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Inferno by Mika Nix
I know I should keep my hands off of Montrose. But the one thing dragons and demons have in common is how much we love to play with fire. My youngest brother has always had a knack for getting himself into trouble, but this time he’s stolen from the wrong demon and it might just be the last mistake he ever makes. I have no reason to trust Montrose, but my dragon does anyway...Categorized as:
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The Omega Project: A Reverse Harem Omegaverse by Roxy Collins
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe things I’m willing to do in the name of science…I’m a PhD student struggling to get by when I meet a powerful alpha with an impossible-to-refuse offer.Finn Visser, the owner of the most elite security firm in the country, wants me to help him with a top-secret project. No expense is being spared to uncover the truth about switches – designation changes triggered by stress, danger, and arousal...Categorized as:
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Should the Sky Fall by Amithia Raine
After a terrible accident, most people would spend day and night at their husband's side, praying for him to pull through. To wake up.Dawson isn't most people. Then again, it's not unreasonable to want to be rid of the man who's made your life a living hell for the past six years...Categorized as:
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Forged by Malice by Elizabeth Helen
I’ve found a new home and fallen in love with four cursed fae princes. But everything could be taken from me in an instant. If I’m to save the Enchanted Vale and the High Princes, this rose is going to need to grow thorns. Being a part of the fae is wonderful...Categorized as:
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Ruined Alphas by Amy Nova
An omega terrorist. The pack sent to hunt me down. An impossible scent match.The Alpha Omega Institute branded me a criminal, an agent of The Reset, the beta hate group. The Institute put a price on my head and sent one of their best after me. He caught me, capturing a part of my soul...Categorized as:
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Endlessly Raphael by Mia Monroe
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsI was looking for a fake husband, but what I found was so much more.Something was in the air the night I walked into the club. It was like the clouds parted and there he was, the most stunning man I’d ever seen. He looked like he could be fun for a few hours, but as night turned to day, I proposed to him... -
Bewitching Her Monsters by Yve Vale
A werewolf, a gargoyle, a phoenix, and a demon walk into the bar…Yeah, it sounds like a set-up to a bad joke. But this is my life, and it just got weird. Jade :As a hopeless romance author, I go out to a local bar, looking for something to cure my writer’s block. When I discover four of the hottest guys I’ve ever seen in real life, this forty-year-old homebody finds all the inspiration I need...Categorized as:
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Nor Iron Bars a Cage by Kaje Harper
First I was a sorcerer. Then I was a hermit. For so long—for years that seemed to go on forever—I couldn't bear to be touched. I put up not just walls but whole stone bunkers to keep everyone out, emotionally, and physically as well. I was protected from people, from ghosts, from specters real and imagined. Sure, I was alone. But I felt safe...Categorized as:
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You Will Bow Down by Nicholas Bella
Dominic: I don't even recognize my best friend, Dante, anymore. Especially not after what he did to me. Turning me into some vampire/wolf monster. I don't even know what to do next and I'm still hungry. God, I can't do this... I can't kill innocent people for food. What am I going to do? Noel: Waking up tonight, I've got a few things on my mind... -
Devourer of Men by Nikki St. Crowe
I have few friends and fewer allies. What I do have on the island of Everland is a lot of people who want me gone. So when the Crocodile and Captain Hook reappear in my life, I am in no mood. And worse, they’re unknowingly endangering themselves by asking for me by a name I long considered dead...Categorized as:
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The Curse of Redwood by Jaclyn Osborn
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSecrets lie within the walls of Redwood Manor.The murders, alleged curse, and ghost stories have fascinated Carter ever since he moved to Ivy Grove. After attending a Halloween ball at the mansion and meeting a man almost too beautiful to be real, Carter is captivated even more.But the man disappears after that, leaving Carter with nothing but the memory of a kiss... -
Hunted by Nicholas Bella
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThéoden: Far be it from me to refuse an invitation from the Celestial Dragon King, Evander. Besides, what's the point of living forever if you can't have fun? A little distraction would serve me well. I still had so much to do this night. Children to Sire, a rebel hybrid to hunt down and a test to conduct with Noel that would surely elevate his status in my eyes. That is, if he passed... -
Hell Fae Commander by Lexi C. Foss, J.R. Thorn
