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Not Many Options by Jillian West
Riley Thomas has made some mistakes in life. She took a few wrong turns and has no idea what to do next. There's a blizzard baring down on the island and Riley is alone with two kids under the age of four. She's out of options, exhausted, and overwhelmed.An omega on her own always has to be on guard, but with her two girls counting on her to keep them safe, there's no time for a pity party...Categorized as:
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Knot Your Problem by L.A. Clyne
For an omega in hiding, one moment, one breath, can change everything.Lexie is a survivor. She’s built a life for herself exactly the way she wants it. Rescuing abused women and hiding in plain sight from a corrupt world, she relies on no one. Lexie has convinced the world, including herself, that she’s a beta. Until the Crash...Categorized as:
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Snapped Strings by M. Sinclair
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI was going to give him a performance he’d never forget. With our plans set to travel to the Demonic realm, my thoughts turn to the torture I endured while imprisoned in Broken House, and I find myself fearing that the experience will be a trip down nightmare lane. What I find instead is a complex, beautiful realm that in a matter of days draws out of me a determination and strength to defend it... -
Their Saint by Serena Akeroyd
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHer past shaped her, but three rough and ready bikers will completely transform her future. Amaryllis wasn't born into the MC life, but she was raised a Princess of the Hell's Rebels, just like her momma. She was born to be its Queen, until one day, an enemy came and ripped her world apart.Ever since, she's been scrambling for normalcy, and her only haven are three boys.. -
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Wicked Truths by Jillian West
Life as an omega trying to make it in the music industry is complicated, especially when Oakley Graves keeps that secret close to the vest.Trying to build her band, Wicked Truths, from the ground up is difficult, but she never realized how overwhelming it would be as an omega musician in an industry dominated by alphas... -
Delivered to My Wolves by Mazzy J. March
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsHavenI created the Mail-Order Mating app to help shifters find each other like my parents had. Right after joining it, I found mine. But he rejected me on our first date. One look, and he claimed I wasn’t the luna of a pack. Never would be. He proclaimed his rejection right there in a restaurant and then tossed his napkin in my face.The joy in my life is from helping others find their mates...Categorized as:
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Delivered to My Dragons by Mazzy J. March
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLeaving my abusive ex seemed like the hardest thing I’d ever go through…until I learn I am carrying his baby. He is always on my tail. Discovering my new phone numbers. Parking his car outside my apartment. Trolling my social media. And I swore last night, I smelled his cheap cologne when I walked in from work. He cannot learn about the pregnancy. It could mean both our lives.My parents are dead...Categorized as:
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Too Tempting by Sarah Blue
Getting over a traumatic breakup, Kelsey is ready to live her best life. Everyone knows that the best way to get over someone is to get under someone else. It was supposed to be a knot girl summer, experience all the pleasures of being an Omega before settling down.That’s what she tells herself, anyway. The summer is heating up and so is Kelsey's dating life...Categorized as:
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Delivered to My Grizzlies by Mazzy J. March
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsMonroe:I’m destined to be alone for the rest of my life. Me and my books and my cats and no children. I don’t think that, but my parents and family can’t stop talking about it. The Mail-Order Mating app seems like a way to appease them without actually mating. I’ll make my preferences impossible to fill. But I get a match. Two grizzlies.And they are hot. Older, daddy-type hot.So I give it a shot...Categorized as:
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Delivered to My Tigers by Mazzy J. March
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnaisI’ve loved tigers ever since I was a little girl in braids. My degree is focused on veterinary medicine, but my passion is cryptozoology. Tigers shifters in particular, of course. When I downloaded the Mail-Order Matings app, it was to learn more about them.What better way to learn about tiger shifters than to be matched with one. Or two...Categorized as:
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Ruthless Legacy by Dakota Lee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes the only way out is through.The League has finally unveiled their plans for me, and to gain my compliance they’re going after people I care about.The only chance I have at the future I dream about, is to accept a title I don’t want.Things are different on this side of the divide, and adapting to the change isn’t easy.Deacon’s a constant source of strength and encouragement...Categorized as:
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Delivered to My Gargoyles by Mazzy J. March
