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  • White Hot by Ilona Andrews

    White Hot by Ilona Andrews

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 534 ratings
    The Hidden Legacy series by #1. New York Times bestselling author Ilona Andrews continues as Nevada and Rogan navigate a world where magic is the norm…and their relationship burns hot. Nevada Baylor has a unique and secret skill—she knows when people are lying—and she's used that magic (along with plain, hard work) to keep her colorful and close-knit family's detective agency afloat...
  • Magic Shifts by Ilona Andrews

    Magic Shifts by Ilona Andrews

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 251 ratings
    In the latest Kate Daniels novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Ilona Andrews, magic is coming and going in waves in post-Shift Atlanta—and each crest leaves danger in its wake…. After breaking from life with the Pack, mercenary Kate Daniels and her mate—former Beast Lord Curran Lennart—are adjusting to a very different pace...
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  • Magical Midlife Battle by K.F. Breene

    Magical Midlife Battle by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 60 ratings
    The eighth book in the Wall Street Journal Bestselling series. It has all come down to this. The battle to save Kingsley's pack, and Austin's place of birth, is upon them. They have their team, they have their supplies, and they have a very nerve-wracking secret weapon that Edgar devised. They aren't even close to ready. If they lose this battle, every shifter in the world will be in jeopardy...
  • Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews

    Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 275 ratings
    Atlanta is a city plagued by magical problems. Kate Daniels will fight to solve them—no matter the cost. Mercenary Kate Daniels and her mate, Curran, the Beast Lord, are struggling to solve a heartbreaking crisis. Unable to control their beasts, many of the Pack’s shapeshifting children fail to survive to adulthood...
  • ‎Magical Midlife Alliance by K.F. Breene

    ‎Magical Midlife Alliance by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 53 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.
  • Magical Midlife Meeting by K.F. Breene

    Magical Midlife Meeting by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 64 ratings
    It's time for a magical battle Jessie isn't sure she's prepared for. Elliot Graves has been a thorn in Jessie's side since before she agreed to take the house magic. He has constantly brought the fight to her doorstep. Not this time. With the help of Austin's shifters, the Ivy house crew will meet Elliot Graves in one of the most dangerous places imaginable - his home turf...
  • Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs

    Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 157 ratings
    In the #1 New York Times bestselling Mercy Thompson novels, the coyote shapeshifter has found her voice in the werewolf pack. But when Mercy's bond with the pack and her mate is broken, she'll learn what it truly means to be alone. .
  • Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs

    Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 163 ratings
    Mercy Thompson has been hailed as “a heroine who continues to grow and yet always remains true to herself. ”* Now she’s back, and she’ll soon discover that when the fae stalk the human world, it’s the children who suffer. .. Tensions between the fae and humans are coming to a head...
  • Pale Demon by Kim Harrison

    Pale Demon by Kim Harrison

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 98 ratings
    Condemned and shunned for black magic, Rachel Morgan has three days to get to the annual witches’ conference and clear her name, or be trapped in the demonic ever-after . . . forever after. But a witch, an elf, a living vampire, and a pixy in one car going across the country? Talk about a recipe for certain disaster, even without being the targets for assassination...
  • Magical Midlife Challenge by K.F. Breene

    Magical Midlife Challenge by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 57 ratings
    The signs are unmistakable, Momar isn't just targeting Austin's brother. When one of Momar's grunts breaks into Austin's territory looking to grab Jessie for questioning, Jessie and her crew realize they are under fire. In order to protect themselves, it becomes obvious they need backup. Thankfully, the basajaun's people have invited Jessie and her crew into the basajaunak lands...
  • Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs

    Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 98 ratings
    The vampire Wulfe is missing. Since he’s deadly, possibly insane, and his current idea of “fun” is stalking Mercy, some may see it as no great loss. But when he disappears, the Tri-Cities pack is blamed. The mistress of the vampire seethe informs Mercy that the pack must produce Wulfe to prove their innocence, or the loose alliance between the local vampires and werewolves is over...
  • Smoke Bitten by Patricia Briggs

    Smoke Bitten by Patricia Briggs

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 123 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...
  • Midlife Witch Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Midlife Witch Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 40 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...
    Categorized as:
    magic  witches  fae  demons  werewolves  suspense  gifted heroine  m-f
  • Midlife Fairy Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Midlife Fairy Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 46 ratings
    A Paranormal Women’s Fiction with a bit of class, and a lot of sass for anyone over forty! Over the hill, all outta ducks to give, and suddenly life is looking up . . . even if you’re living with a ghost and fighting off werewolves. Moving back to Savannah changed my life in all the best ways. New job. New friends. As far from my ex-husband as possible...
  • Ever After by Kim Harrison

