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  • Dire Straits and Entwined Fates by Alice Winters

    Dire Straits and Entwined Fates by Alice Winters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    JulianWhen did fake-then-real dating an ancient vampire become the easy part?Casimir’s ridiculously sweet now that he’s conquered “the art of the flirt,” as he calls it. He tries hard to fit in with my family—if we forget about those silly threatening chocolates he sent my father—and he even makes me popcorn… okay, he tried. I know, I know, I’m just bragging at this point...
  • Tangling with Bears by Lisa Oliver

    Tangling with Bears by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tobias tells himself he's having fun. He has a great life as a beta in the Cloverleah Pack, and while danger still threatens the pack, he has his friend's wedding to look forward to, and the pleasures that come from hookups in random places. He'd like to meet his mate, just so he's not the odd one out in the inner circle, but it's not something he's expecting anytime soon...
  • Vampire Trinity by Joey W. Hill

    Vampire Trinity by Joey W. Hill

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Vampire hunter Gideon Green never intended to become a vampire's servant. But when Anwyn, a woman with whom he shared an unforgettable night, is turned by a vampire pack, Gideon is forced into an uneasy alliance with one of the most terrifying vampires he's ever encountered: the mysterious Daegan Rei.Daegan has a vested interest in Anwyn...
  • Christian by D.B. Reynolds

    Christian by D.B. Reynolds

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Texas . . . the heart of a territory that stretches from the golden deserts of New Mexico to the turquoise shores of the Florida Keys. It’s big, it’s rich, and it’s the next battleground for some of the most dangerous vampires in the world.Christian Duvall . . . charismatic and powerful, and determined to claim the South as his own...
  • 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)...
  • Drinker of Blood by Jordan L. Hawk

    Drinker of Blood by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An outbreak of demon attacks across Charleston has worn SPECTR agent John Starkweather to the bone. Now a new threat faces his team: a demon with bullet—and bite—proof skin, which can’t be stopped by ordinary means. John’s only solace comes in the form of his lovers: Caleb Jansen and the vampire spirit Gray. Caleb and Gray have their own problems, however...
  • The Magic Hunt by L.L. Raand

    The Magic Hunt by L.L. Raand

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In the aftermath of an assassination attempt, Sylvan Mir, wolf Were Alpha, and her mate Drake McKennan turn their backs on the government that has threatened their survival, vowing to protect their own with primal force, regardless the cost in blood...
  • The Lone Hunt by L.L. Raand

    The Lone Hunt by L.L. Raand

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A world of violent passions and inhuman hungers explodes as ancient taboos and primal desires collide.Wolf Were Alpha Sylvan Mir wants nothing more than to keep her pregnant mate Drake safe in their secluded stronghold, deep in the heart of the Adirondack Mountains, but enemies, political and praetern, force her into battle...
  • Kiss of Her Dragon by Julia Mills

    Kiss of Her Dragon by Julia Mills

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Previously part of the USA Today Bestselling anthology Once Upon a Valentine. Now available as a stand alone story. Book 19 in the Dragon Guard series. The books can be read as stand-alone stories, but it is advisable to read them in order to get the most enjoyment from the series...
  • Little Dip by Gill McKnight

    Little Dip by Gill McKnight

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s 1977, and Connie Fortune has an easy, freewheeling life as a wildlife photographer and illustrator. A new contract brings her to the Little Dip valley in Oregon to track down a rare bird, but a clash with Sylvie Garoul, the valley’s owner and matriarch of the mysterious Garoul family, and her daughter, the haughty, frustrating, but somehow bewitching Marie Garoul, ruins the deal...
  • Dragged through Hedgerows by Forthright .

    Dragged through Hedgerows by Forthright .

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He had one job. Becoming a family pet wasn’t it. For the sake of his people, Daroo-fen has lived among humans, working as a lawyer in a little mountain town. He’s vowed to protect the surrounding woodlands, no matter the cost. But in the course of duty, he meets a man who needs help … and a friend...
  • Anchor by Claire Cullen

    Anchor by Claire Cullen

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Both on the run from their pasts, Shane and Reece find themselves at the orchard. Was it chance that brought them there or were they called home?Reece is too tangled up in the idea of who he’s running from to realize the truth about who he’s run to. The orchard is the perfect hiding place, and after escaping the military and his alpha team, he needs to keep his head down...
  • 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...
  • Fae for All by Lisa Oliver

    Fae for All by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Book 6 The Cloverleah Pack Can be read as a standalone Jax Cooper never planned to meet his mates. A strong wolf shifter, who keeps his Fae heritage hidden, all Jax wants to do is keep his pack safe and his secrets tucked away. But when men turn up from another pack, all intent on stealing the two men Jax knows to be his, then Jax's wolf has a hard time controlling himself...
  • Dancer of Death by Jordan L. Hawk

