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Doggone Mess by R.J. Blain
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsfrom 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... -
![A Very Beastly Christmas by T.S. Joyce]()
A Very Beastly Christmas by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 26 ratings**A Gray Back Bears holiday novella that can be read as a standalone** Dominant grizzly shifter, Easton Novak, hasn’t celebrated the holidays since he was a child, but his mate is about to make this Christmas one for the books. She’s been hiding something from him, and her revealed secrets are about to knock his world upside down... -
![Last Immortal Dragon by T.S. Joyce]()
Last Immortal Dragon by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 27 ratings** Can Be Read As a Standalone Dragon Shifter Romance or As Part of the Gray Back Bears Series ** Damon Daye is the last immortal dragon shifter, and has been protecting his mountains and the people who live there for years. His outlook on life is simple. Remain cold enough that no one ever touches his heart... -
![Dark Nights by Christine Feehan]()
Dark Nights by Christine Feehan
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsDark Descent and Dark Dream are combined in Dark Nights. #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan revisits and expands her classic novella Dark Descent, bringing to breathtaking new life her story of an immortal Carpathian hunter, a beautiful adventurer, and their dangerous journey toward an unforeseen destiny and an undying love... -
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![Dead Weight by G.P. Robbins]()
Dead Weight by G.P. Robbins
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNewly promoted Detective Jace Smithson has his hands full with solving the murders of ten men and the kidnapping of a unicorn capable of producing diamonds. On the surface, the crime appears to be a classic tale of greed and violence, but digging deeper reveals something sinister has come to Cauldron City... -
![Glimmer of Christmas by Heather G. Harris]()
Glimmer of Christmas by Heather G. Harris
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Amber DeLea darkens my door a few days before Christmas, I'm expecting trouble. Instead, her orphan ward, Jade, has lost her Christmas stocking, and Amber wants me to find it. Simple, right?Meeting little Jade strikes a chord in me, and suddenly I find I'll do anything to make sure she still has a Christmas where she still believes in Santa. I can't let her down... -
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Sinful Magic by Jennifer Lyon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe rouses the sleeping dragon...Wing Slayer Hunter Kieran "Key" DeMicca has always known he's a monster. Twisted magic saddled him with the spirit of a lethal dragon, and named him guardian of the deadly Dragon Tear. Humans and demons will do anything to get that Tear, including harm those Key loves so he remains alone... -
![The Dragon's Choice by Roxie Ray]()
The Dragon's Choice by Roxie Ray
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThere’s more magic in this world than I ever thought possible. Money means everything when you grow up with nothing. Posting risqué videos online may not be everyone’s ideal career, but it’s given me everything I need. I’m free. The hotshot lawyer Porter may not get it, but I don’t care. He can think anything he wants to… Until the jerk tries to steal my house.Sort of... -
![Keeper by Leia Stone]()
Keeper by Leia Stone
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAnya has inherited her mother's gift. Born in a set of twins, she is the next Matefinder and her brother, Jaxon, is her sworn protector. But it looks like finding mates for the werewolf kind isn’t what Spirit has in plan for her. And when she starts dreaming about a human guy in trouble, her whole life changes... -
![Titanium by Terry Bolryder]()
Titanium by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA dragon contractor? Expensive.Unless you're the woman Titus Kroll just fell madly in love with. As a decisive, capable, and newly awakened metal dragon, Titus is used to seeing what he wants and going after it. Right now that's Bree Durell, a sweet, curvy woman who needs help with her house badly and can't afford to pay... -
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Blaze by Donna Grant
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsHis 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... -
![Stealth Magic 401 by Viola Grace]()
Stealth Magic 401 by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStealing an ancient artifact is a strange test, but going up against her family and the law adds a new level of difficulty. Imara wants nothing more than to find a different course, but Stealth Magic gives her the credits she needs to stay on track and there aren’t any other options rearing their heads... -
![Spell Crafting 501 by Viola Grace]()
Spell Crafting 501 by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe final classes have begun and the only thing standing in Imara’s way is an ancient and deadly enemy…of her kitten. Imara’s life is going according to her plans. She has her boyfriend, her kitten, and is about to earn her degree in Magecraft and graduate. Once she has that degree, she has the right to request an application for a commercial magic license... -
