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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... -
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Moth by Lily Mayne
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen I—along with my best friend and his big purple monster boyfriend—come across a fortress-like raider camp while journeying across the monster-infested Wastes, we stop to deliver a message.Somehow, that simple pit stop turns into a seemingly impossible quest to get this camp’s missing leader out of the prison where he’s being held and forced to fight monsters and other humans...Categorized as:
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![Shadow Heart by Morgan B. Lee]()
Shadow Heart by Morgan B. Lee
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAssassinating the headmaster didn’t go as planned. Now Everbound University is on strict magical lockdown, and the Immortal Quintet has arrived to hunt down the person who killed their mage—which, ironically, isn’t me.I’m also looking for the true culprit so I can find Kenzie...Categorized as:
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![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... -
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![The Magic of Eternity by Britt Andrews]()
The Magic of Eternity by Britt Andrews
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsOnce upon a time, there was a beautiful green witch. She blew into my life every bit as wild as the storm magic that lived within my veins. My heart had been nothing but a lifeless organ within my chest until she breathed life back into me, ensuring that each beat from that moment forward was for her.Saige Wildes was everything good...Categorized as:
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![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...Categorized as:
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![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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![Desire in His Blood by Zoey Draven]()
Desire in His Blood by Zoey Draven
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA monster wants her as his bride…and he will stop at nothing to claim her.Gemma Hara is drowning under the weight of her father’s debts. Working herself to the bone, she knows that if she doesn’t pay them off in time, the sadistic creditors will take everything: their home, their respected name, and, worst of all, her two beautiful sisters...Categorized as:
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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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![Tentacles & Triathlons by Ashley Bennett]()
Tentacles & Triathlons by Ashley Bennett
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsLeviathan Fitness is the favorite place of monsters, muscles, and a tentacled creature who can seduce even the hardest to win over human.When parks department supervisor Reece Rollins decides to sign up for a triathlon– there are two things holding him back. One, his fear of monsters. Two, his sub-par swimming skills...Categorized as:
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![Grin and Bear It by Sam Hall]()
Grin and Bear It by Sam Hall
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTHIS BOOK IS A STANDALONE. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE READ OTHER BOOKS IN THE SERIES.I’m a strong independent woman, but sometimes I just want someone else to fix my life. Enter four, big, strong, hunky someones...Lately I've got a lot of problems.My house is falling apart.My situationship just imploded because he messaged me for a date and he meant to invite someone else...Categorized as:
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Anubis by Alessa Thorn
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAnubis, God of The Dead, is missing a piece of his soul, and he knows just the archaeologist to help him find it. He only needs to convince her of that…ANUBIS is the third book in the new series ‘Gods of the Duat’ that centers around the Egyptian gods of war, magic, and the dead... -
![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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![Cupcakes for My Orc Enemy by Honey Phillips]()
Cupcakes for My Orc Enemy by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsOne very large orc. One very small human. Does size matter?When Elara flees corporate life to open a coffee shop in the small southern town of Fairhaven Falls, the last thing she is looking for is a relationship. But when she meets Grondar, the gruff orc owner of the bakery next door, sparks fly. Literally.Grondar has been burned by human females before...Categorized as:
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![Mating Monsters by M. Sinclair]()
Mating Monsters by M. Sinclair
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMy monsters had found me… and they weren’t letting me go.The institute, also known as ISS, housed the most terrifying nightmares that existed in this world… but the true monster was the one that tortured me day in and day out. The one that had made me feel worthless and question if I could even call myself a monster. My mother... -
![Bite of Loyalty by R.L. Caulder]()
Bite of Loyalty by R.L. Caulder
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBeing the sole survivor of the Van Helsing family was never a burden I wanted to carry.Yet here I was, an orphan with a score to settle against Dracula for orchestrating the near genocide of my bloodline.One small kink in that plan: I was turned into the blood sucking creature that I was born to destroy... -
