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Darkest Powers Trilogy by Kelley Armstrong
The SummoningThe Darkest Powers Series, Book I After years of frequent moves following her mother’s death, Chloe Saunders’s life is finally settling down. She is attending art school, pursuing her dreams of becoming a director, making friends, meeting boys. Her biggest concern is that she’s not developing as fast as her friends are. But when puberty does hit, it brings more than hormone surges... -
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Endless by Jessica Shirvington
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsLove will kill us all. Angels are real. They aren't always kind. Violet Eden is certain of all this because she is Grigori - part angel, part human. She has felt the influence of both light and dark. When Hell unleashes its worst, Violet must embrace every facet of her angel self to save the people she cares about and the world as she knows it...Categorized as:
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![Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead, Michaela Link]()
Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead, Michaela Link
They come first.My vision was growing dimmer, the blackness and ghosts closing in. I swore it was like I could hear Robert whispering in my ear: The world of the dead won't give you up a second time. Just before the light completely vanished, I saw Dimitri's face join Lissa's. I wanted to smile. I decided then that if the two people I loved most were safe, I could leave this world...Categorized as:
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Taken at Dusk by C.C. Hunter
Step into Shadow Falls, a camp for teens with supernatural powers. Here friendship thrives, love takes you by surprise, and our hearts possess the greatest magic of all. Kylie Galen wants the truth so badly she can taste it. The truth about who her real family is, the truth about which boy she’s meant to be with—and the truth about what her emerging powers mean...Categorized as:
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![Eternal by C.C. Hunter]()
Eternal by C.C. Hunter
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsAll her life, Della's secret powers have made her feel separated from her human family. Now, she's where she belongs, at Shadow Falls. With the help of her best friends Kylie and Miranda, she’ll try to prove herself in the paranormal world as an investigator—all the while trying to figure out her own heart...Categorized as:
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Reborn by C.C. Hunter
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsReturn to the beloved world of Shadow Falls, a camp that teaches supernatural teens to harness their powers—and where a vampire named Della will discover who she’s meant to be. For Della Tsang, Shadow Falls isn't just a camp: it's home. As a vampire who's never fit in with her human family, it's the one place she can truly be herself...Categorized as:
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Instinct by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsZombies, demons, vampires, shapeshifters— another day in the life of Nick Gautier– and those are just his friends. But now that he’s accepted the demon that lives inside him, he must learn to control it and temper the very emotions that threaten the lives of everyone he cares for. Something that’s hard to do while trying to stay off the menus of those who want his head on a platter... -
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Thirteen by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 47 ratingsWar is coming to the Otherworld. A sinister cult known as The Supernatural Liberation Movement is hell-bent on exposing the truth about supernaturals to the rest of the world. Their violent, ruthless plan has put everyone at risk: from werewolves to vampires, from witches to half-demons. Savannah Levine - fiery and unpredictable - stands at the heart of the maelstrom... -
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Burn by Paula Weston
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsSuddenly, Gaby remembers everything. For a year she believe she was a backpacker chilling out in Pandanus Beach. Working at the library. Getting over the accident that killed her twin brother. Then Rafa came to find her and Gaby discovered her true identity as Gabe: one of the Rephaim. Over a hundred years old... -
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Davy Harwood in Transition by Tijan
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe vampire nations sent their armies for her. They feared and sought to destroy her. The werewolves sent their own in the hopes to take her magic. One stood against them all to protect her. And in the midst of everything, as she watched her human life crumble to her feet, Davy grew as the Immortal every day. Her powers transitioned until she would save them all in the end... -
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Strange Fate by L.J. Smith
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsSarah Strange is a normal teenager with annoying siblings and a crush on two boys, Mal and Kierlan, who happen to be her best friends. But Sarah also has visions of a place where dragons darken the sky and feast on humans. When Sarah confides in Mal and Kierlan about her visions, she discovers her friends are not who they seem. They are part of the Night World...Categorized as:
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![Thirst No. 5: The Sacred Veil by Christopher Pike]()
Thirst No. 5: The Sacred Veil by Christopher Pike
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsIt's no dream. At last the truth of what happened during those hellish days has come back to her. In her five thousand years as a vampire, Alisa - or Sita, as she was originally called - has experienced the equivalent of fifty lifetimes. Every moment of her immortal life is seared deep into her being. Every person she has loved, every victim she has killed - their faces are forever part of her... -
