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Cypress Ashes by Kai Butler
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 13 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... -
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Rand by Silvia Shaw
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 17 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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![Witch Unmade by Debbie Cassidy]()
Witch Unmade by Debbie Cassidy
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSometimes you miss things that are staring you in the faceEverything has led to this. All the threads are finally coming together, and the pieces of the puzzle are slotting into place... -
![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.. -
![A Little Wicked by A.J. Merlin]()
A Little Wicked by A.J. Merlin
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsI’m paying bills, making powerful enemies, and collecting magical lovers. You know; everyday stuff. I’m just a tarot reader. Okay, not just. My birthright means I’m the best fortune teller you’ll ever meet. Too bad I never listen to my own advice. My name is Georgette; but only my mother gets to call me that. I’m the child of a witch and a wolf, and trust me, that union had consequences... -
![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... -
![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... -
![Glittering Feather by Merri Bright]()
Glittering Feather by Merri Bright
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHow hard could angelic parenting be? I had no fudging idea .You’d think, with the best birches in the universe and four smoking hot angelic soulmates on my side, I could help raise one Celestial child without too much fuss... -
![Bloody Claws by Winter Pennington]()
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... -
![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... -
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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... -
![Natural Family Disasters by Jae]()
Natural Family Disasters by Jae
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFive short stories that give us glimpses into the lives of Griffin, Jorie, and the other characters from Second Nature. Bonding Time: Griffin has been looking forward to a little feline bonding time with a special lady. Leave it to her sister Leigh to interrupt... -
![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... -
![Expired: The Sundance Series Book 3.5 by C.P. Rider]()
Expired: The Sundance Series Book 3.5 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... -
![Stormwind by Skye Knizley]()
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... -
![Blood Rituals by Aoibh Wood]()
Blood Rituals by Aoibh Wood
Boston Homicide Detective, Caitlin Reagan, walks a razor's edge, propping up her life on emotional constructs designed to help her manage grueling PTSD. She keeps her mother, boyfriend, and work separated and controlled, all in service to one horrible, tragic act she committed amid the Iraq war... -
![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... -
![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... -
![How to Flirt with a Witch by Tiana Warner, Adrienne Fleming]()
How to Flirt with a Witch by Tiana Warner, Adrienne Fleming
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSTEP 1: REALIZE YOU HAVE A UNIQUE ABILITY TO DETECT CURSES.STEP 2: BRING CURSED OBJECTS TO YOUR LOCAL (HEART-STOPPINGLY GORGEOUS) WITCH.STEP 3: ACCIDENTALLY CATCH THE ATTENTION OF A MURDEROUS FAMILY WHO WILL STOP AT NOTHING TO ACQUIRE MAGICAL OBJECTS... -
![Cursed by Erik Schubach]()
Cursed by Erik Schubach
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWhile out celebrating her twenty first birthday, Angelina Drake finds herself immersed in a curse that goes back generations, to the time when the first Djinn terrorized the world. She has to fight for her life and her friends when an old evil comes knocking. The wishes of the people around her just complicates the situation as she can hear them all, spoken or not... -
![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.. -
![Mobilized by Erik Schubach]()
Mobilized by Erik Schubach
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsTwenty one years ago, Evander Laun and Natalia Havashire went on the air throughout the world on almost every news channel simultaneously, to reveal to the human race that Elves walked among us. It is the most-watched historical event in modern times... -
![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... -
![Hell's Belle by Marie Castle]()
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... -
![Smoke & Ashes by Alexis Hall]()
Smoke & Ashes by Alexis Hall
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI like my whiskey like I like my women: stretching a metaphor way too far.A couple of years ago I screwed up so badly that everybody I remotely cared about wound up dead, nearly dead, or just plain betraying me. Some days, I’m sober enough to care.My list of “things I really don’t need right now” starts with a condescending octogenarian werewolf having a go at me for banging a Marchioness... -
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Hook-up to Holidate by Rose Santoriello, Priscilla Rose
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIndigo Watson gets serotonin from sticking to her plans. She has a long list of to-do’s, including grading midterms, and the list only grows longer when she meets a sexy half-orc at the bar. After spending a weekend with the woman, Indigo is beside herself with feelings, and for once, it’s not anxiety: it’s lust.Vega Daelor is an orcling woman with a body of steel and a heart of pure gold... -
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![Hecate's Hollow by Tallie Rose]()
Hecate's Hollow by Tallie Rose
A Snow White and Rose Red retellingBesides 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. But that safety comes to an end the day she trips down an embankment and is honest-to-god swept off her feet by Claudia... -
![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... -
![Gossamer Axe by Gael Baudino]()
Gossamer Axe by Gael Baudino
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen her lover is imprisoned, Christa—a centuries-old harper—must set her free using the greatest weapon she possesses: music In ancient Ireland, Chairiste Ní Cummen, a harper, was trained in the secrets of music and magic, but her curiosity and pride trapped her and her lover in the realm of the fairy folk, the Sidh... -
![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 . . -
![Witch Wolf by Winter Pennington]()
Witch Wolf by Winter Pennington
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 17 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... -
![Fine Print, Volume 1 by Stjepan Šejić]()
Fine Print, Volume 1 by Stjepan Šejić
How do you deal with a broken heart? Junk food? Excessive drinks? Dubious contracts with ancient gods? When it comes to Lauren Thomas, the queen of bad decisions, the answer is always the worst possible choice. She finds herself in a rare opportunity to have her broken heart patched up by the highest rated god of desire. The problem is, it's a contested title... -
![The Fall That Saved Us by Tamara Jerée]()
The Fall That Saved Us by Tamara Jerée
Cassiel has given up the family tradition of demon hunting, leaving behind her sacred angelic duty and fated sword. What she can’t leave behind are the scars. To cope, she spends her days immersed in work, pouring all her attention into New Haven Books, her small bookstore and anchor in the new world she’s carved for herself.But the past hasn’t let go of Cassiel yet... -
![Rise and Divine by Lana Harper]()
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... -
![The Phoenix Keeper by S.A. MacLean]()
The Phoenix Keeper by S.A. MacLean
A socially awkward but determined phoenix keeper must partner with her longtime rival to save her beloved exhibit from falling into obscurity in this charming, romantic fantasy debut. Aila is a little obsessed with phoenixes. As head phoenix keeper at a world-renowned zoo for magical creatures, her childhood dream of conserving critically endangered firebirds seems closer than ever... -
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![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... -
![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... -
![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...
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