K.A.'s bookshelf: all en-US Fri, 14 Mar 2025 06:46:58 -0700 60 K.A.'s bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Bad Dogs (Dirty Strays #1) 90583793
First, I need a sub. I’m looking for someone perfect and obedient—until the new boy moves into town. He’s huge and silent and skittish, broken down by pain and loneliness. But when he’s cornered, he fights like an animal. An animal who desperately wants to be tamed. When I look into his eyes, the flash of submission I see there has me obsessed. When he kneels for me, both our broken worlds become whole.

Nobody believes that trailer park boys deserve a better life, that we can find happiness and build our own family. But we’re fighters, and together the four of us will find a way to be free.]]> 0 Riley Nash K.A. 5 I loved how the characters felt like real people, and the dynamic between the whole friend group was great. Scout does have to be my favorite though <3 I love how he's not some perfect mind reading Dom, but a person who has vulnerabilities, makes mistakes, and is a bit messy, but also has so much heart and is SO funny. His snark is top notch.
I even shed a tear at the end. Fantastic book! Jumping into the next one :)]]> 3.89 2023 Bad Dogs (Dirty Strays #1)
author: Riley Nash
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2023
rating: 5
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date added: 2025/03/14
shelves: pet-play, bdsm, m-m, gay, found-family
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Ah! This was SO good.
I loved how the characters felt like real people, and the dynamic between the whole friend group was great. Scout does have to be my favorite though <3 I love how he's not some perfect mind reading Dom, but a person who has vulnerabilities, makes mistakes, and is a bit messy, but also has so much heart and is SO funny. His snark is top notch.
I even shed a tear at the end. Fantastic book! Jumping into the next one :)
]]> <![CDATA[The Shadow Prince's Ruin (Dark Companions #2)]]> 222561390 “Give me your shadow, and my body is yours.�

An elven prince shouldn’t be working at Best Burgers Bonanza. Yet here I am, banished to the human realm for a lifetime of toil and misery. I guess that’s what I get for being a traitor and the shortest elf at the Nocturne Court, with a shadow no darker than a tea stain.



I’m stuck with no scheme up my sleeve when destiny brings me face to face with the answer to all my troubles.



Hawk. A dangerous human on the run from prison, so tall my neck hurts when I meet his gaze. His shadow is dark as death and it will be mine if only I can force him to marry me.



What I don’t expect though is the price for his exquisite power.



He wants my body.



I’ve never been an object of anyone’s desire, but I will do whatever it takes to make him my Dark Companion.



When our illicit deal shatters the ice around my heart, keeping Hawk at arm's length becomes impossible.



Our bond is supposed to be one of convenience. He’s crude, violent, reckless, and wants to devour me in the filthiest ways. He’s everything I shouldn’t want.



I chose him to be my salvation, but he might just prove to be my downfall.



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“The Shadow Prince’s Ruin� is a standalone, scorching hot, dark M/M fantasy romance filled with dark humor, but also violence, peril, jealousy, and angst.

The book is a darkly romantic escape into the shadows where love and destiny collide. Find out if the beast of a human can melt the ice prince’s heart.



ugly duckling, marriage of convenience, illicit pact, size difference, dark humor, obsessive hero, isekai, fantasy world, elven prince, family trauma, shadow magic, monsters and fantastical creatures, fish-out-of-water, secrets, portal fantasy, forced proximity, road trip

~130,000 words (Standalone)

This story contains scenes of violence, offensive language and morally gray characters unafraid to burn the world down for their beloved.]]> K.A. Merikan K.A. 0 mine, currently-reading 4.22 The Shadow Prince's Ruin (Dark Companions #2)
author: K.A. Merikan
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.22
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]]> <![CDATA[Catch a Ghost (Hell or High Water, #1)]]> 18809768
Tom Boudreaux—failed FBI agent, failed sheriff, full-time believer in bad luck—is wondering why the head of a private contracting firm has hunted him down to offer him a job. Still, he’s determined to succeed this time, despite being partnered with Prophet, EE’s most successful, lethal, and annoying operative, on a case that resurrects his own painful past.

Together, Prophet and Tom must find a way to take down killers in the dangerous world of underground cage matches while fighting their own dangerous attraction. When they find themselves caught in the crossfire, these two loners must trust each other and work together to escape their ghosts . . . or pay the price.]]> 262 S.E. Jakes 1626490384 K.A. 0 to-sample 4.08 2013 Catch a Ghost (Hell or High Water, #1)
author: S.E. Jakes
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2013
rating: 0
read at: 2014/05/09
date added: 2024/09/29
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]]> The Gunslinger’s Man 30096477 Halloran was meant to free them, but Asher has never known a harsher prison.

Hiring a band of outlaws to assassinate the mayor may be a bold move, but Asher Franklin can’t take another minute of bowing and scraping to the sadist who runs his hometown. Graveyards teem with the bodies of those have tried and failed to rebel against the powers that be, but the legendary Red Horn Riders hold an invaluable advantage over their They’re already dead.

Common wisdom would have it that vampires seldom keep faith with humans, though, and the Red Horn Riders are no exception. Halloran, the ruthless bandit at the helm of the gang and Sargasso’s prospective savior, would rather claim Asher for his own than grant him the fate he deserves. His unwelcome kindness is Asher’s worst nightmare. To be chattel is bad enough. To be the property of the one vampire whose duplicity just cost the lives of Asher’s friends is so much worse.

Yet in the ungoverned deserts of the Wild West, vampires are a law unto themselves and terror comes in many forms. Halloran’s bite may be sharp, but worse foes roam the sands than Asher can begin to imagine.

About Helena Maeve

Helena Maeve has always been a globe trotter with a fondness for adventure, but only recently has she started putting to paper the many stories she's collected in her excursions. When she isn't writing erotic romance novels, she can usually be found in an airport or on a plane, furiously penning in her trusty little notebook.

]]> 240 Helena Maeve K.A. 0 to-sample 3.25 2016 The Gunslinger’s Man
author: Helena Maeve
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.25
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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]]> Blyd and Pearce 40629774 210 Kim Fielding 1640806695 K.A. 0 to-sample 3.86 2018 Blyd and Pearce
author: Kim Fielding
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/09/21
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]]> <![CDATA[The Thousand Names (The Shadow Campaigns, #1)]]> 15810910
Captain Marcus d’Ivoire, commander of one of the Vordanai empire’s colonial garrisons, was resigned to serving out his days in a sleepy, remote outpost. But that was before a rebellion upended his life. And once the powder smoke settled, he was left in charge of a demoralized force clinging tenuously to a small fortress at the edge of the desert.

To flee from her past, Winter Ihernglass masqueraded as a man and enlisted as a ranker in the Vordanai Colonials, hoping only to avoid notice. But when chance sees her promoted to command, she must win the hearts of her men and lead them into battle against impossible odds.

The fates of both these soldiers and all the men they lead depend on the newly arrived Colonel Janus bet Vhalnich, who has been sent by the ailing king to restore order. His military genius seems to know no bounds, and under his command, Marcus and Winter can feel the tide turning. But their allegiance will be tested as they begin to suspect that the enigmatic Janus’s ambitions extend beyond the battlefield and into the realm of the supernatural—a realm with the power to ignite a meteoric rise, reshape the known world, and change the lives of everyone in its path.]]> 513 Django Wexler 0451465105 K.A. 0 to-read 4.03 2013 The Thousand Names (The Shadow Campaigns, #1)
author: Django Wexler
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/09/17
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]]> <![CDATA[Scavengers Collection: Books 1-4 (Zombie Gentlemen)]]> 21363233
� There is a time for everything in a gentleman’s life. First lover. First zombie kill �

James Hurst is a man of obligation and good morals. After most of his family perished as a result of the new, horrific illness, he didn’t hesitate to live up to his new responsibilities. A few years later, he is married to his childhood sweetheart, with whom he has a son and his political career is going smoothly. Unfortunately, most of his family land had been overridden by the undead and therefore, it brings no more profit. Facing bankruptcy, he decides to risk it all and try to get the jewels hidden in his family manor�

In order to get there, he will need to leave the safe city walls and cross a region swarming with ghouls. He hires Ira Russell, a man whose skill at recovering valuables from lost territories has earned him a small fortune. From the moment James first saw Ira, he knew the man was dangerous, but he could have never predicted just how much of a danger he would be to all that James had always believed in.

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POSSIBLE SPOILERS:

Themes: zombies, alternative history, turn of the century London, class differences, mercenary, steampunk, smutty prints, marking iron, self-discovery, tattoos, white marriage, misunderstandings, dangerous cult, anti-semitism, blackmail, terrorism

Erotic Content: explicit M/M sex scenes (including BDSM, dirty talk, spanking, bondage, sexual role play, shibari � rope play)

Length ~88,100 words

Genre: erotic romance, steampunk/neo-victorian, adventure, gore]]> 264 K.A. Merikan 1301514551 K.A. 0 mine 3.77 2013 Scavengers Collection: Books 1-4 (Zombie Gentlemen)
author: K.A. Merikan
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Dark Devotion (Fatefully Yours #1)]]> 11653906
Hex and his six demon warriors escaped the depths of Tartarus under Hades's watchful eye to live among the mortals in the Top World. The Oracle has prophesized an epic battle to come—a war between good and evil that will test the warriors as never before.

When Echo arrives on their doorstep, cold, naked, and hungry, they immediately realize he is their mate, and the prophesized “heart� that beats between them. Echo may be the ultimate weapon in the war, but he’s also a spitfire, and he instantly turns their world upside down.

If fighting an angry god weren’t enough, the warriors learn Echo has escaped from a secret lab hidden away in the mountains, and it isn’t long before trouble comes looking for them. Can the demons keep their new mate safe when it seems the entire world—and the Underworld—is against them?]]> 145 Gabrielle Evans 161034586X K.A. 0 3.78 2011 Dark Devotion (Fatefully Yours #1)
author: Gabrielle Evans
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Straight: The Surprisingly Short History of Heterosexuality]]> 13149067 240 Hanne Blank 080704444X K.A. 0 to-read 3.67 2012 Straight: The Surprisingly Short History of Heterosexuality
author: Hanne Blank
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/09/11
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]]> <![CDATA[Bind and Keep Me (Pierced Hearts, #2)]]> 18298854
How far would you go to protect your love and your life?

When two deaths turn his world upside down, Klaus must wrestle with a problem that goes soul deep. With Jodie it was capture fantasy but now he’s made the fantasy real, dragging her along as his accomplice. No one should feel so good about something so wrong.

Maybe his soul is darker than he feared. Maybe the rules shouldn't apply to him.]]> 274 Cari Silverwood 1301773190 K.A. 0 to-read 3.87 2013 Bind and Keep Me (Pierced Hearts, #2)
author: Cari Silverwood
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/09/10
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]]> Sociopath: A Memoir 176443093
Patric Gagne realized she made others uncomfortable before she started kindergarten. Something about her caused people to react in a way she didn’t understand. She suspected it was because she didn’t feel things the way other kids did. Emotions like fear, guilt, and empathy eluded her. For the most part, she felt nothing. And she didn’t like the way that “nothing� felt.

She did her best to pretend she was like everyone else, but the constant pressure to conform to a society she knew rejected anyone like her was unbearable. So Patric stole. She lied. She was occasionally violent. She became an expert lock-picker and home-invader. All with the goal of replacing the nothingness with...something.

In college, Patric finally confirmed what she’d long suspected. She was a sociopath. But even though it was the very first personality disorder identified—well over 200 years ago—sociopathy had been neglected by mental health professionals for decades. She was told there was no treatment, no hope for a normal life. She found herself haunted by sociopaths in pop culture, madmen and evil villains who are considered monsters. Her future looked grim.

But when Patric reconnects with an old flame, she gets a glimpse of a future beyond her diagnosis. If she’s capable of love, it must mean that she isn’t a monster. With the help of her sweetheart (and some curious characters she meets along the way) she embarks on a mission to prove that the millions of Americans who share her diagnosis aren’t all monsters either.

This is the inspiring story of her journey to change her fate and how she managed to build a life full of love and hope.]]> 368 Patric Gagne 166800318X K.A. 4 3.74 2024 Sociopath: A Memoir
author: Patric Gagne
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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date added: 2024/09/03
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]]> <![CDATA[Ho Ho Homicidal Maniac (Murder and Mistletoe, #2)]]> 218360732
Nico

Have you ever fallen in love with a man as he was pointing his gun at you? Well, I have. Tiny problem? I’m in the middle of my murderous Christmas tradition, and he’s a witness.

But it’s not his fault I got too excited and didn’t check if I was alone. I can’t just kill him because of my own blunder. Not when he has such dreamy green eyes filled with fear and pent-up rage.

What I can do is take him with me for safekeeping while I work out how to make him understand that while my methods are cruel, my intentions are pure.

Or how to make him fall for me.

Whichever is first.


Blake

My eighteenth birthday was supposed to be the happiest day of my sheltered life. Finally, I would gain independence and inherit half my family fortune. Instead, I ended up kidnapped.

I was about to get carved into pieces when� a Christmas miracle in the form of a beefy homicidal maniac saved me.

Only now I’m trapped in his basement and getting love bombed by a psycho golden retriever. He eats turkey sandwiches for every breakfast, enjoys making festive ornaments out of human teeth, and lets his violent urges shine like a Christmas tree.

I shouldn’t find him hot.

I shouldn’t want to indulge his murderous tendencies.

And I definitely shouldn’t want him to be my first.

But I’m being hunted and might just need a monster to keep me safe.

(And he does actually make really good fruitcake)

“Ho Ho Homicidal Maniac� is a standalone M/M dark romance where a Christmas-obsessed serial killer falls for a poor little rich boy who also happens to be his favorite true crime podcaster.

Themes and Size difference, serial killer, mistrust, small town, loneliness, possessive hero, grumpy/sunshine, dark humor, abduction, first love, morally gray, sheltered rich boy, psychopath, black cat/golden retriever relationship, stockholm syndrome, betrayal, first time, opposites attract, stuck together, fish out of water, CHRISTMAS, dark secret, dude in distress, wallflower.

Kidnapping, violence, gore, strong language, and steamy, explicit scenes]]> 302 K.A. Merikan K.A. 0 3.99 Ho Ho Homicidal Maniac (Murder and Mistletoe, #2)
author: K.A. Merikan
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.99
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date added: 2024/09/02
shelves: mine, christmas, dark, m-m, psycho, crime
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]]> <![CDATA[Dragon's Trail (The Outworlders, #1)]]> 31306673 "I didn't come here to sell my soul. I came here to buy it back."

Once dubbed “The Deadliest Man Alive,� Jarrod Torrealday is a former Olympic saber hopeful and medieval weapons expert banned from competition for killing another fencer in a duel. He now scrapes by as a stuntman and technical consultant for low-budget fantasy films.

A young sorcerer from another world offers Jarrod the gig of a adviser to the war council for a magical realm teetering on the edge of collapse, with a foreign army massing just beyond its borders.

Swept into a treacherous and deadly world of intrigue and conspiracy, Jarrod soon learns that the enemy mastermind is also from Earth, and has laid the foundations for a new kind of war.

Seamlessly blending hard science with sword and sorcery, Dragon’s Trail is an international bestseller that’s being hailed as the pioneering work of a new the Fantasy Technothriller.

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"Malik’s debut novel sparkles with a fresh take on some traditional epic fantasy tropes . . . showcasing Jarrod as James Bond in tarnished armor. Detailed descriptions of equipment and tactics don’t distract from the plot; rather, they add a layer of depth and dimension that carries the tale to the next level. This is a highly enjoyable story for fans of self-aware epic fantasy."
- Publishers Weekly

"Fantasy with a twist . . . executed with verve and intelligence."
"[Dragon's Trail] features immersive detail and hold-your-breath battle scenes."
- The BookLife Prize

"A book to savor and soak in all the details."
-- San Francisco Review of Books]]> 384 Joseph Malik 0997887508 K.A. 0 to-sample, fantasy 4.12 2016 Dragon's Trail (The Outworlders, #1)
author: Joseph Malik
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/07/23
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]]> <![CDATA[Taken by the Lord of the Nocturne Court (Dark Companions #1)]]> 212097491 “I am yours, and I can be your prince as well as your beast.�

Luke

I’m your typical small-town loser stuck in a dead-end job. Single, because dating is for well-adjusted human beings, not traumatized gay boys with trust issues. All I want is to leave my past behind and finally start living.

My wish comes true in the most bizarre way imaginable. One evening, a beautiful man with pointy ears and flowing dark locks appears out of nowhere. He proclaims I am to be his ‘Dark Companion� based on some stupid deal I made in a dream. Oh, and apparently he’s an elven prince, the Lord of Shadows, Protector of the Nightmare Realm and Knight of Grief Ocean.

Which is a weird way to ask me out, but okay.

It’s a hard no from me, but this absolute psycho abducts me to his palace in a moonlit realm populated by vicious beasts and backstabbing courtiers.

