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When a Wolf Loves the Moon by Granger ., Granger
Students go missing at this mythical and magical HBCU campus.No one knows why but as our four girls continue their education and learn more about themselves, the mystery begins to affect their friendship with each other. Can they solve the case and stop this growing feeling that something is about to change, all while remaining friends? Let's find out... -
![Chayton by Tiya Rayne]()
Chayton by Tiya Rayne
ChaytonFive years ago, I walked away from my pack and my true mate to save my son's life. It's a decision I will never regret. Since then, I've lived with only one focus: to protect my son at all costs. Once again, I'm faced with the decision to save his life. I'm forced to either marry the human that saved him or watch my son die. The latter is never an option...Categorized as:
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![Bound Through Time: Future by Twyla Turner]()
Bound Through Time: Future by Twyla Turner
The final chapter in the Viking Brothers Series... Dag knows his destiny lies within the future. Will it be with his eldest brother or beyond? Has time bound him to a woman, the way it has for Thorin and Jerrik? And if so, who will she be? Only time will tell...Warning: Adult content...Categorized as:
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![That Time I Got Drunk And Yeeted A Love Potion At A Werewolf by Kimberly Lemming]()
That Time I Got Drunk And Yeeted A Love Potion At A Werewolf by Kimberly Lemming
Anyone else ever thrown a drink at someone's head, only to miss entirely and hit a stranger behind them? Then have that stranger fall madly in love with you because it turned out that drink you threw was a love potion? No, just me? Well damn.Dealing with a pirate ship full of demons that just moved into town was hard enough... -
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![Magic of Lust by Auryn Hadley]()
Magic of Lust by Auryn Hadley
The rules of magic are changing, and she's going to make sure they work for her. Mages are always men. Until her. They harvest the power of simple, primitive emotions. Until her. Jaeda is something new, and the best way to protect herself is to make sure the enemy doesn't have a clue. That's going to be difficult with an Adevian mage about to take her town. Shahwa has become her home...Categorized as:
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![Healing Hazel by Tessa Stone]()
Healing Hazel by Tessa Stone
Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHazelThe curse is lifted, the dark magic is gone… and so is my mother.It’s time to let go of my pain and heal. But of course, Fate wouldn’t make healing easy. Turns out, I’ve inherited Brookstone and Blackburn Enterprises because, surprise... I’m a Blackburn. My mother murdered my father and stole the company shares. Now, everyone sees me as the enemy... -
![Curiosity by Christina C. Jones]()
Curiosity by Christina C. Jones
You know what they say about curiosity, right?(Curiosity is an erotic paranormal novella...Categorized as:
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![Finding Claude by Tessa Stone]()
Finding Claude by Tessa Stone
An explosive supernatural love forces Claude to choose between her clan and her destined mate. Claude As the only female dragon shifter in Ash Clan, I've always felt out of place. But when I discover Tyrion, a mysterious dragon from a rival clan, everything changes. His lavender scent calls to me and his piercing blue eyes see right through me...Categorized as:
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![Holiday Bride by T.S. Joyce]()
Holiday Bride by T.S. Joyce
**Can be read as a standalone holiday story, or with T. S. Joyce's bestselling Wolf Brides series** Maya hasn’t been back to Colorado Springs in years. She’s home visiting for the holidays, but so much has changed. The boy she grew up with is nearly unrecognizable and his animal magnetism is stirring feelings in her that she can’t explain... -
![Elias The Wicked by K. Alex Walker]()
Elias The Wicked by K. Alex Walker
I, Kerah Moss, was on the fast-track to becoming the first veterinarian in my family. Academics - check. Accolades - double-check. But then, a drop of forbidden passion entered my life, and like with all things forbidden, trouble followed and trapped me in the relationship that led to the near-fatal car accident that ended my veterinary career.Five years later, my life is mostly back on track...Categorized as:
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![Bad Alpha by Kathryn Moon]()
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... -
![For Her Safety by Dria Andersen]()
For Her Safety by Dria Andersen
For seven years Silas Knight has been focused only one thing: finding his daughter. He didn’t have time for relationships, and he certainly wasn't looking for a mate. But see… fate was a tricky thing. The one thing he’d been avoiding was the one thing he would have to do to keep his daughter with him...Categorized as:
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![Saint and the Queen by Desiree .]()
Saint and the Queen by Desiree .
