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The Evolution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 67 ratingsMara Dyer knows she isn't crazy. She knows that she can kill with her mind, and that Noah can heal with his. Mara also knows that somehow, Jude is not a hallucination. He is alive. Unfortunately, convincing her family and doctors that she's not unstable and doesn't need to be hospitalised isn't easy. The only person who actually believes her is Noah... -
![Warbound by Larry Correia]()
Warbound by Larry Correia
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsNew York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling author's gritty urban fantasy set in an alternate noir 1930s. A tough P.I. battles an interdimensional monster that wants to suck magic power out of the world. Sequel to Hard Magic and Spellbound. Book Three in the Grimnoir Chronicles...Categorized as:
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![Bangkok Warlock by John P. Logsdon, Noah K. Sturdevant]()
Bangkok Warlock by John P. Logsdon, Noah K. Sturdevant
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhy sell your soul when you can rent it? Mark Vedis is an average cop. Average for a mage in the Paranormal Police Department (PPD), anyway. After years of doing the jobs nobody else wanted, his career, and life, seemed to be on hold... -
![White Trash Zombie Unchained by Diana Rowland]()
White Trash Zombie Unchained by Diana Rowland
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAngel Crawford has finally pulled herself together (literally!) after her disastrous dismemberment on Mardi Gras. She’s putting the pieces of her life back in order and is ready to tackle whatever the future holds.Too bad the future is a nasty bitch. There’s a new kind of zombie in town: mindless shamblers, infectious and ravenous...Categorized as:
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![The Retribution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin]()
The Retribution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 49 ratingsMara Dyer wants to believe there's more to the lies she’s been told.There is.She doesn’t stop to think about where her quest for the truth might lead.She should.She never had to imagine how far she would go for vengeance.She will now.Loyalties are betrayed, guilt and innocence tangle, and fate and chance collide in this shocking conclusion to Mara Dyer’s story.Retribution has arrived... -
![The Most Wanted Witch by Donna Augustine]()
The Most Wanted Witch by Donna Augustine
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA darkness has settled over Xest, as roaming hordes of grouslies prey on the vulnerable. Witches and warlocks fear walking the streets, as lines are being drawn, and sides are taken. There’s only one way to stop the destruction coming, but tracking down an evil that doesn’t want to be found isn’t easy... -
![Veiled by Benedict Jacka]()
Veiled by Benedict Jacka
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsREBEL NO MOREAlex Verus is a mage who can see the future, but even he couldn't have seen this day coming. Alex has agreed to join the Keepers, the magical police force, to protect his friends from his old master, the Dark Mage Richard Drakh.Going legit was always going to be difficult for an outcast like Alex, and there are those in the Keepers who aren't keen to see an ex-Dark mage succeed... -
![An Assassin's Deception by A.K. Koonce, Harper Wylde]()
An Assassin's Deception by A.K. Koonce, Harper Wylde
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAs a rogue assassin, all the rules I used to live by have changed. I find myself working with four sexy assassin’s who test all of my self-control. Dedicating my life to a greater cause, I’m thrown into a new case - one meant to help rather than harm. If I can just save this missing girl, I know that I’ll be able to make a new life for myself... -
![Hard Magic by Larry Correia]()
Hard Magic by Larry Correia
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsJake Sullivan is a licensed Private Eye—with a seriously hardboiled attitude. He also possesses raw magical talent and the ability to make objects in his vicinity light as a feather or as heavy as depleted uranium, all with a magical thought. It's no wonder the G-men turn to Jake when they need someone to go after a suspected killer who's been knocking off banks in a magic-enhanced crime spree...Categorized as:
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![The Man Behind the Monster by Sarah Noffke]()
The Man Behind the Monster by Sarah Noffke
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe is the most powerful man to ever live, and therefore doomed to misery. Sherlock Holmes meets House for a combination that makes for a brilliant anti-hero. Ren Lewis was born with the power to control minds, hypnotize others, and read thoughts. Therefore he is certain of one thing. God made a mistake. No one should be born with so much power... -
