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Witch is the Word by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsHadley 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... -
Unchained Beauty by C.M. Owens
Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI'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... -
A King of Shadow by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsSECRETS 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... -
Witching With Sharks by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOne 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... -
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That Magic Moment by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOfelia 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
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMorgan 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... -
Psy Changeling Series Collection by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA PSY-CHANGELING COLLECTION BY NALINI SINGH Experience the explosive series hailed by #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan as "a must-read for all my fans." In Beat of Temptation, innocent Tamsyn has always had a place in her heart for Nathan, a blooded DarkRiver sentinel... -
Witch at the End of the Tunnel by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsVanity 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... -
The Ghoul, the Bad, & the Ugly by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsZombies 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... -
Southern Witching by Amy Boyles
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe 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... -
One More Day: Springblood Book 1 by Cee Bowerman
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTremayne 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... -
Final Fae by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsChaos has nothing on me…I will do whatever I have to in order to end Queen Tephine’s reign for good.Even if I go down with her.This ends now... -
Carve My Pumpkin by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGive ‘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... -
The Duskfire Dragon's Mate by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe fated mate of her dreams… is her grumpy ex-boss.The moment she met Corin Blackburn, Maya Flores’s life fell apart. The man who should have been her soulmate rejected her. Lost and alone, she ran away to Hideaway Cove, where she built a new life for herself and her dragon shifter son. And left Corin Blackburn behind. For good.Or so she thought... -
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The Siren Saves The Billionaire by Kristen Painter
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWelcome 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... -
Detective Dragon's Brave Mate: (Runaway Dragon Mates) by Serena Meadows
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI 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... -
Guardian Dragons of Prospect Falls: (A Paranormal Shifter Romance) by Serena Meadows
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThese Dragon-shifters are the ultimate predators, but their rock-hard abs and endless stamina will offer little defense against the four soulmates waiting to bring them to their knees. With sizzling seductions, brutal betrayals, and a whole lot of growling, things are heating up in Prospect Falls! Book One: Dragon SaviorMost men wed for love.An ancient prophecy left me no choice... -
Raven’s Reckoning by Charlie Nottingham
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe skeletons in their closet opened the door and escaped with a vengeance.A relationship with three men sounded like a fantasy to Rain Carter once upon a time, but now, she couldn't imagine her life any other way. Warren, Ezra, Graham, and Rain are in perfect sync.Until the woman in black returns... -
Trick My Treat by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMischief night meets magic… I never realized just how trapped I felt under the water until my sister married the wolf pack alpha last year. Suddenly, a life on land was actually possible. I love the ocean and my family, and I’m super protective of them…I just feel like I’m living life for the first time... -
The Shadow King by Heather Killough-Walden
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsKing of the Shadow Realm… Beyond the Twixt, just past the Unlit Forest lies a realm so gravely perilous, it has been cut off from the mortal world for thousands of years. The powerful man who rules this tangled, twisted land is as dark and merciless as his realm... -
Damaged Wolf's Dirty Secret by Serena Meadows
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI’ve sworn to protect my town and my clan.As a wolf shifter and the sheriff, it’s my duty to keep the ship from sinking.Even if I have to do something that I could be punished for.Such as…Hiring a human to fill the ranks at the sheriff’s office.A beautiful woman at that.Maggie’s new job does not go over well with the clan council.They are not happy that I hired her... -
Damaged Wolf's Heroic Mate: (Lumberjack Wolves) by Serena Meadows
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI had just returned home to my clan of wolf shifters, and the first thing that happened to me was insane. The most beautiful woman I’d ever seen almost ran me over with her car. A woman who was completely forbidden.But when Tabitha told me her story, I had to stick around.I felt the need to protect her… to stay close.She was in danger, and she was also naïve.I couldn’t tell her the truth about me... -
Obsidian Cove Supernatural Academy: The Complete Series by Jarica James
