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  • Forbidden Temptation: Volume 4 by Teresa Gabelman

    Forbidden Temptation: Volume 4 by Teresa Gabelman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Taking on new recruits has always been tricky business for Dell Farris, head protector of the Lee County Wolves. Add in the knowledge that his mate is one of them makes things even more complicated. He knows she has demons to fight, but he’s determined to take charge of that battle. Nothing and no one will ever hurt her again. Roslyn “Ross” Starr has secrets that she plans to take to the grave...
  • Chance Fur Hire by T.S. Joyce

    Chance Fur Hire by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Emily Vega must avenge her father, and as the last of the Hell Hunters, she has one mission: destroy the Galena pack. Werewolves are carefully camouflaged monsters intent on taking over the world—or at least that’s what she’s been taught—but one meeting with the werewolf she’s hunting, and Chance Dawson is changing her mind, little by little...
  • Dark Nights by Christine Feehan

    Dark Nights by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Dark Descent and Dark Dream are combined in Dark Nights. #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan revisits and expands her classic novella Dark Descent, bringing to breathtaking new life her story of an immortal Carpathian hunter, a beautiful adventurer, and their dangerous journey toward an unforeseen destiny and an undying love...
  • Dark Enemy Redeemed by I.T. Lucas

    Dark Enemy Redeemed by I.T. Lucas

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    On board the Anna, Amanda suspects that something fishy is going on. But when her investigation of the peculiar all-female Russian crew fails to uncover anything other than more speculation, she decides it's time to stop playing detective and face her real problem--a man she shouldn't want but can't live without...
  • Pure Rapture by Aja James

    Pure Rapture by Aja James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Their love is outlawed by both their Kinds… Tal-Telal, the legendary General who led the Pure Ones to freedom, paid the ultimate price for his people: breaking the heart of his one True Love. Her shattered heart continues to yearn… Ishtar Anshar, once royalty reigning over a vast, ancient empire, lost everything she held dear...
  • 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...
  • Fray by Laurann Dohner

    Fray by Laurann Dohner

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fray is mysterious and handsome. Len also suspects he’s a criminal. It would explain why he and his twin brother always wear sunglasses to hide their eyes and only come to town every few years. That doesn’t stop her from having a crush on him, so when an opportunity arises for her to speak to him alone, it’s too tempting to resist...
  • After Twilight by Amanda Ashley, Christine Feehan

    After Twilight by Amanda Ashley, Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Three of romance's hottest bestselling authors -- Amanda Ashley, Christine Feehan, and Ronda Thompson -- invite you to explore the dark side, to taste the forbidden, to dive into danger with heroes who fire the blood and lay claim to the soul in these striking tales of sensual passion. A man hunts for a woman...
  • Jaden's Price by Lynn Hagen

    Jaden's Price by Lynn Hagen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    [Siren Publishing: The Lynn Hagen ManLove Collection: Erotic Alternative Fantasy Paranormal, M/M, demons, shape-shifter, HEA] Hilton works as a male nurse in Brac Village. He feels a presence following him wherever he goes. His mother and grandmother went insane, and Hilton fears he is heading down that slippery path. That is, until Jaden reveals himself and claims to be Hilton's guardian angel...
  • Dane by Faith Gibson

    Dane by Faith Gibson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Chief of Police Dane Abbott has put off claiming his mate to keep her safe. Until Now. The battle in Greece is over, and he’s ready to make her his. Marley Sperry, everyone’s favorite waitress, can’t believe the handsome Chief has his sights set on her. She is nothing special – but to Dane, she is everything...
  • Full Circle by Victoria Sue

    Full Circle by Victoria Sue

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Win the love of the wolf with the hardest heart.”Faced with eternal banishment to hell, Anubis, god of the underworld, has found a loophole in one of the oldest laws which will allow him to unleash his evil on an unsuspecting human world. Orion’s only hope to stop him is to accept his challenge: send a champion to win the love of the wolf with the hardest heart...
  • The Dragon Knight: The Crimson War by B.A. Stretke

