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Readers who enjoyed Bash Down the Door and Slice Open the Badguy by W.H. Horner, Elizabeth Hopkinson, L.L. Donahue, Dale Mettam, Murray J.D. Leeder, D.D. Wentworth, Jim C. Hines, Michael Brendan, Lindsey Duncan, Melissa Lee Shaw, C.M. Huard, Ken Brady, Barbara Davies, Stephen Castillet, Kevin N. Haw, Susan Sielinski, Lawrence C. Connolly, Jason S. Ridler, A.G. Devitt, Eugie Foster, Jeremy Yoder, Paul Crilley & Margaret Ronald also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Compelling Infinity by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI was a dragon. Dragons didn’t run from any situation. Not even a dragon disguised as a witch. Well … at least not from any situation that involved the archive or my duty, because apparently I fled before anything even remotely personal. Including surprise double dates.A masked gala. A solstice celebration with the werewolves...Categorized as:
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Defender Raptor by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNot my circus, not my monkeys. The problem is, it is his circus. Literally. Merlin grew up in a traveling circus where all the performing animals are shifters. Not to mention that it's a front for an international crime ring. (It's a long story.) And that's just the beginning of his secrets..Categorized as:
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Wicked Ways by Kim Richardson
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDon’t miss the next installment in The Witches of Hollow Cove series.Follow Tessa and the Davenport witches as they are faced with another major magical problem... -
Defender Hellhound by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe's the only one who can save her.And only she can save him from himself.Ransom's out-of-control hellhound has made his life, literally, a living hell. His beast can reveal any secret to him, but Ransom can't make it stop. He's barely holding onto his sanity, drowning in a deluge of the worst moments of other people's lives...Categorized as:
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Dawson Fur Hire by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDalton Dawson is reeling on the anniversary of an event that changed his life forever. All he wants to do is hide from his past for a few days, but in walks trouble in the form of a timid human who has his heart thawing for the first time in years. He’s not looking for a mate, but Kate Hawke is a fascinating and complicated woman that his wolf is desperate to figure out... -
BBQ and STFU by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThere is one thing you do not do… go after Brownstone’s family.Powerful entities on Oriceran listen to prophecy and fear a threat to their home world.That isn’t the only threat they should worry about...Categorized as:
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Cursed Witch by Brogan Thomas
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHer conjury was out of reach. But when she’s flooded with strength, can she survive becoming a target? Tuesday Larson thought she’d settled for normal. A disappointment to her mother for never taking well to magic, she deliberately put distance between her family and any witchery. But the supernatural destroys her barriers when a group of mercenaries tears through her home looking for blood... -
Fated to Her Alpha Protector by Roxie Ray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy fated mate has promised to protect me. But can he protect me from myself…Since discovering I’m not human and come from an ancient line of royal wolves, things have gone from bad to worse.I’ve had to do battle with the wolfhiding inside me, and I’m the only one who can stop the royals from ending shifter existence... -
Royal Dragon Curse: Dragon Shifter Romance Collection by Lola Gabriel
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI thought she was dead, and my heart died along with her. Now, I’ve found out that my mate, Olive, is alive and carrying our child. It’s the first dragon shifter baby in 500 years, and I have been tasked with destroying the threat. Nobody can know the baby is mine. I can’t get anywhere near Olive because she thinks I’m a danger to our child. I would never hurt either one of them...Categorized as:
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Her Dragon Guardian by Riley Storm
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s running from her past. He’s determined to be her future…Tara Simmons’ life had been nice and boring since she moved out of Five Peaks to avoid her family drama. All that changed when he showed up at her door: half-dead, almost naked, and begging for her help. With the storm of the decade raging outside, driving down the mountain for assistance is out of the question...Categorized as:
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Curse Strings by Rebecca Regnier
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHer birds had flown the coop. Her nest was empty but her life was full! Her job, her friends, even her dating life was magical for this witch. Then overnight her nest is about to get very crowded and a new murder will turn this witch every which way! Things SEEMED in place for local reporter and empty nest witch Marzie Nowak. Broom, check. Wand, check. Coven, check...Categorized as:
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Dark Dragon's Wolf by Anastasia Wilde
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMayah, princess of the Draken House of Al-Maddeiri, has been haunted by ghosts for years. Visions, dreams, and nightmares—ghosts reaching out to her, begging her to save them...Categorized as:
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Fatal [Family] Traditions by Ann Charles
