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My Dear Illusion by Sarah Ready

 

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Life, my dear friend, is illusion.

Life, my dear friend, is illusion. Some people will tell you different. Some will have you believe that everything you see and know is true. But I’m here to tell you, everything—everything—is illusion.
What can you trust? Nothing.
Who can you trust? No one.
No one.
Except me. Trust me.

Welcome to the dangerous and secret-laden world of the conjurers where friends are enemies, alliances are made and broken in a heartbeat, and you never know who to trust.

Twenty-two-year-old Mari Locke grew up in Hell Gate, a home for lost souls in New York City. While some consider Hell Gate evil, she’s always considered the conjurers worse. After all, their illusions plunge the world into wars, famines, and plagues. She’s spent her entire life hiding from the conjurers because of who and what she is—someone with the rare ability to untie illusion.

Everything changes on the night of her seventh death. Suddenly, Mari is thrust into the Hundred Year Games. A brutal, deadly event that decides which conjurer will rule the world for the next one hundred years.

Her ticket to the games is Finn Alterra, a half-conjurer, half-human with no chance of winning. Her orders: get him to the winner’s podium by whatever means necessary, steal the crown off his head, and kill him. If she succeeds she’ll save the world and herself.

But in this world there are games within games and illusions on top of illusions. Nothing is as it seems and no one is who they claim to be. As Mari grows closer to Finn, the man she’s destined to kill, she begins to question what is illusion and what is real. And most importantly, if either she or Finn will leave the games alive.

The Psychopaths (Oakmount Elite #6) by J.L. Beck

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ARSON
Fear. Rage. Pain.

I’ve endured it all.

Seen it all.

I’m the bad brother, the evil one—the psychopath.

I wasn’t born this way. I was made this way.

Neglect, abuse, trauma, and pain really mess a person up.

Then the day I never thought would come finally does …

It’s time for revenge.

ARIES

Liar. Golden boy. Hero.

I thought I had it all figured out.

Then he showed up.

Arson is your worst nightmare brought to life and my twin brother.

He’s hell-bent on revenge and willing to hurt anyone who gets in his way, the person he wants to hurt the most: me, and he’s going to use Lilian to do it.

But if he thinks he plays a good villain, I can’t wait for him to see just how ruthless I can be.

LILIAN

Fragile. Innocent. Broken.

With a rare heart condition, everyone in my life treats me like I’m seconds away from death. Everyone but him—my stepbrother.

What started as an annoying crush becomes an obsession when I realize Aries might feel the same. That is, until he rejects me, and I lose all hope.

When I arrive at Oakmount, I am determined to make him see me.

But the man I meet isn’t Aries, even if he looks just like him.

When I discover his secret for revenge, it’s too late.

There’s no escaping the psychopaths I’m falling for…

**This book can be read separate from the other books in the series, however for best reading experience it’s better to start with book 1: The Wallflower. Please check the TW’s at the start of the book.**

Wolf Girl by Alyssa E. Stadnyk

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When two worlds collide…

He was born to lead. She was never meant to belong.

Ashton Philips has everything—Alpha status, campus power, and a future carved in stone. All he needs now is the perfect mate to solidify his rule and finally break free of his father’s iron grip. But fate doesn’t care about plans. Fate gives him Brayden Hayward. A human. A nobody. His fated mate.

Ashton will do anything to reject her—even if it means becoming the very monster he’s tried to suppress.

Will they implode?
Brayden just wants to survive college, but the brooding, beautiful Alpha seems determined to make her life hell. She doesn’t know why Ashton hates her, but she won’t back down—not when everything she’s fought for is on the line.

Or will they come together as one?
But a collision in the woods changes everything. Bound by fate and torn by fear, Ashton and Brayden must decide if love is worth risking everything… or if destiny has doomed them from the start.

The Cruel Dawn (Vallendor, 2) by Rachel Howzell Hall

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The explosive second book in the Vallendor series―a sweeping romantasy where gods bleed, realms fall, and one woman stands between salvation and ruin.

A god’s wrath is unforgettable. Her love, even more dangerous.

