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A Very Beastly Christmas by T.S. Joyce
Dominant grizzly shifter, Easton Novak, hasn’t celebrated the holidays since he was a child, but his mate is about to make this Christmas one for the books. She’s been hiding something from him, and her revealed secrets are about to knock his world upside down. Making his woman happy should come naturally, but now he’s overthinking everything...Categorized as:
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![A Very Meowy Christmas by Zoe Chant]()
A Very Meowy Christmas by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsBeing cool as a cat is harder than it looks when unexpected love strikes!Single dad and bobcat shifter Mason has moved to Virtue to raise his toddler in the safety of a shifter community. But minor catastrophe strikes when his daughter escapes to play in the woods, and the last thing Mason expects when she's found is to meet his mate...Categorized as:
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![A Christmas Like No Otter by Zoe Chant]()
A Christmas Like No Otter by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLove otter be easier....Otter shifter and piano player Abe is usually pretty suave, but that was before the otterly amazing new choir director turned out to be his fated mate! His otter is so excited that Abe himself can't get a word in edgewise... -
![Bear's Midlife Christmas by Meg Ripley]()
Bear's Midlife Christmas by Meg Ripley
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsChristmas is supposed to be the season of miracles. But seeing my ‘90s high school boyfriend change into a bear isn’t the miracle I’d hoped for.I’ve spent my life trying to create the perfect family.Now look at me, divorced at 44 with an empty nest,Spending my first Christmas alone.I just inherited my aunt’s winery up in Carlton,So at least I’ll have that to keep me busy... -
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![Jingle My Bells by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero]()
Jingle My Bells by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA merry mated matrimony…All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth. Well, okay, literally speaking I want these two legs I’m standing on to be permanent. I want my scales to not pop up if it rains or if someone spills their drink on me. I want a house on land and a pet that has fur instead of two rows of razor sharp teeth. I’ve always felt like a crab out of her shell except when I’m on land... -
![Blackstone Ranger Scrooge by Alicia Montgomery]()
Blackstone Ranger Scrooge by Alicia Montgomery
Her Best Christmas PresentSanta arrived early for J.D. McNamara and brought her the best gift of all - her own fated mate. Polar bear shifter Cameron Spenser checks off everything on her list: sexy as sin, hot as hell, and a dynamite in the sack. There’s just one little problem: he hates Christmas. But that’s not going to stop the feisty feline shifter...Categorized as:
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![Christmas Getaway Griffin by Zoe Chant]()
Christmas Getaway Griffin by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlways the sidekick, never the heroine...June Lockley knows that life isn’t a Christmas rom-com. Okay, so she’s spending the holidays in a picturesque shifter town that goes way over the top with the decorations. Okay, so there’s ice-skating and hot chocolate and way too many people interested in her personal life. Even if this was a Hallmark movie, she’d be the funny BFF... -
![Holly Jolly Lycan Christmas by Alicia Montgomery]()
Holly Jolly Lycan Christmas by Alicia Montgomery
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsDante Muccino’s wolf is restless. After watching all his friends and family pair up with their True Mates, the animal inside him wants what they have. Children. Family. And a woman to call his own. When he runs into rival Holly Taylor, his wolf is intrigued, but the frosty chef won’t give him the time of day... -
![Santa Soldier Bear by Meg Ripley]()
Santa Soldier Bear by Meg Ripley
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA spinster snow leopard.A heartbroken polar bear.And the magical Christmas they’ll never forget.They say you can’t run from your past, but that’s exactly what I did.I was minding my own business, tending to my ranch, when an old Army buddy called me up.After the hell I’d been through, he didn’t want me to spend Christmas alone,So I agreed to head to L.A... -
![Mistletoe and Spirits by Amy Boyles]()
Mistletoe and Spirits by Amy Boyles
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBlissful is locked in a house full of spirits two days before Christmas? Will she escape in time to enjoy Christmas with Roan?Blissful Breneaux is expecting a quiet, uneventful Christmas with her fiancé Roan, but all that changes when a ghost from her past needs her help locating someone—Blissful's father, Vince Breneaux, who happens to be dead... -
