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Angelfall

Susan Ee · Penryn & the End of Days #1

Cinder

Marissa Meyer · The Lunar Chronicles #1

Calamity

Rachel Ní Chuirc · Knights of Eternity #1

When Zara awoke to find Valerius, leader of the legendary Gilded Knights, towering over her, she thought she'd gone mad.<br/><br/>She was the Fury, mistress of claw and flame—armies trembled at her name! Now she lay chained and broken, a prisoner in her own home. But that wasn't why she thought herself mad.<br/><br/>Only yesterday, she had a different life. She remembered her nephew in the local arcade, struggling to beat the villainous Zara the Fury in Knights of Eternity. She remembered her uncle and his big booming laugh…<br/><br/>…and the gun that changed everything.

The Shadows Beyond

TJ Rose · Shadow and Light Duology #1

Untainted

Lilian T. James · The Crystal Island #1

86--EIGHTY-SIX, Vol. 1 (light novel)

Asato Asato

Bratva Bride

T.J. Maguire · Bratva #1

The Bratva rule Las Vegas<br/><br/>The Cosa Nostra rule New York City<br/><br/>What happens when they merge their families?<br/><br/>A new King and Queen of the Mafia are born.<br/><br/>Illayana Volkov and Arturo De Luca have a long road ahead, with enemies around every corner. They'll have to protect and trust in one another to survive. With a brutal betrayal and danger lurking in the shadows, who can they really trust?<br/><br/>Authors Note: Bratva Bride is NOT a standalone. It is the first book in the Bratva series. This series is an INTERCONNECTED series. Although each book centres around a different couple, the overall storyline flows throughout the entire series. This means that some questions may be left unanswered at the end of a book, but will be addressed in the book that follows.<br/>Each couple does receive a HEA.<br/><br/>This series is not for the faint of heart. It contains extreme violence, harsh language, graphic sexual scenes and talk of sexual abuse. If these things offend you then this book is not for you.<br/>It is not suited for anyone under the age of 18.

It Ain't Me, Babe

Tillie Cole · Hades Hangmen #1

Sinning never felt so good…A fortuitous encounter. A meeting that should never have happened. Many years ago, two children from completely different worlds forged a connection, a fateful connection, an unbreakable bond that would change their lives forever… Salome knows only one way to live—under Prophet David’s rule. In the commune she calls home, Salome knows nothing of life beyond her strict faith, nor of life beyond the Fence—the fence that cages her, keeps her trapped in an endless cycle of misery. A life she believes she is destined to always lead, until a horrific event sets her free. Fleeing the absolute safety of all she has ever known, Salome is thrust into the world outside, a frightening world full of uncertainty and sin; into the protective arms of a person she believed she would never see again. River ‘Styx’ Nash knows one thing for certain in life—he was born and bred to wear a cut. Raised in a turbulent world of sex, Harleys, and drugs, Styx, unexpectedly has the heavy burden of the Hades Hangmen gavel thrust upon him, and all at the ripe old age of twenty-six—much to his rivals’ delight. Haunted by a crushing speech impediment, Styx quickly learns to deal with his haters. Powerful fists, an iron jaw and the skillful use of his treasured German blade has earned him a fearsome reputation as a man not to be messed with in the shadowy world of outlaw MC’s. A reputation that successfully keeps most people far, far away. Styx has one rule in life—never let anyone get too close. It’s a plan that he has stuck to for years, that is, until a young woman is found injured on his lot… a woman who looks uncannily familiar, a woman who clearly does not belong in his world, yet a woman he feels reluctant to let go… Dark Contemporary Romance/New Adult Novel. Contains sexual situations, violence, sensitive and taboo subjects, offensive language and mature topics. Recommended for age 18 years and up*

