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Wild Scottish Fortune by Tricia O'Malley
Can an artisan builder with a haunted past learn to break down her own walls? Orla Clarke is a master builder with a secret—she can see ghosts. Tasked with building Common Gin’s newest distillery in Loren Brae, Orla faces more than just architectural challenges... -
Gabriel's Inferno Trilogy by Sylvain Reynard
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe haunting trilogy of one man’s salvation and one woman’s sensual awakening . . . The first three volumes in the story of Professor Gabriel Emerson and his beloved Julia, an unforgettable exploration of sin, seduction, forbidden love, and redemption... -
Enemies & Shadows by Ginn Hale
Book seven. When John opens a letter addressed to his missing roommate, Kyle, he expects to find a house key, but instead he is swept into a strange realm of magic, mysticism, revolutionaries and assassins. Though he struggles to escape, John is drawn steadily closer to a fate he share with Kyle—to wake the destroyer god, the Rifter, and shatter a world...Categorized as:
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Jerrik by Janice M. Whiteaker
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSpirit is fine.Living a life she didn't chose, keeping secrets she never wanted, on a mountain covered in darkness.But everything's fine.She can handle it all.Including the deputy making her life harder than it has to be.In more ways than one.****Jerrik used to be good at his job.That was before he had to fight something he couldn't see.Chase someone who was always two steps ahead of him...Categorized as:
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Following Fate by M.A. Frick
“You never have to force anything that’s meant to be.”But some things are worth fighting for.Rule #1 of bonding a WildlingThey’re Wild.Avyanna’s dreams of being a Rider have finally come true. Except… it’s more of a nightmare. The dragon she bonded is unlike anything anyone ever expected, and yet, she is supposed to act like any other Rider...Categorized as:
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By the Fae by Jemma Croft
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsDream job – check.Dream apartment – nearly check.Super-hot fae boyfriend – Uh, she’ll have to get back to you on that one.At age 29, good girl, Holly Briar, thought she’d have it all by now. After all, everything else on her metaphorical (and physical) list is checked off, but she’s still very much lacking in the love dept...Categorized as:
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Broken Prince by Jen Wylie
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsSometimes, when you're broken, you can heal on your own. Sometimes, you need the help of your friends, your family, and the people you love. Keeping those pieces together when the world seems intent on ripping you apart is the greatest challenge of all. Especially when the ones you love, the ones who hold you together, start falling apart themselves... -
Alpha's Promise by Rebecca Zanetti
To hell and back . . . Though he has vampire, demon, and Viking blood rushing through his veins, Ivar Kjeidsen’s soul-crushing trip to hell broke him in ways he can barely fathom. One vow keeps the deadly immortal standing: To rescue the vampire brother who had sacrificed freedom for him... -
The Dragon Prince's Betrayal by Elva Birch
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA final battle. A betrayal. And a bond that can't be broken.The capture of Alaska's greatest enemy should mean an end to hostilities, a peaceful Renewal, and a restoration of the Compact's balance of power and magic in the Small Kingdoms... -
History and Haunts by Minerva Howe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSecret Springs historical society manager Hank Vargas has two passions: history and hauntings. By day he's a mild-mannered historian. By night he hunts ghosts in old buildings and antique hotels...Categorized as:
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Catch & Hold by Claudy Conn
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsRadzia MacDaun’s mission of vengeance has turned into a rescue operation… but will she need to be rescued, too? When Gaiscioch killed her father, Radzia—Z to her friends—vowed to take the Seelie traitor down as painfully as possible. Plans for revenge were put on hold, however, when Gaiscioch abducted her housekeeper and friend, and Z had no choice but to dive into the pit to save her... -
The Lethal Touch: Codename: Rana: Apex Tactical Book 4 by Candice M. Wright
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsBorn to a man of faith who let his vision for the future twist his mind,I learned to stay in the shadows, collecting the kids that ended up in this godforsaken place with me.They’re the lost ones, and I’m their Wendy.The forgotten one, the dud, the failure.My only use now is as a future breeder to the cause.But they’ve taken enough, and I’ll be damned if I let them take more... -
Dragon Kiss: A Dragon Kings Novella by Donna Grant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsNew York Times and USA Today bestselling author Donna Grant’s latest installment picks up where Dragon Arisen leaves off. Alasdair and Lotti return to face the biggest foe the Dragon Kings have met yet—and the stakes have never been higher.Lotti has come a long way since finding love with Alasdair and uncovering her true origins as a Star Person... -
