Rita Stradling

A Near Future Retelling of Beauty and the BeastAlainn's father is not a bad man. He's a genius and an inventor. When he's hired to create the robot Rose, Alainn knows taking the money is a mistake.Rose acts like a human. She looks exactly like Alainn. But, something in her comes out wrong.To save her father from a five year prison sentence, Alainn takes Rose's place. She says goodbye to the sun and goes to live in a tower no human is allowed to enter. She becomes the prisoner of a man no human is allowed to see.Believing that a life of servitude lies ahead, Alainn finds a very different fate awaits her in the company of the strange, scarred recluse.

Ensnared

In Domengrad, there are rules all must live by: Fear the Gods. Worship the Magicians. Forsake the Iconoclasts.To Annabelle Klein, the rules laid down by the Magicians are the mere ramblings of stuffy old men. As far as she's concerned, the historic Iconoclasts, heretics who nearly destroyed the Magicians so long ago, are nothing but myth. She has much more important matters to worry about.Heiress to a manor mortgaged down to its candlesticks and betrothed to her loathsome cousin, sixteen-year-old Annabelle doubts the gods could forsake her more.Then Annabelle is informed of her parents' sudden and simultaneous deaths, and all of the pigment drips out of her skin and hair, leaving her colorless. Within moments, Annabelle is invisible and forgotten by all who know her.Living like a wraith in her own home, Annabelle discovers that to regain her color she must solve the mystery behind her parents' murders and her strange transformation.Meanwhile, hundreds of the Magicians' monks, with their all-black eyes and conjoined minds, have usurped control of Annabelle's family manor. An Iconoclast is rumored to be about--a person who they claim goes unseen, unheard, and lost to memory, yet is the greatest threat to all of Domengrad. For the first time in a hundred years, the monks plan to unleash the dire wolves of old.Their only target: Annabelle.

Colorless

Alexa B. James

First comes love...Then comes marriage......and then comes my con-artist husband selling me to werewolves on our honeymoon.On the run from my cruel captors, I stumble into Grayhaven. This secret supernatural settlement is packed with biker demons, fae royals, and witches dealing in death-magic. Their small town could be my salvation... or doom. But when the Grayhaven werewolf pack tracks me down, I feel the noose of impending capture tightening around my throat. I'm an omega, the least dominant werewolf in the supernatural world. If I'm given an order--any order--I'm powerless to refuse.The five dominant werewolves could enslave me with a word. Instead, they take me in, protect me, and call me their mate. I want to believe that they are mine... that I'm safe. Yet, there is a malevolent darkness hunting me and it won't stop until it's claimed me once more, body and soul. If you love sexy-as-hell alpha werewolves, feisty heroines, fated mates, and dominant shifters who would do anything to protect their mate, get ready to devour this medium/fast burn reverse harem romance! Escaping Monsters is the first book in this steamy new Why Choose werewolf series by Alexa B James and Rita Stradling. This book is for 18 and over only please.

A Supernatural Small Town Romance

Escaping Monsters

The children of dragons and humans, the dracons, control eighty percent of the world's governments. Humans worldwide are either subservient or prey. On the small vacation island of Mabi, humans call for war.Sixteen year old Dakota Kekoa lives a double life. By day, she pretends to be a human to infiltrate Mabi Academy, a 'human's only' high-school. At night, she works as a henchman for her draconic mafia family, utilizing her ability to steal and manipulate emotions. When Dakota's human friend is kidnapped, she takes on the mission to find her. This is not just any mission though; she is diving head first into the escalating conflict between humans and dracons. As more girls disappear and some are discovered dead, Dakota realizes her first honorable mission may also be her last.

Henchgirl

Last summer, with the help of demon-killer Stephen Tapper, Raven Smith faced Hell on Earth to stop the demon-apocalypse (or more like, put it on hold). Raven made a deal with the Grand Marquis of Hell: he would not open the gates of hell if she promised not to fall in love with anyone until he returned for her. Almost a year has passed and summer has come again... Raven is safe. Relatively. She's protected. Doggedly. She's away from the demons, the hell, the madness. Until she falls asleep. When the earth-witch Madeline shows up in Raven's hometown (aka her prison), calling in Raven's life-debt, Raven shouldn't even listen to Madeline's proposal. But she does. Madeline tells her that months ago, Stephen travelled to Thailand to track down a magician called The Spider; but within days of arriving, Stephen vanished. Every person (be they witch or demon-killer) Madeline sent to find Stephen was hunted down, overwhelmed and murdered by demons. The message Madeline received after all attempts failed was clear: send in Raven Smith or Stephen dies. Going to Thailand might possibly be the stupidest decision Raven could ever make... there are a thousand reasons why Raven should stay guarded, protected, safe; only one reason why she shouldn't. Stephen.

The Lie Spinners

After a year of preparation, eighteen year old Raven Smith has researched and planned out every detail of her summer vacation in Europe; those plans DO NOT include boys, romance, or falling in love (definitely not the last one). But, even before the plane touches-down her well-laid plans go dreadfully off-course. While still airborne, Raven finds a letter in her carry-on suitcase that her senile neighbor broke into her house to stash in her bag; the letter tells Raven to turn back, not to go to Europe, that an "evil agent of Hell" is looking for Raven and he will find her if she disregards the letter's message. But Raven does disregard the letter... Almost as soon as Raven steps foot onto Rome's streets, dark, seductive Andras starts showing up at nearly every site Raven visits; Raven finds herself drawn to Andras in a way she's never been drawn to anyone, while at the same time... he terrifies her. Then in comes Nicholas, an impossible-not-to-like Swedish guy, who is determined to keep Raven away from Andras... The two guys share a dark secret. Both are determined that Raven never learns the truth. She doesn't know who to trust, or if she should trust anyone. If Raven frees herself from the deception twined around her... the most horrifying secret she could uncover, might be her own... her past... who she really is...and how the forces of Hell plan to use her to destroy the future...

