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  • Ascension Day by Vanessa Nelson

    Ascension Day by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 25 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...
  • Moscow Mule by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Moscow Mule by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Quinn MacKenna is on the warpath to save her bartender. Bear-tender…whatever.And it might just break Russia.In every person’s life there comes a point where well-meaning people mutter empty Hallmark Card platitudes like “it’s all downhill from here,” or “the only way to go now is up.”For Quinn, black magic arms dealer and potential Fae royalty, that time is now...
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  • The Sundering by Vanessa Nelson

    The Sundering by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Nowhere and no one is safe. Stripped of her rank and her calling by some of her most trusted friends, Yvonne is left shocked and bleeding. Worse is to come. Not only are children still going missing, but she learns that the death of an old friend might not have been natural. With old friendships torn apart, Yvonne must work out who she can trust if she is to find the truth...
    Categorized as:
    magic  angst  witches  horror  fantasy  paranormal  shapeshifters  fae
  • Chosen by Vanessa Nelson

    Chosen by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Demons on the loose. Ritual murders. An ancient vampire breathing down her neck.Some days Max just doesn't know where to start. The problems facing her city are piling up, and there seems no end or solution in sight.Max's job used to be dealing with supernatural creatures...
  • Called by Vanessa Nelson

    Called by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    In a city full of rising tension, with people going missing or turning up dead, can Max resist the call to help?When Max tries to intervene to prevent an assault and it goes horribly wrong, she wants nothing more than to keep her head down and get on with her job. She does not want to answer calls for help, not even from Bryce, the Order warrior who seems willing to give her a second chance...
  • Hunted by Vanessa Nelson

    Hunted by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Unsolved murders, supernatural creatures and civil unrest. Just another day.Problems keep piling up around Max. No sooner has she dealt with one set of supernatural creatures, than she's called to the city's mortuary to an unusual death. The city's most senior spiritual leader is also trying to get hold of her. On top of that, Bryce cancelled their date and hasn't been seen for days...
  • Midnight Sky by McKenzie Hunter

    Midnight Sky by McKenzie Hunter

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Being part of the Midwest Pack isn’t easy—especially now.My life has never been simple—and it only keeps getting more complicated. The Alphas, Ethan, and several key players in the otherworld go missing, thrusting me into the position of Elite Alpha and tasking me with finding them. The list of suspects grows as I realize that mating with Ethan has caused allies to become enemies...
  • The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun  Vol. 1 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou

    The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun Vol. 1 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 44 ratings
    The Emperor Reborn and His Dearest EnemyCruel tyrant Taxian-jun killed his way to the throne and now reigns as the first ever emperor of the mortal realm. Yet somehow, he is unsatisfied. Left cold and bereft, abandoned by all he held dear, he takes his own life...only to be reborn anew...
  • Hell Hounds Don't Heel by Kim McDougall

    Hell Hounds Don't Heel by Kim McDougall

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Critter wrangler rule #7: Some monsters just have to die.Someone is plotting to put all gargoyles in jail…or six feet in the ground.For decades gargoyles have patrolled the night in Montreal Ward. They are dubbed Guardians by the humans and fae who live on the fringes of society, those who survive in neighborhoods the police don't care about...
  • Bound by Benedict Jacka

    Bound by Benedict Jacka

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Mage Alex Verus is caught between a rock and a hard place in the eighth urban fantasy novel from the national bestselling author of Burned.Right now I wasn’t seeing Richard as the teacher out of my nightmares, he was just another Dark mage, and I looked into the future to see what would happen if I turned that knife on him instead..
  • Kelpies Don't Fly by Kim McDougall

    Kelpies Don't Fly by Kim McDougall

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Critter wrangler rule #15: Always look a gift horse in the mouth. And if it has sharp teeth, never, never get on its back.For ten years, Kyra Greene thought she was the only Valkyrie this side of the rainbow bridge. Until she gets a stunning message from her cousin, Gunora, asking for bail money.But facing the ghosts of her past isn’t on Kyra’s to-do list...
  • Forged by Vanessa Nelson

    Forged by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Blood may be thicker than water, but not all families are meant to stay together.Struggling to maintain her independence, and the life she has fought so hard to build, Max finally learns the truth about her own origins and her family.Max has no time to absorb the shocking news...
  • Fairy Tale of London by Cassandra Clare

