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The Rise of Promise by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsbounced around from werewolf Pack to werewolf Pack, fighting anyone who so much as looks at him wrong. His nomadic life has come to an end when he lands in a Pack under the new Alpha, Daylen Hoda. The Promise Falls Pack is terrifying to a man like Stark for two reasons. One, if he allows it, the wolves here could be friends, but friendship comes at a very steep cost to his inner wolf...Categorized as:
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Dawson Fur Hire by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsDalton Dawson is reeling on the anniversary of an event that changed his life forever. All he wants to do is hide from his past for a few days, but in walks trouble in the form of a timid human who has his heart thawing for the first time in years. He’s not looking for a mate, but Kate Hawke is a fascinating and complicated woman that his wolf is desperate to figure out... -
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Asher by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsAsher Striker is full of dark secrets. His brothers think he’s quiet because he’s moody, but Asher had to learn at a young age that if he doesn’t focus on controlling the power within him, he could destroy everything and everyone around him. All he needs to do is help Gentry and Roman open up Winter’s Edge, and then go back to his solitary life. It would be safest for everyone that way...Categorized as:
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Claim the Bear by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsBreshia’s world comes crashing down around her when the leader of her lion shifter pride deems her ready to bear a cub. When the mate chosen for her turns out to be the man she loathes, she runs for her life to the sanctuary of Hells Canyon. If she can beg mercy and find her place among the legendary clan of bear shifters there, she just might survive the wrath of her people...Categorized as:
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Wolf Fur Hire by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsLike every other McCall werewolf in history, Link is headed down a short road to insanity, but he’s determined to go out on his own terms. Those terms? Repay the people the broken McCall pack has hurt before Ian Silver has to put him down. Hope is a dangerous thing for a doomed man like him, but when he meets Nicole, an instant and undeniable connection sparks between them... -
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Tropical Dragon's Destiny by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt all leads up to this. All the questions are answered. All the secrets are revealed. And all hell breaks loose. Scarlet Stanson, the owner of Shifting Sands Resort, has spent decades guarding her secrets… and her heart. Now both are at stake when she discovers that her resort isn't the safe place she intended it to be.. -
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Heart of the Bear by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 24 ratings- Book 5 in the Hells Canyon Shifters series - Rae Lynn Dormer is about to find out just what kind of monsters are lurking in the wilderness of Hells Canyon. Determined to do a good deed, she gives a stranger a ride to a ranger camp nestled deep in the Seven Devils Mountains. The problem is, when she gets there, her new acquaintance turns into a lion in the front seat of her Honda... -
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Firefighter Griffin by Zoe Chant
A curvy single mom burned by love + a unique half-eagle, half-lion shifter firefighter with a wounded soul + the little boy who brings them together = one heart-warming romance! Single mom Hayley Parker has always had to face every parenting challenge on her own — but when her five-year-old son unexpectedly turns into a lion cub, she finds herself with more than she can handle... -
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Savage Hunger by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIsaline Primrose doesn’t let anyone cut the line at her mom’s bakery, no matter how tall or sexy he his. His custom suit, expensive haircut, and deep brown eyes are making her want things. Very dirty things. It’s totally fine to look even if he is a bossy jerk... -
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Fury of Aggression by Coreene Callahan
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsReturn to the exhilarating—and ruthless—world of Coreene Callahan’s Dragonfury Series as the threat of war rises, new enemies emerge, and unlikely alliances are forged…Down on her luck, Theodora Rutledge does the one thing she promised herself she never would—return home to Seattle. As a single mom, she needs a job fast to put a roof over her three-year-old’s head... -
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Bear Fur Hire by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsLena Rhodes is a professional runner. Life is a lot easier when she is throwing everything she has into being a nature photographer for an elite outdoor magazine. And now, she is on her biggest assignment yet: Alaskan brown bears. She’s been training for years for this opportunity, but the growly, sexy outdoor guide charged with taking her to the bears is turning her world on its axis... -
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The Reckoning by Vanessa Nelson
Missing girls. A plea for help she can’t ignore. An ancient enemy with plans of his own. Nine-year-old girls are missing from across the lands. Yvonne has promised to find them, and she always keeps her promises. Even when she doesn’t know where to start looking. There’s more trouble around. Mercenaries are disappearing... -
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Holiday Surprise by Julie Trettel
