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The Order of Blood and Ruin by K.M. Shea
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThey used to be enemies. Now they’re partners.I never imagined Considine Maledictus—one of the most powerful vampires alive—would go from ruling the streets at night to joining the supernatural task force just to become my partner, but here we are.Considine claims he “fancies” me. He also used to hide his identity and pose as my charming next-door neighbor, so forgive me if I don’t believe him... -
Familiar of the Witch by Heather G. Harris
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI may be down – but I’m not out. When I’m arrested for killing a member of the Coven Council, I’m pretty sure we’ll get things straightened out quickly – after all, my victim was a black witch and she was trying to kill me too. Like most things in my competitive life, I just got there first.Separated from my alluring bodyguard Bastion, I order him not to rescue me by any means necessary...Categorized as:
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Blood & Bones by Lauretta Hignett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMy 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... -
Broke Bones by Lauretta Hignett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe 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... -
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Summer Reign by John Conroe, James Patrick Cronin
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFaced with writing college papers, prepping for tests, and teaching testy witches, Declan O'Carroll has enough on his plate. Not to mention the magical withdrawal of leaving his very own magical kingdom behind on Fairie. But when he and his friends are attacked from creatures out of folklore and fable it seems the Queens of Summer and Winter aren't done with him yet... -
Shadow Heart by Morgan B. Lee
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAssassinating the headmaster didn’t go as planned. Now Everbound University is on strict magical lockdown, and the Immortal Quintet has arrived to hunt down the person who killed their mage—which, ironically, isn’t me.I’m also looking for the true culprit so I can find Kenzie... -
Fashionably Flawed by Robyn Peterman, David Brenin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsYou think your job is tedious? Try being the Harbinger of Evil for a day. I dare you....What's the Devil to do when his fire no longer burns away his sins and Fate is screwing with his...well, fate? Easy - lie, cheat, steal, and dictate my questionably accurate autobiography-slash-romance-novel to my unwilling and outstandingly rude Vampyre niece. Welcome to my Hell... -
Demon Gambit by Debbie Cassidy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIf you play with fire, you’re sure to get burned.The Powers that rule Morningstar believe death is a game, and my siblings and I are the unwilling players.The only way to be free is it to destroy the ascension contracts.So, I’m headed into the demon realm to convince the princes to do just that.I won’t be going alone... -
Unholy Trifecta X The Tribulations of Ross Young, Supernat PA: Common Sense Deserts Once Again by A.J. Sherwood
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRemi steals something she shouldn't. Oops?In her defense, Ivan thought it was a good idea... -
Muted Voices (Broken Ashes) Book 1 by Nikita Parmenter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI can constantly hear them, the voices. It doesn’t matter if I’m in a crowded room or the middle of a desert, I hear them, indistinct voices. I can never really work out what they’re saying, and I’ve long given up trying.Everything changes when my life is threatened again, and the voices quiet, one strong voice telling me to run, so of course, I listen... -
Clean Finish by Lily Mayne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLarkinLook, 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... -
Dating with a Vengeance Demon by Lauretta Hignett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA mysterious supernatural assassin is loose in D.C. – a man made of marble, hell-bent on murdering the most popular senator the country has seen in years... -
The Vampire and the Case of the Perilous Poltergeist by Heather G. Harris, Jilleen Dolbeare
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis academy’s secrets could get you killed – if the poltergeist doesn’t get you first… I thought going back to school would be fun. After all, we’re adults now – no angst-ridden teen dramas here – and we’re all law-enforcement recruits training to become State Troopers. Surely we’ll work together like professionals, right? Wrong.One of my fellow recruits has it in for me... -
American Demon by Kim Harrison
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsRachel Morgan is back--and The Hollows will never be the same.What happens after you've saved the world? Well, if you're Rachel Mariana Morgan, witch-born demon, you quickly discover that something might have gone just a little bit wrong. That the very same acts you and your friends took to forge new powers may have released something bound by the old... -
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What The Hex by C.M. Stunich
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy demon ex has me trapped in a devil’s bargain.My mother is dying, and I need the help of my soulmates to save her: all four of my soulmates. That means I’ll have to rescue the half-witch, Hex Sorciere, from his evil coven before the clock runs out on Mom’s curse... -
Bad Blood by Cate Corvin
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsForgiveness is divine weak. A woman who desires revenge should dig two five graves. An eye for an eye makes the world blind is incredibly satisfying.Will and Sura made me believe I was one of them, only to betray me in the worst way. With a second chance to prove I deserve to be in Libra Academy, I’m going to serve the pain back in spades... -
Gray Tidings by Hailey Edwards
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCorpses are vanishing from New Orleans morgues, there’s talk of a sea monster in Lake Pontchartrain, and Hiram Nádasdy is turning the French Quarter upside down in search of a witch with the power to bring the dead back to life.When the director assigns Rue the case, she suspects he’s sending her hunting all right. For her father, not the creature... -
Ember's Claim by Jillian West
