Books like 'Xander'
Readers who enjoyed Xander by Kathi S. Barton also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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The Stable Girl: Bred by a Stallion by Amber Foy
Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe warning was to stay away--far away--from the Emperor's Stables during the hours of darkness.I didn't listen. But then my curiosity always got me into so much trouble.This night would be no different.. -
Stoneheart Lion by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe's a shifter fixer who can fix anything ... except herself. Exiled from her clan, jaguar shifter Max is a P.I. who handles unique shifter problems. Incriminating photos, blackmail, mate problems? Max helps others solve their problems because there is no cure for her own loneliness. At least none that she knows.But she's never had a problem like him before ..Categorized as:
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Citrine by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCitrine, the last unmated gemstone dragon and mentor to the metal dragons, has finally gotten his story! Citrine Vanderguard has searched tirelessly for his mate. And now, hundreds of miles later, he's found her. She's on the brink of mating someone she can't possibly love, all for the sake of responsibility... -
Nightfall by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSasha Harrington has horrible taste in men. After her latest fiasco, she has sworn of relationships. But when a handsome man with striking features and a body made of rock-hard muscle wanders into her library, asking for her help, she starts getting ideas again... -
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Wolf Fur Hire by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLike every other McCall werewolf in history, Link is headed down a short road to insanity, but he’s determined to go out on his own terms. Those terms? Repay the people the broken McCall pack has hurt before Ian Silver has to put him down. Hope is a dangerous thing for a doomed man like him, but when he meets Nicole, an instant and undeniable connection sparks between them... -
A Pinerock Bear Christmas by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAt Christmastime, anything is possible ... Gloria Munson thinks she's about to have the worst Christmas of all time when her car breaks down during a blizzard in rural Pinerock County. But then she's rescued by a very special bear shifter clan who invite her to share their rural ranch Christmas .. -
Stranded With An Insatiable Shifter by Olivia T. Turner
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt's been a lifelong dream and I'm doing it.Driving across the country in a skoolie, which is an old school bus I converted into my house on wheels.It's going great until I get deep into the Montana mountains when my bus decides not to bus anymore.I'm stranded.With no reception, nowhere to go, and with no one to help.Days turn into weeks... -
Baby It's Cold Out Bear by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratings****Baby It's Cold Out Bear was part of the USA Today Bestselling anthology, A Very Alpha Christmas. It can absolutely be read as a standalone short story.**** Emry Mason doesn’t expect to be pulled out of an icy ditch by a registered bear shifter, and she certainly doesn’t expect her rescuer to be as alluring as Graylan Young... -
The Werewolf Alpha’s Solstice Miracle: Howls Romance by Bianca D'Arc
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the season of miracles, can two lonely hearts find a second chance?Joe Villalobos is a widower. He had his one chance at a happy marriage, but lost his mate in a tragic accident years ago. A strong Alpha wolf, he didn’t give up on life when he lost the most important part of it... -
Twisting Fate by Emilia Hartley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVaughn Carson vowed never to step foot in Bearclaw Castle again.The cursed place has brought his family nothing but pain for generations, so he doesn’t understand why his brother would want to restore it. Better to tear it stone from stone and hope the bitter memories crumble with the rubble... -
Purrfectly Naughty by C.D. Gorri
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPamela has turned her life around for the sake of her son and the Pride, but is this Tigress ready for more than one night of naughtiness?Pamela Brown is a Tigress with one singular focus, to provide her cub with the best life possible.She’s worked hard to mend her past mistakes and to forge relationships with the members of the small, but strong Maverick Pride... -
Blackblood Bear by Amelia Jade
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe's a half-breed granted the unnatural ability to shapeshift, troubled by the ghosts of those he has killed and hunted by the Agency and its masters, who have finally shown their faces. She's a speed demon, a race-car driver who's lost her job and her father... -
Shifters Hallows Eve by Lori King, Audra Hart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTricks and Treats…Chills and thrills... Become Enchanted, Haunted, and Hunted this Halloween... -
Dragon Desire: Emerald Dragons Book 2 by Amelia Jade
