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Familiar Beginnings by Alice Winters
Smart men quit while they’re ahead—they lay low and hope disaster blows on by them. Not me. Especially when disaster seems to follow me and my soulmate Havoc, a demon I bound to me three hundred years ago with my magic.The dark mage Geoff is back from the dead and creating chaos by devouring the hearts of people with magical abilities, giving him overwhelming power as his followers grow... -
With Kid Gloves by Macy Blake
A grumpy tiger thinks he can be a lonely drifter? Not on Ollie Jerrick self-proclaimed Happiness Champion’s watch. Ollie Jerrick has a hero complex. As a wolf shifter, he’s been surrounded by real-life heroes since his dads rescued him from an evil witch when he was six... -
Scout by Macy Blake
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsCoal Volsunga is a dragon convinced he’s better off alone…As alone as a dragon who is part of a pack can be, that is. Although he loves the work, his feelings are starting to get involved, especially for a wolf entirely too involved with pack life for a loner like Coal... -
Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! 05 by Yuu Toyota
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsIt's complicated: A thirty-year-old virgin gets more than he bargained for when his newfound magical power reveals he's the object of his male coworker's affections!Ever since Adachi and Kurosawa officially became an item, they’ve been exploring their couplehood with both trepidation and excitement... -
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Aleron by Macy Blake
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsAleron Eastaughffe is a billionaire griffin who knows what he wants…Namely, a gorgeous city penthouse, a life of luxury, and the respect and admiration of his peers-–all the things he’s come to expect as one of the Eastaughffes... -
Healing Aiden by Jocelynn Drake
Aiden Varik has had two great loves in his very long life.And he lost them both too soon.His only wish is to protect his four vampire sons and their mates.But someone from Aiden’s distant past has returned to break down the walls erected around his wounded heart.Temptation never tasted so sweet... -
Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! 04 by Yuu Toyota, 豐田悠
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsGifted (cursed?) at the age of 30 with the ability to read the mind of whomever he touches (even the coworker with the hots for him!), virginal businessman-turned-wizard Adachi is taking his first tentative steps into love! After being wooed within an inch of his life by the tenacious Kurosawa, Adachi is at last on board with his feelings for his handsome, kind colleague and has come around to... -
The Dragon's Betrothed, Vol. 1 by Meguru Hinohara, 日ノ原 巡
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA country sojourn turns into a forced marriage to a dragon god for troubled writer Chiharu!Troubled writer Chiharu Izunome reluctantly returns to his rural hometown, hoping some R & R will refresh his creative juices... -
The Dragon's Betrothed, Vol. 1 by Meguru Hinohara
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsA country sojourn turns into a forced marriage to a dragon god for troubled writer Chiharu!Troubled writer Chiharu Izunome reluctantly returns to his rural hometown, hoping some R & R will refresh his creative juices... -
Mist and Marrow by Mary Calmes
Linden Van Doren is in a strange position. He’s an emancipated omega holding down two jobs, so he should be out from under anyone’s thumb but in reality, there are still weird lupine rules to follow. For instance, if an alpha wants to court him, he’s not allowed to say no... -
Frozen Dragon by Minerva Howe
A Dragon Veil Universe mpreg romanceOldest cousin and brother dragon Zeke has resigned himself to being the one lone dragon in his family. As his brother and cousins find their mates one by one, he ignores their protests that he'll find own love someday soon, and contents himself with caring for their growing brood of babies...Categorized as:
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Dead & Buried by T.K. Eldridge
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDetectives Kennedy and Donovan were partners for years. Then one of them died. And yet, they're still partners. Kennedy has to solve Donovan's death while his partner's ghost helps him. Sort of... -
The Cat Proposed by Dentō Hayane
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMatoi Souta is an overworked office worker tired of his life. Then, on his way home from a long day of work one day, he decides to watch a traditional Japanese play. But something strange happens. He could have sworn he saw one of the actors has cat ears.It turns out that the man is actually a bakeneko — a shapeshifting cat from Japanese folklore... -
Two Thousand Tears by Jocelynn Drake
