. Until she wasn’t. Until she ran off to be with the enemy and left her fiancé behind.
Now Sofia is given to Danilo in her sister’s stead, knowing she’ll never be more than second best. Yet, she can’t stop longing for the love of the man she’s been crushing on even when he was still her sister’s.

Danilo is a man who’s used to getting what he wants.
Power.
Respect.
The sought-after ice princess.
Until another man steals his bride-to-be. Danilo knows that for a man in his position losing his woman can lead to a loss of face.
Wounded pride.
Thirst for revenge.
A dangerous combination—one Danilo can’t leave behind, not even when a girl just as precious takes her sister’s place to placate him. Yet, she’s got one flaw: she’s not her sister.
Unable to forget what he’s lost, Danilo might lose what he’s been given.]]> 296 Cora Reilly A 2 3.35 2020 Fragile Longing
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]]> <![CDATA[By Virtue I Fall (Sins of the Fathers, #3)]]> 61361898 She only has one goal: to become a fashion designer. Chicago’s elite already copies her style religiously, not least because she’s the daughter of the city’s notorious mafia boss.
When she’s accepted at a world-famous fashion institute in Paris, her father’s condition is to take her bodyguard along.
Anna definitely wouldn’t mind a few weeks of no-strings-attached fun with her brooding protector.

Santino Bianchi became the Outfit’s enforcer because he liked the thrill of the hunt and kill.
Babysitting his capo’s daughter is an honorable assignment he can’t refuse. His thoughts about Anna? Not so honorable.
Santino’s ignored Anna’s persistent flirting for years. Now, far away from home boundaries begin to blur. But Santino doesn’t have any intention to be the reason for a failed engagement and the ensuing scandal.

A summer fling in Paris.
Only two things stand in Anna’s way.
Santino’s iron will.
And…her fiancé.]]> 312 Cora Reilly A 2 3.73 2022 By Virtue I Fall (Sins of the Fathers, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[By Sin I Rise: Part Two (Sins of the Fathers, #2)]]> 58987445
Marcella gave Maddox the impossible choice, and he chose her.
Still, she wonders if Maddox is ready to commit to a relationship, or if he’s scared of losing the uninhibited freedom his biker lifestyle offered him.

All his life Maddox knew who his enemies were, but suddenly he’s at a loss whom to trust. Will he ever find a place in Marcella’s life and family, or will old companions give him a new home and purpose?

Can enemies ever truly become lovers if the odds are against them?]]> 268 Cora Reilly A 2 3.52 2021 By Sin I Rise: Part Two (Sins of the Fathers, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[By Sin I Rise: Part One (Sins of the Fathers, #1)]]> 57605673
Known as the spoilt princess of New York, Marcella Vitiello grew up in a golden cage. If your father is the most feared man in New York, people gift you with reverence.
Destined to marry the boyfriend approved by her father, Marcella is sick of being treated like an untouchable porcelain doll.
She resents the life forced upon her by her family until everything she took for granted is ripped from her. Where she’s now, her name doesn’t bring awe, only pain and humiliation.

If you’ve grown up in a high castle, the fall is all the deeper.

Sins of the fathers have a way of catching up…who’s going to bleed for them?]]> 274 Cora Reilly A 2 3.63 2021 By Sin I Rise: Part One (Sins of the Fathers, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Bound By Blood Anthology (Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles, #7.5)]]> 55604632 Sworn in Blood�
…isn’t only the motto the Famiglia lives by.

Bleeding for love is something every couple in this book has experienced. Through hardships their love morphs into something even more beautiful and resilient. A love each of them is willing to fight for.

This anthology contains stories for the following couples:

Aria & Luca
Romero & Liliana
Growl & Cara
Mauro & Stella
Matteo & Gianna]]> 253 Cora Reilly A 3 3.66 2020 Bound By Blood Anthology (Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles, #7.5)
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]]> <![CDATA[Bound by the Past (Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles, #7)]]> 43557121 My life is a tale of betrayal.
I killed so many because they betrayed our cause, because they betrayed the Outfit.
A hypocrite. A liar. A murderer.
That’s what I am.
Five times I betrayed the Outfit. With my blood I made a vow to our cause, swore my life to it, promised to put the Outfit first. Above all else.
Five times I chose a woman over the good of the Outfit. I betrayed my father. My vow. My men.
You reap what you sow.
Would my betrayals destroy everything I swore to protect?

Valentina
On our wedding day I made a vow to stand by Dante’s side.
In good and in bad times.
To love him through it all.
Growing up in the mafia, I knew the challenges in our life would be numerous. I never expected them to tear at the very base of our family, of our existence.]]> 335 Cora Reilly A 3 3.72 2020 Bound by the Past (Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles, #7)
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]]> <![CDATA[Bound by Love (Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles, #6)]]> 52394480 When Aria was given to Luca in marriage, people were sure he’d break her.
Aria feared the worst from a man like him.
A man without mercy.
But somehow she gained his love.
Love - a weakness a Capo like Luca shouldn’t risk.
When Aria betrays Luca by going behind his back for her family, she realizes too late that she might have lost what she’s fought so hard to get in the first place: Luca’s trust.
The trust of a man who never allowed himself to trust someone unconditionally before.
Can their love survive in a world of betrayal and death?]]> 393 Cora Reilly A 3 3.96 2018 Bound by Love (Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles, #6)
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]]> <![CDATA[Bound by Vengeance (Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles, #5)]]> 52394453 He’d never had something to himself, never even dared to dream about owning something so precious. He was the unwanted bastard son who’d always had to content himself with the leftovers of others. And now they’d given him what only a few weeks ago had been out of his reach, someone he wasn’t even allowed to admire from afar, one of their most prized possessions. Thrown at his feet because he was who he was, because they were certain he would break her. He was her punishment, a fate worse than death, a way to deliver the ultimate punishment to her father who had displeased them so greatly.

Cara
She had always been the good girl. It didn’t protect her.
She didn’t know his real name. People called him Growl to his face, and the Bastard behind his back. Both were names he couldn’t possibly have chosen for himself. His eyes were empty, a mirror to throw back her own fear at her. He was a brutal hand of the Las Vegas Camorra.
And now she was at his mercy.]]> 259 Cora Reilly A 3 3.71 2017 Bound by Vengeance (Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles, #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[Bound by Duty (Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles, #2)]]> 51661616 Valentina is chosen for the role.
She, too, lost her husband, but her first marriage has always been for show. Even after her husband’s death, Valentina carries the weight of his secrets with her� to protect the honor of a dead man and herself.
With her wedding to Dante, her castle of lies threatens to crash.
Valentina fears the wedding night might reveal her secret, but her worries prove unfounded when Dante ignores her. Soon, her fear turns to confusion and anger.
Valentina is tired of being ignored. She’s determined to get Dante’s attention and desire, even if she can’t get his heart that still belongs to his dead wife.

She wants to capture his cold heart but she may have to settle for his desire.]]> 267 Cora Reilly A 2 3.70 2015 Bound by Duty (Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles, #2)
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]]> Sweet Temptation 52226559 My parents decided to give me to him to secure my father’s dwindling power.
Because if Cassio is one thing, then it’s powerful.
He’s also much older than me and the single dad to two small children.
I »ĺ´Ç˛Ô’t know anything about raising kids or being a wife.

Cassio wants a nanny and someone to warm his bed. He doesn’t want a relationship on equal footing.
My mother warned me that men of power, like Cassio, »ĺ´Ç˛Ô’t tolerate insolence, but I’m sick of being treated like a nanny with benefits.
But there’s a reason why Cassio never talks about his dead wife and how she died, and I fear the dark secrets I might uncover will break my heart.

A dark arranged marriage romance with an innocent heroine and an over-the-top possessive and jealous hero.]]> 292 Cora Reilly A 3 3.98 2020 Sweet Temptation
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]]> <![CDATA[That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon (Mead Mishaps, #1)]]> 58648147
After saving the demon Fallon in a wine-drunk stupor, all he wanted to do was kill an evil witch enslaving his people.

I mean, I get it, don't get me wrong. But he's dragging me along for the ride, and I'm kind of peeved about it. On the bright side, he keeps burning off his shirt.]]> 260 Kimberly Lemming A 0 to-read 3.87 2021 That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon (Mead Mishaps, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1)]]> 249747 Artemis Fowl is a riveting, magical adventure.]]> 396 Eoin Colfer A 2 3.86 2001 Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1)
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average rating: 3.86
book published: 2001
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]]> <![CDATA[Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)]]> 375802
But Ender is not the only result of the experiment. The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway almost as long. Ender's two older siblings, Peter and Valentine, are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. While Peter was too uncontrollably violent, Valentine very nearly lacks the capability for violence altogether. Neither was found suitable for the military's purpose. But they are driven by their jealousy of Ender, and by their inbred drive for power. Peter seeks to control the political process, to become a ruler. Valentine's abilities turn more toward the subtle control of the beliefs of commoner and elite alike, through powerfully convincing essays. Hiding their youth and identities behind the anonymity of the computer networks, these two begin working together to shape the destiny of Earth-an Earth that has no future at all if their brother Ender fails.]]> 324 Orson Scott Card 0812550706 A 2 4.31 1985 Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
author: Orson Scott Card
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average rating: 4.31
book published: 1985
rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #11)]]> 65111
Unless you are a slug, a sea anemone, or mildew, you probably prefer not to be damp. You might also prefer not to read this book, in which the Baudelaire siblings encounter an unpleasant amount of dampness as they descend into the depths of despair, underwater.

In fact, the horrors they encounter are too numerous to list, and you wouldn't want me even to mention the worst of it, which includes mushrooms, a desperate search for something lost, a mechanical monster, a distressing message from a lost friend, and tap dancing.

As a dedicated author who has pledged to keep recording the depressing story of the Baudelaires, I must continue to delve deep into the cavernous depths of the orphans' lives. You, on the other hand, may delve into some happier book in order to keep your eyes and your spirits from being dampened.

With all due respect,
Lemony Snicket]]> 323 Lemony Snicket 0064410145 A 3 4.03 2004 The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #11)
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average rating: 4.03
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]]> <![CDATA[Reckoning (Strange Angels, #5)]]> 10710406
Because getting out alive is going to cost more than she's ever imagined. And in the end, is survival really worth the sacrifice?]]> 307 Lili St. Crow 1595143955 A 2 4.10 2011 Reckoning (Strange Angels, #5)
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]]> Defiance (Strange Angels, #4) 8835897
That is, if she can put all of Christophe's training to good use, defeat her mother's traitor, Anna, once and for all, and manage to survive another day...]]> 272 Lili St. Crow 1595143920 A 2 4.18 2011 Defiance (Strange Angels, #4)
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]]> Jealousy (Strange Angels, #3) 6600807
But a web of lies and betrayals is still closing around her, just when she thinks she can relax a little. Her mentor Christophe is missing, her almost-boyfriend is acting weird, and the bodyguards she’s been assigned seem to know much more than they should. And then there’s the vampire attacks, the strange nightly visits, and the looks everyone keeps giving her. As if she should know something.

