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Rejected Mate's Second Chance (Banished Bears) by J.S. Striker
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Chosen
Jennifer Snyder - 2020
On the run from her ex-boyfriend, Tris Abbott finds herself at Gem Creek Campground. A place that unexplainably feels like home, but holds secrets. It’s here Tris’s world flips upside down when she learns shifters are real and she’s chosen to save them.Before she can come to terms with the supernatural world she’s been introduced to, her past catches up.Face-to-face with her ex again, Tris must decide between fight and flight. Round two will be different though, because this time she knows what her ex is—a shifter.
Queen of the Lycan: The Crown (Mackenzie Grey Book 10)
Karina Espinosa - 2021
With my arrival to Scotland and my coronation right around the corner, I’d never been more nervous than I am now. Known for having enemies, I didn’t realize becoming Queen would garner even more. I’m not the only one after the throne and the battle for the crown might cost me my life. The Summits on one side and the Council on the other, it’s a fight to stay on top and protect the lunas from a man’s world. But I’ve never been one to back down, especially when it comes to the lunas. The Summits and Council are in for a rude awakening when I shake things up and turn their worlds upside down. On top of all that, there’s an evil lurking in the forest and it’s after one thing—me. With my mating ceremony coming up, I don’t know how I’m going to survive it all. The goal is the crown, but can I keep it?
Try Again
Haley Pierce - 2018
His best friend wants me in his bed… again. I’ve never forgotten how he used me and threw me away all those years ago. He was my first love and he destroyed my heart. Now he’s traded his electric guitar in for a business suit and a BMW… And I’m not going to lie, he’s hot AF. And, the heated sparks flying between us are undeniable. He’s totally off limits and giving into temptation would be ALL WRONG. But if wrong feels so good, maybe I don’t want to be right. But we’re really good at keeping secrets… aren’t we?
Knotted Books 1-6
Laxmi Hariharan
Perfectly gorgeous. Perfect to ruin...Lucy came to assassinate me,now I must punish herI’ve come too far.Plotted too long.Lost too much,to let one woman sweep in and upset all my plans.She thinks she can redeem me... NotI plan to live up to my reputation as a monster,who breaks everything that comes his way.Starting with her...This set features Zeus and Lucy's story as well as Kayden and Chloe's story.
Smoulder
Cecilia Lane - 2016
or fated to fight? Dragon shifter Rafael Hart, one of three elite Dragonsworn guards, will not accept failure. He must protect the royal family from any and all threats, including their ancient enemy: dragon slayers. When one infiltrates their lair, it’s his job to destroy the threat even if her scent is as enticing as her lush curves. Lola Moreau hails from a line of dragon slayers, but her quiet life producing weapons for the cause is thrown into disarray with the threat of an arranged marriage. Seeking to prove her new weapons are too valuable to discontinue her work, Lola sneaks into dragon territory to test them. Her mission goes spectacularly wrong when she’s captured by an irresistible foe. Despite her upbringing, Lola can’t help warming to the sexy dragon who keeps her close. The heat between them is undeniable and makes her question everything she thinks she knows about shifters. When an old threat returns to wreak havoc, Rafe must determine if Lola is behind the latest attacks. And if she can be trusted, which way will she turn when she’s caught between the man she’s grown to love and the family that wants to destroy him?
Darkest Mate
Alexis Calder - 2021
Or worse.After I was abandoned as a child, I was taken in by the Shadow Pack. A group of ruthless, lawless, shifters who have only one rule: never let anyone see your weakness.In exchange for them keeping me alive, I owe them. The leader of the Shadows is as handsome as he is ruthless. And he’s offered to wipe my debt in exchange for marriage. He’d offer protection, but it would cost me my freedom.Survival in the Shadows depends on back alley deals and shady alliances. It’s become a way of life that I stopped questioning years ago. When a routine burglary goes wrong, I find myself captured by the one family I never should have crossed.The Umbra family owns this city. They make us Shadow wolves look like the good guys. They should have killed me for my crimes, but there’s a tiny problem… It turns out Madoc Umbra is my fated mate.Instead of killing me, I’m a prisoner. The rest of the family doesn’t know of our bond and I intend to keep it that way. Madoc’s brothers want to end my life; he wants to break the bond. I just want to get the heck out.As long as I don’t let them see any weakness, I might have a chance of making it out of here alive.Darkest Mate is a full-length paranormal romance. 17+ for dark content, steamy scenes, and language. This is book one in a trilogy and is not a standalone. Mind the cliff.Upcoming Release Dates:Darkest Mate: December 9, 2021Forbidden Sin: January 20, 2022Feral Queen: March 3, 2022
Dragon Guardian of Land
Keira Blackwood - 2019
Or at least she used to be. Can she still call herself a captain after her ship wrecks? Is she a treasure hunter if the relic she's been hired to find isn’t real? No matter what happens, she’s still a skeptic. Unless magic is real. One thing she’s definitely not—she's not the kind of girl who’s saving her v-card. Try telling that to the guys binding her to a rock as a "chaste" sacrifice. Sadly, no one listens to what you have to say when there’s a gag in your mouth. All Astra knows for certain is that things can’t get any worse. Until a make-believe scaled monster swoops down out of the sky. Until he turns into a ripped AF, very naked, human man who claims her as his mate.