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe was supposed to be my enemy. Not my lover.Yichen is free at last…sort of.He has escaped his imprisonment, but he’s still blood bound to the crown prince of the fae.Oh gods, how is he going to explain that to his clan?Finding a way to break the bond might not be too hard. Killing the king of the fae even seems possible... -
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Blind Warrior by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGrey Ackles The Soul Weaver feels useless. A burden endangering his brothers. The last battle with the pestilents cost Grey his sight and powers. Now he’s dependent on his vision rehabilitation therapist Cort to learn how to function on a daily basis... -
Incubus by Amanda Meuwissen
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsNathan only ever wanted a normal life, but for him, life, family, and love are anything but normal. On the other side of the Veil, dark and light fae exist outside the knowledge of most humans. Nathan Grier was born human, but his twin brother Jim is a changeling. On the run since they were children, time for both of them is running out... -
Darkness Master by Mary Rundle
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis is part of a continuing series by Amazon International Bestselling Author, Mary Rundle – reading the previous titles is advised. Readers will enjoy catching up with members of the Blackwood Pack and reading about what is happening to them as the pack does what it does best ̶ caring for one another and helping shifters everywhere... -
He's My Mate by S. Schulties
When the Oracle, the person who can see the past, present and future, tells you that you are now the Alpha of a newly created pack, you pack up the life you know and trade it in for a new one. Even if you don’t know the first thing about being an Alpha. I’m Parker McKnight. I’m eighteen. A wolf Shifter. And now an Alpha. I get it. I’m powerful. The most powerful Supernatural ever known... -
Ghostly Target by E.M. Leya
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhen someone starts killing police officers in the city, Detective Angus Young prioritizes finding out who's attacking those he works with. He's determined to take down the killer before any more officers are targeted.Having the skill to speak to the ghosts of the dead is usually helpful to a medical examiner, but not when the ghosts can't identify who killed them... -
Priest by Kiki Clark, E.M. Lindsey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThere’s a fine line between lust and love…Feeding on the pleasure of other creatures might sound like the perfect life, but Priest knows the truth. The bottomless hunger and the never-ending need for more will eventually drive him to the brink of madness.It’s the fate of all Incubi... -
Dawnchaser by Sam Burns
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI came here to kill Huxley Dawnchaser.I expected the ridiculous extravagance of his estate, his home, his life. What I didn’t expect was the trail of broken people he left in his wake long before (edited for spoilers). I certainly didn’t expect to be put in the position of helping Huxley’s children pick up the pieces of their own shattered lives.There must be some way I can kill him twice... -
Three Meant to Be by M.N. Bennet
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTelepathic high school teacher Dorian prepares teen witches for professional casting because going in unprepared is what killed one of his partners. But new state mandates on magical proficiency make it nearly impossible, and Dorian worries he can’t give his students the education they really need... -
Cthulhu for Christmas by Meghan Maslow
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSix accidental tentacles, five naked neighbors, four evil mages, three ugly sweaters, two dead bodies, and one crush on my straight best friend ...Some things are simple fact: Santa Claus isn't real and magic doesn’t exist. As a former foster kid turned cop, I know this for a fact. My life is anything but magical and Santa sure as hell never visited me as a kid... -
Ghostridden by E.J. Russell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen ghostwriter Maz Amani inherits a house from an uncle he’s never heard of, he offers heartfelt thanks to the universe, packs up his car, his cat, and his skepticism about mysterious uncles leaving all their worldly goods to unknown nephews, and high-tails it to a small town halfway to the Oregon coast.Anything would be better than week after week of couch surfing his way around Portland... -
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Brandywine Investigations: Family Matters by Angel Martinez
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWith his career firmly established and his reputation as a successful PI growing, Hades should have the perfect life with his human lover, his faithful ferryman, his dogs and the parts of his family still speaking to him. But murder and chaos are never far away for death lords as his nephew Dionysus and his oldest friend Charon are drawn into the maelstrom... -
In Plain Sight by K.C. Wells
