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He Who Fights With Monsters 7 by Shirtaloon, Travis Deverell
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsJason arrives at a kingdom in peril and he's surprised to discover that it's not his job to save it.With the authorities fulfilling their responsibilities (for once), he looks forward to some quiet time to rest and recuperate.The locals might not find ceaseless monster onslaughts and an inter-dimensional invasion relaxing, but Jason has had a rough few years... -
The Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 69 ratingsMagnus Chase, a once-homeless teen, is a resident of the Hotel Valhalla and one of Odin's chosen warriors. As the son of Frey, the god of summer, fertility, and health, Magnus isn't naturally inclined to fighting... -
The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 69 ratings"Magnus Chase, you nearly started Ragnarok. What are you going to do next?"It's been six weeks since Magnus and his friends returned from defeating Fenris Wolf and the fire giants. Magnus has adjusted to life at the Hotel Valhalla—as much as a once-homeless and previously alive kid can... -
Painting the Blues in Gretna Green by Linzi Day
Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMy powers are growing, and my tolerance is low. My second week in my new role as the Gretna Green Recorder is making the first week look relaxing.I have quite the to-do list.✅ Fix a thousand-year-old injustice that threatens the future of the Pictish royal family and their realm? Check.✅ Test my new Knight Adjutant candidates? Check... -
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Angel's Flight by Ella Summers
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe old saying is true. Knowledge really is power, especially when angels and gods play the game. The original Immortals, masters of magic, once reigned over every world in the known universe—until they suddenly vanished. The gods and demons have been fighting over the remains of their fractured empire ever since... -
Dangerous Ways by R.R. Virdi
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFrom the Dragon Award-nominated author, R.R. Virdi.Jonathan Hawthorne has lived over a century beholden to one rule: do not meddle in mortal affairs. He's broken it twice. So when he crosses paths with Cassidy Winters, he's forced to interfere again.Strike three. And the third time's not the charm.Hawthorne is swept along as Cassidy slips through the cracks in reality... -
The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 74 ratingsMagnus Chase has seen his share of trouble. Ever since that terrible night two years ago when his mother told him to run, he has lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, staying one step ahead of the police and the truant officers.One day, Magnus learns that someone else is trying to track him down—his uncle Randolph, a man his mother had always warned him about... -
The Enchanted by K.B. Hoyle
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDarcy Pennington’s course was set long before she ever stepped foot in Alitheia, and when she returns for her fourth visit to the magical realm, she finds even more outside her control than ever before...Categorized as:
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Faded Luck by Mel Todd
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor Cori Munroe, carrying a surrogate baby shouldn’t be any big deal. She’s got magic on her side, right? Wrong. Pregnancy is fritzing her magic, while she has to deal with a variety of work issues, up to and very much including a huge medal ceremony involving the United States and China for saving D.C. and China’s reputation. Then the Council of Lords wants her to represent Earth’s mages... -
For Love of Evil by Auryn Hadley
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsfour of them. Satan, Lucifer, Beelzebub, and Samyaza. I left everything behind to help change the world. My big plan was to fight back, to stand up for what I believed in. Instead, I'm useless. A failure. I thought we were supposed to be a united front. I thought my guys would be at my side for the rest of eternity. I thought we had something special... -
Inherited Luck by Mel Todd
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMagical house, insane killer, and life altering decisions—being an adult sucks.I did it, I've graduated and no more pressure. And I've got a house, me a house! Road trip time for Jo, Sable, and me up to Albany, New York. The house both is and isn't what I expected. Beautiful-yes. Locked rooms with mysterious stuff-yes. But it also seems alive, which isn't possible... -
Stop at Nothing by Macy Blake
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSeries Finale With all of his mates assembled, Sawyer Smith should be ready for his own version of the end game. He must defeat the god of air and restore both of their broken magics to all of the realms. There’s only one problem: he still doesn’t know how to do it. HIs brother is a god and is raising the forces of darkness against Sawyer and his mates more quickly than he can mount a defense... -
Drafted Luck by Mel Todd
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsDraft here I come, ready or not.Doctorate achieved! Now time to pay off my mandatory service obligation to the government. The same government that may, or may not, be trying to occasionally kill me. But hey a job is a good thing, right?I didn't expect it to be all rainbows and sprinkles, but neither did I envision being thrown in with a training group of misfits and potential criminals... -
