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Night World: The Ultimate Fan Guide (Night World) by Annette Pollert, L.J. Smith
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsThe Night World isn’t a place. It’s all around us. It’s a secret society of vampires, werewolves, witches, and other creatures of darkness that live among us. In the third bind-up of this series, the Night People are preparing for the apocalypse to destroy the human world...Categorized as:
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Dead Is Just A Rumor by Marlene Perez
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsAs the creepy little town of Nightshade prepares to celebrate its 200th anniversary—on Halloween, of course—many of its paranormal residents are receiving mysterious blackmail letters. Psychic teen Daisy Giordano and her sisters set out to find out who is behind the threats. But launching an investigation isn’t easy for Daisy with her overprotective father watching her every move... -
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![Dead Is a Killer Tune by Marlene Perez]()
Dead Is a Killer Tune by Marlene Perez
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsHigh school freshman Jessica Walsh is a Virago—a woman warrior who must protect her hometown from danger. And in Nightshade, California, trouble is always lurking. At the town’s Battle of the Bands, Jess’s boyfriend, Dominic, and his band, Side Effects May Vary, are up against Hamlin, a band so popular, their fans follow them everywhere... -
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Dead Is So Last Year by Marlene Perez
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsSomething very strange starts happening in Nightshade the summer that the eldest Giordano sister, Rose, gets a job working at Dr. Franken's research laboratory. People are starting to see double. Doppelgängers of Nightshade residents are popping up all over town... -
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Fatal Charm by Linda Joy Singleton
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsIn this vivid fifth volume of The Seer series, Sabine Rose is reunited with her ill grandmother Nona and her friends at Sheridan Valley. But the excitement of curing Nona-and discovering love with someone new-doesn't outweigh the burden of her father's dark secret: a daughter no one but Sabine knows about. Riddled with curiosity, Sabine uses astral projection to spy on her half sister Jade... -
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Dead Is Just a Dream by Marlene Perez
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe people of Nightshade, California, are dying in their sleep, and fifteen-year-old paranormal warrior Jessica Walsh is determined to find the killer . . . or killers. Justice isn’t the only thing on Jessica’s mind, however. Some days she’s not sure which is worse—having a creepy clown lurking outside her window or having her rock star boyfriend’s hot ex-girlfriend drop by for a surprise visit... -
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Chasing the Red Queen by Karen Glista
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDonja Bellanger, suffering after the death of her father, finds herself in dire straits when her mom takes a new husband. Forced not only to move to a strange city, but to share a room with her glamorous, new stepsister, Makayla Hampton, her life spirals out of control. Makayla lures her from goth to glam, straight into an exclusive club, not only for wealthy elites but Immortal Descendants... -
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Witch Ball by Linda Joy Singleton
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsSabine is finally starting to feel accepted at her new high school. She's friends with the popular girls and even has a cute boyfriend. But Sabine also has a dark secret-she's psychic, and was forced to leave her old school after she accurately predicted the death of a football player... -
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Last Dance by Linda Joy Singleton
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSabine can't wait to show off her new boyfriend at the upcoming school dance, but she's also worried about her grandmother, Nona, who's suffering from a fatal hereditary illness. The only cure lies within a remedy book, lost long ago. Determined to save Nona, Sabine goes to Pine City to visit a distant relative who may have clues... -
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Sword Play by Linda Joy Singleton
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 25 ratings"Help her," insists the spirit of Kip, the jock from her old school who died in a car accident. But his cryptic message is the last thing on Sabine's mind as she packs up to move back home. She's not happy about leaving her friends, her boyfriend, and Nona who's gravely ill, but won't dare challenge her mother's orders... -
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Magic of the Moonlight by Ellen Schreiber
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsBeware of a bite under a full moon…it will complicate your love life. Celeste has more to worry about than a secret romance with a hot guy from the wrong side of town. That guy, Brandon, is a werewolf. With gossip and hostility swirling at school, it’s time to find a cure for his nocturnal condition, and perhaps the one person who can help is his scientist father... -
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Full Moon Kisses by Ellen Schreiber
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThis enticing paranormal romance featuring werewolves and the popular girl who loves them is a great conclusion to the Full Moon series.What will Celeste do now that both her heroic boyfriend, Brandon, and her popular ex-boyfriend, Nash, are werewolves? And someone wants to turn her into a werewolf, too. Life is complicated under Legend Run's full moon...Categorized as:
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My Link in Time by S.L. Baum
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsGirl meets boy, falls in love, becomes engaged, and walks down the aisle. Oh, if only life were that simple. When an Immortal girl meets a Mortal boy, life is a little more complicated. When Charity accepted Lincoln's marriage proposal, she thought they could handle anything that came their way... Link’s newly acquired lust for blood became the first problem to tackle... saying “I do” came next... -
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Sight by Kailin Gow
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"If you love the girls in Amanda Hocking's and Suzanne Collins' novels, it's time you discovered bestselling YA series author Kailin Gow!" - Steve Windwalker, bestselling author and Kindle Nation Magazine founder. The Gates of Palisor has opened and now the most dangerous and powerful creatures Wicked has been harboring have been let loose...Categorized as:
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Black Moon by Rebecca A. Rogers
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAs the rise in supernatural disturbances continually expands to more obvious locations, Candra's family and friends are on a never-ending hunt to remove the region's dark magic. Greater forces are at work, though, as an accidental link is formed between Candra and Ben, "marking" their souls and coupling them forever... -
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Magician's Muse by Linda Joy Singleton
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe Final Book in Linda Joy Singleton's Popular Paranormal Series, The Seer A whisper, too soft to swirl wispy candle smoke, carried across time, beyond life and death—and was heard. "Our bargain is sealed. My secrets will be yours-when the girl dies... -
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Blood Moon by Rebecca A. Rogers
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsNow that Candra and Ben have successfully entered the sixteenth century and left Alaric in the future, it's up to them to stop Ulric and Daciana's banishment to the Otherworld. But there's more to this secretive past than they thought; they not only have to find the wolf that bit their ancestors, but also deal with the town witch, who has the original power to destroy them all... -
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Ladle Rat Rotten Hut by Cameron Jace
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsWhat if all you knew about fairy tales was wrong?Warning: these Grimm Prequels are like snap shots of a magical land you're about to visit soon. I like to think of them as poisoned apples. Once you taste them, you will never see fairy tales in the same light again.This Grimm Diaries Prequels are a number of short books in the form of epistolary diary entries... -
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Blood on the Moon by Jennifer Knight
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAs Faith Reynolds enters her freshman year of college, she is a complete and utter nervous wreck. With her best friend Derek suddenly pulling out the romance card and her dark, mysterious classmate staring her down at every turn, Faith somehow feels stuck in the middle without dating either one. And fortune may or may not be with her when a devilshly sexy stranger offers her a welcome escape... -
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The Lost Boys by Lilian Carmine
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn intensely addictive romance novel about girls, ghosts, and forbidden love, ideal for fans of Stephenie Meyer Fate has brought them together. But will it also keep them apart? Having moved to a strange town, 17-year-old Joey Gray is feeling a little lost, until she meets a cute, mysterious boy near her new home... -
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The Crowded Shadows by Celine Kiernan
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsMerron glossary as audio New Friends. Old Enemies. Who can you trust? Wynter Moorehawke travels alone and unprotected in bandit-infested forests, searching for the rebel Prince Alberon. But many enemies are lurking in the shadows. It seems that every tyrant and zealot who has ever threatened the Kingdom is sending emissaries to meet Alberon... -
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Destiny by Gillian Shields
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn Destiny , the fourth and final book in Gillian Shields’s romantic, gothic Immortal series, Helen, Evie, and Sarah, the Sisters of the Mystic Way, must use their powers to battle for their souls. Malevolent forces haunt Wyldcliffe Abbey School for Young Ladies, the girls’ elite boarding school on the English moors. Dr. Franzen, an evil man from Helen’s past, has taken over as headmaster... -
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Silver by Kailin Gow
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEnter the world of Feyland, where beautiful strong fairies have been at war for years. Breena, the beautiful half fairy, half human princess from Oregon, has ascended to her rightful place in Feyland, as Queen of the Summer Kingdom. Being Queen isn't at all what she expected. Now the weight of Feyland falls heavily on her shoulders...Categorized as:
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![Crescent Moon, Vol. 1 by Haruko Iida]()
Crescent Moon, Vol. 1 by Haruko Iida
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMahiru Shiraishi is haunted by images of the Descendent of the Princess in a disturbing recurring dream. There, she meets members of the Lunar Race, a group of vampires, werewolves and vixens who need Mahiru's help to recover their power source that was stolen a thousand years ago in an incident involving the princess... -
