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An Iron Fey Valentine by Julie Kagawa
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAN IRON FEY VALENTINE is a story of pure, unfiltered fluff that Julie Kagawa wrote just for fun, but also a thank you to her readers and fans for all their support and encouragement over the years... -
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Evernight Unleashed by Carrie Ann Ryan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the dramatic conclusion to the Ravenwood Coven series by NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan, this sleeping magical paranormal town knows that war can be a beginning…and an ending.Rowen Ravenwood is the final witch of her line—the only one standing in the way of Oriel, the dark necromancer who wants the core of the town’s magic for his own... -
![Brine and Bone by Kate Stradling]()
Brine and Bone by Kate Stradling
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTWO WORLDS COLLIDE Magdalena of Ondile adores the crown prince of Corenden, but she'd sooner die than admit it. Ejected from the royal court, she spends her days at a sage's seminary, where her sparkling memories and destructive empathy magic prey upon her. Until the ocean rips her charming prince into its depths... -
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Only for Her Dragon by Julia Mills
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThere Are No Coincidences...The last bachelor in a Force of elite Dragon Guardsmen, Aaron O'Brien decided long ago that single was the only way to be. Mates and children and happily ever after were for his brethren. He alone has accepted the responsibility of stopping the traitor and restoring peace to his clan. Unfortunately, Fate didn't get the message. The Universe Does Not Make Mistakes.. -
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![Spirit Bear by Bianca D'Arc]()
Spirit Bear by Bianca D'Arc
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe never thought she would love again…and then he appeared in her life. Rescued alive, but not whole… Laura is a white wolf shifter far from home and out of her element. She’s been held prisoner for years by those who would use her power for their evil purposes, but she’s held strong against them and lived to tell the tale... -
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Achilles: Soul of Her King by Julia Mills
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook 3 in the Kings of the Blood series. The books can be read as stand-alone stories, but it is advisable to read them in order to get the most enjoyment from the series. A scream in the night. A panicked call for help. There’s no time to think. The rules be damned. A fate worse than death. Buried alive…lost…alone… A centuries old secret her only hope. May the gods be on her side... -
![The Dark Deceit by Emma V. Leech]()
The Dark Deceit by Emma V. Leech
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA dangerous secret lies at the heart of the Fae Lands. A secret that could save three kingdoms - or burn them all to the ground. The secret is Prince Corin's to bear alone, if his sanity can stand it. But while Corin suffers, his mother's machinations continue and queen Audrianne makes plans of her own to secure their realm's future... -
![Dark Side by Zenina Masters]()
Dark Side by Zenina Masters
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsElly’s exposure as a half-fey was a shock to all around her. Her attempts to hide her ears and the change in her reality were foiled by class bullies. The next thing she knew she was being whisked away to a private school that catered exclusively to the half-breeds left behind by fey who travelled in the human world... -
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Alpha Bear by Bianca D'Arc
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA man with a plan… John is the Alpha bear of Grizzly Cove, a town built to his own design, made up mostly of bear shifters. He brought them all together, so it’s on him when the community comes under attack. A woman of power… Ursula is more than she appears, and when her secret comes out, she’s afraid the shifters aren’t going to take it well, but John surprises her... -
![Toughest Deal by Alessa Thorn]()
Toughest Deal by Alessa Thorn
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe occult group Aurora is closing in on the Edgeworths, and they are going to need Altun, the Sorceress of Istanbul, to help them if they are going to stay alive. 'Toughest Deal' is the third book in 'Mercenaries and Magic,' a fast-paced, contemporary fantasy series full of morally gray characters, found family, passionate romance, and dark humor... -
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Iron Master by Jennifer Ashley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsStuart Reid is an Iron Master—a Dark Fae with a rare ability to make iron do his bidding. Exiled by the High Fae who fear him, he now lives in a simple house in Shiftertown outside Las Vegas, watching over Peigi, a bear Shifter woman, and the cubs she cares for. Peigi, rescued from an evil Shifter and welcomed into the Vegas Shiftertown, knows Reid and the cubs have helped her survive and heal... -
![For the Love of Her Dragon by Julia Mills]()
For the Love of Her Dragon by Julia Mills
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsKyra St. Croix is a strong, feisty, independent woman who is not afraid to tell speak her mind. An incredibly powerful white witch born of the High Priestess and a human father, she hasn’t let a little thing like lack of height stop her from having the life she knows she deserves... -
![Feathers, Fur and Fey by Zenina Masters]()
Feathers, Fur and Fey by Zenina Masters
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMaki has lived and tried to love, over and over again. As a griffin, she is privy to the memories of all the griffins who have come before. Every moment of their lives until they died in defense of others. The story is always the same. When she is called back to the Crossroads for the third time, she has only a flicker of hope that this will be the charm... -
