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  • Midlife Fairy Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Midlife Fairy Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    A Paranormal Women’s Fiction with a bit of class, and a lot of sass for anyone over forty!Over the hill, all outta ducks to give, and suddenly life is looking up . . .even if you’re living with a ghost and fighting off werewolves.Moving back to Savannah changed my life in all the best ways. New job. New friends. As far from my ex-husband as possible...
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    alpha-mc  drama  fae  female-mc  ghosts  humor  magic  paranormal
  • Final Fury by Annabel Chase

    Final Fury by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Welcome to Chipping Cheddar where supernaturals are hidden in plain sight.I foolishly believed this day would never come, that life in charming Chipping Cheddar would always be pleasant and somewhat predictable—but all good things must come to an end.And it seems the dormant portal is no exception...
  • Midlife Demon Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Midlife Demon Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Goblins and ghouls and magic, oh my! Hang tight to your britches, this laugh out loud adventure is about to light you up!Ousted from the Hollows Group, the shadow world has officially taken notice of me.With loan sharks sniffing around and knocking on my door, I need to figure out how my ex-husband pushed all his debt onto me, because it stinks of black magic and back alley dealings...
  • Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead

    Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 79 ratings
    They come first.My vision was growing dimmer, the blackness and ghosts closing in. I swore it was like I could hear Robert whispering in my ear: The world of the dead won't give you up a second time. Just before the light completely vanished, I saw Dimitri's face join Lissa's. I wanted to smile. I decided then that if the two people I loved most were safe, I could leave this world...
  • Midlife Ghost Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Midlife Ghost Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    If you thought being over forty meant the end of adventures, then you're in for a shock as Bree, and her ragtag bunch take you on a side-splitting rollercoaster ride!Stuck with Alan's ghost following her around, Bree is in hot water now with no easy way out as she's been framed for his murder and plunked in the local pokey...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angels  fae  female-mc  ghosts  humor  magic  paranormal
  • The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead

    The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 71 ratings
    In the aftermath of a forbidden moment that rocked Sydney to her core, she finds herself struggling to draw the line between her Alchemist teachings and what her heart is urging her to do. Then she meets alluring, rebellious Marcus Finch--a former Alchemist who escaped against all odds, and is now on the run. Marcus wants to teach Sydney the secrets he claims the Alchemists are hiding from her...
  • Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead

    Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 80 ratings
    WHAT IF FOLLOWING HER HEART MEANS ROSE COULD LOSE HER BEST FRIEND FOREVER?Lissa Dragomir is a Moroi princess: a mortal vampire with a rare gift for harnessing the earth's magic. She must be protected at all times from Strigoi; the fiercest vampires - the ones who never die. The powerful blend of human and vampire blood that flows through Rose Hathaway, Lissa's best friend, makes her a Dhampir...
  • Refuge by Karen Lynch

    Refuge by Karen Lynch

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    To keep the people she loved safe, Sara left everything she knew behind. She soon learns this new world is nothing like her old one, and she struggles to make a place for herself among the Mohiri. But it soon becomes apparent to Sara and to everyone one around her that she is not your typical warrior...
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    alpha-mc  drama  fae  female-mc  friendship  humor  magic  paranormal
  • The Fiery Heart by Richelle Mead

    The Fiery Heart by Richelle Mead

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 61 ratings
    Sydney Sage is an Alchemist, one of a group of humans who dabble in magic and serve to bridge the worlds of humans and vampires. They protect vampire secrets and human lives. In The Indigo Spell, Sydney was torn between the Alchemist way of life and what her heart and gut were telling her to do...
  • Midlife Zombie Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Midlife Zombie Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Good rule of thumb: Don't pick a fight with Bree O'Rylee. She might be over forty and run with a limp, but that doesn't mean she won't track you down and drive the tip of her boot right up your . . .Bree was hoping for a few days off from dealing with monsters, bad guys, or general weirdness that doesn’t fit into a human box of what is supposed to be real...
    Categorized as:
    angels  fae  female-mc  ghosts  humor  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters
  • Smoke Bitten by Patricia Briggs

    Smoke Bitten by Patricia Briggs

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    Mercy Thompson, car mechanic and shapeshifter, faces a threat unlike any other in this thrilling entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. I am Mercedes Athena Thompson Hauptman. My only "superpowers" are that I turn into a thirty-five pound coyote and fix Volkswagens. But I have friends in odd places and a pack of werewolves at my back. It looks like I'm going to need them...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  drama  fae  female-mc  ghosts  humor  magic  paranormal
  • Lost Talismans and a Tequila by Annette Marie

