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  • Wildfire Hellhound by Zoe Chant

    Wildfire Hellhound by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He knows he's always been a wolf.He's wrong.His past is gone, dead and buried.It isn't.And nothing, nothing, is more important than pack.Until he meets her.This is Fenrir's story...
  • Tiger Protectors Box Set by Terry Bolryder

    Tiger Protectors Box Set by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Hot tiger shifter brothers fall for curvy, sassy mates while fighting the bad guys in the shifter world and helping their dragon bosses. Bonus sexy ménage book A Dragon's Heart! A Tiger's Bounty Jace is tall, dark and handsome. He's also a super rare tiger shifter, with orange eyes and a keen sense of justice that has him constantly on the hunt for the worst criminals in the shifter world...
  • Bear Vet by Zoe Chant

    Bear Vet by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Who do you call when you spot a baby hellhorse? Shifter Vets!Judy desperately needs to find a home for her nineteen rescue horses. Waylon desperately needs to rein in his headstrong teenage daughter's quest to tame a wild hellhorse. And what both of them need most desperately is love...Waylon, a bear shifter and veterinarian for magical animals, instantly recognizes Judy as his mate...
    Categorized as:
    family  magic  paranormal  poc-mc  shapeshifters  adult  animals  book
  • The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion by Mark Cotta Vaz

    The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion by Mark Cotta Vaz

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    A companion to the film, illustrated with full color photos...
  • Son of the Dragon by T.S. Joyce

    Son of the Dragon by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Deep in a high security shifter prison dwells the most dangerous shifter in the world. Vyr Daye is the Red Dragon, alpha to the Sons of Beasts Crew, loner, watcher, fire-breather…and he’s also completely misunderstood. The media has dragged him through the mud, his reputation is shot, and his own father helped to put him in prison for a one-year sentence...
  • All for Connor by Alicia Montgomery

    All for Connor by Alicia Montgomery

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Connor is the wrongest wrong guy in existence. He’s a Lycan shifter, for one. And he’s rude, anti-social and has never said a kind word to Evie. Yet, there’s something about him she can’t resist. Maybe it’s the brooding, bad boy vibe. Her feet say run away. But her heart says stay. Evie is sweet and kind. He doesn’t deserve her. And he should focus on one thing: Revenge...
  • Doggone Mess by R.J. Blain

    Doggone Mess by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    from the book's foreword: "While Doggone Mess’s beginning was written before Plaidypus, there are important reasons for why I didn’t renumber the series and insert Doggone Mess before Plaidypus. Doggone Mess’s events after Plaidypus require Plaidypus to truly make sense."Originally a novella in the anthology Dirty Deeds published in Jan, 2021, this edition has been expanded into a full novel...
  • Klutz: Phoenix Revenge by Sedona Ashe

    Klutz: Phoenix Revenge by Sedona Ashe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I just want a quiet life on a beach with my mates to keep me… busy.Is that too much to ask?Clearly, the answer to that question is yes.Maybe it was payback for the whole punching-death-in-the-face thing.Whatever the reason, Fate enjoyed creating chaos in my life and then sitting back to watch the unfolding crapfest with popcorn in hand.Ridgeforce and Midnight are coming to an end...
  • Starlight by Terry Bolryder

    Starlight by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Theo Lancaster isn't just the world's best surgeon. He's also a night-stalking monster, a creature of darkness. At least, some of the time. Thanks to his best nurse, Theo has had an ace in the hole for several years now. That is, until she threatens to leave. Only then does he realize she's much more than just another coworker, and the only human his heart could want.Ada has had the hots for Dr...
  • Bite Deeper by T.S. Joyce

    Bite Deeper by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Mae Dafoe is back in her hometown chasing ghosts. She’s forgotten what it’s like to be around her big crazy family, and it’s a big adjustment coming from the life she’s created for herself in the years she’s been gone. Three days here, and then she can go back to her apartment in the city, and far away from the swamps of Uncertain. All she needs is closure...
  • 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...
  • Broken Alpha by Paulina Vasquez

    Broken Alpha by Paulina Vasquez

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Buckle up and get ready for a bumpy steamy ride in the ancient city of the Gods, ATHENS! College in Greece sounds like the perfect escape for Raven LaRue. A strong willed Alpha female trying to break free from the shadows of her five Alpha brothers and heart ache. When she least expects it, she stumbles across a vicious beast who wants her dead...
  • Dragon Guard Warrior by Alicia Montgomery

