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Three Sisters Island collection by Nora Roberts
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsDance Upon the Air: When Nell Channing arrives on charming Three Sisters Island, she believes that she's finally found refuge from her abusive husband - and from the terrifying life she fled so desperately eight months ago . . . But even in this quiet, peaceful place, Nell never feels entirely at ease... -
![Dream Man by Linda Howard]()
Dream Man by Linda Howard
Detective Dane Hollister of the Orlando police department has never met anyone quite like Marlie Keen. While he has doubts about her supposed clairvoyant powers, she sees crimes as they're being committed, there is no doubt about how much he desires her. To Marlie, Dane is all heat and hard muscle, and he makes her body come alive as it never has before...Categorized as:
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![Northern Salvation by Tonya Burrows]()
Northern Salvation by Tonya Burrows
He must rescue the man whose secrets could destroy his life.Dr. Damian Hunter sold his soul to escape the icy grip of his hometown in Alaska. In the Lower 48, he built an empire as a TV veterinarian, leaving behind his life as the forgotten youngest son of the town drunk...Categorized as:
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Backfire by Catherine Coulter
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsSan Francisco Judge Ramsey Hunt, longtime friend to FBI agents Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich, is presiding over the trial of Clive and Cindy Cahill – accused in a string of murders – when the proceedings take a radical turn... -
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![Last Wolf Watching by Rhyannon Byrd]()
Last Wolf Watching by Rhyannon Byrd
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThere was nothing simple about what Brody Carter had to do...With any other woman, it would be. But not with Michaela Doucet. He barely knew the provocative Cajun, but already her beautiful face haunted his dreams. True, women like Michaela never took an interest in guys like him--ones who were scared and bitter enough not to care what the world thought about them... -
![Wicked Waves by Sharon Kay]()
Wicked Waves by Sharon Kay
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsMaking daggers out of raindrops is only the tip of the iceberg for Brooke Bonham. As one of four women who can control the elements, her ability to manipulate water packs a deluge of potential. Eager to learn more, she’s frustrated at the precautions she must take to avoid the wrong kind of attention on Earth...Categorized as:
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![Blood Wolf Dawning by Rhyannon Byrd]()
Blood Wolf Dawning by Rhyannon Byrd
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIf this was what falling for someone did to a person—what craving them felt like—then Sayre Murphy wanted no part of it… Ever. She might be young and inexperienced, but she was a woman. And she had finally had enough! Cian Hennessey might be the most magnificent, infuriating, arrogant male she had ever known...Categorized as:
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![Command The Moon by Kathryn Moon]()
Command The Moon by Kathryn Moon
The Nikolaev witches have always been outcasts on Swans Island. Useful for entertaining the tourists with their fortune telling and spells, but held at arms length out of suspicion. But for Zoya Lane, witchcraft is her life, from morning until night. Even her dreams are flooded with the visions of her pesnya dushi, the person whose life threads are forever tied with hers... -
![A Soul For Chaos by Crista McHugh]()
A Soul For Chaos by Crista McHugh
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTrouble is more than just a nickname for Arden Soulbearer. It seems to follow her wherever she goes. And no one knows this better than her protector, Devarius Tel’Brien. Dev thought that by moving Arden to Gravaria so she could learn how to control Loku, the chaos god whose soul inhabits her body, life would be simpler. Wrong... -
![Prince of Shadows by Nancy Gideon]()
Prince of Shadows by Nancy Gideon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA gentle lady held hostage in a deadly play for power, Kendra Terriot’s only means of survival for herself and her family is to play to a careful courtship game. The one she chooses from the dangerous Terriot heirs will inherit the coveted crown, but the one she longs to have rescue her belongs to another... -
![Blood of Life by V.M. Black]()
Blood of Life by V.M. Black
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe First Three Books of the Bestselling Vampire Serial, Together for the First Time In a world where vampires are made, not born.... She wanted life. He needed her blood. Battling a terminal diagnosis, Cora Shaw will do anything to live, even seeking out a mysterious man who promises an impossible—and insanely dangerous—cure. She knows him only as Mr...Categorized as:
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![Deathless by Scott Prussing]()
Deathless by Scott Prussing
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDeathless is book two in The Blue Fire Saga, a paranormal romance series filled with passion, suspense and supernatural danger. Summary: After rescuing her brother from the caverns of a vampire coven and helping to cure her mother of a vampire bite, Leesa Nyland hopes she’s done dealing with all things supernatural... -
![Ghosted by Steffanie Holmes]()
Ghosted by Steffanie Holmes
He may play like an angel, but this sinful angel is determined to make my life hell. When my mom got sick, my dreams of a career in music imploded. That is, until Madame Usher wafts into my life like a ghost from the past, offering me the chance to study at the exclusive Manderley Academy – a music school for the most gifted and wealthy... -
![Among the Shrouded by Amalie Jahn]()
Among the Shrouded by Amalie Jahn
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhat if three psychic strangers came together to change the world? Mia, Thomas, and Kate have paranormal abilities. And a common destiny. They just don’t know it yet. Rookie officer Mia Rosetti never doubts her gift, the ability to see if people are good or evil by looking at their auras...Categorized as:
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![The Alpha's Heart by R.E. Butler]()
The Alpha's Heart by R.E. Butler
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsAlpha wolf Acksel wakes up one morning in the bed of a woman he’s had a crush on since high school. Brynn Mara was the one human who had been friendly to him in school and now, ten years later, she is snuggled up at his side, smelling like passion and sweet dreams...Categorized as:
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![What a Bear Wants by Nikki Winter]()
What a Bear Wants by Nikki Winter
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs a man with the ability to shift into fifteen hundred pounds of honey-loving, occasionally cranky grizzly, Ransom McKenna was used to people moving when he said move—or when he chuffed because the chuffing usually did the trick—at least until he comes across one of the most fierce, adorably ornery canines that he’s ever met, Fallon Wilder...Categorized as:
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![To Claim His Mate by Serena Pettus]()
To Claim His Mate by Serena Pettus
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAfter watching all of his brothers find and wed their mates, Adam Wolfe is starting to wonder if there’s a woman out there for him as well. Deciding to ditch the latest wedding festivities, he heads to the store intending to buy a little liquor and indulge in a pity party at home. Of course, that was before he saw her... -
![The Care and Feeding of Stray Vampires by Molly Harper]()
The Care and Feeding of Stray Vampires by Molly Harper
Iris Scanlon, Half-Moon Hollow’s only daytime vampire concierge, knows more about the undead than she’d like. Running all their daylight errands—from letting in the plumber to picking up some chilled O neg—gives her a look at the not-so-glamorous side of vampire life. Her rules are strict; relationships with vamps are strictly business, not friendship—and certainly not anything else...Categorized as:
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![Some like It Sinful by Robbie Terman]()
Some like It Sinful by Robbie Terman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTheir attraction is sinfully delicious… A struggling business and one act of vandalism may have brought them together, but bakery owner Chloe Nelson and professional hockey player Griffin Lange get along like chocolate and pickles...Categorized as:
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Primal by Kassanna
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBy any means necessary. Shay Genovee made it her mission to bring her cousin home. Staring into the icy azure gaze of a tiger, she realizes she made some rash decisions. To escape the beast won’t be easy but does she really want to? Her scent made him primal. Trace Kuhn didn’t speak because he didn’t have too. As the only tiger in a pride of lions, he let his actions be his words...Categorized as:
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![Nine Lives by Sharon Sala]()
Nine Lives by Sharon Sala
They say cats have nine lives. Lucky for Cat Dupress, she's got seven left. Bounty hunter Cat Dupress first cheated death when she was thirteen. The second time left her orphaned and scarred. And the only thing that will diminsh her lust for revenge is finding the man who left her for dead as she watched him murder her father...Categorized as:
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![Last Wolf Hunting by Rhyannon Byrd]()
Last Wolf Hunting by Rhyannon Byrd
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAs if sending the next rogue back to hell was his life's mission. But after seeing Jillian Murphy for the first time in a decade, Jeremy knew he could no longer ignore his desire. By rights of nature, the Spirit Walker belonged to him. Yet fate and fear had worked against these two headstrong lovers in their youth--and cast the Bloodrunner from his home... -
