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Isn't that the saying? But the face I see in the mirror is most definitely not my own.


My life as I know it has been altered drastically by the revelation that I’m not human.

And neither are the cute guys who have adopted me into their friend group.

Now, I’m forced to traverse a reality I know very little about, uncovering earth-shattering secrets along the way.

With Devyn in the hospital fighting for his life, Kian and Tristan at each other’s throats, and a sadistic tutor attempting to teach me how to be fae, I have my work cut out for me.

But the secrets plaguing this cute little town are deadly, and I’m about to find out exactly what happens when you’re planted smack dab in the middle of them all.

Can I survive my senior year of high school unscathed? Or will I be seduced by the shadows?


Seducing Shadows is a reverse harem paranormal romance, meaning the main character will end up with more than one love interest by the end of the series. This is book two in the series, and it will end with a cliffhanger.]]> 274 Katie May Swalsk 3 4.37 2022
author: Katie May
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2022
rating: 3
read at: 2025/03/28
date added: 2025/03/28
shelves: fae, new-powers, reverse-harem
review:

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Fighting my family.

And fighting for my life.

Trust me—the first one is completely voluntary, and a lot of fun. The second? Not so much.

To say my family dynamic is weird is the understatement of the century. I held my first sword when I was only five years old, and I learned how to dispose of a body before I turned ten.

I may have a penchant for pink and sparkles…but that doesn’t mean I don’t know how to kick major ass as well.

As if my life isn't complicated enough, my body is being ravaged by a chronic, mystery illness.

Seizures? Check. Passing out? Check. Agonizing pain? Check. A host of other unexplainable ailments? Double check.

After a change in my parents�� job takes us across the country, I find myself doing something I’ve never done before—attend an actual high school, despite my sickness.

But this school? Well…it’s a little weird...

I'm always turned around, and there's something happening I just can't put my finger on.

And don’t even get me started on my sexy as sin teacher and his equally as gorgeous twin brother. Or Tristan, who kind of reminds me of an energetic puppy. Or Kian, who has a harem of girls at his beck and call, despite seemingly unhappy with his entire life. Or Foster and Gage, who are revered and feared in equal measure.

With a serial killer stalking the streets of this odd, little town, my new friends and family are on high alert.

One thing becomes clear��

Humans aren’t the only beings who walk this earth.

And if I don’t uncover the secrets of my new school, I may be the killer’s next victim.


Courting Darkness is a reverse harem paranormal romance, meaning the main character will end up with more than one love interest by the end of the series. This is book ONE in the series. It will end with a cliffhanger.]]> 434 Katie May Swalsk 3 4.25 2021
author: Katie May
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2021
rating: 3
read at: 2025/03/27
date added: 2025/03/28
shelves: academy, fae, heroine-assasins, reverse-harem
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As Jack and Adaira reluctantly work together, they find they make better allies than rivals as their partnership turns into something more. But with each passing song, it becomes apparent the trouble with the spirits is far more sinister than they first expected, and an older, darker secret about Cadence lurks beneath the surface, threatening to undo them all.]]> 480 Rebecca Ross 0063055988 Swalsk 0 to-read 4.06 2022
author: Rebecca Ross
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/03/28
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]]> 211771113 she runs headlong into the powerful royal ranger, Lord Vlerion. He’s aloof, sexy, dangerous, and�� he accuses her of being a spy.

To remove suspicion from her name, Kaylina must work with him to stop the real danger to the crown.

But she soon learns that Vlerion suffers from a curse. When he experiences strong emotions, he turns into a deadly beast who can’t tell friend from foe.

Irking him would be a bad idea. Developing feelings for him would be even worse. Unfortunately, as Kaylina spends more time with Vlerion, she struggles with both.

If she can’t keep from rousing the beast, she won’t clear her name, fulfill her dream, or even survive the week.

~

Shadows of Winter is the first in a romantic fantasy series perfect for fans of Beauty and the Beast and enemies-to-lovers stories.]]> 388 Lindsay Buroker Swalsk 0 to-read 4.45 2024
author: Lindsay Buroker
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.45
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> 202508142 Fate gave me everything�� and then my past came back and stole it all away.

In the blink of an eye, I lost my freedom, my fated pack, and my only shot at happiness.

Alone and outnumbered, I’m held captive by my worst nightmares. My old pack thinks I’m worthless and weak, but I’m not the same Omega they once knew. They have no idea how hard I’ll fight to get back to them—the six men who claimed my heart. My scent matches. My perfect pack.

I’ll go to any lengths, walk through any hell, if it means getting to see them again.

Now that I’ve had a taste of love, I’m not giving it up.

I know my mates are coming for me, but if life has taught me anything, it’s that sometimes, you have to claim your destiny for yourself.

The promise of our future hangs just out of reach, dangled in front of me like a carrot on a stick. But I’m done being a pawn in the wicked games of others.

There’s power in being an Omega, and for the first time in my life, I’m ready to embrace who I am.

I’m Demi Leigh, an Omega who never used to believe in happily ever afters. But since I met my pack, I know they exist.

And I’m willing to do whatever it takes to make mine come true.

Believe It or Knot: Part Two is the second book in a reverse harem (MFMMMMM) Omegaverse duet (now complete) with no choosing, no cheating, and a guaranteed HEA! Please read the content warning at the start of the book for possible triggers.]]> 390 Harper Wylde Swalsk 0 4.04 2023
author: Harper Wylde
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2023
rating: 0
read at: 2025/03/25
date added: 2025/03/25
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Things look up when she catches the eye of one of the guys at work, but they take a downturn fast when she realizes he has no intention of staying faithful. Luckily, her handsome coworkers are there to help pick up the pieces, but everything compounds as the past catches up at the worst possible time.

Briar doesn't want to run again, but she has big secrets that her overbearing boss and mercenary coworkers know nothing about.

Shadow Security didn't earn its reputation as one of the most ruthless private security companies in the country for nothing, but will that be enough? Will they even want to protect her when they realize how high the stakes are, and who they're truly up against?

Whatever It Takes is a complete standalone with no cliffhanger.]]> 263 Jillian West Swalsk 3 4.25
author: Jillian West
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.25
book published:
rating: 3
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date added: 2025/03/24
shelves: alpha-holes, omegaverse, reverse-harem
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]]> 217957404 They gave me away...now he has me.I know three important facts��

I’m locked up, and my mates betrayed me.Severi isn’t dead.If I don’t get out, Starlight City is going down with my Nexus.
After running for five years, I’m back in Starlight City and my mates finally found out what is wrong with my Nexus. In an unexpected turn of events, my own mates turned against me and handed me over to the new Alpha Supreme, leaving me no choice but to face a trial that will determine my fate in light of the crimes I have been accused of. Even if I didn’t want to kill anyone, even if it wasn’t my choice and even if everyone who died deserved it.

Onyx, Finnegan, Rhodes, Hollis and Aleksander finally know why I rejected them, and they are grovelling for my forgiveness, while fighting to make sure I’m released and safe…but they don’t know about Severi.

There is a monster in the darkness, and this time it isn’t just me.

If Severi gets me…my Nexus will be the last thing Starlight City sees before it is gone.

Celestial Alphas is a dark romantasy with men who growl more than speak. You can expect tropes like�� Who did this to you?, touch her and die, rejected mates, forced proximity and whychoose?]]> 340 G. Bailey Swalsk 2 4.00
author: G. Bailey
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.00
book published:
rating: 2
read at: 2025/03/22
date added: 2025/03/22
shelves: alpha-holes, reverse-harem, shifters
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]]> 217957405 They shouldn’t want me.
I rejected them and ran…and I’ll find a way to escape again.I grew up knowing three important facts.
One, my parents hated Nexus shifters.
Two, I was taught everyone should be scared of me, and they should be.
Three, I’m a monster.

I’m a Nexus, a powerful shifter bonded to five other souls…only I rejected them all at the mating ceremony and ran away with my parents when I was fifteen.

After five years on the run, I’ve finally been found. My Nexus mates dragged me back to the biggest pack community in the mountains of Scotland, making sure I follow each of their rules and never letting me out of their sight while they torment me for breaking the bond.

Onyx, with his charming smiles and pretty suits, hides the true alpha lurking within.

Aleksander, with his unforgettable hazel eyes and deadly secrets, wants to ruin me.

The twins, Hollis and Rhodes, who capture ladies�� hearts like it’s an art form. One wants to break mine in the name of revenge.

And finally, Finnegan. He is the biggest threat to the Nexus shifter race, and he hates me the most.

They are dangerous alpha shifters who have powers from the Wolf Gods, and I’m the reject who broke their hearts, tore out the bond between us, and left them alone.

Every moment I spend with them is dangerous��
They don’t know the monster lurking under my skin, begging to come out to play.

If they keep pushing…it won’t be stopped.
Then there will be nothing left.

Starlight Mates is a dark romantasy with men who growl more than speak. You can expect tropes like�� Who did this to you?, touch her and die, rejected mates, forced proximity and whychoose?]]> 378 G. Bailey Swalsk 2 academy, reverse-harem 4.05 2024
author: G. Bailey
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2024
rating: 2
read at: 2025/03/21
date added: 2025/03/21
shelves: academy, reverse-harem
review:

]]> 223783575
Of course, nothing is ever simple, not even a poker game or the trip to the training academy.

I end up causing more trouble than I intended to and very nearly end up getting my dead situation found out by an unexpected HID agent.

So when a blast from the past ends up throwing me another curve ball, and I have to drop everything to help, it seems like it may be a blessing in disguise . . . Or is it?

I don’t even want to get into my supe side or the sword or the spirit guides or the guys . . . Yeah, I think an escape is just what we need.

Ireland, here we come.


This is a paranormal Reverse Harem.
Please be advised that this book contains dark themes, including abuse, graphic violence, flashbacks to past abuse, and cursing.
Additionally, sexual themes suitable for mature audiences 18+.]]> 359 Nikita Parmenter Swalsk 2 4.53
author: Nikita Parmenter
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.53
book published:
rating: 2
read at:
date added: 2025/03/21
shelves: has-most-magical-creatures, new-powers, reverse-harem
review:
The amount of characters and sentient objects in this is reminiscent of her other series. There are just waaay too many MMCs.
]]> 224130826 War looms on the horizon... but something worse is coming.
(The final book - series now complete!)

After everything, we’ve made it back to Blackthorn Academy, but the troubles only seem to grow.

I’ve uncovered the full truth about my origins, and it’s not what I wanted to hear. None of us were ready for the barrage of revelations we’ve faced.

One question haunts am I the harbinger of doom, or can I stop what’s coming?

"Inhuman Origins" is the fifth and final entry in the "Enchanted Bloodlines" - Why Choose Fantasy Academy Romance series, a tale of magic, political intrigue, danger, and love.]]> 386 Dayna Styles Swalsk 0 4.28
author: Dayna Styles
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.28
book published:
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/03/19
shelves: demons, reverse-harem, witches-mages, currently-reading
review:

]]> 214245213 Missing memories, a hidden prophecy, and shadowy forces that will stop at nothing to keep me from finding the truth.

Vital memories from my old life are missing. I need to return to my hometown to get them back. My three professors, and mates, insist on tagging along. In Hawthorne Grove, I meet family and friends I don’t remember as I try to get answers about my past.

Even restoring my memories won’t solve the mounting problems my mates and I are facing. Patrick is on the loose. We’re supposed to find and fulfill a millennia-old prophecy that determines the fate of all wolf shifters. And we have to contend with the looming threat of the Knights of Aeneas, who want to capture me and kill my mates.

Can I find the answers I need in time? Or will Patrick and the Knights of Aeneas complete their mission first �� permanently erasing any hope I have of unraveling the tangled threads of my past?]]> 280 E.L. Finley Swalsk 2 4.17
author: E.L. Finley
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.17
book published:
rating: 2
read at:
date added: 2025/03/19
shelves: alpha-holes, new-powers, reverse-harem, werewolves, witches-mages
review:
Not loving this series. Red flag relationships. The FMC isn't developing in character at all. Plot and pacing is all over the place.
]]> 223207919 The all-knowing semelees swirled around me in the Veiled Between, crooning and writhing. “You’ve come to us, Daughter of Darkness, Princess of Shadows. Tell us what you seek.��

On the Silten continent, I’m the only fae who can walk the Veiled Between. My rare power is immense and dangerous, so the authorities have entrusted me to my guardian who controls my potent magic with an enchanted device.

To avoid the device’s searing punishment, I submit to a dutiful life. Until one terrifying night everything changes.

I’m taken captive by the ruthless Dark Raider—an outlaw wanted in all four kingdoms, who hides behind a mask, and has a body created for sin.

But the Raider whispers a promise I can’t resist—use my magic to find who he seeks, and he’ll obliterate my chains.

Finally, the freedom I’ve craved is within my reach.

Yet finding who he hunts plunges me into a game of deceit among the kingdoms. After uncovering truths I was never meant to know, I’m caught in a web of betrayal, and if I can’t find a way to break free, I’ll have simply traded one imprisonment for another.


Kingdom of Faewood is book one in Fae of Woodlands & Wild, a fae fantasy romance trilogy that takes place in Krista Street’s Supernatural World. This series contains spicy romance, epic worldbuilding, a female fae who’s determined to wield her own fate, a ruthless Dark Raider who will stop at nothing to protect those he loves, and a mysterious ploy circulating throughout the kingdoms.]]> 386 Krista Street 1946884324 Swalsk 0 to-read 3.87 2025
author: Krista Street
name: Swalsk
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2025
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/03/13
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]]> 218484125 A terrifying vision of a deadly future��

I’ve risked everything to save my brother and taken his place in the Black Guard, and now my vision of his death has changed. I’m the one who’ll be murdered.

