Top new romance books out today: 22 Aug 2018

A girls' night out means three things to me: drinking whiskey with my best friend, trying not to kill anyone, and keeping my magic hidden. A supernatural gladiator like me isn’t supposed to exist anymore. But my Friday night takes a bad turn when a lethally gorgeous fae--Ruadan--tries to assassinate me. He's taken a vow of silence until he’s slaughtered the outlaws on his kill list...

Hate. Love. Lies. Nothing is ever as it seems... As head of Blackline Academy, I spent my days training with the elite, getting them ready for the one thing each hopes to gain in the end, the chance to call themselves a Blaze. I had it all figured out, knew exactly who and what I wanted in life, then he came back, determined more than ever to prove me wrong...

Magic and Manners Book 1If 14-year-old Cassandra Reed makes it through her first day at Miss Castwell’s Institute for the Magical Instruction of Young Ladies without anyone discovering her secret, maybe, just maybe, she’ll let herself believe that she really does belong at Miss Castwell’s...

Keep a spot open on your dance card. This is one ball you don't want to miss. Grier is nursing a broken heart after Boaz announced his engagement to another woman, but life goes on. Or it would if vampire assassins would stop taking pot shots at her every time she leaves Woolworth House...

Stuart Jenner’s job is high stress, high stakes, and everything he’s strived for. So why, when the apex of his career is within reach, does he stumble? At his doctor’s insistence, he books a privately chartered yacht to sail around the Whitsundays for two weeks of sun, surf, and sex. When his friend-with-benefits bails on him at the last minute, Stuart decides to go alone...

Thalia Lyndhoven was born a Pack Princess, but that doesn't mean she has to act like one. Good thing; peeing on her fathers' front lawn is way too much fun, as is making nasty Betas shiver and shake when she approaches. Trouble is, for nearly a decade, Thalia has been alone. Exiled to her wing in the palace because her parents don't know what's wrong with her...

When my boyfriend’s ex announced she was pregnant with his child, I thought things couldn’t get any worse. I was wrong. Something happened to me after I left Jalen’s house and now I don’t know if I’ll make it out of this alive. PI Rona Quick is missing. As her friends work to find her, she looks for a way to escape...

Four years ago, mistakes were made, lines were crossed, rules were broken. It was wrong, and it never should have happened. But, the past refuses to stay buried, wrongs start feeling right, and lines begin to blur. Sometimes, the heart wants what the heart wants, and nothing will stand in its way. Consequences be damned. Rules be damned. Sometimes, secrets are sinfully delicious...

A dominant, dirty talking fireman + His fiery new recruit = Enough kink to start a three alarm fire. Lia: Here's what I know: Firemen are nicer than cops. More predictable. They have that same hero desire but it burns brighter. They're not quite as power-hungry or controlling. Except for the captain. They call him Blaze and he's got a streak of controlling cop for sure...

Now that Charlotte Fairweather has her new bakery off the ground and running, it feels like nothing in her life can go wrong. She’s got her head on straight, her business off to a strong start and the perfect boyfriend in billionaire businessman Preston Pierce. Everything seems perfect. They can’t keep their hands off one another and the chemistry is off the charts...

He sacrificed everything for me. The beast who took me against my will and tied my soul to his so tightly I can no longer breathe without him. He sacrificed his freedom. His life. For me. They say love will make you do anything, give anything. But what’s between him and I - it isn’t love. It’s a bond. And my destruction...

Paranormal creatures break free from the chains that bind them but will love be able to save them all. Unleash the witches, shifters, demons and many other creatures that will have you on the edge of your seat, while discovering a new world of romance. Traverse the dark world's, urban fantasy's, legends and more with all your favorite paranormals on their quest for love...

I live by three rules. One: I never get lower than an A in any class. Two: I never lose a track race. And Three: I never talk to Cade Kelley Well, number three came crashing down the moment Principal Connell asks me to guide Cade back onto the right path. Something about helping him turn his life around. If only Principal Connell knew our history, he’d understand just what he’s asking...

