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  • Rise of a Phoenix by Shannon Mayer

    Rise of a Phoenix by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    To save my son, I would give up my soul. To survive this journey and stop those who face us I may have to do just that. My son is waiting for me to bring him home, to rescue him from the horrors he’s faced on his own. I won’t take the chance I will find him only to fail him again. Which means I must unearth a way to kill his captor, a man who is immortal...
  • Ascension Day by Vanessa Nelson

    Ascension Day by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Caught in the middle of two powerful forces, can Thea find a way to survive?The Archon has ordered a day of celebration to mark her ascension to power. While most people in the city are looking forward to a day off and an excuse to drink and eat too much, Thea and the rest of the city's Watch are on high alert...
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  • Ashes to Ashes by Karina Halle

    Ashes to Ashes by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    It’s been two months since Perry Palomino and Dex Foray’s relationship reached a new turning point, two months since Perry started a new life in Seattle, and two months since their Experiment in Terror show took on a new partner, ex-Wine Babe Rebecca Sims, and found a new level of success. But whenever there is light in their lives, the madness still has a way of coming back in...
  • Black Sheep by Shayne Silvers

    Black Sheep by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    What good is a man when he’s lost his soul?Callie Penrose returns home to find a year has passed, and that everyone believes her long dead.Roland Haviar, once her mentor and now a Master Vampire, has become a bloodthirsty tyrant, fulfilling his vow to bathe the City of Fountains in blood until he avenges her death. And the Vatican Shepherds, once his brothers, stand in his way...
  • Tree Of Souls by Stephanie Hudson

    Tree Of Souls by Stephanie Hudson

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 21 ratings
    Amelia…It all started with a kiss that ended in aworld of pain.Well, now I was on the run from that pain and my map of sorrows was only leading to one place,To a lover’s resurrection...
  • Witches Brew by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Witches Brew by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    ***OVER ONE MILLION READERS HAVE BEEN PLEASURED BY THE TEMPLE VERSE NOVELS. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN…*** Fae are missing all over Boston, and apparently, no one else is suicidal enough to look into it. Good thing Quinn MacKenna—black magic arms dealer and Fae half-breed—has been searching for a way to earn back some of Boston’s goodwill after almost destroying the city…twice...
  • It's a Matter of Midlife and Death by Robyn Peterman

    It's a Matter of Midlife and Death by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Midlife is madness—magical, messy and one freaking crisis after another.With a new job I didn’t apply for and an extended family I didn’t know I had—midlife has become somewhat problematic. Gluing ghosts back together is easy compared to my new celestial occupation.The Grim Reaper wants to put a ring on it. Tim wants to be a father...
  • Hurricane by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Hurricane by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    What’s a goddess to do?After being lost at sea and taken prisoner by yet another denizen of the Titan realm, Quinn finds herself cold, wet, miserable, and very much alone. Until a familiar and unexpected face steps back into her life to remind her who she is—and has always—been: a fighter...
  • It's A Hard-Knock Midlife by Robyn Peterman

    It's A Hard-Knock Midlife by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Midlife is supposed to be messy, but this is a full-on catastrophic crisis.Just when I thought life might be getting back to normal—normal being a relative word—I couldn’t have been more wrong.Marriage proposal from the Grim Reaper? Yes.Beautiful healthy baby? Yes.Friends and family safe? Yes.Ghost of my worst enemy sitting on my front porch? OMG. Yep...
  • Called by Vanessa Nelson

    Called by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    In a city full of rising tension, with people going missing or turning up dead, can Max resist the call to help?When Max tries to intervene to prevent an assault and it goes horribly wrong, she wants nothing more than to keep her head down and get on with her job. She does not want to answer calls for help, not even from Bryce, the Order warrior who seems willing to give her a second chance...
  • Shadows and Gold by Elizabeth Hunter