Blood Wyne by Yasmine Galenorn
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWe're the D'Artigo sisters: half-human, half-Fae, we're sexy, we're savvy and we just turned in our badges to the Otherworld Intelligence Agency. My sister Camille is a wicked good witch. Delilah's a werecat and blossoming Death Maiden. And as for me? I'm Menolly, acrobat extraordinaire turned vampire... -
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The First Sentinel by Jessamyn Kingley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSkeleton Lord Albrecht Daray spent nearly two thousand years trapped behind thick walls in a compound that tore away his memory. Now, the sentinels belong the Council of Sorcery and Shifters and Albrecht’s little more than a blackened set of bones struggling to find his place in this new world... -
The Oracle by K.B. Hoyle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA year ago Darcy Pennington would have laughed at the idea of magical worlds, prophecies, and talking animals, but everything changed when she visited Cedar Cove Family Camp and stumbled through a gateway. It is the summer before freshman year, and Darcy and her five friends have returned through the gateway to the world of Alitheia...Categorized as:
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The Elemental Ruins by Sam Burns
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat do you do the day after the world doesn’t end?If you’re River Keyes (yeah, me), you try to figure out how you’re going to live without the internet. Because we might have kept two worlds from being destroyed, but now I’m trapped in a place with no electricity, no takeout, and no phoning home... -
Pawsitively Swindled by Melissa Erin Jackson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAppearances can be deceiving.Amber Blackwood, Edgehill’s secret resident witch, recently found her parents’ grimoires and the powerful time spells within. The malevolent Penhallow clan has been ruthlessly seeking the grimoires so they can travel back in time to undo their clan’s cursed magic... -
Nothing Gained by Macy Blake
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSawyer Smith's life is a hot mess.Hot, because he's found six of his eight mates. To say things are heating up between them is putting it mildly.A mess, because he's the Chosen One, the son of a goddess with no powers of his own, tasked with fixing the broken magic in his world... and he has no clue how to do it... -
Nothing Ventured by Macy Blake
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSawyer Smith is woefully unprepared for the dangers that come with being part of the supernatural world. As a magical null, he is human and vulnerable, even with the powerful, sexy guardians who have claimed him as their own. When a simple visit turns deadly, Sawyer’s mates take action and whisk him away to the clan of rich and powerful griffins... -
Obligations Incurred by Blaise Corvin
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHenry and Jason somehow survived being kidnapped to Ludus, a monster-filled sword-and-sorcery world. They managed to make friends, pay their rent, and they even founded their own adventuring business, Delvers LLC. Unfortunately, by overcoming the odds and creating a reputation for themselves in such short time, monarchs and nobles have taken notice of the two men from Earth...Categorized as:
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Smash & Grab by Maz Maddox
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMy standard issued lab badge reads 'Simon' but it really should say 'unexciting nerd with no social life'Don't get me wrong -- I love what I do with a passion, but it doesn't leave a lot of time for much else.Especially romance.While chipping away at my work, I'm suddenly the person between hired cartel muscle and the fossil that will define my career.Which isn't the most insane part of the story... -
Resurrection of the Fallen by Jessamyn Kingley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsReverent Knight Drystan Kempe has no use for the rumors that have swirled around him for the past two centuries. There is no way he could be the former emperor of the dragons. All they share is a common name. After all, Emperor Drystan had a love that has become legendary since his death and the fallen knight Drystan is very much alone... -
Rise of the Lich Sentinel by Jessamyn Kingley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSwamped with guilt over nearly every decision he’s ever made, Arch Lich Chander Daray spends all his time escaping into books and keeping too busy to think. The last thing he wants is to find his other half. In pursuit of freedom for their people Gavrael and Gedeon D’Vaire ask him for help and Chander is happy to oblige... -
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Fall of the Arch Lich by Jessamyn Kingley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMonths after his mate broke his heart, Lich Sentinel Alaric is doing his best to put the pieces back together. His sentinels now belong to the Council of Sorcery and Shifters but it means little as the necromancers are determined to fight their freedom every step of the way. Their leader, Arch Lich Chander Daray, is the one person Alaric avoids at all costs... -
Elder Bonds by Lexi C. Foss
