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  • The Path of Ascension 6 by C. Mantis

    The Path of Ascension 6 by C. Mantis

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 28 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...
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  • Burning in Fire by Charlene Hartnady

    Burning in Fire by Charlene Hartnady

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    The dragons on Draig Island are not your run-of-the-mill kind. They’re something else entirely…. Harlow. I never wanted to come to this stupid island. I most certainly never wanted to be a dragon rider. To go anywhere near a dragon, for that matter. My plan was to survive Sky's Edge, then to fail to bond with a dragon, so that I could get the hell off Draig Island. Back to my old life...
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  • How Torie Got Her Hex Back by M.J. Caan

    How Torie Got Her Hex Back by M.J. Caan

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    There is never a good time for a witch to lose her powers. But to lose your magic just when you and your friends need it to survive might be the worst timing of all. But even in her despair, Torie Bliss has noticed some strange goings-on in Singing Falls. The supernatural community seems to be at war with itself, and the human inhabitants of the community are not exactly acting like normal humans...
  • Broken Prince by Jen Wylie

    Broken Prince by Jen Wylie

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Sometimes, when you're broken, you can heal on your own. Sometimes, you need the help of your friends, your family, and the people you love. Keeping those pieces together when the world seems intent on ripping you apart is the greatest challenge of all. Especially when the ones you love, the ones who hold you together, start falling apart themselves...
  • That Good Hex by M.J. Caan

    That Good Hex by M.J. Caan

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    There are few things in life that can’t be made better by some good old- fashioned Hex. Torie Bliss had accepted the gifts that were bestowed on witches of her lineage. Gifts that manifested themselves after her fortieth birthday. Gifts that had come in handy when trying to solve the case of a supernatural serial killer...
  • Blood Bond by Heather Hildenbrand

    Blood Bond by Heather Hildenbrand

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Hybrids. If I had to choose one word to sum up all of my problems, this would be it. Without hybrids, I wouldn’t have to watch my best friend slowly becoming a monster. Without hybrids, I could let go of the mentality “hunt or be hunted. ” CHAS wouldn’t be scouring the Earth, intent on slaughtering and using Alex to do it...
  • Forged Magic by Heather Renee

    Forged Magic by Heather Renee

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When your world is shattering, don’t be afraid to bite back. Andie. My mate was taken from me and every day that we’re forced to be apart, the burning inferno inside me spreads. My weeks alone are spent learning how to adjust to the magic I’ve stolen back. Power I need to be able to control before I can get to Foster. Then, when I finally make my move, he's gone...
  • The Shadow King by Heather Killough-Walden

    The Shadow King by Heather Killough-Walden

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    King of the Shadow Realm…. Beyond the Twixt, just past the Unlit Forest lies a realm so gravely perilous, it has been cut off from the mortal world for thousands of years. The powerful man who rules this tangled, twisted land is as dark and merciless as his realm...
  • Night of the Nymph by Bianca D'Arc

    Night of the Nymph by Bianca D'Arc

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Something evil is calling to her. Is it the mysterious man who finds her in the woods, or something within the forest, itself? An ancient evil hidden among the trees. .. Crystal is driving across the state for a job interview when she feels a pressing need to stop her car and get out...
  • Rejecting the Future Moon Goddess by Alana Dyer

    Rejecting the Future Moon Goddess by Alana Dyer

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Soulless - werewolves who have turned rogue with no humanity left, giving in to their beastly urges. Rejection - an act in which your soulmate rejects the mate bond, causing immense pain to the rejected. Moon Goddess - the deity that created the werewolf race whom her creation worship. Omega - The lowest ranked wolf in the pack sometimes treated as nothing more than a slave or an object...
  • The Forbidden Wolf King by Leia Stone

    The Forbidden Wolf King by Leia Stone

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 39 ratings
    Axil Moon broke my heart when I was fifteen and I’ve dreamed of getting revenge ever since. So when he becomes the king of all Wolven and summons me to compete for his hand in. marriage in the deadly Queen Trials, I gladly accept. I want nothing more than to defeat the. competition and leave him cold and alone when I slam the bedroom door in his face every. night...
  • Dark Alpha's Temptation by Donna Grant

    Dark Alpha's Temptation by Donna Grant

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Dark Alpha’s Temptation is a brand new paranormal romance in New York Times bestselling author Donna Grant's Reapers series that features a brotherhood of elite assassins and the women who bring them to their knees. There is no escaping a Reaper. I am an elite assassin, part of a brotherhood that only answers to Death. And when Death says your time is up, I’m coming for you…...
  • Filthy Fae by Alexa B. James, Vanesa Garkova

