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Sea Storm by Christine Feehan
In one trade package together for the first time-two stories of the Drake Sisters from the #1 New York Times bestselling phenomenon... -
![Three Sisters Island collection by Nora Roberts]()
Three Sisters Island collection by Nora Roberts
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsDance Upon the Air: When Nell Channing arrives on charming Three Sisters Island, she believes that she's finally found refuge from her abusive husband - and from the terrifying life she fled so desperately eight months ago . . . But even in this quiet, peaceful place, Nell never feels entirely at ease... -
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![Avaritia by Colette Rhodes]()
Avaritia by Colette Rhodes
If there’s one thing Verity will consistently do, it’s spontaneously make terrible decisions. Sometimes they work out well—so far, smuggling her rescue cat into the shadow realm has been a great success—but more often than not, she ends up with a bigger mess to clean up than she started with...Categorized as:
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![Love Bites Extra Hard by Lola Glass]()
Love Bites Extra Hard by Lola Glass
I gave myself to the dragon king, prepared to become his mate to protect my sisters.But that's not why he wanted me.He just needs my help breaking a prisoner in his cell, to keep his people safe. And he doesn't want me to risk my life to do it.When it becomes clear that's the only way?I take it upon myself to make it happen, and almost get myself killed... -
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![Love Bites Really Hard by Lola Glass]()
Love Bites Really Hard by Lola Glass
A demon imprinted on me, so I had to turn to the monster king for help. Instead of actually being useful, King Bane tells me that I should just mate with the demon.At least, until he also imprints on me.Then we have no choice but to seal the deal in every way there is...Categorized as:
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![Broken Alpha by Paulina Vasquez]()
Broken Alpha by Paulina Vasquez
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBuckle up and get ready for a bumpy steamy ride in the ancient city of the Gods, ATHENS! College in Greece sounds like the perfect escape for Raven LaRue. A strong willed Alpha female trying to break free from the shadows of her five Alpha brothers and heart ache. When she least expects it, she stumbles across a vicious beast who wants her dead...Categorized as:
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![Blackmailing Belle by Holly Roberds]()
Blackmailing Belle by Holly Roberds
The Beast doesn’t ask for beauty—he demands obedience.There’s nothing worse than a customer who sneers at your romance-only bookstore, calls your favorite genre trash, and still expects a refund for a wrinkled paperback they’ve clearly read.Or so I thought.Turns out, being dragged to a mansion by the Beast of Boston—a terrifying Werebeast and notorious mafia boss—is far worse...Categorized as:
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![Black and Silver by Gwendolyn Harper]()
Black and Silver by Gwendolyn Harper
Ivy Saint James was desperate.Despite being a powerful Witch in Dublin's magical community, her talents could only do so much in healing her sister from a horrible illness. Running out of options, she finds herself on the doorstep of a notorious Infernal - an Incubus by the name of Silas Grey - and makes a deal with the gorgeous demon...Categorized as:
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![The Bloody Ruin Asylum & Taproom by Seana Kelly]()
The Bloody Ruin Asylum & Taproom by Seana Kelly
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsI’m Sam, the werewolf book nerd owner of The Slaughtered Lamb Bookstore & Bar. My husband, Master vampire Clive, has been asked to go to Budapest to interview for a position in the Guild, a council of thirteen vampires who advise the world’s Masters. The competition for the recently vacated spot is fierce...Categorized as:
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![Vampire Charming by Cassandra Gannon]()
Vampire Charming by Cassandra Gannon
Not Another Vampire Book was only the beginning of the story… Slade, King of the Vampires: For a thousand years, Slade lived a rarified existence on an enchanted island. Now, he’s stuck in modern day Chicago and he hates it. His destined mate has divorced him, his people have abandoned him, and no one in the backwards human world makes any sense. He needs a new kingdom to rule... -
