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Pack Darling Part One by Lola Rock
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsAfter surviving childhood at the snooty, stuck-up boarding school for budding omegas, I have everyone convinced I’m a dud.My awakening? Never gonna happen. Heat, mates, and a fairytale pack life? Maybe next reincarnation.All I want is to be left alone.I’m invisible, headed to a blissful solo future until the Wyvern Pack destroys my dream of independence...Categorized as:
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![Saint and the Queen by Desiree .]()
Saint and the Queen by Desiree .
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEve Noelle has been tortured by her mother's careless dreams and delusions her entire childhood that her absent father is actually Santa Claus. The real Santa Claus. She despises Christmas, the music, the children, and anything to do with the holiday but then one day.Categorized as:
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![Blackwing Beast by T.S. Joyce]()
Blackwing Beast by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBeast 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... -
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Plier by Jane Washington
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIronside is more than a regular academy. It’s also the biggest reality TV show in the world … and a very elaborate, very luxurious prison. Their hallowed halls are ruled by the powerful Betas and the middling Omegas, with the plentiful Deltas as their main targets, but this year, the officials are stirring things up.Isobel Carter—the only rare Sigma to be accepted—is the first sign...Categorized as:
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![Klutz: Phoenix Revenge by Sedona Ashe]()
Klutz: Phoenix Revenge by Sedona Ashe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI just want a quiet life on a beach with my mates to keep me… busy.Is that too much to ask?Clearly, the answer to that question is yes.Maybe it was payback for the whole punching-death-in-the-face thing.Whatever the reason, Fate enjoyed creating chaos in my life and then sitting back to watch the unfolding crapfest with popcorn in hand.Ridgeforce and Midnight are coming to an end... -
![Nephilim the Unleashing by Elizabeth Blackthorne]()
Nephilim the Unleashing by Elizabeth Blackthorne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings...Categorized as:
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![Healing of the Wolf: 5 by Cherise Sinclair]()
Healing of the Wolf: 5 by Cherise Sinclair
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA decade in captivity tore away all hope.But Margery never lost her resolve to help the sick. The village she’d hoped to serve as banfasa, caring for the ill and injured, is long gone. Humans captured the young shifters and killed the adults. Finally rescued, she has a chance at her dreams—at least for meaningful work... -
![No Rest For Wicked by Persephone Steele]()
No Rest For Wicked by Persephone Steele
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPsychic.What a joke.The only thing I can be sure of these days are the three men who have somehow battered their way past my walls and forced me to, dare I say it, start feeling things.Well…them, and my trusty trash panda partners in crime. But they've always had my heart.I must have kissed their asses real good, because instead of wanting to kill me, I think they might actually kind of like me...Categorized as:
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![Deception by D.B. Reynolds]()
Deception by D.B. Reynolds
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsKauai, Hawaii—tropical paradise, vibrant jungle, turquoise sea... and sensuous nights that hide vampires so powerful they can change the world.Raphael—powerful, extraordinary, arrogant. He’s been eliminating rivals and gathering allies, determined not just to survive, but to demolish the Europeans who think they can steal what he’s worked for centuries to create... -
![Kings of Quarantine by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti]()
Kings of Quarantine by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsCruel. Heartless. Quarantined.The ruthless boys of Everlake Prep never saw lockdown coming.But the virus isn’t their number one enemy.I am.And as if being confined to a boarding school for the elite wasn’t bad enough, now I’m stuck in isolation with the boys who hate me most too.Saint, Kyan and Blake. The Night Keepers. Or so they call themselves...Categorized as:
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![Hearts at War by K.N. Banet]()
Hearts at War by K.N. Banet
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJabari lost the love of his life centuries ago. He knew he would never find someone who could equal what he had with her. Then he met Aisha, a feisty rogue werecat, and she had pulled at his dead heart in ways he never dreamed. Not willing to take that risk again, he walked away from her and their shared feelings.Sixteen years later, Jabari has been asked to help Aisha with a mysterious problem...Categorized as:
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![Duke by Leila James]()
Duke by Leila James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNothing can come between us. We’re stronger than ever.The longer I live at Bainbridge Hall, the more apparent it is that someone is out to get me. They know too much and are determined to use my worst fears against me. As my memories rise to the surface, they bring with them vivid reminders of what I’ve lived through.My past is tainted with awful truths...Categorized as:
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![Four Enemies by Stephanie Brother]()
Four Enemies by Stephanie Brother
