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One Last Rainy Day: The Legacy of a Prince by Kate Stewart
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsFrom the international best-selling author of The Ravenhood Trilogy comes the first book in Ravenhood Legacy!Now an Amazon charts, USA Today, and International best-seller!“My rainy days are yours, Dominic. If you want them.”Once upon a time…There lived a man with a vengeance-filled heart that held too many secrets.And a woman, pure of soul, intent on uncovering them... -
Air Ryder by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEverything is a joke to an easygoing shifter like Ryder Croy. At least on the outside, because inside, he’s on the hunt for a mate and is beginning to feel like he’s not meant for a bond. He’s on the tail end of a slew of bad decisions, but he’s determined to turn it around and get his life back on track... -
Riley Thorn and the Blast from the Past by Lucy Score
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsRiley Thorn and her hot, tattooed, private investigator boyfriend are all moved into their new fixer upper. Not only do they finally have their own place, they also haven’t found any new dead bodies on the premises.Yep. It looks like summer is over and so is Riley’s bad luck... -
Dig Deeper by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMorgan Holland is a poacher’s daughter looking for a way out of the swamp. She’s been making secret moves to relocate, but it seems like every time she takes a step forward, she gets shoved two steps back. Her dad and friends are on the hunt for the Shifters, and they’re closing in fast. She doesn’t know Liam Lachlan, but he’s in danger, and she’ll take a huge risk to warn him... -
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That Promise by Jillian Dodd
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhat happens to childhood promises when you grow up?Growing up, Devaney Diamond and Chase Mackenzie promised to go to college together. But it’s been two years since the summer that changed everything between them, and their friendship hasn’t recovered... -
Healing Fate by Julie Trettel
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsComing to Westin Pack is supposed to be a fresh start for Lucy. A single mother who spent years in captivity, she arrives with a lot of baggage, scars, and secrets. Finding her one true mate is the last thing she wants. But meeting the sexy Dr. Micah might just be exactly what she needs to heal from the horrors of her past and move towards a future she never dared to dream...Categorized as:
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Boarlander Boss Bear by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratings***New trailer park. New shifters. New lumberjack crew. Are you ready to see how the Boarlanders live?*** ***The Boarlander Bears can be read as a standalone series*** Audrey Foster is a shifter among humans... -
Captured by the Lion by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWelcome to the world of the Alpha Claimed. Each story features a strong woman and the man or men that love her. Every book is standalone, but once you read one you'll want to read the others. Leigh Hale is on the run from a dangerous ex-boyfriend after she turned him into the police for running a Ponzi scheme. Now, she’s back home and looking to start fresh... -
Entangled by R. Phillips
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“These stars of ours were written in darkness and bound with light…”I fell in love with them thirty-five million heartbeats apart and an ocean away.One shaped me at the scratch of a pen and the other remade me with the strum of a note.And the truth is that I loved them both, desperately.I never foresaw our worlds colliding... -
Healing of the Wolf: 5 by Cherise Sinclair
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA decade in captivity tore away all hope.But Margery never lost her resolve to help the sick. The village she’d hoped to serve as banfasa, caring for the ill and injured, is long gone. Humans captured the young shifters and killed the adults. Finally rescued, she has a chance at her dreams—at least for meaningful work... -
Safe Harbor by Christine Feehan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsOne of seven daughters in a line of extraordinary women, Hannah Drake has been the elusive object of affection for Jonas Harrington for as long as the rugged sheriff can remember. If only the stunning supermodel was driven by a passion other than her career. But Jonas isn t the only one with desires for Hannah... -
Leap of the Lion by Cherise Sinclair
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShe shifts for the first time on the day of her escape. After a decade of captivity, Darcy MacCormac escapes the corrupt, clandestine organization called the Scythe, leaving family and friends behind. She must find a way to rescue them. Discovered by other shifters, the brand-new cougar gets two mentors. Blademage Gawain is an easy-going blacksmith with a steel-hard core... -
Eventide of the Bear by Cherise Sinclair, Noah Michael Levine
