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  • Ruling Sikthand by Victoria Aveline

    Ruling Sikthand by Victoria Aveline

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Sophia never thought she was unlucky until she was kidnapped by aliens. Twice...Sophia had simple expectations for her planetary tour. She assumed she’d see the sights, meet new people, and fend off her boredom. She never thought she’d end the trip as an alien captive...
  • Gypsy Rising by Kristy Cunning

    Gypsy Rising by Kristy Cunning

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Sing, gypsies, sing of your lies... That old song plays in my head, as the world turns around me faster than it has ever turned. Monsters and mayhem. That's become my life. Fear and apprehension. That's become the normal for those around me. Dread and distraction. That's what has interrupted my own personal romance story with my mon-star quad. Vengeance and retribution...
  • False Comeback by Lily Mayne

    False Comeback by Lily Mayne

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    High Lord CrossbodyI’ve given up a lot to pursue a career in professional wrestling, and I’m not going to have it all derailed by an uncouth ghoul with a huge chip on his shoulder, who decided he disliked me for no reason on his very first day at Goliaths.Vince Burke has been the thorn in my side for five long years, but things have taken a turn for the worse...
  • Gypsy Truths by Kristy Cunning

    Gypsy Truths by Kristy Cunning

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    After spending the vast majority of my life lonely, I came to this town to find answers about my mother, and instead, stumbled upon a secret society full of monsters I never knew existed outside of dark tales...
  • Ruin by Charlene Hartnady

    Ruin by Charlene Hartnady

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    What happens when destiny gets it wrong?I’m a fae beast king. It’s preordained that I have to take a mate, and it can’t be just anyone. The universe will decide on my behalf. All I know is that my fated mate will be an enchantress of great power. And that when the universe chooses her for me…I must obey. To fight the calling will mean my demise. I have come to trust the process...
    Categorized as:
    fae  paranormal  steamy  humor  dark  magic  romance  fantasy
  • Gypsy Freak by Kristy Cunning

    Gypsy Freak by Kristy Cunning

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    What's it like to be a monster in a town full of monsters, who don't know you're a monster? Complicated and a little scary, but doable. What's it like to be the girl who can't die...that everyone seems to always want to kill? Frustrating as hell...
  • Clean Finish by Lily Mayne

    Clean Finish by Lily Mayne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    LarkinLook, here’s the thing.I’m young, carefree, and my job as the assistant to Holt, manager and owner of the Goliaths of Wrestling, means I’m surrounded by half-naked beefcake wrestlers all day. Of course I’m going to be interested in… getting to know them all better...
  • The Magic of Eternity by Britt Andrews

    The Magic of Eternity by Britt Andrews

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Once upon a time, there was a beautiful green witch. She blew into my life every bit as wild as the storm magic that lived within my veins. My heart had been nothing but a lifeless organ within my chest until she breathed life back into me, ensuring that each beat from that moment forward was for her.Saige Wildes was everything good...
  • Gypsy Moon by Kristy Cunning

    Gypsy Moon by Kristy Cunning

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Imagine searching your whole life for answers, and then finally finding them. A part of you is excited to know the truth. Another part of you is damaged, because you realize why it was so hard to learn answers. Secrets aren't usually very pretty...
  • Slaying Monsters for the Feeble by Annette Marie

    Slaying Monsters for the Feeble by Annette Marie

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    I'm bound to a demon. For my entire life, I avoided magic at all costs. Now, I'm responsible for a demon who wields magic more powerful than the toughest mage or sorcerer. Demons are evil. That's what my textbooks say. That's what I see. He's ruthless, he's temperamental, he's cold. But he protects me without fail. I wonder if he's hiding a heart behind his hostility. My demon is a monster...
  • Hunting Fiends for the Ill-Equipped by Annette Marie

    Hunting Fiends for the Ill-Equipped by Annette Marie

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    I thought I understood power.My parents taught me that magic attracts equal danger, and everything I've seen since becoming a demon contractor confirms it. I've witnessed how power twists and corrupts--and I've tasted power no human should wield.I thought I knew greed.Ambition and avarice drove my family into hiding. My parents died for someone else's greed...
  • Come Dance With the Witchwood Boys by C.M. Stunich

