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Darkness Unleashed by Stephanie Rowe
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe New York Times bestselling author of the Order of the Blade series, Stephanie Rowe, returns to the haunted recesses of the Underworld, where the most dangerous and unpredictable Calydon of all must face his darkest past and the sensual woman who is hiding a secret that he can't afford to discover... -
Darkyn's Mate by Lizzy Ford
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsCaught between Fate and the Dark One ... Stuck in Hell, human-Deidre struggles to hold onto her hope that she can change the course of events that landed her as the mate of Darkyn, the Dark One. The chances of her leaving Hell plummet when the Dark One takes a drastic step to ensure he never loses his latest possession and blood binds her in an ancient rite from the time-before-time... -
The Virgin Blood Series by Alexa Riley
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsWelcome to the Virgin Blood Bundle! This book includes all four stories from our Virgin Blood Series! Bitten by the Beast, Bitten by the Virgin, Twice Bitten, and Bitten by the King are all together with EPILOGUES! That’s right! Check-in on your favorite vamps with brand new sexy, epilogues! Warning: This bundle is everything you’ve been dying for and more...Categorized as:
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Dragon Guard Crusader by Alicia Montgomery
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA dragon nearing the end of his questAfter three long years, Water Dragon Thoralf is coming home. His quest to bring back his king’s lost dragon has taken him all over the world, and now he may finally have the solution. But to fulfill his crusade, he must once again face the beautiful, but broken Lady Willa. He hasn’t forgotten her all these years–nor what she’s been through... -
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Cowboy Dragon's Second Chance: (Cowboy Dragon's Inn) by Serena Meadows
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLuck was definitely not on my side when my boss asked me to accompany him on a trip. It was impossible to peel my eyes away from the hot cowboy rancher.Impossible.Even when I knew it was my only option.Charlie was as damaged as I was.He was wronged by a woman just as badly as I was deceived by a man.But we both got our second chance and I couldn’t say we were making the best of it... -
Goldie's Grumpy Grizzly by Coco Elliot
A grumpy bear shifter with no desire for a mate collides with a car and wakes up with a mating bond locked onto the driver responsible— the blonde bombshell he finds sleeping in his bed.RAEMy weeklong writing retreat in Fable Forest's distraction-free campground was supposed to refill my creative well and help me meet my deadline...Categorized as:
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Hunted in Darkness by Carrie Ann Ryan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI knew I wanted her the first time I saw her. Only problem? She can’t be my mate.I’m a son of a traitor and former Alpha and I know it’s the legacy people see.But I must be the Alpha of my Pack and protect them from the new threat to our world: Vampires.Valac and the others are still in the shadows, and we must find their lairs before we lose more than we already have...Categorized as:
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Bound by Fire by Tracey Jane Jackson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsPepper Brooks has always dreamed of escaping her small town life and her alcoholic mother. Working double shifts at her dead-end waitressing job, she saves every penny in order to join her best friend in Scotland. Her plans are threatened, however, when she finds herself alone and in danger with no apparent way out...Categorized as:
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Deidre's Death by Lizzy Ford
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTwo women caught in a struggle between Death and the Dark One... Gabriel – Death – is winning the ground war against demons in the mortal realm. But a rebellion is brewing among his army of grim reapers in the underworld he still can’t access... -
Stealing Snow by Skye Alder
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe could show her that they're meant to be. Sayer is used to getting what he wants. He's got more money, more power, then most and he's used it to get to where he is today. Now that he's settled, he's looking for the missing piece of his life. His mate. When he catches her scent, he figures that mating her will be as easy as everything else in his life. He was wrong...Categorized as:
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Not Her Alpha by Annie Nicholas
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsChris Jenkins, alpha werewolf, wants the woman who destroyed his life dead. Then he finds her imprisoned and beaten by her own family. So, he rescues her instead. Too make things worse, her soul is bound to a grimoire of black magic and he volunteers his pack to protect the book from falling into the wrong hands. Now, Jade has to live with him. It’s the only way to keep his city safe. Really... -
Micaela's Big Bad by Tijan
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA Halloween NovellaI found my boyfriend mid-thrust in a vampire.Gross. WTH, right? Also, a fork might've been thrown.I expected to spend the night commiserating with my best friend.That didn't happen. I found myself on a mission to save her.And somehow, I woke up in the back of a vehicle, across from a guy who could be described as literal sex on a stick... -
