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The Lion's Den


Georgette St. Clair - 2016
    Battle-scarred war veteran Fin Hudson’s been working as muscle there for long enough to know when something’s off. And there’s definitely something going on with the shy, full-figured lynx shifter sitting in a corner by herself, nursing her Shirley Temple and nervously watching the door. Lion shifter Finn’s vowed never to let anyone get close enough to hurt him again, but when Flora accidentally stumbles into bear territory, he’s forced to claim her as his own or lose her forever. But soon it turns out that Flora’s on the run from something much scarier than bears. Can Finn convince Flora to let her walls down and trust him to protect her, or will he lose his final chance at love?

Wolf's Haven


Amber Ella Monroe - 2012
    She's finally built up the courage to escape from a world of abuse by the hands of the man who promised her the world. One night she makes a break for it, but her plans backfire. She begins to believe that she was never meant to be happy. When all hope of freedom fades, she stumbles across a wolf that brings her to safety. She learns to trust the wolf, but has yet to trust the man. Devin, potential future leader of the Caedmon Pack, returns to the foothills of his Virginia home after five long years as a lone wolf. Rivals within the circle challenge him and threaten to strip him of his true birthright. Being bound to lead the pack was not something Devin had planned for his life, but letting his people fall prey to turmoil under the rule of his cousin Darius is out of the question. The night of Devin’s rise to Alpha leader is approaching. Despite opposition, he’s gained an impressive following. That is until he brings a human among the pack.Tamara can’t deny the attraction she feels toward Devin. The Alpha leader-to-be simply cannot resist Tamara’s lure. When they are together, their tribulations take the backburner. Their desire for one another grows as they consummate their passion in wolf’s haven. Will Devin forfeit the most coveted position within the Caedmon Pack to bond with his chosen mate? Can Tamara trust Devin with her mind, heart, body, and soul or will the memories of her abuse dissuade her from being bound to the wolf?

Once Bitten: A Dragon-Shifter Fantasy Romance


Viola Rivard - 2018
    In her dreams, she clings to fading memories of the outside world, and the vain hope that she will one day marry. When a bizarre turn of events wrests her from the convent, Eloisa’s wish is granted in a perverse way. Engaged to a powerful dragon with a wicked reputation, she’s sent to a foreign land where she doesn’t speak the language. More than ever, she wants to hold to her faith and her vow of chastity, but her new husband is not a man accustomed to being denied. Once Bitten is a full-length novel and a standalone fantasy romance.

Kalkin


T.L. Reeve - 2017
    After being viciously attacked, she and her sister Danielle pack up and move across the country to Window Rock, Arizona. But Simon found them before, and he’ll do it again. How and when are the only questions.Kalkin Raferty, Alpha of the Raferty pack, has spent his life protecting his family and pack from outside threats. He believes his time for finding a mate has passed. Who would want an old Alpha wolf? A chance meeting puts Kalkin face to face with his destiny and now he can’t get the blonde-haired, hazel-eyed woman out of his mind. His wolf is poised to claim her, but with danger lurking around every corner, is he willing to risk everything to have her?

The Wolf and The Thief: An Interracial Romantic Suspense


Emery C.F. Bryant - 2020
    

Hunting Season


Shelly Laurenston - 2009
    As it is, making up for a past she’d sooner forget leaves her barely polite most days. But Raven leader and loyal Odin warrior, Will Yager, isn’t just nice. He’s gorgeous, hot, and a distraction she simply can’t afford.Yager has wanted Neecy in his life—and in his bed—for a long time. Not just for a night, but forever. And, like any self-respecting Viking, he’ll stop at nothing to get what he wants. So what if she’s the most difficult, complex, never-gives-him-a-break woman he’s ever known? She’s more than worth the effort. In fact, she’s worth everything.And if it turns out that twenty-four hours of non-stop, any-way-she-wants-it sex doesn’t work with Neecy? Then it looks like he’ll just have to get a little more creative…This book has been previously published.

