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The Bone Altar Bride
by E.C. Gregory
Every thirteen years, a Blood Moon bride is sent to the Unnamed King—and the village calls it mercy.
When her little sister is nearly taken, Liora, a sharp-tongued healer, steps into the bargain herself, expecting a monster and a quick death.
Instead, she finds Kael, an immortal king in iron chains, cursed to serve a faceless god that feeds on devotion and stolen true names. Each ritual drags him closer to becoming the legend Alderfen fears—and each bride he’s forced to accept disappears into the altar’s hunger.
But Liora refuses the script. In a fortress that remembers, she hears the Remnants of past brides whispering through stone and shadow, and she begins to uncover the truth behind the Bone Altar and the Heart of the curse—an engine fueled by worship, blood, and identity.
To break the cycle, Liora and Kael must reclaim what was taken and defy a deity that would rather burn the world than loosen its grip.
Some bonds are chosen. Some rebellions are consummated.
Tropes
Blood Moon Bride / Sacrificial Bride
Healer Heroine
Forced Proximity
False Monster King in Chains
Tortured Hero
Dangerous Devotion / Dangerous-before-safe Romance
Names Are Power / True Names
False God / Corrupt Priesthood
Gothic Fortress / Sentient Setting
Captivity / Ritual Captivity
Open-door intimacy (on page), written with euphemism and emotion. Adult.
Content note: graphic violence, ritual sacrifice, captivity, supernatural horror.
Hard Knocks
by M.A. Darke & Matt Mememaro
With the title on the line, can she help him recover before the title rematch, or will their professionalism get in the way of something more?
Alicia is just your average physiotherapist that gets taken to her first Muay Thai fight by a friend. At first, she does not know what to make of the fight, until her sights are set on the CSA light heavyweight champion Cain Axel “The Crow” Weaver. The fight ends with Cain sustaining an injury and, subsequentially, losing the fight. Alicia leaves the fight with a newfound appreciation for combat sports; however, she finds herself unable to stop thinking about the man that once was the light heavyweight champion.
Alicia’s work then finds her at the Hard Knocks Gym, where she runs into Cain once again. Yet this is not the same Cain that once stood proudly with the championship gold around his waist. This man is broken, and hungry for something more than just another title belt. He has his eyes set on Alicia and everything that she brings to the table.
Will Alicia fall for the rugged and commanding presence of Cain, or will his demons and past failures be too much for him to overcome?
Hard Knocksis the brand-new spicy MMA fighter romance standalone novel by Matt Mememaro as he makes his proper debut in the romance genre. Enter the world of Hard Knocks with characters that will leave you screaming, with a slow burn tension that will leave you begging to be a good girl for Cain.
Tropes
He's the fighter, she's the physio
Touch her and die
Jealousy
Workplace "professionalism"
Bends her over the physio table
Fuck it moment
Shared trauma
Content Warning: Violence
Into the REdwoods
by C.G. Coppola
Brooklyn
I found Evelyn hiding in a tree when I was sixteen. That was the day everything changed.
I never thought I’d befriend a Mechanical, someone from the other side of the Redwoods. But when I take a wrong turn sneaking onto their land, I encounter Evelyn, and for seven years we meet in secret, sharing our lives every three months. That is, until the Mechanicals attack over the deaths of a mysterious drug. As protector of the Woodlanders, I must defend my people. But Evelyn is my priority too. When the time comes, I’ll need to decide what’s most important.
Evelyn
At sixteen, Brooklyn rescued me. I owe everything to her.
Nothing prepares me for getting lost in the Redwoods, so when I’m found by a Woodlander, I don’t know what to do. We’re taught our neighbors are savages, but Brooklyn only shows kindness when I feel helpless. For several years we secretly visit until a new ruling makes it impossible. Then, my people attack. Suddenly, Brooklyn and I find ourselves on opposite sides of an unexpected war. But I might have some leverage with my new title. After all this time, it’s finally my chance to save her.
Tropes
Nature vs Machine
Best Friends
Dual POV
2 FMCs
Time Jumps
Magic
Three Love Stories
Splash of Romance
Opposite Worlds
Content Warning: Allusion to suicide and drug use (off screen), depression, profanity, light violence
When The Sky Breaks
Sorcha wasn’t meant to inherit the Outer Court like this.
One moment, the day was calm. The next, a portal tore open—light, sound, wrongness—and an eldritch creature killed her father where he stood. By dawn, Iksura of the Inner Court had already begun her coup.
With rivals closing in and portals appearing across the continent, Sorcha is forced into the one alliance she never expected to need: a strategic marriage to Neal, her father’s steward.
Their union was meant to secure her claim.
Instead, it becomes the first crack in everything holding her world together.
Neal is loyal to a fault—steady hands, steady heart, and a devotion he refuses to name. But even he can’t shield them from what waits beyond their borders: cults worshipping the abominations, creatures slipping through the seams of the world, and magic bending in ways it never should.
Sorcha and Neal flee across nations and oceans in search of answers, joined by Ansel, the Outer Court’s monster-hunter—sharp-eyed, unflinching, and far too acquainted with the things that crawl out of the dark. From desert roads to storm-lashed ships and haunted cities, each stop reveals another piece of a threat older and far more sinister than they imagined.
And with every mile traveled, one truth becomes clearer:
It isn’t the monsters they should fear.
It’s what they’re becoming to each other.
Tropes
Arranged marriage
Slow burn
Age gap
Found family
Reverse grumpy x sunshine
Touch her and die
Golden retriever MMC
Low spice
Intentional pregnancy
Cryptids and magical creatures
Eldritch demons and occultism
Political intrigue
Graphic, gory, and occult violence including animal mutilation and human sacrifice
Pregnancy including maternal/infant mortality
Loss of parent (on page and mentioned)
Mentions of child neglect
Cancer (brief)
Some religious content
Brief discussions on xenophobia and classism
Book #1 of Skyfall
by Grace R. Hughes
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