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  • Giovanni's Jackpot by Taylor Rylan

    Giovanni's Jackpot by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Can vampires from two separate worlds figure out how to mesh their lives together?Giovanni Cardello loves life. He is more than content in his position as a craps dealer aboard the Beloved Gem, and his special bond with the coven master and close friends is all he needs. But mistaken identity leads to him being kidnapped, and he wonders if he’ll ever see his coven family again...
  • Alpha King’s Mate by Jessica Hall

    Alpha King’s Mate by Jessica Hall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Can't believe the Moon goddess my, however many generation-great grandmother would curse her own grandson to a life of misery. Blessings are what they say mates are, mine are a curse. Before I knew how badly mates could destroy you, tear apart your soul, I craved mine. Craved finding my other half, now I know better...
  • The Groovy Alpha by Susi Hawke

    The Groovy Alpha by Susi Hawke

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An omega raised as a wealthy human in the lap of luxury... A Harley riding alpha who rules a pack of pot-growing wolves in a commune... what was fate thinking?Sky Blackwood is an omega wolf who’s only ever lived a fabulous, all-too-human existence in the wilds of… Beverly Hills. A place where your best friend will smile in your face while stabbing you in the back if there’s money or fame involved...
  • Fergus's Hurricane by Taylor Rylan

    Fergus's Hurricane by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Even aged Scotch cannot compare to the sweetest wine when it comes to your beloved. Fergus McGregor doesn’t like change. It was difficult enough leaving behind the pub that had been in his family for centuries...
  • Visiting the Variks by Jocelynn Drake

    Visiting the Variks by Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s time to visit the Varik Clan.While everyone has found their happily ever after, the four brothers and their loving father are still finding mischief and tender moments.This collection of EIGHT stories touches on each of the Variks and includes a never-before-release novella, Gideon’s Ghost Story.Fall in love with Aiden, Marcus, Rafe, Bel, and Winter all over again...
  • 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...
  • The Dragon Experiment by Louisa Masters

    The Dragon Experiment by Louisa Masters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Who knew sleeping around could save the entire species? I’m a simple dragon. Give me knowledge, give me research, give me rings for my hoard, and give me athletic men who want to get sweaty between the sheets… or anywhere else. Those things make me happy. Other things… well, who cares about those? Turns out, I should have cared. Or at least paid attention...
  • Ambrosius by Taylor Rylan

    Ambrosius by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When you’re the created vampire, and discover your fated mate is a dominant dragon alpha, what could go wrong? Master Ambrosius was created over a millennium ago and had come to terms with spending his life alone. He has his coven, his second, and a few close friends, but he continues to be haunted by the memory of his fated mate running from him in terror...
  • The Crimson Victory by B.A. Stretke

    The Crimson Victory by B.A. Stretke

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lucas Reid has been to hell and back, almost literally. It’s been four months since Lucas was pulled back from the ether and reunited with his earthly form. Found by Sheriff Thibodaux’s chosen Dr. Culpepper, he was brought back by the power of Lucian, the Coven Sorcerer...
  • Blood Prophecy by Mary Rundle

    Blood Prophecy by Mary Rundle

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This is part of a continuing series by Amazon International Bestselling Author, Mary Rundle – reading the previous titles is advised. Readers will enjoy catching up with members of the Blackwood Pack and reading about what is happening to them as the pack does what it does best ̶ caring for one another, fighting evil, and helping shifters everywhere...
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    lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  shapeshifters  vampires  adult  book  fiction
  • 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...
  • Dragon's Tears by Lisa Oliver

    Dragon's Tears by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Byron Hollingsworth was an emotional wreck and after ranting at his younger brother Samuel, and calling his brother's impending offspring an abomination, now everyone else knew how unstable Byron was too. It’s not as though he hadn’t tried to be the perfect son, brother, and cousin. He tried to keep his affliction hidden from others...
  • A Date to Impress Him by Michele Notaro