    The Dragon Knight: The Crimson War by B.A. Stretke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Elan Ravenscroft is a Dragon Knight and his father’s heir apparent. He is a battle-tested warrior and ready to defend his family and the Crimson Coven in his father’s name. He expected battle and danger when he accepted his father’s assignment to the Crimson Coven, but he did not expect to find himself face to face with his fated mate in the midst of war. He doesn’t know if he can handle both...
  • Sacrifices: Kingdom of Ara: Episode Four by Nicholas Bella

    Sacrifices: Kingdom of Ara: Episode Four by Nicholas Bella

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Théoden: It looks as though I have everything I've wanted, well, I do, but I paid a high cost for it. The loss I've suffered will never happen again if I can help it. Right now, my sons are enjoying their night off from their duties. I think after what happened, a little fun and lots of sex is just what we need...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • The Tinder Chronicles: Complete 3-Volume Series by Alexa Land

    The Tinder Chronicles: Complete 3-Volume Series by Alexa Land

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tinder’s world is black and white, good and evil clearly defined. The young vampire hunter was taught to hate his enemy with a passion, and hating them is easy since they killed his entire family. His attraction to Bane, a gorgeous, mysterious vampire, contradicts everything Tinder believes in, but the heat between them is undeniable...
  • Micah's Calling by Donya Lynne

    Micah's Calling by Donya Lynne

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Author’s Note: This is a novella supplement to the All the King’s Men series. It is highly advised that you read Rise of the Fallen before reading this novella. Reading book two of the series, Heart of the Warrior, would also be beneficial, but not absolutely necessary before reading Micah’s Calling...
  • Thorn Evermore by Mia Monroe

    Thorn Evermore by Mia Monroe

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Catching feelings? No thanks. Love is a cage and I like my freedom. KysonThey say forty is the new thirty, but maybe that’s for regular people. Not guys like me who spend their days dusting off antiques and fantasizing about mythical beings. After too many breakups, I’ve given up on finding love, but my milestone birthday sent me out looking for a random hookup...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  mlm  vampires  fated-mates  age-gap  steamy  dark  romance
  • Lost and Bound by Eliot Grayson

    Lost and Bound by Eliot Grayson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Kidnapped, imprisoned, and experimented on for two years, Jared Armitage has lost the will to live. When his captors give him to another prisoner, one who can and probably will take Jared’s life, he comes face to face with the most terrifying thing of all: hope.Calder’s warlock captors meant to turn him into a monster, and they nearly succeeded...
  • Ripe for the Alpha by Olivia T. Turner

    Ripe for the Alpha by Olivia T. Turner

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I'm in desperate need of a savior.Kidnapped. Tied to a bed. Out of options. Out of luck.Until the Sheriff comes roaring in and busts the place up.He's just the man I was waiting for.I've always loved older men.I've always loved a man in uniform.With the Sheriff, I don't stand a chance.He has me on board before he even says one word...
  • 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...
  • Never Let Me Go by B.A. Stretke

    Never Let Me Go by B.A. Stretke

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An M/M/M Romance. Benny Lakatos has been with the Hadden Coven for a couple of years now and has healed in many ways from the traumatic years at his home pack. One would think a wolf shifter would feel out of place in a Vampire Coven, but it’s the best home Benny has ever known...
  • Omegas Unchained by Samantha Cayto

    Omegas Unchained by Samantha Cayto

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Two omegas with the same radical idea – breaking free from their constraints and taking charge of their own destinies! Shy, brutalized Ryan has a simple goal of carving the best life for himself and his pup that he can. Being accepted into the Rogue Pack has given him that chance. He also harbors the hope of mating with Griffin, the beta he has loved for longer than he should...
  • Fighting Fangs by Lisa Oliver

