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  • Dark Symphony / Oceans of Fire / Shadow Game by Christine Feehan

    Dark Symphony / Oceans of Fire / Shadow Game by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Christine Feehan Box Set (includes: Drake Sisters, #3; Dark Saga, #10; GhostWalkers, #1)Combined in one edition are three of the author's bestselling novels, "Dark Symphony: A Carpathian Novel; Oceans of Fire: A Drake Sisters Novel; " and "Shadow Game: A Ghostwalkers Novel...
  • The Blackstone She-Bear by Alicia Montgomery

    The Blackstone She-Bear by Alicia Montgomery

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Blackstone Mountain series continues with The Blackstone She-Bear Amelia Walker's heart and bear have been broken once. So, when her ex, polar bear shifter Mason Grimes, breezes back into town, she does her best to stay away from him. But neither can resist the pull of the mating call...
  • 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...
  • Sins of the Father by Denise Grover Swank

    Sins of the Father by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    As the fallout from J.R. Simmons’ death begins to settle, some of the victims are still dealing with the results of that deadly night. Rose mourns the changes in her life and struggles to move on. Neely Kate is devastated when Joe leaves Henryetta two weeks after his father’s death and refuses to speak to her...
  • Red Havoc Bad Cat by T.S. Joyce

    Red Havoc Bad Cat by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Barret Turgard is in a desperate battle to keep his broken panther steady. All he needs to coast through life, and stick with his routine—work, eat, sleep, and protect his crew. Anything extra could send his inner animal into a tailspin he can’t escape. And when a female flight shifter trespasses in Red Havoc territory, she threatens to do just that...
  • The Blackstone She-Wolf by Alicia Montgomery

    The Blackstone She-Wolf by Alicia Montgomery

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Coming May 30, 2018! The Blackstone Mountain series continues with The Blackstone She-Wolf! Kate Caldwell's just not into relationships, but she finally meets her match when a mysterious hunky Greek wolf comes to town...
  • Benny by Terry Bolryder

    Benny by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Big body. Big heart. Desperate to finally claim her.Benny, owner of Club Crimson, is not what he appears to be. Outwardly, he's a handsome, friendly giant of a man who treats everyone like family. Inwardly he's fighting a battle, and if he ever slips, it could mean certain death for those around him...
  • Holly Jolly Lycan Christmas by Alicia Montgomery

    Holly Jolly Lycan Christmas by Alicia Montgomery

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Dante Muccino’s wolf is restless. After watching all his friends and family pair up with their True Mates, the animal inside him wants what they have. Children. Family. And a woman to call his own. When he runs into rival Holly Taylor, his wolf is intrigued, but the frosty chef won’t give him the time of day...
  • 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...
  • Silver by Terry Bolryder

    Silver by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A dragon as a coworker? Complicated. Adrien the silver dragon has everything most humans could want. But as a dragon awakened in the modern world he misses his old life, his powers (which have been temporarily restrained) and the way he used to lord his status over others...
  • Enforcer by L. Ann Marie

    Enforcer by L. Ann Marie

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sheila grew up in the MC. Adopted by a biker family she was always just another Brother. She’s trained for High Security and moves with the Princes when they take their new town and place within the MC Chapter. As a jack of all trades, Sheila is the Princes go to Brother. She gets the job done and can comfort the victims when needed. To her Club she’s invaluable. To Sheila it’s just another day...
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    paranormal  suspense  adult  biker  book  contemporary  crime  fiction
  • Tiger Mate by Anastasia Wilde

    Tiger Mate by Anastasia Wilde

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A Dangerous Secret… As a half-breed wolf shifter, Sophia has spent her whole life convincing her pack that her tiger side doesn’t exist. Only her adopted father, Nash Jenkins, knows the truth: that it’s a dangerous, out-of-control monster—a ticking time bomb that he plans to use to destroy the Silverlake wolf pack from the inside...
  • Alpha's Rescue by Renee Rose, Lee Savino

    Alpha's Rescue by Renee Rose, Lee Savino

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This grumpy bear needs a curvy complication like he needs a bullet in the head.She trespassed on my mountain. The lovely human with bright pink braids.Beautiful and brilliant, she's a knockout who leaves sunshine and mayhem in her wake.But our land is under threat and if she's learned our secret, she can never leave.Now she's my prisoner until I find out what she knows.I shouldn't keep her...
  • Fealty of the Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Fealty of the Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After years of stagnancy, Muriel Marsden leaves the legendary clan of Hells Canyon bear shifters and goes rogue in order to discover herself. Her trip is cut short when she stumbles upon an injured man alone in the wilderness. As his only chance for survival, Muriel brings him to her cabin and works to save his life. The man is half feral and all sexy...
  • Despair and Destiny by A.K. Michaels

