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  • Initiation by Alethea Faust

    Initiation by Alethea Faust

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Magic is a rare gift that only exists in the bloodlines of the rich, the royal, and the reputable. Dominai of Airedale, a poor hunter and forest guide, is barely one of those things. But after a moonlit encounter with the wizard Allisande, Dominai's life is changed forever...
  • A Nature of Conflict by Kristen Banet

    A Nature of Conflict by Kristen Banet

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Sawyer Matthews is a retired and presumed-dead assassin. Ripped from her life of shadows and secrets, she’s decided to gamble it all and accept a new chapter in her life—one that may lead to a brighter future. With her first case over and budding relationships with some of her teammates, Sawyer finds herself feeling more secure...
  • Beta's Strength by Nora Phoenix

    Beta's Strength by Nora Phoenix

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Bray has accepted he, Kean, and Ruari are fated mates, but he knows their happy ever after is still a long ways off. He needs to change, but where to start? Can he ever become the alpha that’s worthy of his two mates and the dad little Jax needs? The rest of the pack is reeling from the heavy loss they suffered...
  • A Night of Redemption by Kristen Banet

    A Night of Redemption by Kristen Banet

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Experience the final trial of an assassin once called Shadow in the conclusion to the Amazon Top 100 Bestselling series, THE REDEMPTION SAGA! Sawyer Matthews is a retired and presumed-dead assassin. Ripped from her life of shadows and secrets, she’s decided to gamble it all and accept a new chapter in her life—one that may lead to a brighter future. It slipped between her fingers...
  • Hidden in Smoke by Quinn Arthurs, Harper Wylde

    Hidden in Smoke by Quinn Arthurs, Harper Wylde

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    My nightmares have started closing in. Now I’m just trying to survive them. When my past comes back to haunt me, I find myself relying on the men I’ve come to care so much about. With their help, and the help of my best friend, I’m trying to navigate the threats—old and new. When I’m summoned to go before the Council, I have no idea what to expect...
  • The Hard Rhoade by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    The Hard Rhoade by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Finding out that he is adopted is a shock to Travis Rhoades, and he isn't happy that his father hasn't been honest with him. Discovering that he is a demigod, the son of an actual Olympian god? Well, butter his butt and call him a biscuit. Now, he's full-on pissed off.Werewolf-vampire hybrid Lucian Tenebris has had up to his eyeballs with his charge's childish and annoying antics...
  • Dragon's Honor by Nora Phoenix

    Dragon's Honor by Nora Phoenix

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An alpha dragon, an alpha wolf, and an omega wolf. How could that possibly work?Jermon is trying to find his place in the Hightower pack, but he’s struggling. After some mishaps, he discovers he enjoys assisting Wilmer, an alpha and the veterinarian. As a bonus, Wilmer is easy on the eyes, and they get along well.Other than that, things are rough...
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  • A Kiss to Heal: A Reverse Harem Academy Omegaverse by Roxy Collins

    A Kiss to Heal: A Reverse Harem Academy Omegaverse by Roxy Collins

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I'M AN OMEGA HEALER. DEDICATED AND POWERFUL.Until a healing goes wrong, and I become an enemy of the state.For those of us born with the gift, we work as healers at the most elite military academy in the country. I'm one of the best, until a treatment session with an important senior officer goes wrong, and I do the unthinkable - I take his power for myself...
  • Deceived by the Gargoyles by Lillian Lark

    Deceived by the Gargoyles by Lillian Lark

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    A curvy librarian looking to start a family, a clan of gargoyles, and the deception that starts it all.My family has always found me lacking. From the way I dress, how I look, to the type of magic I have. My family name is full of pomp and prestige, and I want nothing to do with it.I’m a witch that knows how to set a goal and I have one in mind. I want a real family. Dating is a travesty...
  • Hurricane Watch: Book 2 in the Dar & Kerry Series by Melissa Good