    Lost Talismans and a Tequila by Annette Marie

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    You know that squirmy sensation in your gut when you have no idea what you're doing and you're about to screw everything up?Yeah, that feeling.I thought I was a good judge of character, but recent events proved me very wrong. Now, in a brilliant demonstration of my newfound caution, I'm putting all my faith in a demon—a demon who's tried to kill me before...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  drama  fae  female-mc  friendship  humor  magic  paranormal
  • Damned Souls and a Sangria by Annette Marie

    Damned Souls and a Sangria by Annette Marie

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Once upon a time, I was your average spunky redhead with the lamest employment history ever, a shaky relationship with my only family member, and no idea what I was doing with my life.Now, I'm a pseudo mythic with the best bartending job in the world, the most amazing (and hot) best friends I never knew I needed, and a guild of misfit magic-users who've become my extended family...
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    alpha-mc  drama  fae  female-mc  friendship  humor  magic  paranormal
  • Sucker Punch by Kristen Painter

    Sucker Punch by Kristen Painter

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Newly appointed vampire governor of New Jersey, Belladonna Barrone is fast discovering that life as a vampire isn’t much easier than life as a mobster’s wife. But that experience certainly taught her some things about how to handle the problems that come with being governor. That is until a friend is kidnapped by the fae and his life put in danger, all because of her actions...
  • Blood Promise by Richelle Mead

    Blood Promise by Richelle Mead

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 80 ratings
    Bound by love, but sworn to kill...The world thought Dimitri was dead. And to a certain extent, he was. But I hadn't been able to forget a conversation he and I had once had. We'd both agreed that we'd rather be dead - truly dead - than walk the world as Strigoi. It was time to honor our words.Guardian Rose Hathaway's life will never be the same. The recent attack on St...
  • Rylee by Shannon Mayer

    Rylee by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    My name is Rylee and I was a Tracker.The final battle is over and The Blood of the Lost was spilled. In the aftermath, the humans still have mysteries they call upon me for. Except I can no longer Track, and my new abilities terrify me. A salvage is offered to me, and with it a chance to redeem myself. A missing girl, her brother desperate to find her...
  • How to Live an Undead Lie by Hailey Edwards

    How to Live an Undead Lie by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    When a fledgling vampire arrives at Woolworth House searching for his maker, Grier is forced to relive her time in Atramentous. Most of those years are as dark and empty in her memory as she was in her cell. She can't remember her progeny, or the night she resuscitated him, but she can protect him from the Society. As long as she's willing to barter with her grandfather to do it...
  • The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead

    The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 70 ratings
    Sydney Sage is an Alchemist, one of a group of humans who dabble in magic and serve to bridge the worlds of humans and vampires. Alchemists protect vampire secrets - and human lives...
  • A Most Excellent Midlife Crisis by Robyn Peterman

    A Most Excellent Midlife Crisis by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    A Paranormal Women's Fiction with a bit of class, and a lot of sass, for anyone who feels like age is just a number!Midlife's a bumpy journey. The ride is a freaking rollercoaster. The crisis is real.With my life back to normal--normal being a very relative word--one would think I'd catch a break.One would be very wrong...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angels  drama  female-mc  ghosts  humor  magic  paranormal
  • Apollyon by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Apollyon by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 52 ratings
    Fate isn't something to mess with and now, neither is Alex. Alex has always feared two things: losing herself in the Awakening and being placed on the Elixir. But love has always been stronger than Fate, and Aiden St. Delphi is willing to make war on the gods—and Alex herself—to bring her back...
  • Witching For Moxie by Deanna Chase

    Witching For Moxie by Deanna Chase

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Iris Hartman thought she’d finally gotten everything she’d ever wanted. She had her dream job of mayor of Premonition Pointe and was married to a handsome, charismatic man who adored her. But after finding out her husband was involved with a local drug dealer, she suddenly found herself single and forced to step down as mayor. Now she’s starting over...
  • Whispers at Moonrise by C.C. Hunter

    Whispers at Moonrise by C.C. Hunter

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    Shadow Falls Camp is back in session with the most explosive installment yet. A shocking new threat will rock Shadow Falls—changing it forever and altering Kylie's journey in ways she never imagined.Even at a camp for supernatural teens, Kylie Galen has never been normal. Not only can she see ghosts, but she doesn't seem to belong to any one species—she exhibits traits from them all...
  • Steal the Moon by Lexi Blake

    Steal the Moon by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When an ancient artifact enslaves every werewolf on earth, humanity’s only hope is a thief…Zoey Donovan should be happy. Her love life couldn’t be better, her demonic nemesis is on the run, business is booming, and no one has tried to kill her in seven whole months. But without her best friend to share it with, it all seems a little hollow...
  • Chosen at Nightfall by C.C. Hunter

