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  • The Wedding by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    The Wedding by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    "This is the never before seen "real" wedding between Daemon and Kat from the Lux Series. This should not be read unless you have read the Lux series."Found on Wattpad here...
  • Bound by Dreams by Tracey Jane Jackson, Piper Davenport

    Bound by Dreams by Tracey Jane Jackson, Piper Davenport

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    18+ for language and sexual situations… Aspiring actress Charlotte Whitmore has been plagued by bizarre recurring dreams for years. But now she’s hearing a strange voice when she’s awake. To make matters worse, her Hollywood ambitions have flat lined. After one rejection too many, she moves home to press the reset button on her life...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  fantasy  romance
  • Chromium Dragon by Terry Bolryder

    Chromium Dragon by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Chromium, the last unmated dragon guard and former royal bodyguard of the Drakkaris court, has a secret. He’s been sneaking out at night to serve vigilante justice and taste new things in the human world. When he runs across a curvy restaurant owner with a sweet personality and a lasagna to die for, he knows he has found his mate...
  • Platinum by Terry Bolryder

    Platinum by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A Dragon as a pretend husband? Tempting... Sever, the Platinum dragon, stood by as his friends found mates. With Gold and Silver gone, he's left with only haunting memories of betrayal and a future uncertain as the sea. But when a woman writes Date-A-Dragon asking for help with a unique situation, Sever feels something awakening in him that was long dead...
  • Mated to the Enemy by Riley Storm

    Mated to the Enemy by Riley Storm

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Jessica flees the vicious werewolves for what she hopes will be the safety of House Ursa, she never expects anything more than a cold welcome. After all, she’s spent years listening to her sister’s mate preaching about the evil bear shifters. Now, one of those same bear shifters has been assigned as her guardian. Handsome, kind and utterly protective, she can’t help but think it’s an act...
  • Sun in the Oven by Milly Taiden

    Sun in the Oven by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    **STANDALONE ** Discover a brand new race of Alpha males ready to find their mates in a dangerous warrior planet. Sassy women traveling with Gerri Wilder are in for the journey of a lifetime and a mate that will love them through the galaxy. Are you ready? Grab the third Galaxan romance between two sexy warriors and their fiery mate. Henley Rourke is a woman who loves a challenge...
  • The Old Dragon of the Mountain's Christmas by S.E. Smith

    The Old Dragon of the Mountain's Christmas by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Born prematurely, Christoff wasn’t as big or as strong as his older brother or the other younglings in the village. Unable to fit in, he does the best he can, helping his father and mother on their farm. His life changes when the mountain near their farm awakens. Believing he is the only one who can quiet it, he retreats to the mountain to watch over the village that shunned him...
  • Cobalt Dragon by Terry Bolryder

    Cobalt Dragon by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The Cobalt dragon is ready for a mate. At least, the bookish intellectual thinks he is. But when he and his crew are sent on a mission to rescue another dragon heart, only to find that she's already rescued herself, Cobalt will find that fate has someone much different than what he had in mind. Sylvie has always been a fighter...
  • Seminal by C.M. Stunich

    Seminal by C.M. Stunich

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I don’t play the role of the kidnapped princess very well.And I really hate the fated mates trope.Hello again, I’m Eve Wakefield, and I refuse to accept that I’m in love with an intergalactic moth prince.No.I don’t care how handsome he is, I don’t want to marry him.I don’t care if his parents have a sentient spaceship capable of eating entire planets.Love is earned, not swindled by pheromones...
  • Catalyst by Shelly Crane

    Catalyst by Shelly Crane

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In the third installment of the Collide series, we start off with Sherry, taken prisoner in the enforcement facility. The little bunker family must now decide whether it's worth the risk to try to save her or if it would bring doom to them all. Lily has started showing signs of her gift progressing, which may not be a desirable thing...
  • Elfhome by Wen Spencer

