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Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning
“Evil is a completely different creature, Mac. Evil is bad that believes it’s good. ” — MacKayla Lane was just a child when she and her sister, Alina, were given up for adoption and banished from Ireland forever. — Twenty years later, Alina is dead and Mac has returned to the country that expelled them to hunt her sister’s murderer... -
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Ravenheart by Dannika Dark
“WE ALL HAVE SECRETS, RAVEN. DARK ONES. EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US. ”. Two weeks after joining Keystone, Raven Black is ready to take on the world as a criminal hunter for hire. If only her partner wasn’t a bloodsucking Vampire with a penchant for getting under her skin. Despite her lavish surroundings, Raven misses the freedom of life without rules... -
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![Gaslight by Dannika Dark]()
Gaslight by Dannika Dark
Raven Black returns in another heart-pounding installment of the USA Today bestselling Crossbreed series. Vampire trafficking is a sinister business, and nobody knows that better than Keystone. After Raven discovers hidden clues in a cold case, the group sets a trap in hopes of catching an elusive criminal... -
![Undead Urges by Amanda M. Lee]()
Undead Urges by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsLuna 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... -
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![Preying For Mercy by Patricia Briggs]()
Preying For Mercy by Patricia Briggs
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsOmnibus edition of Moon Called, Blood Bound ANDIron Kissed. -
![Magic & Malice by Annabel Chase]()
Magic & Malice by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsWelcome 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... -
![Blade Bound by Chloe Neill]()
Blade Bound by Chloe Neill
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... -
![Blood of the Lost by Shannon Mayer]()
Blood of the Lost by Shannon Mayer
The conclusion to the Rylee Adamson series! "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. My final salvage, and this time I’m playing for the survival of the entire world... -
![Oracle's Haunt by Shannon Mayer]()
Oracle's Haunt by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsThe fourth installment of the best selling "Desert Cursed Series". Hope is a four letter word. Yet, I can’t help but hope that the Oracle will be the answer to what I seek. But getting to the Oracle is no small thing as she resides in the center of the Blasted lands—toxic waste, lava, and monsters. And as the alpha of our Pride, it’s up to me to act responsibly and not get my people all killed... -
![Magic & Monsters by Annabel Chase]()
Magic & Monsters by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsWelcome 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... -
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Sin Undone by Larissa Ione
HER TOUCH IS DEADLY. As the only female Seminus demon ever born, master assassin Sinead Donnelly is used to being treated like an outcast. She spent decades enslaved, and now vows she'll die before she'll relinquish her freedom again. Then Sin's innate ability to kill her enemies goes awry: She creates a lethal new werewolf virus that sparks a firestorm of panic and violence...Categorized as:
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![House Rules by Chloe Neill]()
House Rules by Chloe Neill
In a city full of vampires, trouble never sleeps. At the tender age of twenty-seven, Merit became a sword-wielding vampire. Since then, she’s become the protector of her House, watched Chicago nearly burn to the ground, and seen her Master fall and rise. Now she’ll see her mettle—and her metal—tested like never before. It started with two . . . Two rogues vanishing without a trace... -
![Magic & Madness by Annabel Chase]()
Magic & Madness by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWelcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken. New Jersey transplant Ember Rose finds herself in the thick of the action when a traveling carnival comes to Starry Hollow. Taking Florian’s advice to be more sociable, she ends up as a member of the Power Puffs—a team of middle school moms who’ve never met a baking competition they haven’t entered... -
![Wraith's Revenge by Keri Arthur]()
Wraith's Revenge by Keri Arthur
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsYou can't run from the past forever. .. Lizzie Grace has finally returned to Canberra, the city where she grew up and a place that holds so many bad memories. Not only does she have to testify at her father's trial, but also deal with her ex's will and relatives unhappy that she's inherited a good chunk of his assets. Yet Canberra holds more than just memories of an unwanted marriage... -
