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Souls and Sorrows (Monsters & Muses, #5)
Sav R. Miller
From USA Today bestselling author Sav R. Miller comes a marriage of convenience romance inspired by the Eros and Psyche myth.
Cash Primrose takes his namesake seriously. As a successful environmental lawyer, work is his focus, and he has no room on his plate for anything else. That is, until an ex-ballerina gets herself into a bind at an underground auction, and he becomes so enamored with her that he ends up placing a bid.
A quarter of a billion dollars later, and suddenly Cash is married to more than just his career. Not to mention, his new wife is a complete nightmare.
As the middle daughter of a once-prominent crime family, and her motherâs former punching bag, Ariana Ricci is no stranger to grappling for control. She relies on seduction and violence to get what she wants, and thinks her new husband will be just as easy to manipulate as the men sheâs used to dealing with.
Only, Cash is different. He wonât touch Ariana, doesnât retaliate when she lashes out in anger, and, in spite of their temporary status, sticks up for her when he could just let her get into trouble.
He isnât exactly kind, but perhaps the stoic, secretive lawyer is precisely what she needs to start healing once and for all.
Souls and Sorrows is a dark romance inspired by the myth of Eros and Psyche. It contains material not suitable for all audiences. Reader discretion is advised. Please see author's website for detailed list of content warnings.
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Souls and Sorrows (Monsters & Muses, #5)
Sav R. Miller
From USA Today bestselling author Sav R. Miller comes a marriage of convenience romance inspired by the Eros and Psyche myth.
Cash Primrose takes his namesake seriously. As a successful environmental lawyer, work is his focus, and he has no room on his plate for anything else. That is, until an ex-ballerina gets herself into a bind at an underground auction, and he becomes so enamored with her that he ends up placing a bid.
A quarter of a billion dollars later, and suddenly Cash is married to more than just his career. Not to mention, his new wife is a complete nightmare.
As the middle daughter of a once-prominent crime family, and her motherâs former punching bag, Ariana Ricci is no stranger to grappling for control. She relies on seduction and violence to get what she wants, and thinks her new husband will be just as easy to manipulate as the men sheâs used to dealing with.
Only, Cash is different. He wonât touch Ariana, doesnât retaliate when she lashes out in anger, and, in spite of their temporary status, sticks up for her when he could just let her get into trouble.
He isnât exactly kind, but perhaps the stoic, secretive lawyer is precisely what she needs to start healing once and for all.
Souls and Sorrows is a dark romance inspired by the myth of Eros and Psyche. It contains material not suitable for all audiences. Reader discretion is advised. Please see author's website for detailed list of content warnings.
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Scorpion Deep
C.G. Drews
CG Drews, New York Times-bestselling author of Don't Let the Forest In and Hazelthorn, weaves a disturbing and intoxicating siren-call in Scorpion Deep, about a lonely boy who accidentally awakens an obsessive eldritch sea god.The only thing Jonathan Covey wants from the gloomy, moldering isle of Kelcarrow is to leave it. Summer is ending, and his friends are looking forward to college on the mainland, unaware that Jonathan was not accepted to join them. He'll be left behind with nothing but the ocean's haunts and a rising dread of being abandoned.In an act of wild desperation, Jonathan pays a tithe to Scorpion Deep, an eldritch sea god who many of the locals have dismissed as myth. He wants to forget the past, he wants to follow his friends, and most of all he wants to finally escape.To his shock and horror, the ritual worksâScorpion Deep awakens. And despite his terror, Jonathan can't help but feel drawn toward the ageless entity that seems just as mutually obsessed with him. As scales start growing down his spine and Scorpion Deep's adoration of him turns bloody, Jonathan realizes the only way to end the nightmare is to destroy the monster one way or another.But once a god has awoken, the only way to be free is to pay a price of blood.
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Scorpion Deep
C.G. Drews
CG Drews, New York Times-bestselling author of Don't Let the Forest In and Hazelthorn, weaves a disturbing and intoxicating siren-call in Scorpion Deep, about a lonely boy who accidentally awakens an obsessive eldritch sea god.The only thing Jonathan Covey wants from the gloomy, moldering isle of Kelcarrow is to leave it. Summer is ending, and his friends are looking forward to college on the mainland, unaware that Jonathan was not accepted to join them. He'll be left behind with nothing but the ocean's haunts and a rising dread of being abandoned.In an act of wild desperation, Jonathan pays a tithe to Scorpion Deep, an eldritch sea god who many of the locals have dismissed as myth. He wants to forget the past, he wants to follow his friends, and most of all he wants to finally escape.To his shock and horror, the ritual worksâScorpion Deep awakens. And despite his terror, Jonathan can't help but feel drawn toward the ageless entity that seems just as mutually obsessed with him. As scales start growing down his spine and Scorpion Deep's adoration of him turns bloody, Jonathan realizes the only way to end the nightmare is to destroy the monster one way or another.But once a god has awoken, the only way to be free is to pay a price of blood.
