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Olive


Kate Kent - 2017
    But her hunky co-worker, bear shifter Trent Grizzard knows she's the one for him. The chemistry is undeniable and when the two get together at a party - it's on! But then comes one shock after another as Julie realizes Trent may not want her as his life mate after all. And she discovers there's a little surprise growing in her tummy. But Julie does not want a jerk for her baby daddy. Can she keep it a secret? Olive is a BBW Paranormal Almost Secret Baby Shapeshifter Romance. This is the first story in the Baby Whisperers series. These shorty short stories include strong sexual themes and language.

Dragon's True Mate


Riley Storm - 2020
    But what about her feelings for one?After losing her business, her husband, and her old life, Lilly Vickers is forced to move back in with her parents. She’s not looking for love, but instead is hoping to find a new passion that will provide her with the means to finally move out. A chance encounter with one of the dragon shifters of Five Peaks gives her an idea for a business. What she doesn’t expect, is just what will happen when he shows up again. This time, she can’t ignore the intense chemistry that exists between them.Trent Atrox is putting on a front. He’s told Lilly he’s at her new shop to help her because he wants to, but the truth isn’t quite that bright and cheery. The real reason he’s there, is because the most recent damage was his fault and he’s been ordered to help fix it. What he didn’t plan for, was that he would fall for her. Now he’s stuck in a lie, and he doesn’t know how to get out of it. Not without Lilly seeing him for who he really is…Even with the pair of them working to fix the damage, they’re facing an uphill battle. Not everyone who has come to Five Peaks in the wake of the dragons going public with their existence are fans. A small but growing group is becoming more outspoken, denouncing anything to do with dragons, including shops like Lilly’s. Though she sells nothing but dragon trinkets and memorabilia, they want to bring her down. Can this pair of self-professed screw-ups manage to repair her shop and themselves, while not destroying their budding relationship? Or will the dragons’ enemies succeed in stopping them both?

Soul Mates : Bane Brothers Romance Series


Sloane Peterson - 2021
    

Bad Blood Bear


Anastasia Wilde - 2017
    She found refuge with a backwoods Bear God cult that seemed harmless—until its new leader, Brother Damien, forced her into a terrifying ritual that unleashed something dangerous and bloodthirsty inside her. Now she’s on the run, staying just ahead of Brother Damien, but unable to outrun the “demon” that seems to be taking over her body. Until a giant, sexy bear shifter crosses her path… Grizzly shifter Tank Morrison vowed never to rescue another damsel in distress—not after the last one led him into a shifter hunter’s trap. He and his broken-down crew barely escaped the lab where they were tormented and experimented on, and all he wants is to be left in peace. But when he sees Lissa in the local diner, obviously on the edge of survival, something in her calls powerfully to his bear—and his heart. It doesn’t take Tank long to figure out what Lissa’s inner “demon” really is. When she loses control and gets arrested for assault, he feels compelled to bail her out and take her home with him. But Brother Damien hasn’t given up his hunt for the mate he created. When he brings his shifter army to take Lissa back, Tank risks everything to protect her. Now Lissa has to turn an unbonded group of crazies and misfits into a real crew—and a family—in time to save them both… Fall in love with the Bad Blood Shifters<>! Smokin’ hot shifter men with hearts of gold; the strong, passionate women who love them; secrets, lies and danger; naughty, steamy love scenes—and happily ever afters. Content warning: This book contains naughty language and steamy love scenes, and is intended for adults only.

