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  • Unchained Beauty by C.M. Owens

    Unchained Beauty by C.M. Owens

    Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I've spent my life thinking I knew the worst that could happen. Battles come and go. Wars are almost always won in the end. It's easy to grow complacent and forget even the deadliest should glance over their shoulder from time to time. We thought we had it all figured out. We were poised for this win before we even went to battle. We didn't win. We didn't lose...
  • Origins by Kresley Cole, Gena Showalter

    Origins by Kresley Cole, Gena Showalter

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    eBook box set of paranormal romance novels by Kresley Cole, Gena Showalter, and Sharie Kohler plus teasers from the latest books in their seriesA Hunger Like No Other, Awaken Me Darkly & Marked by...
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  • The HellBeast's Fight by Stephanie Hudson

    The HellBeast's Fight by Stephanie Hudson

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Book 2 in The HellBeast King Series...
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    vampires  shapeshifters  paranormal  fantasy  demons  m-f
  • Unlove Me by T.S. Joyce

    Unlove Me by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    **Don’t miss this standalone short story from 80-time bestselling author, T. S. Joyce.** One wild night with friends, and Brock Evans comes up with a plan to rake in the room reservations at his lodge. Instead of celebrating Valentine’s Day, he is going to throw an UnValentine’s Day party for the singles who want to escape the hearts, and romance, and frills of February...
  • The Oh My Gawd Couple by Robyn Peterman

    The Oh My Gawd Couple by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.79 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Welcome to my Hell… and not the good one where I’m in charge. Word on the street is that my brother’s son was potty trained at eight months old. Unacceptable. I shall not be bested by God. I have pilfered plastic potties, Cheerios and bagels. I am prepared to teach my boy to put the pee in the hole. All I need now is a potty song. Or so I thought...
  • Second of the Winterset Coven by T.S. Joyce

    Second of the Winterset Coven by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Dawn Reed is a small town girl looking for a big adventure. She’s been feeling stagnant for a while, but there is a new coven in town and the Second to the king has captured her heart. Garret has been patiently building a slow friendship, but when he cuts her off, Dawn is bereft. Not only is she losing the man she’s falling head-over-heels for, she’s losing her friends in the coven as well...
  • It Begins with Her by T.S. Joyce

    It Begins with Her by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Morgan is finally hitting her stride with her new life. She’s accepted her inner wolf and is feeling good, getting work done, building a pack with her new mate and finally feeling like she’s on top of the world. Too bad the Silver Wolf world never stays steady for long...
  • Winged Wolf Vet by Zoe Chant

    Winged Wolf Vet by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Who do you call when a winged wolf crashes through the roof of your chicken coop? Shifter Vets!Leslie’s house was already falling apart before mythical animals started plummeting out of the sky. Now she’s got a hole in her chicken coop, an adorable (and impossible) cub hiding in her kitchen, and her nosy neighbor barging in to search for cryptids...
  • It Ends with Her by T.S. Joyce

    It Ends with Her by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Levi Wright has spent the last two years on a mission. His old pack thinks he’s been away at school so he could come back and apprentice to the Black Wolf himself, Greyson Crawford. He hasn’t though. He was out learning to protect a girl. And not just any girl. THE girl...
  • Visible Panther Line by Milly Taiden

    Visible Panther Line by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    ***STANDALONE***Sky Adler isn't looking for a man. She's happy being Gerri Wilder's newest assistant and excited she's on a mission to scope out a new client. She did not expect the town residents to treat her like she committed a crime and for the client to be hot enough to melt the ozone. She definitely needs a cold shower, but she's a professional, she can handle it. Maybe. Hopefully...
  • Protect Mine by T.S. Joyce

    Protect Mine by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    She’s baaack! The one and only Silver Wolf is back where she belongs, with the Dallas pack and right beside her man. Morgan Carter has missed Grey terribly in the time she was away, but after she was hunted by a Montana pack, she knows she can’t run from her destiny anymore...
  • Third of the Winterset Coven by T.S. Joyce

    Third of the Winterset Coven by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    Evan Dawe's coven is falling apart. Between wars with competing shifter Crews, an injured King, and attacks from other supernaturals, the vampire numbers in Winterset are dwindling. And every vampire worth his weight in salt knows there is safety in numbers...
  • Heart of the Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Heart of the Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    - Book 5 in the Hells Canyon Shifters series - Rae Lynn Dormer is about to find out just what kind of monsters are lurking in the wilderness of Hells Canyon. Determined to do a good deed, she gives a stranger a ride to a ranger camp nestled deep in the Seven Devils Mountains. The problem is, when she gets there, her new acquaintance turns into a lion in the front seat of her Honda...
  • Fates Entwined by Elizabeth Briggs