![Endless Skye by Donna Grant]()
Endless Skye by Donna Grant
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsNew York Times and USA Today bestselling author Donna Grant returns with another seductive novel in the magical and dangerous world of the Skye Druids.Passion comes with a price…For Willa Ryan, family is everything. So, when her brother asks her to locate a book of unparalleled power, she doesn’t hesitate. Except she does more than find it... -
![The Donovan Legacy by Nora Roberts]()
The Donovan Legacy by Nora Roberts
Special gifts.....for three magical cousins. New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts delivers a special trade-size collection featuring three of her most beloved stories from the Donovan family series. Three Donovan cousins must learn to accept their mystic legacies while falling under the spell of love... -
![The Fang Arrangement by Sarah Blue]()
The Fang Arrangement by Sarah Blue
It was a stupid mix up. A string of bad decisions tethering me to one of the most powerful vampires in Louisiana.When I agreed to go out on a date with a wolf shifter, I didn’t think the night would end with me covered in vampire blood and accused of murder.My options were simple: make a deal to be Warin Auclair’s on call witch, or face the vampire council...Categorized as:
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![The Gatekeeper by K. Alex Walker]()
The Gatekeeper by K. Alex Walker
No one defies the Lord of the Underworld. Chief Mataio Tauati took over his father’s post as Gatekeeper of The Dead at seventeen years of age. Twelve years later, he’s become the strongest god of his ancestral lineage. To challenge him is a death sentence and, for the most part, everyone understands the rules. For the most part... -
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![The Last Days of Lilah Goodluck by Kylie Scott]()
The Last Days of Lilah Goodluck by Kylie Scott
“Be quiet and listen: He is cheating on you. The name of your soulmate is Alistair George Arthur Lennox. You will be passed over for the promotion. The winning numbers are 5-8-12-24-39-43. And I’m very sorry to tell you this, but you will die next Sunday.” When Lilah Goodluck saves the life of Good Witch Willow as they’re crossing a busy L.A...Categorized as:
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![Measure of a Man by Inadaze22]()
Measure of a Man by Inadaze22
Completed Dramione fanfiction.To truly know someone is to differentiate between who they once were, who they are now, and who they're capable of being. Hermione realises the duality of one man as she rectifies what she knows of the past and begins to understand the pieces of who Draco Malfoy is now: a father, a son, and a man... -
![A Grizzly Kind Of Love by Georgette St. Clair]()
A Grizzly Kind Of Love by Georgette St. Clair
Wynona Bennett, owner of The Mating Game, thinks everyone should find true love, so it goes against her instincts to arrange a mating of convenience. It's even worse when it’s for a spoiled socialite with a shopping list where her soul should be. But when powerful people resort to blackmail, she either has to make semi-feral Zane Shepherd into an eligible match, or find herself behind bars... -
![Escaped Daughter by Erin R. Flynn]()
Escaped Daughter by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsMy name is Bevin Shaw and I’m desperate to escape my family. I don’t want to be a Shaw anymore—I never did. Not when that “family” sacrifices its youngest to make the eldest more powerful to stay at the top of the magical world...Categorized as:
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![Sommersgate House by Kristen Ashley]()
Sommersgate House by Kristen Ashley
Douglas Ashton is the cold and unfeeling owner of the gothic Victorian Mansion, Sommersgate House. Julia Fairfax is his stubborn American sister-in-law. After tragedy strikes, Douglas and Julia are forced to live together at Sommersgate and raise their newly orphaned nieces and nephew...Categorized as:
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![Ten out of Ten by Morriganmercy]()
Ten out of Ten by Morriganmercy
"On a scale of one to ten, how comfortable would you say you are with me physically?" she asked."Zero."Hermione's lips pursed in annoyance because she really should have seen that coming. How charming that the extent of his arseholery could still surprise her.In which Hermione is determined to find a loophole to free her from a forced marriage with Draco Malfoy...Categorized as:
