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A Collection of Monstrous Short Stories by Lily Mayne
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsRevisit the Monstrous couples from the first seven novels of the series in this collection of sixteen short stories. Plus, meet a new Monstrous couple in a brand new 20k-word novella, Ruke... -
![A Soul to Embrace: Duskwalker Brides: Book Eight by Opal Reyne]()
A Soul to Embrace: Duskwalker Brides: Book Eight by Opal Reyne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAll Zylah wanted was to heal.Lost, alone, and nameless, she seeks out a companion. Someone to cherish amidst the chaos and the Demon attacks. When she stumbles across a broken and injured Jabez, she uses her healing hands to save him, never questioning his motives for staying.As the emotions growing between them become tangled, her infatuation turns into dangerous passion... -
![Clean Finish by Lily Mayne]()
Clean Finish by Lily Mayne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLarkinLook, here’s the thing.I’m young, carefree, and my job as the assistant to Holt, manager and owner of the Goliaths of Wrestling, means I’m surrounded by half-naked beefcake wrestlers all day. Of course I’m going to be interested in… getting to know them all better... -
![Little Souls of Fire by Clio Evans]()
Little Souls of Fire by Clio Evans
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsBarista's BookCreatures of all kinds go to the Barista to find love.Even the slimy, demented, horned ones.Even the psychopathic, hellish, tentacled ones... -
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![A Monstrous Christmas in the Camp by Lily Mayne]()
A Monstrous Christmas in the Camp by Lily Mayne
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis short sees the Nebraska camp celebrating a (late) Christmas, with lots of food and gift-giving and *ahem* other stuff.Christmas novella featuring the POV of every Monstrous lad so far... -
![Defending Nightmares by M. Sinclair]()
Defending Nightmares by M. Sinclair
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI crave my nightmares.I crave the shadows.I don’t want the light if it doesn’t include them…The human terror organization MAM has come to our doorstep—we just don’t know what they want...Categorized as:
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![Come Dance With the Witchwood Boys by C.M. Stunich]()
Come Dance With the Witchwood Boys by C.M. Stunich
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI accidentally married three witch stalkers.They've escaped perpetual hell, courtesy of yours truly.They’ve also gone viral with their annoying thirst trap asses in leather.#theWitchwoodBoysFine. The power of magic is worth the price.Though getting trapped in those woods again is always a possibility.We’ll have to seal the gate with a little … group participation...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... -
![By the Pint by Jemma Croft]()
By the Pint by Jemma Croft
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDima Black might be the richest, most successful vampire in all of Borderlands, but all he wants to do is sew his quilts.Dima enjoys a quiet life in his inner-city Remy apartment with his flatmates, a fridge full of B+, and his fluffy bunny slippers. At least, as quiet as things can be for a mind-reading vampire... -
![Swim Deeper by T.S. Joyce]()
Swim Deeper by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsReporter, Bre Hayne, is on the hunt for a story. Finally, her big career break has fallen into her lap, and she has chance to get the scoop on one of the notoriously private shifters. Not many of them exist, but one Holt Lachlan has put an ad out for a mate, and Bre is up for the challenge...Categorized as:
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![The Governess and the Orc by Finley Fenn]()
The Governess and the Orc by Finley Fenn
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHe’ll make all her dreams come true… but only if she can pretend to love him. In a realm of orcs and powerful men, Geva Okoro is a proud, impoverished governess, trapped in a dismal, dead-end post — until the day the orc breaks in. He’s a huge, insolent, arrogant brute, swaggering with smooth, shameless wickedness...Categorized as:
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![Defeating Nightmares by M. Sinclair]()
Defeating Nightmares by M. Sinclair
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI would remind the humans why they feared the dark…and why I loved it. Our home is under threat, and I was across the country being threatened by a god terror in the Oceanic Forest. To say our situation is far from ideal is an understatement… So when Hate threatens my mates, something is unleashed in me that none of us could have expected... -
![Hunter's Descent by Alice Winters]()
Hunter's Descent by Alice Winters
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLakeSnagging the hunter was the easy part. Now I have to prove to him that a life filled with chaos, the most amazing fish ever, and delightful me is so much better than normal—trust me, he isn’t too hard to convince.But when a group of insolent chimeras laughably think they can target my one true love, they have another thing coming for them—likely death...Categorized as:
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![Inviting Bedlam by Grae Bryan]()