    Chosen at Nightfall by C.C. Hunter

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    Kylie Galen's life hasn't been the same since her world was turned upside-down in Born at Midnight, Shadow Falls #1, and now an epic conclusion to her journey—not to mention a tough choice between two guys!—is brewing in Chosen at Nightfall:When Kylie Galen left Shadow Falls, she thought it was the hardest decision of her life...
  • Fashionably Dead in Diapers by Robyn Peterman

    Fashionably Dead in Diapers by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    And I thought being half Vampyre/half Demon was hard…That’s nothing compared to being a mother. Sweet baby Moses in a boob tube, there aren’t any books on raising True Immortals so let me give you a few tips…~Make a map of every closet and bathroom in your home if you enjoy having sex. Sleep deprivation can cause confusion and a map will help if you only have seven minutes and thirty-one seconds...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angels  drama  fae  female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal
  • Knights Magica by B.R. Kingsolver

    Knights Magica by B.R. Kingsolver

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    If the Knights Magica want a war, I'm willing to give them one.I damned my soul long ago. What I do from this point forward is about redemption. If I burn in Hell because of fighting for others, for shouldering their sins, so be it.The Knights are powerful, and they have taken control of the Universal Church...
  • Shine by Dannika Dark

    Shine by Dannika Dark

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Love is infinite.Hate is absolute.In the short span of a year, Silver has gone from becoming a Mage to discovering the truth about her unique genetics. Logan Cross went from her mortal enemy to her immortal lover, but a threat is fast approaching like an inevitable storm. Attacks are underway against the Mageri and one man is behind it—an elusive foe who is an unstoppable force...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angels  drama  female-mc  ghosts  humor  magic  paranormal
  • 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...
  • Eternal by C.C. Hunter

    Eternal by C.C. Hunter

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    All her life, Della's secret powers have made her feel separated from her human family. Now, she's where she belongs, at Shadow Falls. With the help of her best friends Kylie and Miranda, she’ll try to prove herself in the paranormal world as an investigator—all the while trying to figure out her own heart...
  • Frostbite by Richelle Mead

    Frostbite by Richelle Mead

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 83 ratings
    A massive vampire attack has put St Vladimir's Academy on high alert. With the deadly creatures closing in, this year's trip to the wintery peaks of Idaho has just become mandatory.But Rose Hathaway can't escape her (guy) troubles. Her relationship with gorgeous tutor Dmitri can never be and her closest friend has just confessed his huge crush on her ..
  • Family and Honor by K.N. Banet, Kristen Banet

    Family and Honor by K.N. Banet, Kristen Banet

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Jacky Leon got away with it. She defended a little human girl, made a few unlikely acquaintances, and survived to tell the tale. Now she’s the only werecat in the supernatural community who can say a small family of werewolves lives in her borders. That isn’t a good thing, though...
  • 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...
  • How to Break an Undead Heart by Hailey Edwards

    How to Break an Undead Heart by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Grier finally has the one thing she’s always wanted: Boaz Pritchard. Too bad her dream boyfriend is keeping her up nights, just not in a sweaty or fun way. Boaz has dialed down the Southern charm and stopped returning her calls. His job forces him to keep secrets, but his radio silence is cranking up her suspicions...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  drama  fae  female-mc  ghosts  humor  love-triangle  magic
  • Taken at Dusk by C.C. Hunter

    Taken at Dusk by C.C. Hunter

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    Step into Shadow Falls, a camp for teens with supernatural powers. Here friendship thrives, love takes you by surprise, and our hearts possess the greatest magic of all.Kylie Galen wants the truth so badly she can taste it. The truth about who her real family is, the truth about which boy she's meant to be with--and the truth about what her emerging powers mean...
  • Forever by Chanda Hahn

    Forever by Chanda Hahn

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    With the Godmother Guild destroyed by Teague's army, Mina finds herself without the guidance of her Fae godmother. Alone and confused, she must lean on her friends for support. The dark prince threatens their very existence with a show of power on the human plane that has everyone running for their lives...
  • Bloodlines by Richelle Mead

    Bloodlines by Richelle Mead

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 71 ratings
    I wasn't free of my past, not yet.Sydney's blood is special. That's because she's an alchemist - one of a group of humans who dabble in magic and serve to bridge the worlds of humans and vampires. They protect vampire secrets - and human lives. But the last encounter Sydney had with vampires got her in deep trouble with the other alchemists...
  • How to Wake an Undead City by Hailey Edwards

    How to Wake an Undead City by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Savannah has fallen to the vampires, and it’s up to Grier to take out their leader, Gaspard Lacroix, and restore peace. Lacroix might be more powerful and immune to her magic, but she’s got a plan. Too bad it’s got holes big enough for a new threat to waltz through while the city is on her knees...
  • Endless Magic by Rachel Higginson

