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Whispered Warnings - Part One Book 2 by Nikita Parmenter
I’ve got some explaining to do, I know that. I mean, I’d have questions if I were in their position, too. The problem is I don’t have any answers for them, and I seem to be unable to keep things to myself when I’m around them, which means I, of course, shared, and now they’re panicking about how many times I’ve died. Silly men. It’s not like it’s a big deal or anything. Oh wait, it is... -
Her Rabid Beasts by E.P. Bali
I escaped my Council-ordered execution by the skin of my beak, only to be faced with an even worse situation. My father, the King of Serpent Court, will try to get to me by any nefarious means possible, including hurting my friends. Meanwhile, the mere presence of the five mates I’ve rejected torments me at every turn. Savage, the unhinged wolf who now seems besotted with me... -
Reckless Souls by K.C. Kean
I’ve walked the streets of Phoenix Valley for twenty two years knowing exactly who I am - an orphan, a human, a nobody. Summoned by The Hex to test my humanity, I was prepared to fail, destined to be the same mundane girl …I was wrong. Pandora’s Box called to me, sensing a magic I never knew existed... -
Spin the Shadows by Cate Corvin
I ate six seeds. Now I owe six months of debt to a dangerously sexy Fae hitman.I’d had everything a dryad could want- a job, an apartment, and a scandalous human boyfriend-Until I stole the wrong fruit from the wrong Fae.Dragged into the Seelie underworld of deception and lies, I do anything he commands: steal, spy, even fight as we hunt down a notorious Fae fugitive...Categorized as:
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The Hunt of Night by K.C. Kean
Fate plays funny games. It crowned me a princess, then ripped it away overnight. It gave me the determination to restore my family name, despite the hatred of my kind throughout the kingdom. It gave me the courage to walk through the gates of Heir Academy and fight for what’s mine. But the funny thing about fate is, no matter how much I want to take the reins, it has its own plan for me...Categorized as:
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Bad Alpha by Kathryn Moon
Eve had one job. Kill Adam.But when her mark for the night turns out to be a gift-wrapped omega, Eve can’t resist delaying the job and enjoying the opportunity before her.One bite is all it takes.That’s what Adam is counting on. One bite and he might live till morning.Success is complicated when the trap he lays catches one bad alpha... -
Knot Your Problem by L.A. Clyne
For an omega in hiding, one moment, one breath, can change everything.Lexie is a survivor. She’s built a life for herself exactly the way she wants it. Rescuing abused women and hiding in plain sight from a corrupt world, she relies on no one. Lexie has convinced the world, including herself, that she’s a beta. Until the Crash... -
Unexpected Mate by Sedona Ashe
She is finally ready to take her revenge! But will she be able to handle the evil hiding behind all this?Tia’s bond with Mithraheal, Luke, and Levi has unlocked her powers, and now the Dragoness of the Sea is ready to hunt down the one that destroyed her peaceful life... -
Sinful Things by Elizabeth Briggs
They tried to intimidate me. They tried to get me expelled. They tried to bring me to my knees.They failed.The angelic princes betrayed me, and now it’s time for this little succubus to get her revenge.My secret’s been exposed, but I’m not leaving Seraphim Academy until I rescue my brother. I know where he is, and I’ll do whatever it takes to bring him back—alive... -
Dangerous Relics and the Women Who Love Them by J.B. Trepagnier
There is a cornucopia of cursed objects from one of the most dangerous cults ever headed my way and I’ve never been more excited. My twin sister, Ripley, says when your hot wolfy archaeologist exboyfriend, who likes to cosplay as Indiana Jones in the most non ironic way, shows up again, you do not add to cart...Categorized as:
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Knight Revelations by B.M. Clemton
I'm sorry, Dani.Those three words echo through my mind and tug at the broken strings of my heart.Bonds, magic, and lies seem to make up my world right now as it crashes around me.All I wanted was a normal life, to go to college and try to put the shadows of my past behind me. Instead, my world has been turned upside down, and my bright future at Black Veil University is suddenly looking dim...Categorized as:
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Final Curtain by J.B. Trepagnier
Five years ago, I had an audition for the ballet company of my dreams. Five years ago, my boyfriend purposely broke my toes and ruined my dreams. Two days later, I found out I’m a witch. I thought my ballet days were over. I just graduated from the academy to work as a federal agent with the Paranormal Investigation Bureau...Categorized as:
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Unforgivable by May Dawson
I’ll do anything to protect my men and my pack. Even if I have to leave them all behind. The witches want to cure me of being a shifter. The wolves want to kill me for being a witch. I don’t belong in either world. But at least I’m useful. The Alpha Council sends me on a special mission to infiltrate The Day...Categorized as:
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Last Chance World by Alex Lidell
Stranded. Hunted. Tempted. When Jake and I jumped into Talon, I intended to come right back. That was before I learned what King Bryant does to humans he kidnaps here—and that to stop him, I must become prey myself.Now Cassis and I must go undercover as human slaves into the mines. Except something about the vampire is different here in Talon. He’s darker, more violent… more bloodthirsty... -
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Pretty Hot by K.A. Knight
Seven sons, each with a bloodline of supernaturals that can be traced back to them, but where did they go?Cassandra has never been the perfect witch, her magic deemed too weak to be useful, she is looked down upon by all in her coven.But when witches' bodies start turning up drained, covered in blood and sacrificed. Cassandra sees it as an opportunity to prove herself and her magic...Categorized as:
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Havenfall Harbor: Book One by Albany Walker
Havenfall Harbor Home for wayward and orphaned supernaturals. Bridging the gap between supernaturals and humans is my only goal, or so I thought. Keeping myself alive and out of trouble is proving harder than expected. Getting a job as the first human liaison at Havenfall was a dream come true, until I realize it’s not just humans that don’t want the species mixing... -
Pack Choice by Hannah Haze
Everyone around me seems to be landing their dream pack. Not me. I'm destined for a life of stress baking with only cats and books for company. Why? No pack wants to date the little sister of the notorious Stormgate brothers. Especially when that sister is an omega with a smart mouth and a scent that's - now how did the last alpha describe it? - spicy... -
Marked for the Pack by Traci Lovelot
They promised to protect me during my heat. But are any of us ready for what happens afterward? With my old pack hunting me down, a friend and I embark on a desperate plan to keep everyone we care about safe. Along the way, I'll discover secrets about my past and whether I have any hope of ever shifting. My alphas protect me on my journey, even though I didn't ask them to...Categorized as:
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Fighting Fallon by Sinclair Kelly
They call themselves the Underground Omega Syndicate and, according to the message they so helpfully left me, I’m being forced to do their bidding, whether I like it or not. They know things no one else does—private details that have been kept under lock and key— and are threatening to expose my dirty little secrets if I don’t play along.Except they’ve made one teensy miscalculation...Categorized as:
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Earth Magic & Hot Water by Lauren Connolly
Her first hate and first love are back in town. Things are about to get heated…Cat Byrne seems sweet, but she’s hiding a volcanic temper. Her anger-fueled fire magic can melt tires off cars. Then her ex-best friend moves back to town, and the guy keeps popping up in inconvenient places, making sure she’s running at a constant simmer...Categorized as:
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Unstoppable by May Dawson
It’s time for Silas, the rest of the team and me to retrieve the last half of Saint Cain’s shield from the Greyworld. Not only is that how we’ll bring back our wolves, but it’s how we’ll save Skyla, Chase’s little sister.But the Greyworld, full of rebel magicians, war and darkness, will be an adventure like no other… The universe is tearing itself apart, and only we can stop it...Categorized as:
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Unwinnable by May Dawson
Cain’s Shield is broken into two pieces, hidden in the land of the Fae and the world of the rebel magicians. It’s the one thing that could restore the shifters’ ability to transform into their wolves.Time for me to fix my mistakes…But it’s no easy mission ahead of us. Tyson will need to embrace his Fae roots to bring us through their world alive...Categorized as:
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Marry by Tana Rose
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIn order to keep them safe, I must stay hiddenAfter four years, I’d finally found a place that felt like home: Olympus, the estate that houses The Pantheon and the three men who have stolen my heart.Now, I’m alone and on the run again... -
Sea Cursed by J.E. Cluney
Life was basic and easy before the enlightenment. Now it’s a struggle to figure out who I am.Sirens were primal, instinctual creatures until the Global Council decided we needed to join the modern world and assimilate.So now I’m heading to Corviticus University with my trusted companion, Finn, to be integrate into this new world.Too bad it’s never that easy... -
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Widow by Maya Nicole
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy job was to save lives. I did a pretty damn good job until a woman was rolled into my ER seven months ago. She should have been dead on arrival. Under the bright exam lights, strapped to a gurney, she whispered her final words. I shouldn't have leaned in.My world was changed forever. Bars were my hunting ground. Drink after drink. Man after man... -
