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  • Demon Daughter by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Demon Daughter by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A six-year-old shiplost girl draws the kin Jurald family of Vilnoc into complex dilemmas, and sorcerer Learned Penric and his Temple demon Desdemona into conflict—with each other. It will take all of Penric’s wits, his wife Nikys’s wisdom, and the hand of the fifth god’s strangest saint to untangle the threads of their future...
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    magic  demons  fantasy  fiction  gods  audiobook  mystery  found-family
  • Of Blood and Monsters by D.G. Swank

    Of Blood and Monsters by D.G. Swank

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Third book in the Piper Lancaster Series.A demon army is descending on Asheville, prepared to drag Piper and her friends to hell for defying Okeus, the god of war and hell, a threat her band of battered and weary defenders is nowhere near strong enough to hold off...
  • Summer Shadows by Joss Stirling

    Summer Shadows by Joss Stirling

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Summer lives under a terrible shadow. It drains her, manipulates her and threatens to steal her future.A high-stakes mission offers a temporary escape. She must use her mind-shadowing abilities to hunt down her target and find the truth.Hal Robinson is a soldier. He does not get distracted. He wins. But what Hal wants begins to shift once he meets Summer...
  • A Matter of Time by W.J. May

    A Matter of Time by W.J. May

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The highly anticipated Sequel to the Chronicles of Kerrigan series, by international bestselling author, W.J. May It's Time. The past can't stay buried forever... Rae Kerrigan and her friends thought all their problems were solved. The corruption in the Council has been exposed. The hybrids have been released from their unjust prisons...
  • Penric and the Bandit by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Penric and the Bandit by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When Rozakajin, road-weary bandit and army deserter, spots a hapless blond young man in a country inn with an intriguing treasure map, he thinks he’s scouted an easy and lucrative victim. Attaching himself to odd traveler Penric seems simple enough, but when Roz’s old enemies catch up from behind, his plans take a turn for the much worse...
  • Endless Flight by A.C. Cobble

    Endless Flight by A.C. Cobble

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Endless flight continues the epic saga of Benjamin Ashwood. This classic swords and sorcery tale is inspired by Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time and Tolkien's The Hobbit. If you liked them, you will love Benjamin Ashwood. As Ben flees from powerful forces, the course of political alliances and a war hinge on information he and a friend possess...
  • The Story Hunter by Lindsay A. Franklin

    The Story Hunter by Lindsay A. Franklin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Redeeming the past is a fatal quest.In the wake of a deadly coup, the capital city of Urian has descended into chaos. Heartbreak and bloodshed await Tanwen and her friends as they discover the unlikeliest leader now rules Tir.If they want to save the realm, Tannie and the Corsyth weavers must rescue Queen Braith and unmask the Master, ending the strife once and for all...
  • Messenger by Laury Falter

    Messenger by Laury Falter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In this riveting account of Maggie's first life on earth with Eran, the star-crossed lovers romance transpires amidst treacherous enemies, their friends' resistance, and their own opposing wills. ​Fans of the Guardian Saga are also treated in this novel to the origins of the Book of Dossiers, how the Fallen Ones' only vulnerability is discovered, and how the first battle begins...
  • My Blind Familiar: The Sword Devil by Nathan Valerio

    My Blind Familiar: The Sword Devil by Nathan Valerio

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Familiar, a magical creature of any kind that a mage channels mana through to perform magic or tasks. Familiars are all different and each mage can have only 1 and it can only be summoned in Magic Academy due to the preparation for this being in these locations. The age that these students obtain this is when they start their second year in the magic academy...
  • Soulstice by Simon Holt

    Soulstice by Simon Holt

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Beware the darkness and the light.They will steal your soul in day or night.In summer's warmth or winter's coldYour life will end when the Vours take hold.In the fearscape no one can hear you cry,And in its depth your soul will die.Reggie Halloway thought she was finished with the Vours - the demons who had possessed her brother, Henry - forever...
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    demons  friendship  magic  action-adventure  book  dark  death  family
  • Forgotten Promise by Talia Jager

    Forgotten Promise by Talia Jager

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “I did the spell to save your life, but I also did it to fulfill a promise I made to you,” Rylie said. “What promise was that?” I asked. “I promised you I’d find a way for you to be together—with Drake—with me." “I don’t remember that promise,” I said sadly, really wishing I did...
  • The Blazing Bridge by Carter Roy

    The Blazing Bridge by Carter Roy

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ronan Truelove’s best friend, scrappy smart aleck Greta Sustermann, has no idea that she is one of the thirty-six Pure souls crucial to the safety of the world. But Ronan’s evil father has figured it out—and he’s leading the Bend Sinister straight to Greta. If they capture her, she’ll suffer a fate far worse than mere death. But to get to Greta, they’re going to have to go through Ronan first...
  • Roots and Wings by Talia Jager

