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Claimed by the Alpha
Renee George - 2014
It is not intended for readers under the age of 18. Anna Davis has accepted that her four-year battle with cancer is finally over. With only weeks to live, she makes peace with her life and makes arrangements for her death.Twenty years ago, Anna fell in love with Conor Evans at the wrong place and in the wrong time. She’d had to make the toughest decision she’d ever faced—and let him go. Now at the end of her life, he’s offering her a chance to finally follow her heart. He has invited her to the cull—a tradition of transformation from human into a lycanosapien by “bite and blood.”Anna has her reasons for refusing Conor, even if it means only living another month, but Conor refuses to give up on the only woman he’s ever loved—not without a fight. Anna has another tough choice—go back to her frail humanity or accept Conor’s invitation and…claim.
Alpha Boss
Zoe Ray - 2019
The moment she stepped into the lobby at ASC she knew she belonged there, and the moment Preston Jacobs stepped into her life she knew she'd never be the same. His massive frame towers over her. His presence is intimidating, and he is the sexiest man she's ever seen. He exudes power, and Samantha can't explain the raw animalistic attraction she feels. Sam is determined to push thoughts of the boss out of her mind, but the connection is too powerful. Preston Jacobs is a hard-headed wolf shifter, and as CEO of ASC and leader of his pack, he hasn't had time to worry about people's feelings. Everything changed when he met Samantha. He knew she was his mate the moment he laid eyes on her in the elevator of his building. His thoughts become consumed with taking his mate and marking her, and he's going to pull out all the stops to make her trust him and show her that she is his forever. When members of the pack become rebellious and trouble arises Preston must face a new challenge. Can he convince Samantha to accept her fate as his mate and help him lead the pack? Or will uncertain danger cause her to run away with her tail tucked between her legs?
Beast
J.A. Wynters - 2020
Beauty is more than skin deep.
Her Jaguar to Tame
Jasmine Wylder - 2021
I signed up to be a surrogate, nine months of discomfort and a big payoff…At least that was the plan…I thought the past was behind me.But somehow it has a way of catching up with you.I have a debt to pay, a debt no one knows about.Not even my extremely hot boss, Nikola.I might be a wolf, but I want his jaguar.He heats my blood and makes my knees quiver.Makes me dream of being mated.Something I’ve never allowed myself to dream of before.But something lives inside him, something dark.I’m supposed to be afraid, but I can’t seem to trust my instinct.My instinct yearns for his caress.When I learn that I’ve been matched with him through the Paranormal Surrogate Agency, everything changes.Was this a mistake?Or was it fate?Only time will tell.Can he save me from my past? Or will his darkness ruin my future?
Omega Auctioned
Laura Wylde - 2020
Life as an Omega is a hard one.It is full of duties and desires that are never truly fulfilled.I was one of them, yet I refuse to live my life only to breed for Alpha shifters.I am not going to let them steal or buy me away from my family, all for the sake of some ancient duty I was supposed to have.I wasn’t going to let it happen.Then it did happen.I was bought at an auction, while simultaneously saved from a clan of shifters that wanted to breed me and take my children for their new soldiers.Isaac was an outlier, someone that just showed up out of the blue.I was afraid of Isaac at first, even as I owed him my life.Things changed when I went into my very first heat.My desire for my new mate was undeniable and I was begging him for something I thought I would never want.Need turned into pleasure that I’d never felt before.And maybe even something else.Maybe even love.Or it was all just too good to be true and my life was going to take a turn for the worst.Nothing this good ever lasted too long....
Mine
Flora Ferrari - 2020
I’ve been obsessing over that shy, curvy woman for three years...and now I’m back to make her mine for good. Her father might be my best friend, but I’ll do anything to make his daughter mine in every sense of the word… I’ve been in love with Nathan for as long as I can remember. He never noticed me, but on my eighteenth birthday, something changed. Now, he consumes my every thought. He’s so tall and handsome and completely out of my league...not to mention twice my age...but maybe for the first time, I’ll get what I want. *Mine is a short, standalone romance with an HEA, no cheating, and no cliffhanger.