If I am to ever get back home, I need to adapt, because our full moon wedding is approaching fast. I can’t allow myself to buy into his seductive kisses, poet shirts made of spider silk and bouquets of sapphire roses. They hide poison and deception. A gilded cage is still a prison.

ܳ�

What if I just never realized that what I need is a man with a cruel smile and a sword dipped in midnight? A man with secrets, and scars, and smoky eyes, and a past filled with darkness, and� have I mentioned he has a big d�

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“Taken by the Lord of the Nocturne Court� is a standalone, scorching hot, dark gothic M/M romantasy filled with snark and dark humor, but also violence, peril, jealousy, and angst.
The book is a darkly romantic escape into the shadows where love and destiny collide. Dive into the pages to discover if a gilded cage can become a home when shared with a seductive elven prince devoted to his Dark Companion’s every wish.

POSSIBLE SPOILERS:
Themes: abduction, enemies to lovers, size difference, fake relationship, dark humor, snark, jealousy, hurt/comfort, afraid to commit, obsessive hero, forced marriage, isekai, fantasy elven prince, gothic castle, childhood trauma, shadow magic, monsters and fantastical creatures, fish-out-of-water, secrets, portal fantasy

WARNING: This story contains scenes of violence, abduction, offensive language and morally gray characters unafraid to burn the world down for their beloved.]]> 401 K.A. Merikan K.A. 0

"Taken by the Lord of the Nocturne Court" where a down on his luck fast food worker gets abducted by an Elven prince to the Nightmare Realm.

The book is a darkly romantic escape into the shadows where love and destiny collide. Dive into the pages to discover if a gilded cage can become a home when shared with a seductive elven prince devoted to his Dark Companion’s every wish.

Some of the biggest tropes include:
*Forced marriage
*Abducted to a fantasy world
*Shadow magic
*Seductive Elven prince
*Size difference
*Jealousy
*Obsessive hero
*Morally gray characters unafraid to burn the world down for their beloved.

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Taken by the...

the-spice3]]> 4.01 2024 Taken by the Lord of the Nocturne Court (Dark Companions #1)
author: K.A. Merikan
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/06/26
shelves: m-m, romantasy, fantasy, abduction, dark, gay, goth, mine, romance, forced-marriage, fae, elf-prince
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"Taken by the Lord of the Nocturne Court" where a down on his luck fast food worker gets abducted by an Elven prince to the Nightmare Realm.

The book is a darkly romantic escape into the shadows where love and destiny collide. Dive into the pages to discover if a gilded cage can become a home when shared with a seductive elven prince devoted to his Dark Companion’s every wish.

Some of the biggest tropes include:
*Forced marriage
*Abducted to a fantasy world
*Shadow magic
*Seductive Elven prince
*Size difference
*Jealousy
*Obsessive hero
*Morally gray characters unafraid to burn the world down for their beloved.

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Taken by the...

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]]> Barkskins 25111119 seigneur,� for three years in exchange for land, they become wood-cutters—barkskins. René suffers extraordinary hardship, oppressed by the forest he is charged with clearing. He is forced to marry a Mi’kmaw woman and their descendants live trapped between two inimical cultures. But Duquet, crafty and ruthless, runs away from the seigneur, becomes a fur trader, then sets up a timber business. Proulx tells the stories of the descendants of Sel and Duquet over three hundred years—their travels across North America, to Europe, China, and New Zealand, under stunningly brutal conditions—the revenge of rivals, accidents, pestilence, Indian attacks, and cultural annihilation. Over and over again, they seize what they can of a presumed infinite resource, leaving the modern-day characters face to face with possible ecological collapse.
]]> 717 Annie Proulx 0743288785 K.A. 0 3.78 2016 Barkskins
author: Annie Proulx
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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]]> Wolfsong (Green Creek, #1) 62039417
Oxnard Matheson was twelve when his father taught him that Ox wasn’t worth anything and people would never understand him. Then his father left.

Ox was sixteen when the energetic Bennett family moved in next door, harboring a secret that would change him forever. The Bennetts are shapeshifters. They can transform into wolves at will. Drawn to their magic, loyalty, and enduring friendships, Ox feels a gulf between this extraordinary new world and the quiet life he’s known, but he finds an ally in Joe, the youngest Bennett boy.

Ox was twenty-three when murder came to town and tore a hole in his heart. Violence flared, tragedy split the pack, and Joe left town, leaving Ox behind. Three years later, the boy is back. Except now he’s a man � charming, handsome, but haunted � and Ox can no longer ignore the song that howls between them.

The beloved fantasy romance sensation by New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune, about love, loyalty, betrayal, and family.

The Green Creek Series is for adult readers.

Now available from Tor Books.]]> 528 T.J. Klune 1250890314 K.A. 0 to-sample, 20 4.04 2016 Wolfsong (Green Creek, #1)
author: T.J. Klune
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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]]> Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 46041199 A fierce international bestseller that launched Korea’s new feminist movement, Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 follows one woman’s psychic deterioration in the face of rigid misogyny.

Truly, flawlessly, completely, she became that person.

In a small, tidy apartment on the outskirts of the frenzied metropolis of Seoul lives Kim Jiyoung. A thirtysomething-year-old “millennial everywoman,� she has recently left her white-collar desk job—in order to care for her newborn daughter full-time—as so many Korean women are expected to do. But she quickly begins to exhibit strange symptoms that alarm her husband, parents, and in-laws: Jiyoung impersonates the voices of other women—alive and even dead, both known and unknown to her. As she plunges deeper into this psychosis, her discomfited husband sends her to a male psychiatrist.

In a chilling, eerily truncated third-person voice, Jiyoung’s entire life is recounted to the psychiatrist—a narrative infused with disparate elements of frustration, perseverance, and submission. Born in 1982 and given the most common name for Korean baby girls, Jiyoung quickly becomes the unfavored sister to her princeling little brother. Always, her behavior is policed by the male figures around her—from the elementary school teachers who enforce strict uniforms for girls, to the coworkers who install a hidden camera in the women’s restroom and post their photos online. In her father’s eyes, it is Jiyoung’s fault that men harass her late at night; in her husband’s eyes, it is Jiyoung’s duty to forsake her career to take care of him and their child—to put them first.

Jiyoung’s painfully common life is juxtaposed against a backdrop of an advancing Korea, as it abandons “family planning� birth control policies and passes new legislation against gender discrimination. But can her doctor flawlessly, completely cure her, or even discover what truly ails her?

Rendered in minimalist yet lacerating prose, Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 sits at the center of our global #MeToo movement and announces the arrival of writer of international significance]]> 163 Cho Nam-Joo 1631496700 K.A. 0 to-sample 4.17 2016 Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
author: Cho Nam-Joo
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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]]> Tender Is the Flesh 49090884
His wife has left him, his father is sinking into dementia, and Marcos tries not to think too hard about how he makes a living. After all, it happened so quickly. First, it was reported that an infectious virus has made all animal meat poisonous to humans. Then governments initiated the “Transition.� Now, eating human meat—“special meat”—is legal. Marcos tries to stick to numbers, consignments, processing.

Then one day he’s given a a live specimen of the finest quality. Though he’s aware that any form of personal contact is forbidden on pain of death, little by little he starts to treat her like a human being. And soon, he becomes tortured by what has been lost—and what might still be saved.]]> 209 Agustina Bazterrica 1982150920 K.A. 5 3.75 2017 Tender Is the Flesh
author: Agustina Bazterrica
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2017
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1)]]> 61242426
The battle-weary orc aims to start fresh, opening the first ever coffee shop in the city of Thune. But old and new rivals stand in the way of success � not to mention the fact that no one has the faintest idea what coffee actually is.

If Viv wants to put the blade behind her and make her plans a reality, she won't be able to go it alone.

But the true rewards of the uncharted path are the travelers you meet along the way. And whether drawn together by ancient magic, flaky pastry, or a freshly brewed cup, they may become partners, family, and something deeper than she ever could have dreamed.]]> 296 Travis Baldree K.A. 0 to-sample, 70 4.04 2022 Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1)
author: Travis Baldree
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Wanted (Wrong Side of the Tracks #5)]]> 209064620 “I’m pretty sure he likes d!ck. Now I just need to make him realize it.�

Liver. F*ckboy extraordinaire. Race car driver. Cocky. Horny. Would kill for his best friend.

Knox. Kickboxer with a chip on his shoulder and a heart condition. Crybaby. Would get rid of a body for his best friend.

Wanted for questioning in connection to a murder.

Possibly-maybe in love with each other and too dumb to see it.



Liv never meant to kill anyone. It was an accident. What was he supposed to do when his best friend’s life was at stake?

As much as Knox appreciates the whole saving his life thing, they’re now wanted by the cops, on the run, homeless, hungry, and miserable. At least they have each other.

They hope to find shelter in a vast junkyard, instead they witness a crime and are about to get dunked in acid.

But they’ve overheard that the owner of the place shelters gay guys.

So Liv does the most logical thing. He pretends to be Knox’s boyfriend to get their lives spared. Knox might not like it, but what choice do they have once they started lying?

Only that touching Knox starts an avalanche of new feelings and desires Liv never anticipated. His dick is on board even before his brain is.

Now, all he needs to do is convince Knox that there’s nothing wrong in exploring this new attraction. Sadly, Knox can be as stubborn as he is pretty, but Liv wasn’t called the trailer park prince for nothing.

He’ll do whatever it takes to make Knox see the light.

And by light, he means his dick.

⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠

bi-awakening, gay-awakening, best friends to lovers, internalized homophobia, coming out, first times, fake dating, partners in crime, dark humor, jealousy, idiots to lovers, oblivious to love, fake relationship, found family, afraid to commit, illegal racing, poverty

Scorching hot, gritty M/M romance

~125,000 words (Standalone)

This story contains scenes of violence, offensive language and morally gray characters.]]> 524 K.A. Merikan K.A. 0 mine, m-m 4.01 2024 Wanted (Wrong Side of the Tracks #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism]]> 55338982
What makes “cults� so intriguing and frightening? What makes them powerful? The reason why so many of us binge Manson documentaries by the dozen and fall down rabbit holes researching suburban moms gone QAnon is because we’re looking for a satisfying explanation for what causes people to join—and more importantly, stay in—extreme groups. We secretly want to know: could it happen to me? Amanda Montell’s argument is that, on some level, it already has . . .

Our culture tends to provide pretty flimsy answers to questions of cult influence, mostly having to do with vague talk of “brainwashing.� But the true answer has nothing to do with freaky mind-control wizardry or Kool-Aid. In Cultish, Montell argues that the key to manufacturing intense ideology, community, and us/them attitudes all comes down to language. In both positive ways and shadowy ones, cultish language is something we hear—and are influenced by—every single day.

Through juicy storytelling and cutting original research, Montell exposes the verbal elements that make a wide spectrum of communities “cultish,� revealing how they affect followers of groups as notorious as Heaven’s Gate, but also how they pervade our modern start-ups, Peloton leaderboards, and Instagram feeds. Incisive and darkly funny, this enrapturing take on the curious social science of power and belief will make you hear the fanatical language of “cultish� everywhere.]]> 309 Amanda Montell 0062993151 K.A. 5 3.82 2021 Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
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name: K.A.
average rating: 3.82
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]]> <![CDATA[Z miłości? To współczuję. Opowieści z Omanu]]> 43174230 Z miłości? To współczuję to opowieść o współczesnym Omanie. O kobietach i mężczyznach, którzy skrywają namiętności pod diszdaszami i abajami, a potajemnie korzystają z Tindera. O umowach przedślubnych, do których warto wpisać sumę, jaką dostanie żona za urodzenie każdego dziecka, a także obietnice finansowania przez męża studiów medycznych. O kraju, w którym kobiety wolą się zaszyć przed ślubem, żeby udawać dziewice. Jest to wreszcie reportaż o miejscu, w którym kontraktowe małżeństwa wciąż są codziennością, a zakochani wbrew woli rodziców mogą zwrócić się do sułtana Kabusa Ibn Sa’ida z prośbą o błogosławieństwo.

Agata Romaniuk z dużą wnikliwością i wrażliwością przygląda się ludziom, którymi rządzi wiekowy, bezdzietny i samotny sułtan. Jedyny taki władca w krajach Zatoki Perskiej.]]> 245 Agata Romaniuk 8366278417 K.A. 5 non-fiction 4.25 2019 Z miłości? To współczuję. Opowieści z Omanu
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name: K.A.
average rating: 4.25
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rating: 5
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]]> Daily Rituals: Women at Work 40915199 More of Mason Currey's irresistible Daily Rituals, this time exploring the daily obstacles and rituals of women who are artists--painters, composers, sculptors, scientists, filmmakers, and performers. We see how these brilliant minds get to work, the choices they have to make: rebuffing convention, stealing (or secreting away) time from the pull of husbands, wives, children, obligations, in order to create their creations.


From those who are the masters of their craft (Eudora Welty, Lynn Fontanne, Penelope Fitzgerald, Marie Curie) to those who were recognized in a burst of acclaim (Lorraine Hansberry, Zadie Smith) . . . from Clara Schumann and Shirley Jackson, carving out small amounts of time from family life, to Isadora Duncan and Agnes Martin, rejecting the demands of domesticity, Currey shows us the large and small (and abiding) choices these women made--and continue to make--for their art: Isak Dinesen, "I promised the Devil my soul, and in return he promised me that everything I was going to experience would be turned into tales," Dinesen subsisting on oysters and Champagne but also amphetamines, which gave her the overdrive she required . . . And the rituals (daily and otherwise) that guide these artists: Isabel Allende starting a new book only on January 8th . . . Hilary Mantel taking a shower to combat writers' block ("I am the cleanest person I know") . . . Tallulah Bankhead coping with her three phobias (hating to go to bed, hating to get up, and hating to be alone), which, could she "mute them," would make her life "as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water" . . . Lillian Hellman chain-smoking three packs of cigarettes and drinking twenty cups of coffee a day--and, after milking the cow and cleaning the barn, writing out of "elation, depression, hope" ("That is the exact order. Hope sets in toward nightfall. That's when you tell yourself that you're going to be better the next time, so help you God.") . . . Diane Arbus, doing what "gnaws at" her . . . Colette, locked in her writing room by her first husband, Henry Gauthier-Villars (nom de plume: Willy) and not being "let out" until completing her daily quota (she wrote five pages a day and threw away the fifth). Colette later said, "A prison is one of the best workshops" . . . Jessye Norman disdaining routines or rituals of any kind, seeing them as "a crutch" . . . and Octavia Butler writing every day no matter what ("screw inspiration").
Germaine de Staël . . . Elizabeth Barrett Browning . . . George Eliot . . . Edith Wharton . . . Virginia Woolf . . . Edna Ferber . . . Doris Lessing . . . Pina Bausch . . . Frida Kahlo . . . Marguerite Duras . . . Helen Frankenthaler . . . Patti Smith, and 131 more--on their daily routines, superstitions, fears, eating (and drinking) habits, and other finely (and not so finely) calibrated rituals that help summon up willpower and self-discipline, keeping themselves afloat with optimism and fight, as they create (and avoid creating) their creations.]]> 416 Mason Currey K.A. 0 3.83 2019 Daily Rituals: Women at Work
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]]> Paris: The Memoir 61812425 Behind Paris Hilton's meteoric rise from Upper West Side club kid to household name lies her self-proclaimed "superpower" of ADHD and a hidden history that traumatized and defined her. Shocking, funny, and surprisingly profound, Paris is the deeply personal memoir of the ultimate It Girl and a stunning inside view of a pop culture phenomenon.

Until, in a revealing documentary, Paris Hilton disclosed that her childhood was shattered by two years of strip searches, isolation, beatings, restraint, and brainwashing within the now infamous "troubled teen industry," Paris Hilton was simply the billionaire heiress America had watched grow up on television, on the internet, and in tabloids. But there was always more to Paris Hilton than met the eye. Yes, she is the media personality, DJ, entrepreneur, model, singer, actress, and icon beloved all over the globe. And yet...

Paris is the story people have always wanted Paris Hilton to tell--the story of who she really is. In this revealing and thought-provoking book, Hilton will separate the creation from the creator, the brand from the ambassador, and show the woman who grew up with incredible privilege but was also trapped in a world of unreasonable expectation at a moment when young women were humiliated for sport in a gossip economy on steroids. Paris recounts her perilous journey through pre-#METOO sexual politics with grace, generosity, and plenty of fun, rising above a series of heart-wrenching challenges to find healing, lasting love, and a life of meaning and purpose.

The parallel story arcs in Hilton's braided narrative come to full bloom as a watershed portrait of the Aughts, challenging each of us to question our role in her story and her role in ours. The result is an intimate and unexpected memoir about persona and personification, the price of being young and disobedient, and the complexity of manifesting your dreams after watching part of yourself disappear.]]> 336 Paris Hilton 0063224623 K.A. 0 4.20 2023 Paris: The Memoir
author: Paris Hilton
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.20
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]]> For the Fans 62990658 Kyran Harbor is everything I’m not.

