“After a lifetime of noise, you arrived like silence. I love you with every fiber of my being, little doe.”

Bambi

Sometimes the monster is the person who’s supposed to love you the most.

Growing up in a cult taught me that lesson early. Trust no one—especially men. I’ve lived by those words ever since I escaped. For the first time since I was a little girl, I finally felt safe.

Then the snakes came, shattering the life I’d fought so hard to build. Now I’ve been thrust into a world I never knew existed, and to make matters worse, a man insists I belong to him.

Been there. Heard that. Didn’t stay for the T-shirt.

Most of my friends have found their happily ever after with their Ruks. Even my best friend insists I’m making a mistake by pushing mine away—that finding your person is worth the risk, and I’ll regret it forever if I don’t give him a chance.

I’ve never known what it feels like to be loved.

But maybe…

Maybe it’s time I find out.

Bikar

My body has been twisted into an abomination that defies the laws of nature.

After everything the Aynar did to me—and after the sins I’ve committed against my own brother—I never believed the gods of Ruk would bless me with a Starshine.

Then they gave me her. She is the purest soul I’ve ever known. My heart. My future. Everything I never realized I was missing.

The only problem?

She can’t bear to look at me. She trembles when I get too close, hides behind her friends when I try to speak to her, and flinches as though I’m the very monster she fears.

If earning her trust means abandoning every rule of courtship I’ve ever known… then so be it.

Because all I want is the chance to love her.

And, if the gods are merciful…

To have her love me in return.

This is the final installment in the Brigands of Ruk series.

They moved in. He took over.

Lauren is a curvy beauty suffocating in a beige, boring marriage. She loves her sweet husband, Casey, but her body is starving for the kind of deep, soul consuming experiences their safe romance can never provide.

Then she meets the neighbor.

Malik Masters is a billionaire venture capitalist and an imposing black stud who radiates authority. When he invites her over for a drink, he doesn’t just see a neighbor. He sees a woman waiting to be claimed, and a husband secretly aching to watch it happen.

What starts as a casual flirtation quickly escalates into a filthy, interracial seduction. Malik introduces them to a world of BDSM and control, reshaping their marriage with a scorching cuckold dynamic that the timid husband has dreamed of and the eager wife didn’t know she needed. Malik is going to own Lauren. Casey is going to sit in the corner and watch. And they’ll both love it.About This Book:The Master Next Door is a full-length, high-spice eroticromance that leaves nothing to the imagination. The first novel from The BLACK Card universe is smut with a ton of sex, featuring intense size difference, blacked wives, and extreme power dynamics. If you want a scorching, boundary-pushing read, lock the door and open this book.

A forbidden desire. A game of cat and mouse. A love that could ruin everything. Hold on tight for the wild ride that is the next installment in Kate Crew’s extra spicy Mavericks series!

Evie Emberson is trouble. Smart-mouthed, fearless, and relentless—especially when she’s looking for answers. She’s a hacker with a past that just won’t stay buried, so laying low isn’t exactly her strong suit. Especially when he’s around.

Aiden “Ace” Hayes is her brother’s best friend—brooding, loyal, and a walking contradiction. He spends half his time at the motorcycle garage and half deep in Valeport’s underground, and he lives by a code. Rule number one? Don’t touch Evie.

But she’s not a kid anymore. She’s fire and chaos and everything he shouldn’t want. He knows getting involved would blow up the only family he’s ever had—but walking away is getting harder every damn day.

What starts as snark and stolen glances spirals into something darker, hotter, and way past the point of no return. And the more they try to hide it, the more it threatens to consume them.

Now, with enemies circling and Evie’s secrets putting a target on her back, Aiden will do whatever it takes to protect her—even if it means betraying the brother who made him family.

Loyalties will be tested. Rules will be broken.

And hearts? They’re about to burn.

TROPES

· Brother’s Best Friend

· Enemies to Lovers

· Forbidden Love

· Morally Grey MMC

· Extra Spice

Mars Ledger is a runner. He ran from his brothers when he was Turned into a tiger shifter. He ran from his hometown when his life got too hard. And now all he wants to do is stay hidden in the life he had built outside of the tiger Ambush with his brothers. They made a pact that every year the three Ledger brothers would meet up and keep connected, but it’s time for the reunion and Mars would rather do anything else. His life has fallen apart over the last year, and he has no news to report to his expectant family. But when he can’t stay away from a woman in town, he starts to realize he actually might need their help. Ren is sassy, drop-dead gorgeous, too kind for her own good, and seems too submissive to be a Cat, but he can see it in her bright gold eyes. She’s a monster, just like him. The problem? She’s too interesting to his inner tiger, and now his lust is starting to feel like a hunt. His brothers are the only ones who can protect the woman he wants now.

