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  • The Edge of Promise by T.S. Joyce

    The Edge of Promise by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Hell has felt like home lately to Naomi Dunbar, but her Maker is about to change everything. She has a secret crush on the man with the glowing gold eyes who saved her life, and gave her the gift of the wolf, but he is distant, and getting quieter by the day. The handsome, dominant Alpha is focused on healing her from the inside out, but it seems like it’s draining him to do it...
  • Boarlander Beast Boar by T.S. Joyce

    Boarlander Beast Boar by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Rebecca ‘Beck’ Anderson is in Damon’s mountains for one thing: to improve public relations between shifters and humans. She has a heap of reasons the shifter rights vote has to go their way, but when she meets her driver, Mason Croy, the sexy boar shifter is adding one more. Mason is smokin’ hot, and just her type if she wasn’t reeling from a divorce that has left her drained...
  • What He Is Now by T.S. Joyce

    What He Is Now by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Nash Hudson has done it.After years of being a bachelor werewolf, the Second of the Pack has finally used his one Turn to save the life of a quirky beauty he spent a fun night with, and now reality is setting in. She survived it. She really survived it, and now he and Summer have to figure out where they belong in each other’s lives...
  • Boarlander Silverback by T.S. Joyce

    Boarlander Silverback by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    **Don’t miss the explosive third book in the bestselling Boarlander Bears series** Alison Holman has been assigned to enforce the new laws around Damon’s mountains, but a chance meeting in the woods with rip-roaring, chest-beating, musclebound gorilla shifter, Kirk Slater, and she’s questioning everything...
  • Lumberman Werebear by T.S. Joyce

    Lumberman Werebear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Haydan Walker is perfectly content as the only remaining bachelor in the Ashe Crew. Sure, his crew seems happy, but his bear is different and has no urge to find a mate. So when one of the Gray Backs begs him to claim his sister, Haydan’s instinct is to run as far away as he can...
  • Boarlander Boss Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Boarlander Boss Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    ***New trailer park. New shifters. New lumberjack crew. Are you ready to see how the Boarlanders live?*** ***The Boarlander Bears can be read as a standalone series*** Audrey Foster is a shifter among humans...
  • Blackwing Defender by T.S. Joyce

    Blackwing Defender by T.S. Joyce

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

    Blackstone Ranger Guardian: Blackstone Rangers Book 5 by Alicia Montgomery

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

    Last Immortal Dragon by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    ** Can Be Read As a Standalone Dragon Shifter Romance or As Part of the Gray Back Bears Series ** Damon Daye is the last immortal dragon shifter, and has been protecting his mountains and the people who live there for years. His outlook on life is simple. Remain cold enough that no one ever touches his heart...
  • The Dark-Hunters, Books 4-6  (Dark-Hunter Novels) by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    The Dark-Hunters, Books 4-6 (Dark-Hunter Novels) by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon has entertained millions of readers with her extraordinary Dark-Hunter series.  Here together for the first time in a convenient eBook bundle are her popular Dark-Hunter novels: Kiss of the Night Born of a cursed race, Cassandra and her family have been hunted to extinction...
  • Damien's Mate by Anastasia Wilde

    Damien's Mate by Anastasia Wilde

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Damien Fernandez never claimed to be one of the good guys.The last time he tried—saving a shifter woman from being murdered by his ex-boss—he ended up with his employer in jail, no severance pay, and an effed-up knee from where an exploding building fell on it...
  • Winter by Theresa Hissong

    Winter by Theresa Hissong

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Winter Rise of the Pride, Book 2 Winter Blue, Guardian of the Shaw Pride, has sworn to protect the beautiful and stubborn Nova Raines. His panther knows that she is his mate, but Winter’s refusal to touch her causes him to almost destroy their fragile relationship when she is attacked by a human male and left for dead behind the bar that she owns...
  • Baby It's Cold Out Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Baby It's Cold Out Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ****Baby It's Cold Out Bear was part of the USA Today Bestselling anthology, A Very Alpha Christmas. It can absolutely be read as a standalone short story.**** Emry Mason doesn’t expect to be pulled out of an icy ditch by a registered bear shifter, and she certainly doesn’t expect her rescuer to be as alluring as Graylan Young...
  • King of the Asheville Coven by T.S. Joyce

