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  • Magic Shifts by Ilona Andrews

    Magic Shifts by Ilona Andrews

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 209 ratings
    In the latest Kate Daniels novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Ilona Andrews, magic is coming and going in waves in post-Shift Atlanta—and each crest leaves danger in its wake… After breaking from life with the Pack, mercenary Kate Daniels and her mate—former Beast Lord Curran Lennart—are adjusting to a very different pace...
  • Magic Binds by Ilona Andrews

    Magic Binds by Ilona Andrews

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 197 ratings
    Mercenary Kate Daniels knows all too well that magic in post-Shift Atlanta is a dangerous business. But nothing she’s faced could have prepared her for this… Kate and the former Beast Lord Curran Lennart are finally making their relationship official...
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  • Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews

    Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 346 ratings
    When magic strikes and Atlanta goes to pieces, it’s a job for Kate Daniels… Drafted into working for the Order of Merciful Aid, mercenary Kate Daniels has more paranormal problems than she knows what to do with these days. And in Atlanta, where magic comes and goes like the tide, that’s saying a lot...
  • Magical Midlife Meeting by K.F. Breene

    Magical Midlife Meeting by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 56 ratings
    It's time for a magical battle Jessie isn't sure she's prepared for. Elliot Graves has been a thorn in Jessie's side since before she agreed to take the house magic. He has constantly brought the fight to her doorstep.Not this time.With the help of Austin's shifters, the Ivy house crew will meet Elliot Graves in one of the most dangerous places imaginable - his home turf...
  • Magical Midlife Love by K.F. Breene

    Magical Midlife Love by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 64 ratings
    The fourth book in the Wall Street Journal bestselling Leveling Up series.The Ivy House team is shaping up, but there are still holes to be filled, and a magical summons outstanding. Jessie needs a teacher. Someone who can fit in with the whacky Ivy House crew. And that was going just fine...until she gets a request to host a powerful, neighboring mage. A teacher isn't going to be enough...
  • ‎Magical Midlife Alliance by K.F. Breene

    ‎Magical Midlife Alliance by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 46 ratings
    Book 7 in the ongoing Wall Street Journal bestselling Leveling Up series!After returning from the basajaunak lands, it's clear that Jessie and her crew need to find an alliance quickly. They need to head to Kingsley's in less than a couple of months. If they go as they are, they'll never be enough to save Austin's brother from total annihilation...
  • Pale Demon by Kim Harrison

    Pale Demon by Kim Harrison

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 89 ratings
    Condemned and shunned for black magic, Rachel Morgan has three days to get to the annual witches’ conference and clear her name, or be trapped in the demonic ever-after . . . forever after. But a witch, an elf, a living vampire, and a pixy in one car going across the country? Talk about a recipe for certain disaster, even without being the targets for assassination...
  • The Games of Enemies and Allies by K.M. Shea

    The Games of Enemies and Allies by K.M. Shea

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 59 ratings
    At night they’re enemies. During the day they’re friends. Only one of them is aware of this… My stress levels skyrocketed after I discovered the deadly vampire who has taken over downtown is Considine Maledictus, one of the most powerful vampires alive...
  • Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs

    Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 139 ratings
    Mercy Thompson has been hailed as “a heroine who continues to grow and yet always remains true to herself.”* Now she’s back, and she’ll soon discover that when the fae stalk the human world, it’s the children who suffer... Tensions between the fae and humans are coming to a head...
  • Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs

    Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 82 ratings
    The vampire Wulfe is missing. Since he’s deadly, possibly insane, and his current idea of “fun” is stalking Mercy, some may see it as no great loss. But when he disappears, the Tri-Cities pack is blamed. The mistress of the vampire seethe informs Mercy that the pack must produce Wulfe to prove their innocence, or the loose alliance between the local vampires and werewolves is over...
  • Magical Midlife Invasion by K.F. Breene

    Magical Midlife Invasion by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 67 ratings
    Jessie's new life adjustment is well underway. The tough alpha Austin has joined her team, and she has painstakingly learned to fly. Life is going a-okay.That is, until her parents decide to visit....They don't know anything about magic, about Jessie's new digs, or about the crazy crew living in and around Jessie's house. She must do everything in her power to keep the truth away from them...
  • Smoke Bitten by Patricia Briggs

