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Strange Neighbors
Ashlyn Chase - 2010
But when Merry MacKenzie moves into the ground floor apartment, the playboy pitcher decides he might just be done playing the field...A girl just wants to have fun...Sexy Jason seems like the perfect fling, but newly independent nurse Merry's not sure she's ready to trust him with her heart...especially when the tabloids start trumpeting his playboy lifestyle.Then pandemonium breaks loose and Merry and Jason will never get it together without a little help from the vampire who lives in the basement and the werewolf from upstairs.
Twilight Guardians
Maggie Shayne - 2014
All they wanted in return was for her to join their elite military team and train to kill the Undead. She took the deal, not because she cared so much about extending her life, but because it would make her strong–stronger than ordinary humans. Strong enough to kill the vampire who’d pretended to love her, taken her blood, used her body, and murdered her mother. Killion was the last of his kind, or so he thought. When he found Charlie, he felt the pull. She had the rare Belladonna Antigen all vampires had as humans. Vampires were compelled to protect those rare mortals they called The Chosen. But with Charlie, the bond was different, more powerful than anything he’s felt before, and impossible to resist, even though surrendering to it will probably get him killed. Ancient vampire elders Rhiannon and Roland come out of exile, risking their lives to help their mortal friend Roxy reclaim her granddaughter. But before the tale ends, their lives will be forever changed. Join Maggie Shayne as she returns to her most beloved series of all time with this new beginning…. Wings in the Night: Reborn
Dragon's Treasure
Isadora Montrose - 2016
Women throw themselves at him hoping for one night in his bed, or at least a nice piece of jewelry.Curvy, independent Leah never set out to net a billionaire dragon shifter. All this BBW wants is a decent job and a decent man. That lets out indecently wealthy playboy Hugo. He might make her drool but she doesn’t want to be a notch on anyone’s bedpost. But so long as he confines himself to looking, she’ll put up with her bad boy boss. Trip to Caribbean island? Check. Big bonus? Check. Turning into a dragon? Not so much. Hugo thinks just one taste of curvy, Georgia Peach Leah will satisfy his raging desires. He isn’t expecting to wake up to an infuriated dragoness. But one night of passion is enough to turn his obsession with juicy Leah into an obsession with his one and only mate. Nobody told Hugo that turning his mate into a shifter was the easy part. How can he persuade his delectable treasure that loving her has transformed his wayward ways? A word to the wise: Smoking hot dragon lord seduces nubile virgin. The fiery passion ignited in this innocent BBW may shock and titillate. A hard-living, hard-bodied shifter will go to great lengths to pleasure his luscious mate. Dragon’s Treasure is Book 1 in the Lords of the Dragon Islands Series. It is a standalone novel with no cliffhangers and an HEA.
Pleasure Cruise
Michelle M. Pillow - 2005
Pillow & Mandy M. RothRevised Second EditionParanormal Erotic RomanceClare needs to loosen up and have some fun--not to mention some hot sex with someone other than herself. Her best friend, Kira, knows exactly what she needs--a vacation full of hunky single men who'll knock her panties off. When she booked the cruise for Clare's birthday, the travel agent left out one tiny detail. It's a supernatural cruise, and they aren't getting off until they're married.The powers that be are tired of waiting for the supernatural to find their own mates and reproduce. In a desperate act to get the dwindling population back up, they've decided to take matters into their own hands. Dominik, a lycan, and Braden, a vampire, are just the two perfect candidates to start this experiment. They're sexy, in the prime of their reproductive immortal lives and ready to mate--just as soon as they can seduce their unsuspecting brides, or at the very least, keep them from swimming back to shore.Rating: Contains graphic sexual content, adult language, and violence.This book is an erotic title. That means it's super, mega hot and full of steamy, melt your sock off sex. If that isn't for you, you should move along to a less steamy title.This novel contains adult content. Mustbe 18 years or older to read.This book was previously published. It has been revised and revisited for this second edition.
