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  • Ascension Day by Vanessa Nelson

    Ascension Day by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Caught in the middle of two powerful forces, can Thea find a way to survive?The Archon has ordered a day of celebration to mark her ascension to power. While most people in the city are looking forward to a day off and an excuse to drink and eat too much, Thea and the rest of the city's Watch are on high alert...
  • Grimalkins Don't Purr by Kim McDougall

    Grimalkins Don't Purr by Kim McDougall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Kyra Greene is out of this world—literally. Jacoby, her fire dervish has been lost in the Nether for weeks. Only Kyra can save him, but not without help from her estranged father. The problem is, Daddy is dead. His spirit now rests in a Life Tree whose roots pierce the veil between worlds. Join Kyra on a new adventure with her band of misfit creatures...
  • The Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan

    The Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 69 ratings
    Magnus Chase, a once-homeless teen, is a resident of the Hotel Valhalla and one of Odin's chosen warriors. As the son of Frey, the god of summer, fertility, and health, Magnus isn't naturally inclined to fighting...
  • The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan

    The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 69 ratings
    "Magnus Chase, you nearly started Ragnarok. What are you going to do next?"It's been six weeks since Magnus and his friends returned from defeating Fenris Wolf and the fire giants. Magnus has adjusted to life at the Hotel Valhalla—as much as a once-homeless and previously alive kid can...
  • Chosen by Vanessa Nelson

    Chosen by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Demons on the loose. Ritual murders. An ancient vampire breathing down her neck.Some days Max just doesn't know where to start. The problems facing her city are piling up, and there seems no end or solution in sight.Max's job used to be dealing with supernatural creatures...
  • Paladin of the Spirit by Marvin Knight

    Paladin of the Spirit by Marvin Knight

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the depths of Hell, Darren grew strong. Now he's ready to return as he prepares to face down the man who killed his mother.The world thinks Darren is dead. Now is the perfect time for him to build his strength and prepare to wage war on the heavens themselves. To prepare to attack the heavens, he will destroy the hells...
  • Hunted by Vanessa Nelson

    Hunted by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Unsolved murders, supernatural creatures and civil unrest. Just another day.Problems keep piling up around Max. No sooner has she dealt with one set of supernatural creatures, than she's called to the city's mortuary to an unusual death. The city's most senior spiritual leader is also trying to get hold of her. On top of that, Bryce cancelled their date and hasn't been seen for days...
  • Invasion by K.F. Breene

    Invasion by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    The Hunter was not trained to admit defeat.With the title of Chosen secured, Shanti and Cayan must look to the next steps in ripping back their freedom from the most deadly tyrant in the land. Unfortunately, they aren't the only ones with an agenda.Without mental power to defend themselves, the Westwood Lands are trapped within their own walls...
  • Instinctual by Auryn Hadley

    Instinctual by Auryn Hadley

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    EVERY MAN WANTS HER. MANY WANT TO KILL HER.Good luck to them….In the second beautifully-crafted paranormal romance of this reverse harem epic fantasy series, author Auryn Hadley explores Sal’s gently-morphing relationship to the Black Blades—her comarades-in-arms and lovers (although very little is gentle about their mating)...
  • Seeing Red in Gretna Green by Linzi Day

    Seeing Red in Gretna Green by Linzi Day

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Have 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...
  • For Love of Evil by Auryn Hadley

    For Love of Evil by Auryn Hadley

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    four of them. Satan, Lucifer, Beelzebub, and Samyaza. I left everything behind to help change the world. My big plan was to fight back, to stand up for what I believed in. Instead, I'm useless. A failure. I thought we were supposed to be a united front. I thought my guys would be at my side for the rest of eternity. I thought we had something special...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  action-adventure  adult  angels  book  demons  dragons  fae
  • Magic's Price by Mercedes Lackey

