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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... -
Hellhound Marshal by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHe’s trapped in a nightmare. She’s a dream come true.Logan Vega has been stuck as a hellhound so long that he’s almost forgotten how to be human. Some days, he can’t even remember his own name.But then a new prisoner is locked in the cage next door. She’s more than the cure for his loneliness: she’s the bravest, kindest, toughest, and most radiant woman he’s ever met... -
The Griffin Marshal's Heart by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHe was imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. His fated mate? The gorgeous U.S. Marshal transporting him ...Once, Cooper was a U.S. Marshal with a distinguished career. Now he's a prisoner, accused of murder, with his inner griffin suppressed and maybe even dead. He's being transported across the country in leg chains. This isn't how he planned on meeting the woman of his dreams... -
Protection, Inc. Complete Collection by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThis team of shifter bodyguards will do anything to protect their mates! Read the complete hot and hilarious series in one binge-ready collection!The bodyguards of Protection, Inc. were misfits until they came together to form a team as close as a family. They can face any danger, from vengeful dragons to evil experiments to rampaging dinosaurs (yes, dinosaurs)... -
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Love of the Dragon by Anna Lowe
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDragons, duty, destined mates, and a deadly rival... Silas Llewellyn, the last of a once-mighty dragon clan, doesn’t have time for anything but work and duty. He certainly doesn’t have time for love — not with a ruthless enemy plotting to destroy everything he holds dear... -
Rebel Bear by Anna Lowe
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsUp-and-coming supermodel Hailey Crewe can’t wait to escape the limelight and return to the modest, anonymous lifestyle she once led. Escaping literally? That was never part of her plan. But when an unwanted suitor — and her scheming mother/manager — go a step too far with a surprise Hawaii wedding, Hailey becomes a bride on the run... -
Christmas Getaway Griffin by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlways the sidekick, never the heroine...June Lockley knows that life isn’t a Christmas rom-com. Okay, so she’s spending the holidays in a picturesque shifter town that goes way over the top with the decorations. Okay, so there’s ice-skating and hot chocolate and way too many people interested in her personal life. Even if this was a Hallmark movie, she’d be the funny BFF... -
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... -
Santa Soldier Bear by Meg Ripley
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA spinster snow leopard.A heartbroken polar bear.And the magical Christmas they’ll never forget.They say you can’t run from your past, but that’s exactly what I did.I was minding my own business, tending to my ranch, when an old Army buddy called me up.After the hell I’d been through, he didn’t want me to spend Christmas alone,So I agreed to head to L.A... -
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... -
Rebel Alpha by Anna Lowe
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDragon heiress and her bad boy wolf shifter get a second chance at forbidden love. Is it too late? All dragon shifter Cynthia “Brown” wants is a safe place to raise her child and heal from bitter betrayal. When Cal — her first love, her only love, and her destined mate — unexpectedly appears on Maui, he stirs up all kinds of other desires too. But trouble — as usual — is hot on his heels... -
Fire Maidens: Scotland by Anna Lowe
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsPassion, hope, and forbidden desire…Holly Jennings wasn’t planning on another trip to Scotland. And she certainly wasn’t planning on a trip down memory lane with the hot Highlander who broke her heart. But she’s never been much of a planner — more like a roll-with-the punches country gal. A good thing too, because “one last request” may not be the only thing a beloved mentor left her in his will... -
Thorn by Kim Fox
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe last book in the bestselling Clawed Squad series! The Clawed Squad’s alpha, Thorn Conway, is the last of the squad left to get married. Only problem is, his mate died a decade ago. The hurt is still real, the pain is still raw... -
Lure of the Fox by Anna Lowe
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe steamy, passionate, and thrilling series finale! Desert fox shifter Ella Kitt is better at risking her life than her heart. Not that she's expecting to do either when she flies to Maui to help her Special Forces comrades with an easy security job. Or maybe not such an easy job, because she’s forced to work — and live — in close quarters with smoking hot army hero, Jake McBride... -
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Rebel Lion by Anna Lowe
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLion shifter Dell O'Roarke has never been serious about life, but life is about to get serious with him. The beautiful stranger who's just arrived in Maui isn't just looking for anyone -- she's looking for him. And that's not just any surprise in her luggage -- it's a baby who looks a hell of a lot like Dell. Soon, he discovers there's more at stake than his lifestyle as a swinging bachelor... -
Top Gun Tiger by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLost in the jungle. Pursued by dinosaurs. And that’s the least of their problems… Tiger shifter and bodyguard Destiny knows Ethan isn’t the one. No matter that the Recon Marine is the only man who can keep up with her, in a fight or on the dance floor. No matter how he makes her laugh, or how he makes her burn. Shifters always know their mates, and her tiger says he isn’t hers... -
Fire & Rescue Shifters Collection 2: Books 4-7 (Fire & Rescue Shifters Series Box Set) by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFour unique shifter romances filled with magic, sass, and a whole lot of heat!Whether it's a rogue dragon or just a scared little lion cub shifter stuck up a tree, the firefighters of Alpha Team can handle any emergency. But there's one inferno even these powerful shifters can't fight.. -