    A Date to Impress Him by Michele Notaro

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Who knew taking my little mage on a date would be so difficult? With so much change happening at the house—three shifter kids are a lot to handle—Mads and I have been too busy to spend much alone time together. So I figured a date night was in order. Too bad every time we try, we have to put a fire out somewhere. At this rate, I’m not sure I’ll ever get to take my mage on a date...
  • Balthazar by Taylor Rylan

    Balthazar by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Even broken warlocks have a One, right? Balthazar knows he shouldn’t feel guilty for wanting what his friend has: a One and child. He adores their little boy and is happy to be an honorary uncle, but he wants his own. Amherst Coven has been blessed with fated mates recently, and Balthazar yearns to be the next to find his match. Grant is a warlock without powers, and he was okay with that...
  • Submission by Elle Lincoln

    Submission by Elle Lincoln

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Is it really considered kidnapping if I go willingly?Asking for a friend.If it were up to Christian, Athos, Nix, or Liam, their answer would be a resounding yes. Yet it’s my fifth and final mate who steals me away—Kade. He’s the definition of bad boy, and he draws me in like no other with his dimpled smile and haunted eyes...
  • Heart2Heart: A Paranormal Charity Anthology (Collection), Volume 7 by Macy Blake, Grae Bryan

    Heart2Heart: A Paranormal Charity Anthology (Collection), Volume 7 by Macy Blake, Grae Bryan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Once upon a time, a bunch of authors wondered… what would happen if Heart2Heart, the mystical matchmaking app adored across the supernatural world, brought in an absolute legend to help them find true love?This Valentine’s Day, the sunshiny necromancer, the lonely vampire, and the nonbinary dragon will put their trust in H2H and a certain cheeky cherub of romance...
  • Fated for Forever by Alanea Alder

    Fated for Forever by Alanea Alder

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    [Siren Classic ManLove: Erotic Alternative Paranormal Romance, M/M, vampires, shape-shifters, HEA]Ashby Fairfax has always looked for love in the wrong places. His last attempt left him running from an abusive boyfriend. Since coming to Arkadia, life has been great. He finally has the family he has always craved. Only one thing is missing, his mate...
  • 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...
  • Blood of My Beloved by Whit Valentine

    Blood of My Beloved by Whit Valentine

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Daniel In the wake of a horrific attack on his family's home by shifter hunters, Daniel struggles to recover from the injuries he sustained. He can't understand why his body doesn't do what it should, and why his thoughts and feelings seem so foreign and out of control. Though his family do their best to help him, he doesn't know how to tell them what he needs...
  • 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...
  • Julio's Wolf by A.C. Katt

    Julio's Wolf by A.C. Katt

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Julio Reyes has had a hard life. Orphaned at fourteen, he ran away from a group home to avoid rape but wound up being an independent prostitute in NYC. He has a life plan—go to school, become a stylist and open his own salon. Etienne Daurensbourg is one-hundred and thirty-nine years old and fears he’ll never find his Mate until his friend Alexei introduces him to Julio...
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    lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  book  dark  fiction
  • Koala Bear Buns by Sable Sylvan

    Koala Bear Buns by Sable Sylvan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    These bears are ready to go down under... The last thing that curvy Natalie thought she’d find at Bear Buns was true love, but just as her friend predicted, Fate was going to have someone fall in her lap…literally...
    Categorized as:
    humor  mlm  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  book  fiction  steamy
  • 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...
  • Ezra's Awakening by B.A. Stretke

    Ezra's Awakening by B.A. Stretke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ezra Bentley loves his life with his beloved, Louis DuCane, and has come to see the Palace and the Coven in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan as his home. There have been trying moments, forces within the coven who didn’t see him as worthy, but those days are passed and there looks to be a bright future ahead. But as they say, two steps forward means one step back...
  • 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...
  • The Vampire Black Prince by B.A. Stretke

    The Vampire Black Prince by B.A. Stretke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Black Prince, Edward is one of the most feared vampires to have ever lived. He’s gone by many names, but all tell the story of his dark and fearsome ways. He’s an ancient vampire who cut his teeth in the chaos of medieval warfare. A tragedy sent him into the blackest of magic and power, searching for vengeance at any cost...
  • 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...
  • Make Mine a Unicorn by Harper B. Cole, Colbie Dunbar

