What if the most dishonorable and despised of shapeshifters married a princess of the Cities?

Donte let the darkmages think they'd claimed his beastspirit and for that treason his people condemned him. When a princess of the Cities, against all sense, accepts his offer to Bond, he joins with her knowing he can add her to his arsenal-a valuable tool in his war against the darkmages. But when the dust clears and he should be able to disappear into his bear, he discovers she's not quite done with him.

Moriko is desperate to save her Kingdom from the darkmages' chaotic revolution. The lonely princess discovers a connection with a vengeful loner. He bursts into her dreams, a dominant hunter more willful than anyone she's ever met. The passionate lover who seemed wounded reveals himself to be a stone cold killer willing to endanger her and her City. And still, Moriko will not give him up. He's hers and she'll hold him, even against himself.

In the future, a man’s name is still the key to freedom and a beast can still be set free by love.

Some things never change. Fairy tales reach forward into the stars with this duo of heroes trapped in desperate circumstances. Incredible sex isn’t a magical answer, and there aren’t any magic wands. It’s up to a brave princess and a sweet baker to discover happy endings must be earned.

“Commanded to Mate” by Jennifer Leeland
The proud lovely colonist is bound to marry an alien beast.

Terrified Sierra Pasquel agrees to an arranged marriage to the monstrous Dormrelian ambassador. To save her family and her colony, she’ll do whatever it takes, including a four-eyed, four-armed beast of an alien.

Terek Majii is the holder of a centuries-old secret cursing his race. His people are on the edge of extinction and Sierra holds the key. As he teaches her about passion through touch, not sight, he prays he’ll be able to win her trust. Not because two colonies depend on them, but because his love for her is everything. 

Fantasy/ Shapeshifter
Total-e-burning
Novella

She sees the beauty of mixing silver with gold, and will fight to make him see it, too.

When Sid was twenty-two, a summer storm took her into the sea. And then a merman brought her back. Not content with his decision, she dedicates herself to finding him again, ruthlessly exploring the waters of Bermuda. He's the most beautiful thing she's ever seen, and every inch of her sings "yes" in his presence.

When she finds him again, her battle has just begun. For matches between their peoples do not often end happily...

Isabo once met a man who set her imagination alive with sexual fire. Confused by his male lover, she chose another. Now she’s a lonely widow ready to dance in Trey’s still-devoted flame, even if that means burning up the blankets with Niko, too. Or perhaps especially because of sweet Niko, too.

The two shapeshifting warriors understand Isabo is already Bonded, and they respect that. The men don’t want to simply sizzle with Isabo, they want to melt their way into her heart, sweep out her grief, and forge her into part of their life.

Through blazingly sultry nights, Isabo takes their shattered dreams and twines them with her own. Living isn’t easy, loving can be agony, and sometimes getting both right is a group effort.

Kinks: voyeurism, menage, m/m 

When Agent Mara Brannigan struts into a low-rent bar on a mission to seduce and apprehend a pair of fugitives from the government, she doesn’t count on being the one caught in the snare of seduction.

Captain Frederick Ravenscraft has been duplicated during a rare space storm. Now the two versions of the sexy space trader disagree over which of them is the original and which of them is in charge. Two unique, heated kisses and one bar brawl later, Mara wakes up. On their ship, in their care.

Still, she’s used to ever-changing field conditions, so why not make use of them? Two sexy interludes and one deadly alien attack later, she’s shocked to discover these men are more than just her marks. Mara needs to do some fast talking to meet the needs of her heart and her job. Her Captains are a matched set of hardheads. Will she get through to them, or will she be forced to make a choice between love and duty?

Her final purpose was to save him. The slave woman never flinched from releasing the hawk in her care. If the only way out was to become a darkmage, then that’s what she’d do. Her entire goal was his freedom. When her goal was achieved, she was left nameless, tainted, lost.

The hawk named Tydus endured believing he must reveal the darkness’s hidden depths to his people. The slave who cared for him became his partner, one he wouldn’t leave behind. When he finally stood free of his chains, he looked down to recognize his mate ... and a darkmage.

Friends help them find a way back to civilization, but no one who hasn’t lived through what they did can understand it. Clinging to each other, their connection saves their sanity. Struggling to shed the emotional poison they were infected with, they discover passion can transcend fear. In order to heal, there can be no lies between them, especially in bed. He thinks it’s his task to heal her, but she knows what he’s hiding.

How does a shattered woman face a dominant man’s needs?

How does a guilty man fight through his wounded woman’s fear?

Hope born in darkness glows brighter from the shadows.

Tail Over Whiskers
Darragha Foster
Blaze tries to live up to her name after being humiliated, scarred, branded and banished by the werecat society for being different. Really different. She can only shift when she comes, and then, only partially--and it doesn't last. Looking for love in all the wrong places, she ends up inadvertently scent-matched to another half-were shifter. A dog, of all things. Fighting like cats and dogs takes on a whole new meaning for Blaze and Jack as they struggle to accept their spiritual, and physical, bonds. Are they going to set an example for the shifter prides and packs, or will they simply end up chasing each other's tails?

Kinks: Analingus, mixed species coitus, brief m/m, naughty sewer tunnel sex, bondage, toy play, group sex

Earning Her Stripes
Mima

Word of the Day: Disobedient

Meg's been thrown out of her home, rejected by her friends and lover, banished by her pride, and thrust into Half-Were House to continue her obedient life. A life that has nothing to do with being a feline shifter and everything to do with fitting in with humans. Tradition demanded she leave and she can't come back simply because she doesn't have little kitty claws. Determined not to take things belly up just because that's the way she likes it in bed, the sweet submissive disobediently returns to The Valley to reclaim her adored teaching position. With the surprising ally of a surprisingly dominant farmer, Meg faces down prejudiced felines who would love nothing more than to turn her into dog food. The pride's leader lays down the terms for Meg's safe return, but will she be able to help Ben submit enough for her to stay?

Kinks: mild BDSM, MFM, toys

Piece of Tail
Celia Kyle

Gina's got a problem. Okay, she doesn't think it's a problem, but the pride that kicked her to the curb sure does. She feels perfect in every way. Curves in all the right places and an attitude that just won't quit, she's got it all. And then some. Now her tail… In her mind, it's just an added bonus. But in the mind of the prides, her ability to only grow a tail proves that she's not were enough and too much kitty for humans. Good thing she's found two men who can't get enough of each other, her and her tail.

Piece of Tail contains scenes of tail friskiness, man on man loving and dog jokes.

Kinks: BDSM, Group sex, M/M, toy play, anal

Burke is one breath from breaking. At war with the inner Mountaincat that stole his birthright in the Wolf Clan, he is a lone alpha, banished and distrusted. When he finds Nomi, a wandering soul uneasy in her Guild, he knows he should stay away. But he can't. At the same time he recognizes she can never be his, for to claim her would require acknowledging the cat he despises inside himself. The balancing act of befriending Nomi and holding his cat at bay is shredding his already perilous control. Then Nomi decides to seduce him ... and the balance is lost.

Contains: voyeurism, shifted sex, shapeshifters, fantasy, paranormal, forced sex, anal, light bondage