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  • Boarlander Cursed Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Boarlander Cursed Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    **Don’t miss this riveting final installment to T. S. Joyce’s bestselling Boarlander Bears series.** Clinton Fuller has been burned by love, but that doesn’t stop him from thinking of his first mate and what could’ve been. And when she blows into town, with no memory of him or what happened to her, he does his best to stop history from repeating itself...
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    alpha-mc  dark  humor  paranormal  suspense  abuse  adult  amnesia
  • Novak Raven by T.S. Joyce

    Novak Raven by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    His entire life, Weston Novak has been followed by the long shadow of his raven shifter people. He’s kept his distance and settled into the Bloodrunner Crew, but his life has just taken a hard right turn. Not only does he have visions of the future now, but a soft-spoken raven shifter named Avery has just tumbled into his life to shake everything up...
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    alpha-mc  dark  humor  paranormal  suspense  abuse  adult  book
  • Tarian Traitor by T.S. Joyce

    Tarian Traitor by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    **Don't miss this final installment of T. S. Joyce's bestselling New Tarian Pride series.** Annamora Fredrickson is turning a new leaf. Four months ago, she saw a picture of herself that made her determined to change her whole life. She’s a shifter on a mission, and nothing can stand in her way…except for perhaps one person...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  humor  paranormal  urban  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Blackwing Beast by T.S. Joyce

    Blackwing Beast by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Beast wants only a few things out of life: to be left alone, to join the Blackwings so he can be left alone, and for everyone to stop expecting anything from him and leave him alone. He was king of the lion shifters once, but his fall from power came at a huge personal cost. Rumors run rampant over what really happened to his pride, but the truth has hardened Beast’s heart to stone...
  • Fractured Gods by Lauretta Hignett

    Fractured Gods by Lauretta Hignett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    There's a serial killer on the loose in Castlemaine...Well, to be honest, there's lots of killers in this town, including me. But when a handful of supernaturals in Castlemaine go missing, and start showing up dead with strange amputations and odd lacerations all over their bodies, the magical townsfolk start to get very nervous.Whoever the killer is, he's after one of my new friends...
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    paranormal  alpha-mc  kidnapping  humor  suspense  urban  dark  romance
  • Midnight Labyrinth by Elizabeth Hunter

    Midnight Labyrinth by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    He's one human caught in a tangled maze of theft, politics, magic, and blood.
In other words, it's just another night.Benjamin Vecchio escaped a chaotic childhood and grew to adulthood under the protection and training of one of the Elemental world's most feared vampire assassins. He's traveled the world and battled immortal enemies.But everyone has to go home sometime...
  • Red Havoc Rebel by T.S. Joyce

    Red Havoc Rebel by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Kaylee Cummings is back in Covington to change her destiny. She used to be known as the town rich girl, misunderstood by everyone but one boy, Anson Carter. They’d loved hard, and then destroyed each other in their youth, so when she crashes into him again, the residual anger from what he’d done comes back ten-fold...
  • Tarian Outcast by T.S. Joyce

    Tarian Outcast by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Katy Craigson is on the run. Not from anything too scary, because she is a safe girl and doesn’t do danger, but she’s running from a past that keeps trying to drag her under. All she needs is a week with her best friend in the mountains of Colorado for a week. But when an unlikely hero comes to her rescue, she’s sent on a path she never saw coming...
  • Chance Fur Hire by T.S. Joyce

    Chance Fur Hire by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Emily Vega must avenge her father, and as the last of the Hell Hunters, she has one mission: destroy the Galena pack. Werewolves are carefully camouflaged monsters intent on taking over the world—or at least that’s what she’s been taught—but one meeting with the werewolf she’s hunting, and Chance Dawson is changing her mind, little by little...
  • Blackwing Wolf by T.S. Joyce

    Blackwing Wolf by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Dustin Porter is walking a fine line between the Blackwing Crew and the Valdoro pack. He’s been sent to betray Kane, but there’s a complication, and that complication is a smart-mouthed beauty who is also vying for a coveted spot on the crew. Dustin can’t keep his attention from Emma for long, and the more he gets to know about her, the more mysterious she seems...
  • Blackwing Defender by T.S. Joyce

