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  • Wild Scottish Gold by Tricia O'Malley

    Wild Scottish Gold by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    She was forged in heat, and he was the hammer that struck too close to her heart.Kaia Bissett came to Scotland for a fresh start. No entanglements. No mistakes. No mixing business with pleasure. But one impulsive, scorching night with a stranger shatters that promise—especially when the stranger turns out to be Thane Blackwood. Her new landlord, and apparently, her biggest rival...
  • The Magic That Binds by A.J. Sherwood

    The Magic That Binds by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    All Dag Gates wants is a place to call home. (And to practice magic freely.)All Stefan Bjorne wants is peace in his adoptive country. (And less paperwork.)All Mikkel Vinters wants is both of them. (No, really, he could do wedding bells...
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    mlm  magic  paranormal  lgbtq  humor  witches-wizards  romance  fantasy
  • MateHub: Legend by Marie Reynard

    MateHub: Legend by Marie Reynard

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The contract was simple: three months, seven scenes, zero feelings. Following it was not.Richard Knotz is a legend in the world of supernatural adult entertainment, and he knows it. While most paranormal adult actors shy away from the temporary bonds needed to perform knotting scenes, he's made them his brand...
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    mlm  paranormal  lgbtq  steamy  magic  humor  found-family  romance
  • Fractured Silence by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Fractured Silence by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Talon Pack continues with a dark secret that could shatter the future of the Packs, or save them all. Parker Jamenson is the son of three Packs, the sole mediator between every Pack in the United States and Europe, and…he’s dying. He knows he doesn’t have much left in him and is in desperate need of a mate...
  • 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...
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    humor  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  witches-wizards  adult  age-gap
  • 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...
  • This Is Not the Dog You're Looking For by A.J. Sherwood

    This Is Not the Dog You're Looking For by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dunham goes missing, the werewolf pack loses their cool, and Ross is far too sleep-deprived for this nonsense...
  • The Best Laid Plans by A.J. Sherwood

    The Best Laid Plans by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Final Incident.Look, Glenn has plans, big plans for tonight, alright? All he wants is for those plans to go smoothly. So of course nothing goes right...
  • Tis the Season to Be Outed by A.J. Sherwood

    Tis the Season to Be Outed by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This is NOT how Ross intended to come out to his mom. Gay or Supernatural. Good thing she's a Young.Tags:holiday celebrations, lots of them, Ross is outed, in more ways than one, accepting family, Glenn is a good boyfriend, Ross is ready for the holidays to be over please and thank you...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Which Witch is Which? by Cynthia St. Aubin, Cindy Stark

    Which Witch is Which? by Cynthia St. Aubin, Cindy Stark

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Four identical sisters are prophesied to hold the fate of the entire world in their powerful hands.Meet the Witches of Port Townsend...Moira. A water witch, Moira has always been a healer, but the one soul she can't mend is her own...
  • Grantham by Taylor Rylan

    Grantham by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    They’ve been betrayed by loved ones before. Together, they learn to forgive.Since leaving his birth coven, Grantham has found his home with Master Edison’s warlocks. Though the Amherst Coven has been blessed by the Fates and its members are finding their fated ones, will he find that perfect One that belongs with him?Theodore is on the run with an omega that isn’t his mate...
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    humor  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  witches-wizards  adult  audiobook
  • Scenes from the Holidays by K.D. Edwards

    Scenes from the Holidays by K.D. Edwards

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Scenes from the Holidays consists of short Tarot Sequence vignettes, released serially beginning in December 12, 2020, on K.D. Edwards’ Twitter account. The scenes take place between the end of THE HANGED MAN and the start of the forthcoming third book, THE HOURGLASS THRONE. The scenes center around Sun Estate activities during an Equinox celebration...
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    magic  lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  found-family  humor  romance  fantasy
  • Cosmic Spells and Vampire Lairs by Mia Monroe

