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Secrets From the Grave by B.L. Brunnemer
My name is Alexis, though everyone calls me Lexie. I’m a Necromancer. We’re rare enough that I’ve never met another in my life, until Claire came home to tell me she found one. In New Orleans... -
Dragon's Ground by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsWe survived the land of the Witch’s Reign, that much is true. But our arrival home is far from welcome. My idiot brother has taken it upon himself to ride off in search of a mythical healer, someone who might help him walk again. Assuming she doesn’t eat him first. Because she’s a dragon and happens to reside in the deepest reaches of the Dragon’s Ground. Like I said, idiot... -
The Aether Witch by Chandelle LaVaun
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsMy magic, my rules.I’m the Aether Witch.And I’m done playing this game. We’re running blind toward a target we can’t see. Everything I love is on the line. My magic. My family. My Coven. Tennessee. I’ll lose it all at the strike of midnight on Samhain if I don’t put the pieces of this puzzle together.Salem’s Prophecy says the fate of the world lies on mine and my twin’s hands... -
The Dragon Realm by Michelle Madow
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsExperience the thrilling second book in The Dragon Twins series—a spell-binding adventure full of magic, romance, and twists you'll never see coming!After killing the dark supernatural who could sense their rare elemental abilities, twin sisters Gemma and Mira are no longer being tracked every time they use their magic. But they can’t let their guard down yet... -
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Supernatural Academy: Year Three by Jaymin Eve
Year Three at the Academy. The year of Aqua. Maddison has been fighting the gods from the first moment she found out they existed. Those arrogant and power hungry deities have a plan ... a plan that includes destroying everything she holds dear, and she fears that one day soon, they're going to succeed... -
Alison Brownstone by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsAlison is back to share summer with James. The problem is that James' lawyer says that they are going to fight his effort to adopt her.James has to pull in his natural proclivity to punch something until it gives in with the government. Unfortunately for the government, James' friends have his back. The Drow Queen makes an unexpected appearance, fighting James in the courtroom... -
Emerald Darkness by Sarra Cannon
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThis is an alternate cover edition for B00XGKCS2E Killing a priestess in the most evil organization of witches in the world has its consequences.Harper Brighton is standing on the precipice of a great and terrible war... -
A Faerie's Revenge by Rachel Morgan, Arielle DeLisle
Still reeling from a shocking revelation, guardian trainee Calla Larkenwood finds the threads of her world unraveling further when she’s accused of a horrifying crime she didn’t commit: A deadly magical disease has entered the Guild, threatening to wipe out every guardian—and someone is intent on framing Calla for it... -
Fight Fire with Fire by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe Drow are back. Unfortunately, the Drow are looking to get hold of Alison. An order to locate the princess means they need to find and deal with Brownstone. They will have to go through him first. Brownstone is pulling his company together, working on his relationship, and dealing with bounties. Additionally, James needs to pay up with the Professor. He owes him a few filthy rhymes... -
The Other Realm by Heather G. Harris
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsI can tell when you’re lying. Every. Single. Time.I’m Jinx. As a private investigator, being a walking, talking lie detector is a useful skill – but let’s face it, it’s not normal. You’d think it would make my job way too easy, but even with my weird skills, I still haven’t been able to track down my parent’s killers... -
War of the Four Worlds by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe government and the underworld have finally learned their lesson about not taking on James Brownstone, but some enemies will never learn. Some enemies can only be destroyed. James and Shay’s wedding is fast approaching, as is the bounty hunter’s semi-retirement. He’s ready to replace butt-kicking with barbecue, convinced he can have a life filled with something other than constant violence... -
Spontaneous Justice by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThere is nothing to fear but the Vax Forerunner himself.Or is that something only aliens fear?Brownstone is at to a fever pitch to understand Shay and create something epic, so he makes a decision to ask someone hundreds of years old.The fight of his life and for his life is about to occur... -
Karma Is a Bitch by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe Council Is Dead. Long Live the New Council. How do you have a Council of one? Brownstone is working to get back into a rhythm, but the last remaining Council member is seeking Brownstone. Shay has jobs to do, but can she leave Brownstone alone without him dying? Can Lt... -
