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  • ‎Magical Midlife Alliance by K.F. Breene

    ‎Magical Midlife Alliance by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 43 ratings
    Book 7 in the ongoing Wall Street Journal bestselling Leveling Up series!After returning from the basajaunak lands, it's clear that Jessie and her crew need to find an alliance quickly. They need to head to Kingsley's in less than a couple of months. If they go as they are, they'll never be enough to save Austin's brother from total annihilation...
  • Smoke Bitten by Patricia Briggs

    Smoke Bitten by Patricia Briggs

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 98 ratings
    Mercy Thompson, car mechanic and shapeshifter, faces a threat unlike any other in this thrilling entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. I am Mercedes Athena Thompson Hauptman. My only "superpowers" are that I turn into a thirty-five pound coyote and fix Volkswagens. But I have friends in odd places and a pack of werewolves at my back. It looks like I'm going to need them...
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  • Lights, Cameras, Witches by Amanda M. Lee

    Lights, Cameras, Witches by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Bay Winchester isn’t in the mood for trouble. It seems to continually find her, however, and this time it’s coming in the form of a television production crew.Haunted Traditions has made a name for itself as the premiere reality television show catering to paranormal enthusiasts. Of course Hemlock Cove pops up on their radar...
  • Midlife Witch Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Midlife Witch Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 37 ratings
    Gran used to say that a strong woman looks a challenge in the eye and gives it a wink. To be sure, flirting with challenges is a terrible idea. Ask me how I know.All Bree really wants is to bury her head in the sand, somewhere in the south of France while a hot pool boy rubs lotion on her back...
  • Eleventh Grave in Moonlight by Darynda Jones

    Eleventh Grave in Moonlight by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 59 ratings
    A typical day in the life of Charley Davidson involves cheating husbands, missing people, errant wives, philandering business owners, and oh yeah...demons, hell hounds, evil gods, and dead people. Lots and lots of dead people. As a part time Private Investigator and full-time Grim Reaper, Charley has to balance the good, the bad, the undead, and those who want her dead...
  • The Curse of Tenth Grave by Darynda Jones

    The Curse of Tenth Grave by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 64 ratings
    As a Part-time PI and fulltime grim reaper, Charley Davidson has asked a lot of questions throughout her life: Why can I see dead people? Who is the hot supernatural entity following me? How do I get gum out of my sister’s hair before she wakes up? But, “How do I trap not one malevolent god, but three?” was never among them. Until now...
  • Midlife Demon Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Midlife Demon Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 40 ratings
    Goblins and ghouls and magic, oh my! Hang tight to your britches, this laugh out loud adventure is about to light you up!Ousted from the Hollows Group, the shadow world has officially taken notice of me.With loan sharks sniffing around and knocking on my door, I need to figure out how my ex-husband pushed all his debt onto me, because it stinks of black magic and back alley dealings...
  • Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison

    Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 75 ratings
    In New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison's most complex and nuanced adventure yet, bounty hunter and witch Rachel Morgan fights a deadly battle - mind, body, and soul. Black Magic Sanction Rachel Morgan has fought and hunted vampires, werewolves, banshees, demons, and other supernatural dangers as both witch and bounty hunter - and lived to tell the tale...
  • Freaky Crypts by Amanda M. Lee

    Freaky Crypts by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Poet Parker thought her past was lost to her…but it’s about to invade her present.Her uncle Sidney is in New Orleans, which just happens to be where Mystic Caravan is setting up shop for the week, but Poet isn’t expecting a happy reunion. Things are tense—to say the least—and that’s before zombies are reported in the French Quarter...
  • Beach Blanket Wendigo by Amanda M. Lee

    Beach Blanket Wendigo by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Moonstone Bay is in an uproar. The DDA is on the run, but they’re not going down without a fight. While all that’s going on, Hadley Hunter is practicing her magic. She managed to join with her elemental friends for a huge wins—and feels that’s important for the DDA fight—but she needs practice.Nothing is perfect, however...
  • Summoned to Thirteenth Grave by Darynda Jones

    Summoned to Thirteenth Grave by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 49 ratings
    Grim Reaper Charley Davidson is back in the final installment of Darynda Jones’ New York Times bestselling paranormal series! Charley Davidson, Grim Reaper extraordinaire, is pissed. She’s been kicked off the earthly plain for eternity – which is the appropriate amount of time to make a person starkraving mad...
  • 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...
  • The Dirt on Ninth Grave by Darynda Jones

    The Dirt on Ninth Grave by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 71 ratings
    In a small village in New York lives Jane Doe, a girl with no memory of who she is or where she came from. So when she is working at a diner and slowly begins to realize she can see dead people, she's more than a little taken aback. Stranger still are the people entering her life. They seem to know things about her. Things they hide with lies and half-truths. Soon, she senses something far darker...
  • The Flame Game by R.J. Blain

