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  • Magic Tides by Ilona Andrews

    Magic Tides by Ilona Andrews

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Ilona Andrews invites you back to the #1 New York Times bestselling Kate Daniels series in this exciting new long novella featuring Kate, Curran and Conlan, some familiar faces, some new friends, and all the special brand of chaos they create!Kate, Curran and their son, Conlan have left Atlanta, vowing to keep a low profile, and are settling into a new city and new house…but some things never...
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    alpha-mc  dystopia  fae  female-mc  gods  humor  magic  myths
  • Red Moon Secrets by C.M. Owens

    Red Moon Secrets by C.M. Owens

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Secrets are spilled, lies are revealed, and dark destinies emerge. She's judged them all - now they'll be the ones to judge her. Alyssa is no longer seeing the gray area - she's living in it. A destiny she never considered is consuming her. Everything ends, and it ends now - no matter what the outcome...
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    alpha-mc  angels  demons  fae  humor  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters
  • Steal the Night by Lexi Blake

    Steal the Night by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She was born to be a thief. To save the world, she will have to become a queen…Zoey Donovan-Quinn is growing restless. After months of searching, her crew hasn’t been able to locate the resting place of the one man who could save Daniel. While they frantically continue their quest, Zoey is still struggling to recover from the devastating losses she suffered in Faery...
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    angels  dark  demons  fae  humor  magic  myths  paranormal
  • Demon from the Dark by Kresley Cole

    Demon from the Dark by Kresley Cole

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 46 ratings
    Alternate cover for this ISBN here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...From New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole comes this scorching tale of a demon outcast poisoned with vampire blood and the vulnerable young witch he vows to protect, even from himself.A DANGEROUS DEMON SHE CAN'T RESIST . .
  • Found and Forged by Ivy Asher, Mia Madison

    Found and Forged by Ivy Asher, Mia Madison

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    My name is Vinna, and it all started with a routine fight in the middle of nowhere Nevada that ended up changing everything. I found… Family. My Chosen. Power. Vengeance. Now I find myself in the middle of nowhere Russia, my destiny within walking distance, and I have no idea what I’ll find. Will I be welcomed? Feared? Despised? We’re about to find out...
  • Reclaimed by Jaymin Eve

    Reclaimed by Jaymin Eve

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    They all made a terrible mistake. One they will pay for.For the past ten years I’ve been a victim. A victim to my pack. A victim to my true mate, who rejected me in the most brutal of ways. And a victim to Shadow Beast, who used me for his own gains.Or did he?The beast of mystery never reveals his whole hand, but one thing is for sure… in my time with him, I've changed...
  • Steal the Sun by Lexi Blake

    Steal the Sun by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Zoey thought she would never have to choose, but to save one husband, she will have to betray the other…As Zoey Donovan-Quinn first sets foot in the faery homeland of her beloved Devinshea, life is perfect. Her enemy is defeated, her heart is full, and Neil and Sarah are at her side. Daniel and Dev are happy, so their visit to the sithein should be a pleasant honeymoon full of wonder and joy...
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    alpha-mc  angels  demons  fae  female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal
  • Wolfish: fateborne by G.K. DeRosa

    Wolfish: fateborne by G.K. DeRosa

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
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  • Muted Voices (Broken Ashes) Book 1 by Nikita Parmenter

    Muted Voices (Broken Ashes) Book 1 by Nikita Parmenter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I can constantly hear them, the voices. It doesn’t matter if I’m in a crowded room or the middle of a desert, I hear them, indistinct voices. I can never really work out what they’re saying, and I’ve long given up trying.Everything changes when my life is threatened again, and the voices quiet, one strong voice telling me to run, so of course, I listen...
  • Dead Last by Annabel Chase

    Dead Last by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Lorelei Clay is desperate to stay safe behind her castle walls.She’s also desperate for money.When a mage assassin asks for help with a delicate matter involving a ruthless vampire mobster, Lorelei agrees—for a price. Part of the deal is that Kane Sullivan can’t know. Yes, that Kane. Prince of hell. Demon to end all demons. Stubborn, nosy, and ridiculously sexy...
  • Dreams of a Dark Warrior by Kresley Cole

