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Mentored in Fire by K.F. Breene
Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAfter a life of hiding and laying low so as not to end up trapped in the Underwold, that's exactly where Reagan finds herself.It could be worse, though. She could've had a hostile father as her jailor instead of a man eager to teach her magic. She might've been trapped with someone other than the steadfast Druid... -
Midlife Witch Hunter by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsGran used to say that a strong woman looks a challenge in the eye and gives it a wink. To be sure, flirting with challenges is a terrible idea. Ask me how I know.All Bree really wants is to bury her head in the sand, somewhere in the south of France while a hot pool boy rubs lotion on her back...Categorized as:
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Wyvern's Lair by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe odds are stacked against her as she faces her greatest challenge yet… But that's nothing new in her world. The fifth in the plot twisting, heart pounding, magic-riddled, USA Today bestselling Desert Cursed series. I thought I had the next steps in my journey plotted out... -
Den of Thieves by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIn a world where supernaturals and humans are separated by walls, there is magic to be magicked and quests that still need questing. Yes, quest as a verb.I, Zamira “Reckless” Wilson, thought I had done my part. With a little help from those I love, we stopped the bad guys from mucking up our side of the wall. We won the battle and were left standing on this side of the dirt... -
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A Culling Tide by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsYe screw with this lass, ye get put on yer ass.The world is about to tilt on its axis. Good versus Evil. Light versus Dark. There’s a balance to the world's alignment and every thousand years the Earth Realm, the Fae Realm, and the Spirit Realm collide, igniting a period of rebalancing.The Culling...Categorized as:
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Secrets of the Sword III by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsI’m Val Thorvald, tough butt-kicking assassin and soon-to-be wife of Lord Zavryd'nokquetal. He’s a dragon from another world, and he’s haughty, arrogant, and has horrible taste in footwear, but I love him. Our wedding is going to be amazing.At least… I’d like to think so... -
Oracle's Haunt by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe fourth installment of the best selling "Desert Cursed Series". Hope is a four letter word. Yet, I can’t help but hope that the Oracle will be the answer to what I seek.But getting to the Oracle is no small thing as she resides in the center of the Blasted lands—toxic waste, lava, and monsters. And as the alpha of our Pride, it’s up to me to act responsibly and not get my people all killed... -
Rogue Alpha by K.N. Banet
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe world knows me as Jacqueline, daughter of Hasan, the werecat that fell in love with a werewolf. I prefer Jacky Leon and I knew what I was getting into when I allowed myself to fall in love with Heath Everson.We’re standing against centuries of animosity between the two species and it’s a dangerous place to be... -
Broken Skies by Veronica Douglas, Linsey Hall
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI must risk everything.I’ve become what I feared most, and a demon is hunting me for my power. He’s opened a portal to the underworld, and I’m the last piece in his puzzle. If he captures me, he’ll use my magic to desolate the world.The only person who can help me is Damian Malek, a cursed angel. He’s sexy, powerful, and ruthless, and we can’t seem to stay apart...Categorized as:
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Kingdom of Storms by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsLooking to rescue dragon hatchlings? Check. Piss off a demon in the process? Check. Have my mate stolen by a raging psycho who wants his babies? Damn . . . .I, Zamira “Reckless” Wilson, do solemnly swear I wanted a vacation from trouble. The problem is, trouble did not want a vacation from me or those that I love... -
A Fated Bond by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsMagic, dragons, elves, and vampires are my new normal. At any point, I might get attacked by an angry book, be on the shit-list for forgetting to hook up my battle bear’s keg, or get called to investigate a gruesome magical murder.And how cool is that?Well… the investigating part, not so much the murder... -
A God’s Mistake by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWe all make mistakes, but for most of us we die and they’re forgotten—not so if you’re immortal.For gods and immortals, grudges live forever.One moment of poor judgment, a lack of understanding, or simply being oblivious to what’s going on around you can elevate you to the top of someone’s to-do list.Be careful who you piss off...Categorized as:
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Driven by Destiny by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsArwen Forester is on a quest to remove her dark-elven tattoo and get her mother’s evil people out of her life forever. The last thing she wants is for them to magically manipulate her into betraying Azerdash Starblade, the half-dragon refugee she has feelings for... -
Magical Moxie (Midlife Witchery, #10) by Brenda Trim
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Dark One, Blood Magic, and a goddess with a vendetta are all in a day's work for the Backside of Forty. And they pale in comparison to being the single mom of a dragon baby.The magical world doesn't believe in maternity leave. As soon as my baby arrives the Dark One doubles her efforts to steal enough power to become a goddess... -
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Between Kings by W.R. Gingell
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsG’day. I’m Pet. Heirling. Biter of fae lords. Trouble.I have a lot of names these days—including my own, real name. Unfortunately for me, someone else knows that name too; not to mention the names of my other heirling friends. Now those heirling friends have disappeared, stolen by the current King Behind for a fight to the death where only one contender to the throne remains... -
Rise of the Fae by Linsey Hall
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDarkness rises. But so do I. The false queen has taken everything from me. My throne, my people, and worst of all, my mate. Her dark curse has stolen Tarron’s mind and compels him to try kill me.I’ll do anything to cure him and stop her. When a prophecy tells me to go find the Dragon Bloods, I know I’ll be walking into a deadly situation. It won’t stop me... -
Kiss of the Dragon by Nicola Claire
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"You do realise," he whispered, his hand reaching up to brush my hair from my face. He began twining a strand around one of his fingers. "That you are my most magnificent obsession." Magnificent obsession. I think I liked that. I certainly understood it. He was mine too.The explosive conclusion to the Kindred Series... -
Rebel Vampire by Brogan Thomas, Poppy Royana
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey warned her to be more careful. If she’d listened, she wouldn’t be staring down the ultimate betrayal. Tru Dennison won’t be burned again. Still reeling from her angel mentor breaking her heart, the half-vampire, half-unicorn shifter greets everyone with suspicion... -
Lynchpin by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMy name is Alex, and I am a werewolf. As a boy, I was trapped halfway between human and wolf. Rylee rescued me and I became the first outcast to join her pack. In the Battle Against Orion, I sacrificed my life for hers and became the pillar which holds the Veil separating the human world and the supernatural world, closed...Categorized as:
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Ashe by E.L. Todd
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCora's visit with the elves proves to be more than she bargained for. She learns her parentage, but it's the last thing she ever expected to hear. She came to the elves for help to defeat King Lux, to free the dragons still trapped in captivity, but she discovers a timeless place, where outside matters mean nothing... -
Bam's Ever by Sandra R. Neeley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBramley, Bam, as he’s known to his friends and family is a Bear shifter. He’s also a healer. He senses things about others and the world around him, but he can’t get a sense of what’s right for himself. He’s always known he wasn’t enough for a Mate. And he’d accepted it; until her. The female that would have been his Mate, had he been born worthy of one... -
Accepted by Renée Jaggér, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJulie barely made it out of the sewers alive, and her Yeti woes aren’t over yet.The IA investigation into the incursion at OPMA HQ bring Julie into contact with a trio of paras whose snark is only outmatched by their desire to meddle in Julie’s life... -
Holidays with Hades by Brenda Trim
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHades visits Camden, Maine for the holidays... -
Secrets of the Sword I by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsAfter helping my steady dragon Zav with his family problems, I thought life would get back to normal. As normal as it can be when you’re a hit woman responsible for hunting down bad guys.That was before a strange artifact showed up in a bog and turned my ancient dwarven sword into a magical beacon. Now my enemies can sense it from hundreds of miles away... -
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Wickedly They Dance by May Sage
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe world has learned to fear vampires and forgotten a greater threat. Before the bloodsuckers rose, the gods had perfected one race of predators. And they’ve chosen their prey. Avani was raised in another pack, another world, away from the secluded werewolves of Oldcrest. But the shadow that has followed her every step since her first shift has forced her into exile... -