Eve Noelle has been tortured by her mother's careless dreams and delusions her entire childhood that her absent father is actually Santa Claus. The real Santa Claus. She despises Christmas, the music, the children, and anything to do with the holiday but then one day. -
![Nago, His Mississippi Queen: 50 Loving States, Mississippi by Theodora Taylor]()
Nago, His Mississippi Queen: 50 Loving States, Mississippi by Theodora Taylor
I’m still not exactly sure how a nobody like me managed to catch the eye of a billionaire alpha prince. But Nago Nightwolf was the sweetest, gentlest, most wonderful boyfriend a poor she-wolf from a mange state pack could ever ask for…until I needed him most. Then he disappeared from my life without so much as an apology. I thought it was true love... -
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![Unhinged by Dreia Wells]()
Unhinged by Dreia Wells
Everything I thought I knew about my life was a lie.With all the revelations about me coming to the surface, I just need time to figure it all out. Trying to navigate my day-to-day life with four soul tethers, a fated mate, and my betrothed is a challenge within itself, but time is not on my side. When I think I can settle into my new normal, my world turns upside once more...Categorized as:
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![Jasora : An Alpha's Queen 2 by Natavia]()
Jasora : An Alpha's Queen 2 by Natavia
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAn Alpha’s Queen 2 continues the story from where part one left off. After regaining her memories from her past life, Jasora embarks on a journey to uncover the dark secrets hidden within The Maikoh Tribe, the community of her mate, Wolfgang. As she delves deeper into the tribe’s secrets, she finds herself in danger, her life threatened by those who wish to keep the truth buried... -
![Caution by Christina C. Jones]()
Caution by Christina C. Jones
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![Goddess of Beast: The Introduction by J Peach]()
Goddess of Beast: The Introduction by J Peach
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBorn into slavery, NaKiyah thought she was just a mere slave. That is until her eighteenth birthday when everything changed, and she gained magical powers.From that moment NaKiyah knew she’d only be seen as a demon to the world, and her life would be in danger if anyone ever found out what she was... -
![Wolf and Soul : [50 Loving States, Oklahoma] by Theodora Taylor]()
Wolf and Soul : [50 Loving States, Oklahoma] by Theodora Taylor
Book 3 of the Amazon Bestselling Alaska Princesses Trilogy is finally here! Tu Ataneq and Grady Wulfkonig are the last two shifters on the face of this earth who would ever get together. They're complete opposites--him an uptight former sheriff and her a former party girl. Plus, they have history--ugly history that Tu doubts she'll ever be able overcome... -
![Jonah's Ghost by K. Alex Walker]()
Jonah's Ghost by K. Alex Walker
Taryn Hopkins and her husband, Oliver, recently bought and moved into their 1st home, an old Victorian in small-town Pennsylvania. But when her airline pilot husband is away, Taryn is visited by a dark-haired male apparition who appears in unlit hallways and eventually, her dreams.Jonah’s so real, she can touch him. He calls her by the name “Odette” and strokes her like his long-lost love...Categorized as:
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![Five Mafia Captors' Virgin by Nicole Casey]()
Five Mafia Captors' Virgin by Nicole Casey
I tried my best to escape. But they are after me. These cruel, gorgeous monsters. All five of them. Sadie I'd seen Mr. Marcello just once at a prestigious Fashion Show. His light golden amber eyes made me shiver, but I thought I was not gonna see him again. I never expected him to get his men to kidnap me, and even share me with his cousins and bodyguards...Categorized as:
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![The Gatekeeper by K. Alex Walker]()
The Gatekeeper by K. Alex Walker
No one defies the Lord of the Underworld. Chief Mataio Tauati took over his father’s post as Gatekeeper of The Dead at seventeen years of age. Twelve years later, he’s become the strongest god of his ancestral lineage. To challenge him is a death sentence and, for the most part, everyone understands the rules. For the most part... -
![Khan's Choice by Tacarra]()
Khan's Choice by Tacarra
To the naked eye, Khan looked like your typical hustler, but that was far from the truth. He was living his best immortal life while he waited for his mate…until he laid his eyes on Choice. He knew from their first encounter that she was his... -