    Magic's Price by Mercedes Lackey

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    The final chapter in Mercedes Lackey's spellbinding fantasy trilogy! The Herald-Mage, Vanyel, and his Companion, Yfandes, are alone responsible for saving the once-peaceful kingdom of Valdemar from the forces of a master who wields a dark, forbidding magic. And if either Vanyel or Yfandes falters, both Valdemar and its Herald-Mage must pay the ultimate price...
  • Stop at Nothing by Macy Blake

    Stop at Nothing by Macy Blake

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Series Finale With all of his mates assembled, Sawyer Smith should be ready for his own version of the end game. He must defeat the god of air and restore both of their broken magics to all of the realms. There’s only one problem: he still doesn’t know how to do it. HIs brother is a god and is raising the forces of darkness against Sawyer and his mates more quickly than he can mount a defense...
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    lgbtq  abuse  adult  age-gap  book  contemporary  dragons  fae
  • Blood Wyne by Yasmine Galenorn

    Blood Wyne by Yasmine Galenorn

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    We're the D'Artigo sisters: half-human, half-Fae, we're sexy, we're savvy and we just turned in our badges to the Otherworld Intelligence Agency. My sister Camille is a wicked good witch. Delilah's a werecat and blossoming Death Maiden. And as for me? I'm Menolly, acrobat extraordinaire turned vampire...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  wlw  action-adventure  audiobook  book  demons  dragons  fae
  • The First Sentinel by Jessamyn Kingley

    The First Sentinel by Jessamyn Kingley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Skeleton Lord Albrecht Daray spent nearly two thousand years trapped behind thick walls in a compound that tore away his memory. Now, the sentinels belong the Council of Sorcery and Shifters and Albrecht’s little more than a blackened set of bones struggling to find his place in this new world...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  abuse  adult  amnesia  assassins  book  dragons  family
  • Broken Prince by Jen Wylie

    Broken Prince by Jen Wylie

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sometimes, when you're broken, you can heal on your own. Sometimes, you need the help of your friends, your family, and the people you love. Keeping those pieces together when the world seems intent on ripping you apart is the greatest challenge of all. Especially when the ones you love, the ones who hold you together, start falling apart themselves...
  • Crown of Embers  (The Chosen) by Meg Anne

    Crown of Embers (The Chosen) by Meg Anne

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “If it’s a war she wants, I’ll damn well give her one.”Kiri Helena Solene may have gotten her Mate back, but that was just the beginning. The battle lines have been drawn and her nemesis has already struck the first blow.Surrounded by her Circle, Helena’s power continues to grow. However, this time power alone will not be enough...
  • Fates by C. Gockel

    Fates by C. Gockel

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Leader Who Rules Chaos, Rules the Realms… Two years ago Loki, God of Mischief and Chaos, destroyed a large chunk of Chicago’s financial district and then vanished into thin air. He still has not been found. Odin, ruler of the Nine Realms, is desperate. To find Loki, he sends his son Thor on a dangerous quest to consult the all-seeing Norns. But Thor needs humanity’s help..
  • Nothing Gained by Macy Blake

    Nothing Gained by Macy Blake

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sawyer Smith's life is a hot mess.Hot, because he's found six of his eight mates. To say things are heating up between them is putting it mildly.A mess, because he's the Chosen One, the son of a goddess with no powers of his own, tasked with fixing the broken magic in his world... and he has no clue how to do it...
  • Magic's Promise by Mercedes Lackey

    Magic's Promise by Mercedes Lackey

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    The wild magic is taking its toll on the land, and even Vanyel, the most powerful Herald-Mage to ever walk the world, is almost at the end of his strength. But when his Companion, Yfandes, receives a call for help from neighboring Lineas, both Herald-Mage and Companion are drawn into a holocaust of dark magic that could be the end of them both...
  • Nothing Ventured by Macy Blake

    Nothing Ventured by Macy Blake

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sawyer Smith is woefully unprepared for the dangers that come with being part of the supernatural world. As a magical null, he is human and vulnerable, even with the powerful, sexy guardians who have claimed him as their own. When a simple visit turns deadly, Sawyer’s mates take action and whisk him away to the clan of rich and powerful griffins...
  • Prince's Master by Alessandra Hazard

