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  • Forbidden Temptation: Volume 4 by Teresa Gabelman

    Forbidden Temptation: Volume 4 by Teresa Gabelman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Taking on new recruits has always been tricky business for Dell Farris, head protector of the Lee County Wolves. Add in the knowledge that his mate is one of them makes things even more complicated. He knows she has demons to fight, but he’s determined to take charge of that battle. Nothing and no one will ever hurt her again. Roslyn “Ross” Starr has secrets that she plans to take to the grave...
  • 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...
  • Midlife Daddy Bear by Aline Ash

    Midlife Daddy Bear by Aline Ash

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Can a dancer in her 40s, burdened with a troubled past, and a shifter Alpha with three kids start afresh, or will their past secrets and present hurdles be too much to handle?LilyWith nothing left to hold her in Seattle, forty-something Lily Archer does the one thing she’s been too afraid of: Start over...
  • Alpha's Rescue by Renee Rose, Lee Savino

    Alpha's Rescue by Renee Rose, Lee Savino

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This grumpy bear needs a curvy complication like he needs a bullet in the head.She trespassed on my mountain. The lovely human with bright pink braids.Beautiful and brilliant, she's a knockout who leaves sunshine and mayhem in her wake.But our land is under threat and if she's learned our secret, she can never leave.Now she's my prisoner until I find out what she knows.I shouldn't keep her...
  • Maverik's Ashes by Sandra R. Neeley

    Maverik's Ashes by Sandra R. Neeley

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Maverik’s broken. His entire world came crashing down around him without warning, stolen from him brutally in the night by the one female he entrusted his soul to. His Wolf is all he’s got left, both are bitter, wary, untrusting and dangerous...
  • Greyriver Shifters by Kristina Weaver

    Greyriver Shifters by Kristina Weaver

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The shifters of Greyriver are hot as hell and nothing will stop them in their paths, so cozy up and be ready for some sexy fun! Enjoy 5 Standalone, full length books in this bundle. More than 400,000 words. NO CLIFFHANGERS. UNWANTED MATE I don’t want to feel this pull towards Mika Bright and feel the lust that overtakes me when I smell her...
  • Hunted in Darkness by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Hunted in Darkness by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I knew I wanted her the first time I saw her. Only problem? She can’t be my mate.I’m a son of a traitor and former Alpha and I know it’s the legacy people see.But I must be the Alpha of my Pack and protect them from the new threat to our world: Vampires.Valac and the others are still in the shadows, and we must find their lairs before we lose more than we already have...
  • Big Bad Boss: Mated by Renee Rose, Lee Savino

    Big Bad Boss: Mated by Renee Rose, Lee Savino

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rule #4 of Wall Keep your enemies closeThe Vampire King wasn't on the invite list for our engagement party, but that won't stop him from demanding his due.He insists Madi and I make an appearance at his club.He wants a performance where we're the players.I would refuse--war be damned, but my bride is intrigued.And what she wants, she gets...
  • Searing Ecstasy by Setta Jay

    Searing Ecstasy by Setta Jay

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Librarian Note: See Alternate Cover Edition HERE.Drake, the powerful dragon and leader of the Guardians, has spent his long life protecting all inhabitants of the four Realms, but fails to save the one who matters most. His mate. In the month since finding her feral, he’s been slowly losing control of his beast and soon he fears the dragon will reign free unleashing it’s fury upon the Realms...
  • Her Second Chance Wolf by Ariana Hawkes

    Her Second Chance Wolf by Ariana Hawkes

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Elinor Back in high school, Blake Waldgrave was my nemesis. Now he’s back in my life. Hotter than ever, and… interested in me??? I had a rocky past—dumped in a cardboard box by my family, and so broken I’d never be able to shift. But I’ve got my sh*t together now. I’m no longer the strange little bird that nobody wanted...
  • Big Bad Boss: Marked by Renee Rose, Lee Savino

    Big Bad Boss: Marked by Renee Rose, Lee Savino

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    RULE #3 OF WALL NEVER BACK DOWNNo one can know I've claimed the human as my mate.The enemies are at the gates–one wrong move and I’ll lose it all. My world will never be safe for her.If my pack finds out that I’ve mated a human, they’ll revolt. The fractures will grow deeper than ever and we'll be picked apart one by one.The lives of everyone I love hang in the balance...
  • Jackson by Elisa Leigh

