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  • Fastlander Fury by T.S. Joyce

    Fastlander Fury by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Gunner Walker is on the run.He’s been trying desperately to escape the pull of Damon’s Mountains, but his out-of-control inner grizzly bear has tethered himself to the territory. His reputation is ruined, and he can’t blame his previous Crew for hating him—not after what he’s done...
  • A Very Meowy Christmas by Zoe Chant

    A Very Meowy Christmas by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Being cool as a cat is harder than it looks when unexpected love strikes!Single dad and bobcat shifter Mason has moved to Virtue to raise his toddler in the safety of a shifter community. But minor catastrophe strikes when his daughter escapes to play in the woods, and the last thing Mason expects when she's found is to meet his mate...
  • Stoneheart Lion by Zoe Chant

    Stoneheart Lion by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She's a shifter fixer who can fix anything ... except herself. Exiled from her clan, jaguar shifter Max is a P.I. who handles unique shifter problems. Incriminating photos, blackmail, mate problems? Max helps others solve their problems because there is no cure for her own loneliness. At least none that she knows.But she's never had a problem like him before ..
  • Wolf's Midlife Nanny by Meg Ripley

    Wolf's Midlife Nanny by Meg Ripley

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’m starting over at 43 and found the perfect nannying job.Too bad my hot new boss is my fated mate.When my mate of twenty years started growing distant,My best friend offered to give him advice.Little did I know she’d end up pregnant with his baby.I left Portland and my daycare job behind,Ready to start anew in my friend’s pack down in Eugene...
  • 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...
  • Hellhound Marshal by Zoe Chant

    Hellhound Marshal by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s trapped in a nightmare. She’s a dream come true.Logan Vega has been stuck as a hellhound so long that he’s almost forgotten how to be human. Some days, he can’t even remember his own name.But then a new prisoner is locked in the cage next door. She’s more than the cure for his loneliness: she’s the bravest, kindest, toughest, and most radiant woman he’s ever met...
  • High Risk by Julie Trettel

    High Risk by Julie Trettel

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It appeared to be a year of mostly peace, but in the shadows a new enemy was stirring. A fatal threat posed against Westin Pack’s beloved Pack Mother proves it’s time for Delta to step up and remind them all just why this unit was created in the first place.Each Westin Force team of operatives has a different focus...
  • Claim the Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Claim the Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    - Book 4 in the Hells Canyon Shifters series - Breshia’s world comes crashing down around her when the leader of her lion shifter pride deems her ready to bear a cub. When the mate chosen for her turns out to be the man she loathes, she runs for her life to the sanctuary of Hells Canyon...
  • Mate Fur Hire by T.S. Joyce

    Mate Fur Hire by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    **The full-length third book in T. S. Joyce’s new Bears Fur Hire series.** Vera Masterson has been called a lot of names through the years: witch, misfit, mad scientist. She’s let the rumors go because they kept her safe...
  • Wolf Fur Hire by T.S. Joyce

    Wolf Fur Hire by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Like every other McCall werewolf in history, Link is headed down a short road to insanity, but he’s determined to go out on his own terms. Those terms? Repay the people the broken McCall pack has hurt before Ian Silver has to put him down. Hope is a dangerous thing for a doomed man like him, but when he meets Nicole, an instant and undeniable connection sparks between them...
  • Jasper Drake by Emilia Hartley

    Jasper Drake by Emilia Hartley

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Cora has made a mess of everything. When she ran from the tyrant who claimed her like property, she’d hoped to start a new life, not a dragon war. Now, she’s exhausted in both body and spirit. Her grand plan has led to fires, battles and an unbelievably close mate bond with the scariest dragon she’s ever met...
  • Sweetest Obsessions: A Contemporary Romance Boxed Set Collection by Jane Anthony, Andy Wayne

    Sweetest Obsessions: A Contemporary Romance Boxed Set Collection by Jane Anthony, Andy Wayne

