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  • Ramsey by Taylor Rylan

    Ramsey by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A stubborn and possessive gargoyle alpha. A sweet and sheltered fox omega. Can they find harmony and happiness together? Ramsey Mason felt like he’d never really lived until he was sent to join the council enforcers. He sometimes struggles with authority, but he wouldn’t trade his new life with the council for anything...
  • Hell Breaks Loose by Macy Blake

    Hell Breaks Loose by Macy Blake

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Safe to say Achim’s life wasn’t going as planned.First, his mission for the fire goddess ended up with him—a hellhound who’d never actually been to hell—being sent precisely there...
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  • Give Me A Reason: Helios by Lisa Oliver

    Give Me A Reason: Helios by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Throughout the eons of time it was said that when it came to Fated Mates, the Fates never made a mistake...
  • A Deer for Dion by Lorelei M. Hart

    A Deer for Dion by Lorelei M. Hart

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    It all started with a miss…Omega jerboa shifter Dion has a great job, amazing friends, and an adorable pet dog. Two years ago, he’d have said that he had everything he could ever want and more. That was before he went to Comic Congress and scented his mate. For a split second, he thought all of his dreams were coming true at once. They weren’t...
  • A Teddy Bear for Prince by Lorelei M. Hart

    A Teddy Bear for Prince by Lorelei M. Hart

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Growing up in foster care, bear-shifter Teddy never knew he had any family, much less a cousin only one state away. When he gets the news, he jumps in his car without a second thought. Maybe this is the family connection he’s been longing for all his life...
  • Give Him Hell by Casey Drake, Macy Blake

    Give Him Hell by Casey Drake, Macy Blake

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Nick Smith is a man with a mission: find the place where he’d been held captive as a child and discover what happened to the kids he left behind. His memories are in flux, returned to him after being blocked for the past fourteen years, along with his ability to shift into his lion form. Nick is ready for answers...
  • Detective Daddy by Liam Kingsley

    Detective Daddy by Liam Kingsley

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I’m not looking for a mate, but then Rick walks into my life … Work hard. Play hard. Never fall in love. I’ve never needed anything else, no matter what the other members of my pack think. But when a sweet omega brings his daughter to my self-defense studio, suddenly I’m thinking of turning over a new leaf. Rick’s scent calls to me like nothing before and I need him in my bed...
  • Angel in Black Leather Pants by Lisa Oliver

    Angel in Black Leather Pants by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Cloverleah Pack Series, Book 9 Adair was tired of waiting. He knew he had a mate, although they'd never met, and his waiting wasn't made any easier watching Tobias snuggling close with his two mates. He'd thought a lot of the smaller wolf at one time. All he had was the company of his two brothers, and endless patrols trying to keep the Cloverleah pack lands safe...
  • The Doable Dragon by Lorelei M. Hart

    The Doable Dragon by Lorelei M. Hart

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Peter I was one of the lucky ones.At least that was what I’d been told my entire life. And maybe I was. Not many shifters will take in a foundling dragon the way my adoptive rabbit colony did. Only I was taken in but not accepted, and that sucked. When my beau of two years left me to mate with another, it sucked. But I was used to it. No one stuck with me for long...
  • Tatanka Spirit by Mary Rundle

    Tatanka Spirit by Mary Rundle

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This is part of a continuing series by Amazon Bestselling Author, Mary Rundle – reading the previous titles is advised as the story continues where the last book ended...
  • Loving Him: Thoreau Book Four by Mary Ann Weir

    Loving Him: Thoreau Book Four by Mary Ann Weir

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Now officially mates with his beloved bestie boyfriends, Thoreau del Vecchio has achieved his heart’s desire. He still has some issues to work through, but he couldn’t be happier ... until hunters invade and take him hostage.Chaos erupts as Five Fangs scrambles to rescue those who were captured, and Reau’s papa calls on some unlikely allies to get him back...
  • Blooming for His Omega by Lorelei M. Hart

    Blooming for His Omega by Lorelei M. Hart

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I never dreamed of being a florist. That’s such a stereotype for omegas. Lots of alphas thought omegas could only do jobs that were not too physical, some even thinking we should quit and become stay-at-home dads the moment we mated and gave birth...
  • Strong Alpha by Lorelei M. Hart