![The Coach's Challenge : Desperados Book Six by Dandridge Monroe, Nubian FX]()
The Coach's Challenge : Desperados Book Six by Dandridge Monroe, Nubian FX
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsHe's overcome tragedy, remade himself into a champion, but winning the heart of his soul's mate is the greatest challenge he will ever face.Douglas Stewart Jr. made history as the NFL's youngest African American head coach to lead a team to the Super Bowl. Before his playing days were cut short by a catastrophic knee injury, he was known as The Axe because of how he cut down quarterbacks... -
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![Day One by JanJan Untamed]()
Day One by JanJan Untamed
Some of us will not be returning home. This is a one-way trip to nowhere. A kamikaze mission for the brave and stout of heart. And the chance of a lifetime for an explorer like me. In my last email, I encouraged the team to make sure their affairs were in order. See to their wills and appoint a power of attorney. I suggested they hug their parents and kiss their offspring... -
![Third Street Conjure Boys: Jinx by Nikki Clarke]()
Third Street Conjure Boys: Jinx by Nikki Clarke
Jinx:We are of gods and men. We're magic, but we aren't magicians. We're ancient deities, all the things anyone has ever believed in, new and old. We're real and we're here, walking among you. Some of us are more special than others. Some of us hold the key to immense power and the ability to bestow it on others...Categorized as:
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![Bound To The Rogue Shifter : A Black Paranormal Romance by Tessa Stone]()
Bound To The Rogue Shifter : A Black Paranormal Romance by Tessa Stone
Season Two of Shadow Wolf Creek Collab Nyra The Moon Festival only happens once every four years, and this time, it’s my last hope to find him—my fated mate. I’ve wandered from pack to pack, chasing whispers and dreams, but still, I’m alone. When I arrive in Shadow Wolf Creek, I know this could be my only chance.But fate has a twisted sense of humor... -
![Unknowingly Bound To A Shifter: A Black Paranormal Romance by Elle Madearis]()
Unknowingly Bound To A Shifter: A Black Paranormal Romance by Elle Madearis
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhen Yara swerves to avoid a cub and crashes her car deep into the woods of Shadow Wolf Creek, the last thing she expects is to wake in the arms of a man. Nadeem, quiet yet commanding, is no stranger to helping people.What begins as gratitude quickly blossoms into an emotional friendship... -
![Heir of Exile by Melody Lynch]()
Heir of Exile by Melody Lynch
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAfter being exiled from his werewolf pack, Raheem and Yolanda pack up and leave Silverton and their old lives. They settled in a new town and began building a peaceful life together, far away from the politics and violence of the werewolf world. But their plans are shattered when their newborn son is kidnapped, and the entire town, including the police, refuses to help them...Categorized as:
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![A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams]()
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams
From the New York Times bestselling author of Seven Days in June , A Love Song for Ricki Wilde is an epic love story one hundred years in the making…Leap years are a strange, enchanted time. And for some, even a single February can be life-changing.Ricki Wilde has many talents, but being a Wilde isn’t one of them... -
![Taming Kane by Tessa Stone]()
Taming Kane by Tessa Stone
When a desperate woman escapes a dangerous situation and seeks refuge in Wintermoon, she finds herself irrevocably bonded to a possessive wolf shifter in this fated mates, forced proximity romance.KaneA thousand years of loneliness have ended. The curse on supernaturals is lifted, and we can finally meet our fated mates. I’ve waited patiently, but after ten years, I’m losing hope...Categorized as:
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![Knud, Her Big Bad Wolf: 50 Loving States, Kansas by Theodora Taylor]()
Knud, Her Big Bad Wolf: 50 Loving States, Kansas by Theodora Taylor
An amnesia romance unlike any you've ever read... HER: After waking up in the hospital with a huge six month blank where my memory was supposed to be, I have three questions that need answering, like, yesterday. 1. Why was I, a woman, who has never taken so much as an overnight camping trip found bruised and battered on a river bank in the middle of nowhere? 2... -
