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  • Magical Midlife Love by K.F. Breene

    Magical Midlife Love by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    The fourth book in the Wall Street Journal bestselling Leveling Up series.The Ivy House team is shaping up, but there are still holes to be filled, and a magical summons outstanding. Jessie needs a teacher. Someone who can fit in with the whacky Ivy House crew. And that was going just fine...until she gets a request to host a powerful, neighboring mage. A teacher isn't going to be enough...
  • Born to Be Badger by Shelly Laurenston

    Born to Be Badger by Shelly Laurenston

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In the Honey Badger Chronicles, nothing gets between a honey badger and her prey. And no one spins a bolder, snarkier shape-shifter love story than New York Times bestselling author Shelly Laurenston . . .Emily “Tock” Meyerson-Jackson is on a mission to rid the world of shifters trafficking humans for hunting and cash...
  • Between Cases by W.R. Gingell

    Between Cases by W.R. Gingell

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    G’day. I’m still here. Still Pet.Well, I’m only two thirds of a Pet these days, but you might as well call me Pet anyway. Everyone does: everyone but the vampire, that is.Life is more unbalanced these days—cases are cutting closer to home than usual. I thought I was the only one, but there are others like me: kids whose parents were murdered just like mine...
  • Wisteria Warned by Angela Pepper

    Wisteria Warned by Angela Pepper

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Zara Riddle is another year older, and busier than ever. She's a powerful witch, a skilled librarian, and the World's Best Mom - according to her coffee mug. It's no wonder the town's detective keeps seeking her help. If you want something done, ask a busy person!Zara partners again with Detective Bentley to investigate a call about a missing person...
  • Caffeinated Calamity by Amanda M. Lee

    Caffeinated Calamity by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    The only witch in the world? It might feel like it to Stormy Morgan but she knows better.Twenty minutes away, in a town called Hemlock Cove, witches have taken over. Sure, the bulk of the town is made up of frauds looking to shore up their tourism industry, but there are real witches, too. There’s a family, last name of Winchester, and they’re notorious...
  • The Trouble With Witches by Amanda M. Lee

    The Trouble With Witches by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Winchester witches are in a tizzy. Sam Cornell’s parents are coming to town and Clove is beside herself. Meeting her boyfriend’s parents is a big deal. It doesn’t help that her cousins can’t stop making fun of her, which is the Winchester way, of course. In addition to the Cornells' imminent visit, the Winchesters are also dealing with Sam’s new tanker...
  • Whiskers on Kittens by R.J. Blain

    Whiskers on Kittens by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The next time a friend dared her to steal something, Kelsie would say no. Should the friend also be a succubus, not only would she say no, she would run for the nearest border faster than a bat fleeing the dark depths of hell.Under normal circumstances, she didn’t even mind serving community service. It added spice to an otherwise boring day and gave her something productive to do...
  • Beguiled by Darynda Jones

    Beguiled by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Newly indoctrinated witch, Defiance Dayne discovers there’s more to life after forty than she'd ever imagined possible. Especially if one is a charmling, one of only three in the world, with enough magics to make her a target for every power-hungry warlock out there. When one of them sends a hunter to town, she knows it’s time to take her talents seriously before the hunter takes her life...
  • Magical Midlife Dating by K.F. Breene

    Magical Midlife Dating by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    The decision has been made. Jessie has taken the magic, and all the weird that goes with it. Including wings.There's only one problem - she can't figure out how to access them.Through a series of terrible decisions, Jessie realizes she must ask for help. Gargoyle help.But she could've never predicted who answers her call - he's an excellent flier, incredibly patient, and a good trainer...
  • Magical Midlife Invasion by K.F. Breene

    Magical Midlife Invasion by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Jessie is well on her way to learning her new life and settling in. The tough alpha, Austin, has joined her team, and she has painstakingly learned to fly. At the moment, life couldn’t get any better.But it can get a whole lot…more irritating.Her parents have decided to visit...
  • 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...
  • Murder Most Witchy by Amanda M. Lee

