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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... -
Wrangler Dragon by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSave a horse, ride a wrangler dragon. .. Tucker C. Thompson, an immortal dragon and legendary gunslinger, is now a simple wrangler who enjoys life on the ranch under his middle name, Clancy. The world has moved on and he's happy to be forgotten. That is, until he sees his old Dragon's Talon coin in an antiques shop in a tiny town... -
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Orcs Do It Harder by Michele Mills
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGet the second book in the all-new, curvy girl, sweet & steamy, orc romance series coming soon from Michele Mills. The Upgrade series will include all the feels you’ve come to expect from Monsters Love Curvy Girls, Monster Bites, Heat & Ink and Sweet Monsters Treats. Each book in this series is 80-90k! And there will be gorgeous print editions. You’re. Orcs Do It Better – July 8th... -
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Stoneheart Lion by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsShe'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 . . -
남편이 미모를 숨김 2 (남편이 미모를 숨김 [Nampyeon-i Mimoreul Sumgim] (Comic) #2) by Gabi Nam, 가비남
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratings웹툰 『남편이 미모를 숨김』 2, 3권이 지난 1권에 이어 단행본으로 출간되었다. 『남편이 미모를 숨김』은 『반월당의 기묘한 이야기』, 『황제궁 옆 마로니에 농장』 등 인기 웹소설을 다수 출간한 정연 작가의 원작 소설을 바탕으로, 유명 일러스트레이터 하라라 작가의 그림과 가비남 작가의 각색을 거쳐 새롭게 탄생하게 되었다. 카카오페이지와 카카오웹툰에서 동시 서비스 중인 『남편이 미모를 숨김』은 론칭 이후 일찍이 카카오페이지 ‘로판 밀리언 페이지’에 랭크되어 많은 레전드 작품들과 어깨를 나란히 하고 있다... -
Condor Deck Party by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhen Ros’s best friend offers her an all-expenses paid vacation to a cabin in the Northwoods, Ros jumps at the chance to get away from it all. Her apartment’s flooded, she lost her job, her boyfriend ran off to France, and it seems like her luck can’t get any worse… and that’s when the fire condors show up... -
Kyle, Jack, & Ryan: Devil Souls MC Novellas by LeAnn Ashers, Wander Aquiar
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 11 ratings- KYLE -. The second my eyes met hers, the world as I knew it stopped. All I could see was her. She took over my life and gave me everything I never even imagined I needed. But her demons haunt her. Luckily for her, I am a devil himself and demons are mine to handle. - RYAN -. She came face-to-face with an entire club to protect her daughter... -
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... -
My Orc Santa Claus by Veronika Kane
The charming town of Eastshore Isle is my hiding place, but I need someone strong to keep me safe…. I’m pretty sure there’s rules about an elementary teacher hooking up with a student’s parent, but what if I didn’t know that’s who he was? See, I’ve spent the last few months getting hot and heavy with this guy on the app MonsterSmash, but we haven’t exchanged names...Categorized as:
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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. -
The Alpha's Doe by Annie Whipple
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsDorothy Kennicott lernte Ace Stoll kennen, als sie gerade mal sechs Jahre alt waren. Und seither sind sie unzertrennlich. Beste Freunde, an der Hüfte verbunden... -
Stranded With An Insatiable Shifter by Olivia T. Turner
It's been a lifelong dream and I'm doing it. Driving across the country in a skoolie, which is an old school bus I converted into my house on wheels. It's going great until I get deep into the Montana mountains when my bus decides not to bus anymore. I'm stranded. With no reception, nowhere to go, and with no one to help. Days turn into weeks...Categorized as:
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Crowned by Charlene Hartnady, B.E. Brouillard
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsCrowned is the third and final book in this trilogy. It's fast-paced and ultra steamy. Take care that the heroine will end up having more than one love interest. Her partners can shift into demon form, so there might be some monster action – please don’t read this book if you are put off by this sort of thing. If you’re adventurous, hop in because the water is warm…and getting warmer... -
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Valkyrie's Choice by Fiona Davenport
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBeing turned into a Valkyrie put a crimp in a girl's dating plans, even when the rest of the town was full of monsters. Isla Hart figured the odds of finding her happily ever after were slim when she sprouted wings…until she saved Cooper Madison’s life and couldn’t get him out of her head. Too bad he was human, and it wasn’t as though she’d ever see him again anyway... -
