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  • Neverseen by Shannon Messenger

    Neverseen by Shannon Messenger

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    Sophie Foster is on the run—but at least she's not alone.Her closest friends from the Lost Cities have gone with her to join the Black Swan. They still have doubts about the shadowy organization, but the only way to find answers is to start working with them. And as they settle into their new lives, they uncover secrets far bigger than anything they’d imagined...
  • The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune

    The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 97 ratings
    A magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret.Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives in a tiny house with a devious cat and his old records. As a Case Worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth, he spends his days overseeing the well-being of children in government-sanctioned orphanages...
  • Lodestar by Shannon Messenger

    Lodestar by Shannon Messenger

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    Dark schemes unfold--and Sophie's loyalty is pushed to the limit--in this thrilling fifth book in the best-selling KEEPER OF THE LOST CITIES SERIES. Sophie Foster is back in the Lost Cities--but the Lost Cities have changed. The threat of war hangs heavy over her glittering world, and the Neverseen are wreaking havoc...
  • 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...
  • Between Homes by W.R. Gingell

    Between Homes by W.R. Gingell

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    G'day. I'm Pet. Not, not Pet--I am a pet. Well, I was a pet: I used to belong to two fae and a stroppy vampire. Now I'm homeless. I mean, I was always technically homeless, but this time it's different...
  • Ghost of Deceit by Alice Winters

    Ghost of Deceit by Alice Winters

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    HiroSeeing the dead has never been easy, but the last thing I expected was to be a pawn in a serial killer’s game.Moving in with Maddox was supposed to be the only thing we needed to worry about. Not a dead teacher, and not the fact that a serial killer knows my abilities...
  • Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater

    Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 75 ratings
    The third installment in the all-new series from the #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Maggie Stiefvater!Blue Sargent has found things. For the first time in her life, she has friends she can trust, a group to which she can belong. The Raven Boys have taken her in as one of their own. Their problems have become hers, and her problems have become theirs...
  • The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater

    The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 79 ratings
    Now that the ley lines around Cabeswater have been woken, nothing for Ronan, Gansey, Blue, and Adam will be the same. Ronan, for one, is falling more and more deeply into his dreams, and his dreams are intruding more and more into waking life...
  • The Magic That Binds by A.J. Sherwood

    The Magic That Binds by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    All Dag Gates wants is a place to call home. (And to practice magic freely.)All Stefan Bjorne wants is peace in his adoptive country. (And less paperwork.)All Mikkel Vinters wants is both of them. (No, really, he could do wedding bells...
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    mlm  magic  paranormal  lgbtq  poc-mc  romance  fantasy  urban-fantasy
  • In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan

    In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    “What’s your name?”“Serene.”“Serena?” Elliot asked.“Serene,” said Serene. “My full name is Serene-Heart-in-the-Chaos-of-Battle.”Elliot’s mouth fell open. “That is badass.”The Borderlands aren’t like anywhere else. Don’t try to smuggle a phone or any other piece of technology over the wall that marks the Border—unless you enjoy a fireworks display in your backpack. (Ballpoint pens are okay...
  • When Villains Rise by Rebecca Schaeffer

    When Villains Rise by Rebecca Schaeffer

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Dexter meets Victoria Schwab in this dark and compelling fantasy about a girl who is determined to take down the black market once and for all in the conclusion to the trilogy that started with the critically acclaimed Not Even Bones.Nita finally has Fabricio, the boy who betrayed her to the black market, within her grasp...
  • Blood by A.J. Sherwood, Jocelynn Drake

    Blood by A.J. Sherwood, Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Secret identities are hard to keep.Sora finds this to be doubly true after meeting the struggling Burkhard Clan and the mischievous Ravi. The wind dragon has stolen his breath, and heart, away. Sora suspects he might have found his mate. But his inability to be truthful with Ravi eats at Sora. When the Jaeggi attack, Sora can’t keep his secrets any longer...
    Categorized as:
    family  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  poc-mc  action-adventure  adult
  • The Protection of Ren Crown by Anne Zoelle

    The Protection of Ren Crown by Anne Zoelle

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Barely surviving her first term at college, all Ren wants to do over break is relax and bond with her roommate—not get eaten by a sentient building or attacked on the street. But with increasingly open warfare brewing between the magical factions and Layers of the world, this time, Ren will not fail in making sure everyone she loves stays safe and protected...
  • Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater

    Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    The dreamers walk among us . . . and so do the dreamed. Those who dream cannot stop dreaming – they can only try to control it. Those who are dreamed cannot have their own lives – they will sleep forever if their dreamers die.And then there are those who are drawn to the dreamers. To use them. To trap them. To kill them before their dreams destroy us all.Ronan Lynch is a dreamer...
    Categorized as:
    family  found-family  friendship  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  poc-mc
  • His Realm by Mary Calmes

