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Ranger Knox
Meg Ripley - 2017
Because of my role as head ranger at Acadia National Park, as well as the Alpha of my clan, I have the responsibility of making sure no outsiders know about the real reason why our park came to be. Hannah, a journalist who's been snooping around, doing research for an exposé, is most definitely an outsider, no matter how much the ursine part of my brain keeps insisting that she should belong to me.She should be mine. Except she’s not a bear--she’s not any kind of shifter. How could I want her? Is it possible that a human...could be my mate?And how will I keep her from unraveling the mystery that has kept us safe from the public eye for generations?**Intended for readers age 18+ only. Contains mature, sizzling-hot situations and language that may be objectionable to some readers.**
Alpha & Omega
Isabelle Arden - 2015
Tired of the struggle, he’s decided to strike out into the world to search for someone to call his own – his fated mate. But the other half of his soul is the last man Nicolai expects: an unprotected Omega without a pack, who doesn’t even know he’s a werewolf. For Father Aden O’Hanlon, the closest thing he’s ever had to a family is the Church. He’s always looked to it to find a sense of safety in the world – a world where he still feels out of place, even after taking his vows. But when the handsome, mysterious Nicolai walks into his life, everything Aden thought he knew is turned upside down. Nicolai might hold the answers to every question Aden has ever had about himself – but at what cost?With Aden about to enter his first heat and a group of rogue Alphas searching for a vulnerable Omega to add to their pack, Nicolai doesn’t have a lot of time to explain to Aden who and what he is. The only thing he has to rely on is himself – and his strong Alpha instinct to protect Aden at all costs. Will his bond with Aden be enough to gain his trust before it's too late?Alpha & Omega is a 54,000-word standalone romance novella, featuring HEA and no cliffhangers. It contains explicit scenes of sexuality and is not intended for anyone under the age of 18.
The Last Omega
Shane Honorae - 2017
It contains M/M sex, descriptions of male pregnancy, and birth. It can be read as a standalone. When the orphan boy Asher loves like a little brother is outed as a werewolf, Asher abandons their human colony to find him a pack. Humans aren’t welcome among werewolves, but it soon becomes clear Asher is something more: A hidden Omega when the pack is in desperate need of one to bear their young. As the pack’s lone wolf-witch, Alpha wolf Sage, uses magic to keep the pack hidden and safe from humans and the dark Terrors that haunts the night. The new found Omega should belong to the Alpha, but everything about Asher makes Sage want to break the rules and challenge their pack leader for the right to mate. He's not the only one. The dark forces that split the world apart also seek the pack’s last Omega, and they’re willing to go through Sage to get him. But pregnant or not, Asher is no ordinary Omega: He has powers of his own.
The Bear's Chosen Mate
Vivian Arend - 2019
But when the mating fever hits, she’s still stuck in friendshipland while he’s ready to move all the way to true love and forever.Kaylee has heard about polar bear mating fever, but while James has held the starring role in her fantasies for a long time, she’s not about to leap into a permanent relationship that’s all wrong for him. He’s the PR powerhouse for Borealis Gems while she’s a quiet bobcat shifter with massive family baggage. He loves the spotlight; she wants to hide in quiet corners.But mating fever knows best, and when the storm settles, there’s no use in arguing with a polar bear’s choice.
The Moon's Dirty Light
H.L. Holston - 2013
Anger clouds their partnership, and it doesn’t help they are investigating murders that look suspiciously like dog attacks, but Logan knows they’re not. Finding a killer is tricky enough, but now it will almost be impossible with their “personal issues” clouding the investigation. And if Dylan does turn into a four-legged freak at the next full moon…the fur will fly. CONTENT WARNING: mpreg themes, shifter knotting and two hot Alpha police detectives who seal their fate with an accidental mating bond.
Perfect Mate
Mina Carter - 2012
and they’re the good guys.Lillian Rosewood leads an ordinary, boring life working as the manager of a psychiatric hospital. The highlights of her day, other than her skinny hot chocolate, are the hunky guards who work in the secure section. Until a late-night emergency is wheeled in.Captain Jack Harper is insane, drop-dead gorgeous... and just had his abdomen shredded. Despite the fact they're not an emergency room, Lillian can't turn him away and risk a death on her hands. Unable to get the handsome soldier out of her mind, Lillian sneaks into the restricted area to check on him. What she finds is beyond belief. Somehow Jack has managed to heal himself from a near-fatal wound in mere hours.When one of the doctors, Walker, attempts to rape her, things go from bad to worse. In the blink of an eye, Jack is loose and Walker is dead... and Lillian must accept a truth about her rescuer that will change her world forever. What if the patients aren't insane? What if their stories of secret government experiments and monsters are true?