![Joe by H.D. Gordon]()
Joe by H.D. Gordon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the author of The Alexa Montgomery Saga comes a story that will take you into the mind of a genuine psychopath, the lives of six ordinary people, and the world of a very special girl named Joe. Joe is seemingly an ordinary college student. She works, studies and reads. But in between these activities, Joe has a gift that promises to add a dose of color into her life at any given moment... -
![Find Me When the Sun Goes Down by Lisa Olsen]()
Find Me When the Sun Goes Down by Lisa Olsen
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"You know, we've never really talked about what it means that you've claimed me."Newbie vamp Anja Evans is eager to find out what it means to be claimed by sexy, vampire cop, Bishop. Unfortunately, he's been transferred by the Order and she's left to fend for herself... -
![Gasp by Lisa McMann]()
Gasp by Lisa McMann
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAfter narrowly surviving two harrowing tragedies, Jules now fully understands the importance of the visions that she and people around her are experiencing. She’s convinced that if the visions passed from her to Sawyer after she saved him, then they must now have passed from Sawyer to one of the people he saved... -
![Coyote's Kiss by Christa Faust]()
Coyote's Kiss by Christa Faust
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsA truck full of illegal Mexican immigrants slaughtered with supernatural force is found by the side of a road. Trying to find answers, Sam and Dean are plunged into the dangerous world that exists along the Mexican border. They encounter a tattooed, pistol-packing bandita on a motorcycle who seems be everywhere they go before they get there... -
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![Live and Let Drood by Simon R. Green]()
Live and Let Drood by Simon R. Green
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Secret Histories Novels combine “witty banter, tough guy standoffs, visceral fight scenes, bad guy atrocities, surprise revelations, and high stakes”* in supernatural adventures that can only come from the imagination of New York Times bestselling author Simon R. Green.The name is Bond, Shaman Bond... -
![From a Drood to a Kill by Simon R. Green]()
From a Drood to a Kill by Simon R. Green
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Simon R. Green “continues to deliver enjoyable, fast-paced, and fun entertainment” (SF Revu) in his Secret Histories novels featuring supernatural arse kicker Eddie Drood—who’s about to play a most dangerous game in his latest adventure... -
![Hidden by M.M. Crumley]()
Hidden by M.M. Crumley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNot all 'monsters' are evil; not all humans are good... If you enjoy characters who abide in this grey area and who aren't afraid to get their hands dirty, then this is the series for you!Soul eating tattoo. CheckSelf-replicating knife. CheckTwo-hundred-year-old score to settle. Double check.Meet the immortal Doc Holliday.Lying on his deathbed, Dr... -
![Carved in Flesh by Tim Waggoner]()
Carved in Flesh by Tim Waggoner
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAfter Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious supernatural force as young children, their father taught them how to hunt and destroy the paranormal evil that exists in the dark corners of America. After their father’s demonic death, they discovered that they are descended from a long line of hunters and chose to continue their mission... -
![Wednesday: A Novelization of Season One by Tehlor Kay Mejia]()
Wednesday: A Novelization of Season One by Tehlor Kay Mejia
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsReturn to the hallowed halls of Nevermore Academy with Wednesday Addams in this delightfully dark novelization of season one of the hit show, Wednesday! Wednesday is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ time as a student at Nevermore Academy... -
![Devil's Due by Percival Constantine, J.D. Jackson]()
Devil's Due by Percival Constantine, J.D. Jackson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLuther Cross here. Dangerously handsome, effortlessly stylish half-demon, at your service. As I have inherited certain... abilities with my odd genetics, I've put them to use as Chicago's foremost paranormal investigator. My current case? Well, I have to admit, it feels a little personal. I'm helping a mysterious girl who's turned up on my doorstep, pregnant through mystic means... -
![Conjugal Rites by Paul Magrs]()
Conjugal Rites by Paul Magrs
