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  • Wayfarer's Keep by T.A. White

    Wayfarer's Keep by T.A. White

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 46 ratings
    Branded a traitor by her people, Shea and her warlord—the fiercely dangerous Fallon—travel to the Pathfinders’ seat of power at her father’s request, hoping to form an alliance despite the distrust between them. It doesn’t take long before Shea and Fallon realize something is dangerously wrong in the place she once called home...
  • Monster's Mercy by William D. Arand

    Monster's Mercy by William D. Arand

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    An existence spent being forced to kill others to satiate a Monster. Where the only thing to look forward to was the blessed, if brief, period of time between paying that bribe. Except that very same Monster is and isn’t Rene. It just happened to live inside his own mind and force him to do what it wanted. Rather than being an actual Monster...
    Categorized as:
    magic  m-f  fantasy  harems  new adult  paranormal  audiobook
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  • The Path of Ascension 6 by C. Mantis

    The Path of Ascension 6 by C. Mantis

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Don't miss Book 6 of this action-packed fantasy adventure that blends everything you love about LitRPG with Xianxia.About the This is a mix between LitRPG and Xianxia. It's like a car that looks like a LitRPG with dungeons and skills, but the interior and engine are all Xianxia...
    Categorized as:
    magic  m-f  fantasy  fae  paranormal  audiobook
  • The Witch's Lost Spell by Deanna Chase

    The Witch's Lost Spell by Deanna Chase

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Indigo Easton, owner of Brooms that Vroom, is a witch with secrets. There are reasons why she rarely dates and has decided marriage and a traditional family isn’t for her. But when the sexy Niko Diaz, a fling from a past vacation, walks into her town and is determined to make her his, she’s not sure she can resist him...
  • Wine & Warlocks by T.M. Cromer

    Wine & Warlocks by T.M. Cromer

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Ronan & Dubheasa's story will be the epic conclusion to the Unlucky Charms Series. Full blurb coming very soon...
  • The Silver Siren by Chanda Hahn

    The Silver Siren by Chanda Hahn

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Every journey has an end. Unable to find the answers she sought in Skyfell, Thalia, Joss, and Kael travel to Haven with a prisoner in tow. An attack on the road waylays their plans, and Thalia finds herself traveling alone with Kael to the hidden sanctuary of the SwordBrothers. But war is on the horizon and the Raven is amassing his army...
  • The Path of Ascension 4 by C. Mantis

    The Path of Ascension 4 by C. Mantis

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    After participating in the Empire's vassal war, Matt, Liz, and Aster now have a fire nipping after their heels. Or rather, their new manager, Luna. And she demands their best at all times, or she will drive them off The Path of Ascension...
    Categorized as:
    magic  m-f  fantasy  paranormal  audiobook
  • A Day Like This by Kelley McNeil

    A Day Like This by Kelley McNeil

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    What if everything you’ve ever loved, ever known, ever believed to be true…just disappeared?Annie Beyers has everything—a beautiful house, a loving husband, and an adorable daughter. It’s a day like any other when she takes Hannah to the pediatrician…until she wakes hours later from a car accident. When she asks for her daughter, confused doctors tell Annie that Hannah never existed...
  • Outlaw Tiger by Terry Bolryder

    Outlaw Tiger by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Save a horse, ride an outlaw tiger...As an orphan who was raised on Dragonclaw ranch, Dallas the tiger shifter is completely loyal to all the people and shifters who live there. So when a local story about gigantic monsters emerging from the ground draws unwanted attention, Dallas swears he'll protect his home and its secrets at all costs...
  • The Princess Knight by G.A. Aiken

    The Princess Knight by G.A. Aiken

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    An Amazon Best of the Month Selection A USA Today BestsellerIn New York Times bestselling author G.A. Aiken’s gripping new fantasy romance series, the Blacksmith Queen must confront armies and pretenders desperate to take her new-won crown. But with the Princess Knight at her side and a centaur warrior clan at her back, she’ll risk everything for victory . .
  • Custodian by Montana Ash

    Custodian by Montana Ash

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Max has finally found everything she never dared dream of; family, friends, and love with a man who does terrifying things to her independence. She has more to lose than ever before. With lines being drawn in the sand and sides being chosen, the future from her nightmares seems set in motion. Max is terrified – feeling the weight of her Order’s lives on her shoulders...
    Categorized as:
    magic  m-f  humor  fantasy  paranormal  length-medium
  • The Healer and The Wolf Part Two by Roxie Ray

