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Leopard's Hunt by Christine Feehan
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsIn this pulse-pounding novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Leopard series, animal instinct unites two elite shifters whose heads are at war with their hearts. Gorya Amurov might be known as his family's peacekeeper, but the leopard inside him wants nothing more than to claw to the surface and unleash hell... -
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A Most Excellent Midlife Crisis by Robyn Peterman
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsA Paranormal Women's Fiction with a bit of class, and a lot of sass, for anyone who feels like age is just a number!Midlife's a bumpy journey. The ride is a freaking rollercoaster. The crisis is real.With my life back to normal--normal being a very relative word--one would think I'd catch a break.One would be very wrong... -
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![Whose Midlife Crisis Is It Anyway? by Robyn Peterman]()
Whose Midlife Crisis Is It Anyway? by Robyn Peterman
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA Paranormal Women's Fiction with a bit of class, and a lot of sass, for anyone who feels like age is just a number!Midlife's a journey. Enjoy the ride. Crisis included.Never knew that life after death was far more dangerous than real life.Never in my forty years did I think my new normal would be gluing body parts back onto ghosts and hosting a houseful of dead squatters... -
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A Dangerous Witch by Debora Geary
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIt's the end of an era. This is the final release in the world of A Modern Witch. If you haven't met my witches yet, this is not the book you want to read . Go find A Modern Witch and begin where it all started. I figure the final book doesn't need much introduction. Take one last journey with your favorite witches as an oversized marble calls another member of Witch Central on a journey.. -
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You Light Up My Midlife Crisis by Robyn Peterman
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsMidlife is definitely a journey. The road has massive potholes.And the crisis… it’s the gift that keeps on giving. Being forty is supposed to be freaking fabulous not fatal. Taking on a daunting new job minus the description isn’t the smartest move I’ve ever made, even if it was to save a friend. Hopefully, it doesn’t turn out to be the stupidest… or deadliest... -
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An Unlikely Witch by Debora Geary
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA toddler and a snowman. Everyone in Witch Central knows about Jamie Sullivan's precog vision. The one he saw when he first laid eyes on the woman who would one day be his wife. Now Nat and Jamie have it all. A fiery, adorable daughter, the kind of marriage that lasts to forever and beyond, and deep roots in the love, antics, and magic of Witch Central's leading family... -
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Rogue Ghosts & Other Miscreants by Annette Marie, Rob Jacobsen
As a former con-artist, I love a convoluted, mind-bending scheme as much as the next guy. But as a recently promoted MagiPol agent, I love it significantly less than that guy.Especially when the life of a kidnapped teen hangs in the balance.Between confusing orders and conflicting evidence, this whole investigation has me and my partner, Lienna, spinning in circles... -
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Demons Forever by Sarra Cannon
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsHarper has come so far from her life as a foster child. She never imagined what her future would hold when she was first brought to the small town of Peachville. Since that day she’s faced great evil, found some of the answers she’s been looking for, and fallen deeply, madly in love. But her biggest challenge and her greatest lessons are still ahead of her... -
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Celtic Magic by Linsey Hall
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsI am the DruidFinally, I know what I am. The Druid of the Dragon Gods. The knowledge comes at a price, however. Two new golden tattoos have appeared on my arms, and they’re blocking my magic. Magic that I need to survive. When two ancient druids show up at the Protectorate needing my help, it's obvious there’s something big at play... -
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Wrath by Kristie Cook
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsWill a mother’s wrath make her cross the line? I didn’t want to cry. For once in my life, tears evaded me. Perhaps because I refused to grieve this loss, because it wasn’t a loss in my eyes, in my heart. It was a call for war, yes. But not a loss. I wouldn’t allow it. Besides, I was too mad to cry, even in my exhaustion, and anger would get me much further... -
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Witches Under Way by Debora Geary
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsLizard and Elsie are under way, but the WitchLight journey isn't an easy one. There are bumps and obstacles inside their own hearts. There are meddling witches, helpful knitters, and a fearsome duo with water pistols. And there is the greatest challenge of all... the one they will pick for each other... -
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Witches in Flight by Debora Geary
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsGhosts from Lizard's past--and the man who wants to be her future. The empty places in Elsie's soul--and the temptations of raspberry-laced courage. Walk once more with Jennie's students as they come to the end of their WitchLight journeys. Ah--just read it. You know you want to :-)... -