“I’ll never trust you.”The words resonate in my very soul.They make me feel like death.Of course, I can’t actually die.I would just burn to ash and wake up again with the same damn problem swirling around in my heart and mind.My inner beast thinks it has imprinted on a Halfling Hell Fae.Without my permission.Now all I want to do is hold her. Kiss her. F-ck her.Claim her.But I can’t...Categorized as:
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Solstice by Eli Easton, R.J. Scott
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsFrom the dramatic peaks of the Olympic mountain range to the small town of Prophet, murder is only a footstep away. Gabriel is a former undercover cop haunted by the things he’s seen and done. He returns to his small hometown of Prophet, taking on the role of sheriff, hoping to mend his fractured relationship with his estranged brother and rebuild his life... -
The Pack's Secret Keeper by Everleigh Miles
Can you keep a secret?Aislen can. She has the unusual gift of being able to see a person’s thoughts, flashes of their past and future, at a touch.Havermouth is a town of secrets, with the main industry being the vampire run Zeus Forest Works, and most of the town businesses owned by the local werewolf pack... -
His by Daniel May
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsLucas Russo was never a child. He was raised like a soldier, trained like a dog to hunt down his master’s enemies.Shane Case was barely a man. Unraveled by grief, he kidnapped two children to follow in his footsteps, to shape in his image and continue his mission of vengeance.Lucas never forgave Shane, because forgiveness is something reserved for the living. So is hate... -
Missiletoe by Zile Elliven
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings***Like all the books in the Really Gay Villain Christmas Series, this can be read as a standalone story. Someone is going to lose a toe.Smart as a whip with the morals of an alleycat. I’ve heard it a million times.But will my smarts be enough to catch the heart of the local animal shelter director?He’s pretty.And kind.And caring... -
Shift of Morals by K. Webster
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsI found him when he was a boy.Bloody. Mangled. Near death.If I’d been a merciful alpha, I would’ve snapped his neck and ended him right then.Except, I didn’t.Something in his big brown eyes tugged at my heart strings.I kept him. Healed him. Raised him to be fierce, loyal, and brave.Now that he’s an adult, everything’s changing.He’s no longer the soft, scared beta I once thought he was... -
Claim Me by Lexi C. Foss
I’m a prisoner. A pet. A being of supreme power on a leash.Why?Because my fated mate “borrowed” my power and nearly killed the House of Gold and Garnet’s King.Oh, he knew I was innocent. Just like his successor—King Kaspian—does as well. But that hasn't lessened my sentence; it’s simply made my prison cell a little more comfortable...Categorized as:
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Crossing Acheron by H.G. Birde
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsMalachy Donovan was born human. But after waking up in a pool of his own blood, he knew that fact, which once felt so certain, had been changed forever.After being freed from imprisonment by Acheron and his elite unit of bodyguards, Malachy quickly learns the truth of his condition: he is a dhampir, a rare and powerful creature born half-human, half-vampire... -
Bound to the Guard by Sophie O'Dare, Lyn Forester
Kidnapped, stripped of his identity, and reduced to a number—now that Seven is free, he’ll make them pay.His name is 07825, an unwanted Omega traded between ruthless men who despised his scent. Escape was never a dream, only a fleeting fantasy, until another captive offered him a way out. A map to freedom, but with only passage for one... -
Maybe Tomorrow by Sophie O'Dare, Lyn Forester
Rich, breedable, and destined for a marriage of convenience. As an Omega, that’s all Harold is to his father, but dare he dream for more?Harold Freely has a problem. His dad keeps trying to marry him off to anyone with an old family name who needs their pockets filled the Freely fortune in exchange for a step up in society... -
Just Not You by Lyn Forester
Taro Yoshida has dedicated his life to helping others with their problems, while hiding from his own. Love’s not something he wants, let alone a mate. To avoid emotional attachments, he has three rules for his lovers. No one who he works with. No one who works at his favorite bar. No one who lives in his apartment complex...Categorized as:
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Jonik by April Kelley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsJonik is a very good assassin but can he be a good mate to a man who needs a gentle touch?Jonik’s new assignment should have been easy. Especially for a rare shifter like Jonik. When he sees his fated mate entering a fight ring, the situation becomes complicated. But it doesn’t matter because no one hurts his mate and lives to tell about it. Wren has been held captive for three long years... -
Unnatural Fate by J.R. Gray
My soul mate is my natural enemy.Or close enough.He’s a vampire and I’m a wolf.Our kinds are at war. A centuries old blood war.I can’t stay away from him. I hate him, but I want him.Our love is a standoff. For every inch I take, he pushes a mile.The world is against us. But I’m so tired of fighting the ties between us.For every wolf that dies at the hands of a vampire, I feel more guilty... -
