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The Incubus Impasse by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsCharlie Rhodes is at a crossroads in her life. Her big secret is out – at least with the most important person in her life Jack Hanson – and now they have to deal with a whole new reality.Things are going relatively well when the Legacy Foundation is sent on a mission to Charleston. It seems women are dying under strange circumstances: open windows, no immediate sign of violence, locked doors... -
A Most Excellent Midlife Crisis by Robyn Peterman
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsA Paranormal Women's Fiction with a bit of class, and a lot of sass, for anyone who feels like age is just a number!Midlife's a bumpy journey. The ride is a freaking rollercoaster. The crisis is real.With my life back to normal--normal being a very relative word--one would think I'd catch a break.One would be very wrong... -
Leopard's Hunt by Christine Feehan
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsIn this pulse-pounding novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Leopard series, animal instinct unites two elite shifters whose heads are at war with their hearts. Gorya Amurov might be known as his family's peacekeeper, but the leopard inside him wants nothing more than to claw to the surface and unleash hell... -
Gray Witch by Hailey Edwards
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsFamous monsters are resurrecting across Mississippi, each one recreating their own gruesome deaths through new victims. Every time Rue pins down one horror legend, another appears with its own bloodthirsty agenda. The summoners raising these vengeful spirits save their best for last, a cruel gift that shatters Rue. But she’s not the only one whose heart gets broken... -
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Bewitched by Darynda Jones
Forty-something Defiance Dayne only recently discovered she comes from a long line of powerful witches. Added to that was the teensy, infinitesimal fact that she is what’s called a charmling. One of three on the entire planet. And there are other witches who will stop at nothing to steal her immense power, which would basically involve her unfortunate and untimely death... -
Lords of the Underworld Collection Volume 1: An Anthology by Gena Showalter
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsSee how the Lords of the Underworld saga began with the first four sizzling stories by New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter.They dared to open Pandora’s Box, and now must carry an eternal curse. The saga begins in a remote fortress in Budapest, where six immortal warriors, each more dangerously seductive than the last, are bound by an ancient curse none has been able to break... -
Blaze of Fury by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWelcome to Chipping Cheddar where supernaturals are hidden in plain sight.I’ve had enough.I’ve been at odds with my family for as long as I can remember.And I’ve been at odds with myself.Light and dark. White and black. Good and evil.To hell with the scales of justice, right now I’m willing to use every fury trait at my disposal to right the recent wrong done to my beloved Chief Fox... -
Nevermore by Dannika Dark
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsUSA TODAY BESTSELLERRaven Black risks it all for loyalty and love in this stunning continuation in the USA Today bestselling Crossbreed series. Raven returns to her childhood home to rebuild her severed relationship with her father. After a long year of capturing violent criminals and thwarting assassination plots, she could use a vacation. But trouble is brewing on the home front... -
Fateborne by G.K. DeRosa
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsI’m not alone . There are other Mystic wolves out there, and now I have to find them.And win the Alpha Trials, get my revenge on the supreme alpha and of course, break my mate’s curse. Phew… And I thought things would be easier now that we’d finally completed the mate bond.I was very wrong.When Hunter takes matters into his own hands, a desperate decision escalates the situation from bad to worse... -
Demon Marked by Jen L. Grey
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsForgiveness isn't always an option. My preordained mate left me, heartbroken and alone. Not only am I feeling these strange emotions, but my world crumbles around me as corruption and attacks threaten to destroy Shadow City. The fury of Hell continues to grow as more of their plans unravel. When my mate reappears, I can’t help but fear it could be a ploy…once more... -
The Black Dagger Brotherhood: An Insider's Guide by J.R. Ward
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward delivers a behind-the-scenes look at her “to die for”( Publishers Weekly) Black Dagger Brotherhood series—and a brand-new short story starring Zsadist and Bella.This is a book no Black Dagger Brotherhood fan should miss—an insider’s guide that will seduce readers as powerfully as the sexy band of Brothers and the world they live in... -
Wrath by Kristie Cook
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsWill a mother’s wrath make her cross the line? I didn’t want to cry. For once in my life, tears evaded me. Perhaps because I refused to grieve this loss, because it wasn’t a loss in my eyes, in my heart. It was a call for war, yes. But not a loss. I wouldn’t allow it. Besides, I was too mad to cry, even in my exhaustion, and anger would get me much further... -