![A Hellhound for Christmas: Shifters for Christmas Book 5 by Zoe Chant]()
A Hellhound for Christmas: Shifters for Christmas Book 5 by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt’s beginning to look a lot like a Christmas disaster…Things aren’t going quite to plan for Willow this Christmas. Sure, her home repair business is booming… but that’s only because her quaint, snowy hometown of Hidden Valley is being battered by a series of ferocious rainstorms that show up out of nowhere, wreak havoc, and then disappear as quickly as they came... -
![Bear for the Holidays by Zoe Chant]()
Bear for the Holidays by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHe's home for the holidays, but not in the way he expected.Bear shifter and biologist Nik Shevchenko is home in Colorado for the first time in years, and as soon as he’s done with the heron count that brought him back, he’s heading to his parents’ place for the bright, boisterous holiday he’s been craving for ages...Categorized as:
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![Thawing His Hart: A Christmas Novella by Zoe Chant, Elva Birch]()
Thawing His Hart: A Christmas Novella by Zoe Chant, Elva Birch
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEscape to a resort for shifters only with a cozy holiday mystery that will melt your heart!A rare white hart shifter who was imprisoned in a cruel shifter zoo, Robert returns to the rebuilt Shifting Sands Resort to prove that he’s put his demons to rest and his memories of captivity behind him...only to meet a mate who doesn’t recognize him... -
![Dragon Frost by Donna Grant]()
Dragon Frost by Donna Grant
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNew York Times and USA Today bestselling author Donna Grant returns for a Dragon King holiday novella.The holiday season is Rhi’s favorite time of year, which means Con loves it, too. Except they’re on Zora, where there are no traditions—and beginning one could be hazardous. Finding the lost dragons should’ve given everyone peace. Instead, they’re facing powerful enemies at every turn... -
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![A Pegasus for Christmas by Zoe Chant]()
A Pegasus for Christmas by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOn the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… a pegasus in a hideous Christmas sweater.Christmas is just another day for Celeste. As the destined protector of magical wards keeping an unspeakable threat at bay, she’s fated to spend her days in a deserted lighthouse, maintaining the wards and watching out for danger... -
![Splashing Through the Snow by Zoe Chant]()
Splashing Through the Snow by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe only way to break his curse is to bring his mate to the Defenders holiday party. Too bad she hates the holidays. Norris loves his unusual shift form. What marine paleontologist wouldn't want to turn into a giant prehistoric fish? When he meets his mate Annabeth, a brilliant and beautiful barista studying to be a marine biologist, love hits him like a tidal wave... -
![Tamed by the Berserkers: A menage shifter romance by Lee Savino]()
Tamed by the Berserkers: A menage shifter romance by Lee Savino
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratings“You are wild and disobedient. A threat to yourself and all others. To save your life, we must prove you are bonded and submitted fully to us.” His voice was a guttural growl. I lick my lips and challenged, “And what if you fail?” Thorsteinn snarled. “We will not fail,” Vik said. "Sorrel, we’re going to tame you... -
![Tropical Holiday Tails by Zoe Chant]()
Tropical Holiday Tails by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsEscape to a tropical holiday vacation at a shifters-only resort where the gift under the tree is destiny.In A Christmoose Story, hockey player Lars is desperate to impress the shy, bookish caribou shifter Julie... -
![Joy to the Squirrel by Lauren Esker]()
Joy to the Squirrel by Lauren Esker
Joy isn't exactly living up to her name lately.This stressed-out squirrel shifter is on a constant treadmill, struggling to pay the bills and raise her younger sister.Christmas at a beautiful mountain lodge sounds like exactly the medicine to cure her winter blues.But Fated Mountain Lodge isn't having a merry Christmas either... -
![Ultimate Bear Christmas Magic: Five Bear Shifter Holiday Romances by Ariana Hawkes]()
Ultimate Bear Christmas Magic: Five Bear Shifter Holiday Romances by Ariana Hawkes
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThis Christmas, wrap yourself up in these five smoking-hot bear shifter romances!Bear Home For Christmas An orphaned Noelle alone for the festive season and an ex-soldier bear Granger on a mission to find his wayward brother are thrown together in a snowstorm... -
![A Very Alpha Christmas: Over 25 Paranormal Holiday Tales of Werewolves, Dragons, Shifters, Vampires, Fae, Witches, Billionaires, Magics, Ghosts, Demons and More by Mandy M. Roth, Michelle M. Pillow]()
