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Magical Midlife Flowers by K.F. Breene
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsPreviously part of the Magical Midlife Kickstarter. This is a bonus story that plays into elements in Magical Midlife Battle. It should be read after Magical Midlife Alliance.It isn't necessary to the overall series ARC, but rather a fun little aside into the lives of the Ivy House Crew.Edgar does not cheat in flower shows. He might use a magically enhanced serum, but anyone could do that... -
Blackwing Beast by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBeast wants only a few things out of life: to be left alone, to join the Blackwings so he can be left alone, and for everyone to stop expecting anything from him and leave him alone. He was king of the lion shifters once, but his fall from power came at a huge personal cost. Rumors run rampant over what really happened to his pride, but the truth has hardened Beast’s heart to stone... -
Sid by Teresa Gabelman
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRenowned for his playboy lifestyle and wisecrack remarks, Sid Sinclair knows he is the last pick for the lead investigator of human/half-breed trafficking. Never one to play by the rules, Sid takes his new position seriously, but not without driving the leader of the VC Council and fellow Warrior’s crazy. A human with a special gift, Lana Fitzpatrick’s life is complicated... -
Dimitri by Kym Grosso
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn erotic paranormal romance…Dimitri LeBlanc, sexy and charismatic beta of Acadian Wolves, survives a brutal attack after his wolf succumbs to a dark force, threatening his very existence. Waking up, tied to a bed, his amusement transforms into lust as a beautiful stranger heals his beast... -
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Immortal World by Lauretta Hignett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsImogen's got some answers about her origins, and a promise from Rafael that he'll help to cure her immortality. But there's a few brand-new problems standing in her way...A vicious pack of disenfranchised Alphas are on their way to Backman's shifter school, coming to try and reclaim what they think is rightfully theirs... -
Outcast by Lexi Blake
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOn the hunt for a vicious killer, Kelsey discovers that the true threat lies closer than she could have ever imagined. It’s been months since Trent Wilcox was sentenced to exile, but Kelsey hasn’t given up on finding a way to bring him home. Grayson Sloane doesn’t share her enthusiasm... -
Son of Kong by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsTorren Taylor has a gorilla problem. The birthmark on his back says he is supposed to be the new Kong, but he wants nothing to do with his people. Shunning their traditions means his silverback is out of control and on a one-way track to crazy-town. He accepted his shortened life a long time ago, but right now all he wants to do is live long enough to for a couple last bucket list items... -
Tarian Outcast by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsKaty Craigson is on the run. Not from anything too scary, because she is a safe girl and doesn’t do danger, but she’s running from a past that keeps trying to drag her under. All she needs is a week with her best friend in the mountains of Colorado for a week. But when an unlikely hero comes to her rescue, she’s sent on a path she never saw coming... -
Léopold’s Wicked Embrace by Kym Grosso
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn erotic paranormal romance...Seductive and lethal vampire, Léopold Devereoux, returns to the Big Easy to find a killer. His search leads him to a beautiful and mysterious woman, who awakens desires and emotions that he’s long fought to keep buried... -
Dawson Fur Hire by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDalton Dawson is reeling on the anniversary of an event that changed his life forever. All he wants to do is hide from his past for a few days, but in walks trouble in the form of a timid human who has his heart thawing for the first time in years. He’s not looking for a mate, but Kate Hawke is a fascinating and complicated woman that his wolf is desperate to figure out... -
Boarlander Boss Bear by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratings***New trailer park. New shifters. New lumberjack crew. Are you ready to see how the Boarlanders live?*** ***The Boarlander Bears can be read as a standalone series*** Audrey Foster is a shifter among humans... -
Jared by Teresa Gabelman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe VC Warriors are an elite group of vampire who protect innocents, whether human or those of their own race. Jared Kincaid, along with other Warriors, are shocked when a fiery red head with a gun and attitude, bring news of young teens being turned into an army of half-breed vampires capable of taking out all VC Warriors... -
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... -
Bloodrunner Bear by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAlana Warren has her entire life planned out. She’s making big changes and going after the future she wants, but one thing she doesn’t plan on is the tatted up bad-boy bear shifter who saunters into her coffee shop. The constant snarl in his throat says something is wrong with that man, but for some reason, she can’t get him out of her head... -
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Tristan's Lyceum Wolves by Kym Grosso
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn erotic paranormal romance...Charismatic and powerful Lyceum Wolves' Alpha, Tristan Livingston, is out for revenge after a devastating attack on his pack. Not only did he survive a building collapse, he orchestrated the rebuild of his chic, state-of-the-art nightclub within a week... -
Grim Christmas by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsGrim is trying to hold it together for the holidays. He’s vowed to be a better Alpha for the Rogue Pride Crew, but he’s at war with the two lions inside of him, and at war with a certain Red Dragon as well. He was raised to be a weapon and had never celebrated like everyone else. All he wants to do is coast straight through the holiday, but his new Crew is messing with his head... -
The Hob by Dana Marie Bell
