Romantic Suspense

Romantic Suspense

A great tale of love just isn't enough for you, is it you adrenaline junkie? You need love AND suspense.  You need two people on the verge of falling in love---while clinging to the side of a cliff.  Well, that what we and our eBookHounds' promoting authors are here to give you.  Heart wrenching romance and gut wrenching suspense, all wrapped up in a pretty little ebook.  And, always free or discounted for you.  Read away!

 

Definition of the "Romantic Suspense Genre": The Romantic Suspense genre is oftentimes the bestselling subgenre of Romance, though that can vascillate with historical romance.  The elements of a romance need to be there--a budding relationship between two people that overcomes obstacles and succeeds in the end.  But, the critical elements of suspense in that romance setting also need to be interwoven expertly.  Those include action, adventure, and oftentimes, a heroine that has been wronged and a hero who attempts to help right that wrong.  Through their work to right the wrong, they are brought closer together and what would you know?  They fall in love.  Honestly, you can think of many, many Disney movie scripts for this storyline (start with Frozen).

 

Some examples of the top ebooks in the Romantic Suspense genre are Mary Stewart (Nine Coaches Waiting), Tiffany Snow (No Turning Back), Colleen Hoover (Never, Never), and Melinda Leigh (She Can Run).

Slow Heat (Pacific Heat Book 2)

by Jill Shalvis


From the 
New York Times bestselling author of Double Play, Rescue My Heart, The Trouble with Paradise, and the Lucky Harbor novels...

After a woman claims she’s pregnant with Wade O’Riley’s love child, Major League Baseball’s most celebrated catcher and ladies’ man is slapped on the wrist by management and ordered to improve his image. His enforcer is the team’s publicist, the tough and sexy Samantha McNead.

When Wade needs a date for a celebrity wedding, Sam steps up to the plate as his “girlfriend.” But given her secret crush on him and that one awkward night a year ago in a stuck elevator with too much scotch, the whole thing is an exercise in sexual tension.

Wade is thrilled when the pretense turns into an unexpected night of hot passion. But the next day Sam is back to her cool self. As a catcher, Wade’s used to giving the signals, not struggling to read them. Now, to win the love of his “pretend” girlfriend, he needs a homerun—even it involves stealing a few bases…

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Jack (Vegas Kings Book 1)

by Mckenna James


Jack Stapleton and his friends rule Las Vegas. They’ve got more money than they know what to do with, and Jack can have any woman he wants­­­­—except Ellie.

JACK

Rejection. That’s what I get for trying to save a girl who obviously doesn’t want saving.

Paying off her father’s debt so she can stop taking off her clothes for other people? That was a no brainer. Obviously, I hoped she’d fall victim to my irresistible charm. My selflessness.

But no.

I’ve offended her independent spirit, and instead of falling for me, she’s doing everything she can to avoid me. I should forget all about Ellie Masters, but I’m a sucker for her sassy smile and that fiery, luscious mouth.

I’m more than willing to take a gamble on this girl, but she’s made it clear I’m going to need more than luck to win her heart.

ELLIE

My momma raised me to believe that I don’t need a man. Except, apparently, I do.

And now that I owe a debt to a billionaire, I feel sick to my stomach.

It’s not like I’ll ever be able to pay him back.

The man is richer than God, and hotter than the Devil. When he’s next to me, I just about melt.

The last thing I want is to fall for a man like that.

The problem is, I think I already have…

 

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Vows and Vendettas: A Mafia Romance Anthology

by Rachel Everly


Our underworld is filled with bloodshed and malice, and darkness dominates our lives.

It’s our world… where limits are built of smoke, and their rules have no power.

And when we find the object of our deepest desires, we are ruthless. Nothing, not even their defiance, will stand in our way.

We cast our shadows on them, and they give our corruption a purpose.

Before, we were breaking the rules for ourselves. Now, we are breaking every rule for them.

Grab this limited-edition collection before it’s gone forever!

