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  • The Rotten Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The Rotten Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Sometimes magic just isn't enough...Sometimes you have to start a war, and that’s just what I’m going to do.They took my soulmate. I will get him back, even if I have to destroy everything to do so.Don't miss the penultimate book in The Coven: Fae Magic Series!**Trigger Warning: This book contains a scene with minor sexual violence that some may find triggering...
  • The Empire Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The Empire Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    New year, new magic?A witch can make resolutions, too…right?Psh. First I have to get to the new year. Just when I thought everything was going perfect BOOM. Problems. And not just any problems…missing children problems. One of them is my soulmate’s little cousin, which is bad enough for my anxiety, but the other is a young cousin of the shifter King...
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  • The Eternal Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The Eternal Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    All is fair in war and magic.I’m the Aether Witch. I have power no other witch has had in thousands of years.But even I can’t do this job alone. Salem’s Prophecy says the fate of the world lies on mine and my twin’s hands. Despite our Coven-mates thriving power and Heavenly intentions...In the end, the decision is ours. And ours alone...
  • The Cursed Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The Cursed Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    What is magic?My name is Saraphina Proctor...and that’s the only thing I can remember.I woke up alone, surrounded by darkness with no memory. No one here knows who I am, I don’t fit any of the missing persons reports, and the doctors can’t find a single thing wrong with me…my memory…my life…they’re just…gone.But something lurks in the shadows in Salem, watching me…waiting...
  • The City Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The City Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The City Witch is the first in a series of novellas that are companions to The Elemental Magic and The Academy Magic Series. This novella is intended to be read after The Fallen Witch.Teach magic, they said. It’ll be fun, they said.Yeah, well, they’re dirty rotten liars.When I told Tennessee we needed to have more schools than just Edenburg I thought they’d assign appropriate people to the task...
  • Between Decisions by W.R. Gingell

    Between Decisions by W.R. Gingell

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Life is complicated.I mean, life has always been complicated, but there’s a difference between monsters-are-trying-to-kill-you complications and monsters-are-in-love-with-you complications. I’m still not sure which is more dangerous.G’day. I’m Pet. Two-thirds of a pet, anyway: the vampire isn’t claiming ownership these days, but he’s definitely encroaching...
  • The Broken Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The Broken Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Desperate times, desperate magic. I finally have the Book of Shadows. The pages call to me, begging me to devour their hidden power. There are more than just spells inside, and there are things only the High Priestess can see. And Now I know everything I wasn’t supposed to.My Coven likes to keep secrets...well they’re about to get a taste of their own medicine...
  • The Rebel Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The Rebel Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    I’m finally in control of my magic…and it’s much stronger than my Coven realizes.That’s not the only secret I’m keeping. I made a deal with a fairy: her secrets for some of mine. Except I have no idea how to deliver on my oath and crossing the Fae is suicidal. Tennessee knows I’m up to something, but not even my soulmate can help me now, especially when being together is against the law...
  • Between Cases by W.R. Gingell

    Between Cases by W.R. Gingell

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    G’day. I’m still here. Still Pet.Well, I’m only two thirds of a Pet these days, but you might as well call me Pet anyway. Everyone does: everyone but the vampire, that is.Life is more unbalanced these days—cases are cutting closer to home than usual. I thought I was the only one, but there are others like me: kids whose parents were murdered just like mine...
  • Between Family by W.R. Gingell

    Between Family by W.R. Gingell

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    When someone tries to threaten me by telling me they know my name, I take that personally.G’day. I’m not really a pet anymore, but you might as well keep calling me Pet. It’s not like I’m gunna tell you my name anyway. And if I sound stroppy, well, I am. First, I was threatened. Now, someone has cut off my house from the human world and left my emotional support vampire on the human side...
  • Master Mage by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero

    Master Mage by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    One spell to save us all…No more miss nice mage. This is war. This is survival. This is my destiny.I am the Stone Keeper and I will win.No matter the cost...
  • Hail to the King by Michael Anderle

    Hail to the King by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Men Will Be Men. Unfortunately, the women are in no position to stop nature's course.Tyler has figured out an additional way to make money off Brownstone. But Brownstone has to agree, first. Brownstone gets a request from his hacker support after doing a job for the Professor.It seems she might have upset someone close to home...
  • Eye for an Eye by Michael Anderle

    Eye for an Eye by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The Harriken have decided James Brownstone needs to die. So, they put out a hit on him valued at $500,000.Shay is working her way back to California from a raid on artifacts in Asia, but she could be too late to help. With all of Los Angeles and Southern California's hitmen trying to take out Brownstone, even the cops are sitting this one out...
  • The Brave Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The Brave Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Be careful what you wish for…because magic comes with a price.I’m a witch. All of my dreams finally came true. But now, so are my nightmares.There’s a new monster in town and no one knows how to kill it or where it came from. It lurks in the shadows, preying on our every move. For some reason, it seems to be targeting me.I desperately need Tennessee’s help. Only he is strong enough to train me...
  • The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag

