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  • The Fall of Promise by T.S. Joyce

    The Fall of Promise by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Daylen Hoda is a wicked wolf.He’s done the unforgiveable at his Alpha’s order, and now he must face the life he used to have. Coming home should feel like a comfort, but Daylen isn’t the same werewolf anymore. Two years ago, he was pulled away from his Colorado territory by his Pack, and he left someone important behind...
  • Dig Deeper by T.S. Joyce

    Dig Deeper by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Morgan Holland is a poacher’s daughter looking for a way out of the swamp. She’s been making secret moves to relocate, but it seems like every time she takes a step forward, she gets shoved two steps back. Her dad and friends are on the hunt for the Shifters, and they’re closing in fast. She doesn’t know Liam Lachlan, but he’s in danger, and she’ll take a huge risk to warn him...
  • Wolf's Pack by Auryn Hadley

    Wolf's Pack by Auryn Hadley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Corner a wolf and she will always fight back.I finally did it. I took that last step and it was everything I wanted. My relationship with my five mates has never been better. They've embraced not only me as a part of their lives, but also my daughter, and this feels like the family I always dreamed of.I don't mean just myself and my mates, but the entire pack. They call me "Alpha...
  • Purrfect for Me by Terry Bolryder

    Purrfect for Me by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Hunter Raines thinks it might just be time to pick up stakes and head out. With his friends happily mated, the cougar inside is getting restless. That is, until a mysterious woman wanders into the bar one night, with more secrets than answers and a body that makes his animal sit up and take notice.Kelly Anderson is tired of running...
  • Zachary by Louisa Masters, Joel Leslie

    Zachary by Louisa Masters, Joel Leslie

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A dragon with endless secrets meets a demon with nothing to hide…I’m the easygoing one. The fun one. The rare member of my family who gets along with anyone. Except there’s a chance I may have got off on the wrong foot with our new dragon liaison, Ronan. In my defense, he rubs everyone the wrong way...
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    paranormal  mlm  shapeshifters  lgbtq  romance  fantasy  dragons  magic
  • Fathom by Bianca D'Arc

    Fathom by Bianca D'Arc

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Navy SEAL with special powers over water joins forces with a magical thunderbird shifter to defeat an ancient evil, finding unexpected love in the middle of the tempest. Traumatized by his last mission in a far off land, Navy SEAL Jim Morrow goes to Grizzly Cove to heal and help defeat a sea monster that’s been plaguing the little town full of bear shifters, refugee mermaids, and Others...
  • Rancher Wolf's Obsession by Serena Meadows

    Rancher Wolf's Obsession by Serena Meadows

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I fell for the man who was set out to destroy everything I worked for.I thought we were on the same side.Little did I know that he was the enemy. The Monterreys hired wolf shifter Toby as a ranch hand.And me? The head of security.Which meant that it was my job to protect them.Toby had a hidden agenda.I couldn’t tell if his heart was pure.But he didn’t just teach me how to ride a horse...
  • Inferno by Ophelia Sexton

    Inferno by Ophelia Sexton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Accidentally mated to her family's worst enemy… Bear shifter Kayla Swanson is trapped. While fighting a wildfire in New Mexico, she makes a grave mistake and the flames are getting close. Lucky for her a tall, ruggedly handsome shifter comes to her aid. The fire may have been extinguished but their passion sparks a heated encounter...
  • Purrfectly Trapped by C.D. Gorri

    Purrfectly Trapped by C.D. Gorri

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Gretchen has searched for love her entire life, but what happens when the only man she wants thinks he’s a Tiger?Gretchen has finally done it! Cut It Out, her new salon, has officially opened for business. Of course, her first client is six-feet of gorgeousness in need of a serious trim and shave. As the only employee at the moment, she takes care of Mr. Sexy herself...
  • Enticed by Renee Rose, Vanessa Vale

    Enticed by Renee Rose, Vanessa Vale

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    TWO MARKS PACK RULE: DON’T MIX WITH RANCHERSIn Wyoming, we’re the law.We keep the pack’s secret — and our wolves — safe from our neighbors, the ranchers.Then we meet her.The one we’ve been waiting for. Our mate.Only she’s a rancher—the nemesis of our pack. Worse, she’s the daughter of a wolf hunter.When danger encroaches on her land, we’re sent to investigate.We want to protect her...
  • An Omega for the Lycan Prince by Isa Rinner

    An Omega for the Lycan Prince by Isa Rinner

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sweet and kind Annalise has just started her college life. As an Omega she-wolf, she doesn't have high expectations in life or love. Happy to spend her days with her friends and family, her life gets turned upside down when she meets her mate. Strong, powerful and of high rank, he is the exact opposite of her...
  • I'm Not Lion To You by Krystal Shannan