⚜ Participating Authors⚜ L.K. Shaw & Rachel Everly, Kristen Luciani & Londyn Quinn, Ember Davis, E.M. Shue, Bella Di Corte, A.R. Thomas, Melverna McFarlane, Quinn Marlowe, Emmaleigh Loader

 

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The Cowboy's Stolen Heart (The Cowboys of Sweetheart Creek, Texas Book 1)

by Jean Oram


"Great moments of hilarity." "Fun & quirky." "A great opposites attract romance that pulls at your heartstrings."


NYC fashion model Laura Oakes longs to be taken seriously. When an inheritance brings her to Sweetheart Creek, Texas, she shucks her old life and dives headlong into small town living. Too bad the handsome and serious cowboy Levi Wylder she’s crushing on sees her as nothing more than a princess.

Was it the sparkly cowboy boots? Because it couldn’t be due to how she stepped in and calmed that rearing horse outside his stable.

The last thing Levi Wylder needs is a high-maintenance woman interfering with his plans. But that’s exactly what he gets when his family ranch suddenly finds itself without a riding stable manager. And the only person he can find to fill those empty boots is a woman who buys her footwear based on looks alone.

But when Laura steps into the ring, Levi discovers there’s something about this beautiful stranger that he completely underestimated—such as her ability to steal his well-protected heart.


The Cowboy's of Sweetheart Creek, Texas:
The Cowboy's Stolen Heart
The Cowboy's Secret Wish
The Cowboy's Second Chance
The Cowboy's Sweet Elopement
The Cowboy's Sudden Return

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Pride, Prejudice and Wicked Pleasure - Book 1: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

by Em Brown


What if 
Pride & Prejudice and Fifty Shades had a mashup?

A hitherto uneventful trip to visit her newly married friend turns into a steamy adventure for Elizabeth "Lizzy" Bennett when she meets Mrs. Abby Trenwith, a woman more candid and intrepid than herself. Abby offers to pair Lizzy with a mentor who will guide her through unspoken pleasures and wanton desires.

Unbeknownst to Lizzy, that mentor is...Fitzwilliam Darcy.


Relive a timeless classic in new and steamy fashion with a side of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy that is wickedly delicious...

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Absolute Friends (Le Carre, John)

by John le Carré


Today, Mundy is a down-at-the-heels tour guide in southern Germany, dodging creditors, supporting a new family, and keeping an eye out for trouble while in spare moments vigorously questioning the actions of the country he once bravely served. And trouble finds him, as it has before, in the shape of an old German student friend, radical, and onetime fellow spy, the crippled Sasha, seeker after absolutes, dreamer, and chaos addict. After years of trawling the Middle East and Asia as an itinerant university lecturer, Sasha has yet again discovered the true, the only, answer to life-this time in the form of a mysterious billionaire philanthropist named Dimitri. Thanks to Dimitri, both Mundy and Sasha will find a path out of poverty, and with it their chance to change a world that both believe is going to the devil. Or will they? Who is Dimitri? Why does Dimitri's gold pour in from mysterious Middle Eastern bank accounts? And why does his apparently noble venture reek less of starry idealism than of treachery and fear? Some gifts are too expensive to accept. Could this be one of them? With a cooler head than Sasha's, Mundy is inclined to think it could.

In 
Absolute Friends, John le Carre delivers the masterpiece he has been building to since the fall of communism: an epic tale of loyalty and betrayal that spans the lives of two friends from the riot-torn West Berlin of the 1960s to the grimy looking-glass of Cold War Europe to the present day of terrorism and new alliances. This is the novel le Carre fans have been waiting for, a brilliant, ferocious, heartbreaking work for the ages.

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SO WE LIE: A gripping, heart-stopping mystery novel (Eva Rae Thomas Mystery)

by Willow Rose


⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️This book kept me guessing, and I couldn’t put it down. It held me glued to the pages until the surprising end!- Goodreads reviewer

What do we do when the truth hurts too much?