Compelling Infinity by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI was a dragon. Dragons didn’t run from any situation. Not even a dragon disguised as a witch. Well … at least not from any situation that involved the archive or my duty, because apparently I fled before anything even remotely personal. Including surprise double dates.A masked gala. A solstice celebration with the werewolves...Categorized as:
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Hexing with a Chance of Tornadoes by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsI've been told I'm a force to be reckoned with. That I blow onto the scene like a tornado.At age forty I've stopped caring if that's a compliment or a dig. Now I just wear it like a badge of honor. So when life threw me a curveball and I ended up going from a cushy job in New York City to the tiny Southern town of Grimm Cove I thought I was ready for anything.Ha! Not quite... -
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Dark Prince by Jen L. Grey
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsThere's no escaping betrayal.My life once centered around justice. As a trained warrior for the people of Shadow City, I never questioned what I was taught... until now.My preordained mate and I are finally on the same side, with our list of enemies growing. All we have learned has changed our very foundation and put a target on both our backs... -
Shadows, Maps, and Other Ancient Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsI had new cupcakes to bake, a new treasure to hunt, and a new dragon in town — literally. Who wouldn’t be ecstatic filling their days with chocolate, trinket collecting, and martial arts training? Yeah … me. Because no matter how much chocolate I ate, I couldn’t fill the dark pit in my soul. A darkness born from blood alchemy... -
More than a Little Warped by Annette Marie, Rob Jacobsen
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsAs a conman-turned-MPD-Agent, I'm fairly new to the whole "upholder of justice" thing, but even for me, there are some lines you just don't cross. Agent Söze of the MPD's Internal Affairs department, on other hand, seems determined to slime his way across every ethical line in existence like an over-sized eel on a power trip... -
Fatal Secrets by Jen L. Grey
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe truth shattered everything.After having our worlds ripped apart by everything we'd uncovered, my mate and I thought the surprises were behind us. Unfortunately, Fate has other plans.As a trained warrior, I'd always been confident that I would win, especially with my love by my side. But this war is something different, and I'm not quite sure Justice will be served... -
Amber Gambler by Hailey Edwards
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe other family business at The Body Shop is slow after word gets out that Frankie had clients die—cease to exist?—on her watch. Considering they were dead to begin with, she understands why the news shook the spirit community’s faith in her, but it’s a hard hit to her bottom line.When a spirit appears in her office, ready to sign a contract, she’s eager to please... -
Bonds and Broken Dreams by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWe had chosen our place, etching our lives into a new land. Then we had defended that land when called upon to do so. And we’d won. We’d maintained our freedom.But magic attracts magic.As they say.So when the sorcerers showed up, holding my recent past hostage — along with a future I had dreamed I might build — it was just as expected... -
Mind Magic by Eileen Wilks
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFBI agent Lily Yu’s mind is a dangerous place to be in the latest Novel of the Lupi… Thanks to the mindspeech lessons she’s receiving from the black dragon, Lily is temporarily benched from Unit Twelve—until her brain acclimates and the risk of total burnout passes. At least she has her new husband, lupi Rule Turner, to keep her occupied... -
Caged in Bone by S.M. Reine
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAbel Wilder, werewolf Alpha, has gone missing, leaving his mate and the pack in a panic. His captor magicked his scent out of the sanctuary so that his mate can't track him down. Only one witch can cast a spell that powerful. James Faulkner has finally crossed a line that Elise Kavanagh can't ignore... -
Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsThree months ago, I lost my foster sister, Sienna, to the darkness. As in blood magic and chaos and general mayhem. No one saw it until it was too late, but I should have. Now, I have a wounded heart and soul that I can’t even reveal to anyone around me, because I’m supposed to hate Sienna with the fiery passion of the justified. And I do... -
Oaths of Blood by S.M. Reine
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsWerewolves are immune to every illness and can heal any wound. It should be impossible for one to become possessed by a demon. But that's exactly what Seth Wilder is facing: a werewolf gone insane from possession. He has no choice but to deliver her to the only exorcist in America, Elise Kavanagh, who also happens to be a powerful demon known as the Godslayer... -
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Dragon's Egg by B.R. Kingsolver
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhen did I become everyone’s paranormal Miss Fixit? When the Lords of the Icelandic Elves summon me to use my talents to find a lost Dragon's egg, I find it hard to say no. I've seen what a Dragon can do, and a young, just-hatched Dragon is a being of pure destruction. But word of the egg gets out, and the race to find it begins... -
