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  • When the Dead Come Home by B.L. Brunnemer

    When the Dead Come Home by B.L. Brunnemer

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 48 ratings
    I’m Lexie Delaney, and I’m a necromancer. Which means, I can see the dead, talk to them, affect them. Not as fun as it sounds. Especially since the Veil closed and the dead have been stuck here. Things in town are getting tense. School is starting, and I’m already tired of our plan to keep our relationships quiet. Bodies keep showing up and no one has a clue as to why...
  • When The Dead Have It Easy by B.L. Brunnemer

    When The Dead Have It Easy by B.L. Brunnemer

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 49 ratings
    My name is Alexis, Lexie to most everyone. And I’m a Necromancer. It’s not as much fun as it sounds but that’s not the problem this time. I haven’t seen anyone but Miles in the last month since New Orleans. Talking on the phone? Yeah. Well, except for Zeke. A few text messages was all I’ve gotten. Until now. We’re going on the guys’ yearly climbing and camping trip...
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  • Iniquity by Amy A. Bartol

    Iniquity by Amy A. Bartol

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 41 ratings
    I gasp as my body curls toward Brennus like a flower to the sun, for the pleasure of it. He holds me close to him. His nose grazes the length of my neck. He breathes me in. I feel the roar and rush of my heartbeat. I’m his toy; his energy streams into me. He winds the invisible key in my back and the euphoria ratchets and coils inside of me: tick...tick...tick..
  • Luna Witch by Willow Hadley

    Luna Witch by Willow Hadley

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 26 ratings
    Cricket Kendall should be the happiest girl in the universe. She’s eighteen, one of the most powerful witches seen in centuries, and she’s lucky enough to have three hot werewolf mates.But while her relationship with Theo, Hollis, and Cas is solid, Cricket may not be ready to deal with everything else going on around her...
  • Demons by G.K. DeRosa

    Demons by G.K. DeRosa

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    I barely survived my first year at Darkhen Academy, and now with Ryder gone and my heart shattered I’m not sure I’ll outlive the second.But I have to, right? Because Luxora and her evil minions aren’t waiting around for me to get over my broken heart. With increased attacks in the human world, the supe slayer squad must ride on!Then there’s my father...
  • The Viper's Nest by Tate James

    The Viper's Nest by Tate James

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 64 ratings
    Betrayal has forced us on the run. Evading the very man I considered my family, the organization I once considered good. In hiding, I need to master my new power and find peace with my bonded guardian--or risk exposure. But my heart can't accept the events that led us here. I need answers. Closure.An olive branch is offered and another trap is sprung...
  • A Portrait of Pain by Jane Washington

    A Portrait of Pain by Jane Washington

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 48 ratings
    “I had to understand that grief would be a constant in my life, and that it would be different every time it returned to me: the same face hidden beneath a brand new hat. I needed to say goodbye to this chapter of my life, to the grief that had clawed at me, to the threat that had stalked me through the shadows …” Seraph Black’s entire world has changed...
  • Supernatural Slayer Squad by G.K. DeRosa

    Supernatural Slayer Squad by G.K. DeRosa

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 31 ratings
    Welcome to the Supernatural Slayer Squad!  Our task is simple. Kill all the demon baddies before they wreak havoc on the human realm and destroy the fragile peace between our two worlds. Easy peasy, right? Well, if I can’t figure out how to get this devil’s mark off my chest, the demons won’t stop coming for me. Luckily, my long lost father has shown up promising to help me get rid of it...
  • Awakened and Betrayed by Ivy Asher

    Awakened and Betrayed by Ivy Asher

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 95 ratings
    My name is Vinna and I am a Sentinel. I’m the last in a line of a hunted, magical race, coveted and killed for our power and abilities. I was hidden and protected, but now that I’ve been found, it’s a race to see who can command and control me. Joke’s on them, I bow to no one. I need to master my magic, and protect the five guys I’ve marked as my own at all costs...
  • Warden by Montana Ash

