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Lowlander Silverback by T.S. Joyce
Marked by a notoriously dangerous leader, Kong is gorilla shifter royalty who is being guarded until he is called to perform his fated duty for his people. That duty? Take over a family group and father the next generation of gorilla shifters. Too bad he has no interest in that future. His eyes and heart have been on a buxom beauty who works at the bar his Lowlander Crew hangs out at...Categorized as:
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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... -
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Axman Werebear by T.S. Joyce
Arranged marriage, hidden agendas, deep secrets, and heart-pounding romance come together to tell Bruiser’s story in the 5th installment of T. S. Joyce’s bestselling Saw Bears series. Diem Daye has led a sheltered life. As the only breeding female of her kind, her father has kept her tucked away and heavily guarded...Categorized as:
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Catalyst by Audrey Faye
The residences are coming, a teenage polar bear is stalking the northern border, and one of the old lieutenants is trying to slink his way home.Evan knows something about that walk. He also has serious pack responsibilities on his shoulders, these days. So of course his wolf has decided to be an idiot... -
Stray Cat: Shifters Unbound by Jennifer Ashley
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe elusive mate bond … For Lindsay, a lynx Shifter, it’s always been Xav, but will he share the mate bond she's forming with him?When Xav goes missing after one of his missions, Lindsay thrusts aside all doubts and focuses on one thing—finding Xav.Xav has had the best times of his life in Lindsay’s presence, though she’s impetuous and wild, which makes him crazy with worry... -
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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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...Categorized as:
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Fractured by Amber Lynn Natusch
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 22 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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Scarred by Amber Lynn Natusch
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 25 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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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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Bear Naked by Dana Marie Bell
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 29 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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The Rebel Witch by Lexi Blake
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKelsey Owens just wants to settle in with her gorgeous husbands, surrounding herself with her reclaimed family. Preparations should be made for the arrival of their new son. The world has other plans. War is brewing, powerful forces are lining up against everyone she loves, and her latest prisoner also happens to be her best friend in the world...Categorized as:
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Framed by Amber Lynn Natusch
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsHe left without pause – without looking back. The single connection to normality I had was driving back to Boston, to a life interrupted by the knowledge that legends and lore may not be just that, and left to contemplate what other monsters may be in existence beyond what he’d witnessed that night...Categorized as:
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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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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...Categorized as:
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Charming the Dragon by Jessie Donovan
A grumpy dragonman and a flighty but brilliant human female lawyer end up locked together in a secret room...Hayley Beckett’s sister desperately needs a shot of dragon’s blood to save her life. She’s a lawyer who helps dragon-shifters and refuses to buy it on the black market, nor can she join the sacrifice program because of the importance of her job...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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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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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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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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Furever Loyal by Riley Storm
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsKincaid’s appointment to a position of power is on hold after the accountant of House Ursa accuses him of stealing money. He knows someone is trying to frame him, but the question is who? The Queen of the bear shifters can only keep the accusation under wraps for a short time, so he must act fast...Categorized as:
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Mated to the Enemy by Riley Storm
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWhen Jessica flees the vicious werewolves for what she hopes will be the safety of House Ursa, she never expects anything more than a cold welcome. After all, she’s spent years listening to her sister’s mate preaching about the evil bear shifters. Now, one of those same bear shifters has been assigned as her guardian. Handsome, kind and utterly protective, she can’t help but think it’s an act...Categorized as:
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Shifting Alliances by Riley Storm
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWorking at a dive bar on the outskirts of Plymouth Falls, Amber Ferlund can’t fall any further. But when the darkness inside her rears its head yet again, driving her out into the cold darkness of a northern winter, she realizes there’s always one more level of hell. Having abandoned herself, she waits for death to free her from looming insanity...Categorized as:
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Bear Sin by Isadora Montrose
Ever since he came into his talent in adolescence, billionaire Patrick Bascom has been denying his inner bear. But waxing your chest can’t change your soul. An unexpected encounter with curvy bearshifter Heather Dupré rouses his bear instincts at last. Yet when Patrick learns that Heather is pregnant he thinks paying her off will be the easiest option. But her backwoods family has other ideas...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... -
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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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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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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Michael & Shyne by R.E. Butler
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsMichael Gerrick was beginning to wonder if he would ever find his truemate. Fate seemed to smile on him, when he fell hard for the delectable fitness instructor, Shyne. The only problem: three were-hyenas want her for their clan and are willing to do anything to get him out of the way. Shyne Jackson was smitten with Michael from the moment they met...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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Haunted by Amber Lynn Natusch
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 26 ratings"I cowered away from him, unable to formulate a coherent sentence. Questions ran through my mind though none made it past my lips. I wondered how this could be happening, what he wanted, and what major injustice I'd brought against the universe to bring a fate such as this upon me. Perhaps being born was reason enough...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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Gray Moon Rising by S.M. Reine
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIt’s been almost a year since Rylie Gresham was bitten by a werewolf on Gray Mountain. Now something is beckoning her back to the place she was attacked, along with every other werewolf in the world. But they aren’t the only ones heeding the call. A group of hunters notices them gathering and sees it as their chance to wipe out the entire species... -
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... -
Winter's Kiss by Mark Henwick
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAn Athanate NovellaWinter’s Kiss; sequel to The Biting Cold Everything changes. Everything. That is the gift and sorrow of immortality. Amanda Lloyd was brave when she testified against an evil criminal and ensured he went to prison. That was when she thought she was dying. Now she knows she’s not dying, and that same criminal has put out a contract on her...Categorized as:
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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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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... -
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... -
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...Categorized as:
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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... -
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... -
The Complete Bloodling Serial: Episodes 1-5 by Aimee Easterling
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA price, a princess, and a promise. Wolfie Young is a bloodling, a rare shifter born in wolf rather than in human form. Although he has trouble handling simple human interactions, the alpha soon finds his niche as the benevolent dictator of a pack of outcasts and misfits. But while struggling to grow into his responsibilities, Wolfie falls into Crazy Wilder's trap...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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Charred Tears by Lizzy Ford
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSkylar is being hunted by the very people she used to trust. Stung by Chace’s betrayal, she struggles to keep one step ahead of the slayers while digging deeper into the past she doesn’t remember for answers. Her heart belongs to Chace, but she won’t be fooled by him again, not when the price of trusting him could cost more than their lives... -
Alaskan Fury by Sara King
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsPARASITE PUBLICATIONS ~ Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy ALASKAN FURY: Long ago, Kaashifah the Fury, Chosen warrior of the Lord of War, fought a djinni to a stalemate in an ancient duel of souls. Three thousand years later, she and ‘Aqrab, the passionate djinni prince of the Fourth Lands, are still bound together, each waiting for the other to make that final, killing blow... -
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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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... -
Falling into the White by Christine M. Butler
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe Ancients Series, Vol. 2 This is a new-adult book intended for ages 16+. Jessica St. Marks has come to grips with being the stuff of legends. She is destined to be the leader of her kind, the werewolves. While she dreams of uniting the two breeds of werewolves, the Ancients and the Lesser, she must first put a stop to the tyrannical rule of the current werewolf king, Antoine De’Lune...Categorized as:
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