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  • Emperor's Throne by Shannon Mayer

    Emperor's Throne by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Three against one is not the best odds in any fight. But does she dare gamble on making an enemy into an ally? The final installment in the USAT and WSJ bestselling epic urban fantasy that readers have been waiting for! There might be no rest for the wicked, but there’s no rest for the exhausted either...
  • Cursed by Lindsay Buroker

    Cursed by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The final installment in the Legacy of Magic series!Matti Puletasi has defeated her enemies, rescued her parents, fallen in love with the elf of her dreams, and even started thinking of having children...
  • Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs

    Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 71 ratings
    Mercy Thompson, car mechanic and shapeshifter, never knows what the day - or night - may bring in a world where "witches, vampires, werewolves, and shapeshifters live beside ordinary people" (Booklist). But she is about to learn that while some secrets are dangerous whose who seek them are just plain deadly..
  • Hazards in the Hidden City by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    Hazards in the Hidden City by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ye screw with this lass, ye get put on yer ass.A wedding on an enchanted island of magic. A guest list of gods, immortals, shifters, dragons, and druids. And a sentient city waking after centuries…What could go wrong?When Fiona’s magnet for mayhem weighs in on her special day, there’s no escaping the fallout…or the island...
    Categorized as:
    fae  magic  dragons  paranormal  myths  romance  fantasy  urban-fantasy
  • Betrayed by Lindsay Buroker

    Betrayed by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    After thirty years, Matti has learned that the dwarven mother she believed dead might only be missing—kidnapped by those who want to control her ability to enchant powerful world-changing artifacts.But where is she now? And why is the elf assassin Sarrlevi so invested in helping find her?Matti knows she shouldn’t trust Sarrlevi, or be drawn to his dry humor and dark past...
  • Born to Be Badger by Shelly Laurenston

    Born to Be Badger by Shelly Laurenston

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

    Storm Cursed by Patricia Briggs

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    In this powerful entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, Mercy Thompson must face a deadly enemy to defend all she loves...My name is Mercedes Athena Thompson Hauptman, and I am a car mechanic.And a coyote shapeshifter.And the mate of the Alpha of the Columbia Basin werewolf pack...
    Categorized as:
    dragons  fae  indigenous-mc  magic  myths  paranormal  poc-mc  suspense
  • Kingdom of Storms by Shannon Mayer

    Kingdom of Storms by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Looking to rescue dragon hatchlings? Check. Piss off a demon in the process? Check. Have my mate stolen by a raging psycho who wants his babies? Damn . . . .I, Zamira “Reckless” Wilson, do solemnly swear I wanted a vacation from trouble. The problem is, trouble did not want a vacation from me or those that I love...
  • Wildfire Sea Dragon by Zoe Chant

    Wildfire Sea Dragon by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Wildfires and demons? No sweat.His bodyguard? She’s the real danger…Noble. Dutiful. Serious. All words that no one would ever use to describe sea dragon shifter Joe, the Crown Prince of Atlantis.As the Heir to the Pearl Throne, he’s supposed to be preparing to rule a vast underwater empire…which is exactly why he’s on a fire crew in the ass-end of Montana...
  • Blood & Bones by Lauretta Hignett

    Blood & Bones by Lauretta Hignett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My whole world has just exploded. I'm doing a jaunty quick-step on the edge of total insanity, battling shock, exhaustion, crisis fatigue, and some sort of festering dark power that threatens to erupt out of me every time I get a little stressed. At least now I know where this genocidal rage comes from. Turns out, it's hereditary...
    Categorized as:
    magic  fae  paranormal  family  suspense  myths  romance  urban-fantasy
  • Broke Bones by Lauretta Hignett

