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  • Empower by Jessica Shirvington

    Empower by Jessica Shirvington

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    It has been two years since Violet Eden walked away from the city, her friends, her future and - most importantly - her soulmate, Lincoln. Part angel, part human, Violet is determined to stand by the promises she made to save the one she loves. Living in the perpetual coldness of a broken soul she survives day to day as a Rogue Grigori in London...
  • City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare

    City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 83 ratings
    Shadowhunters and demons square off for the final showdown in the spellbinding, seductive conclusion to the #1 New York Times bestselling Mortal Instruments series.Darkness has descended on the Shadowhunter world. Chaos and destruction overwhelm the Nephilim as Clary, Jace, Simon, and their friends band together to fight the greatest evil they have ever faced: Clary’s own brother...
  • Endless by Jessica Shirvington

    Endless by Jessica Shirvington

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Love will kill us all.Angels are real. They aren't always kind. Violet Eden is certain of all this because she is Grigori - part angel, part human. She has felt the influence of both light and dark. When Hell unleashes its worst, Violet must embrace every facet of her angel self to save the people she cares about and the world as she knows it...
  • Burn, Baby, Burn by R.J. Blain

    Burn, Baby, Burn by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    alternate cover edition of ASIN B07NPMRTB7Bailey and Quinn are back! Bailey Ember Gardener Quinn should’ve read the manual on caring for an incubus before marrying hers. The marriage license hadn’t mentioned anything about their sexy, insatiable ways. If she doesn’t get a single night of undisturbed rest soon, she’ll snap—or go on a napalm bender. Either would work...
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    angels  magic  myths  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

    Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 53 ratings
    After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC–Chapel Hill seems like the perfect escape—until Bree witnesses a magical attack her very first night on campus.A flying demon feeding on human energies...
  • 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...
  • Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

    Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 52 ratings
    Yadriel has summoned a ghost, and now he can’t get rid of him.When his traditional Latinx family has problems accepting his gender, Yadriel becomes determined to prove himself a real brujo. With the help of his cousin and best friend Maritza, he performs the ritual himself, and then sets out to find the ghost of his murdered cousin and set it free...
  • Rise of the Fae by Linsey Hall

    Rise of the Fae by Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Darkness rises. But so do I. The false queen has taken everything from me. My throne, my people, and worst of all, my mate. Her dark curse has stolen Tarron’s mind and compels him to try kill me.I’ll do anything to cure him and stop her. When a prophecy tells me to go find the Dragon Bloods, I know I’ll be walking into a deadly situation. It won’t stop me...
  • All Spell Breaks Loose by Annabel Chase

    All Spell Breaks Loose by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Welcome to Spellbound, where paranormal is the new normal. The big day is quickly approaching for Emma Hart. The best laid plans go awry, however, when a potion causes her to lose important memories. Without Emma's crucial memories, the coven worries that their hard work to undo the curse on Spellbound will remain at a standstill...
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    paranormal  magic  angels  myths  romance  fantasy  cozy  mystery
  • SSS: Year Five by Avery Song

    SSS: Year Five by Avery Song

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When being different leads to the best years of your life. On graduation day, Silver Spell Solange's world turned upside down. The answers to the many questions regarding the prestigious Supernatural Spy Academy were finally answered, but those revelations may prove too much for her to handle...
  • Run by B.L. Brunnemer

    Run by B.L. Brunnemer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    With Evelyn unconscious, it’s up to the rest of the team to keep Chicago from breaking out into chaos. Witches, wolves, and vampires are at each other’s throats. Demons are slipping through the barrier and the dead are piling up. It’s up to Astrid and Ranulf to keep Chicago from erupting into war...
  • Client from Hell by R.J. Blain

    Client from Hell by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Step one: add some gasoline.Step two: light a match.Step three: watch the devil’s house burn.As far as plans go, Sandra Moore rather likes hers. It’s simple. It gets the job done. It reduces the devil’s house to smoldering ruins.Life is good—at least for the year she has left of it, assuming the devil doesn’t kill her first...
  • Alan's Utterly Accidental Dream-Cute by A.J. Sherwood

    Alan's Utterly Accidental Dream-Cute by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What happens when a Havili researcher meets a psychic dreamwalker? A dreamy meet-cute, that’s what. (In more ways than one...
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    lgbtq  magic  paranormal  poc-mc  adult  black-mc  book  contemporary
  • 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...
  • A Mage's Guide to Wicky by A.J. Sherwood