    Strong Alpha by Lorelei M. Hart

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I’m too busy for an omega. That’s what everyone tells me. My passion is my work and my work is my passion. When those two things collide, there is no such thing as a day off.I’m a strongman, and that means my days are structured from the time I wake up until the time I collapse into bed when I’m prepping for a competition. My meals. My workouts. Even my free time, all of it is consumed by my work...
  • Snow Dragon by Minerva Howe

    Snow Dragon by Minerva Howe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Dragon Veil Universe Mpreg Romance High in the Utah mountains, dragon Seth feels like his brothers and his cousins are all one step ahead of him. They're smarter or more useful or stronger... When his youngest brother Samuel takes a mate who shares some of Seth's interests. his isolated life improves. and he hopes against hope that his mate is coming soon...
  • Cupcake: Unlocked Mates Book 9 by Athena Steller

    Cupcake: Unlocked Mates Book 9 by Athena Steller

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    LoganBeing kicked out of my pride, I wandered around the country until Axel found my malnourished lion side and invited me into his home. I’ve found family, brotherhood, and happiness here. Now as paramormals are starting to find mates once more, it’s been amazing to see my brothers find their perfect matches.I want a mate too! So badly...
    Categorized as:
    shapeshifters  queer  magic  paranormal  m-m  fantasy
  • How to Rescue Your Surprise Baby by Anna Wineheart

    How to Rescue Your Surprise Baby by Anna Wineheart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Surprise baby. Frenemies on a rescue mission. Alpha/Alpha, alpha-preg.Telos has a secret he's taking to his grave. Instead of the small, vulnerable men he's supposed to want, he can't stop thinking about a certain broad-shouldered shifter in his alpha friend group.The man he's on a rescue mission with.Of course, Mav hates his guts...
  • Sweetheart by Athena Steller

    Sweetheart by Athena Steller

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Levi He left behind his clutch, his parents, and siblings for the chance of finding his mate. The person who was meant to be just for him. The perfect match promised by the fates for the chosen ones. Finding his mate nearly brought Levi to his knees with happiness. Mason, a park ranger, was everything he could have ever wanted as a partner. As his boy...
  • Missed ConEGGtions by Lorelei M. Hart, Colbie Dunbar

    Missed ConEGGtions by Lorelei M. Hart, Colbie Dunbar

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Living as a human is fine… that is until you find yourself shifting on a hike…in front of your natural enemy, only to have your snake declare them your mate.Alpha dragon shifter Laden was down on his luck, when a distant relative took him in and gave him a new start. Now he has his own company and a flight he feels at peace among. If only he wasn’t so lonely...
  • A Bear Wolf for Joel by Lorelei M. Hart

    A Bear Wolf for Joel by Lorelei M. Hart

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    It all started with a purr… Omega cat shifter Joel is fine being alone. Really he is. That’s how cats are. Only he isn’t fine at all. He wants more in life…he wants what his bestie found with their true mate. If only it were that easy. It all started with a commision… Alpha wolf shifter Rick is one of the only members of his pack who doesn’t work for Hansen and Wolfe Enterprises...
  • His Damaged Pack by Jena Wade, Lorelei M. Hart

    His Damaged Pack by Jena Wade, Lorelei M. Hart

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Asilo Pack lives in the shadows protecting those without a voice.My brother warned me to run—that Highridge was no longer safe for me, but I was stubbornly refusing to leave him until it was too late, our pack Alpha leaving him for dead and keeping me prisoner, help unable to get to me. Cooper came to the rescue, and I fell in love. My beast recognizing him as ours...
  • Trust in the Moon (Tales from the Tarot) by Delaney Rain

    Trust in the Moon (Tales from the Tarot) by Delaney Rain

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Fresh off of a bad breakup, Zeke Castro is done with men and love even though he’s in a resort town in Colorado for his cousin’s big gay wedding. After a ruggedly handsome man kisses him in the hotel lobby, though, Zeke realizes his heart might not be so frozen after all.Sacha Lupescu knows he’s found his fated mate and though he’s thrilled, he already knows that his mother won’t be...
    Categorized as:
    shapeshifters  queer  m-m  fantasy  paranormal
  • The Demon Lord: The Crimson Vampire Coven 11  (The Crimson Coven) by B.A. Stretke

