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  • Dire Straits and Entwined Fates by Alice Winters

    Dire Straits and Entwined Fates by Alice Winters

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

    Embracing Winter by Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Winter Varik believes in only one thing-protecting his family.Even from himself.For nearly 200 years, he's kept a dangerous secret from his brothers.But Winter might have found his salvation in the form of a sexy witch named Fox.Too bad this same witch was named in a prophecy foretelling the destruction of the Variks...
  • Hold Steady by T.S. Joyce

    Hold Steady by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A legend is in the making.Don’t miss Grey and Morgan’s continued story in the second installment of T. S. Joyce’s Becoming the Wolf series.Morgan Crawford has everything made. A great man, thriving business, sweet niece, and a pack of growly new friends. Life is good but as a newly Turned werewolf, she has no idea what she’s in for as her new world discovers she is a one-of-a-kind Silver Wolf...
  • Ghost Ship by Pandora Pine

    Ghost Ship by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lovers separated in death. A family terrorized for generations. Can Jude and Cope solve the mystery before it drags them under?Cope, already plagued by dreams of a watery death aboard the Titanic, is asked to help a haunted family in Nova Scotia...
  • Wild Invitation by Nalini Singh

    Wild Invitation by Nalini Singh

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Beat of Temptation Innocent Tamsyn has always had a place in her heart for Nathan, a blooded DarkRiver sentinel. But is she ready for the fierce demands of the mating bond? Stroke of Enticement A wary young teacher, skeptical about love, arouses the man—and the animal—in an aggressive leopard changeling who must prove his affections are true...
  • Blood by A.J. Sherwood, Jocelynn Drake

    Blood by A.J. Sherwood, Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Secret identities are hard to keep.Sora finds this to be doubly true after meeting the struggling Burkhard Clan and the mischievous Ravi. The wind dragon has stolen his breath, and heart, away. Sora suspects he might have found his mate. But his inability to be truthful with Ravi eats at Sora. When the Jaeggi attack, Sora can’t keep his secrets any longer...
  • A Beginner’s Guide to the Care and Feeding of Demons by Shannon Mae

    A Beginner’s Guide to the Care and Feeding of Demons by Shannon Mae

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Beelbufo has lived a comfortable life as a pet frog for two decades, enjoying pets, human food, and horror movie nights with his favorite human, Gabe. But when Gabe and Az fall head over heels in love, they decide Beel needs a companion too. Little does Beel know that the charming pet shop owner, Jon, is about to become his unsuspecting caretaker...
  • Tangling with Bears by Lisa Oliver

    Tangling with Bears by Lisa Oliver

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

    His Prince by Mary Calmes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jason 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...
  • Beta's Strength by Nora Phoenix

    Beta's Strength by Nora Phoenix

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Bray has accepted he, Kean, and Ruari are fated mates, but he knows their happy ever after is still a long ways off. He needs to change, but where to start? Can he ever become the alpha that’s worthy of his two mates and the dad little Jax needs? The rest of the pack is reeling from the heavy loss they suffered...
  • Destroyer of Worlds by Jordan L. Hawk

    Destroyer of Worlds by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After becoming possessed by the vampire spirit Gray, telekinetic Caleb Jansen thought his situation couldn’t get any worse. But that was before Graham Forsyth, head of SPECTR’s sinister Research Division, took him into custody.Forsyth claims he can exorcise Gray before the forty-day time limit runs out. But once at RD, Caleb and Gray find themselves ensnared in a web of lies...
  • Summoner of Storms by Jordan L. Hawk

    Summoner of Storms by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Federal exorcist John Starkweather’s life is in tatters. His best friend Sean betrayed him. SPECTR, the agency he viewed more as a surrogate family than an employer, wants him dead. His only allies are members of the mysterious organization called the Vigilant, whose motives remain in question...
  • Waking Bel by Jocelynn Drake

    Waking Bel by Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Beltran Varik believes in science.It holds all the answers he seeks.Except for one.How in the world did he end up falling in love with two werewolves?Of course, there was no way science could account for the beauty, warmth, and mind-blowing sexiness of Wyatt and River.The two shifters are outcasts from their own kind and must seek the protection of a vampire...
  • Bond by Piper Scott, Virginia Kelly

    Bond by Piper Scott, Virginia Kelly

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Adorably naive and shockingly brilliant Harrison Lessardi only needs two things in life: his pet iguana, Steve, and his undying love of science. That is until he witnesses his best friend lay eggs, and a third must-have strolls into his apartment—the sardonic and mischievous Everard Drake...
  • Christian by D.B. Reynolds

