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  • Thorns Of The Crown by Lara Loche

    Thorns Of The Crown by Lara Loche

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 6 ratings
    A forgotten princess. A stolen throne. A bond that could shatter her heart—or heal it. As firstborn, Princess Khalyla Lumen should have inherited the throne but her father’s cruelty meant her younger brother was named heir and groomed to rule...
  • A Pirate's Dream, Kingdom Book 11 by Marie Hall

    A Pirate's Dream, Kingdom Book 11 by Marie Hall

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Nimue, daughter of Hook, is desperate to prove to her parents that she’s just as brave and as much of a pirate as they are. So when she serendipitously spies the hidden isle, she knows what she must do...
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  • The Plight of a Scottish Lass by Keira Montclair

    The Plight of a Scottish Lass by Keira Montclair

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In his quest for vengeance, a Scottish chieftain finds something unexpected. Love.Thane MacQuarie, chieftain of Clan MacQuarie, has his sights set on taking over Duart Castle and exacting vengeance on the mother who abandoned him. But when he witnesses a cruel man leave his wife, Tamsin Garvie, to drown on a rock in the sea, Thane can’t ignore the plight of the red-haired beauty...
  • Stolen Thorn Bride by Kenley Davidson

    Stolen Thorn Bride by Kenley Davidson

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 13 ratings
    Can a stubborn farm girl steal the heart of an elf king who has sworn never to love again?After a century of war, the elves of Abreia are losing hope. Their greatest defender—Dechlan, king of the Northwatch—lies near death, and only a soul bond with a human bride can save him. The problem? No humans have set foot on elven lands for over a hundred years...
  • The Black Swan by Mercedes Lackey

    The Black Swan by Mercedes Lackey

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 39 ratings
    As the only child of a powerful sorcerer, Odile Von Rothbart has studied the magical arts under her father’s stern tutelage all her life. Yet she feels only fear toward him. For considering his wife’s untimely death the ultimate betrayal, Baron Von Rothbart scours the land in the shape of a great bird of prey...
  • Son of the Dragon by T.S. Joyce

    Son of the Dragon by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 31 ratings
    Deep in a high security shifter prison dwells the most dangerous shifter in the world. Vyr Daye is the Red Dragon, alpha to the Sons of Beasts Crew, loner, watcher, fire-breather…and he’s also completely misunderstood. The media has dragged him through the mud, his reputation is shot, and his own father helped to put him in prison for a one-year sentence...
  • New Vyr by T.S. Joyce

    New Vyr by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 27 ratings
    Vyr Daye is learning that not every happily ever after works in a straight line. He was supposed to be okay after he escaped shifter prison and found his mate, but for the past six months, his dragon has felt broken, and has an undeniable instinct to burn and claim the entire world...
  • Red Havoc Guardian by T.S. Joyce

    Red Havoc Guardian by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 30 ratings
    Greyson McCarty is hiding big secrets and doing his best to stay invisible in the Red Havoc Crew. By his own choice, he is at the very bottom of the crew, but when he enlists the help of a shifter matchmaking service to find a mate, the one he’s given makes it hard for him to hide what he really is. Genevieve is smart, and funny, and the most interesting woman he’s ever met...
  • Red Havoc Rebel by T.S. Joyce

    Red Havoc Rebel by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 32 ratings
    Kaylee Cummings is back in Covington to change her destiny. She used to be known as the town rich girl, misunderstood by everyone but one boy, Anson Carter. They’d loved hard, and then destroyed each other in their youth, so when she crashes into him again, the residual anger from what he’d done comes back ten-fold...
  • Redemption of a Wolf by T.S. Joyce

    Redemption of a Wolf by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Mountain Lion shifter, Trina Chapman, is having a rough year. Trying to find her legs over the loss of her Clan, she has bought a local bar and just needs to keep her focus until it can pay the bills. That would probably be easier to do if she didn’t have a rogue werewolf sniffing around and showing up in unexpected places...
  • Tarian Outcast by T.S. Joyce

