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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...
  • Awakened Dragons  (Gem Dragons) Complete Series by Terry Bolryder

    Awakened Dragons (Gem Dragons) Complete Series by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Get all six of the bestselling Awakened Dragons book in this unbelievable complete series set, available for a limited time. Six sexy, larger than life fire breathers with unique, gemstone related powers who just woke up and are ready to defend humanity and learn the ways of the modern world while finding their fated mates...
  • Defender Raptor by Zoe Chant

    Defender Raptor by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Not my circus, not my monkeys. The problem is, it is his circus. Literally. Merlin grew up in a traveling circus where all the performing animals are shifters. Not to mention that it's a front for an international crime ring. (It's a long story.) And that's just the beginning of his secrets..
  • 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
  • Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco

    Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    A loud clap of thunder booms, and rattles the windows of Grandma's old farmhouse. "This is Thunder Cake baking weather," calls Grandma, as she and her granddaughter hurry to gather the ingredients around the farm. A real Thunder Cake must reach the oven before the storm arrives. But the list of ingredients is long and not easy to find . .
  • Tiger Protectors Boxed Set by Terry Bolryder

    Tiger Protectors Boxed Set by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Three tiger shifter enforcer brothers fall for their curvy mates in this limited time boxed set from Terry! A Tiger’s Bounty Jace is tall, dark and handsome. He's also a super rare tiger shifter, with orange eyes and a keen sense of justice that has him constantly on the hunt for the worst criminals in the shifter world...
  • Defender Cave Bear by Zoe Chant

    Defender Cave Bear by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Two damaged people. One deadly enemy. And a pair of hell-raising flying kittens.... Tirzah hacked into a shady agency’s computers to get proof of their evil deeds...and uncovered a secret so wild it can’t possibly be real. Shapeshifting supersoldiers on the run from their creators? A lab studying captive mythical creatures? It has to be some bored employee’s fantasy novel...
  • Starlight by Terry Bolryder

    Starlight by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Theo Lancaster isn't just the world's best surgeon. He's also a night-stalking monster, a creature of darkness. At least, some of the time. Thanks to his best nurse, Theo has had an ace in the hole for several years now. That is, until she threatens to leave. Only then does he realize she's much more than just another coworker, and the only human his heart could want...
  • 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...
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    military  paranormal  fantasy  shapeshifters
  • Her Dragon Rebel by Roxie Ray

    Her Dragon Rebel by Roxie Ray

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Is he more than a spoiled playboy?I need people in this town to take me seriously.I’m the only female handyman—er, handywoman—around, and my business depends on it.But the town’s men just won’t listen.Enter Rico. He’s a troublemaker, but he needs a job.Nobody else wants to work for me.It’s perfect.There’s no way I’m falling for the playboy.She’s my only hope.Get a job or lose everything...
  • 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...
  • Prince Of Ice by Terry Bolryder

    Prince Of Ice by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Luka, the last unmated ice dragon, knows exactly how to win over the sassy, sweet scientist he fell for at first sight. He's going to take it slow, let her warm up, and show her how hot an ice dragon's kiss can be. All while hiding his identity...
  • 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 Midnight Dragon's Mate by Zoe Chant

    The Midnight Dragon's Mate by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 13 ratings
    His worst nightmare could be a dream come true... Single dad Lachlan only looked away for a second. And now his six-year-old son is gone, lost in the wild woods. It’s every parent’s worst nightmare...but most parents aren’t dragons. Mad with fear for his son, Lachlan is fully prepared to rip the whole forest apart to find him..
  • 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
  • Firebird of Glass by Zoe Chant

    Firebird of Glass by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Her first Christmas might be the last ChristmasTadra has known her entire life that she was meant for a great destiny. But she never expected it to happen like this: trapped in a strange new world, her magic broken and her voice silenced, unable to shift to anything other than a tiny shadow of her firebird's glory.Ansel's kiss releases Tadra from her glass prison..
  • 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...
  • Perfect Match: Adina and the Magic Lamp by I.T. Lucas

    Perfect Match: Adina and the Magic Lamp by I.T. Lucas

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In this post-apocalyptic virtual reimagining of Aladdin, James, the enigmatic prince, and Adina, the fearless thief, navigate the treacherous streets of Londabad, a city that echoes London and Ahmedabad and fuses magic and technology. In the face of danger, the chemistry between them ignites, and the lines between prince and thief, royalty and commoner blur. Release date may be sooner...
  • Miss Behaved: BBW Paranormal Shape Shifter Romance by Milly Taiden

    Miss Behaved: BBW Paranormal Shape Shifter Romance by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Toni Lys is not looking for a relationship. She just climbed out of a dark hole her ex-beau left her in, and she doesn't want to dig into another. But when she sees sexy Garrett in need of saving, her kindness overrules to give the poor guy a hand. He’s exactly what she doesn’t need, but her heart has other ideas. Garrett has finally found his mate. She’s feisty...
  • 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
  • The Sea Dragon's Lion (Fire & Rescue Shifters: Friends and Family) by Zoe Chant

    The Sea Dragon's Lion (Fire & Rescue Shifters: Friends and Family) by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    To find her mate, she must brave a perilous, magical realm...Dry land.Sea dragon Jane Doe has never given up hope of finding her mate. Now, there’s only one place left to search. An enigmatic, intimidating place filled with baffling wonders like flowers and ice cream.Only the bravest sea dragons have ever dared to venture into the human world...
  • Euan by Zoe Chant

    Euan by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    He’s a rough, tough Outback shifter bodyguard, protecting his mate on his hardest assignment yet...
  • Rogue Wolf by Heather Long

    Rogue Wolf by Heather Long

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Salvatore Esposito’s arrival in Willow Bend promises potential problems for the North American packs. The Italian Alpha’s hunt for his missing sister has dared him to cross an ocean and venture into unfriendly territory. Margo Montgomery’s return to pack lands threatens the fragile peace...
  • 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...
  • Bear Claw Security Complete Series by Terry Bolryder

    Bear Claw Security Complete Series by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When you hire a bodyguard at Bear Claw Security, you might just get a little more than you asked for...
  • Fire & Rescue Shifters: First Mission by Zoe Chant

    Fire & Rescue Shifters: First Mission by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Cat stuck up a tree?Sounds like a job for a dragon…Dragon shifter Dai had hoped that his first mission as a firefighter would be just a little heroic.A cat stuck up a tree was not exactly what he had in mind.But there’s more to this cranky kitty than meets the eye...and more than lives at stake...
  • 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...
  • Shadow Mated by P. Jameson

    Shadow Mated by P. Jameson

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Julio “Gash” Kennedy has a wicked past that refuses to let him go. After faking his death to escape a ruthless shadow clan of shifters, he’s found a home in the Ouachita Mountains, running security for the werecats’ vacation lodge. But cutting ties with the past isn’t as easy as he’d assumed, and now the men he betrayed are coming for his clan. Coming for his mate. For his Bailey...
  • 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...
  • Racing Destiny by P. Jameson

    Racing Destiny by P. Jameson

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The 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...
  • Her Dragon Destiny by Roxie Ray

    Her Dragon Destiny by Roxie Ray

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    No guy is worth risking my heart until Maddox gets close …I can’t keep using my daughter as an excuse to stay out of the dating pool, but finding a partner as a single mom is hard. I’d much rather get lost in my work, but I don’t want to be alone forever. Enter Madd. He’s not what I expected: too young, not settled, but he might be just what I need...
  • 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...
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