    Jackson by Elisa Leigh

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jackson Walker is jealous of his big brother Jameson. Don't get him wrong, he's happy as fuck his brother found his mate after all of the years he spent searching. Lillian is the perfect match for Jameson. She's sweet and loyal, but sassy enough to keep him on his toes. Jackson is impatient, he wants to find his fated mate now. Maybe he made a mistake moving here with his brother and cousins...
  • Her Vampire Knight by Ines Johnson

    Her Vampire Knight by Ines Johnson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This little panther shifter thinks she’s captured me. Me; one of the most feared vampires in history.She thinks I'm the key to an age old prophecy; one where we join forces and unite to create new life. But that's impossible for a man who's been dead for centuries. With her every touch she makes me crave life.The problem is, the more we fight, the more the beast below stirs, ready to claim her...
  • Taken by Susan A. Bliler

    Taken by Susan A. Bliler

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Nyree was thriving as the best female Sentry assigned to the Skin Walker teams. Placed on special assignment, she was flattered to have been chosen to train the Keepers who’d just arrived at the Estate. Keepers were different from the Walkers she’d been trained with. Highly aggressive toward females, she found out too late that Keeper aggression was sexual and not a disdain for the female species...
  • Lustre of Twilight by Fiona Davenport

    Lustre of Twilight by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jareth Bancroft doubted he’d be one of the daywalkers who was lucky enough to find his destined consort. More than five hundred years of searching had yielded nothing. But one touch proved him wrong in the very best way.Narkissa Anders thought vampires were make-believe…until she stumbled upon a nest of them and barely escaped with her life...
  • Her Vampire Master by Maren Smith

    Her Vampire Master by Maren Smith

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I take my pleasure where and when I please. But nothing's sweeter than the taste of a submissive woman--one who wants revenge. She's smart, brazen, fearless when she ought not to be. I'll teach her the monster living in the shadows can and will hunt her back.But the creatures who killed her sister want to take her from me.I won't allow it. She belongs to me now.Only by me.Forever...
  • Remy by Susan A. Bliler

    Remy by Susan A. Bliler

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Unaware of the volatile past between her brother and her Commander, Harlow EnemyHunter doesn’t understand her Commander’s clear aversion to her presence on his team. Determined to fit in, Harlow goes to great lengths to prove her worth, earn respect, and hide her infatuation for her Commanding Officer. Remy McCabe has waited years to get revenge on fellow Skin Walker, Mason EnemyHunter...
  • A Mate's Submission by P. Jameson

    A Mate's Submission by P. Jameson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Hot Paranormal Shifter RomanceAvan is finally Alpha to the largest wolf pack in the country. Her position as one of the few alpha females in existence means shifters will come from all over to challenge her, and try to gain control of Ozarka. Most concerning is the sudden appearance of a Ravendale wolf she never expected to see in her camp...
  • No More Lion by Anya Nowlan

    No More Lion by Anya Nowlan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Curvy Liza Perelli has been looking for a place to call home all her life. From a privileged background, she has done her best to shrug off that lifestyle and seek out the simpler things in life through her art. Still, there is something missing. When she meets sexy werelion Rake at her best friend's wedding, Liza knows she has a chance for something truly spectacular...
  • Eyes on the Pride by Lacey Thorn

    Eyes on the Pride by Lacey Thorn

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Watching... Darby doesn’t just know shifters exist. It’s her job to watch them. For the last four years, she’s had her eye on one shifter, Calloway Meyer. She’s obsessed with him, which is problematic since he seems set on avoiding her. LWaiting... Calloway has spent four years keeping an eye on his mate, waiting for her to be ready to be his...
  • Tamed by the Mistress by Mina Carter

    Tamed by the Mistress by Mina Carter

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Mistress rules all, but who rules the Mistress?Mistress of the City, Reena Leroy, picked her partner for the Midwinter Choosing only to have him disappear from her bed before she woke. Now she’s at his pack house to find out why... But things aren’t what she expects. Archer’s not a wolf, or wasn’t until a few days ago. Now he’s chained in his family’s basement as he undergoes conversion...
  • Dark Nights Dangerous Men by Elisabeth Naughton, Cynthia Eden

