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  • THIRDS Beyond the Books: Volume 1 (THIRDS) by Charlie Cochet

    THIRDS Beyond the Books: Volume 1 (THIRDS) by Charlie Cochet

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Join us as we celebrate the THIRDS universe with this collection of flash fiction stories written to prompts submitted by fans. Sometimes we want to know more about our favorite characters. Where they came from, how they became who they are, their families, friendships, and past heartaches. These snippets of moments in time offer an inside look at the lives of our favorite THIRDS characters...
  • Rack & Ruin by Charlie Cochet

    Rack & Ruin by Charlie Cochet

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Action. Comedy. Romance. And that one weird guy. New York City’s streets are more dangerous than ever with the leaderless Order of Adrasteia and the Ikelos Coalition, a newly immerged Therian group, at war...
  • Rise & Fall by Charlie Cochet

    Rise & Fall by Charlie Cochet

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    After an attack by the Coalition leaves THIRDS Team Leader Sloane Brodie critically injured, agent Dexter J. Daley swears to make Beck Hogan pay for what he's done. But Dex's plans for retribution are short-lived. With Ash still on leave with his own injuries, Sloane in the hospital, and Destructive Delta in the Coalition's crosshairs, Lieutenant Sparks isn't taking any chances...
  • Ghost of Deceit by Alice Winters

    Ghost of Deceit by Alice Winters

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    HiroSeeing the dead has never been easy, but the last thing I expected was to be a pawn in a serial killer’s game.Moving in with Maddox was supposed to be the only thing we needed to worry about. Not a dead teacher, and not the fact that a serial killer knows my abilities...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  mlm  lgbtq  suspense  in-uniform  family  romance  mystery
  • Blood & Thunder by Charlie Cochet

    Blood & Thunder by Charlie Cochet

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    When a series of bombs goes off in a Therian youth center, injuring members of THIRDS Team Destructive Delta and causing a rift between agents Dexter J. Daley and Sloane Brodie, peace seems unattainable. Especially when a new and frightening group, the Order of Adrasteia, appears to always be a step ahead...
  • Aleron by Macy Blake

    Aleron by Macy Blake

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Aleron Eastaughffe is a billionaire griffin who knows what he wants…Namely, a gorgeous city penthouse, a life of luxury, and the respect and admiration of his peers-–all the things he’s come to expect as one of the Eastaughffes...
  • Ghost Ship by Pandora Pine

    Ghost Ship by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lovers separated in death. A family terrorized for generations. Can Jude and Cope solve the mystery before it drags them under?Cope, already plagued by dreams of a watery death aboard the Titanic, is asked to help a haunted family in Nova Scotia...
  • Catch a Tiger by the Tail by Charlie Cochet

    Catch a Tiger by the Tail by Charlie Cochet

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Calvin Summers and Ethan Hobbs have been best friends since childhood, but somewhere along the line, their friendship evolved into something more. With the Therian Youth Center bombing, Calvin realizes just how short life can be and no longer keeps his feelings for his best friend a secret...
  • Beta's Strength by Nora Phoenix

    Beta's Strength by Nora Phoenix

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Bray has accepted he, Kean, and Ruari are fated mates, but he knows their happy ever after is still a long ways off. He needs to change, but where to start? Can he ever become the alpha that’s worthy of his two mates and the dad little Jax needs? The rest of the pack is reeling from the heavy loss they suffered...
  • Gateway Catastrophe by Louisa Masters

    Gateway Catastrophe by Louisa Masters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It only took seconds for my world to change…I live a simple, small-town life. Helping with the family restaurant, my side gig as a ride-share driver, hanging with my best friend, making the most of the extra time with my ghost grandma. The only exciting thing to happen to me in the past year was when Gabe moved to town—too bad Nonna scared him off...
  • Gummy Bears & Grenades by Charlie Cochet

