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The Scarlet Witch by Chandelle LaVaun
Rated: 4.84 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOnly magic can save us from this nightmare… Everest is my soulmate. Yet somehow knowing this feels worse. Because now I know this isn’t some silly little teenage-puppy-love crush, I know my feelings for someone I barely know are very, very real.Because now I know this love I feel…he feels it too... -
Magic Bleeds - Awake by Ilona Andrews, Gordon Andrews
Published in Small Magics and included in Curran's POV.Infuriated by Kate’s treatment at the hands of the Pack, the Beast Lord demands an explanation. When words fail, claws and fangs must do the talking...Categorized as:
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King of the Shadow Fae by Amelia Hutchins
New from USA Today Bestselling Author Amelia Hutchins comes a new Dark Urban Fantasy that will have you begging for more. Spellbinding, action-packed, mystery, and romance.I’d trained my entire life to take over the hunter guild. When the unthinkable happened, my father was taken, and I was forced to step up. The moment I took control, everything began to unravel around me... -
Curran POV Collection by Gordon Andrews
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 55 ratingsCollection of Curran POVs in chronological order... -
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Fused by Lindsay Buroker
Matti Puletasi finally has the chance to confront those who kidnapped her parents, and she’ll do it with Sarrlevi, the elf assassin she’s come to love, at her side.But now that they know great and powerful dragons are involved with the organization, they may be in over their heads. Their opponents aren’t just kidnappers...Categorized as:
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The Mercy Thompson Collection by Patricia Briggs
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsPatricia Briggs presents a collection that includes the first five novels in her #1 New York Times bestselling urban fantasy series. By day, Mercy Thompson is a car mechanic in the sprawling Tri-Cities of Eastern Washington. By night, she explores her preternatural side...Categorized as:
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Challenge of the Court by Heather G. Harris
I’m supposed to be meeting with Emory’s dragon Court and amazing them with my suave wit and shining intellect. Instead I’m on the trail of a kidnapper. Someone has stolen away a centaur teenager, Alfie, from a magical circus. The circus master has hired me and Gato to find out who took him – hopefully before Alfie swims with the fishes.The problem is, no one in the circus is who they say they are...Categorized as:
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Gossamer by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe fate of the world rests on my shoulders as we hang on the edge of Ragnarök. And I can't catch a freaking break. Not even for ice cream and strippers. Facing down the monsters of my past left me on the cusp of death, wounded and running from the one person I trusted with my life. Havoc. My chosen mate is consumed by a curse so powerful it overrides his natural desire to protect me...Categorized as:
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Rise from the Embers by Stacey Marie Brown
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe King has fallen!While Stavros moves to take over Lars’s throne, the war for the entire kingdom begins. However, this is no ordinary war against Seelie or Unseelie. The real enemy is the most powerful object in the world. The Stone of Fail.Lars isn’t the only one the stone wants. Zoey Daniels is next on its list. And the stone will do whatever it takes to finally get the girl... -
Dying For My Vengeance Demon by Lauretta Hignett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsHow can you catch a monster when you're running for your life?Conrad and Sandy are on the run, framed for every single vicious murder Lord Seth has ever committed. Not only are they being hunted by both the human police and some bloodthirsty rogue supernaturals, they're forced to watch while Lord Seth gains the hearts and minds of the masses during his election campaign... -
The Wolf Vs The Warlock by Lauretta Hignett
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNothing ruins your day more than a bloated, stinking corpse on your doorstep.My natural optimism has taken a serious beating lately. I’ve been working my butt off, drafting a series of outreach programs to help the poor, lost supe kids of the Hidden City before they fall through the cracks in our society and end up in our Otherworld Child Protective system...Categorized as:
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Bound by Blood by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsMagically compelled by bad guys, Arwen Forester shot her half-dragon ally in the thigh. She longs to make amends to him, but she’s busy with a new quest:Get rid of the tattoo that lets dark elves control her.Unfortunately, such magical marks aren’t easily removed. When the troll tattoo artist she visits is killed, she’s framed for murder...Categorized as:
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Lead by Renée Jaggér, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsWith the possibility of a royal war on the horizon, Julie and Taylor are under pressure to step up their recruiting efforts.Captain Kaplan orders Julie to complete her training. Now she has the full story, Julie has a better idea of the consequences if OPMA isn’t brought back to its full strength.But three heads are better than one, even if one of their team doesn’t technically have a head... -
Immortal World by Lauretta Hignett
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsImogen's got some answers about her origins, and a promise from Rafael that he'll help to cure her immortality. But there's a few brand-new problems standing in her way...A vicious pack of disenfranchised Alphas are on their way to Backman's shifter school, coming to try and reclaim what they think is rightfully theirs...Categorized as:
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The Wolf Vs The Shifter: The Hidden City Supernatural Sleuth by Lauretta Hignett
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe hunt begins…I’ve been on lockdown in the Hidden City for weeks now. Everyone thinks I’m hiding from the Alpha because I disobeyed his orders one too many times. And, well… I have. He’s coming for me; I know that.But he’s also coming for Myf, my mysterious agoraphobic pantry-dwelling Welsh friend, and I can’t let him take her...Categorized as:
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Daughter of Destiny by Rebecca Parcha
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Fourth wing but with vampires!""It’s a unique fantasy world, that has vampire and dragons as I’ve never seen in any other fantasy series. The FMC and MMC are just… chef’s kiss! I need more Tate and Aether like I need air!""Absolutely phenomenal! The ending was so shocking and beautifully done... -
Nightfall's Prophet by T.A. White
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsHow long can a vampire hold a grudge? The answer, it turns out, is an eternity.Aileen Travers is about to get a lesson in the nature of vendettas and how far some will go to avenge any slight. When a representative of the vampire council sweeps into town, he brings with him a deadly conspiracy that could wind up threatening the very foundation of Aileen’s life...Categorized as:
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Perilous Potions by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLuna Thorn sprang into being in the middle of the night in a downtown Detroit park years ago. She had no memory of her past and no idea what the future would hold for her. The only thing she possessed was magic…and the determination to win at all costs.She’s finally about to get the answers she’s been looking for .There are zombies popping up on Detroit’s mean inner city streets... -
A Bender of Spirit by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe Reapers have found Unending. But now she must find herself... Continue the journey. Buy now... -
Unstoppable by R.L. Mathewson
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsRevenge and fate come together in the seventh installment of the Pyte/Sentinel Series as New York Times bestselling author R.L. Mathewson tells the story of how one of the deadliest shifters in our world is finally brought to his knees.He couldn’t kill her.Their mating mark would never allow it, but it would allow him to walk away and never look back...Categorized as:
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Spellcasting with a Chance of Spirits by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsI can see and hear the dead. I can also talk to animals. As a natural-born witch and medium, I can do a lot of odd things. In most people's eyes, that makes me a loon. I like to think of it as being unique and eccentric. Plus, now that destiny has brought me back to the town I was born in, I'm not all that different from the supernatural residents of Grimm Cove... -
The Wolf Vs The Vampire by Lauretta Hignett
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsEveryone thinks I’m sweet and innocent… but I’m the one who ate the big bad wolf. I’ve been searching for a place that feels like home my whole life, and I think I’ve found it. I’m in the big city, on a mission to save vulnerable supernatural kids — just like I used to be — in my new job as an Otherworld Child Protection caseworker...Categorized as:
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Invoking Infinity by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNot all dragons breathe fire and horde treasure, some have a real thing for artifacts, rare books, and magical creatures.I’d given myself and Sisu twelve days to get settled into our new life before tackling my first official day as the head archivist of the magical archives at the National Museum of Ireland... -
Chameleon's Death Dance by B.R. Kingsolver
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsEven a chameleon can be a target. Libby makes her money as a thief and an assassin, but a girl has to have a cover. To her surprise, her business installing security systems in 23rd century Toronto is taking off, as is her romance with Wil—North America’s top cop. Then an insurance company hires her to recover a fortune in stolen art and jewelry... -
