The Paris Apartment

Lucy Foley

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List comes a new locked room mystery, set in a Paris apartment building in which every resident has something to hide… Jess needs a fresh start. She’s broke and alone, and she’s just left her job under less than ideal circumstances. Her half-brother Ben didn’t sound thrilled when she asked if she could crash with him for a bit, but he didn’t say no, and surely everything will look better from Paris. Only when she shows up – to find a very nice apartment, could Ben really have afforded this? – he’s not there. The longer Ben stays missing, the more Jess starts to dig into her brother’s situation, and the more questions she has. Ben’s neighbors are an eclectic bunch, and not particularly friendly. Jess may have come to Paris to escape her past, but it’s starting to look like it’s Ben’s future that’s in question. The socialite – The nice guy – The alcoholic – The girl on the verge – The concierge Everyone’s a neighbor. Everyone’s a suspect. And everyone knows something they’re not telling.

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Vengeful Gods

Elliott Rose

In this story, there are three beasts and I am their blood debt owed. The Anguis, a secret society of power-hungry individuals, have long controlled Port Macabre from their seat at Noire House. A place where the wealthy rub shoulders and chase hedonistic pleasures. However, behind the mansion’s facade lies a poisonous, hidden underworld. With my father now gone, I am the sole heir to Noire House. They wanted his head, instead, these ruthless men settled for taking me. I thought I had successfully escaped the curse of my bloodline, but I’ve been dragged back into the devious, twisted world of the Anguis. To protect the ones I love, I must allow these men to parade me around and claim me as theirs. Locked away in their remote, forest-bound fortress, I am nothing more than a possession to control. To them, my life–and future–represents payment in kind and vengeance they’ve been denied. In the world of the Anguis, death is the only way out, and these men are handsome grim reapers dressed in fine suits. But as their heated looks and rough, blood-stained hands become more alluring each day, giving in to their games becomes a temptation I can’t avoid. Lines are blurred and longing spills over as I quickly find myself craving their darkness. I can’t succumb to three beautiful monsters… Can I? Vengeful Gods is a MMFM Why Choose/Reverse Harem Dark Revenge Romance (with MF, MM, and group scenes) 18+ Expect a hot, gritty, bisexual, enemies to lovers romance, with ruthless, morally gray, poly love interests. This book contains themes and scenarios common in dark romance. Please check the author’s website for CWs.

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The Poison Daughter

Sheila Masterson

To err is human. To avenge is Divine. Every person Harlow Carrenwell kisses dies immediately, and that’s the way she likes it. The poison-lipped youngest daughter of Lunameade’s magical founding family has used her power to annihilate their opposition. Her first husband is in the ground. Her new betrothed is next. But the merry widow has a secret. When she’s not acting as an assassin at her parents' whims, she moonlights as a vigilante for abused women in their walled-off city. Meet a man. Lure him in. Kill him with a kiss. Until one night Harlow kisses a mark and he doesn’t die. Worse, her invincible partner in passion is her new betrothed, Henry Havenwood, and now he knows about her double life. Instead of selling her out and bringing the rival families to blows, he does something much more sinister—whisks her away to wed in his wild mountain fort. Harlow doesn’t trust Henry, but the only way to protect her family and the city of Lunameade is to figure out what his family is planning. Cursed with a husband she can’t kill and trapped in a fort miles of vampire-infested woods from home, Harlow’s survival requires her to do the Make the man who knows she’s a killer fall in love with her anyway. The Poison Daughter is a standalone dark fantasy romance that combines the vigilante justice for abusive men of Promising Young Woman with a romantasy arranged marriage and a dash of vampires.