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![The Games Gods Play by Abigail Owen]()
The Games Gods Play by Abigail Owen
The gods love to play with us mere mortals. And every hundred years, we let them… I have never been favored by the gods. Far from it, thanks to Zeus. Living as a cursed office clerk for the Order of Thieves, I just keep my head down and hope the capricious beings who rule from Olympus won't notice me. Not an easy feat, given San Francisco is Zeus' patron city, but I make do. I survive...Categorized as:
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![To Have It All by B.N. Toler]()
To Have It All by B.N. Toler
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsRock bottom. Liam had set up shop there. After an accident left him injured and unable to work, it wasn’t long before he ended up on the street with his dreams in the gutter. This was it. This was his life. Until the day he met Max Porter—a man who appeared to have it all... -
![Roman by Callie Rhodes]()
Roman by Callie Rhodes
Bartered into the hands of an alpha, there was never a chance of escape.No woman willingly travels to the Boundarylands.It's where they are—the Alphas.They keep to themselves in the wilderness, and beta civilization knows to keep its distance. Especially beta women…for fear they may not be a beta after all... -
![A Gargoyle Gripe by Sabrina Cassidy]()
A Gargoyle Gripe by Sabrina Cassidy
When your witchy family has lived on Monster Island for generations there’s certain standards to uphold.Too bad my only claim to magic is being able to heal people through baking. A power my ex-fiancé Brad never fails to give me grief over. After he cheated and left me, I buried myself in pastries. It was better to be alone than to trust my heart to anyone else... -
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![Cursed by Gina LaManna]()
Cursed by Gina LaManna
Allie Wells is many Doctor. Runaway bride. Fae.Except for two huge She doesn’t believe in magic. The Fae were killed off centuries ago.Alessia “Allie” Wells is a woman of science. She doesn’t believe in things like werewolves and vampires, sparkly or otherwise... -
![Hell of a Bargain by B.P. Gilmore]()
Hell of a Bargain by B.P. Gilmore
It’s only a week until Halloween and Leigh can’t think of a better way to celebrate the month that changed her life than a bonfire, and a tiny blood ritual. This curvy witch may have overcome a unique gift and the mortal logistics of being a first-generation witch in a small town. Unfortunately, things beyond the veil aren’t so simple...Categorized as:
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![Knot Running From Fate by Ember Davis]()
Knot Running From Fate by Ember Davis
JACEIn the years since everything changed in Screaming Woods, including myself, the only place I’ve found solace is in the woods I protect as a park ranger. I’m not sure how to deal with my new…attributes as a wolfman. What if I go feral? What if I can’t control the monster I was made into? Every year this goes on, I retreat farther from humanity and closer to the animal I’ve become... -
![Animal Instincts by Gena Showalter]()
Animal Instincts by Gena Showalter
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsUnleashing your inner tigress isn't easy when you're a doormat by nature! Still, after escaping a wretched marriage to a cheating SOB, Dallas party planner Naomi Delacroix isn't about to let another man sweet-talk her into sheathing her protective claws. Not even hunky millionaire Royce Powell, who's hired her to arrange his mother's surprise party...Categorized as:
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![Alpha King by R.K. Munin]()
Alpha King by R.K. Munin
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsCathleen, a bear shifter, possesses the valuable and rare SoulCipher gift which means she can heal emotional wounds. Despite her brother and community’s best efforts, she ends up kidnapped by an unscrupulous Pack of wolf shifters. Forced to spend her days healing people while the wolves holding her reap all the rewards, soon she finds herself worn out from overuse of her gift...Categorized as:
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![Alphas Unleashed: A J. S. Scott Romance Sampler by J.S. Scott]()
Alphas Unleashed: A J. S. Scott Romance Sampler by J.S. Scott
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis book is free on most venues This collection contains: (all available free individually) Mine For Tonight: Down on her luck, nursing student and full-time waitress Kara Foster gets a massive blow to her already desperate financial situation that will surely find her living on the streets... -