    Come Dance With the Witchwood Boys by C.M. Stunich

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I accidentally married three witch stalkers.They've escaped perpetual hell, courtesy of yours truly.They’ve also gone viral with their annoying thirst trap asses in leather.#theWitchwoodBoysFine. The power of magic is worth the price.Though getting trapped in those woods again is always a possibility.We’ll have to seal the gate with a little … group participation...
  • The Single Mom and the Orc by Honey Phillips

    The Single Mom and the Orc by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Her grumpy orc is going to hammer his way into her heart!When Pippa finds herself in Fairhaven Falls with empty pockets and a brand new baby, she’s thrilled when a sweet - and slightly scary - old lady offers her a job and a place to live. Their new home isn’t much, but it offers a desperately needed shelter.Then her grumpy orc neighbor comes charging into their lives...
  • By the Pint by Jemma Croft

    By the Pint by Jemma Croft

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dima Black might be the richest, most successful vampire in all of Borderlands, but all he wants to do is sew his quilts.Dima enjoys a quiet life in his inner-city Remy apartment with his flatmates, a fridge full of B+, and his fluffy bunny slippers. At least, as quiet as things can be for a mind-reading vampire...
  • Lord of Bones by Aiden Pierce, R.K. Pierce

    Lord of Bones by Aiden Pierce, R.K. Pierce

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rayven Kidnapped. Collared. Trapped. I slink through shadows and steal from the deceased. It’s my passion, until I steal from Death himself…Then it becomes my curse.I’m a prisoner in the realm of the dead, at the mercy of the beast who calls this labyrinthian castle home. The walls are alive, with shifting corridors and eyes that follow me everywhere.He’s given me three days to escape...
  • Swim Deeper by T.S. Joyce

    Swim Deeper by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Reporter, Bre Hayne, is on the hunt for a story. Finally, her big career break has fallen into her lap, and she has chance to get the scoop on one of the notoriously private shifters. Not many of them exist, but one Holt Lachlan has put an ad out for a mate, and Bre is up for the challenge...
  • Tentacles & Triathlons by Ashley Bennett

    Tentacles & Triathlons by Ashley Bennett

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Leviathan Fitness is the favorite place of monsters, muscles, and a tentacled creature who can seduce even the hardest to win over human.When parks department supervisor Reece Rollins decides to sign up for a triathlon– there are two things holding him back. One, his fear of monsters. Two, his sub-par swimming skills...
  • Wicked Bite by Jeaniene Frost

    Wicked Bite by Jeaniene Frost

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    In the newest Night Rebel novel, set in New York Times bestselling author Jeaniene Frost's Night Huntress world, beautiful, daring vampire Veritas risks all to protect Ian... Some promises are meant to be broken... Veritas spent most of her life as a vampire Law Guardian. Now, she's about to break every rule by secretly hunting down the dark souls that were freed in order to save Ian...
  • Anubis by Alessa Thorn

    Anubis by Alessa Thorn

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Anubis, God of The Dead, is missing a piece of his soul, and he knows just the archaeologist to help him find it. He only needs to convince her of that…ANUBIS is the third book in the new series ‘Gods of the Duat’ that centers around the Egyptian gods of war, magic, and the dead...
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    magic  myths  paranormal  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  demons
  • Castle of Nevers and Nightmares by Lana Pecherczyk

    Castle of Nevers and Nightmares by Lana Pecherczyk

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When winter comes to the Court of Dreams, the war against the Subterranean of Nightmares freezes. To celebrate, the faerie queen holds a tournament where mortals compete for the prize of a dream come true. For outsider Willow Nightstalk, it’s the only way to break the curse making her as ugly as she feels...
  • Hunter's Descent by Alice Winters

    Hunter's Descent by Alice Winters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    LakeSnagging the hunter was the easy part. Now I have to prove to him that a life filled with chaos, the most amazing fish ever, and delightful me is so much better than normal—trust me, he isn’t too hard to convince.But when a group of insolent chimeras laughably think they can target my one true love, they have another thing coming for them—likely death...
  • Inviting Bedlam by Grae Bryan

