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As the Cookie Crumbles by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsChristmas is right around the corner, and Stormy Morgan is ready to celebrate for the first time in years. She’s been dreaming of one thing…Shadow Hills’ infamous Christmas festival.There’s just one little problem.When helping her new friend Easton pick out clothes in the thrift store, Stormy discovers the owner is missing. What’s worse, it looks as if there was a struggle in the back room... -
Babysitter Bear by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe takes care of other people's kids ... but he craves a family of his own.Enter a single mom waitress with a broken heart and a whole lot of trouble behind her.Army vet Dan is still figuring out how to deal with being a three-legged bear, but it turns out kids don’t care how many limbs he has as long as he’s willing to be a climbing frame... -
Pinch of Sass by C.D. Gorri
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCan this stoic Dire Wolf admit the sassy feline is his fated mate and stake his claim?Ariella Golden needs to persuade sexy Dire Wolf Beta, and the amazingly talented chef at Serious Moonlight, Brock Laurent, to use her Pride’s corporation, Eat Well Live Proud, for all the roadhouse’s needs in order to win the coveted quarterly prize at her company...Categorized as:
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By the Fae by Jemma Croft
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDream job – check.Dream apartment – nearly check.Super-hot fae boyfriend – Uh, she’ll have to get back to you on that one.At age 29, good girl, Holly Briar, thought she’d have it all by now. After all, everything else on her metaphorical (and physical) list is checked off, but she’s still very much lacking in the love dept...Categorized as:
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Luck of the Paw by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShaara Patrick dreams of a quaint boutique inn, laughter of kids in the yard, and a loving husband. But her meager clerk’s wages keeps those dreams distant. Then, Gerri Wilder enters her life, bringing with her hope and romance. The shifter she’s set up with is handsome and sweet, so there’s obviously something wrong with him... -
The Howl Nine Yards by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAdeline, the human mother of two adopted shifter girls, is on the run after trying to take down a powerful, embezzling shifter. Her family is threatened, and only Gerri Wilder has the contacts to help her. She just hoped for some help, not for Gerri to find her a hunky shifter to make her think of romance.Griffin gave up his birthright as alpha...Categorized as:
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Cade & Anna by V.A. Dold
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen Dr. Marjorie schedules an ultrasound for Anna, Cade begins to go into paranoid meltdown. Something must be wrong! He's sure of it. Seeing his daughter on the computer screen larger than life sets Cade onto a path of foolish, well-meaning choices. In a state of panic, he instigates a series of disastrous projects with the help of Simon, Stefan, and Thomas...Categorized as:
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Howl of the Alpha by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter years of hard work, Victoria Branson’s bar is one of the hippest places to be in the city. All that’s missing is someone to share her life with. Too bad she has zero skills when it comes to love and dating. Until a mysterious, handsome stranger enters her bar and turns her life upside down. Victoria has never had a one-night stand before, but she might make an exception for Axton... -
Not Her Alpha by Annie Nicholas
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsChris Jenkins, alpha werewolf, wants the woman who destroyed his life dead. Then he finds her imprisoned and beaten by her own family. So, he rescues her instead. Too make things worse, her soul is bound to a grimoire of black magic and he volunteers his pack to protect the book from falling into the wrong hands. Now, Jade has to live with him. It’s the only way to keep his city safe. Really... -
Just Her Stripe by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe was stunningly beautiful, but that wasn’t the attraction. It was her aura, her presence in the room. It was instant . Their energies entangled, wrapped around each other, like old friends greeting after a long absence. Every nerve ending in his body reacted to her. His skin prickled with electric sparks. She illuminated the room, sending shockwaves of power to his very core... -
Roar Letter Word by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAddie Swanson, pop singer extraordinaire, is used to being at the top of every chart. But lately, belting her heart out in front of large crowds hasn’t been fulfilling. Then, the enigmatic Gerri Wilder claims to have the perfect solution to Addie’s blues. She just didn’t expect the solution to come wrapped around a big, growly and muscular body with arms straight out of her hottest dreams... -
Claiming Charity by Violet Rae
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRyderWhat could be worse than Christmas? Working security on a Christmas movie a week before the “big day.” The only consolation? Charity Pine is also working as props master on this movie. The problem? Charity has haunted my dreams for years, but she's my best friend's little sister and the one woman I can never have.Luke and I enlisted together... -
Sweatpants and Spells by Keira Blackwood
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI knew hot flashes were supposed to be hot, but I didn’t expect flames.One day I’m in anger management, normalizing the cordial hate between me and my husband. The next, we’re divorced and he has taken both our house and the business we built together. I’m forty years old and living above our empty restaurant, plotting my next move... -
