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Title: Her Devil
Series: Pendleton Prep Book 1
Author: H.L. Packer
Genre: Romantic Suspense, Dark Romance, New Adult Romance
Tropes: Secret Society, Academy Romance
Release Date: May 24, 2023
 

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I should have known that this was coming…
I’d done the right things, chosen the right friends, kept my grades up, primped and primed and smiled when I was supposed to, and then I escaped the clutches of the man they’d chosen for me. What. An. Idiot.
Or not, I suppose.
If I spend the year at Pendleton Prep, I can go back on my merry way. The problem is that life here is not exactly what I expected.
I’m not just another student, here to serve her time and get out. Oh no, that would never do. I’ve been wrapped up and served on a platter for the Devils of Pendleton Prep.
They’re hot, stupidly hot, and involved in something I want nothing to do with.
More than one of them has her set in their sights, but she’s already entangled in the world of the elite, they just don’t realise it yet. Where nine begin, only three will end… how far will they go to secure their place?


H.L Packer is, quite frankly, a busy bee.
An avid reader as a child, her love for all things written waned into adulthood, the excitement of real life things taking over. But when her life slowed down as she finished her office job for maternity leave, her husband purchased her an e-reader, and that obsession was rekindled.
Quickly she went from reader to reviewer, and then from reviewer to blogger; street teams and promo tours galore. When she began collating her own book boxes over at Romance Readers Book Box UK and had the opportunity to include her own words and worlds, the characters began talking.
Those cheeky characters quickly found themselves written down on the page, and her first series was in progress.
When she is not coordinating her worlds, you can find her running around after her free-spirited three children, and husband, or tending to the dogs, bearded dragons, and snakes that also reside with them.
A break can be found soaking in a bubble bath or enjoying a glass of wine, often still with a book in her hand.
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Lord of Shadows

Brutal Never Boys, #2

By Mona Black

A Dark RH Romance Peter Pan retelling

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After escaping Neverland and its mad lords, who in their right mind would ever wish to go back?

My memories from the island torment me. I am worried about Peter, Jas, and the other Lost Boys, no matter how badly I want to deny it. Coming back to my own world hasn’t given me the relief I’d expected.

I miss them.

I miss what we did together.

I miss being with these men who understand me, understand what I need and give it to me, no questions asked, no regrets, no shame.

Leaving them, I was aware I might be signing their death warrant, but I was selfish. I thought I was happy in the human world.

But the truth is, I don’t think I am. The only place I’ve ever felt safe and content and right in my own skin was with them, on the island. In Neverland.

So when Peter Pan appears below my window, I jump at the chance to go back.

Call me crazy.

I must be.

Will things be like before? Will I be able to help them? Will I face my fears? What about my feelings for them?

And their feelings for me?

 

 

 

 



 

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Mona Black is a Fantasy Romance and Reverse Harem Romance Author. She writes about Fae, shifters, and witches, and of course, love. She loves fairy tales and long sagas of magic, and especially loves characters who redeem themselves and find their happily ever after.

 

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Title: Broken Boys
Series: More Than Men #1
Author: Gemini Black
Genre: Dark Romance, Why Choose
Release Date: May 18, 2023

From the moment I stepped inside Howden House, I was theirs and they were mine; my broken boys. We just didn’t know it yet.
The seemingly simple housekeeping job I applied for, turned out to be anything but. I quickly found myself in a house full of torment, desire, pleasure and pain.
These boys have secrets, and scars so deep they may never heal, but they’re mine to try and save. My perfectly imperfect group of misfits who would die for me and each other. I only hope it doesn’t come to that.
 
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Violence & Roses

A Thousand Scars for You

By Justin Bourne Boring

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Genre | Tropes:

Dark Fantasy Romance | Dark Paranormal Romance | Enemies to lovers

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Beauty is a Blade – Book 1

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Bizarre worlds full of savage fighters collide explosively with fraught, forbidden love in book two of the “Thousand Scars for You” series!