    The Demon Lord: The Crimson Vampire Coven 11 (The Crimson Coven) by B.A. Stretke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Lord Nael DuFour, the Demon Lord, has been sealed in the Demon Sphere for a Millennia. The Dragon Stone has set him free. Little did Jai and his chosen Levi realize what they were unleashing when they made their deal with the Demon Lord to help save the Crimson Coven. Nael is just looking for a little fun when he drops in on the Crimson Plantation...
    Categorized as:
    shapeshifters  queer  m-m  vampires  paranormal  fantasy
  • The Necromancer's Smile 2: A Family Affair by Lisa Oliver

    The Necromancer's Smile 2: A Family Affair by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The Necromancer's Smile - Book 2 - A Family Affair (This is not a standalone) Necromancer Sy York and former Detective, Alpha wolf Dakar Rhodes are slowly learning to merge their lives together as true mates. With the steadfast Brock and loyal Brad, as well as Connor and Clive all sharing the estate with them, for the first time in his life, Sy feels as though he has a family around him...
    Categorized as:
    fated-mates  queer  m-m  fantasy  magic  paranormal
  • Kennard's Story by N.R. Walker

    Kennard's Story by N.R. Walker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Kennard and Stas have been enjoying being newly bonded mates, hidden away for the last six months in Stas’ cabin, deep in the forests of Northern Russia. When they get a visit from Alec, Cronin, Eiji, and Jodis, Kennard and Stas decide to return to London where they get news of a supernatural disturbance in India...
    Categorized as:
    fated-mates  queer  m-m  vampires  paranormal  fantasy
  • Tracefinder: Changes by Kaje Harper

    Tracefinder: Changes by Kaje Harper

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Brian can Find a lost child or a wanted criminal, but when his secret gets out, even Nick’s skills and connections may not be enough to keep them safe. Brian Kerr is now free of his dangerous boss and his domineering brother. He’s eager to start using his psychic Finding talent to help people, if he can figure out how to do that safely...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  m-m  paranormal  fantasy  length-long
  • Knot Afraid by Susi Hawke, Crista Crown

    Knot Afraid by Susi Hawke, Crista Crown

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Evan Nilsen's Ideal Omega:• funny• gentle• just as awkward as EvanI always imagined I'd end up with someone kind of like me. Maybe even a nurse so we could open our own practice, saving the world one omega or baby at a time.But then Luis Alfaro walks in, scared, dark, and dangerous—and I freeze like the rabbit I am...
  • An Omega For Dylan by Lorelei M. Hart, Colbie Dunbar

    An Omega For Dylan by Lorelei M. Hart, Colbie Dunbar

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Sometimes it’s more than sparks that fly. Omega dragon shifter Truman left his flight when his brother became Alpha. It was a tradition and one he gladly embraced. His flight was all about growing their hoard, and Truman is not. He prefers a quiet, simple life, one that includes a garden, a room full of books, and a circle of friends that don’t only like him for his proximity to power...
  • The Centaur's Secret: A Waiting Hearts World Romance by Jena Wade, Lorelei M. Hart

    The Centaur's Secret: A Waiting Hearts World Romance by Jena Wade, Lorelei M. Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Maddox is looking for truths buried deep in the past…Terran has been living in hiding for several hundred years. He and his brothers have no choice, it is either their lonely existence or risking the lives of shifter kind. They have a duty to protect them from the weapon his creators made and it’s a sacrifice he’s more than willing to make.And then one day, something changes...
  • His Damaged Purpose by Jena Wade, Lorelei M. Hart

    His Damaged Purpose by Jena Wade, Lorelei M. Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Asilo Pack lives in the shadows protecting those without a voice.When I find my lion mate beaten and near death, I plan to bring him home to Asilo. We pride ourselves on healing more than just the body and no one is left a pile of broken bones and blood without needing more than a healer’s elixir and a bandage or two. I vow to protect him from those who did him harm.If only it is that easy...
  • Omega's Savior by Kian Rhodes

