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Unchained Beauty by C.M. Owens
Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI've spent my life thinking I knew the worst that could happen. Battles come and go. Wars are almost always won in the end. It's easy to grow complacent and forget even the deadliest should glance over their shoulder from time to time. We thought we had it all figured out. We were poised for this win before we even went to battle. We didn't win. We didn't lose... -
The Hellbeast's Queen by Stephanie Hudson
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHope can be a dangerous thing.It can be all consuming.Can be the only thing you think about.The only comfort you have when locked to the darkness of your own mind.The hope to find light at the end of the tunnel.A guiding hand to led you out of the nightmare.But what of love?For Ella it is the thing she clings onto when all that hope is lost.A love that is always worth fighting for... -
Dark Queen’s Quest by I.T. Lucas
A former beauty queen, a retired undercover agent, and a successful model, Mey is not the typical damsel in distress. But when her sister drops off the radar and then someone starts following her around, she panics. Following a vague clue that Kalugal might be in New York, Kian sends a team headed by Yamanu to search for him... -
Protection, Inc. Complete Collection by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThis 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)... -
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Her Shifter Wolf Rival Guide by Serena Meadows
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI never thought I'd end up running a bed and breakfast in Hogan Falls, but life had other plans.My dream was to climb the tallest mountains in the world, but fate had other ideas. As a girl, I was abandoned at birth by my clan who wanted me dead. But I found a new family in seven other wolf shifter friends who were also abandoned... -
Blood Bound by Lindsay J. Pryor
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsLove can be heaven. Or it can hurt like hell. For exiled angel Jessie , falling for Eden Reece has been her salvation. When she discovers that her angel tears, used to heal Eden, are actually poisoning him the burden of guilt is crushing. Jessie is determined to make things right and, with Eden by her side, they are a formidable team... -
Detective Dragon's Brave Mate: (Runaway Dragon Mates) by Serena Meadows
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI never imagined being engaged to a cold-blooded murderer. When I overhear Chuck confess…I have no other choice—but to run away.Braden is a private investigator and insists on protecting me.Even though he’s an alpha dragon shifter—I’m not certain he or anyone else can save me from my ex.I’m terrified Chuck will hunt me down.Investigators are on Chuck’s trail.The victims’ families crave revenge... -
Fire Maidens: Ireland by Anna Lowe
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsMagic, shifters, and a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Inheriting a cottage in Ireland seems like a stroke of pure luck to Grace Connolly — as is a chance meeting with her mysterious (and hot) new neighbor. Soon, Boston’s most up-and-coming harpist finds herself mixing business with pleasure and getting to know Finn Hurley — intimately...Categorized as:
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Guardian Dragons of Prospect Falls: (A Paranormal Shifter Romance) by Serena Meadows
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThese Dragon-shifters are the ultimate predators, but their rock-hard abs and endless stamina will offer little defense against the four soulmates waiting to bring them to their knees. With sizzling seductions, brutal betrayals, and a whole lot of growling, things are heating up in Prospect Falls! Book One: Dragon SaviorMost men wed for love.An ancient prophecy left me no choice... -
Bodhi's Synful Mate, Iron Wolves MC Book 6 by Elle Boon
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBodhi’s Synful Mate Iron Wolves Book 6 Blurb KARSYN STYLES… aka Syn is tired of waiting on the man she knows is her mate to claim her. She’s going to take matters into her own hands, even if that means teaching the stubborn wolf she’s more than just the alpha’s baby sister. BODHI… has fought the feelings he has for the little wolf who’s supposed to be like a sister to him... -
Switch of Fate 2 by Grace Quillen, Lisa Ladew
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“All vampires must die.” Flint Gibson is ready to lay down his life for The Cause, just so long as doing so results in a ton of dead vampires. He’s been planning a kamikaze mission for decades, not-so-patiently waiting for news about the vampires who killed his family. Because all vampires must die. Especially those vampires... -
Top Gun Tiger by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLost 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... -
She-Shifters of Hell's Corner Complete Series: Shifter Romance Collection by Candace Ayers
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA town full of women? A haven…an oasis?...or maybe a second chance.Long ago on a homestead in New Mexico, a female shifter named Helen Cartwright was widowed under mysterious circumstances. Helen knew there was power in the bonds of sisterhood and she provided an oasis for those like herself, female shifters who had been dealt the short end of the stick... -