A forbidden romance between a werewolf and a human whose passion conceals a dark secret.Coyote, a werewolf, goes through life hiding his true identity. But when a handsome human pianist catches him in heat, forbidden passion explodes...

4 Bonus Books Included! An Exciting, Thrilling, Complete Shapeshifter Romance Novel ** No Cliffhanger Curvy Loretta Stone finds herself on a plane to a small village in South Korea. The 26 year old redheaded botanist in her collegiate years, feels that she has come to understand the nature of all living things and believes the claims about Phong Lawang Forest are erroneous...

Bestselling romance author Brook Wilder brings you a gripping standalone romance not for the faint of heart. He never knew about our biggest secret--the baby.Noah had been the only man who could keep me safe from everything that the Ghost Riders MC was involved in. Until he was taken away and locked up--all to protect me.He knew nothing about the baby we made together...

The problems are mounting for Lyra and her mates in book three of the seductive Moonlight Inn series. With a new power filling her blood and questions surrounding her parents, the last thing Lyra needs is for a fluke of magic to send her into certain danger. And worse: without her pack. Empowered is the third book in a new reverse harem urban fantasy romance series...

The sea is lost, pirates are death. 

Cassandra should have been killed at birth, like all the other children who have powers like her. The changed ones.
The ones who started the war, lost the seas, and killed millions with their gifts. 
Lucky for Cassandra, her father is on the council. One of the seven rulers of her large town and has kept her hidden her entire life...

A MAN OF CONTROL. A WOMAN WHO'S ABOUT TO TAKE IT. Reid Maxwell is one of the top corporate attorneys and one of the most eligible bachelors in New York City. He likes his wins big, his women beautiful and in bed, not out, and most importantly the deep burn of his past buried. Until one woman, a most unexpected woman, challenges him in ways that might just destroy the invincible Mr. Maxwell...

Stand-alone Whisper Lake romance, complete with HEA--and plenty of heat and heart along the way! Single mom Brynn Daniels has her hands full with her teenage son, working full time, and getting ambushed periodically when her mom rents out the backyard garage apartment on Airbnb without letting her know. She doesn't have time for romance...

A MM Non-Shifter Mpreg Romance. Love isn’t always like it is in the movies…sometimes it’s a whole lot sweeter. Jamie is a hopeless romantic omega. He wants love like people find in the movies, but he’s too shy and awkward to do anything about it...

An Alpha and Omega series spin off story. It's been almost twenty years to the day that Clive lost the love of a shifter who'd found his true mate. Now, he plans to celebrate the 4th of July with beer, barbecue, and maybe some hot company...

Love science fiction romance?  Come along for the rest of the steamy, action-packed adventure with the next set of alpha heroes and kickass heroines of the Star Breed! FREEDWhen solitude leads to the brink of madness, only the touch of a sexy, headstrong doctor can pull a dangerous warrior back from the edge...Dr...

We will claim her. She looks at my triad with disgust and hatred. We stare at her with pure hunger. Captured and forced to battle in the blood-soaked arenas of Bugra, my triad will live and die under the scorching sun. The only thing that moves our weary muscles and overcomes the pain of our wounds is the obsession of claiming our fated mate...

Among a band of brothers, nothing is so despised as a spy. Ruadri Skaraven lives two lives. In one he serves as the healer of his clan, trusted like no other with their well-being. But in the other he serves the enigmatic druids because, secretly, he is also druid-kind. Though he’s lived with the shame for years, it is only when another healer sees into his heart that his two lives collide...

Breaking girl code never felt so good in this sexy, contemporary romance from authors Dominique Laura and Kimberly Reese. This romance contains cheating, a heroine with a smart mouth, and a sexy AF alpha a**hole.Esperanza ‘Perrie’ AyalaI’m a force to be reckoned with. I’ve worked my way to get to where I’m at. Life was good, but then I fell for him.He’s my best friend’s soon-to-be husband...