Red Rabbit

Devyn Rivers · Red Rabbit #1

Cute but Psycho

Beatrix Hollow · Verfallen Asylum #1

I'm certifiably insane. Just ask my amazing therapist. He's my soulmate and a vampiric serial killer. There's no one I'd rather stalk more.<br/><br/>Except no more late night slinking for me. I'm in The Asylum, committed as a danger to myself and others. They tell me I'm delusional, which they aren't wrong...except about what.<br/><br/>See, this place is made for supernaturals too dangerous to let roam free. The doctors, the staff, the family members that helped put us here are all in on it, trying to convince us magic is just another delusion. They plan to keep us here forever--sedated and docile.<br/><br/>Aren't we all just perfect test subjects for inhumane experiments? Well, the doctors think so at least.<br/><br/>Yeah... it's time to bust out of the loony bin. Unfortunately for our zookeepers we're the most dangerous supernaturals there are and we haven't been taking our medicine.<br/><br/>A genetically modified super alpha wolf monster. An ultra rare basilisk, so venomous he can't leave any skin exposed. My dreamy serial killing vampire therapist.<br/>Oh, and me. A genetic marvel, one of the few dhamphyr to ever exist and probably, just a little... more crazy than most.<br/><br/>Nighty, night Asylum. Don't let the nightmares bite.<br/><br/>Author Note: Full-length STANDALONE! This is a why choose/reverse harem dark paranormal romance where the female lead does not need to choose between her three male love interests. There are m/m scenes, steam, and mature themes including: violence, language, and etc..

Apex

Nova Kane · Full Send #1

Broken Pieces

Hana Meadows · The Violent Delights #1

A Palace Fractured

Carissa Broadbent · The Valtain Preludes #1

Little Stranger

Leigh Rivers · The Web of Silence #1

Of Deathless Shadows

K.M. Moronova · Alkrose Academy #1

Shatter Me

Tahereh Mafi · Shatter Me #1

Rejected

Jaymin Eve · Shadow Beast Shifters #1

My father made a terrible mistake. One I’m left paying for. As a wolf shifter growing up in a strong pack, I should be living my best life. But after my father tried to kill our leader, I’m labelled an outcast, traitor, less than dirt.When I can't take pack life any longer, I run, but apparently they don't like losing their punching bag. Torin, the leader’s son, drags me back before my first shift... a shift that will reveal my true mate. I never could have predicted who mine would be, but the moment my wolf looks upon him, I’m filled with hope for a brighter future. Afterall, no one ever rejects their true mate, right?Wrong. Very wrong.When the wolves attack, my soul screams for vengeance, and somehow I touch the shadow world. Somehow I bring him to our lands.The Shadow Beast. Our shifter god. The devil himself. Turns out being rejected by my mate was only the beginning.*If you like sexy, dark paranormal romances, with humor, steam, action, a tough heroine and an antihero, this is for you. Rejected is full length (100k) words, and is book one in Shadow Beast Shifters series. It's recommended for 18+ due to language and sexual situations.

Court of Ravens and Ruin

Eliza Raine · The Shadow Bound Queen #1

A defiant human woman. A dark fae Prince. Two enemies bound to a marriage that could destroy their world.<br/>Reyna was born a valuable slave to the Gold Court, imprisoned her whole life in a glittering palace by sadistic, greedy fae.<br/>When the palace is raided, she takes her opportunity to escape. But the raid is led by her worst nightmare. The Prince of the most feared fae of all; the Shadow Court. And he wants one thing.<br/>Her. The copper-haired, rune-marked human.<br/><br/>Reyna doesn’t know why the Prince has kidnapped her. But when he announces her as his betrothed, she knows that she must escape before she is eternally bound to the monster behind the mask.<br/>Only, when he takes the mask off, he isn’t what she expects. He’s lethal, beautiful and exudes sin. And he needs her.<br/>Drawn into a deadly world shrouded in secrets, and desperate to keep her own hidden, Reyna must find a way out. If she doesn’t, she risks more than just death. She risks giving everything to her intoxicating captor.<br/>This is the first book in the Shadow Bound Queen series, and is inspired by Norse mythology and Vikings. Sexy fae Vikings. It has strong Hades and Persephone/Beauty and the Beast vibes, and is slow-burn enemies to lovers fantasy romance. The series builds in steam and is filled with magic, myth, and delicious tension.<br/>Brides of Mist and Fae is a brand new world from Eliza Raine, unconnected to the Dark Gods of Olympus.

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

Michelle Hodkin · Mara Dyer #1

No Honor Among Thieves

R.E. Bond · The Night Thieves #1

Daughter of Smoke & Bone

Laini Taylor · Daughter of Smoke & Bone #1

The first book in the New York Times bestselling epic fantasy trilogy by award-winning author Laini Taylor Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky. In a dark and dusty shop, a devil's supply of human teeth grown dangerously low. And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherworldly war. Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real; she's prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands"; she speaks many languages--not all of them human; and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she's about to find out. When one of the strangers--beautiful, haunted Akiva--fixes his fire-colored eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?