    Broke Bones by Lauretta Hignett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Beast has awakened.Word has reached the mortal realm, sending shockwaves through the supernatural community. The Beast is stirring, and gathering his dark troops towards himself with a single-minded destroy all the magical creatures on Earth. He's awake, and promising bloody, furious vengeance.Her mom was the witch who sent the Beast to sleep in the first place, and she's in a coma...
    Categorized as:
    magic  fae  paranormal  family  myths  suspense  romance  urban-fantasy
  • Dungeon Diving 101 by Bruce Sentar

    Dungeon Diving 101 by Bruce Sentar

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Dungeon is a place of magic and mystery, a vast branching, underground labyrinth that has changed the world and the people who dare to enter its depths. Those who brave its challenges are rewarded with wealth, fame, and powerful classes that set them apart from the rest.Ken was determined to follow the footsteps of his family and become one of the greatest adventurers the world has ever known...
  • First Light by Elizabeth Hunter

    First Light by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In the Shadowlands, strangers wear familiar faces, myths are reality, and lies hide behind the most beautiful stories.Lachlan Murray disappeared without a trace. As his girlfriend, twenty-nine-year-old Carys Morgan refuses to accept the police’s explanation—that he simply left her...
    Categorized as:
    dragons  magic  myths  fae  paranormal  romance  fantasy  urban-fantasy
  • Doomsday Magic by Linsey Hall

    Doomsday Magic by Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    We've all been cursed...Against all odds, I’ve rescued my friends from the evil Roman Fates. We should all be celebrating, but there’s a big problem. Every single one of them has been tattooed with a curse that will make them slaves to an ancient evil if they step outside the castle grounds.Because I’m the Druid Dragon God, I’m linked to the Fates...
  • Ravenous Beasts by Lauretta Hignett

    Ravenous Beasts by Lauretta Hignett

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The clock is ticking, and it seems like everyone wants a piece of me. Alaar wants me to be the savior of the universe. The werewolf Alpha of Ironclaw is obsessed, and has sunk to horrifying new depths to get his paws on me. Poor Sarah, the poltergeist, has had a breakdown, and I'm the only one who can stop her from razing Castlemaine to the ground.Even Dwayne is driving me insane...
  • Kiss of the Dragon by Nicola Claire

    Kiss of the Dragon by Nicola Claire

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "You do realise," he whispered, his hand reaching up to brush my hair from my face. He began twining a strand around one of his fingers. "That you are my most magnificent obsession." Magnificent obsession. I think I liked that. I certainly understood it. He was mine too.The explosive conclusion to the Kindred Series...
  • Ashe by E.L. Todd

    Ashe by E.L. Todd

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Cora's visit with the elves proves to be more than she bargained for. She learns her parentage, but it's the last thing she ever expected to hear. She came to the elves for help to defeat King Lux, to free the dragons still trapped in captivity, but she discovers a timeless place, where outside matters mean nothing...
  • Cursed Vampire by Brogan Thomas

    Cursed Vampire by Brogan Thomas

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Half unicorn, half bloodsucker, all trouble. When her secret gets out, can this feisty teenager survive? Tru Dennison’s life feels like a sick joke. Barely coping with the loss of her adoptive grandad, the seventeen-year-old can’t believe it when her no-good uncle kicks her to the curb...
  • Stitched by Shannon Mayer

    Stitched by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    NOTE: ***This novella falls between Wounded (#8) and Rising Darkness (#9) and should be read BEFORE reading (#9).*** "My name is Rylee, and I am a Tracker."When children go missing, and the Humans have no leads, I'm the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot...
  • Secrets of the Sword I by Lindsay Buroker

    Secrets of the Sword I by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    After helping my steady dragon Zav with his family problems, I thought life would get back to normal. As normal as it can be when you’re a hit woman responsible for hunting down bad guys.That was before a strange artifact showed up in a bog and turned my ancient dwarven sword into a magical beacon. Now my enemies can sense it from hundreds of miles away...
  • Guardian by Shannon Mayer

    Guardian by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    "My name is Rylee and I am a Tracker."When children go missing, and the Humans have no leads, I'm the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot. After months of danger, running for my life, and dealing with one crisis after another, I'm finally getting that vacation I deserve...
  • The Magical Beings' Rehabilitation Center: The Complete Series by K.M. Shea

