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Blood Dark by Lindsay J. Pryor
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 11 ratings‘There are guardian angels, and there are monsters with wings’ Caitlin Parish should have been the last person to fall for a vampire. A member of the Vampire Control Unit, her relationship with master vampire Kane Malloy had explosive consequences. Caitlin’s colleagues count her as the enemy. And now she’s going back... -
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Bellona by Alessa Thorn
There's one mortal who the goddess of war would burn the world for...and someone was just dumb enough to put a bounty on his head. Bellona, the Roman goddess of war, lives in secrecy among mortals, concealing her divine identity while offering her services as a skilled protector and mercenary... -
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![A Knack for Metal and Bone by Kim McDougall]()
A Knack for Metal and Bone by Kim McDougall
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA royal tinker and a rogue soldier must unite to stop the monsters threatening their city—and unravel the secrets lurking within it. Rowan doesn’t just work with machines—she hears them. The hum of engines, the whisper of gears and wires—they speak to her through the magic that flows from her mech hand... -
![Silver Diamond, Volume 4: Granting Purpose by Shiho Sugiura]()
Silver Diamond, Volume 4: Granting Purpose by Shiho Sugiura
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRakan makes the bold decision to return to the other world with Chigusa and the others. But what awaits them is a world without light or green, a world that is beginning its end. To top it off, as soon as they arrive, Rakan is immediately mistaken for the Prince and attacked by a strange group of people... -
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![Oathbreaker: Goblin's Allure by Montgomery Quinn]()
Oathbreaker: Goblin's Allure by Montgomery Quinn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI took an oath to destroy them all.That not a single goblin would remain on this world.Trapped in the skeleton of an old dark elf ruin, deep beneath the trees and grass.I found her. The festering goddess that unleashed this plague upon the world. The one I would need to destroy, in order to complete my life’s mission.But she too, longs for the end... -
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Winter Omens by Trisha Leigh
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAlthea and Lucas barely escaped the Others’ clutches in the autumn, and were separated in the process. Alone and on the run from the cruel alien race determined to exterminate her, Althea struggles to adapt and survive in a world she never imagined. When a boy named Pax appears out of nowhere, he quickly recognizes Althea for what she is – a human/Other hybrid just like him... -
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Oubliette by Megg Jensen
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsReychel thought she was finally free. She was wrong. Everyone saw her gift of prophecy as a blessing, but her gift is uncontrollable. No one alive can teach her to manipulate her unique gift and the answers she needs lie buried within a madman’s journals. She’s thrust in the midst of a brewing war and the only uniting factor for her people is their belief in the Prophet... -
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Season of Wonder by Lisa Tawn Bergren, Lisa T. Bergren
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIn the first book of the new futuristic dystopian series from author Lisa T. Bergren, the chosen remnants must work to redirect humanity’s course. THEIR ARRIVAL WAS FORETOLD FOR YEARS . . . Andriana is a Remnant, gifted as an empath and one of the Ailith, destined to act as humanity’s last shield against the horrors that now plague those who remain... -
![Blue Fire by Janice Hardy]()
Blue Fire by Janice Hardy
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsPart fugitive, part hero, fifteen-year-old Nya is barely staying ahead of the Duke of Baseers trackers. Wanted for a crime she didnt mean to commit, she risks capture to protect every Taker she can find, determined to prevent the Duke from using them in his fiendish experiments... -
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Severed by Megg Jensen
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook Three: Cloud Prophet Trilogy Reychel knows her gift of prophecy will lead to madness and now she is at her most vulnerable. The enemy army will attempt to sever her from everything she's ever known: her homeland, her friends, Mark, and her gift. Even at her weakest, she refuses to give up on her desire to end the war between the Malborn and the Serenians... -
![Dust: Before and After by S.E. Smith]()
Dust: Before and After by S.E. Smith
Dust wakes to discover the world as he knew it is gone after fragments of a comet hit the Earth. It isn’t the only thing that has changed, though, so has Dust. He now possesses powers that continue to grow, but also come with a price. A deadly encounter after he leaves his home leads to a new discovery, – other survivors... -
![The Enchantments of Flesh and Spirit by Storm Constantine]()
The Enchantments of Flesh and Spirit by Storm Constantine
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIn this powerful and elegant story set in a future Earth very different from our own, a new kind of human has evolved to challenge the dominion of Homo sapiens. This new breed is stronger, smarter, and far more beautiful than their parent race, and are endowed with psychic as well as physical gifts. They are destined to supplant humanity as we know it, but humanity won't die without a struggle... -
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Uprooted by Erica Montrose
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s never the expected things that uproot a stable life, it’s the unanticipated that rips it from your grasp.I finally had the life I’d always wanted.The perfect small town. A business to call my very own. The little found family that came with a community that accepted me for who I was.There was even a guy I was trying not to fall in love with... -
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Closed Hearts by Susan Kaye Quinn
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhen you control minds, only your heart can be used against you. Eight months ago, Kira Moore revealed to the mindreading world that mindjackers like herself were hidden in their midst. Now she wonders if telling the truth was the right choice after all. As wild rumors spread, a powerful anti-jacker politician capitalizes on mindreaders’ fears and strips jackers of their rights... -
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![Mine to Spell by Janeal Falor]()
Mine to Spell by Janeal Falor
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsCynthia has always hidden from her father’s hexes behind her older sister. When her family gains independence unheard of for women, she’s relieved that her days of harsh punishments are over. But as her seventeenth birthday approaches—the typical age to be sold to a new master—death threats endanger her sisters. She now faces two options: run or meet society’s expectations... -