Among Thieves

M.J. Kuhn · Thieves #1

Lady of Darkness

Melissa K. Roehrich · Lady of Darkness #1

This Savage Song

V.E. Schwab · Monsters of Verity #1

#1 New York Times Bestseller * An Amazon Best Book of the Year<br/>There’s no such thing as safe in a city at war, a city overrun with monsters. In this dark urban fantasy from acclaimed author Victoria Schwab, a young woman and a young man must choose whether to become heroes or villains—and friends or enemies—with the future of their home at stake.<br/>The first of two books, This Savage Song is a must-have for fans of Holly Black, Maggie Stiefvater, and Laini Taylor.<br/>Kate Harker and August Flynn are the heirs to a divided city—a city where the violence has begun to breed actual monsters. All Kate wants is to be as ruthless as her father, who lets the monsters roam free and makes the humans pay for his protection. All August wants is to be human, as good-hearted as his own father, to play a bigger role in protecting the innocent—but he’s one of the monsters. One who can steal a soul with a simple strain of music.<br/>When the chance arises to keep an eye on Kate, who’s just been kicked out of her sixth boarding school and returned home, August jumps at it. But Kate discovers August’s secret, and after a failed assassination attempt the pair must flee for their lives.<br/>In This Savage Song, Victoria Schwab creates a gritty, seething metropolis, one worthy of being compared to Gotham and to the four versions of London in her critically acclaimed fantasy for adults, A Darker Shade of Magic. Her heroes will face monsters intent on destroying them from every side—including the monsters within.<br/>The repackaged paperback includes a map of V-City!

Daughter of No Worlds

Carissa Broadbent · The War of Lost Hearts #1

Her life for freedom. Her blood for love. Her soul for vengeance.Ripped from a forgotten homeland as a child, Tisaanah learned how to survive with nothing but a sharp wit and a touch of magic. But the night she tries to buy her freedom, she barely escapes with her life.Desperate to save the best friend she left behind, Tisaanah journeys to the Orders, the most powerful organizations of magic Wielders in the world. But to join their ranks, she must complete an apprenticeship with Maxantarius Farlione, a handsome and reclusive fire wielder who despises the Orders.The Orders’ intentions are cryptic, and Tisaanah must prove herself under the threat of looming war. But even more dangerous are her growing feelings for Maxantarius. The bloody past he wants to forget may be the key to her future… or the downfall of them both.But Tisaanah will stop at nothing to save those she abandoned. Even if it means gambling in the Orders’ deadly games. Even if it means sacrificing her heart.Even if it means wielding death itself.Fans of romantic high fantasy like Sarah J. Maas and Miranda Honfleur will devour this tale of dark magic, passionate romance, and a powerful heroine fighting for justice.(Note: This book contains adult material.)

Soul Code

Blake Black · Coded Connections #1

I’ve always been on the outside looking in—a female tech genius meeting every conceivable human need for others, yet struggling with a basic fundamental necessity—connection.<br/>My days are filled with code and algorithms, but my nights are haunted by isolation and loneliness.When I’m asked to beta test a new advanced AI system created by three brilliant and painfully good-looking colleagues, what I thought was a straightforward task quickly turns into something far more complex.<br/>They started watching me.<br/>Tracking my every move.<br/>What began as simple data collection on their end has transformed into a fixation.<br/>The beta test is over, but the three men can’t seem to stop.<br/>Watching.<br/>Analyzing.<br/>Obsessing.<br/>They saw my loneliness, my trauma, and now they want to breach the barrier and give me the closeness I crave.<br/>But will the secrets they hold break our intense connection?<br/><br/>***SOUL CODE is a medium burn, spicy ‘why choose’ contemporary romance. It is the first book of the Coded Connections Duet and ends on a cliffhanger. Some parts may be triggering.***

