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The Bear's Christmas Bride by Harmony Raines
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWhen she ran from her wedding, she never expected to crash into her happily ever after. When Holly ends up stranded in a snowstorm, still wearing her wedding dress, the last thing she expects is to find shelter in Bear Creek. .. or in the home of a warm-hearted baker and two children who steal her heart. Daniel has spent years building a life around his bakery, his town, and his kids... -
![Gingerbread and Ghosts by Agatha Frost]()
Gingerbread and Ghosts by Agatha Frost
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsChristmas falls on Peridale, but that does not mean café-owner and part-time sleuth, Julia South, can sit back and enjoy the festivities. When the opening night of the annual Christmas play ends with Julia's elderly gran, Dot, fatally shooting a man in front of the whole village, Julia's world is turned upside down... -
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![Christmas Chimera by Zoe Chant]()
Christmas Chimera by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLeaving his family’s cheerful-but-very-noisy Christmas getaway is chimera shifter Colton’s favorite time of year, and this time he has an excellent excuse: his job as a lawyer is pulling him back to New York—unless the Montana winter snowstorms have anything to say about it... -
![A Unicorn Foal for Christmas by Zoe Chant]()
A Unicorn Foal for Christmas by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’s got a pregnant unicorn on his hands. It’s Christmas Eve, and Turner Cole, wolf shifter and conservationist, is stuck on the farm with a pregnant unicorn as his only companion. He’s ready for every emergency that might come his way, but nothing prepares him for said pregnant unicorn’s attack on the woman who’s shown up on his porch... -
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![Her Purr-fect Christmas Mate by Zoe Chant]()
Her Purr-fect Christmas Mate by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsHis kiss turned her into a cat. Kissing her fated mate was meant to give Peony the power to transform into a mystical creature-not a cute little kitten. And her true love was not meant to be arrogant, powerful Mordecai Leith, who plans to knock down her beloved bookshop and throw her out of her apartment right before Christmas. Fall in love with him? She'd rather kiss a frog... -
![Christmas Getaway Griffin by Zoe Chant]()
Christmas Getaway Griffin by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlways the sidekick, never the heroine. .. June Lockley knows that life isn’t a Christmas rom-com. Okay, so she’s spending the holidays in a picturesque shifter town that goes way over the top with the decorations. Okay, so there’s ice-skating and hot chocolate and way too many people interested in her personal life. Even if this was a Hallmark movie, she’d be the funny BFF... -
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Christmas Griffin by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsEvery lie causes him physical pain. But if she tells the truth, she'll lose everything. Griffin shifter Hardwick Jameson has the perfect Christmas plan: he's holing up for the holidays in a remote mountain cabin, with no one else for miles around. His shifter powers give him the power to sense lies-and every lie hurts... -
![A Hellhound for Christmas: Shifters for Christmas Book 5 by Zoe Chant]()
A Hellhound for Christmas: Shifters for Christmas Book 5 by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt’s beginning to look a lot like a Christmas disaster…. Things aren’t going quite to plan for Willow this Christmas. Sure, her home repair business is booming… but that’s only because her quaint, snowy hometown of Hidden Valley is being battered by a series of ferocious rainstorms that show up out of nowhere, wreak havoc, and then disappear as quickly as they came... -
![My Soul For A Donut by Layla Pine]()
My Soul For A Donut by Layla Pine
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe owns her soul … but she’s stealing his heart. Satan Junior Lucifer, reluctant Crown Prince of Hell, has a lot on his shoulders. In the face of a soul famine, his father the King has tasked him with finding a way to lure more souls to Hell...Categorized as:
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![The Christmas Gift: A Hands of Time Novella by Irina Shapiro]()
The Christmas Gift: A Hands of Time Novella by Irina Shapiro
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne glimpse of the future could shatter everything…. It’s Christmas Eve, 1784, and Finn Whitfield is finally getting his a secret journey to the twenty-first century to experience all the wonders his time-traveling parents have described. Finn expects an adventure. What he discovers instead is a gravestone bearing his young cousin Robbie’s name—dated the very day he left... -
