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  • The Edge of Promise by T.S. Joyce

    The Edge of Promise by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Hell has felt like home lately to Naomi Dunbar, but her Maker is about to change everything. She has a secret crush on the man with the glowing gold eyes who saved her life, and gave her the gift of the wolf, but he is distant, and getting quieter by the day. The handsome, dominant Alpha is focused on healing her from the inside out, but it seems like it’s draining him to do it...
  • Defender of Slaughter Mountain by T.S. Joyce

    Defender of Slaughter Mountain by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Kian McHurne has unpaired himself from his mate. He had to do it for reasons he never wants to admit out loud. He put her in the care of the new King of the Bear Clan of Alaska, in hopes that she could have a better life, and survive the war that is coming for her. Their pairing was arranged, and they never quite took to each other...
  • The Blood of Promise by T.S. Joyce

    The Blood of Promise by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Marsden Wyland is a walking bag of secrets. He’s walking the line between opening up to his new Pack, and keeping them from finding out what he’s really done. And on top of that, he’s seeing a ghost girl that can only mean one thing—he’s dying. The ghost is beautiful, and is there for him in hard moments, and showing up in memories, and nothing is making sense...
  • Air Ryder by T.S. Joyce

    Air Ryder by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Everything is a joke to an easygoing shifter like Ryder Croy. At least on the outside, because inside, he’s on the hunt for a mate and is beginning to feel like he’s not meant for a bond. He’s on the tail end of a slew of bad decisions, but he’s determined to turn it around and get his life back on track...
  • Under Him by T.S. Joyce

    Under Him by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Tristan is the new Second of the Dart Creek Pack, and trying to support a new Alpha who is recovering from silver poisoning. So much of the Pack’s success rests on his shoulders, so when he is ordered to pair up with a human who has been stalking the Pack, he fights it hard...
  • What He Is Now by T.S. Joyce

    What He Is Now by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Nash Hudson has done it.After years of being a bachelor werewolf, the Second of the Pack has finally used his one Turn to save the life of a quirky beauty he spent a fun night with, and now reality is setting in. She survived it. She really survived it, and now he and Summer have to figure out where they belong in each other’s lives...
  • Bear the Heat by T.S. Joyce

    Bear the Heat by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Cora Wright is walking a fine line between standing up for what’s right, and keeping her job secure. As a local news reporter, her need to defend the Breck Crew of newly outed bear shifters risks everything she loves about her life. But when she meets Boone Keller, tatted up bad boy bear shifter, her world tilts dangerously on its axis...
  • Make Her New by T.S. Joyce

    Make Her New by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Everyone has Hunter Kaid all wrong. Even his own brother writes him off as unintelligent, but not all smarts are the same. He just needs one person to understand him and listen to what he’s really saying. All of his life, he’s been searching for that one person who really takes the time to see him, and just when he’s about given up, he stumbles upon Sadey...
  • Savage Basilisk by Terry Bolryder

    Savage Basilisk by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A basilisk with a secret, a wounded woman trying to protect the world and a ranch full of friends to help them...As a monster among monsters, Ajax is aware that most people are terrified of him. They should be. He's a savage killer that makes no apologies for what he is. In spite of that, he still wants to find a mate...
  • Primal Basilisk by Terry Bolryder

    Primal Basilisk by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A single mom afraid to love, a dangerous legend and a monster who will do everything to protect the family he cares about.Diesel is notorious for being the biggest, strongest and most protective basilisk of the group. But he's also still figuring out the whole "mate" thing...
  • Dig Deeper by T.S. Joyce

    Dig Deeper by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Morgan Holland is a poacher’s daughter looking for a way out of the swamp. She’s been making secret moves to relocate, but it seems like every time she takes a step forward, she gets shoved two steps back. Her dad and friends are on the hunt for the Shifters, and they’re closing in fast. She doesn’t know Liam Lachlan, but he’s in danger, and she’ll take a huge risk to warn him...
  • Chased by Anastasia Wilde

    Chased by Anastasia Wilde

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Gabriel Sanchez has never wanted women at Outlaw Ridge. An expert tracker and operative, all he cares about is the mission. Women mean mates, and then cubs, and suddenly dedicated, focused soldiers turn into soft sappy romantics and Little League coaches.Not him. No way.Then Madison Fontaine comes to work at Outlaw Ridge, and suddenly all bets are off...
  • Healing Fate by Julie Trettel

