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  • Ever After by Kim Harrison

    Ever After by Kim Harrison

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    The ever after, the demonic realm that parallels the human world, is shrinking. If it disappears completely, so does all magic. It's up to witch-turned-daywalking-demon Rachel Morgan to avert catastrophe and keep life from changing... for the worse.While saving the world is important, it isn't Rachel's only motivation...
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    alpha-mc  dark  female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal  suspense  urban
  • Pale Demon by Kim Harrison

    Pale Demon by Kim Harrison

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 47 ratings
    Condemned and shunned for black magic, Rachel Morgan has three days to get to the annual witches’ conference and clear her name, or be trapped in the demonic ever-after . . . forever after.But a witch, an elf, a living vampire, and a pixy in one car going across the country? Talk about a recipe for certain disaster, even without being the targets for assassination...
  • The Outlaw Demon Wails by Kim Harrison

    The Outlaw Demon Wails by Kim Harrison

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 51 ratings
    Note: This book is the same as The Outlaw Demon Wails. It was printed under both titles. To save the lives of her friends, Rachel did the unthinkable: she willingly trafficked in forbidden demon magic. And now her sins are coming home to haunt her...
  • The Undead Pool by Kim Harrison

    The Undead Pool by Kim Harrison

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    Witch and day-walking demon Rachel Morgan has managed to save the demonic ever after from shrinking, but at a high cost. Now strange magic is attacking Cincinnati and the Hollows, causing spells to backfire or go horribly wrong, and the truce between the races, between Inderlander and human, is shattering...
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    alpha-mc  dark  female-mc  magic  paranormal  suspense  urban  vampires
  • A Perfect Blood by Kim Harrison

    A Perfect Blood by Kim Harrison

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 44 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison returns to the Hollows with the electrifying follow-up to her acclaimed Pale Demon!A Perfect BloodRitually murdered corpses are appearing across Cincinnati, terrifying amalgams of human and other. Pulled in to help investigate by the I.S...
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    alpha-mc  crime  dark  female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal  suspense
  • Circle of the Moon by Faith Hunter

    Circle of the Moon by Faith Hunter

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Set in the same world as Faith Hunter's New York Times bestselling Jane Yellowrock novels, the fourth Soulwood novel stars Nell Ingram, who channels her power from the earth.Nell can draw magic from the land around her, and lately she's been using it to help the Psy-Law Enforcement Division, which solves paranormal crimes...
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    alpha-mc  crime  dark  female-mc  magic  paranormal  suspense  urban
  • Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison

    Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 46 ratings
    Rachel Morgan has fought and hunted vampires, werewolves, banshees, demons, and other supernatural dangers as both witch and bounty hunter—and lived to tell the tale. But she's never faced off against her own kind . . . until now.Denounced and shunned for dealing with demons and black magic, her best hope is life imprisonment—at worst, a forced lobotomy and genetic slavery...
  • Blackout by Dannika Dark

    Blackout by Dannika Dark

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    The fate of millions rests on Keystone when they embark on their most important assignment of all… After what was supposed to be a simple job, Raven and Christian uncover a sinister plot against the higher authority, and the stakes are as high as the body count. The assassins are merciless, with anyone who stands in their way becoming collateral damage...
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    alpha-mc  dark  female-mc  magic  paranormal  suspense  urban  vampires
  • Gaslight by Dannika Dark

    Gaslight by Dannika Dark

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    USA TODAY BESTSELLERRaven Black returns in another heart-pounding installment of the USA Today bestselling Crossbreed series. Vampire trafficking is a sinister business, and nobody knows that better than Keystone. After Raven discovers hidden clues in a cold case, the group sets a trap in hopes of catching an elusive criminal...
  • White Witch, Black Curse by Kim Harrison

    White Witch, Black Curse by Kim Harrison

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 47 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison returns to the sinister and seductive Hollows for the newest blockcuster adventure featuring Rachel Morgan, witch and bounty hunter.White Witch, Black CurseSome wounds take time to heal...and some scars never fade.Rachel Morgan, kick-ass witch and bounty hunter, has taken her fair share of hits, and has broken lines she swore she would never cross...
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    dark  female-mc  magic  north-america  paranormal  suspense  urban  usa
  • Faefever by Karen Marie Moning

