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  • Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare

    Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 88 ratings
    Danger and betrayal, love and loss, secrets and enchantment are woven together in the breathtaking finale to the #1 New York Times bestselling Infernal Devices Trilogy, prequel to the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series.THE INFERNAL DEVICES WILL NEVER STOP COMINGA net of shadows begins to tighten around the Shadowhunters of the London Institute...
  • Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare

    Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 87 ratings
    In the magical underworld of Victorian London, Tessa Gray has at last found safety with the Shadowhunters. But that safety proves fleeting when rogue forces in the Clave plot to see her protector, Charlotte, replaced as head of the Institute...
  • Styxx by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Styxx by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    Just when you thought doomsday was over...Centuries ago Acheron saved the human race by imprisoning an ancient evil bent on absolute destruction. Now that evil has been unleashed and it is out for revenge.As the twin to Acheron, Styxx hasn’t always been on his brother’s side. They’ve spent more centuries going at each other’s throats than protecting their backs...
  • Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare

    Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 97 ratings
    In a time when Shadowhunters are barely winning the fight against the forces of darkness, one battle will change the course of history forever. Welcome to the Infernal Devices trilogy, a stunning and dangerous prequel to the New York Times bestselling Mortal Instruments series.The year is 1878. Tessa Gray descends into London’s dark supernatural underworld in search of her missing brother...
  • Nothing but Shadows by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan

    Nothing but Shadows by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Simon challenges the setup of the Shadowhunter Academy and in doing so learns the story of James Herondale and Matthew Fairchild and the unusual way that they became friends and parabatai...
  • Vampire Academy: The Ultimate Guide by Michelle Rowen, Richelle Mead

    Vampire Academy: The Ultimate Guide by Michelle Rowen, Richelle Mead

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    Prepare to be Tested.The story that kicked off the international #1 bestselling Vampire Academy series is NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE...
  • Dragon's Justice 4 by Bruce Sentar

    Dragon's Justice 4 by Bruce Sentar

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Zach and his ladies are packing up for the dragon conclave. He has enough on his hands trying to impress centuries old dragons that he’s their new king.But when a dragon arrives injured, and another dies at the conclave, things grow tense at the conclave. Zach will need to step up as their new king and solve a problem so old it’s been forgotten...
  • Midlife Mojo by Victoria Danann

    Midlife Mojo by Victoria Danann

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A PARANORMAL WOMEN'S FICTION NOVELfrom Rita Hayworth I have a daughter who knows nothing about my life in Hallow Hill and she's coming for college holiday break. Her visit will dovetail the Solstice Court Meet. It will be close, but if all goes according to plan, I’ll be out of magistrate robes in time to meet the plane...
  • Grimalkins Don't Purr by Kim McDougall

    Grimalkins Don't Purr by Kim McDougall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Kyra Greene is out of this world—literally. Jacoby, her fire dervish has been lost in the Nether for weeks. Only Kyra can save him, but not without help from her estranged father. The problem is, Daddy is dead. His spirit now rests in a Life Tree whose roots pierce the veil between worlds. Join Kyra on a new adventure with her band of misfit creatures...
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    paranormal  magic  fae  urban  vampires  europe  scandinavia  romance
  • Fairy’s Touch by Ella Summers

    Fairy’s Touch by Ella Summers

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The games of gods play out upon the backbones of mortals. Leda Pierce has come a long way since she left her home on the frontier of civilization one year ago to join the Legion of Angels. She is a soldier in the gods’ army, has crossed swords with demons, and shares an apartment with her angel lover in New York...
  • Horsemen's War by Steve McHugh

    Horsemen's War by Steve McHugh

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    It’s a dark day for the Earth realms. Will it be the last?Sorcerer Nate Garrett lost much in the battle that devastated Asgard, but the war against darkness is far from over. He’s spent a year searching for Arthur, hell-bent on stopping the evil leader of Avalon and rescuing his friend Tommy from his clutches. Nate’s investigation brings him to Washington, DC, where he finds the city under siege...
  • He Who Fights with Monsters 11 by Shirtaloon, Travis Deverell