    The Flame Game by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    an alternate cover edition can be found hereBailey and Quinn are back for one last action-filled adventure!A corrupt police chief is on the loose, and it falls to Bailey and Quinn to put an end to him before he finds some way to weaponize the spreading rabies virus, create yet another batch of potent gorgon dust, and otherwise wreck Bailey’s happily ever after...
  • Witch, Interrupted by Amanda M. Lee

    Witch, Interrupted by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Things have been quiet in Hemlock Cove. That means the Winchesters are due to find trouble.This time, the trouble comes in the form of a dead radio doctor who calls himself Dr. Lovelorn and fixes relationships in distress. Unfortunately for the Winchesters, if he can’t help his normal patients, he’s going to help them… whether they want it or not...
  • Something to Witch About by Amanda M. Lee

    Something to Witch About by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Life's a witch...and then you die. It's the dying part vexing Bay Winchester these days. She may be a long-suffering daughter, thankless newspaper editor, and keyed-up girlfriend, but she's barely holding off a royal freakout. Landon's family is visiting the inn -- and they're not exactly open minded...
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  • Tall Tales & Witchy Fails by Lily Harper Hart

    Tall Tales & Witchy Fails by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Splat.That’s the sound Hali Waverly made when she hit the pavement after a drunken billionaire ran her over with his golf cart.Cha-ching.That’s the sound her bank account made when his handlers got him under control and swooped in to buy Hali off. The offer? Ownership of a tiki bar on the property of a busy resort and lodging in one of the villas on St. Pete Beach...
  • We All Scream by Amanda M. Lee

    We All Scream by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Stormy Morgan has accepted her life as a witch, and is even looking forward to the future. That means training with the most powerful witches in the Midwest. She’s determined to follow through on her destiny. Despite her best intentions though, not everything is going to be as easy as she hoped.When Stormy steps in and uses her magic following a bus accident, she’s almost killed in the process...
  • Dark Debt by Chloe Neill

    Dark Debt by Chloe Neill

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 48 ratings
    A vampire never gets old. But neither do his enemies. When a figure from Ethan's dark past makes a splashy debut in Chicago, Merit and her Master don't know whether he's friend or foe. But they'll have to figure out soon, because trouble is brewing in the Windy City...
  • My Champion by Alanea Alder

    My Champion by Alanea Alder

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    Declan Lionhart has been running interference between the Founding Families and the citizens of Noctem Falls since the day he arrived in the city. His hopes of being a simple unit warrior crumbles in the face of their troubles and it looks like he will always be bound by his family’s political legacy...
  • Beguiled by Darynda Jones

    Beguiled by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 27 ratings
    Newly indoctrinated witch, and a charmling to boot, Defiance Dayne discovers there’s more to life after forty than she'd ever imagined possible. Especially since one neighbor is trying to seduce her, another neighbor is trying to steal her house out from under her, and a third neighbor is trying to get her kicked off the planet...
  • Immortal World by Lauretta Hignett

    Immortal World by Lauretta Hignett

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Imogen's got some answers about her origins, and a promise from Rafael that he'll help to cure her immortality. But there's a few brand-new problems standing in her way...A vicious pack of disenfranchised Alphas are on their way to Backman's shifter school, coming to try and reclaim what they think is rightfully theirs...
  • Axman Werebear by T.S. Joyce

    Axman Werebear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 30 ratings
    Arranged marriage, hidden agendas, deep secrets, and heart-pounding romance come together to tell Bruiser’s story in the 5th installment of T. S. Joyce’s bestselling Saw Bears series. Diem Daye has led a sheltered life. As the only breeding female of her kind, her father has kept her tucked away and heavily guarded...
  • Sin & Chocolate by K.F. Breene

    Sin & Chocolate by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 110 ratings
    Some people are ordained for greatness… Those people usually have a lot of drama in their life. Drama I happily do without. I live in a forgotten corner of nowhere for a reason: there is safety in anonymity. I have enough problems just trying to get by. But when Kieran, a sinfully sexy demigod at the pinnacle of power, crashes into my life, suddenly my whole world is turned upside down...
  • Midnight Marked by Chloe Neill

    Midnight Marked by Chloe Neill

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 43 ratings
    As the Chicagoland Vampires series continues, Merit and Ethan find themselves in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse, where winning may require the ultimate sacrifice... A vampire’s grudges don’t stay dead long... Merit is one of Chicago's most skilled vampire warriors; these days, she doesn't scare easily...
  • Doggone Mess by R.J. Blain