![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... -
![Satyr's Mate: Mated to the Monster by Maggie Mayhem]()
Satyr's Mate: Mated to the Monster by Maggie Mayhem
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe plan was pretend to be my sister and attend the Monsters & Magic Charity Gala in her stead. I score a fancy meal, and she gets to dodge the fortune teller’s prediction that she’ll meet her future husband at the event and be tied down forever. Win-win. Easy, peasy.Everything goes smoothly until a rogue spell goes off, and a smoking hot satyr comes to my rescue... -
![The Knitter's Guide to Banishing Boyfriends by Kathryn Moon]()
The Knitter's Guide to Banishing Boyfriends by Kathryn Moon
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA Stitch Witch trapped in a cage, a Demon in search of a challenge, and old enemies creating unlikely allies.June Byrne, stitch witch and unofficial leader of the Sweet Pea coven, just wants a little peace and quiet. She has everything under control, even the demons of Hell’s Bells MC, until a stranger steps into her knit shop asking for help... -
![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...Categorized as:
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![Protected by the Orc by Honey Phillips]()
Protected by the Orc by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHer orc bodyguard is determined to keep her close!Holdar doesn’t do commitment. Even his latest security job as bodyguard to a pretty, spoiled - and annoyingly adorable - heiress won’t last, which is just as well. The sooner he gets away from her innocent smiles and tempting curves the better... -
![Her Orc Husband by Zoe Ashwood]()
Her Orc Husband by Zoe Ashwood
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis arranged marriage is my last hope for a better future. The city’s best matchmaker has all but despaired over me and my brother is threatening to throw me on the street if I don’t find a husband soon. But the revulsion I feel every time anyone touches me has made it impossible for me to find a good match... -
![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... -
![TBR: Dead But Well Read by Sedona Ashe]()
TBR: Dead But Well Read by Sedona Ashe
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI always thought I’d die crushed under the weight of my TBR pile, but my death was a plot twist I didn’t see coming. Save your sympathy! Now that I’m dead, I’m living my best freaking life. I’m free to read books for hours on end without worrying about food, rent, or, well, any interruptions.I might finally be able to get through my TBR list… maybe... -
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![Superbia by Colette Rhodes]()
Superbia by Colette Rhodes
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAstrid is the kind of Hunter that all Hunters aspire to be.Lethal. Focused. Ambidextrous.In contrast to her disgraced sister, Astrid has done everything right. And now, she’s coming to realize that everything she’s ever known is wrong.Soren wants to be the kind of Shade that all Shades aspire to be.Brave. Decisive. Powerful... -
![Howl for the Gargoyle by Kathryn Moon]()
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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![Valentine for My Vampire by Honey Phillips]()
Valentine for My Vampire by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHer vampire is heating up the kitchen!Wendy’s first visit to a supposedly gourmet restaurant in the sleepy little town of Fairhaven Falls did not go well - especially her interaction with the arrogant and annoyingly attractive restaurant owner - and she didn’t hesitate to tell her readers all about it. She has no intention of returning, but she never could resist a challenge... -
![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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![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...Categorized as:
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![Better-Off Bunny by Sedona Ashe]()
Better-Off Bunny by Sedona Ashe
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI’m a bunny shifter who has been claimed by the wolf shifters.Things are going to get hot…or dead.I’m determined to honor the memory of my family by respecting the rabbit shifter community’s traditions. That is right up until I’m slapped in the face with an unexpected betrayal...Categorized as:
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![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... -
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Undercover Orc by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsShe’s doesn’t do anything spontaneous or wild . . . until a hot orc dares her to try something new.Bailey: As head librarian in my small town, I take my job seriously. So when I hear a sound in the library’s attic while I’m working late and alone, and then a big, green, muscular orc creeps up behind me, I smack him in the head with a stapler... -
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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... -
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![Finding Love with the Fae King by Vera Foxx]()
Finding Love with the Fae King by Vera Foxx
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMelina had grown up most of her life in a Werewolf pack and she never knew it. Her parents gave full guardianship of Melina to her best friend’s mother so they could pursue other important dreams they had for themselves. Melina was just an accident, an accident that made Melina wonder what love truly was... -
