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Mermaid Thighs

Mermaid Thighs

amy worcester
“Good morning, fam. This is my uncle Owen, everyone calls him Reese, because that’s his last name and the military is weird like that. He likes thick girls and freaky sex.”
Forty-three year old Helen is newly divorced and trying to find herself. For the first time in her life, she is not under the control of a man. With an absentee father, an abusive step-brother and a manipulative ex-husband, she's had the perfect trifecta of bad men.
Along with learning to live life on...
Fates Hands

Fates Hands

Lori Ameling
Hello, My name is Spare, yes as in a spare tire kinda thing. I'm not allowed to interact with the family unless they want to teach me a lesson. I know all the secrets of this pack.I don't think they are going to let me just leave either, I don't want to go missing like a lot of girls have been lately. It doesn't matter though because I have a plan to get out of here. That is until one night at work, I found a naked man lying on the floor in the room I was about to clean.
You know what they s...
Bitter Truth

Bitter Truth

Ekridah Éster
He killed her mother.
He killed her grandfather.
He went free.
If there's one thing twenty-five-year-old Lauren Burns knows, it's that she hates Aaron Spencer's guts.
The man was lower than a worm in her eyes and she didn't want to change her mind about him. She wanted to keep on despising the man who took her mom away from her.
That was until she met him.
Twenty years after the murders, both Aaron and Lauren now adults in their own lives, she comes face to face with Aaron Spencer, forcing...
Loathed by the Alpha

Loathed by the Alpha

SAN_2045
She was not his first choice.
But he is her Alpha.
Rose Williams presented as an Omega and has been hated by everyone around her for that. She's also reminded that she's worthless, a toy for Alphas every single day. Her only hope was to turn twenty-one and settle down with Zain, an Alpha who promised to love and cherish her.
Aiden Russo is a Pack Alpha-the cruellest one the Moonlight Pack has ever seen. If rumours were to believe he's ruthless, cold and doesn't care for omegas. To comp...
The Blood Moon's Heir

The Blood Moon's Heir

Laurie
The first day of school…actual school, and the jitters were kicking her tail. Though not in the literal sense.
For thirteen years, she’d been homeschooled at the behest of her mother. And now, after all of this time not being permitted around kids her age, unless she was serving them at her mother’s Inn and diner or the packhouse, she had to attend school with them; her...the outcast of Mystic Cove.
Taking deep breaths, Nel obsessively looked into the mirror, the girl’s nerves practically destr...
THE ALPHA'S ADDICTION

THE ALPHA'S ADDICTION

Holly Dominic
THE SEQUEL TO TAKE ME ALPHA 3 UPDATES A WEEK.
BLURB
ALPHA COLLINS
I'm addicted to her in the worst ways possible and even though nothing seems to be working in my favor right now, I would fight for her. Amidst the chaos that are my life now, she is the only thing keeping me sane and if this means losing my pack and my friends, then so be it.
Nadia Dela Fuente was mine.
Escorting Mr.Whittenberg

Escorting Mr.Whittenberg

MC Perry
“I know you wanted me to kiss you on the couch,” Drake growled before slamming his mouth down on Lydia’s.
Lydia let out a low moan against his mouth, allowing his tongue to enter into her mouth. Their tongues battled for dominance as Lydia ran her hands across Drake’s muscular arms.
Drake broke the kiss, leaving Lydia breathless.
“Do you want this?” He asked. His voice is low and throaty. Lydia could tell from his voice how turned on he was.
Lydia nodded shyly.
“Words Lydia,” Drake said...
Sabotaged at the Altar

Sabotaged at the Altar

Juniper Marlow
On her wedding day, she was deliberately sabotaged! And this was just the beginning of revenge...
Today was supposed to be the most important day of Vera Sinclair's life. White dress, flower arch, ready to marry fire captain Caleb Morrison, the love of her life.
But her booked makeup artist suddenly had an "emergency," replaced by a complete stranger.
The woman's eyes held pure malice, yet she disguised it perfectly. Rough technique, wrong shades, deliberate destruction—when Vera looked in the m...
The Satan Sniper's Motorcycle Club

The Satan Sniper's Motorcycle Club

shanrk
I was on the streets, until I wasn't. They took me, fed me, clothed me. For a time I was happy, until he came back. I had five years to accept his chains, my monster. He owned me, until I met the Enforcer of The Satan Snipers.
His name was Zero.
He wasn't just an enforcer. He was a stone blooded killer.
Meet the girl-
Beggar:-
I've never known a day of being normal or having a hot plate of food to eat. I don’t even know what it feels like to have a bath. The streets of Washington has b...
I am the Alpha

