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A gamble gone wrong.

Hoping to avoid another Darkblood death, we took the proactive route.

I had no idea it would get this dangerous for me instead.

Lata and Sol were only trying to help, but now the whole lion pride may be in trouble. I’ve grown too confident in my power, and my enemies just found a way to my weakness.

It seems that nowhere is safe - even my own castle is under siege by an underwater mystery we’ve ignored for too long.

I’m Carlyle Licorne, and fixing Haret is starting to get personal.

The Sugar Bites series features Carlyle and her six men, navigating the new Haret as only she can do - with snark, sugar, and shanking.

These fun novellas follow the main Haret Chronicles, but they can be read before those books, too.

Ready for your next sugar fix? Scroll up now to start the fun!
Reverse Harem - one girl loving six guys
Fast Burn - our girl is already mated - why wait?
Steamy - suitable for eighteen and up, plus some MM in the harem

138 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 22, 2020

106 people are currently reading
70 people want to read

About the author

Laurel Chase

26 books289 followers
Laurel Chase lives in the state that boasts of fast horses, fast cars, and fast women.

She writes steamy romance and lives in her head more and more each day – hey, the scenery is great in there.

She never sleeps enough, and she drinks too much coffee, but she’d never replace any of that with sensible stuff.

Find her hanging out on social media, usually in the Lovers of Haret readers’ Facebook group!

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1,249 reviews
December 31, 2022
Ok so far this is the best one by far of the novella spinoff adventures of Carlyle and her harem! This one was action packed, made me feel nostalgic for the original series. We finally are getting some answers, some things are coming together or at least we have a line of sight of some. I think I can guess some of the twists but some of them I am so lost on haha, I can't wait for the reveals! Loved getting some time with our lion shifter and his family, loved the darkness and mystery from the jaguars and am interested to see what happens with the moonstone with the other stones the group has. The sexy scenes were fabulous in this one and I liked the darkness creature some of the guys do battle with, made for an exciting story!

Narration was fabulous as always, these 2 narrators do such a phenomenal job that I never have any critiques or feedback for them. I am amazed by all the accents the male narrator does and does so flawlessly with the different guys and their personalities and their dialects/accents. The female narrator has had to tap into some darker feelings and not so bubbly performances in these spinoffs, compared to the original series, which is also impressive. It's like no time has passed from the original series and the characters are really on these new adventures.

Already listening to book 4, trying to meet my end of year reading goal 🤣🤣🤣
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2,148 reviews22 followers
August 28, 2020
The stories are short but they are even sweeter to read. They are packed with action, drama, suspense, mystery, and some hot sexy scenes. The story draws you in and doesn’t let go. My only disappointment is that they end so quickly and we have to wait for the next. While I know Ms. Laurel Chase writes them as quickly as possible I am always impatient for the next. It is extremely well written and of course the characters are magnificent and beautiful. There are new characters introduced to the mix with new mysteries added in. They were impressive and I can’t wait to see where the story is heading. This was definitely a fantastic read and it doesn’t disappoint.
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121 reviews3 followers
August 30, 2020
By now everyone knows how much I love this series. I was overjoyed when I found out Laurel was writing this mini series and it just keeps on getting better! Sol isn't even one of my favourite guys but he growled his way up in this book! Damn, hes a smoking hot lion! Please read this series in order! It is not a stand alone and you truly won't regret just reading from the beginning! I look forward to the next one! ❤❤❤
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515 reviews3 followers
September 7, 2020
Magically hot

This novella was action packed, with all the good stuff. Our Qilin is so amazing, but so are her men. I love seeing them together, all at once or in small groups o ups. There's so much to do and I'm so excited for these novellas to continue. This one was all about that Lion love, so now I'm wondering who's next. Please let it be my Dragon or Mer!
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209 reviews
September 1, 2020
Highly recommend !!!!

This series just gets better and better. I can't wait for the next one and to actually find out what's wrong with Carlyle.
I love all the guys and all their hotness.
The next book can't come quick enough.
167 reviews10 followers
September 2, 2020
I love these Sugar bites. This one was the best yet. Trying to solve the mystery and figure out what is happening to Carlyle is getting really interesting. The cliffhanger ending was the only thing wrong with this story
44 reviews5 followers
September 3, 2020
Love it as Always

The novellas are a bit difficult to read because obvi they’re shorter but love it as always. One thing I will mention is I feel like there isn’t as much going into conveying the relationship feels but again, novella so maybe that’s it?
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546 reviews4 followers
December 18, 2020
I was so lost and couldn’t keep the characters straight. I didn’t read the first two but thought the author would give a small recap- nope. It’s a short read and I may go read the first two.

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340 reviews
September 1, 2023
Orange

I feel like we can all guess what’s going on at this point. And while it’s not clearly apparent to any of the crew here… we’re all screaming it at the book at this point! Lol! All worth it.
259 reviews1 follower
May 28, 2025
Dnf d for a long time

Honestly didnt think i was going to finish this series because i felt like it ruined the first and hated that kids were practically being forced on her. But idk, i guess something reminded me of it and now im back in it
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863 reviews6 followers
August 23, 2020
I love these short reads about Carlyle and her men and their after the "happy ever after" this one introduces us to the secretive Jaguar shifters and a new mystery. As always fast paced and fun!
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296 reviews
September 1, 2020
Another great novella, bringing Carlyle and her harem an adventure. Excited to see what is going on, and what will happen!
2,859 reviews12 followers
December 11, 2021
Good

This short book has good story bits. A little more weird darkness stuff that still isn’t explained or resolved. The stone sounds really pretty.
83 reviews
September 28, 2020
There has to be more books in this series! This series is great. I highly recommend you read this series.
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