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Long, Hot, Witchy Summer by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsLife couldn’t be going much better for Hadley Hunter. She’s living the dream on Moonstone Bay with her boyfriend Galen Blackwood, plotting her next move as a witch for hire, and basically basking in happiness.That all changes when a summer afternoon on the beach turns into a nightmare, an odd creature from the depths of the ocean surfacing and attacking Hadley on the beach... -
Origins by Kresley Cole, Gena Showalter
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 20 ratingseBook box set of paranormal romance novels by Kresley Cole, Gena Showalter, and Sharie Kohler plus teasers from the latest books in their seriesA Hunger Like No Other, Awaken Me Darkly & Marked by... -
Great Hexpectations by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHadley Hunter thought she was getting a grip on the paranormal world she never knew existed until recently. She was wrong. In the shadow of a massive shifter retreat, she finds she knew absolutely nothing.Her live-in love Galen Blackwood has his hands full with the conference... -
Lock by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWicked smile. Wicked secrets. Ready to protect her at all costs... Tasha liked Club Crimson at first. Hot guys, sexy music, and new friends all around. But when the shock of a lifetime leads to her waking up and staring into the mysterious eyes of the club's co-owner, Lock, she might just have to revise her opinion... -
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Fiends in Low Places (Hannah Hickok) by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe Morgan family is taking their first family vacation, and since they let their youngest member pick the place, that means Mammoth Cave National Park is on the menu. Ivy Morgan-Harker and her husband Jack aren’t exactly excited about exploring caves, but they’re committed to making sure the vacation is a success... -
Dragon in Love by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsChadwick, purple dragon and leader of his region, has his hands full. He has to keep visiting fae princes out of trouble, watch for a potential triad to mate with, and ignore the sassy human expert on fae customs who is bent on ruining everything. Still, Isabella is winning Chad over, with her zest for life and her constant misadventures. From the first kiss, Chad knows he’s in danger... -
Fates Entwined by Elizabeth Briggs
Continue the Zodiac Wolves series with this collection of brand new stories about all the characters you've grown to love, including an extended epilogue for Ayla and Kaden!This collection includes the following stories:Fire Mated: After Stella is mated to her worst enemy—the Leo alpha, Jordan—she rejects him. But the stars won't let her escape her fate so easily...and neither will Jordan... -
Heart of the Bear by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 24 ratings- Book 5 in the Hells Canyon Shifters series - Rae Lynn Dormer is about to find out just what kind of monsters are lurking in the wilderness of Hells Canyon. Determined to do a good deed, she gives a stranger a ride to a ranger camp nestled deep in the Seven Devils Mountains. The problem is, when she gets there, her new acquaintance turns into a lion in the front seat of her Honda... -
Jake by Teresa Gabelman
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter a tragic accident, Jake, former Dark Guardian, not only mourned losing his wife but carried the burden of a secret that only one other living person knew. Confronting that secret was the only way Jake could fight his heavy guilt when a beautiful ballerina dances into his life.Jessie Reed loves everything about dance, but it didn’t pay the bills... -
Ignited by Anastasia Wilde
Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTen years ago, they saved each other's lives.Then she disappeared.But fate has brought them back together...Boomer, explosives and weapons expert, is fine with his life as an Outlaw Ridge operative: illegal missions, daring rescues, and blowing stuff up. But when a woman from his distant past shows up asking for his help, it all threatens to come crashing down...Categorized as:
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Jingle My Bells by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA merry mated matrimony…All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth. Well, okay, literally speaking I want these two legs I’m standing on to be permanent. I want my scales to not pop up if it rains or if someone spills their drink on me. I want a house on land and a pet that has fur instead of two rows of razor sharp teeth. I’ve always felt like a crab out of her shell except when I’m on land... -
You're Lion to Me by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsFrom planet Aurora, lioness shifter, Dalissa Furr, wants to explore new places before she goes insane from boredom. So a trip to Earth is a must. Finding her mate in the process would be great too, if Gerri Wilder can make it happen. But according to her parents, her smaller than normal size and delicate features make her undesirable to a shifter... -
Her First Taste of Fire by Kristen Painter