    I'm Not Lion To You by Krystal Shannan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He wants her more than life, but can she trust him with her biggest secret? Kann is a lion shifter from another world. Literally. Even though he’s learned how to walk, talk, dress and sound just like everyone else in Mystery, Alaska, he still can't find his mate. Until she walks right into the local grocery store. Her blue eyes and killer legs make his lion stand up and roar...
  • 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...
  • Tor by Zoe Chant

    Tor by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "Bernie," Tor said, reaching for her.She leaned into his grasp and allowed herself to be drawn inside, as if some part of her had crumpled inwardly at the sympathetic touch. And Tor already had her inside before he remembered what she was going to see...
  • The Hellhound's Un-Christmas Miracle by Zoe Chant

    The Hellhound's Un-Christmas Miracle by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    His past is a nightmare. And the woman of his dreams just walked into it…Hellhound shifter Fleance thought he’d escaped his evil former alpha for good – and the life of crime and misery he was forced to live. But when he loses control of his hellhound, Fleance realizes the past isn’t as far behind him as he’d hoped...
  • Bear Lover by Candace Ayers

    Bear Lover by Candace Ayers

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This series is a spin-off of the Bears of Burden series, although each book can be read as a standalone. Luna is a tiny, timid bunny shifter, so shy she’s practically a recluse. Pratt is a huge bear shifter in the Raging Bears outlaw biker gang. How is it that fate has paired such an unlikely match? It really doesn’t look like these two are destined to be mates…until friends step in...
  • The Witch and His Doctor by Kiki Clark

    The Witch and His Doctor by Kiki Clark

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In this series finale, the Kincaid Pack is forced to put everything on the line… or lose everything they hold dear.Damien has a secret.Actually, he has more than one. His entire life within the Kincaid Pack has been a lie. Now that the truth is starting to come out, he’s faced with accepting the consequences he set into motion years ago.And hoping his mate will forgive him...
  • Aurora by M.J. Marstens

    Aurora by M.J. Marstens

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I don’t believe in witches, spells, fated mates, and I sure as hell don’t believe in ice skating! I hate cold weather, snow, and ice. Nothing is making me visit Silver Springs...BUT—there’s always a ‘but’—apparently, three unsuspecting men trespass upon a cranky old witch’s territory and we’re talking 'hasn’t had her morning brew' cranky...
  • Rancher Wolf's Sassy Mate: by Serena Meadows

    Rancher Wolf's Sassy Mate: by Serena Meadows

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Her father is responsible for my father’s death.I’m not supposed to love her.But the alpha wolf shifter in me is obsessed.Marissa is an entitled little brat.But she’s my brat.Her reputation precedes her, and everyone knows that she’s never up to any good.How could she be?She was raised by an evil father who happens to also be my neighbor.I’ve tried to get her out of my head...
  • Frostine by J.E. Cluney

    Frostine by J.E. Cluney

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I moved to Silver Springs to enjoy a quiet life away from my family who wished for me to take a mate of their choosing. Sadly, there’s no running from my family, and they send two potential suitors out to fetch me. Throw in the broody ice-phoenix who has fallen for me, and things are about to get heated. I’m Frostine, and things are about to get hot...
  • Tangled Warriors by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Tangled Warriors by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lucien CummingsThe pestilents are trying to kill him.He’s pretty sure the Water Weaver wants to kill him as well.But after two months of fighting an attraction for a man who couldn’t possibly be his mate, Lucien cracks when he’s pulled into an impulsive threesome with Calder and a sexy man they picked up in a bar.That night was earth shattering...
  • Doc's Deputy by Lisa Oliver

    Doc's Deputy by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Deputy Joe of the Arrowtown Sheriff's department has tried to hold his head up high his entire life, even though it's never been easy. Carrying the Quincy name has been a curse he's worked hard to put behind him, but when his two uncles get thrown out of Arrowtown because of their nefarious dealings, Joe found the courage to turn to the one man he thought would stand by his side...
    Categorized as:
    fated-mates  lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  book  fae
  • Smoke by Ophelia Sexton

    Smoke by Ophelia Sexton

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A fresh start for a bad-boy bear shifter… Bear shifter Tyler Swanson used to be a real hell-raiser and the town's bad boy. And desperately in love with Mary Jacobsen, the pretty blonde strait-laced daughter of a cop. When Tyler was forced to move away from Bearpaw Ridge after a prank that nearly sent him to jail, he thought he was leaving his shifter hometown behind forever...
  • Ruby Mate by Lola Glass

    Ruby Mate by Lola Glass

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A CITY IN TRANSITION… AND I'LL DETERMINE ITS FATEThings were looking up for Shifter City after Merrick took over as Alpha Male over the werewolves.But then the ruby shattered.And now it looks like he and I are the heart of the city.The war is officially over…But peace might end up costing us our lives.And maybe even each other...
  • Cam's Chance by Lisa Oliver

