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Nothing to Chance by Julie Trettel
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHow can two people live in the same pack their whole lives and never cross paths?It is the largest wolf shifter pack in the world, and she is eight years older than me.She seems to think our age difference is an issue.But age is just a number.I may be a man of few words, but I'm a lover and a fighter.And she's about to learn just how far I'm willing to go for what's mine...Categorized as:
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![Final Extraction by Julie Trettel]()
Final Extraction by Julie Trettel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHis mate is gone. His life is empty. Survival is all he has left.When an unexpected ally gives Silas Granger a shimmer of hope, he’ll stop at nothing to find the truth. His hatred for the Raglan has increased exponentially. It’s no longer a job—it’s personal. Silas will fight to the death until they are permanently ended and the final extraction has been made... -
![Her Dragon's Soul by Julia Mills]()
Her Dragon's Soul by Julia Mills
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook 9 in the Dragon Guard 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. He’d seen the golden highlights of her strawberry-blonde hair glistening in the firelight and it was obvious... -
![Burning Wild by Christine Feehan]()
Burning Wild by Christine Feehan
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Dark Carpathian novels now returns to the exotic, sensual and dangerous world of her bestseller Wild Rain. This time, what goes on between male and female is wilder than animal instinct-and twice as hot.Born into a world of twisted monsters, Jake Bannaconni is shaped and molded into a cold, revenge driven man...Categorized as:
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Walker by Leia Stone
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsWith humans and werewolves on the brink of war, Anya finds herself right in the middle. When she has a terrifying vision, which her Shaman mentor says will come to pass, she stops at nothing to try and save everyone. Armed with new responsibilities, Anya is stalked by the Skin Walker who wants nothing more than to see her dead... -
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Bound Guardian Angel by Donya Lynne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBound Guardian AngelAll the King's Men - Book 7For almost two hundred years, Trace has searched for his mate. Now he’s met Cordray. Brash, sassy, and covered in tattoos, Cordray isn’t at all the type of female he thought his mate would be, but he can’t deny the way his body reacts every time she’s near... -
![Chasing His Puma by Golden Angel]()
Chasing His Puma by Golden Angel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan a cynical mutant bunny-bear who never smiles find love with an eternally optimistic puma? Kidnapped as a teenager along with his siblings, experimented on and turned into a mutant shifter, rescued, trained, betrayed by a teammate, and brutally injured before being rescued again... any optimism Brock Bunson ever had has been hammered out of him by life... -
![Lion in Waiting by Bianca D'Arc]()
Lion in Waiting by Bianca D'Arc
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo injured shifters get a second chance at life…and love. Matilda escaped into the wild to lick her wounds and heal as best she can from captivity and torture at the hands of people who hunt shifters and imprison them. She is a lioness, but her natural confidence has been shaken by the experience. What she needs is a second chance to live, to heal, and to find her lioness’s roar once more... -
![Fin's Claim by Rachelle Mills]()
Fin's Claim by Rachelle Mills
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is the second book In Grey's Tribute.....Jealousy is an evil thing, it crawls up your spine wrapping it's vileness around your body, hissing it's thoughts in your ears.Your insecurities are pushed to the forefront burying your reason in a layer of black....Fin has been saving himself for his mate only to find out that she gave away her virtue to another male.. -
![BLACK by Donya Lynne]()
BLACK by Donya Lynne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMicah Black thought he was the last of his bloodline. He was wrong. Dead wrong. Micah just found out he has a brother. Ronan, the cat burglar who broke into his apartment and stole the ankh he’d been entrusted to protect, has turned out to be none other than his own flesh and blood. But that’s not the only revelation he uncovers about his family...Categorized as:
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![Savage Exile: A Shifting Destinies Lion Shifter Romance by Cecilia Lane]()
Savage Exile: A Shifting Destinies Lion Shifter Romance by Cecilia Lane
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe can't save himself, but he'll save her...Rhys is a disaster: too violent for his old pride, and more accustomed to using his fists instead of his words. He's managed to carve out a place among the Crowley lions, but his temper still rides him hard. The only balm is Sage, a shattered woman with a core of fire. He wants to bring it out of her... -
![Howling Devotion: A Cursed Romance by R. O'Leary]()
Howling Devotion: A Cursed Romance by R. O'Leary
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDesperate for a shot at claiming his mate, Beau will do anything to get the stubborn owl to give him a chance...even if he has to hijack her investigation.Alice has always prided herself on being an asset to her shifter clan -- that is, until she messed up so badly her Alpha won't even look her in the eye... -
![Sadistic Mates by Jessica Hall]()
Sadistic Mates by Jessica Hall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is Book 2 of the Savage Series, but can be read as a standalone! Book 1 is Sinful Mates.My name was enough to send most people running. Those that didn’t were fools, for they would feel my wrath. I am the King of Darkness. The Dark Tribrid is what they call me. Destruction is what I am and what I am known for. Countries have fallen by my hands. A world changed by me and the blood I spilled... -