![School of Broken Souls by C.R. Jane, Mila Young]()
School of Broken Souls by C.R. Jane, Mila Young
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAdeline Jones is perfectly average. Or at least she thinks she is until she receives an invite to attend Raven Academy, complete with a full scholarship. Raven Academy is the mysterious school that only the elite of the elite go and despite Adeline's misgivings about giving up her whole life to attend, there's no way her parents are going to let her give up such an opportunity... -
![Pure Healing by Aja James]()
Pure Healing by Aja James
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the world of Pure Ones, where sexual intercourse with anyone other than one’s Eternal Mate leads to a slow, painful death within thirty days, love comes with the warning label “fall at your own peril.” Rain, the Healer of this immortal race, is the only exception to the rule...Categorized as:
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![Tempted By Magic by E.M. Moore]()
Tempted By Magic by E.M. Moore
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWhen their magic doesn't work...people die. The coven o' hot witches are back with a murderous problem. (No, Norah hasn't killed Travis--yet.) Innocent residents of Salem are found dead with the stench of evil magic. The coven's early warning system is frustratingly late time and time again, causing a rift between the witches... -
![Just Evil by Vickie McKeehan]()
Just Evil by Vickie McKeehan
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAlt Cover ISBN: 9781465943293 For forty years the double murder of an elderly couple in the Hollywood Hills remained unsolved and all but forgotten. No one cared. But a stranger, bent on revenge, is out to change all that. Kit Griffin has finally overcome a painful childhood at the hands of her mother, former actress Alana Stevens... -
![Ghost Moon by Karen Robards]()
Ghost Moon by Karen Robards
Nine years after leaving in disgrace, Olivia Morrison is coming home again with her eight-year-old, Sara, to put things right with the Archer clan. But there is no welcome for the prodigal daughter at the lavish Louisiana estate. Her stepcousin, Seth, once her only comfort, is icy, dangerously attractive — and engaged...Categorized as:
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![A Knight in Shining Armor by Jude Deveraux]()
A Knight in Shining Armor by Jude Deveraux
Special Edition: Includes new material and an afterword by the author. Once upon a time...as a fair maiden lay weeping upon a cold tombstone, her heartfelt desire was suddenly made real before her: tall, broad of shoulder, attired in gleaming silver and gold, her knight in shining armor had come to rescue his damsel in distress..Categorized as:
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![Dragon's Kiss by Tielle St. Clare]()
Dragon's Kiss by Tielle St. Clare
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsFirst in the Shadow of the Dragon series Lorran has studied dragons for years, hoping to find a way for the wild creatures and humans to live in peace. She knows better than most the devastation caused by a dragon bite. And when Kei the Dragonslayer appears on her doorstep, torn and bleeding, she knows he has only weeks to live... -
![Impossible Things by Kate Johnson]()
Impossible Things by Kate Johnson
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsKael Vapensigsson is one of the elite Chosen—a Warlord whose strength comes from the gods themselves. But despite all his power and prestige, he is plagued by a prophecy that threatens to destroy everything he loves... -
![The Chocolate Kiss by Laura Florand]()
The Chocolate Kiss by Laura Florand
The Heart of Paris Welcome to La Maison des Sorcieres. Where the window display is an enchanted forest of sweets, a collection of conical hats delights the eye and the habitues nibble chocolate witches from fanciful mismatched china. While in their tiny blue kitchen, Magalie Chaudron and her two aunts stir wishes into bubbling pots of heavenly chocolat chaud...Categorized as:
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![Mark of the Princess by B.C. Morin]()
Mark of the Princess by B.C. Morin
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe feisty and determined Princess Alannah is many things, but she never thought she would be the key to her people’s destruction. Kidnapped for a power she does not yet possess, Alannah finds herself in the clutches of the most malevolent sorcerer of her time. Maligo. Alannah escapes her prison with help from the handsome and stalwart warrior fae, Brennus...Categorized as:
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![Four Betrothals by Kelsey Soliz]()
Four Betrothals by Kelsey Soliz
Isla Gramer has spent her life as an outsider in small town, USA. Her grandmother raised her after her parents had to flee their home country, but when Isla turns 21 she is brought face to face with the reason for their hasty departure...Categorized as:
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![Caller of Light by T.J. Shaw]()
Caller of Light by T.J. Shaw
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCarina McKay is an outsider. With one parent of royal blood, she's not nobility, yet not a servant either. The only comfort in her mundane existence is her love of Critons, the large fire-breathing creatures that protect the border of her homeland. But her destiny changes forever the day she catches the eye of King Marek Duncan. Marek's heart is closed to love... -
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![The New Alpha by K.S. Martin]()
The New Alpha by K.S. Martin
Rated: 3.66 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsTina is a successful bakery owner and is happy with her current boyfriend until her new tenant shows up. He’s a blast from her past and not in a good way. Tina crushed on him all through school even though he tormented her and stood her up for prom. Why is he so appealing again especially since he is an arrogant jerk? Mac is an alpha that recently moved back into the area after his pack dissolved...Categorized as:
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![Perfect Lie by Teresa Mummert]()
Perfect Lie by Teresa Mummert
Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSometimes love burns so hot in your veins that it consumes all rational thought. That’s why Brock and I never had a chance. I had to start my life over. College was my chance to become someone new. I changed everything about myself to fit in, but one person saw through my facade... -
![Burning Up by Anne Marsh]()
Burning Up by Anne Marsh
Rated: 3.59 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIt takes a special kind of hero to be a smoke jumper. To take the greatest risks. To live or die in the raging heat of the moment. And it takes a special kind of woman to love him... Where There's Smoke... For Jack Donovan, smoke jumping is a way of life...Categorized as:
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![Mate of Her Heart by R.E. Butler]()
Mate of Her Heart by R.E. Butler
Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsWerewolf Eveny Moore is coming into her first heat at the age of twenty-five. Bucking tradition, she chooses to go through her first heat alone instead of choosing an unmated male from her pack. There is only one male that she wants in her bed and her life: her best friend, Luke Elrich... -
![The Fire Seer by Amy Raby]()
The Fire Seer by Amy Raby
Taya has risen from humble roots to become a fire seer in the Coalition of Mages. Eager to prove herself, she arrives in the town of Hrappa to locate a “jackal” - a mage operating outside the Coalition’s authority - who has murdered three people. But in Hrappa, she discovers that the man assigned to be her bodyguard is Mandir, her nemesis from years ago...Categorized as:
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![Once Mated Twice Shy by K.S. Martin]()
Once Mated Twice Shy by K.S. Martin
Rated: 3.32 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsColette mated Jordan Giroux when she was fifteen years old. Their parents thought that it was a good idea not to stop them and decided it would calm them both down. At the time, they were both running wild. They were so in love that it was legendary. Since he got it into his head that he wanted to be the Summerville Pack Alpha they've grown apart... -
![Blood Slave (The Nightlife) by Travis Luedke]()
Blood Slave (The Nightlife) by Travis Luedke
Rated: 3.13 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHer mother named her Esperanza Salvación - Hope for Salvation. But when a girl works as an escort for Colombian cartel in the ghettos of Spanish Harlem, there wasn’t much hope, or salvation. Hope’s telepathic ability keeps her a step ahead of ruin, but her unusual gift attracts the attention of a psychotic vampire bitch... -
![Fire and Ice by Victoria Paige]()
Fire and Ice by Victoria Paige
Rated: 3.48 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsMaia Pierce, a top agent for a private security firm and a widely known rule breaker, was good at her job. In her last mission, her risk-taking had finally caught up with her and she had now incurred the wrath of a Russian drug lord bent on destroying her. With assassins after her, one man had offered her his protection. But Jack McCord may be an other kind of danger...Categorized as:
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![According to Jane by Marilyn Brant]()
According to Jane by Marilyn Brant
Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsIt begins one day in sophomore English class, just as Ellie Barnett's teacher is assigning Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice". From nowhere comes a quiet 'tsk' of displeasure. The target: Sam Blaine, the cute bad boy who's teasing Ellie mercilessly, just as he has since kindergarten... -
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