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How I Stole the Princess's White Knight and Turned Him to Villainy: Miracle 2 by A.J. Sherwood
What’s Devan to do when badly injured? Call on Tan, of course.What’s Tan to do against the creature who dared touch his knight? Destroy it utterly.A Necromancer, eight skelebabies, a dark sorceress, and a horrified knight as backup are not as helpful as one would think... -
The Crimson Spell, Volume 2 by Ayano Yamane
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsA curse is a difficult thing to break. Vald, prince of Alsvieth upon taking up arms to defend his country was beset with a curse that transforms him into a ravenous cannibalistic beast... -
How I Took the King on a Bone-a-Fide Quest of Piracy, Piemu, and Profit: Bone 6 by A.J. Sherwood, Cait Wade
Final boss fight! Fight necromancer? (yes) (NO) I’m not beating up an old lady. Pretty sure the old lady could take you. Still not doing it. Time to negotiate... -
How to Hack a Hellhound by Shannon Mae
Quinton: Getting kidnapped and held hostage in a human trafficker’s basement was not on my bingo card. Getting rescued by a paranormal being was also not on my bingo card. (Apparently I needed to trade in bingo cards.) The guy who took me may be dead, but I know there are more people behind the operation, and I plan to shut it down... -
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Dead Serious Case #5 Madame Vivienne by Vawn Cassidy
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFor one brief shining moment, the utter insanity that is Tristan Everett’s world makes sense.He’s marrying the man he loves, has a dead drag queen for a bestie and is surrounded by an amazing found family. Okay, so his life isn’t exactly what you’d call normal. By day, he’s a quiet, mild-mannered forensic pathologist, but the rest of the time, he guides lost souls into the light... -
Crimson Spell, Vol. 3 by Ayano Yamane
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsPrince Vald continues his journey with the sorcerer Halvi, seeking a means to break the curse that causes him to transform into a demon at night. But enemies looking to take the power of Vald’s cursed sword for themselves bewitch Halvi in an attempt to make him fight the young prince! Forced to the brink, Halvi makes a crucial choice.Reads R to L (Japanese Style) for mature audiences... -
How I Took the King on a Bone-a-Fide Quest of Piracy, Piemu and Profit : Bone 2 by A.J. Sherwood, Cait Wade
Ribs located! Penalty activated if you refuse. Proceed with quest? (YES) (no) But the ribs are in the middle of a barbarian village. Historically speaking, fireball would fix– Charred bone. No. Time to do this the hard way... -
Zachary by Louisa Masters, Joel Leslie
A dragon with endless secrets meets a demon with nothing to hide…I’m the easygoing one. The fun one. The rare member of my family who gets along with anyone. Except there’s a chance I may have got off on the wrong foot with our new dragon liaison, Ronan. In my defense, he rubs everyone the wrong way... -
A Beginner’s Guide to the Care and Feeding of Demons by Shannon Mae
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBeelbufo has lived a comfortable life as a pet frog for two decades, enjoying pets, human food, and horror movie nights with his favorite human, Gabe. But when Gabe and Az fall head over heels in love, they decide Beel needs a companion too. Little does Beel know that the charming pet shop owner, Jon, is about to become his unsuspecting caretaker... -
How to Rescue Your Surprise Baby by Anna Wineheart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSurprise baby. Frenemies on a rescue mission. Alpha/Alpha, alpha-preg.Telos has a secret he's taking to his grave. Instead of the small, vulnerable men he's supposed to want, he can't stop thinking about a certain broad-shouldered shifter in his alpha friend group.The man he's on a rescue mission with.Of course, Mav hates his guts... -
Forever Together by Shelby Rhodes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsOctavius Evander here. I suppose you have come to see how it all ends. Well, ‘ends’, as in, we’ve reached the end of this part of my story. It wouldn’t be proper of me to move on until we finish it all off, right? As this is the last book in this series, I feel it is my duty, to end things with a bang! A glittery bang. By bang, I mean, a giant, super cool, Halloween party... -
AnyFANG for Him: A Bite to Save, Shifter, MPreg-Possible Love Story by J.D. Light
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFagan's father is the alpha of his pit,... and he's sick, and only seems to be getting worse. The healer that comes to the viper pit every few weeks, can't seem to figure out why a shifter would be getting so ill, so Fagan goes to Purdy, looking for help... -
Wanting the Im-PAW-sible by J.D. Light
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen did Drew Lane grow up?As the oldest of the leap children, Harper Long was the designated babysitter growing up, which is why he is struggling so much with the fact that the youngest of the group is a grown man now. Like really grown. Like how does he even find supportive underwear with all that?Unrequited crushes are rough... -
Secrets and Kisses by M.A. Innes