    Dark Nights Dangerous Men by Elisabeth Naughton, Cynthia Eden

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    6 Bestselling Authors, 6 Sexy Reads…From romantic suspense to paranormal romance; from a full length novel to a bite sized novella, whatever you're looking for, we've got the story for you!Stolen Fury by Elisabeth Naughton (Word count: 100,000)To unearth a centuries-old secret, an archaeologist must team up with the rakish thief who's stolen both an ancient relic and her heart..
  • Alpha Shifter Seductions Boxed Set by Mandy M. Roth

    Alpha Shifter Seductions Boxed Set by Mandy M. Roth

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Boxed Set Contains: Blaze of Glory (Prospect Springs Shifters) Pike’s Peak (League of the Unnatural) Tipping the Scales (Stop Dragon My Heart Around) Warriors of Darkness Blaze of Glory (Shifter Paranormal Romance): Sheriff Jonathan MacSweeny is in charge of keeping the peace in Prospect Springs. Frontier living isn't what it used to be...
  • Bear Sentry by Ruby Shae

    Bear Sentry by Ruby Shae

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After a routine mission turns deadly, bear shifter and former Enforcer, Jase Wagner is lost. The ability to trust his senses disappeared with the death of his partner and left him feeling worthless and unable to protect his clan. In an effort to find a place to fit in, he travels south and ends up in Deals Gap, North Carolina...
  • Bear Up (Grayslake: More Than Mated Universe) by Mina Carter

    Bear Up (Grayslake: More Than Mated Universe) by Mina Carter

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Girl meets boy = classic love story. Girl meets bear... Wait, what? Small town girl Kacie has always known there was something odd about Lizards Lick, but she doesn't expect that oddity to almost claim her life or land her in the arms of her long-term crush; hot veteran Dean...
  • A Cat's Tale by Melissa Snark

    A Cat's Tale by Melissa Snark

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Alpha werewolf, Jared Kohl, wakes up in a vampire’s dungeon, swearing revenge upon the wily Siamese werecat who lured him there with her sultry lips and the sweetest tail. To escape his undead captor, all he has to do is seduce the skittish puss and show her that trust is often a hot and hard lesson to learn...
  • Alphas Unleashed by Harmony Raines, Lola Kidd

    Alphas Unleashed by Harmony Raines, Lola Kidd

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Unleash your wild side as lions, wolves and bears capture hearts in six shapeshifter stories of romance, love and passion. Loving the Lion - Lola Kidd Curvy Erin Numm is over dating. At the tender age of twenty-eight, she’s seen it all. A string of bad dates and heartbreak has left her ready to put herself on the sideline. Her plans are changed when she meets an agent from Lovely and Kind Brides...
  • A Bear's Mercy by Roxie Noir

    A Bear's Mercy by Roxie Noir

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Charlotte “Charlie” Mullins doesn’t mind putting herself in danger. She’s actually volunteered to hunt down Kade Lessing, a feral alpha bear who might be attacking and killing wolf shifters in Cascadia. Charlie’s not scared of the big bad bear, though maybe she should be... Kade Lessing isn’t really feral, though sometimes he wishes he were...
  • His Damaged Pride by Jena Wade, Lorelei M. Hart

    His Damaged Pride by Jena Wade, Lorelei M. Hart

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Asilo Pack lives in the shadows protecting those without a voice.Alpha lion shifter Gideon believes that alphas and omegas are equals and should be treated as such. When his pride alpha passes and their son takes over, Gideon can’t sit back and watch the man ruin their whole pride with his outdated ideas. Unfortunately his plan is discovered and the consequences have him left for dead...
  • Primal Claim by Marie Johnston

    Primal Claim by Marie Johnston

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After losing her family to feral shifters, Dani dedicated her life to eradicating those responsible, almost reaching Agent status with Sigma. Uncertainty about the network, and questions about their purpose were plaguing her when she was tasked with a mission that would forever change her and send her running toward those she once sought to destroy...
  • Love Immortal by Felicity Heaton