    Make Mine a Unicorn by Harper B. Cole, Colbie Dunbar

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Unicorns are supposed to sparkle.Alpha Roscoe works from home creating jingles for ads. It's a lucrative business, and he works as much or as little as he wants. But recently, he’s taken to doodling on scraps of paper, and without giving it much thought, each time he’s drawn a unicorn.Intrigued, he heads to the local library to research the mythical beasts where he meets an elderly man named Mr...
  • Love by Kiki Burrelli

    Love by Kiki Burrelli

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lurking beneath the surface, a monster waits. Possessive. Dominating. Alpha.Aver Walker isn't one to make waves. He's steady, calm and sensible. He and his cousins have carved out a good life for themselves and things around the Walker house are finally starting to look like normal. Their version of normal, anyway.And Aver couldn't be more miserable...
  • Treasure by Athena Steller

    Treasure by Athena Steller

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A century-old dragon shifter finds his greatest treasure. The human meant to be his forever.Axel has a good life. He’s made a home with a family of gay or bi paranormal brothers. He owns several successful businesses and loves his massive property and big house. He never expected a visit to the family owned BDSM club would result in him meeting his most precious treasure yet...
  • Before Daybreak by Fiona Davenport

    Before Daybreak by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After spending five centuries searching for his destined consort, Braeden Bancroft stumbled across her at his cousin’s birthday party. He couldn’t wait to start their lives together.Callidora Yellen wasn’t ready for her fate. She had goals she wanted to accomplish before settling down with an adoring, but overprotective, daywalker...
  • Bending Ridge by J.D. Light

    Bending Ridge by J.D. Light

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hanson Rodgers My dad's best friend is big and burly and gorgeous and has the ability to make my harpy's blood––yes, I'm a male harpy––boil. When he offered my brother and I a job on Terra Mortis, I knew it was probably a bad idea, no matter how much I wanted to live on the island and be a part of a world where everyone was as much different as they were the same...
  • Dragon It Out by Arden Steele

    Dragon It Out by Arden Steele

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As some of the last remaining dragon shifters in the world, Uriah Maddock and his siblings are regarded as something akin to royalty in the paranormal community. It’s one of the main reasons their hotel has become such a coveted destination for Otherlings. All he wants, though, is to be left alone. He’s not looking for love or romance...
  • Blood Omen by Sheena Jolie

    Blood Omen by Sheena Jolie

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Remi has been doing the same job for the last two thousand years: specialist courier of valuable magical objects and sensitive information. Sent on a mission to get a powerful talisman to the City Master of the Boston Bloodclan, Remi ends up with an unexpected complication: Celyn, a beautiful fae college student who was in the right place at the wrong time...
  • Fated Forgiveness by Alanea Alder

    Fated Forgiveness by Alanea Alder

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    [Ménage Amour ManLove: Erotic Alternative Paranormal Ménage a Trois Romance, M/M/M, shape-shifters, sex in partially shifted form, sex toys, HEA]Liam Lewenhart was devastated when he learned that the little cat Sebastian Wakefield, whom he had known for months, was his mate and had been hiding the truth from him since they met...
  • Wolfgang by Grae Bryan

    Wolfgang by Grae Bryan

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Wolfgang Volker is many things: vampire, psychopath, connoisseur of fine living. But impulsive? Never that. Until the day he sets foot in Hyde Park and catches a certain enticing scent on the wind. His mate is here, gorgeous and oblivious and undeniably human. And it doesn’t take long for Wolfe to make the most impulsive move of his whole undead existence.Dr...
  • Raiden by Taylor Rylan

    Raiden by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Can a sweet omega wolf tame the beast of a gargoyle? Will he accept all that his mate has to offer and need? Raiden Mason is the serious twin. He’s gone through life watching and observing, and when his ability is needed by the council, he is only too happy to do his duty...
  • 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...
  • A Little Bad by Queenie Wise