Builder Bear by Scarlett Grove
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJamison Stone has been waiting for his mate for ten long years. With the Justice Squad on down time, he will have to occupy himself with a new real estate project to get through the Christmas season.Romance author Ruby Wilson never expected to be left at the altar. But the most humiliating moment of her life might turn out to be a blessing in disguise... -
Thawing His Hart: A Christmas Novella by Zoe Chant, Elva Birch
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEscape to a resort for shifters only with a cozy holiday mystery that will melt your heart!A rare white hart shifter who was imprisoned in a cruel shifter zoo, Robert returns to the rebuilt Shifting Sands Resort to prove that he’s put his demons to rest and his memories of captivity behind him...only to meet a mate who doesn’t recognize him... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
Lure of the Wolf by Anna Lowe
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsShe can’t remember her past. He wishes he could forget his. Nina only has the vaguest memories of who she is or why two men tried to kill her one terrifying night. All she knows is how quickly she’s falling in love with her rescuer — a man with secrets of his own... -
A Very Alpha Christmas: Over 25 Paranormal Holiday Tales of Werewolves, Dragons, Shifters, Vampires, Fae, Witches, Billionaires, Magics, Ghosts, Demons and More by Mandy M. Roth, Michelle M. Pillow
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFrom the creators of the NY Times & USA TODAY Bestselling Anthology Taming the Alpha comes... A Taming the Alpha Big Box Set of Spicy Paranormal Romance Tales featuring OVER 25 ALL NEW, NEVER RELEASED stories from New York Times, USA Today and Bestselling Authors Limited Time Boxed Set Stories include:Mandy M. Roth - Heated Holiday: Bureau of Paranormal Investigation She's fire... -
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Her Christmas Phoenix by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAll she wants for Christmas is a sizzling hot shifter... and a flock of movie-quoting penguins.Avery loves working in Antarctica, but when she winds up spending the holidays alone at her research station, it's hard to find any Christmas cheer. Then there's the cascade of unwanted--and unclothed--photos guys on her dating site keep sending her... -
The Littlest Assassin-Shifters by Sandrine Gasq-Dion
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe men of the Skull Blaster unit have spent most of their lives fighting together for a safer world, first in the military and now as an elite team supervised by Homeland Security. Now they have an even more pressing reason to make the world a better place. Their children are about to be born... -
The Wolf Marshal's Pack by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsShe never meant to be Little Red Riding Hood. Nature photographer Aria Clarke is most comfortable with her camera in her hands and mud on her boots. And she's a single mom, so she's used to facing down the most dangerous wildlife of all: a group of neighborhood kids on a sugar rush. Taking photos of a wolf should have been no problem... -
Fire Maidens: London by Anna Lowe
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsA lionhearted hero + scheming shifter factions = unforgettable PNR! “Rebel with a cause” Gemma Archer flees Boston one step ahead of a creepy stalker. Now she’s in London, trying to build a new normal — and absolutely, positively not getting involved with any men. That is, until an irresistible stranger prowls into her life... -
Married And Bright: A Firecats Holiday Story by P. Jameson
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsShe makes him jolly, so he’s gonna put a ring on it.They fell in love when they were snowed in. A broken, unshiftable werecat and a curvy flowershop owner who had no one. Fated mates, who found each other accidentally. Happily-ever-after was inevitable.But their Christmas story doesn’t end there.Malcolm and Francesca both want more. At the top of their holiday list is a family of their own... -
Rebel Wolf by Anna Lowe
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSteamy, suspenseful paranormal romance! Sophie Wilkins — bookworm and smoothie chef extraordinaire — has moved to Maui for a reminder of all the beauty and love in the world. And love is what she gets from shy, retiring, and utterly gorgeous man she meets. Chase is everything her lonely heart has ever yearned for... -
Jingle Bells and Dragon Spells by Harmony Raines
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVarn has endured one of the worst fates for a shifter - having his mate whisked away before he could even meet her. But now, fate seems to have granted him the second chance he never thought he'd have. During the festive season in Wishing Moon Bay, he senses that she is near, a feeling he never thought he'd experience again. After a long journey across the seas, Carys has arrived in town... -
Protection, Inc. Collection Two by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWolf. Lion. Snow Leopard. These bodyguard shifters are waiting to protect you. Brave, passionate, and loving, the shifter heroes of Protection, Inc. will do anything to protect their mates. There's no danger they won't face... -
Lure of the Bear by Anna Lowe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThere’s not much that can get this grizzly shifter worked up — except a threat to the woman he has secretly loved for years. Then all bets are off, and he’s willing to risk anything — including the most closely guarded secret of his lonely shifter soul. ALOHA SHIFTERS: JEWELS of the HEART is a thrilling new series set on the tropical shores of Maui... -
Heartsridge Shifters: Brent by Olivia Arran
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTeam South-One Bear shifter Brent Casey has a secret. He’s not the calm, easy going guy everyone thinks he is. Even his team aren't aware of the battle he fights daily to stay in control. Underneath his skin lives his beast. Sounds like every normal, regular shifter, right? Only his bear is broken, ready to erupt at the slightest loss of control... -