Big Dad D: A Bad Boy Standalone Romance


Vanessa Kinney - 2017
    The bucket list - more of a little game that her friends dub The Rated-R Breakup List. Sounds fun? It gets better. The Rated-R Breakup List requires you to check off ten naughty goals with ten hot studs. And she can't date again till she is done with the game. Mallory’s first night back on the town everything goes as planned. Almost. F**k a man 15 years older? Check. Call him Daddy? Check. Have my first "O"? Yesss! The only problem? They’re all from one man, the man who also pickpocketed her new game. Who steals a Rated-R List? Leonardo Mallory’s not the type of woman Leo usually pursues. First off, she’s way too young. Second, she’s a little short on experience, but she’s got plenty of other things going for her. Curvy. Pouty, lush lips he’d like to taste. Short pink hair. Even in the middle of a crowded party, his attention is riveted on his new "Party F**k." She’s exactly what he needs tonight. Sweet and just innocent enough. And if she got a bucket list, he’s just the man to fill every inch … Big Dad D is a STANDALONE romance full-length novel full of steamy intimate scenes. No cliffhanger. No cheating. And a guaranteed Happily Ever After. Bonus Content included.

Infernal Magic


C.N. Crawford - 2016
    Too bad her past won't return the favor. Ursula can't remember a single thing from before three years ago, so she has to keep her life simple. All she wants is to earn enough money for rent--and maybe a bit left over for a new pair of boots. But on her eighteenth birthday, all hell breaks loose... quite literally... when a hellhound shifter shows up in her kitchen. Kester's lethally gorgeous, and he's come with a terrifying message: Ursula owes her soul to a demon. No one seems to care that she doesn't remember striking that deal. Thrust in the middle of a demonic war, Ursula fights her way across New York--and through the fae realm to survive. Along the way, she must reclaim her magical knowledge and her long-forgotten skills with the blade if she wants to escape eternal damnation.

Hedging His Bets


Celia Kyle - 2013
    But there are two things that dim her love of the place: cocky assholes who think they own the world, and cocky assholes who think they can flex their muscles and wreck her bar when throwing a temper tantrum. Unfortunately, the drop-dead gorgeous, hotter than hot, shifter man she secretly loves is both. Blake wants the curvaceous, gorgeous Honey in his bed. Now. He’s lusted (but not loved, let’s get that straight) after the luscious woman for months. True, he looks like a bad-boy biker mixed with a player and, yeah, he’s broken a few things in her bar… But only because the guys were hitting on his girl. With no hope of winning her over in sight, he does what any red-blooded werehedgehog would do in his position. He lies.

Bear My Baby


Anya Nowlan - 2015
     This is a full 50 k novel with a guaranteed HEA. It has violence, steam, a forbidden pregnancy and lots of hot shifter commandos that are sure to knock down all your doors. Read it as a standalone and fall in love with the new shifter heros set to save the day! Cassie Campton's lived a calm, settled life. Working for an eccentric billionaire, she's given plenty of time for the things she enjoys in life. Surprisingly enough, that makes a person complacent. So, when the man she's devoted years to suddenly draws her into an explosive chase, complete with bloodthirsty villains and the distinct possibility of death, Cassie can't help but wonder if she's gotten in way over her head. But when the commando sent to save you is as hot and as infuriating as hers is, does it really matter? Connor McLaughlin is a werebear with a past, and not much in terms of future. Head of Shifter Squad Six, he's a gun for hire, a soldier of fortune. Every job's the same, except for this one. He didn't think he could ever love again, but one look at Cassie and the tough as nails ex-SEAL finds himself stumbling over his feet and words. They only have one night together and after that, Connor's never the same, for better or for worse. Brought together by fate once more, Connor has to save his woman, maybe the world, and most heartwrenchingly, his cub he knew nothing about. Can Cassie and Connor overcome the lies between them and have a future together, or are they doomed to fail?