A Very Alpha Christmas: Over 25 Paranormal Holiday Tales of Werewolves, Dragons, Shifters, Vampires, Fae, Witches, Billionaires, Magics, Ghosts, Demons and More by Mandy M. Roth, Michelle M. Pillow
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFrom the creators of the NY Times & USA TODAY Bestselling Anthology Taming the Alpha comes... A Taming the Alpha Big Box Set of Spicy Paranormal Romance Tales featuring OVER 25 ALL NEW, NEVER RELEASED stories from New York Times, USA Today and Bestselling Authors Limited Time Boxed Set Stories include:Mandy M. Roth - Heated Holiday: Bureau of Paranormal Investigation She's fire... -
![Bad Boy Alphas Starter Set by Renee Rose, Lee Savino]()
Bad Boy Alphas Starter Set by Renee Rose, Lee Savino
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLove dominant alpha heroes, intricate, suspenseful plots and a major dose of full-moon induced passion with your romance? Get pulled into a world of fierce shifters who will stop at nothing to claim and protect their mates. The stand-alone romances in the Bad Boy Alphas series will keep you up reading into the night with stories so hot, they'll melt your kindle... -
![Her Christmas Phoenix by Zoe Chant]()
Her Christmas Phoenix by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAll she wants for Christmas is a sizzling hot shifter... and a flock of movie-quoting penguins.Avery loves working in Antarctica, but when she winds up spending the holidays alone at her research station, it's hard to find any Christmas cheer. Then there's the cascade of unwanted--and unclothed--photos guys on her dating site keep sending her... -
![Married And Bright: A Firecats Holiday Story by P. Jameson]()
Married And Bright: A Firecats Holiday Story by P. Jameson
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsShe makes him jolly, so he’s gonna put a ring on it.They fell in love when they were snowed in. A broken, unshiftable werecat and a curvy flowershop owner who had no one. Fated mates, who found each other accidentally. Happily-ever-after was inevitable.But their Christmas story doesn’t end there.Malcolm and Francesca both want more. At the top of their holiday list is a family of their own... -
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![Etched in Frost by L.R. Friedman]()
Etched in Frost by L.R. Friedman
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEtched in Frost is a contemporary Jack Frost reimagining with Swan Lake vibes. An angsty, fated mates, shifter/mortal romance, this standalone includes some dark themes and content best suited for those over the age of 18.Jolie I always believed ballet was the love of my life.My fate.Until that tragic day that rocked my world...Categorized as:
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![Jingle Bells and Dragon Spells by Harmony Raines]()
Jingle Bells and Dragon Spells by Harmony Raines
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVarn has endured one of the worst fates for a shifter - having his mate whisked away before he could even meet her. But now, fate seems to have granted him the second chance he never thought he'd have. During the festive season in Wishing Moon Bay, he senses that she is near, a feeling he never thought he'd experience again. After a long journey across the seas, Carys has arrived in town... -
![Taken: An Evan's Alphas Prequel by D.J. Heart]()
Taken: An Evan's Alphas Prequel by D.J. Heart
When someone tries to kidnap his mate, Peter Tank sees red. No one messes with what’s his and gets away with it... Chad thinks it’s a little weird when Peter sends a bodyguard to pick him up at the airport instead of one of the usual drivers, but not that weird. Peter is often a little overzealous where Chad’s safety is concerned... -
![A Unicorn for Christmas by Zoe Chant]()
A Unicorn for Christmas by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith an undercover unicorn filling in for Santa, it’s going to be a very magical Christmas...Working over Christmas as one of Santa’s little helpers in her local mall might not be Callie’s dream job, but she doesn’t have much choice if she wants to make rent this month... -
![A Green Valley Christmoose Disaster by Zoe Chant]()
A Green Valley Christmoose Disaster by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt’s the moosed wonderful time of the year!Turner has a gym full of sugar-fueled kids and a big red suit to fill when Santa Claus fails to check in for the Green Valley Christmas Pageant dress rehearsal, but more disaster is on the program when he falls at the feet of his fated mate... -
![Wolf's Midlife Christmas by Meg Ripley]()
Wolf's Midlife Christmas by Meg Ripley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAt 48, running a café while wrangling twin wolf toddlers was hard enough.Then fate decided to mate me with a rock star, just in time for Christmas.Welcome to my midlife crisis, holiday edition.Here I am, guardian of my twin grandpups and café owner, Thinking my biggest dilemma was choosing my next muffin flavor. But fate had a Christmas twist up its sleeve...Categorized as:
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![Substitute Santa by Zoe Chant]()
Substitute Santa by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA stand-in Santa. A determined elf. And a mall Christmas Village on the brink of disaster.The holidays are full of surprises, and polar bear shifter Wade just got hit with a he needs to take over as the mall’s Santa.Wade is used to the peace and quiet of his woodworking shop, not the non-stop chaos of the Christmas Village... -
![The Christmas Dragon's Heart by Zoe Chant]()
The Christmas Dragon's Heart by Zoe Chant
A curvy hotel manager longing for a real home + a broken fire dragon shifter who hates Christmas + a lost dragon hoard = a magical Christmas romance! Curvy workaholic Claire Corbett has just landed the job of her lifetime: a position managing the Snow Castle, a winter retreat in the mountains. With her little brother along for the ride, Christmas promises to be all work and no play this year... -
![Christmas Hellhound by Zoe Chant]()
Christmas Hellhound by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAll Caine wants for Christmas is to get rid of his hellhound. Twelve months ago, Caine Guinness was attacked by a pack of hellhound shifters and became one of them. All he wants is to be human again. His search for a cure brings him to snowy Pine Valley, home of magical dragon shifters, Christmas cheer... and Meaghan Markham. All Meaghan wants for Christmas - is a merry Christmas. Just one... -
![Christmas Pegasus by Zoe Chant]()
Christmas Pegasus by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIt isn’t fate. But it is love. Owl shifter Olly has always trusted her inner animal. So when her owl makes it clear that handsome, rugged Jackson isn’t her mate, she knows that what she feels for him can’t be true love… right? Last Christmas, Jackson gave Olly his heart. And her owl chewed it up and spat it back at him. He’s tried to stay away from her…but a year apart hasn’t changed anything... -
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![Sweetheart by Athena Steller]()
Sweetheart by Athena Steller
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsLevi He left behind his clutch, his parents, and siblings for the chance of finding his mate. The person who was meant to be just for him. The perfect match promised by the fates for the chosen ones. Finding his mate nearly brought Levi to his knees with happiness. Mason, a park ranger, was everything he could have ever wanted as a partner. As his boy... -
![Etched in Frost by L.R. Friedman]()
Etched in Frost by L.R. Friedman
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJolie I always believed ballet was the love of my life.My fate.Until that tragic day that rocked my world. Now my mom is gone, I’ve lost my spot at the Institute, and I’m left to pick up the pieces and start over on my own... -
![A Pinerock Bear Christmas by Lauren Esker]()
A Pinerock Bear Christmas by Lauren Esker
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAt Christmastime, anything is possible ... Gloria Munson thinks she's about to have the worst Christmas of all time when her car breaks down during a blizzard in rural Pinerock County. But then she's rescued by a very special bear shifter clan who invite her to share their rural ranch Christmas .. -
![Love at Frost Bite: Davy (Mated to His Reindeer) by Jena Wade]()
Love at Frost Bite: Davy (Mated to His Reindeer) by Jena Wade
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsOmega reindeer shifter Davy Frost is all for peace between the two reindeer herds that live in Shiverfall and Winterpoint. The feud has gone on too long, it’s silly. Of course he wants a truce—Davy just wishes he wasn’t the one picked for the arranged mating designed to make that happen.Alpha reindeer shifter Lachlan Blizzard wants peace and quiet... -
![Love at Frost Bite: Alvin (Mated to His Reindeer) by Lorelei M. Hart]()
Love at Frost Bite: Alvin (Mated to His Reindeer) by Lorelei M. Hart
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhat better Christmas present is there than a second chance at your first love?Omega reindeer shifter Alvin was fired from his modeling gig right before Christmas. Sure, he was “modeling” as his reindeer self and refused to eat the poisonous leaf a child insisted was their present for Santa’s friend, but still…being fired sucked... -
![Dragon VIP: Peridot by Starla Night]()
Dragon VIP: Peridot by Starla Night
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsDisgraced. Damaged. Dull. Dragon-shifter Peridot has been called all that and more. Exiled to Earth, he will prove himself and answer his boss's question: What is the mysterious "spirit" of Christmas? One enticing woman can give him that answer. The more time he spends with her, the more he wants to forget his past and taste her forbidden sweetness... Curvy. Klutzy. Cinnamon-scented... -
