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Saving Jacob by Tessa Stone
Angie Generational curses seem to have claimed me as their latest victim. I come from an ancient bloodline of witches who bound their coven's powers at the prophecy of one of them being fated to a wolf shifter. They would rather see their entire lineage suffer than let Fate take its course... -
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Feral Alpha by Olivia T. Turner
I’ve been my grizzly bear’s prisoner for close to a decade.He’s full on feral.For almost ten years, I haven’t felt cool air in my lungs or felt rough dirt under my feet.The vicious monster keeps me trapped inside while he terrorizes the forest we live in, trying to kill anyone who enters.Until one day, she steps into our territory and everything changes... -
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![Heart of the Bear by T.S. Joyce]()
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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Bound to the Orc Hunter by Krista Luna
The gorgeous orc I just met says I’m his bride . Yeah, right.When I wake in a strange forest, surrounded by “monsters” and “magic,” I’m sure it’s all some reality-TV prank. My carnival job means I know a lot about all the ways people can be fooled.And the “orc” telling me we’re goddess-matched and married has got to be the biggest hoax of all...Categorized as:
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![Alpha Dominated by Olivia T. Turner]()
Alpha Dominated by Olivia T. Turner
The Dixon Brothers series continues with Easton and Ivy!The inexperienced Ivy will be dominated by her Kodiak bear shifter mate and she'll love every minute of...Categorized as:
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![Alpha Possessed by Olivia T. Turner]()
Alpha Possessed by Olivia T. Turner
We came to this mountain town to start over.To keep the never-ending violence in our past.Our mercenary days were behind us.At least, I thought they were.Until she comes and starts poking her nose in where it doesn't belong.She wants to yank all of the skeletons out of my closet.I should tell her to beat it.Chase her out of town.But I can't.She's possessed me and my bear...Categorized as:
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![Destined to the Alpha by Olivia T. Turner]()
Destined to the Alpha by Olivia T. Turner
There’s something strange about this small Montana town. The men are huge, rough, and growly. There’s also an abnormally large amount of Alphas among them. But there’s one Alpha who stands above them all. Westin Wood. Firefighter. Grizzly bear shifter. Muscular god...Categorized as:
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![The Threadbare Queen by Michelle Diener]()
The Threadbare Queen by Michelle Diener
A conqueror's victory is never assured . . . The Rising Wave may have taken control of Kassia, but hot on the heels of their victory, Luc receives word from one of his spies that the Jatan, emboldened by the Kassian army's withdrawal, have crossed the border...Categorized as:
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![Wolfing Her Down by Milly Taiden]()
Wolfing Her Down by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAva North is more comfortable talking to a dead man than a live one. Unfortunately, that also means it's that much harder to find love. She's in her forties and an introvert. Chasing down bad guys and being the best homicide Lieutenant is a piece of cake. Mmm cake. Finding a good man to share life with? That's another story... -
![Her Destiny by Fiona Davenport]()
Her Destiny by Fiona Davenport
Peppa Leander was rising star in the Chicago restaurant scene, but she was tired of kitchen politics. And working with too many humans. The offer to become the head chef for a new restaurant in Timber Ridge came at the perfect time.Cason Kemp assumed he’d remain mateless for the rest of his life...Categorized as:
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![Wed to the Grendel by Cara Wylde]()
Wed to the Grendel by Cara Wylde
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFor my birthday, I get the worst gift a bride.My kind lives in the deepest woods of Alia Terra. The humans call us forest giants, but we call ourselves grendels, after our ancestor. We live in small communities, and we'd be happy to have nothing to do with humans, except we need... their females.My brothers are all married, and now it is my turn. I refuse to do it... -
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The Virgin Blood Series by Alexa Riley
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsWelcome to the Virgin Blood Bundle! This book includes all four stories from our Virgin Blood Series! Bitten by the Beast, Bitten by the Virgin, Twice Bitten, and Bitten by the King are all together with EPILOGUES! That’s right! Check-in on your favorite vamps with brand new sexy, epilogues! Warning: This bundle is everything you’ve been dying for and more...Categorized as:
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![Her Orc Warrior by Zoe Ashwood]()
Her Orc Warrior by Zoe Ashwood
I escaped a life of crime to save my daughter… But my plan for making it to a safer town has gone awry. The driver of the wagon we snuck on isn’t human at all, and now we’re stuck in a traveling caravan of massive orc merchants. And the driver who first noticed me? He claims I’m his fated mate. The one person destined to be everything to him. He says we’re safe... -
![Pinch of Sass by C.D. Gorri]()
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... -
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![My Wounded Shifter Match by Skye Alder]()
