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  • 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...
  • Guardians of the Pack by Heather G. Harris

    Guardians of the Pack by Heather G. Harris

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I hate finding corpses. For some reason, my enemies think dead bodies work as a communication method. Call me old fashioned, but I prefer a letter.When I find a pulverised gargoyle on my lawn, I can’t help but think things are about to get rocky...
  • Night and Silence by Seanan McGuire

    Night and Silence by Seanan McGuire

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    The twelfth installment of the Hugo-nominated, New York Times-bestselling Toby Daye urban fantasy series!Things are not okay.In the aftermath of Amandine's latest betrayal, October "Toby" Daye's fragile self-made family is on the verge of coming apart at the seams...
  • The King's Shadow by K.M. Shea

    The King's Shadow by K.M. Shea

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I just spent the last month pretending to be the pet cat of an elf king. Today, I discovered we’re enemies.In a supernatural society filled with vampires, werewolves, and wizards, I’ve always been an outcast with my ability to turn into a housecat. No one knew what I was.Turns out, I’m a shadow—a race of supernaturals that were wiped out by the elves centuries ago...
  • Witching for Clarity by Deanna Chase

    Witching for Clarity by Deanna Chase

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Clarity “Gigi” Martin moved to Premonition Pointe for a fresh start. And that’s exactly what she got when she found a house that was connected to her ancestors and a group of witches who welcomed her into their fold. It’s not easy starting over at forty, but she’s determined to do it on her own terms with her past left firmly behind her… until Sebastian Knight walks back into her life...
  • Ties that Bond in Gretna Green by Linzi Day

    Ties that Bond in Gretna Green by Linzi Day

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It’s Valentine’s week in the Gateway, and Niki McKnight is preparing to conduct her first bondings for the fated, soul-bonded mates of the Kingdoms.She was a registrar who married thousands of people in her former job—this will be a breeze ... Right?Wrong!The bondings don’t quite go to plan. Cue hilarity, heartbreak and mysterious magical prophecies for some of our favourite characters...
  • The Unkindest Tide by Seanan McGuire

    The Unkindest Tide by Seanan McGuire

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Hundreds of years ago, the Selkies made a deal with the sea witch: they would have the sea for as long as she allowed it, and when the time came, she would call in all their debts at once. Many people assumed that day would never come. Those people were wrong...
  • 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...
  • Reign by Chanda Hahn

    Reign by Chanda Hahn

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Going to the Fae plane against Jared's orders has cost Mina dearly. Her decision haunts her as a new danger surfaces back on the human plane. The Grimms are fading from existence. To save her family's future, Mina Grime will have to travel to the past with the help of her Fae Godmother and a pair of magic shoes...
  • 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...
  • With All My Soul by Rachel Vincent

    With All My Soul by Rachel Vincent

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    What does it mean when your school is voted the most dangerous in America? It's time to kick some hellion butt...After not really surviving her junior year (does "undead" count as survival?), Kaylee Cavanaugh has vowed to take back her school from the hellions causing all the trouble...
  • The Awakening by Nora Roberts

    The Awakening by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    In the realm of Talamh, a teenage warrior named Keegan emerges from a lake holding a sword—representing both power and the terrifying responsibility to protect the Fey. In another realm known as Philadelphia, a young woman has just discovered she possesses a treasure of her own…When Breen Kelly was a girl, her father would tell her stories of magical places...
  • The Queen of Zombie Hearts by Gena Showalter

    The Queen of Zombie Hearts by Gena Showalter

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    I thought I had nothing left to give. I thought wrong. They started the war. Now I will end it. Alice "Ali" Bell thinks the worst is behind her. She's ready to take the next step with boyfriend Cole Holland, the leader of the zombie slayers…until Anima Industries, the agency controlling the zombies, launches a sneak attack, killing four of her friends...
  • Outtakes from the Grave by Jeaniene Frost

    Outtakes from the Grave by Jeaniene Frost

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Cat and Bones fans, sink your teeth into this new outtakes compilation from New York Times bestselling author Jeaniene Frost!Indulge your love of paranormal super couple Cat and Bones with this ultimate “director’s cut” collection of deleted scenes and alternate versions from the first four novels in the Night Huntress series, complete with author commentary on each selection...
  • Fable by Chanda Hahn

    Fable by Chanda Hahn

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    All that gillters is not gold. When something precious is stolen from sixteen-year-old Mina Grime, she will do anything in her power to get it back, even if it means traveling to the dangerous Fae plane and battling one of the strongest fairy-tale villains yet...
  • Witchy Tales by Amanda M. Lee

