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Shine by Dannika Dark
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsIn the short span of a year, Silver has gone from becoming a Mage to discovering the truth about her unique genetics. Logan Cross went from her mortal enemy to her immortal lover, but a threat is fast approaching like an inevitable storm. Attacks are underway against the Mageri and one man is behind it—an elusive foe who is an unstoppable force...Categorized as:
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Pleasantly Undead In Dark River by Grace McGinty
Raine and her guys are back!It's time to settle down, get into the swing of her eternal life. No more life or death-death situations. No more almost kidnappings. No more drama.She's going to reopen the Immortal Cupcake and become a boring member of Dark River for real.Except she can't bake. And there's an ancient vampire leaving her heads and other undesirable body parts on her front step...Categorized as:
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Happily Undead In Dark River by Grace McGinty
There was no wake-up call quite like almost exsanguinating your main love interest while being compelled by your unhinged Maker. No longer hanging onto her past as Mika McKellen, human, Raine was determined to take her new life and live it at one hundred percent. She was no longer an unwilling victim... -
Inextricably Tied by Aveda Vice
Harbinger is reckless.It only makes sense that she keeps the world at arm’s length. No one to answer to. No one to lose. No one to touch her banshee skin and become connected forever.It’s a system that works — even if it means keeping her partner, Flint, from getting any closer to her.Flint is restrained...Categorized as:
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Balanced Trajectory by Erin R. Flynn
I completely forgot about the blurb until this moment, so well, there's not a blurb yet. Go ahead, laugh, I deserve it. Hope it gives you a chuckle if you needed one. Much love from Vader and I and I'll post one soon... Sometime after I write it... -
Loving My Pack by Lane Whitt
As the craziest year of her life comes to a close, Kitten finds herself on the brink of a new journey. Motherhood. That’s right, there’s new life coming to the Ivaskov pack. Since meeting her mates, Kitten’s world has been a rollercoaster of ups and downs and everything in between...Categorized as:
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Golden Chaos by Colette Rhodes
Life isn’t a fairytale, but for a few days I got to pretend it was. Now I’m back in my childhood bedroom in New York, eating breakup ice cream and listening to early 2000s emo music.Whatever, this was the wake-up call I needed. It’s time for Ria 2.0.No more bailouts.No more half-baked projects.No more impulsive decisions...Categorized as:
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Demons at Deadnight by A&E Kirk
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsFor seventeen-year-old Aurora Lahey, survival is a lifestyle. DEMONIC DESTINY Aurora has the crappiest superpower on the planet. And it's just unleashed a hit squad from hell. Demons are on the hunt, salivating to carve her carcass into confetti. CHARISMATIC KILLERS The Hex Boys--mysterious, hunky, and notorious for their trails of destruction--have the answers Aurora needs to survive...Categorized as:
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SOS Hotel: Your Final Resting Place by Adam Vex, Ariana Nash
An ex-adult movie star, a broke vampire daddy, and a boring human are about to try and save the world... It's probably our fault your world is doomed, if I'm honest. Sorry about that. Sticking with honesty, we're not great at saving people, or ourselves. You should probably pack a bag and head for the hills.You know, just in case.. -
Wolf's Soul by J.L. Madore
A Reverse Harem Shifter Romance Four mates to claim. Three crystals to find. Two realms to unite. With news of my fiery resurrection spreading through fae communities like wildfire, all eyes fall on me. Am I ready for the battles to come? Um... no, not even close. If only my destiny was as simple as sorting out the horizontal hijinks of four scorching hot mates. That I could handle... -
Impulse by Dannika Dark
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 41 ratings"You are the only female I desire, the only water that will quench my thirst, the only sun that will warm my skin, the only lips that were made for mine." Almost one year ago, a Mage attacked Silver and changed the course of her destiny. Immortals exist, and now she is one of them...Categorized as:
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Winter of the Wolf by Cherise Sinclair