I am the Alpha

Blessing Agbede
Harlyn Sage always believed she was an ordinary girl—until the night her world was torn apart. Rejected by her pack during a brutal mating ritual, Harlyn discovers that she is far from ordinary. Born from the forbidden union of a powerful werewolf and a Gaia sorceress, Harlyn is a lupomancer, a being of immense, untapped potential that threatens to upend the delicate balance between werewolves and sorcery.
As Harlyn struggles to understand her newfound powers, she is drawn to the enigmatic Etha...
THE EIGHTEENTH DEATH

THE EIGHTEENTH DEATH

Marsh Media
Dr. Maya Cross, a 31-year-old medical examiner haunted by memory gaps from a Boston lab accident, has returned to her hometown only to find death following her. Seventeen bodies have crossed her autopsy table, all dying impossibly with crystallized blood, and now the same transformation creeps through her own veins. Kane Rivers arrives like salvation incarnate, a brilliant pharmaceutical researcher offering experimental treatments and the promise of survival. Their connection ignites instantly, ...
Rising of the Moon Claws

Rising of the Moon Claws

kajo
FBI Agent Luna Blackwood thought she'd left her past behind when she escaped the remote mountain town of Silver Ridge fifteen years ago. But when a series of brutal murders brings her back as lead investigator, she discovers the killer isn't just hunting randomly—they're targeting descendants of the town's founding families.
Each victim is found torn apart under the full moon, with mysterious claw marks that no earthly predator could make. The locals whisper about old legends and ancient curses,...
MOON-KISSED BLOOD

MOON-KISSED BLOOD

Christiana Mukyami
When mafia princess Aria Castellano wakes up with no memory in the arms of her family's deadliest enemy, she thinks she's been taken by a monster. She's half right. Kael Blackwood is the ruthless werewolf heir to a rival crime family who took her as payback - but he never expected her forgotten innocence to break through his walls. Years ago, she saved his life during a bloody attack that destroyed both their families. Now, with her memory gone and enemies from both the human and werewolf worlds...
Killing Divine

Killing Divine

Sheila
Special Agent Kathy Hastings arrives in Crisfield to investigate her sister Kimberly’s disappearance. Estranged for years, Kathy is surprised to learn Kimberly, now a beautiful blonde, is engaged to Hank Williamson, son of wealthy State Senator Henry Williamson II, with a wedding planned for October—a detail Kimberly never shared during their brief phone calls. Kathy, private herself, understands her sister’s secrecy but finds it odd given the prominence of the Williamson family.
Meeting the Wi...
The Last Verdict

The Last Verdict

kajo
Big-city defense attorney Marcus Kane returns to his small Southern hometown for family reasons, expecting a quiet new start. Instead, he inherits two explosive cases: a rich kid accused of murder and a poor teenager facing arson charges. Both swear they're innocent.
In a courthouse where acquittals come easy, Marcus expects quick wins. But as he digs deeper, he discovers his two cases are connected by secrets someone will kill to protect. In a town where everyone knows everyone's business, the ...
Whispers in the Static

Whispers in the Static

Hood Kripson
The city doesn’t sleep, it whispers.
Detective Rae Mercer has spent her life tuned to static. Her late father was a police radio operator, and the hum of dead frequencies was the soundtrack of her childhood. Now, those same whispers are back, hijacking radio towers across a rust-belt city and bleeding into murder scenes no one can trace.
Every broadcast brings a new body. Every frequency carries a hidden message. And when the killer’s voice begins to taunt her directly, Rae realizes the case i...
The Bone Orchard

The Bone Orchard

Hood Kripson
The town smiles with cider on its breath, but Detective Cass Ryder knows the soil is sour. Transferred from the city to farm country, she thought she was chasing small-town drunks and cattle rustlers — not graves planted like crops.
When teenagers stumble on a skull beneath the apple trees, the orchard answers with more bodies, each buried upright, each arranged with a farmer’s patience. Locals whisper about the Orchard Man, a ghost story Cass once laughed at. But as the pattern stretches back ...
Dark Inheritance

Dark Inheritance

Oba Abass
When Dr. Elena Voss inherits her estranged grandmother's Victorian mansion in the fog-shrouded town of Ravenshollow, she expects to settle the estate and leave. Instead, she discovers two disturbing cases that pull her into the town's dark heart: a missing child whose disappearance mirrors others from decades past, and a series of ritualistic symbols appearing throughout the house that seem to move on their own.
As Elena delves deeper into her family's occult legacy, she realizes the mansion isn...
Alpha And The Huntress

