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  • Thunder Game by Christine Feehan

    Thunder Game by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 19 ratings
    Two broken souls find a love worth fighting for in this captivating GhostWalker novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan.Diego Campos has come home to die. The GhostWalker is tired of walking a dark path shaped by countless losses. There has never been a moment of good in his life that wasn’t followed by something bad...
  • Witch is the Word by Amanda M. Lee

    Witch is the Word by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Hadley Hunter is finally getting a handle on life as a witch. Island living isn’t always beautiful sunsets and fruity cocktails, but things have never been better…until a body washes up on the beach during a private picnic with her boyfriend Galen Blackwood.The body belongs to a local business manager, who just happens to be married to the daughter of one of the richest men on the island...
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  • Enzo by Tiya Rayne

    Enzo by Tiya Rayne

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    EnzoI despise vampires. They're bloodthirsty, manipulative, and violent creatures. And now, my Alpha has two of them living with us. But that’s alright because we have a plan. To show our Luna the truth about her so-called best friend, we need to expose the vampires as the power-hungry, vile creatures they truly are. There's just one Michaela won’t break...
  • Unchained Beauty by C.M. Owens

    Unchained Beauty by C.M. Owens

    Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I've spent my life thinking I knew the worst that could happen. Battles come and go. Wars are almost always won in the end. It's easy to grow complacent and forget even the deadliest should glance over their shoulder from time to time. We thought we had it all figured out. We were poised for this win before we even went to battle. We didn't win. We didn't lose...
  • The Hellbeast's Queen by Stephanie Hudson

    The Hellbeast's Queen by Stephanie Hudson

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Hope can be a dangerous thing.It can be all consuming.Can be the only thing you think about.The only comfort you have when locked to the darkness of your own mind.The hope to find light at the end of the tunnel.A guiding hand to led you out of the nightmare.But what of love?For Ella it is the thing she clings onto when all that hope is lost.A love that is always worth fighting for...
  • The Hellbeast's Betrayal : The HellBeast King Book 11 by Stephanie Hudson

    The Hellbeast's Betrayal : The HellBeast King Book 11 by Stephanie Hudson

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 10 ratings
    THE HELLBEAST’S BETRAYAL (BOOK 11)Love can conquer many things.Sacrifice even more.But what happens when betrayal runs deeper than blood?The journey isn’t over. Jared and Ella’s story continues in the next pulse-pounding installment of the HellBeast Kings story. As darkness looms and the past refuses to stay buried, secrets will be unearthed, alliances shattered, and destinies rewritten...
  • The Gargoyle Beguiles The Beauty by Kristen Painter

    The Gargoyle Beguiles The Beauty by Kristen Painter

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year.The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the town know better.Living in Nocturne Falls means being yourself. Fangs, fur, and all.Sydney Marlowe is making big changes to her life...
  • A King of Shadow by Bella Forrest

    A King of Shadow by Bella Forrest

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    SECRETS LURK IN THE DARKEST CORNERS...The longer Hazel and her fellow Shadians stay in Nevertide, the more of a mystery the hidden land becomes to them - and when events within Hellswan take a more sinister, disturbing turn, it's becoming harder to know who to trust...
    Categorized as:
    vampires  magic  paranormal  fantasy  length-medium
  • Witching With Sharks by Lily Harper Hart

    Witching With Sharks by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    One of the biggest trivia competitions in the world is coming to Paradise Lodge, and Hali Waverly is expecting an influx of guests. What she’s not prepared for is murder.When a body drops on the resort’s beach, however, she finds herself knee-deep in the investigation along with her new boyfriend Gray Hunter. Unfortunately for her, there are a few too many suspects for her comfort level...
  • Broken by Magic by Lindsay Buroker

    Broken by Magic by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Even before our heroes discovered a portal to other realms, Jak Freedar wanted to seek out powerful allies to help overthrow the tyrannical wizard rulers of his home world. Instead, he chanced across a dragon egg and is now the surrogate father of a hatchling. Since he found the egg, taking care of the young dragon is his responsibility...
    Categorized as:
    military  magic  fantasy  paranormal  audiobook
  • Outfoxing Fate by Zoe Chant, Murphy Lawless

    Outfoxing Fate by Zoe Chant, Murphy Lawless

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Fate is for second chances...Fifty years ago, fox shifter Sam Todd defied his family’s wealth and connections in favor of love...but disaster struck, and Sam was never able to tell his beloved Lola that they were fated mates, meant to be together forever.As a young woman who had lost everything, Lola left her home town of Virtue, vowing never to return to a place full of heartache and memory...
  • A Bolt of Magic by Charlene Hartnady

