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  • Midlife Blues by Victoria Danann

    Midlife Blues by Victoria Danann

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Rita Hayworth is not just the only American in town. She's also the only human!For all the everyday heroines over forty who know it's NOT TOO LATE for magic!Begins with the formerly reclusive, gentleman vampire hosting a murder mystery dinner you'll never forget, and ends with the case of the captured kelpie...
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    fae  humor  magic  paranormal  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • Between Homes by W.R. Gingell

    Between Homes by W.R. Gingell

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    G'day. I'm Pet. Not, not Pet--I am a pet. Well, I was a pet: I used to belong to two fae and a stroppy vampire. Now I'm homeless. I mean, I was always technically homeless, but this time it's different...
  • Hell Hath No Fury by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Hell Hath No Fury by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Hell hath no fury…like an angry god of the underworld. Persephone is missing. When Hades uses every resource at his disposal and fails to locate his wife, he takes drastic measures. He hires the Montague & Strong Detective Agency to locate her, bring her back to him, and most importantly, find out who dared to kidnap his wife...
  • Between Frames by W.R. Gingell

    Between Frames by W.R. Gingell

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Two fae is company, but a company of fae is trouble.Which is exactly what we’ve got. Trouble, I mean. Well, and fae. Lots of fae.Something or someone is stalking and killing high-level fae around Hobart—tearing out hearts and leaving a trail of bloody bodies behind. Fae don’t like it when they’re the ones getting killed, so of course they came to hire my owners.Owners, you ask?Hi. I’m Pet...
  • Finch Merlin and the Djinn’s Curse by Bella Forrest

    Finch Merlin and the Djinn’s Curse by Bella Forrest

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The lost city lies beyond a locked gateway. But the key is not what it seems…Now a map-maker extraordinaire, Finch must find the place Erebus so desperately seeks—although the “how” and “why” remain unclear. And a certain vengeful Necromancer is bent on beating Erebus to the punch, and he’d be more than happy to make Finch collateral damage...
  • Candle & Crow by Kevin Hearne

    Candle & Crow by Kevin Hearne

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From the New York Times bestselling author of The Iron Druid Chronicles comes the final book in the Ink & Sigil series, as an ink-slinging wizard pursues the answer to a very personal mystery: Who cast a pair of curses on his head? Al MacBharrais has a most unusual job: He’s a practitioner of ink-and-sigil magic, tasked with keeping order among the gods and monsters that dwell hidden in the...
  • Homecoming by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Homecoming by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    There’s no place like home…but they’re not headed to Kansas. The Sanctuary is the hidden home of the Golden Circle - a sect of powerful mages. It’s a sacred place of learning, magic, and deep secrets. When Tristan discovers his father, Connor Montague, is being held prisoner he vows to return to the Sanctuary and release him. There’s only one problem...
  • Forged by Benedict Jacka

    Forged by Benedict Jacka

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Alex 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...
  • Finch Merlin and the Everlasting Vow by Bella Forrest

    Finch Merlin and the Everlasting Vow by Bella Forrest

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    No more Mr. Nice Guy…Finch is tired of people jerking him around—and now, it’s time for payback against the powerful forces who have made him a pawn in their games...
  • Curse Strings by Rebecca Regnier

    Curse Strings by Rebecca Regnier

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Her birds had flown the coop. Her nest was empty but her life was full! Her job, her friends, even her dating life was magical for this witch. Then overnight her nest is about to get very crowded and a new murder will turn this witch every which way! Things SEEMED in place for local reporter and empty nest witch Marzie Nowak. Broom, check. Wand, check. Coven, check...
  • Mist and Magic by Lindsay Buroker

    Mist and Magic by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    As a freelance assassin, Val Thorvald leads a dangerous life.She’s learned not to stay in the same place for long and not to get too attached to anything. For example, she would never consider adopting a pet.But when she’s searching for a missing friend, she finds an abandoned silver tiger cub.The magical feline is clearly from another realm, but Val has no idea which one or how to send it back...
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    fae  humor  magic  paranormal  action-adventure  adult  book  dark
  • I Went on an Adventure and All I Got Was This Barbarian Orc by Jennifer Cody