    Cam's Chance by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Arrowtown Book 5 Can be read as a standalone Camden "Cam" Stone had a long past and a hard life. For the past ten years he'd kept up the facade of a businessman, running the only bar in Arrowtown. The hours were long, but the people were friendly and if he didn't share much about himself, no one seemed to care...
  • Bear Outlaw by Candace Ayers

    Bear Outlaw by Candace Ayers

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This series is a spin-off of the Bears of Burden series, although each book can be read as a standalone. Charlie is a ballsy, badass wolf shifter. She knows that for any man to truly satisfy her, he’ll have to be the strong, confident type. When her mate rolls into town with his outlaw biker gang, he’s strong and confident alright...
  • The Deputy and His Enforcer by Kiki Clark

    The Deputy and His Enforcer by Kiki Clark

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A deputy bent on finding the truth and the Enforcer whose job it is to stop him...Nothing is more important to Marcus Rivera than protecting his pack, so he doesn’t understand why he has the sudden urge to tell a nosy human deputy things he shouldn’t. Marcus follows the rules. Always. But something about Robson’s scent has him tempted to break them...
  • Real Men Claim by Celia Kyle, Marina Maddix

    Real Men Claim by Celia Kyle, Marina Maddix

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He lost it all… and then he found her. Fate hasn’t been kind to Trina Edgecomb. When her fated mate died on their honeymoon, she was left to face a long and bleak life utterly alone. Of course, as the healer to a very rambunctious wolf pack, she’s never truly alone, but nothing will ever ease her crushing solitude...
  • Heat by Ophelia Sexton

    Heat by Ophelia Sexton

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When pastry chef Annabeth Jones goes on the run from her abusive fiance, the small town of Bearpaw Ridge offers her a safe haven. Nestled at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, with friendly neighbors and a bakery/cafe that needs a new owner, it's the perfect place for her to start over. Firefighter and bear shifter Dane Swanson knows at once that kind, curvy Annabeth is his fated mate...
  • Wren and Oak by Sam Burns

    Wren and Oak by Sam Burns

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rowan Harbor has been peaceful for a now unprecedented two months, but everyone knows it’s the calm before the storm. The Summer king is coming for the thorn—a weapon destined to bring his end—and Fletcher has never felt so helpless. When the disturbing dreams start and his mentor, Oak, is hesitant to discuss them, Fletcher doesn’t know where to turn...
  • Just Winging It by J.D. Light

    Just Winging It by J.D. Light

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Presley's late teen were filled with one horror after another...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  shapeshifters  abuse  adult  age-gap  book
  • Blaze by Ophelia Sexton

    Blaze by Ophelia Sexton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A bear shifter with the heart of a hero Dimitri Medved used to live in the shadows of New York high society. But his ruthless, unscrupulous parents poisoned everything they ever touched before they were caught and sent to prison. Trying to escape his past, Dimitri left New York City and started a new life in a small close-knit shifter community far from the glitter and corruption of the big city...
  • Candy Hearts and a Witch's Ring by C.W. Gray

    Candy Hearts and a Witch's Ring by C.W. Gray

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Holiday Omegas: Book Three Meeting your fated mate doesn't automatically lead to mated bliss. Sonny is settling into mated life with Leo, but as wonderful as it is, something is missing. While shifters claim their mates with a bite, witches have a whole different set of traditions...
  • Rocks & Railways by Maz Maddox

    Rocks & Railways by Maz Maddox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Mack 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...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  book  demons  fiction
  • Wanting the Im-PAW-sible by J.D. Light

    Wanting the Im-PAW-sible by J.D. Light

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When did Drew Lane grow up?As the oldest of the leap children, Harper Long was the designated babysitter growing up, which is why he is struggling so much with the fact that the youngest of the group is a grown man now. Like really grown. Like how does he even find supportive underwear with all that?Unrequited crushes are rough...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  age-gap  book  fiction
  • Santa Bear by Ruby Shae

    Santa Bear by Ruby Shae

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Curvy girl, Melinda Snow, is one of the few unmated humans living in Santa’s Village, the magical hidden world also known as the North Pole. Unlike her existence in the human world, her life is filled with friendship and happiness, but it still lacks love and romance, two things she secretly craves. Life has never been easy for polar bear shifter, Joel Edwards...
  • Wolfing It Down by J.D. Light

    Wolfing It Down by J.D. Light

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What kind of mess must your life be that you're actually relieved when you get kidnapped? I'm not saying the accommodations were stellar, but Stockholms got me thinking the kidnapper is nice and his twin brother is delicious. Maybe my parents were on to something when they tried to have me exorcized. Especially after I find out what that crazy birthmark on my hip means...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  shapeshifters  abuse  adult  book  dark
  • Frenemies from Forests by Ashe Moon

