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Beck Bear by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsJuno Beck is trying to step out from the long shadow of her father and make her place in the music industry. But this bear shifter’s days are numbered and she’s running out of time to make her mark on the world. When she stops for a day trip to visit an old friend, she discovers the hiding place of one of country music’s bad-boys-who-got-away... -
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How It Started by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFamous Amos didn’t only earn his nickname from being the only Bald Eagle shifter in existence. He also earned it from a dark past he’s trying to move on from. He’s trying something different by joining a misfit crew of monsters, and pledging his fealty to keeping Nuke, a volatile dragon shifter, from burning the town to ashes... -
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A Destiny Unlocked by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsYe screw with this lass, ye get put on yer ass.Being bonded to a dragon means longevity of life… and that means I’ll outlive my family and the people I love. I would never have chosen that...Categorized as:
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A Fated Bond by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsMagic, dragons, elves, and vampires are my new normal. At any point, I might get attacked by an angry book, be on the shit-list for forgetting to hook up my battle bear’s keg, or get called to investigate a gruesome magical murder.And how cool is that?Well… the investigating part, not so much the murder... -
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![Tears of the Moon by Quinn Loftis]()
Tears of the Moon by Quinn Loftis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTears of the Moon Synopsis Grey Wolves Book 11 The Romanian Grey Wolves have been kicked, beaten, and stomped--assailed from every side. Yet, every time evil thinks it’s gotten the upper hand, the wolves come roaring back to protect their own. No darkness can stand against them, especially when they fight united with their supernatural allies...Categorized as:
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Her Dragon Rebel by Roxie Ray
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIs he more than a spoiled playboy?I need people in this town to take me seriously.I’m the only female handyman -- er, handywoman -- around, and my business depends on it.But the town’s men just won’t listen.Enter Rico. He’s a troublemaker, but he needs a job.Nobody else wants to work for me.It’s perfect.There’s no way I’m falling for the playboy.She’s my only hope.Get a job or lose everything... -
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Conjure Queen by Luanne Bennett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSugar is in HOT water, and it’s gonna take a village to save her!Nothing’s more dangerous than a lover scorned, especially one with fangs. Gabriel is about to find that out, but he’s only the consolation prize. The real goal is Pearl May Mobley, and Sugar will be the ultimate weapon if she doesn’t end up in jail—or at the bottom of the river—first...Categorized as:
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The Dragon's Pregnant Mate by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe’s pregnant, in danger, and thinks she’s alone. He’s going to prove her wrong. Lawyer and lioness, Elizabeth is used to making her own way and solving her own problems. That’s what she did with her corrupt pack leader: he’s going to jail, and she made it happen, because she wanted a better world for her unborn child. But the repercussions could be deadly... -
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Northbane Shifters by Isabella Hunt
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDeep in the Farthing Mountains, in what was British Columbia before the Rift, the Northbane shifters have carved out a refuge. Winfyre Ridge. Away from the horrors, wars, and darkness. A place to live free and prosper. To start over. If you can get there. WOLF's WAGER Reagan Grace fled from a city laid to waste...Categorized as:
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Poet by Audrey Faye
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA long-awaited mating ceremony.A wolf who burns sausages and has no claws.A poet who doesn't feel worthy.What could possibly go wrong?Read the next installment of Ghost Mountain (or if you haven't met my wolves yet, go start with Alpha... -
![House Party in Gretna Green by Linzi Day]()
House Party in Gretna Green by Linzi Day
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTHIS NOVELLA IS INTENDED TO BE READ AFTER BOOK 3 OF THE MIDLIFE RECORDER SERIES.After completing all the bondings in Ties that Bond, Niki finds herself with a few days respite before her departure for the Red Celt realm to stay with Prince Dai.But her plans take an unexpected turn when she discovers that Dola's 1400th birthday is just around the corner—this Sunday, to be exact... -
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Hunted by Cheree Alsop
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Academy May No Longer Be SafeThe threat towards Alex and Cassie has intensified and they may no longer be safe at the Academy. Drogan will stop at nothing to find him, and the deadly force the Extremist is prepared to use threatens anyone close to Alex...Categorized as:
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P.I. Bear by Harmony Raines
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBear shifter, Lia Rivers, is on the run. Falsely accused of theft, she arrives in Bear Creek with plans to disappear into the mountains for a few weeks. Instead, she takes a job at the local newspaper... -