    Despair and Destiny by A.K. Michaels

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    alternate cover edition for ASIN B010189N62Where is Rebecca? Who has kidnapped the sassy Witch from right under the noses of the Wolf Pack? Jacob is distraught and his anger knows no bounds as they fight to find out where his mate has been taken; and by whom. The answer is unimaginable and the bloody confrontation that leaves death in its wake shocks Jacob and Cam to their core...
  • Finding You by T.M. Cromer

    Finding You by T.M. Cromer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Finding You is a heart-wrenching, suspenseful story about one woman and her faith in true love. Due to adult themes, this book is not recommended for anyone under the age of 18.Heat level: 3.5Tissue consumption level: 1 boxShe didn’t see this one coming.Samantha Holt had the perfect relationship—until one day, she didn’t...
  • Danny by Janice M. Whiteaker

    Danny by Janice M. Whiteaker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Craig is the best at what he does. He can find anyone. Anywhere. Any time.Doesn’t matter how hard they try to hide. But locating his friend’s lost family is proving to be more of a challenge than he anticipated. Shadow Pine, Washington is Craig’s last lead, one built on nothing but rumor and hearsay. But sometimes that’s all you need...
  • The Alpha Decides by A.K. Michaels

    The Alpha Decides by A.K. Michaels

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    alternate cover edition for ASIN B00UY3LLY2Cameron Sinclair, multi-billionaire businessman, and now he is also the Alpha Wolf, a position he never wanted.With his instinct to protect the Pack and those he cares for stampeding through his system, he struggles to awaken the white She-Wolf who now lies in a coma...
  • Shattered by Dale Mayer

    Shattered by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Some events are life shattering… Caught in a gilded cage for most of her life, Hannah keeps trying to escape. There’s something wrong with her the doctors can’t diagnose, but she’d rather be free and die than stay trapped… forever. When she's caught once again, Trevor offers her a unique way out...
  • The Fate of Her Dragon by Julia Mills

    The Fate of Her Dragon by Julia Mills

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Book 10 in the Dragon Guard series. The books can be read as stand-alone stories, but it is advisable to read them in order to get the most enjoyment from the series. Trapped for almost a century. No chance of escape. All hope was lost and then he felt...her...Sleepless nights, a man haunts her at every turn, his voice calling her, begging her...needing her..
  • Bear to the End by Terry Bolryder

    Bear to the End by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Charlotte is need of a bodyguard. But when she comes to Bear Claw Security looking for help, the last thing she expects to see is Mr. Perfect, with his fitted clothes and expensive appearance and perfect smile. All wrong for her, all too much of a reminder of something she desperately wants to forget. So Mr. Perfect’s tough, rough twin brother will have to do instead...
  • Darkness Possessed by Stephanie Rowe

    Darkness Possessed by Stephanie Rowe

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A fatal mistake stripped Zach Roderick of the powers that define him, leaving him a tormented shadow of the warrior he once was. Now, his teammate's life depends on Zach resurrecting the fire that once burned within him. As he undertakes a battle he has no way to win, he is derailed by a tempestuous beauty that awakens in him the dark desires that destroyed him once before...
  • Bear-ly Human by Terry Bolryder

    Bear-ly Human by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Hercules is an ex special forces soldier working as a bodyguard, and a mystery to everyone around him. His friends just know him as an extremely competent soldier and a great teammate and person. But beneath his bronzed, muscled exterior is a heart scarred by a complicated past. A past in which he loved only one woman, but wasn't allowed to be with her...
  • Hallow Be the Haunt by Heather Graham

    Hallow Be the Haunt by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Years ago, Jake Mallory fell in love all over again with Ashley Donegal—while he and the Krewe were investigating a murder that replicated a horrible Civil War death at her family’s Donegal Plantation. Now, Ashley and Jake are back—planning for their wedding, which will take place the following month at Donegal Plantation, her beautiful old antebellum home...
  • The Alpha's Promise by Renee Rose

    The Alpha's Promise by Renee Rose

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After one loser boyfriend too many, Melissa Bell is done with bad boys. So when her ex puts her life in danger once again and a buff, tattooed alpha shifter shows up to rescue her, it’s the last thing she needs. Cody quickly finds himself wishing that he’d never made an alpha’s promise to keep the haughty human safe, but for some reason his inner wolf craves her more than his next breath...
  • Bear-ly a Hero by Terry Bolryder

    Bear-ly a Hero by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Josh "Limes" Harris is good with computers, great at fighting, terrible with people. As an accomplished hacker for Bear Claw Security, he's used to providing support from the office…and never leaving it. So when he's forced to take a bodyguard job because the client insists on hiring him, he's one grumpy bear. Especially when the client mistakes him for one of the bad guys and attacks him...
  • Peaceful Slumber by Nikki Lynn Barrett