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsSo I take a dare. As a “human” I have no real right to be looking for a “mate” on an app for shifters and other paranormal beings. But I never have been able to hold my liquor, which is why I rarely drink to excess. I am not entirely sure shifters or vampires or whoever exist beyond cosplay anyway...Categorized as:
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In Doubt by Hannah Haze
One omega, four alphas, one heat gone wrong …This trip is an opportunity of a lifetime. A chance to unearth a new Egyptian temple and gain a place on Professor Weaver’s prestigious research team. It’s a dream come true.One I’m not going to let Jake Grantham and his so-called pack of alphas ruin...Categorized as:
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Transcend by Maya Nicole
Transcend is the conclusion of the Celestial Academy Trilogy. School is back in session and we are no closer to getting my dad back. To make matters worse demons have been getting through to Earth at an alarming rate. Hell on Earth is coming, unless I can stop it. In order to save everyone and everything I love, I have to face my fears... -
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On Wings: A Reverse Harem Dragon Shifter Romance by Katelyn Beckett
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMagic ruined my life once. I can't let it happen again. I grew up chasing the fae through the garden, pretending I saw ghosts in the house, and dreaming of dragons. That's all long behind me now. Mother’s spells didn't save her and, in turn, I dedicated myself to Science. Work as a paleontologist is everything I dreamed it could be. You find solid facts buried thousands of years ago...Categorized as:
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Ruined Beta by Romy Lockhart
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLeanne Leto spent most of her life running from the truth. Now that her biggest secret is out in the open, she vows to get over her bone-deep fear of Alphas to make a fresh start in Cressidan City.Admitting what she truly wants out of her life, she starts the career she’s always craved. The only trouble is, she’s forced to work closely with Alphas who know every detail about her past... -
Empath Found: The Complete Trilogy by Colette Rhodes
Fi has always known there’s something not quite right about herself.Not quite human.For as long as she can remember, Fi has been sensitive to other people’s emotions. So sensitive, she works a night job as a cleaner to avoid being overwhelmed by all of their feelings.After a night on the town goes wrong, Fi comes to the attention of the Academy of Avalon... -
Pack Forsaken by Jarica James
I’m a lone wolf with a stalker on my tail… My name is Vanya Mason, and after an incident that left me broken, I chose exile from my pack rather than facing the harsh truth.The alpha made it very clear that my pack never cared about me, they cared about my submission. And that’s not the life I want to live.Especially alone...Categorized as:
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Lethal Heat by May Dawson, Alex Lidell
My match-making mother tortured my omega sisters in pursuit of her kind of happily-ever-afters and generous dowries. So when my heat starts abruptly, I know the posh hell that’s coming. My marriage is arranged. Without me.Too bad for mum, I take after my crime-savvy sister. I won’t ever be some pack’s omega, some alphas’ obedient little wife...Categorized as:
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Forbidden Alpha by S.K. Reign, Laurel Night
Everyone knows that good omegas lead perfect privileged lives. But I’m not a good omega... I’m a female alpha, and my entire life up to this point has been a lie.It took a horrifying accident to finally reveal my true nature, and as a result I’ve been shipped off to a special reformatory school for dangerous criminals: alphas who need to be fixed if they ever hope to rejoin society...Categorized as:
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Knot a Clue by Leah Steele, Demi Warrik
After finding out I’m the only omega to emerge in this season's ceremony, I’m whisked away to a hidden resort nestled in the mountains.What might sound like a nice vacation is anything but. I’m here with twenty hand-selected alphas who are competing for a spot in my pack on live television.The downside? The public chooses who stays and who goes.Even worse? Someone is murdered...Categorized as:
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Bear Strength by Lilly Wilder
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsReverse Harem Biker Protector RomanceI Want Nothing To Do With These Bikers, But Wants Are One Thing, And Reality Is Something Else.If you’re running from something, Swallow Springs seems to be the perfect place.It looks like everyone there has a secret, and everyone just minds their own business.This little town is ruled by an iron fist of a biker gang, who are at the same time, bear shifters...Categorized as:
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Wicked Alphas by Liliana Carlisle
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey look at me as if they've seen a ghost.James. Grey. Beau—the handsome, unattainable Alphas that run the Aurora Inn.One minute they’re kind, the next minute, they’re cold and cruel, shrouding themselves in secrets.They make me want things I shouldn’t—and make my body crave things it shouldn't.I'm a Beta—there’s no place for me in their world, let alone their hearts... -
Bittersweet Revenge by Scarlett Snow
I've survived until now but my journey is far from over. Just when I think I'm free again, I'm brought to the Fae Realm where I'll stand trial for a crime I didn't even know I committed. There's spies everywhere—even on the fae council—but I won't go down without a fight.I need to get back to Tristan.His cure is within reach and we can finally be together with...Categorized as:
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Knot for You by Aura Riley
Vera has always been an omega, but being just an omega? Never an option. Being just an omega meant that she was too timid, too sensitive, and never enough for anyone, let alone her alpha mother. Now, she is forced to deal with even more complicated matters as the only omega on campus... -
Brimstone Academy: Semester Two by Alexis Calder
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsGetting involved with a demon is like playing with fire. And maybe I want to get burned. With sexy twins competing to get in my pants and a teacher I can’t have, my love life is complicated. Add in a brooding royal who wants to play dirty and I’m in way over my head. The biggest problem is: I want them all... -
Abloom by Elle Lincoln
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAn omega’s guide to thriving against all odds.First, if you get kidnapped, then talk like you are the one committing a crime. Bad guys hate that stuff. If said kidnapper makes a bargain with you that you can’t refuse, then make some demands of your own—like snacks, all of the snacks. After all, the heat is right around the corner, and there is no controlling that bloom... -
Summoned By Magic by E.M. Moore
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe search for their fifth will bring them more than they bargained for. A part of the ancient magical Order of the Akasha, four male witches await their last remaining piece... only to be stunned when a badass descendant of a voodoo priestess shows up... -
Masked by Chaos by Suki Williams, Jarica James
Nightmares become reality when I end up back in Kensington.But this time is different, I won’t break from their lies and abuse now that I have my eight mates to fight for.Plus, this time I know the truth. Supernaturals are real. And I am one. But there’s even more danger than I could have anticipated waiting for me within Kensington’s walls... -
Knot That Kind of Girl by Belle Kent
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsShe’s not a witch, so there’s no way I can ever truly claim her.When Harper Booth moves to Mystic Springs, the first thing I do is insult her. The next thing I do is deny my alpha warlock’s desire to claim her. My body wants to possess her, but there’s just one problem.She’s a human and I’m a warlock. Warlocks can’t claim humans like they can witches. And I need to claim her. Possess her... -
Building My Pack by Brandy Slaven
In a world where my designation is the only thing that matters to society, I choose to hide it. Perfuming as an omega as a teenager forced a more unconventional route of keeping my secret. Participating in trial suppressants, has allowed me to live life as a beta... -
Claimed by the Pack: A Reverse Harem Paranormal Romance by Jade Alters
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThree hot, protective wolf shifters want to claim me as their own… they’re going to have to learn to share. When I caught Ridge staring at me across the room in that busy nightclub I could feel his desire piercing right through me. He was tall, chiseled and by far the hottest guy in the room, but I could feel there was something forbidden and dangerous about him... -
Princess or Knot by M.P. Starkweather
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTragedy chased me away. Trickery brought me home. My omega order now leaves me at the mercy of an affluent family my parents sold me to. Damn an omega’s lack of rights.After my new 'owner' tries to assault me in public, the crowned prince, Drake Brighton, and the reason I ran away, comes to my rescue. Somehow his ridiculous claim of me being his wife saves me from an unimaginable future...Categorized as:
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Blue Blood by L.C. Davis, Joel Abernathy
If three's a crowd, what does that make four?My love life, apparently. Now I'm on the run with Cyrus, Sam, and Alex, and that's not even accounting for the fact that I'm pregnant—with twins—and my overbearing mother is along for the ride.Oh, and did I mention I found out Zeus is my father? Yeah, that Zeus. Turns out Cameron's not the only one who's been hunting me down... -
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Rebel & Her Knights by Rosemary A. Johns
My name is Rebel, and I’m the only Omega resistance leader.I should be hiding from my dad who marked me as a Reject. But instead, I fall into the path of the impossibly beautiful, wealthy, and influential Knight pack, during my first heat...Categorized as:
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Knot My MC by Rory Miles
Omegas aren't allowed to fight back... at least, that's what everyone wants us to believe.Me? I'm a fighter. As daughter of the VP of Wrecker MC, I have to be. Pushing back hasn't caused problems for me until I end up resisting the Prez after my dad dies.Turns out kicking the Prez in his precious family jewels is a no-no...Categorized as:
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Fake It Till You Mate It by Flora Quincy
No one finds happiness with the same pack twice. Right?In three months, I’m marrying the perfect-for-me pack. The SweetNothings are internationally famous rockstars who share my love of adventure. It doesn’t hurt that they have a private jet and spoil me rotten.But before I can tie the knot, my ex-pack needs to sign the divorce papers...Categorized as:
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Safe Haven by Jarica James
