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  Greer Allen has a secret. Her Stalker knows it. The Question is will she survive him knowing? My Review Greer made a choice ten years ago. Just when she thought she did not have to watch her back anymore, she learned that she was wrong. Koen has been on the "hunt" for years for the one that captured his attention. Now that Koen has put a face and name to his obsession, he is not about to let Greer go.  "I'm the tempting poison in his veins, and he's the vice I should probably let go of rather than embrace." Koen is lighter fluid and Greer the flame. Gimmie all the spice and psycho craziness that is Greer and Koen.  Ok, if this is what K.M. is delivering already to kick off 2026, then, I am in for a real treat. Where are my horror fans? This book is for you. If you love, I Know What You Did Last Summer, then, you are going to go "feral" for this book!

  Finlo Pennington, or Hatter, was a curious blend of happiness and madness, contentedly navigating the whimsical chaos of Wonder Territory. That was until the day she appeared. With an unexpected tumble through a mysterious hole in the earth, Elenor plunged into an astonishing new reality—an enchanting world where animals could speak and every inhabitant exhibited their own delightful eccentricities. In this peculiar land, tea time was a sacred tradition, clothes were optional, and everyone was a tad off-center. To find her way back home, Elenor must forge a deal with the enigmatic Hatter. But as she delves deeper into his unpredictable realm, she begins to question just how sane he truly is and just how much madder she’s become. **This is an Alice in Wonderland, spicy reimagining My Review When I tell you that K.M. slayed it with this book, I mean she SLAYED it!! I have read many retellings of Alice in Wonderland as I am sure many others have. Yet, I have to tell you that reading...

  Silver Dormund is using her great-aunt Soleil's passing as an opportunity to escape the hustle and bustle of New York City, where she works as the top real estate broker. As she prepares her aunt’s house for the market, she begins to realize that someone is watching her—stalking her. Unbeknownst to her, she is about to step into a dark world filled with magic and blood, one from which she may not escape alive. The Midnight Order consists of four Jasper, Lowell, Asher, and Corvin. Living among their own, hidden behind magical wards, they are cursed to wear masks and feel longing in their hearts until they learn to love and share. While Silver might hold the key to their salvation, she could also be their ultimate undoing. Only time and blood will tell, for although she may be the answer to their long-awaited prayers, she could also be the most formidable threat they have ever encountered—an enemy. My Review As if one vampire is not enough, how about four! Yep, K.M. brings us four ...

  Father A man of the cloth, one shaken in his faith, realizes his childhood best friend’s daughter is missing. Since his friend is long gone, Luca feels the responsibility of finding her. But when his faith and his allegiances are already on shaky ground, the Father finds he might have left well enough alone. Because the sassy strength that is Sloane Collins is no match for a man teetering on the edge of diving headfirst into a life headed straight for perdition. Taken hostage by one of the five families of New York, Sloane battles the odds and stays alive. Until she’s sold to a worse man than her captor. Digging into herself, she finds faith she didn’t know she had previously, begging on bent knee for a god she didn’t believe in beforehand to spare her. To save her. When HE walks through the door, killing everyone in his path and bathing in their blood, he becomes the one she’ll worship. Become her savior. My Review This newest offering in this series is one that you don't want t...

  Indie Monroe thought her best friend’s wedding would be the perfect excuse for a much-needed break from her startup grind. But this trip? It’s about to shake up her life in ways she never saw coming. Brooks Holt was desperate for a Hail Mary to claw his way out of the mess he'd made. The fiery, sharp-tongued redheaded bridesmaid wasn’t even on his radar—until suddenly, she was all he could think about. It's only one week. Will it make or break them? My Review Indie and Brooks's first introduction is everything and more. In fact, once I really got to know them both better, it was the perfect meet cute.  Indie is fiery hot like Fireball! I love that she does not wait for Brooks to make the first move. She says something and then reacts on it. The scene where Indie launched herself at Brooks and they fell in a mud puddle, only to have Brooks's Aunt chastise him.  Having read all of K.M.'s books, I know she can write. She brings the "D" in dark romance! So, ...