    King of the Asheville Coven by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    ****King of the Asheville Coven can be read as a standalone Vampire Romance, or as a spinoff of T. S. Joyce's International Bestselling Harper's Mountains series**** Aric Teague is the king of the local coven, and trying to do a better job than the last leader. Add to that a new job at the Winterset Fire Department, and the last thing he needs is to complicate his life further...
  • Red Havoc Rogue by T.S. Joyce

    Red Havoc Rogue by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Annalise Sutter is a newly Turned shifter determined to get her life back on track. The problem? Her inner panther is a monster that attacks anything that breathes. She’s had to let go of her old life completely to protect the people she loves, and the one thing that has kept her steady through this transition is Jaxon Barns...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  paranormal  shapeshifters  steamy  abuse  adult  book
  • Savage Hunger by Milly Taiden

    Savage Hunger by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Isaline Primrose doesn’t let anyone cut the line at her mom’s bakery, no matter how tall or sexy he his. His custom suit, expensive haircut, and deep brown eyes are making her want things. Very dirty things. It’s totally fine to look even if he is a bossy jerk...
  • Trust Me: A Kindred Novel by Moxie North

    Trust Me: A Kindred Novel by Moxie North

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Billionaire shifters make house calls? Running Thayr International took all of Kindred shifter Gideon’s focus. He kept his clan and family his top priority, not knowing when he would hear the mating call. He’d never met anyone that he’d even considered until a quiet woman caught his eye and his interest. She didn’t know it, but when Gideon puts his mind to something, he gets what he wants...
  • Rebel Obsession by Donya Lynne

    Rebel Obsession by Donya Lynne

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Former cobalt addict and AKM drug counselor, Io is a male vampire known as much for his abrasive personality as for his playboy lifestyle. In other words, he's not the likeliest to make friends and settle down. Life on the edge suits him, and he lives full throttle, making his own rules, and damn the consequences. What he wants, he takes, and what he wants now is Miriam...
  • Purrfectly Mated by C.D. Gorri

    Purrfectly Mated by C.D. Gorri

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s the leader of his pride, she’s a normal with no idea Shifters exist. Can Hunter convince Elissa she’s his purrfect mate? The leader of the Maverick Pride needs a mate and who better to help him out than the incomparable Gerri Wilder! Hunter Maverick is having trouble keeping his Tiger under control...
  • Thorn  (Chosen #4C) by Charlene Hartnady

    Thorn (Chosen #4C) by Charlene Hartnady

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    PART 3: Bonus Length Final Installment (Elf/Vampire Serial) Reading order - 1#Chosen by the Vampire Kings 2#Stolen by the Alpha Wolf 3#Unlikely Mates 4#Awakened by the Vampire Prince SPOILER ALERT: King Katar takes a turn for the worst making things infinitely more difficult for Esral and Xavier...
    Categorized as:
    dark  paranormal  shapeshifters  steamy  adult  book  dark-fantasy  fae
  • Daughter of Aphrodite by C.M. Owens

    Daughter of Aphrodite by C.M. Owens

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Just when Adisia Titan gives up on men, she finds Devin Cole. He's sexy, rich, and... persistent. Against her better judgment, she falls for him harder than she ever thought she could. But, Devin's secretive eyes and cryptic conversations leave her worried a stinging heartbreak is inevitable. Devin's secrets come to light, leaving her completely shocked and horrified...
    Categorized as:
    dark  insta-love  paranormal  shapeshifters  steamy  adult  book  drama
  • Bo & Reika by R.E. Butler

