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Darkest Powers Trilogy by Kelley Armstrong
The SummoningThe Darkest Powers Series, Book I After years of frequent moves following her mother’s death, Chloe Saunders’s life is finally settling down. She is attending art school, pursuing her dreams of becoming a director, making friends, meeting boys. Her biggest concern is that she’s not developing as fast as her friends are. But when puberty does hit, it brings more than hormone surges... -
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Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
For Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, there have been worse assignments than going undercover on the set of an adult film. Dodging flaming monkey poo, for instance. Or going toe-to-leaf with a walking plant monster. Still, there is something more troubling than usual about his newest case... -
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![Liam by Shannon Mayer]()
Liam by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsMy 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... -
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Noragami: Stray God, Vol. 1 by Adachitoka
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsDIVINE INTERVENTION FOR SALE Yato is a homeless god. He doesn't even have a shrine, not to mention worshippers! So to achieve his ambitious goals, he's set up a service to help those in need (for a small fee), hoping he'll eventually raise enough money to build himself the lavish temple of his dreams... -
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![Black Bird, Vol. 3 by Kanoko Sakurakouji]()
Black Bird, Vol. 3 by Kanoko Sakurakouji
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsHe loves her blood, but does her love her?!R to L (Japanese Style). He loves her blood, but does her love her?! There is a world of myth and magic that intersects ours, and only a special few can see it. Misao Harada is one such person, and she wants nothing to do with magical realms. She just wants to have a normal high school life and maybe get a boyfriend... -
![Black Bird, Vol. 4 by Kanoko Sakurakouji]()
Black Bird, Vol. 4 by Kanoko Sakurakouji
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsHe loves her blood, but does her love her?!R to L (Japanese Style). He loves her blood, but does her love her?! There is a world of myth and magic that intersects ours, and only a special few can see it. Misao Harada is one such person, and she wants nothing to do with magical realms. She just wants to have a normal high school life and maybe get a boyfriend... -
![Black Bird, Vol. 6 by Kanoko Sakurakouji]()
Black Bird, Vol. 6 by Kanoko Sakurakouji
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsHe loves her blood, but does her love her?!Reads R to L (Japanese Style), for T+ audiences. Misao and Kyo have traveled to the Tengu Village to end Sho's claim on the leadership of the clan once and for all. Misao knows there will be bloodshed, and things will only get worse if the battle is drawn out.But her attempt to help is thwarted by a cunning trap... -
![Black Bird, Vol. 2 by Kanoko Sakurakouji]()
Black Bird, Vol. 2 by Kanoko Sakurakouji
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsHe loves her blood, but does her love her?! R to L (Japanese Style). He loves her blood, but does her love her?! Kyo, the head of the Tengu demon clan, is Misao's only chance for survival. But even though she has sweet memories of him as a childhood friend, she has trouble reconciling them with the man he has become... -
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13 by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsThe exciting, page-turning LAST episode of Kelley Armstrong's acclaimed, bestselling Women of the Otherworld series!Savannah Levine, a young witch of remarkable power and a dangerous pedigree, staggers away from a bomb blast in New Orleans, glad that she's managed to rescue her half-brother Bryce from the supernatural revolutionaries who'd held him captive... -
![Thirst No. 4: The Shadow of Death by Christopher Pike]()
Thirst No. 4: The Shadow of Death by Christopher Pike
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsAlisa is a five-thousand-year-old vampire, stronger and more cunning than her adversaries. But now she's trapped in the body of a newborn vampire and at the mercy of a terrible thirst. Worst of all, she's facing enemies whose fierce desire for domination grows ever stronger. The immortal race the Telar is threatening to release a virus to decimate humanity... -
![Thirst No. 5: The Sacred Veil by Christopher Pike]()
Thirst No. 5: The Sacred Veil by Christopher Pike
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsIt's no dream. At last the truth of what happened during those hellish days has come back to her. In her five thousand years as a vampire, Alisa - or Sita, as she was originally called - has experienced the equivalent of fifty lifetimes. Every moment of her immortal life is seared deep into her being. Every person she has loved, every victim she has killed - their faces are forever part of her... -
![Inferno by Sherrilyn Kenyon]()
Inferno by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsThe heat is on, and a new threat to humanity has risen…Nick has his driver’s license and he’s not afraid to use it. But turning sixteen isn’t what he thought it would be. While other boys his age are worried about prom dates and applying for college, Nick is neck deep in enemies out to stop him from living another day... -
