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  • War Hammer by Shayne Silvers

    War Hammer by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.Two old dudes want to kill me. Oh, and one of them is my ancestor…And after centuries of practice, they’re pretty good at the whole murder thing. But at least they want to kill each other just as badly.Now, I’ve taken down a Greek Goddess, worn a Horseman’s Mask, and I ride a homicidal unicorn who hates rainbows with a passion...
  • Savage by Shayne Silvers

    Savage by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Boys want attention. Men want respect. Legends just don’t care…Nate Temple is finally taking some time off to appreciate the finer things in life…like his new Valkyrie, Kára. But their weeks of romance come to a swift end and lethal end when assassins invade the sanctity of Chateau Falco...
  • Wild Side by Shayne Silvers

    Wild Side by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    To become a Godkiller you have to awaken the monster inside you… Almost a year has passed since Nate’s ex-fiancée woke up a Greek god intent on world domination and war. The problem? He doesn’t know which god. And the promised war hasn’t started yet...
  • Christmas Eve by Jim Butcher

    Christmas Eve by Jim Butcher

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Jim wrote a new short story, Christmas Eve, as a gift for his fans on December 24, 2018. It is posted to his website and Facebook page. The story is set after Peace Talks and Battle Ground and depicts Harry's first Christmas Eve as a dad, as well as a few other familiar faces...
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    magic  myths  retellings  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fae
  • Tiny Gods by Shayne Silvers

    Tiny Gods by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Power is patient, power is kind… No, wait. That’s not right. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely… Just ask Nate’s ex-fiancée. It’s almost this wizard’s birthday, so, he can cry if he wants to...
  • Salty Dog by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Salty Dog by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Abductions rarely go as planned…but this is just ridiculous. Torn from the Faeling Games on the beaches of Scotland, Quinn MacKenna suddenly finds herself doggie-paddling in a turbulent sea of blood with no land in sight.And that’s the highlight of her day so far, because her abductors seem perfectly content to simply leave her in this strange Otherworld...
  • Promise of Wrath by Steve McHugh

    Promise of Wrath by Steve McHugh

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    A powerful sorcerer. A forgotten past. Hellequin is back, and the end is near. A terrible storm is brewing in London, and Nathan Garrett, the sorcerer known as Hellequin, is the only one who can stop it.But his enemies have other plans...
  • Lies Ripped Open by Steve McHugh

    Lies Ripped Open by Steve McHugh

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Over a hundred years have passed since a group of violent killers went on the rampage, murdering innocent victims for fun. But even back then, sorcerer Nate Garrett, aka Hellequin, knew there was more to it than simple savage pleasure—souls were being stolen.Nate’s discovery of the souls’ use, and of those supporting the group’s plan, made him question everything he believed...
  • To Haunt a Witch by Juliette Harper

    To Haunt a Witch by Juliette Harper

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Still recovering from their adventure into the Middle Realm, Jinx, Tori, and the gang have settled down to enjoy some "normal" time in Briar Hollow. Then Cezar Ionescu walks in the front door asking for a favor. An abandoned house owned by the local Strigoi clan is attracting the attention of the Haunted Briar Hollow web series...
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    magic  myths  retellings  action-adventure  adult  book  cozy  fiction
  • The Amulet of Caorunn: A Jinx Hamilton Adventure Book 7 (The Jinx Hamilton Mysteries) by Juliette Harper

    The Amulet of Caorunn: A Jinx Hamilton Adventure Book 7 (The Jinx Hamilton Mysteries) by Juliette Harper

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Creavit wizard Irenaeus Chesterfield is back, with a bigger, badder plan to go after Jinx and company. In the weeks leading up to Christmas, Jinx starts having dream visions about the mysterious Amulet of Caorunn. Trying to get more details, she and Tori try a dicey double enchantment with shocking results...
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    magic  myths  retellings  action-adventure  adult  book  cozy  fiction
  • Daddy Duty by Shayne Silvers

