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Trouble Play by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis desert oasis has gone to the dogs, and Vista de Lirio is about to get bloody.(Not the dogs though. The dogs are fine.)Comedian Evy Lane thought she’d done it all, but taking on the role of mistress of ceremonies for the Desert Fancy Dog Show may be her most challenging gig yet... -
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Deadly Forecast by Victoria Laurie
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAs her wedding day approaches, Abby Cooper has a disturbing premonition of her fiancé’s murder. Her husband-to-be, FBI agent Dutch Rivers, has been assigned to a suicide bombing case, and Abby’s spirit guides warn her of imminent danger. Abby vows to do everything in her power to keep Dutch safe and get him to the altar... -
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![The Wood Wife by Terri Windling]()
The Wood Wife by Terri Windling
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsLeaving behind her fashionable West Coast life, Maggie Black comes to the Southwestern desert to pursue her passion and her dream. Her mentor, the acclaimed poet Davis Cooper, has mysteriously died in the canyons east of Tucson, bequeathing her his estate and the mystery of his life-- and death...Categorized as:
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![The Departed by J.A. Templeton]()
The Departed by J.A. Templeton
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsPsychic? Check. Haunted by a malevolent spirit who is making life a living hell? Check. In love with a smoking hot Scot, who is the reincarnation of the man creepy malevolent ghost murdered two centuries before? Check. Friends and family think you’re losing your mind? Check... -
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![Small Miracles by Olivia Atwater]()
Small Miracles by Olivia Atwater
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsA little bit of sin is good for the soul.Gadriel, the fallen angel of petty temptations, has a bit of a gambling debt. Fortunately, her angelic bookie is happy to let her pay off her debts by doing what she does best: All Gadriel has to do is tempt miserably sinless mortal Holly Harker to do a few nice things for herself... -
![Cast in Sorrow by Michelle Sagara]()
Cast in Sorrow by Michelle Sagara
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsTHE END OF HER JOURNEY IS ONLY THE BEGINNING... The Barrani would be happy to see her die. So Kaylin Neya is a bit surprised by her safe arrival in the West March. Especially when enemies new and old surround her and those she would call friends are equally dangerous... And then the real trouble starts... -
![Rough Justice by Kelley Armstrong, Xavière Daumarie]()
Rough Justice by Kelley Armstrong, Xavière Daumarie
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsMallt-y-Nos. Matilda of the Hunt. The lone woman who rides with the Wild Hunt, tasked with finding killers who've escaped justice and letting the hounds reap their souls. For Olivia Taylor-Jones, Matilda isn't just a legendary figure from Welsh lore. She is Olivia's past, and her future, one she's finally embraced.Having accepted her role as Matilda, Olivia must now lead her first Hunt... -
![Writing Wrongs by Christine Gael]()
Writing Wrongs by Christine Gael
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsGetting divorced at 48 is hard. Almost as hard as discovering that your ancestors were part of a coven that was hunted to extinction...And you're nextCricket Hawthorne's marriage has been on life support for the past two decades, but finally pulling the plug and starting over at dang near 50 is tougher than she'd imagined... -
![The Watchers by Lynnie Purcell]()
The Watchers by Lynnie Purcell
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe Watchers is the first book in The Watchers Series. It focuses on 16-year-old Clare Michaels and her journey to her mom's hometown of King's Cross. Long aware of her heritage - that she is the daughter of a fallen angel - The Watchers focuses on her first interaction with the world she has always hidden from... -
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Dark Nebula by W.J. May
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsNothing is as it seems anymore. Leery from the horrifying incident at the end of her first year at Guilder Boarding School, Rae Kerrigan is determined to learn more about her new tattoo. Her expectations are high, an easy senior year and a happy reunion with Devon, the boy she's not supposed to date. All hopes of happiness turn into shattered dreams the moment she steps back on campus... -
![Feudlings in Flames by Wendy Knight]()
Feudlings in Flames by Wendy Knight
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAri thought being in love with her prophesied nemesis sucked. But being responsible for her best friend's kidnapping? It sucks worse. Ari and Shane thought they’d beaten Fate and ended the three-hundred year war plagu-ing their people. They thought love had won. But they were so, so wrong...Categorized as:
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Finding Magic by Stacia Kane
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsKaren Marie Moning has called Stacia Kane’s Downside Ghosts series “dark, sexy urban fantasy at its finest.” Now, in this breathtakingly suspenseful eBook novella, Kane has written a prequel to her thrilling series...Categorized as:
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![Where There's a Witch by Madelyn Alt]()
Where There's a Witch by Madelyn Alt
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsTaking a break from her job at Enchantments, Stony Mill's finest mystical antique shop, Maggie O'Neill visits a carnival where she senses some bad spirits. And when a construction worker is suspected of killing a young woman, it's up to Maggie and the N.I.G.H.T.S. ghosthunting team to uncover the dark spiritual energy leaking into their town before it spoils everyone's fun... -