    A Bolt of Magic by Charlene Hartnady

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 8 ratings
    Find a powerful witch.Escape the fae Court together.Do it before the eclipse tomorrow.It sounds straightforward, but my plan is riddled with more holes than a block of cheese. No self-respecting witch with any kind of clout will spare me a second glance. It doesn’t matter that we’re all captives here, shackled under the cruel rule of the fae...
  • Claim the Twilight by Debbie Cassidy

    Claim the Twilight by Debbie Cassidy

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My mentor taught me to always expect the unexpected and to prepare accordingly. But there is no way I could have expected this,,,Orina's story concludes in Claim the Twilight...
  • That Magic Moment by Lily Harper Hart

    That Magic Moment by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Ofelia Archer is working toward a goal, both personally and professionally, and she’s making great strides on both. Her attention is diverted, however, when a steamboat washes ashore next to the riverwalk…and it’s a boat that is more than a hundred years overdue...
  • It Begins with Her by T.S. Joyce

    It Begins with Her by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Morgan is finally hitting her stride with her new life. She’s accepted her inner wolf and is feeling good, getting work done, building a pack with her new mate and finally feeling like she’s on top of the world. Too bad the Silver Wolf world never stays steady for long...
  • G.A. Aiken Dragon Bundle: The Dragon Who Loved Me, What a Dragon Should Know, Last Dragon Standing & How to Drive a Dragon Crazy by G.A. Aiken

    G.A. Aiken Dragon Bundle: The Dragon Who Loved Me, What a Dragon Should Know, Last Dragon Standing & How to Drive a Dragon Crazy by G.A. Aiken

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Only for those I love would I traipse into the merciless Northlands to risk life, limb, and my exquisite beauty. But do they appreciate it? Do they say, "Gwenvael the Handsome, you are the best among us--the most loved of all dragons?" No! For centuries my family has refused to acknowledge my magnificence as well as my innate humility...
  • Laid Bare by Kotah Jean

    Laid Bare by Kotah Jean

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    How can this possibly be my life?If I could go back to the morning before the gala, trust my gut, and stay home, I would in a heartbeat.But that’s not possible, so I’m stuck with the repercussions.Because of what I am—not who, mind you—there’s a whole new set of rules for me to follow.And I’m doing it completely exposed...
    Categorized as:
    vampires  shapeshifters  magic  paranormal  fantasy
  • Witch at the End of the Tunnel by Lily Harper Hart

    Witch at the End of the Tunnel by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Vanity is the one thing Hali Waverly has never understood. That’s about to become a weakness.Life at the Salty Cauldron is going well…right up until a body washes onto the beach. The dead woman, who is forty years younger than her husband, had a run-in with Hali in her tiki bar the previous day. Authorities assume it was an accidental drowning, but a mark on the dead woman’s neck gives Hali pause...
  • It Ends with Her by T.S. Joyce

    It Ends with Her by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Levi Wright has spent the last two years on a mission. His old pack thinks he’s been away at school so he could come back and apprentice to the Black Wolf himself, Greyson Crawford. He hasn’t though. He was out learning to protect a girl. And not just any girl. THE girl...
  • Protect Mine by T.S. Joyce

    Protect Mine by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    She’s baaack! The one and only Silver Wolf is back where she belongs, with the Dallas pack and right beside her man. Morgan Carter has missed Grey terribly in the time she was away, but after she was hunted by a Montana pack, she knows she can’t run from her destiny anymore...
  • Haunted Plains Drifter by Lily Harper Hart

    Haunted Plains Drifter by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Hannah Hickok and Cooper Wyatt are newly engaged and ready to celebrate. Cooper just didn’t think the celebration would involve a hike to a long-abandoned boom town called Blackridge. He had something more romantic in mind. Despite that, he agrees … and believes the trip will be fine, right up until they stumble across a homeless man warning them away from their destination...
  • Alphas Never Hide by Lori Ames

    Alphas Never Hide by Lori Ames

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The wolf who refuses to be Alpha.Hayden Walker might be trapped in Willow Lake by guilt and duty, but he’s no one’s alpha. It doesn’t matter how many times people call him Alpha, with a capital A like it’s his name, he just isn’t—just ask his last pack. They had no problem rejecting him to follow his traitorous brother, Robbie, twelve years ago...
    Categorized as:
    shapeshifters  magic  paranormal  m-m  queer  fantasy
  • Hellhound Marshal by Zoe Chant