Rich. Popular. A superstar football player who’s awfully broody for someone who has it all. Basically, he’s a preppy jock who hates me. Oh, and he’s also my stepbrother.

That’s right. We’re stuck together, sharing a school, a house� A bathroom. Honestly, I wouldn’t care� If he wasn’t such an uptight control-freak who messes with me just because we’re different.

I had every intention of avoiding him when we got to college� Until abrupt misfortune forces us both into a compromising position.

Now the grouchy jerk I was hoping to evade might be the only person who can help me out of it.

Avi Vega is everything I despise.

A dreamer. A flake. An artist who smokes too much weed and thinks aliens exist. And by some sick cosmic joke, he’s now my stepbrother, following me on what should’ve been my escape plan.

It was already a disaster. Add a sudden financial disruption to the mix, and let’s just say my options are heavily limited.

If I want to stay an all-star quarterback on the way to the NFL, I’ll need to do something drastic. Unfortunately for me, and my desperate desire for control, the perpetually smiling stoner has a plan.

Maybe we can stop hating each other just enough to pull this off. As long as we remember we’re only doing it� for the fans.

** For The Fans is a full-length standalone MM forbidden romance with an HEA. This book contains sensitive subject matter that could make some readers uncomfortable. Please heed foreword warnings and proceed with caution.]]> 546 Nyla K. K.A. 0 4.34 2023 For the Fans
author: Nyla K.
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.34
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]]> Yellowface 62047984
So what if June edits Athena’s novel and sends it to her agent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her as Juniper Song—complete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo? This piece of history deserve to be told, whoever the teller. That is what June believes, and The New York Times bestseller list agrees.

But June cannot escape Athena’s shadow, and emerging evidence threatens her stolen success. As she races to protect her secret she discovers exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves.]]> 319 R.F. Kuang 000853277X K.A. 5 3.69 2023 Yellowface
author: R.F. Kuang
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.69
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Fighting the Lure (Fighting for Love)]]> 199504371
Amelia’s starting over. After finding her girlfriend getting hot and heavy with her MMA trainer, she moves into the city to lick her wounds in peace. However, when she steps into what she hopes will be her new gym, her trainer is none other than Sam. Her first crush, her lesbian awakening, and someone she hasn’t seen in ten years—when Sam just up and vanished.

After Sam came out, her family’s rejection broke her. She swore to leave that past behind, but it finds her anyway when her little sister’s best friend shows up at the gym where she works. Ames grew up hot as sin, and her scorching glances only mean trouble. However, Sam’s a professional. She can keep her desires under control. She has to keep them under control. Because if she lets the past back in, it’ll destroy the life she’s built for herself here.

Ames isn’t just hot—she’s pure sunshine that Sam can’t help but crave until they’re both in a chokehold that neither of them wants to escape. However, moments are all they can claim because when Sam’s sister finds out, Ames will need to choose…and the odds are never in Sam’s favor.

Fighting the Lure is a standalone FF romance novella in the multi-author series Fighting for Love. All the stories take place at the shared gym, Knockout MMA Training Facility. At Knockout Gym, happily ever afters are hard-won.]]> 196 Katherine McIntyre K.A. 5 Great characters!

Fantastic, sizzling steamy scenes. I love how confident both Ames and Sam were.
Also great settings with the MMA fighting, the training + a dose of family drama and healing ♡]]> 4.33 Fighting the Lure (Fighting for Love)
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Great characters!

Fantastic, sizzling steamy scenes. I love how confident both Ames and Sam were.
Also great settings with the MMA fighting, the training + a dose of family drama and healing �
]]> <![CDATA[The Scarlet Veil (The Scarlet Veil, #1)]]> 60386342 This dark and thrilling vampire romance—set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Serpent & Dove series—is perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas!

Célie Tremblay has always been a good girl: kind and beautiful, a daughter of whom every parent would be proud. She surprises the entire kingdom when she defies tradition to become the first huntswoman—including her new captain and fiancé, Jean Luc, who rules the huntsmen with an iron fist. He isn’t the only one concerned for Célie’s safety, however. Though her friends try to protect her from the horrors of her past, mysterious whispers still haunt her, and a new evil is rising in Belterra—leaving bodies in its wake, each one drained of blood.

Determined to prove herself in her new role, Célie tracks the killer to the lair of Les Éternels—ancient creatures only spoken about in nursery rhymes—and catches the attention of their king, a monster who hides his plans for her behind beautiful words and sharp smiles. Now Célie has new reason to fear the dark because the closer he gets, the more tempted she feels to give in to his dark hunger—and her own.]]> 640 Shelby Mahurin 0063258757 K.A. 0 to-sample 4.10 2023 The Scarlet Veil (The Scarlet Veil, #1)
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name: K.A.
average rating: 4.10
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]]> Faebound (Faebound, #1) 157981739
When a fatal mistake leads to Yeeran’s exile from the Elven lands, they are both forced into the terrifying wilderness beyond their borders. There they encounter the the fae court.

The fae haven’t been seen for a millennium. But now Yeeran and Lettle are thrust into their seductive world � torn between their loyalty to each other, their elven homeland, and their hearts. . .]]> 386 Saara El-Arifi 0593723007 K.A. 0 to-sample 3.53 2024 Faebound (Faebound, #1)
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average rating: 3.53
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]]> <![CDATA[Gorszycielki. Dziewczyny, które łamały tabu i konwenanse]]> 48553420
Gorszycielki to książka o kobietach śmiałych i nieprzeciętnych. Takich, które wyłamywały się z ogólnie przyjętych norm. Takich, które głośno mówiły to, o czym inni tylko myśleli. Skandalistki? Emancypantki? Karierowiczki? A może po prostu dziewczyny, które miały odwagę wziąć sprawy w swoje ręce i żyć na własnych warunkach?

Jarosław Molenda, znany pisarz i publicysta, przybliża nam losy Polek, które łamały tabu i konwenanse: kobiet inteligentnych i przedsiębiorczych, z przytupem wkraczających w świat zarezerwowany do tej pory dla mężczyzn. W książce m.in. o Zapolskiej, Rubinstein, Stryjeńskiej, Łempickiej, Wisłockiej.]]> 304 Jarosław Molenda 8366229742 K.A. 0 3.41 2019 Gorszycielki. Dziewczyny, które łamały tabu i konwenanse
author: Jarosław Molenda
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.41
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]]> She Gets the Girl 58437812 She’s All That meets What If It’s Us in this swoon-worthy hate-to-love YA romantic comedy from #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Five Feet Apart Rachael Lippincott and debut writer Alyson Derrick.

Alex Blackwood is a little bit headstrong, with a dash of chaos and a whole lot of flirt. She knows how to get the girl. Keeping her on the other hand…not so much. Molly Parker has everything in her life totally in control, except for her complete awkwardness with just about anyone besides her mom. She knows she’s in love with the impossibly cool Cora Myers. She just…hasn’t actually talked to her yet.

Alex and Molly don’t belong on the same planet, let alone the same college campus. But when Alex, fresh off a bad (but hopefully not permanent) breakup, discovers Molly’s hidden crush as their paths cross the night before classes start, they realize they might have a common interest after all. Because maybe if Alex volunteers to help Molly learn how to get her dream girl to fall for her, she can prove to her ex that she’s not a selfish flirt. That she’s ready for an actual commitment. And while Alex is the last person Molly would ever think she could trust, she can’t deny Alex knows what she’s doing with girls, unlike her.

As the two embark on their five-step plans to get their girls to fall for them, though, they both begin to wonder if maybe they’re the ones falling…for each other.]]> 384 Rachael Lippincott 1534493794 K.A. 0 f-f 4.09 2022 She Gets the Girl
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name: K.A.
average rating: 4.09
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]]> Katia. Cmentarne love story 203899871 Miłość, śmierć i sprawiedliwość w Thornie

Katia jest nekromantką, odkąd tylko pamięta. Cmentarze, śmierć i zmarli to stałe elementy w jej życiu. Cała reszta, cóż, weszła w fazę chaosu.
Jej bezpieczny i przytulny dom przestał być azylem. Pomysł, by startować w wyborach do Starszyzny Thornu, zaczyna jej się odbijać czkawką. I wszystko wskazuje na to, że musi się przeprowadzić i postawić swoje dotychczasowe życie na głowie. A do tego ktoś wykrada z trumien ciała dziewczynek. Coś, na co nekromantka po prostu nie może pozwolić. Zwłaszcza gdy wytrącona z równowagi bogini daje jej ultimatum.

Czy w tym całym zamęcie Katia ma w ogóle jeszcze czas na sprawy sercowe? Przystojny i nieznośnie uroczy przedsiębiorca pogrzebowy sądzi, że i owszem. Nekromantka i przedsiębiorca pogrzebowy, czy to w ogóle może się udać?

Ta historia jest jak Katia � łączy w sobie ciepło i romantyczne porywy z makabrą śmierci i cmentarnych tajemnic.]]> Aneta Jadowska 8383303378 K.A. 0 to-read 3.73 2023 Katia. Cmentarne love story
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average rating: 3.73
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]]> <![CDATA[Taken By The Fae Queen (Her Majesty's Price Book 1)]]> 198377136 Once Upon a Time, a desperate King and Queen made a deal with a powerful Fae Queen to save their Kingdom from war.
Eighteen years later, it is their daughter, Princess Alayna that must pay the price when The Fae Queen shows up to collect her debt.
Whisked away to The Fae Queen's Queendom, Princess Alayna struggles to accept her new life, and all she wants is to escape her captivty.
But trying to escape is not that easy when The Fae Queen's eyes rests upon you.
The Fae Queen is an infurating, powerful creature. A trickster who takes pleasure in twisting words and tauting.
She is someone that Alayna wants absolutely nothing to do with.
Or does she?
Taken By The Fae Queen is a seductive, lush sapphic Beauty and The Beast inspired tale. It is an enemies-to-lovers slowburn about a human princess and a Fae Queen who may or may not end up seeing eye to eye despite the Princess' attempts to not get drawn into the Fae world. Or to The Fae Queen herself.

Perfect for fans of A Court of Mist and Fury.]]> 710 Emma Thingsted K.A. 0 to-sample 4.43 Taken By The Fae Queen (Her Majesty's Price Book 1)
author: Emma Thingsted
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]]> <![CDATA[The Pendragon Wytch: The Pendragon Chronicles]]> 78295822 King Arthur has taken this land. Aided by his advisor Merlin and the legions he commands, he has swept over this once prosperous Kingdom like a plague, chasing the last of the Sylvyns into the far south in his quest for power.
They have nowhere to run now, there is no further to go and I fear the bargains that will be made to protect them are ones that will haunt me for the rest of my immortal life.

I was born touched by Nimmet, both a blessing and a curse.

� Morgana]]> 380 C.C. Davie K.A. 0 to-sample 4.36 The Pendragon Wytch: The Pendragon Chronicles
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]]> The Woman in Me 63133205 The Woman in Me is a brave and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival, faith, and hope.

In June 2021, the whole world was listening as Britney Spears spoke in open court. The impact of sharing her voice—her truth—was undeniable, and it changed the course of her life and the lives of countless others. The Woman in Me reveals for the first time her incredible journey—and the strength at the core of one of the greatest performers in pop music history.

Written with remarkable candor and humor, Spears’s groundbreaking book illuminates the enduring power of music and love—and the importance of a woman telling her own story, on her own terms, at last.]]> 288 Britney Spears 1668009048 K.A. 0 non-fiction 3.83 2023 The Woman in Me
author: Britney Spears
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.83
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]]> <![CDATA[Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #1)]]> 196864520

The viral TikTok friends-to-lovers dark romantic comedy full of murder, chaos, and spice—unlike anything you’ve read before—now available in all bookstores.


When a chance encounter sparks an unlikely bond between rival murderers Sloane and Rowan, the two find something elusive—the friendship of like-minded, pitch-black souls. From small town West Virginia to upscale California, from downtown Boston to rural Texas, the two hunters collide in an annual game of blood and suffering, one that pits them against the most dangerous monsters in the country.


But as their friendship develops into something more, the restless ghosts left in their wake are only a few steps behind, ready to claim more than just their newfound love. Can Rowan and Sloane dig themselves out of a game of graves? Or have they finally met their match?

]]> 360 Brynne Weaver K.A. 0 m-f, dark 3.99 2023 Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #1)
author: Brynne Weaver
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.99
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]]> <![CDATA[Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)]]> 58763686
I can manipulate the emotions of anyone who lets me.
I will make you hurt, make you cry, make you laugh and sigh.
But my words don't affect him. Especially not when I plead for him to leave.
He's always there, watching and waiting.
And I can never look away.
Not when I want him to come closer.


The Shadow

I didn't mean to fall in love.
But now that I have, I can't stay away.
I'm mesmerized by her smile, by her eyes, and the way she moves.
The way she undresses...
I'll keep watching and waiting. Until I can make her mine.
And once she is, I'll never let her go.
Not even when she begs me to.]]> 583 H.D. Carlton K.A. 0 3.95 2021 Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)
author: H.D. Carlton
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.95
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]]> <![CDATA[The Shadow of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #1)]]> 52694527 Set in a brand-new, Norse-inspired world, and packed with myth, magic and bloody vengeance, The Shadow of the Gods begins an epic new fantasy saga from bestselling author John Gwynne.

After the gods warred and drove themselves to extinction, the cataclysm of their fall shattered the land of Vigrið.

Now a new world is rising, where power-hungry jarls feud and monsters stalk the woods and mountains. A world where the bones of the dead gods still hold great power for those brave - or desperate - enough to seek them out.

Now, as whispers of war echo across the mountains and fjords, fate follows in the footsteps of three people: a huntress on a dangerous quest, a noblewoman who has rejected privilege in pursuit of battle fame, and a thrall who seeks vengeance among the famed mercenaries known as the Bloodsworn.

All three will shape the fate of the world as it once more falls under the shadow of the gods . . .]]> 480 John Gwynne 0356514188 K.A. 0 to-read 4.19 2021 The Shadow of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #1)
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name: K.A.
average rating: 4.19
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]]> <![CDATA[Empire of the Vampire (Empire of the Vampire, #1)]]> 56269205 From holy cup comes holy light;
The faithful hand sets world aright.
And in the Seven Martyrs� sight,
Mere man shall end this endless night.

It has been twenty-seven long years since the last sunrise. For nearly three decades, vampires have waged war against humanity; building their eternal empire even as they tear down our own. Now, only a few tiny sparks of light endure in a sea of darkness.

Gabriel de León is a silversaint: a member of a holy brotherhood dedicated to defending realm and church from the creatures of the night. But even the Silver Order could not stem the tide once daylight failed us, and now, only Gabriel remains.

Imprisoned by the very monsters he vowed to destroy, the last silversaint is forced to tell his story. A story of legendary battles and forbidden love, of faith lost and friendships won, of the Wars of the Blood and the Forever King and the quest for humanity’s last remaining hope:

The Holy Grail.

From author Jay Kristoff comes Empire of the Vampire, the first illustrated volume of an astonishing new dark fantasy saga.]]> 739 Jay Kristoff 1250245281 K.A. 5 4.29 2021 Empire of the Vampire (Empire of the Vampire, #1)
author: Jay Kristoff
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2023/12/31
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]]> Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1) 13453029
The first Wool story was released as a standalone short in July of 2011. Due to reviewer demand, the rest of the story was released over the next six months.

This is the story of mankind clawing for survival, of mankind on the edge. The world outside has grown unkind, the view of it limited, talk of it forbidden. But there are always those who hope, who dream. These are the dangerous people, the residents who infect others with their optimism. Their punishment is simple. They are given the very thing they profess to want: They are allowed outside.

Alternate cover for B0071XO8RA]]> 509 Hugh Howey K.A. 0 4.22 2012 Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1)
author: Hugh Howey
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Ravenous: How to get ourselves and our planet into shape]]> 61737307
The food system is no longer simply a means of sustenance. It is one of the most successful, most innovative and most destructive industries on earth. It sustains us, but it is also killing us. Diet-related disease is now the biggest cause of preventable illness and death in the developed world - far worse than smoking. The environmental damage done by the food system is also changing climate patterns and degrading the earth, risking our food security.

Few people know the workings of the food system better than Henry Dimbleby, founder of the Leon restaurant chain, government adviser and author of the radical National Food Strategy. In Ravenous, he takes us behind the scenes to reveal the mechanisms that act together to shape the modern diet - and therefore the world. He explains not just why the food system is leading us into disaster, but what can be done about it.]]> 336 Henry Dimbleby 1800816510 K.A. 0 non-fiction, audio 4.35 Ravenous: How to get ourselves and our planet into shape
author: Henry Dimbleby
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.35
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]]> Wrath (Sinful Secrets, #4) 49348890 Alternate cover edition of ASIN B093G1KC36.

