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  • Tropical Leopard's Longing by Zoe Chant

    Tropical Leopard's Longing by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Her marriage of convenience isn't as convenient as she hoped...Snow leopard shifter and heiress Darla Grant thought that marrying her best friend would be the solution to all of her problems: it would shelter her from a persistent and unwelcome suitor, unlock her inheritance to save the bankrupt shifter retirement home where she volunteers, and free her from her controlling society mother...
  • Home is Where the Heart Is by Lisa Oliver

    Home is Where the Heart Is by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Home is Where the Heart Is... The final book in the Cloverleah Pack series.All Cloverleah Pack Enforcer Wesley (Wes) wanted the night he went out, was to have a few drinks, maybe find some company, and try and forget his worries and insecurities for few hours...
  • Edison by Taylor Rylan

    Edison by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s the created warlock, but can he also be mate to a powerful tiger? Edison isn’t your typical warlock. No, he is the warlock. Created by the goddess, he spent centuries doing what she asked, helping humans and paranormals alike. It isn’t until his third century that he would be given his greatest mission—that of mate and helping others to realize their full potential...
  • His Alpha: Curving Straight Lines by Rachelle Mills

    His Alpha: Curving Straight Lines by Rachelle Mills

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    If the moon made me this way, then why does it feel like a curse? He is the Alpha, and I am his Beta. It's time for me to bend straight - there are some lines I must not cross. But every time I see him, the lines curve, gnawing into my soul. This is our destiny, yet nobody can know that the Moon has both blessed and cursed us with this forbidden love. A hidden, dark fire. It was our secret...
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    lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  sad  shapeshifters  adult  angst  book
  • A Holiday to Sustain Us by Michele Notaro

    A Holiday to Sustain Us by Michele Notaro

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One kiss under the mistletoe and now I’m hooked. I can’t get him out of my head… and I think I might like it.Convincing my pride to have a holiday celebration was supposed to be a fun way to bring everyone together. But my plan went awry when my younger pride mate convinced everyone I needed a kiss. I hadn’t expected Ash to volunteer...
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    family  lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  book  fiction
  • A Dragon's Sacred Mate: The Guardian Dragons Complete Series Bundle by Aiden Bates, Jill Haven

    A Dragon's Sacred Mate: The Guardian Dragons Complete Series Bundle by Aiden Bates, Jill Haven

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I don't have time for mysterious strangers. Even the really hot ones. I met him in a bar the night before I left to move across the country - and I never expected to see him again. But then he followed me... It would be creepy if he was just a stalker - but he’s not. He’s a protector, shielding me from a group of nutjobs who believe in dragons. He saved my life - but now it’s my turn...
  • Omega's Flight by Ann-Katrin Byrde

    Omega's Flight by Ann-Katrin Byrde

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Legend says that Midwinter Wolf listens to the deepest wishes of a shifter's heart, and brings him what he most needs in the moment. Raleigh's living the best life he can with his pups and his mate, until the simmering violence in his mating erupts and he and his pups run for the sanctuary of Mercy Hills...
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    family  lgbtq  mlm  omegaverse  paranormal  shapeshifters  abuse  adult
  • His Dangerous Omega by Raiven Matthews

    His Dangerous Omega by Raiven Matthews

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jamie SinclairMeeting my fated mate in the middle of a top-secret assignment hadn’t been ideal. Nine years ago, he’d disappeared without a trace, and everyone assumed he was dead. Except me. I foolishly believed we would see each other again. I just didn’t expect him to turn up with a trail of dead bodies in his wake, or a child who could be my double...
  • Faith: Wolves of Walker County by Kiki Burrelli

    Faith: Wolves of Walker County by Kiki Burrelli

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Wyatt Walker won't fall victim to the same spell that ensnared his twin brother and cousin. Whatever force compelled both men to become whipped by their mates, Wyatt wants nothing to do with. He has his hands full with his bar, and their ever-growing wolf pack. Besides, someone needed to stay available to the single population of Walker County...
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    family  lgbtq  mlm  omegaverse  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  book
  • Resurrection of the Fallen by Jessamyn Kingley