    Omega's Savior by Kian Rhodes

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An Alpha from a bloodline so long forgotten that most believed them to be fictional characters. An Omega who was (for all intents and purposes) locked up and forgotten after the tragic death of his Dad when he was in his teens...
  • Frost Dragon by Minerva Howe

    Frost Dragon by Minerva Howe

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Dragon Veil Universe Mpreg Brandon is a scholar who is willing to go anywhere to follow the myths and legends he's been obsessed with since he was a child. Dragons. So when his quest for those legends take him from Colorado to deep within the heights of the Uintah range in Utah, where his twin Justin has been hiding out, he happily follows the trail. Abraham is a contented dragon...
  • Aiden by Minerva Howe

    Aiden by Minerva Howe

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Griffin thinks he might be watching dragons through his binoculars while he's on a research project for his graduate program. He desperately wants it to be true, but he also wants to warn any dragons that might be up in the Sierra Nevada mountains that his professor wants to study them. He wants to help keep them safe...
  • Fractured Fang: Omega by Jena Wade, Lorelei M. Hart

    Fractured Fang: Omega by Jena Wade, Lorelei M. Hart

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Go home, they said. It will be easy, they said. It was not.Alpha and pack Beta, Macs loves his pack, but something about the fire changed everything. He no longer feels at home there and spends most nights in the woods in wolf form. He wants to move on, but something is standing in his way. Macs just needs to figure out what.Omega wolf shifter Gabriel hasn’t seen his parents in years...
  • Greed by Fel Fern

    Greed by Fel Fern

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Micah’s ghosts have finally caught up to him. They won’t leave until Micah’s six feet under.Micah Decker keeps his cards close to his chest.He has one job in Moon Burrow—heal the wounded grizzly shifters and their raven allies—and Micah does it well. His goals are simple. Keep his head down. Live to fight another day...
  • A Bunny for Bruce by Lorelei M. Hart

    A Bunny for Bruce by Lorelei M. Hart

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    It all started with a pink slip… Omega bunny shifter Wayne was living the corporate dream. That was until his company decided to close his entire division. Living near his fluffle has always been top priority for Wayne, but when the best job he can find locally doesn’t even pay his rent, he has no choice but to widen his search area...
  • Brewing for My Mate by Lorelei M. Hart

    Brewing for My Mate by Lorelei M. Hart

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I started the Oliver Creek Brew five years ago before Oliver Creek went from sleepy and dying to a bustling, trendy town. I wait daily for my omega to walk right in and order a coffee. Perhaps I’ve been reading too many romance novels. I long for him, whoever he is.Everyone loves coffee and pastries, and I even offer a selection of superior loose-leaf teas...
  • Ice Dragon by Minerva Howe

    Ice Dragon by Minerva Howe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Dragon Veil Universe Mpreg Declan is trying hard not to be jealous of his bestie Justin, who has mated with a dragon and is learning to fly. Owen, who is Justin's mate's brother, and a dragon himself, keeps trying to tell Declan how special he is, but he doesn't believe it. He's just a guy, right? Not as good an athlete as Justin, not a smart as Owen, not as cool as anyone..
  • Hal's Silence by Lisa Oliver

    Hal's Silence by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Determined to do more than hide out in Arrowtown, Lion shifter Hal Lamont decides to head out on a road trip. Armed with his speech app, enough pens and papers to sink a battleship, and a deep desire to find his long lost confidence, he sets out, planning a short stay in Jackson before seeing where the open road will take him...
  • To Hell and Back: Enchanted Ink Paranormal MMM Romance by Kelex

    To Hell and Back: Enchanted Ink Paranormal MMM Romance by Kelex

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hell hath no fury like a Gideon scorned.Gideon Goode is clever as the devil and twice as pretty. He even has the t-shirt to prove it. When the coven takes down a den of demons, it’s him they turn to in order to clean up the mess. While they search for a permanent solution, Gideon uses his power over memory to trap the beasts, caging them within the very humans they possessed...
  • Sweet Things For A Crocodile by Lisa Oliver

    Sweet Things For A Crocodile by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Focus. You’re sharing a room with a brooding hulk who hasn’t said anything in over an hour. He’s just sharpening that damn machete and muttering to himself. Pax, a cute little pixie (his words), is having a bad day. It started off nice enough, but finding himself chained to a floor watching a bear shifter sharpening a machete wasn't how he preferred to spend his afternoon...
  • Imperfect Bonds: Kolton's Story by Lisa Oliver

