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  • Dakota by Shaw Montgomery

    Dakota by Shaw Montgomery

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Just because he’s scatterbrained and distracted doesn’t mean he needs a keeper…right? Dakota is creative, passionate, and just a little too focused on his work. It’s helped him grow a single book into an impressive series and career, but it’s not helping his personal life. At this point, he barely has a personal life and even his friends are starting to get concerned...
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    lgbtq  mlm  omegaverse  paranormal  steamy  adult  book  contemporary
  • Dark Curse by J.L. Madore

    Dark Curse by J.L. Madore

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I chose the man I want to be with... the universe disagrees.Access to the Fae Realm has been lost for centuries, so when my brother mates the mythical phoenix and becomes part of the Guardian Quint, things get interesting. Their destiny is to reestablish the portal gate and unite the realms. I tag along for the ride.I'm used to living in the shadow of my family...
  • Scenes from Cloverleah by Lisa Oliver

    Scenes from Cloverleah by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cloverleah Pack Book 9.5This is NOT a standalone.There have been a lot of things going on in the Cloverleah pack, and if you have been following the series, you will know there were a couple of things that happened that didn’t quite make it in the story line. These four short stories are my way of filling in those gaps...
  • Cross to Bear by Sam Hall

    Cross to Bear by Sam Hall

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When your boyfriend is a dud, but his brother and his pack are your perfect match…“You’re our fated mate,” Bjorn tells me. It’s every woman’s fantasy, isn’t it? To hear a big, tattooed bear shifter tell you that you’re the only one for him and his sleuth. So why aren’t I falling all over myself to accept the bond? Sounds great, but I’m not ready to be anyone’s girlfriend, mate, anything...
  • Pucking the Enemy by Melissa Huxley

    Pucking the Enemy by Melissa Huxley

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    They were the enemy, but now I’m their pregnant Omega…College was meant to be fun, a time away to figure out who I was while attending university with my childhood best friend and avoiding an arranged marriage my parents tried to force upon me.Then every plan I had fluttered away after one party, one choice to follow my desires...
  • The Dilemma by Victoria Sue

    The Dilemma by Victoria Sue

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Marcus has just become the only human ever to be Alpha of a werewolf pack and thwarted the plans of Anubis to destroy the goddess Sirius' creation – the werewolves.Now, Anubis has decided to focus his efforts instead on Marcus and his new pack, to try and destroy the pack from within...
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    lgbtq  mlm  omegaverse  paranormal  shapeshifters  steamy  abuse  adult
  • The Beginning by Victoria Sue

    The Beginning by Victoria Sue

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Winter Circle is on the rise and the most desperate hour for humankind is at hand. Working from the shadows, the dark god Anubis, jealous enemy of the goddess Sirius, is setting years' long plans in motion, a master scheme that will strike home in the heart of Jefferson Pack.Nate is a survivor. He survived rejection by his father and his pack when he was a child...
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    lgbtq  mlm  omegaverse  paranormal  shapeshifters  steamy  adult  book
  • Full Circle by Victoria Sue

    Full Circle by Victoria Sue

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Win the love of the wolf with the hardest heart.”Faced with eternal banishment to hell, Anubis, god of the underworld, has found a loophole in one of the oldest laws which will allow him to unleash his evil on an unsuspecting human world. Orion’s only hope to stop him is to accept his challenge: send a champion to win the love of the wolf with the hardest heart...
  • Omega's Savior by Kian Rhodes

    Omega's Savior by Kian Rhodes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An Alpha from a bloodline so long forgotten that most believed them to be fictional characters. An Omega who was (for all intents and purposes) locked up and forgotten after the tragic death of his Dad when he was in his teens...
  • Spring Fever: Shifters in Love by Lia Davis, Milly Taiden

    Spring Fever: Shifters in Love by Lia Davis, Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Thaw winter's chill with FIVE brand new stories about SEXY, alpha male shifters with spring fever from FIVE of today's hottest paranormal authors.Match Made in Hell (A BBW paranormal romance) by New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author, Milly Taiden When quiet Laura Nieves is tossed together with hot as hell warrior Damien Wrath, eternity heats up really fast...
  • The Cub and His Alphas by Lisa Oliver