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    25 tempting romances from Sweet to Hot to downright Steamy! Whether your obsession is Alphas, Bad Boys, Friends (or Enemies) to Lovers, or Second Chance Romance, we’ll feed your addiction with 25 drool-worthy heroes in this sizzling collection...
  • Alex by Janice M. Whiteaker

    Alex by Janice M. Whiteaker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Alex runs the show.She spent years learning how to take care of the financial end of Shadow Pine. It’s what she does.What she brings to the table.A table Edward Sweeten thinks he has a seat at.The man is arrogant. Cocky. Incorrigible.And sexy as hell.Unfortunately, there’s another spot he’s decided should be his.And it’s in Alex’s bed...
  • Baby It's Cold Out Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Baby It's Cold Out Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ****Baby It's Cold Out Bear was part of the USA Today Bestselling anthology, A Very Alpha Christmas. It can absolutely be read as a standalone short story.**** Emry Mason doesn’t expect to be pulled out of an icy ditch by a registered bear shifter, and she certainly doesn’t expect her rescuer to be as alluring as Graylan Young...
  • Fealty of the Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Fealty of the Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After years of stagnancy, Muriel Marsden leaves the legendary clan of Hells Canyon bear shifters and goes rogue in order to discover herself. Her trip is cut short when she stumbles upon an injured man alone in the wilderness. As his only chance for survival, Muriel brings him to her cabin and works to save his life. The man is half feral and all sexy...
  • Heart of the Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Heart of the Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    - Book 5 in the Hells Canyon Shifters series - Rae Lynn Dormer is about to find out just what kind of monsters are lurking in the wilderness of Hells Canyon. Determined to do a good deed, she gives a stranger a ride to a ranger camp nestled deep in the Seven Devils Mountains. The problem is, when she gets there, her new acquaintance turns into a lion in the front seat of her Honda...
  • Avenge the Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Avenge the Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    - Book 3 in the Hells Canyon Shifters series - Reese Evans is still reeling from the death of her childhood sweetheart. Determined to find her place in the clan of legendary Hells Canyon bear shifters, she must avenge her fallen friend before she can move on with her life...
  • Forbidden Seduction by R.L. Kenderson

    Forbidden Seduction by R.L. Kenderson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She's always felt like she's lived between two worlds. He never thought he'd want to share his with her.As the only child of a cat-shifter and a human, Demi Cross has always lived between two worlds, always feeling alone. As long as she can remember, she’s been warned to hide her identity from those who don’t want her kind to exist. But hiding is easier said than done...
  • Heavenly Scents by A.K. Michaels

    Heavenly Scents by A.K. Michaels

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Take one cheeky Wolf willing to do anything, even give herself as payment to help her best friend find a mate, and never expected the bill owed to be collected. Until it is. Add in the most infamous Matchmaker in the Universe, Gerri Wilder. Stir in said Love Guru’s nephew to help in her devious plan, a hot-as-Hades Lion, who needs a mate more than he needs a chocolate chip cookie...
  • Auden by R.E. Butler

    Auden by R.E. Butler

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the tradition of their people, owl shifter Jessica Thompson’s parents have chosen a mate for her. On the way to a celebratory hunt to meet her arranged mate, a group of hunters spies them and she’s separated from her nest among the flurry of bullets. Injured and disoriented, she crash lands in a zoo...
  • Griffin Drake by Emilia Hartley

    Griffin Drake by Emilia Hartley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Griffin Drake always gets left behind. While his cousins leave Grove to have adventures, he’s stuck babysitting his increasingly distant and crazy cousin, Jasper, the king of the mountain. When his cousins come home to help, they all find mates, one after another. Griffin is left alone, without even a way to meet a mate. He’s always been bad at talking to women...
  • His Cherry Blossom (The May Flowers) by Tracy Lorraine, Flirt Club