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![Magic & Mayhem by Annabel Chase]()
Magic & Mayhem by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWelcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken. Ember Rose is back for another Starry Hollow mystery. The former New Jersey resident and descendant of the One True Witch expects to see magical works of art on Balefire Beach for the first annual sand sculpture competition--what she doesn't expect to see is a dead body... -
![Fallen by Suzanne Wright]()
Fallen by Suzanne Wright
Only a few are brave enough to fall . . . When Raini desperately needed help, she went to the one person who she knew could save her dying friend . . . her secretive and ruthlessly powerful anchor, Maddox. His price was that she grant him access to her life, yet he's still determined not to form the anchor bond with Raini...Categorized as:
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![Home for the Holidays by Jeaniene Frost]()
Home for the Holidays by Jeaniene Frost
Originally appeared in the print anthology The Bite Before Christmas. 'Tis the season to join Cat and Bones for some holiday cheer in this Night Huntress novella by USA Today and New York Times bestselling author Jeaniene Frost. They were looking forward to a normal holiday—at least as "normal" as it gets for vampires Cat and Bones and their otherworldly friends and family... -
![Rise from the Embers by Stacey Marie Brown]()
Rise from the Embers by Stacey Marie Brown
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe King has fallen! While Stavros moves to take over Lars’s throne, the war for the entire kingdom begins. However, this is no ordinary war against Seelie or Unseelie. The real enemy is the most powerful object in the world. The Stone of Fail. Lars isn’t the only one the stone wants. Zoey Daniels is next on its list. And the stone will do whatever it takes to finally get the girl... -
![Demons of Good and Evil by Kim Harrison]()
Demons of Good and Evil by Kim Harrison
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsRachel Morgan will learn that the price of loyalty is blood. .. Rachel Morgan, witch-born demon, suspected that protecting the paranormal citizens of Cincinnati as the demon subrosa would be trouble. But it’s rapidly becoming way more trouble than even she could have imagined... -
![The Wolf Vs The Shifter: The Hidden City Supernatural Sleuth by Lauretta Hignett]()
The Wolf Vs The Shifter: The Hidden City Supernatural Sleuth by Lauretta Hignett
The hunt begins…. I’ve been on lockdown in the Hidden City for weeks now. Everyone thinks I’m hiding from the Alpha because I disobeyed his orders one too many times. And, well… I have. He’s coming for me; I know that. But he’s also coming for Myf, my mysterious agoraphobic pantry-dwelling Welsh friend, and I can’t let him take her... -
![From Were to Eternity by Lily Harper Hart]()
From Were to Eternity by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsSt. Pete Beach is getting weird. Between warlocks, shark shifters, and wolf packs going to war, Hali Waverly and Gray Hunter have their hands full. Things get even worse when shifters with ties to Gray’s pack start attacking people on the beach. What’s even weirder is that when the duo step in during a frothing melee, the shifters drop dead before they can be questioned... -
![The Wolf Vs The Warlock by Lauretta Hignett]()
The Wolf Vs The Warlock by Lauretta Hignett
Nothing ruins your day more than a bloated, stinking corpse on your doorstep. My natural optimism has taken a serious beating lately. I’ve been working my butt off, drafting a series of outreach programs to help the poor, lost supe kids of the Hidden City before they fall through the cracks in our society and end up in our Otherworld Child Protective system... -
![Blaze of Fury by Annabel Chase]()
Blaze of Fury by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWelcome 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... -
![Heart of Stone by Lisa Edmonds]()
Heart of Stone by Lisa Edmonds
Hire Alice. Private Investigator of the Supernatural. Alice Isn’t Running Anymore. Five years ago, mage private investigator Alice Worth escaped her grandfather Moses Murphy’s organized crime syndicate. Now, her grandfather’s war with local boss Darius Bell has drawn her out of hiding and put her in the crosshairs of two merciless crime lords...Categorized as:
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![Biting Bad by Chloe Neill]()
Biting Bad by Chloe Neill
