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Tiger Summer by Zoe Chant, Helen Kestrel
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe doesn’t know they’re mates. He’s desperate to keep it that way. Laughter, s’mores, and the occasional surprise weasel (don’t ask) – that’s summer at shifter cub camp, and head counselor Leonie MacCormick wouldn’t have it any other way. She loves her job. She loves her campers. She even loves the pranks and mayhem... -
G.A. Aiken Dragon Bundle: The Dragon Who Loved Me, What a Dragon Should Know, Last Dragon Standing & How to Drive a Dragon Crazy by G.A. Aiken
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsOnly for those I love would I traipse into the merciless Northlands to risk life, limb, and my exquisite beauty. But do they appreciate it? Do they say, "Gwenvael the Handsome, you are the best among us--the most loved of all dragons? " No! For centuries my family has refused to acknowledge my magnificence as well as my innate humility... -
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Unraveled by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA mission to a foreign land has left Captain Trip Yert with a responsibility he never anticipated: watching over two dozen magical stasis chambers containing half-dragon young, including eight that are half-human. As bewildering as he finds it, all of them are related to him... -
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... -
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Defender Raptor by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsNot my circus, not my monkeys. The problem is, it is his circus. Literally. Merlin grew up in a traveling circus where all the performing animals are shifters. Not to mention that it's a front for an international crime ring. (It's a long story. ) And that's just the beginning of his secrets. .Categorized as:
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Pegasus Summer by Zoe Chant, Helen Kestrel
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsShe's the only human counselor at a summer camp for shifters. .. Paige isn’t looking forward to spending her summer trying to wrangle kids who can turn into animals. But no matter her own feelings, family comes first. This job is the only way she can afford to send her little brother Archie back to camp this year - and now, more than ever, he has to get better control of his bear... -
De Waterspuwer Krijgt Zijn Meisje: Nocturne Falls by Kristen Painter
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWelkom in Nocturne Falls, de stad die 365 dagen per jaar Halloween viert. De toeristen denken dat het allemaal show de vampiers, de weerwolven, de heksen, de incidentele waterspuwer die door de lucht vliegt. Maar de bovennatuurlijke wezens die de stad bevolken weten wel beter. Leven in Nocturne Falls betekent jezelf zijn. Hoektanden, vacht en al... -
Dragon's Golden Mate by Meg Ripley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI thought my days of love had passed—until his dragon reignited my heart. I buried my heart along with my fated mate years ago—. Or so I thought. Kendrick Alexander shows up at my grandson’s birthday party,. A handsome dragon shifter with a builder’s hands and a guarded heart. He’s everything I swore I’d never risk again—. But there’s no denying my inner wolf’s need for him... -
Bear's Midlife Christmas by Meg Ripley
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsChristmas is supposed to be the season of miracles. But seeing my ‘90s high school boyfriend change into a bear isn’t the miracle I’d hoped for. I’ve spent my life trying to create the perfect family. Now look at me, divorced at 44 with an empty nest,. Spending my first Christmas alone. I just inherited my aunt’s winery up in Carlton,. So at least I’ll have that to keep me busy...Categorized as:
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The Gargoyle Beguiles The Beauty: A Light Funny Paranormal Romance by Kristen Painter
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWelcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year. The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the town know better. Living in Nocturne Falls means being yourself. Fangs, fur, and all. Sydney Marlowe is making big changes to her life... -
Bear and Square by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFamous Hollywood actress, Paige Kirby, is sick of the limelight. Can’t a woman eat a donut without the tabloids snapping her picture? No matter how hard she tries, Paige can’t outrun the paparazzi. They always find her. After a narrow escape, Paige meets Gerri Wilder, who recommends Bear Paw Protection. A vacation with a well-paid bodyguard might be just the ticket to happiness... -
Salvation by Elle Lincoln
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhelp, I didn’t see that coming. No pun intended—well, maybe a little pun with special sauce. Somehow I’ve landed in a weird space where I’m not quite dead but not quite alive either, standing on the edge of something incredible—if only I take the chance and dive into the unknown. My mates taught me to jump on in without hesitation. I hope the water is warm... -
Orc-wardly Yours by Harmony Raines
