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His Runaway Mate

Author : Brea Alepoú
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (718 download)

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Download or read book His Runaway Mate written by Brea Alepoú and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-02 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: True mates are found in the most unlikely of places. Logan ran and never looked back. He's been made a fool once, and he never plans to let it happen again. But now the same someone who made Logan a fool waltzes back into his life, he's not so sure being a fool is a bad thing, especially if that someone is your fated mate.For five long years, Indigo has been punishing himself for pushing his true mate away. A grieving mess with a newborn, he thought he did the right thing by denying his mate. But oh how he'd been so wrong. Now he has the chance to be with his mate once more. Will fate let them start all over again, or is it too late.Coffee, Love, forgiveness, and Joy. True love is hard to come by. (His Runaway mate is book four in the unexpected mates series. This book can't be read as a standalone. Each book is heavily intertwined. This book features an adorable five-year-old, second chance, a grieving widow, and one big happy family. )Current Order: Book1 His Bewildered MateBook2 His Royal MateBook3 His Apprehensive MateBook 4 His Runaway Mate

Their Runaway Mate

Author : Lori Whyte
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781534936522
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (365 download)

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Download or read book Their Runaway Mate written by Lori Whyte and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-17 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two Dragons, One Runaway Mate When Jasmine discovers she's been sacrificed to the dragons as part of a new Dragon Agreement, old fears surge through her and she flees in a panic. Elected by her neighbors to be given to the winged beasts, her life is no longer her own. She evades capture by the mob of creatures that descends upon her house to kidnap her, only to be unwittingly nabbed by one her first night as a fugitive. She is surprised to discover Kylan, the sexy dragon leader who finds her, isn't what she expects, nor is his drool-worthy second-in-command, Dillon. Instead of forcing her to mate them, they swear to protect her until they investigate how she could have been chosen without her consent. She risked life and limb to run from dragons after being selected, but now she wonders what type of life they could offer her. When they suggest she get to know them and consider being their mate, she finds their offer more temptation than she can resist... Could being a mate to two seductive dragons be just what she was destined for?

The Runaway Breeder

Author : Alana Dyer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781998261024
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book The Runaway Breeder written by Alana Dyer and published by . This book was released on 2023-10-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Runaway Mate

Author : Cecilia Lane
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781718750500
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book Runaway Mate written by Cecilia Lane and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05-07 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bear prowling the edge of danger. Gray Jennings has a problem. One that could get him put down by his alpha. It started when a rogue military commander laid siege to the town of Bearden and months later, Gray is still shifting in his sleep. His lack of control marks him as a hazard to both humans and other shifters. He's being watched. He knows the danger he poses. So when rich girl Meghan Wilcox comes to town, he vows to stay far away. The last thing Gray needs is a distraction. Even if Meghan's curves and fragile beauty bring out his protective nature. But the girl's got a secret and worse, her sweet scent stirs his angry bear. A girl hiding from her enemies. Meghan's on the run, hiding from a vengeful ex-fiance after she dumped him at the altar. He's humiliated and hunting for her, intent on payback. Out of sheer desperation she seeks safety in the small town of Bearden. Tucked away in a secret cabin, Meghan feels the glimmers of hope. Finally. But a new threat soon arrives in the shape of a terrifying shifter. A bear who has shifted in his sleep. Gray Jennings. Meghan gentles him and they form a tentative truce. A bond links her to the formidable shifter, but he's savage and unpredictable. Has she traded one danger for another? Meghan's past won't stay quiet. Just when her heart is on the edge of loving this untamed shifter, danger looms, threatening all she holds dear. The only one who can save her is the wild and feral bear. Gray Jennings... ~~~ Step into the world of Shifting Destinies, where the men and women you meet might just be a little more than human. Their towns are protected by magic, and their hearts are open and ready for love. But watch your step - more than darkness lurks in the shadows.