Monster Girl Islands 2 by Logan Jacobs
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsBen is now Draco Rex the dragon king, and his dynasty is steadily growing. His women give him a new dragon-kin child every few weeks, he has fortified and improved his village and palace, and the water dragons are coming back from the brink of extinction. Life is good for him, but the gods have further plans, so it is time for the new ruler to build a raft and expand his domain. -
Wed to the Grendel by Cara Wylde
For my birthday, I get the worst gift a bride. My kind lives in the deepest woods of Alia Terra. The humans call us forest giants, but we call ourselves grendels, after our ancestor. We live in small communities, and we'd be happy to have nothing to do with humans, except we need. .. their females. My brothers are all married, and now it is my turn. I refuse to do it... -
Rosewood Ridge Riders Complete Collection by Lilah Hart
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsIn Rosewood Ridge, Tennessee, a biker convention has the town full of hunky guys. But for the Rosewood Ridge Riders, the town is home. What they don't expect is that Biker Blast will bring romance into their lives. It includes the. Taken by the Mountain Man. Protected by the Mountain Man. Challenged by the Mountain Man. Saved by the Mountain Man. Charmed by the Mountain Man...Categorized as:
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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... -
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... -
Last Chance by Nancy Corrigan
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen I’m captured by the enemy, I’m tossed to the wolves . Two of them. Full. After traffickers target my family, I flee with my adopted baby sister. She’s a rare white lion shifter and I’m about as ordinary as you can get. But nobody messes with my family . With nowhere left to run, I make a her freedom for mine . Turns out psycho monsters don’t care how plain and boring I am... -
Stray Magic by Zile Elliven
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the author who eats plot bunnies for breakfast, comes another book that jumped the line and ruined hours of painstaking planning. The utterly unremarkable and forgettable assistant for the Boston chapter house is having the best/worst day ever, and it just keeps going! He's either getting a monster boyfriend or getting eaten by one, and neither of them is sure which one they want more... -
Cauldrons and Cat Tails by Hailey Blackwood
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA witch, an orc, and a steamy journey across the realm. .. Is it hot in here or is that just Kizzi’s cauldron? Kizzi is a witch who knows what she wants—she wants to brew the best potions, drink the best ciders, and run her apothecary business without being disturbed by pesky sprites... -
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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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
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... -
Demon's Own by Rochelle Paige
Living in a town turned monstrous didn't leave much hope for finding love, especially when you unexpectedly wound up with horns and flames swirling in your eyes. Koen Kelly didn’t think he’d find a ray of sunshine to ever break through his grumpiness. Then he met Soraya Hart. The pretty author wasn’t afraid of much except for her looming deadline...Categorized as:
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Turnabout is Fairy Play by Andie Fenichel
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLorenzo. I rarely eat the food at my upscale Italian restaurant. Vampires need blood, not pasta. I crave the hunt, but I’m not a killer. A lady-killer, yes. There’s something about the vampire in me that lures women. The only woman immune to my allure is my dearest and oldest friend, Lily. She helped me survive my transition to vampirism, despite also becoming a monster of sorts... -
Harry's Beast by Kat Baxter
You know what they say about satyrs… Jace Like many of the people in Screaming Woods, I’m cursed. My plight goes beyond my hooved feet, horns and my tail. My problem–my curse– is a different kind of hard. The perpetually stiff kind of hard, if you know what I mean. Only true love can give me “release. ” I know it’s too much to hope the pretty, curvy human is my fated mate... -
Driven Wild By The Grizzly by Ariana Hawkes
