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  • Moonshine & Masquerades by Kathleen Brooks

    Moonshine & Masquerades by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A traitor, a love taken, a family destroyed all for power. A masquerade hiding evil has been in place too long. It’s time to reveal who is under the mask.The human residents of Moonshine Hollow have learned about the presence of real, finger-wiggling, magic-casting witches. It’s now up to them to decide if the witches stay to defeat the evil or if the witch trials come to Moonshine Hollow...
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    paranormal  suspense  adult  book  comedy  contemporary  fiction  humor
  • The Best Christmas Ever by Heather Graham

    The Best Christmas Ever by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jackson Crow and his wife, Angela Hawkins, seldom leave the office for a vacation, much less at Christmas, when many of their agents are out in the field. But this year, Jackson wants to spend the holiday away, at an historic home in Virginia that he wants to buy — even if it is too far for them to commute to work each morning...
  • The Eveque by Lucian Bane

    The Eveque by Lucian Bane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sahvrin Bishop--aka "The Eveque" is taking a wife.Bayou Code allows her to choose to either serve as his right hand in The Twelve or become his domestic goddess at home.He isn't allowed to sway her choice but nothing stops him from making one or the other hard to make.And with a war on the horizon with the people who trafficked her, he's fighting to keep his angel hidden and protected...
  • Northbane Shifters by Isabella Hunt

    Northbane Shifters by Isabella Hunt

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Deep in the Farthing Mountains, in what was British Columbia before the Rift, the Northbane shifters have carved out a refuge. Winfyre Ridge. Away from the horrors, wars, and darkness. A place to live free and prosper. To start over. If you can get there. WOLF's WAGER Reagan Grace fled from a city laid to waste...
  • Alpha's Prey by Renee Rose, Lee Savino

    Alpha's Prey by Renee Rose, Lee Savino

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    BENDING HER TO THE BEAR'S WILLThe human thinks I'm stalking her. Maybe I am. But I'm not the only one.There's something evil in these woods and it preys on single women.I'm not about to let the sexy scientist fall into its lair. Even if that means holding her prisoner in my cabin.Keeping her where I can see her at all times. Bending her to my bear's will. Just until the storm passes...
  • Steal Her Heart by T.S. Joyce

    Steal Her Heart by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Maris Thurgood is in deep trouble. Abandoned to care for a ranch on her own, she’s struggling from sunup to sundown to keep up with the work. When a pack of werewolves begins preying on her herd, she has no choice but to sell. A chance meeting at the cattle auction has her wondering why someone as tall, dark, and growly as Bryson Locke would take any interest in a business venture with her...
  • Alpha's Mission by Renee Rose, Lee Savino

    Alpha's Mission by Renee Rose, Lee Savino

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    THE MONSTER WANTS HER. HE WON’T BE DENIED.I've become a monster.I hear blood moving in people’s veins. Scent their emotions.I want to feed. To hunt. To mate...I'm no longer a human — my life is over. I've left everyone I love. I've gone rogue from the CIA.My only hope is my handler.Annabel Gray is tough enough to face my monster. If I lose control, she won't hesitate to take me out...
  • Leopard's Run by Christine Feehan

    Leopard's Run by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He keeps his emotions on a tight leash, but she can see the desire burning in his eyes...Timur Amurov has one purpose in life: protect his family at all costs...
  • Vampires are Forever by Lynsay Sands

    Vampires are Forever by Lynsay Sands

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Vampires Don't Exist...Do They?Inez Urso is beginning to have her doubts. Her business associate Thomas Argeneau has some interesting traits, like an allergic reaction to the sun, excellent night vision, and not much of an appetite for food. And to top it all off, he just tried to bite her neck...but maybe that was a sign of passion...
  • Betrayed: Days of the Rogue by Nicky Charles

    Betrayed: Days of the Rogue by Nicky Charles

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    His mate killed in a horrific explosion, ex-Enforcer Damien Masterson now lives as a rogue werewolf...
  • Circumstantial Evidence by Lisa Clark O'Neill

    Circumstantial Evidence by Lisa Clark O'Neill

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Selected as a Best of 2015 by All About Romance Book Blog As Chief of Police in Sweetwater, South Carolina, Will Hawbaker has seen more than his share of violent crime. But none of it has prepared him for the aftereffects of a young boy dead at the hand of his mother’s boyfriend. And when the suspected killer turns up dead himself, it raises more questions...
  • Descend to Darkness by Heather Graham

