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  • Blackstone Ranger Scrooge by Alicia Montgomery

    Blackstone Ranger Scrooge by Alicia Montgomery

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Her Best Christmas PresentSanta arrived early for J.D. McNamara and brought her the best gift of all - her own fated mate. Polar bear shifter Cameron Spenser checks off everything on her list: sexy as sin, hot as hell, and a dynamite in the sack. There’s just one little problem: he hates Christmas. But that’s not going to stop the feisty feline shifter...
  • Unlove Me by T.S. Joyce

    Unlove Me by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    **Don’t miss this standalone short story from 80-time bestselling author, T. S. Joyce.** One wild night with friends, and Brock Evans comes up with a plan to rake in the room reservations at his lodge. Instead of celebrating Valentine’s Day, he is going to throw an UnValentine’s Day party for the singles who want to escape the hearts, and romance, and frills of February...
  • Dawson Fur Hire by T.S. Joyce

    Dawson Fur Hire by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Dalton Dawson is reeling on the anniversary of an event that changed his life forever. All he wants to do is hide from his past for a few days, but in walks trouble in the form of a timid human who has his heart thawing for the first time in years. He’s not looking for a mate, but Kate Hawke is a fascinating and complicated woman that his wolf is desperate to figure out...
  • 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...
  • Blackstone Ranger Rogue by Alicia Montgomery

    Blackstone Ranger Rogue by Alicia Montgomery

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The one she’s been searching forDarcey Wednesday’s been looking for love her entire life, with not much luck. Every guy she kisses turns out to be a frog, and not her Prince Charming. But she and her inner swan know that there’s someone out there for them. When her sister’s wedding brings her to the shifter town of Blackstone, she runs into her fated mate, forest ranger Anders Stevens...
  • Blackstone Ranger Hero: Blackstone Rangers Book 3 by Alicia Montgomery

    Blackstone Ranger Hero: Blackstone Rangers Book 3 by Alicia Montgomery

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A night he can’t remember.Three months ago, bear shifter Daniel Rogers woke up in a motel room with no memory of what happened the night before. Since then, his bear’s been unmanageable and unruly, while a mysterious woman keeps invading his dreams.When an unwitting heroic act pushes him into the national spotlight, his mystery woman appears and his bear recognizes who she is: his fated mate...
  • Blackstone Ranger Guardian: Blackstone Rangers Book 5 by Alicia Montgomery

    Blackstone Ranger Guardian: Blackstone Rangers Book 5 by Alicia Montgomery

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Fighting 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...
  • A Very Beastly Christmas by T.S. Joyce

    A Very Beastly Christmas by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    **A Gray Back Bears holiday novella that can be read as a standalone** Dominant grizzly shifter, Easton Novak, hasn’t celebrated the holidays since he was a child, but his mate is about to make this Christmas one for the books. She’s been hiding something from him, and her revealed secrets are about to knock his world upside down...
  • Hector by Zoe Chant

    Hector by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Co-parenting a baby pegasus with the hottest guy you’ve ever met? That’s easy. Learning to love Vegemite? That’s hard. Myrtle thought her Australia trip was to study endangered moths...
  • Mate Fur Hire by T.S. Joyce

    Mate Fur Hire by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    **The full-length third book in T. S. Joyce’s new Bears Fur Hire series.** Vera Masterson has been called a lot of names through the years: witch, misfit, mad scientist. She’s let the rumors go because they kept her safe...
  • Wolf Fur Hire by T.S. Joyce

    Wolf Fur Hire by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Like every other McCall werewolf in history, Link is headed down a short road to insanity, but he’s determined to go out on his own terms. Those terms? Repay the people the broken McCall pack has hurt before Ian Silver has to put him down. Hope is a dangerous thing for a doomed man like him, but when he meets Nicole, an instant and undeniable connection sparks between them...
  • 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...
  • Tristan's Lyceum Wolves by Kym Grosso

    Tristan's Lyceum Wolves by Kym Grosso

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    An erotic paranormal romance...Charismatic and powerful Lyceum Wolves' Alpha, Tristan Livingston, is out for revenge after a devastating attack on his pack. Not only did he survive a building collapse, he orchestrated the rebuild of his chic, state-of-the-art nightclub within a week...
  • Forbidden Temptation by R.L. Kenderson

