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  • First Time Train Wreck by T.S. Joyce

    First Time Train Wreck by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    First Time Train Wreck is one of the top bucking bull shifters in the world. He’s in the middle of a busy off-season. With his free time, he’s secretly hunting down the exact reason bull shifters are disappearing. He has no idea what kind of enemy he’s really facing, but he’s okay with that. The bigger the evil, the harder he will make it fall...
  • Reaper's Wrath by Jamie Begley

    Reaper's Wrath by Jamie Begley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Have you ever wondered how soulmates fall in love after they meet? One touch was all it took to pierce through the hatred, the revenge, the payback that kept Reaper’s sanity in check...
  • Where One Goes by B.N. Toler

    Where One Goes by B.N. Toler

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    What happens when the very thing ruining your life ends up saving it? I was never one to believe in spirits—until six years ago, when a bone-chilling accident changed my life…forever. My name is Charlotte, but most people call me Char…and I have a special gift. I talk to the dead. Make no mistake, I can’t summon them...
  • Babysitter Bear by Zoe Chant

    Babysitter Bear by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He takes care of other people's kids ... but he craves a family of his own.Enter a single mom waitress with a broken heart and a whole lot of trouble behind her.Army vet Dan is still figuring out how to deal with being a three-legged bear, but it turns out kids don’t care how many limbs he has as long as he’s willing to be a climbing frame...
  • Chased by Anastasia Wilde

    Chased by Anastasia Wilde

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Gabriel Sanchez has never wanted women at Outlaw Ridge. An expert tracker and operative, all he cares about is the mission. Women mean mates, and then cubs, and suddenly dedicated, focused soldiers turn into soft sappy romantics and Little League coaches.Not him. No way.Then Madison Fontaine comes to work at Outlaw Ridge, and suddenly all bets are off...
  • Psychic Dreams by Elizabeth Hunter

    Psychic Dreams by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    She’s feeling the heat. Or it might be a hot flash. Sometimes it’s really hard to tell.It’s been four years since Monica lost the love of her life to a sudden and devastating heart attack. She’s held her family together and picked herself up with the love and help of her two best friends. Now Monica has a new business, a new wardrobe, and a new vision for the future.As in actual psychic visions...
  • Reckless Road by Christine Feehan

    Reckless Road by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Refuel your passion with a new installment of the Torpedo Ink series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan.While Gedeon "Player" Lazaroff is one of Torpedo Ink motorcycle club's roughest members, he's also one of the calmest. Little rattles Player, except for the times his gift gets the better of him. When that happens, he has to just lie down in the dark and hope for the best...
  • Jaguar's Joy by Zoe Chant

    Jaguar's Joy by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A small-town sheriff who’s bitten off more than she can chew… A Marine veteran who steps in to protect her… And a community that comes together to help its own. Sheriff Misty Dale wants nothing more than to keep her town safe and happy. A deer shifter isn’t the first thing people would expect for law enforcement, but she’s made it work—even if she’s ended up middle-aged and married to her job...
  • Survival Instinct by Janie Crouch

    Survival Instinct by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The voices in her head have decided to kill her. Most people joke about hearing voices in their heads. For Chloe Jeffries, they're real. And as the creative force behind one of the most popular shows on television, she has used the constant flood of voices in her mind to her advantage: fuel for entertainment. But now one of the voices has decided it wants Chloe all for itself...
  • A New Prospect by Julie Trettel

    A New Prospect by Julie Trettel

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Wolves mate for life. For better or worse. I’ve lived it all--the good, the bad, and the ugly. Still, I don’t back down on my commitments. Living with Annie isn’t always easy and some things need to change. I need to change. But the damage runs deep...
  • Bear Fur Hire by T.S. Joyce

    Bear Fur Hire by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    **The full-length second book in T. S. Joyce’s new Bears Fur Hire series.** Lena Rhodes is a professional runner. Life is a lot easier when she is throwing everything she has into being a nature photographer for an elite outdoor magazine. And now, she is on her biggest assignment yet: Alaskan brown bears...
  • Royal Pawn by K.N. Banet