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEverything from how the Elders met, to Balthazar’s version of an engagement party…Alik: No. I’m not participating in this nonsense.Balthazar: It’s about damn time. And ignore Alik. He’ll be tagging along for the ride. Pun intended.Eli: Ah, memories. How I miss being among the living.Jayson: Oh f*ck. I hope Lizzie never reads this.Lucian: Will there be waffles in Brazil?Balthazar: Yes. And sex... -
Storm Harem by Scarlett Grove
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat will she do with three dragon mates? A Lonely Woman Real estate broker Krista Wilder has dedicated her life to her career. After a bad break up, she realizes it's no longer enough. When three mysterious, sexy men hire her to find them a multi-million dollar mansion, she knows the job is just what she needs to take her mind off her loneliness... -
Storm by Ednah Walters
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPirates no longer roam the seas.Phantom Islands don’t exist.Nanny to a wealthy family, eighteen-year old Alexandria “Lexi” Greendale sends most of what she earns home to support her disabled brother. She is determined to help him get the surgery he needs to walk again. Her dreams come to an abrupt halt when she rescues a man from drowning... -
Dark Whispers by Bruce Coville
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAt last--the long-awaited third volume of Bruce Coville's best-selling series, The Unicorn Chronicles!This is a tale of two quests: Cara Diana Hunter's search for an ancient story that may unravel the secret of the long enmity between the unicorns and the delvers, and her father's journey to free Cara's mother from the Rainbow Prison...Categorized as:
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Black Water by D.J. MacHale
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsAlternate cover for this ISBN can be found here and hereBREAKING THE RULESJust when fifteen-year-old Bobby Pendragon thinks he understands his purpose as a Traveler - to protect the territories of Halla from the evil Saint Dane - he is faced with an impossible choice. The inhabitants of Eelong are in danger of being wiped out by a mysterious plague...Categorized as:
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Heart Choice by Robin D. Owens
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWith her mystical Celta novels, RITA Award -- winning author Robin D. Owens built a world where psychic talents thrive and desires flourish. Now, she returns with a tale of heart, healing, and the meaning of family...Due to a genetic disorder, Straif Blackthorn is the last of his line... -
Heart Search by Robin D. Owens
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsLatest in the long-running series from the award-winning author of Heart Journey. Noble Laev T'Hawthorne must rebuild his life after marrying a woman he believed was his HeartMate, only to fall victim to her greed. Abandoned at fifteen, Camellia Darjeeling values her independence above all-even as her father and uncle emotionally scourge her and extort money... -
Heart Quest by Robin D. Owens
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsTucked away in the Druida City of Celta, Trif Clover knows she has a HeartMate. She wants him so badly she's actually going door-to-door with her charmkey to find him. What she doesn't know is that he has already found her. Guardsman Ilex Winterberry knows that Trif is his HeartMate, but fears that being twice her age, with a short life ahead of him, he will only scare her away... -
Sentinel's Dagger by Jessamyn Kingley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSentinels are as dangerous as they are mysterious. Not satisfied with the rumors that abound, the two necromancers at the Dragon Court of D’Vaire make the courageous decision to summon their soul bound assassins only to discover the two are mates. Ripped from isolation, Gavrael and Gedeon were never taught about matebonds... -
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Ansel's Game by Selena Scott
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is the first book in the "Shifter Fever" series.She only wanted to find her brother. Finding a true mate definitely wasn't part of the plan!Ruby didn‘t care. She cared about nothing. Her brother was gone. Just like her parents were gone. And she definitely didn't need a man, let alone an alpha bear shifter. But Ruby felt the strangest feeling rise up within her... -
Steal the Sky by Anna Fury, Amy Pennza
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs the heir to a powerful vampire gang, I should be a master thief by now. But my own abilities have always been flawed. I’m good at one thing, though—stealing. When my uncle sets his sights on a prized possession owned by Gothel, the ruler of the Sky Syndicate, I’m tasked with the job of taking it.Everything changes when I meet the captivating gargoyle... -
Other Worlds by Jon Scieszka, Shaun Tan
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsTen incredible trips into the unknown await you..Categorized as:
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Heart Duel by Robin D. Owens
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn HeartMate and Heart Thief, award-winning author Robin D. Owens built a world where psychic talents and desires of the heart flourish. Now, she returns to Celta with a story of star-crossed lovers...Healer Lark Collinson hates the street dueling that is a way of life among the noble families on Celta--it was just such a skirmish that killed her Healer husband and left her a grieving widow... -