 

More than a hundred years after a barbaric, bloody gender war between the Sinteverete sorcerers and the Pentavi shapeshifters ended in subjugation of the Pentavi women; an even bigger, more incendiary fight is brewing within the Earth realm. This burgeoning conflict threatens to ignite an apocalyptic war throughout all the realms, where no man, woman, demon or beast is safe.

 

Mina, the hated Yasmani Ro renegade daughter of outlaw lovers from the two warring clans, is finally ready to come out of hiding and throw down with the myriad of murderous hunters that seek her head. Born of fire and ice, she represents the only power in the realms strong enough to crush the Sinteverete clan’s Master Elder and take on his immortal and unstoppable army of mindless Steplescar soldiers.

 

However, as fierce as Mina may be, she requires help with her impossible mission of revenge and retribution. Unexpectedly, she finds assistance – and allure – with her most reviled and fearsome adversary, an otherworldly barbarian known as Mayax the Malevolent. Together they unite a motley crew of unlikely combatants who help her liberate the Pentavi, unite the clans, and carve a path through the monstrous Steplescar army to salvation.

 

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Violence, Blood, War, Foul language, FF relationships, FMF relationship, MF relationship

 

About the author:

I live in North Carolina with my beautiful wife and my lovely stepdaughter. I work as a CT tech during the day, but my true love is art. I am an artist and writer at heart. I enjoy bringing my characters to life and challenging my writing skills by changing genres. My beautiful wife is the one who got me into romance. I love living in the mountains and hiking but have lived all over the country and enjoy writing about all of these various locations.

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Title: Forged in Lies
Series: The Monarch Series Book One
Authors: Raven Dark & Jenna Stirling 
Genre & Tropes: Dark Dystopian Romance/MC Romance/Reverse Harem/Why Choose Romance 
Release Date: April 23, 2023
This world is full of deadly beasts. And I might be worse than any of them…
I remember life before the solar flare destroyed society. And I remember pieces of the dystopian hellscape that followed.
But my memories are fractured. Full of holes and inconsistencies.
How I managed to slit the throat of a biker twice my size is a complete mystery.
But I did. Easily and without thought.
Now, the dead man’s four ruthless MC brothers want me as their captive plaything in the bedroom, and their assassin in the outside world.
I should hate them. Fear them. But I don’t.
My attraction to these sexy savages is as inexplicable as my nagging feeling that something—or someone—is coming for me.
All I can do now is hope the sleeping beast inside me is ready to kill when I need it…and that the brutal men I’m falling for don’t get caught in the crossfire.
“Forged in Lies, book 1 in the Monarch series, is a dark, post-apocalypse why choose romance featuring a strong heroine, and the merciless alpha males who love her. (Think The Handmaid’s Tale meets Sons of Anarchy, mixed with a dash of Firefly, but with more happy endings and spicy times.) Download today and hope your e-reader doesn’t go up in smoke.
 
***WARNING***This book contains sexual situations and dark scenes that may upset some readers. If you have triggers, please do not buy this book. Cliff-hanger ahead. HEA at end of series. Book 2 will be released by the end of June 2023.

