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  • Lost Talismans and a Tequila by Annette Marie

    Lost Talismans and a Tequila by Annette Marie

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    You know that squirmy sensation in your gut when you have no idea what you're doing and you're about to screw everything up?Yeah, that feeling.I thought I was a good judge of character, but recent events proved me very wrong. Now, in a brilliant demonstration of my newfound caution, I'm putting all my faith in a demon—a demon who's tried to kill me before...
  • Imitation and Alchemy by Elizabeth Hunter

    Imitation and Alchemy by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    All Ben Vecchio wanted was a quiet summer before his last semester of university. Was that too much to ask? All Tenzin wanted was a cache of priceless medieval coins that had been missing for several hundred years. And some company. Phrases like “never again” don’t mean much when you’ve been a vampire for several thousand years...
  • Oblivion by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Oblivion by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.Experience the epic love story of OBSIDIAN as told by its hero, Daemon Black…I knew the moment Katy Swartz moved in next door, there was going to be trouble. Lots of it.And trouble's the last thing I need, since I'm not exactly from around here. My people arrived on Earth from Lux, a planet thirteen billion light years away...
  • Ashes to Ashes by Karina Halle

    Ashes to Ashes by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    It’s been two months since Perry Palomino and Dex Foray’s relationship reached a new turning point, two months since Perry started a new life in Seattle, and two months since their Experiment in Terror show took on a new partner, ex-Wine Babe Rebecca Sims, and found a new level of success. But whenever there is light in their lives, the madness still has a way of coming back in...
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    alpha-mc  crime  drama  female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal  psychics
  • Fate Interrupted by Elizabeth Hunter

    Fate Interrupted by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    She had her life all planned out; fate had other ideas.How did an accomplished Southern businesswoman, wife, and mother end up living on California’s Central Coast, working for a stubborn wine-maker, newly divorced, and wrestling with sudden psychic powers?Megan Carpenter asks herself that same question nearly every day...
  • Fate Interrupted by Elizabeth Hunter

    Fate Interrupted by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    She had her life all planned out; fate had other ideas.How did an accomplished Southern businesswoman, wife, and mother end up living on California’s Central Coast, working for a stubborn wine-maker, newly divorced, and wrestling with sudden psychic powers?Megan Carpenter asks herself that same question nearly every day...
  • A Fall of Water by Elizabeth Hunter

    A Fall of Water by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    “No secret stays hidden forever.”Still grieving from their loss in the far East, Giovanni Vecchio and Beatrice De Novo discover that for them, all roads really do lead to Rome. But nothing is quite as it seems in the Eternal City. Joined by Carwyn and Tenzin, unexpected clashes greet them almost immediately, and rivalries churn beneath the glittering facade of the old Roman court...
  • Whispers at Moonrise by C.C. Hunter

    Whispers at Moonrise by C.C. Hunter

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    Shadow Falls Camp is back in session with the most explosive installment yet. A shocking new threat will rock Shadow Falls—changing it forever and altering Kylie's journey in ways she never imagined.Even at a camp for supernatural teens, Kylie Galen has never been normal. Not only can she see ghosts, but she doesn't seem to belong to any one species—she exhibits traits from them all...
  • Chosen at Nightfall by C.C. Hunter

    Chosen at Nightfall by C.C. Hunter

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    Kylie Galen's life hasn't been the same since her world was turned upside-down in Born at Midnight, Shadow Falls #1, and now an epic conclusion to her journey—not to mention a tough choice between two guys!—is brewing in Chosen at Nightfall:When Kylie Galen left Shadow Falls, she thought it was the hardest decision of her life...
  • Family and Honor by K.N. Banet, Kristen Banet

    Family and Honor by K.N. Banet, Kristen Banet

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Jacky Leon got away with it. She defended a little human girl, made a few unlikely acquaintances, and survived to tell the tale. Now she’s the only werecat in the supernatural community who can say a small family of werewolves lives in her borders. That isn’t a good thing, though...
  • Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward

    Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 71 ratings
    Butch O'Neal is a fighter by nature. A hard-living ex-homicide cop, he's the only human ever to be allowed in the inner circle of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. And he wants to go even deeper into the vampire world—to engage in the turf war with the lessers. He's got nothing to lose. His heart belongs to a female vampire, an aristocratic beauty who's way out of his league...
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    alpha-mc  crime  drama  friendship  humor  magic  paranormal  suspense
  • Addict by Lexi Blake

    Addict by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In order to destroy a legendary monster and save the royal family, Kelsey must make a deal with a devil…When Kelsey Owens returns home to Dallas, she is a changed woman. After months of training with Marcus Vorenus , she has more control over her abilities. She’s ready to start her new job, even if it means dealing with the King of All Vampire and his partner, Devinshea Quinn...
  • A Killer's Kiss by Helen Harper

    A Killer's Kiss by Helen Harper

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A twisted killer is making his mark in London, leaving a trail of blood and devastation in his wake. It’s not only humans who are being targeted. Vampires, werewolves and pixies are in mortal danger too.I’ve been called in to help with the investigation but I can’t shake the feeling that there’s more to the murders. Someone is playing a very sick game - and it’s up to me to put a stop to it...
  • Forever by Chanda Hahn

    Forever by Chanda Hahn

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    With the Godmother Guild destroyed by Teague's army, Mina finds herself without the guidance of her Fae godmother. Alone and confused, she must lean on her friends for support. The dark prince threatens their very existence with a show of power on the human plane that has everyone running for their lives...
  • Awake at Dawn by C.C. Hunter

    Awake at Dawn by C.C. Hunter

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 48 ratings
    Step into the world of Shadow Falls, a camp that helps teens tap into their special... talents. Once you visit, you’ll never forget it—and you’ll never, ever be the same...
  • Onyx by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Onyx by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 74 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.BEING CONNECTED TO DAEMON BLACK SUCKS… Thanks to his alien mojo, Daemon’s determined to prove what he feels for me is more than a product of our bizarro connection. So I’ve sworn him off, even though he’s running more hot than cold these days. But we’ve got bigger problems...
  • Runaway Fate by Elizabeth Hunter

    Runaway Fate by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    It's paranormal women's fiction for lovers of magic, mayhem, and a solid afternoon nap (when they can squeeze one in.)Katherine wasn't looking for anything extraordinary in her life. She had a job she loved, a husband she adored, and a home in the beautiful seaside town of Moonstone Cove...
  • Ghost Town by Rachel Caine

    Ghost Town by Rachel Caine

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    Deep in the heart of Texas, Morganville is a small college town full of laid-back students and eccentric townies, not to mention the sort of creatures you wouldn't want to run into after dark. Despite their obvious differences, the human and vampire residents of Morganville have learned to coexist, but that doesn't stop genius student Claire Danvers from keeping up her guard...
    Categorized as:
    drama  female-mc  friendship  magic  paranormal  suspense  teens  urban
  • Archangel's Prophecy by Nalini Singh

    Archangel's Prophecy by Nalini Singh

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Return to New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh’s darkly passionate Guild Hunter world, where human-turned-angel Elena Deveraux, consort to Archangel Raphael, is thrust center stage into an eons-old prophecy….Midnight and dawn, Elena’s wings are unique among angelkind…and now they’re failing. The first mortal to be turned into an immortal in angelic memory, she’s regressing...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  crime  drama  female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal  psychics
  • Summoned to Thirteenth Grave by Darynda Jones

    Summoned to Thirteenth Grave by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Grim Reaper Charley Davidson is back in the final installment of Darynda Jones’ New York Times bestselling paranormal series!Charley Davidson, Grim Reaper extraordinaire, is pissed. She’s been kicked off the earthly plain for eternity – which is the appropriate amount of time to make a person starkraving mad...
  • The Darkest Star by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    The Darkest Star by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    When seventeen-year-old Evie Dasher is caught up in a raid at a notorious club known as one of the few places where humans and the surviving Luxen can mingle freely, she meets Luc, an unnaturally beautiful guy she initially assumes is a Luxen...but he is in fact something much more powerful...
  • Way of the Wolf by Lindsay Buroker