I don’t know when it will happen, but I’m magically bound to the Black Tower and can’t leave. I also can’t turn myself in until my brother escapes the kingdom or my sacrifice will be for nothing�� because once everyone knows I’m a woman, I’ll be punished and imprisoned.

My only hope is to survive the Guard’s grueling training and pray I’m strong enough to change my future.

But that isn’t easy. The other guardsmen are bigger and stronger than me and are determined to put me in my place, I have a growing attraction to the beautiful fae leaders of the Black the enigmatic Lord Commander Rider, the charming Lord Quill, and the alluring Talon.

To complicate matters further, I find myself inexplicably drawn to the fae garden each night, where a mysterious Fantasy Man awakens a passion I never knew existed.

Time is running out, and the stakes have never been higher. I must keep my identity a secret and become a warrior�� because I’ve seen what happens if I fail.

*Stand Against the Rising Storm is the second book in a fantasy romance series with a determined heroine and hot dangerous men. This romantasy is a slow burn, steamy, girl disguised as a man story that takes place in a magical world of kingdoms and shadowy monsters and is filled with fast-paced action.*]]> 330 Tessa Cole 1990587623 Swalsk 0 4.30
author: Tessa Cole
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.30
book published:
rating: 0
read at: 2025/03/13
date added: 2025/03/13
shelves: alpha-holes, fae, human-with-extras
review:

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*Whispers Within the Midnight Garden is the third book in a fantasy romance series with a determined heroine and hot dangerous men. This romantasy is a slow burn, steamy, girl disguised as a man that takes place in a magical world of kingdoms and shadowy monsters and is filled with fast-paced action.*]]> 237 Tessa Cole 199058764X Swalsk 0 to-read 4.04
author: Tessa Cole
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.04
book published:
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/03/13
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]]> 216593789 No one can know the newest guard in the Black Tower is a woman.

When my younger brother’s name is called in the lottery for life-long service in the most dangerous army in the kingdoms, I know my ruthless stepfather is responsible and I must take his place.

It doesn’t matter that I’m a woman and only men are allowed in the Black Tower. My cursed ability to sense when someone is going to die tells me my brother won’t survive a fortnight, and I refuse to lose my only surviving family member.

So I do the unthinkable. I secretly take on the spell that binds the lottery’s "sacrifice" to the Black Tower, cut my hair, and pretend to be my brother. All I have to do is keep quiet and avoid undue notice.

But things go wrong from the start. I walk through the fae ring to the Black Tower at night, drawing deadly shadow monsters to me and barely escaping. My mistake earns me the wrath of every guardsman, who makes it their mission to make my life miserable.

As if that weren’t enough, the three leaders of the Black Tower are beautiful fae, men who are as enticing as all the minstrels�� tales say, and they have far too much interest in me as the newest sacrifice.

I can't let them know the truth. I have to keep up my desperate disguise until my brother can bring our stepfather to justice, or I’ll have doomed both of us.

*Lies Within the Darkest Tower is the first book in a fantasy romance series with a determined heroine and hot dangerous men. This romantasy is a slow burn, steamy, girl disguised as a man that takes place in a magical world of kingdoms and shadowy monsters and is filled with fast-paced action.*]]> 318 Tessa Cole 1990587607 Swalsk 3 fae, human-with-extras 4.20 2024
author: Tessa Cole
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2024
rating: 3
read at: 2025/03/12
date added: 2025/03/11
shelves: fae, human-with-extras
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]]> 223234655
After the traumatic incident shatters her already fragile world, the seven men who she has come to care for step in to protect her. 

She soon learns that there’s a ruthless serial killer on the loose, with herself somehow at the center of it all. But as the killer closes in and buried truths come to light, Mina learns that the men who vowed to protect her have been hiding something that rocks the foundation their relationship is built on. 

Mina is left questioning everything—her safety, her feelings, and the true intentions of the men who have forced their way into her life.

With danger lurking around every corner and her heart tangled in the chaos, Mina must decide: can she trust them to save her, or will their betrayal be the one thing that destroys her?

***SILENT BETRAYAL, is the second and final book of the Shattered Silence Duet. It's a why choose, MFMM+, romance novel with dark themes. No mm/ff/cheating/owd. No abuse comes from within the harem. The FMC will not have to choose between her love interests. For a full list of trigger warnings please ShonaKnight dot com.]]> 475 Shona Knight 1069159654 Swalsk 3 3.90
author: Shona Knight
name: Swalsk
average rating: 3.90
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2025/03/10
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]]> 221979659 For the past 11 years, Mina has remained silent for fear of her mother’s constant abuse. But when she’s suddenly let out of the locked basement to attend high school, a whole new set of fears threatens to suffocate her.

Stepping into the outside world is terrifying. The fear of speaking, of having a panic attack, of standing out in any way, looms over her. Yet, the unexpected kindness of certain male students and teachers leaves her confused and wary and wishing she could speak.

Why are they constantly by her side? What happens when they find out she’s not 17, but 21? And why was she feeling desire for the first time in her life, and not to just one person, but 7?

***SILENT DESIRES, is the first part of a duet and ends in a cliffhanger. It's a why choose, MFMM+, romance novel with dark themes. No mm/ff/cheating/owd. No abuse comes from within the harem. The FMC will not have to choose between her love interests.]]> 368 Shona Knight 106915962X Swalsk 3 4.24
author: Shona Knight
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.24
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2025/03/04
date added: 2025/03/04
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]]> 222743656 In this life, blood doesn’t just sustain you, it defines you.

At ten years old, one drop changed my whole world, and not just because I lost my freedom, my parents, and my memories all in one night. My life is now bound to another. My blood kin, whose cursed fate is dependent upon my own.

After being held captive for over a decade to protect someone I’ve never met, I’m now thrown into a new world.

Trinity Falls Academy is an opportunity to secure my future. Like life’s cruel guillotine, the curse shatters at twenty-one years old, and only one kin can make it to twenty-two.

I have one year to navigate the murky path set before me. One filled with supernaturals I didn’t know existed. Hidden among the humans are vampires, wolves, and witches.

The chalice will determine my quadrant, just like everyone else from Florentines. The only issue is, quadrants don’t mix, unless it’s a full moon party�� So why am I caught under their intense gaze in the dining hall, the secret garden, and the fighting cage too?

The Savage Six is a why choose romance series, with four books expected.]]> 353 K.C. Kean Swalsk 3 4.37
author: K.C. Kean
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.37
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2025/03/02
date added: 2025/03/02
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]]> 228555636
I’m not about to run home and bake f*cking cupcakes, move on, and pretend to be happy.

I’d rather rage.

These men told me I wasn’t allowed to leave, that they’d follow me anywhere.

Well, it goes both ways, my dear stubborn husbands.

You aren’t allowed to leave, and I will do anything to enforce that.

I’ll slaughter the Hag Wytch. I’ll break our world and the Witchwoods both.

Because you were I am a villain, and I will kill the world for you.

I’m sad. Please send cockies. I mean cookies.

Not cookies baked with jizz, but actual cookies.

The Arcane Taste of the Witchwood Boys is a reverse harem/why choose romance (meaning one woman with three men). This is a genre blending series that’s a little bit cozy, a little bit dark, a lot bit spicy, and full of love, romance, action, and fantasy. Inside, you’ll find epic battles, a woman that’s part owl god, and our world blended with a fantasy forest. This is a complete series in 4 books (this is #4).]]> 519 C.M. Stunich Swalsk 0 to-read 4.40
author: C.M. Stunich
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.40
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rating: 0
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date added: 2025/03/01
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]]> 223282677
A coven of shadows with a curse on my heart and my house.

They bake f*cked-up cupcakes in my kitchen and unalive influencers in my front yard.

These men make zombies out of their own relatives, and a panting mess out of their own wife.

The Witchwoods are a violent stain on the world.

Eradicating that blight is worth the dirty, rotten things we do.

With a second coven’s sacrifice, we can close the gate.

Locking the Hag Wytch in her supernatural prison has to be easier with more witches.

Bet nobody wants to help me in exchange for cumcakes, huh?


The Witchwood Boys Did Me Dirty is a reverse harem/why choose romance (meaning one woman with three men). It’s a dark, sensual romantasy with a splash of campy horror. Inside, you’ll find graveyards, romps in dark woods, and confessions of undying love.]]> 434 C.M. Stunich Swalsk 4 4.49
author: C.M. Stunich
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.49
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/01
date added: 2025/03/01
shelves: alpha-holes, witches-mages, reverse-harem
review:
Omg that ending!!! I'm so mad. Cliffhanger made me cry. I need another one! Please let this be an HEA series.
]]> 181344829 A dangerous alliance between a Vampyre bride and an Alpha Werewolf becomes a love deep enough to sink your teeth into in this new paranormal romance.

Misery Lark, the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest, is an outcast—again. Her days of living in anonymity among the Humans are over: she has been called upon to uphold a historic peacekeeping alliance between the Vampyres and their mortal enemies, the Weres, and she sees little choice but to surrender herself in the exchange—again...

Weres are ruthless and unpredictable, and their Alpha, Lowe Moreland, is no exception. He rules his pack with absolute authority, but not without justice. And, unlike the Vampyre Council, not without feeling. It’s clear from the way he tracks Misery’s every movement that he doesn’t trust her. If only he knew how right he was��.

Because Misery has her own reasons to agree to this marriage of convenience, reasons that have nothing to do with politics or alliances, and everything to do with the only thing she's ever cared about. And she is willing to do whatever it takes to get back what’s hers, even if it means a life alone in Were territory…alone with the wolf.]]> 410 Ali Hazelwood Swalsk 0 to-read 3.98 2024
author: Ali Hazelwood
name: Swalsk
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/02/27
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]]> 133286777 From the New York Times bestselling author of Ninth House, Hell Bent, and creator of the Grishaverse series comes a highly anticipated historical fantasy set during the Spanish Golden Age

In a shabby house, on a shabby street, in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil as a scullion. But when her scheming mistress discovers the lump of a servant cowering in the kitchen is actually hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to better the family's social position.

What begins as simple amusement for the bored nobility takes a perilous turn when Luzia garners the notice of Antonio Pérez, the disgraced secretary to Spain's king. Still reeling from the defeat of his armada, the king is desperate for any advantage in the war against England's heretic queen—and Pérez will stop at nothing to regain the king's favor.

Determined to seize this one chance to better her fortunes, Luzia plunges into a world of seers and alchemists, holy men and hucksters, where the line between magic, science, and fraud is never certain. But as her notoriety grows, so does the danger that her Jewish blood will doom her to the Inquisition's wrath. She will have to use every bit of her wit and will to survive—even if that means enlisting the help of Guillén Santangel, an embittered immortal familiar whose own secrets could prove deadly for them both.]]> 387 Leigh Bardugo 125088425X Swalsk 0 to-read 3.74 2024
author: Leigh Bardugo
name: Swalsk
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/02/27
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]]> 58340706
Elspeth Spindle needs more than luck to stay safe in the eerie, mist-locked kingdom of Blunder—she needs a monster. She calls him the Nightmare, an ancient, mercurial spirit trapped in her head. He protects her. He keeps her secrets.

But nothing comes for free, especially magic.

When Elspeth meets a mysterious highwayman on the forest road, her life takes a drastic turn. Thrust into a world of shadow and deception, she joins a dangerous quest to cure Blunder from the dark magic infecting it. And the highwayman? He just so happens to be the King’s nephew, Captain of the most dangerous men in Blunder…and guilty of high treason.

Together they must gather twelve Providence Cards—the keys to the cure. But as the stakes heighten and their undeniable attraction intensifies, Elspeth is forced to face her darkest secret yet: the Nightmare is slowly taking over her mind. And she might not be able to stop him.]]> 399 Rachel Gillig 0316312487 Swalsk 0 to-read 4.26 2022
author: Rachel Gillig
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2022
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/02/27
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> 63100246 Alternate cover edition of ASIN: B0BNP6QF9L

From New York Times & USA Today bestselling author Shanora Williams comes a dark romantic fantasy series of violence, chaos, angst, and a powerful love that can't be denied...

WILLOW

I was never meant to live an ordinary life, and when I’m dropped from the sky into a haunting forest, facing the barrel of an unknown man’s gun, I believe it to be true.

Ruler of Blackwater, Caz Harlow, is the man behind the gun. He’s broody, calculating, commanding and, surprisingly, I can hear every thought that runs through his mind. Because I can, he wants me out of his world and sent back to where I came from, so he makes it his mission to find a way.

It seems like a simple task, until I realize his world is unlike mine—that his is filled with violence, chaos, destruction, and gifted people who can kill you with one look. In his universe, it’s hard for a regular human like me to survive, but with Caz at my side, the possibility is higher. And the more time we spend together, the harder it is for me to ignore the connection that makes me feel alive.

He says we’re not meant to be, so why does everything about him set my soul on fire?

CAZ

I have too many enemies to count, and when this Willow woman drops into my forest, that’s exactly what I think she is: an enemy.

But then she makes a remark without even opening her mouth, and I realize I can hear her thoughts, and she can hear mine.

As Monarch of Blackwater, I can’t allow her to stay. By doing so, I risk losing everything I’ve worked so hard to build, so I make it my mission to find her a way back home.

But as this mission rolls on, I realize my bond with Willow goes much deeper than I ever could have imagined. And the more I reject her, the more pain I feel entering my body. However, when I lower my guard, the pain disappears and I crave her touch.