My Wounded Shifter Match by Skye Alder
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFour best friend and ex-special forces shifters contact the Love Bites Dating Agency, each for different reasons. One for love, one to forget, one on a dare, and one by mistake. This is Burke’s story, the one looking to forget.Burke Arbor just got discharged from the military after being wounded in battle...Categorized as:
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![Valkyrie's Choice by Fiona Davenport]()
Valkyrie's Choice by Fiona Davenport
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBeing turned into a Valkyrie put a crimp in a girl's dating plans, even when the rest of the town was full of monsters. Isla Hart figured the odds of finding her happily ever after were slim when she sprouted wings…until she saved Cooper Madison’s life and couldn’t get him out of her head. Too bad he was human, and it wasn’t as though she’d ever see him again anyway... -
![Her Tiger by Fiona Davenport]()
Her Tiger by Fiona Davenport
Calliope Taft has wanted a hunky shifter of her own ever since her best friends let her in on the secret of their existence. Just when she started to give up hope, a sexy tiger shifter claimed her as his own.Tane Ruslan hadn’t expected to find his fated mate right across the street when he returned home to Timber Ridge...Categorized as:
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![Eliza's Cursed Dragon by Bella Blair]()
Eliza's Cursed Dragon by Bella Blair
Once upon a time...There was an enchanted Forest where fairy tales came to After our father remarries his new bride shows her true colors as an evil witch and curses my eleven brothers to live the rest of their lives as swans. There is only one way to lift the spell. I must take a six-year vow of silence and collect stinging nettles at night from graveyards and make eleven cloaks... -
![Her Beta by Fiona Davenport]()
Her Beta by Fiona Davenport
Driving a pregnant member of his pack to the hospital while she was in labor was an experience Leyton Vetle didn’t want to repeat. But then her pretty nurse turned out to be his fated mate, and he knew that he’d go through the knuckle-whitening ride a million times if that was what it took to have her by his side...Categorized as:
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![Her Dragon by Fiona Davenport]()
Her Dragon by Fiona Davenport
Artemis Drake had good reason to be grumpy. The dragon shifter was older than all of his pack mates, but he still hadn’t found his fated mate. Not until he hunted down the little thief who stole a precious rock from his cave and discovered she was destined to be his. Marielle Beck thought she’d made a discovery that would impress her geology professor...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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![Dragon Next Door by Terry Bolryder]()
Dragon Next Door by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsA dragon hiding among humans just found the one woman he can't resist...As a dragon on the run from others of his kind, Tristan has only one rule: don't get involved. But when he spots Kelsie Lawton, in way over her head with a couple of street thugs, there's no way he can walk away. Especially when the dragon in him, buried and smothered for a lifetime, insists he's found his mate...Categorized as:
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![Bearly Tart by Loni Ree]()
Bearly Tart by Loni Ree
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWilder BearlyIt's true. I'm a dumb*ss.Doing my brother a quick favor leads to the biggest shock of my life—his mate's youngest sister is my soulmate. The second Cora Sweet opens the door, I lose my heart and my mind. My mouth takes off without consulting my brain or my inner bear and I end up p*ss*ng her off...Categorized as:
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![The Turncoat King by Michelle Diener]()
The Turncoat King by Michelle Diener
A thirst for revenge . . . Ava is committed to vengeance against the man responsible for the death of her parents. The same man, the Queen's Herald, who kept her prisoner for two years, until she escaped with Luc, a warlord bent on vengeance just as fierce as her own...Categorized as:
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![Marking Red by Skye Alder]()
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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![My Orc Next Door by Veronika Kane, Caroline Lee]()
My Orc Next Door by Veronika Kane, Caroline Lee
I’m beginning to think he needs me as much as I need him… Look, there are plenty of things I just learned about the gorgeous, seven-foot-tall perfect specimen of male living next door to me: 1) Karnak can scent everything about me, including those times I thought I was alone in my hot tub and I decided to experiment with different water jet settings...Categorized as:
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![Howl We Were by P. Jameson]()
Howl We Were by P. Jameson
As Alpha of the Brockdale pack, Ansen holds the weight of the world on his shoulders. Responsibility is all he’s every known. Long ago, he inherited a feud he didn’t want and it cost him his mate. But time and experience has changed them both, and he’s looking for a second chance with the smart and beautiful matchmaker he’s never given up on.She is his forbidden love. His first love... -
![The Blackest Night by Fiona Davenport]()
The Blackest Night by Fiona Davenport