Erotic paranormal ménage romance After years in foster care, Breanne Gallagher has the stable life she’s always wanted, living with her foster-sister, working as a chef, enjoying her comfortable routines. Then one devastating night, a hellish creature invades her apartment and shatters her fragile existence. Shifting between monster and man, it slaughters her foster sister and assaults Bree... -
The Vixen's Lead by Tate James
I want vengeance so badly that I can almost taste it. It's all I've ever wanted. So, I did what anyone in my unique position would do. I slapped on a secret identity and became an internationally renowned thief, known as The Fox. Nobody knows me. Nobody can catch me. Or so I thought... It turns out; I have what they want. Special abilities...Categorized as:
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Karma by R.J. Blain
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsan alternate cover edition can be found hereKarma Johnson has spent her entire adult life working to become a member of FBI's Child Abduction Rapid Deployment team. She's earned her transfer to CARD, but when she's caught up in the kidnapping of an infant from a festival, she learns what it's like to be the victim...Categorized as:
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The Fate of Eternity by K.C. Kean
The path to greatness is paved with valuable lessons and this journey has proven that nothing is as it seems. Everyone at Heir Academy has a secret, friends and enemies alike, and it’s up to me to navigate them all and get us out alive. Raiden, Kryll, Brody, Cassian … I’m not sure I would have survived this long without them and it’s about time I stop ignoring my heart... -
Tempting Evil by Keri Arthur
In a world of sorcery and seduction, the nights bring out the beautiful, the damned, and the desired. Here, Riley Jenson is on her own-half werewolf, half vampire, working for an organization created to police the supernatural races. Trusting her superiors and lovers barely more than she trusts her worst enemies, Riley plays by her own set of rules...Categorized as:
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Speak No Evil by Jewel Killian
My conscience won’t let me rest until I’ve made sure the outcasts living here are safe. No harm will come to them because of my actions. And, since the Lords are out of commission—also my fault—they can’t stop me. But it also means they can’t bail me out. I have to figure this out on my own, or I’ll never find closure on Em’s murder... -
Born of Embers by Harper Wylde, Quinn Arthurs
I always knew I was different. I’d thought it had to be hidden - to stay a secret. I didn’t know my secret would become the key to my survival. Turning eighteen and getting accepted into college brings me everything I need to escape from the nightmares of my past but I never could have imagined my nightmares - and dreams - were just beginning... -
Surge of Ice by Lacey Carter Andersen
My men cannot protect me against the growing forces of enemy dragons, not without help…Evander, Aydan, and Granger want to believe that the strength of their will alone will keep me safe, but we’ve already seen that’s not true. The enemy dragons are powerful. Maybe even more powerful than us. If we want to survive, we need to make allies with some of the other dragons.Even though it’ll be a risk...Categorized as:
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The Witch's Daughter by Laken Cane
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn book seven of the Rune Alexander series, Rune meets new allies, enters a bizarre and vaguely familiar world, and realizes all over again that she can never really trust anyone. Except, maybe, the one she lost... Sucked into Skyll by the echoes of Wormwood, she must complete a very important task in order to return to the world in which she belongs... -
Wandering Star by Willow Hadley
Cricket Kendall has learned a lot about herself in the month leading up to her long-awaited eighteenth birthday. Not only is she more powerful than she ever imagined she’d be, she’s also discovered she’s an alpha and most likely soulmates with three hot-ass werewolves.And now, her birthday is finally here...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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Twinning and Sinning: From Mutts to Mates by Vera Foxx
Twinning and Sinning: From Mutts to Mates♥This book can be read as a stand-alone but is part of the Under the Moon series. This is considered an epic-novel, long romance, and adventure of a new world.♥◆◆◆Seraphina Rinaldi is the third child of the infamous Italian mafia leader, Dario Rinaldi... -
Heart of the Pride by Kaye Draper
When Gesa escaped her oppressive clan to become a bounty hunter in a growing backwater city, she never imagined she would end up dating a fae. She might try her best to deny Oisin’s jokes about her starting a pride—a harem reserved for male gryphons—but Gesa is growing dangerously fond of their roommate and secretary, the unassuming human, Con...Categorized as:
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Magic Gambit by Sadie Moss
Okay, so things have gotten a little bit crazy around here.The good news is, we know what we’re up against now.The bad news? I don’t know if we stand a chance.Magic Gambit is the final book in the Hidden World Academy series, a medium-burn reverse harem story intended for ages 18+, featuring a sassy human who's a little out of her depth and the three men who win her heart... -
Hear No Evil by Jewel Killian
Demons don't know how to love.And since I don't mix summoning and relationships, that's fine by me. But neither of those facts keep us from sneaking into each other's bedrooms at nightAnd day.And pretty much any time not spent tracking down Em's killer. It was supposed to be a bluff.Going to them after they took everything--my apartment, my job--it was a power move... -
Wanton Wonderland by Eva Chase
Three keys to claiming Wonderland's throne: 1. Win over the citizens (who are caught up in a drug-fueled daze). 2. Recover the magical artifacts of my royal line (which are hidden behind a squad of brutal guards). 3. Draw on the love of the three most extraordinary men I've ever met (one of whom is held captive by a tyrant queen). Okay, I've got my work cut out for me...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...Categorized as:
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Reign of Dragons by Olivia Ash
No one screws with my family. My sister and I are human orphans raised by the world’s best assassin, taught to steal and kill our way through the dragonlands under her watchful eye. Grown men fear us, and no one knows we’re coming until it’s too late to run. Irena and I—we’re good. The best. In a dog-eat-dragon kind of world, we have to be. But someone betrayed us... -
Destiny Rising by C.J. Cooke
The academy is destroyed and the majority of its students massacred by the demons.Aria and her Elites struggle with the loss of one of their own, while protecting the survivors in their retreat to the Pack. But is the Pack somewhere that Aria can be safe?As Aria discovers more about her identity and her growing magic, it becomes apparent that this is only the first step in her journey...Categorized as:
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Unholy Pleasures by Debra Dunbar
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAmber’s summer internship is dying on the vine. Dozens of different diseases and pests have suddenly infected the California winery’s grapes in a biblical-scale blight. The warmonger she thought was a one-night stand has shown up uninvited with an indecent proposal... -
Wolf Keeper by Yumoyori Wilson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThree Chosen Paths. One Destined Future. A Finale Only She Can Face.After a traumatic accident, amnesiac Harper Blake wakes up in unfamiliar surroundings and being tended to by a stranger — an important stranger she should have met long ago. Her new friend helps provide answers, but as a foreign side of her power awakens, even more questions unfold... -
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...Categorized as:
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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... -
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Falling Shadows by K.C. Kean
I am at home in the darkness, where brutality feeds on the weak and fuels the strong. Shadowmoor has forged me into who I am today and I have the mark and scars to prove it. I never thought I’d see the light again, but it seems destiny has other plans for me. My father’s arrival means life as I know it is about to change...Categorized as:
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Destined Darkness by Tessa Cole
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsThey’ll do anything to protect her... as long as they never learn her secret. I’m Officer Essie Shaw, and I shouldn’t exist. If anyone finds out their friendly neighborhood beat cop is a nephilim — public enemy number one — I’ll be imprisoned. Or worse, dissected. I survive by keeping my head down and my barely-there magic under wraps...Categorized as:
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Mr. Peabody's House by Eve Langlais
A haunted house becomes the focus of a demonic investigation so Brenda teams up with a trio of werewolves to solve the mystery. But when the house eats her, can they find a way to save her? I met a trio of furballs when my BFF was dealing with a demon issue and since then, I can’t stop thinking about them... -
Rogue by Sadie Moss
Sometimes you have to break all the rules to win…Our plan was almost perfect. But you know what they always say: almost just doesn’t cut it when you’re up against dangerous, homicidal magic.Magic that’s now living inside me.Being a host to the very villain we’re trying to defeat isn’t ideal, but I have no choice but to play the hand I’ve been dealt...Categorized as:
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House of Aves by Crea Reitan
I’ve been a prisoner in my own home for as long as I can remember.When both of my older siblings died at a young age, my parents became obsessive in protecting me, to keep me alive. I’m not allowed contact with anyone. I’ve attended every year of school remotely straight through university... -
Black Night by Christina Henry
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsMadeline Black is an Agent of death, meaning she escorts the souls of people who have died to the afterlife. Of course, not everyone is happy to see her... If obstinate dead people were all that Maddy had to worry about, life would be much easier. But the best-laid plans of Agents and fallen angels often go awry... -
Finding the Fire Within by C.C. Masters
Anna may have found a place to belong in the Seaside Pack but she is starting to realize that the guys are more than just family to her. Now that she is overcoming her past and shedding the scars that years of abuse have left, she finds a whole new world opening up to her... -
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...Categorized as:
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Marked by Night by Demi Warrik
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFate always has a plan for us. Even if we’re not always ready for it. So, buckle up buttercups because this is my story.All I wanted was a normal night out with my bestie. A few measly hours away from our troubles before we’re shoved back into a cruel reality for the foreseeable future...Categorized as:
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Cry Of The Wolf by Dianna Hardy
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe full moon is a week away, and although Lydia is as excited as it gets to run as a wolf for the first time, she is also fighting to keep her independence while trying to understand her role in the lives of the three males that have come to rule hers: compassionate, tender Taylor; impetuous, fun-loving Ryan and distant, cold Lawrence. There's also a fourth man in Lydia's life...Categorized as:
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Briar by Ripley Proserpina
The sun is Briar Hale’s enemy. All her life she’s been in the shadows, sheltered and protected, warned and smothered. No Briar is ready to take control of her life, and step out into the sunlight for the first time. A newly enrolled graduate student at Boston College, she’s determined to discover why her body betrays her. And she knows just the scientist to help her...Categorized as:
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The Bitten Wolf by Lucy Scott Bryan
For so long I have had a yearning, a hunger.It keeps me awake at night. It takes me away from my pack. It makes me lie to my brother.It steers me into the dangerous and vicious world of the vampires. And only then do I start to feel alive.Four Houses run everything...Categorized as:
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Darkness Descends by Alisha Ashton
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSkye Faden has had a crappy decade. Seriously. She survived nearly ten years of torture, then escaped and killed the vampires responsible for the deaths of her entire family. She should - by all rights - be free to spend the rest of her days on a warm, sandy beach somewhere. Unfortunately, those plans are quickly derailed by a bite-happy werewolf...Categorized as:
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Feral Sins by Suzanne Wright
If your inner wolf and your body react rather enthusiastically to a psychotic Alpha male who’s own wolf has a tendency to turn feral, it can’t be a good thing, can it? Entering into a bargain with him wouldn’t be good either. Unfortunately, Taryn Warner, a latent wolf shifter, doesn’t have many options open to her right now. Okay, she has no options...Categorized as:
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Blood Wager by Connie Suttle
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 32 ratings"I agree to pay Sergio Velenci one million pounds if the female takes less than nine days to fully turn." Lissa's life as a vampire begins on the day her husband is removed from life support...Categorized as:
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Deep Dark Secret by Sierra Dean
The only good Secret is a buried Secret. "Secret McQueen, Book 3" Secret McQueen has hunted vampires, werewolves, and every conceivable supernatural menace-to-society. Seen it all? Not even close. When the queen of the were-ocelots comes to her for help finding a missing girl, the half-vampire/half-werewolf soon realizes how much she has to learn about the things that go bump in the night...Categorized as:
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