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paranormal moody romance is one of the most popular romance genres. Just take a look at the endless list of titles in the category at a store like Amazon! it can be difficult to navigate and find the best reading selections. so we’ve chosen leia stone, the best-selling author in the usa. uu. of over 40 urban fantasy and paranormal romance titles today, known for its sassy heroines and her irresistible love interests. Ella has sold over two million books and Ella’s Matefinder series has been selected for film. Leia creates a gripping scale to rate these top 10 shapeshifter romance reads, on a scale of 1 to 5.
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—off-page sex but still a swoon-worthy romance.
—on the sex page, but your grandmother would probably still read it.
—wow, is it hot in here?
—quickly look over your shoulder while reading in public to make sure no one else is around.
—you’re going to need an ice pack honey, this is hot.
the darkest moon (book one of the queen of the wolves series of the shadow guild) by linsey hall
Eve is meant to be the alpha’s mate, but to hell with that! after running away at fifteen, she hides in plain sight, in the town she loves, and she only sees the alpha occasionally. he’s deadly, powerful, and sexy, but if she reveals her true self, she’ll realize he’s an abomination. One night, in the wrong place at the wrong time, she is accused of murder, and her potential partner points the finger at her. eva only has one chance to prove her innocence and catch the killer, or she is dead by shapeshifter law.
I love a good slow cooker romance! -read stone
wolf girl (book one of the wolf girl series) by leia stone
After her family is kicked out of werewolf town before she was born, Demi is magically handcuffed and forced to go to school with witches and vampires to hide her true nature. until she has a chance encounter with the alpha’s son, sawyer, and then she is led into the werewolf version of the bachelor. all females must be present during the alpha’s mating year. When Sawyer uncuffs her and sees what she really is, there’s only one problem, neither of them knows what creature she’s become.
rejected (book one of the shadow beast shifters series) by jaymin eve
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paying for her father’s attack on the alpha, mera is labeled an outcast, a traitor. Tired of the cruelty, she runs away and finds peace for a while. they eventually find her and drag her back, just in time for her first shift. when her mate rejects her, she somehow touches the shadow realm without realizing it by calling the shadow beast, the god shapeshifter, the devil himself into her world.
this dark and sexy world will grab you from the first page.- leia stone
tortured moon (sky brooks series book 1) by mckenzie hunter
Skylar has two goals: live a simple life and hope that no one finds out that he’s turned into a wolf. her pack has left her alone, for the most part, until the vampires attack and her pack throws her into the spotlight, claiming her as his secret weapon. He’s gone from being a nobody to the top of the supernatural’s most wanted list overnight. the vampires have a bounty on her, and she and the pack disagree. in the end, the enemy they hope to destroy from her might just be her.
an action packed five stars! -read stone
call to the moon (first book in the mercy thompson series) by patricia briggs
Raised by werewolves, mercy thompson is a shapeshifter who will never be one of them. now he’s fixing cars at a one-woman-owned auto shop until his past knocks on his door in the form of a newly turned teenage werewolf. Mercy enlists the help of her neighbor Adam Hauptman, the alpha of the local werewolf pack. His generosity has unexpected consequences and he will have to seek help from those he once considered family: the werewolves who abandoned her.
mercy and adam are one of my favorite shapeshifter couples of all time.- leia stone
Shifter Wars: Supernatural Battle (Wolves’ Dens Book One) by kelly st. clear
When Andie is left with a huge debt to her mother, she searches for answers and discovers she’s stumbled upon a world she never knew existed. he soon finds himself in the arms and safety of a man he has never known. a man with eyes that don’t look human…
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You’re going to devour this in one sitting! -read stone
blood heir (kate daniels world book one) by ilona andrews
The stakes are high for Aurelia, she left Atlanta eight years ago, and now she’s back with a new name, with new magic and hell-bent on saving the family she loves. all she has to do is solve a few murders and stop a prophecy from coming true. no problem, right? wrong. an old flame shows up to threaten everything in her world.
If you don’t have a ilona andrews book, then your library isn’t complete. i love everything they write and the kate daniels series is no different. – leia stone
born at midnight (the shadow falls book one) by c.c. hunter
kylie galen finds herself at the wrong party and it changes her life forever. After her mother sends her to Shadow Falls, a camp for troubled teens, it becomes clear that her fellow campers have no “problems.” A gang of supernaturals insist that Kylie is one of them, and that she was brought to Shadow Falls for a reason. Even though Kylie isn’t sure about everything, she begins to realize that Shadow Falls is exactly where she belongs…
This book will keep you on the edge of your seat and begging for more. romance, intrigue, and magic all rolled into one delicious package. -read stone
forged wolf(smoky mountain pack book one) by lucia ashta
zasha has been fighting all her life until the day her dad dies and she can’t take it anymore. Broken, Zasha is mugged one night by four wizards who use dark magic to turn her into a wolf, but changed wolves have an expiration date. With time running out on her life, she is picked up by a beta from the smoky mountain pack who seems hell-bent on keeping her alive.
zasha is so badass, the chemistry here is off the charts! -leia stone
warrior fairies trapped (ddvn book seven can be read without reading the previous books) by k.f. breene
charity has not had an easy life. when he gets a scholarship to a university in california, he thinks all his problems will go away. her until she is taken to a meeting that soon turns into a vampire makeover party. while she’s there, she’s forced to use magic she didn’t even know she had to escape from.
Suddenly, she finds herself caught between two magical beings: a cunning elder vampire who wishes to use her for his blood ties and perhaps tie him to the bed, and a sexy alpha shapeshifter who will protect her at all costs.
A wild ride of action, humor, and romance! -read stone
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