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsShe risked her life to save a human child. Pain was her reward.All her life, Emma longed for someone to love. Instead, disaster sees the brand-new bard banished from her people for long lonely years. Injured saving a child, the werebear has to steal food from humans, breaking shifter Law. The territory’s Cosantir and his lethal grizzly warrior catch her in the act... -
Every Witch Way But Wicked by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhere there’s a witch, there’s a way! Where there’s a whole family of them, there’s trouble. Bay Winchester, editor of Hemlock Cove’s small weekly newspaper, thinks her small hamlet’s upcoming murder mystery weekend is going to be all about fun, food and frolicking... -
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Lightning In A Mirror by Jayne Ann Krentz
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsListening Length: 8 hours and 33 minutesThe final installment in the chilling Fogg Lake trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz. Olivia LeClair's experiment with speed dating is not going well... -
Jerrik by Janice M. Whiteaker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSpirit is fine.Living a life she didn't chose, keeping secrets she never wanted, on a mountain covered in darkness.But everything's fine.She can handle it all.Including the deputy making her life harder than it has to be.In more ways than one.****Jerrik used to be good at his job.That was before he had to fight something he couldn't see.Chase someone who was always two steps ahead of him... -
Dangerous Tides by Christine Feehan
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsWith her sensual blend of paranormal romance and breathless suspense, New York Times bestselling author “Christine Feehan boldly goes where no writer has ever gone”*. Now she introduces Libby Drake, of the magical Drake sisters—each mysterious, gifted, and enchanted by prophecies of love…Dr. Libby Drake is sensible and practical. To her more adventurous sisters, she’s always been the “good girl”... -
Mountain Guardian Bear by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA mountain man with a tragic past + a curvy amnesiac + two deadly secrets = one explosive romance! His bear-shifter clanmates know him only as Gannon, a scarred loner concealing a dark past. The mountain man of the Pinerock Bears guards the Circle B Ranch from afar and shuns the company of others, until the day he comes back to his cabin and finds a beautiful, curvy woman sleeping in his bed .. -
Savage by Renee Rose, Vanessa Vale
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPack Rule #4: Guard your pups with your lifeWe hooked up one night at Cody’s Saloon.The beautiful nurse wanted a ride and I’d given it to her.Made her scream and sent her home happy.She didn’t tell me there’d been consequences. She’d kept her secret close. For months.But what she didn’t know could change everything.That baby she carried wasn’t human... -
Dance Upon The Air by Nora Roberts
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsWhen Nell Channing arrives on charming Three Sisters Island, she believes that she's finally found refuge from her abusive husband --and from the terrifying life she fled so desperately eight months ago. But even in this quiet , peaceful place, Nell never feels entirely at ease... -
Oceans of Fire by Christine Feehan
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsCalled “the reigning queen of paranormal romance” by Publishers Weekly, New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan offers an imaginative blend of sensual romance, fast-paced adventure and the paranormal that has thrilled countless readers... -
Steal Her Heart by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsMaris 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... -
Born in Fire by Nora Roberts
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 57 ratingsThree modern sisters bound by the timeless beauty of Ireland...The eldest Concannon sister, Maggie, is a reclusive, stubborn and free-spirited glassmaker—with a heart worth winning.Margaret Mary is a glass artist with an independent streak as fierce as her volatile temper... -
Earth Bound by Christine Feehan
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of Air Bound returns to the mysterious coastal town of Sea Haven where six sisters of the heart are bound by the elements, and one is stalked by an inescapable past… After escaping from a cult, Lexi found refuge with her sisters on the farm that more than sustained her body—it nurtured her soul as well... -
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una dolce scoperta by Nora Roberts
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 31 ratings#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts introduces you to the Montgomery brothers - Beckett, Ryder, and Owen - as they bring an intimate bed-and-breakfast to life in their hometown.Ryder is the hardest Montgomery brother to figure out - with a tough-as-nails outside and possibly nothing too soft underneath... -
South of the Buttonwood Tree by Heather Webber