    Love Immortal by Felicity Heaton

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rescued from werewolves by the most breathtaking man she's ever seen, Lauren is dragged into the fight of her life and a dark world she never knew existed. There, she discovers that she's the latest reincarnation of a goddess and must drink the blood of her immortal protector, Julian, in order to reawaken and continue her three thousand year old mission to defeat Lycaon, the original werewolf...
  • Awaken a Wolf by R.E. Butler

    Awaken a Wolf by R.E. Butler

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Book #9 in the Wiccan-Were-Bear series.Natural Wiccan Cinder Knight has a pretty good life. She’s part of the largest coven in North America and has a great job at the Whalen Family Clinic. She has zero complaints, until she finds herself the recipient of unwanted attention from a certain alpha wolf...
  • Devour by Susan A. Bliler

    Devour by Susan A. Bliler

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Modess Wilder, Alpha of the Blood Lust pack, hates just about everything and everyone. Right now, the thing he hates most is being in Shadow Wolf territory listening to the offer of exchange from the Shadow Wolf Alpha. A fierce and violent Alpha, Modess, has ensured that his pack has everything it needs...
  • A Mate's Revenge by P. Jameson

    A Mate's Revenge by P. Jameson

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cael is an alpha who has no mate, and he isn’t looking for one. His heart forever belongs to his long lost childhood sweetheart. Years ago, her intended mate laid claim, ripping the two of them apart. Cael has never forgiven him for the injustice. Or her, for betraying him. But even with his bitterness riding him like a bad omen, he can’t look away while she is brutally mistreated...
  • Press Paws by Celia Kyle

    Press Paws by Celia Kyle

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There’s no pause button in life? Ha! She’s just the fabulously fluffy werefeline to create one. Hannah Buchanan is the oldest daughter to the Buchanan werelion clan leader, twin to Katie Buchanan, and… and blah, blah, blah. Hannah is a lot of things, but she refuses to be defined by her family and their connections. She’s more than an honorable, fertile womb destined for a political mating...
  • Dirty Alpha by Olivia T. Turner

    Dirty Alpha by Olivia T. Turner

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I think my cheeks are going to stay pink forever.Because this grizzly bear shifter keeps making me blush with the filthy things he's saying.Julian is not shy to let me know what he wants.And what he wants is me.He's obscene, vulgar, lewd, crude, and just plain dirty whenever he opens his mouth.I can't believe this man is my fated mate.Oh, well... clean is overrated anyway...
  • Her Mate by Fiona Davenport

    Her Mate by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Luke Besnik wasn’t looking forward to visiting the Badlands Territory. His alpha has given him the impossible task of talking some sense into his selfish sister. But the moment he met Adley Hoyt, his trip was more than worthwhile.
Adley has yearned for a fated mate ever since her adopted parents told her about shifters. Just when she almost gave up hope, Luke turned up in town...
  • Dark Seduction by T.A. Grey

    Dark Seduction by T.A. Grey

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When a lunatic vampire escapes from prison, Dmetri Demidov is called in to help protect the Kategans. After all, out of all the Justicars he was the only one who used to have an intimate relationship with one of the Kategans. Dmetri’s grumbling over having to “babysit” the Kategans is quickly extinguished though when he meets the pack’s healer—Christine Barrows...
  • Feral Alpha by Olivia T. Turner

    Feral Alpha by Olivia T. Turner

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’ve been my grizzly bear’s prisoner for close to a decade.He’s full-on feral.For almost ten years, I haven’t felt cool air in my lungs or felt rough dirt under my feet.The vicious monster keeps me trapped inside while he terrorizes the forest we live in, trying to kill anyone who enters.Until one day, she steps into our territory and everything changes...
  • Owned by the Outlaw by Jenika Snow

    Owned by the Outlaw by Jenika Snow

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Stinger, a member of the Grizzly MC, leads a life that is dangerous and violent. When The Brothers of Menace, an MC in the next town over, ask the Grizzlies for help, they don’t hesitate to step-up. They are asked to help transport abused prostitutes to a safe house. It’s easy enough, except Stinger sees Molly Clark, a nurse for the battered women, and instantly knows she will be his...
  • Pulled to the Alpha by Olivia T. Turner