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLuke Larken gets the surprise of his life when his howl is returned while out on a run. He knows immediately it’s his one true mate, and it’s coming from Collier territory. His once rival and now friend, Thomas Collier and his mate Lily are more than happy to help him with the hunt to find her...Categorized as:
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The Dragon Prince's Secret by Elva Birch
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSecret doesn’t always mean safeKenth left the Alaskan palace to raise his secret daughter alone, outside of the spotlight of royalty, and away from the pressures of fame and celebrity. Her abduction drives him raging back for answers, straight to his estranged family...and his spell-fated mate... -
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Mabel 1 by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsMabel Matthias agreed to be married off to benefit her family because it was the duty of a noble daughter. Raised as a doll to be obedient and do exactly what the men of her family, and later her husband, tell her, she endures the humiliation of her husband already having a mistress who lives in their house.And it only gets worse from there... -
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Shifter by Rebecca Zanetti
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 11 ratings***First published in Kindle Vella***She's a wolf-shifting scientist who needs cover...and He’s an alpha without a pack…As the only living wolf pack member with the tiniest drop of alpha blood in her veins, Luna McElhanney should be happy. Instead, she just wants to be left alone in her lab with her experiments, until she discovers something that could end them all... -
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Blood Bond by Heather Hildenbrand
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsHybrids. If I had to choose one word to sum up all of my problems, this would be it. Without hybrids, I wouldn’t have to watch my best friend slowly becoming a monster. Without hybrids, I could let go of the mentality “hunt or be hunted.” CHAS wouldn’t be scouring the Earth, intent on slaughtering and using Alex to do it... -
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The 5-Time Rejected Gamma & the Lycan King by Stina's Pen
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 13 ratings*A bestselling web novel turned paperback. Perfect for fans of possessive men, strong women, and a plot that keeps you guessing.*She's his bonded mate - yet she wants nothing to do with him.After 5 rejections, she’ll do anything to escape another heartbreak…Gamma Lucianne's reputable status on the battlefield doesn't translate to her love life... -
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Angel in Black Leather Pants by Lisa Oliver
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCloverleah 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... -
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The Dragon Prince's Betrayal by Elva Birch
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA final battle. A betrayal. And a bond that can't be broken.The capture of Alaska's greatest enemy should mean an end to hostilities, a peaceful Renewal, and a restoration of the Compact's balance of power and magic in the Small Kingdoms... -
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Mabel 2 by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNow that Mabel is divorced and her family has come back into the picture, she’s not surprised it’s all about money. She is the only reason that her family wasn’t ruined, and then they sold her to bring the family a deal they could not get on their own.And they will stop at nothing to get that money, especially now that they know Mabel outsmarted them and changed her name... -
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Mabel 3 by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNow that everyone will learn that Mabel is the saint blessed by the goddess Violetta, she will be in even more danger than before. The Holy Empire is demanding she be turned over like property and they won’t be the only ones. It’s the last thing she wants, and it seems like her whole life will crumble right before her eyes... -
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Night of the Nymph by Bianca D'Arc
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSomething evil is calling to her. Is it the mysterious man who finds her in the woods, or something within the forest, itself?An ancient evil hidden among the trees...Crystal is driving across the state for a job interview when she feels a pressing need to stop her car and get out... -
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The Rending by Vanessa Nelson
The only place of safety for the desperate has been destroyed.Yvonne has finally found a place to settle, where her children can grow, and she can think about her own future. Even as she celebrates, a shock rings across the world. Someone has attacked the Sisters in the Stone Walls... -
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Rejecting the Future Moon Goddess by Alana Dyer
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSoulless - werewolves who have turned rogue with no humanity left, giving in to their beastly urges.Rejection - an act in which your soulmate rejects the mate bond, causing immense pain to the rejected... -
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A Knack for Metal and Bone by Kim McDougall
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA royal tinker and a rogue soldier must unite to stop the monsters threatening their city—and unravel the secrets lurking within it. Rowan doesn’t just work with machines—she hears them. The hum of engines, the whisper of gears and wires—they speak to her through the magic that flows from her mech hand... -