![Blue Skies on Fire by Zenina Masters]()
Blue Skies on Fire by Zenina Masters
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTeebie has spent the last few years making her guests happy and easing them into the life of newly mated couples. Things have been a little more involved with the arrival of the fey, but the basic dance was the same. Keep them fed, keep them happy and nudge them in the right direction. Andor has lived his five centuries pursuing his own happiness, but his mother puts her foot down... -
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![Laughing At Danger by Zenina Masters]()
Laughing At Danger by Zenina Masters
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLima enjoys her life as a hunter for the shifter guild and council, but she has no idea that this routine retrieval and rescue will flip her fate into high gear. Lyros knew that the dog-headed creature that came in to rescue him was a shifter and a woman. He admired her fighting skills but was unable to shake the feeling that she was important to his life... -
![Desperately Seeking Starlight by Zenina Masters]()
Desperately Seeking Starlight by Zenina Masters
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOksana has spent her lifetime trying to restore her mother’s legacy, and the fey who stole it happens to be her ideal mate. Well, that is what the seers tell her. She will see for herself, but she isn’t handing over her hand in marriage until she gets her mother’s belongings back. Hyther thought that a dead dragon meant the artifacts were up for grabs... -
![New Moon Howl by Zenina Masters]()
New Moon Howl by Zenina Masters
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA clueless shaman at the mercy of her beast meets the merman who has always been the one she ran to.When Kenzi first found out she was a shifter, the circumstances were surreal.Ten years later, she isn’t just a shifter but a wolf shaman and counsellor. Her life has gone from a nightmare to the bland plodding of bureaucracy... -
![Missing the Night by Viola Grace]()
Missing the Night by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne 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... -
![Bearliest Catch by Bianca D'Arc]()
Bearliest Catch by Bianca D'Arc
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA woman of mystery…Jetty is a huntress of the deep ocean who finds herself fascinated by a man—a shifter—who sets anchor in her realm day after day. She is obliged to watch him, not fully understanding the fascination the handsome stranger compels within her battered heart.A man with hidden scars…Recovery from major injury isn’t easy... -
![Dark Magic by Cheyenne McCray]()
Dark Magic by Cheyenne McCray
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratings**Author note below Jake Macgregor, San Francisco's head of the Paranormal Special Forces Unit, has his hands full. He and his team face a powerful enemy threatening to bring down the City by the Bay. With the weight of the world already resting on his broad shoulders, and after a long, hard day's fight against evil, the last thing he has time for is romance... -
![Secrets of Blackthorn Hall by Cassandra Clare]()
Secrets of Blackthorn Hall by Cassandra Clare
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJulian and Emma are on their travel year when the Clave sends Julian a message: clean up Blackthorn Hall or ownership reverts back to the Clave. Amidst the clutter and disrepair they discover secrets that Blackthorn Hall has kept hidden for years... They find out something... or someone... else might be sharing the space with them... -
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Bad Wolf by Jennifer Ashley
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWolf Shifter Broderick is stuck looking after his three younger brothers and a Collar-less Shifter who is driving him crazy, but he’s putting up with it for Joanne, the human woman he, for some reason, wants to impress. Joanne Greene, while grateful to Broderick for rescuing her sister, doesn’t know what to make of him... -
![Snarling at the Moon by Zenina Masters]()
Snarling at the Moon by Zenina Masters
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA wolverine with a painful past collides with an elf who glows like the full moon. Her rage meets his calm.Sera has been trying to make ends meet since her family kicked her out. After years away from home in a fey menagerie, she had dreamed of being normal again. It wasn’t possible, and she lived a subsistence life until a strange woman named Pansy arrived in her field... -
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Half a Dose of Fury by Zenina Masters
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSaving shifters has been her life, but locking eyes with a fey in a crowded room wakes her beast in all the best ways.Yval has been living to save other shifters from the clutches of the fey. She has had her body modified to make her job easier, but the magic used cut her off from her beast... -
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![Healing Eden by Rhenna Morgan]()
Healing Eden by Rhenna Morgan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNothing good grows in the shadow of secrets.A reluctant warrior in a rebellion he abhors, Reese Theron has buckled beneath blackmail to keep the circumstances of his birth on lockdown. He’s lost everything that counts—the right to fight for his king, the trust of his best friend, and any hope for a family of his own... -
![Wet and Wired by Zenina Masters]()
Wet and Wired by Zenina Masters