    He Who Fights with Monsters 11 by Shirtaloon, Travis Deverell

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Book 11 in the bestselling He Who Fights With Monsters Series is here. Grab your copy today!About the Experience an isekai culture clash as a laid-back Australian finds himself in a very serious world. See him gain suspiciously evil powers through a unique progression system combining cultivation and traditional LitRPG elements...
    Categorized as:
    magic  vampires  epic  fae  paranormal  fantasy  audiobook  fiction
  • Fairy Tale of London by Cassandra Clare

    Fairy Tale of London by Cassandra Clare

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    This is the story of how Will Herondale and Tessa Gray finally bind their souls together as they get married in company of their friends and family. Celebrate their union with this short story, originally released as bonus content in the special first edition of Chain of Gold, now available as a free e-book for your enjoyment.Art by Cassandra Jean...
  • Waging War by April White

    Waging War by April White

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    War is being waged against the Descendants and Saira Elian is desperate to stop the Mongers’ savage bid for power… Saira’s search for kidnapped mixed-bloods draws her into the Mongers’ stronghold, revealing the horrible truth behind the irresistible Monger ring and the vile plan to cleanse Family bloodlines … permanently...
  • Palace of the Damned by Darren Shan

    Palace of the Damned by Darren Shan

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Before Madame Octa...Before the Cirque... Before Darren Shan... Larten Crepsley was a young man. After failing his mentor and killing the entire crew of a ship in a bout of revenge for the death of his assistant, Larten is bereft with guilt. He no longer has the drive to live the vampiric life, and hides out in Paris, masquerading as a human...
  • Death Unleashed by Steve McHugh

    Death Unleashed by Steve McHugh

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A DEADLY VENOM. A LOOMING REBELLION. A VICIOUS SIEGE. AND THE CLOCK IS TICKING.For sorcerer Nate Garrett, the stakes have risen. If Asgard falls, he may lose much more than his home - he may lose the thing dearest to him. To stand a fighting chance against Avalon, he must be ready to go to war...
  • Cheating Death by April White

    Cheating Death by April White

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    In this thrilling conclusion to The Immortal Descendants series, a life has ended, the future is lost, and a war has just begun. An explosion has split Time and Archer has paid the ultimate price, leaving Saira heartbroken and desperate to repair the rupture. But the blast has trapped Saira in an alternate future where Mongers are cornered predators and Death is the ultimate judge...
  • Chain of Thorns by Cassandra Clare

    Chain of Thorns by Cassandra Clare

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    James and Cordelia must save London—and their marriage—in this conclusion to the Last Hours series from author Cassandra Clare.Chain of Thorns is a Shadowhunters novel.Cordelia Carstairs has lost everything that matters to her...
  • The Girl Who Cried Banshee by Kim McDougall

    The Girl Who Cried Banshee by Kim McDougall

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kyra Greene is a pest controller, not an exterminator. She has to be clear about that when the pests can be anything from pixies to dragons. But when her fledgling business teeters on the brink of bankruptcy, Kyra takes on a job that blurs those lines. Now she’s deep in the lawless Inbetween, trying to clear a mysterious infestation from a fishing village...
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    paranormal  magic  fae  urban  europe  scandinavia  romance  fantasy
  • Midnight's Temptation by Donna Grant

    Midnight's Temptation by Donna Grant

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Ever since that fateful night, he can’t stop thinking about her. A timeless beauty in a nightclub, she moved across the dance floor like an angel, surrendering to the music—and casting a spell that could only be magic. When Phelan took her in his arms and kissed her, the Highlander knew this was no ordinary woman...
  • Changing Nature by April White

