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The Mane Attraction by Shelly Laurenston
Even the king of the beasts can find himself unexpectedly tamed by the right woman. . . Weddings have the strangest effect on people. Exhibit 1: Sissy Mae waking up in Mitch Shaw's bed the morning after her brother Bobby Ray's nuptials. Exhibit 2: the gunmen trying to kill Mitch. Exhibit 3: Sissy Mae escorting a bleeding yet sexy lion shifter to her Tennessee Pack's turf for safe keeping...Categorized as:
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![Lord's Fall by Thea Harrison]()
Lord's Fall by Thea Harrison
In the latest Novel of the Elder Races, two mates find themselves on different paths, torn between their duty to the Wyr and the passion that binds them… Before she met Dragos, half-human/half-Wyr Pia Giovanni was alone and on the run. Now she’s mated, pregnant and heading south to repair the Wyrs’ frayed relationship with the Elves...Categorized as:
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![Games with the Orc by Kathryn Moon]()
Games with the Orc by Kathryn Moon
Sunny has spent years of her life hiding from her own desires and hiding them from those she loves. Forced to face the idea of denying that part of herself forever, Sunny takes a nose dive out of her routine and into her fantasies. All she needs is the help of Monster Smash Agency and one exceptionally talented Orc...Categorized as:
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![Make Her New by T.S. Joyce]()
Make Her New by T.S. Joyce
Everyone has Hunter Kaid all wrong. Even his own brother writes him off as unintelligent, but not all smarts are the same. He just needs one person to understand him and listen to what he’s really saying. All of his life, he’s been searching for that one person who really takes the time to see him, and just when he’s about given up, he stumbles upon Sadey...Categorized as:
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![Chased by Anastasia Wilde]()
Chased by Anastasia Wilde
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGabriel Sanchez has never wanted women at Outlaw Ridge. An expert tracker and operative, all he cares about is the mission. Women mean mates, and then cubs, and suddenly dedicated, focused soldiers turn into soft sappy romantics and Little League coaches.Not him. No way.Then Madison Fontaine comes to work at Outlaw Ridge, and suddenly all bets are off...Categorized as:
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![Boarlander Bash Bear by T.S. Joyce]()
Boarlander Bash Bear by T.S. Joyce
Sebastian “Bash” Kane is ready for a mate. He’s been fighting for his lumberjack crew of bear shifters to lift the ban on women in the trailer park, and his alpha has just given him the go ahead to find the woman of his dreams. But when he meets a shy newspaper editor in a diner, it becomes clear that finding a mate might not be so easy...Categorized as:
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![Alpha Brock: six-pack series book four by C.J. Primer]()
Alpha Brock: six-pack series book four by C.J. Primer
SIX-PACK SERIES BOOK FOUR* While this book can be read as a standalone, I highly recommend reading books 1 - 3 (Alpha Gray, Alpha Theo, and Alpha Jax) for context before starting in on this one.* This book is a slow burn with a very moody, broody protagonist (grumpy/sunshine trope). It will be a bumpy ride for these two to get to their HEA...Categorized as:
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![Burning Wild by Christine Feehan]()
Burning Wild by Christine Feehan
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Dark Carpathian novels now returns to the exotic, sensual and dangerous world of her bestseller Wild Rain. This time, what goes on between male and female is wilder than animal instinct-and twice as hot. Born into a world of twisted monsters, Jake Bannaconni is shaped and molded into a cold, revenge driven man... -
![Bloodrunner Bear by T.S. Joyce]()
Bloodrunner Bear by T.S. Joyce
Alana Warren has her entire life planned out. She’s making big changes and going after the future she wants, but one thing she doesn’t plan on is the tatted up bad-boy bear shifter who saunters into her coffee shop. The constant snarl in his throat says something is wrong with that man, but for some reason, she can’t get him out of her head... -
![Alpha Jax by C.J. Primer]()
Alpha Jax by C.J. Primer
SIX-PACK SERIES BOOK THREE* While this book can be read as a standalone, I highly recommend reading book one (Alpha Gray) and book two (Alpha Theo) for context before diving into this book. I'm no stranger to one night stands. Lots of girls want to hook up with an alpha, so why should this one be any different? Maybe it's because she was the best I ever had...Categorized as:
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![Luxuria by Colette Rhodes]()