![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...Categorized as:
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![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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![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...Categorized as:
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![Legacy of the Gods: Jackals Wrath MC by Skyler Andra]()
Legacy of the Gods: Jackals Wrath MC by Skyler Andra
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI was lost and alone until they found me. Ruthless. Killers. Bikers.Now I belong to them. But after what they did to me, we have a long way to go before forgiveness.Someone is screwing with the Jackal’s motorcycle club business. They know what we are. Who we are. Always one step ahead. And they won’t stop until we’re six feet under.To stop our enemies, it’s time to fulfil my legacy...Categorized as:
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![Cerberus Unleashed by Lacey Carter Andersen]()
Cerberus Unleashed by Lacey Carter Andersen
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHellhounds have feelings too...If Hades thinks he's going to drag me back to the Underworld, he might just learn that this fiery hound is more than just his daughter. Or his pet. Without my leash, this bi*** has a bite that'll make him piss his godly pants.And maybe just maybe make him rethink that whole chaining me to the Underworld for eternity, decision... -
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Sweet Revenge by G.K. DeRosa
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne broken human-ish girl.Twelve gorgeous supernatural bachelors.A paranormal dating game with bite. What’s a half-wolf girl to do when her fated mate rejects her? Apparently, go on a supernatural reality dating show. Twelve hunky bachelors are vying for my attention and my heart. Including my ex’s twin brother… It’s the perfect recipe for revenge... -
![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... -
![Without a Stitch: Monster Between the Sheets: Season 2 by Honey Phillips]()
Without a Stitch: Monster Between the Sheets: Season 2 by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCan a bookish scientist find the man inside the monster? Uncomfortable with people, Victoria spends her days - and her nights - working in her lab. When her funding is terminated, her only option is a dilapidated building in the tiny town of Screaming Woods... -
![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... -
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![Siren Craving by R. O'Leary]()
Siren Craving by R. O'Leary
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCam’s a mystery, even to other monsters. But the fire he feels for the klutzy new girl?There’s nothing mysterious about it.Raven Falls Romances:1. Furbidden Attraction2. Unbearable Temptation3. Howling Devotion4. Deathly Desire5. Bewitching Allure6. Siren CravingNovellas:1. Frosted Kiss2...Categorized as:
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![Sheltered by the Orc: Monster Brides by Sandra R. Neeley]()
Sheltered by the Orc: Monster Brides by Sandra R. Neeley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFall through an ancient Fae portal to a time when Orcs ruled the Irish countryside. Stumble into an arranged marriage with an Orc who wants you less than you want him. And when it’s all said and done?Frantically search for a way to travel through time back to his side...Categorized as:
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![King of Hollywood by Fae Quin]()
King of Hollywood by Fae Quin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs far as first dates go, you can’t go wrong with a moonlit trip to the crematory.Marshall: I’ve lived a carefully cultivated life on a quiet suburban cul-de-sac. My anonymity and meticulous routine are all by design. No one knows of the monster that lurks inside me, this insatiable urge to commit murder, that thrives just beneath my pastel sweater vests and buttoned-up demeanor... -
![Demon With Benefits by Aurora Ascher]()
Demon With Benefits by Aurora Ascher
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThey can run from their demons…The jokester of the demon brothers, Meph wears his grin like armor and uses humor as a mask. But lately, his composure has been slipping, especially around her. Iris. The blue-haired witch with a vicious temperament. Something about her soothes the darkness within him…but he’s not looking for a savior.There’s no such thing for someone like him...Categorized as:
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![Wolf Games: Severed Fates by Caroline Peckham]()
Wolf Games: Severed Fates by Caroline Peckham
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe finale to Season 2 of The Vampire GamesOne fate torn in two. When Cass is moved from the African institute, she soon realises her captor isn't the only one trying to keep her prisoner...Categorized as:
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![The Troll Bride by S.J. Sanders]()
The Troll Bride by S.J. Sanders
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCavek, youngest son of the Troll King of the Middling Kingdom, never thought he would fall in love with a human, but when he sees Kate, he knows that she is his fated bloodbonded mate. They have one perfect night and he promises to return for her, but when he is delayed for a year in returning for her, he does not know how welcoming she will be...
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