    Dreams of a Dark Warrior by Kresley Cole

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    From #1 New York Times bestseller Kresley Cole comes this gripping tale of a battle-maddenend warrior driven by revenge and the Valkyrie temptress who haunts his dreams.He Vowed He'd Come For Her... Murdered before he could wed Regin the Radiant, warlord Aidan the Fierce seeks his beloved through eternity, reborn again and again into new identities, yet with no memory of his past lives...
  • Lothaire by Kresley Cole

    Lothaire by Kresley Cole

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 46 ratings
    Number-one New York Times best-selling author Kresley Cole continues her electrifying Immortals After Dark series with this thrilling tale, revealing secrets of the Lore, fierce realm of the immortals....All fear the enemy of old.Driven by his insatiable need for revenge, Lothaire, the Lore’s most ruthless vampire, plots to seize the Horde’s crown...
  • Crowning Destiny by Amelia Hutchins

    Crowning Destiny by Amelia Hutchins

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    The final battle for Faery is here! War has come to Faery, and there’s no escaping the final battle.We thought we were ready for anything.We were wrong.I couldn’t change who I was, so Destiny stepped in, forcing me to become what Faery needed to face down our enemies...
  • Don't Cheat Me by Jackie May

    Don't Cheat Me by Jackie May

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    One month after Nora's violent induction to the dangerous supernatural side of Detroit, she's finally settling into her new life as the underworld's token human. All she wants to do is mind her own business, enjoy her new friends, and stay safe. But that's easier said than done when she's such an enigma to everyone around her...
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    alpha-mc  crime  demons  fae  fated-mates  female-mc  humor  magic
  • Reorganized Wolf by Erin R. Flynn

    Reorganized Wolf by Erin R. Flynn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Division Chief Seraphine Thomas knew going to Russia was a trap and she would be the target. Her life changes forever in an instant when her enemies take the nuclear option to hurt her in the worst way possible...
  • Invading Alpha by Erin R. Flynn

    Invading Alpha by Erin R. Flynn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Division Chief Seraphine Thomas is finally handling the snowballing situation in New York. She survived her first Valentine’s Day as Alpha and a whole new mess of problems, but is feeling more confident in her roles now that she’s laid a better foundation. The problem is there’s no safe way to handle what she needs to, and alone she’s not enough. But help comes in a very surprising away...
  • Blood Dark by Lindsay J. Pryor

    Blood Dark by Lindsay J. Pryor

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ‘There are guardian angels, and there are monsters with wings’ Caitlin Parish should have been the last person to fall for a vampire. A member of the Vampire Control Unit, her relationship with master vampire Kane Malloy had explosive consequences. Caitlin’s colleagues count her as the enemy. And now she’s going back...
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    alpha-mc  angels  dark  demons  dystopia  female-mc  magic  paranormal
  • Deliverance by Victoria Danann

    Deliverance by Victoria Danann

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Choices always come with consequences. If you force a demon to agree to a deal under duress, the day will come when you’ll regret it. New York Times bestselling author, Victoria Danann, adds a long-awaited book to the Knights of Black Swan saga featuring everybody's favorite demon. Two and a half centuries ago Sixt had been a young witch with little control...
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    alpha-mc  angels  demons  fae  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  steamy
  • Fairy Rings and Dragon Kings by Amy Sumida

    Fairy Rings and Dragon Kings by Amy Sumida

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Never step in a fairy ring. Those sweet little mushroom rings that seem so harmless are actually patches of Fairy bleeding over into our world. Under Council Law, these rings are pieces of Fairy, and anything that happens within them are outside of Extinguisher jurisdiction. So, when humans start disappearing and a connection is made to fairy-rings, the Human Council's hands are tied...
  • Tainted Blood by K.N. Banet

