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Curves for the Dragon


Annabelle Winters - 2019
    . . When curvy investigative reporter Asheline Brown scores an “interview” (not a date—nope, it is not a date) with Adam Drake, a brooding bad boy who dropped out of her high school decades ago, joined the Air Force, and then poof, disappeared into the wild blue yonder, she has no idea what that fated meeting is going to spark.She has no idea what Adam Drake is.She has even less of a clue of what she is!All she knows is that they’ve got to figure it out together.After all, that’s what fate means, right?If you’ve never read an Annabelle Winters novel, here’s what you should expect: Drama, madness, and over-the-top steam. Twists and turns, surprises and gotchas, and of course a happy ending. Welcome to the Curves for Shifters world. These are shifters like you’ve never seen, I promise.

Winter's Bride


Nellie C. Lind - 2015
    He rules the world alongside the Summer Lady, the Autumn Lord, and the Lady of Spring. He’s the wrong man to fall in love with, but Dawn loves him anyway.The last thing Dawn expects is to be thrown into the Winter Lord’s prison because of a minor dispute. When he visits her cell and asks her to marry him, nothing will ever be the same again. Her entire world spins into chaos, but soon, it’s obvious things aren’t as they should be. The Winter Lord is hiding something, and when the truth is revealed, she understands only one thing can save her life ... Love.This is a passionate love story for adult readers. It takes place in a magical fantasy world where the Elders rule the seasons.

Shifter Wars


Kelly St. Clare - 2020
    Apparently, Mum’s other family play laser tag every Wednesday. Not even joking. Laser tag.What the hell is this place?In hindsight, the massive guy with honey irises was my first major clue. Unusual eyes for a human, right?Perfect eyes for a werewolf.But sexy supernaturals, thongs, and mounting financial strain aside, Mum’s past is buried somewhere in this valley, and I need to dig up the truth or find a way to live with her lies.What do you do when neither option will leave you unscathed?

Her Wolf


Fiona Davenport - 2020
    Let alone that her campus was near a shifter town. But that all changed when she got into a crash and was rescued by Zeke Blakesley—the wolf shifter who insisted they belonged together.Zeke knew Allegra was his fated mate the moment he caught her scent. Now that he has found the woman who was born to be his, he’ll never let her go.

His To Claim


Ashley Michelle - 2016
    No one told Scarlett reaching maturity would hurt this much, but she came out the other end stronger, braver, smarter, and a little less naïve. Seeking to pick up the torn pieces, she leaves her pack for a town well away from her home, far away from her ex-mate who just can’t let her go even after claiming someone else. All seems well until she wanders into Alpha Noah’s territory and she finds an unfortunate blessing. The Goddess has given her another chance at a mate—only it has to be with Noah, a demon wolf plagued by his own dark past. With tainted hands and a shattered heart that almost drove him to madness once more, he has turned ice-cold. Their wounded souls push and pull, but some things just won’t heal. Rogues have been ravaging their world, and in a war where hundreds of lives have been lost, revenge is all that’s left. Is the Goddess playing a cruel game this time? When utter carnage surrounds her, will Scarlett’s inner luna rise to the challenge? Will Noah ever get to claim her as her mate? In a world where families are pitted against families and bonds are severed as soon as they are formed, there are no guarantees.

The Tyrant Alpha's Rejected Mate


Cate C. Wells - 2021
    Bummer.UnaI keep my head down. In this backwards pack, females rank low, and my bad leg makes me damaged goods. It doesn’t help that I’ve never shifted. I don’t mind the late twenties single life, though. No one’s paying any attention as I build an illicit farmer’s market empire.My roomies and I are doing it for ourselves, and if life under Killian Kelly is stifling, at least it’s predictable. We can deal.But when biology finally kicks in, I lose my mind. I claim our alpha as my mate. And he rejects me in front of the whole pack.It’s all good. It only hurts when I breathe. I’ll survive. That’s what I do.Who wants an arrogant jerk for a mate, anyway? I’ve got a business to run.KillianTo lead this pack out of the dark ages, I’ve had to be hard. Merciless. I don’t flinch, and I don’t make mistakes.Una Hayes isn’t my mate.My wolf might have some kind of strange infatuation, but if she were mine, I’d know it. And I can walk away, can’t I?And if I keep coming back? If she starts living in my head?I’m the strongest male in five generations. My pack scrambles to do my bidding. I can bring one quiet female back in line. No one can possibly be as stubborn as I am.There’s no way I’ve ruined the best thing that’s ever happened to me.I’m the Quarry pack alpha. I don’t lose.The Tyrant Alpha’s Rejected Mate is a full-grown shifter romance. No cheating. HEA guaranteed. Intended for adult readers only.

