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  • Heart by Audrey Faye

    Heart by Audrey Faye

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A note from Audrey: Some series can be read out of order - this isn’t one of them. Start with Alpha and welcome to Ghost Mountain! Lissa chose to stay, to stand with the tattered remnants of her pack as they try to make themselves whole again. She somehow didn’t expect it to try her patience quite so much. Which means it might be time for a meek bookkeeper to take matters into her own hands...
    Categorized as:
    family  friendship  slow-burn  adult  alpha-mc  book  fiction  lgbtq
  • A Very Proper Monster by Elizabeth Hunter

    A Very Proper Monster by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Power, passion, and politics collide in an Elemental World that is ruled by the ancients.In Victorian-era Dublin, Josephine Shaw spends long nights filling the pages of her Gothic stories with the fantastic and the macabre, unaware that the suitor her father has arranged is one of the dark creatures she's always dreamed...
  • Stealing the Snow Leopard's Heart by Zoe Chant

    Stealing the Snow Leopard's Heart by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A snow leopard shifter PI. An ex-thief who can’t escape her past. And an adorable baby dragon… I've never met anyone as perfect as her. My one true mate. Snow leopard shifter Lance MacInnis never thought he'd meet his mate. But Keeley Smith is everything he never dared to hope for. Brave, kind, and fiercely protective of the adorable baby dragon she rescued from evil shifters...
  • Silver Fox by Zoe Chant

    Silver Fox by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She thinks life — and love — have passed her by. He can fix everyone's love life except his own. Until a freak snowstorm gives them a chance ... Sensible Aunt Doris. That's what Doris Lebowitz's family thinks of her. And she really can't argue. At age 62, she's resigned to being the level-headed one in her sprawling, boisterous family. A state of permanent spinsterhood suits her just fine...
  • Tropical Christmas Stag by Zoe Chant

    Tropical Christmas Stag by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She can bring music to his silent heart.He can make her sing.Irish elk shifter Conall Wright loved Christmas... when he could still hear the music that brought him joy and fame. Then a fateful car accident stripped him of his hearing and brought his classical music career to a halt...
  • At the Feet of the Sun by Victoria Goddard

    At the Feet of the Sun by Victoria Goddard

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Cliopher Mdang has been appointed Viceroy of Zunidh by his beloved Radiancy, the Last Emperor, who has now left him behind in the Palace to safeguard the world during his absence on a quest to find an appropriately magical heir...
  • At First Bite by Ruth Ames

    At First Bite by Ruth Ames

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Poison Apple Books: Thrilling. Bone-chilling. These books have bite!Ashlee Lambert, the queen bee from THIS TOTALLY BITES, has had a tough time ever since she became a full-fledged vampire. But now that she's moving from New York City to sunny Los Angeles, she's excited to make a fresh new start.But Ashlee never counted on a clique of popular mean girls or awful sunburns...
  • Tropical Lion's Legacy by Zoe Chant

    Tropical Lion's Legacy by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s looking for forgiveness. She’s looking for a fighting chance. Graham Long left his career—and his real name—behind to make a fresh start for himself at Shifting Sands. He’s done with dueling, and wants nothing more than to quietly raise his strawberries and tend the lawns at the tropical shifters-only resort...
  • Genesis by Shienny M.S.

    Genesis by Shienny M.S.

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Perjalanan panjang Valadin mengumpulkan Relik Elemental selesai sudah. Berbekal kepingan-kepingan kekuatan Aether itu, Valadin menuju Laut Kematian untuk menyatukan ketujuh Relik. Tapi sebelum bisa melakukannya, masih ada SATU ujian terakhir. Ujian yang sangat berat, yang berakar dari sejarah kelam Benua Ther Melian...
  • Panther's Passion by Zoe Chant

    Panther's Passion by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A single mom with a terrifying ex… …and a Marine veteran on fire with the need to protect her. Stella Davidson is caught in a trap. She wants a stable life and a good future for her teenaged daughter—but her old home near Glacier National Park isn’t safe. Her ex-boyfriend is stalking her...
  • Broken Lynx by Zoe Chant

