Books like 'The Scent'

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  • A Wind of Change by Bella Forrest

    A Wind of Change by Bella Forrest

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A new hero will rise...From the ruins of the final battle, a new hero has emerged. A hero who will take The Shade into unchartered territories. Who will usher in a new world order, in which no predator may ever be safe again. And who will experience and learn to love, like no man has ever done before..
  • The Rebel Queen by Lexi Blake

    The Rebel Queen by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestseller Lexi Blake comes a new novel in her Thieves world…After returning from the outer planes, Zoey expected a joyous reunion with family and friends. She couldn’t be more wrong. Her kingdom is in the hands of Myrddin, her friends are on the run, and her children are being hunted by the supernatural world. But that isn’t the worst of it...
  • Heart Of Darkness by Stephanie Hudson

    Heart Of Darkness by Stephanie Hudson

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    I didn’t intend for it to happen this way.But then again, I never did.No, it was what others had intended for me that was the problem and this had all started yet again with a witch and a double cross.We had made it to the portal, only a trip back to Lucius’ Kingdom wasn’t on the cards...
  • Rage by Charlene Hartnady

    Rage by Charlene Hartnady

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rage is the fourth book in a series about monsters of all kinds. If you enjoy fated mates, forbidden romance, sassy heroines, and swoon-worthy beast kings who are almost untamable, then this is the series for you.There are stories circling about a lone wolf in a town called Cherokee Hills. Talk of a creature who walks on two legs…a werewolf. I decide to go and investigate this for myself...
  • Wavering Aftermath by Erin R. Flynn

    Wavering Aftermath by Erin R. Flynn

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My name is Tamsin Vale and I’m about to do something smart… Or something really, really stupid. I give it a 50/50 chance, but keeping quiet on what’s going on with me has bitten me in the arse too many times for me not to admit it.And since my mother’s journal isn’t helping and is heartbreaking to read, it’s time to trust the people who say they care about me...
  • The Last Warrior by Jennifer Ashley

    The Last Warrior by Jennifer Ashley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ben, the last of a warrior race destroyed by the Fae, has lived a thousand years in exile and now has found a place among the Shifters. He’s the caretaker of a sentient house outside New Orleans, and the Shifters turn to him when they’re in dire trouble. Even so, Ben is aware of his aloneness, his people gone forever.Rianne, daughter of the powerful Lady Aisling, is in a jam...
  • Wicked All the Way by Gina LaManna, Allyson Ryan

    Wicked All the Way by Gina LaManna, Allyson Ryan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Wicked hunkers down for the holidays, a snowstorm isn't the only thing threatening the paranormal Sixth Borough of New York. A student has been killed on the Campus of Magic, and Detective DeMarco is called to the case. But once she begins to unravel the clues surrounding the murder, she realizes the incident is far more complex-and dangerous-than she ever imagined...
  • Freaky Games by Amanda M. Lee

    Freaky Games by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Look out Sin City, here comes the Mystic Caravan Circus. The city that never sleeps has something lurking in the darkness and Poet Parker can’t decide if it’s friend or foe. The rich history of the area comes into play when research uncovers a mine disaster more than a hundred years in the past … and a tragic outcome that still haunts the locale to this day...
  • I Am Only One by Emeline Rousselot

    I Am Only One by Emeline Rousselot

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On WP After Dark App 100 Most Read List!Her body was exquisite. I wanted to run my tongue around her hardened nipples and grasp her hips while sinking inside her. I contemplated what sounds she would make when I nudged her deep, and how long it would take before she screamed my name. It wasn't a matter of if she would scream my name, only when.I shook my head, trying to clear my rampant thoughts...
  • Wanted By The Elven King by Charlene Hartnady

    Wanted By The Elven King by Charlene Hartnady

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    From the bestselling Chosen Series Keto is soon to be crowned. He doesn’t feel quite ready even though it’s a day he’s been working towards his whole life. There are many changes he wants to bring about, all for the betterment of his people. He has a kingdom to run and a council to win over. Elven kings can be voted out of power by their councils. His position is not yet cemented...
  • Forty Proof and Dead by Tia Didmon

