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  • Claiming the King of Quakes by Lola Glass

    Claiming the King of Quakes by Lola Glass

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    I'm trapped in a cave with a bunch of magic I can't control and a hot fae king who thinks we're soulmates.I’ve been avoiding him for months. Turning him down, and acting like I'm not attracted to the guy.But everything changes when I become a fae too, one with uncontrollable fire powers that threaten to take complete control...
  • These Shadows Become Her by Demi Clorissa

    These Shadows Become Her by Demi Clorissa

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Can forbidden love bloom where grief has taken root? In the bustling city of Alderdeen, artistic prodigy Mia has long hoped to apprentice with a world-renowned artist. But when he crushes her dreams, despair drags her into a murky abyss of whiskey and men, with only her sister, Kali, as a light in the darkness...
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    horror  fae  fantasy  dark  open-door  vampires
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  • King of Nothing by Mona Black

    King of Nothing by Mona Black

    Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A Dark RH Romance Peter Pan retelling - the series is now complete!   No man has ever managed to satisfy me—until Peter Pan carries me away to Neverland and now all bets are off…   I never thought that there is another reality beyond this one. My life is normal—work, routine, a few disappointing flings—when a man grabs me from the street and carries me off the Neverland. A madman...
    Categorized as:
    fae  magic  reverse harem  fantasy  poly  bad boys  dark  length-short
  • Crowning Destiny by Amelia Hutchins

    Crowning Destiny by Amelia Hutchins

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 49 ratings
    The final battle for Faery is here! War has come to Faery, and there’s no escaping the final battle.We thought we were ready for anything.We were wrong.I couldn’t change who I was, so Destiny stepped in, forcing me to become what Faery needed to face down our enemies...
    Categorized as:
    magic  fae  m-f  paranormal  vampires  fantasy  dark  alpha male
  • The Frozen Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The Frozen Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    My magic runs ice cold.I am Judgement.I’ve gone from human to witch…to now Coven member. It’s amazing, awesome, and entirely overwhelming. I’m scared out of my mind right now. I shouldn’t be, I know that. I finally have real magic. I have elemental magic. I have ice at my fingertips and its the deadliest weapon I’ve ever seen.But now I can’t run from Joseph...
  • The Rascor Plains by Phil Tucker

    The Rascor Plains by Phil Tucker

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Scorio thought victory was within his grasp. He had bested the Final Gauntlet and overcome the treachery of Chancellor Praximar. But the Rascor Plains are full of peril, and his quest for truth has only just begun...
  • LastRock by Phil Tucker

    LastRock by Phil Tucker

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Scorio has won his vengeance. His foes lie vanquished, his skeptics silenced. Yet, as the powers of hell watch eagerly, Scorio and Naomi spurn those who would recruit them, and venture into the untold depths of hell in search of the enigmatic Herdsmen...
    Categorized as:
    magic  horror  fantasy  dark  time travel  monsters  demons  paranormal
  • Dark and Stormy by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Dark and Stormy by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Quinn finally gets what she’s always wanted—a Fae-Cation. But now Boston faces annihilation. A bloody murder spree in the Land of the Fae with her vampire bestie should have been all fun and games for Quinn… that is, until she finally learns the stunning truth about her past and the decision she was born to make — a decision which threatens to bring her world to a screeching halt...
  • Bastion by Phil Tucker

    Bastion by Phil Tucker

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Scorio will rise from the ashes to conquer the ten layers of hell.Reborn without memories, Scorio learns that he is a Great Soul, a legendary defender of the ancient city of Bastion...
  • The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All the Way Home by Catherynne M. Valente

    The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All the Way Home by Catherynne M. Valente

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    This final book in the New York Times-bestselling Fairyland series finds September accidentally crowned the Queen of Fairyland. But there are others who believe they have a fair and good claim on the throne, so there is a Royal Race--whoever wins will seize the crown...
  • 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...
  • 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:
    magic  fae  fantasy  urban fantasy  paranormal  vampires  witches  dark
  • Magician's End by Raymond E. Feist