    The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    From Molly Knox Ostertag, writer-illustrator, comes a darkly beautiful story of identity, family, love, loss, and magic.Everyone has secrets. Mags’s has teeth.Magdalena Herrera is about to graduate high school, but she already feels like an adult with serious responsibilities: caring for her ailing grandmother; working a part-time job; clandestine makeouts with a girl who has a boyfriend...
  • Fatal Mistake by Michael Anderle

    Fatal Mistake by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The government is trying to take down the Council... But they get their asses handed to them.One of the senators wanted to play hardball from the beginning but got outvoted.Now, the head of the task force is killed.Will they wise up and swallow their pride to get the best? Lt...
  • Between Kings by W.R. Gingell

    Between Kings by W.R. Gingell

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    G’day. I’m Pet. Heirling. Biter of fae lords. Trouble.I have a lot of names these days—including my own, real name. Unfortunately for me, someone else knows that name too; not to mention the names of my other heirling friends. Now those heirling friends have disappeared, stolen by the current King Behind for a fight to the death where only one contender to the throne remains...
  • Bring the Pain by Michael Anderle

    Bring the Pain by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The Harriken have decided James Brownstone is an unacceptable dishonor to their clan. This time, Grandfather has hired the best assassins in the business and Shay knows them.Shay won't allow Brownstone to go to Japan without backup. Her backup...
  • Shadow Princess by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

    Shadow Princess by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 71 ratings
    After the events of the Lunar Eclipse, Tory and Darcy must learn to deal with the darkness which shadows their lives.With a secret binding them to Darius and Orion, they must find a way to all work together for the greater good. But some things are easier said than done..
  • Vax Humana by Michael Anderle

    Vax Humana by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    James was raised by some good men. What would have happened if twisted cultists like the Brotherhood had found him instead of Fathers McCartney and Thomas? It's time to find out more about the Unbelievable Mr. Brownstone.James isn't from Earth or Oriceran. Where he is from has been a question for years...
  • Watercolour Smile by Jane Washington

    Watercolour Smile by Jane Washington

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 48 ratings
    “Maybe I was stupid to have agreed to this, but when all of the options that you have in life are dangerous ones, you can only choose to do something reckless, or turn a blind eye and allow the cards to fall as they may… and I was sick of being blind...
  • Incipient by Bianca Scardoni

    Incipient by Bianca Scardoni

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that.Welcome Back to Season Two of The Marked SagaMy name is Jemma Blackburn and my life's just been turned on its head again. With my boyfriend back from the dead, and the vampire I'm bonded to being forced to shut his emotions off, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse arriving in town is really just the beginning of my problems...
  • Reign of Mist by Helen Scheuerer

    Reign of Mist by Helen Scheuerer

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 29 ratings
    The realm’s darkest secret is out. The cruelty of the capital and the power-hungry King Arden have scattered Bleak and her companions across the continents. On the run in a foreign land, Bleak finds herself tied to some unexpected strangers...
  • Marvel Mage by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero

    Marvel Mage by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Now the spells are mine…I used to say I worked better under pressure…I was wrong. This countdown clock on my arm might just break me.Stellan is missing. Someone stole him from me. They ripped him right out of my hands and hid him somewhere I can’t find. I’m desperate to save my soulmate but Second Realm is dying…without me, they have no chance but neither does Stellan...
  • Breakwater by Shannon Mayer

    Breakwater by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    My name is Larkspur, and I am an Elemental.My people use the power of the earth to sustain life and defy our enemies. I should be at my father's side as a royal princess. But as a half-breed, bastard child, that isn't going to happen. As an Ender, one of my father’s Elite guards, it’s my job to do as I’m told...
  • Fateborne by G.K. DeRosa

    Fateborne by G.K. DeRosa

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    I’m not alone. There are other Mystic wolves out there, and now I have to find them.And win the Alpha Trials, get my revenge on the supreme alpha and of course, break my mate’s curse. Phew… And I thought things would be easier now that we’d finally completed the mate bond.I was very wrong.When Hunter takes matters into his own hands, a desperate decision escalates the situation from bad to worse...
  • The Faerie Plague by Michelle Madow

    The Faerie Plague by Michelle Madow

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Zombies. The fae realm is overrun with ZOMBIES.Against all odds, I mastered the magic gifted to me by the gods and won the Faerie Games—a twisted, televised game to the death.After winning the Games, I was supposed to be free to return home to Earth. But that was a lie.Now a deadly plague is rampaging the realm. The Otherworld is dying, and I might have the power to save it...
  • Dwellers of Darkness by Stacey Marie Brown

