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Babysitter Bear by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe takes care of other people's kids ... but he craves a family of his own.Enter a single mom waitress with a broken heart and a whole lot of trouble behind her.Army vet Dan is still figuring out how to deal with being a three-legged bear, but it turns out kids don’t care how many limbs he has as long as he’s willing to be a climbing frame... -
A Very Meowy Christmas by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBeing cool as a cat is harder than it looks when unexpected love strikes!Single dad and bobcat shifter Mason has moved to Virtue to raise his toddler in the safety of a shifter community. But minor catastrophe strikes when his daughter escapes to play in the woods, and the last thing Mason expects when she's found is to meet his mate...Categorized as:
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A Haunting Midlife by Lia Davis, L.A. Boruff
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAva Harper may be a raiser of the dead and a not-so-famous author, but she isn’t vampire hunter. Not even close.With the decision made to stay in Shipton Harbor, she returns to the home she shared with her deceased husband in Pennsylvania to put it on the market. But saying goodbye to the memories of the home they raised their son in is a lot harder than it had sounded in her head... -
Their Baby Dragon by Annie Nicholas
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCOUNT DOWN TO DRAGON BABY Eoin, Harbinger of Smoke and Darkness, and Angie, Angel Dragon of New Port, are very pleased to announce they are expecting the birth of their first child in the spring. The popular celebrity dragon couple cannot wait to meet their newest addition. They were recently spotted at the premiere shifter obstetrician’s office looking upset. Stay tuned for updates...Categorized as:
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Roar and Order by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRomance is the name of the game in this new... -
Single Dad in a Kilt by Kait Nolan
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey say timing is everything, and for single dad Hamish Colquhoun, the timing couldn't be worse. With a new law practice to establish, a centuries-old farmhouse to restore, and the challenges of raising a tween daughter, romance is the last thing on his mind...Categorized as:
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The Enchanted Garden Cafe by Abigail Drake
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor her sixth birthday, Fiona Campbell’s mother, Claire, made her a peace sign piñata filled with wishes for a better planet instead of candy. When she got her period, her mother held a womanhood ceremony at their café and invited the neighborhood. On her sixteenth birthday, they celebrated with a drum circle... -
My Big Fat Hairy Wedding: My So-Called Mystical Midlife, Book Four by Robyn Peterman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA forty-something Werewolf supermodel, five supernaturally screwed up bridesmaids, and a demonic mother of the groom determined to ruin the wedding.Awesome…. not. How has my life come to this? Not sure who I screwed over in a past life to end up with a heinous mother-in-law who thinks my wedding is for her. If I didn’t love Chance more than myself—which is a lot—I’d rethink the entire hot mess... -
Witch Way Did She Go : A Paranormal Women's Fiction Novel by Jennifer L. Hart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWife. Mother. Enchantress. Can a magical talisman cure what ails her?Multiple Sclerosis. Ever since her doctor spoke the words out loud, Maeve has lived in fear of what that means for her life, her family but most of all, her marriage. Terrified that her husband will leave her—or worse, stay with her out of a sense of obligation rather than love—Maeve has put off telling him about her diagnosis... -
Carnal Creek Shifters Box Set by Haley Weir
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBorn into a cursed bloodline of Viking Lords.. Heirs to the Silverblood Pack have lived a life most would envy. Pleasure. Recklessness. Now, a prophecy of destruction threatens their world. The bloodline must be preserved at ALL costs. The mates to the Silverblood Pack have already been chosen. The pack must preserve themselves, their mates, and their world. It's an impossible task... -
The Enforcer: Zephyr Hills Phantoms MC by Darlene Tallman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMotorcycles, Mobsters, and Mayhem author event proudly presents The Mayhem Makers Series .These standalone novels are brought to you by several bestselling authors specializing in writing twisted chaos. You'll get all the bikers, mobsters, and dark romance your heart can handle.Tressa Powers hasn’t had an easy life. She’s learned to keep to herself. Growing up, books were her escape... -
The Enforcer: Zephyr Hills Phantoms MC by Darlene Tallman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMotorcycles, Mobsters, and Mayhem author event proudly presents The Mayhem Makers Series .These standalone novels are brought to you by several bestselling authors specializing in writing twisted chaos. You'll get all the bikers, mobsters, and dark romance your heart can handle.Tressa Powers hasn’t had an easy life. She’s learned to keep to herself. Growing up, books were her escape... -
