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Priceless by Devyn Sinclair
Ocean Caldwell is getting married. To who? She doesn’t know. Yet. What she does know is that it doesn’t matter. This marriage is a way to get away from her toxic, fatphobic family, and a one-way ticket to freedom. One year married, and she never has to speak to her aunt and uncle ever again.She doesn’t count on the fact.Her new husbands are Alphas that she’s met before... -
![Romancing the Orc by Krista Luna]()
Romancing the Orc by Krista Luna
Don’t judge a book by its cover model, unless he’s an orc with abs of steel and a pierced…After the makeover of the century, I walk onstage in too-high heels… and trip in front of thousands of people! I’m saved from becoming a face-plant meme by Brokk, who catches me in a romantic dip that makes my tummy flutter. Which it so totally shouldn’t...Categorized as:
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![Alpha Dominated by Olivia T. Turner]()
Alpha Dominated by Olivia T. Turner
The Dixon Brothers series continues with Easton and Ivy!The inexperienced Ivy will be dominated by her Kodiak bear shifter mate and she'll love every minute of... -
![Alpha's Sun by Renee Rose, Lee Savino]()
Alpha's Sun by Renee Rose, Lee Savino
HOW TO DATE A HUMAN: 1. Just say no. Sunny Hines is the most infuriating female I’ve ever met. Long hair, big sunny smile, cute little freckles, yoga-tight body. Delicious scent. 2. Resist the urge to claim. Walk away. My wolf wants to mark her, but there’s no way in hell I’m falling for a human. This pretty little hippie human is driving me crazy...Categorized as:
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![There's a Monster in the Woods by Fae Quin]()
There's a Monster in the Woods by Fae Quin
The spooky boys series invites you to visit a world where things that go bump in the night aren’t just fantasy. These standalone novels feature monsters that are spicy, fun, and sometimes furryFollow Ellis, an outcast who hides from the real world inside his garden, as he discovers that the centuries old children’s poem about a monster that lives in the woods by his house is real...Categorized as:
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![Her Dragon by Fiona Davenport]()
Her Dragon by Fiona Davenport
Artemis Drake had good reason to be grumpy. The dragon shifter was older than all of his pack mates, but he still hadn’t found his fated mate. Not until he hunted down the little thief who stole a precious rock from his cave and discovered she was destined to be his. Marielle Beck thought she’d made a discovery that would impress her geology professor...Categorized as:
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![His Slender Embrace by Amanda Meuwissen]()
His Slender Embrace by Amanda Meuwissen
Gaze long into the abyss and you might fall in love.Eldritch, Tall Man, slender and strange – Cael is all these things, with a presence humans fear, and among monsters allowed visas to the human world, he still feels like an outsider. The first time someone hears his voice, they’re knocked unconscious, and if they look at him for too long, they risk losing their minds or worse...Categorized as:
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![Etched in Frost by L.R. Friedman]()
Etched in Frost by L.R. Friedman
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJolie I always believed ballet was the love of my life.My fate.Until that tragic day that rocked my world. Now my mom is gone, I’ve lost my spot at the Institute, and I’m left to pick up the pieces and start over on my own... -
![Pieces of Me by Jacey Davis]()
Pieces of Me by Jacey Davis
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhat happens when a jaded chimera meets a skeptical and stressed human? True love, of course. Why did I decide to live in the human realm again? I asked myself that question nearly every day lately. Sure, many monsters are thriving here, and I don’t think I could go back to never having coffee or cheese danishes again, but…humans can be so infuriating sometimes and I’m over it...Categorized as:
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![Poseidon's Island Flower by Vera Foxx]()
Poseidon's Island Flower by Vera Foxx
Poseidon, the God of the Sea, isn't the god that humans believe. He isn't a fearsome god tossing ships around the ocean. He is meek, broken, the timid. After being swallowed by Kronos and remembering the years he spent in darkness, he doesn't think he would be worthy of a mate that the gods that are now being granted.He was just too much trouble. No female would want a male like him... -
![Love for Heller by Amy Bellows]()
Love for Heller by Amy Bellows
Heller doesn’t need an alpha.His life is already complete. He has plenty of friends, his dream job, and a tender relationship with his kid, who he gave up for adoption to two sweet alphas, only to end up as an honorary member of their family. Life is good, and he doesn’t want anything to change.Then he meets Sergey.Half polar bear shifter and half Gentoo, Sergey is a walking contradiction... -
![Snowed In With A Rebel Shifter by Tessa Stone]()
Snowed In With A Rebel Shifter by Tessa Stone
Part of the Snowed In Shadow Wolf Creek Collab A lone alpha finds his fated mate and discovers the true meaning of love, loyalty, and family. AsherAs a white wolf and a born alpha, I was destined to leave my pack and forge my own path. But little did I know that my journey would lead me to Jada, a fiercely independent woman who captured my heart from the moment our eyes met...Categorized as:
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![Bidding on Her Orc Boss by Evangeline Priest]()
Bidding on Her Orc Boss by Evangeline Priest
Zana Estrada has been living her best introverted life. As a number cruncher for one of the elite orc families in Obsidian City, she works remotely from her cushy apartment two hours away and gets compensated well for it. So long as she continues to provide the data analysis to keep Clan Urkroz profitable, her manager keeps her as far away from social interactions as possible...Categorized as:
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![Taming Kane by Tessa Stone]()
Taming Kane by Tessa Stone
When a desperate woman escapes a dangerous situation and seeks refuge in Wintermoon, she finds herself irrevocably bonded to a possessive wolf shifter in this fated mates, forced proximity romance.KaneA thousand years of loneliness have ended. The curse on supernaturals is lifted, and we can finally meet our fated mates. I’ve waited patiently, but after ten years, I’m losing hope...Categorized as:
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![Mine by J.R. Ward]()
Mine by J.R. Ward
The hotly anticipated thrilling conclusion of the Lair of the Wolven series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward.In this finale, Lydia and Daniel are bracing themselves for his inevitable decline but first, they must go on a rescue mission that will put both their lives in danger...Categorized as:
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![Lindy & The Wulfen by R.E. Butler]()
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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![Ogre My Dead Body by Violet Rae]()
Ogre My Dead Body by Violet Rae
Can the curvy redhead with a dark past teach the growly ogre with a broken soul that even "monsters" deserve to be loved?GregorI've been alone for a long time, living a solitary existence in my cabin in the woods. My dream of falling in love and raising a family turned to ashes following the accident that turned me into a monster... -
![Guardian of the Earth House by Cassandra Gannon]()
Guardian of the Earth House by Cassandra Gannon
Elementals: Water, Earth, Fire and Air are only the beginning. Elementals support everything from Darkness to Time, secretly maintaining the processes of nature. Only now the Elementals are nearly extinct. Two years ago, the Air House released a plague that killed ninety percent of them...Categorized as:
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![Love is Trash in Hallow's Cove by Emily Antoinette]()
Love is Trash in Hallow's Cove by Emily Antoinette
After a string of awful relationships and cheating exes, Hayley is fed up with dating. Her solution? Swear off dating humans and look for a monster mate in Hallow’s Cove.When she moves to the quaint town inhabited by more monsters than humans, she quickly realizes that finding her match isn’t as simple as she’d hoped...Categorized as:
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![The Rake OR The Orca Who Met His Match in a Selkie Desiring Revenge by Kass O'Shire]()
The Rake OR The Orca Who Met His Match in a Selkie Desiring Revenge by Kass O'Shire
It only takes a taste... Lost in strange waters after a narrow escape from captivity, Elspeth the selkie is determined to find and free her brother. When she runs into an orca-shifter who mistakes her for lunch, one drop of his blood on her pelt binds her to him... forever...Categorized as:
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![Between the Bear's Sheets by Jenika Snow]()
Between the Bear's Sheets by Jenika Snow
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTalia Landon, a red fox shifter, knew she was in trouble when she saw Ford Wylde for the first time. The alpha bear shifter was the type of male she should stay away from. He had this darkness he wore like a second skin. It should’ve had Talia keeping her distance, but instead, she was drawn to him even more.But what was supposed to be a one-night stand turned into mating with a Wylde bear...Categorized as:
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![Rough Rider by Jayda Marx]()
Rough Rider by Jayda Marx
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRider’s packmates have found happiness with their fated ones, and while the Alpha is thrilled for them, he is also lonely and withdrawn. When his friends force him out of isolation, Rider comes face-to-face with his mate Trey, but things don’t go as planned, as Trey wants nothing to do with the big man... -
![His Primal Kiss by Kota Quinn]()
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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![A Dangerous Hunger by J.S. Scott]()
A Dangerous Hunger by J.S. Scott
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDr. Talia Maris had lived her entire life as a freak—a too tall, too plain, too odd woman who sees and senses the presence of otherworldly entities. A total recluse, Talia spends all of her time on her research, living a contented, quiet life with only her loyal feline companion for company. Until that sedate existence comes crashing down around her when she starts being pursued by demon Evils...Categorized as:
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![Fated To Be King by Skye Alder]()
Fated To Be King by Skye Alder