    Forty Proof and Dead by Tia Didmon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Part human. Part witch. Totally dead.My transition into the Shadow Bone clan has been less than smooth, with my drag queen ex continuing to break protocols. On top of juggling my unusual family dynamic; my bloodthirsty mentor and vampire leader are at odds about my future as a death dealer...
  • Touched by a Dragon by Alisa Woods

    Touched by a Dragon by Alisa Woods

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Leonidas is a Dragon Prince of the House of Smoke... and he is cursed. Falling in love was never in the cards for Leonidas. An angry witch made sure of that-if he loses his heart, he loses his life. But the treaty guaranteeing peace will die with him, unless he wins the True Love of a woman and she bears him a dragonling...
  • Mother May I by Genevieve Jack

    Mother May I by Genevieve Jack

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Love will launch the mother of all battles. Grateful Knight is one stressed out witch. Not only has she failed to restore her caretaker, Rick, from an evil witch’s mind-control spell, but the loss he endured extends well beyond his memory. To make matters worse, compensating for his absence could cost her the job she loves and the strength she needs...
  • Death Wish by Trina M. Lee

    Death Wish by Trina M. Lee

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Somebody wants Alexa O’Brien dead. A dangerous werewolf, she’s got a shady reputation due to the immense power and unbreakable bond she shares with vampire, Arys Knight. It’s a union that joins light to darkness and life to death. A bond that threatens to consume them both. As Alexa evades attempts on her life, she discovers the source of her power and the torment that lies ahead...
  • A Twist of Fate by Alicia Montgomery

    A Twist of Fate by Alicia Montgomery

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Astrid Jonasson’s life has been a series of disappoints, both to her family and herself, which is why she’s chosen to stay clear of her Lycan clan. When a series of events forces her back into the center of the New York clan life, she bumps into an old childhood crush. Zac Vrost, son of the clan’s Beta, has always been out of reach for her...
  • Igniting Cinder by Holly Roberds

    Igniting Cinder by Holly Roberds

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Pumpkin spice and not playing nice – this ball just got more interesting, thanks to Prince Too-Handsy.The plan was as clear as glass: infiltrate a high fae court’s ball, uncover the truth behind my father's death, and avoid my sadistic stepmother and stepsisters.But now, I find myself engaged to Prince freakin' Charming, the last fae I'd ever choose for a dance partner, much less a fiancé...
  • A Shade of Kiev by Bella Forrest

    A Shade of Kiev by Bella Forrest

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    My name is Kiev Novalic. I am a vampire, and a murderer.Having betrayed the trust of my own kind and that of the enemies I sold myself to, I have three days left to live. I stare at the girl in the cell opposite mine. Mona, she calls herself. A witch born without magic.She might be my key to freedom, but I should know to stay away. I should know: some scars are etched too deep to heal...
  • Suck It by Linsey Hall

    Suck It by Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    All I want to do is tell the most powerful vampire in history to suck it.I thought I could trust my memories. I was wrong. A spell has made me forget who I am. But there are two things I do know: I'm the fated mate of the first and most powerful vampire, Drakon, and I'm the Daughter of the Arcane Order...
  • Masquerade by Felicity Heaton

    Masquerade by Felicity Heaton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ten years have passed since Sophis and Vivek, two vampires of the Venia bloodline, came close to death at the hands of twin hunters Aleksis and Izabella Romanov. The events of that night turned Sophis and Vivek against each other, shattering their close friendship and driving them apart...
  • Maudlin's Mayhem by Yasmine Galenorn

    Maudlin's Mayhem by Yasmine Galenorn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "A little chaos is always good for the soul..."When chaos descends on the Bewitching Bedlam B&B, Maudlin finds herself at the mercy of Murphy's Law. Everything is going wrong. At first, some of the chaos is just annoying, but then it turns deadly and Maddy finds herself on the wrong side with Essie Vanderbilt, the Queen of the Northwest Vampire Court...
  • The Dragon's Valentine by C.D. Gorri