One Epic Ring by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 17 ratings“But you haven’t taken brain damage. I don’t want to have to take the time to get to know you again. The first time was exhausting enough...” Brownstone accepts a simple job and pisses off the most dangerous criminal in LA.Shay is approached by a powerful billionaire, one who knows her past. Now, Brownstone is ready to provide a beat down, but Shay is asking him for help... -
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When Angels Cry by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsAll James wanted was to get some barbeque in Vegas. The Red-Eyes Killer decided to start his spree at the wrong time in the wrong town with the wrong little girl.Trey comes to Vegas in search of a relative he hasn't seen in seven years.Could the City of Sin be bringing together some good out of tragedy? Las Vegas PD isn't prepared to fight high-level bounties like Los Angeles could... -
She Is the Widow Maker by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe dark elves have come back to Earth. They want to find the half-Drow named Alison, and to get to Alison, they need to find James Brownstone.The Oriceran Consul doesn't want the Drow to mess up the fragile relationship between Oriceran and Earth.But he can only warn the obstinate Drow so many times. The professor needs a package picked up in Washington State and returned safely to him... -
Supernatural Academy: Year Two by Jaymin Eve
Year Two at the Academy! The year of purple. Maddison James learned a lot about life last year. Only important stuff, of course. Like how to breathe under water, how to turn an arrow into a weapon, and how to fall in love.Asher Locke. The one who stole her heart. The one who showed her the truth of her past and ... hopefully her future.Now it's just time for them to live happily ever after... -
Shadow of the Ring by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsJames achieved something epic with his proposal. Now it is Shay’s turn. In planning the wedding, the tomb raider soon finds she sympathizes with what James had to go through. How does someone top something so special? The world’s mightiest class-six bounty hunter believes he’s conquered his amulet... -
Rejected by Heaven by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBrownstone now has a young lady to support, what is he going to do? He requests a special Oriceran artifact the Professor is willing to trade, for a price.** AMAZON Top 100 Best Selling Author **Shay is willing to help, so long as everyone understands her help is not free. Brownstone will do whatever it takes to help Allison, and while he is at it? The orphanage that helped him is insolvent... -
Dealing in Magic by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMagic. Is. Real. Leira and Correk have been to hell and back together. How much more can they handle?Enough to save the world, with a little help from everyone’s favorite foul-mouthed troll. Dealing Magic hits the ground running with Leira and Correk scrambling to get out ahead of the corporations and their plots to exploit magic... -
Saving the Fae by Leia Stone
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsEverything Lily thought she knew about Liam was a lie. After kicking him out of Faerie, she decides to seek the crystals alone. State after state, she scours the country but comes up with nothing.When she gets back to Faerie, defeated and broken hearted, she finds a peace offering from Liam. Faerie needs her now more than ever and she needs Liam’s help... -
One Bad Decision by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsShay goes to a museum and consults with the AET. Then, she doesn't come home on time. Brownstone goes on a rampage when he learns what happens.Using his contacts, Brownstone gets Tyler involved when he learns that Lt. Hall is in trouble.The criminals are powerful, and clever.It seems the hit on the Los Angeles Museum was planned far in advance... -
Rootbound by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsMy name is Larkspur, and I am an Elemental.My people use the power of the earth to sustain life and defy our enemies. I am the half-breed bastard child of a king. I was not meant to survive the trials cast my way. Yet, here I stand. The world has deteriorated in the years I was banished. The Elemental families are rife with deception, violence, and madness more than ever before... -
The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 8 by Kore Yamazaki, マッグガーデン
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsChise may have stopped the dragon's rampage, but at a great cost: she has been cursed, and a dragon's curse is unbreakable! Chise and Elias are visited by Marielle the witch, whose fellow witches claim to know the secret to helping Chise. There's one catch -- in exchange for their aid, Chise must join the witches' coven... -
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Devotion by Kristie Cook
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsNew Adult Paranormal Romance by Kristie Cook ** Mature Content ** Recommended for ages 16+ due to sexual situations and language Third installment of the bestselling, award-winning Soul Savers Series When secrets and betrayals abound, where will her devotion lie? With powerful abilities gained from the Ang'dora and Tristan back by her side, Alexis thinks she's ready for the next... -
