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  • Kelos: Spring by Harmony Raines

    Kelos: Spring by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    His mate is on the run. His dragon will do whatever it takes to protect her...Will their love survive?Dragon shifter, Kelos, has lived a solitary life. When he finally decides to settle down in Bear Creek the last thing he expects is to find his true mate. After all, he’s waited centuries for her.It’s love, and lust, at first sight...
  • The Dragon King by I.T. Lucas

    The Dragon King by I.T. Lucas

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    To save his beloved kingdom from a devastating war, the Crown Prince of Trieste makes a deal with a witch that costs him half of his humanity and dooms him to an eternity of loneliness.Now king, he’s a fearsome cobalt-winged dragon by day and a short-tempered monarch by night...
  • Fury of Aggression by Coreene Callahan

    Fury of Aggression by Coreene Callahan

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Return to the exhilarating—and ruthless—world of Coreene Callahan’s Dragonfury Series as the threat of war rises, new enemies emerge, and unlikely alliances are forged…Down on her luck, Theodora Rutledge does the one thing she promised herself she never would—return home to Seattle. As a single mom, she needs a job fast to put a roof over her three-year-old’s head...
  • Fury of Frustration by Coreene Callahan

    Fury of Frustration by Coreene Callahan

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ambition can be deadly…Born of a powerful god, but exiled on earth, dragon-warrior Kruger conceals the truth of his origins from the world. Forced to live a lie, he proves his worth by becoming a tycoon in a powerful business empire. But when a beautiful woman with ambitions of her own gets in his way, he must accept what he cannot change, or eliminate the threat once and for all...
  • The Dragon Prince's Betrayal by Elva Birch

    The Dragon Prince's Betrayal by Elva Birch

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A final battle. A betrayal. And a bond that can't be broken.The capture of Alaska's greatest enemy should mean an end to hostilities, a peaceful Renewal, and a restoration of the Compact's balance of power and magic in the Small Kingdoms...
  • Taught by the Dragon by Jessie Donovan

    Taught by the Dragon by Jessie Donovan

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A dragonwoman who doesn’t know how to shift, a single dad struggling after an injury, and a student/teacher relationship that turns into something more… After spending seven years as a prisoner inside an illegal dragon research facility, Persephone “Percy” Smith is rescued by Clan Stonefire and taken back to their land...
  • Fury of Destruction by Coreene Callahan

    Fury of Destruction by Coreene Callahan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the seventh installment of Coreene Callahan’s bestselling Dragonfury series, a hard-edged dragon shifter must find mercy in order to save an innocent woman's life.A man on the warpath…Dragon warrior Gage has earned his brutal reputation. He strikes hard and fast, killing without mercy or remorse...
  • Alpha Reid: six-pack series book five by C.J. Primer

    Alpha Reid: six-pack series book five by C.J. Primer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    SIX-PACK SERIES BOOK FIVE* While this book can be read as a standalone, I highly recommend reading books 1 - 4 (Alpha Gray, Alpha Theo, Alpha Jax, and Alpha Brock) for context before starting in on this one. I’ve always exercised complete control in all things. When it comes to my pack, I’m in control as its Alpha. In everyday life, I follow a schedule and value structure and discipline...
  • Goddess’s Choice by I.T. Lucas

    Goddess’s Choice by I.T. Lucas

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Since the dawn of human civilization, two warring factions of immortals, the descendants of the gods of old, have been secretly shaping its destiny.This is the story of Annani, the goddess who chose to follow her heart and by doing so altered the course of history.The tale would sound familiar to most mortals, as its distorted echoes were recorded in the traditions of several cultures...
  • Forgotten Silence by Quinn Loftis

    Forgotten Silence by Quinn Loftis

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Filthy. Disgusting. Unworthy trash. The same thoughts keep swirling in Sally's mind. She's broken and no one can fix her--not her friends, try as they might, and not her beautiful mate...
  • Bear in a Bookshop by Zoe Chant

    Bear in a Bookshop by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He's all wrong for her. So why do his arms feel so right? When shy bookworm Melody daydreamed about her perfect man, "must love books" topped the list. She never dreamed of someone like Gunnar blowing into her neatly alphabetized and indexed world to turn it upside down. Finding out that her one true mate is an ex-con with a grade school education must be fate's idea of a cruel joke...
  • The Avowed by Ivy Asher

    The Avowed by Ivy Asher

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Just when I think things are starting to look up...I manage to get myself kidnapped.All I want to do is figure out how the hell to get home. But instead, I’ve been shot out of the sky, netted, half drowned, and now I’ve been taken to Kestrel City, home of the Avowed.The Hidden claim the Avowed are the enemy, but I’m about to learn nothing is ever just black and white...
  • Jason by Harmony Raines

