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Ever After by Kim Harrison
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsThe ever after, the demonic realm that parallels the human world, is shrinking. If it disappears completely, so does all magic. It's up to witch-turned-daywalking-demon Rachel Morgan to avert catastrophe and keep life from changing... for the worse.While saving the world is important, it isn't Rachel's only motivation... -
Pale Demon by Kim Harrison
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 47 ratingsCondemned and shunned for black magic, Rachel Morgan has three days to get to the annual witches’ conference and clear her name, or be trapped in the demonic ever-after . . . forever after.But a witch, an elf, a living vampire, and a pixy in one car going across the country? Talk about a recipe for certain disaster, even without being the targets for assassination... -
The Outlaw Demon Wails by Kim Harrison
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 51 ratingsNote: This book is the same as The Outlaw Demon Wails. It was printed under both titles. To save the lives of her friends, Rachel did the unthinkable: she willingly trafficked in forbidden demon magic. And now her sins are coming home to haunt her... -
The Undead Pool by Kim Harrison
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsWitch and day-walking demon Rachel Morgan has managed to save the demonic ever after from shrinking, but at a high cost. Now strange magic is attacking Cincinnati and the Hollows, causing spells to backfire or go horribly wrong, and the truce between the races, between Inderlander and human, is shattering... -
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Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 73 ratingsI could smell her fear, and it satisfied something deep inside me that had been writhing under her cool, superior gaze. I curled my upper lip so she could get a good look at my sharp teeth. I might only weigh thirty or so pounds in my coyote shape, but I was a predator...Mechanic Mercy Thompson can shift her shape - but not her loyalty... -
A Perfect Blood by Kim Harrison
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison returns to the Hollows with the electrifying follow-up to her acclaimed Pale Demon!A Perfect BloodRitually murdered corpses are appearing across Cincinnati, terrifying amalgams of human and other. Pulled in to help investigate by the I.S... -
Shattered Bonds by Faith Hunter
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsJane Yellowrock must dig deep and find strength within herself if she is to survive in the latest novel in this New York Times bestselling series.Jane Yellowrock is a shapeshifting skinwalker, and vampire killer-for-hire, but her last battle with an ancient arcane enemy has brought her low... -
Fair Game by Patricia Briggs
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 54 ratingsPatricia Briggs, the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author of the Mercy Thompson novels, "always enchants her readers." (Lynn Viehl, "New York Times" bestselling author) Now her Alpha and Omega series-set in a world of shifting shapes, loyalty, and passion- brings werewolves out of the darkness and into a society where fear and prejudice could make the hunters prey...They say opposites attract... -
Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 46 ratingsRachel Morgan has fought and hunted vampires, werewolves, banshees, demons, and other supernatural dangers as both witch and bounty hunter—and lived to tell the tale. But she's never faced off against her own kind . . . until now.Denounced and shunned for dealing with demons and black magic, her best hope is life imprisonment—at worst, a forced lobotomy and genetic slavery... -
For a Few Demons More by Kim Harrison
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 50 ratingsDespite dating one vampire and living with another, Rachel Morgan has stayed ahead of trouble until now. A serial killer stalks the Hollows, claims victims across society, and ignites a vicious Inderland gang war. Rachel hides an ancient artifact that could stop the killer or start a battle to the death among supernatural races of Cincinnati. Every action has its price... -
White Witch, Black Curse by Kim Harrison
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 47 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison returns to the sinister and seductive Hollows for the newest blockcuster adventure featuring Rachel Morgan, witch and bounty hunter.White Witch, Black CurseSome wounds take time to heal...and some scars never fade.Rachel Morgan, kick-ass witch and bounty hunter, has taken her fair share of hits, and has broken lines she swore she would never cross... -
Bloodline Legacy by Lan Chan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA hedge witch and her psychotic vampire partner enter the Unity Games. Four supernatural academies. A thousand ways to die. I don’t think I want to be Alessia Hastings anymore.My life plan is pretty simple: Learn to fight. Survive a war with the Hell dimension. Don’t die. It does not, I repeat, it does not involve a mating bond with Malachi Pendragon and spitting out Nephilim babies... -
Slaying Monsters for the Feeble by Annette Marie
