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Dark Prince's Dilemma by I. T. Lucas
Will Kian decide that the benefits of trusting Lokan outweigh the risks? Will Lokan betray his father and brothers for the greater good of his people?Are Carol and Lokan true-love mates, or is one of them playing the other?So many questions, the path ahead is anything but clear... -
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Ice Dragon's Caress by Riley Storm
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe harder I try to hold her, the more she slips away… Liz Wray never expected she’d end up a single mom, but after wild one night with a mysterious stranger, that’s exactly where she’s at. Three months later, the father shows up, intent on making things right. It’s far too late however, and for Liz, there’s a lot more to fatherhood than just biology...Categorized as:
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![Bound to Midnight by Mandy M. Roth]()
Bound to Midnight by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook Three in the Crimson Ops Series New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Series the Crimson Ops! Part of the Immortal Ops World! Operative: Philandros "Landros" Mires Immortal vampire operative Philandros "Landros" Mires has spent years withholding the truth from all around him. He's no stranger to lies and told himself over and over again that the ends justified the means... -
![Out of the Dark: Paranormal Security and Intelligence Ops Shadow Agents: Part of the Immortal Ops World by Mandy M. Roth]()
Out of the Dark: Paranormal Security and Intelligence Ops Shadow Agents: Part of the Immortal Ops World by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBook Four in the Shadow Agents Series Part of the Immortal Ops World! Operative: Wheeler Summerbee When the government approached Wheeler Summerbee with an opportunity to help serve his country at an even deeper level, he jumped at the chance. Little did he know he'd end up a creature of the night with a thirst for blood or that he had ties to gargoyles...Categorized as:
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![Mated to the Water Dragon by Riley Storm]()
Mated to the Water Dragon by Riley Storm
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Cheryl Anders’ parents left Plymouth Falls, she stayed behind, determined to prove to them that the town wasn’t dying. Over a decade later, she finally has her chance to show she was right. The Drakon family has committed to investing in the town with a massive project, and she’s going to oversee it all...Categorized as:
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Expecting Darkness by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook Two in the Crimson Ops SeriesNew York Times and USA Today Bestselling Series the Crimson Ops! Part of the Immortal Ops World!Searc Macleod is an immortal vampire special operative with Paranormal Security and Intelligence's "Fang Gang." He's fought for the side of good for nearly a century. But it turns out; his past is never far behind him...Categorized as:
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Area of Influence by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom NY Times & USA Today Bestselling Author Mandy M. Roth comes the much anticipated next book in the Immortal Ops Series! Paranormal Shifter Vampire Military Special Ops Romance Once a proud, fierce alpha male shifting operative with the Immortal Ops, Lance Toov finds himself under the thumb of an evil master vampire...Categorized as:
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Act of Passion by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsParanormal Shifter Military Special Ops Romance. Book five in the bestselling series PSI-Ops! Paranormal Security and Intelligence operative and lion-shifter Malik "Tut" Nasser's past is about to catch up to the ancient Egyptian. When he agreed to help test a drug that could help supernaturals with control issues, he never thought it would have the opposite effect on him... -
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Act of Brotherhood by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsParanormal Shifter Military Special Ops Romance. Captain Garth Ingersson is in charge of Paranormal Security and Intelligence Agency Special Ops Team Eight. Its a position he didn't originally want, but one he has grown to accept. The men who look to him to lead are like brothers to him. Especially since he and his twin brother had a falling out years ago...Categorized as:
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Healing the Wolf by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsParanormal Security and Intelligence Ops Shadow Agents: Part of the Immortal Ops WorldParanormal Security and Intelligence Operative and Shadow Agent Gram Campbell is not having a great year. So far this alpha-male wolf-shifter has had his heart and his body broken...Categorized as:
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![Bat Out of Hell by Mandy M. Roth]()
Bat Out of Hell by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOperative: Blaise RegnierCrimson Special Operative Blaise Regnier feels the darkness he carries within creeping up on him. With centuries under his skull-studded belt, this immortal vampire has seen a thing or two in his day. Not to mention he’s become something of an expert at hiding his worries and emotions behind dark wit and black leather pants... -
![Dark Queen’s Army by I. T. Lucas]()
Dark Queen’s Army by I. T. Lucas
As Mey anxiously waits for her transition to begin and for Yamanu to test whether his godlike powers are gone, the clan sets out to solve two mysteries:Where is Jin, and is she there voluntarily?Where is Kalugal, and what is he up... -
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Prime Valkyrie by Michael-Scott Earle
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsAdam has one mission: Hunt down the Magate Order and recover his kidnapped crew before they are lost forever. Unfortunately, his life has been bound to the Prime Valkyrie, and if Adam doesn’t submit to her powerful father, he’ll be executed... -