    Changing Nature by April White

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Immortal Descendants are disappearing one by one, and seventeen-year-old Clocker Saira Elian is next on the list…Saira and Archer’s London summer is carefree and romantic, until a brazen attempt to capture Saira looks suspiciously like the handiwork of the Descendants of War. When the kidnappings of other Descendants come to light and Mr...
  • Heat by Donna Grant

    Heat by Donna Grant

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Nikolai is a dragon shapeshifter who knows well the meaning of loss. Orphaned and raised to be a Dragon King, he never accepts defeat. Now, Nikolai prefers his solitude . . .until a beautiful, irresistible woman calls upon him for help—and Nikola’s whole word goes up in flames.Ever since MI5 agent Esther woke to discover her mind taken over with magic, she feels like stranger to herself...
  • Jax by Victoria Danann

    Jax by Victoria Danann

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Being a vampire playboy has worked for Jax for 600 years. That's about to change.The Next Generation of Black Swan knights continues the struggle to rid the world of "deadheads", virus infected vampires who are barely more cognizant than zombies. Jax, one of the vampires turned by the immortals, joined the fight and became Falcon's partner...
  • Pursuit of Magic by Linsey Hall

    Pursuit of Magic by Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I am a DragonGod.Finally, I know what I am. A DragonGod. I’ve been gifted with the magic of the Viking gods. Except my new powers are devouring each other. If I don’t fix this soon, I’ll have no magic left--and no magic means no soul.To save myself, I must go on a quest through the realms of the Viking gods...
  • Born of Aether by A.L. Knorr

    Born of Aether by A.L. Knorr

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    They say if you tell a lie long enough, you'll eventually believe it, but Akiko will never forget who she really is.Akiko Susumu is not what she seems. Her life as a normal teen living in a coastal Canadian town is a complete sham. The old man she lives with is not her grandfather, he's her captor. And Akiko isn't a teen. In fact, she isn't even human...
  • Cast in Ruin by Michelle Sagara, Michelle Sagara West

    Cast in Ruin by Michelle Sagara, Michelle Sagara West

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Seven corpses are discovered in the streets of a Dragon's fief. All identical, down to their clothing.Kaylin Neya is assigned to discover who they were, who killed them—and why. Is the evil lurking at the borders of Elantra preparing to cross over?At least the investigation delays her meeting with the Dragon Emperor...
  • Cast in Chaos by Michelle Sagara, Michelle Sagara West

    Cast in Chaos by Michelle Sagara, Michelle Sagara West

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Kaylin Neya is a Hawk, part of the elite force tasked with keeping the City of Elantra safe. Her past is dark, her magic uncontrolled and her allies unpredictable. And nothing has prepared her for what is coming, when the charlatans on Elani Street suddenly grow powerful, the Oracles are thrown into an uproar and the skies rain blood...
  • Academy of Magic by Linsey Hall

    Academy of Magic by Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    I've got one chance to prove myself and earn my place.Against all odds, I’ve snagged myself a spot at the elite Undercover Protectorate. It’s basically a supernatural Scotland Yard, but in a castle. A dream come true.All I have to do is make it through their academy. No big deal. Except that I’m a magical nightmare—a supernatural with a strange brand of unknown dragon magic...
  • Cast in Flame by Michelle Sagara

    Cast in Flame by Michelle Sagara

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Any day that starts with dragon arguments is going to be bad Kaylin returned from the West March in one piece. Now that piece is fraying. She's not at home in the Imperial Palace—and she never intends to be. All she wants is normal garden-variety criminals and a place of her own. Of course, normal in her new life involves a dragon as a roommate, but she can handle that...
  • Cast in Silence by Michelle Sagara

    Cast in Silence by Michelle Sagara

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Don't ask. Don't tell. Stay alive.A member of the elite Hawk force that protects the City of Elantra, Kaylin Neya has sacrificed much to earn the respect of the winged Aerians and immortal Barrani she works alongside. But the mean streets she escaped as a child aren't the ones she's vowed to give her life guarding...
  • Dragon Mediated by Viola Grace

