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A Savage Spell by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAssassins, magic, and mayhemAs the boogeyman to the underworld, Nix isn't afraid of dying. Yet this time, it's not about dying. It's about escaping with her mind intact. I thought I'd finally stepped away from the madness of the underworld, away from the Abnormals, away from all those who would do me and those I love harm. The world though had different plans... -
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You Light Up My Midlife Crisis by Robyn Peterman
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMidlife is definitely a journey. The road has massive potholes.And the crisis… it’s the gift that keeps on giving. Being forty is supposed to be freaking fabulous not fatal. Taking on a daunting new job minus the description isn’t the smartest move I’ve ever made, even if it was to save a friend. Hopefully, it doesn’t turn out to be the stupidest… or deadliest... -
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![Last Wish by Helen Harper]()
Last Wish by Helen Harper
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsIt's not easy pretending to be dead - especially when it feels as if you have the weight of the world on your shoulders. Between an unfulfilled prophecy, the demon-occupied Lowlands, the continuing power of murderous Aifric Moncrieffe - not to mention her constant yearnings for Byron - Integrity Adair has a lot to worry about... -
![Demons Forever by Sarra Cannon]()
Demons Forever by Sarra Cannon
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsHarper has come so far from her life as a foster child. She never imagined what her future would hold when she was first brought to the small town of Peachville. Since that day she’s faced great evil, found some of the answers she’s been looking for, and fallen deeply, madly in love. But her biggest challenge and her greatest lessons are still ahead of her... -
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![Dark Beginnings by Gena Showalter]()
Dark Beginnings by Gena Showalter
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsThis title includes three new stories, Lords of the Underworld, from "New York Times" bestselling author Gena Showalter. "The Darkest Fire" - He is the guardian of Hell, more monster than man. She is the goddess of oppression, more angel than woman. Together they will enter the flames to battle a horde of demon lords - and discover a passion unlike any other.. -
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Dragon's Claw by Karen Chance
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsA new novella in the New York Times bestselling Midnight's Daughter series! Everyone knows that vampires are hard to kill. But when Dory Basarab is called to a crime scene in a smelly basement in Queens, she discovers that that may no longer be the case. Somebody has developed a new weapon, a vamp killer, and left her plenty of clues to follow... -
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Half Dead by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsLorelei Clay wants to play offense for a change. She’s tired of hiding from the past she didn’t even know she had. With a promising relationship and new friends in a small town she loves, Lorelei wants to be free to live life on her terms, without the threat of death or capture hanging over her.Kane Sullivan hasn’t exactly been hiding from his past—more like he moved without a forwarding address... -
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Of Fire and Storm by D.G. Swank, Shannon McManus
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBook two in the Piper Lancaster series in the Curse Keepers World.Just when Piper begins to accept her new role as demon slayer, a fresh threat rises. People are disappearing and Piper is sure a sinister, otherworldly force is at play... -
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Darkness, Kindled by Samantha Young
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAri Johnson wishes adjusting to living with her boyfriend was her only source of excitement and anxiety. She wishes a lot of things. But then wishing was what got her here in the first place. Ari chose to be a Guild Hunter. She wanted to hunt dangerous Jinn and destroy them before they could harm innocent people... -
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The Locust Job by Craig Schaefer
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe first story ever told left a scar on the skin of the universe, with its characters doomed to an endless cycle of reincarnation and death. Trapped by his enemies, Daniel Faust — magician, mobster, and newly-minted knight of hell — has been cast in the role of the eternal Thief. Now the story is dead-set on writing his final chapter, the one that ends with a knife in his back... -
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Crest by Emma Raveling
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIllusion. Power. Identity. Tensions are reaching a fever pitch everywhere Kendra Irisavie turns. Darkness settles over elementals as a new threat stirs suspicions of a betrayal from within. Details of recent events spread through Haverleau, prompting doubts over Irisavie leadership. The mysterious Selkie Kingdom finally opens its doors, but the gesture only fans the flames of division... -
![Ties That Bind by Pippa DaCosta]()
Ties That Bind by Pippa DaCosta
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“I am fire. I am destruction. I will be their nightmare.” The veil fell. Demons are here. Muse knows she can stop the slaughter, but to do so, she must return to the battle-scarred streets of Boston and face the cold, hard, truth. Her old life is ashes. Her love, turned to dust. But all is not lost; a spark of hope remains. A spark from which an inferno can blaze... -