    Blackwing Defender by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Panther shifter, Winter Donovan, has her life all planned out: claiming marks, marriage, cubs, and pledging to the Red Havoc Crew. But when the man she cares for chooses another, her life gets caught in a tailspin. A new crew announcement could mean a change in her stars, but there is a catch. It’s the Blackwing Crew, and is run by fire-breathing dragon shifters...
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    alpha-mc  dark  humor  paranormal  suspense  adult  audiobook  book
  • A Very Beastly Christmas by T.S. Joyce

    A Very Beastly Christmas by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    **A Gray Back Bears holiday novella that can be read as a standalone** Dominant grizzly shifter, Easton Novak, hasn’t celebrated the holidays since he was a child, but his mate is about to make this Christmas one for the books. She’s been hiding something from him, and her revealed secrets are about to knock his world upside down...
  • Duncan by Teresa Gabelman

    Duncan by Teresa Gabelman

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Leader of the VC Warriors Cincinnati branch, Duncan Roark, has devoted his long life to the Warriors he calls brothers and the Vampire Council, protecting innocents of both the vampire and human race. Things change suddenly when it is ordered that he and his fellow Warriors train human Social Workers to protect themselves in their new world of vampires...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  humor  paranormal  suspense  abuse  adult  audiobook
  • Last Immortal Dragon by T.S. Joyce

    Last Immortal Dragon by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    ** Can Be Read As a Standalone Dragon Shifter Romance or As Part of the Gray Back Bears Series ** Damon Daye is the last immortal dragon shifter, and has been protecting his mountains and the people who live there for years. His outlook on life is simple. Remain cold enough that no one ever touches his heart...
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    alpha-mc  dark  humor  paranormal  suspense  adult  audiobook  book
  • Can't Be Love by Julie Trettel

    Can't Be Love by Julie Trettel

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Lily Westin has waited her entire life to find her one true mate. She has big dreams and expectations of what her perfect man will be like. A dreamer and a lover, Lily patiently waits as each of her siblings finds their mate, just waiting for the day she feels the tingle run down her spine and her happily ever after finally begins...
  • Unending Magic by Stacia Stark

    Unending Magic by Stacia Stark

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I can save the world…I just may have to ruin all of my friends’ lives in the process.Of all the people tasked with making sure the realms don’t burn and the worlds don’t end, I’m surely the most unlikely choice.Unfortunately for me, fate doesn’t care.Don’t get me wrong–I’m more than capable. But I prefer a direct approach...
  • Sword of Mercy by Sydney Addae

    Sword of Mercy by Sydney Addae

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Scrambling to stay one step ahead of the Liege, Asia and Hawke discover more than they had bargained for.Hawke discovers his Alpha was also his father and that he had been given to the Liege as part of an experiment gone bad. Mercy has no place in his heart for the treachery he discovers...
  • Warlord's Storm by Georgia Lyn Hunter

    Warlord's Storm by Georgia Lyn Hunter

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can a ruthless warrior convince a broken woman to take a chance on love in his dying world? Deadly warlord Northaen has fought for millennia to preserve what’s left of his angelic dominion of Kalasder...
  • Roman by T.S. Joyce

    Roman by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Roman Striker is on the hunt. His brothers may have big plans to save his hometown, but all Roman cares about is ridding the world of one vengeful alpha of the Bone-Ripper Pack, Rhett. Getting to Rhett is easy—mess with a submissive she-wolf in his pack named Mila and the alpha makes mistakes. But Roman and Mila grew up together and their history runs deep...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  humor  paranormal  suspense  adult  animals  book
  • Fastlander Fealty by T.S. Joyce

    Fastlander Fealty by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Owen Carson is a big, dominant boar shifter who is finally ready for a mate. Since he was young, he knew he wanted to escape the unfortunate legacy of his people and find something that has always felt just out of reach...
  • Adam by Teresa Gabelman

