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Probable Fear by Julie Trettel
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. -
Broken Alpha by Paulina Vasquez
Buckle up and get ready for a bumpy steamy ride in the ancient city of the Gods, ATHENS! College in Greece sounds like the perfect escape for Raven LaRue. A strong willed Alpha female trying to break free from the shadows of her five Alpha brothers and heart ache. When she least expects it, she stumbles across a vicious beast who wants her dead...Categorized as:
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A Good Chance by Tricia O'Malley
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWill she be swept away? If someone had told Avery that she’d be flying to a tiny island in the Caribbean to film a reality show masquerading as her identical twin sister, she would have thought they were crazy. And yet, she finds herself in a tin can of an airplane, about to land on Siren Island where a film crew waits to document her every move for a new reality love show – Swept Away... -
Heroes & Hitmen by C.J. Primer
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsIt’s a tale as old as time. Boy meets girl, their families broker a deal for them to be mated, and right before it can all go according to plan, girl meets someone else. Except in this instance, that someone else is a hitman who works for her father, and he becomes a complete stalker who refuses to take no for an answer. Sounds romantic, right? If only that were the case... -
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Ignited by Anastasia Wilde
Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTen years ago, they saved each other's lives. Then she disappeared. But fate has brought them back together. .. Boomer, explosives and weapons expert, is fine with his life as an Outlaw Ridge operative: illegal missions, daring rescues, and blowing stuff up. But when a woman from his distant past shows up asking for his help, it all threatens to come crashing down...Categorized as:
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Her Destiny by Fiona Davenport
Peppa Leander was rising star in the Chicago restaurant scene, but she was tired of kitchen politics. And working with too many humans. The offer to become the head chef for a new restaurant in Timber Ridge came at the perfect time. Cason Kemp assumed he’d remain mateless for the rest of his life... -
Pinch of Sass by C.D. Gorri
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCan this stoic Dire Wolf admit the sassy feline is his fated mate and stake his claim? Ariella Golden needs to persuade sexy Dire Wolf Beta, and the amazingly talented chef at Serious Moonlight, Brock Laurent, to use her Pride’s corporation, Eat Well Live Proud, for all the roadhouse’s needs in order to win the coveted quarterly prize at her company... -
Dinosaurs, Doubts & Albert Einswine by Sedona Ashe
I’m ready for the chaos of Texas to be a speck in my rearview mirror. So when the museum director throws me a bone by arranging for us to visit a fossil dig in Utah, I jump at the opportunity. I need a breather from all the craziness that has become my life since waking multiple dino shifters. A dig in Utah sounds like exactly what I need, the perfect getaway...Categorized as:
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Reverence by Shelly Crane
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 47 ratingsA short, THREE CHAPTERS from Caleb's point of view from each of the first three books in the series given as a Thank You to fans. It is not necessary to read to continue on with the series. It also includes the first two chapters and a sneak peak of the last book, Independence, which has already released. THIS IS NOT A BOOK. I fell in love with her a little bit right there on the lawn... -
Golden Prophecy by Paulina Vasquez
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsHe's not just an Alpha, he's THE Alpha. The one they fear. The one they whisper about. The one they call The Rogue King. Every King needs his Queen and Cassiopeia happens to be at the right place at the right time. They can't help who they are - He's the Rogue King and she's unlike anything he's ever met...Categorized as:
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Golden Wolf by Paulina Vasquez
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe Alpha King and God of War walks the earth. The golden wolf of the century is born again, but that won't be enough to save the werewolves from the great war to come. Ares must accept a century-old family prophecy as it starts to unravel and seek the blessings of the Gods to master his elemental gifts. What he finds is more than he expected and everything he's wanted...Categorized as:
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Kane by Callie Rhodes
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSomething strange is happening in the woods…. If there’s one thing Tabitha Dunn’s followers love, it’s a mystery. For years, she’s built a loyal fan base chasing down answers others have been too afraid to search for. But this time, as she enters the wilderness surrounding alpha territory, the only thing she discovers is trouble. The drums of war are beating…... -
Ink Ever After by Carrie Ann Ryan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of the Montgomery Ink and Talon Pack series comes an anthology filled with eleven bonus After-the-HEA novellas and short stories in most of her series. Their Wicked Future (A Redwood Pack and Talon Pack Novella). Quinn and Gina almost sacrificed everything to save their Pack and their mating... -
The Boss by Abigail Owen
