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Heir to the Alpha

Heir to the Alpha

by B. E. Harmel

Scarlett's life is thrown into turmoil when she is betrayed by her first mate and left heartbroken. Just as her dreams are shattered, Alpha Christopher enters her life, offering unexpected love and rekindling her hope. Their romance blossoms, and Scarlett finds herself carrying the future of the pack inside her womb. However, ancient family vendettas resurface, igniting a dangerous conflict that threatens to tear their world apart. As the shadows of war loom, Scarlett and Christopher's bond becomes a beacon of hope.

Can their love and the promise of a new heir unite the pack amid chaos and forbidden destinies?

Alpha's Second Chance Nymph

Alpha's Second Chance Nymph

by Toria Blue

Adelie is used to sticking to the shadows and living an ordinary life in her wolf pack. But everything changes when she is rejected by her mate, the Alpha, and must find a new pack to live in. She finds a new home in Alpha Kairos' pack.

Kairos, a wolf known for his vile nature and raging temper, turns out to be Adelie’s second chance mate. But can they make things work if Kairos’s fear of the past prevents him from opening up and Adelie is about to discover she has powers she’d never even dreamed of?

Age Rating: 16+

The Gold Wolves Series

The Gold Wolves Series

by Lydia Rose

After losing her parents, Lily moves to a boarding school full of werewolves, unaware of their existence. She meets her mate, Arlo, who wants nothing to do with her. As she tries to cope with the pain of her parents' death, she also has to learn how to live with Arlo's hate and the hurt he causes her. Hating him will not be easy, especially when she begins to fall for him.

Age Rating: 16+

Undiscovered Power of the Wolf

Undiscovered Power of the Wolf

by Sarah Tribus

At seventeen, Skara hides behind the label of a weak Omega, enduring daily taunts and bruises at a wolf school ruled by the Alpha’s son. But Skara isn’t who they think she is. Beneath the quiet, the bruises, and the lowered gaze, power hums—ancient, dangerous, and beautifully hers. Forced to stay invisible to survive, she must mask the truth of what she really is: a rare hybrid with magic in her blood and a destiny that refuses to stay buried. When tempers flare and secrets start to crack, one look from the wrong pair of green eyes might ignite everything she’s tried so hard to hide.

The Alphas Series 1: Alpha Rejected

The Alphas Series 1: Alpha Rejected

by C. Qualls

A chance encounter with her mate should’ve left Kya feeling complete and whole, but she’s left with a sense of disappointment. When she relocates to her aunt’s pack, Owen, who is set to become the next Alpha, is tasked with guiding her. But as they spend more time together, Owen's true nature is gradually revealed, leaving Kya with a difficult decision to make. Should she stick with what she already has, or take a risk and venture into the unknown?

A Vixen's Human: An Alpha's Vixen Story

A Vixen's Human: An Alpha's Vixen Story

by Ms. Nauti Bear

Her: a stripper who meets the beta of the local shifter pack while out partying with her vixen friend Myra.

Him: Alpha Sloan’s beta who takes one look at this little human and falls head over heels.

From the Alpha’s Vixen universe comes the love story fans have been holding their breath for. Megan is trouble incarnate, a human who makes bank grinding against a pole, and she wouldn’t change a thing about her life... until she locks eyes with alpha Sloan’s beta, Declan. With an icy stare and slouching grace, he’s sex on a stick, and Megan wants a taste. But with danger around every corner and ghosts haunting their pasts, will Declan ever have the strength to claim his vixen’s human?

Age Rating: 18+

Escaping Fate

Escaping Fate

by C. Sweets

Ava Blood has had a rough life. Her pack, the Red Claw, have abused her and used her as slave labor since she was eight. And even worse? The alpha and luna are her parents! Confronted with the cruelty of her fated mate, she rejects him, renounces her family, and flees to a nearby city where, despite the enmity between their species, a vampire takes her in and shows her kindness. The Moon Goddess grants Ava a new mate, but her family and former mate aren’t willing to let her go that easily. Will she be able to escape their clutches and finally find freedom, safety, and acceptance with a coven of vampires? Or will she continue to be haunted by her past?