    Warden by Montana Ash

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 43 ratings
    Max is a Warden, a sacred being burdened with the task of ensuring nature continues to thrive. Wardens are revered and to be afforded the respect of their stations at all times for they are passive beings, in constant danger from dark forces. Every warden has their own paladins, ancient knights born to protect, obey and serve...
  • Dark Arts and a Daiquiri by Annette Marie

    Dark Arts and a Daiquiri by Annette Marie

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 104 ratings
    When I found myself facing down the scariest black-magic felon in the city, practically daring him to abduct me, I had to wonder exactly how I ended up here.It all started when I accidentally landed a job as a bartender--but not at a bar. At a guild, populated by mages, sorcerers, alchemists, witches, and psychics...
  • Prophecies by G.K. DeRosa

    Prophecies by G.K. DeRosa

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    There are three things I’ve learned in my time at Darkblood—I mean Darkhen Academy:  Always make sure a demon is dead before walking away from the body. All magic comes with a price.  Nothing stays buried for long—not secrets, not feelings and definitely not dark lords. Just when I thought my struggles with Luxora were finally over, the dark lord decides to rise from the ashes...
  • SSS: Year Four by Avery Song

    SSS: Year Four by Avery Song

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 17 ratings
    When being different leads to the best years of your life. Silver Spell Solange always knew her years at the prestigious Supernatural Spy School would be challenging and dangerous. But she also expected them to lead to the adventure of a lifetime, complete with spy missions, magical growth, and bonds with friends and lovers...
  • The Crow’s Murder by Tate James

    The Crow’s Murder by Tate James

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 56 ratings
    Well, I just can't seem to catch a break, can I? I bet none of you saw that coming! Here I am, dealing with the events of the last book. Events I won't elaborate on, because that would be spoilers. But trust me when I say, things will get worse before they get better! I'm Kit Davenport, and my heart is breaking...
  • Prophecies by G.K. DeRosa

    Prophecies by G.K. DeRosa

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    There are three things I've learned in my time at Darkblood-I mean Darkhen Academy: Always make sure a demon is dead before walking away from the body.All magic comes with a price.Nothing stays buried for long-not secrets, not feelings and definitely not dark lords.Just when I thought my struggles with Luxora were finally over, the dark lord decides to rise from the ashes...
  • Supernatural Slayer Squad by G.K. DeRosa

    Supernatural Slayer Squad by G.K. DeRosa

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Welcome to the Supernatural Slayer Squad! Our task is simple. Kill all the demon baddies before they wreak havoc on the human realm and destroy the fragile peace between our two worlds. Easy peasy, right?Well, if I can't figure out how to get this devil's mark off my chest, the demons won't stop coming for me. Luckily, my long lost father has shown up promising to help me get rid of it...
  • Awry by Chelsea Fine

    Awry by Chelsea Fine

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    Three curses. Two brothers. One love triangle.Sometimes love is meant to be. But sometimes...love is the death of you. Seventeen-year-old Scarlet has just died. Only, dying isn't unusual for a girl under a centuries old curse that left her semi-immortal. This time, though, she comes back to her current life instead of awaking in a new one, and she realizes her curse is changing...
  • Dragon Mystics by Jaymin Eve

    Dragon Mystics by Jaymin Eve

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 46 ratings
    When the formidable power of Jessa Lebron's mark was unleashed, during her impulsive foray into Vanguard, the American supernatural prison, she learned the truth. She's a dual shifter: wolf, and as an added bonus, dragon - of the fluffy persuasion. Yep, she's one special cupcake. Now, pursued by the Four, powerful hunters of the dragon marked, she has no choice but to run...
  • Dragon Mated by Jaymin Eve

    Dragon Mated by Jaymin Eve

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 47 ratings
    In the stunning conclusion to the Supernatural Prison trilogy, Jessa Lebron finds herself deep in the world of Larkspur, the dragon king. She will have to play it smart and fight with everything to stay one step ahead of him and while at times it’s tough to keep her focus, she will do anything to escape and reunite with her boys, the Compass quads...
  • Avow by Chelsea Fine