    A Mage's Guide to Wicky by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Wicky’s never been magically stalked before.He kinda likes it, to be honest.For some reason, it’s upsetting everyone else though...
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    magic  paranormal  lgbtq  poc-mc  romance  mlm  fantasy  urban-fantasy
  • 101 Ways to Die by R.J. Blain

    101 Ways to Die by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Officer McMarin of the NYPD is in for the ride of her life when the Chief Quinns storm into her station, promote her to the rank of detective, and relocate her to Manhattan. Saddled with the dubious honor of being Chief Bailey Quinn’s primary rider is only the beginning of her woes.Her first case delves into the dark waters of the many ways in which a person can die...
  • 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...
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    angels  magic  myths  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  comedy
  • Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus: Kindred by Lydia Sherrer

    Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus: Kindred by Lydia Sherrer

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bound by blood, duty, and magic. Which will win?Lily Singer’s allies and family are determined to hold John Faust accountable for his actions, but doing so may create more problems than it solves. From political intrigue to international alliances, Lily, Sebastian, and Sir Kipling must venture out into the larger wizard community and survive the first Wizard Convocation held in almost a century...
  • The Ringmaster by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    The Ringmaster by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    As above, so below…who was once friend is now a foe.The Faire is alive. It’s alive, it’s sentient, and it wants more from Cora Glass. Reeling from the revelations that Clown left her with, she struggles once more to find her footing. She never gets the chance.Harrow Faire wants Cora for murder. She assumed it was her death that it was after. She was wrong. It wants her to kill…to save them all...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  magic  myths  paranormal  adult  anti-hero  audiobook  book
  • 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...
  • Lost Eden by G.P. Ching

    Lost Eden by G.P. Ching

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Rules. Balance. Consequences. War.When Fate gave Dane the water from Eden to drink, she did more than save his life. She changed his destiny.Since the beginning, a compact between God and Lucifer has maintained a tenuous peace, balancing Soulkeepers and Watchers and the natural order of things. Dane upset that balance the day he became a Soulkeeper. Fate broke the rules...
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    angels  lgbtq  magic  myths  paranormal  audiobook  book  christian
  • The Secret by Elizabeth Hunter

    The Secret by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Only when the darkness falls can you see the light of the stars.For thousands of years, the scribes and singers of the Irin race have existed to protect humanity and guard the gifts of the Forgiven. They have lived in the shadows. They have kept their secrets.But the Irin aren’t the only race with secrets.Ava and Malachi have found each other, but wounds as deep as theirs don’t heal overnight...
  • In Sea-Salt Tears by Seanan McGuire

    In Sea-Salt Tears by Seanan McGuire

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    It was 1972, and a teenage girl named Elizabeth Ryan thought that her world was coming to an end. Elizabeth was the daughter of two Selkies, you see, and she had just been passed up for a skin. But then a mysterious cousin who calls herself Annie appears, and Elizabeth finds other things to think about...It can be easy to forget that worlds don't wait for heroes before they begin...
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    lgbtq  magic  myths  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  fae
  • Fallen Eden by Nicole Williams

    Fallen Eden by Nicole Williams

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    If happily ever after were a place, twenty-year-old Bryn Dawson would be on the farthest planet from it. Reduced to stolen glances and secret meetings as they await a Betrothal the Council is bent on stalling, William and Bryn have to settle for happily right now, but with a man like William Hayward at her side, Bryn’s hardly settling...
  • Grace and Glory by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Grace and Glory by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Danger, betrayal, and enticing forbidden love... When Angels FallTrinity Marrow has lost the battle and her beloved Protector. Even with both demons and Wardens on her side, Trin may not win the war against the Harbinger...
  • Rise Against by Hailey Edwards

    Rise Against by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to the ferocious world of The Foundling, set in an bayou town where men are men - except when they are also dragons, kitties with wings, crocodiles and . . . well, Miller...
  • The Rise of Fortune and Fury by Sawyer Bennett

    The Rise of Fortune and Fury by Sawyer Bennett

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s time to meet my destiny. Kymaris has everything she needs to bring down the veil between Earth and the Underworld. If she’s successful in completing the ritual, Earth will be darkened by evil. Demons will swarm our lands and the human race will be decimated.It’s up to me to stop her. My fate is to thwart the prophecy, but I’m not sure what to do...
    Categorized as:
    angels  magic  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  demons  fae
  • Silver Bullet by Colette Rhodes