    Ever After by Kim Harrison

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 85 ratings
    The ever after, the demonic realm that parallels the human world, is shrinking. If it disappears completely, so does all magic. It's up to witch-turned-daywalking-demon Rachel Morgan to avert catastrophe and keep life from changing. .. for the worse. While saving the world is important, it isn't Rachel's only motivation...
  • Midlife Demon Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Midlife Demon Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 43 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...
  • Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs

    Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 260 ratings
    By day, Mercy is a car mechanic in the sprawling Tri-Cities of Eastern Washington. By night, she explores her preternatural side. As a shapeshifter with some unique talents, Mercy has often found herself having to maintain a tenuous harmony between the human and the not so human. This time she may get more than she bargained for...
  • Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison

    Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 88 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...
  • Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs

    Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 297 ratings
    Under the rule of science, there are no witch burnings allowed, no water trials or public lynchings. In return, the average law-abiding, solid citizen has little to worry about from the things that go bump in the night. Sometimes I wish I was an average citizen. .. Mechanic Mercy Thompson has friends in low places-and in dark ones. And now she owes one of them a favor...
  • River Marked by Patricia Briggs

    River Marked by Patricia Briggs

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 214 ratings
    Being a different breed of shapeshifter-a walker-Mercy Thompson can see ghosts, but the spirit of her long-gone father has never visited her. Until now, on her honeymoon with the Alpha werewolf Adam. An evil is stirring in the depths of the Columbia River-and innocent people are dying...
  • My Salvation by Alanea Alder

    My Salvation by Alanea Alder

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Priest Vi’Aerdan wants nothing more than for his mate to be safe, but nightmares plague him with images of her being torn to shreds. Despite consulting Meryn, his anxiety persists. He remembers the helplessness associated with his failure to help his unit brothers when they were trapped in the caves of Noctem Falls...
  • My Angel by Alanea Alder

    My Angel by Alanea Alder

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    Vivian Mercy has been running from the past for so long she doesn’t know any other way of life. When a panicked call comes from one of her only friends she finds herself returning to the city of her nightmares where her dedication as a doctor and resolve to help others is put to the test. Etain Vi’Aerlin has been watching over Noctem Falls for centuries...
  • A Perfect Blood by Kim Harrison

    A Perfect Blood by Kim Harrison

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 84 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison returns to the Hollows with the electrifying follow-up to her acclaimed Pale Demon ! A Perfect Blood. Ritually murdered corpses are appearing across Cincinnati, terrifying amalgams of human and other . Pulled in to help investigate by the I. S...
  • The Curse of Tenth Grave by Darynda Jones

    The Curse of Tenth Grave by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 78 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...
  • Eleventh Grave in Moonlight by Darynda Jones

    Eleventh Grave in Moonlight by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 71 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...
  • Dark Skye by Kresley Cole

    Dark Skye by Kresley Cole

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 207 ratings
    In this highly anticipated fifteenth novel in the Immortals After Dark series, #1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole spins a sultry tale of a mighty warrior scarred inside and out and the beguiling sorceress with the power to heal him—or vanquish him forever. ETERNAL OBSESSION...
  • The Blast from the Past by Lucy Score

    The Blast from the Past by Lucy Score

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 62 ratings
    From the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Things We Left Behind. Riley Thorn and her hot, tattooed, private investigator boyfriend Nick Santiago are all moved in to their new fixer-upper. Not only do they finally have their own place, they also haven't found any new dead bodies on the premises. Yep. It looks like summer is over and so is Riley's bad luck...
  • White Witch, Black Curse by Kim Harrison

    White Witch, Black Curse by Kim Harrison

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 92 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison returns to the sinister and seductive Hollows for the newest blockcuster adventure featuring Rachel Morgan, witch and bounty hunter. White Witch, Black Curse. Some wounds take time to heal. .. and some scars never fade...
  • Midlife Ghost Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Midlife Ghost Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 35 ratings
    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.
  • Night Unbound by Dianne Duvall

    Night Unbound by Dianne Duvall

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 46 ratings
    Dianne Duvall's Immortal Guardians protect humanity from unspeakable horrors--but their hearts are as fragile as any mortal's. . . For centuries, Lisette d'Alençon has been a warrior against the dark. She fights alongside her brothers and comrades. But when the dreams start coming, she can't bear to confess them to the Immortal Guardians' command...
  • The Dirt on Ninth Grave by Darynda Jones

    The Dirt on Ninth Grave by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 87 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...
  • Final Fury by Annabel Chase

    Final Fury by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Welcome to Chipping Cheddar where supernaturals are hidden in plain sight. I foolishly believed this day would never come, that life in charming Chipping Cheddar would always be pleasant and somewhat predictable—but all good things must come to an end. And it seems the dormant portal is no exception...
  • Dark Debt by Chloe Neill

    Dark Debt by Chloe Neill

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 52 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
    · 44 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...
  • Out of House and Home by Drew Hayes

