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For the Love of Cupidity by Raven Kennedy
First comes love, then comes mating, then comes the baby and some cupid training. Cupidville is overrun with new cupid recruits, and it’s up to me to train them in time for Valentine’s Day. Too bad I have four mates who keep insisting that it’s time for me to take a break... -
Not Many Options by Jillian West
Riley Thomas has made some mistakes in life. She took a few wrong turns and has no idea what to do next. There's a blizzard baring down on the island and Riley is alone with two kids under the age of four. She's out of options, exhausted, and overwhelmed. An omega on her own always has to be on guard, but with her two girls counting on her to keep them safe, there's no time for a pity party...Categorized as:
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Crimes of Cupidity by Raven Kennedy
What do you get when you have four mates, one psychotic prince, a horde of rebels, and a cupid who just got yanked out of the realm? A big freaking problem, that’s what. I was supposed to take on my first real mission as a spy. I was supposed to go find my missing mate and discover who our real allies are for the war that’s brewing in the fae realm... -
Signs of Cupidity by Raven Kennedy
You'd think that basically being in charge of love would be an epic job, right? Wrong. Sure, I can blow some Lust into people's faces and watch the show, but I can't actually participate. It gets old, trust me. Same goes for love. I can pass it out like sugar-free lollipops at a dentist's office, but I can't get any love for myself. It totally sucks... -
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Rogue's Crisis by Jillian West
Rogue is a rule follower through and through. Working as a bounty hunter for the paranormal council is the perfect job for this Seelie fae, especially considering she can sense mistruths. Things get muddy when what the council believes doesnʼt line up with what she sees with her own two eyes. Everything points to her suspects being innocent, while one of her coworkers begins to look guilty...Categorized as:
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Dinosaurs, Doubts & Albert Einswine by Sedona Ashe
I’m ready for the chaos of Texas to be a speck in my rearview mirror. So when the museum director throws me a bone by arranging for us to visit a fossil dig in Utah, I jump at the opportunity. I need a breather from all the craziness that has become my life since waking multiple dino shifters. A dig in Utah sounds like exactly what I need, the perfect getaway...Categorized as:
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Bearly Hanging On by Sam Hall
When she goes to the hardware store looking for DIY materials and instead finds her fated mates. Harper has two rules: don’t take life too seriously, and never ever fall in love. After growing up with a mum who had a revolving door of boyfriends, she’s learned that love is messy and guaranteed to ruin your life...Categorized as:
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Dying for the Dead by M. Sinclair
My mission? To save New Orleans from Nero’s demonic clutches. Should be simple, right? I mean, hell, I am literally the Queen of the Dead. I fear that we are running out of time though. Time to save the missing supes taken by Nero and Asmodeus. Time to get out of the Demonic realm, before we can’t leave. Time to save our city and my kingdom. The biggest snap in my plan? I’ve died...Categorized as:
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Endless by Devyn Sinclair
What do you do when your sister’s getting married and your ex is the best man? Being dumped sucks. Being dumped after four years and getting kicked out of the house? That sucks more. Sadly, I can’t avoid him forever. Not when he’s the best man in my sister’s wedding. But like hell am I facing him alone...Categorized as:
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Ocean Echoes by Blake Black
They promised me everything. But when the tides turned and my true self surfaced, their promises washed away with the receding waves. I forced them to realize their mistake, made them see the truth, even if it meant drowning in my own heartache. Now, they’re sorry, begging for forgiveness. But I’m done with empty words and broken promises...Categorized as:
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Fate Hollow Academy by Lyra Winters
Welcome to Fate Hollow Academy, where supernaturals blessed by the Fates cultivate their manifested powers and master ancient magic. Fate Hollow is the academy of the elite, where supernatural beings with special magic train for war against humans. A big-hearted, naïve arctic fox shifter like me couldn’t have prepared for the treachery lurking within the walls of the academy... -
Nothing is Free by Dreia Wells
