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Beneath the Indigo Sky by Rayne Hawthorne, D.W. Michaels
NamidI may not know where I come from, or who I am, but I’ve done my best to build a life for myself. I know a handful of people in town, I have a nice place to live, and I enjoy my job. I look just like everyone else. But I don’t feel like everyone else, because I feel…everything.The emotions of others get tangled with my own as they race through my heart and sink into my soul...Categorized as:
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Give Him Hell by Casey Drake, Macy Blake
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNick Smith is a man with a mission: find the place where he’d been held captive as a child and discover what happened to the kids he left behind. His memories are in flux, returned to him after being blocked for the past fourteen years, along with his ability to shift into his lion form. Nick is ready for answers... -
A Handkerchief for Kade by Amy Bellows
Companion wanted for an old and ornery card player. All I want is a clever person to play cards with at night. No funny business. You sleep in your bed, and I’ll sleep in mine. Must be clean, quiet, sober, and willing to go to bed at a reasonable hour. A preference will be given to applicants who can play cribbage and gin rummy...Categorized as:
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Humility by Lark Taylor
Two commitment-phobes. One ridiculous plan. A decision that changes everything…RileyIf a no-strings hook-up is required, then I’m the perfect guy.When I meet Danny, I can’t believe my luck. A sexy wolf shifter who’s also a fireman? Who runs from relationships just as fast as I do? Sign me up...Categorized as:
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Raven: Part Two by Piper Scott, Virginia Kelly
Part Two is the 92,000 word conclusion to the Forbidden Desires series. For maximum enjoyment, Part Two is best read following the events of Clutch, Bond, Mate, Swallow, Magpie, Finch, Peregrine, and Part One. To protect the readership from spoilers, the full blurb will be released following the publication of Part One... -
A Nest for Eli by Amy Bellows
Eli loves his job as a hired fist. He gets to help pregnant omegas through a very intimate and personal moment in their lives—giving birth.When Maxim, an alpha polar bear shifter, asks for Eli’s help making an app to pair hired fists with pregnant omegas in need, Eli immediately agrees. He doesn’t expect to be so captivated by Maxim’s kind blue eyes and quiet intelligence...Categorized as:
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Charlie and the Panther by Vinni George
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat happens when fate intertwines shifters from land and sea?Matteo Garras wants to be left alone. Most people take the hint. Apparently, Charlie Marsh isn’t most people. From the moment the alpha—who smells like sunshine—sits down next to Matteo at the local shifter bar, Matteo’s world tilts on its axis, making him want a future he didn’t think he could have, one he doesn’t think he deserves...Categorized as:
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Fated: Fox and the Finch by Hawke Oakley
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFarleyHis bird form may be tiny, but his attitude sure as f*ck isn't.Farley's a pissed-off finch omega who wants nothing more than to kick every alpha where the sun don't shine. After escaping a finch shifter breeding colony, Farley's determined to save the rest of his brethren from a life of being objectified.Just one problem: he can't shift back... -
His Gentle Omega by Raiven Matthews
Shay PierceHow could I love my fated mate when I couldn’t love myself?Escaping with my young son from an abusive relationship, I had one plan to keep my son and I safe. Getting to the safety of my estranged brother and mending our rift. I never imagined I would find my fated mate at the worst possible time in my life...Categorized as:
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The Embrace of Evergreen by Rayne Hawthorne, D.W. Michaels
EthanI’ve been in love before. It's a fact that I cling to with frighteningly intense desperation as I try to convince myself that I’m normal. Ok, so I’ve only been in love once, but I know that for at least one brief, shining moment, the world and everything in it felt like magic. I know love exists. I know it does, because when I’m lying in bed alone at night, I can still feel it...Categorized as:
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A Home for Ben by Amy Bellows
Ben is a Pebble Gifting Season reject. He wandered the cold streets of Anchorage for three weeks straight, hoping an alpha would give him a pebble. But no one did.Axel is banished. He lost his temper four years ago and almost killed the alpha who abandoned his brother...Categorized as:
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Arrow by Fel Fern
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTwo shifter groups fighting for dominance. One headstrong wolf and his protective biker bear caught in the crossfire. Adam Moore has caught the unwanted attention of a monster. It’s the last thing Adam needs. His number one priority is keeping his father’s struggling bookstore afloat. When the situation worsens, Adam has no choice but to ask for a certain biker bear’s help...Categorized as:
