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  • Timberman Werebear by T.S. Joyce

    Timberman Werebear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 34 ratings
    Danielle Clayton is back in her old stomping grounds after years of avoiding the man she had to leave behind. She’s determined to make Saratoga her home again, but when she sets eyes on her snarly, sexy ex, it’s clear her feelings for him haven’t cooled at all in the years she’s been away. He kept too many secrets the first time around, but Denison has changed...
  • A Good Chance by Tricia O'Malley

    A Good Chance by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Will she be swept away? If someone had told Avery that she’d be flying to a tiny island in the Caribbean to film a reality show masquerading as her identical twin sister, she would have thought they were crazy. And yet, she finds herself in a tin can of an airplane, about to land on Siren Island where a film crew waits to document her every move for a new reality love show – Swept Away...
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  • Return To The Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Return To The Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    In the thrilling third book in the Bear Valley Shifters saga, Joanna is trying to survive in a clan of battle-hardened bear shifters, where the alpha wants her for his own. When Brody Bannister, Benson Riker's most trusted councilman, accuses her clan of holding Hannah Michaels hostage in their camp, Joanna must decide where her loyalty lies...
  • Talon/Xavier by Alexandra Ivy, Laura Wright

    Talon/Xavier by Alexandra Ivy, Laura Wright

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    New Year. New Species. Welcome to the Wildlands. TALON After the tragic death of his parents when Talon was young, he’s dedicated his life to protecting the Pantera. To the strikingly gorgeous man, loyalty and honor mean everything. So it’s no surprise that he’s determined to treat Isi Rousseau as the enemy...
  • Micaela's Big Bad by Tijan

    Micaela's Big Bad by Tijan

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    A Halloween NovellaI found my boyfriend mid-thrust in a vampire.Gross. WTH, right? Also, a fork might've been thrown.I expected to spend the night commiserating with my best friend.That didn't happen. I found myself on a mission to save her.And somehow, I woke up in the back of a vehicle, across from a guy who could be described as literal sex on a stick...
  • Call of the Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Call of the Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    When tragedy brings former childhood sweethearts Samantha Young and Bronson Cress together in the town they grew up in, Samantha learns that things are not always what they seem. Six years ago, Samantha was devastated when Bron made a decision that shattered their relationship. Determined not to fall for him again, she must avoid the man who broke her heart...
  • 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...
  • Lian / Roch by Alexandra Ivy, Laura Wright

    Lian / Roch by Alexandra Ivy, Laura Wright

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    LIAN The Hunter: Lian isn’t a happy puma. He’s a lethal Hunter who should be out fighting the enemy, not babysitting a human scholar. Still, he’ll do whatever necessary to rid the world of the evil goddess, Shakpi. And there’s the bonus of spending a few hours away from his family of Nurturers who have been smothering him with love...
  • Darkness Bound by J.T. Geissinger

    Darkness Bound by J.T. Geissinger

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Tough, smart, and seriously ambitious, reporter Jacqueline “Jack” Dolan despises the secretive clan of shape-shifters known as the Ikati—and has become determined to destroy them. After she writes an editorial arguing for their extermination and turns public opinion against them, the Ikati vow to fight back...
  • Elder Wolf by Scarlett Grove

    Elder Wolf by Scarlett Grove

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rancher Austin Wilde is the eldest wolf of the family pack. As Alpha, his brothers count on him to be the first to find his mate and start a family. But Austin is haunted by the memory of his childhood sweetheart who died long ago. He’s held a candle for her all these years, but for the sake of his family, he decides its time to let her go...
  • Edge of Darkness by J.T. Geissinger

    Edge of Darkness by J.T. Geissinger

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Six years after a shocking tragedy left her emotionally and physically scarred, Ember Jones lives a life of quiet isolation in Barcelona. Determined to keep her troubled past a secret, she keeps her head down and her heart locked up tight. Until the day a beautiful, mysterious stranger walks into her life, and her carefully controlled world is shattered forever...
  • Fighter by Micalea Smeltzer

    Fighter by Micalea Smeltzer

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    First she was an Outsider. Then she became an Insider. And now… she’s going to have to be a Fighter. Nothing goes as planned for Sophie Beaumont. She thought that Travis had been defeated. She believed that they would all finally be safe. But Travis never left. He has a plan and it's one that no one could have ever guessed...
  • The Protector's Heart by R.E. Butler

    The Protector's Heart by R.E. Butler

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Nila Caruthers doesn’t want anything to do with wolves. Her werewolf ex-husband continues to stalk her and their son, terrifying her to no end. The last thing she wants to do is acknowledge her attraction to the very sexy Malachi Slattery, who has been watching her for weeks. She’s not about to forget that Malachi is a wolf, and she’s learned the hard way that wolves are not to be trusted...
  • Burn by Penelope Fletcher

