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Hell's Refuge

by Miren Kairne

Retiring from Hell was the easy part. Two years ago, Kira Alvarez walked away from a centuries-long career as a succubus, opened a burlesque studio in a small Nebraska town, and tried to build a quiet life among other retired demons who keep their heads down and their powers dormant. The arrangement works until a visiting historian makes her want things she swore off, and something from her past arrives with a grudge that's been building for centuries. The historian is temporary. He's human, he keeps finding excuses to visit, and he has no idea that the woman he's falling for used to destroy kingdoms for a living. Kira should keep her distance. But she's not great at should. With the supernatural wards that protect the town weakening and Midsummer closing in, Kira has a choice: accept that her past disqualifies her from happiness, or fight like hell for the life she's trying to build. Paranormal romantic suspense set in a demon retirement community in rural Nebraska, because someone had to write that book. [Read More]

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To Drown Among The Stars

by LK Frost

In an unprecedented turn of events, Bastion emerges from his Trial of Knighthood a failure. Certain the gods have abandoned him, he travels down the coast on a leave of absence, looking for solitude. Instead, he walks into trouble in the wake of a series of pirate attacks on seaside villages, where he meets Ulla, a deaf dragon-kin healer with secrets of her own. Despite their initial, disastrous meeting, they’re drawn together by their shared compassion for others and mutual loneliness. Then, they discover the attacks aren’t random - they’re coordinated. The pirates are planning a large-scale attack on Moonwatch, the kingdom’s naval base, with the intent of stealing an ancient secret. Together, Bastion and Ulla race to Moonwatch only to learn the commander has been drawn away by the attacks. Unable to deny his duty or his very nature, Bastion takes command of their diminished forces in the face of a pirate fleet armed with a mysterious weapon. When Ulla is wounded, the world comes crashing down on Bastion and he must reveal his darkest secret to save her, even though it may mean losing her, after all. [Read More]

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SLOW BURN

by Dani Skye

He's loved her since high school. He just had to make 94 PowerPoint slides to say it. A small-town firefighter romance about the firefighter who waited seventeen years, the artist learning to come home to herself, and the Colorado town that refuses to let either of them do it alone. Harlow Green came back to Collins, Colorado with a chocolate lab named Cassidy, an MFA she stopped using, and three years of bruises she is finally done carrying. She is not looking for a love story. She is looking for somewhere safe enough to start painting again. Then her Victorian decides to murder her with a chandelier. Captain Jake Bowers has been in love with Harlow since junior year of high school. He has 94 PowerPoint slides on the subject. Charts. Graphs. A risk-assessment matrix. He also has the only crew in town qualified to keep responding to her possibly-haunted house, and a barn studio he built on faith before she even knew she needed one. In six weeks, Harlow’s first solo gallery show opens in Denver. On her ex-husband’s territory. Jake promised to stand beside her, not in front. It might be the hardest promise he has ever kept. And the 247-member town group chat, plus one peacock named Kevin in a tactical vest, has decided these two have waited long enough. The odds were low. But that was always going to be okay. Book 1 of the Station 12 series. Standalone with HEA. Open-door heat. No cliffhangers. ✦ He falls first (and has been falling since 1994 American History class) ✦ Slow burn that earns every page of the wait ✦ Small-town firefighter romance · Forced proximity · Found family ✦ Survivor heroine finding her voice, and her paint colors, again ✦ Patient hero who built her a studio on faith and learned which coffee she drinks ✦ Open-door heat · Standalone HEA · Kindle Unlimited For readers who love Lyla Sage, Elsie Silver, Lena Hendrix, and Hannah Grace’s Wildfire. [Read More]

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A Touch of Magic & Desire

by Lee Hawke

At a secret collegiate academy where magic binds as much as it empowers, emotions run high, ambitions shift, and attraction becomes impossible to ignore. As secrets surface and tensions rise, the lines between power, loyalty, and desire begin to blur. Because here, magic doesn’t just change what you can do— It changes what you want. // This book is intended for readers who enjoy spicy fantasy! It contains very adult thematic material and is not suitable for all ages. Elements of this book may be triggering, but to avoid spoilers, specific triggers are not prefaced. Please read at your own discretion, and thank you for your support; I hope you enjoy!! [Read More]

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The Unbearable Melt: Book Three in The Laughter of the Sun series

by Andie Holman

Allies are elusive, and gods hold grudges in an icy land. The magical crew splits up to find help in their mission to defeat the rogue Fae princes, set on taking over the Earth. The mermaids and gargoyle head to the Arctic with the wolf shifter, whereas the rest of the crew fumbles with stubborn Mages. THERE ARE TWO ROMANCES. 1. M/M. They are ex-lovers, both Mages, and are forced to work together. The tension is high and tight. 2. M/F. He's a wolf shifter returning to his estranged home in the Arctic. She comes into her powers while there, and he'll do anything to keep her safe. "Touch her and I'll bite you." There are different dimensions (Earth, Fae, and heavenly) and the story is told through multiple characters. As with all my books, the pace is fast and the magic is wild. To start at the beginning, book one is the award-winning The Mermaid's Wrath, and The Sorrow of Bees is book two. [Read More]