The Deception Dance

Dakota is assigned a secret mission from her grandfather. A foreign queen is running a vampire dinner cruise off the coast of the Mabiian Islands, and the retribution must be swift. Yet, when Dakota infiltrates the ship 'Crimson Sunset', nothing is at it seems. Not only is Dakota in deathly peril, all of New Anglo is on the road to war.

Fighting Monsters

The only light at the end of her dark tunnel is the fiery pits of Hell. Desperate to kill the demon Andras and free the man she loves from his demonic possession, Raven summons a greater demon for answers. She discovers that she learned the key to defeating Andras in her past life but chose to die rather than act on that knowledge. Now time is ticking for her to regain those suppressed memories before Andras claims her at the next summer solstice. Raven seeks out a mythical hypnotist who can unlock her past memories, but the only way to reach him is by stowing away on the demon cruise ship--the Sanctuary--that keeps humans as slaves or prey. If Raven succeeds to convince the hypnotist, she'll need to relive every moment of her past-life romance with Andras, experience exactly why she fell in love with him, why she abandoned her whole life to be with him, and why she was willing to die for him. Then, she'll kill him. If Raven fails to solve this mystery and kill Andras before the summer solstice, he will kidnap her and never let her escape. If you love dark paranormal romance, scroll up and one-click the enthralling last installment of The Deception Dance trilogy today!

Waltzing Into Damnation

Hunting Monsters

Hazel

[Recommended 16 ] this is a mature YA or New Adult book] Culter Fuller came back into my life on the day my mother died, as if losing my mother wasn't bad enough. We hated each other since childhood. Well, I hated him. He had a very different story. When I moved to my dad's house to finish my last semester of high school, we went from bitter enemies to. . . something else. He was suddenly everywhere, occupying my space, determined to pull me into his life, filling me with thoughts I knew were wrong. I knew that soon we would cross a line that should never be crossed. I knew crossing that line could have very serious consequences; because Culter Fuller wasn't just any irresistible boy, Culter Fuller was my stepbrother. But, I was always very bad at making the right choices.

Making Bad Choices

Three things about Justin Roberts:1.He's a bully.2.Our relationship is toxic.3.He's the only one who knows my secret. A year ago, I woke in the morgue with a note in my hand telling me that I'm a vampire. I need blood or I'll start killing people. Lucky for me, Justin has been sneaking into my bedroom and feeding me blood for a year, and the only price I have to pay for it is putting up with his cruel snipes and my unwanted feelings for him. I just can't figure out why he keeps coming back.But all that changes when I'm offered a full-ride scholarship to Justin's mysterious school, the elite Blackburn Academy, where I might finally learn about vampires. About myself. All I have to do is pass the grueling entrance trials, and the scholarship will be mine. Problem is, Justin doesn't want me anywhere near his elite school and rich friends. He's vowed to sabotage me.Justin may have been feeding me blood for a year, but he doesn't know who he's up against. But, Blackburn Academy is more than it seems. I'll be facing more than what Justin Roberts alone can dish out.Will competing in the trials be the new beginning I'm hoping for, or will it end my undead existence? This is a full length 80,000 word novel. Recommended for 16+.

A Bite at the Cherry

Three things about the Elites of Blackburn Academy: 1. They rule with fear and cruelty. 2. They kill vampires for sport. 3. They think I'm one of them.Entering Blackburn Academy was supposed to be a dream come true. Instead, I'm trapped in a nightmare. Every second of the day, I have to hide what I am. My boyfriend Justin is keeping secrets again. And I have to spend all of my time with the deadly Elites. I'm in their classes. I live with them. I even have my own Elite bodyguard, Mitch Holter, the biggest bully at Blackburn Academy. When Justin vanishes under mysterious circumstances, I have to depend on the Elites to save the boy I love.But I'm entering a deadly game. Can I survive the secrets and lies of Blackburn Academy?This is a full length 93,000 word novel. Recommended for 16+. This book contains sex (not explicit). This novel was previously on preorder under the title First Bite (Bite Me) Blackburn Academy: Orientation. The story is unchanged.

Hunter Trials

Three things about Justin Roberts:1. He's a bully.2. Our relationship is toxic.3. He's the only one who knows my secret. A year ago, I woke in the morgue with a note in my hand telling me that I'm a vampire. I need blood or I'll start killing people. Lucky for me, Justin has been sneaking into my bedroom and feeding me blood for a year, and the only price I have to pay for it is putting up with his cruel snipes and my unwanted feelings for him. I just can't figure out why he keeps coming back.But all that changes when I'm offered a full-ride scholarship to Justin's mysterious school, the elite Blackburn Academy, where I might finally learn about vampires. About myself. All I have to do is pass the grueling entrance trials, and the scholarship will be mine. Problem is, Justin doesn't want me anywhere near his elite school and rich friends. He's vowed to sabotage me.Justin may have been feeding me blood for a year, but he doesn't know who he's up against. But, Blackburn Academy is more than it seems. I'll be facing more than what Justin Roberts alone can dish out.Will competing in the trials be the new beginning I'm hoping for, or will it end my undead existence? This book was previously published under the title A Bite at the Cherry (Bite Me Series) Blackburn Academy: Entrance Trials. The story is unchanged. Recommended for 16+.

Rita Stradling

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