    Gummy Bears & Grenades by Charlie Cochet

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    THIRDS agent Dexter J. Daley can’t wait to marry his fiancé, Team Leader Sloane Brodie, but first he’s looking forward to celebrating his bachelor party—which he intends to be a shenanigans-free evening of getting his groove on with family and friends. Of course events don’t work out as planned, but for Dex that’s nothing new...
  • Alpha's Submission by Nora Phoenix

    Alpha's Submission by Nora Phoenix

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Four men, brought together by fate, connected in more powerful ways than they’d ever imagined. Lidon, Vieno, Palani, and Enar are finding their way in their complicated relationship. For Vieno, it’s easy. He thrives in the care of his men, taking his place as their omega and focusing on rebuilding the ranch. For Enar, it’s a lot harder to find his role…and himself...
  • Sweet Nothings by Macy Blake

    Sweet Nothings by Macy Blake

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sam Baker couldn’t be more normal. He’s a teacher at the local middle school and the most exciting part of his day is dealing with a classroom full of hormonal preteens. His life takes a turn for the weird one stormy night when he finds a small boy on his doorstep...
  • After All the Wreckage by L.J. Evans

    After All the Wreckage by L.J. Evans

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What if the future is already written? GageWhen Rory Marlowe Bishop walks out of my past and into my bar, I realize she’s not just a kid anymore. Now she’s hell on wheels and a special kind of temptation. But I can’t afford the distraction, not with the responsibility I’ve inherited...
  • Forever Together by Shelby Rhodes

    Forever Together by Shelby Rhodes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Octavius Evander here. I suppose you have come to see how it all ends. Well, ‘ends’, as in, we’ve reached the end of this part of my story. It wouldn’t be proper of me to move on until we finish it all off, right? As this is the last book in this series, I feel it is my duty, to end things with a bang! A glittery bang. By bang, I mean, a giant, super cool, Halloween party...
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    paranormal  mlm  lgbtq  suspense  romance  vampires  zombies  magic
  • Ghostly Dilemma by E.M. Leya

    Ghostly Dilemma by E.M. Leya

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sometimes it's the little cases.Not every minute of being a detective is spent solving huge murder cases. Sometimes it's the little ones that take up Detective Young's life, like the seventy-year-old cold case that suddenly fell into his lap or figuring out if a death was suicide or murder.Lance spends most of his time working cases that no one hears about...
  • Loose Ends by Morgan Brice

    Loose Ends by Morgan Brice

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cold cases, old enemies, ex-lovers, and vengeful spirits are making life dangerous for psychic medium Simon Kincaide and his boyfriend, homicide detective Vic D’Amato. The ghosts of Myrtle Beach are restless, trapped by love, secrets, scandals, and spells, keeping Simon busy protecting the living from the unhappy dead...
  • Ghostly Hostage by E.M. Leya

    Ghostly Hostage by E.M. Leya

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Back from vacation, Lance is ready to dive back into work—that is, until the morgue employees are taken hostage on his first day back. Held at gunpoint was not how he thought he'd spend his day. With their lives on the line, Lance and the others have no choice but to follow orders and perform the autopsy that's been demanded.Angus never dreamed he'd be the one worrying about Lance being killed...
  • Ghostly Target by E.M. Leya

    Ghostly Target by E.M. Leya

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When someone starts killing police officers in the city, Detective Angus Young prioritizes finding out who's attacking those he works with. He's determined to take down the killer before any more officers are targeted.Having the skill to speak to the ghosts of the dead is usually helpful to a medical examiner, but not when the ghosts can't identify who killed them...
  • Taken by a Vampire by Joey W. Hill

    Taken by a Vampire by Joey W. Hill

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Joey W. Hill’s Vampire Queen novels keep the pages turning, your imagination running, [and] your dreams carnally vivid” (Bitten by Books)...
  • Dead in the Water by Pandora Pine

    Dead in the Water by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Cold Case Detective, Ronan O’Mara, has set sail on the honeymoon of his dreams to sunny Bermuda. He’s looking forward to a week of fun in the sun with his husband, Tennyson, but nothing is going as planned...
    Categorized as:
    family  lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  crime
  • The Witch's Blood by Michele Notaro, Kenneth Obi