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I absolutely love that the baby dragon universe has expanded even more. Genevieve, like her brother Danny, wants to dragon race The problem her father forbids it. Not caring and wanting to fulfill her lifelong dream. Genevieve becomes more enamored with the racing world and all the dangers and excitement it offers.
I loved this one so much and how for another one. Thanks Netgalley and Harper360 for this eARC.
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Rider of Dragons
Aamna Qureshi
đ DRAGONS. RACING. ROMANCE. đShe 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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Rider of Dragons
Aamna Qureshi
đ DRAGONS. RACING. ROMANCE. đShe 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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This was a first for me by the author and I absolutely loved it. The dark themes were handled well and I absolutely loved Briar as a character. I also loved this as a non binary person and as someone who loved dark academia.
Briar finally gets the chance to go to the Temple school of Thaumaturgy but as an employee instead of a student they stumble upon secrets both good and bad. As Briar looks into these claims and secrets they discover the academy is a lot more sinister than they thought. A first for me by the author I loved it and can't wait to read more of Crouchers work. Thanks Nerdfam and Harper Voyager for sending me this copy.
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A Parade of Horribles
Matt Dinniman
Itâs off to the races in the explosive eighth book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series.
As chaos and mass panic spread outside the dungeon in the wake of Faction Wars, Carl and Donut find themselves on the tenth floor, where theyâre forced to compete in a surprisingly normal set of tasks. Well, normal for the dungeon.
Races. Get from point A to point B, and donât come in last. After each race, they pick an upgrade for their vehicle and the track gets more challenging. It all seems a little too normal, a little too simple.
Ignore those strange glitches that are occurring with increasing frequency. Donât listen to those whispers about whatâs happening on the mysterious eleventh floor, something the system AI calls A Parade of Horribles. Nobody, not even the showrunners, knows what that means. Just that the AI has ominously dubbed it âa coming-out party for the ages.â
Everything is fine, Crawler. I repeat, everything is fine.
Carl hates that itâs business as usual. The rules of this floor have taken away his agency. That just will not do.
So Carl is planning a party of his own. Itâs a plan so dangerous, so insane, he canât even consult his friends lest the AI put a stop to it. Because if it goes wrong, itâs not just the end of Carl and Donut. No. The stakes are higher than theyâve ever been.
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A Parade of Horribles
Matt Dinniman
Itâs off to the races in the explosive eighth book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series.
As chaos and mass panic spread outside the dungeon in the wake of Faction Wars, Carl and Donut find themselves on the tenth floor, where theyâre forced to compete in a surprisingly normal set of tasks. Well, normal for the dungeon.
Races. Get from point A to point B, and donât come in last. After each race, they pick an upgrade for their vehicle and the track gets more challenging. It all seems a little too normal, a little too simple.
Ignore those strange glitches that are occurring with increasing frequency. Donât listen to those whispers about whatâs happening on the mysterious eleventh floor, something the system AI calls A Parade of Horribles. Nobody, not even the showrunners, knows what that means. Just that the AI has ominously dubbed it âa coming-out party for the ages.â
Everything is fine, Crawler. I repeat, everything is fine.
Carl hates that itâs business as usual. The rules of this floor have taken away his agency. That just will not do.
So Carl is planning a party of his own. Itâs a plan so dangerous, so insane, he canât even consult his friends lest the AI put a stop to it. Because if it goes wrong, itâs not just the end of Carl and Donut. No. The stakes are higher than theyâve ever been.
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This Inevitable Ruin
Matt Dinniman
The time has come! Book seven in the bestselling Dungeon Crawler Carl series is here!
They call it Faction Wars.
The ninth floor.
Nine armies, each led by rich and powerful aliens from across the galaxy. Each team has one objective: to capture and hold the castle at the very center of the battlefield. Strategy, alliances, pitched battles, and, of course, betrayal... It all makes for great fun and even greater television.
After all, none of these powerful aliens really die when theyâre playing war.
Except this time. This time, winner takes all. Those who fall, stay in the ground.
As the AI continues its rapid decline, Carl and company take advantage of the chaos. For the first time ever, the crawlers are fighting back. They are now one of the nine teams. And this season, thereâs a tenth army on the playing field. The NPCs, who are normally used as nothing but cannon fodder, have become fully self-aware and formed a team of their own.
For Donut and Katia, the stakes are even higher. Only one of them will be allowed to leave this level.
If they all want to survive, theyâre going to need a little help from a veteran or two.
This is it.
This is what theyâve been fighting toward.
This is war.
This inevitable ruin.
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