    Faefever by Karen Marie Moning

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 71 ratings
    The New York Times bestselling author of Darkfever and Bloodfever returns to Dublin’s Fae-infested shores in a bold, sensual new novel...
  • Ashes of Honor by Seanan McGuire

    Ashes of Honor by Seanan McGuire

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    It’s been almost a year since October “Toby” Daye averted a war, gave up a county, and suffered personal losses that have left her wishing for a good day’s sleep...
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    alpha-mc  crime  dark  female-mc  magic  paranormal  suspense  urban
  • Black Arts by Faith Hunter

    Black Arts by Faith Hunter

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Jane Yellowrock is a shape-shifting skinwalker who always takes care of her own—no matter the cost...When Evan Trueblood blows into town looking for his wife, Molly, he’s convinced that she came to see her best friend, Jane. But it seems like the witch made it to New Orleans and then disappeared without a trace.Jane is ready to do whatever it takes to find her friend...
  • Shadow Rites by Faith Hunter

    Shadow Rites by Faith Hunter

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Slaying vampires is child’s play for skinwalker Jane Yellowrock. But handling the complicated politics of New Orleans’ supernatural players is another story... Jane is keeping the peace between visiting groups of witches and vamps in the city, but then trouble comes knocking on her doorstep...
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    alpha-mc  dark  female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal  suspense  urban
  • Bloodfever by Karen Marie Moning

    Bloodfever by Karen Marie Moning

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 71 ratings
    I used to think my sister and I were just two nice southern girls who’d get married in a few years and settle down to a quiet life. Then I discovered that Alina and I descend, not from good wholesome southern stock, but from an ancient Celtic bloodline of powerful sidhe-seers, people who can see the Fae...
  • Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward

    Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 71 ratings
    Butch O'Neal is a fighter by nature. A hard-living ex-homicide cop, he's the only human ever to be allowed in the inner circle of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. And he wants to go even deeper into the vampire world—to engage in the turf war with the lessers. He's got nothing to lose. His heart belongs to a female vampire, an aristocratic beauty who's way out of his league...
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    alpha-mc  crime  dark  humor  magic  paranormal  suspense  urban
  • Every Which Way But Dead by Kim Harrison

    Every Which Way But Dead by Kim Harrison

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 56 ratings
    There's no witch in Cincinnati tougher, sexier, or more screwed up than bounty hunter Rachel Morgan, who's already put her love life and soul in dire jeopardy through her determined efforts to bring criminal night creatures to justice...
  • Sin Undone by Larissa Ione

    Sin Undone by Larissa Ione

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    From the New York Times bestselling author who Gena Showalter calls "decadently sinful" comes a forbidden romance in the beloved Demonica series.As the only female Seminus demon ever born, master assassin Sinead Donnelly is used to being treated like an outcast. She spent decades enslaved, and now vows she'll die before she'll relinquish her freedom again...
  • Thirteen by Kelley Armstrong

    Thirteen by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    War is coming to the Otherworld. A sinister cult known as The Supernatural Liberation Movement is hell-bent on exposing the truth about supernaturals to the rest of the world. Their violent, ruthless plan has put everyone at risk: from werewolves to vampires, from witches to half-demons.Savannah Levine - fiery and unpredictable - stands at the heart of the maelstrom...
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    alpha-mc  dark  female-mc  magic  paranormal  suspense  urban  vampires
  • Fury's Kiss by Karen Chance

    Fury's Kiss by Karen Chance

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Dorina Basarab is a dhampir—half-human, half-vampire. Subject to uncontrollable rages, most dhampirs live very short, very violent lives. But so far, Dory has managed to maintain her sanity by unleashing her anger on those demons and vampires who deserve killing... Dory is used to fighting hard and nasty...
  • A Fistful of Charms by Kim Harrison