This relentless, undeniable bond is becoming impossible to ignore, but I can’t give into it. For if she stays, death will come for us, and it’s up to me to choose our fate.

Do I risk staying with her and putting her life at constant risk, or do I sacrifice the one thing that brings me happiness and let her go?

Vicious Bonds is book one of the Tether Series. It’s a romantic fantasy with violent acts and possibly triggering events. Please read at your own risk.
]]> 468 Shanora Williams Swalsk 0 to-read 3.89
author: Shanora Williams
name: Swalsk
average rating: 3.89
book published:
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/02/27
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> 223288193
Some people are marked for greatness, some have all the luck, and some catch their boyfriend boning his secretary in the middle of the work day.

Sick of being replaceable, I throw a dart at a map and ghost the jerk, ready to build a life that can't be packed up in an hour like I never existed at all.

But my fresh start comes to a bloody halt when I hit a dangerous man with more scars than sense on my way into town, someone that even the hospital is afraid to touch. Add in the ghostly roommate that came with my house, my rugged new boss that’s weirdly obsessed with feeding me, and a shy genius that can create tech that almost seems magical? I finally feel like I’ve found a home worth fighting for.

But my ex isn’t the only one freaking out that I disappeared without a trace. 

Knowing I’d never go offline for weeks unless something terrible happened, my gaming partner leaves the virtual world behind to track me down and bring me home with him�� even if it means eliminating anyone that stands in his way. It quickly becomes clear that Mercy Ridge is more than just strange, and the people who live here are more than just human.

The craziest part? They claim I’m a supernatural just like them. And their tattoos? Proof they’re my fated mates. 

But if I really am what they say? People will stop at nothing to try to claim me to use my powers for themselves, or hunt me down for being a threat. 

​​​​​​​And if the most dangerous monsters look just like everyone else... can I even trust the four men that claim I'm theirs?




*Gamer girl fmc
*Human (or so she thought) swept up into a supernatural world
*Rare supernatural believed to be a myth
*Shadow Demon Stalker mmc
*Alpha shifter mmc
*Shy tech mage mmc
*Fated Mates
*Obsessive men that are all in

- Book 1 of a Duet]]> 268 J. Kearston Swalsk 3 4.35 2025
author: J. Kearston
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2025
rating: 3
read at: 2025/02/21
date added: 2025/02/21
shelves: has-most-magical-creatures, new-powers, reverse-harem
review:

]]> 185877375 Believe it or Knot, ‘happily ever after�� doesn’t exist. Not for me, anyway.

Bleeding and broken, I’m on the run from Alphas who want to use me as a punching bag and a breeding machine. An Omega on her own? It’s unheard of. But I’d rather die than let them catch me.

Taking a bus to the end of the line, I plan to become invisible in a small town in Vermont. But what’s that saying about ‘the best-laid plans��? They all turn to ash as an unplanned heat hits me like a raging wildfire.

I don’t need a pack�� except my body is screaming for an Alpha, and I know I’ll never survive my heat without one. Or maybe six.

I run into Salvation on the sidewalk—literally. All six-foot-five dark, imposing inches of him.

His scent makes me forget all the reasons I’ve sworn off Alphas, and the rest of his pack smell just as sinful. They want to help me. Save me. Make me theirs.

Fate may have brought us together, but the past has taught me that dreams are just illusions. My old pack will never let me go, and they’re dangerous. So dangerous I should keep on running to keep these new, tempting men safe.

Except they want me to stay, and they’re very, very convincing.


Believe It or Knot is the first book in a reverse harem (MFMMMMM) Omegaverse duet with no choosing, no cheating, and a guaranteed HEA at the end of the duology! Please read the content warning at the start of the book for possible triggers.]]> 384 Harper Wylde Swalsk 3 omegaverse, reverse-harem 4.08 2023
author: Harper Wylde
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2023
rating: 3
read at: 2025/02/13
date added: 2025/02/19
shelves: omegaverse, reverse-harem
review:

]]> 221916281 Her life is simple, but she thought she was happy. Until now, she has forgone friendships and relationships with the opposite sex in the pursuit of success, but with that success comes the realisation that her life is empty. Sure, she has her mom, but her mom, an in-demand fashion designer, has managed to have friends and suitors as well as a booming business. Colbie wants that too.

It’s the coronation year for the new shifter King or Queen, and both human and shifters are buzzing with excitement which spills over into the neutral zone. An early morning walk to the bakery and a surprise in the alley behind her shop, changes everything. Colbie’s life is never going to be the same again, and she may have bitten off way more than she can chew.]]> 298 Lexie Winston 176362286X Swalsk 4 4.46
author: Lexie Winston
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.46
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/02/18
date added: 2025/02/19
shelves: new-powers, reverse-harem, shifters
review:

]]> 53617066 172 M. Sinclair Swalsk 3 reverse-harem, shifters 3.99 2020
author: M. Sinclair
name: Swalsk
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2020
rating: 3
read at: 2025/02/19
date added: 2025/02/19
shelves: reverse-harem, shifters
review:

]]> 224223226 Jaymin Eve Swalsk 0 to-read 4.00 2025
author: Jaymin Eve
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2025
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/02/17
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> 220487284
The day the alphas dragged me to Golden Claw I'd thought my life was over. After years of running from the packs and the shifter cities they ruled over, I finally found myself trapped within their borders.

Trapped and surrounded by my scent matches. My fated mates.

Four, disturbingly perfect alphas, who claimed me as one of their quintet. Despite my determination to keep them at arm's length, and escape the moment the Alpha Council let their guard down�� I find myself completely ensnared.

The pack works its way into my life and heart with an ease that should terrify me. They show me the perfection of a bond filled with respect and care, and give me a glimpse of a future I never expected to have.

A future that I’d believed would be my downfall.

When I’m stolen away by the very shifters who destroyed my mom, I find myself fighting to not only protect myself, but also the alphas I’m growing to care about. As more of my past is revealed, and the bond to my pack deepens, I start to question everything I thought I knew about my mom's death.

With enemies surrounding us, I have no choice but to trust in my pack.

Trust and hope that my world is not about to crash and burn around me.

* This is book two in a why choose romance with very dominant and possessive male main characters. The female main character will not choose between the love interests. It's a full length (115k words) romantasy and contains adult themes and descriptions that are suitable for 18+.]]> 424 Jaymin Eve Swalsk 3 alpha-holes, reverse-harem 4.12 2025
author: Jaymin Eve
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2025
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 2025/02/17
shelves: alpha-holes, reverse-harem
review:
Well that was a twist and a cliffhanger ending.
]]> 221215610
Three bastards in witch hats, leather pants, and iron masks.



These supernatural stalkers have claimed me for their coven.

They won’t go away. These assholes will. not. leave.



All because I fell for an urban

Touch the Witch’s Tree on a moonless night and discover magic.



Wholesome magic kinky rituals, blood sacrifice, and jizz potions.

Oh, and a forest god who eats people—while they’re still alive and screaming.



Send help, and I’ll send cupcakes.


The Witchwood Boys Are Trending is a reverse harem/why choose romance (meaning one woman with three men). It’s a unique blend of cozy urban fantasy and dark horror, and while it starts spicy, it gets much, much spicier. Inside, you’ll find forced proximity tropes, grumpy-sunshine dynamics, and a main character with a banana slug tattoo. All characters are 22 or older.]]> 398 C.M. Stunich Swalsk 3 4.27 2024
author: C.M. Stunich
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2024
rating: 3
read at: 2025/02/03
date added: 2025/02/09
shelves: alpha-holes, new-powers, reverse-harem, witches-mages
review:
I like the horror aspect. I dislike the toxic abusive relationships. It does a good job explaining them at the end, but it was a big turn off for 99% of the book.
]]> 222011968
They've escaped perpetual hell, courtesy of yours truly.



They’ve also gone viral with their annoying thirst trap asses in leather.

#theWitchwoodBoys

Fine. The power of magic is worth the price.



Though getting trapped in those woods again is always a possibility.

�±�’l�� have to seal the gate with a little �� group participation.



�±�’l�� need to utilize a sex-based resurrection spell.

I can the Hag Wytch does eat people while they’re still alive and screaming—even if that person is your lover.



I still need help. Will pay in pumpkin bread.



Come Dance with the Witchwood Boys is a reverse harem/why choose romance (meaning one woman with three men). It’s an urban fantasy with a ton of spicy scenes, and a dash of Brothers Grimm fairy tale. Inside, you’ll find invisibility spells, sexy chess games, and inappropriate broom scenes. All characters are 22 or older.]]> 380 C.M. Stunich Swalsk 3 4.34
author: C.M. Stunich
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.34
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2025/02/05
date added: 2025/02/09
shelves: reverse-harem, witches-mages, alpha-holes
review:
Less horror, more toxic relationship stuff. Some of them are trying though...
]]> 36358211
Four hunky, supernatural plumbers.
One reluctant, slightly drunk human.
A match made in heaven �� or in the bathroom, rather.

My name is Arizona Smoke, and I'm the proud owner of a house haunted by my dead Gram, best friend to a cocktail dress loving werewolf, and apparent soul mate to four plumbers who also happen to be elemental dragons. Besides rippling pectorals, tattoos, and �� uh, nice, long pipes, the guys also have control of the elements.

Supernatural law (whoever heard of such a thing anyway?) dictates that since I stumbled upon the guys in their alternate forms, I have to marry them. All four of them. Oh, and apparently one lousy (okay, awesome) night of sex means that I'm an elemental, too—and no amount of magical penicillin can cure this disease.

All I wanted was hot running water and toilets that flushed, but now I'm dealing with monsters lurking in the sewers, supernatural politics, and four penniless (but totally hot) plumbers living in my crumbling old Victorian.

I'm Ari Smoke, wine aficionado, ex-barista, and a girl who is completely out of her element.
Having four hot husbands is nice �� but the death threats, not so much.]]> 394 Tate James Swalsk 1 3.72 2017
author: Tate James
name: Swalsk
average rating: 3.72
book published: 2017
rating: 1
read at: 2025/02/09
date added: 2025/02/09
shelves: has-most-magical-creatures, new-powers, reverse-harem, dnf
review:
No interest in the MC or the other characters for that matter.
]]> 220482556 I had the perfect pack. Until I wasn’t enough for them.Omegas are supposed to be cherished. Protected. Loved.

I thought I was—until my pack found their true scent match and threw me away like I meant nothing.

They sent me to the Reassignment Center, where rejected omegas are supposed to find new packs. But omegas like me don’t get fairy-tale endings.

We get two

A low-class pack that no one else wants.The heat dens—where omegas are used until there’s nothing left of them.After nine months in hell, I’ll take any pack that will have me. Even if they’re dangerous. Even if they live outside the law.

They claim I’m their scent match. But I’ll never make the mistake of giving my heart away again.]]> 247 C.T. Rhames Swalsk 1 3.43
author: C.T. Rhames
name: Swalsk
average rating: 3.43
book published:
rating: 1
read at: 2025/02/07
date added: 2025/02/07
shelves: omegaverse, rejected-mate, reverse-harem
review:

]]> 216846639 A mage in hiding. Five men she can’t have. A secret she’ll die to protect.

My name is Isabel Gallagher, and I have a secret. I can see ghosts. If anyone discovers my ability, everyone I care about will be killed.

To keep my secret, I have to pretend to be magicless. Since mages value power above all else, I’m the town of Hawthorne Grove’s favorite punching bag. I only have a year left here. Then, I can move away to a normal human town and forget that other mages exist.

My five year plan of staying alive and remaining undetected is on track. Until one night at the gym, I meet them.

A pushy alpha wolf, his easygoing younger brother, and their quiet, broody friend. Throw in my too-handsome-for-his-own-good best friend and my mysterious combat teacher, and I’m up to my eyeballs in men who make me wish things could be different.

But they can’t be.

While I’m trying to guard my heart against the men who feel like the missing parts of my soul, young mages all over New England are disappearing. When no one’s willing to investigate, I know I have to. But the truths I expose and the betrayals I uncover threaten everything I’ve spent the last fourteen years trying to protect.]]> 294 E.L. Finley Swalsk 2 4.07
author: E.L. Finley
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.07
book published:
rating: 2
read at: 2025/02/07
date added: 2025/02/07
shelves: academy, reverse-harem, shifters, witches-mages, ghosts
review:
Hot mess Mary-sue, with zero personal growth. Cliffhanger ending.
]]> 223929584 ~ Green flag MMC
~ Found family
~ Slow burn

LIV

After all that we’ve endured, the dream of making it to Bridgehill has often felt unattainable—but we're so close now, I can almost touch it, and the thought makes me uneasy.

With Cruz by my side, and my new family around me, I can't wait to breathe the sea air and experience the true feeling of security. I want to be settled, to find meaning in a life where everything we once loved was obliterated just two short years ago.

All I can hope for is that our group makes it there alive. Beyond that, I'll take each challenge as it comes, knock down anyone who gets in my way, and keep loving Cruz, the man who's quickly become the best part of my life.


THE FOREVER (BOOK THREE) IS THE FINAL INSTALMENT IN THE WHEN THE WORLD FELL SERIES.]]> 210 Elle Richards Swalsk 3 post-apocalypse, zombies HEA in the zombie apocalypse. 4.28 2025
author: Elle Richards
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2025
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/30
date added: 2025/01/30
shelves: post-apocalypse, zombies
review:
HEA in the zombie apocalypse.
]]> 215636743
Eight Fae fight for my hand in marriage. They’re willing to kill for it. But if they discover my secret, my future husband might kill me too.

The King of Brookmere has decreed his daughter is to marry—which means, despite my protests, he’s enacted an archaic tradition, summoning powerful Fae from across the land to compete for my hand in marriage. And more importantly, the throne.

