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Winged Wolf Vet by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWho do you call when a winged wolf crashes through the roof of your chicken coop? Shifter Vets!Leslie’s house was already falling apart before mythical animals started plummeting out of the sky. Now she’s got a hole in her chicken coop, an adorable (and impossible) cub hiding in her kitchen, and her nosy neighbor barging in to search for cryptids...Categorized as:
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Multiplying Storms by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsMy name is Tamsin Vale and I’m the only living heir to all of Faerie. It’s still hard to accept that, but given how often people call me “Princess” or “Your Highness” like it’s my actual name, I can’t deny it.I simply hate that I am.Yeah, it’s going that well.The councils’ win might have seemed small, but the ripples from that decision are drowning me at every turn... -
Fates Entwined by Elizabeth Briggs
Continue the Zodiac Wolves series with this collection of brand new stories about all the characters you've grown to love, including an extended epilogue for Ayla and Kaden!This collection includes the following stories:Fire Mated: After Stella is mated to her worst enemy—the Leo alpha, Jordan—she rejects him. But the stars won't let her escape her fate so easily...and neither will Jordan...Categorized as:
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Jake by Teresa Gabelman
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAfter a tragic accident, Jake, former Dark Guardian, not only mourned losing his wife but carried the burden of a secret that only one other living person knew. Confronting that secret was the only way Jake could fight his heavy guilt when a beautiful ballerina dances into his life.Jessie Reed loves everything about dance, but it didn’t pay the bills... -
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Trim My Tree by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero
Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA present under the wrong tree…I stopped believing in Santa Claus and happily-ever-afters when I lost my parents…so ten years ago I stopped trying. I threw myself into running my dad's hotel, The Diamond, where I make California dreams come true for the rich and famous. But now I realize there’s no one to come home to... -
Ignited by Anastasia Wilde
Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTen years ago, they saved each other's lives.Then she disappeared.But fate has brought them back together...Boomer, explosives and weapons expert, is fine with his life as an Outlaw Ridge operative: illegal missions, daring rescues, and blowing stuff up. But when a woman from his distant past shows up asking for his help, it all threatens to come crashing down...Categorized as:
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The Lost Soul by Jessica Sorensen
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsSpin-off of the Fallen Star Series. My name is Gemma Lucas and my life is good. Alex and I eliminated the star and Stephan and the Death Walkers. Finally I can relax and focus on freeing my father from the Room of Forbidden. At least that’s what I thought. But things are never that easy. Just when I’ve put the past behind, Lost Souls cross over into the Real World... -
Shadowborn Academy: Year Two by G. Bailey, Scarlett Snow
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMy past is left in the dark, And my shadow is no longer there. In the Enchanted Forest, some secrets are better left in the past. Year two at Shadowborn Academy is looking like it will be the deadliest yet. Will Corvina and her friends find a way to survive? Full cover and description coming soon! Shadowborn Academy is a Dark Reverse Harem Paranormal Fae Romance for 18+... -
The Wolf Witch by Chandelle LaVaun
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsSometimes magic throws a curveball… I thought I had everything figured out. I’d gone to the academy for witches and mastered my magic. I’d opened my own witchy occult store, just as I always wanted. And my family was as close as ever. Everything was going according to plan. Until the wolves showed up and dragged me back to their land. It was all a misunderstanding... -
Stuff My Stocking by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA new kind of gift exchange… My life has never been typical. Most people weren’t professional ballerinas. Most people didn’t have two happily married, four century old dads and an aunt who was actually your mother. Most people didn’t have pointed ears they had to hide or wings that would pop out of their back when they got too excited or angry. Most people didn’t have my problems... -
Shadowborn Academy: Year Three by G. Bailey
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMy fate is in the darkness,And the war there is real…Secrets thrive in the Enchanted Forest and one girl must find a way to stop the fae war before it’s too late. With her sister raising titans and gods, the light in her dreams turning out to be a lie, and her men in grave danger...life at the academy has never been this dangerous.A mirror once spoke of a girl born in hate who could stop a war... -
Defended by Darkness by Terry Bolryder