    Bo & Reika by R.E. Butler

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She's on the run for her life ...As a child, she-wolf healer Reika Snow was promised as a mate to three were-lynxes to prevent a war between her pack and the lynx clan. Her freedom is coming to an end as her twenty-third birthday arrives. With her bleak future as the subjugated bride of the three males looms near, she does the only thing she can think of ... she runs...
  • The Hunt by Heather Killough-Walden

    The Hunt by Heather Killough-Walden

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

    Bloodrunner Dragon by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    **Brand new standalone series from T. S. Joyce. Don’t miss the thrilling first book in Harper’s Mountains.** Harper Keller is a shifter on borrowed time. After failing to find her treasure, her inner dragon is desperate to find anything to connect with. When a plea for help comes through from an old flame, she puts her life on hold to track him down...
  • Rebel And Reign by Willow Hayes

    Rebel And Reign by Willow Hayes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Queen Isadora reigns with secrets and lies and will do whatever it takes to keep her throne, including killing the rightful heir. Hunted by the Queen, Kenna is thrust into the center of a rebellion that seeks to end her tyranny...
  • Shake That Sass by C.D. Gorri

    Shake That Sass by C.D. Gorri

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s an Alpha looking for a home. She’s an outsider with no one to call her own. Can they find what they’re searching for in each other? Derrick Rand is an Alpha Dire Wolf, a rare and powerful species of Shifter. Tired of the nomadic life, he’s looking for a place to call home. He receives an email from a female Shifter inviting him to a small town called Blue Creek...
  • Her Vampire Hero by Nicolina Martin

    Her Vampire Hero by Nicolina Martin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Don't go looking for the monsters in the shadows.They will find you.The young doctor in the ER thought she saved my life. I repaid her kindness by stealing her away from everything she knew. I fought the devil in me, but I have lived too long, and am too lonely to deprive myself of her. She will be my perfect submissive. My pet. My true north.Katarina Donovan was good and pure, and so, so human...
  • Seducing the Dragon: Part 1 by Jessie Donovan

    Seducing the Dragon: Part 1 by Jessie Donovan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    NOTE: This is the first installment of a serialized story arc and it has a cliffhanger. I would also suggest reading the Sacrificed to the Dragon: Boxed Set first. PART ONE On her first visit to Clan Stonefire, Department of Dragon Affairs inspector Evie Marshall has an ulterior motive—she needs to seduce its clan leader...
  • Flower  (Chosen #4B) by Charlene Hartnady

    Flower (Chosen #4B) by Charlene Hartnady

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    PART 2: Elf/Vampire Serial Reading order - 1#Chosen by the Vampire Kings 2#Stolen by the Alpha Wolf 3#Unlikely Mates 4#Awakened by the Vampire Prince SPOILER ALERT: True to his word, Brant sends Xavier to Pulamor with strict instructions to improve relations between the two species. Brant is sure that this will result in Xavier mating with the lovely Esral. It couldn’t be further from the truth...
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    dark  paranormal  shapeshifters  steamy  adult  book  dark-fantasy  fae
  • Micah's Calling by Donya Lynne

    Micah's Calling by Donya Lynne

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Author’s Note: This is a novella supplement to the All the King’s Men series. It is highly advised that you read Rise of the Fallen before reading this novella. Reading book two of the series, Heart of the Warrior, would also be beneficial, but not absolutely necessary before reading Micah’s Calling...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  paranormal  shapeshifters  steamy  adult  age-gap  book
  • Trapping Quincy by Nicole Riddley

    Trapping Quincy by Nicole Riddley

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He teases her. He challenges her. He fascinates her while he irritates her like no other. He drives her insane. He makes her...ughh, so mad she could scream! The only thing he won't do is let her go.Quincy: I'm a human living among the werewolves. My mom is a werewolf. She had drunken fun one night with a stranger, a human. The union was not supposed to bear offspring...
  • Ripe for the Alpha by Olivia T. Turner

