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  • 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...
  • MateHub: Legend by Marie Reynard

    MateHub: Legend by Marie Reynard

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The contract was simple: three months, seven scenes, zero feelings. Following it was not.Richard Knotz is a legend in the world of supernatural adult entertainment, and he knows it. While most paranormal adult actors shy away from the temporary bonds needed to perform knotting scenes, he's made them his brand...
  • All Kidding Aside by Macy Blake

    All Kidding Aside by Macy Blake

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Building houses for a pack of orphans might lead one griffin to find his heart’s home.Victor Eastaughffe knows three things for a fact:-He does not have a mate.-He does not like children.-His duty is to his griffin clan. When Victor meets Orsen Riggs, a scruffy bear shifter, and little Gus, an orphaned red panda cub, his orderly, structured world becomes messy and chaotic...
  • 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...
  • Frozen Dragon by Minerva Howe

    Frozen Dragon by Minerva Howe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Dragon Veil Universe mpreg romanceOldest cousin and brother dragon Zeke has resigned himself to being the one lone dragon in his family. As his brother and cousins find their mates one by one, he ignores their protests that he'll find own love someday soon, and contents himself with caring for their growing brood of babies...
  • 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...
  • Logan by Macy Blake, Michael Dean

    Logan by Macy Blake, Michael Dean

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Logan Moore is a leader without a pack...And after the rejection he faced from his last pack, he’s not sure he wants one. But when a mysterious benefactor he nicknames The Oracle offers Logan the chance to use his military expertise to lead a group of misfit shifters to protect the creatures of the magical realm, Logan’s wolf won’t allow him to say no.Bailey Cairn is a man without a protector..
  • Give Him Hell by Casey Drake, Macy Blake

    Give Him Hell by Casey Drake, Macy Blake

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Nick Smith is a man with a mission: find the place where he’d been held captive as a child and discover what happened to the kids he left behind. His memories are in flux, returned to him after being blocked for the past fourteen years, along with his ability to shift into his lion form. Nick is ready for answers...
  • Finch by Piper Scott, Virginia Kelly

    Finch by Piper Scott, Virginia Kelly

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Hugh Drake, the most whimsical member of the Drake family, wants a clutch badly… and despite his sanctioned period to reproduce nearing its end, he just might get his wish. New information has emerged that suggests Disgraces are dragons and able to bear eggs...
  • Hell to Pay by Macy Blake

    Hell to Pay by Macy Blake

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    As a hellhound beta, Solomon has no complaints. Life is fine. His pack and his goddess-given duties as a protector of the human realm are enough. So what if he’s a little bored and a smidge lonely? Not a big deal in the grand scheme of things...
  • Stop Kidding Around by Macy Blake

    Stop Kidding Around by Macy Blake

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    His so-called mate thinks it’s fate. Toby has other ideas.When Toby Sanders shows up to interview for a teaching job at a mysterious estate, he’s not expecting his world to flip upside down and backward.Shifters are real… and the hottest, most protective wolf of all is claiming him as a mate...
  • Dragon's Fire by Lisa Oliver

    Dragon's Fire by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    City Dragon’s Book 2 Ever since his father was killed, Samuel Hollingsworth has worked hard to cultivate a meaningful relationship with the dragon half of his soul. Things were going well for a while, and then their mate rejected them, and now his and his dragon’s connection took on added importance as they tried to keep each other’s hopes alive...
  • 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...
  • You to Me by Lyn Forester, Sophie O'Dare

    You to Me by Lyn Forester, Sophie O'Dare

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Tails or horns. Fate decides. Childhood friends Sota and Masa have always been together. But when they turn eighteen, all of their expectations shatter. Attention from a persistent bully escalates and childhood visions of a perfect future begin to unravel. Sota quickly realizes that the transition into adulthood is not as fun as he envisioned...
    Categorized as:
    fated-mates  lgbtq  mlm  omegaverse  paranormal  slow-burn  abuse  book
  • 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...
  • You've Got To Be Kidding Me by Lisa Oliver