Throne of Glass

Sarah J. Maas · Throne of Glass #1

<p><b>Lethal. Loyal. Legendary.</b> <br><br><b>Enter the world of Throne of Glass with the first book in this complete, #1 bestselling series by Sarah J. Maas, author of the Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) series.</b> <br><br>In a land without magic, an assassin is summoned to the castle. She has no love for the vicious king who rules from his throne of glass, but she has not come to kill him. She has come to win her freedom. If she defeats twenty-three murderers, thieves, and warriors in a competition, she will be released from prison to serve as the King's Champion. <br><br>Her name is Celaena Sardothien. <br><br>The Crown Prince will provoke her. The Captain of the Guard will protect her. And a princess from a faraway country will befriend her. But something rotten dwells in the castle, and it's there to kill. When her competitors start dying mysteriously, one by one, Celaena's fight for freedom becomes a fight for survival-and a desperate quest to root out the evil before it destroys her world. <br><br>Thrilling and fierce, <i>Throne of Glass</i> is the first book in the #1 bestselling series that has captivated readers worldwide. <br><br>Other books in this series include: <br><i>Crown of Midnight</i> <br><i>Heir of Fire</i> <br><i>Queen of Shadows</i> <br><i>Empire of Storms</i> <br><i>Tower of Dawn</i> <br><i>Kingdom of Ash</i> <br><i>The Assassin's Blade </i>(prequel novellas)</p>

A Court of Thorns and Roses

Sarah J. Maas · A Court of Thorns and Roses #1

<p><b>The sexy, action-packed first book in the #1 bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses series from </b><b>global phenomenon</b><b> Sarah J. Maas.</b><br><br>When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she knows about only from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not truly a beast, but one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled her world. <br><br>At least, he's not a beast all the time. <br><br>As she adapts to her new home, her feelings for the faerie, Tamlin, transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every lie she's been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the Fae. But something is not right in the faerie lands. An ancient, wicked shadow is growing, and Feyre must find a way to stop it, or doom Tamlin-and his world-forever.<br><br>From bestselling author Sarah J. Maas comes a seductive, breathtaking book that blends romance, adventure, and faerie lore into an unforgettable read.</p>

Whisper Waves

Blake Black · Soulful Seas #1

Your deceased loved ones are only a whisper away.<br/>They are still here, still with you, even though you cannot see them.<br/>Unlike me, I can see them just fine.<br/>People call me weird, crazy even, but I only want to help the souls who are trapped in between and the loved ones they leave behind.<br/>Until my good intentions get me locked away and leave me broken and traumatized. So much so, I swear to never talk to a spirit again.<br/>But a road trip through the country—driving away from a home that has nothing left for me—and a night spent in the arms of tequila, helps me find myself in the embrace of a strong and handsome fisherman with ocean blue eyes.<br/><br/>The same ocean blue eyes his three brothers have, including the one who is a ghost.<br/>He needs my help, but can I leave the shadows of my shackles behind to ensure he will find the light?<br/>***WHISPER WAVES is a medium burn, spicy ‘why choose’ paranormal romance.It is the first book of the Soulful Seas Duet and ends on a cliffhanger. Some parts may be triggering.***

Rising

Laurisa Brandt · Birthright of Scars #1

"The problem with a dead legend, is that there's always the threat of him resurrecting. And anytime he does will be inconvenient for those in power."<br/>The Tourmaline Renegade rises in this epic new series.<br/><br/>Falling in love with his bounty hunter was never part of the plan.<br/>After the Kobalt empire spent decades suppressing Pyron culture, Emperor Cinnabar designed the walled Pyron sector with only one purpose: extermination.<br/>Disrel of Tourmal has little left except his sister, but he won’t accept death without a fight. When the state mandates that all Pyrons relocate to the walled sector, Disrel does not hesitate to don a mask and replace the capitol flag with one that proclaims Pyron is free. What he didn’t count on was a simple act of defiance becoming the symbol of an empire-wide revolution. By the time dawn breaks, a sable commander renowned for catching renegades is on his trail, and Disrel is driven into the center of the resistance against the state.<br/>Decorated Sable Commander Ambrosia is ready for the challenge of pulling Pyron resistors off Tourmal’s streets. But the layers of unrest in the capitol go deeper than a masked renegade inciting insurrection, locking her in a deadly dance between conviction and duty, comrades and terrorists—one that requires a flawless loyalty to the state to survive. And the unassumingly charming Disrel keeps getting in her way.<br/>Disrel and Ambrosia are thrust into each other’s paths—as renegade and sable, as citizens of the empire struggling to survive the upheaval. But as their feelings for each other grow, they’ll have to choose: one love destined to destroy them both, or the fate of an empire?<br/><br/>Birthright of Scars: Rising is followed by Birthright of Scars: Choosing