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe gripping new instalment of the adventures of Brenda and Effie.No matter what she tries to do, trouble has a way of finding Brenda. It's hardly surprising with secrets like hers. When her old adversary Mr Danby starts filling the airwaves with his late night phone in show it can only mean one thing - and sure enough best friend Effie soon finds herself up to her neck in it... -
![Robert Asprin's Dragons Run by Jody Lynn Nye]()
Robert Asprin's Dragons Run by Jody Lynn Nye
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn New York Times bestselling author Robert Asprin and Jody Lynn Nye’s newest Big Easy dragon tale, Griffen McCandles is about to give the forces of evil a run for their money…Griffen already has his hands full running his gambling operation in New Orleans and dealing with his dragon heritage... -
![Velvet by Temple West]()
Velvet by Temple West
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAfter losing both her parents before age 17, aspiring designer Caitlin Holte feels like her whole world has been turned upside down, and that was before the terrifying encounter with a supernatural force. Then, she learns that her hot bad-boy neighbor, Adrian--who might have just saved her life--is actually a half-demon vampire... -
![How to be Death by Amber Benson]()
How to be Death by Amber Benson
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAll Calliope Reaper-Jones ever wanted out of life was a fabulous job in New York City and a really hot boyfriend. But now, she's the brand-new President of Death, Inc. With the Board of Death breathing down her neck and her dad's copy of How to be Death (A Fully Annotated Guide) unopened, Callie's really feeling the tension... -
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![City of the Lost by Stephen Blackmoore]()
City of the Lost by Stephen Blackmoore
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsReturning as a zombie after being bumped off by a rival crime boss, Joe Sunday tries to locate a talisman that can grant immortality before every other thug in Los Angeles can find it... -
![My Lunatic Life by Sharon Sala]()
My Lunatic Life by Sharon Sala
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe plays for Team Spirit.High school senior Tara Luna's got all the usual teen problems: a new school, her attraction to a hunky guy, feuds with the Mean Girls, being regarded as an oddball outsider-PLUS she has psychic powers, a duo of protective, meddlesome ghosts AND an angry, threatening teen girl ghost who wants Tara to solve her murder-or else... -
![20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill, Christopher Golden]()
20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill, Christopher Golden
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsA collection of short stories.Imogene is young and beautiful. She kisses like a movie star and knows everything about every film ever made. She's also dead and waiting in the Rosebud Theater for Alec Sheldon one afternoon in 1945.... Arthur Roth is a lonely kid with big ideas and a gift for attracting abuse. It isn't easy to make friends when you're the only inflatable boy in town... -
![The Man from the Diogenes Club by Kim Newman]()
The Man from the Diogenes Club by Kim Newman
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe debonair psychic investigator Richard Jeperson is the Most Valued Member of the Diogenes Club, the least-known and most essential branch of British Intelligence... -
![Werewolf Nights by Mari Hamill]()
Werewolf Nights by Mari Hamill
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThreatened by financial ruin, widowed bakery owner Catherine Mercy leads a solitary life with more interest in reading about werewolf lore than in finding a man. Her one true love disappeared after high school and her now deceased husband kept her trapped in the house claiming that a werewolf might hunt her down one day, just as her grandmother repeatedly warned her... -
![The Rain-Soaked Bride by Guy Adams]()
The Rain-Soaked Bride by Guy Adams
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA number of influential South Korean nationals are committing suicide on UK soil. In all cases they seem to simply drop whatever they're doing and swiftly -- almost vacantly -- end their own lives... -
![Reaper by Rachel Vincent]()
Reaper by Rachel Vincent
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsTod Hudson was a typical teenager. He liked girls, sports, food and tolerated his younger brother, Nash. In fact, he had his whole life in front of him--and due to his bean sidhe heritage, it was going to be a very long life indeed. And then the car accident occurred.Suddenly Tod's future wasn't so sure, and he had to make a choice. Life... Death... or something Between... -
![Rite of Passage by John Passarella]()
Rite of Passage by John Passarella