    His Cherry Blossom (The May Flowers) by Tracy Lorraine, Flirt Club

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They say that as one door closes another opens. But when that door swung wide, I never expected the sinfully sexy flower that was hiding behind it. I met her on a day I thought I’d want to forget, but she changed everything. The moment our eyes connected, my heart knew it was the beginning of something unexpected. But something I’d been waiting for, just the same...
  • Ryker Drake by Emilia Hartley

    Ryker Drake by Emilia Hartley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Mina has always known her place in the dragon hierarchy of Grove—at the bottom. Her king’s court is so far out of her league that she feels like she’s intruding even when she comes to work as a maid at Ryker Drake’s house. The attraction she feels for the rock-blasting, nipple-pierced sweetheart she works for is inappropriate on so many levels. But Mina can’t help herself...
  • Aragon: Mountain Man Rescue Romance by Tarin Lex

    Aragon: Mountain Man Rescue Romance by Tarin Lex

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Aragon: Wylder Mountain Heroes Book 8An Alpha Mountain Man & Curvy Younger Heroine RomanceLeahMy parents left me with nothing but a fortune.Money is great if you have a greater purpose in life.So I’m putting all my energy into writing a family history.But the distractions of the city constantly pull me from my task.I need peace, and quiet, and inspiration...
  • Her Older Protector: An Older Man Younger Woman Curvy Romance by Liz Fox

    Her Older Protector: An Older Man Younger Woman Curvy Romance by Liz Fox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s running from an abusive ex. He works for a secret agency. Will they realize that they’re stronger together? Her Older Protector is a steamy, short romance with a curvy, younger woman and a handsome older hero. It is the seventh book in the Daddy Knows Better series. Leah It took a lot to escape my ex.Only for him to hunt me down...
  • Wyatt Drake by Emilia Hartley

    Wyatt Drake by Emilia Hartley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kennedy Mortensen has been drifting for years, travelling and food blogging. It’s a good life, but something’s missing. When she gets to a little hamlet in the mountains of Colorado that isn’t even on the maps, she wonders if she’s found that something—and she’s sure it includes the forceful, but gentle, and oh-so-gorgeous man who runs off a couple of creeps who are bothering her...
  • Falling for the Enemy Alpha by Roxie Ray

    Falling for the Enemy Alpha by Roxie Ray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s forbidden and I rejected her. But my wolf has other ideas . . .I know Jess is different the second I lay eyes on her. For a human, she has one hell of a beautiful left hook.Falling for Jess is the last thing I need. Our pack is on the verge of war with the grey wolf shifters and the rivalry between the packs dates back hundreds of years...
  • Untamed Daddy by Frankie Love, Chantel Seabrook

    Untamed Daddy by Frankie Love, Chantel Seabrook

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Bear Valley: Where rugged men find more than a safe haven -- they find their mates.My daughter Finley takes after me: stubborn, untamed, and wild. But seven year old girls can’t just roam free -- not when we live in bear country.Enter Kate. She’s new in town, sweet as honey, and can somehow manage to wrangle my little girl.And somehow she’s wrangled me, too...
  • Bearly Breathing by Moxie North

    Bearly Breathing by Moxie North

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Independence has its virtues ... but sometimes you really need a helping paw. She’s not looking for a white knight ... Single mom Gemma Ellis loves her son -- and hates asking for help. Her no-account ex has taught her she can’t rely on anyone but herself, even if that means working two jobs and barely scraping by...
  • Bashful by M.A. Innes

    Bashful by M.A. Innes

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cutie the Cop has a problem…and it’s not just the nickname his famous and slightly offbeat new friend Austin has given him.Gideon, aka Cutie the Cop, knows there’s more to life than just going from work to home, but he can’t get past the fears that are holding him back. As a cop with secrets, he knows he can’t share who he is or what he wants with just anyone...
  • Cursed Bear by Harmony Raines

    Cursed Bear by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Twenty-five years ago, Cath’s husband walked out of her life, leaving her to raise two sons alone. She threw herself into raising her boys and showered them with love. Her sense of betrayal ran deep. After all, Hector had told her they were true mates, fated to be together forever. Now, another man is telling her the same thing...
  • Fake Date Mate by Harmony Raines