![Sadie's Shadow by Julia Mills]()
Sadie's Shadow by Julia Mills
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom 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.. -
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![Fool's Errand by Ophelia Bell]()
Fool's Errand by Ophelia Bell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYou never know what you’ve got until it’s gone. In my case that was literal - I had Ozzie West’s soul and didn’t know it, but now it’s been torn from me and him along with it. I’m afraid I will never get him back. My heart is broken.My three mates may try to fill that void, but they don’t understand what he meant to me. They can’t see the memories unlocked by Fate... -
![Defying Eternity by Viola Grace]()
Defying Eternity by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn Obscure Magic series, book 5.Trading her services to a vampire king is a price Leo pays gladly, but her human life is not on the table. Leonora has managed to save her pregnant sister from a vampire attack, but to insure the safety of her sister and niece, Leo is willing to pay with everything but her life... -
![The Finding by Nicky Charles]()
The Finding by Nicky Charles
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsShe 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 ratingsReno’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... -
![Bobcat by Bianca D'Arc]()
Bobcat by Bianca D'Arc
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCan Bob Redstone help a shifter woman hiding from her past, face the demons that shadowed her youth, or will they both fall while trying to prevent disaster?On a mission far from home, he finds a sweet vulnerable lady...Bob is a cougar shifter, one of the elite Redstone Alphas. On a mission for his Clan, he meets a fragile young woman, and finds himself drawn to her as never before... -
![Guardian Demon by Meljean Brook]()
Guardian Demon by Meljean Brook
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn this thrilling conclusion to the Guardian series, New York Times bestselling author Meljean Brook delivers another stunning page-turner, in which the fate of humanity depends upon a tortured warrior winning the trust—and heart—of the woman he wounded… After a terrifying encounter in Hell destroys her trust in Michael, the Guardian’s powerful leader, former detective Andromeda Taylor is ready... -
![Slade by Bianca D'Arc]()
Slade by Bianca D'Arc
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe 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... -
![Tease Me by Aidy Award]()
Tease Me by Aidy Award
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA Curvy Girl and Dragon Shifter RomanceFulfill a destiny, save the world-- and the soul of her mate. Fleur Anthousai, a curvy earth witch, has known since birth that she has a destiny to fulfill. Too bad nobody told her what it was. She hopes her friends, the Wolfe pack of Blue Creek, might have finally pointed her in the right direction when she’s invited to the multi-pack scenting ceremony... -
![Fighting Fate by Carrie Ann Ryan]()
Fighting Fate by Carrie Ann Ryan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWith her blue-black hair and striking green eyes, Cailin Jamenson is the epitome of beauty and the exemplar of strength. She has fought the enforced boundaries of being the lone Jamenson daughter and Redwood Pack princess, but it is the potential future with the dark wolf in her path that threatens everything she thought she desired... -
![A Mate for the Christmas Dragon by Zoe Chant]()
A Mate for the Christmas Dragon by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Christmas-loving dragon + an overworked retail assistant who hates the holidays + five days to win his mate's heart before a curse destroys his life = a Christmas clash with a heart-warming happy ever after. Jasper Heartwell needs to find a mate before Christmas. Jasper is a dragon on a mission... -
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![Whisper Kiss by Deborah Cooke]()
Whisper Kiss by Deborah Cooke
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOne man’s mission ignites one woman’s fire… Niall Talbot has volunteered to hunt down and destroy all the remaining shadow dragons – who were weakened by the destruction of the Dragon’s Blood Elixir – before they can wreak more havoc. Among them is his dead twin brother, making Niall’s mission not only dangerous but personal... -
![Riding Through Fire by Charlene Hartnady]()
Riding Through Fire by Charlene Hartnady
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe dragons on Draig Island are not your run-of-the-mill kind. They’re something else entirely…I cannot believe my bad luck when an embossed envelope arrives at my door just one week before my twenty-fifth birthday. Which just happens to be the cut-off date for being called up for the testing of the blood. I thought I was in the clear, turns out that I was wrong... -
![After Twilight by Amanda Ashley, Christine Feehan]()