    Inviting Bedlam by Grae Bryan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Ivan Kozlov doesn’t make mistakes, no matter what his brothers might say. Mistakes in his world mean death. So while he may have summoned the wrong sort of demon to aid him in cementing his empire, binding himself to the creature with an irreversible contract, that doesn’t mean he can’t make use of him...
  • Shifter God by Meg Xuemei X

    Shifter God by Meg Xuemei X

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He beds me, whispers sweet lies, then chooses another. The Alpha Heir finds me. Broken, bruised, and with no memory.How fortunate I am that he’s my fated mate.Then he rejects me for another, even though his wolf still wants me.So he locks me up, tries to control me, tries to force me to be his again.But I know a secret. Someone much stronger, more powerful, is coming for me...
  • Behold Her by Emily Antoinette

    Behold Her by Emily Antoinette

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    A woman who dreams of more…I’m having a hard time. And no, that's sadly not an innuendo. Depression is slipping back into my life like a toxic ex, and I know I need to do something before it consumes me. So when I run into the man of my dreams on my first attempt to get out of the house, it feels like fate.But he turns out to be a nightmare, following me home and lurking outside my apartment...
  • Unremarkable by Viola Grace

    Unremarkable by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A scheming vampire, a unicorn with a job to do, and a mage who thought her power was gone, leaving her unremarkable.Ally surrendered her magic as a teen. Her sister was the family heir, and Ally just wanted to leave her home and start off in a new city. She takes on odd jobs and ends up as a secure courier...
  • Anarchy by J.B. Trepagnier

    Anarchy by J.B. Trepagnier

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Well, that certainly sucks!We freed Talvath, then we lost Talvath. And the bastard took Bram with him. For all we know, he’s back in Hell building an army to destroy my library. According to Balthazar, Silvaria and Dorian are on their way back to the US now that he’s liberated a large sum of money from their bank accounts. Kaine and the Paranormal Investigation Bureau will be waiting for them...
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    fae  magic  myths  paranormal  retellings  suspense  adult  book
  • Happily Ever Witch by Cassandra Gannon

    Happily Ever Witch by Cassandra Gannon

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Esmeralda the Wicked Witch is having a lousy week. She’s fallen through a rabbit hole and landed in Wonderland, a cheerful, tea-partying place that no self-respecting villain ever wants to visit. People are threatening to chop off her head, unless she wakes up a sleeping dragon with True Love’s kiss.And not just any dragon...
  • His Darkest Desire by Tiffany Roberts

    His Darkest Desire by Tiffany Roberts

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A cursed goblin sorcerer. The human female he’s waited an eternity for. A secret that could tear them apart.A quaint cottage in a Scottish forest seemed the perfect place for Kinsley to start anew. But when a tragic accident leaves her isolated and dying, her new life is over before ever beginning.Until a dark, mysterious being emerges from the night gloom and offers to save her—for a price...
  • Guarded by the Snake: Monster Security Agency by Layla Fae

    Guarded by the Snake: Monster Security Agency by Layla Fae

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She stole her way into my cold, serpent heart like a thief in the night.The tiny human hires me to shield her from the vengeance of a powerful organization. There’s nothing wrong with that, except she stole from them, got caught, and now I have to clean up her mess. Add to that her incessant chatter, and I’m in for the most unpleasant job in my career...
  • Your Coffin or Mine by Jacklyn Hyde

    Your Coffin or Mine by Jacklyn Hyde

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A runaway bride. A grumpy 600-year-old vampire pretending to be human. A disaster waiting to happen.What could possibly be the most infuriating thing to a vampire disgusted by the internet? A twenty-six-year-old social media influencer that just ran out on her cheating ex fiance and insists on staying in Vlad’s quiet castle...
  • Lucien by Grae Bryan

