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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...
  • Novak Raven by T.S. Joyce

    Novak Raven by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    His entire life, Weston Novak has been followed by the long shadow of his raven shifter people. He’s kept his distance and settled into the Bloodrunner Crew, but his life has just taken a hard right turn. Not only does he have visions of the future now, but a soft-spoken raven shifter named Avery has just tumbled into his life to shake everything up...
  • 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...
  • Blackwing Beast by T.S. Joyce

    Blackwing Beast by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Beast 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...
  • Son of the Dragon by T.S. Joyce

    Son of the Dragon by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Deep in a high security shifter prison dwells the most dangerous shifter in the world. Vyr Daye is the Red Dragon, alpha to the Sons of Beasts Crew, loner, watcher, fire-breather…and he’s also completely misunderstood. The media has dragged him through the mud, his reputation is shot, and his own father helped to put him in prison for a one-year sentence...
  • For The Soul Of An Outlaw by T.S. Joyce

    For The Soul Of An Outlaw by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    **Don’t miss the thrilling final book of T. S. Joyce’s bestselling Outlaw Shifters series** Genie isn’t what people expected. She isn’t just a squirrel, but a shifter in hiding named Tenlee. She’s dug herself into a deep hole, and now her past has come back to haunt her and hurt her friends in the Two Claws Clan. Not only that, but the man she loves had left the ranch, and left her in despair...
  • 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...
  • Blackwing Defender by T.S. Joyce

    Blackwing Defender by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Panther shifter, Winter Donovan, has her life all planned out: claiming marks, marriage, cubs, and pledging to the Red Havoc Crew. But when the man she cares for chooses another, her life gets caught in a tailspin. A new crew announcement could mean a change in her stars, but there is a catch. It’s the Blackwing Crew, and is run by fire-breathing dragon shifters...
  • Blackstone Ranger Guardian: Blackstone Rangers Book 5 by Alicia Montgomery

    Blackstone Ranger Guardian: Blackstone Rangers Book 5 by Alicia Montgomery

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Fighting for his mateWhen John Krieger rescues a stranded fox shifter in the middle of a snowstorm, he never expected that she would turn out to be his mate. However, the darkness lurking in his soul prevents him from claiming her and he pushes her away. When he realizes his mistake, he vows to make himself into someone who deserves her...
  • 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 Guardian by Christine Feehan

    Dark Guardian by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    They were masters of the darkness, searching through eternity for a mistress of the light....He ran with the wolves...materialized from the mists...hijacked the very heavens to his whims.He was the dark guardian of his people...
  • Dark Fire by Christine Feehan

    Dark Fire by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    They were masters of the darkness, searching through eternity for a mistress of the light..."There is always a price to pay."So Darius warned her when she accepted a position with his traveling troupe. And gazing mesmerized at the merciless slash of his mouth, the implacable resolve on his face, the soulless emptiness of his black eyes, Tempest was afraid to ask what it was...
  • 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...
  • Roman by T.S. Joyce

    Roman by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Roman Striker is on the hunt. His brothers may have big plans to save his hometown, but all Roman cares about is ridding the world of one vengeful alpha of the Bone-Ripper Pack, Rhett. Getting to Rhett is easy—mess with a submissive she-wolf in his pack named Mila and the alpha makes mistakes. But Roman and Mila grew up together and their history runs deep...
  • Dark Destiny by Christine Feehan

    Dark Destiny by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    They were masters of the darkness, searching through eternity for a mistress of the light.... Her childhood had been a nightmare of violence and pain until she heard his voice calling out to her. Golden and seductive. The voice of an angel.He had shown her how to survive, taught her to use her unique gifts, trained her in the ancient art of hunting the vampire...
  • Immortal Rider by Larissa Ione

    Immortal Rider by Larissa Ione

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Sexy, powerful, and immortal, Limos is on a crash course with destiny. She’s been marked as Satan’s bride and her jealous fiancé wants her all to himself. The only way this Horseman can keep herself—and everyone else—safe is to keep her distance. But not even Limos can save herself from the secrets she’s kept . . . or resist the seductive allure of one very brave human...
  • Immortal Rider by Larissa Ione

    Immortal Rider by Larissa Ione

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Sexy, powerful, and immortal, Limos is on a crash course with destiny. She’s been marked as Satan’s bride and her jealous fiancé wants her all to himself. The only way this Horseman can keep herself—and everyone else—safe is to keep her distance. But not even Limos can save herself from the secrets she’s kept . . . or resist the seductive allure of one very brave human...
  • Bad Moon Rising by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Bad Moon Rising by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    A stunning and suspenseful new landscape emerges in the thrilling Dark-Hunter world—a world where nothing will ever be the same again. . .  Fang Kattalakis isn't just a wolf. He is the brother of two of the most powerful members of the Omegrion: the ruling council that enforces the laws of the Were-Hunters. And when war erupts among the lycanthropes, sides must be chosen...
  • Dark Challenge by Christine Feehan

