The month of love has some fabulous news coming your way.
NEW RELEASES
The Solace of Sharp Claws
Lana Pecherczyk
Book 2, Season of the Wolf, Fae Guardians
Release date: 6 December 2021
Sharp claws keep you safe.
That’s the brutal lesson Thorne learned as a young wolf-shifter. Abandoned as a child, singled out by an evil uncle, and then forced to work for the ruthless Order of the Well, Thorne’s anger was a weapon as much as his claws. Now a vicious Fae Guardian, he hunts monsters, the human enemy, and anything that gets in his way. On a mission to find his missing mentor, Thorne finds himself suddenly mated to Laurel, a beautiful, driven, but damaged human awoken from a time long since past.
A forced marriage is something neither of them want.
But everything they need.
Spending time with her teaches him that arm’s length might not be a good thing. Learning to love will mean scratching the surface of both their souls, revealing truths more painful than any wound. If he can get past the hurt, the pain, and the pride, Thorne will find a new use for his claws... to bury deep and never let her go.
But when a dark figure from Laurel's past catches up with her, it's not Thorne's claws in question. It's hers. If he can't stop her from exacting bitter revenge, she'll cost him the safety of his mentor and perhaps trigger a war. If he can learn to put his angry past behind him, open his heart and trust new friends, he just might be rewarded with more than an advantage in their ongoing war. He'll find love.
Kings of Eden
Mila Young and Harper A. Brooks
Released: 27 January
Four demons for Christmas? It pays to be naughty.
Being the Queen of Hell has its perks... Like having four sexy demon lovers at your beck and call, and the power of the underworld at your fingertips.
It has its downsides too, like everyone trying to kill you for your throne. And that includes Krampus.
But when the winter demon steals someone close to me, my family and Christmas are thrown into the fire.
Looks like it's time to rain Hell on this Hallmark holiday.
There's a snowball's chance in Hell I'll let anyone take what's mine.
A holiday epilogue novella with a little bit of sugar, spice, and A LOT of sin. Don’t wait for Santa. Grab your copy now!
Snowball’s Chance in Hell is a book Holiday Special Edition of the Sin Demons Series.
Wild Soul
Mila Young and C.R. Jane
Book 5, Kingdom of Wolves
Released: 27 January
Wild Heart
Mila Young and C.R. Jane
Book 9, Kingdom of Wolves
Released: 14 January in audio format
Real Wolves Bite continues....
I ran from my fated mate. I drove to the middle of nowhere, where I thought I'd be safe. And somehow, I ended up here.
Amarok has secrets. And it's a town filled with shifters. The very thing I've been trying to get away from.
My arrival has shattered the fragile peace this town's had for the last century. War is coming between the two packs, and only I seem to have the ability to stop it.
The two alphas in the town are determined to have me. But a killer wants the very same thing.
Me? I just want whatever's inside of me to be released.
Like Wilder and Daxon, I carry my own secrets, ones that make it impossible for my fated mate to let me go.
They call me wild....
But I just want to be free.
Emperor
Anna Hackett
Book 2, Galactic Kings
Released: 18 January
When an experimental starship test goes horribly wrong, a scientist from Earth finds herself fighting for her survival, and her only lifeline is a wild, powerful alien king.
Waking on an alien world, wracked by pain, Dr. Poppy Ellison is confused and adrift…until his voice calls to her in the darkness. The big, wild, enthralling man reveals that she’s been infected and is turning into an alien shapeshifter. Poppy has always been smart, practical, and boring, but with her entire life turned upside down, there is no one she can trust…except for this alien wolf.
Emperor Brodin Damar Sarkany is king of Damar and its shapeshifters. As wild as the forest city they call home, the Damari can be volatile, always fighting to control the wolf inside. Brodin uses his immense strength to keep his people in check and protect them from the most dangerous evil of all—his war-mongering father. He can’t afford the distraction of a small, tantalizing woman from Earth, even when everything about Poppy sings to the instincts of both man and wolf.
As his father’s ruthless warlord attacks, innocent children are at risk, and Poppy knows she has to help by mastering her new, emerging abilities. She must also face the shocking passion that explodes between her and Brodin. But as Poppy and Brodin hunt down the enemy, they uncover a plot that could mean the destruction of all the Damari…if they don’t stop it in time.