    Jason by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A silverback seasoned shifters romance Bear shifter, Jason, has seen all his fellow Silverback Saviors mated and married. Now, it’s his turn. High in the mountains he senses her. His mate. The woman he’s waited his whole life for is finally within reach. However, something holds him back. She’s with someone. A shifter. But not just any shifter...
  • Treoir Dragon Hoard by Dianna Love

    Treoir Dragon Hoard by Dianna Love

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    New York Times Bestseller Dianna Love's Beladors are back with Evalle, Storm, the dragon king and allies, all ready to face a conflict no one saw coming. Two thousand years ago, someone stole the king's treasure from Daegan's father...
  • Black Magic Bear by Bianca D'Arc

    Black Magic Bear by Bianca D'Arc

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    And then, there was one… Jack is happy to see his two older brothers mated and settled in Grizzly Cove, but he’s definitely the odd man out—the lone bachelor of their tight-knit family. He takes a job and a mission to track down the problems at a paper plant in Pennsylvania...
  • Treasured by the Dragon by Jessie Donovan

    Treasured by the Dragon by Jessie Donovan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    If someone had told Dawn Chadwick that she’d be attending a play put on by children on a dragon-shifter’s land a year ago, she would’ve said they were mad. However, her daughter Daisy has slowly worn Dawn down about her prejudices and she ends up volunteering to help with the play. She’s to assist an eccentric dragonman with the special effects...
  • Transforming Snowridge by Jessie Donovan

    Transforming Snowridge by Jessie Donovan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rhydian Griffiths is the leader of Clan Snowridge in the North of Wales. Not only does he lead his clan, but he also takes care of an orphaned boy on his own. The deadline for any remaining family to collect him expires and Rhydian decides to adopt the boy himself. However, hours later, a human female shows up at his clan's gate, claiming she's the boy's aunt...
  • Sadie's Shadow by Julia Mills

    Sadie's Shadow by Julia Mills

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From 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..
  • Restoring the Broken by Emilia Hartley

    Restoring the Broken by Emilia Hartley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nobody with any sense goes looking for true love in a bar, but then nobody has ever accused Erik Beck of having any sense, either.Maybe that’s why Erik spends his evenings tossing back enough alcohol to numb the monstrous dragon he inherited from his twin—the twin he starved of life when he was still in his mother’s womb...
  • Redeeming the Rejected by Emilia Hartley

    Redeeming the Rejected by Emilia Hartley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Years ago, Ford lost his clan, his mate, and maybe even himself. Now, he wants to be left in peace—until he meets Daphne, and she awakens passion in him unlike any he has ever experienced—even with his late wife.Ford Coleman has been living a half-life since he avenged himself on his clan king after that monster killed his mate...
  • Sanibel Surrender by Talyn Scott

    Sanibel Surrender by Talyn Scott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Molly’s pristine life crumbles around her, she inadvertently steps over the immortal threshold, finding that her ex-husband led a double life. Through his nefarious secrecy, Wilson exposed her to a dangerous underworld, and she has no other choice but to rely on powerful werewolf males to escape the unthinkable...
  • Sanibel Alpha by Talyn Scott

    Sanibel Alpha by Talyn Scott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tatum, Jayce, and Bren welcome their precious Youngling, the next appointed Alpha, into their loving family. However, their celebration is darkened when Jayce is forced to handle a troubled Pack stricken by rogue vampires. Following his inborn need, Mike Carter takes his place next to his co-mates, protecting Tatum and her newborn son with raw determination...
  • Dragon Sass (Sassy Ever After Universe) by Selena Kitt

    Dragon Sass (Sassy Ever After Universe) by Selena Kitt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Blue Creek needs a dragon. There’s only one problem—they don’t exist anymore. Or do they? Kai is just trying to live the quiet life of a billionaire recluse. He might still like spicy food and spicy women, but he sacrificed his dragon’s heart over a thousand years ago and hasn’t been able to shift since...
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    dragons  myths  paranormal  shapeshifters  steamy  adult  book  fiction
  • To Ashes and Dust by Luna Laurier

    To Ashes and Dust by Luna Laurier

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A dark secret, a terrible prophecy, and a dangerous bargain.An unsettling energy has settled over the city of Johnstown. When the darkling’s behavior suddenly changes and immortal families start disappearing from their homes—Cassie and Damien are called to a meeting with The Council of the Kyrios, to discuss how they intend to bring an end to Melantha and her darkling brood...
  • Seducing the Dragon: Part 2 by Jessie Donovan

    Seducing the Dragon: Part 2 by Jessie Donovan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    PART TWO Evie Marshall discovers she has three days to convince Bram to trust her or he won’t take her as his mate. Unable to forget their steamy kiss, she’s determined to prove her usefulness not only for her safety, but also for another chance to kiss the sexy dragonman and become part of his clan. Bram’s dragon wants Evie, but refuses to say why...
  • Seducing the Dragon: Part 3 by Jessie Donovan