    Shadows and Gold by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Failing grades. Misleading wind vampires. And a fortune in forgotten gold. Traveling to the most remote region of China certainly wasn’t what Ben Vecchio had in mind for his summer vacation, but when Tenzin suggested a quick trip, he could hardly turn down a chance to keep her out of trouble and practice the Mandarin he still struggled with in class...
  • Hunted by Vanessa Nelson

    Hunted by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Unsolved murders, supernatural creatures and civil unrest. Just another day.Problems keep piling up around Max. No sooner has she dealt with one set of supernatural creatures, than she's called to the city's mortuary to an unusual death. The city's most senior spiritual leader is also trying to get hold of her. On top of that, Bryce cancelled their date and hasn't been seen for days...
  • Bishop's Flight: A Paranormal Mystery Romance by Elizabeth Hunter

    Bishop's Flight: A Paranormal Mystery Romance by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The sins of the past will burn you.Four nights. Three days. The human son of two powerful vampires has been taken from his home, and if Carwyn and Brigid can’t find him, the delicate balance of power in an immortal haven might just go up in flames. Las Vegas holds a special appeal in the immortal world...
  • Angel's Flight by Ella Summers

    Angel's Flight by Ella Summers

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    The old saying is true. Knowledge really is power, especially when angels and gods play the game. The original Immortals, masters of magic, once reigned over every world in the known universe—until they suddenly vanished. The gods and demons have been fighting over the remains of their fractured empire ever since...
  • Dead Wrong by Annie Anderson

    Dead Wrong by Annie Anderson

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 22 ratings
    Never make a deal with a demon.There are two things Darby Adler wants more than anything: to take a vacation, and to find who is responsible for the rash of witch abductions in Knoxville.With an ancient vampire in town and a slew of fugitives on the loose, her suspect pool is vast. But Darby has a sneaking suspicion she knows the culprit all too well...
  • Double or Nothing by Craig Schaefer

    Double or Nothing by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Daniel Faust – sorcerer, thief, and newly-minted Las Vegas crime boss – has debts to pay. One of those debts has just come due, an IOU to be paid in the form of a high-risk heist, and it’s a job he can’t refuse. The mark? Daniel’s arch-nemesis, a man with a Cheshire smile and the powers of a living god...
  • Priestess of Storms & Stone by Annie Anderson

    Priestess of Storms & Stone by Annie Anderson

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 23 ratings
    If there is one lesson I’ve been taught in my life, it’s that fairies are the absolute worst. Finding a fledgling succubus in Faerie is like locating a needle inside a realm-sized haystack. With a guide I can’t trust and a goal more ephemeral than smoke, my odds of success are tenuous at best. Not to mention, as the last Elemental in existence, I have a giant target painted on my back...
  • Mist and Magic by Lindsay Buroker

    Mist and Magic by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 25 ratings
    As a freelance assassin, Val Thorvald leads a dangerous life.She’s learned not to stay in the same place for long and not to get too attached to anything. For example, she would never consider adopting a pet.But when she’s searching for a missing friend, she finds an abandoned silver tiger cub.The magical feline is clearly from another realm, but Val has no idea which one or how to send it back...
  • Idols and Enemies by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    Idols and Enemies by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I knew that opening the letter from the sorcerer Azar would have deadly consequences.So we had prepared.We’d planned.We knew we might have to defend ourselves, our freedom. And that I might finally get a chance to exact the revenge I kept telling myself I wasn’t interested in exacting...
  • The Facts of Midlife by Robyn Peterman

    The Facts of Midlife by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Midlife is sheer madness, and the facts of midlife are not taught in school. Unfortunately, some lessons are hellishly hard to learn.I thought I had it figured out. I was wrong.Proving I’m the Angel of Mercy is turning into a sh*tshow of epic proportions.Not too long ago, I was a forty-year-old gal with a stable and boring life ahead of me. Now? Not so much...
  • Fury of a Phoenix by Shannon Mayer