Envy & Other Cravings
TJ Nichols
Book 3, Mytho
Release date: 28 January
Book 3 in the gay urban fantasy series that follows Jordan and Edra as they solve crime and figure out how to improve Mytho and human relations. For readers who like dragon shifters and forbidden romance.
The Reset
Imogene Nix
Book 2, Zombiology
Expected release date: 1 February
A zombie apocalypse is here, but figuring out how to survive in the immediate aftermath is only the first step.
Elaine is just an ordinary woman, but when the apocalypse occurs, she must find a way to survive in an increasingly hostile world. Enter Liam, the policeman who saves her at their first meeting and provides assistance as they try to cope with the zombie outbreak brought about by an unknown infection that's spreading out of control.
Together they form a community, trying to save as many lives as they can, a place where people can be safe. Even in the throes of disaster though, emotions creep up, taking both of them by surprise. Who knows? They might just get their happy ever after…if they can survive.
Dimensional
Mel Teshco
Released: 31 January
What would you do, if you had the chance to revisit all your decisions, to fix all your mistakes?
Celebrity chef, Jessie McCormick is incredibly late. Driving his Hummer to the opening of his latest restaurant seemed like a much better idea than flying, but incomprehensible directions and a dodgy shortcut throws him instead into the driveway of a rickety old house. Hopeful of finding the house occupied – and its inhabitants capable of directing him to Brisbane – he heads inside.
What he finds inside that house will turn his perspective inside out and upside down and change his life forever. Voices lead him to an attic, and there he finds no direction and every direction. The attic is an endless line of doors and ladders, each taking Jessie down a different path of his life.
His dimension is just one of many, with each one uncovering alternate realities. In one a beautiful country cook becomes his lover and the one woman he can’t stop thinking about. In another his sister is in danger and his long-dead mother is alive. As Jessie races to find his way back to his own dimension, he must make the biggest decision of his life: rescue his sister or take his chance at true love.
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LJ Swallow
Book 1-3, Ravenhold Supernatural Reform Academy
Released: 6 January 2021
Last week I accidentally and publicly raised the dead. Now I’m the only necromancer at Ravenhold reform academy.
Ravenhold detains dangerous juvenile offenders on a remote Scottish island, where their magic is useless and escape impossible. I’m told I’ll leave after rehabilitation, but nobody will tell me how or when.
Dorian Blackwood rules over the vampires, shifters and witches in the academy's halls. As the only vampire-witch hybrid in existence, he has unparalleled supernatural abilities and few people dare confront the cruel and charming savage.
But the academy's two other powerful hybrids want him deposed—Zeke the dominant shifter whose laidback manner hides a vicious streak, and the silent and secretive Ethan who nobody dares touch. As the new hybrid at the academy, I’m dragged straight into the middle of their power struggle.
Even though I'm drawn to the three guys, I want to keep away from academy violence and politics. I make a plan to keep my head down, attend the classes, and hope for an early release. I don’t want anybody to discover my secret: I’m the trinity witch.
But something sinister runs through the academy underbelly as students go insane or disappear without a trace. When I’m made a sickening offer, I discover exactly how sinister.
To survive Ravenhold's corruption, I'll need to make a deal with three hybrids who can choose to either help me or kill me.
This box set contains the entire Ravenhold series from LJ Swallow. The books are set in a supernatural reform academy with deliciously dangerous guys and a badass heroine who won't bow to anyone. This is a slow burn, enemies to lovers, dark academy series where the heroine doesn't need to choose.
PLEASE NOTE: This book is written in British English and includes spelling and grammar styles that may look incorrect to some readers.
Non Spec-Fic
Outback Sunrise
Annie Seaton
Book 3, Richards Brothers
Release date: 21 January
Jessica Trent wants to be a full-time writer for Cuisine magazine, but in order to land the gig she has to snare a one-on-one with the reclusive Alessandro Ricardo, a man hell-bent on staying out of the limelight. The last thing she expects as she heads to Crocodile Springs resort in northern Australia is to end up traveling across the Outback with a rugged and far too gorgeous barramundi fisherman.
