I think one of the most common questions I’ve seen in romance forums lately is “What is Reverse Harem, exactly?”

At a very basic level, a reverse harem romance is about one woman in concurrent relationships with three or more men. At the end of the story, rather than choose one among them, she chooses to continue having relationships with all of them.

Other than that basic premise–encoded in the RH motto “Why Choose?”–a reverse harem may belong to any subgenre of romance. A reverse harem novel may be paranormal, contemporary, science fiction, young adult, adult… as you can see in the variety of reverse harem books I’ve recently released. 🙂

In Rift Spun, a novelette in Night Fire, arachno-mage Rhiann plans to use the magic of the Rift to take down the ruling Archmage Prime, a necromancer who killed her family. To do that, she’ll need to find three men willing to become her familiars—one shifter, one demon, and one angel. Lucky for her, she won’t have to choose only one.

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In All that Glitters, when one of pack-leader Alia’s mates is taken by a raiding ship searching for gold, she vows to get him back no matter what it takes. Even if that means teaming up with another pack–the one that was once her pack’s greatest rival.

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In A Streak of Tigers, available in Magic and Alphas, tiger-shifter Lana has to decide how to deal with not one, but three new tigers in her life!

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In Seduced by the Gladiators, Hannah joins an expedition to the long-lost Lurran colony, where she discovers that their answer to a shortage of women might be her answer to finding a new life.

Be sure to check out all the great romance books in this week’s Book Hooks! 🙂

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Women who refuse to choose—and the magical men who adore them.

For a limited time only, this reverse harem paranormal romance anthology from New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling and debut authors brings you seven sexy stories of love with angels, demons, dragon shifters, mages, mermaids, warlocks, witches, wolf shifters, and more! And our heroines never have to love just one.

This collection of steamy reverse harem paranormal romances includes the following stories:

How to Train Your Witch by Monica Corwin
Aurelia, Caden, and Winter escaped the wrath of the council once before—until a witch shows up looking to verify their claim of love and devotion, or uncover truth that Aurelia bewitched the men in her life. Able is unlike any man Aurelia has ever met. Unlike her vampire and werewolf lovers, a witch is a new kind of challenge. What happens to love when magic enters the game?

The Twelve Men of Christmas by Ever Coming
When Dara inherited her father’s position as pack Alpha, she knew she’d have to mate eventually. She’s even narrowed down the field—to twelve men. But now she’s been given an ultimatum: pick a mate or lose the pack. She has until Christmas—twelve days, twelve men. How can she possibly pick just one?

Dr. Jekyll’s Mr. Hydes by Erin Hayes
With taboo thoughts about three guys in her life, Dr. Grace Jekyll has a problem on her hands. But then again, these three men may be just what she’s looking for.

Dragon Huntress by Blaire Edens
For the last seven hundred years, one person in Leonine’s family has stood in the breach between good and evil: The Jagerbose. When Leonine learns she’ll be inheriting the position, she doesn’t have much time to learn all the skills she’ll need to save the world. But she has help. Lots of help. Not only is her first love March helping her to learn how to wield a sword, there’s Geldkeep, a Nordic God who advises her on protocol, and Dane, a delicious Englishman who is a little Bond, and a little Bourne. It would be easy to fall in love with any of the men who are sworn to dedicate their lives to the mission of the Jagerbose, but in order for good to prevail, Leo will have to fall in love with all three.

The Lost Men of Atlantis by N. R. Larry
She’s the high priestess of the seven seas. They’re her familiars. After failing to assassinate the sea king, Zarya is on the run. Stuck on the surface, she uncovers a plot that just might ruin Atlantis. Luckily, she has her three fiercest warriors with her, and together, they hatch a plan to take back the underwater city from a mad king. But first, they must make good on a promise to a surface dweller involving a nasty bunch of ghosts.

Vampires Don’t Give Hickeys by Holly Ryan
She’s a slayer. They’re the vampire nest she can’t resist.

Rift Spun by Margo Bond Collins 
Arachno-mage Rhiann plans to use the magic of the Rift to take down the ruling Archmage Prime, a necromancer who killed her family. To do that, she’ll need to find three men willing to become her familiars—one shifter, one demon, and one angel. Lucky for her, she won’t have to choose only one.

