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  • Wild Scottish Rose by Tricia O'Malley

    Wild Scottish Rose by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 30 ratings
    Is a rose without its thorns any less beautiful? Shona Scott would much rather putter in her garden than deal with brides that get hysterical over floral arrangements. Fed up, she quits the wedding business and renovates a small cottage on her property for holiday rentals. Without the weddings crowding her calendar, Shona will finally get some time to explore a newfound talent...
  • The Best is Yet to Come by Jessica Redland

    The Best is Yet to Come by Jessica Redland

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Escape to the Lake District with million-copy bestseller Jessica Redland, for an uplifting story of family, friendship and love.Emma is having a fresh start.After a successful teaching career, an exciting new chapter awaits Emma – helping her fiancé Grayson run one of Beatrix Potter's farms...
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  • The Darkest Sampler by Gena Showalter

    The Darkest Sampler by Gena Showalter

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    FREE DIGITAL SAMPLER FEATURING EXTENDED EXCERPTS FROM BESTSELLING SENSATION GENA SHOWALTER'S ENTHRALLING LORDS OF THE UNDERWORLD SERIESWelcome to a dark and sensual world, where the line between good and evil blurs and true love is put to the ultimate test...
  • Darkyn's Mate by Lizzy Ford

    Darkyn's Mate by Lizzy Ford

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Caught between Fate and the Dark One ... Stuck in Hell, human-Deidre struggles to hold onto her hope that she can change the course of events that landed her as the mate of Darkyn, the Dark One. The chances of her leaving Hell plummet when the Dark One takes a drastic step to ensure he never loses his latest possession and blood binds her in an ancient rite from the time-before-time...
  • After Dark: The Darkest Angel/Shadow Hunter by Gena Showalter, Kait Ballenger

    After Dark: The Darkest Angel/Shadow Hunter by Gena Showalter, Kait Ballenger

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A timeless seduction A unique temptation And a whole world of dark desires... From New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter The Darkest Angel Winged warrior Lysander has been alive for centuries, and yet he's never known desire-until he meets Bianka...
  • Her One Wish by Marie Hall

    Her One Wish by Marie Hall

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    ON SALE OCTOBER 26! Nixie is a genie with a problem. She's just killed her Master. Kind of a big no-no for her kind, but really, what did the ruling council of genie's expect her to do? It's not like she was given a handbook on how to be a "proper genie". She was never even supposed to wind up in Kingdom. She'd been born on Earth, Chicago specifically...
  • Voodoo Kiss by Jayde Scott

    Voodoo Kiss by Jayde Scott

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Aspiring rock star, Sofia, had her whole future figured out. Or so she thought until her sister's sacrificed in a horrific ritual. Now Sofia's haunted by dreadful nightmares and terrifying visions from a past she never knew existed...
  • Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver, Geoff Taylor

    Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver, Geoff Taylor

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    Six thousand years ago. Evil stalks the land. Only twelve-year-old Torak and his wolf-cub companion can defeat it. Their journey together takes them through deep forests, across giant glaciers, and into dangers they never imagined...
  • Prophecy: Child of Earth by Elizabeth Haydon

    Prophecy: Child of Earth by Elizabeth Haydon

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    In Rhapsody , a fellowship was forged-- three companions who, through great adversity, became a force to be reckoned with: Rhapsody the Singer; Achmed the assassin-king; and Grunthor, the giant Sergeant-Major. Prophecy continues their powerful epic. Driven by a prophetic vision, Rhapsody races to rescue a religious leader while Achmed and Grunthor seek the F'dor-- an ancient and powerful demon...
  • Darkness Seduced by Stephanie Rowe

    Darkness Seduced by Stephanie Rowe

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Immortal warrior Gideon Roarke made an oath five hundred years ago to the woman who died for him. The ancient Calydon is ruthless in his quest to honor that promise, even if it means risking everything by teaming up with the one woman who will either destroy him, or finally bring redemption to his blackened, hardened soul...
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    demons  magic  m-f  contemporary  witches  angels  fantasy  paranormal
  • Bewitch by Felicity Heaton