Ex lawyer Alex Richards protects his privacy and his heart in equal measure. So when a Yankee bombshell in need of a ride turns up and threatens both, he decides to teach her a lesson. As they make their way through the wild country together, the attraction between them is hard to ignore. Alex must choose between his heart or letting go of his past.
(Note: this is a revised and expanded edition of Outback Affair originally published, 2013.)
Destination Anywhere
Nicole Hurley-Moore
in Pictures of You collection
Released: 18 January
A collection of swoon-worthy and sparkling contemporary romance novellas.
Featuring your favourite tropes: Holiday flings that become something so much more, first loves, second chances and seasoned romances.
Each story is linked to travel-blogger-turned-photo-organiser, Philomena Grant. 'Philly', as she likes to be known, is forced to set aside her global wonderlust because of *everything going on right now*. As she sorts through people's memories, she spots couples who look awesome together. Are they still together now, and if not, why not? They totally should be!
Each story revolves around a family member, friend or fan of Philly's. The results are magical and romantic and in a few cases some fabulously sexy times too.
The Powerbroker
Anna Hackett
Book 6, Norcross Security
Released: 13 January in audio format
She’s undercover in a dangerous motorcycle club, and her unwanted protector is the city’s most lethal man.
Police Detective Brynn Sullivan is dedicated to her job and living up to the memory of her cop father. She’s out to prove herself on her biggest case yet—stopping a dangerous drug from flooding the streets of San Francisco. She needs to go undercover with the city’s wildest, most dangerous motorcycle club, and that means using any contact she can to get in there.
Even the dark, powerful ex-military man who rules the city’s streets from the shadows—Vander Norcross.
After years fighting for his country as commander of a covert Ghost Ops team, Vander Norcross has built Norcross Security into a thriving business to keep his family and friends safe. He’s a powerbroker in San Francisco, with his finger on the pulse of what’s happening—both legal and not so legal. When his friend asks a favor putting a detective—a female one—undercover with the Iron Wanderers MC, Vander is not on board.
It goes against every protective instinct he has, but Brynn proves to be tenacious, annoying, smart, and far too tempting.
Brynn and Vander strike enough sparks to start an inferno, but when dangerous players up the stakes, they find themselves with a bounty on their heads. On the run, with only each other to depend on, Brynn discovers she has an even bigger battle on her hands—capturing the heart of a man who thinks he’s too dangerous to ever fall in love.
PRE-ORDERS
Keeper of My Desire
HM Hodgson
Book 3, The Immortal Keepers
Expected release date: 6 March
Destiny over desire. Choice versus fate. Duty over death.
Millenia ago, the Old Gods created the World Tree to connect and protect the Higherworld, Mortalworld and Underworld. But a secret war rages as the ruthless Order seek to destroy the Tree and rule the Mortalworld. Only the Immortal Keepers stand in their way.
Half-angel Amadis is thrilled to be assigned her first angelic task: locate the next Keeper of the World Tree. Finally, she can prove herself a capable angel, even if it means burying her dreams of becoming the next Keeper herself. There’s only one problem – her target isn’t exactly welcoming.
Battle-hardened and jaded after eighteen years in the armed forces, Daniel O’Connor has made a new life for himself. Content running a bed and breakfast hotel at the remote end of Willow Grove Lake, he’s vowed never to fight another war. So when a stunning woman turns up on his doorstep wanting him to fight a battle that defies logic, the answer is no. Hell, no.
But as Amadis and Daniel clash over the World Tree, sparks fly in more ways than one. And when the brutal Order regroup and launch their deadliest assault ever, the World Tree will need every Keeper to protect it and save the Mortalworld.
Kelly Ethan & Maggie Mundy
in All Too Familiar
(collection of paranormal cozy mysteries)
Expected release date: 5 April
Take a crime-filled tour of the paranormal with this collection of all-new stories of familiars, felonies, and flimsy alibies in this limited-edition cozy mystery anthology.
From hexed rats to talking cats to mated ravens and magical havens, All too Familiar is brimming with mystery and mayhem. Each story is set in the author's own world, offering readers the opportunity to explore new neighborhoods, meet likely suspects, and solve page-turning mysteries.
