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The Mate Games (Death, Book 1)
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K. Loraine
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An all new duet narrated multicast series from USA Today best-selling authors Meg Anne and K. Loraine.
One heroic act damned me for eternity. With a name like Tor, I should have been a hero, just like my father and twin. Turns out I’m not. Not even close. Instead I’m the very thing we hunted. A depraved monster. I thought there was no escaping the curse. No hope for a future.
And then I met my mate in the unlikeliest of places: Blackwood Asylum. A place for criminals. Power-hungry madmen. Supernatural outcasts. And her, the curvaceous writer who sees ghosts.
I’m not the only one with a need to claim her though, and I don’t know which of us she’ll choose.
The dragon
The pirate
The lost soul, or me...the beast.
Dahlia was my reason for holding on to the last shreds of my humanity, but with every passing day I lose more of myself. And I’m starting to think that’s for the best.
With threats closing in from all sides and a serial killer on the loose, maybe fate brought us together because she doesn’t need a hero. Maybe what my beauty really needs is a villain.
For fans of Supernatural and American Horror Story, USA Today best-selling authors Meg Anne and K. Loraine are thrilled to bring you another installment in the Mate Games Universe.
Warning: The Mate Games: Death is a spicy paranormal series with a cast of antiheroes utterly devoted to their heroine (even if they haven’t realized it yet). It contains a cursed Novasgardian berserker with primal energy, a dastardly pirate captain who deals in pixie dust, a possessive fae dragon shifter who is fond of hand necklaces, and a mysterious Southern gentleman who’d show her what he liked, if only he could remember. Please refer to the authors' website for all tropes, tags, and CWs.
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Favorite Fantasy !
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Are they crazy? Are they in another realm? What is going on????
The cast that Meg and Kim bring together for their books is perfection anytime, and it'll be difficult to find another cast as perfect as this one.
Captively Haunting
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🔥🔥❣️❣️😈😈😍😍
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Must get this Now!!
Enjoy
More Please! 😍👌🤣🥵
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Dahlia is hilarious!
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Performance 5/5
Story 4/5
I really enjoyed this one, the FMC is really funny and cute. The story is interesting, and very different from other fantasy books. it's a light read and it kept my interested.
It's a reallllyy slow burn and the spice is mostly 3/4 of the way into the book. It's the type of book that keeps you simmering for a long time but the story keeps you hooked.
Mash up of the best fantasy MMC
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this series is going to be amazing. u will love this book and all the others in the series
OMG!!!! yes
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not as good as the other books in the mating games series
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Ended in the middle of it.
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