Rescued By The Secret Wolf: Small Town Shifter Romance by Serena Meadows
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIvy was wounded when I found her... physically and mentally. Her bloody wedding dress was all the explanation I needed. I gave her shelter and she told me a story she barely believed herself.Ivy’s father attempted to use her to pay his debt, marrying her to a man that didn’t deserve her in the least.She witnessed violence, and some men shifting in wolves.Ivy doesn’t know who I really am... -
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His First Shifter Wolf Love: by Serena Meadows
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe called the sheriff on me when we first met.I saw the hatred in her eyes when she found me digging up a tree, looking for a beetle thought to be extinct.Penny is a force to be reckoned with, but also a wall flower among her friends that she runs a bed and breakfast with.My attraction to her was undeniable before I even knew she was like me.A wolf shifter... -
Darkness Arisen by Stephanie Rowe
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDarkness Hunts Him. Calydon warrior Ian Fitzgerald refuses to die. Cursed by black magic, he has stayed alive through sheer force of will and unyielding commitment to a mission he is sworn to complete. There is only one thing that can defeat him…and she has just found him. Desire Torments Her... -
Racing Destiny by P. Jameson
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Dirt Track Dogs have never been better. Their pack is growing, but one wolf remains without a mate. Diz has waited patiently while the rest of his packmates found love, now he’s ready to start a family of his own. He’s never kept quiet about his desire to find his intended mate and start a family, but his true mate remains a mystery... -
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... -
Fire Maidens: Venice by Anna Lowe
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratings**Carnival, canals, and cunning enemies… Do you dare enter Venice’s shifter side?**Ten years ago, lion shifter Tony Pelligrini was forced to flee Venice after being framed for a murder he didn’t commit. But now, a mysterious force is drawing him back...Categorized as:
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Damaged Wolf's Dirty Secret by Serena Meadows
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI’ve sworn to protect my town and my clan.As a wolf shifter and the sheriff, it’s my duty to keep the ship from sinking.Even if I have to do something that I could be punished for.Such as…Hiring a human to fill the ranks at the sheriff’s office.A beautiful woman at that.Maggie’s new job does not go over well with the clan council.They are not happy that I hired her... -
Damaged Wolf's Heroic Mate: (Lumberjack Wolves) by Serena Meadows
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI had just returned home to my clan of wolf shifters, and the first thing that happened to me was insane. The most beautiful woman I’d ever seen almost ran me over with her car. A woman who was completely forbidden.But when Tabitha told me her story, I had to stick around.I felt the need to protect her… to stay close.She was in danger, and she was also naïve.I couldn’t tell her the truth about me... -
Lure of the Tiger by Anna Lowe
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTiger shifter Cruz Khala doesn’t trust humans, and for good reason. He doesn’t trust destiny, either — not even when it sends him the one woman capable of waking the sunny side of his tortured soul. But there’s more than love at stake as merciless shifter forces converge on sunny Maui, all of them intent on stealing a priceless jewel with mysterious powers...Categorized as:
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Thanatos by Felicity Heaton
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThanatos, god of death, has a mission: scour the unknown realms of the Underworld and retrieve the only daughter of his god-king, Hades. Murdered six centuries ago and her soul captured before it could pass on, she now falls under Thanatos’s domain... -
Cowboy Dragon's Bride: (Cowboy Dragon's Inn) by Serena Meadows
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe made me break my oath to never fall in love. That was after I watched her ditch her wedding. As a dragon shifter, I had all I wanted.Now I only wanted to see her happy.I was content with just running my ranch and hotel with my best friends until she came along...A troubled bride at our hotel.I helped her escape and gave her a job.Seeing her with another man made my blood boil... -
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The Darkest of Dreams by Emigh Cannaday
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA heinous crime. An empire in turmoil. And a modern girl at the center of it all. Darkness has fallen on the Marinossian family, leaving ruined lives in its blood-stained wake and leaving Annika to pick up the pieces. With a deadly doppelgänger still loose and most likely in deadly pursuit, she’s escorted back home to wait out the storm and heal her broken heart…however long that may be... -
