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Blood of a Phoenix by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI thought that going after those who'd destroyed my life would help me move on. At the very least, that it would ease the thirst for vengeance singing in my blood. I was wrong. With my guns at my side, I continue to search for ways to punish the one man who took everything from me. The man who killed my family. Death is far too good for him... -
Rise of a Phoenix by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsTo save my son, I would give up my soul. To survive this journey and stop those who face us I may have to do just that. My son is waiting for me to bring him home, to rescue him from the horrors he’s faced on his own. I won’t take the chance I will find him only to fail him again. Which means I must unearth a way to kill his captor, a man who is immortal... -
Horseman by Shayne Silvers
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsABANDON ALL HOPE, THE FIFTH HORSEMAN SHALL RIDE... Nate Temple is on the hunt to right a wrong. Mordred – King Arthur's son – has escaped from Hell. And it's all Nate's fault.Pro-Tip: Don't let escapees rob the dreaded Nine Souls on their way out of Hell's Gates. It makes the escapee just an itsy-bitsy bit stronger.But what are the Nine Souls? And what does St... -
Nine Souls by Shayne Silvers
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOVER 500,000 COPIES SOLD. DRAGON AWARD NOMINATED AUTHOR Nate Temple has an appointment in Hell. One he can’t reschedule… After recent events, Nate took some much-deserved time off for a little rest and relaxation. But when he finally returns home to attend what should have been a celebration of love, he finds insidious fear infecting the streets of St. Louis.Paranoia. Chaos. Anarchy...Categorized as:
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Ascension by Shayne Silvers
Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe Godkiller will rise. Despite his recent victories, Nate Temple’s problems are only just beginning. Although it had been necessary, killing the most infamous of the Norse gods has consequences, and no one knows petty vengeance like the Aesir. Especially with Odin’s legendary spear mysteriously missing.But Nate has more important things to worry about than a pantheon of angry gods...Categorized as:
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Godless by Shayne Silvers
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSlaughter is the best medicine. Callie Penrose is back to murder vampires and chew bubblegum. And she’s all out of bubblegum.Callie has had a rough few days. Five minutes after discovering she had a Godfather, she learned that the future of the world depended on the two of them taking an immediate road trip... -
Legend by Shayne Silvers
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsNATE TEMPLE HAS HOLES IN HIS SOUL, BOTH IMAGINED AND REAL…And the only way to patch his soul back together is to go back to where it all began. To where he began. To where a Manling was born…To a dangerous boy named Wylde.Because to have any hope at standing against Mordred—to save Camelot and St. Louis alike—he must learn what it means to be a Catalyst... -
Black Sheep by Shayne Silvers
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhat good is a man when he’s lost his soul?Callie Penrose returns home to find a year has passed, and that everyone believes her long dead.Roland Haviar, once her mentor and now a Master Vampire, has become a bloodthirsty tyrant, fulfilling his vow to bathe the City of Fountains in blood until he avenges her death. And the Vatican Shepherds, once his brothers, stand in his way... -
Whispers by Shayne Silvers
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe Vatican is broken… And Callie’s hearing Whispers in the dark corners of her mind… One of the Vatican’s most infamous Shepherds has been murdered, and Callie’s friends are the prime suspects. To prove them innocent, Roland and Callie must risk their very souls…Because Callie can’t reveal that she’s hearing strange Whispers when she uses her magic, or that she’s harboring an Angel’s Grace... -
Sinner by Shayne Silvers
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIf you want to get to Heaven, you’ve got to raise a little Hell…Callie Penrose is struggling to find her special purpose in life. Rather than allying with any of the powerful supernatural groups begging to sign her up—the Vatican, the vampires, the shifters, or the Armies of both Heaven and Hell—Callie has been picking fights with all of them... -
Angel's Roar by Shayne Silvers
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsCallie Penrose must die… Callie Penrose – a wizard with a splash of Angel’s blood flowing through her veins – kind of broke the Vatican and their band of Holy-warrior, wizard-priests, the Shepherds... -
Hell Hounds Don't Heel by Kim McDougall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCritter wrangler rule #7: Some monsters just have to die.Someone is plotting to put all gargoyles in jail…or six feet in the ground.For decades gargoyles have patrolled the night in Montreal Ward. They are dubbed Guardians by the humans and fae who live on the fringes of society, those who survive in neighborhoods the police don't care about... -
Kelpies Don't Fly by Kim McDougall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCritter wrangler rule #15: Always look a gift horse in the mouth. And if it has sharp teeth, never, never get on its back.For ten years, Kyra Greene thought she was the only Valkyrie this side of the rainbow bridge. Until she gets a stunning message from her cousin, Gunora, asking for bail money.But facing the ghosts of her past isn’t on Kyra’s to-do list... -