Cade


V.A. Dold - 2014
    In her opinion, men are self-centered and will never love her for who she is, a beautiful, plus sized woman. All except the fantasy man that she’s been meeting in her dreams for five years. She just never expected her fantasy to be a real live alpha shifter... Cade Le Beau isn't what he seems. He’s a billionaire wolf. A Shifter. He laments his missed chance six months ago to meet his fantasy woman in the flesh. Just as his second chance presents itself, his fantasy woman, his mate, is threatened by the local mob boss and her ex-husband. Now, he has forty eight hours to deal with this threat once and for all or chance losing her again. Is it Anna who’s in danger, or the humans who unwittingly threaten her? The heat is on the moment they lay eyes on each other. Neither, age, children, horrid ex-husbands, nor mob bosses will stop this love affair.

A Mate For Seth


Selena Scott - 2018
    SURRENDER! Seth Durant and his alpha brothers don’t have a lot of incentive to tell anyone they’re wolf shifters. As unregistered shifters living in secrecy, their very existence is technically illegal. Keeping that secret at all costs has been the number one rule the Durant brothers have lived by for nearly their entire lives. As soon as he sees the beautiful, goofy, messy former Olympian, straight-laced Seth knows he’s met someone who just might change his life forever. Determined to get closer to Sarah while also determined to keep his family’s secret, Seth has to balance the life of being a human man with the life of being a wolf shifter in an inhospitable world. Sarah, as drawn to Seth as he is to her, can’t understand why the kind, generous hottie next door is so secretive. She’s never known someone to be so desperate to know her while also throwing up so many roadblocks. With a complicated family history of her own, Sarah has to decide whether Seth is worth all the secrets. And when his secret is blown, she has to decide if she’ll be able to live outside the law with the love of her life. This is the first book in the "Forbidden Shifters" Series, but can also be read as a standalone. No cliffhangers. This full-length paranormal romance 80k word story contains strong sexual themes/language and is not intended for readers under the age of 18. FREE on Kindle unlimited READ ALL OF SELENA SCOTTS' BOOKS? The Dragon Realm 1 - Chosen by the Dragon 2 - The Dragon's Touch 3 - Dragon's Desire 4 - Dragon's Passion Secret Shifters of Spokane 1 - Danil's Mate 2 - Emin's Mate 3 - Maxim's Mate 4 - Anton's Mate Shifter Fever 1 - Ansel's Game 2 - Alec's Game 3 - Matt's Game 4 - Kain's Game 4 - Griff's Game Shifters of the Seventh Moon 1 - The Shifter's Shadow 2 - The Shifter's Embrace 3 - The Shifter's Seduction 4 - The Shifter's Desire Forbidden Shifters 1 - A Mate for Seth

New Beginnings


Brandy L. Rivers - 2013
    Some Alpha’s just don’t know how to take care of their wolves. She had managed Gregory’s bar for years but she knew he would never sell it to her. After one giant mistake, he went from bad to worse. As a psychic, she knew it was a downward spiral. Taking her future in her own hands, she contacts the Alpha in Edenton. He is happy to sell the empty bar no one has the time, nor desire to renovate, much less run. Their attraction is unexpected and the last thing either want, but they find the only thing they need in each other. There is just one problem. Slater’s second in command is plotting against him. Liam will use anything to take over as Alpha. Plenty of werewolves, an old vampire flame, plus a paranoid second, and don’t forget the psychic with a whole lot of attitude.