    The Witch's Blood by Michele Notaro, Kenneth Obi

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Listening Length: 9 hours and 36 minutes. I’ve been living with this burden for years, but my secret has finally been revealed, and I feel like I can breathe again. I’ve wanted to ask - to beg - for help, but the spell that’s held me captive wouldn’t allow it. With it out in the open, I’m more determined than ever to break the seal from my chest, so I can truly be free...
  • How to Save a Human by Alice Winters

    How to Save a Human by Alice Winters

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    RiverWhen I meet Bentley DeGray, I’m at the lowest point in my life because no matter how much I fight, my past won’t let me escape. Bentley makes me laugh and care and love, but what does any of that mean when I’m living a lie?Things get complicated when I find out he’s with the Vampire Related Crimes Unit, the organization looking for answers about the abductions of prominent vampires...
  • Family Ties by Susi Hawke, Crista Crown

    Family Ties by Susi Hawke, Crista Crown

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In a world where the rules are gray and the Don's word is a law unto itself, only one thing is sacred… family.A Team A.L.P.H.A. and Alphabits spin-off seriesRiver Erikson is a man on the run. After scenting his true mate, he’s done everything in his power to escape. Just because he was born an omega doesn’t mean he needs to answer fate’s call and drop to his knees for some alpha...
  • Saving Rafe by Jocelynn Drake

    Saving Rafe by Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Rafe VarikThe troublemaker. The risk taker. The sexy club owner full of wicked promises.Rafe has devoted his immortal existence to pleasure and causing mischief.The only ones who can depend on him are his brothers. Of course, that’s very much a Varik thing.But when the leader of the Arsenault clan specifically requests Rafe’s help in tracking down a killer, he can’t say no...
  • Dead & Buried by T.K. Eldridge

    Dead & Buried by T.K. Eldridge

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Detectives Kennedy and Donovan were partners for years. Then one of them died. And yet, they're still partners. Kennedy has to solve Donovan's death while his partner's ghost helps him. Sort of...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  mlm  lgbtq  suspense  romance  mystery  fantasy  crime
  • Conduit Crisis by Louisa Masters

    Conduit Crisis by Louisa Masters

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Being in love with my straight friend isn’t easy…I thought pining for Daniel was an epic tragedy, but then I found out I’m a conduit—someone who can communicate with beings from the otherworld—and my unrequited love for one of my best friends seems less of a problem...
  • Darkest Hour Before Dawn by Charlie Cochet

    Darkest Hour Before Dawn by Charlie Cochet

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    THIRDS Team Leader Sebastian Hobbs and Chief Medical Examiner Hudson Colbourn are as much in love now as they were nearly seven years ago when a tragic event on the job destroyed their relationship. The two drift together only to be pulled apart time and time again...
  • How to Walk like a Man by Eli Easton

    How to Walk like a Man by Eli Easton

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Deputy Roman Charsguard survived Afghanistan where he lost his best friend—his K-9 handler James. Roman was a military dog until two years ago when he developed the ability to shift into a human. It’s not easy to learn how to be a man. He found a place to live in Mad Creek, a haven for the secret world of dog shifters. Finding a reason to live has been harder...
  • Once Upon a Western Shore by Harper Fox

    Once Upon a Western Shore by Harper Fox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s May Eve, and for once the body discovered in a meadow isn’t Gideon’s concern. The remains are decades old, and Gid and Lee are free to enjoy a proper Cornish Beltane, with maypoles, mirth, and a wild, sexy dash into the greenwood.When trouble flares, it’s from an unexpected source: Tamsyn, after a quiet few months, suddenly manifests terrifying new paranormal powers...
    Categorized as:
    family  lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  adult  book  children  contemporary
  • Psychic Men by Adira August