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Wildflower by Willow Hadley
Cricket Kendall moved to Colorado expecting to learn more about her magic and heritage. Since befriending three hot werewolves from the local pack, things haven’t gone exactly as planned.As her eighteenth birthday looms closer and closer, her magic and abilities grow stronger than she ever imagined they could...Categorized as:
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Master of Storms: Dragon Shifter Romance by Bec McMaster
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe old eddas speak of dreki—fabled creatures who haunt the depths of Iceland's volcanoes and steal away fair maidens.Solveig wants none of such myths. Mated—and spurned—by the devilishly handsome Prince Marduk, the furious dreki princess refuses to be the laughingstock of her court. Marduk will beg for her forgiveness. Or he will die.A political alliance that ended in ruins..Categorized as:
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Pulled to the Alpha by Olivia T. Turner
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsBlake turns into one possessive polar bear shifter when he sees the girl who belongs to him. Nobody, including that vicious dragon shifter is going to stop him from claiming what's his. This is the fifth book in the Alphas in Heat series featuring the bear shifters from the Blackcloud Point fire station. Fire-fighting bear shifters? Yes, please! The books can be read in any order...Categorized as:
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Bo & Reika by R.E. Butler
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsShe's on the run for her life ... As a child, she-wolf healer Reika Snow was promised as a mate to three were-lynxes to prevent a war between her pack and the lynx clan. Her freedom is coming to an end as her twenty-third birthday arrives. With her bleak future as the subjugated bride of the three males looms near, she does the only thing she can think of ... she runs... -
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King of Coins by Amy Kuivalainen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratings'King of Coins' is the fourth book in a new fated mates series based in a fantasy Venice and packed with shifters, sorcerers, and sizzling romance. Arkon, the Grand Sorcerer of Venice, grapples with two unyielding duty and the enigmatic Wolf Mage. Unfortunately, he can’t escape either while the war with the Varangians continues to tear Europe apart... -
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Wolf Destinies by Lucia Ashta
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy whole life is one tangled lie. A horrible deception. All my past choices steered by the woman who hunts me without pause.She’s powerful, vicious, and cruel, feared by the entire supernatural community. She’s also an immortal. Yeah, she can’t be killed—supposedly... -
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Wolf's Fated by Candace Ayers, Kym Dillon
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsParanormal passion only a shifter can deliver. Let the games begin.I'm minding my own business when in walks the hottest silver fox I've ever seen.He claims I'm his mate.No thanks. I don't do mates.Especially not arrogant Alpha types.Been there, done that—it left me institutionalized.But those eyes, that smile...Makes a menopausal gal yearn for what she's been missing... -
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Unexpected Mate by Delta James
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOpposites attract - that’s what they say. I never believed it until the night he found me.They call him the Finder. A ruthless and brutal apex predator, he has spent most of his life alone in the caves, never believing in or needing a fated mate...until now. The night he scented her in his woods, he knew she was his, so he took her...Categorized as:
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Cursed by a Siren's Kiss by Riley Hunt, L S Embers
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsShe needed a heart to break her humanity, but he needed her to awaken his. Deep within the sea, Siren Princess Talia must perform a ritual - consuming the heart of a human who loves her - to gain her siren power and her throne. She will risk everything to earn what is rightfully hers, even if it means being completely vulnerable... -
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Protected Promise by Julie Trettel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEveryone has secrets. Mine's just worse than most. For the four years Kaitlyn has been at Archibald Reynolds College she has been watched over and cared for without question by each and every member of Delta Omega Gamma. Most don't even know why and they never ask.Now, she's about to graduate and leave the safe haven they've created for her. She can't go back home...Categorized as:
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The Dragon's Pledge by Marie Johnston
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRonanThe next time my brother says “Hey, I’ve got an idea,” I need to run, not walk away. I might be from a dragon shifter ruling family, but I’m not demanding a female mate with me. Yet taking my time and winning her over is going nowhere. So far, I’ve punched my card as the older neighbor who’s way too nosy about the young female next door. Then I hear about what she’s got planned... -
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Mysterious Mate by Delta James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIs he a spy? A secret protector? Or just the butler? WillowI’m a woman in hiding with vital secrets and a bounty on my head. Secrets that I'm about to share. The information concerning my ex-mate, a high ranking member of the Shadow League is critical to the Resistance... -
