Books like 'The Lion Within'
Readers who enjoyed The Lion Within by J.H. Croix also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Garrett's Destiny by Rebecca Zanetti
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPulsing with passion, adventure, and paranormal suspense and romance, the latest novel inaward-winning and New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Zanetti’s Dark Protectors series delivers an immortal hero and a dream come true . . .Love and danger . . -
![Compelled by Jaymin Eve]()
Compelled by Jaymin Eve
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA standalone story in the Shadow Beast Shifters world. Best read after Deserted for storyline continuity. Simone, of the Torma shifters, thought she was finished with the world of supernaturals that existed outside of Earth. She'd been there, done that, and had the near death experience to show for her time.Then a summons back to Valdor-the vampire world- is dropped in her lap... -
![Thirty-Four and a Half Predicaments Bonus Chapters: Rose Gardner Mystery by Denise Grover Swank]()
Thirty-Four and a Half Predicaments Bonus Chapters: Rose Gardner Mystery by Denise Grover Swank
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRose Gardner Mystery Bonus chapters posted on the Denise Grover Swank website for newsletter subscribers the summer of 2015. **** DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT READ UP TO THIRTY-FOUR AND A HALF PREDICAMENTS**** Seven bonus chapters that start immediately after the end of Thirty-Four and a Half Predicaments... -
![Undead Incorporated by Steve Higgs]()
Undead Incorporated by Steve Higgs
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe paranormal? It’s all nonsense, but proving it might get him killedA woman whose dead husband is haunting her? That sounds like a routine case. Until she reveals her husband’s name …… and a past event Tempest wants to forget comes back to haunt him. Taking a case he doesn’t want, its only hours before he finds a threat on his doorstep.Leave the dead to be dead... -
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![The Blackstone Wolf by Alicia Montgomery]()
The Blackstone Wolf by Alicia Montgomery
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Blackstone Mountain series continues with wolf shifter Nathan Caldwell... -
![A Touch of Magic by Alicia Montgomery]()
A Touch of Magic by Alicia Montgomery
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTime has run out for Cross JonassonHe’s had three years to find a way to save his clan and his mateBut the secret he’s been keeping has been revealedAnd he may not even be able to save any of them from certain deathThree years ago, an accident changed Sabrina’s Strohen’s life... -
![Broomsticks and Bones by Misty Bane]()
Broomsticks and Bones by Misty Bane
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBeing summoned to attend a mandatory Flyers Education course – aka Broomstick Riding 101 - is bad enough. Immediately being entangled in a web of witchy drama from the moment I arrive? Well, that’s just my luck. Word has it a young woman has mysteriously fallen from the dormitory roof... -
![Betrayed: Book Two - The Road to Redemption by Nicky Charles]()
Betrayed: Book Two - The Road to Redemption by Nicky Charles
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHow do you love again when your heart is dead? How do you know when it’s time to let go?Damien’s kicked about the country these past three years. No pack. No purpose. No reason to keep on living. When an old friend, Kane Sinclair, asks for his help, he agrees and heads to Chicago. After all, what does he have to lose?Sam’s grown up on the streets... -
![Waking Hearts by Elizabeth Hunter]()
Waking Hearts by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen 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... -
![Viktor by Kym Grosso]()
Viktor by Kym Grosso
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom NYTs and USA Today Bestselling Author Kym Grosso...a novel in the IMMORTALS OF NEW ORLEANSAncient vampire, Viktor Christianson, thrived for thousands of years without love. Enjoying the finer things in life, the international playboy embraced the essence of his immortal existence... -
![Northbane Shifters by Isabella Hunt]()
Northbane Shifters by Isabella Hunt
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDeep in the Farthing Mountains, in what was British Columbia before the Rift, the Northbane shifters have carved out a refuge. Winfyre Ridge. Away from the horrors, wars, and darkness. A place to live free and prosper. To start over. If you can get there. WOLF's WAGER Reagan Grace fled from a city laid to waste... -
![Dead Lost by Tim O'Rourke]()
Dead Lost by Tim O'Rourke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsConfronted by the photographer, Potter reluctantly gets caught up in delivering photographs and letters that could either destroy the pushed world or make the wolves stronger.After Jack Seth pushes the lever, Isidor sets off in search of Melody Rose. His journey takes him back to Lake Lure where a series of child murders have been taking place... -
