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Dead Sexy Dragon


Lolita Lopez - 2013
    He’s just minutes away from entering a mating phase. Sharing his isolated house with the young woman he’s desperately lusted after for quite some time is a recipe for disaster.But Cora Cardenas has nowhere else to go. She’s in deep trouble with some really nasty people and Stig is the only one who can protect her. That he’s deliciously sexy and makes her tingle with the simplest of smiles is just a bonus.Cora quickly realizes Stig is hiding something from her. To make matters worse, she’s plagued with breathtakingly naughty dreams starring a shadowed lover who bears a startling resemblance to her host. And just what the hell is going on down in the basement at night?Stig needs to get Cora out of his house but his inner beast has other ideas. He’s found his mate and she’s not going anywhere...

Hearts Laid Bear


Anya Nowlan - 2015
    While she will fight tooth and nail for her patients, the curvy nurse rarely finds the courage to speak her mind when it comes to matters of the heart. At least that's how it has always been. Until a handsome, mesmerizing man contacts her on SassyDate, a shifter-human dating app, and turns her world upside down. Suddenly, Kacey doesn't want to settle anymore. She is hungry for all life has to offer and it better include one hot werebear cowboy! Warren Sawtooth is a man of simple pleasures. Work has always been enough to keep him busy, but lately, he's been missing something else. Or a someone else. Preferably a sassy, curvy bride. When the Alpha of his former clan gives him an ultimatum that could make Warren leave behind everything he has built, he knows there's no time to waste. He has been given one chance at happiness and he'll be damned if he messes it up! Sassy Shifter Brides is a series of paranormal romance novellas set in Shifter Grove, a town that welcomes humans and shifters alike. Each book follows a different couple with no cliffhanger, a HEA or HFN ending and can be read as stand-alones. This book contains scorching hot sex, adult language and possible violence.

Roan's Fall


Marisa Chenery - 2009
    Nor can she stop her body's reaction to Roan when Roxie asks her to cut his hair as well. But things seem to go steadily downhill when Ansley's curse, her ability to say the first thing that comes to mind when around a man she is attracted to, rears its ugly head. When Roan growls at her to hurry up, Ansley knows her mouth has done it to her again.Even through the harsh chemical smells in the hair salon, Ansley's scent is like a punch in the gut to Roan. Knowing she is his mate, and a mortal, it has him fighting the urge to claim her as his own. Hoping to ease into telling her he is a werewolf, Roan prays he has the control to take things slow. But when it comes to Ansley, he must fight the wolf inside him or risk scaring away the one woman that was meant for him.

Beauty in Spring


Kati Wilde - 2017
    But her dream of returning home soon becomes a nightmare — and the fully grown, dangerously sexy Gideon is nothing like the young man she’d loved before.A beast unleashed…Cursed by the monster that killed his family, Gideon sacrificed his heart to protect Cora from the beast that lurks beneath his skin. But when she returns and the curse chains her to his side, he only has two choices: to persuade her to marry him though he has stolen her freedom… or die to save her from the beast within.

Untamed Instinct


Tamsin Ley - 2020
    He's resolved to live out his days alone, prowling the Alaskan wilderness and hunting down rogues. When he rescues a stunning, determined human who smells like catnip and makes his inner animal purr, he's shocked, because his mountain lion insists she's his mate - even though she claims to be a witch... A witch without magic Darcy Mae is determined to join her aunt's coven and make up for her mother's mistakes. All she needs is one more ingredient for a potion to cheat the coven's test. But a grizzly attacks her while she's searching for herbs, and her mountain lion rescuer transforms into a man with rock-hard abs and golden eyes she can't resist...Witches and shifters never mix, and Darcy is terrified the coven will drive her away. But the coven isn't her only concern. The local shifters believe the rogue outbreak is due to witchcraft.And Darcy is the perfect target.Reader note: A reclusive shifter, a wanna-be witch, and a whole lot of hot and steamy purring. Intended for mature audiences.