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Fated to the Warrior Wolf by April L. Moon
Houston, this was not part of the plan. Not even a little tiny bit. He's not my fated mate, yet here I am, pregnant regardless. Leigh It's not supposed to be possible, but I guess when your BFF is some sort of unicorn wolf with special powers, things tend to get a bit wonky. But that's not really the point...Categorized as:
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Tempting Fate by Alexa Ryder
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTyler My fated mate is dead, but I still seem to see her everywhere I look, feel her claws digging into every part of my life. All I want to do is throw myself into my work, return to some kind of normal where my Alpha gives me orders, and I follow them. Since Liam can’t seem actually do that, it’s a relief that our Setting Luna has figured things out... -
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Craving His Virgin Mate by Sam Crescent
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAll of her life, Agatha Preston never felt like she belonged. Her parents made her keep secrets about herself and what she was capable of. After their death, there's nothing for her in the city. She doesn't know what she's looking for until she finds it in a small town called Poison. The locals are awful and rude, but she loves the town and there's no way she's leaving...Categorized as:
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Rabbit Creek Santa by Jacqueline Rhoades
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIt's Christmas!... Things are going well in Rabbit Creek. Elizabeth has taken her duties as the Alpha's Mate to heart and as the story opens, that heart is breaking for the loneliness and isolation of one of her pack. It's Christmas Eve and no one should be lonely at Christmas. Lindy doesn't feel like she has much to celebrate... -
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Dasher's Fated Mate by R.E. Butler
When Mrs. Claus sneaks away from the North Pole on Christmas Eve, Santa sends out a security team to bring her home before dawn on Christmas Day. The team follows the tracking beacon in Mrs. Claus’s coat to downtown New York City, finding her in the crowded streets of the human city. They hustle her into an alley and use magic to take her home to North Pole City...Categorized as:
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Mate Me by Kel Carpenter, Aurelia Jane
Beauty and the Beast meets Hades and Persephone in this shifter fantasy romance standalone!A god wants me dead.My ancestors stole half his soul then imprisoned him in Tartarus, thinking he'd be forgotten. That he could never return.They were wrong.The day he rips open a portal between our worlds, my life is over...Categorized as:
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Cursed Beasts by Mandy Muse
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings365 days to break a curse. That shouldn’t be too hard, right? I’m a Belladonna and my family is a coven of powerful witches. …Except I have no magic and no idea what the hell is going on. When my father took me to meet a client in the middle of the night, I wasn’t worried. That was, until he left me with three cursed men and no way to return home. Zev, Aeon, and Lucien are not what I expect... -
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Stolen Embers by Annie Anderson
Light bringer. Curse breaker. Queen—if she can live that long…Vale Tenebris never intended to honor the pact with the cursed Beast of a king, nor did she expect to fall so hard for the dragon shifters who saved her life. But when the ruthless Guild infiltrates the kingdom, this witch finds herself caught between impending war and the promise she never meant to keep... -
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Fate Promised by Jocelyn Montana
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFOR HER HE WILL BREAK ALL THE RULES …Juri lives to protect Ulterra. No mate. No family. It’s the werewolf way. Yet deep inside, he yearns for the girl he vowed to marry at age ten. And as danger threatens her, he won’t stay away any longer...Categorized as:
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Forced Wolf Bride by Ruby Knoxx
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Alpha took me hostage to force me into marriage. His next step? Get me pregnant.He’s much older than me and the Alpha of the enemy pack.He needs a mate to help his pack re-gain strength. So he kidnapped me to this small town.And even though I despised him, my growing belly speaks its own language.His mansion is an upgrade from the foster homes I bounced around in my youth...Categorized as:
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Natural Witch [Dramatized Adaptation] by K.F. Breene
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsSomething has always been missing from my life. A hole that I could never seem to fill.When I accidentally turn a coven of witches into nightmares, I find out what that something is.Magic.And it turns out, I have a crap load of it. As a latent power awakens deep inside of me, I’m exposed to one of the most powerful and corrupt organizations in the magical world—the Mages’ Guild... -
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Season of the Wolf by Maria Vale
In a world of danger and uncertainty, the Alpha has enough to worry about without him...For Alpha Evie Kitwanasdottir, things are never easy. The Great North Pack has just survived a deadly attack. Evie is determined to do whatever is necessary to keep her Pack safe, especially from the four Shifters who are their prisoners.Constantine lost his parents and his humanity on the same devastating day...
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