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsStefanMagic. As a librarian, Stefan knows there’s magic in books and imagination, but it isn’t until he moves to the mountains of North Carolina that he realizes people can come with magic too…well, the locals at least seem to come with magic…and fascinating relationship dynamics he thought were just on TV and in books.Boyd Dragons... -
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The Demon's Dealbreaker (Possessive Love) by Delaney Rain
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA witch, two fairies, a minor god, and four demons walk into a bar and suddenly Dwyer Eamonn’s life will never be the same.Turns out that Dwyer’s parents promised him—their firstborn—as payment when they made eight different deals with various supernatural beings. At the stroke of midnight on his twenty-first birthday, every single claimant comes calling, ready to make Dwyer their heir... -
Growing Sanctuary by Susi Hawke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSanctuary B & B—Our wards are strong and our door is open!Hey, y’all. It’s me, Darcy Valentine. I’m still enjoying a fabulous, never-ending first date with my sexy vampire boyfriend Storm. Can you believe we’re coming up on ten months? Yep, we go together like toast and jam... -
SOS HOTEL: On the Road by Adam Vex, Ariana Nash
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDid you think it was the end of our wild hotel adventures?Yeah, us too. The Big Bad is gone. Me (Zee, obvs), Adam, and Fancy-Fangs are long overdue some down-time. I’d also like a foot rub, a string of Tom’s hallucination-inducing cocktails, and endless hours of some much-needed personal time with my two favorite people between the sheets. And my pole... -
To Add Drunkenness To Thirst by T.J. Land
Father Bryson has been trying to drive a stake through Anstice’s vampiric heart for ten wonderfully entertaining years.Never before has a slayer pursued him with such passion and fervor; it’s enough to make any undead dandy swoon.But lately, Anstice has noticed that his nemesis is behaving… strangely... -
Bearly Getting It: A Friends to Lovers, Shifter, MPreg-Possible Love Story by J.D. Light
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA Friends to Lovers, Shifter, MPreg-Possible Love Story. Dyer Becker and Hunt Lane have been close since they were babies. Hunt's immediate obsession with Dyer from the first moment remains the same through childhood, adolescence and into the early years of adulthood. So, living these last three years on separate land masses has been torture. Video calls and twice yearly visits is just not enough... -
Just Winging It: A Frienemies to Lovers, Shifter, MPreg-Possible Love Story by J.D. Light
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA Frienemies to Lovers, Shifter, MPreg-Possible Love Story. Presley's late teen were filled with one horror after another... -
Walk Tall by Susi Hawke
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWatch out for the Assassin’s Claws… Clay Moreno is a paid killer, just like his four brothers. It’s the family business—they fight together, they die together. Whether they’re working as a group or alone, they are a tight unit who protect their own. Clay drew the short straw on their latest mission: assassinate the American president... -
Throwing a Hissy Fit by J.D. Light
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYou point out the scars on a man's face one time, completely by accident, and he suddenly thinks you're a jerk... and proceeds to snark you into wanting to murder him. Rattle snake shifter and alpha of his pit, Cline is actually a pretty laid-back person. There has ever only been one man who makes him want hiss and spit, and that man is one of his son's closest friends, Frazier... -
Frustrating Leighton by J.D. Light
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHolt the ME is a socially awkward, highly distrustful kangaroo mouse shifter who takes one look at Leighton, who seems to like him, and knows he's being played. A man like that doesn't fall for the big-eared weirdo that spends more time with dead people than live ones... -
Wanting the Im-Paw-sible: An All Grown Up, Shifter, MPreg Possible Love Story by J.D. Light
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen did Drew Lane grow up?As the oldest of the leap children, Harper Long was the designated babysitter growing up, which is why he is struggling so much with the fact that the youngest of the group is a grown man now. Like really grown. Like how does he even find supportive underwear with all that?Unrequited crushes are rough... -
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There's No STOMPing It: A Grumpy Versus Sunshine, MPreg-Possible Love Story by J.D. Light
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTaylor is a young, fun and incredibly talented tiger shifter. He's also way to young for a cranky old moose set in his ways.Conley is an intriguing, smart and patient moose who actually listens when the people who work for him talk. He's also probably annoyed beyond reason by the rookie... -
Inbetweeners by Barbara Elsborg
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAn angel and a demon walk into a bar… It should be the start of a joke except Emmett and Phoenix loathe each other the moment they meet. Reluctant and mismatched partners they may be, but they’ve been given a job to do on Earth: persuade the newly dead to move on to the next world... -