    Descend to Darkness by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Heather Graham comes a new story in her Krewe of Hunters series…Angela Hawkins Crow awakens to find herself in total darkness. Despite her years as a Krewe agent, she is first seized with panic, but her life and her training kick in...
  • Mated in Chaos by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Mated in Chaos by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My wolf hid my fated mates—until the moon goddess forced our mating. As Alpha of the Central Pack, I know we are the weakest link in the alliance, but I will stop at nothing to prove our worth and rebuild from our shameful and brutal past.Along the way I fell for Adalyn and Nico, but stayed away, thinking they were fated for each other—and never me...
  • Check by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

    Check by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From New York Times bestseller, Mimi Jean Pamfiloff, comes CHECK, book #3 of the Romantic Suspense series, Mr. Rook’s Island.SHE’S ONLY GOT DAYS TO LIVE. HE’S GOT HOURS.BUT WHEN IT COMES TO SAVING THE WOMAN YOU LOVE, WHAT WOULD YOU DO FOR MORE TIME? Mr. Rook, eccentric billionaire and owner of the most exclusive island resort in the world, has a secret...
  • Shattered by Dale Mayer

    Shattered by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Some events are life shattering… Caught in a gilded cage for most of her life, Hannah keeps trying to escape. There’s something wrong with her the doctors can’t diagnose, but she’d rather be free and die than stay trapped… forever. When she's caught once again, Trevor offers her a unique way out...
  • The Finding by Nicky Charles

    The Finding by Nicky Charles

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    She discovered a dark secret, witnessed a murder and fled into the night fearing for her life. Three years later, Cassie is still hiding from her past, haunted by a dream lover and fighting to control a terrifying beast that seems to grow stronger each day. When Bryan, pack Beta, appears to claim her, Cassie is forced to face the truth of her existence...
  • Bonded by Nicky Charles

    Bonded by Nicky Charles

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Reno’s a tough Enforcer for Lycan Link who finds himself drawn to Brandi but duty rules his life. Brandi, just on the edge of starting her career as a Disaster Control officer, falls for Reno at first sight, but are they really meant to be? Is it love or lust and does it really even matter? Enforcers and DCs don't get along...unless fate forces them to. Bonded precedes The Mating...
  • The Keeping by Nicky Charles

    The Keeping by Nicky Charles

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Ryne Taylor was a sexy bad-ass Alpha set on establishing a new pack. Melody Greene was a journalism student researching his work as a photographer—or so she said...
  • Spirits and Spells by Michelle M. Pillow

    Spirits and Spells by Michelle M. Pillow

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Charlotte has had it with the MacGregor clan interfering in her life. There's the overbearing Niall. An overprotective Euann. And, lest she forgets, crazy Uncle Raibeart who keeps proposing marriage to her and every other woman in Wisconsin. Everywhere she turns there appears to be more MacGregors following her around...
  • 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)...
  • Hallow Be the Haunt by Heather Graham

    Hallow Be the Haunt by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Years ago, Jake Mallory fell in love all over again with Ashley Donegal—while he and the Krewe were investigating a murder that replicated a horrible Civil War death at her family’s Donegal Plantation. Now, Ashley and Jake are back—planning for their wedding, which will take place the following month at Donegal Plantation, her beautiful old antebellum home...
  • Chesapeake Blue by Nora Roberts

    Chesapeake Blue by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Seth Quinn is finally home. It's been a long journey. After a harrowing boyhood with his drug-addicted mother, Seth had been taken in by the Quinn family, growing up with three older brothers who'd watched over him with love...
  • Midnight by Terry Bolryder

    Midnight by Terry Bolryder

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

    Indirect Lines by Dana Marie Bell

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

    Bitter Reckoning by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    All of their extraordinary adventures makes an ordinary vacation very appealing Danni Cafferty and Michael Quinn are happy to accept an invitation to a new couples resort from a friend of Danni’s...
  • Inner Harbor by Nora Roberts

    Inner Harbor by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    Third in the sweeping Chesapeake quartet, about three brothers who come together in a time of need. They honored their father's wish to raise young Seth as their own. And with all of the brothers home again, the Quinn family has never been so strong. But in the months to come, their strength is tested--once again.Phillip Quinn has done everything to make his life seem perfect...
  • Beneath the Skin by Lauren Dane

    Beneath the Skin by Lauren Dane

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

    Luca's Magic Embrace by Kym Grosso

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    An erotic paranormal romance…Sexy vampire, Luca Macquarie doesn’t do love; especially not with humans. Yet, ever since he rescued Samantha Irving, he can’t deny the enigmatic attraction he’s developed for the alluring mortal woman. Concerned for her safety, he’s determined to bring Samantha back to her coven...
  • Wake A Sleeping Tiger by Lora Leigh