    Resurrection of the Fallen by Jessamyn Kingley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Reverent Knight Drystan Kempe has no use for the rumors that have swirled around him for the past two centuries. There is no way he could be the former emperor of the dragons. All they share is a common name. After all, Emperor Drystan had a love that has become legendary since his death and the fallen knight Drystan is very much alone...
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    dragons  family  lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  book
  • The Summoner's Path by Jessamyn Kingley

    The Summoner's Path by Jessamyn Kingley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Grand Summoner Dre’Kariston D’Vaire understands firsthand the brutal reality of war. Barely surviving a gruesome battle, he is one of the few remaining warlocks. After recovering from his wounds, he returns to the castle of his birth only to find his entire race annihilated. For centuries he disguises his power and appearance, refusing to be another victim...
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    dragons  family  lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  book
  • Irresistible Indigo by Jessamyn Kingley

    Irresistible Indigo by Jessamyn Kingley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Since arriving at the Draconis Court of D’Vaire at the age of sixteen, Idris has done everything he can think of to make his new family proud of him. After five years of challenging work, he is finally poised to reach the highest rank within the Spectra Wizardry. The only glaring thing missing is his mate...
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    dragons  family  lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  book
  • Precious by Athena Steller

    Precious by Athena Steller

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Drake had no idea when he took a human’s blood in order to perform a duty for his family that the human was his mate. One taste and Drake’s world is rocked. Now not only does he need to convince the human that Drake is his forever, but Drake also has to teach Lawson how to fit in with his paranormal family.It had started so innocently. A visit to a club so Lawson can play as a pup...
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    dragons  lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  book  demons
  • Vampire's Soul by Joey W. Hill

    Vampire's Soul by Joey W. Hill

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Loss left them only rage...Until they found each other…Cai doesn’t want to be with anyone. He doesn’t want a damn servant, he doesn’t want to be associated with damn vampires. Rand just wants to forget his human side, stay in his wolf form and find a satisfying and hopefully violent, bloody way to bring it all to an end...
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    lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  book  fiction  steamy
  • Ryland's Inferno by Giovanna Reaves

    Ryland's Inferno by Giovanna Reaves

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He ran because of fear, but was found because of love. . . The moment Blayze McKnight joins the Pryde Pack he knows it is only a matter of time before everyone finds out that he is not what he claims to be. Being the last of his kind, Blayze was never taught the way of the dragon. Because the man he wants he can never claim as his...
  • Fractured Fang: Beta by Jena Wade, Lorelei M. Hart

    Fractured Fang: Beta by Jena Wade, Lorelei M. Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Grow your own pack, they said. It will be easy, they said. It was not.Alpha and pack Beta, Perry never planned to become part of a fledgling pack, but when the bond between he and his packmates formed, it felt right. Fractured fang is where he belongs and he had the hard work to prove it. Or so he thinks. When the youngest members of his pack become ill, he sets off on a mission to find the cure...
  • Frenemies from Forests by Ashe Moon

    Frenemies from Forests by Ashe Moon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Perfect, powerful, and obsessed with tradition, omega Thran is the strongest warrior in a clan of reclusive forest dragons. There isn’t a challenge he can’t overcome—except for dealing with the fire dragon outsider Baleon, who’s been a pain in his ass since the day their worlds collided...
  • Throwing a Hissy Fit by J.D. Light

    Throwing a Hissy Fit by J.D. Light

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    You point out the scars on a man's face one time, completely by accident, and he suddenly thinks you're a jerk... and proceeds to snark you into wanting to murder him. Rattle snake shifter and alpha of his pit, Cline is actually a pretty laid-back person. There has ever only been one man who makes him want hiss and spit, and that man is one of his son's closest friends, Frazier...
  • Traitor's Moon by Alexander Elliott

    Traitor's Moon by Alexander Elliott

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Equality doesn’t come easily, and Ben Blair’s Gladstone pack is about to pay the price. Opposed to inclusion, Lyle Wilburn is determined to eradicate gay shifters and will stop at nothing to get what he wants...
  • Markov by J.P. Sayle, Lisa Oliver