Or as if she’s in danger.

Someone high up in the Order is a traitor. They want Dru dead—but first, they want to know what she remembers of the night her mother died. Dru doesn’t want to remember, but it looks like she might have to—especially since once Christophe returns, he’ll be on trial for his life, and the only person who can save him is Dru.

The problem is, once she remembers everything, she may not want to...]]> 316 Lili St. Crow 1595142908 A 2 4.14 2010 Jealousy (Strange Angels, #3)
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average rating: 4.14
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]]> <![CDATA[Betrayals (Strange Angels, #2)]]> 6371117
Poor Dru Anderson. Her parents are long gone, her best friend is a werewolf, and she’s just learned that the blood flowing through her veins isn’t entirely human. (So what else is new?)

Now Dru is stuck at a secret New England Schola for other teens like her, and there’s a big problem—she’s the only girl in the place. A school full of cute boys wouldn’t be so bad, but Dru’s killer instinct says that one of them wants her dead. And with all eyes on her, discovering a traitor within the Order could mean a lot more than social suicide...

Can Dru survive long enough to find out who has betrayed her trust—and maybe even her heart?]]> 296 Lili St. Crow 1595142525 A 2 4.07 2009 Betrayals (Strange Angels, #2)
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average rating: 4.07
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]]> <![CDATA[Wrath of the Triple Goddess (Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Senior Year Adventures, #2)]]> 199190261
Percy, Annabeth, and Grover settle into Hecate’s seemingly endless mansion and start getting acquainted with the fussy, terrifying animals. The trio has been warned not to touch anything, but while Percy and Annabeth are out at school, Grover can’t resist drinking a strawberry-flavored potion in the laboratory. It turns him into a giant frenzied goat, and after he rampages through the house, damaging everything in sight, and passes out, Hecuba and Gale escape. Now the friends have to find Hecate’s pets and somehow restore the house, all before Hecate gets back on Saturday. It’s going to take luck, demigod wiles, and some old and new friends to hunt down the animals and set things right again.]]> 322 Rick Riordan 1368112382 A 0 to-read 4.14 2024 Wrath of the Triple Goddess (Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Senior Year Adventures, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Chalice of the Gods (Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Senior Year Adventures, #1)]]> 63035432
Unfortunately, the gods aren’t quite done with him yet. Poseidon breaks the bad news that if Percy expects to get into New Rome University, he will have to fulfill three quests in order to earn the necessary three letters of recommendation from Mount Olympus.

The first task is to help Ganymede, Zeus’s cupbearer, retrieve his golden goblet before it falls into the wrong hands. You see, one sip from it can turn a mortal into a god, and Zeus would not be pleased with that result. Can Percy and his friends Grover and Annabeth find the precious cup in time? And if they do, will they be able to resist its special power?

Readers new to Percy Jackson universe and fans who have been awaiting this reunion for more than a decade will delight equally in this latest hilarious take on Greek mythology by the "storyteller of the gods."]]> 288 Rick Riordan 1368098177 A 0 to-read 4.27 2023 The Chalice of the Gods (Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Senior Year Adventures, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Demigods & Magicians: Percy and Annabeth Meet the Kanes]]> 26031279 224 Rick Riordan 1484732782 A 4 4.30 2016 Demigods & Magicians: Percy and Annabeth Meet the Kanes
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]]> <![CDATA[The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, #1)]]> 7736182 JASON HAS A PROBLEM. He doesn’t remember anything before waking up in a bus full of kids on a field trip. Apparently he has a girlfriend named Piper, and his best friend is a guy named Leo. They’re all students at the Wilderness School, a boarding school for “bad kids," as Leo puts it. What did Jason do to end up here? And where is here, exactly? Jason doesn't know anything—except that everything seems very wrong.

PIPER HAS A SECRET. Her father has been missing for three days, ever since she had that terrifying nightmare about his being in trouble. Piper doesn’t understand her dream, or why her boyfriend suddenly doesn’t recognize her. When a freak storm hits during the school trip, unleashing strange creatures and whisking her, Jason, and Leo away to someplace called Camp Half-Blood, she has a feeling she’s going to find out, whether she wants to or not.

LEO HAS A WAY WITH TOOLS. When he sees his cabin at Camp Half-Blood, filled with power tools and machine parts, he feels right at home. But there’s weird stuff, too—like the curse everyone keeps talking about, and some camper who's gone missing. Weirdest of all, his bunkmates insist that each of them—including Leo—is related to a god. Does this have anything to do with Jason's amnesia, or the fact that Leo keeps seeing ghosts?

Join new and old friends from Camp Half-Blood in this thrilling first book in The Heroes of Olympus series. Best-selling author Rick Riordan has pumped up the action, humor, suspense, and mystery in an epic adventure that will leave readers panting for the next installment.]]> 576 Rick Riordan 142311339X A 4 4.28 2010 The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Entwined (Brutes of Bristlebrook, #3)]]> 210553766

After our humiliating defeat at Cyanide, Alastair left us shamed and shattered.

We lost.

But with our resources at a desperate low, new players making dangerous moves, and my brutes on the offense, I know I need to change the game. The last time I tried my hand, I made mistakes that nearly cost us everything—but I’m not the same hesitant little pawn I once was, and I’m not hiding behind my fear anymore.

This time, it’s my board.

The Sinners and the Reapers are in position.

The queen and her kings are in play.

But we need a better strategy—because if we can’t become the family Jasper always promised me we could be, then we might lose more than just our home at Bristlebrook.

We might lose our chance at forever as well . . .]]> 0 Rebecca Quinn A 0 to-read 4.28 Entwined (Brutes of Bristlebrook, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Unhinged Alphas (Ghost Alpha Unit, #2)]]> 216541196 Never get attached. Never let anyone in.
But five alphas are about to shatter everything I thought I knew—and this time, I can’t blame it on my biology.
The Ghosts are killers with fractured souls. Monsters in human skin.
But somehow, they've become my monsters.
Especially Wraith, the silent, scarred sentinel who sees me like no one else.
And as I realize I’m starting to fall for him, I also realize something even more terrifying.
I'm falling for them all.
And now, as shadows gather on the horizon that still calls out to me and deadly secrets about this dystopian world come to light, I'm faced with an impossible choice.
Do I cling to the freedom I've always craved and escape in the chaos?
Or do I embrace the bonds that both confine and liberate me?
One thing's certain. The Ghosts aren't letting me go without a fight.
And I'm not sure I want them to.

This dark omegaverse is set in a war-torn dystopian society structured around the alpha/beta/omega dynamic, with alphas holding most positions of power and omegas holding very little. There are no supernatural or paranormal elements in this omegaverse outside of alpha traits such as barks, pack structures, and enhanced physical abilities. Please see the author's website for details on elements in this series.]]> 572 Lenore Rosewood A 4 4.20 Unhinged Alphas (Ghost Alpha Unit, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Feral Omega (Ghost Alpha Unit, #1)]]> 214760685 They call me Irreparable.

A feral omega who can't be tamed.

And I've bitten every alpha who's tried.

Before they can either put me down or send me to a breeding facility, fate intervenes in the form of a masked spec-ops team that deals in death and destruction.

The Ghosts.

Valek, the wolfish serial killer plucked from death row.

Plague, the combat medic who deals death with surgical precision.

Whiskey, the big trash-talking himbo with a short fuse.

Wraith, the mute, scarred monster with a fractured mind.

And Thane, the stone-cold leader who rules his pack of rabid attack dogs with an iron fist.

The Council that oversees the last fragments of our society has decided the only thing that can tame these savage alphas is an omega. “Control the omegas, control the alphas,� as their infamous saying goes.

And we're so rare, there's only one omega they're willing to risk.

Only one omega they view as disposable.

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This dark omegaverse is set in a war-torn dystopian society structured around the alpha/beta/omega dynamic, with alphas holding most positions of power and omegas holding very little. There are no supernatural or paranormal elements in this omegaverse outside of alpha traits such as barks, pack structures, and enhanced physical abilities. Please see inside cover for themes.]]> 530 Lenore Rosewood A 4 3.90 2024 Feral Omega (Ghost Alpha Unit, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Book of Life (All Souls, #3)]]> 16054217 The #1 New York Times bestselling series finale and sequel to A Discovery of Witches and Shadow of Night

Bringing the magic and suspense of the All Souls Trilogy to a deeply satisfying conclusion, this highly anticipated finale went straight to #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. In The Book of Life, Diana and Matthew time-travel back from Elizabethan London to make a dramatic return to the present—facing new crises and old enemies. At Matthew’s ancestral home, Sept-Tours, they reunite with the beloved cast of characters from A Discovery of Witches—with one significant exception. But the real threat to their future has yet to be revealed, and when it is, the search for Ashmole 782 and its missing pages takes on even more urgency.]]> 561 Deborah Harkness 0670025593 A 4 4.15 2014 The Book of Life (All Souls, #3)
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average rating: 4.15
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]]> <![CDATA[When He Dares (The Olympus Pride, #6)]]> 123220703 Join a website for shifters seeking an arranged mating. Check.
Schedule a meeting with a prospective match. Check.

Quinley Bevan doesn’t expect to get smacked in the face by intense sexual chemistry during the meeting, but Isaiah Hale—dark, masculine, rugged—sets off all her hormonal fireworks. More, as a dominant shifter, the enforcer pulls at her submissive nature and calls to her inner cat. Both his power and stabilizing strength are plain drugging.

Their agreement is pretty standard: If they »ĺ´Ç˛Ô’t imprint on each other within two years, they’ll dissolve the mating. But with his cat holding back, danger lurking around corners, and her true mate making a reappearance, things might be more complicated than they bargained for.

When he first joined Find Your Match . com, Isaiah wasn’t confident he’d be paired with someone who truly fit him. But he feels a kinship with Quinley. The healer stirs up his protective instincts and ticks his every box. He always envisioned that he’d mate a fellow dominant, but this submissive healer pulls him in like no other.
Still, he doesn’t expect to feel possessive of her so fast—she’s a relative stranger. But as soon as he puts the claiming brand on her neck, everything in him screams Mine.

His cat, though, doesn’t view her as its mate. The animal is still angry at being unable to have the female it was predestined to claim. But when Quinley’s own fated mate comes sniffing around and she becomes a target of their enemies, the cat is finally in agreement with Isaiah on one vital thing: Quinley belongs to them now, and they’ll never let her go.]]> 382 Suzanne Wright A 3 4.25 2024 When He Dares (The Olympus Pride, #6)
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]]> Mating with Mallows 205972212 32 Nora Noodle A 1 2.72 Mating with Mallows
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]]> <![CDATA[Only the Clonely (Sunrise Cantina, #1)]]> 210491052
Kazex just wants Ruthie.

Ruthie just wants to have a nervous breakdown.