    I Went on an Adventure and All I Got Was This Barbarian Orc by Jennifer Cody

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Lawton:I expected challenges along the way in this adventure, but I didn’t expect to come face to corpse with the work of another necromancer. It pains me, but I can’t let just anyone carry on creating potential wights and contagious zombies. Fortunately, I know exactly how to fix the problem, even if it drains me dry. Thankfully, I have a Berklak to help me recover.Berklak:Mead—that’s all I need...
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    magic  humor  paranormal  fae  romance  fantasy  mlm  action-adventure
  • Властелин Морморы by Max Frei

    Властелин Морморы by Max Frei

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Трактир «Кофейная гуща» стоит на границе между новорожденной реальностью и непознаваемым хаосом еще неосущественных возможностей. Он стал центральным местом действия цикла «Хроники Ехо», в ходе которого старые друзья и коллеги встречаются, чтобы поговорить о прошлом и помолчать о будущем, которое уже почти наступило...
  • Wicked State of Mind by Gina LaManna

    Wicked State of Mind by Gina LaManna

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    There’s no rest for the Wicked… It’s Detective Dani DeMarco's first week back on the job, and she is not amused. The coffee at the precinct is a disaster, a most annoying colleague is driving her insane, and her on-again, off-again boyfriend is now officially her boss. As if that’s not bad enough, Dani’s faced with a double homicide before the caffeine even hits her system...
  • Fashionably Forever After by Robyn Peterman

    Fashionably Forever After by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A movie deal for the Devil’s autobiography slash romance? Priceless. Maybe I should choose George Clooney to play me in the movie… No. Too gray. As much as I can’t see anyone playing me but me, I have far more important issues on my agenda—like finding the woman who stole my soul...
  • Hellbound Guilds & Other Misdirections by Annette Marie, Rob Jacobsen

    Hellbound Guilds & Other Misdirections by Annette Marie, Rob Jacobsen

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Agent Kit Morris. Has a nice ring, doesn't it?It's a big step up from "wanted criminal" or "that weird con-artist guy with weirder psychic powers"—both of which recently applied to me. But my promotion to MagiPol agent comes with a few drawbacks.First, supremely talented and effortlessly gorgeous Agent Lienna Shen won't agree to a dinner date with me...
  • Harley Merlin and the Detector Fix by Bella Forrest

    Harley Merlin and the Detector Fix by Bella Forrest

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Even a demigoddess must have a weakness. On the run from the Coven she used to call home, Harley Merlin knows that Katherine’s power and influence are spreading like a poison. And she has no doubt that Katherine will follow through with her promise to torture and kill her friends, one by one...
  • Two Tales of the Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne

    Two Tales of the Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Two Iron Druid short stories, previously available only in limited release, have now been revised and made available worldwide! "Kaibab Unbound" occurs just a couple of weeks before the events of HOUNDED, book one of the series...
  • The Loyal Friend by Sarah Noffke, Michael Anderle

    The Loyal Friend by Sarah Noffke, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The truth would change everything. But no one knows it. Except for Liv Beaufont and those who have been hiding it for centuries. Fueled to uncover the facts and restore the House of Seven to what it’s supposed to be, Liv starts searching for resources. However, the Council has different plans for her. They put her on a case that is sure to keep her busy…if not get her killed...
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    fae  humor  magic  paranormal  action-adventure  audiobook  book  crime
  • The Stubborn Advocate by Sarah Noffke, Michael Anderle

    The Stubborn Advocate by Sarah Noffke, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Some people won’t rest until they get to the bottom of things. That’s Liv Beaufont. And some want to kill her for her persistence. To try and keep Liv from finding out the truth, Adler brings back an ancient evil that the Warriors exterminated long ago. Now, alone, Liv will have to battle monsters so dark, they frighten even the strongest magical creatures...
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    fae  humor  magic  paranormal  action-adventure  audiobook  book  crime
  • Sunny with a Chance of Monsters  (Sunny Day, Paranormal Badass) by Sara King, Fred Garnet

    Sunny with a Chance of Monsters (Sunny Day, Paranormal Badass) by Sara King, Fred Garnet