Inviting Bedlam by Grae Bryan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIvan Kozlov doesn’t make mistakes, no matter what his brothers might say. Mistakes in his world mean death. So while he may have summoned the wrong sort of demon to aid him in cementing his empire, binding himself to the creature with an irreversible contract, that doesn’t mean he can’t make use of him... -
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![Resisting the Alien Rider by Ursa Dax]()
Resisting the Alien Rider by Ursa Dax
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBook three of the Cowboy Colony Mail-Order Brides series. Magnolia's story... -
![Wolf Games by Caroline Peckham]()
Wolf Games by Caroline Peckham
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter the trials of the V Games have come to an end, peace has fallen over The Sanctuary for Immortal beings. But for Jameson and Cass, their troubles are only just beginning. On the verge of their happily ever after, their world is torn apart, forcing the two lovers on separate paths. And with both of their hearts broken in the process, they have to find a way to live on without one another... -
![Dad Bod Ogre: A Monster Romance by Lynnea Lee]()
Dad Bod Ogre: A Monster Romance by Lynnea Lee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI just won the bride lottery! Except I don’t want to go to Earth, marry some spoiled rich kid, and live in the lap of luxury. That’s someone else’s dream, not mine. My life is here on Stars’ End, farming cheeka silk and breathing fresh mountain air.There’s only one thing to I pack my gear, say a temporary goodbye to my beloved cheekas, and set out into the great unknown... -
![Hellfire & Tinsel by A.M. Rose]()
Hellfire & Tinsel by A.M. Rose
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIf Beau were to write a letter to Santa he’d ask for a friend. Instead he writes to Satan and summons a demon... -
![Murder by Sandra R. Neeley]()
Murder by Sandra R. Neeley
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMurder is the last of the gargoyles in Whispers to find his mate. Or so he thinks… A fateful mission into Hell to rescue his best friend’s stolen mate leads Murder to a female he can’t look away from... -
![Happily Ever Witch by Cassandra Gannon]()
Happily Ever Witch by Cassandra Gannon
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEsmeralda the Wicked Witch is having a lousy week. She’s fallen through a rabbit hole and landed in Wonderland, a cheerful, tea-partying place that no self-respecting villain ever wants to visit. People are threatening to chop off her head, unless she wakes up a sleeping dragon with True Love’s kiss.And not just any dragon... -
![Guarded by the Vodnik by Layla Fae]()
Guarded by the Vodnik by Layla Fae
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe poured fire into my cold, emotionless heart. Now all I see and feel is her.I’m a cold-blooded killer from the deep, always getting MSA’s most hazardous underwater tasks. Fear and emotion are foreign to me, which makes me efficient but too callous to work with clients... -
![V Games: Dead Before Dawn by Caroline Peckham]()
V Games: Dead Before Dawn by Caroline Peckham
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter the explosive breakout on the Isle of Lidelse, Selena and Varick have made it to safety. But the Helsings are already plotting their revenge and will hunt them to the ends of the earth to have it. Selena must rely on new allies as well as old to remain safe, but trust is not a thing she finds easy anymore.Soon, she's forced to decide whether to fight or keep running... -
![Harry's Beast by Kat Baxter]()
Harry's Beast by Kat Baxter
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYou know what they say about satyrs… Jace Like many of the people in Screaming Woods, I’m cursed. My plight goes beyond my hooved feet, horns and my tail. My problem–my curse– is a different kind of hard. The perpetually stiff kind of hard, if you know what I mean. Only true love can give me “release.” I know it’s too much to hope the pretty, curvy human is my fated mate... -
![Guarded by the Snake: Monster Security Agency by Layla Fae]()
Guarded by the Snake: Monster Security Agency by Layla Fae
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe stole her way into my cold, serpent heart like a thief in the night.The tiny human hires me to shield her from the vengeance of a powerful organization. There’s nothing wrong with that, except she stole from them, got caught, and now I have to clean up her mess. Add to that her incessant chatter, and I’m in for the most unpleasant job in my career... -
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![Alien Orc's Prize by Ursa Dax]()
Alien Orc's Prize by Ursa Dax
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy human Starlight Lottery bride was supposed to be a pawn, not become my most precious prize…As the eldest prince of an ancient and regal orc bloodline, I should be focused on my lands and people.Instead, I’m constantly thwarting my family’s attempts to ensure that I produce an heir... -
![V Games: Fresh From the Grave by Caroline Peckham]()
V Games: Fresh From the Grave by Caroline Peckham
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSelena Grey has faced death and won. Freedom awaits so long as she can let go of the last thing that ties her to the island where the V Games were held. But despite the fact surviving has always been her priority, suddenly, she finds herself torn between her head and her heart...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![How to Fall in Lust with a Devil by Lola Glass]()
