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Curse the Dawn by Karen Chance
Cassandra Palmer may be the all-powerful Pythia now, but that doesn’t mean people have stopped trying to kill her. Most of the supernatural power players don’t want the independent minded Cassie as chief clairvoyant—and they’ll stop at nothing to see her six feet under... -
Forsaken by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThis description contains spoilers, don't read it if you aren't caught up with the series!Being Alpha of the North American Pack is like being a small-town sheriff — nobody wants the job, but someone’s gotta do it.For the most part, Elena Michaels likes it just fine, even if it means dealing with arrogant misogynists in the werewolf world who are convinced that a woman isn’t up to the job...Categorized as:
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Hunter's Trail by Melissa F. Olson
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsActions have consequences—a lesson Scarlett Bernard is learning the hard way. As a “null,” Scarlett has always been able to negate the powers of the supernatural beings that surround her. But now her reckless decision to permanently change Eli from a werewolf to a human has left the Los Angeles werewolf pack in shambles, and upset the balance of power among the city’s supernatural factions...Categorized as:
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Twice as Hot by Gena Showalter
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsBelle Jamison is finally starting to feel like a normal girl again...Categorized as:
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Fate Succumbs by Tammy Blackwell
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsHaving narrowly escaped an unjust death sentence, Scout Donovan is on the run. But the more she discovers about the Alpha Pack and herself, the more she realizes she can’t run forever. Destiny is propelling her towards an unavoidable battle... -
Time Mends by Tammy Blackwell
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsAfter a tragic accident leaves her battered, heartbroken, and alone, Scout Donovan would rather hide in dreams than face reality. But things are changing quickly in Scout's life. Soon she's pulled back into the world of Shifters and Seers, with her best friend's fate depending on Scout's ability to protect her...Categorized as:
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Darkmoon by S.M. Reine
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsRylie Gresham has survived becoming a werewolf, going crazy from silver poisoning, and being hunted by her fiance's family. But that was nothing compared to the challenge Rylie faces now: being pregnant...with twins. And it definitely doesn't help that her fiance's brother has declared himself the father, either... -
Blue-Blooded Vamp by Jaye Wells
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsThe epic conclusion to the amazing Sabina Kane urban fantasy series. Sabina Kane is on the hunt. Her prey: Cain, the father of the vampire race and the one who murdered her family and her friends. Unfortunately, Cain is hunting Sabina, too. The one man who holds the key to defeating Cain is, of course, Abel. A mage with secrets to spare and, hopefully, the power to match it...Categorized as:
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Betrayed: Days of the Rogue by Nicky Charles
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsHis mate killed in a horrific explosion, ex-Enforcer Damien Masterson now lives as a rogue werewolf...Categorized as:
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Cast in Ruin by Michelle Sagara, Michelle Sagara West
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsSeven corpses are discovered in the streets of a Dragon's fief. All identical, down to their clothing. Kaylin Neya is assigned to discover who they were, who killed them and why. Is the evil lurking at the borders of Elantra preparing to cross over? At least the investigation delays her meeting with the Dragon Emperor...Categorized as:
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More Than Jamie Baker by Kelly Oram
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsJamie Baker, the only girl in the world with superpowers, has now accepted who she is and learned to control her power. Not to mention she has the best boyfriend on the planet. Life is finally looking good. But the day she witnesses an accident and decides not to save the guy out of fear of being exposed, she realizes that simply being Jamie Baker isn't enough... -
Caged Lightning by Marina Finlayson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLexi is back from the underworld, heartsore but determined to exact some sweet vengeance on the shadow shapers. To do that, she’ll need Zeus’s help, but Zeus is trapped in the wires, slowly disintegrating into nothingness. Without his lightning bolt, he’s toast. So all she has to do is find the missing pieces of the lightning bolt and her troubles should be over, right? Wrong...Categorized as:
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Cold Blood by Heather Hildenbrand
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWood Point Academy is not at all what I expected. For one thing, it looks like a cross between military school and Buckingham Palace. Everyone stares, the floors shine so bright you can see your reflection in them from a mile away, and no one smiles. Unless they're kicking your butt in the process...Categorized as:
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Billow by Emma Raveling