![Second Chance Bear by Harmony Raines]()
Second Chance Bear by Harmony Raines
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsJoanna never expected to be left alone to raise her two adopted children. However, when her cheating husband ran off with another woman, that’s exactly what happened... -
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![A Dragon for December by R.E. Butler]()
A Dragon for December by R.E. Butler
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPolar bear shifter December Merricks is visiting her angel best friend, Allisandrea, in Cleveland. When the February new moon rises, Deci heads into what she believes are neutral woods for some hunting when she comes snout to fang with an enormous dragon who is not only trying to swipe her prey but also happens to be her mate... -
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Dark Fate by Kat Silver
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTen days after the battle at Blackriver, Michael struggles with new forbidden desires, with his rampant Flame, and a deepening relationship with the taciturn werewolf, Commander Gabriel Flanagan.Feeling responsible for their loss, Michael longs to rescue the students stolen by the manipulative vampire prince, Alexei Vasiliev. But the High Council refuses to free Michael from his chains... -
![Survivor Bear by Harmony Raines]()
Survivor Bear by Harmony Raines
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA shifter mating bond can survive anything. Can't it? When bear shifter bodyguard Linda gets on a small plane with her best friend she has no idea how her life is about to change. Especially when her mate climbs on board too. But what should be a happy event soon ends in disaster when the pilot bails on them and the plane crashes into the side of a mountain... -
![Kidnapped By The Berserkers by Lee Savino]()
Kidnapped By The Berserkers by Lee Savino
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAll my life I've lived in an orphanage, wondering what torment each new day will bring.One night, the Berserkers come. Screams ring out as they attack. I run, but cannot escape. These warriors did not come for gold or blood. They came for me. They are warriors, cursed to become monsters, They must find the woman who can mate with both of them and break the witch's spell... -
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Heart of Gold by P. Jameson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA curse that can’t be broken… Thomas “Ratchet” Golding used to be a fearsome and powerful werecat. Until he and his wicked clan of Alley Cats messed with the wrong coven of witches. Now a curse has crippled his animal and made him question his entire existence. He knows if he’s ever going to break it and heal his cat, he has to learn to love... -
![Claimed By The Berserkers by Lee Savino]()
Claimed By The Berserkers by Lee Savino
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"You're ours now, lass. We're claiming ye." My mind and body are weakened by the curse of my magic. My three sisters have mated with Berserker warriors, but I am too frail to be a bride. One night, three warriors break into my home. They steal me away. Now we're on the run from the pack. These warriors tell me I belong to them, and that they'll never let me go... -
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Credo by Nashoda Rose
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn unrequited love.A tortured past.An unbreakable bond.Their love was well-known throughout the immortal world.The powerful Taldeburu Waleron and his Delara.But tragedy struck and tore them apart for years. One believing the other was dead.When fate finally brings them back together again it isn’t kind. It’s cruel and testing. Sacrificial.Because love has no remorse for its victims... -
![Lindy & The Wulfen by R.E. Butler]()
Lindy & The Wulfen by R.E. Butler
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter a devastating blow to her already fragile self esteem, werewolf Lindy Vincent has decided to stop being the pack whore and change her life for the better. With the help of her two best friends, her alpha female, and a feisty she-wolf named Eula, Lindy starts down the road of self-improvement, happy for the first time in years... -
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Panther's Promise by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA curvy artist struggling with self-doubt + a panther shifter who's out of touch with his panther + a kidnapper with deadly plans = one dangerous romantic adventure! Curvy Irina Mathers has never believed in herself. Whatever she tries to do with her life, it always seems to go wrong. But when a sexy stranger sweeps her off her feet, she'll find out how strong she really is... -
![The Dragon King's Hate by Lola Glass]()
The Dragon King's Hate by Lola Glass
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBetraying Kadoc changed everything.Now he's lost to his bloodlust, more beast than man, and the bond building between us has basically been reset.My effect on him has dwindled to nearly nothing, but I'm the only one who can calm him, so I've got to figure out something... -
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![Numbers by Laurann Dohner]()
Numbers by Laurann Dohner
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 32 ratings*** THIS IS A RERELEASE OF A PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED BOOK *** 140 Dana is visiting Homeland when she meets a New Species who tugs at her heartstrings. As a widow, she knows firsthand the pain he’s suffering after losing his mate. Mourn isn’t so certain that talking to a human female will help him heal but he desires her. It’s possible she could become his new reason for living... -
