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Shine by Dannika Dark
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 35 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]()
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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![The Monster's Wife by Jillian West]()
The Monster's Wife by Jillian West
The picturesque town of Haven may offer sanctuary for all, but the irony is getting harder to monsters are vanishing. Aline knows better than to meddle. The runaway Princess of Faere learned the hard way what happens when others see what her magic can do. No, it's far better to focus on her own problems like running The Monster's Den and staying off the paranormal council's radar...Categorized as:
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![Happily Undead In Dark River by Grace McGinty]()
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... -
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![Don't Bait Me by Jackie May]()
Don't Bait Me by Jackie May
Now that Nora has been outed as an underworlder, all she wants to do is lay low, figure out how to hide her fey heritage and decide if she wants to date any of the men in her life. Unfortunately, fate has other plans. Just one week after the werewolf fiasco, Terrance is nearly killed by an unknown attacker. He's not the only victim...Categorized as:
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![Necessary Respite by Erin R. Flynn]()
Necessary Respite by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsMy name is Tamsin Vale and I’m finally putting myself first. If people won’t listen to me, are so determined to force me to be what they want, then I’m done working with them. I am a person, not something the people of Faerie own or all other supes can use and abuse.So I pulled the emergency brake and it’s time for a reset... -
![Winter of the Wolf by Cherise Sinclair]()
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... -
![Loving My Pack by Lane Whitt]()
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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![Knight Resolution by B.M. Clemton]()
Knight Resolution by B.M. Clemton
And they all lived happily ever after… or did they? It’s been ten years since my family finally broke free of the man who had us under his thumb… ten years since we defeated Dante. My life is all I could ever hope for. In addition to my six husbands who I love and adore, I also have the family we fought tirelessly to create. Everything looks perfect, and for me and my guys, it really is... -
![Ember's Claim by Jillian West]()
Ember's Claim by Jillian West
The North American Pack was always meant to be Ember’s birthright, but she grew up far away from shifter culture in a sanctuary city for monsters.Her wolf yearns to scout pack lands and socialize with other wolves, but Ember understands the risks, especially considering female shifters are nearly endangered nowadays.So, she keeps her distance, even if she has to fight her wolf at every turn..Categorized as:
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![Demons at Deadnight by A&E Kirk]()
Demons at Deadnight by A&E Kirk
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 38 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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![A Surrender Of Hope by B.M. Clemton]()
A Surrender Of Hope by B.M. Clemton
Four Demon Princes. Three Betrayals. Two Realms. One moment… One decision… One life saved. Not many people get a second chance at life, and if I hope to survive, I’ll need to learn how to navigate the world in which I’ve found myself. Lennox, Creed, Valen, and Razar not only turned my life upside down, they completely altered my reality and plan for a future I didn’t know could exist...Categorized as:
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![Balanced Trajectory by Erin R. Flynn]()
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...Categorized as:
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![Courting Darkness by Katie May, Quinn Arthurs]()
Courting Darkness by Katie May, Quinn Arthurs
My whole life has been characterized by fighting. Fighting my family. And fighting for my life. Trust me—the first one is completely voluntary, and a lot of fun. The second? Not so much. To say my family dynamic is weird is the understatement of the century. I held my first sword when I was only five years old, and I learned how to dispose of a body before I turned ten...Categorized as:
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![SOS Hotel: Your Final Resting Place by Adam Vex, Ariana Nash]()
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.. -
![Blood of Dragons by Olivia Ash]()
Blood of Dragons by Olivia Ash
As the dragon vessel, pretty much everyone wants me either locked up or dead. The magic I possess—the magic I’m quickly mastering —it can destroy whole cities. Start wars. Change the tides of a battle. Dragon families are run like the mob—and all seven dragon Bosses want to meet me. Oh joy. But out of the shadows comes a new threat—a fighter who reminds me of my mentor... -
![Inextricably Tied by Aveda Vice]()
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... -
![Karma by R.J. Blain]()
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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![Fate of Dragons by Olivia Ash]()
