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Nightfall by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSasha Harrington has horrible taste in men. After her latest fiasco, she has sworn of relationships. But when a handsome man with striking features and a body made of rock-hard muscle wanders into her library, asking for her help, she starts getting ideas again... -
Blackstone Ranger Guardian: Blackstone Rangers Book 5 by Alicia Montgomery
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFighting for his mateWhen John Krieger rescues a stranded fox shifter in the middle of a snowstorm, he never expected that she would turn out to be his mate. However, the darkness lurking in his soul prevents him from claiming her and he pushes her away. When he realizes his mistake, he vows to make himself into someone who deserves her... -
Benny by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBig 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... -
Platinum by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Dragon as a pretend husband? Tempting... Sever, the Platinum dragon, stood by as his friends found mates. With Gold and Silver gone, he's left with only haunting memories of betrayal and a future uncertain as the sea. But when a woman writes Date-A-Dragon asking for help with a unique situation, Sever feels something awakening in him that was long dead... -
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Emerald Dragon by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsAfter centuries of searching, the impossible has finally happened: Aegis, the emerald Dragon, has found his long-lost mate. The only problem? She’s a captive of the dark forces he’s allied himself with in order to meet his own selfish ends. But what they don’t know is that Aegis knows how to be a hero, it just takes the right motivation. Like saving the only person that has ever mattered to him... -
Greyriver Shifters by Kristina Weaver
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe shifters of Greyriver are hot as hell and nothing will stop them in their paths, so cozy up and be ready for some sexy fun! Enjoy 5 Standalone, full length books in this bundle. More than 400,000 words. NO CLIFFHANGERS. UNWANTED MATE I don’t want to feel this pull towards Mika Bright and feel the lust that overtakes me when I smell her... -
Chasing His Puma by Golden Angel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan a cynical mutant bunny-bear who never smiles find love with an eternally optimistic puma? Kidnapped as a teenager along with his siblings, experimented on and turned into a mutant shifter, rescued, trained, betrayed by a teammate, and brutally injured before being rescued again... any optimism Brock Bunson ever had has been hammered out of him by life... -
Forbidden Seduction by R.L. Kenderson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe's always felt like she's lived between two worlds. He never thought he'd want to share his with her.As the only child of a cat-shifter and a human, Demi Cross has always lived between two worlds, always feeling alone. As long as she can remember, she’s been warned to hide her identity from those who don’t want her kind to exist. But hiding is easier said than done... -
Forbidden Claim by R.L. Kenderson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’s running for her life. He’s never gotten over her. Will she let him claim her to save her? Wolf-shifter Isabelle Rand is escaping a relationship she never intended to stay in. Fleeing her abusive boyfriend who hates to lose anything, she seeks sanctuary with the only people who can help her... -
Her Vampire Obsession by Lesli Richardson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHER TASTE IS ADDICTIVE AND I WILL NOT SHARE HER. NO ONE GETS HER BUT ME. DexterI've lived a long time. Some might say too long. I honestly don't know what drew me to Lucius' club in Tucson, of all hellish destinations, but dark and self-destructive thoughts have increasingly beckoned to me, as of late.Then I meet her... -
Forbidden Heat by R.L. Kenderson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s a cat-shifter. He’s a wolf-shifter. They should be enemies…Payton Llewelyn, daughter to the cat-shifter alpha, is attacked by humans, outnumbered, and in the fight of her life.Fearing she’ll never escape, another comes to her rescue, and the scent of a shifter floods her senses—not that of a cat though, but of a wolf... -
Hunting Ember by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEmber Brady would never describe herself as stubborn. She’s a pastry chef. Doesn’t that make her patient by definition? Who cares if she’s set in her ways? So what if she doesn’t relent? It’s called passion and determination. She wants to open her own bakery, and the baking competition is her ticket to her dream job. She would die to win. That’s just a figure of speech, though... -
The Alpha's Promise by Renee Rose
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter 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... -
Doms of Dark Haven by Sierra Cartwright, Cherise Sinclair