    Doggone Mess by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    from the book's foreword: "While Doggone Mess’s beginning was written before Plaidypus, there are important reasons for why I didn’t renumber the series and insert Doggone Mess before Plaidypus. Doggone Mess’s events after Plaidypus require Plaidypus to truly make sense."Originally a novella in the anthology Dirty Deeds published in Jan, 2021, this edition has been expanded into a full novel...
  • Grim Offerings by Amanda M. Lee

    Grim Offerings by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Grim and bear it.Being a grim reaper isn’t easy, but answering to family is even worse.Between argumentative souls, overbearing older brothers and everyday nonsense, Aisling Grimlock has her hands full.When a run-of-the-mill job goes awry, Aisling finds herself in a mess. The soul she was supposed to collect is still amongst the living, and the man who wanted to kill him is dead instead...
  • Cast Away by Annabel Chase

    Cast Away by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Welcome to Spellbound, where paranormal is the new normal. Witch-in-training Emma Hart is preparing for one of the worst days of her life...the marriage of fallen angel Daniel Starr to the spoiled fairy, Elsa Knightsbridge. Fortunately for Emma, distractions are easy to come by in Spellbound when a troll is found dead near a bridge and an overzealous werewolf is arrested for indecent exposure...
  • Immortal Death by Lauretta Hignett

    Immortal Death by Lauretta Hignett

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Imogen is on the brink of getting everything she ever wanted: love, safety, answers. Her father. Mortality.And just like that, a stranger comes to town and rips everything apart. Turns out, the darkest thing Imogen's ever had to face isn't a blood witch, or a vampire, or even a demon.It's a mundane, petty human woman.It's just like they say: Be careful what you wish for...
  • Don't Be Afraid of the Spark by Lily Harper Hart

    Don't Be Afraid of the Spark by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    What happens when Michigan’s most famous ghost hunter can’t see a ghost but her daughter can? Harper Harlow-Monroe is about to find out. When her daughter Poe starts talking about a new ghostly friend nobody else can see, one who brags about hiding from Harper, Whisper Cove’s favorite paranormal investigator is on the case...
  • Secrets That Kill by Colleen Helme

    Secrets That Kill by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    As a “favor” to Uncle Joey, Shelby must deliver a letter to his associate in Orlando where she has been vacationing with her family. When things go terribly wrong, Shelby finds herself being pursued by a Florida Kingpin for the information he thinks she stole. On her own and in trouble, Uncle Joey sends Ramos to her rescue...
  • Thistle While You Work by Amanda M. Lee

    Thistle While You Work by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Thistle Winchester never thought of herself as responsible, but when Overlook helper Belinda gets a chance to go to a special conference and learn about opening her own business, Thistle volunteers to watch Belinda’s daughter Annie. Thistle was the queen of rotten children so she thinks Annie will be easy...
  • The Vampire's Fake Fiancée by Kristen Painter

    The Vampire's Fake Fiancée by Kristen Painter

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town where Halloween is celebrated 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. Sebastian Ellingham isn’t known for being a happy vampire...
  • Alpha Jax: six-pack series book three by C.J. Primer

    Alpha Jax: six-pack series book three by C.J. Primer

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    SIX-PACK SERIES BOOK THREE* While this book can be read as a standalone, I highly recommend reading book one (Alpha Gray) and book two (Alpha Theo) for context before diving into this book. I'm no stranger to one night stands. Lots of girls want to hook up with an alpha, so why should this one be any different? Maybe it's because she was the best I ever had...
  • Witchdependence Day by Amanda M. Lee

    Witchdependence Day by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Marcus Richmond might be the quiet one in the Winchester witches’ world, but that doesn’t mean he has nothing to say.Between renovations at his stable – and plans for a bright future with a certain feisty witch – Marcus has his hands full...
  • Immortal Games by Lauretta Hignett

    Immortal Games by Lauretta Hignett

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Immortality sucks.Just ask Imogen Gray: Over two-hundred thousand years old and teetering on the edge of total insanity. Strong as a shifter, faster than a vampire, Imogen's walked the earth forever, always alone, never growing, never changing.Never learning, either. Her smart mouth and quick temper get her into trouble far too often.When that happens, she gets hurt...
  • Immortal Life by Lauretta Hignett

    Immortal Life by Lauretta Hignett

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Immortality sucks. You know what sucks more? Mortality.Imogen's on the verge of getting everything she ever wanted. The man of her dreams, a talented, smart kid who loves her, some amazing friends, she's finally safe from the ancient creature who keeps ripping her to pieces every time she tries to access her deeper powers – and she's only one step away from finding the reincarnation of her dad...
  • Lucky Charm by Annabel Chase