    Ripe for the Alpha by Olivia T. Turner

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I'm in desperate need of a savior.Kidnapped. Tied to a bed. Out of options. Out of luck.Until the Sheriff comes roaring in and busts the place up.He's just the man I was waiting for.I've always loved older men.I've always loved a man in uniform.With the Sheriff, I don't stand a chance.He has me on board before he even says one word...
  • Sealed with a Purr by Celia Kyle

    Sealed with a Purr by Celia Kyle

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Going to Georgia in order to watch over a handful of women is not Harding’s idea of a good time. With the death of Alistair McCain¬—ex-leader of Freedom—there’s a lot of clean up going on. That includes helping Freedom’s released captives recover in a safe environment. Hence, Harding having to make the trip down south. Really…how hard could it be to keep five women safe? Harder than he thinks...
  • Michael & Shyne by R.E. Butler

    Michael & Shyne by R.E. Butler

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Michael Gerrick was beginning to wonder if he would ever find his truemate. Fate seemed to smile on him, when he fell hard for the delectable fitness instructor, Shyne. The only problem: three were-hyenas want her for their clan and are willing to do anything to get him out of the way.Shyne Jackson was smitten with Michael from the moment they met...
  • Defy Me by Aidy Award

    Defy Me by Aidy Award

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    No soul, no soulmate.Until she shows up.Jett~I know full well I don't get to even feel love, much less fall in it.No soul, no soulmate. Ever.I don’t have room for stolen kisses and fantasies of of making her mine. I've got to break the curse on my brethren and take down the King of Hell...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  paranormal  shapeshifters  steamy  adult  book  demons
  • Tall, Dark and Panther by Milly Taiden

    Tall, Dark and Panther by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A BBW in search of love + a sexy panther shifter = Alpha Romance Maya Zara is a curvy woman sick and tired of men who think she should settle. She loves her curves and wants to find someone who will love them too. When she meets Gerri Wilder and signs up for a date with a shifter, Maya has no idea what’s in store for her. Noah Wright has had the hots for his curvy neighbor for months...
  • An Inconvenient Mate by Lora Leigh, Briana Bronte

    An Inconvenient Mate by Lora Leigh, Briana Bronte

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Listening length: 4 hours, 14 minutes.Isabelle Martinez was instantly fascinated by the sexy Coyote Breed she met at the bar, but her sensual flirtation with him was cut short when she saw the man who'd attacked her arrive at the bar.Breed enforcer Malachi Morgan was entranced by Isabelle's mix of shyness and boldness, and he was determined to chase and play with his sensual prey...
  • Savage Love by Riley Storm

    Savage Love by Riley Storm

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Things are spinning wildly out of control for wolf shifter Lucien and House Canis. With the old clashing against the new, the time to choose sides has come. Lucien is confident he’s on the right side, but the battles ahead will test his strength, his conviction and his willpower. And it will leave him beaten, bloody and half-unconscious on the doorstep of the woman he wants to claim as his mate...
  • Toxic by Kristen Middleton

    Toxic by Kristen Middleton

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Now that Slade has learned the truth about Vanessa, will he give up Chelsey in order to win back the woman he thought he'd lost, so long ago?And...Melody has set her sights on Liam and isn't willing to give up easily. Trigger warning: Attempted rape scene toward the end of the book...
  • Wolf on the Hunt by N.J. Walters

    Wolf on the Hunt by N.J. Walters

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gray Everson is sure she’s found the perfect quiet place to work on her paintings, until hunters start shooting up the forest around the cabin she rented and she finds a wounded wolf. But the animal she hides from the hunters is no regular wolf—he’s something Gray never imagined could be real...
  • Wolf on a Mission by N.J. Walters

