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Independence by Shelly Crane
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 56 ratingsIn the fourth and final installment, Maggie and Caleb must tie up all the loose ends of their lives and make a way to be together completely on their own. With everything that happened with Bish and Maggie's father, she's almost reluctant to move on and move out. And now she must figure out all of this...stuff...with Haddock. But of course, nothing can stay simple for the Jacobsons... -
Dark Voyage Matters of the Soul by I. T. Lucas
As the Silver Swan leaves Acapulco, Frankie and Dagor expect smooth sailing, eight more wedding celebrations, and, hopefully, Frankie’s transition, but fate has other plans.The ancient amulet has more secrets to reveal, and when a new vision necessitates a change of course, Dagor and his teammates are pulled into the millennia-old battle between the clan and the Devout Order Of Mortdh... -
Dark Prince's Enigma by I. T. Lucas
As the son of the most dangerous male on the planet, Lokan lives by three rules:Don’t trust a soul.Don’t show emotions.And don’t get attached...Categorized as:
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Feral Shifter Unleashed by Olivia T. Turner
I've spent my life hunting down feral shifters and now I'm one of them.And it couldn't have come at a worse time.The director of the AFA—the Anti-Feral Agency—is retiring and I'm the top candidate to replace him.It's all I've ever wanted, but my damn grizzly bear keeps getting in the way.Snarling, growling, charging for the surface...Categorized as:
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Talon/Xavier by Alexandra Ivy, Laura Wright
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsNew Year. New Species. Welcome to the Wildlands. TALON After the tragic death of his parents when Talon was young, he’s dedicated his life to protecting the Pantera. To the strikingly gorgeous man, loyalty and honor mean everything. So it’s no surprise that he’s determined to treat Isi Rousseau as the enemy... -
King of Knights by Blue Saffire
Award winning, Bestselling, Author Blue Saffire presentsThe Immortal Iron Brothers SeriesKendrickMy brothers and I are unique. We were born with a Power so enormous it has to be harnessed and locked away. Our demi blood both defines and drives us.I’ve lived century after century, running from a curse that blood has inflicted upon us... -
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... -
God Touched by Alessa Thorn
"I want to start by saying none of this was my fault."Imogen Ironwood owes the God of the Dead two life debts…and Arawan isn't the kind of god to let a debt go uncollected. 'God Touched' is book two of the new spin-off series in the best-selling 'Fae Universe,' featuring everyone's favorite supernatural hunting family, the Ironwoods. This series is perfect for fans of K... -
Bayon / Jean-Baptiste by Alexandra Ivy, Laura Wright
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe fight continues in the Wildlands. Facing extinction, the Pantera have been given a miracle. A child. The first one in over fifty years. But even as they prepare to celebrate, the enemy strikes, putting at risk the fragile female who carries the hope of their people... -
Goldie's Grumpy Grizzly by Coco Elliot
A grumpy bear shifter with no desire for a mate collides with a car and wakes up with a mating bond locked onto the driver responsible— the blonde bombshell he finds sleeping in his bed.RAEMy weeklong writing retreat in Fable Forest's distraction-free campground was supposed to refill my creative well and help me meet my deadline...Categorized as:
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Fighting for Infinity by Karen Amanda Hooper
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 13 ratings"On par with (if not better than) most of the "big six" paranormal releases out there, I would place this highly romantic series among the best of the best, not to be missed... -
A Reign of Rose by Kate Golden
From Kate Golden, author of viral phenomenon A Dawn of Onyx, comes the seductive, action-packed conclusion to her sweeping Sacred Stones trilogy...Categorized as:
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A Grizzly Kind Of Love by Georgette St. Clair
Wynona Bennett, owner of The Mating Game, thinks everyone should find true love, so it goes against her instincts to arrange a mating of convenience. It's even worse when it’s for a spoiled socialite with a shopping list where her soul should be. But when powerful people resort to blackmail, she either has to make semi-feral Zane Shepherd into an eligible match, or find herself behind bars... -
Untouchable Darkness by Rachel Van Dyken
To love a Dark One is to invite death... It is wrong to love her. It is worse to want her. It is sin to consume her. I desire all three. I've been given thirty days to prove my love to another immortal--as a human. Cursed to use nothing but the side of myself I've always despised to win her affection. I am Cassius, the King of the immortals, A Dark One... -
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A Contemporary Mythos Halloween by Carly Spade