    Witchy Tales by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Look out Hemlock Cove, Aunt Tillie is on a rampage. What else is new, right? She’s determined to move her wine business to the next level, and she needs twenty-four hours of peace and quiet to do it. There’s only one thing standing in her way. Well, make that a whole family of obstacles … and one ticked-off FBI agent...
  • Way of the Wolf by Lindsay Buroker

    Way of the Wolf by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    You can only escape your destiny for so long…It’s been more than twenty years since tragedy prompted Luna Valens to walk away from her pack.Scarred by her past, she’s done her best to lead a normal human life. Thanks to a potion that suppresses her magic, nobody around her has a clue that she’s a werewolf...
  • Through the Zombie Glass by Gena Showalter

    Through the Zombie Glass by Gena Showalter

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Zombies stalk the night.Forget blood and brains. These monsters hunger for human souls.Sadly, they've got mine...Alice Bell has lost so much. Family. Friends. A home. She thought she had nothing else to give. She was wrong.After a new zombie attack, strange things begin to happen to her. Mirrors come to life, and the whispers of the dead assault her ears...
  • Emily Windsnap and the Siren's Secret by Liz Kessler

    Emily Windsnap and the Siren's Secret by Liz Kessler

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Follow the siren call to Emily's magical new adventure! Can the spunky half-mer girl pass Neptune's test--and help humans and merpeople get along? Emily Windsnap is finally enjoying a swimmingly peaceful life on Allpoints Island, hanging out with her mermaid BFF, Shona, and her new friend Aaron (half-merperson like herself )...
  • Dreamless by Josephine Angelini

    Dreamless by Josephine Angelini

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 46 ratings
    Can true love be FORGOTTEN?As the only Scion who can descend into the Underworld, Helen Hamilton has been given a nearly impossible task. By night she wanders through Hades, trying to stop the endless cycle of revenge that has cursed her family. By day she struggles to overcome the fatigue that is rapidly eroding her sanity...
  • City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare

    City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 97 ratings
    Clary Fray just wishes that her life would go back to normal. But what's normal when you're a demon-slaying Shadowhunter, your mother is in a magically induced coma, and you can suddenly see Downworlders like werewolves, vampires, and faeries? If Clary left the world of the Shadowhunters behind, it would mean more time with her best friend, Simon, who's becoming more than a friend...
  • Suddenly Psychic by Elizabeth Hunter

    Suddenly Psychic by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Every woman goes through changes in their forties. Just not… these changes.Robin Brannon was a normal wife, mom, and antique shop owner until a brush with death turned her day-to-day life upside down. Now she and her two best friends are seeing things that belong in a fantasy novel. Ghosts. Visions. Omens of doom. Nothing that belongs in the peaceful mountain town they call home...
  • Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson

    Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 70 ratings
    In MAXIMUM RIDE: SAVING THE WORLD AND OTHER EXTREME SPORTS, the time has arrived for Max and her winged "Flock" to face their ultimate enemy and discover their original purpose: to defeat the takeover of "Re-evolution", a sinister experiment to re-engineer a select population into a scientifically superior master race...and to terminate the rest...
  • Destined by Aprilynne Pike

    Destined by Aprilynne Pike

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Destined delivers all the romance and action that fans expect as it brings Aprilynne Pike’s Wings series to a deeply satisfying conclusion. Laurel used to think she was an ordinary girl from Crescent City, California. She never would have believed she was truly a faerie from a realm called Avalon...
  • The Devil Inside by Jane Hinchey

    The Devil Inside by Jane Hinchey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    God is missing…And Heaven is dying.And if that weren’t bad enough, I'm in a showdown with my brothers. I don’t care if they’re family—they pissed off the wrong sister. Those Arch Angels are going to pay the price for getting my lover, Levi Forrester dragged into another dimension by a vicious soul stealer.Retrieving Levi won’t be easy, but I’m Hellbent on taking back what’s mine...
  • School's Out—Forever by James Patterson

    School's Out—Forever by James Patterson

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 70 ratings
    In this eagerly awaited follow-up, brave bird-kid Max and her flock are discovered by an FBI agent and forced to go to "school." There is no such thing as an ordinary day as Max deciphers how and when she's supposed to save the world, and she faces her greatest enemy--a clone of herself...
  • Betrayals by Kelley Armstrong