    Smoke Bitten by Patricia Briggs

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 106 ratings
    Mercy Thompson, car mechanic and shapeshifter, faces a threat unlike any other in this thrilling entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. I am Mercedes Athena Thompson Hauptman. My only "superpowers" are that I turn into a thirty-five pound coyote and fix Volkswagens. But I have friends in odd places and a pack of werewolves at my back. It looks like I'm going to need them...
  • Midlife Fairy Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Midlife Fairy Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 46 ratings
    A Paranormal Women’s Fiction with a bit of class, and a lot of sass for anyone over forty!Over the hill, all outta ducks to give, and suddenly life is looking up . . .even if you’re living with a ghost and fighting off werewolves.Moving back to Savannah changed my life in all the best ways. New job. New friends. As far from my ex-husband as possible...
  • Lights, Cameras, Witches by Amanda M. Lee

    Lights, Cameras, Witches by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Bay Winchester isn’t in the mood for trouble. It seems to continually find her, however, and this time it’s coming in the form of a television production crew.Haunted Traditions has made a name for itself as the premiere reality television show catering to paranormal enthusiasts. Of course Hemlock Cove pops up on their radar...
  • Midlife Witch Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Midlife Witch Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 38 ratings
    Gran used to say that a strong woman looks a challenge in the eye and gives it a wink. To be sure, flirting with challenges is a terrible idea. Ask me how I know.All Bree really wants is to bury her head in the sand, somewhere in the south of France while a hot pool boy rubs lotion on her back...
  • Magical Midlife Dating by K.F. Breene

    Magical Midlife Dating by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 71 ratings
    The second book in the Leveling Up series by USA Today and Wallstreet Journal Bestselling author K.F. Breene. She must learn to fly, but can she withstand the allure of the handsome new teacher?Book two in the Top 10 Kindle Store and internationally bestselling series by USA Today Bestselling Author, K.F. Breene!The decision has been made...
  • Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs

    Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 225 ratings
    By day, Mercy is a car mechanic in the sprawling Tri-Cities of Eastern Washington. By night, she explores her preternatural side. As a shapeshifter with some unique talents, Mercy has often found herself having to maintain a tenuous harmony between the human and the not so human. This time she may get more than she bargained for...
  • Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison

    Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 83 ratings
    In New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison's most complex and nuanced adventure yet, bounty hunter and witch Rachel Morgan fights a deadly battle - mind, body, and soul. Black Magic Sanction Rachel Morgan has fought and hunted vampires, werewolves, banshees, demons, and other supernatural dangers as both witch and bounty hunter - and lived to tell the tale...
  • Midlife Demon Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Midlife Demon Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 43 ratings
    Goblins and ghouls and magic, oh my! Hang tight to your britches, this laugh out loud adventure is about to light you up!Ousted from the Hollows Group, the shadow world has officially taken notice of me.With loan sharks sniffing around and knocking on my door, I need to figure out how my ex-husband pushed all his debt onto me, because it stinks of black magic and back alley dealings...
  • Ever After by Kim Harrison

    Ever After by Kim Harrison

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 78 ratings
    The ever after, the demonic realm that parallels the human world, is shrinking. If it disappears completely, so does all magic. It's up to witch-turned-daywalking-demon Rachel Morgan to avert catastrophe and keep life from changing... for the worse. While saving the world is important, it isn't Rachel's only motivation...
  • Freaky Crypts by Amanda M. Lee

    Freaky Crypts by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Poet Parker thought her past was lost to her…but it’s about to invade her present.Her uncle Sidney is in New Orleans, which just happens to be where Mystic Caravan is setting up shop for the week, but Poet isn’t expecting a happy reunion. Things are tense—to say the least—and that’s before zombies are reported in the French Quarter...
  • River Marked by Patricia Briggs

    River Marked by Patricia Briggs

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 186 ratings
    Being a different breed of shapeshifter-a walker-Mercy Thompson can see ghosts, but the spirit of her long-gone father has never visited her. Until now, on her honeymoon with the Alpha werewolf Adam. An evil is stirring in the depths of the Columbia River-and innocent people are dying...
  • Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs

    Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 254 ratings
    Under the rule of science, there are no witch burnings allowed, no water trials or public lynchings. In return, the average law-abiding, solid citizen has little to worry about from the things that go bump in the night. Sometimes I wish I was an average citizen... Mechanic Mercy Thompson has friends in low places-and in dark ones. And now she owes one of them a favor...
  • Beach Blanket Wendigo by Amanda M. Lee

    Beach Blanket Wendigo by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Moonstone Bay is in an uproar. The DDA is on the run, but they’re not going down without a fight. While all that’s going on, Hadley Hunter is practicing her magic. She managed to join with her elemental friends for a huge wins—and feels that’s important for the DDA fight—but she needs practice.Nothing is perfect, however...
  • A Perfect Blood by Kim Harrison

