Recommendations based on "Shadowman Alabaster Penitentiary Volume 5"

*Book one of a duet*When Ophelia Winters accepts a scholarship at a prestigious Scottish university to prove that her parents' death was the fault of Cain Green, an American aviation tycoon, her plan is simple. Keep her grades up and her head down; the last thing she wants is to wind up in a mafia war or step on the toes of royalty.Her plan gets off to a rocky start when the mysterious man that almost kills her on her first day turns out to be Cain's eldest son. As far as she's concerned, Alex Corbeau-Green is a younger version of his billionaire father. A monster hiding beneath a beautiful facade.Loneliness has been Ophelia's only dependable companion for years, but when anonymous threats and mysterious occurrences start to haunt her time at Sorrowsong, she wonders if she really can survive there on her own.Between being paired together for a project and ending up as each other's alibi for a murder, avoiding Alex becomes increasingly impossible. She begins to fall for the soft heart that hides beneath his hard exterior.Tormented by a malicious stalker and growing closer to Alex, Ophelia's desperation for revenge wavers for the first time. Can she really bring herself to pull the trigger on Cain now that she knows the family it'll split into two?__________Dark Academic Romance - Hate to Love - Slow Burn - University Setting - Murder and MysteryThis work is dark in places and contains several triggers throughout. Please heed the warnings before reading.

When a narcissist and a sociopath collide...What’s a man to do when the family curse is close to catching up with him?Taunt it, of course.Beneath his facade of superiority, Soren ‘Ghost’ Sauder craves praise and recognition. To prove his supremacy, he defies the only sure thing in life—Death.Bargained to Remiel, Killian ‘Riot’ Hallows is sworn to keep Soren from succumbing to the curse, but he won't stop Ghost's deranged dance with Death. He'll encourage it. Herd him there faster to prove Ghost isn't as superior as he thinks. Because to build his own ego, Riot tears everyone else's down.Playing cursed games with the eldest Sauder grants Riot the highest level of authority, and he isn’t willing to give it up. With a thousand different masks for every facet of life, Riot has crafted himself to manipulate any situation to suit his needs, and Ghost is his most tempting target.But as their dynamic changes from volatile dares to vulnerable unmaskings, Reaper Corp breathes down their necks, threatening their home and everything in it.While Moros prepares for war, Riot’s facades slip away and Ghost’s fragile foundation cracks.Reaper Corp is coming.*Fragile Facade is book 2 in the Vile House series. Must be read in order.*

For six months, I was captive to a monster who nearly broke me.Now, I'm afraid that I'm trading one prison for another.Six months ago, I was abducted and made the personal prisoner of a monster who did everything he could to break me.I nearly gave up all thought of being rescued.Until Ironsides found me again--barely alive and clinging to the edge of my sanity.But little did I know, my ordeals have only just begun.Some scars—especially the ones I couldn't see—don’t heal so easily.From the way Ironsides looks at me, I can see the shadows of doubt in his eyes.And on the nights when I’m trapped by my own nightmares, I’m afraid.Afraid that I’m trading one prison for another.Afraid that I’m becoming a captive in different ways.Not because Ironsides wants to break me.But because he's trying to save me.Broken Beauty is a standalone motorcycle club romance between a strong alpha hero with a troubled past, and the strong resilient heroine whom he rescued from the clutches of his worst enemy. No cheating and a guaranteed HEA ending.Features suspense, action, adventure, romance, and strong language. Contains strong situations that some readers may find triggering. You have been warned.Book 2 of the Rough Jesters MC series.

In her acclaimed Women of the Otherworld series, Kelley Armstrong has created a scintillating realm where the supernatural and the human coexist on the edge of darkness, romance, and eternity. Now Armstrong tells the captivating tale of a young woman with an insatiable lust for danger. She can’t help it. It’s in her blood.Tabloid reporter Hope Adams appears to live the life of an ordinary working girl. But in addition to possessing the beauty of a Bollywood princess, Hope has other unique traits. For she is a half demon—a human fathered by a demon. And she’s inherited not only a gift for seeing the past but a hunger for chaos—along with a talent for finding it wherever she can. Naturally, when she’s chosen by a very dangerous group for a very dangerous mission, she jumps at the chance….The head of the powerful Cortez Cabal—a family that makes the mob look like amateurs—has a little problem in Miami: a gang of wealthy, bored offspring of supernaturals is getting out of hand, and Hope is needed to infiltrate. As spells, astral projections, and pheromones soar across South Beach, Hope weaves her way through its elite hot spots, posing as upscale eye candy and reading the auras of the clientele—and potential marks.As it turns out, Hope is a little too good at this job. And soon she’s in a little too deep, needing to be bailed out by her jewel-thief werewolf ex-boyfriend and by the Cortez heir himself. And when a killer goes to work, Hope is among many targets at the pinnacle of Cabal rule. For a woman who didn’t know what she was getting into, there’s only one way out: it’s time for Hope to unleash her most potent primal instincts—and open herself, mind and body, to everything she most fears . . . and desires.Sexy and suspenseful, Personal Demon is a thrill ride through a world on the wild side of our own.