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsStephan Bancroft was happy for his brothers, but seeing them blissfully settled made him feel the lack of his own consort even more. Taking on extra missions for the vampire council didn’t help. Nothing would except finding the woman who was destined to be his.Bronwyn O’Brien had no idea vampires existed until she was attacked while walking home from a party... -
![Her Alpha by Fiona Davenport]()
Her Alpha by Fiona Davenport
When Larissa Nash went looking for her best friend, she never expected to find her in a town full of shifters. She didn’t even know they existed until Kace Lowell clued her in on the secret by shifting into his wolf. Mating a human was complicated for the alpha of the pack, but Kace was more than ready to take on anyone who dared to challenge Larissa’s place in his life... -
![Ash Mountain Pack: The Complete Series by Shaw Hart, Skye Alder]()
Ash Mountain Pack: The Complete Series by Shaw Hart, Skye Alder
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsLoved the Ash Mountain Pack Series? Get all five books in one! Come meet Slate, Finn, Rylan, Krew, Kai, and Easton and their fated mates! *Warning: These five books are instalove romances with plenty of heat and over the top alpha love...Categorized as:
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![Burning Up by Loni Ree]()
Burning Up by Loni Ree
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIt’s not every day you find your slightly underdressed soulmate hanging out in a tree waiting to be rescued but I’m going to take my good fortune and run with it. What starts out as an ordinary day at the fire station turns into anything but when we go on the first call of the evening. Parker Scott somehow managed to fall out her bedroom window and land on a tree branch outside—minus her clothes... -
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Remington by Elisa Leigh
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsViolet Spencer is a hot mess. At least that’s how she feels after making a spur of the moment decision that has consequences she isn’t prepared for. Trying to get out of her head, she takes a hike out in the forest. Everything goes from bad to worse in the course of a few hours and what started out as a good day turns bad. With daylight dimming, she doesn’t know how she’ll make it out alive... -
![The Alpha's Prize by Luna Wilder]()
The Alpha's Prize by Luna Wilder
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe’s won her, but not her heart.Isla:When the Alpha shows up at my doorstep one night and tells me that he’s won me in a poker game, I wonder if this is some kind of bad dream.It’s not.My dad actually bet me and lost me.Now I’m living with the Alpha of the North Pack of Aspen Ridge, and I’m not sure where to go from here... -
![Her Fate by Fiona Davenport]()
Her Fate by Fiona Davenport
Trinity Ruslan wasn’t a fan of small towns or wolf shifters. And she really didn’t like the pack that lured her little brother away from his family. Timber Ridge was the last place she wanted to visit, but she couldn’t resist the chance to name her newest niece or nephew.Damon Kemp never expected to find his fated mate. Not with the awful luck the males of his family had... -
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![Her Mate by Fiona Davenport]()
Her Mate by Fiona Davenport
Luke Besnik wasn’t looking forward to visiting the Badlands Territory. His alpha has given him the impossible task of talking some sense into his selfish sister. But the moment he met Adley Hoyt, his trip was more than worthwhile. Adley has yearned for a fated mate ever since her adopted parents told her about shifters. Just when she almost gave up hope, Luke turned up in town... -
![Havoc's Mate by Lila Rose]()
Havoc's Mate by Lila Rose
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 14 ratings*0.99 pre-order sale. Price increases to 1.99 after release.*Cora Smith only wants peace. She wants to find a place she can live without looking over her shoulder for trouble, for it to be somewhere she’ll be happy, and somewhere her mom can go about cooking pot cookies and talking to the ghosts. She doesn’t expect to find it in a town called Badlands Territory...Categorized as:
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![Spread for the Alpha by Olivia T. Turner]()
Spread for the Alpha by Olivia T. Turner
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsI'm only in this small Montana town until the mechanic fixes my car. That's my plan, but apparently, the muscular naked guy outside has a different plan for me. His dark eyes are full of possession as he stares down at me like I belong to him. It's like I fell into an alternate reality. It feels like I'm in Alice In Wonderland, the porno version...Categorized as:
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![Love at First Mate by Dani Wyatt]()
Love at First Mate by Dani Wyatt
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWho knew my undoing would drive into the Badlands in an orange and white VW Bus?Wynter Wyatt is everything I’d hoped I would never find. I’ve spent my life avoiding what most shifters wait for their entire lives.Their mate.Not me. I want none of it. It’s too risky. For her and for me.But, she keeps showing up. Tempting me and my resolve is weakening...Categorized as:
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![Gray by Callie Rhodes]()
Gray by Callie Rhodes
Olivia’s superiors said they were sending her to the Boundarylands on a mission of discovery, but what they really wanted her for was bait.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... -
![Flame Kissed by Annie Anderson]()
Flame Kissed by Annie Anderson