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Vengeful Gods

Elliott Rose

In this story, there are three beasts and I am their blood debt owed. The Anguis, a secret society of power-hungry individuals, have long controlled Port Macabre from their seat at Noire House. A place where the wealthy rub shoulders and chase hedonistic pleasures. However, behind the mansion’s facade lies a poisonous, hidden underworld. With my father now gone, I am the sole heir to Noire House. They wanted his head, instead, these ruthless men settled for taking me. I thought I had successfully escaped the curse of my bloodline, but I’ve been dragged back into the devious, twisted world of the Anguis. To protect the ones I love, I must allow these men to parade me around and claim me as theirs. Locked away in their remote, forest-bound fortress, I am nothing more than a possession to control. To them, my life–and future–represents payment in kind and vengeance they’ve been denied. In the world of the Anguis, death is the only way out, and these men are handsome grim reapers dressed in fine suits. But as their heated looks and rough, blood-stained hands become more alluring each day, giving in to their games becomes a temptation I can’t avoid. Lines are blurred and longing spills over as I quickly find myself craving their darkness. I can’t succumb to three beautiful monsters… Can I? Vengeful Gods is a MMFM Why Choose/Reverse Harem Dark Revenge Romance (with MF, MM, and group scenes) 18+ Expect a hot, gritty, bisexual, enemies to lovers romance, with ruthless, morally gray, poly love interests. This book contains themes and scenarios common in dark romance. Please check the author’s website for CWs.

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Where the Dragons Sleep (The Erilonne Trilogy Book 1)

Iris Rivera

When King Émeric struck down the last Dragon King of the corrupt Shadow Court, the Realm of Ilion spiraled towards an uncertain future. In his final moments, the Dragon King placed a curse on the Old Kingdom, so that anyone who ventured in to retrieve the crown of Ilion and take its power for themselves, would suffer from incurable madness. Two centuries have passed since the war and Adeline, a royal guard in the capital city of Caldera, has clawed her way to an elite position as a Keeper despite her status as a Halfling Fae. She possesses the unusual ability to find and eliminate the Shades, the shadow demons spawned by the Curse that still strangles Ilion. This ability, however, stems from the deadly magic that runs in her family, and she must be wary of drawing unwanted attention to it. Especially when she is under the command of the General of Ilion, who seems prepared to challenge her at every turn. When her best friend vanishes on a mission to retrieve the crown and break the curse, details about the history she’s been taught begin to transform before her eyes. Forced to confront dark realities about her own powers, Adeline must navigate a treacherous path, balancing her duty to the realm with her own survival if she’s going to save her friend. Aided by a mysterious queen and an ancient warrior race, Adeline and the General form a precarious alliance as they delve deeper into the secrets of the past. She must decide how much she’s willing to sacrifice in order to discover what the Gods and the Fates have in store for them all.

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Dominion

Jean Kwok

A woman with no past. A warrior with no future. Their love could save the world—or burn it down. Fourth Wing—by way of Chinese mythology—meets The Hunger Games in a perilous world where a young woman with no memory and little magic may hold the key to uniting the Dominions and saving the mortal realm, from the New York Times bestselling author of Read with Jenna pick Searching for Sylvie Lee and Girl in Translation. In a world divided into four rival Dominions, power is everything—and Rubi Morningtail has almost none. Three years after the Annihilation destroyed her homeland and shattered her memories, she lives as an Azure refugee in the Dominion of the Silver Tyger, scraping by as a ribbon dancer and hiding her little bit of singing magic. When she wounds a massive battle tyger on her doorstep, she draws the notice of Blake Axefire—supreme metal mage, leader of the royal tyger warriors, and the last man an Azure should trust. His sentence? Cast her into the Bonding, a brutal trial where tygers choose their riders and slaughter the rest. Surviving is unthinkable. But survive she does. Now she’s stuck on Blake’s elite team racing to reseal the Anchors to the demon realm. With rebels striking, demons rising, and the Dominions at each other’s throats, Rubi must unlock the truth of her magic and her past…while resisting her dangerous attraction to the ruthless warrior who could be her redemption—or her ruin.