    A Fistful of Charms by Kim Harrison

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 52 ratings
    The evil night things that prowl Cincinnati despise witch and bounty hunter Rachel Morgan. Her new reputation for the dark arts is turning human and undead heads alike with the intent to possess, bed, and kill her -- not necessarily in that order.Now a mortal lover who abandoned Rachel has returned, haunted by his secret past...
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    alpha-mc  crime  dark  female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal  suspense
  • The Good, the Bad, and the Undead by Kim Harrison

    The Good, the Bad, and the Undead by Kim Harrison

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 55 ratings
    Rachel Morgan, sexy witch, independent bounty hunter, prowls the downtown Cincinnati for criminal creatures of the night. She can handle leather-clad vamps and a cunning demon or two. But a serial killer who feeds on the experts in the most dangerous kind of black magic is an ancient, implacable evil that threatens her very soul...
  • Shadow's Bane by Karen Chance

    Shadow's Bane by Karen Chance

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Half-human, half-vampire Dorina Basarab is back—and facing her biggest challenge yet in the next urban fantasy in the New York Times bestselling series.Dorina Basarab is a dhampir—half-human, half-vampire. As one of the Vampire Senate’s newest members, Dory already has a lot on her plate. But then a relative of one of Dory’s fey friends goes missing...
  • Frostbitten by Kelley Armstrong

    Frostbitten by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    Smart, sexy, supernatural—the men and women of the Otherworld live and love, fight and die, among us. Unseen and unsuspected, this realm of witches, ghosts, and werewolves is now threatened with exposure by a brutal series of bizarre murders that has left even the supernatural world baffled—and cold with terror...
  • Angel of Chaos by Debra Dunbar

    Angel of Chaos by Debra Dunbar

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Leveling up bites.As if I don’t have enough crap to do being the leader of Hel, I’ve been tricked into helping a pregnant woman who is fleeing an abusive relationship and carrying a very unusual baby. Of course, my hasty vow of assistance opens up a whole can of worms absolutely in keeping with my new Angel of Chaos status...
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    alpha-mc  dark  female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal  urban  vampires
  • Taken by Midnight by Lara Adrian

    Taken by Midnight by Lara Adrian

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    AT THE CROSSROADS OF DEATH AND DESIRE, A WOMAN TASTES A PLEASURE NO MORTAL IS MEANT TO SURVIVE. In the frozen Alaskan wilderness, former state trooper Jenna Darrow survives an unspeakable breach of body and soul. But with her narrow escape comes an even greater challenge. For strange changes are taking place within her, as she struggles to understand—and control—a new hunger...
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    alpha-mc  dark  magic  north-america  paranormal  suspense  urban  usa
  • Devil's Paw by Debra Dunbar

    Devil's Paw by Debra Dunbar

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    For about five seconds, no one wanted me dead.Then someone started killing angels, and I’m the prime suspect. Me. An imp. I’m lucky if I can kill a gnat, but somehow I end up accused of flying first-class all over the world and murdering these angels.I need to find the real killer before the Ruling Council slaps a guilty verdict on me and locks me up in a heavenly jail for all of eternity...
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    alpha-mc  dark  female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal  urban  vampires
  • Blind Salvage by Shannon Mayer

    Blind Salvage by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 21 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. Crossing into Ogre country is dangerous when you're a polite, respectful gal. Which means I already know I'm in for a wild ride, despite the back up I've brought along...
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    alpha-mc  dark  female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal  suspense  urban
  • Eternal Kiss of Darkness by Jeaniene Frost

    Eternal Kiss of Darkness by Jeaniene Frost

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 48 ratings
    An immortal war has been brewing in the darkness . . . And now one woman has stumbled into the shadows. Chicago private investigator Kira Graceling should have just kept on walking. But her sense of duty refused to let her ignore the moans of pain coming from inside a warehouse just before dawn. Suddenly she finds herself in a world she's only imagined in her worst nightmares...
  • Circus of the Damned by Laurell K. Hamilton

    Circus of the Damned by Laurell K. Hamilton

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 68 ratings
    In Circus of the Damned-now in trade paperback for the first time-a rogue master vampire hits town, and Anita gets caught in the middle of an undead turf war. Jean-Claude, the Master Vamp of the city, wants her for his own-but his enemies have other plans...
  • Kiss of Death by Rachel Caine, Cynthia Holloway

