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  • Battle With Fire by K.F. Breene

    Battle With Fire by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 38 ratings
    The final book in the Wall Street Journal bestselling Demon Days, Vampire Nights Series! With Lucifer wanting revenge and the elves desperate to hold onto their power, a battle is inevitable. The question is, which side will Reagan choose? The elves have treated her and her friends badly. Lucifer held her captive...
  • Mentored in Fire by K.F. Breene

    Mentored in Fire by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 38 ratings
    After a life of hiding and laying low so as not to end up trapped in the Underwold, that's exactly where Reagan finds herself. It could be worse, though. She could've had a hostile father as her jailor instead of a man eager to teach her magic. She might've been trapped with someone other than the steadfast Druid...
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  • Revealed in Fire (Demon Days & Vampire Nights) by K.F. Breene

    Revealed in Fire (Demon Days & Vampire Nights) by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 39 ratings
    The DDVN World story continues, largely told from Reagan's point of view, but including all major players.Reagan's trip down to the underworld was never going to remain a mystery. And now Lucifer is actively looking for the woman and her vampire cohort that raised hell in his domaine...
  • Emperor's Throne by Shannon Mayer

    Emperor's Throne by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    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...
  • Wyvern's Lair by Shannon Mayer

    Wyvern's Lair by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    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...
  • Magic Bleeds - Awake by Ilona Andrews, Gordon Andrews

    Magic Bleeds - Awake by Ilona Andrews, Gordon Andrews

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 59 ratings
    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...
  • Freaky Sights by Amanda M. Lee

    Freaky Sights by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Mystic Caravan Circus is on the move after their winter break. First stop? Moonstone Bay. Poet Parker and crew are looking for a permanent location because traveling won’t be an option for much longer. They’re expecting a normal trip.They’re getting so much more … including a mystery...
    Categorized as:
    magic  vampires  m-f  werewolves  shapeshifters  fae  demons  witches
  • Freaky West by Amanda M. Lee

    Freaky West by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Mystic Caravan has hit Texas, and things are supposed to be quiet in Austin. The only thing of note in a city that praises itself for being weird is the nest of vampires that rules the town.They’re not the ones wreaking havoc this time, however.Poet Parker knows something is up when a walk near the river results in an attack from a manic man with an ax...
  • Spells for the Dead by Faith Hunter

    Spells for the Dead by Faith Hunter

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Nell Ingram faces a dark craft known as death magic in the newest pulse-pounding paranormal procedural in the New York Times bestselling Soulwood series.Nell Ingram is a rookie PsyLed agent, using the powers she can channel from deep within the earth to solve paranormal crimes. Together with her team, she's taken on the darkest magic and the direst foes...
  • The Rose Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The Rose Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    A Coven Old Magic Stand-Alone NovelHis magic lurks in the shadows…I feel his eyes on my back with every step I take. He’s following me. Chasing me. There’s nowhere for me to go, nowhere to hide that he won’t find me. He moves in smoke and shadows. He is the darkness. He tracks my every move like a predator with gold glowing eyes in the night...
    Categorized as:
    witches  fae  magic  demons  fated-mates  m-f  paranormal  fantasy
  • Undead Urges by Amanda M. Lee

    Undead Urges by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Luna Thorn is a witch about town. She likes to fancy herself a loner, but the truth is, she has the weight of the world resting on her shoulders.Gorgons are infiltrating Detroit, and they’ve set their sights on Luna. They want her. The question why? Luna is determined to find out. It won’t be easy...
    Categorized as:
    werewolves  vampires  shapeshifters  magic  fae  demons  witches  m-f
  • Warrior Fae Princess by K.F. Breene

    Warrior Fae Princess by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 41 ratings
    With Charity's fate on the line, Devon and his pack must face the perils of the Realm in search of the elusive warrior fae. With no real experience and against some of the most powerful creatures in existence, they are fighting a losing battle. Thankfully, they don't have to do it alone...
    Categorized as:
    witches  demons  vampires  shapeshifters  werewolves  magic  fae  m-f
  • Preying For Mercy by Patricia Briggs

    Preying For Mercy by Patricia Briggs

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Omnibus edition of Moon Called, Blood Bound ANDIron Kissed...
  • Friday The Witchteenth by Amanda M. Lee

    Friday The Witchteenth by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Bay Winchester is newly married and happy. Things have been quiet since she returned from her honeymoon, which means trouble is just around the corner. When it comes, it takes the form of a despondent man on a bridge. Despite her best efforts, Bay and the hostage negotiator can’t save him, and death is swift...
  • Magic & Misfits by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Misfits by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Welcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken.Bentley Smith is tired of being the red-headed stepchild in the office of Vox Populi and is determined to prove his mettle by warming up the cold case involving Sheriff Nash’s murdered father. The deeper he digs, however, the more uncomfortable he becomes when the information he unearths implicates one of Starry Hollow’s very own...
  • Rift in the Soul by Faith Hunter

