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Red Havoc Bad Bear by T.S. Joyce
The countdown is on. Crazy Lynn Matheson has six days until she’ll join all the other shifters who have lost their minds and been put down by their alphas. All she wants to do is get through the next week with the Gray Back Crew as quietly as possible, but some of the big, dominant males in Damon’s Mountains are pushing her to fight her destiny...Categorized as:
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Warlander Grizzly by T.S. Joyce
Landon Fuller has been lusting over Lucia for years. There are a few problems that are keeping him from pursuing her. One, she is a seer coming into her powers, which is equal parts hot, and also terrifying—which is sexy, because Landon, in true Fuller fashion, is attracted to things that scare him. Problem number two? She doesn’t know he exists...Categorized as:
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Warlander Beast Cat by T.S. Joyce
Kru is trying to fit in to the newly-formed Warlander Crew on the edge of the blue dragon’s territory, but a vision from a seer has sent his head into a tailspin. He has no control of the saber-toothed tiger inside of him, and now a past that broke his animal is coming after him to finish the job. He’s finding a strange comfort in a sassy beauty who is the glue holding the Warlanders together... -
Alpha Dominated by Olivia T. Turner
The Dixon Brothers series continues with Easton and Ivy!The inexperienced Ivy will be dominated by her Kodiak bear shifter mate and she'll love every minute of...Categorized as:
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Stranded with a Ravenous Shifter by Olivia T. Turner
I have to get out of this wedding asap. My mom arranged it, but I am so not on board. The groom is a total bore and there is zero attraction between us. Like, seriously. Zero. But I’m a chicken, so I wait until the last possible moment before I hike up my wedding dress and flee the scene. I want more than just a wedding of convenience. I want a passionate love affair... -
A Good Chance by Tricia O'Malley
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWill 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... -
Bearheart Guardian: A Small Town Shifter Romance by Harmony Raines
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSecrets are finally revealed as danger stalks the Bear Creek Guardians... -
Return To The Bear by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsIn 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... -
Betray the Bear by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsOn the verge of war, Chase Hale has no time to think about anything other than preparing his clan to battle the savage Long Claws, who are intent on annihilating Bear Valley. But when a supposed mate of the enemy shows up, he can’t help but be intrigued by the unsettling mysteries that swirl around the beautiful bear shifter... -
Call of the Bear by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsWhen 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... -
Holding Honor by R. E. Butler
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsMountain lion shifter Honor Parkins is in trouble. After a meeting in the woods with sexy brothers Holden and Jackson, the ancient curse all female mountain lions are under has been broken. She knows that they’re her mates. When her all-female pride discovers she’s not like them anymore, they keep her locked up. Missing her mates is driving her and her mountain lion crazy...Categorized as:
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Lionheart by Bianca D'Arc
An ex-military lion shifter meets the girl next door amid danger, deception and a battle pitting the forces of good against evil. All the while, attraction sparks between them that just might lead to a love to last for all time...Meg lives alone in a neighborhood with a very special secret... -
Lian / Roch by Alexandra Ivy, Laura Wright
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLIAN 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
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTough, 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... -
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Melissa: Shiftr: Swipe Left for Love by Ariana Hawkes
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe third book in the new Hope Valley BBW dating app romance series What if your fated mate was just an app swipe away? Melissa Ericson has a panic attack as her best friend Lauren is giving birth, but sexy shifter doctor, Harley, is on hand to calm her down...Categorized as:
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Edge of Darkness by J.T. Geissinger
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSix 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
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFirst 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
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsNila 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
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsSomething 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... -
Diesel by Terra Wolf
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSadie wants a fling, but Diesel wants forever. Freedom. When Sadie plans a trip to visit her sister Reagan in Alaska, nothing seems to be going right. Her car breaks down and her view of freedom is clouded by the Grizzly Bear barreling at her. She's lost, confused, and possibly in love? Wild. Bear shifter Diesel has always embraced his bear side more than the human...Categorized as:
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Seduction's Shift by A.C. Arthur
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey 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
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom 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... -
Auden by R.E. Butler
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the tradition of their people, owl shifter Jessica Thompson’s parents have chosen a mate for her. On the way to a celebratory hunt to meet her arranged mate, a group of hunters spies them and she’s separated from her nest among the flurry of bullets. Injured and disoriented, she crash lands in a zoo... -
Bear’s Midlife Surprise by Aline Ash
What happens when a lifelong bachelor and a recent divorcee, both adamant about avoiding relationships, collide in a whirlwind of midlife passion and an unexpected surprise?JanuaryAfter a bitter divorce in her 40s, January swears off love, embracing her newfound freedom. Men are strictly off-limits and she has no regrets, except for not having children... -
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The Bear's Reluctant Mate by R. E. Butler
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWhen paranormal romance author Juliette Parson’s latest manuscript is billed by her editor as being too “unrealistic,” it’s suggested she contact a shifter group for advice on her storyline. Writing about shifter romances is one thing, but meeting with a person who can change into an animal at will isn’t something Juliette ever thought she’d do... -
A Mate's Wish by P. Jameson
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsChristmastime at Lake Haven Lodge is the stuff of legends. Tucked away in a crook of the Ouachita Mountains, visitors come to relax and unwind for the holidays. What they don’t know is that it’s run by a clan of virile mountain cats. Handyman, Renner Blackfoot, is bored with his existence. Filling his bed with random females for his panther’s pleasure isn’t enough anymore... -
Shiftr: Swipe Left for Love - Kristin by Ariana Hawkes
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe second book in the new Hope Valley BBW dating app romance series What if your fated mate was just an app swipe away? To those who don’t know her well, Kristin Pasternak is a feisty, statuesque, auburn-haired journalist. Only those close to her know that she suffers from PCOS, a condition that has left her unhappy with her body, and scared that she won’t be able to have children... -
Furry United Coalition Bundle by Eve Langlais
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIt 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... -
Pixie The Lion Tamer by Georgette St. Clair
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsPixie 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...Categorized as:
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Bear Seeking Bride: Trent by Ruby Shae
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDown on her luck, curvy chef Olive Campbell has reached the bottom of the barrel. She has no job, no money, no boyfriend and no prospects. The way things are going, she'll never get the chance to work with food again. When she sees an ad asking for a mail order bride who can cook, it seems like her luck is beginning to change...Categorized as:
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Hollywood Dragon: BBW Dragon Shifter Paranormal Romance by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA BBW singer + a billionaire music mogul dragon shifter + shifter battles and sizzling passion = one blockbuster romance! Curvy opera singer Jan thinks she missed her chance at love. But when she comes to the little town of Sanluce for her best friend Shelley's wedding, she meets a man who surprises her in all the best ways...Categorized as:
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Bruin: An Alpha Bear Shifter MC Romance by Hope Ford
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn Alpha Bear Shifter MC RomanceMy only plans were to escape…until I fell in love.PennyI escaped the Eater’s MC. My father died and I have nothing left except my stepbrother who is out to get me.I have to pass through the New Law’s territory and I think I have it made… until I don’t.When I’m discovered, I’m put under the supervision of Bruin, the Sgt. Of Arms of the New Law MC...Categorized as:
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Bearly Begun by Isadora Montrose
Feisty Erin Salter sacrificed her youth and dreams to make sure her motherless twin half-brothers had a home. She hasn’t had energy for a lover in years , but she’ll happily lay down her virtue for manly Leonard Benoit , if he will help keep her boys out of jail. Desperate, bachelor bear-shifter Leonard Benoit hails from remote, womanless Yakima Ridge... -
Avenger by Micalea Smeltzer
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIt’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... -
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Hard To Bear by Georgette St. Clair