Well, she wants Kazex, too. The delicious a'ani chief of security has been a steady, protective, delicious presence ever since she joined the crew. He's made it clear that he loves Ruthie as she is, nervous wreck and all. But Ruthie's afraid of what will happen to their easy friendship if she asks for more. What if kissing his tattoos and touching his sinful body changes things? It's too late for flirting - now it's time for forever. And forever terrifies her.

The only thing more terrifying? Missing her chance with Kazex entirely.

This is a friends-to-lovers between clones (one alien, one human) and starts a new spinoff series that melds the Corsair Brothers series and the Risdaverse stories.]]> 234 Ruby Dixon A 2 3.90 2024 Only the Clonely (Sunrise Cantina, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Shattered Omega: Part Three (PoisonVerse Noir #3)]]> 204996535 330 Marie Mackay 1998801292 A 4 4.13 2024 Shattered Omega: Part Three (PoisonVerse Noir #3)
author: Marie Mackay
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]]> <![CDATA[Shattered Omega: Part Two (PoisonVerse Noir #2)]]> 204995584 396 Marie Mackay 1998801276 A 3 4.18 2024 Shattered Omega: Part Two (PoisonVerse Noir #2)
author: Marie Mackay
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]]> <![CDATA[Dark Desires After Dusk (Immortals After Dark, #5)]]> 2003625 RITA Award-winning author Kresley Cole continues her bestselling Immortals After Dark series with this electrifying tale of a ruthless demon mercenary and the lovely young halfling who enchants him.

A seductive beauty he can never have, yet can't resist...
Cadeon Woede will stop at nothing to atone for the one wrong that will haunt him forever. But once he secures the key to his redemption, the halfling Holly Ashwin, Cade finds that the woman he thought he could use for his own ends and then forget haunts him as much as his past.

A tormented warrior she should fear, but can't deny...
Raised as a human, Holly never knew that some frightening legends are real until she encounters a brutal demon who inexplicably guards her like a treasure. Thrust into a sensual new world of myth and power, with him as her protector, she begins to crave the demon's wicked touch.

Surrender to dark desires...
Yet just when he earns Holly's trust, will Cade be forced to betray the only woman who can sate his wildest needs -- and claim his heart?]]> 368 Kresley Cole 1416576754 A 2 4.34 2008 Dark Desires After Dusk (Immortals After Dark, #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[Dark Needs at Night's Edge (Immortals After Dark, #4)]]> 1611656 Bestselling author Kresley Cole continues her seductive Immortals After Dark series with this tale of a vampire shunned even by his own kind and a beautiful phantom, bound together by a passion they cannot resist.

A RAVEN-HAIRED TEMPTRESS OF THE DARK...

NĂ©omi Laress, a famous ballerina from a past century, became a phantom the night she was murdered. Imbued with otherworldly powers but invisible to the living, she haunts her beloved home, scaring away trespassers -- until she encounters a ruthless immortal even more terrifying than NĂ©omi herself.

A VAMPIRE WARRIOR CONSUMED BY MADNESS...

To prevent him from harming others, Conrad Wroth's brothers imprison him in an abandoned manor. But there, a female only he can see seems determined to drive him further into madness. The exquisite creature torments him with desire, leaving his body racked with lust and his soul torn as he finds himself coveting her for his own.

HOW FAR WILL HE GO TO CLAIM HER?

Yet even if Conrad can win NĂ©omi, evil still surrounds her. Once he returns to the brutality of his past to protect her, will he succumb to the dark needs seething inside him?]]> 368 Kresley Cole 141654707X A 2 4.29 2008 Dark Needs at Night's Edge (Immortals After Dark, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[Romancing Rem'eb (Ice Planet Clones #3)]]> 213984215
Things go from bad to worse as I'm kidnapped by strangers. These new people have four arms, long fluffy tails, and arching horns. They aren't like any aliens I've seen before, and they live in the warm caverns below the mountains. They should be the enemy. I should hate them for snatching me.

But the chief's son says I'm the most beautiful thing he's ever seen...

New I romance the chief's son until he frees me. What could possibly go wrong?]]> 313 Ruby Dixon A 2 4.08 2024 Romancing Rem'eb (Ice Planet Clones #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Surviving Skarr (Ice Planet Clones, #2)]]> 200174539
I wake up on a strange alien world covered in ice. I have no memories of myself, not even my name.

And I've resonated to the biggest braggart on the planet. Skarr is a chest-beating alpha male gladiator with lizard genetics and an intense case of self-love. He tells everyone within hearing distance how amazing he is. Bleh.

I want nothing to do with him, but according to the khui, we're soulmates. This means we're bound to have babies and live our lives out together...forever...

Not if I have anything to say about it.

To survive, I'm going to have to figure out who I am, what I am...and what to do about the man who won't shut up about how incredible and perfect I am.

It has to be an act... doesn't it?]]> 300 Ruby Dixon A 3 4.06 2023 Surviving Skarr (Ice Planet Clones, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Lilacs and Leather (Pack Saint Clair, #1)]]> 59114922 She's safe as long as she's hidden.

Lydia Anderson is an unbonded omega who left her life behind to escape a family more interested in their status than protecting their daughter from an alpha who won't take no for an answer. It took everything, but Lydia managed to break free, running as far as she could. Now she lives with her head down, avoiding attention.

Her past is still on the hunt. And she can't get caught again.

Pack Saint Clair is everything Lydia has been taught to want. They're rich, influential, and beautiful. A chance encounter sets her on a collision course with the three alphas and their beta, and instincts long ignored flare to life, setting fire to all of their carefully laid defenses. But Lydia knows that if something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. Pack Saint Clair has a secret, one that could destroy everything they've worked to create. And that skeleton in their closet has set its sights on Lydia.

When the past comes to call, can the pack keep their omega safe?]]> 381 Thora Woods A 2 4.08 2021 Lilacs and Leather (Pack Saint Clair, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Blood of Hercules (Villains of Lore, #1)]]> 216595852
I'm just a girl. And it turns out, I'm Hercules.

I'm struggling to survive in a Titan infested world where Spartans, immortals from twelve royal families who have god-like powers and obscene wealth, rule over all. A shy-stammering foster child with nothing, I keep my head down, cover my scars, and focus on excelling in school. At least, I try to. Then it happens.

My blood test reveals I'm part of the powerful elite. I'm one of them. A Spartan.

Forced to attend the Spartan War Academy, I undergo the most harrowing test of all time to see if I have what it takes to be an immortal. There's just a few problems. Achilles and Patro are my scary mentors. Kharon, the ferryman of death, and Augustus, the son of war, are my terrifying professors. Also, I'm pretty sure either someone's stalking me everywhere I go, or my sanity's slipping––I have a bad feeling both are true.

I'm surrounded by Villains and they're smothering me with their hate, obsession, and dark possessiveness. Too bad for them, they have no clue just who they're messing with.




]]> 496 Jasmine Mas A 2 3.84 2024 Blood of Hercules (Villains of Lore, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[By Frenzy I Ruin (Sins of the Fathers, #5)]]> 210444471
Nevio Falcone is darkness. It seeps from his pores. It’s where his monster comes out to play to satisfy its cravings. Until he starts to crave something other than the one woman he shouldn’t pursue - Aurora.

What Nevio craves, he ruins. He told her to keep her distance. Now it’s too late to run away. Consequences be damned.]]> 418 Cora Reilly A 1 3.36 2024 By Frenzy I Ruin (Sins of the Fathers, #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[By Fate I Conquer (Sins of the Fathers, #4)]]> 63843944
Amo
Do you believe in love at first sight? In a love so strong and bright, it ignites you even in your darkest hours? Do you believe that somewhere in this world there’s someone who’s destined to be your other half? Your soulmate?
I didn’t.
Until I met her.
Greta Falcone.
Protected mafia princess from the madmen of Las Vegas, she’s forbidden to me.

Greta
My love for my family and my animals was all I needed. I never thought I’d fall in love. Until I met him.
Amo Vitiello. Future Capo of the Famiglia. Cruel and cold. The smiles that he has only for me quiet the chaos in my head.
What if you find your soulmate at the wrong time?
I knew the cruelest men, and yet nothing could ever be crueler than fate itself.]]> 466 Cora Reilly A 3 4.08 2022 By Fate I Conquer (Sins of the Fathers, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[Twisted Cravings (The Camorra Chronicles, #6)]]> 123192127 Becoming a Made Man like his brothers was his destiny but never his passion. When he becomes the organizer of his family’s successful illegal street races and one of their thrill-seeking drivers, he finally asserts his own path in the harsh mafia world.
His purpose isn’t the only thing Adamo discovers on the fuel-soaked roads he calls home�
�
Dinara Mikhailov is the only female race driver and hard to ignore. Not only because of her flaming red hair and ruthless driving style, but also because the Bratva princess is allowed to drive in enemy territory.
Soon Adamo and she find themselves entangled in a passionate game that goes beyond the race track. Yet, both haunted by events in the past, their dark cravings put everything on the line.
�
As what they crave the most, comes with a brutal price.]]> 303 Cora Reilly A 2 3.35 2021 Twisted Cravings (The Camorra Chronicles, #6)
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]]> <![CDATA[Twisted Hearts (The Camorra Chronicles, #5)]]> 123192121
With his easy-going bad boy attitude, a last name that rules over Las Vegas and a body to die for, girls have always been at Savio’s disposal. Unfortunately, the hottest girl in Vegas comes with a price Savio isn’t willing to pay. For Savio to get Gemma he’d need to seal the deal and put a ring on her finger. Settling down is out of the question, no matter how hot a piece of ass waits at the altar.

Gemma Bazzoli has had a crush on Savio from the first moment she came face to face with his arrogant smile, but for him she was always his best friend's annoying little sister—until her hard-earned curves catch even his attention. But Savio likes it easy, and Gemma is anything but. When she’s promised to another man, Gemma resigns herself to the fact that the man she’s wanted all her life, doesn’t want her badly enough. Savio has to decide how much work he’s willing to invest because bending the rules in his usual style might not be enough to get the girl that haunts his wet dreams.

- Can be read as a standalone-]]> 338 Cora Reilly A 2 3.28 2020 Twisted Hearts (The Camorra Chronicles, #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[Twisted Bonds (The Camorra Chronicles, #4)]]> 123192118
Kiara always wanted a loving family she could take care of. She never thought she’d find it with the Falcones.
Nino and Kiara both lost part of themselves in their traumatic childhood. Together they’re trying to recover the missing pieces, but they aren’t the only broken souls in the Falcone mansion; Kiara fears that not all of them can be saved. Determined to protect her new family and the future of her dreams, she’s on a mission to help each of them in her own way, even if it means stacking up secrets.