    The Dragon's Valentine by C.D. Gorri

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “She's given up on love, but he’s just begun…” After five hundred years of servitude, Dragon Shifter, Callius Falk and his three brothers are finally freed from their bonds. Callius has one mission, to find his true mate. Winifred Castillo spends her nights tending bar at The Thirsty Dog, a local favorite in Maccon City, New Jersey...
  • Dreaming of a Blood Red Christmas by Nicola Claire

    Dreaming of a Blood Red Christmas by Nicola Claire

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    You wanted more? Well, here it is! A Christmas Special Novella (just over 16,000 words) from Michel's point of view, set after the end of book eight in the Kindred Series: Kiss Of The Dragon. A sweet surprise full of a few Kindred secrets, wrapped up in a Michel package, just in time for Christmas. "When I look at her, I see the strong, independent, courageous woman I have always seen...
  • Snow Magic by Bianca D'Arc

    Snow Magic by Bianca D'Arc

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Evie has been a lone wolf since the disappearance of her mate, Sir Rayburne, a fey knight from another realm. Left all alone with a young son to raise, Evie has become stronger than she ever was. But now her son is grown and suddenly Ray is back.Ray never meant to leave Evie all those years ago but he’s been caught in a magical trap, slowly being drained of magic all this time...
  • Ward Locked by Theresa Kay

    Ward Locked by Theresa Kay

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    New classes. New director. And lots of new rules.After spending my three-week Winter Break under magical house arrest, I’m looking forward to returning to school. But when I get there, everything has changed.OSA has tightened its hold on every academy and Ravencrest’s new director takes the restrictions a step further, leaving me without my two closest friends...
  • Bitten Vampire by Brogan Thomas

    Bitten Vampire by Brogan Thomas

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Shattered by fate, transformed by blood. Can a feisty, middle-aged psychic survive her new life as a vampire—without losing herself?Winifred “Fred” Crowsdale thought life couldn’t get worse after a decade-long relationship ended in humiliating betrayal. Then, her rambunctious husky chewed through a door, prompting her furious landlord to kick them out—and ban them from every rental in town...
  • Scarred Warrior by Brenda Trim, Tami Julka

    Scarred Warrior by Brenda Trim, Tami Julka

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Librarian Note: This is the updated cover for ASIN B01B2I624GBeing a Dark Warrior and protecting others has been the only focus in Gerrick Haele’s life for centuries, until he receives the shock of his life when one of the females he rescues from the archdemon’s clutches ignites an arousal that hints at her being his Fated Mate...
  • Blood Bonds by Yasmine Galenorn

    Blood Bonds by Yasmine Galenorn

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They’re the D’Artigo sisters: savvy half-human, half-Fae agents of the Otherworld Intelligence Agency. Camille is the Queen of Dusk and Twilight. Delilah is a two-faced werecat and the Autumn Lord’s only living Death Maiden. And Menolly is a vampire princess and married to a gorgeous werepuma Amazon...
  • Deadhead by A.J. Aalto

    Deadhead by A.J. Aalto

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Marnie Baranuik has barely had time to enjoy her break from the FBI’s Preternatural Crimes Unit when her favorite hunky vampire hunter comes calling. If Kill-Notch Batten can’t oust an unruly garden invader, maybe Marnie can, but when a wayward woodland sprite takes her for a joyride, it’s more than either of them can handle...
  • Badass Bear by Bianca D'Arc

    Badass Bear by Bianca D'Arc

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Beth is depressed. Her people are safe in Grizzly Cove, but she feels as if she’s losing all her friends as they pair off two-by-two with their bear shifter mates. She’s only just found freedom by running away from her oppressive home. It’s not fair that she’s losing her new family too...
  • Alpha Erased by Aileen Erin

    Alpha Erased by Aileen Erin

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author Aileen Erin Tessa—part witch, part werewolf, raised human and now the unofficial leader of a newly minted supernatural alliance—thinks nothing of her brother, Axel, texting her and Dastien to meet him. The location pin was in a weird spot, but maybe he’d found a magical anomaly there...
  • Savage Possession by Belinda Boring