  Alyssa Roebach  was excited to stand by her best friend, Brynne, as she took on her new role as the head of the Bianchi family. However, Alyssa didn’t expect to encounter a dark-haired mafia enforcer who immediately tried to break down her defenses. As a child of divorce, Alyssa has always avoided commitment. She’s determined not to fall for a man who could hurt her or get involved in anything resembling a relationship to the outside eye. But it seems like she won’t have a choice in the matter. Dante Ricci , a man of strength and resilience, is instantly captivated by Alyssa. He’s prepared to embark on the most demanding mission of his to win her heart. Having experienced the pain of loss firsthand, Dante lives each day to its fullest. However, his pursuit of Alyssa proves to be more challenging than he initially anticipated. Yet, he remains steadfast in his belief that he’s the right man for the task and refuses to give up. As resolute as Alyssa is in her attempts to repel ...

  Cain : Everything ceases when he sees her at the gas station off Old Highway 28. Even the voices in his head. Armed with his training, wits, and a few weapons, Cain sets off on the hunt of a lifetime. One that'll only end in bloodshed. Grace:  Nothing could've prepared Grace for the Christmas she was about to have. On her way to her parents' house for Christmas Eve dinner, she realizes she's being followed. There's no escaping the man who has set her in his sights, either. My Review If you loved Captor by K.M., then you are absolutely going to go "feral" for this book! This book is for us women that love a psycho man that will feed us and call us his "good little wh@re".  As soon as I started reading this book, I was all in. I could not stop reading. If it was not for real life and work, I would have had this book finished in a matter of hours. The only good thing I can say about the fact that I was not able to read the book in hours is that I ...

  Taking over Dad’s spot had been easy enough, but I was raised amongst the snakes. I was taught to survive and hold my own. Always doing what’s right. I am the son of Sebastian Barot, Quiver leader, and alpha to a pack so vile that we operate in utter darkness. Where the law can’t touch us. Taking down elitist scum like Carter Williams is what we do in our sleep while our venom regenerates. That is when we’re all behaving and focused. I was told to watch him. This ensures we have time to execute the plan to take down the company he runs. The one that haphazardly killed our father and leader. It’s all hands on deck with this job, but that was until I saw her. Miles is pissed. But it’s already done. But from how he’s eyeing her from across the pool, I’d say he feels the same way I do. Which is about to come to a fucking head. And two Cobras shouldn’t square off. My name means whirlwind or tempest, but I’m far from it. I’ve been promised to my fiancé, Carter, since middle school. Our...

  Brynne: I’m in debt up to my eyeballs. School has drained everything, including part of my soul. Now that I’ve graduated, the economy has turned and there aren’t enough jobs available. I have to figure something out before I drown. My friend Alyssa may have been joking about going on television for a fast cash infusion, but it’s starting to look like a viable option. A new season of Stranded is looking for next season’s contestants and the pay is more than fair, even if I don’t make it to the end. Sending my submission off will be easy. I probably won’t be chosen because I’ve never so much as camped in my life, but my father was a survivalist. There must be some of his tenacity in my veins, right? Slate: I’m so off-grid even my past can’t find me. That’s the way I plan to remain. Until the end. No more high-brow, heavily guarded lunches, meetings that drone on into the wee hours of the morning or dealing with people. That was, until today. I stumbled upon a brunette bombshell pra...

  Stolen from the Court of Moon, Milana finds herself in strange company. Company she never thought she’d be in again. Axis has spun out of control, working for new king to keep his life. But he’s gone too far this time, and when the Dark King gets a hold him, he’ll wish he hadn’t taken the Dark Queen’s life into his own hands. The Dark King is spiraling within himself in the dark abyss of his own self-loathing. He knew he shouldn’t have let Milana go alone into the kingdom. But he had. And now she’s gone. Eurelia speaks prophecy, as if it’ll cure what ails him, but it will not. Not until his queen is returned. The Dark Queen must forge down a path no one saw coming in this third installment in the Promethean Fae Series. And it’s a path that could make or break the entire world. Not just the dimensions the Fae dwell within. My Review If you have been following along in this series with these books, you are in for a treat with this book. I felt like it was a lot of Milana show. I ha...