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAccepting his mate is a human is one thing. But her child? Things have gone south for Lilly Jordan, and fast. A one-time fairytale romance has turned black and blue. It’s time to go, for her sake, and for the unborn life growing inside her. In desperation she reaches out to her best friend for help... -
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Protecting His Fox's Sass by Dawn Sullivan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs a shifter enforcer, Teine Carlson lived a life of adventure and purpose. She may not have agreed with everything her alpha did, but she followed the rules. Until, she is suddenly thrust into an existence she’d never imagined for herself. Now she has a new purpose…to protect the life of an innocent child. Nolan Channing was a playboy. He worked hard, and played even harder... -
Blind Date Bear by Harmony Raines
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Second Chance Shifter Romance Tiana is resigned to her life as a single woman after her husband left her years ago. Who has time for a relationship when you have a child to raise and elderly parents to care for? Not to mention her ex-husband who lives in a trailer at the end of the garden. Then she's set up on a blind date by her best friends and her world changes forever... -
My Warrior Wolves by Krystal Shannan
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBetrayed and alone… Charlotte “Charlie” Mason struggles to put her pack back together after the horrifying loss of her parents. But her Uncle has other plans. Plans to turn the pack over to the one creature who ruined her life. She turns to the mates she sent away to help her salvage not only her broken heart, but what’s left of her family... -
His Twisted Tail: Paranormal Dating Agency by Melanie James
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCalder Lorenson inherits one hell of a mess when he’s thrust into the limelight to fill the role of Alpha at Twisted Tail Pack. With treachery in the ranks, Calder quickly finds himself in over his head. If that wasn’t enough to deal with, pack law decrees that he must be mated... -
Her Choice To Bear by Harmony Raines
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMae 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... -
Too Much To Bear by Reina Torres
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBoone Wayland was a shifter, a problem solver, and a protector, not always in that order. When he decided he wanted to find his mate, there was only one place to go… the Paranormal Dating Agency masterfully run by Gerri Wilder... -
The Girl Nest Door by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTiger shifter and businessman, Shaun always wanted to spend more time with the child his ex-wife took away from him -- but he wasn't expecting her to abandon five-year old Trevor and force Shaun to move to the tiny town of Green Valley. It’s bad enough that Shaun doesn’t know the first thing about being a father -- now suddenly he’s the father of an unpredictable shifter child... -
A Tiger's Destiny by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe's one beast of a bodyguard... Kel Cunningham is the only white tiger shifter in the world. Taller, stronger, and faster than almost anyone, he's the best protection money can buy. Still, his two older brothers have found mates and Kel is ready to find a special someone of his own and settle down... -
A Wish for Their Woman by R.E. Butler
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTeck Stalking Horse, a bear shifter with Wiccan power, has spent the last few years dreaming about a female. He has no idea who she is, but he’s going crazy with need. His twin brother, Shy, has never had dreams about the pale-haired female, so Teck does his best to distance himself from his twin so he doesn’t hurt him when he leaves the den to find his mate... -
Fang Chronicles: Dmitri by D'Elen McClain
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith war on the horizon, Dmitri, liege vampire to the bear clan, offers safe haven to Vorlyk and his new clan. Having another vampire in his territory is difficult but a certain young she-cat makes life impossible. The stalking feline has her eyes set on Dmitri even when his eyes stray elsewhere. The enemy proves that none of the North American clans is safe and it's time to fight back... -
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La Patron's Christmas by Sydney Addae
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s Christmas time at the compound and Jasmine, mate of Silas Knight and Alpha Bitch in the nation, has decided it’s time for the kids to learn about the holiday. Plans are underway for a huge carnival full of games, music and family fun. It’s not until an unexpected guest arrives that Jasmine realizes she and Silas have missed critical elements in their children’s education... -
Turning Payne by Chantel Seabrook
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAgent Turner Payne, lion shifter, has dedicated his career to bringing down the man responsible for the deaths of hundreds of metamorphs. His world is turned upside-down when he crosses paths with his mortal enemy’s daughter, Riley, and she becomes the victim of her own father's latest experiment... -
Ever After by Carrie Ann Ryan, Marie Harte
