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  • Dark Lover & Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward

    Dark Lover & Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Two novels in one hardcover edition.Dark Lover, Book 1:The only purebred vampire left on earth, Wrath has a score to settle with the slayers who murdered his parents centuries ago...
  • A Good Chance by Tricia O'Malley

    A Good Chance by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Will she be swept away? If someone had told Avery that she’d be flying to a tiny island in the Caribbean to film a reality show masquerading as her identical twin sister, she would have thought they were crazy. And yet, she finds herself in a tin can of an airplane, about to land on Siren Island where a film crew waits to document her every move for a new reality love show – Swept Away...
  • Good Moon Rising by Tricia O'Malley

    Good Moon Rising by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Even mermaids fall sometimes…The ladies of The Laughing Mermaid guesthouse are renowned for both their beauty and their enchanting ways. Jolie, one of the owners, has only dated casually for years, as she is searching for the one man who has been foretold to be her future. When he arrives, Jolie is shocked to find him impervious to her charms...
  • Up to No Good by Tricia O'Malley

    Up to No Good by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Lola Ramon has cultivated a life most would dream of – or judge – depending on who is doing the looking. A world traveler and artist, she never stays in one place for too long, or with one man. A fateful meeting with a psychic in Italy reveals the cracks in her happy exterior and sends her to Siren Island determined to take a break from her wandering lifestyle...
  • Wind Rider by P.C. Cast

    Wind Rider by P.C. Cast

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author of the House of Night series, P.C. Cast, brings us Wind Rider, an epic fantasy set in a world where humans, their animal allies, and the earth itself has been drastically changed. A world filled with beauty and danger and cruelty…Mari, Nik, and their newly formed Pack are being hunted...
  • Stoneheart Lion by Zoe Chant

    Stoneheart Lion by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She's a shifter fixer who can fix anything ... except herself. Exiled from her clan, jaguar shifter Max is a P.I. who handles unique shifter problems. Incriminating photos, blackmail, mate problems? Max helps others solve their problems because there is no cure for her own loneliness. At least none that she knows.But she's never had a problem like him before ..
  • Good Girl by Tricia O'Malley

    Good Girl by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Tricia O'Malley, comes a brand new series about love, self-discovery and embracing your inner mermaid.   She shouldn't be on this island. If she was smart, Samantha Jameson would turn around and march right back to the plane that deposited her at a faded hut of an airport on Siren Island...
  • 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...
  • Her Dragon Hero by Roxie Ray

    Her Dragon Hero by Roxie Ray

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He hates me -- how can he be my fated mate? I know I screwed up. I want to make it up to the people that I hurt, but the best way to do that might be to stay far away and forget about them. So why can’t I stop thinking about Jury? The young dragon hates me. I heard the things he said. And yet as soon as he finds me again, I can’t keep away...
  • Her Dragon Lover by Roxie Ray

    Her Dragon Lover by Roxie Ray

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He shot me down -- why can’t I forget about him? I gathered up my nerve to approach Stefan -- only for him to reject me. That was months ago, but I still can't stop thinking about him, no matter how hard I try to get over it. Unfortunately, fate keeps throwing us together...
  • Shelter Me Home by T.S. Joyce

    Shelter Me Home by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Alaskan wilderness is no home for the faint of heart, but Farrah Fennel has lived in the small town of Cooper Landing before and knows exactly what to expect. At least, she thinks she does. One chance meeting with her high school crush, Aanon Falk, and she’s second guessing her decision to run from the city. Farrah has come home hiding a secret...
  • The Stars Afire: An Elemental Mysteries Anthology by Elizabeth Hunter

    The Stars Afire: An Elemental Mysteries Anthology by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A new anthology of short fiction featuring your favorite characters from the Elemental Mysteries.
 
In Lost Letters and Christmas Lights, Christmas in Rome wasn’t quite what Giovanni and Beatrice had in mind, until a set of misplaced letters leads them back to their library in the heart of Italy...
  • Lawyer Dragon's Surrogate by Brittany White

    Lawyer Dragon's Surrogate by Brittany White

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When his ancient enemy returns, a dragon shifter’s quest to have a child is threatened. The Surrogate MotherAs a young child, my shifter clan was torn apart.Alone, I wandered the streets of a nearby village off the coast of IrelandUntil an ancient vampire found me.He took me in, and raised me, but I was never a part of their dark world...
  • When Water Burns by Lani Wendt Young

