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  • A Broken Vow by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    A Broken Vow by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    When life rushes at you from all sides, you widen your stance to keep from getting toppled over—you brace yourself. But no matter how well you prepare, some things you just don’t see coming. Assuming my role as the druid representative for the Lakeshore Guild of Empowered Ones is both an honor and a curse...
  • The Killer Clown Calamity by Amanda M. Lee

    The Killer Clown Calamity by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Charlie Rhodes’ life is in turmoil. Her relationship with her boyfriend Jack is going well but Casey, the newest member of the Legacy Foundation, has dropped a bombshell and Charlie feels as if things are spinning out of control. While waiting for DNA results to prove (or disprove, for that matter) Casey’s identity, the team gets called out on a weird case...
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  • A Fated Bond by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    A Fated Bond by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Magic, dragons, elves, and vampires are my new normal. At any point, I might get attacked by an angry book, be on the shit-list for forgetting to hook up my battle bear’s keg, or get called to investigate a gruesome magical murder. And how cool is that? Well… the investigating part, not so much the murder...
  • Bare Bones by Lauretta Hignett

    Bare Bones by Lauretta Hignett

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    A powerful supernatural mob boss is terrorising my neighborhood, demanding protection money from store owners and breaking legs when it’s not paid. His little gang member minions are all humans, and one of them just showed up at my new business insisting I pay him my monthly 'insurance premium', or face the boss himself...
  • Badge of Honor by Hailey Edwards

    Badge of Honor by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    The Epilogues: Part I. Hadley has worked her butt off to earn her title as Potentate of Atlanta. All that’s left for her is the gauntlet. A show of prowess for the citizens of Atlanta. A taste of what their new POA can do. She’s ready to dazzle them and bring home the prize. Until an old friend gets kidnapped. The price of his freedom? Her flunking the gauntlet...
  • Broke Bones by Lauretta Hignett

    Broke Bones by Lauretta Hignett

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    The Beast has awakened. Word has reached the mortal realm, sending shockwaves through the supernatural community. The Beast is stirring, and gathering his dark troops towards himself with a single-minded destroy all the magical creatures on Earth. He's awake, and promising bloody, furious vengeance. Her mom was the witch who sent the Beast to sleep in the first place, and she's in a coma...
  • A Culling Tide by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    A Culling Tide by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Ye screw with this lass, ye get put on yer ass. The world is about to tilt on its axis. Good versus Evil. Light versus Dark. There’s a balance to the world's alignment and every thousand years the Earth Realm, the Fae Realm, and the Spirit Realm collide, igniting a period of rebalancing. The Culling...
  • Tiger's Eye by Barbra Annino

    Tiger's Eye by Barbra Annino

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Stacy Justice is looking forward to a lazy summer of hot dogs and beer; swims in the lake with her Great Dane, Thor; and hanging with her rekindled old flame, Chance. But when she gets a creepy anonymous call hinting that her father’s “accidental” death fourteen years ago was actually a murder, she’s too unsettled to relax...
  • A Shaman's Power by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    A Shaman's Power by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    The focus of my life as an urban druid is to stand as a guardian of nature. The focus of my life as Fiona Cumhaill to stand as a guardian of my family. Seriously. Don’t screw with my family. It’s a no-brainer, drop everything, and take up the fight topic for me—If you need me, I will come...
  • Life's a Witch by Amanda M. Lee

    Life's a Witch by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Life's a witch . .. and then you die. Bay Winchester is living the witch part – literally. She’s hoping to avoid the dying part. The Winchester world is full of trouble when great-aunt Willa and cousin Rosemary come to town. It’s clear they’re up to something, but no one can figure out what. Aunt Tillie is loading for bear...
  • Last Witch Attempt by Amanda M. Lee

    Last Witch Attempt by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Bay Winchester thinks the only thing on her to-do list is a memory spell to make Aunt Tillie’s archnemesis forget all the bad things that have happened to her in recent months. When the spell almost backfires thanks to an error on Aunt Tillie’s part, things almost spiral out of control and she’s annoyed...
  • Scorched by Magic by Jasmine Walt

    Scorched by Magic by Jasmine Walt

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    The seventh book in this action-packed, wildly original fantasy series by New York Times Bestselling Author Jasmine Walt. Home from their travels at last, Sunaya and Iannis are confronted with a threat against which even their strongest magic is largely helpless...
  • From Were to Eternity by Lily Harper Hart

    From Were to Eternity by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    St. 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...
  • Amongst Our Weapons by Ben Aaronovitch