    Hellhound Marshal by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    He’s trapped in a nightmare. She’s a dream come true.Logan Vega has been stuck as a hellhound so long that he’s almost forgotten how to be human. Some days, he can’t even remember his own name.But then a new prisoner is locked in the cage next door. She’s more than the cure for his loneliness: she’s the bravest, kindest, toughest, and most radiant woman he’s ever met...
  • The Ghoul, the Bad, & the Ugly by Lily Harper Hart

    The Ghoul, the Bad, & the Ugly by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Zombies in Casper Creek? Say it ain’t so. Unfortunately, it looks to be true … and Hannah Hickok and her motley crew of helpers have a mess on their hands.As Cooper Wyatt struggles with the perfect way to propose, his girlfriend is buried in zombie lore … and seemingly having a good time digging up solutions...
  • The Rise by Z.W. Taylor

    The Rise by Z.W. Taylor

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    It takes more than a bite. Charlotte has gone from being a broken human to a strong she-wolf and a damn Thorne, but now she and her mate, are standing on the edge of deliverance or doom as they grapple with a revelation that changes everything...
  • The Healer and The Wolf Part Two by Roxie Ray

    The Healer and The Wolf Part Two by Roxie Ray

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She risked her heart to save him once. Now she’ll risk everything to bring him home.Vanessa thought the hardest part was over when she saved Leo, the wounded wolf shifter who stole her heart. But just as their new life together began, danger tore them apart, leaving Vanessa determined to fight for the man—and the wolf—she loves...
  • The Griffin Marshal's Heart by Zoe Chant

    The Griffin Marshal's Heart by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    He was imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. His fated mate? The gorgeous U.S. Marshal transporting him ...Once, Cooper was a U.S. Marshal with a distinguished career. Now he's a prisoner, accused of murder, with his inner griffin suppressed and maybe even dead. He's being transported across the country in leg chains. This isn't how he planned on meeting the woman of his dreams...
    Categorized as:
    military  shapeshifters  paranormal  fantasy
  • Southern Witching by Amy Boyles

    Southern Witching by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The happiest day of Dylan's life has finally arrived...her wedding day! All of Silver Springs is ready for a celebration to remember. But things get off to a rocky start when Grandma Hazel calls down a flock of eagles that try to eat the wedding doves. Then Dylan sees Roman before the ceremony. Things couldn't get any worse, could they? Never ask a question you don't want answered...
  • Irreverent by Bianca Scardoni

    Irreverent by Bianca Scardoni

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    THE MARKED SAGA CONTINUES...If I thought things couldn't get any worse with Dominic's emotions completely shut off and the Son of Perdition on its way, I was dead wrong. Destiny wasn't done with me and she was about to pull the ground out from me all over again.Old friends and foes have come back to guide me toward a Fate sealed in my blood long before I was born...
  • One More Day: Springblood Book 1 by Cee Bowerman

    One More Day: Springblood Book 1 by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Tremayne Badeaux has lived a thousand lives during his time on Earth. He’s explored the world, made lifelong friends, started empires, and destroyed enemies, but he’s never experienced an all-encompassing love that he’s willing to give up his own life for - until he meets the one woman he can never lose...
  • Cheating Death by Sarah Reynolds

    Cheating Death by Sarah Reynolds

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    The last thing Sunday Prescott wanted to do was rescue her brother from another problematic adventure, but that is exactly where she ended up.When Colton found himself in the holding cells of the Ruby Star Casino, Sunday knew that the only way to get him out what to appeal to the casino's owner...
  • Protection, Inc. Complete Collection by Zoe Chant

    Protection, Inc. Complete Collection by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    This team of shifter bodyguards will do anything to protect their mates! Read the complete hot and hilarious series in one binge-ready collection!The bodyguards of Protection, Inc. were misfits until they came together to form a team as close as a family. They can face any danger, from vengeful dragons to evil experiments to rampaging dinosaurs (yes, dinosaurs)...
  • Rebel Bear by Anna Lowe

    Rebel Bear by Anna Lowe

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Up-and-coming supermodel Hailey Crewe can’t wait to escape the limelight and return to the modest, anonymous lifestyle she once led. Escaping literally? That was never part of her plan. But when an unwanted suitor — and her scheming mother/manager — go a step too far with a surprise Hawaii wedding, Hailey becomes a bride on the run...
  • Hocus My Pocus by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero

    Hocus My Pocus by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    If you’ve got it, haunt it… Once upon a time, I had big ideas, big dreams, and big plans. But when my mother left my kid sister with me when I was only fifteen, I was suddenly the single mother I never thought I’d be. Someone had to raise Torren and show her love and support, the way parents were supposed to love their children, the way our mother never did...
  • Carve My Pumpkin by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero

    Carve My Pumpkin by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Give ‘em pumpkin to talk about… The perfect job is only two weeks away. Two. Short. Weeks. All I have to do is survive the trial period for this new position and the future I’ve always wanted will be my reality. Once it’s mine, I’ll travel the world helping my fellow supernaturals blend into the human world and craft the lives they dreamed of. And in turn…maybe I’ll find myself...
  • Death Untold by Sarah Piper

    Death Untold by Sarah Piper

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    All magic comes with a price tag.It's a lesson witches are taught from a young age, along with the ones about how we'll never survive a vampire turning, how hunters will always seek to eradicate us, and how a devil's bargain can never be broken. But together, my rebels and I have shattered every last rule, ignored every last warning...
  • Blood Dark by Lindsay J. Pryor

    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...
  • The Siren Saves The Billionaire by Kristen Painter

    The Siren Saves The Billionaire by Kristen Painter

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year.The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the town know better.Living in Nocturne Falls means being yourself. Fangs, fur, and all...
  • Fried Green Witch by Amy Boyles

    Fried Green Witch by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Can Dylan free her family from jail? Southern witch Dylan Apel seems to have her life figured out. Plan wedding to her boyfriend--check. Make dresses--check. Deal with crazy pregnant ladies--not so much. Life's going great until Dylan and her sister Sera become entangled in a baby shower murder...
  • The Nightmare King by Heather Killough-Walden

    The Nightmare King by Heather Killough-Walden

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When she was fourteen, Adelaide Lane made a choice that landed her in the ICU of her town’s general hospital. Her prognosis was not good. When against all odds she woke up, it was to find that she had re-entered life not only with physical and mental scars, but with the ability to see into the future. For twenty years, Addie has used this power to do good in a world gone bad...
  • Roman: Destined Paranormals Book Seven by Taylor Rylan

    Roman: Destined Paranormals Book Seven by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An overly protective alpha tiger. A sweet fae omega. Will Roman’s natural instincts to protect be too much for Beau?Roman Nelson’s life has been anything but relaxing. After spending a little over two decades raising his younger twin brothers and protecting them from the shifter that killed their parents, he finally found help from the newly formed paranormal council...
  • License to Curse by Kim Richardson

    License to Curse by Kim Richardson

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    First day on the job? Missing teens. Dangerous magic. Zero backup.I’m Rhea Morven, rookie Merlin agent, walking magical anomaly, and proud owner of a cursed bloodline no one trusts.My first case dumps me in Gallows Gate, a hidden town full of secrets, politics, and creatures that bite. The assignment? Find three missing paranormals before the town tears itself apart...
  • Detective Dragon's Brave Mate:  (Runaway Dragon Mates) by Serena Meadows

    Detective Dragon's Brave Mate: (Runaway Dragon Mates) by Serena Meadows

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I never imagined being engaged to a cold-blooded murderer. When I overhear Chuck confess…I have no other choice—but to run away.Braden is a private investigator and insists on protecting me.Even though he’s an alpha dragon shifter—I’m not certain he or anyone else can save me from my ex.I’m terrified Chuck will hunt me down.Investigators are on Chuck’s trail.The victims’ families crave revenge...
  • Sassing Her Dragon (Sassy Ever After Universe) by Julia Mills

    Sassing Her Dragon (Sassy Ever After Universe) by Julia Mills

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sassy beyond compare, with a fiery temper, a smart mouth and the determination to let nothing stand in her way, Olivia Kilbride had been a force to be reckoned since the day of her birth… but all the planning in the world can’t beat dumb luck …or your mate coming back from the dead...
  • Infinity Chronicles: box set books 1-4 by Albany Walker

    Infinity Chronicles: box set books 1-4 by Albany Walker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Complete Series of the Infinity Chronicles Books 1-4 With Bonus POV's from each guy. Book 1 New town, new school. Same story. I’m Laura, I’ve spent most of my life crisscrossing the county yielding to the whims of my transient mother. We’ve never stayed in one place long enough to call it home, and I don’t have any hope of that changing...
  • Fire Maidens: Portugal by Anna Lowe

    Fire Maidens: Portugal by Anna Lowe

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A jaded warrior who doesn't want to get involved + an irresistible she-dragon on the run. For centuries, the Guardians of Lisbon have kept shifter forces in check — dragons, vampires, and witches. Now, with their powers dwindling, they’re too busy to respond to a lone woman’s cry for help...
  • Thorn by Kim Fox

    Thorn by Kim Fox

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The last book in the bestselling Clawed Squad series! The Clawed Squad’s alpha, Thorn Conway, is the last of the squad left to get married. Only problem is, his mate died a decade ago. The hurt is still real, the pain is still raw...
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