The Horsemen Gather by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsBarbecue is life. Everything else is just details. With his life settling into a comfortable routine and the criminals of Los Angeles finally accepting his power, James ponders a future of family and food rather than kicking bounties through walls... -
The Discovery of Magic by Michelle Madow
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsWelcome to Elementals Academy, where magic is the only hope of survival, forbidden romance beckons, and an ancient secret threatens to end it all.Summer Donovan thinks paying her way through her expensive private college is her biggest problem.She's about to find out how wrong she is... -
The Summer King Bundle: The Prince / The King / The Queen by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsFrom #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout comes The Summer King Bundle… THE PRINCEShe’s everything he wants….Cold. Heartless. Deadly. Whispers of his name alone bring fear to fae and mortals alike. The Prince. There is nothing in the mortal world more dangerous than him...Categorized as:
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Demon Magic by Linsey Hall
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsDel Bellator’s simple life of treasure hunting and demon slaying ended the moment she learned she was a Guardian between the Underworld and Earth. The only problem? She has no idea what that means and no control over the magic that could help her... -
BBQ and STFU by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThere is one thing you do not do… go after Brownstone’s family.Powerful entities on Oriceran listen to prophecy and fear a threat to their home world.That isn’t the only threat they should worry about... -
BBQ Delivered with Attitude by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCan't a man just enjoy a bit of BBQ without getting into a fight? Apparently not. One day, James comes home and finds his pregnant wife with drawn gun, a ready knife, and an unknown assailant in their living room. The problem is, the person in the living room is hoping the Granite Ghost will help her retrieve some valuable cargo that has gotten...lost... -
The Hidden Witch by Chandelle LaVaun
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsMagic. Isn’t. Real.At least that's what I thought. But now, my story is changing...You know you’re invisible when even your bullies forget to pick on you. That’s me, Bettina Blair, hidden in plain sight. No matter how hard I try I just never fit in with my classmates.Now I know why. I’m a witch...apparently... -
Queen Fae by Jaymin Eve, Leia Stone
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsWhen the fae kidnapped Violet they underestimated Arianna, Queen of the wolf shifters. There was literally nothing she wouldn't do to save her best friend. Which is why she sets out with her mate and pack of dominants to rescue the magic born from the fae lands. As she expected the Otherworld is fraught with danger, but there is one thing which takes her completely by surprise... -
Theft of Magic by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 15 ratings<History got it wrong. Magic is real. Leira Berens is a federal agent with some kickass magic of her own and she’s come face to face with what happens when magic collides with technology and organic matter. Not pretty but very powerful... -
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Phantom Magic by Linsey Hall
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsDel Bellator has screwed up. Big time. She’s failed to defeat her enemies the Shadows and has been forced to open a portal between Hell and Earth. Now, demons are flowing onto Earth as fast as lava down a volcano. And the effects are going to be just as deadly.With the help of her friends and her boyfriend, the powerful Warden of the Underworld, Del must find the portal and close it... -
Road Trip: BBQ and a Brawl by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBarbecue is life. Everything else is just details...AGAIN! Things are going a little too well for Brownstone as he sticks around the house, and Shay is getting agitated. Can a bounty hunter be happy when he has nothing to do? James goes on a road trip expecting to just eat some barbeque. Unfortunately, trouble is waiting when he arrives... -
Revolution by Randi Cooley Wilson
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA King Rises. A Fate Seals. Realms Fall. Eve Collins has set in motion a chain of events that could destroy everything she’s ever loved. Surrounded by dangerous creatures, dark worlds, and the struggle to become who she was meant to be, Eve must complete her ascension and accept her destiny. War has begun. Losing is not an option... -
Jewel of Darkness by Quinn Loftis
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsDalton Black never thought he'd find his true mate. His dark past convinced him that he could never be worthy of one, but the Great Luna did not agree. She saw fit to give him a gypsy healer, the purest of heart among their kind. And now that he's finally found her, she slips through his grasp and into the hands of Volcan, a corrupt high fae driven mad by his own need for power... -