  Best-selling author Hazel Banks needs solace. She needs an escape from the memories that have plagued her since last Christmas, when everything went to complete shit. She finds that relief in a charming little home in Honeoye, New York. She plans to write and hide away from the world. And it’s a good plan, until she realizes something is wrong with the house she booked. Pierce Augustine is ex-CIA and has more demons than he can count.  After researching the new tenant who has rented his family home, Pierce finds he has one more demon to add to the list. She has fiery hair and a darkness lurking in her eyes he can’t get enough of. Their two worlds collide in a whirlwind story of a passionate stalker obsessed, and a dark damsel seeking an outlet. It’ll go down in the books as the darkest December either of them have experienced. One that may haunt them both. My Review I have read just about every book from K.M. the progression,...

  My life has been a hard one. Sometimes seeming unbearable. But things have been on the upswing in years since I took the reins back. That was, until I seen Emery Stanner, C.E.O. of Stanner Enterprises on the news. Something about his eyes, his face, brought the nightmares I’ve fought for years to keep away. All the therapy, all the hypnosis, went right out the window. Now, I’m hellbent on getting closer to him. To getting rid of the nightmares for good. By getting my revenge. When Carina Eder walks into my office, her curvy body short-circuiting my brain instantly, I don’t fully comprehend the danger she poses. Something about her is familiar. Something about her has memories my mind repressed for years flooding back to me like tidal waves of ruination. I’m obsessed with knowing the truth. Knowing what I did to her. Knowing why she’s here. She’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever laid my eyes upon. When she’s at home, her hair disarrayed, her thick-framed glasses on, is when she’...

  Prophecies tell of an ancient power yet to emerge. One that will mend or break the world. Anwynn and Axis wonder if Milana is that power. As Milana struggles through Emergence, the Dark King’s world is rocked by horrific murders. One’s uncharacteristic to his people. While making sure they remain safe from the monster his stolen enemy might become, one already lurks his realm. Milana finds power within herself, but within the strength of another. One male will stand beside her, one that will rock her foundations. As she moves through stages of her emergence, she finds there’s more to herself than even seers foretold. Facets she doesn’t know if she wants to explore. While Milana and Anwynn both fight to keep themselves alive and the realm safe, the world waits for prophecy to become reality. For the promethean will rise, and when she does, the world will quake with awareness. My Review The first book sets the scene for this series. Yet, with this book, let all the steamy goodness ...

  “Fae. They’re real. They’re walking amongst us, harnassing powers that are slowly bringing earth to its knees.” The world has been slowly dying for years, probably long before anyone realized it. Now, dark has risen only weeks after strange dreams began to plague Milana. Sickness, war, famine, and so much more flow across the earth’s surface, killing those Fae don’t deem worthy of living in the new regime. Milana and her mother fight to survive, while she learns more about herself than she ever thought possible. The Dark King of the Fae is cutthroat, rage, and power all-consuming. He’s on a mission to save the world and the realms that parallel it before extinction comes for humans and Fae. But something is haunting him, gripping his resolve like a vice and ingesting him bit by bit. In the dimmest of times, two souls will intertwine, piecing a puzzle together that’s been broken for centuries. Angsty romance meets seething rage as Anwynn and Milana try to find themselves while sav...

  A deal with Lucifer's son. A curse as old as time. A woman caught in the middle of both. And the monster who stands to win the most. This is a dark monster romance. Please be aware before reading. My Review I am really getting into the whole monster romance theme. So, happy to see one of my favorite authors has jumped into this trend. Who isn't afraid of the Boogeyman. Yet now that I know he can do amazing things with his claws and forked tongue, I welcome him to visit me anytime. Despite Sibyl being afraid of Efrain, I love her spunky attitude that she gave to Efrain. Let's just say that his "punishment" was welcomed. As I stated earlier, he is very skilled with his claws and forked tongue. Just thinking about Efrain gives me "w@t" dreams. So, glad to see that this book is the first in this series as this book left me growling for me.