    Fury of a Phoenix by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    I knew the sins of my past would call to collect what was left of my soul. If I'd known the price I'd pay, I would've sacrificed more to stay hidden from the magic. In the middle of Wyoming--away from the abnormals of the world--I thought I was free and clear. I started a new life. Found a love I'd never known in a husband, and a son who was my everything...
  • Chameleon Uncovered by B.R. Kingsolver

    Chameleon Uncovered by B.R. Kingsolver

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The dark sequel to the best-selling Chameleon Assassin.Libby has a chance to build a legitimate reputation when she’s hired by one of the world’s most prestigious museums to bolster their security. The gig is in Chicago, where her heartthrob lives, so she hopes for a little romance.She's on a first-name basis with larceny, mayhem, and death, but Libby's not used to being on the receiving end...
  • Come Alive by Karina Halle

    Come Alive by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 41 ratings
    It’s one thing to bring the woman you love back into your life. It’s another to try and keep her there. For Dex Foray, con­vinc­ing Perry Palomino to open her­self to their bur­geon­ing rela­tion­ship has been more chal­leng­ing than hunt­ing ghosts, bat­tling demons and stalk­ing Sasquatch com­bined...
  • The Neon Boneyard by Craig Schaefer

    The Neon Boneyard by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Daniel Faust has clawed his way from the gutter to a penthouse suite, carving a bloody swath across the Las Vegas underworld. He's buried his enemies and more than a few friends along the way. If there's one thing a modern-day sorcerer knows for certain, though, it's that the past never stays buried forever...
  • Psychopomp by Angela Roquet

    Psychopomp by Angela Roquet

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    In war, everyone loses...Reaper Lana Harvey is finding out the hard way. When Grim's new second in command, Jenni Fang, recruits her for a special mission, the biggest victory over the rebels is tainted by a crushing and immediate reprisal. The rebels have a new general working in the shadows of Limbo City, luring gods, reapers, demons, and souls to the dark side...
  • Driven by Kelley Armstrong

    Driven by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Cains are known for being big, brutish and not-too-bright. The mutt clan embodies all the supernatural world’s worst stereotypes about werewolves. But not even the Cains deserve to be hunted down and skinned like animals.When young Davis Cain comes to the Pack for help, Alpha Elena Michaels can’t refuse him. It isn’t about morality or justice...
  • The Castle Doctrine by Craig Schaefer

    The Castle Doctrine by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Out of prison and back on the streets, Daniel Faust returns home to a city on fire. The Chicago mob is making their play for control of Las Vegas, with an army of gunmen and a lethal shapeshifter on their side, while Daniel's friend Jennifer marshals the forces of the Vegas underworld...
  • Dust to Dust by Karina Halle

    Dust to Dust by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    (New to this angsty, sexy, scary romance series? Start with book #1, Darkhouse, FREE on Amazon and other retailers. Warning: this series contains harsh language, violence, gore and sexual scenes of a graphic nature - reader discretion is advised) **The dramatic conclusion to the Experiment in Terror Series.** Perry Palomino and Dex Foray. On their own, they’re uniquely brilliant...
  • Deceptions by Kelley Armstrong

    Deceptions by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 47 ratings
    The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Otherworld series delivers her most suspenseful novel yet, where the discovery of Cainsville’s dark past and the true nature of its inhabitants leads to murder, redemption, love, and unspeakable loss.Olivia Taylor Jones’s life has exploded. She’s discovered she is not only adopted, but her real parents are convicted serial killers...
  • Death Wish by Angela Roquet

    Death Wish by Angela Roquet

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Lana Harvey’s been through hell and back. As a reaper, it’s all part of the job, but the afterlife has been more turbulent than usual. The Second War of Eternity is underway, and the streets of Limbo City are heavy with the scent of carnage and betrayal. With the recent death of a dear friend, a lover-turned-spy, and temperamental gods breathing down her neck, Lana’s days seem numbered...
  • The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin

    The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 87 ratings
    Japan's most highly regarded novelist now vaults into the first ranks of international fiction writers with this heroically imaginative novel, which is at once a detective story, an account of a disintegrating marriage, and an excavation of the buried secrets of World War II. In a Tokyo suburb a young man named Toru Okada searches for his wife's missing cat...
  • Hellcrossed by McKenzie Hunter

    Hellcrossed by McKenzie Hunter

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My rules for survival: Never trust a demon or make a deal with one. But trapped in the demon realm, I have no choice but to break both rules if I want to escape.What’s waiting for me on the other side? A bloodthirsty god who wants to kill me—did I mention it’s my mother? An unforgiving fae who doesn’t care that we’re related and wants me gone, at any cost...
  • Heart of Venom by Jennifer Estep

    Heart of Venom by Jennifer Estep

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 39 ratings
    The hotly anticipated ninth novel in the hugely popular Elemental Assassin series finds Gin Blanco on a dangerous mission to rescue a friend. When a terror from the past threatens Gin’s friend and body-disposer, Sophia, Gin will stop at nothing to protect her, even if it means walking straight into a killer’s trap...
  • Concealed by Vanessa Nelson

    Concealed by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A fragile peace, a suspicious death, and secrets that could destroy everyone. Oath-bound to the arrogant Erith in exchange for her life, Arrow's freedom is days away when they set her one last task; investigate the death of a high-ranking shape-changer, one of their old enemies. The shape-changers suspect the Erith of murder and Arrow nearly becomes the first victim in a new war between races...
  • The Killing Floor Blues by Craig Schaefer

    The Killing Floor Blues by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Nobody has ever escaped from the Iceberg. It's a privately-owned prison deep in the Mojave Desert, staffed by brutal guards and surrounded by desolate wasteland. Inside the walls, gangs and predators are constant threats; outside the walls, there's nothing but a sniper's bullet or a slow death in the desert heat...
  • A Shifter's Revenge by Raven Steele, Ava Mason

    A Shifter's Revenge by Raven Steele, Ava Mason

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "Never kick me when I'm down, because when I get back up ... you're screwed." Briar should be living the easy life. She finally checked off the last name on her kill list. The new pack Alpha isn't an a-hole, and her smoking hot shifter boyfriend is finally ready to spelunk her bat-cave. But she should've remembered that life hates her...
  • Daughter of Souls & Silence by Annie Anderson

    Daughter of Souls & Silence by Annie Anderson

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 26 ratings
    A Council full of Ethereal Elders wants me dead. Yep, it’s a regular Tuesday.When you kill a demon there are consequences. Centuries-old witch, tattoo artist, half-demon… none of those titles are going to save me this time. The only way I’m going to get out of my death sentence is to take down the biggest, baddest demon there is… My father.And I thought being burned at the stake was bad..
  • Tainted by Vanessa Nelson

    Tainted by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Peace at breaking point. A dark and ambitious conspiracy. A lethal adversary. Woken from sleep by intruders, Arrow is shocked to realise that humans have managed to break through her wards. This was no simple break-in. It quickly becomes clear this was just part of a series, and the Erith's ancient enemies may be involved...
  • The Bonds of Blood by Becca Andre

    The Bonds of Blood by Becca Andre

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Born without a heartbeat or a soul, James Huntsman has never felt part of the mortal world. It’s an insecurity his abusive brothers reinforced daily, and with his very existence bound to theirs through the alchemically altered blood they share, James has always been at their mercy. All that changed when James found a home within the magical community and fell in love...
  • Sworn to the Night by Craig Schaefer

    Sworn to the Night by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Marie Reinhart is an NYPD detective on the trail of a serial killer. When she sleeps, though, she dreams of other lives; she dreams of being a knight, in strange wars and strange worlds. On the other side of the city, Nessa Roth is a college professor trapped in a loveless marriage, an unwilling prop in a political dynasty...
  • Rival Magic by Ella Summers

