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How It's Meant to Be by T.S. Joyce
14 ratingsMoore is the only one of the Bane brothers who is upholding a blood oath they made years ago. It has left him at a disadvantage. Without the bond from his mate, his brothers are too powerful to destroy. He has a plan, but it will come with big consequences... -
How It Has to Be by T.S. Joyce
14 ratingsMercy. This was a word Brick Bane had never understood until his brother spared his life three weeks ago. As bear shifter with a failed mission, he’s watching his brother’s every move to try and discover what has changed him so much. The only thing that makes sense? The girl his brother has broken the rules with... -
For The Soul Of An Outlaw by T.S. Joyce
14 ratings**Don’t miss the thrilling final book of T. S. Joyce’s bestselling Outlaw Shifters series** Genie isn’t what people expected. She isn’t just a squirrel, but a shifter in hiding named Tenlee. She’s dug herself into a deep hole, and now her past has come back to haunt her and hurt her friends in the Two Claws Clan. Not only that, but the man she loves had left the ranch, and left her in despair... -
Boarlander Silverback by T.S. Joyce
16 ratings**Don’t miss the explosive third book in the bestselling Boarlander Bears series** Alison Holman has been assigned to enforce the new laws around Damon’s mountains, but a chance meeting in the woods with rip-roaring, chest-beating, musclebound gorilla shifter, Kirk Slater, and she’s questioning everything... -
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Under His Wing by Mandy M. Roth
6 ratingsAs a warrior and prized soldier for the Royal Hawks, Gardelle is known to be fierce and loyal. This immortal bird-shifter gave up the life of a bachelor to raise his niece in the human realm and now that she's mated to the future king of the falcons, he's been able to focus on his commitments to his people and the men who serve under him... -
Purrfectly Kissed by C.D. Gorri
8 ratingsShe’s a curvy Tigress searching for the purrfect kiss, he’s a Black Bear who doesn’t want a mate. Will Brayden change his mind once he gets a taste of Jessica? The Beta of the Maverick Pride has no desire to find a mate. He’s tried that once and all it got him was hurt and alone... -
Eternal Ecstasy by Setta Jay
8 ratings*This is the finale of the Guardians and the Realms series and not meant to be read as a standalone title*As the ruling God of Thule, Hroarr's priority is the survival of his world. Gifted with the ancient ability of sjá, he has seen the birth and destruction of hundreds of worlds... -
Racing Hard by P. Jameson
10 ratingsA Paranormal Shifter Romance In the south, things get real dirty. Especially on Saturdays. Mud on your jeans. Grit in your beer. Your tan washes off in the shower. That's how you know it's racing day. Or as the Dirt Track Dogs like to put it, winning day. Because they aren't racing unless they're winning.Surge, the wildest of all the Dirt Track Dogs, is finally ready to settle down... -
How It's Supposed to Be by T.S. Joyce
16 ratingsAuxor Bane has made a pact. He and his brothers made a promise to each other that they would let their bear shifter lineage die off with them, for the betterment of mankind. They aren’t fluffy, and they aren’t cute. As one of the three remaining bear shifters alive, Aux struggles daily with the predator inside of him... -
Pure Magnetism by Aja James
6 ratingsA lost king…Goya is a rare magical being: a royal Beast. And not just any animal shifter, but the king of the earthly realm--the great white tiger. But now he is a king without a home, cut off from his kin, and trapped in a human body against his will... -
Her Alpha Mismatch by Emilia Hartley
6 ratingsLike many fox shifters, Regina Woodward is stuck in the fifties. She loves vintage clothing and classic movies. What she doesn’t love is controlling male foxes who expect perfect homemaker wives. She’s just about given up on ever finding a mate when her friend Nessa, the local matchmaker, suggests she date Oscar Torres. An alpha bear... -
Dirty Looks by P. Jameson
8 ratingsThe Dirt Track Dogs are back with a brand new crew, and the dust is about to fly! So, hang on to your bra straps and get ready to be taken for a ride. This is the Second Lap. Aaron Redman has been caught in a paranormal war. As a shifter hunter, he’s seen a lot more bad apples than good... -
Purrfectly Mated by C.D. Gorri
8 ratingsHe’s the leader of his pride, she’s a normal with no idea Shifters exist. Can Hunter convince Elissa she’s his purrfect mate? The leader of the Maverick Pride needs a mate and who better to help him out than the incomparable Gerri Wilder! Hunter Maverick is having trouble keeping his Tiger under control... -
