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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... -
![Trouble for My Troll by Honey Phillips]()
Trouble for My Troll by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHer troll mechanic is determined to get her engine revving! Alison is looking forward to finally settling down in Fairhaven Falls. Surely a town full of monsters will make it easier to guard her vulnerable heart. When she runs into a truck driven by a massive troll with a charming smile, she realizes it might not be so easy after all... -
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Savage Mate by Delta James
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Small Town Grumpy Shifter RomanceThe first time she saw him he was coming out of the river... Oh! what a view.Jackson Miller (Jax) left the SEALs to return to his small hometown, Mystic River, Alaska where all the residents are shifters. He’s a grumpy bear shifter and the sheriff.Autumn Bradley was hiking with her fiancé for a birthday weekend... -
![Gift for My Ghost by Honey Phillips]()
Gift for My Ghost by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsCan a lonely pair create a new path to love?Jessica has always felt as restless as the spirits who choose to appear to her. Then an unexpected encounter in the small southern town of Fairhaven Falls changes everything. Now she leads an ordinary life - or at least as ordinary as a girl with a constant ghostly companion can have... -
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![When She's Fearless by Ruby Dixon]()
When She's Fearless by Ruby Dixon
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAfter being stolen from Earth, I learned that I could live each day in fear...or I could meet life head-on and unafraid. I chose the latter...Which is why, when I find a terrifyingly huge cat-alien male hip-deep in my favorite fishing spot, I don't run away in fear.I introduce myself.Is it reckless? Sure. But I've never met anyone quite like the feline Hrrrusek... -
![Getting It On With Gargoyle by Hazel Mack]()
Getting It On With Gargoyle by Hazel Mack
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe small town of Ever, Massachusetts is idyllic and quaint. It’s also chock full of monsters. THEAWhen my sister thrifts an aged map with iridescent lettering leading to a town called Ever, I roll my eyes. According to a quick internet search, the town doesn’t exist. We only manage to find it with the help of a sexy gas station owner who offers to come for me if I call him. Swoon... -
![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... -
![Jingle Spells by Christine Pope]()
Jingle Spells by Christine Pope
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSweet baby Jesus, someone’s stolen a lot of Christmas dough!All is calm and bright as Globe, Arizona’s holiday celebrations approach. Selena Marx should have known it wouldn’t stay that way. The painted snowflakes on her shop window are barely dry when her best friend, Josie Woodrow, bursts in with news that the baby Jesus is missing from the crèche in front of St. Ignatius... -
![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... -
![Résurrection by Edith Kabuya]()
Résurrection by Edith Kabuya
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCe que Vince m’a fait, la nuit où il m’a sauvée ? Je ne saurais vous l’expliquer. Je peux toutefois jurer de deux choses : Je n’ai pas que frôlé la mort : j’étais morte. En me ramenant à la vie, Vince a fait de moi une Maudite. Hantée par le Monde des Morts à jamais...Categorized as:
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Defiant Mate by Delta James
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe sound of a cord snapping abruptly ends her climb, leaving her stranded as an arctic storm bears down. Can Asher find his mate before she freezes to death? Nicole is done with men. Her husband left her for a thinner and younger model and never looked back. She has worked hard to be an independent, successful woman without a man...Categorized as:
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![Checked Out by the Chupacabra by Wendi Guff]()
Checked Out by the Chupacabra by Wendi Guff
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCHECKED OUT BY A MONSTER—sounds hot, right?Except I’m not the type anyone ever gives a second glance to, let alone is interested in. The only thing guys check out from me are the books in the library that I oversee. But every day, the same Chupacabra comes back. At first, I think he’s just lonely as he prowls behind me as I work, asking me questions. Then I realize he can’t read... -
![Whiskers and Lies by Sofie Kelly]()
Whiskers and Lies by Sofie Kelly
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLibrarian Kathleen Paulson is always willing to help a friend, but to save one from a wrongful arrest, she’ll need magical backup from her affectionate cats in the newest installment of this New York Times bestselling series... -
![The Other Side of Now by Paige Harbison]()
The Other Side of Now by Paige Harbison
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA hilarious and heartfelt novel about how loves and lives are never truly lost, for fans of Rebecca Serle and Taylor Jenkins Reid. With a leading role on a hit TV show and a relationship with Hollywood's latest heartthrob, Meg Bryan appears to have everything she ever wanted. But underneath the layers of makeup and hairspray, her happiness is as fake as her stage name, Lana Lord...Categorized as:
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![Candy for My Orc Boss by Ava Ross]()
Candy for My Orc Boss by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA new life, a new job, a new orc husband . . . Wait, isn’t he supposed to be my boss?After my ex announces his wedding to someone other than me, I’m eager to leave town. A new life and a new job are just what I need to restore my mojo. On the way to my destination, I overnight at a hotel where edible unmentionables and a tattooed orc construction worker rock my world... -
![Taming Kane by Tessa Stone]()
Taming Kane by Tessa Stone
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen a desperate woman escapes a dangerous situation and seeks refuge in Wintermoon, she finds herself irrevocably bonded to a possessive wolf shifter in this fated mates, forced proximity romance. KaneA thousand years of loneliness has ended. The curse on supernaturals is lifted, and we can finally meet our fated mates. I’ve waited patiently, but after ten years, I’m losing hope... -
