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Cypress Ashes by Kai Butler
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsParker Ferro is not okay. In the heart-pounding conclusion to the San Amaro Investigations series, Parker faces down enemies on all sides, including one within his own family. With his city under lockdown, Parker is fighting for everyone and everything that he cares about. The fate of the thousand realms rests on his shoulders. What’s a local PI to do? -
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Rand by Silvia Shaw
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn epic story of magic, heroism, love, and treachery, Rand is a magical world ruled by an imperial line of Queens. Three hundred years ago, its most powerful talisman, a medallion called the Circle of Sheda, was taken through the portal and lost. When Dr... -
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![Celestial Magic by Iris Beaglehole]()
Celestial Magic by Iris Beaglehole
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsRosemary and Athena’s lives are thrown as the big Summer Solstice festival brings a series of mysterious events. Rosemary’s chocolate shop plans are being waylaid by strange disappearances and uninvited visitors. Meanwhile, Athena is sure the astrological lessons at Myrtlewood Academy hold the key to unlocking the town’s latest mystery, even if her mother doesn't want to hear about it... -
![Growing Alpha by Erin R. Flynn]()
Growing Alpha by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsDivision Chief Seraphine Thomas knows that progress isn’t made without sacrifices. Their side has lost people, and the cost to her own life is sometimes too high. But now that the political climate for supes shifts widely back the wrong way, everyone is scrambling to secure the protections supes desperately need. It’s simply impossible to play a fair game when the other side cheats... -
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![The Last Soul Among Wolves by Melissa Caruso]()
The Last Soul Among Wolves by Melissa Caruso
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Last Soul Among Wolves is the dazzling second instalment in Melissa Caruso's bestselling Echo Archives series, a whip-smart fantasy adventure packed with murder, mystery and mind-bending magic. All Kembral Thorne wants is to finish her maternity leave in peace... -
![In Sea-Salt Tears by Seanan McGuire]()
In Sea-Salt Tears by Seanan McGuire
Free to download in Mobi, ePub and PDF on http://www. seananmcguire. com/tobyshor. .. It was 1972, and a teenage girl named Elizabeth Ryan thought that her world was coming to an end. Elizabeth was the daughter of two Selkies, you see, and she had just been passed up for a skin. But then a mysterious cousin who calls herself Annie appears, and Elizabeth finds other things to think about. . -
![Snow: The White Crow by Erik Schubach]()
Snow: The White Crow by Erik Schubach
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen people are in need of location or rescue outside of the walled cities in a werewolf infested world. Gretta Snow, Recovery Specialist and Wolf Hunter, is the woman to call. Her ability with weapons and combat are just as formidable as Her magics and supernatural connection to nature... -
![Fan Service: Supernatural Society Omnibus by Gail Carriger]()
Fan Service: Supernatural Society Omnibus by Gail Carriger
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThis collector’s special Fan Service omnibus contains stories specifically tailored to honor Gail Carriger’s most devoted fans. The print run was 500 limited (numbered) editions, and 30 (lettered) leather-boxed tray case editions. It includes previously published Supernatural Society Novellas: Romancing the Inventor, Romancing the Werewolf. And an all new and never before seen novelette:... -
![Three Murdered Mages, Two Broken Bonds by Hiyodori]()
Three Murdered Mages, Two Broken Bonds by Hiyodori
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat good was a bond if I couldn't use it to haul her back from the edge? Shortly after the events of Clematis and the Queen of the Void, a mysterious letter lures Clem and Wist to a grand estate. The very same manor where Wist was raised by a clan of backstabbing, power-hungry mages. When it comes to magic, Wist surpasses her entire family put together... -
![Ella: Cinders and Ash by Erik Schubach]()
Ella: Cinders and Ash by Erik Schubach
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDrawn to Seattle by the pull of black magics, Ella brings her wrath. A trail of blood and violence left in her wake. By chance, Parker Devareau, meets Ella while rushing home to get behind the safety of her Full Moon Bars on a full moon night. Parker can see, hear and feel things that no ordinary person can... -
![Rose: Briar's Thorn by Erik Schubach]()
Rose: Briar's Thorn by Erik Schubach
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHer touch is death. .. her love is worse. For as long as she can remember, Rose has been a monster. Cursed by a man who would one day become one of the most feared creatures on the earth, one of the future Alpha werewolves. Alister Marcus. For hundreds of years she has roamed the earth, living apart from humanity, watching from afar... -
![Witch Unmade by Debbie Cassidy]()
Witch Unmade by Debbie Cassidy
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsSometimes you miss things that are staring you in the face. Everything has led to this. All the threads are finally coming together, and the pieces of the puzzle are slotting into place. Question is, how do I really fit in? -
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Bloody Claws by Winter Pennington