    You've Got To Be Kidding Me by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Poseidon, ancient Greek God of the Sea, ruler of earthquakes and once worshiped by thousands as a fertility god, was bored and that could be a dangerous thing for people around him. Deciding to visit his son, Nereus and friends at the Cloverleah pack; Poseidon causes his own brand of trouble, resulting in a night out at a club. All he wanted was a bed partner for a few hours...
    Categorized as:
    fated-mates  lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  angst  book
  • Faith: Wolves of Walker County by Kiki Burrelli

    Faith: Wolves of Walker County by Kiki Burrelli

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Wyatt Walker won't fall victim to the same spell that ensnared his twin brother and cousin. Whatever force compelled both men to become whipped by their mates, Wyatt wants nothing to do with. He has his hands full with his bar, and their ever-growing wolf pack. Besides, someone needed to stay available to the single population of Walker County...
  • The Enforcer and His Heart by Kiki Clark

    The Enforcer and His Heart by Kiki Clark

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    With Keegan's safety on the line, there is nothing Nico won't do to protect him.The mysterious Keegan has been haunting Nico's dreams.Ever since the night he stormed through the pack's protections like they were nothing, Nico hasn't been able to forget the powerful young witch. Not his scarred face, his loyalty, or his fierce but sad eyes.Nico just wished he'd caught Keegan's scent...
  • Beta's Surrender by Nora Phoenix

    Beta's Surrender by Nora Phoenix

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sven’s heat is coming, and with his mutative gene, the omega is warned he needs an alpha. The only alpha he trusts is Grayson, who is twenty years his senior. He’s also the only one who’s not afraid to take on Sven’s lover, Lars. What is supposed to be just sex turns into much more for Sven...
  • 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...
  • Perfectly Imperfect Pixie by M.J. May

    Perfectly Imperfect Pixie by M.J. May

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Size matters. Pixies are supposed to be petite, beautifully lithe creatures with gossamer wings. Sporting luscious, ombre pink hair and fluttering pink wings, Phil meets two out of three of those criteria. At over six feet tall, no one would dare call Phil petite. As a home-and-hearth pixie, Phil yearns to find a home and family he can bond to...
  • The Dragon Knight: The Crimson War by B.A. Stretke

    The Dragon Knight: The Crimson War by B.A. Stretke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Elan Ravenscroft is a Dragon Knight and his father’s heir apparent. He is a battle-tested warrior and ready to defend his family and the Crimson Coven in his father’s name. He expected battle and danger when he accepted his father’s assignment to the Crimson Coven, but he did not expect to find himself face to face with his fated mate in the midst of war. He doesn’t know if he can handle both...
  • Reggie's Reasons by Lisa Oliver

    Reggie's Reasons by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ever since he went through his awakening at fifteen, Reginald Forsyth ("Reggie") had received mysterious notes on his bathroom mirror every birthday. Initially supportive, the notes got progressively more flirtatious as he got older. Now, one day from his twenty-fifth birthday, Reggie is about to be an adult in vampire terms, and ready to meet his admirer...
  • Candy Hearts and a Witch's Ring by C.W. Gray

    Candy Hearts and a Witch's Ring by C.W. Gray

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Holiday Omegas: Book Three Meeting your fated mate doesn't automatically lead to mated bliss. Sonny is settling into mated life with Leo, but as wonderful as it is, something is missing. While shifters claim their mates with a bite, witches have a whole different set of traditions...
  • Dark Wind by Crista Crown

    Dark Wind by Crista Crown

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sage Wilkins had no idea he had secret super powers until he lost his temper and almost blew down his family home. After a week on the run with this curse spiraling out of control, he’s started to wonder if it wouldn’t be safer if he didn’t exist. Gideon Ward thought having a secret super power was great when he was a kid. Now, it’s just kind of one of those things...
  • The Vampire's Redemption by B.A. Stretke

    The Vampire's Redemption by B.A. Stretke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An act of humility, from a Vampire seeking redemption, turns out to be destiny. An M/MM Romance. Kash Garret wants to make amends. After failing at his job and almost causing the break-up of a fated pair, Kash needs to find himself again. He wants to go back to the beginning, the bottom of the totem pole and work his way back to the man he used to be...
  • The Demon Lord by B.A. Stretke