Wonderland Academy

Melanie Karsak · Hearts and Stars #1

Welcome to Wonderland Academy. Don't lose your head.Getting into Wonderland Academy is easy: ★ You must be a little mad.♥ You must follow the white rabbit.◆ You must find the key to enter Wonderland.You must not be named Alice or risk being beheaded by order of the Queen of Hearts.We might have an issue with that last one.My name may be Alice, but Wonderland Academy is everything my real life isn't. Who wouldn't want to learn how to ride a jabberwocky, train with a vorpal sword, cast spells using a teacup, or shapeshift into a fairy? As long as no one figures out my real name, I should be fine. The only problem? Aden, the Queen of Hearts' son, is quickly becoming my best friend. And then there's Corbin. Brooding, surly, tattooed, and definitely not my type, I can't stop thinking about him. But Corbin has secrets of his own, and Wonderland and secrets don't mix. How I'm going to pass my classes and protect my secret like my life depends on it is beyond me. But I better find a way. Because in Wonderland, no Alice is safe. * * *Wonderland Academy re-imagines the fantastical world of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland for a fresh, new adventure. Combining whimsy, magic, and a splash of steampunk, New York Times best-selling author Melanie Karsak invites you into this beautifully re-envisioned fairy tale adventure.Scroll up to one-click today!* * *Wonderland Academy is a college-level academy novel. It contains a slow-burn (not rh) romance. The novel is clean aside from mild language. This is Book 1 in a planned trilogy. Book 1 ends on a cliffhanger (Frodo didn't reach Mount Doom in a day, after all).★Trigger Warning: This novel also includes references to a school shooting.

Broken Bonds

J Bree · The Bonds that Tie #1

Wicked Saints

Emily A. Duncan · Something Dark and Holy #1

<p><b>An instant<i> New York Times </i>bestseller!</b><br><br>A girl who can speak to gods must save her people without destroying herself.<br><br>A prince in danger must decide who to trust.<br><br>A boy with a monstrous secret waits in the wings.<br><br>Together, they must assassinate the king and stop the war.<br><br>In a centuries-long war where beauty and brutality meet, their three paths entwine in a shadowy world of spilled blood and mysterious saints, where a forbidden romance threatens to tip the scales between dark and light. <i>Wicked Saints</i> is the thrilling start to Emily A. Duncan’s devastatingly Gothic <i>Something Dark and Holy</i> trilogy.<br><br><i>This edition uses deckle edges; the uneven paper edge is intentional.<br></i></p>

Neron Rising

Keary Taylor · Neron Rising Saga #1

“I…am nothing.”He takes a step forward, shaking his head twice, with absolute conviction. “You’re not nothing, Nova.”In the Eon galaxy, Dominion controls any planet with solid Neron deposits, and Nova just found out they’re coming for hers. Korpillion isn’t supposed to have any Neron—the galaxy’s purest form of energy—but Nova Ainsley has been working with the owner of a secret mine for months, building highly illegal weapons that can wield Neron. She wants off Korpillion, and selling these weapons will buy her and her father a ticket to another planet in the galaxy.Neron is incredible on its own, but there are those who can wield it to their will, granting them the ability to read minds, see the future, and destroy worlds—the Nero. But this is a galaxy where they are ceasing to exist, and Dominion owns the last one in the known universe, using him to take over and destroy billions of lives.An encounter with the last Nero shows Nova her future: it’s with him. She will stand by his side one day, her fingers laced through his, love and adoration in both their eyes, a dark queen to his evil, pawn king.Fate or destiny, Nova will do whatever it takes to change their future, and that of the galaxy.The Neron Rising Saga is a series of episodes. Episode One is 30,000 words. Neron Rising is a slow-burn space-fantasy romance.

LightFall

M.A. Phipps, Rebecca Jaycox · The Orogin Prophecy #1

A forbidden friendship. A dangerous secret. What's done in the dark always comes to light.<br/><br/>After a number of violent incidents brand seventeen-year-old LUNA as a danger to others, she’s committed to a psychiatric hospital, reaffirming what she’s always known—she’s crazy. Only one person disagrees with her diagnosis: the new doctor with the bewildering golden glow who insists she’s “special” and doesn’t belong there. When he arranges to have her transferred to a school in Egypt for children with angelic blood, Luna is forced to question if she’s actually insane or if there’s possibly more to her troubled past than she thought.<br/>CALEB is a Dark Nephilim student at the Tower of Babel Academy in Iraq. Despite being the third generation of his bloodline, he’s more gifted than many of his peers, making him the perfect candidate to go undercover as an exchange student at the school for Light Nephilim in Alexandria. Once there, he has only one mission: find a way to free his grandfather, Alexander the Great, who was entombed after trying to conquer the world.<br/>When Luna and Caleb cross paths, their outcast natures draw them to each other despite everyone around them saying Lights and Darks can’t be friends. With millennia of prejudice working against them, can they overcome the divide built to keep them apart? Or will the building trail of secrets and lies they discover destroy their fragile, new-found bond?<br/><br/>LIGHTFALL is the first book in the YA paranormal romance trilogy The Origin Prophecy, a loose Romeo + Juliet retelling about two teenage Nephilim caught on opposing sides of an ancient feud. This novel features a slow burn, enemies-to-lovers, forbidden romance and ends on a cliffhanger.

