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Chayton by Tiya Rayne
ChaytonFive years ago, I walked away from my pack and my true mate to save my son's life. It's a decision I will never regret. Since then, I've lived with only one focus: to protect my son at all costs. Once again, I'm faced with the decision to save his life. I'm forced to either marry the human that saved him or watch my son die. The latter is never an option...Categorized as:
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When a Wolf Loves the Moon by Granger ., Granger
Students go missing at this mythical and magical HBCU campus.No one knows why but as our four girls continue their education and learn more about themselves, the mystery begins to affect their friendship with each other. Can they solve the case and stop this growing feeling that something is about to change, all while remaining friends? Let's find out... -
Butterfly by Ashley Antoinette
Butterfly is the first novel in an all new series by New York Times bestselling author Ashley Antoinette and an instant USA Today bestseller!“Run away from the boy that gives you butterflies, he's going to break your heart.”Morgan Atkins had been told that phrase ever since she was a little girl and still she allowed herself to fall for the boy that made her heart flutter...Categorized as:
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Bound Through Time: Future by Twyla Turner
The final chapter in the Viking Brothers Series... Dag knows his destiny lies within the future. Will it be with his eldest brother or beyond? Has time bound him to a woman, the way it has for Thorin and Jerrik? And if so, who will she be? Only time will tell...Warning: Adult content...Categorized as:
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That Time I Got Drunk And Yeeted A Love Potion At A Werewolf by Kimberly Lemming
Anyone else ever thrown a drink at someone's head, only to miss entirely and hit a stranger behind them? Then have that stranger fall madly in love with you because it turned out that drink you threw was a love potion? No, just me? Well damn.Dealing with a pirate ship full of demons that just moved into town was hard enough...Categorized as:
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The Gatekeeper by K. Alex Walker
No one defies the Lord of the Underworld. Chief Mataio Tauati took over his father’s post as Gatekeeper of The Dead at seventeen years of age. Twelve years later, he’s become the strongest god of his ancestral lineage. To challenge him is a death sentence and, for the most part, everyone understands the rules. For the most part...Categorized as:
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Magic of Lust by Auryn Hadley
The rules of magic are changing, and she's going to make sure they work for her. Mages are always men. Until her. They harvest the power of simple, primitive emotions. Until her. Jaeda is something new, and the best way to protect herself is to make sure the enemy doesn't have a clue. That's going to be difficult with an Adevian mage about to take her town. Shahwa has become her home... -
Saving Jacob by Tessa Stone
Angie Generational curses seem to have claimed me as their latest victim. I come from an ancient bloodline of witches who bound their coven's powers at the prophecy of one of them being fated to a wolf shifter. They would rather see their entire lineage suffer than let Fate take its course... -
Unhinged by Dreia Wells
Everything I thought I knew about my life was a lie.With all the revelations about me coming to the surface, I just need time to figure it all out. Trying to navigate my day-to-day life with four soul tethers, a fated mate, and my betrothed is a challenge within itself, but time is not on my side. When I think I can settle into my new normal, my world turns upside once more... -
Chosen by Tiffany Patterson
I never belonged until I was chosen by an alpha, but our love is forbidden…Volunteering was supposed to be a way to honor my grandmother’s memory, not a place to meet hot guys. But that’s exactly what happens when Chael lands in my life due to a string of disappearances and deaths at the nursing home I volunteer at... -
For Her Safety by Dria Andersen
For seven years Silas Knight has been focused only one thing: finding his daughter. He didn’t have time for relationships, and he certainly wasn't looking for a mate. But see… fate was a tricky thing. The one thing he’d been avoiding was the one thing he would have to do to keep his daughter with him...Categorized as:
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Curiosity by Christina C. Jones
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsYou know what they say about curiosity, right?(Curiosity is an erotic paranormal novella...Categorized as:
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Jonah's Ghost by K. Alex Walker
Taryn Hopkins and her husband, Oliver, recently bought and moved into their 1st home, an old Victorian in small-town Pennsylvania. But when her airline pilot husband is away, Taryn is visited by a dark-haired male apparition who appears in unlit hallways and eventually, her dreams.Jonah’s so real, she can touch him. He calls her by the name “Odette” and strokes her like his long-lost love...Categorized as:
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Elias The Wicked by K. Alex Walker
I, Kerah Moss, was on the fast-track to becoming the first veterinarian in my family. Academics - check. Accolades - double-check. But then, a drop of forbidden passion entered my life, and like with all things forbidden, trouble followed and trapped me in the relationship that led to the near-fatal car accident that ended my veterinary career.Five years later, my life is mostly back on track... -
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Jasora : An Alpha's Queen 2 by Natavia
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAn Alpha’s Queen 2 continues the story from where part one left off. After regaining her memories from her past life, Jasora embarks on a journey to uncover the dark secrets hidden within The Maikoh Tribe, the community of her mate, Wolfgang. As she delves deeper into the tribe’s secrets, she finds herself in danger, her life threatened by those who wish to keep the truth buried...Categorized as:
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Ancients by Kathryn Moon
The Ancients, a race of creatures between gods and monsters, are trapped in Canderfey. Fighting for their home, the University, and the remaining residents of the town, Joanna and her coven are in daily peril. When one of the Ancients escapes the boundary, the coven is separated, Isaac traveling in search of a solution to the turmoil of the summer... -
Goddess of Beast: The Introduction by J Peach
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBorn into slavery, NaKiyah thought she was just a mere slave. That is until her eighteenth birthday when everything changed, and she gained magical powers.From that moment NaKiyah knew she’d only be seen as a demon to the world, and her life would be in danger if anyone ever found out what she was... -
Fated Blue Moon by D'mesha Wright
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsEverlee Miles believes in fate. Her mate, her life plan and her family bonds are all connected to a perceived destiny…until it isn’t. In the blink of an eye she finds herself questioning everything she believes to be true about fate.Namari Joseph is his own man. He still has to prove his worthiness to everyone around him... -
Declan by Dria Andersen
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAmber Bennett carried her family on her back. Every dime she made went to care for the household her father’s death had left behind. Even with all her sacrifices her mother was asking one more of her. Another arranged marriage, another piece of her soul given to keep their family afloat. Amber wants something just for herself…a mate, not a marriage... -
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams
From the New York Times bestselling author of Seven Days in June , A Love Song for Ricki Wilde is an epic love story one hundred years in the making…Leap years are a strange, enchanted time. And for some, even a single February can be life-changing.Ricki Wilde has many talents, but being a Wilde isn’t one of them...Categorized as:
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Nago, His Mississippi Queen: 50 Loving States, Mississippi by Theodora Taylor
I’m still not exactly sure how a nobody like me managed to catch the eye of a billionaire alpha prince. But Nago Nightwolf was the sweetest, gentlest, most wonderful boyfriend a poor she-wolf from a mange state pack could ever ask for…until I needed him most. Then he disappeared from my life without so much as an apology. I thought it was true love... -
That Time I Got Drunk And Saved A Demon by Kimberly Lemming
All I wanted to do was live my life in peace. Maybe get a cat, expand my spice farm. Really anything that doesn’t involve going on a quest where an orc might rip my face off. But they say the Goddess has favorites. If so, I’m clearly not one of them.After saving the demon Fallon in a wine-drunk stupor, all he wanted to do was kill an evil witch enslaving his people.I mean, I get it... -
Khan's Choice by Tacarra
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTo the naked eye, Khan looked like your typical hustler, but that was far from the truth. He was living his best immortal life while he waited for his mate…until he laid his eyes on Choice. He knew from their first encounter that she was his...Categorized as:
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Caution by Christina C. Jones
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFind something safe to do.Categorized as:
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The Coach's Challenge : Desperados Book Six by Dandridge Monroe, Nubian FX
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsHe's overcome tragedy, remade himself into a champion, but winning the heart of his soul's mate is the greatest challenge he will ever face.Douglas Stewart Jr. made history as the NFL's youngest African American head coach to lead a team to the Super Bowl. Before his playing days were cut short by a catastrophic knee injury, he was known as The Axe because of how he cut down quarterbacks... -
