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  • Beware of Chicken 2 by CasualFarmer

    Beware of Chicken 2 by CasualFarmer

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 37 ratings
    A laugh-out-loud, slice-of-life martial-arts fantasy about . . . farming? ?? ? Jin Rou wanted to be a cultivator. A man powerful enough to defy the heavens. A master of martial arts. A lord of spiritual power. Unfortunately for him, he died, and now I’m stuck in his body. And you know what? Things ain’t actually all that bad. I mean, last year was pretty hectic...
  • Map of Sorrows by Stephanie Hudson

    Map of Sorrows by Stephanie Hudson

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 27 ratings
    Amelia…. It all started with a plane ride. Just a simple plane ride home… that’s what they said. One that wasn’t supposed to end with me flying the damn thing! But then going home wasn’t supposed to be a bad thing. either…well, that was if going home didn’t also meaning trying to hide. my new, secret boyfriend. Someone who just so happened to be my father’s old enemy...
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  • Vale of Dreams by Alex Rivers, C.N. Crawford

    Vale of Dreams by Alex Rivers, C.N. Crawford

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 71 ratings
    Acting as the mistress of a terrifying Fey prince known as the Dream Stalker was never on my wishlist. But that’s exactly what happens when I journey into Brocéliande to rescue my lover, Raphael. Sometimes, fate has a twisted sense of humor. Captured by the prince, I quickly learn he’s a beautiful, living nightmare. He immediately discovers my hidden talent—mind control...
  • Dragon Her Heels by R.J. Blain

    Dragon Her Heels by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Crystal Culling never should have moved to Lake Hancock. Her real estate agent had warned her: the property on the end of Fox Hunt Drive was cursed, and if the Dragon of Crystal Lakes ever roused from his slumber, she’d be the first to be sacrificed to his appetite...
  • A Druid Hexed by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    A Druid Hexed by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Some days I kick life in the ass. Other days it kicks back. On a good day, wearing the Fianna mark tosses me into topsy-turvy trials. It’s a scramble but I manage to hold it together with the help of amazing family and friends: mythical, magical, and mortal. But despite best-laid plans, collateral damage occurs. I can live with me getting hurt but watching someone I love suffer—not so much...
  • A Throne Of Feathers and Bone by Shannon Mayer, Kelly St. Clare

    A Throne Of Feathers and Bone by Shannon Mayer, Kelly St. Clare

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 51 ratings
    Chosen. Framed by my father’s murderer. Running from the fae courts. Fated to never touch the man who sets my blood on fire. Life was looking up for me not long ago. Now, it’s looking all the way down. This latest shitstorm? Yeah, it takes the cake and the beetroot tickle. The father who shunned me from birth lays cold and dead. The courts are in turmoil and after blood. My blood...
  • Heart of Stone by Lisa Edmonds

    Heart of Stone by Lisa Edmonds

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 36 ratings
    Hire Alice. Private Investigator of the Supernatural. Alice Isn’t Running Anymore. Five years ago, mage private investigator Alice Worth escaped her grandfather Moses Murphy’s organized crime syndicate. Now, her grandfather’s war with local boss Darius Bell has drawn her out of hiding and put her in the crosshairs of two merciless crime lords...
  • Dark Beginnings by Gena Showalter

    Dark Beginnings by Gena Showalter

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    This title includes three new stories, Lords of the Underworld, from "New York Times" bestselling author Gena Showalter. "The Darkest Fire" - He is the guardian of Hell, more monster than man. She is the goddess of oppression, more angel than woman. Together they will enter the flames to battle a horde of demon lords - and discover a passion unlike any other. .
  • Chade by Montana Ash

    Chade by Montana Ash

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Max’s arrival into Cali’s world has sparked both hope and controversy for their society as a whole. Change is inevitable. For Cali, Max’s unexpected appearance is a blessing, as she is finally free to be herself; a knight, a woman … a lover. Her easy-going, slightly cynical façade hides a scarred woman who yearns to be accepted...
  • House In Hiding by Jenny Schwartz