Their Everything by Charlene Hartnady
10 ratingsWho will win the battle to claim Becky? Especially since the victor may not even be able to convince her that forever is possible. The little human has some tough decisions to make. All three of them do. Their choices will not only affect their own futures but those of all the non-humans... -
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Lion's Honor by Celia Kyle
12 ratingsSometimes the Queen of the Jungle needs to lean on her King. Okay, she’s really not the queen and he’s totally not the king, but damn it, they need each other. Four years ago, werelioness Honor Mauer walked away from Ridgeville and hopped on a plane bound for London. She had college dreams and none of them included her pesky maybe-mate Grayson... -
Bo & Reika by R.E. Butler
14 ratingsShe'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... -
Doms of Dark Haven by Sierra Cartwright, Cherise Sinclair
18 ratingsThree women, three Doms. One extraordinary night. Welcome to Dark Haven, and may all of your darkest wishes come true...Met Her Match (A Hawkeye Story) by Sierra CartwrightGenre: BDSM Erotic ContemporarySeries: Hawkeye; Previous Book: Bend Me OverHighly trained Mira Araceli can hold her own in the toughest parts of the world, but not, it seems, against her secret crush, Torin Carter... -
Caging Ash by Novalee Swan
6 ratings"You can't come in here. It's breaking and entering. You're the law."CAGE DELGADO is the law in Shifter Town. He's a hard alpha lion who's not afraid to lay it on the line to protect his town, or the woman he secretly adores.ASHLEY AMES is a sweet-tempered lioness who works admin in the local law enforcement offices, and secretly fantasises about the town's sexy sheriff... -
The Keeper Finds Her Mate by Red Phoenix
6 ratingsFrom the author of the award-winning, bestselling Brie series comes a romantic tale of duty, love and betrayal in the mystical world of werewolves that will surprise and excite you.Keeper of the Wolves #2The erotic and mysterious Bonding Ritual centers on the Keeper unifying the four Alphas of the powerful Daric clan. Layla is now the clan’s new Keeper, but she is still unmated... -
Play Me: Shifter Trials: Year One by Aidy Award
6 ratingsTaika is the Second Wyvern of the Blue Dragons, which means he'd been chosen above all others for his prowess, his cunning, his fighting abilities, and that one special skill all Blue Dragon Warriors had, his ability to find anything. He was the best. Granny lost her favorite reading glasses? Taika could find it. Little tyke lost his homework for school? Taika knew exactly where it was... -
Saving Scarlett by R.E. Butler
8 ratingsScarlett Jamison, the daughter of a powerful alpha wolf, knows her freedom is slowly slipping away. As a Breeding Queen, her hereditary destiny is to be given away to a male of her father’s choosing. She’ll have no say in the choice of her mate; her only duty will be to give her future mate as many pups as he wants... -
His Bunny Kicks Sass by Dawn Sullivan
8 ratingsEmery Ericksen fled her herd, intent on escaping an arranged marriage to an abusive alpha. Ending up in a small town, she works as a waitress at the Sassy Wolfe, saving up as much money as possible so that she can move on before she winds up on one of the local wolves’ dinner menu. She managed to stay under the radar, not attracting too much attention, until he walked into the bar... -
Love at First Howl by P. Jameson
8 ratingsFor the Brockdale pack, mating wasn’t just for pleasure or even for love.It was for survival.Dane knows he’s a hard wolf to love. His heart has a lot to offer but it’s protected by an arrogant, flippant outer shell that can only be cracked by the right person... -
Tempting Whispers by T.A. Grey
10 ratingsIn the final installment to the Kategan Alphas series, Vanessa Kategan is a desperate woman. She's got no job, no money, no place to go and to top it all off she's on the run. That is, until she runs into the irritating, thought-consuming vampire Brayden. Now he's forcing her to accept his help and she takes it even knowing her heart is on the line... -
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Michael & Shyne by R.E. Butler
14 ratingsMichael Gerrick was beginning to wonder if he would ever find his truemate. Fate seemed to smile on him, when he fell hard for the delectable fitness instructor, Shyne. The only problem: three were-hyenas want her for their clan and are willing to do anything to get him out of the way.Shyne Jackson was smitten with Michael from the moment they met... -
Wolf Down by Novalee Swan