Desired by the Dragon


Isadora Montrose - 2018
    Quinn: She’s mine. My muse. My fated mate. My very own virgin. My dragoness. Mine. Claiming Moira by right of capture is primitive, forbidden, instinctive…Moira: The Fae are notorious late bloomers, so I don’t do lust. Why has fate got me hot for a surly, bellowing dominant dragon? I better keep my knees locked, or we’re looking at eviction notices – or a mob wielding pitchforks.Curvy Moira returns to magical Mystic Bay, where the paranormal is normal & fairy magic is just another talent. Billionaire dragon shifter Quinn quits his job at the family investment firm to paint full-time. Feisty BBW Moira instantly catches the eye of this growling alpha male.But in Mystic Bay, it’s against the unspoken rules for the Fae to mate with shifters. Particularly apex-predators like dragons. If smouldering Quinn doesn’t want to get his entire clan run off their land, he’d better ignore luscious Moira.But once this untamed, possessive beast discovers his fairy’s a virgin, he’s obsessed by dreams of dragonlings. But Moira’s so not going to be his hybrid-baby-mama. And she’ll surely erupt in flames if she finds out about Quinn’s hoard of naked fairy pictures…Fans of light-hearted romantic comedy and the paranormal will adore this funny, spicy series with its delightful cast of quirky small-town eccentrics and sizzling happily ever afters. Enjoy snappy dialogue, fully rounded characters and a riveting plot full of twists and turns in this full-length, first-in-series page-turner.Desired by the Dragon is the first book in the lighthearted Mystic Bay series. It includes bonus chapters of the next Mystic Bay book, Cherished by the Cougar.

Rebel Dragon


Anna Lowe - 2018
    Instead, she’s on the run from a stalker who lusts after her blood. She’d rather comb the beach for lost treasures than venture any deeper into the terrifying world of shapeshifters. There, even the good guys are hard to trust — except for the hot-blooded rebel she can’t get out of her head.Connor Hoving and his band of Special Forces shifters were planning to leave trouble behind by moving to Maui, but destiny has other ideas. His whole future — and that of his brothers — depends on acing his new job as head of security at an exclusive seaside estate. But Connor can barely get his inner dragon to focus with alluring, off-limits Jenna around. Can this rebel dragon learn to play by the rules when his fated mate’s life is at stake?The closer Connor and Jenna become, the higher forbidden passions blaze. The more they give in to simmering desire, the more impossible love seems. And the more secrets they uncover, the closer their enemies creep. Vampires and ruthless dragons lurk in the shadows, and it’s impossible to tell whose side fate will take. Only one thing is certain: great heroes don’t get to pick their destinies — only the choices they make.Maui just got hotter with this exciting new series of steamy, suspenseful paranormal romance! ALOHA SHIFTERS: PEARLS OF DESIRE is a series of sizzling paranormal romances with adult content. This series spins off from Aloha Shifters: Jewels of the Heart. It’s fun to read each series in order, but any of the books can be read as standalone title in its own right. Just be warned: hot alpha shifters, ruthless enemies, and unveiled desires ahead! No cliff hangers. Each story is a page-turner packed with action, emotion, and romance! If you like Magnum, PI and smoldering hot, alpha shapeshifters, you'll love these books! Each includes strong heroines, alpha heroes, werewolves and shapeshifters, billionaires, military romance, paranormal suspense, action-adventure romance, fantasy romance, and exotic, tropical locales!

Hunger Awakened


Charlene Hartnady - 2018
    Self-appointed rulers of all. Strong. Majestic. The most badass of all the species, and yet, the most vulnerable. Their own females died many moons ago from the dreaded clutch sickness. Desperate and desolate, they watch as the other shifters take human females as mates. They are breeding successfully with them too. Surely if the others can do it, they can too? They must if they are to survive. Human females are afraid of them, not interested in the least. It is clear that The Feral must first learn the ways of the humans. The problem is that they have kept to themselves for too long. They don’t have the slightest clue where to start. Several keythong are appointed to infiltrate human society. To learn what they can. These particular males are some of those who lost their mates. They are therefore destined to spend the rest of their days alone. Females no longer tempt them, which makes them perfect for this mission. As long as they stick to the plan and the job at hand, what can go wrong? Talon arrives in the big city. It’s bright, loud and packed with humans. By scale and by feather, he has no idea where to start. The future of his species rests firmly on his shoulders. Clueless, he enlists the services of a Love Doctor who promises to teach him everything he needs to know about the opposite sex. Vicky is desperate. Ever since her husband ran off with another woman, her business has been in the toilet. Who wants to take advice on love from someone who couldn’t keep her own husband happy? No one, that’s who. At least, no one in their right mind. On the verge of bankruptcy, a very gorgeous, nut-job of a guy walks through her door. He claims not to be human. Yeah right! Her first instinct is to kick him out. Then he hands her a suitcase full of money. Cash - and lots of it. How can she refuse to teach him everything she knows about women, about love? She can’t, that’s how. The female laughs at him when he tells her who he is and why he is there. It takes some convincing to get her to agree to help him. She proves to be highly knowledgeable and skilled in the ways of human females. His mate has long since died and yet he is tied to her as if she were flesh and blood. His heart, his body, and his soul belong only to her. Why then does this tiny human doctor tempt him so? How is it that his hunger has reawakened? This has never happened before in the history of The Feral. It is wrong, and he must fight against it with every fiber of his being. Contains hot, alpha males and therefore strong sexual themes/language