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Wounded by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 27 ratings"My name is Rylee and I am a Tracker." When children go missing, and the Humans have no leads, I'm the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot. The clock is ticking and I can feel the weight of the final battle with the demon hordes looming over my head. The puzzle pieces are becoming clearer, but the casualty list is growing... -
![Shimmer by Paula Weston]()
Shimmer by Paula Weston
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsGaby thought her life couldn’t get more complicated.She’s almost used to the idea that she’s not the nineteen-year-old backpacker she thought she was. She can just about cope with being one of the Rephaim - a 140-year-old half-angel - whose memories have been stolen. She’s even coming to grips with the fact that Jude, the brother she’s mourned for a year, didn’t die at all... -
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![The Elementals by A.L. Knorr]()
The Elementals by A.L. Knorr
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsCan they use their newfound powers to save their hometown, or will they die trying? The summer is over and the promised get-together results in an epic sharing of the transformational adventures that have gifted Akiko, Saxony, Georjayna, and Targa with their elemental powers... -
![Treasures, Demons, and Other Black Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge, Caitlin Davies]()
Treasures, Demons, and Other Black Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge, Caitlin Davies
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsI hadn’t set foot in the human world for more than a few hours in over three and a half months. Sure, I was stronger and faster than I’d ever been before, and I had a shiny new sword, but I was seriously chocolate deprived. I don’t recommend quitting cold turkey. And the new sword was a problem — to my mind, anyway... -
![Shadow Demons by Sarra Cannon]()
Shadow Demons by Sarra Cannon
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIn Peachville, there's a fine line between good and evil.That line is about to be crossed... -
![The Magician's Brother by H.D.A. Roberts]()
The Magician's Brother by H.D.A. Roberts
In my world, magic is an everyday thing. It's on street corners; it's in our schools, our homes and even our governments. Magic carpets share the sky with jets, international boxing shares air time with magical duellists. It's a whole mess, but then nobody consulted me before outing every mage on the planet.My twin brother is a Wizard, and thinks he's the only magician in the family... -
![Archon's Hope by H.D.A. Roberts]()
Archon's Hope by H.D.A. Roberts
Archons, Fanatics, Fairies, Black Magic, Shadowborn... As if my life wasn't already complicated enough, now the Archons are back, and they're searching for their lost brother... -
![The Kill by L.J. Smith]()
The Kill by L.J. Smith
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThis spectacular repackaged bind-up of a beloved trilogy begins with a board game. What was supposed to be an evening of celebration with friends, fun, and games becomes a night of danger, drama, and obsessive love. Because when Jenny, her boyfriend, Tom, and their friends begin to play the Game, it comes to life... -
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Fall of Night by Rachel Caine
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsThanks to its unique combination of human and vampire residents, Morganville, Texas, is a small college town with big-time problems. When student Claire Danvers gets the chance to experience life on the outside, she takes it. But Morganville isn’t the only town with vampire trouble.. -
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Bitter Blood by Rachel Caine
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsFor years, the human and vampire residents of Morganville, Texas, have managed to co-exist in peace. But now that the threat to the vampires has been defeated, the human residents are learning that the gravest danger they face is the enemy within… Thanks to the eradication of the parasitic creatures known as the draug, the vampires of Morganville have been freed of their usual constraints... -
![Bitter Demons by Sarra Cannon]()
Bitter Demons by Sarra Cannon
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsSo far, life in Peachville has been tough for Harper Madison. She's survived attacks on her life, learned how to control her magic and met the most gorgeous boy with an unbelievable secret. After her latest stunt at Brighton Hospital, life has gotten even more complicated. The Order of Shadows is determined to tighten their control on her life... -
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Royal Blood by Ellen Schreiber
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsSummer break is over, and Raven is hardly eager to be returning to Dullsville High. Not only does school mean daily interaction with preppy pest Trevor Mitchell, but her sleep-filled days and romantic nights with her immortal boyfriend, Alexander, must come to an end. Plus the shock of morning classes isn't the only change in store...Categorized as:
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![Wolf's Bane by Kelley Armstrong]()
Wolf's Bane by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsPaperback & ebook release of 2018’s serialized novel about the teen children of Elena & Clay from my Otherworld series. When Kate and Logan Danvers are targeted by a pack of Australian werewolves, they aren’t nearly as concerned your average sixteen-year-olds might be. The twins are werewolves themselves, children of the American Pack Alpha and her enforcer mate... -