    When Water Burns by Lani Wendt Young

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “Maybe you’re not meant to manipulate fire the way I do. Maybe sparks are all you’re ever going to make.”He snarled, “Or maybe you just need to be a better teacher and give me more.” Before I could reply, he grabbed my hand, twisted and pulled me into a restraining lock. Body pressed against my back, he held me in a chokehold. I struggled. Kicked. Fought. Pain knifed me as I tried to free myself...
  • Geminiderne by Nanna Foss

    Geminiderne by Nanna Foss

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Pi skjuler altid sine følelser bag et smil. Hver dag er hun bange for at gøre skade på andre med sin nyopdagede evne. Hver nat hjemsøges hun af minder om en skæbnesvanger aften. Og imens kæmper hun for at holde sammen på sin ødelagte familie.Det sidste, hun har brug for, er at blive kysset af en mystisk fyr fra fortiden...
  • Maverik's Ashes by Sandra R. Neeley

    Maverik's Ashes by Sandra R. Neeley

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Maverik’s broken. His entire world came crashing down around him without warning, stolen from him brutally in the night by the one female he entrusted his soul to. His Wolf is all he’s got left, both are bitter, wary, untrusting and dangerous...
  • Between Ice and Frost by Milly Taiden

    Between Ice and Frost by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Paranormal Dragon RomanceRaven Casino loves solving mysteries. So it was only natural that she take to the Alaskan wild to find her missing friend, Juliet. She is ready to take on the world to figure out where Juliet could be. But she wasn’t expecting to meet not one, but two hunks in the icy small town of Antler, Alaska. These two were so sexy they radiated enough heat to melt the polar ice caps...
  • Silverback Dragon by Harmony Raines

    Silverback Dragon by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    He knows she’s here, somewhere close by, so why can’t he find her? Can fate really be so cruel? Harlan can sense his mate. He has sensed her for months, and yet he can’t find her. Is he too old? Are his senses failing? Maybe it’s his imagination. Maybe it’s time to leave Bear Creek, and all his hopes behind. Fiona has hidden away for centuries...
  • Christmas Bear by Harmony Raines

    Christmas Bear by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    When Leona moves into a house in Bear Creek with her two sons, Jack and Harry, all she’s hoping for, is to get through Christmas and then figure out what their futures hold. With her life and confidence in tatters, thanks to an abusive husband, she’s given up on finding happiness for herself. All she wants is to love and care for her boys...
  • The Sight of You by Holly Miller

    The Sight of You by Holly Miller

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The Light We Lost meets How to Walk Away in this romantic and page-turning American debut that poses a heartbreaking question: Would you choose love, if you knew how it would end?Joel has sworn off falling in love. But when he meets Callie, he can't help being drawn to her. In Callie, he sees a second chance at life. And in Joel, Callie discovers the kind of love she'd always hoped was real...
  • Tiger in the Hot Zone by Lauren Esker

    Tiger in the Hot Zone by Lauren Esker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When danger threatens the entire shifter world, two rivals are about to discover they have worse enemies than each other ... Punk-haired reporter Peri Moreland, of the popular conspiracy blog Tell Me More!, has been a thorn in the side of the Shifter Crimes Bureau for years...
  • 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...
  • Midlife Forgotten Mate by Aline Ash

    Midlife Forgotten Mate by Aline Ash

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After having all her memories wiped away, will Taylee rediscover her love for her destined mate and the father of her kids all over again?TayleeA horrific accident erased Taylee's memories, leaving her in a terrifying situation...
  • Bearly Breathing by Moxie North

    Bearly Breathing by Moxie North

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Independence has its virtues ... but sometimes you really need a helping paw. She’s not looking for a white knight ... Single mom Gemma Ellis loves her son -- and hates asking for help. Her no-account ex has taught her she can’t rely on anyone but herself, even if that means working two jobs and barely scraping by...
  • Dead Even by Patti Larsen

    Dead Even by Patti Larsen

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Retired Guild Artemis Inquisitor Georgia Drake has left the paranormal world behind after the death of her partner in the line of duty. Along with her job investigating crime and murder. With her Hades Guardian mastiff, Benjamin, and raven pair for company, she moves her entire life across the continent to escape not only the loss but her oppressive and powerful family...
  • Innocent Prey by Maggie Shayne

    Innocent Prey by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    To save innocent lives, they'll have to risk their own. Self-help superstar Rachel de Luca and Detective Mason Brown have finally given in to their overwhelming attraction to each other, but neither of them is ready to let physical passion turn into full-blown romance, so they carefully maintain an emotional distance...
  • The Billionaire Dragon Shifter's Baby by Zoe Chant

