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  • Son of Kong by T.S. Joyce

    Son of Kong by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 32 ratings
    Torren Taylor has a gorilla problem. The birthmark on his back says he is supposed to be the new Kong, but he wants nothing to do with his people. Shunning their traditions means his silverback is out of control and on a one-way track to crazy-town. He accepted his shortened life a long time ago, but right now all he wants to do is live long enough to for a couple last bucket list items...
  • Son of the Cursed Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Son of the Cursed Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 33 ratings
    Bounty Hunter, Nox Fuller, has been challenged to do the impossible. He’s supposed to bring the Red Dragon in for a year long stint in shifter prison, but this job could be the death of him. His focus should be on the hunt, but when he meets a shy shifter named Nevada, he can’t help but be distracted by the curvy beauty. He doesn’t care that she has trouble speaking to people. He’s different too...
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  • Lift Her Up by T.S. Joyce

    Lift Her Up by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    All the ghosts of Wes’s past are coming back to haunt him in a big way. A handwritten letter changes everything when he finds out his brother, Sam, is alive after Wes has thought him dead for years. The one who has tracked him down? The love of Wes’s life, Summer, but when she shows up on his doorstep, she isn’t the bright and cheery girl he left all those years ago...
  • Dawson Fur Hire by T.S. Joyce

    Dawson Fur Hire by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Dalton 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...
  • Mate Fur Hire by T.S. Joyce

    Mate Fur Hire by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    **The full-length third book in T. S. Joyce’s new Bears Fur Hire series.** Vera Masterson has been called a lot of names through the years: witch, misfit, mad scientist. She’s let the rumors go because they kept her safe...
  • Savage Hunger by Milly Taiden

    Savage Hunger by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Isaline 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...
  • Wolf Fur Hire by T.S. Joyce

    Wolf Fur Hire by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Like 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...
  • 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...
  • Ignited by Anastasia Wilde

    Ignited by Anastasia Wilde

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Ten years ago, they saved each other's lives.Then she disappeared.But fate has brought them back together...Boomer, explosives and weapons expert, is fine with his life as an Outlaw Ridge operative: illegal missions, daring rescues, and blowing stuff up. But when a woman from his distant past shows up asking for his help, it all threatens to come crashing down...
  • Fury of Aggression by Coreene Callahan

    Fury of Aggression by Coreene Callahan

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Return 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...
  • Avenge the Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Avenge the Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    - Book 3 in the Hells Canyon Shifters series - Reese Evans is still reeling from the death of her childhood sweetheart. Determined to find her place in the clan of legendary Hells Canyon bear shifters, she must avenge her fallen friend before she can move on with her life...
  • Her Dragon Lover by Roxie Ray

    Her Dragon Lover by Roxie Ray

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    He shot me down…why can’t I forget about him?I gathered up my nerve to approach Stefan... only for him to reject me. That was months ago, but I still can't stop thinking about him, no matter how hard I try to get over it. Unfortunately, fate keeps throwing us together...
  • Blackstone Ranger Guardian by Alicia Montgomery

    Blackstone Ranger Guardian by Alicia Montgomery

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Fighting for his mateWhen John Krieger rescues a stranded fox shifter in the middle of a snowstorm, he never expected that she would turn out to be his mate. However, the darkness lurking in his soul prevents him from claiming her and he pushes her away. When he realizes his mistake, he vows to make himself into someone who deserves her...
  • Fealty of the Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Fealty of the Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    After years of stagnancy, Muriel Marsden leaves the legendary clan of Hells Canyon bear shifters and goes rogue in order to discover herself. Her trip is cut short when she stumbles upon an injured man alone in the wilderness. As his only chance for survival, Muriel brings him to her cabin and works to save his life. The man is half feral and all sexy...
  • Her Dragon Rebel by Roxie Ray

    Her Dragon Rebel by Roxie Ray

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Is he more than a spoiled playboy?I need people in this town to take me seriously.I’m the only female handyman—er, handywoman—around, and my business depends on it.But the town’s men just won’t listen.Enter Rico. He’s a troublemaker, but he needs a job.Nobody else wants to work for me.It’s perfect.There’s no way I’m falling for the playboy.She’s my only hope.Get a job or lose everything...
  • Silver by Terry Bolryder