    Elfhome by Wen Spencer

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Book Three of the Elfhome series, the follow-up to exciting Wolf Who Rules and the award-winning fantasy-SF novel that started it all, Tinker.Elfhome. A world of powerful magic, beautiful elves, man-eating trees, frost-breathing wargs, and god-like dragons. Pittsburgh. A city that has been stranded deep in virgin elfin forest to stave off an invasion by the merciless oni...
  • Red King by Charlene Hartnady

    Red King by Charlene Hartnady

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The dragons on Mistveil Island are not your run-of-the-mill kind. They’re something else entirely…Change is coming to our island, and I’m not completely convinced it’s for the better. At least, not where I am concerned.Twenty human Tributes will arrive soon. All female, all young, all healthy...
  • The Dragon Prince's Librarian by Elva Birch

    The Dragon Prince's Librarian by Elva Birch

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An offer too good to be trueAfter an international secret service stole her thesis and all the copies of the document it was based on, Tania thought nothing could surprise her. Her health is failing, she’s lost her job at the library, and there are seven messages on her phone from her mother that she has no intention of listening to...
  • Gray's Hollow Dragon Shifters Collection #1 by Zoe Chant

    Gray's Hollow Dragon Shifters Collection #1 by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Four sizzling paranormal romances from Zoe Chant's bestselling Gray's Hollow Dragon Shifter series! Wealthy dragon shifters fall for their courageous curvy mates in a very special small town...
  • Onyx Dragons: Alexandrite by Starla Night

    Onyx Dragons: Alexandrite by Starla Night

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Billionaire dragon shifter, Alex, is too enchanting to be true.His eyes are as deep as the ocean.His heart as cold as ice.Alex found me when my life was in shambles.Jobless. Homeless. An absent family.He never promised me anything when he took me away.Not until now.Alex is on a deadly mission.A mission that will save the planet.Ruthless aristocrat dragons are about to invade Earth...
  • Bearly Hanging On by Krystal Shannan

    Bearly Hanging On by Krystal Shannan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The best type of romance is the one that’s forbidden. Owen’s become an outcast for losing his Tribe… and that label is enough to prevent him from claiming his mate under pain of death. Tara won’t understand that he’s a bear, anyway. She’ll be scared. She’ll run away. So he keeps his distance...for now... But Tara’s being hunted by a group of guys who act more like a pack-- because they are...
  • Rexx by Tasha Black

    Rexx by Tasha Black

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Their sights are trained on love. But will they survive a ride on the Iron Peregrine?Abigail Shaw can’t believe her good luck. The Alien Adoption Agency has selected her to adopt adorable baby Rio. And baby Rio comes with Rexx, a handsome Invicta warrior guard, whose dark eyes seduce Abigail before he even opens his mouth. When he offers her his mate bond, she thinks things can’t get any better...
  • Kiss My Asteroid by Milly Taiden

    Kiss My Asteroid by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Ivy Grimaldi can’t stand change. Ever. But change is something she’s had to deal with a lot lately. Like when her cousin Cassandra moved away to start a new life, baby and all. That all changes when Gerri Wilder shows up at her door with a letter from her cousin. Cassie wants her to come visit. Sure, why not? There’s just one problem. Cassie lives on another planet...
  • Grimor the Joyless by Cara Wylde

    Grimor the Joyless by Cara Wylde

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When the orcs invaded the human dimension, no one could stop them. War raged for years, and now the monstrous beasts have agreed to peace on two conditions: one, the human scientists must rebuild the machine that brought them into this world; and two, they must be provided with fertile brides to bear them orc babies.Faith Bell is in need of a miracle. A Christmas miracle...
  • Dragon VIP: Pyrochlore by Starla Night

    Dragon VIP: Pyrochlore by Starla Night

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Smokin’ hot dragon shifters have no idea what to do with these sassy Earth females — but claiming them as mates will change the universe! Bad boy dragon shifter Pyrochlore “Pyro” Onyx is the acting CEO of the Onyx Corporation — and for the smokin’ hot billionaire playboy, it definitely feels like an act...
  • Starfall by Brenda Hiatt