    Seducing the Dragon: Part 3 by Jessie Donovan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    While Evie attempts to behave in the manner of a clan leader's mate during the special dinner in Finn's honor, news of another attack ruins the evening. Now Bram and Evie must work together to not only stop the dragon hunters from hurting anyone else, but to also control Bram's dragon. Without his leadership, the clan will be doomed...
  • Rumpled Bear Skin by Sable Sylvan

    Rumpled Bear Skin by Sable Sylvan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A BBW Bear Shifter Billionaire Paranormal Romance NovellaCurvy public relations intern Artemis Miller can spin anything into gold, but can she save the Asher Lumber Company’s image? With a little help from billionaire bear Jasper Dixon, anything is possible. The last thing that Artemis Miller wants is to get burned by thehandsome shifter she’s been paired with by their boss...
  • Succubus Blessed by Heather Long

    Succubus Blessed by Heather Long

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    If I told you, that would be spoiling the last book. I know, I know. Not everyone likes secrets, but that's half of the fun of telling my story. I'll tell you when the time is right. Promise.The following blurb might contain spoilers for Succubus Unchained. Be warned before you scroll down.There might be something to this new life of mine.Being mated to Maddox and bonded to Alfred isn’t so bad...
    Categorized as:
    dragons  myths  paranormal  shapeshifters  steamy  adult  book  demons
  • Dragon VIP: Kyanite by Starla Night

    Dragon VIP: Kyanite by Starla Night

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Smokin’ hot dragon shifters have no idea what to do with these sassy Earth females — but claiming them as mates will change the universe! Scarred dragon shifter Kyanite “Kyan” Onyx is the Security officer of the Onyx Corporation. Used to working in the shadows, this deadly former mercenary is the only one who can safeguard his family’s company from growing dangers...
  • Her Choice To Bear by Harmony Raines

    Her Choice To Bear by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Mae is a bear shifter, although she doesn’t really know what that means, because she has been raised by her non-shifter gran since the death of her parents. Determined to find her mate, she signs up to Fated and Mated, but gets no reply from the man she knows is her mate. Only when she checks the profile, does she find something is wrong...
  • Doctor Daddy Bear by Harmony Raines

    Doctor Daddy Bear by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Suzie has taken over responsibility for placing shifter children with suitable foster parents, while Fiona is on maternity leave. When a shifter baby is abandoned at Bear Bluff Hospital, it is Suzie’s job to ensure she is properly cared for. When Suzie arrives at the hospital, she finds the baby in the safe hands of Kit Malvern. Who tells her he is her mate...
  • Blueblood Dragon by Amelia Jade

    Blueblood Dragon by Amelia Jade

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dragon shifter Ferro formed the Dragon Council to keep his kind in check. Now the Council has gone quiet, and chaos is returning. Ferro would prefer to stay uninvolved, but he has no choice and must seek them out. As the father of all dragon shifters, Ferro has long since come to accept that he will live alone, as there are no other beings on the planet with a lifespan as long as his...
  • DO NOT Date the Dragon Next Door by Harmony Raines

    DO NOT Date the Dragon Next Door by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    No, seriously DO NOT date the dragon next door.After a bitter divorce from her mafia ex - husband, she’s moved to the small town of Wishing Moon Bay with her children to start a new life - without any brooding men in it. Unfortunately, the only apartment she can afford is owned by a dragon shifter that everyone tells her is powerful and dangerous...
  • Single Daddy Dragon by Harmony Raines

    Single Daddy Dragon by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Dragons! Alex has a problem. He's on the run, although he's not sure who from. After a panicked phone call from Archie's mom, Kim, he gathers up the baby and hits the road, heading for Bear Creek. But when he arrives there is no sign of Kim. However, there are signs of other dragons. Particularly one special dragon, his mate, Sapphire...
  • River Run Wolf by Harmony Raines

    River Run Wolf by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    After startling revelations about her family history, Sage travels to the River Run Mountains to help restore an ancient water source to the River Wolf Lands. It’s the least she can do, since her ancestors were indirectly responsible for the devastation caused to the River Wolf Clan by a malicious dragon centuries ago. What she doesn’t expect is to find is her mate...
  • Resurrecting Her Dragon by Julia Mills

    Resurrecting Her Dragon by Julia Mills

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Book 13 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. One dragon on the brink of death… One extraordinary woman who is so much more than she seems… One prophecy that could ruin them all… This one’s for all the marbles...
  • Lucky Bear by Harmony Raines

