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  • A Good Soul by Tricia O'Malley

    A Good Soul by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In the sixth book in this much-loved series, Tricia O'Malley whisks you away to magickal Siren Island where a mermaid discovers that sometimes love comes around twice.Irma’s life has been defined by tragedy – one which the legends of Siren Island will never let her forget. Because of this, she’s learned that taking a chance on love isn’t worth the high cost that comes with it...
  • 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...
  • Traitor Wolf of Piston by T.S. Joyce

    Traitor Wolf of Piston by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Vaughn Hall is ready for war.The Piston Mountain Pack has been begging him to get rid of the ghosts he’s been dragging, and he’s finally ready to say goodbye to the things that built him. Everything happens for a reason, and going back to his old stomping grounds puts him right in the path of a girl he used to know. She’s different now, but he glimpses the same old kindness in her...
  • My Defender by Alanea Alder

    My Defender by Alanea Alder

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    When a mysterious illness begins to sweep through Noctem Falls affecting the children, Eleanor Kimball is called to the city to see if she can determine what is wrong. As a pediatrician Eleanor loves children and desires many of her own, however, after several dating disasters she has not only sworn off men, but has given up her dream of a family, and the promise of a destined mate...
  • My One and Only by Alanea Alder

    My One and Only by Alanea Alder

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Micah has spent so many centuries hiding who he is that he’s forgotten how to be himself, and despite always being there for others, he finds it impossible to ask for help. As weeks of sleepless nights catch up with him, he faces the fact that he needs his unit brothers no more than ever. Living in Storm Keep with mixed blood, Serenity fought for everything she has...
  • Compelling Infinity by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    Compelling Infinity by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I was a dragon. Dragons didn’t run from any situation. Not even a dragon disguised as a witch. Well … at least not from any situation that involved the archive or my duty, because apparently I fled before anything even remotely personal. Including surprise double dates.A masked gala. A solstice celebration with the werewolves...
  • How It Was by T.S. Joyce

    How It Was by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Nuke’s new Crew has no idea what he is, or the level of destruction he can cause. He’s here for his own reasons, pledging fealty to a group of half-crazed, dominant shifters in hopes of gaining control of his life. But when a mousey, submissive human knocks on his door during move-in day, he starts to second guess his destiny...
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    alpha-mc  dragons  humor  paranormal  shapeshifters  abuse  adult  book
  • Under Him by T.S. Joyce

    Under Him by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Tristan is the new Second of the Dart Creek Pack, and trying to support a new Alpha who is recovering from silver poisoning. So much of the Pack’s success rests on his shoulders, so when he is ordered to pair up with a human who has been stalking the Pack, he fights it hard...
  • 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...
  • My Champion by Alanea Alder

    My Champion by Alanea Alder

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Declan Lionhart has been running interference between the Founding Families and the citizens of Noctem Falls since the day he arrived in the city. His hopes of being a simple unit warrior crumbles in the face of their troubles and it looks like he will always be bound by his family’s political legacy...
  • My Solace by Alanea Alder

    My Solace by Alanea Alder

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    For thousands of years Oron Vi’Eirson has lived each day trying to keep the pain and devastation caused by his family from hurting his precious baby brother. But despite his best efforts his past has come back to haunt him, placing not only Darian and Amelia in harm’s way, but also his newly found mate. Isabelle Campbell, or as she likes to be called, Izzy, is a mess. She knows this...
  • Nicole by Teresa Gabelman, Jeffrey Kafer

    Nicole by Teresa Gabelman, Jeffrey Kafer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Listening length: 4 hours, 22 minutesNicole Callahan, mate to fierce and brooding VC Warrior Damon DeMasters, has been trying to find her place in his world. Without a doubt, it’s been interesting, but she believes there’s a lot more she can offer the children she spent so much of her human life fighting for...
  • Blackstone Ranger Charmer by Alicia Montgomery

    Blackstone Ranger Charmer by Alicia Montgomery

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A lion shifter waiting for the inevitable.Lion shifter Gabriel Russel knew what the future held for him. As the only male in his family, he was expected to marry a lioness worthy of his name and create a lasting alliance to expand their Pride’s influence and power. However, when fate brings him his beautiful mate, he knew there was no way he was going to bend to his pride’s will...
  • Firefighter Phoenix by Zoe Chant

    Firefighter Phoenix by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    From ashes, love will rise again... Swan shifter Rose knows she doesn’t have a true mate. She isn’t the one for Ash, the Phoenix Eternal. She knows he can never be more than a friend, no matter how his dark eyes and hard body make her burn.Everything Rose knows is wrong.Twenty years ago, Ash destroyed everything to save his true love. But he’s never been able to walk away from her...
  • Three's A Charm by Robyn Peterman

