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  • Magi Guard by Daniel Schinhofen

    Magi Guard by Daniel Schinhofen

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 24 ratings
    At the end of their apprentice year, Aether’s Guard headed off to Buldoun for an international tournament. They had allies there in the Swift Wind and Iron Hand clans, but they also had to deal with the Eternal Flame; Nick Shun had no interest in letting go of his perceived grudge against Aether’s Guard. However, with the academy overseer on the trip, Nick had no chance to act out against them...
  • Broken by Magic by Lindsay Buroker

    Broken by Magic by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Even before our heroes discovered a portal to other realms, Jak Freedar wanted to seek out powerful allies to help overthrow the tyrannical wizard rulers of his home world. Instead, he chanced across a dragon egg and is now the surrogate father of a hatchling. Since he found the egg, taking care of the young dragon is his responsibility...
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    military  fantasy  magic  paranormal
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  • Hellhound Marshal by Zoe Chant

    Hellhound Marshal by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    He’s trapped in a nightmare. She’s a dream come true.Logan Vega has been stuck as a hellhound so long that he’s almost forgotten how to be human. Some days, he can’t even remember his own name.But then a new prisoner is locked in the cage next door. She’s more than the cure for his loneliness: she’s the bravest, kindest, toughest, and most radiant woman he’s ever met...
  • Bojan by Dale Mayer

    Bojan by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Haunted by a painful and unimaginable past, Bojan sought refuge in his work to keep the memories—and Lacy—at bay. But, when she raises the alarm over Bullard’s family, Bojan is forced to step into fray. Bullard is particularly wary of these ”special” skills, except for those of Terk’s team. Plus ignoring the offer of these skills can be dangerous—especially when a threat involves his family...
  • Sanders by Dale Mayer

    Sanders by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sanders hadn’t been expecting a rescue from his own captivity. Now free, he can do no less than help Ania, another captive, someone he barely knows. Yet his connection to her had kept Sanders alive during his darkest times. He can do no less than help her now. Ania must escape her father’s total control...
  • SCAMMED: Gray Wolf Security: Book Seven by Mary Kennedy

    SCAMMED: Gray Wolf Security: Book Seven by Mary Kennedy

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Scammers are becoming more clever and more persistent. But when they decide to target the Belle Fleur team and all that they do for others, they’ve messed with the wrong group of people.When a young woman is ready to take her own life instead of enduring shame for something she has not done, it’s the most unlikely of our heroes who saves her...
  • MAJOR: Voodoo Guardians: Book Twenty-Five by Mary Kennedy

    MAJOR: Voodoo Guardians: Book Twenty-Five by Mary Kennedy

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Major Carson and his former team of Rangers were home. At least they would be home eventually. Right now, it seemed as though nothing was going his way. Leaving Egypt without Elena was the most difficult thing he'd ever done. Ever bone in his body was telling him to stay; telling him to make her come home with him. But he wanted it to be her decision...
  • Six Moons, Seven Gods by Robert A. Walker

    Six Moons, Seven Gods by Robert A. Walker

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “One must be careful practicing deception. The easiest to deceive will always be one’s self.” The skilled thieves of the Takers Guild plot to overthrow the kingdoms of Baelon, but when their plans are thwarted by a prescient woman and her brooding daughter, they must turn to the League of Assassins for assistance...
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    military  fantasy  paranormal  length-medium
  • The Griffin Marshal's Heart by Zoe Chant

    The Griffin Marshal's Heart by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    He was imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. His fated mate? The gorgeous U.S. Marshal transporting him ...Once, Cooper was a U.S. Marshal with a distinguished career. Now he's a prisoner, accused of murder, with his inner griffin suppressed and maybe even dead. He's being transported across the country in leg chains. This isn't how he planned on meeting the woman of his dreams...
    Categorized as:
    military  paranormal  fantasy  shapeshifters
  • The Emerald Brooch by Katherine Lowry Logan

