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  • Miss Mated: BBW Paranormal Shape Shifter Romance by Milly Taiden

    Miss Mated: BBW Paranormal Shape Shifter Romance by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Kasey Sanchez can't believe she's done the unthinkable--slept with a shifter. Oh, but he was so hot and sexy and his tongue...wow! But if he finds out who she really is, he won’t want to see her again. Living a secret life is taking a big toll on her sex life. Brannon Wolfrik knows Kasey is his mate. It's only a matter of time before he wiggles his way into her heart with charm and great sex...
  • Fighting for Her Dragon by Julia Mills

    Fighting for Her Dragon by Julia Mills

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Librarian's note: There is an Alternate Cover Edition for this edition of this book here.There Are No Coincidences….Given a fairy tale life by the clan of dragon shifters that rescued her as a little girl, Emma Sinclair long ago accepted she might never solve the mystery of her heritage. Of course, that was before she could feel the traitor’s pain, before she knew he was slipping away...
  • Only for Her Dragon by Julia Mills

    Only for Her Dragon by Julia Mills

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    There Are No Coincidences...The last bachelor in a Force of elite Dragon Guardsmen, Aaron O'Brien decided long ago that single was the only way to be. Mates and children and happily ever after were for his brethren. He alone has accepted the responsibility of stopping the traitor and restoring peace to his clan. Unfortunately, Fate didn't get the message. The Universe Does Not Make Mistakes..
  • A Twist of Fate by Alicia Montgomery

    A Twist of Fate by Alicia Montgomery

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Astrid Jonasson’s life has been a series of disappoints, both to her family and herself, which is why she’s chosen to stay clear of her Lycan clan. When a series of events forces her back into the center of the New York clan life, she bumps into an old childhood crush. Zac Vrost, son of the clan’s Beta, has always been out of reach for her...
  • Trouble for My Troll by Honey Phillips

    Trouble for My Troll by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Her troll mechanic is determined to get her engine revving! Alison is looking forward to finally settling down in Fairhaven Falls. Surely a town full of monsters will make it easier to guard her vulnerable heart. When she runs into a truck driven by a massive troll with a charming smile, she realizes it might not be so easy after all...
  • Dark Side by Zenina Masters

    Dark Side by Zenina Masters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Elly’s exposure as a half-fey was a shock to all around her. Her attempts to hide her ears and the change in her reality were foiled by class bullies. The next thing she knew she was being whisked away to a private school that catered exclusively to the half-breeds left behind by fey who travelled in the human world...
  • Badass Bear by Bianca D'Arc

    Badass Bear by Bianca D'Arc

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Beth is depressed. Her people are safe in Grizzly Cove, but she feels as if she’s losing all her friends as they pair off two-by-two with their bear shifter mates. She’s only just found freedom by running away from her oppressive home. It’s not fair that she’s losing her new family too...
  • Alpha Bear by Bianca D'Arc

    Alpha Bear by Bianca D'Arc

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A man with a plan… John is the Alpha bear of Grizzly Cove, a town built to his own design, made up mostly of bear shifters. He brought them all together, so it’s on him when the community comes under attack. A woman of power… Ursula is more than she appears, and when her secret comes out, she’s afraid the shifters aren’t going to take it well, but John surprises her...
  • Toughest Deal by Alessa Thorn

    Toughest Deal by Alessa Thorn

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The occult group Aurora is closing in on the Edgeworths, and they are going to need Altun, the Sorceress of Istanbul, to help them if they are going to stay alive. 'Toughest Deal' is the third book in 'Mercenaries and Magic,' a fast-paced, contemporary fantasy series full of morally gray characters, found family, passionate romance, and dark humor...
  • Bobcat by Bianca D'Arc

    Bobcat by Bianca D'Arc

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Can Bob Redstone help a shifter woman hiding from her past, face the demons that shadowed her youth, or will they both fall while trying to prevent disaster?On a mission far from home, he finds a sweet vulnerable lady...Bob is a cougar shifter, one of the elite Redstone Alphas. On a mission for his Clan, he meets a fragile young woman, and finds himself drawn to her as never before...
  • For the Love of Her Dragon by Julia Mills