  When the Princess of Algeria goes missing, all eyes train on Deimos—the God of Terror. Unbeknownst to everyone, however, she went willingly. Absconding from her father took years of planning. Finding just the right god to get the job done, Eleni is finally clear of her father’s fists. But has she gotten in over her head with the god who saved her? Deimos is hanging on by a thin thread of sanity, grappling with what he wants to do to the siren. As he wars with himself on what to do, another falls victim to the siren’s terror. For a siren has a power all its own, and Eleni isn’t afraid to wield it. Will the God of Terror be able to keep his wits with the stolen princess, or will she prove too much for his resolve? Or will the powers she uses against him be too much? This story is loosely based on Greek Mythology and is a Why Choose Romance story. My Review If you have been reading through this series, you know each book just gets better and better. I so was ready for a why choose b...

  The moment Davina heard her trash cans tip over and a man shouting in her yard, should’ve been the moment she stayed in her home. Or, the moment she called the police. But instead, she stormed outside, and shouted at him. This is the moment her Christmas took a turn, going from lonely to filled with desire and three men that will change her forever. My Review I really enjoyed this quick, steamy novella from one of my favorite authors. It was giving my vibes of another one of KM's books, The Demons of Hawthrone Manor. Which I really enjoyed that book as well. Unwrapped is just the gift I needed this holiday season! Davina is one very luckily woman to have three guys desire her. There is no picking favorites of the three men, Daire, Win, and Ty. I loved all three men. This may be a novella, but it will satisfy you like a full length three hundred page book. If it is your first book, I do suggest read The Demons of Hawthrone Manor next.

  Scarlett Matthews is a criminally introverted twenty-something, but her best friend and confidant won’t allow it to continue. Claiming sure insanity, Scarlett allows Rachel to take her to the traveling carnival of sin stopped in their town. What Scarlett finds there, however, sets her on a path as far from the one she’d been on as possible. As she lets down her walls and allows herself to explore, will she ever be the same? Or will the carnival show her a piece of herself she never knew existed and completely spin her onto a new path? Ivan and Leonidas Beastly are the proud heirs and operators of The Carnival of Sin. It’s changed since their father died, of course. Catering now to the depravity that sells, sex. One implausible encounter will entangle their destinies with one female both brothers will fall for desperately. Will they be able to step out of one another’s way? Or will Scarlett damn them both as they lose all their father worked so hard to build? This traveling carniv...

  An unknown event has left the prison of Tartarus weak. The same prison that only houses one being. Cronus; God of Time. With its walls unable to withstand him anymore, Cronus escapes finding an entirely new Hell has emerged while he was held captive. There is now a kingdom where there once was torment and souls serving out their sentences. He is set on vengeance. He is set on killing his sons. Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus. Kesia is a soul in agony, waiting for her underworld life to finally fall into place. She longs to be happy and content as the others inside Tartarus’ gates already are, but it seems she never will be. The only solace she finds is within the walls of Sinful Treats where she feeds the realms cupcakes, cookies, and cakes of all delectable flavors. All in her life is fine, moving along at an even keel. Until it isn’t. What will happen when a murderous madman from below Tartarus is freed from the jail that housed him for eons? As Kesia embraces the urge to dance to th...

  Andromeda has led a boring, meek existence until the day she’s told she’s to wed the son of Zeus. Perseus, promises to be the husband of her dreams, but he comes with a lot of secrets. One of which, lands her in trouble with the God of the Sky, himself. Poseidon, God of the Seas, has been harboring a grave secret for centuries from his brother Zeus. In one, blinding, twist of fate, one woman could bring it all to a crashing halt. When Andromeda falls into the hands of a God, unwittingly, she will have to shift her focus on survival. She will not, however, have to worry about her life; she will have to worry about her body. The darkness that lives within Poseidon, is something he must battle constantly, but around Andromeda, it leaves him unwillingly. Will the God of the seas give in, and risk it all for a taste of the beautiful Andromeda, or will his baser nature win and take the life of the only female who stirs his desires? This is a retelling of Poseidon like you’ve never seen...