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Ghost Hunter by Michelle Paver
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsHer cry rips the souls from your marrow. With her spear she snares them. She devours them. Eostra truly is an eater of souls. Winter is coming. Souls' Night draws near. Eostra, the Eagle Owl Mage, holds the clans in the grip of terror. Torak must leave the Forest and seek her lair in the Mountain of Ghosts, while Renn faces an agonizing decision... -
Thunder Game by Christine Feehan
Two broken souls find a love worth fighting for in this captivating GhostWalker novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan.Diego Campos has come home to die. The GhostWalker is tired of walking a dark path shaped by countless losses. There has never been a moment of good in his life that wasn’t followed by something bad... -
Witch Light by Susan Fletcher
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 30 ratings1692. Corrag, a wild young girl from the mountains of Scotland, has been imprisoned as a witch. Terrified, in a cold, filthy cell, she awaits her fate of death by burning – until she is visited by Charles Leslie, a young Irishman, hungry to question her. For Corrag knows more than it seems: she was witness to the bloody and brutal Massacre of Glencoe... -
Reader and Raelynx by Sharon Shinn
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsIn this novel of secret sorceries and forbidden desires, the mystic Cammon must put aside his personal feelings for Princess Amalie while he reads the souls of her suitors for any potential threats. But Cammon is unable to read Amalie, and he begins to suspect that she herself possesses magic powers-a revelation which would put her life in danger, and throw the kingdom into chaos... -
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Jerrik by Janice M. Whiteaker
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSpirit is fine.Living a life she didn't chose, keeping secrets she never wanted, on a mountain covered in darkness.But everything's fine.She can handle it all.Including the deputy making her life harder than it has to be.In more ways than one.****Jerrik used to be good at his job.That was before he had to fight something he couldn't see.Chase someone who was always two steps ahead of him...Categorized as:
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Following Fate by M.A. Frick
“You never have to force anything that’s meant to be.”But some things are worth fighting for.Rule #1 of bonding a WildlingThey’re Wild.Avyanna’s dreams of being a Rider have finally come true. Except… it’s more of a nightmare. The dragon she bonded is unlike anything anyone ever expected, and yet, she is supposed to act like any other Rider...Categorized as:
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The Nik of Time by Sandrine Gasq-Dion
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsColin Greystone has loved one man since he understood what love was: Nikolai Markov. But Nikolai is too young and Colin makes himself stay away. By the time he decides to declare his feelings, Nikolai has earned quite the reputation as a playboy and a badass...Categorized as:
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Dragon Lover by Donna Grant, Antony Ferguson
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsNew York Times and USA Today bestselling author Donna Grant returns with the next exciting story in the Dragon Kings series.Can she learn to love the man—as well as the dragon within?Sensual. Clever. Daring. There’s only one thing Kendrick yearns for—peace that has eluded the Dragon Kings. Zora may have been made in the image of Earth, but it’s a far cry from home... -
Oracle by Macy Blake
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsKoios, AKA the Oracle, is a man with a mission: hunt down and destroy the manticore who’s been tormenting his pack. There’s only one thing standing in his way…a giant, stubborn bear named Ben Jerrick... -
The Edge of Fate by Sheena Jolie, S.J. Himes
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe penultimate book in the bestselling Beacon Hill Sorcerer series is here... Fenric Feralas has a problem—either agree to assassinate the Necromancer of Boston, or lose his head... -
The Archer's Heart Book Three by Astrid Amara
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the ancient kingdom of Marhavad, noblemen dominate the lower castes, wielding mystic weapons, known as shartas, against any who oppose them. For generations the rule of Marhavad’s kings has been absolute. But now the line of succession is divided, and whispers of revolution are heard in even the royal palace. Keshan Adaru, an outspoken man of unearthly charms, welcomes these changes... -
Dark Moon Defender by Sharon Shinn
The third Novel of the Twelve Houses from the national bestselling author. In this story of hidden magic and forbidden love, the King's Rider Justin befriends Ellynor, a young novice at a convent-only to discover that she is a mystic being manipulated by the fanatical Daughters of the Pale Moon into hunting down and killing other mystics...Categorized as:
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Blood Bond by Heather Hildenbrand
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsHybrids. If I had to choose one word to sum up all of my problems, this would be it. Without hybrids, I wouldn’t have to watch my best friend slowly becoming a monster. Without hybrids, I could let go of the mentality “hunt or be hunted.” CHAS wouldn’t be scouring the Earth, intent on slaughtering and using Alex to do it...Categorized as:
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The Littlest Assassin-Shifters by Sandrine Gasq-Dion
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe men of the Skull Blaster unit have spent most of their lives fighting together for a safer world, first in the military and now as an elite team supervised by Homeland Security. Now they have an even more pressing reason to make the world a better place. Their children are about to be born... -
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Dirty Ross by Sandrine Gasq-Dion
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsCole Ryker has been a man on a mission since the second he laid eyes on tall, dark and dirty-talking Ross Collins. That mission? To get the macho Delta Force soldier into his bed and out of his head, putting an end to his obsession. When Ross finally agrees to a date, Cole is overjoyed - and, frankly, rather surprised. Ross is like no man he's ever met...Categorized as:
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Lessons Learned by Sandrine Gasq-Dion
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsYears ago, sensitive Jude Brooks got tired of watching junior high life through the vents in his locker. Unfortunately, handsome Hayden Cox's favorite pastime was putting him in there. When Jude's werewolf friends torment Hayden for being human, he takes it out on distractingly beautiful Jude. A lot. Tired of having his son picked on, pack member Henry Cox moves his family away...Categorized as:
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Forbidden by Sandrine Gasq-Dion
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsJesse Salvatore has had it. He's the youngest of three brothers -- and the only one born without the werewolf gene. Because he's human, his brothers, Jaxon and Justice, treat him like he's helpless. They constantly battle deadly rogue wolves and won't let him anywhere near the fight. When he meets Noah King, he knows he's found his soulmate in the werewolf and soldier...Categorized as:
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The Dragon Prince's Betrayal by Elva Birch
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA final battle. A betrayal. And a bond that can't be broken.The capture of Alaska's greatest enemy should mean an end to hostilities, a peaceful Renewal, and a restoration of the Compact's balance of power and magic in the Small Kingdoms... -
The Archer's Heart Book Two by Astrid Amara
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the ancient kingdom of Marhavad, noblemen dominate the lower castes, wielding mystic weapons, known as shartas, against any who oppose them. For generations the rule of Marhavad’s kings has been absolute. But now the line of succession is divided, and whispers of revolution are heard in even the royal palace. Keshan Adaru, an outspoken man of unearthly charms, welcomes these changes... -
Apple Pies and Other Amends by ToEatAPeach
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsFandom: Harry PotterRelationship: Draco Malfoy/Hermione Granger--------------------------------------------------Sometimes you're sad. Sometimes you need dessert. And sometimes, it's a little of both. Runner-Up of the Winter 2017 Dramione Fanfiction Awards, "Best Epic-Sized Fic...Categorized as:
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The Last Battle of the Icemark by Stuart Hill
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsAllied with Cronus, the embodiment of all evil, Medea has raised an army of the undead to invade her family's kingdom. Now in paperback, the thrilling conclusion to the acclaimed ICEMARK trilogy!Oskan and Thirrin thought their bad-seed daughter was gone for good -- burnt to a cinder and cast out onto the Spirit Plain. But banishment did not kill Medea: It made her stronger... -
Tactical Magik by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBook Five in the Bestselling Immortal Ops Series. Eadan Daly has thrown himself into the role as the sixth I-Ops team member and has forged a brotherhood of sorts with the other men. When he's asked to go on a solo mission for the PSI Branch (Paranormal Security and Intelligence) he's not so sure he wants his old job back. Inara Nash is a survivor, doing what she must to get by... -
An Ignited Passion by Sandrine Gasq-Dion
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsPreston Dalton knows who his mate is. At thirteen he met the wolf who would eventually become his. The problem? His mate was only seven. Eleven long years have passed and Preston is finally going to tell his mate who he is. Imagine his surprise when he finds Wyatt Quinton in the arms of another man. Wyatt Quinton knows he has a mate. They met when he was seven; he’s sure of it...Categorized as:
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Rejected Alpha’s Crowned Queen: A Rejected Luna's Secret Power Paranormal Wolf Shifter Romance by Krista Lark
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMonsters don’t always come with fangs. Sometimes, they call themselves family. I trusted the wrong people—my parents, my pack, even my fated mate. They looked at me and saw weakness. So they exiled me.Now I’m bonded to a cursed alpha who turns into a nightmare under every full moon.My blood? It’s the key to unleashing something ancient and hungry enough to eat the world alive... -
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Lian / Roch by Alexandra Ivy, Laura Wright
