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  • Boarlander Cursed Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Boarlander Cursed Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    **Don’t miss this riveting final installment to T. S. Joyce’s bestselling Boarlander Bears series.** Clinton Fuller has been burned by love, but that doesn’t stop him from thinking of his first mate and what could’ve been. And when she blows into town, with no memory of him or what happened to her, he does his best to stop history from repeating itself...
    Categorized as:
    humor  paranormal  suspense  abuse  adult  alpha-mc  amnesia  book
  • It's a Matter of Midlife and Death by Robyn Peterman

    It's a Matter of Midlife and Death by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Midlife is madness—magical, messy and one freaking crisis after another.With a new job I didn’t apply for and an extended family I didn’t know I had—midlife has become somewhat problematic. Gluing ghosts back together is easy compared to my new celestial occupation.The Grim Reaper wants to put a ring on it. Tim wants to be a father...
  • Traitor Wolf of Piston by T.S. Joyce

    Traitor Wolf of Piston by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Vaughn Hall is ready for war.The Piston Mountain Pack has been begging him to get rid of the ghosts he’s been dragging, and he’s finally ready to say goodbye to the things that built him. Everything happens for a reason, and going back to his old stomping grounds puts him right in the path of a girl he used to know. She’s different now, but he glimpses the same old kindness in her...
  • Air Ryder by T.S. Joyce

    Air Ryder by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Everything is a joke to an easygoing shifter like Ryder Croy. At least on the outside, because inside, he’s on the hunt for a mate and is beginning to feel like he’s not meant for a bond. He’s on the tail end of a slew of bad decisions, but he’s determined to turn it around and get his life back on track...
    Categorized as:
    humor  paranormal  suspense  abuse  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary
  • Semi-Psychic Life by Elizabeth Hunter

    Semi-Psychic Life by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Who says you can’t live the rock and roll life after forty?You just need a lot more vitamins and a bigger bottle of aspirin.Valerie Costa was pretty sure she was rocking her forties. She had an amazing coffee shop, two cool teenagers, and a new superpower that gave her insight into any random object she touched.Okay, she wasn’t thrilled about that last one...
  • Riley Thorn and the Blast from the Past by Lucy Score

    Riley Thorn and the Blast from the Past by Lucy Score

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Riley Thorn and her hot, tattooed, private investigator boyfriend are all moved into their new fixer upper. Not only do they finally have their own place, they also haven’t found any new dead bodies on the premises.Yep. It looks like summer is over and so is Riley’s bad luck...
  • For The Heart Of An Outlaw by T.S. Joyce

    For The Heart Of An Outlaw by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Karis Dunway is looking for a complete overhaul of her life. On the tail-end of a heartbreak, she makes a desperate move and applies to be a part of a matchmaking program for big predator shifters. Colt seems charming and sweet over messages, but meeting the scar-faced man in person sets Karis’s life on a path she can’t escape from...
    Categorized as:
    humor  paranormal  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  drama
  • Red Havoc Guardian by T.S. Joyce

    Red Havoc Guardian by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Greyson McCarty is hiding big secrets and doing his best to stay invisible in the Red Havoc Crew. By his own choice, he is at the very bottom of the crew, but when he enlists the help of a shifter matchmaking service to find a mate, the one he’s given makes it hard for him to hide what he really is. Genevieve is smart, and funny, and the most interesting woman he’s ever met...
  • Red Havoc Rebel by T.S. Joyce

    Red Havoc Rebel by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Kaylee Cummings is back in Covington to change her destiny. She used to be known as the town rich girl, misunderstood by everyone but one boy, Anson Carter. They’d loved hard, and then destroyed each other in their youth, so when she crashes into him again, the residual anger from what he’d done comes back ten-fold...
  • Bear the Heat by T.S. Joyce

    Bear the Heat by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Cora Wright is walking a fine line between standing up for what’s right, and keeping her job secure. As a local news reporter, her need to defend the Breck Crew of newly outed bear shifters risks everything she loves about her life. But when she meets Boone Keller, tatted up bad boy bear shifter, her world tilts dangerously on its axis...
  • Fate Interrupted by Elizabeth Hunter

