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  • Resurgence of the Pack by Heather G. Harris

    Resurgence of the Pack by Heather G. Harris

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Queen of Werewolves Never Bows—She Hunts. Being Queen of the British Werewolves means I’m not one to back down, especially when my friend Emory is facing trial on spurious charges. I stormed in, certain that my impassioned speech would help save the king of the dragon shifters – but darker forces prevailed.The Domini, a sinister secret society, is pulling strings from the darkness...
  • Dark Wolf by Christine Feehan, Phil Gigante

    Dark Wolf by Christine Feehan, Phil Gigante

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    In Dark Lycan, Christine Feehan journeyed into the heart of the Carpathians, and into the souls of two lifemates stirred by the flush of passion and the threat of annihilation. In Dark Wolf, the breathtaking story continues as the bonds of family are imperiled, and the fate of two lovers lies hidden in the seductive shadows between life and death...
  • Boarlander Bash Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Boarlander Bash Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Sebastian “Bash” Kane is ready for a mate. He’s been fighting for his lumberjack crew of bear shifters to lift the ban on women in the trailer park, and his alpha has just given him the go ahead to find the woman of his dreams. But when he meets a shy newspaper editor in a diner, it becomes clear that finding a mate might not be so easy...
  • Dragon Guard Scholar by Alicia Montgomery

    Dragon Guard Scholar by Alicia Montgomery

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A hot, nerdy dragon content to be aloneDragon shifter Gideon wasn’t looking for love. He preferred silence, solitude, and the company of his books. So, when he runs into his mate, his first instinct is to keep her at arm’s length...
  • Dead Serious Case #3: Mr Bruce Reyes by Vawn Cassidy

    Dead Serious Case #3: Mr Bruce Reyes by Vawn Cassidy

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tristan Everett was finally getting used to the strangeness that was his life. Being able to see the dead and helping them solve their unfinished business and cross into the light wasn’t so bad after all, especially when he was accompanied by his best friend, dead drag queen Dusty Le Frey...
  • Dark Sentinel by Christine Feehan

    Dark Sentinel by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In an explosive novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan, a human woman ignites the desire of her Carpathian lifemate--and of an ancient vampire with a score to settle.After the devastating loss of her entire family, Lorraine Peters heads to the woods searching for peace of mind and anything to quell the anger in her soul...
  • Bad Blood Leopard by Anastasia Wilde

    Bad Blood Leopard by Anastasia Wilde

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sloan McCall is a dead shifter walking. A former Shifter Special Forces operative, he’s been in hiding since his last mission imploded, causing the death of his former love, Kayisha, and leaving his snow leopard irreparably broken. Now his past is hunting him down: the military, the Shifter Intelligence Agency, and Kayisha’s vengeful ghost—who’s trying her damnedest to kill him...
  • Dead Serious Case #4 Professor Prometheus Plume by Vawn Cassidy

    Dead Serious Case #4 Professor Prometheus Plume by Vawn Cassidy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Inspector Danny Hayes has something very important to ask his boyfriend Tristan Everett. Over the past six months they’ve survived reapers, chaos monsters, and biblical storms, not to mention averting an apocalypse. So, what’s left to do but pop the big question?Tristan is ready for a break from world-saving, spectral crises, and most definitely from ghosts...
  • Cliff's Descent by Dianne Duvall

    Cliff's Descent by Dianne Duvall

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Every mortal who works at network headquarters knows that vampires reside below them. They were the first to surrender to the powerful Immortal Guardians who hunt them. And they did so, hoping they can be saved, that the doctors and scientists the Immortal Guardians employ can halt the progressive brain damage that robs all vampires of their sanity...
  • Deception by D.B. Reynolds

    Deception by D.B. Reynolds

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Kauai, Hawaii—tropical paradise, vibrant jungle, turquoise sea... and sensuous nights that hide vampires so powerful they can change the world.Raphael—powerful, extraordinary, arrogant. He’s been eliminating rivals and gathering allies, determined not just to survive, but to demolish the Europeans who think they can steal what he’s worked for centuries to create...
  • Her Dragon Lover by Roxie Ray

    Her Dragon Lover by Roxie Ray

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 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...
  • The Faerie War by Rachel Morgan

    The Faerie War by Rachel Morgan

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.The fate of the fae world is in her hands ...Violet Fairdale is in big trouble. Her home is gone, her beloved forest lies in ruins, the guy she gave her heart to has deserted her—and she doesn’t remember any of it. The powerful Lord Draven is taking over, brainwashing guardians into fighting for him...
  • The Enchanter's Heart by Michele Notaro