    Avow by Chelsea Fine

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Scarlet remembers. Everything. Her past lives, Tristan, Gabriel, Nate: she remembers it all--including how to get to the Fountain of Youth. But time is running out. Heather and Gabriel have been kidnapped by Raven, while the curse that has plagued Scarlet and Tristan for centuries has shifted, putting the star-crossed lovers in more danger than ever before...
  • Magical Academy for Delinquents by Ann Denton

    Magical Academy for Delinquents by Ann Denton

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    No one wants to be sent to Academie Metamorphose, the magical academy for delinquents. No one but me. I’ve purposely gotten kicked out of three prestigious academies. It’s taken two and a half years. Finally, I’m about to get put into their reform program. And I’m thrilled. Not about the shit classes at this boarding school. Definitely not about the intense physical regimen...
  • The Tracker Hive Academy: Semester Four by Avery Song

    The Tracker Hive Academy: Semester Four by Avery Song

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For Hive Queen Jade Storm, the sight of her loved one's spilled blood has her on the verge of setting off an elemental explosion that could destroy everything.My emotions are precarious, and clinging to a slim thread of trust—in my men and in my family—is the only thing that keeps me from going over the edge...
  • Queen of Lies by Kel Carpenter

    Queen of Lies by Kel Carpenter

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    My second year at Daizlei didn’t kill me. It did something so much worse.It killed her.And the world will never be the same because of it.Anastasia thought she could own me. The Supernatural thought they could control me. They didn’t realize the darkness they courted until the walls of Daizlei came crushing down around us.I always thought of myself as hard. Unbreakable. Unbeatable...
  • Magic Untamed by Elena Lawson

    Magic Untamed by Elena Lawson

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Finding out I’m descended from royalty should have been like winning the lottery. Except I got all of the renown and none of the spoils.That’s what it means to be related to the dark prince.Still reeling, I throw myself into uncovering more about my dark heritage. Meanwhile, Cal and Adrian try to solve a mystery of their own...
  • WOLF AWAKENED by Avery Song

    WOLF AWAKENED by Avery Song

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    How do you thrive when you're an unwanted, worthless, human female? Simple: alter your reality by switching sides. During the day, I'm William De Luca , the only 'son' of Roberto De Luca, the king of the NYC mafia and Alpha of the deadliest wolf pack — one this city doesn't mess with. At night, I'm Willow De Luca , cage fighter champion with a slight temper problem...
  • Thawing Frost by J.L. Weil

    Thawing Frost by J.L. Weil

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The end is near. But will Olivia be able to save her dragons and the home she has come to love? Return to the Veil in the epic conclusion to the Dragon Descendants. An unexpected reunion brings new possibilities to Olivia’s quest of finding the dragon stars. She and the four dragons travel to Iculon, a kingdom as cold and brutal as its heir...
  • Witchling Academy: Semester Seven by Avery Song

    Witchling Academy: Semester Seven by Avery Song

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Twin reincarnations? Royal familiars? Lurking shadows? The dead rising? I thought my life couldn't be any more complicated, but it seems fate has a way of constantly introducing more chaos. Not so long ago, the biggest worry on the Notorious Five's plate was surviving Semester Six. But the exam is over and things are a more confusing mess than ever...
  • Shadowed: Legend of the Ir'Indicti, Book 2 by Connie Suttle

    Shadowed: Legend of the Ir'Indicti, Book 2 by Connie Suttle

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    "This is all that's left?" Bill Jennings, Director of the Joint National Security Agency and Homeland Security Office glanced up at his assistant. Six names on a piece of official letterhead had been passed to the aging Director. Bill was two months away from retirement and the president and other high-ranking officials were already vetting candidates to fill his position...
  • Hexes and Hounds by Kim Faulks, Mila Young

    Hexes and Hounds by Kim Faulks, Mila Young

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Love is complicated. But then so is a stake through the heart. There’s a curse that runs through the Blackthorne Wolves. Gnarled and Ancient. Unbreakable, they say. It started with the Witches and now it’s spread like a disease, infecting Wolves… And now Vampires. Livingstone Vampires. Mom’s frantic calls led me to the Blood Moon Academy, a dangerous place for any Immortal...
  • Of Magic and Moonlight by Elena Lawson