    Bewitch by Felicity Heaton

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A vampire with a past stained with blood and a soul tainted with darkness, he is perfect in his self-control, never surrendering to his darkest desires. Now a beautiful witch in the shadowy fae underworld threatens to reawaken long denied hungers and tempts him with carnal pleasure...
    Categorized as:
    magic  demons  m-f  contemporary  vampires  paranormal  fae  witches
  • Broken Wings by Cameo Renae

    Broken Wings by Cameo Renae

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Emma’s world is falling apart, and Kade, the only one who seems to hold her together, is missing. With death lingering right outside their door, decisions must be made before it’s too late. The Midway has refused to send help, so they are left to seek out the only other who can stop Lucian...
  • Lian / Roch by Alexandra Ivy, Laura Wright

    Lian / Roch by Alexandra Ivy, Laura Wright

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    LIAN The Hunter: Lian isn’t a happy puma. He’s a lethal Hunter who should be out fighting the enemy, not babysitting a human scholar. Still, he’ll do whatever necessary to rid the world of the evil goddess, Shakpi. And there’s the bonus of spending a few hours away from his family of Nurturers who have been smothering him with love...
  • Wicked Edge by Nina Bangs

    Wicked Edge by Nina Bangs

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    USA Today bestselling author Nina Bangs once again tempts readers to enter the wickedly sensual Castle of Dark Dreams--a playground where private pleasures and devilish fantasies come true, where the men who breathe life into women's ultimate desires burn with their own supernatural fire... As an angel, Passion prides herself on perfection...
  • Deidre's Death by Lizzy Ford

    Deidre's Death by Lizzy Ford

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Two women caught in a struggle between Death and the Dark One... Gabriel – Death – is winning the ground war against demons in the mortal realm. But a rebellion is brewing among his army of grim reapers in the underworld he still can’t access...
  • Fire with Fire by Penelope King

    Fire with Fire by Penelope King

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It's been over two months since Lucky and Liora decided their fate outside the cave. Over two months since Kieron left to finish his mission. So why hasn't he returned? Crushed and confused, Liora finds comfort with a mysterious stranger, a guy whose motives include more than just healing Liora's broken heart. Meanwhile, Lucky finds herself in the arms of an old friend..
  • Broken by Layla Frost

    Broken by Layla Frost

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Layla Frost… You know the deal by now. Fated mates. Nefarious baddies. Grumpy-sunshine. And all the spicy tension. I’d been called a lot of things.Cold.Cynical.Jaded. An antisocial basta—You get the point.I’d say it came with being an overworked doctor, but that wasn’t the case. In my own personal purgatory, I’d lost touch with what I was meant to do—who I was...
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    magic  m-f  paranormal  fantasy  insta-love  contemporary
  • Destiny: Child of the Sky by Elizabeth Haydon

    Destiny: Child of the Sky by Elizabeth Haydon

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    A FELLOWSHIP OF THREE To stand against the F'dor-- an ancient, vile being intent on destroying the world-- a fellowship has been forged: Rhapsody, a Singer of great talent and beauty; Achmed, an assassin with unearthly talents; and Grunthor, a giant of jolly disposition and lethal skill with weapons...
  • Burn by Penelope Fletcher

    Burn by Penelope Fletcher

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Something deadly lurks beneath the surface of Marina's skin, a wildness, a magickal creature born from fire and ice. After crossing dimensions to the fiery land of dragons, where not only is she a princess, but descendant from one of the most powerful dragons in existence, Marina has chosen to enter the tournamnet Aver to win the Frost Wreath...
  • Mayhem and Minnie by Veronica Lancet

    Mayhem and Minnie by Veronica Lancet

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He's a neurotic serial killer. She's the woman he cannot kill. Marlowe Spencer-Astor is in a slump. He hasn’t killed a single soul in one hundred seventy four days. Not even therapy could solve his murderous problem, though he promised his mother he’d try.But then he sees a homeless girl by the side of the road.Minnie.She’s naked, dirty and smelly–everything that triggers his OCD...
  • The Mage by Jean Johnson

