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  • Wake the Dead by Jocelynn Drake

    Wake the Dead by Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The dead wait for Caelan. The Goddess of Life has sent Caelan to wake her brother, the Dead God. But crossing the reclusive country of Zastrad is even more treacherous when Caelan and his friends aren’t sure they can trust their guide. The brotherhood of friends will be tested by violence, death, political intrigue, and secrets better left in the dark...
  • Far From Sherwood Forest by River Hale

    Far From Sherwood Forest by River Hale

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Robin. My time as an outlaw in Sherwood Forest was meant to end the day I chose to lay down the hood. Instead, it was ripped away from me as Little John and I were hurled into an unfamiliar world. Together, we adapted and built new lives. Five years later, the past finds me again. Henry, the Sheriff I once fought and then abandoned, is back, and his hatred burns even hotter than before...
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  • 울프 인더 하우스 1 [Wolf in the House 1] by Park Ji-yeon, 박지연

    울프 인더 하우스 1 [Wolf in the House 1] by Park Ji-yeon, 박지연

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    “나는 웨어울프야. 시베리아에서 온 종족의 후손. ”. 믿고 보는 BL 작가 박지연의 신작 단행본! 프리랜서 기자인 민석은 우연히 SNS에서 유기견 시베리아허스키 종 백산이의 공지를 발견한다. 입양이나 임시 보호자가 나타나지 않으면 내일 안락사를 할 수밖에 없다는데. 유달리 마음이 쓰이는 민석. 결국 백산이를 데리고 온다. 민석은 백산이가 먹을 사료를 사러 나가고, 그 사이 집에 있던 백산이는 사람의 모습으로 변해 있는데? ! 낮에는 개 아니 울프, 밤에는 사람이 된다고 하는 백산이. 개를 키우는 것 같기도, 사람과 함께 사는 것 같기도 한 상황...
  • Angel in Black Leather Pants by Lisa Oliver

    Angel in Black Leather Pants by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Cloverleah Pack Series, Book 9. Adair was tired of waiting. He knew he had a mate, although they'd never met, and his waiting wasn't made any easier watching Tobias snuggling close with his two mates. He'd thought a lot of the smaller wolf at one time. All he had was the company of his two brothers, and endless patrols trying to keep the Cloverleah pack lands safe...
  • History and Haunts by Minerva Howe

    History and Haunts by Minerva Howe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Secret Springs historical society manager Hank Vargas has two passions: history and hauntings. By day he's a mild-mannered historian. By night he hunts ghosts in old buildings and antique hotels...
  • History and Haunts by Minerva Howe

    History and Haunts by Minerva Howe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Secret Springs historical society manager Hank Vargas has two history and hauntings. By day he's a mild-mannered historian. By night he hunts ghosts in old buildings and antique hotels...
  • Blood Fall by Crista Crown

    Blood Fall by Crista Crown

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Josh Thomas had been turned into a vampire three years ago, and every day had been torture ever since then. Until he escaped his captors. But he wasn't trying to grab a chance at life, he was trying to find escape in true death. Kaden Ward had never imagined he could be so compatible with someone he could hear their thoughts, but he's found that in Josh. And Josh's mind is a dark and broken place...
  • Contested Crown by Kai Butler

    Contested Crown by Kai Butler

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    I can’t give him up, even if it costs me my life. .. Miles and Cade are on the run. Without money, protection, or allies they have only each other to rely on as they flee the most powerful mage house in the country. Unfortunately, the outside world is even more dangerous than the lion’s den they just escaped from...
  • Broken Bonds by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Broken Bonds by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    For years, Jackson Murphy and Jonas Brooks have been dancing around each other in a waltz of uncertainty and longing. One unexpected kiss meant to comfort rattles the two alphas, but neither is willing to make the first move. Now, their meddling packs are conniving to force the two alphas to see what they truly share — a bond of love...
  • Blaze by Wolf Specter, Angel Knots

    Blaze by Wolf Specter, Angel Knots

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A dragon who doesn’t know how to love…. Fate hasn't been kind to Ivan, but he doesn’t blame her. He's spent the last couple of centuries doing terrible things to the humans who live in the Eastern European territory once claimed by his sire, Nikolai. .. which makes him the last person with any right to expect kindness from something as fickle as fate...
  • Keeping Him: Thoreau Book Two by Mary Ann Weir

