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Flynn by Nyssa Kathryn
12 ratingsSome pasts are harder to escape than others.When Carina Murphy is accused of a crime she didn’t commit, a fresh start in a new town is her only option. Unfortunately, Cradle Mountain may not be the safe haven she’d thought. The son of her new patient may be tall, dark and handsome…but he also knows all about her past.Keeping her job should be the hardest part... -
![Alone by E.J. Noyes]()
Alone by E.J. Noyes
14 ratingsHalf a million dollars will be Celeste Thorne’s reward for spending four years of her life in total isolation. No faces. No voices. No way to leave. Since Celeste has never really worried about being alone, the generous paycheck she’ll receive for her participation in the solitary psychological experiment seems like easy money... -
![Wedding the Highlander by Janet Chapman]()
Wedding the Highlander by Janet Chapman
16 ratings"A runaway beauty finds love in the brawny arms of a handsome stranger..."Talented surgeon Libby Hart is fleeing to Pine Creek, Maine, when her car spins out of control and crashes into a pond. She is rescued by Michael MacBain, a medieval highlander trapped in the modern world by a wizard's spell... -
![No Broken Beast by Nicole Snow]()
No Broken Beast by Nicole Snow
18 ratingsFierce. Scarred. Ginormous grump.And I get to tell him he's a father...Brilliant life decisions--falling for the bad guy.Leo damn Regis. Hated scourge of Heart's Edge.A wall with arms and legs. Hercules dipped in ink. Incandescent eyes.The legend, the outcast, the boy I loved.But the man they call "Nine" isn't the villain they think.He saved my life and seared my heart once upon a messed up time... -
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![Thunder with a Chance of Lovestruck by Mandy M. Roth]()
Thunder with a Chance of Lovestruck by Mandy M. Roth
8 ratingsWhen Detective Drest Bright meets his newest charge, sparks literally fly. There is no denying the instant attraction he feels for Rachael Frankenstein. But she’s off-limits, and he knows as much. Her family has been a thorn in the side of the Nightshade Fae Hunters for over a hundred years, and they aren’t about to let him run off into the sunset with her without a fight... -
![The Single Mom and the Orc by Honey Phillips]()
The Single Mom and the Orc by Honey Phillips
14 ratingsHer grumpy orc is going to hammer his way into her heart!When Pippa finds herself in Fairhaven Falls with empty pockets and a brand new baby, she’s thrilled when a sweet - and slightly scary - old lady offers her a job and a place to live. Their new home isn’t much, but it offers a desperately needed shelter.Then her grumpy orc neighbor comes charging into their lives... -
![Savage Mate by Delta James]()
Savage Mate by Delta James
8 ratingsA Small Town Grumpy Shifter RomanceThe first time she saw him he was coming out of the river... Oh! what a view.Jackson Miller (Jax) left the SEALs to return to his small hometown, Mystic River, Alaska where all the residents are shifters. He’s a grumpy bear shifter and the sheriff.Autumn Bradley was hiking with her fiancé for a birthday weekend... -
![Jessica by Ariana Hawkes]()
Jessica by Ariana Hawkes
10 ratingsThree best friends separated for ten years, the laws of a clan, and a forbidden love clash in the latest episode of this bestselling series.Curvy geek girl Jessica Schmidt works as a developer for the dating app Shiftr. When her two best friends, who disappeared in mysterious circumstances ten years earlier, come to the office looking for mates, she couldn't be more shocked... -
![Taliz by Alana Khan]()
Taliz by Alana Khan
10 ratingsTaliz avoids people for a reason… his untamed predator. But when a stranded human arrives, can he restrain his inner beast before his monster decides she’s his prey?ZaydieI’ve traveled all the way to planet Hallion to research their winter holiday... -
![Her Alien Farmhand: Blind Date with an Alien by Honey Phillips]()
Her Alien Farmhand: Blind Date with an Alien by Honey Phillips
12 ratingsCan a desperate woman and a lonely alien shifter work together to defeat an unknown enemy?A new year should be a time for new hope, but this year, Meg finds it hard to be optimistic. Betrayal and bad luck threaten everything she has worked for. And although she would never admit it, she’s lonely on her isolated farm... -
![Trouble for My Troll by Honey Phillips]()
Trouble for My Troll by Honey Phillips