    Of Magic and Moonlight by Elena Lawson

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Turns out almost getting murdered and finding out you’re part of a thought-to-be-extinct bloodline makes people notice you. Sucks when you have so many damned secrets to hide. Between a forbidden romance with my Arcane History prof, an accidental familiar bond with two shifters, and what I suspect about the Magistrate, hiding the truth is becoming impossible...
  • Witchling Academy: Semester Eight by Avery Song

    Witchling Academy: Semester Eight by Avery Song

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Murder? Threats? Court trials? Shocking revelations?Turning twenty is more about chaos than celebration as my final semester at Witchling Academy kicks off with a bang.Semester Eight will be the most intense one yet; with the cheer squad competition, the football league championships, kendo master matches, and the spring festival art competition, we're going to be busy around the clock...
  • Fallen Academy: Year Two by Leia Stone

    Fallen Academy: Year Two by Leia Stone

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 47 ratings
    Family is everything to Brielle, so when she learns about an opportunity to free her mother from Demon City, she takes it. No matter how dangerous, Brielle will do anything to unite her family in Angel City. All is going according to plan, until her brother's awakening ceremony. What he is… it shocks everyone, and he's sent away until he can get his powers under control...
  • Witchling Academy: Semester Six by Avery Song

    Witchling Academy: Semester Six by Avery Song

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Demigods? Powerful Sorcerers? Intertwined Destinies? Multiple timelines? Being nineteen couldn't be more exciting — and frightening. After a near-death experience, I, Brianne Marie Harlow, learned a startling truth: I’m not just an ordinary "gifted" witch. Far from it, in fact. Instead, I’m a demigod with a prophesied destiny...
  • The Tracker Hive Academy: Year Three by Avery Song

    The Tracker Hive Academy: Year Three by Avery Song

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Turns out almost dying will leave you in a contemplative space, reflecting on violence, strategy, and revenge. For me, reliving those exact moments is the push I need to find the man who threatened my life. It also makes wasting time sitting in a classroom a pain in the ass...
  • A Demon's Debt by Cece Rose

    A Demon's Debt by Cece Rose

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Pay your debt or forfeit your soul. ​ Mona thought her troubles were over, but little did she know, they were only just beginning. ​ When you owe a demon, they will always come to collect. Mona must enter the demon realm to repay her debt to the demon Adramelech. If she fails to complete her task, the forfeit is her soul...
  • Taming Fire by J.L. Weil

    Taming Fire by J.L. Weil

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Return to the Veil and see what trouble holds next for Olivia and the descendants. The four mighty and drool-worthy dragons never expected to fall for the same girl. Olivia never imagined that girl would be her. Ripped from her protectors, Olivia is in more danger than ever and the countdown to breaking the curse is swiftly ticking by...
  • Reckoning by Lili St. Crow, Lilith Saintcrow

    Reckoning by Lili St. Crow, Lilith Saintcrow

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    The electric finale in New York Times bestselling author Lili St. Crow's Strange Angels series! Nobody expected Dru Anderson to survive this long. Not Graves. Not Christophe. Not even Dru. She's battled killer zombies, jealous djamphirs , and bloodthirsty suckers straight out of her worst nightmares...
  • SSS: Year One by Avery Song

    SSS: Year One by Avery Song

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    When being different leads to the best years of your life. There are three key components required to get into the most prestigious, top spy school in the world: Skills. Strength. Survival. My name is Silver Spell Solange. No, I didn't plan for my initials to be the same rank needed to enter the spy school. But I would do anything to get into the one of a kind school...
  • Luna Darkness by Sara Snow

    Luna Darkness by Sara Snow

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    With a war raging between vampires, humans, and werewolves…...the world has been thrown into a state of CHAOS.Humans are selfish creatures that believe the world belongs to them and only them. Despite the fact that werewolves hate vampires and want them gone as much as the humans do, they are being hunted along with the vampires...
  • Knock Em Dead by Heather Hildenbrand