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Haunt Me, Maybe

E.M. Rinaldi

Aven Ashwood just wants one thing: a quiet place to hide. After barely escaping the warlock who slaughtered her family, she’s pretending to be human while hiding in the small town of Amber Grove; keeping her illusion magic buried and her familiar—a giant, snarky toad named Fenn—on stealth duty. Everything’s going according to plan…until the attic room she rents turns out to have a tenant. A very loud, very grumpy ghost. Wes Hale has been haunting the Harvest Hill Inn since the 1950s, when a séance meant to debunk magic left him permanently dead and permanently annoyed. He doesn’t trust witches—especially not the stubborn, lavender-haired kind who can see him, touch him, and refuses to move out. She wants peace. He wants her gone. Too bad they can’t stay away from each other. As autumn settles over the town and shadows from Aven’s past creep closer, her fragile illusions begin to unravel—and Wes’s ghostly magic reacts to hers in ways neither of them can explain. Working together might be the only way to survive the warlock hunting her… But every spark between them makes it harder to remember that one of them isn’t alive.

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Rider of Dragons

Aamna Qureshi

🐉 DRAGONS. RACING. ROMANCE. 🐉She wants to race dragons Genevieve's family is dead set against her joining the deadly dragon races. But she won't let them stop her. He's the trainer she doesn't want, but needs Without her family's money, nobody will train her. Desperate for help, she agrees to a terrible Qais, a member of a dragon poaching gang, will train her to win the races, if she agrees to give him her prize money. Every race could be their last The dragon races aren't just about being the fastest. In these races, sabotage, attacks and all out violence are all legal. Qais will teach her to be cunning and cruel, and Genevieve will be forced to answer a devastating to win, is she willing to lose everything? THE FIRST PART OF A DARK AND THRILLING ROMANTASY DUOLOGY FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BABY DRAGON CAFE

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The Baby Dragon Café

Aamna Qureshi

***Pre-order this cosy romance now!*** The perfect read for fans of Pumpkin Spice Café and Legends and Lattes! When Saphira opened up her café for baby dragons and their humans, she wasn’t expecting it to be so difficult to keep the fires burning. It turns out, young dragons are not the best magical animals to keep in a café, and replacing all that burnt furniture is costing Saphira more than she can afford from selling dragon-roasted coffee. Aiden is a local gardener, and local heart-throb, more interested in his plants than actually spending time with his disobedient baby dragon. When Aiden walks into Saphira’s café, he has a genius idea – he'll ask Saphira to train his baby dragon, and he'll pay her enough to keep the café afloat. Saphira’s happy-go-lucky attitude doesn’t seem to do anything but irritate the grumpy-but-gorgeous Aiden, except that everywhere she goes, she finds him there. But can this dragon café owner turn her fortunes around, and maybe find love along the way?

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This Wretched Alchemy

Tina Mars

BETRAYAL. In a fractured realm ruled by warring noble Houses and the tyrannical Prime, the most coveted power lies in god-shards - divine fragments that grant extraordinary abilities to those who possess them. Revel’s brother was murdered in pursuit of one. A DEADLY GAME. For avenging him, Revel’s life is on the line. Forced into a treacherous bargain, she must compete in the Call - a bloody contest of heirs vying for the throne - on behalf of her enemies, and assassinate the realm’s most formidable alchemist, the Warbringer. Victory means her family’s freedom. Failure means death. A MONSTROUS POWER. The Prime sets the heirs on a brutal race to find the god-shard that could shift the balance of the realms. Everyone wants the win, but Revel just wants the kill. Except, the Warbringer isn’t the monster she was promised. Bound by secrets of his own, he is as dangerous as he is disarming. With betrayals mounting and desire warring with duty, Revel must decide who to trust in a game where even the gods have their favorites. This Wretched Alchemy by Tina Mars is a dark, slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romantasy where love and loyalty become the very weapons that could destroy everything. A LOVE THAT CAN CUT DEEPER THAN ANY BLADE.