12 ratingsHer troll mechanic is determined to get her engine revving! Alison is looking forward to finally settling down in Fairhaven Falls. Surely a town full of monsters will make it easier to guard her vulnerable heart. When she runs into a truck driven by a massive troll with a charming smile, she realizes it might not be so easy after all... -
![VILE - A Dark Bully Romance by Lulu Waters]()
VILE - A Dark Bully Romance by Lulu Waters
6 ratingsEVERLEE VERA This isn’t the life I’m meant to live—stuck on the arm of a rich asshole while he has a pissing contest with other rich assholes. They’re all puppets, playing a dutiful role that condemns them to hell until death do they part. Hatred pushes me forward. Lust fuels me. And there is only one guy who checks both: Holden Van. My boyfriend’s enemy. The guy who flusters me beyond anything... -
![Alpha Unhinged by Olivia T. Turner]()
Alpha Unhinged by Olivia T. Turner
8 ratingsThey call me the hot-headed brother.Mean. Fierce. Disgruntled. Prick.It's easy for them to judge.They're not the only ones on the ranch left without their mate.They're not tormented by a furious Kodiak bear.With the heat barreling down on us from our past,They need a vicious bastard like me... -
![Without a Stitch: Monster Between the Sheets: Season 2 by Honey Phillips]()
Without a Stitch: Monster Between the Sheets: Season 2 by Honey Phillips
8 ratingsCan a bookish scientist find the man inside the monster? Uncomfortable with people, Victoria spends her days - and her nights - working in her lab. When her funding is terminated, her only option is a dilapidated building in the tiny town of Screaming Woods... -
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![Alpha Dominated by Olivia T. Turner]()
Alpha Dominated by Olivia T. Turner
10 ratingsI've been waiting for my mate for a long time.So, when I see Ivy trapped, vulnerable, and easy pickings for this possessive bear shifter, I take her.But Ivy got her name for a reason...She's like poison ivy even though she looks like an innocent flower.She bites and snaps.And won't easily be tamed.That's okay.I've never shied away from a fight or stepped down from a challenge... -
![When She's Fearless by Ruby Dixon]()
When She's Fearless by Ruby Dixon
10 ratingsAfter being stolen from Earth, I learned that I could live each day in fear...or I could meet life head-on and unafraid. I chose the latter...Which is why, when I find a terrifyingly huge cat-alien male hip-deep in my favorite fishing spot, I don't run away in fear.I introduce myself.Is it reckless? Sure. But I've never met anyone quite like the feline Hrrrusek... -
![Defiant Mate by Delta James]()
Defiant Mate by Delta James
10 ratingsThe sound of a cord snapping abruptly ends her climb, leaving her stranded as an arctic storm bears down. Can Asher find his mate before she freezes to death? Nicole is done with men. Her husband left her for a thinner and younger model and never looked back. She has worked hard to be an independent, successful woman without a man...Categorized as:
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![Getting It On With Gargoyle by Hazel Mack]()
Getting It On With Gargoyle by Hazel Mack
10 ratingsThe small town of Ever, Massachusetts is idyllic and quaint. It’s also chock full of monsters. THEAWhen my sister thrifts an aged map with iridescent lettering leading to a town called Ever, I roll my eyes. According to a quick internet search, the town doesn’t exist. We only manage to find it with the help of a sexy gas station owner who offers to come for me if I call him. Swoon... -
![Hidden Flames by Kennedy Layne]()
Hidden Flames by Kennedy Layne
6 ratingsThere were a few things that got Owen Quade through his multiple combat tours. One was the dream of riding a custom motorcycle on a winding mountain road. The former Marine had finally managed to complete that goal, and along the way he'd gained his own bike shop and the mechanic to go with it. She was a rare beauty, and he wasn't talking about his bike either... -
![Buried Flames by Kennedy Layne]()
Buried Flames by Kennedy Layne
6 ratingsMason Sykes had served many years in the Marine Corps for his country. His loyalty and sacrifice had left him disfigured—inside and out. He didn’t harbor regrets, especially since he’d finally found the peace and quiet he’d always desired on a Nebraska farm. Brenna Helm was a country girl through and through, right down to her cowgirl boots... -
![Knocked Up by the Other Brother by Ashlee Price]()