    The Enchanter's Heart by Michele Notaro

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The long-lost magic brings doom… We’ve been living in the shadow of the enchanter prophecy since my magic was released, and it seems that the darkness is finally closing in. There’s chaos everywhere; Brinnswick has become a war zone. The human and magical communities are doing everything in their power to save us, but it isn’t enough...
  • Malicious Midpoint by Alice Winters

    Malicious Midpoint by Alice Winters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Nothing can go wrong with being in love with a demon and having a dragon familiar whose idea of a fun time is watching me plummet to the ground, right? Now that things have settled down, I’m hoping to finally get some peace and quiet to spend with Havoc...
  • Dark Storm by Christine Feehan

    Dark Storm by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Return to the seductive world of Christine Feehan's New York Times bestselling Carpathian novels as roiling passions collide in a perfect storm of dangerous desire that only a precious few can hope to outrun . . . Awakening after all this time in a world of absolute darkness and oppressive heat, Dax wonders in how many ways the world above must have changed...
  • The Adversary: A Novella of the Elder Races by Thea Harrison

    The Adversary: A Novella of the Elder Races by Thea Harrison

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    From NYT bestselling author Thea Harrison comes the explosive conclusion to The Unseen!When Dragos and Pia move to the Other land of Rhyacia, they hope starting a new life will bring safety and freedom to their family, especially their young baby, Niall. And at first their new home seems perfect… but looks are deceiving...
  • Dark Blood by Christine Feehan

    Dark Blood by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    At long last you are truly back with us…Zev Hunter was an elite warrior, a dark-blood dealer of death to rogue Lycans who preyed on mankind. He was a loner, never given to personal attachments, and damned fierce at his job...
  • The Awakening by K.E. Ganshert, Katie Ganshert

    The Awakening by K.E. Ganshert, Katie Ganshert

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    "I can't go home. It's not safe. Nowhere is." Tess Eckhart isn’t crazy. She’s not suffering from psychosis. She and Luka Williams are part of The Gifting. Before they can find out what that means, the man with all the answers turns up dead. The only thing he left behind? A few patient files that lead to the nation’s most lawless city...
  • Fire Maidens: London by Anna Lowe

    Fire Maidens: London by Anna Lowe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A lionhearted hero + scheming shifter factions = unforgettable PNR! “Rebel with a cause” Gemma Archer flees Boston one step ahead of a creepy stalker. Now she’s in London, trying to build a new normal — and absolutely, positively not getting involved with any men. That is, until an irresistible stranger prowls into her life. Liam is a sweet, sexy modern-day knight who sparks her sizzling desires...
  • How To Train A Witch by Donna McDonald

    How To Train A Witch by Donna McDonald

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s the Jezibaba, not the Jezibooboo. Sleeping with Professor Hottie is out of the question… or is it? After three hundred years of keeping the magical peace in the world, Jezibaba is a hundred years past being ready to hang up her witch’s hat. The Council of Witches still can’t be trusted but she will happily step aside to leave their treachery to her successors to punish...
  • Bonded by Nicky Charles

    Bonded by Nicky Charles

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Reno’s a tough Enforcer for Lycan Link who finds himself drawn to Brandi but duty rules his life. Brandi, just on the edge of starting her career as a Disaster Control officer, falls for Reno at first sight, but are they really meant to be? Is it love or lust and does it really even matter? Enforcers and DCs don't get along...unless fate forces them to. Bonded precedes The Mating...
  • Vincent by D.B. Reynolds

    Vincent by D.B. Reynolds

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Sinaloa, Mexico . . . haunting deserts, hot nights, and vampires, who’ve been there for hundreds of years, watching from the shadows, playing their games, manipulating humans, and surviving at any cost. Vincent Kuxim, powerful and charismatic, was made vampire by an ambitious leader looking for soldiers to pave his way to the rule of all Mexico...
  • Guardian of Darkness by Katie Reus, Jeffrey Kafer

    Guardian of Darkness by Katie Reus, Jeffrey Kafer

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He saw her die in a vision… Before five years ago, Gabriel had never met Vega, but he knows how she's going to die. He knows he'll be involved... unless he can make sure they never meet, never cross paths, so that his vision will never come true. So he left his pack behind, joined the Stavros pack and was determined to never let that future play out. To never meet her at all...
  • Cursed Wolf by Brogan Thomas

    Cursed Wolf by Brogan Thomas

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Loathed by those who should love her, can one fierce woman discover the secrets of her unique blood in time to be her own rescuer? Forrest Hesketh desperately clings to humanity. Trapped in an infuriatingly inept wolf form since she was nine years old, the traumatised girl’s hope of regaining her ability to shift is slowly fading...
  • Oh, My Dragon by Lani Lynn Vale

    Oh, My Dragon by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The reclusive Ian barely participates in life, only doing so when his powers demand that he use them or pay the consequences. It seems that there’s not a single person on this planet who doesn’t want something from him, but the pain and suffering of others is nearly unbearable at times, leaving him no choice but to act...
  • Whisper Kiss by Deborah Cooke