Rush of Pleasure by Rhyannon Byrd
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDangerous passion and primal instincts… With his sinister good looks, Noah Winston is the one man—a human with Casus ties—who Willow Broussard has never been able to resist. Once enemies, then lovers, Noah broke her heart... -
Untouchable Darkness by Rachel Van Dyken
To love a Dark One is to invite death... It is wrong to love her. It is worse to want her. It is sin to consume her. I desire all three. I've been given thirty days to prove my love to another immortal--as a human. Cursed to use nothing but the side of myself I've always despised to win her affection. I am Cassius, the King of the immortals, A Dark One... -
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Wicked Waves by Sharon Kay
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsMaking daggers out of raindrops is only the tip of the iceberg for Brooke Bonham. As one of four women who can control the elements, her ability to manipulate water packs a deluge of potential. Eager to learn more, she’s frustrated at the precautions she must take to avoid the wrong kind of attention on Earth...Categorized as:
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Remington by Elisa Leigh
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsViolet Spencer is a hot mess. At least that’s how she feels after making a spur of the moment decision that has consequences she isn’t prepared for. Trying to get out of her head, she takes a hike out in the forest. Everything goes from bad to worse in the course of a few hours and what started out as a good day turns bad. With daylight dimming, she doesn’t know how she’ll make it out alive... -
Monster Without Mercy by Cynthia Eden
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAnyone can be tempted…Xavier Hollow is the king of destruction. A shifter, a vampire, a demon—every nightmare you have—all rolled into one very smoking hot package. Xavier snaps his fingers, and the world falls at his feet. His enemies tremble in fear. And the women who want him? They tremble with yearning. Life (and death) is one fabulous ride…until a certain very old curse kicks in for him...Categorized as:
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A Dangerous Hunger by J.S. Scott
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDr. Talia Maris had lived her entire life as a freak—a too tall, too plain, too odd woman who sees and senses the presence of otherworldly entities. A total recluse, Talia spends all of her time on her research, living a contented, quiet life with only her loyal feline companion for company. Until that sedate existence comes crashing down around her when she starts being pursued by demon Evils...Categorized as:
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My Forbidden Shifter Match by Skye Alder
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFour best friend and ex-special forces shifters contact the Love Bites Dating Agency, each for different reasons. One for love, one to forget, one on a dare, and one by mistake. This is Rule’s story, the one who joined on a dare.Rule Young just got out of the military after serving for over a decade...Categorized as:
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Nauti Siren by Lora Leigh, Manxie Hardy
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLora Leigh, the New York Times best-selling author of Nauti Intentions and Nauti Dreams revisits that sultry and ¿sinfully good¿ (Joyfully Reviewed) Southern landscape with a story of a young woman whose desire for a Boston attorney draws them both into a dangerous undercover investigation, and an adversary as lethal as he is relentless... -
Dragon's Successor by Isadora Montrose
Words every virgin is panting to hear from her first and only lover: A. I love you. B. I can’t live without you. C. You’re mine by right of capture. Billionaire Dragon Lord Roland Voros went with C. BBW Kayla Cooper blew him off...Categorized as:
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Lover Uncloaked by Tina Folsom
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsPLEASE NOTE: Lover Uncloaked was previously published under the title Edge of Passion. Able to render themselves invisible, immortal Stealth Guardians like Aiden have been protecting humans from the dark power of the Demons of Fear for centuries. But the demons might soon have a powerful tool in their hands to seduce humans to the dark side... -
Suit & Fangs by Marian Tee
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCaros are what vampires used to be.We are slaves to pleasure, power turns us on, and each and every one of us has a weakness to hide. All things sparkly and beautiful are 18-year-old Caylie Sonora’s greatest source of pleasure, and no one is more irresistibly gorgeous and seductive in her eyes than the quiet and old-fashioned Luka...Categorized as:
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Hungry for Red by Loni Ree
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAn experiment gone wrong has left W. Aaron Wolfe a little different, furrier and such. He’s been living in the middle of the woods for years to hide his secrets. When he stumbles across an injured camper being attacked in the forest, his inner wolf demands that he step in to save the beauty and claim her as theirs. One minute, Isla Redmond is running from a beast in the woods...Categorized as:
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Taking on Tory by S.E. Smith
Twenty-four year old Tory Carson is dying to get out of Magic, New Mexico and explore the world. She has spent her whole life cocooned in the protection of the close-knit community. When she finally gets a chance to go somewhere for three weeks, she would be crazy to say no...Categorized as:
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Demon by Jianne Carlo
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsDemon rescues Jacinta, a curvy, luscious female whose virginity he takes in front of four armed men, from certain gang rape, being shot, and who knows what else?Talk about the best laid plans backfiring.Demon's carefully plotted scheme to capture the man who abused him, Pedro Nunez, aka, The Smiling Killer, is not off to a good start... -
The Wolf Within by Sondrae Bennett
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsWill his love be enough to keep her safe? Julie doesn't know what to think when the man she's had a crush on her entire life--a man she thinks is meant to be her sister's mate--starts flirting with her after she returns home from college. The harder she tries to distance herself, the harder he works to win her over. He can't want to mate with her...a freak born a full human among shifters... -
Worth Fighting For by Sondrae Bennett
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAs leader of a fox skulk, Cody is used to feeling protective of his people. But when his best friend, Misty, gets attacked, the panic he feels has nothing to do with duty. Suddenly, he’s noticing Misty as a woman instead of the girl he grew up with... -
Surrounded by Pleasure by Mandy Harbin
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsKrista Owens is an attorney who works too much and plays too little. When her colleague, Mikaela, requests her assistance for a month on the Woods estate, hinting that her brothers-in-law are all hot with commitment phobias, Krista agrees to tell the guys she has a boyfriend, hoping to finally lose her virginity...Categorized as:
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Solo Tu by Mandy M. Roth, Randy M. Roth
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSolo Tu By Mandy M. Roth A witch by birth, Francy Montgomery feels she's merely a fledgling in the eyes of the supernatural world. Only one man has ever believed in her abilities, a man who a few years ago ignited a magical fire within her that burns for his touch, despite his rejection...Categorized as:
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The Demon Duke and I by Marian Tee
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsTomboy. Potty mouth. Cyber geek. That’s who 24-year-old photo blogger Georgina “George” McCartney really is...Categorized as:
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Rogue Dragon by Kassanna
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSynda Supreme has known all her life she was a dragon…sort of. The love child of a human mother and dragon father, she’s maintained the secret and lived as a human never realizing that her last name is actually a title. Until she met another dragon... -
Fated To Be Mine by Skye Alder
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is supposed to be my fresh start. I’m finally standing on my own two feet.Sure, my job at the bakery barely pays the bills and I hate the hours, but if it means that I’m out of my parents’ house, then I’ll take it.I’m hoping that things start to settle down now. No more drama or fights...Categorized as:
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To Catch His Mate by Savannah Stuart, Katie Reus
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen she ran, she didn’t think he’d follow… Pack princess Alyssa Clare was trying to come up with ways to get out of her arranged mating to alpha wolf Reece O’Shea—until she meets the powerful male. After getting to know him, mating doesn’t seem like such a bad idea anymore...Categorized as:
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The Time of the Hunter's Moon by Victoria Holt
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsCordelia Grant wonders if she is dreaming after she sees a handsome stranger in the forest at the time of the hunter's moon, when legends say a girl will see her future husband... -
To Tame His Mate by Serena Pettus
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSarah has spent the last six years running from some pretty determined wolves. A born Alpha, and a fierce fighter, she has managed to thwart the best efforts of the neighboring packs in their attempts to force a mating with their current Alphas. She is determined to live her life the way she wants—free—and has fought her way to freedom more times than she should have had to...Categorized as:
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Bump in the Night by Dani Wyatt
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSilas Worthington is a man with a plan. A plan that will turn his family’s old estate into an airport and fill his already full pockets a bit more. There’s only one problem. His great-grandfather put a little twist in his will that throws a wrench into his plans. Enter a contest, Halloween, a few lucky contestants, and boom. Everything is about to fall into place...Categorized as:
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A Whisper of Eternity by Amanda Ashley
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn Amanda Ashley's compelling, lushly sensual novels, vampires exist alongside humans—but their desires are not relegated to the shadows. Now, a timeless passion is shattered by dangerous immortal ambition—unless an eternal kiss can hold back the darkness of true death... He Will Not Lose Her Again When artist Tracy Warner purchases the rambling seaside house built above Dominic St... -
Koishi by Annie Nicholas