    Imperfect Bonds: Kolton's Story by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Someone has opened my box?” His voice was barely a whisper. “While I wasn’t there?” Hellhound Kolton was having a rough couple of months. After the person he thought was his mate died in hospital, Kolton didn't know which way was up, or what he was meant to do next...
  • Make Mine A Grizzly by Harper B. Cole, Colbie Dunbar

    Make Mine A Grizzly by Harper B. Cole, Colbie Dunbar

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    If they think I’m a bear in the morning, wait until they see me when they try to take what’s mine.Omega human Cedric has had his heart shattered—by his boss—and is desperate to leave his job. Offered a new position in a town far from the city and his unfaithful ex-fiancé, he decides to take a vacation to explore the possibility of moving...
  • Axel by Fel Fern

    Axel by Fel Fern

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Julian is trapped in a nightmare of his own making. Can a protective biker bear give him a new lease on life?Hope. Julian lost that last winter after the merciless decimation of his flock. No longer able to shift, Julian lives a bitter half-existence. Keeping his head above the water isn’t easy, especially when a scary but sweet biker bear disrupts his life...
  • The Dragon King by B.A. Stretke

    The Dragon King by B.A. Stretke

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Harkin Ravenscroft, The Dragon King, never thought he would find his true mate. Harkin figured he had already lived that part of his life. Not wanting to wait, he took a squire dragon as his mate and they had five sons before Roland died at the hands of a hunter. Now his sons are grown and his son Quinn has already started a family of his own...
    Categorized as:
    shapeshifters  queer  m-m  vampires  paranormal  fantasy
  • Under His Cover by Kiki Burrelli

    Under His Cover by Kiki Burrelli

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Will two men, as different as can be, find love? Jaesun Park isn’t a spy, not until the Protectors of the Pure, an organization bent on eradicating shifters from the world, blackmail and coerce him into using his job at The National Press to uncover and publish anti-shifter propaganda...
  • Claiming His Passion by Jena Wade, Lorelei M. Hart

    Claiming His Passion by Jena Wade, Lorelei M. Hart

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Escaping his past, means embracing his Alpha.Omega Timothy is known by all as Cujo. Why? Because he bit the alpha he was sold to and hasn’t shifted back since. His pack thinks he lost his humanity, but he is there alongside his wolf. Only he can’t take his skin, his fur is his armor. It’s the only way to keep himself truly safe...
  • An Omega For Jonah by Lorelei M. Hart, Colbie Dunbar

    An Omega For Jonah by Lorelei M. Hart, Colbie Dunbar

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Jonah is a rule follower… until the rules mean breaking the heart of the man he loves.Omega chinchilla shifter Kyle hates his job, and after a year of job hunting he’s still stuck in his cubicle. When his sister complains about her boss not being able to find a manager for his new restaurant, Kyle wonders if maybe a move to Oakheart and a career change is in order...
  • Forest's Hope by Taylor Rylan

    Forest's Hope by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Timber Valley’s Alpha never expected to find his fated mate. Forest didn’t even know if he wanted one because a mate would only complicate things and he was certain he’d disappoint any mate ever given him anyway. There were certain things about him that nobody in his pack knew and he was happy keeping it that way...
  • Harassing Mitch by J.D. Light

    Harassing Mitch by J.D. Light

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Spence Rodgers Being bodyguarded by a gorgeous, enormous, slightly terrifying police officer might sound like fun and games, but there is a real live serial killer running around targeting blond haired, blue eyed boys… and I happen to be blond haired and blue eyed and a boy. With me not having a big strong mate of my own, my brother has pawned me off on the unflappable Mitch Arborrow...
  • Walk Tall by Susi Hawke

    Walk Tall by Susi Hawke

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Watch out for the Assassin’s Claws… Clay Moreno is a paid killer, just like his four brothers. It’s the family business—they fight together, they die together. Whether they’re working as a group or alone, they are a tight unit who protect their own. Clay drew the short straw on their latest mission: assassinate the American president...
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