    Peaceful Slumber by Nikki Lynn Barrett

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Scott I was somewhat normal once. Until I died. It was only for a few minutes, but ever since then, I can see ghosts. The first time I see her is in the cemetery, wearing a blood stained wedding dress. No one else knows she exists. I have no idea how to help her or why I chose to, but she's here now...
  • Bear Meets Girl by Bianca D'Arc

    Bear Meets Girl by Bianca D'Arc

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s leaving her old life behind and hitting the road, but peril follows her path... Marilee has got to be the most timid werewolf King has ever met. She’s also the most beautiful. There’s something special about her pure white coat that speaks to his inner grizzly, but also protects her in ways he never expected. On the run, and headed for Grizzly Cove, King has to help her get there safely...
  • Roman: Fury of Her King by Julia Mills

    Roman: Fury of Her King by Julia Mills

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book 2 in the Kings of the Blood series. The books can be read as stand-alone stories, but it is advisable to read them in order to get the most enjoyment from the series. She thought it was a chance meeting… He knew it was Destiny. Her dreams were coming true… His future was within his grasp. Life turns on a dime. Things can change in the blink of an eye...
  • No Going Back: Soft Focus / After Dark by Jayne Ann Krentz, Jayne Castle

    No Going Back: Soft Focus / After Dark by Jayne Ann Krentz, Jayne Castle

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Two exciting novels by the New York Times bestselling author, collected for the first time in one volume...
  • Aaron's Mate by Abigail Raines

    Aaron's Mate by Abigail Raines

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He'll fight to the death to protect both his child and his woman, But can their love survive with all odds stacked against them?Aaron always followed pack rules...until he didn't.Rule#1: Fealty to packRule #2: Loyalty to clanRule#3: Avoid humansAaron spent years resisting the charms of the human woman, Michelle.Then, resisting her became impossible.But...Shifters don't fall in love with humans...
  • Burned by J.K. Harper

    Burned by J.K. Harper

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dark, dangerous dragon shifters who just need true love...  Fate brought them together--but their love may be a double-edged swordFire dragon shifter Ash Connolly is a horrifically scarred man. Burned in a terrible accident years ago, the reclusive billionaire sentenced himself to a life of solitude...
  • Hunter's Moon by Silver James

    Hunter's Moon by Silver James

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dr. Jacey Randolph just might be crazy. A rescued wolf is more than he seems and his ability to get into her head—literally—makes her doubt her sanity. After the death of her husband in the Gulf War, she returned to the family ranch to run an animal sanctuary. Bad enough she has to fend off advances from the local sheriff, but now she’s turning into some sort of Dr. Doolittle...
  • Reborn by Carly Fall

    Reborn by Carly Fall

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Warrior Hudson from the Six Saviors seems to have it all – good looks, fine clothing, expensive jewelry and women just waiting for their turn to sleep with him. But, what he safely keeps hidden from the world is the terrible pain he’s suffered for many years. As he fights his internal demons, he joins his fellow Warriors in waging war on the evil from their planet that has been let loose on Earth...
  • My Warrior Fae by Kathi S. Barton

    My Warrior Fae by Kathi S. Barton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    All Tess Knight wanted was a loan to purchase a car but what she got was pulled into the middle of a bank robbery. She’s able to shield herself and hide in the shadows until she is able to eliminate the robbers one by one. During the attack, she’s injured and has lost a lot of blood. The only one that Bradley feels can save her is Aaron since he is the strongest one...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  suspense  warriors  adult  book  contemporary  dragons  fae
  • Stealing Fire by Mallory Crowe

    Stealing Fire by Mallory Crowe

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Ella's father is missing, she finds him held captive by a dangerous and devastatingly handsome a man, who gives her one choice: Her father may go free, but she must stay with him--for good. There is more to Lucian than what Ella initially sees. He isn't just a crazed kidnapper wrapped into irresistible eye candy...
  • Desire Awakened by Kathi S. Barton

    Desire Awakened by Kathi S. Barton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “If you go out there, you’ll have to see to the woman first. The boy will make it if you help him later, but the woman won’t.”The sounds of cars screeching when she opened the door startled her. She looked back at Sam, and she nodded. Lizzy took off in the direction of the gathering crowd and wondered what had happened...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  suspense  warriors  adult  book  contemporary  dragons  fae
  • Forty-Four Book Nine by Jools Sinclair

    Forty-Four Book Nine by Jools Sinclair

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Charlie Modine didn’t find any justice in life. And the afterlife hasn’t been much better. Still, Modine’s ghost is more determined than ever to find the cold-blooded murderer who ran his wife down on the streets of New York City. Tortured and tormented, Modine asks for help from the only person who will listen. The only one who knows he’s there. Abby Craig...
  • Bear Cuffs by Ariana Hawkes