    House In Hiding by Jenny Schwartz

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Reality’s newest sorcerer doesn’t want trouble, but it finds her anyway. Just when Kira thinks she is getting a handle on what it means to be a sorcerer, the Emperor calls and drops a bundle of trouble in her lap. And he’s not the only one. For a woman intent on protecting her privacy, a whole lot of people seem to know how to contact Kira to draw her into their problems...
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  • Darkness, Kindled by Samantha Young

    Darkness, Kindled by Samantha Young

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Ari Johnson wishes adjusting to living with her boyfriend was her only source of excitement and anxiety. She wishes a lot of things. But then wishing was what got her here in the first place. Ari chose to be a Guild Hunter. She wanted to hunt dangerous Jinn and destroy them before they could harm innocent people...
  • How to Rattle an Undead Couple by Hailey Edwards

    How to Rattle an Undead Couple by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Bring on the cakes, balloons, cakes, gifts, cakes, and. .. well. .. cakes. It's time for Grier's baby shower! Grier is ready to smile for the cameras, rip open the presents, and finally taste that lemon chiffon cake, but it's just not meant to be. The Grande Dame is MIA, which turns the big event into an even bigger search party. And that delicious cake? It's going right back in the fridge...
  • The Secret by Elizabeth Hunter

    The Secret by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 45 ratings
    Only when the darkness falls can you see the light of the stars. 
For thousands of years, the scribes and singers of the Irin race have existed to protect humanity and guard the gifts of the Forgiven. They have lived in the shadows. They have kept their secrets. 
But the Irin aren’t the only race with secrets...
  • The Donovan Legacy by Nora Roberts

    The Donovan Legacy by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Special gifts. .. .. for three magical cousins. New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts delivers a special trade-size collection featuring three of her most beloved stories from the Donovan family series. Three Donovan cousins must learn to accept their mystic legacies while falling under the spell of love.
  • Ranger by Montana Ash

    Ranger by Montana Ash

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    After a miserable childhood, Lark has finally found the family he always wanted. There isn’t much he wouldn’t do for his new liege, Max, including undertaking a secret and dangerous mission to save the most hated creatures in their society – the chades. He only wishes his partner wasn’t a lethal, stoic ranger with a mouth he yearned to make smile. Ivy is a ranger...
  • Calculated Risks by Seanan McGuire

    Calculated Risks by Seanan McGuire

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    The tenth book in the fast-paced InCryptid urban fantasy series returns to the mishaps of the Price family, eccentric cryptozoologists who safeguard the world of magical creatures living in secret among humans. Just when Sarah Zellaby, adopted Price cousin and telepathic ambush predator, thought that things couldn’t get worse, she’s had to go and prove herself wrong...
  • Reckoning by Montana Ash

    Reckoning by Montana Ash

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A reckoning is coming – but not the one Axel was counting on. Society is still in shambles and although Axel was prepared to help stitch it back together, he was not prepared to do it alongside the woman who tore his heart out fifteen years ago. Celeste had been his entire world, that is, until she told him it had all been a lie; she’d never loved him...
  • Signed In Incubus by Maggie Mayhem

    Signed In Incubus by Maggie Mayhem

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 21 ratings
    Note to self: never cast a spell you find on the internet. Most people cry when they’re left at the altar. Me? I cast a spell to find the perfect man. But when a very bare and uh…impressive…incubus appears in my living room, I know I messed up. Serves me right for trying a spell I found on the internet! I’m both disappointed and relieved when Prax is summoned away...
  • Wild Night by Nalini Singh

    Wild Night by Nalini Singh

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    A short story about when Hawke visits the nightclub Wild after being notified about a brewing fight involving SnowDancer juveniles. Timeline:. Takes place during Chapter 9 of Kiss of Snow. This story can be found on Nalini Singh's official website.
  • Paladin by Montana Ash