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsLennox’s life was hell… until they found her When a girl with a lonely past is thrown into a world she doesn’t understand, five mysterious guys offer to help her learn about herself and her new powers. Now that she’s part of the supernatural world, she quickly finds that she’s being hunted. There’s a price on her head and they will stop at nothing to get their hands on her... -
Thanatos by Felicity Heaton
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThanatos, god of death, has a mission: scour the unknown realms of the Underworld and retrieve the only daughter of his god-king, Hades. Murdered six centuries ago and her soul captured before it could pass on, she now falls under Thanatos’s domain... -
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Karma's Spirit by Helen Scott, L.A. Boruff
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat does Karma have to do with the ghostly world? Apparently, everything.When I meet a psychic in Mystic Hollow, I’m skeptical. Even though, you know, I’ve accepted most of the supernatural world. But who could blame me when the psychic acts like a stereotype from a really corny show?Yet when our hands touch, everything changes.Suddenly, I’m seeing ghosts all over our little town... -
Nephilim the Unleashing by Elizabeth Blackthorne
I’m not going to lie, things look pretty bleak where I am right now. Imprisoned in Gehenna, where even angels don’t dare tread, and about to be condemned to eternal torment, I’m not feeling very optimistic right now...Categorized as:
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Cowboy Dragon's Bride: (Cowboy Dragon's Inn) by Serena Meadows
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe made me break my oath to never fall in love. That was after I watched her ditch her wedding. As a dragon shifter, I had all I wanted.Now I only wanted to see her happy.I was content with just running my ranch and hotel with my best friends until she came along...A troubled bride at our hotel.I helped her escape and gave her a job.Seeing her with another man made my blood boil... -
Witch Moon Wishes by Harmony Raines
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt should have been a simple wish. All Merri wants is for Keely to find the man of her dreams.Unfortunately, the consequences are anything but simple and Merri sets of a chain of events that might cost Keely any chance of finding true love.Keely had almost given up hope of finding a man to love her. But thanks to Merri she has no shortage of suitors... -
Hexing on a Hunter's Moon by Harmony Raines
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHalloween is a couple of days away. Unfortunately, this year it coincides with the Hunter’s Moon. But it’s not vampires and werewolves the people of Wishing Moon Bay should fear.It’s the ghostly fae army that will rise when blood is spilled on their final resting place... -
The Darkest of Dreams by Emigh Cannaday
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA heinous crime. An empire in turmoil. And a modern girl at the center of it all. Darkness has fallen on the Marinossian family, leaving ruined lives in its blood-stained wake and leaving Annika to pick up the pieces. With a deadly doppelgänger still loose and most likely in deadly pursuit, she’s escorted back home to wait out the storm and heal her broken heart…however long that may be... -
Crimson Kiss by Lyra Winters
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsIn a couple of months, Lilith Whitlock had gone from human to vampire to demon. Turned out, she was destined for more than human life all along. She was Lilith... Mother of demons. Yep. That Lilith. With all of her memories intact and four protective supernatural men by her side, she was more than ready to take on the prophecy everyone kept blabbing on about... -
Claim the Light by Everly Frost
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShadows spread across the city.Whispers of a new darkness.All my life, I've been at war. Fighting for my survival. Never knowing my worth. Never believing that love could be mine—until my enemy stood by my side and fought for me.The alpha of the ruthless Grudge Clan asks for my heart. He offers me the heat of his body, the warmth of his home, and the liberty to explore my new strength... -
Night of the Nymph by Bianca D'Arc
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSomething evil is calling to her. Is it the mysterious man who finds her in the woods, or something within the forest, itself?An ancient evil hidden among the trees...Crystal is driving across the state for a job interview when she feels a pressing need to stop her car and get out... -
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Destined for Time by Stacie Simpson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAn erotic romance with a paranormal twist... One night of forbidden passion will never be forgotten - or forgiven. Prophetic visions, conspiring enemies, and epic battles are nothing unusual at the Myths and Legends Casino Resort where dreams and nightmares come to life and nothing is outside the realm of possibilities... -
What Goes Bump In The Night: A Halloween Paranormal Romance Anthology by C.R. Jane, Yumoyori Wilson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHave you ever been tempted to investigate that scratching noise coming from under your bed? Or the shadows that seem to shift on the wall from the corner of your eye? Well, this is your chance... Sometimes the monsters that watch you from the darkness aren’t scary—they’re sexy. And, of course... sometimes they’re both... -
Werewolves and Wranglers by Kristen Banet
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt’s the sheriff’s job to protect the town. The town, however, doesn’t intend to make it easy for her. It was a normal day when Tobias arrived back to Redstone, paperwork and petty disputes between the various residents of town, until it wasn’t because humans were trying to attack the werewolf pack... -
