"If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen . . .
Chef Charlee has spent a lifetime trying to outrun her difficult past. A head chef job in a small town might be the start of something new—but she never expected the boss to be more sizzling hot than anything she's ever cooked! But keeping her mind on the job is the only choice.
If only she would stop imagining the kitchen counter as a great place for a steamy rendezvous . . . (No! You prepare food on that! Stop thinking that way! But he's so handsome . . . !)
His new restaurant is his fresh start. But the head chef is the tastiest thing on the menu . . .
Bear shifter Steven has big plans to break away from his family's brewhouse tradition. All he needs is a new town, a new restaurant, and a new . . . incredibly sexy, curvy chef who just happens to be his fated mate?! Now it's not ambitions for the bistro that get him all fired up—it's Charlee, and finding a way to coax her out of her shell.
Charlee doesn't know about shifters, and Steven doesn't know if this restaurant is really what he wants after all—but the more they work together, the more they become certain that above all else, what they want is . . . each other."
"He takes care of other people's kids . . . but he craves a family of his own.
Enter a single mom waitress with a broken heart and a whole lot of trouble behind her.
Army vet Dan is still figuring out how to deal with being a three-legged bear, but it turns out kids don't care how many limbs he has as long as he's willing to be a climbing frame. He didn't come to Autumn Grove to be a babysitter, but before he knows it, he's got a job changing diapers and braiding hair.
Now if he could just catch the eye of the beautiful woman who makes his bear stand up and say 'Mine.'
But Paula has been burned one too many times. With two kids to worry about, Autumn Grove's only diner to run, and a deadbeat ex, she's not ready to open her heart again.
Even to an amazing guy who's great with kids, with shoulders to die for and amazing eyes and . . .
Okay. Maybe she's not holding back her feelings as well as she hoped."
"I found my fated mate in the human world, but my curse means I can never touch him.
Cela: Raised in an isolated shifter clan, I never realized I had a true mate somewhere in the world—until my clan-chosen mate rejected me and threw me out with two young children. Now I'm working in a small-town coffee shop, learning about human inventions like buses and microwaves (and my new favorite thing, hot chocolate).
And I met my fated mate. He's kind. He's protective. He's great with my little kids. There's just one problem: the first time I touched him, my exile mark felt like it was on fire—and not in the good way.
Tyr: As an exile from Griffin Island, I never thought I had a fated mate. Then I met her, a fellow exile. And because of our clan's magic, we can never touch. Now I'm showing her how to get along in the human world, introducing her to my favorite things, and helping her care for her twins.
But if I can't touch her soon, it's going to drive me mad.
I can't touch her and can't live without her.
I'm going to fix this for her . . . even if it means going back to the clan that exiled us both."
"Two dragons. One second chance.
Once, music-loving Esme and proud clanlord Heikon were each other's everything. She danced only for him, and his love was the song that filled her world.
And then a single act of treachery destroyed it all, their mate bond severed beyond repair.
Esme retreated to her dance studio and music hoard to salve her broken heart. But Heikon believes some part of him still lives in her soul. There must be a way to fix it, to somehow win her back. If he can only figure out the steps of the dance that will make them true mates and partners again.
Before the enemy that destroyed their happy ending comes back to make sure this dance is their last . . ."
"American photographer Tara Lynch has never wanted anything more than to visit Ireland—but her itinerary didn't include chasing peacocks around a wildlife park! On the other hand, it didn't include meeting a tall, handsome Irishman and falling head over heels for him in a heartbeat, either, so it might be time for Tara to re-think what makes a perfect holiday.
Peacock shifter Declan McCarthy, a local artist, certainly didn't expect to meet his fated mate during an afternoon at the park, but when his secret shifter self is revealed to Tara the very first time they meet, he wants nothing more to sweep her off her feet. Tara is more than willing to be swept—but there's a wicked fashion designer stealing peacock feathers straight off the birds at the park, and both Declan and Tara are determined to put a stop to it.
When Tara accidentally convinces the thief that she's a 'peacock whisperer,' they realize they have the chance to scare the woman straight—and Declan's peacock has a few giant ideas on how to do that!
Set against the backdrop of Ireland's beautiful Blarney Castle, this charming, funny romcom with no cliffhangers is a cuppa for the soul!"
"He's all wrong for her.
So why do his arms feel so right?
When shy bookworm Melody daydreamed about her perfect man, 'must love books' topped the list. She never dreamed of someone like Gunnar blowing into her neatly alphabetized and indexed world to turn it upside down. Finding out that her one true mate is an ex-con with a grade school education must be fate's idea of a cruel joke. Never mind that his kisses make her swoon and his touch turns her traitorous knees to jelly . . .
Sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit, Gunnar is six and a half feet of gruff, dyslexic, tattooed, bear shifter ex-con hiding a gentle heart. He knows he could be the man Melody deserves, if only she'll let him unleash the passionate woman hidden underneath her sexy librarian cardigans.
But with danger from both their pasts closing in fast, Gunnar is running out of time to prove to Melody that a good girl and a guy from the wrong side of the tracks just might be able to write their own happy ending."