    Keeping Him: Thoreau Book Two by Mary Ann Weir

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Thoreau Jones is the darling of the Five Fangs wolf pack. Everyone loves him, especially his new family - including a wolf companion who knows exactly how it feels to lose your other half...
  • Betrayed by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Betrayed by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Kind, beautiful warlock Chance Christianson has spent a year trying to heal from the pain of losing his boyfriend to a random attack of violence. He has found a home with firefighters Locke Renfro and Logan MacLeod and has slowly put his life back together. Even more wondrous, he has fallen in love again - this time with gorgeous werewolf Logan. If only Logan would look at him that way. ..
  • Irish Wishes by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Irish Wishes by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Super werewolf Wayne Maccon has been fighting his growing feelings for a certain blond man for years. Previously mated to a woman, Wayne just can't seem to take that final step and be with the man who is his new mate. But how long will Conner O’Rourke wait for him to make up his mind? Conner O'Rourke has waited so many years for the alpha of the created wolves to claim him as his new mate...
  • A Cold Winter's Day by Lynn Hagen

    A Cold Winter's Day by Lynn Hagen

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    [Siren Everlasting Classic ManLove: Erotic Alternative Paranormal Romance, M/M, older hero, shape-shifters, HEA]. Malcolm Lakeland has watched most of his sons find their mates. He never thought a day would come when he would find one of his own. Leaving the rec center on a cold winter’s day, Malcolm hears a baby crying in the bed of his truck...
  • How to Hide Your Stolen Baby by Anna Wineheart

    How to Hide Your Stolen Baby by Anna Wineheart

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Ex-thief Joey has been sent to live with a policeman. Thing is, he stole his baby. Ever since Joey stole a dragon-shifter baby, his life has become infinitely more difficult. The bad guys are after him, and Joey has absolutely no experience with flame-breathing little children...
  • Walk a Mile by Sarah Madison

    Walk a Mile by Sarah Madison

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Sequel to Unspeakable Words. Six months after starting their hunt for a serial killer who is still at large, FBI agents Jerry Lee Parker and John Flynn are partners in every sense. But Jerry has serious doubts about their relationship and whether they would even be together if not for the way Flynn changed after touching a mysterious artifact in a museum...
  • Running from the Past by Jamie Lynn

    Running from the Past by Jamie Lynn

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Josh was raised in a home with an abusive father who gave him not a single shred of love or attention. Labeled by his father, his school and the courts as incompetent and dangerous to those around him, Josh knows that his life is unfair. He knows that he is none of those things, but his own self-doubts keep him from standing up for himself...
  • Knot Likely by Crista Crown, Susi Hawke

    Knot Likely by Crista Crown, Susi Hawke

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Take one omega with a neglected childhood, add a giant dollop of insecurity from a shitty ex, a good dash of yearning for a mate and family with a sprinkling of fear that he’ll turn out just like his absent addict mother and what do you get? Me. So when I discover my true mate and my abandoned baby brother (who I hadn’t known existed! ) on the same day, you can guess how well I’m doing...
  • Grayscale by Vinni George, Declan Winters

    Grayscale by Vinni George, Declan Winters

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cal Hunter didn't hate Jack Grayson the moment he met him. He actually kind of liked the arrogant great white shark shifter . . . until Jack left Cal zip-tied to a bed and stole Cal's job. Now, every time their paths cross, things get heated, and they both have the scars to prove it. Jack has always worked better alone, but there is something about Cal he can't get out of his system...
  • The Varcross Key by Aeron Dusk

    The Varcross Key by Aeron Dusk

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 5 ratings
    "You can't escape the curse. .. ". After years of abuse in a loveless relationship, Leo Grayson secretly packs up his life and heads west to Varcross, Oregon. But there’s a problem: Varcross doesn’t exist—well, not in Oregon. Strange lights over the highway send Leo careening into an impossible realm with no way to escape...
  • Brewtiful's by L. Eveland