Sweet Blood of Mine
John Corwin - 2012
But as he learns the ropes of his new supernatural life, he soon realizes he's not alone.Vampires, felycans, sorcerers, Templars--they all exist, and what he doesn't know can most certainly kill him in more gruesome ways than he can count.
By the Light of the Moon
Jodi Vaughn - 2014
Damon has experienced death and betrayal, now all he wants is the freedom of his Harley and the loyalty of the men he rides with, the only family he has left. Those are the things he knows and believes in. Love and the hurt that comes with it has no place in his world…Until he receives new orders: Rescue female werewolf, Ava Renfroe from a Pack of rogue wolves. Hell on Heels… Bartender Ava Renfroe is tired of Alpha males running her life. Being raised as the daughter of a Military General made her want independence more than air—and she has it! Until she’s kidnapped. Damon Trahan, her alpha male rescuer and bossy pain-in-the-ass, is exactly the kind of man she doesn’t want, but try telling that to her libido. His brooding good looks are panty-dropping hot. Too bad he’s bat-shit crazy and thinks he’s a werewolf. Worse, he claims she’s a werewolf too. But when Damon shifts in front of her, she begins to doubt everything she’s known to be true. Hell to pay… On the run from the rogues, Ava and Damon can’t ignore the red hot passion between them. But Damon knows it can’t last. Will he sacrifice everything he’s ever known to have the one thing he’s never meant to have? Or will the war between the Packs destroy them before love is given a chance?
Pierced
J.C. Mells - 2013
That's Pierce in a nutshell.Pierce has been on the run for two years from the man who held her captive in a vampire compound for almost a decade. Life on the run would be a lot simpler if she didn't suffer from several social disorders and 'quirks', have a ten-year-old brat in tow, as well as have two characters from a 1945 classic film living in her head and guiding her at every turn.Updated Pierced Series Reading order:Book 1 - PIERCEDBook 2- ESCAPED (novella formerly listed as Book 1.5)Book 3 - PINKEDBook 4 - PERFECTBook 5 - NAPOLEON (stand alone novella)
The Rest Falls Away
Colleen Gleason - 2007
If not for the vampire slayers of the Gardella family, these immortal creatures would have long ago taken control of the world. In every generation, a Gardella is called to accept the family legacy, and this time, Victoria Gardella Grantworth is chosen, on the eve of her debut, to carry the stake. But as she moves between the crush of ballrooms and dangerous moonlit streets, Victoria’s heart is torn between London’s most eligible bachelor, the Marquess of Rockley, and her dark, dangerous duty. And when she comes face-to-face with the most powerful vampire in history, Victoria must ultimately make a choice between duty and love.
Shifter
Tamara Rose Blodgett - 2015
Signs that something is seriously wrong plague her. Having been told she's barren and there's no hope - Talyn still longs for a family of her own, though the stories she hears from clients tell her happiness is a long shot.Talyn wants that shot. She longs for a man who will put her first - for who she is.Until a stalker's pursuit threatens everything close to Talyn's heart.When Talyn feels her life is in imminent danger, she reaches out in desperation to the Final Enforcement, an elite, fringe group of the police who do more than take the law into their own hands.Only to discover Talyn isn't what she thinks she is.And neither is the one who stalks her.
Red Night: A Paranormal Romantic Suspense
R.K. Close - 2017
Beautiful, immortal, deadly, and living right under our noses. Vampires are real. How do I know this? Because I met Adam, and he’s one of them. My name is Samantha Chase, and I'm a private investigator. My life is about to change forever. Everything I thought I knew about the world around me is wrong, so very wrong. Death in the desert. A serial killer with an appetite for young blondes is on the loose in my city, and he’s just added me to the menu. I’m a pawn in a game played by beautiful monsters, and one wrong move could be my last. If having one immortal after my heart isn’t enough to convince me I'm out of my league, there’s another one after my blood. When did I become so popular? Adam may be my only hope. Or he might be the wildest—and deadliest—mistake I’ve ever made.
