Books like 'Darkest Mate'

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  • Finding Closure by Erin R. Flynn

    Finding Closure by Erin R. Flynn

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 18 ratings
    The final book of the series. .. Blurb coming soon!
  • The HellBeast's Mistake by Stephanie Hudson

    The HellBeast's Mistake by Stephanie Hudson

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    It all started the moment I woke finding myself facing a new nightmare. A face I knew well… my own. So now there’s an imposter pretending to me at The Devil's Ring. And the question now, is how long will a HellBeast King be fooled? But then with two of us trying to get close,. I can’t help but wonder,. Which of us will be hunted,. And which of us,. Will be claimed. But most importantly,...
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  • Amateur Goddess by Erin R Flynn

    Amateur Goddess by Erin R Flynn

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    My name is Bevin Millen and I’m doing my best to survive the waters I’m swimming… Being CEO of a successful magical company hidden from the rest of the world. A college student who has never had a conventional education before or friends and has had to hide her magic from her psychotic family...
  • Vibing Unity by Erin R. Flynn

    Vibing Unity by Erin R. Flynn

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    My name is Tamsin Vale and I’m about to get married. Wow, I never thought I’d ever really say that. Seriously. And apparently, I’m not allowed to elope, so there will be a wedding that keeps growing in size no matter how many times I yell or threaten people. I swear, if something goes wrong, this will be the only one I have, and there will be some men who will angrily lay the smack down...
  • Silver by Terry Bolryder

    Silver by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A dragon as a coworker? Complicated. Adrien the silver dragon has everything most humans could want. But as a dragon awakened in the modern world he misses his old life, his powers (which have been temporarily restrained) and the way he used to lord his status over others...
  • Mate Hunt: Books 5-7 by Lola Glass

    Mate Hunt: Books 5-7 by Lola Glass

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    All it took was one look to end my life. .. Because one look is all it takes to trigger a werewolf's mate hunt. And when a wolf is hunting, he doesn't stop until his mate either dies or becomes a wolf too. Now I'm trapped in some guy's house, he's stuck in his wolf form, and there's no way out for either of us. Life as I knew it is over, but my fight to survive is only beginning...
  • Bellicose by Jan Stryvant

    Bellicose by Jan Stryvant

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Mihalis finds himself in a new situation, one which all of the training he's received growing up isn't helping him to cope as much as he'd hoped. He's angry. He's never truly been angry before in his life and the anger he's dealing with isn't even coming from him! It's coming from the djevels...
  • Troyland by Jan Stryvant

    Troyland by Jan Stryvant

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    With family friend Steve Bryson having been sworn in as the new President, Troy can finally go home and have that great big party. .. Err, Wedding! Still, Troy's happy; he's got four of the most wonderful women in the world and knows better than to question the circumstances that got him here...
  • Shadowborn Academy: Year Two by G. Bailey, Scarlett Snow

    Shadowborn Academy: Year Two by G. Bailey, Scarlett Snow

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    My past is left in the dark,. And my shadow is no longer there. In the Enchanted Forest, some secrets are better left in the past. Year two at Shadowborn Academy is looking like it will be the deadliest yet. Will Corvina and her friends find a way to survive? Full cover and description coming soon! Shadowborn Academy is a Dark Reverse Harem Paranormal Fae Romance for 18+...
  • Purrfectly Trapped: A Maverick Pride Tale by C.D. Gorri

    Purrfectly Trapped: A Maverick Pride Tale by C.D. Gorri

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Gretchen has searched for love her entire life, but what happens when the only man she wants thinks he’s a Tiger? Gretchen has finally done it! Cut It Out, her new salon, has officially opened for business. Of course, her first client is six-feet of gorgeousness in need of a serious trim and shave. As the only employee at the moment, she takes care of Mr. Sexy herself...
  • Chosen Destiny by Jen L. Grey