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCurvy wolf shifter Coral Colby is stuck interning at a tiny newspaper in Blue Moon Junction, where an escaped cow is big news. Her first assignment: cover a bachelor’s charity auction. Unfortunately, she accidentally bids for a date with a handsome bear shifter, and worse, finds out her date is with the jerk who’s been rudely refusing her interview requests...Categorized as:
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Freeing the Feline by Lacey Thorn
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHe’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... -
What a Bear Wants by Nikki Winter
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs a man with the ability to shift into fifteen hundred pounds of honey-loving, occasionally cranky grizzly, Ransom McKenna was used to people moving when he said move—or when he chuffed because the chuffing usually did the trick—at least until he comes across one of the most fierce, adorably ornery canines that he’s ever met, Fallon Wilder...Categorized as:
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Neck Deep In Trouble by Georgette St. Clair
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsCurvy news reporter Frankie Alexander had heard all the warnings about life in New York City, but unfortunately, her parents left out the one about avoiding sexy, infuriating vampires. It’s too late now…she’s craving blood, sizzling when sunlight touches her, and yearning for the kisses of Nicholas Hamilton, the sexiest 300-year-old she’s ever seen... -
Resisting The Alpha by Liliana Rhodes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFaith Galloway is an orphan, a witch, a powerful charmer, and still in love with her high school sweetheart. But Abel Barlow isn't the man she fell in love with, instead he's the cunning coyote Alpha behind the kidnappings and killings of wolf shifters in Leeds Point...Categorized as:
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Foxy On The Run by E.A. Price
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJackson Carr. Wolf shifter. Bounty hunter. Jackson had a pretty good life. He hunted and chased people down and got paid for doing it! Admittedly life wasn’t perfect. He still smoked too much, and jobs didn’t come through regularly enough for his liking, and there was that thing about him never being allowed back to his pack for being too violent... but otherwise things were good... -
Alpha Games Volume 2 by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is part 2 in a paranormal romance serial, read part 1 before continuing on or you'll be completely lost! Two years ago, curvy she-wolf Aspen ran from her pack and her future as alpha female, where she was expected to choose handsome, blue-eyed Rafe, son of the current alpha, as mate and the next alpha of the pack...Categorized as:
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Alpha Games Volume 3 by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is part 3 in a paranormal romance serial Two years ago, curvy she-wolf Aspen ran from her pack and her future as alpha female, where she was expected to choose handsome, blue-eyed Rafe, son of the current alpha, as mate and the next alpha of the pack...Categorized as:
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Ronan by Hope Ford
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s searching for freedom and he’s the one to give it to her.BreeI never knew how much I needed my freedom until I moved to the Klamath Mountains. I was ready to get out on my own and let my bear run free.But when I have a run-in with the Eater Motorcycle Club it could have gone really bad if my cousin, who is part of the New Law MC, hadn’t shown up... -
His to Bear by Lacey Thorn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWhen a marine and a shifter-on-the-run collide, beware! Sparks will fly. This human isn’t all to sure of the mating and the bear… Well, bears will be bears and she wants him NOW! Jaeda is all alone, desperate to find safety, and there’s only one place she can go. She’ll have to run for the Holloway land and hope they’ll help her and not force her into a mating she doesn’t want... -
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Brave Bear by K.L. King
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIris 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
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBefore 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
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat 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... -
Midnight Mayhem by Savannah Lee
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe jaw-dropping conclusion to the bestselling Clover Pack Series! Friends. Family. Mate. After living most of my life on the run, I’ve finally found a place I belong. A place to call home, with a mate bond I never expected to have. I’d love nothing more than to enjoy it... -
The Riveauxs: Wolves of the Rising Sun Volume 1 by Kenzie Cox
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMeet 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... -
Patient Mates by E.A. Price
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis novella contains scenes of a sexual nature with m/f interaction intended for mature readers. (And there’s a bit of swearing too!) Bad wolves... After living as a rogue wolf for two years Kira Norton returned home to find she was no longer welcome. Even her twin sister and fellow Omega Lilah wanted nothing to do with her...
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