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  • An Immortal's Pain by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    An Immortal's Pain by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    The moment you let your guard down and think you’ve got a handle on life—you jinx it. I bust my butt on the daily, smoothing the rough edges after moving in with the boyfriend, making amends to angry empowered ones, and patching things up with hostile in-laws. Things are good on the home front with my job, family, and friends. I’ve got this, right? Wrong...
  • Eat, Drink & Be Witchy by Lily Harper Hart

    Eat, Drink & Be Witchy by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Life is going well for Hali Waverly. She owns her own tiki bar at one of St. Pete Beach’s premiere resorts and her life is settled for the first time in…well, a really long time. On top of that, a local private investigator she keeps crossing paths has decided it’s time to date, something that both thrills and terrifies her...
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  • Sucker Punch by Kristen Painter

    Sucker Punch by Kristen Painter

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Newly appointed vampire governor of New Jersey, Belladonna Barrone is fast discovering that life as a vampire isn’t much easier than life as a mobster’s wife. But that experience certainly taught her some things about how to handle the problems that come with being governor. That is until a friend is kidnapped by the fae and his life put in danger, all because of her actions...
  • Magic & Marriage by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Marriage by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    When a television show called Natural Selection decides to film in Starry Hollow, the whole town is abuzz. The paranormal version of The Bachelor is the talk of the nation and the ideal vehicle to show off the town’s charm. Everyone is excited—except the chosen bachelor’s grandmother...
  • Preying For Mercy by Patricia Briggs

    Preying For Mercy by Patricia Briggs

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Omnibus edition of Moon Called, Blood Bound ANDIron Kissed.
  • Magic & Misfits by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Misfits by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Welcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken. Bentley Smith is tired of being the red-headed stepchild in the office of Vox Populi and is determined to prove his mettle by warming up the cold case involving Sheriff Nash’s murdered father. The deeper he digs, however, the more uncomfortable he becomes when the information he unearths implicates one of Starry Hollow’s very own...
  • Magic & Malice by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Malice by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Welcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken. When Ember Rose is tasked with covering the birthday party of a wealthy 200-year-old matriarch for the local paper's society section, she doesn't bank on the guest of honor dying before the cake is served...
  • A Dragon's Dare by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    A Dragon's Dare by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Life is a balance—at least that’s what I’m told by people smarter than me. Try as I might to spend quality time with Sloan, family, friends, and companion animals my magnet of mayhem often has other ideas. Adulting is hard. So when I move an adolescent dragon into my backyard why don’t I anticipate the craziness that will ensue? Maybe Sloan’s right and I am ridiculous...
  • Magic & Monsters by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Monsters by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Welcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken. Starry Hollow is abuzz when the famously reclusive Creature Hunter, Winston York, emerges from retirement after a rare sighting of an endangered magical creature and Ember Rose is assigned to cover the story...
  • Magic & Misdeeds by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Misdeeds by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Welcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken. When a gaming tournament comes to Starry Hollow, everyone is thrilled with the influx of tourists--until a player ends up dead...
  • Betrayed by Lindsay Buroker

    Betrayed by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 35 ratings
    After thirty years, Matti has learned that the dwarven mother she believed dead might only be missing—kidnapped by those who want to control her ability to enchant powerful world-changing artifacts. But where is she now? And why is the elf assassin Sarrlevi so invested in helping find her? Matti knows she shouldn’t trust Sarrlevi, or be drawn to his dry humor and dark past...
  • Magic & Maladies by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Maladies by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Welcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken. A wedding may be a new beginning for Bentley and Meadow, but it's an ending for one of their obnoxious guests. When Sheriff Nash starts showing more wolf than warmth during the investigation, paranormals sit up and take notice, especially ones in positions of power...
  • Freaky Curses by Amanda M. Lee

    Freaky Curses by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 17 ratings
    Mystic Caravan is about to hit the West Coast, and things—as usual—are about to get freaky. Join Poet, Kade, Cole, Luke, and the rest of the gang for another crazy adventure. Full blurb coming soon!
  • Magic & Madness by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Madness by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Welcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken. New Jersey transplant Ember Rose finds herself in the thick of the action when a traveling carnival comes to Starry Hollow. Taking Florian’s advice to be more sociable, she ends up as a member of the Power Puffs—a team of middle school moms who’ve never met a baking competition they haven’t entered...
  • Club Vampyre by Laurell K. Hamilton

