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  • Her Destiny by Fiona Davenport

    Her Destiny by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 20 ratings
    Peppa Leander was rising star in the Chicago restaurant scene, but she was tired of kitchen politics. And working with too many humans. The offer to become the head chef for a new restaurant in Timber Ridge came at the perfect time.Cason Kemp assumed he’d remain mateless for the rest of his life...
  • Feral Shifter Unleashed by Olivia T. Turner

    Feral Shifter Unleashed by Olivia T. Turner

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    I've spent my life hunting down feral shifters and now I'm one of them.And it couldn't have come at a worse time.The director of the AFA—the Anti-Feral Agency—is retiring and I'm the top candidate to replace him.It's all I've ever wanted, but my damn grizzly bear keeps getting in the way.Snarling, growling, charging for the surface...
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  • The Virgin Blood Series by Alexa Riley

    The Virgin Blood Series by Alexa Riley

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Welcome to the Virgin Blood Bundle! This book includes all four stories from our Virgin Blood Series! Bitten by the Beast, Bitten by the Virgin, Twice Bitten, and Bitten by the King are all together with EPILOGUES! That’s right! Check-in on your favorite vamps with brand new sexy, epilogues! Warning: This bundle is everything you’ve been dying for and more...
  • Pinch of Sass by C.D. Gorri

    Pinch of Sass by C.D. Gorri

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Can this stoic Dire Wolf admit the sassy feline is his fated mate and stake his claim?Ariella Golden needs to persuade sexy Dire Wolf Beta, and the amazingly talented chef at Serious Moonlight, Brock Laurent, to use her Pride’s corporation, Eat Well Live Proud, for all the roadhouse’s needs in order to win the coveted quarterly prize at her company...
  • The Knight of the Rose by A.M. Hudson

    The Knight of the Rose by A.M. Hudson

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Book no longer in print. Refer now to the combined Tears of the Broken and The Knight of the Rose as "Dark Secrets" by A.M. Hudson. Sequel to the internationally successful vampire novel, Tears of the Broken. Love was only the beginning of her nightmares. When Ara discovered the existence of vampires, she was given the choice between a life as one of them, or a life without her true love...
  • Her Tiger by Fiona Davenport

    Her Tiger by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 22 ratings
    Calliope Taft has wanted a hunky shifter of her own ever since her best friends let her in on the secret of their existence. Just when she started to give up hope, a sexy tiger shifter claimed her as his own.Tane Ruslan hadn’t expected to find his fated mate right across the street when he returned home to Timber Ridge...
  • Reverence by Shelly Crane

    Reverence by Shelly Crane

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 47 ratings
    A short, THREE CHAPTERS from Caleb's point of view from each of the first three books in the series given as a Thank You to fans. It is not necessary to read to continue on with the series. It also includes the first two chapters and a sneak peak of the last book, Independence, which has already released. THIS IS NOT A BOOK. I fell in love with her a little bit right there on the lawn...
  • Prophesy: Book II: The Bringer of Wrath by A.E. Via, Jay Aheer

    Prophesy: Book II: The Bringer of Wrath by A.E. Via, Jay Aheer

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Shifter and Vampire True Mates story. Alek’s older brother, Justice—the Alpha Zenith—was the first shifter to mate with a vampire in many generations, and it was believed the rare, fated pairing would stop at him. But, it hadn’t. Aleksei ‘Alek’ Volkov was second beta, next in succession to the most powerful shifter in the world. He was proud of his title and he took his duties seriously...
  • Encala by T.M. Nielsen

    Encala by T.M. Nielsen

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Encala, Book 3 in the Heku Series, finds Emily and Chevalier settled into the palace and life as one of the ruling heads of the Equites begins. The Equites elect Damon onto the Equites Council and he immediately finds himself at odds with Emily. Her independence and head-strong personality harshly conflict with his strict nature as one of the ‘old ones’...
  • Scorched by Paula Quinn