One kiss is all it takes for the Commander of Darkness to know that he's found true love. Now he just needs to survive his new job. There isn't much that scares Tynan (Tanner) Shadeson. But now that the warrior prince of darkness has found his soul match in an overworked, frustrated human woman, he'll do whatever it takes to awaken her latent fae powers and protect her from all evil... -
Bear for the Holidays by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHe'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...Categorized as:
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Savage Basilisk by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA basilisk with a secret, a wounded woman trying to protect the world and a ranch full of friends to help them…As a monster among monsters, Ajax is aware that most people are terrified of him. They should be. He’s a savage killer that makes no apologies for what he is. In spite of that, he still wants to find a mate...Categorized as:
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Here There be Dragons by Amy Sumida
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsReturn to the Twilight Court with Princess Seren Firethorn! "Adventurous and sexy, this book will keep you hungry for more!" ~ BooksYesICan From the soaring spires of Castle Unseelie to the grandeur of the Court of the Nine Sons, Seren Firethorn seems destined to encounter dragons. But even surrounded by the fierce fairies, it's her uncle, the Unseelie King, who truly troubles her... -
Leviathan by Bianca D'Arc
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNobody expects the eldest Morrow brother to do much against a menacing magical beast. They’re about to find out how very wrong they are.Fully human, non-magical, but Special Forces to the core…Deke is the designated heir to an ancient legacy that he doesn’t fully understand... -
Boss of the Secret Wolf: Small Town Shifter Romance by Serena Meadows
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI loved uncovering secrets – it’s what I did for a living. But little did I know that I’d discover the biggest secret about the man I’m in love with. It started off terribly with Adam.After my beloved uncle’s death, I had to move to the small town of Pleasant Valley.As it turned out, Adam was the chief editor of the newspaper I’d inherited.I hated him – a fight was inevitable...Categorized as:
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Her Shifter Wolf Runaway (The Clan of Hogan Falls) by Serena Meadows
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’d lived my entire life with a secret that kept trying to burst out of me...My clan wanted my friends and I dead when we were babies.I’d begun questioning my very existence... but Marshall appeared out of nowhere and changed my reality.He was mysterious, a man with secrets of his own.Marshall was running away from something... or someone.And I wanted to chase him away from our small town... -
Dragon Frost by Donna Grant
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNew York Times and USA Today bestselling author Donna Grant returns for a Dragon King holiday novella.The holiday season is Rhi’s favorite time of year, which means Con loves it, too. Except they’re on Zora, where there are no traditions—and beginning one could be hazardous. Finding the lost dragons should’ve given everyone peace. Instead, they’re facing powerful enemies at every turn... -
Fly Away With Me by Cee Bowerman
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAs a young adult faced with uncertainty and surrounded by danger, Nikki Collins found friendship with a wild bird who seemed to appear just when she needed him most. Her new companion took her mind off her troubles and inspired her to become one of the leading experts in the field of ornithology - the scientific study of birds...Categorized as:
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Wolf's Midlife Runaway Bride by Meg Ripley
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAs if being a 40-year-old runaway bride wasn’t bad enough,I had to shift at the altar and become a runaway wolf. My human fiancé may not be my fated mate,But we share a child, so I thought I could make it work.I never understood how a wealthy real estate mogulCould be interested in a meager seamstress like me anyway,But he was persistent on making me his bride...Categorized as:
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Titanium by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsA dragon contractor? Expensive. Unless you're the woman Titus Kroll just fell madly in love with. As a decisive, capable, and newly awakened metal dragon, Titus is used to seeing what he wants and going after it. Right now that's Bree Durell, a sweet, curvy woman who needs help with her house badly and can't afford to pay... -
Cold Flame by Ann Charles
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSome old flames won't stop smoldering ... Zoe Parker knew better than to play with fire. Fireman Reid Martin sparked a flame in her that she couldn't put out. Will Zoe be able to escape with her heart before she gets burned? COLD FLAME is the third story in the "Deadwood Shorts" collection, set between the sixth and seventh books in the Deadwood Mystery Series... -
The Elflaine Chronicles: Ballad of Dawn by Haley Hamilton
There is magic, still, in Scotland.Elflaine, the fabled faerie realm, was supposed to be a myth. Ailia Danu certainly never expected her older sister, Elideh, to find it. After Elideh's disappearance into Elflaine, Ailia must uncover the long-buried history of the faeries, learn to control her newly-awakened magic, and navigate fabled creatures dragged straight out of Scottish lore... -
