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The Joy of Hex by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsHadley Hunter is living the good life until a group of authors shows up on Moonstone Bay, and one of them clearly has murder on their mind.Jasmine Riley was the lone female writer in a male-dominated genre, and she was on top of her game. When she winds up dead in the ditch on the highway outside of the city, suspicion turns to her competition... -
Fused by Lindsay Buroker
Matti Puletasi finally has the chance to confront those who kidnapped her parents, and she’ll do it with Sarrlevi, the elf assassin she’s come to love, at her side.But now that they know great and powerful dragons are involved with the organization, they may be in over their heads. Their opponents aren’t just kidnappers...Categorized as:
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The Mercy Thompson Collection by Patricia Briggs
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsPatricia Briggs presents a collection that includes the first five novels in her #1 New York Times bestselling urban fantasy series. By day, Mercy Thompson is a car mechanic in the sprawling Tri-Cities of Eastern Washington. By night, she explores her preternatural side...Categorized as:
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Witching on the Job by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsHadley Hunter came to Moonstone Bay to find herself. That included finding her passion in life. She just didn’t think it would involve becoming mayor.She has no qualifications, other than being a powerful witch.Half the town is rooting against her.The other half is just sitting back to see what happens.Only a handful of people are rooting for her, but they’re the only ones who matter... -
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Scarred Resolve by K.N. Banet
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsI thought I would have time to heal from the loss of Fenris and everything that happened in Germany. The world had different plans.After a mysterious phone call and a secret meeting, I need to get the help of my family to deal with what comes next. With two dead humans already, the unknown werecat that killed them must be tracked down and put down. There’s no coming back from the Last Change... -
Challenge of the Court by Heather G. Harris
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsI’m supposed to be meeting with Emory’s dragon Court and amazing them with my suave wit and shining intellect. Instead I’m on the trail of a kidnapper. Someone has stolen away a centaur teenager, Alfie, from a magical circus. The circus master has hired me and Gato to find out who took him – hopefully before Alfie swims with the fishes.The problem is, no one in the circus is who they say they are... -
Gray Witch by Hailey Edwards
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsFamous 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... -
Badge of Honor by Hailey Edwards
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe Epilogues: Part IHadley 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... -
Rising Darkness by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 27 ratings“My name is Rylee and I am a Tracker.” When children go missing, and the Humans have no leads, I’m the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot. One last salvage and the final battle with Orion and the demon hordes will be upon me. I don't know the name of the person I'm Tracking, or what she looks like so finding her is going to be . .Categorized as:
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Cast in Eternity by Michelle Sagara
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsDead men tell no talesWhen Corporal Kaylin Neya is assigned front desk duty—a task hated by every Hawk—the only thing she can look forward to besides an endless stream of complaints is visits from a dotty old woman. She always brings baked goods along with information passed on by her friends…who happen to be ghosts no one else can see...Categorized as:
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Perilous Potions by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLuna Thorn sprang into being in the middle of the night in a downtown Detroit park years ago. She had no memory of her past and no idea what the future would hold for her. The only thing she possessed was magic…and the determination to win at all costs.She’s finally about to get the answers she’s been looking for .There are zombies popping up on Detroit’s mean inner city streets... -
Angel Stakes by Mark Henwick
"I was all the things I had ever done. All the things that had ever been done to me. But I chose my path and I will be all the things I could be too." The Athanate are meeting in Los Angeles, the city that feeds on dreams, leaving nothing but dust and nightmares. They must forge a new Assembly and reach a consensus before Emergence is forced on them...Categorized as:
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Scorched by Magic by Jasmine Walt
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe 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...Categorized as:
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Client from Hell by R.J. Blain
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsStep one: add some gasoline.Step two: light a match.Step three: watch the devil’s house burn.As far as plans go, Sandra Moore rather likes hers. It’s simple. It gets the job done. It reduces the devil’s house to smoldering ruins.Life is good—at least for the year she has left of it, assuming the devil doesn’t kill her first...Categorized as:
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Spellcasting with a Chance of Spirits by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsI can see and hear the dead. I can also talk to animals. As a natural-born witch and medium, I can do a lot of odd things. In most people's eyes, that makes me a loon. I like to think of it as being unique and eccentric. Plus, now that destiny has brought me back to the town I was born in, I'm not all that different from the supernatural residents of Grimm Cove... -
Perfect Match: The Dragon King by I. T. Lucas
Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTo save his beloved kingdom from a devastating war, the Crown Prince of Trieste makes a deal with a witch that costs him half of his humanity and dooms him to an eternity of loneliness. Now king, he’s a fearsome cobalt-winged dragon by day and a short-tempered monarch by night... -
What Dies Beneath by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHali Waverly is in a good place in her life. She’s feeling better after surgery. Her boyfriend Gray Hunter is moving his office closer to her tiki bar so they can work on their paranormal cases together. Everything is coming up rum-flavored.Unfortunately for Hali, things are about to blow up again... -
