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Mermaid Mimosa by Gina LaManna
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen the king of the mermaids is poisoned, Lily is called to help with a problem she’s never faced before—one beneath the surface of the water. As she sets about creating a potion to save his life, however, she realizes this is only one part of a much, much larger problem... -
Brave the Tempest by Karen Chance
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsCassie Palmer has been chief seer of the supernatural world for a little over four months. In that time, she's battled two gods, fallen in love with two men, and confronted the two sides of her own nature, both god and human... -
That Ain't Witchcraft by Seanan McGuire
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsNow a Hugo-nominated series! The eighth book in the funny and 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.Crossroads, noun:1. A place where two roads cross. 2. A place where bargains can be made. 3. See also "places to avoid... -
Shadow's Heart by Kresley Cole
In this installment in the Immortals After Dark series, a vampire swordswoman and a ruthless sorcerer become inmates in a hell-plane prison. If they band together, can they survive the deadly threats within . . . ? Sheltered Kosmina Daciano has always yearned for adventure...Categorized as:
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Disturbing the Dead by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsDisturbing the Dead is the latest in a unique series with one foot in the 1890s and the other in the present day. The A Rip Through Time crime novels are a genre-blending, atmospheric romp from New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong.Victorian Scotland is becoming less strange to modern-day homicide detective Mallory Atkinson... -
The Something Girl by Jodi Taylor
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of The Chronicles of St Mary's. The Nothing Girl has grown up… It’s life as usual at Frogmorton Farm – which is to say that events have passed the merely eccentric and are now galloping headlong towards the completely bizarre... -
Valley of Silence by Nora Roberts
The battleground has been chosen for the final showdown between those selected by the gods and the minions of the vampire Lilith. But there is one vampire who dares stand against her. And his love for the scholarly queen of Geall will complete the circle of six - and change the face of eternity... -
Tempting Fate by April White
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Clocker, Saira Elian is back on the run and being hunted by Mongers. The Descendants of War are amassing power in the 21st century, bent on controlling all the Immortal Descendants. Their attempt to kidnap Saira, a rare Descendant of Time and Nature, reveals just how brazen they’ve become...Categorized as:
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Shatter the Earth by Karen Chance
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsIronically for the time traveling, chief seer of the supernatural world, time has never been on Cassie Palmer’s side. There has always seemed to be too much to learn, too much to master, and never enough hours in a day... -
Ride the Storm by Karen Chance
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe New York Times bestselling author of Reap the Wind returns to the “fascinating world”* of Cassie Palmer. Ever since getting appointed the chief seer of the supernatural world, Cassie Palmer has been playing catch up. Catch up on the training she missed being raised by a psychotic vampire instead of at the pythian court. Catch up on the dangerous world of supernatural politics... -
Midnight's Temptation by Donna Grant
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEver since that fateful night, he can’t stop thinking about her. A timeless beauty in a nightclub, she moved across the dance floor like an angel, surrendering to the music—and casting a spell that could only be magic. When Phelan took her in his arms and kissed her, the Highlander knew this was no ordinary woman...Categorized as:
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Munro by Kresley Cole
The next stand-alone installment in the electrifying Immortals After Dark series by #1 New York Times best-selling author Kresley Cole. Venture deeper into the Lore, fierce realm of the immortals—if you dare. . . .TORMENTED IN UNIMAGINABLE WAYS Coming off torture at the hands of his warlock captors, Munro MacRieve never expected to find his mate, or to lose her just as abruptly... -
Midlife is the Cat's Meow by Miranda MacLeod, T.B. Markinson
A witch without powers. A secret to die for. A midlife sapphic awakening.A few months ago, I thought I had it all. My life as a forty-something suburban mom in Cleveland might not have been stimulating, but sometimes excitement is overrated. Like when FBI agents knock down your door on the hunt for your crook of a husband. Thrilling? Maybe. But I wouldn’t recommend it... -