Their Runaway Mate

Author : Lori Whyte
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781989764152
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (641 download)

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Download or read book Their Runaway Mate written by Lori Whyte and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mating of Convenience

Author : Lori Whyte
Publisher : Lori Whyte
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mating of Convenience written by Lori Whyte and published by Lori Whyte. This book was released on 2017-03-28 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TWO DRAGONS, ONE MISCALCULATING MATE Calla has to protect herself. She doesn't have a choice. And the only way to survive a forced trip into dragon country is to go in with the scents of two powerful dragons on her already. Her plan? Seduce Xander and Kolz, the hottest dragons she's ever met. Easy peasy, right? What could possibly go wrong? Ha! The answer – EVERYTHING! Starting with the fact that the dragons don't want a woman for just one night… They want to take a mate. And they want that mate to be her. ONLY READ IF: You want a steamy read about a woman and the two dragons who are determined to make her their mate. ~~~ About the Mannix Dragon Shifters Series Over two decades ago, humans discovered dragons are real. They can take the shape of a man, but they are still beasts in their hearts. To survive and keep them sane, every dragon pair needs a mate… Two males for every woman. But what woman would willing join with two dragons? ~~~ Books in the Series (Series is complete) 1 – Mating of Convenience (Jasmine, Kylan, Dillon) 2 – Snowbound at Solstice: A Christmas Novella (Holly, Ryder, Garryck) 3 – Mating of Convenience (Calla, Xander, Kolz) 4 – Loving her Dragons (Rose, Zale, Maryk) 5 – Her Dragons, Her Mates: A Christmas Novella (Heather, Jay, Bryan) ~~~ Keywords: shifter, happily ever after, mfm, menage, shapeshifter romance, dragon shifter, instant attraction, heat level, paranomal fiction series, shifter mates, steamy romance, steamy paranormal romance, fantasy romance, sexy shifter books, sexy paranormal romance book, two men and one woman, paranormal romance with sex, pnr, curvy, hot shifter romance, bbw heroine, romance books, romance series, steamy, sexy, kissing books, hot, adult romance, mature romance, marriage of convenience, curvy girl romance.

His Bewildered Mate

Author : Brea Alepoú
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781689544184
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (441 download)

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Download or read book His Bewildered Mate written by Brea Alepoú and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-30 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: True mates are found in the most unlikely of places. Rhy, a weretiger with a heart so big, that when an elderly woman comes in looking for her lost cat, Mr. Fluffkins, Rhy knew he had to help. He had no way of knowing that it would lead him to his true mate.Dillan (Mr. Fluffkins), has lived his whole life wishing he was more than just a cat. He never felt right walking around on four paws. He tried to be a normal cat; tried to talk to other animals but it wasn't possible. They couldn't think in full sentences or communicate. It was more of feeling they had then what they thought. He watched television, so he could studying humans and what they did. He wanted to interact like humans. His owners showed one another so much love and were always doing something together. Dillan ached to have what they have.Love, loss, and tender moments. A dream to have the one person that completes you. Warning** Slow burn. This book is shifter Mpreg pregnancy is mentioned in this book. this is the first book of the series. The series will need to be read in order, as new couples will be introduced but old one's stories will continue. They will be intertwined. This is a HEA.

Runaway

Author : Peter May
Publisher : Quercus
ISBN 13 : 1623657911
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (236 download)

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Download or read book Runaway written by Peter May and published by Quercus. This book was released on 2016-02-09 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "MAY IS GOING FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH... A WONDERFUL EXHIBITION OF JUST HOW GOOD MAY CAN BE." --The Daily Mail "Five of us had run away that fateful night just over a month before. Only three of us would be going home. And nothing, nothing would ever be the same again." Glasgow, 1965. Headstrong teenager Jack Mackay has just one destination on his mind--London--and successfully convinces his four friends, and fellow bandmates, to join him in abandoning their homes to pursue a goal of musical stardom. Glasgow, 2015. Jack Mackay, heavy-hearted sixty-seven-year-old is still haunted by what might have been. His recollections of the terrible events that befell him and his friends some fifty years earlier, and how he did not act when it mattered most is a memory he has tried to escape his entire adult life. London, 2015. A man lies dead in a one-room flat. His killer looks on, remorseless. What started with five teenagers following a dream five decades before has been transformed over the intervening decades into a waking nightmare that might just consume them all.