    Silver by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    A 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...
  • Snow Wolf by Heather Long

    Snow Wolf by Heather Long

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Don't miss the highly anticipated installment in the Wolves of Willow Bend as we travel north to one of the most secretive packs in the U.S. Ranae is the youngest of the Buckleys— the only girl among three powerful male siblings. Her restlessness and dominant nature affected her every relationship within Willow Bend, not to mention testing the patience of her Alpha...
  • Her Shifter Wolf Runaway (The Clan of Hogan Falls) by Serena Meadows

    Her Shifter Wolf Runaway (The Clan of Hogan Falls) by Serena Meadows

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’d lived my entire life with a secret that kept trying to burst out of me...My clan wanted my friends and I dead when we were babies.I’d begun questioning my very existence... but Marshall appeared out of nowhere and changed my reality.He was mysterious, a man with secrets of his own.Marshall was running away from something... or someone.And I wanted to chase him away from our small town...
  • Firefighter Midlife Wolf by Meg Ripley

    Firefighter Midlife Wolf by Meg Ripley

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A midlife career switch just ignited a new chapter—With a single dad wolf as hot as the flames he fights.After my divorce, working in the same ER as my arrogant ex was off the table, so I decided to try visiting nursing instead...
  • The Dragon Prince's Secret by Elva Birch

    The Dragon Prince's Secret by Elva Birch

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Secret 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...
  • Her Dragon Hero by Roxie Ray

    Her Dragon Hero by Roxie Ray

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He hates me … how can he be my fated mate?I know I screwed up. I want to make it up to the people that I hurt, but the best way to do that might be to stay far away and forget about them. So why can’t I stop thinking about Jury? The young dragon hates me. I heard the things he said. And yet as soon as he finds me again, I can’t keep away...
  • Holly Jolly Lycan Christmas by Alicia Montgomery

    Holly Jolly Lycan Christmas by Alicia Montgomery

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Dante Muccino’s wolf is restless. After watching all his friends and family pair up with their True Mates, the animal inside him wants what they have. Children. Family. And a woman to call his own. When he runs into rival Holly Taylor, his wolf is intrigued, but the frosty chef won’t give him the time of day...
  • Kane: The Unchained Omegaverse: M/F Alpha Omega Romance by Callie Rhodes

    Kane: The Unchained Omegaverse: M/F Alpha Omega Romance by Callie Rhodes

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Something 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...
  • Alpha's Redemption by Skye Wilson

    Alpha's Redemption by Skye Wilson

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    They’ll fight to be together, but secrets could tear them apart…Luna always knew that falling for Remus, the alpha from the rival clan, was risky. Now Remus has been betrayed by those he trusts, and Luna’s pack has given her an ultimatum—stay away from Remus or be banished forever.Those closest to Remus will go to any lengths to make him to forget about Luna so he can find his true mate...
  • Taming Raptor: RBMC: Dallas, TX by Kristine Allen

    Taming Raptor: RBMC: Dallas, TX by Kristine Allen

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Book ONE of the NEW RBMC Dallas, TX Chapter!I’m Adrien Krow, but they call me Raptor. As the vice president of the Ankeny, IA chapter, I was happy with my life. Until a platinum haired vixen turned it upside down.Ten years ago Sage was too damn young for my darkness, so I put up a wall. It worked—until the day it didn’t. I thought I knew what I was doing. I was always in control...
  • Shifter by Rebecca Zanetti

    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...
  • Hot Shot Wolf by Aidy Award, Piper Fox

    Hot Shot Wolf by Aidy Award, Piper Fox

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    She's off limits and he can't resist...Three years ago my wolf found my fated mate, and she was my best friend's little sister.He's no longer my friend, and she's off limits. Is it any wonder everyone thinks I'm a dick?Now, I'm the star player for the Bay State U Dire Wolves and I've told myself I don't have or need a mate. Fate can go fuck itself.Until Addy walks into my life...
  • Her Dragon Destiny by Roxie Ray