Kaivara Megidrail was once worshipped as the Grand Defender of Vallendor―until betrayal, punishment, and exile left her Diminished. Now, the realm she abandoned teeters on the edge of collapse. Monsters roam free. Gods whisper in shadows. And one man―Jadon Wake, prince, blacksmith, liar―may be the key to her salvation…or her final ruin.

Haunted by the past, hunted by divine enemies, and armed with only fractured Memories and an unrelenting will, Kaivara must choose: reclaim her power and face the truth about Jadon, or watch Vallendor fall to a traitorous god’s rising.

The realm called her a destroyer. This time, they’ll learn what she was truly made for.

The Vallendor series is best enjoyed in order.
Reading Order:
Book #1 The Last One
Book #2 The Cruel Dawn

Pucking Strong (Jacksonville Rays, #4) by Emily Rath

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In the latest novel in the internationally bestselling Jacksonville Rays hockey romance series, a desperate situation ends with a quick trip down the aisle . . .

My name is Teddy O’Connor, and I just made a terrible mistake. It’s been six years since I was an intern for the Jacksonville Rays NHL team. Six years since I was wrapping ice packs on knees and playing Mario Kart on chartered planes. And it’s been six long years since I first met him. Henrik Karlsson, star forward of the Rays…and king of my heart.

Oh god, I’ve got to get over this crush! I’m a doctor now, a respected professional in my field. And Henrik doesn’t even know I exist. So, you tell me why I’m risking everything to follow this man halfway around the world!

After receiving news of his sister’s tragic death, Henrik must fly to Sweden to retrieve his young niece. She’s injured and grieving, but a new hockey season is about to start. Henrik can’t possibly care for her alone. In fact, the Swedish government won’t let him. He needs me. They both do. I’d be heartless not to help…right?

Well, that’s what I told myself last week as I signed our Swedish marriage license. It’s what I told myself yesterday as I moved my stuff into his apartment. And it’s what I’m telling myself now as the Rays PR Director stares us down. They want this marriage to look real. The team’s public image, our jobs, and his niece’s custody agreement all depend on it.

But my problem isn’t that I don’t love my new fake husband. God help me, my problem is that I do.

PUCKING STRONG is a spicy, slow-burning MM workplace hockey romance. For the best reader experience, start the series with the spicy prequel novella, THAT ONE NIGHT.

Love Arranged (Lakefront Billionaires, #3) by Lauren Asher

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The final book in the Lakefront Billionaires series by New York Times bestselling author Lauren Asher.

LORENZO
Five months. Two people “in love”. One fake relationship with an expiration date.
Sounds simple enough.
The problem is, Lily Muñoz and I have history.
So, when she volunteers to date me so I can improve my public image, I should say no.
Our past complicates everything, but since my future depends on her, I agree to her plan.
Faking it for the public is expected, but falling in love in private?
That isn’t part of our arrangement.

LILY
Using a dating app sounded like a great idea, up until I discovered Lorenzo Vittori was my match.
My sister’s boyfriend hates him. My mom is wary of him.
And me? I’ve spent the last year avoiding him.
But when my business is threatened, I’m forced into teaming up with Lorenzo to save it.
All I need to do is help him win the mayoral election, and he promises to protect my shop.
It doesn’t take me long to learn that I’m not cut out for fake relationships, but Lorenzo?
He isn’t capable of a real one.

The Assistant (Clear View Country Club) by C. Hallman

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She is 18, his new stepsister, and so very off limits.

Dawson

I spent the last year of my life in Europe overseeing and growing my company into a billion-dollar empire. I come home expecting a celebration, but instead my father tells me I have a new stepsister, and she is going to be my new assistant.

Harper isn’t just unqualified, she is a curvy distraction I can’t afford. She pushes all of my buttons, and I’ll push hers right back. She doesn’t know what she is getting herself into.

Harper

All I want is to go to art school, but instead, I’m forced to work as an assistant for my new bully stepbrother. I’m supposed to be at his disposal twenty-four hours a day. But if he thinks he can boss me around all the time, he has something else coming.