    Burn by Penelope Fletcher

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Something deadly lurks beneath the surface of Marina's skin, a wildness, a magickal creature born from fire and ice. After crossing dimensions to the fiery land of dragons, where not only is she a princess, but descendant from one of the most powerful dragons in existence, Marina has chosen to enter the tournamnet Aver to win the Frost Wreath...
  • Seduction's Shift by A.C. Arthur

    Seduction's Shift by A.C. Arthur

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They hide their true nature from the world—part man and part animal—sworn to defend the human race against the untamed beasts among them… She was his first love, his only love. But trying to rescue his beautiful Ary from captivity is one wild risk no man should take. Luckily, Nick Delgado is no ordinary man...
  • Ink Ever After by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Ink Ever After by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From the New York Times bestselling author of the Montgomery Ink and Talon Pack series comes an anthology filled with eleven bonus After-the-HEA novellas and short stories in most of her series.Their Wicked Future (A Redwood Pack and Talon Pack Novella) Quinn and Gina almost sacrificed everything to save their Pack and their mating...
  • Embracing the Wolf by Catherine Bybee

    Embracing the Wolf by Catherine Bybee

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Werewolves come in two different categories, good and evil. Although Richard Ritter's family has encouraged him to make the change for years, he never considered embracing his wolf until he meets Kate Davis. One night with her however, and his life changes forever. After a horrifying evening of violence, Kate Davis's life is turned upside down...
  • Dragon's Instinct by Elva Birch

    Dragon's Instinct by Elva Birch

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    The twos just got a lot more terrible.Ian had enough trouble trying to write for a living and keep up with his daughter, Lucy, even before she started shifting into a squirrel. Now that she’s turning two and breathing fire? All bets are off...
  • 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...
  • Furry United Coalition Bundle by Eve Langlais

    Furry United Coalition Bundle by Eve Langlais

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    It started with an energetic bunny and a grumpy bear. It continued with a geeky swan and her playboy bear. And then we encountered an ornery croc who couldn't help falling for a foxy lady. The three F.U.C. stories you've come to love are now available in one handy bundle. Hours of romantic and humorous entertainment...
  • Cry of the Pride by Lacey Thorn

    Cry of the Pride by Lacey Thorn

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lost and alone… After her mother’s death, Lyra grew up in the foster care system, struggling to hide who she is from the humans who found enough wrong with her. Never fitting in anywhere, she learned to adapt, hiding the damaged parts of herself as best she could...
  • Pixie The Lion Tamer by Georgette St. Clair

    Pixie The Lion Tamer by Georgette St. Clair

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Pixie Montana is a reformed (mostly) thief and a hustler. Dominick is the sexy lion shifter who’s been voted “most likely to bite Pixie’s head off – literally”. And the two of them are Shifters, Inc.’s, only hope. A mysterious intruder has infected the staff of Shifters, Inc...
  • Hunter's Moon by Silver James

    Hunter's Moon by Silver James

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dr. Jacey Randolph just might be crazy. A rescued wolf is more than he seems and his ability to get into her head—literally—makes her doubt her sanity. After the death of her husband in the Gulf War, she returned to the family ranch to run an animal sanctuary. Bad enough she has to fend off advances from the local sheriff, but now she’s turning into some sort of Dr. Doolittle...
  • Redwood Pack, Vol. 1 by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Redwood Pack, Vol. 1 by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Redwood Pack Volume 1 contains the first 2 books in the Redwood Pack Series in a print copy. An Alpha’s Path Redwood Pack Book 1 Melanie is a twenty-five year old chemist who has spent the whole of her adult life slaving at school. Now she is finally done and about to start her dream job, however before she does that she needs to let her hair down...
  • Animal Instincts by Gena Showalter

    Animal Instincts by Gena Showalter

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Unleashing your inner tigress isn't easy when you're a doormat by nature! Still, after escaping a wretched marriage to a cheating SOB, Dallas party planner Naomi Delacroix isn't about to let another man sweet-talk her into sheathing her protective claws. Not even hunky millionaire Royce Powell, who's hired her to arrange his mother's surprise party...
  • Doe and the Wolf by Eve Langlais

    Doe and the Wolf by Eve Langlais

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    What happens when a predator falls for his prey? Bounty hunting is the perfect job for a maverick wolf; flexible hours, decent pay, the thrill of the chase. But Everett never counted on a doe stopping him in his furry tracks. Dawn was a prisoner of Mastermind and ended up experimented on, against her wishes...
  • The Alpha's Heart by R.E. Butler

