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  • The Magnus Archives: Season 5 by Johnathan Sims

    The Magnus Archives: Season 5 by Johnathan Sims

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The Magnus Archives is a horror audiobook written by Jonathan Sims, directed by Alexander J. Newall and distributed by Rusty Quill. Sims narrates the stories in-character as the main character, Jonathan Sims, the newly-appointed head archivist of the fictional Magnus Institute; an institution based in London centred on research into the paranormal...
  • Ascension Day by Vanessa Nelson

    Ascension Day by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Caught in the middle of two powerful forces, can Thea find a way to survive?The Archon has ordered a day of celebration to mark her ascension to power. While most people in the city are looking forward to a day off and an excuse to drink and eat too much, Thea and the rest of the city's Watch are on high alert...
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  • The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Novel) Vol. 2 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou

    The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Novel) Vol. 2 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 40 ratings
    HIDDEN TRUTHS AND BURIED HEARTS The longer Mo Ran spends in his life reborn, the less he understands the man he once was, to say nothing of the teacher he so hated. As emperor of the mortal realm, Mo Ran loathed Chu Wanning with all his being, but the Chu Wanning of this life has sacrificed himself for his student's sake time and again...
  • The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

    The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 49 ratings
    A Holmes and Watson-style detective duo take the stage in this fantasy with a mystery twist, from the Edgar-winning, multiple Hugo-nominated Robert Jackson BennettIn Daretana’s greatest mansion, a high imperial officer lies dead—killed, to all appearances, when a tree erupted from his body...
  • Cloaked by Vanessa Nelson

    Cloaked by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The world itself in peril. Arrow’s sleep is being disturbed by nightmares that she cannot remember when awake. Her days are spent trying to build her new, simple, life in the human world and helping the shape-changers track down the last conspirators that tried to destroy the Erith. But the Erith want her help one last time...
  • Melee Mage by Michael Taggart

    Melee Mage by Michael Taggart

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    After getting punched in the face by a golem, Jason discovers he desperately needs two things: a much better offense and a much better defense. To a hammer, everything looks like a nail, and to a mage, everything is solved with magic. That is, unless your magic is small and restricted like Jason’s...
  • Betrayed by Vanessa Nelson

    Betrayed by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A missing war mage. Death in the heartland. Settling into her new life in the human world, the last thing Arrow expects is a request for aid from the Erith. The Erith’s favourite war mage is missing and Arrow is asked to investigate. For the first time in her life, she is allowed into the Erith’s fabled heartland...
  • A Usual Suspect by Vanessa Nelson

    A Usual Suspect by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    She can see the truth, but when she's accused of murder, no one believes she's innocent.Hallie works as a skip tracer - hunting down people wanted by the law, for one reason or another. It's not glamourous, and it doesn't pay all that well. But it's legal work, and that's hard to come by in the cramped quarters of old town...
  • The Neon Boneyard by Craig Schaefer

    The Neon Boneyard by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Daniel Faust has clawed his way from the gutter to a penthouse suite, carving a bloody swath across the Las Vegas underworld. He's buried his enemies and more than a few friends along the way. If there's one thing a modern-day sorcerer knows for certain, though, it's that the past never stays buried forever...
  • The Castle Doctrine by Craig Schaefer

    The Castle Doctrine by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Out of prison and back on the streets, Daniel Faust returns home to a city on fire. The Chicago mob is making their play for control of Las Vegas, with an army of gunmen and a lethal shapeshifter on their side, while Daniel's friend Jennifer marshals the forces of the Vegas underworld...
  • Bring the Fire by Craig Schaefer

    Bring the Fire by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    “We brought you here to answer a single question. God is dead. Vanessa Roth and Marie Reinhart are responsible. We want to know how they did it.” That was where the story began. This is where it all ends. Believing her lover has been killed, Nessa — the living archetype of the wicked witch and a fairy tale brought to murderous life — flies across the Mojave Desert on a mission of vengeance...
  • Tainted by Vanessa Nelson

