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  • A Killing Curse by Shannon Mayer

    A Killing Curse by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    One last time, the Phoenix will rise, and her flames will savage all who stand between her and those she loves…. The game is afoot, and I never saw it coming. A game of demons, angels and new breed of abnormal that is beyond anything else I’ve faced. A monstrosity that is bent on destroying every other abnormal on the planet. Only one thing can stop those who would wipe us out. A cursed weapon...
  • Leopard's Hunt by Christine Feehan

    Leopard's Hunt by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    In this pulse-pounding novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Leopard series, animal instinct unites two elite shifters whose heads are at war with their hearts. Gorya Amurov might be known as his family's peacekeeper, but the leopard inside him wants nothing more than to claw to the surface and unleash hell...
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  • The Scarlet Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The Scarlet Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Only magic can save us from this nightmare…. Everest is my soulmate. Yet somehow knowing this feels worse. Because now I know this isn’t some silly little teenage-puppy-love crush, I know my feelings for someone I barely know are very, very real. Because now I know this love I feel…he feels it too...
  • Celtic Magic by Linsey Hall

    Celtic Magic by Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    I am the Druid. Finally, I know what I am. The Druid of the Dragon Gods. The knowledge comes at a price, however. Two new golden tattoos have appeared on my arms, and they’re blocking my magic. Magic that I need to survive. When two ancient druids show up at the Protectorate needing my help, it's obvious there’s something big at play...
  • Wrath by Kristie Cook

    Wrath by Kristie Cook

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Will a mother’s wrath make her cross the line? I didn’t want to cry. For once in my life, tears evaded me. Perhaps because I refused to grieve this loss, because it wasn’t a loss in my eyes, in my heart. It was a call for war, yes. But not a loss. I wouldn’t allow it. Besides, I was too mad to cry, even in my exhaustion, and anger would get me much further...
  • Lord of Death by Charlene Hartnady

    Lord of Death by Charlene Hartnady

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Book 9 in this exciting new world. If you like dragons and egotistical, super-sexy demigods, then this is the series for you. I am Death, and this is my story…. No cheating! Contains hot alpha males and therefore strong sexual themes/language.
  • Twilight's Herald by T.A. White

    Twilight's Herald by T.A. White

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 35 ratings
    Aileen Travers thought she had it all figured out. Part private investigator, part fixer to the supernatural community, she was slowly building a reputation as the go-to vampire in Columbus. If you had a supernatural problem and nowhere to turn, she was the girl for you. The best part—no one had tried to kill her in weeks...
  • Raven by Teresa Gabelman

    Raven by Teresa Gabelman

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Life has never been easy for Raven, and she liked it that way. Keeping things interesting was her motto. Once a Dark Guardian Raven is now a VC Warrior who feels caught between two worlds. Her loyalty to both was sometimes an inner battle within herself. Being a woman in a man’s world she’s had to battle harder, be smarter and never play the woman card she had turned in so many years ago...
  • Dragon's Claw by Karen Chance

    Dragon's Claw by Karen Chance

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    A new novella in the New York Times bestselling Midnight's Daughter series! Everyone knows that vampires are hard to kill. But when Dory Basarab is called to a crime scene in a smelly basement in Queens, she discovers that that may no longer be the case. Somebody has developed a new weapon, a vamp killer, and left her plenty of clues to follow...
  • Widow’s Web by Jennifer Estep

    Widow’s Web by Jennifer Estep

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 50 ratings
    I used to murder people for money, but these days it’s more of a survival technique. Once an assassin, always an assassin. So much for being plain old Gin Blanco. With every lowlife in Ashland gunning for me, I don’t need another problem, but a new one has come to town...
  • Magic Bites - Unicorn Lane by Ilona Andrews, Gordon Andrews

    Magic Bites - Unicorn Lane by Ilona Andrews, Gordon Andrews

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Published in Small Magics and included in Curran's POV. How/when Kate and Curran first meet.
  • Risk (Mageri) by Dannika Dark

    Risk (Mageri) by Dannika Dark

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    WHEN A GAME OF LOVE BECOMES A FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL. Simon Hunt is a masterful Mage when it comes to knives, solving puzzles, and women. But when a Mageri Councilman asks for a personal favor, his skills are put to the test. He reluctantly accepts the impossible job of training a young Learner who is beyond anyone's help. She's beautiful, cunning, and disabled...
  • The King's Bargain by J.A. Stowe

    The King's Bargain by J.A. Stowe

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    What if your bargain with a king is a deal with the devil? I knew accepting that Aegis case could only mean trouble. After her attack on the Colosseum, Valeria launched a campaign of cruelty on Draqaar. With every death, her army grows, and I’m the only one that can turn the tide of battle. I’m the only one that can break the daeva curse...
  • Charming by Dannika Dark

