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Chibi Vampire: The Novel, Volume 1 by Tohru Kai, Yuna Kagesaki
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsKarin Maaka bites throat like a proper vampire, but where others of her kind need hot red blood, she has too much of it! Every month, she's compelled to inject blood into her victims the way a snake injects venom. And her handsome classmate Kenta Usui makes her feel like she's going to spurt blood like a geyser... -
Fangtastic! by Sienna Mercer
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsDon't miss this fun tween vampire series, featuring regular girl Olivia and goth girl Ivy! Olivia is a vegetarian. Ivy is a vampire. And they're twins ?!?Ever since Olivia discovered that her long-lost twin sister, Ivy, is a vampire, she's been soaking up everything Ivy will tell her about Franklin Grove's vampire community... -
Amber Goes Yeti by Mia Harlan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI've been looking forward to the Jewels Cafe winter bash for months. But when the heat goes out right before guests arrive, the party of the year might just be a complete disaster! Can my mates and I find a way to turn up the heat? And will they ever look at me the same again after I shift into a big, hairy, grunting yeti?Amber Goes Yeti is a reverse harem short story starring Amber and her guys...Categorized as:
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Scattered Showers by Rainbow Rowell
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsRainbow Rowell has won fans all over the world by writing about love and life in a way that feels true.In her first collection, she gives us nine beautifully crafted love stories. Girl meets boy camping outside a movie theater. Best friends debate the merits of high school dances. A prince romances a troll. A girl romances an imaginary boy. And Simon Snow himself returns for a holiday adventure... -
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Found (True Mates .5) by Olivia Arran
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis short prequel is also published in Shifters in the Snow, a multi-author bundle. When Alpha Adam Colstone escapes to his winter cabin for some much needed solitude and relaxation, rescuing a voluptuous she-wolf from frostbite was definitely not part of his plan... -
Her Majesty's Dog Vol. 1 by Mick Takeuchi
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsAmane’s not like other girls. With her ice queen demeanor and naiveté, she’s become quite the misfit on campus. Even more unusual is her relationship with fellow transfer student Hyoue Inugami, the hottest guy in school... -
Bearing Up in Wolf Rock by Carina Wilder
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"I wouldn't kick him out of bed for eating salmon." Kyla Greene is frustrated after a popular reality show put her pack--and all shifters--on the map. Not only are the residents of Wolf Rock getting more attention than they ever wanted; it's not the nice kind. Enter Maddox, a half-Maori bear of a man...Categorized as:
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Ocean's Secret by Demelza Carlton
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA steamy contemporary medical romance involving a sexy doctor, a naughty nurse, a midwife on a mission and a mysterious predator in Albany, Western Australia. Working as a student midwife in an Australian country hospital is never easy, but Belinda finds more trouble than most... -
Wolf Fight: A Moretti Werewolf Novel by Marian Tee
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Marian Tee Calys Adelardi, the princess also known as "the human monster", may only be alpha if she can find a strong, kind warrior to champion her cause. She’s determined to marry for the good of her pack, but meeting a playboy werewolf prince makes Calys think twice about her noble priorities. His name is Alejandro Moretti...Categorized as:
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Unbearable by W.H. Vega
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat’s a girl to do when she finds herself face to face with a ferocious bear in the middle of the forest? Gabby never should’ve stumbled off the beaten path but hind sight is…well. And no to mention—She. Hates. Bears. Thank god for Zane, a super sexy park ranger who just happens to be on patrol and comes to Gabby’s rescue...Categorized as:
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Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch: Aqua, Vol. 1 by Pink Hanamori
Rated: 3.10 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsLukia Nanami is turning seventeen. Her family has just moved to a town by the sea, and on her first walk down to the beach, she saves a handsome surfer from drowning... -
Gemini Bites by P.E. Ryan
Rated: 3.48 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOne of the strangest (and funniest) love triangles ever to hit YA fiction, when a pair of twins (one boy, one girl) both fall for the boy who moves in with them…who may or may not be a vampire. Judy and Kyle Renneker are sixteen-year-old fraternal twins in a rambling family of nine... -
Delivering Evil for Experts by Annette Marie
I promised to avenge my parents.But their killer is still on the loose, and he's stolen more than my parents' lives. Now, as he draws closer to his mysterious goals, he's poised to destroy what little I have left.I promised to translate an ancient grimoire.But it holds the secrets of my family—and the secret history of demon summoning. I fear its answers as much as I need them...Categorized as:
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Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs
By day, Mercy is a car mechanic in the sprawling Tri-Cities of Eastern Washington. By night, she explores her preternatural side. As a shapeshifter with some unique talents, Mercy has often found herself having to maintain a tenuous harmony between the human and the not so human. This time she may get more than she bargained for...Categorized as:
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River Marked by Patricia Briggs
Being a different breed of shapeshifter-a walker-Mercy Thompson can see ghosts, but the spirit of her long-gone father has never visited her. Until now, on her honeymoon with the Alpha werewolf Adam. An evil is stirring in the depths of the Columbia River-and innocent people are dying...Categorized as:
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Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare
The Shadowhunters of Los Angeles star in the first novel in Cassandra Clare’s newest series, The Dark Artifices, a sequel to the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series. Lady Midnight is a Shadowhunters novel.It’s been five years since the events of City of Heavenly Fire that brought the Shadowhunters to the brink of oblivion... -
Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs
Under the rule of science, there are no witch burnings allowed, no water trials or public lynchings. In return, the average law-abiding, solid citizen has little to worry about from the things that go bump in the night. Sometimes I wish I was an average citizen... Mechanic Mercy Thompson has friends in low places-and in dark ones. And now she owes one of them a favor...Categorized as:
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Rogue by Karen Lynch
Sara Grey is done hiding and done being afraid. The Master thinks he has her running scared, but she’s taking matters into her own hands and taking her life back. With the help of her friends, she sets out to find the one person who can answer her questions about her past, and who may be able to lead them to the Master...Categorized as:
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My Salvation by Alanea Alder
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsPriest Vi’Aerdan wants nothing more than for his mate to be safe, but nightmares plague him with images of her being torn to shreds. Despite consulting Meryn, his anxiety persists. He remembers the helplessness associated with his failure to help his unit brothers when they were trapped in the caves of Noctem Falls... -
Lost Talismans and a Tequila by Annette Marie
You know that squirmy sensation in your gut when you have no idea what you're doing and you're about to screw everything up?Yeah, that feeling.I thought I was a good judge of character, but recent events proved me very wrong. Now, in a brilliant demonstration of my newfound caution, I'm putting all my faith in a demon—a demon who's tried to kill me before... -
Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
For Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, there have been worse assignments than going undercover on the set of an adult film. Dodging flaming monkey poo, for instance. Or going toe-to-leaf with a walking plant monster. Still, there is something more troubling than usual about his newest case... -
Damned Souls and a Sangria by Annette Marie
Once upon a time, I was your average spunky redhead with the lamest employment history ever, a shaky relationship with my only family member, and no idea what I was doing with my life.Now, I'm a pseudo mythic with the best bartending job in the world, the most amazing (and hot) best friends I never knew I needed, and a guild of misfit magic-users who've become my extended family... -
Hall of Blood and Mercy: The Complete Trilogy by K.M. Shea
I'm one scrappy wizard.As someone with barely a flicker of magic, I've spent my life being mocked and surviving fights with bullies. But when my parents die in an accident, and I find myself responsible for our whole wizard house and family, I know my usual tactics aren't going to cut it... -
Illusion by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsBe careful what you wish for…You just might get it.Nick Gautier is tired of his destiny. He doesn’t want to be the son of a demon who’s fated to end the world. Nor does he want to see another demon or other preternatural creature who wants to kill or enslave him. He just wants to be normal and have normal problems like everyone else.But normality isn’t all it’s cracked up to be... -
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Born to Endless Night by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan
Simon, like the rest of the Academy, is stunned when a navy-skinned warlock baby is found on the Academy steps...Categorized as:
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A Fistful of Charms by Kim Harrison
The evil night things that prowl Cincinnati despise witch and bounty hunter Rachel Morgan. Her new reputation for the dark arts is turning human and undead heads alike with the intent to possess, bed, and kill her -- not necessarily in that order. Now a mortal lover who abandoned Rachel has returned, haunted by his secret past...Categorized as:
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Druid Vices and a Vodka by Annette Marie
I've said it before, but sometimes I'm a bad person. I cheated on my twelfth grade math final, I've run countless yellow lights, and I gossip about how hot my kickass best friends are. (Good thing my job as a guild bartender doesn't require moral perfection.)But there's bad, and then there's bad. And I'm not sure which applies to a certain dark druid/wanted criminal/reluctant friend of mine... -
Between Homes by W.R. Gingell
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsG'day. I'm Pet. Not, not Pet--I am a pet. Well, I was a pet: I used to belong to two fae and a stroppy vampire. Now I'm homeless. I mean, I was always technically homeless, but this time it's different... -
Blade Bound by Chloe Neill
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsThe thrilling final installment of Chloe Neill’s New York Times bestselling urban fantasy series sees a sinister sorcery advancing across Chicago, and it may usher in the fall of Cadogan House… Since the night of her brutal attack and unwilling transformation to vampire, Merit’s stood as Sentinel and protector of Chicago’s Cadogan House...
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