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen Stephanie became the Queen of the Underworld and goddess of the Elysian Fields, she exchanged her mortal life for an immortal one—a marriage to Hades, the King of Ash and Bone himself. In time she would become submerged into the new life of a Greek goddess, but a human life with human customs was all she knew, leaving her with momentary bouts of homesickness... -
Ares-Valentine Academy by S.P. Woods
Magical Academy/New Adult - Rejected Mates - Dual POVHarper wants anything but to attend the Realm's most elite magical university, the Ares-Valentine Academy. A tragic event in her history has her feeling like she has to go. She's barely fitting in when her professor makes her feel more unwelcome than anyone else... -
A Stop in Time by R.C. Boldt
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsUSA Today bestselling author RC Boldt brings readers an intriguing paranormal romantic suspense in A Stop in Time... I’ve been an outcast my whole life. If my scars don’t scare people off, my attitude certainly will. I don’t know what I am or how I got the power to stop time. What I do know is, there are far too many questions I need answers to... -
Caged by the Ruthless Thief by Ellie Pond
Thrust into a realm of mystery and allure, doctoral student Annabelle confronts the dual reality of curse and blessing that her mermaid blood brings, as she navigates the intrigues of the Veiled City.Eros, the enigmatic thief caged by his dark past and ruthless decisions, stands at the crossroads of redemption and ruin... -
Song of the Sea King by Alessa Thorn
Magic between the seas of Faerie and Albion needs to be healed, and it's up to one surly fae king and a lighthouse keeper with a strange gift to get the job done.Mananan has to fix the oceans between Faerie and the human world to stop them both from dying. With a god killing sword and a willingness to use it, he's more than up to the task of defeating any monsters their enemies throw at him... -
Wish You Weren't Here by Gracie Ruth Mitchell
Clementine has accidentally freed a British genie from his ancient British teapot, and she’s not thrilled about it.However, appalled by his living conditions—and grudgingly impressed by his jawline—she vows to set him free. But before he can join the human world, the genie must prove he can live like a human—and he must do it in one month, or he’ll fade away for good...Categorized as:
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Pretty Stormy by K.A. Knight
Seven sons, each with a bloodline of supernaturals that can be traced back to them, but where did they go?Mira has been a prisoner, locked up, for as long as she can remember. Love led her there, betrayal broke her, and now she is left cold and cunning....but one fateful night has her forgetting her past and dreaming of more.Under that lightning lit sky, she found a man... -
Her Vampire Knight by Ines Johnson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis little panther shifter thinks she’s captured me. Me; one of the most feared vampires in history.I like the feel of her claws, so I’ll stay put.I like the heat of her flesh in my hands, so I’ll let her think she has a hold on me.I like the sweet taste of her lips, the ones above and below her belt, so I’m more than happy to keep her sassy mouth occupied...Categorized as:
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Wings of Snow by Krista Street
I should have won the Rising Queen Trial. The crown that was destined to be placed upon my head now rests atop the vindictive witch who sought to steal my throne.Left with no choice, I flee from the Solis continent even though my heart is shattering at leaving my love behind. But I can’t return to Solisarium until I’ve reclaimed my affinities and am able to fight with the crown prince at my side... -
Chosen By The Grizzly by Ariana Hawkes
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsI used to top "most eligible bachelor lists". Now I’m holed up in my wilderness cabin, far away from civilization.It’s safer for the rest of the world this way.All I want is to be left alone. Just me and my half-feral beast, trying to stay sane.But when I see her, my universe flips on its head.Sweet, curvy, untouched; she’s the most incredible thing I’ve ever laid eyes on...Categorized as:
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His Primal Kiss by Kota Quinn
Everyone fears orcs and their savage urges. My time with the Goblin Market has ended. I need to find my mate. So, when I hear about a small town where both humans and monsters live together, I’m determined to go.A seer once told me that my mate is human, but no one mentioned that his fiery passion would call to me on a primal level...Categorized as:
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Destiny Unchained by Leia Shaw
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey call her The Huntress. A vampire with lethal focus, Natalia hunts rogue werewolves and kills them without mercy. She buried her heart centuries ago. Now she lives only for revenge... -