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThree women, three Doms. One extraordinary night. Welcome to Dark Haven, and may all of your darkest wishes come true...Met Her Match (A Hawkeye Story) by Sierra CartwrightGenre: BDSM Erotic ContemporarySeries: Hawkeye; Previous Book: Bend Me OverHighly trained Mira Araceli can hold her own in the toughest parts of the world, but not, it seems, against her secret crush, Torin Carter... -
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Ruby Dragon by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe third dragon has been awakened...Red used to have it all. Sexy, powerful and attractive to all women, as the ruby dragon he had the world at his feet. But now he's awakened and collared, unable to use his powers and alone in the modern world. His only company is his insane adopted cat and Faye, the curvy, sweet neighbor who makes his dragon sit up and say ‘mate’... -
A Wish for Their Woman by R.E. Butler
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTeck Stalking Horse, a bear shifter with Wiccan power, has spent the last few years dreaming about a female. He has no idea who she is, but he’s going crazy with need. His twin brother, Shy, has never had dreams about the pale-haired female, so Teck does his best to distance himself from his twin so he doesn’t hurt him when he leaves the den to find his mate... -
Ceric by Alexi Ferreira
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCERICShe's feisty, a real fire cracker but as sexy as hell. She's constantly getting herself and the others into trouble, but she's MINE. She thinks that she can just walk into danger and i will let her, but now she has the MC and me to keep her safe.NOVAHe's bossy, arrogant and possessive, but so damn hot. He thinks he can tell me what to do... -
Mechanic Bear by Scarlett Grove
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes fate works in mysterious ways … A desperate woman ... Fox shifter Dana Myers is on the run. After two years of indentured servitude to the Updike hyena pack on Fate Mountain, she finally makes her escape in a stolen car. When it breaks down, she discovers that mechanic and bear shifter Jessie Kincaid is her match on a shifter dating website...Categorized as:
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Bear Cuffs by Ariana Hawkes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs 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... -
Silent Predator by Felicity Brandon, Delta James
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Paranormal Shifter RomanceA predator prowls the Sea of Cortez, protecting a mystery that has been kept silent for almost a century—damning information that some are still willing to kill for.Mason Lockheart is a highly decorated Navy SEAL with a mission that he can never reveal to anyone… even the curvy redhead who’s determined to bring everything up from the depths of the sea... -
His to Possess by Piper Stone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt 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... -
His Bunny Kicks Sass by Dawn Sullivan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEmery Ericksen fled her herd, intent on escaping an arranged marriage to an abusive alpha. Ending up in a small town, she works as a waitress at the Sassy Wolfe, saving up as much money as possible so that she can move on before she winds up on one of the local wolves’ dinner menu. She managed to stay under the radar, not attracting too much attention, until he walked into the bar... -
Mountain Bear by Scarlett Grove
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLove isn't always obvious ... A solitary man ...Cyrus Kincaid has been living in the woods since the Great War ended. In tune with the elements and his shifter nature, he's content to be alone ... mostly. His longing for a mate, however, won't be silenced. An unhappy woman ...Daisy Danes is the stepdaughter of a Mafia boss. She loves pink designer suits, her Yorkshire terrier Fifi, and shopping...Categorized as:
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Bare Knuckle Bear by Ariana Hawkes
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTo Braxton Quentin, the world would be a better place if humans didn’t exist. They destroyed his family, leaving him with terrible emotional scars that have made him unable to contemplate finding a mate. And then he meets smart, sexy, auburn-haired Neve. His bear wants her, his clan needs her, but accepting her help means betraying his most deeply held convictions... -
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Cougar's Luck by Moxie North
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA computer genius, a dedicated gamer, and on some nights a cougar shifter, Everett Hayes had his whole life in front of him. Where that path led he didn’t know. Computers were his refuge until he met Layla.Layla Klein loved her pack, loved her crazy family, and totally dug her job overseeing the hottest club on the Vegas strip... -
Sinful Seconds by Elisabeth Naughton, Alexandra Ivy
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom 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... -