    Kiss of Death by Rachel Caine, Cynthia Holloway

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    A new chapter in the New York Times bestselling Morganville Vampires saga. Vampire musician Michael Glass has attracted the attention of a big- time producer who wants to cut a demo and play some gigs-which means Michael will have to enter the human world. For this, he's been assigned escorts that include both a dangerous immortal as well as Michael's all-too-human friends...
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    dark  female-mc  magic  north-america  paranormal  suspense  urban  usa
  • Mercy Blade by Faith Hunter

    Mercy Blade by Faith Hunter

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Things are heating up in the Big Easy. Weres have announced their existence to the world, and revived the bitter tensions that run between them and their old enemies: vampires. As a trusted employee of Leo Pellissier, Blood Master of the City, Jane finds herself caught in the cross fire...
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    alpha-mc  dark  female-mc  magic  north-america  paranormal  urban  usa
  • Death's Mistress by Karen Chance

    Death's Mistress by Karen Chance

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Dorina Basarab is a dhampir-half-human, half-vampire. Back home in Brooklyn after the demise of her insane Uncle Dracula, Dory's hoping her life is about to calm down. But soon Dory realizes someone is killing vampire Senate members, and if she can't stop the murderer, her friends may be next..
  • Raising Innocence by Shannon Mayer

    Raising Innocence by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 37 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. The FBI wants me on their team. Bad enough that they are dangling bait they KNOW I can’t resist. The catch? It’s on the other side of the ocean...
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    alpha-mc  dark  female-mc  magic  paranormal  suspense  urban  vampires
  • Dark Secret by Christine Feehan

    Dark Secret by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Rafael De La Cruz has spent centuries hunting vampires with his brothers, and with each passing year his capacity to feel emotions has grown weaker and weaker until finally there's barely been a memory left-until only sheer willpower keeps him from turning into the very abomination he hunts...
  • Broken by Kelley Armstrong

    Broken by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    In this thrilling new novel from the author of Industrial Magic, a pregnant werewolf may have unwittingly unleashed Jack the Ripper on the twenty-first century — and become his next target…Ever since she discovered she’s pregnant, Elena Michaels has been on edge. After all, she’s never heard of another living female werewolf, let alone one who’s given birth...
  • The Darkest Kiss by Keri Arthur

    The Darkest Kiss by Keri Arthur

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Danger turns her on. Desire turns her dangerous…Riley Jenson hunts evildoers—and does it with a style all her own...
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    alpha-mc  dark  female-mc  magic  paranormal  suspense  urban  vampires
  • The Darkest Kiss by Keri Arthur

    The Darkest Kiss by Keri Arthur

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Danger turns her on. Desire turns her dangerous…Riley Jenson hunts evildoers—and does it with a style all her own...
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    alpha-mc  crime  dark  female-mc  magic  paranormal  suspense  urban
  • A Life of Shadows by Kristen Banet

    A Life of Shadows by Kristen Banet

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Sawyer Matthews knows how to put one foot in front of the other, to keep moving while the nightmares haunt her, and her own failures taunt her. She's become a master at doing awful things with good intentions, terrible things for the sake of those who need her. She's long given up on being the hero, trying to find peace in no longer being the villain...
  • Elven Blood by Debra Dunbar

    Elven Blood by Debra Dunbar

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    This sword of destiny sucks.Life used to be all about drinking beer, sunning by the pool, and getting it on with my hottie neighbor. But no more. Now my daily to-do list includes stupid things like:Sleeping through these boring committee meetings with the angelic host.Getting rid of my succubus house guest and her interesting “toys”...
  • Archangel's Kiss by Nalini Singh

    Archangel's Kiss by Nalini Singh

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 50 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh returns to her world of angelic rulers, vampiric servants, and the woman thrust into their darkly seductive world…Vampire hunter Elena Deveraux wakes from a year-long coma to find herself changed—an angel with wings the colors of midnight and dawn—but her fragile body needs time to heal before she can take flight...
  • Curran POV Collection by Gordon Andrews, Ilona Andrews