Arming Alexis by Jenn D. Young
They call me RobinTheOmega.Hacker extraordinaire. Robbing from the rich and giving to the poor Omega organizations around the world.Fueled by energy drinks and Ritz bitz, my keyboard is my sword and I will fight back against the man.Until, I take the wrong job and find myself forced into a position where I’m surrounded by three alphas. One from my past. One from my present. One from my future... -
Lethal Heat by May Dawson, Alex Lidell
My match-making mother tortured my omega sisters in pursuit of her kind of happily-ever-afters and generous dowries. So when my heat starts abruptly, I know the posh hell that’s coming. My marriage is arranged. Without me.Too bad for mum, I take after my crime-savvy sister. I won’t ever be some pack’s omega, some alphas’ obedient little wife...Categorized as:
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Last Chance Witch by Alex Lidell
It’s a new regime at Talonswood Reform. It’s cold and it’s cruel. And it’s Asher’s.After a violent attack leaves the academy in tatters, Asher is in charge of shaping up the place for inspection. And according to the stick-up-his-ass commander, everything that’s gone wrong here comes down to me. My power. My addictive connections with Ellis and Reese... -
Kissed by Wildfire by Cate Corvin
In the Cage, nothing is what it seems. It's inescapable. And I'm dead in the sights of four insatiable and sexy men. My name is Lu Darke. I'm a witch by birth and an arsonist by accident, but I never thought I'd find myself in a place like this. Cimmerian Reform Academy, called 'the Cage' by its students, was once an asylum, but now I'm forced to call it home... -
Protected by Outcasts by Traci Lovelot
Being rejected by my fated mate is just one of my problems.His alpha father exiled me. I can’t shift because I’m a half-breed. And thanks to the mate bond, it’s only a matter of time before I go into heat.Three fierce, rogue alphas are all that stand between me and certain death in the wilderness filled with bandits and lone wolves.These alpha wolves offer me the protection of their pack... -
Blood and Wrath by Rumer Hale
Kai. Jax. Luka. Rion. Axel.She was taken from us…again.And now she’s in the hands of that sadistic psycho.But now thanks to our bond, we have abilities that surpass even the strongest of our kind...Categorized as:
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Wicked Rejection by Scarlett Snow
The alpha chose me as his mate only to offer me as a sacrifice to the Gods of Arithym.On the night of my claiming, I’m betrayed by my pack in the most brutal of ways.Left for dead by those I had trusted, my only hope for survival is to form an alliance with the most feared alpha in the Shadowlands.The only problem is, Killian hates me as much as I hate him.And I did try to kill him.Twice... -
Pack Rivals: Part Two by Hannah Haze
She's meant to be ours ...This feud between our packs has cost us the omega we love.We messed up.All six of us.And now we’ve lost her.Time to put our animosity to one side and work together. We’re going to win her back.The problem? Blazing through the city to rescue her is the easy part.Learning to get along?Convincing her we’ve changed?Proving we’re worthy?A hell of a lot harder... -
Sweetheart: Part Two by Marie Mackay
I’d fought and lost. Rejected, with my heat pushed off for the last time, I’m left to the cruel pack who see me as nothing more than an object. But is it possible the Crimson Fury pack will fight to get me back? Fragile and broken, I desperately cling to my last conviction: This time if I choose my mates, I’ll choose them for myself and not because of this dark bond...Categorized as:
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Bittersweet Revenge by Scarlett Snow
I've survived until now but my journey is far from over. Just when I think I'm free again, I'm brought to the Fae Realm where I'll stand trial for a crime I didn't even know I committed. There's spies everywhere—even on the fae council—but I won't go down without a fight.I need to get back to Tristan.His cure is within reach and we can finally be together with... -
Knot for You by Aura Riley
Vera has always been an omega, but being just an omega? Never an option. Being just an omega meant that she was too timid, too sensitive, and never enough for anyone, let alone her alpha mother. Now, she is forced to deal with even more complicated matters as the only omega on campus...Categorized as:
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A Killer Crescent Valentine by Leigh Kelsey
A killer just made Blake Hall, home of Rebel "Graves" Falcon, their hunting groundsAnd they're picking off residents one by oneThe killer is either ballsy or just plain dumb, because with Rebel - the notorious hitlady - determined to find them, they're a hundred percent dead. No one messes with Rebel's family of criminal weirdos and lives to tell the tale... -
Blue Blood by L.C. Davis, Joel Abernathy