Touch of Frost by S.E. Smith
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLacey Adams lives in the small town of Magic, New Mexico, where she devotes herself to the animals at her Touch of Magic Animal Shelter. The strange assortment of animals helps heal the pain and loneliness inside her since the death of her husband three years before. Frost is a Star Ranger. He travels the star systems, bringing intergalactic fugitives to justice... -
The Glass Word by Kai Meyer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen they emerge from Hell, Merle, her friend Junipa who has mirrors for eyes, and Vermithrax the flying stone lion find themselves in Egypt. Of course the Flowing Queen is with them as well, since Merle swallowed her back in Venice. There is something very wrong in Egypt--it is freezing cold, and everything is covered in snow. Winter is here, looking for his lost love, Summer...Categorized as:
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All or Nothing by Macy Blake
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHave You Been Chosen?Sawyer Smith is preparing to take on the world, and with his graduate degree only days away, he’s hoping to convince his gorgeous best friend and neighbor to come along for the ride. There’s only one problem; Draco has a secret, a big scaly secret, and it’s about to change Sawyer’s life forever... -
Protector of the Flight by Robin D. Owens
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIf horses could fly…then Calli Torcher might ride again. But a devastating accident left her in such pain she thought the chimes and chanting in her ears were a hallucination…until she found herself transported to another world, and met the Lladranans who had Summoned her... -
The Unicorn's Mare by S.J. Sanders
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSteph Bennet has a 5 year plan to get ahead despite the new challenges that have come with the fae crossing into the human world. Regardless, she is focused on her goals, and that doesn’t include a shape-shifting unicorn who insists that she is his mate and the only key to his survival and getting his waning powers returned to him.This can be negotiated.. -
Inevitable by Lyra Cole
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIndie the Ignominious. Midas the Mighty.The secret is out: fated mates.I’m theirs, they’re mine. So why is everything so hard?I thought I overcame my worst fear in admitting that I’d fallen for them. Midas Pack is on my side, but the safety their scent promises seems miles away.Between feral alphas, restrictive Coalition laws, and our inescapable pasts, everything seems determined to come between... -
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Vengeance From The Dark by Jessamyn Kingley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA thousand years. That’s how long Chieftain Lorcan of the Acwellan has waited to have his vengeance. At last his mate has distanced himself from the sanctity of the magic stealing stones the Cwylld elves are notorious for and finally Lorcan can end his miserable life... -
Dragon's Melody by Ophelia Bell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMelody Proust is in love with her boss, his inhuman good looks and irresistible sex appeal making it hard for her to do her job. Black dragon Kol Magnus has no interest in his sweet, blond personal assistant. But Melody is too dear a bonded human to foist off on just any other dragon. He needs one who is worthy of mating a human woman as special as Melody.. -
Veiled by Ruby Smoke
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the Light and the Dark Collide...Who will Maintain the Balance within the VeilFor hundreds of years, magic users have grown up with the misconception that their magic has no true origin; that they were simply gifted more than mere-mortals. This control of the narrative has suited the Fae, for their existence has been hidden; their kingdoms beyond the Veil secure... -
Saving the Werewolves by Kestra Pingree, Alexander Cendese
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’m the Lost Princess of Howling Sky. Only a few days ago, I would have said that was crazy, that I’m just Sorissa. Now I’m living crazy. Everybody wants to use me for their own gain in the Prime War.Except for Phantom Fangs, my werewolves.I left with vampires to save their lives. Maybe the vampires intend to kill me, but I’m not that fragile. I'll survive, and I’ll keep my werewolves safe... -
Last First Snow by Max Gladstone
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe fourth novel set in the compellingly modern fantasy world of the Craft Sequence Forty years after the God Wars, Dresediel Lex bears the scars of liberation—especially in the Skittersill, a poor district still bound by the fallen gods' decaying edicts. As long as the gods' wards last, they strangle development; when they fail, demons will be loosed upon the city... -
The Stone Light by Kai Meyer
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEvil forces have invaded Venice - the city that Merle and Serafin call home. Luckily, the two friends hold secrets that just might stop the pharaoh from destroying their ancient city.Merle has within her spirit of the Flowing Queen, a mysterious legendary force who serves as her guide. Indeed, the Queen's voice has led Merle to Vermithrax, a winged stone lion...Categorized as:
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