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe kingdom has fallen, and orc, Kengar, is on the run with the kingdom’s last hope cradled in his arms – a newborn baby. After escaping the siege, he finds refuge in an abandoned shack, only to find that he’s somehow stepped into a mysterious tavern in a strange town. He has no idea where he is, but at least he is no longer being hunted. But now he has other problems... -
Somebunny to Love by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe’s having a bad hare day. .. Rabbit shifter Emmy didn’t mean to get caught in a quick-release trap. Luckily, the hiker who rescued her is purely hop stuff—and Emmy is sure he’s her fated mate, too. But he’s clearly a through-hiker, probably not even stopping in her home town, so even if he’s hare today, Emmy is afraid he’ll be gone tomorrow! He finds her ear-resistible. . -
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Bear's Midlife Psychic (Shifter Nation: Fated Over Forty) by Meg Ripley
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIt took 49 years, but I finally have the quiet life I’ve always dreamed of. Except for the departed souls who’ve decided I’m their new BFF. After three strikes, I’m out of the marriage game for good,. Fully ready to embrace my inner crazy cat lady. I’d kept my psychic medium abilities in the shadows,. Until my friend pushed me into the spotlight at Afterlife After Dark... -
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
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... -
Koalafied for Love by Zoe Chant, Murphy Lawless
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsKoala shifter Oliver Campbell has spent most of his life working hard at embracing calm, because koalas are anything his koala would fight an armchair, given the chance. .. or a gorilla, for that matter... -
Pegasi and Cherry Pie by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSolving this ghost mystery should be easy as… well, pie. Right? Pegasus shifter Ethan Roan eats, breathes, and sleeps his work, preparing for the day he’ll take over his father’s corporate law firm. The daily grind leaves him with no time for fun, let alone love… and he’s fine with that. Or so he tells himself, anyway... -
Fire Breathing Remy by Candace Ayers
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIt’s the night before Lennox Ledoux’s wedding. The most exciting day of her life, right? Why is she envisioning the steel bars of a cage slamming shut? When a huge, red creature crashes to the ground a few feet away, she’s the only witness. When it transforms into a hot, naked guy, she’s still the only witness. Remy swears he and Lennox belong together. And, boy, does she want to believe him... -
Brent by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAlpha Geek 4: Brent. Wolf shifter Marie Lavine left her life in the military behind and is settling into her new role as bodyguard nicely. Though her past left her with PTSD, she’s excited to move forward and see what awaits at her new job. What she didn’t expect was to sniff out the scent of her mate. A cute nerdy human that made her wolf instantly hot... -
Fire Breathing Ovide by Candace Ayers
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsOvide lost his mate years ago. Now, he’s just biding time until his own demise which, thankfully, will come soon. The eclipse leading him to a slow descent into sweet oblivion is just around the corner. Margo has never found a man who was worth the risk of heartbreak. No problem, because her caustic demeanor and sharp tongue scare away even the most persistent suitors... -
Bear's Midlife Bridesmaid by Meg Ripley
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI didn’t catch the bouquet, but at forty, I caught something better—. My fated mate. When my childhood best friend asked me to be her bridesmaid,. I didn’t realize that meant spending a week on a yacht. With her obnoxious, conceited new friends. Sounds like a trip from hell for a 40-year-old shifter witch—. Until my inner bobcat zeroes in on her mate on board...Categorized as:
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Outfoxing Fate by Zoe Chant, Murphy Lawless
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsFate is for second chances. .. Fifty years ago, fox shifter Sam Todd defied his family’s wealth and connections in favor of love. .. but disaster struck, and Sam was never able to tell his beloved Lola that they were fated mates, meant to be together forever. As a young woman who had lost everything, Lola left her home town of Virtue, vowing never to return to a place full of heartache and memory... -
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Thorn by Kim Fox
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe last book in the bestselling Clawed Squad series! The Clawed Squad’s alpha, Thorn Conway, is the last of the squad left to get married. Only problem is, his mate died a decade ago. The hurt is still real, the pain is still raw... -
Desperate Covenant by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsZoe Lake-Winters knows about paranormal entities. She’s fought so many she’s lost count. When zombies rise and come for her daughter, though, Zoe realizes that she’s about to encounter a terrifying new world that she can’t control or understand. Word has gotten out that Zoe and her husband Aric’s twelve-year-old daughter is about to come into her own... -
