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Christmas Pie by Jodi Taylor
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMerry Christmas from Jodi Taylor. It's time for St Mary's traditional Christmas jump - even though it's only September. .. St Mary's has never lacked for enemies, but danger has never been closer to home. A state of war has broken out between St Mary's and the Women's Institute - the Raffia Mafia... -
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Christmas Chimera by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLeaving his family’s cheerful-but-very-noisy Christmas getaway is chimera shifter Colton’s favorite time of year, and this time he has an excellent excuse: his job as a lawyer is pulling him back to New York—unless the Montana winter snowstorms have anything to say about it... -
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![A Very Meowy Christmas by Zoe Chant]()
A Very Meowy Christmas by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsBeing cool as a cat is harder than it looks when unexpected love strikes! Single dad and bobcat shifter Mason has moved to Virtue to raise his toddler in the safety of a shifter community. But minor catastrophe strikes when his daughter escapes to play in the woods, and the last thing Mason expects when she's found is to meet his mate...Categorized as:
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![A Christmas Like No Otter by Zoe Chant]()
A Christmas Like No Otter by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLove otter be easier. .. . Otter shifter and piano player Abe is usually pretty suave, but that was before the otterly amazing new choir director turned out to be his fated mate! His otter is so excited that Abe himself can't get a word in edgewise... -
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![Orcs Do It Harder by Michele Mills]()
Orcs Do It Harder by Michele Mills
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGet the second book in the all-new, curvy girl, sweet & steamy, orc romance series coming soon from Michele Mills. The Upgrade series will include all the feels you’ve come to expect from Monsters Love Curvy Girls, Monster Bites, Heat & Ink and Sweet Monsters Treats. Each book in this series is 80-90k! And there will be gorgeous print editions. You’re. Orcs Do It Better – July 8th... -
![Bear's Midlife Christmas by Meg Ripley]()
Bear's Midlife Christmas by Meg Ripley
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsChristmas is supposed to be the season of miracles. But seeing my ‘90s high school boyfriend change into a bear isn’t the miracle I’d hoped for. I’ve spent my life trying to create the perfect family. Now look at me, divorced at 44 with an empty nest,. Spending my first Christmas alone. I just inherited my aunt’s winery up in Carlton,. So at least I’ll have that to keep me busy... -
![Condor Deck Party by Zoe Chant]()
Condor Deck Party by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhen 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... -
![Ascending From Madness by Stacey Marie Brown]()
Ascending From Madness by Stacey Marie Brown
Ready for you holiday season to get deliciously Naughty again? The bad boys and girls of the Winterland are back for the conclusion of Alice and Scrooge’s story. This tale is mad, dark, twisted, sexy, and nothing like the legend you know. Life for Alice Liddell should be normal. Work, family, and her general sucky life back at her parent’s house, working as a slutty elf in Santa’s shop...Categorized as:
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![Her Purr-fect Christmas Mate by Zoe Chant]()
Her Purr-fect Christmas Mate by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsHis kiss turned her into a cat. Kissing her fated mate was meant to give Peony the power to transform into a mystical creature-not a cute little kitten. And her true love was not meant to be arrogant, powerful Mordecai Leith, who plans to knock down her beloved bookshop and throw her out of her apartment right before Christmas. Fall in love with him? She'd rather kiss a frog... -
![Holly Jolly Lycan Christmas by Alicia Montgomery]()
Holly Jolly Lycan Christmas by Alicia Montgomery
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsDante 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... -
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Christmas Griffin by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsEvery lie causes him physical pain. But if she tells the truth, she'll lose everything. Griffin shifter Hardwick Jameson has the perfect Christmas plan: he's holing up for the holidays in a remote mountain cabin, with no one else for miles around. His shifter powers give him the power to sense lies-and every lie hurts... -
![A Hellhound for Christmas: Shifters for Christmas Book 5 by Zoe Chant]()
A Hellhound for Christmas: Shifters for Christmas Book 5 by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt’s beginning to look a lot like a Christmas disaster…. Things aren’t going quite to plan for Willow this Christmas. Sure, her home repair business is booming… but that’s only because her quaint, snowy hometown of Hidden Valley is being battered by a series of ferocious rainstorms that show up out of nowhere, wreak havoc, and then disappear as quickly as they came... -
![My Orc Santa Claus by Veronika Kane]()
My Orc Santa Claus by Veronika Kane