    Club Vampyre by Laurell K. Hamilton

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Club Vampyre brings together the first three Anita Blake novels, this collection looks at the adventures of the woman vampires call The Executioner. I'm Anita Blake, expert on creatures of the night. Vampires call me The Executioner. What I call them isn't repeatable. Ever since the Supreme Court granted the undead equal rights, most people think vampires are just ordinary folks with fangs...
  • Magic & Mayhem by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Mayhem by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Welcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken. Ember Rose is back for another Starry Hollow mystery. The former New Jersey resident and descendant of the One True Witch expects to see magical works of art on Balefire Beach for the first annual sand sculpture competition--what she doesn't expect to see is a dead body...
  • Magic & Mercy by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Mercy by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Welcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken. Ember Rose has her work cut out for her when a butler is murdered at the annual Estate Manager Conference. The former New Jersey resident and descendant of the One True Witch must keep Aunt Hyacinth from marching on the war path in defense of Simon, her butler and right hand...
  • Magic & Mythos by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Mythos by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Welcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken. Big changes are afoot for Ember Rose. The descendant of the One True Witch is grappling with the fallout from a recent decision regarding Sheriff Nash and Alec, while also navigating new witchy waters with her daughter, Marley...
  • From Were to Eternity by Lily Harper Hart

    From Were to Eternity by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    St. Pete Beach is getting weird. Between warlocks, shark shifters, and wolf packs going to war, Hali Waverly and Gray Hunter have their hands full. Things get even worse when shifters with ties to Gray’s pack start attacking people on the beach. What’s even weirder is that when the duo step in during a frothing melee, the shifters drop dead before they can be questioned...
  • Crone It Down by Amanda M. Lee

    Crone It Down by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Hawthorne Hollow is going to the birds. Literally. These birds have an agenda, though, and it’s not good. Scout Randall wants to take advantage of the fact that her current nemesis is trapped on another plane. Regrouping and resting—and strategizing—is the name of the game. A new enemy has other ideas, however. A run-in with a flock of strixes gives Scout more than she bargained for...
  • Magic & Mishaps by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Mishaps by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Welcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken. Ember Rose is working hard to smooth the path for her relationship with the stoic vampire Alec Hale. She hits a massive bump, however, when a body is discovered drained of blood and Alec is one of the key suspects. Sheriff Nash insists that his interest in Alec isn't personal, but Ember isn't convinced...
  • Blaze of Fury by Annabel Chase

    Blaze of Fury by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Welcome 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...
  • Southern Magic Christmas by Amy Boyles

    Southern Magic Christmas by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    It’s Christmas in Magnolia Cove and Pepper Dunn is ready. She’s making her list and checking it twice. Giant snowmen? Check. Magical snow? Check. Murder? Check. Wait—what? Axel’s parents are visiting for the holiday and Pepper wants things to go smoothly. But when his mom insults the town Scrooge things turn rocky fast. Worse, when the town Scrooge is murdered, fingers quickly point to Axel’s mom...
  • A Drop in the Potion by Annabel Chase

    A Drop in the Potion by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Welcome to Spellbound, where paranormal is the new normal. A new discovery by the remedial witches offers the chance to obtain a key ingredient for a spell that *may* bring an end to the curse on the long-suffering town. Naturally, Emma is the first to volunteer for the task--oblivious to the potential danger she faces...
  • Red Rook by Annabel Chase

    Red Rook by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    I thought my newfound freedom would allow me to shake off the stink of New York City and start a new life somewhere else, a place where nobody knows me as Death Bringer or Britt the Bloody. A place where I’m not associated with ridiculous prophecies. Looks like fate has other plans. When the city is attacked, I find myself on the wrong side of the border...
  • I Am Only One by Emeline Rousselot

    I Am Only One by Emeline Rousselot

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    On WP After Dark App 100 Most Read List! Her body was exquisite. I wanted to run my tongue around her hardened nipples and grasp her hips while sinking inside her. I contemplated what sounds she would make when I nudged her deep, and how long it would take before she screamed my name. It wasn't a matter of if she would scream my name, only when...
  • Southern Fortunes by Amy Boyles

    Southern Fortunes by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    When Pepper teaches a class at the Southern School of Magic, she expects a run of the mill experience. But when a gaggle of mean teachers invades her classroom, Pepper is on high alert. These women are nasty and they make no bones about disliking Pepper...
  • Wicked Moon Rising by Gina LaManna