    The Cub and His Alphas by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Twenty-three year old bear shifter, Daniel Borden had his life crash around his ears at the tender age of fifteen when his parents were killed in a car accident. Struggling to control his shifts during puberty, Daniel left the foster care home he'd been placed in the day he turned eighteen...
  • Every Heavenly Moment by R.E. Butler

    Every Heavenly Moment by R.E. Butler

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hyena shifter Heaven Gable has known since the moment she met wolf brothers Kross and Kayne Callahan that they were meant to be her mates. Unfortunately, they don’t seem to want anything to do with her, and she finds herself feeling worthless and unlovable. Kross and Kayne never meant to hurt Heaven by staying away from her...
  • Precious Perfection by Lisa Oliver

    Precious Perfection by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Shunned by his pack for being born without feet and suspected of being an omega wolf, Devyn had a lucky escape when he was found and raised by a bear shifter. Now twenty six years old, Devyn fills his days carving elegant items of furniture out of wood, catering to the rich who can afford his custom pieces...
  • A King to be Loved by Brea Alepoú

    A King to be Loved by Brea Alepoú

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They say only the strong can afford tranquility.Titos has been fighting since the moment he was born he wants the happiness that everyone promises. He wants the days where he wakes up and there isn’t a new tragedy to fix. He wants it for his territory, friends, and his MATES.Is peace the stuff of dreams?As Titos is forced to take care of the remaining threat, or he and his men will never be free...
  • No Reservations Part Two by Viola Grace

    No Reservations Part Two by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Her mates are her own with one waiting in the wings, now she needs to finish what she started and get a little revenge at the same time.Olivia has been rescued from years of torture and is working to settle into a life with her mates, and the omega next door, and another feline alpha who wants to join their group...
  • Good Son by Beau Brown

    Good Son by Beau Brown

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Omega Piper Gray has spent most of his life running from his problems. He figures the best way to be happy is to avoid emotional entanglements. Have sex. Move on. That’s his recipe for a long and fulfilling life. But when he gets word his estranged mother is dying, he’s pressured by his sister Trina to come home and help out...
  • Bestowed by Claire Cullen

    Bestowed by Claire Cullen

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An omega locked in a tower, a beta secretly in love, and an alpha prince who isn’t what he seems... who said fairy tales don’t come true? James is the playboy alpha prince of Ember, whose reputation long precedes him. When he gets into trouble one time too many, the king lays an ultimatum at his feet—get married or be disowned...
  • Austin by Shaw Montgomery

    Austin by Shaw Montgomery

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sometimes you have to leap before you look. At least, that’s Austin’s philosophy on life. He knows better than anyone that looks are sometimes deceiving, but when he thinks he meets Mr. Right—who appears to also be Mr. Tall, Sexy, and Dominant—he’s ready to jump in headfirst. It isn’t every day that an alpha Dom falls from the sky and drops right into his lap, and he’s not going to question fate...
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    lgbtq  mlm  omegaverse  paranormal  shapeshifters  steamy  adult  book
  • Shield by Claire Cullen

    Shield by Claire Cullen

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An alpha who’s forgotten what it means to be human. An omega in hiding. And a pack ready to welcome them with open arms.After his life takes an unexpected turn, Jacob winds up moving from safe house to safe house, never truly feeling safe. When he finds himself at the orchard, he thinks there’s been some sort of mistake...
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    lgbtq  mlm  omegaverse  paranormal  shapeshifters  steamy  adult  book
  • A Good Girl Christmas by Sam Hall

    A Good Girl Christmas by Sam Hall

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Every person is paired up with another and we have to do something for them. An experience, an event, a gesture. More than socks and undies under the Christmas tree. Something that communicates how we feel about them.”Marcus is at it again, but this time he's being open with the pack...
  • Defiant Girl by Sam Hall

    Defiant Girl by Sam Hall

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is a continuation of Kit and Tris' story, as started in Bad GirlI've been betrayed by my own family, but that's OK, I've created my own to replace them. Tris, Len, Jackson and even the mysterious James, they're mine now and no one is going to break us apart.My brother is trying to blackmail my family anonymously using a video of me. My father wants me mated to James no matter what...
  • The Timid Tiger by Lorelei M. Hart

