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Freaky Sights by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsMystic Caravan Circus is on the move after their winter break. First stop? Moonstone Bay. Poet Parker and crew are looking for a permanent location because traveling won’t be an option for much longer. They’re expecting a normal trip.They’re getting so much more … including a mystery... -
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Magic & Misfits by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWelcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken.Bentley Smith is tired of being the red-headed stepchild in the office of Vox Populi and is determined to prove his mettle by warming up the cold case involving Sheriff Nash’s murdered father. The deeper he digs, however, the more uncomfortable he becomes when the information he unearths implicates one of Starry Hollow’s very own... -
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![Shadow Hunt by Melissa F. Olson]()
Shadow Hunt by Melissa F. Olson
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsFor years now, Scarlett Bernard has counted on two things: her ability to nullify magic, and Shadow, the bargest who guards Scarlett with her life. But after a sudden revelation turns Scarlett’s world upside down, she panics and leaves town without warning, leaving Shadow with her partner, Jesse. In the chaos that follows, the bargest is stolen—and Jesse nearly dies from a brutal psychic assault... -
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Bewitched and Bothered by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsHadley Hunter is taking some downtime with her fiancé Galen Blackwood. All she wants to do is bask in their happiness and pretend nothing bad could possibly happen.This is Moonstone Bay, however. That’s simply not reality.When Galen gets a call that an old-timer on the island is holding a gun on the guests at a local bar, Hadley accompanies him to the scene…and watches as the unthinkable happens... -
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![Freaky Lies by Amanda M. Lee]()
Freaky Lies by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe Mystic Caravan Circus is a place of magic and mayhem. Unfortunately for Poet Parker these days, it’s also packed full of lies. It’s been more than a week since she found out an unsightly Her boss Max is her boyfriend’s father. Despite giving Max an ultimatum, he’s yet to tell Kade Denton the truth, and that’s left Parker in a sticky situation... -
![Magic & Maladies by Annabel Chase]()
Magic & Maladies by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWelcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken.A wedding may be a new beginning for Bentley and Meadow, but it's an ending for one of their obnoxious guests. When Sheriff Nash starts showing more wolf than warmth during the investigation, paranormals sit up and take notice, especially ones in positions of power... -
![Leopard's Hunt by Christine Feehan]()
Leopard's Hunt by Christine Feehan
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsIn this pulse-pounding novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Leopard series, animal instinct unites two elite shifters whose heads are at war with their hearts. Gorya Amurov might be known as his family's peacekeeper, but the leopard inside him wants nothing more than to claw to the surface and unleash hell... -
![Into the Dark by Gena Showalter]()
Into the Dark by Gena Showalter
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsThree otherworldly tales from the master of paranormal romance and a brand-new Lords of the Underworld bonus guide! The Darkest Fire a Lords of the Underworld prequel Geryon is the guardian of hell, more monster than man. Kadence is the goddess of Oppression, more angel than woman... -
![Magic & Mishaps by Annabel Chase]()
Magic & Mishaps by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWelcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken.Ember Rose is working hard to smooth the path for her relationship with the stoic vampire Alec Hale. She hits a massive bump, however, when a body is discovered drained of blood and Alec is one of the key suspects. Sheriff Nash insists that his interest in Alec isn't personal, but Ember isn't convinced... -
![Blaze of Fury by Annabel Chase]()
Blaze of Fury by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWelcome to Chipping Cheddar where supernaturals are hidden in plain sight.I’ve had enough.I’ve been at odds with my family for as long as I can remember.And I’ve been at odds with myself.Light and dark. White and black. Good and evil.To hell with the scales of justice, right now I’m willing to use every fury trait at my disposal to right the recent wrong done to my beloved Chief Fox... -
![Tales of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong]()
Tales of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong has bewitched audiences with her Otherworld series of supernatural thrillers. Now, in this new collection of shorter fiction, some of Armstrong's most tantalizing lead characters appear alongside her unforgettable supporting players, who step out of the shadows and into the light... -
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Savage by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsNo longer available online - now in the anthology, Men of the OtherworldSavage is about Jeremy Danvers finding Clay... -
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Hexing with a Chance of Tornadoes by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsI've been told I'm a force to be reckoned with. That I blow onto the scene like a tornado.At age forty I've stopped caring if that's a compliment or a dig. Now I just wear it like a badge of honor. So when life threw me a curveball and I ended up going from a cushy job in New York City to the tiny Southern town of Grimm Cove I thought I was ready for anything.Ha! Not quite... -