    Pulled to the Alpha by Olivia T. Turner

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I've always been fiercely independent. A working girl with a promising career in the FBI.No time for love and definitely no time for a boyfriend.Who has time for any of that when there are outlaw dragons to catch?I'm in this small mountain town in Montana for two days tops.Get in, grab that pesky dragon shifter who's on the America's Most Wanted list, and then split as soon as freaking possible...
  • Destined to the Alpha by Olivia T. Turner

    Destined to the Alpha by Olivia T. Turner

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    There’s something strange about this small Montana town. The men are huge, rough, and growly. There’s also an abnormally large amount of Alphas among them. But there’s one Alpha who stands above them all. Westin Wood. Firefighter. Grizzly bear shifter. Muscular god. He can have any girl he wants and for some reason, he’s chosen the curvy sarcastic waitress down at the local diner… …me...
  • Gauge by Susan A. Bliler

    Gauge by Susan A. Bliler

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Gauge Alexander is done hiding who and what he is. After touring StoneCrow Estates—a community built for Skin Walkers—he accepts CEO, Monroe StoneCrow’s, offer of employment. As an accountant and Sentry for the estate, Gauge vows to live as he’d always dreamed, out in the open with no more secrets or regrets. Ella Garret is on the run...
  • A Mate's Wish: by P. Jameson

    A Mate's Wish: by P. Jameson

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Christmastime at Lake Haven Lodge is the stuff of legends. Tucked away in a crook of the Ouachita Mountains, visitors come to relax and unwind for the holidays. What they don’t know is that it’s run by a clan of virile mountain cats. Handyman, Renner Blackfoot, is bored with his existence. Filling his bed with random females for his panther’s pleasure isn’t enough anymore...
  • Drawn to the Alpha by Olivia T. Turner

    Drawn to the Alpha by Olivia T. Turner

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I didn’t want a mate. Never have. But when I walked into that kindergarten classroom and saw the new teacher… …man, everything changed. Because the guy who never needed a girl is suddenly obsessed with one. My inner grizzly wants her as our mate. I want her for everything. And this firefighting grizzly bear shifter is ready to burn the world down to get her...
  • Chosen By The Grizzly by Ariana Hawkes

    Chosen By The Grizzly by Ariana Hawkes

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I’m stuck on a wilderness hiking trip with my sister and her bitchy besties.That’s okay, I can deal. As long as we don’t get eaten by a bear.But when they break into the cabin of a celebrity who’s gone all crazy-mountain-man, I want no part of it.Which is just too bad, because I’m the one he catches.He’s all fierce and scary. And naked...
  • Eternal Temptation by T.A. Grey

    Eternal Temptation by T.A. Grey

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Fierce, troubled brother, Darien Kategan now leads his life in solitude. Shut off from his family, he lives only in a past that haunts his every breathing moment. But on the path to recover himself and move on with his life, he finds a woman hurt on his land. Something about this woman will not allow him to walk away. Instead he takes her in, even against his better judgment...
  • Wet for the Alpha by Olivia T. Turner

    Wet for the Alpha by Olivia T. Turner

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I grew up surrounded by shifters but nothing prepared me for Cash Ridge.The wildly possessive grizzly bear shifter who comes storming onto my brother's ranch to claim me.He says I'm his territory.He thinks he owns me.My brother and his lion shifter friends think otherwise, but nothing seems to stop him.This grizzly is obsessed with my curves, and his obsession keeps growing..
  • The BEARy Possessive Grizzly by Jenika Snow

    The BEARy Possessive Grizzly by Jenika Snow

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Cason 
I devoted my life to working, building a career and business, making sure I was secure and stable in my life for the sole purpose that I’d find her, that everything would be ready and perfect for her.
 My mate.
 The one woman who would complete me.
 The one woman who was born to be mine alone...
  • Chasing His Bunny by Golden Angel

    Chasing His Bunny by Golden Angel

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The bunnies are coming... Bethany Bunson, her brothers, and her sister have been prisoners for seven long years. They've been experimented on, tested, and changed - all of them can turn into monsters. So when a band of shifter soldiers show up and save them, it's kind of a mixed blessing, especially when the leader of the shifters claims he's her mate. Yeah..
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