Fate of Dragons by Olivia Ash
A dangerous and cruel dragon shifter is holding my sister hostage. And I am going to kill him. With my bare hands, if I have to. He wants to trade—Irena’s life, for mine. For my freedom. For the ancient and deadly dragon magic I fused with when his cronies kicked me into a pit to die. I came back from the dead, and I brought the fury of hell with me... -
![Reign of Dragons by Olivia Ash]()
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... -
![A Cursed Embrace by Cecy Robson]()
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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![Read You Like a Book by Sam Hall]()
Read You Like a Book by Sam Hall
Everyone wants to wake up next to a hot book boyfriend, right? Well, not Ash. Her grandmother has just died and she knows the service tomorrow is going to be a hard one. She has to say goodbye to the one member of her family who always had her back and her mother’s perfumed steamroller tendencies seem to get out of control each time there’s some kind of family emergency...Categorized as:
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![Deceived by the Gargoyles by Lillian Lark]()
Deceived by the Gargoyles by Lillian Lark
A curvy librarian looking to start a family, a clan of gargoyles, and the deception that starts it all.My family has always found me lacking. From the way I dress, how I look, to the type of magic I have. My family name is full of pomp and prestige, and I want nothing to do with it.I’m a witch that knows how to set a goal and I have one in mind. I want a real family. Dating is a travesty... -
![Born of Embers by Harper Wylde, Quinn Arthurs]()
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... -
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![Frost Fae by Meg Xuemei X]()
Frost Fae by Meg Xuemei X
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Fae court Reverse Harem Fantasy Romance"I'll ravish you for hours. Days. I won't ever stop." That's the Fae Kings' ritual of courting and claiming. Sorry I asked.The three Fae kings insist I'm their fated mate, and they're terrible at sharing.I know I should turn my back on them before they ruin me.They're too ruthless, feral, possessive, and well, too hot for me to feel safe...Categorized as:
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![Undone by May Dawson]()
Undone by May Dawson
Dean McCauley has been replaced by a new dean—one far more dangerous to shifters and witches alike. He’ll try to break my men, and I might not even be there to fight him. My mother is locked away in one of the cells, ranting and raving about witches invading the shifter academy… And she’s named me. To clear my name, I’ll have to track down my father... -
![Blood Royal by Connie Suttle]()
Blood Royal by Connie Suttle
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 26 ratings"Rene', what will you do if I kick his ass?" I jerked my head toward Tony. "Nothing, as long as you do not inflict permanent harm," Rene' smiled slightly. I got up to go after Tony, but Wlodek hauled me back. "We will not allow a brawl between our two youngest," he declared and settled me back in my seat... -
![Speak No Evil: Dark Paranormal Romance by Jewel Killian]()
Speak No Evil: Dark Paranormal Romance 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... -
![Soothing Nightmares by M. Sinclair]()
Soothing Nightmares by M. Sinclair
I didn’t fear my nightmares. I loved them... and they loved me.I had never been afraid of the dark. Abandoned on the front step of ISS, I’d spent my entire life thriving in the realm of darkness that most humans avoided.I was a woman living among monsters... -
![Blood Rebellion by Connie Suttle]()
Blood Rebellion by Connie Suttle
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 23 ratings"I believe you have visitors," Giff said, setting the coronet on its velvet stand. "I know." I rubbed my forehead where the pale line showed from wearing the gold band. "People waiting on me and I have hat lines." Lissa expected her life as Queen of Le-Ath Veronis to run smoothly. At least for a little while. Reality has a way of intruding on even the most idyllic of circumstances... -
![House of Aves by Crea Reitan]()
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... -
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Black Spring by Christina Henry
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsA former Agent of death, Madeline Black now has everything to live for, most importantly, her unborn child. But Chicago has become ground zero in a struggle between ancient creatures, and only Maddy can stop the carnage… The mayor of Chicago has announced a plan to round up the city’s supernatural beings and put them in camps... -
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Black City by Christina Henry
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsFormer Agent of death Madeline Black may have been stripped of her wings—but she hasn’t lost her purpose… When Maddy finally killed her father, Azazel, she thought his depraved experiment died with him. But now Chicago has been infested with vampires immune to the effects of the sun, and the bloodbath is worse than she could have ever imagined... -
![Their Lethal Pet by Lexi C. Foss]()
Their Lethal Pet by Lexi C. Foss