    Broken Lynx by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Home is where you take it…Wildlands firefighter and wanderer Jamie couldn’t wait to escape the tiny, nosy town of Green Valley and she has no intention of staying, now that she’s back. She doesn’t want roots, and she doesn’t make plans...until she meets a gorgeous guy waiting tables at the local diner and suddenly settling down doesn’t feel like settling...
  • Lion's Lynx by Zoe Chant

    Lion's Lynx by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A Marine veteran with a lion's heart. A wilderness guide with a lynx's soul. Despite what they think...it's never too late for love. Curvy Lynn Davidson has never had a real relationship. Working as a guide in the wilds of Glacier National Park doesn't bring on the men. And being a middle-aged, no-nonsense outdoorswoman in hiking boots and a utility vest is the nail in the dating coffin...
  • Tiger's Triumph by Zoe Chant

    Tiger's Triumph by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A woman who’s only ever wanted to be a mother… A man who’s just starting to remember what family means... And three children who need a home. As a waitress and middle-aged divorcee, owl shifter Pauline has given up on her dreams of being a mother. But secretly, in the quiet depths of her heart, she still yearns for a family...
  • Sealed With a Kiss by Zoe Chant, C.E. Murphy

    Sealed With a Kiss by Zoe Chant, C.E. Murphy

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Can he get her seal of approval?Missy has 99 problems, and her funnel-cake booth at the Virtue town fair is 98 of them. Looks like this is another year she's going to spend with a spatula in hand, splattered in hot grease, watching other people have fun.Her 99th problem is that the hot guy manning the dunk tank across from her booth just turned into a seal...
  • A Witch For Mr. Christmas by Deanna Chase

    A Witch For Mr. Christmas by Deanna Chase

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Welcome to Christmas Grove, the town full of love, magic, and holiday miracles. Ilsa McKenzie has only ever loved one man. But eleven months ago, he walked out of her life, leaving her heartbroken and her life changed forever. After leaving the magical town of Christmas Grove to regroup and get her life in order, Ilsa’s back, ready to face her past and start her future with or without him...
  • Jason by Harmony Raines

    Jason by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A silverback seasoned shifters romance Bear shifter, Jason, has seen all his fellow Silverback Saviors mated and married. Now, it’s his turn. High in the mountains he senses her. His mate. The woman he’s waited his whole life for is finally within reach. However, something holds him back. She’s with someone. A shifter. But not just any shifter...
  • Anthology by Shienny M.S., Elwin

    Anthology by Shienny M.S., Elwin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kisah-kisah bertema kasih-sayang yang tak pernah lekang dimakan waktu maupun zaman. Dari ajang Ther Melian Fanfiction Contest, para penulis berbakat tanah air hadir dengan kisah Ther Melian mereka masing-masing. Karya terbaik mereka beserta beberapa kisah orisinal dari penulis Ther Melian sendiri dikumpulkan menjadi sebuah antologi bertema kasih sayang...
  • Recollection by Shienny M.S.

    Recollection by Shienny M.S.

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "Karena kamu tahu siapa aku yang sesungguhnya, bahkan di saat aku meragukan diriku sendiri."Saat berburu, Elya menemukan seorang pemuda sekarat di antara jasad prajurit Legiun Falthemnar dan membawanya pulang untuk dirawat. Karena pemuda itu tak ingat jati diri atau bahkan namanya sendiri, Elya memanggilnya Lucca, yang artinya anak hilang...
  • Shifters Under the Mistletoe: Holiday Multi-Author Box Set by V. Vaughn, Harmony Raines

    Shifters Under the Mistletoe: Holiday Multi-Author Box Set by V. Vaughn, Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Shifters in Love brings you another holiday anthology from your favorite authors. This is a collection of brand-new shifter romance stories in time for Christmas. We hope you enjoy our sassy, loving, smart, and sweet heroines as they fall for the man of their dreams and get their very own holiday present in the form of true mate love...
  • Blurred Lines by Kelsey Soliz

