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Magic Binds by Ilona Andrews
Mercenary Kate Daniels knows all too well that magic in post-Shift Atlanta is a dangerous business. But nothing she’s faced could have prepared her for this… Kate and the former Beast Lord Curran Lennart are finally making their relationship official...Categorized as:
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Magic Claims by Ilona Andrews
A new town, new friends, new challenges…. And a new heart-stopping adventure from #1 New York Times bestselling author, Ilona Andrews...Categorized as:
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Magic Tides by Ilona Andrews
Ilona Andrews invites you back to the #1 New York Times bestselling Kate Daniels series in this exciting new long novella featuring Kate, Curran and Conlan, some familiar faces, some new friends, and all the special brand of chaos they create!Kate, Curran and their son, Conlan have left Atlanta, vowing to keep a low profile, and are settling into a new city and new house…but some things never...Categorized as:
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Magic Strikes - Hot Tub by Ilona Andrews, Gordan Andrews
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Darkness Rises by Dianne Duvall
Krysta is used to getting the drop on vampires. Her "special abilities" aren't much, but the plan is simple--she plays helpless pretty young thing to lure them in. Then her shoto swords come out and it's bye-bye, bloodsucker. Until one night she finds herself with an unexpected ally. He's a vampire, all right, but different. Mysterious. Handsome...Categorized as:
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Shades of Midnight by Lara Adrian
In a frozen wilderness steeped in darkness, the lines between good and evil, lover and enemy, are never black or white but drawn in Shades of Midnight. Something inhuman is stalking the frigid Alaskan wilds, leaving unspeakable carnage in its wake...Categorized as:
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Darker After Midnight by Lara Adrian
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 53 ratingsThe climactic novel in the bestselling Midnight Breed series, of which BookPage raves: “If you like romance combined with heart-stopping paranormal suspense, you’re going to love this book.” In the dark of night, a blood war escalates within the hidden world of the Breed... -
Play of Passion by Nalini Singh
In his position as tracker for the SnowDancer pack, it's up to Drew Kincaid to rein in rogue changelings who have lost control of their animal halves- even if it means killing those who have gone too far. But nothing in his life has prepared him for the battle he must now wage to win the heart of a woman who makes his body ignite... and who threatens to enslave his wolf...Categorized as:
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Veil of Midnight by Lara Adrian
Bound by blood, addicted to danger, they'll enter the darkest—and most erotic—place of all. A warrior trained in bullets and blades, Renata cannot be bested by any man—vampire or mortal. But her most powerful weapon is her extraordinary psychic ability—a gift both rare and deadly...Categorized as:
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Midnight Awakening by Lara Adrian
With a dagger in her hand and vengeance on her mind, Darkhaven beauty Elise Chase prowls Bostons streets in search of retribution against the Rogue vampires who took from her everything she cherished. Using an extraordinary psychic gift, she tracks her prey, well aware that the power she possesses is destroying her...Categorized as:
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Kate's Origin by Ilona Andrews, Gordon Andrews
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsPublished in Small Magics, and part of Curran's POV.This is the story Jim tells Curran about Kate’s Daddy... -
Deeper Than Midnight by Lara Adrian
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 54 ratingsDELIVERED FROM THE DARKNESS, A WOMAN FINDS HERSELF PLUNGED INTO A PASSION THAT IS DEEPER THAN MIDNIGHT. At eighteen, Corinne Bishop was a beautiful, spirited young woman living a life of privilege as the adopted daughter of a wealthy family. Her world changed in an instant when she was stolen away and held prisoner by the malevolent vampire Dragos... -
High Voltage by Karen Marie Moning
There is no action without consequence… Dani O’Malley was nine years old when the delusional, sadistic Rowena transformed her into a ruthless killer. Years later, she’s tough, hardened, yet achingly vulnerable and fiercely compassionate, living alone by her own exacting code. Despite the scars on her body, driven by deeper ones carved into her soul, no one is more committed to protecting Dublin...Categorized as:
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Stalking Hawke by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsTakes place some time after Kiss of Snow.This story can be found on Nalini Singh's official website... -
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In Other Worlds by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsTogether for the first time in one volume... Three dazzling stories of magic and fantasy from the #1 New York Times bestselling author. Three of the author's most thrilling stories in one fabulous volume... Fire and Ice On the run, a beautiful virgin crosses paths with a sexy ex-assassin. Knightly Dreams The dashing hero of a novel comes to life... -
Magic Bites - Fernando's by Ilona Andrews, Gordon Andrews
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsPublished in Small Magics and included in Curran's POV.During Magic Bites, Curran sees Kate and Crest in Fernando's... -
A Taste of Midnight by Lara Adrian
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsFor fans who have been been waiting to devour Darker After Midnight, as well as new readers tempted by the seductive thrills of her Midnight Breed novels, New York Times bestselling author Lara Adrian offers up a tantalizing appetizer in A Taste of Midnight...Categorized as:
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Taken by Midnight by Lara Adrian
AT THE CROSSROADS OF DEATH AND DESIRE, A WOMAN TASTES A PLEASURE NO MORTAL IS MEANT TO SURVIVE. In the frozen Alaskan wilderness, former state trooper Jenna Darrow survives an unspeakable breach of body and soul. But with her narrow escape comes an even greater challenge. For strange changes are taking place within her, as she struggles to understand—and control—a new hunger... -
A Small Fairy Tale by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsShort story in the November Newsletter:Authors Note:This story stands fully alone, so you’ll be able to understand it even if you’ve never read the Guild Hunter series. All you need to know is that this is a world that includes angels and vampires as well as humans.For GH series readers, this story is set after Archangel’s Shadows and contains some spoilers for earlier books in the series...Categorized as:
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Ashes of Midnight by Lara Adrian
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 53 ratingsA woman driven by blood. A man thirsting for vengeance. A place where darkness and desire meet... As night falls, Claire Roth flees, driven from her home by a fiery threat that seems to come from hell itself. Then, from out of the flames and ash, a vampire warrior emerges. He is Andreas Reichen, her onetime lover, now a stranger consumed by vengeance... -
Naked Dinner by Ilona Andrews, Gordon Andrews
Published in Small Magics, and included in Curran's POV.This POV takes place between Magic Strikes and Magic Bleeds and is explaining why Curran missed the Naked Dinner with Kate... -
Hostage to Pleasure by singh-nalini
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsWith her darkly seductive Psy/Changeling world, Nalini Singh has created “a sensual, dangerous adventure not to be missed” (NYT bestselling author Lora Leigh). Now, as the deadly Psy Council tightens its grip, a rebel Psy scientist finds herself at the mercy of a changeling who has sworn vengeance against her kind . . -
A Walk on the Cliffs by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsShort story in the July Newsletter:Authors Note:This vignette stands alone, so you can read even if you’ve never read the Guild Hunter series.For series readers, A Walk on the Cliffs fits into chapter 6 of Archangel’s Shadows... -
Legacy of Chaos by Larissa Ione
The legacy continues…It’s a gritty new world.Three decades after the events of REAPER, the world is a different place. The secret is out. The existence of demons, vampires, shapeshifters, and angels has been revealed, and humans are struggling to adapt... -
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Magic Graves by Jeaniene Frost
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsNew York Times bestselling authors Jeaniene Frost and Ilona Andrews bring you two short stories of paranormal. Jeaniene Frost's story, One for the Money, features vampires Cat and Bones trying to protect a spoiled heiress with a price on her head and an undead hitman on her trail. Previously published in Death's Excellent Vacation... -
Angels' Dance by Nalini Singh
The gentle teacher of angelic young, and the keeper of her people's histories, Jessamy is respected and admired by everyone who knows her. Yet, born unable to soar into flight, she has spent thousands of years trapped in the mountain stronghold of the Refuge, her heart encased in painful loneliness...until the arrival of Galen, warrior angel from a martial court... -
Texture of Intimacy by Nalini Singh