Luxuria by Colette Rhodes
Ophelia has a dirty secret.Well, it’s not really a secret anymore.Ophelia was born into a family of Hunters, tasked with protecting the humans from the creatures of the night who feast on their fear.Except Ophelia always found the idea of monsters kind of intriguing... -
![Cricket by Willow Hadley]()
Cricket by Willow Hadley
Witches come of age when they turn eighteen—the age where they reach the full potential of their power and magical abilities.Cricket Kendall's birthday is a little more than a month away. She's just moved to Emery Ridge, Colorado for her senior year of high school in the hopes her eccentric aunt Aurora might help her learn all she needs to know about becoming a full-fledged witch...Categorized as:
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![Bro and the Beast 1 by L.C. Davis, Joel Abernathy]()
Bro and the Beast 1 by L.C. Davis, Joel Abernathy
When musclebound frat bro Brad gets run off the road by a reckless driver, he thinks it's game over. When he wakes up inside his twin brother's favorite corny shifter romance novel, he realizes the real game is just beginning...Categorized as:
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![Tiger Magic by Jennifer Ashley]()
Tiger Magic by Jennifer Ashley
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 46 ratingsHe was once a captive, but his urges were never caged. Now he’ll release them on a beautiful stranger whose own secret desires are longing to be sated… He doesn’t have a name. He doesn’t have a clan. The humans who held him prisoner for forty years have taken them away. He knew nothing but captivity until nearly a year ago, when he was released into the light...Categorized as:
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![A New Prospect by Julie Trettel]()
A New Prospect by Julie Trettel
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWolves mate for life. For better or worse. I’ve lived it all--the good, the bad, and the ugly. Still, I don’t back down on my commitments. Living with Annie isn’t always easy and some things need to change. I need to change. But the damage runs deep...Categorized as:
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![Forever Mine by Julie Trettel]()
Forever Mine by Julie Trettel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat do you do when you're confronted with the ghost of the only girl you ever loved? Liam Westin has carried a secret crush on his twin sister's best friend for most of his life. When she goes missing and is presumed dead as a teen, it nearly destroys him... -
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Reese by Raven Kennedy
Five years ago, I saw something I shouldn’t have. Ominous, right? But what really sucks is I got caught. I’ve been trapped as my animal ever since, hidden away and forced to stay shifted and silent. Until one day, when I get brought to a pet shop where a shifter recognizes me for what I am and brings me to her pack. A really friggen weird pack. I need to get out of here...Categorized as:
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![Wulfe Untamed by Pamela Palmer]()
Wulfe Untamed by Pamela Palmer
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThey are called Feral Warriors—an elite band of immortals who can change shape at will. Sworn to rid the world of evil, consumed by sorcery and seduction, their wild natures are primed for release... The most enigmatic and tortured of the Feral Warriors, Wulfe is haunted by the quiet beauty of a human woman who no longer remembers him...Categorized as:
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![Pleading the Fifth by Sandrine Gasq-Dion]()
Pleading the Fifth by Sandrine Gasq-Dion
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA simple trip to the airport brings Scott Delange just about everything except the passenger he was planning to pick up. Texting back and forth with a raunchy, unknown man leads to a case of mistaken identity and one hell of a huge surprise. Who knew a trip to Seattle would land Tristan Miles in the arms of his mate? Certainly not Tristan, who stopped looking for love a long time ago...Categorized as:
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![Declaration of Courtship by Nalini Singh]()
Declaration of Courtship by Nalini Singh
A PSY/CHANGELING NOVELLANew York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh returns to her explosive Psy/Changeling world as predatory desire becomes a sensual game of control... A dominant changeling wolf, SnowDancer lieutenant Cooper is not known for his patience...Categorized as:
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![Fake Date Mate by Harmony Raines]()
Fake Date Mate by Harmony Raines
