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Endless by Jessica Shirvington
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsLove will kill us all.Angels are real. They aren't always kind. Violet Eden is certain of all this because she is Grigori - part angel, part human. She has felt the influence of both light and dark. When Hell unleashes its worst, Violet must embrace every facet of her angel self to save the people she cares about and the world as she knows it... -
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Hazards in the Hidden City by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYe 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... -
![Resurgence of the Pack by Heather G. Harris]()
Resurgence of the Pack by Heather G. Harris
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Queen of Werewolves Never Bows—She Hunts. Being Queen of the British Werewolves means I’m not one to back down, especially when my friend Emory is facing trial on spurious charges. I stormed in, certain that my impassioned speech would help save the king of the dragon shifters – but darker forces prevailed.The Domini, a sinister secret society, is pulling strings from the darkness... -
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Crowbones by Anne Bishop
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn this engrossing and gripping fantasy set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Others series, an inn owner and her friends must find a killer-before it's too late... -
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Fate Interrupted by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsShe had her life all planned out; fate had other ideas.How did an accomplished Southern businesswoman, wife, and mother end up living on California’s Central Coast, working for a stubborn wine-maker, newly divorced, and wrestling with sudden psychic powers?Megan Carpenter asks herself that same question nearly every day... -
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Fate Interrupted by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsShe had her life all planned out; fate had other ideas.How did an accomplished Southern businesswoman, wife, and mother end up living on California’s Central Coast, working for a stubborn wine-maker, newly divorced, and wrestling with sudden psychic powers?Megan Carpenter asks herself that same question nearly every day... -
![A Fall of Water by Elizabeth Hunter]()
A Fall of Water by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 24 ratings“No secret stays hidden forever.”Still grieving from their loss in the far East, Giovanni Vecchio and Beatrice De Novo discover that for them, all roads really do lead to Rome. But nothing is quite as it seems in the Eternal City. Joined by Carwyn and Tenzin, unexpected clashes greet them almost immediately, and rivalries churn beneath the glittering facade of the old Roman court...Categorized as:
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![Beguiled by Darynda Jones]()
Beguiled by Darynda Jones
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNewly indoctrinated witch, Defiance Dayne discovers there’s more to life after forty than she'd ever imagined possible. Especially if one is a charmling, one of only three in the world, with enough magics to make her a target for every power-hungry warlock out there. When one of them sends a hunter to town, she knows it’s time to take her talents seriously before the hunter takes her life... -
![Omens and Artifacts by Elizabeth Hunter]()
Omens and Artifacts by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn the elemental world, reputation is everything, but gaining it can get you killed.Setting up shop as an antiquities hunter means nothing if you don't have clients. Benjamin Vecchio, nephew of a famed vampire assassin, is the subject of widespread speculation, but so far that speculation hasn't translated into work.What Ben needs is a job. A big job. A profitable job.A legendary job... -
![The Power by Maggie M. Lily]()
The Power by Maggie M. Lily
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat does the physical embodiment of rage look like? He's six-two with light brown hair, blue eyes, and an absolutely ripped body. He's also a really nice guy; you can't help but like him. A pediatrician and philanthropist, Adrian Trellis runs his wealthy family's charitable foundation while also treating terminally sick kids... -
![Magic and Bones by Laken Cane]()
Magic and Bones by Laken Cane
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRune Alexander's life is full of darkness and violence, and she wouldn't have it any other way. Does she ever get tired of fighting the monsters? Nope. As long as she has her beloved crew at her side, she can face--and fight--anything... -
![Tormented by Robert J. Crane]()
Tormented by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsSienna Nealon is a woman with powers far beyond those of a normal human. As head of the unit in charge of policing others with abilities like hers, she has fought more battles than even she can count. But after a case gone bad, Sienna ends up suspended from her job, cooling her heels on Bayscape Island, a picturesque town in southern Lake Superior, seeking a peace that she finds illusive... -
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Fallen by Benedict Jacka
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsFor Mage Alex Verus, everything is on the line in the tenth urban fantasy novel from the national bestselling author of Marked.Once Alex Verus was a diviner trying to live quietly under the radar. Now he's a member of the Light Council who's found success, friends...and love. But it's come with a price--the Council is investigating him, and if they find out the truth, he'll lose everything... -
