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Betrayed: The Road to Redemption by Nicky Charles
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsHow do you love again when your heart is dead? How do you know when it’s time to let go? Damien’s kicked about the country these past three years. No pack. No purpose. No reason to keep on living. When an old friend, Kane Sinclair, asks for his help, he agrees and heads to Chicago. After all, what does he have to lose? Sam’s grown up on the streets... -
Lance by Janice M. Whiteaker
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKari is the shoulder everyone in town loves to cry on and Lance was no exception.The last time Mister tall blonde and handsome was in town the single dad got sloppy drunk and confessed all his sins concerning the opposite sex.Then he puked on her floor.Now he’s back in town and back in her bar, but this time Lance isn’t spilling his secrets…He’s trying to uncover hers...Categorized as:
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Jerrik by Janice M. Whiteaker
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSpirit is fine.Living a life she didn't chose, keeping secrets she never wanted, on a mountain covered in darkness.But everything's fine.She can handle it all.Including the deputy making her life harder than it has to be.In more ways than one.****Jerrik used to be good at his job.That was before he had to fight something he couldn't see.Chase someone who was always two steps ahead of him...Categorized as:
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Pinch of Sass by C.D. Gorri
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCan this stoic Dire Wolf admit the sassy feline is his fated mate and stake his claim?Ariella Golden needs to persuade sexy Dire Wolf Beta, and the amazingly talented chef at Serious Moonlight, Brock Laurent, to use her Pride’s corporation, Eat Well Live Proud, for all the roadhouse’s needs in order to win the coveted quarterly prize at her company... -
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Kane by Callie Rhodes
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSomething 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... -
The Alpha's Daughter by Jacqueline Rhoades
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThere is a balm in Gilead, to heal the wounded soul… Jazz Phillips is on the run, fleeing from a fate most females in her pack accept as their lot in life; an arranged mating, something Jazz thought wasn't in her future as the Alpha's daughter and only child. She doesn't want to be the next Alpha's Mate. She doesn't want to be anyone's mate... -
Bo & Reika by R.E. Butler
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsShe's on the run for her life ... As a child, she-wolf healer Reika Snow was promised as a mate to three were-lynxes to prevent a war between her pack and the lynx clan. Her freedom is coming to an end as her twenty-third birthday arrives. With her bleak future as the subjugated bride of the three males looms near, she does the only thing she can think of ... she runs... -
Her Second Chance Wolf by Ariana Hawkes
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe fifth book in the Obsessed Mates series!Find out what happens when a flighty little crow shifter runs into her nemesis from high school. He's hotter than ever, and this time he doesn't want to mock her for her differences--he wants to make her his...Categorized as:
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Lindy & The Wulfen by R.E. Butler
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAfter a devastating blow to her already fragile self esteem, werewolf Lindy Vincent has decided to stop being the pack whore and change her life for the better. With the help of her two best friends, her alpha female, and a feisty she-wolf named Eula, Lindy starts down the road of self-improvement, happy for the first time in years...Categorized as:
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Fighter by Micalea Smeltzer
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFirst she was an Outsider. Then she became an Insider. And now… she’s going to have to be a Fighter. Nothing goes as planned for Sophie Beaumont. She thought that Travis had been defeated. She believed that they would all finally be safe. But Travis never left. He has a plan and it's one that no one could have ever guessed... -
The Protector's Heart by R.E. Butler
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsNila Caruthers doesn’t want anything to do with wolves. Her werewolf ex-husband continues to stalk her and their son, terrifying her to no end. The last thing she wants to do is acknowledge her attraction to the very sexy Malachi Slattery, who has been watching her for weeks. She’s not about to forget that Malachi is a wolf, and she’s learned the hard way that wolves are not to be trusted... -
SPIRITWARRIOR by Jamie Begley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJody had been born a warrior. Entrusted to protect his family at all costs, he fought hard and played even harder. He followed the rules Silas had set over the family in order to protect their gifts, but Jody didn’t consider it breaking the rules to have a little fun when he was away from the mountain... -
Wolver's Gold by Jacqueline Rhoades
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsLibrarian's note: Alternate cover edition of ISBN13 9781311443755. Finding gold where you least expect it… Lone wolf and Special Investigator for the ubiquitous Eugene Begley, Challenger McCall is sent to the town of Gold Gulch to take care of a problem that might involve the exposure of the wolver community. For McCall, it’s like stepping back in time - a hundred and fifty years back in time... -