Life has been an uphill battle for Hailey Mayers. An abusive relationship has isolated her from everyone she loves. She must dig deep to find the strength to escape. But where will she go and who will be there to pick her up if she falls? Scott Dallas has spent too long watching the woman he loves suffer and has had enough...

Gemma’s life was nearly perfect. She’s just graduated from college and is heading off to graduate school in the fall. She and her best friends are taking a trip she’s always dreamed about. Only, nothing goes as planned. After being chased on the streets of Dublin by a freaking monster, they get sucked into a portal and wind up on another world. As in, not Earth...

Galath, A Proud Lion of a Knight Galath Corbin, immortal Knight of the Round Table and modern-day Medieval Lit professor, is one busy man. Between lectures and grading online exams, he guards a piece of the Holy Grail from the evil sorcerer Mordred. Still, he manages to find a little time for online flirting...

1878 After tragedy hit Abigail Buchanan’s family, her mother and two siblings moved to live close to their Buchanan ranching relatives. Ranch life near the little town of Inspiration has given Abigail and her whole family the chance to build a new life. Things were going perfectly. Until the newcomer arrived...

Captain Creek and his Texas Rangers stop the ranch baron Seth Bogardus from killing off the local cow-hands in the El Paso area. Only to find that his father, Lord Bogardus is on his way from Scotland to make amends for his son's lack of success in taking over every ranch with water rights from El Paso to the border with New Mexico sailing in his personal ship from Glasgow to Galveston...

Logan MacQuaid is back in town, trying to make up for his mistake of the past. Five years ago, he left his love, Allie Martinez without even a goodbye. Determined to win her back, he puts in a bid on the house they once dreamed of living in together. But someone buys it out from under him. Allie Martinez finally has a home for her young daughter...

Annabelle is on the run from a stalker. She arrives in Wyoming to find her safe haven has disappeared. Luke Dawson wants nothing to do with city girls who want to change his way of life. When he runs into the sassy and scared Annabelle, he knows he has to bend his rules and protect her...

Sometimes being a Pennington can be a disadvantage. Cordell Pennington considers himself a simple cowboy and doesn’t want to be in Hawaii. He doesn’t even want to be on vacation until he meets Leah Pennington, the manager of The Puanani Resort. What intrigues him is not that they have the same last name and are both from Arizona...

Sara could not be true to herself living among the Amish, now that she knew the truth about her future. She would make a life for herself as a midwife delivering others' babies, now that Gott decided she was never to have a boppli of her own. Ruth had lost her parents at a young age, but he had kept her haus and her independence regardless of her tender age...

From USA Today Bestselling Author Julie Morgan, The Southern Roots series have been combined into one story...

An impossible spell. An unwanted lover. A dark tale in the making. Nightmares can frighten even the bravest of men, but when dreams become reality, Bella will not know whether she is asleep… or awake. When a mysterious man ventures to Paris, havoc will shake Bella to her core. All malicious activities point to her, but she has no memory of it. Her only ally is her husband, Adrian...

Love just moved in upstairs. Raised in a family who loved him, Briar Pendleson still had a difficult time bonding with members of the opposite sex. In the back of his mind was always the indifferent brunette who left him and his brothers drenched in the rain and the fear that it might happen again...

To win this race, he’ll have to do more than hug the corners… More than six months after the Heat wiped out most of humanity, Bailey O’Keefe keeps her bug-out bag packed and her “salvaged” Porsche 911 ready to outrun the djinn reavers. She figures eventually she’ll wind up dead. Until then? Her car’s dust cloud is a giant middle finger to Earth’s new overlords...

A Gay BDSM Romance. It was the summer that changed my life forever. When I somehow won the golden ticket to a summer spent working for world-famous author Thomas Albertson, I expected him to be a boss and possibly even become my mentor, I didn’t expect he’d become my Master. I didn’t expect the skeletons rattling in his closet either. I’m Joel Buckley, I’m a Ph.D...