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIt was meant to be a fake date. Instead, he found his real mate.Bear shifter Rory reluctantly agrees to be the fake date for a friend of a friend. It’s one night. One night when he can forget how lonely he is. One night where he can dance with a woman and have fun.Or at least pretend to have fun, since fun is not his thing. Not when his heart yearns for the woman of his dreams.His mate...Categorized as:
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![Kidnapped by the Vampire by C.C. Wood]()
Kidnapped by the Vampire by C.C. Wood
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen my great-aunt died, she left me her home and business in Devil Springs. The last thing I expected when I came to sell them was to meet an actual vampire–who happened to be the most beautiful man I’ve ever seen.Or that he would kidnap me.At first, I was desperate to escape but, the longer I was the vampire’s hostage, the less he seemed like a villain...Categorized as:
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![Read You Like a Book by Sam Hall]()
Read You Like a Book by Sam Hall
Everyone wants to wake up next to a hot book boyfriend, right? Well, not Ash. Her grandmother has just died and she knows the service tomorrow is going to be a hard one. She has to say goodbye to the one member of her family who always had her back and her mother’s perfumed steamroller tendencies seem to get out of control each time there’s some kind of family emergency...Categorized as:
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![Destiny of the Wolf by Terry Spear]()
Destiny of the Wolf by Terry Spear
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 25 ratings"By the author of Heart of the Wolf, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year" "This delicious alpha hero will leave you wild for more." --Nicole North, author of Devil in a Kilt "All she wants is the truth..." Lelandi Wildhaven is determined to discover the truth about her beloved sister's mysterious death. But everyone thinks she's out to make a bid for her sister's widowed mate..Categorized as:
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![Michael & Shyne by R.E. Butler]()
Michael & Shyne by R.E. Butler
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsMichael Gerrick was beginning to wonder if he would ever find his truemate. Fate seemed to smile on him, when he fell hard for the delectable fitness instructor, Shyne. The only problem: three were-hyenas want her for their clan and are willing to do anything to get him out of the way. Shyne Jackson was smitten with Michael from the moment they met...Categorized as:
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![Bear: MC Shifter Romance by Vera Foxx]()
Bear: MC Shifter Romance by Vera Foxx
THE IRON: A club formed for the rogues of the supernatural world. These were the rejected, the forsaken, and cast out. Their mates wronged them, but they must suffer the price. Their soul is broken and never meant to be mended. Now they wait until their souls go rabidand wait for death to take them... -
![Shake That Sass by C.D. Gorri]()
Shake That Sass by C.D. Gorri
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe’s an Alpha looking for a home. She’s an outsider with no one to call her own. Can they find what they’re searching for in each other? Derrick Rand is an Alpha Dire Wolf, a rare and powerful species of Shifter. Tired of the nomadic life, he’s looking for a place to call home. He receives an email from a female Shifter inviting him to a small town called Blue Creek... -
![Rumbling Rattlers - A MC Monster Romance Short by Elliot Ason]()
Rumbling Rattlers - A MC Monster Romance Short by Elliot Ason
The Ridgeclaw brothers rule the county through their motorcycle club the Rumbling Rattlers. Every woman wants to be with the charismatic lizard man but for some reason Cannon Ridgeclaw has his sights set on me, a human.But I'm not so sure I'm ready for the attention...Categorized as:
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![Single Orc Dad by Ava Ross]()
Single Orc Dad by Ava Ross
Will my roller coaster romance with my hunky orc neighbor fly off the rails or ignite our hearts forever?After inheriting my estranged dad's defunct kiddie amusement park, I turn in my corporate badge and return to my old hometown. Despite the issues I had with my dad, I rediscover the fun I missed out on while I lived ten years in the city...Categorized as:
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![Steel Beauty by Dana Marie Bell]()
Steel Beauty by Dana Marie Bell
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsShe's everything a big bad wolf could want. Coping with a devastating injury is hard enough for Belinda--Belle--Campbell. Forced separation from her destined mate while she heals is almost more than she can endure. Until she is strong enough to take up her duties as Luna of the Poconos Wolf Pack, however, the safest place for her is Halle...Categorized as:
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![Kiss of Crimson by Lara Adrian]()
Kiss of Crimson by Lara Adrian
He comes to her more dead than alive, a towering black-clad stranger riddled with bullets and rapidly losing blood. As she struggles to save him, veterinarian Tess Culver is unaware that the man calling himself Dante is no man at all, but one of the Breed, vampire warriors engaged in a desperate battle... -
![Demon's Bane by Leigh Miller]()
Demon's Bane by Leigh Miller
A crime between realms. A twist of Goddess-bound fate. A peace between witches and demons threatening to unravel. The Witch I want nothing to do with the Crescent Coven. I’m happy with my tea shop and my small magick and my mundane life, and since the coven never wanted me, either, it’s better this way...Categorized as:
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![Awakening: Following Fate by L.T. Marshall]()
Awakening: Following Fate by L.T. Marshall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAlora and her mate Colton have just begun to find their feet in lives and positions that have drastically changed.As the vampire attacks loom over them they need to come to some sort of resolution over Juan and the mountain wolves before it's too late.A dark force threatens to destroy everything Alora fought so hard to have in her life, and she has to learn what becoming a true Luna really means...Categorized as:
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![Deuces Wild by Celia Kyle]()
Deuces Wild by Celia Kyle
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSquirrel shifter Elly has been captured by Freedom, beaten, and then handed off to be raped. Only her new hotter-than-hell jailor, Deuce Pierce, isn’t keen on forcing her and is all about saving her curvy, furry ass and getting her to safety. After she’s freed, she can’t forget about the lion who saved her life, and she hunts for him, determined to find the man who haunts her... -
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![Hecate's Own by Dana Marie Bell]()
Hecate's Own by Dana Marie Bell
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen a witch is hot for teacher, the sparks are sure to fly. Zachary Beckett has been a screw-up most of his life, but he's finally done something right. He saved his brother's life at great personal cost, and now he's on his way to Cleveland to train as a witch. There he meets Johra Yashodar, a teacher with the belief that Zach is still a screw-up...Categorized as:
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![Tangling With Trolls by Hazel Mack]()
Tangling With Trolls by Hazel Mack
WRENA month ago, I had no idea that monsters lived in hidden towns. Surprise! The tiny New-England town of Ever is a haven for them. Vampire brothers run the coffee shop. Werewolf bikers will fix your car. I can sort of wrap my mind around that.But then I meet Ohken Stonesmith, bridge troll and all-around badass. He’s way older than me, crazy confident, and he owns the town’s only flower shop... -
![A Wolf's Pride by Jennifer T. Alli]()
A Wolf's Pride by Jennifer T. Alli
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLife should be simple after a wolf finds his mate but Ryan is quickly coming to see that love is never simple. Chloe’s humanity does nothing to change the plans he’d made for himself decades ago but her refusal to believe he exists is a problem he hadn’t planned for...Categorized as:
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![Home by Nalini Singh]()
Home by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA short story featuring Clay, Talin, Jon and Noor from the DarkRiver pack. Timeline: Takes place some time after Play of Passion and before Kiss of Snow.This story can be found on Nalini Singh's official website...Categorized as:
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![The Keeping by Nicky Charles]()
The Keeping by Nicky Charles
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsRyne Taylor was a sexy bad-ass Alpha set on establishing a new pack. Melody Greene was a journalism student researching his work as a photographer or so she said. But could Mel really be trusted or had she stumbled upon his secret? And if she knew, could Ryne save himself and the pack he d left behind without enacting a deadly ancient law known as The Keeping? Sequel to The Mating...Categorized as:
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![A Blue Ribbon Romance by C.M. Nascosta]()
A Blue Ribbon Romance by C.M. Nascosta
Morning Glory Milking Farm was just another quick tug - machine operated facility, no different from all the rest. Sure, they had big pharma money and special hands-on amenities the other milking joints couldn't boast, but at the end of the day it was the same old story — cash he didn't actually need in the bank, all for doing what he would have done for free anyway... -