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLIAN The Hunter: Lian isn’t a happy puma. He’s a lethal Hunter who should be out fighting the enemy, not babysitting a human scholar. Still, he’ll do whatever necessary to rid the world of the evil goddess, Shakpi. And there’s the bonus of spending a few hours away from his family of Nurturers who have been smothering him with love... -
Summer of Awakenings by Sandrine Gasq-Dion
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis book is part of a series.It contains Graphic language, violence, and homosexual relations. Glory days? If high school was their glory days, the outcast gay teens at the outreach centers run by Caden Fournier were screwed. For most of them, the torment they received at those schools and at the hands of their own families was enough to make living on the street seem like a better proposition...Categorized as:
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Broken Bonds by Sandrine Gasq-Dion
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFor years, Jackson Murphy and Jonas Brooks have been dancing around each other in a waltz of uncertainty and longing. One unexpected kiss meant to comfort rattles the two alphas, but neither is willing to make the first move. Now, their meddling packs are conniving to force the two alphas to see what they truly share — a bond of love...Categorized as:
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Mourner For Hire by Caitlin Moss
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA romantic comedy about death, forgotten pasts, and unfinished business.Vada Daughtry is a professional mourner. For a fee, she’ll cry at your funeral, whisper invented memories, and spin tales of heartbreak. It’s a job that keeps her moving—and keeps her past buried.But when a wrong turn leads her to a roadside bar and a mojito-soaked night with bartender Dominic Dunne, something shifts...Categorized as:
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For The Love Of Her Dragon by Julia Mills
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKyra St. Croix is a strong, feisty, independent woman who is not afraid to tell speak her mind. An incredibly powerful white witch born of the High Priestess and a human father, she hasn’t let a little thing like lack of height stop her from having the life she knows she deserves... -
Redwood Pack, Vol. 2 by Carrie Ann Ryan
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsRedwood Pack Volume 2 contains the third book in the Redwood Pack series, plus a novella in a print copy. Trinity Bound Redwood Pack book 3 Hannah Lewis, a rare earth witch, is taken from the only life she’s ever known. Held at her will by a sadistic wolf, she almost gives up hope that she’d ever see her real life again... -
Destined for Time by Stacie Simpson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAn erotic romance with a paranormal twist... One night of forbidden passion will never be forgotten - or forgiven. Prophetic visions, conspiring enemies, and epic battles are nothing unusual at the Myths and Legends Casino Resort where dreams and nightmares come to life and nothing is outside the realm of possibilities... -
Unexpected Mate by Delta James
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOpposites attract - that’s what they say. I never believed it until the night he found me.They call him the Finder. A ruthless and brutal apex predator, he has spent most of his life alone in the caves, never believing in or needing a fated mate...until now. The night he scented her in his woods, he knew she was his, so he took her...Categorized as:
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Hunting Her by Kelly Lucille
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLogan McCord is a highly trained and battle honed warrior. On a mission to rescue one of his pack, he runs into the one thing his training didn't prepare him for...his mate. And she's got some training of her own. Xena Yazzie has a job to complete, and finding her mate in the middle of it is problematic at best, even if he is a hot cowboy who wears combat gear like a wet dream...Categorized as:
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Moon Thrall by Donna Grant
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Donna Grant gives readers a double dose of the Louisiana bayous in the second book of her searing LaRue series (connected to the bestselling Chiasson series) filled with suspense, voodoo, and romance. HER QUEST FOR THE TRUTH Skye Parrish is living her dream...Categorized as:
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Dragon Mates: The Falk Clan Complete Series by C.D. Gorri
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA little intro to The Falk Clan Tales… These are my stories surrounding four Dragon Shifter brothers and how they find their one true mates!Each brother's chest is marked with his rose, the magical link to his heart and his magic. They each have a matching gemstone to go with it.In The Dragon's Valentine we meet the eldest Falk brother, Callius... -
The Angel of Paragon by Genevieve Jack
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn angel called. A devil answered.Princess Charlotte is the sole heir to the throne of Paragon. But twenty-five years after she helped vanquish Empress Eleanor, her parents still treat her like a child—and it doesn’t help that her sunny angel disposition makes her easy to overlook...Categorized as:
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Bound by Megan Derr
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIngolf von Dirchs is all that remains of the royal house of Kria. The bastard son of the dead Kaiser, he barely escapes the winter palace before it is overtaken by the armies of Salhara, Kria's oldest and bitterest enemy... -