    Daddy Duty by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Two teenaged weredragons. Two terrible dads. A nest of vampires… Nate Temple and his pal Alucard just want a little piece and quiet after the events of TINY GODS, but it just isn't in the cards for them. Tory leaves town and asks them to watch over the rebellious Reds. But they have other plans.When love is in the air, there is nothing a teenager wouldn't do...
  • Witch on First by Juliette Harper

    Witch on First by Juliette Harper

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jinx Hamilton walks out the front door of her store in Briar Hollow on a Sunday morning only to find her werecat neighbor and boyfriend, Chase McGregor, staring at a dead man. Under the best of circumstances, a corpse complicates things, but Jinx has other problems...
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    magic  myths  retellings  action-adventure  adult  book  cozy  fiction
  • This Charming Man by C.K. McDonnell

    This Charming Man by C.K. McDonnell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Vampires do not exist. Everyone knows this. So it's particularly annoying when they start popping up around Manchester . . .Nobody is pleased about it. Not the Founders, the secret organisation for whom vampires were invented as an allegory, nor the Folk, the magical people hidden in plain sight who only want a quiet life...
    Categorized as:
    magic  myths  retellings  adult  audiobook  book  comedy  crime
  • Wander by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Wander by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    He’s not the hero you want. He’s the monster you need. When a new strain of the deadly drug, Redrum creates UV resistant vampires, the streets of New York City are flooded with the mindless creatures searching for blood—human blood. The NYTF and Dark Council refuse to deal with menace and contact the Night Wardens expecting results. What they get is a dark mage with nothing to lose...
  • The Green Man's Foe by Juliet E. McKenna

    The Green Man's Foe by Juliet E. McKenna

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When you do a good job for someone, there’s a strong chance they’ll offer you more work or recommend you elsewhere. So Daniel Mackmain isn’t particularly surprised when his boss’s architect brother asks for his help on a historic house renovation in the Cotswolds. Except Dan’s a dryad’s son, and he soon realises there’s a whole lot more going on...
  • Beyond the Veil by Nicole R. Taylor

    Beyond the Veil by Nicole R. Taylor

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Collection of Urban Fantasy Adventures Beyond the veil lies a world of magic, mystery, and adventure! From author Nicole R. Taylor comes five full length novels, each a first in a series...
  • Shadow Blood by Jayde Scott

    Shadow Blood by Jayde Scott

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Only a few months ago, Amber Reed would have called herself an ordinary girl in an ordinary world…until she moves to Scotland and is pushed into a world she never knew existed by the sexy and daring McAllister brothers, unable to withstand its perils. Aidan McAllister, the irresistible leader of the Morganefaire brethren, has what he always wanted: the girl of his dreams...
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    magic  retellings  super-powered  angels  book  demons  fiction  ghosts
  • Figment by Cameron Jace

    Figment by Cameron Jace

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After her encounter with the Cheshire Cat, Alice Wonder can hardly tell reality from imagination. But when kids have their head chopped off and stuffed in watermelons all over the city, it's clear that another Wonderland Monster has arrived, possibly scarier than the Cheshire...
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    magic  myths  retellings  book  contemporary  crime  dark  fairy-tale
  • Tombyards & Butterflies by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Tombyards & Butterflies by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A Missing Ferryman. An Undead Dilemma. An Immortal Detective. An emissary from the Dark Council has just materialized in the office of the Montague & Strong Detective Agency, and makes Simon Strong an offer he can’t refuse. Charon is missing. The legendary ferryman responsible for transporting sorcerer souls across the river Styx hasn’t been seen in days...
  • A Beautiful Evil by Kelly Keaton

    A Beautiful Evil by Kelly Keaton

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Myth and mayhem inhabit a richly reimagined New Orleans in this sequel to Darkness Becomes Her.After the epic graveyard battle at the end of Darkness Becomes Her, Ari and her friends know what they’re up against: Ari is facing the Medusa curse and is haunted by the image of what she will become...
  • Crack the Sky: Preternatural Chronicles Book 8  (The Preternatural Chronicles) by Hunter Blain

