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  • Second of the Winterset Coven by T.S. Joyce

    Second of the Winterset Coven by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Dawn Reed is a small town girl looking for a big adventure. She’s been feeling stagnant for a while, but there is a new coven in town and the Second to the king has captured her heart. Garret has been patiently building a slow friendship, but when he cuts her off, Dawn is bereft. Not only is she losing the man she’s falling head-over-heels for, she’s losing her friends in the coven as well...
  • 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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  • 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...
  • Stranded With An Insatiable Shifter by Olivia T. Turner

    Stranded With An Insatiable Shifter by Olivia T. Turner

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    It's been a lifelong dream and I'm doing it.Driving across the country in a skoolie, which is an old school bus I converted into my house on wheels.It's going great until I get deep into the Montana mountains when my bus decides not to bus anymore.I'm stranded.With no reception, nowhere to go, and with no one to help.Days turn into weeks...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Destined to the Alpha by Olivia T. Turner

    Destined to the Alpha by Olivia T. Turner

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    There’s something strange about this small Montana town. The men are huge, rough, and growly. There’s also an abnormally large amount of Alphas among them. But there’s one Alpha who stands above them all. Westin Wood. Firefighter. Grizzly bear shifter. Muscular god...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Wed to the Grendel by Cara Wylde

    Wed to the Grendel by Cara Wylde

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    For my birthday, I get the worst gift a bride.My kind lives in the deepest woods of Alia Terra. The humans call us forest giants, but we call ourselves grendels, after our ancestor. We live in small communities, and we'd be happy to have nothing to do with humans, except we need... their females.My brothers are all married, and now it is my turn. I refuse to do it...
  • 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...
  • Loving Lizzie: Lone Wolf Generations Book 1 by Alicia Montgomery

    Loving Lizzie: Lone Wolf Generations Book 1 by Alicia Montgomery

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A fake dating romance with a paranormal twist!A hopeless geeky girl, looking for the oneBrilliant, but clueless Lycan/witch hybrid Lizzie Martin is tired of hiding behind her computer screen. After a close brush with death, she now wants to experience everything life has to offer. But for now, she’d settle for a certain billionaire CEO to notice her...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • The Sea Wolf's Mate by Zoe Chant

    The Sea Wolf's Mate by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Jacqueline already had her happy-ever-after... Or so she thought—until her husband left her for a woman who could give him a child… and already had. Now she’s divorced before thirty, working herself to the bone to pay off the mortgage on a house that will never be full of the children she dreamed of. Wolf shifter Arlo lost his pack years ago...
  • 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...
  • Dragons' Jewel by Milly Taiden

    Dragons' Jewel by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Gianna Harris doesn’t think twice when joining a program seeking surrogates for an alien shifter planet whose female population was decimated during war. It’s better than grieving a mother who doesn’t remember her. With tears, Gianna says her goodbyes then travels to planet Daeria where she meets not one, but two sexy dragons who claim she’s their mate...
  • Dragon's Forever by Candace Ayers, Kym Dillon

    Dragon's Forever by Candace Ayers, Kym Dillon

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Dragon kings of LA need queens…In the high-powered world of Los Angeles, my kind reigns supreme.From the shadows, that is.Power? Check.Wealth? Check.Heirs? Here’s where things get tricky.BfB is my shot at passing on my legacy. And my fortune.With an arranged marriage, I can check the last box on my list.Our union, of course, will be impersonal and unemotional...
  • Wolf on a Mission by N.J. Walters

    Wolf on a Mission by N.J. Walters

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    When love runs wild, there are no limits. Salvation Pack, Book 6 Full-blooded werewolf Elias Gallagher, sole guardian of his half-breed teenage nephews, is all too aware that the world is not a safe place for a werewolf on his own. Doubly so for half-breeds. He brings his nephews to North Carolina to check out the Salvation Pack’s openness to half-breeds...
  • Fated to the Gargoyle by Lisa Carlisle