    Dragon Guard Warrior by Alicia Montgomery

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Introducing the Dragon Guard of the Northern Isles. Six dragon shifters duty-bound to protect their king.A single mom getting her life back togetherWhen divorce and scandal leaves her life in ruins, Poppy Baxter has no choice but to take the first job she could get, even if it is as a nanny to a dragon prince in a faraway land...
  • Bear Haven Box Set by Terry Bolryder

    Bear Haven Box Set by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Bear seeking Mate: Curves preferredFour full-length, fast-paced shifter romance novels!  Enjoy these big, growly Montana men as they find the perfect curvy mates for a happily ever after!Mountain BearBear shifter Shane McAllister never thought he'd use an online dating site, but right now he's desperate. He has just months to find a mate before he and his brothers lose the family ranch...
  • Prince of Ice by Terry Bolryder

    Prince of Ice by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Luka, the last unmated ice dragon, knows exactly how to win over the sassy, sweet scientist he fell for at first sight. He's going to take it slow, let her warm up, and show her how hot an ice dragon's kiss can be. All while hiding his identity...
  • 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...
  • Lock by Terry Bolryder

    Lock by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Wicked smile. Wicked secrets. Ready to protect her at all costs...Tasha liked Club Crimson at first. Hot guys, sexy music, and new friends all around. But when the shock of a lifetime leads to her waking up and staring into the mysterious eyes of the club's co-owner, Lock, she might just have to revise her opinion...
  • Waking Hearts by Elizabeth Hunter

    Waking Hearts by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When everything you’ve longed for is standing right in front of you, would you find the courage to chase it when you’ve given up on dreams? Fox shifter Alison Smith gave up on happy endings when her ex-husband walked out, but that didn’t mean she was allowed to give up on happy...
  • The Master Shark's Mate by Zoe Chant

    The Master Shark's Mate by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He's the most feared shifter in the sea. She's a middle-aged grandma from Arizona. He may have finally met his match... Hated and mistrusted. Feared and misunderstood. For decades, the Master Shark has protected the underwater city of Atlantis. Now, his Empress has set him his most difficult mission yet: A relaxing beach vacation. Coyote shifter Martha Hernandez doesn't want to take a vacation...
  • Leap of the Lion by Cherise Sinclair

    Leap of the Lion by Cherise Sinclair

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

    Triumph Over Fate by Emilia Hartley

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kai wants to see Bearclaw Castle razed, but he can’t destroy the place with his sister inside.Not that Kai is ready to forgive Mimi for leaving him alone to deal with their father, but he does still love her. He figures he should at least tell her the old man has died. He doesn’t expect to find Mimi cozying up to their family enemies, though...
  • A Song of Destiny by Emilia Hartley

    A Song of Destiny by Emilia Hartley

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    EmberBonding with a mate who doesn’t even know your name is a bad idea.But that’s exactly what happened to her.Cash Montoya doesn’t even know she exists.He’s the local star, his guitar and his voice calling to her beast since the very first time she heard his songs.She writes him letters. Anonymous, of course.And when she finally finds the courage to tell him the truth, he thinks she’s lying...
  • Awakening of the Seer by E.E. Holmes

    Awakening of the Seer by E.E. Holmes

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    She can already see the dead...but is she starting to see the future? Spurred by the injustices that nearly destroyed their family, Jess and Hannah Ballard are preparing to win back a seat on the powerful Durupinen Council. The odds are stacked against them, but that’s never stopped them before...
  • The Bone Bearer by Lani Wendt Young

    The Bone Bearer by Lani Wendt Young

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The thrilling, breathlessly anticipated conclusion to The Telesa Series.Leila's selfless act at the closing of 'When Water Burns,' unleashed the demonic fury of Pele the Fire Goddess and now Daniel must fight an epic battle to free the one he loves. Unlikely allies come to his aid as a group of troubled elementals try to overcome their differences and work as a team to save their friend...
  • Miss Mated: BBW Paranormal Shape Shifter Romance by Milly Taiden

    Miss Mated: BBW Paranormal Shape Shifter Romance by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Kasey Sanchez can't believe she's done the unthinkable--slept with a shifter. Oh, but he was so hot and sexy and his tongue...wow! But if he finds out who she really is, he won’t want to see her again. Living a secret life is taking a big toll on her sex life. Brannon Wolfrik knows Kasey is his mate. It's only a matter of time before he wiggles his way into her heart with charm and great sex...
  • Loaded for Bear by Bianca D'Arc

