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Rancher Dragon by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSave a horse, ride a rancher dragon...Beck is a big, growly mountain of a man with a monster of a dragon inside him. He keeps to himself, only leaving Dragonclaw Ranch when his inner beast feels unsafe for his friends. But when a brush with death makes Beck give a stranger his dragon's talon coin, he wakes up to a pretty, curvy woman that he now owes a favor... -
![How I Stole the Princess's White Knight and Turned Him to Villainy: Miracle 1 by A.J. Sherwood]()
How I Stole the Princess's White Knight and Turned Him to Villainy: Miracle 1 by A.J. Sherwood
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhat’s a white knight to do when his princess wants to sacrifice a town to barbarians? Go to the famous Black Sorcerer of Grimslock for help, apparently. What’s a black sorcerer to do when the white knight comes to him for help? Keep him, naturally. Devan does not approve of this payment plan. Tan does... -
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Dawson Bride by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWerewolves meet the Wild West in this thrilling final installment of the Wolf Brides trilogy. Lucianna Whitlock has her entire life planned out for her by men determined to use her as a pawn in high society marriage games. But when she balks against the cruel man who has won her hand, he rips her life apart... -
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Enthrall by Sandra R. Neeley
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsVampires are often irresistibly sexy, powerful and misunderstood. Enthrall is all of those, and more. Being the leader of Whispers — a community of paranormals hidden deep within the south Louisiana swamps — is a difficult and lonely existence. He’s waited centuries to find his love, his mate. Then finally, when he’s all but given up, she’s there... -
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![Destroy by Sandra R. Neeley]()
Destroy by Sandra R. Neeley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDestroy is beautiful, strong, charismatic and charming. He is also selfish, shallow, petty and jealous — or is he? One misunderstanding centuries ago resulted in his being labeled as not good enough, untrustworthy, self-serving. To hell with them, he knew who he really was! A strong, dependable, good male of strong character who was very pleasant to be around and even more pleasant to look at... -
![Fallow by Jordan L. Hawk]()
Fallow by Jordan L. Hawk
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen Griffin’s past collides with his present, will it cost the lives of everyone he loves?Between the threat of a world-ending invasion from the Outside and unwelcome revelations about his own nature, Percival Endicott Whyborne is under a great deal of strain... -
![The Making of a Highlander by Elisa Braden]()
The Making of a Highlander by Elisa Braden
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn Elisa Braden's enchanting new Midnight in Scotland series, the unlikeliest matches generate the greatest heat. All it takes is a spark of Highland magic."Make me a lady, and I'll make ye a Highlander." –Mad Annie Tulloch, Scottish lass"Challenge accepted... -
![The Lady Has a Past by Amanda Quick]()
The Lady Has a Past by Amanda Quick
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBeauty and glamour meet deception and revenge in this electrifying novel by New York Times bestselling author Amanda Quick.Investigative apprentice Lyra Brazier, the newest resident of Burning Cove, is unsettled when her boss suddenly goes on a health retreat at an exclusive spa and disappears without another word... -
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Red Snow Bride by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsWerewolves meet the Wild West in this exciting second installment of the Wolf Brides trilogy. Lorelei McGregor has tumbled from the top tier of Turn of the Century Boston society. Determined not to sully her family’s name further, she answers an ad in the newspaper for a mail order bride... -
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Lore by Sandra R. Neeley
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLore is an Ancient and is just what his name describes - Lore. The lore of a thousand peoples and places, their magics and their beliefs all evolved over the passage of time and now walking the Earth as this male — Lore. He’s wandered this realm and the next for eons in search of his beloved mate... -
![Temptation: Reckless Desires by Anna Lowe]()
Temptation: Reckless Desires by Anna Lowe
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHis darkest fears...her deepest desires. She-wolf Janna Macks knows trouble when she sees it, especially when it comes in the form of an irresistibly broody cowboy like Cole Harper. Her fledgling pack is already in the cross hairs of a ruthless group of rogues, and falling head over heels in lust with a human will only endanger her loved ones more... -
![Rocks & Railways by Maz Maddox]()
Rocks & Railways by Maz Maddox
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMack Kelly is a man of many talents: deputy, former solider, expert coffee drinker and a real suave player with the men. What he’s absolutely not is a person who should be in charge of anything.Especially an entire town.When Stallion Ridge is down one sheriff, the absolute last thing Mack wants is to have to fill in Centaur size horseshoes... -
![Dad Bod: Wolf Shifter by Bella Blair]()
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... -
![Love vs The Scarecrow! by Cassandra Gannon]()
