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The Keeper of Promise by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBootlace is being hunted.Peace hasn’t come easy for the Stryker Pack, and for Bootlace, the sanctuary they’ve found feels too good to be true. His wolfish instincts are being riled up as a pretty woman with a load of secrets starts visiting him and asking questions she has no business asking... -
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Better Than the Prom by Lynn Painter
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsProm night has arrived, and Wes Bennett couldn’t be less excited.Not only is he not going with Liz, the girl he’s loved his entire life, but Liz is going with Michael, the guy she’s loved her entire life. Talk about a nightmare.They manage to avoid each other at the event, but every glance he steals of her in that gown, smiling up at her date, feels like a punch to his solar plexus...Categorized as:
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![Nothing Better Than You by Lynn Painter]()
Nothing Better Than You by Lynn Painter
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsExperience Wes and Liz’s first kiss from Better Than the Movies from Wes’s point of...Categorized as:
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Red Havoc Guardian by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsGreyson McCarty is hiding big secrets and doing his best to stay invisible in the Red Havoc Crew. By his own choice, he is at the very bottom of the crew, but when he enlists the help of a shifter matchmaking service to find a mate, the one he’s given makes it hard for him to hide what he really is. Genevieve is smart, and funny, and the most interesting woman he’s ever met... -
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![Unlove Me by T.S. Joyce]()
Unlove Me by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratings**Don’t miss this standalone short story from 80-time bestselling author, T. S. Joyce.** One wild night with friends, and Brock Evans comes up with a plan to rake in the room reservations at his lodge. Instead of celebrating Valentine’s Day, he is going to throw an UnValentine’s Day party for the singles who want to escape the hearts, and romance, and frills of February... -
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Liz’s Proposal by Lynn Painter
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis is Wes's POV of the scene where Liz comes to his house to ask him if he can help her get closer to Michael by inviting her to the party... -
![Charger by Teresa Gabelman]()
Charger by Teresa Gabelman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCharger O’Neil knows nothing but chaos. As a Dark Guardian dealing with the underworld, mayhem is to be expected. Not only is it part of the job but also his life.With his team falling apart, Charger has an important decision to make. Stay or get out while he still can. Staying means he’ll bring down the one person he’s ever cared about but walking away means he could lose her forever... -
![Cuando reescribamos la historia by Belén Martínez Sánchez]()
Cuando reescribamos la historia by Belén Martínez Sánchez
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHACE VARIOS AÑOS... Julen e Ibai eran inseparables. Amigos que compartían clase, juegos en un jardín y paseos por la playa en las noches de verano. EN LA ACTUALIDAD... Julen solo es un joven que quiere pasar desapercibido. Ibai se ha convertido en un total extraño para él. Pero todo cambia con un sueño, una luna roja como la sangre, un diario y una muerte...Categorized as:
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Fastlander Fealty by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOwen Carson is a big, dominant boar shifter who is finally ready for a mate. Since he was young, he knew he wanted to escape the unfortunate legacy of his people and find something that has always felt just out of reach... -
![The Protection of Ren Crown by Anne Zoelle]()
The Protection of Ren Crown by Anne Zoelle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBarely surviving her first term at college, all Ren wants to do over break is relax and bond with her roommate—not get eaten by a sentient building or attacked on the street. But with increasingly open warfare brewing between the magical factions and Layers of the world, this time, Ren will not fail in making sure everyone she loves stays safe and protected...Categorized as:
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Under a Harvest Moon by Julie Trettel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLove takes time, patience, and work. A true mate doesn’t mean true love. From the time she was a little girl, Mary loved Jason. He was her knight in shining armor. Her first crush. Her first kiss. Her first everything, until he broke her heart and she vowed to hate him for a thousand lifetimes. Jason is the future Alpha of Westin Pack... -
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Dragon Baby by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLily Cruz doesn’t want a wolf for a mate. She’s totally not going to follow in her cousin’s footsteps. With one failed marriage behind her, she isn’t really interested in relationships period. But she would love to have babies. At almost forty, her biological clock is hammering over her head big time. Thane Dreki won’t get some random woman pregnant just to stay alive... -
![Tropical Tails by Zoe Chant]()
Tropical Tails by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsReturn to Shifting Sands Resort in this sizzling collection.Reunite with some of your favorite characters on a tropical escape to a luxury resort for shifters only. Meet new shifters (and one confused human) who find love and family on the mysterious island of Shifting Sands... -
![Nothing Like the Movies by Lynn Painter]()