Eight fae will fight in the deadly trials, braving formidable magic and each other to prove themselves worthy of the crown. Including the arrogant, shadow-wielding Kade Blackthorn, who arrived out of nowhere and appears to have far more abilities than he should. In truth, all I’ve ever wanted is for someone to love me for who I am, despite my secrets. An ally. An equal.

While one of the contenders might become my husband, a trusted friend is the last title any of them can win. These men are willing to do anything for power. If they discover my secret, that I’m an heir with no magic, then we’re all doomed.

Blooms of Darkness is the first book of the Broken Prophecy Series, a slow burn, NA / adult romantasy. Readers are encouraged to review the list of content notes inside before diving into this enemies-to-lovers, shadow daddy romance.]]> 434 Anna Applegate Swalsk 3 fae, generic-fantasy 4.14
author: Anna Applegate
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.14
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/30
date added: 2025/01/30
shelves: fae, generic-fantasy
review:

]]> 223752963 So it’s a lot. Like�� A LOT.
And that’s before I even add on the fact that I’m a witch who was blessed by a goddess, and apparently she’s expecting a lot from me because of the “gift�� she gave me. More like a target. Possible madness and death. A whole ton of crazy. That’s for sure.
More than I can bear most days.
I really need to get a grip on my situation and get my head above water or someone will get killed. I think I have a plan and the right help to back me, but—it’s all a risk, and I have to get stronger fast. Learn more than I know to get there.
Good thing I’m at one of the best colleges in our world, right?

Morrigan University is a spicy reverse harem, university-age paranormal academy series with darker elements, strong language, violence, and a heroine who always does her best no matter what’s thrown at her�� While trying to figure out what and who her heart wants.

*This book is part of a series and cannot be read as a standalone. Like all my books, this is not light and fluffy and includes dark themes and events some may find triggering. Reader discretion is advised.]]> 308 Erin R Flynn Swalsk 3 4.37
author: Erin R Flynn
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.37
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/28
date added: 2025/01/28
shelves: academy, gods, reverse-harem, witches-mages
review:
I'm liking the world building of this series a lot. However, there are now so many characters that it is getting hard to keep track. Don't get very much character building of all the harem boys in this one.
]]> 221037035
Then there’s Winston and the spirit guides; I don’t even know where to start with them.

The building tension between the guys and me is just another complication that adds a bit more excitement to my suddenly even more complicated life.

We’ve still got to figure out what’s happening to the supes, I promised Navy, after all!

Oh, and figure out why the people I worked for killed me and who they were talking about.

So, not much to do! Who am I kidding? I need a snack and a nap just thinking about it!


This is a medium burn paranormal Reverse Harem.
Please be advised that this book contains dark themes, including abuse, graphic violence, flashbacks to past abuse and cursing. Additionally, sexual themes suitable for mature audiences 18+.
All sex is consensual.]]> 275 Nikita Parmenter Swalsk 3 4.41
author: Nikita Parmenter
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.41
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/27
date added: 2025/01/27
shelves: death-souls-reapers, has-most-magical-creatures, reverse-harem
review:
A fun quick read. Unfortunately, nothing progressed in the plot in this book. I shouldn't say nothing happened, there was some action, however, only more questions and no real answers. No wonder it's called 'part one'. Why split this in two?
]]> 41831210 They came to earth--Pestilence, War, Famine, Death--four horsemen riding their screaming steeds, racing to the corners of the world. Four horsemen with the power to destroy all of humanity. They came to earth, and they came to end us all.

When Pestilence comes for Sara Burn’s town, one thing is certain: everyone she knows and loves is marked for death. Unless, of course, the angelic-looking horseman is stopped, which is exactly what Sara has in mind when she shoots the unholy beast off his steed.

Too bad no one told her Pestilence can’t be killed.

Now the horseman, very much alive and very pissed off, has taken her prisoner, and he’s eager to make her suffer. Only, the longer she’s with him, the more uncertain she is about his true feelings towards her �� and hers towards him.

And now, well, Sara might still be able to save the world, but in order to do so, she'll have to sacrifice her heart in the process.]]> 381 Laura Thalassa Swalsk 3 3.85 2018
author: Laura Thalassa
name: Swalsk
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2018
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/26
date added: 2025/01/26
shelves: post-apocalypse, stockholm-romance
review:
This has been on my TBR forever. I finally decided to read it. Very interesting concept.
]]> 212328411 After years spent isolated in a lonely castle with her cruel husband, Raiya will do anything to escape�� even make a deal with a demon.

When Raiya’s husband imprisons a monster from the hells, she sees an opportunity to free herself and spite her husband at the same time.

It’s said that demons are immensely powerful, halfway between mortals and gods. If Raiya can use her knowledge of rune magic to break the demon’s binding, he might agree to protect her from her husband while they escape together. That is, if he doesn’t decide to kill and consume her, instead.

The demon only requires one thing in exchange—her body.

Demons live off the fear and lust of mortals, which means that she’ll have to find a way to sustain him during their journey.

There’s only one thing more terrifying than sleeping with a demon: falling in love with one.

Demon Bound is a standalone fantasy romance set in the Ardani universe and has a Happily Ever After ending. This book is intended for adults and contains spicy scenes and violence. See the author’s website for detailed content information.]]> 338 Nina K. Westra Swalsk 0 to-read 3.86
author: Nina K. Westra
name: Swalsk
average rating: 3.86
book published:
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/01/26
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> 48908446
Or so I thought.

Turns out those quirky abilities I’ve been keeping secret expose me to a world I didn’t know existed. Sure, I knew I wasn’t human—but how exactly do I find out more without ending up in the wrong hands?

And I’m not so sure I’m in the right hands now given some of the reactions to finding me. They say I’m the last fairy. I’m not sure I should trust them when their thoughts are mostly of power and how to use me.

But I’m also not sure I have much of a choice. My powers are dangerous and I don’t know how to use them. They promise to teach me what I need to know and give me a chance at something I’ve never had before.

A normal life. I don’t think anything about Artemis University and those who attend is normal, but it’s still better than the life I’ve been living if they keep half their promises.

I think hoping they’ll keep half is generous.

Artemis University is a hot burning reverse harem, university-age paranormal academy series with darker elements, strong language, violence, and a heroine who follows her own moral compass of what is right�� And who she ends up giving her heart to.
]]> 429 Erin R. Flynn Swalsk 0 to-read 4.26 2019
author: Erin R. Flynn
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2019
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/01/26
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> 221098483 Completed Series.
MistHallow Academy will be my sanctuary, a place to hide from my family's sinister plans for my wild magick.

That was the plan, anyway. But instead, I've stumbled into a web of dark desires and deadly secrets.

They're everywhere �� in my classes, my dreams, my blood. Three men, each more dangerous than the last, circling me like predators stalking prey.

the dark warlock TA, whose blue eyes promise pleasure with an emphasis on pain. His rune-marked skin screams danger, and I can't look away.

Luc: the half incubus, half pure blood demon royalty whose taste for blood is for pleasure rather than survival. He craves the chaos of my untamed power but his hatred for his half brother, Draven, is unmatched.

the necromancer whose touch brings shivers of fear and excitement. Behind those too-blue eyes lurk ambitions that could shatter the boundary between life and death.

I should run, but their pull is irresistible. With every lesson in dark magick, every forbidden touch, I'm drawn deeper into their world. My power responds to them, growing stronger, more unpredictable, and is the key to unravelling ancient curses and unleashing forces beyond our control.

At MistHallow, lessons aren't just dangerous �� they're deadly. I'm about to get a crash course in survival.

If you like fast burn, insta-lust, insta-possessiveness from the MMCs, an FMC with backbone, witty banter, and guys that put aside their differences for the woman they want, then this is definitely a must-read.

This is a dark paranormal romance book 1 out of 3 in a brand new reverse harem romance by USA Today Bestselling Author, Eve Newton. Set in England and written in British English, you will come across TWs so please see inside for details.]]> 318 Eve Newton Swalsk 0 to-read 3.97
author: Eve Newton
name: Swalsk
average rating: 3.97
book published:
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/01/26
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> 212129057
Keera is an exile struggling to survive, forced to rob passing travelers or face starvation. When she steals from the wrong man—a vicious masked warrior named the Viper—his hand around her throat awakens an ancient magic within her, and she uses it to escape his clutches. Now, Keera must master her power to protect the city of Kelvadan—the only place an exile like her can find a home—from the Viper and his growing army.

The Viper serves the magic of the desert, but the sins of the past threaten to destroy it. To protect his home, he will do everything it takes, even marching on the great city of Kelvadan. However, the real key to healing the desert’s magic might lie in the infuriating but intriguing exile who slipped through his fingers and now fights for his sworn enemies.

Keera and the Viper are on opposite sides of a war to save the Ballan desert, but the strange bond they share could be the key to saving their home—or destroying their world as they know it.

Blood of the Sands is a slow burn, enemies-to-lovers fantasy romance perfect for fans of Carissa Broadbent and L.J. Andrews..]]> 415 S.C. Grayson Swalsk 0 to-read 4.04 2024
author: S.C. Grayson
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2024
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/01/26
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> 218405601 He was striking in a cold-blooded kind of way, like his beauty was tinged with poison. Unassuming, alluring even.

I brought my eyes up to meet his.

"Fia Riftborne?" The words dripped from his lips like blood from a dagger.

Twenty years after a rebellion branded her an outcast, Fia Riftborne navigates a city rife with prejudice so deep, it's often deadly. But she harbors a secret, one that would paint an even larger target on her back. A hidden power within her is growing, threatening to destroy everything she's built for herself.

Enter the elusive Sidhe General, Laryk Ashford, who is building a unit of powerful wielders within the Guard to face a growing threat. Wraiths of darkness devour the Western border, leaving a trail of death and destruction in their wake.

When Fia's power erupts, and two daughters of Nobility are seemingly dead, General Ashford offers her a chilling choice: join the Sidhe Guard or face execution.

Because Fia might be the only hope for the Isle's survival.

Torn between surrendering to the chaos or becoming a weapon for those who took everything from her, Fia must confront her growing feelings for the General and face a dark truth that could shatter everything she's ever known.]]> 426 Parker Lennox Swalsk 0 to-read 3.72 2024
author: Parker Lennox
name: Swalsk
average rating: 3.72
book published: 2024
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/01/26
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> 60148122 Barbarian. Beast. Murderer?

On the surface, my life looks picture perfect. Journalist for the New York Times. Engaged to one of the city’s most eligible bachelors. Loving family. Great friends.

But, as it turns out, looks can be deceiving.

When my entire future is ripped away, I choose the one spot on the map that might just be my ticket back into the good life—this time, with a byline on the front page. And one less jerk by my side.

The tiny town of Midnight Hollow is quaint, picturesque—and boasts a trail of murders just begging to be solved by yours truly.

Everything is going to plan until tall, dark, mysterious, and sexy comes stomping into my life–literally. Sutton Hale is the beginning of the end for me.

Bewitched by his charm, I don’t realize I’m in too deep until it’s too late to escape.

Midnight Bewitched is the first book in a slow-burn paranormal romance where nothing is as it seems. Journey with us to Midnight Falls but be warned: this town has secrets its inhabitants are determined to keep hidden. ]]> 330 Jessica Wayne 1952490936 Swalsk 2 witches-mages, shifters 4.11 2022
author: Jessica Wayne
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2022
rating: 2
read at: 2022/10/13
date added: 2025/01/21
shelves: witches-mages, shifters
review:
I tried to like this one. The idea was great, but it felt very slow like the pacing was off. I got bored.
]]> 60198244
15 years ago, my father earned a life sentence for illegal Dark Magic experimentation. His test subject? Me. I’ve spent every day since, training to control the rare lightning magic he unlocked.

I swore to use this gift to protect all Elemental Witches from similar torture.

Now he’s escaped and Dark Magic Covens are threatening the safety of the Kingdom of Magic.

This reconnaissance mission should be a piece of cake. Lead an elite team to spy on one of the known covens. If only it didn’t also happen to include a certain prince with certain off-limits chemistry��

It should be a simple mission…but why do I feel like it could destroy everything I know about my Kingdom and my Magic?

Made from Magic is a New Adult Urban Fantasy featuring a strong female protagonist who knows she’s the sh*t, and a male love interest who would literally burn the world for her. Contains adult situations including violence and spicy romance…not in the same chapter…for the most part. Great for fans of A Court of Thorns and Roses and From Blood and Ash Ages 18+]]> Marianne A. Scott Swalsk 0 witches-mages 4.03 2022
author: Marianne A. Scott
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2022
rating: 0
read at: 2022/12/04
date added: 2025/01/21
shelves: witches-mages
review:

]]> 53244934 아버지�� 강요�� 비천�� 출생�� 기사와 결혼하게 된다.
첫날밤을 치르�� 원정�� 떠나�� 남편은
3�� ��, �� 대륙에 명성�� 떨치�� 기사가 되어 돌아오는데��.]]> 456 Suji Kim Swalsk 0 romance, witches-mages 4.28 2017
author: Suji Kim
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2017
rating: 0
read at: 2023/03/15
date added: 2025/01/21
shelves: romance, witches-mages
review:

]]> 61931823

Being the twin of a movie star isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Eva is glamorous and sweet, and everything I’m not. Believe me, every person in my life has made that crystal clear. The press calls me the Ice Queen, leaving pack after pack broken in my wake.

I wish it were true.

All I’ve ever wanted was a pack—to be loved and cherished the way an Omega was meant to be—but now I’ve given up hope. Every group I meet wants a copy of my sister. Let’s not even mention the ones who called me by her name.

