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The Consumption of Magic by T.J. Klune
Sam of Wilds faced the Dark wizard Myrin and lived to tell the tale. Granted, the battle left him scarred, but things could be a hell of a lot worse. It’s not until he reunites with Morgan of Shadows and Randall that he realizes just how much worse things could be. Because the scars have meaning and hint at Myrin’s true plans for Sam and the Kingdom of Verania... -
A Wish Upon the Stars by T.J. Klune
Sequel to The Consumption of Magic Nearly a year ago, blinded by grief and betrayal, Sam of Wilds made a desperate decision to follow the Great White into the Dark Woods. Now, he emerges to a world changed. The City of Lockes is a prison. The King has been locked away in the dungeons. The Kingdom of Verania has fallen, and the Dark wizard Myrin sits on the throne... -
Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!, Vol. 8 by Yuu Toyota
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsIt’s A thirty-year-old virgin gets more than he bargained for when his newfound magical power reveals he’s the object of his male coworker’s affections!Four months into his transfer, Adachi is surprised to find that he and Kurosawa aren’t that far apart after all! Kurosawa travels to Nagasaki whenever he can, and the pair spend weekends together on the regular!It’s almost as if they’re settling... -
Dead Serious Case #5 Madame Vivienne by Vawn Cassidy
For one brief shining moment, the utter insanity that is Tristan Everett’s world makes sense.He’s marrying the man he loves, has a dead drag queen for a bestie and is surrounded by an amazing found family. Okay, so his life isn’t exactly what you’d call normal. By day, he’s a quiet, mild-mannered forensic pathologist, but the rest of the time, he guides lost souls into the light... -
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An Unwitting Bargain by Grae Bryan
Never give your name. Never accept a gift or favor. Never eat the food of the realm.Benny is having the best summer ever. He’s made a new friend, and now he’s getting an extended vacation at a private island... -
The Trouble With Trying to Hook a Harbinger by Jennifer Cody
Romily:Welcome back to Will-They-Won’t-They? The Engagement: The Foxily Edition. That’s the name of the show that I’m planning to pitch to a producer that’s based on my life. Will Fox ever give me a ring? Who knows! I don’t, and I don’t think Fox does either. If the rock currently sitting not-on-my-finger is any indication, we might be doomed... -
Impulsive Connections by Marie Reynard
Ignited by accident, fueled by fate. Some bonds burn brighter than any flame. Kade Mills has spent over a decade dreaming of his ideal meet-cute. Surely the universe wouldn't toss the perfect mage at him while he's a scarred shadow of his former flirtatious self, recovering from his last encounter with the malicious spirits haunting his pack's territory... -
The Incubus's Assistant by Amy Padilla
When Avery showed up for his temp job on Monday morning, he’d had certain expectations in mind. He was not expecting to end up bent over his new boss’s desk. It was an innocent mistake, and he’s determined to move on, but the experience left him breathless and more than a little curious. So when his new boss is left without a feeder, he volunteers to help... -
Dead Serious Case #1: Miz Dusty Le Frey by Vawn Cassidy
In the business of unfinished business...Tristan Everett had always preferred the company of the dead because they were quiet and didn’t talk back. As a slightly awkward introvert working as a pathologist at the Hackney Public Mortuary suited him just fine. That is, until a freak accident with a rogue ice cube and suddenly he can see ghosts... -
His Fairy Share by Meghan Maslow
“Why does this always happen to us?” Quinn Broomsparkle, wizard extraordinaireSix months have passed since wizard Quinn Broomsparkle left behind his indentured servant shackles. He’s in love with his half-dragon/half-fairy familiar, Twig Starfig. He’s got a home. Friends. A job. And a father-in-law he could do without. A pretty close to perfect life... -
Eternal Luck (Ghostly Guardians) by Louisa Masters
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLuck brought us together… but can it last forever?I was working a dead-end job and living with too many roommates when I met Carlos. That meeting was our first stroke of luck, changing both our lives and tying us together. I’ll never regret it, but after eight amazing years, I’m starting to think he does... -
Suitor Armor, Vol. 1 by Purpah
Secrets hide behind every corner of the castle walls in the first volume of an exciting Webtoon romantasy graphic novel that follows the budding romance between a lady-in-waiting and an enchanted suit of armor.While humans and fairies are at war beyond the castle walls, Lucia’s life is dedicated to helping prepare Lady Kirsi for her upcoming wedding to King Reimund... -
The Haunted Hotel by Vawn Cassidy