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Inferno by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsThe heat is on, and a new threat to humanity has risen…Nick has his driver’s license and he’s not afraid to use it. But turning sixteen isn’t what he thought it would be. While other boys his age are worried about prom dates and applying for college, Nick is neck deep in enemies out to stop him from living another day... -
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Unlocked by Shannon Messenger
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsBook 8...Categorized as:
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Enticed by Jessica Shirvington
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsCONSEQUENCE HAUNTS EVERY CHOICE Violet Eden is Grigori - part angel, part human. Her destiny is to protect humans from the vengence of exiled angels. Knowing who to trust is key but, when Grigori reinforcements arrive, it becomes clear everyone is hiding something. Even Lincoln. The only thing Violet does know: Phoenix's hold over her is more dangerous than ever... -
![Treasures, Demons, and Other Black Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge, Caitlin Davies]()
Treasures, Demons, and Other Black Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge, Caitlin Davies
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsI hadn’t set foot in the human world for more than a few hours in over three and a half months. Sure, I was stronger and faster than I’d ever been before, and I had a shiny new sword, but I was seriously chocolate deprived. I don’t recommend quitting cold turkey. And the new sword was a problem — to my mind, anyway... -
![Invision by Sherrilyn Kenyon]()
Invision by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThink your life is complicated and confusing? Nick Gautier was born to bring about the end of the world…It’s not easy being the heir of a demon overlord.But Nick is determined to thwart his destiny and get into a good college. To be more than his genetics and prophecy foretell. No one is ever going to tell this stubborn Cajun who and what he really is. Or how to live his life... -
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Windburn by Shannon Mayer
My name is Larkspur, and I am an Elemental.My people use the power of the earth to sustain life and defy our enemies. I should be at my father's side as a royal princess. But as a half-breed, bastard child, that isn't going to happen. The King is missing and his mind is cracked. It is up to me to find him before the Rim is taken over by the bloodthirsty heir to the throne...Categorized as:
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![Bitter of Tongue by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan]()
Bitter of Tongue by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsWhen Simon is kidnapped by the fey, he’s amazed to find a friend in former Shadowhunter Mark Blackthorn. One of ten adventures in Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy.After Simon is kidnapped by faeries (why is he always kidnapped?), he uncovers rumors of a secret weapon Sebastian left behind for the faerie queen... -
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Eyes of Ember by Rebecca Ethington
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsJoclyn is in hiding, hunted by the man she still desperately loves. Ryland is gone, his mind erased, no memory of Joclyn remains. But, Joclyn’s heart desperately begs her to hold out hope. While, in reality the black eyed monster that possesses him, attempts to kill her over and over. If it wasn’t for Ilyan, Joclyn would be dead by now. Ilyan...Categorized as:
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![The Fiery Trial by Cassandra Clare, Maureen Johnson]()
The Fiery Trial by Cassandra Clare, Maureen Johnson
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsEmma Carstairs and Julian Blackthorn become parabatai. Simon and Clary both act as their witnesses, so they can see what a parabatai bond forming looks like as they want to become parabatai as soon as Simon graduates — and because Emma asked Clary... -
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Daylighters by Rachel Caine
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsWhile Morganville, Texas, is often a troubled town, Claire Danvers and her friends are looking forward to coming home. But the Morganville they return to isn’t the one they know; it’s become a different place—a deadly one… Something drastic has happened in Morganville while Claire and her friends were away... -
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Shimmer by Paula Weston
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsGaby thought her life couldn’t get more complicated.She’s almost used to the idea that she’s not the nineteen-year-old backpacker she thought she was. She can just about cope with being one of the Rephaim - a 140-year-old half-angel - whose memories have been stolen. She’s even coming to grips with the fact that Jude, the brother she’s mourned for a year, didn’t die at all... -
![Jealousy by Lili St. Crow, Lilith Saintcrow]()
Jealousy by Lili St. Crow, Lilith Saintcrow
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 48 ratingsDru Anderson might finally be safe. She’s at the largest Schola on the continent, and beginning to learn what it means to be svetocha—half vampire, half human, and all deadly. If she survives her training, she will be able to take her place in the Order, holding back the vampires and protecting the oblivious normal people... -
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![Through Blood, Through Fire by Cassandra Clare, Robin Wasserman]()
Through Blood, Through Fire by Cassandra Clare, Robin Wasserman
