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Cast the First Crone by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsScout Randall’s life has turned from bad to worse. With her boyfriend’s murderous mother on the loose, that means she’s a target. But where will the attack come from? Scout thought they would have time to figure things out, time to regroup and come up with a plan. She was wrong. The next enemy is on their doorstep... -
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As the Cookie Crumbles by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsChristmas is right around the corner, and Stormy Morgan is ready to celebrate for the first time in years. She’s been dreaming of one thing…Shadow Hills’ infamous Christmas festival. There’s just one little problem. When helping her new friend Easton pick out clothes in the thrift store, Stormy discovers the owner is missing. What’s worse, it looks as if there was a struggle in the back room... -
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![The Accidental Vampire / Vampires are Forever by Lynsay Sands]()
The Accidental Vampire / Vampires are Forever by Lynsay Sands
For a limited time, experience the first two novels in Lynsay Sands' Argeneau vampire series, The Accidental Vampire and Vampires Are Forever. Plus, take a sneak peek into her latest in the series, Hungry For You. -
![You've Got Spells by Christine Zane Thomas]()
You've Got Spells by Christine Zane Thomas
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAn owl with secrets . . . Or so Constance thinks. She's having trouble convincing anyone else otherwise. When two bodies are found on the vineyard property, Constance and Dave make a startling discovery. The timeline of the two deaths is off . . . by a few decades. The first died a whole lot more recently than the other... -
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![My Big Fat Hairy Wedding by Robyn Peterman]()
My Big Fat Hairy Wedding by Robyn Peterman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA forty-something Werewolf supermodel, five supernaturally screwed up bridesmaids, and a demonic mother of the groom determined to ruin the wedding. Awesome…. not. How has my life come to this? Not sure who I screwed over in a past life to end up with a heinous mother-in-law who thinks my wedding is for her. If I didn’t love Chance more than myself—which is a lot—I’d rethink the entire hot mess... -
![Carnal Creek Shifters Box Set by Haley Weir]()
Carnal Creek Shifters Box Set by Haley Weir
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBorn into a cursed bloodline of Viking Lords. . Heirs to the Silverblood Pack have lived a life most would envy. Pleasure. Recklessness. Now, a prophecy of destruction threatens their world. The bloodline must be preserved at ALL costs. The mates to the Silverblood Pack have already been chosen. The pack must preserve themselves, their mates, and their world. It's an impossible task... -
![The Howl Nine Yards by Milly Taiden]()
The Howl Nine Yards by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAdeline, the human mother of two adopted shifter girls, is on the run after trying to take down a powerful, embezzling shifter. Her family is threatened, and only Gerri Wilder has the contacts to help her. She just hoped for some help, not for Gerri to find her a hunky shifter to make her think of romance. Griffin gave up his birthright as alpha...Categorized as:
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![Cade & Anna by V.A. Dold]()
Cade & Anna by V.A. Dold
When Dr. Marjorie schedules an ultrasound for Anna, Cade begins to go into paranoid meltdown. Something must be wrong! He's sure of it. Seeing his daughter on the computer screen larger than life sets Cade onto a path of foolish, well-meaning choices. In a state of panic, he instigates a series of disastrous projects with the help of Simon, Stefan, and Thomas...Categorized as:
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![Shifted Love: Volume 1 by Fiona Davenport]()
Shifted Love: Volume 1 by Fiona Davenport
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis collection contains the first three novellas in the Shifted Love series plus three brand new epilogues and a special scene featuring Luke, who will get his HEA in Her Mate! Her Wolf. Allegra Hale had no idea shifters existed when she headed off to college with her two best friends. Let alone that her campus was near a shifter town...Categorized as:
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![Not Her Alpha by Annie Nicholas]()
Not Her Alpha by Annie Nicholas
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsChris Jenkins, alpha werewolf, wants the woman who destroyed his life dead. Then he finds her imprisoned and beaten by her own family. So, he rescues her instead. Too make things worse, her soul is bound to a grimoire of black magic and he volunteers his pack to protect the book from falling into the wrong hands. Now, Jade has to live with him. It’s the only way to keep his city safe. Really... -
![New Orleans Nocturnes Collection 1: A Frightfully Funny Paranormal Romantic Comedy Box Set by Carrie Pulkinen]()
New Orleans Nocturnes Collection 1: A Frightfully Funny Paranormal Romantic Comedy Box Set by Carrie Pulkinen