How to Woo a Wyvern


Sheryl Quinn - 2020
    Neutral shifter territory and home of four dragon shifters looking for love. Only they don’t know it yet. Everything was fine until she walked in. She smells…different. Not quite human, not quite beast. I can’t figure it out and it’s making my dragon rise to the surface. It wants to claim her. And the gods help me, but so do I. I’m hunted. Scared. Running for my life. But I won’t back down from the threat that seeks to destroy me. I’ve found neutral ground and, with it, a man I can’t stop thinking about. He smells … strange. Like blue skies and the sea. My beast can’t decide if she wants to eat him or claim him. I know what I want to do. But I can’t bring him into this. If I do, it might destroy us both. For fans of Terry Bolryder and T.S. Joyce comes a new series about shifters and the women who love them. Welcome to Beastly, a place where stronger women and sweeter shifters find their happily ever afters!

A Bear's Protection


Dakota West - 2018
     Fleeing a bad relationship and an ex who’s blatantly stalking her, Cora enters the shifter state of Cascadia with one thing on her mind: freedom. Love is the last thing she’s looking for, no matter how sexy the men of Cascadia turn out to be. Rugged, sexy bear shifters Ash and Hunter are mates. Their peaceful lives in Granite Valley are perfect, except for one thing: they need a woman to complete their triad. When Ash looks up from his seat in his police cruiser to see Cora speeding by, he has no idea that he’s about to find just the right woman. A speeding ticket turns into a hell of a lot more, and fast. Ash can’t explain the pull he feels toward the feisty, curvy reporter, but Hunter feels it too. When Cora’s deranged stalker shows up and sets out to kill their only chance at true happiness, Ash and Hunter will do whatever it takes to protect her. But can their brute bear strength take on the cunning of a deranged man who’s lost his grip on reality? A Bear's Protection is a steamy romance, complete with two sexy men in love, a threesome, and more heat than a bonfire in August.

Bear Naked for Christmas


Edith Hawkes - 2015
    However, when she meets Noah, the new surly and reclusive stranger next door, her vacation turns to anything but relaxing! He’s smoking hot, cut in all the right places, but beneath all that muscle, Noah is hoarding a dark secret. And like a magnet being drawn towards him, Katie is determined to find out what it is… but not before her ex shows up and throws everything into chaos. Bear Naked for Christmas is a short holiday novella set on Scarfell Mountain in amongst the Bear Oak clan. It has hot and steamy scenes, and features a guaranteed Happy Ending and no cliffhanger.

Ride: Awakening - Book 1


A.C. James - 2015
    This curvy girl gets sent to the Aran Islands to find out whether a púca shape shifter is responsible for the strange accidents haunting a construction site. Niall O’Leary is tall, broody, and totally alpha. His mission is to discover why the veil between the human world and the Realm has lifted. And as the Chieftain’s son he must find a mate or his twin will be promised to a stallion he despises. He has a duty to his family, his clan, and a need for offspring. Otherwise the púca could become nothing more than folklore. Passion and frustration ignite when a curvy human female tempts his inner stallion like no other. There’s only one problem... She just got out of a relationship that left her broken hearted. Is she ready for a second chance at love?

