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The Alpha King


Victoria Sue - 2017
    Legend says it will only be able to heal itself when an Alpha King and a pure omega are mated and crowned together, but a pure omega hasn’t been born in over a thousand years.Luca is an Alpha-heir eagerly awaiting the choosing ceremony on his twenty-fifth birthday and the gifts granted by whichever omega he mates. His small pack is destitute due to the decisions of its ruling council, but being only an Alpha-heir, he has no authority to challenge them. Not until now—this moment he has waited a long time for.Kit grew up as a street-rat, an unlicensed human who would never be more than a slave for whichever master owns him. Then one day he came across a young Alpha-heir, attacked and dying of poison, and found out their fates were suddenly entwined.Luca needs to take over his pack and save his people. He cannot afford to be distracted. But when he meets Kit, he develops abilities indicating he is not just a pack Alpha, but the King his world has needed for a thousand years.Is Kit really the cause of Luca’s newfound power, the true mate he needs? How is it possible when the young man isn’t even a werewolf, and as merely a human, a mating is not only forbidden but for Kit, a sentence of death?(MPreg)

The Obvious Suspect


Kian Rhodes - 2016
     Omega freelance writer Christian Tessaro has spent his life determined to prove that not every Omega needs an Alpha. After all, they are equals in the eye of the law now. When Christian finds his ex-boyfriend unconscious in a pool of blood, he doesn't think twice before calling 911. Unfortunately, sometimes a witness can look a lot like a suspect and things only go from bad to worse. When the real murderer begins methodically framing Christian for his crimes, the only person Christian can rely on is the Alpha he can't keep from responding to... Alpha in pursuit... Enter veteran police detective, Viktor Trask. Shifters like himself are rare in this day and age, and Omegas are rarer still. Only seconds after meeting Christian, Vic’s dragon was itching to claim him for his own. Problematic as the Omega was the obvious suspect in an attempted murder that Trask was investigating. Viktor is determined to clear Christian's name and claim his Omega but can he do it before Christian is added to the mounting body count? Not So Different is a new series which focuses on Paranormal creatures living among humans in the "normal" human world. Stories feature homosexual relationships including explicit sexual situations. 5% of royalties received from the sale of all NDP Publications are donated to The Trevor Project; the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people ages 13-24.

Sweater Weather


Lorelei M. Hart - 2020
    More than half the rooms are booked, he has activity lists for the guests, and the hours he spent on pinterest getting ideas for a Christmas tea he is planning were productive. Everything is perfect until the phone starts ringing and he suddenly finds himself overwhelmed and understaffed.Alpha Roland plans to be home just in time for Christmas. He is going to spoil his nieces and nephews rotten, read ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas at least a dozen times, and make enough cookies for the entire town. It’s going to be yet another magical Christmas...that is until all planes are grounded when an ice storm rolls in. At least there’s a room at the inn.In Roland’s life, he has never met another Roland, and yet, somehow, one takes his room at the inn—the last room. Now he has nowhere to stay. He can’t even be mad at the innkeeper, an omega who is barely keeping things afloat in the chaos. Without thinking twice, he jumps in to help. After all, Christmas is his holiday. When Roland offers to sleep on the couch, Stewart offers him someplace better—his bed.Sweater Weather is a sweet with knotty heat MM Mpreg Christmas romance brought to you by the popular co-writing team of Aria Grace and Lorelei M Hart. It features an alpha longing for a family Christmas, an omega doing his best to keep his guests happy and safe, a cat who thinks she owns the place, ornament making, tree decorating, off-key caroling, and more than Christmas cookies in the oven. If you love your Christmas romances Hallmark-esque, your happy ever afters complete with an adorable baby, and your mpreg with heart, order Sweater Weather today.

Midnight Howl


Kate Steele - 2006
    Not something you want to hear from your car after midnight on a cold night in December. Ethan Parks takes it in stride and decides to walk home. What could happen? Being followed by what appears to be a wolf? Being harassed by some punks in the local mini-mart? Being rescued by the hunk he’s had a crush on since high school? Oh yeah.Crewe Jackson’s been waiting patiently to claim his mate. Nine years ago both he and Ethan were too young, but now they’re all grown up. It’s time to give his sweet little nerd some lessons in love.These books are not available as stand alones and must be purchased together in the Howl & Prowl Collection.

Undaunted


Devin Harnois - 2017
    Roshan saved his life and honor demands Kelas stays by his side until he repays the debt.Roshan takes his broody new werewolf bodyguard in stride. Slowly, his relentless good nature begins to break down Kelas’s walls.And their tentative friendship becomes something more.An unexpected visitor from Roshan’s past throws them into a political plot and gives Kelas a chance for revenge. But are the gods blessing Kelas, or asking for a sacrifice?Content warnings: Contains slavery, violence, body control, bottom shaming, misogyny, and rape mentioned in backstory. All sex between the heroes is clearly consensual.

Rescued: A Parker's Sanctuary Story


Cooper West - 2017
    Her husband knows that, her kids know that, her church knows that. As one of the higher ranking, long-term animal control officers for the city of Tallahassee in north Florida, she has seen her fair share of cats, pigs, chickens, horses, snakes, possums and raccoons. The majority of her work, though, usually consists of dogs.Loose dogs, sick dogs, abused dogs, lost dogs, feral dogs, dead dogs – she has seen it all. She has taken dying dogs out of fighting rings and she has revived should-be-dead dogs from heat stroke.Nothing prepared her for rescuing a dog named Parker. This is a FREE prologue to the book Parker's Sanctuary, a gay romance/suspense novel set in the unique alternative universe of Guardsmen, bonded pairs of weredogs and their partners who live on the edges of society -- worshipped and feared in turn, sheltered as much as they are shunned, Guardsmen mates live, love, and die together.