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Babysitter Bear by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe takes care of other people's kids ... but he craves a family of his own.Enter a single mom waitress with a broken heart and a whole lot of trouble behind her.Army vet Dan is still figuring out how to deal with being a three-legged bear, but it turns out kids don’t care how many limbs he has as long as he’s willing to be a climbing frame... -
A Haunting Midlife by Lia Davis, L.A. Boruff
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAva Harper may be a raiser of the dead and a not-so-famous author, but she isn’t vampire hunter. Not even close.With the decision made to stay in Shipton Harbor, she returns to the home she shared with her deceased husband in Pennsylvania to put it on the market. But saying goodbye to the memories of the home they raised their son in is a lot harder than it had sounded in her head... -
Their Baby Dragon by Annie Nicholas
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCOUNT DOWN TO DRAGON BABY Eoin, Harbinger of Smoke and Darkness, and Angie, Angel Dragon of New Port, are very pleased to announce they are expecting the birth of their first child in the spring. The popular celebrity dragon couple cannot wait to meet their newest addition. They were recently spotted at the premiere shifter obstetrician’s office looking upset. Stay tuned for updates...Categorized as:
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Roar and Order by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsRomance is the name of the game in this new... -
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Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne
"You like tea. I like books. Care to open a shop and forget the world exists?"All Reyna and Kianthe want is to open a bookshop that serves tea. Worn wooden floors, plants on every table, firelight drifting between the rafters… all complemented by love and good company. Thing is, Reyna works as one of the Queen’s private guards, and Kianthe is the most powerful mage in existence... -
The Enchanted Garden Cafe by Abigail Drake
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFor her sixth birthday, Fiona Campbell’s mother, Claire, made her a peace sign piñata filled with wishes for a better planet instead of candy. When she got her period, her mother held a womanhood ceremony at their café and invited the neighborhood. On her sixteenth birthday, they celebrated with a drum circle... -
My Big Fat Hairy Wedding by Robyn Peterman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA forty-something Werewolf supermodel, five supernaturally screwed up bridesmaids, and a demonic mother of the groom determined to ruin the wedding.Awesome…. not. How has my life come to this? Not sure who I screwed over in a past life to end up with a heinous mother-in-law who thinks my wedding is for her. If I didn’t love Chance more than myself—which is a lot—I’d rethink the entire hot mess... -
Carnal Creek Shifters Box Set by Haley Weir
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBorn into a cursed bloodline of Viking Lords.. Heirs to the Silverblood Pack have lived a life most would envy. Pleasure. Recklessness. Now, a prophecy of destruction threatens their world. The bloodline must be preserved at ALL costs. The mates to the Silverblood Pack have already been chosen. The pack must preserve themselves, their mates, and their world. It's an impossible task... -
Luck of the Paw by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShaara Patrick dreams of a quaint boutique inn, laughter of kids in the yard, and a loving husband. But her meager clerk’s wages keeps those dreams distant. Then, Gerri Wilder enters her life, bringing with her hope and romance. The shifter she’s set up with is handsome and sweet, so there’s obviously something wrong with him... -
The Howl Nine Yards by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAdeline, the human mother of two adopted shifter girls, is on the run after trying to take down a powerful, embezzling shifter. Her family is threatened, and only Gerri Wilder has the contacts to help her. She just hoped for some help, not for Gerri to find her a hunky shifter to make her think of romance.Griffin gave up his birthright as alpha...Categorized as:
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Cade & Anna by V.A. Dold
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen Dr. Marjorie schedules an ultrasound for Anna, Cade begins to go into paranoid meltdown. Something must be wrong! He's sure of it. Seeing his daughter on the computer screen larger than life sets Cade onto a path of foolish, well-meaning choices. In a state of panic, he instigates a series of disastrous projects with the help of Simon, Stefan, and Thomas...Categorized as:
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Lights Camera Werewolf by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThis stunt wolf isn’t just a very good boy.He’s her perfect man.Posing as a trained dog for a low-budget horror movie is the worst idea wolf shifter Louis has ever let his best friend talk him into, but the money is too good to pass up. Besides, how hard can it be to growl for the camera, chase a few actors, and not let anyone realize Dr... -
Brooms Away by D.A. Kelly