Adelaide's Trust by G. Bailey
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDoes fate ever give you a choice? When Adelaide moved to a sleepy little town in Scotland with her sister, the last thing she expected was to find out she isn’t even from this world.Now the world she was born in is at war, and they need a ruler.They need a queen, just not the one who is currently ruling Fray. Not the queen who will do anything kill Adelaide and the men she has fallen for...Categorized as:
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Immoral by G. Bailey
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy name is Kaitlyn Lightson and my home is with the vampires. After the destruction of the Angel Academy, I’m found a traitor to my own race and I wish it was just me that is found guilty. Vesnia and many others are trapped with me, and I’m not sure how I can save them... -
Rancher Wolf's Next Door Mate: (Rancher Wolves) by Serena Meadows
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe wolf shifter in me couldn’t handle it when Carrie was being abused. She’s my next-door neighbor and I don’t see her around town often.Carrie keeps to herself, silently putting up with her abusive father.But it’s time that I help her out of this mess.Running the Prairie View ranch has got its perks.I’m in a position to protect the woman that I’m obsessed with... -
Protector Dragon's Shattered Mate by Brittany White
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter a life of hardship, can a female bear shifter allow herself to fall in love with her protector?The Female Bear ShifterAfter surviving neglect as a cub, I ran away from my family. While I was stranded in the Siberian wilderness, a wolf shifter approached me. He offered me a home with his pack. But the home turned out to be a prison. Unknown to me, I had magic in my blood... -
Moon Thrall by Donna Grant
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Donna Grant gives readers a double dose of the Louisiana bayous in the second book of her searing LaRue series (connected to the bestselling Chiasson series) filled with suspense, voodoo, and romance. HER QUEST FOR THE TRUTH Skye Parrish is living her dream...Categorized as:
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Hero Bear's MateDate: Shifters MateDate Agency by Serena Meadows
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’m a bear shifter and a professional assassin.The woman I’m in love with won’t accept me as I am. .I’ve had a tough childhood.So has Heather.She’s been trying to protect her father’s research that got him killed.All she’s after is something normal.Something that I’m not.But the dating agency matched us anyway.And for good reason. I’m obsessed with her.I need to claim her... -
Dragon Fever: Limited Edition Holiday Romance Boxset by Serena Meadows
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThese five hot steamy stories feature powerful dragons, who were exiled by their clan because they were reckless and wild and how they break all rules to meet and protect their mates.NATALIE and JUDE will be the first ones you’ll meet…I used to be a brother, son, protector. Now, I’m a shadow. Exiled from my clan of dragon-shifters, I drift among the humans without purpose or belonging... -
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Lawyer Dragon’s Runaway Surrogate: (Runaway Dragon Mates) by Serena Meadows
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s over.He’s in bed with another woman.I can’t put up with Johnny cheating…again! I’ll go down in history as a runaway bride.People will wonder, why did Amber leave her fiancé?The pair seemed to have it all.Nobody will know the truth about this alpha dragon…except for me.I start over as a surrogate mother…for a wealthy couple.But having money equals control over me.I’m beaten black and blue... -
Cowboy Dragon's Secret Daughter: by Serena Meadows
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs a wealthy cowboy dragon shifter, I had everything I could possibly want. Except for my heart that belonged to her.My life changed when I spotted her in a stalled car that night.Lucy was back.Along with her daughter.I didn’t know Charlotte was hers when I met her.She reminded me so much of her mother.She also reminded me of myself.I tried to keep my head straight... -
The Vampire's Bewitching Bride by Harmony Raines
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes dire circumstances call for drastic action. But fake dating a vampire? Really?However, that’s the first piece of 'sagely wisdom' vampire hunter Aralyn receives from her Uncle Burt when she arrives in Wishing Moon Bay. Maybe this ‘Lonely Tavern’ he seems so fond of has turned him into even more of a romantic than he was before – it does have a reputation, after all... -
Old Friend of The Damaged Wolf: (Lumberjack Wolves) by Serena Meadows
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAlex was a wolf shifter, the man I fell in love with when we were kids.But years later, I was forbidden to him in Macon but still as much in love.Humans weren’t supposed to end up with shifters.But Alex was sure that I was the one for him.Alex’s clan had ignored science to the point where it was now in serious trouble.He was already torn between his loyalty and education... -
Laid Bare by Kotah Jean
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHow 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... -
Healed by Fire by Catherine Banks
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“The dark approaches. Fire will consume and restore, happiness and pain must be experienced collectively. Death for three will be the end.” Her memory taken and her whereabouts unknown Artemis is taken in by a coven of witches who give her the name Chandra...
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