Fresh out of the national academy - mother of two - FBI profiler Eva Rae Thomas is in over her head on her first assignment in multi-million-copy bestselling author Willow Rose’s breath-taking mystery.

When the mother of two, Arlene Wood, crashes her car against a tree at four in the morning, the case seems pretty straightforward.

But evidence found in the remains of the car soon raises the question of whether this was really an accident.

Shortly after, her husband is taken in and later convicted of having murdered his wife.

But many questions remain unanswered.

Why was Arlene driving in the middle of the night?
Why did she leave the house, her husband, and her sleeping children, get into her car, and drive away?
Was she meeting someone?

A friend?

A lover?

A killer?

Six years later, Special Agent Eva Rae Thomas is new on the job when she stumbles upon something that suddenly blows this case wide open.

But can she persuade anyone to reopen the case even when the husband has admitted that he is guilty?

And will she be able to do it in time before this killer strikes again?

This mystery novel is the prequel to the #1 bestselling Eva Rae Thomas Mystery Series.

The Eva Rae Thomas Mystery series has more than 15,000 five-star reviews on Goodreads!

 

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Hostile Intent: A Sweet Romantic Suspense (Black Tower Security Book 2)

by Tara Grace Ericson


He hired her to find out who is spilling corporate secrets.

She’s determined to find out his.

When Black Tower Security sends Joey Rodriguez undercover at Zia Pharmaceuticals, she has her own motives for agreeing to the assignment – namely, to prove to her boss that Cole Kensington isn’t what he seems.

Cole has always had one goal—a cure for Alzheimer’s. Now that he and his company are close, he’s got a big problem. Corporate espionage in the pharmaceutical industry is par for the course, but this time he called for help. The undercover hacker they sent gets under his skin, but she is supposed to be the best—and he needs the best. Cole won’t let a spy in his ranks jeopardize something this important.

Helping a billionaire wasn’t what Joey signed up for. But as she starts to untangle the web of secrets and spies inside Zia, she finds herself in the crosshairs—and trusting the very man she hoped to expose.

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Meridian File: a romantic suspense thriller (The Rider Files Book 1)

by CB Samet


She dominates the court. He defends all in need of protection. Will they ace their path to a future forever?


Aurora Meridian refuses to be beaten again. Held back by an ankle injury and fighting to return to the top of the circuit, the tennis superstar finally has her eyes set on a major win. And she isn’t about to let death threats stand in her way, especially when her security detail comes in the form of a super-sexy hunk.

Mason Stone won’t get his fingers burned twice. After his last client falsely accused him of unwanted advances, the former Navy Seal keeps a strictly hands-off relationship. But it’s borderline torture when sparks start to fly with his new assignment and all he can do is bury the feelings.

Frustrated not to be making any headway with her scorching-hot bodyguard, Aurora is getting seriously unnerved by the still-flowing string of hate. But when Mason’s charge is physically attacked, nothing will stop him from bringing down the hammer of justice and wrapping his muscly arms around his beloved.

Can they survive the mysterious menace and take game, set, and match with a happily ever after?


Meridian File is the captivating first book in The Rider Files romantic suspense series. If you like engaging characters, sizzling tension, and a dash of sporting passion, then you’ll adore CB Samet’s saucy rally.

Buy 
Meridian File for a volley of love today!

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"There is plenty of romance intrigue and drama in this book to keep the paged turning” —Booksprout Reviewer

“a super plot” —Booksprout Reviewer

"The storytelling keeps you on the edge of your seat .... I love strong women .... Great read!” — Voracious Readers Reviewer

"This novel is witty, highly engaging and full of realistic characters." — Voracious Readers Reviewer

"This has an awesome heroine and hero! So strong and so brave"— Voracious Readers Reviewer

"There is no genre that I love more than well-written romantic suspense."— Voracious Readers Reviewer

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One True Mate Series Bundle, Books 1-4

by Lisa Ladew


One True Mate Series: An all wolf-shifter police force has been the only thing between humans and an unknown evil for centuries, but the pack is in danger of dying if they don't find their promised mates soon.