Josh Miller.
That's his name, but I just call him DG for Do Gooder.

This guy is relentless. All-American, baby-faced, blue-eyed band dork who's not a band dork at all, because you can't be a dork when you're getting scouted to play college soccer. When he's not doing music or sports, DG is counting up his Boy Scout badges or front-rowing it at the First Baptist church.

DG is my new stepbrother. Little brother. I'm a whole year older, not that he knows. I don't think he knows I'm starting senior year a whole year late. And he definitely doesn't know why. I've got secrets I'm taking with me to the grave.

Everyone thinks I came to play varsity football, but I've got other plans, and DG's trying to thwart them all. He's making my life worse than it already is.

Having him around is a damn plague. But I can fight back. I found out a little secret about Mr. Perfect. He plays for the "other" team. That ball bat he's got stuffed into his gray sweatpants—it swings "that" way. The best part about this twisted game is when I find out it gets hard for me.

The Do Gooder...he wants me. I don't know why. But I know how to make him pay.

--
Wrath is an emotional, forbidden MM romance that will be the fourth standalone in the bestselling Sinful Secrets collection, where each book is inspired by a sin and centered on a devastating secret.]]> 712 Ella James K.A. 0 m-m 4.21 2021 Wrath (Sinful Secrets, #4)
author: Ella James
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Chłopki. Opowieść o naszych babkach]]> 137135096 Służących do wszystkiego wraca do tematu wiejskich kobiet, ale tym razem to opowieść zza drugiej strony drzwi chłopskiej chałupy. Podczas, gdy Maryśki i Kaśki wyruszają do miast, by usługiwać w pańskich domach, na wsiach zostają ich siostry i matki: harujące od świtu do nocy gospodynie, folwarczne wyrobnice, mamki, dziewki pracujące w bogatszych gospodarstwach. Marzące o własnym łóżku, butach, szkole i o zostaniu panią. Modlące się o posag, byle "nie wyjść za dziada" i nie zostać wydane za morgi. Dzielące na czworo zapałki, by wyżywić rodzinę. Często analfabetki, bo "babom szkoły nie potrzeba".

Nasze babki i prababki.

Joanna Kuciel-Frydryszak daje wiejskim kobietom głos, by opowiedziały o swoim życiu: codziennym znoju, lękach i marzeniach. Ta mocna, głęboko dotykająca lektura pokazuje siłę kobiet, ich bezgraniczne oddanie rodzinie, ale też pragnienie zmiany i nierówną walkę o siebie w patriarchalnym społeczeństwie.]]> 496 Joanna Kuciel-Frydryszak 8367674316 K.A. 5 non-fiction 4.43 2023 Chłopki. Opowieść o naszych babkach
author: Joanna Kuciel-Frydryszak
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.43
book published: 2023
rating: 5
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]]> Moth (Monstrous, #5) 60398931 When I—along with my best friend and his big purple monster boyfriend—come across a fortress-like raider camp while journeying across the monster-infested Wastes, we stop to deliver a message.

Somehow, that simple pit stop turns into a seemingly impossible quest to get this camp’s missing leader out of the prison where he’s being held and forced to fight monsters and other humans. And I know exactly where it is, because I’ve been there.

Problem is, I’m making this journey with the prickliest and most arrogant guy I’ve ever met, who seems to immediately hate me on sight. Oh, and he’s also half monster. So there’s that.Andhe’s in love with a raider who definitely doesnotlove him back, and he seems determined to take it out on me. So there’s also that.

But I’m not going to rise to his childish insults and barbed words. I’m not.

I’m also going to try very hard to ignore how mindnumbingly beautiful he is, even when he’s scowling at me.

But the longer we’re out here together, the more I learn about my prickly half monster companion Moth. I realise there’s a reason he’s so closed off and angry. There’s a reason he hates everyone.

There are secrets he’s been keeping, and when I find out what they are, I want to do everything in my power to help him—even though he’s telling me he can’t be helped.

Moth is Book Five of the Monstrous series, a post-apocalyptic m/m fantasy series that features monsters and human men falling in love. It is best to read the series in order.Warning:This m/m love story contains explicit sexual content and is not suitable for young readers. It also contains graphic depictions of death and violence.]]> 451 Lily Mayne K.A. 0 m-m, monster-sex 4.60 2022 Moth (Monstrous, #5)
author: Lily Mayne
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.60
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[All I Want for Christmas Is Revenge (Murder and Mistletoe, #1)]]> 202373773 “I will kill the men who murdered your family� for a price. You will be mine.�

Saint

Being a hitman is the loneliest of jobs. We don’t have many friends. Some don’t even have family. Lovers? Try explaining to your boyfriend why there’s blood on your shirt.

Christmas is the worst time to be alone, but this year, love is on the cards for me. All thanks to a letter I found in the street.

It reads, “Dear Santa, all I want for Christmas is revenge…�

At first, I’m intrigued by the words, the grisly details, and the rage steaming off the page. The author doesn’t know it yet, but we are a perfect fit. His bloodthirst is equal to mine, his creativity in coming up with ways to kill is admirable, and when I track him down, I instantly fall for the wrath in his dark eyes.

His wish is my command, if he’s ready to pay the price - being mine.

Rowan

My therapist always tells me I should let go of my pain and rage. But I don’t want to let go. I want the men who attacked my family dead.

I just never thought I’d get my wish granted. But there’s a catch. The handsome monster who abducts me to his lair wants me as his payment.

Me, the strange loner filled with bitterness and sarcasm. Me, who never even had a boyfriend. Me, with my cane and irrational fears.

But I’d sell my soul to the Devil for revenge, so I might as well offer my body to a seductive assassin. After all, he cooks well, kills people, buys me bath bombs� What else could I want in a boyfriend?

***

“All I want for Christmas is Revenge� is a standalone M/M dark romance where an obsessive hitman desperate for love zeroes in on a young man willing to trade his life for revenge. (+Cute Christmas dates!)

Themes and tropes: Size difference, assassin, mistrust, snowed in, small town, revenge, loneliness, illicit arrangement, possessive hero, past trauma, dark humor, abduction, first love, soulmates, age gap, disabled hero, morally gray
Warnings: Kidnapping, violence, gore, stalking, strong language, and steamy, explicit scenes]]> 289 K.A. Merikan K.A. 0 mine ]]> 3.91 2023 All I Want for Christmas Is Revenge (Murder and Mistletoe, #1)
author: K.A. Merikan
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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Xmas
]]> <![CDATA[Of Wulf and Wynd, Part 1: The Vows of Marriage (The Kingdoms of Gyldren #2)]]> 60107927
The Kingdom of White Sommer and the Kingdom of Wyndfeld had been united and strong. Princess Tharon of White Sommer grew up with her best friend Princess Roswynd of Wyndfeld, both having vowed to always be together. But it all came crashing down when Tharon’s mother was murdered by Roswynd’s family. The two kingdoms plunged into a dark, bloody war of revenge and hatred. After ten long years at war, the kingdoms agree to a ceasefire, but under the condition of a forced marriage between the two princesses.

Tharon becomes the Prince and Lord Commander of the White Sommer Army and a knight known as the Black Wulf. She has dedicated her life to conquering Wyndfeld and avenging her mother’s murder. Even better, she finally gets to claim Roswynd as her Omega. Now nothing can stop her from having it all.

Roswynd grew up broken and enraged over Tharon’s betrayal of their friendship pact. Now forced to marry Tharon, she is at a loss with her new wife, finding no remnants of her best friend under Tharon’s cold exterior. She gives her wedding vows to Tharon, but she knows their vows are based on lies. She will protect her kingdom from Tharon.

As Tharon and Roswynd play the game, they both discover they must choose between honoring their wedding vows or their vows to their kingdom.

Part 1, The Vows of Marriage, is the first of three parts to the Of Wulf and Wynd novel from The Kingdoms of Gyldren series. It includes F/F Omegaverse*, Fantasy Romance, Royalty & Nobility, Enemies-to-Lovers, G!P*, and a cliffhanger.
114,000

*See the author's blog for more details about Omegaverse and related terms.]]> 475 Lexa Luthor 1952993083 K.A. 0 to-sample, 10 4.51 2022 Of Wulf and Wynd, Part 1: The Vows of Marriage (The Kingdoms of Gyldren #2)
author: Lexa Luthor
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.51
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Stolen by the Shadow King (Kingdoms of Lore: Underworld, #1)]]> 59448793
But when Maren learns she is the legendary seer of the Underworld, everything changes. She discovers a magical poison spreading, and the only way to save both realms from complete destruction is to bind her power with the king’s to heal the land through their union.

Maren isn’t heartless. Of course, she’ll sacrifice herself to save her beloved family and the world. And her feelings for the protective, mercurial shadow king are changing�

When another shadow lord steals the key to the king’s power and demands Maren’s hand in marriage, she realizes what evil truly looks like in the Underworld.

Now, she must either fight alongside the king and hope they don’t run out of time to save the realms, or surrender to the evil lord and stop the poison’s spread before it’s too late.

Maren can still save the realms, but it will require a true sacrifice of the heart.

If you like steamy-sweet, enemies to lovers fantasy romance loosely inspired by Hades and Persephone and Pride and Prejudice with brooding love interests, feisty female leads, and powerful friendships, this book is for you.

Dive into this rich new world today!

*This duology is set in the same world as Kingdoms of Lore and Dragons Rising but readers can easily start with this book.]]> 342 Alisha Klapheke 1736183397 K.A. 0 to-sample, 10, fantasy 3.35 Stolen by the Shadow King (Kingdoms of Lore: Underworld, #1)
author: Alisha Klapheke
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.35
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]]> <![CDATA[Sorcery of Thorns (Sorcery of Thorns, #1)]]> 42201395
Then an act of sabotage releases the library’s most dangerous grimoire. Elisabeth’s desperate intervention implicates her in the crime, and she is torn from her home to face justice in the capital. With no one to turn to but her sworn enemy, the sorcerer Nathaniel Thorn, and his mysterious demonic servant, she finds herself entangled in a centuries-old conspiracy. Not only could the Great Libraries go up in flames, but the world along with them.

As her alliance with Nathaniel grows stronger, Elisabeth starts to question everything she’s been taught—about sorcerers, about the libraries she loves, even about herself. For Elisabeth has a power she has never guessed, and a future she could never have imagined.]]> 456 Margaret Rogerson 1481497618 K.A. 0 fantasy 4.03 2019 Sorcery of Thorns (Sorcery of Thorns, #1)
author: Margaret Rogerson
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Cruel Princes (Princes of Devil's Creek, #1)]]> 60818779 I hate the princes of Devil’s Creek.

Luca, Bastian, Marcello, and Damian.

For most of my life, no one wanted me� not until they needed me. Turns out I’m the lost heiress to a multi-billion dollar fortune and a pawn in their sick game.

They keep me locked in their seaside estate, completely at their mercy. All four of them are bullies, taking out their hatred for me in the form of punishments, each with their own reason for keeping me around.

I’m sick to want them.
It’s dangerous to need them.

I think I’m finding my place among these depraved monsters.

Except there’s one small problem.
They’re not the only men who want me.

There are far more dangerous men looking for the heir to the Wellington fortune� which means I’ll be staying in their beds and under their protection for the foreseeable future.

Cruel Princes is a DARK BULLY romance about four possessive men and one ruthless woman who will bring them to their knees. The main character will end up with more than one love interest. ]]> 430 Jillian Frost K.A. 0 to-sample, 50, reverse-harem 3.44 Cruel Princes (Princes of Devil's Creek, #1)
author: Jillian Frost
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.44
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]]> <![CDATA[Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)]]> 61431922 Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders...

Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders.

But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile� humans. They incinerate them.

With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother’s daughter—like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant.

She’ll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise.

Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom's protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret.

Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda—because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die]]> 528 Rebecca Yarros 1649374046 K.A. 0 fantasy 4.56 2023 Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
author: Rebecca Yarros
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.56
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Hot but Psycho: Coffin Nails MC California (Sex & Mayhem, #5)]]> 199298329 Live fast. Die young. Love forever.

Red Jack. Rude. Crude. Horny ginger mess. Doesn’t do love.
Loki. Deadbeat. Volatile. Stalker. Desperate for love.

When it comes to men, Red Jack has three rules. The guy has to be hot, out of town, and not up for repeats. It’s a good way to keep the gay flings far away from the eyes of his brothers in the Coffin Nails Motorcycle Club, and he will make damn sure it stays that way. When his latest hookup turns up at his house, the heat is on. Loki invades his life and just ɴDz’t leave, wreaking havoc wherever he follows Jack, but getting rid of him becomes harder with every kiss.

The world crumbles around Loki when he finds out he has cancer. As if his life wasn’t shit enough already. Believing he only has a few months left, he decides to live to the fullest and get every last wish on his bucket list fulfilled. One of those is f*cking Red Jack, the hot ginger biker god. Big, confident, and dangerous, Jack is all Loki ever wanted in a man. After all, he deserves one last shot at love. Who cares that Red Jack is a stubborn, closeted asshole? Loki knows what he wants, and he ɴDz’t settle for anything less. Even if it kills him.

Together, they are a disaster on a Harley, but mad love, obsessive devotion, and a frenzy of jealousy might just be what they both need to feel alive.

POSSIBLE SPOILERS:
“Hot but Psycho� is a standalone Motorcycle club romance with a Happy Ever After that will keep you guessing to the very end.

Themes: Outlaw motorcycle club, crime, hurt/comfort, abuse, sexual orientation issues, stalking, revenge, bucket list, coping with illness, first love, size difference, idiots in love, volatile relationship

Genre: M/M dark romance, suspense, drama
Length: ~105,000 words
WARNING: Adult content. Explicit steamy scenes, strong language, graphic violence, abuse scenes, drug use. Reader discretion advised.

“Hot but Psycho� has been previously published as “Red Hot�]]> K.A. Merikan K.A. 0
Hot but Psycho by K.A. Merikan

****
Ah Jack, the loveable asshole ;)

Red Hot by K.A. Merikan


This is a book about the hot, burly, bearded ginger biker who appears as a side character in Stripped Raw Coffin Nails MC California (Sex & Mayhem, #3) by Miss Merikan

It's hot, crazy and all sorts of wrong :D This is SUCH a Merikan book. It's bloodier by the page ;D]]> 3.73 2015 Hot but Psycho: Coffin Nails MC California (Sex & Mayhem, #5)
author: K.A. Merikan
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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5/10/2023: New cover and title!

Hot but Psycho by K.A. Merikan

****
Ah Jack, the loveable asshole ;)

Red Hot by K.A. Merikan


This is a book about the hot, burly, bearded ginger biker who appears as a side character in Stripped Raw Coffin Nails MC California (Sex & Mayhem, #3) by Miss Merikan

It's hot, crazy and all sorts of wrong :D This is SUCH a Merikan book. It's bloodier by the page ;D
]]> <![CDATA[Grind (Wrong Side of the Tracks, #4)]]> 199259689 “I ɴDz’t let anyone hurt him. Even if he can never be mine.�

Ezra. Escort. Cynical. Hunted by a killer. Needs a man capable of anything.
Frank. Client. Protective. Loyal. Wants to forget his violent past.

On his 40th birthday, Frank decides his chance for love has passed.

But when an old friend treats him to a night with a beautiful escort, Frank is not about to say no. In fact, Ezra proves to be so intoxicating, he doesn’t want to let go.

So he’ll pay. An easy solution to loneliness. No strings, no expectations, a clean transaction and a bit of extravagance in his otherwise frugal life.

That is, until one night Ezra arrives on his doorstep, desperate for protection from none other than Frank’s old buddy. A man as dangerous as Frank used to be.

Ezra has a very clear goal in life—make a load of money while he’s young and beautiful, then marry rich. His rules are just as simple: stay safe and don’t fall for clients.

Frank might be Ezra’s type: big, rough around the edges, and generous in bed, but Ezra is level-headed enough to know that a guy who works at a junkyard and doesn’t exactly own a yacht isn’t marriage material.

But Ezra is in danger, and he needs a man with massive fists, not deep pockets, so he will do everything in his power to secure Frank’s affection.

Only Frank never planned to get involved with his little treat. Because if Ezra knew his dark secrets, he’d be terrified of what kind of monster he’d let into his bed.


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POSSIBLE SPOILERS:

Tropes: size difference, age gap, escort, forced proximity, opposites attract, ice prince, gentle giant, sworn off relationships, dark secret, emotional scars, blue collar

Genre: Scorching hot M/M dark romance

Length: ~120,000 words (Standalone)

WARNING: This story contains scenes of violence, offensive language and morally ambiguous characters as well as the topics of domestic violence, eating disorders and fatphobia]]> 491 K.A. Merikan K.A. 0 mine 4.11 2023 Grind (Wrong Side of the Tracks, #4)
author: K.A. Merikan
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Garron Park (From Nothing, #1)]]> 127924695
When Devon Sawyer desperately searches for his brother in the middle of the night, beaten and broken, he finds Maddox Kane instead.