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsYule is a time to celebrate the rebirth of the light, but for Preternatural Private Investigator and Paranormal Huntress Kassandra Lyall, it’s about solving yet another series of crimes. When a couple disappears from their quiet neighborhood home, Detective Arthur Kingfisher brings Kassandra in on the case. Faced with a bloody symbol painted on the couple’s bedroom wall, the cops are stumped... -
![The Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One by Mishka Jenkins]()
The Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One by Mishka Jenkins
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYour first case as a detective is forcing you to open your eyes to a world bigger than you thought. But maybe it's better to keep them closed. Knowing too much doesn’t help anyone sleep at night! Seems the supernatural didn’t get the memo that nothing exciting ever happens in the little town of Wayhaven... -
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![Demons & Daffodils by A.J. Merlin]()
Demons & Daffodils by A.J. Merlin
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsI had a plan. Make a deal with the devil for more power, join a coven, get a boyfriend, and spend the next three hundred years making a name for myself while finding a way to free my eternal soul from servitude to Satan before I’m old. It wasn’t in my plan to die three weeks after my deal by having a helicopter dropped on me. Now I’m dead... -
![The Hood of Locksley by Erik Schubach]()
The Hood of Locksley by Erik Schubach
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsHer faith, unshakable… and her aim is true. The legends of fairytales descend upon Issaquah, Washington from Seattle in response to the report of lemon activity. They find themselves under attack by an archer with uncanny aim and unnatural speed and agility. The group’s beta wolf, Amanda Danes, finds herself in pursuit of a legend. Robyn of Locksley. The fabled Robin Hood of Nottingham... -
![Let Down Your Hair by Erik Schubach]()
Let Down Your Hair by Erik Schubach
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe Avatars in Seattle stumble upon the journals of past Avatars, and Parker starts reading the story of Rapunzel in her own words. After spending half her life imprisoned by the dark witch, Dame Gothel, Rapunzel has vowed to hunt her down so that she can cause no more harm to the innocents of the world. In her hunt, she stumbles upon the most unlikely of companions... -
![Hair of Gold - Just Right by Erik Schubach]()
Hair of Gold - Just Right by Erik Schubach
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe world has not been kind to Katiana, Goldilocks, as the werewolves robbed her of her family when she was young. She was spared a similar fate by three bears who came to her aid and fought off the wolves. Kat finds herself in a strange new world after the loss of her family, but finds happiness again with her new family… her new brothers... -
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Expired by C.P. Rider
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAn assassin goes into a bar. .. Actually, she buys the bar. A truckstop town bar called the Dusty Cactus Saloon. Now, if everyone will stop asking for her help, she might actually find some time to run the damn thing. A full-length novel from Chandra's point of view. Just a little shorter than Neely's books... -
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Stormwind by Skye Knizley
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe body of Wade Franks hangs from a gargoyle in Old Town, bathed in the harsh glow of the spring Blood moon. Terrible, bloody wounds cover his body and it’s clear he didn’t give up without a fight. But a fight against who…or what? Detective Raven Storm is assigned to uncover the truth behind Franks’ death, chalking up another ‘unsolvable’ case for the Chicago Police... -
![She Came at Midnight by Darva Green]()
She Came at Midnight by Darva Green
"If you want to dance through the darkness, I'll let you take the lead. .. ". Being a powerless witch in a family of murderous occultists, Natalia knows better than to make any kind of deal with a supernatural creature. But when she comes face to face with the Nocnitsa who haunts her nightmares, she can’t deny that she’s tempted... -
![Shadows & Dreams by Alexis Hall]()
Shadows & Dreams by Alexis Hall
Second rule in this line of business: be careful who you kill. My name’s Kate Kane. And right now, I don’t know which is more dangerous: my job, or my girlfriend. My job makes me the go-to girl for every supernatural mystery in London. My girlfriend’s an eight-hundred-year-old vampire prince. Honestly, I think it’s probably a tie. A few weeks ago, I was hired for a simple missing person case... -
![Mage Unmasked by Robin Roseau]()
Mage Unmasked by Robin Roseau
Mia Pixie Cooke is homeless and having a particularly bad night, garnering far too much attention from law enforcement. The FBI stepping in doesn't help. But she finds herself at Greenwood Academy for Girls, where she discovers there are more forces in the world than humans and mages. This is an academy novel, inspired by reverse harem (RH), why choose novels. Without the five boyfriends... -
![Trolls by Erik Schubach]()
Trolls by Erik Schubach
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEvangeline Kane is thrust into a world and a role she never asked for. She finds herself questioning her sanity as she finds herself bound to a bridge as its Troll when the previous champion died in her arms... -
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![The Devil You Know by Marie Castle]()
The Devil You Know by Marie Castle
