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The Blackened Blade by Isla Davon
Not many people get a second chance, let alone a second life.I died. Burning in a prison cell I spent years of my life rotting away in.I had been beaten, battered and bruised beyond repair...but not broken.Never broken.By whatever miracle, I’ve been brought back ten years into my past and before I was locked away...But to a different kind of hell…Wensridge Academy...Categorized as:
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Alpha Wolf by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
I came here with a single goal in mind.An aim.A purpose.I will break out of Darkmore Penitentiary.But I was a fool to think that it would be so simple.And now with more and more Fae relying on me to get them out of this slice of hell, I find myself unable to do a damn thing.Mason Cain stabbed me in the back and left me to rot in the dark... -
The Reckoning by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
The answer to your question will be revealed on the Lunar Eclipse. But when finding the truth, don't let the shadows take you.The week of The Reckoning has begun. And senior students have been tasked with making the freshmen's lives pure hell as they prepare to take their fateful assessment...Categorized as:
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Savage Fae by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
There's more to my brother's murder than I realised... Shadows in the halls, mysteries lurking around every corner. Whoever killed him is covering their tracks well. And now I'm walking a dangerous line between getting close to the four kings for information and wanting to crawl deeper under their skin for my own desires. I can't trust anyone. I can't let my guard down... -
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Yield the Night by Annette Marie
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsNB: New/alternate cover for ASIN# B00RH8BZOI. Original cover edition here.After surviving a round-trip to hell, Piper figures she can survive anything. After all, she just lived through the devastating loss of her Consul apprenticeship and a torturous stint at boarding school...Categorized as:
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Shadow Princess by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
After the events of the Lunar Eclipse, Tory and Darcy must learn to deal with the darkness which shadows their lives.With a secret binding them to Darius and Orion, they must find a way to all work together for the greater good. But some things are easier said than done.. -
Watercolour Smile by Jane Washington
“Maybe I was stupid to have agreed to this, but when all of the options that you have in life are dangerous ones, you can only choose to do something reckless, or turn a blind eye and allow the cards to fall as they may… and I was sick of being blind... -
SSS: Year Two by Avery Song
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsWhen being different leads to the best years of your life. Powerful witch Silver Spell Solange always dreamed of getting into S.S.S School When she finally achieved it, she couldn't have been happier...Categorized as:
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The Storm We Face by Katie May
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsWell... So far, my apocalpytic upbringing has not been peaches and daisies (if that is how the saying goes). Or is it peaches and pansies? Fighting off feral beasts, surviving natural disasters, and coming face to face with the worst that humankind has to offer is quite tiresome. Psycho ex-girlfriends? Check. Creepy monsters/zombies? Check. Orgasms? Not check. Yet... -
The Exiled by Frost Kay
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsAn ENEMIES TO LOVERS post-apocalyptic fantasy perfect for fans of Holly Black, Kiera Cass, and Sarah J Maas!In a ravaged world full of sickness, devastation, and monsters, it was kill or be killed.After a disastrous second escape attempt, Hazel found herself blood indebted to her savior Noah, but he was no saint... -
Reflections of Us by Yumoyori Wilson
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsBrighten Magic Academy held its set of challenges, but it didn't prepare us for the one year as Brighten Elite. A year has passed since my boyfriends and I made the executive decision to join the Brighten Elite. Not only did our experiences during our year away strengthen our use of magic, it reinforced the bonds in our relationships- both with me as a male and female...Categorized as:
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Calming the Storm by Yumoyori Wilson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTaming the storm was one thing. Calming it is a whole other battle. My name is Crimson Arashi. Well, at least that was my name until I obtained a mysterious pocket watch, then somehow acquired six sexy men and a loyal familiar who can rip the balls off of any man. Now, I'm Crimson Storm and I carry the power of Storm Yuna, the strongest mage Homatomashi has ever known... -
Dark Fae by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
What do a heartless Dragon Shifter, a cold-blooded Basilisk, an arrogant Lion Shifter and a brooding, tattooed Harpy have in common…? Me. Elise Callisto. Vampire. Angel of vengeance. And a girl on a mission to destroy one of them for murdering my brother. I just don’t know which one did it yet... -
Midnight Lies by Leia Stone, Raye Wagner
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsNai thought nothing could be worse than Alpha Academy’s midyear games…The first few months of school weren’t exactly easy: fated-mate from the rival clan, selkie attacks, and that minor, aka huge, plot to kill her.But things seem to be going from bad to worse.After watching a loved one’s horrific death at the hands of the alpha king, Nai decides another visit to Dark Row is in order...Categorized as:
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Initiated by Steffanie Holmes
They were my tormenters. Now, they’re all that stands between me and my nightmares. They were my tormenters. Now, they’re all that stands between me and my nightmares. Trey, Quinn, and Ayaz—the king, the joker, and the enigma. Three guys who’ve flipped my life upside down, set my heart on fire, and shown me that nothing is as it seems. Last quarter, they broke me...Categorized as:
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Night Shade Academy by Kelly Carrero
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsI thought I had it all: twin sister, cute boyfriend, and magic beyond my years. Night Shade Academy should’ve been easy for me, but nothing could prepare me for the moment when I’m kicked out of my birthright House and placed with the evil witches known as the Darks—despite being born a Light... -
Civil Contempt by Jade Thorn
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe amount of pressure on Melody is only increasing. The Apex want to mate with her, her new coven wants her to choose a suitable husband from within their ranks and the new Provost wants her out of there - to graduate as soon as possible.Everyone wants something from Melody, including her mad aunt and Coven Bestia... -
Guns and Graveyards by Katie May
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsI have blood on my hands. Blood that isn't mine. I had thought I had escaped my past. I had thought I had finally freed myself. But can you really escape your monsters? With a gang war looming on the horizon, bodies piling up, and a strange new student claiming ties to the Shadow Man, I find myself looking into my past... -
Possessed by Steffanie Holmes
The Kings of Miskatonic betrayed me. Trey, Quinn, and Ayaz pulled me into their world, made me trust them. Now, I can’t even trust myself. They broke my mind, They shattered my heart. And sent me to the Dunwich Institute, where they tell me I’m insane. I am insane, all right. Insane to trust them. Insane to love them...Categorized as:
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Ignited by Steffanie Holmes
I’ll do whatever it takes to free them. Even if I have to sacrifice my soul. The Kings of Miskatonic Prep have fallen. Three arrogant, cruel, and broken boys defied an ancient god, a faculty who imprisoned them. and the parents who stole their future. They were never going to win. But they won’t quit. They won’t stop fighting. This time, it’s not themselves they’re trying to protect...Categorized as:
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Magic Forged by L.J. Swallow
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThere’s a way to escape from Ravenhold, but I won’t be free.When I arrived on the island, I believed the other hybrids at the reform academy were my greatest enemies. Now they’re my closest allies inside the corrupt institution.Apart from one. Dorian Blackwood.The seductive vampire hybrid almost stole my blood and magic... -
Endangered by Crystal North
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI am crazy. The hospital have said so.They may have released me back to Santa Catalina Island but my demons are far from done haunting me.My best friend tells me I just need to take the meds and go to therapy, and I'll get better... -
Fallen University: Year Three by Callie Rose
It’s about so much more than the bond now.Gavriel has taken one of the men I love, and he’s about to learn an important lesson.Never piss off a succubus.This is the final book in the Fallen University trilogy, a reverse harem romance with a slightly snarky heroine and four sexy, supernatural men...Categorized as:
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Paramour by Rebecca Royce
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI hate vampires....every single one of them.Life has become like hell for me. Every day is a struggle to survive and I know just who to blame for this mess, the vampires. Those blood sucking creatures who made me addicted to their venom and then left me to rot. So when one of them pushes back into my life and nearly destroys it, once again, I should be doing everything possible to kill him... -
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Demon Stalked by Ann Denton, Katie May
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsKatrina tried to reject us. But are we going to let our mate tell us to take a hike? Hell no.We're going to woo the shit out of this human girl, get her to go to this winter dance, and make all of her dreams come true. Because that's what demons do...right? This is 1.5 of the Darkest Flames series. It should be read after Demon Kissed and before Demon Loved... -
Fae Hunter by Sarah K.L. Wilson, Fleitas Luciano
Think you know fae? Think again.Our lives are nursery rhymes and faerie stories now, Allie.When Allie Hunter's twin sister steps through a magic circle into the Faerie realm, she opens the door to deadly fae, bent on causing havoc and harm to Allie's village.Rendered blind to all but the spirit world, Allie is frustrated and angry but determined to bring the fae down... -
Shunned by Steffanie Holmes
I should have kept my mouth shut. I should have let them win. Now the kings of the school are out for my blood, ... and they’re not the only ones. The fire took everything. My parents. My best friend. My life. Now I have a second chance. I only have to endure one year at this prestigious academy for rich snobs. One year of being the charity case no one wanted...Categorized as:
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House of Vampires and Flame by Meg Xuemei X
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe gods are dead.At least, that’s what everyone else seems to think.I, however, know the truth. My father, the God of Ruin, is coming, and with him, everything will fall.Hiding out at this dangerous academy can only protect me for so long, even if I am disguised as a boy to avoid the brutal Bride Trials.One of the cruel princes of the school, Killian, watches me from the shadows.Waiting... -