I was finally free. Or so I thought. New city and a new job with my best friend Mercy. We'd both overcome the odds and came out stronger. I have a pack of adoring Alphas and an obsessive male Omega, my true mate. Everything I never thought I would have. I was no longer just a Beta who hid in the shadows away from a family who disowned me. I had finally found my place in this world...Categorized as:
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Sweet Summer Secrets by Jarica James, Chloe Gunter
They say that first loves never last, but in Holiday Hollow there’s always time for a second chance. The mark on my neck signifies that I’m a bonded omega, but I haven’t seen my mate or his new pack in years. All of that changes when the secret I’ve been keeping is desperate to come to light and sends me back home to where it all started...Categorized as:
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Earth Magic & Hot Water by Lauren Connolly
Her first hate and first love are back in town. Things are about to get heated…. Cat Byrne seems sweet, but she’s hiding a volcanic temper. Her anger-fueled fire magic can melt tires off cars. Then her ex-best friend moves back to town, and the guy keeps popping up in inconvenient places, making sure she’s running at a constant simmer... -
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They Call Me Wicked by Persephone Steele
A blind psychic. Sounds like a punchline to a terrible joke, right? Well it is. The joke is my life, and I’m the punchline. I was gifted with the sight at a young age. It runs in my bloodline and I was trained to handle it from the moment I was born. What I wasn’t prepared for was losing my actual sight. The world is twisted like that... -
Second Glances by Kelsey Soliz
I thought having six mate marks was more than I could handle. And then Cyrus and Dar came along and told me that I was theirs, too. Male conduits, looking for their mate for over a hundred years. No pressure, right? I thought that being someone else's fated meant everything would be easy, that our connection would be instant...Categorized as:
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Rebels and Psychos by Leigh Kelsey
If a secret wolf society thinks they can take me down, they’ve got another thing coming. There’s a reason they call me Graves. The steamy, crazy Rebels and Psychos series is now in one collection. It’s not my fault I’m a psychopath...Categorized as:
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The 12 Hunks of Herculeia by C. Rochelle
I thought I was living the dream—until the fateful day I found my boyfriend in bed with my boss. As a professional copywriter, it was the tired cliche that hurt me the most. What’s a big city girl to do but pack my bags and go solo on that Grecian cruise I’d booked with my ex... -
Shadow Bonds by Rumer Hale
Death was supposed to be my end. Instead, it was just the beginning. I woke up in someone else’s body, inside the Shadow Academy, a school for elite warriors. Now they think I’m someone I'm not, and until I escape, I’ll have to play along. But things get complicated when strange powers awaken inside me, along with forgotten memories...Categorized as:
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It's Kind of a Bunny Story by Sedona Ashe
I’m a bunny shifter whose future was decided by a cruel burrow. Now I’m choosing my own path… even if it means war. In Blackberry Burrow, females like me were nothing more than property, used to breed and controlled by rules I didn’t agree to... -
Damaged Princess by Jillian West
Anastasia Androff came to The Omega Exchange with an agenda. It wasn't her plan, but she found herself a pawn in the games of powerful men. It's going to take someone like Viktor Nikolov, an alpha Daddy Dom with a penchant for spanking and solving dangerous problems to flip the chessboard...Categorized as:
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Hearts of Stone by Sam Hall
When the stone gargoyles in the massive estate I just inherited start to move, I should’ve run for the door, right? So why am I still standing here? One, there was a certain cartoon from the 90s that played a pivotal role in my emotional development. Two, each one of them towers over me, blocking out the light with their massive wings, their serpentine tails flicking as they stalk closer...Categorized as:
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Catch Me by Reese Rivers
How do you survive time travel to 17th century France…while wearing a bathrobe…with nothing but a chap-stick and an iPhone? How do you avoid being burnt at the stake as a witch for possessing that ‘magical’ evil iPhone? Start by being rescued by 4 hot AF men dipped in sexy sauce. Accept that vampires and wolf shifters are real and then make peace with the fact that you can have them all...Categorized as:
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Cursed Waters by Shana Brooke