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Chief by Susan Bliler
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAlpha wolf shifter, Chief, has just suffered a surprising loss at the shifter pack battles, which sucks because the prize was a mate. Any hope of a she-wolf taming Chief’s out-of-control inner wolf is gone. Worse, the cost of his loss is a year stint at the Skin Walker compound, StoneCrow Estates. Being in Monroe StoneCrow’s employee isn’t someplace any wolf shifter wants to be... -
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![Savage Love by Riley Storm]()
Savage Love by Riley Storm
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThings are spinning wildly out of control for wolf shifter Lucien and House Canis. With the old clashing against the new, the time to choose sides has come. Lucien is confident he’s on the right side, but the battles ahead will test his strength, his conviction and his willpower. And it will leave him beaten, bloody and half-unconscious on the doorstep of the woman he wants to claim as his mate...Categorized as:
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Onyx Dragons: Jasper by Starla Night
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHe's the peace-keeping Onyx brother, but there's unrest in his own heart.Billionaire dragon shifter, Jasper, can have everything he wants. Everything, except for her. Rose is his employee. The woman who makes him breathe fire. Her life is a mess, so she has Jasper tidied away into the just-friends box. It's where he needs to stay for the sake of the Dragon Empire. Except that he doesn't want to... -
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Binary Pair by Michael-Scott Earle
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFollowing the hint given by Persephone, the crew arrives at planet Y-114-a. What they find throws them into an impossible struggle against an army of deadly robots, a corrupt corporation wishing to enslave the planet, and an evil that is more ancient than the galaxy.And this time, they might not all make it out alive...Categorized as:
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![Darkness by Joann I. Martin-Sowles]()
Darkness by Joann I. Martin-Sowles
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNot long ago, Laney Alexander was living a carefree life, that is, until she was thrown into a world full of creatures only the imagination thought possible. Now, after surviving a terrifying night, Laney and Oliver are lying low at Julz's place, relieved to be in each other's arms once again. But fate seems to have other plans..Categorized as:
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Charming by Victoria Danann
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratings*A string of murders point to a hybrid killer*A girl on the run is dropped off at Charming's door.*His previously well-ordered world has turned into one big hot mess. For six years humans have lived in peace with the human-animal hybrids known as the EXILED, integrating, intermarrying, and sharing culture... -
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Dances With Raptors by Poppy Woods
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings65 Million Years Ago,Dinosaurs walked the earth. People think that a meteor or some super volcano wiped them all out, or that aliens saved them like a holy arc coming from the sky. Some think that they had their time and were selected for extinction. The thing is, fossils only show those that died. . -
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Tallius by Susan A. Bliler
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsEnemies! Mira has hated Tallius from the moment she watched the War Gods Beta kill her pack’s own Beta. The War Gods attacked in the night and annihilated her pack, and while Mira has grown a lot since that day—even working her way up to Beta status in her new pack, the Fury—memories of Tallius still haunt her... -
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Billionaire Dragon's Mate by Anya Nowlan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCan a billionaire bad boy dragon change his ways and put it all on the line for one curvy, sassy redhead? Cillian Greenmeadow is a fixer, the guy who makes problems disappear in a puff of smoke. Confident, charming and a real bad boy at heart, right down to the tattoos, everything seems to come easy to the Alpha dragon... -
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Bearly Magic by Catherine Vale
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe local humans don’t know it, but they live among a growing community of shifters, mages, dark elves, and even vampires. San Fransisco may look like a beautiful city by day, but when the lights go down, the streets are crawling with paranormal creatures, of all kinds. Angela Mason works for the Order of Protection...Categorized as:
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![Dragon Blood: Cobalt Dragons Book 1 by Amelia Jade]()
Dragon Blood: Cobalt Dragons Book 1 by Amelia Jade
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen word reaches Kaitlyn Harver that her boss wants her in his office now , she starts to panic. How could he know? She hasn’t told a soul. All she wants is to do her job and climb the corporate chain. Leapfrogging the other senior directors by accompanying her boss on a private jet to another continent isn’t how she imagined doing it... -
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![The Vampires' Blood Mate: A Paranormal Reverse Harem Romance by Lili Zander]()
The Vampires' Blood Mate: A Paranormal Reverse Harem Romance by Lili Zander
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Complete Vampires' Blood Mate Series, now available in one Boxed Set. The vampires of Shayde want more than just my blood… The first night, I was bitten. The second night, I was hunted. The third night— the night I was marked for death —I attracted the attention of four dangerous, enigmatic vampires. Ragnar, Saber, Zeke, and Nero...Categorized as:
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![Terr4tory by Susan Bliler]()
