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  • The Edge of Promise by T.S. Joyce

    The Edge of Promise by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Hell has felt like home lately to Naomi Dunbar, but her Maker is about to change everything. She has a secret crush on the man with the glowing gold eyes who saved her life, and gave her the gift of the wolf, but he is distant, and getting quieter by the day. The handsome, dominant Alpha is focused on healing her from the inside out, but it seems like it’s draining him to do it...
  • My Defender by Alanea Alder

    My Defender by Alanea Alder

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    When a mysterious illness begins to sweep through Noctem Falls affecting the children, Eleanor Kimball is called to the city to see if she can determine what is wrong. As a pediatrician Eleanor loves children and desires many of her own, however, after several dating disasters she has not only sworn off men, but has given up her dream of a family, and the promise of a destined mate...
  • My One and Only by Alanea Alder

    My One and Only by Alanea Alder

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Micah has spent so many centuries hiding who he is that he’s forgotten how to be himself, and despite always being there for others, he finds it impossible to ask for help. As weeks of sleepless nights catch up with him, he faces the fact that he needs his unit brothers no more than ever. Living in Storm Keep with mixed blood, Serenity fought for everything she has...
  • Slade by Teresa Gabelman

    Slade by Teresa Gabelman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Highly trained VC Warrior, Dr. Slade Buchanan’s, role between lifesaver and lifetaker has been a constant battle, but nothing prepared him for half-breed VC Warrior trainee, Jill Nichols. Slade realizes his struggles from the past were nothing compared to the difficulty of resisting the woman who could never belong to a man like him...
  • Under Him by T.S. Joyce

    Under Him by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Tristan is the new Second of the Dart Creek Pack, and trying to support a new Alpha who is recovering from silver poisoning. So much of the Pack’s success rests on his shoulders, so when he is ordered to pair up with a human who has been stalking the Pack, he fights it hard...
  • What He Is Now by T.S. Joyce

    What He Is Now by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Nash Hudson has done it.After years of being a bachelor werewolf, the Second of the Pack has finally used his one Turn to save the life of a quirky beauty he spent a fun night with, and now reality is setting in. She survived it. She really survived it, and now he and Summer have to figure out where they belong in each other’s lives...
  • Sid by Teresa Gabelman

    Sid by Teresa Gabelman

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Renowned 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...
  • Blaze by Teresa Gabelman

    Blaze by Teresa Gabelman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Haunted by a past he’s struggling to forget, Blaze once again finds himself a VC Warrior - something he swore would never happen. Confident he could easily walk away again, his connection to a certain redhead makes that decision harder than he imagined. Trying to fit into the Warrior world, Katrina holds a secret that could ruin the new life she is fighting to fit into...
  • My Solace by Alanea Alder

    My Solace by Alanea Alder

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    For thousands of years Oron Vi’Eirson has lived each day trying to keep the pain and devastation caused by his family from hurting his precious baby brother. But despite his best efforts his past has come back to haunt him, placing not only Darian and Amelia in harm’s way, but also his newly found mate. Isabelle Campbell, or as she likes to be called, Izzy, is a mess. She knows this...
  • Viktor by Teresa Gabelman

    Viktor by Teresa Gabelman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After having his life shattered by the woman who held his heart, Viktor Valentino put work before everything. Many years later, learning the truth behind his lover's deceit, his anger shifts to the man responsible for not only her betrayal but her gruesome death. Viktor throws himself into finding him to not only appease his rage but to possibly save humanity...
  • Woodsman Werebear by T.S. Joyce

    Woodsman Werebear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Danger, betrayal, and redemption come together in the sixth installment in T. S. Joyce’s bestselling Saw Bears series. Riley Miller is on the run. In an effort to do something nice, she lands right in the middle of danger. A trek to the wilderness will put her under Damon Daye’s protection, but it’ll also dump her in the direct path of one sexy, snarly lumberjack werebear, Drew...
  • Boarlander Boss Bear by T.S. Joyce

    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

    Jared by Teresa Gabelman

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The 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

    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...
  • Duncan by Teresa Gabelman

    Duncan by Teresa Gabelman

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Leader of the VC Warriors Cincinnati branch, Duncan Roark, has devoted his long life to the Warriors he calls brothers and the Vampire Council, protecting innocents of both the vampire and human race. Things change suddenly when it is ordered that he and his fellow Warriors train human Social Workers to protect themselves in their new world of vampires...
  • The Renegade Hunter by Lynsay Sands

