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Sawman Werebear by T.S. Joyce
Slow-simmering romance, secrets by the dozen, heart-warming triumph, and a crew of sexy lumberjack werebears come together to tell Brighton’s story in this final installment of T. S. Joyce’s bestselling Saw Bears series. Brighton Beck’s inner grizzly is out of control. It’s been months since he killed his tormentor, but just seeing the man who stole his voice has put his bear on a bender...Categorized as:
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The Keeper of Promise by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsBootlace is being hunted.Peace hasn’t come easy for the Stryker Pack, and for Bootlace, the sanctuary they’ve found feels too good to be true. His wolfish instincts are being riled up as a pretty woman with a load of secrets starts visiting him and asking questions she has no business asking...Categorized as:
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Raven by Audrey Faye
The pack is coming out of the shadows—but some of its shifters don’t know how to live anywhere else. Fallon grew up on the street. She’s a survivor, and her skills kept her pack alive in the darkest of times. Now the sun is coming out, and she has no idea how to be a bird who lives in the light. She’ll do anything to help her baby pack get there, though... -
Poet by Audrey Faye
Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA long-awaited mating ceremony.A polar bear delegation.A wolf who burns sausages and has no claws.A poet who doesn't feel worthy.What could possibly go wrong?Read the next installment of Ghost Mountain (or if you haven't met my wolves yet, go start with Alpha... -
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Make Her New by T.S. Joyce
Everyone has Hunter Kaid all wrong. Even his own brother writes him off as unintelligent, but not all smarts are the same. He just needs one person to understand him and listen to what he’s really saying. All of his life, he’s been searching for that one person who really takes the time to see him, and just when he’s about given up, he stumbles upon Sadey...Categorized as:
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Fated Hearts by Jen L. Grey
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWith my world in shambles, it’s hard to tell friend from foe. The joy of finding my fated mate is overshadowed by a dark reality. Someone is hunting wolf shifters. Everyone is in danger unless we can stop those responsible. But we have to find them first. Our only lead is a familiar face. Once a friend. Now an enemy. It makes it impossible to trust anyone...Categorized as:
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Tiger Striped by Jennifer Ashley
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTiger…The call I must answer…I wake in the night, knowing something is wrong. Carly, mate of my heart, is next to me, and I hear my son’s breathing. They are safe.But someone, someone cries out with a despair I can’t ignore...Carly won’t let me go alone, and neither will Connor, the cub who will become one of the greatest Shifters of us all—I know this. I see.I can’t ignore the call... -
Kiss of the Dragon by Nicola Claire
"You do realise," he whispered, his hand reaching up to brush my hair from my face. He began twining a strand around one of his fingers. "That you are my most magnificent obsession." Magnificent obsession. I think I liked that. I certainly understood it. He was mine too. The explosive conclusion to the Kindred Series...Categorized as:
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Fury of Frustration by Coreene Callahan
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAmbition can be deadly…Born of a powerful god, but exiled on earth, dragon-warrior Kruger conceals the truth of his origins from the world. Forced to live a lie, he proves his worth by becoming a tycoon in a powerful business empire. But when a beautiful woman with ambitions of her own gets in his way, he must decide—accept what he cannot change, or eliminate the threat once and for all...Categorized as:
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A Fashionable Disaster by Robyn Peterman
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe richbloodsuckersdon’t want to pay taxes. Too bad, so sad. They’re the least of my problems right now. At the wise suggestion of my beloved mate, I indulge in a little retail therapy so I don’t dismember the pissed off crew of greedy Vamps who don’t want to pay their fair share... -
For the Good of All by Nicky Charles
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsElijah Stone – a man committed to justice; his heart is as hard as his body. Held prisoner for years, he returns home to tie up loose ends only to find a psychedelic witch capturing his attention. When a rescue mission to Central America spins out of control, he’s forced to make a difficult decision. Every action has its own consequences...Categorized as:
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Five Mornings by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOne morning can change everything. Five mornings can change a life. Friends. Lovers. Enemies. Allies. Alex McCann and Teodora ‘Ted’ Vasquez never had a simple relationship. But you couldn’t call it a boring one, either. Five mornings in their past shape who they will become to each other. To their families. And to the mysterious town they call home... -
Redemption by Elaine Pierson
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRedemption - the final book in the Lacey Hannigan Trilogy Cole is missing and everyone is certain that he's dead. That is, everyone but Lacey. She refuses to give up hope even after two weeks of searching. As the days pass, she becomes more depressed. And her powers become more unstable. The trust she had with Jesse has been broken...Categorized as:
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Mountain Echoes by C.E. Murphy
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsYou can never go home again. Joanne Walker has survived an encounter with the Master at great personal cost, but now her father is missing - stolen from the timeline. She must finally return to North Carolina to find him - and to meet Aidan, the son she left behind long ago...Categorized as:
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Beginnings by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsBook One: Bitten Where it all began. Elena is leading the normal life she has always dreamed of, including a stable job as a journalist and a nice apartment shared with her boyfriend. As the lone female werewolf in existence, only her secret midnight prowls and her occasional inhuman cravings set her apart. An erotically charged thriller, Bitten will awaken the voracious appetite of every reader...Categorized as:
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Fake Date Mate by Harmony Raines
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIt was meant to be a fake date. Instead, he found his real mate.Bear shifter Rory reluctantly agrees to be the fake date for a friend of a friend. It’s one night. One night when he can forget how lonely he is. One night where he can dance with a woman and have fun.Or at least pretend to have fun, since fun is not his thing. Not when his heart yearns for the woman of his dreams.His mate...Categorized as:
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New Moon by Lisa Kessler
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJaguar shifter Sebastian Severino is an enigma. He lives alone, works alone, and will die alone. But the night he’s attacked by a female werewolf, nothing will ever be the same. And when his young niece is kidnapped, Sebastian, the deadliest assassin Nero has ever produced, will be forced to choose a side... Isabelle Wood has never taken the easy path... -
Fat Cat by Rachel Vincent
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOff a two-lane highway outside of a southern Tennessee town you’ve probably never heard of stands a hole-in-the-wall establishment called the Fat Cat Bar and Grille. Drinks are served by a woman named Charley, who seems to hear things a little too well and see things a little too clearly. She might listen to your life story, but she won’t tell you a single word of hers... -
A Dragon's Fate by Heather Renee
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn war, there are never any winners.DawsynTrusting family should be easy, but with an entire realm at risk of destruction, the task isn’t that simple.We only have days to find the solution we need to end Knox once and for all. And when the path leads us back to Earth, we have no idea what to expect...Categorized as:
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Wolfman: The Lioness and The Wolf by E.A. Price
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIs it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a well-meaning if somewhat clumsy vigilante called Wolfman. Nerdy comic book store owner by day, Winston Strong, thought all his dreams came true when he took on his heroic alter ego – Wolfman. That is until he saved a beautiful lioness from getting mugged and fell head over heels... -
Brazen by Kelley Armstrong, Angilram
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsNick Sorrentino knows everyone in the supernatural world considers him the Pack’s playboy, the pretty but not very useful werewolf whose only reputation involves his amorous exploits. Usually, Nick couldn’t care less what anyone outside the Pack thinks of him. But when it affects his hunt for Malcolm Danvers, a psychotic bogeyman from the Pack’s past, it matters...Categorized as:
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Bear Naked by Dana Marie Bell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsTo win a frightened heart, you have to bare your own. Any woman would be eager to be Ryan Williams’s mate. Any woman but Glory Walsh. The sexy bear shifter is beautiful, strong and persistent, she’ll give him that. But Glory’s past taught her one simple truth: people leave. She can’t get past the fact he left her once before. Okay, so he had a good reason, and he did come back...Categorized as:
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Dreaming of the Wolf by Terry Spear
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA FIERCE HUNTER... Alicia Greiston is a no-nonsense bounty hunter determined to bring a ring of mobsters to justice. Her dogged pursuit of the crime family has forced her to avoid relationships-- any man would only become a target for retribution. Luckily, Jake Silver is more than a man, and his instincts are telling him to stop at nothing to protect her. AN ANIMAL PASSION..Categorized as:
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Hour of Darkness by Lara Adrian
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBorn and raised as an assassin in the notorious Hunter program, Breed vampire Cain has since put his specialized skills to use as a mercenary willing to clean up any problem for a price. Or so he thought. After a job in Las Vegas strains even his dubious code of honor, Cain pulls up stakes and lands in Miami for a much-needed break...Categorized as:
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Scarred by Amber Lynn Natusch
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAmazon bestselling series in contemporary fantasy and paranormal romance “I loathed myself for wishing a death of that nature on anyone, and even more so because I still wanted it to happen. My moral fiber was unraveling quickly, and I wondered how long my humanity could withstand the unending trial of values my life had become. With every choice I made, I felt it slipping away...Categorized as:
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Shaman Rises by C.E. Murphy
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsJoanne Walker has two choices: Defeat the enemy…or lose her soul trying For over a year, Joanne has been fighting the Master—the world's most abiding evil entity. She's sacrificed family, friendships, even watched potential futures fade away…and now the Master is bringing the final battle to Joanne's beloved Seattle...Categorized as:
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Change:A Lacey Hannigan Novel by Elaine Pierson
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsChange is the second book in The Lacey Hannigan trilogy. Eighteen year old Lacey Hannigan always thought her human life was hard and unfair, but now that she is no longer human, her life is about to get a whole lot harder...Categorized as:
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Earp & Chandra by C.P. Rider
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFamily can be found in the most unexpected places.Gila monster shifter Jedidiah Earp is over seventy, prefers to bite first and ask questions later, and he knows the desert scrub outside Sundance, California like the back of his claws.Alpha hyena shifter Chandra Smith is in her late twenties, protective to a fault, and she knows how to hunt down enemies and make them disappear...Categorized as:
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The Necromancer's Betrayal by Becca Andre
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAll Elysia wants is a normal life. A life free of magic and her family’s expectations. The last thing she wants is to be a practicing necromancer. That changes when Elysia meets a dead man. His presence so close to her home can’t be a coincidence. Throw in his polite demeanor and good looks, and she knows another necromancer is messing with her...Categorized as:
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Winter Kiss by Deborah Cooke
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsRead Deborah Cooke's posts on the Penguin Blog. For millennia, the shape-shifting dragon warriors known as the Pyr have commanded the four elements and guarded the earth’s treasures...Categorized as:
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Fractured by Amber Lynn Natusch
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsI thought about watching from afar, hidden by the nearby trees or headstones, so I could avoid the onslaught of grief I was sure to be bombarded with. It was cowardly, but I was certain that when faced with the totality of my own grief, I would crumble under the weight of any extra. He was always so strong both physically and emotionally – I selfishly wished for his strength in that moment...Categorized as:
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Flashfire by Deborah Cooke
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHe's lost all hope...until she changes everything. Master illusionist Lorenzo wants nothing to do with the Pyr. His dragon nature is just another secret to hide and another detail to juggle, like ensuring that each of his Las Vegas magic shows is a true spectacle. Until he feels the burn of his firestorm and his whole world shifts.... Cassie Redmond is tired of photographing celebrities...Categorized as:
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Sebastian/Aristide by Alexandra Ivy, Laura Wright
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsComing November 2013 Sebastian A DIPLOMAT WITH THE HEART OF A SAVAGE Sebastian Duval has devoted his life to ensuring the survival of his people. He’ll do whatever is necessary to protect the Wildlands, even if it means working with the human FBI to prove the Pantera aren’t responsible for the sudden rash of puma attacks... -
Dragos Meets Stinkpot by Thea Harrison
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsShort-Story from May 2016 newsletter...Categorized as:
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A Wolf's Pride by Jennifer T. Alli
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLife should be simple after a wolf finds his mate but Ryan is quickly coming to see that love is never simple. Chloe’s humanity does nothing to change the plans he’d made for himself decades ago but her refusal to believe he exists is a problem he hadn’t planned for...Categorized as:
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Fang Chronicles: Ivan by D'Elen McClain
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe loss of Ivan’s mate, Alba, left him broken and turned his inner beast inside out. With the war between the wolves and enemy cats, who killed his mate, all but over his anger has no focus. His new clan consists of two vampires, three cats, and his lone wolf. Talya ran from her clan after losing a challenge against her friend for the love of Dmitri, the vampire leader of the bear clan... -
ReAwakened by Ada Adams
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBecoming a vampire guardian was Dawn Fairchild’s ticket out of the Scarlet House. Fresh off a successful mission, life in Angel Creek should have been great. But when her sort-of-maybe-boyfriend, Sebastian, disappears on a quest to help a beautiful vampire from his past, Dawn finds herself amidst a web of danger, lies, and deceit...Categorized as:
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Winter's Kiss by Felicity Heaton
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTheir lord drinks blood and they are dead men walking. The tales of the mansion don't stop Nika from falling for one of the guards, but when wolves attack her and he rides to her rescue, she discovers that her knight is anything but saintly. He is a vampire and she is becoming a werewolf, and love between their species is forbidden—the penalty death...Categorized as:
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Deck the Mane by Eve Langlais
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA slick lion is about to get sticky this holiday season when he meets his unlikely mate.It’s almost Christmas, and a visiting lion prince is excited to go tree hunting with the Pride ladies. Only a mishap with a squirrel leaves the posh Felix snowed in with a honey-loving bear.Edwina, owner of Honey Pine Farm, is a bear with a serious sweet tooth who prefers comfort over style... -
Treoir Dragon Chronicles of the Belador world: Book 1 by Dianna Love
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNew York Times Bestseller Dianna Love has a brand new series from the Belador world for first time readers as well as current Belador fans and it’s full of explosive reveals. Dragons didn’t just show up out of thin air centuries ago and not all of them died in the Dragani war.Atlanta hovers on the edge of chaos and pandemonium as rumors fly about supernatural beings living among humans... -
Carus by J. C. McKenzie
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwo months ago, I lost control and the beast reigned.Seven weeks ago, the SRD caught up to me.Nine days ago, they injected me with a vile new drug.Today, I’ll break free.And tomorrow?Tomorrow, I’ll make them pay.For I am everything they have ever called me—shifter, beast, demonic, cursed. I am the Carus, and the world will know my rage... -
Whisper Kiss by Deborah Cooke
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsOne man's mission ignites one woman's fire... Niall Talbot has volunteered to hunt down and destroy all the remaining shadow dragons - who were weakened by the destruction of the Dragon's Blood Elixir - before they can wreak more havoc. Among them is his dead twin brother, making Niall's mission not only dangerous but personal...Categorized as:
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Of Wings and Wolves by S.M. Reine
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSummer Gresham knows that she’s different. After all, she’s the only twenty-year-old coed that shapeshifts into a wolf. But her unique nature is a well-hidden secret, so she’s baffled to be singled out for a prestigious internship. She’s even more stunned when she discovers that the man who wants to hire her—Nash Adamson—specifically requested Summer…and he won’t take no for an answer...Categorized as:
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Paranormal Protection Agency by Mina Carter
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThis book contains the following novellas: "Hard as a Rock", "Between a Rock and a Hard Place", "Protect and Service", "Seduced by Santa", and "Close Protection". The first five books in the PPA series now bundled together. 'Hard as a Rock' Iliona's had a rough day, so the last thing she wants is a whiny ex on her doorstep throwing accusations about which of her co-workers she's sleeping with...Categorized as:
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Terry Spear’s Wolf Bundle by Terry Spear
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe Heart of the Wolf Bella is a red werewolf, sole survivor of the fire that killed her entire pack. Forced to flee her adopted gray pack when the alpha male becomes a vicious threat, she struggles to live as a lone wolf, until Devlyn, the gray male who rescued her as a pup, comes to bring her home... -
Lone Wolf by Rebecca Royce
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAll bad things must be destroyed… Gabriel Kane has been betraying his family for forty years. To save a mate only he remembers, he made a deal with his father, Kendrick Kane, that would keep her alive. The price? Gabriel’s cooperation. Little by little his lies have eaten him alive until there is nothing left of him but a shell of the shifter he used to be. He’s at the end of his rope...Categorized as:
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Captured by Moonlight by Nancy Gideon
IN THIS DARK THRILLER FROM NANCY GIDEON’S SULTRY NEW SERIES, SEXY NEW ORLEANS COP CHARLOTTE CAISSIE GOES HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH THE LAST NEMESIS SHE EVER EXPECTED: HER SUPERNATURAL BOYFRIEND. THEIR LOVE IS JUST BEGINNING. Detective Charlotte Caissie is growing used to the secrets that come with loving the mysterious leader of a shape-shifter clan... -
Bound By Moonlight by Nancy Gideon
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThey swore they’d be together forever. Detective Charlotte Caissie is suddenly sharing drawer space and making media news with her shape-shifter lover Max Savoie. Knowing the reformed mobster is determined to be accepted by her peers, how can she ask him to return to his criminal roots to help her solve a complex case? But those they trust the most . .Categorized as:
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Splintered by Dean Murray
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMost girls would have killed to be in Adri’s shoes, in fact several people think that’s exactly what she did. Of course life with a pack of shape shifters isn’t quite what she expected...Categorized as:
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Wolf Detective Next Door by Roxie Ray
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHelp—my new neighbor is dangerously hot and I think he might bite…My publisher thinks that the small, quiet town of Lily Valley is the perfect place to cure my writer’s block. But even she couldn’t have known about the real-life alpha hero living right across the hall.Miles is like a character straight from the pages of one of my romance novels...Categorized as:
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