![Fatal [Family] Traditions by Ann Charles]()
Fatal [Family] Traditions by Ann Charles
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThere’s a real trick to catching a soul-stealing Hungarian devil made of shadow and smoke. Unfortunately, Violet Parker doesn’t know what that trick is and her aunt’s life depends on her figuring it out. But killing is an old family tradition for her ... or rather a fatal tradition... -
![Wicked Moon by J.R. Rain, Matthew S. Cox]()
Wicked Moon by J.R. Rain, Matthew S. Cox
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSamantha Moon is back and doing what she does best: solving crime, finding killers, and helping those who can't help themselves...For years, Samantha Moon has wanted to be normal. It seemed an impossible dream—right up until it happened.Well, sorta happened; after all, normality is a relative thing for a vampire detective.With the final defeat of Elizabeth, Sam's world was rocked again... -
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![Chosen by Tiffany Patterson]()
Chosen by Tiffany Patterson
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI never belonged until I was chosen by an alpha, but our love is forbidden…Volunteering was supposed to be a way to honor my grandmother’s memory, not a place to meet hot guys. But that’s exactly what happens when Chael lands in my life due to a string of disappearances and deaths at the nursing home I volunteer at... -
![Rogue Darkness by Dianne Duvall]()
Rogue Darkness by Dianne Duvall
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsImmortal Guardians have hunted and slain psychotic vampires for thousands of years. Now someone is hunting them... -
![Hospital for Immortal Creatures by Alexandrina Krusharska]()
Hospital for Immortal Creatures by Alexandrina Krusharska
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAmidst the ancient peaks of Sofia, hidden from mortal eyes, stands the Hospital for Immortal Creatures—a sanctuary where immortal creatures seek healing. But now, even the immortal are not safe.Mikhail Korovin, a fierce manticore with a reputation as sharp as his claws, has spent centuries guarding the immortal world’s balance... -
![Crop Circles, Cows, and Crazy Aliens by Steve Higgs]()
Crop Circles, Cows, and Crazy Aliens by Steve Higgs
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThere are crop circles in the fields near Cliffe Woods and unexplained lights in the sky at night... -
![Alpha's Prey by Renee Rose, Lee Savino]()
Alpha's Prey by Renee Rose, Lee Savino
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsBENDING 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... -
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Betray the Bear by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOn the verge of war, Chase Hale has no time to think about anything other than preparing his clan to battle the savage Long Claws, who are intent on annihilating Bear Valley. But when a supposed mate of the enemy shows up, he can’t help but be intrigued by the unsettling mysteries that swirl around the beautiful bear shifter... -
![Scarred by Amber Lynn Natusch]()
Scarred by Amber Lynn Natusch
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“I loathed myself for wishing a death of that nature on anyone, and even more so because I still wanted it to happen. My moral fiber was unraveling quickly, and I wondered how long my humanity could withstand the unending trial of values my life had become. With every choice I made, I felt it slipping away.And further down the rabbit hole I fell...Categorized as:
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![Grave Beginnings by R.R. Virdi]()
Grave Beginnings by R.R. Virdi
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 21 ratings“Quick, clean action, solid character work and pacing. This series is worth your time.” — Jim Butcher, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Dresden FilesAnother day, another hijacked body. And just 13 hours to solve a murder…Detective Vincent Graves has made a habit of dying... -
![To Find a Mate by Camryn Rhys, Krystal Shannan]()
To Find a Mate by Camryn Rhys, Krystal Shannan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe's nursing a broken heart, and he's her first love... she just needs to tell him... Everyone in Adam VonBrandt's world seems to have found their mate. Except him. With several families of wolves in town for a moon run, there have never been so many choices. Surely, he can find a mate among all those single women. Paige Wheeler sees the big, smiling rancher every Friday morning for six years... -
![The Atlas Defect by A.J. Scudiere]()
The Atlas Defect by A.J. Scudiere
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe NightShade Forensic Files: Book... -
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![Snow Wolf by Heather Long]()
Snow Wolf by Heather Long