    Royal Pawn by K.N. Banet

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    I’m Jacqueline, daughter of Hasan, ruling werecat of the Americas, the werecat liaison to humanity, and the lover of Heath Everson, Alpha werewolf. But I go by Jacky Leon and no one knows about the werewolf.Some time ago, I met a fae and his family while on the run. They helped me, and for his own reasons, the fae had given me a gift. I never went looking for him...
  • Collision Course by Julie Trettel

    Collision Course by Julie Trettel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There's little worse than your best friend finding out you're crushing on his baby sister.That was eight years ago. Baine lost everything, the girl, his clan, and his best friend. Smiles and jokes are his defense to cover the pain he still harbors. He hasn't been home since, but a mission to save his clan from a Raglan threat has him on a collision course to face his past...
  • Lion's Lynx by Zoe Chant

    Lion's Lynx by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A Marine veteran with a lion's heart. A wilderness guide with a lynx's soul. Despite what they think...it's never too late for love. Curvy Lynn Davidson has never had a real relationship. Working as a guide in the wilds of Glacier National Park doesn't bring on the men. And being a middle-aged, no-nonsense outdoorswoman in hiking boots and a utility vest is the nail in the dating coffin...
  • Tiger's Triumph by Zoe Chant

    Tiger's Triumph by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A woman who’s only ever wanted to be a mother… A man who’s just starting to remember what family means... And three children who need a home. As a waitress and middle-aged divorcee, owl shifter Pauline has given up on her dreams of being a mother. But secretly, in the quiet depths of her heart, she still yearns for a family...
  • Feral by Renee Rose

    Feral by Renee Rose

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Pack Rule #3: The alpha must mateThe stronger the alpha, the greater the danger.Moon madness could claim me any time now.I’ve looked all over the continent, gone to mating games, but I still haven’t found the she-wolf meant to be my mine. I’ve already become too feral in bed.I’m not safe—not for random females. Especially not the human variety.One just moved into the ranch next door...
  • The Midnight Dragon's Mate by Zoe Chant

    The Midnight Dragon's Mate by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    His worst nightmare could be a dream come true... Single dad Lachlan only looked away for a second. And now his six-year-old son is gone, lost in the wild woods. It’s every parent’s worst nightmare...but most parents aren’t dragons. Mad with fear for his son, Lachlan is fully prepared to rip the whole forest apart to find him..
  • Callum by Nyssa Kathryn

    Callum by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    One wedding, one fake relationship, and a threat no one saw coming.Attending a wedding is dead last on Fiona Lock’s list of priorities. She has two options: stay home and let the family gossip mill speculate on why she isn’t there; or attend the wedding and pretend she’s just fine. The decision is obvious. Not only does she choose option B…she may have mentioned a boyfriend she doesn’t have...
  • Charmed by His Love by Janet Chapman

    Charmed by His Love by Janet Chapman

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Janet Chapman takes you back to the magical town of Spellbound Falls, where Duncan MacKeage is about to uncover great love with hidden dangers…All Duncan MacKeage wants is to keep his crew building roads and bridges up the mountain to the fancy resort overlooking Spellbound Falls’ new inland sea...
  • Earth Bound by Christine Feehan

    Earth Bound by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Air Bound returns to the mysterious coastal town of Sea Haven where six sisters of the heart are bound by the elements, and one is stalked by an inescapable past… After escaping from a cult, Lexi found refuge with her sisters on the farm that more than sustained her body—it nurtured her soul as well...
  • Happily Never After by Lauren Landish

    Happily Never After by Lauren Landish

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    There’s a new Prince in town.And he thinks he’s my happily ever after.If only I believed in those. Lance Jacobs. Roseboro’s new Most Eligible Bachelor. He’s the stuff fairy tales are made of. Tall, handsome, strong. A dyed in the wool American hero . . .And if my scheming stepmother has anything to do with it, he’ll be married to my stepsister before he can tap out S-O-S...
  • Cloudy with a Chance of Witchcraft by Mandy M. Roth, Allyson Voller

