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  • The White Wolf of Wishing Moon Bay by Harmony Raines

    The White Wolf of Wishing Moon Bay by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A second chance shifter romanceHe has a reputation for being a grumpy wolf. But when his mate arrives in town with her adorable son, he’ll do whatever it takes to make her stay.After a devastating tragedy left him orphaned, white wolf shifter, Logan, was adopted by Valerie and raised in Wishing Moon Bay, a town like no other.Most of the inhabitants have supernatural powers...
  • A Good Chance by Tricia O'Malley

    A Good Chance by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Will she be swept away? If someone had told Avery that she’d be flying to a tiny island in the Caribbean to film a reality show masquerading as her identical twin sister, she would have thought they were crazy. And yet, she finds herself in a tin can of an airplane, about to land on Siren Island where a film crew waits to document her every move for a new reality love show – Swept Away...
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  • Reader and Raelynx by Sharon Shinn

    Reader and Raelynx by Sharon Shinn

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    In this novel of secret sorceries and forbidden desires, the mystic Cammon must put aside his personal feelings for Princess Amalie while he reads the souls of her suitors for any potential threats. But Cammon is unable to read Amalie, and he begins to suspect that she herself possesses magic powers-a revelation which would put her life in danger, and throw the kingdom into chaos...
  • Dragon Lover by Donna Grant, Antony Ferguson

    Dragon Lover by Donna Grant, Antony Ferguson

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Donna Grant returns with the next exciting story in the Dragon Kings series.Can she learn to love the man—as well as the dragon within?Sensual. Clever. Daring. There’s only one thing Kendrick yearns for—peace that has eluded the Dragon Kings. Zora may have been made in the image of Earth, but it’s a far cry from home...
  • Give Him Hell by Casey Drake, Macy Blake

    Give Him Hell by Casey Drake, Macy Blake

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Nick Smith is a man with a mission: find the place where he’d been held captive as a child and discover what happened to the kids he left behind. His memories are in flux, returned to him after being blocked for the past fourteen years, along with his ability to shift into his lion form. Nick is ready for answers...
  • Her One Wish by Marie Hall

    Her One Wish by Marie Hall

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    ON SALE OCTOBER 26! Nixie is a genie with a problem. She's just killed her Master. Kind of a big no-no for her kind, but really, what did the ruling council of genie's expect her to do? It's not like she was given a handbook on how to be a "proper genie". She was never even supposed to wind up in Kingdom. She'd been born on Earth, Chicago specifically...
  • The Wolf Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The Wolf Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Sometimes 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...
  • Golden Prophecy by Paulina Vasquez

    Golden Prophecy by Paulina Vasquez

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    He's not just an Alpha, he's THE Alpha. The one they fear. The one they whisper about. The one they call The Rogue King. Every King needs his Queen and Cassiopeia happens to be at the right place at the right time. They can't help who they are - He's the Rogue King and she's unlike anything he's ever met...
  • Golden Wolf by Paulina Vasquez

    Golden Wolf by Paulina Vasquez

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    The Alpha King and God of War walks the earth. The golden wolf of the century is born again, but that won't be enough to save the werewolves from the great war to come. Ares must accept a century-old family prophecy as it starts to unravel and seek the blessings of the Gods to master his elemental gifts. What he finds is more than he expected and everything he's wanted...
  • The Dragon Prince's Betrayal by Elva Birch

    The Dragon Prince's Betrayal by Elva Birch

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A final battle. A betrayal. And a bond that can't be broken.The capture of Alaska's greatest enemy should mean an end to hostilities, a peaceful Renewal, and a restoration of the Compact's balance of power and magic in the Small Kingdoms...
  • Lionheart by Bianca D'Arc

    Lionheart by Bianca D'Arc

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 6 ratings
    An ex-military lion shifter meets the girl next door amid danger, deception and a battle pitting the forces of good against evil. All the while, attraction sparks between them that just might lead to a love to last for all time...Meg lives alone in a neighborhood with a very special secret...
  • Cain's Shadow by Lisa Oliver