Cowboys-Rugged, Gentlemanly, Charming. When you fall in love with one, no one else will do until you can make him yours. Cowboy, Claimed by your heart! Rescue Love by Melissa Keir Dogs, Danger, and a Cross-Country Trip…. Nothing has gone easy in Alexis Bandit’s life...

Author's note: This book is meant to be read after the Latvala Royals series, books 1-8. A heart-wrenching tale of love, sacrifice and a father's determination to save his firstborn son. When tragedy strikes the kingdom of Latvala, Sander has to face what could be a parent's worst nighmare. The choice he makes could shatter his family or make it whole...

Scar:/ A mark left on the skin or within body tissue where a wound, burn, or sore has not healed completely and fibrous connective tissue has developed. What a clinical definition... My name is CUT. It's the name of my choosing. The only name the world will ever know. Only two people know my real name: my mom and my best friend. The woman whose innocence gave me these markings...

(This story is part of a series. While you can read it as a standalone, it’s not recommended.) Boyd Poshmire is a wolf shifter and the best contractor in his pack. He runs his construction business like a well-oiled machine. If only his relationships would go as smoothly. Everything about him screams dominance but inside, Boyd is anything but...

Years after the abduction that turned him into a cyborg, Kaiden remains broken in heart and body. Then the queen assigns him an investigation more disappearances like his own, and he hopes to find the closure he needs. He should be focused on the mission. Nothing else should matter. But the spy working along with him is infuriatingly distracting...

Perception is a sizzling reality that enflames two hearts. When it comes to sex, school teacher Camille Weatherby considers herself an exhibitionist. She refuses to allow anyone to control her life, and relationships are out of the question. Any affairs are one-night stands, and the only thing that matters is the pleasure she garners from the thrill of possibly being caught...

Jeff and Dana are ardent—and flirtatious—companions in an online role-playing game. Neither is aware they also know each other in real life, where they’ve clashed on multiple occasions. But when they join forces on a road trip to solve a mystery, they discover the connection between their online and everyday identities...

Haunted by her past. Stalked in the present. Terrified of the future. Ariana isn't just your average twenty-one year old. She's also cursed. For five hundred years, her family line has been cursed to ensure there would never again be an All-Seeing-Eye. They are the balancers of the Light and Dark, with abilities beyond anything the world remembers...

KENTUCKY BRIDE Champion equestrienne Aimee Elliott is tired of being Daddy’s pampered only child. Working as a horse trainer at an American Saddlebred farm in Kentucky feeds her need for independence, even if it’s scary to see if she can make it on her own without her father’s millions...

Chivalry is dead! Journeying back in time to discover the true identity of the man she loves, Rose finds he is none other than King Arthur, and as unattainable then as he is in her own time. From the kitchens of Camelot to the ranks of a dragon-fighting army, she will cook for him, fight for him, and warm his bed as she battles to win his heart and save his life...

Cupid has lost Psyche and he wants her back. But she’s not returning until he cleans up his mess one misguided arrow at a time. Struck By Eros - Book One Cupid’s aim sucks worse than his craptacular curse. After a lifetime of dating losers, Noel Chase thinks she’s found love with college professor Len Holder. Safe. Reliable. Certain to never break her heart, love...

Danger, Despair, and Dark Pasts. Join three individuals on their separate adventures as they leave their worlds behind and step into the unknown, for better or worse. Each tale in Escapism paints a picture of a different land, a different fear, and a different freedom that can only be reached at the end of a long, twisting road. Nothing is as it seems, and nothing ever should be...

Lizzy This is it. This is what I've been waiting for. Jared is on his way to Seattle, and there's no escaping it now. Carter doesn't understand. I mean, how could he? He has no idea what my ex-fiance is capable of. He can't help, the police can't help. No one can help me now. I want to run, to escape the city, but Carter won't let me go. I'll protect you, he says...