If three's a crowd, what does that make four?My love life, apparently. Now I'm on the run with Cyrus, Sam, and Alex, and that's not even accounting for the fact that I'm pregnant—with twins—and my overbearing mother is along for the ride.Oh, and did I mention I found out Zeus is my father? Yeah, that Zeus. Turns out Cameron's not the only one who's been hunting me down... -
These Vicious Wolves by G. Bailey, Scarlett Snow
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFated mates don’t exist in my world—not until two alphas claim that I’m theirs.Abandoned at birth, I’ve grown up believing I was worthless until my sixteenth birthday when I discovered I was an Omega. Since Omegas are rare and hunted by alphas to increase their power, I’m given to the future alpha of the Solarius pack—a vicious wolf who treats me worse than his father ever did... -
Cruel Delights by Scarlett Snow
I escaped one prison only to wake up in a crueler one.This time, I’m surrounded by light instead of darkness and a wicked captor bloodthirsty for revenge.Solas makes Killian look like a saint now that I know what the Light Alpha truly intends to do with me, and for the first time in my life, I want the shadows to find me... -
Summoned By Magic by E.M. Moore
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe search for their fifth will bring them more than they bargained for. A part of the ancient magical Order of the Akasha, four male witches await their last remaining piece... only to be stunned when a badass descendant of a voodoo priestess shows up... -
Tempted By Magic by E.M. Moore
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWhen their magic doesn't work...people die. The coven o' hot witches are back with a murderous problem. (No, Norah hasn't killed Travis--yet.) Innocent residents of Salem are found dead with the stench of evil magic. The coven's early warning system is frustratingly late time and time again, causing a rift between the witches... -
Knot So Perfect Omega (Omega Match) by Maya Nicole
And the honor of Omega of the Year goes to... knot me.That title goes to my twin sister who is everything a top pack could want. Me? I've never been good at being an omega and have no desire to match with a pack. Especially not the pack of Alphaball players who have their sights set on my sister.When I match with Beck, Rylan, Rio, and Kane I'm left with little choice but to see the match through... -
Spotted Her First by Emma Dean
Three hot leopard shifters? Yes please. Piper is a librarian at Sacramento State working on her graduate thesis, but her quiet life turns upside down when three hot guys literally crash into her world. They move into her house and her life, telling her she's wanted by a demon and a witch for her pharaoh's blood... -
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The Music That We Make by Miranda May
Five years ago, I found my mates.Six months later, it all fell apart. Betrayed by the men who were fated by the stars to be mine. Their reasons didn’t matter. I wasn’t going to stick around and give them another chance to hurt me.The Screaming Banshees went on to be a success without me—the only actual banshee in the band, mind you. But I didn’t take it lying down... -
A Cupid Bet by Sedona Ashe, Starling Dax
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsStupid cupids, save your arrows and stop betting on me.I’m not playing hard to get.I just don’t want to fall in love! Seen it, gagged over it.No thanks.I don’t care how hard those two sexy cupids try to make me fall for someone. It’s not happening! Thanks for the effort boys… but I’ll pass.Besides, I know their secret.I’m nothing more than a bet to them...Categorized as:
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Captive Beauty by Cassia Briar
Rated: 3.55 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTo save my brother, I sacrifice myself to three monsters.I’ve spent the past decade on the run with my younger brother after our mother was murdered. He’s finally turned eighteen and is under protection of the supernatural academy.But when a dare goes wrong, I’m afraid I’ve lost him forever. My only choice is to give my life in exchange for his. Now I’m theirs. I belong to three beastly men... -
Pack Rivals: Part One by Hannah Haze
Caught between two rival packs… Goodbye heartache, liars and cheats. I’m hot-tailing it to the city to escape all my problems. What I don’t expect is to find a whole heap more. Right at the top of the pile: turns out I’m not the beta I always believed. Nope, I’m an omega... -
The Feral's Captive: A Rejected Mates Romance by Sarah Spade
There's no escaping him...Fate sucks.As a shifter, I’ve always known that Fate—in the form of our goddess, the revered Luna—would have the final say when it came to my life. That includes everything: my pack, my rank, even my forever mate.And I hate it.I want to choose. I want my life to be mine, and if that makes me the odd one out in our pack? Oh, well... -
Knot From Around Here by Violet Coltair
What would you do if you woke up as an Omega? All I wanted was to do was go camping to get away from it all. I was overworked, stressed, and neglected, with a man-child boyfriend to boot. But overnight, I woke up in a new place and my body is definitely going through some, shall we say, interesting changes. One where they tell me I’m an o mega...Categorized as:
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