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...Categorized as:
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Ain't It The Life by Jan Stryvant
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAfter his success with discovering and then shutting down several of the djevel's hidden smuggling operations, Troy finds himself and his new wives being sent out to help his 'Uncle Steve', his father's best friend, with his presidential campaign... -
Call to Arms by Elle Casey
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsCall 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...Categorized as:
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Hearts at War by K.N. Banet
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsJabari lost the love of his life centuries ago. He knew he would never find someone who could equal what he had with her. Then he met Aisha, a feisty rogue werecat, and she had pulled at his dead heart in ways he never dreamed. Not willing to take that risk again, he walked away from her and their shared feelings.Sixteen years later, Jabari has been asked to help Aisha with a mysterious problem...Categorized as:
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Chase the Shadows by Everly Frost
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe dragons only let me out to hunt.But this time, I’m hunting angels.My need for vengeance drove me into danger. I sought redemption for my past, determined to put an end to the conflict between the angels and dragons.Instead, I ignited a spark.Now, the angels are summoning their strongest warriors, and the dragons are preparing for war...Categorized as:
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The Suck Stops Here by Kristen Painter
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsVampire governor of New Jersey, Belladonna Barrone has just gotten an epic offer from an unexpected visitor, but it’s not something she’s ready to respond to without serious thought. Besides, she already has a lot on her plate. The recent death of a high-ranking vampire means she and her crew of staff and friends are headed off to the funeral in the middle of the country... -
Queen Alpha by Jaymin Eve, Leia Stone
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsArianna 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... -
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Odds and Ends by Gwen DeMarco, Janine Granda
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe thrilling conclusion to the Sophie and the Odd Ones series…A cryptic message from the Great Mother sends Sophie on a mission to uncover her own dark past. This quest will lead her on a journey to the Queen Maeve’s former stronghold on Earth. Sophie soon discovers the shocking truth about her erased history and the destiny that awaits her... -
Magic Bites - Unicorn Lane by Ilona Andrews, Gordon Andrews
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsPublished in Small Magics and included in Curran's POV.How/when Kate and Curran first meet...Categorized as:
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Old World War by Melissa F. Olson
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsOn a sunny summer morning, nulls all over the country are attacked at the same time.In Boulder, Allison "Lex" Luther barely gets her niece to safety. In Los Angeles, Scarlett Bernard is nearly shot in the back. It seems that a powerful enemy is unhappy with the Old World leaders' plans to form a government, and they've coordinated a strike against those rare individuals who can undo magic itself...Categorized as:
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Dark Alpha's Awakening by Donna Grant
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThere is no escaping a Reaper. I am an elite assassin, part of a brotherhood that only answers to Death. And when Death says your time is up, I’m coming for you… Serving Death and the Reapers has been my life for centuries. I’ve always put my duty before everything, even my yearning for Death. But now, she’s fading – our foe is bent on destroying her and he will stop at nothing until he does... -
Mountain Echoes by C.E. Murphy
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsYou can never go home again. Joanne Walker has survived an encounter with the Master at great personal cost, but now her father is missing - stolen from the timeline. She must finally return to North Carolina to find him - and to meet Aidan, the son she left behind long ago...Categorized as:
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Witch's Fate by Linsey Hall
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShe’s vowed to forget him forever Powerful witch Sofia Viera has loved warlock-werewolf half-blood Malcolm Brent for centuries, ever since they trained to become warlocks together. When Malcolm chose power over her and cast her aside, she vowed to forget him. For four hundred years, it worked... -
Rebel Vampire by Brogan Thomas, Poppy Royana
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThey 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...Categorized as:
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Big Magic by Kim Richardson
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJoin Tessa and her aunts on a thrilling adventure filled with magic, mystery, and unexpected twists. With their unique bond and unbreakable spirit, they prove that even in the face of darkness, light will always prevail.I was sure that once I got married my crazy life would calm down so I could get some well-deserved romantic interludes with my new husband.It didn't... -
Hisses and Honey by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe climactic final volume of The Venom Trilogy by USA Today bestselling author Shannon Mayer. Humble baker turned supernatural Alena Budrene is lovely and lethal, and for the first time, she’s owning it. Finally rid of her low-life ex-husband, she’s free to date sexy vampire mob boss Remo, who respects her as both a Supe and a woman...Categorized as:
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Steel Heart by R.J. Blain
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWith the Hope Diamond locked around her throat, Jesse Alexander finds herself in the unfortunate position of being a walking national treasure. With the Starfall stone poised to pulse and flood the world with more of its magic, she must figure out how to remove it before she becomes its pawn yet again. Unfortunately, the stone has a mind—and plans—of its own... -
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Fury of Frustration by Coreene Callahan