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsDetective Gary Mitchell and psychic Dan Porter are now investigating cold cases that are literally falling from the sky—a headless body in 2006 and a carpenter who fell from a roof two years ago.The first case leads them into dangerous territory. The second feels like a dead end... -
The Santa Problem by Barbara Elsborg
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen Kendall is let down by the Santa and photographer he’s booked for his garden centre, he frantically tries to find replacements. But no one is available to step in at the last minute and he’s running out of time and options. Then Alfie arrives, with his electric-blue hair, piercings, megawatt smile, and three cute reindeer. And, he just happens to be a photographer... -
Guardians Of The Haunted Moor by Harper Fox
Book 5 in the Tyack & Frayne Mystery series The wedding is just the beginning… Gideon and Lee have spent a year in chaotic married bliss, with all the trimmings – a dog, tricky in-laws, and a baby girl they both adore. But even the best of lives can be fragile, and a shocking family loss hits their new world like a demolition ball... -
Old Loyalty, New Love by Mary Calmes
When jackal shifter Quade Danas was banished from his pack for being gay, he spent years in the military escaping his father's prejudice before returning to civilian life as a bodyguard for Roman Howell, the teenage son of a very rich man. After Roman is in an accident that leaves him physically scarred and emotionally distant, Quade is the only one who can get through to him...Categorized as:
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Coyote, Vol. 4 by Ranmaru Zaria, Ranmaru Zariya
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA forbidden romance between a werewolf and a human whose passion conceals a dark secret.Coyote, a werewolf, goes through life hiding his true identity. But when a handsome human pianist catches him in heat, forbidden passion explodes... -
Midsummer Days: Tales of Midsummer's Night by Megan Derr
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the town of Midsummer's Night, the only thing out of place is normalcy... Midsummer Moon - A homeless werewolf travels to the town of Midsummer's Night, following a rumor that a doctor there has developed a cure for the lycanthropy that has always been the bane of his existence. But the cure he discovers is the very thing he ever expected to find.. -
Brandywine Investigations by Angel Martinez
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen humans forsake the temples, the gods need to find other employment. Hades opens Brandywine Investigations after his divorce and his subsequent move to the modern world. If he was hoping for boring infidelity cases and lost dogs, he’s sorely mistaken as murder and mayhem find his agency and his extended family at an astonishing rate... -
Last But Not Lease by Jordan Castillo Price
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLocation, Location, Location! Yuri knew his idyllic beachfront cabin wouldn’t last forever—but he wasn’t expecting to come home to an eviction notice. And with Uncle Fonzo back in town, Dixon’s attic apartment is getting crowded. Unfortunately, real estate in Pinyin Bay is surprisingly scarce... -
Wildfire by Sam Burns, W.M. Fawkes
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWilder Pratt has given up trying to get his life together. Passed up for a promotion, left by his long-term boyfriend, nothing in his life seems to work how he planned. Wilder is just treading water . . . right up until the moment he trips over a dead student outside his office with a golden would-be murderer standing over the body... -
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The Alpha's Candy-Kissed Omega by Lorelei M. Hart
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMM Non-Shifter Mpreg Romance. What better place to meet your fated mate than an extraordinary candy store? And what better season than Halloween? Liam is arranging the amazing treats in the window of his gourmet candy shop, Sugar, when a jogger taps on the window. Despite his policy not to let strangers in when he’s alone in the closed store, this stranger is too irresistible to send away... -
Drop Dead Demon by B. Ripley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRothFrom the moment I first saw Brady, I knew he was my mate. He thought I was just his imaginary friend and I let him believe that because at his side, I felt more complete than I ever had before. I didn’t mean to ever leave him, but I didn’t have much of a choice... -
The Awakening by Karla Nikole
How does lust turn into love? Slowly. And it might hurt.Contrary to popular belief, we don’t like feeding from humans because they taste like dirt. But I date them. They’re excellent for that.Vampires are demanding, arrogant and too focused on mating. I realize this sounds odd, considering I’m a vampire, but I like to explore. I need my freedom... -
The Vampire Black Prince by B.A. Stretke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Black Prince, Edward is one of the most feared vampires to have ever lived. He’s gone by many names, but all tell the story of his dark and fearsome ways. He’s an ancient vampire who cut his teeth in the chaos of medieval warfare. A tragedy sent him into the blackest of magic and power, searching for vengeance at any cost... -