His by Contract
Ava Sinclair - 2017
or nothing at all.He takes me as hard and as often as he pleases.Because he can. Because he owns me.I'm a professional woman, a respected partner in a law firm. I don't need anyone to run my life. I just need a man to make me blush and beg and soak my panties, if I'm allowed to wear any. A man who will strip me bare and use me whenever, wherever, and however he wants. A man who will spank me until I'm sore and sobbing if I dare to disobey.That's why I belong to Mr. M. That's why my body is his property. That's why I'm his by contract.Publisher's Note: His by Contract is a stand-alone novel which is the first book in the Completely His series. It includes spankings and sexual scenes. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.
Taken by Passion
Jaymie Holland - 2003
2015: the Wonderland series is back, better than ever. The award winning “Taken by Passion: King of Hearts” includes sixty pages of new and expanded, never before published scenes. After being cheated on yet again, full-figured Alice O'Brien no longer believes she’ll find her Prince Charming. She resolves to enjoy men, but refuses to involve her heart. When she literally tumbles down a rabbit hole, she finds she has left her familiar home city of San Francisco. She has landed in a strange and beautiful world, where she meets a powerful and dominant shapeshifter, Jarronn, and his equally fierce and irresistible brothers. By the draw of a card foretelling his kingdom’s future, Jarronn has deliberately lured Alice to his realm in hopes of averting a terrible danger threatening his people. He has every intention of saving his kingdom with his and Alice’s bond of passion, and nothing will stop him from making her his Queen of Hearts. St. Martin’s Press published the Wonderland series in trade paperback only, with the pseudonym Jaymie Holland. Ellora’s Cave published the series primarily in e-book, under the name Cheyenne McCray. Neither version had the new and expanded scenes. Taken by Passion/King of Hearts has won numerous awards and accolades, including the “RT Book Reviews Magazine Reviewers’ Choice Award!”
Jax (Ink-Fusions)
Penny Anglene - 2019
I had sworn off women for the last couple of years because of what one female had done but then she walks in. She’s a natural brunette that has hair down her back and a body that dreams are made of. I fell hard, then one unpredictable disaster struck. How do I make it right again?RiaAfter a very troubled past, I am content with my life. Through love of family and counseling I pulled myself out of the darkness. I finally meet the man of my dreams and then the unthinkable happens. Ghosts from my past have come back to haunt me. Is it real or just coming from my subconscious? Can I trust myself enough to let Jax into my life, or are we both to damaged? Do I trust my ‘dream man' to save us both?
Alpha Gray (Six-Pack #1)
C.J. Primer - 2021
Not only do I have my own pack to protect, but I keep the whole six-pack territory secure by training and running the security squad. The new recruits are here for the summer, and it's my job to whip them into shape. I can't afford any distractions, but one of the female recruits is doing just that- distracting me. Fallon is the most frustrating girl I've ever met; she's all alpha female and she openly challenges my authority. She's so far from my type, but for some reason, I'm drawn to her. It'll be a challenge to break her, but by the end of the summer, she will learn to obey her alpha. By the end of the summer, I'll have her on her knees. FALLON: All I've ever wanted is to be a part of the six-pack's security squad, defending our territory as a fighter. I've finally got a chance to live out my dream- all I've gotta do is make it through summer training camp and prove myself. I thought that the toughest part of training camp would be the actual training, but it turns out the alpha running the place is even tougher. I let one sarcastic comment slip, and now Alpha Gray seems hellbent on making an example out of me, provoking me at every opportunity. He wants me to fall in line, but I'll be damned if I'm going to roll over. Sure, he's insanely hot. He's an alpha. But I'm not backing down. He's not my alpha. ~ The Six-Pack Series is a collection of werewolf shifter romance novels. These books contain mature content (steamy scenes!) and themes that may not be suitable for younger readers. If frequent use of profanity and f-words offend, then these books may not be for you. While this book ends with a HEA for the main characters and no major cliffhangers, there are some overarching storylines that may not be resolved at the conclusion of this book because they run throughout the series.
Defiled
Piper Stone - 2019
and she will be.I was born to rule, but for her sake I am banished, forced to wander the Earth among mortals. Her virgin body will pay the price for my protection, and it will be a shameful price indeed.Stripped, punished, and ravaged over and over, she will scream with every savage climax.She will be defiled, but before I am done with her she will beg to be mine.Publisher's Note: Defiled includes spankings and sexual scenes. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.