Marking Time by April White
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsSeventeen-year-old tagger Saira Elian can handle anything... a mother who mysteriously disappears, a stranger who stalks her around London, and even the noble English Grandmother who kicked Saira and her mother out of the family... -
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Shadowland by Karen Chance
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsA John Pritkin short, available for free on Karen Chance’s website and Smashwords.com."Shadowland" is a novella set betweenCurse the Dawn(Cassie Palmer #4) andHunt the Moon(Cassie Palmer #5). It should be read after "A Family Affair".* Contains spoilers for the first four Cassandra Palmer books... -
Salems Song by Kristen Proby
Torn apart by tragedy, Lorelei has kept Xander at arm's length, focusing on her career and gifts, rather than rekindling their love. But now that she's back in Salem, she can't avoid him and finds herself slowly softening toward the man she's loved all of her life. However, the witch hunter they've been fighting still hasn't been vanquished... -
Embrace the Highland Warrior by Anita Clenney
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThey were driven apart by a timeless secret… Cody MacBain let the woman of his destiny slip away. A member of an ancient clan of Scottish warriors, he grew up beside Shay Logan as her secret protector, but his heart compelled him to become more... -
Something Witchy This Way Comes by H.P. Mallory
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsA witch’s work is never done, and in bestselling author H. P. Mallory’s mesmerizing new novel, Jolie Wilkins finds that the real magic is only just beginning. For smart and sexy witch Jolie Wilkins, being Queen of the Underworld is a royal pain... -
Demon's Touch by Dakota Brown
The only thing more dangerous than being a mage is other people knowing that you have supernatural abilities. And here I am, untrained, untried, and ripe for the picking. With the magical black market chasing my untrained powers, I'm running a race I can't win. The wolves who have added me to their pack are no match for the dark mages hunting me... -
Much Ado About Murder by Steffanie Holmes
All’s fair in love and murder. The Shakespeare Festival has come to the village, and all of Argleton has gone bard-crazy. Mina’s excited about Nevermore being the festival’s official bookstore, but a rival bookshop opens up across the green and completely cramps her style... -
Witchful Thinking by H.P. Mallory
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsJolie thinks she’s seen it all, but life continues to spring surprises. The latest shocker? She’s just been crowned queen of the underworld. Jolie may possess a rare gift for reanimating the dead, but she doesn’t know the first thing about governing disparate factions of supernatural creatures... -
The Dragon Legion Collection by Deborah Cooke
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThey will sacrifice anything to regain the loves they've lost... When the Dragon Legion take custody of the darkfire crystal, Drake and his fellow dragon shifters fear that the sorcery trapped in the stone is bent on destroying them. In Kiss of Danger, Alexander defends his wife and son from a vicious killer who has followed him through time...Categorized as:
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Afraid Of The Dark by H.P. Mallory
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsDo you believe in love after death? I didn’t, until now…Looking for a fresh start, I just became the proud owner of a piece of New Orleans history: an Antebellum-era two-story house in the Garden District.It’s going to take time and a fat wallet to restore the fixer-upper to its former glory, but after my recent divorce, I could use the distraction...Categorized as:
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Vampire Seeker by Tim O'Rourke
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSamantha Carter believes that a vampire is responsible for the brutal deaths of four women in Whitechapel, London, England. Each murder is identical to those committed a hundred years before by a very different serial killer. Desperate to prove the killer’s identity, Samantha follows him onto a late night tube train...Categorized as:
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Into the Dreaming by Karen Marie Moning
Aspiring romance novelist Jane Sillee was completely in love with her fantasy man -- the hot and strapping dark-haired Highlander who d been coming to her in her dreams for years and inspired her sensual flights of literary fancy. But it was more than her imagination that conjured up the brilliantly woven tapestry sporting the spitting image of her magnificently arrogant warrior... -
The Witch Is Back by H.P. Mallory