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom five bestselling authors comes five brand new novellas sure to heat up the night. From Carrie Ann Ryan's Dante's Circle series, a demon from the fiery depths of hell must make his choice to follow in the footsteps of his father or love the submissive wolf who lays claim to his heart in His Choice... -
Wolf A Bye Baby by Rebel West
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen it comes to luck, Jade Fellows has never had any. After student loans and medical bills put her in a financial bind, she’s working two jobs in a desperate bid to keep her head above water. On a rare night out, she picks up a one-night-stand with a hunky shifter who goes wild for her curves... -
Her Cougar Cowboy by Moxie North
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGenevieve Mason has the job she’s always wanted. As a buyer for Saks’ exclusive plus-size fashion line… she gets paid to shop, and there’s nothing she’d change about her life. Except maybe one thing. On a whim, she decides to reach out to Gerri at the Paranormal Dating Agency... -
A Flare of Love (Jaylior, #4) by Elodie Colt
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe became her lover. Then he became her enemy.Now, it was time to become her savior.Haylie didn't know how much more she could take. Her father? Mysteriously alive and determined to become a part of her life. Dylan? Unreachable. Caught in an inner war. Trapped in his own personal hell.Haylie just wanted it to end. But the game wasn't over. Not by a long shot.Dylan was lost... -
Fighting the Bear by Ruby Shae
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCurvy girl, Erica Moore, has been living in a town of bear and wolf shifters for six months. Apparently, that can happen when you buy a building in a town you’ve never lived in before. Fortunately, the shifters don’t scare her, especially the Alpha. In fact, she likes the perfect man a little too much... -
Protecting Their Mate, Part Eight: A BBW Shifter Werewolf Romance by Mia Thorne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsProtecting Their Mate, Part Eight (Of Eight) Ashley's heart longs for one man, but her wolf demands that she test herself against the alpha. Can she settle for a life of never knowing, or will she risk everything for Blake? This is the final installment in PROTECTING THEIR MATE, an erotic BBW paranormal romance serial set in the world of The Last Pack... -
Furever After (Southern Shifters Kindle World) by Michelle Fox
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStaying safe means killing her wolf… Piper Oakes is done with being a shifter and doing whatever she can to jettison her wolf. If she doesn’t, her alpha will force her to be his mate, even though they have no bond. In an effort to force her obedience, he’s taken everything from her—family, friends and any sense of safety she ever had... -
Ozark Mountain Shifters Boxed Set: Books 1-4 by P. Jameson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Mate’s Denial- Book #1: Trager was only a wolfling when he was given a devastating foretelling by the pack elders, and tossed from his family home in the Ozark Mountains. A wolf who can’t secure a mate will only endanger the pack. Destined to be denied by his mate, he’s been on his own ever since, surviving, waiting... hunting her. Now that he’s found her, he has a plan... -
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Big Bad Wolf Dad: A Fated Mate Romance by Amelia Jade
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHarden Archer had lost everything. His family, his friends, his homeland. Even his wolf. Now, living on the goodwill of the shifter territory of Cadia, he must find a way to recover from the torture he’s suffered in the past, become a productive member of society, and even find a mate... -
Dragon Passion: Emerald Dragons Book 1 by Amelia Jade
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe would do anything for his mate. But who would respect a dragon farmer? When her family farm falls into Sandy Talbert’s lap, it couldn’t have happened at a better time. Her life in the city was over. She needed a change, and more importantly, she needed the solitude... -
Rubbing His Scales by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRoane hates being backed into a corner, but when she’s forced to dress as a game character and her friends introduce her to the male she’s adapted for, she really wants to start biting.Roane lived a slightly traumatic but normal life until six months ago. A simple touch of the hand from one of the investors started a cellular cascade that culminated in her wearing scales where there had been skin... -
Saving the Bear by Ruby Shae
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter a routine mission turns deadly, bear shifter and former Enforcer, Jase Wagner is lost. The ability to trust his senses disappeared with the death of his partner and left him feeling worthless and unable to protect his clan. In an effort to find a place to fit in, he travels south and ends up in Emerald Haven, North Carolina...Categorized as:
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His Curvy Mate Book One by Amanda K. Mann