    The Alpha's Heart by R.E. Butler

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Alpha wolf Acksel wakes up one morning in the bed of the one human who was kind to him in school. Now, ten years later, Brynn Mara is snuggled up at his side, smelling like passion and sweet dreams. Even though Acksel has declared that his pack members can mate with humans from now on, he knows that any woman he takes as his mate will have a target on her back. Especially if she’s a fragile human...
  • Avenger by Micalea Smeltzer

    Avenger by Micalea Smeltzer

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    It’s all been leading to this for Caeden and Sophie Williams. This should be the happiest time of their life. They’re married and expecting a baby, but Travis is still out there, and they both know he won’t rest until he gets what he wants. The question is, what does he want? They’ll have to figure it out if they ever want to have their happily ever after. The end is near...
  • Freeing the Feline by Lacey Thorn

    Freeing the Feline by Lacey Thorn

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He’s only human… The only thing Logan despises more than a weak man is one who preys on others. He finds himself in a battle between a group of people he never dreamed existed, and those who want them dead. A captured lioness… Clara has always known she carried the spirit of a lioness within her. An impulsive quest finds her at the mercy of a man she’s spent her entire life hearing about...
  • Bear With Me by Moxie North

    Bear With Me by Moxie North

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Pacific Northwest Werebears Book 3 - Bear With Me Conner Rochon thought living in the wilds of the Pacific Northwest and running a logging company with his brothers was tough work. Add to that, he wasn’t too keen on sharing his body with a grizzly bear. Shifters normally had no problem with their animal side. Conner was not one of them...
  • Chance's Game by Eve Langlais

    Chance's Game by Eve Langlais

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In a world where magic is common, Breanna is among the rarest of her kind and highly sought after – by all the wrong men. With a roll of his dice, in steps the God of Chance, who sets her up on a quest to free the Realm from a powerful spell. There’s just one problem. Chance expects her to team up with a wizard – who is also a devilish rake...
  • Stone Cold Fox by Evangeline Anderson

    Stone Cold Fox by Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cougarville's mechanic, and resident Alpha fox, shelters a mysterious woman who ignites his protective animal instincts when evil forces try to tear them apart. Jo Ferrell has been cast out of her home for reasons she doesn’t understand. The grey streak in her hair is gone, her body is younger, and there’s an ominous shadow chasing her...
  • The Alpha's Pet by Loki Renard

    The Alpha's Pet by Loki Renard

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When troublemaker Sacha Wallace is banished after plotting against her brother, the alpha of one of England’s oldest packs, she’s deposited in front of the mansion of the powerful Russian alpha Alexei Chernov. Though she is both aroused and intimidated by the dominant wolf’s stern demeanor and formidable presence, Sacha does her best to be as difficult as possible...
  • The Librarian and the Wolf by E.A. Price

    The Librarian and the Wolf by E.A. Price

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Terri Lin, human, librarian. Following a devastating heart break Terri came to the town of Rose to start over. Not wanting to suffer the same heartache she dated younger men who like her just wanted a bit fun. She thought her latest young wolf would be just the same. He’s handsome and charming, but also childish and inconsiderate. She knows he’s still young and wouldn’t want to be tied down...
  • Brave Bear by K.L. King

    Brave Bear by K.L. King

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Iris Williamson has finally gotten free of her family and the chaotic, oppressive city. Moving to the small mountain village of Grey Lake with her wolf-like dog Riley, she has a chance to make a fresh start. Hired as the new head baker in town, Iris hopes to find serenity among the welcoming residents who know nothing about her past...
  • The Shifter by Jean Johnson

    The Shifter by Jean Johnson

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Before the Sons of Destiny came to be, shapechangers ruled the heart of a shattered empire and navigated the uncertain shifts of fate… Years have passed since there was any sighting of Family Mongrel on the Shifting Plains. Yet traces remain, and they lead south into the Correda Mountains...
  • Claiming His Mate by Delta James

    Claiming His Mate by Delta James

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What Nick wanted was an obedient mate...what he got was Bianca.Bianca is the sister to an ineffectual alpha of a small pack. Shifter-born, beautiful, and sister to a pack leader, she should be amongst the most desirable of mates. But once a wolf discovers that her dangerous curves hide a truly nasty temperament, they literally run for the hills...
  • Territory by Susan A. Bliler

    Territory by Susan A. Bliler

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Kya Hubbard never pictured herself caught up in a world of shape-shifters and enemy packs. After all, she was just a small town girl trying to work her way through college. However, when she's attacked walking home after a long night working at the diner, the assault leaves her transformed and an unwilling member to a pack of voracious shape-shifters...
  • The Riveauxs: Wolves of the Rising Sun Volume 1 by Kenzie Cox