Lumberjack Bears Boxed Set: Books 1 - 5 by Emilia Hartley
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is one boxed set you do NOT want to miss! The Lumberjack Bears Box Set has all the rough, rugged and irresistibly sexy alpha males that you've been waiting for. By the time you reach the end you'll be begging for more! Book 1 - To Love a Bear. So long as the guys call him Boomer, Theodore Parker is content with his life... -
She-Shifters of Hell's Corner Complete Series: Shifter Romance Collection by Candace Ayers
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA town full of women? A haven…an oasis? .. .or maybe a second chance. Long ago on a homestead in New Mexico, a female shifter named Helen Cartwright was widowed under mysterious circumstances. Helen knew there was power in the bonds of sisterhood and she provided an oasis for those like herself, female shifters who had been dealt the short end of the stick... -
Not Her Dragon by Annie Nicholas
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSingle 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... -
Nanny for the Polar Daddy by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA shifter in need of a nanny. A nanny looking for a job. And the family neither expected. This is the romance they were both afraid to find but needed. -
Firefighter Midlife Wolf by Meg Ripley
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA midlife career switch just ignited a new chapter—With a single dad wolf as hot as the flames he fights. After my divorce, working in the same ER as my arrogant ex was off the table, so I decided to try visiting nursing instead...Categorized as:
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Bound in Ashes by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCOMPLETELY STANDALONE. Check out the conclusion of the Drachen Mates Series in this sexy novel. Tiana Jonas’s life is unexciting. Nothing happens. Except her technical support calls with Ker Drachen. He’s got the sexiest voice if her wet panties are any sign. Boring goes out the window when her house is burglarized and an undiscovered body bleeds out on her kitchen floor... -
More Than Mated by Celia Kyle
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsEven the growliest of men need love. .. All FIVE bestselling Grayslake: More Than Mated novels in one volume! Follow these alpha males—and their luscious mates—from Grayslake and beyond. Where the Abrams brothers, friends, and occasionally enemies fight for their lives, their future, and their mates... -
Fire Breathing Armand by Candace Ayers
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhen Armand meets Angel, he knows she's not his mate. She can't be—she's pregnant with another male's child. Yet, no female has ever claimed his heart as she has. Angel of Death is cursed. Everyone around her dies. The trick, she's learned, is to never get close to anyone... -
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Tactical Bear by Candace Ayers
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsParker is fighting extinction—. Of her own shifter species! She’d already be mated. If not for those bullying polar bears. They've scared away all decent prospects. Maxim has met the one. But, she’s an activist with silly notions. And she wants nothing to do with him. As a Tactical Bear, he’ll need all his strategic skills. Not for military advancements,... -
The Sea Dragon's Lion (Fire & Rescue Shifters: Friends and Family) by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTo find her mate, she must brave a perilous, magical realm. .. Dry land. Sea dragon Jane Doe has never given up hope of finding her mate. Now, there’s only one place left to search. An enigmatic, intimidating place filled with baffling wonders like flowers and ice cream. Only the bravest sea dragons have ever dared to venture into the human world... -
Bear's Midlife Surrogate (Shifter Nation: Fated Over Forty) by Meg Ripley
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAt 41, I never imagined I’d be signing a baby contract. Or that the father would be my one true mate. My ex gambled away my kids’ college funds. Along with my dreams of starting a business. After putting everyone else first for the last 23 years,. Nothing will stop me from making my dream a reality. So when a bear posts he’s looking for a surrogate,... -
Wolf's Midlife Secret Child by Meg Ripley
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhen I ran out on Max sixteen years ago, I never expected to be captured by my wolf pack. Or pregnant with Max’s daughter. When Max and I got into an argument all those years ago. Over deciding the best way to raise our little boy,. I needed to blow off steam and take a walk. Little did I know my father would have me captured,. Demoted to the lowest member of our pack,...Categorized as:
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Rejected Midlife Wolf by Meg Ripley
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI thought Gage and I were destined to be together forever. Until he rejected me and abandoned our pack. I found my fated mate over twenty years ago,. But got impatient waiting for him to admit his feelings. In my infinite teen wisdom,. I cast a love spell to give him a nudge. But my plan failed miserably when I botched it,. And Gage rejected me in front of our whole pack instead... -