A PSY/CHANGELING NOVELLA New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh’s phenomenal Psy/Changeling series continues with this sensual exploration of the searing joys and unexpected challenges of mating... SnowDancer healer Lara knows primal ecstasy. She wakes to it every morning, skin-to-skin with the hard male body of the quiet, powerful telepath who is her mate... -
Dorian by Nalini Singh
A changeling who can never shift lives a life of quiet frustration—until he learns how to let his leopard come out and play . . . Timeline: Takes place right after Hostage to Pleasure.This story can be found in the short story anthology Wild Embrace...Categorized as:
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Edge of Dawn by Lara Adrian
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 47 ratingsIn this pulse-pounding and thrillingly sensual novel, New York Times bestselling author Lara Adrian returns to the mesmerizing world of the Midnight Breed, following new characters into a dark future where an uneasy peace can unravel into war—and a great betrayal can mask an all-consuming love... -
Fated by Sarah Fine
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAislin Ferry and Jason Moros have only days until they will be called to account before the Keepers of the Afterlife. Yet as they race to restore order and make their case, their worlds fall into total disarray. Mutiny within the fractured Ferry family threatens Aislin’s hold on power and role as Charon. Meanwhile, the fearsome Lord of the Kere has family trouble of his own... -
Deception Cove by Jayne Castle
In the world of Harmony, Rainshadow Island is home to a mysterious preserve, secrets that have been kept for centuries, and a treasure worth killing for... As a light-talent, Alice North has the rare ability to make things disappear, including herself—a gift that comes in handy during her magic act with her dust bunny Houdini... -
Fathers and Sons by Gordon Andrews, Ilona Andrews
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe second volume of Curran POV takes place after the events of MAGIC BLEEDS and before MAGIC SLAYS.Infuriated by Kate's treatment at the hands of the Pack, the Beast Lord demands an explanation. When words fail, claws and fangs must do the talking... -
Tangle of Need by Nalini Singh
Discover the exhilarating risks of passion in the breathtaking new Psy-Changeling novel by Nalini Singh, the New York Times bestselling “alpha author of paranormal romance” (Booklist)… Adria, wolf changeling and resilient soldier, has made a break with the past—one as unpredictable in love as it was in war...Categorized as:
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Crave Me by Lexi C. Foss
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOnce upon a time, a series of portals opened on Earth, allowing magic to spill into the human world.Houses were created. Supernaturals were assigned. And a new balance was formed.All new arrivals are required to join a House.But this is the tale of a Goddess who refused and the House King who brought her to heel.Nyx.Mistress of Night.My newest obsession.The daring female killed one of my men... -
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Renegade by Erica Stevens
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 48 ratingsThough she is free of the palace, rescued from her position as a blood slave, Aria is haunted by the memories of her time spent within the fortress, tormented by memories of Braith, the prince that betrayed her and shattered her heart. Every day is a struggle to get through, and the only solace she is able to find is with Max, her best friend, and fellow captive... -
Numbers by Laurann Dohner
140 - Dana is visiting Homeland when she meets a New Species who tugs at her heartstrings. As a widow, she knows firsthand the pain he’s suffering after losing his mate. Mourn isn’t so certain that talking to a human female will help him heal but he desires her. It’s possible she could become his new reason for living. 927 - Candi lost the male she loved, but never forgot him...Categorized as:
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The Song of the Wolf by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsA short story about Sienna & Hawke's mated life. Timeline: Takes place some time after Shards of Hope.This story can be found on Nalini Singh's official website... -
Man of My Dreams by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Maggie Shayne
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsMagic of the Night... Every woman dreams about meeting the perfect man--the one whose power will spark her fiery passion and make her tremble with desire. Now, in this spellbinding collection, today's hottest authors present four devastatingly handsome heroes who can possess a woman's heart and satisfy her late-night yearnings... -
Trouble for My Troll by Honey Phillips