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRobin Goodfellow has met his match.The Gray Court, Book 4When the Black Queen kidnaps one of the White Queen's nephews, Robin Goodfellow is sent to ensure that the young prince safely returns to the bosom of his family. True to his role as Oberon’s Hobgoblin, he is ready for anything…except meeting his truebond, the very delicious, very human Michaela Exton... -
Vampire Instinct by Joey W. Hill
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA brand-new Vampire Queen novel from the award-winning author who "never ceases to amaze." -Night Owl Romance As servant to vampire mistress Lady Daniela, Elisa is unwaveringly devoted-but she recoils at one shocking request: destroy the untamed, undead children entrusted to her care... -
Lucifer by D.B. Reynolds
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEPIC Award WinnerMontreal, Quebec . . . A charming city on the St. Lawrence River, historic, sophisticated, but beneath it all lies an extensive underground where treacherous vampires are plotting to seize the country.Lucifer Scuderi is a vampire—handsome and charismatic, a powerful hunter of unusual skill—who arrives in Montreal to take on the most important hunt of his life... -
Accidental Theft by Charlene Hartnady
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPART 1: Shifter/Vampire Serial Stolen by the Alpha Wolf is a follow on to Chosen by the Vampire Kings. I strongly recommend that you read this 6 part serial first. The arrogant vampire kings have always proclaimed themselves to be the rulers of all the non-humans making war between the species inevitable. In order to win, it is imperative that the shifters steal the chosen human female... -
Artistic Vision by Dana Marie Bell
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDesire is the raw material. Lust is the spark…and love will sculpt their destiny.The Gray Court, Book 3Akane Russo, one of the Hob’s top Blades, can’t wait for her current assignment to end. She’s been tasked with protecting Shane Dunne from the Malmayne clan’s scheme to kidnap him once again. But no one—not even her Seer half—warned her she’d have to protect herself from his heated gaze... -
The Dragon Family by Jessie Donovan
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLOCHGUARD HIGHLAND DRAGONS BOOK 5 **This isn't a standalone story. Please read at least Healed by the Dragon (Stonefire Dragons #4) first. I would highly suggest reading the other books in the Lochguard series as well... -
ETERNAL BEAUTY by Laura Wright
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAncient and very sexy vampire, Synjon Wise, had the female he loved ripped from his grasp by a bullet. Trying to join her in death, he’s furious when a beautiful stranger pulls him into the shadows and nurses him back to health. Healer, Petra was raised by shifters and has always hoped her true abilities and powers would be revealed... -
Semi-Broken by Isabel Jordan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWolf shifter Lucas Cooper is usually up for any wild mission Harper Hall throws his way. But impersonating a doctor and breaking a woman out of the psych ward at a supernatural prison? That’s a little crazy even for him. Until he sees her. One look into her haunted blue eyes and every protective instinct he has flares to life. He’ll do anything to save her. Not that it’ll be easy... -
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Fated to Be Family by Alanea Alder
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsKate Edwards and Bran McGregor have been mated almost two years and things are going great. So Kate is shocked at her body’s reaction to Caleb Donovan, one of the newest members of their Pack and father to twin boys Landon and Lucas. When she realizes that he is her second mate she must figure out a way for them to come together as a family... -
Touch of Surrender by Rhyannon Byrd
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSurrender can be the sweetest sin… When Lycan Kierland Scott and Morgan Cantrell are forced to work together for the first time in over a decade in order to save Kierland’s brother, the two Watchmen find themselves embarking on a dangerous journey through a land where one wrong move could lead to disaster... -
Rush of Darkness by Rhyannon Byrd
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDESTINED TO BE ENEMIES...Raine Spenser is on the brink. Held prisoner because of her abilities, Raine — a powerful psychic as well as vampire - desperately needed a savior. But the last one she expected was the green-eyed soldier who’d once hunted her kind... -
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... -
Time Without End by V.M. Black
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBound to the VampireCora Shaw was bonded twice to the billionaire vampire Dorian Thorne, once though blood and again through her promise to marry him. She knew that her life with him could never be easy. But the dangers that lurk in their bond—the incredible power it gives him over her and the recklessness that it stirs in her—are only a start of the peril that they face... -
King's Throne by Bianca D'Arc
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA woman living in secret, hiding her true nature...Gina is a medical doctor living in the city. What nobody knows is that she’s also tiger-shifter royalty, living in exile. Keeping her secret has kept her safe, but all that is about to change.An injured soldier who heals in a way that makes him more than he ever was before...Mitch is injured. Out of the action... -
An Unexpected Guest by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShort story that features in the December 2016 newsletter complementing the Guild Hunter series... -
In Darkness Reborn by Alexis Morgan
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAlexis Morgan continues her red-hot paranormal series with a mysterious warrior and his forbidden love for a woman who's allegiance lies with his sworn enemy. . . . Once a warrior for the Others, Barak q'Young is caught between two worlds -- exiled from his homeland, and a pariah among his enemies, the Paladins... -
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... -
Sealed with a Purr by Celia Kyle
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGoing to Georgia in order to watch over a handful of women is not Harding’s idea of a good time. With the death of Alistair McCain¬—ex-leader of Freedom—there’s a lot of clean up going on. That includes helping Freedom’s released captives recover in a safe environment. Hence, Harding having to make the trip down south. Really…how hard could it be to keep five women safe? Harder than he thinks... -