![The Mortal Bone by Marjorie M. Liu]()
The Mortal Bone by Marjorie M. Liu
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen the bond Maxine Kiss shares with the demons tattooed on her skin is deliberately severed, the demon hunter is left vulnerable and unprotected. For the first time in ten thousand years, the demons have a taste of freedom. And as the little demons grow more violent and unpredictable, Maxine starts to fear they will lose their minds without her... -
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![The Accidental Siren by Jake Vander Ark]()
The Accidental Siren by Jake Vander Ark
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMara Lynn is the most beautiful girl in the world. James Parker is the ordinary boy who discovers her power. James had his summer all planned out. He would enjoy the carefree days in the woods behind his castle home, avoid the maniacal Danny Bompensaro (and the worm-like scar on the back of his head), and shoot an epic movie with his best friend Whit... -
![Protecting Truth by Michelle Warren]()
Protecting Truth by Michelle Warren
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSeraphina’s keeping a secret from her Wandering team: she’s perfecting her fighting skills. But telling Sam and Bishop the truth would only alert them to her plan: to go back in time, save her mom, and finish what she started... -
![Indelible by Lani Woodland]()
Indelible by Lani Woodland
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYara is beginning to understand just how much her life will change now that her Waker abilities have emerged. She has come to terms with the fact that seeing ghosts is part of her life, but she isn’t ready to let being a Waker dictate her choices. All she wants is a ghost-free senior year with her boyfriend, Brent, and her best friend, Cherie... -
![There by Denise Grover Swank]()
There by Denise Grover Swank
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJulia Phillips’ world is an alternate universe away. Trapped in a land where government leaders want her dead, Julia is forced to run for her life with Evan and Reece, the two boys who brought her here. They’re on their own in a hostile landscape ruled by scavengers and thieves...Categorized as:
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Faceless by Jus Accardo
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy name is Brandt Cross, and I died. Again… I'm living in the body of a Six named Douglass Cain, a certifiable scumbag whose ability is on Zendean Industries—AKA Denazen's—most wanted list. There’s some serious bad going down, and Ginger, the leader of the Underground, sent me undercover to obtain information because people are dying...Categorized as:
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![One Hex of a Wedding by Yasmine Galenorn]()
One Hex of a Wedding by Yasmine Galenorn
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWedding bells turn to sour notes for Emerald O'Brien. Her fiancé is wounded by gunfire, her ex-husband becomes the prime suspect, and her maid of honor is being stalked. Now it's up to Emerald to divine if the incidents are related... -
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Secrets by Melinda Metz
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsRae Voight has a problem. Thoughts are running through her mind that aren't hers. Is she going crazy? Or could something else-something even stranger -- be going on? As Rae unravels the mystery of where these thoughts are coming from, she also unlocks terrifying secrets of her past, including the truth about her dead mother. But knowing the truth may not be a good thing for Rae... -
![Blood on the Bayou by Stacey Jay]()
Blood on the Bayou by Stacey Jay
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsThe second book in a new urban fantasy series featuring mosquito-sized fairies with poisonous bites that drive humans insane. It's only been three weeks since Annabelle helped solve the murder of Grace Beauchamp, and in the process, she discovered a secret world of invisible, magic-working people who have decided she might have what it takes to join their ranks... -
![Some Enchanted Éclair by Bailey Cates]()
Some Enchanted Éclair by Bailey Cates
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsFLOUR POWER When Hollywood invades Savannah’s historic district to film a Revolutionary War movie, magical baker Katie Lightfoot, and her witches’ coven, the Spellbook Club, take a break from casting spells for casting calls. One of the witches snags a part as an extra, while Katie’s firefighter boyfriend, Declan, acts as on-set security... -
![The Immortal City : The Magicians of Venice by Amy Kuivalainen]()
The Immortal City : The Magicians of Venice by Amy Kuivalainen
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsStep into an urban fantasy world where ancient mysteries and dark secrets lurk beneath the surface of Venice's lagoon. Perfect for fans of Sherrilyn Kenyon's 'Dream Hunter series and Deborah Harkness's 'A Discover of Witches,' or anyone who loves Atlantis myth, romance, and adventure. Dr... -
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![Goddess Boot Camp by Tera Lynn Childs]()
Goddess Boot Camp by Tera Lynn Childs
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Phoebe has recently learned that she's a descendant of Nike (the goddess, not the shoe). Now, in order to learn to control her newfound - and very strong - powers, she's being forced to attend Goddess Boot Camp...Categorized as:
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![Dead & Buried by Leighann Dobbs]()
Dead & Buried by Leighann Dobbs