Her troll mechanic is determined to get her engine revving! Alison is looking forward to finally settling down in Fairhaven Falls. Surely a town full of monsters will make it easier to guard her vulnerable heart. When she runs into a truck driven by a massive troll with a charming smile, she realizes it might not be so easy after all...Categorized as:
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Whisper of Sin by Nalini Singh
New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh returns to her phenomenal Psy-Changeling world as a woman in peril finds herself in the arms of a dangerously beautiful shapeshifter… San Francisco is under threat from a violent gang…a gang that has no idea who they’re challenging...Categorized as:
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Kiss of Crimson by Lara Adrian
He comes to her more dead than alive, a towering black-clad stranger riddled with bullets and rapidly losing blood. As she struggles to save him, veterinarian Tess Culver is unaware that the man calling himself Dante is no man at all, but one of the Breed, vampire warriors engaged in a desperate battle...Categorized as:
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Kaleb and Sahara’s Meeting with Sascha and Lucas by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsA deleted scene about Sascha & Lucas' meeting with Sahara & Kaleb. Timeline: Takes place during Chapter 7 of Shield of Winter.This story can be found in Nalini Singh's March 2015 newsletter...Categorized as:
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Home by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA short story featuring Clay, Talin, Jon and Noor from the DarkRiver pack. Timeline: Takes place some time after Play of Passion and before Kiss of Snow.This story can be found on Nalini Singh's official website...Categorized as:
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Heart Thief by Robin D. Owens
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIn HeartMate , Robin D. Owens swept us away to the planet Celta, where psychic talents are the key to life—and love. Midwest Book Review predicted that "readers will want Ms Owens to return to Celta for more tales." And the prophesy has come true—with Heart Thief ... Ruis Elder never asked for his unusual trait—the ability to neutralize others' psychic talents... -
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Pale Moon by Elizabeth Kelly
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsUnlike his siblings, Nicholas Williams has no desire to find a mate. But when a group of strange Lycans arrive at his home, bringing with them a human woman named Max, Nicky finds himself oddly attracted to her.On a dangerous quest to the outskirts to save his birth father's life, Nicholas is drawn to Max in a way he does not understand... -
An Enchanted Season by Maggie Shayne, Erin McCarthy
Give readers a gift-new stories from a bestselling lineup of romance authors. It's the time of year when dreams come true, miracles happen every day, and love is the greatest gift of all... The holidays always seem to bring out the best in everyone, with heartfelt hugs for long-missed friends, sincere smiles in the spirit of the season, and a feeling of magic in the air... -
Stroke of Enticement by Nalini Singh
In Stroke of Enticement , Annie a wary young teacher, skeptical about love, arouses the man—and the animal—in an aggressive leopard changeling who must prove his affections are true.This story can be found in the short story anthology Wild Invitation...Categorized as:
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Deep Kiss of Winter by Kresley Cole, Gena Showalter
Kresley Cole - Untouchable (Immortals After Dark #8) #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR KRESLEY COLE delivers a breathtaking tale of a brutal vampire soldier about to know love for the first time... and a Valkyrie aching for his touch. Murdoch Wroth will stop at nothing to claim Daniela - the delicate Valkyrie who makes his heart beat for the first time in three hundred years...Categorized as:
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Mina Wentworth and the Invisible City by Meljean Brook
Eight months after The Iron Duke, can their marriage survive a new danger? After Mina is called in to investigate the murder of an aristocratic bounder, her husband Rhys—known to the world as the Iron Duke—must overcome his fear for his new bride before his need to protect her tears them apart... -
The Scarecrow's Queen by Naomi Lucas, Mel Braxton
Once, I was feared by all who gazed upon me. For centuries, I served, defending my crops in solitude and stillness, baring my scythe as an omen.But when the crops die around me, I find myself standing over a field of shriveled stalks.It is her fault.The female who has taken over my fields. She might be the new queen of these lands, but in her wake, she brings only death.So, I will scare her away...
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