![LOBOS: Big Bend Wolves by Teresa Gabelman, Victoria Danann]()
LOBOS: Big Bend Wolves by Teresa Gabelman, Victoria Danann
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSometimes running away takes you straight to the thing you're running from. "...an explosive and dangerous triangle. You will be swept up in this fantastically written story of anger, loss, love and triumph... -
![Lords of Rainbow by Vera Nazarian]()
Lords of Rainbow by Vera Nazarian
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAges ago, in a mysterious event known as the Fall of Rainbow , the world lost all color. And now, a weak silver sun shines over a monochrome realm of infinite shades of gray... -
![Monster Roommate by Amanda Aggie]()
Monster Roommate by Amanda Aggie
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA witty heroine and a sexy, alpha-hole hero.I'm Nora and in my entire afterlife, I never expected to be roommates with a possessive, cocky, sexy-as-sin vampire. Since I've been dead, no one has been able to see me, but that changed the second he stepped through the front door of my internal prison--aka my old house from before I flew the coop... -
![Trauma for the Neighbors: The Summoning of Athanasius by Tierra Cox]()
Trauma for the Neighbors: The Summoning of Athanasius by Tierra Cox
When Ione discovers a strange box buried in her garden, she doesn’t expect it to contain the ring of a long-lost primordial god. But the moment she slips it on, she’s bound to Athanasius—lord of death and darkness, and an infuriatingly smug immortal with an agenda of his own...Categorized as:
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![Bound to the Fae King by Megan Van Dyke]()
Bound to the Fae King by Megan Van Dyke
Wren Dawson spends her days tending to her ailing grandmother and her nights bartending. Orphaned after her parents tragic death years ago, she’s taken on the mantle of the responsible one, trying to keep her splintering family together. Her dreams of travelling the world aren’t going anywhere, and life is great. Mostly... -
![The Flame by Jean Johnson]()
The Flame by Jean Johnson
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSeventh in the hot series from the national bestselling author that Jayne Anne Krentz hails as ?fabulously fresh.? Eight brothers, born in four sets of twins, two years apart to the day?they fulfill the Curse of Eight Prophecy. Though no longer trapped in exile, their growing family faces new problems... -
![Liam's Mate by J.S. Scott]()
Liam's Mate by J.S. Scott
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsLiam Hale is a vampire healer with secrets, secrets that he has kept hidden for hundreds of years from his brothers for their own protection. He's resigned to his lot in life, to work only for the benefit of his people...until he meets mage healer Regan Taylor. Regan makes Liam want more, much more than a lonely vampire healer can ever possess... -
![Wicked by D.D. Prince]()
Wicked by D.D. Prince
Wolf shifter Riley Savage thought his fated mate was lost in the river almost seven years ago. But when it’s revealed that not only is she alive, but also she’s a witch who’s been hiding from him, fury doesn’t begin to describe how Riley feels. He’s determined to get answers and hits nothing but dead ends. And then she shows up in Arcana Falls... -
![Nathan's Mate by J.S. Scott]()
Nathan's Mate by J.S. Scott
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsJewelry maker Sasha Taylor is from an old and aristocratic line of mages and expected to mate with a mage of the same background to secure a continuing pure line of little magic children. She would probably have complied with the old mage tradition had she not had one tiny problem with the plan... -
![Captive Soul by Anna Windsor]()
Captive Soul by Anna Windsor
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsShe’s definitely getting warmer. Her flame power nearly extinguished in a battle against the dark forces attempting to control Manhattan, fire Sybil Camille Fitzgerald is down but not out. Joining a new squad of warrior witches, she hopes to reclaim her fighting spirit and, with luck, her pyrotechnic mastery... -
![Ill-Fated Mate by Jordan Monroe]()
Ill-Fated Mate by Jordan Monroe