Have a frightfully good stay… Morgan Ashton-Drake hasn’t given his ancestral family home in Yorkshire a second thought in decades, even if it is technically part of his hotel empire. He has a great life in the States, so what if he works eighteen hour days seven days a week? you don’t get and keep a place on the Forbes 500 list unless you’re prepared to sweat blood... -
The Other World's Books Depend on the Bean Counter Vol. 4 by Kazuki Irodori, Yatsuki Wakatsu
The expedition to clear the miasma is finally setting out-and Kondou is coming along with them! However, the depths of the forest are quite dangerous, even for the average human...Luckily, this intrepid bean counter has a handsome knight captain risking life and limb to protect him! But then, on their return journey, Captain Aresh catches him off guard with an unexpected declaration.. -
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Oberon by Macy Blake
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsSanta Paws is coming to town. When Dr. Miles Lane purchases Paws and Claus, a veterinary clinic in the quirky town of Mistletoe Falls, he doesn’t quite know what he’s in for. The small town offers a fresh start for Miles, his seven year old daughter, Holly, and their rambunctious Saint Bernard... -
Hellfire & Tinsel by A.M. Rose
If Beau were to write a letter to Santa he’d ask for a friend. Instead he writes to Satan and summons a demon...Categorized as:
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How to Rescue Your Surprise Baby by Anna Wineheart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSurprise baby. Frenemies on a rescue mission. Alpha/Alpha, alpha-preg.Telos has a secret he's taking to his grave. Instead of the small, vulnerable men he's supposed to want, he can't stop thinking about a certain broad-shouldered shifter in his alpha friend group.The man he's on a rescue mission with.Of course, Mav hates his guts... -
The Titan's Bride Vol. 3 by ITKZ
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsKouichi has made the painful decision to return to his world. With their agreement satisfied and his decision made, Caius begins the magical process of sending him back. However, as the process begins, Kouichi watches as Caius’ physical form begins to fade. Unable to help him or ask why, the couple is dragged apart... -
A Beginner’s Guide to Revenge, Chaos, and Other Absurd Escapades by Shannon Mae
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsArioch:Arioch loves his job; creating chaos and encouraging revenge is fun, and if he pranks a few demons, angels, and humans along the way, all the better... -
Prince of Poison by Alice Winters
SilasThe fae prince caught my eye the moment I saw him, and no, it didn’t have anything to do with the fact that he was being abducted. It’s not even that Callisto adores the large mount who wants to maim him. Or that every time he smiles, flowers bloom around him... -
Vortex Conundrum by Louisa Masters
Wanted: one demon hunter. Beware the matchmaking ghosts. After years managing a haunted hotel and estate, I thought things were good. Sure, the ghosts can be a handful—nosy, opinionated, interfering—but they’re also friendly and fun. We have a system. Everything was under control. Cue hysterical laughter... -
Must Love Demons by Meghan Maslow
You’d think being magically tethered to the hottest warden in all Verona wouldn’t be a hardship.You’d be wrong.Incubus Nico Azertiran has his dream job as a cherub-in-training. It’s the perfect position for a lust demon who’s more interested in happily-ever-afters than one-night stands. Or it would be, if he didn’t keep screwing it up... -
Forever Together by Shelby Rhodes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsOctavius Evander here. I suppose you have come to see how it all ends. Well, ‘ends’, as in, we’ve reached the end of this part of my story. It wouldn’t be proper of me to move on until we finish it all off, right? As this is the last book in this series, I feel it is my duty, to end things with a bang! A glittery bang. By bang, I mean, a giant, super cool, Halloween party... -
Johnson Jones' Diary by Robyn Peterman
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA fabulous mash-up of three of my favorite characters from three of my favorite series?Umm… Yes, please!Johnson from My Big Fat hairy Wedding, Dwayne from Shift Happens and Zorro from Magic and Mayhem are hanging out together and having the time of their lives... -
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Growing Sanctuary by Susi Hawke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSanctuary B & B—Our wards are strong and our door is open!Hey, y’all. It’s me, Darcy Valentine. I’m still enjoying a fabulous, never-ending first date with my sexy vampire boyfriend Storm. Can you believe we’re coming up on ten months? Yep, we go together like toast and jam... -
To Add Drunkenness To Thirst by T.J. Land
