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The Dragon King by I.T. Lucas
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTo save his beloved kingdom from a devastating war, the Crown Prince of Trieste makes a deal with a witch that costs him half of his humanity and dooms him to an eternity of loneliness.Now king, he’s a fearsome cobalt-winged dragon by day and a short-tempered monarch by night... -
My Merman Prince by I.T. Lucas
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe beautiful architect working late on the twelfth floor of my building thinks that I’m just the maintenance guy. She’s also under the impression that I’m not interested.Nothing could be further from the truth.I want her like I’ve never wanted a woman before, but I don’t play where I work.I don’t need the complications... -
Coveted by the Hunter by Lynnea Lee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHEATHERWhen I offered to help the scary alien hunter rescue his friend, I had no idea the seven feet tall brute planned on abducting me. Now I’m stuck in a shuttle with my growly, purple captor, speeding away from everything I ever knew.Nov’k is sinfully handsome, covered in muscles, and claims he wants to wake up every day with me in his arms. He makes me feel beautiful for once in my life... -
Midlife Daddy Bear by Aline Ash
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCan a dancer in her 40s, burdened with a troubled past, and a shifter Alpha with three kids start afresh, or will their past secrets and present hurdles be too much to handle?LilyWith nothing left to hold her in Seattle, forty-something Lily Archer does the one thing she’s been too afraid of: Start over... -
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A Little Sin: A Court of Chains Story by Rawnie Sabor
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt can take time to feel proud of who you are.Violet Kane is perfect. At least, that’s what people are supposed to think. Perfectly in control, perfectly successful, perfectly happy. But pretending to be happy is difficult when you're breaking apart at the seams... -
Fireworks for My Dragon Boss by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHer dragon is turning up the heat! After a series of corporate mergers, Charlotte’s job is hanging by a thread. When her boss orders her to drag an overdue manuscript out of their bestselling author, she’s determined to succeed - even if it means leaving the city for the small Southern town of Fairhaven Falls. She just didn’t expect the elusive author to be so big. And handsome. And winged... -
Green Shadow by J.S. Kennedy
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTwo paths, one fate.Lucan now knows who—and what— Mackenzie truly is. She is Terra, the supernatural boogieman whose tales of carnage are used by parents to bring wayward children in line. But she’s captive, and all his plans for the future are decimated… unless he can find her and bring her home. Mackenzie—thrust back into the nightmare of her childhood—learns the awful truth... -
When She's Wary by Ruby Dixon
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsBeing stolen from Earth has taught me that there's nothing in this universe to be trusted. Not people, not promises. So I make sure that I'm prepared for the worst at all times. I fill my homestead with pit traps. I make weapons for fun. I avoid my friendly neighbors.And I never leave my house if I can help it... -
The Horde King of Shadow by Zoey Draven
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe fearsome creature came from across Drukkar’s Sea…and there was a rider on its back. As a scholar in Dothik’s library, Klara has spent her life trying to understand the strange dreams that have plagued her since she was a child—visions of dragons and a world with no written record... -
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Out of the Ashes: Pisces by Julia Mills
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZodiac Shifters Paranormal Romance, #3: Out of the Ashes: PiscesThe mission is simple – get into the enemy camp, free the Guardians, return the demons to Hell and go home the victor. For a Daughter of Poseidon, that’s called a good day at work.Everything is going as planned... -
Celtic Dragons: A Boxset by Dee Bridgnorth
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook One For Kean O’Shea, life is a perfect combination of solving crimes, investigating paranormal activity, and flying high in the Boston skies with the people he loves best—his dragon clan. He’s gorgeous, well-built, and more than confident that he knows exactly what life has in store for him... -
Bearly Hanging On by Krystal Shannan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe best type of romance is the one that’s forbidden. Owen’s become an outcast for losing his Tribe… and that label is enough to prevent him from claiming his mate under pain of death. Tara won’t understand that he’s a bear, anyway. She’ll be scared. She’ll run away. So he keeps his distance...for now... But Tara’s being hunted by a group of guys who act more like a pack-- because they are... -
Troy by Tasha Black
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIs his heart the mirror she needs to finally see her true beauty?A terrible accident left Eliza with a troubled heart and an unsightly scar. No Terran man wants a woman with a disfigured face, no matter how kind or hardworking. So when Eliza receives the opportunity to adopt a baby and move to a remote frontier moon, she jumps at the chance... -