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShadowvale isn’t your typical small town America. The sun never shines, the gates decide who enters, magic abounds, and every resident bears some kind of curse.Most people think Nasha Black lives in Shadowvale because that’s where her father, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, lives. But Nasha has another reason for staying in Shadowvale and it’s not just the bakery she owns and operates... -
An Animated Midlife by Lia Davis, L.A. Boruff
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAva Harper's resume keeps getting updated. It started with witch, then necromancer, author, bookstore clerk, vampire wrangler, and most recent, medium. Yes, you heard that right, she can talk to ghosts.New powers bring more responsibilities and things to add to the list of magic she needs to learn. Especially when Ava finds out her mother isn't in a happy place... -
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Coti's Unclaimed Mate by Elle Boon
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWill they find beauty in the ashes as the fire settles, or will they go up in flames? Shifters and humans don’t mix, at least not in Coti’s opinion. He’s more than just a wolf though, but his pack and fellow MC brothers don’t know everything there is to know about him, and he likes to keep it that way… until one human female comes along and changes everything... -
Loved by Light by Terry Bolryder
A down on her luck human gets the break of a lifetime when a prince of light comes to the rescue... Things haven't been the same for light prince Ian ever since a fateful trip to his world showed him everything he knew was a lie. But when a mission to protect a new beacon on Earth puts him face to face with perhaps the unluckiest woman alive, he feels a pull to her unlike anything before... -
Fury of Aggression by Coreene Callahan
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsReturn to the exhilarating—and ruthless—world of Coreene Callahan’s Dragonfury Series as the threat of war rises, new enemies emerge, and unlikely alliances are forged…Down on her luck, Theodora Rutledge does the one thing she promised herself she never would—return home to Seattle. As a single mom, she needs a job fast to put a roof over her three-year-old’s head... -
Carve My Pumpkin by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGive ‘em pumpkin to talk about… The perfect job is only two weeks away. Two. Short. Weeks. All I have to do is survive the trial period for this new position and the future I’ve always wanted will be my reality. Once it’s mine, I’ll travel the world helping my fellow supernaturals blend into the human world and craft the lives they dreamed of. And in turn…maybe I’ll find myself... -
Witches Behaving Badly by Kim Richardson
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWitches, wereapes, and pregnancy cravings… What could possibly go wrong?Just when I think I’m getting the hang of this whole “married to a wereape” thing, life throws me a curveball in the form of pregnancy. And let me tell you, pregnancy and magic do not mix well. My cravings are bizarre, my magic is on the fritz, and I’m pretty sure I accidentally hexed the toaster. Twice... -
The Wolf Witch by Chandelle LaVaun
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsSometimes magic throws a curveball… I thought I had everything figured out. I’d gone to the academy for witches and mastered my magic. I’d opened my own witchy occult store, just as I always wanted. And my family was as close as ever. Everything was going according to plan. Until the wolves showed up and dragged me back to their land. It was all a misunderstanding... -
No Time to Scrooge by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA Christmas PDA Match unlike any you've seen before. It kicks Hallmark in the chestnuts and leaves you full of christmas cheer... -
Paranormal Dating Agency Volume 6 by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsBetween Ice and FrostRaven Casino loves solving mysteries. So it was only natural that she take to the Alaskan wild to find her missing friend, Juliet. She is ready to take on the world to figure out where Juliet could be. But she wasn’t expecting to meet not one, but two hunks in the icy small town of Antler, Alaska. These two were so sexy they radiated enough heat to melt the polar ice caps... -
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... -
Blood Dark by Lindsay J. Pryor
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 11 ratings‘There are guardian angels, and there are monsters with wings’ Caitlin Parish should have been the last person to fall for a vampire. A member of the Vampire Control Unit, her relationship with master vampire Kane Malloy had explosive consequences. Caitlin’s colleagues count her as the enemy. And now she’s going back... -
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Miss Mated: BBW Paranormal Shape Shifter Romance by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKasey Sanchez can't believe she's done the unthinkable--slept with a shifter. Oh, but he was so hot and sexy and his tongue...wow! But if he finds out who she really is, he won’t want to see her again. Living a secret life is taking a big toll on her sex life. Brannon Wolfrik knows Kasey is his mate. It's only a matter of time before he wiggles his way into her heart with charm and great sex... -