What a Dog Knows: A Novel by Susan Wilson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Susan Wilson comes What a Dog Knows, another heartwarming novel about humans and the dogs that change our lives.Ruby Heartwood has always lived a life on the move. As a traveling psychic, she makes her living working at carnivals and festivals and circuses around New England. It's a life Ruby has made peace with--settling in one place has never been for her...Categorized as:
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Bruin: An Alpha Bear Shifter MC Romance by Hope Ford
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn Alpha Bear Shifter MC RomanceMy only plans were to escape…until I fell in love.PennyI escaped the Eater’s MC. My father died and I have nothing left except my stepbrother who is out to get me.I have to pass through the New Law’s territory and I think I have it made… until I don’t.When I’m discovered, I’m put under the supervision of Bruin, the Sgt. Of Arms of the New Law MC...Categorized as:
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Liam's Mate by J.S. Scott
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsLiam Hale is a vampire healer with secrets, secrets that he has kept hidden for hundreds of years from his brothers for their own protection. He's resigned to his lot in life, to work only for the benefit of his people...until he meets mage healer Regan Taylor. Regan makes Liam want more, much more than a lonely vampire healer can ever possess... -
Knot Running From Fate by Ember Davis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsJACEIn the years since everything changed in Screaming Woods, including myself, the only place I’ve found solace is in the woods I protect as a park ranger. I’m not sure how to deal with my new…attributes as a wolfman. What if I go feral? What if I can’t control the monster I was made into? Every year this goes on, I retreat farther from humanity and closer to the animal I’ve become...Categorized as:
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The Last of Her Kind by Annabelle Hawthorne
A soldier without a home.A librarian with a deadly secret.A pair of ruthless monster hunters.Ever since returning from Vietnam, Darren has been haunted by the ghosts of his past. A chance encounter with a small-town sheriff lands him a handyman job at the local library, as well as hope that his wandering days may be over.Ana is the town librarian. She, too, is running from the past...Categorized as:
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Knot His Type: A MF Omegaverse Novel by Belle Kent
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI was supposed to be his mate. Then he rejected me. So why won’t he let me go?When Jack Beaumont rejected me, I vowed to do my best to get on with my life. Suppression spells, potions — anything to keep the heats at bay whenever he’s near.Unfortunately, anytime there’s trouble, he’s there. Brooding. Protective. Alpha. And unwilling to give me the one thing I truly want: him... -
Her Loving Husband's Curse by Meredith Allard
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHow far will you go to protect the one you love? Finally, after many long and lonely years, James Wentworth’s life is falling into place. Together with his wife, Sarah, the only woman he has ever loved, he has found the meaning behind her nightmares about the Salem Witch Trials, and now they are rebuilding the life they began together so long ago... -
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... -
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Nathan's Mate by J.S. Scott
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsJewelry maker Sasha Taylor is from an old and aristocratic line of mages and expected to mate with a mage of the same background to secure a continuing pure line of little magic children. She would probably have complied with the old mage tradition had she not had one tiny problem with the plan... -
Aric by Callie Rhodes
Boundaryland law is simple—whoever trespasses on an alpha’s land becomes his property to do with as he pleases.No woman willingly travels to the Boundarylands.That’s why Aric is so surprised to find a stranger asleep in his bed. She’s not who she says she is…or what she pretends to be. All he knows is that what lies in his bed is his to keep. Jocelyn never meant to come to the Boundarylands...Categorized as:
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Stone Cold Fox by Evangeline Anderson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCougarville's mechanic, and resident Alpha fox, shelters a mysterious woman who ignites his protective animal instincts when evil forces try to tear them apart. Jo Ferrell has been cast out of her home for reasons she doesn’t understand. The grey streak in her hair is gone, her body is younger, and there’s an ominous shadow chasing her... -
Eternal Desire by Kim Loraine
Izzy Dying young is tragic. Dying young and being reborn over and over for all eternity? That’s exhausting. My goal had always been to reunite with my sister witches and break the curse put on us. Love was a risk I wasn’t willing to take. It wasn’t worth knowing it’d end in heartbreak. Then a handsome beast found me and took me as his mate... -
Reincarnated Hunger by Marisa Chenery
