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Sin & Surrender by K.F. Breene
The sixth and final book in the #1 internationally bestselling Demigods of San Francisco series! It's the moment Kieran and Lexi have been preparing for. The Magical Summit. Ready or not, they will take their assembled team into the belly of the beast. The stakes couldn't be higher. If the powers that be don't approve of Kieran, he will not earn the official title of the Demigod of San Francisco... -
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Archangel's Legion by Nalini Singh
Nalini Singh, the New York Times bestselling “alpha author of paranormal romance” (Booklist) returns to an immortal world of violent passion and lethal power…on the brink of a deadly archangelic war. Angels are falling from the sky in New York, struck down by a vicious, unknown force. Vampires are dying impossibly of disease...Categorized as:
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![Beware of Chicken 2 by CasualFarmer]()
Beware of Chicken 2 by CasualFarmer
A laugh-out-loud, slice-of-life martial-arts fantasy about . . . farming? ?? ? Jin Rou wanted to be a cultivator. A man powerful enough to defy the heavens. A master of martial arts. A lord of spiritual power. Unfortunately for him, he died, and now I’m stuck in his body. And you know what? Things ain’t actually all that bad. I mean, last year was pretty hectic... -
![Emperor's Throne by Shannon Mayer]()
Emperor's Throne by Shannon Mayer
Three against one is not the best odds in any fight. But does she dare gamble on making an enemy into an ally? The final installment in the USAT and WSJ bestselling epic urban fantasy that readers have been waiting for! There might be no rest for the wicked, but there’s no rest for the exhausted either... -
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![Magic Bleeds - Awake by Ilona Andrews, Gordon Andrews]()
Magic Bleeds - Awake by Ilona Andrews, Gordon Andrews
Published in Small Magics and included in Curran's POV. Infuriated by Kate’s treatment at the hands of the Pack, the Beast Lord demands an explanation. When words fail, claws and fangs must do the talking. -
![Wyvern's Lair by Shannon Mayer]()
Wyvern's Lair by Shannon Mayer
The odds are stacked against her as she faces her greatest challenge yet…. But that's nothing new in her world. The fifth in the plot twisting, heart pounding, magic-riddled, USA Today bestselling Desert Cursed series. I thought I had the next steps in my journey plotted out... -
![Midlife Ghost Hunter by Shannon Mayer]()
Midlife Ghost Hunter by Shannon Mayer
Breena is in hot water now with no easy way out. But she has to get to NOLA, save her Gran, avoid the police and figure out which guy is going to get into her never-mind-the-size panties. All in under a week. -
![A Witch’s Revenge by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle]()
A Witch’s Revenge by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsYe screw with this lass, ye get put on yer ass. Growing up with five older brothers taught me how to take a hit. Lucky for me because the hits I take as a druid make me yearn for the good old days of sucker-punches, rope burn, and steamroller. There’s no turning back and honestly—I wouldn’t if I could... -
![Omens and Artifacts by Elizabeth Hunter]()
Omens and Artifacts by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIn the elemental world, reputation is everything, but gaining it can get you killed. Setting up shop as an antiquities hunter means nothing if you don't have clients. Benjamin Vecchio, nephew of a famed vampire assassin, is the subject of widespread speculation, but so far that speculation hasn't translated into work. What Ben needs is a job. A big job. A profitable job. A legendary job... -
![Fate and Fury by Quinn Loftis]()
Fate and Fury by Quinn Loftis
The last few days have been the darkest of Sally’s life. After experiencing the joy of finding her mate, she now suffers the pain of losing everything she holds dear. Both the Romanian and Serbian packs have been captured, ripping Sally’s soul mate away from her almost as soon as she had found him... -
![Overtaken by K.F. Breene]()
Overtaken by K.F. Breene
Reunited with her people, Shanti knows that she must make a move in order to finally put her duty to rest. But as always, Xandre is one step ahead of her. For one brief moment when she lets down her guard, Shanti falls into enemy hands. But if Xandre thought she would be a docile prisoner, he was sadly mistaken... -
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Home for the Holidays by Jeaniene Frost