![The Deadliest Bite by Jennifer Rardin]()
The Deadliest Bite by Jennifer Rardin
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsI have two choices. Carve Brude's name into Hell's bile-encrusted gates. Or lose my soul.After an assassination attempt on Vayl, I find myself pulled into a tangled web that takes the gang to Romania... -
![Katie's Hope by Lizzy Ford]()
Katie's Hope by Lizzy Ford
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThree weeks after leaving Rhyn, Katie learns the Immortals have no intention of letting her go despite her deal with their leader. Rhyn discovers he can only protect her if he accepts his place among the Immortals. However, doing so may cost him the only thing that matters. Meanwhile, demons are closing in, and Death orders Katie killed...Categorized as:
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![Gates of Paradise by Melissa de la Cruz]()
Gates of Paradise by Melissa de la Cruz
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsSchuyler Van Alen is running out of time. The Dark Prince of Hell is storming the Gates of Paradise, intent on winning the heavenly throne for good. This time he has his greatest angels by his side, Abbadon and Azrael—Jack and Mimi Force, as they are known in the Coven.Or so he thinks... -
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Legacy by C.J. Daugherty
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsIn the last year, Allie's survived three arrests, two breakups and one family breakdown. The only bright point has been her new life at Cimmeria Academy. It's the one place she's felt she belongs. And the fact that it's brought dark-eyed Carter West into her life hasn't hurt either...Categorized as:
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![D.N.Angel, Vol. 4 by Yukiru Sugisaki]()
D.N.Angel, Vol. 4 by Yukiru Sugisaki
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsLife becomes complicated for Daisuke when he transforms into the phantom thief Dark whenever he sees Risa, the girl he likes... -
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Kiss of the Rose Princess, Vol. 1 by Aya Shouoto
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAnise Yamamoto has been told that if she ever removes the rose choker given to her by her father, a terrible punishment will befall her. Unfortunately she loses that choker when a bat-like being falls from the sky and hits her. Anise is granted four cards representing four knights whom she can summon with a kiss... -
![Bitten in Two by Jennifer Rardin]()
Bitten in Two by Jennifer Rardin
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsJaz Parks here. I. Am. Pissed. Just as Vayl and I arrive in Morocco to secure an ancient artifact, he wakes up calling me by another woman's name. And it's not even a good one. But since any form of argument transforms him into an unholy terror, I'm forced to play along until the gang and I can figure out what kind of power has so vastly altered his perceptions... -
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Sanctuary by Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsSixteen-year-old Jessica Mastriani knew she wasn't going to be able to hide her psychic powers from the U.S. government — interested in utilizing her special skills for their own devices — forever. But she never thought that she and Cyrus Krantz, the special agent brought in to "convince" Jess to join his elite team of "specially-gifted" crime solvers, would turn out to have something in common... -
![The Chase by L.J. Smith]()
The Chase by L.J. Smith
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThis spectacular repackaged bind-up of a beloved trilogy begins with a board game. What was supposed to be an evening of celebration with friends, fun, and games becomes a night of danger, drama, and obsessive love. Because when Jenny, her boyfriend, Tom, and their friends begin to play the Game, it comes to life... -
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![Bite Marks by Jennifer Rardin]()
Bite Marks by Jennifer Rardin
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsJaz Parks here. But I'm not alone. I'm hearing voices in my head - and they're not mine. The problem, or maybe the solution, is work. And the job's a stinker this time -- killing the gnomes that are threatening to topple NASA's Australian-based space complex. Yeah, I know. Vayl and I should still be able to kick this one in our sleep... -
![D.N.Angel, Vol. 3 by Yukiru Sugisaki]()
D.N.Angel, Vol. 3 by Yukiru Sugisaki
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsIt's time for the St. White festival, and Daisuke has been so busy working on the festival committee that he's forgotten to get a present for his beloved Risa. His mother, in her infinite generosity, forces Daisuke to take a simple white ribbon as a gift. But unbeknownst to Daisuke, there's a story going around that if a boy gives a white ribbon to a girl and ties it for her on St... -
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Eternal Magic by C.N. Crawford
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsUrsula hadn’t expected to return to the Shadow Realm a prisoner, but at least the dungeon reunites her with her old mentor, Kester. That’s only a small consolation when she learns the horrific plans of a shadowy demigod. Plans that involve her. In order to fight back, she must find her fiancé, Bael. Together, they've got to steal Excalibur from the world's most powerful dragon-shifter... -
![Wicked Kiss by Michelle Rowen]()
Wicked Kiss by Michelle Rowen
