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Stranded With An Insatiable Shifter by Olivia T. Turner
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...Categorized as:
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Rancher Dragon by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSave a horse, ride a rancher dragon...Beck is a big, growly mountain of a man with a monster of a dragon inside him. He keeps to himself, only leaving Dragonclaw Ranch when his inner beast feels unsafe for his friends. But when a brush with death makes Beck give a stranger his dragon's talon coin, he wakes up to a pretty, curvy woman that he now owes a favor... -
Wrangler Dragon by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSave a horse, ride a wrangler dragon...Tucker C. Thompson, an immortal dragon and legendary gunslinger, is now a simple wrangler who enjoys life on the ranch under his middle name, Clancy. The world has moved on and he's happy to be forgotten. That is, until he sees his old Dragon's Talon coin in an antiques shop in a tiny town... -
Mountain Yearning by Janice Whiteaker
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYou can’t hide from the past forever. Sometimes it comes back to bite you. Twenty-five years ago Christine tried to spare Magni the pain she saw in his future, even though it meant he would never be hers. He didn’t listen. Now she carries a burden no one else can see and that he refused to hear. The truth of what happened to his wife. **** Magni is a bitter man. And it’s his own damn fault...Categorized as:
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Ground Training by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsImmortal Outcast® Series, Book Five An Immortal Ops World NovelFormer Immortal Operative Ace Hargraves is a genetically altered super soldier who has spent decades on the run from the government, all while helping others. But the time has come for this horse-shifter to do something to help himself if he wants to protect his mate and live to see another day...Categorized as:
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Taming Raptor: RBMC: Dallas, TX by Kristine Allen
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBook ONE of the NEW RBMC Dallas, TX Chapter!I’m Adrien Krow, but they call me Raptor. As the vice president of the Ankeny, IA chapter, I was happy with my life. Until a platinum haired vixen turned it upside down.Ten years ago Sage was too damn young for my darkness, so I put up a wall. It worked—until the day it didn’t. I thought I knew what I was doing. I was always in control... -
Shades of Witches by Kim Richardson
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDon't miss the next book in the Witches of New York series!Shades of Witches is perfect for fans of urban fantasy, mystery, slow-burn romance, and humor... -
Cheating Death by Sarah Reynolds
The last thing Sunday Prescott wanted to do was rescue her brother from another problematic adventure, but that is exactly where she ended up.When Colton found himself in the holding cells of the Ruby Star Casino, Sunday knew that the only way to get him out what to appeal to the casino's owner... -
Castiel by Taylor Rylan
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThey were supposed to be colleagues. Fate had other plans for them. Dr. Castiel Bennett has been alone a very long time. The oldest son of one of an original eight, he’s seen a lot in his long life. As a gargoyle, he doesn’t mind living a solitary life, but he knows it would be so much better with his fated mate by his side... -
Real Men Bite by Celia Kyle, Marina Maddix
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsHis wolf wants her to submit. She wants him to heel. After years of kicking ass in the Army, Captain Valerie Logan needs a break. And she can’t think of a better place for some R&R than her best friend’s small mountain hometown. Except her sister from another mister no longer lives in Tremble, Georgia. Who does? Her BFF’s frustrating, domineering, sex-on-two-legs older brother...Categorized as:
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Rosewood Ridge Riders Complete Collection by Lilah Hart
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsIn Rosewood Ridge, Tennessee, a biker convention has the town full of hunky guys. But for the Rosewood Ridge Riders, the town is home. What they don't expect is that Biker Blast will bring romance into their lives... -
Fated to the Gargoyle by Lisa Carlisle
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsMy 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... -
Dragon’s Obsession For Darkness by Brittany White
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLove 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
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEtched 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...Categorized as:
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Orc's Possession by Julie K. Cohen