Luck of the Paw by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShaara Patrick dreams of a quaint boutique inn, laughter of kids in the yard, and a loving husband. But her meager clerk’s wages keeps those dreams distant. Then, Gerri Wilder enters her life, bringing with her hope and romance. The shifter she’s set up with is handsome and sweet, so there’s obviously something wrong with him... -
The Howl Nine Yards by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAdeline, the human mother of two adopted shifter girls, is on the run after trying to take down a powerful, embezzling shifter. Her family is threatened, and only Gerri Wilder has the contacts to help her. She just hoped for some help, not for Gerri to find her a hunky shifter to make her think of romance.Griffin gave up his birthright as alpha...Categorized as:
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Love Lies by Cynthia St. Aubin
It’s bad enough that the world’s most powerful vampires are following gallery assistant Hanna Harvey like a cloud of undead mosquitos. But finding one of their heads in the trunk of her Mustang? There’s not enough cheese in the world to unsee that... -
Hunting Her by Kelly Lucille
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLogan McCord is a highly trained and battle honed warrior. On a mission to rescue one of his pack, he runs into the one thing his training didn't prepare him for...his mate. And she's got some training of her own. Xena Yazzie has a job to complete, and finding her mate in the middle of it is problematic at best, even if he is a hot cowboy who wears combat gear like a wet dream...Categorized as:
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Howl of the Alpha by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter years of hard work, Victoria Branson’s bar is one of the hippest places to be in the city. All that’s missing is someone to share her life with. Too bad she has zero skills when it comes to love and dating. Until a mysterious, handsome stranger enters her bar and turns her life upside down. Victoria has never had a one-night stand before, but she might make an exception for Axton... -
Taking Nicole by Krystal Shannan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe last thing Nicole Demakis remembers was getting in the car with Sarah's kidnapper and driving away. Now she faces the cold hard truth. The kidnapper, an agent of the Council, is her mate. But he refuses to claim her, and the Council may take everything away before she even has a chance to convince him to trust her... -
Shake Off The Ghosts: A Fixer Upper Romantic Comedy by Miranda Newfield
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWANTED: Housesitter for Cavendish House, an expansive medieval manor in the Highlands of Scotland. Must love country living and have maintenance skills. Decent pay for right applicant. Sounds spectacular, doesn't it? Sadly, what the ad should've said was - WANTED: Idiot willing to live in abject misery for two months in the middle of nowhere Scotland... -
Lights Camera Werewolf by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThis stunt wolf isn’t just a very good boy.He’s her perfect man.Posing as a trained dog for a low-budget horror movie is the worst idea wolf shifter Louis has ever let his best friend talk him into, but the money is too good to pass up. Besides, how hard can it be to growl for the camera, chase a few actors, and not let anyone realize Dr... -
Tropical Dragon Diver by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOutcasts from two different worlds... Dragons are meant to be creatures of fire and fury, not salt water and mercy. But Bastian isn’t an ordinary dragon. Shunned by his warrior family, he guards golden beaches instead of a golden hoard. But when he rescues a beautiful, mysterious woman from stormy waves, he finally finds something worth fighting for...Categorized as:
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Ghost by Lyla Oweds
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy abilities are growing every day. But thanks to my new friends, I know that I'm not insane. Even so, there's a darkness inside me. It's been getting stronger. A reality that I've been trying to avoid. Being near the boys draw it out. Being close to them also make me unafraid for the first time in my life... -
The Hopes and Dreams of Lucy Baker by Jenni Keer
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMeet Lucy, aged 25, and Brenda, aged 79. Neighbours, and unlikely friends. Lucy Baker is not your usual 25-year-old. She is more at home reading and knitting in her cluttered little flat than going out partying and socialising.79-year-old Brenda is full of wise and wonderful advice, but when she’s diagnosed with dementia her life begins to change... -
Abloom by Elle Lincoln
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn omega’s guide to thriving against all odds.First, if you get kidnapped, then talk like you are the one committing a crime. Bad guys hate that stuff. If said kidnapper makes a bargain with you that you can’t refuse, then make some demands of your own—like snacks, all of the snacks. After all, the heat is right around the corner, and there is no controlling that bloom... -
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Cade & Anna by V.A. Dold
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen 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...Categorized as:
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Striping Hot by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA reporter and a tiger shifter are about to learn that you never know what will happen at one of Gerri Wilder’s famous bachelor auctions!Hard-nosed and clever reporter, Gianna Lee, has dreamed of finding the scoop of a lifetime. She just never knew that she’d stumble across it at the same time she catches the eye of a hunky billionaire tiger shifter... -
Big Furry Deal by Celia Kyle
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsPanther shifter Millie Walker is finally free, finally knows her real name, and finally… has a mate? Well, crap. For Millie, having a mate is a horrible, no good, he’ll end up very dead, bad idea. She’s got what some refer to as a “control problem.” In other words: she has no control and that’s her problem. So, she stays away from others, keeps to herself, and generally tries not to kill people...Categorized as:
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Kraken Under Pressure by M.J. Marstens
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsSHIFTERS, MATES, SADISTIC BAD GUYSWhen did my life become make-believe?And all because I tried to stop being a sex addict, but thank my lucky dildos I am. Otherwise, I never would've met the men of my dreams. Or he friends ever (the sweetest titmouse and loveliest booby ever), but some major *sshats are trying to tear my world apart.Namely, Dean Stiffd*ck and Dr. F*ckstick... -
Dragon's Claim by Candace Ayers, Kym Dillon
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsBestselling author Candace Ayers brings you SHORT "lunchtime quickie" reads—condensed romances intended to be read in under two hours!Dragon scales and bridal veils—billionaire shifters find their fiery mates!Monogamy? Not my style.I'm a master of the skies and a lover of women.My life's all about freedom, luxury, and keeping my city under my wing.But a dragons gotta do what a dragons gotta do...Categorized as:
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Furry United Coalition Bundle by Eve Langlais
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsIt started with an energetic bunny and a grumpy bear. It continued with a geeky swan and her playboy bear. And then we encountered an ornery croc who couldn't help falling for a foxy lady. The three F.U.C. stories you've come to love are now available in one handy bundle. Hours of romantic and humorous entertainment... -
Sweatpants and Spells by Keira Blackwood
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI knew hot flashes were supposed to be hot, but I didn’t expect flames.One day I’m in anger management, normalizing the cordial hate between me and my husband. The next, we’re divorced and he has taken both our house and the business we built together. I’m forty years old and living above our empty restaurant, plotting my next move... -
Serious Leigh by Melanie James
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOy vey! Shit just got serious in Chicago. The Witches Union has discovered that Leigh Epstein has been dabbling in the dark arts, and now they want to become creative editors for Leigh’s paranormal romance, “Four-Bitten Fangtasy”, a book about a shape shifting-werewolf-vampire hybrid named Vlad... -
Bear With Me by Moxie North
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPacific Northwest Werebears Book 3 - Bear With Me Conner Rochon thought living in the wilds of the Pacific Northwest and running a logging company with his brothers was tough work. Add to that, he wasn’t too keen on sharing his body with a grizzly bear. Shifters normally had no problem with their animal side. Conner was not one of them...Categorized as:
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Pushing Up Posies by Eve Langlais
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNetflix and Chill takes on a whole new meaning when Posie starts dating the Reaper.Poor Brody. As reaper leader for the Canadian guild, he and his crew don’t get as much work as other countries until the Dark Lord gives them a new mandate: Establish a dating service on Earth that will facilitate the meeting between citizens of Hell and humans with the end goal being babies... -
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Fake it to the Limit by Mary Frame
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen the local authorities ask Ruby Simpson to help them find a thief in the small town of Castle Cove, she doesn’t have much of a choice. She predicted the most recent theft, and the cops have no other leads. There are just two small problems. One, she’s not psychic. Two, she’s not Ruby Simpson.Okay, maybe they’re not small problems... -
First Bite by Mac Flynn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTrixie Lyal stumbles upon the scoop of a lifetime when her move to a new town takes a detour into the paranormal world of Apple Hollow. She winds up at the local diner where she meets a handsome local by the name of Orion. Cupid stings her heart but not the headlines as strange happenings stir her curiosity... -
Men Are Frogs by Saranna DeWylde
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSOMETIMES YOU'RE THE CURSE . . .Disgraced wedding planner Zuri Davis is so relieved to be offered a job with Fairy Godmothers, Inc., she's willing to trade the high-rise excitement of Chicago for the small-town charm of Ever After. Falling for one of her grooms, even unintentionally, was enough to destroy her career--and also to prove that all men are indeed frogs...Categorized as:
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Fear No Evil by Debbie Johnson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWANT THE PERFECT HALLOWEEN READ?The dead don't like to be ignored…Jayne McCartney, Liverpool's only female private eye, is soon to get a crash course in this and other ghost-related facts.Until now she’s kept her snooping firmly to the dodgy, sometimes dangerous – but definitely human – Liverpool underworld... -
Dying to Score by Cindy Gerard
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDiscover heart-racing intrigue in this Thriller Short of romantic suspense.Originally published in LOVE IS MURDER,edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown.In this Thriller Short, New York Times bestselling author Cindy Gerard takes readers on a life-or-death Black Ops, Inc. mission to Central America. Former marine Johnny Duane Reed fell hard for Crystal...Categorized as:
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Something to Howl About by Christine Warren
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWELCOME TO ALPHAVILLE, where the she-wolves and alpha-males play. . .for keeps, in a brand-new paranormal romance series from New York Times bestselling author Christine Warren. Dr. Annie Cryer has been called many things: Genius. Child prodigy. Scientific wonder. Wolf Shifter...Categorized as:
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Legal Wolf's Mate by Eve Langlais
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsIn Eve Langlais's Legal Wolf’s Mate—previously published in the anthology Growl— taking on a pro bono murder case isn't a problem for a lawyer who enjoys a challenge. Discovering his new client is his mate? A tad more complicated. Gavin has no intention of settling down, especially not with a woman accused of murder... -
30 Day Mate by Kristen Strassel
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWill my past steal Saint’s future?After a misunderstanding costs me a dream contract for a cooking show on a major network, I’ll do whatever it takes to repair my reputation.Even apply to be one of The Real Werewives of Colorado.The dating reality show is my last chance to prove I’m for real, even if it means I’ll belong to a wolf shifter forever... -
Maggie By The Book by Kasey Michaels
According to Maggie Kelly's Law #1, just when things seem to be settling down, the other shoe drops...with a vengeance. And in this case, it's more like a Regency-era riding boot belonging to Alexandre Blake, Viscount Saint Just, hero of the bestsellers Maggie writes...Categorized as:
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Ava and the Bear by Elizabeth Kelly
Grizzly shifter, Bishop King, has two loves – sex and food. So when he meets Ava Lewis, a curvy redhead with the intoxicating scent of sex and chocolate, he knows he’s in trouble. Ava’s looking for love, not a one night stand, and grizzly shifters don’t do relationships... -
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The Book Charmer by Karen Hawkins
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Karen Hawkins crafts an unforgettable story about a sleepy Southern town, two fiercely independent women, and a truly magical friendship.Sarah Dove is no ordinary bookworm. To her, books have always been more than just objects: they live, they breathe, and sometimes they even speak... -
Time After Time by Louise Pentland
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTabitha is stuck. She still lives in the small town she grew up in...the town she's barely ever left.So, when her dad drops a bombshell over their weekly Sunday dinner, Tabitha takes a look at her own life. She lives firmly in her comfort zone and doesn't know how to break out. Sometimes she wishes she should go back and start it all again... -
The Billionaire Shifter's Secret Baby by Diana Seere
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA masquerade ball in Malibu led to a single night of passion under the stars… and set the wheels of fate in motion. Three years ago, waitress Kara Jablonski gave in to her wilder side with a fellow weretiger, the rock star billionaire Lars Jensen, a sun-kissed blond drummer with a viking's build. Six weeks later, the pregnancy test came back positive... -
It Happened One Midnight by Saranna DeWylde
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsFans of The Ex Hex and Payback’s a Witch won’t want to miss this delightful and entertaining novel featuring three meddlesome fairy godmothers on a mission to restore their hometown’s deep well of enchantment by conjuring true love…even in the most reluctant couples... -
Ice Lord's Bride by Ava Ross
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI must marry one of the fae, but the forbidden ice lord wants me.To secure a human-fae truce, I'm one of five women traveling to their magical kingdom, where we'll be courted by fae aristocracy. We have one month to choose a husband from among them.Only Elion, the arrogant, beastly ice lord is forbidden. His torturous scars make the other women gasp. His icy words rip them to shreds... -
Heat of Rejection by Vivian Hawthorne
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsRejected. Humiliated.Shy and bookish, Gracie Reynolds has been an omega her whole life. So when she hears the call of fate after crossing paths with a certain somebody, she knows she must answer. She just never imagined that fate had a mate intended for her, and he’s none other than the son of the pack alpha.Too bad Daniel Vankamp doesn’t believe in fated mates...Categorized as:
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