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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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Wine & Warlocks by T.M. Cromer
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![Wolf Fur Hire by T.S. Joyce]()
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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Betrayed: The Road to Redemption by Nicky Charles
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsHow do you love again when your heart is dead? How do you know when it’s time to let go? Damien’s kicked about the country these past three years. No pack. No purpose. No reason to keep on living. When an old friend, Kane Sinclair, asks for his help, he agrees and heads to Chicago. After all, what does he have to lose? Sam’s grown up on the streets... -
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![Savage Hunger by Milly Taiden]()
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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Silver by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA dragon as a coworker? Complicated. Adrien the silver dragon has everything most humans could want. But as a dragon awakened in the modern world he misses his old life, his powers (which have been temporarily restrained) and the way he used to lord his status over others... -
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Jerrik by Janice M. Whiteaker
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSpirit is fine. Living a life she didn't chose, keeping secrets she never wanted, on a mountain covered in darkness. But everything's fine. She can handle it all. Including the deputy making her life harder than it has to be. In more ways than one. ****. Jerrik used to be good at his job. That was before he had to fight something he couldn't see...Categorized as:
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Citrine by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCitrine, the last unmated gemstone dragon and mentor to the metal dragons, has finally gotten his story! Citrine Vanderguard has searched tirelessly for his mate. And now, hundreds of miles later, he's found her. She's on the brink of mating someone she can't possibly love, all for the sake of responsibility... -
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Holiday Surprise by Julie Trettel
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 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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Sam by Janice Whiteaker
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSam’s used to keeping secrets. From hiding who she and her sisters really are, to downplaying how much she’s still struggling to move forward, there’s plenty she’s holding close. And plenty she pushes away. Tate should fall into the latter category. He’s at least partially responsible for the incident she can’t quite manage to put behind her, and there’s no denying he’s one-hundred percent male...Categorized as:
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Bear Fur Hire by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 30 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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Pinch of Sass by C.D. Gorri
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCan this stoic Dire Wolf admit the sassy feline is his fated mate and stake his claim? Ariella Golden needs to persuade sexy Dire Wolf Beta, and the amazingly talented chef at Serious Moonlight, Brock Laurent, to use her Pride’s corporation, Eat Well Live Proud, for all the roadhouse’s needs in order to win the coveted quarterly prize at her company...Categorized as:
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Healer's Redemption by A. J. Manney
She escaped the darkness once. Now she has to walk back into it—but this time, she’s not alone. Sherese never thought she’d escape the vampires. For too long, she lived in their cold, merciless world, a healer forced to serve her captors... -
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Savage Crown by Leia Stone
To save a kingdom, I may have to surrender my soul. My hard won victory in the Arcane Trials came with a price I never expected. Now, as Kaelric fights to reclaim his shattered kingdom, I must choose between answering the dangerous call of my heart, or protecting the family I've always sworn to keep safe... -
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Golden Prophecy by Paulina Vasquez
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsHe's not just an Alpha, he's THE Alpha. The one they fear. The one they whisper about. The one they call The Rogue King. Every King needs his Queen and Cassiopeia happens to be at the right place at the right time. They can't help who they are - He's the Rogue King and she's unlike anything he's ever met...Categorized as:
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Kane by Callie Rhodes
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSomething strange is happening in the woods…. If there’s one thing Tabitha Dunn’s followers love, it’s a mystery. For years, she’s built a loyal fan base chasing down answers others have been too afraid to search for. But this time, as she enters the wilderness surrounding alpha territory, the only thing she discovers is trouble. The drums of war are beating…... -
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The Alpha's Daughter by Jacqueline Rhoades
There is a balm in Gilead, to heal the wounded soul…. Jazz Phillips is on the run, fleeing from a fate most females in her pack accept as their lot in life; an arranged mating, something Jazz thought wasn't in her future as the Alpha's daughter and only child. She doesn't want to be the next Alpha's Mate. She doesn't want to be anyone's mate... -
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Fated Surrender by Alanea Alder
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 16 ratings**Alanea's Note** This is a re-release of a previously published title. It has been re-edited and a bit more content has been added, but nothing that would change the story dramatically. As always thank you for your support! Enjoy! Upon moving to Arkadia, Madison Claybourne, a high-power New York lawyer, discovers that she is mated to the diner’s cook... -
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Home for the Holidays by P. Jameson
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRacing season is over, but the Dirt Track Dogs are ready to celebrate. Someone’s been naughty, and now the pack is expecting a new addition just in time for the holidays. Scarred up wolf shifter, Blister, has come a long ways since his days of sleeping in a tent in the woods. He’s made a real home with his mate, staked his claim on her bed and heart, and now he’s going to be a father... -