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDon't miss the highly anticipated installment in the Wolves of Willow Bend as we travel north to one of the most secretive packs in the U.S. Ranae is the youngest of the Buckleys— the only girl among three powerful male siblings. Her restlessness and dominant nature affected her every relationship within Willow Bend, not to mention testing the patience of her Alpha... -
![The Deceiving by Ninie Hammon]()
The Deceiving by Ninie Hammon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe monster demon is BACK! ...and he’s had twenty-six years to plot his revenge. More horrifying than any Hollywood-animated, computer-generated, mechanical unreality, the winged demon called an efreet will do anything to get what he wants. Pronounce that: An-y-thing Defeated in 1985 by three twelve-year-olds, the monster returns determined to kill them... -
![Psychic Visions Set 4-6 by Dale Mayer]()
Psychic Visions Set 4-6 by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis Psychic Vision Set includes the following 3 books in the series: Garden of Sorrow Knock, Knock.. -
![Alpha Female by L.J. Breedlove]()
Alpha Female by L.J. Breedlove
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Fitness Spa Like You've Never Experienced BeforeProfessor Abby Stafford was burned out. She was overweight, middle-aged, and tired. She'd even thought about suicide, but there were her dogs. Who would care for them? So she kept trudging on. A summer as a test subject for a supplement that was designed to help her feel better, look younger, sounded just like what the doctor ordered...Categorized as:
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![Deceit can be Deadly by Nicky Charles]()
Deceit can be Deadly by Nicky Charles
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGwyneth has no use for Lycans but a string of dead bodies has brought one of the dogs right to her door... -
![The Grisly Grizzlies: Kneecap by Kim Fox]()
The Grisly Grizzlies: Kneecap by Kim Fox
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWild. Ferocious. Untamed. Vicious. And that’s just Kneecap in his human form. His savage grizzly bear on the other hand… watch out! Nothing and no one has been able to tame this half barbarian/half shifter in thirty years, but there’s a glimmer of hope when a curvy girl named Nora walks onto the ranch. Nora Marchesi has come to Montana to find her sister... -
![Rescue Bear: Cortez by J.K. Harper]()
Rescue Bear: Cortez by J.K. Harper
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHaley Adams used to have what she thought was a good life. Then it imploded in spectacular, awful fashion. After a long time, she’s finally ready to get out and live again. Leaving everything behind for a fresh start, she lands in the mountain shifter town of Deep Hollow, home to the Silvertip grizzly bear clan... -
![The Ruthless Fae King by Leia Stone]()
The Ruthless Fae King by Leia Stone
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLucien Thorne is the most vile monster in all of Thorngate. As Winter King, he rules our land with an iron fist and a cold, dead heart. And my father has just informed me that I am betrothed to marry him….As the Princess of Fall, it is my duty to marry whatever suitor my father chooses for me, but Lucien is not someone I can fathom spending the rest of my life with. Not even for duty... -
![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... -
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![Forever Changed by Belinda Boring]()
Forever Changed by Belinda Boring
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWaking up after an amazing night with her new husband and mate, nothing could've prepared Darcy for the epic bombshell Devlin dropped - explaining her heritage and revealing truths that completely blow her mind. When all she wants is to settle into marital bliss and Pack life, Darcy's world is once again thrown into turmoil, forced to face a challenge that may very well break her and Mason... -
![Lion's Honor by Celia Kyle]()
Lion's Honor by Celia Kyle
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSometimes the Queen of the Jungle needs to lean on her King. Okay, she’s really not the queen and he’s totally not the king, but damn it, they need each other. Four years ago, werelioness Honor Mauer walked away from Ridgeville and hopped on a plane bound for London. She had college dreams and none of them included her pesky maybe-mate Grayson... -
![His Other Side by Rylie Dark]()
His Other Side by Rylie Dark
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen another high-profile politician is found murdered by a serial killer, the FBI assembles an elite team to solve murders in the political world. FBI agent Jessie Reach, the most brilliant of them all, must lead the team through treacherous political waters—while coming up against the most diabolical killer she has yet to encounter…... -
![Desert Bound by Elizabeth Hunter]()
Desert Bound by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCan you turn the clock back on your first love? Would you even want to try?Alex McCann and Teodora "Ted" Vasquez left Cambio Springs together. Ted came back. Alex didn't.Now, years later, the future alpha of the McCann wolves has returned with plans to bring new life to the dying desert community... -