    The Mage by Jean Johnson

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    This is the final book in the acclaimed series of "cursed brothers, fated mates, prophecies... destiny and magic."(Robin D. Owens) New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz hails Jean Johnson's writing as "fabulously fresh, thoroughly romantic, and wildly entertaining." Now, Johnson returns for the final book in the series of eight brothers destined to fulfill a strange prophecy...
  • The Acropolis by R.K. Ryals

    The Acropolis by R.K. Ryals

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "We have a new assignment for you, Mr. Reinhardt." These words are not comforting to me. At eighteen, I am a gargoyle who has been demoted because I broke the rules. Now I have a new mission, a new mark to protect. But I don't expect Emma Chase. I don't expect to question my own race. I don't expect to care for my own mark. And I am not prepared for what I find at The Acropolis...
  • Red Mortal by Deidre Knight

    Red Mortal by Deidre Knight

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Leonidas has long led his fellow immortal warriors in battle with quiet, unyielding strength. But when Daphne, Oracle of Delphi, confesses to having loved him from afar, Leo finds his stoic shell breaking away. Just as their love ignites, Daphne's half-brother Ares strips Leonidas of his immortality...
  • Captive Heart by Anna Windsor

    Captive Heart by Anna Windsor

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Hot, wet, and bothered   As the world’s only fully trained water Sybil, Andy Myles is too busy battling New York’s demonic population and coping with personal tragedy to trust her broken heart to the wrong man...
  • Morgan's Fate by Dana Marie Bell

    Morgan's Fate by Dana Marie Bell

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    His Fate is finally in front of him…and he’s never letting go. Morgan and Magnus Grimm return from their search for Skuld, Norn of the Future, only to find that she’s been living under their noses this whole time...
  • The Fire Within by Dana Marie Bell

    The Fire Within by Dana Marie Bell

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She will set his world ablaze. Detective Dante Zucco has been tasked with bringing a Shemyaza to justice. As a seris Nephilim, his inner fire comes in handy in battle, but not in love. He's been burned before, but maybe this time he'll find a blaze that matches his own. One of the families of the human victims has hired Elizabeth Rand, PI, to investigate the murders...
  • Step by Cindy Paterson

    Step by Cindy Paterson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Librarian's note: This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN B00A1X69X8. ‘Only her love can restore his trust—only with his trust can she win her battle.’ Kilter, an immortal Senses Visionary, excels at being rude and crass with little hope of finding peace after being betrayed and tortured by his brother more than a hundred years ago...
  • Riven by Alivia Anders

    Riven by Alivia Anders

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    THE THIRD BOOK TO THE AMAZON BESTSELLING ILLUMINE SERIES!Captured, imprisoned, and left to burn.You know what they say- where there's smoke there's fire...For the last two weeks, Essallie Hanley has been a prisoner, in more ways than one. Held hostage by the Queen, she is forced to endure the mind-numbing pain tearing her body- and soul -apart, killing her with every tick of the clock...
  • Heaven Sent by E. Van Lowe

    Heaven Sent by E. Van Lowe

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Readers who devoured Boyfriend From Hell and Earth Angel will be captivated by the third book in the Falling Angels Saga. As summer break for Glendale Union high begins, heartsick Megan awaits Guy's return while struggling to control her emerging abilities. Love is in the air, but can the new loves in Megan, Maudrina, Suze and Aunt' Jaz's life be trusted? Nothing is what it seems...
  • Transformation by Carol Berg

    Transformation by Carol Berg

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Seyonne is a man waiting to die. He has been a slave for sixteen years, almost half his life, and has lost everything of meaning to him: his dignity, the people and homeland he loves, and the Warden's power he used to defend an unsuspecting world from the ravages of demons. Seyonne has made peace with his fate...
  • Ascension by Felicity Heaton

