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Dragon Princess: Treasured Love Dragoness Claire found her mate and gave in to passion, even though it's forbidden. When the council orders her to send him away, she has no choice but to obey.Wolf shifter Dustin returns home to lick his wounds after being dumped, but is shocked when Claire shows up carrying his child. Will they reunite before a group of rebels manages to kidnap the dragon princess and use her as a pawn against the queen? The Dragon's Cyber Secret Draconia island's tech genius, Naomi, has been living layers of secret lives. Her online boyfriend, Buzz, also has some shadows in his past, but he's managed to build a life for himself as a tech guru for the local wolf pack. Someone has lured them to a mysterious and remote island, but why? Will this long-distance couple find lasting love, or will deception ruin what they thought they had? Draconia Sass Wolf shifter Von Springs believes the dragonesses are plotting something, and he's determined to uncover the truth before it's too late. Shae Green is a trusted dragoness warrior from Draconia, and one of the few who know that Queen Regina is ready to make a change. The future could look much brighter for all, if Shae and her mate, Von, can learn to work together in time.

A conspiracy theorist who is suspicious of everything. A woman from a hidden world who isn't prepared to trust outsiders. Can they learn to work together before it's too late? Wolf shifter Von Springs can't believe that his brother and best friend truly found mates from Draconia Island. Something else has to be happening. He can feel it. Are the dragonesses plotting something against the local wolves? It wouldn't be the first time, and Von is determined to uncover all the facts before it's too late. Shae Green might be a trusted warrior from Draconia, but that comes with secrets. No one else knows Queen Regina is ready for a change-one that is years in the making. It won't be easy, but with the help of the Draconia Outcasts and their mates, the future could look much brighter for all. That is, if Shae and her mate, Von, can learn to work together in time.

A dragoness with a secret. An elf with a chip on his shoulder. A call to an island inundated with technology and a chance for love or total annihilation. As Draconia island's resident tech genius, Naomi has been living layers of secret lives. She has an online beau the dragoness leadership doesn't know about, and her boyfriend doesn't know she's a dragon shifter on an all-dragoness island. Buzz has some shadows in his past, but he's managed to build a life for himself as a tech guru for the local wolf pack. When his online girlfriend goes missing, he has to leave town for the first time in forever. Someone has lured them to a remote island, but why? Something nefarious has a plan for the two that doesn't require both to remain alive. Will this long-distance couple find lasting love, or will deception ruin what they thought they had?

Claire Shimmerscale is a dragon shifter and treasure hunter for Draconia's elder council. She has a bit more freedom than her island sisters, but that's put in jeopardy when she finds her mate and becomes captured in his net. Their union isn't allowed, but they can't help but give in to passion, even knowing a future together is impossible. After he's sent packing, Dustin Springs returns home to lick his wounds. There, he learns the truth about her kind: the dragonesses are known to use men up and then toss them aside. But when Claire shows up carrying his child, can Dustin trust she's telling the truth and forgive her before it's too late? This book was previously published by Renee Hewett in February 2020 as "Dragon Princess: Treasured Love." It has been re-edited, expanded, and re-released as a co-written novel with Mandy Rosko!

Shape Up or Shift Out includes Book 1-5: A Rose by Any Other NameRita loves being a raccoon shifter, and she's not ashamed of being a professional thief. The thing is, something is missing from her life: love. So when she receives a mysterious message from a matchmaker, Rita thinks Esme Baer has finally taken her up on her generous offer to steal something in return for finding her mate. What she finds instead, is that Esme sent her to meet a half-man, half-cyborg! One who is really sexy and just Rita's type… Winter of DiscontentRoquette Avery, a white raccoon shifter, is terrified that someone will recognize her for who she truly is: a thief who's just recently turned her life around and is yearning to find her fated mate. She's nervous but excited to attend a matchmaker's Christmas party until a nefarious-looking vampire shows... and the vampire's bodyguard catches her attention. He shines a glowing red eye on Roquette and grabs her with his metallic arm, insisting she flee the party-with him! Sea of TroubleBill isn't over his ex. He left her high and dry half a year ago, but it's time he moves on. He's a Grizzly bear shifter with cybernetic enhancements and a dark past. He's not sure what kind of woman can learn to love a man like that. Ray hates water and boats, but this red panda shifter is going to suck it up and get on board because it's been far too long since she's dated anyone-ever since her ex completely ghosted her-and she's got a good feeling about this matchmaking cruise. The Better Part of ValorRuby is a raccoon shifter and a baker who is looking for her family. She knows they're out there, and after the death of her brother, finding his daughters-who were given away against his will-is her only focus. She decides to hire a private detective to help. He has to be a shifter, to understand all the variables of the case, and while she'd prefer to avoid predators, there's something about Paul Lapin that makes her trust the coyote. (An Older Heroine's Later in Life Paranormal Story!) Etched In Brass Colleen Nicols is used to assignments where she's used as bait for vampires. Her fae blood is irresistible to them. What she didn't expect this time, was to fall for one. Bernard Saint James has turned a blind eye to his vampire family's misdeeds for centuries, but now Lilly has gone too far. Her cyborg experiments are drawing attention, and she's becoming bolder with every victim, and Bernard knows she must be stopped.