    Dragon Mediated by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Training to follow in her father’s footsteps goes well until she gets to the training center. Then, it all hits the fan.Kabyl has wanted to take peacekeeper training since she was six. Her dad had always tried to temper her expectations. Women didn’t usually have the physical skills required for the job. She worked hard, got strong, fast, and resilient and then…she turned into a dragon...
  • A Journey of Black and Red by Álex Gilbert

    A Journey of Black and Red by Álex Gilbert

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A conversation with a handsome stranger leaves Ariane chained in a cellar with a strange affliction. She soon discovers that the darkness of the nineteenth century’s Deep South hides many dangers. Mages, wolf shifters and the humans who hunt them play a risky game where to stumble is to die, all under the amused gaze of the apex predators of the supernatural world: vampires...
  • The Midnight Accords by Álex Gilbert

    The Midnight Accords by Álex Gilbert

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After three decades of hiding, Ariane is ready to take her place as a respected member of the American vampire society, or so she hopes. The aristocracy of the night enjoys games. Schemes already abound from enemies old and new, but Ariane is not alone and she is not the naive girl she once was...
  • Tempting Fate by April White

    Tempting Fate by April White

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Seventeen-year-old Clocker, Saira Elian is back on the run and being hunted by Mongers. The Descendants of War are amassing power in the 21st century, bent on controlling all the Immortal Descendants. Their attempt to kidnap Saira, a rare Descendant of Time and Nature, reveals just how brazen they’ve become...
  • The Midnight Heir by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan

    The Midnight Heir by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    In Edwardian London, Magnus Bane discovers old friends and new enemies—including the son of his former comrade Will Herondale. One of ten adventures in The Bane Chronicles.Magnus thought he would never return to London, but he is lured by a handsome offer from Tatiana Blackthorn, whose plans—involving her beautiful young ward—are far more sinister than Magnus even suspects...
  • Illusion by S.M. Boyce

    Illusion by S.M. Boyce

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The final chapter in the war for Ourea ends with blood. Kara Magari is an icon. A hero. The people love her. The royalty tolerates her. She has everything—an army, allies, and a close circle of chosen family. They believe she will end the war, and they shouldn’t. She’s as scared as they are. She just can’t show it...
  • Born of Hatred by Steve McHugh

    Born of Hatred by Steve McHugh

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    There was a time when Nathan Garrett was feared. When the mention of his name was enough to stop his enemies in their tracks. That time has long since passed.When Nathan’s friend asks for help investigating a pattern of horrific crimes, he reluctantly agrees. But his investigation leads to a serial killer who is something more, or less, than human, a creature of pure malevolence and hatred...
  • Panther Prowling by Yasmine Galenorn

    Panther Prowling by Yasmine Galenorn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    We’re the D’Artigo sisters: savvy half-human, half-Fae operatives for the Otherworld Intelligence Agency. My sister Camille is a wicked-good witch with three gorgeous husbands. Menolly is a vampire married to a werepuma. And me? I’m Delilah, a two-faced werecat and a Death Maiden. While the war in Otherworld is expanding, so is my newly renamed PI business...
  • Infamous Reign by Steve McHugh

    Infamous Reign by Steve McHugh

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In late 15th century England, two young princes are given over by Merlin to the protection of their uncle, King Richard III. They soon vanish from sight, igniting tales of their demise at Richard’s hand and breeding unrest throughout the land.Nathanial Garrett, also known as Hellequin, is sent to London to decipher fact from rumor and uncovers a plot to replace the king...
  • Betrayed by Magic by Jasmine Walt

    Betrayed by Magic by Jasmine Walt

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    For most women, being newly engaged to the love of your life is a time of celebration. But Sunaya’s happiness is overshadowed by loss. Her friends have not returned from their quest to bring back Noria, and though the Resistance has been beaten back, they are far from vanquished...
  • Death's Angel by Heather Killough-Walden