    Savage Possession by Belinda Boring

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Growing up, Darcy knew that life would be filled with challenges and tough decisions, but none so difficult as the one that would alter her future forever. Given the choice between losing Mason or becoming a vampire, Darcy risks the overwhelming threat of insanity, and places her destiny, her hopes and dreams, in the hands of Devlin...
  • His Twisted Tail: Paranormal Dating Agency by Melanie James

    His Twisted Tail: Paranormal Dating Agency by Melanie James

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Calder Lorenson inherits one hell of a mess when he’s thrust into the limelight to fill the role of Alpha at Twisted Tail Pack. With treachery in the ranks, Calder quickly finds himself in over his head. If that wasn’t enough to deal with, pack law decrees that he must be mated...
  • Moon Blest by Jay Lynn

    Moon Blest by Jay Lynn

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Unleash this action-packed werewolf shifter romance.“Pack a bag and get out!”Three days before her sixteenth birthday, Ella’s lonely life is twisted into a full disaster. The alpha’s son, Carrel, rejects her the instant he senses their bond. Refusing his mate isn’t enough. Carrel humiliates Ella, threatens her, and then banishes her from the pack...
  • Prophecy: Dark Moon Rising by Felicity Heaton

    Prophecy: Dark Moon Rising by Felicity Heaton

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An enemy with unimaginable power and vampire houses locked in an ancient blood feud threaten to tear Prophecy and Valentine apart as they fight for their lives and their future.With the gathering storm on the horizon and a dark evil on the rise, Prophecy and Valentine try to join their vampire bloodlines, but their attempts to form an army leave them more vulnerable than ever...
  • Bobcat by Bianca D'Arc

    Bobcat by Bianca D'Arc

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Can Bob Redstone help a shifter woman hiding from her past, face the demons that shadowed her youth, or will they both fall while trying to prevent disaster?On a mission far from home, he finds a sweet vulnerable lady...Bob is a cougar shifter, one of the elite Redstone Alphas. On a mission for his Clan, he meets a fragile young woman, and finds himself drawn to her as never before...
  • Harvest Song by Yasmine Galenorn

    Harvest Song by Yasmine Galenorn

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    We're the D'Artigo sisters: savvy half-human, half-Fae operatives for the Otherworld Intelligence Agency. My sister Camille is the Queen of Dusk & Twilight and married to three hunky men. Menolly is a vampire married to a gorgeous werepuma and a vampire prince. And me? I'm Delilah, a Death Maiden werecat, and I'm about to marry the love of my life...
  • Slade by Bianca D'Arc

    Slade by Bianca D'Arc

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The fate of all shifters rests on Slade’s broad shoulders, but all he can think about is her.Slade is a mystery. A warrior and spy who serves two masters - those in the human world and the Lords of the Were. They've sent him to Nevada to track a brutal murderer before the existence of all shifters is revealed to a world not ready to know...
  • Ancient and Immortal by K.N. Banet

    Ancient and Immortal by K.N. Banet

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She was once an queen.He will always be a bandit.Their startling connection will change their lives.Zuri just wanted to get away. She wanted to go to her favorite territory and forget about the drama of her family. She wanted to visit her mother and just... forget.Instead, she'll find an Immortal in her territory...
  • Hunted By Firelight by Krista Street

    Hunted By Firelight by Krista Street

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    AveryHe’s always there, watching and waiting. The golden-eyed wolf who refuses to leave me be.A part of me yearns for him. Another screams to run.My memories have been stolen, erasing any recollection of what we once were. Still, I can feel the magnetic pull of my soul to his, and I know without a shadow of a doubt that fate isn't through with us. Not yet...
  • DO NOT Date the Dragon Next Door by Harmony Raines

    DO NOT Date the Dragon Next Door by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    No, seriously DO NOT date the dragon next door.After a bitter divorce from her mafia ex - husband, she’s moved to the small town of Wishing Moon Bay with her children to start a new life - without any brooding men in it. Unfortunately, the only apartment she can afford is owned by a dragon shifter that everyone tells her is powerful and dangerous...
  • Prophecy: Caelestis and Aurorea by Felicity Heaton