    Loaded for Bear by Bianca D'Arc

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A woman with a legacy of magic… Mellie is trying her best to come up with a way to protect the waters around Grizzly Cove from the leviathan and its minions, but it’s not easy. The ancient grimoire she’s been given holds the recipe for a potion that just might work. The only problem is that one of the ingredients is dragon’s blood...
  • Shifted Scars by Elena Lawson

    Shifted Scars by Elena Lawson

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It is law: every good thing in my life must be paid for with at least one bad thing…and I’m long overdue.Four years and I’m finally starting to feel like I’ve earned my place in the Forest Grove pack. Business is booming at the quarry. Our new pub is thriving. We are thriving...
  • The Enforcers: Kane by Anastasia Wilde

    The Enforcers: Kane by Anastasia Wilde

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Never trust your heart. Kane Colton, Enforcer of the Silverlake pack, has lived by those words for ten years—ever since Selina Douglass captured him in a sick mating bond that led him down a dark path and turned him into a monster. Now he only cares about three things: protecting his packmates, watching his blood brother’s back, and keeping his wolf’s bloodlust under control...
  • The Vow by Dannika Dark

    The Vow by Dannika Dark

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Sometimes a wolf has to stand alone to find out what he’s made of.Book 1Melody is an ambitious entrepreneur who has always loved the thrill of a new adventure, but she’s about to get more than she bargained for when the only way to save her business is to secure a deal with a powerful tribal leader. Running Horse, Oklahoma, isn’t on the map, and Mel is about as lost as a Shifter can get...
  • Alpha's Prey by Renee Rose, Lee Savino

    Alpha's Prey by Renee Rose, Lee Savino

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    BENDING HER TO THE BEAR'S WILLThe human thinks I'm stalking her. Maybe I am. But I'm not the only one.There's something evil in these woods and it preys on single women.I'm not about to let the sexy scientist fall into its lair. Even if that means holding her prisoner in my cabin.Keeping her where I can see her at all times. Bending her to my bear's will. Just until the storm passes...
  • Blaze by Donna Grant

    Blaze by Donna Grant

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    His 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...
  • The Shadows of Christmas Past by Christine Feehan, Susan Sizemore

    The Shadows of Christmas Past by Christine Feehan, Susan Sizemore

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Dark magic heats up the holiday season as two sizzling New York Times bestselling authors team up for a seductive Christmas anthology!Magic is in the air this Christmas—but is it good or evil? In this sexy yuletide anthology from two of the hottest names in paranormal romance, animal instincts take over..
  • 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...
  • She Thinks My Dragon's Sexy by Julia Mills

    She Thinks My Dragon's Sexy by Julia Mills

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sure, it was hotter than hell and drier than a popcorn fart, but it was home. Not just a place on the map, but in her heart where it really mattered.Coming back to West Texas for Elle Burntwing was a mixed bag of tricks...
  • Alpha Games, Alpha Rogue, & Alpha Contender by Terry Bolryder

    Alpha Games, Alpha Rogue, & Alpha Contender by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A huge boxed set featuring sexy alpha wolf brothers and their search for the perfect mates! For the first time all together in one easy format, for an incredibly long, satisfying read! Follow Rafe, Hawthorne and Lindon as they win over their sassy BBW mates. Alpha Games Two years ago, voluptuous she-wolf Aspen ran from her shifter pack...
  • The Finding by Nicky Charles

    The Finding by Nicky Charles

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    She discovered a dark secret, witnessed a murder and fled into the night fearing for her life. Three years later, Cassie is still hiding from her past, haunted by a dream lover and fighting to control a terrifying beast that seems to grow stronger each day. When Bryan, pack Beta, appears to claim her, Cassie is forced to face the truth of her existence...
  • Bonded by Nicky Charles

    Bonded by Nicky Charles

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Reno’s a tough Enforcer for Lycan Link who finds himself drawn to Brandi but duty rules his life. Brandi, just on the edge of starting her career as a Disaster Control officer, falls for Reno at first sight, but are they really meant to be? Is it love or lust and does it really even matter? Enforcers and DCs don't get along...unless fate forces them to. Bonded precedes The Mating...
  • Dark Alpha's Lover by Donna Grant

    Dark Alpha's Lover by Donna Grant

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There is no escaping a Reaper. I am an elite assassin, part of a brotherhood that only answers to Death. And when Death says your time is up, I am coming for you…I answer to no one but Death. I am impenetrable, impervious, immortal. I exist to do Death’s bidding and no one–not Reaper nor human nor Fae–can stand in my way. Except for the bewitching half-Fae, Catriona...
  • East of Ecstasy by Laura Kaye