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Heart of Atlantis by Alyssa Day
As a war wages between the immortals of Atlantis and those of the vampire realm, a Poseidon warrior fights to save his world—and the woman he loves. And no risk is too great. The desires of a high priest. Alaric, Poseidon’s High Priest, has made a vow to Quinn, the woman he loves and the leader of the Resistance: to save her friend Jack before his last bit of humanity has been drained...Categorized as:
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Damnation Marked by S.M. Reine
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThere's something in the earth deep below Elise Kavanagh's territory. A shadow is falling upon local demons to devour their flesh and harvest their souls. And it's coming for Elise next. The Union has an easy way out. They want to send Elise into hiding again with her former partner, James Faulkner... -
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![The Taken by Elicia Hyder]()
The Taken by Elicia Hyder
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsSloan Jordan's days are numbered. She has 139 to be exact. In that time, there's a lot to do - a missing friend to find, a wedding to plan, and her own murder plot to overthrow. When a lead takes the crew back to Chicago, the truth they uncover is more shocking than they ever imagined - to fight the enemies of the present, they must first face the demons from the past... -
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Genesis by Kristie Cook
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsDiscover how the Amadis began in this fascinating prequel to the award-winning Soul Savers Series! While the land of Ancient Greece is plagued with mortals' wars, twins Cassandra and Jordan have lived more than a lifetime as outcasts. When their dying father divulges a secret that's been buried in his soul, his children come to opposite conclusions, launching them down two very different paths... -
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Destiny by P.T. Michelle
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen destiny is on the line, will love be enough to light the way? In order to save Ethan, Nara gets pulled deeper into his dark world, where everything she thought she knew about Ethan and herself turns on its head... -
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Guild Hunter Novels 1-4 by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAngels rule, vampires serve, and passions ignite in the first four novels of the Guild Hunter series by New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh... -
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Hellfire and Brimstone by Angela Roquet
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe end is nigh... Lana Harvey is on top of the world—the underworld, that is. With the war fallout tapering off, she finds herself reduced back to mundane soul harvesting. It’s not a fancy gig, and the pay isn’t thrilling, but that hardly matters now that she’s shacking up with her retired demon consort, Beelzebub... -
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Origin of Magic by Linsey Hall
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsI thought I knew the world of magic. I knew nothing. By the skin of my teeth, I passed the Vampire Court trials. I’m officially an ally, with the seductive vampire Ares on my side. Everything should be good, except that there’s a magical mob boss on the hunt for dragons. Problem is: dragons are supposed to be dead... -
![Drowning In The Dark by Pippa DaCosta]()
Drowning In The Dark by Pippa DaCosta
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“I wasn’t demon enough to defeat my brother before. Things have changed.” As the veil begins to fall and the demons bleed through onto the streets of Boston, Muse knows the battle is lost before it’s even begun. To make matters worse, Adam and the Institute have captured Akil at a time when the city has never needed him more... -
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Phoenix’s Refrain by Ella Summers
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThere are forces greater than gods or demons at work here.Leda Pandora, the Angel of Chaos, isn’t like other angels. She fights dirty, in ways totally unbecoming of a soldier in the Legion of Angels. She cracks jokes at the other angels, even when she should really keep her mouth shut. And she stubbornly insists on doing the right thing, even if it’s totally against the rules... -
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The Underworld by Lizzy Ford
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe time has come for Gabriel to claim his underworld. Accompanied by the deceptive Dark One, he risks everything to find his mate and take his place as the deity Death. Between him and the only woman he’s ever loved: a handful of rebelling death dealers, the deity Karma and the Dark One’s mate, a human-turned-demon who holds his soul in the palm of her hand... -
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Secrets and Alchemy by Linsey Hall
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFated Mates....if they can surviveWhen Sora, a beautiful mage with broken magic, walks into my bar, two things are obvious. One: she needs my help. Two: she’s my fated mate.I’ll stop at nothing to save her from the magical mob boss she’s pissed off. It’s the only way I’ll ever be able to make her mine.Then the unexpected happens... -
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Defying Fate by S.M. Reine