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe was just there to work, until she tangled with a man who smelled of sea and sunlight. Electricity and water mix surprisingly well.Leda was at the Crossroads to do a job. She was hooking up the WiFi and thinking about getting home. A special request from the Guardians diverted her plans and had her working at the side of a lovely merman, but she still wanted to head home... -
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Hawking a Future by Zenina Masters
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo beasts that won’t show their faces in one body built entirely of curves, Hayley is ambushed to the Crossroads where she meets the elf she never dreamed of.Being a shifter that doesn’t shift has left Hayley living a nice, normal human life... -
![Lost Roar by Zenina Masters]()
Lost Roar by Zenina Masters
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRobbed of her roar, Nicia doesn’t want a lion. She goes to the Crossroads and has a wolf follow her home. No red hood required.Nicia was at the fundamental lion compound and rescued from a life as guard beast for her family.Her mother’s family takes her in and helps her recover from the years of abuse... -
![Snow Time For Love by Zenina Masters]()
Snow Time For Love by Zenina Masters
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Crossroads declared nova unmatchable. After three weeks, it had been decided that she wasn’t going to find anyone there, not even close. Now, with the fey coming in to try life with shifters, she is called back and faces mating with a man who isn’t even her magical species. Reygaer is a fey architect who builds in ice and snow... -
![Waking Her Tiger by Zenina Masters]()
Waking Her Tiger by Zenina Masters
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA tiger born to prairie dwellers is seduced by a djinn who has never set foot in a burrow, but he does like her stripes.Maddy is a random. She is a tiger born to a community of prairie dogs who can only encourage her, love her and ask her to stand guard when they hit the burrow... -
![Spike's Day Out by Zenina Masters]()
Spike's Day Out by Zenina Masters
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSpike has grown up as a hedgehog among rabbits. She works for the Shifter Council as professional bait to obtain information and lure wrongdoers into situations that are not in their best interests. She has finished work for the day and is eager to spend time with her family and friends... -
![A Wishing Moon: Moon Magick by Sable Hunter]()
A Wishing Moon: Moon Magick by Sable Hunter
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsArabella Landry is a witch on a mission. She is desperately seeking for the incredible lover that has been setting her dreams on fire. With the help of the powerful women in her family, she finds him. Unfortunately, he is completely paralyzed from a devastating rock-climbing accident... -
![Roar of Magic by Zenina Masters]()
Roar of Magic by Zenina Masters
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnessa is self-sufficient, bright, reasonably attractive and works at a spell-supply shop. She negotiates with shifters for their saleable goods and sells those same parts to mages on a daily basis. When a fey walks in to purchase some fur, she finds out that touching him will send a shock through her hand. One year later, he returns with startling information for her... -
![Black and White by Zenina Masters]()
Black and White by Zenina Masters
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTy was raised by a mage who took her on as a favour to her mother. She can read magic, feel magic but not use it. Her skills come in handy while working for the Shifter Council as a hunter or bounty hunter for misbehaving shifters.On assignment to find a man guilty of the ultimate betrayal to their kind, she is doped and caged by some mages, and what a shock, so is her opposite number, Alatas... -
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![Poisoned Pen by Zenina Masters]()
Poisoned Pen by Zenina Masters
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA swan shifter suffering from ambush matchmaking attempt meets a quiet snake with an eye toward her articulations.Ivy has dodged matchmaking for five years, but when her family bundles her off to the Crossroads, she hastily concocts a plan to stay away from males for the entire month... -
![A Life Less Pink by Zenina Masters]()
A Life Less Pink by Zenina Masters
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRaised by a mother who loved everything pink, Cori has decided to give up her colouration and go pale. Rejecting pink, she makes costumes in any other colour for a living. A ball, a prize and a trip to the Crossroads change everything. Artur has decided that he wants a woman who doesn’t want him for what he can do or how much money he has. He wants to fall in love and sweep a woman off her feet... -
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Big Flight by Zenina Masters
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMolly has lived as a king vulture amongst condors. Her family considers her animal a profound disappointment and has ignored her until she finally decides that she has a right to a life and she wants it.When she is at the Crossroads, she notices the man sent to reclaim her, and while she knows he is in charge of her clan, she isn’t quite sure what he is... -
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Christmas Goose by Zenina Masters
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA goose escapes from her family and seeks out a mate then changes her mind and tries to back out of the Crossroads. He has other ideas. Tyla is a golden goose, creature of myth and legend. She gets a card in the mail and calls a transporter to get her out of her gilded cage and to the Crossroads.Tyla has no experience with men, strangers, bright lights or loud noises... -
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Sealed with a Kick by Zenina Masters