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Three years ago, Sunny Day’s life came to an end. Cursed, forgotten, and pushed to the fringes of society, the former EMT has hit rock bottom—which is a real achievement in an alternate-future Alaska where even granite floats. A silk-clad stranger appears, and with him, a kernel of hope: A bounty, $100,000 for one gangly math teacher...
  • The Good People by Jim Butcher

    The Good People by Jim Butcher

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    This Molly-POV story takes place concurrently with "Christmas Eve," so expect Battle Ground spoilers aplenty...
  • Black Luck by Brad Magnarella

    Black Luck by Brad Magnarella

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ’Cause sometimes luck ain’t enoughIn the year since the Whisperer’s attack, I’ve been busting my hump to become my best wizard, like my father. Now I’m ready for a test.When a dark mage starts planting infernal bags around New York City, I get my wish. Like time bombs, the bags detonate without warning, spawning demonic beings that rip the souls of innocents from their bodies...
  • Shadow Land by Adam J. Wright

    Shadow Land by Adam J. Wright

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When a child goes missing, his mother asks me to help. After all, she believes he was taken by a monster and that’s my field of expertise. The search leads to the storm drains of Dearmont; not a good place to be when you’ve seen as many horror movies as I have. Turns out the monstrous kidnapper is also responsible for the mysterious disappearance of a patient from a psychiatric hospital nearby...
  • The Date by Orlando A. Sanchez

    The Date by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He was single and free - she had other ideas. Meet Simon Strong, an immortal detective about to enjoy a night out on the town. He’s planned this date for weeks and tonight is the night. When Tristan Montague, Simon’s partner and resident cranky mage advises Simon against this course of action, Simon declares his freedom to see whomever he chooses. There’s only one problem...
  • Hellhound Blues: A Brew & Chew Adventure by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Hellhound Blues: A Brew & Chew Adventure by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A hungry hellhound is a dangerous hellhound. When the bond Peaches shares with Simon is interrupted, Peaches knows something is wrong. He must locate Simon before his body begins to expand. With nowhere to turn, Peaches visits their new next-door neighbor, Cecelia, an eight-year-old ice mage, and Tristan’s new apprentice...
  • The Boy Who Knew Everything by Victoria Forester

    The Boy Who Knew Everything by Victoria Forester

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Here is the long-awaited companion to The Girl Who Could Fly.There is a prophecy.It speaks of a girl who can fly and a boy who knows everything. The prophecy says that they have the power to bring about great change...The boy is Conrad Harrington III. The girl is Piper McCloud. They need their talents now, more than ever, if they are to save the world—and themselves...
  • A Proper Hellhound by Orlando A. Sanchez

    A Proper Hellhound by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    When your hellhound needs training, you hire the best trainer for the job…Death. While in London, Peaches, Simon’s faithful hellhound manages to grow to the size of a small bus, shocking Monty & Simon with his new transformation. Realizing the danger of a Peaches XL, the Montague & Strong Detective Agency take steps to control these growth spurts...
  • Demon Hunt by Annabel Chase, A. Blythe

    Demon Hunt by Annabel Chase, A. Blythe

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Alternate cover for this ASIN can be found here.The hunt is on... Former supernatural covert agent Alyse Winters is determined to identify the party responsible for her handler's death. Unfortunately, local problems continue to sidetrack her when humans start committing crimes while under a spell and a link to her past shows up in need of help..
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    fae  magic  paranormal  action-adventure  adult  book  crime  fiction
  • Of Mice and MacKays  (Maggie MacKay Magical Tracker) by Kate Danley

    Of Mice and MacKays (Maggie MacKay Magical Tracker) by Kate Danley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Maggie and Killian have to lie low now that the queen knows Killian is alive. But an escape to wine country reveals a nest of vampires drunk on power and a Medusa who would like to see anyone who opposes Mad King Cole stoned... as in, transformed into stone marble statues. The natural balance is out of whack and as they say: If Mother Nature ain't happy, ain't nobody happy...
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    fae  magic  paranormal  action-adventure  adult  angels  book  fiction
  • Entangled by Sylvia Mercedes