Love vs The Scarecrow! by Cassandra Gannon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNevermore County, 2000: Lori Hatake’s future isn’t going how she’d hoped. She’s broke, her boyfriend ran off with her cousin, and she just witnessed a grisly murder. A demonic Scarecrow killed a woman at the annual bonfire party, right in front of Lori’s eyes. The monster needs to be stopped, before it strikes again!Unfortunately, no one believes her wild tale, except for Dashiell Mommet... -
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![Walking on Air by Catherine Anderson]()
Walking on Air by Catherine Anderson
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRandom, Colorado, is just another stop on the road for solitary gunslinger Gabriel Valance. Known for his drinking, gambling, and womanizing, he prefers to remain a stranger to anyone who crosses his path. But when an upstart gunslinger catches Gabe off guard and shoots him down, he regrets his empty, lonely life... -
![Fairydale by Veronica Lancet]()
Fairydale by Veronica Lancet
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 17 ratings𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐡𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞?August 1955,When Miss Darcy O’Sullivan, an orphaned English teacher from Boston, receives a letter that her biological father passed away, she is surprised to find herself included in his will.There is only one condition.She must travel to Fairydale to attend his funeral... -
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Fluke and the Frontier Farce by Sam Burns
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt’s been a long year for Sage and his friends, and all of Junction, California, and it’s not over yet.Freddie's school of magic is still a mystery, and figuring it out would be enough work, but the investigation leads them to the mysterious coded notes of Junction’s long-dead first magical artist, and then to the last place any of them ever expected to end up: the nineteenth century... -
![Dad Bod Dragon by Ava Ross]()
Dad Bod Dragon by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’ve fallen for a grumpy dad bod dragon shifter—who’s also my boss. When my old boss makes unreasonable demands, I quit. Now my rent’s overdue and my cupboard’s bare. Blackballed by her, no one will hire me. That’s when I spy a nanny position in my old hometown. Moving back home feels like a failure, but the salary’s amazing...Categorized as:
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![Bounty Hunters and Black Magic by Kristen Banet]()
Bounty Hunters and Black Magic by Kristen Banet
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat kind of trouble can a witch get into when she lives in the only supernatural town in the Wild West? A lot. Meet Adalyn Lovett, the local and only witch of Redstone and a bone to pick with anyone who wants to cause problems for her supernatural home. After losing the town sheriff to a demon attack the year before, she’s taken the task of protecting Redstone on herself... -
![The Haunting at Hawke's Moor by Camille Oster]()
The Haunting at Hawke's Moor by Camille Oster
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsVictorian London shows little mercy when divorce leaves Anne Kinelly destitute and abandoned by her husband. Her bleak future is avoided when the merciful actions of her solicitor results in a stroke of luck, finding a house forgotten and left in probate by previous generations... -
![The Ghost and Mrs. Muir by R.A. Dick, Josephine Leslie]()
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir by R.A. Dick, Josephine Leslie
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsBurdened by debt after her husband's death, Lucy Muir insists on moving into the very cheap Gull Cottage in the quaint seaside village of Whitecliff, despite multiple warnings that the house is haunted. Upon discovering the rumors to be true, the young widow ends up forming a special companionship with the ghost of handsome former sea captain Daniel Gregg... -
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Close Up by Amanda Quick
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWelcome to Burning Cove, California where 1930s Hollywood glamour conceals a ruthless killer… Vivian Brazier never thought life as an art photographer would include nightly wake-up calls to snap photos of grisly crime scenes or headshots for aspiring male actors. Although she is set on a career of transforming photography into a new art form, she knows her current work is what’s paying the bills... -
![The Union Street Bakery by Mary Ellen Taylor]()
The Union Street Bakery by Mary Ellen Taylor
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLife can turn on a dime. It’s a common cliché, and I’d heard it often enough. People die or move away. Investments go south. Affairs end. Loved ones betray us...Stuff happens.Daisy McCrae’s life is in tatters. She’s lost her job, broken up with her boyfriend, and has been reduced to living in the attic above her family’s store, The Union Street Bakery, while learning the business... -
![The Dragon Hunter's Son by Hanna Dare]()
The Dragon Hunter's Son by Hanna Dare
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA land of castles, swords, and dragons... except the dragons are just stories now. The dragon hunters have done their job too well.Philip travels from town to town as his dragon hunter father chases old glories and the next drink. Philip is there to carry the bags, tend to the horses, and fade into the background... -
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![Nocturnal by Clio Evans]()
Nocturnal by Clio Evans
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI was his toxic obsession. He was my sadistic monster.Nora:When I took a job at St. Thorns university as a psychology professor, I encountered something—someone—unexplainable. Fascinating. And deadly.Alec Briar had the eyes of a killer.He’s a botanist who would rather rot in his greenhouse alone than deal with students, professors, or me... -