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA cute baby seal has no chance for a mate unless she hits the Crossroads and goes looking for a stallion to call her own. Stuck with an awkward beast and shunned by her own herd, Berry has to make some decisions on her own, and one of those is to find a mate.Out of the gate, she decides to pursue a fey, but with years of defense under her belt, her means are not particularly usual... -
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Snake Charmer by Zenina Masters
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYvena needs to start over and leaving for the Crossroads is what she has planned. Being followed by the mongoose of her dreams is a shock. Yvena was one of the stolen shifters, and her recovery has not been easy. Six months of healing after two months of torture is not enough to make her whole, but she knows that not everyone is out to get her... -
![Misenchanted Shifter by Zenina Masters]()
Misenchanted Shifter by Zenina Masters
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFey enchantment has marked her life until she finds the truth about herself and locates love in the strangest of ways.Eileen has always known she couldn’t control her shifts. She also knows that it is not normal to shift into hundreds of different animals.When she is declared close to her heat, she is ordered to the Crossroads and her payment for the transport causes a stir... -
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Ocelot of Trouble by Zenina Masters
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMina is cursed, Robar is a playboy, the Crossroads brings them together to break old magic and make a new start.Mina is a walking disaster. Any man who dates her ends up with some minor or major trouble in his life, body or vehicle. Her community bands together to send her to the Crossroads in an effort to find her a mate far away from the human world... -
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Batty for You by Zenina Masters
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe wrong kind of bat in the right place at the right time; she meets a fox who sends her completely batty.Bets has been debating making the move to the Crossroads, but the night she met a fox who was out of her league, she made up her mind. Time to stop pining and go on the hunt. Too bad the only thing she ever hunted was an apple... -
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Seeing Spots by Zenina Masters
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith terrible timing, Sable arrives at the Crossroads as the link to earth is cut and the steady attentions of a patient tiger help bring her back to reality.Rushed to a Crossroads transport far before her scheduled time, Sable finds herself in the portal as it collapses from an unseen force... -
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![Lost Howl by Zenina Masters]()
Lost Howl by Zenina Masters
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA wolf raised by humans meets a ram who wants independence. Fur flies and they butt heads. Amira was raised by humans and has lived her life knowing she is different. When she is found on her birthday, she is offered a chance to join with one of the shifter families that run in her bloodline. She learns her history and plans her future... -
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Protecting Their Mate, Part Four by Mia Thorne
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsProtecting Their Mate, Part Four (39 Pages) The alpha, concerned with the growing attachment between Blake and Ashley, sends his second out on a mission. Meanwhile, Ashley meets the elusive last member of her new pack--enigmatic Connor, a hacker who, like her, was raised among humans.For Connor, sex is volatile, dangerous, and being near Ashley draws out the feral edge of the wolf inside him... -
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Unwrapping Tess: Christmas Encounters by Krystal Shannan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings-- FROM BESTSELLING SERIES -- VEGAS MATES Tess Demakis loves the city life. The noise, the lights, the people. Everything about the rush feels like home. The only thing missing is a spark with any of the pack males. After her and her twin sister's twenty-fifth birthday passes, she'd thought for sure one of the handsome men in her aunt's pack might've been meant for her. - No. Such. Luck... -
![Protecting Their Mate, Part Five: A BBW Shifter Werewolf Romance by Mia Thorne]()
Protecting Their Mate, Part Five: A BBW Shifter Werewolf Romance by Mia Thorne
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsProtecting Their Mate, Part Five As Ashley connects more closely with Blake--and with the alpha, Lucas--an outside force threatens the peace of the Last River pack. This is the fifth installment in PROTECTING THEIR MATE, an erotic BBW paranormal romance serial set in the world of The Last Pack. It contains strong language and explicit sex with multiple partners. For adult readers... -
![Stripes of Fury by Zenina Masters]()
Stripes of Fury by Zenina Masters
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBorn to a shifter in horse form, Nika has always had trouble dealing with family. Her mother’s herd cast them out because of the pedigree of Nika’s father. Fey shapeshifters are not acceptable genes. Keeping her heat at bay has taken up a lot of Nika’s energy, but she has no option. No other shifter will come near her because of what her father is... -
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Butting In by Zenina Masters
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs the last unmarried daughter in her family, Gera has only one choice left—a trip to the Crossroads to find a mate before her sister’s wedding seems like a good idea.Riox has been at the Crossroads helping his brother set up the new bed and breakfast. He was there to assist and to flirt with all the pretty ladies.Meeting the first guest surprises him...
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