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsJoin the supes of New Orleans Nocturnes as they lighten up the darker side of the Big Easy in this paranormal romantic comedy collection by award-winning author Carrie Pulkinen! Fantastic. It's just my luck I get turned into a vampire by an Edward Cullen wannabe who has Captain Jack Sparrow as his mentor... -
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One Witch's Trash Panda Is Another Witch's Treasure by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMagic, mystery, and rabies take center stage in this short story that details how Ember Rose met her familiar. ** Please note: This short story previously appeared in the anthology entitled Seven Pets For Seven Witches. The anthology is no longer available. **... -
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One Bite by Jennifer Blackstream
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIrina is determined to continue her fight for freedom. Freedom for her from her evil sorceress stepmother, and freedom for every faction in the kingdom of Dacia. Unfortunately, her stepmother isn’t about to let that happen and she’s got a poisoned apple and a glass coffin with Irina’s name on them…. Kirill is a vampire prince determined to be a vampire king...Categorized as:
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Redemption's Edge by Alyssa Day
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe sexy conclusion to the series readers are calling “Vampire Diaries for grown-ups” from New York Times bestselling author Alyssa Day. The Vampire Motorcycle Club series is best enjoyed in order. Reading Order:. Book #1 Bane's Choice. Book #2 Hunter's Hope. Book #3 Redemption's Edge. -
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![Will's Destiny by Haley Weir]()
Will's Destiny by Haley Weir
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSophie Jensen’s life has become all work and no play. She does not have time for a social life, let alone a love life. She fears her destiny as always being the bridesmaid, never the bride. When her best friend Olivia asks Sophie to be her maid of honor in her wedding, she decides she can’t put off dating forever... -
![Doe and the Wolf by Eve Langlais]()
Doe and the Wolf by Eve Langlais
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhat 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...Categorized as:
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Bear Me Away by Lynn Red
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt’s hard to say that Elena St. Claire – an arctic fox-shifting, private investigator – is “down on her luck. ” She’s got stable work, a couple of close friends. .. but when it comes to finding a mate? All she knows is that if she DOESN’T find one, and quick, she’s gonna go crazy from staring at every bear or wolf who tears through Jamesburg on a motorcycle... -
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Shift Into Me by Lynn Red
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor years, budding journalist and recent high school graduate Lily Kyle wanted to spread her wings. Lily’s corner of the world, small desert town Fort Branch, feels more like a prison than a home. For all its faults, Fort Branch is all she’s really known, and leaving stopped mattering so much once she was claimed by a werewolf alpha... -
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30 Day Mate by Kristen Strassel
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWill my past steal Saint’s future? After a misunderstanding costs me a dream contract for a cooking show on a major network, I’ll do whatever it takes to repair my reputation. Even apply to be one of The Real Werewives of Colorado. The dating reality show is my last chance to prove I’m for real, even if it means I’ll belong to a wolf shifter forever... -
![Bearly Breathing by Lynn Red]()
Bearly Breathing by Lynn Red
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBear-shifting, rogue biker Orion Samuelsson is on the run and nursing more than a little bottled up rage. For years, he’s been haunted by the cruel, brutal leader of his old club, the Dirty Devils. Love? Happiness? All distant fantasies. That is, until he lays eyes on a gold and black lynx-shifter dashing through a river. Clea Kellen is the owner of Jamesburg's most popular daycare... -
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Flight by V.M. Black
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsCurvy Harper Bailey’s ordinary life was turned upside down by a chance encounter with the handsome werewolf Levi Harris. On the run from the vampire mafia, he pulls her into his high-stakes world—and straight into the crosshairs. Now she’s got no car, no job, and not even any dry clothes. To make matters worse, Harper’s falling for Levi hard at the most inconvenient time...Categorized as:
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![Something to Howl About by Christine Warren]()
Something to Howl About by Christine Warren
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWELCOME TO ALPHAVILLE, where the she-wolves and alpha-males play. . . for keeps, in a brand-new paranormal romance series from New York Times bestselling author Christine Warren. Dr. Annie Cryer has been called many things: Genius. Child prodigy. Scientific wonder. Wolf Shifter...Categorized as:
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![Just Like Animals by Hettie Ivers]()
Just Like Animals by Hettie Ivers
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFor ten long years, I stayed away to protect her. I thought I’d successfully subverted my wolf’s instincts where Bethany was concerned. But when I saw her on that dance floor, my inner beast took over. I told myself it would be just one dance. One dance and I’d let her go. I didn’t mean to bite her. Or f*ck her in the middle of a crowded dance club. Or kidnap her… again.Categorized as:
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![Pursuit by V.M. Black]()
Pursuit by V.M. Black
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsEpisode 2 of the New BBW Shifter Series. The werewolf is just the start of Harper Bailey’s bad day…. Curvy Harper Bailey loves bad boys, but Levi Harris might be one step too far. Within a short time of meeting him, her car was stolen, a grenade blew through their hideout, and several men with ugly guns tried to shoot them...Categorized as:
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![It Happened One Midnight by Saranna DeWylde]()
It Happened One Midnight by Saranna DeWylde
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFans of The Ex Hex and Payback’s a Witch won’t want to miss this delightful and entertaining novel featuring three meddlesome fairy godmothers on a mission to restore their hometown’s deep well of enchantment by conjuring true love…even in the most reluctant couples. A PopSugar Best New Book of December. CAN YOU SKIP THE STORYBOOK BEGINNING…... -
![Dare to Bleed by Mary Whitten]()
Dare to Bleed by Mary Whitten
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEmily is a normal girl with a nosey mother, a deadbeat father she has never met, and a vulgar outrageous best friend. Girls start dying around her apartment, and her love life is being turned upside down. On top of everything, two mysterious men have come into her life and informed her that she is the target of the killer... -
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Running From the Pack by Mina Carter
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIt's never easy staying ahead of the pack, but for Penny, it might just save her life…. Since ditching her pack after an offer she “couldn't” refuse from her tyrannical pack alpha, Penny’s been on the run. Always on the move, she never stays in one place for long, avoiding other werewolves like the plague... -
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The Beast by palepinkferriswheel
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTo the world he was a beast but for her he would do anything. He could have the world but all he wanted was her. They say the things we want most are the things we can't have. For she was so afraid of him that even the thought of him could have her running for the hills. Little did she know that she was the only one who didn't have to be afraid of him.Categorized as:
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![The Zillionaire Vampire Cowboy's Secret Werewolf Babies by Nine Naughty Novelists, Juniper Bell]()
The Zillionaire Vampire Cowboy's Secret Werewolf Babies by Nine Naughty Novelists, Juniper Bell
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTheirs was a love that nature never intended. Bigger than Texas. Hotter than Hades. Weirder than. .. a lot of other things you might have read about up until now. Self-made zillionaire Rock Fangsworthy is your typical Texas cowboy. Well, sort of. Typical in that the only thing this lethally sexy lady-charmer with the hair trigger temper loves more than his horse is his ranch, The Double Fang... -
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Moon Struck by Jeanette Raleigh
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJen has never enjoyed the full moon. Not like her family and certainly not like her boss, Rob, whose monthly trysts leave the office in a shambles. Jen turns into a mouse on the full moon, the most disrespected form in the were-community. Her crush on Rob only makes her deep loneliness and feelings of alienation worse...Categorized as:
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Change For Me by Lynn Red
Rated: 3.31 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNew faces were hard to come by in Fort Branch, Arizona. From the moment she saw Damon, Lily Kyle’s heart was stolen. He and Lily were inseparable, until he finally pushed her too far away. Despite the distance Damon put between them, Lily never stopped loving him. Motorcycle riding, rough-around-the-edges Damon King has a complicated life... -
![Howling for My Baby by Beverly Rae]()
Howling for My Baby by Beverly Rae
Rated: 3.24 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRomeo and Juliet never had to worry about being skinned alive. Sydney Skeller’s father is spitting bullets over her reluctance to join the family business as a shifter hunter. The last thing Daddy needs to know is why—she yearns for a lover who’s man enough for a relationship but animal enough to give her the wild ride of her dreams...
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