Four brothers bound together by an unbreakable bond forged in their dark past. If one of them falls, will they all?]]> 349 Cora Reilly A 4 4.13 2019 Twisted Bonds (The Camorra Chronicles, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[Twisted Pride (The Camorra Chronicles, #3)]]> 123192109 As Capo of the Camorra he rules with a brutal hand over his territory � a territory the Chicago Outfit breached.
Now Remo is out for retribution.
A wedding is sacred, stealing a bride sacrilegious.
Serafina is the niece of the Boss of the Outfit, and her hand has been promised in marriage for years, but kidnapped in her wedding dress on her way to church by Remo, Serafina quickly realizes that she can’t hope for saving. Yet, even in the hands of the cruelest man she knows, she is determined to cling to her pride, and Remo soon understands that the woman at his mercy might not be as easy to break as he thought.
A ruthless man on a quest to destroy the Outfit by breaking someone they are supposed to protect.
A woman intent on bringing a monster to his knees.
Two families that will never be the same.]]> 419 Cora Reilly A 4 4.00 2019 Twisted Pride (The Camorra Chronicles, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Twisted Emotions (The Camorra Chronicles, #2)]]> 123192097 Kiara Vitiello, cousin of the Capo of the New York Famiglia, is chosen to marry Nino Falcone to prevent war with the Camorra, but what she hears about Las Vegas makes her veins pulse with terror. After her father betrayed his Capo and paid with his life, her family thinks marriage is her only chance to bring honor to her name; but only Kiara knows she’s a faulty prize given in return for peace.
A man incapable of emotions and a woman scarred by the past � an arranged marriage with the potential to unite, or destroy…]]> 343 Cora Reilly A 4 3.96 2019 Twisted Emotions (The Camorra Chronicles, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Twisted Loyalties (The Camorra Chronicles, #1)]]> 123192083
Leona wants to build a decent life for herself, away from her drug-addicted mother. But soon she catches the attention of a dangerous man � Fabiano Scuderi. Staying out of trouble and living a normal life are near impossible with a man like him.
Leona knows she needs to avoid Fabiano, but men like him aren’t easy to shake off. They always get what they want.

Fabiano cares about only one thing: the Camorra.
But his attraction to Leona soon puts his unwavering loyalty to the test. Is Leona worth risking everything he’s fought for, and ultimately his life?
]]> 329 Cora Reilly A 3 3.69 2018 Twisted Loyalties (The Camorra Chronicles, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Bound by Temptation (Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles, #4)]]> 52003990
Romero has always ignored Lily’s flirting. Her age and status made her off-limits but even someone as dutiful as him has only so much control. Wanting her when she’s supposed to marry another man could mean war between New York and the Chicago Outfit, and Romero has always put the Cosa Nostra first.

Lily suspects her sisters and Romero would risk everything for her, but is her happiness worth that much? Is love worth a war between the Cosa Nostra and the Outfit?]]> 261 Cora Reilly A 3 3.70 2015 Bound by Temptation (Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[Bound by Hatred (Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles, #3)]]> 52003821 When Gianna watches her older sister being forced into an arranged marriage, she promises herself to escape a similar fate.

The moment Matteo � The Blade � Vitiello sees Gianna on his brother’s wedding, he wants to possess her. Her father agrees to the bond, but Gianna has no intention of marrying for any other reason than love. A few months before the wedding, Gianna runs away and begins a new life in Europe away from the mafia. But one of their best hunters and assassins is after her: Matteo.

When Matteo and a couple of her father’s soldiers catch her, not only her freedom is at risk, but also the life of the people with her.

Gianna is taken home and forced to marry Matteo.
Ridden by guilt over having dragged innocent people into her world and overcome with hatred toward Matteo, Gianna is determined to make life hell for her husband. But Matteo is a master at mind games and their struggle for power soon turns into hate-fueled nights of passion.]]> 281 Cora Reilly A 3 3.75 2015 Bound by Hatred (Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Bound by Honor (Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles, #1)]]> 51525075 Born into one of the leading mob families in Chicago, Aria Scuderi is a mafia princess known for her beauty. What many consider a gift means her doom when she’s forced to marry Luca Vitiello to bring peace between two mafia dynasties. Luca is the future Capo of the New York Famiglia, a man known for his brutality—and for crushing his cousin’s throat with his bare hands.
Aria is terrified of marrying a monster like him. He may be one of the most sought-after bachelors in New York, thanks to his good looks, wealth and predator-like charisma. But Aria knows the bad boy aura isn’t just a game; blood and death lurk beneath Luca’s striking gray eyes and arrogant smile.
In her world a handsome exterior often hides the monster within; a monster who can just as easily kill as kiss you.
Yet, there’s no escaping the arranged bond, much less a man like Luca. He’d follow her to the end of the world.
Her only chance to survive in a marriage with Luca is to gain his affection and work her way into his heart—even when rumor has it that Luca doesn’t have a heart to begin with.

A mafia princess known for her beauty given to a monstrous man.
Even monsters have a heart.
She has every intention of working her way into his.]]> 273 Cora Reilly A 3 3.61 2014 Bound by Honor (Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Warlord Wants Forever (Immortals After Dark, #0.5)]]> 6388558
She eludes him for five years, but he has finally chased her to ground and stolen the jewel which commands her, giving him absolute power over her. While he possesses it, he can make her do anything, and he plans to in order for her to experience firsthand the agonizing, unending lust she'd purposely subjected him to for half a decade. Yet when Wroth realizes he wants more from her and frees her, will she come.

Note: First published in the 2006 anthology, Playing Easy to Get.]]> 163 Kresley Cole A 3 4.04 2006 The Warlord Wants Forever (Immortals After Dark, #0.5)
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]]> The Weaver (The Vrix #1) 63229473
Ahmya is different from Rekosh’s kind in so many ways—small, delicate, strange. Human. She’s out of place among the jungle’s towering trees and countless dangers.

And Rekosh knew she was his from the moment he first saw her.

Her beauty is as undeniable as the strength of her spirit, and behind her timid demeanor dwells fire and passion like he’s never witnessed. She is a tiny, vibrant flower flourishing amidst strangling vines. Her allure has bound him as surely as any silk rope could have.

He needs only to claim her.

Rekosh will be her guide, her warmth in the darkness, her unwavering shield. Nothing will harm her.

Nothing will take his mate.
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The Spider's Mate Trilogy Spin-off Series. For a better reading experience, read Ensnared, Enthralled, and Bound, as this may contain spoilers.

Check the author's website for more detailed content warnings.]]> 0 Tiffany Roberts A 0 to-read 4.05 2025 The Weaver (The Vrix #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3.5)]]> 31076583 229 Sarah J. Maas 168119631X A 5 3.77 2019 A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3.5)
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]]> Bound (The Spider's Mate, #3) 57762807
Queen Zurvashi will not rest until everything Ketahn cares about is gone and he belongs to her.

His sweet, compassionate Ivy, his sister, his friends, his new tribe of humans—all are in danger. He fears nowhere is far enough away to escape the queen’s wrath.

But Ketahn will see the whole jungle burn before he lets any harm befall his mate. Even if he must stand against Zurvashi and her army, even if he must face every beast in the Tangle, even if he must defy the gods themselves, he will not surrender his female.

Ketahn and Ivy are bound, and no force in the universe will sever the threads that connect them.]]> 341 Tiffany Roberts A 3 4.39 2021 Bound (The Spider's Mate, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Enthralled (The Spider's Mate, #2)]]> 58182131 He conquered her, but he is the one enthralled.

Ketahn hadn’t wanted a mate. Fate gave him Ivy Foster. Now, he wants nothing more than to enjoy his little human.

But fate is not content to make things so simple.

With an enraged queen searching for him, Ketahn knows the Tangle is not safe for his mate. They need to leave. Yet Ivy will not forsake her people, and he cannot condemn her compassion. When they wake the other humans from their death sleeps, Ketahn now has more mouths to feed, and the strands of his web are in danger of snapping.

To keep Ivy and her people safe, he must placate the queen that hunts him. He must venture into Zurvashi’s domain and face her wrath—and her desire.

The strength of his heartsthread, his bond with Ivy, will be tested.

Ketahn refuses to let that thread break. Even if he must sever all the rest.
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Book 2 of 3 in The Spider's Mate Trilogy.
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Pre-order date will change to release sooner. We're just giving ourselves some breathing room.]]> 289 Tiffany Roberts A 3 4.27 2021 Enthralled (The Spider's Mate, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Ensnared (The Spider's Mate, #1)]]> 57681109 He’s spent years as a hunter, but now he’s the one ensnared in a creature’s trap.

Ketahn did not want a mate. Fate has a different plan for him. When the queen he despises declares her intention to claim him, he retreats into the jungle.

What he finds there changes his world.

Small, delicate, and pale skinned, Ivy Foster is nothing like the females Ketahn has known. She’s not of his kind at all. Yet the moment he sees her, he knows the truth in his soul—she is his heartsthread.

And now that he has her, he won’t let anything take her away. Not the jungle, not the gods, not the queen.

Whether Ivy agrees or not, their webs are entangled. No one will ever sever those threads.
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Book 1 of 3 in The Spider's Mate Trilogy.]]> 354 Tiffany Roberts A 4 3.99 2021 Ensnared (The Spider's Mate, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[To Sir Phillip, With Love (Bridgertons, #5)]]> 110386
Eloise Bridgerton couldn't marry a man she had never met! But then she started thinking... and wondering... and before she knew it, she was in a hired carriage in the middle of the night, on her way to meet the man she hoped might be her perfect match. Except... he wasn't. Her perfect husband wouldn't be so moody and ill-mannered. And he certainly should have mentioned that he had two young - and decidedly unruly - children, as much in need of a mother as Phillip is in need of a wife.

an alternate cover edition can be found here]]> 372 Julia Quinn 0380820854 A 2 3.65 2003 To Sir Phillip, With Love (Bridgertons, #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[Romancing Mister Bridgerton (Bridgertons, #4)]]> 110384
Colin Bridgerton is tired of being thought nothing but an empty-headed charmer, tired of everyone's preoccupation with the notorious gossip columnist Lady Whistledown, who can't seem to publish an edition without mentioning him in the first paragraph. But when Colin returns to London from a trip abroad he discovers nothing in his life is quite the same - especially Penelope Featherington! The girl haunting his dreams. But when he discovers that Penelope has secrets of her own, this elusive bachelor must decide...is she his biggest threat - or his promise of a happy ending?]]> 370 Julia Quinn 0380820846 A 3 3.86 2002 Romancing Mister Bridgerton (Bridgertons, #4)
author: Julia Quinn
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average rating: 3.86
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Buried Destiny (The Vein Chronicles #4)]]> 50655247 300 Anne Malcom A 3 4.16 2020 Buried Destiny (The Vein Chronicles #4)
author: Anne Malcom
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average rating: 4.16
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Archangel's Lineage (Guild Hunter, #16)]]> 194803871 New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh’s dangerous and beautiful world of archangels, vampires, and mortals has never faced a threat this cataclysmic�

Raphael and Elena are experiencing their first ever year of true peace. No war. No horrors of archangelic power. No nightmares given flesh. Until…the earth beneath the Refuge begins to tremble, endangering not only angelkind’s precious and fragile young, but the very place that has held their most innocent safe for eons.

Amid the chaos, Elena’s father suffers a violent heart attack that threatens to extinguish their last chance to heal the bonds between them and make sense of the ruins of their agonizing shared history.