    Fates Entwined by Elizabeth Briggs

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 22 ratings
    Continue the Zodiac Wolves series with this collection of brand new stories about all the characters you've grown to love, including an extended epilogue for Ayla and Kaden!This collection includes the following stories:Fire Mated: After Stella is mated to her worst enemy—the Leo alpha, Jordan—she rejects him. But the stars won't let her escape her fate so easily...and neither will Jordan...
  • Probable Fear by Julie Trettel

    Probable Fear by Julie Trettel

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Sometimes the path to destiny really sucks ass.I should have died on our last big mission and it’s messing with my head.I know I need to get over it, but I just can’t.There’s a lead on a new Collector and Delta’s getting called in to assist.Paralyzed by irrational fears and guilt, I don’t know if I can do this again.But if I don’t, I’ll never meet her...
  • Ride My Sleigh by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero

    Ride My Sleigh by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The hot mess Christmas express…Megelle Island is full of supernatural creatures. I came here a few years ago to be among my own kind, to not worry that I’d accidentally shift into a raccoon or turn invisible in front of some poor human. My clumsiness was going to expose us all to the public and get me into big trouble with the angels.The only problem is…I’m the only jinn here...
  • Stoneheart Lion by Zoe Chant

    Stoneheart Lion by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    She's a shifter fixer who can fix anything ... except herself. Exiled from her clan, jaguar shifter Max is a P.I. who handles unique shifter problems. Incriminating photos, blackmail, mate problems? Max helps others solve their problems because there is no cure for her own loneliness. At least none that she knows. But she's never had a problem like him before ..
  • Her Dragon Lover by Roxie Ray

    Her Dragon Lover by Roxie Ray

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 21 ratings
    He shot me down…why can’t I forget about him?I gathered up my nerve to approach Stefan... only for him to reject me. That was months ago, but I still can't stop thinking about him, no matter how hard I try to get over it. Unfortunately, fate keeps throwing us together...
  • Blackstone Ranger Guardian by Alicia Montgomery

    Blackstone Ranger Guardian by Alicia Montgomery

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Fighting for his mateWhen John Krieger rescues a stranded fox shifter in the middle of a snowstorm, he never expected that she would turn out to be his mate. However, the darkness lurking in his soul prevents him from claiming her and he pushes her away. When he realizes his mistake, he vows to make himself into someone who deserves her...
  • Silver by Terry Bolryder

    Silver by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A dragon as a coworker? Complicated. Adrien the silver dragon has everything most humans could want. But as a dragon awakened in the modern world he misses his old life, his powers (which have been temporarily restrained) and the way he used to lord his status over others...
  • The Silversmith by L.J. Claren

    The Silversmith by L.J. Claren

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 21 ratings
    A royal secret. A dangerous power. And a love that may conquer all—or destroy everything.Still reeling from the deaths of her father and brother, Ary Gold survives only by sheer will in the icy wilds of the North. But when friends arrive with stories of long-lost magic and a power buried in her newly discovered royal blood, Ary is thrust into a fate far larger than her sorrow...
  • Irreverent by Bianca Scardoni

    Irreverent by Bianca Scardoni

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    THE MARKED SAGA CONTINUES...If I thought things couldn't get any worse with Dominic's emotions completely shut off and the Son of Perdition on its way, I was dead wrong. Destiny wasn't done with me and she was about to pull the ground out from me all over again.Old friends and foes have come back to guide me toward a Fate sealed in my blood long before I was born...
  • Fashionably Dead and Demonic by Robyn Peterman

    Fashionably Dead and Demonic by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Anastasia I’m dead. He’s demonic. It never would have worked…Getting dumped by the Demon of my dreams wasn’t exactly in the game plan. Game plans suck. Throwing caution to the wind is my new motto.I used to be a semi-happily single Vampyre...
  • Hocus My Pocus by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero

    Hocus My Pocus by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    If you’ve got it, haunt it… Once upon a time, I had big ideas, big dreams, and big plans. But when my mother left my kid sister with me when I was only fifteen, I was suddenly the single mother I never thought I’d be. Someone had to raise Torren and show her love and support, the way parents were supposed to love their children, the way our mother never did...
  • Carve My Pumpkin by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero

    Carve My Pumpkin by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Give ‘em pumpkin to talk about… The perfect job is only two weeks away. Two. Short. Weeks. All I have to do is survive the trial period for this new position and the future I’ve always wanted will be my reality. Once it’s mine, I’ll travel the world helping my fellow supernaturals blend into the human world and craft the lives they dreamed of. And in turn…maybe I’ll find myself...
  • Baby It's Cold Out Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Baby It's Cold Out Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    ****Baby It's Cold Out Bear was part of the USA Today Bestselling anthology, A Very Alpha Christmas. It can absolutely be read as a standalone short story.**** Emry Mason doesn’t expect to be pulled out of an icy ditch by a registered bear shifter, and she certainly doesn’t expect her rescuer to be as alluring as Graylan Young...
  • Blood Bound by Lindsay J. Pryor

