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  • Origins by Kresley Cole, Gena Showalter

    Origins by Kresley Cole, Gena Showalter

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    eBook box set of paranormal romance novels by Kresley Cole, Gena Showalter, and Sharie Kohler plus teasers from the latest books in their seriesA Hunger Like No Other, Awaken Me Darkly & Marked by...
  • Visible Panther Line by Milly Taiden

    Visible Panther Line by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    ***STANDALONE***Sky Adler isn't looking for a man. She's happy being Gerri Wilder's newest assistant and excited she's on a mission to scope out a new client. She did not expect the town residents to treat her like she committed a crime and for the client to be hot enough to melt the ozone. She definitely needs a cold shower, but she's a professional, she can handle it. Maybe. Hopefully...
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  • Fates Entwined by Elizabeth Briggs

    Fates Entwined by Elizabeth Briggs

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 20 ratings
    Continue the Zodiac Wolves series with this collection of brand new stories about all the characters you've grown to love, including an extended epilogue for Ayla and Kaden!This collection includes the following stories:Fire Mated: After Stella is mated to her worst enemy—the Leo alpha, Jordan—she rejects him. But the stars won't let her escape her fate so easily...and neither will Jordan...
  • 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...
  • Wildfire Pegasus by Zoe Chant

    Wildfire Pegasus by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 12 ratings
    The baby isn’t the biggest secret… Diana never even knew his name. One impulsive, out-of-character night with a smoking hot firefighter, and now she’s a struggling single mom. She may have had to give up her dreams, but she’s determined to give her precious baby Beth everything...including a chance to know her biological father...
  • Firefighter Griffin by Zoe Chant

    Firefighter Griffin by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 23 ratings
    A curvy single mom burned by love + a unique half-eagle, half-lion shifter firefighter with a wounded soul + the little boy who brings them together = one heart-warming romance! Single mom Hayley Parker has always had to face every parenting challenge on her own — but when her five-year-old son unexpectedly turns into a lion cub, she finds herself with more than she can handle...
  • Probable Fear by Julie Trettel

    Probable Fear by Julie Trettel

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Sometimes the path to destiny really sucks ass.I should have died on our last big mission and it’s messing with my head.I know I need to get over it, but I just can’t.There’s a lead on a new Collector and Delta’s getting called in to assist.Paralyzed by irrational fears and guilt, I don’t know if I can do this again.But if I don’t, I’ll never meet her...
  • Stoneheart Lion by Zoe Chant

    Stoneheart Lion by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    She's a shifter fixer who can fix anything ... except herself. Exiled from her clan, jaguar shifter Max is a P.I. who handles unique shifter problems. Incriminating photos, blackmail, mate problems? Max helps others solve their problems because there is no cure for her own loneliness. At least none that she knows. But she's never had a problem like him before ..
  • 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...
  • Condor Deck Party by Zoe Chant

    Condor Deck Party by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    When Ros’s best friend offers her an all-expenses paid vacation to a cabin in the Northwoods, Ros jumps at the chance to get away from it all. Her apartment’s flooded, she lost her job, her boyfriend ran off to France, and it seems like her luck can’t get any worse… and that’s when the fire condors show up...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Silver Basilisk by Zoe Chant

    Silver Basilisk by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    You're never too old for a second chance. What would you do if the love of your life, who vanished without a trace sixty years ago, walked into the cafe where you're peacefully having tea with your friends, as handsome as ever and calling you his long-lost darling? If you're Godiva, you throw a custard pie at him. The course of true love never did run smooth. Godiva gave up on love ..
  • Baby It's Cold Out Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Baby It's Cold Out Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    ****Baby It's Cold Out Bear was part of the USA Today Bestselling anthology, A Very Alpha Christmas. It can absolutely be read as a standalone short story.**** Emry Mason doesn’t expect to be pulled out of an icy ditch by a registered bear shifter, and she certainly doesn’t expect her rescuer to be as alluring as Graylan Young...
  • 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...
  • The Platinum Dragon's Mate by Zoe Chant

    The Platinum Dragon's Mate by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A woman whose world is crumbling beneath her feet…Single mom and red dragon shifter Sage is working as hard as she can to keep her clan alive. But with a dangerous, dictatorial leader, a tiny camp in the woods, and dwindling numbers, it’s a daunting job. She just wants her daughter to grow up safe and happy. Is that so much to ask?It seems like it might be—until she meets her mate...
  • Wolfing Her Down by Milly Taiden

    Wolfing Her Down by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Ava 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...
  • Bear for the Holidays by Zoe Chant

    Bear for the Holidays by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    He's home for the holidays, but not in the way he expected.Bear shifter and biologist Nik Shevchenko is home in Colorado for the first time in years, and as soon as he’s done with the heron count that brought him back, he’s heading to his parents’ place for the bright, boisterous holiday he’s been craving for ages...
  • 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...
  • Submission by Elle Lincoln

    Submission by Elle Lincoln

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Is it really considered kidnapping if I go willingly? Asking for a friend. If it were up to Christian, Athos, Nix, or Liam, their answer would be a resounding no. Yet it’s my fifth and final mate who steals me away—Kade. He’s the definition of bad boy, and he draws me in like no other with his dimpled smile and haunted eyes...
  • 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...
  • Surrender by Rachel Van Dyken