![Brutus's Surprise by Lisa Oliver]()
Brutus's Surprise by Lisa Oliver
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBrutus had found his groove in Arrowtown. Having traveled with Ra and his friends for years, he was now content to help out Fergus at the local bakery and spend his free time as an uncle to his friend's children. Finding a mate was one of those "it might be nice one day" scenarios, that Brutus wasn't chasing too hard... -
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Gavin by B.J. Wane
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDisclosure – A shorter version of this title was previously published in the Cowboys for a Cause anthology under the title, Trusting Her Cowboy. Gavin McCullough knows his family obligations prevents him from accepting a human mate, but one look into Aislyn Lankford’s golden eyes and he can’t resist making her his... -
![Seer by Hettie Ivers]()
Seer by Hettie Ivers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTen years ago, seers across the globe were wiped out, thrusting the supernatural world into figurative darkness. When word spreads that the first new seer in a decade has been found, powerful forces will hunt her. The dead will unite to defend her. And a repressed sadist werelock will abandon his century-long vow of celibacy to claim her as his own... -
![Broken Mate by Mina Carter]()
Broken Mate by Mina Carter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe needed the story. She didn’t expect to run for her life in a world where vampires and werewolves are real... The homeless are going missing, and reporter Max Harvey can just smell the story. None of her usual contacts will talk to her. They’re scared, which sets her reportery senses tingling. Deciding to go undercover is a stroke of genius.. -
![A Muse for Mishka by R.E. Butler]()
A Muse for Mishka by R.E. Butler
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMishka, the five-hundred-year-old vampire master of the city of Cleveland, prides himself on having one of the largest covens in the Midwest. Although he has a life envied by many, the only thing he is missing is a mate. How to begin to find the right female for himself is a mystery, and the lonely nights are starting to get to him... -
![Mastering His Mate: An Alpha Shifter Romance (Wayward Mates) by Delta James]()
Mastering His Mate: An Alpha Shifter Romance (Wayward Mates) by Delta James
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen she is injured in an attack by a rogue band of wolves, Rosalyn Kincanon awakens days later to discover that she has been turned and is now a shifter herself. Furious, she escapes from the local pack that nursed her back to health and finds a place of her own in an all-female pack... -
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Taming the Wild Cougar by Terry Spear
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCougar shifter, Dr. Kate Parker, is planning her annual camping vacation alone this year. She runs into trouble before she even starts her trip in the form of one wounded, hot cougar, undercover cop—or so he says... -
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Claimed and Mastered by Delta James
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe vowed she would never be mated. He claimed her anyway.Ava Rhys has always chafed at submitting to the authority of her pack's alpha, but when he tries to sell her body in return for money and influence, she decides she would be better off on her own... -
![The Fighter by Reina Torres]()
The Fighter by Reina Torres
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe first rule about owning a fight club is it’s no place for kids. Even shifters. Cage Gamble, a Jaguar Shifter in Sylvan City, owns the first licensed ‘fight club’ where men and shifters could fight in the ring or the cage. It was a good life, some work and a lot of play, until he was called to England to take custody of his best friend’s daughter... -
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![The Wright Mate by Fel Fern]()
The Wright Mate by Fel Fern
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA grieving fox. A wolf who’s great at fixing things. Can Diesel mend Sam’s broken heart? An emergency tow job brings mechanic and Alpha wolf Diesel face-to-face with his destined mate. As the only unmated Wright brother, Diesel is elated. But nothing comes easy when it comes to Sam. Closed-off and abrasive, Sam insists all he can offer Diesel is friendship... -
![The Alpha's Regret: A Paranormal Werewolf Romance by Reece Barden]()
The Alpha's Regret: A Paranormal Werewolf Romance by Reece Barden
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNathan is a playboy bachelor, living his life to the fullest. Being the brother of the Alpha has its perks, and Nathan makes the most of all of them. He's not looking for his mate. From what he's seen, they're nothing but trouble and heartache.Or that's what he thinks until his fated mate walks into the packhouse and turns his life upside down.Now he wants love, family, and a happily ever after...Categorized as:
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![The 5-Time Rejected Gamma & the Lycan King by Stina's Pen]()
The 5-Time Rejected Gamma & the Lycan King by Stina's Pen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter 5 failed mate-bonds, she’ll do anything to escape another heartbreak.Gamma Lucianne learns that her prayers to the Moon Goddess were ignored, and she’s being bonded once more. But this time, she’s not giving an inch—even offering the lycan king a chance to reject her on their first meeting…… but he refuses.The lycan king owns everything… except her heart... -
![His to Possess by Piper Stone]()
His to Possess by Piper Stone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt wasn't temptation. It was instinct.Stone Keeler is a six-foot-four hunk who could win any girl's heart and then make her scream in bed, but as he claimed my quivering body for the first time the look in his eyes was terrifying... -