    Charming by Dannika Dark

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 28 ratings
    "Riveting edge-of-your-seat romance. ". After seven hundred years, Prince has acquired everything a Packmaster could desire. But when he meets the enchanting Nadia Kozlov, he realizes there’s one thing he doesn’t have: answers. Prince owes his life to a man he hasn’t seen in centuries, and Nadia holds the key to his whereabouts, because that man is her father...
  • Shadow's End by Keri Arthur

    Shadow's End by Keri Arthur

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Two ancient vampires and a centuries-long war. Their final battlefield? The Faelan Werewolf reservation. .. With a wedding to plan and a future mother-in-law who hates her, the last thing Lizzie Grace needs is two psycho vampires rampaging through Castle Rock...
  • A Dash of Vampire by S.E. Babin

    A Dash of Vampire by S.E. Babin

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    What happens when you accidentally kidnap a Fae King, invite a demented vampire queen to bunk with you, and enlist both to plot revenge against the dragons? Violet doesn't know yet, but she's about to find out. Her little jaunt to the fae lands ended with Violet carrying more luggage out than she brought in...
  • Witches' Brew by B.R. Kingsolver

    Witches' Brew by B.R. Kingsolver

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Washington, D. C. , has never been boring, but this is ridiculous. Warring witch covens. Werewolf packs fighting for territory. Rumors of Human sacrifice. Minor problems leading up to Beltane, when the portents say the veils between worlds will shred...
  • Phoenix’s Refrain by Ella Summers

    Phoenix’s Refrain by Ella Summers

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    There are forces greater than gods or demons at work here. Leda Pandora, the Angel of Chaos, isn’t like other angels. She fights dirty, in ways totally unbecoming of a soldier in the Legion of Angels. She cracks jokes at the other angels, even when she should really keep her mouth shut. And she stubbornly insists on doing the right thing, even if it’s totally against the rules...
  • Winter's War by G. Bailey

    Winter's War by G. Bailey

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    The blue-sided human will choose a side. When four princes are born, on the same day, they will rule true. Her saviour will die when the choice is made. If she chooses wrong, she will fall. If she chooses right, then she will rule. Only her mates can stop her from the destruction of all. If the fates allow, no one need fall. For only the true kings hold her fate and they will be her mates...
  • Guardian by Shannon Mayer

    Guardian by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    "My name is Rylee and I am a Tracker. ". When children go missing, and the Humans have no leads, I'm the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot. After months of danger, running for my life, and dealing with one crisis after another, I'm finally getting that vacation I deserve...
  • Curse of Night by Emily Goodwin

    Curse of Night by Emily Goodwin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    When one door closes, another door opens. Or in my case, kill one monster and another comes knocking. It’s nothing new, since someone has had it out for me my whole life. I’ve learned to not only live with but expect the constant peril. Demons attack? Must be Monday. Send hexes my way? Just another Tuesday night...
  • Crimson Kiss by Samantha Whiskey

    Crimson Kiss by Samantha Whiskey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    She’s a vampire princess and I’m a deadly assassin. For centuries, I’ve used our enemies’ worst fears against them as our King’s most deadly assassin. But there is only one creature alive who fears for me. Princess Avianna—the king’s little sister. She’s exquisite, from her stunning curves to her smart mouth. And she’s one-hundred percent forbidden...
  • A Shake of Succubus by S.E. Babin

    A Shake of Succubus by S.E. Babin

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Violet is the newest Potionsmaster, Guardian of the Hell Gates, and Lucifer has his eye on her…. With her life a weird mess right now, Violet has no one to turn to. Az is still in hiding, and she’s never been able to trust Max. Lucifer has offered a shoulder, but Violet knows better than to trust the original Serpent and her brand spanking new employer...
  • Demon Blood by Jen L. Grey

    Demon Blood by Jen L. Grey

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The shadow taunts me even in death. Everything has changed, and the reflection in the mirror is almost unrecognizable. My soul mate, Alex, and our friends help to ground me. However, what I've become is still unknown, and the abilities I have aren't anything we're familiar with...
  • Rival Magic by Ella Summers

    Rival Magic by Ella Summers

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 23 ratings
    The alternate cover edition for this book can be found here. From San Francisco to Munich to Las Vegas and beyond, mercenary mage Sera Dering faces her biggest challenge yet in this final installment of the bestselling Dragon Born Serafina series. After twenty-four years of pretending to be human, Sera is adjusting to her new life with magic and a deepening relationship with dragon shifter Kai...
  • Death's Angel by Heather Killough-Walden