    The Renegade Hunter by Lynsay Sands

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    The Argeneau Family Has A Secret...One Of Their Own Is A Rogue Vampire!Nicholas Argeneau was once a successful hunter who went after rogue vampires who break the immortal law. Except no one has mentioned his name in the last fifty years, not since he turned into a rogue himself. But once a hunter, always a hunter...
  • Blood Kiss by J.R. Ward

    Blood Kiss by J.R. Ward

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    The legacy of the Black Dagger Brotherhood continues in a spin-off series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author…Paradise, blooded daughter of the king’s First Advisor, is ready to break free from the restrictive life of an aristocratic female. Her strategy? Join the Black Dagger Brotherhood’s training center program and learn to fight for herself, think for herself…be herself...
  • Bloodrunner Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Bloodrunner Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Alana 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...
  • Tristan's Lyceum Wolves by Kym Grosso

    Tristan's Lyceum Wolves by Kym Grosso

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    An 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...
  • Aveoth by Laurann Dohner

    Aveoth by Laurann Dohner

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Jillian Milzner has lived a life on the run. Her biological sperm donor has made it clear he wishes she'd never been born. Most kids get presents from their dads growing up. He sent thugs to make death threats to ensure she never tries to find him. He needn't have bothered, since she wants nothing to do with Decon Filmore. His father, however, thinks Jill might be useful...
  • Wild Hunger by Suzanne Wright

    Wild Hunger by Suzanne Wright

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    When half–wolf shifter Frankie Newman receives an e-mail from a family member she didn’t know existed, a secret is revealed: as a child, Frankie witnessed her father killing her mother…and then himself. Frankie was torn from her pack by her mother’s human relatives, and the trauma was erased from her memory. Realizing that she’s been lied to her entire life, she’s never felt more alone...
  • Leopard's Fury by Christine Feehan

    Leopard's Fury by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    A ruthless criminal unleashes his most feral desires in the new Leopard novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wild Cat.Passion melts the will of an ice-cold criminal when he meets the one woman who can tame the beast inside him.Leopard’s FuryWith her own bakery in San Antonio, Evangeline Tregre made a new life far from the brutal lair of shifters she was born into...
  • Gray Back Ghost Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Gray Back Ghost Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Georgia Ames is a tough-as-nails park ranger hired to protect the mountains where three crews of registered bear shifters call home. The only problem is she’s terrified of bears after a year in Alaska going head-to-head with the notoriously aggressive Kodiak grizzlies. She swore up and down she’d never work around brown bears again, yet here she is, pledging to protect the crews at all costs...
  • Hungry for You by Lynsay Sands

    Hungry for You by Lynsay Sands

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    This vampire has been alone for far too long . . .As one of the most ancient in the Argeneau clan, Cale Valens has given up on finding a life mate. His friends and family, however, have not. In fact, they believe they've finally found his perfect match. Getting them together, however, requires one little white lie . . .Alexandra Willan is in a panic...
  • Darius by J.R. Ward

    Darius by J.R. Ward

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In this powerful audio exclusive, #1 New York Times bestseller J.R. Ward shares the star-crossed love story of reader favorite, and original member of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, Darius.Darius, son of Marklon, isn’t looking for love the night destiny comes to claim him. He’s also not interested in crashing his new car...
  • The Reluctant Vampire by Lynsay Sands

    The Reluctant Vampire by Lynsay Sands

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Has this immortal finally met her match?Rogue hunter Drina Argenis (from the Spanish side of the Argeneau family) has been many things in her years as an immortal, but bodyguard/babysitter to a teenage vampire is something new. There's an incentive, however: the other vampsitter, Harper Stoyan, may be Drina's life mate.Trouble is, having just lost a life mate, Harper is resigned to being alone...
  • Guardian's Mate by Jennifer Ashley

    Guardian's Mate by Jennifer Ashley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    She wasn’t ready to lead...Chosen as the Guardian of her Montana Shiftertown, wolf Shifter Rae Lyall is facing opposition—for no woman has ever been selected for this powerful position. Still adjusting to the new authority thrust upon her, Rae travels to train with Zander Moncrieff, a Shifter healer, tasked with teaching her about her new role and its responsibilities.He wasn’t ready to love..
  • Fated Mates by Alicia Montgomery