    Fairy Tale of London by Cassandra Clare

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 18 ratings
    This is the story of how Will Herondale and Tessa Gray finally bind their souls together as they get married in company of their friends and family. Celebrate their union with this short story, originally released as bonus content in the special first edition of Chain of Gold, now available as a free e-book for your enjoyment.Art by Cassandra Jean...
  • Double or Nothing by Craig Schaefer

    Double or Nothing by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Daniel Faust – sorcerer, thief, and newly-minted Las Vegas crime boss – has debts to pay. One of those debts has just come due, an IOU to be paid in the form of a high-risk heist, and it’s a job he can’t refuse. The mark? Daniel’s arch-nemesis, a man with a Cheshire smile and the powers of a living god...
  • Tangled Echoes by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    Tangled Echoes by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I never got involved in the dirt and the details of an investigation. I never let my preconceptions muddy a reconstruction. And I steadfastly refrained from ever allowing my past to dictate my future.At least until the one person I couldn’t lose went missing...
    Categorized as:
    witches  magic  fantasy  urban fantasy  paranormal  vampires  fae  dark
  • Idols and Enemies by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    Idols and Enemies by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I knew that opening the letter from the sorcerer Azar would have deadly consequences.So we had prepared.We’d planned.We knew we might have to defend ourselves, our freedom. And that I might finally get a chance to exact the revenge I kept telling myself I wasn’t interested in exacting...
  • Unleashing Echoes by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    Unleashing Echoes by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    For twelve years, I had managed to separate my personal life from my professional life, becoming one of the best reconstructionists in the world — and proving to myself that I could do so on my own merits. Then I’d been forced into contact with my family, reuniting with someone I thought I’d lost forever, and rescuing my best friend...
  • Cloaked by Vanessa Nelson

    Cloaked by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 13 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...
    Categorized as:
    magic  witches  war  horror  fantasy  urban fantasy  fae  paranormal
  • Wicked Hexes by Amelia Hutchins

    Wicked Hexes by Amelia Hutchins

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    From International Bestselling author Amelia Hutchins comes a tale of twisted wickedness and seduction...
  • 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...
  • Twisted Shadows by Allie Therin

    Twisted Shadows by Allie Therin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    In a thrilling alternate-universe Seattle, empaths are disappearing—and it’s up to grumpy Reece and his mysterious protector, Grayson, to investigate. Empath hunter Evan Grayson is the Dead Man, transformed by a dark past into a perfect weapon against corrupted empaths...
  • 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...
  • Catching Echoes by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    Catching Echoes by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    I preferred it when life came in tidy packages. When it didn't -- when something went awry -- I was exceedingly skilled at packaging it back up. It was my job to do so after all.  I was a reconstructionist. I collected the puzzle pieces, then I gave those pieces to an investigative team to sort out. I didn't ask questions. I didn't offer answers. I saw. I recorded. I moved on...
  • A Broken Contract by Vanessa Nelson

    A Broken Contract by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A promise broken. Her future torn up. But she still has a job to do.Betrayed by her blood family, all Hallie's plans for her future are in ruins. She has no time to lick her wounds as Special Investigator Girard wants her help looking for some members of the elite who have gone missing in Hallie's territory...
  • A Usual Suspect by Vanessa Nelson

    A Usual Suspect by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 15 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...
  • Betrayed by Vanessa Nelson

    Betrayed by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 12 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...
  • Jacked Cat Jive by Rhys Ford

    Jacked Cat Jive by Rhys Ford

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Stalker Kai Gracen knew his human upbringing would eventually clash with his elfin heritage, but not so soon. Between Ryder, a pain-in-his-neck Sidhe Lord coaxing him to join San Diego’s Southern Rise Court, and picking up bounties for SoCalGov, he has more than enough to deal with...
    Categorized as:
    magic  dystopian  angst  fantasy  urban fantasy  m-m  paranormal  fae
  • 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...
  • Concealed by Vanessa Nelson

    Concealed by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 14 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...
    Categorized as:
    magic  witches  war  horror  fantasy  urban fantasy  paranormal  demons
  • Death God by Meg Xuemei X