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Day One by JanJan Untamed
Some of us will not be returning home. This is a one-way trip to nowhere. A kamikaze mission for the brave and stout of heart. And the chance of a lifetime for an explorer like me. In my last email, I encouraged the team to make sure their affairs were in order. See to their wills and appoint a power of attorney. I suggested they hug their parents and kiss their offspring...Categorized as:
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Third Street Conjure Boys: Jinx by Nikki Clarke
Jinx:We are of gods and men. We're magic, but we aren't magicians. We're ancient deities, all the things anyone has ever believed in, new and old. We're real and we're here, walking among you. Some of us are more special than others. Some of us hold the key to immense power and the ability to bestow it on others...Categorized as:
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A Witch's Touch by S.E. Smith
As the darkness spreads, help comes when she needs it the most… Marina Fae never considered herself a powerful witch or dreamed that she could make a difference in the fight to save her people, but when the Sea Witch’s magic swept across the Isle of Magic, Marina led a group of children to safety in the dense mountain forest, and it was the only the beginning of what she discovered she can do...Categorized as:
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Clarity by Christina C. Jones
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSome things are just inevitable..Categorized as:
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Controlled 1: Loving An Alpha Male by S.K. Lessly
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsthe power to influence or direct people’s behavior or the course of events. It is indicative to such words as power, command, dominance, and leadership. Hello, Let me introduce myself. My name is Andrew Pierce, known to everyone as A.P. I’m a corporate attorney on the fast-track to becoming partner at the Law Firm of Goldstein, Parker, & Foster. My tamed hair is blonde, and my eyes are blue...Categorized as:
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Hexed Wolf: Bennett Pack by K.C. Mills
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFated Bonds are absolute but what happens when that bond is cursed to destroy you and everyone you love?Toyin is a witch that knows her destiny, and being rejected by her one true love leaves her feeling empty, desperate and hopeless. However, one night, one mistake, birthed a beautiful blessing... -
Ruth and the King of the Giants by S.E. Smith
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe King of the Giants has met his match…When her brother goes missing, Ruth Hallbrook follows the only lead that she has – a story told to her by a strange woman that she meets in town. Armed with a ‘magical’ shell that will supposedly guide her, all she has to do is repeat the words she hears when she puts it to her ear... -
Excess Baggage by Nicole Falls
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWinifred “Freddie” Brown’s got an admirer. He’s handsome, charming, and persistent. The only problem? He’s eleven years her junior and she’s not trying to take anyone that close in age to her child seriously.Elijah Woolford, however, is undeterred. He’s had his eye on Freddie for some time now and is willing to do whatever it takes to break down her walls and get her to let him in... -
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Magic in the Moonlight by Dria Andersen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAudrey Marks could admit that an impulsive marriage to a dangerous warlock wasn’t a good idea. She’d learned her street savvy at an early age, and wasn’t much that could put fear in her…except the feelings developing for her new and not exactly legit husband. It should’ve been a relief when she discovered his betrayal, it certainly gave her a reason to run... -
Tropical Lynx's Lover by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s a handyman lynx shifter who can fix almost anything... Except for his mate’s shattered soul. Even a tropical paradise has its problems. When something is broken, native Alaskan lynx shifter Travis is always the man for the job...Categorized as:
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His Everlasting Love: 50 Loving States, Virginia by Theodora Taylor
Presenting a one-of-a-kind love story that will make you look differently at the world around you... “I’ll find you…” Willa Harper: Med School dropout. Daughter of the town crazy lady. And, oh yeah, super secret member of the “I Can See Ghosts” Club... -
Sanctuary: A Noire Immortals Story by Alexandria House
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsYoung love lost.Two hearts in limbo.An unbreakable bond.A love story for the ages... -
Knud, Her Big Bad Wolf: 50 Loving States, Kansas by Theodora Taylor