    Cain's Shadow by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hellhounds who love scritches, a hellhound baby who’s as adorable as he is menacing, a special tree with beautiful buds, and Lord Hades in a pale pink shirt. This story has everything to make you smile.Hellhound Cain was beyond frustrated. He couldn’t even visit his pack mate in New York without some curly headed blond following him around...
  • Kane by Callie Rhodes

    Kane by Callie Rhodes

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Something strange is happening in the woods…If there’s one thing Tabitha Dunn’s followers love, it’s a mystery. For years, she’s built a loyal fan base chasing down answers others have been too afraid to search for. But this time, as she enters the wilderness surrounding alpha territory, the only thing she discovers is trouble...
  • The Alpha's Daughter by Jacqueline Rhoades

    The Alpha's Daughter by Jacqueline Rhoades

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    There is a balm in Gilead, to heal the wounded soul… Jazz Phillips is on the run, fleeing from a fate most females in her pack accept as their lot in life; an arranged mating, something Jazz thought wasn't in her future as the Alpha's daughter and only child. She doesn't want to be the next Alpha's Mate. She doesn't want to be anyone's mate...
  • Lian / Roch by Alexandra Ivy, Laura Wright

    Lian / Roch by Alexandra Ivy, Laura Wright

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    LIAN The Hunter: Lian isn’t a happy puma. He’s a lethal Hunter who should be out fighting the enemy, not babysitting a human scholar. Still, he’ll do whatever necessary to rid the world of the evil goddess, Shakpi. And there’s the bonus of spending a few hours away from his family of Nurturers who have been smothering him with love...
  • Bo & Reika by R.E. Butler

    Bo & Reika by R.E. Butler

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    She's on the run for her life ... As a child, she-wolf healer Reika Snow was promised as a mate to three were-lynxes to prevent a war between her pack and the lynx clan. Her freedom is coming to an end as her twenty-third birthday arrives. With her bleak future as the subjugated bride of the three males looms near, she does the only thing she can think of ... she runs...
  • Destined for Time by Stacie Simpson

    Destined for Time by Stacie Simpson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    An erotic romance with a paranormal twist... One night of forbidden passion will never be forgotten - or forgiven. Prophetic visions, conspiring enemies, and epic battles are nothing unusual at the Myths and Legends Casino Resort where dreams and nightmares come to life and nothing is outside the realm of possibilities...
  • Ink Ever After by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Ink Ever After by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    From the New York Times bestselling author of the Montgomery Ink and Talon Pack series comes an anthology filled with eleven bonus After-the-HEA novellas and short stories in most of her series.Their Wicked Future (A Redwood Pack and Talon Pack Novella) Quinn and Gina almost sacrificed everything to save their Pack and their mating...
  • Choices by Bryce Evans

    Choices by Bryce Evans

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    As the Alpha of his Jaguar clan, Judd Walsh is supposed to be open minded and objective in all decisions. However, he draws the line when it comes to vampires. A vampire stole the life of someone important to him, and he would rather be protecting anyone else. Until a pretty vampire sparks his jaguar like no one else ever has...
  • Unexpected Mate by Delta James

    Unexpected Mate by Delta James

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Opposites attract - that’s what they say. I never believed it until the night he found me.They call him the Finder. A ruthless and brutal apex predator, he has spent most of his life alone in the caves, never believing in or needing a fated mate...until now. The night he scented her in his woods, he knew she was his, so he took her...
  • Bidding on Her Orc Boss by Evangeline Priest

    Bidding on Her Orc Boss by Evangeline Priest

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 7 ratings
    Zana Estrada has been living her best introverted life. As a number cruncher for one of the elite orc families in Obsidian City, she works remotely from her cushy apartment two hours away and gets compensated well for it. So long as she continues to provide the data analysis to keep Clan Urkroz profitable, her manager keeps her as far away from social interactions as possible...
  • Dragon Mates: The Falk Clan Complete Series by C.D. Gorri