    Tainted by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Peace at breaking point. A dark and ambitious conspiracy. A lethal adversary. Woken from sleep by intruders, Arrow is shocked to realise that humans have managed to break through her wards. This was no simple break-in. It quickly becomes clear this was just part of a series, and the Erith's ancient enemies may be involved...
  • Revealed by Vanessa Nelson

    Revealed by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A killer caught, the mastermind still at large, and an exile growing into her power. Arrow’s freedom from the Erith is finally in her grasp. But there is a rogue magician at large. Ruthless, determined, skilled in unclean magic, the powerful rogue threatens everyone and everything, including the life Arrow wants to live...
  • The Last Witch: Vol 3.5 by M.J. Lawrie

    The Last Witch: Vol 3.5 by M.J. Lawrie

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    It's been six months since Lilly Hooper reunited with her family, friends, and magic.The Arcane Realm offers freedom and safety for all the witches who are rebuilding their lives and healing.But things are not as straightforward or as easy as they all hoped they would be...
  • The Killing Floor Blues by Craig Schaefer

    The Killing Floor Blues by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Nobody has ever escaped from the Iceberg. It's a privately-owned prison deep in the Mojave Desert, staffed by brutal guards and surrounded by desolate wasteland. Inside the walls, gangs and predators are constant threats; outside the walls, there's nothing but a sniper's bullet or a slow death in the desert heat...
  • Concealed by Vanessa Nelson

    Concealed by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    A fragile peace, a suspicious death, and secrets that could destroy everyone. Oath-bound to the arrogant Erith in exchange for her life, Arrow's freedom is days away when they set her one last task; investigate the death of a high-ranking shape-changer, one of their old enemies. The shape-changers suspect the Erith of murder and Arrow nearly becomes the first victim in a new war between races...
  • Shades of Magick by Jessica Wayne

    Shades of Magick by Jessica Wayne

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They lost the battle. Now it's time for war.What they feared has come to pass, and now, stuck in the center of an ancient war, Sienna and Daxon set out in search of a mythical stone that's rumored to have the ability to reshape their world.The magick's want it destroyed.The non-magicks want to cleanse the realm...
  • The Third Ring by A.N. Horton

    The Third Ring by A.N. Horton

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Ten Trials. Two Oaths. One Chance.To Adrian, the gods were never anything to be worshipped, just tolerated. But in the walled city of Sanctuary, whether through the religious fervor of the elite or the quaking fear of the poor, the Geist have always been served. And now it's Adrian's turn...
  • Wreaking Havyk by Faith Gibson

    Wreaking Havyk by Faith Gibson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He's a Gryphon. The youngest biker mercenary in their family.She's a pawn. A mother who’d do anything to protect her son.Hayden “Havyk” Lazlo, youngest of the Lazlo brood, is finding his feet in the family mercenary business. The jobs he has taken so far have been cut and dried. This one? Not so much...
  • Werepanther 5: Paranormal Hunter by Logan Jacobs

    Werepanther 5: Paranormal Hunter by Logan Jacobs

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My life has definitely changed since I discovered I was a werepather, but I would argue it’s changed for the better.Instead of a broke college student, I’m the owner of a lucrative lounge, and business just keeps getting better. Money is flowing in hand over fist, and I have my pick of sexy, intelligent, badass women...
    Categorized as:
    magic  horror  harems  urban fantasy  fantasy  dark  poly  paranormal
  • Sworn to the Night by Craig Schaefer

    Sworn to the Night by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Marie Reinhart is an NYPD detective on the trail of a serial killer. When she sleeps, though, she dreams of other lives; she dreams of being a knight, in strange wars and strange worlds. On the other side of the city, Nessa Roth is a college professor trapped in a loveless marriage, an unwilling prop in a political dynasty...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  magic  queer  fantasy  urban fantasy  paranormal  f-f  witches
  • Wicked Hex by Megan Montero