    Lucky Bear by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A Second Chance Shifter Romance Ruth is new in town. After spending years raising her siblings, she is now fulfilling her own ambitions. Training to be a teacher was the best thing she ever did, right alongside moving to Bear Creek. Sure, she’d like a man to share her life with, but if that doesn’t pan out, she is content to be alone...
  • Kiss of Her Dragon by Julia Mills

    Kiss of Her Dragon by Julia Mills

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Previously part of the USA Today Bestselling anthology Once Upon a Valentine. Now available as a stand alone story. Book 19 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...
  • Firestorm Forever by Deborah Cooke

    Firestorm Forever by Deborah Cooke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This flame will burn for all time… Three key firestorms mark the culmination of the Dragon’s Tail Wars, pitting the dragon shifters known as the Pyr against the evil Slayers. The Slayers have struck a blow against mankind, in bringing a pestilence from the ancient world, which is spreading like wildfire through the human world...
  • Blue Bear ARC by Sable Sylvan by Sable Sylvan

    Blue Bear ARC by Sable Sylvan by Sable Sylvan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Curvy college intern Poppy Beaton was in Seattle for one reason and one reason only: for an internship at the Asher Lumber Company that could make or break her career...
  • Zohar by A.K. Michaels

    Zohar by A.K. Michaels

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Zohar Drake is the Council’s most feared Enforcer. With a soul that’s shrouded in a darkness he keeps hidden from everyone. The deeds he’s been forced to carry out for the Council have left him scarred and tormented…both man and beast. When the Hunger strikes he’s under no illusions…it has to be one of his many enemies seeking revenge and inflicting some magical spell over him...
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    paranormal  shapeshifters  steamy  adult  animals  book  fiction  humor
  • Dragon Defiant by Viola Grace

    Dragon Defiant by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Born nameless in a tank, they try and make her into a weapon, but she chooses defiance. Eltrinia sounds like a good name, and Lem comes naturally. After falling through the sky during a lightning storm, Eltrinia is free of the tube that they grew her in, and while she doesn’t yet know her name, she knows that she needs to get in touch with society...
  • Dragon Frost by Viola Grace

    Dragon Frost by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When the winter has almost no sun, monsters wake and torment the locals until a dragon rises in the frost. Kabyl’s family has run a careful supply business, keeping the essentials in stock in order to help her town and the villages around it survive the long, dark winter...
  • Crown of Shadows by Keri Arthur

    Crown of Shadows by Keri Arthur

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Never mess with the relics of the old gods… or the pixies who once guarded them.After her mom’s disappearance six months ago, Bethany Aodhán has been running their tavern in old Deva—something her family had been doing ever since a light-fingered pixie lost them the job of guarding the treasures of the old gods eons ago...
  • 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...
  • Hunted by the Dragon by Michelle M. Pillow

    Hunted by the Dragon by Michelle M. Pillow

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author Bounty hunter by trade, dragon-shifter by birth, Seanan came to Earth in search of a mate. Two years later, he finds himself crossing paths with a woman he suspects may be exactly what he's been looking for--too bad the frustrating female is the reason he's stranded on Earth in the first place...
  • Crown of Dragons by Nina Walker

    Crown of Dragons by Nina Walker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The normal world is an illusion. Separated from other realms by a thin layer of powerful magic, humans are protected from the fae and dragons, the ghosts and warlocks, and an unfurling evil. Khali Elliot is a princess —of sorts. She wasn’t born royal and yet she’s destined to become queen...
    Categorized as:
    dragons  myths  paranormal  shapeshifters  book  dystopia  fae  fiction
  • Frappé Fox by Ellis Leigh

    Frappé Fox by Ellis Leigh

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A town cannot live on baked goods alone, and a teacher won’t find their mate in a book. Welcome to the Kinship Cove Diner, where a good cup of coffee comes with every fated mating. ***It sucks to be invisible. In the diner my family owns, I’m just the sister who gets stuff done. My entire skulk seems to forget about me on a weekly basis...
  • Facing the Storm by Yumoyori Wilson

    Facing the Storm by Yumoyori Wilson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Calming the storm inside me was a challenge. Now it's time to face it. My name is Crimson Jiyuna and I just revealed the truth. To think Homatomashi’s golden girl who was mourned by many, was the culprit for years of growing chaos and crime. The truth of it all is a lot to handle and for some, too much to bear...
    Categorized as:
    dragons  myths  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  book  fiction  magic
  • Phoenix Rising by Lisa C. Morgan

    Phoenix Rising by Lisa C. Morgan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Maggie Henning has lived the last ten of her 16 years surrounded by the constant reminders of her father’s crime, but never knowing the truth behind it. One letter. One last visit to the psychiatric hospital. Just one night, and Maggie’s world changes forever. She is the last of an ancient race of protectors to a world filled with the creatures of myths, legends, and nightmares...
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