Alpha And The Huntress

Titus Mmaduabuchi
Ava Morales is a skilled hunter of supernatural creatures, especially werewolves, working under the secretive wing of the Catholic Church. Haunted by the death of her parents—killed by a werewolf—she dedicates her life to exterminating shifters. But when she encounters Ethan Blackwood, a powerful billionaire CEO who also happens to be a werewolf, her world is turned upside down.
Unlike the savage monsters she’s used to hunting, Ethan maintains near-perfect control over his inner wolf. Despite h...
In Love with My Ex's Father

In Love with My Ex's Father

ifocreatives
Mary Rose Bennett thought she had closed the door on heartbreak when her ex-fiancé walked out of her life. But when tragedy pulls her back to the small town she once fled, she finds herself face-to-face with the one man she should never want Thomas Gray, her ex’s father.
He’s older, powerful, and impossibly magnetic. A man wrapped in layers of grief and restraint, yet every stolen glance sets her skin on fire.
Drawn into his world of quiet wealth and simmering desire, Mary tries to resist the ...
Lust Under Interrogation

Lust Under Interrogation

Diya Adhikary
“Welcome to Oakhaven, Detective. Try not to let our quiet charm bore you to death.”
Rhys Kincaid, a cynical city detective exiled to a town draped in mist and polite whispers, snorted. “Quaintness doesn’t usually hide dead bodies, Officer Vance. And I prefer my cases with a little less smiles” His new partner, Officer Elara Vance, was all sharp wit and disarming smiles, a local golden girl he immediately found infuriatingly charming. Their clashes ignited a dangerous game, a verbal sparring tha...
THE MATE HE COULDN'T CLAIM

THE MATE HE COULDN'T CLAIM

henshawrichard
BLURB
She was his destined mate, his forbidden love, and the mother of a legacy they tried to kill.
When Adelina McKenna steps into the glittering world of werewolf billionaires, she expects answers but what she gets is betrayal. Rejected by her fated mate, Alpha Daxon Reyes, and cast out by the powerful Silver Fang Council, she's left to fend for herself in a world that sees her as nothing more than a mistake.
But Adelina is no mistake. Carrying a child marked by ancient power and driven by ...
Rogues Of Hell

Rogues Of Hell

KJ Dahlen
The most enthralling Chapter book yet…
When Cat is drawn back to Granite Falls, she has no idea she’s coming home. To face her past, she has to face the family that she didn’t know existed. But when the memories start returning, someone doesn’t want them to and her life is now in danger. But the MC her grandfather runs is also under attack by someone and they figure out it's all by the same person. But who is it that wants Cat dead and the MC gone? Secrets from the past are coming back and bein...
Cupid On East 89th Street

Cupid On East 89th Street

Duchess Z
“Promise me you’re not dangerous," I whispered.
He smiled. “I make no promises I can’t keep.”
Eliot is everything I shouldn’t want—smooth voice, slow hands, secrets buried behind those blue eyes. I’m just a receptionist with a loud mouth and a habit of falling too fast. But someone is killing again. Every 13th, killing only lawyers and leaving letters carved behind the ear.
They say love is blind. Mine might be fatal.
Because Eliot’s hiding something and I’m the girl who finds it and I reali...
Fighting Zephyrus - The Indomitable Alpha

Fighting Zephyrus - The Indomitable Alpha

Rituparna Darolia
Orphaned at birth, Lena Warrick spent twenty years locked away in a secluded academy, training to be a warrior. Her heart longed to be free, to escape far away from the village of Lucania! A strange force beckoned her, making her restless to escape!
Maybe it was an impossible dream!
She was the chosen Luna for Ajax, the future Alpha of the Luceres Pack. His father, Alpha Atticus, promised to divulge her identity only if she gave in.
There was no other way than to surrender.
However, on the eve...
SHADOWED HEIRESS, SILENT VOWS

SHADOWED HEIRESS, SILENT VOWS

Anietie Emmanson
Struggling intern Luna Hart agrees to a marriage-of-convenience with cold, enigmatic CEO Adrian Cole in exchange for financial relief. She hides her true identity as the missing heiress to the Hart Global conglomerate. Adrian only sees a beautiful, ambitious young woman who helps boost his business image.
But when Luna’s real identity is exposed, nothing is the same:
Her ruthless family claims her inheritance.
Adrian, once indifferent, is blindsided to learn he has already loved—and marri...

