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My Defender by Alanea Alder
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen 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 ratingsMicah 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... -
![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... -
![Their Baby Dragon by Annie Nicholas]()
Their Baby Dragon by Annie Nicholas
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEoin, Harbinger of Smoke and Darkness, and Angie, Angel Dragon of New Port, are very pleased to announce they are expecting the birth of their first child in the Spring of 2019.The popular celebrity couple cannot wait to meet their newest addition. They were recently spotted at the premiere shifter obstetrician’s office looking upset. Stay tuned for updates... -
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![My Solace by Alanea Alder]()
My Solace by Alanea Alder
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFor 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... -
![Nicole by Teresa Gabelman, Jeffrey Kafer]()
Nicole by Teresa Gabelman, Jeffrey Kafer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsListening length: 4 hours, 22 minutesNicole Callahan, mate to fierce and brooding VC Warrior Damon DeMasters, has been trying to find her place in his world. Without a doubt, it’s been interesting, but she believes there’s a lot more she can offer the children she spent so much of her human life fighting for... -
![The Chosen by Dannika Dark]()
The Chosen by Dannika Dark
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Fear is your enemy's feast."The gripping third installment of the Black Arrowhead series.Robyn is desperately searching for a pack, but the odds are stacked against her. Shifters don't accept humans, especially ones with a watchdog. Her fate takes a wild turn when she hitches a ride with a band of rogues who are vying for a spot in a newly formed pack... -
![The Twilight Saga: Eclipse by Howard Shore]()
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse by Howard Shore
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 28 ratings(Easy Piano Songbook). The third installment of the megahit Twilight saga was released in movie theatres nationwide on June 30th. This songbook includes 10 selections from the score penned by Howard Shore, arranged for easy piano solo: As Easy as Breathing * Compromise/Bella's Theme * Eclipse (All Yours) * First Kiss * Imprinting * Jacob's Theme * Jasper * The Kiss * Victoria * Wedding Plans... -
![Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Collection 1-5 by Laurell K. Hamilton]()
Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Collection 1-5 by Laurell K. Hamilton
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"Long before Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series and Charlaine Harris's Sookie Stackhouse novels, [there was] sexy, strong-willed vampire hunter Anita Blake."-USA Today...The first five Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novels in the phenomenal #1 New York Times bestselling series... -
![Crimson Hunter by Samantha Whiskey]()
Crimson Hunter by Samantha Whiskey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’ll do anything to save her.As an immortal, elite Hunter with the ability to stop time,I’ve never lost a battle.Until her.Grace is gorgeous, smart, and has zero fear of all six and half feet of me.But she’s the last person I should be falling for.First, she’s human.Second, she’s dying.And stopping time won’t save her... -
![Sexiest Vampire Alive by Kerrelyn Sparks]()
Sexiest Vampire Alive by Kerrelyn Sparks
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsHe was both a vampire and a playboy . . . and impossible to resist.The secret is out . . . Vampires do exist!When a video reveals to the world that vampires live among us, it's up to "young" vamp Gregori Holstein, VP of Marketing, to persuade the U.S. government to declare the video a hoax... -
![Freak Show by Trina M. Lee]()
Freak Show by Trina M. Lee
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlexa’s arrival in Sin City is greeted with a warning: leave town or be forced out.The return of her lover, Arys, has the Vegas vampires on edge. The Wicked Kiss Las Vegas location has changed in his absence. Werewolf death fights and vampire performance art takes it to a whole new level of crazy. The new club owner, Jenner, shares Arys’s bloodline and a few bad memories... -
![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... -
![Bound in Eternity by Milly Taiden]()
Bound in Eternity by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAvery Harper hasn’t dated in two years. After losing her fiancé during his deployment, she chose to stay away from men and the games they play. That worked great until she met Jae Drachen. He overwhelms her senses from the moment she meets him. It has her wondering if love at first sight truly exists. The more time she spends with Jae, the more she believes it does. Jae wants Avery... -
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![His Realm by Mary Calmes]()
His Realm by Mary Calmes
