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He Who Fights With Monsters 7 by Shirtaloon, Travis Deverell
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsJason arrives at a kingdom in peril and he's surprised to discover that it's not his job to save it.With the authorities fulfilling their responsibilities (for once), he looks forward to some quiet time to rest and recuperate.The locals might not find ceaseless monster onslaughts and an inter-dimensional invasion relaxing, but Jason has had a rough few years... -
Horseman by Shayne Silvers
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsABANDON ALL HOPE, THE FIFTH HORSEMAN SHALL RIDE... Nate Temple is on the hunt to right a wrong. Mordred – King Arthur's son – has escaped from Hell. And it's all Nate's fault.Pro-Tip: Don't let escapees rob the dreaded Nine Souls on their way out of Hell's Gates. It makes the escapee just an itsy-bitsy bit stronger.But what are the Nine Souls? And what does St... -
Final Fury by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWelcome to Chipping Cheddar where supernaturals are hidden in plain sight.I foolishly believed this day would never come, that life in charming Chipping Cheddar would always be pleasant and somewhat predictable—but all good things must come to an end.And it seems the dormant portal is no exception... -
Storm Forged by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsMoving into a rundown Victorian house with a vampire living in the basement isn’t as bad as I thought, but things go from weird to weirder when a badly injured gnome collapses in my back yard.The surprising part? It’s my friend Nin’s long-lost grandfather.Since he’s unconscious, we can’t figure out who’s chasing him, or where he’s been all these years, but if we can’t help him, he’ll die... -
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Savage by Shayne Silvers
Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsBoys want attention. Men want respect. Legends just don’t care…Nate Temple is finally taking some time off to appreciate the finer things in life…like his new Valkyrie, Kára. But their weeks of romance come to a swift end and lethal end when assassins invade the sanctity of Chateau Falco... -
Forged Bonds by Daniel Schinhofen
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSean and his Bonded settled in Hearthglen to learn, train, and grow. Taking on an apprentice, setting up his shop, and Bonding both Chastity and Andrea to him, Sean felt like he would finally be able to learn about this world and try his hand at new things... -
Grimalkins Don't Purr by Kim McDougall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKyra Greene is out of this world—literally. Jacoby, her fire dervish has been lost in the Nether for weeks. Only Kyra can save him, but not without help from her estranged father. The problem is, Daddy is dead. His spirit now rests in a Life Tree whose roots pierce the veil between worlds. Join Kyra on a new adventure with her band of misfit creatures... -
Dark Horse by Shayne Silvers
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRage, rage against the dying of the lightIn the stygian darkness beneath his ancestral mausoleum, Nate sets out to explore the shadowed history of his infamous Temple ancestors.And to brutally destroy a poisonous weed threatening to strangle his family tree.Aiden Maxon, Nate’s half-brother, is on the warpath, committed and capable of killing everything and everyone Nate loves and holds dear... -
Psycho Academy by Jasmine Mas
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 13 ratings★ A new Enemies Romance in the Amazon Top 5 Bestselling Series ★*This book can be read on its own. It's the first book in Aran's story. It is recommended, but not required, to read the first three books.Fight like a man...or a girl disguised as one.I'm a princess disguised as a boy at a supernatural academy. But this isn't any normal school, we're training to be assassins... -
Painting the Blues in Gretna Green by Linzi Day
Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMy powers are growing, and my tolerance is low. My second week in my new role as the Gretna Green Recorder is making the first week look relaxing.I have quite the to-do list.✅ Fix a thousand-year-old injustice that threatens the future of the Pictish royal family and their realm? Check.✅ Test my new Knight Adjutant candidates? Check... -
Angel's Flight by Ella Summers
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe old saying is true. Knowledge really is power, especially when angels and gods play the game. The original Immortals, masters of magic, once reigned over every world in the known universe—until they suddenly vanished. The gods and demons have been fighting over the remains of their fractured empire ever since... -
Devil’s Blood by Shayne Silvers
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe greatest trick the First Vampire ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't exist.Before the now-infamous Count Dracula ever tasted his first drop of blood, Sorin Ambrogio owned the night. Humanity fearfully called him the Devil... -
Seeing Red in Gretna Green by Linzi Day