Terr4tory by Susan Bliler
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWilla Hutchinson is in trouble. With her Alpha now dead, the lead falls to her. Problem is, she’s an unmated female in charge of a pack of young shifters. Suitors and challengers are coming from miles around to attempt to claim her territory, her pack, and her! Willing to fight to the death to defend her pack, she knows the odds of survival are slim... -
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Roman: Fury of Her King by Julia Mills, Linda Boulanger
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsBook 2 in the Kings of the Blood series. The books can be read as stand-alone stories, but it is advisable to read them in order to get the most enjoyment from the series. She thought it was a chance meeting… He knew it was Destiny. Her dreams were coming true… His future was within his grasp. Life turns on a dime. Things can change in the blink of an eye... -
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Captiva Captive by Talyn Scott
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThree things should have never happened: Habaline Shapeshifters walked the face of the earth, legends of Mythoi blended in flawlessly with human society, and Blythe Giarrusso returned home to Florida. A powerful vampyr will stop and nothing to get her back. Unfortunately, he’s standing in a very long line...Categorized as:
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Wolf's Surrender by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook One in the Immortal Ops World Spin Off Shadow Agents / PSI-Ops! Shapeshifter Military Paranormal Romance Total surrender doesn't come easy to a natural born alpha. Shape-shifting Special Operative Brad Durant has been held against his will by the enemy for nearly a year... -
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Immortal Ops Box Set by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsBox Set Available for a LIMITED TIME ONLY and on SUPER sale for a LIMITED TIME ONLY! Immortal Ops Box Set Books 1-4 Paranormal Shifter Military Special Ops Romance Box Set includes: 1. Immortal Ops 2. Critical Intelligence 3. Radar Deception 4... -
![Strategic Vulnerability: New & Lengthened 2016 Anniversary Edition by Mandy M. Roth]()
Strategic Vulnerability: New & Lengthened 2016 Anniversary Edition by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFrom NY Times & USA Today Bestselling Author Mandy M...Categorized as:
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Strategic Vulnerability by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHeld prisoner in remote testing facility in the middle of the Brazilian rainforest, subjected to torture and abuse, Wilson Rousseau has long since given up hope of being rescued. Days blend together until he can’t help but long for death. Saved from his isolated hell by a female’s distress call, he feels an instant connection to her... -
![Tiger's Claim by Celia Kyle]()
Tiger's Claim by Celia Kyle
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsJaguar shifter Stella Moore has one thing on her mind - to take down the anti-shifter organization that destroyed her family. Her plans are going perfectly until a sexy-as-sin stranger throws off her game and decides the only way they can both avoid getting caught is to claim her as his girlfriend. Wait! What? Now she has to fly to a tropical island and play along because the alternative is.. -
![Loving The Bear: BBW Paranormal Bear Shifter Romance by Natalie Kristen]()
Loving The Bear: BBW Paranormal Bear Shifter Romance by Natalie Kristen
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsElle Redfern is done running. She has just bought a modest, little bakery and she hopes to finally be able to make a fresh start in this small town. She has never known love and happiness, and she wishes, with all her heart, that she could find true love and have a happily-ever-after. Like in a fairy tale. But her life is no fairy tale. She has the scars to prove it... -
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![Tempting The Bear by Natalie Kristen]()
Tempting The Bear by Natalie Kristen
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHarper Clair may be desperate, alone and pregnant, but she will fight to protect her unborn baby. She will do everything to give her baby a happy life and a loving family. If she could meet her true love and create a happily-ever-after for herself and her child, that would be really nice. But that's just wishful thinking. Nice things didn't happen to her. No matter... -
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Taming The Lion by Natalie Kristen
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWinston Knight is a lion shifter and the Sheriff of Shadow Point. He serves and protects the small town, and he has his life in order. A strong, sexy man in uniform has his share of female admirers but his lion has never wanted to claim a mate. But when a brave, beautiful woman careens into his life, Winston realizes that he has found his mate in this curvy, lion-hearted human... -
![Embracing The Lion: BBW Paranormal Lion Shifter Romance by Natalie Kristen]()
Embracing The Lion: BBW Paranormal Lion Shifter Romance by Natalie Kristen
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSold to a vampire when she was a girl, Tara Score never thought she'd ever experience happiness, let alone a happily-ever-after. After she is viciously assaulted by one of her master's guests, Tara flees into the woods. She would rather die than be turned into a cold, blood-sucking monster. Alone and dying, Tara makes a wish… Tara wakes to find herself in the bed of a handsome lion shifter... -
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Bad Bear by Natalie Kristen
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsStaci Castillo is the new girl in town. She has just accepted a transfer to the small town of Shadow Point and is having a girls' night out with her new colleagues. She has never slipped out of a bar to make out with a hot, handsome hunk in an alley before. But she didn't move to a new town to live the same unadventurous, unexciting life... -