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFun, wacky with spit-your-drink laugh-out-loud moments, Brooms Away will have you up way past your bedtime.An enchanted world. A missing sister. And suspects with dangerous supernatural abilities around every corner. When Arabella Black is swept away to a fantastic and faraway land by her cat, who she thought was an everyday Maine coon, she discovers everything she knew about her life was a lie...Categorized as:
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Dragon's Treasure: Grumpy Billionaire Curvy Girl Romance by Candace Ayers, Kym Dillion
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsBestselling author Candace Ayers brings you SHORT "lunchtime quickie" reads—condensed romances intended to be read in under 2 hours!Dragon scales and bridal veils—billionaire shifters find their fiery mates!A bespoke suit, impeccable table manners, and perpetual scowl.He insists on sitting in my section at the bistro where I waitress. But he’s the grumpiest man alive. He never cracks a smile...Categorized as:
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Hunting Her by Kelly Lucille
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLogan McCord is a highly trained and battle honed warrior. On a mission to rescue one of his pack, he runs into the one thing his training didn't prepare him for...his mate. And she's got some training of her own. Xena Yazzie has a job to complete, and finding her mate in the middle of it is problematic at best, even if he is a hot cowboy who wears combat gear like a wet dream...Categorized as:
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Stripe Poker by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe bets turn serious when their hearts are on the line.Opal Hayes is a tiger shifter who’s dedicated her life to making life better for the senior citizens in her hometown. She’s intrigued when Gerri Wilder suggests a poker tournament for her next fundraiser. When she sets eyes on a smoking hot poker champion, she wonders what Gerri’s up to... -
No Harm No Howl by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGia Dodson fell on hard times when she got laid off. When Gerri Wilder told her about an opening for her dream job, it sounded too good to be true. It’s the job Gia always wanted, but does Gerri have an alternative motive of the tall, handsome and growly kind? Russ Waters is tired of being alone. He wants his mate, and he wants her now... -
Just Her Stripe by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe was stunningly beautiful, but that wasn’t the attraction. It was her aura, her presence in the room. It was instant . Their energies entangled, wrapped around each other, like old friends greeting after a long absence. Every nerve ending in his body reacted to her. His skin prickled with electric sparks. She illuminated the room, sending shockwaves of power to his very core... -
Roar Letter Word by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAddie Swanson, pop singer extraordinaire, is used to being at the top of every chart. But lately, belting her heart out in front of large crowds hasn’t been fulfilling. Then, the enigmatic Gerri Wilder claims to have the perfect solution to Addie’s blues. She just didn’t expect the solution to come wrapped around a big, growly and muscular body with arms straight out of her hottest dreams... -
Dragon's Windfall: An enemies to lovers arranged marriage romance by Candace Ayers, Kym Dillon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBestselling author Candace Ayers brings you SHORT "lunchtime quickie" reads—condensed romances intended to be read in under two hours!Dragon scales and bridal veils—billionaire shifters find their fiery mates!I’m dubbed the king of couture—a title well-earned.So when an upstart designer slings mud at my fashion house, I hit back.Hard...Categorized as:
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New Orleans Nocturnes Collection 1: A Frightfully Funny Paranormal Romantic Comedy Box Set by Carrie Pulkinen
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsJoin the supes of New Orleans Nocturnes as they lighten up the darker side of the Big Easy in this paranormal romantic comedy collection by award-winning author Carrie Pulkinen!Fantastic. It's just my luck I get turned into a vampire by an Edward Cullen wannabe who has Captain Jack Sparrow as his mentor... -
Bones To Pick by Carolyn Haines
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsWhen a local girl is found dead in a cotton field and her lover stands accused of the crime, southern belle and fearless P.I. Sarah Booth Delaney is hired by the suspect's brother to expose the real killer, a dangerous assignment that pits her against the rich and powerful...Categorized as:
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Tropical Dragon Diver by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOutcasts from two different worlds... Dragons are meant to be creatures of fire and fury, not salt water and mercy. But Bastian isn’t an ordinary dragon. Shunned by his warrior family, he guards golden beaches instead of a golden hoard. But when he rescues a beautiful, mysterious woman from stormy waves, he finally finds something worth fighting for...Categorized as:
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Big Furry Deal by Celia Kyle
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsPanther shifter Millie Walker is finally free, finally knows her real name, and finally… has a mate? Well, crap. For Millie, having a mate is a horrible, no good, he’ll end up very dead, bad idea. She’s got what some refer to as a “control problem.” In other words: she has no control and that’s her problem. So, she stays away from others, keeps to herself, and generally tries not to kill people...Categorized as:
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The Hopes and Dreams of Lucy Baker by Jenni Keer
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMeet Lucy, aged 25, and Brenda, aged 79. Neighbours, and unlikely friends. Lucy Baker is not your usual 25-year-old. She is more at home reading and knitting in her cluttered little flat than going out partying and socialising.79-year-old Brenda is full of wise and wonderful advice, but when she’s diagnosed with dementia her life begins to change... -
Ghost by Lyla Oweds
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsMy abilities are growing every day. But thanks to my new friends, I know that I'm not insane. Even so, there's a darkness inside me. It's been getting stronger. A reality that I've been trying to avoid. Being near the boys draw it out. Being close to them also make me unafraid for the first time in my life... -
Sweatpants and Spells by Keira Blackwood
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI knew hot flashes were supposed to be hot, but I didn’t expect flames.One day I’m in anger management, normalizing the cordial hate between me and my husband. The next, we’re divorced and he has taken both our house and the business we built together. I’m forty years old and living above our empty restaurant, plotting my next move... -
Taking Nicole by Krystal Shannan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe last thing Nicole Demakis remembers was getting in the car with Sarah's kidnapper and driving away. Now she faces the cold hard truth. The kidnapper, an agent of the Council, is her mate. But he refuses to claim her, and the Council may take everything away before she even has a chance to convince him to trust her... -
Shake Off The Ghosts by Miranda Newfield
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWANTED: Housesitter for Cavendish House, an expansive medieval manor in the Highlands of Scotland. Must love country living and have maintenance skills. Decent pay for right applicant. Sounds spectacular, doesn't it? Sadly, what the ad should've said was - WANTED: Idiot willing to live in abject misery for two months in the middle of nowhere Scotland... -
Kraken Under Pressure by M.J. Marstens
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSHIFTERS, MATES, SADISTIC BAD GUYSWhen did my life become make-believe?And all because I tried to stop being a sex addict, but thank my lucky dildos I am. Otherwise, I never would've met the men of my dreams. Or he friends ever (the sweetest titmouse and loveliest booby ever), but some major *sshats are trying to tear my world apart.Namely, Dean Stiffd*ck and Dr. F*ckstick... -
Dragon's Claim by Candace Ayers, Kym Dillon
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsBestselling author Candace Ayers brings you SHORT "lunchtime quickie" reads—condensed romances intended to be read in under two hours!Dragon scales and bridal veils—billionaire shifters find their fiery mates!Monogamy? Not my style.I'm a master of the skies and a lover of women.My life's all about freedom, luxury, and keeping my city under my wing.But a dragons gotta do what a dragons gotta do...Categorized as:
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Will's Destiny by Haley Weir
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSophie Jensen’s life has become all work and no play. She does not have time for a social life, let alone a love life. She fears her destiny as always being the bridesmaid, never the bride. When her best friend Olivia asks Sophie to be her maid of honor in her wedding, she decides she can’t put off dating forever... -
Serious Leigh by Melanie James
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsOy vey! Shit just got serious in Chicago. The Witches Union has discovered that Leigh Epstein has been dabbling in the dark arts, and now they want to become creative editors for Leigh’s paranormal romance, “Four-Bitten Fangtasy”, a book about a shape shifting-werewolf-vampire hybrid named Vlad... -
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Furry United Coalition Bundle by Eve Langlais
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIt started with an energetic bunny and a grumpy bear. It continued with a geeky swan and her playboy bear. And then we encountered an ornery croc who couldn't help falling for a foxy lady. The three F.U.C. stories you've come to love are now available in one handy bundle. Hours of romantic and humorous entertainment... -
Bear With Me by Moxie North
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPacific Northwest Werebears Book 3 - Bear With Me Conner Rochon thought living in the wilds of the Pacific Northwest and running a logging company with his brothers was tough work. Add to that, he wasn’t too keen on sharing his body with a grizzly bear. Shifters normally had no problem with their animal side. Conner was not one of them... -
First Bite by Mac Flynn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTrixie Lyal stumbles upon the scoop of a lifetime when her move to a new town takes a detour into the paranormal world of Apple Hollow. She winds up at the local diner where she meets a handsome local by the name of Orion. Cupid stings her heart but not the headlines as strange happenings stir her curiosity... -