    The Demon Lord by B.A. Stretke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lord Nael DuFour, the Demon Lord, has been sealed in the Demon Sphere for a Millennia. The Dragon Stone has set him free. Little did Jai and his chosen Levi realize what they were unleashing when they made their deal with the Demon Lord to help save the Crimson Coven. Nael is just looking for a little fun when he drops in on the Crimson Plantation...
  • Hunting Innocence by B.A. Stretke

    Hunting Innocence by B.A. Stretke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “I’ll be your daddy sweetheart, however, and whenever you desire.”Yuri Petrov, the Master Vampire of the Loire Coven in Orléans, France, is on his way to Coven DuCane to make amends. After the destruction wrought by Aldessa Foix, Yuri found it necessary to come to Michigan and mend fences with the great vampire master Louis DuCane...
  • Lawful Mates by Liam Kingsley

    Lawful Mates by Liam Kingsley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I can’t believe my mate is covering for a criminal …I’m investigating the disappearance of a senator’s son, and I can’t help but think the man is as dirty as they come. When I see he’s hired Percy to be his lawyer it makes me sick. The alpha is supposed to be my fated mate, but I could never want a man who protects criminals...
  • The Art of Death by B.A. Stretke

    The Art of Death by B.A. Stretke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Killian Frey is a machine of war. He’s been a killer, soldier, and spy for the Hadden Coven for decades. Alone in the field, he has honed both his skills and his reputation. The myth of Killian Frey is almost as lethal as the man himself. He’s been called back to the Coven proper to lead a special unit of security forces and finds himself in unfamiliar surroundings...
  • His Christmas Magic by Drea Roman

    His Christmas Magic by Drea Roman

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Wolf shifter Darren longs for his fated mate. Antsy and impatient, he is drawn to search the forest near his family lands the night before Thanksgiving. He senses his mate close by and a crashed sleigh leads him to a grievously injured man. His wolf and human sides are in complete agreement: the tiny blond with the sparkling blue eyes is their mate. But a head injury blurs his mate's past...
  • Love and Magic: A Crimson Vampire Christmas by B.A. Stretke

    Love and Magic: A Crimson Vampire Christmas by B.A. Stretke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Love and Magic abound in Crimson, Virginia. Leroy Thibodaux has been the Sheriff of Crimson for a little over a year and he’s really settling into the job. He joined the Crimson Coven after fighting alongside them in the Great War and finds himself very much at home. All that’s missing is his Fate chosen love by his side...
  • Connor by Taylor Rylan

    Connor by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When you’re a fae born in the shifter realm, the last thing you expect is to discover your mate is fae, sent from the fae realm just for you. Connor Romano loves his family. Born to a vampire father and a fae mother, he’s spent his entire life witnessing firsthand the level his father would go to protect his mother, him, and their fae sister...
  • Diablo by J.M. Wolf

    Diablo by J.M. Wolf

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Trace Black hasn’t forgotten the tragic death of his parents and birth pack. His only focus since then was looking after his twin brother, Casey. Now that Casey has found his fated mate and started a family of his own, Trace has given everyone the cold shoulders, preferring the comfort of solitude...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  mlm  omegaverse  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  age-gap  book
  • Constantine by Taylor Rylan

    Constantine by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sometimes, the greatest gifts are several centuries in the making. At just over four centuries old, Constantine had come to accept that he isn’t going to find his One. He has a good life, a place of prestige as his coven’s doctor, and a close coven family...
  • Reaching For His Omega by Crista Crown, Harper B. Cole

    Reaching For His Omega by Crista Crown, Harper B. Cole

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    M/M Alpha/Omega MPREG He can see everything... except a future that includes love. Grizzly alpha Caspar long ago resigned himself to a loner life, never suspecting that the future he saw with Asher Lambert's pack of outcasts would ever be more than a means to an end, that they would become his family. And then he meets a man whose future he cannot see... He always expected to have a family..
  • Cold Moon by Sam Burns, W. M. Fawkes