    Fake Date Mate by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It was meant to be a fake date. Instead, he found his real mate.Bear shifter Rory reluctantly agrees to be the fake date for a friend of a friend. It’s one night. One night when he can forget how lonely he is. One night where he can dance with a woman and have fun.Or at least pretend to have fun, since fun is not his thing. Not when his heart yearns for the woman of his dreams.His mate...
  • Samael by Heather Killough-Walden

    Samael by Heather Killough-Walden

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In the fevered mind of Samuel Lambent, a storm brews. At its dark heart is a need unlike any other, the kind that ravishes the soul and lays waste to both kindness and sanity. And that storm is mirrored in the skies over Chicago. The Culmination is approaching. For Samuel Lambent is actually Samael – the Fallen One...
  • Her Grizzly by Fiona Davenport

    Her Grizzly by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Keane Vetle had called the wilderness his home for decades. It didn’t take much to make him and his inner grizzly happy. The only thing missing in his life was the woman who had been made for him.Heading to the woods with two of her coworkers was bound to be interesting since Laina Ash had never camped a day in her life. But she never expected to end up lost lost in the wilderness...
  • Bearly a Memory by Moxie North

    Bearly a Memory by Moxie North

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Labels on everything ... deeply satisfying. Clothing organized by color ... wonderfully soothing. Witnessing a mob hit at work ... utterly terrifying. Brooklyn Nishi likes order, and stability, and following the rules. Then she has to run for her life -- and everything familiar vanishes in an instant...
  • The Snow Leopard's Home by Zoe Chant

    The Snow Leopard's Home by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A curvy outdoorswoman who’s been forced inside + a snow leopard shifter who wants to help her roam free + a forbidden connection = one thrilling romance! Curvy Teri Lowell is stuck at home. Three months ago, she was terribly injured in a car accident. Now she’s almost recovered—but she’s lost control of her life...
  • Envy by Kaitlyn Ewald

    Envy by Kaitlyn Ewald

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An MC romance with a little comedy, a little violence, and the right amount of sexy. Sinning never felt so good... Prettyboy knows he isn’t winning any awards in the looks department. When an accident burned through half of his face, he wanted nothing more than to disappear right into the flames...
    Categorized as:
    insta-love  paranormal  adult  biker  book  contemporary  dark  drama
  • A Wish for Their Woman by R.E. Butler

    A Wish for Their Woman by R.E. Butler

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Teck Stalking Horse, a bear shifter with Wiccan power, has spent the last few years dreaming about a female. He has no idea who she is, but he’s going crazy with need. His twin brother, Shy, has never had dreams about the pale-haired female, so Teck does his best to distance himself from his twin so he doesn’t hurt him when he leaves the den to find his mate...
  • Fang Chronicles: Dmitri by D'Elen McClain

    Fang Chronicles: Dmitri by D'Elen McClain

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    With war on the horizon, Dmitri, liege vampire to the bear clan, offers safe haven to Vorlyk and his new clan. Having another vampire in his territory is difficult but a certain young she-cat makes life impossible. The stalking feline has her eyes set on Dmitri even when his eyes stray elsewhere. The enemy proves that none of the North American clans is safe and it's time to fight back...
  • Heather by Kirsten Osbourne, Amelia C. Adams

    Heather by Kirsten Osbourne, Amelia C. Adams

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Heather McClain has a secret. As she goes about her daily life of teaching dance to the young ladies of Bagley, Texas, she worries about what will happen if people find out. When she goes to grab some tacos for lunch, she runs into a man who she immediately knows is meant to be the man she spends her life with...
  • Noah by Theresa Hissong

    Noah by Theresa Hissong

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Noah Rise of the Pride, Book 10 By Theresa Hissong Noah Shaw has a secret, and the only person who knew his true nature took it to her grave. The presence of Landon Bryant is a test to the desires he keeps close to his heart, but he refuses to separate himself from the human male when his mating scent reveals his true feelings to the pride...
    Categorized as:
    insta-love  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  lgbtq  mlm
  • Bear Cuffs by Ariana Hawkes