The Evolution of Beauty

Author : Richard O. Prum
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385537220
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of Beauty written by Richard O. Prum and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, SMITHSONIAN, AND WALL STREET JOURNAL A major reimagining of how evolutionary forces work, revealing how mating preferences—what Darwin termed "the taste for the beautiful"—create the extraordinary range of ornament in the animal world. In the great halls of science, dogma holds that Darwin's theory of natural selection explains every branch on the tree of life: which species thrive, which wither away to extinction, and what features each evolves. But can adaptation by natural selection really account for everything we see in nature? Yale University ornithologist Richard Prum—reviving Darwin's own views—thinks not. Deep in tropical jungles around the world are birds with a dizzying array of appearances and mating displays: Club-winged Manakins who sing with their wings, Great Argus Pheasants who dazzle prospective mates with a four-foot-wide cone of feathers covered in golden 3D spheres, Red-capped Manakins who moonwalk. In thirty years of fieldwork, Prum has seen numerous display traits that seem disconnected from, if not outright contrary to, selection for individual survival. To explain this, he dusts off Darwin's long-neglected theory of sexual selection in which the act of choosing a mate for purely aesthetic reasons—for the mere pleasure of it—is an independent engine of evolutionary change. Mate choice can drive ornamental traits from the constraints of adaptive evolution, allowing them to grow ever more elaborate. It also sets the stakes for sexual conflict, in which the sexual autonomy of the female evolves in response to male sexual control. Most crucially, this framework provides important insights into the evolution of human sexuality, particularly the ways in which female preferences have changed male bodies, and even maleness itself, through evolutionary time. The Evolution of Beauty presents a unique scientific vision for how nature's splendor contributes to a more complete understanding of evolution and of ourselves.

Never His Mate

Author : Sarah Spade
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781961594111
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (941 download)

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Download or read book Never His Mate written by Sarah Spade and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After my mate rejected me, I wanted to kill him. Instead, I ran away-which nearly killed me... A year ago, everything was different. I had just left my home, joining the infamous Mountainside Pack. The daughter of an omega wolf, I've always been prized-but not as prized as I would be if my new packmates found out my secret. But when my fated mate-Mountainside's Alpha-rejected me in front of his whole pack council and my secret got out, I realized I had one choice. Going lone wolf was the only option I had, and I took it. Now I live in Muncie, hiding in plain sight. If the wolves ever left the mountains surrounding the city, I'd be in big trouble. Good thing that the truce between the vampires and my people is shaky at best and Muncie? It's total vamp territory. Thanks to my new vamp roomie, I get a pass, and I try to forget all about the call of the wolf. It's tough, though. I... I just can't forget my embarrassment-and my anger-from that night. And then he shows up and my chance at forgetting flies out the damn window. Ryker Wolfson. He was supposed to be my fated mate, but he chose his pack over our bond. At least, he did-but now that he knows what I've been hiding, he wants me back. But doesn't he remember? I told him I'll never be his mate, and there isn't a single thing he can do to change my mind. To Ryker, that sounds like a challenge. And if there's one thing I know about wolf shifters, it's that they can never resist a challenge. Just like I'm finding it more difficult than I should to resist him.

Runaway Bride

Author : Ruth Ann Nordin
Publisher : Ruth Ann Nordin
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Runaway Bride written by Ruth Ann Nordin and published by Ruth Ann Nordin. This book was released on 2013-04-11 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the moment Mark Tanner sees Lexie Rogers, he knows she’s destined to be his wife. There is only one problem: her fiancé. Mark knows she’s better off with him, but can he convince her of that before it’s too late? Lexie’s mother has planned out her life for her. Living in the shadow of the older sister who never pleased her mother, it’s up to Lexie to be the daughter her sister never was. And now that includes marrying the man her mother selected for her. Then Mark comes along and turns her world upside down. Will she throw caution to the wind and run away with him? Or will she make the biggest mistake of her life and stay with her fiancé?