    Cosmic Spells and Vampire Lairs by Mia Monroe

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Are we destined to be star-crossed lovers or is Fate on our side?My friends are finding mates while I’m stuck with a sexy but silent vampire. Sure, Pietro is everything a boy could want- handsome, strong, brooding, and possessive. It’s just that with my gift, I’m well aware that he’s not the one fate has in store for me. He couldn’t be. For one thing, his mercury is always in retrograde...
  • Come, My Minion, Leave Your Master Alone by A.J. Sherwood

    Come, My Minion, Leave Your Master Alone by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ross has lost count of how many first date attempts he and Glenn have made. Death has been promised to the next clan-mate who interrupts them, but you can't kill Mom. Though she just might kill Ross.It's a good thing Glenn is cute...
  • Wizards Gone Wild by A.J. Sherwood

    Wizards Gone Wild by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ross is no wilting damsel in distress, waiting to be rescued—though he won't lie: the idea of Glenn as a white knight does things to him—and therefore he has plans on how to escape. It’s a good thing Glenn does show up because there are...complications along the way...
  • Welcome to my Lair by A.J. Sherwood

    Welcome to my Lair by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The clan's haunted house is finally open for Halloween, and everyone couldn't be more excited. Even Ross is excited, and he's certainly enjoying the screams and cursing coming from within the haunted house.What he does NOT enjoy, however, is being bait...
  • Protecting His Vampire Mate by Jay Castle

    Protecting His Vampire Mate by Jay Castle

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    BRYANAfter everything I've done, I don't deserve love. Especially not from Tobias Hawthorne—the brave, gorgeous, annoyingly perfect warlock who insists he's my fated mate.Actually, I might already be halfway in love with him, but Tobias doesn't need to know that. Because it can't happen. I can't put him in danger. Not when I've hurt so many people already...
  • Found in Obscurity by A.M. Rose

    Found in Obscurity by A.M. Rose

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Being a born witch doesn’t mean you actually want to be a witch. At least not in Lorin’s case. He made the decision to run from it over a decade ago, sequestering himself away from his coven and the idea of magic.Magic isn’t so easy to hide away from, however.Drawn back to his hometown, Lorin finds himself tangled up with the one thing he was trying to avoid above all else. A familiar...
  • Our Radiant Embers by Zarah Detand

    Our Radiant Embers by Zarah Detand

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Their rivalry? Explosive. Their chemistry? Magical. When a regrettable drunken hookup becomes your partner in a high-stakes magical project, sparks are bound to fly—just not the kind Liam Morgan was hoping for. Teaming up with Adam Harrington, the golden boy of a legendary magical lineage, was not on his to-do list...
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    mlm  lgbtq  magic  paranormal  witches-wizards  steamy  humor  romance
  • Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens

    Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Two rival apprentice sorcerers must team up to save their teachers and protect their own magic in this lively young adult romantic adventure from the New York Times bestselling author of In Deeper Waters and So This Is Ever After.Edison Rooker isn’t sure what to expect when he enters the office of Antonia Hex, the powerful sorceress who runs a call center for magical emergencies...
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    lgbtq  magic  paranormal  witches-wizards  mlm  humor  romance  fantasy
  • This is Why I'm Hot by J.D. Light

    This is Why I'm Hot by J.D. Light

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Fake Boyfriend MPreg What do you do when your Da backs you into a corner about getting a boyfriend? You lie.My Da wants to marry all his boys off, and he wants those grand babies! But I'm almost debilitatingly shy around omegas––aside from my brother's boyfriends––to the point of really just not even wanting to try. Why be that uncomfortable, right? The problem is, I crave hugs and cuddling...
    Categorized as:
    humor  lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  family
  • Eternal Luck by Louisa Masters

    Eternal Luck by Louisa Masters

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Luck brought us together… but can it last forever?I was working a dead-end job and living with too many roommates when I met Carlos. That meeting was our first stroke of luck, changing both our lives and tying us together. I’ll never regret it, but after eight amazing years, I’m starting to think he does...
  • The Orc and the Manny by Chloe Archer

    The Orc and the Manny by Chloe Archer

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to Monsters Hollow, where love knows no bounds—even in a town full of monsters!Targan WildethorneA confirmed bachelor, and a historian by training, I haven’t the faintest clue how to care for twin orclings when I unexpectedly become their guardian...
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    mlm  paranormal  lgbtq  magic  steamy  humor  romance  fantasy
  • The Great Atlantean Battle Royalchemy by K.D. Edwards