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsIt has been six months since ondine Kendra Irisavie arrived in Haverleau, the hidden capital of the water elemental world. Six months since she discovered her destiny as the sondaleur. Six months since a series of devastating events left behind their mark...Categorized as:
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A Cursed Embrace by Cecy Robson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsCelia Wird and her three sisters are just like other twenty-something girls—with one tiny exception: They are the products of a curse that backfired and gave each of them unique powers that made them, well, a little weird… After Celia Wird and her sisters help master vampire Misha save his family, their powers are exposed to the supernatural community of the Lake Tahoe region...Categorized as:
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Between the Lives by Jessica Shirvington
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsAbove all else, though I try not to think about it, I know which life I prefer. And every night when I Cinderella myself from one life to the next a very small, but definite, piece of me dies. The hardest part is that nothing about my situation has ever changed. There is no loophole.Until now, that is... For as long as she can remember, Sabine has lived two lives...Categorized as:
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Gifted by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsContains two holiday stories, one Otherworld Pack and one Cainsville.Gabriel’s Gargoyles - (Cainsville short story, Gabriel Walsh as 10 year old narrator.) Cainsville was where a boy could walk the streets safely at any time, day or night. Where everyone was genuinely glad to see you, and didn’t think you were odd if you wanted to keep to yourself. Because Cainsville was odd, too... -
Legend of the White Wolf by Terry Spear
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsIn this fourth in Spear's series, Private Eye Cameron MacPherson and Faith O'Mallery are both on quests that lead them into the world of magical wolves… Cameron arrives in the Canadian Arctic to search for his partners in his P.I. business who are late returning from a hunting trip...Categorized as:
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Prey by Rachel Vincent
Sometimes playing cat and mouse is no game...Play? "Right." My Pride is under fire from all sides, my father's authority is in question and my lover is in exile. Which means I haven't laid eyes on Marc's gorgeous face in months. And with a new mother "and" an I-know-everything teenager under my protection, I don't exactly have time to fantasize about ever seeing him again... -
Becoming by Kelley Armstrong, Angilram
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsElena Michaels has just been bitten by her boyfriend, psycho werewolf Clay Danvers. As the werewolf curse is slowly taking over her body and mind, she clings to the last shreds of her humanity, scared that her life will never be the same again. As per readers' request, finally the tale of Elena's Bite...Categorized as:
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Ungifted by Kelly Oram
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEven though her father is running for President of the United States, Grace St. Claire is as normal a girl as they come. She’s clumsy, shy, and an outcast among her peers. She even manages to nearly die in a freak accident in front of the entire school. But when Grace survives a vampire attack she quickly learns that she is anything but ordinary... -
Lucky Break by Chloe Neill
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsIn this thrilling new novella from the New York Times bestselling author of Blood Games, vampire Merit bites off more than she bargained for when a romantic trip to a secluded Colorado town turns deadly. Merit and Ethan are in desperate need of some alone time, far from the worries of Cadogan House, but trouble tends to follow wherever they go...Categorized as:
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Moon Island by J.R. Rain
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSix years ago federal agent Samantha Moon was the perfect wife and mother, your typical soccer mom with the minivan and suburban home. Then the unthinkable happens, an attack that changes her life forever. And forever is a very long time for a vampire. Now in MOON ISLAND, Samantha Moon is hired to look into the mysterious drowning of a super-rich hotel tycoon...Categorized as:
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Haunted by Jeanne C. Stein
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAnna Strong—kick-ass bounty hunter and vampire—has made some enemies in her time. But it’s not just her old foes she should be worried about… Anna’s shape-shifting friend Culebra finally opens up to her about his life before he owned Beso de la Muerte, a bar catering to supernatural clientele...Categorized as:
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Secret Unleashed by Sierra Dean
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe darkest secrets are the hardest to unearth. Secret McQueen, Book 6 After her last mission tested the limits of her humanity and took her out of this world, Secret’s friends, determined to keep her safe from her old nemesis Alexandre Peyton, keep ushering her from one babysitter to the next... -
Coveted by Stephanie Nelson
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsHaving prevented the war between the witches and vampires, Gwen Sparks was ready to move on and heal. She thought she could go home and her life would return to normal—she thought wrong. Being a spirit walker offers her protection, but it also put her life in danger as others covet what she possesses... -