The Duskfire Dragon's Mate by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe fated mate of her dreams… is her grumpy ex-boss.The moment she met Corin Blackburn, Maya Flores’s life fell apart. The man who should have been her soulmate rejected her. Lost and alone, she ran away to Hideaway Cove, where she built a new life for herself and her dragon shifter son. And left Corin Blackburn behind. For good.Or so she thought... -
Winter Takes All by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhere’s a curvy girl with a love of snowy mountains and cold, crisp air to find a man who’ll light her fire? Gerri Wilder knows just the place and most certainly the right shifter... -
Savage Basilisk by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA basilisk with a secret, a wounded woman trying to protect the world and a ranch full of friends to help them…As a monster among monsters, Ajax is aware that most people are terrified of him. They should be. He’s a savage killer that makes no apologies for what he is. In spite of that, he still wants to find a mate...Categorized as:
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Dragon Reformed by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBook 3 in the Reclaimed Dragons series! Landon's... -
E.V.I.E.: 13 Slayers, 13 Missions by Amelia Hutchins, Anna Edwards
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 10 ratings13 Slayers. 13 Missions. 13 Standalone Stories Set within a Universe of Violence.Welcome to the world of E.V.I.E.A place where vampires come to die.These Slayers don't play. They're fierce, badass, and court the creatures of the night. Some protect our existing reality, while others venture to realms far away to hunt down bloodsucker bounties. Each plot and twist comes at a price... -
Romancing Paris by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWarwick Dragons Book 3Welcome to the world of the powerful Warwick family. These womanizing dragons are about to meet their matches... -
Dragon Meets Girl by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen a dragon waiting forever finally finds his fated mate, he'll never let her go... Janet Dixon never thought she'd fall in love. That's why she got used to quiet nights alone with her books, dreaming of fantasies that would never come true. But she never expected a ridiculously hot alpha by the name of Xander to suddenly show up into her life... -
The Hunt: Masquerade by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA STAND-ALONE ROMANCERush Jensen, wolf shifter and failing hotel owner, has always lived in the shadow of his family’s sordid history. His entire life has been spent trying to regain what was lost: the family money and the prestigious name attached to it. When his flighty brother makes a shady deal with a loan shark, there is more than the crumbling family business to save... -
The Newly Witch Game: Magic and Mayhem, Book Ten by Robyn Peterman
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s all fun and games until someone throws a dirty jumper rollup and you lose out in the Cornhole tournament of life. According to Baba Yoscarybutt, it’s time for me to witch up or step back down into the Cornholio minor leagues. While Cornhole is definitely not my beanbag, I can’t stand to lose. I don’t want to be the next Baba Yaga... -
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Rebel Reborn by Sarah Piper
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen darkness descends, who will survive the Battle for Blackmoon Bay?The fight at the cemetery was hard-won. But from the enemy’s perspective, the cemetery was just a minor outpost. Blackmoon Bay is ground zero for their entire operation, and it’s no longer simply the home we’re desperate to reclaim. It’s the spark that will eventually set the whole world on fire. If we fail, we will all die... -
Hunter: Immortals of New Orleans, Book 10 by Kym Grosso
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom NYTs and USA Today Bestselling Author Kym Grosso...a novel in the IMMORTALS OF NEW ORLEANS series now optioned for film. Hunter Livingston’s trip to Hell had been a calculated risk. Best case scenario, the Alpha would save a friend and come out unscathed; at worst, he’d burn in flames for eternity... -
Soul of the Dragons by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAnna is in a bind. Five dragons love her, so completely they’ll risk everything. But as much as being wanted, protected, and loved by so many sexy guys reaches beyond even Anna’s wildest fantasies, she doesn’t know how she can possibly pick between them. Unfortunately, Anna made a promise before coming to the Blur... -
Your Broom or Mine?: Magic and Mayhem Book Eight by Robyn Peterman
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat’s a Tree Sprite to do when she’s stumped?Get to the root of the problem, of course.Only I wood get stuck in a tree with the Warlock I love camped out next to it mea-culpa-ing for being a turdwaffle for the last decade.What should I do about it?Umm… stay in the tree and enjoy the show... -
The Bad Boys of Assjacket: Magic and Mayhem Universe: Magic and Mayhem Book 9 by Robyn Peterman