The Dragon Prince of Alaska by Elva Birch
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn unplanned promotion to princess! Carina was just trying to advance to manager at her accounting firm. Instead, she uncovered the dirty secrets of a giant bank, got framed for murder, and fled the country. Now she’s hiding out in a van with a stray dog in the kingdom of Alaska… ...And a gorgeous park ranger is telling her that she’s his destiny (and also, camping illegally on royal land)... -
Bearly Healed by Moxie North
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBeware of shifters bearing cheese puffs...they might be about to steal your heart and make you whole again.What do you get when you mix one feisty sprite of a woman ... Cassidy Hackett knows all about life’s hard knocks. After growing up in foster care, her only family is her friend Effie, who sees past Cassie’s sarcasm to the heart she shields so carefully... -
Ripe for the Alpha by Olivia T. Turner
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI'm in desperate need of a savior.Kidnapped. Tied to a bed. Out of options. Out of luck.Until the Sheriff comes roaring in and busts the place up.He's just the man I was waiting for.I've always loved older men.I've always loved a man in uniform.With the Sheriff, I don't stand a chance.He has me on board before he even says one word... -
Tropical Tiger Spy by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA unique shifter in search of her past + a tiger shifter spy on an undercover mission + a shifters-only resort with secrets to hide = a dangerous and thrilling romantic adventure Amber Allen comes to Shifting Sands Resort for a vacation escape and one last fling before she settles down to the boring life she's resigned herself to... -
Defender Dragon by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA curvy backpacker who loses a shoe at a ball + a lonely dragon prince facing an arranged marriage to a princess he doesn’t love + magnificent castles and deadly assassins = one thrilling romance! Lucas is a prince and a dragon shifter who left his country to become a bodyguard at Protection, Inc... -
An Inconvenient Mate by Lora Leigh, Briana Bronte
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsListening length: 4 hours, 14 minutes.Isabelle Martinez was instantly fascinated by the sexy Coyote Breed she met at the bar, but her sensual flirtation with him was cut short when she saw the man who'd attacked her arrive at the bar.Breed enforcer Malachi Morgan was entranced by Isabelle's mix of shyness and boldness, and he was determined to chase and play with his sensual prey... -
Sapphire Dragon by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe second dragon has been awakened...Lucien, or Luc to those who know him, didn't want to be brought back into the world he left behind centuries ago. As the sapphire dragon, with incredible powers unlike any of the other awakened dragons, he is needed to protect humans in the modern world. But he tried that once and it almost broke him apart... -
Virgin Mate by Tia Didmon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLucy Michaels, is about to realize her dream of becoming an international photographer, when an attack from a rogue cougar-shifter triggers her physical transformation to a species the world doesn’t know exists. As voraciously unstable appetites emerge, Talen Cascade, the sexy shifter who rescued her, embarks on a mission to integrate her into the ways of his clan and satiate her rising hunger... -
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Protected by a Vampire by Susan Griscom
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsan alternate cover edition can be found hereCan love like theirs withstand the ravages of time?Gage McAllister, the oldest vampire in The Lost Boys Rock Band, tries to stay away from the brave young woman who helped him recover from a debilitating stab wound five years ago. She reminds him of his past love and he vowed centuries ago to never go down that path again... -
Black and White by Zenina Masters
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTy was raised by a mage who took her on as a favour to her mother. She can read magic, feel magic but not use it. Her skills come in handy while working for the Shifter Council as a hunter or bounty hunter for misbehaving shifters.On assignment to find a man guilty of the ultimate betrayal to their kind, she is doped and caged by some mages, and what a shock, so is her opposite number, Alatas... -
Redemption by Kate Allenton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen FBI Agent Rick Thompson is asked by long-time friend, Mike Bennett to look into his newfound sister’s past, he stumbles upon more than he bargains for. Not only is Lydia Steven’s gifted like the rest of her sisters but she’s a force to be reckoned with. The secrets that surface make her a wanted woman in more ways than one... -
Flying Fur by Zenina Masters