Bren by Toby Wise
Being an incubus, Andras is no stranger to want and desire, but the feelings he has for Bren come as a surprise. There’s something about him that pushes all of Andras’ buttons, yet he keeps his feelings close to his chest, longing for Bren to make the first move. Bren has lived many lifetimes as a phoenix shifter, but during that time, he’s never met anyone quite like Andras...Categorized as:
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How to Save a Life by Eli Easton
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsRav Miller looked into the terrified, intelligent eyes of the chocolate Labrador on death row, and knew he’d do anything to save him. When the dog, Sammy, escapes and heads to Mad Creek, Rav follows. Mad Creek. The town had become legendary in Rav’s mind after he’d met that bizarre group last year. Rav dismissed his crazy suspicions back then, but when he arrives in Mad Creek, he knows it’s true... -
Dance in the Rain by J.D. Light
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsBraden Wilson I've spent more time in captivity in the last six months than I have out of it. Thankfully, an injury from when I was young makes me less valuable to the people who might want to use me as breeding stock, so I've managed to escape being claimed... -
How to Love Thine Enemy by Eli Easton
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsCan a forbidden love heal the rift between two enemy tribes?Legend says that, centuries ago, the sled dogs and the Inuit were so deeply bonded that the dogs rose up on two legs and became men. The Qimmig and the People lived together happily until one of the Inuit betrayed the dog-men. The Qimmig fled, vowing never to return.Taq figured that was just another story elders told around the campfire...Categorized as:
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The Fox's Reluctant Alpha by Ava Beringer
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA sly fox has me chasing his, ahem, tail. I hate that I love it, but there’s no way I’m falling in love. Is there?Omega fox Duncan Dougherty is a laid-back, fun-loving guy. A little too laid back. After a blow-up argument with his family, Duncan takes off, looking for adventure and freedom... -
Calling in a Recker by J.D. Light
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Kennedy, the gorgeous actor Recker has been obsessed with for several months gets into a tussle on the news, his chosen mark is exposed to the world. Only a few will understand what the mark means, but those few could be dangerous... -
Behind Closed Doors by Gabrielle Evans
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMyst doesn’t know how to get the things he needs without pushing everyone away. His darkest desires have driven a wedge between them, and he’s at a loss when it comes to bridging the gap. The irony that he’ll need to face his own inner demons isn’t lost on him, either.With so much discord in their home, it’s a wonder anyone even remembers they have one final challenge before the equinox... -
Nights with Roarsen by J.D. Light
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsEnid Daniels I tell all my deepest secrets to a tiger shifter I have never seen in human form, who I've named Roarsen. Somehow, though he never speaks, for obvious reasons, he has the ability to make me laugh and feel comfortable, even with telling him the hard truths about my life. I spend every night for months sitting on that back porch, snuggling my tiger friend and talking for hours... -
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Geoffrey the Very Strange by Angel Martinez
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAn outcast necromancer and a half-demon clerk need to save the world from seashell zombies. No pressure. Everyone's always told Aspic that trouble can't help following him because of his heritage. Determined to put the lie to half-demon stereotypes, he's finally landed a good, quiet job as an herbalist's clerk where the owner trusts him to man the shop alone... -
The Omega's Christmas Wish: an MM Shifter MPREG Romance by Alex Miska, V. Soffer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI will not jump my sexy boss. Not in the car. Not under the stars.Not at the light. Well... maybe I might.No! I will not jump him here or there. I will not jump him anywhere.I will not jump my sexy boss. I will not jump you, To-bi-as! TOBIAS is a salty, snarky omega who doesn’t play well with others... -
Convincing Jensen by J.D. Light
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJensen and Oakley are idiot best friends who both want what they don't think they can have. But lately Jensen has been having dreams... very vivid dreams.Waking up when you're in the middle of.. -
Son of A by J.D. Light
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDylan is determined to never be his father and does his best to live a life that is far removed from the life that man lived, but sometimes no matter how far he runs, he can't get away from his father's sins, and one of the biggest reminders comes in the form of a scarred and vengeful man named Renn, who intrigues Dylan as much as he scares him... -