Father Bryson has been trying to drive a stake through Anstice’s vampiric heart for ten wonderfully entertaining years.Never before has a slayer pursued him with such passion and fervor; it’s enough to make any undead dandy swoon.But lately, Anstice has noticed that his nemesis is behaving… strangely... -
Assisting The Alpha by Finn Walton
The one person he needs is the last person he wants…ETHANSetting up my own security company after leaving the military hasn’t exactly been smooth sailing, but my team and I are determined to make it work. Unfortunately, in order to stop a serial killer before the coven do and win a government contract, I find myself hiring the cousin of my biggest rival.He’s young. He’s a sorcerer... -
A Vampire in the Bathhouse by Niko Izuki
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA heartwarming and hilarious comedy manga about a hot vampire who just wants to unwind and the family who runs the bathhouse where he crashes. Escape to a world of steam and relaxation...and get the blood flowing!A full story in one volume!Luka is your picture perfect vampire--he’s good looking, he’s regal.. -
Bearly Getting It: A Friends to Lovers, Shifter, MPreg-Possible Love Story by J.D. Light
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA Friends to Lovers, Shifter, MPreg-Possible Love Story. Dyer Becker and Hunt Lane have been close since they were babies. Hunt's immediate obsession with Dyer from the first moment remains the same through childhood, adolescence and into the early years of adulthood. So, living these last three years on separate land masses has been torture. Video calls and twice yearly visits is just not enough... -
Throwing a Hissy Fit by J.D. Light
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYou point out the scars on a man's face one time, completely by accident, and he suddenly thinks you're a jerk... and proceeds to snark you into wanting to murder him. Rattle snake shifter and alpha of his pit, Cline is actually a pretty laid-back person. There has ever only been one man who makes him want hiss and spit, and that man is one of his son's closest friends, Frazier... -
Fate's Final Chapter by Toby Wise
The entire Burke pack and their loved ones join Frankie and Elwood for a day of celebration as the two join their lives together in a life force sharing ceremony.Join the family you’ve come to know and love five years after Frankie and Elwood’s mating, checking in with each and every member of the Burke pack... -
By Fairy Means or Foul by Meghan Maslow
The last thing half-dragon, half-fairy private investigator Twig Starfig wants to do is retrieve a stolen enchanted horn from a treacherous fae, but there’s no denying the dazzlingly gorgeous unicorn who asks Twig to do just that. Literally, no denying, because compelling the reluctant detective is all part of a unicorn’s seductive magic... -
Give Me S'more by J.D. Light
Moore Aldridge Finding out my mother and father have been hiding a pretty important secret form my brother and sister and me isn't the highlight of my week. But considering, up until yesterday I was bing held in a dingy, freezing cell with no blanket, it's also not the worst thing... -
Wish Upon A Witch by Lucy May
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJuliette is a good witch. Really. Her name is literally Juliette Good. Apologies for the redundancy. Good witch or not, she often ends up in the wrong place at the wrong time. Returning home to Charm Cove, Maine after the holidays, she makes a nostalgic wish in the town’s fountain... -
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Coming Out of His Shell by J.D. Light
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLorre lost everything to the witch Esther... including his freedom. He's forced by a spell to do everything she asks him to do, using his special ability. Everything he's tried to do in order to get away from Esther has failed. Life seems hopeless... until he catches sight of Knight on day. Since then, he has become completely obsessed with the sea turtle shifter... -
Heat Me Up by Sophie O'Dare, Lyn Forester
With the fire festival coming up, and an extended weekend on the horizon, things are heating up for Masa and Sota. Or, at least it would be if their intrusive friends and family would just give them some time alone. Invited to a hot springs resort for a mini-vacation, Sota has some hot plans of his own where his mate is concerned...Categorized as:
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His Santa Alpha by Jax Stuart
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsA polar bear shifter and a binturong shifter play Santa and his elf in a Christmas parade… All Levi wanted was somewhere safe for him and his son to hide, somewhere to earn some cash for Christmas until they could be accepted into the Sweetwater pack. Greenbriar seemed to be welcoming enough, even if he was asked to play elf to a very grumpy Santa... -
Fate, Reborn by Silvana Falcon