    The Magical Beings' Rehabilitation Center: The Complete Series by K.M. Shea

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Werewolves have fleas. Cyclops need glasses. Dark Elves give villain monologues. Maybe the magical paranormal world isn’t quite what we expect? This special boxset contains the complete urban fantasy series the Magical Beings' Rehabilitation Center: Vampires Drink Tomato Juice, Goblins Wear Suits, and The Lost Files of the MBRC...
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    dragons  fae  magic  myths  paranormal  action-adventure  book  fiction
  • A Faerie's Curse by Rachel Morgan

    A Faerie's Curse by Rachel Morgan

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.A witch’s curse. A world-ending prophecy. A daring rescue mission. Don’t miss the heart-pounding finale to Calla’s story! On the run from the Guild of Guardians, Calla Larkenwood and her team of fellow outlaws plan a daring rescue operation into the Seelie Court itself...
  • Saving the Fae by Leia Stone

    Saving the Fae by Leia Stone

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Everything Lily thought she knew about Liam was a lie. After kicking him out of Faerie, she decides to seek the crystals alone. State after state, she scours the country but comes up with nothing.When she gets back to Faerie, defeated and broken hearted, she finds a peace offering from Liam. Faerie needs her now more than ever and she needs Liam’s help...
  • Clash of Magic by Linsey Hall

    Clash of Magic by Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Time to Master my Magic or Die TryingAfter years of wondering, I know what I am. A DragonGod gifted with the powers of the Greek Gods. Unfortunately, their magic is going haywire inside me. If I don’t learn to control it, I can pretty much kiss my life goodbye...
  • A Faerie's Revenge by Rachel Morgan

    A Faerie's Revenge by Rachel Morgan

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Secrets define her past… Dangerous visions threaten her future… Framed for a crime she didn’t commit… Whom can she...
  • The Faerie Plague by Michelle Madow

    The Faerie Plague by Michelle Madow

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Zombies. The fae realm is overrun with ZOMBIES.Against all odds, I mastered the magic gifted to me by the gods and won the Faerie Games—a twisted, televised game to the death.After winning the Games, I was supposed to be free to return home to Earth. But that was a lie.Now a deadly plague is rampaging the realm. The Otherworld is dying, and I might have the power to save it...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  fae  magic  myths  dragons  suspense  romance  fantasy
  • Dead Heat by Patricia Briggs

    Dead Heat by Patricia Briggs

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 47 ratings
    For once, mated werewolves Charles and Anna are not traveling because of Charles’s role as his father’s enforcer. This time, their trip to Arizona is purely personal--or at least it starts out that way...Charles and Anna soon discover that a dangerous Fae being is on the loose, replacing human children with simulacrums...
    Categorized as:
    fae  family  indigenous-mc  magic  myths  paranormal  poc-mc  suspense
  • Fire Maidens: Ireland by Anna Lowe

    Fire Maidens: Ireland by Anna Lowe

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Magic, shifters, and a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Inheriting a cottage in Ireland seems like a stroke of pure luck to Grace Connolly — as is a chance meeting with her mysterious (and hot) new neighbor. Soon, Boston’s most up-and-coming harpist finds herself mixing business with pleasure and getting to know Finn Hurley — intimately...
  • The Faerie War by Rachel Morgan

    The Faerie War by Rachel Morgan

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.The fate of the fae world is in her hands ...Violet Fairdale is in big trouble. Her home is gone, her beloved forest lies in ruins, the guy she gave her heart to has deserted her—and she doesn’t remember any of it. The powerful Lord Draven is taking over, brainwashing guardians into fighting for him...
  • An Iron Fey Valentine by Julie Kagawa

    An Iron Fey Valentine by Julie Kagawa

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    AN IRON FEY VALENTINE is a story of pure, unfiltered fluff that Julie Kagawa wrote just for fun, but also a thank you to her readers and fans for all their support and encouragement over the years...
  • Equites by T.M. Nielsen