    Starfall by Brenda Hiatt

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The electrifying conclusion to the Starstruck series! M, no longer a nerdy nobody, has finally been acclaimed Sovereign Emileia, ruler of the Martian colony Nuath. But at what cost? Without her soulmate Rigel, life seems pointless but she’s expected to shake off her heartbreak and assume her responsibilities...
  • Hit the Road Jack by Christin Lovell

    Hit the Road Jack by Christin Lovell

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Some hunt, and some are hunted. With lives at stake, literally, Lexi travels the globe pursuing the element of surprise against her enemy. Unfortunately, it seems there’s a mole in her tightknit group. Lexi is forced to reevaluate her relationships, old and new, as her target closes in on her...
  • Wanna Buy a Howl by Milly Taiden

    Wanna Buy a Howl by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Smokin' new PDA in the Haize worldCompletely StandaloneArcheologist Skylar Grace needs an earth-shattering discovery to make her career or remain an unknown amongst her peers. Maybe the word “earth” is too confining. Skylar believes she scams Gerri Wilder into a trip to another planet, thinking she’ll ditch the man she’s supposed to meet...
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    aliens  paranormal  adult  angels  book  contemporary  demons  fiction
  • King’s Chosen by I.T. Lucas

    King’s Chosen by I.T. Lucas

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Lisa’s nutty friends get her a gift certificate to Perfect Match Virtual Fantasy Studios, she has no intentions of using it. But since the only way to get a refund is if no partner can be found for her, she makes sure to request a fantasy so girly and over the top that no sane guy will pick it up. Except, someone does...
  • When She's Fearless by Ruby Dixon

    When She's Fearless by Ruby Dixon

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    After being stolen from Earth, I learned that I could live each day in fear...or I could meet life head-on and unafraid. I chose the latter...Which is why, when I find a terrifyingly huge cat-alien male hip-deep in my favorite fishing spot, I don't run away in fear.I introduce myself.Is it reckless? Sure. But I've never met anyone quite like the feline Hrrrusek...
  • Howl for the Gargoyle by Kathryn Moon

    Howl for the Gargoyle by Kathryn Moon

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Hannah never wanted to be a werewolf. After over thirty years as a human, she finds her new life on the other side of the species line too full of sudden changes. Especially when those changes risk her band's chance at a world tour...
  • The Red Dragon's Baby by Zoe Chant

    The Red Dragon's Baby by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She's vowed to give her baby a better life—all by herself. Until she meets him. Single mom Katie Miller has left everything behind. Unable to handle the idea of her six-month-old son being raised by her dangerous ex, she pulled up her life and escaped. Now she's alone with her baby, road tripping into the unknown with a little money and a lot of determination...
  • Zane by Tasha Black

    Zane by Tasha Black

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s about to discover a whole new world...Sarah Flynn longs for a child of her own, and the excitement of settling a frontier moon.But she isn’t ready for the baby to come with an Invicta dragon warrior, who has sworn to protect the child with his life.And she certainly doesn’t expect the burly warrior to awaken feelings in her that she thought she left behind forever...
  • Mischievous Prince by Michelle M. Pillow

    Mischievous Prince by Michelle M. Pillow

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He's a dragonshifting prince, and she's a human. What could possibly go wrong? Dragonshifter Prince Finn will do whatever it takes to save his people from extinction, even if that means sneaking through a portal to Earth to find a bride. With dragon men disappearing and threats to cut off their supply to eligible women, he knows the portal is their only hope of survival...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  dragons  fiction  humor
  • Reborn by Carly Fall

    Reborn by Carly Fall

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Warrior Hudson from the Six Saviors seems to have it all – good looks, fine clothing, expensive jewelry and women just waiting for their turn to sleep with him. But, what he safely keeps hidden from the world is the terrible pain he’s suffered for many years. As he fights his internal demons, he joins his fellow Warriors in waging war on the evil from their planet that has been let loose on Earth...
  • I am Midnight by Samantha Young