Originally appeared in the print anthology The Bite Before Christmas. 'Tis the season to join Cat and Bones for some holiday cheer in this Night Huntress novella by USA Today and New York Times bestselling author Jeaniene Frost. They were looking forward to a normal holiday—at least as "normal" as it gets for vampires Cat and Bones and their otherworldly friends and family...Categorized as:
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![Burning Dawn by Gena Showalter]()
Burning Dawn by Gena Showalter
New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter returns with a sizzling Angels of the Dark tale about a winged warrior renowned for his ruthlessness, and the woman who becomes his obsession. .. A tormented past has left Thane with an insatiable need for violence, making him the most dangerous assassin in the skies. He lives by a single code: no mercy... -
![Demons at Deadnight by A&E Kirk]()
Demons at Deadnight by A&E Kirk
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 46 ratingsFor seventeen-year-old Aurora Lahey, survival is a lifestyle. DEMONIC DESTINY. Aurora has the crappiest superpower on the planet. And it's just unleashed a hit squad from hell. Demons are on the hunt, salivating to carve her carcass into confetti. CHARISMATIC KILLERS. The Hex Boys--mysterious, hunky, and notorious for their trails of destruction--have the answers Aurora needs to survive... -
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![By a Thread by Jennifer Estep]()
By a Thread by Jennifer Estep
The sixth book in the USA TODAY bestselling Elemental Assassin urban fantasy series featuring Gin Blanco, who by day owns a Tennessee BBQ joint, and by night is a tough female assassin known as the Spider. I never thought I’d need a vacation from being an assassin…. My name is Gin Blanco, and I’m the assassin the Spider...Categorized as:
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![Forging Bonds by Nikita Parmenter]()
Forging Bonds by Nikita Parmenter
The Choosing. We knew that it was likely to happen, but it still throws me through a loop, my magic is only just starting to develop, and it’s not strong enough to help me in any real way. Not that I could use it anyway because it’s important that I appear human to the supe who is working with HID to capture and do god knows what to supernaturals...Categorized as:
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![Death's Mistress by Karen Chance]()
Death's Mistress by Karen Chance
Dorina Basarab is a dhampir-half-human, half-vampire. Back home in Brooklyn after the demise of her insane Uncle Dracula, Dory's hoping her life is about to calm down. But soon Dory realizes someone is killing vampire Senate members, and if she can't stop the murderer, her friends may be next. .. -
![Queen Alpha by Jaymin Eve, Leia Stone]()
Queen Alpha by Jaymin Eve, Leia Stone
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsArianna might have won the Summit and taken the crown of wolf shifters, but there is no time for her to settle into the royal life. Something is off with the mecca and if she doesn’t fix it the fae might just make another earth side appearance. Now she must work with the king of the bears to save both of their people... -
![Mated Girl by Leia Stone]()
Mated Girl by Leia Stone
I finally made it out of the Dark Woods only to learn that Sawyer is in prison, our people are still at war, and the wolves are hiding underground. It will take every ounce of strength I have in order to save our people, get my man back, and bring down the queen. I can't do this alone, and calling on an old friend proves to be the best decision I could ever make... -
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Agent of the Fae by C.N. Crawford, Alex Rivers
The final book in the Dark Fae FBI series. The Fae war is coming, and I'm caught right in the middle. My father, the ruthless Unseelie king, is dead. It should have been our moment of triumph. Instead, we find ourselves hiding in London from our ancient enemies, the Seelie. From Roan’s city mansion, we need to unite the six Unseelie courts to fight back... -
![A Demon and His Psycho by Eve Langlais]()
A Demon and His Psycho by Eve Langlais
Warning:This story centers around a grumpy demon holding onto an ancient vow and a perky psycho (with killer tendencies) who is determined to make him snap. There's cursing, melt-your-screen hotness, messed up religious tropes and snort out loud fun. If you enjoy raunchy humor, sizzling moments and already know you’re going to Hell, then dive on in. I'm not crazy. I just have anger issues... -
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Living Nightmare by Shannon K. Butcher