Wolf's Midlife Runaway Bride by Meg Ripley
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAs if being a 40-year-old runaway bride wasn’t bad enough,I had to shift at the altar and become a runaway wolf. My human fiancé may not be my fated mate,But we share a child, so I thought I could make it work. I never understood how a wealthy real estate mogulCould be interested in a meager seamstress like me anyway,But he was persistent on making me his bride...Categorized as:
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Wolf's Midlife Nanny by Meg Ripley
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’m starting over at 43 and found the perfect nannying job. Too bad my hot new boss is my fated mate. When my mate of twenty years started growing distant,. My best friend offered to give him advice. Little did I know she’d end up pregnant with his baby. I left Portland and my daycare job behind,. Ready to start anew in my friend’s pack down in Eugene. The Glenwood pack gave me a warm welcome—...Categorized as:
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Bears of Burden Complete Series: Shifter Romance Collection by Candace Ayers
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSix bestselling novellas in the Bears of Burden series! Six Buddies. Six bears. Six Mates. In the southwestern town of Burden, Texas, good ol’ bears Hawthorne, Wyatt, Hutch, Sterling, and Sam, and Matt are livin’ easy. Beer flows freely, and pretty women are abundant. The last thing the shifters of Burden are thinking about is finding a mate or settling down. But, fate has its own plan…... -
Mating Instinct by Celia Kyle
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 10 ratings**This is a boxed set of ALL Ridgeville books. If you own these titles individually, DO NOT purchase this book. **. The shifter men and curvy, growly ladies of Ridgeville have all huddled together in one massive volume. From Maya and Alex and all the way to Grayson and Honor, they're having fun, kicking butt, and getting mated in this collection... -
Broken Lynx by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHome is where you take it…. Wildlands firefighter and wanderer Jamie couldn’t wait to escape the tiny, nosy town of Green Valley and she has no intention of staying, now that she’s back. She doesn’t want roots, and she doesn’t make plans. .. until she meets a gorgeous guy waiting tables at the local diner and suddenly settling down doesn’t feel like settling. Home is where you make it…... -
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Federal Paranormal Unit, Volume 1 by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis Bundle Contains Books 1-3 of the FPU Series. Contains: Wolf Protector, Dangerous Protector and Unwanted Protector. Wolf Protector. A woman with a secret…. The Federal Paranormal Unit is an elite squad of supernaturals dedicated to solving missing persons cases... -
Loving Quinn by Alicia Montgomery
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsHappy-go-lucky wolf shifter and hacker Quinn never saw the point of committing to just one person for the rest of his life. After all, with his devilish good looks and charisma, he could have any woman he wants. Any woman, except the sassy almost-witch Selena, who seems resistant to his charms... -
Neptune by Hanleigh Bradley, Mia Harlan
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI’ve spent my life running from the three men I’m destined for. But now fate has finally caught up to me. Being the great Neptune’s daughter isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. My dad signed away my future on the day I was born, forcing me into an arranged marriage that I’d do anything to avoid. I don’t want a political alliance, I want love. So the moment I turned eighteen, I skipped town... -
Dirty Fight by P. Jameson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRodney "Hot Rod" Turner has spent his whole life trying to do right by the people around him, but it's come at a cost. Dreams have crashed and burned. His existence is stagnant, and the future is as dim as the morning is after whiskey. But he's content drinking his nights away to numb out the consequences of his choices. Until he's tossed into the thrilling world of the Vixens of Cedar Valley... -
The Werewolf Hunter and the Apprentice by Shari L. Tapscott, Jake Andrews
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTo have and to hold, until werewolves do us part…. At twenty-four years old, Catriona Mason is the youngest trainer in GHOST’s thirty-year history. She’s never met a monster she couldn’t kill, nor a challenge she couldn’t overcome…until the guild president’s wayward son walked into her training room eighteen months ago... -
A Dash of Destiny by Michelle M. Pillow
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsMagic, Mischief and Kilts! A modern-day Scottish paranormal romance by NYT Bestselling Author Michelle M. Pillow. Rory MacGregor has watched his cousins fall in love, one right after the other. When will it be his turn? Or does destiny have other plans for this immortal Scottish Warlock? From the Highlands of Scotland to the valleys of Wisconsin. .
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