    I am Midnight by Samantha Young

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I Am Midnight, the action-packed, darkly romantic young adult paranormal trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Samantha Young. From the sands of ancient Egypt an evil arose, and in its wake the warriors who hunt it…Eden Winslow is no ordinary girl. She was born into a life she never wanted, and to a fate she’s fighting against.Noah Valois is an Ankh...
  • Once Upon a Fairy Tale Night: A Collection of Retellings by Margo Bond Collins, Eli Constant

    Once Upon a Fairy Tale Night: A Collection of Retellings by Margo Bond Collins, Eli Constant

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When it comes to romance, everyone could use a fairy godmother once in a while. Or at least a magic wand. This hot new collection of fairy tale retellings has it all—enchanting Regency ballrooms, demon-infested forests, billionaire-controlled boardrooms, and dark alien planets. And all our fairy tales come with a twist...
  • Missing the Night by Viola Grace

    Missing the Night by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One night, ten years ago, they satisfied her hunger, and she ran as fast as she could. Now, they are back in her life, and they want more.Nessa has stayed away from home for ten years, but a plea from estranged family brings her home. Nessa is half faerie, half human, and drains sexual energy from the people around her...
  • Taming the Tiger by Evangeline Anderson

    Taming the Tiger by Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A wounded warrior tormented by madness…Finds the one woman who can bring him back from the brink.Can Christine and Roarn fight the odds to be together?And will she dare to try…Taming the Tiger?Christine is a single mom with an empty nest. Now approaching menopause, she thinks she has nothing to look forward to but loneliness...
  • Mal's First Birthday by Starla Night

    Mal's First Birthday by Starla Night

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Will Mal’s mother recognize her first grand dragonlet? Or, will she subject him to the same lifelong rejection, loneliness, and low class destiny forced upon the Onyx siblings — and Mal? This is a super sweet “happily ever after” bonus story for the full length science fiction romance novel Dragon VIP: Malachite...
  • Christmas with an Alien by Tana Stone

    Christmas with an Alien by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When an alien comes to Earth during the holidays with a list, personal shopper Caroline is tasked to help him find everything he wants… but what he wants is a bride. Caroline isn’t a Scrooge, but the weeks leading to Christmas are not her favorite. The personal shopping department where she works is insanely busy and the clients have crazy requests...
  • Dad Bod: Minotaur by Alana Khan

    Dad Bod: Minotaur by Alana Khan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Zoey and Theo’s otherworldly chemistry cannot be denied, but evil forces threaten to shatter their fragile bond.ZoeyWhen Theo—part minotaur, part enigma—walks into my salon seeking a makeover, my quiet life explodes into a whirlwind of desire and danger. Beneath his awkward exterior lies a potent masculinity that defies the rules...
  • Heir Of The Beast by F.R. Black

    Heir Of The Beast by F.R. Black

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "All you must do is sign on the dotted line, and all your romantic dreams will come true," the Fairy Godmother says with a twinkle in her eye.This is what happens when you do not read the fine print in a very detailed contract. You miss all the things that are immediate deal breakers.Viola, a proud resident of New Orleans, lives on the top floor of an old Victorian mansion on a very normal street...
  • Ren by Nancey Cummings, Starr Huntress

    Ren by Nancey Cummings, Starr Huntress

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The red guy. Again.Emry thought she was done with alien Romeos who made promises and then ditched you, but their paths continued to cross. What’s a girl to do when the same guy keeps turning up like a bad penny?Steal his shipThe wrong thing for the right reason.Four years ago, Ren made the mistake of choosing duty above his mate, a fragile human female unsuited for his toxic planet...
  • For the Love of a Bear by Sunny Mawson