Havoc
My cock’s still hard as a rock when I thump down the steps toward Brute’s infirmary. As I reach the door to the basement, it flies open, almost hitting me in the face.
“Watch where you’re going, fucker,” Sage snaps. He shoots me an irritated look before stomping up the steps.
I glance back at him. Professor’s in a fuckin’ mood. I growl under my breath. For a genius, he can be really stupid sometimes. He’s supposed to be watching her.
Shaking my head, I walk into the infirmary and halt. Venom’s standing at the foot of the bed, staring down at our captive. She’s cuffed hand and foot to the bedrails. Venom’s pulled her ass forward so her knees are bent. My fists clench. He’s idly running his hand over her bare stomach.
“Thought you said no one was supposed to touch her, Keep.” The disrespect slips out.
He jerks as if I caught him off guard. I like that I startled him.
“My house, my rules.” He doesn’t take his eyes off her. My jaw tightens as he slides his hand down to her pussy. “She’s fuckin’ beautiful,” he muses, not seeming to realize he’s spoken. “Like an angel.”
Her eyes are still closed, and she doesn’t move. I drink in her naked body, long limbs immobilized. My cock’s hard to the point of distraction.
Venom strokes her pussy as if it’s his. Fuck that, she’s mine. Mine.
Shit, women are a dime a dozen to me, but I hate the thought of anyone’s hands on her. His being my fuckin’ Keeper’s all that’s preventing me from throwing him through a wall into next week.
“You want her, Havoc?” Eyes on her, he slips one finger into her cunt. She still doesn’t move.
“Actually, I wanna snap your neck,” I say.
He grins. “I know you want her, and I guess I do too. Tired as fuck of fighting it.” He withdraws his fingers and licks her juices off. “We need her out of our heads. It’s our job to look after things. We both gotta have clear heads to lead the club outta this mess.”
I grunt in acknowledgment. He’s right. This possessive shit’s making me want to shove my cock down her throat until she chokes.
“She needs to be fucked,” Venom rasps. “I wanna see you give her what she deserves.”
Shit, yeah.
Before, the idea of letting anyone touch her rankled, but now everything in me’s telling me to share her. She isn’t only mine. She’s ours. It just feels… right. Like something in me is choosing him.
Choosing him for her.
I cross the room to them. Venom makes room for me, moving to her head. I step into the spot between her legs, looking her over. She’s toned without being bulky. Even in repose, there’s a certain grace to her body. Hard and soft all at the same time, built for battle. And fucking.
I tweak her nipple and smirk at him. “Think it’s time to wake her up, Keep.”
His smile widens. Then he bends down and lays one right on her lips.
She thrashes awake, arms and legs tugging hard on the cuffs as if she’s being waterboarded.
This is gonna be fun


As a young girl Raven Dark dreamed of being abducted by a savage alien warrior, whisked away by a brutal pirate, or rescued by a cape-bearing hero. When none of these men came to claim her, she brought them to life in her stories. Then twelve years ago she met the man of her dreams. He doesn’t wear a cape, fly a spaceship, or wield a sword, but sometimes she swears they’ve mind melded.
Raven lives with her dream man and their one cat that thinks she’s a dog in the Mundane world’s version of Ontario, Canada. When she isn’t working on her latest erotic romance novels and crafting interesting worlds in which to set them, she’s spending too much time with friends, feeding her Youtube addiction, or curled up on a couch watching favorite shows with her future husband.
 
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Title: Kiss of Power: Darby Crime Family
Series: The Mayhem Makers Series – MMM World Collaboration
Author: Jewelz Baxter
Genre: Dark Romance
Release Date: May 12, 2023
Cover Design: Clarise Tan – CT Cover Creations
Cover Model: Johnny Baxter
Photographer: Tim Spillers Photography

 
Ellis Darby has settled in as boss of the Family,
and with that title comes power.
Power to do what he wants.
Power to take what he desires.
And what he desires is an heir from Arabella Bartel.
Unconcerned that the fiery young woman hates him
and tells him so at every turn,
he will collect what he craves.
A plan is devised.
An agreement is signed.
The boss’s plans are falling into place;
his legacy is all but confirmed.
Then danger steals in with an unexpected kiss.
Arabella and Ellis have everything to lose.
Will her defiance and his reign survive their kiss of power?
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Jewelz Baxter lives with her husband in Louisiana near their children and grandchildren. She values her family and loves supporting their grandchildren’s sports and hobbies.

Over the years Jewelz filled notebook after notebook with stories in her spare time. With her husband’s encouragement, she shared those stories and received positive responses from others; prompting her to follow her dream and take the plunge of publishing.

When not writing or spending time with family she can be found on a Harley exploring the backroads with her husband. Jewelz has her own bike but confirms there is nothing like being on the back seat wrapped around her man.
 
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Title: Bloom (Mafia Rose, #3)
Author: Brooke Harper
Genre: Dark Mafia Romance
Cover Designer: EmCat Designs
Publication Date: May 11th, 2023
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Blurb:

I’ve weathered the storms.