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHave you ever agreed to something and, when the time came, wondered what planet your mouth had been on when it accepted the invitation?Welcome to my freaking world.A warning from a Fae seer didn’t help Tilly and me get into the right mood for our break in Prince Dai ap Modron’s ‘lovely mountain home’ for the St. David’s Day festival... -
Beast Master by Shayne Silvers
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsNate's To-Do List: De-pants Ganesh. Shut down a Monster Circus. Rescue a Chimera. And host Friendsgiving for his guests - an Angel, Achilles, and Death, just to name a few... Easy-Peasy... The Beast Master has come to town, and he's kidnapping shifter kids for his show.But the Queens of Fae also want a little deep-fried wizard for the holidays... -
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Midlife Magic Hunter by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWould you like an extra helping of hot flashes to go with that midlife crisis? Yeah, I thought not. And yet, here we are. Burning down buildings.You know, dating in your forties should be easier. Should be. But it really isn’t. My first date in I don’t-know-how-long is broken up by my ex-husband. I mean, he’s dead, but still.Then a cryptic note from a voodoo queen... -
Midlife Soul Hunter by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsYou’d think I’d already been in hell, married to my ex. But just this one time, you’d be wrong.Surprise, surprise, the Dark Council has been plotting to force my hand. They know that I love Crash. Yes, I said the L word.And they know I’d do anything to bring him back from hell—even though it means it puts both our souls into great danger. And puts my knees into running mode. (Cue the Advil... -
Forged by Vanessa Nelson
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBlood may be thicker than water, but not all families are meant to stay together.Struggling to maintain her independence, and the life she has fought so hard to build, Max finally learns the truth about her own origins and her family.Max has no time to absorb the shocking news... -
Holy Sheoly by Hunter Blain
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGo to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company, and Sheol for…well, the screaming silence of eternal nothingness?In the frigid lands belonging to the Queen of the Unseelie, a beautiful stranger dressed all in ivory makes his approach. A debt is owed, and payment is due.Below the burning lakes of everlasting woe and the single, vast city of Hell, lies Sheol—the Hell below Hell... -
The Scroll: The Gateway Chronicles 5 by K.B. Hoyle
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDarcy Pennington may once have been an average teenager, but not anymore. Living each year twice, once in her world and once in Alitheia, has made her into someone who cares little for normal teenage activities. She’s got more important things to do, like save the mythical, magical world of Alitheia. But this time, Darcy can’t save Alitheia until she saves Tellius, the love of her life... -
Pain by Jane Washington, Jaymin Eve
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsWilla Knight: The saviour of both worlds, or the destruction of everything? Sometimes history lies, and the tales of Minatsol and Topia are no different. Since the birth of Topia, Staviti has woven a web of deceit around the truth of Creation, striving only to maintain his power while destroying anything that gets in his way... -
Moment of Truth by Hailey Edwards
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsWitches are marching down the streets, shifters are prowling the night, and portals to Faerie are popping up all over downtown.Hadley has one chance to save Atlanta, but it means trusting her dark side to get it done.The city will survive. She'll see to that... -
Witch Way to Death & Destruction by Jane Hinchey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Druid, a Sorceress, and a Demon Hunter walk into a bar ... sounds like the start of a joke, right? Only it's no joke. Whitefall Cove is over-run with otherworld creatures and this trio is our only hope. With townsfolk possessed and goblins running amok, the last thing we need is a murder, but someone is out for blood, and I fear it's mine... -
For Love of Evil by Auryn Hadley
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsfour of them. Satan, Lucifer, Beelzebub, and Samyaza. I left everything behind to help change the world. My big plan was to fight back, to stand up for what I believed in. Instead, I'm useless. A failure. I thought we were supposed to be a united front. I thought my guys would be at my side for the rest of eternity. I thought we had something special... -
Reap the Shadows by Annette Marie
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsPiper is feeling a bit overwhelmed. With Seiya and Lyre missing, Ash recovering from near fatal injuries, and the Gaians picking fights with daemons all over the city, a girl can’t help but think she might be in over her head. And this time, she’s on her own... -
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The Blood Curse by Annette Marie