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThirty years ago, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a demonic supernatural force. Following the tragedy, their father taught the boys everything about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners of America... and how to kill it.Laurel Hill, New Jersey is beginning to look like one of the unluckiest places on Earth when a series of mishaps hit the town... -
![Caged by Amber Lynn Natusch]()
Caged by Amber Lynn Natusch
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 18 ratings"I stood in the middle of the room, unmoving – I barely breathed. My life had just become surreal, impossible, and one enormous lie. I needed to go, to run somewhere, anywhere to beat back the reality that was rapidly closing in around me. The image of him was burned into my retina, flashing over and over again like a warning... -
![Murder at Witches' Bluff: A Novel of Suspense and Magick by Silver RavenWolf]()
Murder at Witches' Bluff: A Novel of Suspense and Magick by Silver RavenWolf
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRenowned author Silver RavenWolf unites puzzling mystery, shocking horror and real magick in this adult-themed novel, creating a page-turning delight. As the nights of the year get longer, this is an ideal book to read curled up in front of a fire, or safely tucked under the covers. The story of "Murder at Witches' Bluff "takes place in Cold Springs, an evil place with an evil history... -
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![Ghost Layer by Robin D. Owens]()
Ghost Layer by Robin D. Owens
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat lies beneath…Clare Cermak’s adjusting to a new man in her life—and a lot of ghosts. The passing of Clare’s aunt gave way to a sizeable inheritance of not only money, but also the ability to communicate with the dead. At the same time, she met Zach Slade, a private detective with a rough past, and just like Clare, he’s not yet ready to accept her gift—or his own... -
![Crash by Lisa McMann]()
Crash by Lisa McMann
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIf what you see is what you get, Jules is in serious trouble. The suspenseful first of three books from the New York Times bestselling author of the Wake trilogy.Jules lives with her family above their restaurant, which means she smells like pizza most of the time and drives their double-meatball-shaped food truck to school. It’s not a recipe for popularity, but she can handle that... -
![Raw Power by Ambrose Ibsen]()
Raw Power by Ambrose Ibsen
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI'm one of those disgruntled millennials you've heard about on the evening news. I've got a master's degree in Art History, a mountain of student loan debt and no job to show for it. Wait, scratch that. I track down stolen pieces of art for wealthy clients and then beat whoever stole them to within an inch of their life. Say what you will, but it puts bread on the table... -
![The Insides by Jeremy P. Bushnell]()
The Insides by Jeremy P. Bushnell
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“With The Insides, Jeremy P. Bushnell doesn’t so much mash genres together as slice them apart to find the filets. It’s a literary urban fantasy with sharp things to say about the way we live now, darkened by a touch of Scandinavian thriller: rich and urgent and weird, a novel that defies categorization but demands to be consumed.”—Robin Sloan, author of Mr... -
![How to Be Eaten by Maria Adelmann]()
How to Be Eaten by Maria Adelmann
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis darkly funny and provocative novel reimagines classic fairy tale characters as modern women in a support group for trauma.In present-day New York City, five women meet in a basement support group to process their traumas. Bernice grapples with the fallout of dating a psychopathic, blue-bearded billionaire. Ruby, once devoured by a wolf, now wears him as a coat... -
![Dark Moonlighting by Scott Haworth]()
Dark Moonlighting by Scott Haworth
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLibrarian's note: This is an alternate cover edition of ASIN B00BL3XXH2.Nick Whittier, having been alive for six centuries, has had plenty of time to master three professions. In a typical week he works as a police officer, lawyer and doctor and still finds time to murder someone and drink their blood... -
![Night Rising by Chris Marie Green]()
Night Rising by Chris Marie Green
Rated: 3.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLife proves stranger than the movies when a Hollywood underground coven of vampires comes to light-and gets targeted by the tough-as-nails daughter of a sexy screen siren.Stuntwoman Dawn Madison hasn't been on the best of terms with her father since her movie star mother died...
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