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook five in the Ra's Chosen series.Unlike his fellow warriors, Kysen already found his mate-the woman who stirred his blood like no other. But he'd been mortal at the time. When she died, he vowed to never love again. He feared the day Ra's decree that all his warriors take mates would fall upon him...Categorized as:
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The Hidden by Kelley R. Martin
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsLibrarian's note: This is an alternate cover edition of The Hidden (ISBN: 9780615749082, ASIN: B00ARPRXIA) On her first day of college, Emily meets a walking, talking god. With a gorgeous face, killer blue eyes, and a body to die for, it's easy to see why Thomas Paige is the envy of every guy at Potomac Ridge University and why every girl within a fifty mile radius wants to get a piece of him... -
The Rat King by Jennifer M. Waldrop
Once, I believed the planes between the witches' and warlock’s realms were separated by happenstance, like some sort of cosmic yin-yang. I had been woefully naïve about so many things then.The summer of my twenty-fourth birthday, the head of our coven, made me a proposition... -
Heat of Rejection by Vivian Hawthorne
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRejected. Humiliated.Shy and bookish, Gracie Reynolds has been an omega her whole life. So when she hears the call of fate after crossing paths with a certain somebody, she knows she must answer. She just never imagined that fate had a mate intended for her, and he’s none other than the son of the pack alpha.Too bad Daniel Vankamp doesn’t believe in fated mates...Categorized as:
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The Renegade Mate by Kira Nightingale
Get ready for a wild ride in this gripping sequel to The Runaway Mate. Mai and Ryan's fated mate bond may be sealed, but their troubles are just beginning.MaiI’m on the run. Again. Only this time Ryan and his brothers are with me, and we’re being hunted by members of our old Pack. Betrayed and consumed with grief, all I can think about is getting vengeance... -
A Gargoyle's Delight by Naomi Lucas, Mel Braxton
For centuries I have suffered.Solidified and silenced, all because I failed to destroy what I was created for.Except now, after so long… There is a female.One who always seems to be by my side.Day after day.Night after night.She talks to me. Touches me. Tells me things. She shares stories of a world I no longer know. She is a reprieve from my punishment. A sweet delight... -
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Mail Order Minotaur by Lilith Stone
A shy human. A minotaur sex worker. A powerful chemistry neither can deny.Tour guide Ivy has always secretly fantasized about minotaurs. So when a Beast Hunters tour to Motham City goes horribly wrong, she’s thrilled to be rescued by wickedly handsome minotaur, Bryn. Until she finds out that he runs a male escort agency with the sole purpose of pleasuring humans... -
Solstice Heat by Judy Mays
Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsHeat - Solstice Heat By Judy Mays Book 4 in the Heat series. Eileen, Eileen, Eileen. Her name pounded through Garth's veins as he ran towards her cabin. Years ago, her parents had torn her from his arms, spirited her away in the dead of night, and disappeared. Now, he'd found her again. All these years, he'd never forgotten her sure that he'd find her again. Soon she'd be in his arms again... -
Fugitive Mate by Anastasia Wilde
A Fugitive Mate… Emma Wilkes is on the run from her ex-boyfriend—with a stolen laptop containing evidence of his crimes. When she meets a hot guy in a truck stop bar, she pretends to be his date, hoping to throw her ex’s hit squad off her trail. A Desperate Alpha… Alpha wolf Jace Monroe has only weeks to find a true mate and bond with her, or he’ll lose his pack and his territory...Categorized as:
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Zeus by Kamery Solomon
Rated: 3.66 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsVegas is not where Karly had imagined herself to be at this point in her life.She was supposed to be living in California, soaking up the sun and enjoying the life of an artist. Instead, she's just moving out of her parent's house and going to a school that could loosely be called her second choice...Categorized as:
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A Midsummer Night's Heat by Judy Mays
Rated: 3.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThird story in the Heat series.Belle can finally take a vacation. Her father Artemis is happily married again, and more than capable of managing the family business without her for a few weeks.Alex may be Alpha of his Pack, but he lost the woman he expected to marry to another werewolf. One whose werewolf father had mated a real wolf, then taught their cubs to assume human form... -
Omega, Suppressed by Leann Ryans
Moving from the city to a small town, Shailyn knew things would be different, but she didn't realize how difficult it would be. When the town leader makes it obvious he does not agree with omegas using heat suppressants, and his son decides to cancel her order for more, she's left with no choice but to make a trip back to the city to get some before it's too late. Alone...Categorized as:
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