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Undulate (Alchemy, #2)
Elodie Hart
MADDY
I cultivate my shamelessness.
I wore it as a badge of honour at my convent school, and Iāve been turning it into an art form at Alchemy, the club whose social media I manage.
My boss, though? Heās the most proper person Iāve ever met. No one would peg him as the Finance Director of a sex club.
(I mean, no oneās pegging him at all, which is probably his problem. #justsayin)
I get it. Heās a widower whoās single-parenting two little girls while holding down a massive job. He needs an outlet. Something just for him.
Besides, Iāve seen the looks he gives me. Equal parts disapproval and desire. Looks that compel me to bring him back to life.
Which is why I proposition him to do unspeakable things to me.
Use my body to find some light in his darkness.
After all, he has an entire sex club at his disposal. Surely itās rude not to indulge?
ZACH
This woman will be the death of me.
Itās deeply unfortunate that my soul only finds peace when my hands are on her body.
Iām beginning to understand that the basest pleasures of the flesh can overrule the most elevated emotions of the heart.
She looks like the embodiment of sin.
But God, she feels like salvation.
Undulate is a scorching hot age gap, single dad romance with an MMC whoās wounded and widowed and one of the most wonderfully unrepentant FMCs youāll meet. It features characters youāve met in Unfurl but has a standalone, monogamous HEA (despite the āhelping handsā our MCs encounter at Alchemy along the way). It can be enjoyed on its own or as a sequel to Unfurl.
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4.5 āļø 5 š¶ š§ Audiobook (dual) 4.5 āļø
Seriously, where do I sign up for this program?! Because I would have submitted my application yesterday. š±š¤£
āRafe and Belina just set a whole new standard for couple goals. There is nothing hotter than a dangerously possessive man who hands all the power over to his woman and worships her choices. is a total mindf**k in the absolute best way. š« š„
Do yourself a favor: spread those pages and READ THIS YESTERDAY!!! š
āP.S. Please send the priests to my house immediately, because I need to make a massive confession after this one. š¤āŖļø
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Unfurl (Alchemy, #1)
Elodie Hart
BELLE
When youāve been told your whole life that something is sinful, you have two options.
Avoid it like the plague. Like it has the power to destroy all that is good and pure.
Or become as fixated upon it as Eve was upon that apple.
Iām sick of the push-pull of terror and temptation. Itās tearing me apart. I just want a bite of the apple.
More than a bite. I want to devour it. Have its juices spill from my lips.
And by apple I, of course, mean sex.
RAFE
My new neighbour is the kind of beautiful that could bring a man to his knees. But sheās twenty-two. Fourteen years younger than me.
Thatās too young. I've vowed to stay away. Until she comes to me for help.
It seems she has something to dispose of. Her chastity.
And it seems I have something she wants. The club I run for discerning adults. More specifically, the programme weāve created for women just like Belle.
A programme that will transform her from innocent to damned.
Unfurl the parts of her sheās denied until now.
It seems I may not be the only one falling to my knees, after all.
God help us both.
Unfurl is a steamy age-gap contemporary romance featuring multiple partner play and a monogamous HEA.
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Blood & Throttle
Nova Kane
The streets run red with blood in The Gauntletāa brutal underground death race where the fastest and the deadliest battle for power, money, and survival. There are no rules. No second chances. And the only way out is to winā¦ or die.
When Sienna "Sin" Vega is forced onto the starting grid, she knows sheās being set up to fail. Framed for a crime she didnāt commit, sheās given one shot at race. Survive. Kill if she has to. But the men in The Gauntlet donāt take kindly to a woman on the trackāespecially one who refuses to submit. Beaten, hunted, and marked for death, her only hope is to trust the devil on a bike.
Enter Riot Carter, a legend in the underground circuit. Unbeatable. Ruthless. Heās got the fastest bike, the deadliest reputation, and a past soaked in blood. He doesnāt trust anyone, and he sure as hell doesnāt save people. But when he sees Sienna fighting to survive, something in him snaps. Sheās not just another racer. Sheās something elseāsomething dangerous. Something heād kill for.
Forced into an uneasy alliance, Riot and Sienna tear through the cityās crime-infested underworld, leaving a trail of bodies in their wake. But The Gauntlet isnāt just a raceāitās a bloodsport controlled by powerful men who play god. The deeper they go, the more they realize the real game isnāt about winning. Itās about who gets to live long enough to cross the finish line.
And when the world comes for his girl, Riotās ready to remind them all why they should have left her the fuck alone.