Even as Elena battles grief, Raphael is torn from her side by the sudden disappearance of an archangel. But worse yet is to come. An Ancestor, an angel unlike any other, stirs from his Sleep to warn the Cadre of a darkness so terrible that it causes empires to fall and civilizations to vanish.

This time, even the Cadre itself may not be able to stop a ticking clock that is counting down at frightening speed…]]> 378 Nalini Singh 0593550013 A 3 4.23 2024 Archangel's Lineage (Guild Hunter, #16)
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average rating: 4.23
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]]> Pack Dutton: Part 1 205789297 Biology’s a bitch, and I’m the punchline.
I spent the first eighteen years of my life thinking I was a beta. But when my omega designation hit, my uncle had already sold me to a cult of alpha worshiping psychos. When their leader decides to claim me as his fifth wife, I realize I’m never getting out.

Until my saviors appear in the form of an FBI pack that raids the compound and saves me.

Crew, Rhett, Kellan, and Jude aren’t what I expected, but they might be exactly what I need to survive the new world I’m thrown into. Omega rights are being decimated by new laws at every turn, and when you’re a trophy for the highest bidder, there’s no such thing as playing fair.

But the one thing I am sure of? Pack Dutton is playing for keeps, and I’m the prize.

Pack Part 1 is a dark, why choose omegaverse novel, meaning the FMC ends up with multiple loves. It contains dark themes (including abuse, violence, and language) that may be upsetting to some readers, so please read responsibly. There are spicy scenes containing MMFMM with both MF and MM relationships.]]> 472 Megan Cain A 3 4.11 Pack Dutton: Part 1
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]]> <![CDATA[Lassiter (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #21)]]> 61295517 Destiny, duty, and desire clash in this epic new novel in J.R. Ward’s #1 New York Times bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood series.

Lassiter, the fallen angel, is too good at the savior business. In his new role overseeing the fates of all vampires, he’s influenced outcomes he shouldn’t have—so the Creator is calling him home. But the angel has a reason to stay in Caldwell. He’s bonded with a mysterious female who seemed to appear from out of nowhere...and has powers that defy all reason.

Rahvyn is well aware that she doesn’t belong in the present. And she never intended to stay, for her true place is in the past. Lassiter proves to be undeniable, however, and she lets herself fall for the angel—until a secret he’s been keeping comes out and she fears that for him, it’s not about love, but duty.

As the Omega’s son reestablishes the Lessening Society, and the Brotherhood must resume the deadly war, an unfathomable tragedy occurs. In the aftermath, Rahvyn has to decide whether to stay and help—or save herself from an immortal heartbreak she knows will crush her very soul...]]> 468 J.R. Ward 1982180064 A 0 to-read 4.22 2023 Lassiter (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #21)
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average rating: 4.22
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]]> <![CDATA[Dylan St. James: Omega Concealed (Dylan St. James Omegaverse #1)]]> 203690437
With the government issuing omega females to Alpha packs like we’re social security checks, I cling to my freedom thanks to a black-market suppressant hookup and a lethal family that’s ready to execute any Alpha who tries to force a bond.

By day, I work in the family hardware store. By night, I rescue omegas who weren’t born with the tools to fight the system like I was.

My life is risk, but I’d never trade it for anything.

Not even for the three dangerously gorgeous men who come sniffing around the store in search of the omega I just snatched from her abusive prison.

Not even when those men smell like they’re mine.

But my suppressant hookup just fell through, and I’m on the fast track to a pheromone explosion that will land me in jail, followed by forced bonding.

Or I could just give my body what it so desperately wants and fall into the convenient arms of Austin, Seth, and Cameron.

But outside of the fairytales? There’s no such thing as a happily bonded omega.

I’m Dylan St. James, and I’m no princess.

This is a New Adult, M/M/F/M Omegaverse romance. It is Book 1 in a duet and will end on a cliffhanger. As always with my books, this is for readers age 18+ and contains a ton of foul language, steamy scenes, and violent themes. A full list of content warnings can be found in the Author’s Note at the front of the book. Happy reading!]]> 296 Elizabeth Dear A 3 4.18 2024 Dylan St. James: Omega Concealed (Dylan St. James Omegaverse #1)
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]]> Rut Bar (Heatverse, #2) 205573115 “It’s the literary equivalent of a bunch of fetish gear covered in glitter, tossed into a dumpster, and set on fire.� - A beta reader

Welcome to Rut, where your pleasure is our business.

Gorgeous, chiseled alpha dancers. Specialty drinks on demand prepared by flirty bartenders. Omega-only member hours.

Veronica has cracked the code for omega-focused entertainment. A bar where omegas like her can let loose without worrying about creepy, predatory alphas.

But Rut is more than just sizzle and sleaze: there’s something else going on beneath all the body oil and glitter. Something IRS agent Brenden Hall is getting dangerously close to uncovering during the bar's audit.

Unfortunately for her, the unassuming agent is starting to smell like temptation, just like two of her also-off-limits employees. There's Anthony, her bratty tattooed bartender with a smile full of sinful promise, and Jamie, the lovesick himbo alpha dancer who tempts her one dance at a time.

Vee can’t allow herself to give in to an indulgence that could cost her the bar. There's also the matter of that stubborn dominant streak that makes her a less-than-ideal example of her designation. What pack would want an omega with Domme tendencies, anyway?

While Vee worries about getting Rut through the tax audit, the boys worry if they'll be able to survive her stubbornness. Can these four wildcards come together and admit their deepest desires, or will they all keep dancing around it forever?

Rut Bar is a low stakes, high feels, ultra steamy MMFM omegaverse romance. There are no shifters or werewolves in this novel. A content guide is included in the beginning for readers with sensitivities. This book features multiple love interests and a heroine who won't be choosing. If you enjoy long heat scenes, a career-focused omega with switchy Domme tendencies, a soft Dom IRS agent who audits the bar, a himbo alpha dancer, a feral tattooed beta bartender, shibari, public fun, and 4 adults handling their business with minimal angst and no 3rd act break-up then this book is for you. While Rut Bar takes place after the events in Heat Clinic, the Heatverse books are standalones and can be read in any order.]]> 608 Alexis B. Osborne 1957341246 A 4 3.96 2024 Rut Bar (Heatverse, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[When She's Common (Risdaverse, #12)]]> 206757290
What she gets is...a stowaway. Sorta. Zhur is actually a praxiian prince on the run, and the cat alien needs a place to hide out. Maybe not this place, though, because it smells and it has animals and all his bespoke clothes are missing. He needs to get out of here

....Except he can't, because he's stranded without a credit to his name.

They're going to have to work together to fix things. Luckily for Zhur, Maeve has a plan. Maeve always has a plan. Unluckily for Zhur, most of Maeve's plans are bad.

...and this latest plan ends up with them being married?!?]]> 544 Ruby Dixon A 3 4.22 2024 When She's Common (Risdaverse, #12)
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]]> <![CDATA[Primal Mirror (Psy-Changeling Trinity, #8; Psy-Changeling, #23)]]> 199067471 New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh takes us into a family dark with shadowy secrets, as the world of the Psy hangs on the edge of a final catastrophic collapse�

Daughter of two ruthless high-gradient telepaths, Auden Scott is not the child her Psy parents wanted or expected, even before her brain injury. Her thoughts are scattered, her memories fuzzy—or just terrifyingly blank. The only thing she knows for certain is that she must protect her unborn baby…a baby she has no recollection of conceiving and who draws an abnormal intensity of notice from her dead mother’s closest associates.

Leopard alpha Remi Denier is a man driven by the primal instinct to protect. Protect his pack, protect his allies� and protect the mysterious woman who has become a most unlikely neighbor. With eerie eyes that see too much and a scent that alters in ways disturbing and impossible, Auden Scott is the enemy…but nothing about this strange Psy is what it seems, Remi’s feline heart as fascinated by her as the human half of his soul.

Then Auden asks Remi to help her shatter the wall of secrets that is the Scott bloodline. What they unearth will reveal a nightmare beyond imagination. This time, the battle is to the death…]]> 400 Nalini Singh A 0 to-read 3.97 2024 Primal Mirror (Psy-Changeling Trinity, #8; Psy-Changeling, #23)
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]]> Venus in Furs 427354 Venus in Furs describes the obsessions of Severin von Kusiemski, a European nobleman who desires to be enslaved to a woman. Severin finds his ideal of voluptuous cruelty in the merciless Wanda von Dunajew. This is a passionate and powerful portrayal of one man's struggle to enlighten and instruct himself and others in the realm of desire. Published in 1870, the novel gained notoriety and a degree of immortality for its author when the word "masochism"—derived from his name—entered the vocabulary of psychiatry. This remains a classic literary statement on sexual submission and control.]]> 160 Leopold von Sacher-Masoch 0140447814 A 2 3.66 1870 Venus in Furs
author: Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
name: A
average rating: 3.66
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rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[Shattered Omega: Part One (PoisonVerse Noir #1)]]> 202551532 I’m damaged, forced to hide my nature, with a scent that can turn alphas violent. I was told there would be no normal, no friends, or dream pack waiting in the distance.
But I have one last chance at love.
Tomorrow, at the academy ball, my scent blockers will fade. My mates—the ones I was told I would never have—will see me.
But with one night to go, everything falls apart, and I find myself blackmailed by ruthless alphas. They are set on keeping my scent for themselves.
Dusk, Umbra, and Ransom are the only alphas in the school more prestigious than my mates. Arrogant, beautiful, and deadly, they’re an enigma, shunning all omega attention.
Until now.
Too late, I learn that their pack lead, Dusk Varis, is as obsessed as he is unhinged. He doesn't care about my dreams or scent-matched mates. He claims what he wants without asking.
And what he wants is me.

This book has dark themes between love interests unlike other PoisonVerse books. This is part one of what has now become a trilogy that exists in the larger PoisonVerse Universe!]]> 343 Marie Mackay A 5 4.05 2024 Shattered Omega: Part One (PoisonVerse Noir #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Entangled (Brutes of Bristlebrook, #2)]]> 201859836 These men killed mine, and for that, they have to die

Bristlebrook is up in smoke, my brutes are dead, and Sam’s camp is a powder keg begging for a flame.

Injured and furious over their losses, the surviving hunters are preoccupied with their own problems. Their factions and allegiances. Their internal wars and pissing contests. The new world they want to forge. They »ĺ´Ç˛Ô’t look twice at their meek little captive.

They shattered my heart five ways when they killed my brutes, so I »ĺ´Ç˛Ô’t care anymore. If I’m to stop the villains, I need to become one.

I need to be smart. I need to be ruthless.

Even if it means razing myself to the ground to do it . . .

We’re bringing her home, or we’re not coming home

They took our librarian from right under our noses—and with Lucky injured, Bristlebrook in flames, and our personal problems finally spilling over, we’re fracturing.

But we need to be better.

Bringing Eden home is the most important mission of our lives.