![Witchin' USA by Amanda M. Lee]()
Witchin' USA by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsHadley Hunter has lived a normal life, in a normal suburb, with a normal job and a normal father. All that changes when a grandmother she didn’t even know existed dies and leaves her a fabulous lighthouse on Moonstone Bay Island. Hadley, ready for an adventure, decides to check things out and finds herself plunged into a world she never envisioned... -
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![Shadows, Maps, and Other Ancient Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge]()
Shadows, Maps, and Other Ancient Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsI had new cupcakes to bake, a new treasure to hunt, and a new dragon in town — literally. Who wouldn’t be ecstatic filling their days with chocolate, trinket collecting, and martial arts training? Yeah … me. Because no matter how much chocolate I ate, I couldn’t fill the dark pit in my soul. A darkness born from blood alchemy... -
![Maps, Artifacts, and other Arcane Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge]()
Maps, Artifacts, and other Arcane Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsOne treasure down, two to go … Three months ago, I nearly lost my best friend while retrieving the first instrument of assassination. I also inadvertently released a rival who was definitely unhinged, way more powerful than me, and obsessed with harnessing the deadly power of the artifacts I’d been tasked by the guardian dragons to collect... -
![Darkness Devours by Keri Arthur]()
Darkness Devours by Keri Arthur
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Keri Arthur has been hailed for her “smart, sexy”* urban fantasy novels. Now, she continues her Dark Angels series set in the realm of danger and desire known as the Guardian World… Half-werewolf, half-Aedh Risa Jones can enter the realm between life and death, and she can see the Reapers who collect the souls of the dead... -
![Dark Bites by Sherrilyn Kenyon]()
Dark Bites by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsFor years, eager fans have been clamoring for an all-in-one collection of #1 bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon’s novellas... -
![Bonds and Broken Dreams by Meghan Ciana Doidge]()
Bonds and Broken Dreams by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWe had chosen our place, etching our lives into a new land. Then we had defended that land when called upon to do so. And we’d won. We’d maintained our freedom.But magic attracts magic.As they say.So when the sorcerers showed up, holding my recent past hostage — along with a future I had dreamed I might build — it was just as expected... -
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Waking the Witch by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 49 ratingsOne of the most popular writers of paranormal fiction and the #1 New York Times bestselling author returns with a rollicking new novel in her Otherworld series. At twenty-one, Savannah Levine-orphaned daughter of a notorious dark witch and an equally notorious cutthroat sorcerer-considers herself a full-fledged member of the otherworld... -
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Otherworld Secrets by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsThe next Otherworld anthology from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong...More than a decade after Kelley Armstrong first opened the doors to the Otherworld, fans are still clamoring for more. In response to their demands—and to coincide with the Syfy Network show based on the series—Plume has signed up three Otherworld anthologies, each of which revolves around a different theme... -
![Otherworld Nights by Kelley Armstrong]()
Otherworld Nights by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsThis short story collection includes one brand-new tale, one story previously available only at Kelley Armstrong's website, and re-prints some hard-to-find stories from various anthologies as well as the entire novella Hidden... -
![Darkness Unmasked by Keri Arthur]()
Darkness Unmasked by Keri Arthur
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsKeri Arthur's explosive Dark Angels series is packed with everything you could want: a fiesty heroine, witches, vampires, werewolves, demons, angels of death, suspense and a whole lot of sexy action. The sexy, exciting, suspenseful adventures continue in New York Times bestselling author Keri Arthur's Dark Angels series, starring Risa Jones, a half-Aedh/half-werewolf... -
![Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge]()
Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThree months ago, I lost my foster sister, Sienna, to the darkness. As in blood magic and chaos and general mayhem. No one saw it until it was too late, but I should have. Now, I have a wounded heart and soul that I can’t even reveal to anyone around me, because I’m supposed to hate Sienna with the fiery passion of the justified. And I do... -
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![Oaths of Blood by S.M. Reine]()
Oaths of Blood by S.M. Reine
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsWerewolves are immune to every illness and can heal any wound. It should be impossible for one to become possessed by a demon. But that's exactly what Seth Wilder is facing: a werewolf gone insane from possession. He has no choice but to deliver her to the only exorcist in America, Elise Kavanagh, who also happens to be a powerful demon known as the Godslayer... -
![Forget Me Not by Belinda Boring]()
Forget Me Not by Belinda Boring
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsOnly a fool would think they could steal from a werewolf... Anticipating a quiet night alone with the man she loves, Darcy’s world is sent into a spin with the arrival of someone from the past - Mason’s. She is further shocked by the intruder’s claim she may not even be the true mate of the Mystic Wolves Alpha... -