    Her Dragon Destiny by Roxie Ray

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    No guy is worth risking my heart until Maddox gets close …I can’t keep using my daughter as an excuse to stay out of the dating pool, but finding a partner as a single mom is hard. I’d much rather get lost in my work, but I don’t want to be alone forever. Enter Madd. He’s not what I expected: too young, not settled, but he might be just what I need...
  • Bear Fur Hire by T.S. Joyce

    Bear Fur Hire by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Lena 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...
  • An Inconvenient Mate by Lora Leigh, Briana Bronte

    An Inconvenient Mate by Lora Leigh, Briana Bronte

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Isabelle Martinez was instantly fascinated by the sexy Coyote Breed she met at the bar, but her sensual flirtation with him was cut short when she saw the man who'd attacked her arrive at the bar. Breed enforcer Malachi Morgan was entranced by Isabelle's mix of shyness and boldness, and he was determined to chase and play with his sensual prey...
  • Bigfoot's Wife: Fated Mates Monster Romance by Candace Ayers

    Bigfoot's Wife: Fated Mates Monster Romance by Candace Ayers

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Bestselling author Candace Ayers brings you SHORT "lunchtime quickie" reads—condensed romances intended to be read in under 2 hours!Love is blind...and apparently pretty hairyLove robbed me of everything.The public scandal stole my pride, my joy, and my self-worth.Grotto offers me a fresh start...
  • Holiday Surprise by Julie Trettel

    Holiday Surprise by Julie Trettel

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Luke 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...
  • Stripe Left by Milly Taiden

    Stripe Left by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Allie Varga, a tiger shifter, left the luxuries of her parents’ home to make it on her own. No one was going to tell her how to live her life. So when she met her fated mate, her decision to solidify the bond thrilled her. But her parents weren’t so happy, and they were powerful people in the community. Powerful enough to wipe away her entire life...
  • Pack Alpha's Redemption by Milly Taiden

    Pack Alpha's Redemption by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Wolf alpha Wilder Wolverton is known for two things – being CEO of Blood Moon Agency and his grumpiness. He runs the pack and the protection agency with an iron fist, but his hardened exterior hides a secret. Five years ago, Wilder met his mate but she couldn’t be his. At least, until she walks back into his life. Amelia Sunderland didn’t choose her husband...
  • Desired by the Dragon by Bella Drake

    Desired by the Dragon by Bella Drake

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He was banished for crimes against the dragon clan. She’s the daughter of a dragon elder. When these true mates meet, will his past destroy their future?FBI SWAT leader Wyatt Carson came to terms with being an outcast long ago. Or so he thought, until he meets the one thing a banished dragon cannot have: his true mate...
  • Wolf's Prize by Candace Ayers, Kym Dillon

    Wolf's Prize by Candace Ayers, Kym Dillon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Bestselling authors Candace Ayers and Kym Dillon bring you SHORT "lunchtime quickie" reads—condensed romances intended to be read in under 2 hours!Paranormal passion only a shifter can deliver. Let the games begin.They say I'm wild, untamed, savage.They're not wrong.I prefer my fur rather than skin.I haven't set paw in the village in sixteen years.Nor have I wanted to.Until now.Until her...
  • Roar Deal by Milly Taiden

    Roar Deal by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What’s a girl to do when she’s tapped out the dating pool on Earth? Travel with Gerri to Nova Aurora to meet an amazing shifter man, that’s what! Lexi’s unlucky in love, a magnet for the men at the bottom of the dating barrel...
  • Wolf's Midlife Baby by Meg Ripley

    Wolf's Midlife Baby by Meg Ripley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Falling for a wolf on a business trip was the last thing I expected—Other than getting pregnant at 43.I flew to Eugene for a dreaded team-building event,Kicking off with a tubing trip down the Willamette.Wearing a swimsuit in front of my coworkers was bad enough,But it turned into a disaster when I nearly drowned...
  • Her Dragon Protector by Roxie Ray