It's You: Book One
K.P. Kelley - 2017
After that kiss, I never saw him again.His name was Jack Beauloup.Jack, my "Beautiful Wolf."Twenty years passed. He has returned. For me. **********Jack Beauloup and Darcy Turner share one, perfect kiss in high school before he vanishes from sleepy Carlisle, NH without a trace. Twenty years later, Darcy, who has never forgotten Jack, is shocked when he suddenly appears as a guest at her cousin's wedding. Their attraction to one another is just as searing as it was in high school, but immediately there are a landslide of questions that need answers. Where did he go? Why did he disappear? And what made him return? As they find their way back to each other, they will discover that the secrets Jack holds are enough to bind them for life, or rip them apart forever. IT'S YOU is a two-book paranormal love story. Book #1 ends with a cliffhanger. Book #2 ends with an HEA. Both book will be available within 3 months of each other. These books are sexy and steamy and intended for readers over 18.
The Cowboy SEAL's Secret Baby
Janalyn Knight - 2021
Grieving and angry with the world, he encounters witty and sexy-as-sin Morgan Flemming, the woman he spent a wild week with the year before and then promptly forgot.Carrying demons from her past, Morgan is horrified to see Flint pull up behind her in the bank drive-up where her car is refusing to start. Her uninhibited behavior with Flint while she was grieving the loss of her mother is something she’s tried hard to forget. And, at all costs, she must keep secret what happened after he returned to his platoon.Fate has different plans, throwing the two together at every turn. Having suffered a traumatic childhood, Morgan fears trusting a man in her life, let alone her baby’s life. Will Flint prove to Morgan he has put aside his anger and grief to be the man of her dreams? Can Morgan learn to trust—and love? Find out now in this tender yet sensuous soldier-turned-cowboy love story you don’t want to miss!Praise for Janalyn Knight’s books:"Janalyn Knight delivers a heart-warming story that will grab you from the very beginning.""The characters were so real, you almost felt like you were part of the story.""I found myself reading from my phone every free second I had.""These characters will remain in your heart long after you have put the book down.”
SEAL Baby Daddy (The Baby Daddy - Book #2)
Claire Adams - 2018
I didn’t know he was back from Kuwait. When I came home from my position as an overseas correspondent, I’d expected I’d never see him again. And that was the way I’d wanted things to be. After all, I couldn’t let him know about my daughter. Our daughter. I couldn’t help my feelings for him, though. I’d always been drawn to him. But he had never wanted children. I had to respect that. But he wasn’t the same man I’d met in Kuwait, and I wasn’t the same woman either. I knew sooner or later he would find out my secret and sh*t would hit the fan.
The Awakening
Sara Snow - 2021
As the firstborn daughter to an Alpha, I know my life goal should be becoming a Luna and birthing new Alphas, but all I want is to join the Werewolf Guard. I want to kick some evil supernatural ass and protect the people I love, not create the next generation of entitled little Alpha pups.Things get even more complicated for me after a chance encounter with the mysterious Will Hunter. But no matter how exciting he is, Will is totally, completely off-limits. Any relationship between us is forbidden.After all, Will isn't just tall, dark and handsome - he's a freaking vampire. My kind's greatest enemy. Giving in to the attraction would betray my pack and lead to banishment… or worse. Maybe even war.But when he takes the life of one of his own to save mine, it gets harder and harder to RESIST his charm…Of-freaking-course I had to find the only Alpha male my father will never approve of. And it’s just a matter of time before he finds out…Readers of Twilight and Vampire Diaries will love this series.This Series can be enjoyed with or without the Luna Rising Series but it takes place in the Luna Rising Universe.Luna Rising (Book 1)
Claws and Effect
Lola Kidd - 2018
But he’s having trouble keeping the peace now that a prank has turned his life upside down. Someone has put his picture up on an online dating app without his permission. Now, even though he isn’t looking for a mate, human women are turning up left and right for dates. Things get even more complicated when one of the women is attacked by an out of control shifter coming to meet him. Joseline Herza is over the moon when she matches with a tall, dark, and handsome as hell shifter on a dating app. She’d always wanted to go on a date with a shifter and now her dream is coming true. But instead of a night of fun, she’s almost killed by a shifter on her way to her date. Some of the town shifters are nervous after the attack. If word gets out that a human was almost killed by one of them, it would be disastrous for the town. When her life is threatened, Rhett steps in to protect Joseline. As he tries to keep Joseline from danger, the town’s shifter-human relations aren’t the only one Rhett has to worry about. Now that it’s met her, his animal won’t be letting go of the beautiful human without a fight. Rhett is going to have to make an impossible choice. Which is more important, the safety of his entire town or the beautiful human he’s falling in love with?
Coveted by the Bear
T.S. Joyce - 2014
S. Joyce’s newest full-length, stand-alone shifter romance novel, Coveted by the Bear.Mira Fletcher is crazy. At least that’s what her sleepy hometown thinks. She lives in a dilapidated house in the wilderness with her imaginary uncle, talks to soup cans, and rumor has it she’ll eat anything. That, and she believes in bear men.It isn’t love at first sight when she finds Caleb McCreedy, the town’s most prominent and promising member, bleeding all over her front yard. He is easy on the eyes but light on manners, and with one look at his attacker, she’s pretty sure she knows exactly what he’s about to turn into.A McCreedy always pays his debts, and Caleb owes Mira for saving him. He gives into an obsession with improving her future for reasons he can’t himself understand just as his world crashes down around him. Something dangerous is lurking beneath his surface now, and the only one who can settle his animal is the town crazy.With an explosion of admitted secrets, Mira’s dark past comes back to haunt her, and she must decide whether to let Caleb go, or to allow him to save her back.Content Warning: explicit love scenes, language, and sexy shifter secrets.Adult only bear shifter romance.