Every part of my body came alive for the first time. My mating heat kicked into overdrive, and all I could think about was needing that male to take me to his bed and ease the desperation.He was the biggest, strongest male I’d ever seen, his height towering, his muscles severe. He made even the strongest shifters look weak. I didn’t even hesitate when he all but threw me over his shoulder and said he’d ease me, that he’d make sure I was sated, that I wouldn’t walk straight the next day.I also knew once I gave myself over to him, there would be no going back. He’d never let me go.*Welcome to the Badlands Territory … where it’s so bad it’s good. Eight of your favorite romance authors have joined forces to bring you a sexy world full of possessive, growly alpha shifters. All standalone, all addicting, and all filled with those over-the-top heroes we love. Each short and steamy story promises a happily-ever-after, with plenty of bites and growls to satisfy all of your cravings!

     His mate. Driven out into the storm in search of her missing father, Gwen McGuire is shocked to find herself in dangerous territory and blurring boundaries with a strange man who makes her feel unfamiliar and thrilling things. Gwen can't explain his hold over her and is even more confused when Nolan insists she come home with him. His ability to sway her body's reaction in his favor leaves her breathless and wanting so much more, but nothing could prepare her for the fact that when a member of the Bare Mountain Pride mates...it's for life.

    For ten years, I have been planning my escape, desperate for my freedom, far from the dysfunctional pack, the cruel Alpha that ruled them. I never believed it would be possible until I met him. AxelIt was meant to be a quick conference. I was supposed to be there to represent the Black Valley Wolf Pack. I wasn’t expecting to challenge anyone or change a whole system of corruption and evil embedded in the most deranged and depraved pact in the region. That was before I saw her. My mate. Now I would burn the whole world and everyone who stood in my way to make her mine.

    I can feel emotions and so when I turn eighteen and start to feel this strong pull, I grab my best friend, hop in the car and follow it. It leads me deep into the forest to him.Gunner Harding.The alpha of the Red Ridge Pack and my mate.I had no idea that shifters even existed but I can’t deny the strong connection that I feel to him.With pack members who are less than welcoming and an old threat that resurfaces, will Gunner and I be able to find our happily ever after?

    I’m about to die a broke, boyfriend-less virgin until a fireman bursts into the room. He’s come to save me from the flames, but when I see the territorial way he’s looking at me, I start to wonder who’s going to save me from him? Because this mean-looking grizzly bear shifter named Ethan Sullivan thinks I’m his now. “I saved you. You’re mine,” he keeps growling at me. He keeps calling me his mate and I’m not about to correct him when he’s got that feral look in his eyes. He wants to leave his mark on me. He keeps saying he’s going to claim me, whatever that means. I’ve always had a thing for firemen, but this rough wild-looking man is more than just a pretty image in a calendar. He’s real. He won’t take his possessive hands off me and he’s full-on obsessed with my curves. This protective alpha wants me all for himself and he’s letting everyone know it. Especially me… Ready for an alpha who can handle the heat and likes his girl with some meat? Ethan is a dominant Over-The-Top grizzly bear shifter who will have you howling for more. This is the first book in the Alphas In Heat series featuring the bear shifters from the Blackcloud Point fire station. Fire-fighting bear shifters? Yes, please! The books can be read in any order. This fireman romance shifter book is SAFE, with no cheating, and a furry HEA guaranteed. Enjoy!

    His favorite chair is broken and the scent of a stranger permeates through the house. Chasing her scent to his room, he sees a beautiful blonde laying in his bed. All can be forgiven because she’s his. Grace Harper got into a world of trouble simply because she had to use the bathroom. Always the good girl, she’d never before thought of entering someone’s home uninvited, but desperate times and all that. Things go from messed up to extremely confusing with just a quick nap. What happens when she wakes to find three large people staring at her, one with possession on his mind and desire in his eyes? Can she accept Logan's claim or will he be forced to let her go?

    That's where Dane first sees her—and she sees him too. She wonders who the insanely hot businessman is, but she never could have imagined that he'd end up being the developer who just bought the apartment she and her mom live in. When she goes to his office to try to persuade him not to demolish the only home she's ever known, he hits her with a proposition. One she's not sure she can turn down.

    Nice Guy. I should feel guilty for listening to her thoughts but I don’t. Now that I know her little secret, I’ll use it to my advantage. How hard can it be to turn a three-hundred-year-old vampire into the man of her dreams?The lonely vampire has his work cut out for him. Proving to his dream woman that he’s the Mr. Nice Guy she’s been looking for won’t be easy.Watch out curvy, little human, your hungry vampire is coming for you.