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Last Wish by Helen Harper
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsIt's not easy pretending to be dead - especially when it feels as if you have the weight of the world on your shoulders. Between an unfulfilled prophecy, the demon-occupied Lowlands, the continuing power of murderous Aifric Moncrieffe - not to mention her constant yearnings for Byron - Integrity Adair has a lot to worry about... -
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Hexing with a Chance of Tornadoes by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsI've been told I'm a force to be reckoned with. That I blow onto the scene like a tornado.At age forty I've stopped caring if that's a compliment or a dig. Now I just wear it like a badge of honor. So when life threw me a curveball and I ended up going from a cushy job in New York City to the tiny Southern town of Grimm Cove I thought I was ready for anything.Ha! Not quite... -
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![More than a Little Warped by Annette Marie, Rob Jacobsen]()
More than a Little Warped by Annette Marie, Rob Jacobsen
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAs a conman-turned-MPD-Agent, I'm fairly new to the whole "upholder of justice" thing, but even for me, there are some lines you just don't cross. Agent Söze of the MPD's Internal Affairs department, on other hand, seems determined to slime his way across every ethical line in existence like an over-sized eel on a power trip... -
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Like a Fine Magical Wine by Brenda Trim
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAfter a harrowing visit to the Underworld, I finally shifted into my Phoenix. Flying doesn't stop Fate from insisting that I fight for my life, though. All of these brushes with death are for the birds. Catching the local murderer red-handed should have put a stop to the constant danger I'm in... -
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Mystics and Mental Blocks by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThree days. That was all the reprieve we got before one of the Five showed up, injured and on the run. The snowstorm that had encased the property, as well as stifled the town, hadn’t even melted away.That wounded prey led our newest adversary directly to me, to Christopher. Inconvenient timing, but not unexpected... -
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Bonds and Broken Dreams by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWe had chosen our place, etching our lives into a new land. Then we had defended that land when called upon to do so. And we’d won. We’d maintained our freedom.But magic attracts magic.As they say.So when the sorcerers showed up, holding my recent past hostage — along with a future I had dreamed I might build — it was just as expected... -
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Dire Blood by S.M. Reine
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsElise Kavanagh died while killing the mother of all demons, and her fight should be over. But nothing is ever that easy where the Godslayer is concerned. Elise has been resurrected--and she came back as a demon. Now the most powerful witch in the world, James Faulkner, has been dragged to Hell and accused of violating an ancient treaty. The punishment is eternity in Hellfire... -
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Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThree months ago, I lost my foster sister, Sienna, to the darkness. As in blood magic and chaos and general mayhem. No one saw it until it was too late, but I should have. Now, I have a wounded heart and soul that I can’t even reveal to anyone around me, because I’m supposed to hate Sienna with the fiery passion of the justified. And I do... -
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Robert: A Forty Proof Novella (Forty Proof) by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratings**This is Robert's story before he became the Robert you know in the Forty Proof Series.** In 1876, we were called to Savannah, Georgia to help with an infestation of demons. If we'd known what we, my wife Evangeline, and I, were walking into, we'd have run the other way. As it was, we shared tea with a vampire and stepped into a battle we did not understand until it was too late... -
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A Family Affair by Karen Chance
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 30 ratings"A Family Affair" is a novella connected to the New York Times bestselling Cassandra Palmer series of urban fantasy novels. It is designed primarily as an "added feature" to the series, and is intended for those already reading the books... -
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Reaper Reborn by Kel Carpenter, Meg Anne
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsJust when I think things are finally starting to calm down, I come face-to-face with my long-lost twin.Turns out, being a Daughter of Death is a whole lot more than just kicking ass and taking names.There are things like rules...and responsibilities.Oh yeah, and let’s not forget the monster that’s killed me in all my past lives. That’s a thing, too... -
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Oaths of Blood by S.M. Reine
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsWerewolves are immune to every illness and can heal any wound. It should be impossible for one to become possessed by a demon. But that's exactly what Seth Wilder is facing: a werewolf gone insane from possession. He has no choice but to deliver her to the only exorcist in America, Elise Kavanagh, who also happens to be a powerful demon known as the Godslayer... -
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![Broken Visions by Jessica Sorensen]()
Broken Visions by Jessica Sorensen