    Forbidden Temptation by R.L. Kenderson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s a bitter cat-shifter who hates humans. She’s the human he resentfully desires. Since first meeting, Kenzie Swanson and Sawyer Lennar have shared an undeniable attraction. But there is one problem that continues to keep them apart. As a cat-shifter with a traumatic past, Sawyer hates humans—and Kenzie is all human...
  • Heartsridge Shifters: Nate by Olivia Arran

    Heartsridge Shifters: Nate by Olivia Arran

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The final book in the South-One Bears series… Bear shifter Nate Dean is the joker of team South-One. The prankster. The one without a dozen skeletons hidden in his closet. He is what he is, and that’s always been good enough, until now. Now he needs to be more. To step up and be the person his fated mate needs him to be...
  • Mating Instinct by Celia Kyle

    Mating Instinct by Celia Kyle

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    **This is a boxed set of ALL Ridgeville books. If you own these titles individually, DO NOT purchase this book.** The shifter men and curvy, growly ladies of Ridgeville have all huddled together in one massive volume. From Maya and Alex and all the way to Grayson and Honor, they're having fun, kicking butt, and getting mated in this collection...
  • Baby It's Cold Out Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Baby It's Cold Out Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ****Baby It's Cold Out Bear was part of the USA Today Bestselling anthology, A Very Alpha Christmas. It can absolutely be read as a standalone short story.**** Emry Mason doesn’t expect to be pulled out of an icy ditch by a registered bear shifter, and she certainly doesn’t expect her rescuer to be as alluring as Graylan Young...
  • Gray Back Ghost Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Gray Back Ghost Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Georgia Ames is a tough-as-nails park ranger hired to protect the mountains where three crews of registered bear shifters call home. The only problem is she’s terrified of bears after a year in Alaska going head-to-head with the notoriously aggressive Kodiak grizzlies. She swore up and down she’d never work around brown bears again, yet here she is, pledging to protect the crews at all costs...
  • Piece of Tail by Milly Taiden

    Piece of Tail by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    You don't have to read any of the other books in the series to read this one. It's 100% standalone A female Prowl Leader? Unthinkable. It’s what Becca Duran has dealt with since the sudden, tragic death of her brother. Now, the leopard council demands she mates an alpha, whether she loves him or not. Given no choice, Becca takes a chance on Gerri Wilder’s PDA. It should be simple...
  • Broken Dawn by Dianne Duvall

    Broken Dawn by Dianne Duvall

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Delve into an exciting new stand-alone novel in New York Times bestselling author Dianne Duvall's "fast-paced and humorous" (Publishers Weekly), "utterly addictive" (RT Book Reviews) Immortal Guardians series.Nick Belanger can't stop thinking about the single mother who lives next door. She's smart. She's funny...
  • Shifter's Paradox by Lisa Ladew

    Shifter's Paradox by Lisa Ladew

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Harlan Mundelein, the Knotted Wolf, the soldier at heart who used to be the guy who got things done, is fading. It's been a long and pointless battle, and he can finally see the day coming that he'll be eternally reunited with his Eventine. He's ready and his mind is made up: he is not getting a One True Mate. His mate is gone...
  • Tangled in Tinsel by Julia Mills

    Tangled in Tinsel by Julia Mills

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The books can be read as stand-alone stories, or you can experience all the love, thrills and exploits of the whole series. It’s over the river and through the woods, and straight to Christmas hell for Chance Nichols...
  • Forbidden Seduction by R.L. Kenderson

    Forbidden Seduction by R.L. Kenderson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She'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

    Forbidden Claim by R.L. Kenderson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’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...
  • KnightForce One by Sydney Addae

    KnightForce One by Sydney Addae

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Now that all Asia and her mate have returned to the West Virginia compound, Silas reveals a deadly cancer that has been spreading throughout the country in their absence. Certain full-bloods are rebelling against the inclusion of half-breeds and are killing innocent humans in their quest to destroy the newest citizens...
  • Her Mad Dragon by Julia Mills

    Her Mad Dragon by Julia Mills

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The books can be read as stand-alone stories, but it is advisable to read them in order to get the most enjoyment from the series. One lone dragon pulled from his mountain to save the clan he's sworn fealty to and the only family he's ever known. One Grand Priestess, the most magical witch of her time, the leader of her kind, and a survivor of torture...
  • Forbidden Addiction by R.L. Kenderson

    Forbidden Addiction by R.L. Kenderson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    With a tortured past, she’s a cat-shifter who refuses to get close to anyone. Yet she can’t seem to resist the leader of the vampire protectors.Phoenix Kaplan has never felt a connection like the one she has with Dante Leonidas...
  • Guarding Her Dragon by Julia Mills

