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Louise Clement:
Of Mates and Crowns:
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I died a
queen’s death—betrayed by the king I loved.
Cedric was my mate, my king, my choice. I stood
by his side through war, blood, and lies. And when I finally defied him in an
attempt to stop him from slaughtering innocents, he drove a blade through my
heart.
I thought that was the end. Until, somehow, I
woke up five years in the past, on the day I’d chosen him.
This time, I won’t.
Instead, I bind myself to Azrael, the Northern
Lycan King. A man the South calls a monster. A savage beast forged in frost
and cruelty. In my old life, he used to be feared for his ruthlessness, but
unlike my former mate, he hadn’t killed me.
And right now, he’s the only one who might stand
a chance against Cedric.
I never meant to get involved with another lycan
royal. Only to survive. I may have died for a king once, but I won’t bow to
one again. Yet as war builds and my past claws at my heels, I feel the
faintest stirrings of something I hadn’t thought trust.
I’ve been given a second chance, and this
time, I’ll take Cedric down before I ever let him take me again—even if it
means falling for a king who might be worse than the first.
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Zach Erwin: The
City of Gods Gold
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As the scars
of T-Day fade into memory, Empire City braces for a new nightmare brought
forth by the sudden disappearance of Bonnie Connor, daughter of the enigmatic
Theodora Connor. Reluctantly returning to her Scarlet Sparrow persona,
Theodora seeks aid from the demon who bestowed powers upon her. As the devil
inside takes control, she grows weaker and more disconnected, slowly losing
her life and soul to her demonic savior.
In his search for Bonnie, rookie detective Skip Gibson unexpectedly unearths
a chilling truth—a sinister cult consisting of Empire City's most affluent
socialites, intricately woven into Theo's dark past and possibly withholding
information as to Bonnie Connor's whereabouts. Meanwhile, the same night
Bonne vanishes, Doctor Nadir Singh's scientific team stumbles upon a
mysterious UFO near the Connors' residence north of the city.
With each revelation, Empire City transforms into a battleground where
technology and the occult clash. In the midst of this chaos, Theodora, Skip,
Nadir, and others must navigate a treacherous maze of betrayal and
redemption, racing against the clock to uncover Bonnie's fate and protect the
city's very soul. As the mysteries intertwine and enemies emerge, the fate of
Empire City teeters on a knife's edge, balancing between salvation and utter
destruction.
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Selina Bevan:
Fated to the Ember Jack
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I freed the monster in my basement. In return, he kidnapped me.
He had the nerve to say he was
saving my life. The real reason? He knew I was his soulmate the second I
walked into his prison. As much as I want to call him insane, my own magic is
siding with the pumpkin man. It’s been a destructive wrecking ball since I
met him, a tempest that only his hands on my body can tame. He needs to
survive seven rigged trials to take back his throne, and our fated connection
has just painted a target on both our backs. He’s the monster, and I’m the
witch his people want to burn. Our fated bond might be the spark that
reignites an old purge, but it’s also the only thing strong enough to drag a
dying realm back from the brink. And if his enemies come for us, they’ll
learn exactly what a monster prince and his witch will do to hold onto each
other.
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Jennifer Thea Barthe:
Unholy Chemistry
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When a New Orleans
alchemist falls for a priest-in-training at Bavaria's most prestigious
university, their forbidden romance is the least dangerous alchemy they'll
unleash.
A Dark Academia Fantasy Romance - perfect for fans of NINTH HOUSE
and THE DISCOVERY OF WITCHES.
Max Frost makes a mistake the moment he brings
Liberté Diallo-Delacroix home to Bad Kissingen, Bavaria.
The spirited New Orleans taste alchemist
expects awkward dinners with his Catholic family, soaks in the foggy spa
town's famous Roman baths, and hopefully getting beneath Max's clerical
collar. She doesn't expect medieval alchemical manuscripts spelling death at
Bavaria's most prestigious university—or the ruthless academic wielding them.
A Dark Scholar is perfecting what Max's grandfather failed to achieve:
emotional alchemy that turns grief into rage, hope into despair, and free
will into obedience. To stop him, Max and Liberté break into laboratories
still stained with Otto Frost's failures, chase answers along autumnal
cobblestones and through securely hidden ancient libraries.
But hunting a master manipulator demands they lower every guard, trust
without reservation, and risk the one thing alchemy has taught them to
protect: their hearts.
In a place where love itself can be bottled and weaponized, their intimacy
becomes the very weapon that could destroy them.
A man trained in denial. A woman raised to distrust. And an ancient magic
that feeds on both.
Some doors, once opened, cannot be closed again.
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J D Lear: Salt And Ice
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Two skaters on
the edge. One impossible routine. Everything to lose.
Two rivals. One failing ice rink. And a
performance that could rewrite everything they thought they knew about
skating, each other, and themselves.
Mikael Fitzgibbons used to be the bright star of
Australian figure skating. Now he hides the fractures in his confidence
behind jokes and showmanship. The more he pretends he’s fine, the more the
ice threatens to swallow him whole.
Daniil Ivanov is his opposite in every way —
precise, controlled, and relentlessly focused. Skating is all he has left
after losing his parents, and he clings to it with a ferocity that leaves no
room for mistakes… or anyone else.
But when Oceancrest Ice Arena announces its
closure, everything changes.
For Mik, the rink is his last link to a future
he hasn’t fully given up on.
For Daniil, it’s the only home he has left.
The solution? A duet routine neither of them
wants.
As they train together, rivalry gives way to
reluctant trust. Secrets surface. Old wounds crack open. And the line between
enemies and allies begins to blur.