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsElise Kavanagh has exorcised demons, slain gods, and come back from the dead. And she's done it all with the help of James Faulkner: a powerful witch, and the only person Elise has ever loved or trusted. But now the worst has happened. The Treaty protecting humanity from war between angels and demons has fallen. Elise has been taken by her greatest enemy and imprisoned in madness... -
![Graveyard Dog: A Charley Davidson Novella by Darynda Jones]()
Graveyard Dog: A Charley Davidson Novella by Darynda Jones
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFrom New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Darynda Jones comes a new story in her Charley Davidson series…Michael Cavalcante has one thing on his mind when he knocks on Izzabel Walsh’s door at two in the morning, half-dressed and a bit toasted: fix the woman’s heater and get back to bed... -
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Blue Dragon by Kylie Chan
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMartial arts, magic, demons and science The forces of Hell are poised to strike . . . When Emmas relatives come to visit her, they are totally freaked out by what they learn . . . Emmas beloved, John Chen, is a 3,000-year-old Chinese god. Not only that, John is becoming weaker by the day... -
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Billow by Emma Raveling
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsIt has been six months since ondine Kendra Irisavie arrived in Haverleau, the hidden capital of the water elemental world. Six months since she discovered her destiny as the sondaleur. Six months since a series of devastating events left behind their mark...Categorized as:
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The 13th Prophecy by H.M. Ward
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe time has come for Ivy to face her dark fate. There are no other options--she must destroy Kreterus. Failure to destroy him will result in the annihilation of the world we know and Ivy being doomed to reside in the Underworld for eternity.DEMON KISSED SERIES ORDER: #1. Demon Kissed #2. Cursed #3. Torn #4. Satan's Stone #5... -
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Smoke Show by Alex Fox
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsRebel's bringing Dragons to a Gun FightWhen the leaders of the world's most powerful supernatural society descend on New Orleans, they're gunning for Rebel Weston. She's got a top-secret list of all the major magical bloodlines around the globe stuck in her head, and they'll stop at nothing to get it... -
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Seducing Hope by Adaline Winters
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHow far would you go to protect a secret that causes the dark supernatural world to hunt you?Who would you hurt to prevent a prophecy from wiping out everyone on the planet?When Natia Waterford, defender of humankind and self-declared badass, is sent to investigate a series of kidnappings, she’s forced to step into the world of the arrogant Archan Reinheart... -
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Crown of Lies: The Demon Detective by Annika West
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIf he learns who I am, he'll kill me. Half-demons don't belong in angel territory. But I'm kind of an expert at staying hidden and running my quiet magical business from my sister's cafe.So, imagine my surprise when an archangel tracks me down and offers me a new job... -
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Gabriel's Hope by Lizzy Ford
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe continuation of the Rhyn Trilogy saga. Death Finds Love. Recently appointed as Death, Gabriel’s life can’t get much worse. His underworld is in shambles, and he’s racing demons to collect souls in the human world... -
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Scorpion Trap by Pippa DaCosta
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsGiven a choice, I’d prefer never to return to Egypt. Isis doesn’t do choices. The old world is dead. Legend tells us the gods are myths. But some remain, like a noose around Ace Dante’s neck. And none are more dangerous than Isis. She demands the Soul Eater return to the land time forgot, break into a newly discovered tomb, and retrieve the skull from the sarcophagus inside... -
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![Born To Be Wilde by Jenn Stark]()
Born To Be Wilde by Jenn Stark
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe past has a way of catching up with you. If there's one thing that Tarot-reading magical artifacts hunter Sara Wilde has never been able to track down, it's the truth about her own past... -
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Satan's Stone by H.M. Ward
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsA single stone can heal the Sapphire Serum that's poisoning Ivy Taylor and destroy the powerful demon who is hunting her—but she has to find it first. Forced into an alliance with her worst enemy, Ivy searches for Satan's Stone. But she learns that the cost of using the stone's power may be more than she can pay... -
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Serpent's Game by Pippa DaCosta
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMore than darkness...Reeling from the revelations discovered in Egypt, Ace Dante is on a knife-edge, but the gods aren’t going to wait for him to come to terms with the truth. Ancient and deadly beasts straight out of the underworld are targeting Nick “Cujo” Jones and his daughter. There doesn’t seem to be a connection to Ace, until a mysterious and familiar box turns up... -