    The Emerald Brooch by Katherine Lowry Logan

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    David McBain can do the impossible with one hand tied behind his back, but miracles take him a wee bit longer... Two deployments in Afghanistan couldn't prepare Major David McBain and Captain Kenzie Wallis-Manning for the week leading up to D-Day - June 6, 1944...
  • Protection, Inc. Complete Collection by Zoe Chant

    Protection, Inc. Complete Collection by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    This team of shifter bodyguards will do anything to protect their mates! Read the complete hot and hilarious series in one binge-ready collection!The bodyguards of Protection, Inc. were misfits until they came together to form a team as close as a family. They can face any danger, from vengeful dragons to evil experiments to rampaging dinosaurs (yes, dinosaurs)...
  • The Sapphire Brooch by Katherine Lowry Logan

    The Sapphire Brooch by Katherine Lowry Logan

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The long awaited sequel to the Kindle Time Travel Romance Bestseller THE RUBY BROOCH! The saga of the brooches continues in this Civil War Time Travel Romance... A Union soldier risks everything to save the life of Abraham Lincoln, while a Confederate surgeon races through time to preserve Lincoln’s Legacy. Reenactor Dr...
  • Thorn by Kim Fox

    Thorn by Kim Fox

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The last book in the bestselling Clawed Squad series! The Clawed Squad’s alpha, Thorn Conway, is the last of the squad left to get married. Only problem is, his mate died a decade ago. The hurt is still real, the pain is still raw...
  • Love of the Dragon by Anna Lowe

    Love of the Dragon by Anna Lowe

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dragons, duty, destined mates, and a deadly rival... Silas Llewellyn, the last of a once-mighty dragon clan, doesn’t have time for anything but work and duty. He certainly doesn’t have time for love — not with a ruthless enemy plotting to destroy everything he holds dear...
  • Lure of the Fox by Anna Lowe

    Lure of the Fox by Anna Lowe

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The steamy, passionate, and thrilling series finale! Desert fox shifter Ella Kitt is better at risking her life than her heart. Not that she's expecting to do either when she flies to Maui to help her Special Forces comrades with an easy security job. Or maybe not such an easy job, because she’s forced to work — and live — in close quarters with smoking hot army hero, Jake McBride...
  • Rebel Bear by Anna Lowe

    Rebel Bear by Anna Lowe

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Up-and-coming supermodel Hailey Crewe can’t wait to escape the limelight and return to the modest, anonymous lifestyle she once led. Escaping literally? That was never part of her plan. But when an unwanted suitor — and her scheming mother/manager — go a step too far with a surprise Hawaii wedding, Hailey becomes a bride on the run...
  • Rebel Lion by Anna Lowe

    Rebel Lion by Anna Lowe

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lion shifter Dell O'Roarke has never been serious about life, but life is about to get serious with him. The beautiful stranger who's just arrived in Maui isn't just looking for anyone -- she's looking for him. And that's not just any surprise in her luggage -- it's a baby who looks a hell of a lot like Dell. Soon, he discovers there's more at stake than his lifestyle as a swinging bachelor...
  • Top Gun Tiger by Zoe Chant

    Top Gun Tiger by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lost in the jungle. Pursued by dinosaurs. And that’s the least of their problems… Tiger shifter and bodyguard Destiny knows Ethan isn’t the one. No matter that the Recon Marine is the only man who can keep up with her, in a fight or on the dance floor. No matter how he makes her laugh, or how he makes her burn. Shifters always know their mates, and her tiger says he isn’t hers...
  • Fire & Rescue Shifters Collection 2: Books 4-7 (Fire & Rescue Shifters Series Box Set) by Zoe Chant

    Fire & Rescue Shifters Collection 2: Books 4-7 (Fire & Rescue Shifters Series Box Set) by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Four unique shifter romances filled with magic, sass, and a whole lot of heat!Whether it's a rogue dragon or just a scared little lion cub shifter stuck up a tree, the firefighters of Alpha Team can handle any emergency. But there's one inferno even these powerful shifters can't fight..
  • Angel: RBMC: Ankeny IA by Kristine Allen