Neighboring His Everything: A Holiday Romance by J.D. Light
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMonroe fell hard for Montgomery when they met during the Forth of July celebration this past summer. For once he was reckless and spontaneous with little thought to what might happen, and he thought those feelings might be returned... until Montgomery revealed that he was a private investigator hired to find Monroe's best friend... -
Coming Out of His Shell by J.D. Light
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLorre lost everything to the witch Esther... including his freedom. He's forced by a spell to do everything she asks him to do, using his special ability. Everything he's tried to do in order to get away from Esther has failed. Life seems hopeless... until he catches sight of Knight on day. Since then, he has become completely obsessed with the sea turtle shifter... -
Curiosity Caught the Demon (Possessive Love) by Travis Beaudoin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe pulled me into his world by mistake. Now I’m trying like hell to bring him into mine.It’s hard to surprise Gremory. He’s been around for millennia, after all. But when this Duke of Hell is accidentally summoned by Scotty, the big-hearted owner of a struggling antique shop, he realizes there are still people in the world who can provoke his curiosity... -
His Santa Alpha by Jax Stuart
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsA polar bear shifter and a binturong shifter play Santa and his elf in a Christmas parade… All Levi wanted was somewhere safe for him and his son to hide, somewhere to earn some cash for Christmas until they could be accepted into the Sweetwater pack. Greenbriar seemed to be welcoming enough, even if he was asked to play elf to a very grumpy Santa... -
The Manticore Manny by Hawke Oakley
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA human omega can't be soulmates with a venomous, man-eating beast, right?Chris can't catch a break. After his daughter's alpha father abandoned them, he's been struggling to keep them afloat and make sure Zoey has the life she deserves. When Chris scores his dream job at a local bakery, there's one big problem... -
Jesus Goes to Hell on Vacation! by T.J. Klune
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen God asks for Satan's help in finally removing the Trumps from power, he makes a request: in their absence, he wants the Queen of Hell, Jimmy David Davidson, to watch over his only son. Jesus Christ is nothing like Jimmy expects, and he makes it his mission to help the Lord with the one thing he wants most: to lose his virginity... -
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Trial of the Vampire by Jarica James
Last semester at Obsidian Cove Supernatural Academy ended with Lennox’s heart shattering. Now Evander is stuck in the Regency Prison while she’s forced to stay at school pretending nothing is wrong. She focuses every waking hour on trying to learn how to use her constantly changing powers and free him at the same time... -
No Passing Zone by J.D. Light
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsMalik Newton I was fairly severely burned when I was young. Before anyone gets too emotional about it, it was an accident. My sister and I were being dumb and accidentally caught me on fire. For the most part, I've gotten used to people staring at my burn scars... -
Reaping Havoc by A.J. Rose
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNo one asked Mitch Seeker if he wanted to be a grim reaper. He didn’t sign up for the rumors, the lack of friends, or the erratic schedule. He doesn’t want to go through life watching people die. Especially not a man he loves. Mitch’s solution is simple—don’t fall in love. He’ll never have to explain why he doesn’t age or why he’s around death so often. Most of all, he will never be a widower... -
The Snow Dragon's Mate by Silvia Violet
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBest Christmas gift ever: Finding out dragons exist and one of them is your fated mate. Kymar Weary from centuries spent searching for my mate, I hid away in a mountain cabin until an offer from a friend leads me to the most exquisite omega I have ever seen. From the moment our eyes meet, all I want is to make him mine... -
Furbitten Brother by Preston Walker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA lie gone too far. Their inner wolves can’t hold back. Can a bond for life hold them together? Chasen is overjoyed to attend his brother’s wedding. And as if things can't get better, he catches scent of his fated mate just before the vows are exchanged. Better yet, he knows who it is. But isn't Tate an alpha? Tate is an omega hiding in plain sight among alphas...Categorized as:
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Going Down on the River by J.D. Light
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsIt’s not easy, to recover when you tell a man he’s your mate, and he laughs in your face. Walking away and giving yourself time to heal would be ideal. Unfortunately, my mate needs my help, so enduring the pain and just being his friend will have to do. Or will it?And river told me I was his mate, I laughed...
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