![A Bargain of Blood and Gold by Kristin Jacques]()
A Bargain of Blood and Gold by Kristin Jacques
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA novice hunter with a mission. A five-hundred-year-old vampire with a strong sense of irony. A town plagued by creatures in need of saving.When Johnathan Newman arrives in Cress Haven, the last thing he expects is for his life to be irrevocably changed. Sent by a clandestine league of vampire hunters to investigate a string of murders, signs point to a vampire lurking amid the townsfolk... -
![The War Priest by Ann Aguirre]()
The War Priest by Ann Aguirre
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDour. Dutiful. Dogged.Personal tragedy drove Callum McRae to join the Order of Saint Casimir fifteen years ago; now he’s in charge of a hold he hasn’t lived in for years. Supplies are scarce, he has no knack for dealing with people, and the Gols are at the gates. To make matters worse, he’s also battling an attraction so powerful and forbidden that it imperils his very soul…Canny. Cheerful... -
![Deadlight Hall by Sarah Rayne]()
Deadlight Hall by Sarah Rayne
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA long-ago crime continues to menace the present in this spine-chilling tale of supernatural suspense. When Michael Flint is asked by a colleague to investigate a reputedly haunted house, he is intrigued. Leo Rosendale’s childhood was blighted by a macabre tragedy in the grim Deadlight Hall – a tragedy that occurred towards the end of World War II, involving a set of twins who vanished... -
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Tightrope by Amanda Quick
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom the Author's website: An unconventional woman and a man shrouded in mystery walk a tightrope of desire as they race against a killer to find a machine that could change the world.Former trapeze artist Amalie Vaughn moved to Burning Cove to reinvent herself, but things are not going well... -
![The Bewitching Hour (A Tara Prequel) by Ashley Poston]()
The Bewitching Hour (A Tara Prequel) by Ashley Poston
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsIn this Buffy the Vampire Slayer prequel, fan-favorite and LGBTQIA+ icon Tara Maclay gets the main character treatment . . . whether she wants it or not. Tara Maclay isn’t thrilled to be in a new town for her senior year of high school. She misses her mom, her garden, her magic—and the way her dad treated her before her mom passed... -
![When the Marquess Falls by Lorraine Heath]()
When the Marquess Falls by Lorraine Heath
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe long-anticipated and utterly extraordinary tale of the Mad Marquess that proves love truly does last foreverThe Marquess of Marsden always follows the rules. Expected from birth to adhere to decades of tradition, he plans to marry a proper young woman from a good family... -
![The Beast’s Mate: Fated Mates by Mila Crawford]()
The Beast’s Mate: Fated Mates by Mila Crawford
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsArkin Savage, has been alone for a decade, and he prefers it that way. A ferocious wolf shifter and known as The Beast of Badlands, he’s stayed hidden in the mountains, content with his solitude.And then he sees her. His one and only mate.Calliope Grace is the most beautiful person he’s ever seen. The bunny shifter is small where he’s large, gentle where he’s rough... -
![The Dalwick Demon by Ashley Bennett]()
The Dalwick Demon by Ashley Bennett
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"There is no God here, Iris. He could never bring you this sort of pleasure."In her short life, Iris has known nothing but heartache. When she is thrown into the mouth of Dalwick Cave as penance for her supposed crimes, she expects to find herself face to face with death. Instead, she meets the Demon of Dalwick Cave... -
![Bone Deep by Bonnie Dee]()
Bone Deep by Bonnie Dee
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLove plumbs deep below the surface. In 1946, Sarah, a grieving war widow goes to the carnival with friends and is riveted by the tattooed man in the freak show, adorned in head to toe body art. Later she discovers the man hiding in her hayloft, escaped from imprisonment by the evil owner... -
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![Crystal Gardens by Amanda Quick]()
Crystal Gardens by Amanda Quick
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLucas Sebastian has never been one to ignore a lady in danger, even if she is trespassing on his property. Quickly disposing of her would-be assassin, he insists they keep the matter private. There are rumours enough already, about treasure buried under his garden, and occult botanical experiments performed by his late uncle... -
![Cowboys & Vampires by Hank Edwards]()
Cowboys & Vampires by Hank Edwards
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsIn the frontier town of Belkin’s Pass, as a vampire quietly feeds on the local saloon girls and their customers, a tragedy teaches resident Josh Stanton he has the ability to raise the dead. Knowing he is now a wanted man, Josh flees into the arid plains of Venom Valley. Dex Wells, the town deputy and Josh’s best friend, catches up with Josh... -
![Named of the Dragon by Susanna Kearsley]()
Named of the Dragon by Susanna Kearsley
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsTormented by horrific nightmares since the death of her baby five years before, literary agent Lyn Ravenshaw agrees to accompany an author to Wales, where she encounters an eccentric young widow desperately afraid for her own infant's safety and a reclusive playwright who could be her only salvation...
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