An amnesia romance unlike any you've ever read... HER: After waking up in the hospital with a huge six month blank where my memory was supposed to be, I have three questions that need answering, like, yesterday. 1. Why was I, a woman, who has never taken so much as an overnight camping trip found bruised and battered on a river bank in the middle of nowhere? 2... -
Her Viking Wolf by Theodora Taylor
The third steamy interracial romance in the 50 Loving States series from the author of Amazon Bestsellers, THE OWNER OF HIS HEART and HER RUSSIAN BILLIONAIRE! When Chloe Adams was four her shiftless shifter parents abandoned her on the side of the road... -
Redbone by T. Styles
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhere, oh where, have Farah's roommates all gone?When Farah Cotton places a classified ad stating, "Cute redbone female looking to share a luxury apartment with another redbone female," many women apply. One look at the lush apartment in Washington, D.C., and every fly girl around wants a chance to call Platinum Lofts her new home... -
Storm of Desire by Melody Lynch
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGrace is still dealing with the loss of her mother, now contending with her bully of a boss. She is determined to keep a low profile and ride out the brewing storm of the century set to tear through the town. When her high school sweetheart walks into her restaurant, it triggers a series of memories that she has tried to forget about...Categorized as:
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His Obsession by Rose S. Marie
Angel He was the boss from hell. Overbearing, egotistical and rude. He ridiculed everything about me from how I dress, to my hair and even my plus size figure. I hate him. The only thing nice about that man was his outside appearance and damn was it nice to look at, everything else especially his personality was a throw away... -
Bound To A Beast by Kennedy B.
The world is literally falling for Ruin. Summoned to a place she never considered home by her estranged father, she goes, knowing it has to be something for him to call her back to Weilding, a place she swore off long ago. Nobody prepared her for the moment she encountered him. The Lycan Alpha.Rise only wants to do what’s best for his pack. That is until fate lands him in yet another situation...Categorized as:
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Bloody Fairy: A Novella by B. Love
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAt the end of her life cycle, aquatic fairy, Syena, is willing to do just about whatever she can to live a little longer. An unlikely hero saves her life, and she’s surprised when he offers to extend it too. One bite from a vampire changes Syena instantly. What they don’t prepare for is their bond to be fated, causing Syena to be both fairy and vampire... -
Forbidden Desire: Curvy Girl Brothers Best friend Paranormal Romance by Melody Lynch
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAngel is a successful entrepreneur, but she is not as successful on the dating scene, and she is tired of being a wingwoman to her group of friends. After an embarrassing rejection, she sits nursing her sorrows at her favorite pub. She runs into her brother's best friend, Harold, who convinces her to join him and his friends for a karaoke night... -
Taming the Beast by Sedona Venez
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe refuses to love. He’ll stop at nothing to have her. Together, can they fulfill their deepest desires?Hope Pippa knows her life is missing something. The curvy dancer has no love life, and wants to keep it that way to avoid getting hurt again. To live with herself, she hardens her heart and avoids intimacy at all costs, even if it cuts her off from her ultimate passions...Categorized as:
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The Battle Prince's Prize Bride by Nikki Clarke
A warrior’s fate isn’t determined by what he holds in his hands. I’ve always believed this, even as I take up a sword in a contest of princes that will determine who will be king of our lands. It’s a prize that many covet, including my brother who wants the throne more than any I know and is the last person who should have it...Categorized as:
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The Witch Who Will Be Queen: A Paranormal Romance by Courtney Dean
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDr. Amani Giles is content with her quiet but hectic life even after she calls off her engagement with her college sweetheart. Helping others consumes her days, but she spends lonely nights in her condo nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Canton, GA. Raised by a single mom and her grandmother, everyone knows the Giles family, but Amani knows nothing of her family history... -
Marked and Claimed by Charleigh Harper
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe power of three.And undeniable attraction.A heart in conflict.Blessed by the moon goddess with two mates. One we’ve rescued the other I’ve known all my life. Often times, complicated can feel like home but there’s also the possibility of underlying chaos. You can’t deny your density when it’s written in the stars...
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