    Fate Interrupted by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    She had her life all planned out; fate had other ideas.How did an accomplished Southern businesswoman, wife, and mother end up living on California’s Central Coast, working for a stubborn wine-maker, newly divorced, and wrestling with sudden psychic powers?Megan Carpenter asks herself that same question nearly every day...
  • Fate Interrupted by Elizabeth Hunter

    Fate Interrupted by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    She had her life all planned out; fate had other ideas.How did an accomplished Southern businesswoman, wife, and mother end up living on California’s Central Coast, working for a stubborn wine-maker, newly divorced, and wrestling with sudden psychic powers?Megan Carpenter asks herself that same question nearly every day...
  • Beguiled by Darynda Jones

    Beguiled by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Newly indoctrinated witch, Defiance Dayne discovers there’s more to life after forty than she'd ever imagined possible. Especially if one is a charmling, one of only three in the world, with enough magics to make her a target for every power-hungry warlock out there. When one of them sends a hunter to town, she knows it’s time to take her talents seriously before the hunter takes her life...
  • Babysitter Bear by Zoe Chant

    Babysitter Bear by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He takes care of other people's kids ... but he craves a family of his own.Enter a single mom waitress with a broken heart and a whole lot of trouble behind her.Army vet Dan is still figuring out how to deal with being a three-legged bear, but it turns out kids don’t care how many limbs he has as long as he’s willing to be a climbing frame...
  • A Kilt for Christmas: An opposites attract magical romance by Tricia O'Malley

    A Kilt for Christmas: An opposites attract magical romance by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Legend has it that wishes made at the standing stones during Christmas come true. As if.Maisie Barron is over it. A small-town girl with big dreams, her frustrations lead her to make a silly wish at the standing stones outside Loren Brae. Little does she know, the magick found there will transform her wish into a catastrophic event that threatens the upcoming Christmas Book Festival...
  • Fairytale Come Alive by Kristen Ashley

    Fairytale Come Alive by Kristen Ashley

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN B006C4AFSAIn Isabella Austin Evangelista’s life miracles never happen… she knows she’s destined to be the princess who’s stuck in the middle of a fairytale where there will be no happily ever after. Once upon a time, Prentice Cameron loved Isabella Austin until he discovered she was a spoiled, rich girl who spent her summers toying with his heart...
    Categorized as:
    family  ghosts  humor  paranormal  suspense  abuse  adult  alpha-mc
  • Woodsman Werebear by T.S. Joyce

    Woodsman Werebear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Danger, betrayal, and redemption come together in the sixth installment in T. S. Joyce’s bestselling Saw Bears series. Riley Miller is on the run. In an effort to do something nice, she lands right in the middle of danger. A trek to the wilderness will put her under Damon Daye’s protection, but it’ll also dump her in the direct path of one sexy, snarly lumberjack werebear, Drew...
  • Boarlander Boss Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Boarlander Boss Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    ***New trailer park. New shifters. New lumberjack crew. Are you ready to see how the Boarlanders live?*** ***The Boarlander Bears can be read as a standalone series*** Audrey Foster is a shifter among humans...
  • Psychic Dreams by Elizabeth Hunter

    Psychic Dreams by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    She’s feeling the heat. Or it might be a hot flash. Sometimes it’s really hard to tell.It’s been four years since Monica lost the love of her life to a sudden and devastating heart attack. She’s held her family together and picked herself up with the love and help of her two best friends. Now Monica has a new business, a new wardrobe, and a new vision for the future.As in actual psychic visions...
  • The Best Christmas Ever by Heather Graham

    The Best Christmas Ever by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jackson Crow and his wife, Angela Hawkins, seldom leave the office for a vacation, much less at Christmas, when many of their agents are out in the field. But this year, Jackson wants to spend the holiday away, at an historic home in Virginia that he wants to buy — even if it is too far for them to commute to work each morning...
  • The Vampire's Former Flame by Kristen Painter

