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  • The Blackstone Lion by Alicia Montgomery

    The Blackstone Lion by Alicia Montgomery

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Luke Lennox knows he doesn’t deserve happiness. After tearing his family apart, he’s been punishing himself by living a solitary life. But when he sees Georgina Mills, the animal inside him knows: she’s his mate. His lonely heart yearns for her, but he knows that it could only end up badly for them both...
  • Doggy Defender Bear by Harmony Raines

    Doggy Defender Bear by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He wants a mate. She needs a doggy defender! Loving and affectionate. It’s a pity Jane is talking about Boomer, an adorable dog, and not Guy’s adorable bear. Don’t tell Guy’s bear he called him adorable or there might be trouble Or more trouble, since Guy is being hired to protect Boomer from an attempted dognapping...
  • Knot Her Fight by Ari Wright

    Knot Her Fight by Ari Wright

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    With one football legend, a feral cage fighter, the country’s youngest Senator, and one seriously stern professor, the Thorne Pack couldn’t be more intimidating, even without an omega to bond them.Which is probably for the best—with all their sharp edges, how could they ever take care of anything precious?Turns out, they may not have a choice...
  • Adjusting Course by Erin R. Flynn

    Adjusting Course by Erin R. Flynn

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My name is Tamsin Vale and… Uuuuggghhhh! I’m so tired of saying the same things over and over again without enough changing. I get the dirty councils out of the way, and new villains pop up in the form of fairy elders and ancients.I get them handled and the commanders are the problem.I smack them into line and the nobles are my issue...
  • Her Royal Wolf by G. Bailey

    Her Royal Wolf by G. Bailey

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My alphas have crowns… and if I can win the rite, so will I.After arriving in Fall Mountain Pack, I found out all the secrets the Alpha’s were forced to keep from me and the terrible truths that came with them.Along with what loving them will cost me...
  • Fury of Frustration by Coreene Callahan

    Fury of Frustration by Coreene Callahan

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ambition can be deadly…Born of a powerful god, but exiled on earth, dragon-warrior Kruger conceals the truth of his origins from the world. Forced to live a lie, he proves his worth by becoming a tycoon in a powerful business empire. But when a beautiful woman with ambitions of her own gets in his way, he must accept what he cannot change, or eliminate the threat once and for all...
  • Silent Omen by Ashley Amy

    Silent Omen by Ashley Amy

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Book Summary What had I gotten myself into? This game wasn’t just for show on a board. No. These monsters played something I was foreign to. I didn’t know the rules when I started, but I didn’t know this was what the game would turn into. Still, I keep trying. I have nothing left. I’ll play until it’s done because I can’t let them win...
  • Envious Omen by Ashley Amy

    Envious Omen by Ashley Amy

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Book Summary My mind has been made up. Salvatore’s most recent play had him assuming he became the victor. That I’d crumble from his power being used. If only he knew how good I was at plotting. He should’ve asked his son how I strike back. Now, his son would help me to save those he cared for as well. In the kingdom I will one day inherit, I readied my army...
  • Baby It's Cold Out Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Baby It's Cold Out Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ****Baby It's Cold Out Bear was part of the USA Today Bestselling anthology, A Very Alpha Christmas. It can absolutely be read as a standalone short story.**** Emry Mason doesn’t expect to be pulled out of an icy ditch by a registered bear shifter, and she certainly doesn’t expect her rescuer to be as alluring as Graylan Young...
  • Her Protectors by Tamara White

    Her Protectors by Tamara White

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Death. That’s what my life has become. My mother died protecting me. My father died from poison intended for me. How long until someone tries to kill my mates? The third trial is here. The day after saying farewell to her father, she’s forced to move on and complete the next trial. To make matters worse all the elders insist coming with her...
  • Gold by Terry Bolryder

    Gold by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A dragon as a fake fiance? Risky...Dante Gildenstern, leader of the noble metal dragons, used to have it all. Wealth, privilege, women fawning all over his beauty. Now, newly awakened in the modern world, his powers are restrained and he's forced to work at a dating club with the other noble metal dragons in an effort to acquaint them with humanity and hopefully help them find mates...
  • Bear's Strength by J.L. Madore

    Bear's Strength by J.L. Madore

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN B08BB1C53ZFour wildling lovers. Five mates to align. Fourteen missing kids.With five very different personalities bound by the universe, it's no surprise 'aligning our quint' isn't as easy as I hoped. Still, when all the life and death obstacles hit us, it's Musketeer time – All for one and one for all...
  • Bear in a Bookshop by Zoe Chant