Now, it’s my time to bloom.

 

I came too close to losing Nikolai, and it almost destroyed me.

 

I’m not sure why, but it’s getting harder to hate him every day. Something is blossoming between us—something more than lust—and it scares me. It’s more powerful, more magnetic than I can explain, and that makes it dangerous.

For both of us.

 

To make matters worse, Nikolai’s driven by more than revenge now. He still wants to kill my father and rule over the coast, but with our enemies closing in, he’s just as determined to keep me safe.

 

He says he’ll do whatever it takes, even if that means making me his forever.

To save my life, I may have to let the man who ruined my life into my heart. But how can a rose bloom when surrounded by so much darkness?

 

This series is a dark age gap mafia romance. It contains situations and themes that some readers might find offensive and/or triggering.

Brooke Harper creates dark and sexy worlds for her characters to play. A lover of strong coffee and old tombstones, she spins dark tales of sex and sin, pain and passion, and misery and madness that’ll have you flipping the pages and begging for more.

Dark Contemporary pen name of Harper A. Brooks.

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Title: His Protection
Series: Mafia Made Series
Author: KL Donn
Release Date: July 11, 2023
Genre: Dark Contemporary romance
Tropes: Age Gap, push/pull, emotional
Photographer: Lindee Robinson
Cover Models: Brian & Kayle
Cover Design: KL Donn @ Alluring Write Productions
From USA Today Bestselling Author KL Donn comes the Mafia Made series, featuring novels from Award-Winning Author E.M. Shue. His Protection is book 7 in the Mafia Made Series.
Maso Cardarelli is the oldest brother.
The protector.
He makes the hard choices and the biggest sacrifices.
When the opportunity to give his new sister-in-law closure presents itself, he doesn’t hesitate to step up to the job.
What he didn’t expect was to fall in love with the girl he was sent to rescue.
She doesn’t speak with words, but her eyes…
They say everything.
And she stares at him with stars in the deep pools of blue.
After swearing off women years ago, Maso is torn between being her hero and breaking her heart.
Bria Marino is not prepared to fall in love with her dark protector.
He swears he’s not the one for her.
But with his touch…she feels coveted.
Men lie, betray, and break women like her.
But she’s ready to put everything on the line if only Maso will too.
After breaking down her walls and opening her heart to love, will Maso be just like every other man in Bria’s life, or will he put her back together piece by fractured piece?
Author Note: While His Protection is set in a Mafia world, it’s on the light side, and focuses more on the relationship between Maso and Bria and the emotional turmoil she goes through.
Trigger warning: There is mention of, and flashbacks of, Bria’s past physical and sexual abuse.

KL Donn is a USA Today Bestselling Author addicted to coffee and tacos. As a Canadian author she writes in multiple romance genres and isn’t afraid of a new challenge. She brings you stories that will break your heart and heal it all in one breath. With over 60 published titles since 2015, she has many more planned for the future and enjoys connecting with readers.
On her off time, she’s bingeing Supernatural, Grey’s Anatomy, and raising 4 amazing children. Married for more than half her life, she experienced her own happily ever after with husband Steve, at just 17. You’ll find them both at book signings once or twice a year, she’s the shy one, he’s there to tell you all about the books his wife writes and how proud he is of her.
Currently she is diving back into the Adair Empire world with the children and has plans to keep the series going with generations of dark stories to come.
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Title: Whiskey Rivers: Texas Creek Mafia
Series: The Mayhem Makers Series – MMM World Collaboration
Author: Roux Cantrell
Genre: Mafia Romance
Release Date: May 5, 2023
Cover Design: CT Cover Creations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
There’s nothing like a modern-day wild west story! And where better to find one then Texas!
 
Jackson
As the boss over Texas Creek Mafia. Jackson is a take no prisoner kind of man. One that has no problem pulling the trigger, then simply sitting down for a family dinner.
His world is one of order and control. But when a beautiful woman stumbles through his door literally landing at his feet, he finds himself in an unfamiliar situation.
Even as beautiful as the intruder is, he knows there’s no such thing as happenstance. Any other time, he would toss her out to the street. His eyes lock on hers as she clings to him begging for help. Something in her tear-filled eyes has Jackson switching gears.
 