    Way of the Wolf by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    You can only escape your destiny for so long…It’s been more than twenty years since tragedy prompted Luna Valens to walk away from her pack.Scarred by her past, she’s done her best to lead a normal human life. Thanks to a potion that suppresses her magic, nobody around her has a clue that she’s a werewolf...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  magic  humor  urban  female-mc  alpha-mc  suspense  romance
  • The Mane Attraction by Shelly Laurenston

    The Mane Attraction by Shelly Laurenston

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Even the king of the beasts can find himself unexpectedly tamed by the right woman. Weddings have the strangest effect on people. Exhibit 1: Sissy Mae waking up in Mitch Shaw's bed the morning after her brother Bobby Ray's nuptials. Exhibit 2: the gunmen trying to kill Mitch. Exhibit 3: Sissy Mae escorting a bleeding yet sexy lion shifter to her Tennessee Pack's turf for safe keeping...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  crime  drama  female-mc  friendship  humor  magic  paranormal
  • Through the Zombie Glass by Gena Showalter

    Through the Zombie Glass by Gena Showalter

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Zombies stalk the night.Forget blood and brains. These monsters hunger for human souls.Sadly, they've got mine...Alice Bell has lost so much. Family. Friends. A home. She thought she had nothing else to give. She was wrong.After a new zombie attack, strange things begin to happen to her. Mirrors come to life, and the whispers of the dead assault her ears...
  • Silver Silence by Nalini Singh

    Silver Silence by Nalini Singh

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    NYT bestselling author Nalini Singh returns to her extraordinary Psy-Changeling world with a story of wild passion and darkest betrayal . . . Control. Precision. Family. These are the principles that drive Silver Mercant...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  crime  drama  female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal  psychics
  • Duncan by D.B. Reynolds

    Duncan by D.B. Reynolds

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Washington, D.C. … capital of an empire. Powerful. Exhilarating. Corrupt. And in the shadows … vampires far older than the nation itself.A power unto himself, Duncan has served at Raphael’s side for a hundred and fifty years. But long laid plans have finally borne fruit, and the time has come for Duncan to leave Raphael and tackle the greatest challenge of his life...
  • Building From Ashes by Elizabeth Hunter

    Building From Ashes by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Power, passion, and politics collide in an Elemental World that is ruled by the ancients.For a thousand years, earth vampire Carwyn ap Bryn has sacrificed for the good of others: God, his family, his friends. But tragedy rips his world apart, causing him to question everything about his eternity...
  • Bold Mercy by Laken Cane

    Bold Mercy by Laken Cane

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    It's hard to concentrate on work when you've just moon-shifted with your alpha...But the council that recruited me doesn't waste any time handing me my first assignment--and it just happens to be personal to me.I have to slay the warped evil that is Avis Vine--a human servant so twisted and changed by her former master's bad blood magic that she's no longer really human...
  • Heart of Fire by Lisa Edmonds

    Heart of Fire by Lisa Edmonds

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Join Alice. Private Investigator of the Supernatural. It has been a rough month for mage private investigator Alice Worth. Alice hasn’t had a decent night’s sleep in weeks, her relationship with werewolf Sean Maclin is on the rocks, a federal agent hounds her every step, and a powerful vampire whose ulterior motives have ulterior motives watches her every move...
  • Dark Debt by Chloe Neill

    Dark Debt by Chloe Neill

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    A vampire never gets old. But neither do his enemies. When a figure from Ethan's dark past makes a splashy debut in Chicago, Merit and her Master don't know whether he's friend or foe. But they'll have to figure out soon, because trouble is brewing in the Windy City...
  • Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 53 ratings
    Starting over sucks.When we moved to West Virginia right before my senior year, I'd pretty much resigned myself to thick accents, dodgy internet access, and a whole lot of boring...until I spotted my hot neighbor, with his looming height and eerie green eyes. Things were looking up. And then he opened his mouth. Daemon is infuriating. Arrogant. Stab-worthy. We do not get along. At all...
  • Missing You by Meg Cabot

