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Mated by the Alpha


Penelope Wylde - 2019
     Especially when it is your hex and he's six foot plus of tempting, gorgeous muscle that will land you in trouble.You see, in my world, a witch and a shifter are forbidden to mate. No matter how sinfully perfect his mouth—and hands—are on me.So, when I hex the local alpha shifter with a love position and push our already combustible lust for one another over the edge… let's just say it spells disaster for yours truly.It doesn't matter if the hexing was an accident because the man prowling my way has one thought on his mind. Taking me as his mate and claiming me for something much longer than a one-night stand.Magic is a bitch that's about to bite me. And you know what? I just might like it. Author's Naughty Note: Mated by the Alpha is a friends-to-lovers, small town alpha shifter romance tale of magic and mischief. Wicked and delicious is how this one is going down right along with the Halloween candy! We're talking slightly over-the-top, forbidden romance with a touch of insta-love that's extra dirty and sweet. If that's your jam, you're going to love this one! As always this is safe with a HEA & NO CHEATING!

Big Bad Wolf


Jenika Snow - 2021
    And helping out an elderly woman with her shopping to earn some extra cash seemed easy enough.Mindless, hour-long walks through the thick woods that surrounded said village also sounded ideal. No Internet. No television. And just the bare basics to get me by.Perfection. Stress-free. Exactly what I needed.Or maybe I was wrong about it all.I felt someone or something watching me from the darkened, dangerous woods.I felt someone—something—stalking me.I didn’t know what or who it was, but I knew with certainty it wasn’t human… and that it wanted me.RenI wasn’t human, not completely.A Lycan—a centuries-old wolf-like creature that was feared by all, stronger than anything on the planet, and who was only ever after one thing.My mate.For over three hundred years, I had one purpose in life. Find her, the one female born to be mine. My female who’d cause the Linking Instinct—that supernatural connection that told me she was mine and I hers—to finally take root and make me whole.And for hundreds of years, I’d been alone, saving myself for my mate, never stopping the search.Until I scented her, saw her, finally felt my heartbeat and the blood rush through my veins with hope and anticipation.Mine.She didn’t see me, but she sensed me. And she ran. She couldn’t possibly know how much the chase turned me on.I didn’t know how I’d make her understand I could never let her go, that nothing and no one would stop me from making her mine.Because once a Lycan found his mate… nothing in this world, nothing supernatural or human, could keep him from her.

The Wolf King's Mate


Olivia Arran - 2017
    Now nanny to a real-life prince, she lives in a palace, surrounded by such wealth and beauty that her life seems like a dream. Maybe this fairytale existence will help heal her heart, broken by the lies and betrayal that destroyed her back home, but only if she can find a way to let go of the anger and hurt, and move on. Then she meets a man who sweeps her off her feet. But he’s not just any man. Oh, no. He’s naked. He’s larger than life. And he’s the King. And, for some strange reason, he wants her. A barbarian king… All alpha wolf shifter Nicholas knows is how to be a soldier. An enforcer. The one who guards his King’s back and defends the pack with claws and teeth. But the King is dead. No, his brother is dead. Murdered in cold blood. Now Nicholas is the King, the ruling Alpha of the pack, and he will avenge his brother’s death. Then his fated mate walks into his life and her very existence threatens to bring him to his knees. This woman was born to rule by his side, but she's playing hard to get. He’s found his queen. Now he has to win her love.

Creed's Claim


Mina Carter - 2016
     Back in Lizard Lick after a broken engagement, Kaitlyn Turner has two things on her mind: regaining her independence and having a good night out with her bestie. Only somehow, their celebrations include hitting up the local tattoo parlour. The Tattoo parlour run by Creed, her late brothers best friend. Hot as Hades, he’s the one man she knows she can’t have, but the one she’d kill to have look at her as more than a kid sister. Petite, curvy, beautiful…and human. She’s everything he wants, and everything he can’t have. Werebear Creed is a loner in the Lizard Lick pack. Tall, powerfully built, and mean as hell, he holds rank as an enforcer despite the fact his bear prefers to stay well hidden. No matter, he can enforce pack rules in human form… even against fully shifted bears. They might call him a half-skin but no one wants to piss him off. Ever. He doesn’t care what they think. Until Kaitlyn Turner walks back into town. He’s wanted her for years, but she’s human and he’s a bear. No can do. But then an attack brings her over into his world and the path is clear. She’s always been his…now he’ll claim her. Even if he has to fight the whole pack to do so...