    Dwellers of Darkness by Stacey Marie Brown

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 38 ratings
    Some days feel like years, but in Ember Brycin’s case just the opposite is true. Em would be 22 now—if she were human. She’s not. She is a Dae—part Demon and part Fay—with a little Dark Dweller thrown in to make her more of a freak. Life has become further complicated for Ember since returning from the Otherworld...
  • The Faerie Mates by Michelle Madow

    The Faerie Mates by Michelle Madow

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    In the Faerie Games, it’s kill or be killed. And I’m going to survive, no matter what the cost. Who will win the next Emperor of the Villa competition? Will I tell Julian that we’re soulmates? And most importantly—will Julian, Cassia, and I defeat Octavia and make it out of the Games alive? I’ll do whatever’s necessary to survive...
  • The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch

    The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    The Sixth book in the the Rivers of London series featuring the young law officer Peter Grant—who must deal with both crime and magic.Where the Marble Arch stands today in London was once the Tyburn gallows - or The Hanging Tree. The walk toward those gallows, along Oxford Street and past the Mayfair mansions, has a bloody and haunted history as the last trip of the condemned...
  • Magic Marked: Complete Trilogy by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero

    Magic Marked: Complete Trilogy by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He put a spell on me...Or at least he must have, because none of this makes any sense. None of this can be real. I’m not a mage with magical powers…I’m just me. Ellie Sutton. Your average, everyday seventeen-year-old high school human student. My biggest concerns are bullies, failed exams, and missing the express subway twice in one day...
  • Spellbinder by C.C. Hunter

    Spellbinder by C.C. Hunter

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    When magic, romance and family secrets collide, the result is spellbinding!Miranda Kane has always felt like a screw up–at least when it comes to her ability to wield magic. Her only sanctuary is Shadow Falls camp, where she’s learning to harness her powers as a witch. But thanks to her shapeshifter boyfriend who called it quits and ran off to Paris, both her heart and powers feel broken...
  • Almost Midnight by C.C. Hunter

    Almost Midnight by C.C. Hunter

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Novella CollectionNestled deep in the woods, Shadow Falls is a secret camp where teens with supernatural powers learn to harness their abilities and live in the normal world.Independent and strong-willed Della Tsang did not believe in vampires...until she became one...
  • The Lost Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The Lost Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    I thought magic was make believe...but I was way wrong. I was nobody. No matter how hard I tried, I never fit in with anyone at my high school. Now I know why. Turns out I'm a witch. A scary powerful one, too. Except The Coven that claimed me won't teach me how to use my magic. Suddenly, I'm selected by the Goddess to hunt down a mythical locket needed to save the world from destruction...
  • The Faerie Wand by Michelle Madow

    The Faerie Wand by Michelle Madow

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    I thought I could return home once the Faerie Games were over. I was wrong. Now, Julian and I must complete the dangerous quest given to us by the Empress of the Otherworld. The Holy Wand is out there. We just need to find it. No matter where the journey takes us, we'll destroy anything blocking our path. We have to. Otherwise, we'll be dead. Romance. Magic. Adventure...
  • Fire in the Darkness by Stacey Marie Brown

    Fire in the Darkness by Stacey Marie Brown

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 42 ratings
    Fire In The Darkness, Book #2 in the Darkness Series Paranormal Romance ***This is NOT a YA Series but a New Adult(17+). Sexual Content and Language.*** It's been four weeks since Ember Brycin witnessed what her powers are capable of. The Electrical Current Storm has turned Seattle, Washington into a natural disaster zone...
  • Between Floors by W.R. Gingell

    Between Floors by W.R. Gingell

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    I’m not supposed to push through the boundaries of reality without supervision. I’m definitely not meant to drag a cop Between with me. But stuff happens, you know? Hi. I’m Pet. Well, not Pet, exactly. I am a pet. Nothing too hard; I just cook and clean for the Behindkind who took over my house. Easy. But now one of my owners has gone missing...
  • Iniquitous by Bianca Scardoni

    Iniquitous by Bianca Scardoni

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    THE MARKED SAGA, BOOK 3 The end came at me jagged and skewed like puzzle pieces to a game I didn’t know I was playing. There was a distinct method to the madness, every move propagated to force my hand, to lure me out of hiding with the sweet promise of finality. I took solace in knowing that something better waited for me on the other side, something as pure and deep as the ocean itself...
  • The Faerie Pawn by Michelle Madow