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The world ended. They didn’t. And now they’re in a fight for their lives.

Years ago, the elite of Earth escaped the apocalypse, taking to the stars, expecting everyone left behind to perish in nuclear war and its aftermath.

Instead, those who survived developed new abilities—especially the shifters and their pack-bonded mates, who communicate telepathically with the help of gold. Unfortunately for them, Earth’s colonies still need the precious metal for their own communications devices.

When pack-leader Alia’s mate is taken by a raiding ship searching for gold, she vows to get him back no matter what it takes. Even if that means teaming up with another pack—the one that was once her pack’s greatest rival.

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EXCERPT

Zina, with Alia at her side and their men close behind, climbed through the arched opening into the rubble filled lobby of The Federal Reserve Building of New York.

In the post-apocalyptic ruins of New York City, the lobby was astonishingly intact.

“Amazing,” Alia said, stepping down into the pristine first floor of the Fed. Their men slipped through the arch and made their way in.

Zina’s heart pounded with excitement. Her mouth was dry. Her palms, though, sweated, and she wiped them on her pants.

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Sixteen magical holiday stories from NY Times and USA Today bestsellers and award-winning authors are sure to get you in the holiday spirit. This collection will whisk you from Christmas season in steampunk London to Yule celebrations with the coven to Hanukkah celebrations with a supernatural twist. Battle Krampus, ghosts, vampires, demons, and a hell of an eggnog hangover in this special collection of paranormal, horror, urban fantasy, and steampunk holiday tales.

PEPPERMINT AND PENTACLES: A Steampunk Christmas Fairy Tale by Melanie Karsak
HELL’S SILVER BELLS by Margo Bond Collins
A HARKER CHRISTMAS by Erin Hayes
POINSETTIAS and POLTERGEISTS: A Southern Stones Short by Blaire Edens
HEARTLESS IN NEW ORLEANS by Pauline Creeden
ALL IS BRIGHT by Jayne Fury
MISTLETOE AND MONSTERS by Katie Hayoz
THAT OLD FAMILIAR FEELING by S. K. Gregory
‘TWAS THE NIGHT by Evan Winters
HOLIDAY MAGIC by Carrie L. Wells
FESTIVAL OF GASLIGHTS by Bokerah Brumley
THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST by Anna Albergucci
DAWN by T.K. Bradley
THE TOWN IN THE MOUNTAIN by Angelique Archer & J. Mills
EGGNOG & EXORCISM by Deb Christie & Margo Bond Collins
HIGH TIDE HOLIDAY by Ella Malone

Melody Tanner has a secret no one in Sweet Grove knows.

Most people know Melody quit college in the first semester of her sophomore year because her father died. A few even know that when she came back to Sweet Grove she was pregnant. But the secret no one knows eats at Melody each and every day and keeps her from allowing anyone to get too close in case she’s hurt again.
When Jake Hayes decides to stay at the Orchard Blossom Inn while covering for his friend as the town’s large animal veterinarian, he’s hoping for a quiet Rockwell-type Christmas. Everyone’s friendly, and Sweet Grove certainly fits the bill. Everyone, that is, except Melody. Now the two are forced to work together and one of them is going to have to give in… or give up.

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Pauline Creeden is an award-winning author of inventive and inspirational stories. She puts 15,000 to 20,000 steps each day on her Fitbit, simply doing chores around the horse farm, but still finds time to sit at her laptop and let her imagination free through her fingertips.

Her debut novel, Sanctuary, won 1st Place Christian YA Title 2013 Dante Rosetti Award and 2014 Reader’s Choice Gold Award for Best YA Horror Novel. Chronicles of Steele Raven won the 2015 Grace Award and IndieBrag Medallion.

I have a brand new Blaize Silver story, “Hell’s Silver Bells,” coming out in less than two weeks in a surprise (shh!) anthology of paranormal holiday stories that the Blazing Indie Collective will be giving away for FREE.

About Hell’s Silver Bells

Monster-hunter Blaize Silver and her new companion Wolf follow her curse to a small town in Colorado’s San Juan Mountains, where the deep snow hides a deadly secret.