    Fated to the Gargoyle by Lisa Carlisle

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    My long-lost grandmother left me a letter with major revelations:I have a twin sisterWe come from a family of witchesGargoyles are real and to trust themStill, reading a note is different than seeing a gray creature with a massive wingspan flying down at me. Instinct kicks in and I run.When it comes to fight or flight, I choose flight every time...
  • 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...
  • Dragon’s Obsession For Darkness by Brittany White

    Dragon’s Obsession For Darkness by Brittany White

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Love is put to the test when secrets become unraveled.After losing my mother to vampire hunters when I was eighteen, I moved with my siblings and father across the country – until the hunters found us again. That was how my family and I ended up in Snow Haven, Alaska. I saw a dragon shifter, Josiah Bazin, the second day after we moved to the area and I fell in love...
  • Etched in Frost: A Modern Day Jack Frost Retelling by L.R. Friedman

    Etched in Frost: A Modern Day Jack Frost Retelling by L.R. Friedman

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Etched in Frost is a contemporary Jack Frost reimagining with Swan Lake vibes. An angsty, fated mates, shifter/mortal romance, this standalone includes some dark themes and content best suited for those over the age of 18.Jolie I always believed ballet was the love of my life.My fate.Until that tragic day that rocked my world...
  • Snow Wolf by Heather Long

    Snow Wolf by Heather Long

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 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...
  • 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...
  • Alpha's Claim by Renee Rose, Lee Savino

    Alpha's Claim by Renee Rose, Lee Savino

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My bear is wild. Totally uncivilized. Savage. I’m not the nice bear. That’s my twin, Teddy. I keep my bear caged. Until I meet Paloma and my bear goes wild. She’s beautiful and talented, but something’s rotten in this mansion in the Hamptons. Her foster father keeps her locked in a tower, surrounded by guards. There are whispers of an auction–a virgin auction...
  • 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...
  • Bellis: Skin Walkers by Susan Bliler

    Bellis: Skin Walkers by Susan Bliler

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Bellis StCroix, Skin Walker Assassin, only comes out of the shadows when he’s called to duty. The reason? Because he is a shadow himself. Pitch black skin, silky ebony hair, and inky wells for eyes, Bellis’ looks have set him apart from his kind his entire life. Because he’s so different there will never be hope for an Angel in his future. Angels don’t exist in hell...
  • Protected Mate by Candace Ayers, Kym Dillon

    Protected Mate by Candace Ayers, Kym Dillon

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Welcome to Mystic Hollow where wildest dreams (trust me, they do get wild) come true.I did it.I packed my bags, said adios to city life, and left my troubled past behind for a little town tucked in the bosom of nowhere.Why?Oh, let's call it the need for a fresh start.Or desperation. Yeah, we can call it desperation, that works...
  • Handle With Bear by P. Jameson

    Handle With Bear by P. Jameson

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Bear shifter, West Phillips, wasn’t looking for a mate… but he finds her anyway when a sweet and curvy delivery woman shows up at his doorstep. And at the least convenient time possible. His clan isn’t safe. It harbors lost and troubled youth, and hides a gnarly mutant shifter that no one can control. Not exactly the right place to settle down with the woman of your dreams...
  • There's Something About Dragons by Sara Ivy Hill

    There's Something About Dragons by Sara Ivy Hill

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    Falling for a dragon once was a mistake. Giving him a second chance? That’s just asking to get burned. Here’s the thing about dating don’t. Especially if you’re me. My first dragon boyfriend, Zed? Gorgeous, charming...and responsible for the worst night of my teenage life. The ones who came after? All ghosted me when they found their fated mates.I learned my No more dragons. It never ends well...
  • Pulled to the Alpha by Olivia T. Turner