    Dark Challenge by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    an alternate cover edition can be found hereA New York Times Bestselling AuthorJulian Savage was golden. Powerful. But tormented. For the brooding hunter walked alone, always alone, far from his Carpathian kind, alien to even his twin. Like his name, his existence was savage. Until he met the woman he was sworn to protect . . . When Julian heard Desari sing, rainbows swamped his starving senses...
  • Leopard's Run by Christine Feehan

    Leopard's Run by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He keeps his emotions on a tight leash, but she can see the desire burning in his eyes...Timur Amurov has one purpose in life: protect his family at all costs...
  • Leopard's Blood by Christine Feehan

    Leopard's Blood by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan cuts straight to the heart of a man who stalks the shadows in an intoxicating Leopard novel.Though born into a leopard’s lair in the bayou, Joshua Tregre’s fighting skills were honed in the rainforests of Borneo. Sleek and deadly, he’s the perfect man to take over a crime syndicate back home in Louisiana’s lush swamplands...
  • Red Havoc Rogue by T.S. Joyce

    Red Havoc Rogue by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Annalise Sutter is a newly Turned shifter determined to get her life back on track. The problem? Her inner panther is a monster that attacks anything that breathes. She’s had to let go of her old life completely to protect the people she loves, and the one thing that has kept her steady through this transition is Jaxon Barns...
  • Dark Melody by Christine Feehan

    Dark Melody by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    They were masters of the darkness, searching through eternity for a mistress of the light...Lead guitarist of the Dark Troubadours, Dayan was renowned for his mesmerizing performances. His melodies stilled crowds, beckoned, seduced, tempted. And always, he called to her. His lover. His lifemate. He called to her to complete him...
  • The Finding by Nicky Charles

    The Finding by Nicky Charles

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    She 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 ratings
    Reno’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...
  • South of Surrender by Laura Kaye

    South of Surrender by Laura Kaye

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She's the only one who can see through his golden boy façade to the broken god within...Chrysander Notos, Supreme God of the South Wind and Summer, is on a mission: save Eurus from his death sentence, and prove his troubled brother can be redeemed...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  drama  paranormal  shapeshifters  steamy  adult  angst  book
  • Dark Secret by Christine Feehan

    Dark Secret by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Rafael De La Cruz has spent centuries hunting vampires with his brothers, and with each passing year his capacity to feel emotions has grown weaker and weaker until finally there's barely been a memory left-until only sheer willpower keeps him from turning into the very abomination he hunts...
  • The Shadow by Sylvain Reynard

    The Shadow by Sylvain Reynard

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    From the New York Times bestselling author of the Gabriel trilogy comes the hotly anticipated follow-up to The Raven, a sensual novel set in Florence featuring the dangerously intoxicating coupling of Raven and William…Raven Wood’s vampyre prince has returned, pledging his love and promising justice for every wrong done to her...
  • Beneath the Skin by Lauren Dane

    Beneath the Skin by Lauren Dane

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A whole world exists…beneath the skin.De La Vega Cats, Book 3Gibson de La Vega is the Bringer, one of the Alpha’s right-hand cats. It is his job to mete out justice and defend the law that holds their jamboree together.After a contentious meeting with another jamboree, he’s shot—Mia stumbles onto the scene and saves his life...
  • Wild Fire by Christine Feehan

    Wild Fire by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Leopard shifter Connor Vega carries the scent of a wild animal in its prime, and bears the soul-crushing sins of past betrayals. Isabeau Chandler's never forgiven him-or forgotten him. The mating urge is still with her, and hotter than ever. Dangerously hot..
  • Dream Chaser by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Dream Chaser by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    Hades doesn't often give second chances....Xypher has one month on Earth to redeem himself through one good deed or be condemned to eternal torture in Tarturus. But redemption means little to a demigod who only wants vengeance on the one who caused his downfall.Until one day in a cemetery....Simone Dubois is a medical examiner with a real knack for the job...
  • The Hunt by Heather Killough-Walden

    The Hunt by Heather Killough-Walden

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Her entire life, Katherine Dare has been hunting the man – the monster – who destroyed her life. The world has never known a Hunter like her. She has trained vigilantly since she was a child, since the day she saw a massive black wolf rip her father to shreds. There is nothing she wants more than revenge, and nothing she hates more than the demons who call themselves werewolves...
  • Hot Blooded by Christine Feehan, Maggie Shayne