    Silver Bullet by Colette Rhodes

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Every night of her life, I’ve visited my Amazing Grace in her dreams. Every morning, she wakes up with zero recollection of it.Does it hurt? Well, a little, honestly. But that doesn’t matter because the time has come for us to meet in real life. This is our moment. I’m ready to show her all the reasons why I’m her best soul bond—sorry not sorry, Riot...
    Categorized as:
    angels  magic  myths  paranormal  poc-mc  adult  book  contemporary
  • Breath by A.J. Sherwood, Jocelynn Drake

    Breath by A.J. Sherwood, Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A Mage’s List for Freedom:1. Escape his evil, controlling clan.2. Get a job. 3. Work magic on HIS terms.4. Avoid all dragons.Tori was doing great until sexy dragon Baldewin interfered.Between the little gifts, constant protection, and the steadfast confidence from the overgrown lizard, Tori wonders if maybe that last step needs revising. He has no chance to consider it...
  • Over the Moon by Hailey Edwards

    Over the Moon by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Dell has persuaded the Bloodless army to fight alongside her pack in Butler, but she still has to get there. Halfway home, the rift detonates, blasting out a magic surge that sweeps across the globe, frying electronics and spells alike. Leaving her with no way to get home except on her own two--or four--feet...
  • No Dominion by C.E. Murphy

    No Dominion by C.E. Murphy

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Recently widowed after nearly fifty years of marriage, Gary Muldoon had given up on adventure. Then shaman Joanne Walker climbed into the back seat of his cab, and since then, Gary has trifled with gods, met mystics, slain zombies and ridden with the Wild Hunt. But now he must leave Joanne’s side to face a battle only he can win...
  • Death Knell by Hailey Edwards

    Death Knell by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Luce is back in the third book of The Foundling, the bestselling fantasy series perfect for fans of Shannon Mayer, Jenn Stark and the Sookie Stackhouse novels War burned her. Famine nearly killed her. Now Death is at her heels. After her two worlds clashed apocalyptically, Luce Boudreau needed some time out. But Destiny had other ideas...
  • Crimson Veil by Yasmine Galenorn

    Crimson Veil by Yasmine Galenorn

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    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 with three gorgeous husbands. Delilah is a two-faced werecat and a Death Maiden. And me? I’m Menolly, a vampire married to a scorching hot werepuma. And right now, we’re facing enemies on all sides… It’s been a long and devastating week...
  • Cronin's Key III by N.R. Walker

    Cronin's Key III by N.R. Walker

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    History isn’t always what it seems… Twelve months after his change, Alec MacAidan is still getting used to his many vampire talents. While most vampires would give anything to have more than one supernatural power, Alec craves nothing more than peace and time alone with Cronin. But when Alec meets entities from outside this realm, he’s left powerless in their presence...
  • Soul Catcher by G.P. Ching

    Soul Catcher by G.P. Ching

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Dane Michaels has been to Hell and back and isn't interested in repeating the experience. But as a human caught up in the Soulkeeper's world, his life isn't exactly his own. No one can explain why Dane was allowed through the gates of Eden, but it's changed everything. Now, the only one who can make him feel safe is Ethan, the telekinetic Soulkeeper with a dark past and a heart of gold...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  angels  magic  lgbtq  myths  romance  fantasy  young-adult
  • Alterant by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dianna Love

    Alterant by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dianna Love

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In this explosive new world of betrayals and shaky alliances, the only Alterant not incarcerated faces an impossible task -- recapture three dangerous, escaped creatures before they slaughter more humans . . . or her.The way Evalle Kincaid sees it, saving mankind from total destruction should have cleared her name...
  • The Wood Wife by Terri Windling

    The Wood Wife by Terri Windling

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Leaving behind her fashionable West Coast life, Maggie Black comes to the Southwestern desert to pursue her passion and her dream. Her mentor, the acclaimed poet Davis Cooper, has mysteriously died in the canyons east of Tucson, bequeathing her his estate and the mystery of his life--and death...
    Categorized as:
    magic  myths  paranormal  poc-mc  20th-century  animals  book  classics
  • 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...
  • Whisper by Lynette Noni