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Scavenger's Oath
Lorena Vea
When the world ended, humanity went feral. Six years later, only the ruthless survive and lawlessness reigns.After two years in captivity, Ivy claws her way out of hell. But her freedom is short-lived when she stumbles into the town of three masked men with blood on their hands and promises on their lips. To them she is a prize, a burden, salvation and temptation.They take her and lock her away, unknowingly hiding her from the ones she escaped. But Ivy knows better than to believe sheās safe. Theyāre not heroes but sometimes a monster is exactly what you need to defeat a nightmare.Trapped between the ones hunting her and the ones who refuse to let her go, Ivy must navigate the minefield of jealousy, claim and obsession.What starts as strategic loyalty, becomes tangled with desire and bound by something far more dangerous. This is a dark, captive, reverse harem full of adult content and spice intended only for readers 18+. Please check the trigger warnings before reading. The characters in this book are morally grey at best; consider your mental health before continuing.Triggers dub-con, non-con, abduction/kidnapping/captivity, extreme violence, blood & gore, Dom/sub dynamics, somno, and many many more.
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DNF
This was my first ever DNF at 20% š±
I just can't with Tessa and the dragging of the storyline anymore.
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Dawn of Chaos and Fury (The Legacy)
Melissa K. Roehrich
NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED
A Destiny to Defy
Tessalyn Ausra has been betrayed at every turn, but sheās also dealt betrayals of her own. With the consequences of her choices hanging over her, sheās done letting others define her purpose, but choosing that path could prove costly. Theon has sent her away, and Luka is wrestling with his own destiny, unsure if that still includes her. The rest of Tessaās companions are wary now that everyone has tasted her vengeance and experienced her chaos. Maybe they should be. Maybe balance has always been an illusion. And maybe she stands at the same crossroads she has been at from the very beginning: salvation or destruction?
A Fate to Outrun
Theon St. Orcas is no stranger to sacrifice. He has spent his entire life ensuring the ones he loves are safe. Preparing to face the Fates and the destruction of their realm, he only wants to spend the time he has left with the family that remains in Devram. But as he prepares to find his brother, more than one secret comes to light that has him questioning everything. Were the sacrifices all for nothing in the end?
A Future to Change
Just when he thought he was adjusting to his new life in the Underground, Axel St. Orcas finds himself thrust into a battle with the dark and depraved. With Kat at his side, they set about building alliances with the other Districts. But everywhere he looks, thereās sabotage, not to mention the kingdoms fracturing beyond the Underground. He refuses to bend a knee to injustice, but can he really change the future for those who have been wronged?
Who will be left standing when Chaos comes to reign?
Dawn of Chaos and Fury is book four of four in The Legacy Series. This is a new adult, dark fantasy romance series with elements that may be triggering to some readers. Please be sure to check the updated content information. Seriously. We know all the MCs are morally gray, walking red flags. Read the content information, then embrace the darkness.
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Unfurl (Alchemy, #1)
Elodie Hart
BELLE
When youāve been told your whole life that something is sinful, you have two options.
Avoid it like the plague. Like it has the power to destroy all that is good and pure.
Or become as fixated upon it as Eve was upon that apple.
Iām sick of the push-pull of terror and temptation. Itās tearing me apart. I just want a bite of the apple.
More than a bite. I want to devour it. Have its juices spill from my lips.
And by apple I, of course, mean sex.
RAFE
My new neighbour is the kind of beautiful that could bring a man to his knees. But sheās twenty-two. Fourteen years younger than me.
Thatās too young. I've vowed to stay away. Until she comes to me for help.
It seems she has something to dispose of. Her chastity.
And it seems I have something she wants. The club I run for discerning adults. More specifically, the programme weāve created for women just like Belle.
A programme that will transform her from innocent to damned.
Unfurl the parts of her sheās denied until now.
It seems I may not be the only one falling to my knees, after all.
God help us both.
Unfurl is a steamy age-gap contemporary romance featuring multiple partner play and a monogamous HEA.
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Never Keep (Sins of the Zodiac, #1)
Caroline Peckham
The dragons are lost.
The elements are at war. Enlisting isnāt optional.
And Iām falling for a man who wants me dead.
Iām a wielder of hearts and summoner of corruption. Heir to nothing and born to a fool in the wrong damn month.
But Iām also one of only two Fae in this divided land of hellions who might be starting to see through the lies weāve swallowed for so long.
In the year we turn twenty-one, conscripts from across the warring nations of air, fire, earth and water are sent to Never Keep ā the only place in our besieged continent where our magic can be Awakened.
But something is wrong inside Never Keep. Something which might extend far beyond the reaches of this desolate fortress. Within the gothic walls of this frigid castle in the snow, weāre left to hold our own against the brutal Fae from the opposing lands.
The Reapers are merciless. The Royals are lying. The Werewolves run rampant and Vampires roam the wastelands in bloodthirsty covens. But even though death lurks in every shadow of the Keep, itās the least of my worries.
Iām delving into secrets the stars donāt want me uncovering, making alliances with Fae born to be my enemy, falling for a sinner while promising my heart to a different heathen and somewhere amid it all, Iām supposed to win a war.
I thought the only thing I had to do was survive my magical instruction.
Turns out, fate doesnāt favour the wicked.