    Dancer of Death by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Revenge. Murder. Ballet?Vampire spirit Gray wants to hunt demons. Unfortunately, the foolish mortals at SPECTR have put his host, Caleb, their lover John, and their partner Zahira on desk duty. Gray longs to leave Charleston with John, but if they flee, SPECTR will make them the hunted.A series of paranormal murders returns the team to the field, at least temporarily...
  • The Omega's Alpha by Ann-Katrin Byrde

    The Omega's Alpha by Ann-Katrin Byrde

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Barren, unwanted—a lot of omegas would have given up. But not Holland. Tired of living down to other’s opinions, he reaches for something more and seduces the new Alpha, only to fall so far in love he can’t see the moon for the trees. Quin’s ghosts won’t leave him alone. He lives like a ghost himself, but Holland’s shining light gives him courage to reach for healing and, maybe, a family...
  • An Assassin's Touch by Stephani Hecht

    An Assassin's Touch by Stephani Hecht

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Nobody realizes better than Shane that he has no real future. As a Leopard, he’s destined to live alone and be reviled by his fellow feline shifters. Instead of letting that hurt him, Shane just throws himself into his work as the coalition’s top assassin. A job that his breeding makes him perfect for. He tells himself that he doesn’t need anyone else—that he’s fine living a solitary life...
  • When No Doesn't Cut It by Lisa Oliver

    When No Doesn't Cut It by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Scott Peterson, beta wolf in the Cloverleah Pack, has a good life. He loves his cars, riding his Harley, and going out with pack members and friends. But when an attack on his pack by a bear shifter, brings his mate into his world, from Texas of all places, Scott realizes he could lose everything he ever held dear...
  • The Tribulations of Ross Young, Supernat PA: Additional Incident LARPing by A.J. Sherwood

    The Tribulations of Ross Young, Supernat PA: Additional Incident LARPing by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The clan goes LARPing. Do they understand it’s a game? No. Does Ross regret all life decisions? Yes. LARPing is now on Ross's shit list...
  • The Promise by Victoria Sue

    The Promise by Victoria Sue

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The time of Anubis is at hand. Working together against him, the goddess Sirius and the god Orion have helped mankind prepare by uniting Blaze, Conner, Darric, and Aden to fight the evil in the world. But in the war to come, the werewolves will need more allies, and this will extend beyond werewolf kind...
  • Jackalopes and Woofen-Poofs by Angel Martinez

    Jackalopes and Woofen-Poofs by Angel Martinez

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    FROM AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR ANGEL MARTINEZ Book five in the Offbeat Crimes series Hoax animals and a consulting vampire on the prowl—ACO Jason Shen never thought having a cop boyfriend would be this hard. All Animal Control Officer Jason Shen ever wanted was a quiet life of rescuing lost kittens and helping animals in need. Having a paranormal cop boyfriend guarantees an end to the quiet part...
  • Community Service by Vaughn R. Demont

    Community Service by Vaughn R. Demont

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Never forget what you are. Broken Mirrors, Book 3 The King is dead, long live the King. And, uh, could you float him a couple bucks? Life as the only human sorcerer isn't all it's cracked up to be for James Black, the Lightning Rod. Between gremlins in the closet, paladins crashing through skylights and working spells in a storage locker, hunting a body-hopping spirit is a welcome distraction...
  • City Wolf by S.P. Wayne

    City Wolf by S.P. Wayne

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After almost a decade of self imposed solitude, Axton has a boyfriend. Leander might be a thousand miles away, but that still counts, right? Sure, maybe they haven't actually talked about their relationship status yet, and Axton might be a gay werewolf and Leander might be a human, but Ax is pretty sure things are going well...
  • Fighting Fangs by Lisa Oliver

    Fighting Fangs by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book Four Bound and Bonded Series (Can be read as standalone) Ace is on a mission. On the run from his old pack, the enforcer is determined that cat shifter Teric must die. In his head it's the only way he can regain his place in the Washington pack and the Bound and Bonded club...
  • The Peacock and the Jackal by Lisa Oliver, Harrison J. Phillips

    The Peacock and the Jackal by Lisa Oliver, Harrison J. Phillips

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    How hard can it be? Rescue the Prince and live happily every after. Easy right? Especially for a war correspondent who considered battles just another day in paradise. But what he didn't count on was a vain, determined, neurotic peacock who was turning out to be more trouble than an entire pack of Siberian wolves...
  • The Billionaire's Familiar by T.J. Nichols

    The Billionaire's Familiar by T.J. Nichols

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fated mates...there's only one problem: their families hate each other.With old money comes old hatreds, and the fight to survive will take everything the familiar bond offers witch and shifter.Ethan Lumin has followed the plan laid out for him since the day he was born. As part of that plan, he needs a familiar before he turns thirty so he can take his place on the Shadow Board as expected...
  • There's A Bat In My Room! by Michele Notaro