    Bear in a Bookshop by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He's all wrong for her. So why do his arms feel so right? When shy bookworm Melody daydreamed about her perfect man, "must love books" topped the list. She never dreamed of someone like Gunnar blowing into her neatly alphabetized and indexed world to turn it upside down. Finding out that her one true mate is an ex-con with a grade school education must be fate's idea of a cruel joke...
  • Silverback Dragon by Harmony Raines

    Silverback Dragon by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    He knows she’s here, somewhere close by, so why can’t he find her? Can fate really be so cruel? Harlan can sense his mate. He has sensed her for months, and yet he can’t find her. Is he too old? Are his senses failing? Maybe it’s his imagination. Maybe it’s time to leave Bear Creek, and all his hopes behind. Fiona has hidden away for centuries...
  • Redeeming the Rejected by Emilia Hartley

    Redeeming the Rejected by Emilia Hartley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Years ago, Ford lost his clan, his mate, and maybe even himself. Now, he wants to be left in peace—until he meets Daphne, and she awakens passion in him unlike any he has ever experienced—even with his late wife.Ford Coleman has been living a half-life since he avenged himself on his clan king after that monster killed his mate...
  • Fool's Errand by Ophelia Bell

    Fool's Errand by Ophelia Bell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    You never know what you’ve got until it’s gone. In my case that was literal - I had Ozzie West’s soul and didn’t know it, but now it’s been torn from me and him along with it. I’m afraid I will never get him back. My heart is broken.My three mates may try to fill that void, but they don’t understand what he meant to me. They can’t see the memories unlocked by Fate...
  • Vanquish by Elle Lincoln

    Vanquish by Elle Lincoln

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Home isn’t always a place, but a person. Or maybe people.Exiled from the Underworld, I run home to lick my wounds and analyze everything I did wrong. It keeps coming back to one simple answer.Persephone must die for her crimes, and next time I get the chance, I won’t hesitate.I just need that second chance...
  • Forever and Ever Omen by Ashley Amy

    Forever and Ever Omen by Ashley Amy

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    PLEASE NOTE THIS IS AN EXTENDED EPILOGUE. Sometimes, we don’t except the curveballs thrown at us. With recent revelations, we faced a whole new battle. One that wiped the board clean and reset the game. Even with all our pieces at the ready, I feared we might lose. Give me a blade, a bad guy to kill, and I will. That’s easy for me. What isn’t? Someone calling me Mommy...
  • Poke the Bear by Sam Hall

    Poke the Bear by Sam Hall

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    READ THE BRAND NEW STORY IN THE HOT URSA SHIFTER SERIESI’ve always been invisible. People just look at me and then away.Or worse, their eyes glaze over.Everyone but him.Adam Farrelly is the top football player in the state.Every girl in the club is dying to catch his eye.But all he seems to see is me.He offers me everything I’ve ever wanted and for just one night, I’m going to say yes...
  • Doctor Daddy Bear by Harmony Raines

    Doctor Daddy Bear by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Suzie has taken over responsibility for placing shifter children with suitable foster parents, while Fiona is on maternity leave. When a shifter baby is abandoned at Bear Bluff Hospital, it is Suzie’s job to ensure she is properly cared for. When Suzie arrives at the hospital, she finds the baby in the safe hands of Kit Malvern. Who tells her he is her mate...
  • Omega's Protector by Nora Phoenix

    Omega's Protector by Nora Phoenix

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When hot alpha cop Sean rescues an omega from being assaulted, he has no idea what fate has in store for him...not one mate, but two. Sean meets Felix, a nerdy beta lawyer, and Gia, a sassy omega, under unexpected circumstances. He's not even looking for a boyfriend, far from it, but something sparks between them, something that's hard to define and impossible to understand rationally...
  • Pack Promised by J. Kearston

    Pack Promised by J. Kearston

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The wolves waiting in the wind are always watching.My life has never been normal. Raised by a survivalist, taught how to endure anything, I've learned to rely on myself. To keep my head down-- to mind my own business. That all changes in an instant when I hear the screams...
  • Nail 'Em by Sam Hall

    Nail 'Em by Sam Hall

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    We escaped the Institute, but sometimes you bring the cage with you.I feel like I'm a shell of what I was, part of me crying out for the man I left behind, but the other is determined to live no matter what. For my child.But living means dealing with the consequences of our escape...
  • Mated by Letty Frame

    Mated by Letty Frame

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Lottie has realised that Roseville County isn’t what it first seemed like, and she’s aware that most of the citizens are wolf shifters, and the remaining few who aren’t, are vampires. She’s met her eight mates, been reunited with her biological parents (people whom she never knew she was missing) and realised she’s Luna to two extremely large packs...
  • Take Down by Sam Hall