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEvelynWhen a blind date goes terribly wrong, she wakes up in the hospital and finds herself face-to-face with the man who rescued her. Despite knowing her experience should have turned her off of the idea of men, she soon realizes that she is inexplicably drawn to her rescuer, who continues to save her over and over again.HudsonSaving her from her psychotic date had been easy... -
Omega's Possession by Jessica Hall
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings~Book 2 of Possession Series~It can not be read as a standalone.Check out Alpha’s Possession before reading Book 2.When Harlow’s twin sister is killed in place of her at an Omega sanctuary auction, she finds herself on the run from two Alpha packs and the authorities. Posing as her dead twin, she must find a way to avoid the fate her sister met... -
Saving Scarlett by R.E. Butler
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsScarlett Jamison, the daughter of a powerful alpha wolf, knows her freedom is slowly slipping away. As a Breeding Queen, her hereditary destiny is to be given away to a male of her father’s choosing. She’ll have no say in the choice of her mate; her only duty will be to give her future mate as many pups as he wants... -
Cougar's Luck by Moxie North
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA computer genius, a dedicated gamer, and on some nights a cougar shifter, Everett Hayes had his whole life in front of him. Where that path led he didn’t know. Computers were his refuge until he met Layla.Layla Klein loved her pack, loved her crazy family, and totally dug her job overseeing the hottest club on the Vegas strip... -
Alpha Contender, Volume 3 by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Alpha Contender, Volume 3" is the third part of the four-part paranormal romance serial, Alpha Contender.Please be sure to read the fist 2 books, so you can enjoy this part of the story!Misty has few expectations from life. Work, read, sleep. But when she hears from a complete stranger that she's actually a powerful, shape-shifting werewolf, her life changes forever... -
Bear to Love: Kodiak Den #3 by Amy Lamont
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSofthearted and rebellious bear shifter Macy Black can’t stand to see any creature, man or beast, in pain. So when her big brother’s two best friends return home from deployment with battle scars that go way beyond skin deep, she makes it her mission to help them heal. But when her desire to help turns to flat out desire, she starts to question everything she thought she knew about love... -
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Alpha Nocturne's Contracted Mate: The Second Chance Mate by A.E. Randell
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Fuck, Ada…""Brad... oh, fuck... deeper... harder!" Ada's shrill voice begged between breathy moans.The banging of the headboard against the wall intensified as Ann froze.No... it couldn't be!She took a deep breath and nudged the door a little more. Her chest felt like it would explode as she held her breath whilst the crack widened... -
Guarded By A Grumpy Grizzly by Ariana Hawkes
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPeople think I'm the hottest property in town.Every time I turn around, there’s a camera lens there.Snapping my side-boob. Trying to catch me pantie-less.But the truth is, I’m so tired of being watched. Pursued.I just want to be left alone. Then my manager—AKA my dad—hires a thug to protect me from a crazed stalker.A huge, grumpy, grizzly shifter...Categorized as:
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Rogue Dragons, Books 1-5 by Emilia Hartley
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis steamy paranormal romance series Rogue Dragons consists of 5 best seller happily ever after novels and all the irresistibly sexy alpha male shifters that you’ve been waiting for!This limited-edition publication includes:Trusting the Betrayed (#1)Casey has a job to do, and it doesn’t involve going to battle for a pixie of a woman with ever-changing hair and a violent ex... -
Bearly Healed by Moxie North
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBeware of shifters bearing cheese puffs...they might be about to steal your heart and make you whole again.What do you get when you mix one feisty sprite of a woman ... Cassidy Hackett knows all about life’s hard knocks. After growing up in foster care, her only family is her friend Effie, who sees past Cassie’s sarcasm to the heart she shields so carefully... -
Bear to Need: Kodiak Den #2 by Amy Lamont
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTattoo artist Juliet Bellamy found the perfect way to get over being dumped—spending one hot night with a sexy Special Forces soldier on leave from deployment, no strings attached, no numbers exchanged. And it worked. Right up until she realized the rugged werebear left her with a little surprise. One that arrived nine months after the night they shared... -
Sassy in Diapers by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis is a SHORT. This is NOT a standalone full length story. It is intended to be read in order after you read the previous books. Time to revisit Karla and Nate. Karla Wolfe is scared. Motherhood is coming much faster than she can accept. The last thing she wants is to be a replica of her own mother. Nate Wolfe loves his mate unconditionally...
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