Eclipse

Eclipse

by Kelsie Tate

Orphaned at a young age, Maya is in the care of the Aurora Pack, a peaceful farming community. She has few friends and dreams of finding love. On her twenty-first birthday, she meets her mate, only to be cruelly rejected by him. An unexpected encounter results in a second chance when the hardened warrior, Alpha Navaar, pays her pack a visit. Whisked off to the Eclipse Pack, Maya sees a different way of life, but struggles with the distance her new mate puts between them. As a dispute at the borders occurs, can Maya and Navaar put their differences aside, and help each other, fulfilling Maya’s wish of a living in a loving home?

The Ashwood Family Saga

The Ashwood Family Saga

by Jessica Bailey

Amelie only ever wanted to live a simple life out of the spotlight of her alpha bloodline. She thought she’d found that with her first mate, but he’s not the man he claimed to be, and Amelie is forced to set herself free. Freedom, however, comes at a price… Alpha Gideon Alois loses his mate on what should be the happiest day of his life, the birth of his twins. He doesn’t have time to grieve, however, as he is the alpha of the Druit Guard, the army and investigative arm of the Council… Amelie Ashwood and Gideon Alois are two broken werewolves that fate has intertwined. As these fated mates come together, sinister plots come to life all around them.

The Big Bad Wolf

The Big Bad Wolf

by Island Kari

RJ Macillister lives to make her alpha father proud. She’s a strong fighter and stellar student, ready to lead the family’s tech company and become alpha. Weakness is never an option. But weak is how she feels when she lays eyes on a blind date. Will his good looks and blue eyes be her undoing?

The She Wolf

The She Wolf

by Abigail Lynne

Book 2 of The Feral Wars Series

Tally Murdo has spent her entire life caring for wolves on her family's wolf sanctuary. Teased for her passion, Tally is an outcast at school until newcomer Alex Thorn arrives. Fearing rejection because of his past, Alex denies their bond and keeps Tally at arm's length until his presence starts to stir something feral inside of her.

When the citizens of Astoria decide that their forests should be wolf-free, a string of disappearances occur and Tally begins to realize that something far more sinister than wolf poaching is happening in her town. Together, Tally and Alex must fight to save their forests, their pack, and each other.

How to Find a Mate

How to Find a Mate

by Kelsie Tate

Zoey Grey is bright, kind, and beautiful. So why has she been rejected by not one, not two, but THREE mates? To nurse her emotional wounds, Zoey leaves her pack to start a new life for herself, away from wolves. But when Zoey unknowingly crosses into another pack’s territory, she discovers a pack unlike any she’s ever known before: all of the members have lost a mate or been rejected by one. And their alpha is none other than Lincoln, a fellow teacher at her school. Once Lincoln discovers Zoey’s past, he convinces her to join the pack. But as Zoey and Lincoln grow closer, they each begin to envision a life where they aren’t mateless after all. There’s only one problem. The Alpha is not allowed to have a mate.

Age Rating: 16+

The Wolf Inside

The Wolf Inside

by Michelle Torlot

Even in a perfect world, where werewolves and humans are treated equally, there will always be hatred and fear. Erin Blackthorne knows all about the latter, having been trained by her father to hate and kill werewolves her entire life. To say she adores her father would be putting it lightly, but then she’s captured during a raid and discovers something that changes her entire world: the truth.

The Royal Legacy Series Short: The Royal Trials

The Royal Legacy Series Short: The Royal Trials

by Emily Goulden

Before Caspian Storm became King of the Werewolf Realm, he was simply a prince—the middle son of Queen Lydia and King Zeke, still searching for his purpose. His older brother, Malcolm, had no such doubts. As the eldest prince, he believed the throne was his by birthright. Their younger sister, Alice, was content as the cherished princess of the realm. From childhood, Malcolm and Caspian were inseparable—brothers, sparring partners, confidants, and closest friends. Both believed Malcolm was destined to be king. So why wasn’t he? Set before #9, The Lonely Rogue, and after the ministory, Love Within the Realm.

Rejected Warrior

Rejected Warrior

by Melanie Gomez

Being the only human in a shifter family should’ve been hard, but for Tricora it was just how she was raised. From learning what it meant to be a leader from her adopted Alpha father to fighting with her three unruly step-brothers, she loved every second of it...that was until she was rejected by her mate for being a human. Now the Alpha King has claimed her for his own. But will she accept?

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