HÖRNY BOSS

HÖRNY BOSS

Sha Ron Mary
A 10-day contract. A dangerous obsession. A love that breaks all the rules.
Vera Santos thought she could survive ten days as her boss’s personal plaything. But Jackson Taylor is more than dominant, he’s damaged, dark, and devastatingly irresistible.
As lust turns into something deeper, secrets, stalkers, and betrayal threaten to destroy everything.
She wanted freedom. He wanted control. Neither expected love.
Now? Neither can live without it.
Twisted Lies

Twisted Lies

Nia Kas
Detective David Corbin is a man pushed to the edge. Obsessed with exposing the deep-seated corruption of Newport City, he chases a string of brutal murders that target powerful, untouchable figures. As the body count rises and the elusive Killer leaves a trail of precision and chilling justice, David's relentless pursuit unravels his sanity, turning his once brilliant mind against him. His only anchor, his compassionate partner Gracie Reed, stands by him, offering comfort through every sleepless...
SECRETS BENEATH THE WAVES

SECRETS BENEATH THE WAVES

Joy Daniel
When Maya Chen moved to the quiet beach town of Millbrook Bay, she thought she was getting away to peace. But 48 hours after she opens her private detective business, she finds a dead teenager on the beach and learns that this quiet town hides some very dangerous secrets. When people in the area tell her to stop digging and strange things start to happen, Maya has to use all of her detective skills to find out what's going on. But as she digs deeper, she finds that Millbrook Bay is linked to her...
Touched By Fangs

Touched By Fangs

ogaga3017
His fingers crawled down from my shoulders to my waist like he was going through an art piece, but was breathing heavily at the same time.
“Thalia…” his breath touched my left ear. “Our bond isn't just about instinct…”
I pulled him off me, stepping back into the room. “Jaden, I'm human, and you're a werewolf. A bind cannot exist between us.”
“And does that matter?”
“It… it should.”
He pulled me back into his arms, and our lips engaged in a kiss, his scent of fresh grass waffling through my ...
Ride or Wreck, a biker, stepbrother romance

Ride or Wreck, a biker, stepbrother romance

Kerry Kennedy Author kennedy
They were never meant to share a home — now they’re fighting to share a heart.
When fierce and untouchable Ekaterina “Throttle Kitty” Volkova, the only female rider in the Black Vultures MC, is forced to leave her Russian chapter and lay low in California, the last place she wants to end up is under the same roof as the arrogant, inked-up bastard her mother just married into.
Jett "Maverick" Callahan, notorious for leaving chaos in his wake, rides with the Devil's Reign MC — and isn’t thrilled...
What the Heart Wants

What the Heart Wants

FM Publishing
Loving him will cost them everything…
Not loving him will cost more.
Derek has one goal: survive high school without drawing too much attention or pissing off his pack’s alpha.
As the youngest son of the alpha, his life is governed by lycan hierarchy, tradition, and politics. With no signs of awakening a lycan spirit, his only value is what he can do for the pack’s image. He knows he’s only ever one misstep away from exile… or worse.
Then, he finds a boy trapped in a locker on orientation d...
Her Popular Boy

Her Popular Boy

petersmay808
Lunch passed in a flash, and before I knew it, we were heading back to classes. Realizing I had forgotten a book in my locker, I hurried off to retrieve it. As I leaned against the locker beside mine, checking my schedule which was taped to the locker door, I felt warm breath brush against my cheek.
"Excuse me."
Startled, I jumped and, in my surprise, flung the heavy calculus textbook I was holding backward. A grunt followed, and I turned around to see the person behind me now doubled over, cl...
The Sweetest Lie In The Dark

The Sweetest Lie In The Dark

ummuenterprises
"The first girl died in L.A. The second washed up at my feet."
I came to Seabridge Bay to escape the blood on my hands.
As a former LAPD detective, I was done chasing shadows—until the murders followed me with the same ritual, same signs and same nightmare.
That's when I met Damien Cross—a quiet contractor with haunted eyes and dangerous hands. He calms the storm in my head, touches me like he’s the only one who could ever do that…
But, what if he’s not saving me? What if he’s the one I need...
Betting on Bambi

Betting on Bambi

Taylor Ashcraft
Raelynn Hazelwood lived in the shadow of life. Bullied for her looks, quietness, and odd outlook on life, she spent most of her time at home taking care of her deaf brother and sick mother.
A year ago, a break in took her mother’s life, and while they chalked it up to a burglary gone wrong; Raelynn doesn’t buy it.
Secretly, she plans to find out what went wrong, while attending college, and working towards giving her little brother a better life in the hope that they can get away from their a...
No One Is Guilty Here