    Murder Most Witchy by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Life in the Winchester household is hardly settled. That’s true for Bay Winchester more than anybody else. Her boyfriend Landon Michaels is away from town on an undercover assignment for the FBI and Bay is struggling not to let worry and unease rule over her life. Halloween is approaching, after all, and Hemlock Cove is bustling with activity...
  • Fashionably Dead Down Under by Robyn Peterman

    Fashionably Dead Down Under by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Welcome to Hell.Literally.The Hell where the Prince of Darkness is hotter than Hades, Hell Hounds smell like brownies and the Seven Deadly Sins are addicted to Facebook... Not to mention the soundtrack in the Underworld is Journey. For real...
  • The Vampire's Fake Fiancée by Kristen Painter

    The Vampire's Fake Fiancée by Kristen Painter

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town where Halloween is celebrated 365 days a year. The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the town know better. Living in Nocturne Falls means being yourself. Fangs, fur, and all. Sebastian Ellingham isn’t known for being a happy vampire...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  humor  magic  myths  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult
  • The Nothing Girl by Jodi Taylor

    The Nothing Girl by Jodi Taylor

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Getting a life isn't always easy. And hanging on to it is even harder.Known as The Nothing Girl because of her stutter, disregarded by her family, isolated and alone, Jenny Dove's life is magically transformed by the appearance of Thomas, a mystical golden horse only she can see...
  • Catnapped by R.J. Blain

    Catnapped by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When someone steals Diana’s cat, a former lab animal rescued from death’s door, she calls on one of the most dangerous beings in the universe for help. Cutting a deal with the devil isn’t the smartest move, but there’s no way in hell she’ll abandon Mr. Flooferson the Magnificent to his fate...
  • Cornbread & Crossroads by Bella Falls

    Cornbread & Crossroads by Bella Falls

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Magic and mystery are only part of the Southern Charms of Honeysuckle Hollow…After everyone returns from Charleston, Honeysuckle Hollow has been growing by leaps and bounds with new residents seeking magical sanctuary. All the residents of the Southern supernatural small town try their best to be welcoming...
  • A Chip on Her Shoulder by R.J. Blain

    A Chip on Her Shoulder by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    After a deal with loan sharks sours, Darlene’s brother is permanently transformed into a chipmunk. Not one to accept impossibility as a good excuse for failure, she’s determined to rescue her brother and secure revenge against those who’d poisoned him with grade-a transformatives...
  • Wolf with Benefits by Shelly Laurenston

    Wolf with Benefits by Shelly Laurenston

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Ricky Lee has no plans of getting serious about anyone, but he will protect Toni Jean-Louis Parker. Not just because he’s been hired to do so, but because it’s the right thing to do...
  • Twilight by Meg Cabot

    Twilight by Meg Cabot

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 44 ratings
    This time it's life or death.Suze has gotten used to ghosts. She's a mediator, after all, and communicating with the dead is all in a day's work. So she certainly never expected to fall in love with one: Jesse, a nineteenth-century hottie. But when she discovers that she has the power to determine who becomes a ghost in the first place, Suze begins to freak...
  • Nice Girls Don't Bite Their Neighbors by Molly Harper

    Nice Girls Don't Bite Their Neighbors by Molly Harper

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Just as Jane Jameson's unlife seems to be stabilizing, fate sinks its fangs firmly into her butt. Despite her near-phobia of wedding planning, her no-frills nighttime nuptials to her sexy boyfriend, Gabriel, are coming along smoothly. That is, until she turns a fatally wounded teenage acquaintance, and the Council pronounces her responsible for the newborn vamp until he can control his thirst...
  • The Mane Attraction by Shelly Laurenston