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsJem Carstairs and Tessa Gray are finally united after waiting over a century to be together, but they become aware a dark threat is looming over a child of the Shadow Market: a lost Herondale, from a line of Herondales who have used the Market to hide from their fellow Nephilim. Now is the time for the lost Herondale to be discovered. Jem and Tessa have to find him before his enemies can... -
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Scorched Treachery by Rebecca Ethington
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsWhile Joclyn is trapped in the tormenting hell of Cail’s mind, the battle around her only continues to grow and spread. * Edmund has infiltrated the underground hallways of Prague, guiding the massacre that would end the lives of the last of the great magical race. In her attempts to stop him, Wynifred has been captured and her magic restrained...Categorized as:
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![The Kill by L.J. Smith]()
The Kill by L.J. Smith
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThis spectacular repackaged bind-up of a beloved trilogy begins with a board game. What was supposed to be an evening of celebration with friends, fun, and games becomes a night of danger, drama, and obsessive love. Because when Jenny, her boyfriend, Tom, and their friends begin to play the Game, it comes to life... -
![Wings of the Wicked by Courtney Allison Moulton]()
Wings of the Wicked by Courtney Allison Moulton
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsLife as the Preliator is harder than Ellie ever imagined. Balancing real life with the responsibility of being Heaven’s warrior is a challenge for Ellie. Her relationship with Will has become all business, though they both long for each other. And now that the secret of who she really is has come out, so have Hell’s strongest reapers...Categorized as:
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The Rising by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 50 ratingsThings are getting desperate for Maya and her friends. Hunted by the powerful St. Clouds and now a rival Cabal as well, they're quickly running out of places to hide. And with the whole world thinking they died in a helicopter crash, it's not like they can just go to the authorities for help. All they have is the name and number of someone who might be able to give them a few answers... -
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Forbidden by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThe team-spirit sign by the side of the highway seems a good omen to loner Morgan Walsh, as he drives to what could be the most important visit of his life — a chance to join the North American Pack. Then he wakes naked in the woods, surrounded by wolf tracks and a ring of suspicious cops... -
![Deadly Little Lessons by Laurie Faria Stolarz]()
Deadly Little Lessons by Laurie Faria Stolarz
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsCamelia Hammond's trying junior year of high school is finally over...but her troubles aren't. After she discovers a painful truth about her family, she escapes to a summer arts program in Rhode Island. Determined to put family - and boyfriend - drama behind her, she throws herself into her artwork...Categorized as:
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![The Ripper by L.J. Smith, Kevin Williamson]()
The Ripper by L.J. Smith, Kevin Williamson
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsHaunted by the past . . . The year is 1888, and the scent of blood lingers heavy in the London air. Stefan Salvatore thought he could escape his violent origins by settling in the peaceful countryside of England, but when a heinous murderer named Jack the Ripper surfaces, Stefan fears darkness will always follow him...Categorized as:
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Wounded by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.23 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. The clock is ticking and I can feel the weight of the final battle with the demon hordes looming over my head. The puzzle pieces are becoming clearer, but the casualty list is growing... -
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Ectomancer's Torment by H.D.A. Roberts
A powerful enemy is defeated, his dreams of conquest shattered.We won.But so did he.His final act damaged my Well, the source of my Magic, perhaps beyond repair. My body is failing as my own powers slowly kill me.I have to find a cure before it’s too late, but there are so few people who can even understand what’s wrong, much less how to go about fixing it... -
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![Shadows in the Silence by Courtney Allison Moulton]()
Shadows in the Silence by Courtney Allison Moulton
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsYour strength in heart and hand will fall. . . . Ellie knows that the darkest moments are still to come, and she has everything to fight for: She must fight for Will...Categorized as:
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![Harley Merlin and the Stolen Magicals by Bella Forrest]()
Harley Merlin and the Stolen Magicals by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsHarley is running out of time to unlock the power of a true Child of Chaos—before her dangerously unpredictable aunt leaves a trail of bodies in her wake. Magical children are disappearing, and their fate seems tied to Katherine Shipton’s dark plan. As a new member of the San Diego Coven, Harley feels the weight of protecting both her coven and the magical world... -
![Hidden by Kelley Armstrong, Angilram]()
Hidden by Kelley Armstrong, Angilram
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsHiking through the snow, holiday baking and playing board games by the fire – what’s not to love about an old-fashioned family Christmas? Werewolves Elena Michaels and Clayton Danvers want to give their four-year-old twins, Kate and Logan, something their parents never had: a nice, normal holiday... -