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Rexx by Tasha Black
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTheir sights are trained on love. But will they survive a ride on the Iron Peregrine?Abigail Shaw can’t believe her good luck. The Alien Adoption Agency has selected her to adopt adorable baby Rio. And baby Rio comes with Rexx, a handsome Invicta warrior guard, whose dark eyes seduce Abigail before he even opens his mouth. When he offers her his mate bond, she thinks things can’t get any better... -
Off-Limits Dragon by Miranda Martin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA scarred warrior, a sweet virgin, and new dangers.Zat'an was the esteemed Second to the Al'fa, but he forfeited both his position and his stature after losing in arena combat to another Zmaj. Abigail still sees in him a sexy, veteran warrior and wants him, scars and all. She's saved herself for her "One" and knows it's Zat'an.Yet, each time she reaches out, he pushes her away... -
The Naga Maverick's Determined Mate by Robin O'Connor
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBetrayed, I end up on a Naga-infested planet, and the golden one? He thinks he can be my knight. CosimaAfter a horrible hostage situation, I thought I was rescued, only to find myself betrayed and trapped on the next awful planet. There’s snake people here! They terrify me, and then one shows up with a freaking dragon.When Zsekhet, the dragon rider, casts me intense looks... -
Dragon VIP: Pyrochlore by Starla Night
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSmokin’ hot dragon shifters have no idea what to do with these sassy Earth females — but claiming them as mates will change the universe! Bad boy dragon shifter Pyrochlore “Pyro” Onyx is the acting CEO of the Onyx Corporation — and for the smokin’ hot billionaire playboy, it definitely feels like an act... -
Silver Silence by Iona Strom, L.S. Anders
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsVallonWar with the gray invaders was imminent, and an even bigger threat loomed beyond the stars. We had obtained more powerful weapons and had a spacecraft at our disposal. For the first time in Valosian history, all three clans had reached a temporary accord to fight as one for the good of our world. Even with all that, it still might not be enough...Categorized as:
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The Alien's Chase by Ella Maven
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI know I have to chase her… but what happens when I catch her?Neve: I was odd even before the evil aliens kidnapped me and messed with my brain. Now? I’m even more of a weirdo. I never minded being alone until I found a group of friends who accepted me and who never made me feel like an outcast, even if I had never fully told them the truth about myself... -
Dragon VIP: Kyanite by Starla Night
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSmokin’ hot dragon shifters have no idea what to do with these sassy Earth females — but claiming them as mates will change the universe! Scarred dragon shifter Kyanite “Kyan” Onyx is the Security officer of the Onyx Corporation. Used to working in the shadows, this deadly former mercenary is the only one who can safeguard his family’s company from growing dangers... -
Vampire Enforcer by Rowan Hart
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe deadliest vampire in the city saved my life. Now pretending to love him is keeping us both alive. Vampires spill blood—they don't save people. That's what I believed until Kasar rescued me.The lethal enforcer pulled me out of my worst nightmare and made sure I survived my Rupture withdrawals, but the danger isn't over... -
Secret by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFiercely independent . . . A loyal friend . . . And a liar . . .Maya has a secret she can’t tell anyone - even if it means losing everything she loves.Maya planned to come to the sand planet, find her missing friend Cat, and go back to her life as a stew on a star cruiser. But when she arrives, Cat is gone. That wouldn’t be so bad, but then her own chances of leaving the planet are destroyed... -
Craving in His Blood by Zoey Draven
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe’s the fated mate he never wanted…and the human that will bring him to his knees.As the daughter of a traveling chef, I grew up flitting around different galaxies, immersing myself in fascinating cultures, and rubbing noses with socialites. Coming to Krynn was a new chapter, a permanent place to finally call home... -
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Her Orc Husband by Zoe Ashwood
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis arranged marriage is my last hope for a better future. The city’s best matchmaker has all but despaired over me and my brother is threatening to throw me on the street if I don’t find a husband soon. But the revulsion I feel every time anyone touches me has made it impossible for me to find a good match... -
Bound for Their Pleasure by L.V. Lane
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWar leaves my family destitute. My enviable life comes to an end.I shouldn’t covet the stern shifter who turns up offering to work for free. Even if he lights a fire under my curiosity when he casually mentions I’m in need of a firm, corrective hand.I definitely shouldn’t dream about the handsome barbarian who swore we would wed and then dropped me in the river... -