    Adam by Teresa Gabelman

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Half-breed vampire, Adam Pride, has an almighty chip on his broad shoulders. Trying to move on after finding Angelina married to another, Adam has a decision to make. Remove the chip and move on or kill the man who took what he wanted most in the world, his Angel. With his heart in pieces, Adam’s on a mission to become the best VC Warrior he can be...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  humor  kidnapping  paranormal  abuse  adult  audiobook
  • Grim Christmas by T.S. Joyce

    Grim Christmas by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Grim is trying to hold it together for the holidays. He’s vowed to be a better Alpha for the Rogue Pride Crew, but he’s at war with the two lions inside of him, and at war with a certain Red Dragon as well. He was raised to be a weapon and had never celebrated like everyone else. All he wants to do is coast straight through the holiday, but his new Crew is messing with his head...
  • Lure of the Tiger by Anna Lowe

    Lure of the Tiger by Anna Lowe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ruthless assassin or irresistible bodyguard? Tiger shifter Cruz Khala doesn’t trust humans. He doesn’t trust destiny either — not even when it sends him the one woman capable of saving his tormented soul. But there’s more than love at stake as merciless shifter forces gather on sunny Maui, intent on stealing a priceless jewel with mysterious powers...
  • In a Badger Way by Shelly Laurenston

    In a Badger Way by Shelly Laurenston

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Petite, kind, brilliant, and young, Stevie is nothing like the usual women bodyguard Shen Li is interested in. Even more surprising, the youngest of the lethal, ball-busting, and beautiful MacKilligan sisters is terrified of bears. But she’s not terrified of pandas. She loves pandas. Which means that whether Shen wants her to or not, she simply won’t stop cuddling him...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  humor  kidnapping  paranormal  poc-mc  suspense  urban
  • Dark Alpha's Hunger by Donna Grant

    Dark Alpha's Hunger by Donna Grant

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dark Alpha's Hunger is the seventh paranormal romance novel in New York Times bestselling author Donna Grant's Reapers series featuring a brotherhood of elite assassins who wage war on the Fae at Death's behest--and the women who change their hearts.There is no escaping a Reaper. I am an elite assassin, part of a brotherhood that only answers to Death...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  humor  kidnapping  paranormal  suspense  adult  book
  • Birthmark by Sydney Addae

    Birthmark by Sydney Addae

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When you’re the top wolf on the continent with the backing of the Goddess, how does an enemy topple your kingdom? By challenging you to a fight? No. By changing the rules.After three hundred years of fighting and service to the Goddess, Silas Knight is the Patron, Alpha to the Alphas on the North American continent. As the top wolf, he fears little and has seen most things...
  • Fierce Impact by Julie Trettel

    Fierce Impact by Julie Trettel

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Grant Phillips has always been a team player. He lives his life for the Force and worked hard to land a coveted spot with Team Bravo. He follows the rules, keeps his head down, and never causes trouble. Grant does everything for everyone else and wants for very little. The mission always comes first, until she waltzes into his life.Taylor Maxwell is a wild card. A thrill seeker. A rogue wolf...
  • Tropical Panther's Penance by Zoe Chant

    Tropical Panther's Penance by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He ain't no one’s idea of a true mate. Panther shifter Wrench hasn't got the first frickin’ clue about poems and flowers and all that crap. But he’s gonna learn, or die trying. He ain’t giving up on the best thing to ever happen to him...
  • A Griffin for Christmas by Zoe Chant

    A Griffin for Christmas by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A curvy animal rescue worker who hates the holiday season... A hot shifter cop who never takes a day off... Together, can they overcome the danger that threatens their merry Christmas? Emilia Lopez has hated the holiday season ever since she got her heart broken on Christmas Eve. Now, she relies only on herself as she cares for the rescue dogs she’s taken in...
  • Shifter God by Meg Xuemei X

    Shifter God by Meg Xuemei X

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He beds me, whispers sweet lies, then chooses another. The Alpha Heir finds me. Broken, bruised, and with no memory.How fortunate I am that he’s my fated mate.Then he rejects me for another, even though his wolf still wants me.So he locks me up, tries to control me, tries to force me to be his again.But I know a secret. Someone much stronger, more powerful, is coming for me...
  • Red Havoc Rogue by T.S. Joyce