    A Little Bad by Queenie Wise

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Shock.It was an emotion Peter had grown disturbingly familiar with over the past year. So familiar that he thought he had mastered the feeling by now. Case in point:1. Werewolves exist? Sure.2. He was one now? Whatever.3. Brom, Chad, Knave (insert name here) wanted to assault, kidnap, and/or kill him? Not ideal, but Peter had dealt with it all like a champ.4...
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    found-family  humor  lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  book
  • The Crimson Redemption by B.A. Stretke

    The Crimson Redemption by B.A. Stretke

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Steph Nightwind has taken an oath to serve the Crimson Coven. After his Seelie Court found their long lost Prince and bonded with the Savage Mountain Dragon Circle, Steph the Court Warrior found himself redundant. He felt like he no longer had a purpose. The Crimson War brought him honor and a place in the Crimson Coven as a soldier and an equal...
  • Trusting Fate by Toby Wise

    Trusting Fate by Toby Wise

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This wasn’t supposed to be in the cards for me, yet here I am, with not one but two mates. Lady Fate has a sick sense of humor that apparently rivals my own. Looks like it’s Present Cameron’s problem now. ~ Cameron My near constant state of mind is worry...
  • The Crimson Beta by B.A. Stretke

    The Crimson Beta by B.A. Stretke

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Death has taught Jai Livingstone to never take anything in life for granted. Saved from the clutches of death at the hands of a caster by the Sorcerer Lucian, Jai is now a highly regarded Crimson Guard. He is determined to distinguish himself and never again let his soft heart be his undoing...
  • Prima by Annie Nicholas

    Prima by Annie Nicholas

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One year ago, Sugar survived a wolf shifter attack but it had left her broken. Paralyzed on the left side, she fights for independence in her day-to-day life. Her worst injuries are the scars on her soul. She can’t bear who she has become and it drives her to push her vampire lover, Daedalus, away...
  • The Case of the Guilty Ghost by Amber Kell, R.J. Scott

    The Case of the Guilty Ghost by Amber Kell, R.J. Scott

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bob is lost in grief, Sam is fighting for his life, and there is no middle ground. Can their love survive? Bob is grieving over his brother’s sacrifice. Guilt-ridden and devastated, he buries himself in vampire mourning and pulls away from Sam.Magic tears Sam from the vampire castle and he has to face new adversaries alone, when all he wants is Bob at his side...
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    lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  shapeshifters  vampires  adult  book  fiction
  • Eyes of Darkness by B.A. Stretke

    Eyes of Darkness by B.A. Stretke

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lando Ricci isn’t thrilled when his friend Ian Turner pulls him in to help monitor the new group of cat shifters who’ve set up shop in Pittsburgh. Master Hadden gave the mission to Ian, but he called in Lando when he saw a group of Jackals casing the bar the cat shifters own. What starts as a Jackal attack turns Lando’s world on its axis and puts him face to face with his forever love...
  • Blood Kiss by Christa Tomlinson

    Blood Kiss by Christa Tomlinson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Passion burns slow, sweet, and hot between a ruthless vampire and a human mob prince. Everett – powerful vampire and ruthless crime lord. He doesn’t have time for relationships and has zero interest in taking care of a human in exchange for their blood. Then, one night, he attends an auction where humans are sold as blood pets to wealthy vampires...
  • Alistair in Wonderland by Ariella Zoelle

    Alistair in Wonderland by Ariella Zoelle

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Alistair falls down the rabbit hole and becomes the new Alice. Can he save Wonderland’s magic by falling in love with his fated mate?My life sucks until Bianco shows up. He’s a gorgeous albino who promises me a fun adventure while looking like a handsome prince from a fairy tale. I happily follow him down the rabbit hole in the hopes of getting up to some sexy shenanigans...
  • Victor by J.P. Sayle, Lisa Oliver

    Victor by J.P. Sayle, Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kidnapped and abused, Azim is losing hope. Can his fated mate save him body, mind, and soul?Azim Boaz is a hard-working vampire who takes care of his family until his freedom is taken from him. Drugged and kidnapped, Azim is sold to a sadist. His strength and spirit are whittled away by his cruel captor, but hope arrives in the form of a tentacled saviour...
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