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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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Zombie Wolf of Piston by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe shouldn’t be here.Reaper used to have a life, and friends, and a close-knit Pack. He was Stryker. Even if he was a War Wolf, his life made sense. When he died, something evil needed him to cheat death. A powerful storm is building around him, because Reaper has been brought back to life for a nightmare destiny... -
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The Break of Promise by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPeace has come to Promise Falls, and Trey hates every minute of it. What is a War Wolf supposed to do with peace? His entire Pack has paired up and seems perfectly fine with settling down into a quiet life—but inside of him, his wolf is howling for war, and he must find it wherever he can to keep the animal sated...Categorized as:
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Tempted by the Wolf by Alicia Montgomery
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the exciting conclusion to the True Mates Series, Lone Wolf Meredith and powerful warlock Daric fight their growing attraction for one another. Lone Wolf shifter Meredith is trying to make the next ten years of her life pass by quickly. After being caught trying to steal from the New York clan, she’s sentenced to servitude to them for the next decade to make up for her crimes... -
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How It Needed to Be by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDivar Stockton isn’t supposed to exist.The Bane brothers were supposed to be the only remaining bear shifters on earth, but they aren’t. There is an entire clan of them in hiding, and Divar has escaped his people in an attempt to survive, and maybe, just maybe, learn how to be a good man from Krome’s rag-tag Crew of misfits. His inner animal has different plans though... -
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For The Soul Of An Outlaw by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratings**Don’t miss the thrilling final book of T. S. Joyce’s bestselling Outlaw Shifters series** Genie isn’t what people expected. She isn’t just a squirrel, but a shifter in hiding named Tenlee. She’s dug herself into a deep hole, and now her past has come back to haunt her and hurt her friends in the Two Claws Clan. Not only that, but the man she loves had left the ranch, and left her in despair... -
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Dark Queen’s Quest by I.T. Lucas
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA former beauty queen, a retired undercover agent, and a successful model, Mey is not the typical damsel in distress. But when her sister drops off the radar and then someone starts following her around, she panics. Following a vague clue that Kalugal might be in New York, Kian sends a team headed by Yamanu to search for him... -
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Boarlander Bash Bear by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSebastian “Bash” Kane is ready for a mate. He’s been fighting for his lumberjack crew of bear shifters to lift the ban on women in the trailer park, and his alpha has just given him the go ahead to find the woman of his dreams. But when he meets a shy newspaper editor in a diner, it becomes clear that finding a mate might not be so easy... -
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Boarlander Silverback by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratings**Don’t miss the explosive third book in the bestselling Boarlander Bears series** Alison Holman has been assigned to enforce the new laws around Damon’s mountains, but a chance meeting in the woods with rip-roaring, chest-beating, musclebound gorilla shifter, Kirk Slater, and she’s questioning everything... -
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Dragon Guard Scholar by Alicia Montgomery
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA hot, nerdy dragon content to be aloneDragon shifter Gideon wasn’t looking for love. He preferred silence, solitude, and the company of his books. So, when he runs into his mate, his first instinct is to keep her at arm’s length... -
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Shield by Audrey Faye
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBailey has problems.A very gimpy shoulder thanks to challenging her alpha, a newborn packmate with the dietary preferences of an angry bear, and a big lug of a wolf who thinks she’s his mate and keeps trying to prove it in really embarrassing ways.But none of those are nearly as bad as a best friend who insists she has the right to dream. To want. To hope. To believe... -
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Unicorn Vet by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWho do you call when you find a tiny baby dragon? Shifter Vets!Angel is a small-town veterinarian with a horny secret. Everly is a stressed-out manager on vacation who just found a darling baby dragon. He knows they were made for each other. But a few things stand between them and true love, namely...1. A truckload of mystery fish.2. His suspicious werewolf colleague.3... -
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Red Havoc Bad Cat by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBarret Turgard is in a desperate battle to keep his broken panther steady. All he needs to coast through life, and stick with his routine—work, eat, sleep, and protect his crew. Anything extra could send his inner animal into a tailspin he can’t escape. And when a female flight shifter trespasses in Red Havoc territory, she threatens to do just that... -
