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The Rise of Promise by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsbounced around from werewolf Pack to werewolf Pack, fighting anyone who so much as looks at him wrong. His nomadic life has come to an end when he lands in a Pack under the new Alpha, Daylen Hoda. The Promise Falls Pack is terrifying to a man like Stark for two reasons. One, if he allows it, the wolves here could be friends, but friendship comes at a very steep cost to his inner wolf...Categorized as:
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Betrayed: The Road to Redemption by Nicky Charles
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsHow do you love again when your heart is dead? How do you know when it’s time to let go? Damien’s kicked about the country these past three years. No pack. No purpose. No reason to keep on living. When an old friend, Kane Sinclair, asks for his help, he agrees and heads to Chicago. After all, what does he have to lose? Sam’s grown up on the streets... -
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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Bearheart Guardian: A Small Town Shifter Romance by Harmony Raines
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSecrets are finally revealed as danger stalks the Bear Creek Guardians... -
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For the Love of an Outlaw by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsAva Dorset is back in town on the pleading of her brother. He’s calling in big favors for her to fix the finances of the local Two Claws Ranch, but she’s wary. She hasn’t been back to her small hometown in years because there’s something off about that place. That and Trigger Massey, owner of the Two Claws Ranch, is too mysterious for his own good. There’s something wrong with that man... -
The Bear's Unlikely Mate by Harmony Raines
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Rosie's ex-husband lets her down at the last minute, she has no choice but to take her son with her on her business trip to Bear Creek. Not that she minds, since she loves spending every minute she can with Elliott. However, having Elliott on the trip leaves her juggling the challenge of balancing her professional commitments with her maternal duties... -
Mountain Homecoming by Janice Whiteaker
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThink you know who the most dangerous person in Greenlea is? You're wrong. Greenlea was supposed to be a temporary stop. A safe haven for Cora while a storm from her past blows over. But Greenlea isn’t safe. And her storm is far from over. **** Joel just wants to keep Cora safe. Help her in a way no one else can. But he doesn’t realize all that’s following her... -
Harbored in Silence by Carrie Ann Ryan
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA witch on the run who could save the world–or destroy it with one touchI am who they fear.The Harvester Death Witch.The one who holds the power of their fate in my hands.Or at least…that’s what they whisper.The coven has fallen. The vampires are circling our den. And if we don’t find new allies, our Pack won’t be able to fight much longer...Categorized as:
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Marked in Flames by Carrie Ann Ryan
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy mate rejected me, leaving me broken. I refuse to let that happen again-even if Steele is the one for me. I hold the power of flame and future in my hands, but I know the world is watching. Waiting for us to fall. The truth and lies that bind the Aspen Pack together are crumbling and I am to bear witness to its fate. I know the Enforcer of the Aspens is my mate...Categorized as:
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Endless Skye by Donna Grant
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsNew York Times and USA Today bestselling author Donna Grant returns with another seductive novel in the magical and dangerous world of the Skye Druids.Passion comes with a price…For Willa Ryan, family is everything. So, when her brother asks her to locate a book of unparalleled power, she doesn’t hesitate. Except she does more than find it... -
Broken Prince by Jen Wylie
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSometimes, 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... -
Kane: The Unchained Omegaverse: M/F Alpha Omega Romance by Callie Rhodes
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSomething 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...Categorized as:
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Captured and Claimed by Delta James
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsShe never wanted to be a wolf. That won't keep her mate from claiming her.Taken captive, held prisoner, and turned against her will by the leader of a rogue pack, Shannon Livingston was just about to be sold at auction. Then an alpha wolf decided she belonged to him... -
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Her Second Chance Wolf by Ariana Hawkes
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe fifth book in the Obsessed Mates series!Find out what happens when a flighty little crow shifter runs into her nemesis from high school. He's hotter than ever, and this time he doesn't want to mock her for her differences--he wants to make her his...Categorized as:
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Wolf Rebel by Paige Tyler
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe let him get away SWAT werewolf Rachel Bennett is hounded by nightmares after a vicious attack left her with PTSD. Not knowing who or what she can trust anymore, she's relieved to be assigned to a high-profile protective detail. Diving into work might be the distraction she needs, until she notices the mysterious hunk who seems to follow her wherever she goes—and recognizes him... -
Bo & Reika by R.E. Butler
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsShe'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... -
The Boss by Abigail Owen
Finn Conleth leads his team of enforcer dragon shifters with an iron fist and a cold heart. Every dragon seeks his destined mate, but the process to turn the woman he once thought was his killed her and devastated him. He will never risk his heart again. His team is his family now. When his body eventually gives out, he’ll leave, living his last days alone...Categorized as:
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The Beta's Heart by R.E. Butler