    The Great Atlantean Battle Royalchemy by K.D. Edwards

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Taking place before the events of The Hourglass Throne, The Great Atlantean Battle Royalchemy follows Rune, Brand, and Max as they investigate a threat to peace among the ruling Arcana, all while Rune serves as a celebrity judge for an Atlantean alchemy competition.The compiled version is available for free on the author's website in PDF, MOBI, and ePUB versions...
  • Shadow's Origin by Alice Winters

    Shadow's Origin by Alice Winters

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Etienne:Having another being in my head isn’t always the easiest to deal with. He’s loud, annoying, and is trying his hardest to keep me from looking at Leo, the sexy police officer who is currently hunting me down for illegal magic use...
  • The Omega Objection by G.L. Carriger, Gail Carriger

    The Omega Objection by G.L. Carriger, Gail Carriger

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Can a gentle giant with a trampled heart show a man who’s been running all his life that sometimes there are monsters worth running towards? A werewolf walks into a bar. Tank is working as a bouncer when he notices something odd about the new sexy-as-sin bartender. He’s odorless, he’s amazingly popular with shifters, and he’s terrified. A man without a smell...
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    cults  found-family  humor  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  spirituality
  • Born to Be Legends by Hailey Turner

    Born to Be Legends by Hailey Turner

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Some endings are just new beginnings.Patrick Collins earned the peace he’s found in New York City with his pack through sacrifice. Six years out from the end of the world, he’s satisfied with the life he’s built and doesn’t think about what else the future might hold until he stumbles his way into a hostage situation he didn’t ask to be part of...
  • Adopt a Vampire by A.J. Sherwood

    Adopt a Vampire by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Newly turned vampire Jesse Hunt has been spotted by two werewolves! Should-Run-Fight-Ask for nomsBarrett Walker, alpha of the local pack, has two options upon meeting the starving but sweet Jesse! Should -Hand him over to the local vampire clan-Adopt himBarrett’s in favor of adoption but can adoption include smexy bite bite times too?Tags:Who’s on ship building duty this time?, Coconut water is...
  • Love Heals by Ann-Katrin Byrde

    Love Heals by Ann-Katrin Byrde

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Do vampires deserve love?I should have died, the night I got stabbed. Instead, I was reborn as a vampire. New name, new identity--new master. My sire treated me like his pet. It was rough, at first, but I learned to adapt, learned to please him. Learned to follow every one of my sire's commands.Now he's gone, killed by a pack of mortals. Mortals who seem to think they've rescued me...
  • 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...
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    lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  steamy  witches-wizards  adult  book
  • 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...
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    humor  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  steamy  witches-wizards  adult
  • Portals and Puppy Dogs by Amy Lane

    Portals and Puppy Dogs by Amy Lane

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hedge Witches Lonely Hearts Club: Book TwoSometimes love is flashier than magic.On the surface, Alex Kennedy is unremarkable: average looks, boring accounting job, predictable crush on his handsome playboy boss, Simon Reddick.But he’s also a witch.Business powerhouse Simon goes for flash and glamour… most of the time...
  • 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  adult  book  contemporary
  • 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...
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    found-family  humor  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  steamy  adult
  • 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...
  • The Skinny on Djinni by E.J. Russell

    The Skinny on Djinni by E.J. Russell

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Being in tech time-out totally sucks.Hector Gonzales knew the danger when he hacked the magic grid to marry it with human technology. He’d never imagined this system crash: A total tech suspension while the tradition-bound supe council reviews his case...
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    humor  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary
  • Against the Grain: A Human's Guide to Wooing an Asexual Incubi by Nik Knight

    Against the Grain: A Human's Guide to Wooing an Asexual Incubi by Nik Knight

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem...Ellian has a problem, and its name is Felix Masters. When Ellie, a high society succubus, joins Against the Grain, he has a foolproof plan: attend the support group for supernatural misfits, discover the secret to correcting his… abnormality, and then return to the Incubi compound to join his incubus betrothed...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  paranormal  humor  lgbtq  found-family  steamy  romance  fantasy
  • Three Meant to Be by M.N. Bennet

