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Forged In Lies by Raven Dark and Jenna Stirling #DarkDystopian #WhyChoose #MCRomance

Forged In LiesThe Monarch Series Book OneRaven Dark and Jenna Stirling
Genre: Dark Dystopian, Why Choose MC RomancePublisher: Raven DarkDate of Publication: April 23, 2023ASIN:  B0C3CYFH5BNumber of pages: 348Word Count: 106,428 wordsCover Artist: Raven Dark
Tagline: This world is full of deadly beasts. And I might be worse than any of them…
Book Description:
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.
Amazon

Excerpt:

Havoc’sgrip tightens, unmistakably possessive. His eyes gleam down at me. “Back off,Twig. I choose who she’s with. And you won’t be on the list.”

Twig’sbrows go up in surprise.

Havoclooks at me and blinks, apparently caught off guard by his own words. “Relax,pretty girl,” he adds, pushing past Twig. “You belong to me now. No one willtouch you unless I say so.”

“Is thatsupposed to make me feel better?” I mutter.

And yet mysex slicks at his sheer possessiveness.

“Not surehow you’re getting to me, but you’ll pay for it later.” His voice is suddenlygruff.

“You bettercount on a rough night.”

My pulsestutters. What’s with this guy? One minute he sounds as if he wants to keep meall to himself, and the next he wants to pass me around. How many guys are wetalking here?

Trying todistract myself from Havoc’s effect on me, I dig the bread out of my pocket andnibble on it. I look at Sage. Not sure what I’m hoping for, but his expressiontells me nothing. It’s as if I’m frozen out, and something between us hasevaporated.

“Havoc,Sage,” a guy shouts, striding over to us. He’s tall and athletic-looking likeSage, but with blond hair pulled into a ponytail. “What the fuck took you twoso long? Venom’s pissed.”

“That’snothing new.” Havoc grabs a beer from a barrel near him, and Sage does thesame.

“Whathappened at Gore’s?” Ponytail smirks, watching me eat. I don’t like the wayhe’s looking at me. “And what’s up with the strange?” he adds.

My gazezeros in on the patch on his cut. I take in the acronym, committing his rank tomemory. Second In Command.

At histone, Havoc’s hand moves to my nape. I could swear Sage stepped closer.Ponytail’s smile widens.

“Gore’sdead,” Havoc says, guzzling his beer. “Couldn’t pay his dues.”

“Fuck.Another one? This’ll put the Keep in a hell of a mood. What about his women?”

“Deadtoo,” Sage says. “They were gone by the time H found them.”

“Shit.They would have fixed a lot of problems. All right, Sage, send a couple guysout there to scavenge.”

“You gotit, Hutch.” Sage heads over to a group of guys standing with Twig.

“So, who’sthe bitch?” Ponytail—Hutch—asks, nodding to me.

 “Goretried to hide her when we showed up,” Havoc says. “She wasn’t his, though.”

“Straypussy, is it?” Hutch’s eyes narrow on me. “I’ll take first crack at her.”

Havocpushes me behind him. I think I actually hear him growl.

Hutchgrins and lifts his shoulders. “Fuck, what’s with you? You’re like a dog withhis food.

Well, youbetter bring her to Keep first before you stick your dick in her.” He’slaughing as he

turns andheads for the house.

I scrunchmy brows at his retreating back, then glance up at Havoc. He knows I’m MC. Whydidn’t he report it to his Second?

“Thisway,” Havoc orders me, heading after Hutch. “Wait until Venom sees you. He’sprobably gonna want your ass first.” He pauses and leans down, lowering hisvoice to that growl that makes my blood heat. “And I’ll eat up every second,pretty girl. I bet watching would be almost as good as fucking you.”

Alarmbells ring in my head. I gotta get out of here now before this gets any worse.And I have to get to Charlie. As long as I’m here, I can’t do that.

Heart inmy throat, I lower my eyes, searching for an escape route. Some of the bikessit without men near them, keys dangling from ignitions. One’s a few feet away.Even if I could get Havoc to let go, he’d catch me before I reached it.

Still...

We’reclosing in on the front doors, Havoc’s long strides eating up the grass. If I’mgoing to act, it has to be now.

I lurch,pretending to stumble. Havoc loses his grip. I whip around and sprint towardthe nearest bike.

Havoccurses. Shouts ring out. Panting, I swing onto the bike, kick the stand up, andfire up the engine.

“Stupidbitch,” Havoc roars.

Out ofnowhere, a strong arm snakes around my neck and I’m yanked off the bike. I landon my ass with a yell before I’m pulled to my feet and spun around.

I have about a half a second to see silver-blond hair beforethe guy swings his fist right at my face.

