Patrick’s Day brings bad luck… “Marry me.” I thought I was dreaming when I heard Derek say the words to me. I’ve had a crush on my brother’s best friend forever, but I never thought he’d look twice at me. Even though I was almost done college now, I was still just Jason’s poor little sister. While he was born with a silver spoon, and the matching Ferrari. But now he wants to marry me? I mean, use me. At least he was honest, and told me straight up that he needs a wife in order to collect his trust fund. Talk about an astronomical hit to my ego. Derek could have any woman though – so why me? Derek Can she survive my dragon? She’s going to drive me crazy. Her beautiful smile, her witty humor… her never-ending, drop-dead gorgeous body. My proposal was the perfect solution – at the time. I need my trust fund to finance my tech research, and she needs…well, me. She doesn’t know it yet, but I’ll prove it to her. That is, if she can accept my fire-breathing, possessive nature. And if my clan doesn’t kill her first. I’ll trade my trust fund for her protection any day. But will she still have me after she finds out what kind of monster I become? And who the hell could have guessed that her secret would be even bigger than mine?

    

    She brought me back from the brink of death, only to become my life...The woman is my only connection to what lies beyond this cell.I need her to learn what happened to:My House.My brethren.My brother.Then I find myself wanting her for other things.Things that have nothing to do with freedom.And everything to do with the female.Her tender smile warming me.Her gentle touch soothing me.Her passionate kiss igniting me.All of these threaten to ruin my plans.But does the future matter if she's not by my side?Will I be forced to leave her behind?Not if the goddess of fate is real.So I pray.

    How much longer can he deny his primal instinct? Jessica has hit rock bottom. With no home and no job, she has no idea what to do. So when a guy from a dating website offers her to come and stay at his place to think things over, she does something insane: she accepts. But how on earth is she going to think things over while being shut up with a guy who has a rock solid chest, a lethal look, and a disheveled mess of brown hair? She’s ready to obey any of his orders. Alpha Joshua is facing pressure from his bear clan: he needs to take a mate. But his tortured soul doesn’t want one. When his clan signs him up for a dating website that matches him with Jessica, his bear suddenly rages protectively and invites her to his home. She’s driving his animal instinct insane with her delicious curves and obedience. What is she doing to him? But Jessica has no idea that she’s in a village full of bears. And on top of that, a rival is challenging Joshua to a battle. Can Joshua afford to lose control and give in to his raw desire? Or will he have to control the animal inside him once more? The Bear Caves series consists of stand-alone stories that are connected through the bears who live in the village. Each story has a guaranteed satisfying HEA. This paranormal romance contains mature content and is intended for 18+ readers only.

    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…

    So when the matchmaker chooses him for the first of the female candidates, no one is more surprised. Even more shocking is his animal’s immediate possessive reaction to her. Without a doubt, he knows…She is his to protect. His to serve. His to keep.Amber is sweet and caring, and looking for a place to call home. He knows he can give it to her, even if his packmates don’t believe in him. With his flaw, he never thought he’d be worthy of a mate. But now is his chance to show Amber that he was created to treasure–and pleasure–only her.

    Others were taken. All will be claimed.Claimed Brides is a collection featuring seven scalding hot new shifter romances from seven awesome authors. This thrillingly sexy box set includes the following novellas:A Polar Second Chance by Pepper NorthRuth would have never expected to experience a connection with the seer of Clan Thorben, but merely touching the handsome polar bear shifter's hand leaves her feeling warm in a way she never has before. But he doesn't plan for her to be just his mate. She will be his little girl also, to be loved, cherished, and spanked very soundly on her bare bottom when she's been naughty.Daddy's Naughty Mate by Allysa HartIn the time since she snuck aboard a ship bound for Terra Arcus and ended up claimed by a firm-handed panther shifter she now calls daddy, Callie has learned what it means to belong to a savage beast. But when the mate she loves must return to his ancestral homeland to care for his ailing mother, Callie finds herself thrust into the midst of a deadly battle for control of his pack.Blackwell's Price by Maren SmithThough Cyan Price is having second thoughts about her decision to sign up for the trip to Terra Arcus, upon her arrival she soon learns that what happens next isn't going to be up to her. The huge, fearsomely sexy tiger shifter in charge of auctioning off human females as mates has chosen her for himself, and he is looking forward to taming her and making her his in every way.Marked for the Gryphons by Golden AngelEva intended to infiltrate Terra Arcus via the bride program, but she ended up stripped bare and sold to three gryphon shifters. As she is flown to her new home on the back of a terrifying beast with her cheeks blushing and her well-spanked bottom burning, she knows the most shameful part is yet to come. Her mates don't just plan to share her, they plan to take her all at once.Sabretooth by Delta JamesWhen reporter Tegan Mason sets out to expose the truth about the women who volunteer to work on Terra Arcus, she ends up taken captive and sent there herself to be sold at auction. But the shifters of Clan Sabre don't buy mates, they take them, and when the ship that transported her is raided she finds herself being carried off by a brute who has no intention of claiming her gently.Mamuut's Haven by Morganna WilliamsCaring for what is left of her people is all that keeps Haven going, but her life is changed forever when the alpha of Clan Mamuut saves her from scavengers. The massive, effortlessly dominant mammoth shifter informs Haven that she is his mate, and in spite of her defiance she has soon been bared and very soundly spanked. But before he claims her, she will be made to beg for it.Their Sassy Mate by Lesley ClarkWhen her quest to track down her sister prompts her to accept help from a mysterious stranger, Susie ends up on Terra Arcus in the company of a man who turns out to be an alpha shifter. But her guide soon makes it clear that not only is he planning to claim her as his mate and spank her any time she disobeys him, he will be sharing her with another wolf from his pack as well.Publisher's Note: Claimed Brides is the second book of the Brides of Terra Arcus series. The novellas of this collection include spankings and sexual scenes. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.