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThere’s a real trick to catching a soul-stealing Hungarian devil made of shadow and smoke. Unfortunately, Violet Parker doesn’t know what that trick is and her aunt’s life depends on her figuring it out. But killing is an old family tradition for her ... or rather a fatal tradition... -
Eternity Shifters: Paranormal Romance Collection by Lola Gabriel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDevour the complete Eternity Shifters paranormal romance series with seven full-length novels.Wolf’s Reign: A friends-to-lovers wolf shifter romance.I’m thrown into the world of the magical elite, and the only person that feels safe is Aron. He’s powerful, hot as hell, and he awakens parts of my soul that I didn’t know existed.Dragon’s Human: A single mom dragon shifter romance...Categorized as:
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The Gods Beneath by C.M. Raymond, L.E. Barbant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt’s easy to believe in ancient myths--but the truth is far more deadly. The quest to save the Oracle forces Team BBB to split up: one group heads to the top of an ancient mountain, the other into the depths of a haunted jungle. For Hannah, it’s an all out fight that pushes her magic to the limits, while Karl is tasked with something far more challenging--diplomacy... -
The Witches (Play) by David Wood, Roald Dahl
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThis Roald Dahl classic tells the scary, funny and imaginative tale of a seven-year-old boy who has a run-in with some real-life witches! "In fairy tales witches always wear silly black hats and black cloaks and they ride on broomsticks. But this is not a fairy tale. This is about REAL WITCHES. REAL WITCHES dress in ordinary clothes and look very much like ordinary women...Categorized as:
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Cast in Wisdom by Michelle Sagara
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSOMETHING IS WAKINGThe fiefs that exist at the heart of the city of Elantra are home to sentient Towers that guard the world against the incursion of Shadow. But between the fiefs exists the gray world of the border zone. In it, geography changes between one passage across a border and the next. The rules of magic are different there—and yet somehow familiar to Kaylin Neya...Categorized as:
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High Stakes and Vampires by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’ve never been one to follow suit, yet here I am in a casino town run by vampires working as a supernatural agent. Apparently I’ve traded mountains for molehills because hunting demons is like a deadly game of whack-of-mole. On top of everything else, I’m still figuring out my magical abilities and how I fit in with the rest of the Pride...Categorized as:
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Charmed Mate by Candace Ayers
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFern Day is barely holding it together most days. The single, fully-human mom of a fifteen-year-old-shifter-with-an-attitude has no time for herself. Her life is chaos, she’s a hot mess, and her daughter is her first priority. Sunkissed Key’s handsome pediatrician sure is tempting, though. When he offers to teach her daughter how to handle her animal side, Fern can’t refuse... -
Descending Darkness by Kaitlyn Hoyt
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA magical prophecy, scorching secrets, and descending darkness.Ryanne’s had enough. Though only eighteen, she has the pressure of an ancient prophecy and the weight of an entire magical race pressed upon her shoulders. Because of that, she’s been surrounded by fighting and death for months... -
Agents of Chaos by T.R. Cameron, Martha Carr
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSpecial Agent Diana Sheen has been targeted… …by magical villains determined to bring her and her agency down. The bad guys have something big planned, and like a storm over the horizon, she can feel it coming but doesn’t know how bad it will turn out to be. The answer? Really, really bad. Diana and her team will need to be at the top of their game to survive...Categorized as:
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Bewitched Avenue Shuffle by T.R. Cameron, Martha Carr
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMore magic, more problems, more chances to get it right. Cali and her bonded dragon-lizard Fyre are stuck fighting members of a gang from Atlantis.Her parents left behind mysteries that could change her destiny.But figuring out what they mean is downright irritating. A win just means another battle. A loss could be deadly...Categorized as:
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Wolf Tracks by Bianca D'Arc
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’s a tracker, following danger is his job. She wants to save his life. When worlds collide, can they ride out the storm together? Werewolf and former Navy SEAL, Jim is a highly-skilled tracker, and newly hired by SeaLife Enterprises to find a man who was involved in sinister blood magic. The miscreant has fled the scene of the crime and it will take all Jim’s skill to locate him...Categorized as:
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Alpha by Kim Faulks
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe first mistake they made was slaughtering her pack. The second was taking her to the compound where she was rescued, along with Joslyn and the Dragon, Zadoc. They won’t live long enough to make mistake number three. All the Marine combat techniques in the world never trained Alpha to care for X. He took her in, fed her, clothed her…yearned for her...Categorized as:
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Snow Wolf by Heather Long