Rated: 3.66 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNever make a deal with a dragon. Sandra’s sister is dying. Doctors say nothing can be done, but she refuses to give up hope. She has depleted all their resources searching for a cure, when a little bird whispers in Sandra’s ear about secret worlds, gates, and the keepers who protect them... -
Big Bad Wolf (A Faerie Tale Romance) by Linda Jones
Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsMY, WHAT BIG SHOULDERS HE HAD ... Big and wide and strong, Wolf Trevelyan's shoulders were just right for his powerful physique --- just right to hold a girl. And Molly Kincaid wondered what his arms would feel like wrapped tight around her. AND A WICKED SMILE ... Molly knew she should have been scared of the dark stranger when he confronted her on her shortcut through the Maine woods...Categorized as:
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Covert Desires by Sondrae Bennett
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWill desire be enough once all their secrets are revealed? Still recovering from a traumatic assignment, Amber is wary of the man who shows up at her door with a plate of cookies and a welcoming smile. Instinct warns her he’s not all he seems. Then again, neither is she. Since she was sent to root out the secrets of the town and its people, she might as well accept his invitation to dinner...Categorized as:
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Wolves at the Door by Skye Jones
Rated: 3.54 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsResearch scientist, Brooke Buchanan, has agreed to spend a year studying the wildlife of a remote Scottish region. Alone in a wooden cabin with only her dog for company, she is determined not to be scared. But what she eventually finds living out there in the lonely woods shocks her to the core...Categorized as:
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Perfumed Heat by Judy Mays
Rated: 3.42 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe start of the Heat series!Since the death of his mate, Artemis Gray has desired no other to take her place. Then Moira Archer, a human, enters his life. Her rich, earthy scent, combined with the perfume she wears, entice's him...Categorized as:
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The Mercenary by Cherry Adair
Victoria Jones was a lousy liar. Not that the sensible bookkeeper was accustomed to lying--or anything else that would have disrupted her safe, dull existence. But her world took a terrifying turn when her twin brother, Alex, an agent for T-FLAC, the elite antiterrorist task force, went missing.Now she'll do anything to find him..Categorized as:
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Dragon's Treasure by Isadora Montrose
Curvy, independent Leah never set out to net a billionaire dragon shifter. All this BBW wants is a decent job and a decent man. That lets out indecently wealthy playboy Hugo. He might make her drool but she doesn’t want to be a notch on anyone’s bedpost. But so long as he confines himself to looking, she’ll put up with her bad boy boss. Trip to Caribbean island? Check. Big bonus? Check... -
Defiled by Evangeline Anderson
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsEvery millennium the most innocent angel in all of Heaven is sacrificed to the most evil demon in Hell. Elandra is this angel. Though she fears for her life and her virtue, she never dreams that she will find true love in Hell. Raziel is half-demon, brought up by his powerful father to take control of the underworld. But when Elandra is presented to him, he can’t bring himself to hurt her... -
Draco by Brenda Steele
Rated: 3.37 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFirst book in the Accidental Mates Series. With temporary genetic enhancements to her body, to make her sexier, Harmony sneaks into the dragon shape-shifter's room to either seduce him or kill him - whatever works to keep the beast from forcing her sister to marry him. The Drelconian lords were a race of the hottest men, with the - stiffest - equipment a girl could ever dream of... -
Draken by Solease M. Barner
Rated: 3.48 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn erotic, steamy, paranormal love story with dragons. Suitable for mature adults only. Cess Lamil is determined to get her college degree with honors and start her career. When the new neighbors moves in down the street, her plans change quickly. Draken, the controlling and obnoxious neighbor, is all she can think about...Categorized as:
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Rejecting My Shifter Boss by Skye Alder
Rated: 3.47 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShe’s about to get the surprise of a lifetime.Kiera just landed in Forest Park, Colorado with her younger sister, Peyton. They needed a fresh start and were both lucky enough to be hired at neighboring companies. They get to walk to and from work everyday and eat lunch together. There’s just one thing keeping it from being Kiera’s dream job. Roman Matthews. He’s met his match. Literally...Categorized as:
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Alpha’s Mate by Mia Wolf
Rated: 3.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s hot. He’s determined to be the next Alpha. And he just rejected me as his mate. I’m a traitor’s daughter, so I can never be the Alpha’s mate.But how can he deny our bond … the flame we felt beneath the willow tree that night?I want to hate his guts for ghosting me … but I can practically hear his wolf calling to mine.If determination had a name, this black wolf would be it...Categorized as:
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