Followed closely by the second most important . . . building her a home worth returning to.


***The Brutes of Bristlebrook is a dark(ish) post-apocalyptic, steamy romance series, and Eden will end up with three or more love interests after I’ve appropriately obliterated my readers� nerves. Expect complex characters, 1st person present tense, multiple POVs, MM in the harem, angst, lots of laughs, and to encounter material that some readers may find sensitive.

This book is a big boy at over 180k words and deals with a lot of heavy content. I promise it gets brighter as it goes on (you know... mostly). Please see my website for TWs - your mental health matters.]]> 676 Rebecca Quinn A 3 4.25 Entangled (Brutes of Bristlebrook, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Psycho Gods (Cruel Shifterverse #6)]]> 192495414
Fight for survival and the fate of the realms.

I discovered my abilities...but that was just the beginning.
Malum, Scorpius, and Orion are now fighting for me.
Their power is mind-boggling. The carnage staggering.
The High Court wants me to control them, but you can't leash monsters.

Even with Sadie, Jinx, and John by my side, I'm struggling to survive. The war drums are beating and life altering secrets are being revealed.

It's time for combat.

Let the battles begin.

* Psycho Academy & Psycho Devils must be read first.]]> 730 Jasmine Mas A 4 4.31 2023 Psycho Gods (Cruel Shifterverse #6)
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average rating: 4.31
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]]> <![CDATA[A Touch of Chaos (Hades x Persephone Saga, #4)]]> 56670031
Persephone, Goddess of Spring, never guessed a chance encounter with Hades, God of the Underworld, would change her life forever—but he did.

A fight for humanity and battles between gods, it's a world Persephone never thought she would see. To end the chaos, she must draw upon her darkness and embrace who she's become—Goddess, Wife, Queen of the Underworld.

Once, Persephone made bargains to save those she loves, now she will go to war for them.]]> 464 Scarlett St. Clair A 0 to-read 3.89 2024 A Touch of Chaos (Hades x Persephone Saga, #4)
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]]> Bloodguard (Old Erth, #1) 61431953
Everything in the Kingdom of Arrow is a lie.

Leith of Grey thought coming to this new land and volunteering to fight in the gladiator arena—vicious, bloodthirsty tournaments where only the strongest survive—would earn him enough gold to save his dying sister. He thought there was nothing left to lose.

He was wrong—and they took everything. His hope. His freedom. His very humanity.

All Leith has left is his battle-scarred body, fueled by rage and hardened from years of fighting for the right to live another day.

Then Leith meets Maeve, an elven royal who is everything he despises. Everything he should hate. Until the alluring princess offers him the one thing he needs most: a chance to win the coveted title of Bloodguard—and his freedom.

But in a kingdom built on secrets and lies, hope doesn’t come cheap.

Nor will his ultimate revenge…]]> 448 Cecy Robson 1649374054 A 0 to-read 3.57 2024 Bloodguard (Old Erth, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Lore of the Wilds (Lore of the Wilds, #1)]]> 195853531
A Fae lord who wants in.

A human woman willing to risk it all for a taste of power.

In a land ruled by ruthless Fae, twenty-one-year-old Lore Alemeyu’s village is trapped in a forested prison. Lore knows that any escape attempt is futile—her scars are a testament to her past failures. But when her village is threatened, Lore makes a desperate deal with a Fae lord. She will leave her home to catalog/organize an enchanted library that hasn’t been touched in a thousand years. No Fae may enter the library, but there is a chance a human might be able to breach the cursed doors.

She convinces him that she will risk her life for wealth, but really she’s after the one thing the Fae covet above all: magic of her own.

As Lore navigates the hostile world outside, she’s forced to rely on two Fae males to survive. Two very different, very dangerous, very attractive Fae males. When undeniable chemistry ignites, she’s not just in danger of losing her life, but her heart to the very creatures she can never trust.]]> 339 Analeigh Sbrana 0063380595 A 0 to-read 3.33 2024 Lore of the Wilds (Lore of the Wilds, #1)
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average rating: 3.33
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]]> <![CDATA[A Fate Inked in Blood (Saga of the Unfated, #1)]]> 165940202
Bound in an unwanted marriage, Freya spends her days gutting fish, but dreams of becoming a warrior. And of putting an axe in her boorish husband’s back.

Freya’s dreams abruptly become reality when her husband betrays her to the region’s jarl, landing her in a fight to the death against his son, Bjorn. To survive, Freya is forced to reveal her deepest secret: She possesses a drop of a goddess’s blood, which makes her a shield maiden with magic capable of repelling any attack. It was foretold such a magic would unite the fractured nation of Skaland beneath the one who controls the shield maiden’s fate.

Believing he’s destined to rule Skaland as king, the fanatical jarl binds Freya with a blood oath and orders Bjorn to protect her from their enemies. Desperate to prove her strength, Freya must train to fight and learn to control her magic, all while facing perilous tests set by the gods. The greatest test of all, however, may be resisting her forbidden attraction to Bjorn. If Freya succumbs to her lust for the charming and fierce warrior, she risks not only her own destiny but the fate of all the people she swore to protect.]]> 419 Danielle L. Jensen 0593599837 A 0 to-read 3.91 2024 A Fate Inked in Blood (Saga of the Unfated, #1)
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]]> Skin of a Sinner 199037117
Roman Riviera was my everything once upon a time. I found my knight in shining armor in the form of a fellow foster kid. He protected me and promised to stand by my side forever.

But Roman Riviera is a liar.

He left me with monsters. 

Three years later, I found him in the middle of the night, soaked in my family’s blood and carving his initials into my foster brother’s skin. He tied me up and dragged me away from the life I had made without him.

I tried to run, but he chased me. I wanted to scream, but the sound never came out.

He says that I’m never getting away from him. He says he’s back for good. I »ĺ´Ç˛Ô’t believe him.]]> 391 Avina St. Graves A 4 3.60 2023 Skin of a Sinner
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average rating: 3.60
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]]> The Pact 123216414 Their partnership would be no more than a business transaction, but what’s the point in holding out for love when it had granted her no guarantees in the past?
Maybe they could make a marriage work. Maybe. One thing is for certain: with the wounds of loss heavy on their souls and the fact that he’s given up on finding the big L again, friendship would be all they’d have.
Love would never enter their picture. Ever. Not even for a moment.
Right?]]> 581 Suzanne Wright A 3 4.04 2023 The Pact
author: Suzanne Wright
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average rating: 4.04
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]]> <![CDATA[The Killing Dance (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #6)]]> 30244 368 Laurell K. Hamilton 0425209067 A 4 4.14 1997 The Killing Dance (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #6)
author: Laurell K. Hamilton
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average rating: 4.14
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]]> <![CDATA[Cerberus (Eternal Legacies Book 9)]]> 60473855 Three, four, can’t lock your doors
Five, six, send you to the River Styx
Seven, eight, better stay up late.
Nine, ten, you’ll never rest again

For the last seventy years, spending my life as an assassin made sense. The goddesses of retribution and justice would give me the name of an immortal, and then I would annihilate them. They raised me to kill or die, and it was an easy choice.

I killed without mercy. I killed without thought. I kill as I’m told.

One cold afternoon, they sent me to retrieve an ancient artifact from an auction. Stealing the artifact would have been easier if a deceitful fox shifter hadn’t sung me a song about my inevitable death. I couldn’t escape the bounty placed on my head. For the first time, I disobeyed orders and ran.

By the time I realized my mistake, the artifact was gone, stolen by a hound I never thought I’d meet—Cerberus.

He shifts into a they, and they want me for reasons that have nothing to do with that artifact and everything to do with fate.
It doesn’t matter how much I want or accept them, because I sold my soul centuries ago and I have nothing to give them aside from my heart, which will never be enough.

If love can’t save me from my imminent death, I »ĺ´Ç˛Ô’t know what will.
***
Welcome to the Fated Universe, where each series focuses on a different set of fated mates. By the end of each series, each couple will have their happily ever after. Reverse Harem Paranormal Romance.

Not every loose end will be resolved in each universe at the end of each series. Some secrets will span across additional series but will in no way take away from the individual stories. You can still read each series out of order, but the suggested reading order is as follows:

Fated Souls - Sabina
Surrender
Submission
Seduction
Salvation
Sabina
Fated Sight - Vanessa
Visions
Vicious
Vanquish
Vengeance
A Fated World Standalone - Kendall
Cerberus
Chaos Magic - Pepper
Psychotic - Halloween 2022
Pretentious
Pompous
Perverse
Perilous]]> 488 Elle Lincoln A 3 4.30 Cerberus (Eternal Legacies Book 9)
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]]> Vicious (Fated Sight, #2) 58473705
Don’t worry, I didn’t die. I’m not that easy to kill.

Hades cured me with that little vial he poured down my throat, and now I’m stuck in the Underworld.

At least I’ve got all my guys with me on this forced vacation. Greyson keeps freaking out, Apollo is set on pushing every single one of my personal boundaries, Hades just wants to keep me safe, and Pim finally breaks his silence.

There’s just one problem crashing this honeymoon phase—Persephone doesn’t want us here, and she will stop at nothing to destroy me.

It makes no sense, I did nothing to Hades� ex.

Except finally I discover just who I am, and all the pieces fall into place. Persephone has a very good reason to want me dead, after all.

I know who I am.
I know where I came from.
And I’ve collected the sins of my heritage.


The fate of a dragon leaves a Vicious Ache.
***

Welcome to the Fated Universe, where each series focuses on a different set of fated mates. By the end of each series, each couple will have their happily ever after. Reverse Harem Paranormal Romance.

Not every loose end will be resolved in each universe at the end of each series. Some secrets will span across additional series but will in no way take away from the individual stories. You can still read each series out of order, but the suggested reading order is as follows:

Fated Souls - Sabina
Surrender
Submission
Seduction
Salvation
Sabina
Fated Sight - Vanessa
Visions
Vicious
Vanquish
Vengeance
A Fated World Standalone - Kendall
Cerberus
Chaos Magic - Pepper
Psychotic - Halloween 2022
Pretentious
Pompous
Perverse
Perilous]]> 390 Elle Lincoln A 3 4.51 Vicious (Fated Sight, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Magic Claims (Kate Daniels: Wilmington Years, #2; Kate Daniels, #10.6)]]> 109554429 A new town, new friends, new challenges�. And a new heart-stopping adventure from #1 New York Times bestselling author, Ilona Andrews. Kate, Curran, and Conlan may have left Atlanta for Wilmington, but the usual magic mayhem has also hitched a ride!

Kate and Curran have just settled into their new home and their 'low prolife,' when a local businessman approaches them with an offer they can’t refuse. A mysterious evil has spawned in the nearby forest and is holding a defenseless town hostage. The â€due dateâ€� is rapidly approaching.

It’s exactly the kind of fight the Lennarts can’t resist, not for the prize the town offers, but for the people who will surely die if they ignore it. If they succeed, they’ll be rescuing an entire community and can build a strong new base for their family and the Wilmington Pack. If they fail...well, fail is a four-letter word.