    Out of House and Home by Drew Hayes

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 31 ratings
    With his wedding behind him, Fred is looking forward to nightly life finally settling down. Unfortunately, someone from his past has other, far less peaceful, plans in mind. Finding his clan under attack, Fred must scramble to discover who is working against him and how to fight back...
  • Blade Bound by Chloe Neill

    Blade Bound by Chloe Neill

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 41 ratings
    The thrilling final installment of Chloe Neill’s New York Times bestselling urban fantasy series sees a sinister sorcery advancing across Chicago, and it may usher in the fall of Cadogan House…. Since the night of her brutal attack and unwilling transformation to vampire, Merit’s stood as Sentinel and protector of Chicago’s Cadogan House...
  • Trouble With the Cursed by Kim Harrison

    Trouble With the Cursed by Kim Harrison

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Rachel Morgan must keep her friends close—and her enemies closer—in the next Hollows novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison. Rachel Morgan, witch-born demon, has one unspoken rule: take chances, but pay for them yourself...
    Categorized as:
    witches  magic  demons  fae  gifted heroine  m-f  alpha male  fantasy
  • Midlife Zombie Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Midlife Zombie Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 33 ratings
    Book Five in the smash PWF hit! Breena's misadventures continue in this next installment as she faces her fears about kissing the hot guy, dealing with a powerhouse nemesis, and figuring out why everyone in town is acting . . . like zombies.
  • Midnight Marked by Chloe Neill

    Midnight Marked by Chloe Neill

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 45 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...
  • Summoned to Thirteenth Grave by Darynda Jones

    Summoned to Thirteenth Grave by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 62 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 Steals by Ilona Andrews

    Magic Steals by Ilona Andrews

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 93 ratings
    Ilona Andrews—#1 New York Times bestselling author of Magic Shifts—once again pulls readers into the dark and dangerous world of the Kate Daniels novels. .. Shapeshifting tigress Dali Harimau may be a powerful healer and magic user, but she’s far from what might be called “normal”...
  • The Corpse In the Closet by Lucy Score

    The Corpse In the Closet by Lucy Score

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 81 ratings
    From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Things We Never Got Over. Summer is heating up for reluctant psychic Riley Thorn and her handsome private investigator boyfriend, Nick Santiago. First, her disapproving grandmother arrives determined to make Riley take her powers seriously or face the wrath of "the Guild...
  • Deadly Assessments by Drew Hayes

    Deadly Assessments by Drew Hayes

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 34 ratings
    After several years as a vampire, starting a business, founding his own clan, and proposing to his girlfriend, Fred is finally beginning to settle into life as an undead accountant. Unfortunately, not everyone is happy about his continued survival, or the dangerous friends he’s made along the way...
  • Imp Forsaken by Debra Dunbar

    Imp Forsaken by Debra Dunbar

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 32 ratings
    Sam is banished to Hel, the bond with her angel, Gregory, broken. Six Elven kingdoms are battling for supremacy, and she’s broken and injured in the middle of the most hostile one. Shooting the top off a royal throne, committing fraud in the completion of a contract, and threatening a high lord hasn’t endeared her to the elves, either...
  • This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost

    This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 178 ratings
    Danger waits on both sides of the grave. Half-vampire Cat Crawfield and her vampire husband Bones have fought for their lives, as well as for their relationship. But just when they've triumphed over the latest battle, Cat's new and unexpected abilities threaten to upset a long-standing balance . . . With the mysterious disappearance of vampires, rumors abound that a species war is brewing...
  • Burning Dawn by Gena Showalter

    Burning Dawn by Gena Showalter

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 54 ratings
    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...
  • Posthumous Education by Drew Hayes

    Posthumous Education by Drew Hayes

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 29 ratings
    Much like accountants, fey never forget a debt. Just as Fred is settling down in his new abode, he receives word that a favor is being called in, one he promised to a dangerously powerful member of otherworldly royalty. Bracing danger, adventure, and unknown threats, Fred is instead asked to take on an entirely different role than anticipated...
  • Cast Away by Annabel Chase

    Cast Away by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 29 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...
  • Angel of Chaos by Debra Dunbar

    Angel of Chaos by Debra Dunbar

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 29 ratings
    Samantha Martin didn't want the title of Iblis and all the hellish responsibility that comes with it. She sure as heck didn't want these feathery angel wings permanently affixed to her back– although those have their perks. She especially doesn't want all the extra projects the Ruling Council keeps dumping on her plate...
  • The Fangs of Freelance by Drew Hayes

    The Fangs of Freelance by Drew Hayes

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 37 ratings
    When Fred formed his own parahuman clan out of necessity, he understood that it was going to come with new responsibilities. Much as he hoped those tasks would center around extra paperwork and perhaps the occasional mandatory class, enough time around the supernatural has taught him to be ready for anything. Or so he thought...
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