    His Realm by Mary Calmes

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    On their first meeting, Varic Maedoc, prince of the vampyrs, told Jason Thorpe that loving him was not for the faint of heart. He wasn’t kidding. In the past two years, Jason has been kidnapped, lived through several attempts on his life, and foiled a coup. Now, his new life as the prince’s consort and adviser to the king is made even harder by Varic’s prolonged absence...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  mlm  magic  lgbtq  family  romance  vampires  fantasy
  • Lost by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast

    Lost by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Things have settled down at the Tulsa House of Night since Zoey and the gang closed the tear between worlds and sent Other Kevin back to the Other World. Neferet hasn't stirred. Damien and Jack are falling in love all over again. Stevie Rae and Rephaim are back in Tulsa where they belong. The Depot Restaurant is being rebuilt with the enthusiastic involvement of local humans...
  • King & Queen by Maz Maddox

    King & Queen by Maz Maddox

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Running into your one night stand is always awkward.It’s especially awkward when said hunky hookup pulls you into a secret war over fossils and a kidnapped, newly awakened Albertosaurus shifter...
  • Power of the Seers by Jada Fisher

    Power of the Seers by Jada Fisher

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They thought I was dead. Who knows, maybe I was. But I’m coming back and I have learned so much. Will it be enough? A urban fantasy from #1 Bestselling author James David Victor Davie was lost and presumed dead. With no choice but to move on without her, Bron, Mallory, and Mickey are forced to prepare for a war they appear incapable of winning...
  • Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars by Kai Cheng Thom

    Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars by Kai Cheng Thom

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl’s Confabulous Memoir by Kai Cheng Thom is the highly sensational, ultra-exciting, sort-of true coming-of-age story of a young Asian trans girl, pathological liar, and kung-fu expert who runs away from her parents’ abusive home in a rainy city called Gloom...
  • The Insiders by Mark Oshiro, Avi Roque

    The Insiders by Mark Oshiro, Avi Roque

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Three kids who don’t belong. A room that shouldn’t exist. A year that will change everything.Perfect for fans of Rebecca Stead and Meg Medina, this debut middle grade novel from award-winning author Mark Oshiro is a hopeful and heartfelt coming-of-age story for anyone who’s ever felt like they didn’t fit in...
  • Breath of Life by Jocelynn Drake

    Breath of Life by Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Caelan wants his throne back.The bargain has been struck, and it’s time to return home.But the situation is worse in Erya than he previously suspected. Betrayal runs deep in the streets of Stormbreak, and finding people he can trust will be treacherous.He has no choice, though. He’s fighting for his birthright, and maybe even a little revenge if he can get it...
  • Firecracker by A.L. Knorr

    Firecracker by A.L. Knorr

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In love with one twin, bonded by fire to the other. Welcome to Arcturus Academy.98% of fire magi who attempt the agonizing forbidden ritual known as The Burning don’t survive. Those who do… level up in ways undreamt of by the Unburned.I survived.Now I've got other problems...
  • Ice Crypt by Tiana Warner

    Ice Crypt by Tiana Warner

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Meela has just returned from the Massacre—the annual attempt to wipe out the mermaids threatening her people’s survival. After forming an unlikely connection with Lysi, a mermaid she was trained to kill, Meela is determined to stop the war between humans and merpeople for good. She knows of a legendary weapon that could bring peace if she uses it against King Adaro, ruler of the Pacific Ocean...
  • The Enforcer and His Heart by Kiki Clark

    The Enforcer and His Heart by Kiki Clark

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    With Keegan's safety on the line, there is nothing Nico won't do to protect him.The mysterious Keegan has been haunting Nico's dreams.Ever since the night he stormed through the pack's protections like they were nothing, Nico hasn't been able to forget the powerful young witch. Not his scarred face, his loyalty, or his fierce but sad eyes.Nico just wished he'd caught Keegan's scent...
    Categorized as:
    family  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  poc-mc  action-adventure  adult
  • Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell

    Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 52 ratings
    In Carry On, Simon Snow and his friends realized that everything they thought they understood about the world might be wrong. And in Wayward Son, they wondered whether everything they understood about themselves might be wrong.In Any Way the Wind Blows, Simon and Baz and Penelope and Agatha have to decide how to move forward...
  • No More by P.S. Power

    No More by P.S. Power

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    If you like new things, different things, good things... You'll love this book and it's main character! Hannah de Peyser has it all.At least on paper.She's rich. Good looking. Fun. Even a minor celebrity.Also a victim of crime. After being kidnapped for ransom four times in ten years, she decides she's simply had enough...
  • Powerless by Tracey Ward

    Powerless by Tracey Ward

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My name is Max Campbell and I do not have a superpower. I don't need one. I have a genius level IQ, nerves of steel, and great hair. I've been trained to be a healer and a killer by some of the most elite soldiers in the world, and I excel at the task. No tricks. No cheat codes. Just me. Pure, unaltered, awesome me...
  • Dragged through Hedgerows by Forthright .