    A Perfect Blood by Kim Harrison

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 78 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison returns to the Hollows with the electrifying follow-up to her acclaimed Pale Demon ! A Perfect Blood Ritually murdered corpses are appearing across Cincinnati, terrifying amalgams of human and other . Pulled in to help investigate by the I.S...
  • My Angel by Alanea Alder

    My Angel by Alanea Alder

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    Vivian Mercy has been running from the past for so long she doesn’t know any other way of life. When a panicked call comes from one of her only friends she finds herself returning to the city of her nightmares where her dedication as a doctor and resolve to help others is put to the test. Etain Vi’Aerlin has been watching over Noctem Falls for centuries...
  • Midlife Ghost Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Midlife Ghost Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 35 ratings
    Breena is in hot water now with no easy way out. But she has to get to NOLA, save her Gran, avoid the police and figure out which guy is going to get into her never-mind-the-size panties. All in under a week...
  • Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews

    Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 327 ratings
    Down in Atlanta, tempers – and temperatures – are about to flare… As a mercenary who cleans up after magic gone wrong, Kate Daniels has seen her share of occupational hazards. Normally, waves of paranormal energy ebb and flow across Atlanta like a tide. But once every seven years, a flare comes, a time when magic runs rampant...
  • White Witch, Black Curse by Kim Harrison

    White Witch, Black Curse by Kim Harrison

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 86 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison returns to the sinister and seductive Hollows for the newest blockcuster adventure featuring Rachel Morgan, witch and bounty hunter. White Witch, Black Curse Some wounds take time to heal...and some scars never fade...
  • Magic & Marriage by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Marriage by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    When a television show called Natural Selection decides to film in Starry Hollow, the whole town is abuzz. The paranormal version of The Bachelor is the talk of the nation and the ideal vehicle to show off the town’s charm. Everyone is excited—except the chosen bachelor’s grandmother...
  • The Lies of Vampires and Slayers by K.M. Shea

    The Lies of Vampires and Slayers by K.M. Shea

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 47 ratings
    By night, they fight in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse. By day, they are friendly next-door neighbors. Neither of them know that their alter egos are archenemies.I’ve spent my life training in the family business of slaying vampires, but I’m tired of all the death. I want to prove we slayers can help society, not just break it...
  • When He Was Bad by Shelly Laurenston, Cynthia Eden

    When He Was Bad by Shelly Laurenston, Cynthia Eden

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 53 ratings
    A scorching after-dark anthology featuring Alpha males so hot, so wild, and so bad, they may just be the best you've ever had... Shelly Laurenston Miss Congeniality I'm young, good looking, and one day I'll be Alpha Male of my family's Pack. But Professor Irene Conridge acts like I don't even exist. Now she's got enemies coming out of the woodwork and I have to protect her...
  • How to Live an Undead Lie by Hailey Edwards

    How to Live an Undead Lie by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 46 ratings
    When a fledgling vampire arrives at Woolworth House searching for his maker, Grier is forced to relive her time in Atramentous. Most of those years are as dark and empty in her memory as she was in her cell. She can't remember her progeny, or the night she resuscitated him, but she can protect him from the Society. As long as she's willing to barter with her grandfather to do it...
  • Magical Midlife Madness by K.F. Breene

    Magical Midlife Madness by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 91 ratings
    "Happily Ever After" wasn't supposed to come with a do-over option. But when my husband of twenty years packs up and heads for greener pastures and my son leaves for college, that's exactly what my life becomes. Do-over.This time, though, I plan to do things differently. Age is just a number, after all, and at forty I'm ready to carve my own path...
  • Final Fury by Annabel Chase

    Final Fury by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Welcome to Chipping Cheddar where supernaturals are hidden in plain sight.I foolishly believed this day would never come, that life in charming Chipping Cheddar would always be pleasant and somewhat predictable—but all good things must come to an end.And it seems the dormant portal is no exception...
  • My Champion by Alanea Alder

    My Champion by Alanea Alder

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    Declan Lionhart has been running interference between the Founding Families and the citizens of Noctem Falls since the day he arrived in the city. His hopes of being a simple unit warrior crumbles in the face of their troubles and it looks like he will always be bound by his family’s political legacy...
  • Dark Debt by Chloe Neill

    Dark Debt by Chloe Neill

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 51 ratings
    A vampire never gets old. But neither do his enemies. When a figure from Ethan's dark past makes a splashy debut in Chicago, Merit and her Master don't know whether he's friend or foe. But they'll have to figure out soon, because trouble is brewing in the Windy City...
  • Blade Bound by Chloe Neill