    Entangled by Sylvia Mercedes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    THE LIBRARIAN AND THE PRINCE . . .Clara is an Obligate, an indentured servant of the fae.If she ever wants to see home again, she must survive ten more years of servitude, developing her newly-discovered magic and battling powerful nightmare monsters in the Doomed City Library. She can’t afford any distractions . .
  • Be Careful What You Witch For by Tee Harlowe

    Be Careful What You Witch For by Tee Harlowe

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I wish I could escape my past. But when it catches up to me, I don’t get to make the wishes—I have to grant them. Becoming a widow on my fortieth birthday was not what I had planned. Even worse? It’s forced me and my teenage daughter back to Whispering Willows and the life of magic I left behind. I tell myself it’ll be a short trip to sell my mother’s shop of wishes...
  • The War Mage by Orlando A. Sanchez

    The War Mage by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Haunted. Despised. Feared. The Supernaturals are destroying humanity. Meet Tristan Montague. Leader of the elite group of mages known as the Ordarum. The war against the Supernaturals has raged for years and humanity is losing. When the Ordarum is given a suicide mission to recover an artifact that can end the war and hand victory to humanity-Tristan takes it, knowing it may be his last...
  • Nikolai by Michele Notaro

    Nikolai by Michele Notaro

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For centuries, I’ve gone through life floating from one lover to the next, never tying myself down to anyone. But then Grayson walks into my life, and I can’t imagine spending it without him. Messing with the Warriors of Tempest isn’t my greatest move, but to ensure he can stay with me, I’ll do what I have to...
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    fae  humor  magic  paranormal  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction
  • Faerie Storm by Adam J. Wright

    Faerie Storm by Adam J. Wright

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ** Book 8 of the Harbinger P.I. Series! ** Be careful what you wish for...it might be inhabited by a demonWhen a case takes me to the wilderness of Northern Maine, I’m not even sure there’s a paranormal angle. Two girls walked into the woods one night and only one of them came back. She’s so traumatized by what she saw that she hasn’t spoken a word since...
  • Wiretaps & Whiskers by Emigh Cannaday

    Wiretaps & Whiskers by Emigh Cannaday

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Buffy meets X-Files in this kickass Urban Fantasy with a slow burn romance.Got a faerie problem? I’m your girl.Magic gone awry? Not a problem.But when kids go missing and the search comes up dry, my boss decides I need a partner.The pain in the ass kind.Now I have a problem.As a field agent in the FBI's ultra-elite Occult Crimes Division..
  • Third Eye by Felicia Day

    Third Eye by Felicia Day

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Once upon a time, in the magical land of San Francisco, there lived a not-so-ordinary girl named Laurel Pettigrew. She was supposed to be the Chosen One. The plan was simple: she would vanquish the great evil Tybus in an epic battle. But destiny had other ideas, and Laurel's performance in the whole heroics department was a colossal flop...
  • The Blade of Shattered Hope by James Dashner

    The Blade of Shattered Hope by James Dashner

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Things have changed for Atticus Higginbottom. After the near catastrophe in the Fourth Reality, Tick’s being homeschooled in the fields of science, trying to master the mysterious Chi’karda. But just as he begins to make progress, Mistress Jane reappears, now hideously scarred and much more powerful...
  • Alaskan Fury by Sara King

    Alaskan Fury by Sara King

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    PARASITE PUBLICATIONS ~ Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy ALASKAN FURY: Long ago, Kaashifah the Fury, Chosen warrior of the Lord of War, fought a djinni to a stalemate in an ancient duel of souls. Three thousand years later, she and ‘Aqrab, the passionate djinni prince of the Fourth Lands, are still bound together, each waiting for the other to make that final, killing blow...
  • Counter-Hex by Margarita Gakis

    Counter-Hex by Margarita Gakis

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jade’s friend-count stands at three. Four, if you include the lizard. Now that she's joined a coven, Jade is figuring out what it means to be a witch. Spells, counter-hexes, charms and surprisingly: paperwork. She considers the transition from mundane to witch successful with only a few exceptions...
  • Capture by Brina Courtney

