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A Very Beastly Christmas by T.S. Joyce
Dominant grizzly shifter, Easton Novak, hasn’t celebrated the holidays since he was a child, but his mate is about to make this Christmas one for the books. She’s been hiding something from him, and her revealed secrets are about to knock his world upside down. Making his woman happy should come naturally, but now he’s overthinking everything...Categorized as:
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Visible Panther Line by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 21 ratings***STANDALONE***Sky Adler isn't looking for a man. She's happy being Gerri Wilder's newest assistant and excited she's on a mission to scope out a new client. She did not expect the town residents to treat her like she committed a crime and for the client to be hot enough to melt the ozone. She definitely needs a cold shower, but she's a professional, she can handle it. Maybe. Hopefully... -
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![Heart of the Bear by T.S. Joyce]()
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...Categorized as:
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Savage Hunger by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIsaline Primrose doesn’t let anyone cut the line at her mom’s bakery, no matter how tall or sexy he his. His custom suit, expensive haircut, and deep brown eyes are making her want things. Very dirty things. It’s totally fine to look even if he is a bossy jerk... -
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![Rancher Dragon by Terry Bolryder]()
Rancher Dragon by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSave a horse, ride a rancher dragon...Beck is a big, growly mountain of a man with a monster of a dragon inside him. He keeps to himself, only leaving Dragonclaw Ranch when his inner beast feels unsafe for his friends. But when a brush with death makes Beck give a stranger his dragon's talon coin, he wakes up to a pretty, curvy woman that he now owes a favor... -
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Wrangler Dragon by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSave a horse, ride a wrangler dragon...Tucker C. Thompson, an immortal dragon and legendary gunslinger, is now a simple wrangler who enjoys life on the ranch under his middle name, Clancy. The world has moved on and he's happy to be forgotten. That is, until he sees his old Dragon's Talon coin in an antiques shop in a tiny town... -
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Silver by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA 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... -
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Fealty of the Bear by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAfter years of stagnancy, Muriel Marsden leaves the legendary clan of Hells Canyon bear shifters and goes rogue in order to discover herself. Her trip is cut short when she stumbles upon an injured man alone in the wilderness. As his only chance for survival, Muriel brings him to her cabin and works to save his life. The man is half feral and all sexy...Categorized as:
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Destined to the Alpha by Olivia T. Turner
There’s something strange about this small Montana town. The men are huge, rough, and growly. There’s also an abnormally large amount of Alphas among them. But there’s one Alpha who stands above them all. Westin Wood. Firefighter. Grizzly bear shifter. Muscular god...Categorized as:
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![Baby It's Cold Out Bear by T.S. Joyce]()
Baby It's Cold Out Bear by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 16 ratings****Baby It's Cold Out Bear was part of the USA Today Bestselling anthology, A Very Alpha Christmas. It can absolutely be read as a standalone short story.**** Emry Mason doesn’t expect to be pulled out of an icy ditch by a registered bear shifter, and she certainly doesn’t expect her rescuer to be as alluring as Graylan Young... -
![Wolfing Her Down by Milly Taiden]()
Wolfing Her Down by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAva North is more comfortable talking to a dead man than a live one. Unfortunately, that also means it's that much harder to find love. She's in her forties and an introvert. Chasing down bad guys and being the best homicide Lieutenant is a piece of cake. Mmm cake. Finding a good man to share life with? That's another story... -
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Dragon Lover by Donna Grant, Antony Ferguson
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsNew York Times and USA Today bestselling author Donna Grant returns with the next exciting story in the Dragon Kings series.Can she learn to love the man—as well as the dragon within?Sensual. Clever. Daring. There’s only one thing Kendrick yearns for—peace that has eluded the Dragon Kings. Zora may have been made in the image of Earth, but it’s a far cry from home... -
![Her Destiny by Fiona Davenport]()
Her Destiny by Fiona Davenport
Peppa Leander was rising star in the Chicago restaurant scene, but she was tired of kitchen politics. And working with too many humans. The offer to become the head chef for a new restaurant in Timber Ridge came at the perfect time.Cason Kemp assumed he’d remain mateless for the rest of his life...Categorized as:
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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... -
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Pinch of Sass by C.D. Gorri