That was before I ran into an Alpha whose scent made me climb him like a tree. And his pack, who smells like heaven, makes me perfume, and claims they want to make me theirs. I want to believe love like this exists, yet the past has taught me it’s too good to be true.

I want to be able to tell the world I’m taken. To scream I’m knot your damn Omega…I’m theirs. But first, I have to believe it myself.]]> 524 Devyn Sinclair Swalsk 3 reverse-harem, omegaverse 4.07 2022
author: Devyn Sinclair
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2022
rating: 3
read at: 2023/04/07
date added: 2025/01/21
shelves: reverse-harem, omegaverse
review:

]]> 104187534
Being the Omega daughter of Slate City’s favorite politician is exhausting. Everyone in our family is perfect. Good jobs, good images, no scandals, and smiling at all times. That’s not me, and it never will be.

No matter how hard I try.

All I’ve ever wanted was a simpler life—to choose what I want to do, have a pack who loves me, and be happy—but that’s not an option. My entire life is already planned out for me. Every step carefully curated to make sure my family stays at the top, in the spotlight, and in power. Of course, I will be their dutiful Omega daughter.

That was before I got trapped in a closet with an Alpha whose scent made me want to misbehave. And before I found out that he’s my new bodyguard. His pack smells like paradise, drowns me with passion, and doesn’t care about my family’s plans. They only want me.

From the outside my life seems perfect, but I know better than anyone that knot all that glitters is gold. I want to break out of the cage I’m in, and I want these men to help me do it. But when you’re on a pedestal to the entire world�� there’s a very long way to fall.



Knot All That Glitters is a standalone reverse harem Omegaverse. No choosing, no cheating, and a guaranteed HEA! This book is part of a series of standalones, and can be enjoyed on its own, without reading any other books in the series. Content Warnings available on the author's website.]]> 468 Devyn Sinclair Swalsk 3 reverse-harem, omegaverse 4.17 2023
author: Devyn Sinclair
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2023
rating: 3
read at: 2023/04/09
date added: 2025/01/21
shelves: reverse-harem, omegaverse
review:

]]> 122975438 My life as a Beta is easy. Simple. Safe.
Too bad it’s all a lie��

I’ve been hiding my Omega status for years, using heat suppressors and scent blockers to keep anyone from realizing what I really am. But when the black-market pills I bought fail one night, I find myself living my worst nightmare—perfuming in a crowded club full of Alphas.

I swear I can feel every eye in the place lock on to me�� but just as panic is about to set in, a gorgeous Alpha with the most enticing scent comes to my rescue.

He pretends we’re bonded, tucking me against his side and staring down every other man who approaches. And even though previous experience has made me reluctant to trust any Alpha, when this one—Ethan—offers me refuge with his pack, I can’t say no.

But the moment he leads me inside their sprawling mansion, I realize I’m in way over my head. Because the three other Alphas in his pack all smell just as delicious as he does, and more than that, they seem to want to protect and take care of me.

I’ve never been as drawn to anyone as I am to Ethan, Dante, Caleb, and Garrett. But can I let go of my old fears and accept the connection between us, or will I keep believing the lie I tell myself�� that these Alphas are knot my pack?

What you’ll find between these
Sweet Omegaverse
Growly, protective men with hearts of gold
Group activities
Lots of praise
Knotting, nesting, heats, and bonding
“Touch her and die��
Billionaire Alphas who love to pamper their Omega

Finding Their Omega is a standalone reverse harem Omegaverse romance. It contains multiple points of view, very high steam, and has a happily ever after! The characters are fully human and do not shapeshift.]]> 488 Sadie Moss Swalsk 3 reverse-harem, omegaverse 3.89 2023
author: Sadie Moss
name: Swalsk
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2023
rating: 3
read at: 2023/05/26
date added: 2025/01/21
shelves: reverse-harem, omegaverse
review:

]]> 127288418 Until the day my smoking hot neighbours who’ve always treated me like a little sister rescue me from the men who hurt me.
They tend my wounds.
They care for me.
They make me whole again.
And now the gloves are off.
They’re my fated mates. And they won’t give me up for anyone.
My enemies are determined to find and enslave me, but my three possessive, dangerous, and slightly unhinged alphas will lay waste to an entire city if that’s what it takes to keep me safe.
And they may just have to.]]> 422 Sam Hall Swalsk 2 reverse-harem, werewolves 4.14 2023
author: Sam Hall
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2023
rating: 2
read at: 2023/06/30
date added: 2025/01/21
shelves: reverse-harem, werewolves
review:

]]> 123002823
As hard as she wishes it were not true, Reyna’s desire for the Prince grows as fierce as her need to win the games and find the staff that will set him free.

But she’s about to find out who he really is, and what he has been keeping from her - and that will change everything.

This is the third book in the Shadow Bound Queen series, which is an adult fantasy romance inspired by Norse mythology. It is a slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romance, packed with magic, mystery and above all - delicious romantic tension.
*This blurb is as spoiler-free as possible!]]> 264 Eliza Raine Swalsk 3 mythology, fae 4.05 2023
author: Eliza Raine
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2023
rating: 3
read at: 2023/06/30
date added: 2025/01/21
shelves: mythology, fae
review:

]]> 60307815 They’ve stolen my body.
They’ve stolen my voice.
They’ve stolen my spirit.

I have nothing left to give.

When Ava is rescued from the cruel clutches of her alpha father and the omega compound, her future is already set in stone. Shattered, traumatized, and hurting, she hides away from the world with the help of the Grey pack.

Max, Lucien, Nikolai, and Bastien have their own pain to heal from, but the tiny omega in their midst gives them hope for a better life. A new life. If only Ava could see that, too.

When the darkness of their world threatens to destroy them, Ava must decide where she stands. With help from old friends and the support of her pack, it’s time to fight back and make her voice heard.

But who will be left standing when the omega creed falls?]]> 441 Evelyn Flood Swalsk 2 reverse-harem, omegaverse 4.07 2022
author: Evelyn Flood
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2022
rating: 2
read at: 2023/07/03
date added: 2025/01/21
shelves: reverse-harem, omegaverse
review:

]]> 63037360 The Omega Creed has fallen.
But there's one more story to be told.

Five years after the collapse of the Omega Creed, Gabrielle is fighting to survive in a world that still doesn't trust omegas, no matter what the law says.

Cade, Axel, Hudson and Nate have everything they need. Success, money, power, even fame.

But when they come across a desperate Gabrielle in need of their help, the alpha pack starts to realise what they're missing.

Gabrielle doesn't trust alphas.
But this pack isn't giving up.

Join Gabrielle and her pack for the final tale of the Omega War.

This book is an interconnected standalone and can be read separately to the rest of the series.]]> 323 Evelyn Flood Swalsk 2 omegaverse, reverse-harem 4.02 2023
author: Evelyn Flood
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2023
rating: 2
read at: 2023/07/04
date added: 2025/01/21
shelves: omegaverse, reverse-harem
review:

]]> 59835731 For fans of The Bridge Kingdom and A Deal with the Elf King, this arranged marriage romance about a human princess forced to wed a dark and desperate Shadow King is sure to entice!

A shunned princess. A reluctant king.
A marriage that could save both their kingdoms . . . but destroy their hearts.

Though she is the oldest daughter, Princess Faraine lives in the background, shunned from court and kept out of sight. Her chronic illness makes her a liability to the crown, and she has learned to give place to her beautiful, favored younger sister in all things.

When the handsome and enigmatic Shadow King comes seeking a bride, Faraine is not surprised that her sister is his choice.

Though not eager to take a human bride, King Vor is willing to do what is necessary for the sake of his people. When he meets the lively Princess Ilsevel, he quickly agrees to a marriage arrangement.

So why can’t he get the haunting eyes of her older sister out of his head?

When disaster strikes and the marriage alliance is compromised, Faraine suddenly finds herself forced to take her sister’s place . . . regardless of her new husband’s desires. Can she find a place at Vor’s side as his queen? Or is his heart forever closed to the woman who deceived him so cruelly?

Passionate and alluring, Bride of the Shadow King is an arranged marriage tale with dual point-of-view (his and hers). It’s perfect for fantasy fans looking for a touch of spice to go with the sweet in their next swoony, slow-burn romance.]]> Sylvia Mercedes Swalsk 2 dnf, fae 4.08 2022
author: Sylvia Mercedes
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2022
rating: 2
read at: 2023/07/05
date added: 2025/01/21
shelves: dnf, fae
review:

]]> 123871460
Not for any old pack though �� Nova wants a pack of alphas that will protect, cherish and care for her the way she needs. All she wants is to be loved .

But thanks to her nightmare ex-boyfriend, every pack in town thinks she’s bad news.

When a charity auction lands her in the lap of the Kings, Nova isn’t convinced, but she’ll give it her best shot. This is her last chance, or she’ll be mated to her ex-boyfriend’s pack whether she likes it or not.

Asher, Marcus and Seth are well-known for their ruthless ways, and they’re determined to keep Nova at bay for the 30 days they have to spend together. No omega could possibly meet their needs, so what's the point in trying?

But even three strong-willed alphas can’t stand up to an omega who knows what she wants.

It's time for these Kings to meet their queen.]]> 216 Evelyn Flood Swalsk 2 omegaverse, reverse-harem 4.00 2023
author: Evelyn Flood
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2023
rating: 2
read at: 2023/08/14
date added: 2025/01/21
shelves: omegaverse, reverse-harem
review:

]]> 75565941 In the cut-throat game of court life, masters manipulate pawns—and you never know which one you are. One thing is certain: there’s no space on the board for love.

A penniless noblewoman, Kat is on the verge of losing everything when she’s offered a well-paid job that could be her salvation�� or her ruin. Drawn into court’s deadly intrigues, she’s given a single task: spy on the powerful fae lord known as the Night Queen’s Shadow.

Bastian Marwood is handsome, ruthless, and cunning, but Kat can’t decide if he’s a threat to her kingdom or just her heart. To uncover the truth, she must play a dangerous game of desire and deceit, pushing him to reveal his secrets while protecting her own. But Bastian’s shadows have a hold on her—one she isn’t sure she wants to escape.

Kat soon learns that at court, nothing is as it seems and even the best-laid plans can be destroyed in an instant. As a pawn on the board, she can’t afford to fall victim to love—only fight for survival.

A Kiss of Iron is the first book in a new series featuring court intrigue, a morally grey hero, and an unforgettable enemies-to-lovers romance. Perfect for fans of Gild and From Blood and Ash.]]> 608 Clare Sager Swalsk 4 fae 3.99 2023
author: Clare Sager
name: Swalsk
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2023/08/26
date added: 2025/01/21
shelves: fae
review:

]]> 51479476
Theo, a scarred mercenary who prefers a life of solitude, is stunned when Jade selects him as her husband. After years of being passed over, he never imagined he would be chosen and neither did anyone else. Only one explanation makes sense…the curvy enticing female must be a spy, and Theo’s determined to break her cover using any means necessary.

As Jade and Theo are forced to spend time together, their chemistry becomes undeniable. But neither can afford to bring love into the equation, especially since Jade seems determined to go home. After all, she can't possibly stay here, right?]]> 369 Victoria Aveline Swalsk 0 aliens, sci-fy-romance 4.12 2020
author: Victoria Aveline
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2020
rating: 0
read at: 2023/09/05
date added: 2025/01/21
shelves: aliens, sci-fy-romance
review:

]]> 122953720
I have one task�� to steal the dragon lord’s magic. Simple.
First problem: I’m inexperienced.
Second problem: I have to sleep with him to get his abilities. (I probably should’ve led with that.)

As the thrall of a vampire, I’m used to being subjected to another’s will.
So when they tell me to seek out the dragon lord, I do it to protect my sister's life.
Except there are times when I think the savage is more of a danger than the master I left behind.
It’s not just his threats I fear, but his gentle touches and piercing glances.

Logic tells me that I have to betray him to save someone I love��
But what if he becomes the one I can't live without?

To Kiss a Dragon is a spicy Fantasy Romance that's full-length, stand-alone, enemies-to-loves with a slow burn. It also contains "Touch her and die" & "Burn the world for her" vibes. (He is a dragon, so it's quite literal.)]]> 336 Miranda Bridges Swalsk 0 dragons, vampires 3.94
author: Miranda Bridges
name: Swalsk
average rating: 3.94
book published:
rating: 0
read at: 2023/09/06
date added: 2025/01/21
shelves: dragons, vampires
review:

]]> 159498443
With the balance of power tipping, both Reyna and Mazrith will be forced to make choices. Save each other, or stop the monsters from ruling Yggdrasil.
But love can turn even the sanest crazy, and if they can’t save each other, they may just become the monsters that threaten their world.

This is the fourth and final book in the Shadow Bound Queen series, which is an adult fantasy romance inspired by Norse mythology. It is a slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romance, packed with magic, mystery and above all - delicious romantic tension.
*This blurb is as spoiler-free as possible!]]> 296 Eliza Raine Swalsk 3 mythology, fae 4.06
author: Eliza Raine
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.06
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2023/09/18
date added: 2025/01/21
shelves: mythology, fae
review:

]]> 63893144
Mating is a matter of politics for Night, not the heart. To prevent a forced union that will plunge the Lunar Court into war, he must find and bond his true mate.

When he lays eyes on Rain, he knows the shy forest witch is the bond mate he's been searching for. Unprepared for the intensity of his attraction, Night makes an offer that would keep his priorities straight and his court safe: a marriage of convenience. Any eligible woman—mortal and immortal alike—would leap at the chance to become the powerful duke's bride. But Rain isn't interested.