6 ratings"I can't pay." She took another step forward. It brought her level with his outstretched legs. One more tiny step brought her between them. "But I have a proposition."LUCAS LEBRAY is the biggest, baddest wolf in town. A sexy shifter who likes to pretend there isn't much more to him than fun and games... -
Cry of the Pride by Lacey Thorn
6 ratingsLost and alone…After her mother’s death, Lyra grew up in the foster care system, struggling to hide who she is from the humans who found enough wrong with her. Never fitting in anywhere, she learned to adapt, hiding the damaged parts of herself as best she could... -
Eyes on the Pride by Lacey Thorn
6 ratingsWatching... Darby doesn’t just know shifters exist. It’s her job to watch them. For the last four years, she’s had her eye on one shifter, Calloway Meyer. She’s obsessed with him, which is problematic since he seems set on avoiding her. LWaiting... Calloway has spent four years keeping an eye on his mate, waiting for her to be ready to be his... -
Destiny Unchained by Leia Shaw
6 ratingsThey call her The Huntress. A vampire with lethal focus, Natalia hunts rogue werewolves and kills them without mercy. She buried her heart centuries ago. Now she lives only for revenge... -
Goddess of Unity by Dixie Lynn Dwyer
6 ratingsMaya McFey is quiet, keeps to herself, and has never left the Venificus property. When she is attacked by rogue wolves while enjoying a run in the woods, the last thing she expects to find are her mates, Saxton Lemark, Tango Grey, and Kedar, Alden, and Caton Crimson. Two of them are ready to fight one another, and there are five of them to battle... -
Bloodrunners Bundle by Rhyannon Byrd
6 ratingsWelcome to the world of the Bloodrunners, a fierce band of hunters and protectors, half-human, half-Lycan. Only through the act of Bloodrunning, the hunting and assassination of rogue werewolves, may these extraordinary warriors gain full acceptance within their respective packs... -
Bear Sentry by Ruby Shae
6 ratingsAfter a routine mission turns deadly, bear shifter and former Enforcer, Jase Wagner is lost. The ability to trust his senses disappeared with the death of his partner and left him feeling worthless and unable to protect his clan. In an effort to find a place to fit in, he travels south and ends up in Deals Gap, North Carolina... -
Merely Immortal by T.A. Grey
6 ratingsIn the third installment in The Untouchables dark, paranormal universe....one brother finds love in an unusual woman... Lucas Blackmoore. Rockstar and all around playboy, doesn’t know what to think of the mysterious young were who happens into his life. But he knows one thing—he must help her. Evie reminds him of a human whom he’d had far too much affection for—a woman whose life ended abruptly... -
Roar, Growl & Kiss: A Box Set of 10 Sexy Shifter Romances by Eliza Gayle, Celia Kyle
6 ratingsA SIZZLING SET OF 10 SEXY SHIFTER STORIES! From a pack of New York Times, USA Today and Amazon bestselling paranormal authors comes a collection of 10 shifter romances that will leave you howling for more! Grab it today before it’s gone forever! Walk on the Striped Side by Jessie Lane —Gage Ivanov is a stupid beast... -
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Craving Beauty by K.L. Fast
6 ratingsMaximillian Dunn Mad Max is what they called me. Turned into a bear shifter by an experiment gone wrong, every day I try to appease him. Nothing works until I find her. Confused, I wonder why it was just that simple. Craving her isn’t nearly enough Harper Brown I've been looking for a beast my whole life. During the storm of the century, I got more than I bargained for... -
The Liger's Mark by Lacey Thorn
8 ratingsThe Avenging Angel... Gabriel is the man his people need, an avenging angel who brings death to those who torture and massacre shifters. He never planned to take a mate, but once he does, it takes everything he has to walk away. She wears his mark, but for now, that's all he can give. A Woman Alone... Abandoned at birth then shuffled between foster homes, Kenzie knows what it means to be unwanted... -
Devour by Susan A. Bliler
8 ratingsModess Wilder, Alpha of the Blood Lust pack, hates just about everything and everyone. Right now, the thing he hates most is being in Shadow Wolf territory listening to the offer of exchange from the Shadow Wolf Alpha. A fierce and violent Alpha, Modess, has ensured that his pack has everything it needs... -
Lone Wolf by Rebecca Royce
8 ratingsAll bad things must be destroyed…Gabriel Kane has been betraying his family for forty years. To save a mate only he remembers, he made a deal with his father, Kendrick Kane, that would keep her alive. The price? Gabriel’s cooperation. Little by little his lies have eaten him alive until there is nothing left of him but a shell of the shifter he used to be.He’s at the end of his rope... -