Run. Hide. Fight.It’s Monsters Night, the annual event where the portals to other realms and realities open, and monsters flood the streets to search for their potential mates.And I’m one of the candidates.Why?Because I broke all the rules. I fought back against the elitist system hellbent on enslaving humankind. And f-ck if I’m going to let one of these monsters claim me... -
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![Darkness Descends by Alisha Ashton]()
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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![The Arcane: Part 1 by C.J. Cooke]()
The Arcane: Part 1 by C.J. Cooke
I had a life once, but in one moment of madness, it was stolen from me. Now, an animal prowls inside of me. A forgotten creature just like those I work with. We are The Arcane. We hunt those that hurt the innocent. The monsters that break out of the shadows. One of those monsters has turned its eye to Forest Hills Academy. It hunts the students... -
![Cursed By Destiny by Cecy Robson]()
Cursed By Destiny by Cecy Robson
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsCelia Wird and her three sisters are just like other 20-something girls—with one tiny exception: they're products of a backfired curse that has given each of them unique powers that make them, well, weird…... Celia’s a girl in trouble. Her heart is bound to Aric, but he is a pureblood were who must deny her or risk condemning his species to extinction. And that’s just her love life...Categorized as:
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![Mr. Peabody's House by Eve Langlais]()
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... -
![Creature of the Sky by Maya Nicole]()
Creature of the Sky by Maya Nicole
We were warned about the threats we would face, and now our lives are in danger.The dagger is more powerful than we'd ever imagined and now that the flames have died off, we're off to a new destination with uncertainty around every corner.Time is running out for me, and I hope we aren't being taken on a wild goose—or chicken—chase to find the next creature... -
![Unholy Pleasures by Debra Dunbar]()
Unholy Pleasures by Debra Dunbar
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 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... -
![Wildfire Gospel by Kenya Wright]()
Wildfire Gospel by Kenya Wright
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAvailable Now, Here: http://dragonfairypress.com/kenyawrig... LANORE'S TO-DO LIST #1- Set Dante on fire until he’s nothing but smoke and ash. #2- Find Nona and Mother Earth, tie them to a tree, and create the biggest bonfire Santeria has ever seen. #3- Find out if there is anybody higher in Mother Earth's psychotic chain of command...Categorized as:
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![The Soulless Witch by J.S. Hart]()
The Soulless Witch by J.S. Hart
Death comes for all living things. Well, all except for one.The soulless witch. The monster. The villain.Two thousand years ago, Celeste sold her soul for revenge she never got. Now she is doomed to live forever, never finding peace despite being the most powerful witch in the world... -
![Destined Darkness by Tessa Cole]()
Destined Darkness by Tessa Cole
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 26 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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![Black Heart by Christina Henry]()
Black Heart by Christina Henry
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsAs a former Agent of Death, Madeline Black is no stranger to witnessing violent ends. But being the one to cause them is an entirely different story… Despite her having saved Chicago from a vampire invasion, the Agency wants to get Maddy off their payroll—permanently. With the deadly Retrievers hot on her trail, she has no choice but to trust Nathaniel to port her to safety... -
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![Nicky and the Night Owls: Part Two by Sierra Cassidy]()
Nicky and the Night Owls: Part Two by Sierra Cassidy
Now that Nicky’s found a hot, loving pack all her own, it’s time to get down to living the dream, right?Well...maybe not.After her last job literally went down in flames, the beleaguered beta finds herself on the wrong end of the investigation—and she’s not the only one. Not to mention her newfound family is at odds with a packmate’s biological relatives, and that means trouble for everyone... -
![Destiny Rising by C.J. Cooke]()
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... -
![Hear No Evil by Jewel Killian]()
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... -
![Finding the Fire Within by C.C. Masters]()
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... -
![Blood Wager by Connie Suttle]()
Blood Wager by Connie Suttle
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 30 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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![Black Lament by Christina Henry]()
Black Lament by Christina Henry
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsDevastated and grieving, Maddy unexpectedly finds hope with the discovery that she is pregnant. But Maddy's joy is short lived when Lucifer informs her that he wants the baby, hoping to draw on the combined power of two of his bloodlines. Maddy is determined that her grandfather will never have her child, but she’s not sure what she can do to stop him...
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