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Branches for Cover by Kate Kelley


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Sexy Greek God Kidnappers


Austin Kalin - 2017
    Everything’s coming up Sam right? WRONG. When I found Brett cheating on me, things went from great, to bad, to horrible. Of course my bestie Kyrn ran over for a night of binging on ice cream and chick flicks. That was the plan at least...know what wasn’t in the plan? Being kidnapped by a group of guys that look like they were sculpted by the hands of God. Even less expected was when one of my captor’s growled “Mine” at me...and yes, I did say growl. Xavier: The moment I laid eyes on Sam I knew she was my mate and I would do whatever it took to have her. When your soul is linked to another, rules go out the window, and nothing or no one can keep you apart. I’ve followed her scent to her front door and there’s no turning back now - she will be mine. When Sam approaches me from the darkness I hear my pack gasp as they say in unison “She’s human.” But guess what? I don’t care. This book is so amazing. I absolutely loved it. It was easy to understand and read. I love the author's theme throughout the book about girl power. The characters are refreshing and relatable. It's a very captivating and fun book, and I cannot wait for more! - Elly This story will have you glued to the pages right from the beginning! You have two spunky young women and a group of sexy as sin young wolf shifters! With an exciting storyline how can you not love it! - Roxie

Her Three Wolves


Lilly Wilder - 2019
     Me. They all want to claim me…. at the same time. They've taken me deep in the woods and I have no idea where I am. This feels like something straight out of a nightmare. What are they going to do to me? I’m fearing the worst, but can’t stop thinking about their rock hard bodies and how wild it would be to be ride all three of them. They’re trying to convince me by breeding I’ll be the queen of their new clan. But why would they choose me? There’s something they’re hiding from me... I can hardly even take care of myself. How am I going to make it as their new queen? Her Three Wolves is a standalone paranormal shifter reverse harem romance with a HEA and NO cheating!

Feyness


E.S. Carter - 2016
    I don't see dead people.I see you.I see every incarnation of you.I see the history of your soul.I can see your aura soaked in the blood of your previous lives.Most people are inherently good or evil.Some flit between darkness and light.Few can change the fabric of their essence; it's a fight that most are too weak to win.He was once darkness.An evil so pure that his very soul is black and yet I am drawn to him like a moth to a flame.Some days, I feel like I am drowning, the waves of my feelings stealing the very air from my lungs.Other days, I feel nothing at all.I'm unsure which is worse; gasping for air or dying from this thirst.Can you learn to breathe underwater when you find someone worth drowning for?Feyness is a dark standalone.Readers of a sensitive disposition may want to step away from the book.Step away, nothing to see here.Readers who like to dance on the dark side, come on in and enjoy the ride.

Beast of Shadows


Krista Street - 2020
    I don’t always succeed, which means the Supernatural Forces are out to euthanize me.But then I see Brianna…She calls to something deep inside me. Something I thought I'd lost.Even though my beast craves her death, my heart aches for her to save my soul, so I take her for my own. Brianna For weeks, something’s been … off. I can’t explain it, but it’s as if I’m being watched.Suddenly, I’m snatched off the street and thrown in a trunk by a terrifying man who shifts into a wolf.Even though I fight Collin at every turn, something pulls me to his broken soul. We’re drawn to each other, and my touch may be enough to heal his beast’s psychotic mind, but the Supernatural Forces doesn’t believe in second chances, and the SF always catches the rogue werewolves.When they do, if I can’t stop them ... they’ll kill him.• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •Beast of Shadows—a sizzling standalone wolf shifter romance.• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Fury of a Phoenix


Shannon Mayer - 2017
    If I'd known the price I'd pay, I would've sacrificed more to stay hidden from the magic. In the middle of Wyoming--away from the abnormals of the world--I thought I was free and clear. I started a new life. Found a love I'd never known in a husband, and a son who was my everything. And in a blinding instant, that life was stolen from me. The rage of a grieving mother is an ugly beast. More so when she has the skills and killer instinct to back up the wrath and the knowledge that an accident was anything but. Once more, I will pick up my guns. This time to hunt those who took my husband's and son's lives. Let them see the assassin, trained to kill abnormals, stalk the shadows again. Let them see the Phoenix rise from the fragments of a broken life as she burns with a fury that cannot be contained. Let the killing games begin.