After Twilight by Amanda Ashley, Christine Feehan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThree of romance's hottest bestselling authors -- Amanda Ashley, Christine Feehan, and Ronda Thompson -- invite you to explore the dark side, to taste the forbidden, to dive into danger with heroes who fire the blood and lay claim to the soul in these striking tales of sensual passion. A man hunts for a woman... -
![Second Chances by Sherrilyn Kenyon]()
Second Chances by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSet in the Dark-Hunter universe. Originally included in the Dark-Hunter Collectible Booklet and Dark Hunter Companion .This is the short story that was given away with Unleash the Night about Acheron and his brother Styxx.It can be found in Acheron and Dark Bites... -
![Fury of Desire by Coreene Callahan]()
Fury of Desire by Coreene Callahan
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsDragonfury series, book 4.No warrior of the Nightfury pack is more complicated or damaged than Wick. Scarred from a childhood of slavery and torture, Wick cannot bear the touch of another person. But all bets are off when he meets J.J. Solares. When she is unjustly imprisoned, Wick agrees to help rescue and keep her from harm... -
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Binding Magic by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn Obscure Magic series, book 7.A mage, a destiny and a surprising pedigree. It is hard to juggle new discoveries with a dragon on her tail. Minerva enjoys her life as a master mage. She creates spells that no one has seen before and enjoys her family and friends. She will do anything for them, and she has... -
![Perpetual Prey by Viola Grace]()
Perpetual Prey by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHunted through history, Elsinor has had enough. She is going to fight her stalker, whoever he is. Elsinor has walked the earth for thousands of years, but every few decades, she must start over. Waking up in agony with her organs slowly regenerating, she has coined a new phrase Prometheus Syndrome... -
![Fern Valley by T.L. Haddix]()
Fern Valley by T.L. Haddix
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRachel 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... -
![The Dragon Knight: The Crimson War by B.A. Stretke]()
The Dragon Knight: The Crimson War by B.A. Stretke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsElan Ravenscroft is a Dragon Knight and his father’s heir apparent. He is a battle-tested warrior and ready to defend his family and the Crimson Coven in his father’s name. He expected battle and danger when he accepted his father’s assignment to the Crimson Coven, but he did not expect to find himself face to face with his fated mate in the midst of war. He doesn’t know if he can handle both... -
![Hidden World Academy: The Complete Series by Sadie Moss]()
Hidden World Academy: The Complete Series by Sadie Moss
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis complete, steamy reverse harem series is ready to be devoured!Mistaken identities, a human in a magical world, and three sexy warlocks. Sounds like the start of a joke, but nope…It’s my life.After one too many kamikazes on my twenty-first birthday, I’ve made a few interesting discoveries.First of all… magic is real.Secondly… there’s a whole supernatural dimension that exists parallel to ours... -
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![Ryland's Inferno by Giovanna Reaves]()
Ryland's Inferno by Giovanna Reaves
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe ran because of fear, but was found because of love. . . The moment Blayze McKnight joins the Pryde Pack he knows it is only a matter of time before everyone finds out that he is not what he claims to be. Being the last of his kind, Blayze was never taught the way of the dragon. Because the man he wants he can never claim as his... -
![Saving Grace (Grizzly Cove) by Bianca D'Arc]()
Saving Grace (Grizzly Cove) by Bianca D'Arc
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs Game Warden, Jack Chambers is responsible for the wildlife in and around Grizzly Cove, but he never expected to find a badly injured mermaid washed up on the shore near his house. He takes her in and helps her back to health, only to learn of the much greater danger held at bay, just off shore, and how it’s affecting the ocean-going shifter population... -
![Daring Provocation by Heather Renee]()
Daring Provocation by Heather Renee
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSometimes patience isn't a virtue. Facing off with Malina didn't go quite how Raegan hoped, but she isn't one to give up easily. Now, she's back at school and more than eager to do whatever is necessary in order to protect those she loves most... -
![Charred Tears by Lizzy Ford]()
Charred Tears by Lizzy Ford
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSkylar struggles to save both the shifters and the slayers, but falls prey to the mastermind behind the disappearances of both. With a price on her head and her allies dwindling, she will survive only if she trusts Chace once more. She loves her dragon but fears the man inside will betray her again... -
![Never More by Dana Marie Bell]()
Never More by Dana Marie Bell
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLove takes wing faster than a Raven in flight.The Gray Court, Book 6Amanda Pierson’s long-overdue holiday at the Dunne farm unexpectedly turns into a working vacation when she’s roped into throwing together a last-minute dream wedding for Michaela Exton and Robin Goodfellow. No biggie for one of the best party planners at Fantasy Events, Inc., right?Right... -