    Prince's Master by Alessandra Hazard

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    A prince and a villain incapable of love: it wasn't supposed to be a love story...Separated from his family after an assassination attempt, Prince Eridan is rescued by the reclusive Order of monks who control High Hronthar, an isolated school for telepaths...
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    lgbtq  adult  age-gap  aliens  alpha-mc  angst  anti-hero  book
  • Stone of Tears by Terry Goodkind

    Stone of Tears by Terry Goodkind

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 67 ratings
    In Wizard's First Rule, Richard Cypher's world was turned upside down. Once a simple woods guide, Richard was forced to become the Seeker of Truth, to save the world from the vile dominance of Darken Rahl, the most viciously savage and powerful wizard the world had ever seen...
  • Smash & Grab by Maz Maddox

    Smash & Grab by Maz Maddox

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    My standard issued lab badge reads 'Simon' but it really should say 'unexciting nerd with no social life'Don't get me wrong -- I love what I do with a passion, but it doesn't leave a lot of time for much else.Especially romance.While chipping away at my work, I'm suddenly the person between hired cartel muscle and the fossil that will define my career.Which isn't the most insane part of the story...
  • Resurrection of the Fallen by Jessamyn Kingley

    Resurrection of the Fallen by Jessamyn Kingley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Reverent Knight Drystan Kempe has no use for the rumors that have swirled around him for the past two centuries. There is no way he could be the former emperor of the dragons. All they share is a common name. After all, Emperor Drystan had a love that has become legendary since his death and the fallen knight Drystan is very much alone...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  adult  book  dragons  family  fiction  historical  magic
  • Rise of the Lich Sentinel by Jessamyn Kingley

    Rise of the Lich Sentinel by Jessamyn Kingley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Swamped with guilt over nearly every decision he’s ever made, Arch Lich Chander Daray spends all his time escaping into books and keeping too busy to think. The last thing he wants is to find his other half. In pursuit of freedom for their people Gavrael and Gedeon D’Vaire ask him for help and Chander is happy to oblige...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  adult  assassins  book  demons  dragons  family  fated-mates
  • Fall of the Arch Lich by Jessamyn Kingley

    Fall of the Arch Lich by Jessamyn Kingley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Months after his mate broke his heart, Lich Sentinel Alaric is doing his best to put the pieces back together. His sentinels now belong to the Council of Sorcery and Shifters but it means little as the necromancers are determined to fight their freedom every step of the way. Their leader, Arch Lich Chander Daray, is the one person Alaric avoids at all costs...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  adult  assassins  book  demons  dragons  family  fated-mates
  • Empire Builder by Dante King

    Empire Builder by Dante King

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Breed, Populate, ConquerWhen Benjamin's latest conquest revealed herself to be from another world, he couldn't believe it. But her crazy revelations didn't stop there. She said that Benjamin was the reincarnation of the Forgotten Ruler, a supreme being with an empire that once spanned an entire continent...
  • Her Sinful Saints by Ginna Moran

    Her Sinful Saints by Ginna Moran

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I didn’t think life could get any worse. Once you’ve gone to Hell, things should only look up, right? Wrong. Looking up is figuratively where my enemies wait to smite me. The angelic army might have stopped Hell from creating another level, but it’s not over. They haven’t won.And now they know it...
  • Elder Bonds by Lexi C. Foss

    Elder Bonds by Lexi C. Foss

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Everything from how the Elders met, to Balthazar’s version of an engagement party…Alik: No. I’m not participating in this nonsense.Balthazar: It’s about damn time. And ignore Alik. He’ll be tagging along for the ride. Pun intended.Eli: Ah, memories. How I miss being among the living.Jayson: Oh f*ck. I hope Lizzie never reads this.Lucian: Will there be waffles in Brazil?Balthazar: Yes. And sex...
  • Stars May Burn by Alice Ivinya