She's lived outside of society too long to ever fit into Night's world of shapeshifting tricksters and back-stabbing politicians. And Rain demands more than the trappings of marriage. She wants a match with heart.

Night doesn't have the luxury of time to change his mate's mind. War looms closer and the Lunar Court is caught in the middle. Out of options, the fae duke sees only one choice.

Kidnap his bride.

Contains mature themes.

©2023 S. L. Prater (P)2023 Tantor
Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins]]> 254 S.L. Prater Swalsk 4 fae 3.78
author: S.L. Prater
name: Swalsk
average rating: 3.78
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2023/09/25
date added: 2025/01/21
shelves: fae
review:

]]> 184435678
She’s also desperate for money.

When a mage assassin asks for help with a delicate matter involving a ruthless vampire mobster, Lorelei agrees—for a price. Part of the deal is that Kane Sullivan can’t know. Yes, that Kane. Prince of hell. Demon to end all demons. Stubborn, nosy, and ridiculously sexy.

If only the demon weren’t so curious about her.

Lorelei has spent her life moving, hiding, laying low, and avoiding relationships of any kind.

In Fairhaven, that’s all about to change.

Find out how in Dead Last, the third book in the six-book Crossroads Queen urban fantasy series that features a strong female protagonist, a slow-burn romance, monster takedowns, and Scrabble-playing vampires.]]> 232 Annabel Chase Swalsk 4 4.47 2023
author: Annabel Chase
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2023/10/06
date added: 2025/01/21
shelves: vampires, werewolves, demons, gods
review:
Too short :( Not enough steam... Not any steam.
]]> 62791382 I’ve been marked for death, but these dragons are determined to set me free.

All shifters are cursed, but me more than anyone. With barely any abilities to speak of, staying two steps ahead of the monster stalking my every move has been nearly impossible. But a freak robbery that goes awry brings my life on the run crashing to a bloody halt.

I need to run again, but my escape from the hospital is complicated by a doctor with eerily colored eyes that see far more than I want him to. He and his friends have decided I’m theirs to protect, want me to believe I’m safe with them, but I know the truth.

I will never be safe. Not when freedom comes at a price I’m not willing to pay.

Mark-mates are supposed to be someone’s missing piece, but somehow my jagged edges fit into three different puzzles. Trading one captor for three is out of the question, yet my stalker won’t turn a blind eye to Stone, Kodiak, and Raiden. Not when they’ll shatter his delusions that I’m fated to be his.

They’re everything that he’s always feared, and I don’t think even I’ll escape his wrath this time.

*Slow burn (with book 2 bringing the steam)
*Abused fmc running from a psychotic stalker
*Super sweet dragon mates

* This is a darker themed paranormal romance where the heroine loves all of her men, and contains some graphic details, so please read the note in the beginning of the book before choosing to read. It's the first of a three book series that follows the same characters, and as such, will end with a cliffhanger, but this is my primary project until the series is completed. It's set in the same universe as my Thrown to the Wolves series, and takes place at nearly the same time frame. While it can be read independently, you might enjoy the character crossovers and references more if you begin with that series -again, NOT necessary to enjoy this one, though. **]]> 240 J. Kearston Swalsk 2 4.06 2022
author: J. Kearston
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2022
rating: 2
read at: 2023/10/12
date added: 2025/01/21
shelves: stalkers, dragons, reverse-harem
review:

]]> 181653057 Blood may be thicker than water, but not all families are meant to stay together.

Struggling to maintain her independence, and the life she has fought so hard to build, Max finally learns the truth about her own origins and her family.

Max has no time to absorb the shocking news. There are dead bodies missing from the mortuary, a demon on the loose somewhere in the city, and terrifying supernatural creatures on the loose that she and her fellow Marshals must contain somehow.

Max is used to working alone - can she put aside her past fears and work with her allies to keep the city safe?

Forged is the fourth book in The Grey Gates by Vanessa Nelson and continues the story which started in Outcast. If you like your fantasy mixed with a dose of mystery, a bit of magic, and a heroine who can hold her own, you will love this series. Get your copy of Forged now to continue Max's story.]]> 269 Vanessa Nelson Swalsk 4 demons, post-apocalypse 4.37 2023
author: Vanessa Nelson
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2023/10/16
date added: 2025/01/21
shelves: demons, post-apocalypse
review:
Too quick!! Sad ending. I need more :(
]]> 193374407 His face sobered. “Then I will jump into the shadows and pull you back to the Light.��

Seventeen-year-old Fallon Bane was born with a devastating curse: a single touch from another person will always cause her excruciating pain. Thus, she has accepted that she will die without ever being kissed, without even hugging her own father.

But when her beloved father falls ill, she breaks into the magical Gilded City to find a healer fae that can save him. When handsome healer Ariyon Madden agrees to help, everything she knows about herself and her curse changes. Because during her father’s healing, Ariyon reaches out and touches her bare skin. She waits for the agony�� but it never comes.

For the first time in her life, she imagines a new future for herself. However, that fantasy is short-lived, because not only does Ariyon flee from her in disgust when he learns of her curse; he also reveals her existence to powerful fae who want to hurt her.

Fallon is then swept away to a magical academy, there she learns the terrifying truth about her family history and her dark magic. Her life and the future of fae everywhere hang in the balance, and all the while Fallon is dreaming of being touched by Ariyon Madden one more time before she dies…]]> 306 Leia Stone Swalsk 3 witches-mages, academy 4.09 2023
author: Leia Stone
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2023
rating: 3
read at: 2023/10/23
date added: 2025/01/21
shelves: witches-mages, academy
review:

]]> 60800650 One girl, two lives. Dutiful daughter of the Duke of Elverston on the one hand, a wilful girl who learns to fight on the other. Her father has let her run wild, as long as she never embarrasses him. And if she does? Consequences are likely to be swift and brutal.

Her beasts
The wargen are fierce men who wear two faces, one wolf, one human. They’re the monsters mothers warn their children about in Grania, and now four wargen princes have been sent there to strike a deal with the duke. But when they catch sight of the wild Darcy everything changes. They may dress in fine furs and gold but their feral natures persist. Instead of chasing down prey, they pursue Darcy with all the same deadly intensity.

Their world
The wargen think their union with Darcy is written in the stars but she is something far older and far stranger than any of them could ever imagine. Something both countries are going to need, because while each realm focuses their distrust on the other, they ignore a far greater danger that lies beneath. If the wargen can’t get past Darcy’s defences, they might not just lose their mate, but everything.


Author note: this is a NA fantasy romance that takes place in a fantasy realm that has nothing to do with our own.]]> 458 Sam Hall Swalsk 0 reverse-harem, shifters 4.25 2022
author: Sam Hall
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2022
rating: 0
read at: 2023/12/12
date added: 2025/01/21
shelves: reverse-harem, shifters
review:

]]> 157265081
From dawn to midnight over the course of a single day, follow the Kingkiller Chronicle's most charming fae as he schemes and sneaks, dancing into trouble and back out again with uncanny grace.

The Narrow Road Between Desires is Bast's story. In it he traces the old ways of making and breaking, following his heart even when doing so goes against his better judgement.

After all, what good is caution if it keeps him from danger and delight?]]> 240 Patrick Rothfuss 0756419182 Swalsk 3 generic-fantasy 4.01 2023
author: Patrick Rothfuss
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2023
rating: 3
read at: 2023/12/13
date added: 2025/01/21
shelves: generic-fantasy
review:

]]> 195382622
I cannot believe my bad luck when an embossed envelope arrives at my door just one week before my twenty-fifth birthday. Which just happens to be the cut-off date for being called up for the testing of the blood. I thought I was in the clear, turns out that I was wrong.

I don’t know all the ins and outs of the whole dragon tribute selection process, only that it has something to do with a person’s DNA. If the scientists find what they are looking for in my sample, I might be sent as a tribute to the dragons.

Yes, actual dragons.

Not that I’ve ever seen one of the creatures, mind you. Apparently, they do exist; they just don’t mingle with us on account of being extremely dangerous. I mean, they’re huge, breathe fire, and have sharp teeth and claws. Bottom line, dragons and humans do not mix very well.

With that in mind, I’m not sure why they need human tributes. Every year for the last fifty-nine years, our government has sent them thirty people. Of those handed over, some return months later with no memory of their stay on the island. As for the rest, who knows? It’s baffling and terrifying in equal measure.

Quite frankly, I hope I never find out what goes on at Draig Island. I keep telling myself that only thirty end up going. Not that many, considering that tens of thousands of blood samples are taken. My odds are good. I’m not going to get called up.

I’m not!

Then I receive another embossed letter telling me that I have been selected. I need to pack and get my affairs in order. I leave for Draig Island in one month with no guarantee I’ll ever return and no idea what is to become of me. I’m not panicking at all.

This story contains mature themes/language.
Also, be prepared for a ton of growls, dirty talk, and a hard-won HEA. Hulking, skulking, foul-mouthed, brooding dragons ahead. You were warned!]]> 326 Charlene Hartnady Swalsk 3 dragons 4.17
author: Charlene Hartnady
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.17
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2023/12/23
date added: 2025/01/21
shelves: dragons
review:

]]> 123284860 A HEART DRIVEN BY VENGEANCE; A SOUL DEVOURED BY REGRET
After finally ending the Dark King's perceived reign of terror, a heartbroken Raven must face the grief and guilt of becoming a murderer. Her best friend Kirsi might've helped her cope, except she has her own existential crisis learning to be a wraith. They find themselves stranded in the human lands with the Dark King's cousin, Grey, and a new band of misfits desperately searching for a way back home.
BUT HOME IS HARBORING NOTHING BUT RUINATION
In the wake of the Dark King's demise, the coven leaders have the perfect opportunity to retrieve the Grimoires in their hunt for supremacy and power. But casting near two at once could unleash catastrophic horrors, and Raven's life has already been shattered enough. Determined to preserve what's left of their broken worlds, Raven and Kirsi race against time as they battle the remaining coven leaders to stop the Harrowing. And a shocking revelation from the other side might crash Raven's world once and for all.
From the author of the heart-pounding fantasy series, Fae Rising and the explosive opening, The Unmarked Witch comes the twisted conclusion to the Unmarked Duology, The Unbound Witch.]]> 458 Miranda Lyn 1736833979 Swalsk 4 witches-mages, shifters 3.83
author: Miranda Lyn
name: Swalsk
average rating: 3.83
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2023/12/27
date added: 2025/01/21
shelves: witches-mages, shifters
review:
A lot of people hated on this book. Not sure why. It had an HEA. I cried a bunch, so that's always a plus for me. Many feels.
]]> 68047114
I’ve always lived one day at a time. Not just because money is scarce for an orphan with no skills, but why plan ahead when the future isn’t guaranteed?

The only job that pays better than waitressing at Shady Shags Dancing Palace is dancing.

Except it’s not just dancing. Not in the VIP room. That’s the final boundary I refuse to cross.

Until a handsome stranger makes me an offer I can’t refuse.

Because as it turns out, one thousand dollars and an offer from the hottest man I’ve ever seen is enough to have me jumping right over that line I’d drawn in the sand.

I may not be a saint, but the dark, predatory look in Jericho Diavolo’s eyes as he watches, tells me that he’s committed his own fair share of sins. Likely far darker than my own. But it’s more than that.

There’s something inhuman about him–a ferocity that is more beast than man.

When he’s waiting for me after my shift ends, making claims about wolves and packs and me being the chosen one…every instinct I have tells me to run.

Turns out, that’s precisely what I shouldn’t have done.

Because running gave him exactly what he a chase.


Pre-order this steamy enemies-to-lovers fated mates wolf shifter romance now!]]> 272 Heather Hildenbrand Swalsk 2 werewolves 4.08
author: Heather Hildenbrand
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.08
book published:
rating: 2
read at: 2024/01/02
date added: 2025/01/21
shelves: werewolves
review:

]]> 61238750 Alternate cover edition of ASIN: B09Z9MZ2R9

Without my touch, people die. Screaming, burning from the inside out. A good person would want to save them.

I don’t.

In the empire of Khesere, magic rules. Those who can control it hold all the power, until that power turns on them and consumes them from the inside out. That’s where I come in.

I’m an Inert. The opposite of magic, and the one thing that’s sure to save a socerer’s life before their power burns them into pieces. I’m also a slave. Faceless, voiceless, and chained.

Now I’ve been given to the Lorem, the empire’s most elite group of sorcerers. Five men who represent everything that I hate in this world. They serve the emperor by carrying out his every whim. My enemies.

These men are nothing like I expected. Their hatred of the empire burns almost as bright as the fiery fate I spare them from. And every day that passes, they become less my enemies and more the love I always dreamed of having.

But the Emperor is looking for something, and as the Lorem search, his eyes fall on me too. The more magic I consume, the more he wants me for his own. My lovers will fight to keep me safe and in their arms, because if the Emperor takes me, he’ll never let me go.

Conquered is a medium burn reverse harem romance, which contains dark themes some readers may not enjoy. Content warnings are available on the author's website.]]> 302 Devyn Sinclair Swalsk 3 reverse-harem, witches-mages 4.14
author: Devyn Sinclair
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.14
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2024/01/13
date added: 2025/01/21
shelves: reverse-harem, witches-mages
review:

]]> 124963050
Cursed by the Veil is the second book in the Bound by the Veil series. It's filled with steamy enemies-to-lovers romance, mystery, a heroine who will fight for everything she has, and a hero who might just be a villain. Perfect for romantic fantasy fans who love Sylvia Mercedes, LJ Andrews, and Elise Kova. One-click this epic adventure of magic, love, and betrayal today!]]> 185 Helen Scott Swalsk 2 fae 3.85
author: Helen Scott
name: Swalsk
average rating: 3.85
book published:
rating: 2
read at: 2024/01/20
date added: 2025/01/21
shelves: fae
review:
I was looking forward to this book. I really liked the first one, but nothing really happened here. It ended very abruptly and I didn't even realise it. I'm pretty disappointed. Also, lots of errors in the writing. Needs an extra edit.
]]> 61416132 Alternative cover edition of ASIN B0B51W7XHN

The ruler of the world has stolen me. He wants me by his side as his possession, as his salvation, as his bride. He offers me everything.