![Brave Bear by Natalie Kristen]()
Brave Bear by Natalie Kristen
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsStruggling single mom Serena Locke just wants to give her daughter a rare treat on her birthday. She wants Ashley to have a happy birthday like any other five-year-old. But when a simple trip to the ice-cream parlor turns into a nightmare, Serena is forced to run to keep her little girl safe... -
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Brash Bear by Natalie Kristen
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShy, curvy Bella Paige finds herself at a rowdy, wildly exuberant wedding. Having just moved to the small town of Shadow Point, she doesn't really know anyone and frankly, she's a little overwhelmed. More comfortable around books than people, Bella ducks behind a potted plant, seeking refuge from the madness. But of course that backfires... -
![The Blackstone Bear by Alicia Montgomery]()
The Blackstone Bear by Alicia Montgomery
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBen Walker’s bear is out of control and he can’t let anyone know, not even his family and closest friends. The darkness inside is threatening to consume him, but when he meets Penny, he knows she’s the one: his mate, the one who can calm his bear. And for once in his life, he feels he has a bright future ahead. Even though she’s human, Blackstone has become a sanctuary for Penny Bennet... -
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Alien's Feral Seed by Aya Morningstar
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAbducted. Taken to a hellish alien world. And it only gets worse.Horrifying creatures called the Vereni are out for my blood,But my abductor is an alien warrior who claims he's my protector.He says there's only one thing that will truly keep me safe.His seed.To protect me, he fights through the Vereni with a ferocity and possessiveness that no human man has ever shown me...Categorized as:
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![Radar Deception: New & Lengthened 2016 Anniversary Edition by Mandy M. Roth]()
Radar Deception: New & Lengthened 2016 Anniversary Edition by Mandy M. Roth
New & Lengthened 2016 Anniversary Edition From NY Times & USA Today Bestselling Author Mandy M. Roth comes the much anticipated New & Lengthened Anniversary Edition of Radar Deception Pre-order now and lock in the price $0.99 USD! (Special $.99 USD rate for limited time only) Paranormal Shifter Military Special Ops Romance Dr...Categorized as:
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Night's Master by Amanda Ashley
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsPassion Has a Darker Side... Kathy McKenna was sure that the little Midwestern town of Oak Hollow would be isolated enough for safety, but the moment the black-clad stranger walked into her bookstore, she knew she was wrong. Raphael Cordova exudes smouldering power, and his sensual touch draws Kathy into a world of limitless pleasure and unimaginable dangers...Categorized as:
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![Critical Intelligence: New & Lengthened 2016 Anniversary Edition by Mandy M. Roth]()
Critical Intelligence: New & Lengthened 2016 Anniversary Edition by Mandy M. Roth
From NY Times & USA Today Bestselling Author Mandy M. Roth comes the much anticipated New & Lengthened Anniversary Edition of Critical Intelligence Pre-order now and lock in the price $0.99 USD! (Special $...Categorized as:
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![Primal Claim by Marie Johnston]()
Primal Claim by Marie Johnston
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAfter losing her family to feral shifters, Dani dedicated her life to eradicating those responsible, almost reaching Agent status with Sigma. Uncertainty about the network, and questions about their purpose were plaguing her when she was tasked with a mission that would forever change her and send her running toward those she once sought to destroy...Categorized as:
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![The Werewolf's Baby by Natalie Kristen]()
The Werewolf's Baby by Natalie Kristen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsShe thought it was just for one night… Kerry Scott will do anything to save her sister. Anything. Even putting herself up for auction at The Ring, an exclusive, private club for some of the wealthiest, most powerful shifters in the city. It's just for one night, right? Wrong. And Kerry doesn't realize how wrong she is until it is too late.. -
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Alpha Shifter Seductions Boxed Set by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBoxed Set Contains: Blaze of Glory (Prospect Springs Shifters) Pike’s Peak (League of the Unnatural) Tipping the Scales (Stop Dragon My Heart Around) Warriors of Darkness Blaze of Glory (Shifter Paranormal Romance): Sheriff Jonathan MacSweeny is in charge of keeping the peace in Prospect Springs. Frontier living isn't what it used to be... -
![A Wife For The Bear by Natalie Kristen]()
A Wife For The Bear by Natalie Kristen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWitness to her father's murder, Lisha Kwok knows she is in grave danger. Lisha thinks she has found a safe haven in the small shifter town of Moonstone Creek. But there are some things you can never run away from. There is something in her, an animal waiting to emerge..Categorized as:
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![Marrying The Bear: Paranormal Bear Shifter Romance by Natalie Kristen]()
Marrying The Bear: Paranormal Bear Shifter Romance by Natalie Kristen
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA wish unleashes magic, mayhem and the mating heat... After suffering heartbreak and betrayal, Alisa finds herself out of a job and running out of options. On a whim, she makes a wish. The wish is simple enough. She wishes to find her true love and live happily ever after. Tristan Gray, bear shifter and the boss of Gray's Domain, receives a call from his grandmother...Categorized as:
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