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Dragon Emperor 17 by Eric Vall
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEvan continues his quest for power in an effort to defeat the Demon King of the Underworld, but things aren’t easy when you’re a dragon lord. Especially when his quest for the Nobel Swords takes him outside of Rahma and into a neighboring kingdom. Evan’s met a host of different races while in Inati, but he’s never encountered the elves before. -
![Thawing His Hart: A Christmas Novella by Zoe Chant, Elva Birch]()
Thawing His Hart: A Christmas Novella by Zoe Chant, Elva Birch
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEscape to a resort for shifters only with a cozy holiday mystery that will melt your heart! A rare white hart shifter who was imprisoned in a cruel shifter zoo, Robert returns to the rebuilt Shifting Sands Resort to prove that he’s put his demons to rest and his memories of captivity behind him. .. only to meet a mate who doesn’t recognize him... -
![A Prize for Ckzarr by Lynnea Lee]()
A Prize for Ckzarr by Lynnea Lee
What’s worse than falling in love with my sexy, musclebound alien boss? Falling in love with my alien boss when I know I’m not his mate. That’s why I keep my emotional distance, even though we work side by side every day. Ckzarr has the body of a god and is a beast in the bedroom. How do I know? Because we’ve already failed compatibility testing. Multiple times. I’m not his mate. End of story...Categorized as:
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![The Grizzly Who Stole Christmas by Olivia T. Turner]()
The Grizzly Who Stole Christmas by Olivia T. Turner
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI hate Christmas. I hate the crowds. I hate the traffic. And I hate the annoying tourists that descend on my mountain town every December. They’ve turned my peaceful mountain oasis into a loud festive hell. So, when the town hosts a Christmas tree lighting festival, I know it’s time for my revenge. Christmas is about to be canceled. By me. And my vicious roaring grizzly bear... -
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![Waffles at the Wake by Addison Moore]()
Waffles at the Wake by Addison Moore
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy name is Lottie Lemon, and I see dead people. Okay, so I rarely see dead people, mostly I see furry creatures of the dearly departed variety, who have come back from the other side to warn me of their previous owner’s impending doom. It's the dead of winter in Honey Hollow, and I’ve got jury duty... -
![Grimm Curiosities by Sharon Lynn Fisher]()
Grimm Curiosities by Sharon Lynn Fisher
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn Victorian England, a young woman inherits her father’s curiosity shop and all its ghostly secrets in a bewitching novel by the author of Salt & Broom. It’s 1851 in old York. Lizzy Grimm struggles to save her late father’s charmingly creepy yet floundering antique shop, Grimm Curiosities. Then, during a particularly snowy December in this most haunted city in England, things turn…curiouser... -
![My Orc Roommate with Benefits by Veronika Kane, Caroline Lee]()
My Orc Roommate with Benefits by Veronika Kane, Caroline Lee
I’m a focused and goal-oriented librarian-in-training, so there’s no way I’m falling for my himbo roommate, who gives off major golden retriever vibes, right? Right. But dang. Since the moment I started renting Luxor’s spare bedroom, I’ve been plagued with these inconvenient urges…so being mature, responsible adults, we’ve decided to deal with them. One time. Once, to rid Lux of his innocence... -
![Her Christmas Phoenix by Zoe Chant]()
Her Christmas Phoenix by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAll she wants for Christmas is a sizzling hot shifter. .. and a flock of movie-quoting penguins. Avery loves working in Antarctica, but when she winds up spending the holidays alone at her research station, it's hard to find any Christmas cheer. Then there's the cascade of unwanted--and unclothed--photos guys on her dating site keep sending her... -
![Married And Bright: A Firecats Holiday Story by P. Jameson]()
Married And Bright: A Firecats Holiday Story by P. Jameson
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsShe makes him jolly, so he’s gonna put a ring on it. They fell in love when they were snowed in. A broken, unshiftable werecat and a curvy flowershop owner who had no one. Fated mates, who found each other accidentally. Happily-ever-after was inevitable. But their Christmas story doesn’t end there. Malcolm and Francesca both want more. At the top of their holiday list is a family of their own... -
![Dragon’s Obsession For Darkness by Brittany White]()
Dragon’s Obsession For Darkness by Brittany White