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDon't miss the highly anticipated installment in the Wolves of Willow Bend as we travel north to one of the most secretive packs in the U.S. Ranae is the youngest of the Buckleys— the only girl among three powerful male siblings. Her restlessness and dominant nature affected her every relationship within Willow Bend, not to mention testing the patience of her Alpha... -
The Blackwater Legacy by Apryl Baker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSaidie Walker grew up a nice, normal girl-but not everything is as it seems. Even the Walker family has secrets locked away. Saidie's grandmother told them stories from their family history about being able to raise the dead. But Saidie believed they were only scary stories meant to frighten naughty children, and necromancers were nothing more than the stuff of nightmares and make-believe...Categorized as:
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Which Witch is Wicked? by Cynthia St. Aubin, Cindy Stark
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe de Moray witches are back, and, this time, there's hell to pay...Claire. How does a fire witch battle her feelings for a sexy apocalyptic horseman when he's burned his way into her heart? In a world now plagued with signs of the four opened seals, Claire must choose between her loyalty to her sisters and her longing to embrace her taste for War... -
Dragon's True Mate by Riley Storm
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDragons are real. But what about her feelings for one?After losing her business, her husband, and her old life, Lilly Vickers is forced to move back in with her parents. She’s not looking for love, but instead is hoping to find a new passion that will provide her with the means to finally move out. A chance encounter with one of the dragon shifters of Five Peaks gives her an idea for a business...Categorized as:
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Bound by Magic by Karina Espinosa
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAll debts must be paid. Mackenzie Grey has had it rough these past couple of months. She’s lost her job, her relationship with Sebastian is teetering on the edge, and she’s hiding from a particular warlock that’s ready to call in his favor. When Bobby Wu catches up with Kenzie, it’s not what she expects. He said he would own her, and he meant it quite literally... -
Wolf Hunt by R.J. Blain
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat should have been a preliminary scouting job for a future art heist turns into Declan McGrady’s worst nightmare when he discovers the gallery’s owner has exotic — and live — tastes. Breaking a group of werewolf women out of a hostage situation is above his pay grade, but he’s left with no choice...Categorized as:
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Howling Devotion: A Cursed Romance by R. O'Leary
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDesperate for a shot at claiming his mate, Beau will do anything to get the stubborn owl to give him a chance...even if he has to hijack her investigation.Alice has always prided herself on being an asset to her shifter clan -- that is, until she messed up so badly her Alpha won't even look her in the eye... -
The Grisly Grizzlies: Maximus by Kim Fox
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKennedy vowed never to return to Redemption Creek. At least not while Maximus is still there. He abandoned her when she needed him the most and it would take the threat of death to bring her back. Unfortunately for her, that’s exactly what she’s facing. The alpha of The Grisly Grizzlies is a hell of a fighter. In fact, he’s been beating himself up for years... -
His Sunshine Baby by Jenny Fox
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs a fighter of her Clan, Elena was the strongest. But she had no family, no dreams, and she had given up on love long ago.Being her enemy’s secret lover for one night seemed without consequences. Nathaniel Black would never love her, so she expected nothing from him... -
How To Train A Witch by Donna McDonald
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’s the Jezibaba, not the Jezibooboo. Sleeping with Professor Hottie is out of the question… or is it? After three hundred years of keeping the magical peace in the world, Jezibaba is a hundred years past being ready to hang up her witch’s hat. The Council of Witches still can’t be trusted but she will happily step aside to leave their treachery to her successors to punish...Categorized as:
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Royal Guard Tiger by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA free-spirited backpacker longing for a home + a tiger shifter on a mission + the stolen heart of a secret kingdom = a sizzling magical romance! Tiger shifter Tristan of the Royal Guard of Valtyra has been sent out on a mission to find Miss Poppy Zlotsky, sister of Valtyra’s new Crown Princess...Categorized as:
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Queen of Darkness by Riley Storm
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe vampire queen has called for my death. I know I should run. But I can’t.Everyone else thinks I should flee and find a safe place to hide. They don’t think I can take her on, and who can blame them? The vampire queen is over a thousand years old. She’s had centuries to grow stronger and learn how to fight. I’ve had a month. I’m brutally outclassed. Almost...Categorized as:
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Cherished by the Cougar by Isadora Montrose
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIs a marriage of convenience any way to meet your fated mate? Sorceress and single mom Claudia Peterson has returned to Mystic Bay where the paranormal is normal in order to raise her little boy. If only the Town Council didn’t object to shifter-sorcerer hybrids. They want to toss her and Jimmy off the island of West Haven... -