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He's My Only Vampire, Vol. 2 by Aya Shouoto
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen Dealer suddenly appears, Kana learns in the ensuing scuffle just what it means to be a Pureblood vampire's "thrall... -
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He's My Only Vampire, Vol. 1 by Aya Shouoto
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsYou are my "thrall"--mine and mine alone... When Kana, a student at St. Agatha Academy, lays eyes on her long-lost childhood friend Aki amid the throng of the metropolis, the gears of destiny begin to turn! Meeting with an unfortunate accident not long after, Kana finds herself pulled from the arms of death by a vampire--Aki... -
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Cathy's Ring by Sean Stewart, Jordan Weisman
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCathy cannot manage to find more than a few days to relax in her hectic (and mortal) life—she barely has time to put the mystery surrounding her father to rest before she finds herself targeted by a group of Ancestor Lu’s professional killers!Recognizing she is a serious threat to everyone in her life, Cathy makes plans to leave town... -
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Enduring Kiss by C.E. Black
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJessica's worked for Lucas (Master vampire) for three years as a feeder and has kept her feelings for him a secret. She wants their relationship to stay professional so she can continue to hide her nightmares. When Lucas starts getting closer Jessica is forced to face her past or leave. Some think that's for the best and will do anything to get Jessica away from her Master...Categorized as:
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Bad Hair Day by Carrie Harris
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSenior year is positively hair-raising. Kate Grable is geeked out to shadow the county medical examiner as part of her school’s pre-med program. Except when he’s arrested for murder, she’s left with the bodies. And when Kate’s brother Jonah stumbles upon a dead gamer girl, she realizes that the zombie epidemic she cured last fall was only the beginning of the weirdness taking over her town... -
![Horribly Haunted in Hillbilly Hollow by Blythe Baker]()
Horribly Haunted in Hillbilly Hollow by Blythe Baker
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe ghosts of Hillbilly Hollow are whispering – and only Emma can hear them. Emma Hooper thought coming home to small town life and the family farm would give her a chance to rest and recover from a traumatic accident. But that was before she started seeing ghosts... -
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Blood of a Werewolf by T. Lynne Tolles
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDarby O’Rielly may look like a shy, quiet bookstore owner who waits up at night to make sure her fun loving little sister Rowan makes it home. But that would be a bad assumption if you intend to threaten her family and loved ones. If the deadly magic this witch possesses is unleashed, the whole neighborhood better watch out. When two handsome brothers move next door, love blooms...Categorized as:
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The Encanto's Daughter by Melissa de la Cruz
Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA young woman claims the throne of a realm inspired by Filipino mythology in this YA romantic fantasy, the first in an enchanting new duet by #1 New York Times bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz.MJ Rodriguez has spent her life hiding in the human world, keeping a heavy secret. She’s half-encanto. As the only child of King Vivencio of the Sirena Court, she’s also next in line for the throne... -
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Sweet Unrest by Lisa Maxwell
Rated: 3.55 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLucy Aimes has always been practical. But try as she might, she can’t come up with a logical explanation for the recurring dreams that have always haunted her. Dark dreams. Dreams of a long-ago place filled with people she shouldn’t know…but does... -
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Tempted by Fire by M.D. Bowden
Rated: 3.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEighteen year old Erin Lustleigh is just starting university. She has no idea she's about to plunge into a world with werewolves, vampires, ghosts and, of course . . . hunters. Erin's journey is one of heart ache, new experiences and dangerous dilemmas. She finds herself torn between sides, not knowing who to believe, or who to trust. Join Erin, as she finds out the dark truth. . .Categorized as:
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Blood by K.J. Wignall
Rated: 3.31 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsI do not remember being bitten. I wish I did, for then I would know the creature who did this to me and I would have a purpose, to track him down and repay him for the poisoned gift he gave me." Back in the 13th Century, Will was destined to be Earl of Mercia. He never lived to inherit his title, struck down by a strange illness and buried beneath the city walls... -
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The Waking Forest by Alyssa Wees
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe waking forest has secrets. To Rhea, it appears like a mirage, dark and dense, at the very edge of her backyard. But when she reaches out to touch it, the forest vanishes. She’s desperate to know more—until she finds a peculiar boy who offers to reveal its secrets. If she plays a game...
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