Rocky


Bianca D'Arc - 2012
    She knows the only one who can help her is Rocco, a grizzly shifter she knew in her youth. She arrives on his doorstep in labor with twins. Magical, shapeshifting, bear cub twins destined to lead the next generation of werecreatures in North America.Rocky is devastated by the news of his Clan brother's death, but he cannot deny the attraction that has never waned for the small human woman who stole his heart a long time ago. Rocky absented himself from her life when she chose to marry his childhood friend, but the years haven't changed the way he feels for her.And now there are two young lives to protect. Rocky will do everything in his power to end the threat to the small family and claim them for himself. He knows he is the perfect Alpha to teach the cubs as they grow into their power...if their mother will let him love her as he has always longed to do.

Claimed


Laurann Dohner - 2016
    But there’s an even bigger, more vicious creature in the woods—the deadly werewolf who saves her life. Jason is much more than a man, dangerous and intimidating, and Brandi still finds herself wanting every unbelievably sexy inch of him.When he investigates the desperate screams near his secluded cabin, Jason’s shocked to find his own kind hunting a human—but he ends up even more stunned when he accidentally triggers a mating heat in the beautifully lush woman he saved. Overwhelmed with lust, Jason takes her, bites her, binds her to him forever…Now he just has to break the news to Brandi.

Declaration of Courtship


Nalini Singh - 2013
    But when it comes to courting the shy, sexy woman he wants in his life and in his bed, he’ll have to use every ounce of control in his body to keep both man and wolf in check . . . at least until he convinces Grace he only bites a little.One of the most submissive wolves in the SnowDancer pack, Grace knows nothing can come of her sensual fascination with big, bad, beautiful Cooper. He might possess her over and over in erotic dreams that leave her aching for the rough heat of his touch, but she knows that in reality, he is far too dangerous for her to handle. Then Cooper decides to change all the rules . . .This story can be found in the short story anthology Wild Invitation.

Charming The Alpha


Liliana Rhodes - 2013
    One night while visiting her grandmother, she's startled by a wolf and everything changes. In the forest investigating a recent rash of murders and missing shifters, werewolf Alpha Caleb Overstreet doesn't expect to run into a human, let alone a witch. Especially not one whose scent tells him she is his other half…or is she? As the secrets of her ancestry are revealed, Caleb and Hannah are unable to stay away from each other and Hannah finds herself in danger. A rival pack believes her to be at the center of a curse that would enable them to control other shifters. But is Hannah the wolf charmer they believe her to be? Or is she really Caleb's fated mate?

Single Wolf Female


Jessica Sims - 2013
    As a last resort, she signs up for the Midnight Liaisons dating service, never expecting that she’d find the alpha she seeks. She certainly didn’t expect Jackson Wilder, a laid back, sexy-as-sin outsider who claims to be an alpha.But Alice has a problem that most female wolf alphas don’t — she’s a virgin. And the female alpha of a wolf pack always belongs to a male alpha. Luckily for her, Jackson’s utterly gorgeous and willing to take things slow. But is he alpha enough to help her save her pack…or is he too easy-going to be the man she needs?

The Dragon's Fake Fiancée


Sadie Sears - 2020
    Scaring off her evil ex is a bonus.She makes the fire deep inside of me rage with desire and I need to make things real.Will she accept me if I tell her I’m a dragon shifter?Hell, I don’t even know if she’ll believe me.Wizards have come to town and they’re up to no good. Why do they want Gretta?It doesn’t matter. I’ll keep her safe.My heart is ready to heal, and my inner dragon is sure of one thing: she’s my fated mate.New relationship? No thanks … Fake one? Sign me up!People say workaholic like it’s a bad thing. Those people don’t know my life.Love? Ha! Not in the cards. I’m still trying to get rid of my disastrous ex.Then Samuel shows up like a knight in shining armor. He’s ready to fake it all to keep the evil ex at bay.One tiny problem: Nothing feels fake with Samuel.He makes me crave the heat of his embrace and long nights in his bed.I think I’m ready to trust him with my heart. But when Samuel reveals an impossible secret it’s no longer my sister, my work, or my ex that I’m worried about.Can I really be falling for a guy that breathes fire?Dragons for Hire is a brand-new paranormal romance series where the dragons are smoking hot and ready to claim their mates. Samuel will need to convince his mate their fake relationship is real if she’s going to be his.