    Markov by J.P. Sayle, Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Markov finds himself in a life and death situation, can the man who rejected him be his true saviour? Markov Thalassa is stubborn, however even he has his limits when it comes to being rejected. When his brothers need help he contacts the one man he believes can, Cassius his old Shadow Commander...
  • The Wounded Wolf's Omegas by Lorelei M. Hart

    The Wounded Wolf's Omegas by Lorelei M. Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    HoltWhen my brother challenged me for the position of wolf pack alpha, I wanted to submit and let him have it. Pack politics weren’t for me. But, once a challenge is given, a challenge must be fought. I didn’t make the rules, I just got stuck following them. I did everything I could to avoid hurting my brother—he did not afford me the same...
  • The Friend-Zoned Fox's Omegas by Lorelei M. Hart

    The Friend-Zoned Fox's Omegas by Lorelei M. Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    KevinMy fox knows exactly what he wants. My fox is frantic with need for a family. But that doesn’t come easy for any latent animal, especially not a fox. We mated in triads and I couldn’t even find one fox, much less two during mating season in my skulk. No one wanted an alpha without a beast...
  • His Verum Omega by L.C. Davis

    His Verum Omega by L.C. Davis

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A new generation of wolves find love in Mountain Ridge Jaspar is a young alpha who finds himself torn between worlds. Born as the verum Alpha of a land now occupied by the ruthless Alliance of Wolves, Jaspar and his father were forced to flee their own pack when Jaspar was barely old enough to remember all the Alliance took from him: His mother. His throne...
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    lgbtq  mlm  omegaverse  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  book  fiction
  • Jules's Sanctuary by Taylor Rylan

    Jules's Sanctuary by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jules knows that as an alpha he must fight against those that set out to hurt others. But he’s tired and it’s been well over a year since he’s seen his family. He doesn’t even know if they were able to escape from their old den’s alpha and flee to safety. He can only hope that the fates were on their side. Orin has only ever wanted two things. A mate and cubs of his own...
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    family  lgbtq  mlm  omegaverse  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  book
  • Doggone Daddy by Liam Kingsley

    Doggone Daddy by Liam Kingsley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Alpha wanted... must love dogs… Trevor's self-image issues from childhood bullies have followed him into adulthood. As a result, he has never experienced a relationship, or love. But he sure wants to, especially with the wolf alpha next door. One tiny problem: Jason can’t stand dogs and Trevor owns a doggie day care...
  • Claimed By The Soldier by Liam Kingsley

    Claimed By The Soldier by Liam Kingsley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There was never any question that I would be there for him. I've known him since we were kids. We were best friends, sharing everything - until I made a mistake and got a girl pregnant. Pretty soon I was a single dad while I was still a kid myself. Our friendship suffered. He joined the military. And I thought I'd never get another chance to let him know what he really means to me...
  • Sterling's Treasure by Taylor Rylan

    Sterling's Treasure by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sterling grew up knowing exactly who he was. He is from an ancient line and as such, he knew what was expected of him and how that would impact his future and that of his fated mate. But there were those that wanted what he had, and they’d stop at nothing to get it...
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    family  lgbtq  mlm  omegaverse  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  book
  • Sanctuary by Ann-Katrin Byrde

    Sanctuary by Ann-Katrin Byrde

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Omegas for alphas and betas for betas…” Ori and Patton have been best friends since they were pups. But growing up changes everything—Ori must settle on an alpha to mate, while Patton takes on the beta's work of maintaining the walled enclave their pack lives within...
  • Diablo by J.M. Wolf

    Diablo by J.M. Wolf

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Trace Black hasn’t forgotten the tragic death of his parents and birth pack. His only focus since then was looking after his twin brother, Casey. Now that Casey has found his fated mate and started a family of his own, Trace has given everyone the cold shoulders, preferring the comfort of solitude...
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    lgbtq  mlm  omegaverse  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  age-gap  book
  • Found by Claire Cullen

    Found by Claire Cullen

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Cade and Hunter’s son Brody becomes sick with a mysterious shifter illness, Ollie is ready to do whatever he can to see the alpha toddler well again. His nephew’s illness coincides with the arrival of Toby, an old friend of Max’s...
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    lgbtq  mlm  omegaverse  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  book  fiction
  • Peace Maker by Mary Rundle