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCan this stoic Dire Wolf admit the sassy feline is his fated mate and stake his claim?Ariella Golden needs to persuade sexy Dire Wolf Beta, and the amazingly talented chef at Serious Moonlight, Brock Laurent, to use her Pride’s corporation, Eat Well Live Proud, for all the roadhouse’s needs in order to win the coveted quarterly prize at her company...Categorized as:
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Dragon Frost by Donna Grant
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNew York Times and USA Today bestselling author Donna Grant returns for a Dragon King holiday novella.The holiday season is Rhi’s favorite time of year, which means Con loves it, too. Except they’re on Zora, where there are no traditions—and beginning one could be hazardous. Finding the lost dragons should’ve given everyone peace. Instead, they’re facing powerful enemies at every turn... -
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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... -
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Savage Kiss by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSage Primrose dreams of the day she meets the man who will sweep her off her feet. She didn't expect him to abduct her while she wore nothing but a towel. Why did bad men have to look oh, so good? Feral Kincaid will do anything to protect his family. When a human female supposedly kidnaps his niece, he goes to get her, claws blazing... -
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Savage Bite by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsZuri Primrose hasn't been on a date since her divorce over a year ago. About to turn the big 4-0, she's living the life of a hermit without any sex. Her mother isn't going to let her daughter stay single for long. She's gotten Zuri an invite to a shifter ball where she hopes Zuri will find the man who’s going to screw her into a pretzel and give her a dozen babies... -
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Claimed By The Barbarian Dragon by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA brand new dragon series from the dragon shifter queen herself. Terry Bolryder has written more than 40 well-beloved dragon shifter novels and returns with a fresh new take on dragons in Crystals, Curves and Castles... -
![Stranded With An Insatiable Shifter by Olivia T. Turner]()
Stranded With An Insatiable Shifter by Olivia T. Turner
It's been a lifelong dream and I'm doing it.Driving across the country in a skoolie, which is an old school bus I converted into my house on wheels.It's going great until I get deep into the Montana mountains when my bus decides not to bus anymore.I'm stranded.With no reception, nowhere to go, and with no one to help.Days turn into weeks...Categorized as:
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![My Wounded Shifter Match by Skye Alder]()
My Wounded Shifter Match by Skye Alder
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFour best friend and ex-special forces shifters contact the Love Bites Dating Agency, each for different reasons. One for love, one to forget, one on a dare, and one by mistake. This is Burke’s story, the one looking to forget.Burke Arbor just got discharged from the military after being wounded in battle...Categorized as:
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Valkyrie's Choice by Fiona Davenport
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBeing turned into a Valkyrie put a crimp in a girl's dating plans, even when the rest of the town was full of monsters. Isla Hart figured the odds of finding her happily ever after were slim when she sprouted wings…until she saved Cooper Madison’s life and couldn’t get him out of her head. Too bad he was human, and it wasn’t as though she’d ever see him again anyway... -
![Sheriff Bear by Zoe Chant, Lauren Esker]()
Sheriff Bear by Zoe Chant, Lauren Esker
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsA small-town sheriff + a wrongly accused BBW on the run + deadly enemies and dangerous passions = a sizzling forbidden love! Bear shifter and small-town sheriff Axl Tanner isn't looking for trouble or temptation when he walks into Marge's Diner, but he discovers two things at a glance...Categorized as:
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![Wed to the Grendel by Cara Wylde]()
Wed to the Grendel by Cara Wylde
For my birthday, I get the worst gift a bride.My kind lives in the deepest woods of Alia Terra. The humans call us forest giants, but we call ourselves grendels, after our ancestor. We live in small communities, and we'd be happy to have nothing to do with humans, except we need... their females.My brothers are all married, and now it is my turn. I refuse to do it... -
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Sun Serpent by Geneva Monroe
A cursed kingdom.A Fire Singer seeking vengeance.And a prince who is not what he seems…Under the silks of her circus troupe’s tent, Elyria Solaris dances with fire. She disguises her gift as showmanship, but longs for answers about why she has a power no one else possesses.Somewhere in the city of never-ending night, Prince Cal is looking for the girl who burns the brightest... -
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Scorched by Paula Quinn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMarcus is a Drakkon as ancient as the stars, stronger than a mountain, and the last of his kind. Men now rule the earth. The time of the Drakkon is over thanks to the legendary Phoenix Amber and the Council of Elders who use its power to transform Drakkon into humans...Categorized as:
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![Mated To The Werewolf Next Door: Howls Romance by C.D. Gorri]()
Mated To The Werewolf Next Door: Howls Romance by C.D. Gorri
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe's on the run from her ex-husband to protect her half-Shifter daughter. He's trying to clear his name after being falsely convicted of a crime. Fate has brought them to the same seaside town, but the rest is up to them... -
![Eliza's Cursed Dragon by Bella Blair]()
Eliza's Cursed Dragon by Bella Blair
Once upon a time...There was an enchanted Forest where fairy tales came to After our father remarries his new bride shows her true colors as an evil witch and curses my eleven brothers to live the rest of their lives as swans. There is only one way to lift the spell. I must take a six-year vow of silence and collect stinging nettles at night from graveyards and make eleven cloaks...Categorized as:
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![Kane by Callie Rhodes]()
Kane by Callie Rhodes
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSomething strange is happening in the woods…If there’s one thing Tabitha Dunn’s followers love, it’s a mystery. For years, she’s built a loyal fan base chasing down answers others have been too afraid to search for. But this time, as she enters the wilderness surrounding alpha territory, the only thing she discovers is trouble... -
![Bound by Fire by Tracey Jane Jackson]()
Bound by Fire by Tracey Jane Jackson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsPepper Brooks has always dreamed of escaping her small town life and her alcoholic mother. Working double shifts at her dead-end waitressing job, she saves every penny in order to join her best friend in Scotland. Her plans are threatened, however, when she finds herself alone and in danger with no apparent way out...Categorized as:
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The Alpha's Daughter by Jacqueline Rhoades
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThere is a balm in Gilead, to heal the wounded soul… Jazz Phillips is on the run, fleeing from a fate most females in her pack accept as their lot in life; an arranged mating, something Jazz thought wasn't in her future as the Alpha's daughter and only child. She doesn't want to be the next Alpha's Mate. She doesn't want to be anyone's mate... -
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Gold by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA dragon as a fake fiance? Risky... Dante Gildenstern, leader of the noble metal dragons, used to have it all. Wealth, privilege, women fawning all over his beauty. Now, newly awakened in the modern world, his powers are restrained and he's forced to work at a dating club with the other noble metal dragons in an effort to acquaint them with humanity and hopefully help them find mates... -
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Pulled to the Alpha by Olivia T. Turner
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsBlake turns into one possessive polar bear shifter when he sees the girl who belongs to him. Nobody, including that vicious dragon shifter is going to stop him from claiming what's his. This is the fifth book in the Alphas in Heat series featuring the bear shifters from the Blackcloud Point fire station. Fire-fighting bear shifters? Yes, please! The books can be read in any order...Categorized as:
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![Lian / Roch by Alexandra Ivy, Laura Wright]()
Lian / Roch by Alexandra Ivy, Laura Wright
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLIAN The Hunter: Lian isn’t a happy puma. He’s a lethal Hunter who should be out fighting the enemy, not babysitting a human scholar. Still, he’ll do whatever necessary to rid the world of the evil goddess, Shakpi. And there’s the bonus of spending a few hours away from his family of Nurturers who have been smothering him with love... -
![Bearly Tart by Loni Ree]()
Bearly Tart by Loni Ree
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWilder BearlyIt's true. I'm a dumb*ss.Doing my brother a quick favor leads to the biggest shock of my life—his mate's youngest sister is my soulmate. The second Cora Sweet opens the door, I lose my heart and my mind. My mouth takes off without consulting my brain or my inner bear and I end up p*ss*ng her off...Categorized as:
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![Silver Dragon by Zoe Chant]()
Silver Dragon by Zoe Chant
You're never too old for love... Dragon knight Mikhail has spent the many years of his life in the pursuit of duty. But when his latest mission sends him to a sleepy California beach town, he's shocked to come across a murder in progress...Categorized as:
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![Polar Outbreak: A Barvale Clan Tale 2 (Barvale Clan Tales) by C.D. Gorri]()
Polar Outbreak: A Barvale Clan Tale 2 (Barvale Clan Tales) by C.D. Gorri
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"She's looking for a mate who can handle all of her, and he's the only Bear who can!" Locke Nanouk is one big Polar Bear Shifter. Standing seven-feet three-inches and half as wide, he towered over most everyone he met. The largest of his fellow triplet brothers, he was used to being the odd man out whenever the boys went to town for a drink on a Saturday night. He never thought he'd fit in... -
![The Dragon's Pledge by Marie Johnston]()
The Dragon's Pledge by Marie Johnston