    But I'm not about to let her go again. She's Mine. Wyatt’s a shifter. A big bad wolf. I’m a human girl. I may be back in town to take care of my sick grandmother, but this is no fairytale. I love him. I’ve loved him for years, but he’s forbidden to me. I’ll never belong to him and if I tried, he’d not only devour me, eventually, his one true mate would come along. A wolf-like him. Even knowing that I still seek him out—only wanting one small taste to live on before I return back to the city and leave him behind forever. But something has changed. Wyatt is refusing to let me walk away again. It can never work. Nowhere in the bedtime stories does the girl get to keep her wolf. I try to resist, to be logical. Then, he whispers two little words that make my heart stutter in my chest. Two little words that promise me everything I’ve ever wanted. My mate. Will it be safe to share my basket of goodies when the wolf I love flashes those big teeth at me, promising forever? If you've read books these authors have done together before you know what to expect. Over the top alpha who will stop at nothing to claim the women they love. This time the hero just has a little extra bite. Please note this book was previously published as "The Wolf's Innocent Mate", but contains some all-new content.

     Ruby is the proud owner of Red's Goodie Basket, and as the new girl in town, she's looking for a business. But when the local sexy sheriff, Dominic Wolfe, keeps the customers away, she finds it's hard to stay mad when burning with desire. Dominic is a shifter, and his wolf wants Ruby. Since the second he laid eyes on her, he's been fighting the need to mark her as his. But when the mating moon is full, he won't be able to control his wolf any longer. Tricks and treats are the last things on his mind when the mating heat takes over, and his obsession is put to the test. Warning: This story is a sexy twist on a classic fairy tale, complete with a red cape, a basket of goodies, and a hungry wolf. It's written to make you smile, turn you on, and help you celebrate Halloween! BONUS BOOK: Coach will be at the end of Riding Red as a bonus book for the first two weeks after the release of Riding Red.

    devoured it.
Z was jealous, pushing that emotion so deep no man ever dared even look at me when he was near.
And the way he touched me, licked me, nuzzled my neck as he scented me, made me feel like I slept beside a predator, one who claimed me irrevocably until I knew there would never be anyone else for me. He was all man, but I swore he housed an inner ruthless animal deep within.
I was Z’s.
He was mine.
And if this was what drowning felt like, I never wanted to reach the surface.
Lena’s note: This one is a fast, down and dirty story that lets you know exactly where it’s going… if you know what I mean. No drama of any kind to get in the way of the juicy bits (pun intended). Just a good old-fashioned smut-fest with a HEA! Enjoy.

    She says that the most we can have are the three nights she promised me, but the dark part of myself isn’t going to let the woman who snared its attention go.I found her. I hunted her. She’s mine.**Stalked by the Kraken is a monster romance that features tentacles. This book is a standalone and takes place in the same world as, and prior to the events of, Three of Hearts with some character crossover.Content Warning: Book includes breeding behavior and mentions infertility.

    Abandoned by her parents when she was young, she was raised by the group of shifters who took her in. Now that she’s grown, she can’t help but notice all of the ways that she doesn’t truly belong. On her eighteenth birthday, Grier decides to leave Ash Mountain and the pack. That is until the Alpha comes for her. Slate has been Alpha of his pack ever since his parents were killed by hunters. Lonely and overworked, he wonders if he’ll ever find his fated mate. That’s when he catches her scent. Will this Alpha shifter be able to convince his mate that they’re meant to be and that there’s nowhere that she belongs more than with him and his pack? *Warning: Growling for His Mate is a instalove romance with plenty of heat and over the top alpha love. This shifter book is safe, with no cheating and a HEA that will have you growling for more!

    Send his little side piece a BIG bouquet.Of dead flowers.Who knew, my little jab at the side-chick would turn into a multi-million-dollar business.Things couldn't be better, right?Wrong.Enter my father's new wife. Stacie. She's my age and her older brother? He's a hot shot venture capital investor and when he gets wind of my little entrepreneurial success?Let's just say, our first meeting has partnership written all over it. He surprises me in more ways than one. Especially when I find out both of us have saved our slice of cherry pie for our one and only.I do everything in my power to tempt him to take a bite, and when he does, he can't get enough. He wastes no time letting me know, my sweet treat is his and his alone.Only, on Valentine's Day, my business reminds me of how many so-called perfect unions end in a bouquet of dead flowers. Can this hunky first timer show me true love can last?

    When Ryan Camden discovers a human female has broken into his house he's hell-bent on scaring her away in the only way he knows how, but then he takes in her scent and discovers the woman is actually his mate and that changes everything. Ryans never cared to have a woman but the soft curves, and perfect, pouty lips of the one he just discovered stir's something deep inside him, something he didn't think could ever exist for a lone wolf like him. Olivia was looking for something when she made it to Camden Falls, what that something was she didn't really know. Then she met Ryan and everything changed. Suddenly Olivia had a reason to live, and a reason to believe in happily ever after's... **Over the top, growly, and possessive as hell, the alpha in this book is going to make you feel all kinds of things. If you love shifters, mixed with lots of baby making then you'll love this one. Welcome to Camden Falls where things aren't always what they seem.**