Merit has been a vampire for only a short while, but she's already seen a lifetime's worth of trouble. She and her Master, centuries-old Ethan Sullivan, have risked their lives time and again to save the city they love. But not all of Chicago is loving them back. Anti-vampire riots are erupting all over town, striking vampires where it hurts the most... -
![American Demon by Kim Harrison]()
American Demon by Kim Harrison
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... -
![Wild Things by Chloe Neill]()
Wild Things by Chloe Neill
Since Merit was turned into a vampire, and the protector of Chicago’s Cadogan House, it’s been a wild ride. She and Master vampire Ethan Sullivan have helped make Cadogan’s vampires the strongest in North America, and forged ties with paranormal folk of all breeds and creeds, living or dead…or both. But now those alliances are about to be tested... -
![Twilight's Herald by T.A. White]()
Twilight's Herald by T.A. White
Aileen Travers thought she had it all figured out. Part private investigator, part fixer to the supernatural community, she was slowly building a reputation as the go-to vampire in Columbus. If you had a supernatural problem and nowhere to turn, she was the girl for you. The best part—no one had tried to kill her in weeks... -
![Red Rook by Annabel Chase]()
Red Rook by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsI 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... -
![I Am Only One by Emeline Rousselot]()
I Am Only One by Emeline Rousselot
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOn 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... -
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Crown of Magic by T.J. Green
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsPassions run deep at Beltane - too deep. With the Beltane Festival approaching, the preparations in White Haven are in full swing, but when emotions soar out of control, the witches suspect more than just high spirits... -
![Curse on the Land by Faith Hunter]()
Curse on the Land by Faith Hunter
Set in the same world as Faith Hunter’s New York Times bestselling Jane Yellowrock novels, the second Soulwood novel tells the story of a woman whose power comes from deep within the earth. .. Before Nell Ingram met skinwalker Jane Yellowrock, she had no one to rely on, finding strength only in in her arcane connection to the dark woods around her... -
![Misfit Hunt by Stephanie Foxe]()
Misfit Hunt by Stephanie Foxe
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe prophecy was clear: break the curse before magic is purged from the world, or lose everything. Amber wanted nothing more than to keep her pack safe, but that is no longer an option. They are outnumbered. Two steps behind. And the clock is ticking. They must fight back. But they can’t do it alone... -
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![Heart of Shadows by Lisa Edmonds]()
Heart of Shadows by Lisa Edmonds
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... -
![Delectable Magic by Iris Beaglehole]()
Delectable Magic by Iris Beaglehole
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsRosemary Thorn is finally about to achieve her dream of opening a chocolate shop in the magical village of Myrtlewood. .. In the lead-up to the Lughnasa festival, trouble is brewing in Bermuda. .. Rosemary has her hands full with the launch of her much anticipated magical chocolate shop... -
![Misfit Fortune by Stephanie Foxe]()
Misfit Fortune by Stephanie Foxe
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIt’s the brightest light that casts the deepest shadows…. Magic, blood, and politics hide an enemy the pack never saw coming. One with more power than anyone understands. Enemies are closing in on all sides, but they’re nothing more than a distraction to hide the real threat. It isn’t just the pack at risk –– not anymore. Magic itself is being threatened... -
![The Blood by Z.W. Taylor]()
The Blood by Z.W. Taylor
Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIt took one bite to change her life forever. Now Charlotte has found herself in the middle of a war that has been brewing for longer than anyone could have imagined. And it's all in the blood. .. Join them as they race against time to try and solve the mystery that could destroy or deliver them from this horrible bloody mess. Also included in this book:. Ass beatings... -
![Shadow's End by Keri Arthur]()
Shadow's End by Keri Arthur
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsTwo ancient vampires and a centuries-long war. Their final battlefield? The Faelan Werewolf reservation. .. With a wedding to plan and a future mother-in-law who hates her, the last thing Lizzie Grace needs is two psycho vampires rampaging through Castle Rock... -
![A Dash of Vampire by S.E. Babin]()
A Dash of Vampire by S.E. Babin