    Pulled to the Alpha by Olivia T. Turner

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Blake turns into one possessive polar bear shifter when he sees the girl who belongs to him. Nobody, including that vicious dragon shifter is going to stop him from claiming what's his. This is the fifth book in the Alphas in Heat series featuring the bear shifters from the Blackcloud Point fire station. Fire-fighting bear shifters? Yes, please! The books can be read in any order...
  • Pet Rescue Panther by Zoe Chant

    Pet Rescue Panther by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 16 ratings
    What's hotter than a sexy man holding an adorable kitten? A sexy, protective panther shifter cop holding five adorable kittens! Curvy cat-rescue volunteer Tessa Davelos can't fix her wounded soul, so she's out to save the world instead, one kitten at a time...
  • Her Elemental Dragons: The Complete Series by Elizabeth Briggs

    Her Elemental Dragons: The Complete Series by Elizabeth Briggs

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Four sexy dragon shifters. A huntress with a dark past. A bond that could save the world. I've spent my entire life running from my past and staying out of trouble. That's how I've kept alive ever since my parents were killed by the Black Dragon, who's ruled the world under her oppressive talons for as long as anyone can remember...
  • The Snow Leopard's Home by Zoe Chant

    The Snow Leopard's Home by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    A curvy outdoorswoman who’s been forced inside + a snow leopard shifter who wants to help her roam free + a forbidden connection = one thrilling romance! Curvy Teri Lowell is stuck at home. Three months ago, she was terribly injured in a car accident. Now she’s almost recovered—but she’s lost control of her life...
  • Lords of Atlantis Boxed Set by Starla Night

    Lords of Atlantis Boxed Set by Starla Night

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Tattooed mer-shifters are climbing out of the secret depths to claim their soul mates and save their race! Mer and human. Human and mer. Like two sides of a drachma, our races were one. Then, disaster. A Great Catastrophe sank ancient Atlantis and plunged us into fiery war. Escaping into the depths, the mer lost their females...
  • Big Bad Boss: Mated by Renee Rose, Lee Savino

    Big Bad Boss: Mated by Renee Rose, Lee Savino

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Rule #4 of Wall Keep your enemies closeThe Vampire King wasn't on the invite list for our engagement party, but that won't stop him from demanding his due.He insists Madi and I make an appearance at his club.He wants a performance where we're the players.I would refuse--war be damned, but my bride is intrigued.And what she wants, she gets...
  • Prancer's Fated Mate by R.E. Butler

    Prancer's Fated Mate by R.E. Butler

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Kerri’s excited to be able to help plan the wedding of her sister’s friend. Decorating her sister’s middle-of-nowhere cabin and taking some R&R after finally finishing cooking school is exactly what she needs before she starts her job hunt. Unable to sleep, Kerri heads out into the woods before dawn on Christmas Eve to cut pine boughs to decorate the fireplace mantel...
  • Bear My Heir by Anya Nowlan

    Bear My Heir by Anya Nowlan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She never thought she would see him again, but now she has to fight for more than just her own future... This is a full 50 k novel with a guaranteed HEA. It has violence, steam, a forbidden pregnancy and lots of hot shifter SEALs that are sure to blow through all your defenses...
  • When a Liger Mates by Eve Langlais

    When a Liger Mates by Eve Langlais

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lawrence is in trouble. That’s nothing new. What is unexpected is how he accidentally ends up mated to a human. Oops. To make matters worse for this tomcat, Charlotte has no idea what he is, and when he finally shows her his majestic liger shape? She is less than impressed and dares to ask if he’s up to date on his shots...
  • The Kilgarin’s Gift (Book One) by Shay Rucker

    The Kilgarin’s Gift (Book One) by Shay Rucker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A curse upon the cursed is perhaps the Goddess’s most calculated gift. ~ Tacura of The Indomitus Witch Trinity Cillian Kilgarin. He is wolf-shifter—Indomitus—Clan leader of the cursed Kilgarin’s... and he is losing himself to the madness of his Nocturnal Transition. Morgan Neale is a gun-for-hire...
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