Cursed Vampire by Brogan Thomas
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHalf unicorn, half bloodsucker, all trouble. When her secret gets out, can this feisty teenager survive? Tru Dennison’s life feels like a sick joke. Barely coping with the loss of her adoptive grandad, the seventeen-year-old can’t believe it when her no-good uncle kicks her to the curb...Categorized as:
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Cursed Witch by Brogan Thomas
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHer conjury was out of reach. But when she’s flooded with strength, can she survive becoming a target? Tuesday Larson thought she’d settled for normal. A disappointment to her mother for never taking well to magic, she deliberately put distance between her family and any witchery. But the supernatural destroys her barriers when a group of mercenaries tears through her home looking for blood...Categorized as:
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Darkness Unleashed by McKenzie Hunter
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Midwest Pack stands together—and they might fall together.We’ve always kept our existence hidden from humans, but when a video of a were-animal in a violent confrontation goes viral, the other denizens take drastic measures to protect themselves from exposure. Alliances are broken and friendships strained as the vampires, witches, and elves all work to protect their own interests... -
Old World War by Melissa F. Olson
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOn a sunny summer morning, nulls all over the country are attacked at the same time.In Boulder, Allison "Lex" Luther barely gets her niece to safety. In Los Angeles, Scarlett Bernard is nearly shot in the back. It seems that a powerful enemy is unhappy with the Old World leaders' plans to form a government, and they've coordinated a strike against those rare individuals who can undo magic itself... -
Moon Cursed by McKenzie Hunter
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBetween life and death – there’s magic. Friends of the Midwest Pack are missing, alliances are forming between enemies whose sole intent is to destroy the pack, and a mysterious group is trying to make a power grab using any means possible. With her pack and its allies in danger, and her love life threatened by secrets, Sky doesn’t think things could possibly get worse... -
Amuletto Kiss (The Magic & Mixology Mystery Series) by Gina LaManna
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHold your loved ones close, islanders… Life for Lily Locke has not been normal ever since she learned of her witchy heritage, but now more than ever, her world is spiraling out of control. When a series of strange events begins to tear her beloved island apart, it’s up to the famed Mixologist to seek out the most powerful wizard in the world and spare him from death... -
What to Expect When Your Demon Slayer is Expecting by Angie Fox
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey say you can’t go home again, but demon slayer Lizzie Brown sure is going to try. However, when she rolls into town with her friends in tow, Lizzie finds her mom in the clutches of a demonic entity they accidentally left behind all those years ago. Now, it’s up to Lizzie, her talking dog, and the Red Skull biker witches to make things right... -
Silverfall by McKenzie Hunter
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA spell revealed I was marked by the raven. Now what?Well, I already know day drinking isn’t the answer. And Mephisto, with his increasing interest in me and my magic, isn’t either. But what is?The secrets behind the mark keep unfolding, revealing that I’m more dangerous than anyone ever suspected and that I’m the only person preventing the demise of several powerful and dangerous magical beings... -
Boundary Born by Melissa F. Olson
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsSomething wicked is at work in Colorado’s supernatural community. Vampires are being paralyzed or killed with poison…a weapon favored by witches. This offense threatens to break apart the already-fractured alliance between witches and the undead.The state’s cardinal vampire, Maven, summons boundary witch Allison “Lex” Luther to stop the killing before it ignites a war... -
Blue Venom by Brad Magnarella
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsINTO THE HEART OF DARKNESSWith his time as the Blue Wolf winding down, Jason knows the dangers of looking past the next mission. And Legion has just been called to its most challenging one yet.In a closed kingdom in Southeast Asia, a town of 5,000 people has disappeared from the map... -
Time Shift: Kitsune and Shaman novel by J.L. Weil
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe must leave her life behind to keep those she loves safe. Like most sane people, Karina Lang believed the idea of another world was only a thing in the movies. So not true. The Second Moon is full of inconceivable people, including herself. She is a Kitsune...Categorized as:
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Whiskey Ginger by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMeet Quinn MacKenna, a black magic arms dealer from the mean streets of Boston. ***FIRST 4 BOOKS IN THE SERIES RELEASING BY JULY 10, 2018!*** Everything was going fine for Quinn MacKenna… until she accidentally stole from Nate Temple.She knows how to drink, fight, and steal dangerous magical artifacts – but not for money. For favors... -