    Healing Fate by Julie Trettel

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Coming to Westin Pack is supposed to be a fresh start for Lucy. A single mother who spent years in captivity, she arrives with a lot of baggage, scars, and secrets. Finding her one true mate is the last thing she wants. But meeting the sexy Dr. Micah might just be exactly what she needs to heal from the horrors of her past and move towards a future she never dared to dream...
  • Axman Werebear by T.S. Joyce, Mackenzie Harte

    Axman Werebear by T.S. Joyce, Mackenzie Harte

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Arranged marriage, hidden agendas, deep secrets, and heart-pounding romance come together to tell Bruiser’s story in the 5th installment of T. S. Joyce’s bestselling Saw Bears series. Diem Daye has led a sheltered life. As the only breeding female of her kind, her father has kept her tucked away and heavily guarded...
  • Woodsman Werebear by T.S. Joyce

    Woodsman Werebear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Danger, betrayal, and redemption come together in the sixth installment in T. S. Joyce’s bestselling Saw Bears series. Riley Miller is on the run. In an effort to do something nice, she lands right in the middle of danger. A trek to the wilderness will put her under Damon Daye’s protection, but it’ll also dump her in the direct path of one sexy, snarly lumberjack werebear, Drew...
  • Lumberman Werebear by T.S. Joyce

    Lumberman Werebear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Haydan Walker is perfectly content as the only remaining bachelor in the Ashe Crew. Sure, his crew seems happy, but his bear is different and has no urge to find a mate. So when one of the Gray Backs begs him to claim his sister, Haydan’s instinct is to run as far away as he can...
  • Boarlander Boss Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Boarlander Boss Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    ***New trailer park. New shifters. New lumberjack crew. Are you ready to see how the Boarlanders live?*** ***The Boarlander Bears can be read as a standalone series*** Audrey Foster is a shifter among humans...
  • Healing of the Wolf: 5 by Cherise Sinclair

    Healing of the Wolf: 5 by Cherise Sinclair

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A 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...
  • Bull in a Tea Shop by Zoe Chant

    Bull in a Tea Shop by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    His second chance is her salvation ... Big, tatted-out bull shifter Maddox used to work as a thug for hire, but now he's a drifter with his old life in ruins. All he knows is that he wants to be better than he was. When he hitchhikes into the small town of Silvermine, Arizona, he's not planning to stay...
  • Leap of the Lion by Cherise Sinclair

    Leap of the Lion by Cherise Sinclair

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She shifts for the first time on the day of her escape. After a decade of captivity, Darcy MacCormac escapes the corrupt, clandestine organization called the Scythe, leaving family and friends behind. She must find a way to rescue them. Discovered by other shifters, the brand-new cougar gets two mentors. Blademage Gawain is an easy-going blacksmith with a steel-hard core...
  • Platinum by Terry Bolryder

    Platinum by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A Dragon as a pretend husband? Tempting... Sever, the Platinum dragon, stood by as his friends found mates. With Gold and Silver gone, he's left with only haunting memories of betrayal and a future uncertain as the sea. But when a woman writes Date-A-Dragon asking for help with a unique situation, Sever feels something awakening in him that was long dead...
  • For The Heart Of The Warmaker by T.S. Joyce

    For The Heart Of The Warmaker by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Karis Dunway’s instincts are screaming that there is a storm brewing around Two Claws Ranch. With the odds stacking against them, she and the Clan are in a race to save the ranch. A trail ride for a family of tourists could mean a turnaround for her people, but there is a new threat coming out of the woodwork, and they will have to work together to keep the ride on track...
  • Bloodrunner Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Bloodrunner Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Alana Warren has her entire life planned out. She’s making big changes and going after the future she wants, but one thing she doesn’t plan on is the tatted up bad-boy bear shifter who saunters into her coffee shop. The constant snarl in his throat says something is wrong with that man, but for some reason, she can’t get him out of her head...
  • Timberman Werebear by T.S. Joyce

    Timberman Werebear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Danielle Clayton is back in her old stomping grounds after years of avoiding the man she had to leave behind. She’s determined to make Saratoga her home again, but when she sets eyes on her snarly, sexy ex, it’s clear her feelings for him haven’t cooled at all in the years she’s been away. He kept too many secrets the first time around, but Denison has changed...
  • Bear Fur Hire by T.S. Joyce