The Apothecary by Maile Meloy, Ian Schoenherr
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsIt’s 1952 and the Scott family has just moved from Los Angeles to London. Here, fourteen-year-old Janie meets a mysterious apothecary and his son, Benjamin Burrows—a fascinating boy who’s not afraid to stand up to authority and dreams of becoming a spy... -
Betrayed by Sandrine Gasq-Dion
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsKind, beautiful warlock Chance Christianson has spent a year trying to heal from the pain of losing his boyfriend to a random attack of violence. He has found a home with firefighters Locke Renfro and Logan MacLeod and has slowly put his life back together. Even more wondrous, he has fallen in love again - this time with gorgeous werewolf Logan. If only Logan would look at him that way...Categorized as:
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Irish Wishes by Sandrine Gasq-Dion
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsSuper werewolf Wayne Maccon has been fighting his growing feelings for a certain blond man for years. Previously mated to a woman, Wayne just can't seem to take that final step and be with the man who is his new mate. But how long will Conner O’Rourke wait for him to make up his mind? Conner O'Rourke has waited so many years for the alpha of the created wolves to claim him as his new mate...Categorized as:
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The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 48 ratingsBlends mythology, magic, archaeology and women. Traces four women, their path to the Masada massacre. In 70 CE, nine hundred Jews held out for months against armies of Romans on a mountain in the Judean desert, Masada. According to the ancient historian Josephus, two women and five children survived. Four bold, resourceful, and sensuous women come to Masada by a different path... -
Fires Of Ballian by M.L. Rhodes
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA hundred years ago, the high sorcerer of Velensperia launched a swift and deadly attack against the draegans—a race of dragon shapeshifters who’d always lived in harmony with the humans. The draegans were all but destroyed, with the few who remained, scattered and in hiding. But after a century of cruel repression, a group of them have united and begun to fight back... -
Sunrunner's Fire by Melanie Rawn
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsAndry, the new Sunrunner Lord of Goddess Keep, must master potentially deadly magical knowledge before he can confront the ancietn foe who nearly destroyed the Sunrunners ages ago. But the enemy is mobilizing to strike again, drawing on forbidden lore to play an ever-shifting game of treachery and betrayal... -
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Guarding his Honey by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA BBW in danger + the hot bear shifter who'll do anything to protect her + a dangerous fight with the mafia = one thrilling romance! When curvy Helen Thompson witnesses a mob boss committing a crime that might finally put him in prison, she becomes the mafia's next target. Fortunately she knows the perfect place to hide: Aunt Sally's bee farm in the country... -
Healed by Fire by Catherine Banks
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“The dark approaches. Fire will consume and restore, happiness and pain must be experienced collectively. Death for three will be the end.” Her memory taken and her whereabouts unknown Artemis is taken in by a coven of witches who give her the name Chandra... -
Bitten Under Fire by Heather Long
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBianca Devlin’s work is her life. Now, she’s finally taking a vacation...and guerillas hit her resort to kidnap a diplomat’s son. She does the only thing that makes sense—intervene to save the child’s life. Being dragged into the jungle with a scared kid she’s determined to protect was definitely not how she saw this trip ending... -
Dragon Guard Protector by Alicia Montgomery
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA dragon who can’t get away from his pastDragon Guard Stein has been watching his mate from afar for a very long time, but refuses to claim her. It hadn’t been difficult to ignore Lady Vera at first. She’d been a spoiled, vain, and selfish brat who pushed and clawed at anyone who got in the way of what she wanted and so no matter how his dragon felt, he decided not to pursue her...Categorized as:
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Freakn' Out by Eve Langlais
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHe's broken in body and spirit, but she's not giving up. Leave me the hell alone. Is that so freakn' hard to grasp? Yeah, Derrick is angry, and bitter, but with good reason. His army buddies should have left him to die instead of dragging him out of the rebel camp--and he meant drag. Shrapnel to his back ensured his legs are useless hunks of meat...Categorized as:
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WILLEM by Victoria Danann
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Enchanted from the very first page. I couldn't put it down!" - Night Owl Reviews 5* TOP PICK*A highwayman's ghost.*A beagle who thinks he's a bear.*A colony of witches. Yeah. Wimberley is a magical place.Willem is an out of work actor. He gave himself ten years to make it and never got a single paying job...
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