    Angel: RBMC: Ankeny IA by Kristine Allen

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Angel is the second book in the Royal Bastards Ankeny Iowa series.I’m Jude “Angel” Bearheart—newly appointed Enforcer for the Ankeny RBMC. They didn’t call me the Angel of Death for nothing. I do the “disposal and cleaning” for the club.Ridding the world of evil, was my justification for my actions. I was the executioner when the judge and jury failed the victims...
  • A Very Venom Christmas: RBMC: Ankeny IA by Kristine Allen

    A Very Venom Christmas: RBMC: Ankeny IA by Kristine Allen

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’m Decker “Venom” Pruitt—President for the Ankeny RBMC. I'm a fair man, but those who've crossed me know my retaliation is swift and lethal. Venom runs through my veins.After the Army, all I needed was my club. Emotionally bankrupt, I had nothing to offer a woman. She wanted me to show her who I really was, but that was impossible. I was her worst nightmare.Two pink lines changed everything...
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    military  paranormal  fantasy  length-short
  • Waging War by Julie Trettel

    Waging War by Julie Trettel

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Mistaken for a shifter, superhuman, Jake Forrester found himself amid a paranormal world. Shifters had physical advantages over him, but he stubbornly worked even harder, pushing himself to the max to prove himself time and time again. At last he’s landed his dream job as the newest member of Bravo unit...
  • Reid by Dale Mayer

    Reid by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Reid Cocheran is eager to see Venialla again, after losing contact years ago when they were in the same research group. Finding out that MI6 lost her and her mother in a secret operation, while moving them both back to England, has him volunteering immediately.Veni Baronov and her mother were caught escaping Russia where her mother, more prisoner than employee, had been working for the government...
  • Fraught by Susi Hawke, Crista Crown

    Fraught by Susi Hawke, Crista Crown

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Lost. Stolen. Forgotten… until the Alphabits step in. A Team A.L.P.H.A. spinoff series. Finn O’Toole is an omega in an alpha’s world. He’s done everything he can to make sure that doesn’t interrupt his ability to get his job done, and it never has. Until him . Antonio Montoya is the notorious leader of the vigilante group STAHP, and stands for everything Finn despises...
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    military  m-m  fantasy  paranormal  omegaverse  queer
  • Marrying Her by Kelly Lucille

    Marrying Her by Kelly Lucille

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In Keeping Her we fell in love with a scarred, tattooed x-Navy SEAL wolf shifter from an unconventional pack, and his sassy full figured mate. Now, my Christmas gift to you is a glimpse into the life they have made together. In times of trouble and times of Joy, find out if happily ever after looks as good from the other side...
  • The Wolf Marshal's Pack by Zoe Chant

    The Wolf Marshal's Pack by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She never meant to be Little Red Riding Hood. Nature photographer Aria Clarke is most comfortable with her camera in her hands and mud on her boots. And she's a single mom, so she's used to facing down the most dangerous wildlife of all: a group of neighborhood kids on a sugar rush. Taking photos of a wolf should have been no problem...
  • Lure of the Wolf by Anna Lowe

    Lure of the Wolf by Anna Lowe

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    She can’t remember her past. He wishes he could forget his. Nina only has the vaguest memories of who she is or why two men tried to kill her one terrifying night. All she knows is how quickly she’s falling in love with her rescuer — a man with secrets of his own...
  • 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 ratings
    This 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...
  • The Complete Morgaine by C.J. Cherryh

    The Complete Morgaine by C.J. Cherryh

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 11 ratings
    Together for the first time in one volume—all four novels in the dark science fiction epic, the Morgaine Cycle. The gates were relics of a lost era, a linked network of portals that the ruthless Qual empire used to span Time and Space...
  • Endgames by L.E. Modesitt Jr.

    Endgames by L.E. Modesitt Jr.