![Snowed In With A Rebel Shifter by Tessa Stone]()
Snowed In With A Rebel Shifter by Tessa Stone
Part of the Snowed In Shadow Wolf Creek Collab A lone alpha finds his fated mate and discovers the true meaning of love, loyalty, and family. AsherAs a white wolf and a born alpha, I was destined to leave my pack and forge my own path. But little did I know that my journey would lead me to Jada, a fiercely independent woman who captured my heart from the moment our eyes met...Categorized as:
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![Bound to the broken: curvy girl paranormal romance by Melody Lynch]()
Bound to the broken: curvy girl paranormal romance by Melody Lynch
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThis isn’t just heat. It’s prophecy. And it might kill them all.Autumn is thirty with no mate and a past full of human men who only wanted to break the wolf in her.Even the matchmaking witch gave up on her.But everything changes the night of the Moon Festival.Two rogue wolves find her and the moment one touches her, her body snaps into heat. Autumn wants to give in... -
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![Ruth and the King of the Giants by S.E. Smith]()
Ruth and the King of the Giants by S.E. Smith
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe King of the Giants has met his match…When her brother goes missing, Ruth Hallbrook follows the only lead that she has – a story told to her by a strange woman that she meets in town. Armed with a ‘magical’ shell that will supposedly guide her, all she has to do is repeat the words she hears when she puts it to her ear... -
![Excess Baggage by Nicole Falls]()
Excess Baggage by Nicole Falls
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWinifred “Freddie” Brown’s got an admirer. He’s handsome, charming, and persistent. The only problem? He’s eleven years her junior and she’s not trying to take anyone that close in age to her child seriously.Elijah Woolford, however, is undeterred. He’s had his eye on Freddie for some time now and is willing to do whatever it takes to break down her walls and get her to let him in... -
![Forbidden Desire by Melody Lynch]()
Forbidden Desire by Melody Lynch
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAngel is a successful entrepreneur, but she is not as successful on the dating scene, and she is tired of being a wingwoman to her group of friends. After an embarrassing rejection, she sits nursing her sorrows at her favorite pub. She runs into her brother's best friend, Harold, who convinces her to join him and his friends for a karaoke night... -
![Forgiving Levi: A Dark Paranormal Romance by Tessa Stone]()
Forgiving Levi: A Dark Paranormal Romance by Tessa Stone
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsHer scent was his obsession; his bite became her lifeline. LeviAs the Alpha of my pack, I never expected to lose control when I found my fated mate. But one whiff of Nia's scent and my world tilted on its axis. I claimed her against her will, stealing her choices and her future. Now I'll do anything to earn back her trust and her heart. Even if it means breaking the rules of my kind... -
![His Everlasting Love: 50 Loving States, Virginia by Theodora Taylor]()
His Everlasting Love: 50 Loving States, Virginia by Theodora Taylor
Presenting a one-of-a-kind love story that will make you look differently at the world around you... “I’ll find you…” Willa Harper: Med School dropout. Daughter of the town crazy lady. And, oh yeah, super secret member of the “I Can See Ghosts” Club... -
![Tropical Lynx's Lover by Zoe Chant]()
Tropical Lynx's Lover by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s a handyman lynx shifter who can fix almost anything... Except for his mate’s shattered soul. Even a tropical paradise has its problems. When something is broken, native Alaskan lynx shifter Travis is always the man for the job...Categorized as:
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![That Time I Got Drunk And Saved A Demon by Kimberly Lemming]()
That Time I Got Drunk And Saved A Demon by Kimberly Lemming
All I wanted to do was live my life in peace. Maybe get a cat, expand my spice farm. Really anything that doesn’t involve going on a quest where an orc might rip my face off. But they say the Goddess has favorites. If so, I’m clearly not one of them.After saving the demon Fallon in a wine-drunk stupor, all he wanted to do was kill an evil witch enslaving his people.I mean, I get it... -