![Ruled by Steel by S.M. Reine]()
Ruled by Steel by S.M. Reine
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOnly a demon can save the souls trapped in Hell. Elise Kavanagh failed to prevent the Breaking, and now Hell is spilling onto Earth. Now she's delved deep into the City of Dis in an attempt to stop the infernal armies--but even the legendary Godslayer is unprepared to face Dis's fiercest demons, not to mention the responsibility of liberating the humans they've enslaved... -
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Darkness Falls by Keri Arthur
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Keri Arthur brings her Dark Angels series to a breathtaking conclusion as half-werewolf, half-Aedh Risa Jones treads a knife’s edge between the salvation of the human race and its total annihilation. The search for the last key to the gates of hell has begun, and half-werewolf, half-Aedh Risa Jones is in more danger than ever—and one misstep could prove ruinous... -
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Blood Deep by Lindsay J. Pryor
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBad can feel good, Jessie. Bad can feel as good as it can get. The tattoos covering Eden Reece’s arm tell the tale of a con with an appetite for danger. Even so, arriving at The Circus – the criminal heart of Blackthorn – and demanding an audience with the notorious Pummel, is the sign of a death wish. Jessie knows that Eden is trouble. Serious trouble... -
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Dirty Deeds: An Urban Fantasy Collection ) by Faith Hunter, Diana Pharaoh Francis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWhen the going gets tough, the tough get their hands dirty. Join NY Times Bestselling author Faith Hunter, USA Today Bestselling author R.J. Blain, and National Bestselling authors Diana Pharaoh Francis and Devon Monk on a wild romp where the damsels bring the distress and what can go wrong will go wrong... -
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Darkness Splintered by Keri Arthur
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsWhen Risa loses the second key to hell, she angers several powerful people, and she’s starting to feel the pressure from all sides. She gets a visit from her father, who gives her an ultimatum: Get back the key or he will kill her friends. Risa also finds herself under the scrutiny of the vampire council, some of whom consider her a monster who should be destroyed... -
![Testing Fate by Belinda Boring]()
Testing Fate by Belinda Boring
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsNothing burns as bright as the flames of the refiner’s fire. Moments after hearing the Council sentence her enemy to life imprisonment for attempted murder and illegal use of magic, Darcy is whisked away by the Fates - accused of tampering with destiny. The cherished dream she shared with Mason has been called into question, placing doubt about whether they are actually true mates... -
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Tracker by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 34 ratings"My name is Rylee, and I am a Tracker." When children go missing, and the Humans have no leads, I'm the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot. Bringing my allies together as war approaches is my number one concern. But that means I have to play nice with a vampire who is blackmailing me. If I don’t, I’m screwed and my family is dead... -
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Veiled Threat by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 30 ratings"My name is Rylee, and I am a Tracker." When children go missing, and the Humans have no leads, I'm the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot.Demons are putting rips in the veil in order to cross over and steal my friends and allies away.But, going after them isn't even close to simple... -
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![Darkness Hunts by Keri Arthur]()
Darkness Hunts by Keri Arthur
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 30 ratings"New York Times" bestselling author Keri Arthur returns to the enthralling Guardian World--and a twilight realm of danger and desire... Risa Jones, half-Aedh/half-werewolf, can enter the realm between life and death. She can speak to the dying and the dead, and she can see the reapers, collectors of souls... -
![Dirty Deeds 2 by Diana Pharaoh Francis, Faith Hunter]()
Dirty Deeds 2 by Diana Pharaoh Francis, Faith Hunter
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhen the going gets tough, the tough get their hands dirty.Join NY Times bestselling authors Faith Hunter and Jennifer Estep along with USA Today bestselling authors R.J. Blain, Diana Pharaoh Francis, and Devon Monk on a brand-new romp through magical worlds where the damsels bring the distress, what can go wrong will go wrong, and nothing is as it seems... -
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Witch Way Home by Danielle Garrett
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsLife on magical parole can be a real witch…I’ve got a final shot at freedom, but when my strongest ally is found murdered, everything is on the line—including my own life.With my rag-tag band of supernatural friends in tow, I have to launch my biggest—and most dangerous—investigation yet. I’ve got to stop the killer without setting off the SPA’s alarms or else I can kiss my last chance goodbye... -