    Guarding Her Dragon by Julia Mills

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Book 17 in the Dragon Guard series. The books can be read as stand-alone stories, but it is advisable to read them in order to get the most enjoyment from the series. What happens when a Christmas elf with way too much sass for her little pointed ears finds a centuries old Guardsman buried in the snow?Well, she takes him home and nurses him back to health, of course...
  • The Starlight Witch by Kim Richardson

    The Starlight Witch by Kim Richardson

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Finding my husband in bed with another woman was not how I planned to start my day. Or homeless the next minute. And broke. So, when a job comes my way from The Twilight Hotel—a paranormal hotel in midtown Manhattan that serves as a sanctuary and residence—I take it. Cue in tattooed, sexy as sin, grumpy restaurant owner Valen, who can’t do drama or high-maintenance women...
  • Accidental Theft by Charlene Hartnady

    Accidental Theft by Charlene Hartnady

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    PART 1: Shifter/Vampire Serial Stolen by the Alpha Wolf is a follow on to Chosen by the Vampire Kings. I strongly recommend that you read this 6 part serial first. The arrogant vampire kings have always proclaimed themselves to be the rulers of all the non-humans making war between the species inevitable. In order to win, it is imperative that the shifters steal the chosen human female...
  • Alpha's Bane by Renee Rose, Lee Savino

    Alpha's Bane by Renee Rose, Lee Savino

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    She ruined my life, got me thrown out of the pack. The only revenge I crave is her. Trey I never thought I’d have a girl like Sheridan. A pack princess — beautiful, smart, one of the elite. She picked me. She gave me her heart, her innocence. Hurting her was my biggest regret. But then she betrayed us all. Now she’s back — sent to spy on our pack. She wants revenge. But my wolf..
  • Oh, My Roared by Milly Taiden

    Oh, My Roared by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Paranormal Dating Agency Book 12 - STANDALONE ***You don't have to read any of the other books in the series to read this one. It's 100% standalone*** Francesca Virgata wants a mate. She longs for the perfect kind of love her parents had. There’s only one problem, she has zero prospects. Thankfully, she’s heard of Gerri Wilder who promises to make all her mating dreams come true...
  • Tall, Dark & Furious by R.L. Mathewson, Celestine Wolf

    Tall, Dark & Furious by R.L. Mathewson, Celestine Wolf

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Listening Length: 8 hours and 48 minutesFrom best-selling author R.L. Mathewson comes the sixth installment of the Pyte/Sentinel Series....For listeners who enjoy paranormal romance with a twist.For three centuries, Trace waited for this moment, imagined all the things that he would do to the Pack that tried to kill him, and now that he was free...
  • Iron by Terry Bolryder

    Iron by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A Dragon Mechanic? Unheard of.Unless you're Magnus Ironside, a metal dragon who just awakened in the modern world and happens to be obsessed with cars and their inner workings. Add in the fact that his mate just walked in to hire him to work at her auto shop, and Magnus is one happy dragon. Now he just has to flex his pecs, show her his huge 'axe', and everything will work out, right? Wrong...
  • Max by Terry Bolryder

    Max by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Huge, gorgeous Max Chase isn't looking for female attention, but the grumpy lion shifter sure gets a lot of it. As the bouncer for Club Crimson, an exclusive club filled with beautiful men, he uses his patented glare to keep everyone at arm's length. That is until a kind, curvy woman makes Max reconsider everything he thought about humans, as the lion inside him growls for his mate...
  • How It's Supposed to Be by T.S. Joyce

    How It's Supposed to Be by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Auxor Bane has made a pact. He and his brothers made a promise to each other that they would let their bear shifter lineage die off with them, for the betterment of mankind. They aren’t fluffy, and they aren’t cute. As one of the three remaining bear shifters alive, Aux struggles daily with the predator inside of him...
  • Doms of Dark Haven by Sierra Cartwright, Cherise Sinclair

    Doms of Dark Haven by Sierra Cartwright, Cherise Sinclair

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Three 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...
  • Bloodrunner Dragon by T.S. Joyce

    Bloodrunner Dragon by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    **Brand new standalone series from T. S. Joyce. Don’t miss the thrilling first book in Harper’s Mountains.** Harper Keller is a shifter on borrowed time. After failing to find her treasure, her inner dragon is desperate to find anything to connect with. When a plea for help comes through from an old flame, she puts her life on hold to track him down...
  • Alaric by Julia Mills