His Devoted Mate

Author : Brea Alepoú
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (284 download)

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Download or read book His Devoted Mate written by Brea Alepoú and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-25 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: True mates are found in the most unlikely of places.Emory can't be with Clyde. Clyde is a predator and Emory is prey. At least that's what Emory's head is telling him. But his inner rabbit screams that Clyde is the one--Emory's true mate. And it's hard to fight against his instincts.Clyde finally found his mate. It was love at first sight. Emory is strong-willed, smart, and a hard worker--everything and more that Clyde could ever dream of in a mate. But Emory is convinced that the fates got it wrong, and they aren't really mates. How will Clyde convince Emory that they're meant to be?Hope, unconditional love, heat, and Support. Being there for one another always.His Devoted Mate has an overworked rabbit shifter, a bad boy turned mushy, the sweetest dates ever, and all the cuddles. A story filled with uber-sweet love and fluffy tails. It's book 5 in the Unexpected Mates series and will make more sense if you've read the other books in the series.His Bewildered mate #1His Royal Mate #2His Apprehensive Mate #3His Runaway Mate #4His Devoted Mate #5His Forever Mate #6

The Mating Mind

Author : Geoffrey Miller
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0307813746
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book The Mating Mind written by Geoffrey Miller and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2011-12-21 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At once a pioneering study of evolution and an accessible and lively reading experience, a book that offers the most convincing—and radical—explanation for how and why the human mind evolved. Consciousness, morality, creativity, language, and art: these are the traits that make us human. Scientists have traditionally explained these qualities as merely a side effect of surplus brain size, but Miller argues that they were sexual attractors, not side effects. He bases his argument on Darwin’ s theory of sexual selection, which until now has played second fiddle to Darwin’ s theory of natural selection, and draws on ideas and research from a wide range of fields, including psychology, economics, history, and pop culture. Witty, powerfully argued, and continually thought-provoking, The Mating Mind is a landmark in our understanding of our own species.

Their Rejected Mate

Author : River Ramsey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (467 download)

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Download or read book Their Rejected Mate written by River Ramsey and published by . This book was released on 2021-08 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My three intended mates left me rejected, half-marked, and broken. Every wolf shifter dreams about her first night with her mates, but mine left me an outcast with the revelation that I'm really a hybrid. A hybrid between a wolf and what is the question. Only my late mother knows the answer, but these days, I have other things to worry about. Namely, being caught in a war between my gorgeous jerk of a boss and the hunter who's somehow become my friend with benefits. Until the consequences of my incomplete mating mark leave me in physical anguish each full moon, that is--and the only thing keeping the monster in my veins at bay is the dark gift of a vampire lord who thinks I'm something else entirely. Something that makes me more dangerous than anyone could have imagined--especially me. Like I don't have enough infuriating (but admittedly tantalizing) alpha males on my plate, now the three wolves who threw me away are back, trying to stake their claim now that I'm their only hope of overthrowing my unhinged father as regional alpha. If the men in my life don't make up their minds soon, I'm booking a one-way ticket to an all-female island. Their Rejected Mate is a full-length Rejected Mates Wolf Shifter Romance, and the first in the Luna Rejected series. This series features four alpha male anti-hero love interests, an unbreakable heroine who keeps them in check, and in true Reverse Harem fashion, the MC doesn't have to choose between her guys. Includes MFM and eventual MMF content.