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Fury of Shadows by Coreene Callahan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the next installment of Coreene Callahan’s bestselling Dragonfury Series: SCOTLAND, a dragon warrior cursed by a terrible past finds redemption in the arms of the woman he's unable to protect. Commander of the Scottish pack, dragon warrior Cyprus harbors a terrible secret. A brutal truth he has long kept hidden... -
![Return of the Assassin by Donya Lynne]()
Return of the Assassin by Donya Lynne
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMalek and Gina are two vampires with big problems and pasts they can't let go of. Malek has never dealt with and accepted the death of his first mate, Carmen, and Gina has never been able to let go of the pain she suffered at the hands of her first mate, an abusive half-Dacian named Arman...Categorized as:
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![When a Liger Mates by Eve Langlais]()
When a Liger Mates by Eve Langlais
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLawrence is in trouble. That’s nothing new. What is unexpected is how he accidentally ends up mated to a human. Oops. To make matters worse for this tomcat, Charlotte has no idea what he is, and when he finally shows her his majestic liger shape? She is less than impressed and dares to ask if he’s up to date on his shots... -
![The Wolf's Bandit by Milly Taiden]()
The Wolf's Bandit by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRobyn Loxley is determined to save every homeless child she can find, even if she has to break the law to do it. Since the royal foundation rudely turned her down, her target has become their crown jewels. She needs only one more job before she’s done for good. Wolf shifter Aitan Hansen is the crown prince of a small country where he runs his royal foundation and takes care of his shifter town... -
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Sentinel: Bravo Bear by Amelia Jade
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt was supposed to be the standard mission. Evacuate the target from the city. Quick. Easy. Uncomplicated. Of course, life never quite works out like that... Bear shifter Connor "Bravo" Lavine knew that it was different the moment he saw her eyes. She wasn't supposed to be there. His intelligence report had said there was only one to rescue... -
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Berserker Babies by Lee Savino
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis short story gives readers a glimpse of their favorite Berserker characters, with two sweet Berserker babies — and lots of baby-making! Beauty, joy, and heartbreak greet the Alphas as they defend their home from the Corpse King’s evil spells... -
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![Guarded By A Grumpy Grizzly by Ariana Hawkes]()
Guarded By A Grumpy Grizzly by Ariana Hawkes
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPeople think I'm the hottest property in town.Every time I turn around, there’s a camera lens there.Snapping my side-boob. Trying to catch me pantie-less.But the truth is, I’m so tired of being watched. Pursued.I just want to be left alone. Then my manager—AKA my dad—hires a thug to protect me from a crazed stalker.A huge, grumpy, grizzly shifter...Categorized as:
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![Captured by the Berserkers by Lee Savino]()
Captured by the Berserkers by Lee Savino
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe’ll be ours forever… Long ago, a witch turned us into monsters. Our only hope is to wait for the woman who could lift the curse. A century later, we find her. Willow. Our miracle. She’s hidden away in an abbey full of orphans, while evil men plot to sell her as a bride. We’ll break her out... -
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Howl by Heather MacKinnon
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Elizabeth just barely made it through her first full moon as a werewolf, she thought the worst was behind her. She was wrong. While she struggles to control her temper and keep her wolf side at bay, she’s also juggling her old life as an attorney living in Raleigh, with being a werewolf in a pack in Asheville...Categorized as:
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![Never Go Back by Lisa Oliver]()
Never Go Back by Lisa Oliver
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDamien, Alpha of the San Antonio pack had thought it was an awesome idea to take his mate, Scott, back to his ex-home pack to catch up with his parents and ex-Alpha. He had assumed that his power as a wolf, and the fact that he was from such a large pack would guarantee both men a good time. A homophobic Alpha and a disgruntled mother are just two of the problems the men face... -
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Wild Bear by Scarlett Grove
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA bad bear … Shane Keenan has survived everything life’s thrown at him. Growing up with an abusive stepfather who broke his bear’s mind left Shane unable to fully control his shifts. He went from famous chef to being forced to fight in a human war because of the wild bear inside him. Now he’s finally back home on Fate Mountain -- and his toughest challenge yet is waiting. Bruised hearts ..Categorized as:
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![Saving Their Omega by Mina Carter]()
Saving Their Omega by Mina Carter
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGentle. Tiny. Delicate. Everything I’m not. Everything I want. Everything I’m going to claim in hot, sweaty explicit detail.She’s ours. Mine and Mason’s. She might not wear our marks, but she will… and soon.No one takes what’s ours. It’s suicidal. But she’s gone, snatched off the street and now the monsters inside won’t rest until she’s safely back with us. Whatever the cost.We can’t lose her...
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