Creature of the Wild by Maya Nicole
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWith the wind at our backs and the dagger forcing our will, we’re on our way to find my next mate. New information from my brother makes me question everything. There’s no escaping what’s to come.A creature from the wild will hold me tight, but what if I’m already in pieces?*Creature of the Wild is book three in the Her Creatures series and is a paranormal shifter romance told in multiple POVs...Categorized as:
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Trent: Rogues United 1 by Laurann Dohner
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTrent had to flee his birth pack as a teenager to avoid being executed for killing someone in self-defense. It wasn’t fair and left him all alone, fighting to survive. Over the years, he found other shifters who were unjustly left on their own. Together, they built a pack, making Trent their alpha.They are Rogues United. Trent’s doing his best to make all the right decisions... -
Cottonmouth by Naomi Lucas
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEver since humans arrived, my world has changed. Tensions are high as we quarrel over territory, reforming our fractured clans.I will have none of it. I did not capture a bride.But then my world goes dark—and she appears.A female so lovely she possesses my mind, a bride who blushes every time she catches my eye.She is sweet.She is young.She is everything I am not.Except nothing is as it seems... -
Howl for the Gargoyle by Kathryn Moon
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHannah never wanted to be a werewolf. After over thirty years as a human, she finds her new life on the other side of the species line too full of sudden changes. Especially when those changes risk her band's chance at a world tour... -
Consumed by Fire by Charlene Hartnady
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe dragons on Draig Island are not your run-of-the-mill kind. They’re something else entirely…Things are hotting up on the island. It's Octane's turn.For the best enjoyment, please read these books in order.This story contains mature themes/language.Also, be prepared for a ton of growls, dirty talk, and a hard-won HEA. Hulking, skulking, foul-mouthed, brooding dragons ahead... -
Heart of the Fire by Charlene Hartnady
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe dragons on Draig Island are not your run-of-the-mill kind. They’re something else entirely… Although you will see characters from previous books, this story will follow Kim and Blaze. To avoid spoilers, there will not be a blurb. It is very much an enemies to lovers romance.For the best enjoyment, please read books 1 and 2 first.This story contains mature themes/language... -
Subdue by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs the kalesh of the Taori ship, it's his sworn duty to reassemble his crew and exact revenge on the aliens who destroyed their ship. He has no time for a distraction like her.When Kalesh Naz wakes from crashing in his escape pod, he's enraged to find himself locked in a dungeon... -
Hunted by the Barbarians by Epsilon Angel
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey hunted me, caught me, and claimed me. Now they're going to share me.Barbarians. Just thinking about the shameful things these beasts would do with a human girl like me should have been enough to keep me out of the forest on Hunting Night, but I went anyway.The moment they caught my scent, my fate was sealed... -
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Taken by Jessica Grayson, Aria Winter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen we crashed on an ice planet, my A'kai master drank of my blood to survive. We find a settlement of his people; they've been stranded here too, for the past five years.Bound and thrown in a cage, I've all but given up hope of rescue until one of the A'kai guards takes pity on me.Defying his people and his Commander, Erolas helps me escape... -
Defying the General by Maddie Taylor
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne look and he stirs something deep within her. A single touch is all it takes for her to awaken his soul. She has a mission. He has a duty. He is her captor. She is his destiny. Fate draws them together, but danger and deceit will wrench them apart... -
Tchaikovsky by Tasha Black
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan a homesick space pirate and a broken alien heal each other’s hearts? Angel signed up with the Space Cadets to join her twin brother after he left to explore new frontiers. Instead, her stasis pod was lost in space. Now, hundreds of years later, Angel has been rescued, but all her hopes and dreams are dead. Becoming a space pirate seems as good a way to fill her time as any other...Categorized as:
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Mal's First Birthday by Starla Night
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWill Mal’s mother recognize her first grand dragonlet? Or, will she subject him to the same lifelong rejection, loneliness, and low class destiny forced upon the Onyx siblings — and Mal? This is a super sweet “happily ever after” bonus story for the full length science fiction romance novel Dragon VIP: Malachite... -
Dragon VIP: Peridot by Starla Night