    Psychic Men by Adira August

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hunter Dane and Camden Snow have settled into a satisfying routine of solving murders and hanging at the club, when they aren't expressing their affection for one another. Vigorously. A great life in an idyllic location. Until a skinny kid who barely came up to Cam's chin sought out Detective Lieutenant Dane... "I saw my father last night," Asher Gamble told him...
  • The Carpenter's Fight by Noah Harris

    The Carpenter's Fight by Noah Harris

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The dangers of the past call Dean and Mikael back to The Grove for a final reckoning. Can they stop their love from becoming yet another victim of the battlefield? It seems too good to be true. Dean and Mikael imagine that they’re finally in for a quiet and steady life together on the farm...
  • Tension by Kiki Burrelli

    Tension by Kiki Burrelli

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Huxley's best friend is his rock.Huxley Might's position as agent within the elite Lunar Council Enforcement Agency has prepared him for a life of service. Being an Alpha is about control and sacrifice. He doesn't have siblings to pass the duty to. It's up to Huxley to become the next Alpha and ensure the Might family legacy continues...
  • Come Out & Prey (Cass' Version) by Cassandra Featherstone

    Come Out & Prey (Cass' Version) by Cassandra Featherstone

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ***This prequel must be read prior to book one, Let Us Prey to understand the world the characters live in. Being a teenager is bullshit. You’d think being an heir in one of most powerful families in predator society would make it easier, but you’d be dead wrong. From the moment I was old enough, my bloodthirsty parents made sure I understood my job is to smile, nod, and look pretty in public...
  • No Souls On The River by M. Kato

    No Souls On The River by M. Kato

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Homicide detective Hayashi Teruo and his partner, Miyazaki Shinji are juggling their personal and work lives, trying to keep their relationship a secret from their colleagues at the Tōkyō MPD.In the supernatural realm, the souls of the dead are disappearing from the Sanzu River, before they have reached the end of their journey in the afterlife...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  mlm  lgbtq  suspense  romance  mystery  fantasy  ghosts
  • Ghostly Death by E.M. Leya

    Ghostly Death by E.M. Leya

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When teenagers start dying around town, it's up to Detective Angus Young to figure out if the cases are connected and who would want them dead.Lance is one of the city's medical examiners and has a talent he doesn't share with many people — he sees ghosts.Helping his boyfriend figure out who wants these kids dead just became his number one job...
  • The Curse of Redwood by Jaclyn Osborn

    The Curse of Redwood by Jaclyn Osborn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Secrets lie within the walls of Redwood Manor.The murders, alleged curse, and ghost stories have fascinated Carter ever since he moved to Ivy Grove. After attending a Halloween ball at the mansion and meeting a man almost too beautiful to be real, Carter is captivated even more.But the man disappears after that, leaving Carter with nothing but the memory of a kiss...
  • Point Pleasant: Illustrated Edition by Jen Archer Wood

    Point Pleasant: Illustrated Edition by Jen Archer Wood

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ben Wisehart grew up in the idyllic town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia. An early encounter with the supernatural shaped his worldview and served as the catalyst for his career as a bestselling horror writer.Thirteen years after abandoning his home, Ben returns to the town to investigate the apparent reemergence of the terrifying creature responsible for his childhood nightmares...
  • Bending Ridge by J.D. Light

    Bending Ridge by J.D. Light

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hanson Rodgers My dad's best friend is big and burly and gorgeous and has the ability to make my harpy's blood––yes, I'm a male harpy––boil. When he offered my brother and I a job on Terra Mortis, I knew it was probably a bad idea, no matter how much I wanted to live on the island and be a part of a world where everyone was as much different as they were the same...
  • Ghostly Claus by E.M. Leya

    Ghostly Claus by E.M. Leya

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Santa Claus appears on Lance's autopsy table, he can't believe his eyes or ears as the not-so-jolly ghost accompanying the body tells Lance he's been murdered. Solving this murder will take time as the list of suspects is growing. For some, Christmas isn't the most wonderful time of the year, but it is the most profitable.To top it off, Lance's brother is in town visiting and he's not alone...
  • In Plain Sight by K.C. Wells