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsBlue Bishop has a knack for finding lost things. While growing up in charming small-town Buttonwood, Alabama, she's happened across lost wallets, jewelry, pets, her wandering neighbor, and sometimes, trouble. No one is more surprised than Blue, however, when she comes across an abandoned newborn baby in the woods, just south of a very special buttonwood tree... -
Happily Never After by Lauren Landish
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThere’s a new Prince in town.And he thinks he’s my happily ever after.If only I believed in those. Lance Jacobs. Roseboro’s new Most Eligible Bachelor. He’s the stuff fairy tales are made of. Tall, handsome, strong. A dyed in the wool American hero . . .And if my scheming stepmother has anything to do with it, he’ll be married to my stepsister before he can tap out S-O-S... -
Bear My Soul by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsRory Dodson is done running. After one night of bliss with a man she never thought she’d see again, she’s in trouble with a young son who is housing one ferocious little bear cub inside of him. Desperate to keep her baby’s secret safe, she has nowhere to turn but to the man she was determined to keep in her past... -
Blackstone Ranger Chief by Alicia Montgomery
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA bride walks into a bar …No, it wasn’t the start of a bad joke. Damon isn’t sure what’s going on, but the moment the mysterious woman in the wedding dress saunters into the local watering hole, his bear immediately knows: she’s his mate, the one fate intended for him... -
Howl for It by Shelly Laurenston
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratings"As usual, Laurenston's story is outrageously bawdy, her characters are unabashedly foul-mouthed and unrestrained, and her comedic timing is on point. The blend of screwball romance, mythological mayhem, and all-out action is as enjoyable as ever." -- Publishers Weekly Stieg Engstrom, Angriest Viking Ever, has got big problems... -
Howl for It by Shelly Laurenston
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 19 ratings"As usual, Laurenston's story is outrageously bawdy, her characters are unabashedly foul-mouthed and unrestrained, and her comedic timing is on point. The blend of screwball romance, mythological mayhem, and all-out action is as enjoyable as ever." -- Publishers Weekly Stieg Engstrom, Angriest Viking Ever, has got big problems... -
Ginger by Lucy McConnell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChristmas Magic is changing and the Kringle Family scrambles to keep up in this fun and romantic, sweet Christmas romance from Author Lucy McConnell. When Ginger Kringle is branded to wear the magic red suit, she has to fall in love and get married before Christmas Eve to save the family business. After being given a list (Santas love lists!) of potential Mr... -
Betrayed Secret Wolf: Small Town Shifter Romance by Serena Meadows
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Lux by Lucy McConnell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChristmas Magic is changing and the Kringle Family scrambles to keep up in this fun and entertaining, sweet Christmas romance from Author Lucy McConnell. A normal electrical substation takes two years to build; but, Lux has 365 days to install one at the North Pole or Christmas Magic will overload the factory and send them back to the Dark Ages... -
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After All the Wreckage by L.J. Evans
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat if the future is already written? GageWhen Rory Marlowe Bishop walks out of my past and into my bar, I realize she’s not just a kid anymore. Now she’s hell on wheels and a special kind of temptation. But I can’t afford the distraction, not with the responsibility I’ve inherited...Categorized as:
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Untamed Lovers by Frankie Love, Chantel Seabrook
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBear Valley: Where rugged men find more than a safe haven -- they find their mates. The gorgeous newcomer in town, Harley MacBeth, is everything I’m not. Charming, outgoing, and stubborn. So damn stubborn. Well, I guess we have that in common. I’m in bear form when I see the infuriatingly sexy woman painting by the river. In a flash, she becomes a damsel in distress... -
Home for the Holidays by P. Jameson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRacing season is over, but the Dirt Track Dogs are ready to celebrate. Someone’s been naughty, and now the pack is expecting a new addition just in time for the holidays. Scarred up wolf shifter, Blister, has come a long ways since his days of sleeping in a tent in the woods. He’s made a real home with his mate, staked his claim on her bed and heart, and now he’s going to be a father... -
Savage Mate by Delta James
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Small Town Grumpy Shifter RomanceThe first time she saw him he was coming out of the river... Oh! what a view.Jackson Miller (Jax) left the SEALs to return to his small hometown, Mystic River, Alaska where all the residents are shifters. He’s a grumpy bear shifter and the sheriff.Autumn Bradley was hiking with her fiancé for a birthday weekend... -