    Blood Bound by Lindsay J. Pryor

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Love can be heaven. Or it can hurt like hell. For exiled angel Jessie , falling for Eden Reece has been her salvation. When she discovers that her angel tears, used to heal Eden, are actually poisoning him the burden of guilt is crushing. Jessie is determined to make things right and, with Eden by her side, they are a formidable team...
  • Vlad by Patricia A. Rasey

    Vlad by Patricia A. Rasey

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    One woman has the power to bring the king of vampires to his knees. Check out USA Today Bestselling Author, Patricia A. Rasey's latest, emotionally driven novel that has paranormal romance readers clamoring for more. Vlad Tepes, king of the vampires, has a problem on his hands...
  • She is the Darke: A Crow Shifter Forbidden Romance Short Story by T. S. Joyce

    She is the Darke: A Crow Shifter Forbidden Romance Short Story by T. S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 11 ratings
    Tyler Durock is back in town to handle some family business, but this is not how he wants to spend his October. He’s been haunted by all that he left behind when he moved away from this sleepy little town years ago, and one of those ghosts happens to be his sister’s best friend, Demi Rhone Darke. Tyler wanted to message her when she was outed as crow shifters on the news, but didn’t know how...
  • Wrathful Mortals (Age of Vampires) by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

    Wrathful Mortals (Age of Vampires) by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The gods play havoc with our souls.’m torn in two.The mark of the gods has bound me to my mortal enemy, and not even the most desperate yearnings of my heart can break this tie.Between the slayer’s vow and the cruel tricks of Idun, my free will has been stolen from me...
  • Ramsey by Taylor Rylan

    Ramsey by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A stubborn and possessive gargoyle alpha. A sweet and sheltered fox omega. Can they find harmony and happiness together? Ramsey Mason felt like he’d never really lived until he was sent to join the council enforcers. He sometimes struggles with authority, but he wouldn’t trade his new life with the council for anything...
  • Rebel Bitten by Lexi C. Foss

    Rebel Bitten by Lexi C. Foss

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    Once upon a time, humankind ruled the world while lycans and vampires lived in secret.This is no longer that time. WillowRun, run, run!They're chasing me, even into my dreams.And when I awake, I see him. Striking blue eyes with a hint of the devil inside. He's my savior and my worst nightmare combined.Because he owns me.He found me.He saved me.But I don't want to be owned. I want to be free...
  • Blood Dark by Lindsay J. Pryor

    Blood Dark by Lindsay J. Pryor

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    ‘There are guardian angels, and there are monsters with wings’ Caitlin Parish should have been the last person to fall for a vampire. A member of the Vampire Control Unit, her relationship with master vampire Kane Malloy had explosive consequences. Caitlin’s colleagues count her as the enemy. And now she’s going back...
  • 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...
  • Hell Breaks Loose by Macy Blake

    Hell Breaks Loose by Macy Blake

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Safe to say Achim’s life wasn’t going as planned.First, his mission for the fire goddess ended up with him—a hellhound who’d never actually been to hell—being sent precisely there...
  • Bear for the Holidays by Zoe Chant

    Bear for the Holidays by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    He's home for the holidays, but not in the way he expected.Bear shifter and biologist Nik Shevchenko is home in Colorado for the first time in years, and as soon as he’s done with the heron count that brought him back, he’s heading to his parents’ place for the bright, boisterous holiday he’s been craving for ages...
  • Her Dragon Protector by Roxie Ray

    Her Dragon Protector by Roxie Ray

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 33 ratings
    Can I really trust a dragon with my heart?When I show up in Black Claw with bruises on my face and a split lip, I’m not looking for another man - I’ve made enough bad choices in that department. I’m ready to lie low with my best friend and pray to god that my ex doesn’t come to find me.But Axel isn’t like any of the guys I’ve been drawn to before.I’m not ready for a new relationship. I know that...
  • The Nightmare King by Heather Killough-Walden

    The Nightmare King by Heather Killough-Walden

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When she was fourteen, Adelaide Lane made a choice that landed her in the ICU of her town’s general hospital. Her prognosis was not good. When against all odds she woke up, it was to find that she had re-entered life not only with physical and mental scars, but with the ability to see into the future. For twenty years, Addie has used this power to do good in a world gone bad...
  • Her Dragon Rebel by Roxie Ray

    Her Dragon Rebel by Roxie Ray

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    Is he more than a spoiled playboy?I need people in this town to take me seriously.I’m the only female handyman—er, handywoman—around, and my business depends on it.But the town’s men just won’t listen.Enter Rico. He’s a troublemaker, but he needs a job.Nobody else wants to work for me.It’s perfect.There’s no way I’m falling for the playboy.She’s my only hope.Get a job or lose everything...
  • Detective Dragon's Brave Mate:  (Runaway Dragon Mates) by Serena Meadows

