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  • Origins by Kresley Cole, Gena Showalter

    Origins by Kresley Cole, Gena Showalter

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    eBook box set of paranormal romance novels by Kresley Cole, Gena Showalter, and Sharie Kohler plus teasers from the latest books in their seriesA Hunger Like No Other, Awaken Me Darkly & Marked by...
  • Citrine by Terry Bolryder

    Citrine by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Citrine, the last unmated gemstone dragon and mentor to the metal dragons, has finally gotten his story! Citrine Vanderguard has searched tirelessly for his mate. And now, hundreds of miles later, he's found her. She's on the brink of mating someone she can't possibly love, all for the sake of responsibility...
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  • Savage Possession by Belinda Boring

    Savage Possession by Belinda Boring

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Growing up, Darcy knew that life would be filled with challenges and tough decisions, but none so difficult as the one that would alter her future forever. Given the choice between losing Mason or becoming a vampire, Darcy risks the overwhelming threat of insanity, and places her destiny, her hopes and dreams, in the hands of Devlin...
  • Fierce by Renee Rose, Vanessa Vale

    Fierce by Renee Rose, Vanessa Vale

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Pack Rule #5: Happy mate, happy fate.Fate has it in for me. She’s sent me the sassiest, strong-willed female imaginable. Wolf Ranch’s new veterinarian. A human who thinks I do everything wrong.Thinks she knows large animals better than I do.And who doesn’t want anything to do with me.But I knew the first time I caught her scent she belonged to me.So I’ll show her a large animal...
  • Alpha's Obsession by Renee Rose, Lee Savino

    Alpha's Obsession by Renee Rose, Lee Savino

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A werewolf, an owl shifter, and a scientist walk into a bar… Sam I was born in a lab, fostered out to humans, then tortured in a cage. Fate allowed me to escape, and I know why. To balance the scales of justice. Right the misdeeds of the harvesters. Nothing matters but taking down the man who made me what I am: A monster driven by revenge, whatever the cost. Then I meet Layne...
  • High Risk by Julie Trettel

    High Risk by Julie Trettel

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It appeared to be a year of mostly peace, but in the shadows a new enemy was stirring. A fatal threat posed against Westin Pack’s beloved Pack Mother proves it’s time for Delta to step up and remind them all just why this unit was created in the first place.Each Westin Force team of operatives has a different focus...
  • Fly Away With Me by Cee Bowerman

    Fly Away With Me by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    As a young adult faced with uncertainty and surrounded by danger, Nikki Collins found friendship with a wild bird who seemed to appear just when she needed him most. Her new companion took her mind off her troubles and inspired her to become one of the leading experts in the field of ornithology - the scientific study of birds...
  • Watching Out for Fangs by Lisa Oliver

    Watching Out for Fangs by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Josh moved from the huge San Antonio pack to join the men at Cloverleah looking for a bit more adventure, and the chance to meet his mate. He’s quick to adapt to the much smaller pack, and even his status as one of the few beta wolves in a group full of Alphas. A chance visit from the Atlanta coven has him meeting the man he was waiting for. It was just a damn shame he was unconscious at the time...
  • Savage Kiss: BBW Paranormal Shape Shifter Romance by Milly Taiden

    Savage Kiss: BBW Paranormal Shape Shifter Romance by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Sage Primrose dreams of the day she meets the man who will sweep her off her feet. She didn't expect him to abduct her while she wore nothing but a towel. Why did bad men have to look oh, so good? Feral Kincaid will do anything to protect his family. When a human female supposedly kidnaps his niece, he goes to get her, claws blazing...
  • Her Dragon Rebel: A Dragon Shifter Romance by Roxie Ray