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsI'm bound to a demon. For my entire life, I avoided magic at all costs. Now, I'm responsible for a demon who wields magic more powerful than the toughest mage or sorcerer. Demons are evil. That's what my textbooks say. That's what I see. He's ruthless, he's temperamental, he's cold. But he protects me without fail. I wonder if he's hiding a heart behind his hostility. My demon is a monster... -
Dead Witches Tell No Tales (The Hollows, #3-4) by Kim Harrison
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEven in the Holllows - Cincinnati's home to all supernatural folk - vampires and werewolves can make strange bedfellows. Just ask Rachel Morgan, private investigator and witch. First her never-do-well boyfriend disappears into the night. Then the hunky protege of vampire crimelord Piscary starts eyeing her curves... not to mention her throat... -
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Every Which Way But Dead by Kim Harrison
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 56 ratingsThere's no witch in Cincinnati tougher, sexier, or more screwed up than bounty hunter Rachel Morgan, who's already put her love life and soul in dire jeopardy through her determined efforts to bring criminal night creatures to justice... -
Dark Heir by Faith Hunter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsShapeshifting skinwalker Jane Yellowrock is the best in the business when it comes to slaying vampires. But her latest fanged foe may be above her pay grade…For centuries, the extremely powerful and ruthless vampire witches of the European Council have wandered the Earth, controlling governments, fostering war, creating political conflict, and often leaving absolute destruction in their wake... -
Blood Trade by Faith Hunter
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsJane Yellowrock is a shape-shifting skinwalker who’s always up for a fight—even if it means putting her life on the line... The Master of Natchez, Mississippi has a nasty problem on his hands. Rogue vampires—those who follow the Naturaleza and believe that humans should be nothing more than prey to be hunted—are terrorizing his city... -
A Fistful of Charms by Kim Harrison
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 52 ratingsThe evil night things that prowl Cincinnati despise witch and bounty hunter Rachel Morgan. Her new reputation for the dark arts is turning human and undead heads alike with the intent to possess, bed, and kill her -- not necessarily in that order.Now a mortal lover who abandoned Rachel has returned, haunted by his secret past... -
The Good, the Bad, and the Undead by Kim Harrison
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 55 ratingsRachel Morgan, sexy witch, independent bounty hunter, prowls the downtown Cincinnati for criminal creatures of the night. She can handle leather-clad vamps and a cunning demon or two. But a serial killer who feeds on the experts in the most dangerous kind of black magic is an ancient, implacable evil that threatens her very soul... -
A Step into the Dark by Donna Augustine
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOllie Wit is the strongest Shadow Walker born in decades but it’s a gift with a steep price. Walking in the Shadowlands can bring untold powers and spells, and even greater risks. Every step into that other world brings her closer to the monsters that have haunted her since a child, destroyed her family and wreaked havoc all around her... -
Walking in the Dark by Donna Augustine
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSome people find power in the light. Others are meant to walk in the dark. Ollie Wit left it all behind: a new home, friends who saw her as something more than a fragile shadow walker and a budding relationship with Kane. She did it all in an effort to shield Asher, who should’ve never been able to escape the Shadowlands... -
Men of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsAs a curious six-year-old, Clayton didn’t resist the bite—he asked for it. But surviving as a lone child-werewolf was more than he could manage—until Jeremy came along and taught him how to straddle the human-werewolf worlds, gave him a home…and introduced him to the Pack... -
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... -
Dark Dreamers by Christine Feehan, Marjorie M. Liu
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsChristine FeehanDark DreamShe's known him since she was fifteen. Every night, he is with her: his face, his voice. Tonight, Sara Marten will meet the man who is both angel and demon, salvation and temptation: Falcon - the Carpathian, the banished hero. Tonight, Sara will meet the dark-eyed destroyer destined to be her mate.Margorie M... -
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The Phantom Queen by Yasmine Galenorn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhisper Hollow, where spirits walk among the living, and the lake never gives up her dead...Fifteen years ago, I ran away from Whisper Hollow, Washington, a small town on Crescent Lake in the Olympic Peninsula. But truth is, if you were born here, you can never really leave. I'm Kerris Fellwater, and I'm a spirit shaman... -