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Heartsridge Shifters: Jake by Olivia Arran
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBear shifter Jake Hunter is the resident psycho of team South-One. He lives his life by his own set of rules, screw the consequences or what anyone else might think. His rules are simple: no one is allowed to get too close. The reason? Because they might die. So why is he even wasting time thinking about Harper and what it would be like to be with a woman like her? Because he’s a fool, that’s why... -
Panther's Passion by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA single mom with a terrifying ex… …and a Marine veteran on fire with the need to protect her. Stella Davidson is caught in a trap. She wants a stable life and a good future for her teenaged daughter—but her old home near Glacier National Park isn’t safe. Her ex-boyfriend is stalking her... -
Tiger's Triumph by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA woman who’s only ever wanted to be a mother… A man who’s just starting to remember what family means... And three children who need a home. As a waitress and middle-aged divorcee, owl shifter Pauline has given up on her dreams of being a mother. But secretly, in the quiet depths of her heart, she still yearns for a family... -
Jaguar's Joy by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA small-town sheriff who’s bitten off more than she can chew… A Marine veteran who steps in to protect her… And a community that comes together to help its own. Sheriff Misty Dale wants nothing more than to keep her town safe and happy. A deer shifter isn’t the first thing people would expect for law enforcement, but she’s made it work—even if she’s ended up middle-aged and married to her job... -
Lion in Waiting: Tales of the Were by Bianca D'Arc
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwo injured shifters get a second chance at life…and love. Matilda escaped into the wild to lick her wounds and heal as best she can from captivity and torture at the hands of people who hunt shifters and imprison them. She is a lioness, but her natural confidence has been shaken by the experience. What she needs is a second chance to live, to heal, and to find her lioness’s roar once more... -
Justice Squad Complete Series by Scarlett Grove
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe complete collection of Scarlett Groves suspense filled shifter romance. Rookie Bear Puma shifter Stephanie Page can’t find a mate. Tired of waiting, Stephanie takes a Christmas cruise to the Caribbean. Meeting Stephanie interrupts Max’s mission and changes everything for the shell shocked shifter... -
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... -
Riding with the Kodiak by Kameron Claire
What happens when a bear’s fated mate is a forbidden virgin human on the run from a rival MC? As the eldest shifter in my family, I should be taking care of my siblings in Eternal Lake, but instead made my home with my MC shifter-family one-hundred miles away in Broken Arrow, Montana. I don't know why, but I felt called here two years ago, and I'm waiting for the reason... -
Substitute Santa by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA stand-in Santa. A determined elf. And a mall Christmas Village on the brink of disaster.The holidays are full of surprises, and polar bear shifter Wade just got hit with a he needs to take over as the mall’s Santa.Wade is used to the peace and quiet of his woodworking shop, not the non-stop chaos of the Christmas Village... -
Warrior Wolf by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA runaway dragon princess who wants to experience life outside of castle walls + an ex-gangster werewolf bodyguard with a chip on his shoulder the size of Texas + uptown parties, downtown nightclubs, and deadly assassins = one action-packed good girl/bad boy romance! Dragon princess Raluca, desperate to escape her pampered but suffocating life, renounced her title and fled her country... -
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The Christmas Dragon's Heart by Zoe Chant
A curvy hotel manager longing for a real home + a broken fire dragon shifter who hates Christmas + a lost dragon hoard = a magical Christmas romance! Curvy workaholic Claire Corbett has just landed the job of her lifetime: a position managing the Snow Castle, a winter retreat in the mountains. With her little brother along for the ride, Christmas promises to be all work and no play this year... -
Christmas Hellhound by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAll Caine wants for Christmas is to get rid of his hellhound. Twelve months ago, Caine Guinness was attacked by a pack of hellhound shifters and became one of them. All he wants is to be human again. His search for a cure brings him to snowy Pine Valley, home of magical dragon shifters, Christmas cheer... and Meaghan Markham. All Meaghan wants for Christmas - is a merry Christmas. Just one... -
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... -
Special Forces Bear Shifter Mate by Jade Alters
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsMy life is simple. Nothing can stand in the way of my duty to my country. I’m alone, but I accept it. As a bear shifter, there is no place for me among humans. My mission was easy. Find six Russian spies; use my training to stop them from harming our country. I found the spies but no one warned me Julie would be involved. Pursued by our mutual enemies, Julie’s life is in danger... -
Omega’s Choice: An Omegaverse Romance by Mina Carter
No one wants the attention of an alpha. Huge, Brutal, dominant… but what happens when you’re pretending to be one?I’ve always been an alpha. At least, that’s what I’ve been told all my life. But one look at Thale Barnes, and I’m running scared. Something about the big, brutal alpha gets my motor running. And it shouldn’t... -
Heartsridge Shifters: Austin by Olivia Arran
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIt’s a new world. Shifters are no longer a secret and they’re ready to fight for their right to live free. Everything is different. Six years ago, the Registration Act forced shifters out into the open and the world changed. Towns were created to provide a safe haven for those shifters who chose to follow the law, and those who didn’t were declared rogue...
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