Magic Burning by Kaje Harper
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlanI haven't been out with a guy in the last two years. Partly because I'm a gay elementary-school teacher in a fairly small, conservative town. Partly because I'm a sorcerer, and dating ordinary humans only leads to trouble. Sleeping with one though? That's doable, so when my birdbrained familiar Sunny lines up a tall, muscular firefighter for me, I'm not going to say no. Just once, though... -
Lone Wolf by Aja Foxx, Ciena Foxx
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRetired Sheriff Dan Miller thought life was pretty good until he was attacked by a man bent on using him against the Wilde Wolf Pack. When he's made into a shifter to save his life, he discovers that the world he knew as a human was nothing compared to that of a wolf. He just can't seem to figure out how to shift.Lion shifter Sean is running for his life...Categorized as:
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Tied to You, Vol. 1 by What, Chelliace
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWooseo Shin was never one to believe in fate...until a ring of red thread appears around his finger, that is! This ring marks a person’s meeting of their soulmate, and with it, neither can fall asleep if the other is absent. This development is not a welcome one for Wooseo, who decides to keep it from his close friend and crush Jiseok Kang at all costs...Categorized as:
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Starlight Kisses for the Omega by Lacey Daize
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsJosh is looking forward to his biggest test so far in his career: managing an event all by himself, while his boss is out on paternity leave.Josh never strayed far from Mountain Springs, and had relegated himself to a life of service jobs, when he was able to get a job with the new event coordinator in town... -
Winter Dreams by Marie Sexton
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSequel to Winter OrangesWhat happens when a player gets played?Actor Dylan Frasier is known as one of the biggest playboys in Hollywood, infamous for seducing men and women alike. He’s also half in love with his two best friends. Unfortunately, Jason and Ben are madly in love with each other, leaving Dylan the odd man out... -
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Blood Hound by James Osiris Baldwin
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is an alternate-cover edition for B019EE6PW4. "One of the first things every new mage learns about magic is that—despite your newly discovered powers over the universe—you are forever a struggling speck of krill in a very large, very cold, very dangerous ocean." My name is Alexi Sokolsky: blood mage, occult scholar, and hired killer... -
Simeon's Beloved: Old Mission Coven Vol. 1 by B.A. Stretke
A Story in the Bay Harbor Paranormal The Old Mission Peninsula Vampire CovenHunter Rose was looking forward to getting away. The Cabot Wine Experience hosted by the Old Mission Winery and Indigo Hotel was the highlight of his year, no matter what his father and brother thought of non-California wineries... -
Chasing Ghosts by Dean Cole
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHaunted pasts. Terrifying apparitions. Dark secrets.Quentin Strange is … well, strange. But it isn’t just his anachronistic sayings and dress sense, the fact that he’s a socially awkward, book-loving loner who’s possibly still a virgin at nearly thirty. He’s seeing and hearing things. Odd things. Ghostly things... -
Faces by A.M. Rose
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsHe drew a thousand faces, but none of them were his…His whole life, the one thing Dorian wanted more than anything else, was to know who his soulmate was. But while he can find everyone else’s soulmate, he can’t do the same for himself.Resigned to a life of solitude, he spends his days giving people the key to their happiness, borrowing their joy and basking in the beauty of their love... -
Lore and Lust a Novella Vol. One: The Arrival (Lore & Lust) by Karla Nikole
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe vampire comfort read you didn’t know you needed.Nino and Haruka are starting their family with the pending arrival of a new baby, but it’s freaking Nino out a little.Old wounds and complicated familial relationships come to a head, and the two vampires must work together to smooth things out before they become fathers... -
Everyone's Afraid of Clowns by Jordan Castillo Price
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsVic and Jacob brave a haunted house attraction that turns to be a lot scarier than they expected. This novella doesn't affect the timeline and is designed to be read outside the main PsyCop novels, though it may contain spoilers through Agent Bayne, PsyCop 9...
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