    For the Love of Her Dragon by Julia Mills

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Kyra St. Croix is a strong, feisty, independent woman who is not afraid to tell speak her mind. An incredibly powerful white witch born of the High Priestess and a human father, she hasn’t let a little thing like lack of height stop her from having the life she knows she deserves...
  • Feathers, Fur and Fey by Zenina Masters

    Feathers, Fur and Fey by Zenina Masters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Maki has lived and tried to love, over and over again. As a griffin, she is privy to the memories of all the griffins who have come before. Every moment of their lives until they died in defense of others. The story is always the same. When she is called back to the Crossroads for the third time, she has only a flicker of hope that this will be the charm...
  • Phoenix and the Wolf by Bianca D'Arc

    Phoenix and the Wolf by Bianca D'Arc

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Diana doesn’t understand what’s happening to her. She feels drawn to the sun and dreams of flying under her own power, but her commitments in the real world—and the grandmother who depends on her—keep her grounded. Then her car breaks down in front of a high-end repair yard and she meets a man who makes her want to forget all her responsibilities and take a walk on the wild side...with him...
  • Spring Fever: Shifters in Love by Lia Davis, Milly Taiden

    Spring Fever: Shifters in Love by Lia Davis, Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Thaw winter's chill with FIVE brand new stories about SEXY, alpha male shifters with spring fever from FIVE of today's hottest paranormal authors.Match Made in Hell (A BBW paranormal romance) by New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author, Milly Taiden When quiet Laura Nieves is tossed together with hot as hell warrior Damien Wrath, eternity heats up really fast...
  • Blue Skies on Fire by Zenina Masters

    Blue Skies on Fire by Zenina Masters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Teebie has spent the last few years making her guests happy and easing them into the life of newly mated couples. Things have been a little more involved with the arrival of the fey, but the basic dance was the same. Keep them fed, keep them happy and nudge them in the right direction. Andor has lived his five centuries pursuing his own happiness, but his mother puts her foot down...
  • New Moon Howl by Zenina Masters

    New Moon Howl by Zenina Masters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A clueless shaman at the mercy of her beast meets the merman who has always been the one she ran to.When Kenzi first found out she was a shifter, the circumstances were surreal.Ten years later, she isn’t just a shifter but a wolf shaman and counsellor. Her life has gone from a nightmare to the bland plodding of bureaucracy...
  • definition of insanity by bizarrestars, Zeppazariel

    definition of insanity by bizarrestars, Zeppazariel

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Pretty, straight boys will tease, and they will tangle you all up with feelings you can't even describe; they will give you hope the way you give them an in inch and they take a mile; they will twist you around their fingers just to see you dance, just for the entertainment, just because they're bored; they will like you, and like you, and like you so much as a person, like being around you and...
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    mlm  steamy  witches-wizards  magic  paranormal  romance  lgbtq  wlw
  • Bound by Joy - Sweet Edition by Piper Davenport

    Bound by Joy - Sweet Edition by Piper Davenport

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ***This is the SWEET version of Bound by Joy, edited to be suitable for a younger audience***Kenna McFadden has waited more than two hundred years for her mate and she finds him in a most unexpected way.On a mission to find his missing niece, prince Gunnar Baldersson finds someone far more precious to him...
  • The Witch, the Wolf and the Vampire, Book 2 by A.K. Michaels

    The Witch, the Wolf and the Vampire, Book 2 by A.K. Michaels

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Peri has finally stopped running and found safety with Gabe and Josef ... her Wolf and her Vampire. Now she is getting strong, physically and magically, and she is ecstatic with her two mates. She is not about to let anyone take that away and she surprises even herself with her power. However, a psycho sect has been hunting her for over six years, and they are closing in...
  • Austin by Shaw Montgomery