    Rift in the Soul by Faith Hunter

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Nell Ingram and her team face a dire, supernatural evil in this newest thrilling paranormal procedural in the New York Times bestselling Soulwood series. Nell Ingram draws her powers from deep in the earth, and uses them to help Psy-LED, the Psychometric Law Enforcement Division, which solves paranormal crimes...
  • Liam by Shannon Mayer

    Liam by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    My name is Liam, and I was an FBI agent, until I stepped into the world of Rylee Adamson. Now, I’m a Guardian, a wolf shifter whose very design is to protect those around him at any cost. The battle against Orion is done, the demons banished. In their wake, there are so many innocents who have lost their lives, their families, and their way. Three of them our now ours to raise—the ogre triplets...
  • Bewitched and Bothered by Amanda M. Lee

    Bewitched and Bothered by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Hadley Hunter is taking some downtime with her fiancé Galen Blackwood. All she wants to do is bask in their happiness and pretend nothing bad could possibly happen.This is Moonstone Bay, however. That’s simply not reality.When Galen gets a call that an old-timer on the island is holding a gun on the guests at a local bar, Hadley accompanies him to the scene…and watches as the unthinkable happens...
  • Magic & Malice by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Malice by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Welcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken.When Ember Rose is tasked with covering the birthday party of a wealthy 200-year-old matriarch for the local paper's society section, she doesn't bank on the guest of honor dying before the cake is served...
  • Warrior Fae Trapped by K.F. Breene

    Warrior Fae Trapped by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 48 ratings
    The truce between the vampires and the shifters is long over. So when the two factions stumble upon a lost fae warrior who has no idea what she is, all hell breaks loose. Charity hasn't had it easy. Growing up in a bad part of Chicago, left by her mother at 16, she's a survivor. So when she gets a scholarship to a good college out in California, she thinks all her dreams have come true...
  • Magic & Monsters by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Monsters by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Welcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken.Starry Hollow is abuzz when the famously reclusive Creature Hunter, Winston York, emerges from retirement after a rare sighting of an endangered magical creature and Ember Rose is assigned to cover the story...
  • Driven by Destiny by Lindsay Buroker

    Driven by Destiny by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Arwen Forester is on a quest to remove her dark-elven tattoo and get her mother’s evil people out of her life forever. The last thing she wants is for them to magically manipulate her into betraying Azerdash Starblade, the half-dragon refugee she has feelings for...
  • Magical Compass by Jaymin Eve

    Magical Compass by Jaymin Eve

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Tyson Compass, as one of the famed Compass quads, is not a wizard used to living with regrets. Except for one: Grace Carter. Grace is a healer witch he rejected many years ago. After completely disappearing from his life, she has returned, and turned his world upside down. The attraction between them flares strongly, but she has not forgotten or forgiven his callous rebuff when they were teens...
  • Kate's Daddy by Gordon Andrews

    Kate's Daddy by Gordon Andrews

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    This is the story Jim tells Curran about Kate’sDaddy...
  • Blood & Bones by Lauretta Hignett

    Blood & Bones by Lauretta Hignett

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    My whole world has just exploded. I'm doing a jaunty quick-step on the edge of total insanity, battling shock, exhaustion, crisis fatigue, and some sort of festering dark power that threatens to erupt out of me every time I get a little stressed. At least now I know where this genocidal rage comes from. Turns out, it's hereditary...
  • Blaze of Fury by Annabel Chase

    Blaze of Fury by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Welcome to Chipping Cheddar where supernaturals are hidden in plain sight.I’ve had enough.I’ve been at odds with my family for as long as I can remember.And I’ve been at odds with myself.Light and dark. White and black. Good and evil.To hell with the scales of justice, right now I’m willing to use every fury trait at my disposal to right the recent wrong done to my beloved Chief Fox...
  • American Demon by Kim Harrison

    American Demon by Kim Harrison

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    What happens after you've saved the world? Well, if you're Rachel Mariana Morgan, witch-born demon, you quickly discover that something might have gone just a little bit wrong. That the very same acts you and your friends took to forge new powers may have released something bound by the old...
  • Portal Guardians by Elle Casey

