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Cain's Shadow by Lisa Oliver
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHellhounds who love scritches, a hellhound baby who’s as adorable as he is menacing, a special tree with beautiful buds, and Lord Hades in a pale pink shirt. This story has everything to make you smile.Hellhound Cain was beyond frustrated. He couldn’t even visit his pack mate in New York without some curly headed blond following him around... -
![The Bewitched Alpha by Susi Hawke]()
The Bewitched Alpha by Susi Hawke
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA determined omega of great talent and an even greater mission... An easy-going alpha with a rootless pack... Some matches are truly fated. Zeke Steele wishes he had time to enjoy the moment when he catches the scent of his true mate, but who has time for that? He sure as heck doesn’t. Not when he has a twin brother whose life is hanging in the balance if Zeke can’t find him in time... -
![Grantham by Taylor Rylan]()
Grantham by Taylor Rylan
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThey’ve been betrayed by loved ones before. Together, they learn to forgive.Since leaving his birth coven, Grantham has found his home with Master Edison’s warlocks. Though the Amherst Coven has been blessed by the Fates and its members are finding their fated ones, will he find that perfect One that belongs with him?Theodore is on the run with an omega that isn’t his mate... -
![Scenes from the Holidays by K.D. Edwards]()
Scenes from the Holidays by K.D. Edwards
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsScenes from the Holidays consists of short Tarot Sequence vignettes, released serially beginning in December 12, 2020, on K.D. Edwards’ Twitter account. The scenes take place between the end of THE HANGED MAN and the start of the forthcoming third book, THE HOURGLASS THRONE. The scenes center around Sun Estate activities during an Equinox celebration... -
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![A Cruel and Fated Light by Ashley Shuttleworth]()
A Cruel and Fated Light by Ashley Shuttleworth
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsHalf-fae Arlo becomes entangled in the courtly intrigue at the Seelie Summer palace as danger for ironborns mounts in this gripping sequel to A Dark and Hollow Star that’s The Cruel Prince meets City of Bones.After thwarting the man behind the gruesome ironborn murders—and breaking several fae laws to do so—all Arlo wants is a quiet summer... -
![Ryland's Inferno by Giovanna Reaves]()
Ryland's Inferno by Giovanna Reaves
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe ran because of fear, but was found because of love. . . The moment Blayze McKnight joins the Pryde Pack he knows it is only a matter of time before everyone finds out that he is not what he claims to be. Being the last of his kind, Blayze was never taught the way of the dragon. Because the man he wants he can never claim as his... -
![Love at First Bite by Kian Rhodes]()
Love at First Bite by Kian Rhodes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLove at First Bite is the second book in the Omega Destiny, International series but can be read as a stand alone. Mutt was only four years old when he was sold into servitude by the very people who were supposed to protect him. What followed were two decades of abuse, misuse, and maltreatment at the hands of adoptive father with no end in sigh... -
![The Arrival by Karla Nikole]()
The Arrival by Karla Nikole
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe vampire comfort read you didn’t know you needed. Nino and Haruka are starting their family with the pending arrival of a new baby, but it’s freaking Nino out a little. Old wounds and complicated familial relationships come to a head, and the two vampires must work together to smooth things out before they become fathers... -
![Ezra's Awakening by B.A. Stretke]()
Ezra's Awakening by B.A. Stretke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEzra Bentley loves his life with his beloved, Louis DuCane, and has come to see the Palace and the Coven in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan as his home. There have been trying moments, forces within the coven who didn’t see him as worthy, but those days are passed and there looks to be a bright future ahead. But as they say, two steps forward means one step back... -
![Love and Magic: A Crimson Vampire Christmas by B.A. Stretke]()
Love and Magic: A Crimson Vampire Christmas by B.A. Stretke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLove and Magic abound in Crimson, Virginia. Leroy Thibodaux has been the Sheriff of Crimson for a little over a year and he’s really settling into the job. He joined the Crimson Coven after fighting alongside them in the Great War and finds himself very much at home. All that’s missing is his Fate chosen love by his side... -
![Protecting His Vampire Mate by Jay Castle]()
Protecting His Vampire Mate by Jay Castle
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBRYANAfter everything I've done, I don't deserve love. Especially not from Tobias Hawthorne—the brave, gorgeous, annoyingly perfect warlock who insists he's my fated mate.Actually, I might already be halfway in love with him, but Tobias doesn't need to know that. Because it can't happen. I can't put him in danger. Not when I've hurt so many people already... -
![Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens]()
Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsTwo 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... -
![The Wolf's Secret by Claire Cullen]()