Gia Worth is a bear shifter working for the Cavallis. She's surprised when her boss offers her an all-expenses-paid cruise, but she's excited about it. She could use a fun vacation. Three years post-divorce, and Brett Cowans leads a nice life running his bakery. When Esme offers him an all-expenses-paid cruise, he's not interested. His brother and business partner guilts him right onto that ship. The moment Gia board the ship, she realizes she's stepped onto a matchmaking cruise. Brett doesn't clue in until he comes face to face with his fated mate. But bear shifter and wolf shifter are star-crossed lovers. Gia's boss is the sworn enemy of Brett's former family. And let's not forget his jealous ex. There's more than one obstacle rocking their love boat.

A mob enforcer bear shifter, a lynx shifter nurse with a deadly history, and an invitation to Esme Baer's famous Christmas Party! Pryce Desalvo is the top mob enforcer in town, and he's sworn off love. He wouldn't want to bring anyone into his kind of life, and he certainly can't abandon his position and leave his friends open to dangerous opponents. Love is something Nila Havens figures she'll never find, so she focuses her passion on her career-caring for her cancer patients. Life is simpler that way, and she is plenty happy with her life as it is. Well, maybe not plenty. But when Pryce and Nila each receive an invitation to Esme's Christmas party, they'll have to do the polite thing and show up. What will happen when they run into each other? Not what Esme expected. The two might be determined to go their separate ways, but secrets from Nila's past will have Pryce realizing that once you meet your mate, there's no turning back. He might hem, and she might haw, but when a world-famous paranormal matchmaker sticks you together, you might as well accept it!

When midlife brings a bear surprise, it leads Jeanie to a witch and a mystery much bigger than herself. Forty-year-old Jeanie Hudelson has a great life married to a wolf shifter and is part of the Mactire pack, even though she's merely human. Or so she thought! One morning, she wakes to discover that she's transformed into a bear! It seems life still has a few surprises in store for her. Now she'll have to learn how to unite with her bear and take a journey to explore where she came from and why her bear just showed up now.

An orphan in need connects a pediatric nurse and a mobster protector. Can they keep him safe while sparks fly? Coleman Stride is a guard for the Idlewyld mob boss. Not a babysitter. Annoyed with his latest task, he soon realizes he has a lot in common with the bobcat kitten under his protection. Both have lost their family to violence. Coleman is determined to teach the kid how to survive and defend himself. No-nonsense pediatric nurse Kat Batrez hasn't taken a holiday in years. She can't refuse when Esme Baer asks her to help a child in need, and the HR department is forcing her to take a vacation anyway. At least she can help the boy overcome his traumatic loss. Coleman and Kat must work together to keep the scared bobcat kitten safe in a secluded cabin, but their time together might do more than save a child. It may just bring them together.

Dixie Reade is a newly immortal witch, looking for some excitement in her life. She's in for more than her fair share when she runs across famed matchmaker, Esme Baer, who drags Dixie to a party at Dire Bear Estate. Slade Galath is content with life the way it is. He's spent centuries as an immortal dire bear, and despite Esme's regular teasing, he's not interested in finding a mate and settling down. That all changes when Slade meets Dixie, his fated mate. Neither of them trusts love, but that's the least of their problems because the local wolf pack has targeted Dixie and set the immortal council on her. If she can't convince the local coven to sponsor her, the council will exterminate her, and Slade is not about to let that happen to his mate. Can these two get over their stubbornness and figure out the best way for Dixie to get set up with the council, and accept the best way for each other?Note to readers: This is an older heroine's journey to find love, and falls in the "clean and wholesome" romance category.

Two wolf shifters, a matchmaker, and a hospital in the middle of the Colorado mountains. Sparks will fly. Laura Boyd is used to cleaning up her twin sister's messes, but this time, it's worse than ever. While at a charity conference, Laura receives a call that her sister's in trouble. She receives a suggestion to take her to a mountain hospital to see a specific doctor who deals with shifters. Laura is relieved. Hopefully, this man will be willing to turn a blind eye to her sister's mistakes-and if she's really lucky-the secluded location will ensure no tabloids pick up the story. Dr. Jordan Hill patches up bodies all the time, but sometimes it hits a nerve-like when a rich, spoiled princess endangers the lives of others. He's not going to let things slide, and he can't be bought, even if the patient's sister turns out to be his fated mate. Despite the two being at odds, their wolf shifter sides have already decided they're fated mates, and they're going to have to deal with it!