    Portal Guardians by Elle Casey

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    --The Final Installment of the Clash of the Otherworlds Series-- The fae assigned by the council, shadowed by Jayne the elemental and Spike the incubus, journey to the Otherworlds, seeking the portal guardians. An epic journey filled with danger, adventure, and revelations that even the most ancient fae do not expect...
  • Spellcasting with a Chance of Spirits by Mandy M. Roth

    Spellcasting with a Chance of Spirits by Mandy M. Roth

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    I can see and hear the dead. I can also talk to animals. As a natural-born witch and medium, I can do a lot of odd things. In most people's eyes, that makes me a loon. I like to think of it as being unique and eccentric. Plus, now that destiny has brought me back to the town I was born in, I'm not all that different from the supernatural residents of Grimm Cove...
  • I Am Only One by Emeline Rousselot

    I Am Only One by Emeline Rousselot

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    On WP After Dark App 100 Most Read List!Her body was exquisite. I wanted to run my tongue around her hardened nipples and grasp her hips while sinking inside her. I contemplated what sounds she would make when I nudged her deep, and how long it would take before she screamed my name. It wasn't a matter of if she would scream my name, only when.I shook my head, trying to clear my rampant thoughts...
  • After the Fall by Elle Casey

    After the Fall by Elle Casey

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    The Light and Dark Fae have come together, a tenuous peace formed at the urging of the Overworld. Potty-mouthed teen, Jayne Sparks, and her fellow changeling friends find themselves once again in the middle of a maelstrom of conflict, mystery, and magic that they must struggle to not only understand but to overcome. Jayne Sparks Blackthorn hereby cordially invites you to follow her into the Gray.
  • Fates Entwined (Zodiac Wolves) by Elizabeth Briggs

    Fates Entwined (Zodiac Wolves) by Elizabeth Briggs

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    I rejected my fated mate—and now he'll do anything to win me back. Continue the Zodiac Wolves saga with new standalone books in this world! This is Stella and Jordan's story. More info coming Release date may change...
  • Between the Realms by Elle Casey

    Between the Realms by Elle Casey

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Jayne Sparks Blackthorn continues her journey as a changeling member of the Fae living in the Green Forest. Decisions have been made and the Fae Council has spoken. The chosen few must leave the Here and Now to undo the damage begun over a thousand years ago. Loyalties are questioned. Intentions are suspect. Angels and demons, witches and werewolves, pixies and elves...
  • Heart of Vengeance by Lisa Edmonds

    Heart of Vengeance by Lisa Edmonds

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    When dealing with vampires, expect betrayal at every turn…Mage private investigator Alice Worth’s life has changed dramatically. On the plus side, she has a new home to share with alpha werewolf Sean Maclin and her ghost sidekick Malcolm. She’s also gained an office with her name on the door, a fearsome ally, and dark magic inherited from a defeated enemy...
  • Darkness & Light by Elle Casey

    Darkness & Light by Elle Casey

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The animosity between Darkness & Light continues to grow, as do Jayne's supernatural, elemental abilities in the Green Forest. Long-lost friends arrive, new friends leave, passion burns, and mysteries abound...
  • Like a Fine Magical Wine by Brenda Trim

    Like a Fine Magical Wine by Brenda Trim

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After a harrowing visit to the Underworld, I finally shifted into my Phoenix. Flying doesn't stop Fate from insisting that I fight for my life, though. All of these brushes with death are for the birds. Catching the local murderer red-handed should have put a stop to the constant danger I'm in...
  • Red Rook by Annabel Chase

    Red Rook by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    I thought my newfound freedom would allow me to shake off the stink of New York City and start a new life somewhere else, a place where nobody knows me as Death Bringer or Britt the Bloody. A place where I’m not associated with ridiculous prophecies.Looks like fate has other plans.When the city is attacked, I find myself on the wrong side of the border...
  • Glass King by Annabel Chase

    Glass King by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    I didn’t ask to be part of a prophecy and I certainly didn’t ask to be held captive by zealots. They may call me a savior, but they treat me like a sacrifice they’re waiting to make to the gods. Not much of a sacrifice given what they think of me.My only saving grace is that I don’t have to face the dangers alone. This time I have an ally in the form of a knight from Britannia City—London Hayes...
  • Heart of Shadows by Lisa Edmonds

    Heart of Shadows by Lisa Edmonds

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Mage private investigator Alice Worth must solve the most difficult case of her career: her own.A magic-induced bloodbath during a Vampire Court gala leaves Alice and her boyfriend, alpha werewolf Sean Maclin, wounded. Alice and her ghost sidekick Malcolm reluctantly agree to investigate the deadly supernatural attack...
  • Dragon Typhoon by Charlene Hartnady