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Endgames is the twelfth novel in L. E. Modesitt, Jr's, New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series the Imager Portfolio, and the third book in the story arc that began with Treachery's Tools and Assassin's Price.Solidar is in chaos...
  • The Littlest Assassin-Shifters by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    The Littlest Assassin-Shifters by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The men of the Skull Blaster unit have spent most of their lives fighting together for a safer world, first in the military and now as an elite team supervised by Homeland Security. Now they have an even more pressing reason to make the world a better place. Their children are about to be born...
  • Protection, Inc. Collection Two by Zoe Chant

    Protection, Inc. Collection Two by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Wolf. Lion. Snow Leopard. These bodyguard shifters are waiting to protect you. Brave, passionate, and loving, the shifter heroes of Protection, Inc. will do anything to protect their mates. There's no danger they won't face...
  • Chasing For Cubs by Anya Nowlan

    Chasing For Cubs by Anya Nowlan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He never thought he deserved a second chance. Now, he'll do anything to be worthy of it. Nia Feroulis came back to make things right, but she never expected to walk into so much wrong. The first moment she laid her eyes on the ex-SEAL shifter who came to disrupt her life, she knew things would never be the same again. Being prepared for everything that would follow would have been impossible...
  • Lure of the Bear by Anna Lowe

    Lure of the Bear by Anna Lowe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There’s not much that can get this grizzly shifter worked up — except a threat to the woman he has secretly loved for years. Then all bets are off, and he’s willing to risk anything — including the most closely guarded secret of his lonely shifter soul. ALOHA SHIFTERS: JEWELS of the HEART is a thrilling new series set on the tropical shores of Maui...
  • Mayhem's Warrior: Operation Mayhem by Lindsay Cross

    Mayhem's Warrior: Operation Mayhem by Lindsay Cross

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Captain T.K. Reaper only cares about his men; until he ends up falling for the one woman who can rescue his team. Reaper has lived his entire life without love. Living on the edge with no fear, Reaper and his team volunteered for Project Mayhem— a top-secret experiment that uses a serum to enhance physical abilities in order to fight terrorism...
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    military  paranormal  fantasy  length-medium  m-f
  • Lion's Lynx by Zoe Chant

    Lion's Lynx by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Marine veteran with a lion's heart. A wilderness guide with a lynx's soul. Despite what they think...it's never too late for love. Curvy Lynn Davidson has never had a real relationship. Working as a guide in the wilds of Glacier National Park doesn't bring on the men. And being a middle-aged, no-nonsense outdoorswoman in hiking boots and a utility vest is the nail in the dating coffin...
    Categorized as:
    military  shapeshifters  fantasy  paranormal
  • Panther's Passion by Zoe Chant

    Panther's Passion by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A single mom with a terrifying ex… …and a Marine veteran on fire with the need to protect her. Stella Davidson is caught in a trap. She wants a stable life and a good future for her teenaged daughter—but her old home near Glacier National Park isn’t safe. Her ex-boyfriend is stalking her...
  • Tiger's Triumph by Zoe Chant

    Tiger's Triumph by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A woman who’s only ever wanted to be a mother… A man who’s just starting to remember what family means... And three children who need a home. As a waitress and middle-aged divorcee, owl shifter Pauline has given up on her dreams of being a mother. But secretly, in the quiet depths of her heart, she still yearns for a family...
  • Lion in Waiting: Tales of the Were by Bianca D'Arc

    Lion in Waiting: Tales of the Were by Bianca D'Arc

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Two injured shifters get a second chance at life…and love. Matilda escaped into the wild to lick her wounds and heal as best she can from captivity and torture at the hands of people who hunt shifters and imprison them. She is a lioness, but her natural confidence has been shaken by the experience. What she needs is a second chance to live, to heal, and to find her lioness’s roar once more...
    Categorized as:
    military  shapeshifters  fantasy  paranormal
  • Builder Bear by Scarlett Grove

    Builder Bear by Scarlett Grove

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jamison Stone has been waiting for his mate for ten long years. With the Justice Squad on down time, he will have to occupy himself with a new real estate project to get through the Christmas season.Romance author Ruby Wilson never expected to be left at the altar. But the most humiliating moment of her life might turn out to be a blessing in disguise...
  • Justice Squad Complete Series by Scarlett Grove

    Justice Squad Complete Series by Scarlett Grove

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The complete collection of Scarlett Groves suspense filled shifter romance. Rookie Bear Puma shifter Stephanie Page can’t find a mate. Tired of waiting, Stephanie takes a Christmas cruise to the Caribbean. Meeting Stephanie interrupts Max’s mission and changes everything for the shell shocked shifter...
  • Watcher Compelled by J.L. Madore