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe witching hour has arrived in bestselling author H. P. Mallory’s captivating and sexy new novel, starring the most dazzling denizen of the undead, Jolie Wilkins. Funny and feisty witch Jolie Wilkins is back—or rather, she’s back to her humble beginnings... -
The Future Falls by Tanya Huff
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsWhen Auntie Catherine warns the family of an approaching asteroid, the Gales scramble to keep humans from going the way of the dinosaurs. Fortunately for the world, they're wielding a guitar and a dragon.The Gale family can change the world with the charms they cast, which has caused some supernaturally complicated family shenanigans in the past... -
Ink Witch by Lindsey Fairleigh, Lindsey Sparks
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsThe gods are gone. Her brother is missing. One retired assassin must confront her past to save his future…Immortal Kat Dubois has traded in her sword for a flask. Hard drinking helps ease the grisly memories of her former an assassin of immortals... -
Ink Witch by Lindsey Fairleigh, Lindsey Sparks
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe gods are gone. Her brother is missing. One retired assassin must confront her past to save his future…Immortal Kat Dubois has traded in her sword for a flask. Hard drinking helps ease the grisly memories of her former an assassin of immortals... -
Be Witched by H.P. Mallory
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsIn this sexy and spellbinding original short story, available exclusively as an eBook, bestselling author H. P. Mallory presents the exciting Underworld from a never-before-seen point of view—through the eyes of Rand Balfour, a drop-dead gorgeous warlock and the love of Jolie Wilkins’s life... -
The Wild Ways by Tanya Huff
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 28 ratings"The Gales are an amazing family, the aunts will strike fear into your heart, and the characters Allie meets are both charming and terrifying." -#1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris Alysha Gale's cousin Charlotte is a Wild Power, who allies herself with a family of Selkies in a fight against offshore oil drilling... -
Nightfall in the Garden of Deep Time by Tracy L. Higley
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsWhat if you stumbled into a timeless party, in a secret garden only you could see?Kelsey Willoughby doesn’t have time to pursue her writing dreams. Imagination doesn’t pay the bills, and she’s busy saving her beautiful city bookshop from online competition, hotel developers, and the sneaking suspicion that nobody reads anymore.Not to mention all those voices telling her she doesn’t have talent... -
In the Air Tonight by Lori Handeland
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFour centuries ago, in a small Scottish village, three baby girls escaped the wrath of a witch hunter. Today, one young woman will learn about her secret history, her heart's destiny, and the sisters she never knew she had... With her blue-black hair and dark eyes, Raye Larsen has never fit in with the Scandinavian community of New Bergin, Wisconsin... -
Darkness Becomes Her by Jaime Rush
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey live ordinary lives,but they are extraordinary.They are the Offspring, children of amysterious experiment gone awry—and they are in terrible danger. Power Junkie: Lachlan McLeod spent wild years astrally projecting himself into other times and places. But he doesn't get out much anymore—not after the fatal mistake that cost him a precious loved one...Categorized as:
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Fire of the Dragon by Lori Dillon
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBeing sent back in time to the Middle Ages wouldn't be so bad if the knight in shining armor who comes to your rescue didn't swoop down in the form of a fire-breathing dragon. Unfortunately for Jill Donahue, that's just the way things have been going in her life lately... -
The Shadowy Horses by Susanna Kearsley
The Invincible Ninth Roman Legion Marches from York to Fight The Northern Tribes. and then Vanishes from the Pages of History.Archaeologist Verity Grey has been drawn to the dark legends of the Scottish Borderlands in search of the truth buried in a rocky field by the sea... -
The Pill Bugs of Time by Angel Martinez
Vikash Soren, the perfect police officer except for his odd paranormal ability, never seems to lose his temper. Always serene and competent, he’s taken on the role of mediator in a squad room full of misfits. But on the inside, he’s a mess. Unable to tell his police partner that he loves him, Vikash struggles silently, terrified of losing Kyle Monroe as a lover, partner, and friend... -
Lady of Breken Manor by Heather B. Moore