    Alaric by Julia Mills

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sharp...Successful...Deadly... Catering to every dark, erotic desire of his wealthy patrons has made Alaric a very rich man. His ability to tap into the very soul of every person he meets, to see what they crave…intimately…sensually has made Crave, his exclusive club, the most sought-after establishment of its kind in the world...
  • The Alpha's Fight by Michelle Fox

    The Alpha's Fight by Michelle Fox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When you've lost your wolf, how do you get it back?'Jane Doe' has no idea who she is or why she wakes up in a...nursing home? Full of shifters? She may not be old, but they say she is a shifter—only her wolf is MIA and she's in some kind of trouble she can't remember to boot. And there's this guy, Ryder. Something about him that makes her tingle in all the right places...
  • A Wish for Their Woman by R.E. Butler

    A Wish for Their Woman by R.E. Butler

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Teck 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...
  • Sexy Beast VII by Kate Douglas, Anitra Lynn McLeod

    Sexy Beast VII by Kate Douglas, Anitra Lynn McLeod

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Big and bold, primal and powerful, these men have a seductive sensuality that no woman can resist. Come enter their world of carnal desires and wanton sexuality...if you dare... "Chanku Challenge" by Kate Douglas When Beth and Nick first discovered the amazingly sensual power of their Chanku birthright, the desire to mate was fierce and uncontrollable...
  • My Vampire Knight by Krystal Shannan

    My Vampire Knight by Krystal Shannan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Falling in love is a killer. Literally, for Siren Calliope Hart.Any man she love will die—a curse courtesy of her father and the reason for her tragic past. She’s determined not to suffer like that ever again.Then the heart-stopping-wipe-the-drool-from-your-mouth-sexy Godric Devereaux shows up...
  • The Vampire's Redemption by B.A. Stretke

    The Vampire's Redemption by B.A. Stretke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An act of humility, from a Vampire seeking redemption, turns out to be destiny. An M/MM Romance. Kash Garret wants to make amends. After failing at his job and almost causing the break-up of a fated pair, Kash needs to find himself again. He wants to go back to the beginning, the bottom of the totem pole and work his way back to the man he used to be...
  • Shake That Sass by C.D. Gorri

    Shake That Sass by C.D. Gorri

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s an Alpha looking for a home. She’s an outsider with no one to call her own. Can they find what they’re searching for in each other? Derrick Rand is an Alpha Dire Wolf, a rare and powerful species of Shifter. Tired of the nomadic life, he’s looking for a place to call home. He receives an email from a female Shifter inviting him to a small town called Blue Creek...
  • Dragon My Heart Around (Paranormal Dating Agency Universe) by Marianne Morea

    Dragon My Heart Around (Paranormal Dating Agency Universe) by Marianne Morea

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A dragon shifter, a curse, a rare book, and the woman who is the key to setting him free… Finding the love of a lifetime won’t happen between the dusty pages of old books, but for researcher Camille Forester, it’s her job...
  • Her Vampire Temptation by Alexis Alvarez

    Her Vampire Temptation by Alexis Alvarez

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    SHE’LL LEARN TO CALL ME MASTER.The redheaded mortal is intoxicating – young, smart, beautiful.I took her to the dungeon and delivered a lesson in pleasure. And a little pain, to make her blood sweeter.Then I wiped her mind and sent her home. Because immortals and mortals don’t mix.But now three young women matching her description are missing, and the vampire I sired is up to no good...
  • His Bunny Kicks Sass by Dawn Sullivan

    His Bunny Kicks Sass by Dawn Sullivan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Emery 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...
  • Alexander by Kim Fox

    Alexander by Kim Fox

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Polar bear shifter, Alexander Vega, is the last Vega brother who anyone thought would take on a mate. He’s surly, gruff, grumpy and just plain rude. And that’s on a good day. He hates women and doesn’t want them anywhere near the Vega Ranch. But his bear has other plans… BBW news reporter, Elena King, has come to the Vega Ranch to visit her sister Ava...
  • Beneath a Blood Lust Moon by Jodi Vaughn

    Beneath a Blood Lust Moon by Jodi Vaughn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Werewolf Braxton Devereaux would do anything to protect his mother from his abusive father, even commit murder. Or so everyone assumes.Pack Law justice is swift and unforgiving when it comes to murder, and soon werewolf Assassins are out to balance the scales - Braxton’s life for his father’s...
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