    Equites by T.M. Nielsen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Equites, Book 4 in the Heku Series, starts off with the beginnings of a war. Damon and Emily are still fighting while the Equites defends itself against attacks from both the Valle and the Encala. An accident sends Emily to the hospital, and the tension with the Valle becomes more explosive.Emily suspects the heku have a secret, and will go to any measure to find out what it is...
  • Eternity of Vengeance by T.M. Nielsen

    Eternity of Vengeance by T.M. Nielsen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    *~*~* Major Update! 2/8/2011. Please re-download (free). New storyline begins at Chapter "Buried" ~*~*~*~Emily continues her quest to seek revenge for the death of her Cavalry, much to the dismay of the Equites and Encala Faction...
  • Ferus by T.M. Nielsen

    Ferus by T.M. Nielsen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ferus, Book 6 in the Heku Series, continues to follow the Ferus Organization, a heku alignment that is struggling to become the 4th heku faction.With the newly renewed tension between the factions growing even more violent, Emily struggles with the loss of past friendships...
  • Reckless Cruel Heirs by Olivia Wildenstein

    Reckless Cruel Heirs by Olivia Wildenstein

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Imagine falling through a portal, into a supernatural prison, with the most hateful faerie. Sound bad? Well, it's worse . . .When my father, the King of Neverra, forced my hand into the Cauldron to cement a political alliance with the Farrows, I thought my night couldn’t get any worse. But lo and behold, it did...
  • Entwined with the Dark by Nicola Claire

    Entwined with the Dark by Nicola Claire

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What was wrong with me to antagonise a vampire of his standing to such a degree? I knew I had become too rebellious, too sure of my own place in this world. I was aware that Dark had been encroaching, that I played so often in its shadow I was losing sight of the sun, of my Light. There were times when I truly felt consumed in anger, for all that had happened, for all that I had suffered and lost...
  • The Bone Bearer by Lani Wendt Young

    The Bone Bearer by Lani Wendt Young

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The thrilling, breathlessly anticipated conclusion to The Telesa Series.Leila's selfless act at the closing of 'When Water Burns,' unleashed the demonic fury of Pele the Fire Goddess and now Daniel must fight an epic battle to free the one he loves. Unlikely allies come to his aid as a group of troubled elementals try to overcome their differences and work as a team to save their friend...
  • Ancients and Old Ones by T.M. Nielsen

    Ancients and Old Ones by T.M. Nielsen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Emily begins to recover from her long captivity with Salazar, but a drastic setback threatens not only her, but the lives of the Equites Council. Chevalier struggles with Emily’s renewed friendship with the Encala, when they offer her a companion in a time of need.Learn more about the relationships between the Old Ones and the original heku, the Ancients...
  • The Bones of Makaidos by Bryan Davis

    The Bones of Makaidos by Bryan Davis

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    A wall of fire protects the inexperienced villagers of Second Eden from a planned invasion of dragons and Nephilim, but how long will the flames last? Billy, Walter, Ashley, Elam, and the faithful dragons help the people prepare, but they are woefully outnumbered and will have to go back to Earth and recruit the humans who have the ability to revert to their former dragon states...
  • Firestorm by Shannon Mayer

    Firestorm by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    My name is Larkspur, and I am an Elemental.My people use the power of the earth to sustain life and defy our enemies. I should be at my father's side as a royal princess. But as a half-breed, bastard child, that isn't going to happen. In a world of lava and fire, I am about to face my hardest trial yet. Not one of strength, or power, but intrigue and manipulation...
  • Glass Faerie by Rachel Morgan

    Glass Faerie by Rachel Morgan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.Emerson Clarke: Sarcastic. Independent. Possibly losing her mind.Because that’s the only explanation for why she occasionally sees things that aren’t there, right? But one night, an impossible power erupts from her, and Em realizes the truth is crazier than she ever thought: she isn’t losing her mind; she’s magical...
  • Assassin's Maze by Everly Frost