    Hurricane Watch: Book 2 in the Dar & Kerry Series by Melissa Good

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In this sequel to "Tropical Storm," Dar and Kerry are back and making their relationship permanent. But an ambitious new colleague threatens to divide them -- and out them. He wants Dar's head and her job, and he's willing to use Kerry to do it. Can their home life survive the office power play?Dar and Kerry are redefining themselves and their priorities to build a life and a family together...
  • Snow & the 7 Protectors by Kai Lesy

    Snow & the 7 Protectors by Kai Lesy

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine falling so hard -- not just for one -- but for SEVEN wealthy, protective, and untamed men. Snow Thanks to the world's most hateful stepmother,I took a well-deserved retreat to the mountains.A magical place owned by seven powerful, and undeniably attractive men.Rough, rugged, and wild.And they want to make my wildest dreams come true...
  • You Will Bow by Rachel Leigh

    You Will Bow by Rachel Leigh

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    My first year at college has been anything but ordinary. After spending so much energy trying to protect my secret, I failed to realize it’s not the past I need to fear—It’s my future that’s at stake. I’ve finally found someone who doesn’t judge me for my sins and stays by my side while I trudge through the shadowy corners of my past.The only problem is, his friends have other plans...
  • The Billionaire Shifter's True Alpha by Diana Seere

    The Billionaire Shifter's True Alpha by Diana Seere

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sophia Stanton is a confident billionaire bear shifter who enjoys the finer things in life — especially fine men. Unlike her twin brother, Derry, she has no plans to settle down with just one mate. Why limit yourself to a single taste when you can have a little lick of everything? She's rich. Powerful. Well-educated...
  • Paladin by Montana Ash

    Paladin by Montana Ash

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    BOOK TWO IN THE ELEMENTAL PALADINS SERIES Ancient knights ... with a modern twist! Honour. Duty. Loyalty. Control. These are the principles Darius lives by - almost to the point of obsession. They had forged him into a noble knight but had also cost him the woman of his dreams and wrought a non-relenting hatred for his personal nemeses; the chades...
  • Bad Alpha by Kathryn Moon

    Bad Alpha by Kathryn Moon

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Eve had one job. Kill Adam.But when her mark for the night turns out to be a gift-wrapped omega, Eve can’t resist delaying the job and enjoying the opportunity before her.One bite is all it takes.That’s what Adam is counting on. One bite and he might live till morning.Success is complicated and on the run for their lives, Eve and Adam need the one thing neither of them wants. A pack...
  • A Heart of Shame by Kristen Banet

    A Heart of Shame by Kristen Banet

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Sawyer Matthews is a retired and presumed-dead assassin. Ripped from her life of shadows and secrets, she’s decided to gamble it all and accept a new chapter in her life—one that may lead to a brighter future. New beginnings come with new problems, though, and she’s always lived by the belief that she doesn’t deserve of redemption—a painful truth Sawyer has held in her heart for years...
  • Pack Darling - Part Two by Lola Rock

    Pack Darling - Part Two by Lola Rock

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    After a disaster of a first heat, I'm ready to swear off alphas and escape to a cabin in the woods. My body has other plans. Now that I'm awakened, I can't survive another heat alone. Problem is, I hate alphas, hate packs, and really super hate the so-called mates I can't forgive and can't forget...
  • What Goes Bump In The Night: A Halloween Paranormal Romance Anthology by C.R. Jane, Yumoyori Wilson

    What Goes Bump In The Night: A Halloween Paranormal Romance Anthology by C.R. Jane, Yumoyori Wilson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Have you ever been tempted to investigate that scratching noise coming from under your bed? Or the shadows that seem to shift on the wall from the corner of your eye? Well, this is your chance... Sometimes the monsters that watch you from the darkness aren’t scary—they’re sexy. And, of course... sometimes they’re both...
  • Daughter of Hell by Tamara White

    Daughter of Hell by Tamara White

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Why be good when being bad is just so much more fun? Before you read my story, you need to prepare yourself. I’m not some damsel in distress in search of her Prince Charming. I’m not a girl looking to settle down, and most of all, I’m not someone who can be controlled. No, I do the controlling around here. My name is Angel and I’m the devil’s daughter...
  • Of Lavender and Ash by K.R. Rainbolt

