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	No Sugar Coating It (Femme Fatale Monsters #1) 3.69 avg rating — 430 ratings — published 2024 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sink or Swim (Femme Fatale Monsters #2) 3.94 avg rating — 237 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Abduction Seduction (City Aliens, #1) 3.58 avg rating — 197 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Own the Stars 3.83 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stroopwafels & Starlight (City Aliens, #2) 3.87 avg rating — 105 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Make Me Bee-lieve (Femme Fatale Monsters #3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 88 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scales Like Stars (Lyrica's Merfolk,#1) 3.67 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nosfer-Meet You: A Femme Fatale Monster Romance 4.42 avg rating — 57 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Spite the Stars (Stars in their Eyes #2) 4.11 avg rating — 37 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scales Like Stars: An Uncanny Case Files Novella 3.56 avg rating — 25 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I'm super excited. Happy book birthday to me, I guess!

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Series by D.J. Russo

Femme Fatale Monsters (4 books)
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City Aliens (2 books)
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Scales Like Stars (1 book)
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3.67 avg rating — 86 ratings

Lyrica's Merfolk (1 book)
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Monsters in Love: Lost in the Swamp

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