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New World Order by Elle Casey
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWill the fae will be able to make the sacrifices they must to survive? Jayne Sparks and her Light Fae changeling friends face off in the final battle against their enemies. But the identify of their true enemies isn't as clear as it once was. Are they the ones breaking down their doors ..Categorized as:
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A Birth of Fire by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWelcome to Book 1 of Season 9, the beginning of a brand new story...It's been a year since GASP brought Ta'Zan's reign of terror to an abrupt end. A year in which all The Shade's residents have enjoyed a much-deserved break. Relationships have blossomed. Babies have been born. And peace has settled throughout the realms... -
Call to Arms by Elle Casey
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsCall to Arms is Book Two in the War of the Fae, YA fantasy series. Follow Jayne Sparks, the (still) potty-mouthed seventeen-year-old and newly changed elemental fae and her friends - an incubus, a daemon, a green elf, a water sprite and a pixie - as they struggle to find their places in the Light Fae community of the Green Forest and prepare for the upcoming battle against the Dark Fae...Categorized as:
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Magic Bites - Unicorn Lane by Ilona Andrews, Gordon Andrews
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsPublished in Small Magics and included in Curran's POV.How/when Kate and Curran first meet...Categorized as:
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Archangel's Viper by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsEnter New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh’s breathtakingly passionate Guild Hunter world with the story of a woman who isn’t a vampire or an angel…or human… Once a broken girl known as Sorrow, Holly Chang now prowls the shadowy gray underground of the city for the angels. But it’s not her winged allies who make her a wanted woman—it’s the unknown power coursing through her veins...Categorized as:
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The Suck Stops Here by Kristen Painter
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsVampire governor of New Jersey, Belladonna Barrone has just gotten an epic offer from an unexpected visitor, but it’s not something she’s ready to respond to without serious thought. Besides, she already has a lot on her plate. The recent death of a high-ranking vampire means she and her crew of staff and friends are headed off to the funeral in the middle of the country... -
A Piece of Scythe by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsDeath’s Scythe is missing. Broken into three pieces and scattered across the universe—Taeral and his team must retrieve it if they wish to save their worlds from certain destruction.But they have no idea what sort of obstacles lie in the path of such a mission. And even though Seeley has been tasked with following them, he has been forbidden to intervene… No matter what.Return to the adventure... -
A Phantom of Truth by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe final Reaper. The final chance.. -
A Fate of Time by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFinally armed with a complete Thieron, Taeral has had to make a desperate choice. But with Death nowhere to be found, he can no longer rely on her to end this. That responsibility rests on his shoulders now... as it was always meant to, in the end. Grab your copy of Season 9's thrilling finale... -
The Wolf vs Santa by Lauretta Hignett
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Little Christmas MysteryThis year, Santa’s on the naughty list.It’s two days before Christmas, and the kids of the Hidden City have suddenly gone on a crime spree after writing their letters to Santa. Has the jolly red guy turned evil?Or is it… the other guy?Join Daphne, our wolfy sleuth, and Dwayne, the Lord of Chaos, as they solve the mystery of the Hidden City Evil Santa...Categorized as:
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A Search for Death by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhere does Death dwell? It's the question of the century. Perhaps even the millennium. Because the Hermessi are growing dangerously close to completing their catastrophic ritual, and if Death can't stop them, no one will... -
Odds and Ends by Gwen DeMarco, Janine Granda
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe thrilling conclusion to the Sophie and the Odd Ones series…A cryptic message from the Great Mother sends Sophie on a mission to uncover her own dark past. This quest will lead her on a journey to the Queen Maeve’s former stronghold on Earth. Sophie soon discovers the shocking truth about her erased history and the destiny that awaits her... -
My Gifts at Christmas by Alanea Alder
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAs the holidays approach Caspian has resigned himself to the fact that life in the City of Eternal Night is just one meaningless day after another. When his older brother, Magnus, asks him to greet a scientist working on improving the quality of their blood resources, he is surprised to hear that the man is a shifter. Once they meet he is shocked they are mates... -