    Lucien by Grae Bryan

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Jamie Hernandez loves his life. He has his family, his friends, and a successful freelance career at just twenty-three. The only thing missing? His monster. The one Jamie has seen in his dreams for the past five years. Jamie doesn’t know much about the enigmatic man from his visions, but he doesn’t need to. He knows enough. He knows they belong together...
  • Silent Predator by Felicity Brandon, Delta James

    Silent Predator by Felicity Brandon, Delta James

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Paranormal Shifter RomanceA predator prowls the Sea of Cortez, protecting a mystery that has been kept silent for almost a century—damning information that some are still willing to kill for.Mason Lockheart is a highly decorated Navy SEAL with a mission that he can never reveal to anyone… even the curvy redhead who’s determined to bring everything up from the depths of the sea...
  • Love Binds by Cynthia St. Aubin

    Love Binds by Cynthia St. Aubin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For Hanna Harvey, happily ever is just the beginning . . . of a hot mess. Now mated to darkly dangerous but irresistibly seductive werewolf, Mark Abernathy, she's finding that life isn't the endless cheese and whisky fueled boinkfest she'd imagined it to be...
  • Mated to the Alien Rogue by Krista Luna

    Mated to the Alien Rogue by Krista Luna

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The blue alien who rescues me is too damned bossy and annoyingly handsome. But I’m stuck with him and his wicked tail.VIVIANI left Earth the proud captain of a ship destined to save humanity. I wake in a small examination room being poked and prodded by blue aliens who speak a strange language. Oh, hell no...
  • Thorn: A Steamy Orc Rom-Com by Vera Foxx

    Thorn: A Steamy Orc Rom-Com by Vera Foxx

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The orcs of the Monktona Wood were promised long ago they would be gifted with fated mates or miresas as the orcs have called them. Their patience has run short as they scour the lands of Bergarian many giving up, including their leader.Thorn has long lost hope of finding his miresa...
  • By the Fae by Jemma Croft

    By the Fae by Jemma Croft

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dream job – check.Dream apartment – nearly check.Super-hot fae boyfriend – Uh, she’ll have to get back to you on that one.At age 29, good girl, Holly Briar, thought she’d have it all by now. After all, everything else on her metaphorical (and physical) list is checked off, but she’s still very much lacking in the love dept...
  • Summoning my Grumpy Demon Boss by Ami Wright

    Summoning my Grumpy Demon Boss by Ami Wright

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Oops, I just summoned my grumpy demon boss!In my defense, I need revenge on my cheating ex after he announced his engagement to the woman he left me for. And yeah, I might have been drunk...
  • Monsters and Mistletoe by Cassia Briar, Salem Cross

    Monsters and Mistletoe by Cassia Briar, Salem Cross

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hot chocolate, snowflakes, jingling bells, and… monsters?That’s what Christmas has in store for you this year!Add a little spice to your holiday festivities by diving into this collection of monster-loving heroines who find love in the most unusual of places.Featuring new, original stories by:Harpie Alexa - USA Today Best Selling AuthorCassia BriarCara BryantRachel CallahanJ.E...
  • The Orc and the Manny by Chloe Archer

    The Orc and the Manny by Chloe Archer

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to Monsters Hollow, where love knows no bounds—even in a town full of monsters!Targan WildethorneA confirmed bachelor, and a historian by training, I haven’t the faintest clue how to care for twin orclings when I unexpectedly become their guardian...
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    paranormal  magic  suspense  steamy  humor  romance  mlm  fantasy
  • Corrupting Cupid by Effie Campbell

    Corrupting Cupid by Effie Campbell

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    EVABeing back in the small town of Coal's Lake was the last thing I wanted. My plan was simple, run my grandfather's bar long enough to pay off it's debts, then sell it and head back to London.It was a good plan. Until he walked through the door. Tall, dark and extremely odd. Making a deal to teach the adonis how to please a woman leaves me weak at the knees...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  magic  steamy  retellings  myths  romance  fantasy  fiction
  • Sheltered by the Orc: Monster Brides by Sandra R. Neeley

    Sheltered by the Orc: Monster Brides by Sandra R. Neeley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fall through an ancient Fae portal to a time when Orcs ruled the Irish countryside. Stumble into an arranged marriage with an Orc who wants you less than you want him. And when it’s all said and done?Frantically search for a way to travel through time back to his side...
  • King of Hollywood by Fae Quin