    Scorched by Paula Quinn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Marcus is a Drakkon as ancient as the stars, stronger than a mountain, and the last of his kind. Men now rule the earth. The time of the Drakkon is over thanks to the legendary Phoenix Amber and the Council of Elders who use its power to transform Drakkon into humans...
  • Kane: The Unchained Omegaverse: M/F Alpha Omega Romance by Callie Rhodes

    Kane: The Unchained Omegaverse: M/F Alpha Omega Romance by Callie Rhodes

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Something strange is happening in the woods…If there’s one thing Tabitha Dunn’s followers love, it’s a mystery. For years, she’s built a loyal fan base chasing down answers others have been too afraid to search for. But this time, as she enters the wilderness surrounding alpha territory, the only thing she discovers is trouble...
  • Her Dragon by Fiona Davenport

    Her Dragon by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    Artemis Drake had good reason to be grumpy. The dragon shifter was older than all of his pack mates, but he still hadn’t found his fated mate. Not until he hunted down the little thief who stole a precious rock from his cave and discovered she was destined to be his. Marielle Beck thought she’d made a discovery that would impress her geology professor...
  • Bound by Fire by Tracey Jane Jackson

    Bound by Fire by Tracey Jane Jackson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Pepper Brooks has always dreamed of escaping her small town life and her alcoholic mother. Working double shifts at her dead-end waitressing job, she saves every penny in order to join her best friend in Scotland. Her plans are threatened, however, when she finds herself alone and in danger with no apparent way out...
  • Ripe for the Alpha by Olivia T. Turner

    Ripe for the Alpha by Olivia T. Turner

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    I'm in desperate need of a savior. Kidnapped. Tied to a bed. Out of options. Out of luck. Until the Sheriff comes roaring in and busts the place up. He's just the man I was waiting for. I've always loved older men. I've always loved a man in uniform. With the Sheriff, I don't stand a chance. He has me on board before he even says one word...
  • Daric's Mate by J.S. Scott

    Daric's Mate by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    GENRE: Adult Paranormal Erotic Romance Book 5 of The Vampire Coalition: Prince Daric Carvillius is the twelve hundred year old Prince of the Vampire Healers, the most powerful being on earth, and very accustomed to getting his own way in every situation...
  • Valle by T.M. Nielsen

    Valle by T.M. Nielsen

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The ominous Valle Faction vows to gain possession of what the Equites has hidden in the well protected Island Coven. Just as Emily thinks she’s found peace in the volatile world of the heku, she’s brutally ripped from the protective walls of Chevalier’s coven and thrown into the harsh reality of a Valle prison...
  • Mine by J.R. Ward

    Mine by J.R. Ward

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 20 ratings
    The hotly anticipated thrilling conclusion of the Lair of the Wolven series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward.In this finale, Lydia and Daniel are bracing themselves for his inevitable decline but first, they must go on a rescue mission that will put both their lives in danger...
  • Ogre My Dead Body by Violet Rae

    Ogre My Dead Body by Violet Rae

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 21 ratings
    Can the curvy redhead with a dark past teach the growly ogre with a broken soul that even "monsters" deserve to be loved?GregorI've been alone for a long time, living a solitary existence in my cabin in the woods. My dream of falling in love and raising a family turned to ashes following the accident that turned me into a monster...
  • Between the Bear's Sheets by Jenika Snow

    Between the Bear's Sheets by Jenika Snow

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Talia Landon, a red fox shifter, knew she was in trouble when she saw Ford Wylde for the first time. The alpha bear shifter was the type of male she should stay away from.
He had this darkness he wore like a second skin. It should’ve had Talia keeping her distance, but instead, she was drawn to him even more.But what was supposed to be a one-night stand turned into mating with a Wylde bear...
  • Jules by Kathi S. Barton

    Jules by Kathi S. Barton

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lenore MacFinley, Lenny to her friends, is a homicide detective, and a damn good one. But when she finds herself next on the hit list, things turn deadly. Broke and critically injured, Lenny wants nothing to do with the handsome, bossy Were Tiger. Jules Golden finds himself tricked into meeting his new mate...
  • Eternal Flame Bundle by Cynthia Eden