    Whisper Kiss by Deborah Cooke

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    One man’s mission ignites one woman’s fire… Niall Talbot has volunteered to hunt down and destroy all the remaining shadow dragons – who were weakened by the destruction of the Dragon’s Blood Elixir – before they can wreak more havoc. Among them is his dead twin brother, making Niall’s mission not only dangerous but personal...
  • Lead Dragon by Terry Bolryder

    Lead Dragon by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Lead, captain of an elite team of powerful dragons, is about to embark on the most difficult mission he's ever undertaken: trying not to fall in love with the cute, curvy woman he saved and is now tasked with protecting. But how is he supposed to do that when everything inside the honor-obsessed dragon roars "mate" whenever he sees her?Brittany is just a regular human...
  • Trial by Magic by Linsey Hall

    Trial by Magic by Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    My secret is out.You know that saying, to hell in a hand basket? That’s where my life is headed. Three days ago, the Vampire Court learned about my forbidden FireSoul magic. It’s basically a death sentence. Except they’ve made me a deal. I have to pass a series of trials, designed to test my magic and my loyalty. If I survive, I become an ally of the Court, which would be awesome...
  • Stolen Magic by Linsey Hall

    Stolen Magic by Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Being a FireSoul has its perks. Cass Clereaux can find any type of magical treasure or steal any magical power.  She’ll pick hunting treasure any day because she doesn’t have to kill for it, but that doesn’t mean she hasn’t stolen powers before.  She needs them to stay alive...
  • House of Imperial by Jaymin Eve

    House of Imperial by Jaymin Eve

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Callie has spent her life moving towns every four months in a bid to “stay off the grid." Her only family is a paranoid mother who believes there’s a race of supernatural beings out there actively searching for Callie. A race who could destroy Earth if they get their hands on her...
  • Dark Hope by Christine Feehan

    Dark Hope by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Silke Vriese Reinders knows a war is coming. The demon slayer has seen it over and over again in the cards—and the battle won’t just be for the survival of her remote village, but for all mankind. Silke knows the only way to win will be with the help of the Carpathians...
  • Bloodrunner Dragon by T.S. Joyce

    Bloodrunner Dragon by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    **Brand new standalone series from T. S. Joyce. Don’t miss the thrilling first book in Harper’s Mountains.** Harper Keller is a shifter on borrowed time. After failing to find her treasure, her inner dragon is desperate to find anything to connect with. When a plea for help comes through from an old flame, she puts her life on hold to track him down...
  • Fury of Desire by Coreene Callahan

    Fury of Desire by Coreene Callahan

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Dragonfury series, book 4.No warrior of the Nightfury pack is more complicated or damaged than Wick. Scarred from a childhood of slavery and torture, Wick cannot bear the touch of another person. But all bets are off when he meets J.J. Solares. When she is unjustly imprisoned, Wick agrees to help rescue and keep her from harm...
  • Pack Justice by R.J. Blain

    Pack Justice by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sean’s guardian angel is a feline, but his spirit cheetah prefers rival attorney, Andrea Morgan, over him. Trapped in a failing, dangerous marriage and stalked by an accomplice of one of the most dangerous criminals he’s ever prosecuted, Sean’s troubles are just beginning. A vacation should have offered him a chance to save his relationship with his wife, Idette...
  • Warrior Unraveled by Tina Folsom

    Warrior Unraveled by Tina Folsom

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Scanguards witch Wesley Montgomery is determined to form an alliance between his group and the elusive Stealth Guardians. But Virginia Robson--ex-enforcer, newly minted member of the Stealth Guardian Council, and a woman who gets Wesley's heart pumping in his chest--isn't making it easy for him...
  • Tamed by Aidy Award

    Tamed by Aidy Award

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    *A Curvy Girl and Dragon Shifter Romance*He has a darkness in his soul that he doesn't know if he can contain. She's smart as hell, or maybe she's actually from Hell.Neo can't lead the Black Dragon Brotherhood in their fight against evil if he can't get back to their headquarters in Rogue with news of the newest threat from Hell - shadow warriors...
  • The Rose Gate: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast by Hanna Sandvig

    The Rose Gate: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast by Hanna Sandvig

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Once upon a time, a girl from our world found a gate to the Faerie realm... All Isobel wants is a quiet place to read, but apparently that's too much to ask. She only needs to make it through one last summer with her broken family before she can leave for university and get on with her life. At least she has her books and the solitude of the woods. But there are wolves in these woods...
  • Gray by Angelina J. Steffort