    Cloudy with a Chance of Witchcraft by Mandy M. Roth, Allyson Voller

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A Paranormal Women's Fiction Romance Novel (PWF) When it rains, it pours... On the eve of my fortieth birthday, Fate has given me a second chance at the happiness I once knew in the odd Southern town of Grimm Cove. But only if I can come to terms with some rather eye-opening revelations. Supernaturals are a real thing. I'm a witch...
  • Bear My Soul by T.S. Joyce

    Bear My Soul by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Rory Dodson is done running. After one night of bliss with a man she never thought she’d see again, she’s in trouble with a young son who is housing one ferocious little bear cub inside of him. Desperate to keep her baby’s secret safe, she has nowhere to turn but to the man she was determined to keep in her past...
  • Bear the Burn by T.S. Joyce

    Bear the Burn by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Quinn Copeland is starting fresh in a new town where nobody knows about her past. Chronically shy, she is determined to find her courage at her new job at the town veterinary clinic. But when a stoic stranger catches her in a moment of emotional turmoil, she learns that even the toughest looking men can have warm hearts...
  • Howl for It by Shelly Laurenston

    Howl for It by Shelly Laurenston

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    "As usual, Laurenston's story is outrageously bawdy, her characters are unabashedly foul-mouthed and unrestrained, and her comedic timing is on point. The blend of screwball romance, mythological mayhem, and all-out action is as enjoyable as ever." -- Publishers Weekly Stieg Engstrom, Angriest Viking Ever, has got big problems...
  • Winter of the Wolf by Cherise Sinclair

    Winter of the Wolf by Cherise Sinclair

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys paranormal, sexy ménage, and alpha male heroes who have the right combination of dominant, bad ass and scary without ever being mean… ~ Accolades and Book BurningsAfter years in foster care, Breanne Gallagher has the stable life she’s always wanted, living with her foster-sister and working as a chef...
  • Howl for It by Shelly Laurenston

    Howl for It by Shelly Laurenston

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    "As usual, Laurenston's story is outrageously bawdy, her characters are unabashedly foul-mouthed and unrestrained, and her comedic timing is on point. The blend of screwball romance, mythological mayhem, and all-out action is as enjoyable as ever." -- Publishers Weekly Stieg Engstrom, Angriest Viking Ever, has got big problems...
  • Kihyun's Vow by Liam Kingsley

    Kihyun's Vow by Liam Kingsley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’ve been waiting for the right moment to claim my fated mate … Hogan went through hell in the military, but now that he’s in Timberwood Cove for good it’s time to see if something could grow between us. My wolf knows he’s my fated mate, and I’m ready to make my move. But when I suddenly end up with custody of my brother’s baby I worry that I’ve missed my chance again...
  • Black Bear Down by Harmony Raines

    Black Bear Down by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When his army helicopter crashes in the Himalayas, killing his comrades, Jordan Williams loses much more than his friends. He loses the use of his legs, and his bear. Two months later, he is transferred to Bear Bluff, where he grew up, but he isn’t interested in life. Not until Skyla walks into his hospital room. She’s his mate...
  • Single Dad Matchmate by Jade Alters

    Single Dad Matchmate by Jade Alters

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fate brings uber successful New York city girl Victoria into Lucas’ small town of Pine River in Arkansas where he's the Sheriff and a volunteer firefighter. Strong and independent, Victoria doesn’t need a man, she wants a man. One that can unlock the desires of her heart and her body.Hunky and heartbroken, Lucas knows his two kids need a mom but he’s reluctant to try his hand at love again...
  • Savage Mate by Delta James