    Hot Blooded by Christine Feehan, Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    When the sun goes down, four women will discover the man they desire within the beast that drives them wild in this sexy paranormal romance collection that includes an original Carpathain novella...“Dark Hunger” by New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan In a dark jungle, a beautiful activist liberates animals from a secret laboratory—and stumbles across an unexpected prisoner...
  • Fear the Darkness by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Fear the Darkness by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    This is a special thank you to readers for all the great years. It’s a small story about Nick’s homecoming to New Orleans after his mother’s death and after Katrina.I knew from the beginning what was going to happen to Nick. I wanted the reader to see the birth of a Dark-Hunter, only to have it with a twist. And even though I knew what was going to happen, I still cried when I wrote the scene...
  • For the Hope of a Crow by T.S. Joyce

    For the Hope of a Crow by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Ramsey Hunt is caught in a spiral no one can save him from, and he’s taking his entire Clan of crow shifters down with him. A broken mating bond has him going insane, and all he can do is try to hold onto his Alpha position as long as possible. But when a spirited beauty comes waltzing into his MC’s clubhouse demanding an audience with him, he can’t help but think he’s dreaming her up...
  • Silent Predator by Felicity Brandon, Delta James

    Silent Predator by Felicity Brandon, Delta James

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Paranormal Shifter RomanceA predator prowls the Sea of Cortez, protecting a mystery that has been kept silent for almost a century—damning information that some are still willing to kill for.Mason Lockheart is a highly decorated Navy SEAL with a mission that he can never reveal to anyone… even the curvy redhead who’s determined to bring everything up from the depths of the sea...
  • Wild Rain by Christine Feehan

    Wild Rain by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    With a new identity, a staged death, and a chance to flee the treachery that stalks her, Rachel has escaped from a faceless assassin. Now, thousands of miles from home, under the lush canopy of the rainforest, she’s found sanctuary. But in this world teeming with unusual creatures walks the most exotic of them all. His name is Rio...
  • Elixir by Jordan Castillo Price

    Elixir by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Wild Bill and Michael might have thought they made it out of the subterranean vampire nest unscathed, but in her anger, Silk left Michael a taste of her wrath that's impossible to shake.It's a race against time to cure Michael of a bizarre affliction, and though the hunter and his favorite vamp have few enough friends, Bill can't ash a cigarette without burning another bridge...
  • 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...
  • Dreaming of the Wolf by Terry Spear

    Dreaming of the Wolf by Terry Spear

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Book 3 in Terry Spear's Silver Town Wolf SeriesA FIERCE HUNTER...Alicia Greiston is a no-nonsense bounty hunter determined to bring a ring of mobsters to justice. Her dogged pursuit of the crime family has forced her to avoid relationships- any man would only become a target for retribution...
  • 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...
  • King's Throne by Bianca D'Arc

    King's Throne by Bianca D'Arc

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A 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...
  • Night's Pleasure by Amanda Ashley

    Night's Pleasure by Amanda Ashley

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Desire Casts a Dark Spell...Savanah Gentry’s life was so much simpler when she was a reporter for the local newspaper. That was before her father’s sudden death drew her into a mysterious new world she was just beginning to understand...
  • Ripe for the Alpha by Olivia T. Turner

    Ripe for the Alpha by Olivia T. Turner

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I'm in desperate need of a savior.Kidnapped. Tied to a bed. Out of options. Out of luck.Until the Sheriff comes roaring in and busts the place up.He's just the man I was waiting for.I've always loved older men.I've always loved a man in uniform.With the Sheriff, I don't stand a chance.He has me on board before he even says one word...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  paranormal  shapeshifters  steamy  adult  age-gap  book
  • Call of the Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Call of the Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When tragedy brings former childhood sweethearts Samantha Young and Bronson Cress together in the town they grew up in, Samantha learns that things are not always what they seem. Six years ago, Samantha was devastated when Bron made a decision that shattered their relationship. Determined not to fall for him again, she must avoid the man who broke her heart...
  • Sealed with a Purr by Celia Kyle

    Sealed with a Purr by Celia Kyle

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Going 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...
  • Michael & Shyne by R.E. Butler

    Michael & Shyne by R.E. Butler

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Michael 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...
  • Wen by Laurann Dohner

    Wen by Laurann Dohner

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    When Gerri’s VampLycan stepfather died, her mother moved them far from his clan. As a teen, it was the most devastating day of her life, because it took Gerri away from Wen, the boy she’d loved since childhood...
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