Shift Into Me by Lynn Red
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor years, budding journalist and recent high school graduate Lily Kyle wanted to spread her wings. Lily’s corner of the world, small desert town Fort Branch, feels more like a prison than a home. For all its faults, Fort Branch is all she’s really known, and leaving stopped mattering so much once she was claimed by a werewolf alpha... -
30 Day Mate by Kristen Strassel
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWill my past steal Saint’s future?After a misunderstanding costs me a dream contract for a cooking show on a major network, I’ll do whatever it takes to repair my reputation.Even apply to be one of The Real Werewives of Colorado.The dating reality show is my last chance to prove I’m for real, even if it means I’ll belong to a wolf shifter forever... -
The Book Charmer by Karen Hawkins
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Karen Hawkins crafts an unforgettable story about a sleepy Southern town, two fiercely independent women, and a truly magical friendship.Sarah Dove is no ordinary bookworm. To her, books have always been more than just objects: they live, they breathe, and sometimes they even speak... -
Dying to Score: A Black Ops, Inc. Short Story by Cindy Gerard
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFans of Cindy Gerard’s New York Times and USA Today’s best-selling Black Ops, Inc. series are going to LOVE revisiting Johnny Duane Reed and Crystal “Tinkerbelle” Debrowski (book 3: Whisper No Lies) in this super fast, super suspenseful, super sexy short story. Tink and Johnny D explode onto the pages of Dying To Score like dynamite...Categorized as:
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The Billionaire Shifter's Secret Baby by Diana Seere
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA masquerade ball in Malibu led to a single night of passion under the stars… and set the wheels of fate in motion. Three years ago, waitress Kara Jablonski gave in to her wilder side with a fellow weretiger, the rock star billionaire Lars Jensen, a sun-kissed blond drummer with a viking's build. Six weeks later, the pregnancy test came back positive... -
Ava and the Bear by Elizabeth Kelly
Grizzly shifter, Bishop King, has two loves – sex and food. So when he meets Ava Lewis, a curvy redhead with the intoxicating scent of sex and chocolate, he knows he’s in trouble. Ava’s looking for love, not a one night stand, and grizzly shifters don’t do relationships... -
Men Are Frogs by Saranna DeWylde
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSOMETIMES YOU'RE THE CURSE . . .Disgraced wedding planner Zuri Davis is so relieved to be offered a job with Fairy Godmothers, Inc., she's willing to trade the high-rise excitement of Chicago for the small-town charm of Ever After. Falling for one of her grooms, even unintentionally, was enough to destroy her career--and also to prove that all men are indeed frogs...Categorized as:
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Fear No Evil by Debbie Johnson
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWANT THE PERFECT HALLOWEEN READ?The dead don't like to be ignored…Jayne McCartney, Liverpool's only female private eye, is soon to get a crash course in this and other ghost-related facts.Until now she’s kept her snooping firmly to the dodgy, sometimes dangerous – but definitely human – Liverpool underworld... -
Something to Howl About by Christine Warren
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWELCOME TO ALPHAVILLE, where the she-wolves and alpha-males play. . .for keeps, in a brand-new paranormal romance series from New York Times bestselling author Christine Warren. Dr. Annie Cryer has been called many things: Genius. Child prodigy. Scientific wonder. Wolf Shifter...Categorized as:
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Legal Wolf's Mate by Eve Langlais
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIn Eve Langlais's Legal Wolf’s Mate—previously published in the anthology Growl— taking on a pro bono murder case isn't a problem for a lawyer who enjoys a challenge. Discovering his new client is his mate? A tad more complicated. Gavin has no intention of settling down, especially not with a woman accused of murder... -
It Happened One Midnight by Saranna DeWylde
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFans of The Ex Hex and Payback’s a Witch won’t want to miss this delightful and entertaining novel featuring three meddlesome fairy godmothers on a mission to restore their hometown’s deep well of enchantment by conjuring true love…even in the most reluctant couples... -
Maggie By The Book by Kasey Michaels
According to Maggie Kelly's Law #1, just when things seem to be settling down, the other shoe drops...with a vengeance. And in this case, it's more like a Regency-era riding boot belonging to Alexandre Blake, Viscount Saint Just, hero of the bestsellers Maggie writes...Categorized as:
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Dare to Bleed by Mary Whitten
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEmily is a normal girl with a nosey mother, a deadbeat father she has never met, and a vulgar outrageous best friend. Girls start dying around her apartment, and her love life is being turned upside down. On top of everything, two mysterious men have come into her life and informed her that she is the target of the killer...
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