Midnight Strikes by Zeba Shahnaz

“Seventeen-year-old Anaïs just wants tonight to end. As an outsider at the kingdom’s glittering anniversary ball, she has no desire to rub shoulders with the nation’s most eligible (and pompous) bachelors—especially not the notoriously roguish Prince Leo. But at the stroke of midnight, an explosion rips through the palace, killing everyone in its path. Including her.

The last thing Anaïs sees is fire, smoke, chaos . . . and then she wakes up in her bedroom, hours before the ball. No one else remembers the deadly attack or believes her warnings of disaster.

Not even when it happens again. And again. And again.

If she’s going to escape this nightmarish time loop, Anaïs must take control of her own fate and stop the attack before it happens. But the court's gilded surface belies a rotten core, full of restless nobles grabbing at power, discontented commoners itching for revolution, and even royals who secretly dream of taking the throne. It's up to Anaïs to untangle these knots of deadly deceptions . . . if she can survive past midnight.” - taken from Goodreads.

Anaïs keeps reliving the night of the Anniversary Ball over and over again trying to find a way to stop the destruction that takes place as the bells toll midnight. Never forgetting what had happened the previous nights, Anaïs is able to continually build in the information she has already gathered. As the recurring days go on, will Anaïs be able to discover why the time curse started and how she can hope to stop it, before it's too late. 

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Magic of the Moonlight by Ellen Schreiber (Full Moon book 2)

SPOILER ALERT! If you haven’t read the first book in the series, Once in a Full Moon, Stop! I don’t want to ruin the story for you.

“Beware of a bite under the full moon. It will complicate your love life.” – Dr. Camille Meadows

Celeste now has more to worry about than her best friends Ivy and Abby finding out that she dumped uber-popular Nash Hamilton for the new boy who lives on the wrong side of town, Brandon Maddox. She is in love with the handsome and sensitive Brandon, but he carries a dark secret. In rescuing Celeste from a pack of wild wolves, Brandon was bitten under the full moon and is now the infamous Legend’s run werewolf. To make matters worse, Celeste’s jealous former boyfriend Nash knows Brandon’s secret.

Before Celeste and Brandon can admit their true feelings to her popular friends, they must find a cure for Brandon’s lycan disorder. With werewolf rumors swirling around school, Brandon AND Celeste reach out to his scientist father, Dr. Conner Maddox who comes from Europe in an attempt to find a cure. Not realizing Brandon is telling the truth, his father’s horrified to learn his son’s condition. He promises to find a cure but is worried for Celeste’s safety.

Ivy and Abby decide to take Celeste back for a reading with Dr. Meadows at Penny for Your thoughts to see who her true love is. Celeste is very reluctant. When Dr. Meadows tells her to “beware of a bite under the full moon, it will complicate your love life, she becomes haunted. When meeting Brandon at a local park during the full moon, she runs into Nash and trouble ensues when he is bitten by a wolf. Unbeknownst to Celeste, her troubles are just beginning. Will Nash become the next werewolf in Legend’s Run? Can Dr. Maddox find a successful cure for Brandon? Will Celeste fall under Nash’s spell now that he is being the boyfriend he never was when they dated? Can Ivy and Abby accept Brandon and Celeste’s relationship? And what happens when at the Moonlight Ball, not one but two werewolves arrive and vie for Celeste’s attention?

The author is currently working on the third book in this series.

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