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Readers who enjoyed Bred by the King by Sam Crescent & Stacey Espino also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Defender of Slaughter Mountain by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKian McHurne has unpaired himself from his mate. He had to do it for reasons he never wants to admit out loud. He put her in the care of the new King of the Bear Clan of Alaska, in hopes that she could have a better life, and survive the war that is coming for her. Their pairing was arranged, and they never quite took to each other... -
Kiss of Snow by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsNYT bestselling author Nalini Singh’s exhilarating world of shapeshifters and psychics is “paranormal romance at its best” (Publishers Weekly). Now comes the story of an alpha wolf named Hawke used to getting exactly what he wants—and of the only woman who dares tangle with him... -
Death Game by Kelly St. Clare
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe king commands at 3:30 a.m.I’ve screwed up big time. Now, I’m facing the damning consequences.The walls are closing in as I balance duty to grandmother’s memory with my impossible feelings for Kyros. Then there’s the freakin’ human-vampire hybrid thing to deal with.The problem is, I’m no longer willing to lose the person I’ve gambled against from the start...Categorized as:
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Demon from the Dark by Kresley Cole
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 46 ratingsAlternate cover for this ISBN here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...From New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole comes this scorching tale of a demon outcast poisoned with vampire blood and the vulnerable young witch he vows to protect, even from himself.A DANGEROUS DEMON SHE CAN'T RESIST . . -
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Mission: Her Justice by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen a dangerous redhead invades his office and his base, and warns that his team is in danger, Director Jonah Grayson doesn’t know if she’s friend or foe.Former elite Army aviator Jonah Grayson was forced to give up flying, but now serves as director of the covert black ops team, Team 52. He takes care of the brass in Washington D.C... -
Seraph by Lily Mayne
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsI’ve already mentally prepared myself to kill the screaming, murderous monster in the cage outside our camp.I’m used to it. It’s what I do here. Kill monsters and other people. And this monster, Seraph, is particularly unstable—has been since the moment he arrived from Collector Mary’s monster menagerie to the west, where the military stashed him away.He’s in pain. I can see it... -
Ronan (The Protectors Series) by Teresa Gabelman
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMost think that newest VC Warrior, Ronan McDonald, is just a laid back cowboy. What they don’t see is the inner turmoil that only his small ranch and horses can tame. At least that was the way it had been until a witch with a beauty none could deny walked into his life. Running has been Kira Grail’s life for as long as she can remember... -
Mission: Her Defense by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOne former special forces Marine. One tall, handsome police detective who pushes all her buttons. One dangerous investigation that forces them to work together. Blair Mason is badass to the bone. She’s no stranger to loss and barely survived the mission that ended her military career... -
Chased by Anastasia Wilde
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGabriel Sanchez has never wanted women at Outlaw Ridge. An expert tracker and operative, all he cares about is the mission. Women mean mates, and then cubs, and suddenly dedicated, focused soldiers turn into soft sappy romantics and Little League coaches.Not him. No way.Then Madison Fontaine comes to work at Outlaw Ridge, and suddenly all bets are off... -
Life After Legend by Marie Lu
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIf you’ve always wanted to know what happened after June and Day’s second first meeting, you can find out in this LEGEND short story.The story was a offered as a bonus for those who preordered Warcross... -
Blackstone Ranger Rogue by Alicia Montgomery
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe one she’s been searching forDarcey Wednesday’s been looking for love her entire life, with not much luck. Every guy she kisses turns out to be a frog, and not her Prince Charming. But she and her inner swan know that there’s someone out there for them. When her sister’s wedding brings her to the shifter town of Blackstone, she runs into her fated mate, forest ranger Anders Stevens...Categorized as:
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Confusing Hearts by Julie Trettel
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA forbidden love. Unlikely mates. A secret romance. Jenna Lockhardt has always been the perfect daughter. Being a princess means making sacrifices. Her responsibilities are clear. Keep the Royal lineage pure. Her future is set. She must take a compatible black panther as a mate. But a moment of rebellion has her transferring across the country to attend Archibald Reynolds College...Categorized as:
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Dead of Winter by Kresley Cole
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsCan Evie convince her rival loves to work together? Their survival depends on it in this third book of #1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole’s Arcana Chronicles, a nonstop action tale of rescue, redemption, and a revenge most wicked...Categorized as:
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Vital Found by Kaydence Snow
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe electrifying sequel to the International Bestseller Variant Lost.Bradford Hills feels more like home than any other place Evelyn Maynard and her mother lived while on the run. But with everyone reeling from the violent clash between Variants and humans, her new home doesn’t feel safe any more.Navigating four increasingly complicated supernatural bonds in secret doesn’t help... -
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Wolf Fur Hire by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLike every other McCall werewolf in history, Link is headed down a short road to insanity, but he’s determined to go out on his own terms. Those terms? Repay the people the broken McCall pack has hurt before Ian Silver has to put him down. Hope is a dangerous thing for a doomed man like him, but when he meets Nicole, an instant and undeniable connection sparks between them... -
Arcana Rising by Kresley Cole
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsLosses mount and deadly new threats converge in this next action-packed tale of the Arcana Chronicles by #1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole. When the battle is done . . . The Emperor unleashes hell and annihilates an army, jeopardizing the future of mankind--but Circe strikes back...Categorized as:
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Koda: A Bear Shifter Romance by Kira Graham
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBad boys are great. Good boys are overrated. Wild boys… they’re just another species entirely. Join the Koda Clan where the men are wild, the women are naughty, and the hot romance is as sweet as it is spicy. Sexy, steamy, and crazy-funny. You’ve been warned. ;)LOVE METrace Koda is a man I hate.I’m terrified of what I feel for Trace. I’m angry... -
Reign by Ketley Allison
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCALLIEI always thought at Briarcliff Academy, Chase Stone was the ultimate ruler.He had the followers. The brutal upbringing. The supplicants.I’m the nobody he tortured, then loved, then ignored.Until I became the somebody of the Virtues.Now, Chase will tell you my exiling is for my own good and that he wants to shield me.He’s wrong...Categorized as:
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Death by Laura Thalassa
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsThey came to earth--Pestilence, War, Famine, Death--four horsemen riding their screaming steeds, racing to the corners of the world. Four horsemen with the power to destroy all of humanity. They came to earth, and they came to end us all.He’s known by many names: Thanatos. Horseman. God’s last angel. And then, of course, there's the one I’m all too familiar with—Death... -
Falcon by Victoria Danann
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIT'S THEIR TURN! The next generation of the Knights of Black Swan have been inducted and vested with all the privileges and responsibilities of the legends in whose shadows they took their training. They are coming into their prime as servants of The Order, but still have most of their lives ahead. Or so each one hopes... -
Branded by Fire by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsHailed by Christine Feehan as “a major new talent,” NYT bestselling author Nalini Singh now brings together two fierce changelings in her most explosive story yet. Though DarkRiver sentinel Mercy is feeling the pressure to mate, she savagely resists when Riley Kincaid, a lieutenant from the SnowDancer pack, tries to possess her... -
His Prince by Mary Calmes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJason Thorpe was content living a quiet life in New Orleans. He and his best friend Ode opened their cozy curios shop in the French Quarter, and he was making some new, albeit interesting, friends….Then Jason met Varic Maedoc, the prince of the vampyrs, and his life changed forever... -
Vampire Debt by Kelly St. Clare
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsVampire royals strategise at 2 a.m.Last week, I inherited every cent of the multi-billion-dollar Le Spyre estate.But tequila is far easier to swallow than the coincidence of my beloved grandmother's death.I'm over this supernatural game, yet walking away from Kyros isn't simple with the damn mate thing on the cards.The Indebted need my help. My grandmother deserves justice... -
Mate by Piper Scott, Virginia Kelly
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSpitfire Disgrace Matthieu Boudreaux has one wish: to age out of the Pedigree he despises, then destroy it...Categorized as:
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A Vow of Thorns by R. Scarlett