    Whisper by Lynette Noni

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A compelling, addictive fantasy with romance and real-world resonance.Teenaged Jane Doe (aka Alyssa) has been locked in a secret underground government facility for over two years, as authorities have tried — unsuccessfully — to get her to speak. She knows her words have a dangerous power, and she’s vowed never to unleash it again...
  • The Hound of the Burgervilles by E.J. Russell

    The Hound of the Burgervilles by E.J. Russell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This case is really going to the dogs… After I try a little off-the-books interrogation to locate my selkie almost-boyfriend’s nearly-ex-husband (don’t ask, it’s complicated), I’m in the doghouse again with my bosses, who bust me back to surveillance. Ugh...
  • Accidentally Divine by Dakota Cassidy

    Accidentally Divine by Dakota Cassidy

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Heaven ain’t missin’ this angel…At a fateful New Year’s Eve party, Georgina Maverick, a little bit drunk, a lot mired in guilt from her tortured past, trips and falls off a rooftop, tumbling ten stories to her almost death.Little does George know, her friend and co-worker, Dexter Bridger, the man she discovers also happens to be her guardian angel, is on the case...
  • Rogue Community College by David R. Slayton

    Rogue Community College by David R. Slayton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Set in the same universe as the Adam Binder series, Rogue Community College is a delightful fantasy with lots of magic and mayhem … and more than a few dinosaurs.Isaac Frost is an Undertaker, a magical assassin sent to infiltrate and destroy the elves’ new school for wayward practitioners...
  • Thrax by Christina Bauer

    Thrax by Christina Bauer

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "The fourth book in the series is a must read! From the nonstop action, to the snark, to the comical antics of Myla's tail, to Myla's hot-and-heavy (and frequently interrupted) inner lust demon..
  • Spectra: A Cynical Superhero by Amy Sumida

    Spectra: A Cynical Superhero by Amy Sumida

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Aliens, Mutants, Mythical Creatures, and Magic merge in this fresh take on female superheroes. They think she's a superhero. She thinks they're delusional.I thought I knew who I was; translator for the President of the United States, adopted daughter of a dryad, and a supernatural with the ability to manipulate reality through colors...
  • A Battle of Blood and Stone by Sawyer Bennett

    A Battle of Blood and Stone by Sawyer Bennett

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Another day, another step closer to Hell on Earth being unleashed.With every piece that falls into place for the queen of the Underworld, Kymaris gains strength and power that will make it more difficult to defeat her when the time comes. It feels as if we’re in a desperate race to get just one step ahead of her, but my demise feels closer than it ever has before with still so much to do...
    Categorized as:
    angels  magic  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  demons  fae
  • Ruler by Kiki Burrelli

    Ruler by Kiki Burrelli

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Warriors. Outsiders. Alphas.It all started with a mouse and a note. After that, Faust kept receiving strange messages delivered by forest animals. He’s no cartoon princess and this sh*t is weird but not life-threatening. He ignores it until he receives a flurry of notes all with the same message, help me, and there is no way Faust can ignore the odd messages any longer...
    Categorized as:
    angels  lgbtq  magic  paranormal  abuse  action-adventure  adult  book
  • A Day in the Afterlife of Tod by Rachel Vincent

    A Day in the Afterlife of Tod by Rachel Vincent

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A special treat from Rachel Vincent pre "If I Die".A Bonus Chapter from "Before I Wake"...
  • The Hunter and The Hunted by Kelley Armstrong

    The Hunter and The Hunted by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In Off-Duty Angel (Otherworld #10.6), dark witch and half-demon Eve Levine is desperate for a little entertainment while her lover, Kristof Nast, is detained in afterlife court—enough to volunteer an extra week’s worth of angel corps duty just to pass the time...
  • Return to Eden by G.P. Ching

    Return to Eden by G.P. Ching

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Dr. Abigail Silva has waited over 10,000 years for redemption and a chance at a real relationship with the angel she loves. But when you're made from evil itself, it's hard to remember if salvation is worth the wait. With Lucifer's plan coming to fruition, she must decide if God's offer of humanity is all it's cracked up to be, or if a deal with the devil is the more promising solution...
  • Weaving Destiny by G.P. Ching

    Weaving Destiny by G.P. Ching

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Malini Gupta thought Jacob Lau was her destiny. But after months of failing to decipher how she fits into the Soulkeepers, frustration threatens to tear their relationship apart. And it doesn't help that a new Soulkeeper named Mara is ready to stop time itself to earn Jacob's love.When Malini faces her worst fears, and even death, she learns a funny thing about destiny...
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