    Crack the Sky: Preternatural Chronicles Book 8 (The Preternatural Chronicles) by Hunter Blain

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the heart of darkness... do what must be done. Depweg is lost in time, unwittingly finding himself in a stream of reality that has broken off from the single river our universe safely resides upon. John has no choice but to do the impossible and retrieve his best friend or risk the two parallel timelines crashing into one another...
  • No God is Safe by Orlando A. Sanchez

    No God is Safe by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A Dangerous Client. An Impossible Case. An Offer He Should’ve Refused. Children have gone missing in NYC. Detective Simon Strong takes on what he thinks is a routine case-get proof of a spouse’s infidelity. When he digs deeper, he stumbles onto the trail of the missing children, but what he discovers shatters his concepts of reality.Tristan Montague is a mage on the run...
  • Shallow Grave by E.A. Copen

    Shallow Grave by E.A. Copen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dead men tell no tales...Unless you're a necromancer. Then they never shut up. Life is finally going right for Lazarus Kerrigan, necromancer and Pale Horseman. Business is booming, and no gods have tried to kill him for a whole month. But the past is catching up to him.There's a serial killer on the loose in New Orleans, one that targets children and leaves behind only bones...
  • City of the Snakes by D.B. Shan

    City of the Snakes by D.B. Shan

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    New York Times bestselling novelist Darren Shan presents the final book in his The City series. For ten years Capac Raimi has ruled the City. Created by the first Cardinal to continue his legacy, Capac cannot be killed. Then Capac disappears. His trusted lieutenant, Ford Tasso, suspects the mysterious villacs, ancient and powerful Incan priests...
  • Mortal Coils by Eric S. Nylund

    Mortal Coils by Eric S. Nylund

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    "Nothing interesting had ever happened" to orphans Eliot and Fiona for 15 years with strict Grandmother and well-meaning great gran Cee. But unintended offspring of a goddess and Lucifer can break a long truce. Rather than kill the pair, Immortals create three Trials; Infernals add three Temptations. The pair must stick together; adult allegiances are uncertain...
  • The Unholy Cause by Joe Schreiber

    The Unholy Cause by Joe Schreiber

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A "Supernatural" novel that reveals a previously unseen adventure for the Winchester brothers, from the hit CW series Way back in April 1862, Confederate Captain Jubal Beauchamp leads a charge across a Georgia battleground... Fast forward to 2009 and a civil war re-enactment becomes all too real. When Sam and Dean head down south to investigate they find that history has got somewhat out of hand.
  • Medusa by Alessa Thorn

    Medusa by Alessa Thorn

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The most beautiful gorgon in legend. A blind thief with everything to lose...It's going to be a heist to remember.MEDUSA is book 2 of The Court of the Underworld, a new paranormal romance series, based in a dark dystopian future where Hades rules a court of gods and monsters in modern day Greece. In the city of Styx, Medusa rules her media empire from behind the safety of a thousand screens...
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    gods  magic  myths  retellings  adult  book  contemporary  dark
  • Coyote's Kiss by Christa Faust

    Coyote's Kiss by Christa Faust

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    A truck full of illegal Mexican immigrants slaughtered with supernatural force is found by the side of a road. Trying to find answers, Sam and Dean are plunged into the dangerous world that exists along the Mexican border. They encounter a tattooed, pistol-packing bandita on a motorcycle who seems be everywhere they go before they get there...
  • Evil Star by Anthony Horowitz

    Evil Star by Anthony Horowitz

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Matt thought his troubles were over when he closed Raven's Gate . . . but in fact they were just beginning. His fate -- and the fate of the world -- is tied to four other kids across the globe. The second is a street kid in Peru. He and Matt have never met; they don't even speak the same language. But destiny is going to throw them together as the evil threat of the Old Ones grows . .
  • Alone, Untouched, Soulless by Robert J. Crane

