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Ciudades de humo by Joana Marcús
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAlice nunca ha visto el mundo. Su vida está resumida entre las cuatro paredes y veinte personas que ve a diario...Categorized as:
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Big Bad Boss: Midnight by Renee Rose, Lee Savino
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRULE #1 OF WALL STREET: DON'T FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR BILLIONAIRE BOSS.I hate my new assistant.I’ve hated them all, but this is a different kind of hate. Her presence is torture.She’s whip-smart, overly-capable, the only employee of mine who dares talk back.And the little human smells like temptation. The worst kind.She dresses to kill, and I’m in danger of dying...Categorized as:
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How to Hack a Hellhound by Shannon Mae
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsQuintonGetting kidnapped and held hostage in a human trafficker’s basement was not on my bingo card. Getting rescued by a paranormal being was also not on my bingo card. (Apparently I needed to trade in bingo cards.) The guy who took me may be dead, but I know there are more people behind the operation, and I plan to shut it down...Categorized as:
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Blood Moon by Alicia Montgomery
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHe's the second-in-command to the most powerful werewolf clan in the world.She's their human servant.He's wanted her for years...But could never have her.She's been denying her attraction for himBut it's not meant to beAnd she's keeping a dangerous secret.They have to stay away from each otherOr lose everything..Categorized as:
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Hunted by Suzanne Wright
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLarkin is tired of her friends constantly trying to play Cupid. Just because they are all happily mated doesn't mean she needs to be. And she definitely doesn't need the over-protective men in her life vetting potential partners for her. In a bid to get them off her back, the harpy turns to the one person she knows they would never approve of . . .Teague Sullivan... -
Earth Boys Are Easy by C. Rochelle
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMicahWhat’s a superhero to do when his own family sees his powers as unimpressive and he’s fifth in line for the throne?Set my sights on getting space married to a hot alien, of course!For science.Ziggy Andromeda is a skinsuit-stealing mercenary who’s so far out of my league he might as well be in another galaxy, but there’s nothing I love more than a challenge... -
Gardens & Ghosts by Maz Maddox
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor the past few years, I’ve been living with a ghost. My husband - my mate - was lost because of choices I made. As one of only a few tyrannosaur shifters on this planet, I have resigned myself to an immortality alone, married to my work. I am more than happy to keep my walls up, heart guarded, and my focus set on my missions... -
Dragon's Treasure by Candace Ayers, Kym Dillion
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBestselling author Candace Ayers brings you SHORT "lunchtime quickie" reads—condensed romances intended to be read in under 2 hours!Dragon scales and bridal veils—billionaire shifters find their fiery mates!A bespoke suit, impeccable table manners, and perpetual scowl.He insists on sitting in my section at the bistro where I waitress. But he’s the grumpiest man alive. He never cracks a smile...Categorized as:
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Alpha's Rescue by Renee Rose, Lee Savino
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis grumpy bear needs a curvy complication like he needs a bullet in the head.She trespassed on my mountain. The lovely human with bright pink braids.Beautiful and brilliant, she's a knockout who leaves sunshine and mayhem in her wake.But our land is under threat and if she's learned our secret, she can never leave.Now she's my prisoner until I find out what she knows.I shouldn't keep her... -
Fated to the Beta by Jessica Hall
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWarningThis Book is Reverse Harem and Book 2 of the Fated Series. It cannot be read as a standalone. Book 1 is Fated To The Alpha.Katya, the Beta's daughter and the daughter of an infamous warrior mother, had high expectations for her life. When she doesn't meet those expectations, her pack shuns her, forcing her and her family from the pack and forcing them to give up their titles... -
Greyriver Shifters by Kristina Weaver
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe shifters of Greyriver are hot as hell and nothing will stop them in their paths, so cozy up and be ready for some sexy fun! Enjoy 5 Standalone, full length books in this bundle. More than 400,000 words. NO CLIFFHANGERS. UNWANTED MATE I don’t want to feel this pull towards Mika Bright and feel the lust that overtakes me when I smell her... -
Her Knotty List by Ari Wright
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFull blurb coming soon!Her Knotty List will Sports/Hockey romanceRH/Why-chooseChristmas/holiday rom-comRunaway bride/MFC on the runOmega builds her own pack/MFC builds her own haremSnowed InSmall-town/cozy vibesGrumpy/sunshineGolden retriever chef MMCMountain-man Daddy MMCBroody hockey star MMCCinnamon roll firefighter MMCBig brother’s friendFight for her attentionNest...Categorized as:
