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Readers who enjoyed Captive Heart by Anne Hale & Celeste King also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Magical Midlife Flowers by K.F. Breene
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsPreviously part of the Magical Midlife Kickstarter. This is a bonus story that plays into elements in Magical Midlife Battle. It should be read after Magical Midlife Alliance.It isn't necessary to the overall series ARC, but rather a fun little aside into the lives of the Ivy House Crew.Edgar does not cheat in flower shows. He might use a magically enhanced serum, but anyone could do that...Categorized as:
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Breath by Audrey Faye
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA note from Audrey: Some series can be read out of order - this isn’t one of them. Start with Alpha and welcome to Ghost Mountain! Shelley Martins thinks she needs sensible and practical and steady—but that isn’t what the big truck from HomeWild is about to deliver. Ghost Mountain is getting their school, the first building of their new den... -
House of Earth and Blood (Part 2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Sarah J. Maas
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSarah J. Maas's CRESCENT CITY series begins with House of Earth and Blood: the story of half-Fae and half-human Bryce Quinlan as she seeks revenge in a contemporary fantasy world of magic, danger, and searing romance.Bryce Quinlan had the perfect life-working hard all day and partying all night-until a demon murdered her closest friends, leaving her bereft, wounded, and alone... -
Sentinel by Audrey Faye
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNewborns change everything—even when they haven’t arrived yet.The birth of a baby raven is expected any day now, and Ghost Mountain Pack is kind of falling apart, or at least their dominants are. A tiny ball of fluff calls on some of their most powerful instincts—and slices into their deepest wounds.Rio knows it’s his job as sentinel to walk alongside those dominants as they struggle... -
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Elder by Audrey Faye
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA note from Audrey: Some series can be read out of order - this isn’t one of them. Start with Alpha and welcome to Ghost Mountain!The Ghost Mountain pack has been waiting for their fancy new den building for months, but it won't be the only thing unloading off the trucks... -
Revival of the Court by Heather G. Harris
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDing dong, the bells are ringing.You are cordially invited to the Wedding of Jinx and Emory.Unfortunately, so are the Connection. A shocking arrest throws the guests into disarray and threatens my happily ever after. I think I can calm things down but they quickly go from bad to worse when I’m hauled bodily away from my own wedding... -
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... -
The Dragon King by I.T. Lucas
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTo save his beloved kingdom from a devastating war, the Crown Prince of Trieste makes a deal with a witch that costs him half of his humanity and dooms him to an eternity of loneliness.Now king, he’s a fearsome cobalt-winged dragon by day and a short-tempered monarch by night... -
Elf King by Tara Grayce
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is the story of the elf kings of Tarenhiel.Iron HeartIt all started with an arranged marriage.When Ellarin, heir to the King of Tarenhiel, finds out that he is dying, his father forces him into an arranged marriage with Lady Leyleira... -
My Merman Prince by I.T. Lucas
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe beautiful architect working late on the twelfth floor of my building thinks that I’m just the maintenance guy. She’s also under the impression that I’m not interested.Nothing could be further from the truth.I want her like I’ve never wanted a woman before, but I don’t play where I work.I don’t need the complications... -
Cursed Witch by Brogan Thomas
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHer conjury was out of reach. But when she’s flooded with strength, can she survive becoming a target? Tuesday Larson thought she’d settled for normal. A disappointment to her mother for never taking well to magic, she deliberately put distance between her family and any witchery. But the supernatural destroys her barriers when a group of mercenaries tears through her home looking for blood...Categorized as:
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Jingle Stars by Jenny Schwartz
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen a starship decides to play Santa Claus… Ahab is a mLa’an artificial intelligence embedded in the starship, Orion. The campaign for AIs to be recognized as full citizens of Galaxy Proper is within reach of its extraordinary goal. The only thing that could stop it now is if an AI did something foolish…like take a space station hostage to save seven orphaned children... -
Linked by Rachel Rener
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA lot can change in a week.Seven days ago, I was just Talia – an art school drop-out with an affinity for tattoos, a hopeless crush on my boss, and a knack for finding trouble.Now, I’m a gold-blooded, magic-harnessing, Runemaster-in-training.The good news is, all of that has resulted in one hell of a promotion. Instead of sweeping floors, I’m sweeping swarms of venomous squatters out of castles...Categorized as:
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Moon Tamed by Audrey Greene
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCoraline Patten enjoys nothing more than facing new challenges, but when she’s asked to evaluate Moonriver’s ruling faction, she worries she’s bitten off more than she can chew. Allasandro Stephans has reigned since she’d been a child, unwavering in his dedication to Moonriver. His heir, Calden, has supported him every step of the way... -
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Dragons Beyond the Pale by Maria Grace
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSmugglers. A kidnapping. A fire-breathing fairy dragon? The Blue Order is falling apart at the seams.After months in Bath mentoring Dragon Keepers and Friends, Dragon Sage Elizabeth Darcy actually anticipates traveling to London for the Keeper’s Cotillion. Which says a great deal considering the she-dragons who make up the Cotillion board would very much like to show the Sage her proper place...Categorized as:
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Midlife Daddy Bear by Aline Ash
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCan a dancer in her 40s, burdened with a troubled past, and a shifter Alpha with three kids start afresh, or will their past secrets and present hurdles be too much to handle?LilyWith nothing left to hold her in Seattle, forty-something Lily Archer does the one thing she’s been too afraid of: Start over... -
The Girl Who Cried Banshee by Kim McDougall
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKyra Greene is a pest controller, not an exterminator. She has to be clear about that when the pests can be anything from pixies to dragons. But when her fledgling business teeters on the brink of bankruptcy, Kyra takes on a job that blurs those lines. Now she’s deep in the lawless Inbetween, trying to clear a mysterious infestation from a fishing village... -
Fireworks for My Dragon Boss by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHer dragon is turning up the heat! After a series of corporate mergers, Charlotte’s job is hanging by a thread. When her boss orders her to drag an overdue manuscript out of their bestselling author, she’s determined to succeed - even if it means leaving the city for the small Southern town of Fairhaven Falls. She just didn’t expect the elusive author to be so big. And handsome. And winged... -
Tested by Temptation by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the final installment of the Tracking Trouble series, Arwen must confront her dark-elven kin once and for all while helping Azerdash win a war against all of dragon kind.Ambitious tasks under any circumstances. But, to make matters worse, Gemlytha, the powerful woman Azerdash has admitted having feelings for, isn’t as dead as everyone believed...Categorized as:
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Red King by Charlene Hartnady
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe dragons on Mistveil Island are not your run-of-the-mill kind. They’re something else entirely…Change is coming to our island, and I’m not completely convinced it’s for the better. At least, not where I am concerned.Twenty human Tributes will arrive soon. All female, all young, all healthy... -
Dragon Storm by Delta James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYou cannot escape your fate. Especially when it involves a dragon who claims to be your fated mate.Aria’s visions of something old, powerful, and angry coming combined with her seriously sexy dream sharing with a dragon shifter have confused her. Her visions have proven true too often to ignore. But dragon shifters can’t be true... -
We Shall Not Bow by Adaline Winters
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDisguised as our saviors, the Fae flooded into our world. Twenty years later, humanity is on the brink of extinction and Earth has become a magical playground for the Fae.~ Luna ~ As the Dark Menace, I fight for the resistance and for my family who are struggling against the odds for survival. I’ve given them everything I have—my life, my heart, and my devotion...Categorized as:
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Out of the Ashes: Pisces by Julia Mills
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZodiac Shifters Paranormal Romance, #3: Out of the Ashes: PiscesThe mission is simple – get into the enemy camp, free the Guardians, return the demons to Hell and go home the victor. For a Daughter of Poseidon, that’s called a good day at work.Everything is going as planned... -
Twisted Fate by Melanie James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRuby Jean St. James lives her life by the carefully crafted rules she created for herself. Do your job, keep your head down, and your emotions in check at all times. She works hard keeping her act together and avoiding certain people. Bad things tend to happen to those around her when she loses control. Liam Olsen was blessed by the Gods in more ways than one... -
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Celtic Dragons: A Boxset by Dee Bridgnorth