Who knew that two words could shatter every hope and dream Briar had for her future.You’re pregnant. Most omegas dream of this, but the only thing Briar can think about is that awful night. While she suffers alone, her attacker gets to flaunt his perfect life in her face.Until his assistant finds out her secret...Categorized as:
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Knot for Hire by Violet Fox
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsI’m loved the world over. Famous beyond my wildest dreams. I have everything I could ever dream of and more.So why do I feel so trapped?As the face of my agency, I have no choice but to put on a show. It’s hard getting out of bed most days.But then my prayers are finally answered when I meet Pack Steel. They want me to become their omega, and I just happen to be exactly what they’re looking for... -
Wicked Rejection by Scarlett Snow
The alpha chose me as his mate only to offer me as a sacrifice to the Gods of Arithym.On the night of my claiming, I’m betrayed by my pack in the most brutal of ways.Left for dead by those I had trusted, my only hope for survival is to form an alliance with the most feared alpha in the Shadowlands.The only problem is, Killian hates me as much as I hate him.And I did try to kill him.Twice...Categorized as:
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Embers & Effigies by Mila Sin
My Omega life was on a carefully planned path until my sister and best friend kidnapped me for my bachelorette bash at a strip show.One thong to the face later…I have a scent match.Here's the catch: the thong owner is part of a sold-out traveling show, and I'm already engaged to someone else.But rules be damned...Categorized as:
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School of Broken Souls by C.R. Jane, Mila Young
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAdeline Jones is perfectly average. Or at least she thinks she is until she receives an invite to attend Raven Academy, complete with a full scholarship. Raven Academy is the mysterious school that only the elite of the elite go and despite Adeline's misgivings about giving up her whole life to attend, there's no way her parents are going to let her give up such an opportunity... -
Talk About... Trouble by Jarica James
I’d always heard Rockwood Valley had a way of healing people, could it fix an omega like me? Betrayed, abused, and left to be the scapegoat, I never imagined I’d wind up facing my ex-best friend, Avery Whitaker again.After rehashing one of the worst nights of both of our lives, she makes me promise to give this town and new life a chance... -
Promised to the Alphas by Jasmine Mills
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey'll make me their mate.All I ever wanted was to be like everybody else. But I'm not. I'm an omega, subject to my pack's rules and traditions.Without my knowledge, my parents promised my hand in marriage to two alphas.Each.Now all four alphas are saying I'm theirs, and I'm bound by shifter law to be their mate... -
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Knotless Part 1 by Violet Fox
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsShe's adored by the whole world. The press loves her, my family prefers her, and even my ex-boyfriend wants her.Her name is Chloé, the hottest Omega in town. She’s also my baby sister...Me? Well, I’m the boring sister. The ice maiden who never smiles. Because what pack wants a beta as a mate? Next to her, I’m invisible and it hurts because all I've ever wanted was to be an Omega...Categorized as:
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Hidden by Rebecca Royce
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLost, groggy, and utterly devastated, MacKenzie Harper woke in the back of a truck with a kind man giving her a ride to safety. Her memory fuzzy, her senses on high alert, and her world teetering precariously on chaos, she has no idea who to trust but her nose says she can trust him...Categorized as:
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Knot Your Basic B*tch by Miyo Hunter
Who wants a shot at love and a pack of their very own? Not this b*tch.After growing up in the famous Stryker pack, with six dads, two moms and fifteen siblings, do you know what I want? To finally get some F*#!ING peace and quiet.Too bad I’ve perfumed and had to sign up at the Institute as an omega... -
Chasing Storm by Eve Newton
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow to attract a guy (and his friends), by Storm Rivers… Back out of a popular coffee shop chain, trip over a disgruntled Cockapoo, dump a Latte Macchiato all over Notting Hill’s most notorious playboy and get on with your day... -
Switched by Romy Lockhart
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWe’re only switching places for a week.What could go wrong?Turns out, everything.When my identical twin sister Scarlett suggested we switch lives like we used to sometimes do to fool people and get each other out of tricky situations – okay, to get her out of tricky situations – I knew I had to say yes.See, this time, I’m the one with a problem...Categorized as:
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Knot My Home: Captive Omegaverse Book 1 by K.J. Keyes, T.A. Note
Rated: 3.66 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsMarlowIn the beginning, I didn’t mind being an omega.Until I was taken from my home. From my family and those I love.The past seven years have been my worst nightmare.The only good thing about being confined to this place is Zion and Raiden.I don’t know if I will ever make it home.MiloGrowing up with her and River, she was and still is my everything.I know she is still alive. I can feel her...
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