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What He'd Burn

by Ella Mitchelltree

"He'd burn the world down for you" is the most romantic line in fantasy. Until someone actually does it. Anna Iverson has spent her life proving she doesn't need anyone — a useful skill when your mother abandoned you to chase a mythical fated mate bond that never materialized. Now twenty-four and clawing her way toward pediatric cancer research on no sleep and no money, Anna's careful independence shatters the moment she shakes Jacob Tatum's hand. The bond snaps into place. Permanent. Intoxicating. Undeniable. Jacob is brilliant, protective, and utterly devoted. He's also a billionaire assassin who kills people for a living. At first, Anna rationalizes. He only eliminates people causing active harm — traffickers, murderers, monsters the legal system won't touch. The bond pulls her closer. His money solves problems she's been drowning under for years. She tells herself she can separate the man she loves from what he does. But Jacob's devotion doesn't have a ceiling. His protection doesn't have a line. And the fated mate bond that promised her a fairy tale? It doesn't come with an exit. What happens when "he'd do anything for you" stops being romantic — and you're the one who has to survive it? WHAT HE'D BURN is a dark fantasy romance and the first in a duology. For readers who love Sarah J. Maas and Rebecca Ross but want their morally grey characters examined rather than excused. Content warnings: violence, reproductive coercion, captivity, morally complex themes. This book goes there. [Read More]

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Duskshade

by Madison Patershuk and Ebony Dobson

Ophelia’s life is anchored by the measurable laws of the universe. As a dedicated heliophysicist, she trusts what she can prove and she trusts Nick, the man she believes is her soulmate. But when an impossible fracture in reality violently tears Ophelia, Nick, and her loved ones out of the human world and plunges them into the untamed Fae realm of Fenraeis, all earthly logic shatters. Stranded in a world that shouldn't exist, Ophelia quickly realizes they aren't just lost. They are being hunted. The Crownless, a terrifying and relentless entity, doesn't want her dead; he wants her caged. He intends to enslave Phee to siphon the elusive, ancient power awakening in her blood. It is a dormant, near-endless well of magic that hasn't been seen in an age, and this scientist has no idea how to control it. Desperate to keep the people she loves alive, Ophelia must become the warrior she was never meant to be. To survive, she is forced into an uneasy alliance with Kane—the ruthless, infuriating High King who might be just as dangerous as the monsters hunting them. As her impossible abilities rise to the surface, Ophelia realizes her arrival in Fenraeis wasn't an accident. She doesn't believe in destiny, but to keep her power out of the hands of a monster and to save those she loves, she must forge her own. [Read More]

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Siren's Hunt

by Ciera (C.M.) Miller

A merman prince trapped in human form. A woman reluctant to let down her guard. Her kiss will save him, if only he can win her heart. Bree O’Hara has always known there are sea dwellers. When she rescues a handsome stranger named Kai during a stormy night who is unable to speak, part of her wonders if he’s a sea dweller in human form or the survivor of a siren attack. As Kai finds ways to communicate without his voice, she realizes that both merfolk and humans are in danger so long as the siren leader Hunter possesses the trident. Between the lure of the sirens and Kai’s attempts to win her heart, Bree knows her destined path may just decide the fate of both land and sea. Once Upon a Time meets genderbend Little Mermaid in this adventurous and swoonworthy retelling of a classic fairytale. If you love the "he falls first" trope, this book is for you! [Read More]

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The Witch's Broken Crown

by Calla Robin

An enemies-to-lovers romantasy with a slow-burn romance and court intrigue. Perfect for fans of star-crossed lovers and aching yearning. She should fear him. He should hate her. But a masquerade ball was all it took to bind them together forever. Her whole life, Elise Thornwall has wished for nothing more than to rid herself of the curse that has controlled her family for over five centuries and to claim her throne on her own terms. But hidden behind a white mask, she found the one man her heart could not refuse. Andrew Aistle is her enemy. And, apparently, her fate. With war threatening their kingdoms and treachery lurking in every shadow, Elise and Andrew must do the impossible. Trust each other. Trusting your enemy is a dangerous game. And falling in love, even worse. Five hundred years of bitterness cannot be undone by love… can it? [Read More]

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The Alpha's Healer: Rebirth and Revelation

by Marina Belle

Lucia survived the Wilds. Now she has to survive the beast who bled for her—and the truth of what she is. Separated from the Blackwood Pack, and from Kaelen, the Alpha who swore to protect her but kept her in a gilded cage, Lucia is stranded on the edge of the human world. Her only protector is Ragnar. The pack’s Enforcer is brutal, possessive, and dangerously intoxicating—and he has no intention of coddling a fragile human. He wants to teach her how to bite back. But as care turns into something darker, something territorial, Lucia is pulled into a war she doesn’t understand. The Wilds are waking. The creatures are calling her my lady. Her power is changing. And so is she. Because the truth of Lucia’s bloodline won’t just change her… it will tear the shifter world apart. Caught between the Alpha who holds her heart and the beast who demands her soul, Lucia must decide who she is willing to become. Because to survive what’s coming, the healer must die— and something far more dangerous must rise in her place. ------------------------------------- Series: Book II of III (continues into final installment/ cliffhanger) Genre: Dark Paranormal Shifter Romance / Dark Fantasy Tropes: Dark psychological love triangle • Fated mates (twist) • “Who did this to you?” Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️ (light–medium, high-heat moments, intense intimacy) Darkness: Medium — this is a dark PNR Content Warnings: Attempted SA • Graphic violence • Blood/gore • Injury detail (animal/shifter attacks) • Pregnancy struggles/infant loss POV: Alternating third person (Lucia, Kaelen, Ragnar) Vibe: Dark, gothic, wintery For readers who love monster heroes and heroines who embrace their darkness [Read More]

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