    Peace Maker by Mary Rundle

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    SummaryThe Blackwood Pack saga continues....This is part of an on-going series by Amazon best-selling author, Mary Rundle, and catching up on previous titles is advised. Listeners of the past books will enjoy meeting old friends once more as the pack does what it does best - caring for one another and helping shifters everywhere...
  • Raphael's Power by Mary Rundle

    Raphael's Power by Mary Rundle

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dr. Ian Wallace, a rare Scottish Wolf, has dedicated his life to saving and healing wolf shifters by joining Frontline Doctors. Determined never to take a mate, he avoids relationships and is content to live a nomadic life, taking assignments to wild and remote places. That is, until an old friend asks him for a favor which Ian’s wolf will not let him refuse...
    Categorized as:
    family  lgbtq  mlm  omegaverse  paranormal  sad  shapeshifters  adult
  • Alpha's Dom by Susi Hawke

    Alpha's Dom by Susi Hawke

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ages ago, the gods locked away a dangerous, powerful people… but the seal has been broken Lion alpha Tau Jabari is on sabbatical from his medical career in Kenya when he stumbles over a pregnant omega in the jungles of Belize about to give birth. Assisting him is an efficient omega who smells like... mate. Red Panda shifter Jun Chen is a sassy little omega... but an omega Dom...
  • The Viper's Heart by Lisa Oliver

    The Viper's Heart by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Book One of the Balance Series. Can be read as a standalone. Botis, demon lord and ruler of sixty legions is having a rough day. Lucifer set him on a quest to find the potion given to Gilgamesh thousands of years before, which should be easy enough. But being told a visit to the Angel Raziel was a necessary part of the mission wasn't so easy to understand...
  • His Runaway Mate by Brea Alepoú

    His Runaway Mate by Brea Alepoú

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    True mates are found in the most unlikely of places.Logan ran and never looked back. He's been made a fool once, and he never plans to let it happen again. But now the same someone who made Logan a fool waltzes back into his life, he’s not so sure being a fool is a bad thing, especially if that someone is your fated mate...
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    family  lgbtq  mlm  omegaverse  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  book
  • Fractured Fang: Alpha by Jena Wade, Lorelei M. Hart

    Fractured Fang: Alpha by Jena Wade, Lorelei M. Hart

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Start your own pack, they said. It will be easy, they said. It was not.Alpha Wilder’s life has never been sunshine and roses, but he refused to let that keep him down. When he and his two closest friends couldn’t find a pack to call their own, they decided to forge one of their own...
  • How to Hide Your Stolen Baby by Anna Wineheart

    How to Hide Your Stolen Baby by Anna Wineheart

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
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  • Grayson's Enlightenment by Taylor Rylan

    Grayson's Enlightenment by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Since Grayson was a young cub in Alaska, he’s always wanted to be a park ranger. But when a rogue Alpha attacks their small den unexpectedly, Grayson’s alpha father manages to get some of his family as well as two other families out of their village unnoticed. They flee for their lives, and head in the direction of Honey Creek in hopes of finding a welcoming den...
  • Hope by Kiki Burrelli

    Hope by Kiki Burrelli

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nash Walker is a simple wolf. His days are spent at the firehouse and he never has trouble finding someone to fill his nights. He isn’t ashamed to admit he has an amazing body and though his cousins tease him for his hero complex, he does save lives. He’s a popular guy on the isolated island he calls home and certainly doesn’t need to be around anyone who isn’t thrilled to be in his presence...
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    family  lgbtq  mlm  omegaverse  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  book
  • His Royal Mate by Brea Alepoú

    His Royal Mate by Brea Alepoú

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    True mates are found in the most unlikely of places.Kash is RoyaltyKash doesn’t want to believe Dezi is his fated mate. But that’s okay. Dezi is patient and if the fates are going to grant him a beautiful man he’s more than willing to work for it.Dezi is majesticKash had no plans on being mated, especially not to a lion shifter who feels too good to be true...
  • Omega Accepted by Susi Hawke