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhat happens when you accidentally kidnap a Fae King, invite a demented vampire queen to bunk with you, and enlist both to plot revenge against the dragons? Violet doesn't know yet, but she's about to find out. Her little jaunt to the fae lands ended with Violet carrying more luggage out than she brought in... -
![Phoenix’s Refrain by Ella Summers]()
Phoenix’s Refrain by Ella Summers
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThere are forces greater than gods or demons at work here. Leda Pandora, the Angel of Chaos, isn’t like other angels. She fights dirty, in ways totally unbecoming of a soldier in the Legion of Angels. She cracks jokes at the other angels, even when she should really keep her mouth shut. And she stubbornly insists on doing the right thing, even if it’s totally against the rules... -
![Dragonsworn by Sherrilyn Kenyon]()
Dragonsworn by Sherrilyn Kenyon
There is nothing in the universe the cursed dragon, Falcyn, hates more than humanity . . . and in particular, Greek humans. In a war he wanted no part of, they systematically destroyed everything he’d ever cared for. Now he lies in seclusion, away from the world and waits for the day when evolution will finally rid him of the human vermin...Categorized as:
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![Living Nightmare by Shannon K. Butcher]()
Living Nightmare by Shannon K. Butcher
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsView our feature on Shannon Butcher’s Living Nightmare. For nine years, the Sentinel Nika has had one goal-to save her younger sister from the Synestryn who hold her captive. Now, the psychic bond Nika forged with her sibling on that terrible night is fading, and time is running out. But the one man who can unlock the power inside her may be the greatest danger to her.Categorized as:
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![Wild Cards and Witches by Annabel Chase]()
Wild Cards and Witches by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe 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... -
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![Midnight's Master by Cynthia Eden]()
Midnight's Master by Cynthia Eden
In a world of shadows, desire conquers all…. Tall, dark, and formidable, Niol Lapen is the last demon on earth most people would ask for a favor, yet the sexy little reporter who wanders into his club dares to do exactly that. Holly Storm already knows too much about his kind, and Niol has no wish to help her get in deeper over her head... -
![Twilight Rebel by Annabel Chase]()
Twilight Rebel by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe Wild has always had its share of threats. For most of us, that threat involves a dental deformity, a hankering for juicy veins, and a superiority complex. But that all changes when one of the villages is brutally attacked. Once again I find myself tackling the region’s problems, along with my merry band of werewolves and powerful new allies... -
![The Rebel Guardian by Lexi Blake]()
The Rebel Guardian by Lexi Blake
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter fighting her way across another plane of existence and facing off against ancient witches, there should be nothing more satisfying than coming home. Unfortunately, Kelsey Atwood had a different experience. The world she returned to has changed. Twelve years have passed, and they’ve been twelve hard years for the friends and family she never meant to leave behind... -
![Death Raiser by J.C. McKenzie]()
Death Raiser by J.C. McKenzie
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsNecromancy is a gift that keeps on giving…. …and my powers always deliver death. I may have narrowly escaped death during my last case with the Victoria Police Department, but now it appears another serial killer has stepped forward to fill the murderous void. This time, the dead aren’t talking. And while the souls are silent, the vampires won’t shut up... -
![Guardian by Shannon Mayer]()
Guardian by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 26 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. After months of danger, running for my life, and dealing with one crisis after another, I'm finally getting that vacation I deserve... -
![Moon Master by J.R. Rain, Matthew S. Cox]()
Moon Master by J.R. Rain, Matthew S. Cox
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAt long last, Samantha Moon has learned the truth behind her vampire sire and why he turned her. But with that knowledge comes a revelation about an ancient evil that preys upon innocent young witches. Turns out, Sam has a unique connection to the fiend, but it might not be enough to help her find the monster...
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