    Ascension by Felicity Heaton

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A witch on the verge of achieving phenomenal power, Lealandra must turn to her half-breed demon ex-lover Taig for protection from the dark force that is after her and also from her own magic. With her Counter-Balance dead and her coven against her, Taig's blood and power is the only thing that can help her control her magic and survive the ascension and gain the strength to defeat her enemy...
  • Fang Me by Parker Blue

    Fang Me by Parker Blue

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The vampires want it. The demons want it, too. And someone is willing to kill Val for it. Val and Fang have to find the powerful Encyclopedia Magicka before either of San Antonio's warring underworld factions locate it or the consequences will be deadly for the entire city. As usual, Val's vampire enemies (they still call her The Slayer) want her dead...
  • A Dangerous Bargain by J.S. Scott

    A Dangerous Bargain by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    27 year old Kat Larson is haunted by demons. Literally. And how was she to know that there was more than one type of demon? The Evils want to destroy her soul, while billionaire Sentinel demon, Zachary Winston, claims that he wants to protect her. Kat opts for Zach’s protection…but it doesn’t come without a price...
  • Red Demon by Deidre Knight

    Red Demon by Deidre Knight

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    In which immortal Spartans fight for humankind while battling their own desires... After assuming the power of life and death for the immortal Spartan brotherhood, Aristos Petrakos is brought a message from the other side- a romantic message he doesn't want to hear. Juliana Tiades, the long- dead love of Ari's immortal life, is desperate to reveal the truth about her death...
  • Captive Spirit by Anna Windsor

    Captive Spirit by Anna Windsor

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Trapped by temptation, bound by desire   Saving humanity from the supernatural has been challenging lately—even for a well-trained earth Sybil like Bela Argos, who must harness the magic of a fractious group of warrior sisters and battle a new wave of paranormal attacks...
  • Wicked Whispers by Nina Bangs

    Wicked Whispers by Nina Bangs

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    USA Today bestselling author Nina Bangs welcomes you back to the Castle of Dark Dreams, a place of otherworldly secrets and sensual men with the power to fulfill your most private fantasies. All Ivy had ever wanted was a safe, secure life with no drama. Now she was working in an adult theme park where visitors came to role-play their wildest imaginings...
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    demons  magic  m-f  contemporary  paranormal  fae  vampires  fantasy
  • Kiss of the Betrayer by Boone Brux

    Kiss of the Betrayer by Boone Brux

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For fifteen years Luc Le Daun has blamed himself for the death of the woman he loved. His secret guilt has led him into a life of danger, risking all and committing to none. Killing Luc Le Daun has been all Jade Kendell has thought about for years. But when her plan goes awry and she’s brought into the Bringers’ fold, her own dark secret threatens to be revealed...
  • Daughter of Fire and Ice by Marie-Louise Jensen

    Daughter of Fire and Ice by Marie-Louise Jensen

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Book by Marie-Louise...
  • Feudlings in Sight by Wendy Knight

    Feudlings in Sight by Wendy Knight

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Boys of war suck at romance. Charity Delyle has lived in the shadow of her Prodigy cousin and his powerful Guard since the day she was born. And she doesn’t mind—really. Except that being in Hunter’s shadow means that he can’t see her. And she’d like that to change. Hunter has one purpose in life: Protect the Prodigy, or die trying...
  • Color Me Wicked by Nina Bangs

    Color Me Wicked by Nina Bangs

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Amanda Harcourt had one scorching night of incredible sex with Conleth Maguire on a Galveston, Texas beach ten years ago. Then she’d left Con for a career in New York City. She’s back in Galveston now as the interior designer for the weird and wacky Castle of Dark Dreams, a theme park attraction. Old memories surface when she finds out that Con has been hired to paint the castle...
  • The Shifter by Jean Johnson

    The Shifter by Jean Johnson

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Before the Sons of Destiny came to be, shapechangers ruled the heart of a shattered empire and navigated the uncertain shifts of fate… Years have passed since there was any sighting of Family Mongrel on the Shifting Plains. Yet traces remain, and they lead south into the Correda Mountains...
  • Mending Shattered Souls by Scarlet Hyacinth