The Revived by A.M. Sohma
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsKit is back. And she’s still stuck playing her ridiculous elf dancer character. After leading a group out of the full submersion video game, Chronicles of Retha, Kit knew she couldn’t leave the remaining players to suffer their fate alone. So she returned to the game with the goal to get everyone out. Solus Miles has always preferred solo playing, but Kit’s return changes everything... -
Footwizard by Terry Mancour
Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Search For Answers In The Lost Land Of Anghysbel!After winning two wars against the Nemovorti in six months, Minalan plans an expedition over the summer to the Lost Valley of Anghysbel, in the far north of his realm, in the caldera of a super volcano at the edge of the tundra. There, he suspects, many of the answers he so desperately need might be hidden... -
A Gilded Cage by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsYe screw with this lass, ye get put on yer ass.Life sucker-punched me...I have family I didn’t know about, a magical heritage laying its claim, and a mystery I apparently need to solve.There are three things I love most in life…my wild and crazy Irish family, Redbreast Whiskey at Shenanigans, and living in Toronto... -
A Faerie's Revenge by Rachel Morgan
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSecrets define her past… Dangerous visions threaten her future… Framed for a crime she didn’t commit… Whom can she... -
After the Fall ( by Elle Casey
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis is an alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B009JT9XXI.NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR, ELLE CASEY, brings readers Book 5 in the YA Urban Fantasy WAR OF THE FAE Series. [Formerly titled Clash of the Otherworlds, Book 1] The Light and Dark Fae have come together, a tenuous peace formed at the urging of the Overworld... -
Soul of the Pack by Lola Glass
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsALONE. POWERLESS. HUMAN.Tendira is a world of beastly shifters and deadly animals… except me.The Human Queen.When my home is taken over by an angry pack who wants me dead, I'm forced to run, so I go to the one place my attackers won't dare follow:The Blood Lands.But the Blood Alpha watches his territory more closely than I imagined. His people catch me, and drag me to their pack's capitol... -
Marked by Magic by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsArwen Forester may be a socially awkward introvert, but she’s an expert tracker, archer, and forager who has a pickling recipe for every vegetable in the garden. Unfortunately, none of these skills earn her a lot of money. And when the taxes go up on her father’s farm, she’s not sure how to help him keep the property... -
Alex by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 17 ratings"My name is Rylee, and I am a Tracker."But this isn't Rylee's story. It's mine. Before I lost my ability to think like an adult. Before my body became stuck between wolf and human. Before I knew the supernatural and Rylee even existed. This is the last of what I remember before becoming a werewolf. . . .this is the last of what's important to me. And the moments I fought so hard to hang on to... -
Rule of Magic by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThere are some on our planet who believe you can't handle the truth, so the truth has been hidden for millennia. The only problem is the truth is coming back… Early. And Magic is Real.Leira Berens is still in search of the powerful Oriceran necklace as the mystery surrounding Rhazdon continues to unfold...Categorized as:
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Entwined with the Dark by Nicola Claire
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat was wrong with me to antagonise a vampire of his standing to such a degree? I knew I had become too rebellious, too sure of my own place in this world. I was aware that Dark had been encroaching, that I played so often in its shadow I was losing sight of the sun, of my Light. There were times when I truly felt consumed in anger, for all that had happened, for all that I had suffered and lost... -
Cast in Wisdom by Michelle Sagara
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSOMETHING IS WAKINGThe fiefs that exist at the heart of the city of Elantra are home to sentient Towers that guard the world against the incursion of Shadow. But between the fiefs exists the gray world of the border zone. In it, geography changes between one passage across a border and the next. The rules of magic are different there—and yet somehow familiar to Kaylin Neya...Categorized as:
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Heritage by S.M. Boyce
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKara Magari isn't normal, even by Ourea's standards--and in a world of shape-shifters and soul stealers, that's saying something. To the royalty, she's a loose cannon. To the masses, she's a failure. But Kara doesn't have a home to go back to anymore. This war-torn world is all she has left, and she'll save it even if she dies trying... -
