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The Alpha's Healer: Fated Mates, Forbidden Bonds
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The Alpha's Healer: Fated Mates, Forbidden Bonds

by Marina Belle

He Rejected Her Once. Now He Can’t Let Her Go. Lucia is a ghost in the Blackwood Pack. A human healer with no memory of her past, she has spent years suppressing a gift that is as self-destructive as it is miraculous. Every life she saves chips away at her own, fueled by a power she can neither understand nor control. But Lucia is tired of being a shadow. Amidst the chaos of a dying pack, she is on a desperate quest to uncover the truth of who she was before the Blackwood claimed her—and to reclaim the identity that was stolen. Alpha Kaelen is a ruthless leader driven by a brutal breeding program to save his people. He guards Lucia with a suffocating intensity, driven by a visceral hunger he can no longer ignore. But as the pack’s numbers dwindle and Lucia’s scent transforms, the whispers of her true nature grow too loud to ignore. As the lethal Beta, Ragnar, begins to circle, offering to help her “explore the limits of her potential,” Lucia must decide: will she remain a caged asset for the man who once threw her away, or will she finally seize her true identity—and decide what the pack is allowed to take from her? The Alpha's Healer is a dark, slow-burn shifter romance. Featured Tropes: Rejected Mate, Forced Proximity, Touch Her and Die, Hidden Identity. Vibe: A volatile healer reclaiming her power from the Alpha who nearly broke her. Content: 3/5 Spice 🔥 | Growl Rating: 4/5 (Not a "sweet" healer story). [Read More]

Tangle in the Tropics
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Tangle in the Tropics

by Lisa S. Gayle

Reality TV, riches, and a race for romance—with a taste of the tropics! Yes, please! Sign me up. An all-new season is filming in the secluded island paradise of Fiji and the directors are hunting for contestants with the enticing tagline: Want to shine in the spotlight? But Andrew Meyers already does! He doesn’t need an outrageous action-adventure reality show to find a girl. He’s professional football’s most sought-after quarterback. Trailed by cameras, women, football junkies, and more, he craves ibuprofen ten times more than attention. All he wants to do is play football—without the paparazzi! Well…and win back the love of his life who won’t give him the time of the day. But perhaps if they were stuck on a desert island together, she would? Hannah Cooper is cautious about falling in love. Ever since she dated the quarterback king of football, relationships have been tough. She’s harboring a deep wound from their unforgettable time together, and moving on from her intense feelings for him hasn’t been easy. After all, how could she? His handsome face is splashed across every TV screen, magazine, and internet site in the world. But this time, she’s decided to move on for good—because what better place to fall in love than on a secluded island with a group of commitment-seeking single men! Tangle in the Tropics is a full-length, open-door romance that is best read as the second in the series but can be read as a standalone. It features an emotionally charged, celebrity romance. [Read More]


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Not His Girlfriend (Yet): 4 1/2 Dates and a Fracture
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Not His Girlfriend (Yet): 4 1/2 Dates and a Fracture

by M.T. Liu

A contemporary romance novella about a graphic designer who says "girlfriend" before it's true — and then has to live up to it. Nora Chen spends two hours before every date perfecting the version of herself she thinks he wants to see. Ethan Morin is a Québécois firefighter who deflects the brave parts of his own stories. She performs. He protects. Neither of them knows the other is doing it. Then an accident leaves Ethan recovering, and Nora does something distinctly un-rehearsed: she stays. All night. In his jacket. Without a plan. Now they're sharing a Montreal apartment, two opinionated cats, a winter that refuses to end, and a hallway that's exactly the wrong length. She thinks he's pushing her away. He thinks she can't wait to leave. He watches her fall apart and thinks it's the best version he's ever seen. He doesn't say it. Neither of them says it. Best for readers who enjoy emotional slow burn, hurt/comfort, forced proximity, caretaking, quieter romantic tension, closed-door heat, and guaranteed HEA. For fans of Emily Henry's quiet emotional weight. [Read More]

