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Mountain Rescue Lion


Zoe Chant - 2017
    After getting her heart broken one too many times, she's given up on finding a partner she can rely on. She's resigned herself to spending her life alone, doing what she loves: climbing dangerous mountains. But this is one mountain-climbing trip that will change her life forever. Mountain lion shifter Eric Peterson loves working as a park ranger. But with a job that means spending all his time in the wilderness, he's given up on finding a mate who'll want to share his life. Until he finds himself trapped in a cave with a woman who shares his love for nature... With a deadly storm lashing the mountain, Cora and Eric take shelter together—and share a night of scorching passion in their remote hideaway. But they're not the only ones caught out by the weather. When Cora joins Eric in a search for a lost hiker, she begins to realize he might be the partner she'd been missing all her life. Will they be able to win the race against time... and find the love they've been looking for? Mountain Rescue Lion is a scorching hot, action-packed, standalone romance. No cliffhangers (except the kind involving actual cliffs!).

Leader of the Pack


Lynn Richards - 2012
    She's beautiful, feisty, curvy and just what Jared has always desired. But Emily is also hunting the vampire and nothing brings out an alpha male's dominant side faster than a threat to his mate.As they search for her best friend, deputy sheriff Emily Smith struggles to accept this unbelievable twist fate has thrown her. All while curbing an alpha wolf's overbearing tendencies. Because of her size, she's never thought of herself as someone who could set a male - or a wolf - on his ear. But that's exactly what she's done to Jared Stone.

Bluecollar Bear


Anya Nowlan - 2017
    The talented dancer has been sidelined by an injury and without a future and a past too painful to think about, she finds herself in a town smaller than her aspirations. But when she stepped into Black Oak, she could have never imagined she'd learn to dream bigger than ever before by loving a man larger than life.Pierce is a werebear long given up on love. With an ex that has put him off of love, the surly bluecollar mountain man has decided to focus on work and nothing else! A woman blowing into town like a fresh breath of air can change that all... and is it wrong that he can't help but enjoy every second of it?But sometimes, love can't be easy, even in a sweet little town like Black Oak. Especially if two wounded hearts are made wary by a woman scorned.Bluecollar Bear is a paranormal romance novella with a growly werebear, a sassy woman and a small town waiting for you to fall in love with it. There's no cheating and a guaranteed HEA!

Clay's Hope


Melissa Haag - 2015
    As a wolf, he hunts well and can fight off a grizzly twice his size, but has no aspirations. The idea of a Mate isn’t something he has ever seriously entertained. Dreamed about, maybe, but he knows the chances are nearly non-existent.Then he meets Gabby, a human girl. She hates him at first sight, yet he can’t let her go. Who he was is no longer important. Now, who he needs to become to win her over is the only thing that matters.Note: This is the companion book to Hope(less), book 1 of the Judgement of the Six Series.

Bear-ever Yours


Terry Bolryder - 2015
    Just some sunshine, fruity drinks, and maybe a break from her demanding job as an office manager to the worst boss ever. She definitely isn't expecting Sky Weston, a hot, athletic local dive instructor with surfer blond hair and Caribbean blue eyes who seems determined to rock her world. Sky is tall, intensely handsome and a polar bear shifter whose family moved to warmer climates. From the moment he looks into Leah's sparkling brown eyes from across the room, he knows he wants the curvaceous beauty for his own. But as things heat up in the Caribbean, danger is also close on their heels. And if Sky can't convince Leah to trust the passion igniting between them, he might just lose her to the evil bear that is willing to do anything to make her his.

Red and the Bear


Natalie Kristen - 2016
    They were true.Living in the small town of Redcape Grove with her great-grandmother, Rose manages to keep her name and her secret out of the spotlight.But being half wolf, Rose is fast approaching her first mating heat.Her ripe scent attracts danger to her, but Rose is determined to protect herself and her Nan from the monsters that are coming for her...Jack Grimm is coming off a devastating loss. Refusing to take the time to mourn and grieve, Jack is spiraling deeper into a darkness that is threatening to tear him and the people closest to him apart.The last thing he expects when he stops at a small, remote town is to meet a brave, feisty redhead who awakens both his bear and his heart.But Rose is harboring some grim secrets of her own.Can Jack and Rose trust each other with their past, and create their very own happy ending?

Big Bad Bite Returned


Jessie Lane - 2017
    Adam doesn’t want to pressure his mate, but not receiving one is starting to wear on him. After Jenna is attacked while on the job as a SWAT officer, they are forced to reevaluate their relationship. The time has come. Jenna needs to decide if her mate is going to get the big bad bite. *This is a 10,000 word short story!*

Shadow of the Wolf


Dana Marie Bell - 2009
    His wolf is howling for his mate, and Chris knows it is only a matter of time before his needs override everything else in his life. He casts the spell all the Becketts have used to call their mates to them. What he wants is a woman of an older lineage, of power to equal his own. And she has to accept the one aspect that sets him apart from almost every other wizard: his wolf.What Chris gets is Alannah Evans, a powerful witch of the Evans Coven. The petite, dark haired woman has no problems with the wolf. What she does have a problem with is the fact that Chris is a wizard. Since wizards and witches don’t get along very well, neither should they, but the sparks flying between them can’t be denied. Chris isn’t taking no for an answer. When it becomes clear that an old enemy has targeted them both Chris will wind up engaging his enemy in a duel that could cost him his life.Or worse: Lana.