    Eternal Flame Bundle by Cynthia Eden

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Librarian's note: this bundle is not in chronological order. To avoid spoilers, the bundle should be read in this order: second book, third book, first book Eternal Flame Cynthia Eden invites you into the world of the Others--supernatural creatures who are sexy, powerful, and more than human in every way... No one that deadly should look that good...
  • All the King's Men: The Beginning by Donya Lynne

    All the King's Men: The Beginning by Donya Lynne

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    NOTE: This book is a prequel. Reading the first five books of the series will greatly enhance your reading experience of this book. Micah Black is a vampire in trouble. He already lost one mate in the Middle Ages and barely survived her passing. Now, he's about to lose another, and this time it could kill him. Except he's not entirely convinced he has actually mated Jackson...
  • Saving Margaret by Krystal Shannan

    Saving Margaret by Krystal Shannan

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Successful, but lonely, Margaret Taylor finds her mate in the body of a man she least expects it in. A bear! Her human half tries to reason her way out of the match, but her wolf is through with her excuses. Crossing the species line isn’t unheard of, but it’s not often done. Try as she might to avoid him, fate makes sure the big grizzly bear is nearby at all times...
  • Quenched by Z.L. Arkadie

    Quenched by Z.L. Arkadie

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A sense of duty takes Clarity back to the script where she learns there's a new breed of vampires in the world, stemming from Lario Exgesis, once friend now foe. These second-generation vampires are able to hunt and feed off the first- generation vampires. Clarity also sees that Lario is looking for the power of the sun, a power gifted to the seven daughters of the House of Benel...
  • Desire After Dark by Amanda Ashley

    Desire After Dark by Amanda Ashley

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Vicki Cavendish knows she should be careful. After all, there's a killer loose in town—one who drains women of blood, women with red hair and green eyes just like her. She knows she should tell police about the dark, gorgeous man who comes into the diner every night, the one who makes her feel a longing she's never felt before...
  • A Dangerous Hunger by J.S. Scott

    A Dangerous Hunger by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Dr. Talia Maris had lived her entire life as a freak—a too tall, too plain, too odd woman who sees and senses the presence of otherworldly entities. A total recluse, Talia spends all of her time on her research, living a contented, quiet life with only her loyal feline companion for company. Until that sedate existence comes crashing down around her when she starts being pursued by demon Evils...
  • Heart of Darkness by Felicity Heaton

    Heart of Darkness by Felicity Heaton

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A vampire prince on a four hundred year old mission to avenge his murdered sister... Aleksandr Nemov won't stop until the last of the vampire hunter's progeny is wiped from the Earth. Each kill has stolen a piece of his humanity, pushing him towards the black abyss all vampires hold within their hearts...
  • Vampire, Vampire by Heather Killough-Walden

    Vampire, Vampire by Heather Killough-Walden

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    With her latest sizzling release, Vampire, Vampire, New York Times and USA Today bestselling paranormal romance author Heather Killough-Walden shares two scorchingly hot, sweet and savage stand-alone vampire romance novellas. (Total word count approx. 70,000 words) In the completely reconstructed Thorn and Grace, an old tale of historical romance is given a very dark make-over...
  • Helpless by Scott Prussing

    Helpless by Scott Prussing

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Helpless is the third book in the paranormal romance series Blue Fire Saga. I don't want to write any "spoilers" for books 1 and 2 by summarizing the plot of Helpless here. Helpless continues the adventures of Leesa and her vampire hunter boyfriend Rave. Rest assured it is filled with the same passion, humor, suspense and supernatural danger as the Breathless and Deathless (books 1 and 2)...
  • Nauti Siren by Lora Leigh, Manxie Hardy

    Nauti Siren by Lora Leigh, Manxie Hardy

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Lora Leigh, the New York Times best-selling author of Nauti Intentions and Nauti Dreams revisits that sultry and ¿sinfully good¿ (Joyfully Reviewed) Southern landscape with a story of a young woman whose desire for a Boston attorney draws them both into a dangerous undercover investigation, and an adversary as lethal as he is relentless...
  • Hemlock Academy : The Complete Series by Kelsey Soliz