    Brewtiful's by L. Eveland

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. .. Unless it's Nicola and Tripp! This jet-setting 4th installment of the Culinary Creatures series features Mothfolk Nicola Lightwing and Tripp Powers' story! (Full blurb coming soon. ) *Please be aware the pre-order date will likely be moved up! *.
  • Breath of Life by Jocelynn Drake

    Breath of Life by Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Caelan wants his throne back. The bargain has been struck, and it’s time to return home. But the situation is worse in Erya than he previously suspected. Betrayal runs deep in the streets of Stormbreak, and finding people he can trust will be treacherous. He has no choice, though. He’s fighting for his birthright, and maybe even a little revenge if he can get it...
  • Howl For Me by Dana Marie Bell

    Howl For Me by Dana Marie Bell

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    "For a love that will last through the ages, they must fight an evil older than time. ". "True Destiny, Book 3". Jeffrey Grimm's grandfather, Odin, tortured and nearly killed his twin sister. He's on a mission to return the favor. To get the job done, he needs the world's oldest living laser-hair-removal candidate: Fenrisulfr, the werewolf prophecy has decreed will kill Odin at Ragnarrok...
  • Truth and Consequences by Sarah Madison

    Truth and Consequences by Sarah Madison

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Sequel to Walk a Mile. The Sixth Sense: Book Three. When FBI agent Jerry Lee Parker wakes from a coma after a murderous attack on his life, he has no memory of his immediate past. In the blink of an eye, he has gone from having a nearly photographic memory to recalling nothing of the last six months of his life, including his partner and lover, John Flynn...
  • The Power Of The Bite by Lisa Oliver

    The Power Of The Bite by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Standalone Wolf Shifter/Vampire Novel. Dax Portrain has it all - he's the next Alpha of the only pack in town, he owns a successful night club and he has men falling all over him every night of the week. So when he catches sight of a new vampire in town, he tries to shrug off the instant attraction he feels. After all, everyone knows that wolf shifters and vampires do not get along...
  • Hayden's Pryde by C.K. Noel

    Hayden's Pryde by C.K. Noel

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lion shifter Prince Hayden Satchel knows fated mates no longer exist… until he meets his male fated mate! The 28-year-old comes from a rich family, has everything he could want, and is next in line to run his pride. So settling down with a woman he doesn’t love seems like a small price to pay for such a good life. Besides, she’ll be a good mother...
  • His Imperfect Mate by Lynn Hagen

    His Imperfect Mate by Lynn Hagen

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    [Siren Everlasting Classic ManLove: Erotic Alternative Paranormal Romance, M/M, vampires, shape-shifters, HEA]. Dudley has been taught that shifters are savage beasts that will sooner tear out a vampire's throat than mate them. He was also taught that shifters would rather let vampires starve than feed them...
  • From Bad to Worse by April Kelley

    From Bad to Worse by April Kelley

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Wesley is always scared. He never thought of himself as naïve, but he realizes he is when the senator he used to work for turns on him. When a wolf shifter, who claims to be his fated mate, comes to his rescue, Wesley knows he’s in even more danger. Paranormals are the enemy, after all. Sully’s mate is the enemy. He’s sure of it before he even meets him...
  • Redemption by Stormy Glenn

    Redemption by Stormy Glenn

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    [Siren Classic ManLove: Erotic Alternative Paranormal Romance, M/M, shape-shifters, vampires, light consensual BDSM, sex toys]. Rogan Owens lives a life of secret misery. Three years ago, he lost his mate, who couldn't come out of the closet and acknowledge their bond. He's suffered in silence ever since, taking over as alpha of his mate's clan. Rogan is overjoyed when he discovers Julian alive...
  • Julio's Wolf by A.C. Katt

    Julio's Wolf by A.C. Katt

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Julio Reyes has had a hard life. Orphaned at fourteen, he ran away from a group home to avoid rape but wound up being an independent prostitute in NYC. He has a life plan—go to school, become a stylist and open his own salon. Etienne Daurensbourg is one-hundred and thirty-nine years old and fears he’ll never find his Mate until his friend Alexei introduces him to Julio...
  • The Leopard Soul by Amy Sumida