With the clock ticking and the community
rallying behind them, Mik and Daniil must pull off a routine powerful enough
to save their rink…before it’s too late.
A story about pressure, passion, and the
unexpected bonds of friendship that form when everything is on the line.
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Rachel Anthony:
Poke Check
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Naomi Piccolo is done being underestimated.
Chronically overlooked at her marketing firm, landing a consulting gig for a
pro hockey team is her chance to prove she belongs in the big leagues—even if
she's the shortest person in every boardroom.
Garrett Tall doesn't do apologies. Not for his
size, not for his ridiculous pre-game rituals, and definitely not for pissing
off the fierce little redhead. As the Hartford Whalers' starting goalie, he's
paid to be immovable, and he's very good at his job.
When Naomi walks into the arena, neither of them
is thrilled. She thinks he's a superstitious man-child who smirks instead of
speaks. He thinks she's all bark and no bite.
Then she accidentally touches his lucky stick.
And he wins. Now Garrett is convinced she's his good luck charm—and he's not
above asking her to touch his stick again. She finds the whole thing absurd.
He finds her protests irrelevant.
Suddenly they're bound together by superstition
and stubbornness, stuck in each other's orbit with all that friction
combusting into something a lot harder to ignore.
A sharp, steamy enemies-to-lovers hockey romance
novella with banter that hits like a perfectly timed poke check.
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TD Lane: A Toxic
Love
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Brynne and
Riley Larson used to be madly in love. Now they barely speak, except to fight.
Riley drinks in excess. Brynne pretends to hold
it all together. Their marriage is hanging on by a thread, but their life is
turned upside down when Riley ends up in the hospital and confesses a
devastating secret that ties him to a string of murders plaguing their sleepy
little town of North Bend. The mayor is forced to step in, offering Brynne
everything she’s ever dreamed of, including a sober husband, but in order to
keep Riley out of prison, Brynne and Riley must both do their part. Be a
team, again.
As Brynne tries to keep her end of the deal, she
finds herself in a life or death situation. Does she have what it takes to
make it out alive? Will her marriage survive?
A romantic suspense centered around a marriage
in crisis that will take you on a series of twists and turns and leave you
rooting for love to win, even if it feels like a toxic kind of love.
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Lexi Davis:
Naughty Saint Nick
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Amber Wright
has one goal this survive it.
Between her son’s impossible-to-assemble bike, a
half-finished bottle of wine, and the ghost of a marriage gone wrong, she’s
barely holding it together.
Then a stranger’s voice crackles through her
son’s walkie-talkie, warm, kind, and wickedly funny.
“Saint Nick,” he calls himself. He’s a neighbor.
A good one. The kind who checks in on her and makes her laugh when she
forgets how.
But the more they talk, the less neighborly it feels. What starts as lighthearted banter turns
into late-night confessions, laughter, and a spark that lingers long after
the signal fades.
Saint Nick seems nice...but Amber can’t shake
the feeling he might also be a little naughty.
Maybe she should invite him over and find out?
Naughty Saint Nick is a darkly funny, steamy, and emotionally
charged holiday romance about loneliness, temptation, and two strangers who
collide when they least expect it. It blends small-town Christmas charm with
neighbors-to-lovers heat, a single-mom heroine, late-night walkie-talkie
flirting, secret longing, and a protective cinnamon-roll hero with a dirty
mouth. Perfect for readers who crave grown-up holiday stories with heat,
humor, heart, and a touch of naughty Christmas magic.
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Evie Sterling:
Just Us
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Some love
stories start with a spark. Ours started with a stakeout.
Cassie
I’ve spent years chasing answers and pretending
I didn’t already know where my heart was headed.
The cases keep coming, the nights keep getting
longer, and Lincoln Suco keeps showing up—calm, infuriating, and impossible
to forget.
We’ve survived danger, distance, and a thousand
reasons to walk away. But this time, it’s not a client on the line—it’s us.
Love’s always been the mystery I could never
solve. Maybe this is the one time I actually get to.
Lincoln
They say every investigator has a weakness. Mine
is Cassie Love.
She’s the reason I stayed when I should’ve run,
the reason I believe in second chances, and the only chaos I never want to
escape.
The agency will go on—there will always be
clients—but for me, this story ends right where it should.
Because after everything we’ve faced, it’s
always been Just Us.
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Fariha Rahman: Billionaires
Crime
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“Are you
asking to be punished?”
Heat simmered in my gaze.
“Will you do the punishing?”
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Marielle Kolsov’s rise to fame was nothing short of shocking. A mafia
princess turned media darling, no one expected to see her on billboards, in
glossy magazines, or whispering in the ears of powerful politicians. But
there she is – America’s favorite sweetheart.
And Agent Castor Sterling wants her in cuffs.
As the FBI’s sharpest weapon, he’s spent years hunting her family’s empire
from the shadows. But Marielle isn’t just a target – she’s an obsession. One
he can’t afford. One he can’t resist.
When a string of murdered girls leads back to her, Castor is forced to work
with the woman he swore to destroy. But in a city where power tastes like sin
and secrets kill, their twisted alliance is a ticking bomb.
The deeper they dive, the closer they get.
The closer they get, the harder it becomes to tell –
who’s playing who… and who’s about to burn.
Because love isn’t soft.
It’s sharp. Vicious.
And it never comes without a body count.
Billionaire's Crime is an enemies-to-lovers, mafia romance, and the fourth
standalone in the Guns and Roses Series. Features content that may not be
suitable for all readers. *READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.*
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