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsWhen Clio conned her way into the Underworld to steal magic from the notorious spell weavers of Chrysalis, she thought she was helping protect her homeland.Instead, she exposed Lyre's most calamitous spell, and now her half-brother Bastian plans to wield it against the powerful Ra family. Clio and Lyre have to stop him before he can unleash it, but Bastian isn't their only adversary... -
With All My Soul by Rachel Vincent
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsWhat 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... -
Pack of Lies by Hailey Edwards
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHadley is losing time, and her shadow refuses to shed light on the gaps in her memory. How can she protect her city if she can't remember where she goes or what she does when she ought to be asleep? Her grim history appears to be stuck on repeat, and the only way forward might be a scythe through her back... -
Witches' Brew by B.R. Kingsolver
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWashington, D.C., has never been boring, but this is ridiculous. Warring witch covens. Werewolf packs fighting for territory. Rumors of Human sacrifice. Minor problems leading up to Beltane, when the portents say the veils between worlds will shred... -
Silksinger by Laini Taylor
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOne faerie, the last of her clan, must fight to complete her sacred dutyWhisper Silksinger is the last of the secret guardians of the Azazel, one of the powerful Djinn who dreamed the world into being. Relentlessly pursued by bloodthirsty devils, she flees to the city of Nazneen to restore the Azazel to his temple... -
How to Survive an Undead Honeymoon by Hailey Edwards
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Epilogues: Part IINothing says romance like spending a long weekend at a haunted inn famed for sending its guests to the ER with scratches, bites, and fractures. Or so Linus thinks when he books a trip for Grier and himself to Oliphant House. As far as honeymoons go, the choice is nontraditional, but then, so is his bride... -
How to Kiss an Undead Bride by Hailey Edwards
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Epilogues: Part IGroom? Check.Dress? Check.Cake? Check.More cake? Double Check.Even more cake? Triple check.(Seriously, who left Lethe alone with Grier's credit card?)Anything that can go wrong has,but all the deposits have been paid, and the menus are set. Mostly. There's always room for more cake, right? All that's left is for Grier and Linus to exchange vows and set off on their honeymoon... -
Blood Wyne by Yasmine Galenorn
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWe're the D'Artigo sisters: half-human, half-Fae, we're sexy, we're savvy and we just turned in our badges to the Otherworld Intelligence Agency. My sister Camille is a wicked good witch. Delilah's a werecat and blossoming Death Maiden. And as for me? I'm Menolly, acrobat extraordinaire turned vampire... -
The Golden Compass: Lyra's world by Kay Woodward, Philip Pullman
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratings[Reader Level 3]There are worlds beyond our own--the Compass will show the way . . .Created especially with younger readers in mind, this book will use simple words and basic sentence structure to introduce the characters of the story... -
Black Summoner: Volume 6 by Doufu Mayoi
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKelvin, the battle junkie Summoner from another world, continues searching for powerful opponents even after becoming a Rank S adventurer and defeating the Demon Lord. He receives an invitation to Gaun, the Country of Beastkin, where two things are about to happen: a Naming Ceremony for him as a Rank S adventurer and the Beast King Festival... -
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Down The Chimney by Debra Dunbar
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRoped into being the Ruling Council's Christmas ambassador, Sam finds herself more Santa than Satan at a slew of human social events, all while trying to score an impossible-to-get gift for Lux and plan the most amazing Christmas celebration any imp has ever thrown... -
The Dawn of the End by Kristen Ashley
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsOnce upon a time, in a parallel universe, there existed the continent of Triton. The land was filled with beauty, but it was also splintered by war. Out of the chaos grew a conspiracy to reawaken the Beast, a fearsome creature who wrought only tragedy and devastation... -
Black Summoner: Volume 3 by Doufu Mayoi
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAs Kelvin, the battle junkie Summoner hailing from another world, continues his extraordinary exploits, Goddess Melfina finally returns to his side, finally having completed her artificial body. When she grants him her blessing, he gains the power to summon a Hero of his own.. -
Unleash the Storm by Annette Marie
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsNew/alternate cover edition for ASIN# B016E6Y270.Piper thought she could handle the Sahar, the most powerful magical weapon in existence. She thought she could protect her loved ones and stop a war. She thought she could make a difference.She was wrong, and her mistakes were paid for in blood... -