    Chosen Destiny by Jen L. Grey

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Fate has once again torn my world apart, leaving me shattered. For years, I've lived with a cold void, clueless about my life before joining my childhood pack. Just as the secrets of my past were about to be unveiled, tragedy struck. The one person who held the key to unlocking my memories was taken from me, and with them, my fated mate, Bodey—leaving me exposed and fractured...
  • Healer's Redemption by A. J. Manney

    Healer's Redemption by A. J. Manney

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 8 ratings
    She escaped the darkness once. Now she has to walk back into it—but this time, she’s not alone. Sherese never thought she’d escape the vampires. For too long, she lived in their cold, merciless world, a healer forced to serve her captors...
  • Phoenixburn by K.T. Strange

    Phoenixburn by K.T. Strange

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Book 3 in the Rogue Witch Series follows Darcy Llewellyn, fourth year university student, music intern, secret witch, and the werewolves that make up the band Phoenixcry: Finn Gunner, Elias Gunner, Charlie Gage, Wesley “Ace” Rivers, and Cash Legend...
  • Autumn Knights Dream by Ariadne Breylard

    Autumn Knights Dream by Ariadne Breylard

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗼𝗺, 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱. Lyra’s surprising reveal to her Winter Mate leaves her feeling ambivalent. But his unwavering support and dominant reassurance bring out a new confidence within her...
  • Break by D.M. Page

    Break by D.M. Page

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    This is book three in the series and must be read in order. This contains spoilers for books one and two, so if you haven't read them, turn back now! Aly has been taken and the guys need to get her back before they lose it completely. Nicoli, Jeremy, Jay, Kiran and Ajax are lost without their mate and will do anything to get her back...
  • Delivered to My Bigfoots by Mazzy J. March

    Delivered to My Bigfoots by Mazzy J. March

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When my friend Anais was called out by the university to find actual tiger shifters or lose the right to defend her thesis as well as the lucrative grant she’d secured, I never dreamed the same thing could happen to me. After all, my subject of study was definitely on the mythical side. But I’m not going to hide it like she did. I’m making my profile on the Mail-Order Matings app clear...
  • The Werewolf Hunter and the Apprentice by Shari L. Tapscott, Jake Andrews

    The Werewolf Hunter and the Apprentice by Shari L. Tapscott, Jake Andrews

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    To have and to hold, until werewolves do us part…. At twenty-four years old, Catriona Mason is the youngest trainer in GHOST’s thirty-year history. She’s never met a monster she couldn’t kill, nor a challenge she couldn’t overcome…until the guild president’s wayward son walked into her training room eighteen months ago...
  • Snow Wolf by Heather Long

    Snow Wolf by Heather Long

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Don't miss the highly anticipated installment in the Wolves of Willow Bend as we travel north to one of the most secretive packs in the U. S. Ranae is the youngest of the Buckleys— the only girl among three powerful male siblings. Her restlessness and dominant nature affected her every relationship within Willow Bend, not to mention testing the patience of her Alpha...
  • Her Desired Alphas by Jessica Hall

    Her Desired Alphas by Jessica Hall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Marabella has lived with a curse her entire life. Born as a Gemini twin, she was considered a bad omen. Always living in the shadow of her twin. Marabella is believed to be tainted by the mark of death, everyone in her pack fears her. After the rejection of her mate, she learns that there are more secrets out there than just hers. Kyan and his best friend Jonah have a dark secret of their own...
  • The Matefinder Series by Leia Stone

    The Matefinder Series by Leia Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The complete trilogy in one volume! Werewolves, facing the threat of extinction, desperately seek their mates to bear young. Aurora, a human far removed from the supernatural world, is nearing her own end after being fatally injured in a car accident. Kai, an alpha werewolf, lurks in the nearby trees watching her bleed out. He chooses to save her the only way he knows how, by changing her...
  • Ironwood: Books 1-4 by Alessa Thorn