Ulrich


Alexi Ferreira - 2020
    She says that if I want her, I will have to show her that I deserve her. How the hell do I do that? I'm not the flower and poems type.ANASTASIAHe thinks that just because he belongs to a badass motorcycle club and is as handsome as sin I would just leave and follow him like a puppy. Well, he will have to show me that what he says is true, actions talk louder than words and the only actions he has been showing me is of a possessive caveman.

Alpha’s Unwilling Mate


Lacey Thorn - 2017
    My father’s dictate has me ready to run and never look back. I won’t be the virgin sacrifice used to entice Bastion James to accept my community as part of his pack. Nothing will change my mind. Especially not the man himself. Not the way he looks at me, the way he touches me, or the heat of his kiss. Bastion From the moment I saw her, I knew she was mine. Raina Byrd belonged in my arms. More importantly, she belonged in my bed. One glimpse at the fire in her eyes and I knew we’d burn the world around us until nothing else existed. One touch of her skin and I was lost to anyone else. One taste of her lips and I knew I’d kill to possess her. I warned her what would happen if she tried to run. Now, I won’t be satisfied until I’m buried inside her and she’s screaming my name.

Taming the Alpha


Savannah Stuart - 2011
    A month later the sex is still red hot and everything between them is perfect. Or so he thought. Until the night he shows up at her place expecting their usual ritual of mind-blowing sex and finds out she has other plans. And they don’t include him.When Talia announces she’s tired of being his last priority, Grant realizes he might lose the only woman he’s ever cared about. He has to do something fast to fix their relationship, but she’s completely unaware that he’s not human. He’s not above using sex to bind her to him, but when she wants more than that he has a risky decision to make. If he admits the truth he risks not only his heart, but the safety of his pack and the existence of all supernatural beings as well.*Novella length*

The Alpha's Courtship


Marian Tee - 2016
    She prefers to live her life alone, fighting both real and personal demons on her own. She would have continued doing so if not for fate interfering…and causing Ilie Marcovici to find out about her.With the most powerful and manipulative wolf hell bent on claiming his heartkeeper, Soleil suddenly finds herself subject to the wickedest kind of courtship that’s marked by stolen touches, forbidden caresses, and the most intimate of kisses.Everyone knows that Ilie is ruthless in going after what he desires, but Soleil is determined to resist his advances. She will never yield to him if her body is all he wants.

Claiming His Fate


Ellis Leigh - 2014
    As a den President of The Feral Breed Motorcycle Club, a lack of control over the beast within isn't just a pain in the ass, it's a death sentence. One served by his club brothers: the judges, jury, and executioners of the wolf-shifting community. At Amnesia Gentlemen’s Club, customers and staff check their real-world identities at the door. Charlotte, one of the club's best waitresses, ditched her legit career in corporate IT because she needs the kind of income those pesky IRS folks can’t track. When the smart-mouthed bombshell pulls a gig serving a private party, she expects nothing more than a few extra tips. That is until dirty-talking Rebel Lynch strolls into the room looking like sin incarnate, flashing motorcycle club colors, and blasting Charlotte's expectations about work, life, and love straight to hell. One glance at Charlotte and Rebel knows she's his fated mate. But a wolf shifter is attacking women at the club, threatening Charlotte’s life, and putting the entire shifter community at risk of exposure. Rebel and his Feral Breed MC brothers must find the crazed shifter before he strikes again. If Rebel can't uncover the new monster in their midst—and learn to rein in the protective instincts of a fully mated Alpha—his future with Charlotte will be dead on arrival.

The Loneliest Alpha


T.A. Grey - 2013
    Now thanks to trying to defend a fellow pack mate, Alicia’s been blindfolded, tied up, and carted off to the new alpha of the Oregon pack—Gavin MacKellen. However, the blindfold doesn’t come off so soon as Gavin reveals he’s searching for a mate. But Alicia’s curiosity gets fired up when Gavin refuses to reveal his face to her. Just what happened to him? He talks to her from shadowy corners and behind closed doors. The man is as illusive as a squirrely fox. But Alicia doesn’t play games and the quiet spoken, hoarse voiced alpha doesn’t stand a chance against her. They settle on an agreement, thirty days for them to get to know each other because that’s the only way this cowboy alpha will have it.Gavin MacKellen needs a mate. But he knows no good woman would ever want to look at his face after the incident he suffered. After one look at Alicia Clarkson all his plans fly out the window. The woman’s beauty has stunned him damn near speechless. She torments his thoughts and Gavin finds himself yearning to know everything about her. He admires her creativity and intelligence, the cool way she handles herself in stressful situations. Most of all, he aches deep in his chest to taste her lips. Those beautiful sweet lips, but in order to kiss her without showing her what a monster he was, he has to get creative. A relationship forms and as love threatens to grow between them Gavin struggles to cope with his physical appearance in the face of the beautiful Alicia. Will she be the one to stand in the face of a monster and accept or will she turn her back on him as everyone else has?