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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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Her Second Chance Wolf by Ariana Hawkes
The fifth book in the Obsessed Mates series! Find out what happens when a flighty little crow shifter runs into her nemesis from high school. He's hotter than ever, and this time he doesn't want to mock her for her differences--he wants to make her his. But will she ever be able to trust that he's changed?Categorized as:
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Marking Red by Skye Alder
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy, what sweet curves you have. .. Kade is used to keeping himself in check. As a wolf shifter living so close to humans, he's needed too. Keeping his packs secret has never been a problem. Until she shows up. Ruby James. Her red hair, those curves, her infectious laugh. All of it is like a sirens call to him. One that he's powerless to resist...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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The Dragon's Pledge by Marie Johnston
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRonan. The 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...Categorized as:
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![The Alpha's Return by Reece Barden]()
The Alpha's Return by Reece Barden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKillian Kennedy never wanted to return. He was happy to hide his royal roots and enjoy an anonymous life, somewhere nobody would ever suspect what he truly was. When his niece gets outed as a white wolf, the sign of a royal descendent, on her first shift, duty calls, and he returns to formally renounce the throne, ensuring their safety and his freedom... -
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ALPHA ZEUS : The Alpha Chronicles by Paulina Vasquez
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsElemental wolves descended from a single Goddess, and Zeus descended from the strongest of shifter lines. An Alpha of the Moon Realm Kingdom, Zeus finally finds what he has always wanted. Unable to control his wolf, he's forced to hide a dark secret that drives her away. She belongs to him, and this possessive Alpha will claim what's his... -
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Lindy & The Wulfen by R.E. Butler
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAfter a devastating blow to her already fragile self esteem, werewolf Lindy Vincent has decided to stop being the pack whore and change her life for the better. With the help of her two best friends, her alpha female, and a feisty she-wolf named Eula, Lindy starts down the road of self-improvement, happy for the first time in years...Categorized as:
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Fighter by Micalea Smeltzer
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFirst she was an Outsider. Then she became an Insider. And now… she’s going to have to be a Fighter. Nothing goes as planned for Sophie Beaumont. She thought that Travis had been defeated. She believed that they would all finally be safe. But Travis never left. He has a plan and it's one that no one could have ever guessed... -
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Claiming His Family by Rosa Mink
When Tawni finds an abandoned child in the woods, she’ll do anything to protect it, find where he belongs. After running away from her own pack, she’s hesitant to leave the boy with just anyone, she wants to find his family, and perhaps, find somewhere she can belong herself. As the years pass by, she doesn’t give up hope that they’ll find it...Categorized as:
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The Protector's Heart by R.E. Butler
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsNila Caruthers doesn’t want anything to do with wolves. Her werewolf ex-husband continues to stalk her and their son, terrifying her to no end. The last thing she wants to do is acknowledge her attraction to the very sexy Malachi Slattery, who has been watching her for weeks. She’s not about to forget that Malachi is a wolf, and she’s learned the hard way that wolves are not to be trusted... -
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Betrayed Kidnapped Mate by Layla Silver
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHe dumped me without a word. Then I gave birth to his secret baby girl…. Our love was forbidden, and I raised his baby without him. But suddenly he’s back in my life, kidnapping and trapping me. And now I’m forced to be around the mate who rejected me. I haven’t seen him in years, and I don’t trust him at all. But he won’t let me leave, even when I want to escape... -
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Her Werewolf Protector by Jodi Vaughn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe’ll stop at nothing to protect her…even if it means hunting a killer. Werewolf Braxton Devereaux is on the run. Accused of a murder he didn’t commit, he is forced to flee Pack Law, and the death sentence waiting for him. On the run from deadly assassins, he is nearly out of their reach when an assassin’s bullet hits its mark... -
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Her Vampire Temptation by Alexis Alvarez
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSHE’LL LEARN TO CALL ME MASTER. The redheaded mortal is intoxicating – young, smart, beautiful. I took her to the dungeon and delivered a lesson in pleasure. And a little pain, to make her blood sweeter. Then I wiped her mind and sent her home. Because immortals and mortals don’t mix. But now three young women matching her description are missing, and the vampire I sired is up to no good... -
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Stay With Me by Sarah Spade
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe other female gets her happily-ever-after…. For as long as I could remember, I’ve been in love with a male that wasn’t mine. I knew I wasn’t his fated mate, either. I just thought… Ryker Wolfson would one day be the Alpha. He couldn’t take a mate until then, and maybe I could get him to choose me. I was wrong. It's no excuse, but love can make you do some terrible things...Categorized as:
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Passion's Prey by A.C. Arthur