    In Plain Sight by K.C. Wells

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Detective Gary Mitchell and psychic Dan Porter are now investigating cold cases that are literally falling from the sky—a headless body in 2006 and a carpenter who fell from a roof two years ago.The first case leads them into dangerous territory. The second feels like a dead end...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  mlm  lgbtq  suspense  family  romance  mystery  crime
  • Cold Moon by Sam Burns, W. M. Fawkes

    Cold Moon by Sam Burns, W. M. Fawkes

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An alpha torn apart, his heart stitched back together by the gentle hands of one sweet doctor’s assistant....Dante Reid has never fit in with his pack of feral, dangerous alphas. He hates his own nature, and his monster of a father makes him question his very DNA...
    Categorized as:
    family  lgbtq  medical  mlm  paranormal  abuse  adult  audiobook
  • Hero by Kiki Burrelli

    Hero by Kiki Burrelli

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Mercenaries. Outcasts. Alphas.Knox knows all the five of them have left now is each other. That, and the driving desire to find who had slaughtered their pack and make that person pay.But investigating a tragedy with only rubble as evidence requires money and time. Knox can find one and use it to buy the other...
  • Reflash by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Reflash by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Cops Tucker Storm and Wesley Foster know who they want to spend the rest of their lives with. Almost a year has gone by since they discovered that two firefighters - Kurt Maguire and Austin Jacobson - were their mates, chosen for them by the fates who match all werewolves with life partners. Unfortunately, both firefighters are straight. They leave Alaska for Seattle, just to be close to the men...
  • The General's Lover by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    The General's Lover by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Special Agent James Pruitt as been in love with one man for years, the gorgeous - and possibly straight - General Derek Jacobs. All he wants is for Derek to return his love, but the general's career comes first and he keeps an emotional distance. When Derek asks James to go on vacation with him, it seems that the dream is about to come true...
  • Brandon's Very Merry Haunted Christmas by A.J. Sherwood

    Brandon's Very Merry Haunted Christmas by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When Brandon Havili gets recruited by the FBI, he’s immediately assigned to shadow his brother and the psychic Donovan’s anchored to. Brandon doesn’t mind this in the slightest. He loves his brother, Jon seems cool, and it’s a great way to learn how to be an anchor, which is what the FBI wants him for. It’s supposedly three weeks of just following people around and observing...
  • Unraveling the Threads of Fate by Alice Winters

    Unraveling the Threads of Fate by Alice Winters

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    AlexSome people are born lucky.Then there’s me, destined to be loved by the man who knows my darkest secret.My gift has followed me my entire life—the ability to see the threads of fate. I can see the red thread tying together two people destined to love one another.But my gift has another side to it. A darker side...
  • Suzanna's Surrender by Nora Roberts

    Suzanna's Surrender by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A woman’s search for her family’s birthright leads her to a man she never expected to see again in Suzanna’s Surrender, a novel of The Calhoun Women from #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts.A legend and a mystery, the Calhoun Emeralds vanished from the Towers, a mansion on the shores of Maine, long ago...
  • With Caution by J.L. Langley

    With Caution by J.L. Langley

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A brother's vow. A lover's promise. Both could put them all at deadly risk.Remington Lassiter is trying his best to stay out of trouble while he learns the ropes of being a werewolf. When his little brother turns up covered in bruises, he is driven to finally bring their abusive father to justice...
  • Hell & High Water by Charlie Cochet

    Hell & High Water by Charlie Cochet

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Action. Comedy. Romance. And that one weird guy. When homicide detective Dexter J. Daley's testimony helps send his partner away for murder, the consequences - and the media frenzy - aren't far behind. He soon finds himself sans boyfriend, sans friends, and, after an unpleasant encounter in a parking garage after the trial, he's lucky he doesn't find himself sans teeth...
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