As the magicless daughter of two elite Magic Users, I’ve always had something to prove. Which is what led me to working the dayshift as an enforcer at Eastwood River (Monster) Preserve, keeping the peace between monsters… and the real monsters.
While battling an invasive species whose numbers have exploded overnight, I make a desperate wish to be saved from certain death. For once, the gods were listening.
I wake up in the arms of an ancient, wish-granting minor god named Olan—a Brøndmand—who saves my life… and then claims me as his wife. Apparently, my broad, impulsive wish turned into a life-debt marriage contract with an eight-foot-tall shadow daddy who stares at me like I’m his next meal—and he’s definitely not hungry for food.
~Olan
When min guldklump Aurora calls for a god to save her, the gods are all too happy to wake me from centuries of slumber. The moment I see her, I know—this fierce, stubborn human is worth more than all the treasure I’ve hoarded across the ages. She is mine. To keep…and to protect.
Clusters of invasive magical creatures keep appearing throughout the Preserve—unnatural and dangerous. We put one group down, and another flares up. Something is bringing them here, something intelligent. The balance is slipping—and if we can’t stop it, everyone on the preserve, monster and human alike, could be wiped out.
The preserve, and my heart, are in jeopardy–– can I convince my reluctant wife she is the key to saving both?
Monstrous grooms and beastly brides? Don’t be afraid of falling in love… It’s super-natural!
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I wasn’t supposed to love him. I wasn’t even supposed to acknowledge him. But my entire life, I’ve had heart-eyes for my oldest brother’s former best friend, Cortland Haven.
I can’t help it that boys can be stupid, and a feud broke apart a long-time friendship and divided once-close families.
Try as I might to ignore Cort, I didn’t miss his eyes on me from across a crowded bar, twelve years ago. Oh, the way my skin tingled under his appraisal. The way my heart pattered knowing he was looking at me.
We shared more than a moment.
Now, we’re older and wiser. And with a little over a decade age gap between us, and a divide greater than that between our families, my heart still hasn’t gotten the memo.
No, that fickle organ has other plans for Cortland and me.
Especially when the silver fox is my son’s new baseball coach and I suddenly find myself assigned as his physical therapist.
I don’t just fall for the man adverse to touch, I tumble hard for him, when he should never be mine.
Vale has tried to distance herself from Cort out of loyalty to her brother who put his life on hold to be there for her. When the friendship between her brother and Cort ended she needed to deny the feelings she had for him but the night they spent together made that even more difficult together. Years later their paths continually cross so staying away from each other is no longer possible.
Cort has spent years trying to deny his feelings for Vale however their lives are now connected both through their careers and her son. Spending time together at her son’s baseball camp will force them both to face their feelings for each other but the situation is complicated by the estranged relationship between him and her brother.
This is an enchanting story about love, family and new beginnings. Cort and Vale have a lot of challenges to overcome both within their relationship and outside forces but each obstacle only brings them closer and reinforces their love.
Dayton Calloway and I wouldn’t have gotten together if it weren’t for two pink lines.
After getting divorced, Francisca Dawson is attempting to find out who she is and how she wants her life to look. One thing she knows is that there isn’t room for a man in that equation. But then she meets Dayton Calloway. A man who is charming, funny, and unbelievably gorgeous. Unable to deny their connection, she gets lost in the moment and gives into his dirty mouth and skilled hands.
Actions have consequences.
Dayton knew that he never wanted to get married or have children. His upbringing before he entered foster care showed him that. So he took all precautions to make sure that wasn’t a possibility.
But like they say nothing is ever one hundred percent.
Now, he’s picturing life as a father and coming to terms with the possibility of having everything he never knew he wanted with a woman who is not only taking up space in his life, but that empty space in his chest.
Before you go, do you take a chance and risk it all, or do you just let go and possibly miss out on the most beautiful love you’ve ever known?
That’s what Dayton and Francisca will have to figure out.
When fate delivers a roommate . . . don’t block it.