    Red Havoc Rogue by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Annalise Sutter is a newly Turned shifter determined to get her life back on track. The problem? Her inner panther is a monster that attacks anything that breathes. She’s had to let go of her old life completely to protect the people she loves, and the one thing that has kept her steady through this transition is Jaxon Barns...
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    alpha-mc  dark  humor  paranormal  suspense  abuse  adult  book
  • Alpha's Challenge by Renee Rose, Lee Savino

    Alpha's Challenge by Renee Rose, Lee Savino

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    How to Date a Werewolf: 1. Never call him ‘Good Doggie'! I’ve got a problem. A big, hairy… sexy problem. An enforcer from the Werewolves MC broke into my house and refuses to leave. He thinks I know the Werewolves’ secret, and he’s here to keep me quiet! 2. During a full moon, be ready to get freaky! By the time he decides I’m no threat, it’s too late...
  • Love & Omens by Carrie Pulkinen

    Love & Omens by Carrie Pulkinen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She sees the future.He reads the past.The present could kill them both.Knowing how things will end before they even begin is a curse New Orleans tour guide Sydney Park has endured since she was a child. Her premonitions make surprises few and far between, and dating…What's the point?Reading the past in objects has caused more trouble for Blake Beaumont than he cares to admit...
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    humor  paranormal  poc-mc  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Dark Pleasures by Aja James

    Dark Pleasures by Aja James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Devlin Sinclair, the New England Dark Ones’ Hunter, is on a mission to track down the elusive and mysterious Medusa, perhaps the ultimate nemesis the Pure and Dark Ones have been battling in recent years. But he can’t do it alone. Grace Darling has isolated herself from the world since a very young age, after her parents’ death and because of her own social disability...
  • Conquered Destiny by Emilia Hartley

    Conquered Destiny by Emilia Hartley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    BayleeAs a dragon shifter, her duty is to marry and have children.But she wants to live her life by her own rules.She doesn’t want an arranged marriage. She wants Gale Montoya.So what if there has been a feud between their families, lasting for two generations? Her beast has chosen its mate.Their families forbid them from being together, though. Their hatred blinds them...
  • The First and Last Adventure of Kit Sawyer by S.E. Harmon

    The First and Last Adventure of Kit Sawyer by S.E. Harmon

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    In the archaeology community, Christopher “Kit” Sawyer’s family is a legacy. And while he may be a historian, not a treasure hunter, he thinks he does a pretty good job of living up to the Sawyer name. He's a book-smart research fanatic and does his best work at his tidy desk. No fedora and whip for him, if you please—a nice cup of coffee and a comfy chair will do...
  • Dark Desires by Aja James

    Dark Desires by Aja James

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ryu Takamura is the Dark Ones’ Assassin. He has never missed his target…until now. Until her.Ava Monroe is a talented geneticist who holds the key to the vampire race’s future…and perhaps her own as well.Their attraction is explosive from the first. She would do anything to have him. He would sacrifice all to protect her...
  • Midnight Promise by Julie Trettel

    Midnight Promise by Julie Trettel

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jade Michaels is a coyote shifter who rebels against society and embraces the negative stereotypes of her kind. Her father bailed on her mother the second she found out she was pregnant leaving Jade to believe that true mates are nothing more than fabricated fairytales. At the start of her senior year at the ARC, Jade is determined to leave her mark and embarks on a campus wide inclusion campaign...
  • Blood Beyond Darkness by Stacey Marie Brown

    Blood Beyond Darkness by Stacey Marie Brown

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    After months of searching, Ember and her friends have finally located the Sword of Light, the only weapon capable of destroying Queen Aneira and ending her rule. This is Ember’s destiny. Or so she thought. Now a pact to save the man she loves changes everything...
  • Storm Bear by Harmony Raines