Of Ice and Innocence
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Of Ice and Innocence

by Karen Hunter

She fought for her freedom. He's dying without her. Fate doesn't care what either of them wants. Book 2 of The Dragon's Flame Series. This story stands on its own, set within the world of The Dragon’s Flame. While returning characters make appearances, no prior reading is required. Though readers familiar with the first book may recognise a few extra layers. Laya survived four brutal Chases to remain unclaimed — the only free female wolf in a generation. She chose scars over submission and solitude over a mate who would strip away everything she'd bled to protect. The last thing she needs is a diplomatic mission into dragon territory. Kaeldric, advisor to the Dragon King, has been fading for months — his dragon slowly dying because he refused a mate bond he couldn't accept. When he finally finds her, she's everything he dreamed of and nothing he prepared for: a wolf warrior with claws already extended, who would sooner gut him than acknowledge what they both know. One crumbling railing. One frozen river. One impossible bond neither can outrun. Stranded in the wilderness with broken ribs, a dislocated shoulder, and only each other, enemies have no choice but to survive together. But surviving is the easy part. When they return to civilisation, their bond will either become the bridge between two warring peoples — or the spark that ignites the war that destroys them both. A wolf who refuses to be claimed. A dragon who's running out of time. And a mate bond that will demand the one thing neither of them is willing to give. [Read More]

✦ Top Firstperson ARCs ✦

Power of Shadow
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Power of Shadow

by Violet Hale

Power. Control. Blood. Obsession. Ryker is the heir to the Pact — a ruthless mafia organization built on power, loyalty, and violence. A man raised to rule, trained to destroy, and sworn to a code that demands sacrifice above all else. Ashley was never meant to cross his path. She is Shadow — a legendary assassin feared in the criminal underworld. Silent. Deadly. Untraceable. She doesn’t miss. She doesn’t hesitate. And she never lets emotions interfere with the job. Until him. Their meeting was supposed to end in blood. Instead, it ignites a dangerous obsession and dark desires neither of them can escape. He should kill her. She should betray him. And yet every choice they make pulls them deeper into a world of lies, power struggles, and forbidden desire. As secrets unravel and loyalties are tested, one truth becomes clear: love is the most dangerous weakness of all. Because in the world of the Pact, it's not the one who loves the most who wins — it's the one who pulls the trigger first. Power of Shadow is a dark mafia romance featuring morally gray characters, enemies-to-lovers tension, obsession, violence, and a ruthless antihero. This book is the first in a series and ends on emotional resolution, while the danger is far from over. [Read More]

A Field Beyond Notions
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A Field Beyond Notions

by Atria J. Merian

The scythe meets its match in a paranormal tale of mutual obsession. Humans think I’m a psychopath. I don’t think about them at all. My routines keep me in check. Seven days for a prisoner. Feed off their fear. Dispose. Paperwork. Repeat. But ever since Rosario had stepped into my office for an interview to be my operations manager, I’ve been lovestruck. For the first time in centuries. I watch her sleep. I plan our life together. I hear the bells toll. She may be trying to outrun her past, but she will never outrun her future. Till death do us part is a wonderful notion.
Especially since I have no intention of ever dying. [Read More]

✦ Top Adventure ARCs ✦

Love in La La Land
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Love in La La Land

by Lisa S. Gayle

Reality TV, riches, and a race for romance—with the glitz and glam of the Hollywood spotlight! Yes, please! Sign me up. An all-new season is filming in America’s renowned movie town, and the directors are hunting for contestants with the enticing tagline: Want to sparkle under the city lights? Bria Harper doesn’t date city boys, especially manscaped stuck-up ones with styled hair and trimmed goatees. But she’ll compete in any setting for a million dollars! As much as she wants to enter the competition alone, using her military skills and crafty strategies to win, the race requires a partner. Rick’s seemingly equally hungry to win the money, but the show’s dramatic rules have thrown them a curveball—America will vote the couple they deem to be the most “in love” as the winners. Will they have to fake an engagement to convince the fans they’re in love? If so, she can never let her feelings become real because she doesn’t do forever! Rick Turner gladly exited the Hollywood scene, leaving behind an unfulfilling career as a cameraman on the very show his friends are encouraging him to compete as a contestant on now. After years of filming false narratives and dealing with his toxic ex-wife, he’s more interested in genuine relationships. But Bria’s real—he can feel it—and though she’s his polar opposite, she’s too good to resist, even while she’s encouraging him to fake an engagement in front of his manipulative ex. Trusting love again won’t be easy, but perhaps he can bend the rules and play the game for a chance at love? As long as he doesn’t get his heart broken again in the process! Love in La La Land is an opposites-attract, open-door romantic adventure. It's third in The Race for Riches or Romance series but can be read as a standalone. [Read More]