    Three's A Charm by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What’s a witch to do when her magic is on the fritz and there’s a huge pile of laundry to be done? Easy. Flood the entire house. Everyone wants a bubbly indoor freakin’ swimming pool… right? Just when everything is right in my life, something has to go wrong—times three. Number one: an unknown evil force wants to steal my power...
  • Sleeper by Lexi Blake

    Sleeper by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Neil’s past catches up to him, Kelsey must choose between her new family and an old love…With tensions rising between the Council and demonkind, Kelsey finds herself investigating a series of murders that threaten the fragile truce between them. If she can’t stop these killings soon, they could ignite a fire sure to burn the supernatural world down...
  • Cured by the Dragon by Jessie Donovan

    Cured by the Dragon by Jessie Donovan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dr. Cassidy “Sid” Jackson’s inner dragon went silent over twenty years ago. Ever since, she’s battled episodes that have tested her sanity. Aware she doesn’t have much time left, she prepares for a new doctor to come to Stonefire and take her place. However, before the new doctor arrives, Sid is attacked. Dr...
  • The Twilight Saga: Eclipse by Howard Shore

    The Twilight Saga: Eclipse by Howard Shore

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    (Easy Piano Songbook). The third installment of the megahit Twilight saga was released in movie theatres nationwide on June 30th. This songbook includes 10 selections from the score penned by Howard Shore, arranged for easy piano solo: As Easy as Breathing * Compromise/Bella's Theme * Eclipse (All Yours) * First Kiss * Imprinting * Jacob's Theme * Jasper * The Kiss * Victoria * Wedding Plans...
  • Firefighter Sea Dragon by Zoe Chant

    Firefighter Sea Dragon by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A lonely woman who feels like a fish out of water + a firefighter sea dragon baffled by human ways + a forbidden love that will shake the whole sea = one magical romance!Neridia Small just wants to fit in - but that's hard when you stand six foot six in your bare feet...
  • Viktor by Kym Grosso

    Viktor by Kym Grosso

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From NYTs and USA Today Bestselling Author Kym Grosso...a novel in the IMMORTALS OF NEW ORLEANSAncient vampire, Viktor Christianson, thrived for thousands of years without love. Enjoying the finer things in life, the international playboy embraced the essence of his immortal existence...
  • Bear in Mind by Milly Taiden

    Bear in Mind by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Private Investigator, Summer Delgado hopes Gerri can find her twin sister a man. If anyone needs a happily ever after, it's Winter. But not Summer. She’s got no time for romance. Even if it’s wrapped in smoking-hot shifter muscles. She's got to focus on the break-in at Gerri Wilder's apartment. Who needs a sexy, grumpy bear stomping around? Not Summer. Nope. Gerri has other plans, of course...
  • Dark Dragon's Wolf by Anastasia Wilde

    Dark Dragon's Wolf by Anastasia Wilde

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Mayah, princess of the Draken House of Al-Maddeiri, has been haunted by ghosts for years. Visions, dreams, and nightmares—ghosts reaching out to her, begging her to save them...
  • 101 Ways to Die by R.J. Blain

    101 Ways to Die by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Officer McMarin of the NYPD is in for the ride of her life when the Chief Quinns storm into her station, promote her to the rank of detective, and relocate her to Manhattan. Saddled with the dubious honor of being Chief Bailey Quinn’s primary rider is only the beginning of her woes.Her first case delves into the dark waters of the many ways in which a person can die...
  • Pack in the Face by Milly Taiden

    Pack in the Face by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Wolf shifter Kyle Grayson is a scientist who only loves doing experiments in his lab. Alone. The pack Alpha has some lone wolf tendencies. His sister forces him to visit The Breezeway Resort on Gerri Wilder’s recommendation. Kyle only agrees to go because he’ll lock himself in his room with work...
  • Chosen by Tiffany Patterson

    Chosen by Tiffany Patterson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I never belonged until I was chosen by an alpha, but our love is forbidden…Volunteering was supposed to be a way to honor my grandmother’s memory, not a place to meet hot guys. But that’s exactly what happens when Chael lands in my life due to a string of disappearances and deaths at the nursing home I volunteer at...
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    alpha-mc  family  humor  paranormal  shapeshifters  steamy  adult  book
  • Taken by the Tiger by Milly Taiden

    Taken by the Tiger by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to the world of the Alpha Claimed. Each story features a strong woman and the man or men that love her. Every book is standalone, but once you read one you'll want to read the others. Parker Nolan is home to attend her cousin's wedding after years of living abroad representing her family's nonprofit foundation. She's caught off guard when she has a fling with the best man...
  • Bound in Eternity by Milly Taiden