Den of Psychos: Masquerade of Sin by Avery Song
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI woke up to the chilling sound of gunshots.A soured deal, a raid of vicious men, and a blow to my head that contributed to my psychosis.My name is Eloise Genevieve, but the rest of the world calls me crazy.Can I really blame them?After all, I speak to the monsters who have known me since that Devil’s Raid. Sweet, sinful men, who are just as royal, powerful, and merciless as I wish to be... -
Magic 101 by Jody Morse, Jayme Morse
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWelcome to Paranormal Academy, a boarding school for the world's most elite witches, fairies, vampires, shifters, and other paranormal beings.At the Academy, there are five rules everyone should follow: 1. Don't go out after curfew.2. Stay away from the Vixen, the school's secret sorority.3. Never go into the Enchanted Forest alone.4. Professors are completely off-limits.5... -
Wicked Gods by Michelle Hercules
Nowhere is safe when the gods are wicked. Since the beginning of times, there has always been two sides: Norms and Idols. But never have the scales been so unbalanced as they are today. I’m a Norm, which means, I grew up in fear of the Idols and their godly powers. And now, I’m going to be surrounded by them, day and night... -
Charcoal Tears by Jane Washington
“You see, there is safety in simplicity… in a life of simple peace, where the electricity doesn’t dance across the backs of my eyelids, and the sparks don’t slither over my consciousness. Only asinine peace, where my paintings don’t seem to paint themselves, leaving me with terrible feelings of premonition and a chill beneath my fingernails...Categorized as:
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Origins of an Academy Bully by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
Dark magic is forbidden at Zodiac Academy.That's why I hide it so well.But now I'm supposed to mentor Darius Acrux: the son of the most ruthless Dragon Shifter in Solaria.If he's caught using blood magic, he'll lose his claim to the throne.The problem is? Our families are up to something, and we're determined to find out what. No matter what dark power we must turn to.. -
Allison's Adventures in Underland by C.M. Stunich
Um. Um. Um. Are you reading this? If you are, I need your help. I was at a party; I was running; I fell. And get this—this is the part you'll never believe—I fell down a rabbit hole. Like Alice in those old books. Except in those books, there wasn't blood everywhere. In those books, the characters weren't all male, attractive, and interested in me...Categorized as:
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Found by Her Monsters: Goddess of Nightmares by Avery Song
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhat if I could make your worst nightmares a reality?When I was five, they told me I was cursed.When I was ten, they accused me of killing my entire pack.When I was fifteen, I ran away in hopes of escaping my past.I left everything — and everyone — behind.By twenty, I’d moved on in every way. New name, new city, a chance at a fresh start...Categorized as:
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Dark Reign by Rachel Jonas
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsFour blood-sucking princes. A beautiful anarchist. One dangerous mistake. To the vampires who dominate each quadrant of the Lydian Dynasty, I’m only known as “Blackbird”—a masked vigilante who, at nineteen, is already public enemy number one. To what’s left of humanity, I’ve been called a superhero, a title I neither welcome nor deserve... -
Run Little Wolf by G. Bailey
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEver heard the saying, never follow the big bad wolf into the woods? Well, I wish I had listened to Little Red Riding Hoods advice. One bite. That's all it took to turn Harper into a wolf and change her entire life. Turning eighteen was meant to be a fun night out, a party in the woods to celebrate with friends, but it ends in disaster...Categorized as:
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Angel Burn by L.A. Weatherly
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 57 ratingsThey're out for your soul.And they don't have heaven in mind... Willow knows she's different from other girls, and not just because she loves tinkering with cars. Willow has a gift. She can look into the future and know people's dreams and hopes, their sorrows and regrets, just by touching them. She has no idea where this power comes from. But the assassin, Alex, does...Categorized as:
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A House So Mad by Analeigh Ford
Rated: 3.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsPreviously published as Asylum Bound by Analeigh Ford.This isn’t your ordinary asylum, and these aren’t your ordinary patients. Ashford isn't the sort of place you’re sent to get better, it’s the sort of place you’re sent to be forgotten. Thalia already knows that from the moment she arrives... -
Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler
Fledgling, Octavia Butler’s last novel, is the story of an apparently young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly un-human needs and abilities lead her to a startling she is in fact a genetically modified, 53-year-old vampire...Categorized as:
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The Awakening by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
You have been selected to attend Zodiac Academy, where your star sign defines your destiny. If you're one of the Fae, elemental magic is in your blood. And apparently it's in ours. As twins born in the month of Gemini, we're a rare breed even in this academy of supernatural a-holes.Changelings were outlawed hundreds of years ago but I guess our birth parents didn't get the memo...
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