    Amongst Our Weapons by Ben Aaronovitch

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    The ninth novel of the bestselling Rivers of London urban fantasy series returns to the adventures of Peter Grant, detective and apprentice wizard, as he solves magical crimes in the city of London. There is a world hidden underneath this great city. The London Silver Vaults–for well over a century, the largest collection of silver for sale in the world...
  • Midlife Blues: A Paranormal Women's Fiction Novel by Victoria Danann

    Midlife Blues: A Paranormal Women's Fiction Novel by Victoria Danann

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    "(Danann) has an excellent sense for pacing, comedic timing, and natural dialogue. One of the best things I've read over the past few years. " - Nora. S. Rita Hayworth is not just the only American in town. She's also the only human! For all the everyday heroines over forty who know it's NOT TOO LATE for magic! Unique in setting, tone and content...
  • Sinister Snack Attack by Amanda M. Lee

    Sinister Snack Attack by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Stormy Morgan should be on top of the world. She’s engaged, about to move into her dreamhouse, and her magic is stabilizing. In fact, she’s becoming one heckuva witch. Too bad trouble keeps finding her. This time it comes in the form of a gang of kids who appear to be stealing cars from various townsfolk. It’s become a big enough issue that everybody in town is becoming unnerved, paranoid even...
  • Magic & Mystery by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Mystery by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Welcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken. Ember Rose, descendant of the One True Witch and New Jersey transplant, is settling into her new life in Starry Hollow, along with her precocious daughter. It doesn't take long before Ember finds herself smack dab in the middle of another mystery...
  • Bitter Bones by Lauretta Hignett

    Bitter Bones by Lauretta Hignett

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The finale is here. .. The Beast is bringing the battle to the mortal realm, and Prue's finally ready to face him. Or is she? Maybe. Life is complicated, but that's what makes it beautiful. The war is brewing, the rogues are desperate, and a human enemy lurks in the darkness, threatening to derail Prue's hero era before it even begins. And Isobel. .. Well...
  • Gray Witch by Hailey Edwards

    Gray Witch by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Famous monsters are resurrecting across Mississippi, each one recreating their own gruesome deaths through new victims. Every time Rue pins down one horror legend, another appears with its own bloodthirsty agenda. The summoners raising these vengeful spirits save their best for last, a cruel gift that shatters Rue. But she’s not the only one whose heart gets broken...
  • Wicked Brew by Amanda M. Lee

    Wicked Brew by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Thistle Winchester is at her witchy wit’s end. Great-Aunt Tillie is selling wine at the curb of The Overlook – like it’s a lemonade stand – and her mother and aunts are about to burn someone at the stake. Unfortunately, it’s up to her and cousin Bay to put out the fire. When the two cousins take a stand, they’re interrupted by the arrival of an injured and dazed little girl...
  • Dragon's Claw by Karen Chance

    Dragon's Claw by Karen Chance

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    A new novella in the New York Times bestselling Midnight's Daughter series! Everyone knows that vampires are hard to kill. But when Dory Basarab is called to a crime scene in a smelly basement in Queens, she discovers that that may no longer be the case. Somebody has developed a new weapon, a vamp killer, and left her plenty of clues to follow...
  • Delectable Magic by Iris Beaglehole

    Delectable Magic by Iris Beaglehole

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Rosemary 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...
  • Cool Hand by Mark Henwick

    Cool Hand by Mark Henwick

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    “If you don’t believe your whole life has been a path leading to this one point, you’re not focused enough. ”. The Athanate are on the brink of war. Amber has to search for Diana in the forbidden zone of New Mexico, for the good of the paranormal world and her own sanity. Every step she takes is another opportunity to precipitate more conflict...
  • Queen Alpha by Jaymin Eve, Leia Stone

    Queen Alpha by Jaymin Eve, Leia Stone

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Arianna might have won the Summit and taken the crown of wolf shifters, but there is no time for her to settle into the royal life. Something is off with the mecca and if she doesn’t fix it the fae might just make another earth side appearance. Now she must work with the king of the bears to save both of their people...
  • All Hallows' Magic by T.J. Green

    All Hallows' Magic by T.J. Green

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    As Samhain approaches, worlds collide. A Shifter family arrives in White Haven, one of them close to death. Avery offers them sanctuary, only to find their pursuers are close behind, intent on retribution. In an effort to help them, Avery and Alex are dragged into a fight they didn’t want but must see through. As if that weren't enough trouble, strange signs begin to appear at Old Haven Church...
  • Call to Arms by Elle Casey

    Call to Arms by Elle Casey

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Call to Arms is Book Two in the War of the Fae, YA fantasy series. Follow Jayne Sparks, the (still) potty-mouthed seventeen-year-old and newly changed elemental fae and her friends - an incubus, a daemon, a green elf, a water sprite and a pixie - as they struggle to find their places in the Light Fae community of the Green Forest and prepare for the upcoming battle against the Dark Fae.
  • Witch under Fire by Kim Richardson