    Austin by Shaw Montgomery

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sometimes you have to leap before you look. At least, that’s Austin’s philosophy on life. He knows better than anyone that looks are sometimes deceiving, but when he thinks he meets Mr. Right—who appears to also be Mr. Tall, Sexy, and Dominant—he’s ready to jump in headfirst. It isn’t every day that an alpha Dom falls from the sky and drops right into his lap, and he’s not going to question fate...
    Categorized as:
    insta-love  mlm  paranormal  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Nyall by Macy Blake

    Nyall by Macy Blake

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Good things come to those who bake. At least that’s what the sign hanging in Mistledough, the bakery owned by the gorgeous and mysterious Nyall claims...
  • Hunter's Shadow by Victoria Sue

    Hunter's Shadow by Victoria Sue

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Stolen as a child… Held prisoner… Dumped and injured on purpose to be found by someone that can heal his body… but can never be allowed to touch his mind. Jax desperately wants to spill every one of his secrets to Riley. Trusting the empath with his body is easy… The real risk is trusting him with his heart...
  • Wet and Wired by Zenina Masters

    Wet and Wired by Zenina Masters

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She was just there to work, until she tangled with a man who smelled of sea and sunlight. Electricity and water mix surprisingly well.Leda was at the Crossroads to do a job. She was hooking up the WiFi and thinking about getting home. A special request from the Guardians diverted her plans and had her working at the side of a lovely merman, but she still wanted to head home...
  • Hawking a Future by Zenina Masters

    Hawking a Future by Zenina Masters

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Two beasts that won’t show their faces in one body built entirely of curves, Hayley is ambushed to the Crossroads where she meets the elf she never dreamed of.Being a shifter that doesn’t shift has left Hayley living a nice, normal human life...
  • The Caster's Alpha by Claire Cullen

    The Caster's Alpha by Claire Cullen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As the last unmated alpha in his pack, all Ronan wants is a mage and a bond… but be careful what you wish for.With no wolf mage and no magic, Ronan knows he’s holding Samhain back. When he wakes up in the forest with a mage, a bond, and no memory of what happened, it seems he’s been given everything he wanted—so he knows it’s too good to be true...
  • Snow Time For Love by Zenina Masters

    Snow Time For Love by Zenina Masters

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Crossroads declared nova unmatchable. After three weeks, it had been decided that she wasn’t going to find anyone there, not even close. Now, with the fey coming in to try life with shifters, she is called back and faces mating with a man who isn’t even her magical species. Reygaer is a fey architect who builds in ice and snow...
  • Waking Her Tiger by Zenina Masters

    Waking Her Tiger by Zenina Masters

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A tiger born to prairie dwellers is seduced by a djinn who has never set foot in a burrow, but he does like her stripes.Maddy is a random. She is a tiger born to a community of prairie dogs who can only encourage her, love her and ask her to stand guard when they hit the burrow...
  • An Evidence of Magic by Kris Michaels, Patricia A. Knight

    An Evidence of Magic by Kris Michaels, Patricia A. Knight

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An Evidence of Magic-69K M/M procedural crime romance in an alternate reality. Forty-year-old, hard bitten, foul-mouthed, homicide detective, Hiro Santos, suspects the owner of the art studio committed the gory killing. Too bad. There are other things he'd like to do to the gorgeous young man than book him for murder. Worse, his sexy suspect is certifiable...
  • Wood Be Magic by Zenina Masters

    Wood Be Magic by Zenina Masters

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A long-standing crush turns into a possibility when a mage embraces her chance at balance.Melwiss has used every opportunity to get Andy over to her house for repairs and renovations. She has also used each chance to get him to take his shirt off. She might be consigned to the single life by the mages, but she can still look...
  • A Wishing Moon: Moon Magick by Sable Hunter

    A Wishing Moon: Moon Magick by Sable Hunter

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Arabella Landry is a witch on a mission. She is desperately seeking for the incredible lover that has been setting her dreams on fire. With the help of the powerful women in her family, she finds him. Unfortunately, he is completely paralyzed from a devastating rock-climbing accident...
  • Roar of Magic by Zenina Masters

