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Necromancy in New Orleans by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYe screw with this lass, ye get put on yer ass.When the magical energy of New Orleans redlines, Team Trouble responds.Caught between three hostile factions of empowered citizens—witches, wolves, and vampires—we scramble to figure out who’s leaving bodies littered around the French Quarter.Navigating the crypts, catacombs, and a cagey council doesn't go our way.Big Easy my ass... -
Christmas Eve by Jim Butcher
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsJim 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... -
Tiny Gods by Shayne Silvers
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsPower 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... -
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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Power by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsSienna Nealon seems like a woman beaten. Imprisoned by her enemies, facing the extinction of her entire race, she is up against overwhelming odds. But overwhelming odds have never stopped her before... -
Reaping Wind by Orlando A. Sanchez
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYou reap what you sow, and when you sow death...vengeance comes to collect. The Dark Council threatens everything Simon holds dear. They want to erase Monty, kill Peaches and remove Simon's immortality—permanently. When Michiko goes missing, Simon realizes there is more at stake than he realizes. When Ken, Michiko's brother asks the Montague & Strong Detective Agency to find her... -
Ties that Bond in Gretna Green by Linzi Day
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt’s Valentine’s week in the Gateway, and Niki McKnight is preparing to conduct her first bondings for the fated, soul-bonded mates of the Kingdoms.She was a registrar who married thousands of people in her former job—this will be a breeze ... Right?Wrong!The bondings don’t quite go to plan. Cue hilarity, heartbreak and mysterious magical prophecies for some of our favourite characters... -
Seeing Red in Gretna Green by Linzi Day
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHave you ever agreed to something and, when the time came, wondered what planet your mouth had been on when it accepted the invitation?Welcome to my freaking world.A warning from a Fae seer didn’t help Tilly and me get into the right mood for our break in Prince Dai ap Modron’s ‘lovely mountain home’ for the St. David’s Day festival... -
Reign by Chanda Hahn
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsGoing to the Fae plane against Jared's orders has cost Mina dearly. Her decision haunts her as a new danger surfaces back on the human plane. The Grimms are fading from existence. To save her family's future, Mina Grime will have to travel to the past with the help of her Fae Godmother and a pair of magic shoes...Categorized as:
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Daddy Duty by Shayne Silvers
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTwo 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...Categorized as:
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Dragons & Demigods by Orlando A. Sanchez
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRevenge is a dish best served cold…unless dragons are involved. Then make it hot, flaming hot. George Rott wants revenge. After the death of his daughter, Cassandra, he vowed to find and destroy all the dragons. When he locates one of their hidden enclaves within the city, he enlists the help of an angry and unstable demigod to make them all pay... -
Wrapping Up by A.A. Albright
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt’s the most wonderful time of the year - or at least it would be, if one of the most popular witches in Riddler’s Cove hadn’t just been murdered.When Winnie Wywood is found, strangled by festive ribbon and wrapped up like a present, there are two main suspects.Suspect number one is the father of Wanda’s boyfriend, which might make the holiday period ever so slightly awkward... -
Crazy For Brew by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsWelcome to Spellbound, where paranormal is the new normal. It's the first annual Spellbound Day and the community has come together to celebrate recent seismic changes. Local lawyer Emma Hart is on top of the world, reveling in her new marriage and her promotion within the coven's academy. When residents begin acting strangely, the entire town is thrown for a loop... -
Love at First Spell by Samantha Silver
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWelcome to magical Fairy Falls, where love is in the air and killers are on the loose.Mina Tiller, a high-powered advertising executive whose only goal is to get that corner office, never thought living life in the fast lane would mean actually getting hit by a car... -
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Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus: Kindred by Lydia Sherrer
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBound by blood, duty, and magic. Which will win?Lily Singer’s allies and family are determined to hold John Faust accountable for his actions, but doing so may create more problems than it solves. From political intrigue to international alliances, Lily, Sebastian, and Sir Kipling must venture out into the larger wizard community and survive the first Wizard Convocation held in almost a century... -
The Son of Sobek by Rick Riordan
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 47 ratingsIn this audio e-book short story narrated by Rick Riordan, Carter Kane is investigating rumored sightings of a monster on Long Island when he runs into something else: a mysterious boy named Percy Jackson. And their meeting isn't exactly friendly. . . . Includes a sneak peek chapter from HOUSE OF HADES, Book Four in the Heroes of Olympus series... -
Witchy Tales by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLook out Hemlock Cove, Aunt Tillie is on a rampage. What else is new, right? She’s determined to move her wine business to the next level, and she needs twenty-four hours of peace and quiet to do it. There’s only one thing standing in her way. Well, make that a whole family of obstacles … and one ticked-off FBI agent... -
Goddess by Josephine Angelini
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsAfter accidentally unleashing the gods from their captivity on Olympus, Helen must find a way to re-imprison them without starting a devastating war. But the gods are angry, and their thirst for blood already has a body count.To make matters worse, the Oracle reveals that a diabolical Tyrant is lurking among them, which drives a wedge between the once-solid group of friends... -
