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Dead Is Not An Option by Marlene Perez
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsIt’s springtime of senior year, and psychic sleuth Daisy Giordano is preparing to say goodbye to Nightshade High. But no college acceptance letters have arrived yet, and she’s beginning to worry about where she’ll end up come fall—and if it will be anywhere near her boyfriend, Ryan. But that’s not the only uncertainty Daisy’s dealing with... -
Curseborne by G.K. DeRosa
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsWho says a girl can’t be alpha?With the Alpha Trials starting, I have to get my head in the game. Problem is, my heart is so obsessed with my infuriating cursed mate, I can’t focus. But I have to. Because with the secret of my true bloodline out, the supreme alpha wants my head on a platter. And he’s not above using the trials to get the job done... -
Treason by S.M. Boyce
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsKara Magari ignited a war when she stumbled into Ourea and found the Grimoire: a powerful artifact filled with secrets. To protect the one person she has left, she strikes a deal that compromises everything she believes in... and things don't go as planned. Braeden Drakonin can no longer run from who--and what--he is. He has to face the facts. He's a prince. He's a murderer. He's a wanted man... -
Scorch by Kaitlyn Davis
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 23 ratings"All it did was remind Kira that time was running out. That she needed to choose. Or a lot more than a forest would burn. The whole world would crumble." Aldrich escaped…again. Tristan forgot…everything. And Luke, well, Luke was getting more than a little impatient... -
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Dead Is Just A Rumor by Marlene Perez
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsAs the creepy little town of Nightshade prepares to celebrate its 200th anniversary—on Halloween, of course—many of its paranormal residents are receiving mysterious blackmail letters. Psychic teen Daisy Giordano and her sisters set out to find out who is behind the threats. But launching an investigation isn’t easy for Daisy with her overprotective father watching her every move... -
Dead Is So Last Year by Marlene Perez
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsSomething very strange starts happening in Nightshade the summer that the eldest Giordano sister, Rose, gets a job working at Dr. Franken's research laboratory. People are starting to see double. Doppelgängers of Nightshade residents are popping up all over town... -
The Ancient Magus' Bride Vol. 14 by Kore Yamazaki
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsUNUSUAL SUSPECTS First Lucy was attacked during the College camping trip. Then professor Simeon was caught unawares on the College campus itself. As the victim count begins to rise, it comes to light that a forbidden tome, thought safely stored in the archives, has been stolen–a tome that Elias once glanced through– The Testament of Carnamagos... -
The Iron Fey: Volume One by Julie Kagawa
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBox Set One (The Iron King, Winter's Passage, The Iron Daughter, The Iron Queen, Summer's Crossing): the first 3 full-length Iron Fey novels and 2 companion novellas.On her sixteenth birthday, Meghan Chase's little brother is kidnapped—and Meghan learns she is the secret daughter of a faery king... -
Possession of Souls by Lacey Weatherford
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFear and desperation leave Portia and Vance clinging to threadbare hope as life is given, and taken away. Manipulated, driven by bloodlust and the desire to claim sole possession, the stakes are raised higher than they’ve ever been before... -
House of Night #4 by Kent Dalian, P.C. Cast
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Having gained a new understanding of her affinities for earth, wind, and water, Zoey Redbird moves into more dangerous territory as she attempts to master a lesson in fire. Zoey seeks guidance from the secret vampyre history of Cleopatra and her relationships with two great Roman leaders--Julius Caesar and Mark Antony... -
The Ancient Magus' Bride Vol. 15 by Kore Yamazaki
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAs the College continues its desperate search for The Testament of Carnamagos, the danger has grown so dire that the Vice-Chancellor has decided to put the College in lockdown until Christmas. Through their shared plight, Chise and her classmates come to know more about each other. Thanks to their experiences in the Abandoned Hall, they all begin to change, whether they like it or not... -
Blood Storm by Rhiannon Hart
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe rain wanted to be ocean; the ice in the mountain caps wanted freedom. I never knew that water held such longing. The clouds above my head rumbled like a growling wolf, impatient to release their burden. I held the rain there a moment longer. I turned to Renata, heard her gasp and knew my eyes glowed blue.I spoke a single word. 'Rain... -
Fatal Charm by Linda Joy Singleton
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsIn this vivid fifth volume of The Seer series, Sabine Rose is reunited with her ill grandmother Nona and her friends at Sheridan Valley. But the excitement of curing Nona-and discovering love with someone new-doesn't outweigh the burden of her father's dark secret: a daughter no one but Sabine knows about. Riddled with curiosity, Sabine uses astral projection to spy on her half sister Jade... -