I will offer only destruction.

The five men who love me are on the run—fleeing for their lives so they can save mine. Nothing will stop the Emperor from hunting them down, and nothing will stop my lovers from rescuing me.

If I can survive that long. Because in the court of a madman, nothing is real.

I am once again a slave, this time to the whims of a ruler who longs for immortality. He claims I’ll crave him once my lovers are dead, but I will never give in. My Inertia is true, but so is my heart, and it will never belong to him.

There’s one place in this world we might be safe and beyond the Emperor’s reach, but I already know he’ll never stop hunting. Because to a man who wants to be a god? I am the only prize.]]> 266 Devyn Sinclair Swalsk 3 witches-mages, reverse-harem 4.28
author: Devyn Sinclair
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.28
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2024/01/20
date added: 2025/01/21
shelves: witches-mages, reverse-harem
review:

]]> 90202302 “The first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is when the rest of us lose our humanity.�� —Xaden Riorson

Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College—Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky.

Now the real training begins, and Violet’s already wondering how she’ll get through. It’s not just that it’s grueling and maliciously brutal, or even that it’s designed to stretch the riders�� capacity for pain beyond endurance. It’s the new vice commandant, who’s made it his personal mission to teach Violet exactly how powerless she is–unless she betrays the man she loves.

Although Violet’s body might be weaker and frailer than everyone else’s, she still has her wits—and a will of iron. And leadership is forgetting the most important lesson Basgiath has taught her: Dragon riders make their own rules.

But a determination to survive won’t be enough this year.

Because Violet knows the real secret hidden for centuries at Basgiath War College—and nothing, not even dragon fire, may be enough to save them in the end.]]> 623 Rebecca Yarros 1649374178 Swalsk 4 academy, dragons 4.34 2023
author: Rebecca Yarros
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2024/02/14
date added: 2025/01/21
shelves: academy, dragons
review:
Ooof that ending. Kinda heartbreaking, I thought it was going to be Violet honestly... I hope book 3 comes with an HEA.
]]> 75424169 He’s powerful and wealthy and he hates me.
But I have something he wants.
It wasn’t a part of the plan.
I’m the thief stupid enough to break into a dragon’s hoard�� and walk away pregnant with his baby.

More details to come...]]> 379 Lillian Lark Swalsk 3 theives, dragons 4.06 2023
author: Lillian Lark
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2023
rating: 3
read at: 2024/03/04
date added: 2025/01/21
shelves: theives, dragons
review:

]]> 133962867 Mom told me I was a Beta.
She lied.
I’m an Omega.

I'd always lived a quiet, ordinary life. I never expected anything special would happen to me, but after I present as an Omega, my whole world changes. I lose my home, my family, and even my identity. Then there’s the Alpha my mom promised me to. A man as wealthy as he is cruel.

Now I live in a gilded cage, my life full of constant abuse, and one I dream of escaping. When my Alpha throws yet another party to show me off, I see a chance to run and take it. Society says no Omega can last long without her Alpha, but after a year spent covering bruises, I’m willing to risk it. And if I go into heat? I’ll deal with that problem when I’m far, far away from him .

In my desperate bid for freedom, I run into three hot-as-hell Alphas who smell as good as they look. Not only do they notice my bruises, they can’t miss the way I flinch away from their touch. Yet to my surprise, when trouble hurtles our way, they take over my escape and carry me away to their mansion. I’ll be safe there, they say. I wish I could believe them.

These men seem to want to protect me, but I know all the cruel things one Alpha is capable of. But being at the mercy of three of them?


RUNAWAY OMEGA is a standalone non-shifter Omegaverse romance featuring a traumatized heroine and three sweet & possessive Alphas looking to dote on their precious Omega. HEA guaranteed.


*** Release date will be moved forward ***]]> 638 Ember Nicole Swalsk 3 omegaverse, reverse-harem 4.06 2023
author: Ember Nicole
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2023
rating: 3
read at: 2024/03/02
date added: 2025/01/21
shelves: omegaverse, reverse-harem
review:

]]> 195592817 Getting a scholarship to Evergreen University and majoring in premed means I need to keep my head down and focus on my studies. But campus is full of distractions��
The football god with his golden retriever charm. The tortured one with his vicious tongue. The broken boy with his determined protectiveness. The merciless billionaire with a penchant for spoiling me. And the genius professor with his brilliant mind.
They make me feel like I belong for the first time since my parents were murdered. And when they touch me, my whole world sparks to flame.
But they have enemies. Those who would give anything to harm what they hold dear. And while they’ll do whatever it takes to keep me safe, sometimes falling in love will put you right in the line of fire…]]> 256 Tessa Hale Swalsk 3 4.07 2024
author: Tessa Hale
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2024
rating: 3
read at: 2024/02/24
date added: 2025/01/21
shelves: reverse-harem, dragons, shifters, academy
review:

]]> 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 don’t look twice at their meek little captive.

They shattered my heart five ways when they killed my brutes, so I don’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 Swalsk 3 4.26
author: Rebecca Quinn
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.26
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2024/02/23
date added: 2025/01/21
shelves: post-apocalypse, reverse-harem
review:

]]> 199493583 Demons on the loose. Ritual murders. An ancient vampire breathing down her neck.

Some days Max just doesn't know where to start. The problems facing her city are piling up, and there seems no end or solution in sight.

Max's job used to be dealing with supernatural creatures. Now she's got to tackle demons from the underworld who are far more powerful than anything she's come across before, and who seem intent on bringing an end to the daylight world.

Part of Max would love to sit this one out. Let someone else save the world for a change. But was it ever really a choice?

Chosen is the fifth and final book in The Grey Gates. If you like your fantasy mixed with a bit of mystery, a bit of magic and a heroine who can hold her own, you'll love this new series by Vanessa Nelson. Get your copy of Chosen now to complete Max's story.]]> 247 Vanessa Nelson Swalsk 4 4.44 2024
author: Vanessa Nelson
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.44
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2024/02/20
date added: 2025/01/21
shelves: witches-mages, demons, post-apocalypse
review:
What a wonderful ending to the series! My only wish is that there was on-page spicy time, but the off-page sweetness was nice too.
]]> 206876665 Nestled in the shadows of the Mori Forest lies The Ivy Institute. It may look like something out of a fairytale, but if the rumors are true, it’s where nightmares reign.

The only way to get into the elite facility is by invitation and, once received, it’s impossible to refuse.

They were never supposed to know I existed, yet here I am, walking toward the only place that might be more dangerous to me than where I grew up.

Secrets shroud the institute and its inhabitants, but I have secrets too. Secrets that will get me killed�� or worse.

I guess I’m about to find out.

Please Tender Thorns is a dark academia whychoose romance novel intended for mature audiences. ]]> 252 Albany Walker Swalsk 0 to-read 3.91 2024
author: Albany Walker
name: Swalsk
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2024
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/01/21
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> 60575357 Flirting with my hot neighbor is like playing with fire...

Blaze is not the sort of neighbor you can ignore. Especially when he walks around half naked for all the world to see. I can't help that I got a weak spot for bad boys. But that was before I became a single mom, and I’m not so weak anymore.

Besides, Blaze lights my temper without even trying, and I swear he enjoys teasing me. Well, two can play at that game, and I think it’s time someone teaches him a lesson.

My friends tell me that I’m playing with fire, that I don’t know how dangerous Blaze truly is. But I’m not scared of a little heat between neighbors.

But there’s something different about Blaze that I can’t put my finger on, and I’m determined to find out what it is. Even if it means getting burned...]]> Roxie Ray Swalsk 3 4.08 2022
author: Roxie Ray
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2022
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/19
date added: 2025/01/19
shelves: midlife-women-s-fiction, mums-daddy, shifters
review:
I've read this before but apparently didn't register it on my ŷ������. Completely forgot what happened anyways. Decent quick read.
]]> 219828269 I hid my magic when I was young and for years under their roof, but if they ever learned how powerful I am, they would find a way to drag me back and take it�� Not caring for a second it would mean my death. That’s how toxic and evil my family is.
Feel better about how bad yours is?
Glad I could help.
Now that I’m of age and the law requires me to attend college instead of being homeschooled, this is the chance I have suffered for.
But nothing is ever that easy, right? People that horrible are never going to play fair and let me go when they see me as an asset they own.
I have to put my faith in people I’ve never met and pray to the gods that nothing else distracts me from achieving freedom. After that�� There’s no reason I can’t enjoy the view on campus, right?

Morrigan University is a spicy reverse harem, university-age paranormal academy series with darker elements, strong language, violence, and a heroine who always does her best no matter what’s thrown at her�� While trying to figure out what and who her heart wants.

*This book is part of a series and cannot be read as a standalone. Like all my books, this is not light and fluffy and includes dark themes and events some may find triggering. Reader discretion is advised.]]> 307 Erin R. Flynn Swalsk 3 4.08
author: Erin R. Flynn
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.08
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/18
date added: 2025/01/18
shelves: academy, reverse-harem, witches-mages
review:

]]> 219825133 In this case, he lost me, and unfortunately he’s still deluded into thinking I’m an asset he owned.
If that wasn’t terrifying enough, the one person on campus I’m most worried about learned that I’m a goddess witch�� Before I did. I have no idea what to do with Professor Wyatt knowing this about me, especially because he has more interest in me than having hot sex again.
All I know is that I cannot trust him.
I’m scared even more about what could happen if my family gets me.
I don’t know who I can trust. I’m drowning and could ruin my chance to be free if I don’t get a grip and figure out what to do next.
It’s really not fair. I just wanted to leave my horrid past behind and move forward with my life, maybe date and have some fun. Is that really too much to ask?

Morrigan University is a spicy reverse harem, university-age paranormal academy series with darker elements, strong language, violence, and a heroine who always does her best no matter what’s thrown at her�� While trying to figure out what and who her heart wants.

*This book is part of a series and cannot be read as a standalone. Like all my books, this is not light and fluffy and includes dark themes and events some may find triggering. Reader discretion is advised.]]> 325 Erin R. Flynn Swalsk 3 4.44
author: Erin R. Flynn
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.44
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/18
date added: 2025/01/18
shelves: academy, reverse-harem, witches-mages
review:

]]> 56382338
A powerful witch with little knowledge of her heritage, Arden's first step on the path of destiny is The Abbey. A place of sanctuary and power, it's a haven in a sea of unknowns and where she hopes to find an ally.

An Elven prince, a Fae lord, the First Vampire, a warlock, and the King of Dragons make up the Imperium Cadre, one of the most powerful cadres in existence. Owning and managing The Abbey for over a thousand years, they're not known for taking in strays. But Lord Theron's life debt paves Arden's entry into the formidable sphere of their protection.

As the sweeping winds of change blow, Arden and the cadre will navigate the path of destiny together. Secrets are revealed, heritage found, and alliances forged and lost.

Warning: This is a why choose, reverse harem, paranormal, urban fantasy romance, with FMMMMM relationship. 18+ years of age due to mature content.]]> 234 Stella Brie Swalsk 0 to-read 4.23 2021
author: Stella Brie
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2021
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/01/17
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> 221800731 The hunt begins��

I’ve been on lockdown in the Hidden City for weeks now. Everyone thinks I’m hiding from the Alpha because I disobeyed his orders one too many times. And, well�� I have. He’s coming for me; I know that.

But he’s also coming for Myf, my mysterious agoraphobic pantry-dwelling Welsh friend, and I can’t let him take her. She’s hiding a dangerous secret �� one I need her to share with me so I can protect her.

It might be too late. The Alpha is coming, and I’m not ready to face him.

And the worst part is, he’s not coming alone.

The Wolf Vs The Shifter is book three in the Hidden City Supernatural Sleuth, a hot new Urban Fantasy series by bestselling author Lauretta Hignett.]]> 263 Lauretta Hignett Swalsk 4 Always a fun read. 4.63 2025
author: Lauretta Hignett
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.63
book published: 2025
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/17
date added: 2025/01/17
shelves: has-most-magical-creatures, shifters, witches-mages
review:
Always a fun read.
]]> 220793252 My baby's here.
Her father's not.
And if I have it my way, we'll never see him again.

Because Matvey Groza stomped my heart to smithereens.
It went pretty much like
"I love you."
"I'm marrying someone else."

I'm paraphrasing, but not by much.
Because some facts are undeniable.

Matvey got me pregnant. FACT.
I'm just now starting labor. FACT.
But Matvey is nowhere to be found. FACT.
Because he's busy getting married...
To the other woman he knocked up. FACT.

He said there's more at play than I could understand, but what's so hard to understand about that?
He swore he'd be there for me, and he's not.
He said he loved me, but he doesn't.

So I'm taking our baby and I'm running.
Let him try to catch us if he can.