    Bound in Eternity by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Avery Harper hasn’t dated in two years. After losing her fiancé during his deployment, she chose to stay away from men and the games they play. That worked great until she met Jae Drachen. He overwhelms her senses from the moment she meets him. It has her wondering if love at first sight truly exists. The more time she spends with Jae, the more she believes it does. Jae wants Avery...
  • Glimmer of Christmas by Heather G. Harris

    Glimmer of Christmas by Heather G. Harris

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Amber DeLea darkens my door a few days before Christmas, I'm expecting trouble. Instead, her orphan ward, Jade, has lost her Christmas stocking, and Amber wants me to find it. Simple, right?Meeting little Jade strikes a chord in me, and suddenly I find I'll do anything to make sure she still has a Christmas where she still believes in Santa. I can't let her down...
  • Beasts Of Both Worlds by Milly Taiden

    Beasts Of Both Worlds by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Fighting a lifetime of learned prejudice against shifters, Harlow Quinn left home to escape her family. Never in her wildest dreams did she expect to find Gerri Wilder of the Paranormal Dating Agency and two smokin’ hot mates. Just thinking of them made her hormones go up in flames...
  • In the Roar by Milly Taiden

    In the Roar by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Alivia 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...
  • Under a Vampire Moon by Lynsay Sands

    Under a Vampire Moon by Lynsay Sands

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    When Vampires Go On Vacation...Escaping a horrible marriage, Carolyn Connor has no desire to think about men — a vow she's determined to keep while on vacation in St. Lucia. She'll take the Caribbean sun and sea and plenty of tropical drinks with those cute umbrellas poolside, thank you. She absolutely does not need male company, no matter how tan and rock-hard his body may be...
  • Heavenly Scents by A.K. Michaels

    Heavenly Scents by A.K. Michaels

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Take one cheeky Wolf willing to do anything, even give herself as payment to help her best friend find a mate, and never expected the bill owed to be collected. Until it is. Add in the most infamous Matchmaker in the Universe, Gerri Wilder. Stir in said Love Guru’s nephew to help in her devious plan, a hot-as-Hades Lion, who needs a mate more than he needs a chocolate chip cookie...
  • Warrior King: New Worlds by Milly Taiden

    Warrior King: New Worlds by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lilah McClure may be mouthy, bossy, and overly bold, but she knows what’s fair and hates injustice of any kind. When she and her cousins are captured by the mountain fae, she learns they’re living in the freakin’ stone age. Equality between genders? Nope, not even as a joke...
  • Demons by Esther E. Schmidt

    Demons by Esther E. Schmidt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Held captive by the same Demon who took her sister, Tria doesn’t have any other option than to agree to Vike’s terms; accept him as her true mate in return for her sister’s freedom. But her sister might have stumbled onto something else to save herself. As the president of The Demon charter, Vike has been fighting a battle to save his brother and the world all by himself...
  • Dragon Got Your Tongue by Julia Mills

    Dragon Got Your Tongue by Julia Mills

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The books in this epic saga can be read as stand-alone stories, or you can experience all the love, thrills, and exploits of the whole series from beginning to end. It's up to you. ENJOY!Take one fed-up Queen of the lions, add one foolhardy Dragon Guardsman then mix-in the wildest matchmaker in the universe and you've got a rollercoaster ride of mayhem, mischief and mate-trimony...
  • Chasing Sparx by Milly Taiden

    Chasing Sparx by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sparx Brady is sick of playing the same role. She’s been on the same soap opera since she was fourteen. She needs change and adventure. When the role of a lifetime comes around, she’s determined to be cast. She quits her job and heads to the mountains for a week-long survivalist course. She’s a stubborn Brady woman; she’s got this.Tiger shifter Dash Jones doesn’t talk...
  • Mating Cinder by Milly Taiden

    Mating Cinder by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cinder Brady has big plans. She wants to use her platform as a social media influence to start her own brand of organic cosmetics. Nothing will stand in her way. Not the company that refuses to do business with her until she has a formal education. And definitely not the grumpy and drop-dead-handsome mathematics professor who is hired to teach her private lessons...
  • Shaw by Milly Taiden

    Shaw by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Alpha Geek 6: ShawPanther shifter Poppy Cain has been living a secret life. She’s been hiding her nursing career from an overbearing uncle and terrifying cousins. They run a shady business in town, and when they want to use her as a pawn, Poppy makes a hard decision: run. What she didn’t expect was to find a mate in the process. Shit just got real.Shaw Eagan uses his hacking skills for good...
  • Dancing with My Elf by Lisa Carlisle