My feistiness quickly fades when I realize that not all of Dawson’s businesses are legitimate and that my new stepbrother has a dark side I’m not prepared to handle. Can I untangle myself from the web I’m in before it’s too late?

The Assistant is a full-length standalone with an HEA!

Born To Be Bad (Blood Money Billionaire #3) by Blair Butler

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Landing up in a billionaire’s luxury penthouse wasn’t the plan.

Landing in his bed was definitely not the plan.

It was bizarre and ironic, given that I hate billionaires.

… but after only one night together I know I’ll never be the same again.

 

 

I’m in seriously deep trouble.

 

There I was, minding my own business at a climate change protest, when fate took things into her own hands.

 

Next thing, I wake up in the lap of luxury — the wasteful opulence I feel passionately against.

 

How can you care about diamonds when the planet is burning?

 

How can you sleep on silk sheets when the oceans are choked with plastic?

 

I should leave immediately, but the man who saved my life turns out to be the most gorgeous human I’ve ever laid eyes on. He’s also generous, funny, and romantic. Our powerful magnetic attraction is impossible to resist.

 

It’s only for one night, I tell myself.

 

Then … it’s only for a week.

 

Tension ratchets up when he offers me an agreement. It’s one I can’t resist.

 

Soon, I’m so far gone that not even my lifelong best friend can extricate me from my new out-of-control life of passion, because nothing else seems to matter anymore.

 

My morally-grey billionaire is schooling me in all the ways that matter, and

I. Can’t. Get. Enough.

 

I want nothing but Alistair Ravenscroft, even if what I find out about him shocks me to the core.

When my own secrets come out, it threatens to tear my life apart.

**Trigger warning: contains mature content: graphic sex, bad language, violence, MAJOR cliff-hanger.**

The steamy adventures continue with Ivy and Alistair in Book 3 of The Blood Money Billionaire series.

As their relationship deepens, their world becomes far more dangerous. The ending will make you shake your fist at the author, but not for long, because book 4 is speeding your way.

 

Narrators Derek Duvall and Emily Dugan

Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher

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From New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes Hemlock & Silver, a dark reimagining of “Snow White” steeped in poison, intrigue, and treason of the most magical kind

Healer Anja regularly drinks poison.

Not to die, but to save— seeking cures for those everyone else has given up on.

But a summons from the King interrupts her quiet, herb-obsessed life. His daughter, Snow, is dying, and he hopes Anja’s unorthodox methods can save her.

Aided by a taciturn guard, a narcissistic cat, and a passion for the scientific method, Anja rushes to treat Snow, but nothing seems to work. That is, until she finds a secret world, hidden inside a magic mirror. This dark realm may hold the key to what is making Snow sick.

Or it might be the thing that kills them all.

At the Publisher’s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Endless Anger (Monsters Within, #1) by Sav R. Miller

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Sometimes the pomegranate doesn’t fall far from the tree…

Asher Anderson is angry―at the world, at himself, at the way his best friend Lucy Wolfe seems determined to tune out this buzzing connection between them. He doesn’t mean to solve all his problems with violence, but maybe he has too much of his father in him. That’s why the faculty at Avernia College hates him, right? Because of the “evil” blood in his veins?

He should know better than to darken the old, ivy-covered university’s door, but it’s practically a law of the universe: wherever Lucy goes, Asher follows. Even if that means entering a twisting labyrinth of secret societies, human sacrifices, and a very personal history soaked in blood.

Lucy is used to being an outcast. She’s even used to Asher being her dark, brooding shadow. What she isn’t used to is him shattering her resolve by taking her up against library bookshelves as she desperately pretends her heart hasn’t always been his. She should know better than to play with fire, but with unexplained deaths and pointed threats ripping apart the university’s fabric, Asher and Lucy soon find themselves at the center of the turmoil…where they’ll have to confront their feelings or die trying.

From USA Today bestselling author Sav R. Miller comes the first in a dazzling spin-off trilogy focusing on the children of the original Monsters & Muses: a dark and twisted contemporary romance inspired by the Greek Furies, set at an exclusive (and dangerous) university.