    Roar of Magic by Zenina Masters

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Anessa is self-sufficient, bright, reasonably attractive and works at a spell-supply shop. She negotiates with shifters for their saleable goods and sells those same parts to mages on a daily basis. When a fey walks in to purchase some fur, she finds out that touching him will send a shock through her hand. One year later, he returns with startling information for her...
  • 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...
  • Sealed with a Kick by Zenina Masters

    Sealed with a Kick by Zenina Masters

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A cute baby seal has no chance for a mate unless she hits the Crossroads and goes looking for a stallion to call her own. Stuck with an awkward beast and shunned by her own herd, Berry has to make some decisions on her own, and one of those is to find a mate.Out of the gate, she decides to pursue a fey, but with years of defense under her belt, her means are not particularly usual...
  • Mountain Charm by Sydney Logan

    Mountain Charm by Sydney Logan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “True love and sweet whispers, till death do us part;Send someone to love my Appalachian heart.”At the age of thirteen, Angelina Clark followed in the footsteps of her ancestors by casting an Appalachian love spell, which promised she would blossom into a beautiful and gifted woman who would find her true love...
  • Protecting Their Mate, Part Four by Mia Thorne

    Protecting Their Mate, Part Four by Mia Thorne

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Protecting Their Mate, Part Four (39 Pages) The alpha, concerned with the growing attachment between Blake and Ashley, sends his second out on a mission. Meanwhile, Ashley meets the elusive last member of her new pack--enigmatic Connor, a hacker who, like her, was raised among humans.For Connor, sex is volatile, dangerous, and being near Ashley draws out the feral edge of the wolf inside him...
  • Building on a Hope by Michele Notaro

    Building on a Hope by Michele Notaro

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A MMM Paranormal Holiday Romance. Raph and Isiah have always had a complicated relationship. Can bringing a human into the mix help them all come together, or will having Laz in their lives end in disaster? Isiah I’ve been in love with Raph for well over a century, but my heart’s been broken one too many times to give him a chance. Still, I want him to be happy, he’s my soul-pledged, after all...
  • Stripes of Fury by Zenina Masters

    Stripes of Fury by Zenina Masters

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Born to a shifter in horse form, Nika has always had trouble dealing with family. Her mother’s herd cast them out because of the pedigree of Nika’s father. Fey shapeshifters are not acceptable genes. Keeping her heat at bay has taken up a lot of Nika’s energy, but she has no option. No other shifter will come near her because of what her father is...
  • A Bear's Secret by Roxie Noir

    A Bear's Secret by Roxie Noir

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sloane Garcia is fed up with living by other people’s rules. When she loses her job and her boyfriend all at once, she hits the road to fulfill her dream of hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. From Canada to Mexico, Sloane’s got five straight months of time alone to find herself - unless someone else finds her first. Austin Leeds is keeping a lot of secrets, and not just his own...
    Categorized as:
    insta-love  mlm  paranormal  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Love Is Always Write: Volume Six (Don't Read in the Closet Events) by Sara York, Em Woods

    Love Is Always Write: Volume Six (Don't Read in the Closet Events) by Sara York, Em Woods

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The stories you are about to read celebrate love, sex and romance between men. They are a product of the Love Is Always Write promotion sponsored by the Goodreads M/M Romance Group and are published as a free gift to you...
  • Pathway to Love by Zenina Masters

    Pathway to Love by Zenina Masters

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ida has had her eye on Dromer for years, but the restrictions against shifters and elves having relationships have kept them on a business level. If she can’t have him, she didn’t want anyone. When she returns home one day to find that her parents have arranged her mating with a swan shifter she doesn’t know, she does the only thing she can. She runs...
  • Dragon Fall by Elsa Jade

    Dragon Fall by Elsa Jade

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He must find the heart of his treasure. She is the treasure of his dragon heart. As lord of the Nox Incendi dragons, Bale Dorado is supposed to protect his people within the exclusive Keep casino in Sin City, but the curse that plagues the clan has all but turned him to cold stone...
  • A Little Bit of Magic and a Lot of Fur by Lisa Oliver