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA dare is a dare. No self-respecting, slightly chubby, good-lookin’, crime lovin’ cat would ever pass up a dare. So I didn’t. Now, me and my boys are in hot water trying to figure out how to live on the right side of the law for a whole freakin’ week! This is complicated by a couple of hairy issues…— The half-headed bear in town had his privates pilfered... -
Cowboy Dragon's Secret Promise: (Cowboy Dragon's Inn) by Serena Meadows
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe hot cowboy I met in Colorado will definitely get me into trouble if I don’t stop him… Yes, my boss harasses me.It’s true and I hate it.But I’ll end up losing my job if I approach the matter right now.Brian doesn’t get it.He’s pressuring me to do something and I’ve had it with him.Despite his annoying behavior, we got close.Of course we did.Brian is hotter than any man I’ve ever been with... -
Her Shifter Wolf Runaway (The Clan of Hogan Falls) by Serena Meadows
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’d lived my entire life with a secret that kept trying to burst out of me...My clan wanted my friends and I dead when we were babies.I’d begun questioning my very existence... but Marshall appeared out of nowhere and changed my reality.He was mysterious, a man with secrets of his own.Marshall was running away from something... or someone.And I wanted to chase him away from our small town... -
Bear Witch Me: Mereu, Book 1 by Cee Bowerman
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSingle motherhood isn’t for the weak, especially when there’s not just one but two children with the sole intent of making you absolutely crazy. It’s chaos running a successful business and raising twins who act feral more often than not, but Calliope is doing her best to make every day better than the last even after the man she loved tore her heart to pieces...Categorized as:
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The Dragon Prince's Secret by Elva Birch
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSecret doesn’t always mean safeKenth left the Alaskan palace to raise his secret daughter alone, outside of the spotlight of royalty, and away from the pressures of fame and celebrity. Her abduction drives him raging back for answers, straight to his estranged family...and his spell-fated mate... -
Trick My Treat by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMischief night meets magic… I never realized just how trapped I felt under the water until my sister married the wolf pack alpha last year. Suddenly, a life on land was actually possible. I love the ocean and my family, and I’m super protective of them…I just feel like I’m living life for the first time... -
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Baby Got Bear by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsLucy Benton, daughter of the Pack Benton wolf alpha, knows there’s only one man for her. Beau. He’s gentle and strong, and she just can’t seem to stay away from him. Training horses at his ranch was her way to get his attention, but it’s been two years and nothing has happened between them. What is going on? Beau Sampson can’t live without Lucy... -
Paranormal Dating Agency Volume 5 by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsKiss My AsteroidIvy Grimaldi can’t stand change. Ever. But change is something she’s had to deal with a lot lately. Like when her cousin Cassandra moved away to start a new life, baby and all. That all changes when Gerri Wilder shows up at her door with a letter from her cousin. Cassie wants her to come visit. Sure, why not? There’s just one problem. Cassie lives on another planet... -
Fire King by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBook 4 of the Crystal Kingdom Running is Chelsea Golby's escape. Literally. She runs to get away from the pain of being rejected after asking the love of her life to marry her. Instead of wallowing in self-pity, or a pint of Ben and Jerry's, she heads to the Crystal Kingdom to hang out with her sister Avery, the new Elf Queen... -
Titanium by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsA dragon contractor? Expensive. Unless you're the woman Titus Kroll just fell madly in love with. As a decisive, capable, and newly awakened metal dragon, Titus is used to seeing what he wants and going after it. Right now that's Bree Durell, a sweet, curvy woman who needs help with her house badly and can't afford to pay... -
Fighting For Her Dragon by Julia Mills
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThere Are No Coincidences…. Given a fairy tale life by the clan of dragon shifters that rescued her as a little girl, Emma Sinclair long ago accepted she might never solve the mystery of her heritage. Of course, that was before she could feel the traitor’s pain, before she knew he was slipping away. And before the unthinkable happened… he called to her in the language of his kin... -
Goldie and the Bears: Paranormal Shifter Romance: A Howls Romance by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAsh Goldenlochs hasn't touched another person in years. Her gift--or curse, as she thinks of it--forces her to experience the past of anything against her hands. When she meets two of the most gorgeous men she's ever seen, she wants to rip her gloves off and let her fingers do the walking. Bear shifters, Spencer Hartz and Chaz Coco, are partners in a trio who couldn't be more opposite...
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