![Primal's Wrath by H.D.A. Roberts]()
Primal's Wrath by H.D.A. Roberts
It’s been nine months since I had my first brush with Black Magic, nearly a year since the Fairy Realms were cut off from our world.My life has become peaceful, routine. I have friends, I have a girlfriend, and all is right with the world.Or it was, anyway... -
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Divided by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThis novella is no longer published online but can be found inDarkest Powers Bonus Pack 1"..the story filled in exactly the portion from where Derek left Chloe to when he found her again...Categorized as:
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![The Lost Herondale by Cassandra Clare, Robin Wasserman]()
The Lost Herondale by Cassandra Clare, Robin Wasserman
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsSimon learns the worst crime a Shadowhunter can commit: desertion of their comrades. In the early nineteenth century, Tobias Herondale abandoned his fellow Shadowhunters in the heat of battle and left them to die. His life was forfeit, but Tobias never returned, and the Clave claimed his wife’s life in exchange for Tobias’s... -
![Wolf's Bane by Kelley Armstrong]()
Wolf's Bane by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsPaperback & ebook release of 2018’s serialized novel about the teen children of Elena & Clay from my Otherworld series. When Kate and Logan Danvers are targeted by a pack of Australian werewolves, they aren’t nearly as concerned your average sixteen-year-olds might be. The twins are werewolves themselves, children of the American Pack Alpha and her enforcer mate... -
![The Compelled by L.J. Smith, Kevin Williamson]()
The Compelled by L.J. Smith, Kevin Williamson
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsControl or be controlled . . . Stefan and Damon thought they knew evil. But nothing compares to Samuel, the ruthless vampire hell-bent on avenging Katherine's death by destroying the Salvatore brothers. Reeling from Samuel's latest attack, Stefan and Damon find help in the most unlikely of places—a secret coven of witches...Categorized as:
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![The Deadliest Bite by Jennifer Rardin]()
The Deadliest Bite by Jennifer Rardin
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsI have two choices. Carve Brude's name into Hell's bile-encrusted gates. Or lose my soul.After an assassination attempt on Vayl, I find myself pulled into a tangled web that takes the gang to Romania... -
![Gates of Paradise by Melissa de la Cruz]()
Gates of Paradise by Melissa de la Cruz
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsSchuyler Van Alen is running out of time. The Dark Prince of Hell is storming the Gates of Paradise, intent on winning the heavenly throne for good. This time he has his greatest angels by his side, Abbadon and Azrael—Jack and Mimi Force, as they are known in the Coven.Or so he thinks... -
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![Wolf's Curse by Kelley Armstrong]()
Wolf's Curse by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsFor Kate and Logan Danvers, sixteen-year-old twins of the werewolf Alpha, nothing could ruin a summer faster than the words “supernatural teen leadership conference.” They expected a boring week of earnest political discussions and team-building exercises...Categorized as:
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![The Boulder Wolves Trilogy by Olivia Wildenstein]()
The Boulder Wolves Trilogy by Olivia Wildenstein
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsEnter a world where humans transform into wolves and hearts beat as hard as they break.When the Alpha of the Boulder Pack dies, his son vies to become the next Alpha, and no one dares challenge him. Except Ness. The only female in her pack. Thus begins a treacherous game. The rules: winner takes all... including loser's heart...Categorized as:
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D.N.Angel, Vol. 5 by Yukiru Sugisaki
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsAfter barely escaping the fight with Krad, Daisuke find himself with no one to turn to. He has a new enemy out to kill him and Dark is nowhere to be found...Categorized as:
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![Reckoning by Lili St. Crow, Lilith Saintcrow]()
Reckoning by Lili St. Crow, Lilith Saintcrow
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsThe electric finale in New York Times bestselling author Lili St. Crow's Strange Angels series! Nobody expected Dru Anderson to survive this long. Not Graves. Not Christophe. Not even Dru. She's battled killer zombies, jealous djamphirs , and bloodthirsty suckers straight out of her worst nightmares... -
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My Soul to Steal by Rachel Vincent
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsTrying to work things out with Nash—her maybe boyfriend—is hard enough for Kaylee Cavanaugh. She can't just pretend nothing happened. But "complicated" doesn't even begin to describe their relationship when his ex-girlfriend transfers to their school, determined to take Nash back. See, Sabine isn't just an ordinary girl. She's a mara , the living personification of a nightmare... -
![The Evil We Love by Cassandra Clare, Robin Wasserman]()
The Evil We Love by Cassandra Clare, Robin Wasserman
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsAll evil starts somewhere, and Simon Lewis learns how The Circle—led by Valentine Morgenstern—began. One of ten adventures in Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy.The Shadowhunter Academy has only just reopened following the disastrous rise of the Circle. Now the faculty can finally admit to what happened when Valentine was a student...
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