    Roots and Wings by Talia Jager

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kassia has been given a second chance at life. Everything is finally getting back to normal – she’s back at school with her friends boyfriend. The school is recovering from the recent demon battle. Then a young man shows up claiming to be her brother and tells her their parents are in danger. Soon, she finds herself on a mission to find them, only to find out everything isn't what it seems...
  • Fearscape by Simon Holt

    Fearscape by Simon Holt

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Vours: Evil demonic beings that inhabit human bodies on Sorry Night, the darkest hour of the winter solstice.It's been a year since Reggie first discovered the Vours, and the winter solstice is approaching once again. It will be another night of unspeakable horror for those unlucky enough to be taken by the Vours, because this time, she won't be able to stop them...
  • Demon World Boba Shop: Vol. 1 by R.C. Joshua

    Demon World Boba Shop: Vol. 1 by R.C. Joshua

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A relaxing slice-of-life escape into a new world of magic and boba tea. After a hard life cut short, Arthur is given another chance at happiness in a demon world. Here, he finds solace in brewing tea, forging friendships, and living the tranquil life he never knew he needed.Arthur's journey takes him through delightful and unexpected adventures...
  • Wayward Souls by Devon Monk

    Wayward Souls by Devon Monk

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Betrayals and secrets, devils and saviors, fae folk and foul, and a magic stronger than even the gods can tame…Lovers Lula and Brogan Gauge have dealt with magic, monsters, and gods for eighty years. Bound to travel the lonely roads of Route 66, Brogan’s a spirit with no chance of leaving the earthly realm while Lula, neither human nor monster, is only half-alive...
    Categorized as:
    journey  magic  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction  ghosts  myths
  • Boys' Night Out by Suza Kates

    Boys' Night Out by Suza Kates

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dr. Michael Black’s world has seen a lot of changes over the past year, and falling for a witch who chats with his animal patients has been the best one by far. He’s decided to make it official, so the men associated with the coven insist on helping him celebrate...
  • The Kindling by Braden Bell

    The Kindling by Braden Bell

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    All thirteen-year-old Connor Dell wants to do is pass pre-algebra, play lacrosse, and possibly kiss Melanie Stephens, but when a run-in with the school bully ignites strange powers inside him, Connor's normal teenage life goes up in flames. Now he'll need his new powers to defeat the Darkness that's coming for him...
  • The Yellow Palace by Jeffrey Quyle

    The Yellow Palace by Jeffrey Quyle

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kestrel's adventures continue in "The Yellow Palace", the sequel to "The Healing Spring". His departure from Estone encounters trouble just days after his ship leaves the harbor, and Kestrel finds himself stranded on a desolate shore, hundreds of miles from safety as the novel begins...
  • Road of Shadows by Jeffrey Quyle

    Road of Shadows by Jeffrey Quyle

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In “Road of Shadows”, the third book of the Inner Seas Kingdoms series, Kestrel continues on his quest to find a way to defeat the forces of Uniontown, the aggressive southern nation that is conquering its neighbors among the other kingdoms, using treachery and force to overcome its adversaries...
  • Killer Dungeon by Phil Tucker

    Killer Dungeon by Phil Tucker

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I'm entering the endgame. Even as I gain new allies, new gear, and greater understanding of Albertus' true plans, the odds are growing more extreme. Whom can I trust? What is the AI Albertus Magnus trying to accomplish? What happened to archmagus Jeramy, and why is Guthorios massing an undead army so vast that it stretches from horizon to horizon? Any sane player would quit...
  • A Discovery of Secrets and Fate by Sawyer Bennett

    A Discovery of Secrets and Fate by Sawyer Bennett

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Life as I knew it ended the day I accepted my fate.In its place is an existence even the wildest imagination could never fathom. Strange creatures walk among us, plotting our demise, and I’ve come to find that the fate of our world rests squarely on my shoulders. We’re all in danger and I’m trying to figure out how to make it through each day.The key to my survival is a man I can’t figure out...
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    demons  friendship  magic  action-adventure  adult  angels  book  fae
  • The Eternity Key by Bree Despain

    The Eternity Key by Bree Despain

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Fan-favorite author Bree Despain continues her modern-day romance trilogy inspired by the Greek myth of Persephone and Hades with this second book in her Into the Dark series. Haden Lord, the disgraced Prince of the Underrealm, has chosen love over honor and will do everything in his power to protect Daphne Raines, the human girl he was supposed to bring to the Underrealm...
  • Utroba zemlje - II tom by Peter V. Brett