 

About the Author:
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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Two Moons of Merth: A Mythic Tale of the Royal Karda FamilyRuth C Mitchell
ASIN: B0B46V933HGenre: Fantasy Romance, Action and Adventure Romance

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Bittersouls by L.A. Morton-Yates #YAFantasy

BittersoulsL.A. Morton-Yates
Genre: YA Fantasy RomancePublisher: Synthesis PressDate of Publication: 12/17/2022ISBN: 979-8-9866022-0-2 (eBook) ISBN: 979-8-9866022-1-9 (Paperback)ASIN: B0BQFLM7D4 Number of pages: 286Word Count: Approx. 99,500Cover Artist: César Pardo
Tagline: A Shade. A Storm. A Soul.
Book Description:
Cursed with forbidden knowledge, 19-year-old Dela must hide her secret from her nomadic tribe or face exile into the frozen wasteland of the Bitters. When she becomes separated from her people during a blizzard, a mysterious and dangerous wanderer named Talon promises to help her find her way back to them. She quickly learns that nothing is what it seems, that her curse may actually be a gift, and that the Bitters are far more dangerous than she could have imagined.
Packed with unexpected twists, Bittersouls is a mixture of survival, adventure, and slow-burn romance that is sure to get your heart pounding.
Amazon

Excerpt:

Something moved at the edge of the horizon. Itwas like a shadow, black as a cloud but moving fast across the snow plain. Timeseemed to stop, but Dela could feel herself sliding forward as if she werestanding on a lake of ice. Freja was still yelling, but she couldn’t hear her.Her arms were flailing, but Dela hardly noticed.

A wave of lights moved in front of the thing,jumping and turning, quick as sparks. It was like a field of quails fleeinginto the sky before a coming wolf, but the wolf—the shadow—followed them. Thecloser it got, the more the shiver racked her spine. She knew exactly what itwas, though she’d never seen one. No one in the congregation had. There were nostories. No whisperings. Only a name.

“Shade.”

Freja stared at her, bewildered into silence.Perhaps she was going to speak, but then—

“Shade!” Dela reached for her friend, snatchingher by the sleeve and pulling her toward her. They ran, berries forgotten evenas the bags bounced in Dela’s grip. They were a dozen strides from the bushbefore she thought to secure them to one of her belt hooks. How could she eventhink of them at a time like this? They had to get to the camp. People had toknow.

They skidded to a stop at the edge of theoverhang they’d climbed. The tents were only a dozen feet below, and a handfulof people had gathered at the commotion. They stared up at the two girls withconfusion intermingled with irritation. They weren’t used to their eveningbeing disturbed by shouting, and the long journey had people’s nerves wornthin.

None of that mattered. All that mattered waswhat they would do. What were they supposed to do?

“Shade coming from the east!” Dela yelled. “Getthe Ministers!”

Chaos possessed the camp. People scrambled,yelling. Others just stood with disbelieving frowns. Some started running in noparticular direction. As if that would save them.

Would it?

Dela knew nothing about Shades. She hadn’t putmuch thought into what they might be or do or want. All she knew was thatwhatever that thing was, it was one of them. And the lights? The things it waschasing? What were they?

Freja was trembling as she crouched and threwher legs out over the edge of the rocks. It was a maneuver she’d done a hundredtimes, and in colder weather than this. But for fear or anger or nerves, hergrip failed. Dela lurched downward, chest striking hard against the rocks asher hand snapped out into the air—and caught her friend’s arm. She grunted asshe swung the girl toward the rock wall, which Freja caught in an instant. Theyexchanged an important glance, but there was time for little else.

Dela stood again, scanning the snowfield forsigns of the shadow. It was still gliding forth on nothing but empty air, likea nightmare in a dead sprint toward an innocent dreamer. But, she realized, itwas not heading straight for them. It had deviated, aiming toward the emptyfield north of them, and if it kept going that way, it might miss thementirely.

Could it see? It didn’t seem to have eyes. Norany other body part, per se. Did it smell, then? Or feel? How could it expectto find anything out here in the cold, white abyss of the Bitters?

Whatever rules it followed couldn’t be the sameas what humans or animals followed. It didn’t make any sense.

Then she saw the reason. One of thecongregation, maddened by fear, had made a break for it, out into the openBasin. The Shade wasn’t just going to miss the camp. It was going after him.

He’d made it a hundred feet from the camp, andshowed no signs of looking back or slowing. From the angle of approach, the mancouldn’t see the shadow coming. Couldn’t see it bearing down on him. Couldn’tsee the impossibility of his flight.

The Shade engulfed him as though it was littlemore than a localized fog. He vanished entirely from view, and for one bizarremoment, the beast of a cloud seemed to stop.

Thenthey heard the scream.

About the Author:
A life-long lover of the magic of storytelling, L.A. wrote his first story at the age of 7 and has been writing ever since. Speculative fiction, particularly fantasy, has always held a special place in his heart for the uniqueness of the places and the questions it can address. Though veiled by apparent strangeness, he has always seen it as capable of revealing deeper truth about our own reality.
L.A. graduated from Montana State University in 2015 with Honors in Biochemistry and a minor in Music Composition. This helped nurture his critical thinking and research skills which continue to be instrumental to his writing.  During his collegiate years, he also met the love of his life, Julie, whom he later married. At once his greatest supporter and his staunchest critic (when he is wrong, which is more often than he’d like to admit), she has been an integral part of his creative process ever since.
In February of 2018, L.A. became the father of his first son, Griffin. His second son, Tiber, was born in December of 2019 and his third son, Malachi, was born in January of 2022. Though life has become considerably busier since he became a family man, L.A. continues to work on writing in what little spare time he can find. He hopes to one day pass on his love of literature to his sons.
Twitter - https://twitter.com/lamortonyates
Substack- https://lamortonyates.substack.com/   Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lamortonyates/
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