    Storm Bear by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Curvy girl Chrysi hikes into the mountains with her fiancé. In no time at all, she realizes he is not the man for her, as his façade slips. What she did not expect, apart from a whiny man in place of the charming guy she fell in love with, is an attempted kidnapping...
  • Lachlan by D.B. Reynolds

    Lachlan by D.B. Reynolds

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Scotland—sweeping forests, tumbling waterfalls. . .and towering highlands where vampire warriors have ruled for centuries.Lethal and charismatic, vampire Lachlan McRae woke on his first night to death and devastation—his clan slaughtered, his fortress destroyed...
  • Which Witch is Which? by Cynthia St. Aubin, Cindy Stark

    Which Witch is Which? by Cynthia St. Aubin, Cindy Stark

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Four identical sisters are prophesied to hold the fate of the entire world in their powerful hands.Meet the Witches of Port Townsend...Moira. A water witch, Moira has always been a healer, but the one soul she can't mend is her own...
  • Curse Touched by Becky Moynihan

    Curse Touched by Becky Moynihan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There’s no escaping a curse . . .The last thing I expect is for my aunt to kidnap, then abandon me. I’m desperate for answers, especially as to the condition of Lochlan D’angelo, my stalker turned protector. Problem is, I’m still shaken over learning his true identity. I question everything he ever told me, including the realness of the supposed bond between us...
  • The Roman by Sylvain Reynard

    The Roman by Sylvain Reynard

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    From the New York Times and international bestselling author of Gabriel's Inferno comes the thrilling conclusion to the dark and sexy paranormal romance series, following a young art restorer and the vampyre prince she loves as they fight against a mysterious figure who holds the fate of Italy's vampyre population-and their souls-in the balance...
  • The Immortal Hunter by Lynsay Sands

    The Immortal Hunter by Lynsay Sands

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Irresistible Even vampires need a vacation. But Decker Argeneau's ends abruptly when he's asked to help hunt the group of rogue vampires targeting mortals - one that might include a defector in his own family. Before he can worry about that, though, he's got to rescue the latest victim. It's all part of the job, including taking a bullet for a beautiful doctor. Insatiable Dr...
  • Tanner's Scheme by Lora Leigh

    Tanner's Scheme by Lora Leigh

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    A sexy paranormal series set in a world where genetically altered Breeds and the humans who created them sometimes come together in the fiercest of passions. After the Feline Breeds' main base is attacked, Tanner desires revenge. So he kidnaps Scheme Tallant-the daughter of a one-time high-ranking member of the Genetics Council...
  • The Other Half of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost

    The Other Half of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From the New York Times bestselling author of the Night Huntress series comes a thrilling new look at the iconic origin story of Cat and Bones, as experienced by Bones…from the other half of the grave...
  • Protector Panther by Zoe Chant

    Protector Panther by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A curvy paramedic who doesn’t know the meaning of fear + a mysterious panther shifter bodyguard with the power to inflict terror + sinister experiments and desperate passion = one heart-pounding romance! Paramedic Catalina Mendez just flew back to America after months of volunteering in a disaster-stricken country...
  • The Alion King by Milly Taiden

    The Alion King by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Paranormal Shape Shifter Romance Isabella Barca is great at organizing-not so great at keeping her nose out of trouble. When Bella goes to work as Mrs. Wilder's assistant, the opportunity of a lifetime pops up: travel with Gerri to another planet, a shifter planet, and help Gerri find a lion king his mate. Alyx Treyvaal isn't known for being patient. A lion doesn't ask for help...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  humor  kidnapping  paranormal  poc-mc  adult  aliens
  • Here Kitty, Kitty! by Shelly Laurenston

    Here Kitty, Kitty! by Shelly Laurenston

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    What do you do when you’ve got a hillbilly tiger by the tail? Or maybe the question should be: what wouldn’t you do…Nikolai Vorislav likes his single life just as it is. Simple, relaxing and quiet. What he doesn’t need is some foul-mouthed Texan hellcat living in his house, eating his food, flirting with his idiot brothers and shooting holes in his home with his granddaddy’s gun...
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