My Demon Mate by R.S. McKenzie
The voice in my head tells me to commit murder. All my life, I’ve only known pain, fear and anger. I’m alone.Except for the voice in my head. It tells me to act on some of my most diabolical thoughts. I can’t listen, I can’t carry out the acts, even if I’ve never wanted anything so much in my life...Categorized as:
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Audrey by Elle Lincoln
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAn omega’s guide to surviving… That's all. Just Survival. First, if you want a midnight snack because you just can’t sleep, then try a sleep aid. Or, if you are like me and driven by your stomach, then go for a walk and see what happens. Don’t say I didn’t warn you, though, because you might witness the murder of a bonded omega.Second, don’t panic... -
Tainted Souls by Alisha Williams
Zed is dead. I watched him die in my arms.But I refuse to let this be the end. My father has the power to bring him back. And if he refuses to, I’ll go into the pit of souls and get him out myself.I’m warned that if I do this, that he won’t be the same. That there's no guarantee that what I pull out of the pit will be my Zed.I’m too stricken with grief to care... -
A Harmony of Procellarum by C.A. Rene
TorrentLocked away in a sterile building with nothing but the echoing thoughts in my head.The sounds of orderlies footsteps are so eerily similar to the ones that haunted my childhood.I tried to fix Deluge, to set us back on the path from which we started.But I fucking failed.My brother found his mate, Hail found his, and I’ve always had mine.Now, he has another...Categorized as:
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Beneath by Katie May
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBut you can't break a dead girl.Revelation after revelation has left me wheeling. The truth about what we are—and what we need to do to escape—is almost too much for me to handle.With only four circles left to complete, our group is more determined than ever to escape this hellhole we've found ourselves in... -
Baneful Magick by Suki Rose
Greywood Conservatory for the Arcane.Welcome Home.No one really understood my obsession for poison and deadly plants, so when I was offered a spot at Greywood Conservatory, I thought I'd found acceptance.I should have remembered appearances can be deceiving.The professor who delivered my invitation haunts my thoughts... -
Princes of Sin by Amanda Richardson
Play dangerous games… win dangerous prizes.It starts with revenge.A decade ago, I embraced death–or so they believe.It’s my life’s mission to make the Lords of Darkness pay for their actions.A perfectly-timed opportunity propels me into the heart of the malevolent order that shattered my very existence...Categorized as:
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Reject Omega by Jarica James
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDon’t trust anyone… at least that’s what the voices say.Omegas are supposed to be quiet and submissive, not talking to monsters that no one else sees.When I find myself on the wrong side of the law I’m sentenced to Dark Haven Institute, a place the judge put me to be forgotten. The broken omega who can’t function in society can’t be fixed, after all.Only Dark Haven is nothing like I expect... -
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His to Lead by E.V. Olsen
New Day. Fragile Bonds. Lurking Danger.I've been a lone wolf in this broken world for four years, never expecting companionship.Until one fateful night with Cal exposes our secret desires, forging an unexpected bond despite our age difference.But the lingering pain of how he ran away afterwards continues to haunt me, even after he returned and expressed his love for me... -
Bound to the Alpha by D.J. Heart, Riley Trent
Derek, a virile alpha in his prime, is well past the age where he has to worry about bonding with an omega. When his sister ropes him into being a chaperon for her daughter's graduation party, however, he runs into an omega whose scent has him burning with need. The omega is his , and nothing will stop Derek from claiming him...Categorized as:
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Hollow by Karina Halle
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsA sexy, dark fantasy reimagining of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, where Katrina Van Tassel doesn't have to choose between Brom Bones and Ichabod Crane, and there are worse things haunting them than the Headless Horseman.Kat Van Tassel's life was predestined from childhood; she was to marry her best friend, Brom Bones... -
Phantom's Thrall by Jessamine Rue
A Reverse Harem retelling of "The Phantom of the Opera"... What if Christine didn't have to choose? When singer Christine arrives at the opera house, she encounters the lithe dancer Matthieu Giry, the handsome stage-hand Joseph, and her childhood sweetheart Raoul. Each of them is hiding secrets...Categorized as:
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Her Ex-Boyfriend's Werewolf Lover by Cassie Alexander