    Stars May Burn by Alice Ivinya

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Some stars shine. Others cause the world to burn.With Lady Sophie’s husband still warm in his grave, and her reputation stained from being unable to produce an heir, the last thing she expects is her father to arrange a rushed wedding. The groom is none other than General Kasten, the illegitimate son of the King.The same man who is feared and hated by the entire realm...
  • Black Blades by Ginn Hale

    Black Blades by Ginn Hale

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Kahlil balances his loyalty to the Bousim house against the revelations of his past. Blood will be shed one-way or the other. While in the heights of Rathal’pesha, John adapts to the hardships of a warrior-priest’s life and secretly searches for anything that will return him and his friends back home...
  • Herald of Shalia by Tamryn Tamer

    Herald of Shalia by Tamryn Tamer

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A village full of gorgeous elves desperate to be loved? There had to be a catch. Sebastian Frost’s most recent memory was waking up in a field naked, in a body that wasn’t his own, in a world that definitely wasn’t his own, and three stunning pointy-eared women staring right at him. He also remembered hair as white as starlight, eyes like amethysts, and the name Shalia...
  • Temple of the Winds by Terry Goodkind

    Temple of the Winds by Terry Goodkind

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    Everything Richard Rahl has learned will be for naught as the ruthless Emperor Jagang returns with his vast legions...heralded by a mystical plague that kills innocents in the thousands.Richard must now challenge the undefeatable: the magic that thwarts magic, sealed away for three thousand years in the Temple of Winds...
  • Twisted is the Crown by Kel Carpenter

    Twisted is the Crown by Kel Carpenter

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Quinn Darkova made a vow from the very beginning.And now she’s home.For revenge . . .Except N’skara isn’t the same as it was ten years ago, and the person she came for is nowhere to be found. After being taken ashore by armed guards of the same Council they came to sway, Quinn knows it’s up to her to uncover the truth about what really happened, while seeking the retribution owed to her...
  • Her Darkest Devils by Ginna Moran

    Her Darkest Devils by Ginna Moran

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I had no idea how much I wanted to take Purgatory's throne and rule Hell with the Seven Sinners. Too bad the most notorious devil would prefer to rule alone.If only that was the worst of it. My soulmate’s health declines, and I must kill him to guide his soul to Hell and help him take his throne. How can I murder the one who is responsible for my angel-kissed soul? I don’t have a choice, though...
  • In Despair by Megan Derr

    In Despair by Megan Derr

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Prince Telmé Guldbrandsen has been groomed since childhood to become a Prince of the Blood and Commander of the Legion. He will be the youngest person to ever take the Blooding—if he can behave long enough to prove he can be trusted with the responsibility...
  • Lullaby Scars by Hollee Mands

    Lullaby Scars by Hollee Mands

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s the only man she’s ever wanted. She’s everything he can never have.Killian’s scars are all people see, but with his wretched past, he doesn’t want them to look closer. He resigned himself long ago to living as an indentured slave to a powerful and capricious high mage—until a chance meeting with a temptress outside a brothel teaches him to want…If only he hadn’t asked her price for the night...
  • To Catch a Prince by May Sage

    To Catch a Prince by May Sage

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A power has risen in the lands, a dark shadow no one seems to understand. As the newest Enchantress, Talia knows her duty lies in finding it. But she’s failed the bonds of blood once, looking away as her sister was continuously abused; she can’t leave while she can be of use to her. Especially since she may never come back...
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    sword-sorcery  adult  aliens  audiobook  book  dragons  epic  fae
  • Boys Over Powers by Lidiya Foxglove

    Boys Over Powers by Lidiya Foxglove

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    They took my powers from me--for my own good, so they said--and told me not to come back to Merlin College. But you can't get rid of me that easily. After all, I still have the boys on my side. My foxy familiar Firian, tempting incubus Alec, and sexy vampire Montague--and we have an awesome summer planned in Florida. Part of the plan? Trying to get myself enrolled in a rival witch college...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  audiobook  book  dark-academia  demons  fae  fiction  ghosts
  • Blessed be the Wicked by Kel Carpenter

