Patricia Briggs, the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author of the Mercy Thompson novels, "always enchants her readers. " (Lynn Viehl, "New York Times" bestselling author) Now her Alpha and Omega series-set in a world of shifting shapes, loyalty, and passion- brings werewolves out of the darkness and into a society where fear and prejudice could make the hunters prey. . .

A group of former Navy SEALS, the Alpha Pack is a top-secret team of wolf shifters with Psy powers combating the greatest dangers in the world. But sometime those dangers are more intimate than they bargained for...   Ever since he saved Dr. Mackenzie Grant's life, panther shifter and sorcerer Kalen Black has had trouble keeping the beautiful doctor out of his thoughts, and his heart. The brush with death awakened an intense passion between them--one that for the first time had the notorious loner letting down his guard.   With the Alpha Pack battling an evil Fae who is slowly gaining control over Kalen's mind, Kalen can no longer trust his own actions, and he breaks off his affair with Mackenzie in order to keep her safe. But when Mackenzie learns that she is carrying Kalen's child, no amount of danger will keep her away from the man she loves. To be with his mate and unborn child, Kalen will have to unleash the full fury of his power, and risk destroying them all...

When you make an enemy of a man like Vitaly Karahalios, there is nowhere on earth you can go to escape his wrath. He'll find you. He found me, he found Roth. He found Layla. He found us, and now the unthinkable has happened. Someone I love has been kidnapped. Again. This isn't a fairy tale. Not everyone will get a happily ever after. Sometimes we can't just walk away from the past. Love doesn't always save the day. The beast won't always get his beauty. But maybe, just maybe we can get our happy ending.

At the exclusive Jewel Auction, it's not gems but flesh for sale. To swing a billion dollar deal, Rafferty Cade offers to buy the man standing in his way the services of one of the auction's coveted hookers. But when the man chooses Diamond, Rafferty risks everything to bid on the slinky redhead for himself. But one night with Diamond is not enough. Rafferty Cade has no qualms about exploiting a person's weaknesses to get what he wants, and he contracts Diamond's services for two weeks in exchange for helping her troubled sister. He soon realizes he wants to own more than her body. But love can't be bought, it has to be earned. Six nights a year, Remi Shay becomes Diamond. A flawless, glittering prostitute who can make a man's dreams come true. When the auction house gets raided and Rafferty Cade comes to her rescue, it's not exactly a get out of jail free card. it's more like two weeks of catering to a demanding billionaire's every whim. Rafferty Cade is hard, ruthless, and conservative. Can a wild child find love with her polar opposite?

USA Today Bestselling Author, W.J. May brings her international bestselling series together in a box set limited edition collection!  The Queen's Alpha brings you deeper into the world of shifters, fae, and magic.The Queen's Alpha Box Set Books #1-3 ETERNAL - Book 1 She will fight for what is hers.When the king is murdered, Katerina, his only daughter, must flee for her life. She finds herself on a strange and dangerous path. Alone for the first time, she's forced to rely upon her wits and the kindness of strangers, while protecting her royal secret at the same time.Because she alone knows the truth. It was her brother who killed the king. And he's coming for her next.Alone and struggling, she finds herself an instant target until a mysterious protector comes to her aid. Together, and with a collection of the most unlikely friends, the group must navigate through an enchanted world just as fantastical as it can be deadly. But time is not on their side.With her brother's assassins closing in at every turn, Katerina must unlock a secret that's hidden deep inside her. The only thing strong enough to keep the darkness at bay.Can she find the answers she needs? Will she ever take her rightful place on the throne?Only one thing is certain: she's running out of time. Be careful who you trust. Even the devil was once an angel. EVERLASTING - Book 2I will fight for those I love.When the crown prince puts a bounty on her head, Katerina and the gang find themselves facing trouble at every turn. It's a race to get the safe house in time, but will they pull together to work as a team, or will their differences pull them apart?Strengths and weaknesses are put to the test, as Katerina is plunged headfirst into a magical world she never knew existed. Fiction becomes reality, as the characters from her childhood fairytales come to life, bringing with them secrets she could never have imagined.Her bloodline gives her the right to call herself their queen, but is the division between the royal family and the magical kingdom too great? How can she mend the damage of the past?More importantly…can she be the one to unite her people? UNCEASING - Book 3She will fight for what is hers.When their sanctuary suddenly becomes a prison, Katerina and the gang must work together to save not only themselves, but everyone else in the remote, alpine retreat.Secrets are revealed and new identities are discovered as the princess delves into her past, uncovering things she never thought possible. Awakening a hidden power buried within.The stakes have never been so high, and everyone's a target. Can the princess unlock the ancient magic in time? Can they find a way off the mountain before disaster strikes? Most importantly, in a world where everyone's out to get them……Who can they trust? Queen's Alpha Series: EternalEverlastingUnceasingEvermoreForeverBoundlessProphecyProtectedForetellingRevelationBetrayalResolvedThe Omega Queen Series:DisciplineBraveryCourageConquerStrengthValidationApprovalBlessingBalanceGrievanceEnchantedGratified