    The Timid Tiger by Lorelei M. Hart

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    GiorgioI was the first person to suggest people needed to settle down and find a mate. And by suggested, I mean I signed my brother up for the Male-Order app behind his back. It worked well for him—better than I could’ve possibly imagined, but when it comes to me finding a mate? I want to do it the old-fashioned way. I owned half a bar and peopling was what I did. Surely I could find my own mate...
  • A Bear's Protection by Dakota West

    A Bear's Protection by Dakota West

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Cora Leighton is a woman on the run. Fleeing a bad relationship and an ex who’s blatantly stalking her, Cora enters the shifter state of Cascadia with one thing on her mind: freedom. Love is the last thing she’s looking for, no matter how sexy the men of Cascadia turn out to be. Rugged, sexy bear shifters Ash and Hunter are mates...
  • The Divorced Omega by Harper B. Cole, Susi Hawke

    The Divorced Omega by Harper B. Cole, Susi Hawke

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    (M/M Non-Shifter Alpha/Omega Mpreg. Can two men heal the wounds Ethan's ex left behind? After a decade of a sexless marriage with a philandering alpha who can't even be bothered to show for the daughter's birthday, Ethan St. John finds himself starting over at his childhood home. Except this time, he's a older, wiser, and with a child of his own to raise...
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    lgbtq  mlm  omegaverse  paranormal  polyamory  steamy  adult  audiobook
  • Alpha's Wolf by Susi Hawke

    Alpha's Wolf by Susi Hawke

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “Because I'm not sure if even a lifetime will be enough time for me to show you how much I love you. You're the best thing that ever happened me to me, or ever will, for that matter. You're my everything, babe. And I love you.” This is a story about an unconventional couple who break all the alpha and omega rules. Alpha bear Liam is not your average alpha...
  • The Omega Verse: A Reverse Harem Omegaverse by Roxy Collins

    The Omega Verse: A Reverse Harem Omegaverse by Roxy Collins

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Every famous love song has been written by an alpha for an omega. As a beta, I’ve never expected to be anyone’s muse. I’m happy to stick in the background – and with a past like mine, it’s simply safer avoiding the spotlight. But that changes the day I learn my long-lost brother is Stix Rain. The drummer for one of the biggest rock bands in the world, we lost touch when we went into foster care...
  • His Reclassified Omega by L.C. Davis

    His Reclassified Omega by L.C. Davis

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An omega who wants nothing to do with Alphas meets an Alpha who feels he’ll never measure up. Myron has never fit the mold of a typical omega. For one thing, he has no interest in settling down with anyone other than another omega. When the woman he loves leaves him for a far more conventional mate, he takes a job he’s hardly qualified for just to get out of the country...
  • At Sixes and Sevens by M.A. Church

    At Sixes and Sevens by M.A. Church

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Werecats mating with humans was bad enough…. But an Alpha werewolf? Aidric’s life takes an unexpected turn when he meets Alpha Carter Lovelock of the Dark Lake Pack—who is apparently his mate. Now Aidric must decide whether to accept the mate the goddess chose, or deny her gift because cats and dogs just don’t mix. Carter is in a pickle. He always assumed his mate would be a female werewolf...
  • Omegas Unchained by Samantha Cayto

    Omegas Unchained by Samantha Cayto

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Two omegas with the same radical idea – breaking free from their constraints and taking charge of their own destinies! Shy, brutalized Ryan has a simple goal of carving the best life for himself and his pup that he can. Being accepted into the Rogue Pack has given him that chance. He also harbors the hope of mating with Griffin, the beta he has loved for longer than he should...
  • Love Is Always Write: Volume Six (Don't Read in the Closet Events) by Sara York, Em Woods

    Love Is Always Write: Volume Six (Don't Read in the Closet Events) by Sara York, Em Woods

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The stories you are about to read celebrate love, sex and romance between men. They are a product of the Love Is Always Write promotion sponsored by the Goodreads M/M Romance Group and are published as a free gift to you...
  • Operation Christmas Miracle by Kiska Gray

    Operation Christmas Miracle by Kiska Gray

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ChesterRescuing people isn't what I do, but when I find an Alpha in need of saving the night of the snow storm, I know I can't just leave him out in the cold. So now I've got a stranger in my house, mere days before Christmas, and we're snowed in. I shouldn't be so comfortable with Kinsley, but he seems like a nice person, and he's so patient with my son...
  • Memories of You by Austin Bates