Single Daddy Dragons Box Set by Haley Weir
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe women of Oceanside have desires that cannot be spoken. The men have secrets and sins that would breathe fire into any relationship. Drawn in by temptation, a flame is ignited that's too hot to blow out. Sharing a bed with a hard bodied, mysterious shifter is off limits... -
Water Witch: A Dustin Walker Anthology and Other Tales by R.J. Blain
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Dustin Walker’s witchcraft awakens, he discovers he harbors a leviathan, one that could destroy him—and his family—should he fail to learn how to control his powers. Dustin Walker first appeared in the Witch & Wolf standalone novel, Beneath a Blood Moon, and is featured in the majority of stories in this anthology...Categorized as:
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Surge of Ice by Lacey Carter Andersen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy men cannot protect me against the growing forces of enemy dragons, not without help…Evander, Aydan, and Granger want to believe that the strength of their will alone will keep me safe, but we’ve already seen that’s not true. The enemy dragons are powerful. Maybe even more powerful than us. If we want to survive, we need to make allies with some of the other dragons.Even though it’ll be a risk...Categorized as:
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Trials of Tregeagle by Victoria Danann
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn American in Faerie.Book 6 in the runaway hit series, NOT TOO LATE, Paranormal Women's FantasyYou won't believe what's happening with Rita now...Categorized as:
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Enforcer: Reckless Desires by Olivia Arran
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’m a stone cold killer… I’m the assassin. The one they send to do the jobs no one else wants. They think I don’t have a heart, that I don’t care, and they could be right. So, why does Frankie insist on ignoring the warnings? She’s there, everywhere I look, her lush body calling to me, her words punching craters in my ego. She’s not afraid of me. She wants me, any way she can have me... -
From the Grave by Karina Espinosa
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSecrets don’t stay buried forever. Mackenzie Grey is a lone wolf who’s earned her fair share of battle scars from the past, but that’s all over now. Or so she thought. Known as the Freedom Princess, her heroic deeds have come with a heavy price when a mysterious new villain emerges, one who’s intent on killing Sebastian... -
The Only Thing Worse Than Witches by Lauren Magaziner
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRupert Campbell is fascinated by the witches who live nearby. He dreams of broomstick tours and souvenir potions, but the closest he can get to a witchy experience is sitting in class with his awful teacher Mrs. Frabbleknacker, who smells like bellybutton lint and forbids Rupert’s classmates from talking to each other before, during, and after class...Categorized as:
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When a Tigon Weds by Eve Langlais
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings‘Till death do us part… Dean’s a tigon shifter who’s found himself accidentally married to Natasha, a mob princess. Ever tangled with a (literal) mob of Russian Siberian tiger shifters? It’s a great idea if you’ve ever dreamed of being fitted for cement shoes, but not exactly Dean’s style. Dean always knew his not-so-innocent wife would one day return and it’s been nothing but explosions since... -
A Baby for Chashan by Erin Tate, Celia Kyle
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA mother’s plea, a childless alien’s promise, and a Preor warrior torn between his mate and duty… After a hundred years of mating, Healing Master Chashan thought he knew all there was to know about his mate, Heart Master Khaza. But the sudden presence of one adorable human baby shows him that he’s very, very wrong... -
Treasured Secrets by C.M. Owens
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHer blood paints her a target, whereas his marks him the enemy, but together they could be the key to changing it all… Aria Weislen fought hard to stay in her rainforest home deep in the heart of South America, but she was forced to go back to the states to join the rest of her family...Categorized as:
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The Billionaire Shifter's True Alpha by Diana Seere
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSophia Stanton is a confident billionaire bear shifter who enjoys the finer things in life — especially fine men. Unlike her twin brother, Derry, she has no plans to settle down with just one mate. Why limit yourself to a single taste when you can have a little lick of everything? She's rich. Powerful. Well-educated...Categorized as:
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Chasing His Squirrel by Golden Angel
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Brady Bunson first meets Jesse O'Neal, she's sick and dying from one of the illnesses that have ravaged the small shifter population. As a shifter squirrel with a tiger ancestor way back in her family line, Jesse is actually an ideal candidate for Dr. Montgomery's work... all the pain the Bunson family has gone through will finally save a life instead of ruining one... -
Unbearable Temptation by R. O'Leary
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBuried under the weight of his role as Alpha, Nate will do anything to find his missing shifters, even if it means babysitting a sassy eyewitness who has an unhealthy obsession with pink--and sugar.Everything in Rainy's life is finally going according to plan...
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