Tyler Quinn
There is a beautiful woman unexpectedly living in my house. A woman I sort of know because she’s my best friend’s little sister. Although, she’s definitely not so little anymore.
My entire professional career, I’ve been the starting tight end for the Tampa Tarpons. Life as a football player keeps me in the spotlight, when my preference is the dark. Through unfortunate past experiences, I guard my privacy and don’t do roommates, ever. But when my best friend calls and says he needs a favor, I don’t say no. Although I wish I had. Now she’s here, with her gorgeous turquoise eyes, big trusting smile, and taking up my spot on my couch. I’ve established the rules for how this is going to go, but as time passes and she opens up, I find it’s becoming harder and harder not to break them.
Lily Kent
If I know one thing for certain, I’m never dating another football player again.
After walking away from a very long and expired relationship, I needed a place to stay to plan out my life. My new life. I can work anywhere, so when my brother suggests crashing with his best friend Tyler, I say,”Yes.” Who doesn’t love palm trees, sunshine, and an attractive roommate? Tyler is the definition of tall, dark, and handsome, but the best part is he’s also kind. He makes me feel grounded when everything else feels upside down. He makes me feel things I wasn’t expecting. I know I said no more athletes, but in those moments when his hand grazes my back or when he makes me laugh, I wonder about my plans. Maybe I should change them, maybe we should, after all, fate did lead me to his door.
The continuation of International bestselling author Maggie Cole’s highly-received secret society, drenched in dark undertones, next-generation Mafia series about two enemy lovers never meant to be together until one action catapulted their arranged marriage. Now, Fiona O’Malley and Kirill Petrov will have to let go of their preconceived notions, emotional scars, and everything they knew to be true about themselves.
My brother arranged for me to marry a stranger, one marked with a diagonal scar across his face and a tattoo necklace on his hand.
Neither disgusts me. They also aren’t what scares me.
Kirill Petrov’s a sworn enemy of our family and King of the Underworld. A towering man with darkness in his gaze, an unspoken promise of what he’ll do to me, and something so deep in his expression it hurts my heart.
Yet the blaze of his allure only grows hotter, singing, until I can’t resist him any longer… until I’m his Queen wearing his necklace night after night, staring at the beast inside his soul.
If I could, I’d kill that beast until the world saw my husband as the man I see—the man I love.
Except I give him my heart before I learn the full truth. And once you see the unforgettable, how can you go back? How can you forgive your husband for sins that aren’t his, yet he’s tied to? Especially when the people you love got hurt in the most vile of ways?
Bride by Coronation is a standalone novel with interconnected characters and book two of The Underworld series. This dark, secret society, Mafia, enemies to lovers, forbidden, arranged marriage, and emotional scars novel is not meant for the faint of heart. Expect violence, taboo, and graphic scenes.
LK Farlow (A.K.A Kate) is a small town girl with a love for words. She’s been writing stories for as long she can remember. A Southern girl through and through, Kate resides in beautiful, sunny LA—that’s Lower Alabama, y’all—with her amazing husband and four rambunctious children. When she’s not writing, you can find her snuggled up on the couch watching car shows while she crochets or with her nose in a book.
I used to believe in happily ever afters, until the man my mother married stripped away my innocence, piece by piece.
For years, he kept me completely isolated, locked away and out of sight. If not for my diary, I’m not sure I would have survived his torment.
But when two pink lines turn my world upside down, I know it’s now or never—I have to escape before the monster down the hall learns my secret and destroys my only reason for living.
Alone and on the run, help comes from the last place I’d ever expect—his son.
Atlas swears he’s nothing like his father. He says he only wants to protect me and my unborn baby.
Slowly but surely, he earns my trust and begins stitching me back together again, and before I know it, I find myself falling for him.
But no matter how much he feels like home, I can’t shake the fear of what will happen if his father finds me. Because no amount of paper and ink will shield me from the past… or him.