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Boarlander Boss Bear by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratings***New trailer park. New shifters. New lumberjack crew. Are you ready to see how the Boarlanders live?*** ***The Boarlander Bears can be read as a standalone series*** Audrey Foster is a shifter among humans... -
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Bite Deeper by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsMae Dafoe is back in her hometown chasing ghosts. She’s forgotten what it’s like to be around her big crazy family, and it’s a big adjustment coming from the life she’s created for herself in the years she’s been gone. Three days here, and then she can go back to her apartment in the city, and far away from the swamps of Uncertain. All she needs is closure... -
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Broken Chains by Julie Trettel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat happens when opposites attract from warring packs? Peyton Collier is unhappy in her life. She’s watched as her sisters found their mates and dreams of the day it will finally happen to her. But when she meets Oliver, the swoon-worthy bad boy from the wrong side of the tracks, all she can do is faint, then crawl in a hole to die of embarrassment... -
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Vital by Jamie Magee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWillow’s journey continues in VITAL, the fourth book in the INSIGHT series. Combating a crumbling family life, a circle of suddenly inconsiderate friends who seem determined to anger her, and a plethora of emotional trials too numerous to withstand, Willow feels overwhelmed. She has pushed herself beyond her own limits and in so doing has closed her mind. Dreams are no longer coming to her...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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Cured by the Dragon by Jessie Donovan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDr. Cassidy “Sid” Jackson’s inner dragon went silent over twenty years ago. Ever since, she’s battled episodes that have tested her sanity. Aware she doesn’t have much time left, she prepares for a new doctor to come to Stonefire and take her place. However, before the new doctor arrives, Sid is attacked. Dr... -
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Dragon Guard Warrior by Alicia Montgomery
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIntroducing the Dragon Guard of the Northern Isles. Six dragon shifters duty-bound to protect their king.A single mom getting her life back togetherWhen divorce and scandal leaves her life in ruins, Poppy Baxter has no choice but to take the first job she could get, even if it is as a nanny to a dragon prince in a faraway land... -
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Can't Be Love by Julie Trettel
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLily Westin has waited her entire life to find her one true mate. She has big dreams and expectations of what her perfect man will be like. A dreamer and a lover, Lily patiently waits as each of her siblings finds their mate, just waiting for the day she feels the tingle run down her spine and her happily ever after finally begins... -
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Image by Jamie Magee
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThere is an ominous darkness, one that that is so dense and mind numbing that you can feel the chills race across your skin as the energy of the hatred behind it hovers near you. They thought that it was over…that he was dead….they never imagined that he was more powerful dead than he ever was alive... -
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The Dragon's Pregnant Mate by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe’s pregnant, in danger, and thinks she’s alone. He’s going to prove her wrong. Lawyer and lioness, Elizabeth is used to making her own way and solving her own problems. That’s what she did with her corrupt pack leader: he’s going to jail, and she made it happen, because she wanted a better world for her unborn child. But the repercussions could be deadly... -
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Stolen by the Alpha Wolf: Determined Theft by Charlene Hartnady
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSpecial Launch Price PART 3: Shifter/Vampire Serial Stolen by the Alpha Wolf is a follow on to Chosen by the Vampire Kings. It is strongly recommended that you read this 6 part serial first. Whisked away to the shifter village, Stephany is fearful of what lies ahead. Ward is suffering from wounds that run far deeper than the physical. Wounds that she inflicted... -
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![Her Dragon Lover by Roxie Ray]()
Her Dragon Lover by Roxie Ray
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHe shot me down -- why can’t I forget about him? I gathered up my nerve to approach Stefan -- only for him to reject me. That was months ago, but I still can't stop thinking about him, no matter how hard I try to get over it. Unfortunately, fate keeps throwing us together... -
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Her Royal Wolf by G. Bailey
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMy alphas have crowns… and if I can win the rite, so will I.After arriving in Fall Mountain Pack, I found out all the secrets the Alpha’s were forced to keep from me and the terrible truths that came with them.Along with what loving them will cost me... -
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I Am Only One by Emeline Rousselot