Protection, Inc. Collection Two by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWolf. 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... -
Tiger's Triumph by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA 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... -
Hill Bear Christmas: Bear Shifter Holiday Romance by Ariana Hawkes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA gutsy B&B owner with a ski-resort-sized problem. A single father and his children who never celebrate Christmas. Together, can they bring the magic of Christmas to their hometown? Grace Jensen has been working hard to prepare the small log cabin business she runs with her mother for the most exciting time of the year – Christmas... -
Vampires by Esther E. Schmidt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBeing kidnapped and unexpectedly thrust into the paranormal world she didn't even know existed has overwhelmed Tessera. Even more, because her savior is the President of the Death by Reaper MC, Vampire Charter, who claimed her as his eternal mate... -
The Beasts I Could Do by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA brand new PDA featuring two strong males and on sassy female in this triad. Exiled from her wolf pack, Savannah Rex is lucky to run into Gerri Wilder, though she has no idea that the matchmaker has a plan for her. She thinks Gerri is helping her get a new job, until she ends up colliding head-on with two very sexy lion shifters... -
The Dragon and The Vampire by A.K. Michaels
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs Director of the Supernatural Enforcement Bureau, powerful Vampire Ronan, thought he had seen it all...until he discovers that Dragons actually exist. Can he help the Dragon being hunted on his patch? He certainly has the means at his disposal...if they can find it first...before the dark magic-wielding Witches and their Vampire cohorts... -
Bad Cat Baby Blues by Anya Nowlan
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA man's only as dangerous as he allows himself to be... This is a hot and heavy 50 k full military shifter novel with a hot Alpha and a feisty, curvy Latina. This book can be read as a standalone, has a guaranteed HEA and no cheating. Cuddle up with a scorching, growly jaguar this winter and find out the true meaning of danger! Dutch Henley knows that he's never wrong... -
Candy Bear by Scarlett Grove
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCan a New York City orphan find happiness in Fate Valley? Big hopes ... Orphan and magazine journalist Samantha Cooper is in Fate Valley after a DNA test says she’s related to one of the town’s founders. Her research gets sidetracked when a human-shifter dating website matches her with big, burly confectioner Benjamin Darling... -
Werewolves and Wranglers by Kristen Banet
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt’s the sheriff’s job to protect the town. The town, however, doesn’t intend to make it easy for her. It was a normal day when Tobias arrived back to Redstone, paperwork and petty disputes between the various residents of town, until it wasn’t because humans were trying to attack the werewolf pack... -
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Stained Bonds by Serena Akeroyd, Helen Scott
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll her life Marcella strove for one thing. Becoming a Sixth. Now, she’s got so much more than she bargained for. Not only does she have six mates to contend with, but her powers are growing and changing too, and, just to top it off, her father is trying to kidnap her. Daddy dearest is evil. There's no denying that. But that propensity for darkness? It's inside her... -
Adelaide's Trust by G. Bailey
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDoes fate ever give you a choice? When Adelaide moved to a sleepy little town in Scotland with her sister, the last thing she expected was to find out she isn’t even from this world.Now the world she was born in is at war, and they need a ruler.They need a queen, just not the one who is currently ruling Fray. Not the queen who will do anything kill Adelaide and the men she has fallen for...Categorized as:
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Immoral by G. Bailey
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy name is Kaitlyn Lightson and my home is with the vampires. After the destruction of the Angel Academy, I’m found a traitor to my own race and I wish it was just me that is found guilty. Vesnia and many others are trapped with me, and I’m not sure how I can save them... -
Hot Shifter Summer: Limited Edition 12 Book Box Set by Haley Weir
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTreat yourself to Hot Shifter Summer and cause a heat wave no matter the weather. Get involved with the most scandalous CEO on the planet. Immerse yourself in a world of magic with a cursed bloodline of Viking Lords.Share a bed with the hard bodied, mysterious single dads of Oceanside, California... -
Daimon by Felicity Heaton
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLeap back into the Guardians of Hades paranormal romance series in this next thrilling instalment. Join Daimon and Cassandra as they fight the desire that blazes between them, struggling against their feelings and the rising tide of danger closing in on the seven sons of Hades, their world and ours... -
