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Out of the Mountain


Violet Chastain - 2016
    Add in the complication of the mysterious Rowan, who seems to ignite a fire within her that she can't understand and follow Vivienne as she finds her way through life and love, outside of the mountain.

Freeze Line


Moira Rogers - 2010
    Shane Sullivan is a lone wolf above the freeze line. He has no desire to join the packs that range closer to the border, where feral instincts can turn a man into a monster. Not until the winter solstice, when he stumbles across a dying witch who needs his help to get back to her people—and her magic—in the south.Nadia is a powerful woman in her own world, but she's been drained by her escape from captivity in a northern lab. She knows it's foolhardy to trust a werewolf, but he's her only chance to survive the vast white wilderness. The farther south they travel, the harder it is for Shane to keep the beast within under control, and as their mutual attraction intensifies, Nadia's no longer sure she wants him to.25,000 words

Wing Her Over


Amelia Jade - 2017
    As a gryphon shifter and ambassador from his homeland of Cadia to the small human town of Cloud Lake, life is peaceful and uneventful. Mostly. But when he comes upon a wolf shifter trying to harm a human woman, his intervention changes everything. He never thought he’d see the short, blonde haired woman again, but a second chance meeting proved to him that it must be fate. Now, if he could only show her that he was right for her. Karri Blaine had everything figured out. From a young age she’d driven herself harder than anyone else in the quest to take over her shifter-hating father’s company. The only problem? He wants to give it to her immature younger brother instead. All it will take is one slip up on Karri’s part and her father will have the reason he needs to strip her of her role within the company. Karri knows that she shouldn’t invite the shifter into her life. Not after what happened to her family two years before. This could be the opening her father needs, but she’s blinded by the sexiest, strongest man she’s ever met. Her father isn’t the only problem that Karri needs to worry about. Andrew has unknowingly dragged her into the crosshairs of those who are gunning for his job, and they’ll stop at nothing to get there. Andrew is playing for keeps though, and he’ll do whatever it takes to win her heart, no matter the cost to him… This is a complete standalone full-length novel with a HEA and no cliffhangers.

Vampires Rule


K.C. Blake - 2011
    Unhappy as a vampire and forever stuck at age 17, he dreams of a life without fangs. So when a freak event gives him back his mortality, he sees it as a second chance to be normal. But what's normal about a werewolf English teacher, a girlfriend who is the werewolf hunter, and a brother that can't decide if he should welcome Jack home or stake him through the heart to be on the safe side?  Vampires just got fun again.(Alternate cover edition can be found here.)

Phase


E.C. Newman - 2012
    Unfortunately, different seems to mean getting punched in the face for sticking up for the new girl, having her offer of friendship spurned by said new girl, and finally gaining the attention of her long-time crush, Ezra Varden, but for all the wrong reasons.It's a tenuous friendship at best, but as Juliet starts to open up to Sophie, they both realize that the Vardens, Juliet's foster family, is not your average family. They're extremely close-knit—freakishly so—but they welcomed a complete stranger into their home, which just so happens to have the largest meat freezer anyone's ever seen......and certainly no one said anything about Ezra and the wolves.

His Surprise Daughter


Tiana Cole - 2017
    Zara Brown is happy with her life in Alaska. She has her dream career as a child psychologist, her precocious genius daughter, and her family. She doesn’t need anything else. Or anyone else. Eight years ago she met and fell for Caine, who broke her young heart. But before they could make future plans he shipped back off to Yale medical school and never looked back. Page followed him all the way back to Florida to reveal her life changing secret. Caine never got the message. Billionaire Caine Faulkner ran far and fast from the life of wealth and privilege he’d grown up with, and made Alaska his home. Because of her. His first true love and first great heartbreak. He didn’t expect to see her again. Hell she’d probably forgotten all about him. When Zara comes back into his life, she obliterates everything he thinks he wants from life. And when she comes to him for an impossible favor, Caine has to choose between his fears of the past and his hope for the future. Will Caine and Zara be able to get over their fears, and revive the love they’d once shared? **** This is a standalone full length BWWM romance novel with an HEA. **** Your copy of "His Surprise Daughter" (approximately 50,000 words) includes a BONUS BOOK by Raven Rivers, "The Doctor's Secret" (approximately 50,000 words)

Lilly I: Book One


Tiya Rayne - 2014
     Assassin In my world, you need to be the biggest and baddest in order to survive and I'm the fucking biggest and baddest there is. Men fear me as if I am death himself and women want me as if my cock is encrusted in diamonds. I am the great elf Assassin and the last of my kind. So, what's my secret to surviving in the Locke? It's simple: don't form attachments and never get involved in other people's shit. I've lived by those rules for centuries. But, one chance meeting with a doe-eyed little girl changes everything. One decision sets me on a cataclysmic journey. Lilly Safe, predictable, boring Lilly. That's what my friend calls me. She also says I’m the last living 20 year old virgin. She may be right. But all of that changes when I get one night with a handsome stranger. What could go wrong? One Decision alters their future. One Decision sets their path. One Decision may save their world. This is NOT a complete story. This is the first of a series of novellas. It is approximately 36,000 words. This book contains sex and strong language and is not recommended for readers under 18.