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsMy curves are why my people look down on me… and the reason the Orc leader craves me.My people see my curves and decide I’m not worthy of love.The Orc leader sees my curves and thinks I’ll make a good breeder.Me? I see nothing but monsters all around me.I bide my time, waiting for the opening to escape these monsters...Categorized as:
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Bigfoot's Wife: Fated Mates Monster Romance by Candace Ayers
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsBestselling 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
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHow 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...Categorized as:
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Dragons Don't Do Happy Holidays: A Small Town Cozy Festive Shifter Romance by Harmony Raines
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBrooding dragon shifter Flint wants a new start. So, when he arrives in Wishing Moon Bay the plan is simple. Get in. Get out. And avoid the merriness as much as possible.However, with a dark past, and nothing to his name, getting any supplies for his journey is all but impossible-so much for the season of giving.But, as they say, when one door closes, another opens...Categorized as:
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There's Something About Dragons by Sara Ivy Hill
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... -
Dad's Irish Wolf Shifter Friend by Flora Ferrari
***Includes a link to receive a free, new story delivered to your inbox on Easter morning.*** Keeley Malone is a Mob princess who is none too pleased about being sent to Ireland to stay with her dad’s best friend...until she sees him. She has always loved fairy tales, but this time the princess might just get devoured by the big bad wolf...Categorized as:
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Her Elemental Dragons: The Complete Series by Elizabeth Briggs
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFour 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...Categorized as:
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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... -
Delivered to My Grizzlies by Mazzy J. March
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsMonroe:I’m destined to be alone for the rest of my life. Me and my books and my cats and no children. I don’t think that, but my parents and family can’t stop talking about it. The Mail-Order Mating app seems like a way to appease them without actually mating. I’ll make my preferences impossible to fill. But I get a match. Two grizzlies.And they are hot. Older, daddy-type hot.So I give it a shot...Categorized as:
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Snowed In: Volume Two by D.E. Scion, Ruby Smoke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSnowed in: Why choose holiday anthology is a collection of original, brand-new short stories for this holiday season.Volume 2 participating authors: D.E. Scion, Taylor Schafer, Ruby Smoke, Kyra Alessy, R. A. Alyse, R.K. Pierce, Jenn Bullard, Jaelle Keyes, Sydney, St... -
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Her Beasts by Mandy Muse
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTime is a luxury—one that I don’t have.I fear my fate inside these walls almost as much as I fear my husband outside of them.The more I uncover the secrets my family kept from me, the more I realize I’m not who I thought I was.In spite of all the lies, I’ve fallen for the men that roam this castle.My mating bond with Aeon and Lucien is strong...Categorized as:
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The Dragon's Pledge by Marie Johnston
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRonanThe next time my brother says “Hey, I’ve got an idea,” I need to run, not walk away. I might be from a dragon shifter ruling family, but I’m not demanding a female mate with me. Yet taking my time and winning her over is going nowhere. So far, I’ve punched my card as the older neighbor who’s way too nosy about the young female next door. Then I hear about what she’s got planned... -
My Beautiful Monsters: The Complete Series by J.B. Trepagnier
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’ve always been able to talk to animals. Apparently, I can hear monsters too. Hades kidnapped me. Yeah, that Hades. Greek mythology is real and I’m learning the gods are real dicks. I’m tasked with caring for the monsters in the Underworld. Oh, yeah, Demeter is pissed about the whole Persephone thing. She’s kidnapped her daughter and making the monsters fight for sport... -
Bluz by L. Eveland
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsNo one cooks like Gaston, and I’m hungry like a wolf.Eight years ago, I missed my chance to be with the love of my life. Now, Gaston is back in town to rescue his pack’s troubled bar and grill, Bluz. He’s keen to rekindle things between us, but I’ve still got the blues over how it all went down before.Gaston’s got a whole life out west full of fast cars, fancy dinners, and famous friends...Categorized as:
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Delivered to My Gargoyles by Mazzy J. March
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsSo I take a dare. As a “human” I have no real right to be looking for a “mate” on an app for shifters and other paranormal beings. But I never have been able to hold my liquor, which is why I rarely drink to excess. I am not entirely sure shifters or vampires or whoever exist beyond cosplay anyway...Categorized as:
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Harry's Beast by Kat Baxter
You know what they say about satyrs… Jace Like many of the people in Screaming Woods, I’m cursed. My plight goes beyond my hooved feet, horns and my tail. My problem–my curse– is a different kind of hard. The perpetually stiff kind of hard, if you know what I mean. Only true love can give me “release.” I know it’s too much to hope the pretty, curvy human is my fated mate... -
Pain in the Ice by Arden Steele
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThade Maddock would literally rather die than spend four weeks aboard a cruise ship with nine hundred strangers in the middle of the Pacific. When it happens to be his best friend’s dying request, however, he can’t exactly refuse the invitation. On the bright side, the ship’s pool does offer some stunning views. Like the human male with fiery red hair and a smile to rival the sun... -
Knotting Hill by Ami Wright
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’m just a girl, standing in front of a wolf, asking him to love her…If only life was that simple, but being a famous actress means nothing in my life is simple. When I bump into the guy of my dreams I know it’s doomed from the start. Will is everything I have a weakness smart, funny, a little shy. Plus he’s tall and handsome and completely obsessed with me... -
The Wolf's Forbidden Alpha by Ava Beringer
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsMy fated mate leads our rival pack. Can our forbidden love flourish, or will a terrible secret rip us apart?Omega wolf Larkin Bolder was raised by his much-older brothers after a tragedy rocked the family. Back home from college, he’s all grown up, but they still treat him like a pup. Then Larkin meets his fated mate, Tracer Ramirez... -
Shadow Born by D.N. Hoxa
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey call me Kallista Nix, but that is not my real name. My past was taken from me, and though I search for it every day for the past five years, all I find are dead ends.Though I search for the Dark Shade, everyone keeps telling me that it doesn’t exist. The darkness, the monsters, the fear—they’re all in my head.I’m tempted to believe them... -
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My Relentless Dragon by C.G. Rayne
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat can be harder than finding the perfect man? Knowing that your love is super illegal when you do…Nolan Warren has always been a list guy, so of course his plans for the coming weekend had one. Maybe the most insane list of his life:Travel to a secret dragon safehouse with his parents. Check.Cross an international border illegally. Check... -
Experiment b4hR by Miranda Martin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’m a monster. The moment I see her, I know. This beauty is my treasure.Once I was a male to be admired and desired. That was before. Before the experiments, before the procedures. Now I’m a monster.A beast.I didn’t mean to kidnap Sophia. I saw her and I acted. Now I can’t let her go. I won’t. She must understand what I know. We are meant to be together.SophiaAs if life wasn’t hard enough...Categorized as:
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Dark Captivation by Taylor Spratt
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI escaped my Monster Mates. Now i'm the Demon God’s captive. I've been taken by Malek, the Demon God. He pulls me into a new world of dark desire and passion. We strike a deal. If Malek fails to claim my heart, he must abandon his war plans. But if he should prevail, the world as we know it will cease to exist... -
Bear's Little Brat by Cooper McKenzie
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe has a knack for getting in trouble. But this Daddy knows just how to handle naughty little brats...A prank gone wrong sends Emory off to Bratburg Institute, where she's expected to learn how to become a "proper woman".But as it turns out, it's not the horrible punishment she expects it to be...Categorized as:
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Her Scent by Flora Ferrari
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’ve lived a long time alone.Hunted. Hiding what I really am.But then Ruby moves to my city, and I can’t hide anymore.She’s twenty, a curvy, gorgeous virgin who’s all the more beautiful for not knowing how perfect she is.She’s shy. She’s smart.And, even if she doesn’t know it yet, she’s mine.I’m forty-two and as muscular as most wolves are that doesn’t mean she’ll want me as badly as I want her...Categorized as:
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The Lone Wolf: Cincinnati Shifters Book 4 by B.A. Stretke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Lone Wolf must come to big city and the unknown to save his mate…Connell Rathe is a very old wolf. Kicked out of his pack long ago, the solitude of the forests of Northern Ohio suited him fine. He’s carved out a life deep in those solitary woods. He acts as protector for the few people and creatures who also call those woods home. It’s a place that calls to his wolf... -
Fate Promised by Jocelyn Montana
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFOR HER HE WILL BREAK ALL THE RULES …Juri lives to protect Ulterra. No mate. No family. It’s the werewolf way. Yet deep inside, he yearns for the girl he vowed to marry at age ten. And as danger threatens her, he won’t stay away any longer...Categorized as:
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Reformed by Holly Monroe
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a realm where being supernatural is all but illegal, Stella Mikers has hidden her supernatural spirit and done it well for over a decade. Up against the wire to produce a piece of hard-hitting journalism to solidify her career and no other ideas, she decides it's time to come out of hiding and embrace what she truly is - a Valkyrie... -
Honey Bear: A Kinship Cove Fun & Flirty Romance by Ellis Leigh, Shifters In Love
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsSometimes the happy in happily ever after is relative. Or related. Sort of. The third slice of sweetness from the Cake-ily Ever After bakery in Kinship Cove will definitely satisfy your sweet tooth. I’m supposed to be the nice sister. The good one. The girl everyone can count on and who rallies the troops whenever one of us needs a little boost. I’m not supposed to be anything other than sweet...Categorized as:
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Her Three Bears, Part Two by Indie Black, B. Livingstone
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsMy parents are dead and my only living relative left me in a new town to fend for myself.How could things possibly get any worse?Finding out my entire life has been a lie sounds like a good way.And that’s only the beginning of my bad luck. I never saw it coming, the secrets that were kept from me.Secrets that I harbored within, unknowingly... -
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A Giant Love by Flora Quincy
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsHe 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... -
Burning Bright by Vicky Walklate
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratings“For some messed up reason, the universe has decided that a shy, innocent human is my soulmate.”♥♥♥After an unhappy marriage and a nasty divorce, Freya Mulholland is ready to protect her hard-won freedom with all her might. Not easy when her vengeful ex-husband stalks her every move, determined to make her new life a misery... -
Valpar by Vera Foxx
A grouchy orc who has given up hope in finding his fated mate is forced to tend a ball with his tribe when a human dressed as a fairy literally falls into his lap.Valpar was over it.There were no longer orc females, all dead of unknown causes. Orcs had to look elsewhere. For ten years, they were present at all the mating balls of the realm. No orc had found their mate yet, and he had lost hope... -
Mercury Rising: A Brides for the Blood Lords Novella by Alessa Thorn
Welcome to Inferno, the city where monsters rule and only the strong survive. Each district is ruled by a different species and if you choose to come and dance with these devils, you're never going to be the same again. Mercury Rising, is a standalone novella that is a sizzling vampire tale drenched in bloodlust and revenge, perfect for readers seeking their spice in the shadows...Categorized as:
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Guarded By A Savage Shifter by Olivia T. Turner
I have the scoop of a lifetime.An exclusive interview with the leader of the world's deadliest drug cartel.The last interviewer didn't make it out alive.My family begs me not to take it.My friends say I'm crazy.My boss agrees to let me go, if I take a bodyguard with me.I'm curious to know what kind of bodyguard can protect me from a whole cartel of killers.And I find out.The savage kind...Categorized as:
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Grin and Bear It by Arden Steele
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThorne McIver is no ordinary bear shifter. He’s the monster whispered about in the dark, the beast feared in battles, and for hundreds of years, he’s used his formidable gifts to protect the royal families of the paranormal world. So, when he’s tasked with escorting the elven prince to a council meeting at Blackhaven Manor, he figures it’s just another assignment...
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