The Wolf's Secret by Claire Cullen
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen is a wolf not just a wolf? When he has magic running through his veins. Fleeing Samhain Pack to protect them from his berserker nature, Barrett is alone in the wilds—and lost to himself. Until he tracks a most interesting prey and finds himself face to face with a mage. But Evan is not just a mage, he’s something their pack desperately needs—a healer... -
![Diablo by J.M. Wolf]()
Diablo by J.M. Wolf
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTrace Black hasn’t forgotten the tragic death of his parents and birth pack. His only focus since then was looking after his twin brother, Casey. Now that Casey has found his fated mate and started a family of his own, Trace has given everyone the cold shoulders, preferring the comfort of solitude... -
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![Summons by Lisa Oliver]()
Summons by Lisa Oliver
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSummons The first in a new series of standalone stories where our lovely men find their mates in the strangest of circumstances. It has to be Fate, right? Edward Rosen, level ten mage, hadn’t reached the end of his tether – he was hanging from it. After a hundred and twenty-four years of living under his parents’ rules, Edward decided the only way things could change, was if he got married... -
![Eternal Luck by Louisa Masters]()
Eternal Luck by Louisa Masters
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLuck brought us together… but can it last forever?I was working a dead-end job and living with too many roommates when I met Carlos. That meeting was our first stroke of luck, changing both our lives and tying us together. I’ll never regret it, but after eight amazing years, I’m starting to think he does... -
![The Wolf's [Un]Lucky Fae by Michele Notaro]()
The Wolf's [Un]Lucky Fae by Michele Notaro
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCall it fate, call it luck, but when a powerful wolf shifter walks into my life, everything changes. Bel I’ve made some stupid decisions in my life, and one in particular keeps coming back to haunt me. When I keep running into a handsome stranger, I know I should push him away, if only to keep him safe from my mess, keep him safe from me... -
![Thorn Evermore by Mia Monroe]()
Thorn Evermore by Mia Monroe
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCatching feelings? No thanks. Love is a cage and I like my freedom. KysonThey say forty is the new thirty, but maybe that’s for regular people. Not guys like me who spend their days dusting off antiques and fantasizing about mythical beings. After too many breakups, I’ve given up on finding love, but my milestone birthday sent me out looking for a random hookup... -
![Secrets of Blackthorn Hall by Cassandra Clare]()
Secrets of Blackthorn Hall by Cassandra Clare
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJulian and Emma are on their travel year when the Clave sends Julian a message: clean up Blackthorn Hall or ownership reverts back to the Clave. Amidst the clutter and disrepair they discover secrets that Blackthorn Hall has kept hidden for years... They find out something... or someone... else might be sharing the space with them... -
![Shatterproof by Xen Sanders, Xen.]()
Shatterproof by Xen Sanders, Xen.
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBack and better than ever, from bestselling queer romance author Cole McCade writing as Xen: the new 2018 edition of SHATTERPROOF, with 30% more content, new scenes, new fae mythos, vampires, and more. There are worse ways to die than by falling in love.Grey Jean-Marcelin has given up on life... -
![Portals and Puppy Dogs by Amy Lane]()
Portals and Puppy Dogs by Amy Lane
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHedge 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... -
![Omega Neat by Aria Grace, Lorelei M. Hart]()
Omega Neat by Aria Grace, Lorelei M. Hart
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKnox has carried a heart full of guilt and regret for more than a decade. When the man he loved was killed just months after they met, he vowed to never love like that again. The pain was too raw, but that led him to Michael's brothers, Mitch and Justin... -
![The Skinny on Djinni by E.J. Russell]()
The Skinny on Djinni by E.J. Russell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBeing in tech time-out totally sucks.Hector Gonzales knew the danger when he hacked the magic grid to marry it with human technology. He’d never imagined this system crash: A total tech suspension while the tradition-bound supe council reviews his case... -
![Blood Kiss by Christa Tomlinson]()
Blood Kiss by Christa Tomlinson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPassion burns slow, sweet, and hot between a ruthless vampire and a human mob prince. Everett – powerful vampire and ruthless crime lord. He doesn’t have time for relationships and has zero interest in taking care of a human in exchange for their blood. Then, one night, he attends an auction where humans are sold as blood pets to wealthy vampires... -
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![Undeniable Bonds by Kaje Harper]()
Undeniable Bonds by Kaje Harper
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSome bonds are strong enough to last a lifetime, and change the world.Rory O'Sullivan has spent his life alone. Once upon a time, he made one real human connection as a gay man. That moment happened in Nazi captivity, and the wolf he escaped with was a Soviet soldier. They had a taste of what love might mean, but in 1944, personal happiness had to come second to survival... -