Trusting Him
Laura N. Andrews - 2017
The last thing he’s looking for is a man who doesn’t know what he wants. After a chance meeting with David Rossi, a security guard who has recently discovered his bisexuality, Trey begins to question exactly what he wants and how much he’s prepared to bend his own rules.
Stolen and Forgiven
Carrie Ann Ryan - 2015
One look at the dying human at his doorstep and Holden Carter knows he will have to break it. The broken woman with no hope at survival is his mate. When he forces the change on her to save her life, he not only sets forth motions that could risk both their lives, but the lives of every shifter in the world.Ariel Sands grew up in a post-Verona infection world and under the care of the very humans she thought had cured the disease. When they betray her in the worst ways imaginable, she finds herself not only mated to the Alpha of a the very species she’s been taught to fear, but the focal point of a traitor and path to destruction for everyone’s way of life. It will take more than trust and a mating bond for Ariel and Holden to not only survive their enemies, but the burn of their own temptations.ForgivenSoren Slater is a Beta wolf who understands that duty to his Pack comes before his own needs. At a young age he takes a position as a liaison between his Pack and the other species of shifters. He never expected his enticing flirtations with Cora Wilder, a Tiger Princess, would encourage her cat to consider him a potential mate. He’s forced to walk away, choosing a partner among the wolves to try and strengthen his Pack.Cora has no intention of forgiving or forgetting Soren’s rejection. Not even when the Packs are forced to live together and she discovers Soren’s former mate has died. But then, she’s kidnapped by the SAU and she has no choice but to work with Soren to escape. Together they must put the past behind them if they’re to survive the human’s evil plot.
Saving the Lion
Noah Harris - 2017
What they don’t mention is sometimes the best gifts arrive with a Southern drawl in a blue pickup truck.
I had always found myself attracted to the mysterious lure of the forest, but it wasn’t until he arrived that I realized that spending my holiday break working in a sleepy Appalachian town may end up being more exciting than I had imagined. The vision that stepped out had driven down from a mountain retreat, but he may as well have descended from the heavens. With his strong jaw, blond hair, and a body rippling with muscles, he looked more like a mythological God than the errand boy sent to pick me up. “Blake, you’re not going to be in town long enough to develop any romantic ties,” at least that’s what I kept telling myself. Between the challenges of a new job, pleasing my secretive employer, and avoiding distractions from his hard-bodied staff, this winter suddenly seems to be holding a lot more promise than just a paycheck – it may prove to be one that I won’t soon forget. I suppose that’s what I get for being both naughty and nice. With seductive gay romance and steamy action, Saving A Lion, will be sure to get your heart racing. This is one stand-alone, erotic M/M romance mystery that is guaranteed to make your temperature rise. This book contains sexually explicit scenes and adult language and may be considered offensive to some readers. Please don't read if you are under eighteen.
Bayou Dreams
Lynn Lorenz - 2011
He’s alpha of his small werewolf pack and coming up for re-election as sheriff in a year. On top of this, his mother is casting love spells to find Scott a mate. It’s all Scott can do to keep the town and pack under control, let alone his urges to mate.Ted Canedo is openly gay, a disgraced ex-cop from New Orleans. His patrol partner was killed on duty and Ted took the blame for taking protection money from the store owner to save his partner’s wife and kids grief. No one knew Ted was in love with his partner, not even his partner. Having him die in Ted’s arms killed something inside Ted too.When the moon is full and Scott’s momma works her magic, Ted’s erotic dreams and his work as a PI bring him to St. Jerome and sexy, straight Scott. Scott’s stunned to learn his wolf is gay and wants to mate with Ted. Ted refuses to become involved with a straight man, much less a werewolf, terrified to risk his heart again.Especially if it he has to watch Scott fight to the death for his right to claim Ted as his mate.
Hidden Heart
Ellie Pond - 2020
Unless he can convince her she belongs to him and not his alpha brother…Aurora Berry loves her shifter best friend like a brother. But she’s completely caught off-guard when he pressures her to fulfill the mating pact they made sixteen years ago. Though she’s willing to do it to stabilize his leadership, she hates giving up her own quest for her one and only.Duncan Larsen has long envied the close relationship his sibling and Aurora share. And he’s devastated to learn she plans to go through with their childhood pledge. But after sensing Aurora might have cold feet, he holds out hope he may yet have a chance.With the trio crammed into tight quarters on a cruise, Aurora struggles to decide whether to follow her duty or her heart. And when Duncan attempts to spend time with her, he invokes the fury of his alpha brother.Can Aurora and Duncan avoid the wrong fate and create their own happily-ever-after?Hidden Heart is the first book in the engrossing Dark Wing paranormal romance series. If you like fated mates, magnetic attractions, and smoldering love triangles, then you’ll adore Ellie Pond’s electric story.