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI loved Vincent and he loved me. Undoubtedly, incontrovertibly, with the fire of a thousand suns.But before me? He loved Max. The man who broke his heart, and the reason he had a wolf print tattooed upon his chest.I didn’t expect Vincent to get gunned down, but Vincent knew he was in danger -- and he knew only one man could save me from dying too... -
Comfort in Chaos : Omega Shifter by River Winters
Eliot’s world shatters when he wakes in a dark basement, far from the life he once knew. Humans have taken him, and now he’s trapped in a cell with a boy who’s been there for years. But this boy isn’t ordinary. There’s something about him—something Eliot can’t ignore. Eliot finds a strange bond forming between him and the boy. Pain, fear, and danger lurk in every corner...Categorized as:
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Per Sanguinem by Ashlyn Drewek
Vampires don't get a happily ever after. Over the centuries, Eric Collins learned that the hard way, which is why he has sworn off the idea of companionship and throws himself into his job as a detective. But his plan for a peaceful, solitary existence is disrupted the night he saves Chase Turner, a fellow cop, from being murdered... -
Fired at the Heart by Sophie O'Dare, Lyn Forester
Revenge is the plan, but it may cost what’s left of Avery’s heart. Will he forgive the Alpha who left him? Or be the one who digs his grave?Avery Moore is no stranger to betrayal. As an Omega gun runner, he’s learned not to mix emotions with business. When the Rockfords ask for help, though, Avery is prepared for more than negotiations—he’s ready to settle an old score...Categorized as:
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Hard Night by H.B. Jacks
He's the monster in the cage who would do anything to get back to his mates. Even me. Especially me.I'd heard the rumors about the sub-basement at Prometheus Labs since I was forced to take the only job open to me. Now, with my student debts mounting and my funding in doubt, I have no choice but to take Professor Castaban's creepy assignment.Which is when I discover the rumours were true...Categorized as:
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God Of Death by Z.S. Storm
Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhat if Hades didn't want Persephone? What if...he wanted her brother instead? PerseThe last thing I expected when I threw that Halloween party at my place was to be abducted by some creepy dude who ruined my precious roses. Warning bells went off in my head when he sought me out and cornered me, calling himself Hades and looking like he belonged in a satanic sex cult...Categorized as:
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Bait Wolf by Sienna Sway
Coal I'm the top wolf fighter in the Lunar City Fight League. Thirty wins, zero losses. That’s why I get targeted. I have to throw my next fight, let the underdog win. That’s the only way I’ll get my baby sister back from the gangsters who kidnapped her. But things don’t go as planned when the bait wolf brought into the ring turns out to be my fated mate. Ember This is my last night...Categorized as:
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Bonded by Thorns by Elizabeth Helen
Four beastly princes. One awkward bookworm. An enchanted world of fae, magic, and danger.I’ve always loved fairytales. I never imagined I'd actually be in one.When my father wanders into the enchanted realm of the fae, I know I have to go after him. And when he gets imprisoned, I'll do anything to save him... Even trade my freedom for his...Categorized as:
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Playing with Shadows (Love is Always Write) by Sasha L. Miller
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe was told that everything happened for a reason, that there were things out there that watched your every move. He just never thought that the people telling him this were telling the truth. Until he happened to glimpse something out of the corner of his eye, something that he couldn't explain. And now there are things in the shadows, things that want him... -
Taming Savage by R.S. McKenzie
Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAbelAfter the death of our parents, I was taken in by my brother, who has been taking care of me more out of obligation than love. When he doesn’t come home from a job—if burglary can be considered a job—I discover he’s been taken by a beast of a man with soulless eyes. Even with his scars he’s hot as hell, but his cold eyes chill me to the bone... -
Ember & Her Marshals by Rosemary A. Johns
My name is Ember, and I’m a Reject Omega. My gorgeous best friend and Alpha from the dangerous Marshal pack broke his promise to share my first heat, and I was sent to the Omega Institute. The last Alpha I expect to buy me in the Institute’s auction is the same Alpha who abandoned me. The man who broke my heart: my enemy...Categorized as:
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Tentacles for the Brides Bouquet by Derekica Snake, kiix
Rated: 3.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis story is no longer available for free. It has been pulled for publication with SL Publishing Group under the new title "Heart of a Satyr".Walter has had a pretty crappy childhood. With an unloving mother and no father, he's always felt different from those around him...
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