    Mending Shattered Souls by Scarlet Hyacinth

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    [Siren Classic ManLove: Erotic Alternative Fantasy Romance, M/M] After his betrayal, Pierre D'Argent is tortured and broken by his own people. His only desire is to somehow find salvation in death. But a mysterious man going by the name of X rescues him, bringing a spark of hope in his life. Love blossoms between them, despite Pierre's incurable affliction and X's amnesia...
  • The Queen's Knight, Volume 2 by Kim Kang-Won

    The Queen's Knight, Volume 2 by Kim Kang-Won

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    *Creator of the top-selling series I.N.V.U. *Kim Kang Won is not only a top creator among girl titles, she also drew quite a sizeable crowd at the 2003 Comic Con Now that Yuna is Queen of Phantasma, the dashing knight Rieno doesn't want her to go back to her home. Yuna's heart is torn between returning to Germany and moving forward with her new life as queen. She attempts to leave..
  • The Queen's Knight, Volume 3 by Kim Kang-Won

    The Queen's Knight, Volume 3 by Kim Kang-Won

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    *Creator of the top-selling series I.N.V.U. *Kim Kang Won is not only a top creator among girl titles, she also drew quite a sizeable crowd at the 2003 Comic Con Yuna is angry with Rieno after eavesdropping on his decision to send her away from his castle... but that doesn't stop her from receiving his "dreamy" kiss...
  • To Kiss a Frog by Elle James

    To Kiss a Frog by Elle James

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    Wanted: Single woman, very near-sighted, who doesn't care about height (3") or skin flaws (green and bumpy), who can see past minor details (like not being entirely human) to find and love the man beneath the warts. Craig Thibodeax was cursed. Frog by day and man by night, he had until the next full moon to free himself - by finding someone to love him. Elaine Smith seemed perfect...
  • Raven Dexter, Paranormal Midwife by Viola Grace

    Raven Dexter, Paranormal Midwife by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Raven was off to a good start as a midwife until an elf demanded she attend a royal goblin's birth. It was downhill from there. Raven Dexter chose to pursue midwifery the moment she helped a teen friend deliver her baby. Fed up with unconcerned physicians, she studied until she could open her small practice in a moderately sized town...
  • The Novel's Extra by Jee Gab Song

    The Novel's Extra by Jee Gab Song

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Waking up, Kim Hajin finds himself in a familiar world but an unfamiliar body. A world he created himself and a story he wrote, yet never finished. He had become his novel’s extra, a filler character with no importance to the story. The only clue to escaping is to stay close to the main storyline. However, he soon finds out the world isn’t exactly identical to his creation...
  • Doomed by Jayde Scott

    Doomed by Jayde Scott

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Enter a paranormal world of dark magic, rituals, love bonds and legends… Fallen angel Cassandra wasn't supposed to fall in love with Dallas. It should've been just a bit of fun she couldn't resist. The bond they share could save her from her curse before she's forever bound to Hell. Trouble is, she's Lucifer's daughter and Dallas is mortal, and mortals don't survive in Cass's world...
  • Slave to Passion by Elisabeth Naughton

    Slave to Passion by Elisabeth Naughton

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Kill them all… Enslaved by his enemies and forced to fight in the pits of Jahannam for their depraved entertainment, Nasir, the once-proud Marid warrior and djinn prince, has become a killer. One celebrated and feared at the same time. Even he doesn’t remember who he used to be, nor does he care, until hope enters his cell in the form of an alluring woman who may be the key to his salvation...
  • Once Upon a Castle by Nora Roberts, Jill Gregory

    Once Upon a Castle by Nora Roberts, Jill Gregory

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Once upon a time... A bewitchingly beautiful lady casts a thousand-year love spell on the man of her dreams--and unleases a nightmare that only true love can conque. Nora Robert's "Spellbound" Once upon a time... A gypsy's prophecy spells love when an unlikely pair join to fight the ultimate evil--and find themselves in their own battle of hearts...
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