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Aquorea - Inspira by M.G. Ferrey
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNo dia do funeral do avô, Arabela Rosialt afoga-se e, quando acorda, reencontra-o. A sua vida sofre uma reviravolta avassaladora ao descobrir que está em Aquorea: uma exótica e milenar comunidade que prosperou milhares de metros abaixo do nível do mar...Categorized as:
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Blackstone Ranger Chief by Alicia Montgomery
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA bride walks into a bar …No, it wasn’t the start of a bad joke. Damon isn’t sure what’s going on, but the moment the mysterious woman in the wedding dress saunters into the local watering hole, his bear immediately knows: she’s his mate, the one fate intended for him...Categorized as:
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Love Sucks by Cynthia St. Aubin
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSomeone is killing werewolves. At least, that's the way Vincent Van Gogh tells it when he shows up at Mark Abernathy's art gallery seeking protection. For gallery assistant and art history addict Hanna Harvey, meeting Van Gogh is a dream come true—until death follows the troubled artist to town and Hanna becomes the murderer’s next target...Categorized as:
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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... -
The Fate of Her Dragon by Julia Mills
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsBook 10 in the Dragon Guard series. The books can be read as stand-alone stories, but it is advisable to read them in order to get the most enjoyment from the series. Trapped for almost a century. No chance of escape. All hope was lost and then he felt...her...Sleepless nights, a man haunts her at every turn, his voice calling her, begging her...needing her.. -
Big Bad Boss: Marked by Renee Rose, Lee Savino
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRULE #3 OF WALL NEVER BACK DOWNNo one can know I've claimed the human as my mate.The enemies are at the gates–one wrong move and I’ll lose it all. My world will never be safe for her.If my pack finds out that I’ve mated a human, they’ll revolt. The fractures will grow deeper than ever and we'll be picked apart one by one.The lives of everyone I love hang in the balance... -
The Alpha's Promise by Renee Rose
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter one loser boyfriend too many, Melissa Bell is done with bad boys. So when her ex puts her life in danger once again and a buff, tattooed alpha shifter shows up to rescue her, it’s the last thing she needs. Cody quickly finds himself wishing that he’d never made an alpha’s promise to keep the haughty human safe, but for some reason his inner wolf craves her more than his next breath... -
Burdened Bonds by Hannah Haze
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI escaped Lowsky's clutches but now I'm separated from my fated mates as the country's defences crumble and far dark forces work to seize control.Fate has spoken and I can no longer fight the inevitable pull towards the men destined to be mine. I'm desperate to find them – to know they're safe – to hold them in my arms.But I'm not the only one searching...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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Grizzly Mate by Ariana Hawkes
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA brand new mail-order brides series from the author of Shiftr: Swipe Left For Love. Savannah's luck seems to finally be changing when MateMatch, a secret dating agency sends her to Ragtown to meet the match they've found for her. Under different circumstances, she would have been excited for her new life...Categorized as:
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Aaron's Mate by Abigail Raines
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe'll fight to the death to protect both his child and his woman, But can their love survive with all odds stacked against them?Aaron always followed pack rules...until he didn't.Rule#1: Fealty to packRule #2: Loyalty to clanRule#3: Avoid humansAaron spent years resisting the charms of the human woman, Michelle.Then, resisting her became impossible.But...Shifters don't fall in love with humans...Categorized as:
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Stalkers by Ally Vance, Yolanda Olson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Dark Romance AnthologyYou should never fall for the bad guy…Over thirty of your favorite USA Today and bestselling authors have come together to create an epic collection of forbidden, dark romance stories.Get lost in this unputdownable mixture of short stories. From heroes to bad guys, there’s something for everyone.stalk·erA person who stalks: a person who pursues someone obsessively... -
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Savage Chase by Cecilia Lane
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’s determined to tear down the walls around his mate’s heart, before an enemy rips out his soul. Dash Ruthless fighter, aimless drifter. Falling in love means getting ripped in pieces when everything goes to hell. Lion shifter Dash can’t fight the mating fever forever—or deny his insatiable need for the only woman who soothes his inner roar and makes him purr like a kitten... -