Redemption's Edge by Alyssa Day
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe sexy conclusion to the series readers are calling “Vampire Diaries for grown-ups” from New York Times bestselling author Alyssa Day.The Vampire Motorcycle Club series is best enjoyed in order... -
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How to Save a Life by Eli Easton
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsRav Miller looked into the terrified, intelligent eyes of the chocolate Labrador on death row, and knew he’d do anything to save him. When the dog, Sammy, escapes and heads to Mad Creek, Rav follows. Mad Creek. The town had become legendary in Rav’s mind after he’d met that bizarre group last year. Rav dismissed his crazy suspicions back then, but when he arrives in Mad Creek, he knows it’s true... -
One Bite by Jennifer Blackstream
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIrina is determined to continue her fight for freedom. Freedom for her from her evil sorceress stepmother, and freedom for every faction in the kingdom of Dacia. Unfortunately, her stepmother isn’t about to let that happen and she’s got a poisoned apple and a glass coffin with Irina’s name on them… Kirill is a vampire prince determined to be a vampire king...Categorized as:
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Keeping Her by Kelly Lucille
A Contemporary Erotic Romance with a shape shifting Alpha Male trained as a Navy SEAL and the short curvaceous artist who drives him crazy. At 28, Clytie Persephone Jones has reinvented herself into exactly what she wants to be. She changed her name, put herself through school, and is taking chances on a risky art career...Categorized as:
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A Mate For Jackson by Selena Scott
Jackson Durant is a lone wolf. Literally. As a wolf shifter in a world that is completely hostile to shifters of any kind, he’s taken it upon himself to live a life of solitude as a way of keeping himself safe. If only the members of his family would follow his lead and stop falling in love with people and almost blowing their shifter secret... -
Doe and the Wolf by Eve Langlais
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhat happens when a predator falls for his prey? Bounty hunting is the perfect job for a maverick wolf; flexible hours, decent pay, the thrill of the chase. But Everett never counted on a doe stopping him in his furry tracks. Dawn was a prisoner of Mastermind and ended up experimented on, against her wishes...Categorized as:
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Furbitten Brother by Preston Walker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA lie gone too far. Their inner wolves can’t hold back. Can a bond for life hold them together? Chasen is overjoyed to attend his brother’s wedding. And as if things can't get better, he catches scent of his fated mate just before the vows are exchanged. Better yet, he knows who it is. But isn't Tate an alpha? Tate is an omega hiding in plain sight among alphas...Categorized as:
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Shift Into Me by Lynn Red
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor years, budding journalist and recent high school graduate Lily Kyle wanted to spread her wings. Lily’s corner of the world, small desert town Fort Branch, feels more like a prison than a home. For all its faults, Fort Branch is all she’s really known, and leaving stopped mattering so much once she was claimed by a werewolf alpha... -
The Archdemon in Auditing: A Sweet and Steamy Monster Romance by Ella Beck
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWhen I landed a dream job in the Underworld, I never expected my boss would be the infuriatingly handsome archdemon, Bax Daemonus.As Chief Soul Auditor, he's been cutting corners for centuries - but I'm here to reform his corrupt department. Bax fights me at every turn, yet the tension between us crackles hotter than hellfire...Categorized as:
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30 Day Mate by Kristen Strassel
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWill my past steal Saint’s future?After a misunderstanding costs me a dream contract for a cooking show on a major network, I’ll do whatever it takes to repair my reputation.Even apply to be one of The Real Werewives of Colorado.The dating reality show is my last chance to prove I’m for real, even if it means I’ll belong to a wolf shifter forever... -
The Billionaire Shifter's Secret Baby by Diana Seere
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA masquerade ball in Malibu led to a single night of passion under the stars… and set the wheels of fate in motion. Three years ago, waitress Kara Jablonski gave in to her wilder side with a fellow weretiger, the rock star billionaire Lars Jensen, a sun-kissed blond drummer with a viking's build. Six weeks later, the pregnancy test came back positive... -
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Flight by V.M. Black
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsCurvy Harper Bailey’s ordinary life was turned upside down by a chance encounter with the handsome werewolf Levi Harris. On the run from the vampire mafia, he pulls her into his high-stakes world—and straight into the crosshairs. Now she’s got no car, no job, and not even any dry clothes. To make matters worse, Harper’s falling for Levi hard at the most inconvenient time...Categorized as:
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Convincing Conrad by Casey Drake
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsConrad Stokes knows he’s in trouble when he uncovers an embezzlement scheme and watches as his boss’s office is ransacked… by glowing-eyed shadows. Now his boss is dead, and Conrad is understandably freaked out and doesn’t want to go home alone. Enter Ryder, the gorgeous security specialist sent by his sister... -