    Blurred Lines by Kelsey Soliz

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Another accidental mate. So far, they've been good surprises, but it seems as if my luck has finally run out.Charlie insists he doesn't want me around, and when I let some of his bondmates maul me in front of him, I might have permanently closed that door...
  • The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer

    The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Years ago, a reclusive mega-bestselling children’s author quit writing under mysterious circumstances. Suddenly he resurfaces with a brand-new book and a one-of-a-kind competition, offering a prize that will change the winner’s life in this absorbing and whimsical novel.“Clever, dark, and hopeful . .
  • Silver Threads by Bette Lee Crosby

    Silver Threads by Bette Lee Crosby

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    On the day Jennifer Green was born a pile of stones was placed alongside her scale of life. A few were the dark gray of sorrow, but most were a pale blush color. The largest stone was the rose hue of a sunrise. That one would be placed on the scale the day she married Drew Bishop. Even more brilliant but a wee bit smaller was the pink stone glistening with specs of silver...
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    family  friendship  adult  book  contemporary  drama  epic  female-mc
  • Discord by Shienny M.S.

    Discord by Shienny M.S.

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dengan bantuan Izahra, Valadin dan teman-temannya berhasil melarikan diri. Tidak hanya itu, mereka juga mengobarkan pertempuran di Kota Kuil demi merebut kembali Relik Elemental.Sementara itu, Vrey menemukan alasan di balik pengabaian Reuven-ayahnya-delapan belas tahun yang lalu. Namun jawaban yang ditemukannya justru menorehkan luka yang lebih dalam dan membuat perasaannya semakin hancur...
  • A Midnight Kiss on Ever After Street by Jaimie Admans

    A Midnight Kiss on Ever After Street by Jaimie Admans

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A picture-perfect town; a place where dreams come true. Welcome to Ever After Street... Will a kiss at midnight change her life forever? Sadie Winters has spent her whole life doing as she’s told...
  • Silverback History Bear by Harmony Raines

    Silverback History Bear by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A Second Chance Romance Nana has a history she walked away from a long time ago. But now it’s caught up with her, threatening to destroy the life she’s built. A good life, with good people she loves. Many years ago, a young woman walked up the winding road to Chance Heights with all her belongings in a battered suitcase. She never expected the Chance family to take her in and give her a home...
    Categorized as:
    family  friendship  abuse  adult  angst  book  dragons  fiction
  • My Favorite Mistake by Marian Keyes

    My Favorite Mistake by Marian Keyes

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Available to pre-order now! The hilarious, heartwarming new novel from #1 internationally bestselling author Marian Keyes.Anna has just lost her taste for the big apple . . .Anna has a life to envy. An apartment in New York. A well-meaning (too well-meaning?) partner. And a high-flying job in beauty PR. Who wouldn't want all that? Anna—it turns out...
  • The Winner's Curse: Chapters 1-5 by Marie Rutkoski

    The Winner's Curse: Chapters 1-5 by Marie Rutkoski

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Download the first five chapters of THE WINNER'S CURSE by Marie Rutkoski!Winning what you want may cost you everything you love...As a general's daughter in a vast empire that revels in war and enslaves those it conquers, seventeen-year-old Kestrel has two choices: she can join the military or get married. But Kestrel has other intentions...
  • Tempted by the Butler: House of Durand Novella by Erin Bedford

    Tempted by the Butler: House of Durand Novella by Erin Bedford

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When your whole world is falling down around you, who do you turn to for salvation?Piper has never been the run and hide kind of woman but when her loved ones are being hunted she has no choice to do as she is told.Or not.Vampire hunters and threat of exposure weren't going to keep this maid down...
  • Give Up the Ghost by Kelly Moran

    Give Up the Ghost by Kelly Moran

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Paranormal investigator Kerry Baker has seen it all. But nothing in her work with the Phantoms TV program prepares her for the most terrifying spirit of all—seeing her doppelganger. Rumored to be a foreshadowing of one's death, the specter shakes Kerry to the core, sending her into the arms of her best friend and fellow cast member for comfort...
  • The Tiger's Love by Emilia Hartley