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Controlling the King of Floods by Lola Glass
I'm in a city full of fae who despise me because of my magic, with a mate who doesn't have time to see me.Yeah, it's been great .I've about decided to move to the earth fae lands when someone wakes the Mother of All Monsters, and Flood decides I have to go with him into the Aboa to put her back to sleep... -
The Evanescence by Jessica Sorensen
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBook two in the Fallen Souls Series. My name is Gemma Lucas and everything in my life is falling apart. Lost Souls are roaming the world, possessing people and the fey have made it their mission to torture the innocent. Death and suffering is becoming a way of life and no matter what I do, things keep tearing Alex and me apart... -
One and the Flame by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s on his planet to help him, but can he convince her to fall in love?Deimos Uannsvo is the leader of the Zehvrd dragon clutch on Nova Aurora. To provide for his planet’s new influx of Earthlings, he’s established a cattle ranch on his territory, but the once-thriving cows are becoming sick... -
Heir of Shadow by Sara C. Roethle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWitch blood. The idea haunts Lyssandra as she leaves her life with the Helius Order behind. She’ll move forward, if only to thwart her greatest enemy yet. Only the witches aren’t what she expects. They’re guarded, and scared. Because someone is stealing their skins... -
Heir of Shadow by Sara C. Roethle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWitch blood. The idea haunts Lyssandra as she leaves her life with the Helius Order behind. She’ll move forward, if only to thwart her greatest enemy yet. Only the witches aren’t what she expects. They’re guarded, and scared. Because someone is stealing their skins... -
Her Shifter Wolf Doctor by Serena Meadows
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHappily ever after isn’t part of my plan—Until fate steps in—and I lay eyes on doctor dreamy…My life revolves around one thing—running the local bed and breakfast with the other orphan wolf shifters in Hogan Falls.My friends are getting married and having babies.The joke is on them—their happiness will never last.The new doctor in town, Scott, delivers my friends’ twins... -
Shadowborn Royals by G. Bailey, Scarlett Snow
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe light is my prison…and I can’t escape. I’m Izora Dawn and this is the second prison I find myself locked in for something I didn’t do. Only this prison is worse and far more dangerous. Beyond the prison walls, the fae world is at war and nothing I can do will stop it. I may come from the light, but to win this war, to keep my family and lovers safe, I will embrace the darkness... -
Courting the King of Cliffs by Lola Glass
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsI ran away to live with the earth fae for a few days, and ended up sleeping in Granite's bed.It's not as kinky as it sounds.At least, not at first.But then I learn why he's been avoiding me.And why he smells so good... -
The Ocean's Heart (The Lunaterra Chronicles) by Debbie Cassidy
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWhen the Sea King falls for the fake princess meant for his son.Royal by name only, Thalia Faircaster has lived her life by the sword, in service to an isle that is rapidly descending into ruin—the lands growing bitter and infertile, even as the population grows... -
A Trial of Fate by J.E. Larson
One night can change your life. One decision can change...everything.Our world is dying.Every century, the High Fae venture past the magical veil in search of a shifter to compete as the champion in the trials of their Inner Kingdom. Only a shifter who completes the trials can unlock the healing powers of The Heart of Valdor, a magical stone that has the power to save our world... -
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Fire Struck by Alessa Thorn
Magic has returned to the world, but it's brought more than just wonder in its wake. As Layla Ironwood-Steelsinger prepares to host a massive Midsummer celebration, she can't shake the feeling that something dark looms on the horizon. And she's not wrong...Categorized as:
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Ripples For Skies by Teshelle Combs
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe griffin monsters have been at war with the Tru human tribes for as long as Emyri can remember. She must live as a Tru spy in the house of a griffin general, posing as a servant…until the new black wing general enlists her to spy on his behalf. Of the dangers Emyri faces, the most violent is her growing desire for her new master...Categorized as:
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Savage King: New Worlds by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThrough magic gone totally wrong, Wren and her cousins wind up on Gecire, sister dimension to the Crystal Kingdom.Wren McClure, journalist by day, romance writer by night, has a hard time facing the world’s ever-increasing responsibilities. Her life is already pretty messy. She doesn’t have time to think of falling in love, but she has no say in matters of her heart... -
Shadowborn Queen by G. Bailey, Scarlett Snow