    Dragon Mates: The Falk Clan Complete Series by C.D. Gorri

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A little intro to The Falk Clan Tales… These are my stories surrounding four Dragon Shifter brothers and how they find their one true mates!Each brother's chest is marked with his rose, the magical link to his heart and his magic. They each have a matching gemstone to go with it.In The Dragon's Valentine we meet the eldest Falk brother, Callius...
  • Lindy & The Wulfen by R.E. Butler

    Lindy & The Wulfen by R.E. Butler

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After a devastating blow to her already fragile self esteem, werewolf Lindy Vincent has decided to stop being the pack whore and change her life for the better. With the help of her two best friends, her alpha female, and a feisty she-wolf named Eula, Lindy starts down the road of self-improvement, happy for the first time in years...
  • Fighter by Micalea Smeltzer

    Fighter by Micalea Smeltzer

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    First she was an Outsider. Then she became an Insider. And now… she’s going to have to be a Fighter. Nothing goes as planned for Sophie Beaumont. She thought that Travis had been defeated. She believed that they would all finally be safe. But Travis never left. He has a plan and it's one that no one could have ever guessed...
  • Darkness Bound by J.T. Geissinger

    Darkness Bound by J.T. Geissinger

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Tough, smart, and seriously ambitious, reporter Jacqueline “Jack” Dolan despises the secretive clan of shape-shifters known as the Ikati—and has become determined to destroy them. After she writes an editorial arguing for their extermination and turns public opinion against them, the Ikati vow to fight back...
  • The Protector's Heart by R.E. Butler

    The Protector's Heart by R.E. Butler

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Nila Caruthers doesn’t want anything to do with wolves. Her werewolf ex-husband continues to stalk her and their son, terrifying her to no end. The last thing she wants to do is acknowledge her attraction to the very sexy Malachi Slattery, who has been watching her for weeks. She’s not about to forget that Malachi is a wolf, and she’s learned the hard way that wolves are not to be trusted...
  • Seduction's Shift by A.C. Arthur

    Seduction's Shift by A.C. Arthur

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They hide their true nature from the world—part man and part animal—sworn to defend the human race against the untamed beasts among them… She was his first love, his only love. But trying to rescue his beautiful Ary from captivity is one wild risk no man should take. Luckily, Nick Delgado is no ordinary man...
  • Embracing the Wolf by Catherine Bybee

    Embracing the Wolf by Catherine Bybee

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Werewolves come in two different categories, good and evil. Although Richard Ritter's family has encouraged him to make the change for years, he never considered embracing his wolf until he meets Kate Davis. One night with her however, and his life changes forever. After a horrifying evening of violence, Kate Davis's life is turned upside down...
  • WILLEM by Victoria Danann

    WILLEM by Victoria Danann

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "Enchanted from the very first page. I couldn't put it down!" - Night Owl Reviews 5* TOP PICK*A highwayman's ghost.*A beagle who thinks he's a bear.*A colony of witches. Yeah. Wimberley is a magical place.Willem is an out of work actor. He gave himself ten years to make it and never got a single paying job...
  • Shielding Her by Kelly Lucille

    Shielding Her by Kelly Lucille

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ​Eli Ramsay is the last unmated adult male of the Lionsgate pack, but that doesn't mean he's looking for anything more complicated than some after hours fun in the sun when Lionsgate is called back to “A Bene Placito” on a job...
  • The Reclusive Dryad by Stella Rainbow

    The Reclusive Dryad by Stella Rainbow

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A forest spirit protective of his home. A unicorn determined to befriend him. A slowly strengthening bond. AldenMy magic had never failed me, and when it guided me to Silent Creek Park, I followed my instincts. The forest spirit who called the park home was shy and not very talkative, but my magic told me he was important, maybe the most important person I'd ever meet...
  • Riding With the Panther by Andie Fenichel