    Bear Fur Hire by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    **The full-length second book in T. S. Joyce’s new Bears Fur Hire series.** Lena Rhodes is a professional runner. Life is a lot easier when she is throwing everything she has into being a nature photographer for an elite outdoor magazine. And now, she is on her biggest assignment yet: Alaskan brown bears...
  • Evernight Unleashed by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Evernight Unleashed by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the dramatic conclusion to the Ravenwood Coven series by NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan, this sleeping magical paranormal town knows that war can be a beginning…and an ending.Rowen Ravenwood is the final witch of her line—the only one standing in the way of Oriel, the dark necromancer who wants the core of the town’s magic for his own...
  • Midlife Daddy Bear by Aline Ash

    Midlife Daddy Bear by Aline Ash

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Can a dancer in her 40s, burdened with a troubled past, and a shifter Alpha with three kids start afresh, or will their past secrets and present hurdles be too much to handle?LilyWith nothing left to hold her in Seattle, forty-something Lily Archer does the one thing she’s been too afraid of: Start over...
  • Son of the Cursed Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Son of the Cursed Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    ****Don’t miss the exciting first book in T. S. Joyce’s brand new standalone series, Sons of Beasts**** Bounty Hunter, Nox Fuller, has been challenged to do the impossible. He’s supposed to bring the Red Dragon in for a year long stint in shifter prison, but this job could be the death of him...
  • Ruthless by Renee Rose, Vanessa Vale

    Ruthless by Renee Rose, Vanessa Vale

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    PACK RULE #6: KEEP HUMANS AWAY FROM PACK LAND.My alpha told me to get rid of her. Make nice and find out if she’ll sell her property. Keep her from bringing more humans close to our land. But before I’ve even met her, I catch her scent. The moon’s full and I have to follow it. I can’t stop myself. I ran straight into human territory, onto her property...
  • Mountain Guardian Bear by Zoe Chant

    Mountain Guardian Bear by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A 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 ..
  • 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...
  • Christmas Hellhound by Zoe Chant

    Christmas Hellhound by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    All Caine wants for Christmas is to get rid of his hellhound. Twelve months ago, Caine Guinness was attacked by a pack of hellhound shifters and became one of them. All he wants is to be human again. His search for a cure brings him to snowy Pine Valley, home of magical dragon shifters, Christmas cheer... and Meaghan Markham. All Meaghan wants for Christmas - is a merry Christmas. Just one...
  • A Dragon for Christmas by Zoe Chant

    A Dragon for Christmas by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A single mother who wants to give her son a merry Christmas… A dragon shifter cop who doesn’t know the meaning of the word ‘holiday’… And a Christmas resort with a deadly secret. Things have been tough for Georgia. Her husband walked out and she works two jobs to make ends meet...
  • Savage by Renee Rose, Vanessa Vale

    Savage by Renee Rose, Vanessa Vale

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Pack Rule #4: Guard your pups with your lifeWe hooked up one night at Cody’s Saloon.The beautiful nurse wanted a ride and I’d given it to her.Made her scream and sent her home happy.She didn’t tell me there’d been consequences. She’d kept her secret close. For months.But what she didn’t know could change everything.That baby she carried wasn’t human...
  • The Griffin's Mate by Zoe Chant

    The Griffin's Mate by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A curvy businesswoman who’s new in town + a lonely griffin shifter searching for someone to share his nest + a small town with a big secret = a hot and heartwarming story of love and family. Lainie Eaves never wanted to return to Hideaway Cove, the small town where her own family rejected her years ago...
  • Trouble for My Troll by Honey Phillips

    Trouble for My Troll by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Her troll mechanic is determined to get her engine revving! Alison is looking forward to finally settling down in Fairhaven Falls. Surely a town full of monsters will make it easier to guard her vulnerable heart. When she runs into a truck driven by a massive troll with a charming smile, she realizes it might not be so easy after all...
  • Steal Her Heart by T.S. Joyce

    Steal Her Heart by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Maris Thurgood is in deep trouble. Abandoned to care for a ranch on her own, she’s struggling from sunup to sundown to keep up with the work. When a pack of werewolves begins preying on her herd, she has no choice but to sell. A chance meeting at the cattle auction has her wondering why someone as tall, dark, and growly as Bryson Locke would take any interest in a business venture with her...
  • Bear the Burn by T.S. Joyce