    The Billionaire Dragon Shifter's Baby by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A curvy social worker in need of a break + a carefree dragon shifter + a baby dragon who needs her father = one hot and heartwarming romance! Amy McCullough has to handle just one last case before she takes some much-needed leave from her stressful job as a social worker. But when she finally gets the call from a baby's missing father, Amy's the one who gets a fairy tale ending...
  • Cursed by Laurann Dohner, Kele Moon

    Cursed by Laurann Dohner, Kele Moon

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Alpha wolf Jazz Zendell lost his true mate as a teen and has no hope of finding another. Marcy was the only one. Betrayed by his own father, she was taken from him before they had a chance to seal their bond.Now his days are filled helping his best friend Desmon manage the Nightwind pack. The work is rewarding enough for a werewolf destined to be alone…until a mysterious werewolf hunter shows up...
  • Fern Valley by T.L. Haddix

    Fern Valley by T.L. Haddix

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rachel Campbell is doing just fine on her own. The forty-seven-year-old divorced single mother of a nearly grown teenager, she's also a shape shifter. She isn't opposed to the idea of love, but she isn't looking for it, either. But then state trooper Lee Harrison moves in across the street...
  • Chasing His Squirrel by Golden Angel

    Chasing His Squirrel by Golden Angel

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When 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...
  • Twilight Vendetta by Maggie Shayne

    Twilight Vendetta by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "My inspiration has always been Maggie Shayne's WINGS IN THE NIGHT." #1 New York Times Bestselling Author CHRISTINE FEEHAN Devlin doesn’t like humans. Most would support the extermination of the entire vampire race, and that’s exactly what will happen, unless his plan to organize a resistance force succeeds. Eva is the only mortal who’s ever managed to get under his skin...
  • Kathy by T.L. Haddix

    Kathy by T.L. Haddix

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Women's Fiction Romance Life changed forever for Kathy Browning one tragic, fateful day in 1960 when her husband murdered their children, another man, and himself in front of her. Three years later, she's battling serious depression, still trying to pick up enough shattered pieces of what's left to continue living...
  • Winged Solution by Roxanne Witherell

    Winged Solution by Roxanne Witherell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Burn me once, shame on you. Burn me twice ... shame on me.Braelynn Summers had one experience with a shifter and it left her in a coma for three weeks, waking up a sex crazed freak. After three years of living in pain she does the one thing she never expected to do, give in and look to a shifter to satisfy her intense sexual urges.Time is running out for Ronan Styles...
  • Hollydale, please: Tom's Fabulous Guide to Food and Entertainment by Susi Hawke

    Hollydale, please: Tom's Fabulous Guide to Food and Entertainment by Susi Hawke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tom's Fabulous Guide to Food & Entertainment This is a unique unicorn of a book that could only have been told by Tom Samuels. While putting together a portfolio for his event planning business, Tom decided he needed to share the behind-the-scenes events that happened each month over the course of an entire year. His personal life had a few curveballs, but Tom persevered as he always does..
  • Stripe for Love by Anya Nowlan

    Stripe for Love by Anya Nowlan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One curvy belle + One blue collar tiger shifter + Traditions that shouldn't be broken + A baby no one could have expected = Mail-order bride romance with more heat than you can handle! Layla Nash has her ducks in a row and everything's going to work out as planned...
  • Forsaken by Dean Murray

    Forsaken by Dean Murray

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The power he needs to protect his friends and family is just outside of Alec Graves' reach. The dominant shape shifter pack in North America is circling like vultures and there are other, more savage opponents approaching in the distance.Given the danger he's in, Alec doesn't have time for a broken heart, but Adri's departure has left him barely able to function...
  • Dragon Void by Ophelia Bell

    Dragon Void by Ophelia Bell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A woman born on the wind... A Turul princess, Evie North has waited long enough for her “one true love” — a man she’s stopped believing truly exists. She throws caution—literally—to the wind and decides to take matters into her own hands. She chooses a handsome stranger from a crowd and falls into bed with him, hoping love might find her in his arms...
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  • Keeping Her Pride by Lauren Esker

    Keeping Her Pride by Lauren Esker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Falling in love with a human was never part of her plan. Lioness shifter Debi Fallon doesn't have time for romance, let alone any opportunity to meet fellow shifters...
  • Burn by Ophelia Sexton