![Dragons Don't Do Happy Holidays by Harmony Raines]()
Dragons Don't Do Happy Holidays by Harmony Raines
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsBrooding dragon shifter Flint wants a new start. So, when he arrives in Wishing Moon Bay the plan is simple. Get in. Get out. And avoid the merriness as much as possible.However, with a dark past, and nothing to his name, getting any supplies for his journey is all but impossible-so much for the season of giving.But, as they say, when one door closes, another opens...Categorized as:
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![The Christmas Dragon's Love by Zoe Chant]()
The Christmas Dragon's Love by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA dragon with a frozen heart. A woman lost in an unnatural blizzard. And a passion that will melt the ice... For ten years, dragon shifter Jonathan has slept in the ice, bound by a promise that he made to save his family. But when a freezing woman stumbles into his cave in the middle of a blizzard, Jonathan finds himself drawn back into the land of the living... -
![A Dragon for Christmas by Zoe Chant]()
A Dragon for Christmas by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA single mother who wants to give her son a merry Christmas… A dragon shifter cop who doesn’t know the meaning of the word ‘holiday’… And a Christmas resort with a deadly secret. Things have been tough for Georgia. Her husband walked out and she works two jobs to make ends meet... -
![A Hippogriff for Christmas by Zoe Chant]()
A Hippogriff for Christmas by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe has three days to convince her to love Christmas...Annie’s never had a family she could celebrate Christmas with. She’d be just as happy to work right through the holiday season at her busy bakery, but her well-meaning boss demands that she take some time off. Her plan: too much Netflix, and way too much pie... -
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![Her Vampire Suspect by Brenda Trim]()
Her Vampire Suspect by Brenda Trim
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“You’re in over your head, Agent.”I told her not to come to the club.The beautiful mortal on a mission. She shouldn't be back. But women are dying, and she thinks we're involved.FBI agent or not, she can't take on the vampire king and win.I need to help her find a serial killerBut she won't obey me.So I'll have to make her.And when our enemies close in, I won't throw her to the wolves... -
![Christmas Midlife Mate by Meg Ripley]()
Christmas Midlife Mate by Meg Ripley
At 45, Santa finally brought me the right guy for Christmas—Until he turned into a bear.Christmas is supposed to be merry and bright,But as a single mom with my only kid studying overseas,The magic of the holidays has lost its luster.My bestie in Cape Cod invites me to her place,And her family makes me feel right at home—Especially the hunky guy dressed as Santa...Categorized as:
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![Elias by Paige Michaels]()
Elias by Paige Michaels
Alpha Daddies is a wolf shifter series that follows the lives of strong Alpha Protectors and the women they are fated to mate.Leah has never wanted to enter into a barbaric union with a stranger. She has spent years grumbling about the norms that dictate she will be mated to a man she does not know on her twentieth birthday. She has no choice, though. Bucking the system is not an option... -
![A Snow Leopards' Christmas by Zoe Chant]()
A Snow Leopards' Christmas by Zoe Chant
Christmas is coming, and everything is going wrong... Lillian Lowell has a problem. She's newly mated to the Glacier leopards' pack leader, snow leopard shifter Cal Westland, which makes her the...she's not sure what. Den mother? Whatever her job title is, she wants to live up to it, so she's throwing the best Christmas party she can plan... -
![Her Vampire Bad boy by Brenda Trim]()
Her Vampire Bad boy by Brenda Trim
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNO ONE TAKES WHAT BELONGS TO ME. The moment she walks into the club My hunger roars to life. After centuries of walking alone-- feeling nothing. Caring for no one. The demon, the dominant in me--awoke. Something's different about the lovely human with a delicious scent. My curious little innocent. For the first time, I feel. I need. I crave. And only she can satisfy... -
![A Silver Wolf Christmas by Terry Spear]()
A Silver Wolf Christmas by Terry Spear
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIT'S A SILVER TOWN CHRISTMASCJ Silver and his brothers have returned to Silver Town eager to reconnect with the pack. And with the she-wolf newcomers renovating the old Victorian Silver Town Hotel, it looks like the holidays are going to be very merry indeed...Categorized as:
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