    A Little Bit of Magic and a Lot of Fur by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Please note this story was originally published as part of the Magic Missive in November 2023. The story has not been changed or added to in any way, so if you downloaded your copy through the Magic Missive, you already have a copy of this one. Thank you. “What’s wrong with you?”Devin King, wolf shifter and bodyguard, was anticipating a huge life change as his company plans to relocate...
  • Banning by Julia Mills

    Banning by Julia Mills

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ancient, Angry, and Looking for Vengeance. These aren’t your momma’s Dragons. Unbeatable, Unstoppable and damned near Indestructible. They are the Dragon Guard Berserkers. Move over Fate. Take a holiday Death. The Boys are Back and There’s Hell to pay. Meet Banning, the first of these legendary Guardsman to resurface and demand his due. One simple coin, thrown into a fountain...
  • Paine's Pleasure by Lynn Hagen

    Paine's Pleasure by Lynn Hagen

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    [Siren Publishing: The Lynn Hagen ManLove Collection: Erotic Alternative Paranormal Romance, M/M, shape-shifters, HEA] Dylan Walsh is happy when his uncle inherits a large Victorian home nestled in the woods. But all is not what it seems in Brac Village. Especially when he meets Paine Avery. Dylan thinks the man is sexy, charming, and nuttier than a bed bug...
    Categorized as:
    magic  mlm  paranormal  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  dragons
  • In the Company of Witches by Joey W. Hill

    In the Company of Witches by Joey W. Hill

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Experience Joey W. Hill’s scintillating blend of modern-day witchcraft, ancient evil, and the magical tricks men and women play in the name of love…All witch and part succubus, savvy businesswoman Raina has converted a Southern plantation house into an extremely profitable old-fashioned bordello...
  • Natural Magick by Kathi S. Barton

    Natural Magick by Kathi S. Barton

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dominic Marshall is sick to death hearing about Pete. The way the women keep going on about him Dominic swears that the first time he sees the guy he's going to punch him in the nose, then drain him. There is no way in Dominic's mind that any one person could be that great.Piccadilly Bartholomew or "Pete" to everyone who knows her is in trouble...
  • Show Me, Baby by Fiona Davenport

    Show Me, Baby by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The moment magician Julian Storm saw Anna Chapel standing at the back of the theater during one of his rehearsals, he knew she was meant to be his. After spending a long month trying to hunt her down while she ran in the opposite direction, Julian resorted to kidnapping her off his stage during a disappearing act.Anna had zero interest in celebrities…until she met Julian...
    Categorized as:
    insta-love  magic  paranormal  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  book  celebrity
  • Blood of the Dragon by Harmony Raines

    Blood of the Dragon by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Part Two of a Three Part Serial - Contains Cliffhangers Contains strong sexual themes/language. With her choice made, Serena has to learn to live with the consequences of her actions. As her love for her dragon grows stronger, her fear for her sister strengthens also...
  • Don't Read in the Closet: GayRomLit Retreat 2011 Special Edition (Don't Read in the Closet Events) by Clare London, J.P. Barnaby

    Don't Read in the Closet: GayRomLit Retreat 2011 Special Edition (Don't Read in the Closet Events) by Clare London, J.P. Barnaby

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This free ebook is a collection of 27 short stories celebrating love, sex and romance between men. It is a product of the Goodreads M/M Romance Group Hot Summer Days event and features authors attending the GayRomLit Retreat 2011 in New Orleans; if you like what you read, come join our group! Use the green download button below and choose from PDF, Mobi/Kindle, Epub and Html/Zip formats...
  • Don't Read in the Closet: Volume Three (Don't Read in the Closet Events) by Damon Suede, Mael Day

    Don't Read in the Closet: Volume Three (Don't Read in the Closet Events) by Damon Suede, Mael Day

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This free ebook is volume three in a collection of short stories celebrating love, sex and romance between men. It is a product of the Goodreads M/M Romance Group Hot Summer Days event and features original stories from 27 authors; if you like what you read, come join our group! Use the green download button below and choose from PDF, Mobi/Kindle, Epub and Html/Zip formats...
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