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe North American Pack was always meant to be Ember’s birthright, but she grew up far away from shifter culture in a sanctuary city for monsters.Her wolf yearns to scout pack lands and socialize with other wolves, but Ember understands the risks, especially considering female shifters are nearly endangered nowadays.So, she keeps her distance, even if she has to fight her wolf at every turn.. -
King of the Shadow Fae by Amelia Hutchins
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsNew from USA Today Bestselling Author Amelia Hutchins comes a new Dark Urban Fantasy that will have you begging for more. Spellbinding, action-packed, mystery, and romance.I’d trained my entire life to take over the hunter guild. When the unthinkable happened, my father was taken, and I was forced to step up. The moment I took control, everything began to unravel around me... -
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... -
Bloodline Academy by Lan Chan
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Nephilim, a demon and a mage walk into a psychiatric hospital. This isn't a joke. There's no punch line. My name is Alessia Hastings. Welcome to my personal hell.My weekly visit to Nanna's psychiatric hospital ends with me in a celestial jail cell. Now an impossibly gorgeous Nephilim with a face I want to kiss, and an attitude I want to punch, tells me I'm not quite human... -
Dervishes Don't Dance by Kim McDougall
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Guardian is dead. Fae are missing. And someone has let a golem loose in town. Ride along with Kyra Greene, the only pest controller qualified to deal with the strange and wonderful creatures that come out the shadows when magic flares.Dervishes Don’t Dance is the second book in the Valkyrie Bestiary series... -
Bloodline Secrecy by Lan Chan
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA wraith from supernatural legend walks into a shifter banquet and tries to kill the alpha. Of course I'm the idiot who gets in the way and cops the blame. I am still Alessia Hastings. My world is still insane.It's semester two at Bloodline Academy and these are the things I know:1. They still can't figure out what's wrong with my magic. At least they've ruled out I'm not a demon.2... -
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Immortal Games by Lauretta Hignett
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsImmortality sucks.Just ask Imogen Gray: Over two-hundred thousand years old and teetering on the edge of total insanity. Strong as a shifter, faster than a vampire, Imogen's walked the earth forever, always alone, never growing, never changing.Never learning, either. Her smart mouth and quick temper get her into trouble far too often.When that happens, she gets hurt... -
Practical Hexes by Kim Richardson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsNever in my thirty years did I think my new normal would be a gig as a soul collector’s assistant—slave really—where I help stockpile souls from the miserable mortals who sell them to him. The demon thinks he can control me, but I plan on doing things differently… my way. But we all know it’s never that easy or that simple, especially in my life.Surprisingly, things get off to a good start... -
Lost to the Moon by Meg Anne, K. Loraine
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s the end of the world as you know it…At least it will be, if my dear despicable mum gets her way. I, however, happen to be quite fond of some of the toys I’ve discovered on this plane. Ma petite monstre, for starters. But the plague is spreading, taking no prisoners, and I’m trapped and at the mercy of a deal I made with Rosie... -
Devil's Dream by Shayne Silvers
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 24 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...and now he's back... -
Kiss of Seduction by Rawnie Sabor
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA succubus's kiss is deadly... to everyone but her.Evie is trapped. Held captive by the vampiric Court of Night, she has experienced nothing but pain and terror for over a year. Treasured for her rare and delectable blood, Evie knows she will never see the outside of the dark estate that is her prison. She is fated to be forever ruined by cruel monsters. Her freedom is a concept lost... -
The Cities of Dead by Alys Arden
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Cities of Dead: the highly anticipated third book in Alys Arden’s spellbinding The Casquette Girls series. Old World witches collide with the French Quarter’s strangest denizens, setting off events that could tear the fabric of the Natural and Supernatural worlds, and only the most elusive, mischievous Voodoo lwa hold the key to stopping it... -
The Ghost in the Hall by K.M. Avery
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSomething is very wrong with the Fitzwilliam estate... It was supposed to be a regular séance job. But from the minute I met an angry ghost in the hall, I knew there wasn’t going to be anything ordinary about this house or its dead residents. First of all, there were way too many of them. Second, some of them had been helped along from living to dead... -
The Monster's Desire by Jillian West
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe picturesque town of North Falls is as beautiful as it is deadly. When Nadia is called to help deliver a human woman's little elven babies, she knows she can't say no. After all, she's masquerading as a fertility witch since blood witches were hunted out of existence several generations ago... -
White Raven by Kel Carpenter, Aurelia Jane
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn alpha wolf, a seductive vampire, and a dominant fae all walk into a bar. What do they have in common?Being mated to me, apparently.My dreams of retirement crashed and burned when the rogue shifter bit me. Not only have I changed into something neither world has ever seen before, but my mission just became even more impossible... -
Defeating Nightmares by M. Sinclair
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI would remind the humans why they feared the dark…and why I loved it. Our home is under threat, and I was across the country being threatened by a god terror in the Oceanic Forest. To say our situation is far from ideal is an understatement… So when Hate threatens my mates, something is unleashed in me that none of us could have expected... -
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The Monster's Den by Jillian West