    Wicked Hex by Megan Montero

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Some powers come with a price… My life is unrecognizable. I’ve never been in more danger. I thought I was safe at Evermore Academy. I thought we were finally making progress in this war. I thought I had people I could trust.I thought I could always count on Tucker…I thought wrong. But now all that’s changed. Alataris is coming for me with everything he's got, and no one is safe...
  • A Plain-Dealing Villain by Craig Schaefer

    A Plain-Dealing Villain by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    It's hard to make a dishonest buck in Sin City, especially when a rogue FBI agent is gunning for your head. Flat broke and one step ahead of the law, Daniel Faust flees Vegas and lands in Chicago, where a risky heist promises to fill his pockets with cash...
  • The Alchemist's Flame by Becca Andre

    The Alchemist's Flame by Becca Andre

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Now that the local hospital is using her burn salve, master alchemist Addie Daulton has become a celebrity. The positive press will go a long way in helping her redeem alchemy’s reputation, but Addie wishes the media would stop calling her the Flame Lord’s alchemist. She doesn’t need his sanction to validate her skills...
  • Detonation Boulevard by Craig Schaefer

    Detonation Boulevard by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When NYPD detective Marie Reinhart met Nessa Roth, a Manhattan socialite and dabbler in the occult, sparks flew. Then came the gunfire. Nessa and Marie are the Witch and her Knight, characters from a fairy tale brought to life and trapped in an endless curse: to meet, fall in love, and be torn from each other’s arms by violent death, again and again for all eternity...
    Categorized as:
    queer  magic  mystery  horror  urban fantasy  fantasy  witches  demons
  • The Fifth Essence by Becca Andre

    The Fifth Essence by Becca Andre

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Addie Daulton has never backed down from a challenge. After all, doing the impossible is what makes her a master alchemist. So when she learns that her best friend, James Huntsman, has been banished from the mortal world, she believes she can get him back. But finding James isn’t her only problem...
  • Five Down by Stacia Kane

    Five Down by Stacia Kane

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The Downside Ghosts series has been called "gripping and brilliant," "a must-read," and "one of the best paranormal fantasy series available." Now all four previously published short stories set in this world are collected in one place, plus one new, never-before-seen novella...
  • Rise, My Minions! by Logan Jacobs

    Rise, My Minions! by Logan Jacobs

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “You shall serve me in death… and beyond!”Greg was your average American college student, until he fell into an open grave and awoke in a sinister world of darkness, death, and the macabre and was then initiated into the Domotraus Academy...
    Categorized as:
    magic  horror  harems  urban fantasy  fantasy  dark  poly  paranormal
  • Red Rain by R.S. Black

    Red Rain by R.S. Black

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Red Rain Pandora has been through hell and back. Literally. She’s been kidnapped and tortured, found freedom, and then lost it all over again. She’s now the newest pawn in the age-old war between Heaven and Hell. The Triad owns her mark, Asher owns her heart, but the demon Wrath might just own her soul. Death—aka Dean—is her constant companion in these final days...
  • Silver Staked by Shannon Mayer, D.G. Swank

    Silver Staked by Shannon Mayer, D.G. Swank

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    From NYT & USAT bestselling authors Shannon Mayer and D.G. Swank comes a new vision of supernatural suspense. Only these two authors could deliver two such complex heroines and their undaunted courage in a tale of unexpected twists of fate. Escape into the city that never sleeps and where nightmares live in the darkness with "Silver Staked".My name is Leah, and I am a Cazador...
  • Howler's Night by Marie Hall

    Howler's Night by Marie Hall

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Priest was back. Her home was safe. And Pandora had even managed to secure a powerful ally in the Zombie Queen. But in one fell swoop none of it mattered. She’s been abducted by a secret organization known only as the Triad, and they’re conducting experiments, treating her like a lab rat: cutting her open, dissecting her, and keeping her hostage. And she’s slowly going mad...
  • The Dread by Gail Z. Martin

    The Dread by Gail Z. Martin

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    In the epic conclusion to the Fallen Kings Cycle, set in the world of The Chronicles of the Necromancer, war has come to the Winter Kingdoms. Summoner-King Tris Drayke takes what remains of his army north for a war he is ill-prepared to fight, as reports from spies confirm Tris's worst fear...
  • Irregulars by Nicole Kimberling, Josh Lanyon