Me, a mermaid? Not anymore. Life is wonderful until the morning I catch a merman in my net. One look at his perfect, pretty boy face, and I recognize him—Leander, Crown Prince of the Atlantic. Not only does he recognize me, too, but he wants to take me back to the ocean with him. A curse has fallen over our people, and I can break it...Categorized as:
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Holiday Horrors: A Heartwarming Christmas Tale by Sydney St James
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWhen Mary drops an old book haunted by the ghost of a supernatural matchmaker, she gets more than she bargained for in the form of four holiday monsters. When they claim she's their promised mate, things get a lot more complicated...Categorized as:
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A Killer Crescent Valentine by Leigh Kelsey
A killer just made Blake Hall, home of Rebel "Graves" Falcon, their hunting grounds. And they're picking off residents one by one. The killer is either ballsy or just plain dumb, because with Rebel - the notorious hitlady - determined to find them, they're a hundred percent dead. No one messes with Rebel's family of criminal weirdos and lives to tell the tale...Categorized as:
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Abloom by Elle Lincoln
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn omega’s guide to thriving against all odds. First, if you get kidnapped, then talk like you are the one committing a crime. Bad guys hate that stuff. If said kidnapper makes a bargain with you that you can’t refuse, then make some demands of your own—like snacks, all of the snacks. After all, the heat is right around the corner, and there is no controlling that bloom... -
Origins by Lyla Oweds
The things I see aren’t for the faint of heart. And I am no longer willing to ignore them. Not even when my family, and my best friend, tell me to keep quiet about what’s happening. They say people will think I’m crazy. Maybe I am. But the spirit haunting my professor’s house is definitely trying to tell me something, and I’m the only one who can see it... -
Pack Education Part One by Hannah Haze
Returning home to Rockview after three years abroad, I find my stepbrother, Daxton, and his two best friends have formed a pack. Which is just fine, because I no longer think about that summer fling. Or the fact no alphas I’ve met since have been able to compare. Nope, not something I think about. Not at all. I. Am. Over. Them...Categorized as:
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Tainted Wings by Alisha Williams
“Being the daughter of the Devil isn't what it's all cracked up to be, believe me”. My name is Abigail Morningstar, and my whole life I’ve felt out of place being the only angel amongst the demons. But, I have a chance to get a break I need in the form of a deal. What deal, you ask? The funny thing is, I have to live with my mother for three years. The very mother who abandoned me as a baby...Categorized as:
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Knot for You by Aura Riley
Vera has always been an omega, but being just an omega? Never an option. Being just an omega meant that she was too timid, too sensitive, and never enough for anyone, let alone her alpha mother. Now, she is forced to deal with even more complicated matters as the only omega on campus... -
Pack Choice by Hannah Haze
Everyone around me seems to be landing their dream pack. Not me. I'm destined for a life of stress baking with only cats and books for company. Why? No pack wants to date the little sister of the notorious Stormgate brothers. Especially when that sister is an omega with a smart mouth and a scent that's - now how did the last alpha describe it? - spicy...Categorized as:
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Getting Down on the Farm by Kathryn Moon
Sometimes I discuss SA in fiction very consciously and with real care, and sometimes (like in these farm shorts) I go sideways and it's part of erotic content. I know this is not for everyone, and I respect anyone's need to protect their peace and avoid this content, the same way I respect the right to read it and write it. As adults, we get to make decisions about the content we enjoy...Categorized as:
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Clouds & Daydreams by Elizabeth Knight
Clouds & Daydreams is going to be the omegaverse so sweet it gives you cavities! Sweet artist omega Bailey-Rose is dumped by the only man she thought would love her because of her congenital heart condition. Cut off from being able to participate in the national Scent Matching services Bailey-Rose has decided she will be single for life after this heartbreak...Categorized as:
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Why Cheese? by Ellen Mint