    Tarian Outcast by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 26 ratings
    Katy Craigson is on the run. Not from anything too scary, because she is a safe girl and doesn’t do danger, but she’s running from a past that keeps trying to drag her under. All she needs is a week with her best friend in the mountains of Colorado for a week. But when an unlikely hero comes to her rescue, she’s sent on a path she never saw coming...
  • For the Pride of a Crow by T.S. Joyce

    For the Pride of a Crow by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Ethan Blackwood has a dark destiny that will make him the next Blackwood Crow. He’s being haunted by his past and is slowly morphing into the man he never wanted to be. Every decision he’s made to get to this point in his life has been a misstep, and he’s desperate to get turned in the right direction before it’s too late...
  • Tarian Traitor by T.S. Joyce

    Tarian Traitor by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Annamora Fredrickson is turning a new leaf. Four months ago, she saw a picture of herself that made her determined to change her whole life. She’s a shifter on a mission, and nothing can stand in her way…except for perhaps one person. One hot as fire, smooth-talking heir to the Deadlies throne, Orion Burge...
  • Tarian Protector by T.S. Joyce

    Tarian Protector by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Sora Burge doesn’t have any fight in her anymore. After breaking the most important shifter law, she knows her fate is in the Tarian Pride’s hands. She’s counting down to the trial, but something is coming for her. Something she never thought possible. When Ford Owens, the man she used to love, shows up, she can’t believe what he’s become...
  • The Path of Ascension 3 by C. Mantis

    The Path of Ascension 3 by C. Mantis

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Training. Glory. Practicing for War.Shortly after pressing his Talents in an attempt for treasure netted an entire planet a reckoning against autonomous golems and a flying rift, Matt, Liz and his Bond Aster find themselves being sucked into a war...
    Categorized as:
    magic  m-f  fantasy  young adult  paranormal  length-epic
  • For the Soul of an Outlaw by T.S. Joyce

    For the Soul of an Outlaw by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Genie isn’t what people expected. She isn’t just a squirrel, but a shifter in hiding named Tenlee. She’s dug herself into a deep hole, and now her past has come back to haunt her and hurt her friends in the Two Claws Clan. Not only that, but the man she loves had left the ranch, and left her in despair...
    Categorized as:
    shapeshifters  m-f  fantasy  paranormal
  • Fastlander Phoenix by T. S. Joyce

    Fastlander Phoenix by T. S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.84 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    Wreck Itall is haunted by his past, and by his destiny in the mountains he has decided to call home. His mentor has been waiting to see which side he will choose—good, or evil—but Wreck himself doesn't know that answer quite yet. He is the newest member of the Fastlander Crew, but they are very different from him. It is safest for everyone if he remains an outsider...
  • Freaky Gifts by Amanda M. Lee

    Freaky Gifts by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Winter break is upon Mystic Caravan, which is supposed to mean a full month of rest and relaxation. Upon arriving at their destination, however, Poet and company find that murder isn’t far behind.Their off-season park is full of paranormals – something that normally makes Poet comfortable – but the death of a local girl points to one of their own being the culprit...
  • Tarian Silver Lion by T.S. Joyce

    Tarian Silver Lion by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Talon Lawson is a runner. He’s been on the move to keep his daughter safe for years, and now it’s a habit he isn’t capable of breaking. Too long in one place, and his inner lion pushes him to move on. He’s sworn to himself he will only make sure his daughter, Emerald, is settled in her new home with her mate, and then he’ll leave, but something more is anchoring him to the New Tarian Pride...
    Categorized as:
    shapeshifters  m-f  fantasy  paranormal
  • For the Heart of the Warmaker by T.S. Joyce

    For the Heart of the Warmaker by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Karis Dunway’s instincts are screaming that there is a storm brewing around Two Claws Ranch. With the odds stacking against them, she and the Clan are in a race to save the ranch. A trail ride for a family of tourists could mean a turnaround for her people, but there is a new threat coming out of the woodwork, and they will have to work together to keep the ride on track...
    Categorized as:
    shapeshifters  m-f  fantasy  paranormal  cowboys
  • Grim Christmas by T.S. Joyce