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLove is put to the test when secrets become unraveled. After losing my mother to vampire hunters when I was eighteen, I moved with my siblings and father across the country – until the hunters found us again. That was how my family and I ended up in Snow Haven, Alaska. I saw a dragon shifter, Josiah Bazin, the second day after we moved to the area and I fell in love... -
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Etched in Frost by L.R. Friedman
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEtched in Frost is a contemporary Jack Frost reimagining with Swan Lake vibes. An angsty, fated mates, shifter/mortal romance, this standalone includes some dark themes and content best suited for those over the age of 18. Jolie. I always believed ballet was the love of my life. My fate. Until that tragic day that rocked my world...Categorized as:
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![Fated to the Gargoyle by Lisa Carlisle]()
Fated to the Gargoyle by Lisa Carlisle
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy long-lost grandmother left me a letter with major revelations:. I have a twin sister. We come from a family of witches. Gargoyles are real and to trust them. Still, reading a note is different than seeing a gray creature with a massive wingspan flying down at me. Instinct kicks in and I run. When it comes to fight or flight, I choose flight every time... -
![Jingle Bells and Dragon Spells by Harmony Raines]()
Jingle Bells and Dragon Spells by Harmony Raines
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVarn has endured one of the worst fates for a shifter - having his mate whisked away before he could even meet her. But now, fate seems to have granted him the second chance he never thought he'd have. During the festive season in Wishing Moon Bay, he senses that she is near, a feeling he never thought he'd experience again. After a long journey across the seas, Carys has arrived in town... -
![A Unicorn for Christmas by Zoe Chant]()
A Unicorn for Christmas by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith an undercover unicorn filling in for Santa, it’s going to be a very magical Christmas. .. Working over Christmas as one of Santa’s little helpers in her local mall might not be Callie’s dream job, but she doesn’t have much choice if she wants to make rent this month... -
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![Delivered to My Orcs by Mazzy J. March]()
Delivered to My Orcs by Mazzy J. March
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI have worked in the family business I was a teenager and planned to continue to do so for the rest of my life. But when my mom and dad died in a freak accident, the will listed my brother as the sole owner and CEO to avoid “dividing the assets. ” His first act was to sell everything, including our warehouse and the storefront with the apartment upstairs where I live... -
![Substitute Santa by Zoe Chant]()
Substitute Santa by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA stand-in Santa. A determined elf. And a mall Christmas Village on the brink of disaster. The holidays are full of surprises, and polar bear shifter Wade just got hit with a he needs to take over as the mall’s Santa. Wade is used to the peace and quiet of his woodworking shop, not the non-stop chaos of the Christmas Village... -
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Cookie Exchange Execution by Addison Moore
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA baker who sees the dead. One too many suitors. And a killer. Living in Honey Hollow can be murder. *A laugh out loud standalone cozy mystery by New York Times Bestseller Addison Moore* All books in the series can be read individually, so dive on in! .***Includes RECIPE***. My name is Lottie Lemon, and I see dead people... -
![The Christmas Dragon's Heart by Zoe Chant]()
The Christmas Dragon's Heart by Zoe Chant
A curvy hotel manager longing for a real home + a broken fire dragon shifter who hates Christmas + a lost dragon hoard = a magical Christmas romance! Curvy workaholic Claire Corbett has just landed the job of her lifetime: a position managing the Snow Castle, a winter retreat in the mountains. With her little brother along for the ride, Christmas promises to be all work and no play this year... -
![Christmas Hellhound by Zoe Chant]()
Christmas Hellhound by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAll Caine wants for Christmas is to get rid of his hellhound. Twelve months ago, Caine Guinness was attacked by a pack of hellhound shifters and became one of them. All he wants is to be human again. His search for a cure brings him to snowy Pine Valley, home of magical dragon shifters, Christmas cheer. .. and Meaghan Markham. All Meaghan wants for Christmas - is a merry Christmas. Just one... -
![Christmas Pegasus by Zoe Chant]()