    There's A Bat In My Room! by Michele Notaro

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Have a flying bat problem? Tennis Assassin to the rescue!I’ve never been so scared in my life, but armed with a ski mask, a leather jacket, and a tennis racket, I’m ready to take on the flying demon… er, bat.When one swing connects, and the bat hits the wall and turns into a man, my life changes forever...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  mlm  shapeshifters  lgbtq  urban  romance  fantasy  magic
  • Fall for You by Keira Marcos

    Fall for You by Keira Marcos

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dr. Riley Blake left New York and moved to a small town in Maine after inheriting his uncle's house. Unfortunately, a disturbing part of his past follows him. The last thing Sheriff Marcus Cameron really had time for was a new relationship. As the son of the alpha of the largest werewolf pack in the area, he had a duty to his family...
  • Undesirable Mate by Lisa Oliver

    Undesirable Mate by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Phillip struggles to get through every day. Thanks to Pearson, he still has his job as an enforcer and life goes on around him much the same as it always did. But Phillip doesn't feel a part of it. He can't. His betrayal of his pack has left him with scars, both mentally and physically and the voice in his head won't give him any peace...
  • Shield of the Dragon by Megan Derr

    Shield of the Dragon by Megan Derr

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the aftermath of destroying two powerful syndicates and joining league with the last person he expected, all Ken wants is a chance to catch his breath, and maybe regain the attention of the man who said he wanted Ken as more than just a Steward but now seems to have lost interest...
  • A Tale of Two Horns by Hannah Walker

    A Tale of Two Horns by Hannah Walker

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Being one of the rarest shifters that exist, Charlie tends to hide his unicorn from the world, choosing to surround himself with what he loves — books. Owning one of the best bookstores in the area, he dedicates his life to his passion, and to spending time with family and friends...
  • Rebirth by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rebirth by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Michael has never put much stock in clichés, but there’s one he probably should have listened to: You can never go home again.His family assures him that plenty of young people take a few semesters off between high school and college, that a year of travel is practically a prerequisite nowadays...
  • Alpha's Mates by Susi Hawke

    Alpha's Mates by Susi Hawke

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My cara and mi vida. My beloved and my life. They were my everything, these mates of mine. Omega bear Colin is kidnapped from the scene of an accident. Taken to a remote cabin high on a lonely mountainside, Colin is at the mercy of his captors with no hope of rescue. Alpha wolf Sean is protective of omegas after years spent caring for his brother Taylor...
  • Snow Kisses for My Omega by C.W. Gray

    Snow Kisses for My Omega by C.W. Gray

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Story takes place in the Omegaverse. Hobson Hills Omegas: Book Two Greyson Bishop is a hot mess. He's pregnant, and his alpha dumped him. His boss is stealing his work and claiming it as his own. His roommate is abusive, and his landlord just gave him a week to move out. Most importantly, he's in love with a man that's way out of his league...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  mlm  north-america  paranormal  shapeshifters  urban  usa  abuse
  • Calming the Enforcer by Lisa Oliver

    Calming the Enforcer by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Book 4 - The Cloverleah Pack Series Can be read as a stand-alone Troy Peterson has been waiting three long months for his true mate to return from his deployment in the US Army. But when Anton doesn’t turn up as planned, Troy starts to second guess everything he knows about his mate - and that's before he has even met him...
  • Bro and the Beast 2 by L.C. Davis, Joel Abernathy

    Bro and the Beast 2 by L.C. Davis, Joel Abernathy

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    This is what Brad gets for finally "sinking his teeth into a book," like his nerdy brother is always hounding him to. He definitely wasn't expecting the book to sink its teeth into him.With the newfound knowledge that he can get pregnant as an omega, Brad's urgency to get back to his world of touchdowns and keg stands is intensifying by the minute...
  • The Runaway Cat by Lisa Oliver

    The Runaway Cat by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Griff Matthews knew he looked like trouble but for a wolf shifter mechanic he was fairly laid back most of the time. Pleased that his Alpha was finally settled with his new mate, Griff longs to meet the man of his dreams. Little did he know he would find it that same evening, when he was too drunk to realize that his good looking hook-up was actually his mate...
  • Misfit Mage by Michael Taggart

    Misfit Mage by Michael Taggart

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He went searching for a fresh start. He didn’t expect to find unusual friends, fierce enemies, and primal powers.Jason thought that it was the end of his life after being hunted and attacked by a band of ruthless thugs. Instead, he tapped into the source of creation and emerged from his Death Experience with magical powers...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  urban  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • Goading the Enforcer by Charlie Richards