    The Leopard Soul by Amy Sumida

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    I didn't even like the man whose life I saved. Kardri Vangrarre is my warlord; I serve as a captain in his army—the Leopard Army. I respect him, and even admire him, but I don't like him. At all. He's vain, arrogant, and way too public with his abundant love life. In fact, he was right in the middle of one of his freaky, public orgies when we were attacked...
  • Finding Love Again by Jamie Lynn

    Finding Love Again by Jamie Lynn

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Wren had everything, a husband he loved and who adored him, a son, and their babies’ mother who was an essential part of their life. He had everything he had ever wanted, until his husband started coughing. Year after year he fought for his life with Wren at his side. Just after the loss of his husband, Wren loses his son's mother, who had supported him and helped raise their son...
  • Doubtful Dreaming by Elle Lincoln

    Doubtful Dreaming by Elle Lincoln

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    The world falls apart around us. Screams fade into the night. No one is safe. And there is nothing we can do about it. Balor, Casseus, Mac, and Patrick. They have burrowed their way beneath my skin, consumed my heart, and now with Logan demand my soul...
  • Oliver's Forbidden Mate by Blake R. Wolfe

    Oliver's Forbidden Mate by Blake R. Wolfe

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    OLIVER. I make it a point not to date clients or humans. But my newest client, Charlie, has turned my entire world upside down. He's sweet and beautiful, everything I've ever wanted in a man. However, being with him puts everything at risk. Any other time I'd just cut ties and move on. But I can't. He's my mate. Now, I just have to tell him the truth. CHARLIE...
  • A Winter Awakening by Gigi Rivers

    A Winter Awakening by Gigi Rivers

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    An MM fantasy winter holiday novella. A naïve human virgin lost in the mountains. An older nymph who swoops in and rescues him. Gael fled on his wedding day when he realised he couldn’t marry the bride. He should have recognised it sooner, but he’s always been such a bumble-headed fool. Now he is fleeing on horseback. He gets lost and injured and takes shelter in a cave...
  • Sex, Wolves and Rock & Roll by Mina Carter

    Sex, Wolves and Rock & Roll by Mina Carter

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Rockstar. Sex God. Werewolf. Trent Savage has it all… apart from the one thing he really wants. His mate. The trouble is, the man Sav wants, the one who smells like home to him is none other than his band-mate, Karlan Rixx. The epitome of the playboy rocker, he’s sexy and gorgeous with the feral edge of a werewolf that gets Sav’s motor running every single time...
  • For the Rest of Eternity by Lynn Hagen

    For the Rest of Eternity by Lynn Hagen

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    [Siren Everlasting Classic ManLove: Erotic Alternative Paranormal Romance, M/M, vampires, HEA]. Jacob was devastated when the doctor diagnosed him with a rare blood disorder. Deciding to make the best of what time he has left, Jacob casts all caution aside and pursues the one man he had been warned away from…Shelby. Shelby smells the sickness on Jacob, his mate...
  • Take My Hand by Lynn Hagen

    Take My Hand by Lynn Hagen

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    [Siren Everlasting Classic ManLove: Erotic Alternative Paranormal Romance, M/M, vampires, werewolves, HEA]. Darcy is a worrier, a pessimist, and overanalyzes everything until the subject dies a slow and painful death…and then he worries some more. When he and his brother, Sterling, find their way to Brac Village, Darcy thinks the place is just too perfect...
  • Daniel's Mate by Lynn Tyler

    Daniel's Mate by Lynn Tyler

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Some secrets aren’t meant to be kept. Big, bad wolf shifter, Daniel Carter has been on the run for years. Finally settling down near the Smooth Rock Falls werewolf pack as a lone wolf, he feels he may actually have a chance at protecting the secret he’s been carrying with him. Trevor Armstrong is still recovering from half a year of horror...
  • A Very Holland Valentine by Toni Griffin, Erika O WIlliams

    A Very Holland Valentine by Toni Griffin, Erika O WIlliams

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Valentine's Day is fast approaching and with it the completion of the renovations to their home. None could be happier about this then Zack who can't wait to get away from Maryanne and all her fussing. Plans are being finalised for all four couples for the happy day. However, sleezy tradies, an over protective mother-in-law, and unexpected complications throw spanners in the works.
  • Wulfgang by Erin M. Leaf