    Endless Magic by Rachel Higginson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR SOMETHING MAGICAL... MEET YOUR NEW OBSESSION!   "TWILIGHT MEETS HARRY POTTER"   The Star-Crossed Series has over 13,000 ★★★★★ reviews on Goodreads & Amazon.   In the fourth installment of the Star-Crossed Series, we find Eden Matthews a prisoner in the very household she set out to destroy...
  • Charming by Dannika Dark

    Charming by Dannika Dark

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    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. Destinies collide when Nadia’s sister shows up unexpectedly...
  • Blade Bound by Chloe Neill

    Blade Bound by Chloe Neill

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    The thrilling final installment of Chloe Neill’s New York Times bestselling urban fantasy series sees a sinister sorcery advancing across Chicago, and it may usher in the fall of Cadogan House… Since the night of her brutal attack and unwilling transformation to vampire, Merit’s stood as Sentinel and protector of Chicago’s Cadogan House...
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    alpha-mc  angels  drama  fae  female-mc  ghosts  humor  magic
  • Darkness Raging by Yasmine Galenorn

    Darkness Raging by Yasmine Galenorn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The New York Times bestselling author of Panther Prowling returns to the Otherworld where one of the D’Artigo sisters faces a terrifying challenge that’s more personal than she ever could have imagined.  We're the D'Artigo sisters: savvy half-human, half-Fae ex-operatives for the Otherworld Intelligence Agency. My sister Camille is a wicked-good witch...
  • Stone Cold Touch by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Stone Cold Touch by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 54 ratings
    This is a previously published cover edition of ASIN B00IPDVGKW. Alternate cover editions for this ASIN can be found here and here.Every touch has its priceLayla Shaw is trying to pick up the pieces of her shattered life—no easy task for a seventeen-year-old who’s pretty sure things can’t get worse...
  • Infinite Magic by Linsey Hall

    Infinite Magic by Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Things aren’t looking great for Cass Clereaux. For one, her greatest fear has come true. She’s stuck in the Prison for Magical Miscreants while her nemesis, Victor Orriodor, is out in the world, putting the last pieces of his plan into place. He’s wreaking havoc, all while she’s stuck in a stone box, awaiting likely execution...
  • Pack of Lies by Hailey Edwards

    Pack of Lies by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Hadley is losing time, and her shadow refuses to shed light on the gaps in her memory. How can she protect her city if she can't remember where she goes or what she does when she ought to be asleep? Her grim history appears to be stuck on repeat, and the only way forward might be a scythe through her back...
  • How to Survive an Undead Honeymoon by Hailey Edwards

    How to Survive an Undead Honeymoon by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Epilogues: Part IINothing says romance like spending a long weekend at a haunted inn famed for sending its guests to the ER with scratches, bites, and fractures. Or so Linus thinks when he books a trip for Grier and himself to Oliphant House. As far as honeymoons go, the choice is nontraditional, but then, so is his bride...
  • Steal the Day by Lexi Blake

    Steal the Day by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When a member of her crew is dragged to Hell by a demon, Zoey plans the most dangerous heist of her career. With her team at her side, Zoey intends to sneak onto the Hell plane and steal Sarah back.The job seems impossible until a new client makes them an offer too good to refuse...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angels  drama  fae  female-mc  humor  love-triangle  magic
  • How to Kiss an Undead Bride by Hailey Edwards

    How to Kiss an Undead Bride by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Epilogues: Part IGroom? Check.Dress? Check.Cake? Check.More cake? Double Check.Even more cake? Triple check.(Seriously, who left Lethe alone with Grier's credit card?)Anything that can go wrong has,but all the deposits have been paid, and the menus are set. Mostly. There's always room for more cake, right? All that's left is for Grier and Linus to exchange vows and set off on their honeymoon...
  • Eternal Magic by Linsey Hall

    Eternal Magic by Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 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...
  • The Reckoning by Kelley Armstrong

    The Reckoning by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 67 ratings
    Chloe Saunders is fifteen and would love to be normal. Unfortunately, Chloe happens to be a genetically engineered necromancer who can raise the dead without even trying. She and her equally gifted (or should that be 'cursed'?) friends are now running for their lives from the evil corporation that created them...
  • Bold Mercy by Laken Cane

    Bold Mercy by Laken Cane

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    It's hard to concentrate on work when you've just moon-shifted with your alpha...But the council that recruited me doesn't waste any time handing me my first assignment--and it just happens to be personal to me.I have to slay the warped evil that is Avis Vine--a human servant so twisted and changed by her former master's bad blood magic that she's no longer really human...
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