The Plan Commences by Kristen Ashley
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsOnce upon a time, in a parallel universe, there existed the continent of Triton. The land was filled with beauty, but it was also splintered by war. Out of the chaos grew a conspiracy to reawaken the Beast, a fearsome creature who wrought only tragedy and devastation... -
Broken Prince by Jen Wylie
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSometimes, when you're broken, you can heal on your own. Sometimes, you need the help of your friends, your family, and the people you love. Keeping those pieces together when the world seems intent on ripping you apart is the greatest challenge of all. Especially when the ones you love, the ones who hold you together, start falling apart themselves... -
Stolen Magic by D.N. Hoxa
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe New York Shade is home to all kinds of supernaturals. It is a safe haven for all of us and it makes no exceptions. Until I did something to piss it off and now it doesn't like me. Bad smells at every turn, empty bags of food on my face, and you can forget all about shortcuts. I don't even know what I did wrong, but that's about to become the least of my problems... -
Crown of Embers (The Chosen) by Meg Anne
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“If it’s a war she wants, I’ll damn well give her one.”Kiri Helena Solene may have gotten her Mate back, but that was just the beginning. The battle lines have been drawn and her nemesis has already struck the first blow.Surrounded by her Circle, Helena’s power continues to grow. However, this time power alone will not be enough... -
Render by Elizabeth C. Mock
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJust when Faela Durante dared to hope that her mission of atonement might succeed, it all shattered with the senseless massacre of the Tereskan healers in Kilrood. None survived the slaughter, not even her son. With her mentor, Ianos Wilkerson, missing and presumed dead, Faela and her new allies must heed Rivka’s dying prophecy in order to stand against the coming darkness... -
Fates by C. Gockel
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Leader Who Rules Chaos, Rules the Realms… Two years ago Loki, God of Mischief and Chaos, destroyed a large chunk of Chicago’s financial district and then vanished into thin air. He still has not been found. Odin, ruler of the Nine Realms, is desperate. To find Loki, he sends his son Thor on a dangerous quest to consult the all-seeing Norns. But Thor needs humanity’s help.. -
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Nothing Gained by Macy Blake
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSawyer Smith's life is a hot mess.Hot, because he's found six of his eight mates. To say things are heating up between them is putting it mildly.A mess, because he's the Chosen One, the son of a goddess with no powers of his own, tasked with fixing the broken magic in his world... and he has no clue how to do it... -
Nothing Ventured by Macy Blake
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSawyer Smith is woefully unprepared for the dangers that come with being part of the supernatural world. As a magical null, he is human and vulnerable, even with the powerful, sexy guardians who have claimed him as their own. When a simple visit turns deadly, Sawyer’s mates take action and whisk him away to the clan of rich and powerful griffins... -
Between Shifts by W.R. Gingell
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThere’s a body beneath the skip bins. Fae on the forklift. A vampire in the manager’s office. And there’s definitely something skeevy going on in the locker rooms. Hi. I’m Pet. Well, not exactly Pet. I am a pet. I was meant to stay out of it, but somebody’s gotta do something when humans are being killed by Behindkind creatures... -
Spirit's End by Rachel Aaron
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsEli Monpress is clever, he's determined, and he's in way over his head.First rule of thievery: don't be a hero. When Eli broke the rules and saved the Council Kingdoms, he thought he knew the price, but resuming his place as the Shepherdess's favorite isn't as simple as bowing his head... -
Odin's Child by Siri Pettersen, Paul Russell Garrett
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn epic fantasy trilogy from Norway about thousand-year-old secrets, forbidden romance, and what happens to those who make a deal with the devil comes at last to the United States! 15-year-old Hirka has always been an outsider in the world of Ym: she’s the only person without a tail, and the only one unable to access the Might, a current of power that runs through the earth... -
Otherlife Awakenings by William D. Arand
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsRunner and his team managed to bring peace to Tirtius, successfully log the crew out, and have begun settling in to make a home on the isle of Vix. North Wood fort itself. Fate isn’t going to let them go that easily though. She clearly hasn't decided on what to do with him. Plots are in motion...Categorized as:
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