Nothing Like the Movies by Lynn Painter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDual POV, dual pinning, college summer break. Wes Bennet is the mastermind. Sometimes life goes off the rails and is nothing like the movies... -
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![Candy Hearts: Volume 2 by Lee Blair, Anna Sparrows]()
Candy Hearts: Volume 2 by Lee Blair, Anna Sparrows
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat's sweeter than a low angst queer romance at Valentine's Day? How about twenty-three of them in one anthology to help support a good cause? Each novella in the Candy Hearts Anthology, volume 2, is overflowing with red-hot romance and all the good feels. This volume is all about wrong numbers—wrong phone numbers, addresses, office numbers, seats, and more... -
![Crusher by Daryl Banner]()
Crusher by Daryl Banner
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling Author Daryl Banner comes a steamy beach town opposites-attract romance with a surprise ending that will steal your heart.When Quintin Ruiz’s classmate invites him down to Dreamwood Isle for the weekend, the last thing he wanted was to capture the attention of the beach town’s infamous “Heart Crusher” Adrian Tyler.Pretty boys with eight-pack abs aren’t Quintin’s type... -
![Which Witch is Which? by Cynthia St. Aubin, Cindy Stark]()
Which Witch is Which? by Cynthia St. Aubin, Cindy Stark
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFour identical sisters are prophesied to hold the fate of the entire world in their powerful hands.Meet the Witches of Port Townsend...Moira. A water witch, Moira has always been a healer, but the one soul she can't mend is her own... -
![Dreamless by Josephine Angelini]()
Dreamless by Josephine Angelini
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 46 ratingsCan true love be FORGOTTEN?As the only Scion who can descend into the Underworld, Helen Hamilton has been given a nearly impossible task. By night she wanders through Hades, trying to stop the endless cycle of revenge that has cursed her family. By day she struggles to overcome the fatigue that is rapidly eroding her sanity...Categorized as:
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![The Love of My Afterlife by Kirsty Greenwood]()
The Love of My Afterlife by Kirsty Greenwood
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA recently deceased woman meets “the one” in the afterlife waiting room, scoring a second chance at life (and love!) if she can find him on earth before ten days are up…If she wasn’t dead already, Delphie would be dying of embarrassment...Categorized as:
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Wrong Place. Wrong Time. Right Viscount. by K.D. Miller
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMen are trash.Well, Elle Montgomery’s cheating fiancé is at any rate. When a surprise visit goes horribly wrong and she catches him red-handed, she wants to get as far from him as humanly possible—but two hundred years into the past seems a little excessive. By a twist of fate she can’t explain, Elle is thrust back in time, finding herself in Regency Era, England...Categorized as:
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![The Queen by Jennifer L. Armentrout]()
The Queen by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsFrom #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout comes the next installment in her Wicked series.The King must have his Queen....Bestowed the forbidden Summer’s Kiss by the King of the Summer fae, Brighton Jussier is no longer just human. What she is, what she will become, no one knows for sure, but that isn’t her biggest concern at the moment...Categorized as:
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Burning Bright by Chris Cannon
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBryn is back for her senior year at the Institute for Excellence, also known as shape-shifting dragon school. She isn’t sure which is scarier, the life-force sucking dragons stalking campus or the fact that she’s officially betrothed to Jaxon, a guy who will never love her. Not that she could ever love him, either… That’s just ridiculous. Senior year should be fun... -
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Falling For Them Volume 1 by C.L. Stone, A.J. Anders
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIndulge in 10 all-new reverse harem stories from New York Times, USA Today, and bestselling authors, as well as up-and-coming indie authors. This collection of modern, paranormal, and sci-fi romances is sure to satisfy every palate. Whether you love to turn up the heat with a spicy romance, or savor a sweet love story, Falling for Them has it all... -
![Red Hot Rival by Cat Carmine]()
Red Hot Rival by Cat Carmine
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBad for business … oh so good at everything else. When it comes to women, I like to play the field.And why not? I’m good-looking, rich, and run a billion dollar business.So my one-night-stand with that gorgeous redhead should’ve barely been a blip on my radar.Instead, she’s all I can think about.Her luscious curves. Her scent. Her taste. I need more of her.I need all of her... -
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![Dead and Not Buried by Makeandoffer]()
Dead and Not Buried by Makeandoffer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLeah Preston was a normal 17 year old girl, until she wakes up and finds herself staring at her own lifeless body. She has no idea what happened to her or how she died, and the only person who can see her is her sworn enemy Jared... -
![Hands Off His Dudette by May Sage]()
Hands Off His Dudette by May Sage
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnna loves living with her best friend, but a girl has to find a pair of hands to regularly tickle her button at some point. She’s entered the single scene, with all its online dating adventures, and blind date nightmares... -