    The Tiger's Love by Emilia Hartley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Sadie Holliday finds her six-year-old turned into a bear cub in the kitchen, she knows she has to get help. She has no idea how to raise a young shifter. But the boy’s father is long gone, and the town’s local alpha is a harsh beast of a man, Dante Oberon. Even after she meets him and feels the pull of attraction between them, she’s not at all sure he’s someone she wants in her son’s life...
  • The Itsy Bitsy Liar by Abigail Manning

    The Itsy Bitsy Liar by Abigail Manning

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What if the itsy bitsy spider could only weave a web of lies?Lacey Arachne has been cursed since she was a child to only speak lies and wants nothing more than to keep it unknown. As a common handmaiden, she’s learned how to navigate her twisted words fairly well. But that all changes when her mistress makes her switch places with her in the prince’s bride competition...
  • Wrong Place. Wrong Time. Right Viscount. by K.D. Miller

    Wrong Place. Wrong Time. Right Viscount. by K.D. Miller

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Men are trash.Well, Elle Montgomery’s cheating fiancé is at any rate. When a surprise visit goes horribly wrong and she catches him red-handed, she wants to get as far from him as humanly possible—but two hundred years into the past seems a little excessive. By a twist of fate she can’t explain, Elle is thrust back in time, finding herself in Regency Era, England...
  • Time of the Eagle by Sherryl Jordan

    Time of the Eagle by Sherryl Jordan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I was the first child born to a hunted people, in the first winter of their flight...
  • A Gladiator's Oath by Tanya Bird

    A Gladiator's Oath by Tanya Bird

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She will fight for her freedom. He will fight for her life. Mila might be slaveborn, but she has no intention of remaining a slave. Impatient for her freedom, the nineteen-year-old takes matters into her own hands. Armed with the combat skills her half-brother taught her, Mila ignores the pleas of her family and takes to the arena...
  • Wraith by Edie Claire

    Wraith by Edie Claire

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She thought that seeing the shadows was a curse. Until she saw him... Sixteen-year-old Kali has always seen two sets of people: those living now, and those who lived before. But on her spring break in Hawaii, she is suddenly surrounded by more shadows than ever. Including one who, unlike the others, can see her too. Zane remembers nothing besides surfing the monster waves of Oahu's North Shore...
  • Loved by the Vampires by Erin Bedford

    Loved by the Vampires by Erin Bedford

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Vampire Hunters beware. This human won't be rolling over for anyone, not anymore. Left stranded with Darren while her masters outrun the hunters, Piper has had enough of being a liability. With a great new job, a new attitude, and surprisingly wicked right hook, Piper isn't going to just wait around anymore for the hunters to destroy her life. If only she could find them...
  • His Runaway Mate by Brea Alepoú

    His Runaway Mate by Brea Alepoú

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    True mates are found in the most unlikely of places.Logan ran and never looked back. He's been made a fool once, and he never plans to let it happen again. But now the same someone who made Logan a fool waltzes back into his life, he’s not so sure being a fool is a bad thing, especially if that someone is your fated mate...
  • Red Hot Rival by Cat Carmine

    Red Hot Rival by Cat Carmine

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bad for business … oh so good at everything else. When it comes to women, I like to play the field.And why not? I’m good-looking, rich, and run a billion dollar business.So my one-night-stand with that gorgeous redhead should’ve barely been a blip on my radar.Instead, she’s all I can think about.Her luscious curves. Her scent. Her taste. I need more of her.I need all of her...
  • Keeper by Claire Cullen

    Keeper by Claire Cullen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Every pack needs a Keeper, an omega to smooth their rough edges. And Josh definitely isn’t it. Forced to babysit some spoiled and disgraced omega actor, Cole is not a happy alpha. He’s determined to send Josh packing, whatever it takes. But first impressions aren’t everything. All Josh has to do is keep his head down and survive his month of ‘volunteering...
    Categorized as:
    family  slow-burn  abuse  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • It's Raining Men by Milly Johnson

    It's Raining Men by Milly Johnson

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A getaway to remember. But is a holiday romance on the cards? Best friends from work May, Lara and Clare are desperate for some time away. They have each had a rough time of it lately and need some serious R & R, so they set off to a luxurious spa for ten glorious days. But when they arrive at their destination, it seems it is not the place they thought it was...
  • A House of Rage and Sorrow by Sangu Mandanna