    East of Ecstasy by Laura Kaye

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Annalise Fallston made peace with postponing her big-city dreams to care for her ill father, but lately she’s been filled with a restlessness not even her beloved painting dispels. Worse, the colors don’t speak to her as they always have, and all her efforts produce dark, foreboding images of a dangerous man and a terrifying future...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  magic  paranormal  suspense  abuse  adult  alpha-mc
  • Slade by Bianca D'Arc

    Slade by Bianca D'Arc

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The fate of all shifters rests on Slade’s broad shoulders, but all he can think about is her.Slade is a mystery. A warrior and spy who serves two masters - those in the human world and the Lords of the Were. They've sent him to Nevada to track a brutal murderer before the existence of all shifters is revealed to a world not ready to know...
  • Midnight by Terry Bolryder

    Midnight by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Nathan Lancaster. Elusive billionaire. World-wide philanthropist. Monster.From the moment he was born, Nathan knew he couldn't let anyone know who, or what, he was, but that hasn't stopped him from trying to make his way in the world. And he's fine alone, seriously. Until a curvy, persistent reporter steps up and turns his whole world upside down...
  • Firefighter Pegasus by Zoe Chant

    Firefighter Pegasus by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A curvy pilot wary of flighty men + a firefighter pegasus shifter determined to win her heart + a high speed air race with even higher stakes = one explosive romance! Curvy pilot Connie West hates taking risks. But when her reckless father stakes her beloved airplane in a bet with a ruthless loan shark, Connie is forced to enter the Rydon Cup, a dangerous high-speed air race...
  • Bear Meets Girl by Bianca D'Arc

    Bear Meets Girl by Bianca D'Arc

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s leaving her old life behind and hitting the road, but peril follows her path... Marilee has got to be the most timid werewolf King has ever met. She’s also the most beautiful. There’s something special about her pure white coat that speaks to his inner grizzly, but also protects her in ways he never expected. On the run, and headed for Grizzly Cove, King has to help her get there safely...
  • Hellhound in a Handbag by Viola Grace

    Hellhound in a Handbag by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Linked to a mage she hates, Freddy is willing to trade all the power of the demon zone to get her freedom. Freddy was born to take the mantle of hellhound, but she wasn’t fond of the idea. Wearing the responsibility to atone for the work of a homicidal ancestor, Freddy is the eleventh generation tied to the victim’s family, and being bonded to a mage halfway around the world is tiring...
  • Fern Valley by T.L. Haddix

    Fern Valley by T.L. Haddix

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rachel Campbell is doing just fine on her own. The forty-seven-year-old divorced single mother of a nearly grown teenager, she's also a shape shifter. She isn't opposed to the idea of love, but she isn't looking for it, either. But then state trooper Lee Harrison moves in across the street...
  • Aaron's Mate by Abigail Raines

    Aaron's Mate by Abigail Raines

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He'll fight to the death to protect both his child and his woman, But can their love survive with all odds stacked against them?Aaron always followed pack rules...until he didn't.Rule#1: Fealty to packRule #2: Loyalty to clanRule#3: Avoid humansAaron spent years resisting the charms of the human woman, Michelle.Then, resisting her became impossible.But...Shifters don't fall in love with humans...
  • Spellbound by Anna Santos

    Spellbound by Anna Santos

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jessica is on the run, but this time she’s evading her own mate so that she can secure their happily ever after.Ruthless and biased vampire Alaric put a bounty on Jessica’s head. She’s the only one who can break his curse—or so he thinks.The witch isn’t going to wait for him to make his move...
  • Burned by J.K. Harper

    Burned by J.K. Harper

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dark, dangerous dragon shifters who just need true love...  Fate brought them together--but their love may be a double-edged swordFire dragon shifter Ash Connolly is a horrifically scarred man. Burned in a terrible accident years ago, the reclusive billionaire sentenced himself to a life of solitude...
  • Stormking Road by T.L. Haddix

    Stormking Road by T.L. Haddix

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book Six in the Firefly Hollow Series. This book is a romance. It's a man + woman = love story. Insta-love? No. Impertinence? Yes. Sex within the first few chapters? Um, no (that comes later). Steamy tension building? Oh, yeah. And lots of interfering family members with good intentions. Sydney Campbell Gibson is all grown up now...
  • Claiming His Desire by Ellis Leigh

    Claiming His Desire by Ellis Leigh

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A shifter waiting to end it all...A woman living her life surrounded by death...A destiny few could survive.Book six in the Feral Breed seriesJameson craves death. Former president of the Four Corners Feral Breed den, he's abandoned his post and left behind his brothers to escape the worst day of his life...
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