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsSummers in the seaside town of Noquit Maine are quiet and relaxing ... unless you find a mysterious dead body, a hunky ex-boyfriend shows up and you start getting instructions from ghostly relatives.That's exactly what happens to Morgan Blackmoore... -
![Dead Bolt by Juliet Blackwell]()
Dead Bolt by Juliet Blackwell
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsTurner Construction's latest restoration project is a historic Queen Anne Victorian in San Francisco. This time general contractor Mel Turner has to work around the owners who insist on sticking around- along with some ghosts that insist in their own way that the work stops... The ghosts aren't the only ones standing in the way of the renovations... -
![Mad Maudlin by Mercedes Lackey, Rosemary Edghill]()
Mad Maudlin by Mercedes Lackey, Rosemary Edghill
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMary, Mary, Quite Contrary—and Quite Deadly . . .Eric Banyon, better known as Bedlam's Bard, is finally about to graduate from Julliard and enter the Real World and so, with the help of a psychiatrist who specializes in the problems of magicians, he's finally coming to terms with his past... -
![Descended by Blood by Angeline Kace]()
Descended by Blood by Angeline Kace
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsBrooke Keller is a high school junior who has never spent much time living in one place. She is finally in a town long enough to almost snag the boy of her dreams, until her life is threatened after killing a fanged man in his attempt to kidnap her. Brooke begins a dangerous journey in an effort to find out who is after her and how to stop them... -
![Charmed & Deadly by Candace Havens]()
Charmed & Deadly by Candace Havens
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsBronwyn is back...but so is her evil ex-boyfriend. From the author of Charmed & Ready and Charmed & Dangerous . Bronwyn is used to making enemies-when you dedicate your life to ridding the world of evil magic dudes and dudettes, it can happen. So when she first realizes that an attempted hit on the Prime Minister was really for her, it's just "same spell, different day... -
![Criminal Enchantment: An Enchanted, Inc. Short Story by Shanna Swendson]()
Criminal Enchantment: An Enchanted, Inc. Short Story by Shanna Swendson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBefore Katie met Owen, the Magic, Spells, and Illusions, Inc., team already had a job to do. There’s spellcasting skullduggery at work in Manhattan, and Sam the gargoyle is on the case. This time, the shady spells look awfully familiar, like the work of outcast wizard Phelan Idris... -
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Intangible by J. Meyers
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsTwins Sera and Luke Raine have a well-kept secret—she heals with a touch of her hand, he sees the future. All their lives they’ve helped those in need on the sly. They’ve always thought of their abilities as being a gift. Then Luke has a vision that Sera is killed. That gift they’ve always cherished begins to feel an awful lot like a curse... -
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Baehrly Beginning by Elizabeth A. Reeves
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA short story introducing sassy and spunky Goldie Locke and her menagerie of magical and rare creatures. Witch Goldie Locke's mission in life is the rescue and rehabilitation of endangered Magical creatures. She will put her life and all she has at risk to save them... -
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The Lost by Sarah Beth Durst
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIt was only meant to be a brief detour. But then Lauren finds herself trapped in a town called Lost on the edge of a desert, filled with things abandoned, broken and thrown away. And when she tries to escape, impassable dust storms and something unexplainable lead her back to Lost again and again...Categorized as:
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![Cheyenne by Lisa L. Wiedmeier]()
Cheyenne by Lisa L. Wiedmeier
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsMurder, romance, secrets and hidden pasts. Deception from every angle—who's telling the truth? Cheyenne Wilson's life is thrown into turmoil after her adoptive parents are killed in an accident. With only her best friend Colt to comfort her, she scours through the family archives, hoping to quell her grief... -
![Vamparazzi by Laura Resnick]()
Vamparazzi by Laura Resnick
Everything you know about vampires is wrong, as struggling actress Esther Diamond discovers after taking a job as a victim in The Vampyre, an off-Broadway cult hit in Manhattan. Not only is she besieged by fang-wearing vampire groupies, fanatical anti-vampire activists, and the bloodsucking paparazzi, but she also has to put up with broody lead actor Daemon Ravel, who claims to be a real vampire... -
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Polterheist by Laura Resnick
Struggling actress Esther Diamond's latest Manhattan misadventure leads her into the twisted realm of greedy heirs battling over a retail empire, a series of heists pulled off by invisible thieves, and inanimate objects that grow fangs and fly through the air to attack a poor actress who's just trying to earn enough money to pay her rent... -
![Blood from Stone by Laura Anne Gilman]()
Blood from Stone by Laura Anne Gilman
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWren Valere's job is driving her crazy. She's still Manhattan's most sought-after Retriever, but after last year's deadly confrontation with the Silence, all this magic-user wants is a break. With her apartment going co-op and her relationship with the demon P.B. putting stress on her romance with partner Sergei, is Wren finally ready to settle down to a more stable existence? Not likely... -