    Take Down by Sam Hall

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She's cut a bloody swathe through my home town, my whole family, but now its time for her reign of terror to come to an end. But right as I gear up for the fight of my life, they arrive.The man who brutalised my mates' mother, who makes it his business to keep women like me down, rolls into town...
  • More Than I Can Bear by Sam Hall

    More Than I Can Bear by Sam Hall

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The hottest footballer in town is searching for the girl that got away. Me. We had one amazing night together, but when I woke up I knew I needed to get back to my boring life. But he refuses to take no for an answer. The whole city is looking for the girl with the custom painted Converse But I’ve got other problems. The guy who keeps coming into my cafe, who’s as grumpy as he is hot...
  • Blackwood: Book 2 by Sunny Mawson

    Blackwood: Book 2 by Sunny Mawson

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In the conclusion of the Blackwood Duet, Jagger Thorne rules his pack with an iron fist, doling out punishments that go beyond the limits of appropriate standards. He is hellbent on fulfilling his father's twisted legacy and will stop at nothing to capture Isabella Greyson. Making her his mate and ending her legacy drives him over the edge...
  • Hearts of Stone by Sam Hall

    Hearts of Stone by Sam Hall

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When the stone gargoyles in the massive estate I just inherited start to move, I should’ve run for the door, right? So why am I still standing here? One, there was a certain cartoon from the 90s that played a pivotal role in my emotional development. Two, each one of them towers over me, blocking out the light with their massive wings, their serpentine tails flicking as they stalk closer...
  • Choose The Bears by Sam Hall

    Choose The Bears by Sam Hall

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I met a man and a bear in the woods, and I chose the bear.Not just one either, but three hot bear shifters.No sooner had I escaped my awful ex when a creepy stranger advances on me in the woods. I’m alone, exposed, vulnerable… until three massive men come charging out of nowhere to save me.And when the creepy stranger turns scary stalker, they insist on sticking around to offer their protection...
  • Loving My Pack by Lane Whitt

    Loving My Pack by Lane Whitt

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Book 3 in the My Pack series As the craziest year of her life comes to a close, Kitten finds herself on the brink of a new journey. Motherhood. That's right, there's new life coming to the Ivaskov pack. Since meeting her mates, Kitten's world has been a rollercoaster of ups and downs and everything in between...
  • Problem Child by Sam Hall

    Problem Child by Sam Hall

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    One night of fun with a gorgeous guy, that’s all I thought this was, but when Ben walked out my door, he left behind more than just a heart that ached a little.There’s no way I should’ve been able to get pregnant, yet here I am.For nine long years, I’ve been fighting to bring my daughter up right, trying to cater for all her unique needs, even as I go to bed every night knowing I’m failing her...
  • Zircon by Terry Bolryder

    Zircon by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Seaton Zircon, formerly a powerful sea dragon who once kept the oceans in balance, has just awakened along with his two dragon siblings. Now they’re trapped on a beach with no way to take their true form, no knowledge of the modern world, and no way to get in touch with others of their kind. Just when they’re ready to lose hope, a kindhearted human woman offers to take them in...
  • Resurrecting Her Dragon by Julia Mills

    Resurrecting Her Dragon by Julia Mills

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Book 13 in the Dragon Guard series. The books can be read as stand-alone stories, but it is advisable to read them in order to get the most enjoyment from the series. One dragon on the brink of death… One extraordinary woman who is so much more than she seems… One prophecy that could ruin them all… This one’s for all the marbles...
  • Blitz by M. Sinclair

    Blitz by M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Three dominant dragon alphas who seemingly have it all... except the one thing they want: me.My life hasn’t been typical. All I remember is waking up in an alley when I was ten, scrounging for scraps to survive until I was taken to the Bronzeheart estate.That’s where my life began, where I’ve lived for the past eight years with the ruling family, the Blitz Clan...
  • Bears With Me by Sam Hall

    Bears With Me by Sam Hall

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    My ex tried to take everything from me.My last chance at happiness.One of the men I've given my heart to.But while before he was content to terrorise me to get what he wants, now his ambitions have widened. He's got the whole town in his sights and he doesn't care who he has to hurt to get what he wants.But that's OK...
  • Forever Bear by Harmony Raines

    Forever Bear by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Can Cal convince Teagan he is her forever bear? Teagan’s mom never got over her mate leaving after a brief relationship. Unable to cope, she handed her baby over to foster care. A part of Teagan always felt abandoned, and yet she never let herself believe she was unworthy of love. Yet her childhood and all the unanswered questions she has stored up, still haunt her...
  • Wolf's Call by Auryn Hadley