    Savage Mate by Delta James

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Small Town Grumpy Shifter RomanceThe first time she saw him he was coming out of the river... Oh! what a view.Jackson Miller (Jax) left the SEALs to return to his small hometown, Mystic River, Alaska where all the residents are shifters. He’s a grumpy bear shifter and the sheriff.Autumn Bradley was hiking with her fiancé for a birthday weekend...
  • His True Mate by Julie Trettel

    His True Mate by Julie Trettel

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A man content with his life has no idea what he's missing.Clay lives a quiet and steady life. He's a simple man with few needs. Or at least that's what he told himself.One out of town business trip..One sweet and tenacious cowgirl with a zest for life.One night they'll never forget.Meeting Winnie not only disrupts his careful routine but changes his life forever...
  • The Vixen and the Vet by Katy Regnery

    The Vixen and the Vet by Katy Regnery

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    In this modern-retelling of Beauty and the Beast, Savannah Carmichael, betrayed by an unreliable source, returns to her hometown of Danvers, Virginia with her once-promising journalism career in ruins...
  • Dangerous Lover by Maggie Shayne

    Dangerous Lover by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    No sooner had Selene Brand cast her love spell than dark, handsome--and freshly stabbed--Cory Forrester fell at her feet. She felt as destined to save this stranger as she was to love him, even if it meant exposing her secret life as a witch. But the injured amnesiac didn't even know his own name, whether Selene was the cause of his injured state--or his salvation...
  • Sterling by Candace Ayers

    Sterling by Candace Ayers

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A Paranormal Werebear Bear Shifter Romance Series. This is a standalone of about 150 pages with a Happily Ever After ending and No cliffhanger. This book also contains several additional bonus stories to enjoy! Sterling Mallory likes fast—fast cars and faster women, anything to keep the ghosts at bay. Living life on the edge catches up to him when he carelessly makes an enemy of Kyle Barns...
  • Serendipity by Kristen Proby

    Serendipity by Kristen Proby

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author, Kristen Proby, comes Serendipity, the final installment in her gripping Bayou Magic series…My sight is a gift and also a curse. It cost me the love of my life. We may have been young, but some things you don’t get over. Like being the cause of the biggest tragedy of your boyfriend’s life. It’s something I’ll never forget, and a reflection of who I am...
  • Mountain Calling by Janice M. Whiteaker

    Mountain Calling by Janice M. Whiteaker

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She’s a city girl with a secret, on the hunt for a way to make her dreams come true.He’s a big, growly mountain man with plans, and secrets, of his own.Rhea’s a woman on a mission.She wants to make a difference in the world. Shine a light on the injustices that happen right under our noses using the lens of her camera...
  • Wild by Renee Rose, Vanessa Vale

    Wild by Renee Rose, Vanessa Vale

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Pack Rule #2: Always protect your mateI protected my country. Protected my platoon.Now all I wanted to protect was her.Too bad that wasn’t an option.I couldn’t fall for the beautiful slip of a female. The baby sister of my brother’s new mate.She was way too young. Way too human. Still in college. And too bright a force of nature.She had her whole life ahead of her...
  • Snow Leopard's Lady by Zoe Chant

    Snow Leopard's Lady by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A leopard Marine dedicated only to war - until he meets her. A single mom who only wants peace - until she meets him. But they're both convinced it's too late for love... Mavis Williams is destined to be alone. Years ago, her ex kicked their daughter Nina out for being a shifter, and Mavis' heart was broken. Now, she's finally been reunited with Nina, and moved to beautiful Glacier Park..
  • Fire Breathing Cezar by Candace Ayers

    Fire Breathing Cezar by Candace Ayers

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Small town librarian Cherry Deschamps is perfectly content with her safe, mundane existence even if others might consider evenings spent with a mug of hot cocoa, bowl of Ramen noodles and a Netflix marathon boring. When the panty-meltingly gorgeous “Mr. Hollywood” enters her life, showering her with gifts and attention, of course she’s skeptical...
  • Alpha's Vow by Renee Rose, Lee Savino