A Blade of Thieron by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn spite of the news about his father, Taeral has no choice but to push forward with the mission and retrieve the second piece of Death’s scythe: the blade. But the Soul Crusher, the blade’s reaper guardian, has a plan to protect it—one that will test the team’s friendship in a way nothing has done before.Meanwhile, back in The Shade, Derek and Sofia are heading up a task of their own... -
Dragonsworn by Sherrilyn Kenyon
There is nothing in the universe the cursed dragon, Falcyn, hates more than humanity . . . and in particular, Greek humans. In a war he wanted no part of, they systematically destroyed everything he’d ever cared for. Now he lies in seclusion, away from the world and waits for the day when evolution will finally rid him of the human vermin...Categorized as:
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An Origin of Vampires by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat if the Elders were not the beginning? Amal and Amane have discovered something remarkable: the location of the protein which allows Derek to walk in the sun, even as a vampire.Along with Tristan and Esme Vaughn, the grown-up grandchildren of Anna and Kyle, Derek and Sofia set out to learn more about the world from which the protein originates - and, most importantly, its residents... -
Chase the Shadows by Everly Frost
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe dragons only let me out to hunt.But this time, I’m hunting angels.My need for vengeance drove me into danger. I sought redemption for my past, determined to put an end to the conflict between the angels and dragons.Instead, I ignited a spark.Now, the angels are summoning their strongest warriors, and the dragons are preparing for war...Categorized as:
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Rebel Vampire by Brogan Thomas, Poppy Royana
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThey warned her to be more careful. If she’d listened, she wouldn’t be staring down the ultimate betrayal. Tru Dennison won’t be burned again. Still reeling from her angel mentor breaking her heart, the half-vampire, half-unicorn shifter greets everyone with suspicion...Categorized as:
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A Purge of Nature by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne thousand and one fae. An ancient full-moon ritual. A final battle that will shape the fate of the universe…Prepare for the unputdownable GRAND FINALE of Season 8... -
Hisses and Honey by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe climactic final volume of The Venom Trilogy by USA Today bestselling author Shannon Mayer. Humble baker turned supernatural Alena Budrene is lovely and lethal, and for the first time, she’s owning it. Finally rid of her low-life ex-husband, she’s free to date sexy vampire mob boss Remo, who respects her as both a Supe and a woman...Categorized as:
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Guardian by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 25 ratings"My name is Rylee and I am a Tracker." When children go missing, and the Humans have no leads, I'm the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot. After months of danger, running for my life, and dealing with one crisis after another, I'm finally getting that vacation I deserve...Categorized as:
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Magic Burns - Soup by Ilona Andrews
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Heart of Atlantis by Alyssa Day
As a war wages between the immortals of Atlantis and those of the vampire realm, a Poseidon warrior fights to save his world—and the woman he loves. And no risk is too great. The desires of a high priest. Alaric, Poseidon’s High Priest, has made a vow to Quinn, the woman he loves and the leader of the Resistance: to save her friend Jack before his last bit of humanity has been drained...Categorized as:
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Blood of a Huntsman by May Sage
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe vampires have always feared the first of their kind and his descendants. Now all immortals know there’s a new Eirikrson threatening their way of life. And they don’t intend to let her. Catherine Stormhale has spent decades trying to crawl out of her family’s shadow. Now they’re calling her back home, to serve their clan against her new friends, and she has a choice to make... -
Pia Saves the Day by Thea Harrison
In the latest story of the Elder Races, two mates face their deadliest challenge yet—each other… Pia and Dragos’s magical young son Liam (the Peanut), is growing at an unprecedented rate, and if that isn’t enough, he is also exhibiting new, and unpredictable, magical gifts. To protect him, the concerned parents decide to move to upstate New York... -
Magic Bites - Unicorn Lane by Ilona Andrews, Gordon Andrews
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsPublished in Small Magics and included in Curran's POV.How/when Kate and Curran first meet...Categorized as:
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