    Fighting Fangs by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book Four Bound and Bonded Series (Can be read as standalone) Ace is on a mission. On the run from his old pack, the enforcer is determined that cat shifter Teric must die. In his head it's the only way he can regain his place in the Washington pack and the Bound and Bonded club...
  • The Crimson Sorcerer by B.A. Stretke

    The Crimson Sorcerer by B.A. Stretke

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Coven is in turmoil. Three casters escaped from their cells and have cursed Master Stone’s chosen and their unborn child. They killed an unsuspecting soldier before they were dispatched by Master Stone and his right-hand man Cullen Volakis. The Coven now must figure out how to break the curse before it takes the life of the unborn heir to the Crimson Coven...
  • 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...
  • Little Daddy by A. Little

    Little Daddy by A. Little

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They call me Merryman.Eternity is too long to go without getting any. Companionship these days is easier to get, thanks to the internet. Hookups, too, thanks to the mini-computers everyone carries around in their pockets to talk to each other. Want a quickie? Just open your chosen app and slide right...
  • Undesirable Mate by Lisa Oliver

    Undesirable Mate by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Phillip struggles to get through every day. Thanks to Pearson, he still has his job as an enforcer and life goes on around him much the same as it always did. But Phillip doesn't feel a part of it. He can't. His betrayal of his pack has left him with scars, both mentally and physically and the voice in his head won't give him any peace...
  • Fluid by Jordan Castillo Price

    Fluid by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It's been a couple of decades since Wild Bill has been able to savor the bite of an ice-cold, freshly tapped keg. Twenty-odd years since the shivery pucker of a cheap, boxed wine has assaulted his palate. But that doesn't mean Bill's forgotten how to party...
    Categorized as:
    dark  mlm  paranormal  steamy  vampires  adult  book  contemporary
  • Swarm by Jordan Castillo Price

    Swarm by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For some time, Michael has suspected that Wild Bill's done more than just dabble in art. As with every other piece of his personal history, Bill plays his cards close to his chest. But when he lets on that a mural he painted before his change might still exist, Michael's dying to see it -- and Bill's never been good at saying no...
    Categorized as:
    dark  mlm  paranormal  steamy  vampires  adult  book  contemporary
  • The Power Of The Bite by Lisa Oliver

    The Power Of The Bite by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Wolf Shifter/Vampire Novel Dax Portrain has it all - he's the next Alpha of the only pack in town, he owns a successful night club and he has men falling all over him every night of the week. So when he catches sight of a new vampire in town, he tries to shrug off the instant attraction he feels. After all, everyone knows that wolf shifters and vampires do not get along...
  • Omega's Trust by Aiden Bates, Jill Haven

    Omega's Trust by Aiden Bates, Jill Haven

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ever since we found the first sacred omega to be born in centuries, I've had my network across the country on the lookout for others - men who hold the key to saving the dragon race. And they've delivered. There's just one problem: the omega, Lucas, is not only located in the territory held by the dangerous dragon known as Calavastrix the Storm, he works for him, too...
  • Blood Wolf Dawning by Rhyannon Byrd

    Blood Wolf Dawning by Rhyannon Byrd

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    If this was what falling for someone did to a person—what craving them felt like—then Sayre Murphy wanted no part of it… Ever. She might be young and inexperienced, but she was a woman. And she had finally had enough! Cian Hennessey might be the most magnificent, infuriating, arrogant male she had ever known...
  • Knot The Sheriff by Liam Kingsley

    Knot The Sheriff by Liam Kingsley

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sheriff Brady Schell has never allowed himself to fall in love. He's never so much as been with another man - it's too risky. Ever since he was abandoned as a baby for being an omega, he's understood that to allow yourself to get close to someone means to put your emotional safety on the line...
  • Stone and Steel by B.A. Stretke