    The Mane Attraction by Shelly Laurenston

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Even the king of the beasts can find himself unexpectedly tamed by the right woman. Weddings have the strangest effect on people. Exhibit 1: Sissy Mae waking up in Mitch Shaw's bed the morning after her brother Bobby Ray's nuptials. Exhibit 2: the gunmen trying to kill Mitch. Exhibit 3: Sissy Mae escorting a bleeding yet sexy lion shifter to her Tennessee Pack's turf for safe keeping...
    Categorized as:
    animals  drama  family  female-mc  friendship  humor  magic  paranormal
  • The Write Hook by Robyn Peterman

    The Write Hook by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Midlife is full of surprises. Not all of them are working for me.At forty-two I’ve had my share of ups and downs. Relatively normal, except when the definition of normal changes… drastically...
  • The Professor Woos The Witch by Kristen Painter

    The Professor Woos The Witch by Kristen Painter

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year. The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the town know better. Living in Nocturne Falls means being yourself. Fangs, fur, and all...
  • Betwixt by Darynda Jones

    Betwixt by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 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! Divorced, desperate, and destitute, former restaurateur Defiance "Dephne" Dayne finds out she has been bequeathed a house by a complete stranger. She is surprised, to say the least, and her curiosity gets the better of her...
  • Secret Life of a Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks

    Secret Life of a Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Nothing's sexier than an man who can keep a secret.A typical bachelor party is all about beers and beautiful women. A vampire bachelor party is no different -- except the men are drinking Blissky (whiskey-flavored synthetic blood). And no one can throw a party quite like Jack, the illegitimate son of the legendary Casanova...
  • Drop Dead Demons by A. Kirk, E. Kirk

    Drop Dead Demons by A. Kirk, E. Kirk

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    The Boys Are Back In Town! And as HEXTRAORDINARILY SEXY AS EVER! - It's the exciting Sequel to DEMONS AT DEADNIGHT! Continuing the thrill-ride adventures of Aurora and the Super Sexy HEXY KNIGHTS! -------------------------Survival. It's an on-going battle.GOING ON A TREASURE HUNT...Aurora Lahey finally knows why supernatural slayers salivate to slaughter her, but how to stop them? Not so much...
  • Midlife Bounty Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Midlife Bounty Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 25 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! One day I’m married, living in Seattle, and magic isn’t real. The next, I’m divorced and living in the guest room of my ex’s hotter- than-sin cousin’s place in Savannah . . . and talking to an animated skeleton named Robert. I have to admit, Robert isn’t my worst date...
  • Fowl Play by R.J. Blain

    Fowl Play by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    alternate cover edition of ASIN B07F6Y9M9BInstead of a quiet dance retreat where she could escape the insanity of being the daughter of an angel, a succubus, and a lycanthrope, Emma Sansaul plummets into the middle of murder, mayhem, and mischief...
    Categorized as:
    humor  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  audiobook  book  comedy
  • Some Were In Time by Robyn Peterman

    Some Were In Time by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Planning my own wedding should mean I’m having the time of my life…not defending it every time I turn around. Dragons, feral Wolves and Were Cows…I mean who in the hell knew Were Cows even existed? All I wanna do is marry Hank, have 2.5 beautiful little Werewolf babies and live happily ever after while having sex on a very regular basis. Oh…and I still want to shoot stuff occasionally...
    Categorized as:
    drama  humor  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  audiobook  book
  • The Goodbye Witch by Heather Blake

    The Goodbye Witch by Heather Blake

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    As Enchanted Village’s resident Wishcrafter, Darcy Merriweather has the power to make other people’s wishes come true, but what she really wishes is that she had the power to uncloak the invisible man who’s stalking her best friend.... Darcy’s closest friend and fellow witch, Starla Sullivan, hoped she’d never see her ex-husband, Kyle, again...
  • Miss Frost Ices The Imp: A Nocturne Falls Mystery by Kristen Painter