Blue Shadow by Brad Magnarella
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is an alternate cover edition for ASIN B07B7LF8PPThe price of normalcy In the hopes of curing his curse and returning to his fiancé, Jason Wolfe agrees to command a corporate monster-hunting unit. But the team isn’t exactly what he had in mind… A priest, a ninja, a zombie, and a guy who looks like he should be working crew on the carny circuit... -
Shifter's Moon by Luanne Bennett
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHell hath no fury like a shifter scorned. Savannah has just been invaded by a pack of dangerous bikers—killer cats with greed and vengeance on their minds. Jackson Hunter’s past has finally caught up to him. So has the woman who refuses to let him go—a cat with some sharp claws. Katie Bishop is starting to wonder if she knows her boyfriend at all... -
Midnight Shadows by Emerson Knight, McKenzie Hunter
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’m losing control.Past choices are coming back to haunt me, and an old curse threatens to drive me from the pack.Sky is the only person who can help me with the curse. To do so, she’ll have to perform forbidden magic that will draw the attention of the witches. They’ve been vying for a reason to kill Sky, and performing forbidden magic will give them one... -
Shadowmark by McKenzie Hunter
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen a god wants you dead, it’s safe to assume life can’t get any worse. Wrong. I’m enemy-number-one to a powerful fae and I’ve ticked off the Master of the vampires one too many times. Life—or rather, death—is coming at me fast. I definitely didn’t expect a demon placing a bounty on me to be added to the what-the-hell-else-could-go-wrong Bingo card... -
All Dwarf'ed Up by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDwarf the Bounty Hunter’s going to Portland, Oregon, and the hounds are going with him.Eight humans all marked with dark magic are losing their mind, terrified of a demon that doesn’t exist. Keep Portland Weird just took on a whole new meaning. They need a bounty hunter.Johnny Walker is ready to clean up the streets and get back to his quiet front porch in the Everglades. He’s that good... -
Duncton Quest by William Horwood
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Tryfan, son of Bracken and Rebecca, returns to the sacred Burrows of Uffington, he finds dreadful signs of death and destruction. For out of the chilly North have swarmed the grikes, a fanatical tribe of warrior moles bent on destroying all believers in the powers of the Stone...Categorized as:
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The Black Wolves of Boston by Wen Spencer
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBook One in a new saga by the Romantic Times Sapphire award winning author of the Internationally Best-Selling Elfhome series.REBUILD A LIFE, SAVE A CITY Silas Decker had his world destroyed when he was attacked by vampires outside of New Amsterdam. He rebuilt his life a dozen times in the last three hundred years—each time less and less successfully...Categorized as:
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The Strangers by Jacqueline West, Lexy Fridell
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOlive thought she'd uncovered all the house's secrets. She was wrong.It's Halloween night when strangers come to Linden Street...and something dear to Olive goes missing... -
Darkness Shatters by Susan Illene
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWinter has come to Alaska and it’s about to be joined by death.Since moving to Fairbanks, Melena Sanders has watched too many of her friends die because she couldn’t react fast enough. When a mysterious illness comes along targeting only supernatural races she’s determined to stop it. But as the death toll climbs she realizes finding a cure is more complicated than she thought... -
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The Second Spy by Jacqueline West, Lexy Fridell
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn Olive's third adventure, what lurks below the house could be as dangerous as what's hidden inside . . . Some terrifying things have happened to Olive in the old stone house, but none as scary as starting junior high. Or so she thinks. When she plummets through a hole in her backyard, though, she realizes two things that may change her mind: First, the wicked Annabelle McMartin is back... -
Lunar Marked by McKenzie Hunter
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSometimes the penalty for magic is death.The Midwest Pack used the Clostra to perform a powerful and dangerous spell to save me. Now the pack is dealing with the aftermath and doing damage control. But they can’t hide how the magic has changed the dynamics of the otherworld—or that they are responsible.Ethan has dangerous secrets and so do I... -
Among the Stars by Jodi Lynn Anderson
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMay Bird has always been a bit. . . different. While most of her classmates were riding their bikes, she was running around the West Virginia woods, dressed as a warrior princess with her hairless cat at her side... -
Go Dwarf Yourself by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 17 ratings"One of the best damn bounty hunters. Period." James BrownstoneJohnny Walker was a good bounty hunter in his day. James Brownstone good.But everybody has a line. Johnny found his when his teenage daughter was murdered. Who was the killer? Even Johnny couldn’t figure it out... -
