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Three Sisters Island collection by Nora Roberts
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 37 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
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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Holidays Ablaze by Lucy Limón
When an arrogant demon with a taste for the finer things meets a salty chef with an attraction to fire, sparks fly. Sofia, a talented chef whose culinary dreams have flamed out, is spending her holiday hiding away atop Mount Winter Bliss until she's disrupted by the arrival of Samite, a maddeningly pretentious demon. Sofia is no stranger to facing down big egos in the kitchen... -
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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Last Wolf Watching by Rhyannon Byrd
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 19 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... -
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... -
Highland Knight by Cindy Miles
Bestselling mystery novelist Amelia Landry journeys to the Scottish Highlands to stay in a remote 14th-century tower, hoping to re-awaken her imagination. She finds the inspiration she seeks in the ghostly form of Laird Ethan Munro, who has spent six centuries trying to discover why he is neither alive nor dead. Ethan senses that Amelia may be the one he has been waiting for... -
Wicked Waves by Sharon Kay
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 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. Kai's duties as a Lash demon have kept him busy on Earth for nearly two hundred years...Categorized as:
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Her Vampire Knight by Ines Johnson
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThis little panther shifter thinks she’s captured me. Me; one of the most feared vampires in history. I like the feel of her claws, so I’ll stay put. I like the heat of her flesh in my hands, so I’ll let her think she has a hold on me. I like the sweet taste of her lips, the ones above and below her belt, so I’m more than happy to keep her sassy mouth occupied... -
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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A Soul For Chaos by Crista McHugh
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 13 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
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... -
Bonds of Blood: The Complete Series by Cate Corvin
Mercilessly cruel. Relentlessly vicious. Utterly vile. Marrying into the famous Godalming slayer-clan was supposed to be my family's big break. Our clan is fractured, my brother is dead, and my mother's spirit was broken by the ordeal. I'd do anything to make her proud and see her truly smile again. I'd even spend a year in the snobby, prestigious Libra Academy with Lord Godalming's gorgeous son... -
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
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... -
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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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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Last Wolf Hunting by Rhyannon Byrd
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 21 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... -
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... -
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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Leto by Susan A. Bliler
Shy Brookes is in a world of hurt. Attempting to rescue the handsome man she discovered her fellow scientists were hoping to use as a live specimen, Shy finds herself locked up and tortured in a cell of her own. When a team of mercenaries tears through the facility and effectively rescues her, Shy assumes her problems are over... -
Dirty Deeds by Cate Corvin
Things I've won in Libra Academy: An expensive education. A vampire sworn to me forever. An incubus on a leash. A man who'd give up everything to save me. Things I've lost: My dignity. My honor. My mortality. My blacklist has been narrowed down to two: the king of the vampires, and the slayer who helped him... -
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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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
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 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... -
The Alpha's Heart by R.E. Butler
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 22 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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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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Dragon's Kiss by Tielle St. Clare
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 24 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... -
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... -
Afterglow by Cherry Adair
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsPleasure with a price. A high-profile celebrity wedding in Monaco is the kind of A-list event security specialist Rand Maguire excels at. Everything goes like clockwork, until guests start inexplicably losing all their inhibitions. . . . Painful secrets from the past. Rand is no stranger to the effects of Rapture... -
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... -
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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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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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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Caller of Light by T.J. Shaw
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 16 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... -
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
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
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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School of Broken Souls by C.R. Jane, Mila Young
Rated: 3.45 of 5 stars · 18 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... -
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... -
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...Categorized as:
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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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The Careless Alpha by Ivy Myst
He claimed me at thirteen. Rejected me at seventeen. Now he wants me back. Marshall Kane was the future Alpha, the pack's golden boy, and my fated mate. For four years, I was the future he never saw, the girl he ignored while he took other she-wolves to his bed. I thought our child would be the start of our forever. I was wrong. He looked me in the eye, called me a whore, and cast me out...Categorized as:
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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... -
According to Jane by Marilyn Brant
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 26 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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