    Death's Angel by Heather Killough-Walden

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Since the beginning of time, the archangels have longed to know true love. When four female angels were created for the four archangels, Michael, Gabriel, Uriel, and Azrael, a chaos spurred by jealousy erupted, and the archesses were secreted away to Earth. The four favored archangels followed, prompting a search that has lasted millennia...
  • Cast in Peril by Michelle Sagara, Michelle Sagara West

    Cast in Peril by Michelle Sagara, Michelle Sagara West

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    It has been a busy few weeks for Private Kaylin Neva. In between angling for a promotion, sharing her room with the last living female Dragon and dealing with more refugees than anyone knew what to do with, the unusual egg she'd been given was ready to hatch. Actually, that turned out to be lucky, because it absorbed the energy from the bomb that went off in her quarters...
  • Cast in Fury by Michelle Sagara

    Cast in Fury by Michelle Sagara

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    When a minority race of telepaths is suspected of causing a near-devastating tidal wave, Private Kaylin Neya is summoned to Court—and into a PR nightmare. To ease racial tensions, the emperor has commissioned a play, and the playwright has his own ideas about who should be the focus...
  • Wolfsbane by Patricia Briggs

    Wolfsbane by Patricia Briggs

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The exciting follow-up to New York Times #1 best-selling author Patricia Briggs' Masques features the further adventures of the shapeshifting mercenary Aralorn.Aralorn's dangerous existence has taken her far from her aristocratic roots and kept her from her homeland for more than a decade. Now, she must return home to mourn the death of her father, the Lyon of Lambshold...
  • The Scofflaw Magician by Honor Raconteur

    The Scofflaw Magician by Honor Raconteur

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sevana’s peaceful routine is abruptly destroyed when a Sa Kao army invades Nopper’s Woods, fully intending to declare war on the Fae that live there. Princess Amas of Sa Kao has gone missing, disappearing so completely that it’s believed she must have been spirited away, and Sa Kao blames the Fae...
  • Warriors by C. Gockel

    Warriors by C. Gockel

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    ~ The Continuation of the USA Today Bestselling Series ~When science meets Chaos, what could go wrong?Bohdi Patel is keeping the revelation that he is Chaos incarnate a secret, and handling the revelation about as well as one would expect. He’s in a downward spiral: losing his lease, totaling his car, and trying to keep everyone he cares about at arm's length...
  • Black Dog: A Christmas Story by Victoria Danann

    Black Dog: A Christmas Story by Victoria Danann

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Courage never gets old.Danann adds a tale of trial and triumph that proves two things once again. Black Swan heart can be expressed in four legged form. And there's no place like home.The Hawking family is at home at the Northern Ireland farm and wolf-dog kennel for Yuletide when Blackie goes missing...
  • Dragon Designed by Viola Grace

    Dragon Designed by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Working out tension during some light espionage seems like the thing to do while pondering her future. Eltrinia has been progressing. She is the master of the on-loan gallery, she takes tours of all ages around, and she has been recruited for operative training at the capital. Learning combat tactics in sparring matches with Trin is bizarrely fun. It is like looking into a tinted mirror...
  • The Great Pack by Chris Fox

    The Great Pack by Chris Fox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Five Years Later Set has been vanquished, but victory demanded a bitter price. The First Ark's detonation flung the new Ark Lords five years into the future. They emerge into a world ruled by deathless, demons, and old things that have awoken from the sleep of ages. Hades and the mysterious Grey Men have paved the way for the return of the Builders, slowly conquering the world...
  • Twilight by Megan Derr

    Twilight by Megan Derr

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    More than seventy years have passed since Neirin du Lac was banished from the dragon clans he called home. Though he misses them, he and his dragon Troyes have built a happy life with his lover Barra, and their friends Devlin and Midnight. It is a not a life he would ever trade, not even for a chance to return to the clans...
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