    Death's Angel by Heather Killough-Walden

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Since the beginning of time, the archangels have longed to know true love. When four female angels were created for the four archangels, Michael, Gabriel, Uriel, and Azrael, a chaos spurred by jealousy erupted, and the archesses were secreted away to Earth. The four favored archangels followed, prompting a search that has lasted millennia...
  • Purpose by Kristie Cook

    Purpose by Kristie Cook

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    New Adult Paranormal Romance by bestselling author Kristie Cook ** Mature Content ** Recommended for ages 16+ due to sexual situations and language. The story that began with Promise continues in Book 2 of the Soul Savers Series. Defending souls is her purpose. .. but can she save her own? Lost in despair, Alexis teeters on the edge of an abyss, her lifeline of hope fraying into a thin thread...
  • Rhyn's Redemption by Lizzy Ford

    Rhyn's Redemption by Lizzy Ford

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Katie and Rhyn are in a race against time to free Katie from the underworld, before Death claims her soul and that of her child. When Katie’s guide in the underworld disappears, she has one option: trust the ghost of someone long-dead and seek out Death's fortress in order to try to escape through the portal leading back to the mortal world...
  • Lion’s Only Love by Brittany White

    Lion’s Only Love by Brittany White

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I returned to Snow Haven to Mourn My Grandmother, Never Expecting to Find Love. I had managed to escape the small confines of the tiny town where I grew up – Snow Haven. I made it big in the country music scene, but not without a price. I had to hide my identity as a lion shifter from a paparazzi journalist and try to protect myself from a dangerous stalker...
  • Yvette's Haven by Tina Folsom

    Yvette's Haven by Tina Folsom

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The Scanguards Vampires series - over 1 Million copies sold worldwide! After being kidnapped by a vampire hunter, vampire bodyguard Yvette's first instinct is to kill the bastard. But before she gets the chance, she realizes that he was double-crossed by the witch he was working for and now is in as much danger as she is...
  • Bound by Danger by Brenda K. Davies

    Bound by Danger by Brenda K. Davies

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 18 ratings
    It was supposed to be a fun night out with her friends. Instead, Callie finds herself ripped off the streets and thrust into a world filled with horrors she never imagined. Then she meets him, and the monster bites her. However, she quickly realizes the blood-sucking freak is her only hope of escaping the murderous creatures who abducted her...
  • Trial by Magic by Linsey Hall

    Trial by Magic by Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    My secret is out. You know that saying, to hell in a hand basket ? That’s where my life is headed. Three days ago, the Vampire Court learned about my forbidden FireSoul magic. It’s basically a death sentence. Except they’ve made me a deal. I have to pass a series of trials, designed to test my magic and my loyalty. If I survive, I become an ally of the Court, which would be awesome...
  • The Dark Rises by Stella Brie

    The Dark Rises by Stella Brie

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    No longer Queen of the Light Fae, Meri seeks safe haven in The Abbey with Cormal and the mysterious Madoc. Even with her trust shaken by Lord Lorn, Meri decides to take a leap of faith with the dark Fae who’s saved her life so many times and claim him as her friend...
  • A Family Affair by Karen Chance

    A Family Affair by Karen Chance

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    "A Family Affair" is a novella connected to the New York Times bestselling Cassandra Palmer series of urban fantasy novels. It is designed primarily as an "added feature" to the series, and is intended for those already reading the books.
  • A Stir of Fairies by S.E. Babin

    A Stir of Fairies by S.E. Babin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Violet's secret is out. Now comes the fun part…. It's time to train. With Violet's identity revealed to her closest allies, the time has come for her to embrace who she is...
  • Soul Savers Box Set by Kristie Cook

    Soul Savers Box Set by Kristie Cook

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    New Adult Paranormal Romance Series by bestselling author Kristie Cook ** Mature Content ** Recommended for ages 16+ due to sexual situations and language. First three books of the award-winning Soul Savers Series, plus discover how the Amadis began in the bonus prequel, Genesis! Book 1 – Promise...
  • Eternal Magic by Linsey Hall

    Eternal Magic by Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Cass Clereaux has a few problems. Sure, she just saved her whole town and is now immortal, but immortality sucks. The same spell that made her immortal also takes away her magic. It’s kaput. Finito. Gone. Being a FireSoul and finding magical treasure is who she is. Now, she couldn’t find her left leg with a map. Not even if a dragon pointed the way...
  • Deadhead by A.J. Aalto