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The HellBeast's Past by Stephanie Hudson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEscape.That’s all I needed to do.For running was my only option left. But that was the problem when running from a HellBeast King,He liked the chase.So, as I continue to navigate myself around his cruel world,I find not only my life on the line but the Fate of all of those I hold dear.Because Jared wants blood for blood.He wants, a life for a life.Only death is the last thing on his mind... -
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Sinful Magic by Jennifer Lyon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe rouses the sleeping dragon...Wing Slayer Hunter Kieran "Key" DeMicca has always known he's a monster. Twisted magic saddled him with the spirit of a lethal dragon, and named him guardian of the deadly Dragon Tear. Humans and demons will do anything to get that Tear, including harm those Key loves so he remains alone... -
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Darkness Bound by J.T. Geissinger
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTough, smart, and seriously ambitious, reporter Jacqueline “Jack” Dolan despises the secretive clan of shape-shifters known as the Ikati—and has become determined to destroy them. After she writes an editorial arguing for their extermination and turns public opinion against them, the Ikati vow to fight back... -
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Loved by the Dragon by Jessie Donovan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratings**This is not a standalone story. Please read at least Seducing the Dragon (Stonefire Dragons #2) first.** STONEFIRE DRAGONS #6 In Seducing the Dragon, Evie and Bram found love in each other. Many trials have hit their clan since their mating ceremony and they’ve worked together to make the world a better place for Stonefire and other dragon-shifters in the UK... -
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The Golden Griffin's Baby by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA single mom in danger… …and a Marine veteran griffin who’ll stop at nothing to protect her.In the last year, Lila has lost everything. Her husband. Her home. Her community. All she has left is her children…and the kindness of the town of Oak Ridge, who took her in when her husband’s pack leader showed his true colors. Griffin shifter and Marine veteran Flynn is a naturally suspicious man... -
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The Dragon's Choice by Roxie Ray
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThere’s more magic in this world than I ever thought possible. Money means everything when you grow up with nothing. Posting risqué videos online may not be everyone’s ideal career, but it’s given me everything I need. I’m free. The hotshot lawyer Porter may not get it, but I don’t care. He can think anything he wants to… Until the jerk tries to steal my house.Sort of... -
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The Warlock Queen by Quinn Loftis, Kelsey Keeton
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsShe is and will be until her time comes, the warlock queen.~Cypher, the warlock king.Peace has come amid the storm. But the cost by which that peace was earned was great—the lives of the Romanian pack alphas, and Cypher, king of the warlocks. Now, the Great Luna has declared a period of mourning, allowing her children a brief respite in their battle against the Order of the Burning Claw...Categorized as:
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Scarred by Amber Lynn Natusch
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“I loathed myself for wishing a death of that nature on anyone, and even more so because I still wanted it to happen. My moral fiber was unraveling quickly, and I wondered how long my humanity could withstand the unending trial of values my life had become. With every choice I made, I felt it slipping away.And further down the rabbit hole I fell...Categorized as:
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Strange Fate by L.J. Smith
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSarah Strange is a normal teenager with annoying siblings and a crush on two boys, Mal and Kierlan, who happen to be her best friends. But Sarah also has visions of a place where dragons darken the sky and feast on humans. When Sarah confides in Mal and Kierlan about her visions, she discovers her friends are not who they seem. They are part of the Night World... -
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The Dragon's Fate by Roxie Ray
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI don’t need a mate to complicate my life. Just because I recognize that Brianna is my fated mate doesn’t mean I have to accept it.If she rejects me, I’ll be free. Easy enough.But every second we’re apart feels like my soul is being shredded. Literally.When the bond goes away, I’ll never have another shot at a mate.I thought I didn’t want one.But Brianna is like no woman I’ve ever known... -
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Blaze by Donna Grant
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsHis strength, his masculinity brought out something primal within her. In his arms, she felt like the Amazon warrior she'd once pretended to be as a little girl.Anson is a fierce Dragon King, a dragon shapeshifter born and bred to protect his own. But when a rogue tech company hacks into their world, he must join forces with the unlikeliest of allies: a human female. Her name is Devon Abrams... -
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Smoke Show by Alex Fox
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsRebel's bringing Dragons to a Gun FightWhen the leaders of the world's most powerful supernatural society descend on New Orleans, they're gunning for Rebel Weston. She's got a top-secret list of all the major magical bloodlines around the globe stuck in her head, and they'll stop at nothing to get it...Categorized as:
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Dragon Lady by Alex Fox
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsNever, Ever Cross a DragonRebel and Hensley have made a deal with the most powerful supernatural creatures in existence: Dragons.In exchange for their help getting rid of the Talmage, they have to find the last living Heir to their bloodline.There's just one problem: The Heir is trapped in a prison of ice under the control of a guardian so powerful, that even Tez and X are afraid of her... -
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Sadie's Shadow by Julia Mills
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the Dragon Guard Series Arises a Series Unlike Any Other… Seven women, Shifters of Power, ascend from obscurity to battle enemies the likes of which the world has never known. Sadie’s life has never been easy, but then who's is? She's taken every obstacle, every trial…every tribulation and turned it to her advantage. Now the stakes are higher than ever before.. -
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Flesh and Blood by Patti Larsen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDemon BoyThe smoke began to clear, the bubble of family magic collapsing to let it out. I choked on the taint of it, terror rising as I understood why it tasted so foul, felt like death. Blood magic. Dad lay across the pentagram, one outstretched hand marked with a thick line of red, a pool of it spreading around his flesh. No. Way... -
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Full Circle by Patti Larsen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Enforcers ComethThe moment my hand touched the handle, I felt Quaid enter the back yard, just like always. But if it wasn’t him on the other side of the kitchen door, who was? I pulled it open on reflex, still smiling, to find three black robed Enforcers looming in the darkness.They didn’t wait for me to stand aside but muscled their way in... -
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Dragon Gods by Ava Richardson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLoyalty will bind them together—or tear them apart. Nightfall still holds Alveria in its grip. Terrifying ghosts continue to haunt the stricken kingdom, while crops wither in the fields from lack of sunlight. If the light doesn’t return soon, thousands will starve. But a worse fate awaits the Untameables... -
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Sage and Spirited by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDoing a family favour before a wedding is nerve-wracking at the best of times, clearing out the haunted venue is a nightmare.Hecate’s social life is looking up. Her sister is getting married, the new brother-in-law-to-be is a really good guy, and his family is helping Hecate fill in the gaps of her knowledge of what the hell she is... -
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The Hob and Hound Pub by Seana Kelly
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’m Sam Quinn, the newly married werewolf book nerd owner of the Slaughtered Lamb Bookstore and Bar. Clive and I are on our honeymoon. Paris is lovely, though the mummy in the Louvre inching toward me is a bit off-putting. Although Clive doesn’t sense anything, I can’t shake the feeling I’m being watched... -
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Bound to the Dragon by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe needs a protector . . . He needs a second chance . . . This is the fifth and final book in the Lost Dragons series.The town of Hainesville might not be anyone’s idea of paradise, but curvy nurse-turned-restaurant-owner Mercy Reynolds would do anything to protect it... -
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Instinct by Cheree Alsop
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe Will Stop At Nothing To Save His KinAlex’s quest to stop the General’s army of extremists gets personal when someone he cares about is taken. Lives are put on the line and Alex is pushed far past his limits to bring her home.˃˃˃ A Ruthless Enemy And An Unexpected ReunionThe General is ruthless in his attempt to get Drogan back, and he knows Alex is the key to finding his son...Categorized as:
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A Dragon's Sacred Mate: The Guardian Dragons Complete Series Bundle by Aiden Bates, Jill Haven
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI don't have time for mysterious strangers. Even the really hot ones. I met him in a bar the night before I left to move across the country - and I never expected to see him again. But then he followed me... It would be creepy if he was just a stalker - but he’s not. He’s a protector, shielding me from a group of nutjobs who believe in dragons. He saved my life - but now it’s my turn... -
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Alpha Bound by Sloane Murphy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI used to want nothing more than to escape my destiny.Except escaping wasn’t an option. The fates are a cruel mistress, and running got me nowhere.Rejected. Tormented. Betrayed.With my world under attack from someone I considered family and the one person I thought hated me most standing by me, my entire world is upside down.The pain of rejection was nothing compared to the pain of betrayal...Categorized as:
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Heart Broken Wolf Shifter by Brittany White