    Ironwood: Books 1-4 by Alessa Thorn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When the fae invaded England with their armies and their magic, everyone felt like the world had changed overnight. It hadn’t. Especially if you were an Ironwood. While humans lost their knowledge of magic and monsters, the Ironwoods have been fighting against evil for centuries...
  • Bad Boy Biker Bear by Lauren Esker

    Bad Boy Biker Bear by Lauren Esker

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Biker bear on the open road + BBW runaway-bride hitchhiker + evil motorcycle gang = an unforgettable red-hot road trip! Tattooed bad boy and bear shifter Remy Hayes never felt like he fit in at his bear clan's rural Montana ranch. Now, after a fight with his alpha, he's taking his Harley and hitting the road. But it's more than just wanting to see what's over the next hill...
  • Alpha Rancher Bear by Lauren Esker

    Alpha Rancher Bear by Lauren Esker

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A take-charge alpha with commitment issues + a midwife who's not about to give up control of her well-ordered life + a roadside winter disaster = an explosive romance that's about to blow up everything they both thought they wanted! Alec Tanner isn't looking for a mate. The tough, reclusive alpha of the Pinerock County bears likes his life just fine...
  • Carlos' Peace by Melissa Haag

    Carlos' Peace by Melissa Haag

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Carlos has spent his entire life avoiding attachments to individuals and has devoted his time to protecting his race. His childhood taught him that something is out there, threatening the existence of werewolves, and he will let nothing interfere with his vendetta to stop the threat. Physical attachment and vendetta collide when he sees Isabelle...
  • Bad Blood Alpha by Anastasia Wilde

    Bad Blood Alpha by Anastasia Wilde

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Flynn, lion alpha of the Bad Blood Crew, has had enough of fated mates. Every time one of his crew falls in love, a crap-ton of trouble rains down behind them. Besides, he’s…Flynn. Dominant. Uncompromising. Grumpy. Tactless. Hell, he likes things his way. The last thing he needs is a female who expects him to trip over his paws trying to make her happy...
  • Colton's Mate by Anastasia Wilde

    Colton's Mate by Anastasia Wilde

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Callie Haugan just declared her own personal Independence Day. Years of overprotective, controlling men running her life ended in her abusive ex torching her livelihood and almost killing her in the process...
  • Handle With Bear by P. Jameson

    Handle With Bear by P. Jameson

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Bear shifter, West Phillips, wasn’t looking for a mate… but he finds her anyway when a sweet and curvy delivery woman shows up at his doorstep. And at the least convenient time possible. His clan isn’t safe. It harbors lost and troubled youth, and hides a gnarly mutant shifter that no one can control. Not exactly the right place to settle down with the woman of your dreams...
  • Mountain Guardian Bear by Lauren Esker

    Mountain Guardian Bear by Lauren Esker

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A mountain man with a tragic past + a curvy amnesiac + two deadly secrets = one explosive romance! His bear-shifter clanmates know him only as Gannon, a scarred loner concealing a dark past. The mountain man of the Pinerock Bears guards the Circle B Ranch from afar and shuns the company of others, until the day he comes back to his cabin and finds a beautiful, curvy woman sleeping in his bed . .
  • Phoenixfall by K.T. Strange

    Phoenixfall by K.T. Strange

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Book 2 in the Rogue Witch Series follows Darcy Llewellyn, fourth year university student, music intern, secret witch, and the werewolves that make up the band Phoenixcry: Finn Gunner, Elias Gunner, Charlie Gage, Wesley “Ace” Rivers, and Cash Legend...
  • Changed by Fire by Harper Wylde, Quinn Arthurs

    Changed by Fire by Harper Wylde, Quinn Arthurs

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 36 ratings
    Death. War. Pain. Hope. I’d thought running from the Council would keep my family safe. Instead, it has exposed new dangers—undercurrents I never knew existed. With Joshua left behind enemy lines and threats emerging from all sides, I have to do all I can to protect my mates and bring my newfound family together again...
  • Phoenixash by KT Strange