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt was supposed to be a vacation.I’ve always wanted to go to Scotland and when I win my dream vacation, I have nothing but high hopes for the trip.Then I get turned around and when I stop to ask for directions, I’m led to this castle and entered into some kind of Queen ceremony.I’m trying to stay positive. I’ll just explain that I would make a terrible Queen and get back to my vacation...Categorized as:
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![Beach Shots & Monster Knots: A Monster Romance Anthology by M.J. Marstens, Gemma Nye]()
Beach Shots & Monster Knots: A Monster Romance Anthology by M.J. Marstens, Gemma Nye
This charity anthology (all proceeds to St. Jude's) is chalk full of monsters with muscles as well as heart. Light, sweet, and spicy--perfect to curl up and read on the beach or anywhere you're relaxing!_______________________________________________Authors GEMMA NYE (M.J. MARSTENS & SEDONA ASHE)JADE WALTZNESSIE SREILAMI WRIGHTEVE L...Categorized as:
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![Wolf Baited by Eliza Gayle]()
Wolf Baited by Eliza Gayle
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFollowing a lead south to find a missing female shifter, Greer and Calder land in the middle of unfamiliar territory. Enigma, South Carolina to be exact. Everything there seems innocent enough until their questions begin to ruffle fur and their oddball waitress at the local diner has a meltdown...Categorized as:
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![Naughty Elf: Aster: M/M Mpreg Christmas Romance by Lorelei M. Hart]()
Naughty Elf: Aster: M/M Mpreg Christmas Romance by Lorelei M. Hart
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWho put three cups of salt in the sugar cookies? Oh yeah, that would be me.Being Santa’s head baker, I have one Make delicious cookies. And I do. Year after year. I bake the best cookies in the world… that is until someone puts the salt in the sugar bin and I accidently make the worst cookies ever. And to make matters worse, I served them to Santa after he had a rough day...Categorized as:
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![Jasmine's Enchanted Genie by Ava Ross]()
Jasmine's Enchanted Genie by Ava Ross
Once Upon A Time ... a coven of romance authors cast a spell on your favorite fairy tales.You've met the Monsters Between the Sheets in Screaming Woods, now meet the enchanted townsfolk in neighboring Fable Forest, where love and magic collide. Thieves and witches and creatures that fly. Wolves and demons and bears ..Categorized as:
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![His Impossible Elf Mate by Jax Stuart]()
His Impossible Elf Mate by Jax Stuart
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAn elf with a secret.Tearlach is on a mission to find the reason behind the beta sickness and how the plight relates to the elven fertility crisis. The last thing he expected to find is the man who feels like a part of his soul.Or how determined he’d be to keep Axel. No matter what.A shifter with an impossible dream... -
![The Orc's Sweetheart by Elle Sterling]()
The Orc's Sweetheart by Elle Sterling
Tilly is ready to live her cottagecore dreams on Starry Hill—a quiet island town where life is easy. Or so she thought.Bodin enjoys his peaceful lifestyle, supportive community, and fulfilling job. But when Tilly blows in from Cape Easton, a place he’s sworn he’ll never set foot in again, his uncomplicated existence is turned upside down... -
![Roman by Callie Rhodes]()
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... -
![Kings and Monsters by Clio Evans]()
Kings and Monsters by Clio Evans
Dying was supposed to be a once in a lifetime event.And yet, after falling off an overpass onto a mafia boss’ car, not only am I still alive—I’m a demigod in a world where myths are reality and monsters are hot.My unlikely hero is the Minoan Bull, a fierce Minotaur hated by many. Embers ignite between us, leading to an unforgettable night and a pact to never see each other again... -
![The Alpha's Heart by R.E. Butler]()
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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![Aric by Callie Rhodes]()
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... -
![Alpha King by R.K. Munin]()
Alpha King by R.K. Munin
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsCathleen, a bear shifter, possesses the valuable and rare SoulCipher gift which means she can heal emotional wounds. Despite her brother and community’s best efforts, she ends up kidnapped by an unscrupulous Pack of wolf shifters. Forced to spend her days healing people while the wolves holding her reap all the rewards, soon she finds herself worn out from overuse of her gift... -
![Anthropologists Like It Wet by Elliot Ason]()
Anthropologists Like It Wet by Elliot Ason
Despite numerous reported sightings, anthropologist Alice knows the infamous river monster Haltamaha-ya doesn't really exist. All she wants is to get this land survey around the river done so she can go home and get back to her life.But after a run-in with a mysterious stranger she finds herself looking deeper and deeper into the river... and its inhabitants... -
![Bear in a Bakery by Liz Paffel]()
Bear in a Bakery by Liz Paffel
One sexy carpenter bear shifter. One sassy human with a sweet, sweet cinnamon roll.Allie Rowe is in a bind after drunk raccoons do a number on her business, Sticky Sweet Bakery. With a major event coming up, she can't afford to be out of commission... but she can't afford to fix things, either... -