Something to Howl About by Christine Warren
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWELCOME TO ALPHAVILLE, where the she-wolves and alpha-males play. . .for keeps, in a brand-new paranormal romance series from New York Times bestselling author Christine Warren. Dr. Annie Cryer has been called many things: Genius. Child prodigy. Scientific wonder. Wolf Shifter...Categorized as:
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Pursuit by V.M. Black
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsEpisode 2 of the New BBW Shifter Series The werewolf is just the start of Harper Bailey’s bad day…. Curvy Harper Bailey loves bad boys, but Levi Harris might be one step too far. Within a short time of meeting him, her car was stolen, a grenade blew through their hideout, and several men with ugly guns tried to shoot them...Categorized as:
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Legal Wolf's Mate by Eve Langlais
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIn Eve Langlais's Legal Wolf’s Mate—previously published in the anthology Growl— taking on a pro bono murder case isn't a problem for a lawyer who enjoys a challenge. Discovering his new client is his mate? A tad more complicated. Gavin has no intention of settling down, especially not with a woman accused of murder... -
Running From the Pack by Mina Carter
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIt's never easy staying ahead of the pack, but for Penny, it might just save her life… Since ditching her pack after an offer she “couldn't” refuse from her tyrannical pack alpha, Penny’s been on the run. Always on the move, she never stays in one place for long, avoiding other werewolves like the plague... -
The Reluctant Miss Van Helsing by Minda Webber
Having lived long amongst London's ton, Ethel Jane Van Helsing is an astute female who well knows her faults. She has a face unremarkable in its plainness. And yet.at a masquerade ball, anything can happen. There, even an ugly duckling can become a swan. But tonight is not for fowl play. You see, plain or not, Jane comes from distinguished stock: Van Helsings. And Van Helsings are slayers... -
The Zillionaire Vampire Cowboy's Secret Werewolf Babies by Nine Naughty Novelists, Juniper Bell
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTheirs was a love that nature never intended. Bigger than Texas. Hotter than Hades. Weirder than...a lot of other things you might have read about up until now. Self-made zillionaire Rock Fangsworthy is your typical Texas cowboy. Well, sort of. Typical in that the only thing this lethally sexy lady-charmer with the hair trigger temper loves more than his horse is his ranch, The Double Fang... -
The Werewolf Tycoon's Baby by Celia Kyle
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsShe thinks he's after her child, but what he really wants is… her. For Melissa Hill, a relaxing vacation to Greece involved not only sand, but billionaire Galen Liakos as well. Their passion burned hot and bright, but when their love was threatened and their differences became painfully clear, Melissa disappeared with a hastily scribbled note... -
All's Fair in Mate Bonds and Publishing by Alana Ankh
For Killian Marsden, werewolf romance is overrated. After all, he should know, since he’s a half-werewolf and an editor for a romance-publishing house. He’s tired of reading mate bond fairytales, because real life doesn’t work that way. In the real world, Alphas abandon their half-breed children. Not that Killian’s jaded or anything. Simply realistic...Categorized as:
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Animal Magnetism (Don't Read in the Closet Events) by Willow Scarlett, Andrea Speed
Rated: 3.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDear Author,Do you laugh when you read a blurb about another book with an obscure animal shifter? Do you ever want to write a shifter story of your own but tire of those wolves and big cats and dragons? Well, here is your chance to write a character that changes into an animal your readers will be rushing to Google!This man changes into one of these amazing creatures (your choice)... -
He Ain't Lion by Celia Kyle
Life sucks... And then you get turned into a werelion... Curvaceous, blonde bombshell Maya Josephs is looking for a little action to take her mind off of her recent break-up. Crazy werecats or not, an evening at Genesis is exactly what she needs. And when she meets the hotter than hot, super-sexy owner, Alex O'Connell, the alpha lion shifter is just the man to fit the bill for a one-night stand...Categorized as:
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Blaste from the Past by Jessa Kane
A magical tree that makes your soul mate appear is surely just a legend, right? That's what Shiloh thought until one night, in a moment of desperation, she begs the Wanting Tree for someone to love...and a shirtless rancher from 1949 arrives, still holding onto his cowboy hat, calling her "sugar" and claiming to be her man. For life...Categorized as:
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Change For Me by Lynn Red
Rated: 3.31 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNew faces were hard to come by in Fort Branch, Arizona. From the moment she saw Damon, Lily Kyle’s heart was stolen. He and Lily were inseparable, until he finally pushed her too far away. Despite the distance Damon put between them, Lily never stopped loving him. Motorcycle riding, rough-around-the-edges Damon King has a complicated life... -
Howling for My Baby by Beverly Rae
Rated: 3.24 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRomeo and Juliet never had to worry about being skinned alive. Sydney Skeller’s father is spitting bullets over her reluctance to join the family business as a shifter hunter. The last thing Daddy needs to know is why—she yearns for a lover who’s man enough for a relationship but animal enough to give her the wild ride of her dreams...
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