    Phoenixash by KT Strange

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Book 4 in the Rogue Witch Series follows Darcy Llewellyn, fourth year university student, music intern, secret witch, and the werewolves that make up the band Phoenixcry: Finn Gunner, Elias Gunner, Charlie Gage, Wesley “Ace” Rivers, and Cash Legend...
  • The Snow Leopard's Home by Zoe Chant

    The Snow Leopard's Home by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    A curvy outdoorswoman who’s been forced inside + a snow leopard shifter who wants to help her roam free + a forbidden connection = one thrilling romance! Curvy Teri Lowell is stuck at home. Three months ago, she was terribly injured in a car accident. Now she’s almost recovered—but she’s lost control of her life...
  • Luke's Dream by Melissa Haag

    Luke's Dream by Melissa Haag

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Luke’s been kicked in the teeth by fate enough to know: nice guys finish last. He’s done being nice and waiting for his due. Finding Bethony, another potential Mate, was supposed to be his chance at a true Mate. However, she’s young and afraid and needs time to get to know him first. Bethony has different plans...
  • The Abyss by Lily Archer

    The Abyss by Lily Archer

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Beth has lured me into the slave rebellion with promises that spark a fire in my heart . .. and in other places, as well. The Bazaar will either lead to a revolution, or end in countless lives lost and an even greater stronghold for slavery. On top of that, an old enemy has arisen, and fighting him will take every bit of strength and magic I possess...
  • Void by J.E. Cluney

    Void by J.E. Cluney

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Death becomes me. Now I know what it finally means. As if being a halfling wasn’t enough. Now I’m something more, but I have no clue what my abilities are or what is going on. Oh, and I’m being hunted. The reasoning behind it makes my blood run cold when I find out. I need to find a way to protect myself, but as I begin to learn more about who I am and my past, powers and abilities arise...
  • Desired by the Dragon by Bella Drake

    Desired by the Dragon by Bella Drake

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    He was banished for crimes against the dragon clan. She’s the daughter of a dragon elder. When these true mates meet, will his past destroy their future? FBI SWAT leader Wyatt Carson came to terms with being an outcast long ago. Or so he thought, until he meets the one thing a banished dragon cannot have: his true mate...
  • Revelations by J.E. Cluney

    Revelations by J.E. Cluney

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It's time for the game to begin. The prize? Me. So I couldn't resist my housemates. Go figure. And lo and behold, it was none other than Marcus who broke me. But strange powers have surfaced, and a dark revelation leaves me with more questions than answers...
  • The Alpha Decides by Missy Borucki, Sassy Queens of Design

    The Alpha Decides by Missy Borucki, Sassy Queens of Design

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cameron Sinclair, multi-billionaire businessman, and now he is also the Alpha Wolf, a position he never wanted. With his instinct to protect the Pack and those he cares for stampeding through his system, he struggles to awaken the white She-Wolf who now lies in a coma. Her fight to return from the darkness is one he watches closely, refusing to leave her side...
  • The Cowbear's Curvy Valentine by Liv Brywood

    The Cowbear's Curvy Valentine by Liv Brywood

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After losing the trial of the century, disgraced lawyer Abigail Holt flees the unforgiving press in Dallas. With only the clothes on her back, she ends up driving to the small town of West Yellowstone. She needs to hide for a while, just long enough to figure out how she’s going to move forward with her life. The Curvy Bear Ranch seems like the perfect place to retreat...
  • Wolf Destinies by Lucia Ashta

    Wolf Destinies by Lucia Ashta

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My whole life is one tangled lie. A horrible deception. All my past choices steered by the woman who hunts me without pause. She’s powerful, vicious, and cruel, feared by the entire supernatural community. She’s also an immortal. Yeah, she can’t be killed—supposedly...
  • The Alpha's Determined Mate by Eve Bale