Ruled by Steel by S.M. Reine
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOnly a demon can save the souls trapped in Hell. Elise Kavanagh failed to prevent the Breaking, and now Hell is spilling onto Earth. Now she's delved deep into the City of Dis in an attempt to stop the infernal armies--but even the legendary Godslayer is unprepared to face Dis's fiercest demons, not to mention the responsibility of liberating the humans they've enslaved... -
Tracker by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 34 ratings"My name is Rylee, and I am a Tracker." When children go missing, and the Humans have no leads, I'm the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot. Bringing my allies together as war approaches is my number one concern. But that means I have to play nice with a vampire who is blackmailing me. If I don’t, I’m screwed and my family is dead... -
The Rebel Witch by Lexi Blake
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKelsey Owens just wants to settle in with her gorgeous husbands, surrounding herself with her reclaimed family. Preparations should be made for the arrival of their new son. The world has other plans. War is brewing, powerful forces are lining up against everyone she loves, and her latest prisoner also happens to be her best friend in the world...Categorized as:
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Veiled Threat by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 30 ratings"My name is Rylee, and I am a Tracker." When children go missing, and the Humans have no leads, I'm the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot.Demons are putting rips in the veil in order to cross over and steal my friends and allies away.But, going after them isn't even close to simple... -
The Magical Romantic Comedy (Magical Romantic Comedies) by RJ Blain
This collection contains four novels and three novellas, including Playing with Fire, Hoofin' It, Serial Killer Princess, Whatever for Hire, Hearth, Home, and Havoc, Owl Be Yours, and Fowl Play. Playing with Fire What do you get when you mix gorgons, an incubus, and the Calamity Queen? Trouble, and lots of it... -
The Alpha Wolf's Shattered Mate by Brittany White
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe had to flee her country to escape the shifters who wanted to take her child.The Lion Shifter TeacherI always longed to be a part of the larger world.While exploring, I met a wonderful mate.Later, I got a teaching degree.We had a beautiful baby cub.But my mate was murdered. Killed in a senseless battle.His parents wanted to steal my child away.They wanted to raise her as their own... -
Darkness Hunts by Keri Arthur
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 30 ratings"New York Times" bestselling author Keri Arthur returns to the enthralling Guardian World--and a twilight realm of danger and desire... Risa Jones, half-Aedh/half-werewolf, can enter the realm between life and death. She can speak to the dying and the dead, and she can see the reapers, collectors of souls... -
Lord of Life by Charlene Hartnady
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsI never knew how much I relied on my power until it was gone. Stolen from me. I made a stupid mistake. I spent the night with a woman who was a stranger to me. One-night stands are generally not my thing. I am sure she was the one who took what was mine. My power. There is no other logical explanation. Now I can’t find her. Every lead goes up in smoke. It’s like she never existed... -
Eternal Magic by Linsey Hall
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsCass Clereaux has a few problems. Sure, she just saved her whole town and is now immortal, but immortality sucks. The same spell that made her immortal also takes away her magic. It’s kaput. Finito. Gone. Being a FireSoul and finding magical treasure is who she is. Now, she couldn’t find her left leg with a map. Not even if a dragon pointed the way... -
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The Amplifier Protocol by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThey called me an amplifier. And they had bred me, raised me, and trained me to be a killer with preternatural precision. I was capable of taking, holding, and transferring power that wasn’t my own with a simple touch. Skin-to-skin contact. Along with four others of my generation, I could infiltrate any magical organization, extracting whoever or whatever I’d been ordered to extricate... -
The Book Of Ill Deeds by Phaedra Weldon
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGinger Blackstone had been looking for a change in her life. Getting a call from her home town’s Sheriff with the message, “We’ve arrested your grandmother for murder,” wasn’t it.Three bodies later and Ginger finds herself, and the hot new small-town doctor, up to their broomsticks in trouble...Categorized as:
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Magical New Beginnings by Brenda Trim
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhen life goes sideways, embracing the adventure is the fastest way to set things right.One day I was just a widow facing the prospect of an empty nest, living a life that was anything but enchanted. The next, I had discovered my magical roots, and my rightful place as the Guardian of the portal between the Faery and Earth.There was shock. And there was fear... -