Shadow Web by Yasmine Galenorn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe holidays are here, and this year, they’re deadly…It’s my first Thanksgiving back in Moonshadow Bay, and everything is hunky-dory until the Witches Guild assigns me a research project for the upcoming Winter Solstice Festival. Not only do I melt down my computer, but I download a demon who ends up stuck in my house...Categorized as:
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Tales of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong has bewitched audiences with her Otherworld series of supernatural thrillers. Now, in this new collection of shorter fiction, some of Armstrong's most tantalizing lead characters appear alongside her unforgettable supporting players, who step out of the shadows and into the light...Categorized as:
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Tales of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong has bewitched audiences with her Otherworld series of supernatural thrillers. Now, in this new collection of shorter fiction, some of Armstrong's most tantalizing lead characters appear alongside her unforgettable supporting players, who step out of the shadows and into the light...Categorized as:
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The Mark of the Vampire Queen by Joey W. Hill
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen he becomes Lady Lyssa’s full servant, Jacob crosses the threshold into a darker relationship with her than he’s known before. His time as a vampire hunter certainly hadn’t prepared him to embrace a world where humans are sexual commodities, but he adapted. Now he finds the integrity of his soul challenged as he serves his Mistress’s needs as fully as he services her desires... -
Invision by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsThink your life is complicated and confusing? Nick Gautier was born to bring about the end of the world…It’s not easy being the heir of a demon overlord.But Nick is determined to thwart his destiny and get into a good college. To be more than his genetics and prophecy foretell. No one is ever going to tell this stubborn Cajun who and what he really is. Or how to live his life...Categorized as:
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Cloaked by Vanessa Nelson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe world itself in peril. Arrow’s sleep is being disturbed by nightmares that she cannot remember when awake. Her days are spent trying to build her new, simple, life in the human world and helping the shape-changers track down the last conspirators that tried to destroy the Erith. But the Erith want her help one last time... -
Hunter's Trail by Melissa F. Olson
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsActions have consequences—a lesson Scarlett Bernard is learning the hard way. As a “null,” Scarlett has always been able to negate the powers of the supernatural beings that surround her. But now her reckless decision to permanently change Eli from a werewolf to a human has left the Los Angeles werewolf pack in shambles, and upset the balance of power among the city’s supernatural factions...Categorized as:
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Magitek by B.R. Kingsolver
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsMy name is Danica James. I'm a cop with the Arcane Division.I'm also a magitek. For most humans, demons, and Fae, magik and technology are totally incompatible. But some mages are able to manipulate mechanical and electrical devices.Hunter James was my grandfather, and a magitek. He wanted to end humanity's cycle of war, but instead he broke the world... -
Darkness Unveiled by McKenzie Hunter, Emerson Knight
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Sky decided not to join our pack, I thought that would be the end of our dealings with the enigmatic wolf. But she’s pulled back into pack business when Sky’s the first one on the scene of a murder attempt of one of our pack members.At first, I mark it off as a coincidence but I'm proven wrong... -
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One Girl in All the World by Kendare Blake
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsNew York Times best-selling author Kendare Blake takes us back to the demon capital of the world in this highly anticipated sequel to In Every Generation, set in the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Frankie Rosenberg is coming to terms with the fact that she’s the newest slayer, but that doesn’t mean she has it all figured out just yet... -
Boundary Lines by Melissa F. Olson
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFitting into the Old World isn’t going very well for Boulder boundary witch Allison “Lex” Luther: she may have earned a place in a vampire’s service, but now it seems as if every supernatural creature in town has found a reason to hate her...Categorized as:
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Portents by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Collection of Cainsville TalesCainsville, Illinois. A town founded by fae escaping the Old World. A town both part of the world and cut off from it. A town that a young woman will run to, fleeing her past, only to discover that her past extends further than she ever imagined, into the distant history of Cainville itself... -