    Lucky Charm by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Welcome to Spellbound, where paranormal is the new normal. New witch Emma Hart is at her wit’s end and, this time, it’s not the result of her vampire ghost roommate, her snarky owl, or her feelings for a certain fallen angel. Key members of Spellbound society are acting like children and it’s wreaking havoc on the town’s regulation-happy infrastructure...
  • Plaidypus by R.J. Blain

    Plaidypus by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    After a close encounter of the hotspot kind, Nadine’s paws are full figuring out how to feed her thirsty vampire of a brother, trying to convince the CDC she actually can be a shapeshifter infected with the lycanthropy virus, and dodging the pack of crazy women out for her blood—or her brother’s body.She’s not sure if they want her or her brother, but she doesn’t want to find out...
  • Dead and Buried by Annie Anderson

    Dead and Buried by Annie Anderson

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 18 ratings
    Darby Adler is done.Done with the Council. Done with ancient evils popping up every five seconds. And especially done with her ex-boyfriend, Bishop. On the hunt for the slippery mage, she has teamed up with an unlikely ally in a Prince of Hell. The same prince that invades her thoughts, her space, and maybe her heart...
  • Spelunking Through Hell by Seanan McGuire

    Spelunking Through Hell by Seanan McGuire

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Now in trade paperback, the eleventh book in the fast-paced InCryptid urban fantasy series returns to the mishaps of the Price family, eccentric cryptozoologists who safeguard the world of magical creatures living in secret among humans.Love, noun: 1. An intense feeling of deep affection; may be romantic, filial or platonic. Passion, noun: 1. A strong or barely controllable emotion.2...
  • Up From the Grave by Jeaniene Frost, Tavia Gilbert

    Up From the Grave by Jeaniene Frost, Tavia Gilbert

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    There's always one more grave to dig.Lately, life has been unnaturally calm for vampires Cat Crawfield and her husband, Bones. They should have known better than to relax their guard, because a shocking revelation sends them back into action to stop an all-out war...
  • Must Love Charms by Christine Zane Thomas

    Must Love Charms by Christine Zane Thomas

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Nothing can stop Constance Campbell from finding the truth about her mother. Not a demon hellbent on revenge. And not the Faction, a secretive magical organization who have a long history of covering up the facts.But when murders begin popping up all over Virginia with ties to the supernatural, it's up to Constance to protect the paranormal community and help catch the killer...
  • Better than Hex by Annabel Chase

    Better than Hex by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 27 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...
  • Spell's Bells by Annabel Chase

    Spell's Bells by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 28 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...
  • Magic & Murder by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Murder by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Welcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken. Short on both cash and time, Ember Rose does her best as a single mom in New Jersey, serving up attitude along with repossession notices. When a repo job goes sideways, she and her daughter find themselves in imminent danger--until a visit from estranged relatives turns their world upside down...
  • Whiskers on Kittens (A Magical Romantic Comedy (with a body count) #22) by R.J. Blain

    Whiskers on Kittens (A Magical Romantic Comedy (with a body count) #22) by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The next time a friend dared her to steal something, Kelsie would say no. Should the friend also be a succubus, not only would she say no, she would run for the nearest border faster than a bat fleeing the dark depths of hell.Under normal circumstances, she didn’t even mind serving community service. It added spice to an otherwise boring day and gave her something productive to do...
  • Life's A Birch by Annabel Chase

    Life's A Birch by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Life's a birch and then you die in a canal wearing days-of-the-week underpants.Forty-two-year-old Mia Thorne is settling into her new life in the small riverside town of Newberry, Pennsylvania. Part of her misses the bright lights of the big city, but Mia is determined to make the best of the cottage she inherited and its surroundings gardens, as well as her blossoming love life...
  • Tie Me Knot by Allie Brahms

    Tie Me Knot by Allie Brahms

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    So far, while working at a ghost matchmaking agency, the past week has gone 1) a murdered ghost bride who is very very pissed off (don’t blame her, I’d be pissed off too) 2) adopted by chinese hellhounds (I THOUGHT THEY WERE DOGS, OKAY) 3) wake up magically soul-bonded to the sexy demon slayer Zhen (While I agree he’s -expansive hand waving- HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?!) I do not need a fourth incident...
  • A Ghoulish Midlife by Lia Davis, L.A. Boruff

    A Ghoulish Midlife by Lia Davis, L.A. Boruff

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Moving home isn’t in the game plan.Ava Harper had aspirations for her forties. None included using her Necromancy powers to solve murders.As much as she doesn’t want to move back to Maine, she can’t spend another day in the empty, depressing house with the memory of her dead husband. It’s time for a new plan. Time to start over and learn to live again...
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