    Hemlock Academy : The Complete Series by Kelsey Soliz

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I was so close to getting everything I wanted, an internship with my Uncle, an officer with the special-ops team. If it weren't for a stupid boy that had to go and make me angry, causing me to turn a certain part of his anatomy purple and sparkly, I wouldn't have accidentally revealed to my family what I really was. What I had been hiding...
  • Knot Running From Fate by Ember Davis

    Knot Running From Fate by Ember Davis

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    JACEIn the years since everything changed in Screaming Woods, including myself, the only place I’ve found solace is in the woods I protect as a park ranger. I’m not sure how to deal with my new…attributes as a wolfman. What if I go feral? What if I can’t control the monster I was made into? Every year this goes on, I retreat farther from humanity and closer to the animal I’ve become...
  • Suit & Fangs by Marian Tee

    Suit & Fangs by Marian Tee

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Caros are what vampires used to be.We are slaves to pleasure, power turns us on, and each and every one of us has a weakness to hide. All things sparkly and beautiful are 18-year-old Caylie Sonora’s greatest source of pleasure, and no one is more irresistibly gorgeous and seductive in her eyes than the quiet and old-fashioned Luka...
  • Rory's Mate by J.S. Scott

    Rory's Mate by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Callie Marks never knew that when she had caught the bouquet at her best friend’s wedding…she would also meet her destiny in the same place. Rory Hale was the nicest, sweetest man she had ever met. He was also the most unattainable. Gorgeous, rich and smart, Rory would never be interested in her. He wouldn’t go for a plump, boring woman that was a chef and suffered from the rejections of her past...
  • All That Falls by Kimberly Frost

    All That Falls by Kimberly Frost

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She should never have touched his blood... The Etherlin muses have long served as a source of divine inspiration. Now their world stands between the forces of Heaven and Hell. As his muse, Cerise propelled her musician boyfriend to the heights of fame, but when he died under mysterious circumstances, her powers vanished. Now she's plagued by disturbing half-formed memories of his final night.
  • Foreseen Hunger by Marisa Chenery

    Foreseen Hunger by Marisa Chenery

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Book six in the Ra’s Chosen series.Takan has hidden who he is for three thousand years, but the time for secrecy is coming to an end. He knows it, and more importantly, Ra knows it. To complicate matters, Takan has found his mate. And she means more than happily-ever-after and smokin’ hot sex. She’s the key to ending the demon god Apep’s threat to the mortal realm...
  • Taking on Tory by S.E. Smith

    Taking on Tory by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 20 ratings
    Twenty-four year old Tory Carson is dying to get out of Magic, New Mexico and explore the world. She has spent her whole life cocooned in the protection of the close-knit community. When she finally gets a chance to go somewhere for three weeks, she would be crazy to say no...
  • Eternal Flame by Valerie Twombly

    Eternal Flame by Valerie Twombly

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A woman he cannot have, a man who is only a dream... When guardian Marcus Dagotto, discovers the gods have gifted him with a mate, he is pissed. He has no room for love and even less for a human who has no idea he exists. Cassandra Jensen, has a shattered heart and has given up on men. Only one man can set her body on fire, but he is a fantasy that haunts her sleep. Two worlds, one desire...
  • Fall by Cindy Paterson

    Fall by Cindy Paterson

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Librarian's note: This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN13 9780991732715. “He’s destroying me—us. I need him like my next breath, yet I’m suffocating.” An unrequited love that has ripped her to pieces. Delara has loved Waleron for over a century. Their intense chemistry is sensual, gripping, irresistible...
  • With the Sunrise by Fiona Davenport

    With the Sunrise by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Athan Bancroft was drawn to a ring with a striking amethyst a century ago and has been wearing it all those years. He had no idea the piece of jewelry was meant for his destined consort—until he looked across a crowded ballroom straight into eyes that were a perfect match for the stone. Selene Brassard has always been fascinated by stories about vampires, but she had no idea they really existed...
  • Tempting the Tiger by Lacey Thorn

