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Touch of Clandestiny by Catie O'Neill

Some secrets are meant to be kept. Some powers are meant to break free. Behind the impenetrable walls of a fortress-like castle, a princess harbors magic that makes even her father, the king, tremble. Billed as a spoiled brat and kept locked away from the world, Cecilia never questioned why she must remain in the shadows. Until now. When a mysterious ghostly stag appears at the castle walls, possessed by a dark and forbidden magic, the carefully constructed barriers around her begin to crack. Her father assigns his top guard—Captain Thomas Lovelace—to keep her in line. Amidst a world of swirling secrets, it may be the King’s biggest mistake. Cecilia and Thomas begin to uncover the mysteries long buried in the hopes of finding any way they can to save their people and the Kingdom of Revell. Along the way, they discover the involvement of the Original Gods thought to have disappeared generations ago. Together, they must decide which is more dangerous: the wild magic threatening to take down the eight kingdoms, or the power within her fighting to break out? In this spicy fantasy romance, one woman's journey to self-discovery threatens to unravel a kingdom built on fear. The most dangerous person in any kingdom isn't always the one with the crown—sometimes, it's the one who's finally discovered her worth.

Love and Other Alien Concepts by Catie O'Neill

What if you found out your boyfriend was an alien? Kate, a 37-year-old engineer who always wanted to be an astronaut, has worked for the same company since college and is damn good at her job. She’s built a life anyone would be proud of, from the outside, but it’s a lonely and mundane existence devoid of all adventure. After numerous nightmare relationships, she’d given up on dating… until she meets Elek, who seems too good to be true. Her instincts are right, but not for the reasons she expected. Turns out, Elek isn't from Earth. He takes her to visit his home, Sequ, to meet his family and learn about the ways of his planet. A rare child of both islands, Elek is constantly in the middle of political turmoil, torn between the highly advanced technology of Sequmors and the warmth and balance of nature on Sequvita, but he is still hiding secrets. When he and Kate learn that citizens have been going missing from Sequvita and Sequmors may be to blame, they feel compelled to investigate. Utilizing his unique position, they begin uncovering secrets that were better left buried, leaving Kate questioning if Elek is the man she thought he was. With a startling suspect number one, discovering the truth forces them to make life changing decisions. Do you let the monsters win, or become the bigger monster? This is a spicy, adult, sci-fi romance with adult content like foul language, violence, and rom-com vibes

Til Dust Do Us Part by Catie O'Neill

Every story has a villain. But would you know if the murderer was someone close to you? After the death of her mother, fire witch Anna Leighis decides to finally take up her duty as head of the Leighis Legacy: becoming the healer of Dracht. Believing the town is now safe, she arrives at her family’s Chateau, which had remained abandoned for the past forty years. Her late Aunt Astrid, whom she had never met, was the last member to reside there until she was forced to run for her life during the Dracht Purge: her hometown’s persecution of Witches. When dead bodies begin turning up without their eyeballs, Anna learns that Dracht is not the haven she thought it was. Thrust into aiding the investigation by the handsome Constable Sheehan, she is introduced to the Triumvirate – the magical leadership trio of the town, including their youngest warlock, Killian. Feeling pulled to both men while searching for answers about her Aunt, whose death is too mysterious for her liking, she agrees to work with them to uncover the killer…as long as they don’t find her first. In this magical game of cat and mouse, prophecies, feelings, and revelations blur the lines between right and wrong. Because in a world of witches, warlocks, and murder, perspective is everything—and sometimes, the most terrifying discoveries are not about others, but are about ourselves. A wickedly twisty spicy fantasy romance mixed with spellbinding mystery, where nothing is black and white…except maybe the magic.