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRonanThe next time my brother says “Hey, I’ve got an idea,” I need to run, not walk away. I might be from a dragon shifter ruling family, but I’m not demanding a female mate with me. Yet taking my time and winning her over is going nowhere. So far, I’ve punched my card as the older neighbor who’s way too nosy about the young female next door. Then I hear about what she’s got planned... -
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ALPHA ZEUS : The Alpha Chronicles by Paulina Vasquez
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsElemental 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... -
![Rage/Killian by Alexandra Ivy, Laura Wright]()
Rage/Killian by Alexandra Ivy, Laura Wright
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGet Wild in the Wildlands From New York Times Bestsellers, Alexandra Ivy and Laura Wright, the heat of the bayou is back with RAGE/KILLIAN in an all-new duel 'tail'. Enter the Wildlands where a new, volatile danger threatens the sizzling hot Pantera... -
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Angel/Hiss by Alexandra Ivy, Laura Wright
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBooks 13 & 14 of the USA Today Bestselling Series! ANGEL Dr. Angel Savary is dedicated to his skills as a Healer. After the death of his mother, he’s determined never to fail another Pantera. But when he’s kidnapped by a human female, he discovers that her brutal past offers the answers he’s been seeking. Even more astonishing, she stirs his cat with a ruthless need to claim her... -
![Beauty's Twisted Tyrant by Nichole Rose]()
Beauty's Twisted Tyrant by Nichole Rose
Cursed to sleep, awoken with a kiss…and destined to be his. But no one warned her how much she'd love her prince's twisted games.ThaliaCursed to sleep. Awoken by a kiss. You know the drill.But why didn't anyone warn me that Prince Charming is a tyrant?And why didn't anyone tell me how much I'd love his filthy games?Because the more time I spend with this wicked man, the harder I fall...Categorized as:
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Ice/Reaux by Alexandra Ivy, Laura Wright
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBooks 19&20 of the USA Today Bestselling series! ICE Cammy, a beautiful, talented Hunter, has always taken her future for granted. She will mate with her best friend Rage and live happily ever after. But her perfect future explodes, quite literally. Rage has chosen another mate, and the Pantera’s enemies have struck at the very heart of the Wildlands... -
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![Craving His Virgin Mate by Sam Crescent]()
Craving His Virgin Mate by Sam Crescent
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAll of her life, Agatha Preston never felt like she belonged. Her parents made her keep secrets about herself and what she was capable of. After their death, there's nothing for her in the city. She doesn't know what she's looking for until she finds it in a small town called Poison. The locals are awful and rude, but she loves the town and there's no way she's leaving...Categorized as:
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![Dragon Next Door by Terry Bolryder]()
Dragon Next Door by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA dragon hiding among humans just found the one woman he can't resist...As a dragon on the run from others of his kind, Tristan has only one rule: don't get involved. But when he spots Kelsie Lawton, in way over her head with a couple of street thugs, there's no way he can walk away. Especially when the dragon in him, buried and smothered for a lifetime, insists he's found his mate...Categorized as:
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![Her Alpha by Fiona Davenport]()
Her Alpha by Fiona Davenport
When Larissa Nash went looking for her best friend, she never expected to find her in a town full of shifters. She didn’t even know they existed until Kace Lowell clued her in on the secret by shifting into his wolf. Mating a human was complicated for the alpha of the pack, but Kace was more than ready to take on anyone who dared to challenge Larissa’s place in his life...Categorized as:
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![Drawn to the Alpha by Olivia T. Turner]()
Drawn to the Alpha by Olivia T. Turner
I didn’t want a mate. Never have. But when I walked into that kindergarten classroom and saw the new teacher… …man, everything changed. Because the guy who never needed a girl is suddenly obsessed with one. My inner grizzly wants her as our mate. I want her for everything. And this firefighting grizzly bear shifter is ready to burn the world down to get her...Categorized as:
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![Burning Up by Loni Ree]()
Burning Up by Loni Ree
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIt’s not every day you find your slightly underdressed soulmate hanging out in a tree waiting to be rescued but I’m going to take my good fortune and run with it. What starts out as an ordinary day at the fire station turns into anything but when we go on the first call of the evening. Parker Scott somehow managed to fall out her bedroom window and land on a tree branch outside—minus her clothes... -
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Jackson by Elisa Leigh
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJackson Walker is jealous of his big brother Jameson. Don't get him wrong, he's happy as fuck his brother found his mate after all of the years he spent searching. Lillian is the perfect match for Jameson. She's sweet and loyal, but sassy enough to keep him on his toes. Jackson is impatient, he wants to find his fated mate now. Maybe he made a mistake moving here with his brother and cousins...
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