    Fated Mates by Alicia Montgomery

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A secret Lycan world, hidden in plain sight. An outsider suddenly drawn in...She can't resist him, but he knows he can never have her... Private investigator Alynna Chase is drawn in to the world of werewolf shifter clans when she encounters charming and sexy Lycan, Alex Westbrooke. For centuries, werewolf shifters have moved among human society undetected, hiding in plain sight...
  • Immortal Ever After by Lynsay Sands

    Immortal Ever After by Lynsay Sands

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Lynsay Sands delivers a wickedly fun Argeneau novel featuring a vampire ready to claim his mate and the beauty who resists her fate!A kiss doesn’t mean eternity . . .Valerie Moyer doesn’t believe in vampires—until she is kidnapped by a fanged psychopath! After escaping her bloodthirsty captor, she’s through with creatures of the night...
  • Howl for It by Shelly Laurenston

    Howl for It by Shelly Laurenston

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    "As usual, Laurenston's story is outrageously bawdy, her characters are unabashedly foul-mouthed and unrestrained, and her comedic timing is on point. The blend of screwball romance, mythological mayhem, and all-out action is as enjoyable as ever." -- Publishers Weekly Stieg Engstrom, Angriest Viking Ever, has got big problems...
  • Under a Vampire Moon by Lynsay Sands

    Under a Vampire Moon by Lynsay Sands

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    When Vampires Go On Vacation...Escaping a horrible marriage, Carolyn Connor has no desire to think about men — a vow she's determined to keep while on vacation in St. Lucia. She'll take the Caribbean sun and sea and plenty of tropical drinks with those cute umbrellas poolside, thank you. She absolutely does not need male company, no matter how tan and rock-hard his body may be...
  • Howl for It by Shelly Laurenston

    Howl for It by Shelly Laurenston

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    "As usual, Laurenston's story is outrageously bawdy, her characters are unabashedly foul-mouthed and unrestrained, and her comedic timing is on point. The blend of screwball romance, mythological mayhem, and all-out action is as enjoyable as ever." -- Publishers Weekly Stieg Engstrom, Angriest Viking Ever, has got big problems...
  • Twice Bitten by Lynsay Sands

    Twice Bitten by Lynsay Sands

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Thrilling, witty, and oh-so-sexy, Lynsay Sands’ Argeneau novel brings together a beautiful Immortal and the man who is her destiny… For someone who’s been around for over a hundred and forty years, immortal Elspeth Argeneau hasn’t done a whole lot of living. Now that she’s moved away from her controlling mother, she’s tracking down rogue vampires and enjoying some overdue freedom...
  • The Lady is a Vamp by Lynsay Sands

    The Lady is a Vamp by Lynsay Sands

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    "New York Times" bestselling author Lynsay Sands, one of paranormal romance's original superstars, delivers a scorching and delightful story of a mortal man on a mission--and the Vamp who is his only hope. One late night leads to...Kidnapped When Jeanne Louise Argeneau left work, she never thought she'd end up tied down by a good-looking mortal...
  • Vampire Instinct by Joey W. Hill

    Vampire Instinct by Joey W. Hill

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A 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...
  • Born to Bite by Lynsay Sands

    Born to Bite by Lynsay Sands

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Legend has it that Armand Argeneau is a killer in the bedroom...But with all three of his late wives meeting unfortunate and untimely ends, is this sexy immortal a lover or a murderer? That's what Eshe d'Aureus intends to find out. As an enforcer, it's her job to bring rogue vampires to justice, even if the rogue in question makes her blood race red hot...
  • Oh, My Dragon by Lani Lynn Vale

    Oh, My Dragon by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The reclusive Ian barely participates in life, only doing so when his powers demand that he use them or pay the consequences. It seems that there’s not a single person on this planet who doesn’t want something from him, but the pain and suffering of others is nearly unbearable at times, leaving him no choice but to act...
  • Immortal Nights by Lynsay Sands

    Immortal Nights by Lynsay Sands

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Abigail Forsythe’s life hasn’t been easy lately. Still, if there’s one thing guaranteed to take her mind off an empty bank account and abandoned dreams, it’s a naked man locked in a plane’s cargo hold. A very big, incredibly gorgeous naked man...
  • Tall, Dark & Hungry by Lynsay Sands