Bearing the Frozen Night


Sloane Meyers - 2015
    Which is why she jumped at the chance to take a job as a veterinarian in the wild outskirts of Alaskan civilization. She came looking for adventure, but soon found herself feeling alone and isolated in the harsh Arctic winter. Ryker Pearsons seems at first glance like just another one of the quiet, reserved men in Glacier Point—but he's hiding his own secrets and pain behind those gorgeous eyes of his. When he finds himself caught at death's door, Kenzie is his only hope for survival. But first, he’ll have to trust her with his deepest secrets. Can Kenzie save Ryker's life? And can he save her lonely heart? Find out in the first installment of the Ice Bear Shifters Series. Content Warning: This 26K word novella is a standalone with no cliffhangers. Don’t let the Arctic location fool you—the ice bears of Glacier Point know how to heat things up! Expect explicit love scenes and adult language. Rawr!

Red's Alphas


M.H. Soars - 2018
    But when my grandmother got sick, I didn't think twice before packing my bags and moving to Crimson Hollow, a small town in West Virginia. Two years later, I'm still here and finally adjusting to the quiet life.Only there's nothing ordinary about this town.A walk in the woods proved almost deadly and left me changed forever. I was attacked by a rogue wolf, and now, I belong to the Crimson Hollow pack. I'm a shifter.To make matters worse, my arrival in the pack created a rift among the wolves, making it impossible to tell friend from foe, including the three alpha's sons who have taken a keen interest in me. If dealing with all that wasn't enough, wolves are disappearing. We must discover who is behind it, or there won't be a pack left to fight over.

Hare Today, Bear Tomorrow


Lynn Red - 2015
     Garnet Pendleton is a freelance journalist, and moonlighting as a librarian gets the bills paid, but barely. It’s a busy life, but it’s hers. Lately though, she’s felt like something was...lacking. With her life absorbed in pounding pavement and wrestling with the Dewey decimal system, Garnet hasn’t had time for something she’s starting to get REALLY edgy over – finding a mate. Stacy Graves’s entire life has been lived in a ring. He’s big, muscled up, and can bodyslam and headlock with the best of ‘em. But he’s also not getting any younger. Stacy’s mind is starting to drift in the middle of matches. Instead of being worried about pinning his opponent, he can’t stop thinking about settling down and finding himself a mate. Will Garnet’s journalistic drive for truth and Stacy’s life on the road be too much of an obstacle for them to overcome in the name of love? With mating experts Yvette and Dora on the case, Garnet and Stacy just might stand a chance.

Controlled Curves


Christin Lovell - 2012
    Her pack has accepted her fuller figure, but she’s painfully aware of the stark differences in their physiques, not to mention her lack of a mate.Maryk scented Suren the moment he breached the town’s borders. He sought out the pack alpha and fought till the death to own the right to be with his mate. Less than twenty-four hours later, she was already defying his rule as the new pack alpha. With his wolf in a frenzy to claim her, the sexy Dom may just have to teach her a lesson at the same time.Can Suren get over her insecurities and embrace what fate has gifted her? Perhaps, but it may require a little discipline…

Owl's Fair


Zenina Masters - 2012
    The first was her thirtieth birthday and the second was the lineup of suitors that her father brought along as guests to the party.Her friend Krisia offers her a chance to stop her family from fixing Ezzy up at every opportunity. With depressing honesty her friend tells her that she needs to go to the Shifter’s Crossroads and find herself a mate.The transporter sends her through the magical portal to the place where shifters go as a last resort when they can’t find a mate of their own. The Crossroads.

The Reluctant Alpha


A.K. Michaels - 2015
    He is also a Wolf and he vows never to return to Pack life, or his birthright as Alpha.He is ‘summoned’ back to his Highland Pack by his estranged father and things do not go smoothly, resulting in him leaving to help his Uncle in the USA with several of his friends in tow.What awaits is heartache, sorrow and the chance for a new life as Alpha of a large Pack. A life with love in it. His first sight of the white She-Wolf affecting him in ways he can’t even understand.First, he and his Wolves have to take on a deadly threat, the deadliest of all; a corrupt and depraved Alpha with a horde of guards as immoral as their leader.Will he take his chance at love? Or do as he always does; walk away?

Blackjack Bears: Pierce


Amelia Jade - 2017
    There didn’t seem many options open to him. After all, he was one of the Koche Brothers, the infamous Blackjack Bears. As the youngest of five, he often found himself dragged along with them wherever they went. The latest place he’s ended up is in shifter jail. Resigned to live out his days behind bars, he’s caught off guard when a group of humans breaks them out. But that’s all Pierce can remember. The next thing he knows, he’s waking up in a forest to see her hovering over him, her lovely brown eyes filled with worry.Mila Chaire isn’t happy with her life. The company she works for has become something she resents. The jobs she’s being assigned lately have moved further and further into the gray area of what’s legal and what’s not. So she’s taken to renting cabins on the outskirts of her hometown of Longhorne to get away from the stress of it all. On a morning jog she comes across a limp form that will change her life forever. But only if she can convince him not to kill her the instant he wakes up…The animal in Pierce doesn’t want to follow her into the city; it’s too oppressive and lacking the gentle touch of nature. The man in Pierce doesn’t want to admit his weakness in front of a beautiful woman. But the brother in him will do anything to find his family and bring them back together. A shocking revelation will test his devotion to Mila, but strained as their emotions might be, he knows she’s not just his only hope, but also the only woman he’s ever loved.This is a standalone shifter novel with a HEA and no cliffhanger.