    The Vampire's Former Flame by Kristen Painter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town where Halloween is celebrated 365 days a year. The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the town know better. Living in Nocturne Falls means being yourself. Fangs, fur, and all.Ephelia Moreau doesn’t know she’s in danger...
  • Mack's Perfectly Ghastly Homecoming by A.J. Sherwood

    Mack's Perfectly Ghastly Homecoming by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Mack’s over the moon to not only have Brandon but to finally be done with all their training. With the official FBI stamp of approval, they are ready to start ghost busting. The very last place he wants to be sent to is his hometown of Opelousas, Louisiana, however. But a child is being terrorized, and when he discovers it’s his favorite cousin, all reluctance is forgotten...
  • Safe Harbor by Christine Feehan

    Safe Harbor by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    One of seven daughters in a line of extraordinary women, Hannah Drake has been the elusive object of affection for Jonas Harrington for as long as the rugged sheriff can remember. If only the stunning supermodel was driven by a passion other than her career. But Jonas isn t the only one with desires for Hannah...
  • Leap of the Lion by Cherise Sinclair

    Leap of the Lion by Cherise Sinclair

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She shifts for the first time on the day of her escape. After a decade of captivity, Darcy MacCormac escapes the corrupt, clandestine organization called the Scythe, leaving family and friends behind. She must find a way to rescue them. Discovered by other shifters, the brand-new cougar gets two mentors. Blademage Gawain is an easy-going blacksmith with a steel-hard core...
  • Survival Instinct by Janie Crouch

    Survival Instinct by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The voices in her head have decided to kill her. Most people joke about hearing voices in their heads. For Chloe Jeffries, they're real. And as the creative force behind one of the most popular shows on television, she has used the constant flood of voices in her mind to her advantage: fuel for entertainment. But now one of the voices has decided it wants Chloe all for itself...
  • Bloodrunner Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Bloodrunner Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Alana Warren has her entire life planned out. She’s making big changes and going after the future she wants, but one thing she doesn’t plan on is the tatted up bad-boy bear shifter who saunters into her coffee shop. The constant snarl in his throat says something is wrong with that man, but for some reason, she can’t get him out of her head...
  • Timberman Werebear by T.S. Joyce

    Timberman Werebear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Danielle Clayton is back in her old stomping grounds after years of avoiding the man she had to leave behind. She’s determined to make Saratoga her home again, but when she sets eyes on her snarly, sexy ex, it’s clear her feelings for him haven’t cooled at all in the years she’s been away. He kept too many secrets the first time around, but Denison has changed...
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    humor  paranormal  suspense  abuse  adult  alpha-mc  animals  audiobook
  • Highland Hearts Holiday Bookshop by Tricia O'Malley

    Highland Hearts Holiday Bookshop by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Delicious banter, bookstore magic, adorable puffins, and a heartwarmingly happily-ever-after makes this an enchanting Christmas treat. The universe is playing a joke on me.An unexpected inheritance has gifted me with the dream of a lifetime – owning a charming bookshop in small-town Scotland...
  • Any Witch Way by Lindsay Buroker

    Any Witch Way by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Thanks to her grandmother’s legacy, Morgen Keller has spent the summer learning about her witch heritage. She’s also spent the summer falling for the sexy werewolf next door.As an unemployed divorcée, she never expected to find love again, but the gruff Amar has been her protector since she arrived in Bellrock. He’s fierce, loyal, strong, and he hardly ever rolls his eyes at her vegetarian ways...
  • The Vampire's Fake Fiancée by Kristen Painter

    The Vampire's Fake Fiancée by Kristen Painter

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town where Halloween is celebrated 365 days a year. The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the town know better. Living in Nocturne Falls means being yourself. Fangs, fur, and all. Sebastian Ellingham isn’t known for being a happy vampire...
    Categorized as:
    family  humor  paranormal  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  comedy
  • Fire Bound by Christine Feehan