Rancher Wolf's Next Door Mate: (Rancher Wolves) by Serena Meadows
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe wolf shifter in me couldn’t handle it when Carrie was being abused. She’s my next-door neighbor and I don’t see her around town often.Carrie keeps to herself, silently putting up with her abusive father.But it’s time that I help her out of this mess.Running the Prairie View ranch has got its perks.I’m in a position to protect the woman that I’m obsessed with... -
Protector Dragon's Shattered Mate by Brittany White
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter a life of hardship, can a female bear shifter allow herself to fall in love with her protector?The Female Bear ShifterAfter surviving neglect as a cub, I ran away from my family. While I was stranded in the Siberian wilderness, a wolf shifter approached me. He offered me a home with his pack. But the home turned out to be a prison. Unknown to me, I had magic in my blood... -
Sage's Monster by Jailaa West
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYou've Built a Bear, but have you ever Made a Manster?When 15 girlfriends spend a spooky weekend getaway in Manitou Springs, Colorado, they conjure up their perfect partner, but never expect to actually meet them.This Halloween, join our heroines as they manifest the man of their dreams using a little earth magick, margarita mix, and Goddess blessings... -
Bear All I Want For Christmas Boxed Set: BBW Holiday Paranormal Bear Shifter Romances by Ariana Hawkes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWrap yourself up in these three smoking-hot bear shifter romances this Christmas! *** Featuring a BRAND NEW, NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED story and two best-selling books. *** Polar Bears’ Christmas (a BRAND NEW story) The festive season is coming and Everly Holbrook’s bitchy family is about to make her life hell, as usual... -
Royal Guard Tiger by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA free-spirited backpacker longing for a home + a tiger shifter on a mission + the stolen heart of a secret kingdom = a sizzling magical romance! Tiger shifter Tristan of the Royal Guard of Valtyra has been sent out on a mission to find Miss Poppy Zlotsky, sister of Valtyra’s new Crown Princess...Categorized as:
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Hero Bear's MateDate: Shifters MateDate Agency by Serena Meadows
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’m a bear shifter and a professional assassin.The woman I’m in love with won’t accept me as I am. .I’ve had a tough childhood.So has Heather.She’s been trying to protect her father’s research that got him killed.All she’s after is something normal.Something that I’m not.But the dating agency matched us anyway.And for good reason. I’m obsessed with her.I need to claim her... -
Keras by Felicity Heaton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKeras is darkness. It sustains him. It strengthens him. It offers relief from the pain born of his feelings for a goddess of Olympus, a bewitching and beautiful female placed beyond his reach—one who stole his heart and broke it. Centuries of enduring that pain have left him tired, and the temptation to surrender control to that side of himself grows each day... -
Dragon Fever: Limited Edition Holiday Romance Boxset by Serena Meadows
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThese five hot steamy stories feature powerful dragons, who were exiled by their clan because they were reckless and wild and how they break all rules to meet and protect their mates.NATALIE and JUDE will be the first ones you’ll meet…I used to be a brother, son, protector. Now, I’m a shadow. Exiled from my clan of dragon-shifters, I drift among the humans without purpose or belonging... -
Daddy Wolves of the Wild: (A Daddy Shifter Box Set) by Serena Meadows
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNot all love stories start with sunset strolls down the beach. These powerful shifters have defended the ones they love, and picked up some painful scars along the way. But don’t let the rock-hard muscles or glowering looks fool you... -
Lawyer Dragon’s Runaway Surrogate: (Runaway Dragon Mates) by Serena Meadows
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s over.He’s in bed with another woman.I can’t put up with Johnny cheating…again! I’ll go down in history as a runaway bride.People will wonder, why did Amber leave her fiancé?The pair seemed to have it all.Nobody will know the truth about this alpha dragon…except for me.I start over as a surrogate mother…for a wealthy couple.But having money equals control over me.I’m beaten black and blue... -
Cowboy Dragon's Secret Daughter: by Serena Meadows
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs a wealthy cowboy dragon shifter, I had everything I could possibly want. Except for my heart that belonged to her.My life changed when I spotted her in a stalled car that night.Lucy was back.Along with her daughter.I didn’t know Charlotte was hers when I met her.She reminded me so much of her mother.She also reminded me of myself.I tried to keep my head straight...
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