    Utroba zemlje - II tom by Peter V. Brett

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Veličanstvena završnica jedne od najmaštovitijih epskofantastičnih saga dvadeset prvog veka...
  • Bloodlord by Christopher Woods

    Bloodlord by Christopher Woods

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After Second Kansas the world waits for the other shoe to drop. The Kresh have come twice and been held off by Colin Rourke and the Soulguard. Defenses are growing and the forces of Earth are arming themselves for war. Colin is trying to come to terms with the darkness inside of him with the help of Lyrica Jayne...
  • Evil Tide by Toby Neighbors

    Evil Tide by Toby Neighbors

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Evil in the Five Kingdoms has struck a devastating blow. A tide of evil rolls northward as a monstrous army moves across the land like a wicked plague, forcing the young wizard Zollin to race back to the frozen highlands in hopes of recruiting the magical races of dwarves, dragons, and giants to help fight the dark sorceress Gwendolyn’s horde...
  • The Corruption: by Stuart Meczes

    The Corruption: by Stuart Meczes

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    GET THE HASEA CHRONICLES BOXSET NOW! 5 BOOKS FOR THE PRICE OF 3 - THE CHEAPEST WAY TO READ THE BESTSELLING FANTASY SERIES! OVER 950,000 WORDS SPREAD ACROSS 2750 PAGES AND 200 CHAPTERS, FOR UNDER 10 BUCKS! /p> Thousands of copies sold. Over TWO MILLION pages read. Tons of 5 star reviews. Find out why this THE Urban Fantasy series people are talking about...
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    demons  journey  magic  action-adventure  book  fae  family  fiction
  • Razor's Edge by Sherri L. King

    Razor's Edge by Sherri L. King

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book 3 in The Horde Wars series NYPD Officer Emily Lansing has seen it all. But after an encounter with a warrior Shikar and a contingent of Daemons, she comes to understand that there are worse things stalking the night than murderers or thieves. Here there be monsters.and they know her by name. The Shikar world is in all-out war with the Horde...
  • Falcon Quinn and the Crimson Vapor by Jennifer Finney Boylan

    Falcon Quinn and the Crimson Vapor by Jennifer Finney Boylan

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Born in the reality stream but with both the heart of a monster and the heart of a guardian, thirteen-year-old Falcon Quinn is not sure what path to follow until he fastens an amulet with a red jewel around his neck...
  • A Snake in the Grass by K.A. Stewart

    A Snake in the Grass by K.A. Stewart

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jesse James Dawson never wanted to find himself in the middle of a demonic war. However, with the addition of 275 extra souls to his life, he’s got a target painted on his back in the most literal sense. With his apprentice, Estéban Perez, in tow, he heads to Mexico where the boy’s mother, a powerful bruja, will hopefully be able to extract the souls without harm to any party involved...
  • The Stolen by Alex Shearer

    The Stolen by Alex Shearer

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    'A cracking plot.... a thrilling unexpected twist' Sunday Telegraph Life's a game - and someone's cheating.... Meredith is a new girl at school. An orphan, living with her elderly granny. She must be lonely - or so Carly thinks, trying to be nice. But sometimes nice doesn't work. Sometimes people are worse than you could ever imagine...
  • Wanton Fire by Sherri L. King

    Wanton Fire by Sherri L. King

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book 2 in The Horde Wars series Cinder, Shikar warrior and strongest of the Incinerator Caste, has met his match in Steffy Michanke. He wants her as he has never wanted another and means to have her at any cost. Steffy, a woman with a dark past, wants nothing more than to break free from the sexy being who has vowed to protect her from the creatures that stalk them...
  • The Company of Shadows by Lisa Olsen

    The Company of Shadows by Lisa Olsen

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Editorial ReviewEthan Shaw is a demon hunter, working for a mysterious organization, simply dubbed - The Company. His neighbor Cady accidentally comes between the hunter and his quarry, a demon, stalking women in San Francisco. This isn't the scaly, fire and brimstone type demon, but the seductive, stalker type that can jump into any body, feeding off of fear or sexual energy...
  • Starfire by Kate Douglas

    Starfire by Kate Douglas

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The women of Lemuria are still in chains. The daughter of an enslaved warrior, brutally attacked by a vicious guard, Selyn has survived--barely. Beaten and terrified, she must overcome her fear and trust her life to the only man who can help her: Dawson Buck, one from Earth who has crossed through the portal, a gifted healer...
  • A Foreign Heart by Jeffrey Quyle