    Frenemies from Forests by Ashe Moon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Perfect, powerful, and obsessed with tradition, omega Thran is the strongest warrior in a clan of reclusive forest dragons. There isn’t a challenge he can’t overcome—except for dealing with the fire dragon outsider Baleon, who’s been a pain in his ass since the day their worlds collided...
  • Throwing a Hissy Fit by J.D. Light

    Throwing a Hissy Fit by J.D. Light

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    You point out the scars on a man's face one time, completely by accident, and he suddenly thinks you're a jerk... and proceeds to snark you into wanting to murder him. Rattle snake shifter and alpha of his pit, Cline is actually a pretty laid-back person. There has ever only been one man who makes him want hiss and spit, and that man is one of his son's closest friends, Frazier...
  • True Order by Patricia Logan

    True Order by Patricia Logan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bloodthirsty vamps. Dire Wolf royalty. The Prince of unicorns. What's next? All out war of course.When I came to Prosper Woods, the last thing I expected was to be walking into a world of magic. Horror movies at the theater hadn’t prepared me for the realization that vampires, werewolves, witches, shifters, and ghosts were real...
  • Eagle in the Hawthorn by Sam Burns

    Eagle in the Hawthorn by Sam Burns

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rowan Harbor has had a tough winter, and Devon Murphy wants nothing more than to make it better. When he proposes a solution to the town’s low morale, it creates a rift in his relationship with his boyfriend, Wade. They’ve hardly ever argued, and when things get tense, Devon has no idea how to handle it...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  book  contemporary  fae
  • Hop On by Kiki Burrelli

    Hop On by Kiki Burrelli

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An overweight omega puts his life in the hands of a battered and bruised alpha... Captain Aries did not escape his last mission unscathed. His work with the Elite Force is always dangerous—it’s not easy protecting an entire town of trusting shifters from outside threats—but Aries blames himself for the danger he put his team in...
    Categorized as:
    fated-mates  lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  shapeshifters  abuse  adult  book
  • Treasure for Treasure by R. Cooper

    Treasure for Treasure by R. Cooper

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Being(s) in Love StoryIn the nineteenth century, the dragon Dìzhèn put the small coastal town of Everlasting under her protection. Her family was supposed to carry on the tradition, but all of Dìzhèn the Great’s heirs eventually left rather than live in the shadow of such a powerful dragon.Only the youngest dragon of the current generation remains: Zarrin, the softhearted disgrace of his family...
    Categorized as:
    angst  lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  animals  audiobook
  • Jules's Sanctuary by Taylor Rylan

    Jules's Sanctuary by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jules knows that as an alpha he must fight against those that set out to hurt others. But he’s tired and it’s been well over a year since he’s seen his family. He doesn’t even know if they were able to escape from their old den’s alpha and flee to safety. He can only hope that the fates were on their side. Orin has only ever wanted two things. A mate and cubs of his own...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  book  family  fiction
  • Survivor by Sam Hall

    Survivor by Sam Hall

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Flick lived in a war zone. It might have looked like a normal household, but her husband waged war on her most days within those four walls. Then he laid those vicious hands on their son.Fleeing home, she gets in the car and drives and drives, eventually coming to Sanctuary...
  • Little Kiss of Snow by Clio Evans

    Little Kiss of Snow by Clio Evans

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
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  • Ash by Ophelia Sexton

    Ash by Ophelia Sexton

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A bear shifter promises to protect what’s his. Bear shifter Ash Swanson is at the top of his game. Thanks to the wildly successful gaming company he founded, he's well on his way to becoming a multi-millionaire. In his free time, Ash serves as a volunteer firefighter for the tightly knit community of Bearpaw Ridge. Powerful and fearless, Ash’s daring rescues have saved dozens of people...
  • Haven by Morgan Brice

    Haven by Morgan Brice

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    (Set in the world of Fox Hollow, but can stand alone). Old secrets, hidden psychics, secret shifters, ghosts, scandals—and true love. A series of long-ago disappearances leads cold case private detective Austin Williams to investigate a troubled sanitarium. Jamie Miller is new in town, temporarily running the local historical association, and he willingly signs on to help solve Austin’s mystery...
  • Grayson's Enlightenment by Taylor Rylan

    Grayson's Enlightenment by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Since Grayson was a young cub in Alaska, he’s always wanted to be a park ranger. But when a rogue Alpha attacks their small den unexpectedly, Grayson’s alpha father manages to get some of his family as well as two other families out of their village unnoticed. They flee for their lives, and head in the direction of Honey Creek in hopes of finding a welcoming den...
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