![Blood Sweeter than Honey: She needs his blood. He wants her heart. A Spicy & Sweet Magical Cowboy Romance. by Chiara Forestieri]()
Blood Sweeter than Honey: She needs his blood. He wants her heart. A Spicy & Sweet Magical Cowboy Romance. by Chiara Forestieri
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings18+ only content due to highly explicit intimate scenes and violence.GideonAfter leaving the military and an all-too-violent past behind, I craved nothing more than solitude—a peaceful life carved out under open skies and green pastures. So, when the local sheriff asks me to take in a mysterious woman, I’m far from thrilled... -
![My Orc Santa Claus by Veronika Kane]()
My Orc Santa Claus by Veronika Kane
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe charming town of Eastshore Isle is my hiding place, but I need someone strong to keep me safe…I’m pretty sure there’s rules about an elementary teacher hooking up with a student’s parent, but what if I didn’t know that’s who he was? See, I’ve spent the last few months getting hot and heavy with this guy on the app MonsterSmash, but we haven’t exchanged names... -
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Death Valley by Karina Halle
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTake Yellowstone and add in the White Walkers from Game of Thrones and you have Death Valley. Morally grey cowboys, menacing wilderness, and deadly zombies await in this dark western horror romance from NYT bestselling author Karina Halle.Three years ago Aubrey Wells’ sister disappeared in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Since then, Aubrey’s life has crumbled around her... -
![Seduced by the Werewolves by Lyonne Riley]()
Seduced by the Werewolves by Lyonne Riley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTiff hates her job, where her boss tears her down every chance he gets. Her mother always has something to say about how she lives her life. Running is her escape from her constant anxiety, until four hot landscapers howl at her from the side of the road and disrupt her only peace.Leon, Jace, Quinn and Eli insist that she smells wonderful... -
![My Orc in Uniform by Veronika Kane]()
My Orc in Uniform by Veronika Kane
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’ve been a single mom for sixteen years, and I know there’s no place left in my life for fun. Right?I grew up in the South, where there are three things you’re never supposed to A woman her age, a man his salary, and a single mother how the duck she’s managing to juggle a job, a mortgage, and a teenage son who’s suddenly become too big for his britches...Categorized as:
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![Overcoming Stereotypes by Shea Balik]()
Overcoming Stereotypes by Shea Balik
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a world where everyone was against them, they needed a Miracle. What no one had expected was to find their salvation in an abandoned town that was ready to collapse. Yet, that is exactly what happened when they moved to the town of Miracle, Oregon. Kellach Alder hadn’t been given a chance in life to be the man he knew he could be... -
![A Howl to Remember by Milly Taiden]()
A Howl to Remember by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSecrets, Magic, and Sizzling Romance in Whispering Pines Celeste Rowan returns to the only place she's ever felt at Whispering Pines, a magical town filled with paranormal beings. But a car accident at the edge of town leaves her with no memories of her life and in the arms of a mysterious, muscular wolf shifter who sets her heart ablaze...Categorized as:
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![Cookies For My Orc Neighbor by Michele Mills]()
Cookies For My Orc Neighbor by Michele Mills
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe big green Orc living next door to me is so very mysterious.He works from home and rarely goes outside. And when he does go out, he never wears a shirt buttoned over his massive chest, no matter the weather... -
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![A Wolf's Mate Walks Into a Bar by Keiera Pearson]()
A Wolf's Mate Walks Into a Bar by Keiera Pearson
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAllisonI did everything right and had nothing to show for it besides another rent hike I couldn’t afford. My generous parents offered me a way out, a break from responsibility in a new city so I could find my stride again.I didn’t count on walking into a bar one night to find a handsome bartender running himself ragged. Having tended bar back in college, I volunteered myself right into a job... -
![Crazy Spooky Love by Josie Silver]()
Crazy Spooky Love by Josie Silver
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA plucky medium, her fame-chasing ex, and an infuriatingly handsome skeptic reporter make for a complicated love triangle—and that's before the ghosts get involved. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of One Day in December comes the first novel in a ghost-hunting series full of romance and humor... -
![Blair by Evie Ellis]()
Blair by Evie Ellis
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen I revealed as an omega, it destroyed everything I wanted to be. I had ambitions that meant being a beta would suit my life better, and I certainly didn’t relish being claimed, mated, or knotted. No, that life was not for me.But I was grateful my controlling father didn’t want me to go to the Omega College route, but being a dominant alpha, he wanted to find my alpha... -
![Knotting With A Stranger by Harley Knight]()
Knotting With A Stranger by Harley Knight
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAMAZON TOP 100 BESTSELLERIt started with a message to the wrong number… now I’m craving a stranger.Running the bakery with my sister is my life—early mornings, endless dough, and just enough sugar to keep me sane. I don’t have time for distractions.But when I accidentally text a stranger, everything changes...Categorized as:
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![Blaste from the Past by Jessa Kane]()
Blaste from the Past by Jessa Kane
Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA magical tree that makes your soul mate appear is surely just a legend, right? That's what Shiloh thought until one night, in a moment of desperation, she begs the Wanting Tree for someone to love...and a shirtless rancher from 1949 arrives, still holding onto his cowboy hat, calling her "sugar" and claiming to be her man. For life...
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