    Her Dragon Rebel: A Dragon Shifter Romance by Roxie Ray

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Is he more than a spoiled playboy?I need people in this town to take me seriously.I’m the only female handyman—er, handywoman—around, and my business depends on it.But the town’s men just won’t listen.Enter Rico. He’s a troublemaker, but he needs a job.Nobody else wants to work for me.It’s perfect.There’s no way I’m falling for the playboy.She’s my only hope.Get a job or lose everything...
  • Savage Basilisk by Terry Bolryder

    Savage Basilisk by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 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...
  • Her Dragon Hero by Roxie Ray

    Her Dragon Hero by Roxie Ray

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He hates me … how can he be my fated mate?I know I screwed up. I want to make it up to the people that I hurt, but the best way to do that might be to stay far away and forget about them. So why can’t I stop thinking about Jury? The young dragon hates me. I heard the things he said. And yet as soon as he finds me again, I can’t keep away...
  • Melissa: Shiftr: Swipe Left for Love by Ariana Hawkes

    Melissa: Shiftr: Swipe Left for Love by Ariana Hawkes

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The third book in the new Hope Valley BBW dating app romance series What if your fated mate was just an app swipe away? Melissa Ericson has a panic attack as her best friend Lauren is giving birth, but sexy shifter doctor, Harley, is on hand to calm her down...
  • Fighting for her Mate by Milly Taiden

    Fighting for her Mate by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ***Attention readers. This is NOT a standalone book. You really NEED to read the others in the series to finally understand this story. Please take this into consideration before buying.*** Ellie Wolfe has watched her family fight for love and justice. She's watched the man she loves battle to get his land and his people back. Now, she's done watching...
  • Shifter by Rebecca Zanetti

    Shifter by Rebecca Zanetti

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ***First published in Kindle Vella***She's a wolf-shifting scientist who needs cover...and He’s an alpha without a pack…As the only living wolf pack member with the tiniest drop of alpha blood in her veins, Luna McElhanney should be happy. Instead, she just wants to be left alone in her lab with her experiments, until she discovers something that could end them all...
  • Zenya's Story by D'Elen McClain

    Zenya's Story by D'Elen McClain

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    With a beastkind war on the horizon, and his entire pack wiped out by the southern lion pride, Nicolas longs for death after months of daily torture at the hands of his enemies. Zenya, a werecat, rescued by wolves, places herself in danger’s way because Nicolas’s dark eyes haunt her dreams. They’re natural enemies but their beasts have other ideas...
  • Night of the Nymph by Bianca D'Arc

    Night of the Nymph by Bianca D'Arc

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Something evil is calling to her. Is it the mysterious man who finds her in the woods, or something within the forest, itself?An ancient evil hidden among the trees...Crystal is driving across the state for a job interview when she feels a pressing need to stop her car and get out...
  • Bear Meets Girl by Catherine Vale

    Bear Meets Girl by Catherine Vale

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    San Fran would be a great place to visit if it weren't for the damn shifters... The locals may not realize it, but they live amongst a growing community of supernaturals. It may look like an ordinary city in the daylight, but when the lights go down, the streets are crawling with vamps, were-bears, wolves, and fae, and they aren’t exactly following the laws of man...
  • Choices by Bryce Evans

    Choices by Bryce Evans

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As the Alpha of his Jaguar clan, Judd Walsh is supposed to be open minded and objective in all decisions. However, he draws the line when it comes to vampires. A vampire stole the life of someone important to him, and he would rather be protecting anyone else. Until a pretty vampire sparks his jaguar like no one else ever has...
  • The Snow Leopard's Heart by Zoe Chant

    The Snow Leopard's Heart by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A curvy waitress who’s hiding a secret + a snow leopard shifter who just wants to be left alone + a sudden, undeniable passion = one exhilarating romance! Curvy Nina Williams has given up on finding a family. Ever since she was kicked out of her parents’ house for being a shifter, she’s been searching for a pack that will accept her—with no success...
  • Her Dragon Destiny: A Dragon Shifter Romance by Roxie Ray