With his dad on his trail, he has no choice but to stand on his enemy’s doorstep and let Maddox help. Maddox has never seen Devon this vulnerable. Living in Garron’s trailer park means families dole out discipline on the regular and violence is a part of life, but something about how far Jim Sawyer takes it this time has Maddox unnerved.

Rivals in motocross, work, and life itself, they’re forced to work together for one night. Perspectives change and their friction morphs into something unexpected. Hatred turns to lust. Tensions switch from hostile to aroused. While their competitiveness remains, their dynamic shifts. Their acceptance is anything but graceful.

Two guys who come from nothing, with very little to look forward to, find themselves craving each other in new and fiery ways.

Reluctantly.

WHAT TO EXPECT:

GARRON PARK is book one (1) of two (2) in the From Nothing series. Potential to expand later, but for now remains a duology. They must be read in order as book 2 is a continuation of book 1 featuring the same main characters. It is an MM romance with explicit spicy times, foul language, and two main guys who are pretty down on their luck.]]> 308 Nordika Night K.A. 5 m-m, sexy Juicy, delicious, gritty. � 4.06 2023 Garron Park (From Nothing, #1)
author: Nordika Night
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2023
rating: 5
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date added: 2023/05/31
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Juicy, delicious, gritty. �
]]> <![CDATA[It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)]]> 27362503
Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the small town in Maine where she grew up � she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. So when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily’s life suddenly seems almost too good to be true.

Ryle is assertive, stubborn, maybe even a little arrogant. He’s also sensitive, brilliant, and has a total soft spot for Lily. And the way he looks in scrubs certainly doesn’t hurt. Lily can’t get him out of her head. But Ryle’s complete aversion to relationships is disturbing. Even as Lily finds herself becoming the exception to his “no dating� rule, she can’t help but wonder what made him that way in the first place.

As questions about her new relationship overwhelm her, so do thoughts of Atlas Corrigan � her first love and a link to the past she left behind. He was her kindred spirit, her protector. When Atlas suddenly reappears, everything Lily has built with Ryle is threatened.]]> 386 Colleen Hoover 1668021048 K.A. 0 m-f 4.11 2016 It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
author: Colleen Hoover
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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]]> Smash & Grab (RELIC #1) 54500501
Don't get me wrong -- I love what I do with a passion, but it doesn't leave a lot of time for much else.

Especially romance.

While chipping away at my work, I'm suddenly the person between hired cartel muscle and the fossil that will define my career.

Which isn't the most insane part of the story.

My savior is a chaotic, bat-wielding punk with a bubble gum pink mohawk and a killer smile.

In a mad dash to escape the thieves, my knight in studded armor sweeps me across the country while hitting every tourist trap along the way.

While smuggling a fossil, might I add.

Oh, and did I mention this pink punk can shift into a dinosaur?]]> 190 Maz Maddox K.A. 5 gay, shifters 4.14 2020 Smash & Grab (RELIC #1)
author: Maz Maddox
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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date added: 2023/03/25
shelves: gay, shifters
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This was just so fun and adorable. Dalton was the epitome of COOL. SO funny and cute. The audio narration was fantastic too. Now I want to listen to the whole series. The premise for this series is just so offbeat and I absolutely loved it.
]]> Love Among Reptiles 122496851 The Moreno Cartel murdered Miguel’s family. Years later, he’s ready to take his revenge. But when the feelings he’s developing for the cartel boss’s son get in the way, love becomes the deadliest game.

Miguel. Undercover. Tormented by his past. Dead inside.
Nero. Son of a cartel boss. Depraved. Lives to spite the world.

Miguel loathes everything about working for the Moreno cartel. But the blood on his hands is a price he’s willing to pay if he gets to put down the man who murdered his sisters. Miguel’s goal seems within reach when he becomes the bodyguard of his target’s only son, but having to play a double game with the infuriating Nero Moreno becomes impossible when the cartel prince starts hitting on him.

There has never been a more infuriating demon of a man than Nero. From his filed teeth and green hair to the gaudy gold necklaces and a diamond-studded AK-47, he is narco excess personified and everything Miguel despises.

Or is he? As Miguel gets to spend more time in Nero’s company, he sees glimpses of a man he could have become close with in another life. In this one though, there is no room for love in his black heart.

Nero Moreno isn’t planning on giving him a choice. With the endless buffet of flesh available to him, he shouldn’t care about rejection, but every time his insanely hot bodyguard gives him the cold shoulder, Nero is more set on seduction.

He can see a spark of interest behind the dead black eyes. What does Miguel hide under his tattooed skin and expressionless face? Why ɴDz’t he let Nero touch him? Is his heart really made of stone?

Nero will not rest until he finds out.

When their goals collide, blood and bullets pave the path to redemption.

***

Gritty, dark, and intense, “Love Among Reptiles� is a dark enemies-to-lovers M/M romance novel set in the world of cartels. Prepare for brutality, danger, heated arguments, slow burn pining, and scorching hot, emotional, explicit scenes.

Don't miss your chance to uncover the secrets that lie beneath tattooed skin and explore the boundaries of love within a cartel. Grab your copy now and prepare to be consumed by the intense heat of 'Love Among Reptiles'!

POSSIBLE SPOILERS:
Themes: enemies to lovers, cartels, revenge, masculinity, coming out, first times, opposites attract, betrayal, double-crossing, undercover, grumpy/sunshine, crime, traumatic past, road trip
Length: ~117,000 words (Standalone novel)
WARNING: This story contains scenes of violence, offensive language and morally ambiguous characters as well as sensitive topics of homophobia, suicide, child abuse, and SA.]]> 394 K.A. Merikan K.A. 0 cartel, mafia, mine, m-m

LAR

"Love Among Reptiles", our M/M cartel dark romance is out and the talented Zel Carboni has brought Nero and Miguel to life.
They are psycho sunshine + deadly grumpy personified ;D

Nero e Miguel]]> 4.00 2023 Love Among Reptiles
author: K.A. Merikan
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2023
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2023/03/10
shelves: cartel, mafia, mine, m-m
review:
LAR

LAR

"Love Among Reptiles", our M/M cartel dark romance is out and the talented Zel Carboni has brought Nero and Miguel to life.
They are psycho sunshine + deadly grumpy personified ;D

Nero e Miguel
]]> <![CDATA[Meeting Millie (Oxford Romance, #1)]]> 104903227
Against the odds, theirs is an instant, best friendship. Forever.

Exuberant Millie is a breath of fresh air for polite Charlotte and a force of nature within the university's hallowed walls. And they are going to be the best lawyers of their year and change the world.

But their world changes instead when things go queerly sideways, and they haven’t seen each other since.

Ten years on and Charlotte returns to where it all began. She has a new job at a prestigious law firm and Oxford is as beautiful as ever. She’s a safe distance from her overbearing barrister mother Nicola and three office floors from her snappy college mentor, Olivia.

Then Millie bounds around the corner wanting to be friends again and it's as if the last decade never happened. Will it be different the second time around? Can they be friends again? Or will love and attraction change things?

Meeting Millie is a sapphic romance about the nature of friendship, how two people change over the years, and how they see themselves and each other.]]> 421 Clare Ashton K.A. 0 to-sample, lesbian 4.02 2023 Meeting Millie (Oxford Romance, #1)
author: Clare Ashton
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2023
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2023/03/06
shelves: to-sample, lesbian
review:

]]> <![CDATA[D!ckhead (Wrong Side of the Tracks, #3)]]> 60313253 “He says I’m the dumbest hostage he’s ever had. But I’m also the hottest.�

Hammer. Enforcer for the Demon Brethren MC. Sociopath. Butcher. Weapon of choice: Sledgehammer

Dex. Shameless. Perpetually horny. No impulse control. Weapon of choice: Dumb jokes


From the moment Dex saw Hammer smash a man’s head open like it was a watermelon, he was obsessed. No, really, obsessed.

He is thrilled when life offers him the opportunity to introduce himself to the bloodthirsty biker god. So maybe it’s not so perfect that Hammer is his prisoner, but beggars can’t be choosers.

Standing guard at a secret junkyard prison is serious business, but Dex’s horny brain still gets the best of him. One thing leads to another and—oops—now he’s Hammer’s hostage, they’re going God knows where, and Dex lands in a cage next to a� tiger?

Oh well, he’s here for a good time, not a long time.

Hammer isn’t letting anyone jail him. Not even his club brothers. He’s not a traitor, and he will prove it if it kills him.

His ticket out of captivity appears in the form of a gay, tattooed, blond ball of chaos who seems to have a crush on him. Hammer might be straight but seduction isn’t beneath him if it gets him what he wants.

To Hammer’s bewilderment, even as a hostage, Dex doesn’t stop hitting on him. Strangely, the brat’s silly smiles and motormouth begin to chip Hammer’s armor, awakening feelings he never thought himself capable of.

Add to that Dex’s surprising talent for dismembering bodies, and it turns out Hammer might be the one in over his head.

POSSIBLE SPOILERS:

Themes: bi-awakening, grumpy/sunshine, abduction, size difference, brat, first love, revenge, enemies to lovers, betrayal, coming out, forced proximity, partners in crime, biker gang, first gay relationship, antihero, opposites attract, dark humor

Genre: Scorching hot M/M dark romance

Length: ~135,000 words (Standalone)

WARNING: This story contains scenes of violence, abduction, gore, offensive language and morally ambiguous characters.
(Occasional attendance and participation at adult parties)]]> 454 K.A. Merikan K.A. 0

Get ready for a gorey, sexy good time ;D

There's been all this talk about tiger dick in this book... Do you remember the 'tiger' dildo? ]]> 4.10 2023 D!ckhead (Wrong Side of the Tracks, #3)
author: K.A. Merikan
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2023
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2023/02/16
shelves: abduction, age-gap, alternative-lifestyle, bad-boy, bad-guys, biker, bisexual, coming-out, contemporary, crime, dark, dirty, gangbang, gay, gritty, humiliation, m-m, mine, motorcycle-club, opposites-attract, prisoner, revenge, romance, sexy, spanking, suspense
review:
D!CKHEAD

Get ready for a gorey, sexy good time ;D

There's been all this talk about tiger dick in this book... Do you remember the 'tiger' dildo?
]]> The Sweet One 9560621
Throughout Micah’s childhood and early teenaged years, Noah would briefly show himself and comfort Micah whenever Micah was sad or just had a bad day. Noah’s soothing presence always made Micah feel better. One day Noah decided Micah was getting too attached to him, so he never appeared to Micah again, but he always watched over him and loved him from afar.


Micah is now a popular kindergarten teacher. He’s had some boyfriends, but always compares them to his Angel he saw as a child, and so his relationships never work out. One day on his way home, his Angel interferes with Micah’s destiny and it changes both of their lives forever.]]> 34 Andi Anderson 1920468420 K.A. 0 to-read 3.56 2010 The Sweet One
author: Andi Anderson
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.56
book published: 2010
rating: 0
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date added: 2023/02/02
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Transcendence (Transcendence, #1)]]> 20504754 Librarian's note: This is an Alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B00IFV9AXY.

It's said that women and men are from two different planets when it comes to communication, but how can they overcome the obstacles of prehistoric times when one of them simply doesn't have the ability to comprehend language?

Ehd's a caveman living on his own in a harsh wilderness. He's strong and intelligent, but completely alone. When he finds a beautiful young woman in his pit trap, it's obvious to him that she is meant to be his mate. He doesn't know where she came from, she's wearing some pretty odd clothing, and she makes a lot of noises with her mouth that give him a headache. Still, he's determined to fulfill his purpose in life - provide for her, protect her, and put a baby in her.

Elizabeth doesn't know where she is or exactly how she got there. She's confused and distressed by her predicament, and there's a caveman hauling her back to his cavehome. She's not at all interested in Ehd's primitive advances, and she just can't seem to get him to listen. No matter what she tries, getting her point across to this primitive but beautiful man is a constant - and often hilarious - struggle.

With only each other for company, they must rely on one another to fight the dangers of the wild and prepare for the winter months. As they struggle to coexist, theirs becomes a love story that transcends language and time.]]> 312 Shay Savage K.A. 5 r-read, m-f, fun 4.02 2014 Transcendence (Transcendence, #1)
author: Shay Savage
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2014
rating: 5
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date added: 2023/02/01
shelves: r-read, m-f, fun
review:
Fresh, interesting, different :)
]]> Whit (Unexpected, #1) 60870308 Straight guys don’t have crushes on other dudes, right?

Except my roommate, Whit, is intriguing, and I find myself watching him constantly. He’s a mystery I can’t figure out. And these feelings I’m having about him are confusing.
Then, one night, I find myself wrapped around him, and after that, I can't get enough.
But Whit has secrets. He doesn’t let people in, and the more I fall for him, the less I know.
I can't let him go, though.
Until I realize I’m going to be the one broken at the end of our story.

This is a sexual-awakening MM romance book with sexually explicit material suitable only for adults. It's generally a sweet romance, but some content is not suitable for some readers. Trigger warnings include mentions of abuse, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, and the death of a loved one. Please take this into account before reading.]]> 308 Cora Rose K.A. 0 2023, contemporary, m-m 4.09 2022 Whit (Unexpected, #1)
author: Cora Rose
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2022
rating: 0
read at: 2023/01/01
date added: 2023/01/11
shelves: 2023, contemporary, m-m
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Violent Desire (Blackrose Brotherhood, #1)]]> 61290991 12 immortals, 12 outcasts, 1 mission.
Kill their own kind, before it’s too late.

Detective, killer, vigilant. Eric Sharpe is tired of watching criminals walk free. When a low-life drug-dealer kills his partner and escapes justice, Eric plots his own revenge. His plan is faultless, but for one thing: The handsome, mysterious man who arrives moments before Eric’s plan comes to fruition. Not only does the mysterious man know Eric’s an undercover cop, he knows exactly what Eric did fifteen years ago—an event so traumatic Eric has been trying to bury it ever since. And the mysterious man? Fifteen years ago, Eric killed him.
Now he’s back to reclaim what’s his: Detective Eric Sharpe.

Immortal. Predator. Vampire. After betraying himself and the Blackrose Brotherhood, Zaine can’t afford another mistake. There’s one rule above all others the Brotherhood stand by. One rule that can never be broken. Never, ever, care. All Zaine has to do is hunt and kill the savage nyktelios vampires and keep his head down. And he was doing just fine, until saving Detective Eric Sharpe from a vicious vampire attack. Zaine can’t stop thinking about the intelligent, handsome but haunted man. Walking away is the right thing to do, but the detective and Zaine are hunting the same killer—the same vampire—a vampire who knows more about the both of them, and the brotherhood, than anyone realizes.
A vampire seeking to bring down the Blackrose Brotherhood, for good.

Zaine can’t walk away. Eric ɴDz’t walk away. Brotherhood rules be damned, the vampire must be stopped, and they’ll go down fighting together to end him.

***

Violent Desire is the first book in an all-new MM paranormal romance series. Each book features a new MM couple ending in a HEA/HFN.

Content warning: These are adult books. There will be graphic, on-page depictions of sex, torture, and swearing. These vampires do not sparkle. They're relentless in their mission. They do bad shit for good reasons, and some do good shit for bad reasons. They DO NOT CARE. They have been described as psychopaths with fangs. Read at your own risk.]]> 364 Ariana Nash K.A. 0 to-sample, 10, vampire, m-m 3.87 2022 Violent Desire (Blackrose Brotherhood, #1)
author: Ariana Nash
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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date added: 2022/10/07
shelves: to-sample, 10, vampire, m-m
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]]> If I Had Your Face 52696537 If I Had Your Face plunges us into the mesmerising world of contemporary Seoul - a place where extreme plastic surgery is as routine as getting a haircut, where women compete for spots in secret 'room salons' to entertain wealthy businessmen after hours, where K-Pop stars are the object of all-consuming obsession and ruthless social hierarchies dictate your every move.

Navigating this cutthroat city are four young women balancing on the razor edge of survival: Kyuri, an exquisitely beautiful woman whose hard-won status at an exclusive 'room salon' is threatened by an impulsive mistake with a client; her flatmate, Miho, an orphan who wins a scholarship to a prestigious art school in New York, where her life becomes tragically enmeshed with the super-wealthy offspring of the Korean elite; Wonna, their neighbour, pregnant with a child that she and her husband have no idea how they will afford to raise in a fiercely competitive economy; and Ara, a hair stylist living down the hall, whose infatuation with a fresh-faced K-Pop star drives her to violent extremes.]]> 288 Frances Cha 0593129466 K.A. 5 contemporary 3.74 2020 If I Had Your Face
author: Frances Cha
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2020
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 2022/09/27
shelves: contemporary
review:
Loved how unreliable the narrators were
]]> Alonement 56856378
Enter: Alonement, Francesca Specter's empowering new word to express valuing your own company and dedicating quality time to yourself, whoever you are and whatever your relationship status.