Promise the Moon by Hailey Edwards
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLorimar Pack, Book 1War is a constant threat on Dell Preston's horizon. As beta of the Lorimar pack, her job is to maintain the peace on the new border between Faerie and Earth at all costs... -
The Hunter and The Hunted by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn Off-Duty Angel (Otherworld #10.6), dark witch and half-demon Eve Levine is desperate for a little entertainment while her lover, Kristof Nast, is detained in afterlife court—enough to volunteer an extra week’s worth of angel corps duty just to pass the time... -
Love Hurts by Jim Butcher
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn e-book short story by New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher, originally published in the anthology SONGS OF LOVE AND DEATH, edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois. Also available in Side Jobs... -
Buried Magic by T.J. Green
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWitchcraft, dark secrets, and demons. No one is safe in White Haven.White Haven has a history of witchcraft, but the locals don't know that there are real witches living among them, and Avery is one of them... -
Head Above Water by Hailey Edwards
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsGemini, Book 2 Camille Ellis has tracked many killers during her career,but this time it's personal. Cut off from conclave resources, she won't let a small thing like a suspension keep her from accepting Cord Graeson's offer of help.Pretending to be mated to him is one way to secure allies, but the best that can be said of the Chandler Pack is they haven't killed or eaten her. Yet... -
Night Huntress by Yasmine Galenorn
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWe're the D'Artigo sisters: sexy, savvy operatives for the Otherworld Intelligence Agency. But being half-human, half-Fae means our supernatural talents always go haywire at the wrong time. My sister Camille is a wicked good witch who attracts men like honey attracts flies. Menolly's a vampire who's still getting the hang of being undead... -
Full Circle by Cate Tiernan
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsHunter, Morgan, and Alisa. All three are witches, and each is in turmoil. Hunter feels stifled by the small town world of Widow's Vale. Morgan is terrified of the possibility of life without him. And Alisa is still coping with the knowledge that she is a witch--by blood. Together, the three worked together to defeat the most unspeakable evil known to witches... -
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Blue-Blooded Vamp by Jaye Wells
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsThe epic conclusion to the amazing Sabina Kane urban fantasy series. Sabina Kane is on the hunt. Her prey: Cain, the father of the vampire race and the one who murdered her family and her friends. Unfortunately, Cain is hunting Sabina, too. The one man who holds the key to defeating Cain is, of course, Abel. A mage with secrets to spare and, hopefully, the power to match it... -
Avoiding Alpha by Aileen Erin, Elizabeth Evans
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Tessa McCaide has come a long way since her abrupt entrance into the world of werewolves, but she still has just as far to go before she’s comfortable with turning full wolf. In the meantime, she’s avoiding the topic of shifting to four legs any way she can. Thankfully her mate, Dastien Laurent, is quite the distraction...Categorized as:
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Bloody Bones by Laurell K. Hamilton
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 60 ratingsIn Laurell K. Hamilton's "New York Times" bestselling novels, Anita Blake, vampire hunter and animator, takes a bite out of crime-of the supernatural kind. But even someone who deals with death on a daily basis can be unnerved by its power... When Branson, Missouri, is hit with a death wave-four unsolved murders-it doesn't take an expert to realize that all is not well... -
Curse the Dawn by Karen Chance
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsCassandra Palmer may be the all-powerful Pythia now, but that doesn’t mean people have stopped trying to kill her. Most of the supernatural power players don’t want the independent minded Cassie as chief clairvoyant—and they’ll stop at nothing to see her six feet under... -
Tempt the Stars by Karen Chance
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsBeing a goddess is a lot less fun than you might think. Especially when you’re only a half goddess, and you only found out about it recently, and you still don’t know what you’re doing half the time. And when you’ve just used your not-so-reliable powers to burglarize the booby-trapped office of a vampire mob boss.Yeah, that part sucks... -
Witches Gone Wicked by Sarina Dorie
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYou think you know the world of magical boarding schools? Not from a teacher's perspective at a school for at risk youth. Like any twenty-two-year-old who grew up obsessed with fantasy novels, Clarissa Lawrence expects all her Harry Potter fantasies to come true when she is invited to teach at a school for witches...Categorized as:
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