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOn their first meeting, Varic Maedoc, prince of the vampyrs, told Jason Thorpe that loving him was not for the faint of heart. He wasn’t kidding. In the past two years, Jason has been kidnapped, lived through several attempts on his life, and foiled a coup. Now, his new life as the prince’s consort and adviser to the king is made even harder by Varic’s prolonged absence... -
![Atlantis Betrayed by Alyssa Day]()
Atlantis Betrayed by Alyssa Day
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsPoseidon’s warriors have learned that the battle to protect humanity produces unexpected enemies--and alliances. And one of the most powerful of all Atlantean warriors will soon find both…in one daring beauty... -
![Wild About You by Kerrelyn Sparks]()
Wild About You by Kerrelyn Sparks
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHandsome Howard...Hunky Howard...Hot Howard...It's not every day that Elsa Bjornberg feels delicate, not when she hosts a home renovation show where she can effortlessly demolish a kitchen. But from the moment she meets Howard Barr, this bear of a man makes her feel like a woman. And the way he looks at her, as if she were a pot of honey he'd like to lick...Howard is not like most men... -
![Blood Bond: 14 by Helen Hardt]()
Blood Bond: 14 by Helen Hardt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsErin Hamilton follows Dante Gabriel back into hell—the underground compound where he was held for a decade—to confront the woman who held him captive. Finally unmasked, she seems to hold Dante under her influence. Erin has faith in Dante’s strength and determination, though, especially when the mysterious Vampyre Texts reveal their first secret... -
![Petunia's Pandemonium by Robyn Peterman, Erin Mallon]()
Petunia's Pandemonium by Robyn Peterman, Erin Mallon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMix one part Mermaid - one part Genie. Throw in an intoxicated God of the Sea and and a few smack-talking Pirates. What have you got?Pandemonium.Petunia's Pandemonium to be more accurate.PetuniaLetting the ocean current take me where it may for the last 25 years hasn't worked out so great. So, instead of getting my tail in a knot, I'm making some swimmingly simple changes... -
![True Blood Collection: Dead Reckoning, Dead in the Family, a Touch of Dead, Dead and Gone, Dead to the World, Dead as a Doornail, All Together Dead and More by Charlaine Harris]()
True Blood Collection: Dead Reckoning, Dead in the Family, a Touch of Dead, Dead and Gone, Dead to the World, Dead as a Doornail, All Together Dead and More by Charlaine Harris
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Sookie Stackhouse Novels True Blood Collection... -
![A Valentine's Chase by Layla Nash]()
A Valentine's Chase by Layla Nash
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMeadow Crawford sees things that no one else does. When a blind date goes badly wrong, she discovers that the world of fae and a city full of shifters actually exist. And that Rafe O'Shea isn't the kind of man to let a disastrous first date deter him from asking for a second... -
![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... -
![Eye of the Storm by Alyssa Day]()
Eye of the Storm by Alyssa Day
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA monster hurricane, a long-lost father, the Irish mob, and a rogue vampire are all trying their darndest to smash Dead End, Florida into pieces -- and then another dead body shows up... -
![Secret Life of a Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks]()
Secret Life of a Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsNothing's sexier than an man who can keep a secret.A typical bachelor party is all about beers and beautiful women. A vampire bachelor party is no different -- except the men are drinking Blissky (whiskey-flavored synthetic blood). And no one can throw a party quite like Jack, the illegitimate son of the legendary Casanova... -
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![Bite the Bullet by C.C. Wood]()
Bite the Bullet by C.C. Wood
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI don't know what happened to my life. Just a few months ago, I was independent and had an exciting job I loved. Now, along with my friends, I'm in hiding. Why? Because I'm one of the Five, a group of human women bestowed with powers and abilities to fight and control supernatural beings. A prophesy was written about us centuries ago... -
![Trial by Blood by Lizzy Ford]()
Trial by Blood by Lizzy Ford
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.Leslie wants nothing to do with Myca, the bloodsucking predator of humans she’s stuck with for her third trial. When he’s not trying to wear her down, he’s messing with her head. If not for the simple fact every human she crosses smells like dinner, she’d leave him fast... -
![Trial by Thrall by Lizzy Ford]()
Trial by Thrall by Lizzy Ford