    As in, he hates all of them.Betrayal is a bitter pill to swallow for most, but for Keeton, it’s damn near impossible. Choosing to live in seclusion, he finds his peace of mind disrupted when an injured hiker stumbles onto his property.After she catches her fiancé cheating, Marilena Sorelli needs a break from life. Not much of an outdoor girl, hiking alone proves unwise after Lena takes a serious tumble. She meets her rescuer in a nearly seven-foot-tall giant with piercing green eyes and a beard that makes her fingers itch to run through it.Will the beautiful interloper crack this rugged Shifter’s heart of stone, or will self-imposed isolation be his future?

    After running away from her own pack, she’s hesitant to leave the boy with just anyone, she wants to find his family, and perhaps, find somewhere she can belong herself. As the years pass by, she doesn’t give up hope that they’ll find it. Maximus lost everything except his title and position as territory alpha six years ago when he lost his mate, their newborn child taken from him. He’s had his people searching but with no luck, until a young woman is attacked just outside his land. Learning what she’s been through, what she’s done to protect his son makes him determined to keep her safe, for his son’s sake. He lost one mother the day he was born, Max won’t let him lose the one that he now knows. The more Max learns about Tawni, the more he wants her as his. The more his wolf demands another mate, wants revenge against those that hurt her, sent her running. He’ll do anything to claim his family, the new one that he never anticipated wanting, needing this much. Nothing is going to stand in his way. With strong language, no cheating, and a HEA, this short story of approximately 39,000 words is intended for an adult audience and may include subjects that are sensitive to some readers. TW: discussions of abuse, assault, and violence throughout the story.

    . .Tess:Humans and werewolves don't mix.There's no trust, just decades of superstition and haunting rumors of a hazy night only spoken about in hushed whispers.I know what everyone fears.I hate the shifters as much as they do.When the handsome alpha breaks into my shop and hurls accusations, I’m determined to set him straight...until all hell breaks loose.Quinn:I'm the Alpha.It's my responsibility to ensure my clan is protected from the humans.Years of mistrust, lies, and carnage have placed a wedge between my kind and the humans.Just when I have it all under control, a new threat emerges.To top it off, the need for a mate surges in my blood as the Chaos approaches and complicates everything.Now there's a human with a secret, a sexy smile, and an aura that calls to me in a way I can't seem to resist.Dive into the world of the Wolves of Chaos Valley and read nine stories of fated mates, steamy hot alphas, and feisty heroines.

    The Bayou is Back with Bathtub Reads!EroticEmotionalShort StoriesBayou BitesRaphael has been working nonstop, Ashe has been feeling disconnected and unappreciated, and their daughter has run off again into the Wildlands.As Raph and Ashe search for their rebellious cub under the light of the bayou’s purple moon, they find themselves once again, and the erotic heat they’ve both been craving.Disclaimer: All Bayou Bites are short novellas, under 10k words.

    And I would be like them, if not for my dad.He discovered a cure, used it on me and my mom… and then ran away with us.Questionable decision, right?So I stole the research and headed into the town, determined to get the cure into the hands of the lycans.But the town hates outsiders almost as much as they hate my family.The only person who will even have a conversation with me is the hot guy who runs the town's diner, and he only talks to me when no one else is around to hear.If the lycans find out who I am, they'll kill me. But if they don't, I'll never be able to cure them.Regardless of my fate, I'm not leaving this town until everyone in it has a chance to take the cure… even if that means embracing the connection I have with the diner guy.Because I think we might be fated mates.*This new-adult paranormal romance features sass, snow, and steamy slow-burn romance.Moon of the Monsters Trilogy Release Dates (may be moved up)Where the Werewolves Run: February 10thWhere the Lycans Howl: March 3rdWhere the Monsters Change: March 24th

    but I kissed him anyway, and now I'm here. My fault.Oh, where's here? It's definitely not the Blind Raccoon, one of Seattle's grungiest, dirtiest, most prestigious dive bars. No, that beautiful stranger at the bar is the reason I'm plucked out of the human world, where most things make sense, and brought to a place called Arcadia - the world of the Fae.A world of monsters.He brings me to a mansion called Emerald Hall, and while it's breathtakingly pretty, I'm a prisoner here, stuffed into a cell and warned not to be seen by the other Fae. I have to try to get out of here, using every trick I learned growing up, but I can't help wanting to know more about the man who stole me from my home and brought me all the way to his.You know, after he tried to kill me.There's something about him, about this place, and about me. Secrets just waiting to be unraveled, if only I cared to pull the threads. But who has time for that when there's escaping to do?

    

    But, her scent calls to me and drives me wild. She’s the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen—human or shifter. My wolf has to be leashed as it wants to break free and drag her into the woods. Shifters are forbidden from being with humans. If you mate to a human, you must break the bond. A problem considering my wolf won’t be tamed—he will claim her. This will cause an uprising on both sides, but my wolf wants to fight. I will do anything to keep hold of her. Anastasia is mine. Her Alpha King is the second book in the Royally Mated Series by Bianca Cole. This book is a safe story with no cliffhangers and a swoon worthy happily ever after ending. This story has hot scenes and bad language, so if those kind of books offend you, you won't like this one. It features a dreamy, hot over the top possessive wolf shifter king.