    Blessed be the Wicked by Kel Carpenter

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Some will try to trap her in hopes of harnessing her dark power. Others will seek to end her, deeming it too terrible to risk.In the end, he will destroy them all—because Quinn is his weapon, and he plans to keep it that way...
  • Champion's Trial by J.J. Bookerson

    Champion's Trial by J.J. Bookerson

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Delving dungeons by day, relaxing with cute monster girls at night.When a God of War barged into his apartment, Jake had no idea what to expect... but it wasn't being forced into a never-ending war against evil invaders, or that the battle would strangely resemble the MMORPG games he loved...
  • Her Twisted Sinners by Ginna Moran

    Her Twisted Sinners by Ginna Moran

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Purgatory is mine. I'll do whatever it takes to ensure humanity finds the balance it deserves. With the seven sinners and the most notorious devil by my side, we can change the world. No, not only the world. The entire universe. We have to. Our futures depend on it. The angelic army plans to reset everything, bringing on the End of Times. I refuse to let such a thing happen...
  • Blood of the Fold by Terry Goodkind

    Blood of the Fold by Terry Goodkind

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 59 ratings
    There is an alternate cover edition here.Richard comes to terms with his true identity as a War Wizard. The New World, and all the freedom of humankind, is under threat from the Imperial Order after he had brought down the barrier between the Old and New World. The Imperial Order has already sent delegations and armies into the New World...
  • Heart of Ice by K.M. Shea

    Heart of Ice by K.M. Shea

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Rakel, a princess by birth, has spent most of her life exiled on a barren mountain, despised because of her powerful snow magic. Though she longs to be accepted, she hides in her ice-castle and lives with the fear that her brother—the King—will one day order her execution...
  • All or Nothing by Macy Blake

    All or Nothing by Macy Blake

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Have You Been Chosen?Sawyer Smith is preparing to take on the world, and with his graduate degree only days away, he’s hoping to convince his gorgeous best friend and neighbor to come along for the ride. There’s only one problem; Draco has a secret, a big scaly secret, and it’s about to change Sawyer’s life forever...
  • A Hellish Year One by Eva Brandt

    A Hellish Year One by Eva Brandt

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Abandon all hope, ye who enter here. The Academy of the Devil is waiting, and there will be no mercy. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been the girl who didn’t fit in, the girl who collapsed in the middle of class, just because my brain decided to turn on me. I can’t really complain, though. We don’t live in the Middle Ages, so I have yet to be subjected to an exorcism...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  abuse  adult  angels  audiobook  book  cruel-mc  dark
  • Frostbound Throne: Song of Heaven and Ice by May Sage

    Frostbound Throne: Song of Heaven and Ice by May Sage

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Devi holds the power of all elements in her grasp. Vale can manipulate the minds of those who oppose him. They won’t be enough. The bastard son of the last overking has moved to take the throne ruling over the entire Isle, and no army, no power can hope to win against his forces. They have but one option: claim the frostbound throne...
    Categorized as:
    sword-sorcery  adult  aliens  audiobook  book  epic  fae  fated-mates
  • Inevitable by Lyra Cole

    Inevitable by Lyra Cole

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Indie the Ignominious. Midas the Mighty.The secret is out: fated mates.I’m theirs, they’re mine. So why is everything so hard?I thought I overcame my worst fear in admitting that I’d fallen for them. Midas Pack is on my side, but the safety their scent promises seems miles away.Between feral alphas, restrictive Coalition laws, and our inescapable pasts, everything seems determined to come between...
  • Vengeance From The Dark by Jessamyn Kingley

    Vengeance From The Dark by Jessamyn Kingley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A thousand years. That’s how long Chieftain Lorcan of the Acwellan has waited to have his vengeance. At last his mate has distanced himself from the sanctity of the magic stealing stones the Cwylld elves are notorious for and finally Lorcan can end his miserable life...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  abuse  adult  amnesia  book  contemporary  demons  dragons
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