    Her Dragon Destiny: A Dragon Shifter Romance by Roxie Ray

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    No guy is worth risking my heart until Maddox gets close …I can’t keep using my daughter as an excuse to stay out of the dating pool, but finding a partner as a single mom is hard. I’d much rather get lost in my work, but I don’t want to be alone forever. Enter Madd. He’s not what I expected: too young, not settled, but he might be just what I need...
  • Red by Bianca D'Arc

    Red by Bianca D'Arc

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Tales of the Were: Red Redstone Clan #2 Steve Redstone agrees to keep an eye on his friend's little sister while she's partying in Las Vegas. He's happy to do the small favor to an old Army buddy. What he doesn't expect is the wild woman who heats his blood and attracts too much attention from Others in the area...
  • Magnus by Bianca D'Arc

    Magnus by Bianca D'Arc

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Magnus (Includes: Tales Of The Were, #7, The Redstone Clan, #3) Magnus Redstone is the middle of five brothers. As a result, he's always had a little bit of a hard time forging his own identity. While he excels at martial arts, he didn't want to be a soldier like Grif and Steve, his two older brothers. He also doesn't have time for practical jokes like the younger two, Bob and Matt...
  • Saving Margaret by Krystal Shannan

    Saving Margaret by Krystal Shannan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Successful, but lonely, Margaret Taylor finds her mate in the body of a man she least expects it in. A bear! Her human half tries to reason her way out of the match, but her wolf is through with her excuses. Crossing the species line isn’t unheard of, but it’s not often done. Try as she might to avoid him, fate makes sure the big grizzly bear is nearby at all times...
  • Alpha's Moon by Renee Rose, Lee Savino

    Alpha's Moon by Renee Rose, Lee Savino

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    My alpha ordered me to keep away from humans. My wolf is highly unstable. Nearly feral. I can’t be trusted around civilians. Certainly not with the lovely kindergarten teacher whose scent drives me wild.But she needs a fake boyfriend for a weekend wedding trip. A big guy to intimidate her ex. How can I refuse?I won’t be directly disobeying an order, because it won’t be a real date...
  • Crave by Felicity Heaton

    Crave by Felicity Heaton

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    USA TODAY Bestselling Author Felicity Heaton presents: Praise for Crave (V.E.T Vampire Romance Series Book 2) "Ms. Heaton has delivered another scorching hot vampire romance book for us to enjoy. This book can be compared to 9 1/2 Weeks and Indecent Proposal combined with Erotic paranormal romance. It truly exceeded my expectations and as the title of the book, it made me CRAVE for more...
  • Real Men Bite by Celia Kyle, Marina Maddix

    Real Men Bite by Celia Kyle, Marina Maddix

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    His wolf wants her to submit. She wants him to heel. After years of kicking ass in the Army, Captain Valerie Logan needs a break. And she can’t think of a better place for some R&R than her best friend’s small mountain hometown. Except her sister from another mister no longer lives in Tremble, Georgia. Who does? Her BFF’s frustrating, domineering, sex-on-two-legs older brother...
  • Bo & Reika by R.E. Butler

    Bo & Reika by R.E. Butler

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    She's on the run for her life ... As a child, she-wolf healer Reika Snow was promised as a mate to three were-lynxes to prevent a war between her pack and the lynx clan. Her freedom is coming to an end as her twenty-third birthday arrives. With her bleak future as the subjugated bride of the three males looms near, she does the only thing she can think of ... she runs...
  • Moon Thrall by Donna Grant

    Moon Thrall by Donna Grant

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Donna Grant gives readers a double dose of the Louisiana bayous in the second book of her searing LaRue series (connected to the bestselling Chiasson series) filled with suspense, voodoo, and romance. HER QUEST FOR THE TRUTH Skye Parrish is living her dream...
  • Bond of Destiny: A Demonica Novella by Larissa Ione