Foxy On The Run


E.A. Price - 2014
    Wolf shifter. Bounty hunter. Jackson had a pretty good life. He hunted and chased people down and got paid for doing it! Admittedly life wasn’t perfect. He still smoked too much, and jobs didn’t come through regularly enough for his liking, and there was that thing about him never being allowed back to his pack for being too violent... but otherwise things were good. So why the hell did he feel so damn restless all of a sudden? Maybe it had something to do with his latest job, just looking at the picture of the cute little fox shifter set his wolf prancing around like a puppy. Carly Columbo. Fox shifter. On the run. Up until a few weeks ago life had been straight forward. Go to work, come home, go to bar, get tipsy, complain about lack of sex life and then go home to bed. Repeat. It had been a little monotonous, and she had constantly wished for a little excitement to shake things up but she hadn’t really imagined that would entail finding herself waking up next to her dead boss and arrested for his murder! That was just a bit too exciting for her... Now, out on bail she’s trying to figure out what the heck is going on whilst dodging a maddeningly sexy bounty hunter who wants nothing more than to throw her into a set of handcuffs... and not in a good way. Will Carly be able to convince Jackson of her innocence before he drags her back to jail kicking and screaming? Is Carly really just another job to him, or does Jackson have his own reasons for not sending her back to jail? Please note this novella is approximately 41,700 words in length (think of it as a novel-lite, it’s like the diet version of a real novel!) But I do advise caution! It does contain swearing (there’s a lot of use of the f word!), as well as scenes of a sexual nature with m/f interaction intended for mature readers 18+.

Claimed in Forbidden


Keira Blackwood - 2020
    She rolls in like a bulldozer, smashing all my rules to bits. She’s human, and she’s my mate.She’s got scrapbooks. She’s got dreams. She’s got an obnoxious tendency to micromanage everything I do. It’s her bed and breakfast and her renovation project, but I don’t take orders.I can’t stop watching her. The wolf in me wants to play, to mark her, to claim her as mine.And when a creepy-ass monster threatens my human woman? I’ll protect her and keep her safe, even if she runs when she sees the real me. I’ll make her my mate, if only I can convince her that I’m anything but a monster.Claimed in Forbidden is the first book in the Alphas & Alchemy: Fierce Mates series. Do you love hot alphas, feisty heroines, and steamy love scenes? Of course you do. ;) One-click Claimed in Forbidden for a suspenseful shifter story you won’t want to put down!

Mating the Huntress


Talia Hibbert - 2018
    As soon as Luke Anthony wanders into her family’s coffee shop, she recognises the evil lurking beneath his charming smile and fantastic arse. The handsome werewolf is determined to have her—but she’s determined to cut out his heart.Little does she know, Luke’s plans for her are far more pleasurable than murder. And when the full moon rises, all bets are off…Warning: Mating the Huntress is 30,000+ words of red-hot, Halloween-themed romance. This novella contains one flirtatious, cursed creature of the night, one badass, knife-happy heroine, and forbidden lust at first sight. Please read responsibly!

Under Her Skin


Margo Bond Collins - 2016
    She has no desire to search for others like her—until a new case changes everything. When Lindi learns that she's not the only shapeshifter in the world, she realizes she might be next on a killer's list. In order to save herself and the abused children she works with, she will have to team up with Dr. Kade Nevala, a member of the shifter tribe responsible for eradicating weresnakes—and the most attractive man Lindi's ever met. Even more terrifying, she’ll need to embrace her serpent side, a choice that has enormous consequences for Lindi, and for everyone around her.