I thought Cayden and I could finally be together. But magic is as real as werewolves and it has other plans.I should have known something was wrong when my pack rescued a human from the Savage Wolves. It was a setup. A lure to get us to meet a dark warlock, who curses Cayden.As the alpha, it's his instinct to protect me, his mate, and the rest of the pack. But now he can't on penalty of death. And now the only way I can lift his curse is to cross into Savage territory and seek it myself. They're waiting for me and so are the dark warlocks. The Savages hold connections to a powerful being and perhaps the answer to who I am. Now I'm not sure who to trust or what I will become. But to save Cayden, I must uncover a dark truth and face the darkest of magic.

Under ordinary circumstances, waking up bound and gagged next to a hot guy wouldn't be the worst thing that's ever happened, but these aren't ordinary circumstances. There's guys with guns after us...LOTS of them--both the guns and the guys. Six-six, built like a god, red hair, blue eyes, and a tree trunk between his legs. Yeah. This is the guy I got kidnapped with. Phrasing is important there: kidnapped WITH, not kidnapped BY. Fortunately, Duke Silver is a hard-core badass, because it's going to take every last shred of skill he has as a killer commando to keep us both alive, and even then, nothing's a sure thing.

"Take my hands, little one. Use them as your own. You have nothing to fear from them. They're yours." -Dirk As an omega refugee in a beta city, I'm used to being an outcast, but when a tragic accident lands me in the clutches of evil scientists, I experience true loneliness and pain. Only one thing keeps me going: the alpha on the other end of my mate bond. Except, he isn't a normal alpha. He's an Alpha Elite–a top secret Special Operations unit of super soldiers–and the largest male on the planet. I'm his omega lifemate, so he'll do anything to rescue me. But can he save me from his own urges? He's so big and I'm so small. And I'm no longer the woman I was before. I'm broken. Feral. Unbalanced. Unbalanced Omega (Alpha Elite Series Book 3) is a full-length,...

 A Drive Me Wild/Until Series Crossover      125 pagesI want to thank you," He whispered, pulling his bottom lip between his teeth."For what?""For rocking my world.It was only supposed to be one night.I'd chosen him to be my escape.Then one night became two…Brando King had been the perfect distraction. I wanted to be friends. He wanted all of me.The truth was, the girl he had fallen for didn't exist. I'd been hiding the real me to protect a secret... one that had almost cost me my life.If I opened up, could I trust Brando not to run?

Savage Chaucer is bored. Bored with being the Alpha of the San Francisco werewolf pack. Bored with politics. And even bored with the females in heat who frequent his dark and dirty sex club. Savage craves change and lusts for excitement. When the innocent, naive-looking Sydney Dyke wanders into his club, Savage's cravings are answered. Sydney is the protected daughter of lone wolves, wolves who know nothing of how Savage runs his pack. Sneaking off to experience cravings of her own, Sydney finds herself intrigued by the mysterious Alpha. Knowing she only has a small amount of time before she is fated to die at the hands of an ancient werewolf, who's rumored to no longer exist, Sydney vows to seek some excitement of her own.

