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Magic Tides by Ilona Andrews
Ilona Andrews invites you back to the #1 New York Times bestselling Kate Daniels series in this exciting new long novella featuring Kate, Curran and Conlan, some familiar faces, some new friends, and all the special brand of chaos they create!Kate, Curran and their son, Conlan have left Atlanta, vowing to keep a low profile, and are settling into a new city and new house…but some things never...Categorized as:
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Magic Gifts by Ilona Andrews
Now available individually for the first time, a Kate Daniels novella from the#1 New York Times bestselling author of Magic Shifts and Gunmetal Magic.It isn’t often that Kate Daniels and the Beast Lord Curran get to take a breakfrom protecting their pack and enjoy some time for themselves. So when Curran offers Kate a romantic dinner in town, there’s no way she’s going to pass...Categorized as:
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Magic Strikes - Hot Tub by Ilona Andrews, Gordan Andrews
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Magic Dreams by Ilona Andrews
From New York Times bestselling author Ilona Andrews comes a tale of darkness, desire, and werecats. Alpha Pack leader Jim Shrapshire has always been the strong, silent type. But something has come over him--a magic force currently residing in one of the Pack's headquarters. Were-tigress Dali Harimau has always wished she could get Jim's attention--but now he needs her help...Categorized as:
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Darkness Rises by Dianne Duvall
Krysta is used to getting the drop on vampires. Her "special abilities" aren't much, but the plan is simple--she plays helpless pretty young thing to lure them in. Then her shoto swords come out and it's bye-bye, bloodsucker. Until one night she finds herself with an unexpected ally. He's a vampire, all right, but different. Mysterious. Handsome...Categorized as:
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Darker After Midnight by Lara Adrian
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 53 ratingsThe climactic novel in the bestselling Midnight Breed series, of which BookPage raves: “If you like romance combined with heart-stopping paranormal suspense, you’re going to love this book.” In the dark of night, a blood war escalates within the hidden world of the Breed... -
Play of Passion by Nalini Singh
In his position as tracker for the SnowDancer pack, it's up to Drew Kincaid to rein in rogue changelings who have lost control of their animal halves- even if it means killing those who have gone too far. But nothing in his life has prepared him for the battle he must now wage to win the heart of a woman who makes his body ignite... and who threatens to enslave his wolf...Categorized as:
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Kate's Origin by Ilona Andrews, Gordon Andrews
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsPublished in Small Magics, and part of Curran's POV.This is the story Jim tells Curran about Kate’s Daddy... -
High Voltage by Karen Marie Moning
There is no action without consequence… Dani O’Malley was nine years old when the delusional, sadistic Rowena transformed her into a ruthless killer. Years later, she’s tough, hardened, yet achingly vulnerable and fiercely compassionate, living alone by her own exacting code. Despite the scars on her body, driven by deeper ones carved into her soul, no one is more committed to protecting Dublin...Categorized as:
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Stalking Hawke by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsTakes place some time after Kiss of Snow.This story can be found on Nalini Singh's official website... -
Darkness Devours by Keri Arthur
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Keri Arthur has been hailed for her “smart, sexy”* urban fantasy novels. Now, she continues her Dark Angels series set in the realm of danger and desire known as the Guardian World… Half-werewolf, half-Aedh Risa Jones can enter the realm between life and death, and she can see the Reapers who collect the souls of the dead... -
In Other Worlds by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsTogether for the first time in one volume... Three dazzling stories of magic and fantasy from the #1 New York Times bestselling author. Three of the author's most thrilling stories in one fabulous volume... Fire and Ice On the run, a beautiful virgin crosses paths with a sexy ex-assassin. Knightly Dreams The dashing hero of a novel comes to life... -
Ashes of Midnight by Lara Adrian
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 53 ratingsA woman driven by blood. A man thirsting for vengeance. A place where darkness and desire meet... As night falls, Claire Roth flees, driven from her home by a fiery threat that seems to come from hell itself. Then, from out of the flames and ash, a vampire warrior emerges. He is Andreas Reichen, her onetime lover, now a stranger consumed by vengeance...Categorized as:
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Hostage to Pleasure by singh-nalini
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsWith her darkly seductive Psy/Changeling world, Nalini Singh has created “a sensual, dangerous adventure not to be missed” (NYT bestselling author Lora Leigh). Now, as the deadly Psy Council tightens its grip, a rebel Psy scientist finds herself at the mercy of a changeling who has sworn vengeance against her kind . .Categorized as:
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Housewarming at the Orchard by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA short story featuring Ivy Jane, Vasic and the Arrow Squad. Timeline: Takes place some time after Shield of Winter and before Shards of Hope.This story can be found on Nalini Singh's official website...Categorized as:
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Echo of Silence by Nalini Singh
In a deep-sea station, Tazia Nerif has found her life's work as an engineer, keeping things running smoothly. But she wants nothing more than to break down the barrier of silence between her and her telekinetic Psy station commander . . . Timeline: Early on in the series, specific time unspecified.This story can be found in the short story anthology Wild Embrace...Categorized as:
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Legacy of Chaos by Larissa Ione
The legacy continues…It’s a gritty new world.Three decades after the events of REAPER, the world is a different place. The secret is out. The existence of demons, vampires, shapeshifters, and angels has been revealed, and humans are struggling to adapt...Categorized as:
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Magic Graves by Jeaniene Frost
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsNew York Times bestselling authors Jeaniene Frost and Ilona Andrews bring you two short stories of paranormal. Jeaniene Frost's story, One for the Money, features vampires Cat and Bones trying to protect a spoiled heiress with a price on her head and an undead hitman on her trail. Previously published in Death's Excellent Vacation...Categorized as:
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Wild Night by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA short story about when Hawke visits the nightclub Wild after being notified about a brewing fight involving SnowDancer juveniles. Timeline: Takes place during Chapter 9 of Kiss of Snow.This story can be found on Nalini Singh's official website... -
Texture of Intimacy by Nalini Singh
A PSY/CHANGELING NOVELLA New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh’s phenomenal Psy/Changeling series continues with this sensual exploration of the searing joys and unexpected challenges of mating... SnowDancer healer Lara knows primal ecstasy. She wakes to it every morning, skin-to-skin with the hard male body of the quiet, powerful telepath who is her mate... -
Dorian by Nalini Singh
A changeling who can never shift lives a life of quiet frustration—until he learns how to let his leopard come out and play . . . Timeline: Takes place right after Hostage to Pleasure.This story can be found in the short story anthology Wild Embrace...Categorized as:
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Edge of Dawn by Lara Adrian
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 47 ratingsIn this pulse-pounding and thrillingly sensual novel, New York Times bestselling author Lara Adrian returns to the mesmerizing world of the Midnight Breed, following new characters into a dark future where an uneasy peace can unravel into war—and a great betrayal can mask an all-consuming love... -
Fated by Sarah Fine
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAislin Ferry and Jason Moros have only days until they will be called to account before the Keepers of the Afterlife. Yet as they race to restore order and make their case, their worlds fall into total disarray. Mutiny within the fractured Ferry family threatens Aislin’s hold on power and role as Charon. Meanwhile, the fearsome Lord of the Kere has family trouble of his own... -
Fathers and Sons by Gordon Andrews, Ilona Andrews
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe second volume of Curran POV takes place after the events of MAGIC BLEEDS and before MAGIC SLAYS.Infuriated by Kate's treatment at the hands of the Pack, the Beast Lord demands an explanation. When words fail, claws and fangs must do the talking... -
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Mated to the Swamp Monster by Honey Phillips
“Stay out of the swamp!”Every child in Cypress Landing has been warned about the terrifying monster lurking in the inky tangle of cypress and willow on the edge of town. But sometimes desperation leaves no other choice…When Rorie sees her vicious stepfather commit a horrifying crime, her only hope of escape lies through the forbidden swamp...Categorized as:
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Tangle of Need by Nalini Singh
Discover the exhilarating risks of passion in the breathtaking new Psy-Changeling novel by Nalini Singh, the New York Times bestselling “alpha author of paranormal romance” (Booklist)… Adria, wolf changeling and resilient soldier, has made a break with the past—one as unpredictable in love as it was in war...Categorized as:
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Hardest Fall by Juliette Cross
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe tattooed demoness, Bone, doesn’t like anything except the magical weapons she makes. But she has hidden talents few know about. When I was brought to her near death, she used her Seraph song to manipulate flesh and bone to heal me. But she wasn’t happy about it. Now I must return the favor... -
A Blaze of Sun by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsWelcome back to The Shade... "Of course you know who I am. I'm a daughter of the darkness just as surely as you are his son..." Ever since his brief encounter with Emilia at The Shade, Derek's thoughts and dreams have been haunted with images of the mysterious, beautiful brunette. Plagued with guilt, he struggles to understand why he is so drawn to this dark stranger from his past... -
Crave Me by Lexi C. Foss
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsOnce upon a time, a series of portals opened on Earth, allowing magic to spill into the human world.Houses were created. Supernaturals were assigned. And a new balance was formed.All new arrivals are required to join a House.But this is the tale of a Goddess who refused and the House King who brought her to heel.Nyx.Mistress of Night.My newest obsession.The daring female killed one of my men... -
Romancing Drew by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsA short story about Indigo & Drew's mated life. Timeline: Takes place around the same time as Shards of Hope.This story can be found on Nalini Singh's official website...Categorized as:
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Numbers by Laurann Dohner
140 - Dana is visiting Homeland when she meets a New Species who tugs at her heartstrings. As a widow, she knows firsthand the pain he’s suffering after losing his mate. Mourn isn’t so certain that talking to a human female will help him heal but he desires her. It’s possible she could become his new reason for living. 927 - Candi lost the male she loved, but never forgot him...Categorized as:
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Rowan by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA short story featuring Sahara, Kaleb, Zach, Annie & Rowan. Timeline: Takes place some time after Allegiance of Honor.This story can be found on Nalini Singh's official website... -
A Gate of Night by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsWelcome back to The Shade... Derek and Sofia are finally enjoying a well-deserved break. Staying at a resort with good food, sun and sea, Sofia is thrilled to witness Derek’s re-introduction to the human world... -
Bound in Black by Juliette Cross
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsGenevieve Drake is on a dangerous mission—to find the soul collector, Lethe, and enter the deepest, darkest level of the underworld, where no one has ever gone into and returned. But nothing can prevent her from going after the precious treasure Lethe stole from her... -
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The Song of the Wolf by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsA short story about Sienna & Hawke's mated life. Timeline: Takes place some time after Shards of Hope.This story can be found on Nalini Singh's official website... -
Trouble for My Troll by Honey Phillips
Her troll mechanic is determined to get her engine revving! Alison is looking forward to finally settling down in Fairhaven Falls. Surely a town full of monsters will make it easier to guard her vulnerable heart. When she runs into a truck driven by a massive troll with a charming smile, she realizes it might not be so easy after all... -
Kaleb and Sahara’s Meeting with Sascha and Lucas by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsA deleted scene about Sascha & Lucas' meeting with Sahara & Kaleb. Timeline: Takes place during Chapter 7 of Shield of Winter.This story can be found in Nalini Singh's March 2015 newsletter...Categorized as:
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Home by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA short story featuring Clay, Talin, Jon and Noor from the DarkRiver pack. Timeline: Takes place some time after Play of Passion and before Kiss of Snow.This story can be found on Nalini Singh's official website...Categorized as:
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An Enchanted Season by Maggie Shayne, Erin McCarthy
Give readers a gift-new stories from a bestselling lineup of romance authors. It's the time of year when dreams come true, miracles happen every day, and love is the greatest gift of all... The holidays always seem to bring out the best in everyone, with heartfelt hugs for long-missed friends, sincere smiles in the spirit of the season, and a feeling of magic in the air...Categorized as:
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Apocalypse: The Lords of Deliverance Compendium by Larissa Ione
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsThey're here. They ride. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Born of a match between good and evil, four siblings stand between hell's minions and everything they want to destroy. They are the Lords of Deliverance, and they have the power to ward off Doomsday . . . or let it ride . .Categorized as:
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Deep Kiss of Winter by Kresley Cole, Gena Showalter
Kresley Cole - Untouchable (Immortals After Dark #8) #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR KRESLEY COLE delivers a breathtaking tale of a brutal vampire soldier about to know love for the first time... and a Valkyrie aching for his touch. Murdoch Wroth will stop at nothing to claim Daniela - the delicate Valkyrie who makes his heart beat for the first time in three hundred years...Categorized as:
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Hot Spell by Emma Holly, Lora Leigh
Venture into a world beyond the ordinary, where the dark passions and voracious appetites of vampires, werewolves, demons, and a few undaunted mortals combine to unleash a potent spell... -
Twins for the Wild Orc by Michele Mills
A drunken, one-night stand with a wild Orc turns into a life-long commitment.Because I’ve given birth to his twin babies. And now I can’t find the green, horned father of my children, which is really my own fault. He came on strong, calling me his “Bride” and I got scared at the idea of marrying a ferocious Orc... -
Dawnkeepers by Jessica Andersen
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe countdown to the end of days has begun—and Only the Nightkeepers can stop the annihilation of all mankind... View our feature on Jessica Andersen’s Dawnkeepers. Though a Nightkeeper, Nate Blackhawk refuses to allow others to control his fate... -
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A Shadow of Light by Bella Forrest
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsSince the implosion at The Oasis and Derek's stay at Hawk Headquarters, The Shade has fallen into a state of utter chaos. To make matters worse, the citizens of Derek's kingdom have become suspicious of his loyalties and accuse him of siding with the enemy... At a time when Derek desperately needs full cooperation from his subjects, they wish to put their own King on trial... -
Darkness Unbound by Keri Arthur
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsRisa Jones is as extraordinary as her heritage. Born from a lab-enhanced clone mother and an Aedh father, she can not only talk to the souls of the dying and the dead, but she can see the reapers and walk the gray fields that divide this world from the next. They are skill she rarely uses, however, preferring to concentrate on the business she shares with her two best friends... -
Gentle Giant by Sue Mercury
A big hairy man-beast just kidnapped me. After a nasty breakup, all I want is a quiet vacation in the mountains. Just me and a pile of books, a few bottles of wine, and the occasional nature walk. Too bad my Airbnb host failed to disclose there's a tribe of Sasquatches living nearby. Honestly, what the heck? Now I'm the captive of a giant Sasquatch chief named Brutus... -
Reaper by Mina Carter
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe World after the End of the World will never be the same again… Sanctuary. Clichéd name, but the sentiment is still the same. Ten years after the end of the world, ex-soldier Mason and a small group of humans defend their fortified town against creatures of myth and legend made real... -
The Renfield Syndrome by J.A. Saare
Vampires, and werewolves, and demons, oh my. Rhiannon thought facing off against a deranged child vampire was the most dangerous task she would ever have to undertake, but she’s about to discover making a deal with a demon is far, far worse... -
Ruin Me by Jenna Wolfhart
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe last place I expected to meet my fated mate was in an alley. On the run from angry supernaturals and drenched in at least a tidal wave’s worth of rain, I fall—literally—into his arms.Only problem is, he’s Silas Thorn, an infamous vampire assassin who’s killed more people than I can count...Categorized as:
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