    Of Lavender and Ash by K.R. Rainbolt

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What would you do to live?The Eternium Ball grows ever closer, and with it, comes old foes that threaten to shatter the already strained bond of the Vivas Crypt. Now, I'm left stumbling with a whole new set of problems, each more complex than the last...
  • My Next Mistake by Sarah J. Brooks

    My Next Mistake by Sarah J. Brooks

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My next big mistake has a name: Cole Cumberland. Whoever created him used the following recipe: Dreamy eyes, playful smile, and rock-hard muscles that give you chills. Add a pinch of humor, coupled with quick-witted intelligence and a mysterious aura that will make you feel slightly insecure. When I met him on a winter climbing excursion, I didn’t expect to wake up in his tent the next morning...
  • Purgatory In Pink by M.J. Knight

    Purgatory In Pink by M.J. Knight

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I did it. I ended my battle with my past.Now I have to help Holder overcome his.His father is as bad as they come. Selling women and children to the highest bidder. I can't let that happen, not while I have a seat at the Saupoudrer Family table...
  • The Keys by Chloe Gunter

    The Keys by Chloe Gunter

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    More Secrets. More Suspense. More Steam. When Charlie finds herself on the wrong side of Ethos, the secret society she just joined, she’ll have to prove her worth to show just how valuable of an asset she can be. As Gage and Gavin are sent on a mission, Charlie has to address the tension between her and her roommate Reed...
  • Knot All Is Ruined Part I by Elizabeth Knight

    Knot All Is Ruined Part I by Elizabeth Knight

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They told us we’d be helping our country.That we’d be preventing war.It was all one big fat lie and we believed it—until it was too late.Waking up on a bus headed for a war-torn country was just the beginning of the nightmare I couldn’t wake up from. They’d told us during our time in the Omega Care Center there was a chance we might be sent to another country if we didn’t find a pack...
  • DragonSeer by S. Rodman

    DragonSeer by S. Rodman

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Two lovers, our dragons, eggs on the way, and one cottage.It’s everything I need to be happy. But my partners were meant for greater things, I can feel it in my bones.Kirby is radiance and light. His presence is too big for a Welsh valley in the middle of nowhere.Cai is doing so well, but he is clearly a shattered man.They both need more and I need to give it to them. The world needs them too...
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    mlm  lgbtq  polyamory  steamy  romance  fantasy  dragons  magic
  • 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...
  • Never Go Back by Lisa Oliver

    Never Go Back by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Damien, Alpha of the San Antonio pack had thought it was an awesome idea to take his mate, Scott, back to his ex-home pack to catch up with his parents and ex-Alpha. He had assumed that his power as a wolf, and the fact that he was from such a large pack would guarantee both men a good time. A homophobic Alpha and a disgruntled mother are just two of the problems the men face...
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    lgbtq  mlm  steamy  abuse  action-adventure  adult  book  contemporary
  • Lethal Heat by May Dawson, Alex Lidell

    Lethal Heat by May Dawson, Alex Lidell

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My match-making mother tortured my omega sisters in pursuit of her kind of happily-ever-afters and generous dowries. So when my heat starts abruptly, I know the posh hell that’s coming. My marriage is arranged. Without me.Too bad for mum, I take after my crime-savvy sister. I won’t ever be some pack’s omega, some alphas’ obedient little wife...
  • Dylan St. James: Omega Concealed by Elizabeth Dear

    Dylan St. James: Omega Concealed by Elizabeth Dear

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Packs are pain and bonds are fucking shackles.With the government issuing omega females to Alpha packs like we’re social security checks, I cling to my freedom thanks to a black-market suppressant hookup and a lethal family that’s ready to execute any Alpha who tries to force a bond.By day, I work in the family hardware store...
  • Shattered Omega: Part Three by Marie Mackay

    Shattered Omega: Part Three by Marie Mackay

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Part Three of Shattered Omega. Blurb to come...
  • In the Shadows by Montana Fyre