    Tall, Dark & Hungry by Lynsay Sands

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    It bites: New York hotels cost an arm and a leg, and Terri had flown from England to help plan her cousin’s wedding. The new in-laws offered lodging. But they were a weird bunch. There was the sometimes-chipper-sometimes-brooding Lucern, and the wacky stage-actor, Vincent. (She couldn't imagine Broadway casting a hungrier singing-and-dancing Dracula.) And then there was Bastien...
  • Bloodrunner Dragon by T.S. Joyce

    Bloodrunner Dragon by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    **Brand new standalone series from T. S. Joyce. Don’t miss the thrilling first book in Harper’s Mountains.** Harper Keller is a shifter on borrowed time. After failing to find her treasure, her inner dragon is desperate to find anything to connect with. When a plea for help comes through from an old flame, she puts her life on hold to track him down...
  • The Story of Son by J.R. Ward

    The Story of Son by J.R. Ward

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    First released in the anthology Dead After Dark, dive into this hot novella from #1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward. Available for the first time ever as a standalone ebook, get lost in the sinful pleasures of a vampire so obsessed with one woman, he will relinquish her blood, if only he can have her heart..
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  drama  family  paranormal  steamy  suspense  vampires  abuse
  • Lure of Oblivion by Suzanne Wright

    Lure of Oblivion by Suzanne Wright

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Gwen Miller may be a human, but she has no problem taking a stand against her own kind. She’s going to testify against the teenage boy she saw viciously assault a lone shifter female—and no amount of pressure from the boy’s wealthy family will make her back down. But when the harassment turns violent, help comes in the form of a lean, toned wolf with winter-gray eyes...
  • The Vampire's Redemption by B.A. Stretke

    The Vampire's Redemption by B.A. Stretke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An act of humility, from a Vampire seeking redemption, turns out to be destiny. An M/MM Romance. Kash Garret wants to make amends. After failing at his job and almost causing the break-up of a fated pair, Kash needs to find himself again. He wants to go back to the beginning, the bottom of the totem pole and work his way back to the man he used to be...
  • The Rogue Hunter by Lynsay Sands

    The Rogue Hunter by Lynsay Sands

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Rogue Hunter:An Immortal Who Protects The World From Renegade VampiresSamantha Willan is a workaholic lawyer. She's grateful for some rest and relaxation in cottage country, and after a recent breakup she wants to stay as far away from romance as possible. Then she meets her irresistible new neighbor. There's something strange and mysterious about his eyes...
  • Fated to Be Family by Alanea Alder

    Fated to Be Family by Alanea Alder

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Kate 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...
  • Immortal Born by Lynsay Sands

    Immortal Born by Lynsay Sands

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    A simple promise to protect her friend’s infant son has turned Allie Chambers’ existence upside down. Caring for—and feeding—an orphaned vampire baby has been tricky enough. But as little Liam grows, so does his appetite. He needs more blood than she can personally supply...
  • Micah's Calling by Donya Lynne

    Micah's Calling by Donya Lynne

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Author’s Note: This is a novella supplement to the All the King’s Men series. It is highly advised that you read Rise of the Fallen before reading this novella. Reading book two of the series, Heart of the Warrior, would also be beneficial, but not absolutely necessary before reading Micah’s Calling...
  • Time Without End by V.M. Black

    Time Without End by V.M. Black

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bound 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...
  • Taken By Moonlight by Violette Dubrinsky

    Taken By Moonlight by Violette Dubrinsky

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When she agreed to go camping with her twin to honor a birthday milestone, Vivienne Bordeaux imagined itchy mosquito bites, the possibility of West Nile, and perhaps foot-fungus, but she never anticipated just how much her life would change. After almost dying under the snapping jaws of a rabid wolf—go figure—Vivienne is saved by a gorgeous, dark-haired man, who may just belong to a cult...
  • Wicked Howl by Celia Kyle

    Wicked Howl by Celia Kyle

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Can cats and dogs get along? Maybe. What about werelions and werewolves? If it’s Tilly and Mitchell, definitely. Or rather, maybe. If he’d just get his head out of his… Half-werelion Tilly McBride owns Bless Your Tart, the South’s latest and greatest bakery. Or at least the best one in Georgia. Fine. It’s the best in Wilder, Georgia, mainly because it’s the only one...
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    alpha-mc  family  fated-mates  humor  paranormal  steamy  adult  book
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