    Gray by Angelina J. Steffort

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Coming May, 15!„Good or bad is not who you are, it’s who you choose to be.“In the final showdown of The Wings Trilogy, Claire has to choose between temptation and destiny, and has to learn that there is more to her family history than she could have ever imagined..
  • Charred Tears by Lizzy Ford

    Charred Tears by Lizzy Ford

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Skylar struggles to save both the shifters and the slayers, but falls prey to the mastermind behind the disappearances of both. With a price on her head and her allies dwindling, she will survive only if she trusts Chace once more. She loves her dragon but fears the man inside will betray her again...
  • Burning Bright by Chris Cannon

    Burning Bright by Chris Cannon

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bryn is back for her senior year at the Institute for Excellence, also known as shape-shifting dragon school. She isn’t sure which is scarier, the life-force sucking dragons stalking campus or the fact that she’s officially betrothed to Jaxon, a guy who will never love her. Not that she could ever love him, either… That’s just ridiculous. Senior year should be fun...
  • Wolf Instinct by Paige Tyler

    Wolf Instinct by Paige Tyler

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He's a wolf shifter.She hunts monsters.How can she be The One for him?SWAT werewolf Zane Kendrick will do whatever it takes to take down the man who attacked his pack. His search takes him to Los Angeles, but when he meets Alyssa, the smart, sexy agent who comes to his aid, he's immediately interested in pursuing more than just the next lead. All his wolf instincts tell him that she's The One...
  • Broken Angel by Cynthia Eden

    Broken Angel by Cynthia Eden

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    What happens when an angel falls? Find out in Book 3 of Cynthia Eden’s “Bad Things” series, BROKEN ANGEL. Angel Lila is being hunted—she can feel the hunter closing in behind her. Every move she makes, he’s stalking after her...
  • King's Throne by Bianca D'Arc

    King's Throne by Bianca D'Arc

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A woman living in secret, hiding her true nature...Gina is a medical doctor living in the city. What nobody knows is that she’s also tiger-shifter royalty, living in exile. Keeping her secret has kept her safe, but all that is about to change.An injured soldier who heals in a way that makes him more than he ever was before...Mitch is injured. Out of the action...
  • Darkfire Kiss by Deborah Cooke

    Darkfire Kiss by Deborah Cooke

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    For one woman, he will risk more than his life...Rafferty Powell has exchanged challenge coins with his arch-nemesis Magnus Montmorency, and their next battle will be their last. But Rafferty never expected to meet a woman whose desire for Magnus’ downfall matches his own—and whose presence sparks Rafferty’s long-awaited firestorm...
  • Slayers: Friends and Traitors by C.J. Hill

    Slayers: Friends and Traitors by C.J. Hill

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In C. J. Hill's action-packed sequel to Slayers, the group of teens known as Slayers have been betrayed—but they won’t give up without a fight.Tori’s got a problem. She thought she’d have one more summer to train as a dragon Slayer, but time has run out. When Tori hears the horrifying sound of dragon eggs hatching, she knows the Slayers are in trouble...
  • Winter Kiss by Deborah Cooke

    Winter Kiss by Deborah Cooke

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    One kiss can melt his frozen heart…The mysterious Dragon’s Blood Elixir gives immortality to Magnus, the Pyr’s greatest enemy, and his minions. The Pyr must destroy this source of power, and outcast Delaney vows to complete the quest himself. Delaney was exiled because of his dangerous impulses, and success in eliminating the Elixir will either redeem him or end his suffering...
  • Hell to Heaven by Kylie Chan

    Hell to Heaven by Kylie Chan

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Dragons and martial arts, science and magic ... great action when our world meets the gods and demons of Chinese myth and legend ...the gods and demons of ancient china are alive and kicking in this popular, bestselling series ..
  • Heaven to Wudang by Kylie Chan

    Heaven to Wudang by Kylie Chan

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The demons that could control stones and elementals have been defeated, but the most powerful of Simon Wong's associates still remains to create almost undetectable copies of humans and Shen. This demon allies with Kitty Kwok to prepare a torturous trap for Emma and Simone from which they may never return...
  • Dark Nebula by W.J. May

    Dark Nebula by W.J. May

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Nothing is as it seems anymore. Leery from the horrifying incident at the end of her first year at Guilder Boarding School, Rae Kerrigan is determined to learn more about her new tattoo. Her expectations are high, an easy senior year and a happy reunion with Devon, the boy she’s not supposed to date. All hopes of happiness turn into shattered dreams the moment she steps back on campus...
  • Hidden Trump by Mark Henwick

    Hidden Trump by Mark Henwick

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    “I knew I was going to be betrayed this week.”Amber Farrell, Denver PI, is coming to terms with being part of the paranormal community, but she’s about to find that includes very dangerous responsibilities for her. Nothing is quite what it seems, least of all, Amber herself, and to survive, she must form alliances with powerful groups whose interests are in conflict...
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