    For the Love of a Bear by Sunny Mawson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Calla Stirling is living a humble life in the Breagha Oidhche Wolf Pack in Scotland when her teenage life is turned upside down by her would-be mate. She knew a mate would present himself in the future, but what she didn’t expect was the gruff Russian bear Sergey Patrushev, Vojak of Clan Chislennost...
  • Hard Landing by Ophelia Sexton

    Hard Landing by Ophelia Sexton

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Trapped with a woman whose scent tempts his wolf When smokejumper Carl Jensen’s parachute accident leaves him with a badly-hurt leg, he's forced to take shelter on a remote mountain ranch. The ranch's owner, a lush, curvy woman, intrigues him. He’d like nothing more than to keep her warm through the cold nights. Too bad Michelle wants nothing to do with him...
  • Without a Stitch: Monster Between the Sheets: Season 2 by Honey Phillips

    Without a Stitch: Monster Between the Sheets: Season 2 by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Can a bookish scientist find the man inside the monster? Uncomfortable with people, Victoria spends her days - and her nights - working in her lab. When her funding is terminated, her only option is a dilapidated building in the tiny town of Screaming Woods...
  • DragonSeer by S. Rodman

    DragonSeer by S. Rodman

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Two lovers, our dragons, eggs on the way, and one cottage.It’s everything I need to be happy. But my partners were meant for greater things, I can feel it in my bones.Kirby is radiance and light. His presence is too big for a Welsh valley in the middle of nowhere.Cai is doing so well, but he is clearly a shattered man.They both need more and I need to give it to them. The world needs them too...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  aliens  romance  fantasy  mlm  dragons  magic  lgbtq
  • Throw in the Growl by Milly Taiden

    Throw in the Growl by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ***Standalone Romance***Success was within Anna Sullivan’s grasp. But one bad joke and one dead world leader later, and she’s playing shady Vegas bars with junkies in her closet sized dressing room. She needs a different galaxy to restart her career. Gerri Wilder promises to find her love on a new planet. Love? Not interested, but a new audience? That sounds promising...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  paranormal  adult  angels  book  contemporary  demons  fiction
  • Guardian of Chaos by Michelle Manus

    Guardian of Chaos by Michelle Manus

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Earth’s hub for the magical universe is in need of a new Guardian, and Nyx Fortuna is so the person for that job...It’s easy to feel forgettable. Nyx literally is, and the condition seems to be getting worse. Homeless and alone, she's at the end of her rope when she stumbles onto Earth Between, a nexus between worlds...
  • Baruk the Cursed by Cara Wylde

    Baruk the Cursed by Cara Wylde

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When the orcs invaded the human dimension, no one could stop them. War raged for years, and now the monstrous beasts have agreed to peace on two conditions: one, the human scientists must rebuild the machine that brought them into this world; and two, they must be provided with fertile brides to bear them orc babies. Jenna Cole is done with her family, and the world of humans in general...
  • Bound by Darkness by Alexis Morgan

    Bound by Darkness by Alexis Morgan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Caught between two worlds, a powerful warrior must choose between impossible destinies when he meets a woman whose love will either make or break him. . . . As the daughter of a Regent, Sasha has long known about the secret underworld of the Paladins and their work protecting her kind from the dark forces on the other side of the energy barrier...
  • The Darkness Beyond by Alexis Morgan

    The Darkness Beyond by Alexis Morgan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An online game of cat and mouse leads a Paladin warrior on a deadly rescue mission to claim the irresistible lover who should be his greatest enemy.D.J. Clayborne has finally met his match. After weeks of playing cyber tag, a mysterious hacker bests D.J. at his own game. His nemesis downloads a top-secret history of the Paladins, forcing him to go on the hunt. The trail leads D.J...
  • In Darkness Reborn by Alexis Morgan

    In Darkness Reborn by Alexis Morgan

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Alexis Morgan continues her red-hot paranormal series with a mysterious warrior and his forbidden love for a woman who's allegiance lies with his sworn enemy. . . . Once a warrior for the Others, Barak q'Young is caught between two worlds -- exiled from his homeland, and a pariah among his enemies, the Paladins...
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