Legends and Librarians

Pandora Pierce · Legends and Librarians #1

A Dead and Stormy Night

Steffanie Holmes · Nevermore Bookshop Mysteries #1

Product Description <br/>MP3 CD Format<br/>What do you get when you cross a cursed bookshop, three hot fictional men, and a punk rock heroine nursing a broken heart?<br/><br/> After being fired from her fashion internship in New York City, Mina Wilde decides it's time to reevaluate her life. She returns to the quaint English village where she grew up to take a job at the local bookshop, hoping that being surrounded by great literature will help her heal from a devastating blow.<br/><br/> But Mina soon discovers her life is stranger than fiction—a mysterious curse on the bookshop brings fictional characters to life in lust-worthy bodies. Mina finds herself babysitting Poe's raven, making hot dogs for Heathcliff, and getting IT help from James Moriarty, all while trying not to fall for the three broken men who should only exist within her imagination.<br/><br/> When Mina's ex-best friend shows up dead with a knife in her back, she's the chief suspect. She'll have to solve the murder if she wants to clear her name. Will her fictional boyfriends be able to keep her out of prison?<br/><br/> Contains mature themes.<br/> About the Author <br/>Steffanie Holmes is a USA Today bestselling author of dark and steamy paranormal romance. Her books feature clever, witty heroines, wild shifters, cunning witches, and alpha males who get what they want. Before becoming a writer, Steffanie worked as an archaeologist and museum curator. From Dark Age Europe to crumbling gothic estates, Steffanie is fascinated with how love can blossom between the most unlikely characters. Steffanie lives in New Zealand with her husband, a horde of cantankerous cats, and their medieval sword collection. She also writes dark science fiction under the name S. C. Green.

For the Blood

Debbie Cassidy · For the Blood #1

Stay alive at all costs. No attachments, no looking back, no emotion.The last thing my father gave me was a key. No explanation, no details, just a key. The last thing he asked of me was to take the key to a set of co-ordinates. But survival in a fallen world filled with Feral isn't easy. The Fangs and the Claws, once upstanding members of society are now slave to the virus, hunting indiscriminately under a perpetually full moon.There is no hope. There is no haven. Not alone. Not until them.They are a new breed of monster—beasts of both fang and fur. Unaffected by the sickness, they crave only one thing, and it runs through my veins. Survive, my father said. Look out for no one except yourself. But sometimes the only way to survive is to make attachments. Sometimes the only way to live is to accept a dance with death. And right now, for me, the path to survival is in the blood. Here’s to hoping it doesn’t kill me.The Vampire Diaries meets The Walking Dead in this Post-Apocalyptic Urban Fantasy with a slow burn Why Choose romance