    Miss Frost Ices The Imp: A Nocturne Falls Mystery by Kristen Painter

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Welcome to Nocturne Falls – the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year. Jayne Frost is a lot of things. Winter elf, Jack Frost’s daughter, Santa Claus’s niece, heir to the Winter Throne and now…private investigator. Sort of. When she buys a sealed box at an estate sale and cat-related circumstances cause that box to be opened, life in Nocturne Falls starts to go haywire...
  • Blood Moon by Alyxandra Harvey

    Blood Moon by Alyxandra Harvey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    When the vampire tribes convene for the rare Blood Moon ceremonies, Solange Drake is plunged into a battle with her feral nature. The Drake brothers have been raised knowing that they had to protect their younger sister at all cost. But forbidden magic and a mysterious stranger have put them all in terrible danger...
  • Darkest Hour by Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot

    Darkest Hour by Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    What - or who - is buried in Susannah's backyard?When the nineteenth-century ghost of Maria de Silva wakes her up in the middle of the night, Suze knows this is no ordinary visitation - and not just from the knife at her throat, either. In life, Maria was the fiancée of Jesse - the same Jesse who was murdered a hundred and fifty years before. The same Jesse Suze is in love with...
  • Hot and Badgered by Shelly Laurenston

    Hot and Badgered by Shelly Laurenston

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    It’s not every day that a beautiful naked woman falls out of the sky and lands face-first on grizzly shifter Berg Dunn’s hotel balcony. Definitely they don’t usually hop up and demand his best gun. Berg gives the lady a grizzly-sized t-shirt and his cell phone, too, just on style points. And then she’s gone, taking his XXXL heart with her...
  • Witches Get Stitches by Dakota Cassidy

    Witches Get Stitches by Dakota Cassidy

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When last we met, good people, the biggest wish I’ve ever made came to fruition. It didn’t happen without some help—okay, a lot of help. Either way, let’s just say the deed was done.My outrageously handsome, smart, sometimes persnickety (read mostly persnickety) Spy Guy, Winterbottom, is finally here on earth with me, recuperating from his afterlife jaunt...
  • Haunted by Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot

    Haunted by Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    Is it possible to be haunted by someone who isn't even dead?Suze is used to trouble, but this time she's in deep: Ghostly Jesse has her heart, but Paul Slater, a real flesh-and-blood guy, is warm for her form. And mediator Paul knows how to send Jesse to the Great Beyond. For good.Paul claims he won't do anything to Jesse as long as Suze will go out with him...
  • Wicked Howl by Celia Kyle

    Wicked Howl by Celia Kyle

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Can cats and dogs get along? Maybe. What about werelions and werewolves? If it’s Tilly and Mitchell, definitely. Or rather, maybe. If he’d just get his head out of his… Half-werelion Tilly McBride owns Bless Your Tart, the South’s latest and greatest bakery. Or at least the best one in Georgia. Fine. It’s the best in Wilder, Georgia, mainly because it’s the only one...
    Categorized as:
    family  humor  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  alpha-mc  book  comedy
  • Once Hunted, Twice Shy by Mandy M. Roth

    Once Hunted, Twice Shy by Mandy M. Roth

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Welcome to Everlasting, Maine, where there's no such thing as normal.Wolf shifter Hugh Lupine simply wants to make it through the month and win the bet he has with his best friend. He’s not looking to date anyone, or to solve a murder, but when a breath taking beauty runs him over (literally) he’s left no choice but to take notice of the quirky, sassy newcomer...
  • A Tale of Two Demon Slayers by Angie Fox

    A Tale of Two Demon Slayers by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Last month, I was a single preschool teacher whose greatest thrill consisted of color-coding my lesson plans. That was before I learned I was a slayer. Now, it's up to me to face curse-hurling imps, vengeful demons, and any other supernatural uglies that crop up. And, to top it off, a hunk of a shape-shifting griffin has invited me to Greece to meet his family.But it's not all sun, sand, and ouzo...
  • The Single Undead Moms Club by Molly Harper