    Bear the Burn by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Quinn Copeland is starting fresh in a new town where nobody knows about her past. Chronically shy, she is determined to find her courage at her new job at the town veterinary clinic. But when a stoic stranger catches her in a moment of emotional turmoil, she learns that even the toughest looking men can have warm hearts...
  • Gray Back Bad Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Gray Back Bad Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Matt Barns is on a mission. The goal of this mission? Find a mate before his broken bear drives him into madness. He knows exactly what he’s looking for, but when his bear finally settles for a mate, she dumps his world upside down. She’s funny, sure, but other than that, she’s not his type in any way...
  • Love Her Better by T.S. Joyce

    Love Her Better by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Cassidy Joiner is focused on one thing, and one thing only—her growing horse training business. Her Dad gave her the family farm a few years back, and now she has the challenge of making it run. When a handsome stranger stomps in asking for help training a monstrous horse, she knows she has a huge challenge ahead of her...
  • Neve by Helen Scott

    Neve by Helen Scott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When I’m dropped off in a little podunk town called Silver Springs under orders from my jerk of a father to turn their human newspaper from a money pit into a profitable business, I want to scream. After meeting the sexy journalist that works there, a demon stripper, a reindeer shifter, and a selkie, they’ll have me screaming for a whole different reason...
  • Betrayed Secret Wolf: Small Town Shifter Romance by Serena Meadows

    Betrayed Secret Wolf: Small Town Shifter Romance by Serena Meadows

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • The Platinum Dragon's Mate by Zoe Chant

    The Platinum Dragon's Mate by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A woman whose world is crumbling beneath her feet…Single mom and red dragon shifter Sage is working as hard as she can to keep her clan alive. But with a dangerous, dictatorial leader, a tiny camp in the woods, and dwindling numbers, it’s a daunting job. She just wants her daughter to grow up safe and happy. Is that so much to ask?It seems like it might be—until she meets her mate...
  • The Billionaire Dragon Shifter Meets His Match by Zoe Chant

    The Billionaire Dragon Shifter Meets His Match by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One curvy cop who's devoted her life to fighting evil dragons + one dragon who's sure he's a monster + a challenge he can't refuse = a fiery romance that starts with a bang! Jane Curlew always thought she knew her destiny. As the daughter of a member of the Georgian Corps, she works to keep the peace among dragons...
  • Hired Bear by Zoe Chant

    Hired Bear by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A curvy farmer deep in debt + a lonely rancher hoping to open his heart + a family farm hiding a hidden treasure = a red-hot rural romance! Curvy Crystal Martinez didn't think anything could bring her back to rural Pinerock County, but if the family legend of a hidden treasure on her grandfather's old farm is true, it could get her whole family out of debt...
  • Untamed Fiance by Frankie Love, Chantel Seabrook

    Untamed Fiance by Frankie Love, Chantel Seabrook

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Bear Valley: Where rugged men find more than a safe haven -- they find their mates. The deal is simple: Piper Bancroft pretends to be my mate and we both get what we want.I'll be the next Chief and she'll get her nosy mother off her back.But independent and strong-willed Piper has rules. Lots of them.The most impossible being her insistence that we don't sleep together...
  • Untamed Lovers by Frankie Love, Chantel Seabrook

    Untamed Lovers by Frankie Love, Chantel Seabrook

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Bear Valley: Where rugged men find more than a safe haven -- they find their mates. The gorgeous newcomer in town, Harley MacBeth, is everything I’m not. Charming, outgoing, and stubborn. So damn stubborn. Well, I guess we have that in common. I’m in bear form when I see the infuriatingly sexy woman painting by the river. In a flash, she becomes a damsel in distress...
  • Home for the Holidays by P. Jameson

    Home for the Holidays by P. Jameson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Racing season is over, but the Dirt Track Dogs are ready to celebrate. Someone’s been naughty, and now the pack is expecting a new addition just in time for the holidays. Scarred up wolf shifter, Blister, has come a long ways since his days of sleeping in a tent in the woods. He’s made a real home with his mate, staked his claim on her bed and heart, and now he’s going to be a father...
  • Alpha Bear by Bianca D'Arc

    Alpha Bear by Bianca D'Arc

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A man with a plan… John is the Alpha bear of Grizzly Cove, a town built to his own design, made up mostly of bear shifters. He brought them all together, so it’s on him when the community comes under attack. A woman of power… Ursula is more than she appears, and when her secret comes out, she’s afraid the shifters aren’t going to take it well, but John surprises her...
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