    Riding With the Panther by Andie Fenichel

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    JorgeWhen I left Florida, I figured I’d be a lone shifter. It’s not ideal. I am a panther, and cats like to live in prides, but my family is dead, and my pack let me down. Well, maybe I let them down too. Broken Arrow, Montana is a long way from home, but I got a job cooking at the local diner and the Devil’s Pack Motorcycle Club hasn’t asked me to leave...
  • The Mage by Jean Johnson

    The Mage by Jean Johnson

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    This is the final book in the acclaimed series of "cursed brothers, fated mates, prophecies... destiny and magic."(Robin D. Owens) New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz hails Jean Johnson's writing as "fabulously fresh, thoroughly romantic, and wildly entertaining." Now, Johnson returns for the final book in the series of eight brothers destined to fulfill a strange prophecy...
  • Burn by Penelope Fletcher

    Burn by Penelope Fletcher

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Something deadly lurks beneath the surface of Marina's skin, a wildness, a magickal creature born from fire and ice. After crossing dimensions to the fiery land of dragons, where not only is she a princess, but descendant from one of the most powerful dragons in existence, Marina has chosen to enter the tournamnet Aver to win the Frost Wreath...
  • Dawn Unearthed by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Dawn Unearthed by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan begins a new witchy paranormal series where a magical town keeps its secrets, but those in it must find a way to keep themselves safe.The moment Sage Reed makes her way to Ravenwood, she knows the small town lives up to its mystical lore—even if she doesn’t believe that she’s a witch...
  • Morgan's Fate by Dana Marie Bell

    Morgan's Fate by Dana Marie Bell

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    His Fate is finally in front of him…and he’s never letting go. Morgan and Magnus Grimm return from their search for Skuld, Norn of the Future, only to find that she’s been living under their noses this whole time...
  • Redeeming the Lost by Elizabeth Kerner

    Redeeming the Lost by Elizabeth Kerner

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The prophecies are coming true and the ancient race of the Kantri-or true dragons-have come back to the world of Men. It was through the actions of Young Lanen Kaelar that the Kantri were reminded of the larger world. It was bravery (and a mad belief in the old tales) that caused the young woman to start a perilous journey to find the great dragons of legend...
  • The Alpha's Heart by R.E. Butler

    The Alpha's Heart by R.E. Butler

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Alpha wolf Acksel wakes up one morning in the bed of the one human who was kind to him in school. Now, ten years later, Brynn Mara is snuggled up at his side, smelling like passion and sweet dreams. Even though Acksel has declared that his pack members can mate with humans from now on, he knows that any woman he takes as his mate will have a target on her back. Especially if she’s a fragile human...
  • The Selkie by Rosanna Leo

    The Selkie by Rosanna Leo

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This was supposed to be her year. However, after losing her job and discovering her fiancé cheating, Maggie Collins has her doubts. When her grandmother dies, she hits rock bottom. Maggie travels to her grandmother’s home in Orkney, Scotland to sort through her gran’s things, only to discover the old woman has left her a seal pelt as her inheritance. She also learns that others are after the pelt...
  • Caressed by a Crimson Moon by Amanda J. Greene

    Caressed by a Crimson Moon by Amanda J. Greene

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Consumed by madness and tormented by dark memories of blood and death, Hadrian Lucretius, King of the Validus Clan, has returned after living in self-imposed exile for nearly three hundred and fifty years. To maintain peace with the vampires, Eva Maldonado is offered as a sacrifice to the crazed vampire king by her father, the alpha of the Silveria Shifter Pack...
  • Chance's Game by Eve Langlais

    Chance's Game by Eve Langlais

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In a world where magic is common, Breanna is among the rarest of her kind and highly sought after – by all the wrong men. With a roll of his dice, in steps the God of Chance, who sets her up on a quest to free the Realm from a powerful spell. There’s just one problem. Chance expects her to team up with a wizard – who is also a devilish rake...
  • Feudlings in Sight by Wendy Knight