    Omega Accepted by Susi Hawke

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “Sweetheart, you are the perfect omega for me. I accept you for are, who you used to be, and the person that you will become." Maxx has been waiting for a mate of his own. He's watched every alpha in his pack from his older brother to his best friends, all couple up one by one with omegas to call their own...
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    family  lgbtq  mlm  omegaverse  paranormal  shapeshifters  abuse  adult
  • Alpha Dragon's Eagle by Hawke Oakley

    Alpha Dragon's Eagle by Hawke Oakley

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Will buried secrets ruin season two of the Dragonfate Games —or will the truth set fated mates free? After a whirlwind of controversy ten years ago, Matteo was done in the spotlight—or so he thought. He dropped his stage name, iconic costume, and celebrity status to live out a humble life as a golden eagle omega. But a second chance at the Dragonfate Games makes him yearn for his fated mate..
  • Reinhold: Paranormal Council Enforcers Book Three by Taylor Rylan

    Reinhold: Paranormal Council Enforcers Book Three by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Can Reinhold and Chase overcome Chase’s tragic past? Or will the dragon alpha be too much for the battered omega wolf? Reinhold and his dragon felt the pull to join the enforcers when the Paranormal Council was formed on Treasure Ridge. After his brother found his fated mate in the created vampire, Reinhold’s longing for his own perfect match only grew...
  • Keeper by Claire Cullen

    Keeper by Claire Cullen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Every pack needs a Keeper, an omega to smooth their rough edges. And Josh definitely isn’t it. Forced to babysit some spoiled and disgraced omega actor, Cole is not a happy alpha. He’s determined to send Josh packing, whatever it takes. But first impressions aren’t everything. All Josh has to do is keep his head down and survive his month of ‘volunteering...
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    family  lgbtq  mlm  omegaverse  paranormal  shapeshifters  abuse  adult
  • Trolling Seeley by J.D. Light

    Trolling Seeley by J.D. Light

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Seeley Walt I've been obsessing with the troll that owns the little trinket shop across the street from my brother in-law's café. I watch him whenever I can from the window at Bentley's and try to find anything I can on him on social media, especially pictures of his big, sexy, capable hands...
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    lgbtq  mlm  omegaverse  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  book  fiction
  • Knot The Enemy by Liam Kingsley

    Knot The Enemy by Liam Kingsley

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Devan Puckett is a rising star in the culinary scene. A well known chef with his own cooking show, he lives and breathes meats and vegetables, grains and fruits... and his years-long rivalry with Ori Wilson. Ori Wilson is a confident omega. Sassy and irreverent, he's not about to let any alpha show him up... especially not Devan Puckett...
  • Fated Love by Claire Cullen

    Fated Love by Claire Cullen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Orion has always felt different to his brothers. He doesn't have Thane's strength or Cal's easy-going nature. A lonely bear with an abrasive temperament, he's too busy protecting his territory to go searching for true love. So when his mate literally falls from the sky in front of him, his first instinct is to push him away. He doesn't have time for this...
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    lgbtq  mlm  omegaverse  paranormal  shapeshifters  abuse  adult  book
  • Baby from Frost by Ashe Moon

    Baby from Frost by Ashe Moon

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fleeing from his dangerous dragon family, half-human omega Raka finds himself unable to control his desires for Delos, the winsome ice dragon alpha he hired to escort him across the frozen sea. But falling in love was never part of the escape plan...
  • Scorched by J.D. Light

    Scorched by J.D. Light

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Aidyn Blackburn is a human, fighting in a dragon's world. He's had one mission since his mother died ten years before... Find the dragon responsible for killing her and make him pay. He's spent the last decade learning to fight dragons and bouncing around from dragon cune to dragon cune, searching for any information he can find...
  • The Carpenter's Dilemma by Noah Harris

    The Carpenter's Dilemma by Noah Harris

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Family secrets can be buried but never erased. Eventually, the unspoken shadows of the past will threaten even the strongest promise of love. Dean Matthews should be enjoying the steady and fulfilling life he’s built for himself. He’s triumphed over the land, making a real go of a new life working and rebuilding his late grandfather’s farm...
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    family  lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  audiobook  book
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