Embracing the Wolf by Catherine Bybee
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWerewolves come in two different categories, good and evil. Although Richard Ritter's family has encouraged him to make the change for years, he never considered embracing his wolf until he meets Kate Davis. One night with her however, and his life changes forever. After a horrifying evening of violence, Kate Davis's life is turned upside down... -
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Sate the Darkness by Alexandra Ivy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRyshi—half-jinn, half-imp—is the only male who has ever managed to slip through the minotaur labyrinth and lived to tell the tale. He wasn’t so lucky when it came to stealing prized vampire artifacts. Caught and imprisoned, he now has a chance at freedom if he can rescue the gargoyle Levet from that same labyrinth...Categorized as:
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Fated for Darkness by Brianna West
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe morally grey masked assassin gets more than he bargained for in the rebel Dark Fae he's been paid to protect. But together, can this unlikely pair take on a world of enemies and somehow find love along the way?NikaThey call me a rebel—the Marked, the Scorned, the Foretold. I was branded a traitor when my father killed all but one Dark Fae on the Council and fled...Categorized as:
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Her Cold Brute by Rosa Mink
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsMoraI grew up in a wolf pack, although I’m a hundred percent human. My mom’s mate loved me, treated me as his entirely, as do my brothers, but I want nothing to do with shifters once I graduate beyond my family. I want as far from this place as possible, from the violent, obsessive beasts as I can get...Categorized as:
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Bloodrunners Bundle by Rhyannon Byrd
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome to the world of the Bloodrunners, a fierce band of hunters and protectors, half-human, half-Lycan. Only through the act of Bloodrunning, the hunting and assassination of rogue werewolves, may these extraordinary warriors gain full acceptance within their respective packs...Categorized as:
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Chasing His Mate by M.L. Briers
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCassidy knew that she should have said no when the Alpha came knocking at her door. She knew that you just didn’t go around messing with fate. One little spell… Ha! Now she was stuck up a mountain, on pack land, with a wolf after her Fae blood. But this wasn’t just any wolf. It was an Alpha and a rogue. Chase had just one rule. You didn’t mess with a witch. But fate had other ideas...Categorized as:
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Saving Margaret by Krystal Shannan
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSuccessful, but lonely, Margaret Taylor finds her mate in the body of a man she least expects it in. A bear! Her human half tries to reason her way out of the match, but her wolf is through with her excuses. Crossing the species line isn’t unheard of, but it’s not often done. Try as she might to avoid him, fate makes sure the big grizzly bear is nearby at all times... -
You Had Me at Jaguar by Terry Spear
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThey're not the only ones on the prowl...but they're the most dangerous... The United Shifter Force gives jaguar agent Howard Armstrong an impossible task—to protect fierce she-jaguar Valerie Chambers, when the last thing she wants is protecting. They're going international to take down a killer and he can guard Valerie all day long. But guard his heart? He doesn't stand a chance...Categorized as:
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Redwood Pack, Vol. 1 by Carrie Ann Ryan
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRedwood Pack Volume 1 contains the first 2 books in the Redwood Pack Series in a print copy. An Alpha’s Path Redwood Pack Book 1 Melanie is a twenty-five year old chemist who has spent the whole of her adult life slaving at school. Now she is finally done and about to start her dream job, however before she does that she needs to let her hair down... -
Forever Bound by Cynthia Eden
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFOREVER BOUND includes the following four best-selling titles by Cynthia Eden: BOUND BY BLOOD BOUND IN DARKNESS BOUND IN SIN BOUND BY THE NIGHT Word Count: 90,000 The BOUND stories are dark and sexy tales of paranormal romance. Vampires and werewolves must trust each other in these stories--their lives are on the line, and so are their hearts...Categorized as:
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Doe and the Wolf by Eve Langlais
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhat happens when a predator falls for his prey? Bounty hunting is the perfect job for a maverick wolf; flexible hours, decent pay, the thrill of the chase. But Everett never counted on a doe stopping him in his furry tracks. Dawn was a prisoner of Mastermind and ended up experimented on, against her wishes...Categorized as:
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The Alpha's Heart by R.E. Butler
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsAlpha wolf Acksel wakes up one morning in the bed of the one human who was kind to him in school. Now, ten years later, Brynn Mara is snuggled up at his side, smelling like passion and sweet dreams. Even though Acksel has declared that his pack members can mate with humans from now on, he knows that any woman he takes as his mate will have a target on her back. Especially if she’s a fragile human...Categorized as:
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Avenger by Micalea Smeltzer
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIt’s all been leading to this for Caeden and Sophie Williams. This should be the happiest time of their life. They’re married and expecting a baby, but Travis is still out there, and they both know he won’t rest until he gets what he wants. The question is, what does he want? They’ll have to figure it out if they ever want to have their happily ever after. The end is near... -
Deadly is the Kiss by Rhyannon Byrd
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTasked with protecting humanity from harm, the last thing Ashe Granger was searching for on his mission was his destined mate. Then, a mysterious dark-eyed beauty reluctantly offered him shelter. A spark of danger—and a soul-deep recognition—ignited a burning, carnal need….Since her family's exile, Juliana Sabin had borne full responsibility for their safety...Categorized as:
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The Alpha’s Bullied Pregnant Mate by Alexa Griffin
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHe tormented me for years. Now I have to pretend I’m his mate and carry his baby…His bullying made me an outcast in the pack until it almost broke me.Now he’s the Alpha and under pressure to find a mate. So he grabs the first female he sees—me.He tells me to pretend I’m his luna. And soon my curves can’t hide my growing belly…He chose to bully me because I’m the sunshine to his thunder...Categorized as:
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The Alpha's Second Chance by Melody Tyden
Serena Baker is just an ordinary woman living an ordinary life. She works as a medical resident, has a little house of her own and a close group of friends. The closest thing she has to a man in her life is the portrait that hangs on her bedroom wall that she talks to when she's on her own...Categorized as:
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The Alpha's Hunger by Renee Rose
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 23 ratings“Say, I belong to Ben Stone.”Billionaire CEO Ben “The Stone-Man” Stone never cracks a smile, fires people on the spot, and won’t let anyone work on the same floor as him. Then he meets Ashley, an intoxicating young human from Marketing. Her scent drives him wild, igniting a hunger so deep he can’t resist hiring her to be his assistant... -
Crash Landers by gyzym
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIn which Stiles learns to Stalk That Stalk. (Or, how to accidentally woo your unfriendly neighborhood alpha in roughly five hundred handwritten steps... -
Enemy Lover by Bonnie Vanak
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsTHE WOMAN WHO TRIED TO KILL HIM IS HIS DESTINED MATE ... Overwhelming arrogance demands that Damian Marcel claim Jamie Walsh no matter who vies against them. For she is the only woman who can sate this powerful were's untamed hunger. But Jamie believes Damian is the Draicon werewolf who murdered her brother...Categorized as:
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The Librarian and the Wolf by E.A. Price
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsTerri Lin, human, librarian. Following a devastating heart break Terri came to the town of Rose to start over. Not wanting to suffer the same heartache she dated younger men who like her just wanted a bit fun. She thought her latest young wolf would be just the same. He’s handsome and charming, but also childish and inconsiderate. She knows he’s still young and wouldn’t want to be tied down... -
Brave Bear by K.L. King
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIris Williamson has finally gotten free of her family and the chaotic, oppressive city. Moving to the small mountain village of Grey Lake with her wolf-like dog Riley, she has a chance to make a fresh start. Hired as the new head baker in town, Iris hopes to find serenity among the welcoming residents who know nothing about her past... -
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Secrets and S'mores by Aly Hollis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsEmber is being sent into enemy territory and forced to stay with the one wolf shifter she can’t stand. Cozy fantasy meets paranormal romance in this sweet and spicy standalone shifter rom-com.Onyx, the tech-savvy cousin of the pack’s Alpha, has a reputation as a troublemaker. He doesn’t always make the best choices, like flirting with the daughter of their rival pack’s Alpha... -
Constant Craving by Tamara Lush
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTo save her business, she'll trade every last inch of her body...Justine lives and breathes her career, fiercely steering her father's newspaper empire through stormy seas. Desperate measures lead her to Rafael, her magnetic ex, whose help comes with a tantalizing thirty nights to settle old scores and to indulge in each other one final time...Categorized as:
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Territory by Susan A. Bliler
Kya Hubbard never pictured herself caught up in a world of shape-shifters and enemy packs. After all, she was just a small town girl trying to work her way through college. However, when she's attacked walking home after a long night working at the diner, the assault leaves her transformed and an unwilling member to a pack of voracious shape-shifters... -
The Wolf Within by Sondrae Bennett