EXCERPT

Wolf yipped softly when he picked up the vamp’s scent and began following it. If he went too far up into the mountains, we’d come back for the van. For now, though, I was content to follow Wolf on foot.

It had grown even darker outside since we stepped out of the store to watch the vampire walk away. I stopped for a moment and glanced back at downtown Creede, nestled into its little valley behind us.

A light coating of new snow had fallen and the brightly lit holiday decorations on the storefronts glowed and twinkled in the clear mountain air. The town looked like a Christmas card.

Too bad there was a bloodsucking vampire hunting in it.

Kind of ruined the whole Christmas vibe.

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And you can get the prequel to the Blaize Silver stories for FREE–Blaize is descended from the characters in Wild Wild Ghost.

You can pick up Blaize’s first story, SAVAGE & SILVER, in Elementals, an urban fantasy collection.

The next book in the Blaize Silver series is coming out Jan. 2 in the Heroines & Hellions collection.

For this collection, I co-wrote with the amazing Erin Hayes, one of my best friends and my partner in crime in all things writing.  Our book is CHAINS OF IRON & SILVER and it features two badass monster hunters, cousins who live with a calling and a curse—each woman is cursed with an allergy to a metal and an inability to leave the southwestern United States.

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For years, tiger-shifter Lana’s been on the run from the man who killed her mate. But when she meets streak-leader Roman, her entire world changes–he and his streak members may be just the men she needs to take back her life.

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I think I might love where this is going.

When she pulled back from the kiss, she glimpsed his tiger’s nictitating membrane flash across his eye, though he swiftly closed his human eyelids to cover it. If she’d been the human she pretended to be, she would have missed it in the dark.

She laughed in sheer delight at the joy of being with another tiger-shifter again, leaning in and giving him a soft, short kiss on the lips.

Paranormal Romance blazes hot in Magic & Alphas.
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These 8 full-length, first in series books have NEVER BEEN READ BEFORE. Each has brand new content, brand new worlds.

Everything is totally unique and fresh. Perfect for romance and paranormal addicts alike.

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Why are you so afraid of science fiction romance?

Okay, I get it, it’s not your thing. But hey, have you read or watched the Hunger Games? Have you read or watched the movie, I Am Number Four? How about Jurassic Park? The Abyss?

Yes? Then you’ve experienced a form of science fiction romance, or science fiction with romance elements.

But wait, none of those take place in space or on a ship, that’s not science fiction.

Oh, but it is.

I understand what you’re saying, but did you know that while many science fiction novels or novellas do take place in space, many others don’t. Even better, you might find a few that cross genres into paranormal, historical, military, and even contemporary and suspense. The nuts and bolts technology is there, just as the flaming clothing and flying crafts, and various other technologies are employed in the Hunger Games (a dystopian young adult romance), to keep the competitors in the arena. Wait, you liked that book? Then I’ve got a series or two for you.

I’ve been talking about misconceptions in science fiction romance all week. The number one misconception is that you have to have a thorough understanding of science to love them. This is not true. Though science is incorporated in many science fiction romance novels, often it flawlessly flows and more often than not, crosses genres, and you don’t need a textbook to grasp the story. Actually, you just have to have an open mind.

Here’s a little secret about science fiction romance you may not have thought about. Science was once fantasy, and many novels written in the genre have a touch of it—sometimes more than that.

Yes, most science was once fantasy. It’s true. Think about it. Two hundred years ago you would have been tried as a witch and burned at the stake for suggesting a person could use a cell phone, or watch plays on the big screen and television. What was once magic to one people, became hard fact, once the myth became proved science. Let’s get a little more modern shall we, and bend some electromagnetic waves to make something or someone invisible to the naked eye. Get out! You can’t do that. Oh yes you can. It’s true. By bending EM waves, you can make a person or object invisible. Science! Booyah. The invisible girl has become a reality. Got to love that.

So, step into my parlor said the spider to the fly. My mission is to hook you on an often misjudged and much too neglected genre, which has more to offer than you can possibly imagine. My challenge, if you chose to accept it, is to pick up the first book in my NA Dystopian series, written as Paxton Summers, called Clone, the Book of Eva. While not a romance, it has romantic elements and it’s a good start if you’re looking to sink your teeth into this genre, but don’t want to jump into the deep end of the pool.