    Grim Christmas by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 22 ratings
    Grim is trying to hold it together for the holidays. He’s vowed to be a better Alpha for the Rogue Pride Crew, but he’s at war with the two lions inside of him, and at war with a certain Red Dragon as well. He was raised to be a weapon and had never celebrated like everyone else. All he wants to do is coast straight through the holiday, but his new Crew is messing with his head...
  • The Path of Ascension 6 by C. Mantis

    The Path of Ascension 6 by C. Mantis

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Don't miss Book 6 of this action-packed fantasy adventure that blends everything you love about LitRPG with Xianxia.About the This is a mix between LitRPG and Xianxia. It's like a car that looks like a LitRPG with dungeons and skills, but the interior and engine are all Xianxia...
    Categorized as:
    magic  m-f  fantasy  fae  paranormal
  • How It Is by T.S. Joyce

    How It Is by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    The king is dying. Krome has been the leader of the Crow Blooded for years, but his reign is over if he can’t find a way to heal his wings after a war with the Bane brothers. He’s stuck in the in-between, not quite a crow, not quite a man, and unable to choose a form. When his crows break the rules and abduct a human woman they swear can fix him, he thinks they’ve lost their minds...
  • The Path of Ascension 4 by C. Mantis

    The Path of Ascension 4 by C. Mantis

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    After participating in the Empire's vassal war, Matt, Liz, and Aster now have a fire nipping after their heels. Or rather, their new manager, Luna. And she demands their best at all times, or she will drive them off The Path of Ascension...
    Categorized as:
    magic  m-f  fantasy  paranormal
  • Monster's Mercy by William D. Arand

    Monster's Mercy by William D. Arand

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    An existence spent being forced to kill others to satiate a Monster. Where the only thing to look forward to was the blessed, if brief, period of time between paying that bribe. Except that very same Monster is and isn’t Rene. It just happened to live inside his own mind and force him to do what it wanted. Rather than being an actual Monster...
    Categorized as:
    magic  m-f  fantasy  harems  new adult  paranormal
  • How It's Meant to Be by T.S. Joyce

    How It's Meant to Be by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Moore is the only one of the Bane brothers who is upholding a blood oath they made years ago. It has left him at a disadvantage. Without the bond from his mate, his brothers are too powerful to destroy. He has a plan, but it will come with big consequences...
  • How It Was by T.S. Joyce

    How It Was by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Nuke’s new Crew has no idea what he is, or the level of destruction he can cause. He’s here for his own reasons, pledging fealty to a group of half-crazed, dominant shifters in hopes of gaining control of his life. But when a mousey, submissive human knocks on his door during move-in day, he starts to second guess his destiny...
  • House of Sky and Breath  [Dramatized Adaptation] by Sarah J. Maas, David Cui Cui

    House of Sky and Breath [Dramatized Adaptation] by Sarah J. Maas, David Cui Cui

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar are trying to get back to normal-they may have saved Crescent City, but with so much upheaval in their lives lately, they mostly want a chance to relax. Slow down. Figure out what the future holds.The Asteri have kept their word so far, leaving Bryce and Hunt alone. But with the rebels chipping away at the Asteri's power, the threat the rulers pose is growing...
  • How It Has to Be by T.S. Joyce

    How It Has to Be by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Mercy. This was a word Brick Bane had never understood until his brother spared his life three weeks ago. As bear shifter with a failed mission, he’s watching his brother’s every move to try and discover what has changed him so much. The only thing that makes sense? The girl his brother has broken the rules with...
  • Twisted Soul: A Paranormal Reverse Harem Romance by Morgan B Lee

    Twisted Soul: A Paranormal Reverse Harem Romance by Morgan B Lee

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The secret is out: I’m the prophesied scourge, and according to the Legacy Council, my quintet and I must be hunted down and destroyed immediately.With the size of the bounty they’ve put on our heads, there’s no telling who we can trust. Going on the run feels cowardly, but it’s necessary...
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