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsNo true lady would steal a loyal man from his fiancée, but what if that lady is a ghost?Lady Charlotte is bored. So bored that when the owner of her manor in Scotland dies, she actually looks forward to haunting, uh, meeting the new owner. Too bad he’s engaged. Because if he weren’t, and if Charlotte could get him to fall in love with her, then the curse would finally be broken... -
Twist by Colby Hodge
Abbey Shore never intended to be the savior of the world; it was just something that happened—like her father's tragic death and the fact that she's now poor and "flipping"houses in the Chicago suburbs to finish college. And there's more: behind a crumbling wall in her current renovation, a swirling vortex hides...Categorized as:
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Shadow Spell by Nora Roberts
With the legends and lore of Ireland running through his blood, falconer Connor O’Dwyer is proud to call County Mayo home. It’s where his sister, Branna, lives and works, where his cousin, Iona, has found true love, and where his childhood friends form a circle that can’t be broken… A circle that is about to be stretched out of shape—by a long-awaited kiss... -
Forever (Montgomery/Taggert (Publication order) #24) by Jude Deveraux
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFrom A Knight in Shining Armor to The Mulberry Tree, Jude Deveraux's bestsellers sparkle with stunning originality, heartfelt wit, and adventurous passion. Now, this superb storyteller mixes the flavor of a classic fairy tale with a very modern love story -- set in a town locked in the shadows of an abiding evil -- in this imaginative new novel. Forever.. -
The Silver Witch by Paula Brackston
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsA year after her husband’s sudden death, ceramic artist Tilda Fordwells finally moves into the secluded Welsh cottage that was to be their new home. She hopes that the tranquil surroundings will help ease her grief, and lessen her disturbing visions of Mat’s death. Instead, the lake in the valley below her cottage seems to spark something dormant in her – a sensitivity, and a power of some sort... -
The Hypnotist by M.J. Rose
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsBook three of The Reincarnationist series.Haunted by his inability to stop the murder of a beautiful young painter twenty years ago, Lucian Glass keeps his demons at bay through his fascinating work with the FBI's Art Crime Team... -
Dark Witch by Nora Roberts
With indifferent parents, Iona Sheehan grew up craving devotion and acceptance. From her maternal grandmother, she learned where to find both: a land of lush forests, dazzling lakes, and centuries-old legends. Ireland. County Mayo, to be exact. Where her ancestors’ blood and magic have flowed through generations—and where her destiny awaits... -
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Forever and Always by Jude Deveraux
"This is Jude Deveraux at her most pleasurable," hailed Booklist in praise of her powerful bestseller Forever ....Now Deveraux brings back her gifted heroine, Darci Monroe, in a riveting new novel of endless love and shadowed secrets. Forever and Always Darci's psychic abilities have always guided her through hardship.. -
Sacre Bleu by Christopher Moore
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsDer Pariser Bäcker Lucien Lessard und der Künstler Henri Toulouse-Lautrec haben eines gemeinsam: beide sind erschüttert über den Tod ihres Freundes Vincent van Gogh... -
Named of the Dragon by Susanna Kearsley
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsTormented by horrific nightmares since the death of her baby five years before, literary agent Lyn Ravenshaw agrees to accompany an author to Wales, where she encounters an eccentric young widow desperately afraid for her own infant's safety and a reclusive playwright who could be her only... -
Ink Witch by Lindsey Sparks
A whole new series from the world of the Echo Trilogy. Three years ago, the gods abandoned us. We've been alone ever since. Kat Dubois is immortal, and she’s retired. She’s long since hung up her sword and left assassinating immortals to someone else... anyone else... -
The Surprising Days of Isla Pembroke by Tamsin Keily
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSome days you remember forever. But what if you could live them again?If Isla Pembroke could turn back time, she knows exactly which days of her life she would change.The day she started working in the local aquarium, not knowing that she'd still be stuck there seven years later. The day her sister Morgan ran away from home... -
The River of No Return by Bee Ridgway
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsTwo hundred years after he was about to die on a Napoleonic battlefield, Lord Nicholas Falcott wakes up in twenty-first-century London. The Guild, a secretive fraternity of time travelers, informs him that there is no return. But Nick yearns for the beautiful Julia Percy, who remains in 1815...
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