Get all three deliciously dark books from the Red Order series in one box set. Inside you can dive into Feyness, Parasight, and Faithless, and become absorbed in the addictive trilogy from the internationally bestselling author, E.S. Carter. These are not stories about Fae or make-believe. These are stories about dark deeds and even darker men...

Cecily Waldron is under pressure from her stepfather to marry, but the man she loves, Jeremy Charleston, Earl Marlbury, has no plans to marry in the near future. A friend of Cecily’s older brother, he is something of a rake about town. Cecily meanwhile has refused all offers and is trying to avoid the attentions of Lord Colbemere, an ageing roué, who discourages other suitors...

The good news is that Katie Monroe has inherited her grandmother’s Texas ranch–her favorite place on earth. The bad news is that the will stipulates that she must keep handsome cowboy Chance McCoy on as foreman. The attraction is immediate and hard to deny. The question is, where will it go? Katie is hesitant to accept Chance’s profession of love...

She's on my mind for 10 years. I am Reed Dunn. I have everything money can buy. Houses. Cars. Fair-weather friends. But what I truly want is the forgiveness of the only woman I have ever loved. I lost her due to my complicated past. Now I want a second chance with her. Amelia Poole.She's in trouble. A mountain of debt left by her father.I found my chance to help her.But she still hates me...

Suzie and Jon have that special something—when they have sex, they freeze time and do crimes. Well—they HAD that special something. In the aftermath of what would appear to be a breakup, where do our two love-crazy time-freezing sex-having bank robbers go? REBOUND AHOY! Also everything gets more dangerous and complicated? But it's okay...

I knew I’d done something bad when I had to work so hard to justify it, but having sex with Joe—the man who was about to become my stepbrother—that was something I couldn’t undo. I called, I sent messages, but I got nothing in return. Now, his silence was ice in my guts. The hot summer turned even hotter, but I stayed frozen on the inside. I couldn’t melt it on my own...

Get My three best-selling Scottish romance stories ever! Heartwarming romances filled with mystery, intrigue, surprising twists, and of course, love! Book 1 - Heart Of A Highlander Duty-bound to seek revenge Broderick MacConnaway, knows that marriage into the Lochlann family allows him to fulfill his vengeance...

Evan Stone is left reeling, and the only woman who can stop him from going off the rails again is Leigha Bergmann. They've been best friends for years, hiding their feelings for each other all this time. Will a man from their past rip them apart, or will they finally bring their love to fruition. EVAN There's one woman that's always been in my life, the only woman I trust: Leigha...

Go to space they said! Be an astronaut they said! Do something that only a few people in the world have ever done they said! No one ever said go into space and get abducted by big aliens so that you can be sold to the highest bidder though. It's funny how no one ever said that...

Damon Rubin is a human in a world of dragons, on the bottom of the food chain in his clan, and he has a major problem. A warrior dragon who attacked his clan claimed him for a mate. If his new mate returns, Damon is supposed to turn him in, but how could he? It's wrong, but how could he turn his back on the one man who makes his blood run hot? When Wolffe is captured, all bets are off...

When two cowboys, Dud and his Uncle Ponder, discover a treasure map, Dud decides to take his nephews on an adventure, hoping the boys will finds wives so they won’t end up lonely old bachelors too. Ponder refuses to go, accusing Dud of using it as an excuse to visit every whorehouse along the way...

No doubt the California Gold Rush brought more people west than for any other reason. Annabelle Moon is a sliver of what came after the rush was over. Enter Joseph Kinkaid, the less than successful prospector in constant search of the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Enter Annabelle Moon, the lost girl in a vast wilderness who became the rainbow Kinkaid followed...

Twenty-five years ago the Vardeshi came to Earth. Then they vanished without a trace. Graduate student Avery Alcott always knew they would return. When they do, she’s the only one who can speak their language. She’s quickly recruited to join the crew of an 11-man starship on a one-year mission into the depths of space. Avery leaps at the chance to leave behind everything she’s ever known...