Last Alpha


Ruby Fielding - 2015
    She never planned to let him.Jenny Layne has made a career out of investigating werewolf reports, but every case has only confirmed that shapeshifters are the stuff of legend or madness. Until now. Lured to a remote Scottish estate to meet a researcher working on the science behind the werewolf phenomenon, Jenny finds steadily mounting evidence that something strange is running wild in the hills.Billy Stewart has traveled the world in pursuit of stories of shapeshifters and other strange phenomena, but the last thing he ever expected to find was love. Billy is not a man who falls easily, but when he does, it is a force of nature. When he meets Jenny he knows immediately that she is his soulmate, but Jenny is not so sure. Are his intense feelings for her just some kind of insanity, or is Jenny turning him away because that's exactly what she always does when a guy gets interested?By turns passionate romance and gripping paranormal thriller, Last Alpha tells the story of two people whose paths collide with earth-shattering consequences. As love boils over and the dark secrets buried away in Jenny and Billy's past rise to the surface, a night of murder raises the stakes yet higher.And as she fights for her own survival, Jenny must face perhaps the biggest question of them all. In matters of life, death and love, can Beauty ever really hope to tame the Beast?

Blood Vows


Kathryn M. Hearst - 2017
    and we don't sparkle. Serena’s not your typical vamp. She drinks holy water for breakfast, and her boss runs the Vatican. However, life isn’t all rainbows and unicorns. Her relationship is in the crapper, and she’s asking herself the age-old question… “Should I stay or should I go?” Change is hard, especially for an immortal. For three centuries, two things have been constant – Nicholai and her job. Working as an assassin for one of the most influential forces in history has its perks, but business is slow. That all changes when Nicholai's human descendant is murdered, and he's the prime suspect. As the body count rises, Serena and Nicholai are forced to work together to find the real killer before it's too late. The problem is…the more they discover, the more they’re convinced the murderer is their commander. Worse still, proving him guilty could lead to a rebellion. On the bright side, there’s nothing like a war to put the spark back in a 300-year-old marriage. You'll adore this urban fantasy series, because everyone loves a tale of redemption and second chances. **Previously published as Feast of Reverence**

Healed (The Blackpaw Prophecy, #2)


Leona Crowley - 2020
    He’s a wolf shifter ready for a mate. When their worlds collide, can fate’s promise be denied?Alex Sinclair is an independent woman who just graduated from medical school. Only one obstacle stands in the way of a new career at a big Chicago hospital. She has to tell her father that she won’t be joining his medical practice and is leaving Wolfton behind.Grant Negrescu is the beta to the Blackpaw wolf pack. He’s ready to find his mate and fall in love. When he meets Alex, Grant is thrilled to discover that she’s his fated mate. But she has never shifted and wants nothing to do with his shifter life. When Alex meets Grant, her wolf charges forward to claim her mate. Unsure which world she belongs in, Alex wants to run. The sooner she can get her wolf under control, the sooner she can leave Wolfton and Grant behind. That rule about going insane if she denies Grant is just a scare tactic, right?Did fate get this match wrong? Or can Grant help Alex to embrace her shifter heritage before it’s too late…

Lukas


Sarah J. Stone - 2019
    But instead, I’m drawn to him like a magnet. My father is Alpha of my pack. And Lukas has arrived in town to warn him of danger. A murderous pack of wolf shifters is out to kill us. Lukas wants to save me… but he’s the worst of his kind. What happens when he’s the only one I can trust in the midst of terror and battles? This is a steamy paranormal shifter fantasy romance series with a HEA and no cliffhangers. Fans of Terry Bolryder, T.S. Joyce, Candace Ayers, Zoe Chant and Harmony Raines will like this shifter series.