    Watcher Compelled by J.L. Madore

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the shadowed streets of Toronto, there exists a garrison of soldiers like no other—nine immortal warriors, half-Archangel/half-human, living unknown amongst the city, defending humanity from the Daemons of the Hell realm. After millennia of death and violence, Lady Divinity has granted them reward for their servitude, a gift that makes her mighty warriors stronger than ever--Love...
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    military  paranormal  demons  fantasy  m-f  length-medium
  • Shadow Guard by Reily Garrett

    Shadow Guard by Reily Garrett

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    If you could read someone’s mind, what would you do with the truth?Hunted by both the military and her own personal stalker, Dani conceals her psychic abilities and hides in plain sight. Within her mind is the ability to change the landscape of nations. For that, a branch of the government would lock her away—to ensure her safety...
  • Twisted by Susi Hawke, Crista Crown

    Twisted by Susi Hawke, Crista Crown

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Lost. Stolen. Forgotten… until the Alphabits step in. A Team A.L.P.H.A. spinoff series. Patton Ryder has always taken pride in the differences between him and his twin brother, Ozzy. But now that Ozzy is mated and has a growing family, Patton is starting to realize that maybe being completely different isn’t all it’s cracked up to be...
    Categorized as:
    military  m-m  fantasy  paranormal  omegaverse  queer
  • Silenced by Susi Hawke, Crista Crown

    Silenced by Susi Hawke, Crista Crown

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Lost. Stolen. Forgotten… until the Alphabits step in. A Team A.L.P.H.A. spinoff series. Leaf Erikson didn’t mean to get caught up in STAHP’s craziness. If his brother River hadn’t joined them, Leaf never would have been caught in a flood and rescued by the Alphabits. He never would have scented his mate’s scent on the helicopter pilot. Never would have known his true mate was out there...
    Categorized as:
    military  m-m  fantasy  paranormal  omegaverse  queer
  • Omega’s Choice: An Omegaverse Romance by Mina Carter

    Omega’s Choice: An Omegaverse Romance by Mina Carter

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    No one wants the attention of an alpha. Huge, Brutal, dominant… but what happens when you’re pretending to be one?I’ve always been an alpha. At least, that’s what I’ve been told all my life. But one look at Thale Barnes, and I’m running scared. Something about the big, brutal alpha gets my motor running. And it shouldn’t...
  • Vengeance of a Witch by Suza Kates

    Vengeance of a Witch by Suza Kates

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A WARRIOR FIGHTING HER FATE Paige Reilley is ready for combat, with the evil Amara, their army of demons, and above all . . . the unwanted love her coven’s prophecy has planned for her. As former military, she’s no stranger to war, but the arrival of a new man in her life brings a much greater threat than potential romance...
  • Bear-ly Human by Terry Bolryder

    Bear-ly Human by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Hercules is an ex special forces soldier working as a bodyguard, and a mystery to everyone around him. His friends just know him as an extremely competent soldier and a great teammate and person. But beneath his bronzed, muscled exterior is a heart scarred by a complicated past. A past in which he loved only one woman, but wasn't allowed to be with her...
  • Heartsridge Shifters: Austin by Olivia Arran

    Heartsridge Shifters: Austin by Olivia Arran

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    It’s a new world. Shifters are no longer a secret and they’re ready to fight for their right to live free. Everything is different. Six years ago, the Registration Act forced shifters out into the open and the world changed. Towns were created to provide a safe haven for those shifters who chose to follow the law, and those who didn’t were declared rogue...
  • Spellbound Falls by Janet Chapman

    Spellbound Falls by Janet Chapman

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 24 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Janet Chapman takes us to charming Spellbound Falls, where strange things have started happening ever since Maximilian Oceanus came to town…   Maximilian Oceanus arrives in Spellbound Falls just in time to save Olivia Baldwin from an overly aggressive suitor, only to find himself attracted to the beautiful, if rather aloof, widow...
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