Blood's Fury
C.M. Owens - 2014
She takes a vacation from magic, but magic refuses to leave her in peace. The fey world draws her back in more so than ever before. In the midst of all the mayhem, she meets Kane Ice. He's human, meaning he's forbidden fruit, for the fey world has laws against immortals and mortals. Worried her world will either get him killed or leave him with scars he'll never overcome, she keeps pushing him away. Kane refuses to be deterred though. He loves the girl he believes is meant for him.Dark secrets emerge all around the two of them, putting them both in the line of fire and destroying the beauty of their love. The question is, how strong is their love?
Raging Wolf
Felicity Jordan - 2019
Michael knew it was the harbinger of trouble. Growling and shifting to his wolf form he ran through the chill, primeval forest to investigate. He was the grizzled veteran of dozens of motorcycle club turf wars and he’d seen it all. But what he found shocked even him. A young raven-haired beauty in the middle of a sea of destruction. A witch. The daughter of his hated rival and archenemy of all shifters. He should just leave her. His life was complicated enough. But the sight of her awakened a deep, primal desire inside of him. He would save her. And she would be his.
Taste
Mary E. Twomey - 2016
Just when correctional nurse October Grace has a handle on her stressful job and taking care of her mentally ill mother, a shapeshifting warrior and a half-vampire plunge her into a foreign land that’s on the brink of starvation. Now, with a ticking clock and a target on her back, October takes up the mantle of becoming one of the rare Omens who can bring hope to a dying world. Mason and Von remain by her side to shield the national treasure while she sacrifices herself to reap the souls that will feed the nations of Terraway. As the death toll rises daily, October finds herself tangled up in a cutthroat world where fairytale creatures run wild… and every day is a new bloody battle. Taste is book one in an 8-part fantasy romance series.
Entranced
Jessica Sorensen - 2015
Most of her family are Keepers, warriors chosen to protect the human race, and for as long as she can remember, she has been training to become a Keeper herself. So when she’s chosen to be a Guardian, investigators who solve paranormal crimes and murders, her life changes in an instant.Alana has to attend Guardian Academy to train for her new role as a Guardian investigator. There, she meets Jaxon Gray, her new partner who happens to be a werewolf. Jaxon is smart, cocky, sexy, and drives Alana absolutely crazy.Despite Alana’s confliction with Jaxon, her training and new life seem to be going well. That is until her grandfather is murdered.Alana is determined to track down who killed her grandfather, even if it means getting help from Jaxon. But as she digs deeper into the case, she discovers there might be more to her family and the academy than meets the eye.(A spin-off novel series from the Fallen Star Series about Gemma and Alex’s daughter, but the Guardian Academy Series can be read on its own.)
The Jaguar King
Anna McIlwraith - 2015
Bills still gotta be paid. Especially when you’re heading into vet med. Emma Chase is nothing special – if anything, with a roomie who turns into a jaguar on a regular basis, she’s the sidekick, not the heroine. Her superpowers have more to do with acing her finals and overworking herself. Knowing her best friend’s secret makes it easier to justify her own inclination to keep people at a distance, but it doesn’t change her life. Until others like him show up on her doorstep, convinced she’s the fated savior of their race, telling her she’s destined to command the magic of – well, Emma doesn’t quite catch that part, she’s too busy getting her ass the hell out of there. What she does know? The Jaguar King is after her, his rivals want her dead, and she doesn’t have to believe in prophecy to believe they’ll stop at nothing to catch her. Violence. Magic. Inappropriate humor. Step into a world of wonder and savagery in a gritty urban fantasy with an unlikely heroine, sizzling heroes, and complicated villains. The Jaguar King is a full-length read and the first in a series, and all the books have satisfying resolutions as well as a series-spanning story arc. Definitely no cliff-hangers – just bad-ass shifters with one goal: claim the prize. Claim the Caller of the Blood.