Finn Conleth leads his team of enforcer dragon shifters with an iron fist and a cold heart. Every dragon seeks his destined mate, but the process to turn the woman he once thought was his killed her and devastated him. He will never risk his heart again. His team is his family now. When his body eventually gives out, he’ll leave, living his last days alone...Categorized as:
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Lindy & The Wulfen by R.E. Butler
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAfter a devastating blow to her already fragile self esteem, werewolf Lindy Vincent has decided to stop being the pack whore and change her life for the better. With the help of her two best friends, her alpha female, and a feisty she-wolf named Eula, Lindy starts down the road of self-improvement, happy for the first time in years...Categorized as:
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Bidding on Her Orc Boss by Evangeline Priest
Zana Estrada has been living her best introverted life. As a number cruncher for one of the elite orc families in Obsidian City, she works remotely from her cushy apartment two hours away and gets compensated well for it. So long as she continues to provide the data analysis to keep Clan Urkroz profitable, her manager keeps her as far away from social interactions as possible... -
Between the Bear's Sheets by Jenika Snow
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTalia Landon, a red fox shifter, knew she was in trouble when she saw Ford Wylde for the first time. The alpha bear shifter was the type of male she should stay away from. He had this darkness he wore like a second skin. It should’ve had Talia keeping her distance, but instead, she was drawn to him even more. But what was supposed to be a one-night stand turned into mating with a Wylde bear...Categorized as:
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Embracing the Wolf by Catherine Bybee
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWerewolves come in two different categories, good and evil. Although Richard Ritter's family has encouraged him to make the change for years, he never considered embracing his wolf until he meets Kate Davis. One night with her however, and his life changes forever. After a horrifying evening of violence, Kate Davis's life is turned upside down...Categorized as:
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Her Cold Brute by Rosa Mink
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsMora. I grew up in a wolf pack, although I’m a hundred percent human. My mom’s mate loved me, treated me as his entirely, as do my brothers, but I want nothing to do with shifters once I graduate beyond my family. I want as far from this place as possible, from the violent, obsessive beasts as I can get...Categorized as:
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A Dangerous Hunger by J.S. Scott
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDr. Talia Maris had lived her entire life as a freak—a too tall, too plain, too odd woman who sees and senses the presence of otherworldly entities. A total recluse, Talia spends all of her time on her research, living a contented, quiet life with only her loyal feline companion for company. Until that sedate existence comes crashing down around her when she starts being pursued by demon Evils...Categorized as:
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Roman by Callie Rhodes
Bartered into the hands of an alpha, there was never a chance of escape. No woman willingly travels to the Boundarylands. It's where they are—the Alphas. They keep to themselves in the wilderness, and beta civilization knows to keep its distance. Especially beta women…for fear they may not be a beta after all... -
Second Chance for the Lycan by Milana Jacks
Sometimes life gives you a second chance. But not before the Omega wolf worth having gives you hell. Freya. A rare female omega wolf. Guarded. Damaged. Broken. My twin’s widow. And a mother of my son. We have a complicated history, and she hates me. Yet, I’m back in town and knocking on her door asking her for a second chance. Turns out, I'm not the only one who wants her. *** No cheating...Categorized as:
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Destiny Unchained by Leia Shaw
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey call her The Huntress. A vampire with lethal focus, Natalia hunts rogue werewolves and kills them without mercy. She buried her heart centuries ago. Now she lives only for revenge. But when she’s forced to team up with the alpha of the northwest werewolf pack to catch a werewolf serial killer, her carefully controlled world is shattered by the passionate Cristian...Categorized as:
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Cry of the Pride by Lacey Thorn
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLost and alone…. After her mother’s death, Lyra grew up in the foster care system, struggling to hide who she is from the humans who found enough wrong with her. Never fitting in anywhere, she learned to adapt, hiding the damaged parts of herself as best she could... -
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Pixie The Lion Tamer by Georgette St. Clair
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsPixie Montana is a reformed (mostly) thief and a hustler. Dominick is the sexy lion shifter who’s been voted “most likely to bite Pixie’s head off – literally”. And the two of them are Shifters, Inc. ’s, only hope. A mysterious intruder has infected the staff of Shifters, Inc...Categorized as:
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The Riveauxs: Wolves of the Rising Sun Volume 1 by Kenzie Cox