Winging It by A.A. Albright
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA witch, a weredog and a wizard walk into a bar ...When three unlikely friends kill themselves in a popular weredog bar, Wanda Wayfair is convinced that there's more to the story. With the coven's work now in the hands of the Minister's Peacemakers, an investigation would be ill-advised... -
Two Tales of the Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsTwo 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 Trouble at Turtle Beach by Carrie Bedford
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsROMANTIC GETAWAY BUZZKILL:DEATH NEVER TAKES A HOLIDAY!Harried, overworked architect Kate Benedict has no sooner stepped off the ferry to a tiny, remote island in Seychelles, primed to de-stress and celebrate at a destination wedding, than she spots imminent danger – auras spinning above the heads of two people on the dock...Categorized as:
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Dead Even by Patti Larsen
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRetired Guild Artemis Inquisitor Georgia Drake has left the paranormal world behind after the death of her partner in the line of duty. Along with her job investigating crime and murder. With her Hades Guardian mastiff, Benjamin, and raven pair for company, she moves her entire life across the continent to escape not only the loss but her oppressive and powerful family... -
Dazed and Infused by Eryn Scott
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHave the people of Pebble Cove welcomed a killer into their midst?Two women wash up on the beach in front of Rosemary's tea shop. One is dead. The other is wounded and can't even remember her name. Is she also a victim or the killer?When it becomes clear that the only souls who can help solve this mystery are those of the ghostly persuasion, Rosemary has to get involved... -
Charlie Foxtrot 101 by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIdina Moorfield is officially a soldier in the army – with a little extra firepower. Her dark and magical little secret.Can she keep the new powers under control?Jump School may be her undoing.It takes focus, determination, and steely courage to face her fears and jump out of a C-130 aircraft from 1,200 feet. That’s exactly what brings Idina’s abilities forward at inconvenient moments...Categorized as:
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Get Smoked or Go Home by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIt’s been so long, Warrior… I can feel you…Is Idina Moorfield going crazy or has an ancient magic found its source?Her family says she’s not a true Moorfield and will never be good enough for the family business.Sometimes what looks like the worst day ever, is the beginning of our best adventure.Idina takes that first step into a new life and gets the hell away from them to forge her own future...Categorized as:
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Hoofin' It by R.J. Blain
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAll Shane wanted was to get away from the wreckage of his career for a while. He picked New York City to provide him with a distraction from his early, unwanted retirement from the police force. New York City delivered, distracting him with three corpses and a miniature llama with a spitting problem and an attitude... -
Alterant by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dianna Love
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this explosive new world of betrayals and shaky alliances, the only Alterant not incarcerated faces an impossible task -- recapture three dangerous, escaped creatures before they slaughter more humans . . . or her.The way Evalle Kincaid sees it, saving mankind from total destruction should have cleared her name... -
Stroke of Midnight by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Amanda Ashley
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn an unseen world that lurks in the shadows, they roam the night--feral, passionate, and dangerous. And when their world touches ours, a primitive desire takes hold, leaving mere mortals powerless in its wake...Four of romance's most intriguing authors have come together to create a mesmerizing anthology--unforgettable tales of vampires, shapeshifters, and werewolves... -
Oracle: A Diana Hawthorne Psychic Mystery by Carissa Andrews
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEven psychics have their blind spots.Everyday I deal with personal prophecies and dish out guidance to the poor souls knocking at my door. I answer questions about their love lives, their hidden desires, and all the other incessant queries they can't seem to answer for themselves... -
The Green Man's Foe by Juliet E. McKenna
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen 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... -
The Coyote Way by B.B. Griffith
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Walker chases a rogue spirit, something dark and chaotic that broke through into the land of the living and took on the form of a coyote.Caroline and Owen have been on the move for years, trying to find a place to call home. Caroline remains torn--her heart split in two. Half of her loves Owen, the other half still loves Ben... -
Beastly & Bookish by Catrina Bell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis beauty didn’t ask for a beastly bookworm for Christmas, but maybe she should have . . .All Noelle wants is to save the Winter Bliss library. She has a plan, too—a New Year’s Eve fundraiser during the annual fire-magic festival. The last thing she needs is a distracting romance with the sexy, binge-reading demon she hasn’t seen in over a decade... -
Beyond Neverland by Heather Killough-Walden
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the wake of Neverland’s destruction, Michael Darling harbors a heart that cannot find its place in the real world. John Darling is haunted by the memories of a native princess’s kiss. Tootles is a Lost Boy well and truly lost. And Wendy Darling writes of longing, and wears a gold button on a chain around her neck that once belonged to a notorious pirate captain... -
Hoodoo & Hair Loss by Lisa Manifold
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThree weeks ago, I kicked a necromancer to the curb. Three days ago, I took a much needed vacation with my new love. Three hours ago, someone threatened everything that matters to me.I’ve just met Nina Davenport, my newest consultant, and to say she needs my help is an understatement. For starters, it turns out she’s got one hell of a gnarly curse covering her...Categorized as:
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Cheater Slicks by Hailey Edwards
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMatty has lost his soul, and it’s up to Frankie to find it before his body gives up the fight for survival. But soon his isn’t the only life at risk from the soulless condition. The affliction is spreading from Thunderbolt, Georgia, into the beating heart of the French Quarter and right up to Madam Vionette Fontenot’s front door... -
The Guest is a Goner by Carly Winter
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe's never believed in ghosts... until now.As the owner of Sedona Bed and Breakfast, Bernadette Maxwell has always played up the rumors that her business was haunted... -
Figment by Cameron Jace
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAfter 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... -
Fallen Reign by Nazri Noor
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHalf human, half angel, 100% pissed off. Mason Albrecht’s life changed the day the angels tried to kill him. As the son of a fallen angel king, Mason is an abomination, one who can command the Vestments, divine arms and armor summoned from heaven’s own arsenals. And everybody wants a piece: death witches, demon princes, even deities of ancient myth... -
The Red House by Tony Abbott
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCould the road to the afterlife be a two-way street? After diving into Derek's world in books #1 and #2, readers are in for more spooky, sinister adventure in this latest installment.Derek didn't ask for this.It's bad enough that his brother's body is hosting a dead soul. Then there's that whole business of the evil dead waging war... -
Dummy of a Ghost by Sue Ann Jaffarian
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“A pleasant mix of cozy and paranormal” (The Mystery Reader) this “appealing as apple pie” (Harley Jane Kozak) series “proves the vivacious Jaffarian is the literary heir apparent to Lucille Ball!” (The Book Resort) as a spiritual medium counts on family (those dead and alive) to help her get to the core of the most baffling crimes… A party is giving Kelly Whitecastle a chance to play catch-up... -
Unassailable: The Case Files of Dr. Matilda Schmidt, Paranormal Psychologist #5 by Cynthia St. Aubin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen dead men tell mo' tales... Running afoul of a pants-less ghost pirate wasn't exactly what Paranormal Psychologist, Matilda Schmidt had in mind when she took off for some R & R. Even at a quiet beach-side bungalow, Matilda can't catch a moment's peace when the restless spirits aren't the only ones haunting her bedroom... -
Undeadly by Cynthia St. Aubin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen life sucks, and so does your next client...Halloween is just around the corner, and life is bringing Paranormal Psychologist Matilda Schmidt all tricks and no treats. Ghosts haunt her in the organic produce aisle, she's been roped into attending a costume party she'd sell her soul to avoid, and the delicious demigod who once warmed her couch is taking his clients and his attentions elsewhere... -
Spell of the Ball by Deanna Chase, Kristen Painter
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJust in time for Halloween. Check out this spooky collection of magical short stories by eight bestselling paranormal authors. Spirits, Hurricanes, and the Krewe of Ghoul by Deanna Chase It’s Halloween and Pyper Rayne’s all vamped up, ready to play the vampire bride. And so is Ida May, her resident ghost... -
Hades by Rebecca F. Kenney
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLet's get one thing straight. I never wanted Persephone to live in the Underworld.But I owed Peter Pan a favor, and even I don't want to screw over an influential Fae like him. So when he asked me to take Persephone to the Realm of the Dead with me, for her protection, I had to say yes... -
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Night Owls by A.R. Vishny
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this thrilling paranormal YA romance debut steeped in folklore, two estries—owl-shifting female vampires from Jewish tradition—face New York's monstrous underworld to save the girl one of them loves with help from the boy one of them fears before they are, all of them, lost forever.Clara loves rules... -
Merlin the Magical Fluff by Molly Fitz
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy name is Gracie Springs, and I am not a witch… but I’m pretty sure my cat is. I first started to get suspicious when he jumped just a little too high while chasing after a robin in our front yard. I knew for sure when he opened up his mouth and addressed me by name!The first thing he told me? That he doesn’t like the name I gave him—even though “Fluffy” fits him like a warm sweater at Christmas... -
Demeter's Tablet by Ines Johnson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe love of my life has betrayed me. A past love I forgot has returned. And they both want me back. So, what do I do? Run off to solve a brand-new ancient mystery, of course!Nia Rivers knows better than anyone that immortality comes at a terrible cost. After all, she's lost entire centuries-and a past relationship-from her memory... -
Touched by Magic by Celine Jeanjean
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’m Apiya. No, I’m not a badass magical assassin. I’m a barber to the supernatural.My magic is very weak and very niche—it works best with keeping things clean.I know. I can sense your awe at my power already. And I’m sure you can see why barbering suits me well... -
Skykeepers by Jessica Andersen
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAncient prophecy holds that 12/21/2012 will bring a global cataclysm. Mankind’s only hope lies with the Nightkeepers, modern magic-wielding warriors who must find their destined mates and fulfill the legends to defeat the rise of terrible Mayan demons.Michael Stone is a man with a dark secret that has skewed his magical abilities dangerously toward the underworld... -
The Healer by C.J. Anaya
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHope Fairmont is a normal teenage girl. She attends public school, gets good grades, has a normal best friend…sort of normal…and works as a janitor at the local hospital. Unfortunately, that’s where the ruse ends...
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