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNever disobey the court.Never disobey the crown.And never tame that vicious heart.In A Vow of Thorns, sacred laws are broken when a beauty holds an iron heart...Categorized as:
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In the Roar by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAlivia Vela is a big girl tired of dating. She's at the point she's going to find a frozen pop and get artificially inseminated. Or she would, until big, growly and oh, so sexy Karel shows up, saves the day and gives her a night she won't soon forget. That, mouth...that tongue. Oh my. Karel Yaghar needs a mate faster than he can growl the word MINE... -
Vivid Avowed by Kaydence Snow
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe thrilling conclusion to the Internationally Bestselling Evelyn Maynard Trilogy Evelyn's secrets have all been revealed, even questions she never thought to ask. Despite the turmoil surrounding her childhood and true identity, she knows one thing for sure: she belongs with her devoted Bonded Variants - Ethan, Josh, Tyler and Alec. But the truth hasn't set Evelyn free... -
Alpha's Challenge by Renee Rose, Lee Savino
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsHow to Date a Werewolf: 1. Never call him ‘Good Doggie'! I’ve got a problem. A big, hairy… sexy problem. An enforcer from the Werewolves MC broke into my house and refuses to leave. He thinks I know the Werewolves’ secret, and he’s here to keep me quiet! 2. During a full moon, be ready to get freaky! By the time he decides I’m no threat, it’s too late... -
Variant Lost by Kaydence Snow
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here. I thought I was alone in the world. I'm not - I belong with them. Too bad I also belong with the one man who kept us apart... When I receive a scholarship to Bradford Hills Institute, I'm determined to make a fresh start...Categorized as:
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Bion by Alexi Ferreira
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBION The moment I see her I know, it's like I found the meaning to my existence, but then they try to take her from me. I've waited too long to lose her now, if they think they can take what is mine they will have to go through me... -
Betrayed Secret Wolf: Small Town Shifter Romance by Serena Meadows
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Play of Passion by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsPassion and reason collide with explosive force in the newest instalment of Nalini Singh’s “mesmerizing” Psy/Changeling series. As a conflict with Pure Psy looms on the horizon, two powerful wolves fight a far more intimate war of their own... -
Savage Urges by Suzanne Wright
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsShe’s a lone wolf with a cause.As a volunteer at a shelter for lone shifters—the same one that rescued her—Makenna Wray has dedicated her life to finding homes for its residents. And when she discovers that a teen in her care is related to Ryan Conner, the broody, handsome-as-sin enforcer of the Phoenix Pack, she’s eager to help connect the two... -
Moon Claimed by Kelly St. Clare
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe pack of lies continues.My mother isn’t my mother.A werewolf wants me for his one-and-only baby mamaOh! And I’m the new leader of a tribe I joined weeks ago.Messed up doesn’t begin to explain it.I’m more desperate than ever to uncover an explanation for Mum’s mounting betrayals. Because this time, I’m not sure forgiveness is possible... -
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Born of Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsIn the Ichidian Universe, The League and their ruthless assassins rule all. Expertly trained and highly valued, the League Assassins are the backbone of the government. But not even the League is immune to corruption . . .Command Assassin Nykyrian Quikiades once turned his back on the League—and has been hunted by them ever since... -
Pleading the Fifth by Sandrine Gasq-Dion
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA simple trip to the airport brings Scott Delange just about everything except the passenger he was planning to pick up. Texting back and forth with a raunchy, unknown man leads to a case of mistaken identity and one hell of a huge surprise.Who knew a trip to Seattle would land Tristan Miles in the arms of his mate? Certainly not Tristan, who stopped looking for love a long time ago...Categorized as:
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Undead Or Alive by Cynthia Eden
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDon’t fear Death. Desire him. Cassius “Cass” Garvan is the last Reaper. One of the baddest of the bad…Cass can literally kill with a touch. He’s the bounty hunter who always brings in his prey, undead or alive. This time, he has a new target…the all-too-tempting Amber Fortune. Hunting her down was the easy part. Giving her up? Cass isn’t so sure that he can let her go... -
To Crown A Beast by R. Scarlett
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShe tasted his sweetness, his power, and his love, and it destroyed him.That iron heart has turned to ashes, leaving only a heartless beast.One she vows to tame.One she vows to save.Before he rips her own heart out...Categorized as:
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Bratva Prince by T.J. Maguire