This Bundle Contains Four Full Novels:

One True Mate 1

Trevor has lived his entire life believing he was a fraud, but angling for a chance to prove he’s not, itching for an actual fight against the demon he’s prophesied to defeat. Nightly, he dreams about the One True Mates. Do they exist, do they not? He’s drawn to a female, but she doesn’t seem to fit the prophecy, until she leads him right into the home of the demon himself.

One True Mate 2

The dragon came to Serenity to fight the demon and it’s the last thing he hopes to do in his too-long life, but then he meets her, the only woman in the world who may be able to handle his love.

One True Mate 3

Crew is a powerful, yet tortured, wolf shifter who is convinced he has to live out the visions he sees in his head... true love lost before it has a chance to begin. Crew is about to discover how powerful love really is.

One True Mate 4

Cerise is a mystery, and something about her scrambles Beckett’s brain cells. He must figure out who she is to him, and why he’s willing to drop everything to help her.

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My Forbidden Billionaire: Enemies To Lovers Romance (Blue Sky Empire Book 2)

by Charmaine Ross


Tristan Booker. Playboy. Reprobate.


I’m society’s favorite bachelor. A different woman is on my arm every night.
Women are more in love with my bank balance than what is inside me.
Their eager, hungry faces blur.
Good thing they don’t expect anything else of me.
That’s until Lily refuses to take what every other woman wants.
Astute, unreachable, tempting Lily.
This time I’m the one left wanting. Yearning.
She’s my kryptonite. My downfall.
Mine.



Lily Williams. Ice-queen. Untouchable.

I won’t let my mother’s legacy fail.
Backed into a corner, bankruptcy isn’t a term anyone wants to hear.
I have no choice but to accept help from Tristan Booker. Of all people.
But his help comes with conditions.
Pretend to be his girlfriend and keep his society mother happy, and bankruptcy will be a thing of the past.
I need to make sure the fake dating ends at the door.
I can’t end up in his bed. Sex and business don’t mix.
I can’t mess up. If everyone doesn’t believe we’re together, he’ll take away his funding.
But when I find out he’s the reason for my financial situation, all bets are off.

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The Flower Cottage: A Sweet Small Town Romance (The Cottages on Anchor Lane Book 1)

by Leeanna Morgan


Fans of Pamela Kelley and Robyn Carr will love this small-town, feel-good romance!

Paris Haynes has spent most of her life running from one bad relationship to the next. Three years ago, determined to put her past behind her, she moved to Sapphire Bay and began to rebuild her life.

Working with Kylie in the flower shop has given her a sense of purpose, a reason to live the kind of life she’s always dreamed about. When she hears about the cottages that are being remodeled on Anchor Lane, she can hardly contain her excitement. She proposes a plan so outrageous, so out of her comfort zone, that she’s sure it will fail before it begins.

Richard Dawkins lost his leg in Afghanistan and nearly lost his son. Moving to Sapphire Bay has given him more than a place to call home. He has new friends, a steady job, and a state-of-the-art prosthetic leg that’s transformed his life.

Helping to turn the cottages on Anchor Lane into small, thriving businesses will be his way of giving back to the community. But when he discovers Paris has been given the keys to the first cottage, he knows he’s in trouble. With her over-the-top positivity, she's everything he doesn't need, and the only person who could change his life forever.

THE FLOWER COTTAGE is the first book in The Cottages on Anchor Lane series and can easily be read as a stand-alone. All of Leeanna’s series are linked. If you find a character you like, they could be in another novel. Happy reading!

 

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Dirty: A Dark Mafia Romance Series (The Micheli Mafia Collection): Micheli Mafia

by Zoe Beth Geller


When you are in the dark, you crave light. Meet the Micheli Mafia Family from Florence. This is a spicy ollection of dominant men and mafia tropes; captive, forced marriage, arranged marriage, auction, kidnapping, and a femme fatal. The family is filled with brotherly love but they are shrouded in a suspense-filled saga. Each book reveals more intrigue and a new romance with a HEA.