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRen Corbin has a great life as the alpha’s right hand. He’s enjoying his life, but he knows it’s beyond time to find a mate and settle down. During a spring full moon, he senses someone in the woods and knows it’s his truemate. It doesn’t matter to him that she’s a fae and not a wolf; he only cares that she’s gorgeous and she’s his... -
Her Beasts by Mandy Muse
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTime is a luxury—one that I don’t have.I fear my fate inside these walls almost as much as I fear my husband outside of them.The more I uncover the secrets my family kept from me, the more I realize I’m not who I thought I was.In spite of all the lies, I’ve fallen for the men that roam this castle.My mating bond with Aeon and Lucien is strong...Categorized as:
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Ruthless Alpha by C.J. Primer
When our parents were young, our world looked a lot different than it does now. Their shifter packs kept to their own territories, but at least they were able to live freely among the human world.Not anymore.Somehow, the secret of our kind's existence got out, and now we're being hunted.We're the alphas of our packs...Categorized as:
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Pregnant And Rejected By My Alpha Mate : Chap 111-200 by Caroline Above Story
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsBastien marries me only for duty. I reject him and leave for good by faking my death.Yet he goes crazy looking for me. He says he loves me when we meet again.No! I don't buy it. I can't let him steal my child!**"She's not yours!"The front door was locked and deadbolted, but it only takes Bastien and his Betas a moment to break past those defenses... -
The Alpha's Daughter by Jacqueline Rhoades
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsThere 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... -
Lindy & The Wulfen by R.E. Butler
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAfter 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...Categorized as:
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Shifter by Angela Knight, Lora Leigh
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Dark Wolf Running by Rhyannon Byrd
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIn Rhyannon Byrd's latest Bloodrunners romance, passion and secrets collide and only their love will save two werewolves and their pack. With his sharp gaze locked on the most magnificent female he'd ever seen, Wyatt Pallaton did his best to hold himself back. Of course, Elise Drake was hardly just any female... -
Big Furry Deal by Celia Kyle
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsPanther shifter Millie Walker is finally free, finally knows her real name, and finally… has a mate? Well, crap. For Millie, having a mate is a horrible, no good, he’ll end up very dead, bad idea. She’s got what some refer to as a “control problem.” In other words: she has no control and that’s her problem. So, she stays away from others, keeps to herself, and generally tries not to kill people...Categorized as:
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Her River God Wolf by Ariana Hawkes
SavannahRejected by my intended mate, humiliated, then dumped under a river bridge.Life sucks as bad as this stinking pool of mud I’ve just landed in.Maybe this is where a halfling like me belongs—with the other bottom-feeders.Then he appears, like some awesome river god.A sexy wolf shifter, with endless muscles and eyes like burning skies.He drags me out of the dirt and breathes new life into me...Categorized as:
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The Protector's Heart by R. E. Butler
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNila Patterson 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 Malachi Slattery, who’s been watching her for weeks. He’s not as discreet as he thinks he’s being...Categorized as:
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The Omega's Heart by R.E. Butler
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJeremiah Kincaid has always felt like an outsider, unable to shift even though he’s a full-blooded wolf. As his twenty-eighth birthday approaches, he finds himself reaching the limit of what he can tolerate, and makes plans to leave the pack... -
Gauge by Susan A. Bliler
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsGauge Alexander is done hiding who and what he is. After touring StoneCrow Estates—a community built for Skin Walkers—he accepts CEO, Monroe StoneCrow’s, offer of employment. As an accountant and Sentry for the estate, Gauge vows to live as he’d always dreamed, out in the open with no more secrets or regrets. Ella Garret is on the run...Categorized as:
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Dark Wolf Returning by Rhyannon Byrd
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen werewolf Eli Drake is banished from his pack, he leaves a devastated and heartbroken Carla Reyes behind. Three torturous years later, she tracks him down to a hole-in-the-wall Texas bar—the pack is in trouble and war is on the horizon. Carla needs Eli’s help, but wants nothing more to do with him—even though he’s as ruthless, domineering and sexy as ever. Eli hasn’t forgotten Carla... -
Sweeter Than Honey by Liz Paffel
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe’s on the run. He’s her reluctant protector. Will there be a second chance for the alpha bear shifter mountain man? Or will he lose it all… again?One minute Cara Neal is celebrating her win as Kansas City’s Entrepreneur of the Year by maybe drinking too much and finding the wrong guy… the next, she’s carrying a secret and every male bear shifter in three states is after her...Categorized as:
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Wolver's Gold by Jacqueline Rhoades
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLibrarian's note: Alternate cover edition of ISBN13 9781311443755. Finding gold where you least expect it… Lone wolf and Special Investigator for the ubiquitous Eugene Begley, Challenger McCall is sent to the town of Gold Gulch to take care of a problem that might involve the exposure of the wolver community. For McCall, it’s like stepping back in time - a hundred and fifty years back in time... -
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Mason's Mate by Abigail Raines
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt’s a new world for me. That gorgeous, strong, and gentle Mason Tremblay is the best part of it. How do I not fall in love with him? When I saved one of the Tremblay brothers, Mason Tremblay became indebted to me. But he has to find me first. My brother is as ruthless as my old pack was. He’s taken me hostage, determined to start a new pack with me whether I like it or not... -