As the Cloaked Shadow, Fawkes has made his career breaking into prisons for any contract with a large enough purse. He takes advantage of the kingdom's impending revolution by playing both sides of the conflict. Each rescue contract he fulfills turns a tidy profit until he angers the wrong duke...

The Rebel’s Purpose is the sweet and wholesome version of Temptation of Fire by Audrey Adair. Roderick McDougall thought crossing the seas would fulfill the restlessness growing inside him. He now longs to return home to his beloved Highlands, but is too proud to admit to his father the error of his ways. Then one day he chases down and catches a thief, and nothing will ever be the same again...

When Talisa’s special needs sister goes missing, she must decide who to believe: the handsome psychiatrist who she hoped might help her cope with her parent’s death or her sister’s developmentally disabled friend who has God-given visions through the eyes of people in dangerous situations. Now, the man she had hoped would heal her might be a killer...

Keandre “Dre” Scott is the definition of pulling himself up by his own boot straps. Life had never given him anything easy but he didn’t let that define what he would become. Alongside his right hand, Savad, they’ve mastered the drug game and taken over the streets of DC...

Cayden Brown has spent the last ten years of her life in prison for a crime she didn’t commit. When she gets released, the only people she has to count on are friends she met while on lock down that she now considers family. Brandon Richards is a nigga many people don’t mess with. He’s lowkey and is all about his business and his family, both of which are off limits...

I’ll break any man to protect her, but can I keep her safe from the real monster—me? Two damaged souls. Two pure hearts. An obsession that never fades. I was sent to ruin her life. I took one glimpse at her gorgeous hourglass figure, and instead, I want to make her mine. She wants out of this life, and an outlaw with a violent past like mine would only break her...

The general details and course of events given in this story about King Alfred are, in the main, as written by Asser, the King’s chaplain. One or two further incidents of the Athelney period are from the later chroniclers--notably the sign given by St. Cuthberht--as are also the names of the herdsman and the nobles in hiding in the fen...

Temptation of Fire is the steamy version of the sweet and wholesome “The Rebel’s Purpose.” Roderick McDougall thought crossing the seas would fulfill the restlessness growing inside him. He now longs to return home to his beloved Highlands, but is too proud to admit to his father the error of his ways. Then one day he chases down and catches a thief, and nothing will ever be the same again...

Read. Indulge in a Bad Boy. Repeat. Bonus Books Included and AVAILABLE ONLY FOR A LIMITED TIME . Free Bonus Stories Included ***Warning: Contains thousands of pages of alpha males, steamy and Kindle-melting romance.*** Alpha Bad Boy Domination is a collection of steamy romance standalone and one first-in-a-series story...

After falling for tall, dark and brooding Andrew Wildes, Madison Bradbury’s life goes from boring college parties to fighting off curses and dark magic with the help of Salem’s most powerful witches and a pair of ghosts...

It’s been five years since the devastation of The Flare reshaped civilization on a global scale. Four years since Prime Minister Wentworth seized absolute control of the British government and birthed his zealous nationalist alliance. And three years since the first Anomaly made himself known—forever changing humankind's historical stamp on this Earth...

Growing up, Rylie was always off limits as my best friend’s little sister. When chasing my roommate down for rent money, I see her again for the first time in eight years, and I’m stunned by the woman she’s become...

Murder on the Orbital Express: THE ORBITAL EXPRESS to LUNA: It's the most luxurious way to travel since the Titanic and the Hindenburg. Luxury, while fabulous, is no guarantee that you will get safely to your destination, as survivors of both those vessels might have agreed...

THE MEASURE OF A MAN Madison Gallagher’s life is in Hangman’s Loss. Her family is here. Her friends are here. She owns and runs a successful bakery café. What she doesn’t have is a love life. And she doesn’t want one. The man who stole her heart when they were both young and wildly in love was careless and callous—he left her and never looked back...