Between shared homes, social plans and smartphone addictions, most of us don't know how to be alone - yet our life-long relationship with ourselves is the most important one we'll ever have. A reformed 'extreme extrovert' who struggled to spend even an hour on her own, Francesca made the resolution in January 2019 to improve her solitude skills. A year later, facing months of lockdown as a household-of-one, she valued those skills more than ever - and began sharing her wisdom with others on how to cherish time alone.

Packed with practical tips, insights from key experts and lessons from guests of the Alonement podcast - including Alain de Botton, Florence Given, Konnie Huq, Vick Hope and Camilla Thurlow - Francesca reveals how we can all thrive alone, whatever our circumstances, and harness the untapped power of some meaningful time with me, myself and I.]]> 306 Francesca Specter 1529412617 K.A. 0 100, non-fiction 3.90 Alonement
author: Francesca Specter
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.90
book published:
rating: 0
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date added: 2022/09/24
shelves: 100, non-fiction
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]]> <![CDATA[Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex]]> 51840338 An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that's obsessed with sexual attraction, and what we can all learn about desire and identity by using an ace lens to see the world

What exactly is sexual attraction and what is it like to go through the world not experiencing it? What does asexuality reveal about consent, about compromise, about the structures of society? This exceedingly accessible guide to asexuality shows that the issues that aces face—confusion around sexual activity, the intersection of sexuality and identity, navigating different needs in relationships—are conflicts that all of us need to address as we move through the world.

Through interviews, cultural criticism, and memoir, ACE invites all readers to consider big-picture issues through the lens of asexuality, because every place that sexuality touches our world, asexuality does too.

Journalist Angela Chen uses her own journey of self-discovery as an asexual person to unpretentiously educate and vulnerably connect with readers, effortlessly weaving analysis of sexuality and societally imposed norms with interviews of ace people. Among those included are the woman who had blood tests done because she was convinced that "not wanting sex" was a sign of serious illness, and the man who grew up in an evangelical household and did everything "right," only to realize after marriage that his experience of sexuality had never been the same as that of others. Also represented are disabled aces, aces of color, non-gender-conforming aces questioning whether their asexuality is a reaction against stereotypes, and aces who don't want romantic relationships asking how our society can make room for them.]]> 240 Angela Chen K.A. 0 to-sample 4.26 2020 Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
author: Angela Chen
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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date added: 2022/09/13
shelves: to-sample
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Steel & Thunder (Steel & Thunder, #1)]]> 57485537
A fantastical spin on classic romance meets tabletop storytelling meets fantasy erotica!

When David went exploring with his friends, he figured they might come across some old ruins or maybe even fight a few monsters. He never expected that he'd wind up captured by an orc and turned into his pet; he expected even less that he'd actually like it. It all started when he was sitting in a jail cell, so desperate to escape that he agreed to trial by combat: The Ritual of Steel & Thunder. He opens the fight strong, but when his competitor manages to overpower him, things start to heat up and he realizes he may have signed on for more than he bargained for.

Captain Khazak Ironstorm is the orc ranger responsible for David's arrest--and after defeating him in combat, his new owner. Initially amused by his slave's antics, something deeper begins to grow between them--something dark that draws Khazak in as much as it troubles him. More confounding than that are the feats of agility and speed his new pet seems able to perform as if they were nothing. What he does know is that if there is anyone capable of taming this barbaric human's behavior, it's him.

A tale of romance mixed with some humor, adventure, and a heaping helping of kink. Read all about the journey of David and Khazak as they learn to understand each other and uncover the mysteries of the magical world around them. Readers who love kink, BDSM, Dom/sub, and other elements of male-on-male romance will love what this story has to offer.]]> 368 Dominic N. Ashen 1644501953 K.A. 0 to-sample, orc, gay 3.79 2021 Steel & Thunder (Steel & Thunder, #1)
author: Dominic N. Ashen
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2021
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2022/09/03
shelves: to-sample, orc, gay
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Pool of Dreams (Pool of Dreams, #1)]]> 61633578 A fae who betrayed his prince for a doomed passion.

Syren sacrificed the man he loved to spare humanity from the wrath of the fae. For three hundred years, he’s been stuck on the mortal plane, floating alone in his pool while his powers slipped away. The last fae in the realm, his only companion is a mysterious bird until Audric, King of Aranthe, comes to claim his sword—the instrument that caused the rift between Faerie and the human realm.

A bastard who should never have inherited the throne.

After centuries of peace, Faerie destroys the royal family of Aranthe in a single brutal strike, leaving only one behind—Audric, the king’s bastard son, who’s always been more warrior than noble. As the magic holding the fae out of Aranthe cracks, Audric strikes out on a quest to retrieve a weapon that can save humanity from the fae.

A desperate fight to thwart the bloodthirsty fae prince who wants to break them both.

Forced together by the magic of the sword Audric needs but Syren cannot surrender, their bond is the only thing that can stop Faerie from breaking through into Aranthe and razing the kingdom to the ground.



Find within the pages of this high fantasy MM romance: one snarky fae who’s got a marshmallow-soft center hidden behind his prickly attitude and pretty face, an overgrown knight turned king with a heart of gold (and buns of steel), and the cleverest bird you ever did see! Enjoy snark for days as these tall-and-taller lads share only one bed, fight back against the forces of evil, and find the cure for three centuries of touch-starvation. And seriously, check the trigger warnings on the copyright page if you’re sensitive to violence and trauma (or the healing power of consensual, ah, cuddling). Beware the splash zone in the Pool of Dreams.]]> 426 Sam Burns K.A. 0 to-sample 4.12 2022 Pool of Dreams (Pool of Dreams, #1)
author: Sam Burns
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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date added: 2022/09/03
shelves: to-sample
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]]> <![CDATA[Kilo: Inside the Deadliest Cocaine Cartels—From the Jungles to the Streets]]> 44285788
"Toby Muse’s tautly written account of his intimate prowl through Colombia’s narco world is both compelling and unforgettable. With Kilo, cocaine now has its own Dispatches. Simply kickass.�

� Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker and author of Che A Revolutionary Life

Cocaine is glamour, sex and murder. From the badlands of Colombia, it stretches across the globe, seducing, corrupting and destroying. A product that must be produced, distributed, and protected, it is both a harbinger of violence and a source of immense wealth. Beginning in the jungles and mountains of Colombia, it filters down to countryside villages and the nightclubs of the cities, attracting money, sex, and death. Each step in the life of a kilo reveals a different criminal underworld with its own players, rules, and dangers, ranging from the bizarre to the diabolical. The killers, the drug-lords, all find themselves seduced by cocaine and trapped in her world.

Seasoned war correspondent Toby Muse has witnessed each level of this underworld, fueled by the appetite for cocaine in America and Europe. In this riveting chronicle, he takes the reader inside Colombia’s notorious drug cartels to offer a never before look at the drug trade. Following a kilo of cocaine from its production in a clandestine laboratory to the smugglers who ship it abroad, he reveals the human lives behind the drug’s complicated legacy. Reporting on Colombia for the world’s most prestigious networks and publications, Muse gained unprecedented access to the extraordinary people who survive on the drug trade—farmers, smugglers, assassins—and the drug lords and their lovers controlling these multi-billion dollar enterprises. Uncovering stories of violence, sex, and money, he shows the allure and the madness of cocaine. And how the War on Drugs has been no match for cocaine.

Piercing this veiled world, Kilo is a gripping portrait of a country struggling to end this deadly trade even as the riches flow. A human portrait of criminals and the shocking details of their lives, Kilo is a chilling, unforgettable story that takes you deep into the belly of the beast.

Kilo includes 16 pages of photographs.]]> 320 Toby Muse 0062905317 K.A. 5 cartel, non-fiction, crime so vividly written! Loved it 4.19 2020 Kilo: Inside the Deadliest Cocaine Cartels—From the Jungles to the Streets
author: Toby Muse
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2020
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 2022/09/01
shelves: cartel, non-fiction, crime
review:
so vividly written! Loved it
]]> <![CDATA[Georgian London: Into the Streets]]> 17900707
Visit, if you dare, the madhouses of Hackney, the workshops of Soho and the mean streets of Cheapside. Have a coffee in the city, check the stock exchange, and pop into St Paul's to see progress on the new dome.

This book is about the Georgians who called London their home, from dukes and artists to rent boys and hot air balloonists meeting dog-nappers and life-models along the way. It investigates the legacies they left us in architecture and art, science and society, and shows the making of the capital millions know and love today.]]> 352 Lucy Inglis 0670920134 K.A. 0 4.07 2012 Georgian London: Into the Streets
author: Lucy Inglis
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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date added: 2022/09/01
shelves: home-library, to-read, london, non-fiction, georgian
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]]> Killing Stalking Season 1 33781005 Koogi K.A. 5 4.14 Killing Stalking Season 1
author: Koogi
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.14
book published:
rating: 5
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date added: 2022/08/23
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review:
So fucked up! Love it! But........... OMG do I hate waiting for new episodes of stuff. I tend to just forget about it :/
]]> Dysfunctional 60828151

Ezra Hamilton hasn’t felt the warm spurt of blood flow through his fingers or the indescribable feeling of pushing a knife deep into someone’s flesh in a long time. Too long.

He’s been watching a man stalk women, curious as to what he’s doing with them. Ezra’s never encountered someone with similar dark tendencies before, and what starts off as genuine curiosity turns into much more when Kaspian turns the tables on him.

As their chemistry builds, so does the mistrust. They both know they can’t trust a killer, but their inner demons call to each other anyway.

When Kaspian’s impulsivity threatens to ruin Ezra’s freedom, he knows he has to stop him. Kas appears to be fixated on Willow—a woman Ezra works with. In an effort to not have to worry about her disappearance bringing heat on him, he tracks Kaspian as Kaspian follows Willow into a cabin in the mountains.

There, in the middle of a blizzard, secrets will be revealed and revelations made, but the chances of everybody making it out alive are slim.

This is a dark romance that will have graphic scenes. Warnings are on the author's website. 18+]]> 310 Isabel Lucero K.A. 0 to-sample 4.02 2022 Dysfunctional
author: Isabel Lucero
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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date added: 2022/08/14
shelves: to-sample
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]]> Impact 61345658
Isabelle is still reeling from a traumatic break up with her old submissive that's left her questioning the things that used to mean the most to her. She's relegated herself to casual companionship with no chance of feelings, all in the hopes of repairing her heart. When she meets Bailey—eager, new, and beautiful, Bailey—Isabelle realizes she doesn't stand a chance.

It doesn't take long for Isabelle to learn that Bailey's bright eyed curiosity might be exactly what she needs to heal from her past, and it doesn't take Bailey long to learn that her new favorite place might be on her knees. But are great chemistry and hot scenes enough to leave a lasting impact on both women or are their days numbered from the start?

---

Impact is a steamy romance between two bisexual women who share an interest in power exchange, consent, and pleasure.]]> 176 Nikki Markham K.A. 0 to-sample 3.79 2022 Impact
author: Nikki Markham
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2022
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2022/08/14
shelves: to-sample
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Count Your Lucky Stars (Written in the Stars, #3)]]> 58079450 DZǷɾԲWritten in the StarsԻHang the Moon, national bestselling author Alexandria Bellefleur pens another steamy queer rom-com about former best friends who might be each other's second chance at love�

Margot Cooper doesn’t do relationships. She tried and it blew up in her face, so she’ll stick with casual hookups,thank you very much. But now her entire crew has found"the one"and she’s beginning tofeel like a fifth wheel. And then fate (the heartless bitch) intervenes. While touring a wedding venue with her engaged friends, Margot comes face-to-face with Olivia Grant—her childhood friend, her first love, her first� well, everything. It’s been ten years, but the moment they lock eyes, Margot’s cold, dead heart thumps in her chest.

Olivia must be hallucinating. In the decade since she last saw Margot, her life hasn’t gone exactly as planned. At almost thirty, she’s been married... and divorced. However, a wedding planner job in Seattle means a fresh start and a chance to follow her dreams. Never in a million years did she expect her important new client’s Best Woman would be the one that got away.

When a series of unfortunate events leaves Olivia without a place to stay, Margot offers up her spare room because she’s a Very Good Person.Obviously. It has nothing to do with the fact that Olivia is as beautiful as ever and the sparks between them still make Margot tingle. As they spend time in close quarters, Margot starts to question her no-strings stance. Olivia is everything she’s ever wanted, but Margot let her in once and it ended in disaster. Will history repeat itself or should she count her lucky stars that she gets a second chance with her first love?]]> 384 Alexandria Bellefleur 0063000881 K.A. 0 to-sample 3.95 2022 Count Your Lucky Stars (Written in the Stars, #3)
author: Alexandria Bellefleur
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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date added: 2022/08/14
shelves: to-sample
review:

]]> Cosa Nostra (Cosa Nostra #1) 53181392
On the other side of Palermo, the Amato family’s growing lust for power presents a dangerous problem. Maria is forced to take action that goes against every fibre of her being, or she will lose the respect of her clan. Falling for Simone complicates an already complex situation. As the two women’s attraction for each other deepens, secrets are revealed that threaten their future together.

Will Maria choose loyalty to the Cosa Nostra or will she risk it all for love?

Best-selling lesbian romance author Emma Nichols weaves a breath-taking story of love, loyalty and honour that will keep you on the edge of your seat from start to finish.]]> 216 Emma Nichols K.A. 0 to-sample 3.98 2020 Cosa Nostra (Cosa Nostra #1)
author: Emma Nichols
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Summon a Boyfriend (Gods of Chaos, #1)]]> 61052382 I needed a boyfriend to keep my father from marrying me off to a man handpicked by him. What better way to get one than to summon a demon? When I found a book of shadows in my grandfather's attic, I knew I'd found the answer, but something went wrong. Instead of summoning a demon, I ended up in hell. What was I supposed to do now?

Hades
Judging souls was boring. Ruling the underworld was boring. Everything was boring. I needed something to happen to keep me from going insane. I never imagined the fates would answer my unspoken prayer by dropping a human into the underworld, and I'd certainly never met a human quite like Herby. He confused me, amused me, and drove me crazy. Why else would I agree to be his boyfriend?

Note: This story was originally part of the Fate's Call Anthology - Manlove Edition. It has been revised and extended by 21,000 words.

Warning: Gay erotic romance. The material in this book contains explicit sexual content that is intended for mature audiences only. All characters involved are adults capable of consent, are over the age of eighteen, and are willing participants.]]> 231 Aja Foxx K.A. 0 to-sample 4.04 2021 How to Summon a Boyfriend (Gods of Chaos, #1)
author: Aja Foxx
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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date added: 2022/08/14
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]]> <![CDATA[Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life]]> 52950915 A Common-Sense Guide to Living Rich�.Instead of Dying Rich

Imagine if by the time you died, you did everything you were told to. You worked hard, saved your money, and looked forward to financial freedom when you retired.

The only thing you wasted along the way was�your life.

Die with Zero presents a startling new and provocative philosophy as well as practical guide on how to get the most out of your money�and out ofyour life. It’s intended for those who place lifelong memorable experiences far ahead of simply making and accumulating money for one’s so-called Golden Years.

In short, Bill Perkins wants to rescue you from over-saving and under-living. Regardless of your age, Die with Zero will teach you Perkins� plan for optimizing your life, stage by stage, so you’re fully engaged and enjoying what you’ve worked and saved for.

You’ll discover how to maximize your lifetime memorable moments with “experience bucketing,� how to convert your earnings into priceless memories by following your “net worth curve,� and find out how to navigate whether to invest in, or delay, a meaningful adventure based on your “spend curve� and “personal interest rate.�

Using his own life experiences as well as the inspiring stories and cautionary tales of others—and drawing on eye-opening insights about time, money, and happiness from psychological science and behavioral finance —Perkins makes a timely, convincing, and contrarian case for living large.]]> 240 Bill Perkins 0358099765 K.A. 0 non-fiction 3.84 2020 Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life
author: Bill Perkins
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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shelves: non-fiction
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]]> I Am God's Dagger 61436173 “I know what’s been done to you, and I will see you avenged.�

Gabriel. Broken. Lonely. Scarred. Delusional?

Abaddon. Lord of Locusts. Master of the Bottomless Pit. Angel of Destruction and Vengeance� But is he real?

After a psychotic episode in his childhood, Gabriel is left shattered and unable to join society. Trapped in the orphanage he grew up in, he is plagued by nightmares of events that never happened, events that left him scarred, flinching at touch and achingly lonely.

Until one day he decides on a whim to not take his meds.

Born from a cold womb in the ground, Abaddon awakens to the world with one goal: to destroy a cult that commits blasphemous crimes in his name. What he doesn’t expect is meeting a boy who survived one of their rituals.