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook One For Kean O’Shea, life is a perfect combination of solving crimes, investigating paranormal activity, and flying high in the Boston skies with the people he loves best—his dragon clan. He’s gorgeous, well-built, and more than confident that he knows exactly what life has in store for him... -
Bearly Hanging On by Krystal Shannan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe best type of romance is the one that’s forbidden. Owen’s become an outcast for losing his Tribe… and that label is enough to prevent him from claiming his mate under pain of death. Tara won’t understand that he’s a bear, anyway. She’ll be scared. She’ll run away. So he keeps his distance...for now... But Tara’s being hunted by a group of guys who act more like a pack-- because they are... -
A Gray Area by Amy Sumida
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife can be a gray area. Amaranthine Madison is now a part of the secret, supernatural, special forces team; First Extraordinary Abilities Regiment. And FEAR has just been given their first assignment; to discover what is leeching the color from the people and landscape of a Washington D.C. neighborhood...Categorized as:
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An Iron Fist by Nazri Noor, Zachary Johnson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMight and magic, fist and flame, to send evil back from where it came.Jackson Pryde and Xander Wright delve into the mountain halls of the dvergar, the dwarven people of Norse myth known for their mining and metalwork. Seeking jewels and ore, they make a deadly discovery instead: a cluster of Chrysanthemysts... -
Rexx by Tasha Black
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTheir sights are trained on love. But will they survive a ride on the Iron Peregrine?Abigail Shaw can’t believe her good luck. The Alien Adoption Agency has selected her to adopt adorable baby Rio. And baby Rio comes with Rexx, a handsome Invicta warrior guard, whose dark eyes seduce Abigail before he even opens his mouth. When he offers her his mate bond, she thinks things can’t get any better... -
Music in the Rain by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA short story featuring Madame Zulenka and Zaira. Timeline: Takes place some time after Silence has fallen.The story can be found in Nalini Singh's December 2021 newsletter... -
Barbarian Dragonslayer by Aaron Crash
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn ancient evil has come to Old Ironbound—is it a dragon or is it something else?Ymir has obtained six of the eight Akkiric rings—the rings that allowed Aegel Akkridor and his wives to live for a thousand years—but the more he studies, the closer he comes to learning the secret behind the great vempor’s death.A secret that may mean death for Ymir and his wives as well... -
Raw IV: A Primeval Fantasy by Misty Vixen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe forest that Jak, his bond-mates, and his tribe call home is safe now that they have secured alliances with the secretive nymphs and the brutal karn clan they share the space with.Or that's what everyone thought until an army of the lethal corrupted attacked their forest... -
Rock and a Hard Place by Maggie Mayhem
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy Fake Gargoyle FiancéSo, this is rock bottom. Not only did I lose my job and my apartment, but now, an ultra-secret snow leopard shifter group wants me to marry a guy I never met and have babies to save our species. And they’re coming in three days to take me away. Cue me getting smashed alone on a Thursday night...Categorized as:
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Heart Bond by Tara Grayce
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFan favorites find their happy endings in this collection of Elven Alliance short stories and novellas!King of Escarland – When King Averett is shot on his coronation day, sparks fly between him and the captain’s daughter Paige... -
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Pursued by Peril by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe dragons of the Cosmic Realms aren’t pleased now that Azerdash has recovered a legendary galaxy blade. It makes him more of a threat in his quest to oust their kind from power. To stop him, the dragons have sent one of their own after him, a deadly assassin who likes a challenge…Arwen wants to help Azerdash, but she has her own problems...Categorized as:
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Dragon VIP: Kyanite by Starla Night
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSmokin’ hot dragon shifters have no idea what to do with these sassy Earth females — but claiming them as mates will change the universe! Scarred dragon shifter Kyanite “Kyan” Onyx is the Security officer of the Onyx Corporation. Used to working in the shadows, this deadly former mercenary is the only one who can safeguard his family’s company from growing dangers... -
Daughter of the Bone Forest by Jasmine Skye
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwo girls reluctantly bound by fate must weather a dangerous courtship as a prophesied war grows ever closer in Jasmine Skye's high-stakes, queernormative dark fantasy debut, Daughter of the Bone Forest.Rosy is a bone familiar, gifted with the power to shift into animals marked with exposed bone... -
My Werewolf Romeo by I.T. Lucas
