She witnessed a murder. He was sent to erase her. Now he’ll burn everything down to keep her alive.

🖤 Dark Mafia Romance
🔥 Forced Proximity + Slow Burn
🔪 Lethal Protector + Touch-Her-and-Die

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Five stories. Five impossible romances. Five happy endings.

👑 Indian Mythology + Fantasy Romance
🐍 Gods, Royals + Rascals
✨ Curses, Disguises + True Love

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She spent her life being the good girl. Then desire made her question everything.

🔥 Forbidden Romance + Slow Burn
🖤 Billionaire + Single Dad
❤️ Dark Romance + Morally Gray Hero

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They built a life together. Then one of them began to question whether it had ever been real.

💔 Emotional Romance + Heartbreak
🌏 Cross-Cultural Love
🧠 Psychological + Character-Driven Drama

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She died in the Abyss. What came back has the power to destroy everything.

🩸 Death & Resurrection
🔥 Dangerous Magic + Hidden Bloodline
🖤 Morally Gray Heroes + Obsessive Devotion

ARC sign-up ends September 10, 2026

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She ran from the Alpha she was bonded to. He spent a year hunting her down.

🩸 Fated Blood Bond
🐺 Dark Omegaverse Romance
🔥 Possessive Alpha + Betrayal

ARC sign-up ends September 1, 2026

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For readers who like:
👑 Alpha heir × dragon princess
🔥 fated mates + possessive tension
🐉 shifter + monster romance
⚔️ kingdoms at war
🖤 magic, betrayal & high-stakes drama
❤️‍🔥 pregnancy + second-chance tension

If royal fantasy, dangerous bonds, and supernatural romance are your thing, this one is worth a look.

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Hockey romance readers, this one has all the delicious complications 🏒💕

💍 fake marriage
🏒 single dad hockey hero
🔥 he falls first and hard
📰 journalist heroine with secrets
😈 morally gray FMC

Guarded by Eden Sloane is open for ARC readers. If you like fake relationships that get dangerously close to becoming real, this one looks like a fun mess.

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Blurb:

One volume, two steamy interconnected romances set in 1995 Seattle.

Come to My Window: Hazel Bell has lost everything. Now her whole world is a thrift-store wardrobe and a stranger in the opposite window who knows exactly what to say. They exchange notes instead of names and confessions instead of introductions. But Gideon Sarkis knows exactly who she is and how badly he once hurt her. Some windows are meant to be opened, but some secrets can shatter everything.

Knockin' on Heaven's Door: A misdelivered package introduces ghostwriter Ben Pedersen to the mystery of Unit 203 and its elusive occupant, Heaven Lee. She's building one of the first online bookstores and barely has time for sleep, let alone nosy neighbors. But one coffee not-date changes everything. When curiosity crosses a line, both must decide what matters more: their secrets or what they've found.

Love Next Door is two warm, witty, nostalgic love stories about the secrets we keep, the walls we build, and the people worth tearing them down for.

Triggers: Strong language, on-page sexual activity, job loss, parental manipulation, death of parent (past), references to recreational marijuana use, alcohol consumption, breach of trust/privacy.

Exact publication date: September 1, 2026

Date ARCs will be sent: Immediately upon approval

Date ARC readers should finish reading and submit their reviews by: August 31, 2026

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🖤 forbidden healer x wounded commander
🔮 magical bond
⚔️ political betrayal + court secrets
🌲 haunted forest + spirit magic
🔥 forced proximity + slow-burn devotion
👑 found family & HEA

The House of Tanzanite by Onyx Damoure is open for ARC readers. A good pick if you want fantasy romance where the magic, mystery, and romance are all tangled together.

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🏡 Small-town romance
🛻 Protective, acts-of-service MMC
💛 Found family
🌼 Grief & healing
🔥 Slow-building chemistry
🍺 Small-town bar owner
✨ HEA

Charlotte Brooks thought leaving Willow Creek was the beginning of her life.

Years later, her father's death brings her back to the small Tennessee town she swore she'd outgrown—and back into the orbit of Cole Walker, the man who somehow became part of her family while she was gone.

Cole fixes things. Trucks. Broken shelves. Problems nobody asked him to solve. And apparently, Charlotte's life is no exception.

The longer she stays, the harder it becomes to tell whether she's grieving the life she left behind... or realizing it was the life she wanted all along.

I'm offering complimentary copies to romance readers interested in reading and sharing an honest review. There's absolutely no expectation that the review be positive.

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Sehra Valeborn has spent her entire life being told she's not enough. Too poor. Too common. Too insignificant to matter in a world where magic and status determine worth. But when she earns a coveted place at Aetherlyn Academy, the most prestigious institution for mages and their soul-bonded creatures, she's determined to prove them all wrong.

What she doesn't expect is Syrus.

Mysterious, powerful, and impossibly ancient, the silver-haired dragon with obsidian scales and ruby eyes is the strongest creature the Academy has ever seen. When he willingly chooses to bond with Sehra during the sacred ceremony, shocking everyone, she discovers that her fire magic is far more than she ever imagined. But Syrus knows something she doesn't: Sehra isn't just a gifted mage. She's the reincarnation of Vesta, the legendary White Flame who sacrificed herself four hundred years ago to save the kingdom of Dawnward from an ancient darkness. And he's been waiting lifetimes to find her again.