Christmas Pegasus by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIt isn’t fate. But it is love. Owl shifter Olly has always trusted her inner animal. So when her owl makes it clear that handsome, rugged Jackson isn’t her mate, she knows that what she feels for him can’t be true love… right? Last Christmas, Jackson gave Olly his heart. And her owl chewed it up and spat it back at him. He’s tried to stay away from her…but a year apart hasn’t changed anything... -
![Wanted: Mistletoe by Stephanie Morris, Kimberly Ann]()
Wanted: Mistletoe by Stephanie Morris, Kimberly Ann
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsDear Santa,. Before I explain, how much have the elves told you? Who's ready for a little naughty & nice? With some mistletoe and holiday cheer, anything can--and does--happen during Christmas. Your favorite contemporary authors have gathered around the Wintery hearth to bring you scintillating holiday romances. These sexy stories will deck your halls with filthy balls...Categorized as:
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![Whisky and Wishes by Donna Grant]()
Whisky and Wishes by Donna Grant
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsReturn to New York Times bestselling author Donna Grant's Dark King world for a special holiday novella. Finally free of the dangers surrounding him and the burden of pining after his mate, the King of Dragon Kings is ready for some peace—time to enjoy the woman he loves without interruption... -
![Never Kiss a Krampus: A Cozy Holiday Monster Romance by Honey Phillips]()
Never Kiss a Krampus: A Cozy Holiday Monster Romance by Honey Phillips
A desperate shop keeper. A very grumpy Krampus. A Christmas miracle? Noelle Green needs a miracle. The town of Mistletoe Hollow is being devoured by a Grinch-like developer, and her beloved Christmas shop is next to the list. Fueled by peppermint schnapps and desperation, she performs a ritual for Yuletide aid. She gets a miracle, all right—just not the kind she expected...Categorized as:
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Blue Willow by Ki Stephens
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsComing home was never part of the plan. Leaving again might be even harder. When Elsie Hart returns to Blue Willow for the first time in eight years, it’s only to settle her grandmother’s estate—not to rekindle old memories or untangle the magic she’s worked hard to forget. But the inn she once loved is more stubborn than it looks. So is the man who’s been keeping it alive...Categorized as:
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![The Naughty List by Octavia Grant]()
The Naughty List by Octavia Grant
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTwas the night before Justice, when all through the house,. Not a creature was stirring, not even the louts. They lay in bed sleeping, they had not a care,. About the people, they’d hurt or treated unfair. They had no way of knowing their deeds had been tracked. Not by blogs, or the news, but a crazed maniac. He sat jotting names, being careful not to miss... -
![Frozen Movie Storybook by Bill Scollon, Walt Disney Company]()
Frozen Movie Storybook by Bill Scollon, Walt Disney Company
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhen royal sisters Elsa and Anna fight at Elsa's coronation, the new queen's secret is revealed — she has icy powers that she can't control! Elsa flees to the mountains, not knowing that she has left her kingdom in the grip of a never-ending winter storm. It's up to Anna to track down Elsa and convince her to return and set things to rights... -
![Axel by Callie Rhodes]()
Axel by Callie Rhodes
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThere was only one place she left for her to run…straight into the arms of a monster. The beta world is changing. Fears over rogue alpha attacks have peaked, and so has the public's suspicion of anyone that has a connection to the Boundarylands... -
![Bedside Manners For Aliens by Dane Griggs]()
Bedside Manners For Aliens by Dane Griggs
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsan alternate cover edition can be found here. Me: I just can’t stop thinking about you. I know we can’t go further, but I have an idea. Maybe we could sext? L’Vect: What is that? Me: Sexting is when you tell the other person how you want them to touch themselves, and that person describes what it feels like. It’s a sex game. L’Vect: Yes. I want to sext. What do we do next? Me: I will go first... -
![A Pinerock Bear Christmas by Lauren Esker]()
A Pinerock Bear Christmas by Lauren Esker
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAt Christmastime, anything is possible . .. Gloria Munson thinks she's about to have the worst Christmas of all time when her car breaks down during a blizzard in rural Pinerock County. But then she's rescued by a very special bear shifter clan who invite her to share their rural ranch Christmas . . -
![Dragons Don't Do Happy Holidays by Harmony Raines]()
Dragons Don't Do Happy Holidays by Harmony Raines