The Tiger's Innocent Bride


Reina Torres - 2018
    Keeping his Tiger a secret was no longer an option. Every day was a struggle for Tiger Shifter, Devlin Kerr. Booted from one Police Department due to his ‘questionable attitude,’ he’d landed in Sylvan City determined to give the career another go. What was an Alpha to do? Three weeks of even more bull and inside politics was already souring him on law enforcement all together when his Captain suckers him into working extra security at a society event. A society event that ends in gunfire and blood. And smack dab in the middle of the crosshairs? His mate. Secrets be damned, Devlin did what it took to save her and suddenly danger is coming at them from everywhere. Death, he could handle. Mayhem? Sure, just another walk in the park. People going after his mate? That wasn’t going to fly. He was going to do whatever it took to keep her safe from danger… …but who was going to keep Paige Lundin safe from him? Less than a day after they’d met, she was The Tiger’s Innocent Bride. *This is Book 1 of the Sylvan City Alphas Series. As the series goes on you'll meet Alphas of a number of different species who will find their mates amongst the citizens of this city, complete with lush woods and fields as well as a concrete jungle. These hard-edged heroes and their lusciously-curvy mates are turning this island into a shifter paradise filled with Happy Ever Afters. *

Lyric's Accidental Mate


Elle Boon - 2015
    When a pack of rogue wolves attacks her, she knows she will have to fight for her life. Being a member of the Iron Wolves MC and a wolf shifter, she’s used to fighting, with the odds stacked against her, she’s not sure she’ll make it out alive.A BADASS SOLDIER…Rowan Shade, a member of the Special Forces has fought many battles, so wading into the fight to save a gorgeous woman is second nature. Being bitten by Lyric in order to save him from a fate worse than death, and finding out there are supernatural beings, is one of the most erotic experiences of his life. He just hopes they live long enough to explore more of this new and wild world.A LOVE BEYOND REASON…As Rowan and Lyric explore their new relationship, the danger to the pack intensifies. When they find out one of their own has betrayed them, the strength of the entire MC is needed in order for them all to survive the upcoming battle.

Wounded Kiss


Willow Winters - 2020
    His chiseled jaw and silver gaze, I’ve only ever gotten a glimpse of, haunts both my nightmares and my dreams. There’s a treaty between us and them; mere mortals and the ones who terrify but keep us safe. The contract demands that every year there’s an offering and this year I’ll walk across that stage presenting myself. We have no idea what to expect if they choose someone, they haven’t in generations. The only thing we know is that the ones they take belong to them forevermore. If chosen, you don’t come back, or so the story of the treaty goes. Gather and present yourself.This is the offering…… and I… belong to him.

The Mating Chase


Bonnie Vanak - 2013
    Because she’s forgotten how to shift into a wolf, the pack alpha has ordered her to choose a mate or leave. The only male Beth desires is Dale, a fiercely protective Lupine who loathes the human lifestyle she embraces. She hungers for the handsome shifter’s touch, but fears their differences are too vast to overcome.Dale has waited for four long years for Beth’s return. Her scent ignites his desire and her voluptuous body fires his blood. He is determined to awaken her to the sensual world of the Lupine. Although she acts more “Skin” than wolf, he can’t deny his overwhelming drive to claim her.As the heat of passion threatens to consume them both, a new peril arises. Someone is killing a local rancher’s livestock and blaming it on wolves, endangering the pack’s ability to shapeshift. It will take all Beth’s courage and Dale’s skill to find the enemy threatening to destroy their world...

Releasing The Wolf


Dianna Hardy - 2012
    Like any sane person, she always put the dreams down to an overactive imagination, coupled with a higher than average libido.One night, however, instead of their usual, erotic encounters, she finds him in her dream, chained to a wall and screaming in pain. Not only that, but she thinks she recognises the building he's being held captive in as one that's just a few streets away.Awaking with an irrepressible need to save her fantasy lover, Lydia decides to humour her dream self and head on over to where she thinks he's imprisoned. What unfolds is beyond even her wildest imaginings, as she's sucked into a dangerous and deadly world she never knew existed ... and it turns out that the man who inhabits her darkest fantasies, isn't the only one that needs releasing.Word count: over 34,000 wordsThis is a paranormal fantasy novella containing scenes of explicit sexual content and some violence, entwined with romantic elements.