Vampires Will Be Vampires by Isla Frost
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe supernaturals banished the gods from earth.They should have done a better job.My life, as I knew it, is over.My beloved career, my purpose, my very identity has been ripped from me. Because I now possess the devil's magic. And no one around me is safe.Oh, and my dragon ex-partner-in-action wants my help saving the world. Again.But this time the enemy is no mere magically-gifted human... -
Cast in Flight by Michelle Sagara
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Michelle Sagara returns to the city of Elantra with a thrilling tale rife with ancient magic, assassination attempts and political intrigue. Private Kaylin Neya already has Dragons and Barrani as roommates. Adding one injured, flightless Aerian to her household should be trivial... -
Infinite Magic by Linsey Hall
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsThings aren’t looking great for Cass Clereaux. For one, her greatest fear has come true. She’s stuck in the Prison for Magical Miscreants while her nemesis, Victor Orriodor, is out in the world, putting the last pieces of his plan into place. He’s wreaking havoc, all while she’s stuck in a stone box, awaiting likely execution... -
Queen by Karen Lynch
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsJesse recovered the missing ke’tain to keep her parents safe, but it came at a high price. In the weeks after her brush with death, she struggles to adapt to her new life, while burdened with the terrible secret she learned about her brother Caleb.On her first visit to Faerie, Jesse faces new challenges and perils amid the splendor of the Unseelie court... -
Magic Revealed by Linsey Hall
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsAt a glance, life is perfect for Del Bellator. She’s getting the hang of her magic, the shop she runs with her friends is thriving, and she has a hot almost-boyfriend in the form of were-demon Roarke Fallon. But nothing is ever as it seems. Del’s mysterious friend Draka is missing, and she’s in more danger than Del could ever realize... -
Year of the Chameleon 2 by Shannon Mayer
You Don’t Choose The Academy. The Academy Chooses You.The Shadowkiller is back. And he is hunting me down like a dog in the streets of New York City using every tool and ally he has—including people I once trusted.I have never been so alone in my life, and yet if I turn to my friends that puts a target on their backs too. Which means I have to keep running... -
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The Shatterproof Magician by Sarah Noffke, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLove is on the rise, but not everyone is happy about it.Some stand to gain when hate reigns.The fairy godmothers are challenged in new ways when social media breaks up lovers all over the world.To overcome this new challenge, Happily Ever After College is going to have to do something drastic…They will need to evolve. And fast... -
Transcendent by A.L. Knorr, Martha Carr
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe countdown to a more intolerant Rodania has begun. At a ceremony to honour the fallen Strix soldiers, Prince Diruk delivers the ultimate insult, foreshadowing the kind of kingdom Rodania will become when he takes his ailing father’s throne.Toth believes that the harpy threat will never be over unless the harpies are exterminated... -
The Mysterious Lost Child by Sarah Noffke, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIf love was what made the Earth go round, then it was about to freeze on its axis.Worldwide, true love was dwindling more and more every single year.Now it’s at an all time low.Few people knew the repercussions of love being created or, more importantly, of love being lost.A fairy godmother knew.It was her job to ensure matches were made and love achieved... -
Bloodline Secrecy by Lan Chan
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA wraith from supernatural legend walks into a shifter banquet and tries to kill the alpha. Of course I'm the idiot who gets in the way and cops the blame. I am still Alessia Hastings. My world is still insane.It's semester two at Bloodline Academy and these are the things I know:1. They still can't figure out what's wrong with my magic. At least they've ruled out I'm not a demon.2... -
Being Alpha by Aileen Erin
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling Author Aileen ErinFor the first time since Tessa met Dastien, life is quiet. The evil witch, Luciana, is six glorious feet under, St. Ailbe's is closed due to human trespassers, and people are finally getting used to the fact that supernaturals exist in the world. It seems like the perfect time for a honeymoon... -
Raging Rival Hearts by Olivia Wildenstein
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsRaging Rival Hearts is a spinoff told from Lily's point of view.Hunters are the enemy. That was what we faeries were always told.Breaking my engagement to the man I had loved my entire life was a dangerous move, one that got me expelled from the faerie isle. I’d known the risks, though...
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