    Filthy Fae by Alexa B. James, Vanesa Garkova

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The only thing worse than a sadistic werewolf is a sadistic fae queen hellbent on revenge. Two months after meeting my mates, I’ve settled into a semi-comfortable life with them. But as the new alpha of the Six Rivers pack, it’s my job to make peace with the fae and the other werewolf packs that surround Heartland Forest. And not everyone wants peace...
  • The Witch Chase by Ginna Moran

    The Witch Chase by Ginna Moran

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The witches want me to bow. They tried hard to break me. I can't be broken. After fleeing from the sanctuary and the dark magic of a coven of witches, I must learn the secrets of my existence and find my dad. He has the answers and knowledge we need to fight back. But the witches who have invaded our sanctuary aren't my pack's only problem. Other enemies lie in wait, trying to collar and leash us...
  • Moon Thrall by Donna Grant

    Moon Thrall by Donna Grant

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Donna Grant gives readers a double dose of the Louisiana bayous in the second book of her searing LaRue series (connected to the bestselling Chiasson series) filled with suspense, voodoo, and romance. HER QUEST FOR THE TRUTH. Skye Parrish is living her dream...
  • Peacemaker by Bianca D'Arc

    Peacemaker by Bianca D'Arc

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Protecting her might mean confronting his past—and igniting a fiery future. Colt, the youngest of three Navy SEAL brothers, is used to living on the edge. With his siblings mated and settled, he’s now solo, on a high-stakes mission to protect a young woman from deadly danger...
  • Tempting Fate by Alexa Ryder

    Tempting Fate by Alexa Ryder

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tyler. My fated mate is dead, but I still seem to see her everywhere I look, feel her claws digging into every part of my life. All I want to do is throw myself into my work, return to some kind of normal where my Alpha gives me orders, and I follow them. Since Liam can’t seem actually do that, it’s a relief that our Setting Luna has figured things out...
  • Triumph by Serena Akeroyd

    Triumph by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Thalia Lyndhoven's in a quandary. The Devil wants her daughter, and Thalia? Not unsurprisingly, she's not too fond of the idea. Thalia's proven, time and time again, that she'll do whatever it takes for those she loves, and for her unborn child? Well, Thalia's about to prove that momma bears have got nothing on her...
  • His Captive Omega by P. Jameson, Kristen Strassel

    His Captive Omega by P. Jameson, Kristen Strassel

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    An omega in trouble will make this alpha general challenge his king…. After falling victim to the humans on a rebellious trip to the Keep, Rielle needs help more than she needs discipline. ​With his medical background, ​Evander’s the perfect alpha to help her recover, but he also has a reputation for ​showing no mercy ​to​ traitors...
  • Claimed by the Beast on Christmas by Melody Lynch

    Claimed by the Beast on Christmas by Melody Lynch

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    This is a re-release; it originally appeared as a 14-page short story. It has been completely rewritten into a full episode. Yolanda is determined to make this Christmas perfect. She and Raheem have decked out their home with the most beautiful lights, and she's on the hunt for the perfect Christmas tree...
  • Healed by Fire by Catherine Banks

    Healed by Fire by Catherine Banks

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “The dark approaches. Fire will consume and restore, happiness and pain must be experienced collectively. Death for three will be the end. ”. Her memory taken and her whereabouts unknown Artemis is taken in by a coven of witches who give her the name Chandra...
  • Snarling at the Moon by Zenina Masters

    Snarling at the Moon by Zenina Masters

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sera has been trying to make ends meet since her family kicked her out. After years away from home in a fey menagerie, she had dreamed of being normal again. It wasn’t possible, and she lived a subsistence life until a strange woman named Pansy arrived in her field.
  • Unexpected by Roxann Season

    Unexpected by Roxann Season

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    She is the Chosen One. He is Gabriel Gavino, il prossimo Mafioso Don - the next in line. Before she saves anyone they're going to save each other.
  • Natural Witch [Dramatized Adaptation] by K.F. Breene

    Natural Witch [Dramatized Adaptation] by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Something has always been missing from my life. A hole that I could never seem to fill. When I accidentally turn a coven of witches into nightmares, I find out what that something is. Magic. And it turns out, I have a crap load of it. As a latent power awakens deep inside of me, I’m exposed to one of the most powerful and corrupt organizations in the magical world—the Mages’ Guild...
  • Slade's Feisty Mate by R.E. Butler

    Slade's Feisty Mate by R.E. Butler

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Slade Carmichael, second oldest saber-tooth tiger shifter, is happy his brother found his mate. He can’t wait to begin mate-dreaming and get started on the next chapter of his life. It’s a typical night at the supernatural hotel for she-wolf Gretchen Havers, a handsome guy walks in the front door, locks eyes with her, and promptly passes out...
  • Darkest Wolf by Rebecca Royce

    Darkest Wolf by Rebecca Royce

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    *This book was previously published, the author got her rights back and is republishing the book*. Rex Kane has always known he was different than his brothers, down to the fact that when he shifts into his wolf form, his coat is completely black...
  • Alpha Wolf: A Paranormal Romance by Rebecca Royce