Omega's Pretend Mate

Author : Lacey Daize
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book Omega's Pretend Mate written by Lacey Daize and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-11-26 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gabe just wants to live his life free of family pressure. Gabe Everest has worked hard to become something other than the house-omega his billionaire family thinks he should be. He's a successful attorney, and loves his career. He prides himself on being fairly down-to-earth, with the exception of his beach house, which he loves. But when he's called to for family meeting he discovers a plot by his greedy cousin to take away the place he calls home. Christian is an alpha whom Cupid seems to have forgotten. Christian Jeffries is satisfied with his life as an attorney. He's worked hard and has a career he loves, but now in his early forties he feels that love is no longer in the cards for him, especially with his stunning co-worker, Gabe. But when he finds the omega distraught, he can't help but intervene. When he learns that the only solution to Gabe's problems is marriage, he jumps right in. But are they both setting themselves up for heartache? Omega's Pretend Mate is a 31K word, non-shifter, M/M, Mpreg, fake-fiance, HEA romance.

Chosen by Fate, Rejected by the Alpha

Author : Deni Chance
Publisher : WWW.WEBNOVEL.COM (Cloudary Holdings Limited)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chosen by Fate, Rejected by the Alpha written by Deni Chance and published by WWW.WEBNOVEL.COM (Cloudary Holdings Limited). This book was released on 2020-11-06 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eighteen-year-old Trinity is unlike any other werewolf in her pack. For one, there were unusual circumstances surrounding her birth, for another, she is the only pack member to never shift into a wolf form. So now she doesn't quite belong anywhere. Not quite human and not quite wolf. She thought she would be able to live her life how she wanted when she had turned eighteen. Go to college, make some friends, have some fun. But what is she to do when the dangerously sexy Alpha literally falls right into her lap? "I am not human, and I am not a wolf. I don't belong anywhere..." "...we both know that no one is going to mate with me, and even if they did, they would just reject me anyway." What is the sexy, brooding Alpha going to do? The elders are making him hold these ridiculous parties to search for a mate. He doesn't want a mate, but he knows he needs a mate to finish the Alpha Circle. Without a mate, a Luna for the pack, his people would suffer. And what is he going to do when he stumbles across the girl that fate has chosen for him and he finds out she has no wolf? "This cannot be!" I roared. "There is no way that I can mate with a girl that does not even have a wolf. She will be too weak. She will be inferior. She will not be strong enough to be a Luna." "I simply could not accept her as my mate. Not fully. It wasn't safe for her. She would get herself killed. And she would bring my pack down with her." When these two meet, sparks will surely fly. But will it be from passion, or their constant fighting? Neither of them wanted a mate. Neither of them wants the mate that fate chose for them. And neither of them can make that mate bond go away. What are they going to do now that they're literally stuck with each other?

Forbidden Mate

Author : Cecilia Lane
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781979464000
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Forbidden Mate written by Cecilia Lane and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-11-04 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Alpha Bound by Duty Bear shifter Callum Strathorn has a job to do. With his father's health declining, it's up to Callum to take over as Mayor of Bearden. When Leah Arden crashes her car near Bearden, Callum leads the first responders. He pulls the lovely woman from the wreckage, but as her wits return, she sees things that humans should never see. Forbidden things, like a mysterious town and a man shifting into a bear. Callum has no choice. To protect his town and his clan, he keeps Leah captive in Bearden while he figures out damage control. He soon finds himself with a fiery and furious female on his hands. And if things couldn't get worse, the stubborn and aggravatingly sexy woman smells and tastes just like his fated mate. A Woman on the Run Leah Arden lives a life haunted by secrets. She can't stay in one place for long or her past will catch up with her. With nowhere to turn, she doesn't trust anyone, not until she meets Bearden's gruff but handsome mayor. Callum's slow, sexy smile and quiet strength make her yearn for more. But when he lays down the law and forces her to remain in Bearden, she grows desperate to find a way to escape. Even if that means betraying the one man who makes her want to put down roots. As Leah's secrets unravel, the danger grows, looming over her and all of Bearden. Callum's enemies are looking for weakness, and he handed them one on a silver platter. Can the town's alpha keep his people safe, especially the woman who is fated to be his? ~~~ Step into the world of Shifting Destinies, where the men and women you meet might just be a little more than human. Their towns are protected by magic, and their hearts are open and ready for love. But watch your step - more than darkness lurks in the shadows.