    Irregulars by Nicole Kimberling, Josh Lanyon

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    "NATO's Irregulars Affairs Division is a secret organization operating in thousands of cities around the globe. Its agents police relations between the earthly realm and those beyond this world, protecting us from terrible dangers as well as enthralling temptations...
    Categorized as:
    magic  mystery  queer  contemporary  dark  vampires  demons  suspense
  • Violets and Violence by M. Kato

    Violets and Violence by M. Kato

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Violet Killer—as nicknamed by the media because of the violets discovered alongside his victims—returns to Tōkyō’s streets.For homicide detective Hayashi Teruo, this case marks a haunting return to the scene of his first investigation as a rookie detective and his biggest failure...
  • Alexander Death by J.L. Bryan

    Alexander Death by J.L. Bryan

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    While Seth searches for Jenny, Dr. Heather Reynard of the CDC unravels Seth and Jenny's secrets. Alexander opens Jenny's mind to her deep past, and to the full horrific extent of her powers. Torn between her feelings for Alexander and Seth, and between her past lives and her present, Jenny must prepare to face her enemies, as well as the darkness within her..
  • See No Evil by Pippa DaCosta

    See No Evil by Pippa DaCosta

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “Wanted dead or alive sounds like a lot more fun when it’s not my head on the block.” Word is out, the soul eater has gone rogue and not even the might of Osiris can stop him. Or so everyone believes. That would suit Ace just fine, but after he narrowly escapes an assassination attempt, he knows it’s just a matter of time before those around him end up in the gods' crosshairs...
  • Anne Rice's The Tale of the Body Thief  (A Graphic Novel) by Faye Perozich, Travis Moore

    Anne Rice's The Tale of the Body Thief (A Graphic Novel) by Faye Perozich, Travis Moore

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 44 ratings
    The vampire Lestat, bestselling author Anne Rice's chilling creation, is back...in a graphic novel adaptation of The Tale of the Body Thief, part of the bloodsoaked Vampire Chronicles. Immortalised on screen by Tom Cruise in Interview With a Vampire, Lestat is the decadent, corrupt night dweller with a craving for human blood and the ethics of a snake...
  • The Sworn by Gail Z. Martin

    The Sworn by Gail Z. Martin

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    As plague and famine scourge the Winter Kingdoms, a vast invasion force is mustering from beyond the Northern Sea. And at its heart, a dark spirit mage wields the blood magic of ancient, vanquished gods. Summoner-King Martris Drayke must attempt to meet this great threat, gathering an army from a country ravaged by civil war...
  • Winter by Josh Lanyon

    Winter by Josh Lanyon

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    First in a NEW series! Still grieving over the sudden death of his lover, antiques dealer Flynn Ambrose moves to the ramshackle old house on Pitch Pine Lane to catalog and sell the large inventory of arcane and oddball items that once filled his late uncle's mysterious museum. But not all the items are that easy to catalog. Or get rid of... ˃˃˃ The Haunted Heart series. Four seasons...
    Categorized as:
    magic  mystery  queer  horror  m-m  paranormal  age difference  dark
  • The Bane Witch by Ava Morgyn

    The Bane Witch by Ava Morgyn

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Practical Magic meets Gone Girl in Ava Morgyn's next dark, spellbinding novel about a woman who is more than a witch - she's a hunter.Piers Corbin has always had an affinity for poisonous things - plants and men...
  • Ghosted by Karina Halle

    Ghosted by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Ghosted is an all-new EIT novella told from Dex's POV. It should be read after Dust to Dust (after Veiled, preferably) and before Came Back Haunted.It's available in the All the Love in the World anthology on Amazon, as well as by itself in paperback, and at Nook, iBooks and Kobo...
  • Savor by Kate Evangelista