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Press Paws by Celia Kyle
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThere’s no pause button in life? Ha! She’s just the fabulously fluffy werefeline to create one. Hannah Buchanan is the oldest daughter to the Buchanan werelion clan leader, twin to Katie Buchanan, and… and blah, blah, blah. Hannah is a lot of things, but she refuses to be defined by her family and their connections. She’s more than an honorable, fertile womb destined for a political mating... -
![All Alone with You by Amelia Diane Coombs]()
All Alone with You by Amelia Diane Coombs
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHBO Max’s Hacks gets a romantic twist in the vein of Jenn Bennett in this swoon-worthy novel about a standoffish teen girl whose loner status gets challenged by a dynamic elderly woman and a perpetually cheerful boy.Eloise Deane is the worst and doesn’t care who knows it...Categorized as:
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![The Enforcer by Teresa Gabelman]()
The Enforcer by Teresa Gabelman
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBecky Adams is living life one day at a time as best she can in a world gone crazy. Maverick Wilder had walked away from the woman he loved above everything. He had no choice. When their worlds collide, will true love heal a broken heart and a life altered beyond repair... -
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Ruby Wolf by Lola Glass
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA CITY AT WAR… AND I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN END ITI grew up the daughter of the Alphas of All. A Ruby Wolf, destined to take over monitoring Alpha werewolves all over the world.The problem?Ruby wolves can only mate with other rubies…and there wasn't one.Until I stumbled upon Shifter City.Now I've got half a dozen ruby shifters on my tail, and only a week to decide which one I'll mate with...Categorized as:
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![Body & Soul by Stacey Kade]()
Body & Soul by Stacey Kade
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe final book in The Ghost and the Goth Trilogy!The GhostI’ve been trapped in the body of Lily “Ally” Turner for a month now. Talk about a fashion crisis on an epic scale. What worries me more, though, is sometimes I catch Will looking at me like he thinks I’m Lily...or that he wishes I were. Without the good looks of my former self, I don’t know who I am, or if who that is is good enough... -
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Scattered Showers by Rainbow Rowell
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRainbow Rowell has won fans all over the world by writing about love and life in a way that feels true.In her first collection, she gives us nine beautifully crafted love stories. Girl meets boy camping outside a movie theater. Best friends debate the merits of high school dances. A prince romances a troll. A girl romances an imaginary boy. And Simon Snow himself returns for a holiday adventure... -
![Max & Suhail by Tatiana M. Alonzo]()
Max & Suhail by Tatiana M. Alonzo
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratings—Levanta un poco tu vestido cada dos pasos —Me aconseja papá. Estamos subiendo los últimos peldaños frente a la puerta de la iglesia. Hoy me voy a casar.¿Me voy a casar?Max está en el aeropuerto. Si decido entrar y darle el sí a Finley, todo habrá terminado...Categorized as:
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![After Forever Ends by Melodie Ramone]()
After Forever Ends by Melodie Ramone
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOrphaned by her mother and brushed off by her dad, fifteen year old Silvia Cotton had lived a lonely life. That is until 1985 when her father moved the family from the Highlands of Scotland to the Midlands of Wales... -
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![Taken by Night by Milly Taiden]()
Taken by Night by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA BBW Tigress and a smoking hot Wolf heat up the sheets in this sexy story! It was supposed to be one night. No strings. No names. Just sex. Valentina Cruz is a sexy, curvy woman with a new job thanks to her sister and cousin. But with the awesome job comes her heat and desperate need to mate. And she’s out of medicine to help her cope... -
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Glimpsed by G.F. Miller
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPerfect for fans of Geekerella and Jenn Bennett, this charming, sparkly rom-com follows a wish-granting teen forced to question if she’s really doing good—and if she has the power to make her own dreams come true.Charity is a fairy godmother...Categorized as:
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![Maybe This Time by Cara Bastone, Zoe Chao]()
Maybe This Time by Cara Bastone, Zoe Chao
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFinding true love is only a matter of time in this heartfelt and hilarious romantic comedy, starring Zoë Chao (The Afterparty), Noah Reid (Schitt’s Creek), and a full cast!Romance can be a little complicated when you get sucked into a wormhole. Just ask high school English teacher June Flint. One little solar flare happens and suddenly you find yourself 85 years in the future... -
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Stroke of Midnight by L. Nicole
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSadie doesn’t need a fairy godmother to survive her new stepbrother. She needs a miracle. At nineteen, Sadie Crenshaw’s life changed overnight. New school. New home. New stepmother. It’s no wonder she’s having trouble adjusting. But those changes aren’t what is causing her the most trouble. No, that would be her brand new stepbrother, Jason Kendrick...Categorized as:
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![Sparks Fly by Birdie Lynn]()
Sparks Fly by Birdie Lynn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsArthur Pham didn’t expect to spend his final year at the Stonebury Conservatory for Young Mages dating his archnemesis—fake dating, that is.Arthur’s particular brew of perfectionism and anxiety has served him well, landing him at the top of his class. Almost... -
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The Lie by Alexia Chase
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan a notorious player and an innocent woman overcome a lie?Autumn Slater is new in town. She's always been the good girl, but now, she's fighting to break free from her father's control. What happens when a sexy customer saves her from a handsy drunk?Jeremiah Edwards is tired of women fangirling all over him. He wants a woman with substance... -
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Shattering Solitude by Krys D.W. Wylie
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJo needs to make some friends if she wants to survive. Even those of the category-eleven variety. And as she discovers rare creatures, participates in intimidating witch ceremonies, finagles pesky ghosts, and settles gang disputes, she sees sides of Beckett Dixon that prove how dangerous he could truly be to her...Categorized as:
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![Addie Bell's Shortcut to Growing Up by Jessica Brody]()
Addie Bell's Shortcut to Growing Up by Jessica Brody
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAmiddle school girlfinds out that beinga teenagerisn't all it's cracked up to be in this realistic read about friendship with plenty of LOL moments--and a magical twist! Seventh grader Addie Bell can t wait to grow up. Her parents won t let her have her own phone, she doesn t have "any" curves, and her best friend, Grace, isn t at all interested in makeup or boys... -
![Taking Flight by Kellie McAllen]()
Taking Flight by Kellie McAllen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKeep your friends close, and your enemies closer. After years of being an outcast, Lexus finally has a chance to reinvent herself at Magna Virtus Academy, a school for students with special powers. But she never dreamed she’d go from social reject to the star of the school... -
![The Proxy by Christine Kelsey, Cassie James]()
The Proxy by Christine Kelsey, Cassie James
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMeet the new Piper Hawthorne.The Thorns thought they knew where they stood with Piper’s replacement—but they weren’t prepared for this.Now, they’ll have to decide if they want to go all in, or if this is their chance to get rid of Piper’s replacement for good.Things are about to get weird... -
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![A Missing Connection by Dani McLean]()
A Missing Connection by Dani McLean
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey are the voice in each other’s head. But they’ve never met.A love story about two strangers who don’t feel seen, in a city that can make the impossible possible.Beau Aaron Forrester’s entire life has been dictated for him. As sole heir to the Forrester empire, he has money, prestige, power. But he’d give it all up for someone who wanted the man underneath... -
![How To Meet Your Alpha by C.E. Black, Gwen Knight]()
How To Meet Your Alpha by C.E. Black, Gwen Knight
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBoth Bram and Kate are sick of the single life. They want their Happily Ever Afters and they want them now. After stumbling across each other in a bar, maybe their happiness is within their grasps. But not all is as it seems. A wannabe witch has her sights set on Bram, and she refuses to take no for an answer... -
![Just for You by Jennifer Ann Shore]()
Just for You by Jennifer Ann Shore
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPenn Westbrook thinks he’s the one for me. It’s not that I’m entirely opposed to the idea, but I’ve got a lot going on. Aside from school obligations and my own extracurricular interests, I’ve got a crazy family life... -
![My Love Lies Bleeding by Alyxandra Harvey]()
My Love Lies Bleeding by Alyxandra Harvey
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe Drakes are rather different to your usual neighbors. They are vampires and some of the members of the family date back to the twelfth century. One of the children, Solange, is the only born female vampire known and, as such, she poses a direct threat to the vampire queen. Her best friend Lucy is human, and when Solange is kidnapped, Lucy and Solange's brother, Nicholas, set out to save her...Categorized as:
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![Where You Belong by Stacy Williams]()
Where You Belong by Stacy Williams
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat if you’re lost? What will it take to find your way back?Andie has been hiding, wanting to stay in the past rather than face the uncertainty of the future. When the force of a lie pulls her out of the darkness and into the light – the spotlight she’s avoided – she has to decide if she’ll stand and fight or run for cover. With each step, she has a choice to make... -
![Of Tangles and Tinsel by T.A. Lawrence]()
Of Tangles and Tinsel by T.A. Lawrence
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAll she wants for Winter Solstice is revenge.There are only two things in the world that can lure me out of my hermit gingersnaps and revenge.Preferably both.Thankfully, the perfect opportunity for revenge just waltzed up to my doorstep (okay, I don't have a doorstep, because I've locked myself in a tower, but that's beside the point). Quill is my ex-rival...Categorized as:
enemies-to-lovers humor romance fantasy fairy-tale contemporary paranormal season-winter
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