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Poisoned by Katherine Pine
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsPoisonous mists settled in the lowlands 17 years ago, rendering ninety percent of the land uninhabitable and killing over half the population. Most blame their misfortune on industrialization or the fey, but some curse Snow White, the princess who was born poisoned... -
![The Sterkarm Handshake by Susan Price]()
The Sterkarm Handshake by Susan Price
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Beware of shaking hands with a Sterkarm!" goes the folk saying. Why the warning? The members of this wild 16th-century Scottish clan are left-handed, and while they smile and offer the right hand, the left wields a dagger... -
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Wolf Dawn by Susan Cartwright
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAshton Chayton was born with a powerful gift, a unique inhuman ability. Orphaned, raised by the Red Wolves of Opan, captured and enslaved - he is now free and on the run. Unfortunately everybody wants Ashton. Admiral Jones will torture him to get the secret of his power. Lady Lindha feels he is "The One" as named in Temple prophecy. The influential Lord Andros just wants him dead... -
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Larkstorm by Dawn Rae Miller
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the years following the destructive Long Winter, when half the world’s population perished, the State remains locked in battle against the Sensitives: humans born with extra abilities. As one of the last descendants of the State’s Founders, seventeen-year-old Lark Greene knows her place: study hard and be a model citizen so she can follow in her family’s footsteps... -
![The Revealed by Jessica Hickam]()
The Revealed by Jessica Hickam
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLily Atwood lives in what used to be called Washington, D.C. Her father is one of the most powerful men in the world, having been a vital part of rebuilding and reuniting humanity after the war that killed over five billion people. Now he’s running to be one of its leaders. But in the rediscovered peace on Earth, a new enemy has risen... -
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Frost by Kate Avery Ellison
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIn the icy, monster-plagued world of the Frost, compassion might get a person killed, and Lia Weaver knows this better than anyone. After the monsters kill her parents, she must keep the family farm running or risk losing her siblings to reassignment by the village Elders. With dangers on all sides, she can't afford to let her emotions lead her astray... -
![The Keepers' Tattoo by Gill Arbuthnott]()
The Keepers' Tattoo by Gill Arbuthnott
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhat is the mystery that marks her? A lush, multitextured fantasy introducing a captivating heroine, Nyssa, descendant of seers, vessel of their secrets. Ten years ago, Alaric, leader of the Shadowmen, killed most of the Keepers--teachers of ancient knowledge that threatened his barbaric rule. Young Kit was captured, but his twin sister, Nyssa, escaped... -
![The Fire Wars by Kailin Gow]()
The Fire Wars by Kailin Gow
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsJust Announced (5/2012) Winner Teen Book - 2012 Green Books Festival A dystopian romance that takes place on an island and is the melding of mythologies from two different cultures. Her destiny was written in the books.. -
![The Werewolf's Bride by Michele Bardsley]()
The Werewolf's Bride by Michele Bardsley
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTHE WEREWOLF'S BRIDE Alpha Wolf Shifter Paranormal Romance Novel By New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author Michele BardsleyAUTHOR'S NOTE: This title was previously published as the serial The Shadow Pack Rules. This story is meant for readers who are 18 years and older.Every 20 years, the Shadow Pack arrives in the small desert community of Bleed City, Nevada... -
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![Behind the Crimson Curtain by E.B. Golden]()
Behind the Crimson Curtain by E.B. Golden
Rated: 3.59 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA magical con artist and an actor turned revolutionary fight for freedom in an atmospheric fantasy debut where layered secrets and daring love clash on a stage of war.On the coal-choked island of Luisonn, the tyrannical Stav Regime breeds rebellion among the working class... -
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Court of Shadows by K.N. Lee
Rated: 3.46 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsJoin New York Times bestselling author, K.N. Lee on a journey through Rune, where magic and mystery collide. Elemental. Fairy. Prisoner. I was born in a world where magic is outlawed. After the mages of my ancestors destroyed the barrier between the living and the dead, the humans were justified in their war against my people... -
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Into the Shadows by Karly Kirkpatrick
Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsFans of the TV series ‘Heroes, the film ‘Push’, and the book ‘The Hunger Games’ will enjoy Into the Shadows , a modern and paranormal thriller. This is the first book in the Into the Shadows Trilogy . Paivi Anderson has it all - friends, a spot on the varsity basketball team, wonderful parents, and quite possibly, her first boyfriend. It was everything a freshman in high school could ask for... -
![Dangerous Voices by Rae Carson]()
Dangerous Voices by Rae Carson
Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsErrik has been a prisoner--and alone--for a long, long time. He lives for the moment each day when the window of his dungeon cell shines a bit of light onto his bearded face. But everything changes when he gets a new neighbor--a young girl with a voice as beautiful as the springrise. They both know the rules: No singing. No speaking. Voices are dangerous. But they can't help themselves... -
![The Sorcerer's Concubine by Jaclyn Dolamore]()
The Sorcerer's Concubine by Jaclyn Dolamore
Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBorn of wood, cloth, and a substantial dose of magic, Velsa is a Fanarlem, a beautiful artificial girl. Raised to be a concubine, she has seen her friends at the House of Perfumed Ribbons sold off to be the pets of wealthy men. Now her own dreaded day has come... -
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Blood Rose Rebellion by Rosalyn Eves
Rated: 3.34 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIn a world where social prestige derives from a trifecta of blood, money, and magic, one girl has the ability to break the spell that holds the social order in place. Sixteen-year-old Anna Arden is barred from society by a defect of blood. Though her family is part of the Luminate, powerful users of magic, she is Barren, unable to perform the simplest spells. Anna would do anything to belong...
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