    Goading the Enforcer by Charlie Richards

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jared Templeton returned to Colin City for one reason, to make it through his sister’s wedding. After that he wanted to return to his home in Massachusetts and go back to his blessed solitude and his life as an assassin. He didn’t plan on attending a viewing for a deceased mentor, agreeing to help his shifter friend rescue a blind man, or learning that he had a shifter mate, a male shifter mate...
  • Chosen Pride by Mary Calmes

    Chosen Pride by Mary Calmes

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    L'Ange: Book Three Jon Slade finally met his mate, but instead of it being the happiest day of his life, it became the saddest when wolf shifter Kelvin MacCurdy chose his obligations over their fated bond, leaving Jon to pick up the pieces of his shattered dreams...
  • Cherish Your Name by Mary Calmes

    Cherish Your Name by Mary Calmes

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    As a warder, Malic Sunden knows hell—it’s in the job description—but that was before he agreed to spend the holidays with his hearth’s family.Turns out that decision will be a special kind of hell all its own.Malic loves Dylan, without question. But the Shaws, Dylan’s family, they’re another story altogether. It seems the warmth of the season doesn’t extend to their son’s much older boyfriend...
  • Bodyguard by Jennifer Ashley

    Bodyguard by Jennifer Ashley

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Elizabeth Chapman is saved from an armed robber by a giant Kodiak bear who shifts into a large, well-muscled, and fully naked human male. But when it's revealed that the robber is the brother of a dangerous criminal, Elizabeth finds herself the target of a vendetta...
  • Case File Compendium: Bing An Ben (Novel) Vol. 4 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou, BOKI

    Case File Compendium: Bing An Ben (Novel) Vol. 4 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou, BOKI

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A TOXIC REMEDYHe Yu and Xie Qingcheng barely escape a harrowing life-or-death ordeal, but with Xie Qingcheng's darkest secrets now exposed, can they ever return to normal? Xie Qingcheng is determined to try, yet the revelations have given He Yu a new, profound understanding of his doctor--and of his own conflicted feelings...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  mlm  steamy  paranormal  romance  contemporary  mystery  fiction
  • Half Moon Rising by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Half Moon Rising by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After more than a decade, Troy Bishop is going home to the family he left behind when his parents died. Little does Troy know, he's about to get a lot more than he bargained for.... Sawyer Quinton has been waiting for his mate for as long as he can remember, and was beginning to think he'd never find him. Until Troy Bishop walked back onto the Reservation...
  • Shane's Fury by Stephani Hecht

    Shane's Fury by Stephani Hecht

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Shane prepared to do a lot of things no other Leopard shifter had done before but never fall in love. Try telling that to his heart because from the first touch of a certain Panther named Trevor, there was no turning back for Shane. Then just as Shane found his mate and true happiness, Trevor is brutally torn from him when a Cobra shifter, bent on revenge, captures the Panther...
  • Jared by Sarah McCarty

    Jared by Sarah McCarty

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Meet Jared-a cowboy with bit-in the latest paranormal romance from the national bestselling author.Jared Johnson has always been a force to be reckoned with, first as an outlaw and now as a vampire. Caught in a war between immortals, he doesn't have time to waste, but when a female vampire is attacked, he can't just walk away...
  • The Alpha Experiment by Eliot Grayson

    The Alpha Experiment by Eliot Grayson

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Studying shifter genetics takes brains, patience…and sometimes simulating mating rituals with your alpha-werewolf bestie. You know, for science…Brilliant geneticist Newton McEwen, the only human in a family of werewolves, has devoted his life to researching the scientific key to shifter magic. Now he’s being blackmailed and his life’s work is threatened if he can’t produce results...
  • Ruthless Pursuit by Stephani Hecht

    Ruthless Pursuit by Stephani Hecht

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    WARNING – This books contains homoerotica For Panther shifter Vapor, nothing is more important to him than his feline coalition. A true soldier, he has never let them or his leader, Mitchell, down. So when he's given his latest assignment, he doesn't think twice before accepting it, even if it is to track down Mitchell's youngest brother, Andrew, and bring him in...
  • Winter's Wolf by Tara Lain

    Winter's Wolf by Tara Lain

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Winter Thane was raised on the two cardinal rules of werewolf existence: don’t reveal yourself to humans under penalty of death, and there’s no such thing as a gay werewolf. It’s no surprise when his father drags him from his wild life in remote Canada back to Connecticut to meet his old pack in hopes it will persuade Winter to abandon his love of sex with human males...
  • Manikin by Jordan Castillo Price

    Manikin by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Marushka loves pretty things: lace and velvet, porcelain and pearls. She sews elaborate costumes for all of her dolls, and she spends hours arranging their hair just so. Her collection is growing; she’s added a very pretty trinket, and his name is Michael. She can’t wait to dress him up.Michael always suspected mentally ill vampires grew worse and worse as the years went by...
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    lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  steamy  urban  action-adventure  adult  age-gap
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