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter the shock of her first trial, Leslie believes she can handle anything, including turning into a magic elf or whatever the fae really are. But the differences between alpha werewolf Ben and Tristan—the enigmatic leader of the fae, whose abs and sexual prowess are the stuff of dreams—soon have her wading into new supernatural waters... -
![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... -
![Bound in Ashes by Milly Taiden]()
Bound in Ashes by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsCOMPLETELY STANDALONE Check out the conclusion of the Drachen Mates Series in this sexy novel. Tiana Jonas’s life is unexciting. Nothing happens. Except her technical support calls with Ker Drachen. He’s got the sexiest voice if her wet panties are any sign. Boring goes out the window when her house is burglarized and an undiscovered body bleeds out on her kitchen floor... -
![Luca's Magic Embrace by Kym Grosso]()
Luca's Magic Embrace by Kym Grosso
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn erotic paranormal romance…Sexy vampire, Luca Macquarie doesn’t do love; especially not with humans. Yet, ever since he rescued Samantha Irving, he can’t deny the enigmatic attraction he’s developed for the alluring mortal woman. Concerned for her safety, he’s determined to bring Samantha back to her coven... -
![Stroke of Midnight by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Amanda Ashley]()
Stroke of Midnight by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Amanda Ashley
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn an unseen world that lurks in the shadows, they roam the night--feral, passionate, and dangerous. And when their world touches ours, a primitive desire takes hold, leaving mere mortals powerless in its wake...Four of romance's most intriguing authors have come together to create a mesmerizing anthology--unforgettable tales of vampires, shapeshifters, and werewolves... -
![Midlife at Midsummer by Victoria Danann]()
Midlife at Midsummer by Victoria Danann
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsA NOT TOO LATE novellaRita Hayworth transitioned from underappreciated insurance adjuster and underappreciated wife to the most powerful figure in the magic world. The job came with perks. Guaranteed health, a dream home, wonderful neighbors, magical dogs, and a sexy soul mate who's also a legendary relative of the fae... -
![The Doctor Falls For Her Gargoyle by Cate Dean, Kristen Painter]()
The Doctor Falls For Her Gargoyle by Cate Dean, Kristen Painter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDr. Sophie Mead has a problem.She's falling for one of Nocturne Falls' resident gargoyles: the tall, muscled, and sexy Elias Saunders.But when Elias comes to her after being attacked, she has to put aside her attraction for him. What looks like a small mark on his left forearm is more than just a mark. His skin is turning to stone - and it's spreading... -
![Souls Unchained by C.C. Wood]()
Souls Unchained by C.C. Wood
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSavannah I’m an empath. I can feel the emotions of others and it’s overwhelming.My life is a small one by necessity, with only one friend I can call my own. I’ve always wanted so much more, but there is no hope for my dreams of a normal life.That all changes when Rhys moves in across the street. He gives me a glimpse of the happiness I could have and I want it all... -
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![Pranic, Pregnant, and Petrified (The Montgomery Chronicles) by Karen Ranney]()
Pranic, Pregnant, and Petrified (The Montgomery Chronicles) by Karen Ranney
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the third book of the Montgomery Chronicles trilogy, the witches have almost gotten to the point of claiming Marcie Montgomery, at least since the Witch Test. If Janet Travis has anything to do with it, however, Marcie would be banished to the next universe before being publicly acknowledged as a Super Duper Witch... -
![Night Hungers by Kathi S. Barton]()
Night Hungers by Kathi S. Barton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAiden St. James is a 600 year old vampire/shifter. He’s the brother of Tristan, and Uncle to Emma. He wants to settle down and find a mate. He lives in France but is coming to visit Tristan in the U.S. He’s been lonely too long.Allison Zander also known as Zane is older than anyone knows. She’s an auto mechanic and has a wonderful boss named Danny March... -
![Desire Awakened by Kathi S. Barton]()
Desire Awakened by Kathi S. Barton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“If you go out there, you’ll have to see to the woman first. The boy will make it if you help him later, but the woman won’t.”The sounds of cars screeching when she opened the door startled her. She looked back at Sam, and she nodded. Lizzy took off in the direction of the gathering crowd and wondered what had happened... -
![Keith by Kathi S. Barton]()
Keith by Kathi S. Barton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLiving a life of exile made for a lonely existence. Banished from her realm for a crime she didn’t commit, that’s the life that the king had condemned Harley Pennington to. Sentenced to a life of solitude away from the people she served, the people she loved... -