![The Ostin Heir by Michelle Dare]()
The Ostin Heir by Michelle Dare
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSeventy years ago, Theo Ostin witnessed his family murdering a town of humans. He also watched as stakes were driven into his parents’ chests. Since then, he’s lived on an island no one knows still exists, let alone that he survived.He prefers it that way.There’s something about Desolate Beach that calls to Paxton Huxley on a visceral level... -
![Three Meant to Be by M.N. Bennet]()
Three Meant to Be by M.N. Bennet
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTelepathic high school teacher Dorian prepares teen witches for professional casting because going in unprepared is what killed one of his partners. But new state mandates on magical proficiency make it nearly impossible, and Dorian worries he can’t give his students the education they really need... -
![Fool Me Twice by A.M. Rose]()
Fool Me Twice by A.M. Rose
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Be a calm wave in the ocean of chaos.”Hart, perhaps, took that quote a bit too much to heart. In the midst of drama and the constant restlessness of his family, he chose to present himself as unwavering. Poised. Controlled. Even when inside, he’s anything but. There are layers to him underneath the perfection. Layers he’s desperately craving for someone to peel away... -
![Lesser Known Monsters by Rory Michaelson]()
Lesser Known Monsters by Rory Michaelson
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsBeing 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... -
![Fluid by Jordan Castillo Price]()
Fluid by Jordan Castillo Price
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's been a couple of decades since Wild Bill has been able to savor the bite of an ice-cold, freshly tapped keg. Twenty-odd years since the shivery pucker of a cheap, boxed wine has assaulted his palate. But that doesn't mean Bill's forgotten how to party... -
![Swarm by Jordan Castillo Price]()
Swarm by Jordan Castillo Price
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor some time, Michael has suspected that Wild Bill's done more than just dabble in art. As with every other piece of his personal history, Bill plays his cards close to his chest. But when he lets on that a mural he painted before his change might still exist, Michael's dying to see it -- and Bill's never been good at saying no... -
![Snare by Jordan Castillo Price]()
Snare by Jordan Castillo Price
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith summer ending and temperatures dipping low at night, Michael's eager to get his leather jacket back, and although Wild Bill could easily vamp any sales clerk into giving Michael some new duds, it wouldn't be quite the same as the jacket he left at his parents' house. Not unless the malls have begun selling clothing with Rohypnol and ketamine sewn into the seams... -
![Loving The Hellhound by B.A. Stretke]()
Loving The Hellhound by B.A. Stretke
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLoving The Hellhound Vadin Labont is on a mission. He has been dispatched by his Vampire Coven Master to eliminate a rogue vampire who has broken every vampire code and has risked exposing vampire society to the human world. Florian Chamberlin sewed destruction wherever he went and earned the ire of the Dragons of Clan Keith in Laramie, risking the safety and good name of the Chamberlin Coven... -
![Break the Spell by Andy Gallo]()
Break the Spell by Andy Gallo
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBartholomew Hollen, professor of defensive magic at Utrecht University, just wanted a no strings, no feelings, no attachment hook up. Nothing messy like when his ex-boyfriend tried to feed him to a demon. Bart’s heart, however, has other ideas... -
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![Otherworldly by F.T. Lukens]()
Otherworldly by F.T. Lukens
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsNew 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... -
![Kennard's Story by N.R. Walker]()
Kennard's Story by N.R. Walker
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKennard and Stas have been enjoying being newly bonded mates, hidden away for the last six months in Stas' cabin, deep in the forests of Northern Russia. When they get a visit from Alec, Cronin, Eiji, and Jodis, Kennard and Stas decide to return to London where they get news of a supernatural disturbance in India... -
![The Blood Boss by Davidson King]()
The Blood Boss by Davidson King
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsVampires, mermaids, and witches…oh, my! Black Veil is full of them all, but at the end of the day, it’s The Blood Boss who has the last word. Ever since The Final War, Vampires rule Black Veil, and with The Blood Boss in charge, peace reigns. Keeping the vampires under control is a task Cain takes seriously... -
![Misfit Mage by Michael Taggart]()
Misfit Mage by Michael Taggart
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe went searching for a fresh start. He didn’t expect to find unusual friends, fierce enemies, and primal powers.Jason thought that it was the end of his life after being hunted and attacked by a band of ruthless thugs. Instead, he tapped into the source of creation and emerged from his Death Experience with magical powers... -
![Demon Dating Service by Jocelynn Drake]()
Demon Dating Service by Jocelynn Drake