    Bond of Destiny: A Demonica Novella by Larissa Ione

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sold into slavery mere hours after his birth to werewolf parents, Tracker spent decades in service to cruel underworlders. Then the fallen angel Harvester transferred his ownership to a human woman who gave him as much freedom as the unbreakable bond would allow. Still, thanks to his traumatic past, he’s afraid to trust, let alone feel love...
  • Wolf Destinies by Lucia Ashta

    Wolf Destinies by Lucia Ashta

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My whole life is one tangled lie. A horrible deception. All my past choices steered by the woman who hunts me without pause.She’s powerful, vicious, and cruel, feared by the entire supernatural community. She’s also an immortal. Yeah, she can’t be killed—supposedly...
  • Monroe by Taylor Rylan

    Monroe by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Mandy's Story by D'Elen McClain

    Mandy's Story by D'Elen McClain

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Mandy’s Story is a standalone, humorous and little bit kinky side story to the Fang Chronicles series. Every beastkind knows you don’t mess with a Kodiak bear—everyone that is except Mandy, the wolf-pack Alpha’s sister. When Mandy hears whispers that the bad attitude bear, Honey, has chosen a mate, she takes matters into her own hands because her wolf decided months before that Honey was hers...
  • Thomas & Julia by V.A. Dold

    Thomas & Julia by V.A. Dold

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    As the owner of The Backwater shifter bar, Julia Le Beau is happy with her place in the shifter community. The only thing missing in her life is a man. Until he arrives on his white horse, she has stacks of romance novels to fill her nights. Too bad, her crazy mother doesn't see it that way. Thomas James' childhood has molded him into the man is today, extremely protective and relationship shy...
  • Cade & Anna by V.A. Dold

    Cade & Anna by V.A. Dold

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Dr. Marjorie schedules an ultrasound for Anna, Cade begins to go into paranoid meltdown. Something must be wrong! He's sure of it. Seeing his daughter on the computer screen larger than life sets Cade onto a path of foolish, well-meaning choices. In a state of panic, he instigates a series of disastrous projects with the help of Simon, Stefan, and Thomas...
  • Bearista by Zoe Chant

    Bearista by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A tough bear shifter bodyguard undercover in a coffee shop + a curvy barista with an adorable 5-year-old + a deadly shifter assassin = a scorching thrill ride of a romance! Tough as nails and hard as steel, Derek Ruger has spent his life in dangerous parts of the world, and has the scars (emotional and physical) to show for it...
  • A Very Shifty Christmas by Georgette St. Clair

    A Very Shifty Christmas by Georgette St. Clair

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Billionaire shifter Morgan Rosemont’s family just showed up in Silver Peak for a surprise visit, and he’s in big trouble. Morgan had lied and told them he was engaged, which means he needs a mate, fast The last person he should turn to is is smart-mouthed curvy secretary Valerie, because she’s the only one who threatens his hard-won self control...
  • Lindy & The Wulfen by R.E. Butler

    Lindy & The Wulfen by R.E. Butler

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    After a devastating blow to her already fragile self esteem, werewolf Lindy Vincent has decided to stop being the pack whore and change her life for the better. With the help of her two best friends, her alpha female, and a feisty she-wolf named Eula, Lindy starts down the road of self-improvement, happy for the first time in years...
  • Her Vampire Master by Maren Smith

    Her Vampire Master by Maren Smith

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 7 ratings
    Merris I’m going to find the man who killed my sister. He’s going to pay for what he’s done. I don’t know his name, but I know his face. Every night in my dreams, he emerges from the shadows. A dark and dangerous creature with a sinful smile. Hunting me. His prey. But when he finally catches me, I come to crave his bite… Aleron I take my pleasure where and when I please...
  • Love Immortal by Felicity Heaton

    Love Immortal by Felicity Heaton

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rescued from werewolves by the most breathtaking man she's ever seen, Lauren is dragged into the fight of her life and a dark world she never knew existed. There, she discovers that she's the latest reincarnation of a goddess and must drink the blood of her immortal protector, Julian, in order to reawaken and continue her three thousand year old mission to defeat Lycaon, the original werewolf...
  • Dark Moon by Elizabeth Kelly