    Witch under Fire by Kim Richardson

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Being the Merlin of Gallows Gate was supposed to get easier. It hasn’t. My magic has changed, again, and nobody can tell me if that’s a good thing or the kind of thing that gets you quietly erased by the Merlin Group. They’ve put me “under review,” which is bureaucratic language for: We think you’re a walking magical catastrophe. To be fair… they’re not wrong...
  • Taken by Magic by Jasmine Walt

    Taken by Magic by Jasmine Walt

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Join Sunaya one last time for this final installment in the Baine Chronicles series. .. Even as Sunaya's fairy-tale romance with her handsome, powerful Chief Mage is celebrated in the media, all Sunaya wants is to get past the endless duties and social engagements of her new role, and spend a bit of private time with Iannis...
  • Magic Unleashed by T.J. Green

    Magic Unleashed by T.J. Green

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Unknown entities and the Daughters of Llyr. Trouble’s coming to White Haven. Avery and the White Haven witches have finally found their grimoires and defeated the Favershams, but their troubles are only just beginning. Something escaped from the spirit world when they battled beneath All Souls Church, and now it wants to stay, unleashing violence across Cornwall...
  • Phoenix’s Refrain by Ella Summers

    Phoenix’s Refrain by Ella Summers

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    There 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...
  • A Witch's Concern by N.E. Conneely

    A Witch's Concern by N.E. Conneely

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Michelle has been figuring out what her life is like now that the demon has been killed, and Sylvia and Varro are dead. Even the clans of witches trying to attract her to their way of life have backed off and given her a chance to grieve. Her relationship with Elron is stronger than ever, but there are things left unsaid...
  • Rebel Vampire by Brogan Thomas, Poppy Royana

    Rebel Vampire by Brogan Thomas, Poppy Royana

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    They warned her to be more careful. If she’d listened, she wouldn’t be staring down the ultimate betrayal. Tru Dennison won’t be burned again. Still reeling from her angel mentor breaking her heart, the half-vampire, half-unicorn shifter greets everyone with suspicion...
  • Cursed Mate by Linsey Hall

    Cursed Mate by Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    For Cursed Mates, it’s kill or be killed. Unless we find a way out. There’s no other way to say it: I’m up a creek without a paddle. Sure, some things are going great. My supernatural sleuth business is up and running, and I’ve got a group of fab friends. On the other hand, I’m one half of a cursed mate bond, and we’re reaching the end of the line...
  • Lover's Knot by Karen Chance

    Lover's Knot by Karen Chance

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    One of the most powerful vampires in existence has gone missing, which is fine with Dorina Basarab. As a dhampir, a half human, half vampire hybrid, her job is killing vampires, not saving them. But then the man sent to find the missing vampire also goes missing, and he happens to be her lover, Louis-Cesare...
  • Any Witch Wolf by C.P. Rider

    Any Witch Wolf by C.P. Rider

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “Promise you won’t do anything to put yourself in danger. ”. “That’s not a promise I’m comfortable making. My partners are a delinquent gnome and a willing-accomplice magical cat. Plus, my best friend just bought a case of spelled wine from the witches in Sundance. ”. Betty Lennox is an elemental witch in a desert town that gives Hades a run for its money in summer...
  • Death Raiser by J.C. McKenzie

    Death Raiser by J.C. McKenzie

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Necromancy 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...
  • A Shifter's Rage by Raven Steele, Ava Mason

    A Shifter's Rage by Raven Steele, Ava Mason

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    "I never go to bed angry. I stay awake and plot my revenge. ". Imprisoned for killing Silas, Briar's only chance of surviving is to rely on her roommates and Luke, the sexy shifter she loves to hate. But getting free won't solve her problems. She still has to kill Dominic, the pack Alpha who murdered her entire family...
  • Best Wishes by Helen Harper

    Best Wishes by Helen Harper

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. Saffron Sawyer is on her own. She’s no longer part of the Office of Faery Godmothers - in fact, she’s no longer part of anything, even if her magic is stronger now than she could have ever dreamed possible. Thwarted at every turn and stalked by monsters in the streets, her life feels like it's falling apart. But Saffron isn’t going to give up hope...
  • Purpose (World of Kate Daniels) by Ilona Andrews

    Purpose (World of Kate Daniels) by Ilona Andrews

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kate Short story on author's website. Set after Magic Claims. Kate and Luther Short Story. If you wanted to follow behind Kate and Luther and see the treasures of the Pale Queen, this short is for you.
  • A Fairy Good Brew by Samantha Silver