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsMy kiss can kill. I used to be ordinary Samantha Day, but that's changed. Now, after one dark kiss from a dangerous boy, I can steal someone's soul…or their life. If I give in to the constant hunger inside me, I hurt anyone I kiss. If I don't…I hurt myself. Bishop is the one whose kiss I crave most, but if I kiss him, I'll kill him. Then there's another boy, one I can't hurt... -
![Bloodline Sorcery by Lan Chan]()
Bloodline Sorcery by Lan Chan
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBlood might be thicker than water, but my blood only spells trouble. It’s a new semester at Bloodline Academy but I’m the same old Sophie Mwansa. I’m still the low-magic kitchen witch at the bottom of the totem pole. The rare human in a school full of shifters, Nephilim, Fae and vampires. And they look at me like I’m their worst nightmare... -
![오렌지 마말레이드 1 by Seok Woo]()
오렌지 마말레이드 1 by Seok Woo
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsA female vampire and a human male both have feelings for each other without knowing..Categorized as:
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![Buried Memory by Adam J. Wright]()
Buried Memory by Adam J. Wright
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhoever said that nothing ever happens in a small town clearly never visited Dearmont, Maine. It’s getting hotter than hell around here. When the dead start crawling out of their graves, you know something’s up. If there’s one thing I hate more than zombies, it’s having my memories erased by magic... -
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Fracture by C.J. Daugherty
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsDevastated by the loss of her friend and under constant threat from an unknown spy at Cimmeria Academy, Allie Sheridan is finding it hard to cope.In Fracture, the third book in the Night School series, she’s not the only one losing it – everything is falling apart. And when Nathaniel begins to reveal his game plan, Isabelle starts to lose control...Categorized as:
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![Angel Dares by Joss Stirling]()
Angel Dares by Joss Stirling
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsAngel is impulsive. Disguising her savant ability to control water doesn't come easily to her. Then she meets the broodingly handsome Marcus at a music festival where they're both performing, and finds herself all at sea. For when he sings, her soul answers with its own music. Like the tide, their mutual attraction cannot be held back, but Marcus's mistrust of Angel's gift is even stronger... -
![Kick the Candle by Genevieve Jack]()
Kick the Candle by Genevieve Jack
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsCommitment phobic, Grateful Knight has her hands full. While she struggles to understand her new role as Monk's Hill Witch, evil isn't waiting for her to come up to speed... -
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![Love Bites by Ellen Schreiber]()
Love Bites by Ellen Schreiber
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsAs a mortal girl dating a vampire, Raven knows that love isn't always easy. Now that Alexander's parents have returned to Romania, Raven and her dreamy vampire boyfriend are happy to resume their cryptic romance. But soon another visitor comes knocking: Sebastian, Alexander's best friend, arrives for a stay at the mansion... -
![Switched by Sienna Mercer]()
Switched by Sienna Mercer
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsDon't miss this fun tween vampire series, featuring regular girl Olivia and goth girl Ivy! When Olivia Abbott moves to town, she's excited to join the cheerleading team and make new friends. Then she meets Ivy Vega. At first, Ivy, pale and dressed all in black, looks like Olivia's opposite... -
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Spell Bound by Rachel Hawkins
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 53 ratingsHailed as “impossible to put down,” the Hex Hall series has both critics and teens cheering. With a winning combination of romance, action, magic and humor, this third volume will leave readers enchanted.Just as Sophie Mercer has come to accept her extraordinary magical powers as a demon, the Prodigium Council strips them away... -
![A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness]()
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 77 ratingsA richly inventive novel about a centuries-old vampire, a spellbound witch, and the mysterious manuscript that draws them together. Deep in the stacks of Oxford's Bodleian Library, young scholar Diana Bishop unwittingly calls up a bewitched alchemical manuscript in the course of her research... -
![Unraveled by Gena Showalter]()
Unraveled by Gena Showalter
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsSince coming to Crossroads, Oklahoma, former outcast Aden Stone has been living the good life. Never mind that one of his best friends is a werewolf, his girlfriend is a vampire princess who hungers for his blood, and he's supposed to be crowned Vampire King—while still a human! Well, kind of. With four—oops, three now—human souls living inside his head, Aden has always been "different" himself... -
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Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 67 ratingsSophie Mercer thought she was a witch. That was the whole reason she was sent to Hex Hall, a reform school for delinquent Prodigium (a.k.a. witches, shape-shifters, and faeries). But then she discovered the family secret, and the fact that her hot crush, Archer Cross, is an agent for The Eye, a group bent on wiping Prodigium off the face of the earth...
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