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMeet the Riveauxs in the first volume of Wolves of the Rising Sun:. Jace. Aiden. Luc. Jace: In the wilds of the bayou…. Jace Riveaux has wanted her since the first moment she stepped into his bayou bar three years ago. And now she’s back, unattached, and ready for the taking. One afternoon together, and he knows she’s the one... -
The Alpha's Heart by R.E. Butler
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsAlpha wolf Acksel wakes up one morning in the bed of the one human who was kind to him in school. Now, ten years later, Brynn Mara is snuggled up at his side, smelling like passion and sweet dreams. Even though Acksel has declared that his pack members can mate with humans from now on, he knows that any woman he takes as his mate will have a target on her back. Especially if she’s a fragile human...Categorized as:
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York by Susan A. Bliler
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWhat must it take for a devoted Skin Walker Sentry to find his angel? York McDonnough is willing to sacrifice everything for a mate he doesn’t have. While his fellow Walkers fear the idea of being tied to one female for life, York longs for it. Dejected and heart sick, he accepts a retrieval mission that takes him far from home and brings him face to face with his long-awaited fate...Categorized as:
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Chance's Game by Eve Langlais
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn a world where magic is common, Breanna is among the rarest of her kind and highly sought after – by all the wrong men. With a roll of his dice, in steps the God of Chance, who sets her up on a quest to free the Realm from a powerful spell. There’s just one problem. Chance expects her to team up with a wizard – who is also a devilish rake... -
Ronan by Hope Ford
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s searching for freedom and he’s the one to give it to her. Bree. I never knew how much I needed my freedom until I moved to the Klamath Mountains. I was ready to get out on my own and let my bear run free. But when I have a run-in with the Eater Motorcycle Club it could have gone really bad if my cousin, who is part of the New Law MC, hadn’t shown up...Categorized as:
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The Alpha's Pet by Loki Renard
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen troublemaker Sacha Wallace is banished after plotting against her brother, the alpha of one of England’s oldest packs, she’s deposited in front of the mansion of the powerful Russian alpha Alexei Chernov. Though she is both aroused and intimidated by the dominant wolf’s stern demeanor and formidable presence, Sacha does her best to be as difficult as possible... -
Desire After Dark by Amanda Ashley
Vicki Cavendish knows she should be careful. After all, there's a killer loose in town—one who drains women of blood, women with red hair and green eyes just like her. She knows she should tell police about the dark, gorgeous man who comes into the diner every night, the one who makes her feel a longing she's never felt before...Categorized as:
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Melinda's Wolves by Becca Jameson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsMelinda Bartel has avoided men her entire life. As a medicine woman and a shifter, she has always been too sensitive to endure physical contact with random men. So it comes as a shock when not one but two enormous male shifters walk into her life intent on claiming her. Trace Masters, a local deputy, has known for a while he would undoubtedly share his mate with another man... -
Tempting the Tiger by Lacey Thorn
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLegend awakened…. Reno has known there was more to him since he awoke in the hospital, alive when he should have died. Only one thought consumed him. Find Tah. Watch over him. Protect him. Then everything changed. A tempted tiger…. A mission gone wrong brings him face to face with a woman who tempts his tiger from hiding...Categorized as:
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The Wolf Within by Sondrae Bennett
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsWill his love be enough to keep her safe? Julie doesn't know what to think when the man she's had a crush on her entire life--a man she thinks is meant to be her sister's mate--starts flirting with her after she returns home from college. The harder she tries to distance herself, the harder he works to win her over. He can't want to mate with her. .. a freak born a full human among shifters...Categorized as:
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Leto by Susan A. Bliler
Shy Brookes is in a world of hurt. Attempting to rescue the handsome man she discovered her fellow scientists were hoping to use as a live specimen, Shy finds herself locked up and tortured in a cell of her own. When a team of mercenaries tears through the facility and effectively rescues her, Shy assumes her problems are over...Categorized as:
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Worth Fighting For by Sondrae Bennett
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAs leader of a fox skulk, Cody is used to feeling protective of his people. But when his best friend, Misty, gets attacked, the panic he feels has nothing to do with duty. Suddenly, he’s noticing Misty as a woman instead of the girl he grew up with...Categorized as:
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Eli's Way by Lynn Hagen
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratings[Siren Everlasting Classic ManLove: Erotic Alternative Paranormal Romance, M/M, vampires, public exhibition, HEA]. Eli was whipped and bitten until he no longer resembled a human being. He wakes to a world of vampires he never knew existed and a society he isn't sure he's cut out to live in. He fights his new life, refusing to feed and refusing to admit he has feelings for one large vampire...Categorized as:
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Mating Call by Felicity Heaton
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe English winter weather has no chance of cooling Kim down when her dreams of Erik return, and this time they’re hotter than ever! Having spent the past two years waiting to be in heat again so she can mate with her black panther shape-shifter lover, Erik Blackwell, Kim is excited about the prospect that she’s ready at last. But there’s one thing that she isn’t ready for. . -
Solo Tu by Mandy M. Roth, Randy M. Roth
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSolo Tu By Mandy M. Roth A witch by birth, Francy Montgomery feels she's merely a fledgling in the eyes of the supernatural world. Only one man has ever believed in her abilities, a man who a few years ago ignited a magical fire within her that burns for his touch, despite his rejection...Categorized as:
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Moon Shine by Vivian Arend
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen the past hurts, it bites. Takhini Wolves, Book 4. Meet Evan Stone. Laid-back, in-control Alpha of the Takhini Wolves. Life’s not perfect, but he’s got a good handle on his world. At least, he did—until the night he ends up in jail, soaking wet and wondering what the hell just happened. The “what” is Amy Ryba, a vengeful female who’s decided it’s long past time to make Evan pay for his sins... -
To Save His Mate by Serena Pettus
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsLacy Anders is getting burned out in her job with the state police, but when a cold case is reopened, she finds herself tapped for the undercover assignment. Never imagining that she would ever be back in the modeling world, she now finds herself posing as bait in order to catch a serial killer before they strike again... -
Kye's Heart by Marisa Chenery
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsKye's idea of fun doesn't include toting Roxie's three-month-old daughter to the zoo, but like the good little Protector he is, Kye travels to the land of exotic furballs with pup in tow. .. and then smacks himself for not heading to the zoo ages ago. There, dressed in drab brown and looking more gorgeous than any woman he's ever seen, Kye knows he's finally found his mate...Categorized as:
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Pack Hunter by Crissy Smith
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe best hunter for the wolf shifters has met his match when he’s introduced to the small town human who captures his attention and heart. Clint Price is enjoying his temporary assignment with the Alpha Council. The best part of every day is his morning visit to the local coffee shop. He soon finds himself enchanted by the human business owner... -
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Bear with Me by Miranda Stowe
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsBeing only one-fourth shape shifter, jaguar-human Rhea Griffin hopes to skip her mating heat altogether. But no such luck. It's coming, and it's coming soon. Good news is that advancements in technology have made it so she doesn't have to turn into a total ho-bag and want sex from every male within a fifty-mile radius...Categorized as:
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Therian Promise by Cyndi Friberg
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsKyle is the youngest feline-shifter ever to sit on the Prime council and he’s determined to prove himself worthy of the honor. A latent female with unbelievable potential has been identified by the wolves, so Kyle sets out to find her before his enemies make her one of them... -
Tessa's Wolf by Becca Jameson
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsFate determines who a wolf-shifter’s mate is. Tessa just hopes she has enough time before she meets him to have her own life. She’s seen how it goes for her friends—each of them submitting to their mates and becoming subsumed in their new lives without ever looking back. That won’t be her. Aaron Garrett is the new vet in town. New job. New home. New life... -
Bewitchingly Hers by Jennifer Chipman
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA spicy wolf x shifter, only one bed, paranormal romance from bestselling author, Jennifer Chipman. Who knew the wolf I saved would be my fated mate. When I found an injured wolf outside the Witches’ Brew, I couldn’t leave him to suffer alone. Taking him home, I nursed him back to health...Categorized as:
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Just Like Animals by Hettie Ivers
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFor ten long years, I stayed away to protect her. I thought I’d successfully subverted my wolf’s instincts where Bethany was concerned. But when I saw her on that dance floor, my inner beast took over. I told myself it would be just one dance. One dance and I’d let her go. I didn’t mean to bite her. Or f*ck her in the middle of a crowded dance club. Or kidnap her… again.Categorized as:
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Territory by Susan A. Bliler
Kya Hubbard never pictured herself caught up in a world of shape-shifters and enemy packs. After all, she was just a small town girl trying to work her way through college. However, when she's attacked walking home after a long night working at the diner, the assault leaves her transformed and an unwilling member to a pack of voracious shape-shifters...
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