    Prophecy: Caelestis and Aurorea by Felicity Heaton

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In a world of darkness and danger, Prophecy will fight to her limit to save the vampire she loves and stop a terrible evil from unleashing Hell on earth...
  • Queen of The Hill by Genevieve Jack

    Queen of The Hill by Genevieve Jack

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It's good to be the queen! Book 3 in the Knight Games series. After saving her caretaker, Rick, from certain death, Grateful Knight is ready for their happily ever after. The date is set and wedding plans are in the works. But when the witch responsible for the candle that almost ended Rick's life shows up in Red Grove expecting payment, the price is more than Grateful can bear...
  • The Evanescence by Jessica Sorensen

    The Evanescence by Jessica Sorensen

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Book two in the Fallen Souls Series.My name is Gemma Lucas and everything in my life is falling apart. Lost Souls are roaming the world, possessing people and the fey have made it their mission to torture the innocent. Death and suffering is becoming a way of life and no matter what I do, things keep tearing Alex and me apart...
  • The Fortuneteller's Folly: A Nocturne Falls Universe story by Wynter Daniels, Kristen Painter

    The Fortuneteller's Folly: A Nocturne Falls Universe story by Wynter Daniels, Kristen Painter

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Palm reader Darcy Kumar is cursed. She'll be dead within a year, so why bother with love? After a brush with death she resolves not to squander what little time she has left. So when sexy firefighter Aiden Becker asks her out, she accepts. As long as she doesn't have a child, the curse will end with her demise...
  • Night Shivers by Yasmine Galenorn

    Night Shivers by Yasmine Galenorn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Revisit the world of the Indigo Court. Cicely, Queen of Snow and Ice, is slowly getting used to her new role in life as Queen of Winter. The Vampiric Fae have been conquered and Myst is gone, but now something new is unsettling her kingdom. A ship sails across the Crashing Sea from the Golden Isle with new members for her kingdom, but all of the Sidhe aboard are missing...
  • Binding Magic by Viola Grace

    Binding Magic by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An Obscure Magic series, book 7.A mage, a destiny and a surprising pedigree. It is hard to juggle new discoveries with a dragon on her tail. Minerva enjoys her life as a master mage. She creates spells that no one has seen before and enjoys her family and friends. She will do anything for them, and she has...
  • Pain Seeker by D.N. Hoxa

    Pain Seeker by D.N. Hoxa

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Betrayed.Defeated.Chained.I used to be a sister, a friend, a ruler of the elflands that belonged to my family’s House. Now, I am a prisoner of the fae, my kind’s sworn enemy since the beginning of time. They put chains around me, thinking they can keep me from breaking free and taking their lives. They can’t.The only reason I stay is because I no longer need a life...
  • Lone Wolf by Bianca D'Arc

    Lone Wolf by Bianca D'Arc

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s a holy woman. He’s a holy terror. Josh is a werewolf who suddenly has extra, unexpected, and totally untrained powers. He’s not happy about it - or about the evil jackasses who keep attacking him, trying to steal his magic. Forced to seek help, Josh is sent to an unexpected ally for training...
  • Master Unchained by Tina Folsom

    Master Unchained by Tina Folsom

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This is Hamish’s story. Special appearance by: a beloved character from Scanguards… (Want to know who it is? Make sure to read Blake’s Pursuit.)After a painful betrayal in his past, Immortal Stealth Guardian Hamish MacGregor vows to never get involved with another human...
  • Light In Darkness by Brandy L. Rivers

    Light In Darkness by Brandy L. Rivers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sometimes light comes from the darkest shadows… Lincoln, having been sheltered his whole life, is finally finding his path after losing his mother. Gaining confidence isn’t easy, but he can’t resist going after the woman he craves. Victoria believes she is a monster. Her past is full of darkness and pain, horrors she would protect Lincoln from...
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