In Jane Hinchey's exclusive story, "Fur the Hex of It," undercover SIA operative and witch Holly Day is hiding out in Gravestone, Texas. She hasn't even unpacked before her rat familiar unearths a human bone in her backyard.
In Patti Larsen's newest addition to the Whitewitch Island Paranormal Cozies, "Wake the Dead," retired Guild Artemis Inquisitor Georgia Drake, with the help from her Hades mastiff, Benjamin, is asked to investigate the death of a wealthy patriarch.
And in Paula Lester's first in a new series, "Impurrfect Magic," Ivy Patterson has returned to her sleepy hometown, and things are going great. That is, until a dead body, a know-it-all kitten, and a black magic side hustle fall squarely into her lap.
With additional stories from Polly Holmes, Christine Bernard, Kelly Ethan, Maggie Mundy, Susanne Becker, and Belinda White, All too Familiar is teeming with bubbling cauldrons, furry—and not so furry—familiars, and cases waiting to be cracked. Grab your copy of this limited-edition collection today.
Lila Harrow: Point Muse Cozy Mystery Box set
Kelly Ethan
Books 1-3, Lila Harrow: Point Muse Cozy Mystery
Expected release date: 28 February
Baked goods, murders, and a baker witch extraordinaire turned sleuth. Let the mayhem begin.
Lila Harrow, baker witch extraordinaire, stays away from Harrow-caused mayhem in the town of Point Muse, Maine. All her witchy gifts are poured into her bakery ‘Heart’s Delight.’ All is calm until her father gets involved and she ends up adopting a talking hellhound. Now she’s dealing with bake sale battles to the death, dark witches, reapers, and demon prison escapees, not to mention the odd murder. Lila has no choice but to investigate the murders and save her business.
In books 1-3 of LILA HARROW: Point Muse Cozy Paranormal Mystery Series, join Lila and her family of chaos-causing and mayhem-loving witches as they dodge furry law enforcement while solving mysteries and murder.
If you like snarky dialogue, murder, and mayhem then you’ll love Kelly Ethan’s new Point Muse Cozy Paranormal Mystery spin off series – Lila Harrow: A Point Muse Cozy Paranormal Mystery. Books 1-3.
This boxed set includes the first three books in the LILA HARROW: Point Muse Cozy Paranormal Mystery series:
Book 1: Cupcakes, Corpses and Chaos.
Book 2: Pies, Potions and Peril.
Book 3: Sin, Sugar and Shadows.
Monsters Awakened
LJ Swallow
Book 1, The Ruthless Dark
Expected Release Date: 21 February
I’ve woken the Dark, and they’re here to claim me.
Monsters killed my family, but nobody believed me. I’m told the trauma repressed my memories and that I imagined the creatures who tore apart my family. Six-year-old Trinity couldn’t cope with the reality she witnessed and created her own.
They’re wrong. I’m no longer a child, but I still see monsters.
Six years ago, three crept into the edges of my dreams, their violet eyes shining through the shadows. But these creatures with horns and claws didn’t want to hurt me. One whispered his wicked thoughts, another watched me but never spoke, and their leader tempered their wild desires. I wanted to surrender to their dark embrace, but my monsters left me untouched and alone with my fantasies.
I’m now at Briargrove House for treatment, where Dr. Radcliffe specializes in teasing out the truth hidden inside damaged people’s heads. He promises to unlock my memories and bring those who murdered my family to justice.
But how damaged and dangerous are the others who live with me at Briargrove?
Dr. Radcliffe hopes to banish the imaginary monsters, but my three return. They call themselves the Dark, are wilder than my dreams, and fulfil every pleasure they denied me. They belong to me, and I am theirs.
My dark lovers insist that the true monsters live inside Briargrove House, so I must return to their realm. If I don’t, other creatures will take me to a different place, where the dreams promise to become nightmares.
Monsters Awakened is the first book in the Ruthless Dark series. If you like scorching hot paranormal romance with dominant and possessive monster heroes, a heroine who’s strong enough to bring them to their knees, and a world where she doesn’t need to choose, scroll up and pre-order today.