Gemma thought Alex was dead, that she’d made an irreversible mistake and would never see him again. But then her father resets time and she’s given another chance to be with Alex, if she can save the world and get rid of the star. Gemma decides to follow in her father’s footsteps and attempt to change the vision of the end of the world... -
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Night Magic by Jennifer Lyon
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsTHEIR LOVE IS DESTINED TO RISE AGAIN Ailish Donovan is a witch ready to do battle. Raised unaware of her powers, she is just sixteen when her mother tricks her into binding with the demon Asmodeus. Pure-hearted Ailish escapes with the connection incomplete but pays a heavy price: For the next eight years, she is shunned by her earth sisters and tormented by Asmodeus’s lust... -
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Second Chance Magic by Michelle M. Pillow
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsSecrets broke her heart... and have now come back from the grave to haunt her.So far, Lorna Addams’s forties are not what she expected. After a very public embarrassment, she finds it difficult to trust her judgment when it comes to new friendships and dating... -
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Ruled by Steel by S.M. Reine
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOnly a demon can save the souls trapped in Hell. Elise Kavanagh failed to prevent the Breaking, and now Hell is spilling onto Earth. Now she's delved deep into the City of Dis in an attempt to stop the infernal armies--but even the legendary Godslayer is unprepared to face Dis's fiercest demons, not to mention the responsibility of liberating the humans they've enslaved... -
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Damnation Marked by S.M. Reine
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThere's something in the earth deep below Elise Kavanagh's territory. A shadow is falling upon local demons to devour their flesh and harvest their souls. And it's coming for Elise next. The Union has an easy way out. They want to send Elise into hiding again with her former partner, James Faulkner... -
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Sinful Magic by Jennifer Lyon
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsFrom rising star Jennifer Lyon comes the fourth novel in her dark, sexy, and thrillingly paced Wing Slayer paranormal romance series. Roxanne “Roxy” Banfield refuses to be like her mother, a fertility witch who uses sex as nothing more than a magical weapon. Roxy rejects that life and is determined to become mortal to pursue her dream of real love and a family... -
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The Amplifier Protocol by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThey called me an amplifier. And they had bred me, raised me, and trained me to be a killer with preternatural precision. I was capable of taking, holding, and transferring power that wasn’t my own with a simple touch. Skin-to-skin contact. Along with four others of my generation, I could infiltrate any magical organization, extracting whoever or whatever I’d been ordered to extricate... -
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Blood of the White Witch by Lacey Weatherford
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWhen love came knocking on the door of novice witch, Portia Mullins, in the form of handsome bad boy, Vance Mangum, she had no idea how quickly the attraction between them would escalate. Now she finds her relationship with Vance taken to a whole new level, in a way she had never dreamed possible at this point and time of her life... -
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Witch by Tara Brown
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe old house at the end of the haunted street seems emptier with the people missing and the lives lost. Sam thinks he has Hanna all to himself now but The Roses have other plans. Ari and Aimee struggle to cope with the changes they've suffered through, the newest one being Giselle. She is thrust into the role of Vampire Royalty and with it come certain obligations and limitations...Categorized as:
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Soul Magic by Jennifer Lyon
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsKISS OR KILL When an ancient pact is broken, powerful witches who once used their magic to help humanity become the twisted playthings of demons, and the mortal men who once protected the sorceresses become witch hunters, cursed with the longing to spill the witches’ blood: an irresistible craving that will cost witches their lives and witch hunters their souls... -
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Storm Kissed by Jessica Andersen
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDez is no angel. The former gangbanger spent years in jail and alienated the love of his life, Reese Montana. Now he has a second chance to join forces with the Nightkeepers and master the Triad magic. Even better, Reese is back—taken on as the Nightkeepers' sexy bounty hunter. But this time, the stakes are even higher for Dez and Reese... -
![A Tale of Two Demon Slayers by Angie Fox]()
A Tale of Two Demon Slayers by Angie Fox
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsLast month, I was a single preschool teacher whose greatest thrill consisted of color-coding my lesson plans. That was before I learned I was a slayer. Now, it's up to me to face curse-hurling imps, vengeful demons, and any other supernatural uglies that crop up. And, to top it off, a hunk of a shape-shifting griffin has invited me to Greece to meet his family... -
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Witch Fury by Anya Bast
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsNothing's worse than a warlock scorned... Sarafina Connell is having the worst week of her life. It takes an even darker turn when an infamous playboy kidnaps her and reveals a world she never knew existed... It's a world where magick is real, and where Sarafina is given a chance to join a secret cabal that is bent on gaining absolute power... -