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCate Delacy isn’t thrilled to be volunteered as a finder of lost bodies, but she’s not immune to Gemini Roskov’s grief and righteous desire to claim her father’s remains. It means a confrontation with the hostile Council of Supernatural Beings that controls far too much of New Orleans’ darker mysteries and…personalities... -
![Witches of Honeysuckle House by Liz Parker]()
Witches of Honeysuckle House by Liz Parker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHaunted by a curse that kills someone close to their family every thirteen years, two sisters must come together to break the spell and save that which they hold most dear. This enchanting novel explores the fraught lines between family and the secrets they keep, perfect for fans of Ava Morgyn and Heather Webber... -
![Not A Vampire by Auryn Hadley]()
Not A Vampire by Auryn Hadley
They’re destined to destroy each other. When a crusading killer and a mysterious monster choose another path, will their worlds burn? Fighting evil is second nature to Thane Keegan. Raised by the Church of the Holy Inquisition to hunt down and slay demons, the fierce warrior only stays loyal to his role to keep his brother safe... -
![The Hex Next Door by Lou Wilham]()
The Hex Next Door by Lou Wilham
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat’s a little necromancy between family? For the Crow Witch, Icarus "Rus" Ashthorne, Moondale seemed the perfect hiding place. But like they always say, you can't go home again, and Rus finds out quickly that nothing is how she remembered, while at the same time very little has changed. Then she comes face to face with the only woman she's ever loved, Az Elwood, and. . -
![The Protector Guild by Gray Holborn]()
The Protector Guild by Gray Holborn
They don't want to want her, but they do. .. In the shadows of the human world, a secret society of demon hunters fights to keep humanity from the supernatural forces that threaten to tear it apart... -
![Battle of Forces: Sera Toujours by Ali Vali]()
Battle of Forces: Sera Toujours by Ali Vali
In book two of the Forces series, Kendal and Piper return to New Orleans, both now immortal. The peace along the Mississippi River is short-lived with the arrival of Kendal’s old friends, Morgaine and Lenore. They come with an order from the Genesis Clan for Kendal to return with them to face judgment for mixing the elixir of the sun for Piper without their consent... -
![Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk]()
Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk
A magical detective dives into the affairs of Chicago's divine monsters to secure a future with the love of her life. This sapphic period piece will dazzle anyone looking for mystery, intrigue, romance, magic, or all of the above. An exiled auspex who sold her soul to save her brother's life is offered one last job before serving an eternity in hell... -
![As Many Souls as Stars by Natasha Siegel]()
As Many Souls as Stars by Natasha Siegel
For fans of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, an inventive and romantic speculative novel about two women—a witch and an immortal demon—who make a Faustian bargain and are drawn into a cat-and-mouse chase across multiple lifetimes. 1592. Cybil Harding is a First Daughter... -
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Hell's Belle by Marie Castle
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsCate Delacey is glad she’s a witch—both kinds. She could have done without the guardian bit that put a bull’s eye on her back. Being a guardian comes with so many risks and rules that immortality ought to be a fringe benefit... -
![Hecate's Hollow by Tallie Rose]()
Hecate's Hollow by Tallie Rose
A Snow White and Rose Red retelling. Besides the blood drinking and international crime, she’s the perfect woman…. Lemon has spent the last twenty years hidden away from her abusive father in the mountain town of Hecate’s Hollow, a safe haven for witches like Lemon and her family... -
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![Raven Maid: Out of the Darkness by Erik Schubach]()
Raven Maid: Out of the Darkness by Erik Schubach
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAdelaide Oliver, raised in the bayou in New Orleans, flees the Big Easy to Seattle when she believes she is seeing things and losing her mind. What she doesn't realize is that she is a Raven Maid, a secret of the Voodoo, Vodoun faith. She walks the path between this world and the next, guiding lost souls to their final destination, whether that be the wayward spirit's idea of heaven or hell... -
![Two Broke Witches by Kate Starling]()
Two Broke Witches by Kate Starling
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsEven for witches, the rent is too damn high. Delilah Cruz is a self-loathing death witch who refuses to use her magick. Iris Williams is a nature-bound green witch who doesn't want to leave the big city. For a year, they've roomed together in a crummy apartment, lying to their neighbors about being witches, and ignoring that they have the hots for each other... -
![An Unlikely Partnership: A Lesbian Paranormal Mystery by Katie Trapp]()
An Unlikely Partnership: A Lesbian Paranormal Mystery by Katie Trapp
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsRue Lovelace was not accustomed to change. She enjoyed her mundane life. So, when her mentor abruptly skips town leaving her in his place as Head Custos witch and new owner of a mystery ring, she doesn’t handle it the best, especially when she finds out part of her new role is to assist the police with Other-world issues... -
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Rise and Divine by Lana Harper