    Detective Dragon's Brave Mate: (Runaway Dragon Mates) by Serena Meadows

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I never imagined being engaged to a cold-blooded murderer. When I overhear Chuck confess…I have no other choice—but to run away.Braden is a private investigator and insists on protecting me.Even though he’s an alpha dragon shifter—I’m not certain he or anyone else can save me from my ex.I’m terrified Chuck will hunt me down.Investigators are on Chuck’s trail.The victims’ families crave revenge...
  • Technical Threat by Julie Trettel

    Technical Threat by Julie Trettel

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    His job’s at stake, but she may prove to be an even bigger technical threat to his heart.Tarron has met his match with a ruthless cyberhacker who has a personal vendetta against the Raglan. When she breeches Westin Force’s security Tarron must move in to stop her. That proves easier said than done when his Nonna steps up to help and meddle in his love life...
  • The Dragon King by Heather Killough-Walden

    The Dragon King by Heather Killough-Walden

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Millennia ago, in the time of dragons, love and hate colored the very air monsters breathed. Ancient sorcery coursed through powerful wings like blood, pumped by hearts of magic, and timeless beasts of lore soared over the landscape, terrible and wondrous. Amidst these beasts of yesteryear, a forbidden love bloomed. A child was born of this love...
    Categorized as:
    shapeshifters  vampires  paranormal  fantasy
  • Switch of Fate 2 by Grace Quillen, Lisa Ladew

    Switch of Fate 2 by Grace Quillen, Lisa Ladew

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “All vampires must die.” Flint Gibson is ready to lay down his life for The Cause, just so long as doing so results in a ton of dead vampires. He’s been planning a kamikaze mission for decades, not-so-patiently waiting for news about the vampires who killed his family. Because all vampires must die. Especially those vampires...
  • Switch of Fate 3 by Lisa Ladew

    Switch of Fate 3 by Lisa Ladew

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Riot Cofield is a bad-boy mountain lion shifter who scales mountains like fences. He belongs IN the Natahala Forest, but not TO it, and he resents “the Cause” because it turns normal, sweet women into a conniving, savage witches - switches - who will do anything to kill a vampire. Riot tried out the Cause (after all, he is a shifter) but after getting used and discarded twice, he’s over it...
  • Not Her Dragon by Annie Nicholas

    Not Her Dragon by Annie Nicholas

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Single female dragons are too rare to be left to their own devices. Or so, Bella was taught.Then her betrothed unexpectedly dies, leaving her wedding contract in the hands of his greedy father. She has no choice but to be auctioned off to the highest bidder or her family will be killed.For one week, she’s enslaved to a dragon who is obsessed with her...
  • The Yearning by Alana Khan

    The Yearning by Alana Khan

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Stranded on a deserted asteroid with only a robot for company, Eve discovers circuitry can have more heart and soul than anyone she’s ever met.EveIt’s hard to imagine things could become more desperate than being abducted by aliens, but I’m even more terrified when I wake up to a huge, faceless metallic robot...
    Categorized as:
    dystopian  aliens  paranormal  fantasy  open-door
  • Forbidden Shadows by Teresa Gabelman

    Forbidden Shadows by Teresa Gabelman

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Haunted by his past failures, Malcolm fights daily to stay on track, yet every time he looks in the mirror, he sees a man full of hatred and rage. Trying to find his place among a new pack and alpha, Malcolm walks a narrow path hoping the mistakes from his past don’t reappear in his present.Clare has lived in Lee County all her life...
    Categorized as:
    vampires  shapeshifters  paranormal  fantasy
  • Itching for Justice by Addison Moore

    Itching for Justice by Addison Moore

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An innkeeper who reads minds. An ornery detective. And a trail of bodies. Cider Cove is the premier destination for murder.***Includes RECIPEMy name is Bizzy Baker, and I can read minds—not every mind, not every time but most of the time and believe me when I say it’s not all it’s cracked up to be...
  • Raining Cats and Killers by Addison Moore, Bellamy Bloom

    Raining Cats and Killers by Addison Moore, Bellamy Bloom

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An innkeeper who reads minds. An ornery detective. And a trail of bodies. Cider Cove is the premier destination for murder.***Includes RECIPEMy name is Bizzy Baker, and I can read minds—not every mind, not every time but most of the time and believe me when I say it’s not all it’s cracked up to be...
  • A Winter Tail of Woe by Addison Moore, Bellamy Bloom

    A Winter Tail of Woe by Addison Moore, Bellamy Bloom

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My name is Bizzy Baker, and I can read minds—not every mind, not every time but most of the time and believe me when I say it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. It’s a snowy winter in Cider Cove and a show called Mayhem, Baking, and Murder is taping an episode at the inn with me as the guest host...
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