The Keeping by Nicky Charles
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsRyne Taylor was a sexy bad-ass Alpha set on establishing a new pack. Melody Greene was a journalism student researching his work as a photographer or so she said. But could Mel really be trusted or had she stumbled upon his secret? And if she knew, could Ryne save himself and the pack he d left behind without enacting a deadly ancient law known as The Keeping? Sequel to The Mating...Categorized as:
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Cursed to Death by L.A. Banks
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsSecret government operative Sasha Trudeau arrives at the scene of a murder, only to discover that a Fae creature has been killed—in a whole new kind of way. What is the meaning behind this mysterious ritualistic killing? What did the victim do to deserve it? Sasha fears that the Vampires and Unseelies have formed an unholy alliance…and they’re ready to unleash their darkest arsenal of magick yet...Categorized as:
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Pride by Rachel Vincent
I'm on trial for my life. Falsely accused of infecting my human ex-boyfriend--and killing him to cover up the crime. Infecting a human is one of three capital offenses recognized by the Pride--along with murder and disclosure of our existence to a human.I'm two for three. A goner. Now we've discovered a rogue stray terrorizing the mountainside, hunting a wild teenage tabbycat... -
River Road by Suzanne Johnson
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsHurricane Katrina is long gone, but the preternatural storm rages on in New Orleans. New species from the Beyond moved into Louisiana after the hurricane destroyed the borders between worlds, and it falls to wizard sentinel Drusilla Jaco and her partner, Alex Warin, to keep the preternaturals peaceful and the humans unaware...Categorized as:
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Grave Secret by Sierra Dean
Sometimes a secret goes to the grave. Sometimes Secret puts you there. It’s been a hell of a year for Secret McQueen, and the last thing in the world she wants is to get caught up in werewolf drama. But when her former fiancé Lucas Rain shows up asking for her help, she knows there’s no easy way out... -
Keeping Secret by Sierra Dean
"Something old, something blue, something deadly...what else is new? " "Secret McQueen, Book 4" It's a nice day for a white wedding. At least that's what Secret McQueen is hoping for, with her poofy-princess-dress marriage to a werewolf king looming closer and closer by the day. But as ever, nothing can be that easy for a vampire/werewolf hybrid for whom someone still harbors a death wish... -
Elysian Fields by Suzanne Johnson
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn undead serial killer comes for DJ in this thrilling third installment of Suzanne Johnson’s Sentinels of New Orleans series The mer feud has been settled, but life in South Louisiana still has more twists and turns than the muddy Mississippi. New Orleanians are under attack from a copycat killer mimicking the crimes of a 1918 serial murderer known as the Axeman of New Orleans...Categorized as:
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Amityville Horrible by Kelley Armstrong, Maurizio Manzieri
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsJaime Vegas—spiritualist, entertainer and, unbeknownst to her audience, real-life necromancer—swore she’d never do another reality ghost show after the last fiasco. But when she’s railroaded into a charity gig, she finds herself back on the set, this time with a cast of photogenic college kids, an up-and¬-coming Russian spiritualist, and a tale of missing girls and murder in New England...Categorized as:
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A Secret to Die For by Sierra Dean
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsSecret McQueen, Book 8 No one is safe. Secret McQueen thought she’d seen it all, but that was before she, Desmond and Holden came home to find New York City burning and the streets overwhelmed with the walking dead. Now, in a race against time, she must find out who is responsible for unleashing hell on Earth... -
Micah and Strange Candy by Laurell K. Hamilton
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAn all new Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Novel, and more original tales in one special volume MICAH 'Raising the dead is easy. Love is hard.' There are lots of reasons to raise the dead - some private, some public. In this case, the feds have a witness who died before he could speak on the record. They want him raised so his testimony can be taken...Categorized as:
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Only Lycans Need Apply by Michele Bardsley
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWhen I found the ancient tomb of the two most powerful vampires in history, I knew I was in for a lot of trouble…. But archaeologists like me, Moira Jameson, are ready for trouble. Okay, maybe not human-species-threatening trouble. Or the kind of trouble that arrives in the form of a sexy werewolf named Drake. Yeah. Werewolf. And I thought ancient curses and walking corpses were a joke...Categorized as:
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Blood Moon by Jody Morse, Jayme Morse
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSamara hasn’t even had time to adjust to being a shape shifter yet when her werewolf gene makes begins to make things even more complicated. When she decided which wolf pack she wanted to belong to, she knew there would be consequences...Categorized as:
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Shadows of the Ancients by Christine M. Butler
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Ancients Series, Vol. 1 This is a new-adult book (ages 16+). No one ever questions the pairings their pack-master chooses for them. No one, except Jessica St. Marks, who can't stand the thought of being bonded for life to Zach Brighton, douchebag extraordinaire...Categorized as:
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Crescent Moon by C.L. Bevill
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsUla is a wolf shifter who was kidnapped from the northern woods of Manitoba. Although she was freed from her captivity by the Cat Clan of Colorado, her sister is still missing. In the frantic moments of the liberation of the weres, she encounters Killian, a cougar were and member of the Cat Clan of Colorado... -
Claiming My Mate by Nicole Howl
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLily has spent the last year as a captive of the Huntington's, the Wolf Hollow royals. They've been away touring their other pack lands, but they're back now...and have turned her new life upside down.Jason is the future Alpha and King of Wolf Hollow...Categorized as:
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Unruly Magic by Camilla Chafer
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA witch on the run. A quiet little town where everything is far from normal. A fractured witch council threatening to tear the supernatural world apart. Life hasn't been easy for novice witch Stella but small town life seems to be agreeing with her. When a seemingly innocent girl begs for her protection, Stella is pulled into a dangerous game of unruly magic... -
The Darkest Frost: Vol 1 of a 2-part serial by Tanya Holmes, Nikki Busch
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsGENRE: A Gothic paranormal romance with a twist. CLIFFHANGER: **YES** This is a two-part serial. When the ghost of her best friend begs for her help, psychic detective Denieve Knight goes undercover as a live-in domestic to catch a killer. She sets her sights on the most likely suspect: her friend’s mysterious employer, Doctor Braeden Frost. Dubbed "Dr...Categorized as:
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Whirl by Emma Raveling
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsOutspoken and independent, Kendra Irisavie has always played by her own rules. She's an ondine, a water elemental gifted with the powerful magic of Empath Virtue and trained to be a fighter. Pursued by Aquidae demons, she and her mother remain Rogue, hiding among humans to avoid becoming casualties in an ancient war. Everything changes when violence erupts on Kendra's seventeenth birthday...Categorized as:
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Dark Moon: A Nightcreature Novel by Lori Handeland
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsDr. Elise Hanover is on a mission to find a cure for lycanthropy. Her life depends on it, because she is a werewolf, too. FBI agent Nic Franklin has no idea that his newest assignment will bring him face-to-face with the woman who broke his heart years ago... -
Sucker for Love by Kimberly Raye
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsDivalicious darling of the undead Lil Marchette is this close to finding her own happily-ever-after with hunky live-in bounty hunter Ty Bonner. Unfortunately, reality is biting back in a big way. Lil’s got mounting bills to pay and clients to keep happily hooked up courtesy of Dead End Dating, the ultimate meet-and-greet for New York’s fanged, furry, and fabulous...Categorized as:
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Crescent Moon by Lori Handeland
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNew Orleans is known for sinful pleasures and strange magic, but for cryptozoologist Diana Malone it offers one irresistible attraction. For over a hundred years there have been whispers of wolves around the Crescent City, and the recent discovery of bodies in the nearby swamps hints at a creature even more dangerous…one that could make Diana's career and fortune, if she lives to capture it...Categorized as:
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Head Rush by Carolyn Crane
JUSTINE JONES FACES HER ULTIMATE ENEMY: HERSELF! In an attempt to put her unhappy past behind her, Justine Jones throws herself into nursing school and planning her wedding to Otto Sanchez, the man of her dreams. But something is off...Categorized as:
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Cold Hard Secret by Sierra Dean
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsThe Secret’s out, and heads will roll. Ever since her near-death experience at the hands of the villainous Dr. Kesteral, Secret McQueen hasn’t been the same. As in damaged almost beyond repair. But as usual, Secret has no time to lick her wounds. Armed to the fangs, she and Desmond embark on a whirlwind quest for revenge that takes them to the sewers of Paris to put an end to Alexandre Peyton... -
Last Wolf Standing by Rhyannon Byrd
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThat a woman who was his perfect match even existed. And that he'd find her in a bustling cafe. Yet just the scent of sweet, mortal Torrance Watson ignited a driving, explosive need to claim her that he knew his pack would never sanction. Worse, the rogue werewolf he'd been hunting had sensed that attraction and made Torry his prey...Categorized as:
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