    Magician's End by Raymond E. Feist

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Three decades . . . Five Riftwars . . . One magnificent saga: From New York Times bestselling author Raymond E. Feist comes Magician's End, the final book in the epic Riftwar Cycle...
  • 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...
  • The Chains of Fate by Samantha Amstutz

    The Chains of Fate by Samantha Amstutz

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 16 ratings
    Shackled by destiny, chained by fate.SerennaReeling in the wake of the wraith attack on Centarya, expanding fear of the future consumes Serenna’s thoughts. Training for the conflict to come, Prince Vesryn exploits new tactics to drive Serenna toward her untapped power. But she soon finds herself confronting a dilemma that takes her focus away from the impending war...
    Categorized as:
    fae  horror  fantasy  dark  paranormal  length-long  open-door
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Steel Heart Iron Claws by Evie Marceau

    Steel Heart Iron Claws by Evie Marceau

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 21 ratings
    The fae gods have woken…and they’re merciless.Sabine finally had a chance at a life with Basten. Simple. Free. But gods and men conspired to rip them apart. Now, on the eve of war, Sabine is trapped in her father’s secret-shrouded court, prized as the gods’ new plaything. She clings to memories of Basten, the only thing that grounds her in the dangerously bewitching new world...
    Categorized as:
    fae  magic  m-f  dark  fantasy  new adult  paranormal
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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 Oracle's Queen by Lynn Flewelling

    The Oracle's Queen by Lynn Flewelling

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    Under the rule of a usurper king, the realm of Skala has suffered famine, plague, and invasion. But now the time for the rightful heir has come, a return to the tradition of warrior queens. And the Lightbearer’s prophecy is to be upheld at last: so long as a daughter of the royal line defends and rules, Skala will never be subjugated...
  • Maze of Shadows: The Complete Series by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    Maze of Shadows: The Complete Series by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    The throne is Valroy’s for the taking…but first, he needs a queen.This complete four book series includes all the custom artwork made for the series by both the author and others!As the son of the Morrigan and heir to the vacant Unseelie throne, Valroy itches to shed the mantle of prince and take his place as King...
  • 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:
    fae  magic  horror  fantasy  urban fantasy  demons  paranormal  mystery
  • 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
  • In the Wake of the Wicked by V.B. Lacey

    In the Wake of the Wicked by V.B. Lacey

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Wherever she goes, darkness follows.An orphan with a tragic past and a penchant for wicked deeds, Rose Wolff has never been accepted by her people. She’s learned to live in the darkness, content with her Alchemy magic and her quiet apothecary...
  • A Tongue so Sweet and Deadly by Sophia St. Germain

    A Tongue so Sweet and Deadly by Sophia St. Germain

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Half-Fae Elessia could have had everything.Literally.Since her magic allows her to compel anyone to do her bidding by merely looking into their eyes, the world was at her feet.But after a tragic accident, she is thrown into the Fae king’s dungeons and forced to swear a blood oath to him, binding her to his service...
  • House of Shifters and Smoke by Meg Xuemei X

    House of Shifters and Smoke by Meg Xuemei X

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Killian Soon, I’ll have to marry the most powerful queen and rule two kingdoms.But all I want is Barbie, the new girl in my house and the only thing I can’t have.If I take her for my own, she’ll be murdered. I know I should stay away from her, but I no longer can, even if the kingdoms collapse and the world burns as a consequence...
  • Fae Exile by Lucia Ashta

    Fae Exile by Lucia Ashta

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 17 ratings
    Escape the trials, lose the crown—or rebel, risking everything to save the realm.I've exposed the queen for the tyrant she is. Now it's time to show the kingdom of Embermere who I am.A rebellion has been gathering force against the queen. It needs only a spark to gain momentum. It needs the secret heir.First, I must survive the Wilds—savage, brutal, and even more dangerous than the queen herself...
  • 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...
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