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn WP After Dark App 100 Most Read List!Her body was exquisite. I wanted to run my tongue around her hardened nipples and grasp her hips while sinking inside her. I contemplated what sounds she would make when I nudged her deep, and how long it would take before she screamed my name. It wasn't a matter of if she would scream my name, only when.I shook my head, trying to clear my rampant thoughts... -
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Purrfectly Kissed by C.D. Gorri
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s a curvy Tigress searching for the purrfect kiss, he’s a Black Bear who doesn’t want a mate. Will Brayden change his mind once he gets a taste of Jessica? The Beta of the Maverick Pride has no desire to find a mate. He’s tried that once and all it got him was hurt and alone... -
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Ford's Fate by Michelle Dare
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs a young vampire, Ford had experienced more than those much older than him. The love of his life left him. He fell for his best friend. People he considered friends were killed. Blood was on his hands. Through it all, he never forgot his first love. The one who stole his heart then shattered it when he least expected...Categorized as:
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Titan's Mate by Anastasia Wilde
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe was sworn to protect his people. He couldn’t.Now a dying shifter woman tells him he’s the only one who can help her.He knows she’s wrong, but his heart won't listen…After Titan’s entire clan was killed by rogue panthers, he tried to start a new life with the Wild Blood Crew. But he can’t let go of the past that haunts him—or the belief that one day his gods will make him pay for his failure... -
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Enflame by Jamie Magee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsReturn to the world of Insight with ENFLAME, the sixth installment of the addictive story that brings you to the forefront of your darkest fears and cradles you in the belief that each of us has our own divine fate. Enflame opens breaths after the final chapter of Vindicate... -
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Brave Bear Mated by P. Jameson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTheron, the second born of the Ursa Gemini twins, has found a home with the Ouachita clan of big cat shifters, and he's determined to leave behind a life of ridicule that has followed him since his days as a young cub in the brutal Deadclaw bear clan. His past has haunted him long enough. There's someone who can heal him now. A female who could be his... -
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Knox by Elizabeth Dear
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen I broke my year-long vow of celibacy for a one night stand with a beautiful, intriguing wolf girl I met in a Las Vegas bar, I thought I’d be chalking it up to just another notch on my bedpost—as much as I’d actually wished it could have been more... -
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The Dragon Guardian by Jessie Donovan
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLOCHGUARD HIGHLAND DRAGONS BOOK 2 Gina MacDonald may be pregnant and on the run, but she will do anything to protect her unborn child—even go up against a dragon-shifter. While hiding in the wilds of the Scottish Highlands, she soon notices the black dragon perched on the nearby hills... -
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Coming Home by Julie Trettel
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShelby Collier and Benjamin Shay were best friends growing up. They dreamed of being lifelong mates. Even through the awkward middle school years and into high school it was always Shelby and Ben. The night before he left for boot camp, Ben broke the news that he had joined the military... -
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The Bronze Dragon's Baby by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA woman on a mission to build a better world for her baby… Red dragon shifter Athena is sick and tired of her clan’s never-ending wars. She and her brother grew up orphans because of them, and Athena is not allowing that to happen to her daughter. But no one wants to help her—so she takes off to Oak Ridge, where their current enemies live... -
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The Midnight Dragon's Mate by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHis worst nightmare could be a dream come true... Single dad Lachlan only looked away for a second. And now his six-year-old son is gone, lost in the wild woods. It’s every parent’s worst nightmare...but most parents aren’t dragons. Mad with fear for his son, Lachlan is fully prepared to rip the whole forest apart to find him.. -
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Loved by the Dragon by Jessie Donovan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratings**This is not a standalone story. Please read at least Seducing the Dragon (Stonefire Dragons #2) first.** STONEFIRE DRAGONS #6 In Seducing the Dragon, Evie and Bram found love in each other. Many trials have hit their clan since their mating ceremony and they’ve worked together to make the world a better place for Stonefire and other dragon-shifters in the UK... -
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Stolen by the Alpha Wolf: Deliberate Theft by Charlene Hartnady
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPART 2: Shifter/Vampire Serial Stolen by the Alpha Wolf is a follow on to Chosen by the Vampire Kings. It is strongly recommended that you read this 6 part serial first. Ever since Stephany's return from the wolf’s clutches, she’s felt like her veins were on fire... -