    Death God by Meg Xuemei X

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    The final book in the bestselling Monsters After Dark series. I break Marlowe’s heart and leave with the Alpha King, who once rejected me, then used me, then coveted my power. To obtain me, he merges with the horseman War—my worst immortal enemy.Imprisoning me in his unbreakable dark castle, the alpha forces me to marry him so he can re-forge the mating bond with me and take my power for himself...
  • Tainted by Vanessa Nelson

    Tainted by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 12 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...
    Categorized as:
    magic  witches  horror  fantasy  urban fantasy  demons  paranormal  fae
  • 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
  • Demon Hunter: Life Debt by Michael Dalton

    Demon Hunter: Life Debt by Michael Dalton

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 8 ratings
    Jimmy has reached a pinnacle of power that few sorcerers achieve. With a coven of powerful witches and immortals, there are few in Hell or Heaven who dare oppose him.But all is not well. Something is lacking in Jimmy’s life – something he’s never truly known.Family...
  • Revealed by Vanessa Nelson

    Revealed by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 13 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • House of Night by Celia Aaron

    House of Night by Celia Aaron

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Only she knows the secret of what happened that night …Trapped in an upside-down castle, Georgia is met at every turn by a creature as cruel and vicious as his vampire kin. Valen, the cursed lord of the manor, is the monstrous minotaur lurking at the center of Georgia’s maze. He stalks her steps, his gaze forever on her as she desperately searches for escape...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Revenge by Everly Frost

    Revenge by Everly Frost

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I am vengeance. A bringer of fury.Love is a blade that could tear me apart.My bond with Striker Draven has been forged in blood.We fought for our freedom only to discover that our enemies are far more powerful than we thought.The Assassin’s Legion is hunting us like the monsters we are.But the students are now my family and I would die to protect them.Just as I would die to protect Striker...
  • 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...
  • Witch of All Witches by Donna Augustine

    Witch of All Witches by Donna Augustine

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I went from being an outcast in Salem, to living in Xest, a world existing solely on magic. I have a good job brokering hopes and wishes, a hot boss, and a cool place to live. My life is a witch’s dream.Except there are a couple of teensy little problems. I might’ve accidentally gotten infused with some magic that didn’t belong to me...
  • City of Wolves by Kat Ross

    City of Wolves by Kat Ross

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Who is the Jack of Wolves?Kasia's cards never lie . . .And all her readings warn of mortal danger. Hunted by the Order of the Black Sun, she flees to a remote manor house in Kvengard. But evil has come to the city. Children are going missing. Ghostly figures haunt the grounds at night...
  • Texas Showdown by Aaron Crash

    Texas Showdown by Aaron Crash

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Winning an empire was the easy part. Keeping it will be harder. After killing Rahaab, the most powerful dragon on Earth, Steven Drokharis knew he’d have to fight to keep what he’d won, but the cabal that killed his father was just the tip of the iceberg...
    Categorized as:
    magic  horror  harems  fantasy  urban fantasy  dark  poly  paranormal
  • Ever Winter by Alexia Purdy

    Ever Winter by Alexia Purdy

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Shade has been left all, but shattered. Travelling to the Ice kingdom, along with her 'body guard' Dylan-who continues to be bound to her-to where the holder of her magic dwells. The war of Faerie amplifies and her only chance to save it will be to resist the enchantments of the Ice King, one of the Ancient rulers of Faerie...
    Categorized as:
    war  magic  contemporary  fantasy  urban fantasy  dark  paranormal  fae
  • 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..
  • Cruel Enchantment by Anya Bast

    Cruel Enchantment by Anya Bast

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    View our feature on Anya Bast’s Cruel Enchantment. The Dark Magick series continues from this New York Times bestselling author. To keep her fae race from being eradicated, Emmaline Gallagher must retrieve an object of fae power from a locked ancient box. Only Aeric O'Malley has the forging skills to create a key...
  • Dead End by Debbie Cassidy

    Dead End by Debbie Cassidy

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When death starts taking liberties, it’s time to fight back.The council’s word means nothing to me. Their refusal to open their eyes no longer matters. I have a job to do and no one will get in my way.Lie, cheat, deceive, I’ll do what it takes to save the people I love, and avenge the ones I’ve lost. I won’t be doing it alone. My guys are with me; by my side every step of the way.No more excuses...
  • The Bane Witch by Ava Morgyn

    The Bane Witch by Ava Morgyn

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 11 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...
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