Pregnant.I was pregnant with Ivan's child. How could I have let this happen?His first priority after our encounter with The Boss is to reclaim every ~single~ part of me, but my body doesn't recover as quickly as I feel it should, giving us our first big clue. I never would have guessed how he'd take the news... Especially when my doctor recommends bed rest, a term I thought meant 'take it easy' and my sweet, possessive Alpha translates to 'lock down.' My greatest ambition is to drive him wild... And I don't mind the restraints as much as I thought I would...Until our lives are threatened.My baby. My protector. And me.All bets are off.Possessive and brooding alphas with hearts of gold that love their strong heroines with everything they've got, especially once they've claimed them... Explicit sex scenes with some dubious consent and fertility sex, beware! And over-the-top true love, totally safe HFN/HEA promised, to take the edge off--this is the third serial in The Bodyguard series, meant to be read in order.

ONE MAN'S JOURNEY FROM SOLDIER TO LEADERIan Campbell was a normal man, the son of farmers, a Union soldier who survived the American Civil War, mostly unscathed. On the way home after the war, a horrific attack leaves him on the edge of death, hoping for an end to suffering. Death ignores his cries, and he's left changed into a creature he'd never known existed.This series of 8 short stories follows Ian's rise from soldier-turned-lone-wolf to friend, husband, father, and leader.1865 - Turning - Union soldier Ian Campbell has survived the War Between the States with all of his limbs intact. The future lies ahead, and he has no idea what God wants from him next. He's had enough war, but he'll no longer be content farming. Then thoughts of the future are derailed by an attack that leaves him dying.1895 - Purpose - For thirty years, werewolf Ian Campbell has lived primarily in isolation without a sense of purpose or direction. The wolf has grown restless, desiring...

<p>Jed watched his brothers get mated and can't help wondering when it'll be his turn. When his best friend, Parker, blows back into town after years away, Jed feels instantly pulled to him. Just like when they were kids. <br></p><p><em><strong>The only problem is Jed's a wolf and Parker's a human. There's no way his pack will let them be together.</strong></em><br></p><p> When Parker moves back to his hometown, he's reminded of just how dull it is. The only bright spot is his best friend, Jed. But the childish crush he had before is growing. They're just friends though and that's not going to change. <br></p><p><strong>Jed's wolf wants to claim Parker as his own. Will fate be strong enough? Can a wolf and a human have a future together?</strong><br></p>

Bryne Dawkins is not looking for a relationship, which is good, because her lover-not-boyfriend, Dax Prevot, isn’t either. Bryne wants to focus on her acting career and adjusting to life in New York City, but she finds that the more time she spends with Dax, the more she wants. Including answers to the secrets he's holding. Will Dax's secrets drive them apart...or drive Bryne closer to danger? Don't miss out as Bryne and Dax's story continues in the third volume of Collide, the newest addition to M.S. Parker's Club Privé series.

From Presumed Dead to Intelligence Agent…From Espionage to Celebrity…From Hunter…to Hunted….StarChild is a quirky, subversive band famed for the slick visual effects in their shows. Citizens from a dozen worlds follow the band almost religiously, a cult of fans. When they’re invited to play on Ile Garoque, a world that severed all contact with Terra two decades ago, Earth Intelligence moves to plant a spy in their entourage. Enter Anna-Marie Delany and her computer partner, Zenni, a pair known for their skills and prone to danger.It seems simple enough until Taheera, Starchild’s lead singer, refuses to set foot on the planet, so Anna must use her acting skills and EI’s technology to impersonate Taheera. What she does not expect is falling for Jeb Lucas, StarChild’s drummer and tech-wizard, nor stumbling into a hostile first contact situation with a group of predatory aliens. All of this while her father is ill, longing for Anna to inherit his company and fortune, even though she is missing and assumed dead. The world could be Anna’s, yet she and Zenni must survive attacks from enemies within EI, capture by the venomous Xha, and a pair of dragon-storms, weird elemental disruptions in non-space that can destroy unwary spacecraft.From Author Jilly Paddock, the third volume in her Zenith Alpha 4013 series takes science fiction and espionage to fan to galactic new heights. Starchild. From Pro Se Productions.