    Wake A Sleeping Tiger by Lora Leigh

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    On a moonless Navajo night, the recessed Bengal Breed known only as Judd became Cullen Maverick, grandson to one of the Chiefs of the Six Tribes of the Native Americans.Bengal genetics, usually so fierce as to be labeled primal, was recessed so deep inside Judd that no hint of it can be found. A phenomena so rare it’s been notated only a few times...
  • Savage Sanctuary: A Dire Wolves Mission by Ellis Leigh

    Savage Sanctuary: A Dire Wolves Mission by Ellis Leigh

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There's no escaping a Dire Wolf on the hunt... Even as the playboy of the Dire Wolves, Levi isn't exactly a soft touch. He likes his liquor, his women, and his photographs...but he also has an affinity for sharp knives and claws...
  • Peaceful Slumber by Nikki Lynn Barrett

    Peaceful Slumber by Nikki Lynn Barrett

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Scott I was somewhat normal once. Until I died. It was only for a few minutes, but ever since then, I can see ghosts. The first time I see her is in the cemetery, wearing a blood stained wedding dress. No one else knows she exists. I have no idea how to help her or why I chose to, but she's here now...
  • The Alpha's Fight by Michelle Fox

    The Alpha's Fight by Michelle Fox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When you've lost your wolf, how do you get it back?'Jane Doe' has no idea who she is or why she wakes up in a...nursing home? Full of shifters? She may not be old, but they say she is a shifter—only her wolf is MIA and she's in some kind of trouble she can't remember to boot. And there's this guy, Ryder. Something about him that makes her tingle in all the right places...
  • Psychic Men by Adira August

    Psychic Men by Adira August

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hunter Dane and Camden Snow have settled into a satisfying routine of solving murders and hanging at the club, when they aren't expressing their affection for one another. Vigorously. A great life in an idyllic location. Until a skinny kid who barely came up to Cam's chin sought out Detective Lieutenant Dane... "I saw my father last night," Asher Gamble told him...
  • Darkside of the Moon by Jodi Vaughn

    Darkside of the Moon by Jodi Vaughn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As a high ranking Guardian in the Arkansas Pack, Zane Steele, doesn’t have time for nonsense. He lives a life of control and discipline. But during a drug takedown of a rogue pack, Zane is injected with something and he no longer can control when he shifts...
  • Noah by Theresa Hissong

    Noah by Theresa Hissong

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Noah Rise of the Pride, Book 10 By Theresa Hissong Noah Shaw has a secret, and the only person who knew his true nature took it to her grave. The presence of Landon Bryant is a test to the desires he keeps close to his heart, but he refuses to separate himself from the human male when his mating scent reveals his true feelings to the pride...
  • Dark Premonitions by Heather Topham Wood

    Dark Premonitions by Heather Topham Wood

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Psychic Kate Edwards had her first premonition—a vision of her own murder by a faceless attacker. With very few clues to go on, she has to use her psychic gifts to uncover who wants her dead. Paranoia sets in and Kate wonders if there’s anybody she can trust.As Kate fears her impending death, she’s desperate to seek comfort with her ex-boyfriend Jared Corbett...
  • The Final Omen by Heather Topham Wood

    The Final Omen by Heather Topham Wood

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Psychic Kate Edwards had seen her death in a premonition. She was given the opportunity to stop her murder from happening and finally reconnect with her love Detective Jared Corbett. However, fate had different ideas…Kate finds herself trapped between life and death. Her only companion is Rose Corbett, Jared’s long dead mother...
  • Forty-Four Book Nine by Jools Sinclair

    Forty-Four Book Nine by Jools Sinclair

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Charlie Modine didn’t find any justice in life. And the afterlife hasn’t been much better. Still, Modine’s ghost is more determined than ever to find the cold-blooded murderer who ran his wife down on the streets of New York City. Tortured and tormented, Modine asks for help from the only person who will listen. The only one who knows he’s there. Abby Craig...
  • Call of the Cougar by Terry Spear

    Call of the Cougar by Terry Spear

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Special Agent for the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife Services, Tracey Whittington, takes down wildlife traffickers and more, but what she doesn't expect is to be in a shootout, multiple times, when the business turns deadly. Nor does she suspect she'll be working with Hal Haverton, who serves as a part-time deputy for Yuma Town, Colorado, and runs his own horse ranch...
  • Veiled Threats by Kate Allenton