    Three Meant to Be by M.N. Bennet

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Telepathic high school teacher Dorian prepares teen witches for professional casting because going in unprepared is what killed one of his partners. But new state mandates on magical proficiency make it nearly impossible, and Dorian worries he can’t give his students the education they really need...
  • 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...
  • Demon on the Down-Low by E.J. Russell

    Demon on the Down-Low by E.J. Russell

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After decades of unrequited love, this kangaroo will jump at the chance for a date. Any date.Lovelorn kangaroo shifter Hamish Mulherne, drummer for the mega-hit rock band Hunter’s Moon, waited years for the band’s jaguar shifter bassist to notice him. Instead, she’s just gotten married and is in a thriving poly relationship...
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    humor  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  witches-wizards  adult  angels
  • Grizzly Bear Buns by Sable Sylvan

    Grizzly Bear Buns by Sable Sylvan

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Bear better have my honey… The last thing on curvy Helen’s mind after she gets dumped? Finding true love. But it’s the only thing that’s on the minds of Ryan and Owen, the two bear shifter strippers that call her up on stage, and make it their personal mission to make her smile by the end of the night…even if that means spending three hours in their private room, on their dime...
    Categorized as:
    humor  lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  steamy  adult  book  contemporary
  • Like a House on Fire by A.M. Rose

    Like a House on Fire by A.M. Rose

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Right, so … let’s see how he got himself in this mess.An estranged family member left him a house. Which is great. The house looks like it’s a soft breeze away from crumbling. Less great. The house is cursed and now Morgan is trapped inside it. Anything BUT great.Cursebreaker, please! And make him hot. Morgan’s been through a lot.Herbs? Check. Fire? Check...
  • Break the Spell by Andy Gallo

    Break the Spell by Andy Gallo

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Bartholomew Hollen, professor of defensive magic at Utrecht University, just wanted a no strings, no feelings, no attachment hook up. Nothing messy like when his ex-boyfriend tried to feed him to a demon. Bart’s heart, however, has other ideas...
  • Otherworldly by F.T. Lukens

    Otherworldly by F.T. Lukens

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author of Spell Bound and So This Is Ever After.Seventeen-year-old Ellery is a non-believer in a region where people swear the supernatural is real. Sure, they’ve been stuck in a five-year winter, but there’s got to be a scientific explanation. If goddesses were real, they wouldn’t abandon their charges like this, leaving farmers like Ellery’s family to scrape by...
  • The Witch's Power Play by Mia Monroe

    The Witch's Power Play by Mia Monroe

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    alternate cover edition of ASIN B09S7KWTF3How to tame a vampire isn’t in any of my spell books.My life changed forever the night my coven was attacked. I was scared and alone until my bestie Leo showed up. I trust him with my life. Good thing since he dragged me to the home of a notorious vampire. Even worse, another equally terrifying vampire is in charge of keeping an eye on me...
    Categorized as:
    humor  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  steamy  witches-wizards  adult
  • Bro and the Beast 2 by L.C. Davis, Joel Abernathy

    Bro and the Beast 2 by L.C. Davis, Joel Abernathy

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    This is what Brad gets for finally "sinking his teeth into a book," like his nerdy brother is always hounding him to. He definitely wasn't expecting the book to sink its teeth into him.With the newfound knowledge that he can get pregnant as an omega, Brad's urgency to get back to his world of touchdowns and keg stands is intensifying by the minute...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  paranormal  lgbtq  magic  humor  steamy  romance  shapeshifters
  • The Enforcer Enigma by G.L. Carriger, Gail Carriger

    The Enforcer Enigma by G.L. Carriger, Gail Carriger

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A werewolf without rank or hope and an enforcer who has lived too long go up against the selkie mob.Charming urban fantasy from New York Times bestselling comedy author Gail Carriger.ENFORCERJudd has wandered from pack to pack his whole life, searching for wolves who will accept him for who he is and who he loves. Now he believes that he’s finally found the right pack and the right man...
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