    In the Shadows by Montana Fyre

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The gatekeepers of the New York underworld have met their match, but this mafia princess isn't going to bow to them without a fight...I was raised to be a mafia queen.I spent years learning the family business.I trained to become the ruthless leader my family needs me to be. But it was all for nothing. On my eighteenth birthday, my father told me I would be marrying our enemy...
  • Hunt the Dusk by Debbie Cassidy

    Hunt the Dusk by Debbie Cassidy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Vampire king’s fascination with me has drawn me into a game I’m not sure I can win. I thought I had Ezekiel under control. That his hunger was tempered, and we had an understanding, but he proved me wrong in the most horrific way.This is a game to him, and I’m his latest toy.I want to run, but the hunters’ revelations are shackles forcing me to hold my course and do my duty...
  • When No Doesn't Cut It by Lisa Oliver

    When No Doesn't Cut It by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Scott Peterson, beta wolf in the Cloverleah Pack, has a good life. He loves his cars, riding his Harley, and going out with pack members and friends. But when an attack on his pack by a bear shifter, brings his mate into his world, from Texas of all places, Scott realizes he could lose everything he ever held dear...
  • Infinite Bond by L. Rose

    Infinite Bond by L. Rose

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    With three hearts to worry about, as well as my own, time will tell if I’m up for the task.I’ve always been normal. Okay, maybe more of an average guy, who’s quiet and awkward. Just someone who’s trying to survive living in my trailer while dodging my mom’s debt collectors. Everything changes when a power within me surfaces, and my eyes are thrown wide open...
  • Knot My Problem by Sinclair Kelly

    Knot My Problem by Sinclair Kelly

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Secrets are my life. But after so many years of living one lie after another, do I even really know who I am without them? When work explodes—quite literally—in my face, I’m forced into hiding until the smoke clears. Now I’m living in a small town, with the one man who has the power to break down my carefully constructed identity...
  • Accidentally Wolf by Erin R. Flynn

    Accidentally Wolf by Erin R. Flynn

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Special Agent in Charge, Seraphine Thomas, lives for her job at the FBI. One of the youngest female agents with her own team, she thrives in undercover work to make the city she loves safer. But Sera's on-track life is thrown into chaos when she's attacked during a bust gone bad and is left figuring out what it means to be a werewolf...
  • Ride the Wave by Elizabeth Briggs

    Ride the Wave by Elizabeth Briggs

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The epic conclusion to the Her Elemental Dragons series! The Black Dragon and her men may think they’ve defeated me and my mates, but we’re not giving up without a fight. We’re the only ones who can restore balance to the world, even if it means destroying my family in the process. This time we’re taking the battle to them and we will overthrow their oppressive rule—no matter the cost...
  • The Alpha Club by Roxy Collins

    The Alpha Club by Roxy Collins

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    II’M HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT.I thought I had everything under control. A foolproof plan to keep the noxious Sawyer Pack from claiming me as their omega.But right when I’m about to make my bid for freedom, it all comes crashing down.Instead of escape, I’m dumped in the lap of the Volk Pack – incredibly powerful alphas who have taken control of the most infamous club in the city...
  • Dodging Bullets by Grace McGinty

    Dodging Bullets by Grace McGinty

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sometimes, life spirals out of control without you even noticing...
  • Claiming Goldilocks: Tales From the Three Bears by S. Cinders

    Claiming Goldilocks: Tales From the Three Bears by S. Cinders

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Prepare yourself for this epic reverse harem... Goldie has been in one bad relationship after another. Every man she meets wants to change the best parts of who she is.Grandma Mara is up to her matchmaking again. Certain that Goldie needs the right incentive, she sends her to the local spa that happens to be run by three gorgeous bear shifters...
  • Hunter's Shadow by Victoria Sue