![Brightest Kind of Darkness by P.T. Michelle, Patrice Michelle]()
Brightest Kind of Darkness by P.T. Michelle, Patrice Michelle
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsNara Collins is an average sixteen-year-old, with one exception: every night she dreams the events of the following day. Due to an incident in her past, Nara avoids using her special gift to change fate…until she dreams a future she can’t ignore... -
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Blood Secrets by Jeannie Holmes
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWHEN ALEXANDRA SABIAN SINKS HER TEETH INTO AN INVESTIGATION, SHE DOESN’T LET GO. Alex allowed a case involving murdered vamps to get personal and is suspended from the Federal Bureau of Preternatural Investigation. Now she’s facing an official inquiry but has a chance to redeem herself... -
![All Things Wicked by Karina Cooper]()
All Things Wicked by Karina Cooper
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJuliet Carpenter thought of the coven as family, but when she falls for a man who betrays them all, she’s left alone and desperately searching for a reason why. Caleb Leigh has spent the past year in hiding, unable to escape his demons. When Juliet finds him again, her need for vengeance clashes with the hunger still burning between them... -
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Elemental Magic by Angela Wallace
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAileen Donovan is an oceanographer with magical control over the element of water. While her normal focus is on research and fighting poachers, she's about to go up against the stuff of legends-and that's saying something for a supernatural. A transport ship is missing and everyone's eager to get their hands on the cargo... -
![Cry Mercy by Toni Andrews]()
Cry Mercy by Toni Andrews
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI just want a normal life...even if I'm not entirely sure I'm human. My name is Mercy Hollings and I'm a successful hypnotherapist in Balboa, California. The problem is, my good fortune is dependent on a dark secret. I can make people do whatever I want using telepathy, a power I call "the press." And that ability has hurt some people I never wanted to hurt, so I try to keep it under wraps...Categorized as:
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![Burnt Snow by Van Badham]()
Burnt Snow by Van Badham
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSophie is in the last term of Year 11. She's used to moving around with her accountant father and free-spirited mother, so the move to a small town on the South Coast in NSW doesn't seem too out of the ordinary – at first. But things are changing around Sophie. A new school means a new start – and she's tired of her mother's superstitions and control... -
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![Could It Be Magic? by Melanie Rose]()
Could It Be Magic? by Melanie Rose
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratings‘Highly recommend’ – The Bookseller All it takes is a bolt from the blue to change your life forever… Life really can change in a flash… When Jessica Taylor finds herself in the middle of a thunderstorm whilst walking her dog, she is struck by two the sight of a handsome stranger, and a bolt of lightning... -
![Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson]()
Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsIn an unnamed Middle Eastern security state, a young Arab-Indian hacker shields his clients—dissidents, outlaws, Islamists, and other watched groups—from surveillance and tries to stay out of trouble. He goes by Alif—the first letter of the Arabic alphabet, and a convenient handle to hide behind... -
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Warrior by Marie Brennan
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsWhen a witch is born, a doppelganger is created. For the witch to master her powers, the twin must be killed. But what happens when the doppelganger survives? Mirage, a bounty hunter, lives by her wits and lethal fighting skills. She always gets her mark. But her new mission will take her into the shadowy world of witches, where her strength may not be a match against powerful magic... -
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Phantasm by Phaedra Weldon
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsRead Phaedra Weldon's posts on the Penguin Blog. The newest in a series that's "part paranormal whodunit, part urban fantasy"(Publishers Weekly) by the author of Wraith and Spectre. Just when Zoë Martinique, formerly ordinary twenty-something, was getting used to the idea that she was possessed of extraordinary powers, she lost them. Without cause or warning. And at the worst possible time... -
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Booked for Murder by R.J. Blain
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsLife as a bodyguard and driver for the rich, famous, and powerful is dangerous on a good day, and after sustaining a crippling injury while on duty, Janette's left with few options. Having signed a ‘for life’ contract but unable to work, she uses her skills to disappear. Her new life as a librarian suits her. Nobody cares she limps and sometimes requires a cane to walk... -
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Shadow by Amanda Sun
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsMeet two teens whose worlds are about to change forever in this paranormal Young Adult novella, a prequel to Ink by debut author Amanda Sun… Katie Greene’s worst nightmare comes true when her mother dies, and she’s devastated to learn that she will have to leave the only home she’s ever known...
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