Knocked Up by the Other Brother by Ashlee Price
6 ratingsMy wife has no memory of me. Then again, Grace isn’t my real wife... I don’t know much about her... Where she’s from, how she ended up in Hope Creek, why she has strange marks on her wrists and how she survived The Icebreaker that wiped out a good portion of humanity... -
![Earning His Trust by Shea Balik]()
Earning His Trust by Shea Balik
6 ratingsIniko had a problem. His mouth often said things that his brain hadn’t thought through. It didn’t make him very popular with anyone. How he hadn’t been kicked out of Miracle was in itself a miracle. Iniko also had a gift to help others find their niche in life. But to do that, the men of Miracle would have to find a way to give him a chance... -
![Perfect Timing by Catherine Anderson]()
Perfect Timing by Catherine Anderson
14 ratingsIn Catherine Anderson’s newest installment in the Harrigan family series, an unlikely couple is brought together under circumstances that defy all reason.... Tragedy has struck the Harrigans—Quincy’s beloved sister-in-law Loni is gravely ill and nearing death. Quincy, like his brothers, feels helpless to save her, and the clock is ticking... -
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Last Light by Claire Kent
15 ratingsIt only took four years for the world to fall apart. Now the last member of my family has died, and I'm forced to travel across what's left of three states to find the only people I know left alive. To survive, I'll have to salvage food and supplies and try to avoid violent men who've learned they can take what they want by force. The only way I'm going to make it is by trusting Travis... -
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![For All Time by Jude Deveraux]()
For All Time by Jude Deveraux
18 ratingsReturn to charming Nantucket with Jude Deveraux, the New York Times bestselling author of unforgettable romance. For All Time is the second novel in her fabulous Nantucket Brides trilogy, with more from a new generation of Montgomery-Taggerts, the beloved family from Jude's classic novels... -
![After Sundown by Linda Howard, Linda Jones]()
After Sundown by Linda Howard, Linda Jones
18 ratingsSela Gordon, shy owner of a Tennessee general store, prefers solitude. If anyone can chip away at her protective shell it's the handsome, mysterious, ex-military man who's been hiding for two years in the wilds of Cove Mountain... -
![Candy for My Orc Boss by Ava Ross]()
Candy for My Orc Boss by Ava Ross
12 ratingsA new life, a new job, a new orc husband . . . Wait, isn’t he supposed to be my boss?After my ex announces his wedding to someone other than me, I’m eager to leave town. A new life and a new job are just what I need to restore my mojo. On the way to my destination, I overnight at a hotel where edible unmentionables and a tattooed orc construction worker rock my world... -
![Tinfoil Heart by Daisy Prescott]()
Tinfoil Heart by Daisy Prescott
8 ratingsA romantic comedy about love, letting go, and little green men from USA Today Bestselling author Daisy Prescott. My father was abducted by aliens. Or so I believed for the last eighteen years. After my mother's death, I moved to Roswell, capital of all things alien. I'm going to find out the truth and nothing will stop me . . . except Boone Santos... -
![Quantum by Erin Kellison]()
Quantum by Erin Kellison
6 ratingsSpace Invader steals time for love... Ex-soldier turned space pirate Tey Raider is visiting Earth to steal a fortune and use one of the Red Rock vortexes to escape into the deep black. When he bumps into Sophia West, he has no idea the human woman will throw a wrench into the hyperdrive of his master plan, and spin him, his storm cruiser, and his heart out of control... -
![Pulled by the Tail by Nancey Cummings]()
Pulled by the Tail by Nancey Cummings
6 ratingsMatched to the wrong alien… Georgia wanted a prince, not a massive brute. When a clerical error lands her on a backwater planet with only anti-social Talen for company, she knows there’s been a mistake... -
![Overcoming Stereotypes by Shea Balik]()
Overcoming Stereotypes by Shea Balik
6 ratingsIn a world where everyone was against them, they needed a Miracle. What no one had expected was to find their salvation in an abandoned town that was ready to collapse. Yet, that is exactly what happened when they moved to the town of Miracle, Oregon. Kellach Alder hadn’t been given a chance in life to be the man he knew he could be... -
![Outback Claim by Bridget Blake]()