    Paladin by Montana Ash

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Honour. Duty. Loyalty. Control. These are the principles Darius lives by – almost to the point of obsession. They had forged him into a noble knight but had also cost him the woman of his dreams and wrought a non-relenting hatred for his personal nemeses; the shades...
  • Tainted Love by Cerise Cole

    Tainted Love by Cerise Cole

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    More details to come as the story is released, we would hate to spoil the surprise. Tainted Love is a complete paranormal romance novel with a slow burn romance where the heroine doesn't have to choose between her love interests. Some aspects may be triggering for some readers...
  • Of Owls and Oolong by Shari L. Tapscott

    Of Owls and Oolong by Shari L. Tapscott

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 12 ratings
    The author of A Vampire's Guide to Gardening and Obsidian Queen brings you a lighthearted fantasy full of humor and romance, set in a cozy contemporary fae town. Welcome to Moss Hollow. There are three things you need to know about my great aunt—she’s eccentric, she’s rich, and she’s dead. No, make that four things. She also named me as the sole beneficiary of her fortune...
  • Fated by Sarah Fine

    Fated by Sarah Fine

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 26 ratings
    Aislin Ferry and Jason Moros have only days until they will be called to account before the Keepers of the Afterlife. Yet as they race to restore order and make their case, their worlds fall into total disarray. Mutiny within the fractured Ferry family threatens Aislin’s hold on power and role as Charon. Meanwhile, the fearsome Lord of the Kere has family trouble of his own...
  • Bound in Black by Juliette Cross

    Bound in Black by Juliette Cross

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Genevieve Drake is on a dangerous mission—to find the soul collector, Lethe, and enter the deepest, darkest level of the underworld, where no one has ever gone into and returned. But nothing can prevent her from going after the precious treasure Lethe stole from her...
  • Earp & Chandra by C.P. Rider

    Earp & Chandra by C.P. Rider

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Family can be found in the most unexpected places. Gila monster shifter Jedidiah Earp is over seventy, prefers to bite first and ask questions later, and he knows the desert scrub outside Sundance, California like the back of his claws. Alpha hyena shifter Chandra Smith is in her late twenties, protective to a fault, and she knows how to hunt down enemies and make them disappear...
  • Sinful Reckonings by Salem Cross

    Sinful Reckonings by Salem Cross

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 6 ratings
    It hasn’t gotten easier, but I’ve grown stronger. With four down and one more enemy to go, it should be a walk in the park to finish taking out the last of the trash Enola associated herself with. If only it was that easy. Canaan’s been hiding out all these years, bidding his time before he re-emerges to take what he believes is his...
  • Immortal Throne by J.C. McKenzie, Harper A. Brooks

    Immortal Throne by J.C. McKenzie, Harper A. Brooks

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Some crowns are worth fighting for…. This one is worth dying for. When I find out I have less than a year to live, the last thing I want to do is take up some birthright left by my estranged father. Or have anything to do with the jerk who delivered the message. But it looks like my bucket list will have to wait. Not only does Hell exist, but I’m half demon and the heir to the Immortal Throne...
  • Dark Defender by Alexis Morgan

    Dark Defender by Alexis Morgan

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Alexis Morgan continues her dazzling paranormal series about larger-than-life warriors and the women they love. .. . As a Paladin warrior, Blake Trahern fights and dies again and again to keep mankind safe from the Others. Sensing his humanity slipping away with each battle, he retreats from the world. .. until the one person who still has a claim on his soul needs his help...
  • Scattered Ashes by Jessica Sorensen

    Scattered Ashes by Jessica Sorensen

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 16 ratings
    My name is Gemma Lucas and my life’s a wreck. Alex, the guy I just might be falling in love with, and the father of my unborn child, left me. Not to mention if I do admit I’m in love with him, it could potentially kill us both. My father’s trapped in his own mind and my mom’s working for the dark side...
  • A Sip of Eternity by Nalini Singh