    Tempting the Tiger by Lacey Thorn

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Legend awakened… Reno has known there was more to him since he awoke in the hospital, alive when he should have died. Only one thought consumed him. Find Tah. Watch over him. Protect him. Then everything changed. A tempted tiger… A mission gone wrong brings him face to face with a woman who tempts his tiger from hiding...
  • The Wolf Within by Sondrae Bennett

    The Wolf Within by Sondrae Bennett

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Will his love be enough to keep her safe? Julie doesn't know what to think when the man she's had a crush on her entire life--a man she thinks is meant to be her sister's mate--starts flirting with her after she returns home from college. The harder she tries to distance herself, the harder he works to win her over. He can't want to mate with her...a freak born a full human among shifters...
  • Touching Darkness by Jaime Rush

    Touching Darkness by Jaime Rush

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They live ordinary lives, but they are extraordinary. They are the Offspring, children of a mysterious experiment gone awry—and they are in terrible danger. Nicholas Braden has an uncanny psychic talent for finding things—which is why he's been recruited for a covert government program designed to hunt down terrorists...
  • Midnight Lover by Rosemary Laurey

    Midnight Lover by Rosemary Laurey

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rosemary Laurey’s newest novel is a wickedly delicious tale of love, lust, and the otherworldly with a decidedly sexy twist... There Are Beings Worse Than Vampires... Vampire Toby Wise knows there is a spy in his organization. He thinks Laura Fox, the beautiful nurse who looks after the invalid founder of Connor Corp., is one. But Laura is no mere spy -- she’s a reporter out for a hot story...
  • Vampire Assassin League Bundle 1 - The Beginning by Jackie Ivie

    Vampire Assassin League Bundle 1 - The Beginning by Jackie Ivie

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to the world of Vampire Assassin League, where the contract is just the beginning. In VAL there’s no line a vampire won’t cross to secure a true mate once found. Only death can separate them…. Set One: The Beginning contains the following novellas: KNIGHT AFTER NIGHT: Scot laird Thoran MacKettryck has met his mate, after years of bitter longing and endless existence...
  • The Care and Feeding of Stray Vampires by Molly Harper

    The Care and Feeding of Stray Vampires by Molly Harper

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 60 ratings
    Iris Scanlon, Half-Moon Hollow’s only daytime vampire concierge, knows more about the undead than she’d like. Running all their daylight errands—from letting in the plumber to picking up some chilled O neg—gives her a look at the not-so-glamorous side of vampire life. Her rules are strict; relationships with vamps are strictly business, not friendship—and certainly not anything else...
  • Be My Baby by Ember Flint

    Be My Baby by Ember Flint

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    In this Obsessive Billionaire & Curvy Girl Insta-love First-times-All-Around Paranormal Romance Alphatastic Gavin Stoke has been in love for years with the woman of his dreams… the only problem is, he doesn’t have the first clue who she is...
  • Chosen by Amelia Elias

    Chosen by Amelia Elias

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gareths To Do List: Defend New Orleans. Fight a vampire war. Keep humans ignorant of above. Win the girl. Not To Do: Die. Book Three of the Guardians League Gareth Ambrocio is the charismatic and dedicated patriarch of New Orleans Arachnid Clan, as well as a senior member of the Leagues Governing Council and the official Ambassador of the Clans...
  • Fangs for Nothing by Erin McCarthy, Kathy Love

    Fangs for Nothing by Erin McCarthy, Kathy Love

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    When one of their own ties the knot with a dominatrix (no pun intended), The Impalers—a vampire rock band—are ready to party down. But trouble awaits them once again when they wake up…   Attending their bandmate Saxon’s wedding seemed simple enough for Johnny Malone and Drake Hanover...
  • Pure Healing by Aja James

    Pure Healing by Aja James

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the world of Pure Ones, where sexual intercourse with anyone other than one’s Eternal Mate leads to a slow, painful death within thirty days, love comes with the warning label “fall at your own peril.” Rain, the Healer of this immortal race, is the only exception to the rule...
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