"Lion shifter Elliott Harkness is in Ireland for the dream vacation of a lifetime—and helping the Shamrock Safari Wildlife Park do some fundraising! After all, it's not often that a shifter gets to display his animal form in public, and being the 'lion on loan' means Elliott can show off while doing some good for the underfunded park.
Aoife Gallagher loves her education and outreach job at the Safari Park, but there's something weird going on. Bringing new animals into a zoo isn't a fly-by-night operation, but as long as she's worked here, there's been a magnificent menagerie of exotic animals who seem to drop by for a week and then disappear. And the new lion is in a completely unsafe enclosure! And is also . . . the hottest guy she's ever seen?
The instant connection Aoife and Elliott feel would be wonderful under any other circumstances—but today Aoife has to convince a rude investor that the wildlife park’s mission to protect endangered species is worth their money, while also dealing with an ill-mannered child and the revelation that the park she's loved for so long is a refuge for shifters as well as an ordinary wildlife park. It's all too much—except Elliott is there to be Aoife's 'mane man,' and his steady support help Aoife get through a day that goes wrong from the start—and right at the end, in all the very best ways."
"'Put me down, you . . . thing!'
. . . were not the first words Loretta expected to say to the love of her life. Look, you try having a dragon snatch you out of a burning building when all you're wearing is a towel.
He just saved her life. Why doesn't she look happy about it?
Billionaire dragon shifter Darius is a man in control—of his business, his family, his life. But stubborn, outspoken, redheaded Loretta and the rowdy preschoolers at her day care are about to turn his well-ordered life upside down. The fire at Loretta's apartment was no accident, and the closer he keeps her, the safer she'll be. But Loretta's not about to let anyone treat her like a treasure to be locked up for safekeeping.
Even if two stubborn people can overcome the odds and fall in love, it's going to take all Darius's strength and Loretta's wits to keep a dangerous enemy from sending their chances at a happy ending up in smoke.
Day Care Dragon is a full length paranormal romance with humor, heart, and suspense. Perfect for fans of T. S. Joyce, Terry Bolryder, and Harmony Raines!"
"His second chance is her salvation . . .
Big, tatted-out bull shifter Maddox used to work as a thug for hire, but now he's a drifter with his old life in ruins. All he knows is that he wants to be better than he was. When he hitchhikes into the small town of Silvermine, Arizona, he's not planning to stay. But first he helps out a teenager in trouble, and the next thing he knows, the kid's alluring aunt walks into his life, and runs away with his heart. For the first time in his life, Maddox has something of his own to protect.
Blind tea-shop owner Verity has been caught up in a dangerous struggle with the town's corrupt sheriff and a greedy landowner trying to force her to sell. First Maddox saves her niece, and then he offers to help her save her business. Teaming up might be the solution she's been hoping for, but Verity has spent her life learning not to believe in happy endings.
And with a sheriff who would break every law to stop them, it'll take all his strength, her wits, and their courage to get out of this alive . . ."
"What's hotter than a sexy man holding an adorable kitten?
A sexy, protective panther shifter cop holding five adorable kittens!
Curvy cat-rescue volunteer Tessa Davelos can't fix her wounded soul, so she's out to save the world instead, one kitten at a time. But when her tragic past comes back to haunt her in the form of an unstoppable dragon assassin, a drop-dead gorgeous cop cruises through the door of the cat shelter and into her broken heart . . .
Ben Keegan knows his panther can't fight a dragon and survive. But he doesn't care, not with Tessa in harm's way. She's his mate, whether she'll believe it or not, and any dragon that wants to hurt her is going to have to go through Ben first.
A fast-paced and funny paranormal romance featuring a hot, protective hero, a heroine learning to open her heart to love, and enough cute kittens to make your heart melt!"
"The moment he saw her, he knew only one thing: This woman is mine.
Gaby is a single mom, trying to make ends meet as a coffee shop barista while taking night classes, caring for her five-year-old son, and supporting her widowed mother.
Then her world comes crashing down when she witnesses an armed robbery—and the robber turns into a bear.
Enter Derek Ruger, former military, tough-as-iron bear shifter and bodyguard. The instant he sees Gaby, Derek knows this is more than just another job. This strong, feisty woman is his fated mate, and protecting her from a killer is the least of the things he wants to do with her—if he can only convince her to open the heart she's been sheltering for years.
But while Derek is ready to fight an entire pack of bear shifters to save Gaby and her son, can he learn to pull a decent shot of espresso?"
"Sarah is looking for love under the covers . . . of a good book!
As a small-town librarian, Sarah has her hands full with projects that range from running an in-library day care to planning her best friend's wedding. Romance is a complication she doesn't need . . . until he walks in.
Archivist Matthew is a big-city bear shifter looking forward to a quiet, short-term project in Virtue before heading to his dream job in New York. He didn't count on Virtue's vibrant, sexy librarian stealing his heart with a single glance . . .
Matthew never meant to stay; Sarah never meant to fall. But as they investigate a mystery from Virtue's past together, neither wants to turn the page on a blossoming summer romance that just might last a lifetime. Librarian Bear is a delightful, steamy standalone with a guaranteed happily ever after and no cliffhangers."
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