    Alone, Untouched, Soulless by Robert J. Crane

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    This is a collection of the first three titles in The Girl in the Box Series, which are about a teenage girl who develops powers far beyond those of a normal human, and her battles against those who would use her against her will. (Approx. 185,000 words total.)Books included:1. Alone2. Untouched3...
  • Sleeping Late on Judgement Day by Tad Williams

    Sleeping Late on Judgement Day by Tad Williams

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The conclusion of Tad Williams' brilliant Bobby Dollar series.Bobby Dollar thinks he's seen it all - after all, he's been to Hell and back again. Literally.But he has another thing coming. Sleeping Late on Judgement Day will find Bobby back in his adopted hometown of San Judas, California, trying to stay out of trouble... and failing...
  • The Crystal Prison by Robin Jarvis

    The Crystal Prison by Robin Jarvis

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    This terrifying second novel of the Deptford Mice Trilogy is now in paperback. When the Deptford Mice flee to the countryside, they never expect to find themselves embroiled in a series of murders. The country mice suspect that headstrong city mouse, Audrey, is the culprit. But the truth is far more sinister-for Jupiter now reaches vengefully from the dead...
  • Tangled Web by Gail Z. Martin

    Tangled Web by Gail Z. Martin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cassidy Kincaide runs Trifles & Folly in modern-day Charleston, an antiques and curios shop with a dangerous secret. Cassidy can read the history of objects by touching them and along with her business partners Teag, who has Weaver magic and Sorren, a 600-year-old vampire, they get rid of cursed objects and keep Charleston and the world safe from supernatural threats...
  • The Shadow Pavilion by Liz Williams

    The Shadow Pavilion by Liz Williams

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Detective Inspector Chen is back! The Snake Agent returns in The Shadow Pavilion, the fourth Detective Inspector Chen novel from Liz Williams. When Chen’s partner, the demon Seneschal Zhu Irzh, disappears, Chen must enlist all of his allies and assets in order to locate him...
  • Music Box by Anya Allyn

    Music Box by Anya Allyn

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The final terrifying story of The Dark Carousel series. As the day of Cassie's marriage to the centuries-old spirit, Balthazar, grows chillingly close, she finds a secret way to the high tower. The shadowy inhabitant of the tower has haunted her mind since her first day at the castle. In the tower, Cassie makes a shocking discovery, after which nothing can be the same...
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    myths  retellings  book  dystopia  fiction  ghosts  horror  mystery
  • Dark Awakened by H.D. Smith

    Dark Awakened by H.D. Smith

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Last spring Claire’s seemingly normal—if not totally screwed up—life was tossed on its head. For five years she’d been one of the damned—a human that knows the truth about the otherworldly among us. She’d worked for The Boss—the Demon King himself—as his administrative assistant, handling everything from early retirements, to Maintenance’s incessant requests for dental.No one gets dental...
  • Suppressed by Kira Saito

    Suppressed by Kira Saito

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After facing her tragic past and remembering who she really is, Arelia LaRue is back and stronger than ever. However, with great power there also comes even greater responsibility. Arelia faces new challenges as she learns that being a true Voodoo Queen is a full time job...
    Categorized as:
    magic  myths  book  fiction  horror  immortality  mystery  paranormal
  • Vodník by Bryce Moore

    Vodník by Bryce Moore

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Tomas was six, someone — something — tried to drown him. And burn him to a crisp. Tomas survived, but whatever was trying to kill him freaked out his parents enough to convince them to move from Slovakia to the United States. Now sixteen-year-old Tomas and his family are back in Slovakia, and that something still lurks somewhere. Nearby...
  • Broken Souls by Stephen Blackmoore

    Broken Souls by Stephen Blackmoore

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    When necromancer Eric Carter returned to Los Angeles after fifteen years on the run he knew things were bad, but he never imagined how bad they could get. Sister murdered, best friend dead, married to the patron saint of death, Santa Muerte.And things are just getting worse.His link to the Aztec death goddess is changing his powers, changing him, and he’s not sure how far it will go...
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    gods  magic  myths  retellings  adult  anti-hero  audiobook  book
  • The Blood of the Hydra by Michelle Madow