    Wolf's Call by Auryn Hadley

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    You don't have to be a wolf to show your claws, but it helps.My five boyfriends - yes, five - are being much too patient with me. That's pissing a few people off. It seems that when living with a pack of wolves, there are certain expectations for the alpha's mate - and I suck at this...
  • Kiss of Her Dragon by Julia Mills

    Kiss of Her Dragon by Julia Mills

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Previously part of the USA Today Bestselling anthology Once Upon a Valentine. Now available as a stand alone story. Book 19 in the Dragon Guard series. The books can be read as stand-alone stories, but it is advisable to read them in order to get the most enjoyment from the series...
  • Fury of Surrender by Coreene Callahan

    Fury of Surrender by Coreene Callahan

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    In the sixth installment of Coreene Callahan’s bestselling Dragonfury series, a tormented dragon-shifter finds solace in the healing powers of a woman—one who needs her own salvation. Dragon-warrior Forge has been sentenced to death by the Dragonkind elite...
  • Sloth by Katie May

    Sloth by Katie May

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Surviving the kings’ malicious games isn’t the only obstacle I have to conquer—if I don’t find a cure for the poison, it might just kill me before they do. We have less than three days to return to the capital with Jax before my life is on the line. But with my condition worsening every day and my body growing weaker, we find ourselves out of time...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Hidden World Academy: The Complete Series by Sadie Moss

    Hidden World Academy: The Complete Series by Sadie Moss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This complete, steamy reverse harem series is ready to be devoured!Mistaken identities, a human in a magical world, and three sexy warlocks. Sounds like the start of a joke, but nope…It’s my life.After one too many kamikazes on my twenty-first birthday, I’ve made a few interesting discoveries.First of all… magic is real.Secondly… there’s a whole supernatural dimension that exists parallel to ours...
  • Bonded By Fate by Brooke Warren

    Bonded By Fate by Brooke Warren

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    How far do I need to go to keep everyone I love safe?I thought I knew the answer, but when my past comes knocking on my door - literally - my days of running are over.Enemies, new and old, threaten the bonds with Milo, Granger, Ascher, and even Blave. To win this fight, I'll have to learn to trust them and accept the love and protection they're offering...
  • Reggie's Reasons by Lisa Oliver

    Reggie's Reasons by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ever since he went through his awakening at fifteen, Reginald Forsyth ("Reggie") had received mysterious notes on his bathroom mirror every birthday. Initially supportive, the notes got progressively more flirtatious as he got older. Now, one day from his twenty-fifth birthday, Reggie is about to be an adult in vampire terms, and ready to meet his admirer...
  • Frappé Fox by Ellis Leigh

    Frappé Fox by Ellis Leigh

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A town cannot live on baked goods alone, and a teacher won’t find their mate in a book. Welcome to the Kinship Cove Diner, where a good cup of coffee comes with every fated mating. ***It sucks to be invisible. In the diner my family owns, I’m just the sister who gets stuff done. My entire skulk seems to forget about me on a weekly basis...
  • Wolf Keeper by Yumoyori Wilson

    Wolf Keeper by Yumoyori Wilson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Three Chosen Paths. One Destined Future. A Finale Only She Can Face. After a traumatic accident, amnesiac Harper Blake wakes up in unfamiliar surroundings and being tended to by a stranger — an important stranger she should have met long ago. Her new friend helps provide answers, but as a foreign side of her power awakens, even more questions unfold...
  • Their Royal Compromise (Paranormal Dating Agency) by Godiva Glenn

    Their Royal Compromise (Paranormal Dating Agency) by Godiva Glenn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Otherworld Shifters #2 - STANDALONE ღ*¨¨*•.¸★¸.•*One Curvy Fae + Three Primal Dragon Shifters = Sparks and Flames Flying*•.¸★¸.•*•ღ Fianni has been looking for love for a while, but for this aspect of Harmony, it's surprisingly hard to find. After ending a relationship going nowhere, she consults none other but the notorious Gerri Wilder, matchmaker of legends...
  • Sugar Dragon by Ellis Leigh

    Sugar Dragon by Ellis Leigh

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The next delectable treat from the Cake-ily Ever After bakery in Kinship Cove will have your mouth watering. This recipe for happily ever after includes one feisty baker with a short attention span and a dragon who’s been hunting her for decades. All of the fated yumminess, none of the guilt. * * *
Try everything once. That was my rule in life, food, and dating...
  • Mischievous Prince by Michelle M. Pillow

    Mischievous Prince by Michelle M. Pillow

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He's a dragonshifting prince, and she's a human. What could possibly go wrong? Dragonshifter Prince Finn will do whatever it takes to save his people from extinction, even if that means sneaking through a portal to Earth to find a bride. With dragon men disappearing and threats to cut off their supply to eligible women, he knows the portal is their only hope of survival...
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