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDisgraced. Damaged. Dull. Dragon-shifter Peridot has been called all that and more. Exiled to Earth, he will prove himself and answer his boss's question: What is the mysterious "spirit" of Christmas? One enticing woman can give him that answer. The more time he spends with her, the more he wants to forget his past and taste her forbidden sweetness... Curvy. Klutzy. Cinnamon-scented... -
His Enemy Wife: Dread Lord's Fated Mate by Emma Alisyn, Celeste King
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDread Lord Delgen thinks I'm his space order bride, a rich Earthen socialite whose credits will save his people. Only I'm not—I'm the imposter sent to kill him.Which should be easy, since he's a scary bloodsucking warrior hiding the truth about my sister's death. It's not easy to keep my distance—the matebond has taken us both... -
Savage Giant: A Fantasy Monster Romance by Sue Mercury, Sue Lyndon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe huge sasquatch says I belong to him.When I need a place to lie low for a while, my late grandfather’s mountain cabin seems like the perfect solution. That is, until I discover there are actual Sasquatches living in the forest. And my solar truck just broke down. Awesome.My plans to hike back to civilization are thwarted by a huge man-beast named Gorran... -
Shared by the Monstrum by Evangeline Anderson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMirabella is running for her life when two huge, muscular alien warriors come to guard her. Will she lose her heart when she is…Shared by the Monstrum?Mirabella is a reluctant ruler—she never asked to be the Ruling Member of the Sacred Seven—the governing body of Opulex. But things get much worse when all the other members of the Sacred Seven are murdered by a ruthless serial killer... -
Conquering the Alien Lord Protector by Bella Blair
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe only thing that matters to me in this universe is HER!Silla: Aliens are real and have invaded Earth. For five days I manage to hold out before I am taken prisoner by the Cryons and brought to their home planet Colynth. Where they use me to extract DNA from a Pandraxian warrior by drugging me with an aphrodisiac and tying me to his bed for his pleasure... -
Dad Bod: Wolf Shifter by Bella Blair
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWill she still want me once she finds out who I truly am?PEPPER: A handsome new neighbor moves in next door, together with his adorable twin sons, arousing my curiosity and other… feelings in me. Strangely though he seems to hate me, even before we actually meet.Which is too bad, because my daughter Tiff is just as taken with his sons as me...Categorized as:
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Grouch by Roxy Collins
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’s big and green, but he’s not the goblin I’m looking for…A year ago, my world was turned upside down when my missing twin returned - especially because he came with crazy stories of a magical world right under our feet.We’re part of the human bloodline chosen as goblin mates. But I’ve had my fill of big, pushy men for a lifetime... -
Mick's Claiming by Miranda Martin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen he says he claims me, he means forever, and that makes my brain stop dead in its tracks.Thargar is part of a group of alien dragon-men who have kept us safe, provided for us, and without them we’d all surely be dead or captured by the Order to be used as breeders. We’re all super grateful, but neither horniness nor survival needs are a great reason to say yes to being claimed forever... -
Reaver's Return by Elin Wyn, Starr Huntress
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTrapped together in the darkness, a spark threatens to consume us both.LAICERFrom the moment Raelyn crashes into my life, she confuses me. Her soft, round body is unlike anything I've known, and her sharp tongue cuts deeper than any blade. But despite her prickly demeanor, I find myself drawn to her courage and spirit.As we search for escape, danger closes in from every side... -
Stealing His Mate by Ivy Knox
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKate’s best friends have been claimed as mates, but she’s never felt more alone.Kate has had enough. She’s sick of getting dirty looks from the clan, sick of being seen as the village weirdo, and sick of existing on this strange planet... -
Ensnared by the Rabbit Genius by Delaney Rain
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEllis Cole is an FBI research analyst assigned to observe a giant white rabbit while he’s on Earth. Wherever he goes, Ellis must follow. Never told to be covert about it, Ellis finds the only way for him to keep up is by slowing his bouncy bunny down. Getting naked wasn’t part of the plan, but it seems to be working... -
Rixen by Ella Blake
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’m visiting my daughter and her Stryxian mate for the holidays, but a certain gorgeous merchant has thoroughly captured my attention. I thought I was well past these fluttery feelings, but Rixen ties my tongue in knots and makes my heart pound. He keeps to himself, but when we team up to prepare the settlement for the upcoming festival, I know the sparks fly in both directions...
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