![Instant Bond - Just Add Billionaire by L.A. Lambert]()
Instant Bond - Just Add Billionaire by L.A. Lambert
Cam:Watching a super hot billionaire alpha give my kid the last donut in a coffee shop was the highlight of my day, but I didn't expect it to turn into the highlight of my life. Karter Morrison is one of the most eligible bachelors in the city. I'm a broke single dad with a love of junk food and no sense of fashion... -
![Mending the Dragon's Heart by Minerva Howe]()
Mending the Dragon's Heart by Minerva Howe
When Lake loses his betrothed, he also loses his dragon heartstone, the thing that gives a dragon their magic. He's locked away, waiting to pass. But his brother is a Seer, and he refuses to let Lake die, so he arranges a rescue.Boone is one of an elite dragon rescue team, sent to pull Lake into the modern human world so he can be taken to a sanctuary in the Colorado mountains...Categorized as:
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![Ronan by Hope Ford]()
Ronan by Hope Ford
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s searching for freedom and he’s the one to give it to her.BreeI never knew how much I needed my freedom until I moved to the Klamath Mountains. I was ready to get out on my own and let my bear run free.But when I have a run-in with the Eater Motorcycle Club it could have gone really bad if my cousin, who is part of the New Law MC, hadn’t shown up... -
![To Claim His Mate by Serena Pettus]()
To Claim His Mate by Serena Pettus
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAfter watching all of his brothers find and wed their mates, Adam Wolfe is starting to wonder if there’s a woman out there for him as well. Deciding to ditch the latest wedding festivities, he heads to the store intending to buy a little liquor and indulge in a pity party at home. Of course, that was before he saw her... -
![Torn By The Alpha: A Rejected Mate Werewolf Shifter Romance by Brittany White]()
Torn By The Alpha: A Rejected Mate Werewolf Shifter Romance by Brittany White
Rejected at the altar and sentenced to death by my alpha, I ran for my life – right into the arms of another alpha.I didn’t want to go through the mating ceremony with Declan, the alpha of my pack. However, I was willing to do my duty. The day came, and he not only rejected me at the altar but also sentenced me to death because of an old witch’s prophecy...Categorized as:
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![Kept by the Kraken by Sirena Song]()
Kept by the Kraken by Sirena Song
He’s the last kraken—and he’s living in exile. For centuries, Bjorn has punished himself for the loss of his people in the Great Shifter Wars. He barely lives, hiding away in his nature preserve and overseeing his watery territory.But an underwater encounter with a human scientist in his bay reawakens his magic...Categorized as:
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![Tempting the Tiger by Lacey Thorn]()
Tempting the Tiger by Lacey Thorn
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLegend awakened… Reno has known there was more to him since he awoke in the hospital, alive when he should have died. Only one thought consumed him. Find Tah. Watch over him. Protect him. Then everything changed. A tempted tiger… A mission gone wrong brings him face to face with a woman who tempts his tiger from hiding...Categorized as:
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![Omega Captive of the Mean Old Dragon by Wendy Rathbone]()
Omega Captive of the Mean Old Dragon by Wendy Rathbone
I’m being sold to dragon-country to be forcibly mated. Please tell me it’s all just a bad dream.Akai is a set-omega, which means he has no inner beast and cannot shift. Considered worthless by his wolf pack, and with no individual rights, he is sold into slavery along with other set-omegas as they come of age... -
![Bred by the Dragon by Lyonne Riley]()
Bred by the Dragon by Lyonne Riley
Sammy is on her fifth visit to DreamTogether, a breeding program designed to help monsters create the families they’ve always wanted. But as hard as she and her dragon partner have tried to create a hatchling, every test turns up negative.Dragons are dying out, so Zakarion came to DreamTogether to continue his species...Categorized as:
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![Fated by Alexa Wilde]()
Fated by Alexa Wilde
Eleven years is a long time to spend on the run... It may be a new city and a new name, but it's the same old story. Never let anyone get close. Never let on that you're more than what's on the surface. I've gotten pretty good at both of those things. After over a decade of practice, it was bound to happen. I'm working in a random vampire bar, O, keeping my head down and my profile low... -
![The Wolf Within by Sondrae Bennett]()
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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![A Giant Love by Flora Quincy]()
A Giant Love by Flora Quincy
He was a giant.She was a socialite.Can I make it anymore obvious?Society's golden girl, Charis Grace, is about to make an indecent proposal to her cousin's sexy as sin ex-husband.It's that or give up her trust fund.But if he says yes, what does he get out of this unusual arrangement?Hephaestus has been lusting after Charis for sixteen years...Categorized as:
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