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Brothersong by T.J. Klune
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn the ruins of Caswell, Maine, Carter Bennett learned the truth of what had been right in front of him the entire time. And then it—he—was gone. Desperate for answers, Carter takes to the road, leaving family and the safety of his pack behind, all in the name of a man he only knows as a feral wolf...Categorized as:
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![Primal Basilisk by Terry Bolryder]()
Primal Basilisk by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA single mom afraid to love, a dangerous legend and a monster who will do everything to protect the family he cares about.Diesel is notorious for being the biggest, strongest and most protective basilisk of the group. But he's also still figuring out the whole "mate" thing... -
![The Magic of Eternity by Britt Andrews]()
The Magic of Eternity by Britt Andrews
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsOnce upon a time, there was a beautiful green witch. She blew into my life every bit as wild as the storm magic that lived within my veins. My heart had been nothing but a lifeless organ within my chest until she breathed life back into me, ensuring that each beat from that moment forward was for her.Saige Wildes was everything good... -
![The Monster's Wife by Jillian West]()
The Monster's Wife by Jillian West
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe picturesque town of Haven may offer sanctuary for all, but the irony is getting harder to monsters are vanishing. Aline knows better than to meddle. The runaway Princess of Faere learned the hard way what happens when others see what her magic can do. No, it's far better to focus on her own problems like running The Monster's Den and staying off the paranormal council's radar...Categorized as:
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![The Single Mom and the Orc by Honey Phillips]()
The Single Mom and the Orc by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsHer grumpy orc is going to hammer his way into her heart!When Pippa finds herself in Fairhaven Falls with empty pockets and a brand new baby, she’s thrilled when a sweet - and slightly scary - old lady offers her a job and a place to live. Their new home isn’t much, but it offers a desperately needed shelter.Then her grumpy orc neighbor comes charging into their lives...Categorized as:
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![Monster in the Mirror by Kristen Painter]()
Monster in the Mirror by Kristen Painter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShadowvale isn’t your typical small town America. The sun never shines, the gates decide who enters, magic abounds, and every resident bears some kind of curse.For Isadora Graham, Shadowvale seems like a dream come true. A safe haven where she can hide from the darkness that lives within her, and hopefully, keep everyone else from finding out about it too... -
![Tentacles & Triathlons by Ashley Bennett]()
Tentacles & Triathlons by Ashley Bennett
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsLeviathan Fitness is the favorite place of monsters, muscles, and a tentacled creature who can seduce even the hardest to win over human.When parks department supervisor Reece Rollins decides to sign up for a triathlon– there are two things holding him back. One, his fear of monsters. Two, his sub-par swimming skills... -
![Asher by Louisa Masters]()
Asher by Louisa Masters
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen your imaginary boyfriend turns up in your hometown, marriage is the only option.I’m not anti-relationship, but my life is good right now, and love is not a priority. Too bad my grandmother disagrees. People say she’s scary, and sure, some of her enemies went missing under mysterious circumstances, but she loves me and wants the best for me… which, right now, is marriage... -
![Gateway Catastrophe by Louisa Masters]()
Gateway Catastrophe by Louisa Masters
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt only took seconds for my world to change…I live a simple, small-town life. Helping with the family restaurant, my side gig as a ride-share driver, hanging with my best friend, making the most of the extra time with my ghost grandma. The only exciting thing to happen to me in the past year was when Gabe moved to town—too bad Nonna scared him off... -
![Crave by Grace McGinty]()
Crave by Grace McGinty
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“Susannah is a b*tch.”If you asked any of the residents of Maxton what they thought of me, it would basically boil down to that.In reality, I have a huge secret. One that I’ve been keeping for nearly a decade to protect someone I love. If I had to wear a mask to keep people at arm's length and away from the truth, then so be it. At least I had my best friend and lover, Quinn, to fortify me... -