    King of Hollywood by Fae Quin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    As far as first dates go, you can’t go wrong with a moonlit trip to the crematory.Marshall: I’ve lived a carefully cultivated life on a quiet suburban cul-de-sac. My anonymity and meticulous routine are all by design. No one knows of the monster that lurks inside me, this insatiable urge to commit murder, that thrives just beneath my pastel sweater vests and buttoned-up demeanor...
  • Bossed by the Boggart by Wendi Guff

    Bossed by the Boggart by Wendi Guff

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    BOSSED BY A MONSTER—sounds overbearing, right?It is, and this guy’s not just any monster. He’s a Boggart—the literal being of nightmares—and I swear his sole mission in life is to make mine a bad dream come true.Every time I turn around, he’s there.Bedazzling me.Bewitching me.Befriending me.....
  • See No Evil by Jewel Killian

    See No Evil by Jewel Killian

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A sane witch would never summon the immortal Demon Lords of Blackwood.Not if she expects to keep breathingEveryone knows thatSo imagine my surprise when, in a reckless and drunken effort to avenge my sister’s death, I summon a revenge demon.Only it’s not a lowly minion who shows up...
  • Petty Cupid by Sarah Blue

    Petty Cupid by Sarah Blue

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What’s a cupid to do when she lies about having a date for the Valentine’s Day Ball?Think outside of the heart-shaped box. With revenge on her mind, she’s hunting for another being in the veil who might escort her to the biggest event in Cupidale.What starts as a ploy to make her ex-boyfriend jealous quickly turns into something far more complicated...
  • Spectacle by Lexie Winston

    Spectacle by Lexie Winston

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The mission to Husdavia was a success, though the identity of the woman in the stasis box still remains a mystery. Hopefully, she will wake up and shed some light on the situation.In the meantime, the Galaxy ship has set course for Fluxx and their next mission is to rescue Silac’s family from the Basilisk syndicate and hopefully reanimate his father...
  • Lost and Bound by Eliot Grayson

    Lost and Bound by Eliot Grayson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Kidnapped, imprisoned, and experimented on for two years, Jared Armitage has lost the will to live. When his captors give him to another prisoner, one who can and probably will take Jared’s life, he comes face to face with the most terrifying thing of all: hope.Calder’s warlock captors meant to turn him into a monster, and they nearly succeeded...
    Categorized as:
    dark  enemies-to-lovers  humor  magic  paranormal  steamy  abuse  adult
  • Death's Bloom by Lily Mayne

    Death's Bloom by Lily Mayne

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He’s the most perfect man I’ve ever met, but something is… wrong.I don’t see it at first. All I see is the gorgeous man with dark eyes and long hair and that unusual blue beard. The piercings and the tattoos, the beautiful smile. All I can focus on is the way he touches me, the sound of his voice in my ear, the perfect life he draws me into.I hide it from him at first...
    Categorized as:
    dark  magic  paranormal  retellings  steamy  adult  age-gap  angst
  • Dragons Are a Girl’s Best Friend by Isla Frost

    Dragons Are a Girl’s Best Friend by Isla Frost

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Why did the dragon cross the road? To eat the stupid human, probably.Welcome to post-revolution Las Vegas. Now a haven for gambling, debauchery, and supernaturals.Of course, it's the idiot humans with new magics of their own that cause the most trouble. That's where I come in.My job as a rookie cop in the Rapid Response unit is to deal with the ongoing teething problems of the magic revolution...
    Categorized as:
    fae  humor  magic  myths  paranormal  suspense  adult  alpha-mc
  • Soren by Grae Bryan

    Soren by Grae Bryan

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Gabe Kingman has never been great with his emotions. His disastrous personal life is evidence enough of that. Returning to be a doctor in his small Colorado hometown was supposed to bring him closer to his family, not push them even further away. He’s been slowly working to repair the mistakes he’s made, but his efforts aren’t made any easier by the new existence of vampires in his world...
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