    Hunter's Shadow by Victoria Sue

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Stolen as a child… Held prisoner… Dumped and injured on purpose to be found by someone that can heal his body… but can never be allowed to touch his mind. Jax desperately wants to spill every one of his secrets to Riley. Trusting the empath with his body is easy… The real risk is trusting him with his heart...
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    lgbtq  mlm  steamy  action-adventure  adult  angst  book  contemporary
  • Bearing Burdens by Layla Nash

    Bearing Burdens by Layla Nash

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Josie Miller just wants to pay off her loan shark, get custody of her dead sister's kids, and get on with her life. She doesn't expect to stumble across a mostly dead guy in the middle of an illicit errand, or for him to show up a week later and save her life. Kaiser seems like the perfect guy to share her burdens, even if she suspects he's hiding something major...
  • Queenie & the Krakens by Aleera Anaya Ceres

    Queenie & the Krakens by Aleera Anaya Ceres

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Naomi Queen swore to herself she’d never get involved with criminals. She didn’t want any part of the world that raised her because she knew the trouble the malicious underground could bring. But all that changes when she witnesses a murder between a gang of mermen shifters.Swept into the maelstrom of the paranormal criminal underbelly wasn’t exactly high on her to-do list...
  • The One and Only by M.A. Church

    The One and Only by M.A. Church

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Turmoil in the West Falls clowder has reached a boiling point. Brier Fendon, the last unmated beta, is sweating bullets. His goddess has swept through their ranks, handing out mates willy-nilly. While he would be okay with a human as a mate now, thanks to the changes his Alpha has brought, he’d still prefer a werecat...
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    lgbtq  mlm  steamy  abuse  action-adventure  adult  book  contemporary
  • Full Night's Sleep by Kiki Burrelli

    Full Night's Sleep by Kiki Burrelli

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Grayson Davenwood is an alpha who has spent his life in the field of omega medical research and despite the numerous drugs his company as created that have made omega life easier, it is never enough to erase the guilt he feels for failing to protect his best friend and true mate almost twenty years ago. With the prospect of starting a family stolen from him, Grayson cares only about his business...
  • The Billionaire's Familiar by T.J. Nichols

    The Billionaire's Familiar by T.J. Nichols

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fated mates...there's only one problem: their families hate each other.With old money comes old hatreds, and the fight to survive will take everything the familiar bond offers witch and shifter.Ethan Lumin has followed the plan laid out for him since the day he was born. As part of that plan, he needs a familiar before he turns thirty so he can take his place on the Shadow Board as expected...
  • Twisted Lies 2 by Sedona Venez

    Twisted Lies 2 by Sedona Venez

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Their feelings for one another could be their undoing Sinthia Michaels has nearly lost everything. Unwittingly, she’s signed over the majority of her couture fashion line and lost the support of her retailers in one fell swoop. Behind it all is the one man she is undeniably attracted to. Core McKay , a wealthy and legitimate businessman, is after one thing only—his mother’s murderer...
  • Broken Omega by Romy Lockhart

    Broken Omega by Romy Lockhart

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Brooke Corvina has been at Goldcrest Omega Academy forever. Resistant to all attempts to match her to suitable Alphas, she’s a ‘special project’ for the head of the school. She knows her father wants her to grow up and start making babies with a wealthy Alpha, but that’s not the life for her.After an unusual incident at the academy, she begins to see her escape route...
  • Bandit by Brooke Matthews

    Bandit by Brooke Matthews

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bennett Fields has a secret. But then again, who doesn't? When tasked with retrieving the talisman belonging to one of Mercy Height's most dangerous supervillains, Bennett finds himself dealing with more than he bargained for...
  • Villain by Chani Lynn Feener

    Villain by Chani Lynn Feener

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nix Monroe has a plan.Infiltrate the Enigma app and lure out whoever his cousin was last speaking with before everything went to shit. Nix won’t stop until he finds answers, even if that means transferring to a different university and getting entangled with the infamous Demons of Foxglove Grove.Lake, West, and Yejun. Three of the most powerful men on the entire planet, and also the deadliest...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  polyamory  lgbtq  steamy  reverse-harem  romance  dark  fantasy
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