    Bear Cuffs by Ariana Hawkes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As teenage sweethearts, Rocco Silvester and Harper Waverly knew they were meant to be together forever. Then fate stepped in and tore them apart, leaving Rocco with a secret he could never share and Harper with a deep hatred of the man she once adored. Fast-forward five years, and Rocco is forced to take a mate of his Alpha’s choosing to save the clan from ruin...
  • The Bear's Reluctant Mate by R.E. Butler

    The Bear's Reluctant Mate by R.E. Butler

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When paranormal romance author Juliette Parson’s latest manuscript is billed by her editor as being too “unrealistic,” it’s suggested she contact a shifter group for advice on her storyline. Writing about shifter romances is one thing, but meeting with a person who can change into an animal at will isn’t something Juliette ever thought she’d do...
  • Library Love: An Alpha Man Curvy Woman Romance by Liz Fox

    Library Love: An Alpha Man Curvy Woman Romance by Liz Fox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Library Love An Alpha Man and Curvy Woman Romance Tootsie It looked like another lonely Valentine’s Day at the library, until I found a mysterious letter in an old book of love poems. Finding the letter’s author prompts an unexpected encounter with a handsome mechanic. He looks good in jeans and a leather jacket, and even better in nothing at all...
  • Kissing the Guy Next Door by Kali Hart

    Kissing the Guy Next Door by Kali Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kissing the Guy Next Door: Guy Next Door Book 4An Insta-love blue collar hero and curvy younger woman romanceJennI’ve worked really hard for what I have.Which includes the cute fixer-upper I bought myself.The neighborhood is safe and charming.My neighbors are friendly—except one.The first time I meet Aiden, even his sinfully hot looks can’t save his crappy first impression...
  • Shake That Sass by C.D. Gorri

    Shake That Sass by C.D. Gorri

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s an Alpha looking for a home. She’s an outsider with no one to call her own. Can they find what they’re searching for in each other? Derrick Rand is an Alpha Dire Wolf, a rare and powerful species of Shifter. Tired of the nomadic life, he’s looking for a place to call home. He receives an email from a female Shifter inviting him to a small town called Blue Creek...
  • Survival Wolf by Scarlett Grove

    Survival Wolf by Scarlett Grove

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Shane Wilde loves the wilderness. If he had his way, he would live close to nature everyday of his life.Montana Eaten has suffered more than anyone ever should. She’s been imprisoned by an evil hyena organization for ten years and barely escaped with her life. Now, living wild in wolf form, Montana has only one thought: run...
  • Lucky by J.D. Light

    Lucky by J.D. Light

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Casey has always been pretty lucky in life. Great dads, great cousins, great friends… Ricki. Where Casey went, Ricki was there. Where Ricki went, Casey was there. They work together, live together and when Casey comes up with something crazy, Ricki is right there to make sure things don't blow up...
  • Love Under Two Undercover Cops by Cara Covington

    Love Under Two Undercover Cops by Cara Covington

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Having suddenly found herself out of work, Nancy Jessop returns home to Lusty from DC. Determined to get on with her life and never look back, she’s shocked when two hot lawyers, Washington lobbyists Eli Barton and Jeremiah Winthrop, show up at her cousin Gord’s engagement party at Lusty Appetites...
  • Every Angelic Moment by R.E. Butler

    Every Angelic Moment by R.E. Butler

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Angel Cooper didn’t expect to love working at a campground run by hyena shifters in Pennsylvania, but she feels like she’s finally found the place she belongs. She’s happier than she’s ever been, even if she wouldn’t mind meeting Mr. Right sometime soon. Her sort-of adopted sister, Brierley, is certain that Angel is meant to be the special mate to a hyena clan, but Angel’s not so sure...
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