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn Enemies to Lovers RomanceThe father of my star student is a hot-shot screenwriter who thinks he can dictate what production I should put on. He’s also the biggest patron of the drama department, and the principal makes it very clear that I need to cooperate with the opinionated asshat or walk away from my dream job at the exclusive private high school... -
Awakening by Bethany Adams
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn unexpected dutyFor three hundred years, Princess Dria has avoided the drama of the royal court by training as a battle mage. When her father summons her back to court just as she begins to rise up the ranks, she's furious. Even worse, she must work with her estranged brother Ralan on a mission to Earth... -
Baubles and Ben by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA short story featuring Marlee & Ben from the SnowDancer pack. Timeline: Takes place around the same time as Allegiance of Honor.This story can be found on Nalini Singh's official website...Categorized as:
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Creature of the Wild by Maya Nicole
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWith the wind at our backs and the dagger forcing our will, we’re on our way to find my next mate. New information from my brother makes me question everything. There’s no escaping what’s to come.A creature from the wild will hold me tight, but what if I’m already in pieces?*Creature of the Wild is book three in the Her Creatures series and is a paranormal shifter romance told in multiple POVs...Categorized as:
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Howl for the Gargoyle by Kathryn Moon
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHannah never wanted to be a werewolf. After over thirty years as a human, she finds her new life on the other side of the species line too full of sudden changes. Especially when those changes risk her band's chance at a world tour...Categorized as:
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Consumed by Fire by Charlene Hartnady
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe dragons on Draig Island are not your run-of-the-mill kind. They’re something else entirely…Things are hotting up on the island. It's Octane's turn.For the best enjoyment, please read these books in order.This story contains mature themes/language.Also, be prepared for a ton of growls, dirty talk, and a hard-won HEA. Hulking, skulking, foul-mouthed, brooding dragons ahead... -
Heart of the Fire by Charlene Hartnady
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe dragons on Draig Island are not your run-of-the-mill kind. They’re something else entirely… Although you will see characters from previous books, this story will follow Kim and Blaze. To avoid spoilers, there will not be a blurb. It is very much an enemies to lovers romance.For the best enjoyment, please read books 1 and 2 first.This story contains mature themes/language... -
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Torgar the Molten by Cara Wylde
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the orcs invaded the human dimension, no one could stop them. War raged for years, and now the monstrous beasts have agreed to peace on two conditions: one, the human scientists must rebuild the machine that brought them into this world; and two, they must be provided with fertile brides to bear them orc babies.Wendy Bennet is stuck... -
Her Pampered Pussy by Tonya Brooks
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt all started with a stolen baby… Harper Stone had the best of intentions when she stole a baby from the lab where he was being tortured. To prove that no good deed goes unpunished, now she's got bad guys after her, one of her sisters has been kidnapped, another one shifted into a freaking jaguar, and she's stuck with an arrogant lion shifter bodyguard who thinks she's his mate... -
Twisted Desire: Paranormal Dating Agency by Melanie James
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEthan Lockhart had found his mate, and he wasn’t very happy about it. He didn’t want a mate—didn’t need a mate. The Fates had already messed with his life in ways that had changed everything, and none of it for the better. But they just had to go and throw the woman of his dreams in his face—when they knew damn well, thanks to their meddling, he couldn’t claim her... -
Snake Believe by Karla Doyle
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCORASent to Screaming Woods to write a fluff piece on its resident monsters, I'm ready to meet hairy beasts, ogres, vampires… Heck, I even have an interview scheduled with an actual invisible man. What I'm not prepared for? A snake man. I'm terrified of snakes... -
Twins for the Dark Elf by Celeste King
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy kids are my world. No dark elf will take them away!The dark elf, Imris, saw me.Chased me. Won me. After I gave in…He left me.Not just heartbroken. But also…Pregnant.A year later, I’ve moved on and am thriving.Life is hard. But good.And then Imris comes back.He says he never wanted to be sent away.That he fought to come back to me.He says he still loves me... -
Guardian of Madness by Michelle Manus
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis time, leaving Earth was not Nyx’s choice...After her latest trip off-planet, Nyx Fortuna has every intention of keeping both feet firmly on Earth Between...Categorized as:
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