    Christian by D.B. Reynolds

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

    Smolder by Mika Nix

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I was hired to protect him, but will our smoldering attraction ignite into love?When my hot headed brother found his fated mate, a deep, aching desire opened up inside of me for my own. Everyone knows dragons are covetous, jealous… possessive. I am all of these things, but never more so than when I set my eyes on Dempsey for the first time.Beautiful. Awkward. Sweet. Shy. Perfect...
  • Jorah by Michele Notaro

    Jorah by Michele Notaro

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Will Jorah have a chance to fall in love with the person his soul is longing for, or will the horrors of the world keep them apart? When I was fourteen, I was sucked through a portal to another realm—the land of the fae—and forced to live there for three years. Crazy, right? Welcome to my world...
  • Blind Warrior by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Blind Warrior by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Grey Ackles The Soul Weaver feels useless. A burden endangering his brothers. The last battle with the pestilents cost Grey his sight and powers. Now he’s dependent on his vision rehabilitation therapist Cort to learn how to function on a daily basis...
  • Outlaw by Kiki Burrelli

    Outlaw by Kiki Burrelli

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Heartbroken. Betrayed. Alpha.Diesel didn’t only lose his pack in the hellfire explosion that turned the people he loved into ash, he lost his future omega as well. The only human among them, Quinlan had joined their pack as a child and through the years Diesel was his constant companion, protector, and best friend...
  • Taken by a Vampire by Joey W. Hill

    Taken by a Vampire by Joey W. Hill

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Joey W. Hill’s Vampire Queen novels keep the pages turning, your imagination running, [and] your dreams carnally vivid” (Bitten by Books)...
  • Drinker of Blood by Jordan L. Hawk

    Drinker of Blood by Jordan L. Hawk

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

    The Magic Hunt by L.L. Raand

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In the aftermath of an assassination attempt, Sylvan Mir, wolf Were Alpha, and her mate Drake McKennan turn their backs on the government that has threatened their survival, vowing to protect their own with primal force, regardless the cost in blood...
  • Nothing Gained by Macy Blake

    Nothing Gained by Macy Blake

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sawyer Smith's life is a hot mess.Hot, because he's found six of his eight mates. To say things are heating up between them is putting it mildly.A mess, because he's the Chosen One, the son of a goddess with no powers of his own, tasked with fixing the broken magic in his world... and he has no clue how to do it...
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    age-gap  family  lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  shapeshifters  steamy  abuse
  • Prophesy Book II: The Bringer of Wrath by A.E. Via

    Prophesy Book II: The Bringer of Wrath by A.E. Via

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Shifter and Vampire True Mates story. Alek’s older brother, Justice—the Alpha Zenith—was the first shifter to mate with a vampire in many generations, and it was believed the rare, fated pairing would stop at him. But, it hadn’t. Aleksei ‘Alek’ Volkov was second beta, next in succession to the most powerful shifter in the world. He was proud of his title and he took his duties seriously...
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    age-gap  family  lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  shapeshifters  steamy  abuse
  • The Deputy and His Enforcer by Kiki Clark

    The Deputy and His Enforcer by Kiki Clark

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A deputy bent on finding the truth and the Enforcer whose job it is to stop him...Nothing is more important to Marcus Rivera than protecting his pack, so he doesn’t understand why he has the sudden urge to tell a nosy human deputy things he shouldn’t. Marcus follows the rules. Always. But something about Robson’s scent has him tempted to break them...
  • Forging the Future by Mary Calmes

    Forging the Future by Mary Calmes

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Jin Church is back where he started, alone, wandering, and uncertain of his path. It’s not by choice but by circumstance, as he remembers he’s a werepanther… but not much else. He knows one thing for sure—he needs to find the beautiful blond man who haunts his dreams.Logan Church is trapped in a living hell...
  • Cronin's Key III by N.R. Walker

    Cronin's Key III by N.R. Walker

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    History isn’t always what it seems… Twelve months after his change, Alec MacAidan is still getting used to his many vampire talents. While most vampires would give anything to have more than one supernatural power, Alec craves nothing more than peace and time alone with Cronin. But when Alec meets entities from outside this realm, he’s left powerless in their presence...
  • Elixir by Jordan Castillo Price

    Elixir by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Wild Bill and Michael might have thought they made it out of the subterranean vampire nest unscathed, but in her anger, Silk left Michael a taste of her wrath that's impossible to shake.It's a race against time to cure Michael of a bizarre affliction, and though the hunter and his favorite vamp have few enough friends, Bill can't ash a cigarette without burning another bridge...
  • Fae for All by Lisa Oliver