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey live in the shadows—half human, half beast—a powerful breed of shape-shifters who protect the civilized world from the deadliest of their kind…. Caprise is tall, beautiful, exotic. A goddess in the flesh. A dancer, when Caprise takes the stage, she feels the power she holds over men—especially the man known as X. He watches her night after night. He follows her with hungry eyes... -
![The Billionaire Shifter's Second Chance by Diana Seere]()
The Billionaire Shifter's Second Chance by Diana Seere
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA wildland firefighter--and mountain lion shifter--Edward is the youngest of the Stanton siblings, and hasn't touched a woman in a decade, not since his late fiancee was killed in a violent tragedy. But when he meets the sweet, adorable Molly Sloan, a friend of his new sister-in-law, Lilah. .. his determination to remain celibate begins to unravel. Something about Molly is irresistible... -
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Wild Alpha by Eve Bale
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Off-Limits To The Grizzly: An age-gap fated mates romance by Ariana Hawkes
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsWhen I told my BFF that I thought her dad was kinda hot, she totally freaked. Fast forward ten years, and she’s gone from my life, and I’m trying (failing) to make it in the big city. But when I crash and burn, Mr Johnson is right there, ready to catch me. To take me back to his little log cabin, deep in the forest. And keep me safe from the blizzard...Categorized as:
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Ignite by Ophelia Sexton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBear shifter Evan Swanson loves curvy women. .. but not commitment. When he rescues a woman and her infant niece from a hotel fire, he’s shocked to realize she’s his fated mate. Not only is she his bear’s wet dream, she’s the first woman who’s ever turned him down for a date. Steffi Tristan has been caring for baby Olivia since her sister and brother-in-law disappeared... -
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Her Scent by Flora Ferrari
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’ve lived a long time alone. Hunted. Hiding what I really am. But then Ruby moves to my city, and I can’t hide anymore. She’s twenty, a curvy, gorgeous virgin who’s all the more beautiful for not knowing how perfect she is. She’s shy. She’s smart. And, even if she doesn’t know it yet, she’s mine...Categorized as:
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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. But once she’s at his side, once he’s felt her touch, how is he supposed to walk away from her again? FOR HIM SHE WILL FIGHT AGAINST HER FATE …...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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The Breed Casstiel's Vow by Alice K. Wayne
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratings*Warning: This book contains strong sexual content and graphic violence, it is not suitable for persons under the age of 18. After the brutal kidnapping of her brother, Tessa Roberts, a human born with the ability to read other human minds, plunges herself into the dark and mysterious world of the Breed, hell bent on finding him. What she encounters however, is far more than she bargained for... -
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Her Cold Brute by Rosa Mink
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsMora. I grew up in a wolf pack, although I’m a hundred percent human. My mom’s mate loved me, treated me as his entirely, as do my brothers, but I want nothing to do with shifters once I graduate beyond my family. I want as far from this place as possible, from the violent, obsessive beasts as I can get...Categorized as:
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![Big Bad Boss: Marked by Renee Rose, Lee Savino]()
Big Bad Boss: Marked by Renee Rose, Lee Savino
RULE #3 OF WALL NEVER BACK DOWN. No one can know I've claimed the human as my mate. The enemies are at the gates–one wrong move and I’ll lose it all. My world will never be safe for her. If my pack finds out that I’ve mated a human, they’ll revolt. The fractures will grow deeper than ever and we'll be picked apart one by one. The lives of everyone I love hang in the balance...Categorized as:
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The Omega's Heart by R.E. Butler
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJeremiah Kincaid has spent most of his life on the outside looking in. Unable to shift even though he is a full-blooded wolf, he is forced to be an omega in his pack, looked down upon by his fellow pack members. No male wants him at his back in a fight; no female wants him in her bed. He finds himself reaching the limit of what he can tolerate and makes plans to leave the pack... -
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Craving His Virgin Mate by Sam Crescent
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 11 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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Untamed Lovers by Frankie Love, Chantel Seabrook
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBear Valley: Where rugged men find more than a safe haven -- they find their mates. The gorgeous newcomer in town, Harley MacBeth, is everything I’m not. Charming, outgoing, and stubborn. So damn stubborn. Well, I guess we have that in common. I’m in bear form when I see the infuriatingly sexy woman painting by the river. In a flash, she becomes a damsel in distress... -
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Her Wolf Mate by Jaymin Snow, Betty Levy
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhen Juliet falls for Romeo, there's either revolution or destruction. Born into a notorious panther family, I'm coerced into forming a matrimonial alliance to oppose werewolves. Refusing to wed a scoundrel, I seek shelter from our archenemy where I meet my fated mate. He's a loyal pack security who suspects me of spying and harshly rejects me...Categorized as:
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Tyrant Alpha's Secret Baby by Flora R. Leigh
I finally traced my parents' murderer. .. on my arranged mate's bed. .. Inheriting the pack as the youngest Alpha, I just felt more like the Council's puppet. And now they wanted to manipulate my marriage. A girl from another pack, humble, weak, and ignorant. She should be the last one haunting me. But the alcohol made me cross the line. That night, I found the murderer's tattoo on her body...Categorized as:
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