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA cursed god...Cursed to remain locked in his mountain hold until his soul’s mate frees him, Zcerneboch, God of Ill Fate, has forsaken all hope of ever finding that soul. After waiting for 2,500 years, he believes he has finally found her. Unfortunately, he can't convince her their souls are bound without leaving the mountain prison... -
![Winter Ice by Jaci Burton]()
Winter Ice by Jaci Burton
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Storm for All Seasons - Winter Ice By Jaci Burton Book 3 in the Storm For All Seasons series. Control is everything to Logan Storm. Control over the family business, the Rising Storm Hotel in New Orleans, control over his emotions, and control over the magic within him. Sophie Breaux is the granddaughter of a voodoo princess and welcomes the supernatural powers that live within her... -
![Dark Dragon's Mate by Anastasia Wilde]()
Dark Dragon's Mate by Anastasia Wilde
Trish Waverly of the Silverlake pack is hiding a dark secret. Her wolf has gone rogue, overcome with a murderous rage that blanks out Trish’s consciousness when she Changes. Now she’s one killing spree away from being caught by the Shifter Council and put down. Only the illegal drugs her friend Tristan has been getting for her are keeping her animal under control...Categorized as:
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![Bride of the Water God, Volume 1 by Mi-Kyung Yun]()
Bride of the Water God, Volume 1 by Mi-Kyung Yun
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsWhen Soah's impoverished, desperate village decides to sacrifice her to the Water God Habaek to end a long drought, they believe that drowning one beautiful girl will save their entire community and bring much-needed rain...Categorized as:
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![The Fire King by Amber Jaeger]()
The Fire King by Amber Jaeger
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFrom the author of The Cold King comes a dark tale of passion, vengeance and redemption. Revenge can be its own poison… Katiyana Nix was a princess but only wanted what every other little girl had—a mother to love and teach her and a father to care for her. Instead, she grew up lonely in the shadow of her mother’s death while her father was absent in his grief...Categorized as:
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![Hurricane by Moira Rogers]()
Hurricane by Moira Rogers
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsArtist and witch Fiona Logan hasn't had an orgasm since a bitter ex cursed her five years ago. Whenever she gets aroused, bad things happen. Now, she's come to Last Call in hopes of gaining an audience with--and help from--its owner, a powerful wizard named Benito D'Cruze. If anyone can break the curse, it's him... -
![While I Was Away by Stylo Fantome]()
While I Was Away by Stylo Fantome
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsYou were in a car accident.They say true love can last forever.You hit your head, which caused your brain to swell.Can span any distance, stretch across time, last beyond death.The pressure against your skull damaged your brain.Which leads one to wonder …The damage left you unresponsive to most kinds of stimuli... -
![Ares by Felicity Heaton]()
Ares by Felicity Heaton
New York Times and USA Today Best-Selling Paranormal Romance Author Felicity Heaton presents: Ares (Guardians of Hades Romance Series Book 1) Prince of the Underworld and Lord of Fire, Ares was banished from his home by his father, Hades, two centuries ago and given a new duty and purpose—to keep our world and his from colliding in a calamity foreseen by the Moirai... -
![Enticed by the Orc by Tabitha Black]()
Enticed by the Orc by Tabitha Black
Are you feeling lost? Lonely? Disenchanted? In my case, it was yes to all of the above. So when I saw the ad promising to fulfill my biggest wish, I chugged the rest of my wine… and said the I deserve happiness. Love. Belonging. I should’ve read the fine print. Now I’m in another world, filled with Fae folk. There are witches, minotaurs, and trolls. The dark elf king has put a bounty on my head...Categorized as:
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![Raised by Wolves by Rhea Watson]()
Raised by Wolves by Rhea Watson
Three alphas forced to unite to defend their territory—fated to a she-wolf with starlight in her eyes and destiny in her blood.All my life, I thought I was the only one.Not a wolf. Not a woman. Just some freak in between. A mistake. A monster.Abomination.Abandoned and dismissed. Shunned and forgotten.Until they find me.Ewan. Lucian. Soren.Men and wolves...Categorized as:
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