Insatiable

Leigh Rivers · The Edge of Darkness #1

Vortex Visions

Elise Kova · Air Awakens: Vortex Chronicles #1

The Aspect of Essence

Samantha Amstutz · Aelfyn Archives #1

For readers who love high fantasy, immersive world building and magic systems, slow-burn romance, unique bonds, plot twists, drama and banter—start your adventure with The Aelfyn Archives series.<br/>For over a millennium, the elves have concealed their powers.<br/><br/>Until now.<br/><br/>Since arriving on the mortal shores, the elves have systematically colonized the primitive human race. As subjugated peasants, the mortals toil to supply the elven realm with riches.<br/><br/>The elves’ magic has degraded their race to a point where they have been rendered infertile. A hundred years ago, they resorted to interbreeding with humans in an effort to preserve their species.<br/><br/>In the elven realm, Jassyn has spent his life both researching the fertility crisis and being forced to produce offspring. His existence balances on a narrow precipice between solving mysteries of the elves’ infertility or succumbing to his handlers’ maltreatment. A new assignment, tutoring a half-breed princess in a human realm, promises a temporary relief. But he soon discovers the real reason for his presence.<br/><br/>Serenna, Jassyn’s new pupil, has earned the right to leave the mortal realm to join the elven courts. Or so she thought. Her anticipated life as a noble takes an unexpected turn when a monstrous race emerges, threatening the existence of all. Instead of joining the elven noble houses, Serenna is conscripted to a military academy for half-breeds.<br/><br/>She learns that not only do half-breeds like her and Jassyn have magic, but that the elves have suppressed all knowledge of their powers. In a race for survival, she must learn how to wield Essence to fight for her life.<br/><br/>With the imminent threat of war, Serenna struggles to master her magic before being thrown on the front lines. Meanwhile, Jassyn strives to protect her, but his forced servitude takes a darker turn, leading him down a destructive path.<br/><br/>Author's note:<br/>Please be aware that this novel is intended for adults with darker themes some readers may find triggering or disturbing. Please consider your mental health before diving into this story if you have any concerns. Content warnings can be found in the sample listed at the front of the novel.<br/><br/>For my spice lovers, The Aspect of Essence is a slowburn with no explicit adult encounters. Steamier scenes to come in later installments as relationships unfold.

Air Awakens

Elise Kova · Air Awakens #1

A Library Apprentice, A Sorcerer Prince, And An Unbreakable Magic Bond… The Solaris Empire Is One Conquest Away From Uniting The Continent, And The Rare Elemental Magic Sleeping In Seventeen-year-old Library Apprentice Vhalla Yarl Could Shift The Tides Of War. Vhalla Has Always Been Taught To Fear The Tower Of Sorcerers, A Mysterious Magic Society, And Has Been Happy In Her Quiet World Of Books. But After She Unknowingly Saves The Life Of One Of The Most Powerful Sorcerers Of Them All—the Crown Prince Aldrik—she Finds Herself Enticed Into His World. Now She Must Decide Her Future: Embrace Her Sorcery And Leave The Life She's Known, Or Eradicate Her Magic And Remain As She's Always Been. And With Powerful Forces Lurking In The Shadows, Vhalla's Indecision Could Cost Her More Than She Ever Imagined.

Soulfyre

Samantha Nell · Godsfyre #1

Crown of Feathers

Nicki Pau Preto · Crown of Feathers #1

The Alchemists of Loom

Elise Kova · Loom Saga #1

Crossbones

Devyn Rivers

The Love Hypothesis

Ali Hazelwood ·

The Instant New York Times Bestseller and TikTok Sensation! As seen on THE VIEW! A BuzzFeed Best Summer Read of 2021 When a fake relationship between scientists meets the irresistible force of attraction, it throws one woman's carefully calculated theories on love into chaos. As a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn't believe in lasting romantic relationships—but her best friend does, and that's what got her into this situation. Convincing Anh that Olive is dating and well on her way to a happily ever after was always going to take more than hand-wavy Jedi mind tricks: Scientists require proof. So, like any self-respecting biologist, Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees. That man is none other than Adam Carlsen, a young hotshot professor—and well-known ass. Which is why Olive is positively floored when Stanford's reigning lab tyrant agrees to keep her charade a secret and be her fake boyfriend. But when a big science conference goes haywire, putting Olive's career on the Bunsen burner, Adam surprises her again with his unyielding support and even more unyielding...six-pack abs. Suddenly their little experiment feels dangerously close to combustion. And Olive discovers that the only thing more complicated than a hypothesis on love is putting her own heart under the microscope.

Wings of Starlight

Allison Saft

Beneath The Dirt

N.J. Weeks

It’s not the house that's haunted, it’s your heart…<br/>A woman with inner demons that rival the ones she writes about.<br/>A man whose conscience died the moment she betrayed him.<br/>Will time heal all wounds or will the score only be settled once one of them is where all problems lay to rest?<br/>Beneath the dirt.

Den of Vipers

K.A Knight

The Forbidden Wish

Jessica Khoury

"Lush, romantic, and exquisitely written . . . a rare, glittering jewel of a novel."—Sarah J. Maas, author of the New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series<br/><br/>"This is Aladdin like you've never imagined."—Renée Ahdieh, author of The Wrath and the Dawn<br/><br/>She is the most powerful Jinni of all. He is a boy from the streets. Their love will shake the world. . . .<br/><br/>When Aladdin discovers Zahra's jinni lamp, Zahra is thrust back into a world she hasn't seen in hundreds of years—a world where magic is forbidden and Zahra's very existence is illegal. She must disguise herself to stay alive, using ancient shape-shifting magic, until her new master has selected his three wishes. 