    Alpha Wolf: A Paranormal Romance by Rebecca Royce

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    *This book was previously published, the author received her rights back, and is now publishing it herself*. Michael Kane arrives in New Orleans in search of his missing sister. Although he does not find her, he does, in fact, find his mate. She is a shifter, a member of the pack of wolf shifters who, until recently, hid his sister from Michael's father Kendrick Kane...
  • Dr. Luna by J.M. Snap

    Dr. Luna by J.M. Snap

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Lilly Strummer never wanted to find her mate. She had been ostracized by her pack and knew that her mate would likely reject her too. No one would want someone like her. She was different. With no social life she decided to enter college at a young age to study to become a doctor. Then everything changed one day when she heard the word MATE. A secret to bare and some truths yet to be learned...
  • Alpha Wolf by Rebecca Royce

    Alpha Wolf by Rebecca Royce

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In search of his sister in New Orleans, Michael finds his mate instead. But Scarlett is broken, nearly destroyed. With doom around the corner, Michael Kane has no time to lose. If he can save his mate, perhaps there will be a chance for all of them. Or maybe it’s already too late...
  • Broken Magic by India Kells

    Broken Magic by India Kells

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A cursed witch. A vengeful werewolf. A twisted love spell. In this world where legendary creatures roam, and magic is ruled by an unyielding High Council, Valeria Lancaster knows, from her strict upbringing as a witch, the value of order, rank and discipline. So when her powers wreak havoc around her, killing people - even her own mother - she has no other choice but to flee...
  • His Outlaw Omega by P. Jameson, Kristen Strassel

    His Outlaw Omega by P. Jameson, Kristen Strassel

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    An omega on the run will show this alpha general the truth can heal. .. I’ve been accused of treason against the Kingdom of Luxoria. Not only is the king looking for me, but the rebel army has also put a bounty on my head. Problem is, I didn’t do it. Solen promises he can keep me safe. He knows I’d never betray a secret. I’ve kept his for years. It wasn’t just for honor. He’s my mate...
  • The Wizard King by Dana Marie Bell

    The Wizard King by Dana Marie Bell

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She’s the queen of his soul. Heart’s Desire Book 1. Gareth Beckett has to take his place as the king of the wizards in three days. There's only one problem. The woman who stole his heart, the one he wants as his queen, is missing. He casts the Beckett mate spell, hoping with everything in him that it will call Gen home. Gen is a Warlock Own...
  • Roar of Magic by Zenina Masters

    Roar of Magic by Zenina Masters

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Anessa is self-sufficient, bright, reasonably attractive and works at a spell-supply shop. She negotiates with shifters for their saleable goods and sells those same parts to mages on a daily basis. When a fey walks in to purchase some fur, she finds out that touching him will send a shock through her hand. One year later, he returns with startling information for her...
  • Blue Skies on Fire by Zenina Masters

    Blue Skies on Fire by Zenina Masters

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Teebie has spent the last few years making her guests happy and easing them into the life of newly mated couples. Things have been a little more involved with the arrival of the fey, but the basic dance was the same. Keep them fed, keep them happy and nudge them in the right direction. Andor has lived his five centuries pursuing his own happiness, but his mother puts her foot down...
  • Butting In by Zenina Masters

    Butting In by Zenina Masters

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As the last unmarried daughter in her family, Gera has only one choice left—a trip to the Crossroads to find a mate before her sister’s wedding seems like a good idea. Riox has been at the Crossroads helping his brother set up the new bed and breakfast. He was there to assist and to flirt with all the pretty ladies. Meeting the first guest surprises him...
  • The Alpha and the Vigilante by VVITICUS

    The Alpha and the Vigilante by VVITICUS

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When the Moon Goddess created the first werewolves, she split one soul between the two of them, thus creating a perfect soulmate for every werewolf thereafter, known as their mate. Upon the birth of a werewolf, she assigns them with a supernatural ability, known as their Gift。. Ares is a killer. During the day, she is busy fulfilling her duties as the Gamma of her pack...
  • Sarai's Fortune by Abigail Owen

    Sarai's Fortune by Abigail Owen

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Zac Montclair's first priority is to protect his people. With the escalating war between factions of shifters over land and resources, he has agreed to an alliance between his polar bears and the Shadowcat Nation of cougar shifters. But the treaty comes with a condition…he must accept one of their Seers into his Timik and put her under his personal protection...
  • Frost Fire by Kailin Gow

    Frost Fire by Kailin Gow

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    After the epic battle to end all wars in Feyland, led by Breena, Prince Kian, and the Wolf Prince Logan; a new threat emerges from the fading of the Twin Suns of Feyland that calls forth a new champion of the Fey.
  • The Alpha King's Claim by J.M. Felic