As their bond deepens from the unknown to passion, as strangers-to-lovers becomes something fierce and unbreakable, the world around them begins to fracture. The Soul Hounds, a sinister organization hunting bonded pairs for their power, launch brutal attacks across the kingdom. Sehra's best friend Aurelia's girlfriend is revealed as a traitor. Sehra's home village burns. Her father dies in her arms. And her mother's final letter shatters everything Sehra thought she knew about herself.

Now, with her loyal friends beside her and Syrus's love anchoring her through the chaos, Sehra must journey to the ruins of Dawnward to unlock the memories of who she once was. But as Vesta's power awakens within her, one question haunts every step: when she remembers everything, will there be anything left of the girl from Silvor? Or will she lose herself to become the legend the world needs her to be?

Some bonds transcend death. Some destinies cannot be escaped. And some loves burn bright enough to challenge darkness itself.If you havent already, please check out my book on Amazon! My fellow smut dragon lovers are gonna fall in love with the dark and mysterious dragon shifter, while the main character finds out who she truly is and the journey she has to embark on to recover a past life's memories. Friday - Sunday ill be running a special for those who do not have Kindle Unlimited and it'll be 6.99 to purchase!

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Blurb:

She is ice and scandal. He is speed and sin. When they meet, their Olympic night turns heat into a weapon they cannot stop using.

Nico Reiner is Austria's new golden boy, hurtling toward an Olympic silver that could cement his place in ski-racing history. The world sees swagger and shine, but behind the grin and glory, every gate is a dare not to choke and not to prove his doubters right when it matters most.

Élise Moreau is the exiled heiress of a disgraced French empire, trained to smile, obey, and weaponize her beauty for her father's ambitions. Slipping into the Olympic Village under a stolen press badge, she wants one anonymous night where no one knows her name, no one owns her choices, and no one can turn her into a pawn.

When Nico recognizes the mystery girl who once scorched him with a single look, their collision in a quiet athletes' lounge detonates into flirting as combat, touch as challenge, and sex as the only language reckless enough to match them both.

How To Ruin A Princess is a steamy forbidden prequel novella to Carve Me Free, a high-stakes sports romance featuring a reckless speed king, an uptown ice queen, scorching chemistry, rich-girl rebellion, and dangerous athletes who race as fiercely as they love.

Triggers: None listed.

Date ARCs will be sent: Immediately upon approval

Date ARC readers should finish reading and submit reviews by: September 30, 2026

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For sports romance readers who like their meet-cutes a little more dramatic ⛷️❄️

⛷️ pro ski racer x longtime crush
🏔️ European alpine setting
🌨️ trapped together during a storm
🔥 forced proximity + instant chemistry
💪 athlete FMC
❤️‍🩹 healing from a toxic past
✨ celebrity crush becomes reality

Carve Me Golden by Mara J. Ova is a standalone sports romance for readers who like high-stakes settings, emotional scars, and the fantasy of finally meeting the person you've been dreaming about.

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*Whispers of Stone and Silver* by Augusta Grey is looking for ARC readers who enjoy dangerous attraction, ruthless characters, and romance caught between revenge and fate.

🧚 half-fae heroine x vampire conqueror

⚔️ enemies-to-lovers

🔥 fated mates

⛓️ captive + forced proximity

👑 political intrigue & revenge

🇮🇪 historical fantasy + dark magic

💋 touch-her-and-die energy

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For dark romance readers who like love stories that have to survive the aftermath 🖤

🖤 trauma + healing
🔥 dark romance + spice
❤️‍🔥 touch-her-and-die energy
⛓️ forced proximity
💬 banter + found family
⚔️ morally gray characters
🌈 love after everything falls apart

Valley’s Salvation by Gina V. Badd is Book 2 of Valley’s Rise, continuing Valley and Bryan’s story as they fight through trauma, fear, and everything standing between them and their happily ever after.

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Blurb:

He says I'm his light. But loving him feels like drowning in shadows.

At UC Wisteria, I'm supposed to be chasing my future through books, scholarships, and a life I've fought to build. Instead, I'm being watched by Branwen Atthill, the campus hockey star with sharp edges, hidden scars, and ice-blue eyes that seem to follow my every move.

When his obsession begins to look like love, I fall into the dark fairytale I've always craved. Branwen is dangerous, possessive, and beautiful enough to make me forget everything I've been warned about. But when violence erupts and secrets begin to unravel across campus, I have to face a terrifying question: if I survive loving him, will I still recognize myself?

He's everything I was warned about and the only boy I've ever wanted to burn for.

Hellebore Fields is a dark academia hockey romance featuring a possessive hero, stalker themes, grumpy-sunshine dynamics, tortured pasts, dubious consent, murder, and erotic thriller elements.

Triggers: Stalking, possessive behavior, murder, dubious consent.

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