    Tainted Blood by K.N. Banet

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’m Everly Abbott, and I work for one of the most dangerous vampires in the world.He’s known as Alexius, the Hunter and he’s also one of the oldest.We’ve been invited to a gathering of ancients like him, and we can’t pass on this opportunity...
  • Gathering Storm by Victoria Danann

    Gathering Storm by Victoria Danann

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    When Sir Engel Storm, is misplaced in a different, but similar dimension, he learns firsthand that there really is no place like home. New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Victoria Danann, brings us a paranormal/scifi fantasy adventure like no other...
  • Cursed Angel by Veronica Douglas, Linsey Hall

    Cursed Angel by Veronica Douglas, Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    We’re almost out of time.Magic Side is under attack and the prison has been cursed. If I can’t break the spell, my city will be overrun. The problem is, my magic is out of control, and I can’t fight this battle alone.There’s only one person to turn to—Damian Malek.But my strongest ally might also be my greatest threat...
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    alpha-mc  angels  crime  demons  female-mc  magic  myths  paranormal
  • Dragon Mystics by Jaymin Eve

    Dragon Mystics by Jaymin Eve

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 36 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...
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    alpha-mc  dark  demons  fae  fated-mates  female-mc  humor  magic
  • Addict by Lexi Blake

    Addict by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In order to destroy a legendary monster and save the royal family, Kelsey must make a deal with a devil…When Kelsey Owens returns home to Dallas, she is a changed woman. After months of training with Marcus Vorenus , she has more control over her abilities. She’s ready to start her new job, even if it means dealing with the King of All Vampire and his partner, Devinshea Quinn...
  • Loving Nightmares by M. Sinclair

    Loving Nightmares by M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I would go to war to protect the nightmares I loved.War was at our doorstep threatening to kill my father, and with him were enough humans that if battle ensued, it would make national headlines. Ones that would only further divide and enhance the hatred between humans and nightmares.War had to be defeated, I just didn’t know how...
  • Deserted by Jaymin Eve

    Deserted by Jaymin Eve

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    A standalone story in the Shadow Beast Shifters world. Best read after Reborn for storyline continuity.Melalekin "Angel" of the Honor Meadows has been a warrior her entire life. Battle. Death. Loss. They were her constant companions until the day she met Mera Callahan. A shifter who ended up being so much more. A shifter who changed her life, and now... she has been reborn...
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    alpha-mc  angels  dark  demons  enemies-to-lovers  fae  gods  magic
  • Fated by Karen Lynch

    Fated by Karen Lynch

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Christian Kent has many labels – warrior, protector, friend, lover – but the one label he never wanted was mate. In his lifetime, the only girl he has ever loved, was the one he couldn’t have. He left her to protect her heart, but his own will always belong to her.As a girl, the one person she believed would never hurt her broke her heart...
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    alpha-mc  crime  dark  demons  fae  fated-mates  female-mc  kidnapping
  • Pack Violet Shadow by C.M. Stunich

    Pack Violet Shadow by C.M. Stunich

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The hunters have become the hunted. The monsters have become the prey. The blood of werewolves runs with the fierce, wild magic of the earth. For millennia, that's what's kept us safe, let us shed our human skins and run as beasts. Now, it's the siren song that calls our enemies...
  • Dark Arts and a Daiquiri by Annette Marie

    Dark Arts and a Daiquiri by Annette Marie

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 40 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...
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    alpha-mc  crime  demons  fae  female-mc  humor  magic  myths
  • Solomon's Sieve by Victoria Danann

    Solomon's Sieve by Victoria Danann

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    When Sovereign Solomon Nemamiah lay dying on a beach under an overturned vehicle with his fiancée helplessly sobbing next to him, he made a vow to himself that he would refuse to stay in some arbitrary afterlife. He silently promised to return and finish what he started with The Order of the Black Swan and the love of his life...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angels  demons  fae  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  steamy
  • Reborn by Jaymin Eve