    The Healer and The Wolf Part Two by Roxie Ray

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She risked her heart to save him once. Now she’ll risk everything to bring him home.Vanessa thought the hardest part was over when she saved Leo, the wounded wolf shifter who stole her heart. But just as their new life together began, danger tore them apart, leaving Vanessa determined to fight for the man—and the wolf—she loves...
  • Requiem for Love by K. Alex Walker

    Requiem for Love by K. Alex Walker

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    All Joel has to do is one simple thing.Make sure he never dies. Joel Lattimore has tried to avoid Ayesha Savea.Keep her at arm's length.Deny fate.Shield his heart.He's raw from his divorce.She's a single mother of two boys who's devoted her life to them after the devastating loss of their father...
  • Sweet Thanksgiving by J.A. Whiting

    Sweet Thanksgiving by J.A. Whiting

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is book 21 in the Sweet Cove paranormal cozy mystery series by USA TODAY Bestselling Author J.A. Whiting.A cozy mystery with recipes.It is November in the seaside town of Sweet Cove, Massachusetts and Ellie and Jack 's wedding is fast approaching. But first, there's a mystery to solve.A well-known author and celebrity chef is in town for book signings when something unexpected happens...
  • Whiskey & Witches by T.M. Cromer

    Whiskey & Witches by T.M. Cromer

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When the golden Son sacrifices for the shunned One, only then can the curse be undone...Carrick O'Malley lost his wife in a tragic accident and is dealing with his heartbroken, mute son...
    Categorized as:
    magic  suspense  m-f  witches  paranormal  humor  fantasy  contemporary
  • 외과의사 엘리제 2 by Mini, 유인

    외과의사 엘리제 2 by Mini, 유인

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    “내 사람을 살리는 일이다.‘자신의 사람’을 구하는 건데 고작 이런 일 하나 못 하겠는가?”드디어 테레사 병원의 견습으로 자리를 잡은 엘리제. 이쪽 세계의 병원 시스템에 익숙해지고 주변에도 조금씩 인정을 받아가던 때, 황가의 문장을 소지한 남성이 총격당한 긴급 환자를 데리고 병원을 찾는다. 한시가 급한 순간. 엘리제는 환자를 위해 결단을 내리고……“반드시 살려낼 테니 한 번만 저를 믿어주세요.”“정말 할 수 있나? 무책임한 만용은 용서치 않아.”“믿어주십시오. 최선을 다하겠습니다.”“…좋다. 반드시 살려내라.”엘리제는 과연 수술을 성공시키고, 환자를 무사히 살릴 수 있을 것인가...
  • Speak No Evil: The Book of Caspian - Part 2 by Tiana Laveen

    Speak No Evil: The Book of Caspian - Part 2 by Tiana Laveen

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Please note, that this book is adult in nature. Please be advised.This is book 3 of a three book series, "The Brother Disciples." This is part 2, of the third, and final book. This is a standalone. No cliffhangers.After the untimely death of his mother, Caspian Emory did not utter a word for a long time. Raised by his adoring Aunt Angel, he often got in trouble and exhibited antisocial behaviors...
  • When Fortune Knocks by J.A. Whiting

    When Fortune Knocks by J.A. Whiting

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This book 7 in the Claire Rollins Mystery series by USA TODAY Bestselling Author J A Whiting. On a warm April evening in Boston, Claire Rollins and her boyfriend, Detective Ian Fuller, are walking the Corgis when they a hear a woman’s scream. When they enter the historic Granary burial ground, Claire and Ian discover a dead woman on the ground at the back of the cemetery...
  • The Fortune Teller by J.A. Whiting

    The Fortune Teller by J.A. Whiting

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is book 9 in the Claire Rollins mystery series by USA TODAY Bestselling Author J.A. Whiting. It is September and Claire, Nicole, and Robby have just begun shooting the new cooking show for their local television station. Each episode showcases a location around Massachusetts and highlights a recipe related to the location...
  • Beer & Broomsticks by T.M. Cromer