    The Blood of the Hydra by Michelle Madow

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    A demigod who can kill with a touch. It's an ability that must be kept secret, even from those trusted most.Finding out that she was a witch was strange enough, but now Nicole must face the realization that she has the rare power to kill with just a touch. No one can know her secret -- not even Blake, who she's had undeniable chemistry with since first moving to town...
  • Elegy by Amanda Hocking

    Elegy by Amanda Hocking

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    An ancient curse robbed Gemma Fisher of everything that matters most—her friends, her family and the guy she loves. But now that she found the scroll that binds the curse, she finally has a chance to get her old life back. She just needs to destroy the scroll—but it's not as easy as she hoped. Protected by ancient magic, it seems utterly indestructible...
  • War of the Sons by Rebecca Dessertine, David Reed

    War of the Sons by Rebecca Dessertine, David Reed

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Twenty-seven years ago, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. In the years after, their father, John, taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America... and he taught them how to kill it...
  • The Bitter Seed of Magic by Suzanne McLeod

    The Bitter Seed of Magic by Suzanne McLeod

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    On the surface, Genny's life seems ripple-free right now. Finn, her sexy boss and -- well, Genny's not sure what else she wants him to be -- has stopped pushing for a decision on their relationship. The seductive vampire Malik al-Khan has vanished back into the shadows. And the witches have declared her no longer a threat...
    Categorized as:
    gods  magic  myths  adult  angels  anthologies  demons  fae
  • Riddles of Epsilon by Christine Morton-Shaw

    Riddles of Epsilon by Christine Morton-Shaw

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Something dark has awoken on the remote island of Lume Jess is not pleased when her parents drag her off to live on the weird little island of Lume. But then she encounters an eerie presence in an abandoned cottage, and her anger turns to fear when it begins to lead her through a series of creepy riddles...
  • Hungry Ghosts by Stephen Blackmoore

    Hungry Ghosts by Stephen Blackmoore

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Necromancer Eric Carter's problems keep getting bigger. Bad enough he's the unwilling husband to the patron saint of death, Santa Muerte, but now her ex, the Aztec King of the dead, Mictlantecuhtli, has come back -- and it turns out that Carter and he are swapping places. As Mictlantecuhtli breaks loose of his prison of jade, Carter is slowly turning to stone...
  • That Which Should Not Be by Brett J. Talley

    That Which Should Not Be by Brett J. Talley

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Miskatonic University has a long-whispered reputation of being strongly connected to all things occult and supernatural. From the faculty to the students, the fascination with other-worldly legends and objects runs rampant. So, when Carter Weston’s professor Dr...
  • How to be Death by Amber Benson

    How to be Death by Amber Benson

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    All Calliope Reaper-Jones ever wanted out of life was a fabulous job in New York City and a really hot boyfriend. But now, she's the brand-new President of Death, Inc. With the Board of Death breathing down her neck and her dad's copy of How to be Death (A Fully Annotated Guide) unopened, Callie's really feeling the tension...
  • Grit by Elle Cross

    Grit by Elle Cross

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Behind veils that hide them from mortal eyes, the Remnant Gods walk among mortals in this Urban Fantasy set in an alternate NYC. Vesper Tallinn is an empath and artist who has been recruited by her best friend, an NYPD Detective, to help solve an unusual homicide...
    Categorized as:
    gods  magic  myths  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book  demons
  • Poison City by Paul Crilley

    Poison City by Paul Crilley

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The name's Gideon Tau, but everyone just calls me London. I work for the Delphic Division, the occult investigative unit of the South African Police Service. My life revolves around two things - finding out who killed my daughter and imagining what I'm going to do to the bastard when I catch him.I have two friends...
  • Girl Divided by Willow Rose

    Girl Divided by Willow Rose

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They think she's a monster, but she's their only hope… In a divided nation, 14-year-old Jetta belongs nowhere. Her face is split right down the middle: half-black and half-white. The non-white residents of her New Orleans camp call her a demon...
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