HIS TO SAVE is the first standalone in the all new Lake Fortune series. If you enjoy small-town suspense, an over the top protective hero who will do anything for his woman, a pregnant heroine running from her dangerous past, a slight age gap, a slow burn romance brimming with all of the feels, and a guaranteed HEA, pre-order your copy today!
Nora’s childhood and innocence was taken away by what she has endured at the hands of her stepfather. She didn’t know to escape but now that there isn’t just herself to consider she knows she needs to find a way. Sending her diary that chronicled her innermost thoughts and experiences and sending it to her stepbrother is her last hope.
When Atlas reads what Nora has experienced his only thought is to protect her. Finding her was the first step but now he is determined to keep her safe from his father and help her heal from what she has been through by giving her the support to find the woman she is destined to be.
The characters of Nora and Atlas are captivating, and their journey was compelling. Full of emotions and some suspense as you will feel for what Nora continues to go through while Atlas shows her that she is no longer alone.
The witches are gone. The inn is open. Peace and quiet? Yeah, right.
Brigid Donovan’s battle with the witches is finally over. Her new supernatural bed and breakfast is open for business, and she’s ready to embrace her new life as a low-key small business owner.
But peace never lasts—especially when there’s a power vacuum calling out to every ambitious supernatural in the region. Brigid doesn’t care who claims the territory… as long as they leave her out of it. Unfortunately, that’s not part of their plan.
To make matters worse, someone decided to drop off their unwanted poltergeist in her newly opened inn. Because obviously that’s what she needed right now.
With Mr. Mittens the ever-grumpy protector, her magical allies, and a fiercely loyal friend group, Brigid’s doing her best to keep things from falling apart.
Can she keep the inn afloat—and keep her head above water? Only time will tell.
A steamy, grumpy/sunshine billionaire romance from Amazon Top 50 bestselling author Jaine Diamond.
When billionaire Harlan Vance blackmails me into being his fake date, I know I’m in trouble.
He’s a grump. A control freak. A gorgeous liar. And unfortunately… my new boss.
They say he hates everyone. That he’s cold as ice. But the way he looks at me could burn a city down.
He touches me like he’s already claimed every inch of my body. And when he kisses me, I forget every rule I’m supposed to follow.
I can’t afford to fall for a man who could cost me my job. But I might already be in too deep. He says he’ll protect me, that no one touches what’s his. But with Harlan, everything is secrets and lies.
And the closer I get to the truth behind his lies, the more I realize— He’s not in control. He’s obsessed. And I’m about to find out just how deep his obsession goes.
✔ Billionaire ✔ Obsessed Hero ✔ Alphahole Boss ✔ Grumpy/Sunshine ✔ He Hates Everyone But Her ✔ Secrets and Lies ✔ Family Saga / Black Sheep ✔ Standalone
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She’s his best friend’s little sister and he’s a wounded warrior with a terrible secret about her brother.
The blast that killed my best friend, Jake, also ended my career as a Navy SEAL.
I’m left unable to speak and lusting after my speech therapist. Who also happens to be Jake’s little sister.
Grief is hard on Avery and I’m here for her however she needs me.
If it’s release she needs, that’s what I’ll give her.
As long as she doesn’t ask me to stay. It’s the one thing this orphan doesn’t know how to do. And Avery deserves better than a scarred veteran who can’t speak.
Besides, if Avery knew the classified information from our final mission, she wouldn’t want anything to do with me.
A SEAL’s Heart is an emotional romance featuring a wounded hero and the curvy woman who heals his heart.
From USA Today best selling author, Scarlett Cole, writing as S. Cole, comes an electrifying small town MC, grumpy/sunshine, enemies to lovers romance.
Quinn Two things happened on my thirteenth birthday. My older sister went missing. And I told Smoke Callahan, the Iron Outlaws Road Captain, that it was his fault she was gone. Fourteen years later, I still hate him. But hate doesn’t keep me safe when the Bratva sets its sights on me. I need protection. The kind only a ruthless, broken man like Smoke can provide. So I make him an offer. I’ll help him recover from the burns that nearly cost him his life. In return, he keeps me breathing. It should be simple. It isn’t. Because the more time I spend in his orbit, the more I see the man behind the scars. The one who carries a past as heavy as mine. And when he looks at me, it’s not hatred I see in his dark eyes anymore. It’s something far more dangerous.