Pride by Kiki Burrelli
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTorn apart by a curse...Dominion, won’t let his second chance go to waste. He lost his soulmate once and now Dominion is determined to keep Pani safe and far from danger, no matter what needs to die to make that happen.A love unrequited...Pani has spent his entire existence pining for his mate’s touch...Categorized as:
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Everett and the Wolf by Vinni George
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat happens when fate intertwines shifters from land and sea?Dr. Everett Voda loves a challenge, which is why he’s spent his entire medical career traveling the world, helping shifters in remote areas. There has rarely been a problem he can’t solve, but Merritt Lucas might be the exception to that rule... -
Obey by Lasairiona Lewis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJaggerI don't mess with vanilla girls.Especially not ones as innocent as Talia. But when a snowstorm traps us at Club Protocol, I break my own rules.It's supposed to be simple revenge against my college rival. But her eager innocence stirs my dominant nature, and I can't resist inviting her into my world of kink and ecstasy...Categorized as:
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Marcus: Grizzly Guardians by Kat Baxter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’ve never believed in fated mates.It’s not common among bear shifters, so I never gave it much thought. I do know one thing for sure, humans and bears do not mix.So when voluptuous and sassy Aspen Reeves moves to my small town, I do everything I can to ignore the pull I feel towards her. My bear is certain she belongs to us...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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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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His to Possess by Piper Stone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt wasn't temptation. It was instinct.Stone Keeler is a six-foot-four hunk who could win any girl's heart and then make her scream in bed, but as he claimed my quivering body for the first time the look in his eyes was terrifying... -
Her Vampire Temptation by Alexis Alvarez
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSHE’LL LEARN TO CALL ME MASTER.The redheaded mortal is intoxicating – young, smart, beautiful.I took her to the dungeon and delivered a lesson in pleasure. And a little pain, to make her blood sweeter.Then I wiped her mind and sent her home. Because immortals and mortals don’t mix.But now three young women matching her description are missing, and the vampire I sired is up to no good... -
Finding Us by M.K. Harper
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt feels like I've lived several lifetimes in the span of a couple months. So much has changed, but it seems some things still remain the same. Specifically, my penchant for crap luck.Dear Ole Dad is back. In living, breathing shit-brown color. Our bonding ceremony has already been delayed once, but I'll be damned if I let anything else stand in our way. Including my father... -
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Eternally Bound by Rebecca Rathe
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTrust the bonds.It’s a mantra they’ve repeated endlessly, but it’s easier said than done when their strength and resolve is being tested in the most impossible ways...Categorized as:
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The Dragon Berserker's Mate by Harlow Blaze
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe big bad dragon doesn’t play nice, even with a little ray of sunshine. Guarding her, easy. Pulling her pigtails?Much more fun.HazelAfter a midnight escape from her stepfather, Hazel’s in serious need of a fairytale ending.She’s got two worldly possessions to turn into a roof over her head. Half a therapy degree and a massive debt.It’s not looking good...Categorized as:
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Bossed by the Boggart by Wendi Guff
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsBOSSED BY A MONSTER—sounds overbearing, right?It is, and this guy’s not just any monster. He’s a Boggart—the literal being of nightmares—and I swear his sole mission in life is to make mine a bad dream come true.Every time I turn around, he’s there.Bedazzling me.Bewitching me.Befriending me.....Categorized as:
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Protector of the Pride by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe third and final book in the Lions of Pride Island series! Axel Hunt knows what’s expected from him in life. Find a mate that’s suitable to the oracle, mate her, and rule his country, ensuring peace. But all of that is turned upside down when curvy Lucy comes into his life, drawing his attention as never before. Only problem? She’s his secretary... -
Micah's Calling by Donya Lynne
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAuthor’s Note: This is a novella supplement to the All the King’s Men series. It is highly advised that you read Rise of the Fallen before reading this novella. Reading book two of the series, Heart of the Warrior, would also be beneficial, but not absolutely necessary before reading Micah’s Calling... -