    Dragged through Hedgerows by Forthright .

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He had one job. Becoming a family pet wasn’t it. For the sake of his people, Daroo-fen has lived among humans, working as a lawyer in a little mountain town. He’s vowed to protect the surrounding woodlands, no matter the cost. But in the course of duty, he meets a man who needs help … and a friend...
  • Altered Reality by Jada Fisher

    Altered Reality by Jada Fisher

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Just when I started to get my new friends and powers figured out, everything changes…again. Now I may never get back to my old life. If I’m going down, I’m not going alone. An urban fantasy from #1 Best Selling author James David Victor Davie has just started to figure out her new powers and fantastical friends...
  • Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens

    Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Two rival apprentice sorcerers must team up to save their teachers and protect their own magic in this lively young adult romantic adventure from the New York Times bestselling author of In Deeper Waters and So This Is Ever After.Edison Rooker isn’t sure what to expect when he enters the office of Antonia Hex, the powerful sorceress who runs a call center for magical emergencies...
  • Anchor by Claire Cullen

    Anchor by Claire Cullen

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Both on the run from their pasts, Shane and Reece find themselves at the orchard. Was it chance that brought them there or were they called home?Reece is too tangled up in the idea of who he’s running from to realize the truth about who he’s run to. The orchard is the perfect hiding place, and after escaping the military and his alpha team, he needs to keep his head down...
    Categorized as:
    family  lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  abuse  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Blood Omen by Sheena Jolie

    Blood Omen by Sheena Jolie

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Remi has been doing the same job for the last two thousand years: specialist courier of valuable magical objects and sensitive information. Sent on a mission to get a powerful talisman to the City Master of the Boston Bloodclan, Remi ends up with an unexpected complication: Celyn, a beautiful fae college student who was in the right place at the wrong time...
  • Shadow's Origin by Alice Winters

    Shadow's Origin by Alice Winters

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Etienne:Having another being in my head isn’t always the easiest to deal with. He’s loud, annoying, and is trying his hardest to keep me from looking at Leo, the sexy police officer who is currently hunting me down for illegal magic use...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  paranormal  magic  lgbtq  found-family  romance  fantasy  demons
  • Mister Impossible by Maggie Stiefvater

    Mister Impossible by Maggie Stiefvater

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Raven Boys, a mesmerizing story of dreams and desires, death and destiny.Something is happening to the source of the dreamers' power. It is blocked. Diminished. Weak. If it goes away entirely, what will happen to the dreamers and those who depend on them?Ronan Lynch isn't planning to wait and find out...
    Categorized as:
    family  found-family  friendship  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  poc-mc
  • The Last Remnant by Pam Brondos

    The Last Remnant by Pam Brondos

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Following her forced departure from Fourline, Natalie Barns has been aching to rejoin the struggle to overthrow its evil dictator. With Soris and those she left behind constantly on her mind, Nat bides her time, determined to find a cure for the duozi—those infected by the terrifying Nala...
  • Secret by Brigid Kemmerer

    Secret by Brigid Kemmerer

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    EARTH. FIRE. AIR. WATER.Nick Merrick is stretched to breaking point. He's trying to keep his grades sky-high or he won't get in to college. He's trying to keep his brother's business afloat or the Merricks will be out on the street. He's trying to keep the secret of where he's going in the evenings from his twin brother Gabriel - or he fears he'll lose his family...
  • Scumble by Ingrid Law

    Scumble by Ingrid Law

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Nine years after Mibs's Savvy journey, her cousin Ledge has just turned thirteen . . . But Ledger Kale's savvy is a total dud-all he does is make little things fall apart. So his parents decide it's safe to head to Wyoming, where it's soon revealed that Ledge's savvy is much more powerful than anyone thought...
  • Monster of the Week by F.T. Lukens

    Monster of the Week by F.T. Lukens

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Spring semester of Bridger Whitt's senior year of high school is looking great. He has the perfect boyfriend, a stellar best friend, and an acceptance letter to college. He also has this incredible job as an assistant to Pavel Chudinov, an intermediary tasked with helping cryptids navigate the modern world. His days are filled with kisses, laughs, pixies, and the occasional unicorn...
  • Opal by Maggie Stiefvater

    Opal by Maggie Stiefvater

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    An enchanting story from Maggie Stiefvater featuring Opal, Ronan, and Adam from her bestselling Raven Cycle, taking place after the events of The Raven King...
  • Demon Hunter by Louisa Masters