    Fire Bound by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sea Haven novels returns to the circle of the six sisters of the heart, bound by the elements—and to one who possesses the power to inflame the most dangerous passions of all. Flame-haired Lissa Piner is a skilled glass blower whose delicate gift conceals a burning inner strength that can destroy as exquisitely as it can create...
  • Every Witch Way But Wicked by Amanda M. Lee

    Every Witch Way But Wicked by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Where there’s a witch, there’s a way! Where there’s a whole family of them, there’s trouble. Bay Winchester, editor of Hemlock Cove’s small weekly newspaper, thinks her small hamlet’s upcoming murder mystery weekend is going to be all about fun, food and frolicking...
    Categorized as:
    family  ghosts  humor  paranormal  suspense  adult  audiobook  book
  • The Skeleton in the Closet by Angie Fox

    The Skeleton in the Closet by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    **USA Today Bestselling series!**From New York Times bestseller Angie Fox, the second book in the Southern Ghost Hunter mysteriesA haunted library is no place for a girl who can see ghosts, but when Verity Long stumbles on a dead body in the middle of the main reading room, she has to believe someone…even a dead someone…must have witnessed the crime...
  • Lightning In A Mirror by Jayne Ann Krentz

    Lightning In A Mirror by Jayne Ann Krentz

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Listening Length: 8 hours and 33 minutesThe final installment in the chilling Fogg Lake trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz. Olivia LeClair's experiment with speed dating is not going well...
  • Collision Course by Julie Trettel

    Collision Course by Julie Trettel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There's little worse than your best friend finding out you're crushing on his baby sister.That was eight years ago. Baine lost everything, the girl, his clan, and his best friend. Smiles and jokes are his defense to cover the pain he still harbors. He hasn't been home since, but a mission to save his clan from a Raglan threat has him on a collision course to face his past...
  • Jerrik by Janice M. Whiteaker

    Jerrik by Janice M. Whiteaker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Spirit is fine.Living a life she didn't chose, keeping secrets she never wanted, on a mountain covered in darkness.But everything's fine.She can handle it all.Including the deputy making her life harder than it has to be.In more ways than one.****Jerrik used to be good at his job.That was before he had to fight something he couldn't see.Chase someone who was always two steps ahead of him...
  • The Sinner by Dannika Dark

    The Sinner by Dannika Dark

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “She had wrecked him, body and soul.” An addictive page-turner in the Black Arrowhead series. Cecilia is an introvert who rarely leaves the house, but she must overcome her fears in order to sell her late father’s extensive book collection. When she encounters a handsome wolf from her past, her world turns upside down. She can’t seem to escape him, and the secret they share could destroy her life...
  • Son of the Cursed Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Son of the Cursed Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    ****Don’t miss the exciting first book in T. S. Joyce’s brand new standalone series, Sons of Beasts**** Bounty Hunter, Nox Fuller, has been challenged to do the impossible. He’s supposed to bring the Red Dragon in for a year long stint in shifter prison, but this job could be the death of him...
  • Dangerous Tides by Christine Feehan

    Dangerous Tides by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    With her sensual blend of paranormal romance and breathless suspense, New York Times bestselling author “Christine Feehan boldly goes where no writer has ever gone”*. Now she introduces Libby Drake, of the magical Drake sisters—each mysterious, gifted, and enchanted by prophecies of love…Dr. Libby Drake is sensible and practical. To her more adventurous sisters, she’s always been the “good girl”...
  • Fractured Silence by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Fractured Silence by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Talon Pack continues with a dark secret that could shatter the future of the Packs, or save them all. Parker Jamenson is the son of three Packs, the sole mediator between every Pack in the United States and Europe, and…he’s dying. He knows he doesn’t have much left in him and is in desperate need of a mate...
  • Ax To Grind by Tonya Kappes

    Ax To Grind by Tonya Kappes

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Southerners keep their secrets swept under the rug, but what happens when that rug goes up for sale? Bestselling author Berlye Stone, the most famous citizen to ever come out of Cottonwood, Kentucky, has died and put all her worldly possessions up for auction, but not without leaving one more manuscript behind. A hidden tell-all about Cottonwood that’s got more gossip than a ladies’ luncheon...
  • Christmas Pegasus by Zoe Chant