    A Fairy Good Brew by Samantha Silver

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to Enchanted Enclave, where coffee, chaos and cauldrons are a way of life. Invited to the paranormal world at last, Tina and Kaillie's trip gets off on the wrong foot - literally - when they stumble on a fairy's body just after arriving in Palm Rings. Between navigating this whole new world, meeting relatives they didn't know they had, and being accused of murder, Eliza has her hands full...
  • Heir of the Fae by Linsey Hall

    Heir of the Fae by Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Our fae courts are at war, yet we're still fated. My fated mate is the Seelie Fae king. He’s powerful, dangerous, and sexy as hell. Except, I don’t want a fated mate. Especially since he thinks I'm a lying snake. Turns out I’m Unseelie, and our courts are at war. When my new Unseelie magic goes haywire and I nearly destroy my city, I can’t fix it alone...
  • A Familiar Hex by Rosemary A. Johns

    A Familiar Hex by Rosemary A. Johns

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Welcome to Oxford’s Magic Kitten Shelter for Familiars! My name’s Astra, and since arriving in the quaint magical village of Witch Hollow in Oxford with my demon kitten familiar, Satan, I’ve faced murders, curses, and even cold coffee. But today is my scariest challenge yet: a visit from my fierce grandma...
  • A Grimoire Grump by Kat Healy

    A Grimoire Grump by Kat Healy

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They’ve found me. The hearth and its color-changing flames have made that abundantly clear, but apparently the “they” could be anyone: whoever just got nailed by Flora’s protection wards, the human strangers in town with their fae-like markings, the rival coven, or even my own family...
  • Risky Rewards by Jen Bair

    Risky Rewards by Jen Bair

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It’s hard to bluff when you don’t know the rules. When a dead stockbroker needs help following the breadcrumbs of his past, who does he call on? Enid Walsh, unwilling lackey of the dead. But after putting Craig the Crowbar behind bars, the last thing she expects is for Craig’s boss to show up looking for answers...
  • House of Demons and Bones by Meg Xuemei X

    House of Demons and Bones by Meg Xuemei X

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sy. I’m no longer a dirty little secret. Two powerful heirs now know about Barbie and me, but they intend to keep it that way to protect us. Killian has yet to decide which woman he’ll choose. He can’t have everything—he must choose love or the crown. While Barbie’s luck runs out, my star rises with three heirs courting me. It turns out I’m not just a monster that feeds on sex and violence...
  • Mystified in Music City by Kristen Painter

    Mystified in Music City by Kristen Painter

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Jayne Frost and husband Sinclair Crowe are off on another adventure, this time to Nashville, aka Music City, to pay a royal visit to one of the Santa’s Workshops toy stores. Once that’s done, they’ll have a little time to sightsee and play tourist. Which they do. Until something rather peculiar happens in the Country Music Hall of Fame that leaves Sinclair feeling all shook up...
  • Virgo: The Revelations of Oriceran by Sarah Noffke, Martha Carr

    Virgo: The Revelations of Oriceran by Sarah Noffke, Martha Carr

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    After a century, magic’s greatest enemy has returned—Vampires. With Lancothy in ruins, Azure and the gang help the wereanimals find new homes. Meanwhile, the vampires are planning a merciless attack on Virgo. Azure’s homecoming is marked by blood, tragedy and a great loss. Now the fight is on! The need for a cure and a way to stop the vampires is more important than ever...
  • Wicked Witch of the Wolf by C.P. Rider

    Wicked Witch of the Wolf by C.P. Rider

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “One thing, though. What was the last straw that made Maya file for divorce? ”. “She told me Desmond said he was going to kill her. ”. Betty Lennox, earth witch and paranormal investigator, has a whole slew of problems...
  • Blood of Destiny by Bonnie Lamer

    Blood of Destiny by Bonnie Lamer

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    What do you do when you make a stupid deal with a sleazy Angel in a moment of panic? Xandra is about to find out. But first, she has to tell Kallen what she did and he is not going to be happy about it, to say the least. In this sixth addition to the Witch Fairy series, Xandra finds out that just because they're all called Angels doesn't mean that they all act like Angels.
  • A Witch’s Demons by N.E. Conneely

    A Witch’s Demons by N.E. Conneely

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    For months Michelle has known another demon would come after her. What she doesn’t know is that it’s already stalking her friends, hunting her colleagues. Instead, her attention has been focused on learning all she can about witch clans, the engagement ring on her finger, and why Elron won’t set a wedding date. Elron has a secret, one he’s afraid could ruin his relationship with Michelle...
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