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How It Is by T.S. Joyce
14 ratingsThe king is dying. Krome has been the leader of the Crow Blooded for years, but his reign is over if he can’t find a way to heal his wings after a war with the Bane brothers. He’s stuck in the in-between, not quite a crow, not quite a man, and unable to choose a form. When his crows break the rules and abduct a human woman they swear can fix him, he thinks they’ve lost their minds... -
Redemption of a Wolf by T.S. Joyce
14 ratingsMountain Lion shifter, Trina Chapman, is having a rough year. Trying to find her legs over the loss of her Clan, she has bought a local bar and just needs to keep her focus until it can pay the bills. That would probably be easier to do if she didn’t have a rogue werewolf sniffing around and showing up in unexpected places... -
The Fall of Promise by T.S. Joyce
10 ratingsDaylen Hoda is a wicked wolf.He’s done the unforgiveable at his Alpha’s order, and now he must face the life he used to have. Coming home should feel like a comfort, but Daylen isn’t the same werewolf anymore. Two years ago, he was pulled away from his Colorado territory by his Pack, and he left someone important behind... -
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... -
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A Very Beastly Christmas by T.S. Joyce
16 ratings**A Gray Back Bears holiday novella that can be read as a standalone** Dominant grizzly shifter, Easton Novak, hasn’t celebrated the holidays since he was a child, but his mate is about to make this Christmas one for the books. She’s been hiding something from him, and her revealed secrets are about to knock his world upside down... -
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... -
Born With a Silver Moon by Milly Taiden
14 ratingsDiscover a brand new race of Alpha males ready to find their mates in a dangerous warrior planet. Sassy women traveling with Gerri Wilder are in for the journey of a lifetime and a mate that will love them through the galaxy. Are you ready? Grab the next Galaxan romance between a sexy warrior and his fiery mate... -
Grim Christmas by T.S. Joyce
14 ratingsGrim is trying to hold it together for the holidays. He’s vowed to be a better Alpha for the Rogue Pride Crew, but he’s at war with the two lions inside of him, and at war with a certain Red Dragon as well. He was raised to be a weapon and had never celebrated like everyone else. All he wants to do is coast straight through the holiday, but his new Crew is messing with his head... -
Dawson Fur Hire by T.S. Joyce
14 ratingsDalton Dawson is reeling on the anniversary of an event that changed his life forever. All he wants to do is hide from his past for a few days, but in walks trouble in the form of a timid human who has his heart thawing for the first time in years. He’s not looking for a mate, but Kate Hawke is a fascinating and complicated woman that his wolf is desperate to figure out... -
The Christmas Dragon's Heart by Zoe Chant
10 ratingsA curvy hotel manager longing for a real home + a broken fire dragon shifter who hates Christmas + a lost dragon hoard = a magical Christmas romance! Curvy workaholic Claire Corbett has just landed the job of her lifetime: a position managing the Snow Castle, a winter retreat in the mountains. With her little brother along for the ride, Christmas promises to be all work and no play this year... -
A Very Outlaw Christmas by T.S. Joyce
14 ratings****Can be read as a standalone. A holiday short story based off the international bestseller, For the Love of an Outlaw**** Outlaw grizzly shifter, Trigger Massey, has been on the naughty list most of his life, but things are different now. He’s got a new mate, is in a race to save his ranch, and is the brand-new alpha of the Two Claws Clan... -
Bear Fur Hire by T.S. Joyce
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... -
The Billionaire Shifter's Final Redemption by Diana Seere
8 ratingsAsher Stanton has devoted his entire, long life to protecting the shifter world — but he couldn't save his own beloved human wife and child. Walling off his emotions and turning his life into a mission to consolidate power, he is ruthless, determined — and most definitely never falling in love with another human again... -
When He’s Torn by Suzanne Wright
12 ratingsIt has been said that Bailey Bryant lives with her middle finger up in the air. She can agree with that. But there’s one thing she fails to be breezy about: her unrelenting attraction to fellow enforcer Deke Hammond. Broad, inked, and ruggedly masculine, the grumpy cat shifter could attract a stone. He’s also currently riddled with touch-hunger and much crankier than usual... -
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All Kitten Aside by Milly Taiden