    Cold Moon by Sam Burns, W. M. Fawkes

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An alpha torn apart, his heart stitched back together by the gentle hands of one sweet doctor’s assistant....Dante Reid has never fit in with his pack of feral, dangerous alphas. He hates his own nature, and his monster of a father makes him question his very DNA...
  • Hope by Kiki Burrelli

    Hope by Kiki Burrelli

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nash Walker is a simple wolf. His days are spent at the firehouse and he never has trouble finding someone to fill his nights. He isn’t ashamed to admit he has an amazing body and though his cousins tease him for his hero complex, he does save lives. He’s a popular guy on the isolated island he calls home and certainly doesn’t need to be around anyone who isn’t thrilled to be in his presence...
  • Ruler by Kiki Burrelli

    Ruler by Kiki Burrelli

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Warriors. Outsiders. Alphas.It all started with a mouse and a note. After that, Faust kept receiving strange messages delivered by forest animals. He’s no cartoon princess and this sh*t is weird but not life-threatening. He ignores it until he receives a flurry of notes all with the same message, help me, and there is no way Faust can ignore the odd messages any longer...
  • 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...
  • The Second and His Bonded by Kiki Clark

    The Second and His Bonded by Kiki Clark

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    As the son of an enemy, Kieran never expected to find a family with the Kincaid Pack... or a true mate’s bond.After barely escaping his abusive family, wolf shifter Kieran McAllister struggles to find his place in the Kincaid Pack. Especially with the pushy but gorgeous second-in-command showing up every time Kieran turns around… and making him want things he shouldn’t...
  • 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...
  • A Man's Worth by Lynn Hagen

    A Man's Worth by Lynn Hagen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    [Siren Everlasting Classic ManLove: Erotic Alternative Paranormal Romance, M/M, shape-shifters, HEA]Being one of the last Lakeland bears to mate, Bryce isn’t too happy when he finds out the man fated to be his has covered his scent for years. Tired of Ahm shimmering in and out of his life, Bryce finally puts his paw down and demands Ahm make a choice...
    Categorized as:
    family  fated-mates  lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  book
  • A Home for Ben by Amy Bellows

    A Home for Ben by Amy Bellows

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Ben is a Pebble Gifting Season reject. He wandered the cold streets of Anchorage for three weeks straight, hoping an alpha would give him a pebble. But no one did.Axel is banished. He lost his temper four years ago and almost killed the alpha who abandoned his brother...
  • 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...
  • Lovesong Part II by T.J. Klune

    Lovesong Part II by T.J. Klune

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A Green Creek short story.(Spoilers for Wolfsong, Ravensong and Heartsong...
  • With Caution by J.L. Langley

    With Caution by J.L. Langley

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A brother's vow. A lover's promise. Both could put them all at deadly risk.Remington Lassiter is trying his best to stay out of trouble while he learns the ropes of being a werewolf. When his little brother turns up covered in bruises, he is driven to finally bring their abusive father to justice...
  • Never Let Me Go by B.A. Stretke

    Never Let Me Go by B.A. Stretke

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An M/M/M Romance. Benny Lakatos has been with the Hadden Coven for a couple of years now and has healed in many ways from the traumatic years at his home pack. One would think a wolf shifter would feel out of place in a Vampire Coven, but it’s the best home Benny has ever known...
  • Knot The Enemy by Liam Kingsley

    Knot The Enemy by Liam Kingsley

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Devan Puckett is a rising star in the culinary scene. A well known chef with his own cooking show, he lives and breathes meats and vegetables, grains and fruits... and his years-long rivalry with Ori Wilson. Ori Wilson is a confident omega. Sassy and irreverent, he's not about to let any alpha show him up... especially not Devan Puckett...
  • The Vampire and the Witch by B.A. Stretke

    The Vampire and the Witch by B.A. Stretke

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It was the shock of his life when Ian looked into the eyes of the dreaded Gallic Witch and realized he was looking into the eyes of his beloved. Fate had chosen Jean Jacque Batiste to be his forever love. To say that he reacted harshly was an understatement...
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