    Capture by Brina Courtney

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One this is for sure, Shay is in for the fight of her life. Shay is finally learning who she is, and who it is she will become. But for now escaping the clutches of the evil Malsumis will have to be enough. Or is it? In Capture Shay embraces other cryptids in order to defeat their common enemy. She is willing to die trying to save her father and the love of her life, Hugh...
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    fae  humor  magic  paranormal  action-adventure  book  drama  fiction
  • Old Demon and the Sea Witch by Eve Langlais

    Old Demon and the Sea Witch by Eve Langlais

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ready for the next hilarious Hell Cruise adventure?You can’t teach an old demon new tricks, but it’s never too late to fall in love.A long time ago, Shax loved a sea witch, but was too dumb to admit it.But this old demon has decided it’s time he got a second chance. A cruise through the tropics seems like the perfect place to rekindle things...
  • Changeling Magic by Marina Finlayson

    Changeling Magic by Marina Finlayson

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For about five seconds there, my life was perfect. The fae king finally allowed me back into the magical Realms of Faerie, and his arrogant knight, the Hawk, was actually thawing towards me. I should have known it wouldn’t last. When I get back to my childhood home in Autumn, my mother’s gone, our house abandoned. Not exactly the homecoming of my dreams...
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    fae  humor  magic  paranormal  action-adventure  adult  book  female-mc
  • Stag and the Ash by Sam Burns

    Stag and the Ash by Sam Burns

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jesse Hunter is finally trying to be an adult, but still feels like an act. His place on the town council is a sham. He’s rarely called on to do anything. His boyfriend is grieving the loss of his mother, and while everyone seems to think he’s doing a great job caring for Sean, Jesse feels like he’s more of a distraction than a real help. March is shaping up to be a bad month...
  • The Phoenix Illusion by Lisa Shearin

    The Phoenix Illusion by Lisa Shearin

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The agents of Supernatural Protection & Investigation (SPI) are used to dealing with the weird and the wacky, but even they are stunned when a building from another world suddenly appears on an empty lot in New York. . . I’m Makenna Fraser, seer for SPI, and it’s just my luck that my birthday party is literally crashed by a building from another planet...
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    fae  humor  magic  paranormal  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • Wild Card by Lisa Shearin

    Wild Card by Lisa Shearin

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My name is Raine Benares. I'm a seeker, a finder of things lost and people missing. I've never had to do both in one day, or had this many lives at stake--including mine. The search for a missing ring leads me to the abduction of eight magically gifted children. Their souls were stolen while they slept, and unless I find those souls by sunrise, their bodies will die...
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    fae  humor  magic  paranormal  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • Cold Hearted by James A. Hunter

    Cold Hearted by James A. Hunter

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Yancy Lazarus just wants to be left alone. He wants play his blues music, smoke a few cigarettes, and otherwise leave the supernatural world to fend for itself. He especially wants to be left alone by the Guild of the Staff—the mage ruling body—where he used to work as a Fix-It man...
  • Maggie on the Bounty by Kate Danley

    Maggie on the Bounty by Kate Danley

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    New business partners, Maggie and Killian, are looking forward to their latest gig: finding out why all the ghosts are disappearing from the Empress Adelaide, a turn of the century ocean liner who once shuttled Hollywood's finest across the Atlantic. But Maggie and Killian find themselves trapped in the past, caught in a time rift with only a ghost of a chance of escaping...
  • Maggie Get Your Gun by Kate Danley

    Maggie Get Your Gun by Kate Danley

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Now that Maggie saved the world, life is returning to normal at MacKay & MacKay Magical Tracking. That is until a stranger shows up looking for some ancient jewelry to die for. In fact, lots of folks are dying for it. Maggie, Killian, and your favorite cast of characters are back for a rootin’ tootin’ urban fantasy adventure through the wilds of the Old West...
  • A Damsel and a Demigod by Annette Marie

    A Damsel and a Demigod by Annette Marie

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Only one thing matters to Kai: getting the job done, and doing it better than anyone else.But when a beautiful thief crashes his security gig, claiming she's trying to protect the valuable artifact he's guarding, all his careful plans go up in flames. He doesn't believe a word she says—until the item is stolen right out from under them...
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