Of Ice and Innocence
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Of Ice and Innocence

by Karen Hunter

She fought for her freedom. He's dying without her. Fate doesn't care what either of them wants. Book 2 of The Dragon's Flame Series. This story stands on its own, set within the world of The Dragon’s Flame. While returning characters make appearances, no prior reading is required. Though readers familiar with the first book may recognise a few extra layers. Laya survived four brutal Chases to remain unclaimed — the only free female wolf in a generation. She chose scars over submission and solitude over a mate who would strip away everything she'd bled to protect. The last thing she needs is a diplomatic mission into dragon territory. Kaeldric, advisor to the Dragon King, has been fading for months — his dragon slowly dying because he refused a mate bond he couldn't accept. When he finally finds her, she's everything he dreamed of and nothing he prepared for: a wolf warrior with claws already extended, who would sooner gut him than acknowledge what they both know. One crumbling railing. One frozen river. One impossible bond neither can outrun. Stranded in the wilderness with broken ribs, a dislocated shoulder, and only each other, enemies have no choice but to survive together. But surviving is the easy part. When they return to civilisation, their bond will either become the bridge between two warring peoples — or the spark that ignites the war that destroys them both. A wolf who refuses to be claimed. A dragon who's running out of time. And a mate bond that will demand the one thing neither of them is willing to give. [Read More]

✦ Top Paranormal ARCs ✦

The Alpha's Healer: Rebirth and Revelation
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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]

The Alpha's Healer: Fated Mates, Forbidden Bonds
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The Alpha's Healer: Fated Mates, Forbidden Bonds

by Marina Belle

He Rejected Her Once. Now He Can’t Let Her Go. Lucia is a ghost in the Blackwood Pack. A human healer with no memory of her past, she has spent years suppressing a gift that is as self-destructive as it is miraculous. Every life she saves chips away at her own, fueled by a power she can neither understand nor control. But Lucia is tired of being a shadow. Amidst the chaos of a dying pack, she is on a desperate quest to uncover the truth of who she was before the Blackwood claimed her—and to reclaim the identity that was stolen. Alpha Kaelen is a ruthless leader driven by a brutal breeding program to save his people. He guards Lucia with a suffocating intensity, driven by a visceral hunger he can no longer ignore. But as the pack’s numbers dwindle and Lucia’s scent transforms, the whispers of her true nature grow too loud to ignore. As the lethal Beta, Ragnar, begins to circle, offering to help her “explore the limits of her potential,” Lucia must decide: will she remain a caged asset for the man who once threw her away, or will she finally seize her true identity—and decide what the pack is allowed to take from her? The Alpha's Healer is a dark, slow-burn shifter romance. Featured Tropes: Rejected Mate, Forced Proximity, Touch Her and Die, Hidden Identity. Vibe: A volatile healer reclaiming her power from the Alpha who nearly broke her. Content: 3/5 Spice 🔥 | Growl Rating: 4/5 (Not a "sweet" healer story). [Read More]

✦ Top Forcedproximity ARCs ✦

Of Ice and Innocence
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Of Ice and Innocence

by Karen Hunter

She fought for her freedom. He's dying without her. Fate doesn't care what either of them wants. Book 2 of The Dragon's Flame Series. This story stands on its own, set within the world of The Dragon’s Flame. While returning characters make appearances, no prior reading is required. Though readers familiar with the first book may recognise a few extra layers. Laya survived four brutal Chases to remain unclaimed — the only free female wolf in a generation. She chose scars over submission and solitude over a mate who would strip away everything she'd bled to protect. The last thing she needs is a diplomatic mission into dragon territory. Kaeldric, advisor to the Dragon King, has been fading for months — his dragon slowly dying because he refused a mate bond he couldn't accept. When he finally finds her, she's everything he dreamed of and nothing he prepared for: a wolf warrior with claws already extended, who would sooner gut him than acknowledge what they both know. One crumbling railing. One frozen river. One impossible bond neither can outrun. Stranded in the wilderness with broken ribs, a dislocated shoulder, and only each other, enemies have no choice but to survive together. But surviving is the easy part. When they return to civilisation, their bond will either become the bridge between two warring peoples — or the spark that ignites the war that destroys them both. A wolf who refuses to be claimed. A dragon who's running out of time. And a mate bond that will demand the one thing neither of them is willing to give. [Read More]

Almost Honest
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Almost Honest

by Ava Ardyne

I can survive Pritzker. I can survive Quinn Ozler. Both are lies. Quinn Ozler is arrogant, dangerous, and completely off-limits—the billionaire heir who rules Pritzker’s elite campus like it was built for him. I’m a scholarship pre-med student one bad grade away from losing everything. Falling for Quinn would be reckless. Wanting him anyway could ruin me. Because behind the rivalry, the attraction, and the moments I pretend mean nothing, his family is hiding secrets. So is mine. And the closer we get, the more certain I am of one thing: Love makes liars of us both. A steamy new adult enemies-to-lovers romance featuring elite campus drama, dark family secrets, and a slow burn with plenty of heat. [Read More]


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