    Fae for All by Lisa Oliver

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

    Hero by Kiki Burrelli

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Mercenaries. Outcasts. Alphas.Knox knows all the five of them have left now is each other. That, and the driving desire to find who had slaughtered their pack and make that person pay.But investigating a tragedy with only rubble as evidence requires money and time. Knox can find one and use it to buy the other...
  • Mocker of Ravens by Jordan L. Hawk

    Mocker of Ravens by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Caleb has spent the last six months adjusting to life possessed by the vampire spirit Gray. Unfortunately, after the events of Fort Sumter, the other agents of SPECTR view him more as a ticking time bomb than a co-worker. The one bright spot is Caleb and Gray’s boyfriend, federal exorcist John Starkweather. But John has problems of his own...
  • Dancer of Death by Jordan L. Hawk

    Dancer of Death by Jordan L. Hawk

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

    Alpha Deceived by Susi Hawke, Piper Scott

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After thousands of years, they’re back… Proud dragon warrior and healer Sana has a secret… one that may forever turn his friends against him, and one that he’ll do anything to keep. He’s worked too hard to keep who he truly is from the world, and he refuses to let the charade drop, even after waking up thousands of years in the future...
  • The Omega's Alpha by Ann-Katrin Byrde

    The Omega's Alpha by Ann-Katrin Byrde

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

    An Assassin's Touch by Stephani Hecht

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

    Eater of Lives by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When a supernatural killer is implicated in a string of cannibalistic murders, federal exorcist John Starkweather must track the demon down with the help of his live-in lover, Caleb Jansen. Caleb is possessed by Gray, a vampire spirit who is a natural demon hunter.Caleb's desire to find the killer is tempered by the knowledge his own time is running out...
  • When No Doesn't Cut It by Lisa Oliver

    When No Doesn't Cut It by Lisa Oliver

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

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

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

    Hell on Earth by Macy Blake

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    His job is to protect the world. But can he protect his heart? Protector. Boogeyman. Hellhound. Meshaq has been called it all. As alpha of the hellhounds, his goddess has tasked him with protecting the secrets of the supernatural world. He’s the police of other creatures and the enforcer of the goddess’s rules...
  • Wolves of Black Pine by S.J. Himes

    Wolves of Black Pine by S.J. Himes

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    An ancient civilization long hidden from humanity is on the brink of chaos and war. Peaceful for thousands of years, the wolfkin clans are mysteriously losing packmates, kidnapped and killed by unknown foes...
  • Jackalopes and Woofen-Poofs by Angel Martinez

    Jackalopes and Woofen-Poofs by Angel Martinez

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

    Community Service by Vaughn R. Demont

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

    Stop Dragon My Heart Around by Rachel Langella

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    (You may know them better as Ari McKay). Sometimes Fate has a bizarre sense of humor. Or at least it seems that way to Gus, owner of the Rainbow Room, Asheville’s main hangout for gay paranormals. He’s seen Fate catch up with the patrons of his bar while he served drinks and listened to their stories for three hundred years...
  • Shield of the Dragon by Megan Derr

    Shield of the Dragon by Megan Derr

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

    Concealed Magic by Liam Kingsley, Jill Haven

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Mages almost destroyed my pack … how can one be my mate? Dylan fought in the war between my pack and his mage clan … and now the wolf inside of me wants to claim him. I can’t bind myself to a man who was once my people’s enemy. Regardless of the pull between us, I know that fate must be wrong...
  • A Tale of Two Horns by Hannah Walker

    A Tale of Two Horns by Hannah Walker

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Being one of the rarest shifters that exist, Charlie tends to hide his unicorn from the world, choosing to surround himself with what he loves — books. Owning one of the best bookstores in the area, he dedicates his life to his passion, and to spending time with family and friends...
  • A Dragon's Fortune by Sam Burns, W.M. Fawkes

    A Dragon's Fortune by Sam Burns, W.M. Fawkes

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Cillian Roarke is the world’s sweetest dragon. He’s a great boss, a good person, and he spends his days making honey-glazed caramel treats in the shape of bunnies for his bakery, Honey Bunny. Still, the highlight of every day is watching the adorable college student who’s Much Too Young For Him stuff his face full of Cillian’s sweet buns...
  • Rebirth by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rebirth by Jordan Castillo Price

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

    Tainted by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    First edition was published as Channeling Morpheus: Tainted in 2008. Appears in the print collection Channeling Morpheus for Scary Mary.Vampires agree that vampirism must be spread through sex, because if a bite on the neck could turn someone, the world would be overrun with legions of bloodsuckers by now. So Wild Bill's been careful. The last thing he'd want is to turn anyone...
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    age-gap  lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  steamy  action-adventure  adult  angst
  • Calming the Enforcer by Lisa Oliver

    Calming the Enforcer by Lisa Oliver

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