![Darkfire Kiss by Deborah Cooke]()
Darkfire Kiss by Deborah Cooke
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFor one woman, he will risk more than his life...Rafferty Powell has exchanged challenge coins with his arch-nemesis Magnus Montmorency, and their next battle will be their last. But Rafferty never expected to meet a woman whose desire for Magnus’ downfall matches his own—and whose presence sparks Rafferty’s long-awaited firestorm... -
![Hidden Destiny by Carrie Ann Ryan]()
Hidden Destiny by Carrie Ann Ryan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNorth Jamenson has always held his wolf closer to the surface then others. He's the quiet one, the one no one really knows about yet he holds the darkest secret. He’s watched his brothers find their mates and start families, and now it was his turn... -
![Winter Kiss by Deborah Cooke]()
Winter Kiss by Deborah Cooke
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOne kiss can melt his frozen heart…The mysterious Dragon’s Blood Elixir gives immortality to Magnus, the Pyr’s greatest enemy, and his minions. The Pyr must destroy this source of power, and outcast Delaney vows to complete the quest himself. Delaney was exiled because of his dangerous impulses, and success in eliminating the Elixir will either redeem him or end his suffering... -
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Bad Wolf by Jennifer Ashley
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWolf Shifter Broderick is stuck looking after his three younger brothers and a Collar-less Shifter who is driving him crazy, but he’s putting up with it for Joanne, the human woman he, for some reason, wants to impress. Joanne Greene, while grateful to Broderick for rescuing her sister, doesn’t know what to make of him... -
![A Shade of Dragon by Bella Forrest]()
A Shade of Dragon by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNineteen year old Penelope "Nell" O'Hara is geared up for the worst Christmas of her life. The guy she's been dating just dumped her for her best friend, and all she has to look forward to over the break is a stay in Beggar's Hole--a tiny frozen town on the coast of Maine--with her retired father, his latest masseuse girlfriend and her brattish fourteen year old son... -
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![An Alpha's Choice by Carrie Ann Ryan]()
An Alpha's Choice by Carrie Ann Ryan
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBrynn Brentwood has spent the whole of her life protecting the Talon Pack through terrors only she will ever know. She’s never asked for more in life other than to live to take her next breath and to ensure her family is safe. Regardless of her selfless wishes and the atrocities the former Alpha committed, she has always known that fate would provide for her as it had countless others... -
![Forbidden Hunger by Teresa Gabelman]()
Forbidden Hunger by Teresa Gabelman
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA shifter without a pack, Janna Lawson goes in search of the man who her mother died trying to protect. What she finds is Garrett Foster, a man who has the power to decide her fate and causes a hunger inside her that is forbidden to them both... -
![Defender Dragon by Zoe Chant]()
Defender Dragon by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA curvy backpacker who loses a shoe at a ball + a lonely dragon prince facing an arranged marriage to a princess he doesn’t love + magnificent castles and deadly assassins = one thrilling romance! Lucas is a prince and a dragon shifter who left his country to become a bodyguard at Protection, Inc... -
![Fury of Obsession by Coreene Callahan]()
Fury of Obsession by Coreene Callahan
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsHe can’t escape the sins of his past…Toxic to all those who touch him, dragon-warrior Venom lives in self-imposed isolation, a prisoner of the poison in his veins. But when a chance meeting with a woman challenges the belief he is destined to be alone, he pulls out all the stops, vowing to put the savagery of his past behind him and take a chance on love... -
![Her Guardian Angel by Felicity Heaton]()
Her Guardian Angel by Felicity Heaton
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsA love so strong it will shake Heaven and Hell.A guardian angel dedicated to his duty, Marcus will do whatever Heaven asks of him, but even his loyalty has its limits. When his superior orders him to gain Amelia’s trust through seduction, Marcus starts to question his mission and his feelings for the beautiful woman he has watched over since her birth... -
![Dragons Don't Love by D'Elen McClain]()
Dragons Don't Love by D'Elen McClain
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA dragon shifter fairy tale for adult readers. It’s finally the day of claiming. A dragon charges in breathing fire and leaves with an unwilling captive as his new bride. Roxanne, one of the brides he will chose from, wants nothing to do with the tradition that has gone on for thousands of years. From an early age she’s had one goal... Kill the dragon...
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