    Missing You by Meg Cabot

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Good-bye, Lightning GirlEver since a walk home on a particularly stormy day, Jessica Mastriani has had an ability like no other. She became known worldwide as Lightning Girl--a psychic who could find the location of anyone, dead or alive. Jess finally had no choice but to embrace her newfound talent, and ended up lending her skills to the U.S. government...
  • Blood Games by Chloe Neill

    Blood Games by Chloe Neill

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    While Merit didn’t choose to become a vampire or Sentinel of Cadogan House, she vowed to fight for her House and its Master, and she’s managed to forge strong alliances with powerful supernaturals across Chicago. But even though Merit has had wild adventures, this may be her deadliest yet...A killer is stalking Chicago, preying on humans and leaving his victims with magical souvenirs...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  crime  drama  female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal  suspense
  • Midnight Marked by Chloe Neill

    Midnight Marked by Chloe Neill

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    As the Chicagoland Vampires series continues, Merit and Ethan find themselves in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse, where winning may require the ultimate sacrifice... A vampire’s grudges don’t stay dead long... Merit is one of Chicago's most skilled vampire warriors; these days, she doesn't scare easily...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  crime  drama  female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal  psychics
  • Scorched Heart by Helen Harper

    Scorched Heart by Helen Harper

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    My parents were brutally murdered when I was five years old. Their killer has spent the last twenty five years in prison for his terrible crimes - but I still have unanswered questions. After all, I am the phoenix. When I die, I am reborn in fire and brimstone. It happens again and again and again. I have no idea where my strange ability came from and nobody to ask...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  crime  drama  female-mc  magic  paranormal  suspense  urban
  • Black Widow by Jennifer Estep

    Black Widow by Jennifer Estep

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    There’s nothing worse than a cruel, cunning enemy with time to kill—and my murder to plan.With wicked Fire elemental Mab Monroe long gone, you’d think I could finally catch a break. But someone’s always trying to take me down, either as Gin Blanco or my assassin alter-ago. Now along comes the Spider’s new arch-nemesis, the mysteriously named M. M...
  • Diamond Fire by Ilona Andrews

    Diamond Fire by Ilona Andrews

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    Nevada Frida Baylor and Connor Ander Rogan cordially invite you to join their wedding celebration.Summoning, weather manipulation, and other magical activities strictly forbidden.Catalina Baylor is looking forward to wearing her maid-of-honor dress and watching her older sister walk down the aisle...
  • Midnight's Emissary by T.A. White

    Midnight's Emissary by T.A. White

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Aileen has a few rules for her life. Do her job and go home safe. Keep the supernatural world away from her human family. Stay off the vampire radar. And, above all, don’t get involved in spook politics...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  crime  female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal  suspense  urban
  • Bone Driven by Hailey Edwards

    Bone Driven by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The bayou is burning, the battle is just beginning - and Luce Boudreau is smack in the middle of no-man's land . . . Life as a cop in Canton Town, Mississippi, is never dull - particularly when hiding deep within you is a demon bent on the apocalypse...
  • Deadly Little Lessons by Laurie Faria Stolarz

    Deadly Little Lessons by Laurie Faria Stolarz

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Camelia Hammond's trying junior year of high school is finally over...but her troubles aren't. After she discovers a painful truth about her family, she escapes to a summer arts program in Rhode Island. Determined to put family - and boyfriend - drama behind her, she throws herself into her artwork.At the arts school, she gets caught up in the case of Sasha Beckerman, a local girl who is missing...
  • Grave Mistake by Kate Allenton