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA hard, dominating Bratva PrinceA fearless, crazy Cartel PrincessAleksandr VolkovI've lived my life with rigid control.A tight vice on myself and my emotions.Scars from my past have left me broken. Riddled with guilt and anguish.When my baby sister was kidnapped, I feared the worst. That she'd suffered the same fate as our mother... -
Blood Trial by Kelly St. Clare
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsThe dice are rolled at midnight.As the twenty-one-year-old heiress to the Le Spyre fortune, my life should consist of strawberry mojitos and golf carts. Right?But I’m determined to forge my own path.Desperate to escape the meaningless games of the rich, I flee my family’s estate.Secret alias—check...Categorized as:
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Roaring Up the Wrong Tree by Celia Kyle
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsLibrarian Note: Alternate cover edition - ASIN B00MMQ7XGY.What should Trista you do when faced with a hunky werebear who can’t decide if he wants to kill her or screw her?Half-hyena, Trista has spent years rotating between Grayslake, Redby, and Boyne Falls... -
King of Me by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 29 ratings“You’re asking me to love you?” asked Mia.He slowly scratched his thick black stubble. “I suppose I am... -
Ocean Light by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsNYT bestselling author Nalini Singh dives beneath the surface of her Psy-Changeling world into a story of passionate devotion and selfless love . . . Security specialist Bowen Knight has come back from the dead. But there's a ticking time bomb in his head: a chip implanted to block telepathic interference that could fail at any moment—taking his brain along with it...Categorized as:
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Fang Chronicles: Dmitri by D'Elen McClain
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith war on the horizon, Dmitri, liege vampire to the bear clan, offers safe haven to Vorlyk and his new clan. Having another vampire in his territory is difficult but a certain young she-cat makes life impossible. The stalking feline has her eyes set on Dmitri even when his eyes stray elsewhere. The enemy proves that none of the North American clans is safe and it's time to fight back... -
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Taken by the Orc by Mina Carter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’s always loved fairy tales. Starring in one isn’t on her bucket list…Not that Hope has much of a bucket list, except in her head. Forced to work for a pittance by her cruel stepfather, she has no way out of the drudgery of her life. Being mugged in the park at night is just par for the course… until a big, green monster rescues her...Categorized as:
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Beautiful Salvation by Piper Lawson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe wanted to punish me. I wanted to hate him.Until I didn’t.Trapped in a corner, my only way out was the ruthless billionaire who put me there.But we healed each other.We’ve done things in the dark that we’re not proud of, things that will forever be kept secret from the world.Those sins forged a bond as strong as the love that binds us together.He’s my king, and I’m his queen...Categorized as:
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Cougar's Luck by Moxie North
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA computer genius, a dedicated gamer, and on some nights a cougar shifter, Everett Hayes had his whole life in front of him. Where that path led he didn’t know. Computers were his refuge until he met Layla.Layla Klein loved her pack, loved her crazy family, and totally dug her job overseeing the hottest club on the Vegas strip... -
Spiral of Need by Suzanne Wright
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsAlly Marshall isn’t just a wolf shifter — she’s a Seer. But a girl doesn’t exactly need special powers to know that Derren Hudson despises her entire kind. Disdain practically rolls off the Beta of the Mercury Pack . . . disdain mixed with a healthy dose of desire. And no matter how much the ruggedly handsome male appeals to her, this is one call of the wild she’s determined to ignore... -
White Hot Kiss by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 64 ratingsLayla just wants to fit in at school and go on a date with Zayne, whom she's crushed on since forever. Trouble is, Zayne treats Layla like a sister--and Layla is a half demon, half gargoyle with abilities no one else possesses. And even though Zayne is a Warden, part of the race of gargoyles tasked with keeping humanity safe, Layla's kiss will kill anything with a soul--including him... -
Blaze by Wolf Specter, Angel Knots
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA dragon who doesn’t know how to love…. Fate hasn't been kind to Ivan, but he doesn’t blame her. He's spent the last couple of centuries doing terrible things to the humans who live in the Eastern European territory once claimed by his sire, Nikolai... which makes him the last person with any right to expect kindness from something as fickle as fate...
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