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Addict by Lexi Blake
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn order to destroy a legendary monster and save the royal family, Kelsey must make a deal with a devil…When Kelsey Owens returns home to Dallas, she is a changed woman. After months of training with Marcus Vorenus , she has more control over her abilities. She’s ready to start her new job, even if it means dealing with the King of All Vampire and his partner, Devinshea Quinn... -
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![Shadows and Gold by Elizabeth Hunter]()
Shadows and Gold by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe first novella in the Elemental Legacy series:SHADOWS AND GOLDFailing grades. Misleading wind vampires. And a fortune in forgotten gold... -
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Rootbound by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsMy name is Larkspur, and I am an Elemental.My people use the power of the earth to sustain life and defy our enemies. I am the half-breed bastard child of a king. I was not meant to survive the trials cast my way. Yet, here I stand. The world has deteriorated in the years I was banished. The Elemental families are rife with deception, violence, and madness more than ever before... -
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Forged by Benedict Jacka
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsAlex Verus faces his dark side in this return to the bestselling urban fantasy series about a London-based mage.To protect his friends, Mage Alex Verus has had to change--and embrace his dark side. But the life mage Anne has changed too, and made a bond with a dangerous power. She's going after everyone she's got a grudge against--and it's a long list... -
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The Inquisitor's Mark by Dianne K. Salerni
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter the all-out Eighth Day war in Mexico, Jax, Riley, and Evangeline have gone into hiding. There are still rogue Transitioners and evil Kin lords who want to use Riley, a descendant of King Arthur, and Evangeline, a powerful wizard with bloodlines to Merlin, to get control over the Eighth Day... -
![The Magpie Key by Sarah Painter]()
The Magpie Key by Sarah Painter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBlack water, dark skies, a reckoning like no otherA new threat has sailed in on the tide and is haunting the waterways of London.DCI Fleet is struggling to control his gift and can no longer tell reality from illusion.Meanwhile, Uncle Charlie is making trouble from his prison cell, proving how hard it is to keep a Crow caged... -
![Way of the Wolf by Lindsay Buroker]()
Way of the Wolf by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsYou can only escape your destiny for so long…It’s been more than twenty years since tragedy prompted Luna Valens to walk away from her pack.Scarred by her past, she’s done her best to lead a normal human life. Thanks to a potion that suppresses her magic, nobody around her has a clue that she’s a werewolf... -
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Weapon by Lynette Noni
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe #1 bestselling WHISPER series concludes with WEAPON:I already knew he was a psychopath. But now?He's more dangerous than ever.And I have less than twenty-four hours to stop him.After escaping Lengard and finding sanctuary with the Remnants, Alyssa Scott is desperate to save those she left behind ─ and the rest of the world ─ from the power-hungry scientist, Kendall Vanik... -
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Building From Ashes by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsPower, passion, and politics collide in an Elemental World that is ruled by the ancients.For a thousand years, earth vampire Carwyn ap Bryn has sacrificed for the good of others: God, his family, his friends. But tragedy rips his world apart, causing him to question everything about his eternity... -
![Bold Mercy by Laken Cane]()
Bold Mercy by Laken Cane
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIt's hard to concentrate on work when you've just moon-shifted with your alpha...But the council that recruited me doesn't waste any time handing me my first assignment--and it just happens to be personal to me.I have to slay the warped evil that is Avis Vine--a human servant so twisted and changed by her former master's bad blood magic that she's no longer really human... -
![Boundary Born by Melissa F. Olson]()
Boundary Born by Melissa F. Olson
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsSomething wicked is at work in Colorado’s supernatural community. Vampires are being paralyzed or killed with poison…a weapon favored by witches. This offense threatens to break apart the already-fractured alliance between witches and the undead.The state’s cardinal vampire, Maven, summons boundary witch Allison “Lex” Luther to stop the killing before it ignites a war... -
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![Broken by Robert J. Crane]()
Broken by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsSienna Nealon is a broken human being. Her lover is dead, her closest friends have deserted her, and her employers have betrayed her. From the ashes of her desperation, she must master the metahuman powers at her command and finally tame the souls that share her body for one ultimate purpose - revenge against the ones who destroyed her life... -
![This Same Earth by Elizabeth Hunter]()