    A Sip of Eternity by Nalini Singh

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Short story in the October Newsletter:. Author’s Note: This short story began life as a scene in an early draft of Archangel’s Shadows. It focuses on Dmitri & Honor, so there are no spoilers for the Archangel’s Shadows storyline (however, if you haven’t yet read Archangel’s Blade (Honor and Dmitri’s story), then save this to read later). I hope you enjoy!
  • Thorn Evermore by Mia Monroe

    Thorn Evermore by Mia Monroe

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Catching feelings? No thanks. Love is a cage and I like my freedom. Kyson. They say forty is the new thirty, but maybe that’s for regular people. Not guys like me who spend their days dusting off antiques and fantasizing about mythical beings. After too many breakups, I’ve given up on finding love, but my milestone birthday sent me out looking for a random hookup...
  • Sealed in Sin by Juliette Cross

    Sealed in Sin by Juliette Cross

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Sometimes sin looks an awful lot like heaven. One demon prince may be festering in the bowels of the soul eater Cocytus, but Genevieve’s troubles are far from over. Prince Bamal, demon lord of New York City, still wants her. But this time, he wants her alive, to control her inherent power as a Vessel of Light...
  • Lord of the Abyss & Desert Warrior by Nalini Singh

    Lord of the Abyss & Desert Warrior by Nalini Singh

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "Once upon a time. .. the Blood Sorcerer vanquished the kingdom of Elden. To save their children, the queen scattered them to safety and the king filled them with vengeance. Only a magical timepiece connects the four royal heirs. Now they must return and save Elden. .. and time is running out. ..
  • Booked for Kidnapping by R.J. Blain

    Booked for Kidnapping by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Following the assassination of Senator Maybelle, widespread rioting and unrest transform the presidential campaign into a lethal circus. With protests raging over the new bill, the government scrambles to restore peace and order. Armed with a probationary private investigation license, Janette and her friends race against time to prevent the next murder...
  • The Alpha's Runaway Bride by Eve Bale

    The Alpha's Runaway Bride by Eve Bale

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    With a looming wedding to a man I will never love just days away, if I don’t get out now, I never will. I don’t expect a car crash to give me my opportunity, but it’s a chance to escape, so I take it. Now I just have to survive this wilderness before the fiancé who killed his last wife catches up to me. I never could’ve predicted that a naked mountain man would be my hero...
  • Chasing Cats by Erin Bedford

    Chasing Cats by Erin Bedford

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sometimes the smallest debt comes with the highest price. Kat went down the rabbit hole and came out changed. Now everyone wants something from her and she is hard pressed to give in to any of them. Only the irresistibly mysterious Cheshire Cat seems to be on her side. But even he has secrets of his own. Secrets that cause him to show up beaten and bloody on her doorstep...
  • Shape Shifting 201 by Viola Grace

    Shape Shifting 201 by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A would-be magus with studying on her mind must deal with a possible suitor and her feisty hellkitten. Imara made it through her first term without too many issues, but now that she is in the second term, a magic-draining fiend is stalking the students and her familiar is bored with guiding her through the early stages of magic...
  • Sky Breaking 301 by Viola Grace

    Sky Breaking 301 by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Her magic is coming along, her kitten is still deadly, and she is about to make an actual friend. Controlling weather is simple by comparison. Sky Breaking seemed like a useful course, but its usefulness lay in the amount of credits that would count toward Imara’s degree. Once she is in the course she meets the only other student and they strike an unlikely friendship...
  • Psync 2 by Zile Elliven

    Psync 2 by Zile Elliven

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Everything was finally going Eli’s way. Anxiety? Tolerable. Being a creep magnet? Sorted. Soulmate? Acquired. Vengeful god hellbent on ruining their lives? …. Okay, so maybe Eli hadn’t solved that one yet. He shouldn’t have been surprised when Helios finally made his play, but now Eli has more problems in his lap than he ever thought he could manage...
  • Death's Queen by Lisa Blackwood

    Death's Queen by Lisa Blackwood

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Death wants his queen back. After her two sisters are caught up by destiny’s call, Lamarra Stonemantle is the only one left to play the role of dutiful noble daughter. A task she embraces in an effort to hide the dark magic living inside her own soul. Now that power is whispering its seductive promises again, telling her only a long dead king can complete her soul...
  • Cursed Souls by Anya J. Cosgrove