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAmbition can be deadly…Born of a powerful god, but exiled on earth, dragon-warrior Kruger conceals the truth of his origins from the world. Forced to live a lie, he proves his worth by becoming a tycoon in a powerful business empire. But when a beautiful woman with ambitions of her own gets in his way, he must decide—accept what he cannot change, or eliminate the threat once and for all...Categorized as:
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Breaking Bat by Erin Johnson
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA curse stole one witch’s powers, but gave her the ability to speak with animals. Now she helps a hunky police officer and his sassy, lie-detecting canine solve paranormal mysteries... -
Odds and Ends by Gwen DeMarco
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe thrilling conclusion to the Sophie and the Odd Ones series…A cryptic message from the Great Mother sends Sophie on a mission to uncover her own dark past. This quest will lead her on a journey to the Queen Maeve’s former stronghold on Earth. Sophie soon discovers the shocking truth about her erased history and the destiny that awaits her... -
Any Witch Way by Lindsay Buroker
Thanks to her grandmother’s legacy, Morgen Keller has spent the summer learning about her witch heritage. She’s also spent the summer falling for the sexy werewolf next door.As an unemployed divorcée, she never expected to find love again, but the gruff Amar has been her protector since she arrived in Bellrock. He’s fierce, loyal, strong, and he hardly ever rolls his eyes at her vegetarian ways... -
Heart of Atlantis by Alyssa Day
As a war wages between the immortals of Atlantis and those of the vampire realm, a Poseidon warrior fights to save his world—and the woman he loves. And no risk is too great. The desires of a high priest. Alaric, Poseidon’s High Priest, has made a vow to Quinn, the woman he loves and the leader of the Resistance: to save her friend Jack before his last bit of humanity has been drained...Categorized as:
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Alex by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 26 ratings"My name is Rylee, and I am a Tracker" But this isn't Rylee's story. It's mine. Before I lost my ability to think like an adult. Before my body became stuck between wolf and human. Before I knew the supernatural and Rylee even existed. This is the last of what I remember before becoming a werewolf. . . .this is the last of what's important to me...Categorized as:
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Magic Bites - Unicorn Lane by Ilona Andrews, Gordon Andrews
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsPublished in Small Magics and included in Curran's POV.How/when Kate and Curran first meet...Categorized as:
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Stoneskin Dragon by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHe has days to live.Dragon shifter Reive is dying. After a fight with a gargoyle to save his clan, his poisoned body is painfully turning to stone. His only hope: an ancient book that promises a cure. And the librarian who can help him find it.She's a monster.All her life Jess has feared and hated her gargoyle shifter form. She would give anything to be fully human.Now she might have a way... -
Water Viper by R.J. Blain
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsASIN B071S3XFMM moved to the latest edition as per guidelines.During Starfall, magic flooded the Earth and destroyed most technology while humans developed strange new powers. As the scion of a male-dominated clan, Jesse should have risen to become a hero. She chose to become a woman instead, ruining her hopes for the future...Categorized as:
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Demons and DNA by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWe had run.We had adapted.And when our magic came back, we changed course again. Hiding instead of running, knowing that we needed to remain hidden from the Collective. Knowing that our lives, our freedom, depended on it.Then the sorcerer showed up, drained and disoriented. And when my past came quickly following him, I had to make another choice.Fight or flight... -
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My Warrior Wolves by Krystal Shannan
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBetrayed and alone… Charlotte “Charlie” Mason struggles to put her pack back together after the horrifying loss of her parents. But her Uncle has other plans. Plans to turn the pack over to the one creature who ruined her life. She turns to the mates she sent away to help her salvage not only her broken heart, but what’s left of her family... -
Shaman Rises by C.E. Murphy
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsJoanne Walker has two choices: Defeat the enemy…or lose her soul trying For over a year, Joanne has been fighting the Master—the world's most abiding evil entity. She's sacrificed family, friendships, even watched potential futures fade away…and now the Master is bringing the final battle to Joanne's beloved Seattle...Categorized as:
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Bone Driven by Hailey Edwards
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsThe bayou is burning, the battle is just beginning - and Luce Boudreau is smack in the middle of no-man's land . . . Life as a cop in Canton Town, Mississippi, is never dull - particularly when hiding deep within you is a demon bent on the apocalypse... -
Reawakening the Dragon: Part Three by Jessie Donovan
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPART THREE (of Four) Will Kai finally reveal what happened with Maggie Jones? If he does, will Kai and Jane finally take their relationship to the next level? 18,750 words / 18+, explicit language and sexual situations / Cliffhanger Stonefire Dragons Reading Order: #1 – Sacrificed to the Dragon: Boxed Set, Parts #1-4 #2 – Seducing the Dragon: Boxed Set, Parts #1-4 #3 – Revealing... -
A Dragon's Fate by Heather Renee
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn war, there are never any winners.DawsynTrusting family should be easy, but with an entire realm at risk of destruction, the task isn’t that simple.We only have days to find the solution we need to end Knox once and for all. And when the path leads us back to Earth, we have no idea what to expect...Categorized as:
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Rebel Christmas by Alex Fox
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBringing joy to the world... one ass-kicking at a time.After an intense year of battling off demons, gods and evil witches, Rebel's ready to take it easy. But the heir to the New Orleans Pack brings a case to her doorstep just before the holidays, she just can't resist!Someone's been kidnapping and trafficking supernatural orphans and getting away with it...Categorized as:
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