    Grave Mistake by Kate Allenton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Psychic Ryley St. James has a million problems, but a haunted house isn’t one of them.Until now.When a woman is attacked in a haunted house and sent to the hospital fighting for her life, her powerful fiancé blackmails Ryley into uncovering the deadly secrets hidden on the property.The house reeks of ill warnings and bad tidings. This isn’t what Ryley calls a typical haunting...
  • Wild Things by Chloe Neill

    Wild Things by Chloe Neill

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Since Merit was turned into a vampire, and the protector of Chicago’s Cadogan House, it’s been a wild ride. She and Master vampire Ethan Sullivan have helped make Cadogan’s vampires the strongest in North America, and forged ties with paranormal folk of all breeds and creeds, living or dead…or both. But now those alliances are about to be tested...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  crime  drama  female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal  suspense
  • Infernal Enchantment by Helen Harper

    Infernal Enchantment by Helen Harper

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    A gruesome case of grave robbing lands on Detective Constable Emma Bellamy's desk. But is there more to it than meets the eye?Being the sole police detective in London's Supernatural Squad is no easy task. I have to navigate my way through a world teeming with supernatural creatures, from vampires to werewolves and everything else in between...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  crime  drama  female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal  suspense
  • Suddenly Psychic by Elizabeth Hunter

    Suddenly Psychic by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Every woman goes through changes in their forties. Just not… these changes.Robin Brannon was a normal wife, mom, and antique shop owner until a brush with death turned her day-to-day life upside down. Now she and her two best friends are seeing things that belong in a fantasy novel. Ghosts. Visions. Omens of doom. Nothing that belongs in the peaceful mountain town they call home...
  • Split Second by Kasie West

    Split Second by Kasie West

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Life can change in a split second.Addie hardly recognizes her life since her parents divorced. Her boyfriend used her. Her best friend betrayed her. She can’t believe this is the future she chose. On top of that, her ability is acting up. She’s always been able to Search the future when presented with a choice. Now she can manipulate and slow down time, too... but not without a price...
  • Trial by Fire by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    Trial by Fire by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    There can only be one alpha.  Bryn is finally settling into her position as alpha of the Cedar Ridge Pack—or at least, her own version of what it means to be alpha when you’re a human leading a band of werewolves. Then she finds a teenage boy bleeding on her front porch. Before collapsing, he tells her his name is Lucas, he’s a Were, and Bryn’s protection is his only hope...
  • Biting Bad by Chloe Neill

    Biting Bad by Chloe Neill

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Merit has been a vampire for only a short while, but she's already seen a lifetime's worth of trouble. She and her Master, centuries-old Ethan Sullivan, have risked their lives time and again to save the city they love. But not all of Chicago is loving them back.Anti-vampire riots are erupting all over town, striking vampires where it hurts the most...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  crime  drama  female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal  suspense
  • Spider’s Revenge by Jennifer Estep

    Spider’s Revenge by Jennifer Estep

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Old habits die hard. And I plan on mur­der­ing some­one before the night is through.Killing used to be my reg­u­lar gig, after all. Gin Blanco, aka the Spi­der, assassin-for-hire. And I was very good at it. Now, I’m ready to make the one hit that truly mat­ters: Mab Mon­roe, the dan­ger­ous Fire ele­men­tal who mur­dered my fam­ily when I was thir­teen...
  • Magic for a Price by Devon Monk

    Magic for a Price by Devon Monk

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    For most of her life, Allison Beckstrom has used magic and accepted the heavy price it exacts. But now that all magic is poisoned, it’s no longer just using people—it’s killing them.With Portland about to descend into chaos, Allie needs to find a way to purify the wells of tainted magic beneath the city...
  • Darkest Hour by Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot

    Darkest Hour by Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    What - or who - is buried in Susannah's backyard?When the nineteenth-century ghost of Maria de Silva wakes her up in the middle of the night, Suze knows this is no ordinary visitation - and not just from the knife at her throat, either. In life, Maria was the fiancée of Jesse - the same Jesse who was murdered a hundred and fifty years before. The same Jesse Suze is in love with...
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