Smoke Quinn Moran was just a kid when she came at me, fists flying, blaming me for her sister’s disappearance. I let her. I deserved it. Now she’s all grown up—sharp-tongued, stubborn as hell, and standing in my cabin, asking for my protection. I should say no. I should send her away. But I don’t. Because even if she still hates me, I’ll kill anyone who tries to hurt her. Even if it means she learns the truth. Even if it means she never forgives me. Because she was never meant to be mine. But that won’t stop me from taking her.
🏍️MC Romance 🔥Slow-burn enemies to lovers 🧁Injured smoke jumper and sassy baker 💔He was her missing sister’s boyfriend 🥵Age gap tension & sexual awakening 🧨Heavy angst & emotional wounds 😭Life-ruining, heart-stopping romance
🏍️Review🏍️ The disappearance of her sister when she was a teenager and the devastation it left behind changed Quinn’s life. Even though she knows that Smoke, her sister’s boyfriend wasn’t responsible, that doesn’t mean that his lifestyle didn’t play a part. She never wanted to see him again but when her life and the business she owns are in jeopardy she believes that he might just be the one man who can help.
Smoke is trying to heal from recent events at his job which have left him wondering what happens next. He thinks the last thing he needs is for the woman who shares a painful part of his past to need his help. He can’t turn her away however he soon realizes that despite the circumstances that brought them together it might just be the best thing to ever happen to him.
Quinn and Smoke must not only overcome their difficult past but the danger in the present as they take us on an action-packed adventure filled with steam and suspense.
Retired fencing Olympian Hugo De la Vega lives a quiet life in Olive Township. He has his friends, his olive orchard, and a recurring daydream about what he would say to his father’s murderer if given the chance to look him in the eyes.
True crime podcaster Mallory Hawkins arrives in the eclectic small desert town with one purpose: to investigate Hugo’s father’s unsolved murder from twenty years ago.
A chance meeting at a sandwich shop has Hugo harmlessly flirting with Mallory, until he realizes she’s the stubborn woman who has been hounding him for months. Hugo’s swift and emphatic refusal to support her investigation forces Mallory to reveal her personal connection to the case.
Now Hugo is spending time with the woman whose emails he once deleted. She’s witty, eternally curious, and pregnant. Finding this out should make it easier for Hugo to deny the magnetic pull he feels toward her, but it has the opposite effect.
When a situation threatens Mallory and her baby’s safety, Hugo finds himself moving her into his house at the orchard. Now they’re splitting time between a search for justice and fighting their mutual attraction… until a middle of the night encounter in the kitchen has them taking their relationship from professional to personal.
With each passing day, Hugo gets closer to laying it all out on the line for Mallory.
As long as the killer doesn’t get to her first.
*Hugo is the second in a four-book contemporary romance series inspired by the film The Princess Bride. Expect swoon, sass, spice, and happily ever afters.
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A sexy, rock star, marriage of convenience romance by New York Times bestselling author K. Bromberg.
Jase Gizmodo is the wild card of the world-famous band BENT. He drums like a legend, lives like a rebel, and attracts headlines like a magnet. But when his recklessness causes a no-nonsense judge to threaten the band’s upcoming international tour, he needs a quick fix—and proof that he’s settling down might just do the trick.
Enter Hendrix Wright. Cookie queen. Small business owner. And barely hanging on. Her dream bakery is on the brink of closing its doors thanks to her ex’s betrayal, and she needs a miracle. Who knew a chance meeting with a charming, enigmatic, and incredibly sexy stranger in a coffee shop would change all that?
So when that stranger, Jase, offers her a deal—a temporary marriage for the cameras in exchange for the money to save her bakery—Hendrix should run. Fast. But instead, she finds that the more time they spend faking wedded bliss, the more real their chemistry feels.