This Same Earth by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsLibrarian's Note: this is an alternate cover edition - ASIN: B006HIR944When the world as you knew it has changed forever, is there any way you can turn back? Beatrice De Novo thought she had left the supernatural world behind... for the most part... -
![Pyro by A.L. Knorr]()
Pyro by A.L. Knorr
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWill she give up her greatest secret for the greatest opportunity? Saxony has barely stepped off the plane from her life-altering summer in Venice when friction in her family rises up to meet her... -
![Angel Falls by Colleen Helme]()
Angel Falls by Colleen Helme
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSent away because she let someone die, her burgeoning powers leave her with more questions than answers. Now her only chance for redemption comes at a price... one she may not survive.As a trauma nurse in a New York City hospital, Ella St. John had no idea that refusing to help a known killer would have such dire consequences... -
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Orphan Witch by Judith Berens, Martha Carr
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSometimes the real monsters are those within your own family. Sometimes it takes an outsider like Raine to come to your rescue. Raine Campbell has survived her first semester at the School of Necessary Magic, but only just. Time to throw herself into her studies and get a better grasp on magic. No more close calls with spells.. -
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Scorched Heart by Helen Harper
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsMy parents were brutally murdered when I was five years old. Their killer has spent the last twenty five years in prison for his terrible crimes - but I still have unanswered questions. After all, I am the phoenix. When I die, I am reborn in fire and brimstone. It happens again and again and again. I have no idea where my strange ability came from and nobody to ask... -
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Midnight's Emissary by T.A. White
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAileen has a few rules for her life. Do her job and go home safe. Keep the supernatural world away from her human family. Stay off the vampire radar. And, above all, don’t get involved in spook politics... -
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The Noose of a New Moon by Helen Harper
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsDevereau Webb is in uncharted territory. He thought he knew what he was doing when he chose to enter London’s supernatural society but he’s quickly discovering that his new status isn’t welcome to everyone.He’s lived through hard times before and he’s no stranger to the murky underworld of city life... -
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Midnight's Master by Cynthia Eden
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn a world of shadows, desire conquers all…Tall, dark, and formidable, Niol Lapen is the last demon on earth most people would ask for a favor, yet the sexy little reporter who wanders into his club dares to do exactly that. Holly Storm already knows too much about his kind, and Niol has no wish to help her get in deeper over her head... -
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The Girl in the Green Silk Gown by Seanan McGuire
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe second book in the Ghost Roads series returns to the highways of America, where hitchhiking ghost Rose Marshall continues her battle with her killer--the immortal Bobby Cross.Once and twice and thrice around, Put your heart into the ground. Four and five and six tears shed, Give your love unto the dead...Categorized as:
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![Magic for a Price by Devon Monk]()
Magic for a Price by Devon Monk
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsFor most of her life, Allison Beckstrom has used magic and accepted the heavy price it exacts. But now that all magic is poisoned, it’s no longer just using people—it’s killing them.With Portland about to descend into chaos, Allie needs to find a way to purify the wells of tainted magic beneath the city... -
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Widow's Web by Jennifer Estep
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsI used to murder people for money, but these days it’s more of a survival technique.Once an assassin, always an assassin. So much for being plain old Gin Blanco. With every lowlife in Ashland gunning for me, I don’t need another problem, but a new one has come to town... -
![Cold Case of the Witch by Judith Berens, Martha Carr]()
Cold Case of the Witch by Judith Berens, Martha Carr
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt can be tough to get an education at the School of Necessary Magic. Good thing Raine Campbell is a witch who longs to be an FBI agent. That's a girl with a dream--if she can live through her school days. When Raine finds hidden messages and symbols in old yearbooks, it can't be ignored. Not if she wants everyone at school to stay alive. Some investigations need the help of trusted friends... -
![Heart of Venom by Jennifer Estep]()
Heart of Venom by Jennifer Estep
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsThe hotly anticipated ninth novel in the hugely popular Elemental Assassin series finds Gin Blanco on a dangerous mission to rescue a friend. When a terror from the past threatens Gin’s friend and body-disposer, Sophia, Gin will stop at nothing to protect her, even if it means walking straight into a killer’s trap... -
![The Book of Lies by Melissa McShane]()
The Book of Lies by Melissa McShane