How to Fall in Lust with a Devil by Lola Glass
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMy new roommate is a gorgeous demon.The most uptight, boring demon in all of existence.Did I mention that he hates me?I'm only living with him because my brother trusts him to prevent me from having any amount of freedom.Until he loses control for a second.Just a split second, but that second is enough.I learn that he doesn't hate me... he just doesn't want to admit I'm his potential mate...Categorized as:
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![I Married Wonjin by Regine Abel]()
I Married Wonjin by Regine Abel
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsShe once feared him but now cannot resist him…After decades of violence, the war pitting the human colony on Cibbos against the Yurus tribe has finally ended. Lara never expected that peace between their species would lead to a romantic entanglement with one of their former enemies. Resembling a cross between an orc and a minotaur, Wonjin looks nothing like how Lara had imagined a potential mate... -
![Your Coffin or Mine by Jacklyn Hyde]()
Your Coffin or Mine by Jacklyn Hyde
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA runaway bride. A grumpy 600-year-old vampire pretending to be human. A disaster waiting to happen.What could possibly be the most infuriating thing to a vampire disgusted by the internet? A twenty-six-year-old social media influencer that just ran out on her cheating ex fiance and insists on staying in Vlad’s quiet castle... -
![Lucien by Grae Bryan]()
Lucien by Grae Bryan
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJamie Hernandez loves his life. He has his family, his friends, and a successful freelance career at just twenty-three. The only thing missing? His monster. The one Jamie has seen in his dreams for the past five years. Jamie doesn’t know much about the enigmatic man from his visions, but he doesn’t need to. He knows enough. He knows they belong together... -
![The Maid and the Orcs by Finley Fenn]()
The Maid and the Orcs by Finley Fenn
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsShe’s fallen for an angel… but he’s mated to a monster. In a realm of orcs and powerful men, housemaid Alma Andersson is drowning — in grief, debt, and drudgery. And when her awful employer makes his darkest demand yet, she flees for the forest, and tumbles toward her doom…Until she’s snatched to safety by a huge, vicious green beast. An orc... -
![Luxuries of Lust by Nik Knight]()
Luxuries of Lust by Nik Knight
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen it came to love, Rusty had resigned himself to never being enough, and Gem knew he would always be too much. Turns out, they were both wrong.As a Pyclon from Lust, Rusty learned early the cruel rules of the Pentagram. Happiness is for the privileged. Hope for the weak. And absolutely nothing comes free. So he accepts a life of happy enough, of good enough, of just… enough... -
![Surviving Skarr by Ruby Dixon]()
Surviving Skarr by Ruby Dixon
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsOvernight, my life has changed to one of sheer survival.I wake up on a strange alien world covered in ice. I have no memories of myself, not even my name.And I've resonated to the biggest braggart on the planet. Skarr is a chest-beating alpha male gladiator with lizard genetics and an intense case of self-love. He tells everyone within hearing distance how amazing he is. Bleh... -
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![The Rose and the Thorn by Katherine Macdonald]()
The Rose and the Thorn by Katherine Macdonald
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA gripping and mesmerising retelling of a classic story, filled with romance, mystery and intrigue. There is a pale, penetrating loneliness etched into the walls of this forgotten place. A kind of loneliness made living.. -
![Possess Me! - I Want You To by Fae Quin]()
Possess Me! - I Want You To by Fae Quin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Spooky Boys Series invites you to visit a world where things that go bump in the night aren't just fantasy. These standalone novels feature monsters that are spicy, fun, and sometimes furry.LucaWhat was I thinking, trading my last painting for a "lucky" necklace? Instead of good fortune, the cursed trinket saddled me with a stocky, heavily tattooed ghost named Prudence... -
![Love Binds by Cynthia St. Aubin]()
Love Binds by Cynthia St. Aubin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor Hanna Harvey, happily ever is just the beginning . . . of a hot mess. Now mated to darkly dangerous but irresistibly seductive werewolf, Mark Abernathy, she's finding that life isn't the endless cheese and whisky fueled boinkfest she'd imagined it to be...Categorized as:
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![Monster Mishap by Rory Miles]()
Monster Mishap by Rory Miles
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGrumpy meets sunshine in this cozy monster romance.One grumpy, reclusive monster.One bubbly, happy-go-lucky woman.One accidental bonding.Daisy loves fairy tales and all she’s ever wanted was to find her prince.When she touches an amulet, she falls into a land full of magic and into the lap of a giant creature, accidentally tying herself to him. Forever.He’s green. He’s crotchety. He’s a monster... -
![Strike by Abigail Kelly]()
Strike by Abigail Kelly