Note: although the heroes are monstrous, all sexual encounters in the series are fully consensual.
Monsters Claimed
LJ Swallow
Book 2, The Ruthless Dark
Expected Release Date: 30 May
Monsters Reclaimed is the second book in the Ruthless Dark series.
If you like scorching hot paranormal romance with dominant and possessive monster heroes, a heroine who’s strong enough to bring them to their knees, and a world where she doesn’t need to choose, scroll up and pre-order today.
Note: although the heroes are monstrous, all sexual encounters in the series are fully consensual.
To avoid spoilers, full description to follow once Monsters Awakened releases.
Release date will be earlier than listed.
Hunted
Mila Young, Lexi C. Foss and Jennifer Thorn
Sector World Captives
Expected release date: 3 June
Three standalone novels.
One world full of depravity and darkness.
Welcome to the South Islands, home to the most lethal Alphas on the planet.
These beings don’t play nice with others. They’ve been banished.
And a plane full of Omegas just crash-landed in their isles.
We’re being hunted.
Their feral growls follow us.
Their howls haunt us.
Their knots call to us.
And their savagery terrifies us.
Some will escape.
Some will be caught.
Three will be claimed.
This shared world experience contains dark themes, omegaverse vibes, unforgiving Alphas, and the Omegas who defy them.
Fated Wolf
Mila Young
Book 3, Savage
Expected release date: 10 March
Summer at Kangaroo Ridge
Nicole Hurley-Moore
Expected release date: 1 March
The Carrington family own the only pub in the small town of Kangaroo Ridge in rural Victoria. It's been many years since the five Carrington siblings became orphans but, with the help of their aunt Maddie, twins Sebastian and Tamara stepped up and looked after their younger brothers and sister.
Seb and Tam gave up their own teenage years to make sure the family stayed together, and because of their experiences they have turned into very different people. Now, seven years after the accident, Seb is silent and stoic. Tam, on the other hand, wants to kick over the traces and catch up on the life she missed out on.
To complicate matters, Tam is having a secret relationship which she's sure Seb will question. But can Tam ever give herself a happy future while she still, deep down, blames herself for the accident that killed her parents?
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Escape to Retribution Bay
Claire Boston
Book 3, Aussie Heroes: Retribution Bay
Expected release date: 4 October
She witnessed a murder and the killer knows it. He needs to get home in time for his brother’s wedding, or the ceremony will be ruined. A chance encounter could be the solution they both need.
An airport strike strands Ed Stokes twelve hundred kilometres from home with the rings for his brother’s wedding. He snags the last available hire car, but it’s a twenty-year-old bomb that might not make the distance.
Tess Lim is on the run, but her one hope of escape is thwarted when all flights out of the city are cancelled. With no hire cars available, she’s desperate enough to accept a lift from an attractive stranger. Tess doesn’t care where he’s going, as long as it’s far away from the city.
As Ed breaks through Tess’s wariness, he discovers a woman who longs for adventure. But they get more adventure than either of them bargained for when the murderer catches up with them.
Can they divert the killer’s attention and escape in time?
Escape to Retribution Bay is the third adventure-filled book in the Aussie Heroes: Retribution Bay romantic suspense series. If you like unlikely heroes, desperate heroines and road trip romances, then you’ll love Claire Boston’s thrilling story.
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A Symphony of Savage Hearts
Lana Pecherczyk
Book 3, Season of the Vampire, Fae Guardians
Silver is a beautiful liar.
She's human.
And a fierce killer of fae.
She marks her kills on a silver vambrace so everyone can see her savagery and stay away. As long as she keeps protecting downtrodden humans from monstrous fae-folk, and hiding the true reason for wearing magic-cutting silver, her loneliness is of no consequence. Selected for a high priority mission, she bravely heads into Elphyne, never expecting one of their worst waiting for her. Wanting her. Craving her.
Shade is sinfully attractive.
He's a vampire.
And the most hard to resist of the Fae Guardians.
From the Queen's bed to The Order, he uses the power of sex to get what he wants. Eventually they all succumb, and they all fall short of harmonizing with the darkness hidden in his soul…. until he finds the one woman who resists his every charm.