    Dragon Typhoon by Charlene Hartnady

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A dragon shifter series set in the same world as the bestselling Bride Hunt booksTyphoon doesn’t have a mate. It’s not for lack of trying, or interest. He just hasn’t found the right person yet. He’s pretty sure that it will happen in good time. The problem he faces is that he is desperate to have a baby. It’s all he can think about. He’s seen his friends pair up and have whelps...
  • Fear the Darkness by Alexandra Ivy

    Fear the Darkness by Alexandra Ivy

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    The Guardians of Eternity are embroiled in an epic battle for survival. They are as dangerous as they are sensual—and their lustful appetites are legendary... Her Visions Lead Her To Danger Beautiful Cassandra is a Were, a prophet both vulnerable and defiant, blessed with visions that portend the fate of the world. A rare and delicate creature, Cassie must be protected at all costs...
    Categorized as:
    fae  shapeshifters  demons  werewolves  magic  witches  vampires  m-f
  • Darkblood Prison: Demon Double-Agent by G.K. DeRosa

    Darkblood Prison: Demon Double-Agent by G.K. DeRosa

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    No one said prison would be easy…But I never expected my dime sentence would lead me to uncover dark family secrets, a warlord who wants me dead, hidden powers or a blood bond with an infuriatingly gorgeous dragon shifter.As it turns out, I may not be the soul-sucking demon everyone thought I was. The dark lord of the Underworld orchestrated my murderous bender and now I have to discover why...
  • Witches' Brew by B.R. Kingsolver

    Witches' Brew by B.R. Kingsolver

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Washington, D.C., has never been boring, but this is ridiculous. Warring witch covens. Werewolf packs fighting for territory. Rumors of Human sacrifice. Minor problems leading up to Beltane, when the portents say the veils between worlds will shred...
  • Wild Cards and Witches by Annabel Chase

    Wild Cards and Witches by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The truth shall set you free.Yeah, right.I might have broken away from the group now that I know the dirty secrets of Pandora’s Pride, but I am far from free. Those who know the truth still want to control me. They’re not about to let me walk away and live a quiet life in the mountains. There’s too much at stake...
  • Lord of Destiny by Charlene Hartnady

    Lord of Destiny by Charlene Hartnady

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Book 6 in this exciting new world. If you like dragons and egotistical, super-sexy demigods, then this is the series for you.I’m the son of a god.The other half of a coin.Where my identical twin brother, Jarrod, can see the past. I can see into the future.An awesome ability. I’m lucky, right? Nope, I think I’m cursed...
  • Beautiful Madness by Laken Cane

    Beautiful Madness by Laken Cane

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 18 ratings
    The vampires have the moon.They cannot take the sun.There are daywalkers in Jakeston, and the council wants me to stake them all before they can do more damage. With every day they remain free, they grow more powerful.The daywalkers are feeding, but they're leaving no proof of their grisly meals. There's no blood. No hair. No bones. No drained, dead bodies.Humans are just quietly disappearing...
  • Heart of Lies by Lisa Edmonds

    Heart of Lies by Lisa Edmonds

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    When the truth will get you killed, lies are the only way to save your soul… Mage private investigator Alice Worth and alpha werewolf Sean Maclin have finally moved in together. Their new domestic arrangement is strained by the presence of Alice’s father, a longtime lone wolf struggling to fit into his daughter’s dangerous and unpredictable life...
  • Snared by K.N. Banet

    Snared by K.N. Banet

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 25 ratings
    Her name is Kaliya Sahni.Resident Tribunal Executioner, bounty hunter, and the last nagini.And she’s gotten herself wrapped up in mysteries she might never be able to solve.Kaliya finds herself stonewalled on the questions surrounding Raphael. Unable to find the answers she needs, she is reminded that she has a real job to do...
    Categorized as:
    vampires  shapeshifters  demons  magic  fae  witches  werewolves  m-f
  • A Touch of Angel by S.E. Babin

    A Touch of Angel by S.E. Babin

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When an accidental meeting results in an unlikely alliance, Violet discovers earth-shattering secrets… Sounds like a Tuesday to her. Lucifer's efforts to secure the angel's cooperation are proving unsuccessful until a chance meeting ends with an invitation to attend a forum.There's only one caveat. Violet's presence is required, and she must offer a demonstration of her powers...
  • Bound by Forever by S. Young, Samantha Young

    Bound by Forever by S. Young, Samantha Young

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Niamh Farren has been burdened by knowledge for most of her life. As one of seven fae children born into the human world with the ability to open the gate to Faerie, Niamh’s mission is to guide her fae brethren to do what’s right. Because Niamh has seen what will happen to the human world if she does not protect the gate...
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