    Burn by Ophelia Sexton

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Opposites attract… Bear shifter Elle Swanson’s no stranger to heartbreak. She’s been widowed for many years. A second chance at romance? She’s not holding her breath. But at the most unexpected moment, love comes walking in. At a family wedding, she’s swept into the arms of tall cowboy Justin Long. Between his smoldering good looks and seductive caresses, she’s falling hard...
  • The Snow Leopard's Baby by Zoe Chant

    The Snow Leopard's Baby by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A curvy single mom + a snow leopard shifter in need of a family + the blizzard that brings them together = a sweet and steamy romance! Curvy Leah Sanders has struggled to make ends meet since her fiancé left her and her baby daughter Emily...
  • Making Dinner by Nalini Singh

    Making Dinner by Nalini Singh

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A short story involving Riley, Mercy, Bastien and Sage from the SnowDancer & DarkRiver packs. Timeline: Takes place around the same time as Heart of Obsidian.This story can be found on Nalini Singh's official website...
  • Healed by the Dragon by Jessie Donovan

    Healed by the Dragon by Jessie Donovan

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Arabella MacLeod was tortured by dragon hunters a decade ago. Ever since, her clan coddled and tip-toed around her, most especially her older brother. Desperate for a chance at freedom, she volunteers to foster with the Scottish dragon-shifter clan. She's determined to stay clear of the charming Scottish leader, but not only does he keep crossing her path, her dragon is drawn to him...
  • Mountain Bear by Harmony Raines

    Mountain Bear by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Caroline has seen her brother Jamie find his mate, and his happily ever after. However, she can’t see the same happiness ever being hers since the man she loved died. Not that he would ever have been hers, fate had seen to that. But no matter how many times she reminds herself he belonged to another, her heart is still in pieces...
  • Knot What She Seems by Katie May, Ann Denton

    Knot What She Seems by Katie May, Ann Denton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    All my life, I was told an omega had to be three things—docile, dependable, and demure. Three qualities I am most definitely not. Darling Academy is designed to teach adult omegas how to please their alphas, but I’ve never fit in with the other girls. I don’t know the difference between a salad fork and a regular one, and I certainly don’t care where people sit at a dinner party...
  • Bear With Me by Zoe Chant

    Bear With Me by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A lonely bear shifter + a workaholic conservationist + a sudden storm = one wet and wild mountain adventure Jamie Sullivan doesn’t have time for a relationship – and she definitely doesn’t have time to disentangle herself from the one-night stand she somehow fell into at her best friend’s wedding. She’s tried the dating game before, and it never works out...
  • The Dragon's Choice by Jessie Donovan

    The Dragon's Choice by Jessie Donovan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After Jose Santos's younger sister secretly enters them both into the yearly dragon lottery and they get selected, he begrudgingly agrees to participate. It means picking a human female from a giant room full of them and staying around just long enough to get her pregnant...
  • Lover Wolf by Amy Green

    Lover Wolf by Amy Green

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Werewolf Heath Donovan has always had it all. The favored son of Shifter Falls' hated alpha, Heath was given the easy life - and his looks have women falling at his feet. Now the old alpha is dead, and Heath runs Shifter Falls' favorite werewolf bar. It's hard work, but the women are still easy. Except Tessa Keefe. Not only is Tessa a sexy blonde bombshell, she's Heath's employee...
  • The Bearfield Baby Heist by Jacqueline Sweet

    The Bearfield Baby Heist by Jacqueline Sweet

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Mina Brooks knew having a shifter baby would be problematic, but she never reckoned she'd have to deal with super strength, enhanced senses, magic surprises and running her bakery all at the same time. She has it all just under control, until a mysterious creature kidnaps her and demands her baby. Matt Morrisey is a bear shifter without a bear...
  • Roar for Her by Anya Nowlan

    Roar for Her by Anya Nowlan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Teresa Lopez has wanted to make a change in the world for as long as she can remember. Being a curvy woman of color from Mississippi doesn't make that as easy as she would like, though. A kindergarten teacher by trade and a photographer by hobby, Teresa waits patiently for her chance to do something that could leave the world a better place...
  • Alpha Bear Detective by Zoe Chant

    Alpha Bear Detective by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A brave woman in deadly danger + a bear shifter police detective who will protect her with his life + a frightening foe = one THRILLING romance!Curvy Maria Hernandez loves her job as the personal assistant to a politician fighting for human-shifter equality... Until an assassination attempt turns her life upside down...
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