    Alpha's Vow by Renee Rose, Lee Savino

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The sweet human is pregnant with my pup. We had one night together and then she ghosted. Apparently, I'm not part of her "life plan."Whatever, baby. Plans change. She thinks I'm a player. That I won't stick around. She thinks I don't have what it takes to be a dad. That I won't drop everything and dedicate my life to our baby. To our family. To her. She's wrong...
  • Someone to Call My Own by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Someone to Call My Own by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Psychic Emory Jackson and former black ops specialist Jonathon Silver are men from two completely different worlds with one thing in common: heartbreak. Emory still mourns the loss of his husband five years prior, and Jon is reeling with grief from the recent death of his twin brother. Sparks fly when mutual friends introduce them, but it’s so much more than basic attraction...
  • Chasing Morgan: Book Four: The Hunted Series by Jennifer Ryan, Coleen Marlo

    Chasing Morgan: Book Four: The Hunted Series by Jennifer Ryan, Coleen Marlo

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Book four in The Hunted seriesFBI agent Tyler Reed trusts only facts and evidence, until the day a beautiful blonde delivers a life-saving warning based on nothing more than a vision.Five years later, the mysterious Morgan Standish has used her talents to help Tyler and the FBI bring down countless criminals. Still, Tyler knows next to nothing about her...
  • How to Walk like a Man by Eli Easton

    How to Walk like a Man by Eli Easton

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Deputy Roman Charsguard survived Afghanistan where he lost his best friend—his K-9 handler James. Roman was a military dog until two years ago when he developed the ability to shift into a human. It’s not easy to learn how to be a man. He found a place to live in Mad Creek, a haven for the secret world of dog shifters. Finding a reason to live has been harder...
  • Deception Cove by Jayne Castle, Jayne Ann Krentz

    Deception Cove by Jayne Castle, Jayne Ann Krentz

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The world of Harmony is home to secrets that have been kept for centuries, and treasure worth killing for... Alice North is on the run. The mysterious death of her husband is casting a shadow of doubt on her innocence and even with her ability to make herself disappear - literally - Alice is finding it hard to avoid detection...
  • The Gargoyle Gets His Girl by Kristen Painter

    The Gargoyle Gets His Girl by Kristen Painter

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Welcome 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. Willa Iscove, fae jeweler, has her first stalker...
  • Suddenly Psychic by Elizabeth Hunter

    Suddenly Psychic by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Every woman goes through changes in their forties. Just not… these changes.Robin Brannon was a normal wife, mom, and antique shop owner until a brush with death turned her day-to-day life upside down. Now she and her two best friends are seeing things that belong in a fantasy novel. Ghosts. Visions. Omens of doom. Nothing that belongs in the peaceful mountain town they call home...
  • The Twilight Before Christmas by Christine Feehan

    The Twilight Before Christmas by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Seven sisters...and a legacy of magical secrets. Bestselling novelist Kate Drake is one of seven sisters gifted with amazing powers of witchcraft. Returning home in time for her northern California town's annual Christmas pageant, Kate catches the spirit of the season and decides to open a bookstore in a charming but run-down historic mill. Decorated former U.S...
  • The Moose Shifter's Fake Wife by Candace Ayers

    The Moose Shifter's Fake Wife by Candace Ayers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s on the run from the law. He is the law.I’m Shay O’Brien.My life is a hot mess, but I have a plan:•Adopt an alias—check•Hideout in Bumfuque—check•Marry the hot-but-grumpy local sheriff—oh, crap.I didn’t know!I didn’t know he was the sheriff.He didn’t know I was a fugitive.My hot mess just got hella hotter.Welcome to Rattlesnake Canyon, a sleepy western town where nothing is as it seems...
  • Broken River by Ruby Shae

    Broken River by Ruby Shae

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    All curvy girl Elle Masters wants to do is open her own bakery. She’s been saving for years, but when her brother dies unexpectedly, the inheritance he leaves behind means her dream is closer than ever. Unfortunately, the money is only hers if she fulfills one—tiny—little stipulation...
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