    A Foreign Heart by Jeffrey Quyle

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The fourth volume of the Inner Seas Kingdom Series, A Foreign Heart follows Kestrel through a fast-paced series of adventures. With his goal now defined as defeat of the Viathin race that has invaded and begun to conquer the world of the Inner Seas, Kestrel works closely with his imp allies to race around the lands he knows -- the Eastern Forest, Hydrotaz, and Graylee...
  • The Way of Renegades by Steve D. Wall

    The Way of Renegades by Steve D. Wall

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An action-packed flintlock fantasy book about guns, mages, bards and dragons!Ulric, former war hero, has been living a quiet life of exile in the frontier city of Quinport and wants only to continue hiding from the mistakes of his past. But then he discovers the invention of a revolutionary new kind of rifle, and worse, the ruling Coalition discovers his identity...
  • Ravage: A Deviants Novel by Jeff Sampson

    Ravage: A Deviants Novel by Jeff Sampson

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The war against BioZenith is on...
  • Winged by L.M. Pruitt

    Winged by L.M. Pruitt

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I fell from the Talmadge Bridge the week before I turned thirty.I was given a choice: Go to Heaven. Go back to my life in Savannah. Or spend eternity fighting evil under the direction of the archangels.I chose the demons--and the angels.I chose the Winged...
  • Descendant by Nichole Giles

    Descendant by Nichole Giles

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Seventeen-year-old Abigail Johnson is Gifted. Blessed—or cursed—with Sight and Healing, Abby lives an unsettled life, moving from place to place and staying one step ahead of the darkness that hunts her. When she arrives in Jackson, Wyoming, she is desperate to maintain the illusion of normalcy, but she is plagued with visions of past lives mixed with frightening glimpses of her future...
  • Echo by Alyson Noel

    Echo by Alyson Noel

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    She inherited a magical destiny—and a mission to stop a powerful family of dark sorcerers. She never expected to fall in love with one of them.There's still so much Daire Santos has to learn about being the last Soul Seeker….and about herself. As her magical training becomes more intense, so does her relationship with Dace...
  • Otherkin by Nina Berry, Kathleen McInerney

    Otherkin by Nina Berry, Kathleen McInerney

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Listening length: 9 hours, 39 minutesI thought I knew myself. Then I met Caleb.Dez is a good girl who does as she’s told and tries not to be noticed.Then she rescues a boy from a cage, and he tells her secrets about herself.Now inside her burns a darkness that will transform her...
  • Utroba zemlje - I tom by Peter V. Brett

    Utroba zemlje - I tom by Peter V. Brett

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Veličanstvena završnica jedne od najmaštovitijih epskofantastičnih saga dvadeset prvog veka.Od davnina su krvožedni demoni su lovili u noći pokušavajući da zatru ljudsku vrstu. Radi sopstvene zaštite, ono ljudi što je preostalo se oslanjalo na poluzaboravljenu magiju. A onda su se pojavila dva junaka – bliska kao braća sve dok se između njih nije isprečila gorka izdaja...
  • Devil and the Bluebird by Jennifer Mason-Black

    Devil and the Bluebird by Jennifer Mason-Black

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Blue Riley has wrestled with her own demons ever since the loss of her mother to cancer. But when she encounters a beautiful devil at her town crossroads, it’s her runaway sister’s soul she fights to save. The devil steals Blue’s voice—inherited from her musically gifted mother—in exchange for a single shot at finding Cass...
  • Devil Ash Days by Mitchell Olson

    Devil Ash Days by Mitchell Olson

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ash Kaplan was just another teenage slacker, until his house was invaded by demons and a team of angels was dispatched to save him. The team hit a snag when some devils showed up, hellbent on capturing Ash. The boy found himself dragged to Hell and forced to take up arms in defense of the kingdom...
  • The Burning Kingdoms by Sally Green

    The Burning Kingdoms by Sally Green

    Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The heart-pounding conclusion to the daring Smoke Thieves trilogy.In this conclusion to the epic Smoke Thieves trilogy, the world has erupted into all-out war. King Aloysius is mining powerful demon smoke and using it to fuel an unstoppable army of children. March, now banished for treason, has joined up with this boy army...
  • Seeker by Veronica Rossi

    Seeker by Veronica Rossi

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When Daryn claimed she was seeing visions during her sophomore year of high school, no one believed the truth.She wasn’t losing her mind; she was gaining the Sight—the ability to see the future. Daryn embraced her role as a Seeker. The work she did was important. She saved lives.Until Sebastian.Sebastian was her first—and worst—mistake...
  • Imperfect Angel by Christi Barth

    Imperfect Angel by Christi Barth

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Three days ago, all Maisy Norgate had was a stack of bills, about a gazillion jobs, and her sunny-as-hell outlook. Now, thanks to an uncle she never knew about, she’s inherited an ornate skeleton key with absolutely no idea what it’s for—or why she has it...
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