The charming town of Eastshore Isle is my hiding place, but I need someone strong to keep me safe…. I’m pretty sure there’s rules about an elementary teacher hooking up with a student’s parent, but what if I didn’t know that’s who he was? See, I’ve spent the last few months getting hot and heavy with this guy on the app MonsterSmash, but we haven’t exchanged names...Categorized as:
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![Purrfectly Naughty: A Maverick Pride Tale by C.D. Gorri]()
Purrfectly Naughty: A Maverick Pride Tale by C.D. Gorri
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPamela has turned her life around for the sake of her son and the Pride, but is this Tigress ready for more than one night of naughtiness? Pamela Brown is a Tigress with one singular focus, to provide her cub with the best life possible. She’s worked hard to mend her past mistakes and to forge relationships with the members of the small, but strong Maverick Pride... -
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![Pinch of Sass by C.D. Gorri]()
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...Categorized as:
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![A Pegasus for Christmas by Zoe Chant]()
A Pegasus for Christmas by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOn the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… a pegasus in a hideous Christmas sweater. Christmas is just another day for Celeste. As the destined protector of magical wards keeping an unspeakable threat at bay, she’s fated to spend her days in a deserted lighthouse, maintaining the wards and watching out for danger... -
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Splashing Through the Snow by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe only way to break his curse is to bring his mate to the Defenders holiday party. Too bad she hates the holidays. Norris loves his unusual shift form. What marine paleontologist wouldn't want to turn into a giant prehistoric fish? When he meets his mate Annabeth, a brilliant and beautiful barista studying to be a marine biologist, love hits him like a tidal wave... -
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Tropical Holiday Tails by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsEscape to a tropical holiday vacation at a shifters-only resort where the gift under the tree is destiny. In A Christmoose Story, hockey player Lars is desperate to impress the shy, bookish caribou shifter Julie... -
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Seriously Hot Ship by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA Valentine’s Day PDA that’ll cruise all over your emotions. Who knew a boat trip wouldn’t be smooth sailing? Tayla Shaw enchants people with her singing voice, but her life is no fairytale. She’s hiding some big secrets and living in fear. The one person who offered her protection treats her like a prisoner... -
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Rejected Midlife Wolf by Meg Ripley
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI thought Gage and I were destined to be together forever. Until he rejected me and abandoned our pack. I found my fated mate over twenty years ago,. But got impatient waiting for him to admit his feelings. In my infinite teen wisdom,. I cast a love spell to give him a nudge. But my plan failed miserably when I botched it,. And Gage rejected me in front of our whole pack instead... -
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Joy to the Squirrel by Lauren Esker
Joy isn't exactly living up to her name lately. This stressed-out squirrel shifter is on a constant treadmill, struggling to pay the bills and raise her younger sister. Christmas at a beautiful mountain lodge sounds like exactly the medicine to cure her winter blues. But Fated Mountain Lodge isn't having a merry Christmas either... -
![Wolf's Midlife Nanny by Meg Ripley]()
Wolf's Midlife Nanny by Meg Ripley
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’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. The Glenwood pack gave me a warm welcome—...Categorized as:
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Linus by Macy Blake
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNever sleigh never. Linus is having a Christ-massive problem. His cousins have all found their fated mates and their sprite magic is making beautiful things happen in the small town of Mistletoe Falls they call home. His magic? Well, it’s making a fa-la-la-la-lasting impression…and not in a good way. No need to Claus a scene! When Colby’s best friend runs away to Mistletoe Falls, Colby follows... -
![Touched by Angels by Debbie Macomber]()
Touched by Angels by Debbie Macomber
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsNew York City is always in need of miracles. .. And this Christmas is no exception. Thank heavens the divinely inspired, if somewhat ditsy, angelic trio -- Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy -- is available to answer three heartfelt prayers this sacred holiday season. .. and to impart important lessons along the way... -
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![Oberon by Macy Blake]()
Oberon by Macy Blake
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsSanta Paws is coming to town. When Dr. Miles Lane purchases Paws and Claus, a veterinary clinic in the quirky town of Mistletoe Falls, he doesn’t quite know what he’s in for. The small town offers a fresh start for Miles, his seven year old daughter, Holly, and their rambunctious Saint Bernard... -
![Snowed in with the Bear by Isadora Montrose]()
Snowed in with the Bear by Isadora Montrose