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsView our feature on Shannon Butcher’s Living Nightmare. For nine years, the Sentinel Nika has had one goal-to save her younger sister from the Synestryn who hold her captive. Now, the psychic bond Nika forged with her sibling on that terrible night is fading, and time is running out. But the one man who can unlock the power inside her may be the greatest danger to her.Categorized as:
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![Dark Alpha's Fury by Donna Grant]()
Dark Alpha's Fury by Donna Grant
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Donna Grant comes another gripping story in her Reaper series featuring a brotherhood of elite assassins who wage war on the Fae at Death's behest—and the women who dare to love them. There is no escaping the Reapers—or me. If you succumb to evil, you will be judged. And we will come for you . .Categorized as:
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![High Voltage by Karen Marie Moning]()
High Voltage by Karen Marie Moning
There is no action without consequence…. Dani O’Malley was nine years old when the delusional, sadistic Rowena transformed her into a ruthless killer. Years later, she’s tough, hardened, yet achingly vulnerable and fiercely compassionate, living alone by her own exacting code. Despite the scars on her body, driven by deeper ones carved into her soul, no one is more committed to protecting Dublin... -
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![Taste of Torment by Suzanne Wright]()
Taste of Torment by Suzanne Wright
It’s been five months since vampire Sam Parker Bound herself to Jared Michaels, her powerful co-commander within the Grand High Master vampire’s personal legion. Life as a Bound couple has been going just fine…until the Grand High Master announces he will be stepping down from his position and wants Sam and Jared to take his place. Oh joy. Despite Sam’s reservations, she agrees to ascend...Categorized as:
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![Hard Mated by Jennifer Ashley]()
Hard Mated by Jennifer Ashley
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsSpike, a wildcat Shifter and the champion fighter of Shiftertown, is stunned when Myka, the best friend of a dying human woman, announces that Spike has fathered a cub. What's more, the mother is giving the boy to Spike to protect and raise. Myka, who'd been raised by an abusive stepfather, is not sure that a wild fighter named Spike is the best man to bring up the cute little jaguar cub... -
![Rebel Vampire by Brogan Thomas, Poppy Royana]()
Rebel Vampire by Brogan Thomas, Poppy Royana
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThey warned her to be more careful. If she’d listened, she wouldn’t be staring down the ultimate betrayal. Tru Dennison won’t be burned again. Still reeling from her angel mentor breaking her heart, the half-vampire, half-unicorn shifter greets everyone with suspicion... -
![Atlantis Unmasked by Alyssa Day]()
Atlantis Unmasked by Alyssa Day
A warrior scarred. .. A descendant of Diana. .. When two worlds collide. .. Atlantis is unmasked. Alexios survived two years of unspeakable torture at the hands of a vampire goddess. Now he's been ordered to team up with a beautiful warrior and take on the most dangerous mission of his life: to retrieve the Vampire's Bane... -
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Spirit Witch by Helen Harper
If anyone appreciates what it means to be dead to the world, it's Ivy Wilde. Barely recovered from her brush with necromancy, Ivy is flung once more into a world of intrigue, adventure and potential death and disaster. It's not her fault - it just so turns out that she's now the only person in the entire world who can communicate with the dead. And they're a chatty bunch with a list of demands...Categorized as:
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![Midlife Bounty Hunter by Shannon Mayer]()
Midlife Bounty Hunter by Shannon Mayer
A Paranormal Women's Fiction with a bit of class, and a lot of sass for anyone who feels like age is just a number! One day I’m married, living in Seattle, and magic isn’t real. The next, I’m divorced and living in the guest room of my ex’s hotter- than-sin cousin’s place in Savannah . . . and talking to an animated skeleton named Robert. I have to admit, Robert isn’t my worst date...Categorized as:
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![East of Ecstasy by Laura Kaye]()
East of Ecstasy by Laura Kaye