    Wulfgang by Erin M. Leaf

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    **MPREG ROMANCE**. After years in the military, Wulfgang Marrok has had enough. He wants nothing more than to settle down into quiet normalcy and live out his life. Unfortunately, the moment he meets his music history professor, "normal" and "quiet" disintegrate beneath a sudden metaphysical connection he didn’t think was possible...
  • Piercings and Sandpaper Kisses by S.A. Welsh

    Piercings and Sandpaper Kisses by S.A. Welsh

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Zeke is an enforcer for his pack but since being back from visiting his little brother Remy, he's been noticing strange things. Never in his life did he imagine his alpha and inner circle would betray him, though. Zeke loses everything—his house, his business, his savings, but escapes with his sisters, nieces and nephew thanks to Remy coming to the rescue with a little vampire help...
  • Alpha Shaman by Erin M. Leaf

    Alpha Shaman by Erin M. Leaf

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    **MPREG ROMANCE**. The world isn’t ready for a rock star werewolf, but Josh Oakley can’t stop biology. When his brother sends sexy wolf shaman Gerwulf to help him, instinct is too mild a word for how he feels. Gerwulf calls to his animal in a way that defies logic. Gerwulf knows Josh is his mate the moment they meet, but he doesn’t like guys and he doesn’t intend to bond with anyone...
  • First Heat by Preston Walker

    First Heat by Preston Walker

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A First Time Gay Accidental Pregnancy Romance. DEACON. I’ve spent my life preparing to be alpha and uphold our pack’s traditions. Now I’m not sure how many of those traditions I believe in. Every day I protect the illusion my father’s not sick and dying...
  • Hunter's Moon by M.J. O'Shea

    Hunter's Moon by M.J. O'Shea

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Miles craves adventure. Freedom from his monotonous routine; but he's started to believe that perhaps adventure isn’t in his stars—until a late night encounter makes him wonder if the creatures he creates in his stories could possibly be real. PC is a wolf. A lycan since birth, he’s spent the first twenty-four years of his life trying to be the exact opposite of what everyone expects of him...
  • Single Omegas Only by S.C. Wynne

    Single Omegas Only by S.C. Wynne

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Mpreg Romance. Tyler Sly was born unable to conceive, and when you’re an omega, that’s a problem. When his brother convinces him to join him on a tour of the wine country, Tyler grudgingly agrees. But when he gets there, his brother is a no-show, and he discovers it's actually a singles tour...
  • Blood of the Alphas by Shannon West

    Blood of the Alphas by Shannon West

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    While working on Cade and Jax’s new lodge, their beta, Rayce, notices someone watching them from the hillside. Taking the man captive, Rayce is shocked to find his own blood mate. The new man, Tyler Adams, is a good looking actor, and surprisingly, his father was a Werekin. He says he’s only there to see the wolves in action, but no one believes him. The alphas believe the Hunters have returned...
  • Joey and the Fox by Hollis Shiloh

    Joey and the Fox by Hollis Shiloh

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Asshole cop. It's Joey's role, and one he's comfortable with. Joey tells gay jokes. He's crude, tough, and thick-skinned. But now he's got a chance to work with a fox shifter—and he doesn't want to lose that opportunity. Dylan is a mess: clingy and broken, cheerful but lost, seriously unpredictable…and very gay. But Joey desperately wants the partnership to succeed...
  • Branding An Icy Heart by Charlie Richards

    Branding An Icy Heart by Charlie Richards

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Out of the Cage: A vampire in motion remains in motion…until he runs into his beloved. Between discovering that two of his brothers have accepted male beloveds and learning his eldest brother is moving their coven to the United States, Aleksei Kuznetsov’s world has been turned upside down...
  • The Assassin & the Omega by Stephani Hecht

    The Assassin & the Omega by Stephani Hecht

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Simon may be the best tracker out there, but somebody else is on his trail, and if he doesn’t watch it, they may just catch him and not release him. Raised to never trust any other shifters outside his inner circles, the last thing Simon wants to do is to work with a Wolf, much less an Omega. Finn doesn’t want to work with Simon any more than Simon wants to be with him...
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