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI Came to Snow Haven Looking for a Lost Child and Found Love.After being dumped at the altar by my long-time fiancé, I joined my bear clan’s security team and dedicated my life to protecting my clan and my family.My nephew was kidnapped, and the only clue left was a note that sent me to Snow Haven, Alaska. This tiny little town was quaint and full of friendly shifters, witches, and humans... -
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Defying Eternity by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn Obscure Magic series, book 5.Trading her services to a vampire king is a price Leo pays gladly, but her human life is not on the table. Leonora has managed to save her pregnant sister from a vampire attack, but to insure the safety of her sister and niece, Leo is willing to pay with everything but her life... -
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Cowboy Dragon's Single Mother by Brittany White
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA dragon shifter must uproot his solitary life when a human single mother needs protecting. The Human Single MotherMy ex-husband threatened to kill me. And he tried to take my daughter.After I escaped the hell of living with him, I was on my own.Every day as a single mother was a marathon.Until Mason walked into the bakery where I work.I met Mason years ago, and he rejected me... -
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Coti's Unclaimed Mate by Elle Boon
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWill they find beauty in the ashes as the fire settles, or will they go up in flames? Shifters and humans don’t mix, at least not in Coti’s opinion. He’s more than just a wolf though, but his pack and fellow MC brothers don’t know everything there is to know about him, and he likes to keep it that way…until one human female comes along and changes everything... -
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Loved by a Dragon by Alisa Woods
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLEKSANDER: I am a Dragon Prince of the House of Smoke... and I am in love with the wrong woman. I never meant to fall for an angeling. And I wasn't supposed to have the duty of fulfilling a ten-thousand-year-old treaty to protect humanity. But now I'm trapped between the immutable facts of magic and the irresistible force of my love... -
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Healed by the Dragon: Part 1 by Jessie Donovan
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPART ONE 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... -
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Whisper Kiss by Deborah Cooke
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOne man’s mission ignites one woman’s fire… Niall Talbot has volunteered to hunt down and destroy all the remaining shadow dragons – who were weakened by the destruction of the Dragon’s Blood Elixir – before they can wreak more havoc. Among them is his dead twin brother, making Niall’s mission not only dangerous but personal...Categorized as:
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Red Fire by Charlene Hartnady
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe dragons on Mistveil Island are not your run-of-the-mill kind. They’re something else entirely…In an attempt to escape Draig Island and my duties as Tribute – whatever those might be – I steal a helicopter. Probably not the best idea since I’m still learning how to become a helicopter pilot. I thought I had enough hours under my belt to be able to pull it off... -
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The Dragon Family by Jessie Donovan
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLOCHGUARD HIGHLAND DRAGONS BOOK 5 **This isn't a standalone story. Please read at least Healed by the Dragon (Stonefire Dragons #4) first. I would highly suggest reading the other books in the Lochguard series as well... -
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Baby Me by Aidy Award
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsDark forces don’t want these dragon babies to be born… It shouldn’t be a surprise to Azy that her pregnancy is…different. Everything else about her has been too. A girl from Chicago who is half mermaid and mated to a dragon Wyvern? Yeah. That’s not exactly the kind of life she can talk to anyone about... -
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Claws, Class, and A Whole Lotta Sass by Julia Mills
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHiding in plain sight as the Pack Healer for a bunch of wolves was the perfect cover…Using ancient magic to hide her true nature hadn’t always been easy, but it beat the hell outta being dead...then he waltzed in... -
![Dragon Destined by Kara Lockharte, Cassie Alexander]()
Dragon Destined by Kara Lockharte, Cassie Alexander
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI did NOT fall for a hot mysterious billionaire who is actually a dragon.Nope. Not at all. Not in the least.Night nurse Andi Ngo is back to her mundanely real life - finding her stupid brother who went on the lam the moment she bailed him from jail... -
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Fierce by C.C. Hunter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom C. C. Hunter, the New York Times bestselling author of the Shadow Falls series, comes another story set in the Shadow Falls world.Werewolf Fredericka Lakota prefers to be alone. Even years after being abandoned by her rogue werewolf father, she's still never found a place for herself in Shadow Falls... -
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Perpetual Prey by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHunted through history, Elsinor has had enough. She is going to fight her stalker, whoever he is. Elsinor has walked the earth for thousands of years, but every few decades, she must start over. Waking up in agony with her organs slowly regenerating, she has coined a new phrase Prometheus Syndrome...
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