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAnnalise Fallston made peace with postponing her big-city dreams to care for her ill father, but lately she’s been filled with a restlessness not even her beloved painting dispels. Worse, the colors don’t speak to her as they always have, and all her efforts produce dark, foreboding images of a dangerous man and a terrifying future... -
![Aces Wilde by Jenn Stark]()
Aces Wilde by Jenn Stark
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAlternate cover edition of ASIN B01IMIA8I0. Never play the game without an Ace up your sleeve. During her years of finding and selling artifacts on the arcane black market, Tarot reader Sara Wilde has made a bona fide killing. Now, as the recently appointed head of an ancient Connected syndicate, she's forced to take a truly deadly role in the war on magic... -
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Rival Magic by Ella Summers
The alternate cover edition for this book can be found here. From San Francisco to Munich to Las Vegas and beyond, mercenary mage Sera Dering faces her biggest challenge yet in this final installment of the bestselling Dragon Born Serafina series. After twenty-four years of pretending to be human, Sera is adjusting to her new life with magic and a deepening relationship with dragon shifter Kai... -
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Family Ties by B.R. Kingsolver
When a man came into my shop in the Great Marketplace at the Crossroads of the Worlds and tried to kill me, it completely ruined my day. Not only did I have to clean up the blood, but disposing of his body made me late to meet my friends for drinks. A nagging little detail kept bugging me, though. As he died, he said he was hired by my mother’s family—people I hadn’t seen for more than a decade... -
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![Clash by Sadie Moss]()
Clash by Sadie Moss
Sometimes a good offense is the only defense. We're out of options. We have no back-up. This is our fight to win or lose. So much hangs in the balance I can barely stand to think about it. I have four gorgeous, incredible boyfriends, a sister I love with my whole heart, and real friends for the first time in my life. I can't lose all of that... -
![Purpose (World of Kate Daniels) by Ilona Andrews]()
Purpose (World of Kate Daniels) by Ilona Andrews
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKate Short story on author's website. Set after Magic Claims. Kate and Luther Short Story. If you wanted to follow behind Kate and Luther and see the treasures of the Pale Queen, this short is for you. -
![The Grey God by Lizzy Ford]()
The Grey God by Lizzy Ford
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Grey God Darian can’t quite shake off the dark streak remaining after the thousands of years he spent enslaved by evil – or the memory of how the only woman he loved betrayed him. When given a second chance at life and love, Darian struggles to leave his past behind, before it destroys his future... -
![Pia Saves the Day by Thea Harrison]()
Pia Saves the Day by Thea Harrison
In the latest story of the Elder Races, two mates face their deadliest challenge yet—each other…. Pia and Dragos’s magical young son Liam (the Peanut), is growing at an unprecedented rate, and if that isn’t enough, he is also exhibiting new, and unpredictable, magical gifts. To protect him, the concerned parents decide to move to upstate New York... -
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Tiger Magic by Jennifer Ashley
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 47 ratingsHe was once a captive, but his urges were never caged. Now he’ll release them on a beautiful stranger whose own secret desires are longing to be sated…. He doesn’t have a name. He doesn’t have a clan. The humans who held him prisoner for forty years have taken them away. He knew nothing but captivity until nearly a year ago, when he was released into the light... -
![A Grimoire Grump by Kat Healy]()
A Grimoire Grump by Kat Healy
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey’ve found me. The hearth and its color-changing flames have made that abundantly clear, but apparently the “they” could be anyone: whoever just got nailed by Flora’s protection wards, the human strangers in town with their fae-like markings, the rival coven, or even my own family... -
![Forever Wilde by Jenn Stark]()
Forever Wilde by Jenn Stark
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAlternate cover edition of ASIN B01N02I70Q. Nothing lasts forever. .. if you're lucky. Life has never been smoother for Tarot-reading artifact hunter Sara Wilde. With a worldwide criminal organization at her beck and call, she can finally secure the safety of the youngest and most vulnerable members of the psychic community... -