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The Golden Griffin's Baby by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA single mom in danger… …and a Marine veteran griffin who’ll stop at nothing to protect her.In the last year, Lila has lost everything. Her husband. Her home. Her community. All she has left is her children…and the kindness of the town of Oak Ridge, who took her in when her husband’s pack leader showed his true colors. Griffin shifter and Marine veteran Flynn is a naturally suspicious man... -
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Freeing Fae by M. Sinclair
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy name is Maize.Poisonous to the touch.The bastard child of one very dead Dark Fae King.A refugee of a war that freed me from my three-year imprisonment.Captured by one of the monsters that haunted my nightmares each night.I may have been free, but I would never forget the torture I’d gone through at the hands of my father’s guard. It seemed they hadn’t forgotten either... -
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The Cyn and Raphael Novellas: Betrayed, Hunted, Unforgiven, and Compelled by D.B. Reynolds
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom Vampires in America . . . For the first time together in one collection . . . BETRAYED, HUNTED, and UNFORGIVEN, The Cyn & Raphael NovellasThese novellas can stand alone or be enjoyed as part of the series. BETRAYED: Vampires in America 5.5Love. Loyalty. Betrayal.Love . . . the ache in your heart when you meet The One... -
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Dark Redemption by Aja James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAll his existence, he’s fought for the wrong side… Born and trained to be the most fearsome Dark warrior the immortal races had ever seen, Enlil of Anatolia had only ever known ruthlessness, brutality and rigid control. He was a weapon used by others, his life never his own... -
![Howl for It Bundle: The Mane Event / Angel of Darkness / Howl for It by Shelly Laurenston, Cynthia Eden]()
Howl for It Bundle: The Mane Event / Angel of Darkness / Howl for It by Shelly Laurenston, Cynthia Eden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMace Llewellyn. Brendon Shaw. Two tall, gorgeous, sexy alpha heroes who are 100% male--with a little something extra. Lion-shifters, to be exact, who can unleash every woman's animal side and still look good--make that spectacular--in a suit. . .and even better out of it. . .NYPD cop Desiree Dez MacDermot knows she's changed a lot since she palled around with her childhood buddy, Mace... -
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Rescuing Air by Elizabeth Knight
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Dark Lord has gone too far. It’s time to end these games.Just when they thought they might have a chance to enjoy what's left of their summer, now Jay’s mother is in danger, taken to be used against us. Pushed and pulled in every direction and still trying to pick up the pieces after the latest betrayal, Lailah and her remaining Knights struggle to make headway on stopping the Dark Lord...Categorized as:
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Purrfectly Mated by C.D. Gorri
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe’s the leader of his pride, she’s a normal with no idea Shifters exist. Can Hunter convince Elissa she’s his purrfect mate? The leader of the Maverick Pride needs a mate and who better to help him out than the incomparable Gerri Wilder! Hunter Maverick is having trouble keeping his Tiger under control... -
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Magic in the Moonlight by Auryn Hadley
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSugar, spice, and everything nice, that's what witches' spells should be made of...Running to Summerpoint to avoid my failed love life may have seemed drastic, but I'd just inherited a house from a distant relative. The timing was perfect, almost like magic. But the cottage is in need of repairs, the place is in the middle of a forest, and I'm not used to small towns... -
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The Rise of Fortune and Fury by Sawyer Bennett
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt’s time to meet my destiny. Kymaris has everything she needs to bring down the veil between Earth and the Underworld. If she’s successful in completing the ritual, Earth will be darkened by evil. Demons will swarm our lands and the human race will be decimated.It’s up to me to stop her. My fate is to thwart the prophecy, but I’m not sure what to do... -
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Redux by Jena Leigh
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings* Book #3 in the Variant Series * Alex Parker sits at the crossroads, out of time and out of place. She went back to fix the past, not to imperil the future. Rescued from the icy waters of the Bering Sea by one familiar face, she's helpless to find another. Declan O'Connell jumped with her, but where did he go? In the middle of her search, a new threat confronts Alex...Categorized as:
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Submission by Elle Lincoln
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIs it really considered kidnapping if I go willingly?Asking for a friend.If it were up to Christian, Athos, Nix, or Liam, their answer would be a resounding yes. Yet it’s my fifth and final mate who steals me away—Kade. He’s the definition of bad boy, and he draws me in like no other with his dimpled smile and haunted eyes...
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