    Reborn by Jaymin Eve

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    The epic conclusion to the Shadow Beast Shifters.I finally have the life I always dreamed of. So why does it taste like ash on my tongue?Growing up in Torma, the strongest of the shifter packs, I wanted nothing more than to find my true mate and live my best life. Of course, that dream existed before my father betrayed the pack and turned me into their punching bag...
  • Found by B.L. Brunnemer

    Found by B.L. Brunnemer

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Forget everything you know about the world. Vampires exist, Werewolves exist, monsters hide in the shadows, and it's my job to make sure they obey our laws. My name is Evelyn, and I'm a gargoyle. The last one or so I thought. A team of Gargoyles have found me. And for the first time in over a century, I'm not the only one of my kind around...
  • Dark Beginnings by Gena Showalter

    Dark Beginnings by Gena Showalter

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    This title includes three new stories, Lords of the Underworld, from "New York Times" bestselling author Gena Showalter. "The Darkest Fire" - He is the guardian of Hell, more monster than man. She is the goddess of oppression, more angel than woman. Together they will enter the flames to battle a horde of demon lords - and discover a passion unlike any other..
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    alpha-mc  angels  demons  gods  humor  magic  myths  paranormal
  • Kiss of a Demon King by Kresley Cole, เครสลีย์ โคล

    Kiss of a Demon King by Kresley Cole, เครสลีย์ โคล

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 48 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole comes this spellbinding story of a demon king trapped by an enchantress for her wanton purposes -- and the scorching aftermath that follows when he turns the tables and claims her as his captive.HIS OBSESSION...Sabine, Sorceress of Illusions: the evil beauty who surrenders her body, but not her heart.HER DOWNFALL..
  • Darkblood Prison: Demon Double-Agent by G.K. DeRosa

    Darkblood Prison: Demon Double-Agent by G.K. DeRosa

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    No one said prison would be easy…But I never expected my dime sentence would lead me to uncover dark family secrets, a warlord who wants me dead, hidden powers or a blood bond with an infuriatingly gorgeous dragon shifter.As it turns out, I may not be the soul-sucking demon everyone thought I was. The dark lord of the Underworld orchestrated my murderous bender and now I have to discover why...
  • Woman in Demand by Erin R. Flynn

    Woman in Demand by Erin R. Flynn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sera Thomas has more than the FBI in her life now and nothing reminds her of that more than almost losing the man she loves. Sometimes the focus has to be on her personal life and the pack or she could lose all she’s built and treasures.And she’s not about to allow that.Which means working things out with Brian while he travels and learns what he needs to...
  • A Dream of Embers by Jane Washington

    A Dream of Embers by Jane Washington

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “I had dreams of the sun dying like hot coal smothered by sand, suffocating in a world where darkness hunted light ... but then I woke and saw that it had risen again, and I knew we would be no different.From this battle to the next, we would endure.”What began as a war of force had turned to one of secrets and strategies...
  • Unraveling Destiny by Amelia Hutchins

    Unraveling Destiny by Amelia Hutchins

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    I knew Destiny wasn’t done with me. I knew that she was just getting warmed up, but I had no clue just how hard my world was going to come crashing down on me. I had thought that I was going to get my fairytale wedding and marry the man of my dreams. I was wrong. Now, faced with having my world torn asunder and Faery exposed, I have to make choices I never thought I’d have to make...
  • Fallen Academy: Year Three by Leia Stone

    Fallen Academy: Year Three by Leia Stone

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    It will take every ounce of strength and training Brielle has to survive year three. Meanwhile, Lincoln will also be fighting his own battle for survival. Each of them worlds apart...
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    alpha-mc  angels  crime  demons  dystopia  fated-mates  female-mc  gods
  • The King's Bargain by J.A. Stowe

    The King's Bargain by J.A. Stowe

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 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...
  • Warrior Fae Trapped by K.F. Breene