    The Alpha King's Claim by J.M. Felic

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    After touching an enchanted painting, Serena McAllister is magically transported to the werewolf realm—materializing right on the bed of none other than the Alpha King. A scorned King Aero has sworn off women for good. His royal advisors, on the other hand, urge him to find a Queen to rule by his side. When he strikes up a deal with Serena, they both think that they’ve bested fate...
  • Wolf's Magic: A Paranormal Romance by Rebecca Royce

    Wolf's Magic: A Paranormal Romance by Rebecca Royce

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    *This book has been previously published, the author got her rights back, and is publishing the book herself*. Wolf’s Magic is the story of Azriel Kane, fifth brother in the royal Westervelt wolf pack. Always different from his siblings, Azriel prefers to spend his time underground in a lab than out fighting battles to save the pack from destruction...
  • Forged by Heart and Claws by Jen L. Grey

    Forged by Heart and Claws by Jen L. Grey

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    We were fated to love, but Fate never warned us what it would cost. The moment Vad crowns me as his queen, everything changes. Magic vanishes across the entire realm and everyone blames us. Now we’re hunted through the ruins of our own coronation, betrayed by the guards who once swore loyalty to the Shadow King and Queen. But the enemy doesn’t want just Vad's throne...
  • Luna Lola: The End...or Not by Park Kara

    Luna Lola: The End...or Not by Park Kara

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "I, Grayson Dawson, Alpha of the Moonlit Pack, reject you, Lola Ashton, as my mate and Luna of this pack," I heard Grayson's voice reach my ear and a single tear ran down my left cheek as it felt like my heart was being ripped out of my chest. "I, Lola Ashton, accept. .. " I did not finish my sentence before he held me up by my throat and snarled in my face...
  • My Magic Mate by Caryn Moya Block

    My Magic Mate by Caryn Moya Block

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Brencis Solovyov, a Siberian lycanthrope, isn’t looking for a mate. When he visits the local metaphysical store, he is repulsed by the owner’s purple hair and combat boots. And when she gives him a potion that accidently poisons him, he fears for his life. The fact that she is his mate can only be a trick of destiny. After she claims to be a witch, he knows she is truly crazy...
  • Rogue Wolves Prison by Eva Brandt, Cara Wylde

    Rogue Wolves Prison by Eva Brandt, Cara Wylde

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Once, I knew what my future was going to be like. I was bound to mate an Alpha chosen by my father, to be his Omega and have his pups. But I changed that future when I dared to fight off my would-be mate. When I killed him and became a rogue wolf. There's only one place left for me now - Rogue Wolves Prison. The penitentiary built for the most vicious, unrepentant werewolves alive...
  • Vampire Cheerleaders Vol. 2 by Adam Arnold

    Vampire Cheerleaders Vol. 2 by Adam Arnold

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The campy supernatural double feature continues, from the author of Aoi House ! After months of hard work and practice, the vampire cheerleaders of Bakertown High travel to Las Vegas where they hope to win the national cheerleading championships. But things quickly go awry when team captain Lori Thurston turns up missing after a wild night on the town with her teammates...
  • Disowned by M.J. Haag

    Disowned by M.J. Haag

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Not all fairy tales are ribbons and roses. In a world where the measure of a person rarely goes beneath the surface, Margaret Thoning refuses to play by its rules. Unwilling to compromise her ideals, she walks away from everything she’s ever known to risk her heart and her life for the people who matter most. Welcome to the Tales of Cinder and Snow.
  • Hawking a Future by Zenina Masters

    Hawking a Future by Zenina Masters

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Being a shifter that doesn’t shift has left Hayley living a nice, normal human life. Her parents dumped her into the human system where she used her senses to keep herself safe, and it wasn’t until she was a teen that the full scope of her genetics was explained to her. Hijacked to the Crossroads, Hayley is bewildered by the shifter traditions and even more so at the elf who won’t leave her side...
  • Stripes of Fury by Zenina Masters

    Stripes of Fury by Zenina Masters

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Born to a shifter in horse form, Nika has always had trouble dealing with family. Her mother’s herd cast them out because of the pedigree of Nika’s father. Fey shapeshifters are not acceptable genes. Keeping her heat at bay has taken up a lot of Nika’s energy, but she has no option. No other shifter will come near her because of what her father is...
  • Lord of the Wolfyn & Twin Targets by Jessica Andersen

    Lord of the Wolfyn & Twin Targets by Jessica Andersen

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Once upon a time. .. the Blood Sorcerer vanquished the kingdom of Elden. To save their children, the queen scattered them to safety and the king filled them with vengeance. Only a magical timepiece connects the four royal heirs. Now they must return and save Elden. .. and time is running out. .. . As one of the wolfyn - a legendary wolf-creature who seduced women - Dayn mated to gain strength...
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