    Curran POV Collection by Gordon Andrews, Ilona Andrews

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Not short story, novella, or standalone, but collection of scenes written by Gordon Andrews as a companion to our Kate Daniels series of books. These scenes illustrate the point of view of Curran, the Beast Lord of Atlanta and are provided in gratitude to our readers for all of their support...
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    alpha-mc  dark  female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal  suspense  urban
  • Home for the Holidays by Jeaniene Frost

    Home for the Holidays by Jeaniene Frost

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Originally appeared in the print anthology The Bite Before Christmas.Cat and Bones were looking forward to a normal holiday – at least as “normal” as it gets for vampires and their otherworldly friends and family. But their yuletide plans are shattered when a mysterious stranger shows up and reveals long-buried secrets that threaten to take a bite out of their holiday cheer – and lives...
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    alpha-mc  dark  female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal  suspense  urban
  • Venom by Jennifer Estep

    Venom by Jennifer Estep

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    What kind of assassin works pro bono?It’s hard to be a badass assassin when a giant is beating the crap out of you. Luckily, I never let pride get in the way of my work. My current mission is personal: annihilate Mab Monroe, the Fire elemental who murdered my family. Which means protecting my identity, even if I have to conceal my powerful Stone and Ice magic when I need it most...
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    alpha-mc  assassins  crime  dark  dwarves  female-mc  magic  paranormal
  • Waking the Witch by Kelley Armstrong

    Waking the Witch by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    At twenty-one, Savannah Levine-orphaned daughter of a notorious dark witch and an equally notorious cutthroat sorcerer-considers herself a full-fledged member of the otherworld. The once rebellious teen has grown into a six-foot-tall, motorcycle-riding jaw-dropper, with an impressive knowledge of and ability to perform spells...
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    alpha-mc  crime  dark  female-mc  magic  paranormal  suspense  urban
  • The Laughing Corpse by Laurell K. Hamilton

    The Laughing Corpse by Laurell K. Hamilton

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 62 ratings
    Harold Gaynor offers Anita Blake a million dollars to raise a 300-year-old zombie. Knowing it means a human sacrifice will be necessary, Anita turns him down. But when dead bodies start turning up, she realizes that someone else has raised Harold's zombie--and that the zombie is a killer. Anita pits her power against the zombie and the voodoo priestess who controls it...
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    crime  dark  magic  north-america  paranormal  suspense  urban  usa
  • By a Thread by Jennifer Estep

    By a Thread by Jennifer Estep

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    When killing people is your job, there's no such thing as a vacation. Then again, how often does an assassin live long enough to enjoy her retirement? In this line of work, you either get lucky or you get dead. And since I destroyed my nemesis Mab Monroe a few weeks ago, all of Ashland's lowlifes are gunning to make a name for themselves by taking out the lethal Spider--me, Gin Blanco...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  assassins  crime  dark  dwarves  female-mc  magic  paranormal
  • Stolen by Kelley Armstrong

    Stolen by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    It was in Bitten, Kelley Armstrong's debut novel, that thirty-year-old Elena Michaels came to terms with her feral appetites and claimed the proud identity of a beautiful, successful woman and the only living female werewolf...
  • Dangerous Games by Keri Arthur

    Dangerous Games by Keri Arthur

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    To catch a killer, Riley Jenson will use every seductive trick in the book. But this killer has found a new way to play…In Melbourne’s urban underworld, there’s a nightclub for every fantasy and desire. But for Riley Jenson, one such club has become an obsession...
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    alpha-mc  crime  dark  female-mc  magic  paranormal  suspense  urban
  • First Drop of Crimson by Jeaniene Frost

    First Drop of Crimson by Jeaniene Frost

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 53 ratings
    The night is not safe for mortals.Denise MacGregor knows all too well what lurks in the shadows – her best friend is half-vampire Cat Crawfield – and she has already lost more than the average human could bear. But her family’s dark past is wrapped in secrets and shrouded in darkness – and a demon shapeshifter has marked Denise as prey...
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