    Warrior Fae Trapped by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.The truce between the vampires and the shifters is long over. So when the two factions stumble upon a lost fae warrior who has no idea what she is, all hell breaks loose.Charity hasn't had it easy. Growing up in a bad part of Chicago, left by her mother at 16, she's a survivor...
  • Witch's Cauldron by Ella Summers

    Witch's Cauldron by Ella Summers

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Something wicked is brewing in New York. “A month ago, I watched in horror as six of my fellow initiates died after sipping the Nectar of the gods, a heavenly drink that either grants you magical powers or kills you. I can’t believe I’m coming back for seconds.” Leda Pierce has survived the gods’ first test and gained entry into the Legion of Angels, but the fight is far from over...
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    alpha-mc  angels  crime  demons  dystopia  fae  female-mc  gods
  • Falcon by Victoria Danann

    Falcon by Victoria Danann

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    IT'S THEIR TURN! The next generation of the Knights of Black Swan have been inducted and vested with all the privileges and responsibilities of the legends in whose shadows they took their training. They are coming into their prime as servants of The Order, but still have most of their lives ahead. Or so each one hopes...
  • White Raven by Kel Carpenter, Aurelia Jane

    White Raven by Kel Carpenter, Aurelia Jane

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An alpha wolf, a seductive vampire, and a dominant fae all walk into a bar. What do they have in common?Being mated to me, apparently.My dreams of retirement crashed and burned when the rogue shifter bit me. Not only have I changed into something neither world has ever seen before, but my mission just became even more impossible...
    Categorized as:
    angels  demons  fae  fated-mates  humor  magic  myths  paranormal
  • Moonlight by Victoria Danann

    Moonlight by Victoria Danann

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The story continues to touch on the lives of former B Team members and their families while new characters and situations are introduced.THE NEWSLETTER: Ram and Elora move into temporary quarters at Jefferson Unit to protect mother and baby. Storm gives a surprising answer when he’s tapped by Sol to replace him as Jefferson Unit Sovereign. Litha solicits her father to help Black Swan...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angels  demons  fae  magic  myths  paranormal  shapeshifters
  • Escaping Destiny by Amelia Hutchins

    Escaping Destiny by Amelia Hutchins

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    I thought things couldn't get worse. I was wrong. I found out what I really wanted and was forced to give him up. Just as I found out who I really am, I was presented to the elusive Horde King as a gift. This was the mystical being I was hidden from for more than twenty years...
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    alpha-mc  dark  demons  enemies-to-lovers  fae  female-mc  gods  humor
  • Pack Obsidian Gold by C.M. Stunich

    Pack Obsidian Gold by C.M. Stunich

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A werewolf pack is only as strong as its weakest link and ours … ours is a traitor. The only people I can trust now are my mates, the seven alpha males I call my own. Allies and enemies wear the same skins: witches, demons, faeries, vampires … werewolves. It's impossible to tell what's hiding beneath the carefully crafted facades, the sinful slashes of smiling lips...
  • Jax by Victoria Danann

    Jax by Victoria Danann

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Being a vampire playboy has worked for Jax for 600 years. That's about to change.The Next Generation of Black Swan knights continues the struggle to rid the world of "deadheads", virus infected vampires who are barely more cognizant than zombies. Jax, one of the vampires turned by the immortals, joined the fight and became Falcon's partner...
  • Dark Skye by Kresley Cole

    Dark Skye by Kresley Cole

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    In this highly anticipated fifteenth novel in the Immortals After Dark series, #1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole spins a sultry tale of a mighty warrior scarred inside and out and the beguiling sorceress with the power to heal him—or vanquish him forever...
  • Reaper Undone by Debbie Cassidy

    Reaper Undone by Debbie Cassidy

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Sunshine, rainbows and unicorns? Yeah something's gotta give.Kick her while she’s down seems to be the motto when it comes to my life. But this time I’m clawing back. Hard.After the uncertainty and the heartache, I deserve a reprieve, and I’m damn well going to get it. My own personal Happy Ever After.But what they don’t tell you in the fairy tales is that happily ever after comes with a price...
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