    Wolf on a Mission by N.J. Walters

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Elias Gallagher is the guardian of his teenage nephews, and he knows the world’s not a safe place for a werewolf without pack—especially if they’re half-breeds, like the twin boys. He’s heard there’s an accepting pack in North Carolina, so that’s where he’s headed when he runs into the one person he’d given up hope of ever finding—his mate...
  • Wolf in her Soul by N.J. Walters

    Wolf in her Soul by N.J. Walters

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Detective Reece Gallagher has spent the last decade working as a cop in Chicago so he can search for her—the red-haired woman who haunts his dreams. He’s just about ready to give up and go home to Salvation, North Carolina, when he finally finds her. But she’s the assault victim on a case he’s working on, and there’s a full-blooded werewolf who wants her dead’s called...
  • Wolf's Wild Woman by Lacey Thorn

    Wolf's Wild Woman by Lacey Thorn

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rebel… I needed a safe place to lay low for the night. Instead, I met him, and all thoughts of leaving this town behind flew out the window. He gave me a safe place. In his arms. In his bed. In his heart. Taylor… As soon as I caught her scent, I knew she was mine. Then she approached me and willingly touched me. No fear for the behemoth with the scarred face and broken vocal chords...
  • Ties by Viola Rivard

    Ties by Viola Rivard

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Between Snow's abduction and a difficult pregnancy, Taylor finds her mates suddenly distant. Rekindling the flame in the bedroom is one thing, but how can she possibly get involved in pack politics? This is an ongoing story. It is not a standalone. It is intended for readers 18+ and comfortable with ménage romance & profanity...
  • Flying Fur by Zenina Masters

    Flying Fur by Zenina Masters

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A small body and a mighty soul send Misty into the arms of the man she rescued before she had seen him. Misty is a hunter for the shifter Council who uses her small body to get into the cracks and crevices of prisons and habitats. She can go where others can’t and save those who had no other chance at freedom...
    Categorized as:
    dark  paranormal  shapeshifters  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fae
  • Bloodrunners Bundle by Rhyannon Byrd

    Bloodrunners Bundle by Rhyannon Byrd

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Welcome to the world of the Bloodrunners, a fierce band of hunters and protectors, half-human, half-Lycan. Only through the act of Bloodrunning, the hunting and assassination of rogue werewolves, may these extraordinary warriors gain full acceptance within their respective packs...
  • Rabbit Creek Santa by Jacqueline Rhoades

    Rabbit Creek Santa by Jacqueline Rhoades

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It's Christmas!... Things are going well in Rabbit Creek. Elizabeth has taken her duties as the Alpha's Mate to heart and as the story opens, that heart is breaking for the loneliness and isolation of one of her pack. It's Christmas Eve and no one should be lonely at Christmas. Lindy doesn't feel like she has much to celebrate...
  • Hagen by Janice M. Whiteaker

    Hagen by Janice M. Whiteaker

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Some legends are built on truth.Rhea wants to make a difference in the world by exposing the hardships happening right under our noses. When the opportunity to work with an internet celebrity lands in her lap, she jumps at the chance, hoping to turn this one job into a future of collaborations that match her skills with his audience...
  • Bash, Volume I by Candace Blevins

    Bash, Volume I by Candace Blevins

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What do you get when you mix a bad-ass werewolf biker with a beautiful she-wolf who grew up as the MC President’s daughter? Sparks. Book one of the Bash trilogy…Angelica was raised not only as a biker’s daughter, but as Bud’s daughter — the president of the Atlanta RTMC, which meant she also had dozens of ‘uncles’ who made sure she was safe, happy, loved, secure...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  paranormal  shapeshifters  steamy  adult  biker  book
  • Bear Seeking Bride: Thorn by Ruby Shae

    Bear Seeking Bride: Thorn by Ruby Shae

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lonely, curvy girl, Ava Redmond is flailing aimlessly after selling her dream business six months ago. A new job and a new group of friends would be wonderful, but a family is what her heart truly desires. A devoted man, who appreciates her curves and freckles, would be just what the doctor ordered to push her loneliness away...
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