A wedding. A double-agent. An undercover operation where love and revenge will reign. Colleen Nicols is used to assignments where she's used as bait for vampires. Her fae blood is irresistible to them. What she didn't expect this time, was to fall for one. Bernard Saint James has turned a blind eye to his vampire family's misdeeds for centuries, but now Lilly has gone too far. Her cyborg experiments are drawing attention, and she's becoming bolder with every victim, and Bernard knows she must be stopped. His plan seems to be going off without a hitch, until he sets his eyes on Colleen. Lilly Saint James has gotten away with it for too long. Now, with the help of a few raccoon shifters and their cyborg mates, the time for comeuppance is upon her.

Lilac and Warrick have survived the first round of blood secrets, but will new revelations tear them apart? Moving into Warrick's main house was daunting in itself, but the fact that she's shadowed by bodyguards at all times was a constant reminder of the enemies Warrick had. At least her relationship with the three-centuries old vampire was on solid ground, and her sacred blood was helping his dhampire niece grow stronger. But another attack makes things clear: The Camarilla Consortium expects Warrick to show up at this year's Gala with his vessel of sacred blood in tow. Lilac will do what she must to ensure the safety of herself, her father, and her grandfather, but she hardly knows what she's in for. These vampires were the ones responsible for Warrick's brothe'rs death, and he holds no power or sway over them. What will happen if they decide they want to indulge themselves in Lilac's blood?

Fiona Blache dreams of opening her own bakery someday. She thinks she's got the perfect opportunity to drum up some publicity when Prince Inferno Blackclaw the Fourth, dragon shifter and heir to the Dragon Throne, walks into her work to try her freshest sweets. With the look he gives her, she is not so sure it wasn't just the sweets he wanted.Things don't quite go as expected for Fiona, though, when her boss takes all the credit, her dinner is all over the floor and there are masked-intruders breaking down her door. Thankfully, Inferno's curiosity led him to her door that night just in time to save her. He knew on first sight that she wasn't just any human...She's his mate.The passion that simmered between them, barely controllable and broadcast on television, makes it clear to the public who she is and how much she means to him… and that puts a target on her back.To save her, he has to hurry her to safety. It's not really kidnapping if it's life or death… right?

Three hot shifter romances from USA Today and Amazon Bestselling author Mandy Rosko!Book 1: Zero Fox GivenFox shifter and all around good girl Zelda witnessed the murder of her alpha, then overheard her new husband confess.What the hell is wrong with the Universe?Now she's on the run, but she's tossed her good girl persona for something a thousand times more fun. Gone are her heavy sweaters and glasses in exchange for tight dresses and high heels on the dance floor.Then a kidnapping goes wrong and she's rescued by a tall, dark and handsome bodyguard! Her very own bodyguard! Okay, this is unexpected, but the sexy bodyguard fantasy was one of her favorites, and she'll run with it.It turns out she still has people who care about her, and they hired Victor to watch her back. Except Zelda doesn't just want fun anymore. She gets the scent of a mate off the stoic bodyguard, and Victor has a no touching policy with clientsZelda can't wait for her husband to be brought in, and while Victor protects her from a murderous ex, she'll do her best to wear down Victor's defenses.Book 2: Howl Always Love YouSteve Delany is ready to get out of the hospital after being mauled by the werewolves. There's just one very delicious nurse he can't take his mind off of. She makes him want to stick around, despite the creature inside him desperate to get out.Denise Summers has been up close and personal with shifters before, and she has the scars to prove it. Steven makes her blood run hot, his body calls to her in ways she shouldn't allow. In ways she needs to ignore but can't.One night is all she needs to get the sexy male out of her system. Then she can go on ignoring him and get back to her life as a nurse. Of course, going on one date with a newly turned werewolf wouldn't be as simple as she wanted it to be, because Denise is a conduit whose blood calls out to other shifters to claim, and a few might have something to say about her giving herself to Steven.The universe hates her like that.Book 3: Can't Bear to Be Without YouSome fires never go out...Jonas MacBride left Lakeview in his past, including the woman who spurned him. There was no place there for a subhuman like him – someone born to shifters without the ability to transform. Yet after years of building a life for himself, and a career as a firefighter, he’s sent back to Lakeview to investigate some recent brushfire incidents. And on his first day in town he runs right into the woman he once thought he’d spend his life with.Taylor Daniella Norina thought she’d seen the last of Jonas until he shows up asking questions about fires – questions that none of the shifter community is interested in answering. She can tell that Jonas doesn’t want to be there, and she’d prefer he left as soon as possible too. Someone might be hiding the truth about who’s setting the brushfires, but Taylor has her own secret – one involving the child she carried when Jonas left her behind.