Enlightened


Melissa Lummis - 2012
    What’s the point if she can’t even save her husband from cancer? Harboring a painful secret, Loti flees the life they had in a small Appalachian town for the ashram, the spiritual retreat where she trained to be a yogini. But she finds herself running from more than grief when an ominous nightmare sets her on a dangerous path of self-discovery that challenges everything she believes, and threatens her life.While dodging psychic attacks from an unknown assailant, Loti races to understand who and what she is before her enemy can catch up with her. To make matters worse, events throw her into the arms of a handsome but frustrating vampire. Love and light are waiting for her—if she can only figure out how to stay alive.

The Run


Amber Lee - 2017
    You’re mine, and I’m yours. No one is taking you from me.” After her mother’s death and her father’s abandonment, Rae has been given responsibility to raise her five siblings at the tender age of sixteen. But with her eighteenth birthday comes big changes. One of them being eligibility for a ritual called The Run. Rae is being given the chance to find her other half, something that werewolves seek from the age of first shift. Between multiple jobs and handling her sister Cleo's rebellious phase, Rae's sure a mate will only add to her burden. But Colton is so much better than she thought he'd be. Not only is he handsome, caring, and quite tempting, but he's also the Beta Male of his pack. Which means Rae's soon going to be his Beta Female. But events of Rae's past start to uncover a secret that could completely change her fate. Doubts arise, and Rae finds herself in the middle of a brewing war. Is Colton really Rae's true mate? Or is she meant to be with someone else? Will she ever find peace in her already upside down world? Grab a copy now of this paranormal novel and get a fix of romance and action all in one.

Dire Needs


Stephanie Tyler - 2012
    Rifter leads the pack, and his primal instincts have led him to claim Gwen, a woman seeking solace from the chronic pain that has wracked her body her entire life. But whatever future Rifter and Gwen have is threatened by an enemy of both humanity and the Dire Wolves...

Midnight Kisses


Leia Stone - 2020
    Then when she arrives at Alpha Academy, the Alpha King is not happy to see her.And if that isn’t enough...Mysterious magical marks pop up on her skin, outcast shifters keep attacking the school, and someone is trying to kill her.There is no way things could get worse. No way.Until she meets her fated mate at a masquerade party…He’s sexy as sin.An Alpha Heir.And completely and totally forbidden.If you love YA fantasy, wolf-shifters, and enemies-to-lovers romance, get ready for a pulse-pounding story that will keep you riveted until the very last word.*This new series is NOT Reverse Harem.

One True Mate


Julie Trettel - 2017
    Running away is all she knows and necessary to preserve her deepest, darkest secret. She can not afford for anyone to get close, or know about the monster within. But when she lands a lucrative job as an administrative assistant to Kyle Westin, CEO of the Westin Foundation, her life changes and everything's at stake. Can she conceal her growing feelings and her true self from this enigmatic, strong willed man, or will her world fall apart? Kyle Westin, an alpha male who always gets what he wants, has watched and waited for the little she-wolf he knows is his perfect mate to show any signs of recognition. For two years he endures her unnecessary formality and daily rejections with a patience he did not he possessed. But even Kyle has his limits.... Can he make Kelsey notice him as someone other than her boss and break down the walls she built around her heart? Or will Kelsey do what she has always done --- run?

The Magic of Highland Dragons


Kella McKinnon - 2012
    But Bren Mac Coinnach has long refused to take just any wife. He secretly waits for the one woman that legend says will be his and his alone: his perfect other half, and each year of waiting grows longer and more difficult than the last. When a woman is placed under his protection, he makes a vow not to touch her against her own will, and he soon realizes it won't be an easy vow for him to keep, especially since her will seems made of iron. Bren hungers for her with a need stronger than he has ever felt before, but in a world filled with magic and the timeless, endless battle between good and evil, both his honor and her life are soon at stake. Faith McAlpin had never thought she was much different from anyone else… but she is, and always has been. She would soon learn just how different, and the lessons come fast and furious, until she wonders if she will lose herself entirely, especially to the fiery passion and mesmerizing gaze of the Mac Coinnach Chief. Now the struggle has only begun…