Nothing comes without a price. Now Kate must decide if she has what it takes to pay it.]]> 240 Ilona Andrews A 3 4.69 2023 Magic Claims (Kate Daniels: Wilmington Years, #2; Kate Daniels, #10.6)
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]]> <![CDATA[Magic Tides (Kate Daniels: Wilmington Years, #1; Kate Daniels, #10.5)]]> 65969788 Ilona Andrews invites you back to the #1 New York Times bestselling Kate Daniels series in this exciting new long novella featuring Kate, Curran and Conlan, some familiar faces, some new friends, and all the special brand of chaos they create!

Kate, Curran and their son, Conlan have left Atlanta, vowing to keep a low profile, and are settling into a new city and new house…but some things never change! Magical mayhem is about to erupt when Kate undertakes the rescue of a kidnapped youth, while Curran guards the homefront.

It should be a simple retrieval, but with monsters on land and sea, Kate’s got her work cut out for her. Still, she's never let her blade dull or her purpose falter. And that low profile? It’s about to wash away with the raging tides!]]> 158 Ilona Andrews A 4 4.51 2023 Magic Tides (Kate Daniels: Wilmington Years, #1; Kate Daniels, #10.5)
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]]> Sabina (Fated Souls, #5) 59561519
I live the perfect life. A pampered pack princess. All my needs met, if you get what I mean

Double wink.

My mates cook. They clean and do laundry. They take me for Leisurely walks through the woods and keep my doughnut supply stocked. With a middle name of Perfection one would assume I lead the perfect fated life.

What a pile of regurgitated sweets.

I’m bored out of my ever loving mind. Not just bored but I’ve taken to making my mates shift just so I can hunt them. What? It’s a win-win and I am not ashamed.

Good thing real trouble sneaks onto pack lands to remind us not just who we are, but what we really want in this long immortal life.

It just might surprise all of us.

Sabina is Book 5 in the fated souls series. I'm a little longer than a novella but shorter than the other books in my series. Don't worry this one has all the heat and maybe a few surprises you weren't expecting.]]> 186 Elle Lincoln A 3 4.43 Sabina (Fated Souls, #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[Start a War (Saint View Psychos, #1)]]> 60454809
Those were the last words my brother said to me before he was shot execution style. A childhood code only he and I knew, and one that had a single, clear meaning behind it.

Run.

I’m not going anywhere. Not when his murderer is still out there.

To catch a killer, I put aside my life of money and luxury and take over the running of Psychos, a dive bar in the seedy underbelly of Saint View.

But Psychos delivers more than I ever could have bargained for and three men I never saw coming.

Nash, my brother’s best friend. Older and more experienced, he still remembers me as the neglected child he once saved.

War, heir to a biker gang throne and searching for the man who left his mother in a coma. Bonded over a common goal, he introduces me to a world of after-hours clubs, danger, and violence.

And Vincent, the quiet new guy nobody seems to see except me. He’s sweet and quirky, but there’s a darkness in him just waiting to be unleashed.

With every lie we uncover, every secret we expose, the danger mounts.

Until there’s only one thing we know for sure.

The killer is still out there.

And we’re his next targets.

Start a War is an adult, #whychoose romance, meaning the main character has more than one love interest. This book contains enemies-to-lovers and romantic suspense / dark themes that may trigger some readers. It is the first book in an ongoing trilogy.]]> 362 Elle Thorpe 1922760099 A 0 to-read 4.29 2022 Start a War (Saint View Psychos, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)]]> 61431922 Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders...

Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders.

But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons »ĺ´Ç˛Ô’t bond to “fragileâ€� humans. They incinerate them.

With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother’s daughter—like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant.

She’ll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise.

Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom's protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret.

Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda—because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die]]> 517 Rebecca Yarros 1649374046 A 0 to-read 4.56 2023 Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
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average rating: 4.56
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]]> <![CDATA[Heat & Deceit (Omega Love, #4)]]> 123726562
To the world, I’m Carmine the beta barista, not Nova the omega who’s being hunted by her old pack.

I live my life by one rule: Blend in and be forgotten.

Then I meet my three rich bosses. For some reason they take an interest in me and it’s impossible to avoid them since we work together.

To make matters worse, they’re searching for the perfect omega to protect and cherish.

They’re everything I could ever wish for. Just as I’m finally letting my guard down, my old pack comes sniffing around and threatens to destroy everything I’ve built with these men.

But what happens they find out I’m not who they think I am?


This is a standalone OV romance.]]> 436 Rory Miles A 3 4.16 2023 Heat & Deceit (Omega Love, #4)
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average rating: 4.16
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]]> <![CDATA[Ensnared (Brutes of Bristlebrook, #1)]]> 150346434 Even if the world did end, five men is far too many to handle. Isn’t it?

Since the Final War, I’ve been doing just fine. I have a lovely cave, a darling vegetable patch, forest views . . . and if loneliness sometimes squeezes my aching heart, well, my books have always kept me company.

That is, until a pack of hunters chase me from my home and right into the arms of several rather large, rather brutish ex-Army Rangers. And those brutes have the nerve to make me the rudest offer I’ve ever heard.

Their protection—for my body.

The whole thing is absurd. Scandalous. Perverted, even. I mean, just the thought of doing that with five men, well, it’s . . . it’s . . .

I take the deal.

Okay, so it’s possible I find them indecently tempting. But these men also have secrets, and pasts so fraught with emotion, I’m not sure I can untangle them all. Or whether they’ll let me.

No, my brutes have made it excruciatingly clear where they think I belong—beneath them, between them, bent over backwards for them . . . but certainly not beside them.

And I »ĺ´Ç˛Ô’t think that’s going to work for me.

***

The Brutes of Bristlebrook is a dark(ish) post-apocalyptic, steamy reverse harem romance series, meaning Eden will end up with three or more love interests after I’ve appropriately obliterated my readers� nerves.

Expect complex characters, 1st person present tense, multiple POVs, MM in the harem, angst, lots of laughs, and to encounter material that some readers may find sensitive—a full description of which can be found on my author website.]]> 434 Rebecca Quinn A 3 4.17 2023 Ensnared (Brutes of Bristlebrook, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Alpha's Curse (Fated Destinies Book 3)]]> 131124160 I never expected life to be easy...

As the youngest female Alpha in the region, I had to fight to keep my title and claim my pack. Through blood and sweat, I dragged Cerberus out of the dark ages and built a safe haven. I was proud of everything I’d done.

Everything changed on what was supposed to be the best day of any shifter’s life.
All the walls I’d built came crashing down with one look at my fated mate.

Never once in my wildest nightmares, did I expect this dark and unhinged Alpha to be mine. I had a pack to lead. A future full of promise if I just worked hard enough. I didn’t have time for this twisted love story. I didn’t have time for him even though he got under my skin in a way no one else had ever done.

The fates weren’t waiting for us to figure out a happily ever after though. A dark storm was brewing on the horizon. Our entire way of life was being threatened. And it was up to me to prepare my pack for the fight of our lives.

But I »ĺ´Ç˛Ô’t know which war will be harder to win–the one on the battlefield or the one in my heart.

Each book in the Fated Destinies series is a full length novel told in dual POV where the main hero and heroine get their HEA. This steamy series offers spice without sacrificing the plot. These books do end on a slight cliffhanger once the individual plots are resolved. Scroll up now and start reading to find out how these fated destinies are interwoven into the overall series.]]> 394 Heather K. Carson A 0 to-read 4.33 The Alpha's Curse (Fated Destinies Book 3)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Broken Mate: Fated Destinies #2]]> 122901851 I have.
It turns out that missing piece is a big, furry, and bratty wolf.

As if navigating this newfound part of me wasn't strange enough, trying to communicate with a beast who is obsessed with a certain spot in the woods and the intoxicating scent a male shifter left behind is driving us both crazy.

I’m hoping to keep us going long enough to help my best friend Kera navigate her new role as Alpha of the Cerberus pack, but my wolf has other plans.

Once she discovers our fated mate, the morally gray and sexy as hell hunter for the Fenrir pack, I’m on a ticking time clock before the moon sickness takes over.

Add in the fact that there is some sort of blood debt on my head and hunters from the various packs are being sent to kill me, things went from normal to totally insane faster than I could imagine.

I just discovered my wolf. Now I need to find a way to keep us both alive.

Each book in the Fated Destinies series is a full-length novel told in dual POV where the main hero and heroine get their HEA. This steamy series offers spice without sacrificing the plot. These books do end on a slight cliffhanger once the individual plots are resolved. Scroll up now and start reading to find out how these fated destinies are interwoven into the overall series.]]> 500 Heather K. Carson A 3 4.28 The Broken Mate: Fated Destinies #2
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]]> <![CDATA[Psycho Devils (Cruel Shifterverse #5)]]> 192395319
Shackled to her Enemies, Aran is forced to compete beside them in the brutal Legionnaire Games.

They want to break her.
But you can't break what's already broken.
Just wait until they uncover her secrets.
She'll have them on their knees.

In this epic installment, Aran will compete against Sadie and her mates. May the best woman win.

* This is Aran's Story Book 2 and must be read after Psycho Academy.]]> 690 Jasmine Mas A 4 4.18 Psycho Devils (Cruel Shifterverse #5)
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]]> Pathfinder (Pathfinder, #1) 8100267 Rigg is well trained at keeping secrets. Only his father knows the truth about Rigg's strange talent for seeing the paths of people's pasts. But when his father dies, Rigg is stunned to learn just how many secrets Father had kept from him--secrets about Rigg's own past, his identity, and his destiny. And when Rigg discovers that he has the power not only to see the past, but also to change it, his future suddenly becomes anything but certain.

Rigg’s birthright sets him on a path that leaves him caught between two factions, one that wants him crowned and one that wants him dead. He will be forced to question everything he thinks he knows, choose who to trust, and push the limits of his talent…or forfeit control of his destiny.

]]> 657 Orson Scott Card 141699176X A 2 4.00 2010 Pathfinder (Pathfinder, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Mastered by the Berserkers (Berserker Brides #8)]]> 53780774 When I became a nun, I vowed to remain chaste and pure. Then the Berserkers raided the abbey and carried me off. Now I’m their captive, at their mercy. And no amount of prayer will stop the two giant, dominant warriors from claiming me as mate...
They will strip me of my vows and put me on my knees. They will make me burn with unholy desire. They will not stop until they've mastered my pleasure.
And, Heaven help me, when it's over, I'll beg for more.
Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. Over and over and over again. ]]> 154 Lee Savino A 3 4.29 Mastered by the Berserkers (Berserker Brides #8)
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]]> Ash (Hive Trilogy, #1) 28223686 *Increased stamina
*Lack of appetite
*Anger outbursts
*Insatiable thirst
*Beauty & Strength
*Male
Call the hotline if these symptoms come on suddenly!