Conjured by Chelsea Bellingeri
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter the disastrous fallout on Halloween and the tragic events that followed in the Hazel Cove Cemetery, Alexandria is left picking up the pieces of her broken life. Peter is adjusting. James hates her. Grandma Claudia is gone. Emma is incoherent. Victor went rogue. And Gamma still wants her dead. If that wasn't enough to deal with, two burning questions are driving Alex insane... -
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The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 17 by Kore Yamazaki
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDoing Things by the BookThe reflection of a false god has manifested. Is it the Testament? Or is it still Philomela? The conglomeration that they’ve become seeks to leave the College, making for the banquet hall where the College faculty celebrates. Chise and Elias burst into a tense situation, and find themselves having to face off against both sides... -
The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 16 by Kore Yamazaki
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBreaking PointThe stolen grimoire was thought long gone, but it turns out it’s still hidden within the College. But why leave the stolen goods so close to the scene of the crime? The College alchemists are left scratching their heads in confusion. Meanwhile, weeks stuck in lockdown leave tempers short, and minor misunderstandings lead to major doubts... -
Chasing the Red Queen by Karen Glista
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDonja Bellanger, suffering after the death of her father, finds herself in dire straits when her mom takes a new husband. Forced not only to move to a strange city, but to share a room with her glamorous, new stepsister, Makayla Hampton, her life spirals out of control. Makayla lures her from goth to glam, straight into an exclusive club, not only for wealthy elites but Immortal Descendants... -
Witch Ball by Linda Joy Singleton
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsSabine is finally starting to feel accepted at her new high school. She's friends with the popular girls and even has a cute boyfriend. But Sabine also has a dark secret-she's psychic, and was forced to leave her old school after she accurately predicted the death of a football player... -
Antebellum Awakening by Katie Cross
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNever underestimate the power of a volatile witch. Still reeling in the wake of her mother’s death, sixteen-year-old Bianca Monroe is forced to move to Chatham Castle. Not even the sudden appearance of ancient dragons in haunted Letum Wood nor her two best friends can distract her from the strength of her deep, dark rage... -
Our Summer of Discontent by S.L. Baum
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSummer. A time for travel, relaxation, and above all - fun. But for Charity, her family, and her friends, this summer holds more in store than any of them anticipate. While Charity learns to harness her newfound powers, others around her discover their own surprising abilities. And a vacation to New York becomes a catalyst that has their paths crossing with the unexpected, yet again... -
Last Dance by Linda Joy Singleton
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSabine can't wait to show off her new boyfriend at the upcoming school dance, but she's also worried about her grandmother, Nona, who's suffering from a fatal hereditary illness. The only cure lies within a remedy book, lost long ago. Determined to save Nona, Sabine goes to Pine City to visit a distant relative who may have clues... -
The Secret Trinity: Ignite by Jenna Bernel
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIf time heals all wounds, then Aria Darwin’s clock has stopped. No amount of magic elixir can repair a broken heart. In the aftermath of untruths and tainted love, Aria is unsure if she will ever recover to see the light of her destiny. Now living in the enchanted city of Draíochta, along with her two best friends, Aria struggles to find her place in the Kingdom... -
Sword Play by Linda Joy Singleton
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 25 ratings"Help her," insists the spirit of Kip, the jock from her old school who died in a car accident. But his cryptic message is the last thing on Sabine's mind as she packs up to move back home. She's not happy about leaving her friends, her boyfriend, and Nona who's gravely ill, but won't dare challenge her mother's orders... -
My Link in Time by S.L. Baum
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsGirl meets boy, falls in love, becomes engaged, and walks down the aisle. Oh, if only life were that simple. When an Immortal girl meets a Mortal boy, life is a little more complicated. When Charity accepted Lincoln's marriage proposal, she thought they could handle anything that came their way... Link’s newly acquired lust for blood became the first problem to tackle... saying “I do” came next... -
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Secretly Sam by Heather Killough-Walden
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt’s been a week since Logan Wright and her friends managed to defeat Samhain, the Lord of the Dead, and put an end to the death and destruction he caused in his relentless pursuit of her. All has been quiet. But it’s always quiet before a storm, and as the October wind picks up once more and red eyes peer from the darkness, it becomes clear that “Sam Hain” is far from finished... -