    Beer & Broomsticks by T.M. Cromer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The third installment of the Unlucky Charms series.When the Enemy at the Gate is welcomed by the Keeper of the Sword, all that is lost shall be restored…Bridget O'Malley has a hate/hate relationship with the neighbor next door. In their youth, he'd promised her the moon and stars, but in shocking move, he betrayed her...
  • Murder in Containment by Anne Cleeland

    Murder in Containment by Anne Cleeland

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    In this fourth installment of the Doyle & Acton mystery series, Detective Sergeant Kathleen Doyle realizes that several apparently unrelated murders are actually "containment" murders--murders to contain an ominous scandal that could reach into the highest levels of Scotland Yard's CID...
  • Mariana by Susanna Kearsley

    Mariana by Susanna Kearsley

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 46 ratings
    From the winner of the Catherine Cookson Fiction Prize, this mesmerizing, suspenseful, and richly atmospheric tale of time travel draws us into the heart of a heroine we won't soon forget... The first time Julia Beckett saw Greywethers she was only five, but she knew that it was her house. And now that she’s at last become its owner, she suspects that she was drawn there for a reason...
  • THE HEALER by Sharon Sala

    THE HEALER by Sharon Sala

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    It is a gift that may cost him everything.All his life, Jonah Gray Wolf has had an uncanny connection to animals, and the power to heal the sick and wounded. Driven from the only home he’s ever known by those who wish to harness his gift for profit, he becomes a drifter; working in out-of-the-way towns, never staying anywhere too long...
  • Boundless Enchantment: A Limited Collection of Fantasy Romance by Stephanie Morris, Jordan Elizabeth

    Boundless Enchantment: A Limited Collection of Fantasy Romance by Stephanie Morris, Jordan Elizabeth

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Step into a realm of enchantment and mystery with where love is not bound by the ordinary. In this exclusive anthology, BIPOC characters take center stage in tales that celebrate diversity and explore the depths of desire...
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  magic  m-f  paranormal  angels  demons  fantasy  length-epic
  • Speak No Evil: The Book of Caspian - Part 1 by Tiana Laveen

    Speak No Evil: The Book of Caspian - Part 1 by Tiana Laveen

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Please note, that this book is adult in nature. Please be advised.This is book 3 of a three book series. It is the final book of The Brother Disciple series. This specific book has been divided into two parts, due to its length. This is Part 1 of a double novel. (The second installment of book 3, is available at the exact same time.) This is a standalone. No cliffhangers...
  • The Witch's Fixer-Upper by Brenda Trim

    The Witch's Fixer-Upper by Brenda Trim

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fixing up an old Victorian seemed like a great fresh start. Sure, the house turned out to be sentient and came with a snarky talking cat who claims I'm his familiar (that's still up for debate). But hey, at least the grumpy half-demon electrician who thinks my magical skills are a disaster waiting to happen is nice to look at..
  • SWEET ADDITIONS by J A WHITING

    SWEET ADDITIONS by J A WHITING

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is book 17 in the Sweet Cove Mystery series by USA TODAY Bestselling Author J. A. Whiting. It is deep winter in Sweet Cove and Angie and Jenna Roseland are expecting their babies in a few weeks, but before the new additions arrive, Chief Martin needs their help. A well-regarded non-profit in the nearby town of Silver Cove has been broken into and the security tapes show something unusual...
  • The Pine Hill Inn by J A WHITING

    The Pine Hill Inn by J A WHITING

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is book 1 in the Ella Daniels Mystery series by USA TODAY Bestselling Author J. A. Whiting. Ella Daniels, a professor of American history at Green Hill University, comes from a family with many talents, and seeing ghosts is one of them. The family matriarch, Aunt Jin, has agreed to allow a journalist to do a story on their business, Green Hill Investigations...
    Categorized as:
    magic  suspense  witches  mystery  fantasy  paranormal
  • HOSTAGE TO FORTUNE by J.A. Whiting

    HOSTAGE TO FORTUNE by J.A. Whiting

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is book 8 in the Claire Rollins mystery series by USA TODAY Bestselling Author J.A. Whiting. Thirty years ago, on a cold winter night, a young mother disappeared without a trace. Her husband admitted they’d had a fight, but he told police that his wife left the house on her own...
  • Mated To The Werewolf Next Door: Howls Romance by C.D. Gorri