    Veiled Threats by Kate Allenton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Amber Cantrell has had her fair share of good times along with the bad. Watching her best friend find happily ever after has left her feeling the void in her own life. With a change of career, she's ready to find the right man to make the rest of her dreams come true. Self-proclaimed permanent bachelor and security specialist, Aiden Monroe has a way with women...
  • Reactivated: Oz by Charissa Gracyk

    Reactivated: Oz by Charissa Gracyk

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Project Phoenix…Find Oz…”Those were the last words her brother Jonah said when he died in her arms. Convinced that he was murdered, Navy Intel Officer Allegra Steele learns that “Oz” is her brother’s former Navy SEAL teammate, Jack “Oz” Cullen.When Allegra asks for Jack’s help, she doesn’t expect the undeniable electricity that sparks between them...
  • New Revelations by Heather Topham Wood

    New Revelations by Heather Topham Wood

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Life should’ve been perfect. Kate Edwards had won the heart of police detective Jared Corbett and was coming to terms with her psychic ability. Things were blissful—until the day she met Declan Brayden.Declan also has psychic visions and wants to work alongside Kate. Kate doesn’t trust the damaged and arrogant seer, but she knows combining their abilities would allow her to help more people...
  • Wolf Freed by J.E. Cluney

    Wolf Freed by J.E. Cluney

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Life is hard. Especially when you’re dead. Well, mostly dead.I thought I had it all, my life set with the perfect apartment, a well paying job, and a hot boss who was into me.The downside? He’s a vampire, and where’s the possible future with an immortal being when you’re simply human?The choice was too difficult, until he accidentally killed me.What a charmer.Too bad he did a terrible job...
  • When Irish Eyes Are Haunting by Heather Graham

    When Irish Eyes Are Haunting by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Devin Lyle and Craig Rockwell are back, this time to a haunted castle in Ireland where a banshee may have gone wild—or maybe there's a much more rational explanation—one that involves a disgruntled heir, murder, and mayhem, all with that sexy light touch Heather Graham has turned into her trademark style...
  • Tegan's Power by L.H. Cosway

    Tegan's Power by L.H. Cosway

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to the city of Tribane, you can come in any time you like but you can never leave. Fearing Ethan's transformation, Finn has decided to escape the city with his friends in tow. Unfortunately, a magical barrier has been erected preventing anyone from leaving. Along the way he makes the acquaintance of a runaway half elf named Allora...
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    paranormal  steamy  suspense  book  contemporary  demons  fae  fiction
  • Dreaming of the Wolf by Terry Spear

    Dreaming of the Wolf by Terry Spear

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Book 3 in Terry Spear's Silver Town Wolf SeriesA FIERCE HUNTER...Alicia Greiston is a no-nonsense bounty hunter determined to bring a ring of mobsters to justice. Her dogged pursuit of the crime family has forced her to avoid relationships- any man would only become a target for retribution...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  steamy  suspense  adult  animals  book  contemporary  drama
  • Peace, Blood, and Understanding by Molly Harper

    Peace, Blood, and Understanding by Molly Harper

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The “enchanting” (Publishers Weekly) Jane Jameson series returns with this fun and witty paranormal romance following a vampire consultant who has nefarious plans to oust Jane from her role as the head of Half-Moon Hollow’s vampire council...
  • Sealed with a Purr by Celia Kyle

    Sealed with a Purr by Celia Kyle

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Going to Georgia in order to watch over a handful of women is not Harding’s idea of a good time. With the death of Alistair McCain¬—ex-leader of Freedom—there’s a lot of clean up going on. That includes helping Freedom’s released captives recover in a safe environment. Hence, Harding having to make the trip down south. Really…how hard could it be to keep five women safe? Harder than he thinks...
  • Mack by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

    Mack by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From New York Times Bestseller Mimi Jean Pamfiloff, Comes the New Standalone Story of Mack from the King Trilogy."THEY THINK KING IS EVIL, BUT HE'S GOT NOTHING ON ME." -MackMY NAME IS MACK. And if I play my cards right, I will soon be dead. Permanently. Not even my powerful twin brother will be able to resurrect me. A good thing. Because a man like me has no business living...
  • 'Til Death by S.C. Stephens

    'Til Death by S.C. Stephens

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    With two kids, an amazing husband, and an incredible family, Emma's life was everything she’d ever hoped it would be. But there was a downside to having everything you’ve ever wanted, a downside that Teren and Emma couldn’t possibly have been prepared for. When you have everything you want…then you also have everything to lose...
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