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsSome love survives death.Mordyn never got over the horror of losing his fated mate. Even a hundred years later, he blames himself. What kind of vampire is he, that he failed to protect the man he promised forever?The worst kind.So when fate offers him a second chance, he refuses.Apollo is his mate reborn.But Mordyn isn’t going to mess up his life a second time... -
Accidental Bond by Mika Nix
I’ve made a lot of mistakes in my life, but accidentally becoming a mercenary for a demon might be the biggest one yet…My inner dragon has always been more like a devil on my shoulder, talking me into making bad decisions and creating chaos. I have a hoard full of demon artifacts, each one likely to cost me my life if the owners ever come after me... -
Little Sh*t by J.D. Light
Carter Benson Being sold to men who were intent on basically auctioning me off into sexual slavery isn't the worst thing I've been through, but getting into that would mean talking about revenge and things better left forgotten... -
Parker's Silver Lineman by J.D. Light
Silver Bell Football has been both my freedom and my restraints. I'm my happiest when I'm on the field. I have an assignment. I know what I need to do and I get it done. I don’t have to worry about my parents and their demands or anything else going on or not going on in my life. It paid my way through college, which meant not having to rely on my parents for my education... -
Pretty Fly for a Vampire Guy by Leslie McAdam, C.D. Rachels
ClayI suck at being a vampire—literally. When the Halloween Wave turned a third of the population into monsters, I thought I was one of the lucky ones. I get to have my fit twenty-year-old body for decades. And vampires are supposed to be sexy, right?But now that I’m finally in university, I still don’t fit in. I was supposed to find myself and spread my metaphorical vampire wings... -
Wrong Effing Number by J.D. Light
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSometimes, the breaking point is totally NOT what you thought.Normal, everyday life for me basically looks a lot like me pretending not to notice how tall, dark and delicious my boss is. Working for Dr... -
Charmed by Rainbow by Jax Stuart
A witch, a werewolf, and a vampire bound by the magic of fate. Rainbow There's nothing scarier than a vampire, so when my coven is taken over by a nest of the creatures, I do the smart thing and flee... -
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The Wrath of Ashes by Lilo Quie
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAsha is a kind young man, the bastard firstborn of the earl of a once-thriving valley kingdom. As war has torn his country apart, the earldom has grown poorer by the year, and his father meaner. In a land where man loving man is relegated to the dragons and their lands, Asha vows to be celibate, to earn his keep and flee to live a better life anywhere but there...Categorized as:
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Blondie’s 1998 with a Goat by J.D. Light
Marlow Jeffers I'm a former child star, whose own mother and father treated like a meal ticket. When burn out, and my mother's hateful words to my twin brother drove me away from the life of fortune and semi-fame, the only logical solution is to buy a food truck so my brother can follow his passion, and move to Purdy, Nebraska... -
Ash & Stone by Alexa Piper
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsTwo years ago, the world ended with a wish, and it’s all Rory’s fault. Now, after he’s managed to survive all this time, it looks like karmic justice is finally coming for him. It looks like a monster is going to eat him, and Rory, while he is sorry for what he did, doesn’t want to die.And he does not, because a stranger saves him from becoming monster food... -
Bonds of Blood by Nazri Noor
Family matters.With the help of his found family and his beloved Prince Sylvain, Lochlann Wilde has finally conquered the four oriels of the Wispwood. Now that the elemental gemstones are united in his amulet, Locke can earn Aphrodite’s favor.Whatever that may be. But there’s plenty to do in the meantime, anyway... -
Help! I'm the Big City Boy in My Christmas Comfort Movie by Joel Abernathy
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMerry Christmas... FOREVER.If there’s anyone who can help Matthew Harrington get over his broken heart, it’s the man who made him believe in love in the first place.Unfortunately, Ben Clark, the six-foot-six Christmas tree farmer with soulful blue eyes and rugged good looks, is literally too good to be true—he’s the love interest in Mistletoe Hollow, Matthew's favorite Christmas comfort movie... -
Awkward Smiles by J.D. Light
Pierce Brown If it weren't for the one thing in the whole world I can't leave behind, I would have escaped, or been killed trying by now. At nineteen, the prospect of dying trying to get away from a fancy hotel in Las Vegas shouldn't even be a thought process you have, but a month in the presence of a man like Oscar Burns is enough to make you feel like evil is infecting your skin...
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