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My Inherited House Might be Haunted by AJ Sherwood, Katie Griffin
Rhett’s inheritance of the gorgeous Victorian house was expected. What was not expected Two familiarsA house full of ghostsMagic powers?!A new boyfriend, maybe, possibly, please and thank youNow if he could just figure out how to handle everything, life would be peachy... -
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A Den Mate for Dylan by Emory Winters
Welcome to Foxwood Hollow. In a world of fox shifters sits a small, quaint town where everyone knows your business. Often stifling, always safe, and forever a place to call home. Dylan Axel is the love of my life; he just doesn’t know it yet.Ten out of ten do not recommend spending your formative years pining after an alpha who’s your brother’s best friend. But alas, here we are...Categorized as:
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Love for Heller by Amy Bellows
Heller doesn’t need an alpha.His life is already complete. He has plenty of friends, his dream job, and a tender relationship with his kid, who he gave up for adoption to two sweet alphas, only to end up as an honorary member of their family. Life is good, and he doesn’t want anything to change.Then he meets Sergey.Half polar bear shifter and half Gentoo, Sergey is a walking contradiction...Categorized as:
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Practice for Toby by Amy Bellows
Omega gentoo penguin shifters are supposed to be quiet, modest, and subservient. Felix is none of those things. Every time he mouths off to his teachers, they warn him no alpha will ever want a rebel like him.But Felix has a plan. He found a romance novel with the secret details about what happens between an alpha and omega behind closed doors... -
Cam's Treasure by Stella Rainbow
Cam and Micah have been waiting for their mates for years, but they didn't expect them to crash into their lives. Literally.CamAfter roaming the world looking for our two mates, Micah and I returned home to Mistvale because we missed our family and clan. Of course, if we'd remembered Mistvale was Fate-blessed, we might have saved ourselves all that trouble...Categorized as:
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Axel by Fel Fern
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJulian is trapped in a nightmare of his own making. Can a protective biker bear give him a new lease on life?Hope. Julian lost that last winter after the merciless decimation of his flock. No longer able to shift, Julian lives a bitter half-existence. Keeping his head above the water isn’t easy, especially when a scary but sweet biker bear disrupts his life... -
Fractured Fang: Alpha by Jena Wade, Lorelei M. Hart
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsStart your own pack, they said. It will be easy, they said. It was not.Alpha Wilder’s life has never been sunshine and roses, but he refused to let that keep him down. When he and his two closest friends couldn’t find a pack to call their own, they decided to forge one of their own... -
A Bond for Dominic by Amy Bellows
Flint never found his pebble. Fairy penguin shifters can’t bond to a mate without one, but Flint intends to find love anyway. Even if that means looking for his mate among polar bear shifters who never commit to their partners for more than a few years. Dominic needs a fake mate. His father is trying to set him up with the local matchmaker to preserve the family line... -
The Sapphire Dragon's Missing Mate by Lorelei M. Hart
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI am the lucky one. Everyone says so. My otter bevy took me in when no one else would, I have two adopted parents who love me and a degree that allows me to work from anywhere. And maybe they are right and I should be grateful, but I can’t quite let go of the feeling that something is missing…something important.On my 25th birthday, my dragon emerges for the first time, and everything changes...Categorized as:
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My Demon Manny by Stella Rainbow
Demons made great mannies. I'd know, I had one...When I hired Calux to be my son's caretaker, I didn't think there was anything strange about him. On the contrary, he was perfect.Calux was good at his job, and my son Gunner seemed to like him. The fact that he was a man also helped since it meant no pesky feelings would get between him and his job.Or so I'd thought...Categorized as:
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Star-Crossed Betas by Emory Winters
Connor: Ending up in an arranged marriage with the man who ripped my heart out of my chest and put it through a blender - was not on my bingo card this year. Yet what did I expect when I made the most cliched mistake of falling in love with the son of the enemy pack? If we don’t find a way to coexist and build a pack together, we’re in breach of the peace agreement...Categorized as:
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Love At Frost Bite: Benji (Mated to His Reindeer) by Toby Wise
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCan a self-proclaimed grinch find love in time for Christmas?Benji prefers a quiet life, and he’s gotten to the age where he’s used to being alone. Despite being a reindeer, he hates ‘the Christmas spirit’ and the only thing softening his grumpy exterior is a certain otter shifter who seems determined to slip his way into Benji’s life.Mason is a single dad working at the food court in the mall...Categorized as:
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Love at Frost Bite: Rudy (Mated to His Reindeer) by Victoria Sue
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Christmas Curse...Not only had Rudy drawn the short straw as far as family names went, but he'd lucked out on his shifter genes as well. Male reindeers capable of getting pregnant were as rare as rocking horse poop...well, you get the idea...Categorized as:
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Rising by Claire Cullen
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA lone wolf. A lonely merman. And a place to call home, if they can get there.Kicked out of his pack as a kid, Jace has always considered himself a solitary wolf. He’s happy to help the Eden pack rescue wolves and other shifters, but he’s not ready to give up his life as a thief. Until he breaks into a mansion to steal a priceless watch and finds something far more intriguing—a merman... -
The Amethyst Dragon's Mythical Mate by Toby Wise
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWho knew a loose tire would lead to love?Growing up with my adopted moms, I never dreamed of leaving home. I had everything I thought I needed until my 25th birthday and I shifted for the very first time. Once my dragon is awakened, he realizes we’re not as alone as we thought, sensing two brothers out in the world, waiting to be reunited... -
My Saintly Demon by R.M. Neill
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI know demons are supposed to be terrifying and evil. Some might even say cruel and heartless.But the thing is, I don't like it.The constant scowling and the raining of fire on people, it really isn't good for my mental health. Give me fluffy bunnies and a good cuddle after a long day and I'm a happy guy.The problem is, I am a demon and I'm really freaking bad at it...Categorized as:
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Fate's Final Chapter by Toby Wise
The entire Burke pack and their loved ones join Frankie and Elwood for a day of celebration as the two join their lives together in a life force sharing ceremony.Join the family you’ve come to know and love five years after Frankie and Elwood’s mating, checking in with each and every member of the Burke pack...Categorized as:
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As You Are by Sophie O'Dare, Lyn Forester
Juro already failed at marriage once and has no interest in trying again. Then, Shig steps into his life and gives him hope at happiness, if only he’s brave enough to accept it.A parent and married before he even graduated high school, Juro has no interest in trying again after his first marriage fell apart. He’s disillusioned with love and has a young child to take into consideration... -
Wrong Number, Right Valentine (Dial M For Mates) by Lorelei M. Hart, Colbie Dunbar
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsSometimes the wrong number is the exact one you need.Being set up on a Valentine’s date by your co-worker has to be the epitome of patheticness, but here I am about to go on a date with someone I haven’t met. I didn’t even tell my boss they could give out my number. But they did. Are they returning my calls? Of course they aren’t... -
His Primal Kiss by Kota Quinn
Everyone fears orcs and their savage urges. My time with the Goblin Market has ended. I need to find my mate. So, when I hear about a small town where both humans and monsters live together, I’m determined to go.A seer once told me that my mate is human, but no one mentioned that his fiery passion would call to me on a primal level...Categorized as:
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Chasing Magic by Toby Wise
After receiving a magical compass that’s supposed to lead him to his spark, Willow embarks on the road trip of a lifetime. He just didn’t realize it would take over five years of chasing to finally meet his spark, Nash and he certainly wasn’t expecting his spark’s brother to be his true mate.Callan, a hawk shifter, is used to his life on the road...Categorized as:
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Surfacing by Claire Cullen
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLuke was born ordinary—born human—but now he’s something else. Every day is a struggle to accept his new reality. Freedom is a distant memory. Then a wolf appears, staring at him from the other side of his tank, and everything changes.Red has done his best to ignore what’s happening in the world with the single-mindedness of an alpha... -
Adopt a Vampire by AJ Sherwood
Newly turned vampire Jesse Hunt has been spotted by two werewolves! Should -Run-Fight-Ask for nomsBarrett Walker, alpha of the local pack, has two options upon meeting the starving but sweet Jesse! Should -Hand him over to the local vampire clan-Adopt himBarrett’s in favor of adoption but can adoption include smexy bite bite times too?Who’s on ship building duty this time?, Coconut water is... -
Give Me S'more by J.D. Light
Moore Aldridge Finding out my mother and father have been hiding a pretty important secret form my brother and sister and me isn't the highlight of my week. But considering, up until yesterday I was bing held in a dingy, freezing cell with no blanket, it's also not the worst thing...Categorized as:
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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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Toby And His Dragon Librarian by Lorelei M. Hart, Colbie Dunbar