Snowed in with the Bear: A BBW/Billionaire Bearshifter Romance. Snarling alpha male bear shifter tempts curvy she-grizzly. Can protective, possessive Calvin prove he’s more than a rich playboy? Fabulously wealthy oil boss Calvin is used to sophisticated city women. This playboy shifter doesn’t understand why his inner black bear has the hots for earthy she-bear Amanda...Categorized as:
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![A Unicorn for Christmas by Zoe Chant]()
A Unicorn for Christmas by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith an undercover unicorn filling in for Santa, it’s going to be a very magical Christmas. .. Working over Christmas as one of Santa’s little helpers in her local mall might not be Callie’s dream job, but she doesn’t have much choice if she wants to make rent this month... -
![A Green Valley Christmoose Disaster by Zoe Chant]()
A Green Valley Christmoose Disaster by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt’s the moosed wonderful time of the year! Turner has a gym full of sugar-fueled kids and a big red suit to fill when Santa Claus fails to check in for the Green Valley Christmas Pageant dress rehearsal, but more disaster is on the program when he falls at the feet of his fated mate... -
![The Ice is Right by Milly Taiden]()
The Ice is Right by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA new PDA in a chilly new location. -
![Wolf's Prize by Candace Ayers, Kym Dillon]()
Wolf's Prize by Candace Ayers, Kym Dillon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBestselling 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...Categorized as:
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![Wolf's Midlife Christmas by Meg Ripley]()
Wolf's Midlife Christmas by Meg Ripley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAt 48, running a café while wrangling twin wolf toddlers was hard enough. Then fate decided to mate me with a rock star, just in time for Christmas. Welcome to my midlife crisis, holiday edition. Here I am, guardian of my twin grandpups and café owner, Thinking my biggest dilemma was choosing my next muffin flavor. But fate had a Christmas twist up its sleeve...Categorized as:
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![Her Fated Wolves by Lacey Carter Andersen]()
Her Fated Wolves by Lacey Carter Andersen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWorking at the House of Wieners isn’t as glamorous as it sounds…. I spend my days being yelled at by customers and working for a boss who couldn’t give a crap, but all that’s about to change. My best friend has an opportunity to move to a small town and start over, and I’m going with her. Everything had been arranged. I’m ready to leave this town behind. But then they show up...Categorized as:
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![Christmas Pegasus by Zoe Chant]()
Christmas Pegasus by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIt isn’t fate. But it is love. Owl shifter Olly has always trusted her inner animal. So when her owl makes it clear that handsome, rugged Jackson isn’t her mate, she knows that what she feels for him can’t be true love… right? Last Christmas, Jackson gave Olly his heart. And her owl chewed it up and spat it back at him. He’s tried to stay away from her…but a year apart hasn’t changed anything... -
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![Pack in the Face (Paranormal Dating Agency) by Milly Taiden]()
Pack in the Face (Paranormal Dating Agency) by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA Brand New PDA! This woman gets matched by Gerri Wilder and it will set off a chain of events filled with love, lust, adventure, danger and the closest encounter with the wild cat of her dreams. -
![Not Over Yet by Barbara Elsborg]()
Not Over Yet by Barbara Elsborg
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOn the seventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me…. One pissed off Santa…. A whole heap of trouble…. The last thing Phin feels like doing is going to a New Year’s Eve party. After a day dealing with sick animals, all he wants is a glass of red wine, some food and his bed. But as he drives home down a steep, snow-covered hill, he skids and hits a guy dressed as Santa Claus... -
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Blue Willow by Ki Stephens
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsComing home was never part of the plan. Leaving again might be even harder. When Elsie Hart returns to Blue Willow for the first time in eight years, it’s only to settle her grandmother’s estate—not to rekindle old memories or untangle the magic she’s worked hard to forget. But the inn she once loved is more stubborn than it looks. So is the man who’s been keeping it alive...Categorized as:
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![Shiver Me Timbers by Cassie Mint]()
Shiver Me Timbers by Cassie Mint
My crush is so obvious, even the ghosts ship us together. But he’s off limits… and my dad’s best friend. Oh, my dad passed away years ago, but do you think that makes Duncan Matlock any less loyal to his memory? No, sir. It does not. Duncan will keep a respectful distance from me until his last breath, I’m sure of it. Never mind the monster crush I’m carrying for him... -
![His Little Bird by Megan Wade]()
His Little Bird by Megan Wade
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter being handed a rainbow stone with the power to find her soulmate, skeptical journalist Honey Parker decides to investigate the magical town of Whisper Valley. While she doesn’t believe a pretty little stone can lead her to true love, she’s determined to uncover the truth behind the local legends...Categorized as:
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![Off-Limits Mate by Candace Ayers, Kym Dillon]()
Off-Limits Mate by Candace Ayers, Kym Dillon
Welcome to Mystic Hollow where wildest dreams (trust me, they do get wild) come true. Like a desperate, chubby Cinderella, I'm hoping to land myself a hubby before the clock strikes midnight. With a secret and a countdown, BfB is my last hope...Categorized as:
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![Secrets and Kisses by M.A. Innes]()
Secrets and Kisses by M.A. Innes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsStefanMagic. As a librarian, Stefan knows there’s magic in books and imagination, but it isn’t until he moves to the mountains of North Carolina that he realizes people can come with magic too…well, the locals at least seem to come with magic…and fascinating relationship dynamics he thought were just on TV and in books. Boyd Dragons... -
![Grave Holiday by Lily Harper Hart]()
Grave Holiday by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsChristmas is almost here and Nick Winters has big plans for the love of his life, Maddie Graves. A proposal is imminent, but first death plays a visit to Blackstone Bay. It seems the town’s local Santa has been a naughty boy, dating multiple women without caring if they’re single or married. Age isn’t a factor – he likes them young and old – and the suspect list is long and twisty... -
![A Dragon for Christmas by Zoe Chant]()
A Dragon for Christmas by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA single mother who wants to give her son a merry Christmas…. A dragon shifter cop who doesn’t know the meaning of the word ‘holiday’…. And a Christmas resort with a deadly secret. Things have been tough for Georgia. Her husband walked out and she works two jobs to make ends meet... -
![A Hippogriff for Christmas by Zoe Chant]()
A Hippogriff for Christmas by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe has three days to convince her to love Christmas. .. Annie’s never had a family she could celebrate Christmas with. She’d be just as happy to work right through the holiday season at her busy bakery, but her well-meaning boss demands that she take some time off. Her plan: too much Netflix, and way too much pie... -
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![Wanting the Im-PAW-sible by J.D. Light]()
Wanting the Im-PAW-sible by J.D. Light
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen did Drew Lane grow up? As the oldest of the leap children, Harper Long was the designated babysitter growing up, which is why he is struggling so much with the fact that the youngest of the group is a grown man now. Like really grown. Like how does he even find supportive underwear with all that? Unrequited crushes are rough... -
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Shifted Love: Volume 1 by Fiona Davenport
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis collection contains the first three novellas in the Shifted Love series plus three brand new epilogues and a special scene featuring Luke, who will get his HEA in Her Mate! Her Wolf. Allegra Hale had no idea shifters existed when she headed off to college with her two best friends. Let alone that her campus was near a shifter town...Categorized as:
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![Christmas Midlife Mate by Meg Ripley]()
Christmas Midlife Mate by Meg Ripley
At 45, Santa finally brought me the right guy for Christmas—. Until he turned into a bear. Christmas is supposed to be merry and bright,. But as a single mom with my only kid studying overseas,. The magic of the holidays has lost its luster. My bestie in Cape Cod invites me to her place,. And her family makes me feel right at home—. Especially the hunky guy dressed as Santa...Categorized as:
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![A Very Merry Christmoose by B. Perkins, Aimee Vance]()
A Very Merry Christmoose by B. Perkins, Aimee Vance
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe holiday season in Deadlights Cove is as chaotic as you'd expect, especially with Val and Caedmon's Great Coveish Bake-Off just days away. For her first Christmas in the Cove, young witch Aurora is determined to embrace the holiday spirit. .. if she can ignore her dark storm cloud of a neighbor who is equally determined to rain on her parade... -
![Paw or Less by Milly Taiden]()
Paw or Less by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRhiannon Foley is a lawyer who always fights for the little guy. In her free time, she helps open shelters for the needy. But this time, she’s hit a snag. She needs help finding the perfect location at the best price. Good thing Gerri Wilder is there to introduce her to just the right smokin-hot bear shifter! Mars Casey is a billionaire real estate mogul as well as a bear shifter... -
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Paw Letter Word by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Cyrus Bechtel, allow me to introduce Miss Mila Dillon. ” Gerri’s voice sounded far away. Everything moved in slow motion. Not that Cyrus was complaining. He could stand there and watch Mila all day. When her hand slid into his, the sparks that ran through his body made the hairs on his arms prickle. There was no doubt. Mila was his mate. “It’s a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Bechtel...
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