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Under the Oak Tree: Season 1 - 5 by Suji Kim
Maximilian (Maxi), the eldest daughter of the Croyso family, grows up being abused by her father. As a consequence of the physical and mental trauma, she develops a crippling inferiority complex about both her stutter and her physical appearance as well as a general lack of self-respect... -
![Broken Alpha by Paulina Vasquez]()
Broken Alpha by Paulina Vasquez
Buckle up and get ready for a bumpy steamy ride in the ancient city of the Gods, ATHENS! College in Greece sounds like the perfect escape for Raven LaRue. A strong willed Alpha female trying to break free from the shadows of her five Alpha brothers and heart ache. When she least expects it, she stumbles across a vicious beast who wants her dead... -
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![Heart of the Bear by T.S. Joyce]()
Heart of the Bear by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 25 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...Categorized as:
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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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![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 it!Categorized as:
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![Feral Alpha by Olivia T. Turner]()
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... -
![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... -
![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. He can have any girl he wants and for some reason, he’s chosen the curvy sarcastic waitress down at the local diner…. …me...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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![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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![The Virgin Blood Series by Alexa Riley]()
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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![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... -
![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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![Claimed by Shadow and Blood by Jen L. Grey]()
Claimed by Shadow and Blood by Jen L. Grey
Sometimes the truth gets buried, and love digs the grave. I thought surviving the ruthless fae bridal competition would be my hardest challenge. I was wrong. Chosen by Vad—the dark, dangerously possessive Prince of Shadows—to stand at his side, I’ve become the prime target in a kingdom built on lies and blood. Rivals would rather see me buried than crowned. Then I wake with a dagger in my hands. -
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![Wed to the Grendel by Cara Wylde]()
Wed to the Grendel by Cara Wylde
For 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... -
![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...Categorized as:
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![Pulled to the Alpha by Olivia T. Turner]()
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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![Khan's Choice by Tacarra]()
Khan's Choice by Tacarra
To the naked eye, Khan looked like your typical hustler, but that was far from the truth. He was living his best immortal life while he waited for his mate…until he laid his eyes on Choice. He knew from their first encounter that she was his... -
![Bearly Tart by Loni Ree]()
Bearly Tart by Loni Ree
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWilder Bearly. It'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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![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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Wave Song by Emma Hamm
Alys Fairweather has always loved the sea. So when her father gets the opportunity to build a city beneath the waves, she is the first in the submarine with him. She never expected to discover an entire species of merfolk living there. And she certainly didn’t expect to find one of them so captivating...Categorized as:
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![Bread with the Orc by Veronika Kane]()
Bread with the Orc by Veronika Kane
When your life’s in shambles, maybe it’s time to steep yourself in temptation. My dreams of running a quaint tea shop just went up in steam—along with my savings. But when my gruff neighbor Dorvak offers to let me set up in his bakery, I can't resist one last chance to prove I'm not a failure... -
![Fangs and Forever by Mink]()
Fangs and Forever by Mink
I lead a solitary life, one I’ve built over the course of a century. Now I’ve settled into a home, and I’m doing my best to renovate it and live a normal undead life. All that goes down the drain when Everly comes stomping through my front door with a crossbow pointed at my heart. She thinks I’m a killer—that I’ve been draining hooligans and old ladies in town...Categorized as:
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![Dragon Next Door by Terry Bolryder]()
Dragon Next Door by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 27 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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![Her Sweet Alpha by Thayer King]()
Her Sweet Alpha by Thayer King
Alpha werewolf Dade Stone is closing in on his thirtieth birthday. He's in dire need of his true mate. And then he finds her--only she's human. Dade has never been with a human. He's too big and too scary. His animal side wants to claim his mate now, but he knows she needs time to adjust to the idea of becoming his mate...Categorized as:
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![Chaz by Laurann Dohner]()
Chaz by Laurann Dohner
Shoni thinks she's had the worst day of her life after being jilted on her wedding day. Then she embarrasses herself in front of a handsome stranger. Just when she thinks things can't get any worse. .. they do. Her life is about to be turned upside down and put in danger. Chaz will do anything to protect his uncle's Lycan pack... -
![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.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... -