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSometimes you can go home again.Alpha dragon shifter Dane dreamed of running a huge city library, but as he finished his degree, he was hit with the reality that his dragon didn’t want to be trapped in a world of steel and concrete. He longed for fresh air and a place to fly. When a small community in the middle of nowhere advertised for a head librarian, he applied immediately... -
Flush The Twinkles by Joyee Flynn
[Siren Classic ManLove: Erotic Alternative Paranormal Romance, M/M, elves, spanking, sex toys] Twelve elves left the North Pole to be free of all things Christmas and have been living together for decades. They have gone without their mates for years, but when the first of the twelve finds his, the others have hope of finding theirs...Categorized as:
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Wrap It Up by Joyee Flynn
[Siren Classic ManLove: Erotic Alternative Paranormal Romance, M/M, elves] Twelve elves left the North Pole to be free of all things Christmas and have been living together for decades. They have gone without their mates for years, but when the first of the twelve finds his, the others have hope of finding theirs...Categorized as:
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Embrace the Beast by Mia West
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOtter shifter Nate is living a whopper of a lie. Everything will be fine, as long as nobody—especially his best friend, sweet-gruff grizzly shifter Mac—finds out he used to be an elite rescue swimmer who failed to save the one person he loved most.+Nate Landry is living a whopper of a lie.He’s an otter shifter, that much is true...Categorized as:
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Relic by Mia Monroe
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRunning from my past led me straight into the arms of my future. That is, if evil doesn’t catch me first.New Orleans felt like the right place for me to disappear, but I walked right into trouble...Categorized as:
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Naughty Elf: Aster: M/M Mpreg Christmas Romance by Lorelei M. Hart
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWho put three cups of salt in the sugar cookies? Oh yeah, that would be me.Being Santa’s head baker, I have one Make delicious cookies. And I do. Year after year. I bake the best cookies in the world… that is until someone puts the salt in the sugar bin and I accidently make the worst cookies ever. And to make matters worse, I served them to Santa after he had a rough day... -
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Alpha Dragon's Wings of Love by Lorelei M. Hart
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 3 ratingsWhat’s worse than never finding your fated mate? Scenting them at a rest stop, one they left hours earlier.I always thought I’d scent my mate; we’d look lovingly into each other’s eyes and then start our happy ever after. That was not at all how it happened. Instead, I pulled into a rest stop when my truck overheated, caught his faint scent only to discover he’d already left...Categorized as:
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Cooper by Fel Fern, Kara Kitt
Miles Brooks can barely keep it together. With a mountain of bills and a business going under, he has no time for anything else. Then his older brother and uncle piss off the local alpha, and now they all have a target on their backs. Calling his brother’s best friend is his only option. He hasn’t seen Cooper in years, yet he still has a crush on him...Categorized as:
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Kiss Me Please: Masa x Sota by Lyn Forester, Sophie O'Dare
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Holidays Are Here, But Will They Be Filled With Happiness?Masa and Sota are on break for Yule, but Sota finds it difficult to get excited about the holiday when his mate is acting weird... -
Wrightfully Wrong: An M/M Mpreg Shifter Romance by Fel Fern
Alone and broke, Billy returns to the only place where he and his baby will be be safe—Moon Burrow. Omega Billy Wall needs to lay low. He left Moon Burrow to find a better life in the city, only to end up with a monster in a five thousand dollar suit. When fate pushes Gunn Wright, his best friend’s protective and grumpy older brother into Billy’s path, everything changes...Categorized as:
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His Impossible Elf Mate by Jax Stuart
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAn elf with a secret.Tearlach is on a mission to find the reason behind the beta sickness and how the plight relates to the elven fertility crisis. The last thing he expected to find is the man who feels like a part of his soul.Or how determined he’d be to keep Axel. No matter what.A shifter with an impossible dream... -
Penn and Inkubus by Essie Sloane
You’re formally admitted to Creelin University—known locally as “Creepin U.” The only things wilder than the monster shifters prowling around campus are the spicy male-male love stories unfolding between classes. Penn & Inkubus is book four, starring an Inkubus and his journalist friend who feeds him. Each book is a stand-alone M/M spooky romance, but we hope you enroll in them all...Categorized as:
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