The Betrayed by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOne day on the job and contractor Zach Sargent is ready to believe the dilapidated old LeBeau mansion is haunted. Some intruder – earthly or not – is threatening the youngest LeBeau sister, back to claim her inheritance. And though Danae keeps her distance from the sexy hired hand, he falls for her in a heartbeat... -
Dangerous Lover by Maggie Shayne
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNo sooner had Selene Brand cast her love spell than dark, handsome--and freshly stabbed--Cory Forrester fell at her feet. She felt as destined to save this stranger as she was to love him, even if it meant exposing her secret life as a witch. But the injured amnesiac didn't even know his own name, whether Selene was the cause of his injured state--or his salvation... -
Bad Boy Bear by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBiker bear on the open road + BBW runaway-bride hitchhiker + evil motorcycle gang = an unforgettable red-hot road trip! Tattooed bad boy and bear shifter Remy Hayes never felt like he fit in at his bear clan's rural Montana ranch. Now, after a fight with his alpha, he's taking his Harley and hitting the road. But it's more than just wanting to see what's over the next hill... -
Serendipity by Kristen Proby
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author, Kristen Proby, comes Serendipity, the final installment in her gripping Bayou Magic series…My sight is a gift and also a curse. It cost me the love of my life. We may have been young, but some things you don’t get over. Like being the cause of the biggest tragedy of your boyfriend’s life. It’s something I’ll never forget, and a reflection of who I am... -
Wild Card by Jillian West
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLennox Summers had her life turned upside down in the blink of an eye. She's still adjusting to her new normal, but omega biology waits for no one, and according to her lab work, her first heat is coming right after the New Year.With The Omega Exchange's New England location at winter capacity, Lennox has no choice but to stay at a local bed and breakfast to wait for a spot to open up... -
Equinox by Eli Easton, R.J. Scott
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe tranquility of Prophet is shattered when a local trail rider is killed and whispers of wolf packs and murder spread like wildfire.Three months after the murder of Mike Bressett, the sleepy town of Prophet faces another tragedy—the death of Billy Odette, a well-liked Makah man who ran trail rides for the tourists... -
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Zenith by Eli Easton, R.J. Scott
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA killer haunts Prophet, and this time it’s personalThe discovery of a body at Thompson Cabins sets off a chain of events that hits too close to home for Sheriff Gabriel Thompson. When his brother Sam becomes a prime suspect in the murder investigation, Gabriel is forced to keep secrets from Tiber and call in outside help as he fights to prove Sam’s innocence... -
Valentine for My Vampire by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHer vampire is heating up the kitchen!Wendy’s first visit to a supposedly gourmet restaurant in the sleepy little town of Fairhaven Falls did not go well - especially her interaction with the arrogant and annoyingly attractive restaurant owner - and she didn’t hesitate to tell her readers all about it. She has no intention of returning, but she never could resist a challenge... -
Face the Fire by Nora Roberts
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsMia Devlin knows what it is like to love with your whole heart—and then watch your love walk away. Years ago, she and Sam Logan shared an incredible bond built on passion, legend, and fate. But then one day he fled Three Sisters Island, leaving her lost in memories of the magic they shared—and determined to live without love... -
Heaven and Earth by Nora Roberts
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsRipley Todd just wants to live a quiet, peaceful kind of life. Her job as a sheriff's deputy keeps her busy and happy, and she has no trouble finding men when she wants them - which, lately, isn't all that often. She's perfectly content, except for one thing: she has special powers that both frighten and confuse her, and though she tries hard to hide them, she can't get them under control... -
The Wolf at Bay by Charlie Adhara
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsGoing home digs up bad memories, so it’s something Bureau of Special Investigations agent Cooper Dayton tries to avoid. When he’s guilted into a visit, Cooper brings along Oliver Park, his hot new werewolf partner, in the hopes the trip will help clarify their status as a couple…or not... -
Indirect Lines by Dana Marie Bell
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThere'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...
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