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Chaotic by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsPreviously published in the print anthology Dates From Hell.Kelley Armstrong returns to the Otherworld with "Chaotic," where a half-demon tabloid journalist's boring date is saved...by a supernatural explosion? She's off to save the day—if only her less-than-stellar date wouldn't tag along! Luckily, the intriguing, infuriating, and just plain sexy werewolf/jewel thief Karl Marsten also appears... -
![Phantom Kiss by Chloe Neill]()
Phantom Kiss by Chloe Neill
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIn this all-new novella from the New York Times bestselling author of Midnight Marked, Merit, Ethan, and the rest of Cadogan House crew discover that not all undead creatures are kindred spirits… Vampires generally aren’t afraid of things that go bump in the night, but Merit and Ethan are extra jumpy after a recent attack by a dark sorcerer... -
![Fire Me Up by Katie MacAlister]()
Fire Me Up by Katie MacAlister
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 55 ratingsAisling Grey is back-and in more trouble than ever. She thought being a courier would be easy. It's not. She thought being a Guardian would come naturally. It doesn't. She thought she could get out of being a wyvern's mate. She can't. And she never thought she'd be irresistible to men. But she is... -
![Cursed Web by Yasmine Galenorn]()
Cursed Web by Yasmine Galenorn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNow that I know where Gretchen Wyre lives--the witch who hexed my great-great grandmother and all her female descendants--it's time to break the curse. I enlist my grandmother Rowan and my grandmother Naomi--who's visiting from Ireland--to help. But just because we know where Gretchen is, doesn't guarantee success... -
![Shadowed Flame by R.J. Blain]()
Shadowed Flame by R.J. Blain
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsMatia Evans has it all, except for one thing: she can’t see color. With an adopted family who loves her, a company she helps her father run, and more prospects than she knows what to do with, she’s in no place to complain that her world is limited to shades of gray, black, and white... -
![Thrall by Jennifer Blackstream]()
Thrall by Jennifer Blackstream
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsVillage witch turned PI Shade Renard receives her latest case from a most unlikely source in this pulse-pounding installment of USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Blackstream’s latest urban fantasy series.The dream sorceress who once tried to kill Shade is after her again—To hire her.An evil being from the astral plane is building an empire in the physical world... -
![Diamonds Are a Ghost's Best Friend by Danielle Garrett]()
Diamonds Are a Ghost's Best Friend by Danielle Garrett
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsGoing to the chapel and we’re gonna get … haunted? I’ve got a ring on my finger and a date circled on the calendar, let the wedding planning begin! As luck would have it, the little wooded chapel I’ve got my heart set on, is plagued by the not-so-nice spirit of a former bride... -
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![Night Seeker by Yasmine Galenorn]()
Night Seeker by Yasmine Galenorn
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsEons ago, vampires tried to turn the dark Fae to harness their magic, only to create a demonic enemy more powerful than they could have imagined. Now, the Vampiric Fae are on the move, hunting anyone in their path. As the war with the vampires ratchets up, Myst, Queen of the Indigo Court, enshrouds New Forest in her chilling grasp... -
![Big Ghosts Don't Cry by Danielle Garrett]()
Big Ghosts Don't Cry by Danielle Garrett
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFresh off my Voodoo-tastic vacation to New Orleans, I find myself presented with the first test of my newly discovered magic. There’s been a murder in the neighboring town of Pine Shoals and the victim has decided she’s not cut out for the spectral life and needs a gentle push into the Otherworld... -
![Broomsticks And Bones by Sam Short]()
Broomsticks And Bones by Sam Short
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhat do you get if you cross a murder, the skeleton of a mysterious creature, gold fever and plenty of magic? Mayhem, mystery and laughter - that's what! This is book number two in series. Although the reader might enjoy it as a standalone novel, the author strongly suggests that book number one - 'Witch Way to Spellbinder Bay' - is read first... -
![Dark Magic by Adam J. Wright]()
Dark Magic by Adam J. Wright
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsZombies on Main Street. Not my finest moment. The police aren’t exactly thrilled with me, but when a cold case heats up and starts to stink of the supernatural, suddenly the sheriff is in my office offering me a job. When the case hits boiling point, I’m dealing with monsters, black magic, and ritual killings. I even have to call on the two craziest witches in town for help... -
![Master of Shadows by Angela Knight]()
Master of Shadows by Angela Knight
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsCourt seducer La Belle Coeur has met her match in Tristan, a Knight of the Round Table unafraid of blood-or lust. Joining together to combat a werewolf wizard and sworn enemy of Arthur, they must put their lives on the line-while coming to grips with the rising heat between them...Categorized as:
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![One Bad Witch by Danielle Garrett]()
One Bad Witch by Danielle Garrett
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHolly’s cauldron is bubbling over and ready to blow! Following six months of intense training under some of the country’s most skilled potion masters, Holly’s head is full to the brim. When she’s offered a new assignment with the Supernatural Protection Agency, she jumps at the chance to take her newfound skills out of the workshop and into the real world...
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