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Running Scared by Shannon K. Butcher
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThey are the Sentinels. Three races descended from ancient guardians of mankind, each possessing unique abilities in their battle to protect humanity against their eternal foes: the Synestryn. Now one Sentinel's survival determines the fate of them all. Lexi Johns has one purpose: to free her best friend from the hands of the Sentinels...Categorized as:
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Wild Wolf by Jennifer Ashley
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsIn the latest Shifters Unbound novel, a man has resigned himself to a life half lived. But a beautiful, courageous woman has him longing for something more…. Graham McNeil knows that his pack is unruly, but he’s not sure he can take the next step toward Shiftertown stability—choosing a new mate. After losing his mate and son long ago, Graham has worked hard to keep his heart in check... -
![The Catalyst of Corruption by Becca Andre]()
The Catalyst of Corruption by Becca Andre
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAddie Daulton wants nothing to do with her dark past as an Alchemica alchemist. Content with her new life surrounded by the people she cares about, she has chosen to live with amnesia rather than face the person she was. She focuses on alchemy’s healing properties, helping others and hoping to find a way to save Rowan before his magic consumes him. But Addie isn’t the only one with a dark history... -
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![Paladin by Montana Ash]()
Paladin by Montana Ash
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsHonour. Duty. Loyalty. Control. These are the principles Darius lives by – almost to the point of obsession. They had forged him into a noble knight but had also cost him the woman of his dreams and wrought a non-relenting hatred for his personal nemeses; the shades... -
![Wicked And Wilde by Jenn Stark]()
Wicked And Wilde by Jenn Stark
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAlternate cover edition of ASIN B01DO5JTBS. Hell hath no fury. .. Tarot reader Sara Wilde has spent her whole life finding the lost with the use of her trusty cards--from missing kids to shifty criminals to ancient, arcane artifacts. But when her newest assignment sends her straight to Hell, she discovers more than she bargained for... -
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Bloodrunner Dragon by T.S. Joyce
Harper Keller is a shifter on borrowed time. After failing to find her treasure, her inner dragon is desperate to find anything to connect with. When a plea for help comes through from an old flame, she puts her life on hold to track him down. But when she finds Wyatt, it’s obvious time has changed him...Categorized as:
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![Dark Alpha's Night by Donna Grant]()
Dark Alpha's Night by Donna Grant
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDark Alpha’s Night. is a brand new paranormal romance in her Reapers series featuring a brotherhood of elite assassins from. New York Times. bestselling author Donna Grant. There is no escaping a Reaper. I am an elite assassin, part of a brotherhood that only answers to Death. And when Death says your time is up, I am coming for you. .. I answer to no one but Death... -
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Wilde Child by Jenn Stark
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAlternate cover edition of ASIN B06XCV68S2. Come away, O human child. .. No matter the job, no matter the client, Tarot-reading magical artifacts hunter Sara Wilde has only one hard-and-fast rule: protect the children. But the newest strain of technoceutical drugs--specifically designed to alter psychic children's DNA--has thrown the arcane black market into a frenzy... -
![A Dragon's Family Album by Thea Harrison]()
A Dragon's Family Album by Thea Harrison
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThis collection contains Dragos Takes a Holiday, Pia Saves the Day, and Peanut Goes to School (two novellas and a short story in the Elder Races series, previously published separately). All three stories focus on the Cuelebres, the First Family of the Wyr. Dragos Takes a Holiday: When the Cuelebre family heads to Bermuda for some much needed R&R, it’s no ordinary weekend in the sun...
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