CASHMERE RUIN is Book 2 of the Groza Bratva duet. The story begins in Book 1, CASHMERE CRUELTY .]]> 569 Nicole Fox Swalsk 3 mafia-bratva, mums-daddy 4.33
author: Nicole Fox
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.33
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/16
date added: 2025/01/16
shelves: mafia-bratva, mums-daddy
review:
Predictable but HEA, so that's nice.
]]> 220793644 When is the worst time to tell someone he’s going to be a father?
Probably the day of the wedding��
When he is getting married to someone else.

Well, that is exactly what I did.
But my hands were tied.
Literally.

Matvey Groza is a dangerous man.
And nine months ago, he strolled into my shop looking for a custom suit.
But when I accidentally walked in on him in the changing room,
*I* was the one that ended up needing a new set of clothes.

It was a one-time mistake.
After that�� good riddance.

But the pregnancy test I took a month later had other plans.

I kept it a secret from everyone.
Or so I thought.
But when Matvey’s enemies learned that I was pregnant with his child,
they kidnapped me and held me hostage.

Until I broke free and ran as fast as I could.
And I had no one else to turn to but the devil himself.

What better time for me to enter the church��
�� than as the pastor says, “Speak now or forever hold your peace"?

CASHMERE CRUELTY is Book 1 of the Groza Bratva Duet. The story continues in Book 2, CASHMERE RUIN .]]> 578 Nicole Fox Swalsk 3 mafia-bratva, mums-daddy 4.33
author: Nicole Fox
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.33
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/15
date added: 2025/01/15
shelves: mafia-bratva, mums-daddy
review:

]]> 222476965
Arden, Lincoln, and Kase run the Blacksburg office of Shadow Security. Their instincts won’t allow them to ignore their heavily pregnant new neighbor. After all, protecting people is how they’ve made their living. Well, that and the off-the-books contracts no one will ever know about, but this mission calls for a different kind of finesse.

With her due date only weeks away and still reeling from the loss of her daughter’s father, will Chelsea be able to let her walls down long enough to let anyone in? Or will danger catch up before her neighbors can convince her they won’t let her down?

When She Needs Them Most is a complete standalone with no cliffhanger. Extra info can be found in the Author's Note.]]> 336 Jillian West Swalsk 3 omegaverse, reverse-harem 4.24
author: Jillian West
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.24
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/11
date added: 2025/01/13
shelves: omegaverse, reverse-harem
review:

]]> 199031513
I’ve spent my entire life doing two things: training to be a ballet dancer, and longing for a scent-match. My feet bled for one, and my heart bled for the other.

Then my first heat hit, and my deepest dream became my darkest secret.

I scent-matched with my best friend, and ran.

It’s been five years since I last saw him—happily in someone else’s arms—and I couldn’t bear to break his heart.

But that was before. Before he joined my dance company, anger and grief in his eyes. Before I matched with the rest of his pack, whose scents drive me to the best kind of madness. Before I begged for forgiveness, even if I can never forgive myself.

But the more time I spend with them, the more I see the future I always wanted. A love that sweeps me away, keeps me safe, and never lets me go.

Every day, I fall deeper, and as I do, the more they see the truth: No matter how long it’s been, I never gave up on that dream. Knot for a moment.]]> 454 Devyn Sinclair Swalsk 3 omegaverse, reverse-harem 4.14 2023
author: Devyn Sinclair
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2023
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/13
date added: 2025/01/13
shelves: omegaverse, reverse-harem
review:

]]> 51206041
No one but me.

I’ve purposely gotten kicked out of three prestigious academies. It’s taken two and a half years.

Finally, I’m about to get put into their reform program.

And I’m thrilled.

Not about the shit classes at this boarding school. Definitely not about the intense physical regimen.

I’m excited because this academy is the perfect recruiting grounds for what I need: a force, a detonator, and a tock with loose morals and an affinity for breaking the rules.

I need a powerful, heartless crew, because I’m about to pull off the magical heist of the century.


Author's Note: This is a medium burn reverse harem romance intended for adult audiences.]]> 642 Ann Denton 1951714016 Swalsk 3 4.24 2020
author: Ann Denton
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2020
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/09
date added: 2025/01/09
shelves: academy, alpha-holes, reverse-harem, theives, witches-mages
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]]> 221734531 New College. New Start. New Life.

Or at least a second chance at life after almost dying at my last school.

Meadowridge College was supposed to be a fresh start at the safest college in America. I'd be rubbing elbows with the elite of the world, while trying to complete my degree and find a path to a brighter future.

My trauma had other ideas though. When the panic attacks send me into the arms of a gorgeous stranger in the library, it sets off a chaotic chain of events that end with me being kicked out of my dorms and forced to live and renovate a rundown old house on the edge of campus.

With five of the schools richest, most arrogant, controlling men.

Men who are filled with secrets.

Secrets I was starting to think might be to do with me.

Being forced to share Bluebell House could turn enemies into friends, and maybe even lovers... but will we all make it out alive?

*Forced Proximity is book one in the Bluebell House duet and ends on a cliffhanger. This is a 95k word dark, college romance and the FMC will not choose between the men. It is recommended for 18+ due to adult situations and language. ]]> 330 Jaymin Eve Swalsk 3 4.38
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name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.38
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rating: 3
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date added: 2025/01/08
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]]> 222080835 Getting kidnapped by my own father was one thing. Finding out I’m a Duchess? That’s going to take some getting used to.

All this time, I’ve been searching for my roots in the wrong place. Not that I could’ve guessed the I’m part of the ruling family of Nachtland, a vassal state of the Kingdom of Malagor. The revelation is as shocking as it is inconvenient.

My tormentor, Kira, was right about one thing - once those in power learned that I’m useful, I became a pawn in their political games. Now, I’m learning just how cruel and devious they can be.

I’m still loyal to the royal four - Nero, Deacon, Ren, and Tor. But am I a boon to the de Castillos, or am I a curse? That remains to be seen.

"Hexed Reunions" is the fourth entry in the "Enchanted Bloodlines" - Why Choose Fantasy Academy Romance series, a tale of magic, political intrigue, danger, and romance. ]]> 257 Dayna Styles Swalsk 3 demons, reverse-harem 4.22
author: Dayna Styles
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.22
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rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/08
date added: 2025/01/08
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]]> 218615184 At Blackthorn Academy, they already despised me for what I am. I expected the same at court, but nothing could have prepared me for how much worse it would get.

The capital, Medianoche, was supposed to be my safe haven, yet the ancient castle hides more dangers than the academy. Old secrets come to light, and I find myself tangled in royal intrigue that's far beyond my control.

The four royals and I have never been closer, but when my Seer powers finally manifest and reveal an inconvenient vision, it threatens to tear us apart.

With danger closing in, I uncover what I've been searching for - but, as always, it comes with a steep price.

"Bloody Ties" is the third entry in the "Enchanted Bloodlines" - Why Choose Fantasy Academy Romance series, a tale of magic, political intrigue, danger, and romance. ]]> 253 Dayna Styles Swalsk 4 demons, reverse-harem 4.25
author: Dayna Styles
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.25
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/29
date added: 2025/01/08
shelves: demons, reverse-harem
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]]> 217580962 I've kept my secret - that I'm only a half-blood demon - hidden my entire life. But stepping into Blackthorn Academy has unveiled me to the four most powerful men in the kingdom, and now I'm their willing captive.

Secrets have a life of their own, and some of them are more eager to come to light than others.

The four royals and I have been trying to uncover my power, only to learn that it's more dangerous to me than my half-blood heritage.

It's not only my secrets that are revealed, some of theirs come to light too, and put us all in mortal peril.

But I don't care. We've crossed lines I didn't expect to at first, and now, I don't want to let them go either. Even the brooding future king, who doesn't seem to like me at all...

"Cursed Destinies" is the second entry in the "Enchanted Bloodlines" - Why Choose Fantasy Academy Romance series, a tale of magic, political intrigue, danger, and romance. ]]> 251 Dayna Styles Swalsk 3 4.18
author: Dayna Styles
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.18
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/29
date added: 2025/01/08
shelves: academy, demons, reverse-harem
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]]> 217271265 I've kept my secret - that I'm only a half-blood demon - hidden my entire life. But stepping into Blackthorn Academy has unveiled me to the four most powerful men in the kingdom, and they have no intention of letting me go.

Receiving an invitation to the academy was the first surprise. Me, a powerless half-blood, suddenly among the elite. I knew it was risky to go there...

What I couldn't foresee was becoming indebted to the four royals - the brooding future king, his cunning brother, and their mischievous twin cousins. Now, I'm the sole focus of their domineering, possessive, but undeniably alluring attention.

I can sense that they're carrying their own dangerous secrets, but my only wish is to fade away, to become invisible again. Yet, something irresistible is brewing between us, tempting me to surrender to what I know is impossible and can only lead to heartbreak.

"The Half-Blood Secrets" is the first entry in the "Enchanted Bloodlines" - Why Choose Fantasy Academy Romance series, a tale of magic, political intrigue, danger, and romance.
Tropes: Why Choose with 4 MMCs (twins & brothers), Gothic with steampunk vibes, dark academia, multi-POV, fantasy world inspired by real culture, royalty, medium burn (slow burn with one MMC), the spice level increases in each book. No MM/FF.]]> 263 Dayna Styles Swalsk 0 3.77
author: Dayna Styles
name: Swalsk
average rating: 3.77
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]]> 220330963 In a world where knowledge is power, the library is the greatest weapon of them all.

My necromancy-practising murderers never expected me to rise again.

I was just the latest in a long line of gullible sacrifices to ensure their continued control over the Arcanaeum, so it shocked everyone when I woke up as a ghost and kicked them out.

For centuries now, I’ve faithfully carried out my self-appointed duties as the Librarian. I keep the vast halls of magical knowledge organised, fight the mad whims of the sentient—and interfering—building, and deal with the incessant demands of our patrons.

I have all the books and solitude I could ever want, the ability to redecorate whenever I get bored, and I can banish arcanists who refuse to follow my rules.

But the Arcanaeum has started acting out, especially when it comes to six particular patrons, all of whom want something from me.

Jasper and Dakari need my protection, but Pierce isn’t above threatening me ensure I give them both up. There’s no rule Galileo and North won’t break to get into the secret vault. And then there’s Lambert, who seems to exist for no reason other than to vex me with his smiles and... hugging.

Inconvenient, given that every time they touch me, my ghostly body cracks and breaks like glass.

To keep the Arcanaeum safe, I might just have to put my trust in all of them, but what if the cost of the building’s safety is my destruction?

Liminal is the first book in a new paranormal why choose/ reverse harem series intended for readers aged 18 years and over. There is no MM or FF in this series.

Inside the book you'll find:

A grumpy ghostly librarian
A meddling magical library
One golden retriever
Steamy slow-burn tension]]> 410 Marie Mistry 1915066344 Swalsk 4 4.66
author: Marie Mistry
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.66
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/06
date added: 2025/01/06
shelves: academy, ghosts, reverse-harem, witches-mages
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Wow, I wasn't expecting this. I really enjoyed it. Warning: teary cliffhanger ending.
]]> 222252781 Marie Mistry Swalsk 0 to-read 4.67 2025
author: Marie Mistry
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.67
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]]> 222149872 I've kept my secret - that I'm only a half-blood demon - hidden my entire life. But stepping into Blackthorn Academy has unveiled me to the four most powerful men in the kingdom, and they have no intention of letting me go.

Receiving an invitation to the academy was the first surprise. Me, a powerless half-blood, suddenly among the elite. I knew it was risky to go there...

What I couldn't foresee was becoming indebted to the four royals - the brooding future king, his cunning brother, and their mischievous twin cousins. Now, I'm the sole focus of their domineering, possessive, but undeniably alluring attention.

I can sense that they're carrying their own dangerous secrets, but my only wish is to fade away, to become invisible again. Yet, something irresistible is brewing between us, tempting me to surrender to what I know is impossible and can only lead to heartbreak.

"The Half-Blood Secrets" is the first entry in the "Enchanted Bloodlines" - Why Choose Fantasy Academy Romance series, a tale of magic, political intrigue, danger, and romance.
Tropes: Why Choose with 4 MMCs (twins & brothers), Gothic with steampunk vibes, dark academia, multi-POV, fantasy world inspired by real culture, royalty, medium burn (slow burn with one MMC), the spice level increases in each book. No MM/FF.]]> 263 Dayna Styles Swalsk 3 4.10
author: Dayna Styles
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.10
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/28
date added: 2024/12/28
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]]> 213474237 In the shadowed corridors of Demon Reform Academy, a sinister presence slithers within the veins of its victims, promising a darkness more violent than any demonic power.

For the last three months, I survived the desert campus filled with vicious demons while being haunted by the scars of my past. But when students began succumbing to the grasp of dark magic, my power spiraled out of control, intent on consuming every bit. With an uncanny ability to devour the darkness infecting others, I became a beacon for the attention of Dark Veil, the depraved society pulling the strings behind it all.

With the violent snap of matebonds, the Fates bound my soul to five demons. Three of my fated mates, once enemies, dropped to their knees, apologies ringing hollow against the echoes of their torment last term. But even with the ache in my heart, two other matebonds connected me to caring, loving, and safe demons—the embodiment of what I had longed for in a mate.

As I struggled with my newfound powers and my matebonds, Dark Veil showered me with gifts, drawn to the ‘untapped potential�� they sensed within me. I refused to bend to their will, determined to destroy the darkness they sought to wield—but what I wanted wasn’t on their agenda.

Matebonds, former enemies at my feet, dark magic infections, and the looming threat of a dark magic cult—this term at Demon Reform Academy promised a whirlwind of danger and desire.]]> 660 Lyra Winters Swalsk 3 4.13
author: Lyra Winters
name: Swalsk
average rating: 4.13
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/21
date added: 2024/12/21
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