The Alpha's Stubborn Mate
Stella Blanche - 2018
But after the huge, breathtakingly handsome man who is clearly in charge threatens to spank her if she dares to disobey, it isn't long before she puts his warning to the test and promptly ends up with her cheeks blushing and her bare bottom burning.As an alpha shifter, Alexander recognizes his future mate immediately, and when the beautiful, feisty little human defies him he doesn't hesitate to correct her firmly. But after Sydney is accosted by members of a rival pack, Alexander decides it is time to properly make her his.After an intimate, humiliating examination, a thorough, shameful cleansing, and a stern, painful reminder of Alexander's dominance, Sydney is claimed in every way. Once the ceremony is complete, she quickly discovers that not only can her new mate sense even her most private thoughts, he can also master her body as completely with pleasure as he can with punishment. But when Alexander's enemies seek to use her to get to him, will Sydney's life be put at risk?Publisher's Note: The Alpha's Stubborn Mate includes spankings and sexual scenes. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.
Dark Wolf Adrift
Aimee Easterling - 2016
Sick of beating up on pups who don't have the sense to back down from a challenge, the alpha finds peace as a warrior in the human-only military. Unfortunately, his strong inner wolf isn't content defusing bombs and battling sharks. Instead, the beast emerges, nearly tearing the limbs off a poaching shifter before setting its sights on Hunter's human dive mate. No longer able to trust his animal half among defenseless humans, the outcast alpha struggles to reenter shifter society. But will his tenuous grasp on werewolf politics be enough to stand up against backstabbing pack leaders intent upon expunging Hunter's last shred of humanity? This 40,000 word novella is a prequel to USA Today bestselling author Aimee Easterling's "tense, dramatic, sexy, and intriguing" Alpha Underground series.
Resist
Missy Johnson - 2016
It all begins when she answers a provocative want ad posted by a secretive mogul who happens to be a prime suspect in his girlfriend’s disappearance. Young and inexperienced, Char has never been pushed to the limit—until their games take her to the very edge. Char has gone in looking for the truth, but now she’s in way too deep with a master who plays her body like it belongs to him. Jaxon Murphy knows a lot more about Char than he lets on. Although the media has made him out to be a monster, he’s not about to come clean about his tormented past—at least not before he turns this good girl bad and sends her out to do his dirty work. After all, Jax didn’t make it to the top without breaking some rules. But as their play grows passionate and achingly real, Jax can’t resist taking a shot at something that’s bigger and more powerful than revenge: love.Advance praise for Resist
“Prepare to read late into the night. Resist is a sizzling-hot, intense must-read.”—Stacey Kennedy, USA Today bestselling author of the Club Sin series “Resist is a twisted, gritty, and provocative read full of toe-curling steam and spine-tingling suspense. I give Missy Johnson a big thumbs up for this one!”—USA Today bestselling author J. L. Mac“This dark, intense page-turner had me gripped to the end. Jaxon Murphy is the troubled soul that every girl will want to heal.”—USA Today bestselling author R. J. PrescottPraise for Missy Johnson’s Code of Honor
“Yet again Missy Johnson slays us with an impeccable story and characters that make us think. Code of Honor is a beautifully written tale of a life we can only imagine.”—Ashley Suzanne, author of Raven and the Destined series “Code of Honor is dark, sexy, and deliciously enthralling. Missy Johnson takes you into a dangerous world you won’t want to leave.”—Cecy Robson, author of Once Kissed
“In a beautiful love story I couldn’t put down, Missy Johnson weaves together mob action with an element of stepbrother taboo. She’s for sure an author to watch!”—Laura Marie Altom, author of The Escort Includes a special message from the editor, as well as an excerpt from another Loveswept title.
Monster
Callie Vincent - 2020
But no matter how perfectly safe my life may seem…It still couldn’t save me.Drugged, abducted, and about to be auctioned by human trafficker’s, there is no happy ending for me; and all I can do, is pray for a quick death before I’m handed off to one of these monsters.Except my new captor isn’t like the others.He says darkness is where he feels most confident. Bloodshed is what fuels his ego.And now, he owns me.There is only one escape from my Monster, and that’s to make him fall in love with me.If I can do that, I can break free.But what I think is the key to my freedom, only leads me further down this dark labyrinth of lies, desire, and seduction.And just when I think I’m free—I realize the cage around me is so much bigger than I could’ve ever imagined.Monster is the first book in the dark mafia romance trilogy, Sold To The Don, from author Callie Vincent. This book contains dark themes and is intended for readers 18+