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Flame to Frost (The Last Tritan #1)

Myra Danvers

Sheltered in the lap of luxury, Mila is eighteen when her world dissolves in flames around her. War. A utopia swallowed in a single night. Orphaned and alone, terrified of being captured, Mila flees the conquerors who have come to claim. To snatch up those gifted few called priestess―Tritan women born with magic in their blood. They are healers. Peacekeepers bound and chained, used as living batteries, they become the fuel that feeds the Caledonian army and creates unstoppable warriors. The elite. Warmongers. Dogs of the state, they are the perfect soldiers―everything a Tritan priestess isn't, wielding power that does not belong to them. But Mila is an enigma. A priestess hidden from her own people, hers is a secret her father died to keep. One Mila will use to fight from the shadows, striking against the empire in any way she can. An army of one, with the power of many... Until she is betrayed. Captured. Sold. To Captain Asher Rawlings. Captor. Villain. Elite. Even without a priestess of his own, Asher's power lashes at her senses. Dark flames lapping at her nape, whispering of untapped potential Mila didn't think possible. Helpless, subject to Asher's every whim, Mila is made to obey his every sordid command. Left with nothing but her secret. That she is a Tritan priestess―the one thing he needs to seize a legendary power that could tip the scales of the war and ensure an everlasting Caledonian rule. Now Mila must navigate a world of villains and political conspiracy, endure anything Asher throws her way, and above all else... never reveal what she is.

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A Beastologist's Field Notes of Fated Affection (Academics of Eldoria #1)

K.M. Gordon

She’s the rigid workaholic. He’s the insufferable troublemaker. Cerise Thornheart has one goal: to become dean at the prestigious university where she teaches. When she’s invited to join a team on an expedition to research wildlife in a remote jungle, she jumps at the chance. But when her original partner falls ill, he is replaced with the rogue disaster, Doctor Pendragon. Liam Pendragon lives life by the seat of his pants. Sick of the deadlines, paperwork and confines of rigorous academia, he’s itching to get out of his oppressive office. When he receives a last-minute invitation to fill-in for a colleague on a research trip, he’s thrilled. Until he learns he will be partnering with the uptight and tenacious Doctor Thornheart. As irritation ensues, Liam and Cerise must set their differences aside and learn to get along if they have any chance of making it through their trip, especially when unforeseen circumstances leave them stranded in the jungle. Together...alone. A Beastologist’s Field Notes of Fated Affection is a cozy, spicy, fantasy romcom with a black cat/golden retriever romance, hilarious jungle adventures and a guaranteed happily ever after.

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Fundamentals of Being a Good Girl

Julie Murphy

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Murphy and USA Today bestselling author Sierra Simone comes a brand-new college town raunch-com about a sexy single dad professor and a feisty law school grad turned nanny in this steamy tale of Academic Affairs… Class is in session. Maddie Kowalczk is ready to be a bad girl. When the rookie lecturer lands at Astra University, she’s looking to start fresh after a messy breakup. But her first night in town takes a twist when she bumps into Bram Loe—a reserved but incredibly handsome single dad she (not so accidentally) stole a parking spot from earlier that day. The unspoken chemistry as he locks eyes with her while she gets a birthday spanking at a local bar is hotter than a Bunsen burner at full flame. Bram is looking for a break from his hectic life as an ecology professor and dad to rambunctious twins and a busy teenager. So when his college friend’s divorce celebration brings him face-to-face with the same delectable brat who stole his parking spot, he’s ready for a night to remember. But the next morning, Bram’s world turns upside down (and that’s not just the hangover talking). His new nanny? None other than Maddie, who also happens to be the new poli-sci adjunct at the university where he teaches.  Maddie is desperate and broke, so when Bram offers her a raise and the chance to set some ground rules, she can’t say no. As the two settle into their new roles, the normally unruffled Bram finds that no one riles him up like Maddie does, which is a problem when every argument feels like foreplay. Of course, Bram is an educator first and foremost, and he very quickly finds he can’t resist the temptation of instructing Maddie in the fundamentals of being a good girl.  And it turns out Maddie’s a hands-on learner… TROPES Single DadNanny x BossNew Adult Romance

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