Darkness Unleashed by Alexandra Ivy
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe Guardians of Eternity are vampire warriors without equal, bound by their loyalties and sworn to protect their charges from every danger. . .except those posed by their own hungry desires. . .A scarred recluse, Jagr makes no secret of his disdain for others' company. But now, as a member of Chicago's powerful vampire clan, he has certain obligations to fulfill...Categorized as:
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Dragon Ashes by Debbie Cassidy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Dragon Blood's took everything from us. Now it's time to take it all back.Allies become enemies and enemies become allies. Love blooms in the unlikeliest places and even the iciest heart can be thawed.But every victory comes with a price.Anya's Adventure continues in Dragon Ashes. A kick-ass fantasy with a slow burn whychoose romance... -
Breaking Chaos by Ben Galley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe endgame has begun. The battle for the emperor’s throne grows ever fiercer. The City of Countless Souls cowers behind locked doors as the whims of the downtrodden and the powerful bring the great game of Araxes to its chaotic conclusion.With the soulblade at his hip and magic in his soul, Caltro’s freedom is almost within reach... -
Dreams of the Necromancer by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDigging up the past might be digging her own grave.Marguerite went in search of answers. The ones she found led her to only more questions…and down a very dangerous path.Doctor Gideon Raithe claims that she has every right to hate him, and yet all she feels is drawn to him. The Ordo ut Solis, a secret order of holy warriors against the dark creatures of the world, wants her help to contain him...Categorized as:
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Savage Ascension 1 by Atlas Kane
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSurvive the arena. Choose a Battle Bride. Master the lost art of cultivation.They called me a savage, then threw me into the their cruel arena.Instead of bleeding out on the sand like they hoped, I used the power of my gifted core to rise.When I learned my enemies held a cure for the spreading plight of infertility, I knew why my gods had sent me... -
Paranormal Misdirection by Dima Zales, Anna Zaires
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith my seer powers finally under my control, I'm ready to plunge into the unknown to find my father.He may have abandoned me, but I’ll go to the ends of the Otherlands to save him from his torment.Only problem? With unexpected allies and even more surprising enemies, this rescue mission might be more than I bargained for... -
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Duncton Found by William Horwood
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe first trilogy of the Duncton Chronicles now reaches an inspiring and triumphant conclusion… Under the ruthless leadership of Henbane of Whern, the grikes have taken over moledom. Soon their ascendancy is to be consolidated by Lucerne, her son by Tryfan, and the last followers of the Stone rooted out and killed... -
Three Half Goats Gruff by Kim McDougall
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIs he a vampire? A shifter? Something worse? Thrown together to save a middle school from an infestation of satyrs, Kyra and the mysterious Captain of the Guardians share one heart-stopping night. Critter wrangling rule #4: There isn’t much you can’t kill, confuse, or disgust with a can of bug fogger...Categorized as:
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My Big Fat Demon Slayer Wedding by Angie Fox
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLizzie Brown is about to have the destination wedding of her dreams. But as this former preschool teacher knows, being a demon slayer makes everything more complicated. The vengeful Earl of Hell is still on her tail. And now it seems that one of the guests at the eccentric, seaside mansion is possessed and trying to kill her. Maybe she should just elope... -
The Girl Who Could Not Dream by Sarah Beth Durst
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSophie loves the hidden shop below her parents' bookstore, where dreams are secretly bought and sold. When the dream shop is robbed and her parents go missing, Sophie must unravel the truth to save them. Together with her best friend—a wisecracking and fanatically loyal monster named Monster—she must decide whom to trust with her family’s carefully guarded secrets... -
Captivada by Jacqueline West
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWith no way into the McMartin house's magical paintings, and its three guardian cats reluctant to help, Olive's friend Morton is still trapped inside Elsewhere. So when Rutherford, the new oddball kid next door mentions a grimoire--a spellbook--Olive sees a glint of hope. If she can find the McMartins' spellbook, maybe she can help Morton escape Elsewhere for good... -
Bright Blaze of Magic by Jennifer Estep
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsBad Things Always Come In Threes…As a thief, I'm good at three things: hiding in the shadows, getting in and out unseen, and uncovering secrets. I put these skills to work for the Sinclair Family, one of the magical mobs that run the tourist town of Cloudburst Falls. Everyone knows Victor Draconi wants to take over all the other Families--and kill every last Sinclair...Categorized as:
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