14 ratingsParanormal Dating Agency Book 11 - STANDALONE BBW Paranormal Shape Shifter Romance Miranda Colilla needs a mate. Fast. This curvy lioness wants a man she can bend to her will, who will stay out of her business, and let her lead like the alpha she is... -
Piece of Tail by Milly Taiden
14 ratingsYou don't have to read any of the other books in the series to read this one. It's 100% standalone A female Prowl Leader? Unthinkable. It’s what Becca Duran has dealt with since the sudden, tragic death of her brother. Now, the leopard council demands she mates an alpha, whether she loves him or not. Given no choice, Becca takes a chance on Gerri Wilder’s PDA. It should be simple... -
Shifter's Paradox by Lisa Ladew
14 ratingsHarlan Mundelein, the Knotted Wolf, the soldier at heart who used to be the guy who got things done, is fading. It's been a long and pointless battle, and he can finally see the day coming that he'll be eternally reunited with his Eventine. He's ready and his mind is made up: he is not getting a One True Mate. His mate is gone... -
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... -
Doms of Dark Haven 2: Western Nights by Sierra Cartwright, Cherise Sinclair
19 ratingsA Good sub Would... by Sierra CartwrightGenre: BDSM Erotic ContemporaryShelby, a wanna-be sub, hasn’t found a Dom strong enough to push past her need to be in control. Her experiences as a sub have been yawn-inducing. She’s fantasized plenty, though, about Trevor Lawton, one of Dark Haven’s legendary, mouthwateringly firm Doms... -
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... -
Forbidden Addiction by R.L. Kenderson
8 ratingsWith a tortured past, she’s a cat-shifter who refuses to get close to anyone. Yet she can’t seem to resist the leader of the vampire protectors.Phoenix Kaplan has never felt a connection like the one she has with Dante Leonidas... -
Dark Alpha's Night by Donna Grant
10 ratingsDark Alpha’s Night is a brand new paranormal romance in her Reapers series featuring a brotherhood of elite assassins from New York Times bestselling author Donna Grant. There is no escaping a Reaper. I am an elite assassin, part of a brotherhood that only answers to Death. And when Death says your time is up, I am coming for you... I answer to no one but Death... -
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... -
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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... -
Unbearable Temptation by R. O'Leary
6 ratingsBuried under the weight of his role as Alpha, Nate will do anything to find his missing shifters, even if it means babysitting a sassy eyewitness who has an unhealthy obsession with pink--and sugar.Everything in Rainy's life is finally going according to plan... -
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... -
Tyler by Kim Fox
6 ratingsSkin shifter, Tyler Jones, hasn’t been home in almost a decade. Why would he? His community of skin shifters excommunicated him, Jacob, the ruler who happens to be his older brother, is a psychopath, and the girl who he spent his whole youth loving broke his heart when she turned him away. So yeah, he’s just fine staying on Clawed Ranch. Skin shifter, Isabelle Lexington, is desperate... -
The Fire of the Dragon's Heart by Willa Hart
6 ratingsMy best friend is still missing, time's running out, and I'm all out of ideas...My five guys and I travelled to Europe to rescue Zoe from her dragon kidnappers, but my newly developed powers are failing me. Instead of pinpointing her location, the most I can manage is a little static and a lot of frustration... -
Cinnamon Bear Buns by Sable Sylvan
6 ratingsSugar, spice, and everything fur-bidden… Kimberly Matherson's the curviest freshman in her hall group at Washington College Seattle, but the last thing she expects? For a one night stand at the Bear Buns strip club to turn into something more. But the last thing she wants in her life? More drama... -
The Tiger's Love by Emilia Hartley
6 ratingsWhen Sadie Holliday finds her six-year-old turned into a bear cub in the kitchen, she knows she has to get help. She has no idea how to raise a young shifter. But the boy’s father is long gone, and the town’s local alpha is a harsh beast of a man, Dante Oberon. Even after she meets him and feels the pull of attraction between them, she’s not at all sure he’s someone she wants in her son’s life... -
Dragon My Heart Around (Paranormal Dating Agency Universe) by Marianne Morea
6 ratingsA dragon shifter, a curse, a rare book, and the woman who is the key to setting him free… Finding the love of a lifetime won’t happen between the dusty pages of old books, but for researcher Camille Forester, it’s her job... -
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... -