    Savor by Kate Evangelista

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Mature and explicit content. Not recommended for readers below 18-years-old. Yup, you've got to be that old to read my story. Consider yourself warned. I’m Dakota Collins, a tough talking, eye patch wearing, workaholic photography student. Why am I important? Well, maybe because I get to spend an entire month with Vicious, only the sickest indie rock band out there...
  • Penance by Debra Dunbar

    Penance by Debra Dunbar

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Uriel has awoken into a nightmare, unable to remember who or what she is. She and eight other women are captives of human traffickers, to be prettied-up and sold to the highest bidder. Besides the guards, there’s a woman, a demon, who is supposed to make each of them gorgeous, and provide a sexually charged atmosphere at the auction.They’ve got five days to escape...
    Categorized as:
    queer  horror  urban fantasy  demons  fantasy  paranormal  f-f  dark
  • Two Who Live On by M.N. Bennet

    Two Who Live On by M.N. Bennet

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Going into the second semester, all Dorian wants to do is explore his relationship with Milo and prepare his students for the upcoming academy showcase. But Enchanter Evergreen’s fame makes Dorian question his place in Milo’s world. His fear of going public is complicated when he notices a shift in his telepathy that strengthens his bond to Milo in a way it never has before...
    Categorized as:
    magic  queer  horror  fantasy  urban fantasy  paranormal  demons  m-m
  • The Antlered King by Marianne Gordon

    The Antlered King by Marianne Gordon

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In this stunning conclusion to the Raven’s Trade duology that began with The Gilded Crown, Hellevir’s bargains with Death to save the ones she loves—including the princess she risked everything to bring back to life—may just lead to the ultimate sacrifice...
    Categorized as:
    queer  magic  horror  fantasy  f-f  death  from hate to love  dark
  • Mouse Bones: Revenant Academy Book I by Kinsey Presley-Hornung

    Mouse Bones: Revenant Academy Book I by Kinsey Presley-Hornung

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After her untimely death, Agnes wakes up on a college campus… in purgatory. She's been selected for admittance to Revenant Academy- the leading institution in posthumous education. While Revenant Academy might look like a picturesque college campus at first glance, it’s crawling with extinct animals and a labyrinthian archive of the dead...
  • Cheat the Grave: The Fifth Sign of the Zodiac by Vicki Pettersson

    Cheat the Grave: The Fifth Sign of the Zodiac by Vicki Pettersson

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Book 5 in the NYT & USA Today Bestselling “Signs of the Zodiac” series.Light. Shadow. Superhero ... Villain.Las Vegas socialite and otherworldly avenger Joanna Archer gave up everything when she sacrificed her extraordinary abilities and embraced mortality to rescue an innocent child … and a city teetering on destruction...
  • Revenant by Richard Amos

    Revenant by Richard Amos

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sorrow. Heartbreak. Rage.What a deadly combination.I’m falling apart, but I need to fight. I need to be strong for Charlie. He is my anchor to sanity, a man I can’t get out of my head. With each passing hour, I see him as more than a friend.I’m gaining infamy in Angelica City by the day. Zayn Valentine: Public Enemy #1. So many want me dead. The dial has been cranked up to boiling point...
    Categorized as:
    magic  queer  horror  demons  m-m  fantasy  urban fantasy  paranormal
  • SPECTR: The Complete Second Series by Jordan L. Hawk

    SPECTR: The Complete Second Series by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “…a fresh take on the vampire genre.” – Reader Review Caleb has spent the last six months adjusting to life possessed by the vampire spirit Gray and hunting demons with their boyfriend, federal exorcist John Starkweather. Unfortunately, the other agents of SPECTR view Caleb and Gray as a ticking time bomb...
    Categorized as:
    queer  mystery  magic  horror  paranormal  urban fantasy  fantasy  m-m
  • Revenant by Kat Richardson

    Revenant by Kat Richardson

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Harper Blaine was your average small-time PI until she died—for two minutes. Now Harper is a Greywalker, treading the thin line between the living world and the paranormal realm. And these abilities are landing her all sorts of “strange” cases.... Turmoil, sickness, and destruction are sweeping through Europe—and their effects are being felt all the way across the world in Seattle...
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