    Wicked Moon Rising by Gina LaManna

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    When Detective Dani DeMarco is attacked in the middle of the night, she’s more than a little disgruntled. However, she soon discovers that things aren’t as simple as they seem, and that everyone she loves is in great danger. The battle for The Hex Files has officially begun, and Wicked is under attack. Two werewolves are dead. A rogue vampire is on the loose...
  • A Touch of Magic by Annabel Chase

    A Touch of Magic by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Welcome to Spellbound, where paranormal is the new normal. Changes are afoot for Emma Hart now that her secret is out and her love life has taken a dramatic turn. Will life suddenly be a bed of roses for the plucky heroine or will she get pricked by the thorns? A Touch of Magic is the seventh book in the Spellbound paranormal cozy mystery series. This is a full-length, humorous cozy mystery novel...
  • Ghostly Business by Lily Harper Hart

    Ghostly Business by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Every “quiet” town has secrets. The one nobody expected is about to rock Whisper Cove. During what should’ve been a romantic double date, a fire breaks out at a historic home. Harper Harlow and Jared Monroe race to the scene to make sure nobody is trapped or in danger … and discover one heck of a secret...
  • Odd Times for Sophie Feegle by Gwen DeMarco

    Odd Times for Sophie Feegle by Gwen DeMarco

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Welcome to the Mythical town of Murias – a quaint little town in Cascadia where fairytale creatures quietly live among humans. When a series of unsolved and bizarre murders occurs, it threatens to expose the Mythicals in town. And the timing couldn’t be worse: Murias’s Hunter's Moon Festival – Cascadia’s largest Mythical event – is less than a week away...
  • Saffron Wilds by Kai Butler

    Saffron Wilds by Kai Butler

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Someone’s cat is missing and Parker Ferro, San Amaro’s best paranormal PI can’t find it. When Parker goes looking for the wayward feline, he finds himself facing witches’ familiars, dead bodies, and shadows that move. The further into San Amaro’s underbelly Parker goes looking, the more he realizes that he is heading somewhere completely new...
  • Better than Hex by Annabel Chase

    Better than Hex by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Welcome to Spellbound, where paranormal is the new normal. Struggling to make sense of recent changes in her life, witch-in-training Emma Hart decides to pursue therapy as well as a budding friendship with Markos, the town's most eligible minotaur and a talented architect...
  • Soldier by Renée Jaggér, Michael Anderle

    Soldier by Renée Jaggér, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Julie and her Griffin unit are sent from one mission to the next as the tension in the para world rises. The emergence of Julie’s magic has come just in time to help her fight the para group taking their efforts to remove the Eternity Queen to deadly lengths...
  • The Dragon Finds Forever by Kristen Painter

    The Dragon Finds Forever by Kristen Painter

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year. The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the town know better. Living in Nocturne Falls means being yourself. Fangs, fur, and all...
  • Wicked Twist of Fate by Gina LaManna

    Wicked Twist of Fate by Gina LaManna

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Welcome to Wicked, the paranormal sixth borough of New York. The end is near. Detective Danielle DeMarco is challenged with her most intense case yet, and along with it, she inherits a host of personal problems. When a sorcerer is found dead in The Emporium, a spell shop brimming with magical potions, elixirs, and tinctures, Dani and her new tagalong, Primrose, are on the case...
  • Demon Hunt by Annabel Chase, A. Blythe

    Demon Hunt by Annabel Chase, A. Blythe

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Alternate cover for this ASIN can be found here. The hunt is on. .. Former supernatural covert agent Alyse Winters is determined to identify the party responsible for her handler's death. Unfortunately, local problems continue to sidetrack her when humans start committing crimes while under a spell and a link to her past shows up in need of help. .
  • Wicked Ever After by Gina LaManna

    Wicked Ever After by Gina LaManna

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In this dramatic conclusion to The Hex Files series, Dani DeMarco comes face to face with the person she’s been hunting for months. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and Detective DeMarco has lost almost everything. But only one can win at this deadly game. Dani is determined this will be the wicked end—one way or another.
  • Spell's Bells by Annabel Chase