    Memories of You by Austin Bates

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Adam sighed. He felt a slight flutter in his stomach as the baby began to move. He rested a hand on his belly. “Looks like someone just woke up.”“Can I feel?” asked Melinda, her face brightened considerably as she leaned forward. “I’ve been trying to keep from asking you questions all day, but I just can’t hold back anymore.”Adam’s heart swelled at the sight of the pure joy on his mother’s face...
  • Omega Served by Aria Grace, Lorelei M. Hart

    Omega Served by Aria Grace, Lorelei M. Hart

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book Two of the Oak Grove series. Can be read as a standalone.Ike is gun shy after the ordeal he recently went through with a money-grubbing omega who lied about carrying his child. Now he doesn't trust any omegas and would rather stay celibate than to risk being used again. Until he walks into The Fallen Nut on a busy night and makes a terrible decision...
  • Undeniable Bonds by Kaje Harper

    Undeniable Bonds by Kaje Harper

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Some bonds are strong enough to last a lifetime, and change the world.Rory O'Sullivan has spent his life alone. Once upon a time, he made one real human connection as a gay man. That moment happened in Nazi captivity, and the wolf he escaped with was a Soviet soldier. They had a taste of what love might mean, but in 1944, personal happiness had to come second to survival...
  • Crushing on Cole by Fel Fern

    Crushing on Cole by Fel Fern

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A sexy and persistent Alpha is stalking me and I don’t know how to get rid of him…Alan Maple is trying to live his life one day at a time. Alan’s distrustful of Alphas for a reason. His ex-boyfriend did a number on him. Alan doesn’t think he’s ready to date again. When Cole enters the picture, Alan’s confused by all the attention the Alpha is giving him. He’s undeniably drawn to Cole...
  • From the Edge by N. Slater

    From the Edge by N. Slater

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’m not meant for a happy ending.I wasn’t even supposed to be an Omega but two years into college, I presented and my parents all but sold me to an abusive Alpha for a price tag that would set them up for life.However, my heart is still with my lover from sophomore year, my heart and soul—Blake.He was there for me when I was just a Beta, when I presented, and the terrifying days afterward...
  • Every Blissful Moment by R.E. Butler

    Every Blissful Moment by R.E. Butler

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Non-shifting wolf Bliss Roberts imagined the most exciting thing in her future would be her honeymoon with her three gorgeous hyena husbands. She never expected them to get lost in the mountains on the way home and stumble upon a young owl shifter being forced to mate with a much older male...
  • Sexy Beast III by Kate Douglas, Morgan Hawke

    Sexy Beast III by Kate Douglas, Morgan Hawke

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They're powerful, sensual men who are on the prowl, looking for the perfect mate-- a woman willing to embrace adventure beyond the imagination, and explore her wildest, most uninhibited side... "Chanku Journey" by Kate Douglas Jacob, Baylor, and Shannon are an ancient sensual race of shapeshifters known as the Chanku...
  • Don't Read in the Closet: GayRomLit Retreat 2011 Special Edition (Don't Read in the Closet Events) by Clare London, J.P. Barnaby

    Don't Read in the Closet: GayRomLit Retreat 2011 Special Edition (Don't Read in the Closet Events) by Clare London, J.P. Barnaby

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This free ebook is a collection of 27 short stories celebrating love, sex and romance between men. It is a product of the Goodreads M/M Romance Group Hot Summer Days event and features authors attending the GayRomLit Retreat 2011 in New Orleans; if you like what you read, come join our group! Use the green download button below and choose from PDF, Mobi/Kindle, Epub and Html/Zip formats...
  • Don't Read in the Closet: Volume Three (Don't Read in the Closet Events) by Damon Suede, Mael Day

    Don't Read in the Closet: Volume Three (Don't Read in the Closet Events) by Damon Suede, Mael Day

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This free ebook is volume three in a collection of short stories celebrating love, sex and romance between men. It is a product of the Goodreads M/M Romance Group Hot Summer Days event and features original stories from 27 authors; if you like what you read, come join our group! Use the green download button below and choose from PDF, Mobi/Kindle, Epub and Html/Zip formats...
  • Matched to His Bear by Lorelei M. Hart, Colbie Dunbar