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEmerson Parker is exhausted. She spends her days chasing around her high energy, half-shifter toddler and her nights working full-time trying to make ends meet....oh, and add in the absolute cluster of a situation her ex dumped in her lap on his way out?Well, that's just icing on the cake.With virtually no options left, Emerson heads for Haven, a sanctuary city for monsters and humans alike... -
Asher by Louisa Masters
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen your imaginary boyfriend turns up in your hometown, marriage is the only option.I’m not anti-relationship, but my life is good right now, and love is not a priority. Too bad my grandmother disagrees. People say she’s scary, and sure, some of her enemies went missing under mysterious circumstances, but she loves me and wants the best for me… which, right now, is marriage... -
Twilight Rebel by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Wild has always had its share of threats. For most of us, that threat involves a dental deformity, a hankering for juicy veins, and a superiority complex.But that all changes when one of the villages is brutally attacked.Once again I find myself tackling the region’s problems, along with my merry band of werewolves and powerful new allies... -
Shattered Pack by Aileen Erin
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling Author Aileen ErinMeredith Molloney never thought she’d find a mate, let alone someone like Donovan Murry—one of the most powerful Alpha werewolves alive. Now that she’s no longer cursed and the evil Luciana Alvarez has been taken care of, she thinks life will finally settle down. Boy, she has never been so wrong... -
Well of Souls by Linsey Hall
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWelcome to the City of Secrets & SinI never imagined that owning a haunted bookstore in New Orleans would be my future, but here I am. For the first time in my miserable life, I’m happy. I have a home.But when my closest friend is cursed by an unknown spell, I realize there’s something far darker going on in New Orleans... -
Impromptu Match by Lily Mayne
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI, Taylor Hough, am a painfully average guy.I have the soul-destroying corporate job, I iron my underpants, and I was unceremoniously dumped for an influencer hippie a few years ago. Every day feels the same, and I don’t know how much longer I can cope before I do something unhinged like rip off my shirt in the middle of my co-worker’s office birthday party and smear lemon cake all over my chest... -
Demon's Bluff by Kim Harrison
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsRachel Morgan must go on a deadly journey—into the past—in the next thrilling Hollows novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.What’s a witch to do when the coven of moral and ethical standards demands she untwist a curse—but an essential spell component no longer exists? There’s only one choice: go back in time... -
Black Arts, White Craft by Hailey Edwards
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsAfter a black witch pitched a hissy fit in Hollis Apothecary, Rue got stuck cleaning up his mess. That was the easy part. Repairing the damage he inflicted on Camber and Arden? That makes Rue wish she could bring him back to life just to kill him again. Slower this time... -
Speak of the Demon by Stacia Stark
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsI hunt demons.I don’t work for them.And I promised my mom one thing before she was murdered: Under no circumstances, would I ever go near the high demons.But I’ll break that promise over and over again if it helps me avenge her death.When my only lead winds up dead in the middle of demon territory, I’m suddenly in deep shit. Violence in Samael’s club is a death sentence… unless he can use you... -
Lunar Witch by M. Sinclair
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNo man would ever own me again.A simple promise I’d made to myself after escaping a brutal childhood of abuse and being trained to enact violence on unblessed witches. Since that moment, I had managed to survive on the streets by successfully pickpocketing... -
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Inked by Rachel Rener
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen Zayn, your smoking hot boss, tells you never to touch the cache of deluxe tattoo ink locked away in his office, you listen to him… until the day you run out of your own ink, your squirming client is on the verge of peeing his pants, and your boss is nowhere to be found. Desperate times call for desperate measures, right?I fully expected Zayn to yell at me when he returned to the shop... -
Courting Darkness by Katie May, Quinn Arthurs
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMy whole life has been characterized by fighting. Fighting my family. And fighting for my life. Trust me—the first one is completely voluntary, and a lot of fun. The second? Not so much. To say my family dynamic is weird is the understatement of the century. I held my first sword when I was only five years old, and I learned how to dispose of a body before I turned ten... -
Behold Her by Emily Antoinette
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsA 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... -
Monsters Within by R.L. Caulder
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHave you ever lost yourself in a fantasy world you created?That’s how I’ve survived the years alone in a reality where humans cower in fear of supernatural creatures hiding behind the veil.All I’ve ever had is my pen, my notebook, and the world I created to make it through the days as a ward of the state, suffering at the hands of the real villains of the world...Humans... -
Wicked Savior by Stella Brie
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the archangel Gabriel sends his angels to eliminate a woman, Lucifer knows she’s the critical pawn in his quest for revenge. Intent on pushing Gabriel to the edge of his sanity, he assigns himself as her protector.A scientist, Evren is focused on two things: finding her mother and helping the nearly extinct Druids... -
Devotion: A Mate Games: War Novella by Meg Anne, K. Loraine
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSPOILER THIS NOVELLA TAKES PLACE APPROXIMATELY ONE AND A HALF YEARS AFTER THE EVENTS OF TEMPTATION AND INCLUDES SPOILERS FOR THE MATE PESTILENCE AND DEATH. IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THOSE SERIES, YOU MAY WANT TO STOP HERE AND DO THAT FIRST.Turns out happily ever after isn’t what the storybooks promised.We thought it was over, that we’d earned a peaceful life filled with love and tender moments...
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