That is when God reveals Abaddon’s true purpose. He shall protect the boy from the vultures circling him and avenge his pain. He shall take Gabriel under his wing and provide all the love and affection the boy never got to experience.

As they set out to hunt the monsters together, Gabriel entrusts his body and soul to his beautiful guardian angel, yet he can’t stop questioning whether Abaddon is real or just a creation of his touch-starved mind.

Either way, vengeance has begun to cut through the cultists with its scythe, and there is no turning back, no matter how deep the rabbit hole goes.

*

Themes: opposites attract, hurt/comfort, size difference, angst, childhood trauma and abuse, mental health, self-harm, deception, mindf*ck, occult, gaslighting, revenge, torture, blasphemy, orphanage, cults

Genre: Dark, thriller M/M romance

Length: ~ 86,000 words (Standalone)

WARNING: This book contains adult content that might be considered offensive. Strong language, violence, torture, and explicit scenes. Reader discretion advised. Not for the fainthearted.

Virtuous Sinners is a collection of gay romance stories that center on killers who are guided by a virtuous code. These dark novels are connected only by theme and can be read standalone.

The killer's virtue in “I Am God’s Dagger�: Piety]]> 303 K.A. Merikan K.A. 0

Dagger]]> 3.78 2022 I Am God's Dagger
author: K.A. Merikan
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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date added: 2022/07/15
shelves: angst, bad-guys, crime, dark, devil, gay, gothic, horror, lies, m-m, mine, occult, revenge, romance, suspense, virgin
review:
Dagger

Dagger
]]> <![CDATA[Killing Stalking: Deluxe Edition Vol. 1]]> 60043514
Yoon Bum, a scrawny and quiet man, has a crush on one of the most popular and handsome guys in his college: Sangwoo. After the two cross paths again during their military training, Yoon Bum’s feelings grow in intensity until they become an obsession--and he breaks into Sangwoo’s home. But what he sees inside is not the Sangwoo of his fantasies; his dreams of this alluring man abruptly turn into a nightmare.

This wildly popular BL horror manhwa webtoon is the grand prize winner of the 2nd Lezhin Comics World Comic Contest, and has been published in numerous languages since its 2016 debut, winning critical praise across the globe. Now readers can own this full-color, deluxe paperback edition in English for the first time, with a special fold-out insert included in every volume!]]> 448 Koogi 1638585571 K.A. 5 3.86 2022 Killing Stalking: Deluxe Edition Vol. 1
author: Koogi
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2017/01/23
date added: 2022/06/18
shelves: manga, gay, horror, suspense, r-read
review:
So fucked up! Love it! But........... OMG do I hate waiting for new episodes of stuff. I tend to just forget about it :/
]]> <![CDATA[Saint's Song (Rebel Kings MC #2)]]> 60193958 Expect: a fragile king, a sweet-hearted henchman, an enigmatic hitman, and a fight to the death.

Cam, Alexei, and Saint have survived their battle with the devil, but with too many enemies to count, can they survive the war?

“Kill me,� I choked out. “If he’s dead, you gotta kill me too.�

One club, one heart.

Three men, one soul.

Can loving someone kill you? I feel like the world is ending every time I look at them.

Cam. My brother. My president.

He’s the love of my life

And then there’s Alexei. I didn’t know I could feel this way about one person, let alone two. But I think of him in every breath I breathe for Cam. Every thundering beat of my heart. Because there is no Cam without him.

There is no me. My life wasn’t worth living until I found something worth dying for.

And I’d die for them a thousand times.

Saint’s Song is the second in a hurt/comfort, biker romance, MMM duet from the world of the Rebel Kings MC. Content warnings inside the book.]]> 396 Garrett Leigh 1913220788 K.A. 0 to-read 4.32 2022 Saint's Song (Rebel Kings MC #2)
author: Garrett Leigh
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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date added: 2022/06/13
shelves: to-read
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]]> <![CDATA[The Humiliation and Imprisonment of Count Leopold de Rohan]]> 61274131
Unwilling to take such an undignified offer, he is thrown into debtor’s prison where he is expected to pay back with his body, whether he likes it or not. Any resistance is snuffed out by brutal guards, and as Leo’s pride takes a hit, he has to face the reality of his position.

Former friends come to mock him and use him for coin, the guards have their way with him whenever they wish, and even the prison’s medic makes a fool out of him for his own gain. Debtor’s prison offers no respite for Leo, but will the humiliating experience reform him, or will he forever stay a rake and moral failure?

Content: This debauched story contains non-consensual and dubious consent erotica.
Length: 31,000 words
(All characters depicted are 18 or older.)]]> 115 K.A. Merikan K.A. 0

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Count Leopold de Rohan spends his days gambling, drinking, and indulging in flesh for coin. But all that is cut short when his debts catch up with him and none of his friends stick around to help him. One stuck-up bastard even offers to employ Leo as his valet.

Unwilling to take such an undignified offer, he is thrown into debtor’s prison where he is expected to pay back with his body, whether he likes it or not. Any resistance is snuffed out by brutal guards, and as Leo’s pride takes a hit, he has to face the reality of his position.

Former friends come to mock him and use him for coin, the guards have their way with him whenever they wish, and even the prison’s medic makes a fool out of him for his own gain. Debtor’s prison offers no respite for Leo, but will the humiliating experience reform him, or will he forever stay a rake and moral failure?

Content: This debauched story contains non-consensual and dubious consent erotica.
Length: 31,000 words
(All characters depicted are 18 or older.)

Kinks include:
Glory holes
Public humiliation
Public use
Forced prostitution
Facefucking
Orgies
Bondage
Gags
Dirty talk
Figging
Spanking
Prison setting
Doctor’s examination
Felching
Cum play
Rimming]]> 3.62 2022 The Humiliation and Imprisonment of Count Leopold de Rohan
author: K.A. Merikan
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.62
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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date added: 2022/06/13
shelves: erotica, m-m, prisoner, slavery, history
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Rohan

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Count Leopold de Rohan spends his days gambling, drinking, and indulging in flesh for coin. But all that is cut short when his debts catch up with him and none of his friends stick around to help him. One stuck-up bastard even offers to employ Leo as his valet.

Unwilling to take such an undignified offer, he is thrown into debtor’s prison where he is expected to pay back with his body, whether he likes it or not. Any resistance is snuffed out by brutal guards, and as Leo’s pride takes a hit, he has to face the reality of his position.

Former friends come to mock him and use him for coin, the guards have their way with him whenever they wish, and even the prison’s medic makes a fool out of him for his own gain. Debtor’s prison offers no respite for Leo, but will the humiliating experience reform him, or will he forever stay a rake and moral failure?

Content: This debauched story contains non-consensual and dubious consent erotica.
Length: 31,000 words
(All characters depicted are 18 or older.)

Kinks include:
Glory holes
Public humiliation
Public use
Forced prostitution
Facefucking
Orgies
Bondage
Gags
Dirty talk
Figging
Spanking
Prison setting
Doctor’s examination
Felching
Cum play
Rimming
]]> <![CDATA[Take My Body (Curse Bound, #2)]]> 57802412 “I don’t want to have him. I want to be him.�

Gunner. Big. Butch. Bully� Secretly submissive.
Caspian. Tiny. Weak. Nerd� A Dominant at heart.

Caspian might be rich and destined for a life of privilege, courtesy of loving parents, but he’s far from happy. Short, frail, and hung up on his physique, he’s never built up the confidence to be the dominant man from his dreams.

But when he clashes with his old high school bully - Gunner Russo, reality becomes stranger than either of them could imagine.

Gunner is Caspian’s polar opposite. Tall, muscular, tattooed, he oozes testosterone, and violence. Caspian hates him with all his heart, yet he couldn’t be more jealous, so when they swap bodies, it’s everything Caspian ever wanted.

Only that it isn’t.

Because Gunner is dirt-poor, unemployed, lives in a trailer with his toxic ex, and has drug dealers for friends.

Gunner on the other hand, wakes up in a body that is nothing like the hyper-masculine mask he’d perfected, and in that new form, he feels free to explore his submissive fantasies without consequences.

Only that the man whose body he now occupies isn’t about to let him sleep with just anyone. Caspian wants to experiment too, and if they both found themselves in this crazy situation, why not do that... with one another?

*
Dirty, dark, and delicious, “Take My Body� is a gritty M/M dark romance novel with magical elements and a happy ending. Prepare for violence, intense arguments, and scorching hot, emotional, explicit scenes.

POSSIBLE SPOILERS:
Themes: body swap, enemies to lovers, magical bond, revenge, poverty, body dysmorphia, past bully, masculinity, coming out, size difference, opposites attract
Length: ~130,000 words (Standalone novel)
WARNING: This story contains scenes of violence, offensive language and morally ambiguous characters as well as sensitive topics of child abuse, body dysmorphia, and bullying.]]> 502 K.A. Merikan K.A. 0

“I don’t want to have him. I want to be him.�

Gunner. Big. Butch. Bully� Secretly submissive.
Caspian. Tiny. Weak. Nerd� A Dominant at heart.

Caspian might be rich and destined for a life of privilege, courtesy of loving parents, but he’s far from happy. Short, frail, and hung up on his physique, he’s never built up the confidence to be the dominant man from his dreams.

But when he clashes with his old high school bully - Gunner Russo, reality becomes stranger than either of them could imagine.

Gunner is Caspian’s polar opposite. Tall, muscular, tattooed, he oozes testosterone, and violence. Caspian hates him with all his heart, yet he couldn’t be more jealous, so when they swap bodies, it’s everything Caspian ever wanted.

Only that it isn’t.

Because Gunner is dirt-poor, unemployed, lives in a trailer with his toxic ex, and has drug dealers for friends.

Gunner on the other hand, wakes up in a body that is nothing like the hyper-masculine mask he’d perfected, and in that new form, he feels free to explore his submissive fantasies without consequences.

Only that the man whose body he now occupies isn’t about to let him sleep with just anyone. Caspian wants to experiment too, and if they both found themselves in this crazy situation, why not do that... with one another?

*

Dirty, dark, and delicious, “Take My Body� is a gritty M/M dark romance novel with magical elements and a happy ending. Prepare for violence, intense arguments, and scorching hot, emotional, explicit scenes.

POSSIBLE SPOILERS:
Themes: body swap, enemies to lovers, magical bond, revenge, poverty, body dysmorphia, past bully, masculinity, coming out, size difference, opposites attract
Length: ~130,000 words (Standalone novel)
WARNING: This story contains scenes of violence, offensive language and morally ambiguous characters as well as sensitive topics of child abuse, body dysmorphia, and bullying.]]> 3.99 2021 Take My Body (Curse Bound, #2)
author: K.A. Merikan
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2021
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2022/06/13
shelves: mine, m-m, body-swap, paranormal, gay, sexy
review:
Take My Body

“I don’t want to have him. I want to be him.�

Gunner. Big. Butch. Bully� Secretly submissive.
Caspian. Tiny. Weak. Nerd� A Dominant at heart.

Caspian might be rich and destined for a life of privilege, courtesy of loving parents, but he’s far from happy. Short, frail, and hung up on his physique, he’s never built up the confidence to be the dominant man from his dreams.

But when he clashes with his old high school bully - Gunner Russo, reality becomes stranger than either of them could imagine.

Gunner is Caspian’s polar opposite. Tall, muscular, tattooed, he oozes testosterone, and violence. Caspian hates him with all his heart, yet he couldn’t be more jealous, so when they swap bodies, it’s everything Caspian ever wanted.

Only that it isn’t.

Because Gunner is dirt-poor, unemployed, lives in a trailer with his toxic ex, and has drug dealers for friends.

Gunner on the other hand, wakes up in a body that is nothing like the hyper-masculine mask he’d perfected, and in that new form, he feels free to explore his submissive fantasies without consequences.

Only that the man whose body he now occupies isn’t about to let him sleep with just anyone. Caspian wants to experiment too, and if they both found themselves in this crazy situation, why not do that... with one another?

*

Dirty, dark, and delicious, “Take My Body� is a gritty M/M dark romance novel with magical elements and a happy ending. Prepare for violence, intense arguments, and scorching hot, emotional, explicit scenes.

POSSIBLE SPOILERS:
Themes: body swap, enemies to lovers, magical bond, revenge, poverty, body dysmorphia, past bully, masculinity, coming out, size difference, opposites attract
Length: ~130,000 words (Standalone novel)
WARNING: This story contains scenes of violence, offensive language and morally ambiguous characters as well as sensitive topics of child abuse, body dysmorphia, and bullying.
]]> <![CDATA[The American West: History, Myth, and Legacy]]> 39897432
Designed to shine a light on the American frontier, these 24 lectures are a way for you to experience the grit and grandeur of an epic period in American history. Professor Allitt uncovers new historical angles and perspectives about events and themes ranging from the Lewis and Clark expedition to the Indian Removal Act to the creation America's first national parks.

You'll cover more than 200 years of history and the most important events, themes, and ideas that form the backbone of the frontier's reality - and legend. Among the Transcontinental Railroad, the idea of Manifest Destiny, the Gold Rush, the Trail of Tears, and (yes) cowboys. You'll also learn how popular culture - novels like Little House on the Prairie, paintings by artists like Frederic Remington, and decades of Western films - can actually clue us in to the intimate details of life for everyday men and women.

Saddle up for an exciting adventure in learning.]]> 13 Patrick N. Allitt K.A. 0 audio, western 4.08 The American West: History, Myth, and Legacy
author: Patrick N. Allitt
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.08
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shelves: audio, western
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]]> Conquistadors 1703125 288 Michael Wood 0563487062 K.A. 4 audio, non-fiction 3.93 2000 Conquistadors
author: Michael Wood
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2000
rating: 4
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date added: 2022/06/10
shelves: audio, non-fiction
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]]> <![CDATA[A Land So Strange: The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca]]> 2016127
They journeyed for almost ten years in search of the Pacific Ocean that would guide them home, and they were forever changed by their experience. The men lived with a variety of nomadic Indians and learned several indigenous languages. They saw lands, peoples, plants, and animals that no outsider had ever before seen. In this enthralling tale of four castaways wandering in an unknown land, Andrés Reséndez brings to life the vast, dynamic world of North America just a few years before European settlers would transform it forever.]]> 336 Andrés Reséndez 0465068405 K.A. 4 non-fiction, audio 4.09 2007 A Land So Strange: The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca
author: Andrés Reséndez
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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date added: 2022/06/10
shelves: non-fiction, audio
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Devil's Dance (Rebel Kings MC #1)]]> 59723078 Opposites attract. The outlaw biker and the accountant. Straightlaced vs straight to hell. Or heaven, depending on how you look at it.

And you can look at it any way you like, doesn’t mean it’s true. Either way, falling for snarky Alexei Ivanov is the lightbulb moment I’ve been waiting for my whole damn life. Or at least since my head got turned by someone else. A man I call brother, but he's so much more than that.

I’ve loved Saint Malone for years. My loyal wingman has owned my heart so long I figured it had died of yearning for him. But Saint is as fragile as he is deadly. I don’t know how to help him until Alexei brings me to life in ways I can’t describe.

He opens my eyes, and I see them both.

I love them both.

With the weight of the underworld bearing down on me, I just gotta stay alive long enough to tell them.

Devil’s Dance is the first in a hurt/comfort, dark romance, MMM duet from the world of the Rebel Kings MC. Expect: tattoos and leather, an enigmatic Russian hitman, and dark and dirty themes.

*Trigger warnings: childhood abuse, sex work, graphic violence, death.]]> 414 Garrett Leigh 191322077X K.A. 5 biker, m-m-m, poly, british 4.07 2022 Devil's Dance (Rebel Kings MC #1)
author: Garrett Leigh
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 2022/06/10
shelves: biker, m-m-m, poly, british
review:
I'm not very good at writing reviews, so I'm just gonna say: if you like biker books, read this one!
]]> <![CDATA[The Kidnapping of Roan Sinclair (The Solnyshko Duet, #1)]]> 58097486
Determined to make it out alive, Roan vows to do whatever is necessary to secure his freedom, even if that means seducing his tall, dark, and broody captor. But it’s not going to be easy�

In the criminal underworld, falling in love with another man is a death sentence, which means if they’re caught, they’re both dead.
​ċċċċċ�

THE KIDNAPPING OF ROAN SINCLAIR is a dark MM mafia romance about a spoiled American who is kidnapped by a Russian criminal and their harrowing journey to survive. Welcome to a world full of angst, steam, and brutal violence. It is intended for a mature audience and reader discretion is advised. A full list of triggers can be found in the front matter of the book and at my website under Tropes & Triggers.]]> 340 Ashlyn Drewek 1955211000 K.A. 0 to-sample, 25 3.90 2021 The Kidnapping of Roan Sinclair (The Solnyshko Duet, #1)
author: Ashlyn Drewek
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2021
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2022/05/02
shelves: to-sample, 25
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Delilah Green Doesn't Care (Bright Falls, #1)]]> 54756850
Delilah Green swore she would never go back to Bright Falls—nothing is there for her but memories of a lonely childhood where she was little more than a burden to her cold and distant stepfamily. Her life is in New York, with her photography career finally gaining steam and her bed never empty. Sure, it’s a different woman every night, but that’s just fine with her.