![Gift for My Ghost by Honey Phillips]()
Gift for My Ghost by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsCan a lonely pair create a new path to love?Jessica has always felt as restless as the spirits who choose to appear to her. Then an unexpected encounter in the small southern town of Fairhaven Falls changes everything. Now she leads an ordinary life - or at least as ordinary as a girl with a constant ghostly companion can have... -
![Something Wicked This Way Comes by Elle Christensen]()
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Elle Christensen
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI live in Screaming Woods, where the monsters dwell. Even so, finding love isn't easy when you're green...and have a reputation for being obsessed with sparkly shoes.I'd given up on love until my knight literally rode in on a big, black horse. For once, someone saw me as more than the Wicked Witch...maybe it was because I could see right through his head at night... -
![Mountain Calling by Janice M. Whiteaker]()
Mountain Calling by Janice M. Whiteaker
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe’s a city girl with a secret, on the hunt for a way to make her dreams come true.He’s a big, growly mountain man with plans, and secrets, of his own.Rhea’s a woman on a mission.She wants to make a difference in the world. Shine a light on the injustices that happen right under our noses using the lens of her camera... -
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Torn Mate by Belle Harper
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSaint is torn. What his wolf and heart wants is Ada. He believes he isn’t good for her, that Noah or even Huxley are a better choice, but he cant stay away. He knows he is just going to break her heart if he keeps doing this to her.When Saint witnesses Huxley kissing Ada, he wants to rip his throat out, but at the same time it would just be easy to walk away...Categorized as:
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![Getting It On With Gargoyle by Hazel Mack]()
Getting It On With Gargoyle by Hazel Mack
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe small town of Ever, Massachusetts is idyllic and quaint. It’s also chock full of monsters. THEAWhen my sister thrifts an aged map with iridescent lettering leading to a town called Ever, I roll my eyes. According to a quick internet search, the town doesn’t exist. We only manage to find it with the help of a sexy gas station owner who offers to come for me if I call him. Swoon... -
![Johann by Grae Bryan]()
Johann by Grae Bryan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAlexei is lost. On the run from his criminal family, hiding out in Hyde Park, he has no idea what the point or purpose of his life is anymore. Until he’s served coffee by a strange young man, one whom Alexei can’t get out of this head. And when Alexei realizes his favorite barista isn’t quite human after all, his obsession only deepens... -
![Ghost by Kat Blackthorne]()
Ghost by Kat Blackthorne
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAsh Grove is a fine place to die. Blythe has accepted her fate and is tired of running. Who would miss her anyway? She attends her new and eccentric town’s month long Halloween masquerade for one last party before meeting her end. But what will she find...and what will find her? A man in a skeleton mask is watching... and he’s not the only one... -
![Bears With Me by Sam Hall]()
Bears With Me by Sam Hall
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMy 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...Categorized as:
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Beastly & Bookish by Catrina Bell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis beauty didn’t ask for a beastly bookworm for Christmas, but maybe she should have . . .All Noelle wants is to save the Winter Bliss library. She has a plan, too—a New Year’s Eve fundraiser during the annual fire-magic festival. The last thing she needs is a distracting romance with the sexy, binge-reading demon she hasn’t seen in over a decade... -
![Cleric of Desire by Amanda Meuwissen]()
Cleric of Desire by Amanda Meuwissen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGiving tours of the city’s brothel underground while dressed as historical icon, Mad Madame Mattie, is the only time Jeffrey feels close to being in his right skin. It still isn’t his true self—he isn’t sure he knows who that is—but when dwindling sales and expanding gentrification threaten to take his safety net and sanctuary away from him, he will do anything to keep it... -
![Shifting Sun by Belle Harper]()
Shifting Sun by Belle Harper