His to Claim


Taylor Vaughn - 2019
    The Xalthurians are rough, domineering, and huge all over. But, this is the deal our leaders struck, so that they would provide our human colony with desperately needed supplies... If the baby born from our taking is a girl, we will be allowed to keep it. If the baby is a boy, it will be taken away, never to be seen again. That is the way it has always been, on our small planet and that is the way it will always be... I should accept my fate, but I can’t! When they come for my sister’s baby boy, I dare to defy the alien, they call “Tel”. As it turns out, “Tel” means prince. But rather than killing me for my insolence, the future overlord vows to return to the planet. When I am twenty-one... He’s huge, all-powerful, and determined to claim me! Can I stop him? And how will I answer when the question becomes, do I want to?

God of Darkness


Aimee Carter - 2012
    And as the ruler of the souls who died, he would live forever, guaranteed true immortality through his duties to them. But he would have traded it all if it meant he could be mortal.

Safe On Base: A Howls Romance


Sandra R. Neeley - 2020
    He’s lived that life for so long he’s had more than his fill. All he wants is to find his mate. Basilio, or Base, as he’s known to all the baseball world, is a Primate shifter, a Silverback Gorilla to be exact. But none of the people in his inner circle know he’s anything other than human. He’s growing disenchanted quickly. Then, one day he literally runs into her, his mate, or she runs into him. She keeps her head down, working to clean their locker room, while doing her best to avoid the lewd, offensive remarks of some of his teammates. Turning on his teammates, Base defends her, but before he can catch up to his mate – she disappears, leaving him to run after her like a lovesick puppy…er, Gorilla.Renata is a single mother struggling to survive. She’s got to do more than just make ends meet. She’s got to keep her head down, wary at all times to be sure she’s not noticed by anyone. Renata’s been on the run for almost four years now. The man she’s running from is her ex, her son’s father. He’s a shifter, and he’s determined to return Renata to his harem of females and to brutally raise her son to take his place as Prime of their troop. He hid his true nature from Renata until she’d delivered a male heir, but there’s no way in hell she’ll allow him to brutalize her sweet baby or herself. Now that she’s aware shifters exist and just how dangerous they are, she’ll never make that mistake again. So, she ran, and she keeps running. Every time anyone pays even the smallest bit of attention to her and her son, she’s off again.A Major League pitcher accustomed to the limelight and a quiet, shy single mother, determined to stay out of it. Can they find a way to work out their differences and become what the other needs? Or will they end up torn apart and bleeding – possibly quite literally – as they struggle to survive the mating instinct?Warning: Intended for mature audiences. This book contains violence, abuse both real and inferred, and sexual situations that may be disturbing for some readers. If you are offended by these subjects, please do not buy this book.

Accidental Heat


Francesca Penn - 2019
    All variations of the phrase “stuff happens” is my life’s motto. As the poster child for Murphy’s Law, I get in trouble more than I care to mention. Opting to own it, I march through town with my head held high and my bruises on display. An unfortunate run-in with a tree has me retreating to lick my wounds. Ignoring my now ex-boyfriend, I choose to focus on honing my cooking techniques and ignoring the world. Since disaster is my boyfriend, it’s not long before another mishap brings me face-to-face with my recurring wet dream, Levi Gianni. The ex-prom king and resident heart-throb happens to moonlight as a volunteer firefighter. While he may have doused the flames I’d accidentally created, he’s ignited something much hotter. I just need him to know that I’m a risk worth taking.

Magic Trials


Meg Xuemei X. - 2019
    I'm a hunter living in the Great Merge - Lucifer has brought Hell to half of Earth, and four demigods rule the other half... The smoking-hot Demigod of War, round up my team to enroll them in Half-blood Academy, aka Half-death Academy; due to the survival rate of the students.... When he sees me, he wants no one else but me. So he offers to spare my team if I go in their place. Problem is, no human outside the bloodline of the gods can survive the magic trials. The demigod insists I'm anything but human, and he's willing to risk my life to find out what I'm made of... I'm not the weakest link, even though all the bullies in the Academy mock me. I'm nothing anyone has ever seen before, and when my forbidden power awakens, the demigods will regret they ever tried to make me their bitch!