Tim on Broadway, Season One
Rick Bettencourt - 2014
Tim—an overweight, twenty-something virgin—regrets lending the hunky bag boy at the grocery store money that could have bought him a ticket. Tim needs to call in his debts, but money isn't the only thing holding him back. The first time Tim met Javier, he was blown away by the attention. As an overweight, twenty-something virgin, he didn't often—actually ever—get a guy, let alone a hot one, pay attention to him. The problem, Javier is straight; yet he gives Tim mixed messages. Tim can’t get Javier off his mind, unless he is pursuing his love for theater—or talking with his best friend, Julia, about the “unattainable” crushes they share on some of the guys back home. With the Carolyn Sohier concert fasting approaching, Tim struggles to get tickets. If he hadn't lent Javier the money to, well, have his way with him in the beer cooler at the store they worked at together, maybe Tim wouldn't have lost his job, and would be able to see Carolyn perform. But Tim’s learned his lesson from all this…or so he thinks.
Sunset
Arshad Ahsanuddin - 2011
When the terrorist known as Medusa threatens to kill millions with a stolen nuclear bomb, Nick Jameson makes a fateful decision. He reveals himself on global television as a Daywalker - a vampire with a soul. To save Los Angeles, Nick exposes not only his own gifts but three separate cultures based on millennia-old magic.By NightThe three metahuman races exist in careful balance, working to maintain a fragile peace. Nick and his fellow Daywalkers successfully master their natural bloodlust. The Sentinels, armed with both magic and steel, repress their warlike instincts. And even some Nightwalkers, normally their natural enemies, have deserted the Court of Shadows to join the triple alliance. Nick Jameson is deeply involved with two such Nightwalkers - handsome Lorcan and powerful Rory. Both men love Nick. But neither can protect the new Ambassador to Humanity from the events he has set in motion.By the SwordJeremy Harkness was lured into Medusa's service under false pretenses. A loner with no one and nothing to cling to, he was willing to die for his cause. But the night Medusa tried to obliterate Los Angeles, Jeremy met Nick Jameson, triggering the onset of his own psychic gifts. For Jeremy is the third race of metahuman, a Sentinel, born to kill the Nightwalkers with no quarter asked or offered. And neither Medusa nor the Court of Shadows will settle for peace when they can make war.Betrayal and treachery lurk around every corner on the road to coexistence, and at every turn, Nick must question who to trust among his metahuman allies, friends, and lovers—before their civilization is plunged into the depths of darkness and bloodshed. With millennia-old magic, emerging romance, and ever-shifting allegiances, this inventive series unveils a scintillating, homoerotic world of Nightwalkers, Daywalkers, Sentinels, and Humans, who battle for world dominance in the not-too-distant future.
Everyday Love: APP Exclusive
Gabrielle Evans - 2012
Now, however, Miles Gavari finds himself drifting farther away from his mate. Deciding that a vacation to an island resort is just what they need to reconnect, he whisks Hades away for some steamy nights on the sandy beaches of Resplendence.Being the ruler of the Underworld is a real job with real stresses. Hades realizes that he’s been taking Miles for granted, and he’s willing to do whatever it takes to recapture what they’ve lost.It doesn’t take long for Miles to realize that he’s not the only one on the island vying for Hades’s attention. Determined to be the last man standing, he pulls out all the stops, making it a trip that neither of them are soon to forget. Will it be enough to hang on to their everyday love? Or is the fairy tale really over for good?Note: This app version at 10,156 words is available for free only inside the BookStrand App. A revised and expanded version at 14,092 words is available for sale separately.
Omega's Forever Home
Lacey Daize - 2021
However, the pay of a bartender doesn't leave much in savings for vacations to far-flung places. So instead he decided to move every few years to a new destination, where he can see the sights and experience a place before moving on. His next destination? The beachside billionaire enclave of Harris Cove. But is there more for him in the city when he meets a gorgeous alpha at the overlook outside town?Kent is a billionaire alpha on the rebound, trying to erase the regrets of his last relationship.Settling down with an omega to start a family had once seemed within reach to Kent, then he found his now-ex in bed with another man. It's been months, but the hurt and anger still haunt him. Then he sees a gorgeous omega at the overlook off the highway leading to Harris Cove. The man is beautiful, but is he ready for a new relationship?Can a bartender on the move and a billionaire with regrets find love in each other?Omega's Forever Home is a 26.5K word , non-shifter, M/M, Mpreg romance