    Dancing with My Elf by Lisa Carlisle

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A delusional dragon shifter thinks I need his help.Ha. I'm a detective. Why would I need help from an exotic dancer on a case that involves dark magic? We're searching for demons, not dollars.Lucas is persistent, as if he’s burned his brain flying too close to the sun.But I don't need this scaly shifter's help solving crimes. Or his all-too-personal attention...
  • Scrooged Over by Milly Taiden

    Scrooged Over by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    ***STANDALONE STORY***Priscilla Bryant thought being matched by the famous Gerri Wilder would make her romantic dreams come true. She's wrong. So wrong. The shifter she's been matched with is a complete jerk and no matter how handsome he is, she never wants to see his face again. Talk about being scrooged over.Lake Walker knows that sexy Priscilla is his mate the moment he sees her...
  • Tropical Bartender Bear by Zoe Chant

    Tropical Bartender Bear by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A curvy black woman in disguise + a hot bartender bear shifter + a male beauty pageant at a shifters-only resort = a romantic adventure that bares it all! When you’re in trouble with the mob, there’s only one thing to do: Assume your twin sister’s identity, escape to a tropical island resort, and lay low while enjoying a generous slice of beefcake courtesy of the World Mr. Shifter pageant...
  • Curse Touched by Becky Moynihan

    Curse Touched by Becky Moynihan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There’s no escaping a curse . . .The last thing I expect is for my aunt to kidnap, then abandon me. I’m desperate for answers, especially as to the condition of Lochlan D’angelo, my stalker turned protector. Problem is, I’m still shaken over learning his true identity. I question everything he ever told me, including the realness of the supposed bond between us...
  • Not Her Alpha by Annie Nicholas

    Not Her Alpha by Annie Nicholas

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Chris Jenkins, alpha werewolf, wants the woman who destroyed his life dead. Then he finds her imprisoned and beaten by her own family. So, he rescues her instead. Too make things worse, her soul is bound to a grimoire of black magic and he volunteers his pack to protect the book from falling into the wrong hands. Now, Jade has to live with him. It’s the only way to keep his city safe. Really...
  • Midnight by Terry Bolryder

    Midnight by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Nathan Lancaster. Elusive billionaire. World-wide philanthropist. Monster.From the moment he was born, Nathan knew he couldn't let anyone know who, or what, he was, but that hasn't stopped him from trying to make his way in the world. And he's fine alone, seriously. Until a curvy, persistent reporter steps up and turns his whole world upside down...
  • Not His Werewolf by Annie Nicholas

    Not His Werewolf by Annie Nicholas

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After being disowned and labelled human because she can’t shift, Betty Newman rescues unwanted dogs to fulfill her need for pack. Being rejected by her birth pack was enough pain for a lifetime and she’ll do anything to avoid subjecting herself to their prejudices. Things change when Ken Birch wakes in her kennel still in wolf form and declares she’s his soul mate...
  • Indirect Lines by Dana Marie Bell

    Indirect Lines by Dana Marie Bell

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    There's only one way to win this game: break the rules. Halle Shifters Book 5 James "Barney" Barnwell is losing his ever-loving mind. Between the threat to the white shifters and a riddle he's been ordered to solve stands the woman who's been driving him crazy: Heather Allen, cousin to the white Fox...
  • Oh, My Dragon by Lani Lynn Vale

    Oh, My Dragon by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The reclusive Ian barely participates in life, only doing so when his powers demand that he use them or pay the consequences. It seems that there’s not a single person on this planet who doesn’t want something from him, but the pain and suffering of others is nearly unbearable at times, leaving him no choice but to act...
  • Howl My Name by Celia Kyle

    Howl My Name by Celia Kyle

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Reid just killed her father. There’s no way Evelyn’s gonna mate him now … Dammit.Werewolf Reid Bennett has one goal: investigate the Brookfield clan’s Itan. Reports are coming in that the male is abusing his werebears and – even if he’s a werewolf – Reid will put a stop to it. Unfortunately, the resolution ends up being permanent and now Reid’s the clan’s leader...
  • Savage Kiss by Milly Taiden

    Savage Kiss by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sage Primrose dreams of the day she meets the man who will sweep her off her feet. She didn't expect him to abduct her while she wore nothing but a towel. Why did bad men have to look oh, so good? Feral Kincaid will do anything to protect his family. When a human female supposedly kidnaps his niece, he goes to get her, claws blazing...
  • Beneath the Skin by Lauren Dane

    Beneath the Skin by Lauren Dane

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A whole world exists…beneath the skin.De La Vega Cats, Book 3Gibson de La Vega is the Bringer, one of the Alpha’s right-hand cats. It is his job to mete out justice and defend the law that holds their jamboree together.After a contentious meeting with another jamboree, he’s shot—Mia stumbles onto the scene and saves his life...
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