Cursed Web by Yasmine Galenorn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNow that I know where Gretchen Wyre lives--the witch who hexed my great-great grandmother and all her female descendants--it's time to break the curse. I enlist my grandmother Rowan and my grandmother Naomi--who's visiting from Ireland--to help. But just because we know where Gretchen is, doesn't guarantee success... -
Brazen Indulgences by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNothing makes people more vulnerable than having to open up. And for someone like Jasmine Stewart who has so much hidden, it’s terrifying to have people know her secrets.Especially when people generally don’t react well to learning them.But life goes on, and when you have people who truly love you, they won’t let the darkness eat you and help you get back on your feet... -
Eclipsed Heart by Jen L. Grey
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis is Callie's second story...Categorized as:
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Dragon Cyclone by Charlene Hartnady
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA dragon shifter series set in the same world as the bestselling Bride Hunt booksIt’s been years since he last saw her. Since he inhaled her scent. Since he held her in his arms. Cyclone made some terrible mistakes. Mistakes that cost him the love of his life. He’s lived with regret ever since.Now she’s back. Not only that, she’s on dragon soil and will be staying for the foreseeable future... -
Night Magic by Jennifer Lyon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTHEIR LOVE IS DESTINED TO RISE AGAIN Ailish Donovan is a witch ready to do battle. Raised unaware of her powers, she is just sixteen when her mother tricks her into binding with the demon Asmodeus. Pure-hearted Ailish escapes with the connection incomplete but pays a heavy price: For the next eight years, she is shunned by her earth sisters and tormented by Asmodeus’s lust... -
Angels of Bourbon Street by Deanna Chase
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsNew York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Deanna Chase, brings you book four in the Jade Calhoun series. Despite having lost half her soul, coven leader Jade Calhoun is determined to lead a regular life, and that means planning her wedding. With just five weeks until the big event, plans are halted when Jade falls victim to a ghost possession... -
Diamonds Are a Ghost's Best Friend by Danielle Garrett
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsGoing to the chapel and we’re gonna get … haunted? I’ve got a ring on my finger and a date circled on the calendar, let the wedding planning begin! As luck would have it, the little wooded chapel I’ve got my heart set on, is plagued by the not-so-nice spirit of a former bride... -
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Big Ghosts Don't Cry by Danielle Garrett
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFresh off my Voodoo-tastic vacation to New Orleans, I find myself presented with the first test of my newly discovered magic. There’s been a murder in the neighboring town of Pine Shoals and the victim has decided she’s not cut out for the spectral life and needs a gentle push into the Otherworld... -
Sinful Magic by Jennifer Lyon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsFrom rising star Jennifer Lyon comes the fourth novel in her dark, sexy, and thrillingly paced Wing Slayer paranormal romance series. Roxanne “Roxy” Banfield refuses to be like her mother, a fertility witch who uses sex as nothing more than a magical weapon. Roxy rejects that life and is determined to become mortal to pursue her dream of real love and a family... -
Dark Magic by Adam J. Wright
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsZombies on Main Street. Not my finest moment. The police aren’t exactly thrilled with me, but when a cold case heats up and starts to stink of the supernatural, suddenly the sheriff is in my office offering me a job. When the case hits boiling point, I’m dealing with monsters, black magic, and ritual killings. I even have to call on the two craziest witches in town for help... -
Seduced by Lies by Karpov Kinrade
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn Volume 2 of the wildly popular Seduced by Lies serial, Rose and Derek embark on a trip to Rome to make sure the man who killed their friends is convicted for his crimes, while Sam stays behind to fight for the life of the man she loves.Packed with mystery, romance and paranormal intrigue, The Emzara-Seduced by Lies 2 picks up where Elysium-Seduced by Lies 1 left off... -
When Good Ghosts Get the Blues by Danielle Garrett
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsVacation goals… I have them. Real life is not cooperating. I don’t require poolside margaritas under a fancy cabana to have a good time. All I wanted was ten ghost-free days to enjoy sightseeing New Orleans with my boyfriend, to admire art galleries, listen to live music, and eat as many beignets as I can before my pants stop buttoning. I might as well have asked Santa for a unicorn... -
Ignite Me by Heather Renee
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsI thought I knew what a bad day was. That was until my mate tried to kill me.KinsleyAs a broken witch, I’ve grown up learning to do things the hard way, while doing my best to stay under the radar. I even thought I'd succeeded until Grayson Barrett shows up.He accuses me of crimes I wouldn’t commit on my worst day and says it’s time for me to pay, but that’s not going to happen...Categorized as:
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