    Her Dragon Protector by Roxie Ray

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Can I really trust a dragon with my heart?When I show up in Black Claw with bruises on my face and a split lip, I’m not looking for another man - I’ve made enough bad choices in that department. I’m ready to lie low with my best friend and pray to god that my ex doesn’t come to find me.But Axel isn’t like any of the guys I’ve been drawn to before.I’m not ready for a new relationship. I know that...
  • Call of the Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Call of the Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    When tragedy brings former childhood sweethearts Samantha Young and Bronson Cress together in the town they grew up in, Samantha learns that things are not always what they seem. Six years ago, Samantha was devastated when Bron made a decision that shattered their relationship. Determined not to fall for him again, she must avoid the man who broke her heart...
  • Alpha Rancher Bear by Zoe Chant

    Alpha Rancher Bear by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A take-charge alpha with commitment issues + a midwife who's not about to give up control of her well-ordered life + a roadside winter disaster = an explosive romance that's about to blow up everything they both thought they wanted! Alec Tanner isn't looking for a mate. The tough, reclusive alpha of the Pinerock County bears likes his life just fine...
  • Protected Mate by Candace Ayers, Kym Dillon

    Protected Mate by Candace Ayers, Kym Dillon

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Welcome to Mystic Hollow where wildest dreams (trust me, they do get wild) come true.I did it.I packed my bags, said adios to city life, and left my troubled past behind for a little town tucked in the bosom of nowhere.Why?Oh, let's call it the need for a fresh start.Or desperation. Yeah, we can call it desperation, that works...
  • Handle With Bear by P. Jameson

    Handle With Bear by P. Jameson

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Bear shifter, West Phillips, wasn’t looking for a mate… but he finds her anyway when a sweet and curvy delivery woman shows up at his doorstep. And at the least convenient time possible. His clan isn’t safe. It harbors lost and troubled youth, and hides a gnarly mutant shifter that no one can control. Not exactly the right place to settle down with the woman of your dreams...
  • The Boss by Abigail Owen

    The Boss by Abigail Owen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Finn Conleth leads his team of enforcer dragon shifters with an iron fist and a cold heart. Every dragon seeks his destined mate, but the process to turn the woman he once thought was his killed her and devastated him. He will never risk his heart again. His team is his family now. When his body eventually gives out, he’ll leave, living his last days alone...
  • His Damaged Pack by Jena Wade, Lorelei M. Hart

    His Damaged Pack by Jena Wade, Lorelei M. Hart

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

    Pulled to the Alpha by Olivia T. Turner

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Blake 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...
  • Titanium by Terry Bolryder

    Titanium by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    A dragon contractor? Expensive. Unless you're the woman Titus Kroll just fell madly in love with. As a decisive, capable, and newly awakened metal dragon, Titus is used to seeing what he wants and going after it. Right now that's Bree Durell, a sweet, curvy woman who needs help with her house badly and can't afford to pay...
  • Of Dragons & Desire by G.K. DeRosa

    Of Dragons & Desire by G.K. DeRosa

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A lost princess.Two dragon princes fighting for her heart.A love that will either destroy their kingdom or save them all.Raised in a world where humans are oblivious to magic, I always thought I was ordinary. Until a breathtakingly handsome stranger pulled me into a world where creatures of unimaginable power reign, hidden from mortal eyes.The whispers in my mind? They weren't madness...
  • Sapphire Dragon by Terry Bolryder

    Sapphire Dragon by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The second dragon has been awakened... Lucien, or Luc to those who know him, didn't want to be brought back into the world he left behind centuries ago. As the sapphire dragon, with incredible powers unlike any of the other awakened dragons, he is needed to protect humans in the modern world. But he tried that once and it almost broke him apart...
  • Fire The Blood by Kelly Lucille

    Fire The Blood by Kelly Lucille

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Asha spent her childhood as a pawn to a power hungry dragon lord. Half Dragon Seer and half Fire Mage, she battles two incompatible sides of her nature, neither of which she can fully control. Braedon, Huntsman and Fire Mage has one goal, and that is too see his sister safe from the humans who would hunt them...
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