![Nothing is Free by Dreia Wells]()
Nothing is Free by Dreia Wells
I was finally free. Or so I thought.New city and a new job with my best friend Mercy. We'd both overcome the odds and came out stronger. I have a pack of adoring Alphas and an obsessive male Omega, my true mate. Everything I never thought I would have.I was no longer just a Beta who hid in the shadows away from a family who disowned me.I had finally found my place in this world... -
![Storm of Desire by Melody Lynch]()
Storm of Desire by Melody Lynch
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsGrace is still dealing with the loss of her mother, now contending with her bully of a boss. She is determined to keep a low profile and ride out the brewing storm of the century set to tear through the town. When her high school sweetheart walks into her restaurant, it triggers a series of memories that she has tried to forget about...Categorized as:
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![Snowed in with the Outcast wolf by Melody Lynch]()
Snowed in with the Outcast wolf by Melody Lynch
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsMy ex's bad decisions got him killed. Now, I'm on the run. Working at a funeral home seemed like a safe way to lay low—until one of the bodies jumped off the table and attacked me. Forced to hit the road again, I end up stranded in Shadow Ridge when my car breaks down. Desperate, I break into what I thought was an empty house, only to come face-to-face with a dangerously handsome werewolf...Categorized as:
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![I Accidentally Hired a Shadow Walker by Jessica Cage]()
I Accidentally Hired a Shadow Walker by Jessica Cage
Security breaches? Check. Dimensional chaos? Naturally. Forbidden attraction? Oh, absolutely! Jericha Brown is used to being the boss. As the fierce, no-nonsense head of her own security firm, she's just landed the contract of a lifetime—until her lead agent walks out, taking half the team with him... -
![One Night Only: A Shifter Romance Novella by Elle Kayson]()
One Night Only: A Shifter Romance Novella by Elle Kayson
Zuri Price has no intention of responding to the strange invitation she’d received to some unknown place called the Red Key Club. She doesn’t even like Valentine’s Day, after all. But a charming neighbor and a cheating boyfriend change her mind and, skeleton key in hand, Zuri steps into a new world and into a painful but unforgettable memory of her old one... -
![Her Viking Wolf by Theodora Taylor]()
Her Viking Wolf by Theodora Taylor
The third steamy interracial romance in the 50 Loving States series from the author of Amazon Bestsellers, THE OWNER OF HIS HEART and HER RUSSIAN BILLIONAIRE! When Chloe Adams was four her shiftless shifter parents abandoned her on the side of the road... -
![Snowed In With The Grumpy Shifter by Tessa Stone]()
Snowed In With The Grumpy Shifter by Tessa Stone
When a car crash leaves her stranded in his cabin during a snowstorm, Maya discovers her fated mate is a grumpy shifter who's determined to never let her go. KaiI've been a lone wolf since leaving my pack, avoiding both Alphas vying for my loyalty in Shadow Wolf Creek. Then I catch her scent—sweet strawberries that drive my wolf wild... -
![The Promise Born (The Lunaterra Chronicles) by Jessica Cage]()
The Promise Born (The Lunaterra Chronicles) by Jessica Cage
When the dragon prince kidnaps a false bride to spite the queen an ancient rivalry is reborn. To escape his mother’s relentless matchmaking, fire Dragon Prince Asante makes a desperate choice—he plucks a hard-headed baker from a small village and declares her his fiancée. It’s a harmless ruse, meant only to buy him time... -
![Taming the Beast by Sedona Venez]()
Taming the Beast by Sedona Venez
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe refuses to love. He’ll stop at nothing to have her. Together, can they fulfill their deepest desires?Hope Pippa knows her life is missing something. The curvy dancer has no love life, and wants to keep it that way to avoid getting hurt again. To live with herself, she hardens her heart and avoids intimacy at all costs, even if it cuts her off from her ultimate passions...Categorized as:
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![Wolf and Soul : [50 Loving States, Oklahoma] by Theodora Taylor](https://s3.amazonaws.com/romance.io/books/small/5fda02b9ce1b900e1f297443.jpg)
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