Clone the Book of Eva is available here:

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You might discover how friendly and fun this genre is. And don’t be surprised to find that something you’ve been afraid to try, really wasn’t what you thought it was.

Go ahead, pick one up. I dare you.

~Paxton Summers

When a world leader’s daughter meets a clone, a doomed love affair begins.

In the year 2087, a great war erupts on the planet and a struggle to survive begins. One hundred-fifty years later, the continent of America is divided into two factions, Aeropia and The United Regions. There is a shortage of food and an abundance of illness, leaving most to live on the scraps of the wealthy, who wallow in excess.

This is the world Olivia Braun inherits. Sick from birth, she wakes up from surgery with a new heart, only to discover she is the youngest president of Aeropia, an empire that has created and used clones to maintain its position of supremacy since the war. However, Olivia’s rise to power is no accident. Before her transplant, she conspired with a clone to free those enslaved, but the outcome is not what she expected.

Now, enemies hide among the population, and even friends can no longer be trusted. Olivia must make a choice that will decide the fate of an empire. Before her tale of corruption, forbidden love and war ends, the mighty will be brought to their knees.

By a clone.

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Paxton Summers loves to incorporate crazy plot twists, comedy and the unexpected into her worlds. As a U.S. Army veteran, she naturally adores men in uniform and feels the world could always use more. She does her part by incorporating as many sexy soldiers in her novels as she can. When she isn’t writing or running the roads, you can often find her online chatting with her peers and readers. Grab a cup of iced coffee, pull up your virtual chair and say hi. She loves emails and blog visits from her readers. http://www.paxtonsummers.com

Dead Blue Sea 
Erin Hayes
(The Berkano Vampire Collection)
Publication date: November 6th 2017
Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Post-Apocalyptic

Point Break meets Buffy in post-apocalyptic Cape Town, South Africa.

They say that surfing used to be a way of life.
In Devil’s Bay, it’s the only way to survive.

My name is Carlyle. I’m a water witch who protects the fishermen of my village from the danger beneath the waves. My days are spent on my longboard saving everyone from the fins. My nights are spent dreaming of something more than my small village isolated from the outside contact by cliffs and jagged peaks.

Then a storm strikes out of the blue, and, well, I wipe out. When I wake up, I’m on the other side of the bay surrounded by vampires who want to see me dead. Major bummer.

Only Kopano, an outcast of the fangers, seems to take pity on me. You see, Kopano also spent his nights dreaming of something more, and he thinks I hold the key. The only catch? To find the truth, we’ll have to face the dead blue sea.

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EXCERPT:

“There’s some sort of irony,” I grumble, “in being sensitive to sunlight but also having to be outside during the day. Every damn day.”

She shrugs. “Do you want me to go tell the sharks to stop being nocturnal and hunt during the day?”

I snicker. “Aw, could you? Because then the fishermen could do their thing at night. And we could all avoid the sun like good, self-respecting, UV-sensitive witches.”

She chuckles darkly. “Ag, if only! But this is what we signed up for.”

I flick some sea water her way, and she squeals in mock-shock. “I signed up for this?”

Her smile falters. “Well, your mother did. But you’re still out here.”

Not that I really have any choice in the matter. It’s what’s best for the village, and there’s no denying that. I’m the best remaining water witch—if I suddenly stopped, we all knew that fishermen would lose their lives, food would become scarce in my village, and my own sense of self-preservation would be to blame.

Stuck between a shark and a wet place, I guess.

Author Bio:

Sci-fi junkie, video game nerd, and wannabe manga artist Erin Hayes writes a lot of things. Sometimes she writes books.

She works as an advertising copywriter by day, and she’s an award-winning New York Times Bestselling Author by night. She has lived in New Zealand, Hawaii, Texas, Alabama, and now San Francisco with her husband, cat, and a growing collection of geek paraphernalia.

You can reach her at erinhayesbooks@gmail.comand she’ll be happy to chat. Especially if you want to debate Star Wars. You can also sign up to her newsletter and get her free starter library.

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