When Delilah’s estranged stepsister, Astrid, pressures her into photographing her wedding with a guilt trip and a five-figure check, Delilah finds herself back in the godforsaken town that she used to call home. She plans to breeze in and out, but then she sees Claire Sutherland, one of Astrid’s stuck-up besties, and decides that maybe there’s some fun (and a little retribution) to be had in Bright Falls, after all.

Having raised her eleven-year-old daughter mostly on her own while dealing with her unreliable ex and running a bookstore, Claire Sutherland depends upon a life without surprises. And Delilah Green is an unwelcome surprise…at first. Though they’ve known each other for years, they don’t really know each other—so Claire is unsettled when Delilah figures out exactly what buttons to push. When they’re forced together during a gauntlet of wedding preparations—including a plot to save Astrid from her horrible fiancé—Claire isn’t sure she has the strength to resist Delilah’s charms. Even worse, she’s starting to think she doesn’t want to...]]> 375 Ashley Herring Blake 0593336402 K.A. 0 to-sample, 10 4.06 2022 Delilah Green Doesn't Care (Bright Falls, #1)
author: Ashley Herring Blake
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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date added: 2022/05/01
shelves: to-sample, 10
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]]> <![CDATA[The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo]]> 32620332
Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband has left her, and her professional life is going nowhere. Regardless of why Evelyn has selected her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career.

Summoned to Evelyn’s luxurious apartment, Monique listens in fascination as the actress tells her story. From making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the �80s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way, Evelyn unspools a tale of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love. Monique begins to feel a very real connection to the legendary star, but as Evelyn’s story nears its conclusion, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique’s own in tragic and irreversible ways.]]> 389 Taylor Jenkins Reid 1501139231 K.A. 5 4.39 2017 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
author: Taylor Jenkins Reid
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.39
book published: 2017
rating: 5
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date added: 2022/01/25
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]]> <![CDATA[Primal (Wrong Side of the Tracks, #2)]]> 59729460 “What I find in my territory is mine to keep. Even if it’s a man.�

Jag. Uninhibited. Possessive. Walks on the wild side.
Dane. Gentle giant. Monster lover. Plays it safe.

Dane always knew his illicit fantasies of rough sex and dangerous men would one day lead him down a path of no return, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t stay away.

After being beaten half to death by his ex, he wakes up in a collar, chained to a wall by a wild man who claims Dane as his property.

From the moment Jag lays his eyes on Dane, he knows he wants to keep him. Big, strong, with colorful ink all over, he is the most unique man Jag had ever seen. But Dane has to be tamed if he is to become Jag’s mate for life.

All Jag needs to do is assure Dane that he will be protected and provided for, because the sparks are already flying. But Dane keeps nagging about irrelevant things like his family, responsibilities, and the Internet. No wonder Jag needs to keep him chained for longer than he expected.

The only way out for Dane is to play the role of Jag’s obedient, loving ‘mate�, and bide his time until he can escape. But while Jag is absolutely batshit, and his junkyard den lifestyle is insanity, he also showers Dane with treats, worships the ground he walks on, and f*cks him like a monster, the way Dane always dreamed of in his most secret fantasies.

POSSIBLE SPOILERS:
Themes: primal play, modern day Tarzan, abduction, masculinity, fish out of water, opposites attract, deception, plus size hero

Genre: Scorching hot M/M dark romance
Length: ~85,000 words (Standalone)

WARNING: This story contains scenes of violence, abduction, offensive language and morally ambiguous characters.]]> 291 K.A. Merikan K.A. 0

Primal

Primal

Primal]]> 3.80 2022 Primal (Wrong Side of the Tracks, #2)
author: K.A. Merikan
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2022
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2022/01/23
shelves: abduction, alternative-lifestyle, bad-boy, bad-guys, biting, contemporary, crime, dark, dirty, gay, kink, lgbt, m-m, mine, opposites-attract, primal-play
review:
Primal

Primal

Primal

Primal
]]> <![CDATA[Jack Addison vs. Asexual Vampires (Jack Addison vs. a Whole World of Hot Trouble, #6)]]> 44429946
The popular monster hunter Jack Addison is on his way to Transylvania to participate in a vampire festival and meet up with the coven elders. But no matter how thrilled he is to see the elusive creatures of the night in the flesh, he is far more excited about traveling alongside his frenemy/crush Roux. When the pretty chat invited him on the trip, Jack had hoped that perhaps the skittish creature would finally yield to his charm, but Roux is even more irritable than usual.

There are plenty of vampires to go around at the festival, and Jack had never been close enough to an undead creature to consider his curiosity satisfied. But when Roux’s behavior changes from annoying to alarming, it will be up to Jack to help his friend, no matter how many pairs of glinting canines beckon him closer.

POSSIBLE SPOILERS:
Themes: pride, experimenting, vampires, Transylvania, self-discovery, tolerance, fame, monster hunting, interspecies relations, love, biological urge to mate, heat
Genre: M/M romantic erotica, horror-comedy
Content: Scorching hot, explicit scenes

WARNING: This story contains morally ambiguous characters and scenes of sex that might be considered taboo.
]]> 51 K.A. Merikan K.A. 0

Warning! This is not a drill! This is not an April Fool's joke ;D]]> 3.74 2019 Jack Addison vs. Asexual Vampires (Jack Addison vs. a Whole World of Hot Trouble, #6)
author: K.A. Merikan
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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Jack Addison

Warning! This is not a drill! This is not an April Fool's joke ;D
]]> <![CDATA[Guardian Angel in Leather (Sex & Mayhem, #13)]]> 59995176

El. Punk. Bag of trouble. Trig’s first love.
Trig. Outlaw biker. Killer. El’s only hope.

El has reached the end of the line. Indebted to a cartel and unable to pay, he’d sooner die than be tortured. There’s no one he can ask for help. He’s burned all bridges and trusts nobody. His life is a well of regrets and he can spot the biggest one just as he’s about to die, because it has a face and a name.

His old flame appears out of nowhere and saves him.
His old flame who left him to join a biker gang.
His old flame who shouldn’t even know where El lives.

But Trig knows exactly where El lives and what he’s been up to, because Trig never gave up on him. He was told to stay away, so he respected El’s wishes. Kind of. Almost. Not exactly.

Trig’s been keeping watch from the shadows, but he’s done with that.

This time, he’s not letting El go.

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Themes: outlaw biker gang, protector, found family, second chances
Genre: Scorching hot M/M romance, romantic suspense
Length: ~38,000 words (Standalone)
WARNING: This story contains scenes of violence, mentions of past abuse, offensive language and morally ambiguous characters.]]> 130 K.A. Merikan K.A. 0 mine 3.34 2023 Guardian Angel in Leather (Sex & Mayhem, #13)
author: K.A. Merikan
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.34
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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date added: 2022/01/02
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]]> Crier's War (Crier's War, #1) 44652403 Impossible love between two girls —one human, one Made.
A love that could birth a revolution.

After the War of Kinds ravaged the kingdom of Rabu, the Automae, Designed to be the playthings of royals, took over the estates of their owners and bent the human race to their will.

Now, Ayla, a human servant rising the ranks at the House of the Sovereign, dreams of avenging the death of her family� by killing the Sovereign’s daughter, Lady Crier. Crier, who was Made to be beautiful, to be flawless. And to take over the work of her father.

Crier had been preparing to do just that—to inherit her father’s rule over the land. But that was before she was betrothed to Scyre Kinok, who seems to have a thousand secrets. That was before she discovered her father isn’t as benevolent as she thought. That was before she met Ayla.

Set in a richly-imagined fantasy world, Nina Varela’s debut novel is a sweepingly romantic tale of love, loss and revenge, that challenges what it really means to be human.]]> 448 Nina Varela K.A. 0 to-sample 4.17 2019 Crier's War (Crier's War, #1)
author: Nina Varela
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> Feuds and Reckless Fury 57974870 From USA Today bestselling author K Webster comes an angsty and emotional enemies-to-lovers gay romance standalone!

The hatred began when my father proposed to another man in a shocking moment that rocked my family to its core...

Now I’m on a quest for revenge against my father.
That means hitting him where it hurts—the new fiancé and the son he thinks so much of.
Alister Sommers.

Alis is a bleached blond perfectionist thorn in my side who’s used to everything going his way. Grades, money, track—he dominates it all despite his short, insignificant frame.

Was one dad not good enough that Alis had to take mine too?

Soon, we’ll be stepbrothers.
Until then, I vow to make his life a living hell.
Maybe Dad will regret his terrible mistakes.
Maybe he ɴDz’t.
I know I ɴDz’t regret wrecking their lives like they did mine.

I’ll give up everything, even my girlfriend and football, if it means I get a chance for retribution.

It’s reckless and risky, but I don’t have much to lose.
The havoc I wreak might ease some of the pain Dad caused my mother.
I’m willing to give it a shot.

What starts as a family feud will become a war� one I plan on winning no matter the cost.

There’s only one small problem.
I may have underestimated my opponent.]]> 360 K. Webster K.A. 0 to-sample 4.01 2021 Feuds and Reckless Fury
author: K. Webster
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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]]> Starboys (Lucky Stars #1) 48561799 five.

True love. That’s all I really wanted when I moved out to L.A., reaching towards stardom and escaping my mediocre midwest life. Unfortunately, finding more than the occasional one-night fling in the City of Angels was about as likely as spotting a unicorn.

Just when I was losing faith in ever finding my forever person, a witch sat down in my salon chair and changed everything. She told me my life was about to change big time and that I had “big love� coming for me.

Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would meet my soulmate � let alone that there would be five of them!
All of them movie stars. All of them hot as hell.

My celeb crush.
A brilliant director.
A rising star.
A creative genius.
A bad boy rockstar.
All of them filthy rich. All of them filthy famous. All of them� well, all of them are just plain filthy!

But as I become more and more popular, I notice things start to change. Can they handle sharing the spotlight, or are we all doomed to compete with one another?

**This is a 100,000+ word novel about one handsome guy who falls in love with five bad boy movie stars and five bad boy movie stars that fall in love with one handsome guy. No cheating, HEA, and is the first book in the Lucky Stars series. Readers can expect several spicy scenes that will leave them reaching for a glass of water.]]> 386 Jeremy Jenkins K.A. 0 to-sample 3.62 Starboys (Lucky Stars #1)
author: Jeremy Jenkins
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.62
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]]> Captive in the Underworld 55812571 Some flowers bloom only in the dark�

In the land of the dead, Queen Hades� word is law. Hades gets what she wants—always—and what she wants is a certain goddess of the springtime.

Innocent Persephone chafes beneath her mother’s hawkish gaze and mercurial temper. Demeter has rebuffed all her daughter’s suitors, but she is not yet satisfied; she strives to crush Persephone’s spirit.

Still, when Hades pulls her into the dark realm of the underworld, Persephone longs for the world above, even if it means an eternity under her mother’s thumb.

With her tears and pleas for freedom ignored by pitiless Hades, Persephone must learn to satisfy her keeper in all ways, lest she suffer the consequences.

And though she cannot deny that something blooms within her, something forbidden, Persephone despairs of ever feeling the sun upon her skin once more.

No matter the cost, Hades intends to keep her.

Forever.

* * *

Captive in the Underworld is a standalone dark lesbian romance novel set in mythological ancient Greece. It is rooted in the misogyny and cruelties of the Hades/Persephone myth and contains sensitive material. Due to mature content and dark themes, this book is intended for adult readers only. It contains scenes depicting non-consensual sex, death, abuse, kidnapping, assault, and other intimate partner violence. It is not recommended for readers sensitive to such content.]]> 316 Lianyu Tan 0648994805 K.A. 0 to-sample 3.54 Captive in the Underworld
author: Lianyu Tan
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.54
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rating: 0
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date added: 2021/12/14
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]]> <![CDATA[Blood Sports (The Hanged Men, #1)]]> 59758234 There are deadly games... and then there are blood sports.

In Hanged Men territory, there are two rules: you don’t steal horses, and you don’t disturb their leader in his cozy retirement.

Someone broke the rules.

Jove Alms, an infamous kingpin who passed his crime empire onto his sons, is called home by signs of a traitor in his old territory. There is only one witness: a young stablehand with doe eyes and no clue what he's stumbled into.

Tobias Nimh is just trying to get by. Working under the thumb of a slavedriving horse trainer, he spends his days trying not to get trampled, and mostly succeeding. When abducted and interrogated by mobsters, he assumes his time is up. He doesn't expect rescue � or to overhear a mysterious phone call, making him a valuable pawn in a massive plot.

Jove soon finds Tobias to be a thorn in his side as much as an asset. Impulsive, frustrating, and adorable, the kid is hard to hate and even harder to handle. Jove is first distracted, second annoyed, and finally... obsessed.

Meanwhile, Tobias keeps forgetting to fear for his life. It's hard to focus on the big picture of criminal conspiracy when he's too busy trying to pour cold water on his dirty thoughts. Jove is more than twice his age, ice cold, and comes from a world of murder and wealth Tobias can barely comprehend.

Betrayals, conspiracies, and blood sports aside, the only real question is who will crack first.

Blood Sports is a dark MM mafia thriller. Written as the first in the Hanged Men series, it can be read as a standalone.]]> 291 Daniel May K.A. 0 to-sample, 40 4.08 2021 Blood Sports (The Hanged Men, #1)
author: Daniel May
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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]]> Plain Bad Heroines 50496875
Over a century later, the now abandoned and crumbling Brookhants is back in the news when wunderkind writer, Merritt Emmons, publishes a breakout book celebrating the queer, feminist history surrounding the “haunted and cursed� Gilded-Age institution. Her bestselling book inspires a controversial horror film adaptation starring celebrity actor and lesbian it girl Harper Harper playing the ill-fated heroine Flo, opposite B-list actress and former child star Audrey Wells as Clara. But as Brookhants opens its gates once again, and our three modern heroines arrive on set to begin filming, past and present become grimly entangled—or perhaps just grimly exploited—and soon it’s impossible to tell where the curse leaves off and Hollywood begins.

A story within a story within a story and featuring black-and-white period illustrations.]]> 640 Emily M. Danforth 0062942859 K.A. 0 to-sample 3.64 2020 Plain Bad Heroines
author: Emily M. Danforth
name: K.A.
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Mafia Prince (Paranormal Delights, #1)]]> 58573836
Porter has spent every waking moment trying to stay under the radar. To mold himself to his father’s wishes. Even if it meant burying a part of himself six feet deep.

When it all becomes too much, Porter takes the first chance he can to escape. But what’s a tortured and pampered mafia prince really know about the outside world when he’s spent so long trapped in his own home?

Lost and afraid in the supernatural part of the city, Porter is in way over his head. There are creatures here that could kill him with a single glance. But anything is better than running back home to dear old sadistic dad.

Broke and out of options, he turns to a caring dragon and lands face first into the job of a host. Seduction, fantasy, safety. It all awaits him at Paranormal Delights and four men who might or might not be exactly what he needs.]]> 504 Brea Alepoú K.A. 0 to-sample 4.11 2021 Mafia Prince (Paranormal Delights, #1)
author: Brea Alepoú
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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date added: 2021/12/07
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]]> Sleeping With the Impaler 54868155 244 Juliana Cummings K.A. 0 to-sample, 20 4.33 Sleeping With the Impaler
author: Juliana Cummings
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.33
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]]> <![CDATA[Bloodline (The Memoirs of a Vampire #1)]]> 57814184 Fate made me an immortal. The thirst made me a monster.

But I never truly lost my soul until I lost him.

Enoch. My missing half. The only creature whose depravity could rival my own. He stole this wicked curse from my veins and left me broken in his quest for the power I swore I would never pass on to another.

I hate him. I love him. And I’m doomed to live the rest of my days apart from my wretched child, knowing every bit of chaos he brings into this world is my doing.

If I kill Enoch, I condemn us both.

If I let him live, I condemn the world.

I do not know whether this is my last confession, or the most blasphemous love story ever told, but either way, this account is the truth.

The memoirs of a vampire are not for the faint of heart, but I do not tell my story to commemorate a life well lived. I tell it because the beginning of my story is what marks the end of everything.

Bloodline is the first book in a series as told by the vampire Marcellus. This is a full-length MM romantic fantasy that contains violence, vampiric angst, and a hard, bloody road to the HEA. This series is a slow burn and heavy on the enemies-to-lovers trope. Highly recommended for fans of "Vampire: The Masquerade" and Anne Rice's "The Vampire Chronicles."]]> 163 Joel Abernathy K.A. 0 vampire 4.31 Bloodline (The Memoirs of a Vampire #1)
author: Joel Abernathy
name: K.A.
average rating: 4.31
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