What's it like to be a monster in a town full of monsters, who don't know you're a monster?Complicated and a little scary, but doable.What's it like to be the girl who can't die...that everyone seems to always want to kill?Frustrating as hell.What's it like to accidentally raise psychotic alpha vampire everyone fears, who drops a lot of bodies on his first day out as a 'gift' for your troubles?Terrifying, if I'm being honest.What's it like when that crazed vampire tells you he wants you to be the happy little intermission, during an ongoing ancient story, and expects you to use your vagina to draw in a werewolf alpha, a Van Helsing alpha, and a sexual deviant alpha, so he can have his old friends back?That's when a girl has to stop, look around, and question her life choices.I really don't know how this stuff keeps happening to me. Life was simpler when it was just me accidentally blowing myself up while trying to create potions and shampoo.I've lived my life in such secrecy that I've spent most of it lonely. So lonely, in fact, that my best friend is a delusional ghost. I'd rather focus on her than all the crazy things happening in my life at current. Ever since coming to this town, I've had my throat slit by vampires, attracted way too much attention from some powerful alphas, and did a lot of regrettably stupid things because...I'm too gullible for shady monsters.To them, I'm the fool.To them, I'm the naive girl in over my head.To them, I'm the pawn on a worn chessboard, while the seasoned players knock me around.Meanwhile, I'm still left to figure it all out on my own, because, just like me, no one wants to share their secrets.**Reverse Harem**Sexual Content**DARK HUMOR**Cannot be read as a stand-alone (Gypsy Blood is book 1.)**Language warning

**This book can be read as a standalone, but don't stress original MC Sinner fans, your favs are all there!**I am the good girl, the one who does no wrong. Daughter to a ferocious and strong MC President, I know what protection feels like. Until one night changes everything - and not a single person in the world can protect me from it, not even my dad. Suffocating. Alone. Desperate. I let my problems live deep inside until there is no longer anywhere to run. I need an escape. Anything to make the pain go away. Trouble comes for me, and I don't fight it. I tried so hard to believe in what I was, But nobody understood. Not until him. Not until Lucas. He sees me. He believes in me. He refuses to let me drown. He & rsquo;s my way out. My escape. But Lucas is forbidden. He & rsquo;s a cop. I & rsquo;m in danger. And my father is trying to protect what can & rsquo;t be protected. There can only be one outcome. Pandemonium. **This book is intended for readers over 18**

"You don't come to Walk of Shame unless you're looking to fulfill your darkest, wildest fantasies. This place is dirty. The boys are dirty and addictive..." Slade: The SEX ADDICT. I've been told it's a problem. I see it as a passion... something that I'm good at. And who stops something that they're good at? Hemy: The HEARTBREAKER. I've hurt the one person that means the most to me in life; the only woman I have ever loved. I let the drugs, alcohol and wildlife take over and consume me. I got her where I wanted her and ripped her heart out. Cale: The VIRGIN. With the exception of my tongue. The countless things I can do with my tongue are bound to leave you breathless and begging for more, but more... is something that I can't give. It's a choice. My choice. Stone: The GO GETTER. I set my sights on what I want and go after it. Not giving up easily is what I'm known for. Styx: The GIVER. Most would say of great orgasms and rough sex, but I have so much more to offer, and when I find the right one, I'm giving her everything that I have in me: my heart, my soul, and my life. Kash: The PROTECTOR. It runs deep in me; this need to dedicate myself to a woman and make her feel secure and cared for in every single way. Not just physically, but emotionally.

Confusion. Lust. Fear. Passion.It started the moment she passed out in my arms.Seduction. Vile. Depraved. Desire.She couldn’t remember her past but looked to me like I was her future.My walls were built. My heart was cold. My emotions vacant.After being alone for five years with only my motorcycle club at my side, she was who I had been searching for. The one I had needed all along to light up the darkness surrounding my life. Just when I thought I had her, just when I thought I could finally allow myself that happiness I didn’t think I deserved. She was ripped from my hands…

Trez "Latimer" doesn't really exist. And not just because the identity was created so that a Shadow could function in the underbelly of the human world. Sold by his parents to the Queen of the S'Hsibe as a child, Trez escaped the Territory and has been a pimp and an enforcer in Caldwell, NY for years -- all the while on the run from a destiny of sexual servitude. He's never had anyone he could totally rely on ... except for his brother, iAm. iAm's sole goal has always been to keep his brother from self-destructing -- and he knows he's failed. It's not until the Chosen Serena enters Trez's life that the male begins to turn things around ... but by then it's too late. The pledge to mate the Queen's daughter comes due and there is nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, and no negotiating. Trapped between his heart and a fate he never volunteered for, Trez must decide whether to endanger himself and others -- or forever leave behind the female he's in love with. But then an unimaginable tragedy strikes and changes everything. Staring out over an emotional abyss, Trez must find a reason to go on or risk losing himself and his soul forever. And iAm, in the name of brotherly love, is faced with making the ultimate sacrifice ...

Alexis Morgan's seductive Paladin series continues with a red-hot romance between a powerful warrior sworn to secrecy and the irresistible woman who makes him lose control.... Gwen Mosely's life changes forever when she stumbles across a handsome stranger, bleeding and left for dead in the woods behind her farm. But the real shock is how his wounds heal overnight -- a trait he shares with Gwen's teenaged half-brother Chase. Jarvis Donahue can't keep his eyes -- or his hands -- off the sexy redhead who rescued him. Gwen's warm smile and lust-filled eyes are impossible to resist...but Jarvis immediately recognizes Chase as a fellow Paladin, a warrior born to defend mankind in the relentless battle against the Others. Although Gwen may hate Jarvis for it, he is dutybound to introduce Chase to the Paladins' dangerous lifestyle. As the barrier between the two worlds weakens, the threat grows perilously close to Gwen's farm. Jarvis is determined to protect his lover -- but if he reveals his identity, he not only betrays his people's secret, he risks losing her forever....