    A House of Rage and Sorrow by Sangu Mandanna

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One kingdom. One crown. One family.“Maybe it’s time the great House of Rey came to an end. After all, what are we now? Just a house of rage and sorrow.” Esmae once wanted nothing more than to help her golden brother win the crown of Kali but that dream died with her best friend. Alexi broke her heart, and she vowed to destroy him for it...
    Categorized as:
    family  friendship  audiobook  book  epic  fiction  lgbtq  myths
  • Damned and Broken Gods by Debbie Cassidy

    Damned and Broken Gods by Debbie Cassidy

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Destiny cannot be forged until it is chosen.As the gods continue to fight their eternal war, they have no clue that another one is brewing. One much closer to home than they could ever realise...
  • Stalk the Sky by Tara Grayce

    Stalk the Sky by Tara Grayce

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In a war fought high in the sky over the northern seas, one half-elf defends his legendary legacy.With the Alliance Kingdoms and the Empire of Mongavaria now at war, half-elf Fieran Laesornysh has been sent to the naval base of Dar Goranth with one mission: protect the strategically important base from attack...
  • A Scottish Country Escape by Julie Shackman

    A Scottish Country Escape by Julie Shackman

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Determined to overcome a family tragedy, Elle Cassidy decides to reopen her late mother’s ailing newsagent as a stationery shop in the quiet Scottish town of Fir Haven...
  • Strawberry Moon by Sam Burns, W.M. Fawkes

    Strawberry Moon by Sam Burns, W.M. Fawkes

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He lost everything, and the only person who can give him what he needs is the heir of his greatest enemy.Ford McKesson lost his joy when his mate died of the mysterious Condition. Werewolves spent two decades watching their most vulnerable packmates wither and die, and now Ford’s own pack has unmasked the culprit...
    Categorized as:
    family  slow-burn  adult  book  enemies-to-lovers  fiction  lgbtq  mlm
  • Fearless by Jennifer Jenkins

    Fearless by Jennifer Jenkins

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gryphon has 23 days to ensure that the Zo, Joshua, and Tess are cared for before offering his life as ransom to Chief Barnabas in exchange for the lives of his best friend and mess brothers. He doesn’t have the nerve to break Zo’s heart with the truth and he spends his time inside the Allied Camp trying not to despise the very people he’s been raised to hate—the Wolves...
  • Descendant by Regan Ure

    Descendant by Regan Ure

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’d survived change. She’d survived heartbreak. Now she has to survive one more fight for survival. Ava Delaney was normal once upon a time, but then she met a boy and she fell in love. Then she kept his secret and fell into his world. She became one of them. And now... now it's time to face the evil that’s coming for her...
  • Invincible by DelSheree Gladden

    Invincible by DelSheree Gladden

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Mason is not imaginary. He's not a ghost, either. And he's definitely not a hallucination. Mason is the one Aerling capable of saving an entire world. He thought he was going home, but surviving Sentinel attacks and making it back to the Aerling world is only the beginning of Mason’s fight to protect the ones he loves...
  • Fighter by Claire Cullen

    Fighter by Claire Cullen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On the eve of leaving his pack for good, Damon finds himself in the company of a runaway omega and an ex-military beta. Stuck together by circumstance, it’s a recipe for disaster. Or is it?Damon is a fighter at heart. He’s never truly felt at home in the Orchard, never felt like part of the pack...
    Categorized as:
    family  slow-burn  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  lgbtq  mlm
  • A Bittersweet Garden by Caren J. Werlinger

    A Bittersweet Garden by Caren J. Werlinger

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nora McNeill has always dreamed of exploring her Irish roots. When she finally gets the opportunity to spend a summer in the village where her grandparents grew up, the experience promises to live up to her very high expectations. Except for the ghost that is haunting her rented cottage and is soon invading her dreams...
    Categorized as:
    slow-burn  family  romance  paranormal  fantasy  lgbtq  fiction  wlw
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