    Demon Hunter by Louisa Masters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    What happens when the hunter becomes the hunted?Before that night, there wasn’t much in my life I could complain about. I hunt rogue demons for a living, which is the coolest thing ever, and my brothers are the best. Sure, there was that thing with our parents betraying humanity, and okay, I wasn’t thrilled when my brother-bestie hooked up with a demon, but everything else was amazing...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  mlm  magic  lgbtq  found-family  family  romance  demons
  • Fix by Ferrett Steinmetz

    Fix by Ferrett Steinmetz

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    America's long sent its best SMASH agents overseas to deal with the European crisis. As of today, they decided dismantling your operation was more important than containing the Bastogne Broach. Now you're dealing with the real professionals.Paul Tsabo: Bureaucromancer. Political activist. Loving father...
  • Portals and Puppy Dogs by Amy Lane

    Portals and Puppy Dogs by Amy Lane

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hedge Witches Lonely Hearts Club: Book TwoSometimes love is flashier than magic.On the surface, Alex Kennedy is unremarkable: average looks, boring accounting job, predictable crush on his handsome playboy boss, Simon Reddick.But he’s also a witch.Business powerhouse Simon goes for flash and glamour… most of the time...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  action-adventure  adult  animals  book
  • The Peacock and the Jackal by Lisa Oliver, Harrison J. Phillips

    The Peacock and the Jackal by Lisa Oliver, Harrison J. Phillips

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    How hard can it be? Rescue the Prince and live happily every after. Easy right? Especially for a war correspondent who considered battles just another day in paradise. But what he didn't count on was a vain, determined, neurotic peacock who was turning out to be more trouble than an entire pack of Siberian wolves...
    Categorized as:
    family  lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  abuse  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Purgatory Playhouse by E.J. Russell

    Purgatory Playhouse by E.J. Russell

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The very last thing out-of-work theater technician TD Baylor should have done was blow his last ten bucks on a crapshoot. He was one couch-surf shy of homeless, for Pete’s sake. But as he was trudging along suburban Boston streets with all his worldly possessions in tow, the sign in the window of an over-the-top Halloween pop-up caught his eye: Marden’s Magic Emporium...
  • Stop Dragon My Heart Around by Rachel Langella

    Stop Dragon My Heart Around by Rachel Langella

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    (You may know them better as Ari McKay). Sometimes Fate has a bizarre sense of humor. Or at least it seems that way to Gus, owner of the Rainbow Room, Asheville’s main hangout for gay paranormals. He’s seen Fate catch up with the patrons of his bar while he served drinks and listened to their stories for three hundred years...
  • There's A Bat In My Room! by Michele Notaro

    There's A Bat In My Room! by Michele Notaro

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Have a flying bat problem? Tennis Assassin to the rescue!I’ve never been so scared in my life, but armed with a ski mask, a leather jacket, and a tennis racket, I’m ready to take on the flying demon… er, bat.When one swing connects, and the bat hits the wall and turns into a man, my life changes forever...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  mlm  magic  family  lgbtq  romance  fantasy  shapeshifters
  • Lesser Known Monsters by Rory Michaelson

    Lesser Known Monsters by Rory Michaelson

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Being the chosen one isn’t always a good thing...Oscar Tundale is not a hero. Anxious, indecisive, and awkward, he can barely get through a normal day. Now he’s about to find out monsters are real. Oscar’s friends: brave, stubborn Zara, and hyperactive, paranoid Marcus, might help discover what hunts him, and unravel the truth about the handsome doctor he pines for...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  trans-mc  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Exit Plans for Teenage Freaks by 'Nathan Burgoine

    Exit Plans for Teenage Freaks by 'Nathan Burgoine

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Being the kid abducted by old Ms. Easton when he was four permanently set Cole’s status to freak. At seventeen, his exit plan is simple: make it through the last few weeks of high school with his grades up and his head down...
  • Reborn by Krista Street

    Reborn by Krista Street

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They've found the other lost children, but that win came at a price. On the run, Lena, Flint and their family know they have two options: go back into hiding or fight.Will their abilities be strong enough to ensure their freedom? Or will Lena and Flint's greatest fear finally come true?The stunning conclusion to The Lost Children Trilogy...
  • Otherworldly by F.T. Lukens

    Otherworldly by F.T. Lukens

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author of Spell Bound and So This Is Ever After.Seventeen-year-old Ellery is a non-believer in a region where people swear the supernatural is real. Sure, they’ve been stuck in a five-year winter, but there’s got to be a scientific explanation. If goddesses were real, they wouldn’t abandon their charges like this, leaving farmers like Ellery’s family to scrape by...
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