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor over seventy years, the use of familiars—monsters bound by magic to fight beside humans in the Long War—divided magery into two factions. Now, the monsters strike back.As Helena prepares for the Conference of Neutralities, reports of familiars breaking their bonds to attack and kill their masters raise tensions between the factions to an unprecedented high... -
![Lucas by D.B. Reynolds]()
Lucas by D.B. Reynolds
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsBook SIX of the award-winning Vampires in America.THE BADLANDS of SOUTH DAKOTA . . . haunting landscapes, legendary outlaws, and . . . vampires? LUCAS DONLON, Vampire Lord, is one of the most powerful vampires in North America and beyond. Charming and irreverent to his friends and lovers, he enjoys everything about his life as a vampire... -
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War Witch by Layla Nash
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHustling as a waitress is a far cry from being the most feared witch in the world. But after surviving ten years of war between humans and supernaturals, Lily finds anonymity a relief. Even a request for help from an old coven friend can’t bring Lily out of hiding -- until her friend disappears, along with the entire coven... -
![What Devilry is This? by Sam Cheever]()
What Devilry is This? by Sam Cheever
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPsst! Can I tell you a secret? Midlife is a c-r-a-z-y ride. Not what I expected at all. But, I’m having a ton of fun in between the…you know…near death experiences and bladder-testing moments of complete terror.Curse, curse, swear! How did midlife get so out of control? All I wanted was to make my own mark on the world. Start my own business and celebrate the end of an uninspiring marriage... -
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Hidden Trump by Mark Henwick
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“I knew I was going to be betrayed this week.”Amber Farrell, Denver PI, is coming to terms with being part of the paranormal community, but she’s about to find that includes very dangerous responsibilities for her. Nothing is quite what it seems, least of all, Amber herself, and to survive, she must form alliances with powerful groups whose interests are in conflict... -
![The Scribe by Elizabeth Hunter]()
The Scribe by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsHidden at the crossroads of the world, an ancient race battles to protect humanity, even as it dies from within.Ava Matheson came to Istanbul looking for answers, but others came looking for her. A reckless warrior guards her steps, but will Malachi’s own past blind him to the truth of who Ava might be? While ancient forces gather around them, both Ava and Malachi search for answers... -
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![Gods and Demons by B.R. Kingsolver]()
Gods and Demons by B.R. Kingsolver
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsLife’s tough as an Elf girl stranded in Earth’s realm.When a jaguar shifter drops in out of nowhere and asks me for help in tracking down an ancient blood-magic statuette, I say no thank you. I learned a long time ago the key to survival is keeping a low profile. But it's hard to ignore an artifact of the gods powerful enough to blow holes in reality... -
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Deadly Sting by Jennifer Estep
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsRed is definitely my color. Good thing, because in my line of work, I end up wearing it a lot. Most people shy away from blood, but for an assassin like me— Gin Blanco, aka the Spider—it’s just part of the job. Still, it would be nice to get a night off, especially when I’m attending the biggest gala event of the summer at Briartop, Ashland’s fanciest art museum. But it’s just not meant to be... -
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Midnight Curse by Melissa F. Olson
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsScarlett Bernard is used to cleaning up messes. As a human who cancels out any magic around her, Scarlett’s job is to keep the supernatural world hidden—at any cost.But on the eve of the Vampire Trials, a two-day tribunal that allows the otherworldly community to air their grievances, Scarlett receives a blood-soaked message from Molly, her estranged former roommate... -
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Binding the Shadows by Jenn Bennett
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsIn the third book in this beloved and “riveting” (Romantic Times) urban fantasy series, demon-friendly tiki bar owner Arcadia Bell discovers more about her own evolving, and possibly destructive, magical abilities when her bar is the target of a demonic crime wave.Renegade mage and bartender Arcadia Bell has had a rough year, but now the door to her already unstable world is unhinging... -
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Star-Crossed by Meg Anne, Jessica Wayne
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSkye Giovanni was seven years old the first time death came to her.She has been haunted by visions of death since she was a child. It is her legacy and her curse.What good is power when you have no control over it?Detective Lucas MacConnell is being hunted... -
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Taken by Jennifer Blackstream
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA cold case puts Shade on the trail of three teenagers who disappeared from a homeless shelter the night before a charity art auction. The cops think they left willingly, but Shade knows some of the most frightening monsters from the Otherworld can be as seductive as they are dangerous.Talented artists vanishing without a trace. Willing participants in their own disappearance...
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