    The Single Undead Moms Club by Molly Harper

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In the next book in Molly Harper’s Half Moon Hollow paranormal romance series, Libby (a widow-turned-vampire) struggles with her transition, and finds out it sucks to be the only vampire member of the PTA…Widow Libby Stratton arranged to be turned into a vampire after she was diagnosed with late-stage cancer...
  • Dead Man Talking by Jana Deleon

    Dead Man Talking by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Welcome to Everlasting, Maine, where there's no such thing as normal.Meteorologist Zoe Parker put Everlasting in her rearview mirror as soon as she had her college degree in hand. But when Sapphire, her eccentric great-aunt, takes a tumble down the stairs in her lighthouse home, Zoe returns to the tiny fishing hamlet to look after her...
  • A Witch Before Dying by Heather Blake

    A Witch Before Dying by Heather Blake

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Darcy Merriweather is Salem's newest resident Wishcrafter--a witch who can grant wishes for others. While Darcy isn't able to grant wishes for herself, she does possess a certain knack for solving problems--including the occasional murder... When Darcy is hired by Elodie Keaton to clean up her missing mother's disorderly home, the Wishcrafter is certainly up for the task...
  • Demons at Deadnight by A. Kirk, E. Kirk

    Demons at Deadnight by A. Kirk, E. Kirk

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Librarian's Note: this is an alternate cover edition for ISBN13 9781467984331.The non-stop action romantic adventure featuring the hextraordinarily sexy HEX BOYS!---------------------------------------------For seventeen-year-old Aurora Lahey, survival is a lifestyle. DEMONIC DESTINYAurora has the crappiest superpower on the planet. And it’s just unleashed a hit squad from hell...
  • 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...
  • Hell's Kitty by Eve Langlais

    Hell's Kitty by Eve Langlais

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Good thing this Hellcat has nine lives because he’s going to need them if he’s going to survive Lucifer’s latest scheme and land on his four furry feet.Okay, so Felipe ate a few of the Styx sea creatures. In his defense, they were awfully tasty. Depleting the monster reservoir didn’t mean Lucifer had to go all Lord of Hell on him and order him to go on a stupid mission...
  • Hell's Kitty by Eve Langlais

    Hell's Kitty by Eve Langlais

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Good thing this Hellcat has nine lives because he’s going to need them if he’s going to survive Lucifer’s latest scheme and land on his four furry feet.Okay, so Felipe ate a few of the Styx sea creatures. In his defense, they were awfully tasty. Depleting the monster reservoir didn’t mean Lucifer had to go all Lord of Hell on him and order him to go on a stupid mission...
  • Ninth Grade Slays by Heather Brewer, Z Brewer

    Ninth Grade Slays by Heather Brewer, Z Brewer

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    High school totally bites when you’re half human, half vampire. Freshman year sucks for Vlad Tod. Bullies still harass him. The photographer from the school newspaper is tailing him. And failing his studies could be deadly...
  • No Bones About It by Allie Brahms

    No Bones About It by Allie Brahms

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    So far, my first demon hunting mission with Zhen has gone 1) We came in for one job. It was not one job. And all of our nice, conventional weapons aren’t working. (Zhen is right, EFTs suck)2) A crash course in Monocan legends and medicine. (Probably the best part of this trip.)3) The bond plays a painful game of yo-yo with us. (Which means I’m getting dragged into fights I’d rather skip...
  • Touch of Rapture by Suzanne Wright

    Touch of Rapture by Suzanne Wright

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Rulers of vampirekind Sam Parker and Jared Michaels are enjoying the current peace that’s fallen among their species … until it abruptly shatters. A vampire unlawfully attempting to Turn unwilling humans is somehow inadvertently killing them. It makes no sense, just like the strange brand on his palm and the fact that he boasts multiple vampiric gifts...
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