Whiskey
Directionally challenged, hopeless romantic and clueless when it comes to a real man. She prefers the dashing, dangerous men on the pages of her romance novels. Deciding to hit town a few days before the book signing, she’s attending, Whiskey finds herself getting more than a new idea for a story. She’s running for her life on the streets of Texas Creek.
A neon sign that says open gives her hope. But now that she’s on the floor clinging to a stranger for help, she thinks she might have stumbled into another dangerous situation.
 
A good man would call the cops and have them help her. But he owns them.
A better man would put her on a bus and get her out of town. But that would be too easy.
A bad man would tell her she was safe with him. Then convince her she owed him her life.
Which man is Jackson Salvador?
 
Join me in Texas and You decide.
 
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These standalone novels are brought to you by several bestselling authors specializing in writing twisted chaos. You’ll get all the bikers, mobsters, and dark romance your heart can handle.
Follow us so you never miss a new release, as they can be added in at any time!
 
 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jackson stood naked staring out over the land. His legs spread with one large hand pressed against the bullet proof tinted glass. The woman at his feet was business. A mere distraction at best. It didn’t mean he minded the small moans that slipped past her lips. Running his hand over her head as she sucked his c**k. His rhythm kept a slow pace as he continued to watch the pump jacks pulling oil up from beneath the ground and realized he was bored.

Copyright @Author Roux Cantrell
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Roux Cantrell is a native of New Orleans, she loves all things Nola—the food, the people, and the spirits (both drinkable and haunting). She loves riding her Harley, she takes at least one long motorcycle trip every year with friends.
 
She’s a big lover of Halloween. So much so that she throws an over-the-top costume party every year where the guests must adorn a costume, or she gets to dress them up. She doesn’t drink wine but loves a good martini.
 
She has a love for all things book-related, her cat (Monster), black vinyl, and chocolate. Roux had never said in what order those are listed…
 
Roux loves Poe as much as Dr. Seuss. She prefers the mountains over the beach and Coke over Pepsi. She absolutely believes dessert should be eaten before anything else.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Title: Her Devil

Series: Pendleton Prep Book 1
Author: H.L. Packer
Genre: Romantic Suspense, Dark Romance, New Adult Romance
Tropes: Secret Society, Academy Romance
Release Date: May 24, 2023
 

I should have known that this was coming…
I’d done the right things, chosen the right friends, kept my grades up, primped and primed and smiled when I was supposed to, and then I escaped the clutches of the man they’d chosen for me. What. An. Idiot.
Or not, I suppose.
If I spend the year at Pendleton Prep, I can go back on my merry way. The problem is that life here is not exactly what I expected.
I’m not just another student, here to serve her time and get out. Oh no, that would never do. I’ve been wrapped up and served on a platter for the Devils of Pendleton Prep.
They’re hot, stupidly hot, and involved in something I want nothing to do with.
More than one of them has her set in their sights, but she’s already entangled in the world of the elite, they just don’t realise it yet. Where nine begin, only three will end… how far will they go to secure their place?
H.L Packer is, quite frankly, a busy bee.
An avid reader as a child, her love for all things written waned into adulthood, the excitement of real life things taking over. But when her life slowed down as she finished her office job for maternity leave, her husband purchased her an e-reader, and that obsession was rekindled.
Quickly she went from reader to reviewer, and then from reviewer to blogger; street teams and promo tours galore. When she began collating her own book boxes over at Romance Readers Book Box UK and had the opportunity to include her own words and worlds, the characters began talking.
Those cheeky characters quickly found themselves written down on the page, and her first series was in progress.
When she is not coordinating her worlds, you can find her running around after her free-spirited three children, and husband, or tending to the dogs, bearded dragons, and snakes that also reside with them.
A break can be found soaking in a bubble bath or enjoying a glass of wine, often still with a book in her hand.
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