A magical romantic comedy sparkling with spells and witchcraft. To save both her town and the woman who loves her against all odds, a witch haunted by loss must reckon with her turbulent past. Even in a family of chaotic necromancers, Daria 'Dasha' Avramov has always been an outlier... -
![Witch Wolf by Winter Pennington]()
Witch Wolf by Winter Pennington
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsPreternatural Private Investigator and Paranormal Huntress Kassandra Lyall is used to working alone. Whenever there's a murder or a mystery to solve that involves the preternatural; she's the witch they call. When she's called in to help the local cops work on a mysterious murder case, she finds herself needing all the help she can get... -
![Witching Moon by Poppy Woods]()
Witching Moon by Poppy Woods
Alandra Michaels is your everyday, run-of-the-mill, ordinary witch. She doesn't have an affinity for an element, like her sister. She can't speak to the dead, like her mother. Even her familiar--Beezelbub the moth--is a plain, non-threatening insect. Alandra is fine with that; she knows what she is and what she isn't. Or so she thought . . -
![Born of Blood and Magic by M.C. Hutson]()
Born of Blood and Magic by M.C. Hutson
They're destined to fall in love. .. if they don't kill each other first. Violet “Vy” Finch is a vampire cursed, for the very blood she needs is poison to her. Suffering unquenchable hunger and shunned for being of mixed lineage, Vy searches desperately for her mother who disappeared over a decade ago—the one person who may be able to heal her... -
![Awakening by Erik Schubach]()
Awakening by Erik Schubach
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDoctor Myra O'Connell is researching myths and folklore. In a strange twist she discovers that she is one of the legends she is researching. Then all hell breaks loose. Myra and the woman assigned to be her protector, Special Agent Quinn Trask must fight for their lives, and those of the people of Denver and the world, against a madman bent on obtaining immortality... -
![When Dusk Comes by J.J. Arias]()
When Dusk Comes by J.J. Arias
Chasing a bounty from New York to New Orleans, Erin Lewis is on the hunt for an allusive fugitive whose recovery will provide financial breathing room. When she arrives at a French Quarter hotel, Erin finds the captivating hotelier Lucía Guerra instead. The passionate affair that ignites between them catapults Erin into an extravagant world she never imagined. But all is never what it seems... -
![Becoming Forever by Heather McVea]()
Becoming Forever by Heather McVea
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Becoming Forever" is the second book in the "Waking Forever" series, Heather McVea's debut urban fantasy collection. Homicide detective Ash Haines is not fazed by violence, but the brutal murder of a man covered in bite marks sends her spiraling into an unfamiliar world filled with danger and intrigue... -
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![Endangered by Michelle Larkin]()
Endangered by Michelle Larkin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBoston beat cop Aspen Wolfe gets the surprise of her life when she learns she’s a shapeshifter. Her abilities awaken as a ruthless regime unleashes its troops to eradicate the shapeshifter population. Forced to run or be hunted, Aspen meets Dr. Tora Madigan—a beautiful and resourceful shapeshifter who oversees an underground sanctuary... -
![Hunter's Descent by Lise MacTague]()
Hunter's Descent by Lise MacTague
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhile investigating the deaths of multiple students at a boot-camp style institution, Malice and Ruri become trapped in the mysterious Kingdom of Flower and Bone–a netherworld filled with both magical and malignant beings. But which is which? Even ancient forces aren’t immune to petty squabbles... -
![Pretty When They Collide by Rhiannon Frater]()
Pretty When They Collide by Rhiannon Frater
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn exciting new short novel set in the world of Pretty When She Dies. .. Cassandra is a dhamphir-the offspring of a vampire and mortal woman-and a thief of occult relics. Aimee is a full-blood witch that is bound to a powerful vampire who traffics in the slavery of supernatural beings. Both are powerful, lonely, and trapped in the dangerous world of the vampires... -
![Wild Hearts by Bridget Essex]()
Wild Hearts by Bridget Essex
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsElla Rivers hasn't been okay since the day her mother died. One wintry night, lost in grief, Ella goes for a long, cold walk. It's three o'clock in the morning, and she decides to duck into a gas station to get warm, and perhaps buy a cup of tea. But when the power cuts out, Ella's life is changed forever. Because, that night, she should have died... -
![The Griffin Mission by Arizona Tape]()
The Griffin Mission by Arizona Tape
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsElla's life is decidedly normal… until she finds an injured winged cat in her kitchen. She soon finds herself whisked away to a world where all the mythical creatures she's read about are real, and discovers the winged cat isn't a hallucination, it's a miniature griffin... -
![Romancing the Gorgon by Tallie Rose]()
Romancing the Gorgon by Tallie Rose
Romancing the Gorgon is a steamy, sapphic, second chance romance with a lot of heart and plenty of sassy heroines. Two magical ex-lovers, one inn, and a second chance to capture a heart of stone. Witch Lettie Katz’s life plans always included running the inn her grandmother co-owned in their hometown of Lilac Lake...
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