Wolf Protector


Milly Taiden - 2013
    Erica’s gift allows her a special connection with the crime, but it comes at a deep personal cost… Until now, she’s kept her gift a secret, even from the other members of the team. But this case will throw her together with Agent Trent Buchanan. He’s the object of her secret desires, but he’s also a cocky womanizer. She’d rather swim in shark-infested waters with a paper cut than admit she has feelings for him.A man with one desire…Wolf Shifter Trent wants Erica more than he’s ever wanted any woman. He’s spent years patiently waiting for her to admit that she wants him too. Working one-on-one in a race to find a serial killer, Trent’s patience and Erica’s resolve wear thin. When Trent discovers the truth about Erica, will he accept her for who she is? And can he protect her from the horrors that her gift brings?A case that pushes them to the edge…Erica will have to risk it all if she wants to stop the killer, and when she does, Trent may have to put his own life on the line to make sure his mate is protected…

Gildemer Volume Two (The Gate Series 1 Volumes Book 2)


A.S. Oren - 2015
    Both their solids worlds are about to get shaken up. Their morals, lives, and status will come into question. Something brews on the horizon for the country of Gildemer. Will Gabby follow Etu's plans? Will Koi come to terms with his feelings? How does Luca play into it all? Will Gabby receive the affection from Amon that she's been longing for? Will it be everything she dreamed it to be? Read on in the world of the Gate.

Dark Desires


Eve Silver - 2005
    Damien Cole. Ignoring the whispered warnings and rumours that he's a man to fear, she takes her position at his eerie estate, where she quickly discovers that nothing is at it seems, least of all her handsome and brooding employer. As Darcie struggles with her fierce attraction to Damien, she must also deal with the blood, the disappearances ... and the murders.With her options dwindling and time running out, Darcie must rely on her instincts as she confronts the man she falling in love with. Is he an innocent and misunderstood man ... or a remorseless killer who prowls the East End streets?Note: All books in the Dark Gothic series can be read as stand-alone novels.

Claimed


Bella Night - 2019
     The death of his brother forces Greyson West to take his rightful spot in a pack of outlaw wolf shifters. He accepts his fate in order to protect his family, but when a dangerous encounter brings him face-to-face with his mate, he finds himself risking everything for love. The only problem. . . she’s human. Etti Blackwell is a smart-mouthed tattoo artist with a fierce independent streak. So when a sexy wolf shifter turns her world upside down, she doesn’t take kindly to it. Greyson may have rescued her, but she doesn’t trust him. It’s his fault she’s on the run from werewolves! As the pack’s savage Alpha closes in, Grey does the unthinkable to keep Etti safe, triggering a curse so powerful it may just cost them both their lives. Unless . . . Can Grey win Etti’s heart and prove he’s her mate before the next hunter’s moon? Crescent City Wolves will transport fans of Twilight, The Vampire Diaries, and The Originals to a world unlike any other... Crescent City Wolves Series: A Paranormal Shifter Romance Book 1: Claimed Book 2: Cursed Book 3: Chosen Book 4: Buried Book 5: Betrayed Book 6: Bitten

Treasured Find


Nancy Corrigan - 2013
    A protective mother. And a happily ever after…if they can survive long enough to claim their forever. After five centuries, Rafe Alexander knows what to expect from life—boredom, broken by the occasional call from Shifter Affairs.No matter what the job, he always accepts their plea for help. As a Royal shifter, he’s the strongest of his kind. And he knows firsthand the dangers of the shifter world. If there’s a chance he can save someone, he’ll take whatever risk is necessary.But the task that leads him to West Virginia changes everything. A father is dead. A shifter child is missing. And the human female connected to both tragedies is hiding a secret.Rafe must figure out what she knows, but his interest in Jasmine goes far beyond the case. She’s his true mate. But after the horrors she’s seen, she doesn’t trust shifters. That won’t stop him. Neither will the killer targeting her family. Nobody keeps a shifter from his mate.NOTE: This is the SEXY version of Rafe by Dana Archer. Get lost in the Shifter World while enjoying all the blistering hot and steamy aspects of falling in love.

Semper Lycanus


Jonathan P. Brazee - 2014
    Now deployed to Iraq at the age of 19, he just wants to put in his time and serve out his enlistment. However, after being bitten by a seemingly rabid mujahideen, he finds himself suffering from a strange illness, one with consequences beyond his wildest imaginings. As the disease ravages his body and exposes him to dangers far darker than active combat, Aiden discovers what it means to come of age, and how he must come to grips with what it is he has become… WARNING: This book contains scenes of extreme violence and one scene of explicit sexual content.