    Betrayals by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    When Olivia's life exploded--after she found out she was not the adopted child of a privileged Chicago family but of a notorious pair of convicted serial killers--she found a refuge in the secluded but oddly welcoming town of Cainsville, Illinois...
  • Key of Valor by Nora Roberts

    Key of Valor by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    What happens when the very gods depend on mortals for help? That's what three very different young women find out when they are invited to Warrior's Peak.Light and Knowledge have succeeded in their quest, and two of the keys have been found. The final, and last, test goes to Zoe McCourt—Valor.Zoe has the courage to raise her young son alone, and to face all the adversity life has thrown at them...
  • Safe House by Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot

    Safe House by Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    JESS MASTRIANI was on vacation when Amber went missing. Most people blame Jess for Amber's brutal slaying, but how could Jess -- even with her psychic ability to find anyone, anywhere -- have stopped the cheerleader from turning up dead, without having known she was even missing? When yet another cheerleader disappears, Jess has a chance to redeem herself...
  • Sanctuary by Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot

    Sanctuary by Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    JESS MASTRIANI Knew she wasn't going to be able to hide her psychic powers from the U.S. government forever. But she never thought that she and Dr. Krantz, the special agent brought in to convince Jess to join his elite team of "specially gifted" crime solvers, would have something in common...
  • Fairest by Chanda Hahn

    Fairest by Chanda Hahn

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Mirror, Mirror, on the wall,Who is the Fairest of them all?In the sequel to UnEnchanted, Mina Grime discovers that all is not fair when it comes to the Fae and their tales, especially when they don’t all play by the rules. Barely surviving the Story’s first fairy tale quest, Mina still has hundreds to go before she can end the curse on her family...
  • Spark by Brigid Kemmerer

    Spark by Brigid Kemmerer

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Gabriel Merrick plays with fire. Literally. Sometimes he can even control it. And sometimes he can't. Gabriel has always had his brothers to rely on, especially his twin, Nick. But when an arsonist starts wreaking havoc on their town, all the signs point to Gabriel. Only he's not doing it. And no one seems to believe him...
  • Dream a Little Dream by Kerstin Gier

    Dream a Little Dream by Kerstin Gier

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Mysterious doors with lizard-head knobs. Talking stone statues. A crazy girl with a hatchet. Yes, Liv's dreams have been pretty weird lately. Especially the one where she's in a graveyard at night, watching four boys conduct dark magic rituals.The strangest part is that Liv recognizes the boys in her dream...
  • Fang by James Patterson

    Fang by James Patterson

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 51 ratings
    Being a kid with wings -- constantly on the run -- has never been easy, and Max and her flock are getting tenser than ever. First, on a trip to Africa, they meet a mysterious billionaire whose intense scrutiny of the Flock makes her fear the worst. And as if an impending apocalypse weren't bad enough, canny birdkid Angel makes a dire prophecy about Max's soul mate: Fang will be the first to die...
  • Illusions by Aprilynne Pike

    Illusions by Aprilynne Pike

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    "I don't do patrols, I don't go hunting, I just stick close to you. You live your life, I'll keep you safe," Tamani said, sweeping a lock of hair from her face. "Or die trying."Laurel hasn't seen Tamani since she begged him to let her go last year. Though her heart still aches, Laurel is confident that David was the right choice...
  • Pivot Point by Kasie West

    Pivot Point by Kasie West

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    Knowing the outcome doesn’t always make a choice easier . . .Addison Coleman’s life is one big “What if?” As a Searcher, whenever Addie is faced with a choice, she can look into the future and see both outcomes. It’s the ultimate insurance plan against disaster. Or so she thought...
  • The Eternity Key by Bree Despain

    The Eternity Key by Bree Despain

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Fan-favorite author Bree Despain continues her modern-day romance trilogy inspired by the Greek myth of Persephone and Hades with this second book in her Into the Dark series. Haden Lord, the disgraced Prince of the Underrealm, has chosen love over honor and will do everything in his power to protect Daphne Raines, the human girl he was supposed to bring to the Underrealm...
  • The Rules and Regulations for Mediating Myths & Magic by F.T. Lukens

    The Rules and Regulations for Mediating Myths & Magic by F.T. Lukens

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Desperate to pay for college, Bridger Whitt is willing to overlook the peculiarities of his new job—entering via the roof, the weird stacks of old books and even older scrolls, the seemingly incorporeal voices he hears from time to time—but it’s pretty hard to ignore being pulled under Lake Michigan by… mermaids? Worse yet, this happens in front of his new crush, Leo, the dreamy football star...
  • Lost Girl by Chanda Hahn