Because falling for a rockstar was never part of the plan.
But surrendering? That might be the sweetest risk of all.
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A dark, steamy, mafia romance, sizzling with heat when the stalked … stalks back. AXEL is my hot d*ckhead boss who stalks me. I know. He’s arrogant. Powerful. Evil. But those eyes. So, I stalked him back, and that’s when I discovered… He’s the escaped heir to a criminal empire. A dark prince. The head of a secret society of vigilante mafia kings.
I spied on their taboo ex-Bratva rituals. I know their dark secret, how they initiate their queens.
And he busted me.
Now, Axel says he owns me. He makes me stay with him … or else.
Or fall in love with my sinful stalker? Or become the mafia queen to the son of the most dangerous man in the world?
Author’s note: AXEL is a standalone, dark, not-mafia-mafia romance set in a world of taboo traditions, biting banter, morally grey heroes in a band of brothers with some heavy themes, and very explicit scenes. This is an 18+, interconnected romance with a guaranteed HEA.
I looked down, wondering why bringing her with me was so important. Why it felt as if I should be the only one who held her and made sure she was okay.
Power. Loyalty. Love. In the dangerous world of the Irish syndicate, these men rule with an iron fist—until the women they love threaten to shatter their carefully controlled lives.
Not all monsters hide under the bed. Some guard your heart while plotting your ruin.
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken comes a gripping standalone mafia romance set in the electrifying world of the Eagle Elite series.
Welcome to your final dream.
Don’t worry. I’ll keep you safe.
I promise. Just close your eyes.
Sleep.
Grief has five stages, they say. But in the mafia, there’s only one: survival.
The day I buried my boyfriend, the Families replaced him with the man who rejected me four years ago—Ace “Matchstick” De Lange. Cold. Calculated. Deadly. He has the bedside manner of a serial killer and the looks of a fallen angel. And now, he’s my shadow, ensuring I don’t end up in the grave beside the man who died for me.
I despise that I’m the one left behind. I loathe how Ace provokes me, pulling me from the abyss of my sorrow. But most of all, I hate that the only piece I have left of my dead boyfriend is something others would kill to possess.
When Ace uncovers my secret, there’s only one solution: marriage to the devil himself to protect the legacy of the one who had no choice.
I vow never to love him. He promises he’ll never love me.
He’s a means to an end—the only one who can stand against my father and live to tell the tale.
He claims his life is mine, but I don’t want it.
I tell him I’ll never be his.
Ace’s response? A chilling, “We’ll see.”
But what happens when everything you believed was a lie? When the only one who can free you from your nightmare threatens to drag you deeper into the darkness?
Some families are tested and break under the weight of the mafia. The De Langes broke… then gathered the pieces and rose.
Raven is a mafia princess whose knowledge of the danger of her lifestyle was reinforced once again when her bodyguard, who was also her lover, attempts to protect her cost him his life. She now finds herself trying to adjust to her new bodyguard, Ace, while carrying a secret that will result in an arranged marriage between them.
The devastating past of Ace forced him to close off his emotions just to survive. He is fighting for his rightful place within the mafia however Raven challenges him at every turn and marrying her isn’t about to make anything easier. He is determined to keep her safe whether she likes it or not.
In the beginning Raven and Ace see each other as something they must endure but as the danger amps up so do the chemistry between them as they take us on an captivating ride that is filled with surprises to keep you on edge.
Meet Rachel Van Dyken:
Rachel Van Dyken is the #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of over 100 books ranging from new adult romance to mafia romance to paranormal & fantasy romance. With over four million copies sold, she’s been featured in Forbes, US Weekly, and USA Today. Her books have been translated in more than 15 countries. She was one of the first romance authors to have a Kindle in Motion book through Amazon publishing and continues to strive to be on the cutting edge of the reader experience. She keeps her home in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, adorable sons, naked cat, and two dogs.
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