    Surrender by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken comes the next standalone rockstar romance in her Seaside Pictures series…I've always been pretty bad about following the rules.And my protégé only gave me one.Stop hitting on his mom.But I can't stop thinking about her, and as a famous rockstar, I've always gotten what I wanted.One week...
  • 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...
  • Waging War by Julie Trettel

    Waging War by Julie Trettel

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Mistaken for a shifter, superhuman, Jake Forrester found himself amid a paranormal world. Shifters had physical advantages over him, but he stubbornly worked even harder, pushing himself to the max to prove himself time and time again. At last he’s landed his dream job as the newest member of Bravo unit...
  • Christmas at Kaitlyn's Place by Julie Trettel

    Christmas at Kaitlyn's Place by Julie Trettel

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I certainly didn't ask Santa for a sexy, brooding, lone wolf single dad for Christmas this year. Brock certainly has his issues.He's demanding.Growly.And over protective.He yelled at me and told me to go away.i was so shocked that I was halfway home before I even relealized he was my true mate.He hasn't been around a Pack in a long time.And I think he may have forgotten the joy of Christmas...
  • Silver Chimera by Zoe Chant

    Silver Chimera by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In SILVER SHIFTERS, Godiva Hidalgo opened her home to women with nowhere to go. Godiva's House is a place to stop running, a place to rest and heal—and a place to fall in love.Wendy just met the man of her dreams. Too bad she's wearing a chicken suit...At fifty-two, Wendy is a single mom with a shy son and a terrible ex-husband, working as caretaker for Godiva’s House...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Lumi by Crystal North

    Lumi by Crystal North

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Life for Lumi is tough but she’s not complaining. She’s a single mom in a new town (country!) and she’s trying to make friends, launch her own business, and deal with whatever powers her daughter is sure to emerge with any day now.The last thing on her mind is love. In fact, she actively avoids it. Romance brings her out in hives. Nasty ones...
  • Unicorn's Instinct by Elva Birch

    Unicorn's Instinct by Elva Birch

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    All that Tara wants is for her mommy to be happy. (And a puppy.)Kirin are supposed to be lucky, but Vivian feels like her own luck is anything but good. Vivian had a literal unicorn…and tragically lost him while she was three months pregnant and chasing a three-year-old...
  • A Deer for Dion by Lorelei M. Hart

    A Deer for Dion by Lorelei M. Hart

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    It all started with a miss…Omega jerboa shifter Dion has a great job, amazing friends, and an adorable pet dog. Two years ago, he’d have said that he had everything he could ever want and more. That was before he went to Comic Congress and scented his mate. For a split second, he thought all of his dreams were coming true at once. They weren’t...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Wolf's Midlife Nanny by Meg Ripley

    Wolf's Midlife Nanny by Meg Ripley

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’m starting over at 43 and found the perfect nannying job.Too bad my hot new boss is my fated mate.When my mate of twenty years started growing distant,My best friend offered to give him advice.Little did I know she’d end up pregnant with his baby.I left Portland and my daycare job behind,Ready to start anew in my friend’s pack down in Eugene...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Technical Threat by Julie Trettel

    Technical Threat by Julie Trettel

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    His job’s at stake, but she may prove to be an even bigger technical threat to his heart.Tarron has met his match with a ruthless cyberhacker who has a personal vendetta against the Raglan. When she breeches Westin Force’s security Tarron must move in to stop her. That proves easier said than done when his Nonna steps up to help and meddle in his love life...
  • Snow Wolf by Heather Long

    Snow Wolf by Heather Long

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 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...
  • 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...
  • Panther's Passion by Zoe Chant

    Panther's Passion by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A single mom with a terrifying ex… …and a Marine veteran on fire with the need to protect her. Stella Davidson is caught in a trap. She wants a stable life and a good future for her teenaged daughter—but her old home near Glacier National Park isn’t safe. Her ex-boyfriend is stalking her...
  • Hidden Promise by Julie Trettel

    Hidden Promise by Julie Trettel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sadie was just an average teenager, or so she thought.The night of her senior prom everything changes leaving her beautiful dress in rags strewn across her front lawn while she cowers under the porch terrified and covered in fur. As a halfbreed human/wolf shifter, the Pack Alpha put a gag order in place on the night of her birth...
  • Nothing to Chance by Julie Trettel

    Nothing to Chance by Julie Trettel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    How can two people live in the same pack their whole lives and never cross paths?It is the largest wolf shifter pack in the world, and she is eight years older than me.She seems to think our age difference is an issue.But age is just a number.I may be a man of few words, but I'm a lover and a fighter.And she's about to learn just how far I'm willing to go for what's mine...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Crown of Fate by Everly Frost

    Crown of Fate by Everly Frost

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    His dark soul will be my ruin…My enemy has been revealed and my heart is in tatters. A power far greater than any I ever imagined has now laid claim to me.Every move I make tightens the web of secrets that have been wound around me, filling me with a burning need for answers to match the heat of this dark king's touch and bring me the vengeance I seek...
  • Alpha Rancher Bear by Lauren Esker

    Alpha Rancher Bear by Lauren Esker

    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...
  • James by Susan A. Bliler

    James by Susan A. Bliler

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Skin Walker Sentry, James, is known for his jokes and good humor, but when he comes face-to-face with his past, there isn’t anything funny about it. Prim is the woman who wrecked him all those years ago. She’s his enemy, and regardless of the passion they once shared, James is determined to put her where she belongs, in a cell. PrimRose is done running from her past...
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