Lycaon's Fire


Jeff Schanz - 2021
    People go missing, presumed dead, suspected eaten alive. Though the myth is considered silly superstition to most residents, someone or something is killing to protect the truth.A mild-mannered drifter named Merrick, a haunted man with his own brutal, deadly secret, passes through the town, accidentally setting in motion a chain of events that will bring the town’s bizarre mysteries to light. When a fearless and feisty young waitress named Kat offers her help, she and Merrick fall into the murderous crosshairs of entities who eliminate anyone that threatens their agenda.On a forested mountain, far from anyone who can hear them scream, Merrick, Kat, and their allies are hunted in an unholy ritual, where the game is survival and the prize is life. But not all who are hunted are easy prey. Something else that no one counted on, something powerful and savage that can kill with the swipe of its clawed hand, also stalks the mountain.In the light of the sacrificial fire, the bloodthirsty hunters will face an unfathomable killing machine in a showdown that pits monster against monstrosity.-- Book 1 of "Merrick, The Drifter" series --

Tanaka Rain: Yakuza Claimed Series


Kenya Clark - 2020
    Instead of wishing for her situation to change, she decides to change it. She moves away from her drug addicted mother to start her life anew. The last thing on her mind is love until she meets the mysterious Rain Tanaka. Ebony doesn’t know what he sees in her, all she knows is that he scares her with the way he makes her feel.Rain Tanaka has spent his life taking care of his family. He realizes quickly, he had been a fool in thinking everything he needed was found at home. Ebony Drake, is the missing piece. He knows he shouldn’t get involved with her, but there’s just something about the dark skin beauty that pulls him to her. However, just when things begin to heat up between them, he has to walk away.No matter how much Rain tries, he can't erase Ebony from his sweat filled dreams. Risking it all, Rain will do anything to get the love he left behind back. He should have remembered the code; NO ONE disobeys the Yakuza.

Billionaire’s Lost Child


Destiny Davis - 2019
    Now, he wants to set things right… Monique Jackson is no stranger to hard work. A home nurse specializing in hospice care, she’s also the proud single mama to Neal, the son she adopted seven years ago under tragic circumstances. Determined to provide a better life for her son, she is completely focused on her work and finding love again is the last thing on her mind. That is, until she meets a handsome, grey-eyed billionaire who awakens something deep within her. On the outside, Kurt Callahan seems to have it all. But no one knows the antagonizing grief and guilt that has been festering inside him for seven years. Kurt had all but given up on happiness - until fate throws him the one lifeline he never expected. Amidst cleverly concealed secrets, Monique and Kurt somehow find their way to each other. But as an unexpected spark is ignited between them, what happens when she unearths the one thing he’s been hiding from her? **** This is a standalone Novel with a touch of steam and HEA. ****

Back To You


Bella Fontaine - 2020
     Getting the call that my mother had been found dead in the river was one of the most painful moments of my life. Leaving Ryan— was the next. Being told to leave the man I loved more than life itself without saying goodbye was like a double-edged knife to my heart. But what could I have done? I was just the maid’s daughter. Nineteen years old and helpless without my mother. I never thought I would see Ryan again. I made sure of it. Then he found me… After more than a decade he found me and brought chaos with him that took me right back to where it all started. Home. Skeletons tumble from the closet with secrets whispering from their lips. Some secrets were never meant to stay hidden. Those are the deadliest. Like poison… When they get out. It’s only a matter of time before they destroy. And, only the strongest will survive.

Born of Lies


Sara Dailey - 2013
    Gorgeous, strong fierce…and soon he would be alpha of her werewolf pack. But then the marriage was set. No choice. No looking back. Except, she did. Lillian started looking forward, too, and wondering if eighteen was too young to give away her life.Certainly, it is tonight. A rock concert. She and her friend, intoxicating music, sweat, bodies, freedom…and him: Paul. The human bassist’s touch makes her soul sing like the strings of his axe, and everything is possible. Yet, Lillian’s parents, her secrets, her entire world lies elsewhere. Paul doesn’t even see what she is, what she can do. What she must do. This to-die-for human is not of her kind. And yet, something special, something terrifyingly perfect, something eternally true has been…born of lies.

The Camping Trip: A My Second Chance Mate Bonus Chapter


Anna Gonzales - 2020
    

Myth of Moonlight


Liz Andrews - 2007
    Dreams of being chased by someone or something — the petrifying face of a Werewolf. Most would chalk up the image to that of a scary story, but Kimberly knows the truth. Werewolves are real. She knows because she is one.Being orphaned at an early age has left Kimberly woefully naïve when it comes to Were rules.As Benandanti of his pack, Nico is furious that Kimberly would dare come to his land. Every Were knows it is against Lycan Law for any Werewolf to come into another's territory without first gaining permission or making an offering, and Kimberly had done neither.The feisty beauty is a handful and much to Nico's amazement completely unknowledgeable about the world they live in. Even more astonishing, Kimberly has no idea that she is coming into her heat…

Kayla's List


Kasey Martin - 2021
    After spending all of her twenties being purposely invisible, she decides to make a list of thirty things to do before thirty. With the help of her two best friends, Kayla ensues on a yearlong adventure that has her doing, seeing and loving things that she never thought she could. However, when her escapades lead to her waking up in a stranger’s bed, will she go back to being stuffy and invisible? Or will she take a chance on life and love?