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The Lighthouse Cafe (Gulf Coast Getaway Book 1)

by Bebe Reed


"I didn’t want to put it down." ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"I love this book." ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"I can’t wait for the next!" ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️


At the reading of her late husband’s will, Ginny Rigby discovers two things—he had a secret family, and that family now owns her beloved house.

Grief-stricken and homeless, Ginny arrives in a charming town nestled in Florida’s Gulf Coast. There, she stumbles into an auction—an historical lighthouse is up for grabs.

Using every last penny in her checking account, she buys the place and decides to transform the lighthouse into a beachside café.

The only problem is, how will Ginny tell her grown daughters the shameful truth about their father?

Reece Rigby has a secret—she’s failing medical school. So she jumps at the chance to help her mother start a café, and hopes to keep Ginny from discovering her secret.

Chandler Rigby’s successful career as a New York jewelry designer is finished. Her muse has left, and she feels lost. Maybe a trip to the beach will help Chandler reclaim her art.

Together, these three women will search for purpose. They will discover heartache and love, inspiration, and healing.

But will the secrets they’re keeping from one another destroy their bonds, or bring these women closer together?


This is the first book I’ve read by this author, but it won’t be the last. Goodreads reviewer, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Lighthouse Cafe completely swept me up in the life of Ginny and her daughters. Goodreads reviewer, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I can’t wait for more. Goodreads reviewer, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️

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Captive Star (Stars of Mithra Book 2)

by Nora Roberts


​Find out what happens next in the fan-favorite Stars of Mithra trilogy from #1 
New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts!

M.J. O’Leary is used to punching first and asking questions later. So when bounty hunter Jack Dakota tries to arrest her for bail jumping, she doesn’t go down easily. Little does Jack know, getting involved with M.J. will land him in a world of trouble. On the run from hired killers, M.J. refuses to talk about who’s after her…or why she has a massive blue diamond hidden in her purse. M.J. and Jack are drawn to each other, despite their better judgment, but can Jack learn to trust M.J. when she has so many secrets?

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Owned by the Bratva: An Age Gap, Forced Marriage Romance (Bratva Billionaires Series)

by K.C. Crowne


"Let's get this over with."
His voice rumbling through the chapel like thunder.

 
 

NOW AN AMAZON TOP 45 BESTSELLER
 

No wedding bells.
No blushing bride.

I have no idea who this stranger before me is.
Towering over me, a foot and a half taller...
All I know about this intimidating man is a family history of cold-hearted criminals.

My plan: find any possible way out of my cage of horrors.


But a plot twist stops me in my tracks.
Now the man I've been running from becomes my only possible hope of freedom.

And when he finds out I'm pregnant with his baby,
He becomes something completely new:
A husband who'll turn the whole world into ash before he lets his own family burn.



This is Pyotr Antonov's story and a fully standalone romance in the Bratva Billionaire Series. Follow the Antonov brothers as they rule their city and the hearts of their woman. If you enjoy billionaire, boss, Bratva romance suspense with unexpected twists and turns you're sure to love the Antonov brothers.

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A Love Divided: A Scottish Historical Romance (Mary's Ladies Book 1)

by Belle McInnes


He's a Scottish laird, she's an English heiress. In the time of Mary Queen of Scots, that makes them enemies.

Alexandra Graham is a feisty English heiress who rides and fights as well as any man. Caught stealing back her treasured horse, she ends up in the dungeons of Scotland's most forbidding castle, prisoner of the notorious Earl of Bothwell, and treated like a common criminal.

Responsible for keeping the law on the Queen's borderland, Michael Cranstoun is a Scottish laird with a reputation for fair-mindedness and the looks of a Viking warrior. But when he meets the beguiling Alexandra, both his life and his honour are at risk - not to mention his heart...