Divine Beginnings by P.C. Cast
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsGo back in time, fifty years before the events of New York Times bestselling author P.C. Cast's Partholon books... Something isn't right at Guardian Castle, and Aine can't figure out what. As Healer, she's supposed to be making things better, but there's a darkness that can't be brightened. And then Aine finds an injured Fomorian--winged, dark, blood-thirsty and inherently evil... -
Forever Enchanted by Maggie Shayne
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn a world of cars and shopping malls, Bridin sells New Age trinkets--and waits for the man who can help her return home to an enchanted kingdom called Rush. She meets a rugged stranger, who is actually Tristan, the usurper who stole her kingdom...Categorized as:
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Love Sucks! by Melissa Francis
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAJ Ashe is moving on. Sure she still has not-so-sisterly feelings for Ryan, her ex-boyfriend-turned-step-brother, but there’s a new vampire in town and his name is Alexander Archer. Caught between the desire to move forward with Sexy Lexy and being drawn to her past with Ryan, AJ thinks life couldn’t get anymore complicated. Yeah, right... -
Magician's Muse by Linda Joy Singleton
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe Final Book in Linda Joy Singleton's Popular Paranormal Series, The Seer A whisper, too soft to swirl wispy candle smoke, carried across time, beyond life and death—and was heard. "Our bargain is sealed. My secrets will be yours-when the girl dies... -
Flecks of Gold by Alicia Buck
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMary Margaret is not the type of girl to fall in love - especially after seeing what a string of bad relationships has done to her mother. That's why it's so weird when Mary finds herself strangely attracted to Kelson, a guy at her new school. It's almost . . . unnatural. What she doesn't know is that she's been put under a spell... -
The Waterless Sea by Kate Constable
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThe sequel to the critically aclaimed THE SINGER OF ALL SONGS draws readers even deeper into the magical world of Tremaris--and presents a temptation that Calwyn may not be able to overcome... The second novel in the captivating Chanters of Tremaris Trilogy follows Calwyn and her friends to the desolate Merithuran Empire... -
The Witches of the Glass Castle by Gabriella Lepore
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMia’s life is thrown through a loop when she discovers her family secret — that she and her brother Dino are witches. After they are sent away to study their craft, they begin down a path that will change their lives forever... -
Song of the Dryad by Natalia Leigh
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Charlotte Barclay is still haunted by an encounter she had eight years ago—a run-in with a fairy beast that had eyes like witchlight and a taste for flesh. Charlotte has avoided the Greenwood ever since, pretending fairies don’t exist and choosing instead to focus her energies on graduating from high school and perfecting her audition piece for the Bellini Institute... -
Museum of Magic by Beth Revis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsEmmi Castor grew up in a small town near Salem. Her home is centuries old, originally built by an ancestor renowned for witchcraft. Her grandfather converted the house into the Museum of Magic, collecting the arcane and putting it on display for all to see. But Emmi knows one thing for absolute certain…Magic is not real... -
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Blood and Snow: The Complete Set by RaShelle Workman
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsEvery thousand years the Vampire Queen selects a new body, always the fairest in the land, and this time she's chosen Snow White. Snow isn't an ordinary girl. She doesn't know that yet. When Snow gets bitten by a Hunter, her life is thrown into a whirlwind of change where instead of worrying about what to eat, she has to fight not to drink the blood of fellow high school students...Categorized as:
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Kiss of Darkness by Brandon Alexander, Constance M. Burge
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the shadow of the tower We lovers two entwine, Bringing beat to breath and life to power And forging your soul to mine! Something changed Prue Halliwell on New Year's Eve, when a stranger gave her the most passionate kiss of her life. Now Prue feels driven to kiss every man she meets. At first, Piper and Phoebe think the new Prue is fun... -
Quinn, a Vampire Watcher's Story by Elizabeth Loraine
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn Quinn we get to see another side of Royal Blood Chronicles from Quinn's point of view and learn how their journey began. Follow Quinn and Katrina as the Chronicles takes you on a fun wild ride along with those who are chosen as Protectors of the peaceful races of the world as they fight the evil that threatens us all. Extended Description Quinn is a Vampire Watcher... -
The First Midnight Spell by Claudia Gray