Loving Lachlyn by R.E. Butler
10 ratings*available 8/27/13*For many years, mountain lion Alek Fallon believed he was fated to be alone forever. But after meeting Lachlyn, he knows that he’s found his mate in the sweet she-bear and opens his home to her and her second mate, were-bear Jericho. Lachlyn is a shifting dud and cannot transform into her bear self... -
Every Sunset Forever by R.E. Butler
10 ratingsRaised by wolves, were-hyena Whisper Callahan has spent the better part of her life struggling to fit into a world where she’s the odd one out. Her adopted family loves her, of that she has no doubt, but now they’re encouraging her to connect with her own kind... -
Redeeming Rue by R.E. Butler
10 ratingsAs an albino black panther banished by her people, Veruka Jennings knows if her clan discovers she had a child, it would mean death for them both. Labeled an abomination and forbidden from having cubs, she’s spent the better part of her life as an outcast, believing she is worthless because of the color of her fur... -
Finding Chrissten by N.J. Walters
10 ratingsHeld in captivity for eighteen terrible months, Chrissten Lawton has a long recovery ahead of her. Rescued by the Haven pack, there’s one member in particular who refuses to leave her side, and who also awakens a part of her she thought she’d never get back.From the moment Hank Brewer picks up Chrissten’s scent, he knows they’re true mates... -
Dark Seduction by T.A. Grey
10 ratingsWhen a lunatic vampire escapes from prison, Dmetri Demidov is called in to help protect the Kategans. After all, out of all the Justicars he was the only one who used to have an intimate relationship with one of the Kategans. Dmetri’s grumbling over having to “babysit” the Kategans is quickly extinguished though when he meets the pack’s healer—Christine Barrows... -
Jupiter by R.E. Butler
10 ratingsSecond-in-command lion shifter Jupiter Ross has a lot on his plate. As the head of security for Amazing Adventures Safari Park, he has to ensure the safety of not only the humans who come through the gates every day, but the natural animals, and most importantly, the shifters who live and work in secret at the park... -
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The Wolf King's Mate by Olivia Arran
10 ratingsA woman betrayed… When the opportunity to flee the States for the wild beauty of Switzerland falls into her lap, Tahlia Bromley seizes it with both hands. Now nanny to a real-life prince, she lives in a palace, surrounded by such wealth and beauty that her life seems like a dream... -
Bear the Burden by Rochelle Paige
10 ratingsCamden McMahon has never trusted witches. He’s willing to temporarily overlook his animosity and work with a coven in order to put an end to the threat against his family. Then he meets the daughter of their high priestess, a gifted witch in her own right—and Camden’s fated mate.Selene Trevil has always treasured the magic which flows through her veins... -
Shiftily Ever After by Georgette St. Clair
10 ratingsSingle female shifters from all across the country are flocking to the brand new territory in Greenlands, New Hampshire. After all, there's land to be claimed, sexy male shifters lurking behind every towering pine tree, and - death challenges? Apparently, Dakota Sheffield picked the wrong woman to impersonate when she decided to go undercover for a little vacation... -
A Mate's Wish: by P. Jameson
12 ratingsChristmastime at Lake Haven Lodge is the stuff of legends. Tucked away in a crook of the Ouachita Mountains, visitors come to relax and unwind for the holidays. What they don’t know is that it’s run by a clan of virile mountain cats. Handyman, Renner Blackfoot, is bored with his existence. Filling his bed with random females for his panther’s pleasure isn’t enough anymore... -
Racing the Alpha by P. Jameson
12 ratingsPrevious cover edition for ASIN B00WJCC8GGFor all editions see hereBook #1 of the Dirt Track Dogs series. **Can be read as a standalone (NO CLIFFHANGER)** **Warning: this book contains dirty, dirty things. Including but not limited to dirty talk, dirty sex, dirty minds, dirty mouths, and dirty looks. Do not read this book if you are a germaphobe. In the south, things get real dirty... -
Fire of the Wolf by Lori King
12 ratingsIntroverted nurse Caroline Trainor’s apartment burns to the ground, and she is rescued by a sexy fireman. Waking up in the hospital, she finds the delicious fireman and his identical twin brother waiting for her.Devin and Damon Gray claim that they are alpha leaders of a pack of werewolves, and that she is destined to be their mate...
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