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNo one has ever pushed me to my limits like these four men.I’m excited when I’m given a promotion to tour manager at Club Red — until I find out I’ll be crowded into a van with four alpha-hole revue dancers, trying to keep them in line while they travel to other venues...Categorized as:
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![The Stars Afire: An Elemental Mysteries Anthology by Elizabeth Hunter]()
The Stars Afire: An Elemental Mysteries Anthology by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA new anthology of short fiction featuring your favorite characters from the Elemental Mysteries. In Lost Letters and Christmas Lights, Christmas in Rome wasn’t quite what Giovanni and Beatrice had in mind, until a set of misplaced letters leads them back to their library in the heart of Italy... -
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![Mountain Guardian Bear by Zoe Chant]()
Mountain Guardian Bear by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA mountain man with a tragic past + a curvy amnesiac + two deadly secrets = one explosive romance! His bear-shifter clanmates know him only as Gannon, a scarred loner concealing a dark past. The mountain man of the Pinerock Bears guards the Circle B Ranch from afar and shuns the company of others, until the day he comes back to his cabin and finds a beautiful, curvy woman sleeping in his bed .. -
![Breath of Frost by Cate Corvin]()
Breath of Frost by Cate Corvin
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf I thought working for one Fae fixer was hard, working for two should be great.Jack Frost stole me away from Avilion for more than kicks and giggles: someone is plotting an attempt on Queen Nicnevin's life, and I'm just the dryad to help hunt down the assassin.But the underworld of Annwyn holds more than just knives in the shadows—it holds the secrets of my past and future... -
![Fierce Impact by Julie Trettel]()
Fierce Impact by Julie Trettel
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGrant 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...Categorized as:
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![Ocean Echoes by Blake Black]()
Ocean Echoes by Blake Black
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThey promised me everything. But when the tides turned and my true self surfaced, their promises washed away with the receding waves.I forced them to realize their mistake, made them see the truth, even if it meant drowning in my own heartache. Now, they’re sorry, begging for forgiveness. But I’m done with empty words and broken promises...Categorized as:
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Trials by Eve Newton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe sixth instalment of the Forever Series goes deeper and darker as a mysterious Power sets its sights on Liv and help to understand it and defeat it comes from a surprising and not very pleasant source. She is thrown with time shifts and the manifestations and not helping her mood is Cole’s turn towards the dark side and CK’s plea which she just doesn’t understand... -
![The Ties That Bind by Eve Newton]()
The Ties That Bind by Eve Newton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCarrying on from where 'Choices' leaves off, Devon has a decision to make which sets off a chain of events and changes the plans for Liv and her ever growing group... -
![Portrait of Death: Uncovered by Isabel Wroth]()
Portrait of Death: Uncovered by Isabel Wroth
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"It’s time to go home, Jo."I hear the voice in my dreams, but I don't understand what it means. I am home. I haven’t left for two weeks because once again, my name and my private life is the hottest topic in local news, only this time, it’s not a drug-addled ex-boyfriend dragging me through the mud... -
![Beautiful Beast by Devyn Sinclair]()
Beautiful Beast by Devyn Sinclair
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStanding in front of a dragon means dying by fire, but the heart knows there’s more than one way to burn.Humans and dragons are at war, and I am a pawn in the battle.Princess of a dying land, my life is not my own, and a marriage to a vicious, dragon-hunting prince will save my people from deadly famine or death by fire...Categorized as:
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![Thief by S. Massery]()
Thief by S. Massery
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI wasn’t supposed to be at Olympus that night.And I definitely wasn’t supposed to witness a murder – or be caught by the killers.Hades, Apollo, and Ares run the mysterious, masked fight club, and they wield more power in this town than I could dream of holding. They destroy my life with one decree: Kora Sinclair doesn’t exist...Categorized as:
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![Portrait of Death: Unforgotten by Isabel Wroth]()
Portrait of Death: Unforgotten by Isabel Wroth
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThree years ago, I held her pink silk toe shoe in my hand, helplessly watching the cab drive away before I could give it back to her. The next morning when I stood in front of the portrait drying on my easel, I knew the beautiful ballerina would soon die. Her portrait is one of two hundred and twenty-seven. Each one of the subjects is the victim of murder, and I’ve painted them all... -
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![Ravage by A.L. Rook]()
Ravage by A.L. Rook
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWe promised to stick together. And then they betrayed me.In a world where more children are being born with special abilities, we were six of the ones kidnapped and hidden away for testing and training.We banded together and became a family…until one of us was killed.The others turned on me and left me for dead...Categorized as:
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![Innocent Prey by Maggie Shayne]()
Innocent Prey by Maggie Shayne
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTo save innocent lives, they'll have to risk their own. Self-help superstar Rachel de Luca and Detective Mason Brown have finally given in to their overwhelming attraction to each other, but neither of them is ready to let physical passion turn into full-blown romance, so they carefully maintain an emotional distance... -
![Lachlan by D.B. Reynolds]()
Lachlan by D.B. Reynolds
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsScotland—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... -
![The Masseuse by Violette Dubrinsky]()
The Masseuse by Violette Dubrinsky
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Jezebel Carter agreed to a spa session to appease her sickly sister, she expects one thing and one thing only: to leave tension-free. It’s a spa, after all. Instead, she leaves with memories of a gorgeous man with talented fingers, who probably doesn't work at the spa and is a possible pervert. Ramsey Stone is no pervert... -
![Their Rejected Mate by River Ramsey]()
Their Rejected Mate by River Ramsey
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings...Categorized as:
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![Dark Legacy: A Reverse Harem Vampire Romance by Callie Rose]()
Dark Legacy: A Reverse Harem Vampire Romance by Callie Rose
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRome’s dark passion.Connor’s innocence.Bastian’s betrayal.My vengeance.If the vampire court thought I’d be less of a threat like this, they were dead wrong.Because now I’m f*cking pissed. They turned me into a monster, bound my brother to the most vicious vampire bitch in the clan, and tore away my last shred of hope.It’s too late to save myself.It’s too late to save Nathan...Categorized as:
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![Dylan St. James: Omega Revealed by Elizabeth Dear]()
Dylan St. James: Omega Revealed by Elizabeth Dear
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy secret’s out.At least to the three men to whom it matters most.The Bryce Pack—Austin, Seth, and Cameron.They say I’m theirs. My body agrees, but I refuse to let my omega biology dictate my life. As soon as I can get my hands on those suppressants, the Bryce Pack’s omega mate will disappear, and Dylan the beta will get back to regularly scheduled programming... -
![You Will Bow by Rachel Leigh]()
You Will Bow by Rachel Leigh
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMy first year at college has been anything but ordinary. After spending so much energy trying to protect my secret, I failed to realize it’s not the past I need to fear—It’s my future that’s at stake. I’ve finally found someone who doesn’t judge me for my sins and stays by my side while I trudge through the shadowy corners of my past.The only problem is, his friends have other plans...Categorized as:
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![They Call Me Wicked by Persephone Steele]()
They Call Me Wicked by Persephone Steele
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA blind psychic.Sounds like a punchline to a terrible joke, right?Well it is. The joke is my life, and I’m the punchline.I was gifted with the sight at a young age. It runs in my bloodline and I was trained to handle it from the moment I was born. What I wasn’t prepared for was losing my actual sight.The world is twisted like that... -
![DEVIL IN ME by Stephanie Hudson, Blake Hudson]()
DEVIL IN ME by Stephanie Hudson, Blake Hudson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLilly The Devil can see me and knows when I’m watching. The Devil can hear me, when I whisper his name, The Devil can feel me, when I sneak in and try to touch the sin of his world. And the Devil can taste me, when I scream in the night. The Devil is my stalker and I am his only weakness. The one soul that continues to slip through his fingers, no matter how many times he tries to conquer it... -
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![Succubus Dreams by L.L. Frost]()
Succubus Dreams by L.L. Frost
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAdie escaped the Hunters, but not without cost. Nightmares plague her sleep, questioning the choices she made. Or is it something more? After taking down the Hunters, Adie should be living in bliss. She has everything she wanted, her bakery, friendships, and possibly the love of three powerful demons. But nightmares haunt Adie's sleep, reminding her of the danger her love can bring... -
![Taming the Tiger by Evangeline Anderson]()
Taming the Tiger by Evangeline Anderson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA wounded warrior tormented by madness…Finds the one woman who can bring him back from the brink.Can Christine and Roarn fight the odds to be together?And will she dare to try…Taming the Tiger?Christine is a single mom with an empty nest. Now approaching menopause, she thinks she has nothing to look forward to but loneliness...Categorized as:
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![Rise of Kronos by Kate Fry, Elise Fry]()
Rise of Kronos by Kate Fry, Elise Fry
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe darkest deeds often happen in plain sight; the harshest truths sound like lies.Kailai Reed has drowned beneath the weight of other people’s emotions her entire life. She protects herself by hiding away from everyone, except for her close friend, associate (and forbidden crush) Hideo Tanaka...Categorized as:
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![Desire by Jenn Bullard]()
Desire by Jenn Bullard
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy story is a complicated one because I’m the villain in my sister’s happily ever after.Time doesn’t make the heart grow fonder. Instead, it twists what you know.I’m twenty-four years old and still considered a minor in Cinder’s kingdom... -