![Reed by Kathi S. Barton]()
Reed by Kathi S. Barton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKerry Stephens is beyond excited. The job promotion with the cable company came through taking her out of the office in into the field. She needs this job and didn’t know how much more she could stomach her current boss. Anything has to be better than working for him, right? So much for wishful thinking... -
![Growing Sanctuary by Susi Hawke]()
Growing Sanctuary by Susi Hawke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSanctuary B & B—Our wards are strong and our door is open!Hey, y’all. It’s me, Darcy Valentine. I’m still enjoying a fabulous, never-ending first date with my sexy vampire boyfriend Storm. Can you believe we’re coming up on ten months? Yep, we go together like toast and jam... -
![Potions and Pajamas by Keira Blackwood]()
Potions and Pajamas by Keira Blackwood
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat doesn’t kill me makes me stronger, and hungrier, and a whole lot weirder.The ring on my finger was supposed to be a promise to spend our lives together. But my fiancé decided that wasn’t what he wanted.So he buried me alive.To my fiancé’s dismay, I’m not dead, or at least mostly not. I’m starting over.I’ll do things differently this time... -
![Accidental AF by Dakota Cassidy]()
Accidental AF by Dakota Cassidy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA stranded human and his lifelong skepticism walk into a paranormal bar…Sounds like the start of a bad gag, but the joke’s on Kash Samuels when he stumbles into a bar called NOPE, looking for warmth and a working phone, only to get caught in the middle of a bar fight... -
![A Vampire’s Mate: A Dark Protectors/Rebels Novella by Rebecca Zanetti]()
A Vampire’s Mate: A Dark Protectors/Rebels Novella by Rebecca Zanetti
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere’s nothing Jasper Maxwell likes better than a good chase. He is patient and cunning, and he is known as one of the coldest hunters in the immortal realm. As a vampire with a hint of demon blood in him, he stands out even amongst the finest trackers in the shifter world... -
![A Chase Christmas by Layla Nash]()
A Chase Christmas by Layla Nash
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNatalia Chase just wants the first family Christmas with her husband and his pride of unruly lion shifter brothers to be perfect. But a simple trip to pick out a Christmas tree turns into a rescue mission when they discover three shifter wolf cubs abandoned in the forest... -
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![Nikolai by Michele Notaro]()
Nikolai by Michele Notaro
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor centuries, I’ve gone through life floating from one lover to the next, never tying myself down to anyone. But then Grayson walks into my life, and I can’t imagine spending it without him. Messing with the Warriors of Tempest isn’t my greatest move, but to ensure he can stay with me, I’ll do what I have to... -
![Semi-Broken by Isabel Jordan]()
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... -
![The Accidental Unicorn by Dakota Cassidy]()
The Accidental Unicorn by Dakota Cassidy
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOliver Baldwin has a problem. And it's a big one. He has a unicorn horn. A unicorn horn that's pink and purple and shoots glitter everywhere. Everywhere... But that's not all it does. So what's a guy who, out of nowhere, has a swirly horn sprout from his head to do? He calls the ladies of OOPS and in the process gets a bird's eye view of a world he never knew existed... -
![Bearly Accidental by Dakota Cassidy]()
Bearly Accidental by Dakota Cassidy
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy, what a big cave you have!At the request of their friend Antonia (Accidentally Ever After), Wanda, Marty and Nina find themselves trekking up a snowy mountainside, in search of Toni's brother.Wanted by the mob, Cormac Vitali is hiding out in the Colorado Wilderness, where the ladies from OOPS finally catch up to him...freshly tranq'd by a bounty hunter... -
![The Accidental Familiar by Dakota Cassidy]()
The Accidental Familiar by Dakota Cassidy
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen the warlock's away, the familiar will play! A Halloween party gone wrong will keep the OOPs crew putting out one fire after anothert. Join them this Halloween for a ghoulishly, magic-filled tale!. The Accidental Familiar, Book 14 of the Accidentally Paranormal series by USA Today bestselling romantic comedy author Dakota Cassidy is a laugh-out-loud addition to your Halloween reading list... -
![Crazy as a Loon by Hailey Edwards]()
Crazy as a Loon by Hailey Edwards
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEllie Gleason has protected the town of Samford, Alabama for decades. It’s not as glamourous as her glory days as the WitchLight Hub, but it keeps her active during her golden years.Life is good.Well, it’s okay.Fine.It could be bloodier with a smidge more gore, but retirement is meant to be low-key...
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