    Feudlings in Sight by Wendy Knight

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Boys of war suck at romance. Charity Delyle has lived in the shadow of her Prodigy cousin and his powerful Guard since the day she was born. And she doesn’t mind—really. Except that being in Hunter’s shadow means that he can’t see her. And she’d like that to change. Hunter has one purpose in life: Protect the Prodigy, or die trying...
  • Torn By The Alpha: A Rejected Mate Werewolf Shifter Romance by Brittany White

    Torn By The Alpha: A Rejected Mate Werewolf Shifter Romance by Brittany White

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Rejected at the altar and sentenced to death by my alpha, I ran for my life – right into the arms of another alpha.I didn’t want to go through the mating ceremony with Declan, the alpha of my pack. However, I was willing to do my duty. The day came, and he not only rejected me at the altar but also sentenced me to death because of an old witch’s prophecy...
  • The Shifter by Jean Johnson

    The Shifter by Jean Johnson

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Before the Sons of Destiny came to be, shapechangers ruled the heart of a shattered empire and navigated the uncertain shifts of fate… Years have passed since there was any sighting of Family Mongrel on the Shifting Plains. Yet traces remain, and they lead south into the Correda Mountains...
  • The Queen's Knight, Volume 2 by Kim Kang-Won

    The Queen's Knight, Volume 2 by Kim Kang-Won

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    *Creator of the top-selling series I.N.V.U. *Kim Kang Won is not only a top creator among girl titles, she also drew quite a sizeable crowd at the 2003 Comic Con Now that Yuna is Queen of Phantasma, the dashing knight Rieno doesn't want her to go back to her home. Yuna's heart is torn between returning to Germany and moving forward with her new life as queen. She attempts to leave..
  • The Queen's Knight, Volume 3 by Kim Kang-Won

    The Queen's Knight, Volume 3 by Kim Kang-Won

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    *Creator of the top-selling series I.N.V.U. *Kim Kang Won is not only a top creator among girl titles, she also drew quite a sizeable crowd at the 2003 Comic Con Yuna is angry with Rieno after eavesdropping on his decision to send her away from his castle... but that doesn't stop her from receiving his "dreamy" kiss...
  • The Moon Witch by Linda Winstead Jones

    The Moon Witch by Linda Winstead Jones

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    With The Sun Witch , Linda Winstead Jones invited readers into the world of the Fyne sisters, three witches coming to terms with their sorcery. Now, one must decide how far she is willing to go to stay true to herself...
  • Raven Dexter, Paranormal Midwife by Viola Grace

    Raven Dexter, Paranormal Midwife by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Raven was off to a good start as a midwife until an elf demanded she attend a royal goblin's birth. It was downhill from there. Raven Dexter chose to pursue midwifery the moment she helped a teen friend deliver her baby. Fed up with unconcerned physicians, she studied until she could open her small practice in a moderately sized town...
  • The Novel's Extra by Jee Gab Song

    The Novel's Extra by Jee Gab Song

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Waking up, Kim Hajin finds himself in a familiar world but an unfamiliar body. A world he created himself and a story he wrote, yet never finished. He had become his novel’s extra, a filler character with no importance to the story. The only clue to escaping is to stay close to the main storyline. However, he soon finds out the world isn’t exactly identical to his creation...
  • The Riveauxs: Wolves of the Rising Sun Volume 1 by Kenzie Cox

    The Riveauxs: Wolves of the Rising Sun Volume 1 by Kenzie Cox

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Meet the Riveauxs in the first volume of Wolves of the Rising Sun: Jace Aiden Luc Jace: In the wilds of the bayou… Jace Riveaux has wanted her since the first moment she stepped into his bayou bar three years ago. And now she’s back, unattached, and ready for the taking. One afternoon together, and he knows she’s the one...
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