Forsaken by E.M. Moore
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRejected Mate Academy is back in session.Unwanted. Dismissed. Forsaken.As if it’s not bad enough that I’m the OG at Greystone, Lydia has decided that the school’s apparent generosity is running out. I have two weeks to get my mate to accept me—or I’m out. Left to die. Feral.With the odds already stacked against me, I return to Daybreak for the Winter Solstice festivities. One last chance...Categorized as:
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Stranded with a Ravenous Shifter by Olivia T. Turner
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI have to get out of this wedding asap. My mom arranged it, but I am so not on board. The groom is a total bore and there is zero attraction between us. Like, seriously. Zero. But I’m a chicken, so I wait until the last possible moment before I hike up my wedding dress and flee the scene. I want more than just a wedding of convenience. I want a passionate love affair...Categorized as:
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Stone-Hearted Alpha by Eve Bale
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSAVANNAHLost…All I want is to outrun the ghosts that haunt me…But instead, my nightmares chase me into the arms of an alpha who has my wolf eager for a closer sniff, and desire overwhelming my wary human side.I never count on a night of passion leading to a mate I don’t want, don’t need, and have every intention of rejecting...Categorized as:
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Sheltered by the Bear by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat happens when a curvy girl wanders into bear country... Riker Brolin has always been the responsible one of his brothers. Whether it's watching out for the entire, tiny town of Bear Canyon or supervising the annual Brawl where bear shifters from all over trek to his mountain, he does it all without complaint... -
Their Perfect Omega by Maya Nicole
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAnd the award for Omega of the Year goes to... me.Or at least it did, but now I'm not so sure I deserve the title I worked so hard for.When I don't match with a pack, something snaps inside of me.All the years of being the perfect omega have left me with nothing to show for it except a one-way ticket to an omega compound.So, I do the only thing I can think of… I run...Categorized as:
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Love at Furst Sight by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsConstructing a home for his mate may be this big bear builder’s hardest job of all… Garrett Wilson has finally found his mate. And even if his best friends and coworkers are suspicious of the sudden revelation that it’s their newest client, Garrett trusts the bear inside him to know best. There’s just one small issue…she doesn’t know he’s a bear, and they’re only now meeting for the first time...Categorized as:
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A Pack for Winter by Eliana Lee
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsShe’s resigned to being single. They’re on a mission to change her mind. Ivy Noelle Winter is content with being a 31-year-old unbonded omega with no prospects of a pack. She adores teaching fifth grade, she has wonderful friends — and that baking show marathon isn’t going to watch itself.Until a snowstorm and power outage traps Ivy in her classroom after hours…with three men...Categorized as:
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Vicious Luna by C.J. Primer
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI usually dance on bars, not find myself waking up behind them.I’m in a cell, captured by the enemy that has been hunting my kind for the past decade. They’re holding me hostage to use for leverage in their sick extermination effort, forcing me to live through my worst nightmare and subjecting me to unspeakable horrors...Categorized as:
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Savage Alpha by C.J. Primer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWho the hell is Javier Cruz?My job is to dig up information on him in IT, but each search has only yielded more dead ends. He may as well be a ghost, for his lack of an electronic footprint. I fell in love with tech because it grants me the ability to always find the answer to questions such as this one, but for the first time in my career, I’m completely stumped... -
Owl Be Bear For You by D.J. Jennings
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHot summer fun where you’ll change…in more ways than one. Librarian Mara Scioto lives a nice, neat, orderly existence—except when she’s being attacked by uncontrolled male shifters who need to mate. Pesky little detail, right? Raised by a grandmother who hates all shifters, she has one wish: to make it past the age of twenty-five without experiencing The Morph that tells you you’re one of them... -
Wolf in his Heart by N.J. Walters
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHalf-breed werewolf Sage Gallagher can’t shift, but he’s a member of the Salvation Pack and a wolf where it counts...
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