    Lost Girl by Chanda Hahn

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Wendy doesn't remember anything about Neverland—or the experiments done on her there as a child. Seven years later, all she wants is a normal life, but shape-shifting shadows plague her dreams and turn her life into a waking nightmare. When the shadows attack at a football game and a boy disappears right in front of her, she realizes these wraith-like shadows are real...
  • Jared's Quest by Chanda Hahn

    Jared's Quest by Chanda Hahn

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    *** This short story is part of the "Once in a Lifetime Fractured Fairy Tale Set" ***EVER WONDER WHAT JARED DOES WHEN HE’S NOT SAVING MINA GRIME’S SKIN FROM FAIRY TALE BADDIES?Mina Grime is a Grimm, bent on sending Jared, and his Fae kind back to their own world to end the curse on her family. Jared is her Fae protector, and an all around pain in the neck...
  • Slayers by C.J. Hill

    Slayers by C.J. Hill

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Dragons exist. They're ferocious. And they're smart: Before they were killed off by slayer-knights, they rendered a select group of eggs dormant, so their offspring would survive...
  • Angel Dares by Joss Stirling

    Angel Dares by Joss Stirling

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Angel is impulsive. Disguising her savant ability to control water doesn't come easily to her. Then she meets the broodingly handsome Marcus at a music festival where they're both performing, and finds herself all at sea. For when he sings, her soul answers with its own music. Like the tide, their mutual attraction cannot be held back, but Marcus's mistrust of Angel's gift is even stronger...
  • The Changelings by Elle Casey

    The Changelings by Elle Casey

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    This is an alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B00766OKOI.NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR, ELLE CASEY brings readers Book 1 in the YA Urban Fantasy WAR OF THE FAE Series...
  • Body & Soul by Stacey Kade

    Body & Soul by Stacey Kade

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The final book in The Ghost and the Goth Trilogy!The GhostI’ve been trapped in the body of Lily “Ally” Turner for a month now. Talk about a fashion crisis on an epic scale. What worries me more, though, is sometimes I catch Will looking at me like he thinks I’m Lily...or that he wishes I were. Without the good looks of my former self, I don’t know who I am, or if who that is is good enough...
  • Seeker by Cate Tiernan

    Seeker by Cate Tiernan

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    It's a time of joy for Hunter as he is reunited with his father, who vanished mysteriously years before. Only Morgan senses that something is wrong, that Hunter's father is hiding a dark secret that could threaten them all...
  • The Iron Traitor by Julie Kagawa

    The Iron Traitor by Julie Kagawa

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    In the real world, when you vanish into thin air for a week, people tend to notice. After his unexpected journey into the lands of the fey, Ethan Chase just wants to get back to normal. Well, as "normal" as you can be when you see faeries every day of your life. Suddenly the former loner with the bad reputation has someone to try for-his girlfriend, Kenzie...
  • Dream On by Kerstin Gier

    Dream On by Kerstin Gier

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    Things seem to be going well for Liv Silver: she’s adjusting to her new home in London; she has a burgeoning romance with Henry Harper, one of the cutest boys in school; and the girl who’s been turning her dreams into nightmares, Anabel, is now locked up. But serenity doesn’t last for long.It seems that Liv’s troubles are far from over—in fact, suddenly they’re piling up...
  • Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini

    Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 59 ratings
    How do you defy DESTINY?Helen Hamilton has spent her entire sixteen years trying to hide how different she is - no easy task on an island as small and sheltered as Nantucket. And it's getting harder. Nightmares of a desperate desert journey have Helen waking parched, only to find her sheets damaged by dirt and dust. At school she's haunted by hallucinations of three women weeping tears of blood..
  • My Soul to Keep by Rachel Vincent

    My Soul to Keep by Rachel Vincent

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Kaylee has one addiction: her very hot, very popular boyfriend, Nash. A banshee like Kaylee, Nash understands her like no one else. Nothing can come between them.Until something does.Demon breath. No, not the toothpaste-challenged kind. The Netherworld kind. The kind that really can kill you. Somehow the super-addictive substance has made its way to the human world...
  • The Rose by Tiffany Reisz

    The Rose by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Author Tiffany Reisz returns to the world of The Red with an imaginative sequel full of lust and magic, and the dangers unleashed when the two are combined… On the day of Lia’s university graduation party, her parents—wealthy art collectors with friends in high places—gift her a beautiful wine cup, a rare artifact decorated with roses...
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