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsWill his love be enough to keep her safe? Julie doesn't know what to think when the man she's had a crush on her entire life--a man she thinks is meant to be her sister's mate--starts flirting with her after she returns home from college. The harder she tries to distance herself, the harder he works to win her over. He can't want to mate with her...a freak born a full human among shifters...Categorized as:
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Mate of Her Heart by R. E. Butler
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWerewolf Eveny Moore is coming into her first heat at the age of twenty-five. Bucking tradition, she chooses to go through her first heat alone instead of being with an unmated male from her pack. There's only one man she wants in her bed and her her best friend, Luke. But Luke is human, so she hides out in a safehouse, planning to ride out the cycle alone and then ask Luke to be her mate...Categorized as:
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Worth Fighting For by Sondrae Bennett
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAs leader of a fox skulk, Cody is used to feeling protective of his people. But when his best friend, Misty, gets attacked, the panic he feels has nothing to do with duty. Suddenly, he’s noticing Misty as a woman instead of the girl he grew up with...Categorized as:
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The Wolf by Jean Johnson
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe Sons of Destiny series continues in this breathtaking romantic fantasy from a fresh new voice. Eight brothers, born in four sets of twins, two years apart to the day-they fulfill the Curse of Eight Prophecy. To avoid tempting their destiny, the brothers are exiled to Nightfall Island, where women are forbidden... -
Animal Attraction by Paige Tyler
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsANIMAL ATTRACTION was originally published in 2008. It was an EPIC Award Finalist, was chosen as BEST BOOK of 2008 at Long and Short Reviews, and received amazing reviews... -
Moon Shine by Vivian Arend
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen the past hurts, it bites.Takhini Wolves, Book 4 Meet Evan Stone. Laid-back, in-control Alpha of the Takhini Wolves. Life’s not perfect, but he’s got a good handle on his world. At least, he did—until the night he ends up in jail, soaking wet and wondering what the hell just happened. The “what” is Amy Ryba, a vengeful female who’s decided it’s long past time to make Evan pay for his sins... -
Kye's Heart by Marisa Chenery
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsKye's idea of fun doesn't include toting Roxie's three-month-old daughter to the zoo, but like the good little Protector he is, Kye travels to the land of exotic furballs with pup in tow...and then smacks himself for not heading to the zoo ages ago. There, dressed in drab brown and looking more gorgeous than any woman he's ever seen, Kye knows he's finally found his mate...Categorized as:
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Legend's Passion by Jaci Burton
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDylan Maxwell—code named Legend—an agent for the National Crime Agency, has orders to take down a serial killer tearing apart victims like a wild animal. He’s to meet his informant in the park, but he doesn’t expect someone like Chantal Devlin—a hot, sultry and sexy woman with a bold proposition. Intrigued, he follows her, only to uncover one very life-changing secret in the dark fog... -
Vulfen Warrior's Prize [Vulfen Cadre 2] by Laina Kenney
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings[Siren Classic: Erotic Paranormal Romance, werewolves, HEA] In the middle of an argument with her ex-husband, a powerful man walks into her chocolate shop and sets Lia Broussard’s neglected feminine parts howling. Her ex might not recognize a warrior when he sees one, but Lia’s hormones sure do... -
New Moon by Rebecca York
It's in one man's true nature to remain by the side of the woman he loves, rather than live without her in his own universe... Landscape architect Logan Marshall is out for a jog -- in his werewolf form -- when a trap catches his paw. As it saps his strength, he is saved by another werewolf, who -- to Logan's amazement -- is female. Female werewolves aren't supposed to exist...Categorized as:
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Big Bad Wolf by Gennita Low
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsOut of the Darkness Killian Nicholas Langley has spent most of his life as a member of a covert team, living in the shadows, working among people who accept danger as part of their lives. When an explosion nearly took his life, he thought he'd do well in construction, hiding among the transients, keeping a low profile. However, he hadn't expected a boss quite like Jaymee Barrows... -
My Soul to Keep by Sharie Kohler
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSharie Kohler dazzles with the dark, sensual world of the Moon Chasers, where two half-breed lycans are locked in deadly combat over the fate of the world—and their own hearts... -
Jinx and Her Werewolf (Strange Hollow) by Marisa Chenery
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAs a jinx, Thora has had to move around a lot. When her car breaks down stranding her in Strange Hollow, she figures the town is as good a place as any to stay for a while. When she meets Daker, he is just one more reason for her to stay. A werewolf, Daker knows Thora is his mate, but her being a mortal just adds one more reason to take things slow with her...
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