![Trouble for My Troll by Honey Phillips]()
Trouble for My Troll by Honey Phillips
Her troll mechanic is determined to get her engine revving! Alison is looking forward to finally settling down in Fairhaven Falls. Surely a town full of monsters will make it easier to guard her vulnerable heart. When she runs into a truck driven by a massive troll with a charming smile, she realizes it might not be so easy after all... -
![Fierce in Fur by Celia Kyle]()
Fierce in Fur by Celia Kyle
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsElise really did love her family. Mostly. Except they just wouldn’t leave her the heck alone. Yes, she’d just returned after two years of hell at the hands of a militant group called Freedom. And, yes, she was a severely broken Senstive. But, no, she wasn’t a baby who needed to be coddled and wrapped in cotton...Categorized as:
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![Where the Werewolves Run by Lola Glass]()
Where the Werewolves Run by Lola Glass
I'm supposed to be a monster. I grew up believing my mom and I were the only werewolves alive.But then I learned about a town where men and women aren't wolves, but lycans: hairy monsters that are forced to change with the moon. And I would be like them, if not for my dad.He discovered a cure, used it on me and my mom… and then ran away with us... -
![Found by the Lake Monster by Lillian Lark]()
Found by the Lake Monster by Lillian Lark
A lake monster in heat, a lost human in the woods, and the lie that gets her stuffed…Getting lost in the woods was not the adventure Amy had in mind when she jumped at the chance to search for the local lake monster. She just wanted to liven up her steady but boring life, not wonder if every shadow on the ground is a snake and worry that no one will ever find her.Luckily, someone does find her...Categorized as:
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![The Ballad of Aramei by J.A. Redmerski]()
The Ballad of Aramei by J.A. Redmerski
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsEverything about Adria Dawson’s life has changed in unimaginable ways: the shattering betrayal of her mother, the fight for her life and sanity…the loss of her humanity. But now Adria must face the ultimate challenge and risk not only her life, but the lives of everyone she loves at the wrathful hands of Isaac Mayfair’s father...Categorized as:
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![Linus & The Angel by R.E. Butler]()
Linus & The Angel by R.E. Butler
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsHe thinks he'll be alone forever: Linus Mayfield has a lot of good things in his life: fourth ranked in the Tressel wolf pack, nice house, decent job, and plenty of friends. What he doesn’t have is what he longs for most – a true mate. His first foray into marriage was a disaster and he's certain he'll never be free to love again...Categorized as:
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![Seduced by the Wolf by Terry Spear]()
Seduced by the Wolf by Terry Spear
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsPraise for Terry Spear: "The vulpine couple's chemistry crackles off the page, but the real strength... lies in Spear's depiction of pack power dynamics as well as in the details of human-wolf interaction. Her wolf world feels at once palpable and even plausible." "-Publishers Weekly" "Chilling suspense and sizzling romance... The dark, sexy alpha hero will capture you-body, mind, and soul...Categorized as:
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![The Alpha's Doe by Annie Whipple]()
The Alpha's Doe by Annie Whipple
Dorothy Kennicott lernte Ace Stoll kennen, als sie gerade mal sechs Jahre alt waren. Und seither sind sie unzertrennlich. Beste Freunde, an der Hüfte verbunden...Categorized as:
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![Logan & Jenna by R.E. Butler]()
Logan & Jenna by R.E. Butler
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsJenna Odile planned to spend the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday partying with her friends before she cast a spell to find her truemate. Before she can, she's captured by a group of criminally-minded werewolves who want to use her fae-abilities to commit crimes... -
![Fighting Destiny by Julie Trettel]()
Fighting Destiny by Julie Trettel
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWhat happens when you choose not to accept fate? Elise Westin is obsessed with one thing. Avoid Patrick O'Connell at all costs. She knows the handsome foreigner is her one true mate. She knows they are destined to be together. Knowing it doesn't stop her from fighting it the only way she knows how.... run and hide. But hiding from him can only last so long...
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