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsBrooding dragon shifter Flint wants a new start. So, when he arrives in Wishing Moon Bay the plan is simple. Get in. Get out. And avoid the merriness as much as possible. However, with a dark past, and nothing to his name, getting any supplies for his journey is all but impossible-so much for the season of giving. But, as they say, when one door closes, another opens...Categorized as:
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![A Dragon for Christmas by Zoe Chant]()
A Dragon for Christmas by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA single mother who wants to give her son a merry Christmas…. A dragon shifter cop who doesn’t know the meaning of the word ‘holiday’…. And a Christmas resort with a deadly secret. Things have been tough for Georgia. Her husband walked out and she works two jobs to make ends meet... -
![A Very Merry Christmoose by B. Perkins, Aimee Vance]()
A Very Merry Christmoose by B. Perkins, Aimee Vance
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe holiday season in Deadlights Cove is as chaotic as you'd expect, especially with Val and Caedmon's Great Coveish Bake-Off just days away. For her first Christmas in the Cove, young witch Aurora is determined to embrace the holiday spirit. .. if she can ignore her dark storm cloud of a neighbor who is equally determined to rain on her parade... -
![Orc's Taming by Ava Ross]()
Orc's Taming by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI want to begin a new life far from my village. Will that life include an orc who vows to adore me? Kaila: When a man in my village makes demands I’m not willing to give into, my younger brother and I flee into the forest. It’s the night of the Monster Mate Hunt, but the orcs who are gifted with brides in exchange for protecting the village will be too busy with the other woman to notice me... -
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Hostile Holiday by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOrla escapes a party where her family tells her they want her organs and ends up in another realm fighting for her life with only an ugly holiday sweater to defend her. Good thing she learns fast. Orla has been bullied, cursed, and locked in lower-level jobs because of family. Her mother is gone, her friends are in danger from association, and all she wants is peace... -
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![I Dated a Mob Wolf by Viola Grace]()
I Dated a Mob Wolf by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsHe had been her favourite date, so she arranged for him to be the father of her child. .. should she have told him? Vallu spent over five years as an escort with the Blind Date Corporation. On her last date, she used her activation to provide her with something she needed. .. a child. She just didn’t tell him... -
![Dominted by the Dark Elf by Celeste King]()
Dominted by the Dark Elf by Celeste King
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsA monster nearly kills me. But an even crueler creature saves me. On the hell world of Protheka, my family is owned by a vicious dark elf. What I haven’t bargained for is how close I’ve grown to him. Or how frantic I am to save him when he is attacked. It’s only when I almost lose him that I realize I’ve given him more than I intended. Not just servitude. But love as well... -
![Fires of Azeroth by C.J. Cherryh]()
Fires of Azeroth by C.J. Cherryh
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsThe Gates were relics of a lost era. The Union Science Bureau surmised that they had once linked a whole network of civilizations throughout the galaxy-an empire ruled by a ruthless race known as the qhal. This qhal empire had spanned both Space and Time, for their Gates warped time, enabling qhal travelers to step from point to point across light-years unaged... -
![A Snow Leopards' Christmas by Zoe Chant]()
A Snow Leopards' Christmas by Zoe Chant
Christmas is coming, and everything is going wrong. .. Lillian Lowell has a problem. She's newly mated to the Glacier leopards' pack leader, snow leopard shifter Cal Westland, which makes her the. .. she's not sure what. Den mother? Whatever her job title is, she wants to live up to it, so she's throwing the best Christmas party she can plan... -
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Tentacles Rock by K.C. Carmine
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA tentacled waiter. A grumpy musician. A song that brings them together. Nereus. I arrived in Miami to learn about the restaurant business so I could sail towards my goal of taking over my dad’s taverna. Or so I thought. Because when I meet Rick, a talented rockstar with a body to die for, my love for music reawakens...Categorized as:
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![Josie's Wish by Ruby Dixon]()
Josie's Wish by Ruby Dixon
Josie's Wish A Holiday advent calendar novella. Posted on Author's website.
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