    The Riveauxs: Wolves of the Rising Sun Volume 1 by Kenzie Cox

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Meet the Riveauxs in the first volume of Wolves of the Rising Sun: Jace Aiden Luc Jace: In the wilds of the bayou… Jace Riveaux has wanted her since the first moment she stepped into his bayou bar three years ago. And now she’s back, unattached, and ready for the taking. One afternoon together, and he knows she’s the one...
  • 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...
  • Worth Fighting For by Sondrae Bennett

    Worth Fighting For by Sondrae Bennett

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    As leader of a fox skulk, Cody is used to feeling protective of his people. But when his best friend, Misty, gets attacked, the panic he feels has nothing to do with duty. Suddenly, he’s noticing Misty as a woman instead of the girl he grew up with...
  • Mating Call by Felicity Heaton

    Mating Call by Felicity Heaton

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The English winter weather has no chance of cooling Kim down when her dreams of Erik return, and this time they’re hotter than ever! Having spent the past two years waiting to be in heat again so she can mate with her black panther shape-shifter lover, Erik Blackwell, Kim is excited about the prospect that she’s ready at last. But there’s one thing that she isn’t ready for..
  • The Wolf by Jean Johnson

    The Wolf by Jean Johnson

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The Sons of Destiny series continues in this breathtaking romantic fantasy from a fresh new voice. Eight brothers, born in four sets of twins, two years apart to the day-they fulfill the Curse of Eight Prophecy. To avoid tempting their destiny, the brothers are exiled to Nightfall Island, where women are forbidden...
  • Tangled Tinsel by Vivian Arend

    Tangled Tinsel by Vivian Arend

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She's the cat's meow, and he's ready to pounce! Five miles of leather-clad leg is all it takes to lure Kyle Branegan out from his carefully hidden lifestyle as part of the Cougar Corp, a secret branch of the Shifter Enforcer League. He's hoping for a night of fun and frolic, cat-style, no strings attached...
  • Malachi by Shiloh Walker

    Malachi by Shiloh Walker

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A legend among his own kind…even among the Hunters, Malachi was unique. He always had been… from the beginning. Once a slave, Malachi hadn’t ever lived free, until a mysterious woman turned him into something he didn’t understand. At first he fights it, seeing it as a different kind of bondage. Then he realizes it is his destiny...
  • Winter Ice by Jaci Burton

    Winter Ice by Jaci Burton

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Storm for All Seasons - Winter Ice By Jaci Burton Book 3 in the Storm For All Seasons series. Control is everything to Logan Storm. Control over the family business, the Rising Storm Hotel in New Orleans, control over his emotions, and control over the magic within him. Sophie Breaux is the granddaughter of a voodoo princess and welcomes the supernatural powers that live within her...
  • My Wild Irish Dragon by Ashlyn Chase

    My Wild Irish Dragon by Ashlyn Chase

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ONE JOB OPENING TWO SHIFTERS APPLY... SPARKS FLY Dragon shifter Chloe Arish is hell-bent on becoming a Boston firefighter. She uses her Irish charm and fake documents to score an interview, knowing she has to work every bit as hard as a man-harder if she wants their respect...
  • Jinx and Her Werewolf (Strange Hollow) by Marisa Chenery

    Jinx and Her Werewolf (Strange Hollow) by Marisa Chenery

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As a jinx, Thora has had to move around a lot. When her car breaks down stranding her in Strange Hollow, she figures the town is as good a place as any to stay for a while. When she meets Daker, he is just one more reason for her to stay. A werewolf, Daker knows Thora is his mate, but her being a mortal just adds one more reason to take things slow with her...
  • Legend's Passion by Jaci Burton

    Legend's Passion by Jaci Burton

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dylan Maxwell—code named Legend—an agent for the National Crime Agency, has orders to take down a serial killer tearing apart victims like a wild animal. He’s to meet his informant in the park, but he doesn’t expect someone like Chantal Devlin—a hot, sultry and sexy woman with a bold proposition. Intrigued, he follows her, only to uncover one very life-changing secret in the dark fog...
  • Pack Hunter by Crissy Smith

    Pack Hunter by Crissy Smith

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The best hunter for the wolf shifters has met his match when he’s introduced to the small town human who captures his attention and heart. Clint Price is enjoying his temporary assignment with the Alpha Council. The best part of every day is his morning visit to the local coffee shop. He soon finds himself enchanted by the human business owner...
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