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA small body and a mighty soul send Misty into the arms of the man she rescued before she had seen him. Misty is a hunter for the shifter Council who uses her small body to get into the cracks and crevices of prisons and habitats. She can go where others can’t and save those who had no other chance at freedom... -
Bloodrunners Bundle by Rhyannon Byrd
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWelcome to the world of the Bloodrunners, a fierce band of hunters and protectors, half-human, half-Lycan. Only through the act of Bloodrunning, the hunting and assassination of rogue werewolves, may these extraordinary warriors gain full acceptance within their respective packs... -
Alpha Shifter Seductions Boxed Set by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBoxed Set Contains: Blaze of Glory (Prospect Springs Shifters) Pike’s Peak (League of the Unnatural) Tipping the Scales (Stop Dragon My Heart Around) Warriors of Darkness Blaze of Glory (Shifter Paranormal Romance): Sheriff Jonathan MacSweeny is in charge of keeping the peace in Prospect Springs. Frontier living isn't what it used to be... -
Bear Sentry by Ruby Shae
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter a routine mission turns deadly, bear shifter and former Enforcer, Jase Wagner is lost. The ability to trust his senses disappeared with the death of his partner and left him feeling worthless and unable to protect his clan. In an effort to find a place to fit in, he travels south and ends up in Deals Gap, North Carolina... -
Bear Up (Grayslake: More Than Mated Universe) by Mina Carter
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGirl meets boy = classic love story. Girl meets bear... Wait, what? Small town girl Kacie has always known there was something odd about Lizards Lick, but she doesn't expect that oddity to almost claim her life or land her in the arms of her long-term crush; hot veteran Dean... -
Running For Home by Zenina Masters
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJuno is rescue from the clutches of a fey who has tortured and maimed her. Her rescuer is a fey who has been partnered with her brother for the last two years. When she looks into his eyes, she doesn’t see pity, and the music he makes carries her to another world. Once she is deemed recovered, she is offered a job in the Crossroads, and she takes it... -
Cry Wolf by Lynn Leite
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCry Wolf is the 6th book in the shifted series introducing a whole new pack of shifters to love. Lexi Stewart has known about shifters her entire life. Growing up the only human in the Reiner pack had its challenges, so she decides to try the human world for a change. When she takes a job at the primarily human company Wolfe Corp... -
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Sacrificed by Alisa Woods
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNew Adult Paranormal Romance Series - Wolf Shifters in Seattle PART5: Sacrificed (True Alpha 5) Shifters live in the shadows of Seattle, just under the skin of the alpha male, dot-com billionaires who are building a new Silicon Valley in the Emerald City. Even with Jak’s help, Mia finds escaping Mace’s grasp isn’t easy.. -
From Jennifer Ashley with Love: Hard Mated / Nightwalker / The Calling by Jennifer Ashley, Allyson James
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDiscover the paranormal worlds of New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jennifer Ashley (and her pseudonym, Allyson James) in three full novels... -
Ava and the Bear by Elizabeth Kelly
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGrizzly shifter, Bishop King, has two loves – sex and food. So when he meets Ava Lewis, a curvy redhead with the intoxicating scent of sex and chocolate, he knows he’s in trouble. Ava’s looking for love, not a one night stand, and grizzly shifters don’t do relationships... -
The Alpha by Jenika Snow
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe said I was his. He said he was coming for meSo there was only one thing for me to do.Run.He wouldn’t stop until he found me until he put his mark on my neck.Well... game on then.He may catch me, maybe sooner than I wanted, but I wouldn't give in without a fight.If a hunt was what he wanted, if it turned him on even more, then I'd make sure I didn't make it easy... -
Every Sunset Forever by R.E. Butler
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRaised by wolves, were-hyena Whisper Callahan has spent the better part of her life struggling to fit into a world where she’s the odd one out. Her adopted family loves her, of that she has no doubt, but now they’re encouraging her to connect with her own kind... -
His Runaway Lioness by Mina Carter
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe can't shift, she can't control hers... Half-breed lioness Renae Brogan is a cat on the run. Leaving her asshole ex meant leaving her pride or losing her life. Now she's hiding out in Deal's Gap, Tennessee, with a new name and a new look. Pity she can't do anything about her inability to control her chaotic shifts. But nobody's perfect..
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