    Knock Em Dead by Heather Hildenbrand

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Fork the haters. After being demoted to the position of “cleaner” for the SSF, Gem’s not sure life gets much worse. But when she stumbles upon a level six demon in her last trimester hiding in downtown New Orleans, she realizes she was very, very wrong. Apparently, maternal instincts apply even to demon babies. Gem can’t let the council destroy such an innocent creature...
  • Dragon Marked by Jaymin Eve

    Dragon Marked by Jaymin Eve

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 48 ratings
    There are supernatural prisons hidden across the globe. Contained within these fortresses are some of the deadliest criminals from the five supernatural races: vampire, shifter, fey, magic users and demi-fey. Jessa Lebron, twenty-two, has spent her entire life in Stratford, Connecticut, one of the gateway towns adjoining these prisons which protect the fortified borders...
  • Blood Pledged by Elena Lawson

    Blood Pledged by Elena Lawson

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    No matter what I say, both the Arcane Authorities and the Arcane Council deny any witch involvement in the kidnapping and slaughter of the shifters and vampires.It’s total bullsh*t. I know what I saw, and I’ll prove it.But just when I think I’m onto something—disaster strikes. A student is found dead on Academy grounds. Drained of blood. A gnarly bite mark in her neck...
  • Winterfall Magic by L.J. Swallow

    Winterfall Magic by L.J. Swallow

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Winterfall Magic is the seventh book in the Nightworld Academy series.The events take place immediately after Term Six and continues Maeve's story after the events at the academy...
  • Call Sign: Cupid by M. Guida, Michael Anderle

    Call Sign: Cupid by M. Guida, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Chelby Duncan never knew who her parents were, or why they gave her up.Knowing when people belong together is what she's best at doing, but her success at fixing people up isn’t exactly career-worthy. Chelby’s foster father is a retired general who is running for Senate, so joining the army is the natural direction for her to take when she turns eighteen...
  • Blood Moon by Belle Harper

    Blood Moon by Belle Harper

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 26 ratings
    You can have your cake and eat it too... can't you?Galen is a Vampire, Rafferty is a Red Wolf, and the twins, Ranger and Maverick shift into Grey Wolves.What the shifters don't know is there is a war brewing and Lexi is caught right in the middle.But Lexi isn't human...Is she the cure they all have been waiting for?Or is she the destruction that ends them all...
  • A Crown Of Pride And Ruin by Sloane Murphy

    A Crown Of Pride And Ruin by Sloane Murphy

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I now know the faces of the ones who betrayed us and tried to tear everything we built down. Yet I know that it’s not over yet. So much is still come.War is declared. Lives are lost. Souls are ruined.But this is not the end. This is a whole new beginning. Everything needs to come full circle, and if all of this has taught me one thing…It’s that nothing is what it seems...
  • Nightworld Academy: Term Five by L.J. Swallow

    Nightworld Academy: Term Five by L.J. Swallow

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    One night with the Blackwood witches changes everythingThe Blackwood family and their magic have edged our lives since Jamie discovered the pendant. Now they've found me, and I'm in more danger than ever. Trapped with Tobias inside the Blackwood estate, I'm subjected to the family's chilling magic and meet their disturbing associates...
  • Nightworld Academy: Term Four by L.J. Swallow

    Nightworld Academy: Term Four by L.J. Swallow

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    A murder on campus divides the houses, and the hidden prejudices between the races spill out into mistrust and violence. Life at the Nightworld Academy will never be the same.  Who murdered Lorna, and who framed Andrei? Proving his innocence may be harder and more dangerous than we imagined, but I'm determined to clear Andrei's name.But helping Andrei isn't our only problem...
  • Kiss of the Rose Princess, Vol. 1 by Aya Shouoto

    Kiss of the Rose Princess, Vol. 1 by Aya Shouoto

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Anise Yamamoto has been told that if she ever removes the rose choker given to her by her father, a terrible punishment will befall her. Unfortunately she loses that choker when a bat-like being falls from the sky and hits her. Anise is granted four cards representing four knights whom she can summon with a kiss...
  • Hell Week by Marisa Claire

    Hell Week by Marisa Claire

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    It will be one hell of a week at the Academy! Continue Remi's incredible story and find out what happens next...
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