Fear of Fire and Shadow by Samantha Young
As one of the few remaining mage in the world, Rogan was stolen as a child and placed within the palace as handmaiden to Haydyn, the last of the royal family. Now, as adults, the two young women are as close as sisters and when Haydyn falls victim to a sleeping disease only Rogan can save her...Categorized as:
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Bear Ex Next Door by Roxie Ray
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsMy new neighbor is irresistible, but he’s already broken my heart once...Being a fashion model had its perks until stalkers and a nasty tabloid scandal forced me to return to my hometown of Lily Valley. When I thought things couldn't get any worse, I meet my new neighbor—my old high school sweetheart.Steff used to be my brother’s best friend before he shattered my heart into a million pieces...Categorized as:
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Love Potion No. 69 by Valerie Pepper
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsChemical attraction is for amateurs. He’s only 27, but Quinton Henry is running out of time. As the reluctant heir to the world’s most renowned perfume manufacturer, he’s under pressure to craft a memorable scent for the company’s fast-approaching 150th anniversary...Categorized as:
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Windburn by Milena McKay
Never Forgive and Never Forget. Hunted as witches during the Salem Trials and haunted by their past sins, the Crowhart women carry a deep secret and an inescapable curse.Rhiannon Crowhart, the renegade second sister of the notorious family, returns to Dragons Island and its sleepy town of Crow’s Nest in a flurry of storms and scandal...Categorized as:
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Sylver and Gold by Michelle Larkin
Boston Homicide Detective Reid Sylver closes every case that comes her way. Her secret? She can talk to the dead. Reid’s perfect record has earned her the freedom to work with the only partner she can tolerate: a scarred one-eyed mastiff called Mugshot. Then the new boss saddles her with rookie London Gold...Categorized as:
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Consume by Shelly Crane
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsEli and Clara's story continues as she tries to finish high school. Eli is as over protective as ever and Tate and his group of friends are no help. They wait for the Horde, always looking over their shoulder. But the ever annoying but strangely prophetic bird begins to become more of a chatter box and Eli learns something that could change some things... -
Compel by Rachel Van Dyken, Patti Stanger
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken and bestselling author Patti Stanger comes a gripping love story of cursed soulmates who are forced to relive tragedy over and over again until their curse is broken…Compelled to seduce, designed to kill... -
The Tinder Chronicles: Complete 3-Volume Series by Alexa Land
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTinder’s world is black and white, good and evil clearly defined. The young vampire hunter was taught to hate his enemy with a passion, and hating them is easy since they killed his entire family. His attraction to Bane, a gorgeous, mysterious vampire, contradicts everything Tinder believes in, but the heat between them is undeniable... -
The Veiled Heir by S.T. Fernandez
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHeir to a Fae throne she didn't know was hers. A daunting task to save humanity. A passionate love nurtured through her grief. Asherah Delmar led a happy and quiet life. Her career as a marine biologist was about to take off, but her mother, Neleah’s, sudden murder stopped her life harshly in its tracks. When she discovers her mother’s true identity, the world as she knew it begins to unravel... -
Frost by Kathryn James
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLast time Nell went into the mist she rescued her sister. This time she’ll have to go farther than the Elven forest, farther than the frozen wastes beyond and onto a lake of primal ice so treacherous she’ll be lucky to return at all. It’s the New Year, Woodbridge School is closed and the country is snowed in... -
Shake Off The Ghosts by Miranda Newfield
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWANTED: Housesitter for Cavendish House, an expansive medieval manor in the Highlands of Scotland. Must love country living and have maintenance skills. Decent pay for right applicant. Sounds spectacular, doesn't it? Sadly, what the ad should've said was - WANTED: Idiot willing to live in abject misery for two months in the middle of nowhere Scotland...Categorized as:
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Compel by Rachel Van Dyken, Patti Stanger
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken and bestselling author Patti Stanger comes a gripping love story of cursed soulmates who are forced to relive tragedy over and over again until their curse is broken…Compelled to seduce, designed to kill... -