    Spell's Bells by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Welcome to Spellbound, where paranormal is the new normal. When a sleeping dwarf is found entombed in a glass coffin and remedial witch Sophie is blamed, Emma Hart must defend her friend while trying to get to the bottom of the enchantment...
  • 13 Secrets by Michelle Harrison

    13 Secrets by Michelle Harrison

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Red is now living at Elvesden Manor under her real name, Rowan, and trying to put the past behind her. But staying on the straight and narrow isn’t as easy as she had hoped . . . Hounded by those who would like her to participate once more in the changeling trade, Rowan is also haunted by dreams of the Hedgewitch’s cottage and the chained-up Eldritch, who swore revenge when she left him there...
  • Doom and Broom by Annabel Chase

    Doom and Broom by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Welcome to Spellbound, where paranormal is the new normal. Emma Hart hasn’t had a moment’s peace since her arrival in Spellbound. Her fear of heights hits an all-time high when she’s tasked with mastering a broomstick. It doesn’t help that Lady Weatherby seems determined to make basic witch training feel more like the magical ninja warrior championships...
  • Wicked All the Way by Gina LaManna

    Wicked All the Way by Gina LaManna

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When Wicked hunkers down for the holidays, a snowstorm isn't the only thing threatening the paranormal Sixth Borough of New York. A student has been killed on the Campus of Magic, and Detective DeMarco is called to the case. But once she begins to unravel the clues surrounding the murder, she realizes the incident is far more complex-and dangerous-than she ever imagined...
  • Witch in Training by Elle Adams

    Witch in Training by Elle Adams

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Blair is one step closer to finally getting her own wand and becoming a real witch-in-training. The only person standing in her way is the notoriously grumpy wand-maker wizard. One small he's just hired her to find him a new assistant, and the job is cursed. With every possible employee turning into a rodent, it's up to Blair to get to the bottom of the mystery...
  • Wild Cards and Witches by Annabel Chase

    Wild Cards and Witches by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The truth shall set you free. Yeah, right. I might have broken away from the group now that I know the dirty secrets of Pandora’s Pride, but I am far from free. Those who know the truth still want to control me. They’re not about to let me walk away and live a quiet life in the mountains. There’s too much at stake...
  • The Gorgon Agenda by Lisa Shearin

    The Gorgon Agenda by Lisa Shearin

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A planet-killing weapon, sinister sisters, and immortal monsters. All in a day’s work for the agents of SPI. I’m Makenna Fraser, seer for SPI (Supernatural Protection & Investigations). I knew SPI protected some of the world’s most dangerous relics, but I didn’t know our draconic founder, Vivienne Sagadraco, kept them in a vault deep below Manhattan...
  • Wicked State of Mind by Gina LaManna

    Wicked State of Mind by Gina LaManna

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    There’s no rest for the Wicked… It’s Detective Dani DeMarco's first week back on the job, and she is not amused. The coffee at the precinct is a disaster, a most annoying colleague is driving her insane, and her on-again, off-again boyfriend is now officially her boss. As if that’s not bad enough, Dani’s faced with a double homicide before the caffeine even hits her system...
  • Claimed by Fate by Shannon Mayer

    Claimed by Fate by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 44 ratings
    I came to Werewolf Territory to rescue my brother. .. And now he's gone. With a war for the crown on the horizon and the monstrous Hunters just days away, I've got to say goodbye to the only family I had left, and it's killing me. Worse, I can't help blaming Dominic for not keeping him safe—even if it is irrational. My heart is shattered—I feel like I've lost them both...
  • Betrayed: Days of the Rogue by Nicky Charles

    Betrayed: Days of the Rogue by Nicky Charles

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    His mate killed in an explosion, Damien now lives as a rogue werewolf. Grief stricken and filled with rage, what depths will he sink to in his search for revenge? And who will be caught in the crossfire? Will it be Eve, a Fae just entering the Awakening stage? Or Rafe McRae, part empath and part wolf? A suspense driven story of love, betrayal and revenge, Betrayed is the sequel to Bonded.
  • Over the Moon by Hailey Edwards

    Over the Moon by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Dell has persuaded the Bloodless army to fight alongside her pack in Butler, but she still has to get there. Halfway home, the rift detonates, blasting out a magic surge that sweeps across the globe, frying electronics and spells alike. Leaving her with no way to get home except on her own two--or four--feet...
  • Mind Magic by Eileen Wilks

    Mind Magic by Eileen Wilks

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    FBI 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...
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