    Matched to His Bear by Lorelei M. Hart, Colbie Dunbar

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    alternate cover edition of ASIN B08CM6Q6Q9Fate doesn't use dating apps to pair true mates...except when it does.Alpha Brad Galway is a hot successful lawyer and Beta of his Den with omegas throwing themselves at his feet. From the outside, it appears as though he has everything he could possibly desire...
  • The Omega Lesson: A Reverse Harem Omegaverse by Roxy Collins

    The Omega Lesson: A Reverse Harem Omegaverse by Roxy Collins

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Alphas are taught to take what they want.Or at least that’s the motto of the elite alpha academy where I work. My probation is around the corner and the headmaster has already warned me I don’t fit in. But I don’t plan to go down without a fight. I need this job, especially if I want to prove to my family that I’m more than just my past mistakes.Falling for my student is a dangerous complication...
  • Be Mine: A Contemporary Polyamorous Omegaverse Novella by K.L. Moore

    Be Mine: A Contemporary Polyamorous Omegaverse Novella by K.L. Moore

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My heat is early.After embracing the life of an independent omega and refusing all matches, I'm running low on options.But a chance encounter with a delicious smelling omega sets the wheel of fate in motion and there's no stopping it. Not even the fact that he's an omega just like me, or that he already has a pack.What’s an independent omega to do?The world will never accept two omegas together..
  • The Omega's Surprise Baby by Ann-Katrin Byrde

    The Omega's Surprise Baby by Ann-Katrin Byrde

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A haunted omega, a single dad, and the world's sweetest surprise...Music has always been the first love of singer-songwriter Kade Ashton. And it was that love that gave him the strength to defy his family and the cult they belonged to, running away from his arranged marriage to make a life for himself amongst the spotlights...
  • Omega Shared by Susi Hawke

    Omega Shared by Susi Hawke

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Omega Shared is the story of two wolf men named Owen and Zane...and a bear named Karl. This unlikely threesome are fated mates, who need to figure out a way to be together that will work for all three of them. Karl is an alpha bear without a family of his own, since bears are solitary creatures who only form attachments to their mates...
  • His Baby to Save by Kiki Burrelli

    His Baby to Save by Kiki Burrelli

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "It hurts everywhere. Please, touch me." Young wolf shifter Caleb didn’t expect to be fighting for his life while protecting a group of cubs he escorted up the mountain on a morale-building exercise but that’s what happened. And he would have died if it wasn’t for gorgeous alpha mountain man, Asher...
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    lgbtq  mlm  omegaverse  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  age-gap  book
  • The Bond-Cut Omega by Amy Bellows

    The Bond-Cut Omega by Amy Bellows

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Gabe thinks he’ll never have a bond of his own. He’s bond-cut, which means his scent gland is so scarred, he can’t bond to anyone—not even his best friend, Marcus, who he’s been in love with for six years. Gabe spends every waking moment with Marcus. They co-own a tattoo parlor and share an apartment. It was Gabe who gave Marcus the vibrant bird tattoos all over his body...
  • Betrothed by Claire Cullen

    Betrothed by Claire Cullen

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A M/M/M Mpreg Romance. Life’s no fairy tale, especially for an omega. When William’s father names him heir to the throne, it kicks off an event the alpha has both longed for and dreaded; the courtship contest. In a matter of weeks, he has to choose the two people he’ll spend the rest of his life with. He has Elliott; his best friend and secret love...
  • Alpha's Strength by Susi Hawke

    Alpha's Strength by Susi Hawke

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “Diego. Mate. Mine. I promise that I will never forget this moment as long as we live, Kitten. You are my omega now. I have claimed you and I will spend my life treasuring you.” Alpha Heir Stefan is stunned as the scent of his fated-mate fills the air. When he sees the gorgeous omega with the caramel toned skin, whiskey brown eyes and silky black hair, his inner bear rejoices...
  • Breeding Clinic by Alexis B. Osborne, Lindsay York

    Breeding Clinic by Alexis B. Osborne, Lindsay York

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My biology only wants me to give into this strange alpha because I’m carrying his baby.Kat wants a baby and has wanted one for years. As an older omega with no pack to call her own anymore, she turns to a fertility clinic for help on the path to motherhood. The constant appointments, the blood tests, and the pills will all be worth it when she can finally hold her little bundle of joy...
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