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsYou can’t outrun fate. As a phoenix on the run from her Legion, I’ve done my best to stay one step ahead of the hunters on my tail. So far, I’ve managed to hide from everyone—everyone except Rhys. Bonded against my will, I’ve avoided my mate for the better part of a century—hating him for the life he stole from me. But he’s always there. Waiting. Watching...Categorized as:
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![Claiming Beauty by Skye Alder]()
Claiming Beauty by Skye Alder
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWho chooses to fall in love with a beast?That's the question that Thatcher has been asking himself for years.It's why he doesn't date, has never tried to find his fated mate, and rarely leaves his home.He knows what he is and he can't bear to see the looks he gets whenever he goes out.He's content with his life of solitude.Until she shows up.Clara Young...Categorized as:
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![Hunted by the Dragon Duke by Mina Carter]()
Hunted by the Dragon Duke by Mina Carter
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSexy, royal and one of the ferocious black dragons… he’s way out of her league. Orphaned and forced to live under the cruel eye of her stepmother, Saskia spends her days and most of her nights sewing gowns for rich dragonesses to wear to balls she will never see. When a chance encounter brings her into contact with the handsome Callan, Duke and cousin to the Queen, she thinks nothing of it...Categorized as:
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![BEARly Mated to the Grizzly by Jenika Snow]()
BEARly Mated to the Grizzly by Jenika Snow
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsI’d once been a great dancer. A ballerina. But an injury ended my career, had me longing to go back in time, had me loathing the city and the very profession I’d once loved. So, I decided to get away from it all, go out in the middle of nowhere to clear my head, and focus on what was important. Things were going great until a bear was at my back door, trying to get in...Categorized as:
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![Wed to the Dragon by Cara Wylde]()
Wed to the Dragon by Cara Wylde
If I want to become the next Dragon King, I need a bride.But a bride is easy to find. My brother has chosen one, and now it’s my turn. A soul mate, on the other hand… Over the last few centuries, the existence of perfect soul mates has become a legend. Dragons, just as humans, get bonded and then unbonded. That’s not what I want...Categorized as:
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![Fated To Be King by Skye Alder]()
Fated To Be King by Skye Alder
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt was supposed to be a vacation.I’ve always wanted to go to Scotland and when I win my dream vacation, I have nothing but high hopes for the trip.Then I get turned around and when I stop to ask for directions, I’m led to this castle and entered into some kind of Queen ceremony.I’m trying to stay positive. I’ll just explain that I would make a terrible Queen and get back to my vacation... -
![Drawn to the Alpha by Olivia T. Turner]()
Drawn to the Alpha by Olivia T. Turner
I didn’t want a mate. Never have. But when I walked into that kindergarten classroom and saw the new teacher… …man, everything changed. Because the guy who never needed a girl is suddenly obsessed with one. My inner grizzly wants her as our mate. I want her for everything. And this firefighting grizzly bear shifter is ready to burn the world down to get her...Categorized as:
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![Shifters Love Curves Book One by Amanda K. Mann]()
Shifters Love Curves Book One by Amanda K. Mann
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIt was only supposed to be one night. Until it became so much more….SierraHaving a few more curves than the average woman, Sierra wasn’t the kind of girl men usually went for. So when the hottest guy in town wanted to take her home, she jumped at the chance to have just one night with him. She had no idea she’d be dealing with the aftermath long after.LucasIt wasn’t supposed to be just one night... -
![Turner by C.M. Steele]()
Turner by C.M. Steele
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsJosiah Turner had just become the Alpha in his pack when his father decided to step down. Things would be incredible for the young Alpha if he could only find his mate. With the thousands of people who pass through White Wolf Ridge's resort town, Turner thought he would have met her sooner rather than later, but there's no such luck...Categorized as:
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![Sweet Giant: A Fantasy Monster Romance by Sue Mercury, Sue Lyndon]()
Sweet Giant: A Fantasy Monster Romance by Sue Mercury, Sue Lyndon
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe massive wildman has sworn to protect me.After scaring away my abusive ex, the handsome Sasquatch known as Mastorr refuses to leave my side. He promises to keep me safe, and he also insists we’re fated mates…But I'm not ready for another relationship. Not now. Maybe not ever. What if I'm too broken inside?Mastorr's size scares me, but little by little, he starts to gain my trust... -
![A Touch of Moonlight by Fiona Davenport]()
A Touch of Moonlight by Fiona Davenport
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLiam Bancroft thought he’d lost his chance at happiness more than five hundred years ago. He was positive his childhood friend was meant to be his consort and devastated when she rejected him. He learned of her death before having the chance to touch her and gave up all hope.Amaia Greene learned that vampires existed three years ago...Categorized as:
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