The Alaska Bloodhounds are the newest team in the Continental Football Association. These wild shifters are rough and ready for the season.They only need one thing: women.Do you have what it takes to be a Real Werewife?In this episode--Landon Fox dedicated his life to football, a dream that was once bigger than anything else—including his daughter. With his football career nearing its end, and the Real Werewives breathing down his back, he realizes that chasing his career has led him to a dead end. And when chaos erupts during a Werewife event, and a figure from Landon’s past emerges from the shadows, he can no longer run from his past.Jenna came to Alaska on a mission—to reconnect her wild child daughter with her father, Landon Fox. Love is the last thing on the mind of this Real Werewife. But when Landon unknowingly bids on her for a sexy date, the dinner she cooks for him isn’t the only thing heating up the cold Alaska night.Like Landon, Jenna chased her dreams, but never realized the thing they always needed most was each other.  She’s ready to take another chance on the man she left behind—that is, if he’s ready to be a part of something bigger than football—his family.

He knows his own fate, but will it be the same for the one he dares to love?Sebastian Bazz Malloch is the dominant shifter in Boulder, Colorado. A bear shifter whose time is spent fighting off the growing populace of aggressive lupine wolf shifters, Bazz's father had fallen to a pack of them, and Bazz knows his own fate is likely to echo that tragedy, for himself and anyone he dares to love.But love finds him in pretty Phoebe Blaire, whose ecological protest group are facing off with a powerful company over natural gas mining in Colorado. The fracking would poison the environment and kill the local populace that Bazz has sworn to protect. His growing affection for Phoebe puts him on the front lines of the battle at the risk of exposing his secret to the world.Will his life of relative safety and solitude be forfeit in exchange for a brutal death or even worse?And what will Phoebe’s fate be, caught in a coming shifter apocalypse she couldn't possibly survive?Will love prevail, or will the tragedies of the past return to rob them both of the futures they’ve fought so hard for?

Spoiler-free description: Tristan and Ariana have finally revealed their secrets to one another, but there's a secret that remains...one that will turn both their worlds upside down. When Tristan is faced with an impossible choice, he and his mate will be put to the ultimate test.

When an emergency landing forces Enid into the Alpha’s territory, she recognizes him as a lost soul. Something about him seems so familiar, and so absolutely devastating to her heart. It’s easy to fall in love with him, but he’s loved and lost and believes that part of his life is over. It may take divine intervention to give them both a second chance. Will they be brave enough to accept it?

Who are we fooling? Every romance fan knows: fake dating has one major risk. And it isn’t getting caught or everyone finding out you’ve been lying. Nope, it’s catching feelings for the other half of your faux relationship. And when you’re fake dating your boss – rock god and bassist for the hottest band on the planet – that risk is multiplied off the scale. Hunter may be a grump and an asshole but he’s an alpha built like a viking with a scent that melts my omega insides. This isn’t some romance movie, though. This won’t end in a neat and happy bow. So I need to spend this month fooling everyone we're in love. Then I'll walk away with my debts paid off and my already battered heart intact, and he'll walk away with his reputation restored. Just like we agreed. Sounds simple enough, right? If you love the sauciness of omegaverse with the sweetness of contemporary romance, heroes with hard shells and soft interiors, and heroines who fight for what they want, you’ll love Hannah Haze’s soft and steamy books - omegaverse set in our world. Fourth Base With The Alpha is book three in The Alpha Rock Star series but can be read as a standalone novel with no cheating and a happy ending guaranteed. This novel uses British English spelling and usage.