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEven demons get bored...Luke is a poor grad student, desperate for a cheap place to live.Desperate enough even to live in a house full of demons.(Anything is better than his last roommate.)When the demons find it’s nearly impossible to scare Luke away, they decide on a new plan to amuse themselves.They’re going to help Luke with his love life... -
![Patron of Mercy by Sam Burns, W.M. Fawkes]()
Patron of Mercy by Sam Burns, W.M. Fawkes
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLach has spent the last few thousand years counting only on himself. What he needed, he took. What he wanted, he won with charm. All except a god he turned his back on an age ago, when he had a different name and didn’t know what he was giving up. Thanatos, god of merciful death, is one of the gentlest gods in the pantheon—easing the transition between life and death for billions of mortals... -
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Initiated by Nicholas Bella
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"I always thought I knew myself better than anyone ever could. Now, I'm not so sure." Having been approached by some secret organization that polices the demon world, I'm now left with the choice of if I want to join them or not. My entire world has been flipped upside down. I used to just be Brian Cordero, sexy as hell cop with a body as masculine as my machismo... -
![The Alpha's Mage by Claire Cullen]()
The Alpha's Mage by Claire Cullen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMagic. Without it, Knox’s pack will die. The only way to get it? Steal it. Steal him. A wolf mage. The slow decay of magic is destroying Samhain Pack bit by bit. Down to their last ailing mage, Knox snatches a mage from a rival pack. Better to be a pack with enemies than a dead pack. But when Lorcan is foisted upon him, Knox refuses to take the mage as a mate... -
![Curse of Silver & Blood by Sheena Jolie, S.J. Himes]()
Curse of Silver & Blood by Sheena Jolie, S.J. Himes
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlec has been held prisoner for months, coerced into using his magic to manufacture illegal drugs for the mountain mafia. His gifts are profitable and dangerous, and his captors have no intention of letting him go. Alec engineers his escape--which lands him in the territory of a local legend--an ancient werewolf, a lone alpha cursed by silver and blood.Leif has been alone for a thousand years... -
![The Muffin Man by Kim Fielding]()
The Muffin Man by Kim Fielding
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMorli is a prince on a mission—but he’d rather be baking.Baxter is a lonely production artist stuck in a pandemic lockdown.They are literally universes apart. But with a little help from a magic shop, a raven, and a dead great-aunt who was possibly a witch, Morli and Baxter are joined together on a cross-worlds adventure... -
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![Tim Te Maro and the Subterranean Heartsick Blues by H.S. Valley]()
Tim Te Maro and the Subterranean Heartsick Blues by H.S. Valley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat happens when your enemy becomes your friend … with benefits? Red, White and Royal Blue meets The Magicians in this surprising, wildly original and joyously funny LGBTQ YA novel set in a magical boarding school. Tim Te Maro and Elliott Parker – classmates at Fox Glacier High School for the Magically Adept – have never gotten along... -
![Magic Mansion by Jordan Castillo Price]()
Magic Mansion by Jordan Castillo Price
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsProfessor Topaz is tired of fending off advice that he should retire in Vegas where magicians his age have an easier time finding work.Ricardo Hart's career has sunk so low, he's resorted to shaking his moneymaker at bachelorette parties... -
![Omega on Tap by Aria Grace, Lorelei M. Hart]()
Omega on Tap by Aria Grace, Lorelei M. Hart
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Non Shifter Alpha Omega MPreg Romance. Mitch opened The Fallen Nut as a safe haven for alphas and omegas to meet up. Keeping omegas safe was a priority for him and his brother Ike after their younger brother was killed ten years earlier. As one of the hottest bars in Oak Grove, The Fallen Nut was the pinnacle of success for local craft brewers... -
![Wishing On A Dream by Michele Notaro]()
Wishing On A Dream by Michele Notaro
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Snow Globe ChristmasI can’t really complain about my life; I have a job I love and a best friend that fills the void of my nonexistent family, but sometimes I’m lonelier than I like to admit. Especially with the holiday season approaching, I can’t help but wish I had someone special to share it with... -
![(Never) Feed the Crows by Jennifer Cody]()
(Never) Feed the Crows by Jennifer Cody
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAmosUniversity is a strange experience, but I’ve managed to make it as weird as possible by accidentally befriending a flock of crows that like to hang out on campus. Anyone would have started feeding them if they knew how vengeful crows can be. I was worried about getting pooped on! I wasn’t going to find myself an enemy of the birds, but now I’m more like a friend... -
![Sparks Fly by Birdie Lynn]()
Sparks Fly by Birdie Lynn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsArthur Pham didn’t expect to spend his final year at the Stonebury Conservatory for Young Mages dating his archnemesis—fake dating, that is.Arthur’s particular brew of perfectionism and anxiety has served him well, landing him at the top of his class. Almost...
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