The Lion's Mate by Darlene Tallman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEmilia AndrewsMy life changed abruptly when I was fifteen after an afternoon joyride left me with lasting, lifelong challenges. The doctors say there’s no physical reason that I can no longer see, but still, I spend my days working at the sawmill... -
Ever After by Carrie Ann Ryan, Marie Harte
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom five bestselling authors comes five brand new novellas sure to heat up the night. From Carrie Ann Ryan's Dante's Circle series, a demon from the fiery depths of hell must make his choice to follow in the footsteps of his father or love the submissive wolf who lays claim to his heart in His Choice... -
Wolfsong by Kodilynn Calhoun
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen his wolf-dog goes from furry to beautiful girl in 2.7 seconds, 17-year-old Kia doesn’t believe it. Arii’s been recruited to bring Kia home, back to her realm, where werewolves are real, the supernatural exists, and tension between the two wolf packs is threatening to erupt into a full-scale war... -
Shattered by Roxanna Mason
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJacey Lange always wanted a love that was life-altering. After nearly a year of chance encounters and whirlwind romances, she discovered she had it all along in her best friend, Leon. And just as she was about to spend her life with him... Leon made a confession... -
Burning Red by Trinity Slain
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsTHE MONSTER BENEATH HIS SKIN IS NOW CALLING TO ANOTHER...AND SHE HAS NO IDEA.Garron's life of captivity has been nothing but torture and pain. In a desperate escape, a new ally, Jaxon, has sacrificed his own freedom, giving him the impossible. Now he must honor his word to find and protect the sister of the only friend he has had in decades...Categorized as:
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Saving Margaret by Krystal Shannan
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSuccessful, but lonely, Margaret Taylor finds her mate in the body of a man she least expects it in. A bear! Her human half tries to reason her way out of the match, but her wolf is through with her excuses. Crossing the species line isn’t unheard of, but it’s not often done. Try as she might to avoid him, fate makes sure the big grizzly bear is nearby at all times...Categorized as:
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Savage by Debbie Viguié
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWho do you run to? Out in the forest, tensions are blazing like forest fire. The ancient rivalry between the Fenner and Gaudin packs has reached fever pitch, and only a battle will quell the blood lust. Katelyn is caught in the middle, her pack loyalties tested like never before. The person she needs the most - strong, sexy, loyal Trick - has no idea about her dark secrets... -
Black Magic by Jody Morse, Jayme Morse
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThough her grandfather’s legendary talisman is in the hands of her biggest enemy, Samara McKinley and the Ima pack have even more important issues to deal with right now—like finding out how to fight against the black magic that Jason Masterson, Alpha of the Vyka pack and their arch rival, is using... -
Racing the Alpha by P. Jameson
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsBook #1 of the Dirt Track Dogs series. **Can be read as a standalone (NO CLIFFHANGER)** **Warning: this book contains dirty, dirty things. Including but not limited to dirty talk, dirty sex, dirty minds, dirty mouths, and dirty looks. Do not read this book if you are a germaphobe. In the south, things get real dirty. Especially on Saturdays. Mud on your jeans. Grit in your beer...Categorized as:
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Blood Moon by C.L. Bevill
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSage Ingram has been changed to a werecougar against her will, kidnapped, and locked in Under, a magickal place with monstrous creatures so alarming, she’s shaking in her paws. Per Forester, a Cat Clan Warrior, has just come back from another mission to find Emma Lucia, his clan’s Second, returned from being hunted by vicious humans... -
Nicholas's Wolf by Lynn Hagen
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 23 ratings[#418 Siren Everlasting Classic ManLove: Erotic Alternative Paranormal Romance, M/M, werewolves, public exhibition, sex toys] Dr. Nicholas Sheehan lives under his father’s thumb—Dr. William Sheehan even picked out a fiancée for him—until he was called to the house of Maverick Brac...Categorized as:
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York by Susan A. Bliler
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhat must it take for a devoted Skin Walker Sentry to find his angel? York McDonnough is willing to sacrifice everything for a mate he doesn’t have. While his fellow Walkers fear the idea of being tied to one female for life, York longs for it. Dejected and heart sick, he accepts a retrieval mission that takes him far from home and brings him face to face with his long-awaited fate...Categorized as:
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The Alpha's Second Chance by Melody Tyden
Serena Baker is just an ordinary woman living an ordinary life. She works as a medical resident, has a little house of her own and a close group of friends. The closest thing she has to a man in her life is the portrait that hangs on her bedroom wall that she talks to when she's on her own...Categorized as:
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Chosen Mate by Katie Reus, Savannah Stuart
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHer past has taught her to be wary… With an abusive relationship behind her, wolf shifter Leslie is quietly raising her young son in the Kendrick pack. If she’s occasionally lonely, it’s a small price to pay for her son’s safety. And if she’s secretly longing for pack alpha Malcolm Kendrick, well…she’s keeping that fantasy to herself...Categorized as:
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Bloodrunners Bundle by Rhyannon Byrd
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome to the world of the Bloodrunners, a fierce band of hunters and protectors, half-human, half-Lycan. Only through the act of Bloodrunning, the hunting and assassination of rogue werewolves, may these extraordinary warriors gain full acceptance within their respective packs...Categorized as:
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