Mountain Bear Buns


Sable Sylvan - 2018
    That’s where BBW Christiana comes in. Her job? To ensure that every woman who passes through the glistening Bear Buns doors leaves satisfied…but will Christiana be satisfied with just doing her job? They say to never trust a skinny chef, and Christiana’s all curves, but are they the curves that alpha males Chad and Barrett deserve? And will this trio get to mountin’? Will she get her just desserts? Christiana came to Bear Buns to do a job and she isn’t about to let her heart do something her head is telling her not to do. After all, she hasn’t earned a spot as the head chef of Bear Buns Denver by flirting her way through life, but, what’s a gal to do when she can’t get her own heart to shut up? Yes, Chad and Barrett are handsome, sexy, and abso-frikkin’-lutely into her. But they’re her bosses, and she knows that she’s just as off-limits to them as they are to her…but when a trio of rogue wolves strolls into her kitchen to kidnap her assistant, will Christiana start listening to her instincts? Lick, lick, lick, until cream gets everywhere… Himalayan brown bears Chad and Barrett have known each other their whole lives. Best friends from childhood, it’s no surprise their mate marks have led these mountaineers to learn that they’re meant to share a fated mate. The only question is, what do their mate marks mean? And does it matter, when Chad and Barrett feel something for Christiana that they’ve never felt for anyone else? After defending their mate from a rogue shifter attack, this pair’s going to have to go all-out in order to prove to her that they’re serious about her, and that she’s the only gal that belongs in their hearts…and in their bed. But it’s not happily ever after just yet... Men that turn into bears that turn into strippers. BBWs that rock their curves, and their skills, at the strip club. True love that’s like something straight out of a Sable Sylvan fairy tale. Welcome to the world of Bear Buns Denver, where bears turn into men who turn into fated mates for curvy gals. All titles are $0.99 or FREE via Kindle Unlimited!

Bear to Want: Kodiak Den #1


Amy Lamont - 2016
    But in a town like Kodiak where bear shifters far outnumber humans, her pledge has put a major crimp in her love life. Add to that the fact she’s always felt like an outsider in the tightknit community, and it’s no wonder Alyssa wants to move far away from the small Alaskan town and forget shifters exist. But the dream of escaping seems impossible when her mother leaves town, taking Alyssa’s life savings with her. Adding insult to injury, Kaden Black, the one werebear who could tempt her to break her vow, just moved back to town. And for reasons she can’t fathom, the wildly sexy ex-Special Forces shifter is determined to claim her as his mate. Can Kaden convince Alyssa that he’s just the shifter to give her the love and family she’s always longed for? READ ALL BOOKS IN THE KODIAK DEN SERIES: Bear to Need: Kodiak Den #2 ~ Now Available Bear to Love: Kodiak Den #3 ~ Coming Soon

Silent Predator


Delta James - 2021
    Mason’s family has been part of a clandestine patrol since the USS Kracken went down. He has taken on a solemn duty to protect its final resting place and its covert mission.Twenty years ago, Shiloh Whitaker’s mother was murdered to keep her from revealing what she knew. As a child, Shiloh watched as her mother’s killers got away, running from her home into the black of the night. Now later, she’s a celebrated marine biologist and treasure hunter, but her real calling is to find the Kracken and prove her mother’s suicide was anything but.When Mason spots Shiloh’s submersible lurking in the dangerous waters around the Kracken, he tries to frighten her away. But Shiloh doesn’t scare so easily—even if the thing that sends her sub to the surface has rows and rows of razor -sharp teeth. Something about Shiloh calls to Mason in a way he’s never known before. Determined to pursue a passion he doesn’t truly understand while still upholding his oath, he follows Shiloh into a storm that could destroy them both.When the truth is revealed, will Shiloh betray Mason and the Kracken, or will all of the secrets of his heart be safe with her?

Sold To The Wolves


Casey Morgan - 2019
    I want her virginity.But my brother wants her too, and I have no intention of sharing.Love's Hollow is in flux. The old alpha of our wolf shifter pack is too old to be alpha.Either my brother or I is next in line, but we can't figure out who is more dominant.Because both of us are alpha AF.Our fighting just gets worse, and then Tina comes to us for help and money.A talented, sexy witch, Tina is all that I want in a woman.I have to have her and when I learn that she's a virgin, it's even better.Unfortunately, my brother is equally smitten, and he won't back down.As she dates us both, our aggressive natures just intensify till she can't take anymore.Our competitiveness causes our true love to make a dangerous choice.And it may take all our money to save her.Will we both lose the love of our lives forever?Or will my brother and I learn to share?This paranormal menage wolf shifter auction romance is a full length novel with no cheating and a guaranteed happy ever after. It is high heat and for adults only.