![Bellis by Susan A. Bliler]()
Bellis by Susan A. Bliler
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBellis StCroix, Skin Walker Assassin, only comes out of the shadows when he’s called to duty. The reason? Because he is a shadow himself. Pitch black skin, silky ebony hair, and inky wells for eyes, Bellis’ looks have set him apart from his kind his entire life. Because he’s so different there will never be hope for an Angel in his future. Angels don’t exist in hell... -
![Haunts and Hotels by Jarica James]()
Haunts and Hotels by Jarica James
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhy work a normal job, when you can travel the world doing what you love? Brea Manley decides to do just that when her vlog takes off. Using the money her stream brings in, she decides to quit her job, fix up an RV, and travel the world doing her investigations. She's not just your normal vlogger, though, she live streams her feed, bringing her viewers along with her... -
![Sinful Seconds by Elisabeth Naughton, Alexandra Ivy]()
Sinful Seconds by Elisabeth Naughton, Alexandra Ivy
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the six USA Today and New York Times bestselling authors who brought you WICKED FIRSTS, comes an all new contemporary set of six sexy, suspenseful and very SINFUL SECONDS. Sinful Surrender by Elisabeth Naughton He's been watching her, and now he's here, in the dimly lit bar of the swanky Vail resort, pretending not to notice her... -
![Monsters and Mistletoe by Cassia Briar, Salem Cross]()
Monsters and Mistletoe by Cassia Briar, Salem Cross
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHot chocolate, snowflakes, jingling bells, and… monsters?That’s what Christmas has in store for you this year!Add a little spice to your holiday festivities by diving into this collection of monster-loving heroines who find love in the most unusual of places.Featuring new, original stories by:Harpie Alexa - USA Today Best Selling AuthorCassia BriarCara BryantRachel CallahanJ.E... -
![Queens of Hell House: A Kildale Academy Novel by Dakota Wilde]()
Queens of Hell House: A Kildale Academy Novel by Dakota Wilde
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Seven Deadly Sins are here to stay...Demons, witches, and who knows what else... they're all real. And they're living on the island of Possession that houses Kildale Academy. This second book picks up where Hell House left off. “Where is he?” I mumble, noticing a blurry Lukas whose dark and distorted features look devastated as he bleeds all over his shirt...Categorized as:
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Beyond by Katie May
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThere's one place scarier than hell.And we're in it.There's a series of tunnels beneath the school that we must travel through in order to escape Tory's School for the Troubled.But the world on the other side? It's a land of nightmares and monsters. A place where your worst fears come to life. A world of darkness and pain and suffering... -
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![Touching Rune by S.E. Smith]()
Touching Rune by S.E. Smith
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRune August embraces her life in New York City in 1894. She has lived again and again through many different time periods but has never found tranquility until she walked into St. Agnes Home for Orphans. In her heart, she believes she has found a place she can call home. She will do everything she can to give the children in the orphanage a better life... -
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Defiled by Ann Denton
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsElena When Black tries to force a ring onto my finger, I bolt.I escape the pack leader’s clutches with Jonah, my best friend with benefits…who has become so much more.But then my body betrays me. My stupid wolf shifter hormones send me spiraling into my first heat only hours after I flee.Desire blazes through my veins until it’s so wild and fierce that it takes over my reality...Categorized as:
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![Endgame by Jaye Pratt]()
Endgame by Jaye Pratt
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEven after the death of Mr. Z, he still manages to screw me from the grave.One letter was all it took to irrevocably change my life forever. It not only changes the course of my future, but also for those I am close to.Ending Mr. Z’s life should have made things easier, yet his death has revealed so many more secrets and lies, and unleashed new enemies that were once allies... -
![Uniting Their Pack by Aisling Cousins]()
Uniting Their Pack by Aisling Cousins
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhy does everyone underestimate me? We might have been one step behind, but I’m done standing by and allowing the good things in my life to be interrupted, attacked, or broken. After my fathers’ deaths and the two packs joining together, I thought our biggest concern would be searching for answers while navigating inter-pack politics... -
![Shattered Omega: Part Three by Marie Mackay]()
Shattered Omega: Part Three by Marie Mackay
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPart Three of Shattered Omega. Blurb to come... -
![Pretty Little Psycho by M. Violet]()
Pretty Little Psycho by M. Violet
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWith every breath, they claim another piece of me… I’d always been that girl. The one who got passed around like a party favor. I drank too much and woke up with regret in the morning.But Tenebrose Academy was supposed to be my chance to start over. To reinvent myself. Until I meet them—Riot, Atlas, and Valentin—the three depraved psychos of Raven’s Gate...Categorized as:
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