Outback Claim by Bridget Blake
6 ratingsOne Omega artist with crippling anxiety. One Alpha cowboy with a devastating need for control. A plague that threatens their sanity, their sense of self, and their freedom.The only cure? Find your mate. Fast.JuneI loathe the city. I despise crowds. But most of all, I hate the anxiety that’s ruling and ruining my life.Aura sickness...Categorized as:
paranormal omegaverse contemporary small-town fated-mates romance witches-wizards anthologies -
![Fighting Chance by Victoria Paige]()
Fighting Chance by Victoria Paige
6 ratingsOne small town.One dead sheriff.A town with secrets.Newly appointed sheriff Trent Stone is investigating the murder of his predecessor. This leads him to Misty Grove, a town lined with innocent diners and general stores, but his gut instinct tells him that nothing is what it seems.It doesn’t help that his first encounter with one of its citizens is at the end of her shotgun.A beautiful hellion... -
![Book, Line, and Sinker by Jenn McKinlay]()
Book, Line, and Sinker by Jenn McKinlay
18 ratingsLindsey is enjoying her second year in Briar Creek as the library director, meeting with the crafternoon club, and happily dating tour boat captain Mike Sullivan. But when a salvage company arrives in town to dig up treasure buried on Pirate Island over three hundred years ago, the locals are torn between protecting the island and welcoming the publicity... -
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![Cookies For My Orc Neighbor by Michele Mills]()
Cookies For My Orc Neighbor by Michele Mills
14 ratingsThe big green Orc living next door to me is so very mysterious.He works from home and rarely goes outside. And when he does go out, he never wears a shirt buttoned over his massive chest, no matter the weather... -
![His by Law by Sue Lyndon]()
His by Law by Sue Lyndon
8 ratingsWhen Lucia is caught trespassing in Jackson McNabe’s home, she fears he’ll turn her over to the constable. With the holidays approaching and the nights growing colder, she had only wished to warm herself by his fire and pretend for a few minutes that she was the lady of the grand house, rather than a homeless girl stranded in a peculiar village... -
![Blair by Evie Ellis]()
Blair by Evie Ellis
8 ratingsWhen I revealed as an omega, it destroyed everything I wanted to be. I had ambitions that meant being a beta would suit my life better, and I certainly didn’t relish being claimed, mated, or knotted. No, that life was not for me.But I was grateful my controlling father didn’t want me to go to the Omega College route, but being a dominant alpha, he wanted to find my alpha... -
![The Alien's Mail-Order Bride by Ruby Dixon]()
The Alien's Mail-Order Bride by Ruby Dixon
20 ratingsThough still carrying the scars of his past as an intergalactic soldier, Emvor doesn’t mind the quiet of his chosen life as a farmer. He doesn’t even mind that most nights are lonely on remote Cassa, but he does need help around his farm. A mail-order bride from his homeworld seems like the perfect solution. She’ll be a tall, sturdy female to help with the chores and bear his children... -
![Blaste from the Past by Jessa Kane]()
Blaste from the Past by Jessa Kane
12 ratingsA magical tree that makes your soul mate appear is surely just a legend, right? That's what Shiloh thought until one night, in a moment of desperation, she begs the Wanting Tree for someone to love...and a shirtless rancher from 1949 arrives, still holding onto his cowboy hat, calling her "sugar" and claiming to be her man. For life... -
![The Last Boy and Girl in the World by Siobhan Vivian]()
The Last Boy and Girl in the World by Siobhan Vivian
18 ratingsFrom the critically acclaimed author of The List comes a stunning new novel about a girl who must say goodbye to everything she knows after a storm wreaks havoc on her hometown... -
![The Square Root of Summer by Harriet Reuter Hapgood]()
The Square Root of Summer by Harriet Reuter Hapgood
16 ratingsThis is what it means to love someone. This is what it means to grieve someone. It's a little bit like a black hole. It's a little bit like infinity.Gottie H. Oppenheimer is losing time. Literally. When the fabric of the universe around her seaside town begins to fray, she's hurtled through wormholes to her past:To last summer, when her grandfather Grey died...Categorized as:
high-school magical-realism paranormal time-travel audiobook book coming-of-age contemporary
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