Series: Collection Three
Author: Angel Martinez
Length: 165 pages
Genre: Romance / Sci-Fi / Fantasy /
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Blurb: The Brimstone.
Cargo hauler, brigand ship, privateer. Crewed by the exiled, the misplaced, the uniquely strange and even a certain government assassin. Together, they've faced interstellar criminals, the wrath of archangels, the threat of frogs, their own terrors, nearly deadly buttercopters, and government paperwork. Through it all, as Brimstone's inhabitants expanded from two demons on the run to a complement of eleven various and sundry beings, they've become more than crew. They've evolved into family. Join us now for some snippets from the characters' timelines, flash fiction shorts between the stories from Shax and Verin as kids in Hell all the way to events after The Hunt for Red Fluffy.
The Brimstone Journals, Collection Three also includes a novelette in which the crew discovers that sometimes the simple task of holiday shopping is much more dangerous than it should be.
Series: Alien Acquisitions, 1
Author: Misha Adrik
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Genre: Romance / Sci-Fi / Interstellar Assassin / Bio-engineered Super Human / BDSM (maybe) /
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Blurb: Abel Bancroft is an Interstellar MI6 assassin who doesn’t do relationships. He is perfectly content playing at his favorite BDSM club and picking up random hookups to fill his nights. When he’s asked to play babysitter to a bio-engineered super-human, he knows his carefully ordered life is about to be thoroughly interrupted.
Humans fear the Reapers and Mem has known it his entire life. Raised in a facility on the barren moon of Arethea outside the orbit of Era 3, freedom is only a word that he knows exists in the dictionary. New London is supposed to be his opportunity to have a life, so long as he can put up with the arrogant, sexy agent assigned to watch him.
If the missions don’t get them into trouble, the sparks between them definitely will. Being perfectly matched by the MI6 wasn’t supposed to lead to the two of them crashing into bed together but sometimes falling together is the only way to keep from falling apart.
[includes: one smartass assassin Daddy, one genetically engineered sexpot, & making a place of peace in an uncertain universe]
Series: Dead Suns
Author: Shona Husk
Length: 199 pages
Genre: Romance / Sci-Fi / Mercenary / Arranging Your Own Kidnapping /
Note: What made me look at this series is I stumbled onto the 2nd book that has a bisexual MC, plus the blurb is interesting with her arranging her own kidnapping. And if she actually uses the gun she's holding on the cover, then I'm there.
Blurb: Is it a rescue or a princess-napping? Nyssa Leofric can't marry the new head of Riel Industries. They trade in illegal weapons and he only wants her for her wealth and family name. When her parents insist, and unable to escape on her own, she arranges arranges her own kidnapping, hiring the mercenaries known as the Dead Suns.
Jessie Tabris believes in two things: getting the money up front and that people lie. He takes the job because Riel owes him credits. But when Nyssa's ransom is paid, he finds himself in a bind. No one should be forced into a life they don’t want. But the Dead Suns are threatening to disavow him and his team if he doesn’t return Nyssa to Riel.
Now they must work together or they could both wind up as part of Riel's next experiment.
For readers who like action, romance and space battles!
Series: A Saint-Moreno Supernatural Thriller
Author: B.C. Palmer
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Genre: Non-Romantic / Thriller / Urban Fantasy /
Note: I feel as if I have been circling this book for ages.
Blurb: Adam Saint was never much of a sorcerer to begin with and would rather be at the bottom of a bottle than anywhere near the supernatural world. For ten years he’s done a pretty good job of that—and even managed to get his demonic possession issue under control. That little vacation is about to come to a very painful end.
When Adam is approached by the Coven to find not only a powerful young witch who can see the future, but also his mysteriously vanished uncle—Portland’s supernatural sheriff—he doesn’t have much of a choice in the matter. Old Saint Pete is the only thing standing between Adam and the wrath of the Sorcerer’s Enclave. Problem is, the people responsible are already on someone else’s radar.
Vanessa Moreno’s life is about to change forever. She’s got two homicide cases that are equally horrifying, a foul-mouthed drunk raving about monsters and magic and other impossible things, and a man who spends half his time naked and the other half in the shape of a jaguar. The world has clearly gone insane—but if so, Vanessa must be mad as well.
Because monsters, magic, demon kitties, warlocks and ancient gods hungry for new life are deadly serious, and this dysfunctional dream team may be all that stands between us and the End. A tide of vengeance and magic is approaching, and billions of lives are on the line. Maybe they can stop it. Maybe they can’t.
One thing is for sure: survival in this world comes at a steep price. Always.
Saint of Dead Gods is a re-release of a previously published book "New Shoes", under Harbinger Press.
Series: (The Serpent Gates Book 1)
Author: AK Larkwood
Length: 464 pages / 18 hours & 37 Minutes
Genre: Fantasy / Action & Adventure / Priestess Turned Assassin / Wizard / LGBT
Notes: So, I said that I had Audible credits to spend. I found something to spend it on.
Blurb: What if you knew how and when you will die?
Csorwe does—she will climb the mountain, enter the Shrine of the Unspoken, and gain the most honored title: sacrifice.
But on the day of her foretold death, a powerful mage offers her a new fate. Leave with him, and live. Turn away from her destiny and her god to become a thief, a spy, an assassin—the wizard's loyal sword. Topple an empire, and help him reclaim his seat of power.
But Csorwe will soon learn—gods remember, and if you live long enough, all debts come due.
Series: The Complete Series
Author: KA Merikan
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Genre: Erotic Romp / Fantasy / Humorous / Monster Hunter / Enemies to Lovers / Opposites Attract /
Notes: KA Merikan writes stories a little darker than what I usually read, but I saw this advertised as a humorous romp and I thought I'd give it a try.
Blurb: “Any monster is a lover if you’re brave enough.”
Jack Addison. Son of a world famous monster hunter. Irresistible jerk. Monster-curious.
Roux Chat-Bonnes. Ginger. Furry. Claws like razors and a tongue to match!
At just nineteen, Jack’s fresh out of a prestigious academy, set to make a name for himself as a monster hunter in a world where people need protection from strange and dangerous creatures.
Raised to see nonhumans as monsters to be eradicated, or at the very least—inferior beings, he soon finds out that he’s been taught lies, and his initial distrust of creatures turns into fascination that goes beyond anything his father could imagine.
After an encounter with a giant spider, Jack falls down a rabbit hole of affairs with werewolves, kitsune, a centaur, a merman, a tentacle creature called Nessie, and even a vampire!
But all of those dalliances fade in comparison to his one true heart throb—Roux Chat-Bonnes, a cat-like being, and his most vicious rival. As brave as he is infuriating, and as furry as he is sexy, Roux is the moral compass Jack wishes he didn’t have.
If he ever wants to win Roux’s heart, he needs to prove that he’s more than just a handsome jerk sneaking around with any monster he can get his hands on, but a man brave enough to do what’s right, even if it makes him unpopular. Even if that means standing up to his famous father.
In this serial, each episode encompasses a single event from Jack Addison’s career, but while they are partially self-contained, the romantic arc and Jack’s personal journey, develop over time, so it’s best to not read the stories out of turn.
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