Seducing Silver will be a challenge, but it's one he was made for.
Nothing will get in his way. Not the evil creature terrorizing Elphyne. Not the human enemy with dastardly plans of their own. Not the Unseelie Queen’s obsession with him. Not even the betrayal of the one person who can hurt him the most.
This courting of savage hearts is a symphony.
And theirs will be one for history.
This final installment in the Season of the Vampire Fae Guardians Trilogy will have you screaming at the page in both encouragement and denial. Bring a tissue box for the tears... or submit to the ride. Things are about to get savage.
The People's Princess
Bernadette Rowley
Book 9, Queenmaker's Saga
Expected release date: early February
A princess determined to be queen. A secret shifter favored by the king. Can they find their way back to love?
Alecia Zialni has returned from exile, determined to fulfill her mission to be queen of Thorius. But the headstrong princess is now a mother and no longer has a respected place in Brightcastle.
Vard Anton has gained control of his bear, but will it be too late to convince Alecia to take him back?
Now the King’s Blade, he has the power Alecia craves.
As they reconnect and discover the depth of their love is unchanged, Alecia’s political aspirations drive a wedge between them.
Can Alecia fight deceit and tradition to become the next queen of Thorius? And will Vard’s new status spell the end of their chance at love?
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Princess Avenger
Bernadette Rowley
Book 1, Queenmakers Sagaon sale for a limited time
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A princess in disguise. A shifter with a hidden agenda. Will they uncover the truth in time for romance to blossom?
Alecia Zialni has sworn revenge against her father for having her first love murdered. Masquerading as a man to pursue her vendetta, the prince’s headstrong daughter is soon in over her head. And when her handsome rescuer is assigned as her protector, her secret double life becomes complicated by their rapidly growing chemistry.
Captain Vard Anton struggles to control his budding lust for the determined princess he’s supposed to defend. And as an animal shapeshifter charged with killing her father, he knows he can never reveal his true identity. But the violent beast form he cannot master threatens to expose him and risk her safety.
As her feelings for Vard continue to bloom, Alecia is devastated when she’s betrothed to a lecherous lord. And wracked with guilt over his ultimate mission, Vard fears there is no way for them to ever be together. But her obsession with vengeance may be the death of them both…
Can Alecia and Vard topple a tyrant to join their destinies and their hearts?
Princess Avenger is the thrilling first book in the Queenmakers Saga epic fantasy romance series. If you like strong heroines, sexy shifters, and forbidden passion, then you’ll adore Bernadette Rowley’s enchanting adventure.
Queenmakers Saga Boxset
Bernadette Rowley
Books 1-4, Queenmakers Sagaon sale for a limited time
Book 1 blurb
A princess in disguise. A shifter with a hidden agenda. Will they uncover the truth in time for romance to blossom?
Alecia Zialni has sworn revenge against her father for having her first love murdered. Masquerading as a man to pursue her vendetta, the prince’s headstrong daughter is soon in over her head. And when her handsome rescuer is assigned as her protector, her secret double life becomes complicated by their rapidly growing chemistry.
Captain Vard Anton struggles to control his budding lust for the determined princess he’s supposed to defend. And as an animal shapeshifter charged with killing her father, he knows he can never reveal his true identity. But the violent beast form he cannot master threatens to expose him and risk her safety.
As her feelings for Vard continue to bloom, Alecia is devastated when she’s betrothed to a lecherous lord. And wracked with guilt over his ultimate mission, Vard fears there is no way for them to ever be together. But her obsession with vengeance may be the death of them both…
Can Alecia and Vard topple a tyrant to join their destinies and their hearts?
Princess Avenger is the thrilling first book in the Queenmakers Saga epic fantasy romance series. If you like strong heroines, sexy shifters, and forbidden passion, then you’ll adore Bernadette Rowley’s enchanting adventure..
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Mel Teshco
The Sheik's Runaway Bride has a Release Day post over at the ARRA blog.
HM Hodgson
HM is looking for readers for her ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) Team. See her post on page on Facebook.
Anna Hackett
LJ Swallow
LJ is looking for readers for her Review Team. You can apply by completing this form. Please note spots are limited and conditions apply.
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