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsI’m not a guy who likes to leave the forest much. But I’m driving my grandad’s bus route while he’s having a hip operation. If I don’t, he’ll lose the career he's loved for fifty years. I’m happy to help the old man out, but it’s a pain in my ass…. endless hills, the bus wheezing and spluttering… whining customers…. Then she clambers on and I know why fate threw this good deed my. She’s the one... -
Knotting Hill by Ami Wright
I’m just a girl, standing in front of a wolf, asking him to love her…. If only life was that simple, but being a famous actress means nothing in my life is simple. When I bump into the guy of my dreams I know it’s doomed from the start. Will is everything I have a weakness smart, funny, a little shy. Plus he’s tall and handsome and completely obsessed with me... -
Beyond the Perished Woods by Tracy Lauren
In the humble village of Winstonshire stands Edenbridge Hall, a lonely and forgotten estate on the edge of a cursed forest. It is here that the young Victoria Fairfax finds herself torn between duty and desire. To save her small family from financial ruin, she is forced to marry, and an engagement to the elderly Lord Harrington seems to be her only option... -
The Retired S Ranked Adventurer : Volume III by Wolfe Locke, James Falcon
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 11 ratings*Every new beginning comes at the end of another*. They called him Sven, the Shatterfist. And they will again. An S Ranked Adventurer who lost his way. His journey will take him far and wide. Back to the places he used to know. He’s not alone. Friends, comrades. Ash. Memories found and memories gained. Answers give rise to other questions. The Shatterfist moves on... -
Mountain Calling by Janice Whiteaker
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsHiking through the mountains hunting for Bigfoot wasn't her idea of a great time, but a paycheck was a paycheck. Having a giant, grumpy mountain man as her guide couldn't hurt either. .. Except there was something odd about the frowny Thor lookalike tasked with keeping her group safe in the mountains of Appalachia... -
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Pack Scratch Fever by Liliana Carlisle
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWho needs a pack when you can have cats? Piper has everything she wants, even if others call her a crazy cat lady. She doesn't need a pack--she has a cat rescue and enough cuddly felines to keep her company. She definitely isn't attracted to the handsome Alpha lawyer that smells like catnip and claims he doesn't like cats...Categorized as:
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Toghat the Vile by Cara Wylde
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSnowbound with Toghat the Vile - a sweet Christmas novella. Isabella Jensen is in over her head. She should've never gone hiking with her friends in the snowy mountains of Utah. With no training for this kind of physical effort, she fell behind, and then a snowstorm hit out of the blue. Now she's lost, and with every passing minute, her chances of survival are quickly dropping to zero... -
Bound by the Golden King by Ellie Pond
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThere’s no leaving the Veiled City, not now. I’m in it, my heart is tied to Nico, Holter and Eros. But there’s one more who I yearn Castor Drakos. I can’t have him. Having a human mate will make it hard for him to ever rule as king. He’s bent on changing this place. And if there’s one thing it needs, it's change. The assailant who destroyed the Glyden lobby up their attacks to a new level... -
Jackson by Elisa Leigh
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsJackson Walker is jealous of his big brother Jameson. Don't get him wrong, he's happy as fuck his brother found his mate after all of the years he spent searching. Lillian is the perfect match for Jameson. She's sweet and loyal, but sassy enough to keep him on his toes. Jackson is impatient, he wants to find his fated mate now. Maybe he made a mistake moving here with his brother and cousins... -
Bearly Spicy by Loni Ree
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsClay Bearly When Bethany Sweet walks into my life, I lose my heart followed closely by my mind. To my inner bear’s horror, my mouth runs away without consulting my brain and I end up insulting my mate. It’s going to take a lot of begging for me to make this up to my curvy little mate but I’ll do whatever it takes to win her forgiveness and her heart... -
Experiment b4hR by Miranda Martin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’m a monster. The moment I see her, I know. This beauty is my treasure. Once I was a male to be admired and desired. That was before. Before the experiments, before the procedures. Now I’m a monster. A beast. I didn’t mean to kidnap Sophia. I saw her and I acted. Now I can’t let her go. I won’t. She must understand what I know. We are meant to be together. Sophia. As if life wasn’t hard enough...Categorized as:
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Bad Boy Alphas Collection by Alexis Davie
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThese SEXY Bad Boy Shifters Protect, Cherish, and Claim Their Mates! A pair of green eyes in the woods haunts Annabelle while she is on a camping trip with her possessive boyfriend. Who is behind the green eyes, and will he protect her when she needs it most? Annabelle is engaged to her high school sweetheart, even after years of being treated badly... -
Beauty's Bossy Bear by Loni Ree
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome to Fable Forest, a mystical community where a magical spell has destined its inhabitants to live out narratives straight from the pages of classic fairy tales. Amid this captivating realm of myth and magic, Kodi, a powerful bear shifter, runs Enchanted Security, Inc. , the premier agency tasked with safeguarding the forest and its unusual residents...Categorized as:
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Dark Captivation by Taylor Spratt
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI escaped my Monster Mates. Now i'm the Demon God’s captive. I've been taken by Malek, the Demon God. He pulls me into a new world of dark desire and passion. We strike a deal. If Malek fails to claim my heart, he must abandon his war plans. But if he should prevail, the world as we know it will cease to exist... -
Monster Girl Encyclopedia I by Kenkou Cross
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe ultimate guide to monster girls that took fandom by storm--for Mature fans only! Monster Girl Encyclopedia Volume 1 is the first in a series of highly detailed illustrated books that contains one hundred profiles of wickedly lascivious monster girls... -
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Dragon Daddies by Lilly Wilder
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Relic To Kill For And A Life To Protect As A Mate. One problem leads to another when I join the archaeological excavation of Ta Prohm. A unique relic I find ends up getting my team murdered. And now, I'm on the run for my life, at the same time trying to keep that relic out of the wrong hands. Help comes in the strangest shape possible. Two dragon shifters offer me their protection... -
Maiden of the Needle (Manga), Vol. 1 (Maiden of the Needle (manga) #1) by Zeroki, Yuni Yukimura
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYui is a teenage seamstress who was reincarnated into a noble family, the Nuir. With her impeccable needlework and rare ability to see fairies, Yui is nothing short of a prodigy... -
Midnight Rose by Emma Hamm
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOnly the strong serve. The Dread choose their priestess. I choose his death. They think I'm a delicate priestess, trained to serve the Moon Gods. Every priestess knows her duty. Serve. Remain Obedient. Learn the old ways. Prepare for the order to kill. When the largest of all the Dread chooses me to be his priestess, I am told my journey has only just begun... -
Wrangled by the Minotaur by Ivy Sparks
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen foreclosure threatens my grandmother's bee farm, I have two lose everything, or accept a deal with the devil himself. And the devil? He comes in the form of Raphael, the eight-foot-tall minotaur who's been buying up half the town. Everyone thinks I've gone crazy—sweet little Frankie Baker, the town's beekeeper, giving herself over to the monster everyone wants gone…... -
The Last First Dance by Viola Masters
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat girl doesn’t want to go to the ball? Maybe not on Monster Island…. Arabella is nearing the end of her work visa on Monster Island when she gets invited to the full moon ball by the mayor of the island. The band that she is given marks her as an invitee of the next full-moon ball and she notices the looks she gets from the locals when they see it. No one else is sporting an all-onyx band... -
Delivered by the Orc by Alana Khan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn earthquake shattered her world. An orc firefighter became her only lifeline. Mara. When a catastrophic earthquake hits, I'm trapped with Krull, a powerful orc who sets my body ablaze with a single touch. As the city crumbles, our passion rises from the ruins. Krull. Mara’s curvy body fits perfectly in my arms, like she was made for me. She's my fated mate, my soulbound...
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