    Bear Cuffs by Ariana Hawkes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As teenage sweethearts, Rocco Silvester and Harper Waverly knew they were meant to be together forever. Then fate stepped in and tore them apart, leaving Rocco with a secret he could never share and Harper with a deep hatred of the man she once adored. Fast-forward five years, and Rocco is forced to take a mate of his Alpha’s choosing to save the clan from ruin...
  • Josie's Miracle by Dawn Sullivan

    Josie's Miracle by Dawn Sullivan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A doctor for the White River Wolves, Josie Bennett is devoted to her pack and her calling to heal those in need. Then one fateful night changes everything.As an enforcer for the Shifter Council, Ryker Kain has pledged himself to the council and dedicated his life to serving and protecting its members...
  • Big Bear Country: Complete Trilogy by Harper Maguire

    Big Bear Country: Complete Trilogy by Harper Maguire

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When bears and wolves collide, the results can be downright dangerous. Part One: Bear Claws Megan-Bar fights are like bread and butter to a local doctor. I’m used to sutures and ice packs. Lately though, things have taken a turn for the worse. The Lamberts and the Skinners are out for blood and nobody will say exactly why. I’ve always liked the Lamberts. Especially Grady...
  • His to Possess by Piper Stone

    His to Possess by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It wasn't temptation. It was instinct.Stone Keeler is a six-foot-four hunk who could win any girl's heart and then make her scream in bed, but as he claimed my quivering body for the first time the look in his eyes was terrifying...
  • Her Vampire Temptation by Alexis Alvarez

    Her Vampire Temptation by Alexis Alvarez

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    SHE’LL LEARN TO CALL ME MASTER.The redheaded mortal is intoxicating – young, smart, beautiful.I took her to the dungeon and delivered a lesson in pleasure. And a little pain, to make her blood sweeter.Then I wiped her mind and sent her home. Because immortals and mortals don’t mix.But now three young women matching her description are missing, and the vampire I sired is up to no good...
  • Blood on the Bayou by Heather Graham, Natalie Ross

    Blood on the Bayou by Heather Graham, Natalie Ross

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From New York Times best seller Heather Graham...It's winter and a chill has settled over the area near New Orleans. Finding a stream of blood, a tourist follows it to a dead man, face down in the bayou. The man has been done in by a vicious beating, so violent that his skull has been crushed in. It's barely a day before a second victim is found..
  • Bound By Moonlight by Nancy Gideon

    Bound By Moonlight by Nancy Gideon

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They swore they’d be together forever. Detective Charlotte Caissie is suddenly sharing drawer space and making media news with her shape-shifter lover Max Savoie. Knowing the reformed mobster is determined to be accepted by her peers, how can she ask him to return to his criminal roots to help her solve a complex case?But those they trust the most . .
  • Her UnBearable Protector by Reina Torres

    Her UnBearable Protector by Reina Torres

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The head of Orsino Security was hired to protect her for a week. Instead, his bear wants to claim her forever. It takes one look for bear shifter Salvatore Orsino to know that Natale Durante isn't just his client… she’s his mate. His first instinct is to lay Natale’s curvaceous body over his shoulder, find a den, and claim her with his bite...
  • Hunter Bear by Zoe Chant

    Hunter Bear by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A BBW artist who fears she's lost her muse + a scarred, reclusive bear shifter hunting danger + a mysterious treasure map = one adventurous romance! Curvy artist Cleo Waters has inherited an old house by a lake in Linden Creek. With her old life in ruins, she wants to take a break in the lonely forests, restoring the house her grandmother lived in...
  • Alpha Protector by Terry Bolryder

    Alpha Protector by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Life for Asher Vale hasn't been the easiest. As the future alpha of the Vale clan and the sole protector of Laurel Mason, the family's charge, he has his hands full...
  • Sinful Seconds by Elisabeth Naughton, Alexandra Ivy

    Sinful Seconds by Elisabeth Naughton, Alexandra Ivy

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From the six USA Today and New York Times bestselling authors who brought you WICKED FIRSTS, comes an all new contemporary set of six sexy, suspenseful and very SINFUL SECONDS. Sinful Surrender by Elisabeth Naughton He's been watching her, and now he's here, in the dimly lit bar of the swanky Vail resort, pretending not to notice her...
  • Obsidian Flame by Caris Roane

    Obsidian Flame by Caris Roane

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Obsidian FlameCaris Roane From paranormal romance author Caris Roane comes the fifth book in the "Guardians of Ascension" series.For a hundred years, Marguerite has been imprisoned and used for her powerful psychic abilities. Her only relief comes from her regular visits with Thorne, her vampire lover. His every touch leaves her hungry for more..and aching for their next encounter...
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