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this suspenseful companion novella to New York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray's Spellcaster, learn the tragic origins of the dark witch Elizabeth. It's 1695, and Elizabeth Cooper is a young witch in Fortune's Sound, Rhode Island. She spends her days perfecting spells with the local coven and dreaming about one day marrying Nat Porter... -
Forever by Lauren Burd, Lynn O'Dell
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 25 ratings“What are we playing for?” An evil grin spread over his face. “I am so glad you asked. We’re playing for the chance to choose.” “Choose what?” “Where my next shot goes.” * * * Memories fade, betrayals abound, and death looms... -
The Evil Queen by Gena Showalter
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsWELCOME TO THE FOREST OF GOOD AND EVIL.A DREAM COME TRUE…AND A LIVING NIGHTMARE.Far, far away, in the realm of Enchantia, creatures of legend still exist, magic is the norm and fairy tales are real. Except, fairy tales aren’t based on myths and legends of the past—they are prophecies of the future... -
Beyond the Summerland by L.B. Graham
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsJoraiem and the young Novaana train in the Summerland to rule Kirthanin and to defend it against the evil schemes of Malek. The Binding of the Blade is an original fantasy series based in part on prophecy from the book of Isaiah. Book 1, Beyond the Summerland, is where the adventure begins for a band of young Novaana, eager to serve and rule the four regions of the world of Kirthanin... -
Conjure by Jennifer Snyder
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes to understand the present you have to conjure up the past... The last thing Addison Harmon needed was to become tethered to the broody, often seemingly cold, Theo Van Rooyen, but that's exactly what happened.Forced to partner up with Theo to figure out a way to break the tether, Addison soon realizes she may have bitten off more than she can chew... -
Your Guardian Angel "Uncut" by Skyla Madi
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 17 ratings** Experience new emotions, scenes and dialogue with this uncut version of Your Guardian Angel. ** For Ruby Moore life is far more complicated than that of your average teen, for she is in no way average. Ruby is a vampire and her life as a vampire is far from traditional... It has been one year since her normal life was brutally taken from her... -
The Hawkweed Legacy by Irena Brignull
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPoppy is discovering a purpose for her powers in Africa, but she is haunted by a vision of her own death. Taken in by a boy and his great-grandmother, a healer, they vow to keep her safe-even if that ultimately means holding her captive. But Poppy never stops longing for Leo and, when she feels his magic begin to spark, she will do anything to be reunited with him... -
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What I Wore to Save the World by Maryrose Wood
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThird in the fabulous series that started with Why I Let My Hair Grow Out Senior year?s coming up fast and Morgan still has no clue about college, or a career?the whole rest of-her-life thing is basically a blank... -
Betrothed by Wanda Wiltshire
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAmy Smith has always known she was different. Severe allergies, fragile health and taunts at school have made life an endurance test for the adopted seventeen year old. When Amy starts having strange dreams, everything changes. Night after night, she becomes trapped in a shroud of black - a void of silence but for a male voice calling for a girl named ‘Marla’... -
Vamplayers by Rusty Fischer
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAt the Afterlife Academy of Exceptionally Dark Arts, Lily Fielding is a measly trainee who dreams of one day becoming a Savior—those who visit vampire-infested high schools and put down the undead with their deadly crossbows... -
Beauty Never Dies by Cameron Jace
Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsPeter Pan has a plan. Since it's been hundred years since his friends were all cursed by the Brothers Grimm, he is about to wake up Sleeping Beauty, his eternal lover. Oops, you didn't know that. Blame it on the Grimms. But in the middle of the ceremony, he is visited by the Evil Queen who manipulates him into helping her with information about Snow White...Categorized as:
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Blood & Flowers by Penny Blubaugh
Rated: 3.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree years ago, Persia ran awayfrom her drug-addict parents and found a homewith the Outlaws, an underground theatertroupe. This motley band of mortals and fey,puppeteers and actors, becomes the lovingfamily Persia never had, and soon Persia notonly discovers a passion for theater but also fallsin love with Nicholas, one of the other Outlaws.Life could not be more perfect... -
Fallen from Grace by M.J. Putney
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 13 ratings"Fallen from Grace" is a bonus Dark Mirror short story, from author M.J. Putney. Allarde, a gorgeous, wealthy noble, has hidden his true nature. In "Fallen from Grace," delve into Allarde's diary and read about his life at the exclusive school Eton, the discovery of his magic, and his sudden fall from grace...
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