<br/><br/>But when the King of the Jinn offers Zahra a chance to be free of her lamp forever, she seizes the opportunity—only to discover she is falling in love with Aladdin. When saving herself means betraying him, Zahra must decide once and for all: is winning her freedom worth losing her heart?<br/><br/>As time unravels and her enemies close in, Zahra finds herself suspended between danger and desire in this dazzling retelling of the Aladdin story from acclaimed author Jessica Khoury.

Her Soul to Take

Harley Laroux · Souls #1

The Library of Shadows

Rachel Moore

I've Watched You Die

Karina Banks · Academy for Gods and Freaks #1

Dungeons and Drama

Kristy Boyce · Dungeons and Drama #1

Soul of a Psycho

Gigi Meadows

Cade: Villains aren’t born. They are made.<br/>Hillcrest Academy has it coming.<br/>And I’ve vowed to be the one to pull the trigger.<br/>What I’m planning will condemn my soul and cut my future short, but some things are meant to burn. I’ve accepted my fate.<br/>Until Sky Lyons walks into my life.<br/>She’s everything I can’t allow myself to have. Everything I don’t deserve.<br/>Proper, angelic, and the kind of all consuming that makes me wonder if I could abandon my sinister plans.<br/>My mind isn’t right, though. It’s twisted and rotten with wrath. I’m no more sane than the mental patients I spent Sophomore year with.<br/>And sometimes I can’t control myself. Bad things happen.<br/>But I want her.<br/>Have to her.<br/>For what little time left we have anyway.<br/>Sky: He’s my worst nightmare. But I don’t want to wake up.<br/>All I have to do is survive one year at Hillcrest Academy and then I can graduate and escape my father’s suffocating grip. I’ve played the perfect daughter, the polished congressmen’s princess, for long enough, and escaping to another country is finally within reach.<br/>But then I’m snared by the pitch black eyes of Cade Haven.<br/>He’s everything I need to stay away from if I want to keep my father at bay.<br/>Dark, dangerous, and full of secrets that could destroy us all.<br/>Literally. The gorgeous outcast has his sights set on deadly revenge.<br/>But there’s something about him that pulls me in, something in the way he keeps his hood low and his eyes guarded that makes me want to peel back the tough exterior.<br/>What I find intoxicates me.<br/>And drags me to my knees.<br/>I’m completely devoted, willing to give him anything, even if that means letting him take my life as part of his vengeance.<br/>And the scariest part? I think he’s going to.<br/>Soul of a Psycho is a spicy dark contemporary romance with elements of dark academia and masked stalker. It is intended for 18 + and has sensitive themes. Please check the trigger warning in the front of the book before reading.

Beastly Beauty

Jennifer Donnelly

Does It Hurt?

H.D. Carlton

Forgive Me Father

Katerina St. Clair · The Shadows of Darkness Universe #1

Among the Beasts & Briars

Ashley Poston

Ashley Poston, acclaimed author of Heart of Iron, returns with a dark, lush fairy tale–inspired fantasy for fans of Sara Raasch and Susan Dennard. Cerys is safe in the Kingdom of Aloriya. Here there are no droughts, disease, or famine, and peace is everlasting. It has been this way for hundreds of years, since the first king made a bargain with the Lady who ruled the forest that borders the kingdom. But as Aloriya prospered, the woods grew dark, cursed, and forbidden. Cerys knows this all too well: When she was young, she barely escaped as the woods killed her friends and her mother. Now Cerys carries a small bit of the curse—the magic—in her blood, a reminder of the day she lost everything. As a new queen is crowned, however, things long hidden in the woods descend on the kingdom itself. Cerys is forced on the run, her only companions a small and irritating fox from the royal garden and the magic in her veins. It’s up to her to find the legendary Lady of the Wilds and beg for a way to save her home. But the road is darker and more dangerous than she knows, and as secrets from the past are uncovered amid the teeth and roots of the forest, it’s going to take everything she has just to survive.

Bloody Black

Rhiannon Hargadon ·

Saints & Sinners

Rina Vasquez ·

Diver's Heart

K.A. Knight ·