    Mated To The Werewolf Next Door: Howls Romance by C.D. Gorri

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She's on the run from her ex-husband to protect her half-Shifter daughter. He's trying to clear his name after being falsely convicted of a crime. Fate has brought them to the same seaside town, but the rest is up to them...
  • Master of Tomes by Honor Raconteur

    Master of Tomes by Honor Raconteur

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The final book to the Tomes of Kaleria series...
    Categorized as:
    magic  m-f  fantasy  paranormal  length-short  audiobook
  • Talking Bones by Dale Mayer

    Talking Bones by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hiding out in the French Quarter of New Orleans only made sense for someone like Skylar Livingston. Owning a voodoo shop was just an added touch for fun. It also helped with her cover, plus gave space to the multitude of ghosts in her family. And her shop was close to the cemeteries, ... a very necessary part of her ... hobby...
  • The Road by Brenda K. Davies

    The Road by Brenda K. Davies

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    River, Standing at the edge of the gateway, I understand two things. One, I have no idea what I’m doing. Two, the gateway to Hell is not closing. Now, there may be only one option left to me, to all of us. I may have to enter the one place I’d hoped to avoid throughout this journey. I may have to enter Hell. Unfortunately, a change in events takes the choice away from me...
  • The Seer by T.M. Cromer

    The Seer by T.M. Cromer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Book 3 in the Sentinels of Magic delves into Fintan and Taryn's adventure! Blurb coming soon...
  • CHECK by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

    CHECK by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From New York Times bestseller, Mimi Jean Pamfiloff, comes CHECK, book #3 of the Romantic Suspense series, Mr. Rook’s Island. (Approx. 225 pages) SHE’S ONLY GOT DAYS TO LIVE. HE’S GOT HOURS. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO SAVING THE WOMAN YOU LOVE, WHAT WOULD YOU DO FOR MORE TIME? Mr. Rook, eccentric billionaire and owner of the most exclusive island resort in the world, has a secret...
  • Payback in Paxton Park by J A Whiting

    Payback in Paxton Park by J A Whiting

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is book 4 in the Paxton Park Mystery series by USA Today Bestselling Author J A Whiting. Finishing a ski run on the slopes of the mountain resort town of Paxton Park, Shelly Taylor and her friend, Juliet, hear a scream near the maintenance building and see the office manager rush outside. A gruesome scene sets a police investigation in motion and drags Shelly and her friend into it...
  • A Problem in Paxton Park by J A Whiting

    A Problem in Paxton Park by J A Whiting

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is book 5 in the Paxton Park Mystery series by USA Today Bestselling Author J A Whiting. Early on a May morning, Shelly Taylor and her friend, Juliet, are completing their three-mile run over the mountain paths when they leave the trail and enter a large park near the center of town...
  • Pints & Potions by T.M. Cromer

    Pints & Potions by T.M. Cromer

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 7 ratings
    When the mighty Thorne pricks the heart of the Frozen, the end will be set in motion…Sick of the unwelcome attention that comes with being a member of an extremely powerful family, Piper Thorne longs to escape her magical burden and live a mortal’s simple existence. On a whim, she adopts an alias and jets off to Ireland, where she stumbles into the path of the enticing rogue, Cian O’Malley...
    Categorized as:
    magic  suspense  m-f  witches  paranormal  humor  fantasy  open-door
  • Face the Fire by Michele Sims

    Face the Fire by Michele Sims

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    The City of Angels is set ablaze when fantasy and reality collide on a journey filled with fiery passions, love, and betrayal.From multi-award-winning author Michele Sims, Face the Fire is the 5th book in the Moore Family Saga. A standalone, genre bending, romantic suspense novel with paranormal and magical realism elements...
    Categorized as:
    magic  suspense  paranormal  fantasy  length-medium
  • The Unsettling by Smauggy

    The Unsettling by Smauggy

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 5 ratings
    I don’t like the way you’re looking at me…Like I’m not the woman you surprised with a trip to Paris to propose.Like I didn’t give you three children over the course of 15 years.Like I’m not the woman you claimed you fell madly in love with.I really, really don’t like the way you’re looking at me…In fact, that look in your eye is kind of scaring me.It’s like you don’t even recognize me...
  • Angel/Hiss by Alexandra Ivy, Laura Wright