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPassion is electric. After a millennia of longing, Hele has finally gotten her chance to live. A lightning elemental with a voracious hunger for knowledge and experience, she takes to her new life with a gusto that surprises everyone she meets. After two years of learning how to navigate the world she’s been thrust into, Hele is only missing one love...Categorized as:
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![Mated to the Alien Rogue by Krista Luna]()
Mated to the Alien Rogue by Krista Luna
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe blue alien who rescues me is too damned bossy and annoyingly handsome. But I’m stuck with him and his wicked tail.VIVIANI left Earth the proud captain of a ship destined to save humanity. I wake in a small examination room being poked and prodded by blue aliens who speak a strange language. Oh, hell no...Categorized as:
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![Dance with the Dragon Duke by S.L. Prater]()
Dance with the Dragon Duke by S.L. Prater
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor a desperate duchess, an Unseelie duke could be the perfect fake fiancé.A fae woman named Tomorrow is set to inherit a wealthy duchy. The one she must marry a man of gentle breeding. To make it to the altar, she’ll have to survive her family first. The next in line will stop at nothing to keep her from collecting... -
![By the Fae by Jemma Croft]()
By the Fae by Jemma Croft
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDream job – check.Dream apartment – nearly check.Super-hot fae boyfriend – Uh, she’ll have to get back to you on that one.At age 29, good girl, Holly Briar, thought she’d have it all by now. After all, everything else on her metaphorical (and physical) list is checked off, but she’s still very much lacking in the love dept... -
![Vixen by Wendy Rathbone]()
Vixen by Wendy Rathbone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn all-star flying reindeer shifter. A shy but clever elf. One is overworked, the other excited to take on his new first job. This is the story of how I got stranded in a snowstorm at my boss’s house. And never left... -
![Summoning my Grumpy Demon Boss by Ami Wright]()
Summoning my Grumpy Demon Boss by Ami Wright
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOops, I just summoned my grumpy demon boss!In my defense, I need revenge on my cheating ex after he announced his engagement to the woman he left me for. And yeah, I might have been drunk... -
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![My Pucking Mate by Izzy Elliott]()
My Pucking Mate by Izzy Elliott
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Leera Adams loses her parents months before starting college, the excitement of beginning the next chapter of her life is now shadowed with grief. Having grown up traveling the world with her photographer & journalist parents homeschooling her, she's a little awkward and anxious to settle down in one place but vows to do her best to have a normal college experience...Categorized as:
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![Fangs for Nothing by Steffanie Holmes]()
Fangs for Nothing by Steffanie Holmes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’s a hot, grumpy, reclusive vampire, and the last thing he wants is an interfering human tidying his castle…until her.Lord Alaric Valerian has a problem. His mother is visiting his castle for the first time, but she doesn’t know that Alaric has filled every room with his centuries of artistic passions and creative pursuits... -
![The Ruin's Revenge by Sara Ivy Hill]()
The Ruin's Revenge by Sara Ivy Hill
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSkarr giant Alrek was one of the lucky ones. He had a mate—the very last female of their kind. Now the widowed chief of a dying clan, he has only two hopes for the saving as many other species as possible from the same extinction…and exacting revenge on the invasive humans who caused it.But then she walks into his territory. Tiny. Sweet-smelling. Infuriatingly human... -
![The Dragon Soldier's Mate by Harlow Blaze]()
The Dragon Soldier's Mate by Harlow Blaze
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBlackmailer threatening to murder you? Bad.Accidentally sleeping with your boss—the dragon shifter doctor who’s way too old for you? Somehow worse.NadineNadine is a simple girl with a simple plan. Kick ass in her new job and find a man who can make her scream.After a wild encounter in a shifter nightclub, she’s got part B locked down... -
![A Monster Worth Fighting For: Monster Between the Sheets: Season 2 by Ava Ross]()
A Monster Worth Fighting For: Monster Between the Sheets: Season 2 by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGrumpy, growly wyverns don’t deserve true love—or do they?I’ve worked hard to accept what happened after I sipped that strange brew and turned into a wyvern. Scaly skin? It protects me from the weather. Wings? Flying’s cool. And the claws on my thumbs make it easier to craft chainsaw wood sculptures... -
![Fallen by Hattie Jacks]()
Fallen by Hattie Jacks
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIf he claims her, all will be lost. If he doesn’t, he loses himself.Myk is the rogue alien warrior’s brooding weapons master. Fresh from his hell-like forge, he’s the definition of an alien angel of death.He thinks he knows what will heal him.He wants a child.And he’s chosen me to fulfil this desire.I can't deny that there’s something about Myk that calls to my bruised heart...
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