    The Alpha's Determined Mate by Eve Bale

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One wolf bite, and life as I know it is over…. My new life comes with a simmering attraction to an amber-eyed wolf who makes it his mission to fill my days with laughter. A feeling I’m desperate to kill, because I can’t trust male shifters. Not after what the last one did to me...
  • iPromise by Julie Trettel

    iPromise by Julie Trettel

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Jackson Holt is about to graduate college, but he isn’t ready to grow up just yet. He hasn’t realized his dreams of being a gaming designer. He knows once he leaves the ARC, that dream might as well be flushed down the toilet. His parents were ready for him to come home and take on a real job within the Pack. Something respectable and boring that he would do almost anything to rebuke...
  • New Beginnings by A.K. Michaels, Missy Borucki

    New Beginnings by A.K. Michaels, Missy Borucki

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As the influx of Highlanders arrive in the US, Cameron’s brother Grant comes too. Intent on carrying out his brother’s bonding ritual, and returning home as quickly as possible. However, there are some surprises in store for Grant. Ones that are forever life changing, and which will test the very bonds of his friendship with one of his closest friends...
  • Despair and Destiny by Missy Borucki, Sassy Queens of Design

    Despair and Destiny by Missy Borucki, Sassy Queens of Design

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Where is Rebecca? Who has kidnapped the sassy Witch from right under the noses of the Wolf Pack? Jacob is distraught and his anger knows no bounds as they fight to find out where his mate has been taken; and by whom. The answer is unimaginable and the bloody confrontation that leaves death in its wake shocks Jacob and Cam to their core...
  • ALPHA ZEUS : The Alpha Chronicles by Paulina Vasquez

    ALPHA ZEUS : The Alpha Chronicles by Paulina Vasquez

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Elemental wolves descended from a single Goddess, and Zeus descended from the strongest of shifter lines. An Alpha of the Moon Realm Kingdom, Zeus finally finds what he has always wanted. Unable to control his wolf, he's forced to hide a dark secret that drives her away. She belongs to him, and this possessive Alpha will claim what's his...
  • Storm by Ellie Horn

    Storm by Ellie Horn

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 5 ratings
    Love doesn’t recognize barriers. Neither do alphas. The last thing Jessie was looking for was a relationship. She wasn’t looking to get kidnapped by a werewolf either—but here she is, locked in a windowless room. By chance, a rescue comes her way by means of a handsome horse trainer with a to-die-for butt, mysterious powers—and a damaged soul that calls to her...
  • The Snow Leopard's Baby by Zoe Chant

    The Snow Leopard's Baby by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    A curvy single mom + a snow leopard shifter in need of a family + the blizzard that brings them together = a sweet and steamy romance! Curvy Leah Sanders has struggled to make ends meet since her fiancé left her and her baby daughter Emily...
  • Royal Guard Lion by Zoe Chant

    Royal Guard Lion by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A curvy American shocked to learn that she's a lost princess + a warrior lion shifter sworn to protect her + a hidden shifter kingdom in desperate need of a leader = a sizzling romance fit for a queen! Signy Zlotsky grew up thinking everything about her (except her hard-to-pronounce name) was ordinary and all-American. Then the father she barely remembers leaves her a royal inheritance...
  • Catch Me, Alpha by Emilia Rose

    Catch Me, Alpha by Emilia Rose

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    Alpha Ares will do anything to avenge his mother and protect his mate, Aurora. But the hounds are becoming stronger by the day, and Aurora fears that the worst is yet to come...
  • Hunter Bear by Zoe Chant

    Hunter Bear by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A BBW artist who fears she's lost her muse + a scarred, reclusive bear shifter hunting danger + a mysterious treasure map = one adventurous romance! Curvy artist Cleo Waters has inherited an old house by a lake in Linden Creek. With her old life in ruins, she wants to take a break in the lonely forests, restoring the house her grandmother lived in...
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