    The Faerie Pawn by Michelle Madow

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    I need to learn how to control my new magic—before it gets me killed. As the first ever Faerie Games player gifted with magic from the king of the gods—Jupiter—all eyes are on me. Especially since I won the first competition of the Games. Now I need to send three other players to fight in the Coliseum until one of them is dead. The two that survive will be gunning for me later...
  • Full Blood by Donna Augustine

    Full Blood by Donna Augustine

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    One monster wants my soul. One man wants my magic. Me? I want to be left alone to live my life out like a dull, one of the lucky people who were born devoid of magic. But that won’t happen because being born a Wyrd Blood gives me two choices in ruler or slave. I’d rather die than be a slave and I’m not cut out to rule. Instead I’ve been hiding out in the Valley...
  • Fatal Fae by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero

    Fatal Fae by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Welcome to chaos…My life is falling apart, it’s unraveling at the seams. One second I’m an ordinary college girl living her best-broke-boring life with her bestie…the next I’m being hunted.Maybe I shouldn’t have talked to him. Maybe I shouldn’t have flirted. Maybe I should have known human boys don’t look like that. But I’m drawn to him like a moth to a flame. I can’t look away from those eyes...
  • Red Fox by Karina Halle

    Red Fox by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 52 ratings
    With Book Two of the Experiment in Terror Series, Perry Palomino and Dex Foray trade in the stormy Oregon coast for the unforgiving deserts of New Mexico. In the for­got­ten town of Red Fox, New Mex­ico, a Navajo cou­ple is tor­tured by things unseen and by motives unknown...
  • Elite by Mercedes Lackey

    Elite by Mercedes Lackey

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Joy wants nothing more than to live and Hunt in Apex City without a target on her back. But a dangerous new mission assigned by her uncle, the city's Prefect, may make that impossible.In addition to her new duties as one of the Elite, Joy is covertly running patrols in the abandoned tunnels and storm sewers under Apex Central...
  • Fae Conqueror by Sarah K.L. Wilson

    Fae Conqueror by Sarah K.L. Wilson

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 9 ratings
    She can conquer the Fae - but at what cost?From USA Today bestselling author Sarah K. L. Wilson comes this thrilling conclusion to a deliciously trope-filled young adult romantic fantasy series about a viciously funny mortal girl and her quest to hunt, trap, and conquer powerful fae...
  • Fearscape by Simon Holt

    Fearscape by Simon Holt

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The Vours: Evil demonic beings that inhabit human bodies on Sorry Night, the darkest hour of the winter solstice. It's been a year since Reggie first discovered the Vours, and the winter solstice is approaching once again. It will be another night of unspeakable horror for those unlucky enough to be taken by the Vours, because this time, she won't be able to stop them...
  • Wyrd Blood by Donna Augustine

    Wyrd Blood by Donna Augustine

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Sometimes I wonder what life was like before magic burst into existence, before the Magical War of 810 destroyed our world. What it was like before there were Wyrd Blood, or we were forced into hiding. And that's what I've been doing for years, hiding me and my crew. But that's about to end.My crew is starving and things are getting dire...
  • Ironside by Holly Black

    Ironside by Holly Black

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 73 ratings
    In the realm of Faerie, the time has come for Roiben's coronation. Uneasy in the midst of the malevolent Unseelie Court, pixie Kaye is sure of only one thing -- her love for Roiben. But when Kaye, drunk on faerie wine, declares herself to Roiben, he sends her on a seemingly impossible quest...
  • Balance by Leia Stone

    Balance by Leia Stone

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Ever since Kai revealed the supernatural race to the humans, riots and chaos have reigned down on Mount Hood. Aurora is going crazy just sitting around and waiting for Layla to show up so that Aurora can finish her task and kill her, bringing peace to her pack. Kai does everything in his power to keep Aurora safe and confined on the heavily guarded mountain...
  • Between Shifts by W.R. Gingell

    Between Shifts by W.R. Gingell

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    There’s a body beneath the skip bins. Fae on the forklift. A vampire in the manager’s office. And there’s definitely something skeevy going on in the locker rooms. Hi. I’m Pet. Well, not exactly Pet. I am a pet. I was meant to stay out of it, but somebody’s gotta do something when humans are being killed by Behindkind creatures...
  • The Hunter by L.J. Smith

    The Hunter by L.J. Smith

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    He sold her the game, and Jenny Thornton walked out mesmerized by Julian, the gorgeous cyber-punk with electric blue eyes and frost-white hair. When she and her friends open the plain white box at her boyfriend Tom’s birthday party, she chills to the warning: “Entering the Shadow World can be deadly. Do so at your own risk.” Spellbound, they piece together the rooms with their darkest nightmares...
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