    Rival Magic by Ella Summers

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    The alternate cover edition for this book can be found here.From San Francisco to Munich to Las Vegas and beyond, mercenary mage Sera Dering faces her biggest challenge yet in this final installment of the bestselling Dragon Born Serafina series. After twenty-four years of pretending to be human, Sera is adjusting to her new life with magic and a deepening relationship with dragon shifter Kai...
  • Royal Beasts by K.C. Cross, J.A. Huss

    Royal Beasts by K.C. Cross, J.A. Huss

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    When a two-thousand-year-old curse is the only thing keeping you safe, you should probably just leave it alone.Pie and Pell have finally figured out what the heck is going on with Saint Mark’s Sanctuary. Not only that, they each have a whole bunch of brand-new powers.But all those answers and all that power came with a whole bunch of brand-new problems too.The prisoners.Tomas and his… woman...
  • A Plain-Dealing Villain by Craig Schaefer

    A Plain-Dealing Villain by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    It's hard to make a dishonest buck in Sin City, especially when a rogue FBI agent is gunning for your head. Flat broke and one step ahead of the law, Daniel Faust flees Vegas and lands in Chicago, where a risky heist promises to fill his pockets with cash...
  • The Alchemist's Flame by Becca Andre

    The Alchemist's Flame by Becca Andre

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Now that the local hospital is using her burn salve, master alchemist Addie Daulton has become a celebrity. The positive press will go a long way in helping her redeem alchemy’s reputation, but Addie wishes the media would stop calling her the Flame Lord’s alchemist. She doesn’t need his sanction to validate her skills...
  • Irregulars by Nicole Kimberling, Josh Lanyon

    Irregulars by Nicole Kimberling, Josh Lanyon

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    "NATO's Irregulars Affairs Division is a secret organization operating in thousands of cities around the globe. Its agents police relations between the earthly realm and those beyond this world, protecting us from terrible dangers as well as enthralling temptations...
  • Twisted Twilight: An Urban Fantasy Series by Laken Cane

    Twisted Twilight: An Urban Fantasy Series by Laken Cane

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A vampire master's obsession. A wolf's enemy. All I want to do is hunt rogue supernaturals, but when Red Town offers me a fat purse to track down a collector and rescue a very special nonhuman, I'm not about to say no. I'd promised an annoying but lovable little fairy that I'd get back his staff and see to it that the Collector parted ways with his head. And that's a promise I intend to keep...
  • Sinners on Sunset by Debra Dunbar

    Sinners on Sunset by Debra Dunbar

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The tax demons want their pound of flesh. Or fifty-two thousand dollars.Unable to pay what she owes, Eden is forced to fight a never-ending stream of bounty hunters while she tries to clear her name and find the cop who set her up...
  • The Devil Went Down to Glendale by Debra Dunbar

    The Devil Went Down to Glendale by Debra Dunbar

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    To settle her debt with the tax demons, Eden promised them ten jobs, but she didn’t think the demons would cash in on her vow so quickly.When she discovers her target is a man she once knew and loved—one who vanished from her and her family’s lives the day he turned eighteen—Eden is torn between her promise to the tax demons and old loyalties...
  • Hexes and Hijinx by Annie Anderson

    Hexes and Hijinx by Annie Anderson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I went against the Coven. What’s the worst that could happen? When your dad is the head of the most notorious arcane crime family in the country, telling him no isn’t really in the cards. My rebellion has brought a war to our doorstep, and the last thing Savannah needs is my mob boss father in the mix...
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  • Dig Two Graves by Craig Schaefer

    Dig Two Graves by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Daniel Faust is back from hell and out for blood. He has a new face and a deadly mission: to find the tiger-queen Naavarasi and his own traitorous brother, and put them both six feet underground.But when Naavarasi’s shape-shifting minions abduct one of Daniel’s own, it’s time for a desperate rescue...
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