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Death Knell by Hailey Edwards
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLuce is back in the third book of The Foundling, the bestselling fantasy series perfect for fans of Shannon Mayer, Jenn Stark and the Sookie Stackhouse novels War burned her. Famine nearly killed her. Now Death is at her heels. After her two worlds clashed apocalyptically, Luce Boudreau needed some time out. But Destiny had other ideas... -
![Night of the Living Demon Slayer by Angie Fox]()
Night of the Living Demon Slayer by Angie Fox
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLizzie Brown is all for letting the good times roll…until a dark voodoo church rises up in the bayou outside of New Orleans. Now the ritual fires are burning long into the night and the dead are having a hard time staying that way. Lizzie goes in undercover to put a stop to the madness... -
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Taken by Claire Farrell
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt’s been months since Ava fooled the British vampires and dealt with Becca for good, but although life has been easier, it’s not without its problems. Her deal with the twins is physically harming her, Peter’s grasp on his sanity is tentative to say the least, Carl is struggling, and Esther is losing her edge... -
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Smoke and Magic by Ashley Meira
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSophia's life is about to take a hard left off a high cliff. Again. After spending a lifetime hiding her magic, Sophia is now practicing her arts with the most dangerous person she could possibly be involved with. Adam Pierce is a man with pretty eyes and heartwarming words... who just happens to be closely associated with the very people who cry for Fireborns like Sophia to be executed... -
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Witch Fury by Anya Bast
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsNothing's worse than a warlock scorned... Sarafina Connell is having the worst week of her life. It takes an even darker turn when an infamous playboy kidnaps her and reveals a world she never knew existed... It's a world where magick is real, and where Sarafina is given a chance to join a secret cabal that is bent on gaining absolute power... -
![Tales From Otherworld: Collection One (Otherworld/Sisters of the Moon) by Yasmine Galenorn]()
Tales From Otherworld: Collection One (Otherworld/Sisters of the Moon) by Yasmine Galenorn
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA collection of short tales from New York Times, USA Today, and PW Bestselling Author Yasmine Galenorn's Otherworld Series--find out what goes on between the Otherworld books... -
![The Descent Series Complete Collection by S.M. Reine]()
The Descent Series Complete Collection by S.M. Reine
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDESTINED TO BE A WEAPON. Elise Kavanagh is good at one thing: killing demons, angels, and gods. For years, she was the death that supernatural creatures feared. More myth than woman, she walked the Earth as the embodiment of vengeance. DENYING HER DESTINY. Elise wants to retire with with the man who has long protected her body and mind... -
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![Cursed Souls by Anya J. Cosgrove]()
Cursed Souls by Anya J. Cosgrove
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsBroken hearts are hard to mend, but what about shattered souls? Alana certainly hadn’t put matching tattoos, samurai swords, and falling for her mortal enemy on her bucket list. But now that she faces losing a man she might have broken beyond repair, there’s no time to waste. She’s willing to sacrifice everything to undo her mistake and earn back his trust... -
![Heaven to Wudang by Kylie Chan]()
Heaven to Wudang by Kylie Chan
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe demons that could control stones and elementals have been defeated, but the most powerful of Simon Wong's associates still remains to create almost undetectable copies of humans and Shen. This demon allies with Kitty Kwok to prepare a torturous trap for Emma and Simone from which they may never return... -
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Alpha Magic by D.N. Hoxa
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMy whole life, I’ve kept the secret of what I really am far away from the entire world. It was safer that way, but I always knew that the day would come when the Sacri Guild would finally find out about my existence.The Uprising doesn’t intend to leave me alone. If I don’t do something about them, they are going to kill me. That was the reason I gave to myself when I decided to go after them... -
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Taste by Claire Farrell
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSomeone is hunting down the people she's promised to protect, but Ava's taste for battle is slowly disappearing. She's losing the people in her life, one by one, and without them, her inner light can only weaken... -
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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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Grave Matters by Jana Oliver, Mark Helwig
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA Demon Trappers Novella A legendary Demon Trapper, Riley Blackthorne frequently battles with Hell’s minions. So when she travels to Scotland to meet up with her hunky boyfriend, and celebrate her eighteenth birthday, she’s thrilled at the chance to leave Atlanta and its troubles behind...
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