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Alexander by Kim Fox
8 ratingsPolar bear shifter, Alexander Vega, is the last Vega brother who anyone thought would take on a mate. He’s surly, gruff, grumpy and just plain rude. And that’s on a good day. He hates women and doesn’t want them anywhere near the Vega Ranch. But his bear has other plans… BBW news reporter, Elena King, has come to the Vega Ranch to visit her sister Ava... -
Cougar's Luck by Moxie North
8 ratingsA computer genius, a dedicated gamer, and on some nights a cougar shifter, Everett Hayes had his whole life in front of him. Where that path led he didn’t know. Computers were his refuge until he met Layla.Layla Klein loved her pack, loved her crazy family, and totally dug her job overseeing the hottest club on the Vegas strip... -
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His Choice by Carrie Ann Ryan
10 ratingsAs the youngest son of Lucifer, Fawkes has long since known what paths his future could take. He could follow his father’s footsteps, stealing the souls of humans and slowly lose his own, or starve himself and wither away until he finds his true half and forms a bond that can not only save his life, but his soul.Leslie Masterson’s life has been one torment after another... -
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... -
Real Men Hunt by Celia Kyle, Marina Maddix
10 ratingsShe's willing to sacrifice anything to save Wolf Woods from developers--including love. He refuses to let her.Persia has dedicated her life to saving the planet from greedy construction companies, even if that meant she lost out on a life filled with laughter, love, and passion. Considering she's generally surrounded by losers, potheads, and slackers, it's not such a big loss... -
Sassy in Diapers by Milly Taiden
12 ratingsThis is a SHORT. This is NOT a standalone full length story. It is intended to be read in order after you read the previous books. Time to revisit Karla and Nate. Karla Wolfe is scared. Motherhood is coming much faster than she can accept. The last thing she wants is to be a replica of her own mother. Nate Wolfe loves his mate unconditionally... -
Scrooge Me Hard by Milly Taiden
14 ratingsATTENTION READERS: This is a SHORT. This is NOT a standalone full length story. It is intended to be read in order after you read the previous books (1-9). Paranormal Dating Agency SHORT: BBW Paranormal Shape Shifter Romance Aurelis Fuentes wants one thing: Children. She’d also like for people to stop complaining about the amount of frosting on her cupcakes but that’s another story... -
Forbidden Hunger by Teresa Gabelman
14 ratingsA shifter without a pack, Janna Lawson goes in search of the man who her mother died trying to protect. What she finds is Garrett Foster, a man who has the power to decide her fate and causes a hunger inside her that is forbidden to them both... -
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... -
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Bearfoot and Pregnant by Milly Taiden
16 ratingsParanormal Dating Agency Book 10 - STANDALONE BBW Paranormal Shape Shifter Romance Cassandra Grimaldi’s boss has lost her mind. Too bad. She really liked the fiery matchmaker. But when Gerri offers to prove aliens are real and multiple orgasms exist, Cassie can’t help but be curious... -
Howl It's Done by P. Jameson
6 ratingsFor the Brockdale pack, mating wasn’t just for pleasure or even for love.It was for survival.Quincy needs a mate to make him invincible, but his inability to speak clearly has made him an outcast. So when the matchmaker chooses him for the first of the female candidates, no one is more surprised. Even more shocking is his animal’s immediate possessive reaction to her... -
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... -
Arcane by Viola Grace
6 ratingsIsobel Marlin is one of the most powerful mages ever born. She has been trained by her father and mother using any and all magical races to supplement her education... -
Reggie: Changing a Wolf's Heart by Jana Leigh
6 ratingsIn Book Five, Reggie finally finds what he has been searching for. He never thought he would have a female mate as well as a male one. It is the best of both worlds for him. When he wakes after being unconscious for months, he finds not only his mother has lost her mind and kidnapped him. When he discovers she kidnapped his mate as well, he is pissed... -
Love Burns by Georgette St. Clair
6 ratingsOlivia Cabrera has just been elected mayor to the ice dragons of North Lyndvale - and she's in way over her head. To save her town, she's got to freeze out the dirty cops and persuade the hot-headed locals to chill. But right away she gets burned by Calder Kingsley, police chief of the fire dragons of South Lyndvale...
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