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Readers who enjoyed How It Has to Be by T.S. Joyce also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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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... -
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... -
Damien's Mate by Anastasia Wilde
8 ratingsDamien Fernandez never claimed to be one of the good guys.The last time he tried—saving a shifter woman from being murdered by his ex-boss—he ended up with his employer in jail, no severance pay, and an effed-up knee from where an exploding building fell on it... -
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... -
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Behind the Beginning by T.S. Joyce
12 ratingsGreyson Crawford means well when he comes to the rescue of a stranger in the woods, but even the best intentions can backfire. One chance meeting out in the middle of nowhere gets him bitten by a monster and his life is altered forever. Being a werewolf is hard enough, but being the vessel for a black-hearted beast like Wolf is nearly impossible... -
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... -
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... -
Cursed to the Alpha by Jessica Hall
8 ratingsAndrei had finally found his mate and he couldn't believe his luck when he found Sage. Second-chance mates have never been heard of.However, he soon realizes that Sage is just as broken as he is. Sage spent years in the hands of monsters and now finds herself in Andrei's forsaken hands, which are just as tainted as those that kidnapped her...Categorized as:
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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... -
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Choices (Alpha City) by Bryce Evans
6 ratingsAs 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 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... -
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... -
Seductions by Bryce Evans
6 ratingsSage Wingate is fighting for control in her chaotic life. A bad-ass Bear Shifter intent on mating her, a deadly war with a powerful witch, and Sage’s overwhelming need to get revenge for her own past hurts, all bringing her to brink of madness. Brody King is an Alpha in the truest sense... -
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... -
The Jaguar Tycoon by Bianca D'Arc
8 ratingsIt all started at dinner… Mark is the larger-than-life billionaire Alpha of the secretive Jaguar Clan. Business tycoon and man about town, he’s the guest of honor at a huge society dinner in lower Manhattan. Shelly is at the dinner to network and possibly find some clients for her architectural design business... -
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... -
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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Virgin Mate by Tia Didmon
6 ratingsLucy Michaels, is about to realize her dream of becoming an international photographer, when an attack from a rogue cougar-shifter triggers her physical transformation to a species the world doesn’t know exists. As voraciously unstable appetites emerge, Talen Cascade, the sexy shifter who rescued her, embarks on a mission to integrate her into the ways of his clan and satiate her rising hunger... -
MC Bear My Baby by Bella Love-Wins
6 ratingsThey wanted an escape. They got a baby. Tate Roman is a walking contradiction. He's a badass, tech savvy bear shifter. A mohawk-wearing, trouble-making, woman-claiming member of the Beartooth Brotherhood MC who lives to protect his bear shifter MC family... -
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... -
Beasty by Jennise K.
6 ratingsTwo soulmates finally meet,their hearts full and complete.A curse by a vengeful ghost is made,to sever the ties woven by fate.They say we all have our own soulmates—the ones we’re destined to spend our whole lives with. But orphan Olivia Fredson has no time for that. She has an infant niece, a family business, and her college education to take care of—all on her own... -
Tey's White Wolf by Jana Leigh
6 ratingsIn book two of the Denver Pack: Tey always assumed when he found his mate that it would be easy, meet mate-claim mate-live happily ever after. He quickly finds out that life just doesn't work on his schedule. However, he learns that even a tough wolf can be brought down when the right woman grabs ahold of your heart and doesn't let go. Jo is Cami's childhood best friend and has no luck with love... -
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... -
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... -
Tipping the Scales: Stop Dragon My Heart Around World by Mandy M. Roth
6 ratingsTipping the Scales (Tipping the Scales Series Book One) Part of the Stop Dragon My Heart Around World Dragon shifter Zarek Dracodomus has one slight problem—he needs to mate by the end of the year or his dragon clan curse will have the last laugh. When a headstrong seductress manages to turn the tables on the immortal playboy, Zarek finds himself racing to beat time... -
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Blaine: A Wolf's Second Sight: Denver Pack Series by Jana Leigh
6 ratingsBlaine is not convinced he is of the special Chosen. The New Council may think so, but until he had rock solid proof, he was going about business as usual. As an Enforcer in the New Council Pack, he could stay hidden. No one but a select few knew about his gift. His Beta and now the Council, but just cause he had a few dreams that came true did not mean he was the Seer... -
Cloe: Two for the Bite of One: Denver Pack Series by Jana Leigh
6 ratingsCloe was a doctor, and the Beta of her father's Pack. When strangers come to town, she is asked to run, and not be who she was meant to be. Well, screw that. Cloe makes a stand and the results could very well hurt her Pack. Teagan, is Cloe's best friend and second. He would do anything for her, including sharing his blood... -
Devon: The Beta's Double Trouble: Denver Pack Series by Jana Leigh
6 ratingsDevon, the Denver Pack's Beta was too busy to find his mate. Since his Alpha's discovered the prophesy that was going to change all of their lives, he had been on the road. There was too much going on for him to worry about finding the one person who was meant for him, or was he. Devon gets blindsided with his mate and a mess of problems... -
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... -
Rabbit Creek Santa by Jacqueline Rhoades
8 ratingsIt's Christmas!... Things are going well in Rabbit Creek. Elizabeth has taken her duties as the Alpha's Mate to heart and as the story opens, that heart is breaking for the loneliness and isolation of one of her pack. It's Christmas Eve and no one should be lonely at Christmas. Lindy doesn't feel like she has much to celebrate... -
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... -
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Spoils of War by Susan A. Bliler
8 ratingsThey took her!Before Alpha wolf shifter, War Vox could explore his odd infatuation with Nora, before he could even consider the implications of his inexplicable draw to the she-wolf who’d been dumped in his territory, she’s ripped away from him. Calling out War is a huge mistake, but taking something from War’s wolf is tantamount to suicide... -
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...
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