    Cursed Souls by Anya J. Cosgrove

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Broken hearts are hard to mend, but what about shattered souls? Alana certainly hadn’t put matching tattoos, samurai swords, and falling for her mortal enemy on her bucket list. But now that she faces losing a man she might have broken beyond repair, there’s no time to waste. She’s willing to sacrifice everything to undo her mistake and earn back his trust...
  • Midnight Bound by Jessica Wayne, Heather Hildenbrand

    Midnight Bound by Jessica Wayne, Heather Hildenbrand

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I came to Midnight Falls to reclaim my life. The plan was simple. Solve murders, then return to New York and show my cheating bastard ex what he lost. If only it had been that easy. Instead of solving murders, I committed them. Instead of returning home, I'm trapped in murdery Midnight Falls right along with the pack...
  • Dragos Meets Stinkpot by Thea Harrison

    Dragos Meets Stinkpot by Thea Harrison

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Short-Story from May 2016 newsletter.
  • Hot Demon in the City by Connie Suttle

    Hot Demon in the City by Connie Suttle

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I am Lexsi Silver, and I will determine my own future. Most people consider their wedding day as one of the happiest of their lives. Most people are not High Demon. Just before my wedding on the planet called Kifirin, I decided I wasn't going to marry someone I'd never met. Kordevik Weth was a stranger to me and I wasn't willing to accept him. That's why I asked Aunt Bree for help...
  • Fractured by Brenda K. Davies

    Fractured by Brenda K. Davies

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 20 ratings
    In this gripping Vampire Awakenings Series novella, David finally meets his match. Freed from the chains and the vampires that once held her, Mia struggles every day to come to terms with her captivity and the aftermath of what she endured...
  • Enthralled by Lora Leigh, Alyssa Day

    Enthralled by Lora Leigh, Alyssa Day

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 30 ratings
    They Have the Power To Hold You Spellbound, To Captivate Your Senses, and to Keep You Forever in Their Control. Forever enthralled. .. #1 New York Times bestselling author Lora Leigh returns to her sensual world of the Breeds. .. as a spirited female Wolf Breed finally meets her match, and can no longer deny her mate - or the fierce desires of her own heart...
  • Stolen: A Vampire Blood Courtesans Romance by Marissa Farrar, Michelle Fox

    Stolen: A Vampire Blood Courtesans Romance by Marissa Farrar, Michelle Fox

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ***SPECIAL PRE-ORDER PRICE OF ONLY $0. 99! REGULAR PRICE WILL BE $2. 99 UPON PUBLICATION***. Stolen. A Blood Courtesans Romance. As a child I was stolen, cornered into a life I never wanted. Now I’m eighteen and they’ve given me to a vampire. Roman Kovak is the most beautiful man I have ever seen. He stirs up feelings inside me that I didn’t know existed...
  • Hell's King by Eve Langlais

    Hell's King by Eve Langlais

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In order to be king, Lucifer has to die. .. The Antichrist is supposed to rule the world, but Chris kind of promised the ghost of his father-in-law he’d rather have the love of his wife. And he meant it…at the time. However, Chris was born with a destiny. He is the prince-in-waiting. The destroyer of nations...
  • Stealth Magic 401 by Viola Grace

    Stealth Magic 401 by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Stealing an ancient artifact is a strange test, but going up against her family and the law adds a new level of difficulty. Imara wants nothing more than to find a different course, but Stealth Magic gives her the credits she needs to stay on track and there aren’t any other options rearing their heads...
  • Demonkeepers by Jessica Andersen

    Demonkeepers by Jessica Andersen

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    View our feature on Jessica Andersen’s Demonkeepers. According to Mayan doomsday prophecy, 12/21/12 marks the end of the world in a global cataclysm that can only be prevented by the Nightkeepers, magical warriors enlisted to fight the rise of the underworld demons...
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