    Stone and Steel by B.A. Stretke

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Silas Patronne was on a mission for his Coven, Coven DuCane, in Perrysburg, Ohio trying to locate the missing brother of a friend of the Coven when he met the most fascinating creature he’d ever laid eyes on. Locked away in a closet, tortured but not broken, he found his forever love chained to the floor and borderline feral...
  • The Gryphon Guardian by Hawke Oakley

    The Gryphon Guardian by Hawke Oakley

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Getting dumped on your engagement trip means no fairytale ending... Right?Omega Leo wasn't supposed to be alone on vacation. But when his fiancé stands him up, Leo's stuck on a tropical island resort with nothing but the clothes on his back… and the bottle of lube in his carry-on bag...
  • Mischief by Nicholas Bella

    Mischief by Nicholas Bella

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "Holy crap, I learned today, that you don't piss off Adriel!" Having located a mutilated corpse of a young man in a dumpster, I realize how serious the demon problem is. The markings on the body are the same as the markings on the other dead bodies that I was told about. That means one thing, I have to check out this club and the sooner the better...
  • Tainted by Jordan Castillo Price

    Tainted by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    First edition was published as Channeling Morpheus: Tainted in 2008. Appears in the print collection Channeling Morpheus for Scary Mary.Vampires agree that vampirism must be spread through sex, because if a bite on the neck could turn someone, the world would be overrun with legions of bloodsuckers by now. So Wild Bill's been careful. The last thing he'd want is to turn anyone...
  • Stay True to Me by Lisa Oliver

    Stay True to Me by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An MM Vampire/Wolf Shifter Standalone Story Prince Venedict Semyonov (Ven to his friends) enjoyed running the town of Rockville. An ancient vampire, he had pretty much seen it all and done it all, if the stories told about him were all true. So when he was informed he was due to meet with an alpha wolf shifter, who was asking for sanctuary in his territory, he didn't think a lot about it...
  • Forged in Steele by Lynn Hagen

    Forged in Steele by Lynn Hagen

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    [Siren Everlasting Classic ManLove: Erotic Alternative Paranormal Romance, M/M, shape-shifters, HEA] Steele Avery is as lazy as the day is long. When the mates of the Den show up for a night of partying, Steele and his brother Paine follow the group into the demon realm. But what started out as a good time ends with Steele being bitten by the club owner, Diablo, who claims to be his mate...
  • Saving Sorell by Kiki Burrelli

    Saving Sorell by Kiki Burrelli

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Running from a tortured past, Felix uses discipline and control to survive. Stuck in an abusive relationship, Sorell will do anything to protect his pack.Sorell may only be twenty-three but he knows how bad things can be and he’ll do anything to protect his new pack—his only family...
  • Shadow Bride by K. Easton, Amanda Richardson

    Shadow Bride by K. Easton, Amanda Richardson

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I am a prisoner in the place I once called home.Desolate.I am thousands of miles away from my mate.Waiting.Nothing will ever stop me loving my true mate, Phoenix Adair.Nothing.Not even Willow Creek’s new alpha, my former best friend, Zade Crawford.A boy who became a monster.A man without a moral code whose perverted goal is to destroy Phoenix and lock me away...
  • Protected by the Tiger Shifter by L. Rose

    Protected by the Tiger Shifter by L. Rose

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    NoxPeople see me as the asshole who deals with the hellish jobs. That’s because people fear me, which is how I like it.Unfortunately, I also have to put up with the tiger inside me. My beast should have protected me when I was younger, but instead, all he’s ever wanted are pats and attention.I’ve hated that tiger… until him.Our fated mate...
  • Midnight Reckoning by Kendra Leigh Castle

    Midnight Reckoning by Kendra Leigh Castle

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Two separate worlds ... One passion that binds themWild and passionate by nature, Lyra Black is not just any werewolf. She's the future leader of the powerful pack of the Thorn - if she can stay alive long enough to inherit the title. One of the Cait Sith bloodline of vampire cat-shifters, Jaden Harrison has no interest in the wars plaguing the world of night...
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