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAda has found her Prince Charming with Huxley but... She misses what she had with Noah.She feels incomplete and knows deep in her heart she is in love with him. She is just confused and so new to all of this that she is just as clueless as he is.When Lexi and Ada go on a special trip, one that was just for them and their mates, they find Saint and Noah have followed them...Categorized as:
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![Gilded Mess by Colette Rhodes]()
Gilded Mess by Colette Rhodes
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOnce upon a time, there was a young girl named Goldilocks, who innocently wandered into a home owned by a family of bears…Okay, my name is Ria. And I may have broken in, but I was high and it was cold outside. Oh, and the bears were actually shifters.Potayto, potahto.The point is, I’m kind of a wreck... -
![Soren by Grae Bryan]()
Soren by Grae Bryan
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGabe Kingman has never been great with his emotions. His disastrous personal life is evidence enough of that. Returning to be a doctor in his small Colorado hometown was supposed to bring him closer to his family, not push them even further away. He’s been slowly working to repair the mistakes he’s made, but his efforts aren’t made any easier by the new existence of vampires in his world...Categorized as:
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![Wolfgang by Grae Bryan]()
Wolfgang by Grae Bryan
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWolfgang 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... -
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![Her Dragon Daddy by Roxie Ray]()
Her Dragon Daddy by Roxie Ray
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMav disappeared before I could ever tell him -- about the child I carried. I’ve had years to get over him, and I’ve tried. But the second I see him again my heart lurches -- and it’s like all that time evaporates. I still burn for him, even though I know it’s a bad idea.I try to remind myself about the bad things:his possessiveness, his quick temper, but -- he’s different now. More mature... -
![Unleashing Mayhem by Grae Bryan]()
Unleashing Mayhem by Grae Bryan
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMatteo’s been running scared for so long he’s forgotten what it’s like to feel safe. Or maybe he never knew in the first place. Raised by a cruel man, tormented by an even crueler one, and recently rescued by a demon, Matty’s still jumping at shadows around every corner... -
![Curiosity Caught the Demon by Travis Beaudoin]()
Curiosity Caught the Demon by Travis Beaudoin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe pulled me into his world by mistake. Now I’m trying like hell to bring him into mine.It’s hard to surprise Gremory. He’s been around for millennia, after all. But when this Duke of Hell is accidentally summoned by Scotty, the big-hearted owner of a struggling antique shop, he realizes there are still people in the world who can provoke his curiosity... -
![Holly's Unjolly Christmas by Lark Green]()
Holly's Unjolly Christmas by Lark Green
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJust because she’s snowed in with a monster doesn’t mean she can’t enjoy herself a little…or a lot… Holly loves people. But that doesn’t mean she wants to be around any over the holidays. So, booking an isolated cabin on top of idyllic Mount Winter Bliss is exactly the escape from reality she needs... -
![Now You See Me by Karla Doyle]()
Now You See Me by Karla Doyle
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsElise wishes she were invisible. Roan wishes he wasn’t.ROANAt eighteen, I was a young man winning the game of life. I had a college football scholarship and a cute girlfriend on my arm for my hometown’s annual Halloween party. Forget spiking the punch. The eccentric old scientist who lives in the woods brewed something more potent… and permanently life-altering... -
![His Heartbeat by Kat Baxter]()
His Heartbeat by Kat Baxter
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsZombies need love too…AtticusI’ve been dead for nearly two decades. Or rather, undead. Being a zombie is not like in the movies; I don’t shuffle, and I absolutely don’t eat brains.I look different than I used to and I feel nothing. No happiness, no sadness, no anger, I am a flatline of emotion. Until her… Vivian Cane. I hunger for her in a way that defies logic... -
![Once Bitten by Heather Guerre]()
Once Bitten by Heather Guerre
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFinally free from an abusive marriage, Jules has lost her faith in love. She’s moved back to her tiny, rural hometown, where she expects to spend the rest of her life fading into the background of other people’s lives, alone. That is, until she meets Max.Max knew he’d have to journey beyond his pack’s borders to find his mate... -
![Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues by Diana Rowland]()
Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues by Diana Rowland
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAngel Crawford is finally starting to get used to life as a brain-eating zombie, but her problems are far from over. Her felony record is coming back to haunt her, more zombie hunters are popping up, and she’s beginning to wonder if her hunky cop-boyfriend is involved with the zombie mafia. Yeah, that’s right—the zombie mafia... -
![Manix by Grace McGinty]()
Manix by Grace McGinty
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsIt’s not everyday you get abducted from a strip club in only a thong.While Naja had dreamed of someone rescuing her from her life, this wasn’t how she thought it would go. Sure, on the surface it was perfect. Her abductors were huge, hot and members of a race of supernaturals that were rumoured to be extinct.The Manix. Even the name was terrifying... -
![Taming Kane by Tessa Stone]()
Taming Kane by Tessa Stone
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen a desperate woman escapes a dangerous situation and seeks refuge in Wintermoon, she finds herself irrevocably bonded to a possessive wolf shifter in this fated mates, forced proximity romance. KaneA thousand years of loneliness has ended. The curse on supernaturals is lifted, and we can finally meet our fated mates. I’ve waited patiently, but after ten years, I’m losing hope...Categorized as:
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![Charming Your Dad by Sarah Blue]()
Charming Your Dad by Sarah Blue
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEvery witch knows you shouldn’t use spells for revenge. Blair doesn’t care much for right and wrong, but she’s already on the council’s radar. What’s the best mortal way to get back at a cheating ex-boyfriend? Bewitching his dad, of course.Dax was supposed to be retribution, but he turns out to be so much more... -
![Watt and Bothered by Fiona Davenport]()
Watt and Bothered by Fiona Davenport
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHaving his beloved home town turn monstrous overnight was rough for Silas Adler. Even more difficult was finding out that he suddenly had the power to channel electricity...at the expense of being able to touch anyone.Two decades later, he was stunned when Juniper Finch stumbled into his arms without being hurt... -
![Catch and Release by Isabel Murray]()
Catch and Release by Isabel Murray
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsJoe McKenzie’s high-flying London life imploded six years ago, and it happened dramatically enough that paramedics were involved. That’s all in the past. Now, Joe couldn’t be happier living a solitary life as a fisherman on England’s wild northern coast.Okay, he could be happier.It’s not like he’s depressed or anything but, you know. The weather’s not great. Life’s a bit samey... -
![How to Hide Your Dragon Baby by Anna Wineheart]()
How to Hide Your Dragon Baby by Anna Wineheart
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat's worse than becoming a single dad? When your baby is secretly a dragon shifter.Dragons don't exist. At least, that was what Elson used to believe, until he's suddenly the legal guardian of a nine-month-old baby. Who breathes fire.There are precious few resources on how to care for a dragon child. Worse, his rent is way overdue, and a towering hulk of a man is at his door demanding payment... -
![Stalking From the Shadows by Ember Davis]()
Stalking From the Shadows by Ember Davis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDELLWhen the dust settled after the Halloween party that changed so many lives, I was left in the shadows. I watched the people I lived next to for years forget about me as they picked up the pieces of their lives. How could they find a new normal when I’m left no better than fog?Darkness and bitterness have become my constant companions and I have no doubt that’s how it will always be... -
![Her Sweet Orc by Meg Rhodes, Kit Fox]()
Her Sweet Orc by Meg Rhodes, Kit Fox
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAda- The last thing I expected after moving to Whispering Springs, Oregon was to fall head over heels for Ulgan, the sweet and sexy orc bakery owner. I've had my eye on him for months, and it makes my heart race when I find out that my feelings aren't one sided... -
![Accidentally Vacationed with an Incubus by Belle Blakley]()
Accidentally Vacationed with an Incubus by Belle Blakley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen 27-year-old Jen is released from prison, she returns to her childhood home, hoping to rebuild her life before next year’s Samhain summoning. But things aren’t quite as she left them. Her home—once her safe haven—has been turned into a novelty vacation rental and is currently occupied by a maddeningly gorgeous incubus who refuses to leave... -