    Angel/Hiss by Alexandra Ivy, Laura Wright

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Books 13 & 14 of the USA Today Bestselling Series! ANGEL Dr. Angel Savary is dedicated to his skills as a Healer. After the death of his mother, he’s determined never to fail another Pantera. But when he’s kidnapped by a human female, he discovers that her brutal past offers the answers he’s been seeking. Even more astonishing, she stirs his cat with a ruthless need to claim her...
  • Chaz by Laurann Dohner

    Chaz by Laurann Dohner

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Shoni thinks she's had the worst day of her life after being jilted on her wedding day. Then she embarrasses herself in front of a handsome stranger. Just when she thinks things can't get any worse...they do. Her life is about to be turned upside down and put in danger.Chaz will do anything to protect his uncle's Lycan pack...
  • Jeweler to the Blessed by Jillian Witt

    Jeweler to the Blessed by Jillian Witt

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    In a kingdom where touch drains emotions for power, Emberline masks hers, but when she becomes the key to the Blessed’s magic, her broody bodyguard could make her feel too much.His touch would be her undoing.With a single touch, the ruling Blessed could realize Emberline Arkova is immune to their magic...
  • A Puzzle in Paxton Park by J A Whiting

    A Puzzle in Paxton Park by J A Whiting

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is book 3 in the Paxton Park Mystery series by USA Today Bestselling Author J A Whiting. It is autumn in the mountain resort town of Paxton Park and Shelly Taylor and her friend, Juliet, are on their way to the center of town to see a horror movie. While they wait to cross the street, a car careens around the corner and crashes into a building...
  • The Alpha’s Baby Girl by Alexa Griffin

    The Alpha’s Baby Girl by Alexa Griffin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’m forced to marry the Alpha. The next thing I know I’m pregnant with his baby girl…According to some outdated pack tradition I have to marry my brother’s best friend. He’s the ruling Alpha of his pack and this small town, and a lot older than me. I try to fight it, but my determination is wearing thin…and my belly is growing fast...
  • Pregnant Kidnapped Mate by Ruby Knoxx

    Pregnant Kidnapped Mate by Ruby Knoxx

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My black ops ex kidnapped me and knocked me up…I’m the outsider, the bullied one, used to abuse.Until my ex comes by, gets all primal, and locks me up in his private prison.When he shows me he’s a wolf, I run like hell. But he drags me back and puts his pup in my belly…I know what it’s like to be subjected to mockery and bullying. I’m the weird psychic no one accepts...
  • Panic in Paxton Park by J.A. Whiting

    Panic in Paxton Park by J.A. Whiting

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This is book 2 in the Paxton Park Mystery series by USA Today Bestselling Author J A Whiting. Shelly Taylor is settling into her new job as a baker in the mountain resort town of Paxton Park. When she and her friend, Juliet, are out shopping, they hear people in the market discussing the disappearance of a teenager from town...
  • The Blind Date: Paranormal Dating Agency by Jen Talty

    The Blind Date: Paranormal Dating Agency by Jen Talty

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A burnt-out werewolf cop… An innocent human teacher… Two weeks of passion… Chaz Ferguson has sat on the Twilight Crossing Council for the last ten years, policing the paranormal world, making sure that injustices to humans as well as paranormal creatures are punished to the fullest extent of the law. There is nothing he loves more than his job...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  m-f  paranormal  fantasy  length-novella
  • Empire of Light by K.J. Jackson

    Empire of Light by K.J. Jackson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Light and Dark, we were never meant to work, much less thrive.I betray him.He betrays me.It was always going to end this way. And it did—in a grotesquely spectacular implosion of our lives, of his castle.So I’ve been on the run from Damen for four years. Four years before he finds me. Captures me. Drags me back to his castle with bloody vengeance searing in his eyes...
  • Burning Ash by N.J. Walters

    Burning Ash by N.J. Walters

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    No one is more surprised than Asher, one of the oldest vampires on Earth, that he's attracted to vamp hunter Jo Radcliffe. She's smart, a talented slayer, and she's gorgeous. Something about her pulls at him, like no one ever has before. For a man, whose name strikes fear in everyone—this is something new and intriguing. And quite possibly deadly, if she discovers his secret...
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