    Christmas Pegasus by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It isn’t fate. But it is love. Owl shifter Olly has always trusted her inner animal. So when her owl makes it clear that handsome, rugged Jackson isn’t her mate, she knows that what she feels for him can’t be true love… right? Last Christmas, Jackson gave Olly his heart. And her owl chewed it up and spat it back at him. He’s tried to stay away from her…but a year apart hasn’t changed anything...
  • Sealed With a Kiss by Zoe Chant, C.E. Murphy

    Sealed With a Kiss by Zoe Chant, C.E. Murphy

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Can he get her seal of approval?Missy has 99 problems, and her funnel-cake booth at the Virtue town fair is 98 of them. Looks like this is another year she's going to spend with a spatula in hand, splattered in hot grease, watching other people have fun.Her 99th problem is that the hot guy manning the dunk tank across from her booth just turned into a seal...
  • Gillette Park by Gerri Hill, Nicol Zanzarella

    Gillette Park by Gerri Hill, Nicol Zanzarella

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Gillette Park, a sleepy town nestled in the Rocky Mountains, harbors a secret.Twenty-three years ago, a young girl went missing. Three days later her body was found lodged beneath the footbridge over Gillette Creek. The murder shook the town but they soon found it was only the beginning. A serial killer hides among them—a serial killer who strikes twice, sometimes three times a year...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  ghosts  suspense  romance  mystery  lgbtq  wlw  crime
  • Smoke in the Mirror by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Smoke in the Mirror by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Memphis Sullivan thought he was coming to Blissville to help his cousin out, but instead, he gained three meddlesome females, a tribe, and a permanent home. More than a year later, he owns a popular comic book and vinyl record store and doesn’t think his life could get any better...
  • Gateway Catastrophe by Louisa Masters

    Gateway Catastrophe by Louisa Masters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It only took seconds for my world to change…I live a simple, small-town life. Helping with the family restaurant, my side gig as a ride-share driver, hanging with my best friend, making the most of the extra time with my ghost grandma. The only exciting thing to happen to me in the past year was when Gabe moved to town—too bad Nonna scared him off...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  ghosts  humor  suspense  family  romance  mlm  fantasy
  • Nice Girls Don't Bite Their Neighbors by Molly Harper

    Nice Girls Don't Bite Their Neighbors by Molly Harper

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Just as Jane Jameson's unlife seems to be stabilizing, fate sinks its fangs firmly into her butt. Despite her near-phobia of wedding planning, her no-frills nighttime nuptials to her sexy boyfriend, Gabriel, are coming along smoothly. That is, until she turns a fatally wounded teenage acquaintance, and the Council pronounces her responsible for the newborn vamp until he can control his thirst...
    Categorized as:
    ghosts  humor  paranormal  suspense  alpha-mc  audiobook  book  comedy
  • Oceans of Fire by Christine Feehan

    Oceans of Fire by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Called “the reigning queen of paranormal romance” by Publishers Weekly, New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan offers an imaginative blend of sensual romance, fast-paced adventure and the paranormal that has thrilled countless readers...
  • Ghostly Issues by Lily Harper Hart

    Ghostly Issues by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Harper Harlow has the world at her fingertips, and the weight of the world on her shoulders. Whisper Cove’s resident ghost hunter finds that her professional life is soaring – while her personal life is floundering. She’s on a man diet – and nothing is going to tempt her, or so she swears...
    Categorized as:
    ghosts  humor  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  comedy  contemporary
  • The House on Blackberry Hill by Donna Alward

    The House on Blackberry Hill by Donna Alward

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Family secrets, a ghost from the past, and new love will draw readers into this compelling story, first in the Jewell Cove series by NYT Bestselling Author, Donna Alward. Abby Foster arrives in Jewell Cove to take possession of the family mansion she’s inherited from a relative she never knew existed. Her plan is to refurbish it, put it on the market, and head back to Nova Scotia...
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