    Blade Bound by Chloe Neill

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    The thrilling final installment of Chloe Neill’s New York Times bestselling urban fantasy series sees a sinister sorcery advancing across Chicago, and it may usher in the fall of Cadogan House… Since the night of her brutal attack and unwilling transformation to vampire, Merit’s stood as Sentinel and protector of Chicago’s Cadogan House...
  • Trouble With the Cursed by Kim Harrison

    Trouble With the Cursed by Kim Harrison

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Rachel Morgan must keep her friends close—and her enemies closer—in the next Hollows novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison.Rachel Morgan, witch-born demon, has one unspoken rule: take chances, but pay for them yourself...
  • Suck It Up, Buttercup by Kristen Painter

    Suck It Up, Buttercup by Kristen Painter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    At 49, Belladonna Barrone’s life has taken some interesting turns. She unwittingly married into the mob but managed to get free when her husband died in a car accident. Most recently she was attacked and turned into a vampire, something else she never intended. As with everything, she’s made the best of her situation...
  • Out of House and Home by Drew Hayes

    Out of House and Home by Drew Hayes

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 29 ratings
    With his wedding behind him, Fred is looking forward to nightly life finally settling down. Unfortunately, someone from his past has other, far less peaceful, plans in mind. Finding his clan under attack, Fred must scramble to discover who is working against him and how to fight back...
  • Midlife Zombie Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Midlife Zombie Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 33 ratings
    Book Five in the smash PWF hit! Breena's misadventures continue in this next installment as she faces her fears about kissing the hot guy, dealing with a powerhouse nemesis, and figuring out why everyone in town is acting . . .like zombies...
  • Midnight Marked by Chloe Neill

    Midnight Marked by Chloe Neill

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 45 ratings
    As the Chicagoland Vampires series continues, Merit and Ethan find themselves in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse, where winning may require the ultimate sacrifice... A vampire’s grudges don’t stay dead long... Merit is one of Chicago's most skilled vampire warriors; these days, she doesn't scare easily...
  • Trolled by Lindsay Buroker

    Trolled by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 35 ratings
    Busy looking for her missing mother and dodging enemies that are after her magical hammer, Matti Puletasi doesn’t need any more problems. She definitely doesn’t need the person who hired an assassin to kill her mother to show up—and target her.As if that wasn’t bad enough, the handsome elven ally she’s falling in love with… may be working for the other side...
  • The Vampire's Fake Fiancée by Kristen Painter

    The Vampire's Fake Fiancée by Kristen Painter

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town where Halloween is celebrated 365 days a year. The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the town know better. Living in Nocturne Falls means being yourself. Fangs, fur, and all. Sebastian Ellingham isn’t known for being a happy vampire...
  • Immortal Life by Lauretta Hignett

    Immortal Life by Lauretta Hignett

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Immortality sucks. You know what sucks more? Mortality.Imogen's on the verge of getting everything she ever wanted. The man of her dreams, a talented, smart kid who loves her, some amazing friends, she's finally safe from the ancient creature who keeps ripping her to pieces every time she tries to access her deeper powers – and she's only one step away from finding the reincarnation of her dad...
  • Deadly Assessments by Drew Hayes

    Deadly Assessments by Drew Hayes

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 30 ratings
    After several years as a vampire, starting a business, founding his own clan, and proposing to his girlfriend, Fred is finally beginning to settle into life as an undead accountant. Unfortunately, not everyone is happy about his continued survival, or the dangerous friends he’s made along the way...
  • Cast Away by Annabel Chase

    Cast Away by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Welcome to Spellbound, where paranormal is the new normal. Witch-in-training Emma Hart is preparing for one of the worst days of her life...the marriage of fallen angel Daniel Starr to the spoiled fairy, Elsa Knightsbridge. Fortunately for Emma, distractions are easy to come by in Spellbound when a troll is found dead near a bridge and an overzealous werewolf is arrested for indecent exposure...
  • Burning Dawn by Gena Showalter

    Burning Dawn by Gena Showalter

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 51 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter returns with a sizzling Angels of the Dark tale about a winged warrior renowned for his ruthlessness, and the woman who becomes his obsession... A tormented past has left Thane with an insatiable need for violence, making him the most dangerous assassin in the skies.He lives by a single code: no mercy...
  • Taste of Torment by Suzanne Wright

    Taste of Torment by Suzanne Wright

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 72 ratings
    It’s been five months since vampire Sam Parker Bound herself to Jared Michaels, her powerful co-commander within the Grand High Master vampire’s personal legion. Life as a Bound couple has been going just fine…until the Grand High Master announces he will be stepping down from his position and wants Sam and Jared to take his place. Oh joy. Despite Sam’s reservations, she agrees to ascend...
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