Turns out Charlie Bennet was all of those things except the last. Don’t let the name fool you, Charlie was all woman and she wanted nothing to do with the ash � until the day she found out she was one.
It all started when infected bats bit a small group of humans and created what are now called vampires. Then, the male vampires knocked up some female humans and the result was a gorgeous race of all male ash. Superhuman freaks that had looks to kill.
Charlie is the first female ash, aka unicorn of the Hive � the gated compound in Portland that the humans have designated to isolate vampires and ash from society.
Problem? The Hive is full and only a select few will be allowed to live there. To live at all, really. If Charlie wants to earn the right to become a citizen of the Hive, she will have to survive the culling � a series of fights to the death. And guess what? Just because she’s a girl doesn’t mean she’ll get special treatment.
Good thing there’s Ryder, the mysterious lead ash enforcer, who seems to always have her back. But when secrets bubble to the surface, it will take more than one guy to save her.

**Recommended reading age is 17+ due to language]]> 306 Jaymin Eve A 2 4.02 2015 Ash (Hive Trilogy, #1)
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average rating: 4.02
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]]> <![CDATA[Dark Stranger: The Dream (The Children of the Gods, #1)]]> 52120518
Leading the clandestine battle from his luxurious L.A. high-rise, Kian is surrounded by family, yet he feels alone. Descending from a single goddess � the only one to survive the ancient cataclysm that wiped out the gods and most of their immortal offspring � clan members are forbidden to each other. And as the only other known immortals are their hated enemies, Kian and his kin have been long resigned to a lonely existence of fleeting trysts with human partners. That is, until Kian's sister Amanda � a researcher of paranormal abilities � makes a game changing discovery; a mortal seeress who she believes is a dormant carrier of their genes. Ever the realist, Kian is skeptical and refuses his sister's plea to attempt the Dormant's activation. But when his enemies learn of the highly coveted soothsayer's existence and attempt to grab her, he rushes her to the safety of his keep.

Inexorably drawn to Syssi's shy beauty, Kian is startled by feelings he had sworn off long ago. Tormented by past mistakes, he wrestles with his conscience as he is tempted to explore her budding interest in the spicy passions he favors.

When Syssi's paranormal foresight lands her a job at Dr. Amanda Dokani's neuroscience lab, it fails to predict, not only that her boss is an immortal who would drag her into a secret, millennia-old battle over humanity's future, but the professor's imposing brother who would alter her own.

Despite his better judgement, will Kian succumb to Syssi's irresistible pull? And will Syssi discover that the man igniting her startlingly dark desires is a nearly two-thousand-year-old immortal?

Warning. This book contains hot scenes and adult themes. Reader discretion is advised.]]> 450 I.T. Lucas 1514335506 A 3 3.53 2015 Dark Stranger: The Dream (The Children of the Gods, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Beasting Beauty (Possessing Beauty, #1)]]> 35050727
They call me a beast, though I was a prince, once. I still am, even if I’ve spent the last four years shutting myself away from the world because of the darkness inside of me.

But royal duty has left me no choice but to attend a “suitor’s ball� in a neighboring kingdom. Finding a wife is the very last thing on my mind, until the moment I lay eyes on her - the far too sweet, far too innocent, far too untouchable Princess Isla.

One look at those big dark eyes and luscious curves, and I need to possess her.

One taste of those lips, and I lose control of the beast inside.

One touch of her soft, untouched body against mine, and she belongs to me.

Forget that she’s off-limits. Forget that she’s never been touched. Forget the darkness hanging over my head and clawing at my past. I’m claiming this princess tonight.

First, I’ll take her as my queen. Then, I’ll take her in my bed.

Princess Isla’s unchained the beast, and I won’t rest until I’ve claimed her in every way I can.


*Please note that each of the Possessing Beauty books are completely standalone stories centered around one couple, with no cliffhangers.

Beasting Beauty is a quick and filthy modern twist on a fairytale involving a dark, utterly obsessed alpha hero and enough insta-love, kindle-melting steam, and sugary-sweetness to give you the vapors. If you love over-the-top, slightly unrealistic, and wildly dirty stories, this one’s for you! HEA with NO CHEATING!]]> 85 Madison Faye A 2 3.74 2017 Beasting Beauty (Possessing Beauty, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Magick Reborn (Blood and Magick, #1)]]> 33842035
When Madison traded up for a gorgeous Victorian house in the New Orleans French Quarter, she thought she was getting away from her toxic life. Sure, the house was old and run-down, but it was hers, and it was exactly the fresh start she wanted.

But then she meets Remy, a mysterious, sexy witch with power, class, and charm to spare, and everything changes.

Unknown to Madison, her arrival in New Orleans sets in motion a chain of events that throws everyone’s life into disarray—not just hers. Now, pushed into the middle of an ancient war between vampires and witches, she must unravel the secrets of the house she's inhabiting before the forces awakened by her very presence rise from their centuries-old slumber, hungry and eager to feed on everything they can find.

Starting with her.

Inspired by fantastic authors such as Karen Marie Morning, Richelle Mead, and Shannon Mayer, Magick Reborn is the first book in Katerina’s brand new Blood and Magick series of urban fantasy novels. Like deep mysteries, plenty of steam in your romance, and watching your heroine become a badass? This is the book for you!

THE BLOOD AND MAGICK SERIES
1. Magick Reborn
2. Wicked Magick
3. Coming soon...
Buy Magick Reborn and today, and untangle the mystery of Château de Lumière!

A New Adult Urban Fantasy Novel]]> 290 Katerina Martinez A 2 3.71 2017 Magick Reborn (Blood and Magick, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Artek (Seven Brides for Seven Alien Brothers, #1)]]> 61395038
None of the human females in the small town on the other side of the mountains appeal to him except for the shopkeeper’s daughter. She’s smart, sensible - and disturbingly attractive despite her shapeless clothes and brusque manner.

Although Nelly is rapidly turning into the town spinster, she’d rather be alone than married to one of the local bumpkins. But when one of the mysterious aliens who have taken up residence in the mountains behind the town proposes a union, she sees the chance for a new future. He’s big and gruff - but he treats her as if she’s precious.

But a whirlwind courtship and a hasty marriage are only the beginning. Can two people who know nothing about each other possibly find happiness together?

Each book in the Seven Brides series features a different couple and may be read as a standalone, but the books do link together. This sweet and steamy series is intended for mature readers.]]> 152 Honey Phillips A 0 to-read 4.03 2022 Artek (Seven Brides for Seven Alien Brothers, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[From the Grave (The Arcana Chronicles, #6)]]> 38521606 The final breathtaking installment of the New York Times bestselling Arcana Chronicles Series by Kresley Cole. . . .

To defeat the Emperor and Fortune, Evie, the great Empress of Arcana, has united with a sea witch, a band of roving warriors, and more than a couple of rogues. But can her unusual alliance defeat an unimaginable evil? Or will blood and hellfire reign on earth forever? May the best hand win. . . .]]> 356 Kresley Cole 0998141461 A 0 to-read 4.19 2023 From the Grave (The Arcana Chronicles, #6)
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]]> <![CDATA[Storm Echo (Psy-Changeling Trinity, #6; Psy-Changeling, #21)]]> 59522189 NYT bestselling author Nalini Singh takes us into the hearts of two fractured people in a world on the brink of a psychic Armageddon . . .

Silence has fallen. The Psy are free to feel emotion. Free to love. But Silence was never a prison for Ivan Mercant. The biggest threat to his future lies dormant in his brain—a psychic monster that wants only to feed. And now, the brutal leash he’s kept on that monster is slipping. He prepared for this day, for the end of Ivan Mercant . . . but that was before he met Lei.

As primal as she is human, this wild changeling brings color into his life, laughter to his soul. Then the dream shatters in a rain of blood, in silent bodies in the snow. Lei is gone. Vanished without a trace . . . until he meets strangely familiar eyes across a busy San Francisco street.

Soleil Bijoux Garcia is a healer who has lost everything. She exists in a world of desolate aloneness . . . till the day she finds herself face-to-face with a lethal stranger. The animal who is her other half knows this man, but her memories are tattered fragments. Sorrow and a need for vengeance are all that drive her. Her mission? To kill the alpha of the DarkRiver leopard pack.

But fate has other plans. Soon, a deadly soldier who believes himself a monster and a broken healer might be all that stand between life and death for the entire Psy race.]]> 376 Nalini Singh 0593440676 A 4 4.19 2022 Storm Echo (Psy-Changeling Trinity, #6; Psy-Changeling, #21)
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]]> <![CDATA[Archangel's Resurrection (Guild Hunter, #15)]]> 58895574 New York Times Bestselling author Nalini Singh takes us into the dangerous, haunting world of archangels…and a love that is legend.

For thousands of years, the passion between Alexander, Archangel of Persia, and Zanaya, Queen of the Nile, burned furious and bright, seemingly without end. But to be an archangel is to be bound to power violent and demanding. Driven by its primal energy, Alexander and Zanaya fought as fiercely as they loved. Locked in an endless cycle of devotion and heartbreak, it is only Zanaya’s decision to Sleep that ends their love story.

Eons later, it is the Cascade of Death that wakens them both. The passion between them a flame that yet burns, Alexander and Zanaya stand together in one last battle against the ultimate darkness. But even a warrior archangel cannot win every war. Alexander’s scream shatters the world as Zanaya falls, broken and silent…only to rise again in a miracle that may be a devastating curse. For is it truly the Queen of the Nile who has been resurrected?

Only one thing is clear: this is the last beat of their passionate, angry dance. The final song for Alexander and his Zani…]]> 396 Nalini Singh A 3 4.03 2022 Archangel's Resurrection (Guild Hunter, #15)
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]]> <![CDATA[Blood and Reign (Blood and Ruin, #3)]]> 61147301
Time to end this once and for all.

With my mates by my side, I know we can get through anything…even if the world burns around us.

It all started with King, and it will end with him too.

Even if that means I have to hunt him to Hell to finish this.

One way or another�

One thing’s for sure.

King’s reign will end�

That I can promise you.]]> 354 Rumer Hale A 0 to-read 3.93 Blood and Reign (Blood and Ruin, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Archer (The Unchained Omegaverse, #2)]]> 58611106
The remote country home was supposed to be her refuge—the one place Sarah Watson could escape the constant stress of the hectic beta world. That’s why her grandmother had left it to her.

But when Sarah arrives for her first vacation in years, she finds that her beloved childhood hideaway has been invaded by someone—something—else.

An alpha…one far from the Boundaryland territory where he belongs.

Newly escaped from a hellhole prison where he’d been subjected to brutal experimentation, Archer has found the first real peace in years in this isolated mountain haven. But he’ll be damned before he gives it up to some powerless beta woman. As far as he’s concerned, this land is his to claim as his own…and so is she.

ARCHER is the second book in The Unchained Omegaverse, a hot new ABO romance series featuring knotting, heats, and possession. Wear gloves, cause this sh*t is hot.]]> 187 Callie Rhodes A 2 4.07 2021 Archer (The Unchained Omegaverse, #2)
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