No One Is Guilty Here

ADEYEMI AZEEZ OLUWASEYI
A house burns in the dead of night. A boy screams from inside. Another is arrested on the spot. But neither of them set that fire.
Weeks earlier, Nathan Rourke, a worn-out defense attorney from the city, returned to Hollow Creek—his haunted Southern hometown—after his brother’s sudden death. What was supposed to be a temporary visit becomes permanent when he uncovers chilling truths about the town he left behind.
Nathan takes on two high-profile cases: Elijah Moore, a wealthy teen accused of m...
ELIZABETH & SEBASTIAN

ELIZABETH & SEBASTIAN

Glory Abubakar
“You are hurting me, sir.”
Elizabeth screamed and pushed his hands away but he tightened his grip around her.
“I will touch you whenever I want, you don't have a say, understand!”
Sabastian Shelby was a two-faced billionaire as he was sweet to people outside but cold to his wife.
Elizabeth Reign has always wanted to be a hematopathologist so she could find the cure for her brother's illness that killed her father.
But out of lack of money and support, she had to kill her dreams to support h...
Beneath The Texas Sky

Beneath The Texas Sky

Anna Maeve
When 19 year old Jordyn Hayes arrives in the small Texas town of Willow Creek, she's looking to disappear and not be found. Scarred by a loveless childhood and abusive father, she doesn't believe in happy endings or anyone sticking around. But then she meets Dustin Walker, a 27 year old army veteran with kind eyes, calloused hands, and a heart full of hope.
Dustin knows the moment he sees her that she's the one. But Jordyn has walls even combat couldn't prepare him for. As summer heats up, so d...
SINISTER ACADEMY

SINISTER ACADEMY

Antonia Rovayo
Katy Riley hoped the prestigious local academy would be a sanctuary for her six-year-old son, John, offering a fresh start after a painful divorce. Renowned for its excellence, the school promised safety and stability. But beneath its polished facade, something is terribly wrong.
Barred from entering the school grounds and unsettled by the iron bars on classroom windows, Katy grows uneasy. John returns home drained, his memories of the day eerily blank, and strange marks mar his small arms. T...
Twice Touched

Twice Touched

Januar Storm
Eden Quinn has always played it safe—quiet, polite, painfully untouched. At 25, she’s still a virgin, living in the shadow of her vibrant older sister and a past she never quite escaped. But when she returns to her coastal hometown for Harper’s wedding, everything changes—starting with one drunken confession at a backyard BBQ: she’s still a virgin… and she’s tired of it.
When Lilies Bloom

When Lilies Bloom

Sato Carim
When Lilies Bloom is a tender contemporary romance about second chances, forgiveness, and the courage to stay when it’s easier to run.
Ten years ago, Isla fled Greenridge — a quaint town wrapped in memories she couldn’t bear to keep. She left behind her late grandmother’s ivy-covered house, a wild garden of lilies they once tended together, and Jonas Hale, the boy who loved her enough to let her go.
When Isla returns to Greenridge after her grandmother’s passing, it’s only meant to be temporar...
Everything I did to have you

Everything I did to have you

Ojomichaels Crosson
He doesn’t know I watched him for years.
Not from afar. Not casually.
Obsession isn’t casual.
I was fourteen the first time I saw him.
He was eighteen, beautiful, untouchable, everything I decided I needed.
So I made a plan.
I befriended his brother.
I won his mother’s trust.
I moved into his orbit so seamlessly, he never questioned it.
Now, I’m his wife.
He calls it fate.
He tells people we were meant to be.
But he doesn’t know the truth was designed.
He doesn’t know about the notes.
The m...
I've Always Been Yours: A Rejected Omega Novel

I've Always Been Yours: A Rejected Omega Novel

Abby Ferns
"You're going to meet your mate someday." I whispered.
"Olivia."
I forced a smile and lifted my head. "And it's fine. I'll be rooting for you all the way."
He cut me off with a soft "Liv."
I blinked away my tears. "No, listen to me. We need to accept that this won't last forever. You could find her on your next trip out of town, and I'll be forgotten."
I swallowed the lump formed in my throat. "I just hope we'll still be friends."
His face twisted in pain as he rested his forehead against mine, ...
How To Love A Hockey God

How To Love A Hockey God

Kim Moon
"Be my girlfriend,"Ryder said, his voice low and lazy.
"Obviously it's fake. We pretend to be a couple... make sure Caleb goes completely crazy."
Lila Palmer never expected her senior year to start with heartbreak. She moved to Blackridge High for love—only to walk in on her boyfriend kissing another girl on her first day. His excuse? "It was just a dare."
Humiliated and done with trusting boys, Lila wants nothing more than to disappear. But then comes Ryder Black: captain of the hockey team, br...

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