![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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![Remington by Elisa Leigh]()
Remington by Elisa Leigh
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 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... -
![Experiment b4hR by Miranda Martin]()
Experiment b4hR by Miranda Martin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’m a monster. The moment I see her, I know. This beauty is my treasure. Once I was a male to be admired and desired. That was before. Before the experiments, before the procedures. Now I’m a monster. A beast. I didn’t mean to kidnap Sophia. I saw her and I acted. Now I can’t let her go. I won’t. She must understand what I know. We are meant to be together. Sophia. As if life wasn’t hard enough...Categorized as:
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![Purchased: A Dark Billionaire Wolf Shifter Romance by Loki Renard]()
Purchased: A Dark Billionaire Wolf Shifter Romance by Loki Renard
She's not just my mate. She's my property. When my newly purchased mate bit me as I led her from the auction block, I spanked her bare ass in front of everyone, but I didn't claim her right then and there as would have been my right. I want her all to myself when I enjoy her virgin body for the first time. Because I'm not just going to breed her. I'm going to make her beg to be bred... -
![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...Categorized as:
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![Fated to the Alpha Bear by Reece Barden]()
Fated to the Alpha Bear by Reece Barden
EMMA. My brother's gambling debt made me collateral. My grumpy bear shifter rescuer is about to make me his. One minute I'm living my quiet life; the next, I'm taken by dangerous men who want to use me as leverage. Then he shows up. Bodhi doesn't do conversation, but the longer I'm under his protection, the more I see what he's hiding. A man running from his past. An alpha avoiding his throne... -
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![The Monster's Obsession by Kelsey Gamble]()
The Monster's Obsession by Kelsey Gamble
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWho could ever love a monster? My first mistake is barging into the house my estranged brother shares with Frankie, his mysterious roommate. Nothing about my brother’s life as a scientist or his house on the hill is what I expect. Because Frankie isn’t just my brother’s best friend. He’s his creation. As tension in their small town rises, I start planning my escape... -
![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...Categorized as:
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![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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![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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![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... -
![Craving His Virgin Mate by Sam Crescent]()
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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![How to Claim a Human Mate by SJ Sanders]()
How to Claim a Human Mate by SJ Sanders
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLynn Taylor: After fifteen years of marriage, I’m out. I’m finally free while my ex-husband has moved on to greener pastures. I don’t have much to my name outside of a failing coffee shop I inherited and my cat, Casper, but I’m determined to make it a success, even if that means scouting a new location for it... -
![Roman by Callie Rhodes]()
Roman by Callie Rhodes
Bartered into the hands of an alpha, there was never a chance of escape. No woman willingly travels to the Boundarylands. It's where they are—the Alphas. They keep to themselves in the wilderness, and beta civilization knows to keep its distance. Especially beta women…for fear they may not be a beta after all... -
![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...Categorized as:
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![The Flame King's Queen by Chloe Chastaine, Lilith Vincent]()
The Flame King's Queen by Chloe Chastaine, Lilith Vincent
Our hearts are fated, but love is a fiery path. Enemies and friends alike have tried to burn our love to cinders, but through the smoke and ash, the Flame King and I have always found our way back to one another. When Zabriel places a crown upon my head, his blood and his scent sing of his love for me...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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![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... -
![The BEARy Possessive Grizzly by Jenika Snow]()
The BEARy Possessive Grizzly by Jenika Snow
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCason. I devoted my life to working, building a career and business, making sure I was secure and stable in my life for the sole purpose that I’d find her, that everything would be ready and perfect for her. My mate. The one woman who would complete me. The one woman who was born to be mine alone...Categorized as:
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![The Alpha's Heart by R.E. Butler]()
The Alpha's Heart by R.E. Butler
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsAlpha wolf Acksel wakes up one morning in the bed of the one human who was kind to him in school. Now, ten years later, Brynn Mara is snuggled up at his side, smelling like passion and sweet dreams. Even though Acksel has declared that his pack members can mate with humans from now on, he knows that any woman he takes as his mate will have a target on her back. Especially if she’s a fragile human...Categorized as:
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![Damon by Teagan Wilde]()
Damon by Teagan Wilde
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDamon came into my life when I needed him the most. I’d never imagined my mate would be the Alpha of the most notorious pack around. He became my everything, but little did I know my future with him was in danger. Things were not what they seemed. .. Damon. When I allowed a new member to join my pack, I never imagined that she would become mine...
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