![Wild Cards and Witches by Annabel Chase]()
Wild Cards and Witches by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe truth shall set you free.Yeah, right.I might have broken away from the group now that I know the dirty secrets of Pandora’s Pride, but I am far from free. Those who know the truth still want to control me. They’re not about to let me walk away and live a quiet life in the mountains. There’s too much at stake... -
![Five Card Fae by Annabel Chase]()
Five Card Fae by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsI never imagined I'd settle into life in a gambling town, yet here I am, chasing down nuisance demons for the vampire mafia and training as part of an elite demon-hunting team. As my powers continue to develop, so do my feelings for Saxon, the sexy angel-vampire hybrid...Categorized as:
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![Savage Sanctuary: A Dire Wolves Mission by Ellis Leigh]()
Savage Sanctuary: A Dire Wolves Mission by Ellis Leigh
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere's no escaping a Dire Wolf on the hunt... Even as the playboy of the Dire Wolves, Levi isn't exactly a soft touch. He likes his liquor, his women, and his photographs...but he also has an affinity for sharp knives and claws... -
![The Pretender by Rob Blackwell]()
The Pretender by Rob Blackwell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA young girl slaughters her entire family in a quiet suburban neighborhood. The police say she snapped, but Soren Chase knows the truth... -
![No Going Back: Soft Focus / After Dark by Jayne Ann Krentz, Jayne Castle]()
No Going Back: Soft Focus / After Dark by Jayne Ann Krentz, Jayne Castle
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo exciting novels by the New York Times bestselling author, collected for the first time in one volume... -
![Wolf Moon by Lisa Kessler]()
Wolf Moon by Lisa Kessler
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs the last Pack member without a mate, Luke Reynolds has become an outsider. When he takes a job as the head horse trainer Sedona, Arizona, he’s looking forward to starting a new life. But everything changes the night he finds beautiful woman stranded on the side of the highway.Raven Wood has been bitten and turned against her will... -
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![Masked by M. Greenhill]()
Masked by M. Greenhill
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSomeone is manufacturing and distributing a new drug that is killing Werewolves. Those responsible need to be found before the epidemic gets out of control and the human population discover their existence. The Alliance have put their hope in two broken individuals... -
![Remi by Elaine Barris]()
Remi by Elaine Barris
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Vampire’s Thirst… Dark… Dangerous and Undeniable In the world of high stakes poker, Remi Bellerive is the undisputed champion, his name renowned in gaming circles. With his lover, Michelle, at his side, Remi is living his vampire life according to his rules with no apology... -
![Harvest Moon by Lisa Kessler]()
Harvest Moon by Lisa Kessler
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSome wolves were never meant for a mate... Dr. Jason Ayers unleashes all of his rage and his frustration through fists and brute force in an underground boxing ring. The werewolf may be the pack's doctor, but he can't even heal his coma-stricken father after the Nero Organization's attack stopped his heart... -
![Baker Bear by Scarlett Grove]()
Baker Bear by Scarlett Grove
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan a big-city lawyer and a small-town baker find love in Fate Valley?An unexpected return ... Donika Devon's career has taken her to Harvard and the most powerful law firm in New York City. When a shocking discovery at work leaves her life in shambles, she has nowhere to go but back home to Fate Valley ... where she signs up for a shifter-human dating website. An unconventional courtship .. -
![Shades of Magic by Heather Renee]()
Shades of Magic by Heather Renee
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Taya is faced with deciding who will live or die, she struggles to accept the outcome when the choice is made for her.As Raven Point mourns the loss of one of their own, they band together with the witches to seek vengeance. Not only for their fallen pack mate, but for anyone who has suffered from Declan's decisions.Though the battle looms near, Taya finds herself continually drawn to Liam... -
![A Bite Before Dying by E.A. Price]()
A Bite Before Dying by E.A. Price
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVampires and shifters don’t mate. It’s impossible, deadly even. Vampires and humans can. Vampires and witches – no problem! But vampires and shifters are incompatible. Unfortunately, the remorseless sabre-tooth tiger shifter trying to woo her doesn’t seem to have got the message...
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