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe throne is my fate…and I can’t escape. I’m Izora Dawn and I’m finally free from the prisons I was stuck in. Except for a tiny problem: The Enchanted Forest is at war, the Shadowborn Academy is nearly destroyed and I have to stop the titans before they destroy the world and take the last of my family with them.Turns out the outside world is far more dangerous than any prison could be... -
Beneath Notice by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHazel was never the favourite daughter. One parent hated her, she revolted the other, and then she messed up at work when someone cursed her. It just wasn’t a good day.Hazel has tried just to follow the family path and do what was asked of her. Her work in the financial industry has her pegged as an analyst and a notary for the company contracts... -
Storm Bear by Bianca D'Arc
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTogether they will reap the whirlwind... Sabrina is a weather witch losing control. Everything she touches seems to fall apart and tornadoes are whirling down Main Street in the small shifter town in the Canadian Rockies where she's lived for the past couple of years. Ace is a bear shifter on walkabout without his brothers for the first time in a long time...Categorized as:
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Henry by Harley Wylde
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRaya -- Elias kidnapped me nearly a decade ago and used me for his awful experiments. His goal: to create a superior race. How could that possibly go wrong? Now I’m no longer fully human and I’ve lived a life in hell. But I adore my two kids, no matter how they were conceived. I thought we’d die before we ever found freedom, but it arrived in the most unexpected way...Categorized as:
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Magic in the Moonlight by Dria Andersen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAudrey Marks could admit that an impulsive marriage to a dangerous warlock wasn’t a good idea. She’d learned her street savvy at an early age, and wasn’t much that could put fear in her…except the feelings developing for her new and not exactly legit husband. It should’ve been a relief when she discovered his betrayal, it certainly gave her a reason to run... -
If The Wand Sparkles by Sinclair Kelly
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOnce upon a time usually ends in happily ever after, right? For us, it's a little too early to tell. The ogre is suddenly a ray of sunshine, the troll too busy pouting to chip in and help, and the kitty dragon has secrets. Duck my life. Yeah, that's not a typo. With my villainous uncle on the hunt for us, I don't have time to play the role of princess, dagnabbit... -
Bane of the Wild Hunt by A.A. Gordon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe King of the Vale has returned,but he is accompanied by a fire witch. His intended mate. None despise Amira more than Orion. Tradition requires her to claim Riordan’s bonded and complete their trio, but Orion’s jealousy over their king makes that seem impossible. But despite the animosity in Riordan’s court,Amira has found the love and purpose she always craved...Categorized as:
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Heir of Blood & Fire by Marina Laurendi
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo thousand years ago, the Blackblood witches and their dragons were wiped from existence. Only one remains.Serena Avery wants a life like her favorite book characters. One full of adventure, passion, and purpose. She gets more than she bargained for when she is thrust into the world of the fae, accused of being a witch, and held captive by the King of Aegar... -
Spellbound by Anna Santos, May Freighter
This is book 3 of the Immortal Love Series and the continuation of The Witch and the Vampire King. Synopsis coming soon. Release date will be sooner. So make sure you pre-order your book... -
Redeeming Nick by Annabelle Jacobs
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA witch with a secret, a fae guard with a job to do. NickAs the new manager of paranormal club, Midnight, Nick Parker has his hands full. What he doesn’t have time for is an inconvenient attraction for the mysterious fae with violet eyes and the kind of magic that Nick yearns for... -
Compel by Rachel Van Dyken, Patti Stanger
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken and bestselling author Patti Stanger comes a gripping love story of cursed soulmates who are forced to relive tragedy over and over again until their curse is broken…Compelled to seduce, designed to kill... -
The Witch Apothecary by A.K. Mulford
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe magic of a traveling carnival is nothing compared to the magic of a beautiful red witch.Eighteen-year-old Heather Doledir has never left her hometown in the Western Court. As the eldest child of a brown witch family, she is slated to take over the family apothecary and help care for her ailing father... -
Marked and Claimed by Charleigh Harper
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe power of three.And undeniable attraction.A heart in conflict.Blessed by the moon goddess with two mates. One we’ve rescued the other I’ve known all my life. Often times, complicated can feel like home but there’s also the possibility of underlying chaos. You can’t deny your density when it’s written in the stars...
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