Glass Faerie by Rachel Morgan
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.Emerson Clarke: Sarcastic. Independent. Possibly losing her mind.Because that’s the only explanation for why she occasionally sees things that aren’t there, right? But one night, an impossible power erupts from her, and Em realizes the truth is crazier than she ever thought: she isn’t losing her mind; she’s magical...Categorized as:
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Elemental Soul by Phaedra Weldon
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTime is running out... It's the calm before the storm, and Sam knows Dionysus is coming for her. Spirit is the only way to defeat him—the one Element she hasn't mastered... -
DRAGON'S GAP #1-3 by L.M. Lacee
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsL.M. Lacee introduces her first omnibus edition in the popular Dragon's Gap Saga. This digital box set contains the first, second and third romantic adventures PLUS a bonus novella: Reighn & Sage's Story: Reighn had no idea when he woke one morning what the day was about to deliver...Categorized as:
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Cast in Conflict by Michelle Sagara
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsKeep your friends close, and your enemis closerA Dragon and ten Barrani wouldn’t be anyone’s ideal roommates if a person wants peace and tranquility at home. The residue of three Draco-Barrani wars can make things pretty awkward—on a good day. Kaylin Neya has run out of good days.In the upheaval surrounding the Academia, the Tower in the fief of Candallar is now without its lord... -
Jinxed by Rachel Rener
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI keep telling myself things could be worse.Okay, so my mom's been harboring some hefty family secrets. Big deal.And, yeah, maybe there are still two or three teensy details about Zayn that I don't know – his backstory, his private life, or his real name, for starters.Oh, and let's not forget that there's a bloodthirsty, power-hungry, magical mob boss who's due to appear at any moment. No biggie... -
Protection of Magic by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThere are some on our planet who believe you can't handle the truth, so the truth has been hidden for millennia. The only problem is the truth is coming back… Early. The magic has returned, but it’s not what Leira was expecting...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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Eternal Magic by Linsey Hall
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCass Clereaux has a few problems. Sure, she just saved her whole town and is now immortal, but immortality sucks. The same spell that made her immortal also takes away her magic. It’s kaput. Finito. Gone. Being a FireSoul and finding magical treasure is who she is. Now, she couldn’t find her left leg with a map. Not even if a dragon pointed the way... -
Institute of Magic by Linsey Hall
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhere winning means survival.According to legend, I’m supposed to be some kind of all-powerful DragonGod—gifted with the magic of gods. Instead, I’m a dud. In fact, I'm currently failing out of the Undercover Protectorate’s magical institute.It's the supernatural version of Scotland Yard, and I’ve got one chance left to earn my place here... -
Cast in Ruin by Michelle Sagara, Michelle Sagara West
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsSeven corpses are discovered in the streets of a Dragon's fief. All identical, down to their clothing.Kaylin Neya is assigned to discover who they were, who killed them—and why. Is the evil lurking at the borders of Elantra preparing to cross over?At least the investigation delays her meeting with the Dragon Emperor... -
Cast in Flight by Michelle Sagara
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Michelle Sagara returns to the city of Elantra with a thrilling tale rife with ancient magic, assassination attempts and political intrigue. Private Kaylin Neya already has Dragons and Barrani as roommates. Adding one injured, flightless Aerian to her household should be trivial... -
Cast in Flame by Michelle Sagara
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAny day that starts with dragon arguments is going to be bad Kaylin returned from the West March in one piece. Now that piece is fraying. She's not at home in the Imperial Palace—and she never intends to be. All she wants is normal garden-variety criminals and a place of her own. Of course, normal in her new life involves a dragon as a roommate, but she can handle that... -
Steel Dragon 4 by Kevin McLaughlin, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe mages push Earth closer to a war that no one can win. Kristen and her team are all that stands between them and the utter annihilation of everyone she loves.But the mages may not be the worst threat she has to face! In the shadows, someone lurks, manipulating others for his own gain.The Mage assassins are no longer content to hide in the shadows...Categorized as:
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