    Dark Moon by Elizabeth Kelly

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sophia Williams, a powerful and strong-willed Lycan, never thought she would fall for a human. Yet, she cannot deny the instant attraction she feels for Bree’s brother, Kaden. Used to getting what she wants, Sophia pursues him, determined to prove that she can be trusted. Beaten and enslaved by Lycans, Kaden wants nothing to do with the family of Lycans his sister is marrying into...
  • Alphas Prefer Curves: Volume One by Milly Taiden, Erika Masten

    Alphas Prefer Curves: Volume One by Milly Taiden, Erika Masten

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hot alpha males come in all flavors, from fierce shifters and swaggering rockstars to bad boy bikers and seductive billionaires, men of action and passion. In this collection of standalone BBW romance novels and novellas by the writers of the wildly popular Curvy Girl Romance group, the hunky heroes all have one thing in common: these alphas prefer curves...
  • The Power Of The Bite by Lisa Oliver

    The Power Of The Bite by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Standalone Wolf Shifter/Vampire Novel Dax Portrain has it all - he's the next Alpha of the only pack in town, he owns a successful night club and he has men falling all over him every night of the week. So when he catches sight of a new vampire in town, he tries to shrug off the instant attraction he feels. After all, everyone knows that wolf shifters and vampires do not get along...
  • Her Vampire Prince by Ines Johnson

    Her Vampire Prince by Ines Johnson

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Cari How hard is it to die? Don’t ask me. I’ve been failing at it for a year. My father lost his life in a fatal car wreck while I walked away without a scratch. Now I taunt that bastard Death on a daily basis. Volcano hopping. Street racing. Skydiving. But then Death comes for me. Hadrian For centuries, I’ve been a dead vampire walking. No warmth, no feeling...
  • His Imperfect Mate by Lynn Hagen

    His Imperfect Mate by Lynn Hagen

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    [Siren Everlasting Classic ManLove: Erotic Alternative Paranormal Romance, M/M, vampires, shape-shifters, HEA] Dudley has been taught that shifters are savage beasts that will sooner tear out a vampire's throat than mate them. He was also taught that shifters would rather let vampires starve than feed them...
  • Redemption by Stormy Glenn

    Redemption by Stormy Glenn

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    [Siren Classic ManLove: Erotic Alternative Paranormal Romance, M/M, shape-shifters, vampires, light consensual BDSM, sex toys] Rogan Owens lives a life of secret misery. Three years ago, he lost his mate, who couldn't come out of the closet and acknowledge their bond. He's suffered in silence ever since, taking over as alpha of his mate's clan...
  • Cherished by Belinda Boring

    Cherished by Belinda Boring

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    This novella is no longer available. It is now part of the full-length novel "Mystic Wolves". Can Darcy let go of the shame of failure consuming her or will Mason convince her that after all is said and done, she truly is...cherished? For a moment, Darcy almost convinced herself the last twelve hours didn't happen...
  • Blood Oath by Belinda Boring

    Blood Oath by Belinda Boring

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    This novella is no longer available. It is now part of the full-length novel "Mystic Wolves". Someone is trying to send a deadly message to Mason, arranging the deaths of those he loves and it puts the entire pack and Alpha on high alert. Plans are made but when the enemy strikes another painful blow by entering into the heart of pack property and kidnapping Darcy, Mason declares war...
  • The Witch and the Vampire King by Anna Santos

    The Witch and the Vampire King by Anna Santos

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Jessica is a young and powerful witch on a desperate mission to find her soul-mate—a hot vampire king who haunts her dreams with steamy memories of their blissful past life. The problem is that he could already be dead. To complicate matters further, a psychotic vampire is after her. He wants the grimoire she stole. For protection, she can only rely on her best friend’s family...
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