Sate the Darkness by Alexandra Ivy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRyshi—half-jinn, half-imp—is the only male who has ever managed to slip through the minotaur labyrinth and lived to tell the tale. He wasn’t so lucky when it came to stealing prized vampire artifacts. Caught and imprisoned, he now has a chance at freedom if he can rescue the gargoyle Levet from that same labyrinth...Categorized as:
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Fated for Darkness by Brianna West
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe morally grey masked assassin gets more than he bargained for in the rebel Dark Fae he's been paid to protect. But together, can this unlikely pair take on a world of enemies and somehow find love along the way?NikaThey call me a rebel—the Marked, the Scorned, the Foretold. I was branded a traitor when my father killed all but one Dark Fae on the Council and fled...Categorized as:
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Hideaway by Fern Michaels
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPart One of the New Three-Part Godmothers Serial!The best of friends, Toots, Ida, Mavis, and Sophie have been there for each other through thick and thin. Now Sophie needs the rest of the Godmothers to help her through something they’ve never faced before . . .As Sophie De Luca has learned, many things really are better the second time around... -
Just This Once by Lena Hendrix
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsIn a rugged small town on the coast of Michigan where heartbreak lingers but love always finds a way, sparks fly between a fireman and the daughter of the fire chief after an unforgettable one night stand. Fans of Lucy Score’s Knockmeout Series, Elsie Silver, Carley Fortune, and B.K... -
Switched by Sarah Ready
For Serena Otaki, free-spirited Californian, life is simple. She loves smashing atoms at The Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland. She loves Star Trek, spicy tofu, and her cat, Captain Purrk. She loves her messy (slob-fest) apartment, her chaotic brand of organizing, and staying permanently, happily unattached.Life is perfect. She has one true love—physics...Categorized as:
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Crowns of Ice by Krista Street
The time has come to return to the Solis continent.With my mate at my side, my strength strong and imbued, Norivun and I venture back to the capital to fix all of the wrongs that have not yet been made right.But victory won’t come easily.Choices must be made.Lives will be lost.And in the end, only the true royals will rise... -
Season of the Witch by Sophie H. Morgan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt was a passion neither could forget—until he did.Tia Hightower isn’t sure how she went from being a powerful witch to fake dating her ex at a winter house party.For eight years, she has refused to speak Henry Pearlmatter's name unless it has been to curse it...Categorized as:
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The Alpha’s Bullied Pregnant Mate by Alexa Griffin
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHe tormented me for years. Now I have to pretend I’m his mate and carry his baby…His bullying made me an outcast in the pack until it almost broke me.Now he’s the Alpha and under pressure to find a mate. So he grabs the first female he sees—me.He tells me to pretend I’m his luna. And soon my curves can’t hide my growing belly…He chose to bully me because I’m the sunshine to his thunder...Categorized as:
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Weregild by Carole Cummings
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook 2 of Wolf's-own The amorality of gods makes it hard to tell bad from good and right from wrong. Fen Jacin-rei doesn't care. All Fen cares about is saving his family, and he'll sacrifice anything that gets in his way. Including his own soul. No longer willing to wait for the machinations of the gods' minions, Fen accepts the trade Kamen Malick offers... -
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The Dark Moon by Julia Gray
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRich and exciting, powerful and engrossing, DARK MOON marks the arrival of a thrilling new series in fantasy adventure.The birth of the Emperor's son had been prophesied many years before. The child would be the Guardian, savour of his people. What had not been foreseen was the fact that there would be two imperial children born that night... -
Stone of Destiny by Laura Howard
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAllison thought it was crazy enough when she found out her father, Liam, wasn't entirely human. But now she has to join his magical allies to unravel his former mistress's plans. Aoife wants to keep Allison's parents apart forever. Despite Allison's efforts to keep Ethan, the only guy she's ever cared about, out of this supernatural mess, fate keeps throwing him back into the mix... -
Ruby and the Beast by Ditter Kellen
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 10 ratings***** This is a previously published book, revised to be appropriate for all readers***** After the sudden death of her father, Ruby Atwood is forced to drop out of college to care for her younger brother. Deep in debt and on the verge of desolation, Ruby resorts to some shady dealings on the streets of New Orleans, in order to put food on the table for her small family...Categorized as:
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Happily Ever Haunted by Ellie Hall
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI fell in love with a ghost. Yes, from my past, and I just can’t seem to forget about him.They say it’s bad luck for a black cat to cross your path—one has been tailing me for days—but it didn’t start there. Years ago, I was trapped in a railcar for twenty-four hours. Also, I accidentally shattered two mirrors and got struck by lightning once...Categorized as:
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The Ancient Fae by Terry Spear
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsPrincess Ritasia misses the adventure of getting her brother and cousins out of trouble, but when the hawk fae king arrives to court her, she becomes involved in trouble nothing like she's ever faced before... -
Secrets and S'mores by Aly Hollis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsEmber is being sent into enemy territory and forced to stay with the one wolf shifter she can’t stand. Cozy fantasy meets paranormal romance in this sweet and spicy standalone shifter rom-com.Onyx, the tech-savvy cousin of the pack’s Alpha, has a reputation as a troublemaker. He doesn’t always make the best choices, like flirting with the daughter of their rival pack’s Alpha... -
The Novel's Extra by Jee Gab Song
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWaking 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... -
The Goblin Wood by Hilari Bell
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsIt began with the chiming of the tiny copper bell on the mantel, warning them someone was passing the ward stone her mother had placed on the path to their house ... One terrible day, Makenna, a young hedgewitch, witnesses her mother's murder at the hands of their own neighbors. Striken with grief and rage, Makenna flees the village that has been her home... -
Christmas Spirit by Ali Ryecart
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsForced together, can past and present enemies become future lovers?A lowly kitchen boy, looked down upon and despised by all, sweet-natured Georgie’s a modern day Cinderfella. Roland’s an award-winning chef. Arrogant, frosty, and a silver fox in the making, he’s also Georgie’s boss. The only thing the two have in common is a mutual loathing — and a mutual attraction neither will admit to...Categorized as:
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The Phoenix Charm by Helen Scott Taylor
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsParanormal Romance. HE'S PURE TEMPTATION. Cordelia has sworn she'll abstain from looking into Michael's future--particularly when the image in the gilded smoke of her divination mirror shows him half naked... -
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Traitor by Megan Curd
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAshlyn never believed in fairy tales until she was in one. They say ignorance is bliss, but not when you're on a centuries old hit list...and there's a traitor in your midst. Ashlyn must decide what's most important: trusting the allies she has, or siding with those she thought were enemies... -
Until I Die Again by Tina Wainscott
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsReturning from Heaven can be Hell... Chris Copestakes’s young life ends in a second filled with twisting metal, shattering glass, and her own terrified cry. Against all odds, she wakes up in a hospital and discovers she’s been given a second chance. But there’s a catch. A big one... -
Mist by Kathryn James
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA chilling fairy-tale thriller for 10+ girls. Midnight: a mist-haunted wood with a bad reputation. A sweet sixteen party, and 13 year old Nell is trying to keep her sister, spoilt birthday-girl Gwen, out of trouble. No chance. Trouble finds Gwen and drags her through the mist. Only Nell guesses who’s behind the kidnap - the boy she hoped was her friend, the cute but mysterious Evan River... -
Memory's Wake by Selina Fenech
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLost in a world full of monstrous fairies, a troubled sixteen year old has to find out who she is and why her memories were stolen before she is found by those who want her dead. She takes the name "Memory" and knows she has just one goal - to find her way home, wherever that is. But this land is strange... -
Recipe for a Charmed Life by Rachel Linden
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAfter a day of unrivaled disappointments, a promising young chef finds every bite of food suddenly tastes bitter. To save her career, she travels to the Pacific Northwest to reconnect with her estranged mom, and discovers a family legacy she never suspected in this delicious novel from the bestselling author of The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie... -
Gull Harbor by Kathryn Knight
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Claire Linden’s job sends her to the sleepy town of Gull Harbor, she never expects to encounter her ex-boyfriend. As a medium, the prospect of tackling a haunted house is less daunting than seeing Max Baron again. Throughout their passionate college relationship, he promised to love her forever. Then, without explanation, he abandoned her on graduation day...
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