    Deadhead by A.J. Aalto

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Marnie Baranuik has barely had time to enjoy her break from the FBI’s Preternatural Crimes Unit when her favorite hunky vampire hunter comes calling. If Kill-Notch Batten can’t oust an unruly garden invader, maybe Marnie can, but when a wayward woodland sprite takes her for a joyride, it’s more than either of them can handle...
  • Defying Fate by S.M. Reine

    Defying Fate by S.M. Reine

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Elise Kavanagh has exorcised demons, slain gods, and come back from the dead. And she's done it all with the help of James Faulkner: a powerful witch, and the only person Elise has ever loved or trusted. But now the worst has happened. The Treaty protecting humanity from war between angels and demons has fallen. Elise has been taken by her greatest enemy and imprisoned in madness...
  • Shadow World: The Complete Trilogy by Ella Summers

    Shadow World: The Complete Trilogy by Ella Summers

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    For a limited time, pre-order this new complete trilogy for only 99 cents! He is the supernatural world’s hand of justice. She is the abomination he’s sworn to kill. Their love conquered all. Until now...
  • Shadowland by Karen Chance

    Shadowland by Karen Chance

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    A John Pritkin short, available for free on Karen Chance’s website and Smashwords. com. "Shadowland" is a novella set betweenCurse the Dawn(Cassie Palmer #4) andHunt the Moon(Cassie Palmer #5). It should be read after "A Family Affair". * Contains spoilers for the first four Cassandra Palmer books.
  • Mirror Mage by Linsey Hall

    Mirror Mage by Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    Cass Clereaux likes her job. It’s simple—steal the magic, don’t get killed. FireSouls like her are perfect for magic treasure hunting. Their dragon soul helps them find treasure, their wicked powers help them steal it. But there’s a big freaking downside—FireSouls are hunted. If either of the magical governments figures out what she is, she can kiss her life goodbye...
  • Witch Hunter by C.N. Crawford

    Witch Hunter by C.N. Crawford

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    A web of secrets. Bloodthirsty demons. A new nightmare. Humans are going missing all over the city. Bloodthirsty shadow demons are attacking, and the Brotherhood want to return to the old ways to control the chaos. Digging deeper into these sinister new threats, Rosalind once again joins forces with Caine...
  • Magic Games by Ella Summers

    Magic Games by Ella Summers

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 31 ratings
    Dragon Born mage Sera Dering was sentenced to death before she was even born. Condemned as an abomination by the world’s supernatural council, she has escaped her fate for twenty-four years by pretending to be human. Until now. When the council finds out Sera has been hiding her magic, they’re determined to find out why...
  • Renegade Magic by McKenzie Hunter

    Renegade Magic by McKenzie Hunter

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Secrets have consequences—and so do truths. I’ve been outed as a Legacy and there’s nothing I can do but deal with the aftermath. I thought I could handle it—I was wrong. The city is in chaos, and I have more enemies than allies. Some that I once called allies have quickly become my betrayers...
  • The Phantom King by Heather Killough-Walden

    The Phantom King by Heather Killough-Walden

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Siobhan Ashdown was born of magic; it rides her blood like a phantom, tainted and dark and unpredictable. She is a warlock, and the power within her is unlike any before known to her kind. So it’s no surprise that the most powerful of the demons who feed off of this warlock magic not only recognizes the enormous potential she represents but determines that he will possess her at any cost...
  • Shifting Loyalties by Patti Larsen

    Shifting Loyalties by Patti Larsen

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Weregirl Unbound. I have news about Charlotte, Sunny sent. Instant perk. Is she okay? Where is she? The feeling from the vampire queen wasn’t positive. I don’t know, she sent. Not in detail. But what I’ve found out worries me. I was on my feet, already reaching for my coat. I’ll be right there. Because, no matter my boy troubles, my crazy life, I would drop everything in a heartbeat...
  • Enforcer by Patti Larsen

    Enforcer by Patti Larsen

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Difficult Choices. Erica Plower’s eyes widened as she set her cup aside, glancing sideways at Mom. The former second of my coven, now my representative on Council, wasn’t exactly on my side. “The law is clear, Syd,” she said, blonde hair, once a cute bob, now grown out to rival my mother’s long, black locks. “And you’ve broken it...
  • Boss Witch by Alex Fox

    Boss Witch by Alex Fox

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    She is the only one who can save him. .. The Dark Lord has arisen from the ashes to reclaim his throne in the New World and with it, his Chosen. But the Vampire Master of New Orleans remains locked in his memories—and Rebel is the only one who can save him...
  • Divided Heart by Patti Larsen

    Divided Heart by Patti Larsen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    College Bound. I grunted from the weight of the suitcase as I heaved it out of the back of the van. What had I packed again? I didn't remember it being this heavy when I loaded it into the twin's car only seven hours ago. Seven long and painful hours...
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