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4 āļø 4 š¶ š§ Audiobook (duet) 5 āļø
Okay, I need holy water and a full mental reset, because this duology was heartbreaking, pitch black, and utterly gruesome... but I gobbled it up! š¤š»
āI was warned that this is not a HEA, but sheesh... the trauma š
āI honestly didn't think it could get much worse after book 1... WRONG! It gets MUCH worse! The shame, the yearning, the torture, and the trauma these characters live through!!! š„¹
āAnd screw you too, Kevin! šš»š”
āIf you like everything dark... then read this duology!!! šš»
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Painter's Obsession : Volume II
Luna K. Wicked
MM EROTIC HORROR
Some stories arenāt just painted in bloodātheyāre carved into flesh, leaving nothing but ruin in their wake.
I survived his world, but not without changing me. Not without sinking me with him into the void. Turns out, sometimes, in order to set something free, you have to destroy it.
The game isnāt over. The lessons arenāt finished. And the deeper I go, the harder it is to tell where he ends and I begin.
THIS IS NOT A ROMANCE.... THIS IS STOCKHOLM... TOXIC WITH NO - ABSOLUTELY NO HAPPY ENDING.. THIS IS MORE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL EROTIC HORROR.
LEVEL VOID III
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Painter's Obsession : Volume II
Luna K. Wicked
MM EROTIC HORROR
Some stories arenāt just painted in bloodātheyāre carved into flesh, leaving nothing but ruin in their wake.
I survived his world, but not without changing me. Not without sinking me with him into the void. Turns out, sometimes, in order to set something free, you have to destroy it.
The game isnāt over. The lessons arenāt finished. And the deeper I go, the harder it is to tell where he ends and I begin.
THIS IS NOT A ROMANCE.... THIS IS STOCKHOLM... TOXIC WITH NO - ABSOLUTELY NO HAPPY ENDING.. THIS IS MORE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL EROTIC HORROR.
LEVEL VOID III
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4 āļø 4 š¶ š§ Audiobook (duet) 5 āļø
āDark doesn't even begin to describe this book... it's pitch freaking black. I have zero triggers, but even I needed a minute here and there š¬ Did the depraved part of my brain still love every second of it? Oh, but of course š«£ We read and we don't judge!
āTHAT ENDING?! I felt like screaming and clawing my way through my Kindle!!! š±
āRen is one crazy, sick motherf***er! šBut honestly, the narration by Corvin King and Joe Arden makes it all so worth it... as always. š¤
āā ļø Definitely check the trigger warnings and heed the author's warnings before entering into this book.
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Painter's Obsession, Volume I
Luna K. Wicked
I wasnāt supposed to feel this way about him... the man dating my sister. But no matter how much I try to focus on other women, my mind keeps circling back to him. It started as unease, an itch I couldnāt scratch, a feeling that there was something off about him. Then it grew... an obsession I couldnāt control.
Secrets arenāt meant to come into the light, and monsters should stay under the bed. I thought I was smart enough to keep my distance, but with him, logic vanishes. Thereās no senseāonly madness.
The deeper I dig, the darker it gets. Heās not just a man with secrets...heās something much worse. And Iāve made one fatal mistake...stepping into his world.
Now, itās not just about uncovering the truth. Itās about surviving it.
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3.25 āļø 3 š¶ Audiobook (duet) 4 āļø
"Snack-bitch." We love a foul-mouthed parrot. š¤£š¦
The sheer tension between Stella and Tyler was white-hot. And then you throw AJ into the mix... š„µ Tyler, Stella, and AJ together absolutely set the pages on fire. š„
Stellaās witty comebacks and her banter with Tyler had me laughing out loud, and her bird is officially the star of the show. Plus, getting those little glimpses of Josh and Ally was the perfect bonus. šš»āØ
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Game On (Into Darkness, #3)
Navessa Allen
Book three in the No.1 New York Times bestselling Into Darkness series, following the dark rom-com sensations Lights Out and Caught Up . The game is on for these enemies-to-lovers with laugh-out-loud banter and scorching-hot brat play.
I hate that woman.
Tyler Neumann has spent years looking for his father, and not because he wants to meet the man. No, he wants to destroy him. And he'll manipulate whoever he can to exact his revenge.
Including Stella McCormick. She's everything Tyler hates. Her wealth and privilege have protected her for her entire life, and Tyler thinks it's time she finally paid the price. Whether she's ready to or not.
I hate that man.
Stella might not believe in love at first sight, but loathing at first sight - no question. From the moment she sets eyes on Tyler in her tattoo parlor, she knows he's the devil planning to make her life hell.
Forced to play the part of his girlfriend and invite him into her family's glittering circles, Stella quickly clocks Tyler's ulterior motives. But love and hate are two sides of the same coin, and soon she doesn't know which is being blackmailed by a man who wants to ruin her, or that they can't seem to keep their hands off each other.
Game On is an enemies-to-lovers dark romance with morally grey characters. Some themes and scenes may be disturbing to readers. Please check the content warning at the beginning of the book.
Enemies-to-lovers
Forced proximity
Fake dating
Rom-com
Morally gray MMC
Black cat FMC
Blackmail
Kidnapping
Power imbalance
Age gap
Betrayal and redemption
Dark past
Revenge
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