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The Dream: Episode 2 by Sarra Cannon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsEpisode 2 of Sarra Cannon’s New Adult Paranormal serial. Working at Venom wasn’t originally part of Franki’s plans, but her encounter with the vampire demons in the alley last night has her rattled. Besides, she can’t get the club’s sexy and mysterious bartender, Rend, out of her mind. If she wants to stay alive, she needs his protection... -
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The Darkness: Episode 3 by Sarra Cannon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsEpisode 3 of Sarra Cannon’s New Adult Paranormal Serial. (*Intended for readers 16+*) Franki’s first night working at Venom hasn’t been easy, but things are about to get a lot more dangerous. When a mysterious, dark man approaches her and tells her he knows what happened to her mother, Franki can’t help but follow him into a forbidden section of the club... -
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Spellcasters by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWitches, Cabels, and Supernaturals...oh my! Paranormal superstar and internationally bestselling author Kelley Armstrong's second Otherworld omnibus includes Dime Store Magic and Industrial Magic , along with two short stories, Wedding Bell Hell & Case of the Half-Demon Spy... -
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City of Lust by Debra Dunbar
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsItaly is for lovers—unless those lovers are on opposite sides of a 900-year-old family feud. Mastering the intricacies of winemaking isn't the only challenge Amber is facing on her and Irix's trip to Northern Italy. Two prominent families with secrets of their own are on the edge of war, and a young romance might be the spark that ignites their hostilities into flame... -
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Forbidden Magic by Jennifer Lyon
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWing Slayer Hunter, Ram Virtos, must find his soul mirror witch and convince her to mate with him before his Thunderbird tattoo kills him. But while that witch might be able to save Ram’s life, it is the mysterious Ginny Stone who inflames his passion... -
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Demon Hunts by C.E. Murphy
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsSeattle police detective Joanne Walker started the year mostly dead, and she's ending it trying not to be consumed by evil. Literally. She's proven she can handle the gods and the walking dead. But a cannibalistic serial killer? That's more than even she bargained for. What's worse, the brutal demon can only be tracked one way... -
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![Magic Unchained by Jessica Andersen]()
Magic Unchained by Jessica Andersen
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCara Liu is determined to unite the forces under her leadership but when Nightkeeper Sven enters the scene, Cara has trouble separating her duty to her people from her desire for her ex-lover. Their secret affair will not only jeopardize a tenuous alliance among the Nightkeepers, but it also distracts them from a danger within their own ranks planning a vicious betrayal.. -
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High Stakes by Helen Harper
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsIt may be less than a month since the doors of New Order opened but that doesn't mean Bo Blackman isn't busy. It's not just daft allegations about vampire dogs and complicated relationships that she has to deal with, however.When a woman is brutally assaulted, barely escaping with her life, Bo ensures she forms an integral part of the investigation... -
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Dark Serpent by Kylie Chan
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsJohn and Emma head to Wales to try and work out who — or what — Emma is. But rather than providing a clear path to their long hoped-for marriage the answer could tear them apart forever. Emma will be forced to betray either John, her beloved Xuan Wu, or her past and birthright. To make matters worse, John’s celestial home at Wudangshan is under attack from the Demon King... -
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Wicked Magic by Cheyenne McCray
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsRhiannon Castle is a D'Anu witch whose is a D'Anu witch whose Coven sisters know nothing of the Shadows that lurk within her. Rhiannon can't reveal the truth to anyone--least of all Keir, a rugged warrior soldier who walks into Rhiannon's life and awakens her to a wanton reckless desire… Keir's Tuatha D'Danann Tuatha D'Danann brethren are the only real family he has ever known... -
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Crave the Darkness by Amanda Bonilla
Nothing comes easy for Darian. Her heightened powers make her indispensable to the Shaede Nation, but dangerous missions have driven her lover, Tyler, to his breaking point. Darian must salvage their bond, but a new assignment to protect Anya—a fellow Shaede and the first of their kind to become pregnant in centuries—stands in their way... -
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Dark Magic by Cheyenne McCray
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsJake Macgregor has his hands full. As San Francisco’s leader of the Paranormal Special Forces unit, he and his team are facing a powerful enemy that threatens to bring down the city. With the weight of the world already resting on his broad, chiseled shoulders, the last thing Jake has time for is romance...
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