    Assassin's Maze by Everly Frost

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Can love survive? When Hunter Cassidy exposed the true identity of the underground's brutal leader, she also uncovered the devastating truth about her own life. With her time running out, Hunter must ally herself with her mortal enemy—the only woman with the power to destroy Hunter and everything she loves, including Slade Baines...
  • Blood of Dragons by Olivia Ash

    Blood of Dragons by Olivia Ash

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As the dragon vessel, pretty much everyone wants me either locked up or dead. The magic I possess—the magic I’m quickly mastering—it can destroy whole cities. Start wars. Change the tides of a battle. Dragon families are run like the mob—and all seven dragon Bosses want to meet me. Oh joy. But out of the shadows comes a new threat—a fighter who reminds me of my mentor...
  • DRAGON'S GAP #1-3 by L.M. Lacee

    DRAGON'S GAP #1-3 by L.M. Lacee

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    L.M. Lacee introduces her first omnibus edition in the popular Dragon's Gap Saga. This digital box set contains the first, second and third romantic adventures PLUS a bonus novella: Reighn & Sage's Story: Reighn had no idea when he woke one morning what the day was about to deliver...
  • When Water Burns by Lani Wendt Young

    When Water Burns by Lani Wendt Young

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “Maybe you’re not meant to manipulate fire the way I do. Maybe sparks are all you’re ever going to make.”He snarled, “Or maybe you just need to be a better teacher and give me more.” Before I could reply, he grabbed my hand, twisted and pulled me into a restraining lock. Body pressed against my back, he held me in a chokehold. I struggled. Kicked. Fought. Pain knifed me as I tried to free myself...
  • Shadow Faerie by Rachel Morgan

    Shadow Faerie by Rachel Morgan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Enter the dazzling and deadly world of Unseelie royalty in the penultimate Creepy Hollow book!Emerson Clarke thought magic might solve all her problems. Turns out, magic only made her life more complicated. Her sick mother is in a worse position than before, and Em just made a risky deal with an Unseelie prince: he will heal her mother if Em agrees to the ultimate alliance—marriage...
    Categorized as:
    fae  paranormal  magic  dragons  myths  romance  fantasy  young-adult
  • The Awakening by Nora Roberts

    The Awakening by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    In the realm of Talamh, a teenage warrior named Keegan emerges from a lake holding a sword—representing both power and the terrifying responsibility to protect the Fey. In another realm known as Philadelphia, a young woman has just discovered she possesses a treasure of her own…When Breen Kelly was a girl, her father would tell her stories of magical places...
  • Anchor of the Beasts by Lola Glass

    Anchor of the Beasts by Lola Glass

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ALIVE. FIGHTING. DESPERATE.When I died, the shifters' humanity died with me.Even though Tuslan managed to bring me back only seconds after the darkness consumed me, he and the others still went savage.Now I have to figure out a way to bind myself and my magic back to everyone in Tendira--including the shifters who legitimately killed me.It won't be easy, but at least Tuslan's with me...
  • Forged in Magic by Linsey Hall

    Forged in Magic by Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Save the dragons, save the magic. The world as we know it is at risk. My enemy Drakon plans to take all the world’s magic for himself, and he’s close to succeeding. Worse, he’ll kill the last living dragons to do it. Then the world will be at his mercy. According to fate, it’s up to me to stop him.Fortunately, I know what Drakon plans...
  • Jinxed by Rachel Rener

    Jinxed by Rachel Rener

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I keep telling myself things could be worse.Okay, so my mom's been harboring some hefty family secrets. Big deal.And, yeah, maybe there are still two or three teensy details about Zayn that I don't know – his backstory, his private life, or his real name, for starters.Oh, and let's not forget that there's a bloodthirsty, power-hungry, magical mob boss who's due to appear at any moment. No biggie...
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