Rock-hard men in the sheets, delectable cheese in the streets. Violette Reely walks into her great uncle’s abandoned cheese shop then promptly runs back out. You would too if you discovered a secret basement hiding beneath a trapdoor. One second, there’s nothing down there but cheese wheels in an old chest, the next four naked men are chasing her out the door... -
Her Donut Shifters by Mia Harlan
My name is Jetta, and I'm not a psychopath. I just hate donuts. When the Squishy Shifters Donut Emporium opens down the street from my house, I want it gone... -
First Addition by Kelsey Soliz
I was so close to getting everything I wanted, an internship with my Uncle, an officer with the special-ops team. If it weren't for a stupid boy that had to go and make me angry, causing me to turn a certain part of his anatomy purple and sparkly, I wouldn't have accidentally revealed to my family what I really was. What I had been hiding... -
Hearts Pursuit by Lyra Winters
Horrendous date left my heart feeling like a battered piñata, I knew a gaming marathon would be the perfect remedy. But when I passed out with my portable gaming system in hand, I was transported into the heart of my favorite dating simulation universe! Now, yours truly, is the main heroine attending a whimsical, enchanted academy, armed with magical prowess, EXP, and MANA galore...Categorized as:
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Safe Haven by Jarica James
Who knew that two words could shatter every hope and dream Briar had for her future. You’re pregnant. Most omegas dream of this, but the only thing Briar can think about is that awful night. While she suffers alone, her attacker gets to flaunt his perfect life in her face. Until his assistant finds out her secret...Categorized as:
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Secrets on the Sea by Shona Knight
What would you do if you were thrown into a world overrun by men? When all you want is the freedom to explore it on your own? Disguise yourself as a cabin boy and hitch a ride on a pirate ship! Ria. All my life, I’ve chased the thrill of new adventures, but nothing scratches that itch for long...Categorized as:
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Chasing Storm by Eve Newton
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow to attract a guy (and his friends), by Storm Rivers… Back out of a popular coffee shop chain, trip over a disgruntled Cockapoo, dump a Latte Macchiato all over Notting Hill’s most notorious playboy and get on with your day... -
In Stockings by Hannah Haze
I’ve often dreamed of bumping into the three hot alphas I spent my school days crushing over. In those dreams, I’m sexy and sophisticated. The kind of omega who knocks them off their feet. Unfortunately, the day that dream becomes a reality – the day I’m reunited with Pack Hart – I’m dressed as a Christmas elf. Yep an elf – complete with pointy ears, stripy stockings and bells on my shoes...Categorized as:
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Knot So Perfect Omega by Maya Nicole
And the honor of Omega of the Year goes to. .. knot me. That title goes to my twin sister who is everything a top pack could want. Me? I've never been good at being an omega and have no desire to match with a pack. Especially not the pack of Alphaball players who have their sights set on my sister...Categorized as:
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New Blood by L.C. Davis, Joel Abernathy
I know this will end the way it covered in blood. Too much? Me being a demigod now and all, I figure I can get away with a pinch of melodrama. I mean, have you seen Olympus? It's a damn soap opera up there. One I'd rather be watching on the couch with popcorn than playing a starring role in. Not that things are much better down here...Categorized as:
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Knot Falling for You by Winnie Aster
Persephone is trying to live the simple life as a barista in the small town of Starsfalls. When a chance encounter presents an opportunity for Seph to help her favorite bookstore, she jumps at it. But things don’t go according to plan. Seph is a self-proclaimed beta who has spent her life avoiding alphas, and working with a hunky alpha architect is not what she signed on for...Categorized as:
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Her Pastry Shifters by Mia Harlan
Rated: 3.41 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHow to get three scrumptious mates. .. Ingredients:. One lonely baker. Three sexy shifters. An epic bake-off. Directions:. Combine fated mates in one room at an overbooked hotel. Add a dash of spice, a smidgen of food play, and a pinch of quirky romance. Set your oven to “bake”, turn up the heat, and enjoy! Disclaimer: Not responsible for burned e-readers...Categorized as:
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