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Vampires in America: The Vignettes, Volume 1 by D.B. Reynolds
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom award-winning author D. B. Reynolds come nine stories of seduction and intrigue set in her Vampires in America universe. Note: This is a 122 page compilation of SHORT STORIES, not a full-length novel.For the first time in print … The Vampire Vignettes, originally appearing on D. B... -
Michael & Shyne by R.E. Butler
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMichael Gerrick was beginning to wonder if he would ever find his truemate. Fate seemed to smile on him, when he fell hard for the delectable fitness instructor, Shyne. The only problem: three were-hyenas want her for their clan and are willing to do anything to get him out of the way.Shyne Jackson was smitten with Michael from the moment they met... -
Poker Night by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFor those of you unfamiliar with this series, this story features the DarkRiver Leopards (Alpha: Lucas) and the SnowDancer wolves (Alpha: Hawke). The narrator is Nate, the most senior sentinel in the DarkRiver pack. *Found in Nalini Singh's 10/2/12 newsletter... -
Lavos by Laurann Dohner
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsJadee Trollis knows a little something about things that go bump in the night. Thanks to a father obsessed with myths, legends, and the paranormal, Jadee was dragged around the world in his pursuit of everything from ghosts to Sasquatch as a child. She got away from all that craziness in her teens, seeking a normal life as an adult... -
Edge of Darkness by J.T. Geissinger
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsSix years after a shocking tragedy left her emotionally and physically scarred, Ember Jones lives a life of quiet isolation in Barcelona. Determined to keep her troubled past a secret, she keeps her head down and her heart locked up tight. Until the day a beautiful, mysterious stranger walks into her life, and her carefully controlled world is shattered forever... -
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... -
Toxic by Kristen Middleton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNow that Slade has learned the truth about Vanessa, will he give up Chelsey in order to win back the woman he thought he'd lost, so long ago?And...Melody has set her sights on Liam and isn't willing to give up easily. Trigger warning: Attempted rape scene toward the end of the book... -
Creature of Habit by Angel Lawson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAmelia should have run when she had the chance. Away from Asheville. Away from her job. But most importantly, away from her deadly boss, Grant Palmer. Instead she finds the draw of Grant irresistible even after he reveals his darkest secrets. Amelia remains in Asheville even though a killer is stalking her, knowing the one person that can protect her is equally dangerous... -
Guardian's Joy by Jacqueline Rhoades
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJJ Justice has spent her adulthood lost and alone and vulnerable to the haunting of a past she can’t remember... -
Lawful Claim by Marie Johnston
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAgent E wasn’t always an evil Sigma Agent. Even though evil had her claws in him, he couldn’t help but hang onto his past and watch over the family he lost, protecting them by staying dead to them. Until one night, he interfered. When Ana Esposito’s life, and that of her son, was saved by the husband she had buried over a decade ago, she found her world irrevocably changed... -
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Bloodrunners Bundle by Rhyannon Byrd
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWelcome to the world of the Bloodrunners, a fierce band of hunters and protectors, half-human, half-Lycan. Only through the act of Bloodrunning, the hunting and assassination of rogue werewolves, may these extraordinary warriors gain full acceptance within their respective packs... -
The Mistress and the Hellhound by Mina Carter
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Mistress’ work is never done… Not when there’s a hellhound in town. Mistress of the City, Reena Leroy, has been bedding new werewolf Archer Davis since the Choosing. He’s hot, the sex is fantastic. Just one problem… He’s never shifted properly, and without it, he’s seen as ‘less’ in Lycan society. Of course, there’s always someone with an angle... -
Prey & Prejudice by Marie Harte
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe eighth stand-alone romance in New York Times bestseller Marie Harte’s paranormal romance series: Cougar Falls. She’ll take his heart—one bite at a time. Now that the political nightmare over leadership is over, Miles Berman can’t wait to settle back in Miami and focus on his million-dollar businesses. Problem is, everyone somehow thinks he’s the new pride leader—a position he doesn’t want. At... -
Forever Valentine by Bianca D'Arc
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Valentine date gone wrong is the start of a romance for the ages. Ian has seen a lot in his time, but the lovely doctor he's been assigned to follow calls to him like no other woman. Jena has had a hard introduction to the world of vampires, and she knows Ian is watching to make sure she keeps their secret... -
For Your Paws Only by E.A. Price
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLife was pretty straightforward for Cutter, a wolf shifter and an agent for the Supernatural Enforcers Agency – solve cases, attend anger management classes and avoid the attentions of a cute but tenacious hedgehog shifter. That is until his old partner is murdered, and a witness from a former case goes missing... -
Vampires Never Cry Wolf by Sara Humphreys
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSadie Pemberton is the DJ at the hottest vampire club in New York City, and she loves her freedom almost as much as she hates werewolves. She has no desire to tie herself to anyone for eternity—even the deliciously sexy Killian Bane—werewolf prince and heir apparent who has been sent to patrol the city...
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