:: Set in 16th century Scotland, 
A Love Divided is book 1 in the Mary's Ladies true history series, which tells Mary Queen of Scots' story through the lives and loves of the lairds and ladies in her court. Pick up your copy today!

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BURNED: A Cowboys of Cade Ranch Novel (The Cade Ranch Series Book 1)

by Greta Rose West


From Internationally Bestselling Small-town Western Romance author, Greta Rose West...


Jack Cade already has enough on his shoulders with his four brothers, his struggling Wyoming horse ranch, and his adopted mama going through chemo again. He doesn’t have time for a woman, and he doesn’t trust them. But when Everlea Donovan falls into his life—literally—he can’t stop fantasizing about her.


Wanting her.

But Everlea’s hiding something, always looking over her shoulder, ready to run at any moment. She can’t risk putting Jack and his family in danger, but she’s never wanted anything—anyone—the way she wants him.

When she starts feeling at home at Cade Ranch with its wide open meadows and breathtaking mountain views, she begins to let down her guard—to both her heart and her safety—and that’s just asking for trouble…

The first book in the Cade Ranch series, BURNED, is a steamy romance about learning to trust and letting love guide you home…




Trigger Warning: This book contains subjects of a mature nature and language. Issues of parental loss, abduction, and burn victims may be triggered. But there is a guaranteed Happily Ever After and lots of good ol' down home sexy fun.

The Cade Ranch Series in order:
Burned
Broken
Busted
Braved
Blinded

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HOT Storm (Hostile Operations Team® - Strike Team 2)

by Lynn Raye Harris


She changed her name. Her look. Her location. But what if running away isn’t enough to save her?


Physical therapist Scarlett Reed is looking for a fresh start when she takes a job in another state. Her rules are simple: don’t get close to anyone, and flee at the first sign of danger.

Wounded soldier Malcolm McCoy plans to work hard in rehab so he can get back to saving the world. He isn’t looking for a relationship, but something about prickly Scarlett intrigues him more than it should.

When she needs a place to stay, Mal offers her the apartment over his garage—and finds it nearly impossible to keep his hands off his sassy, sexy neighbor. Scarlett knows she shouldn’t get involved, but a little 
friends with benefits action can’t hurt.

Or can it? Someone in Scarlett’s past circles closer, waiting for a chance to strike. Mal will do whatever it takes to protect her—but it might not be enough to survive what’s coming…


As soon as they think they’ve weathered the storm, they’ll discover it’s only beginning.

**Start reading the Hostile Operations Team today and enjoy an action-packed, seriously romantic and steamy-good-fun military romantic suspense. Each book can be read as a standalone (though you might enjoy them in order). No cliffhangers and a guaranteed happily-ever-after ending!

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Claimed by the Barbarian Warlords: Barbarian Mates (Stolen Planet Book 1)

by Charmaine Ross


Stolen from Earth and captured by alien warlords.


With their crimson skin, pitch black eyes and muscles carved from marble, these alphas claim me on the burning fields as their omega mate. I’m not who they think I am, but they’re not letting me go, no matter how hard I try to escape.

They tell me I’ll enter my heat soon. They tell me I’ll beg for their touch, their attentions, their…knots. I must resist them before it’s too late.


Finding our omega was easy while she’s desperate to escape. How can we convince her to stay when she doesn’t believe she’s ours to pleasure forever?

When I find a rare omega without her protectors, I swoop down to claim her. She says she’s human, denies she’s our fated mate and fights her biology at every turn.

We’ll hold her captive until her heat overcomes her and when she’s claimed and bonded, there will be no doubt who she belongs so.


This is the first in the Stolen Planets series. While each book contains a separate romance and HEA between a lucky human female and her alien mates, this series is best read in order.

What’s inside:

  • Steamy science fiction romance omegaverse
  • Three alpha alien warriors who are prepared to do anything to claim their mate
  • Smoking hot steamy scenes
  • Some out of this world biology
  • Nesting, knotting and other omega themes

 

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