![A Walrus & A Gentleman by Emmaline Strange]()
A Walrus & A Gentleman by Emmaline Strange
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRagnar Ambrose is a simple guy with simple tastes. He enjoys the predictable solitude of his life as a lighthouse keeper, and though he's been unlucky in love, he's content with his quiet routine of collecting oceanographic data, knitting, tending the lighthouse, and of course, maintaining his reputation as the town's local cryptid... -
![A Holly Jolly Mess: A Cambric Creek Holiday Monster Romance by C.M. Nascosta]()
A Holly Jolly Mess: A Cambric Creek Holiday Monster Romance by C.M. Nascosta
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's Yuletide season and mayhem is in the air!This Love Actually–style holiday romp through Cambric Creek focuses on characters you already know and ones you've only seen glimpses of — together in a madcap collection of misunderstandings and chance encounters, with a sprinkle of holiday wholesomeness and a dollop of holiday horny, and a big holly jolly HEA for all... -
![Rock and Troll by C.C. Wood]()
Rock and Troll by C.C. Wood
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlternate cover edition of ASIN B09TQ626JZ Mystical Matchmakers Out of touch with times?Have trouble connecting?All immortals welcome.Find the paranormal romance you’ve been searching for. Dylan is a wood nymph who's tried everything. Even human dating apps. But none of it has worked... -
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![Muscles & Monsters by Ashley Bennett]()
Muscles & Monsters by Ashley Bennett
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsLeviathan Fitness is known for monsters, muscles, and wolven who rescue damsels in distress.After a wedding cake catastrophe, local decorator Tegan finds herself being helped by a solid wall of fur and fangs named Atlas. She’s never met anyone like him and finds herself enamored by his wolfish charm... -
![White Trash Zombie Apocalypse by Diana Rowland, Daniel Dos Santos]()
White Trash Zombie Apocalypse by Diana Rowland, Daniel Dos Santos
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsOur favorite white trash zombie, Angel Crawford, has enough problems of her own, what with dealing with her alcoholic, deadbeat dad, issues with her not-quite boyfriend, the zombie mafia, industrial espionage and evil corporations. Oh, and it’s raining, and won’t let up... -
![Her Soul to Take by Harley Laroux]()
Her Soul to Take by Harley Laroux
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsLeonI earned my reputation among magicians for a reason: one wrong move and you're dead. Killer, they called me, and killing is what I'm best at.Except her.The one I was supposed to take, the one I should have killed - I didn't.The cult that once controlled me wants her, and I'm not about to lose my new toy to them.RaeI've always believed in the supernatural... -
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Roman by Grae Bryan
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDanny Kingman is used to fending for himself. Working nonstop as an ER nurse to pay for his mother’s care, he’s been putting his own life on hold since he can remember. But when an unbelievably hot, strangely intense man saves him from a mugging, Danny has a feeling everything is about to change. Especially when that man suddenly pops out a pair of fangs...Categorized as:
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![Bewitched by the Fruit Bat King: The Bewitching Hour by Jamie Dalton]()
Bewitched by the Fruit Bat King: The Bewitching Hour by Jamie Dalton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLove at first bite? Not quite.All Willow wanted was to find her true love. But when her "foolproof" matchmaking spell leads her straight to Kane Harrison—the absurdly attractive CEO of Forever Fruits and definitely a vampire—she does what any sensible witch would magically yeets him across town before he can even say hello... -
![I Fell Through A Portal And Into A Gargoyles Arms by Dana Isaly]()
I Fell Through A Portal And Into A Gargoyles Arms by Dana Isaly
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter getting laid off from my job, all I want to do is go home, put on a Halloween movie, and take a hot bath to soak away my troubles. But things take a turn as soon as my head sinks below the water. When I come back up for air and open my eyes, I’m not in my bathtub anymore—I’m in the arms of a very large, very gray, very masculine man. Turns out, he’s a gargoyle, and I’m no longer in my world...Categorized as:
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