Ren is living in two different worlds—humans and Cats. She has toed the line for so long that it’s natural for her now, but one chance encounter with a real-life Cat has her questioning everything she knows about herself. He has all the answers she has craved all these years, and the more she understands him, the more she wants to learn. She has a plan to keep Mars interested in her, and if she plays her cards right, he just might stick around long enough to teach her how to be herself. The problem? He keeps warning her that she’s in danger, and when she asks, he just says the danger is him.

Don’t miss this second installment in T. S. Joyce’s brand-new Ambush series, where brotherly bonds are tested, danger lurks around every corner, and love conquers all.

****Content Warning: Spicy love scenes, naughty language, territory line disputes, violence, battles, action & adventure, and piles of sexy shifter secrets. Intended for mature audiences.

When your abusive ex cheats, you get revenge.
By sleeping with his older Bratva brother.
Then showing up to the wedding.
On his arm.

I’m trying on a gown I could never afford.
A stick-thin customer snickers.
“A dress like that wasn’t made for someone with your curves.”

An older stranger steps between us.
His dark gaze rakes over my body.
“I’ll buy you the dress. But I want to see it on my bedroom floor.”

That night he spoiled me with Russian delicacies.
Ate dessert off my body.
And buried himself in every broken part of me.

I never thought I’d see him again.

But Ruslan Smirnov isn’t just a powerful billionaire.
He’s Bratva royalty.
And my ex’s estranged brother.

Now he wants me on his arm at his brother’s wedding.
To destroy the man who betrayed us both.

I was supposed to be his weapon.
Instead… I became his weakness.

Because in Ruslan’s world, love is leverage.

But the second he discovers I’m carrying his twins…
He unleashes the monster inside him to protect what’s his.

Touch his family… and they’ll never find your body.

The Wrong Brother is Ruslan and Emma’s story. It’s a scorching standalone, age gap romance that is guaranteed to make you fall for the ruthless Bratva boss. No cheating, no cliffhangers, ultra-hot HEA guaranteed!

I took the wrong elevator.
Now the Mafia owns me.

I was supposed to interview for an entry-level office job…
To help pay off my father’s debts.

Instead, I walked straight into Dominic Vieri.
Billionaire. Older. Powerful.
The kind of man who walks into a room…
…and owns every inch of it.

He never interviewed me.
He hired me.
Now he looks at me like he already owns me.

The job came with one unwritten rule.
Don’t fall for your boss.
I broke it anyway.

One reckless night changed everything.
Now I’ve become the one thing his enemies can use to destroy him.

Dominic’s solution?

Move me into his penthouse.
Post guards outside my door.
And makes one thing perfectly clear.
Nobody touches what’s his.

The only problem? 
Once Dominic discovers I’m carrying his child…
He’ll never let me go.

AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

From Alex Aster, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Lightlark series, comes her first adult romantasy. Enter the world of Starside, where swords wield magic and power is not inherited…but claimed.

Hundreds of years ago, a brutal war split a land in two. Starside is the realm of magic and immortals—the descendants of the gods, living in a power-rich paradise. Stormside is where mortals fight for scraps of that magic.

Every fifty years, the gates between them open, and fifty challengers are allowed to journey across Starside on a deadly quest to access a pool of magic that can heal, grant wealth, or extend life. Everyone has their reasons for entering, but Aris has only one: vengeance. As a child, a goddess set fire to her village, killing her family. Aris isn’t after the gods’ magic—she’s going to kill them.

First, she must survive the Culling, the king’s deadly competition to choose his fifty challengers. An orphaned blacksmith’s apprentice, Aris doesn’t have the superior weapons of the heirs from the Great Houses. But the greatest swords—ones that contain power—are not inherited or bought, they are claimed, by both sides. And when Aris claims a great sword, it makes her not just a real competitor—but a target.

Getting past the gates is only the beginning. Starside is deadlier than it seems. If the ancient creatures, magic-wielding beasts, and bloodthirsty immortals weren’t dangerous enough, a new peril has even immortals fearing what rises from the ground at night. With a blade most would kill to claim, Aris can’t trust anyone. Especially not Harlan Raker, the merciless and mysterious king’s guard who betrayed her years ago—and who may now be the key to her survival.

But Aris is hiding a secret tied to her family’s death. And when it’s revealed, not even the gods will be able to stop what’s coming…