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  • Battle With Fire by K.F. Breene

    Battle With Fire by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    The final book in the Demon Days, Vampire Nights Series!With Lucifer wanting revenge and the elves desperate to hold onto their power, a battle is inevitable.The question is, which side will Reagan choose? The elves have treated her and her friends badly. Lucifer held her captive...
  • Mentored in Fire by K.F. Breene

    Mentored in Fire by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    After 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...
  • My Salvation by Alanea Alder

    My Salvation by Alanea Alder

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Priest Vi’Aerdan wants nothing more than for his mate to be safe, but nightmares plague him with images of her being torn to shreds. Despite consulting Meryn, his anxiety persists. He remembers the helplessness associated with his failure to help his unit brothers when they were trapped in the caves of Noctem Falls...
  • My One and Only by Alanea Alder

    My One and Only by Alanea Alder

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Micah has spent so many centuries hiding who he is that he’s forgotten how to be himself, and despite always being there for others, he finds it impossible to ask for help. As weeks of sleepless nights catch up with him, he faces the fact that he needs his unit brothers no more than ever. Living in Storm Keep with mixed blood, Serenity fought for everything she has...
  • Refuge by Karen Lynch

    Refuge by Karen Lynch

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    To keep the people she loved safe, Sara left everything she knew behind. She soon learns this new world is nothing like her old one, and she struggles to make a place for herself among the Mohiri. But it soon becomes apparent to Sara and to everyone one around her that she is not your typical warrior...
  • Million Dollar Demon by Kim Harrison

    Million Dollar Demon by Kim Harrison

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    To save the city, Rachel Morgan will need to show some teeth in the next Hollows novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison.The new master vampire of Cincinnati has arrived . . . and she wants Rachel Morgan out...
  • The Aether Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The Aether Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My magic, my rules.I’m the Aether Witch.And I’m done playing this game. We’re running blind toward a target we can’t see. Everything I love is on the line. My magic. My family. My Coven. Tennessee. I’ll lose it all at the strike of midnight on Samhain if I don’t put the pieces of this puzzle together.Salem’s Prophecy says the fate of the world lies on mine and my twin’s hands...
  • Steal the Night by Lexi Blake

    Steal the Night by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She was born to be a thief. To save the world, she will have to become a queen…Zoey Donovan-Quinn is growing restless. After months of searching, her crew hasn’t been able to locate the resting place of the one man who could save Daniel. While they frantically continue their quest, Zoey is still struggling to recover from the devastating losses she suffered in Faery...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  fae  humor  magic  paranormal  polyamory  reverse-harem
  • Dimitri by Kym Grosso

    Dimitri by Kym Grosso

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    An erotic paranormal romance…Dimitri LeBlanc, sexy and charismatic beta of Acadian Wolves, survives a brutal attack after his wolf succumbs to a dark force, threatening his very existence. Waking up, tied to a bed, his amusement transforms into lust as a beautiful stranger heals his beast...
  • Warrior Fae Princess by K.F. Breene

    Warrior Fae Princess by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    With Charity's fate on the line, Devon and his pack must face the perils of the Realm in search of the elusive warrior fae. With no real experience and against some of the most powerful creatures in existence, they are fighting a losing battle. Thankfully, they don't have to do it alone...
  • Two Witches and a Whiskey by Annette Marie

    Two Witches and a Whiskey by Annette Marie

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    Three months ago, I landed a job as a bartender. But not at a bar—at a guild. Yeah, the magic kind. I'm not a badass mage like my three smokin' hot best friends. I'm not a sorcerer or an alchemist, or even a wussy witch. I'm just a human, slinging drinks like a pro and keeping my non-magical nose out of mythic business. Seriously, I know my limits...
  • Marked by Rebecca Zanetti

    Marked by Rebecca Zanetti

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Janie Kayrs has known Zane almost her whole life. He was her friend in the dream world. She trusted him. But that was before he kidnapped her, spiriting her away to an isolated cabin to learn what her dreams never told her. Like how dangerous he looks. How he got on the wrong side of the negotiating table...
  • My Solace by Alanea Alder

    My Solace by Alanea Alder

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    For thousands of years Oron Vi’Eirson has lived each day trying to keep the pain and devastation caused by his family from hurting his precious baby brother. But despite his best efforts his past has come back to haunt him, placing not only Darian and Amelia in harm’s way, but also his newly found mate. Isabelle Campbell, or as she likes to be called, Izzy, is a mess. She knows this...
  • Charles by K.F. Breene

    Charles by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Charles is a guy that likes to play the field. He's highly sought after in the Mansion, both for his prowess, and his position. He's content to stay the playboy for life, too, steeped in the culture in which he was raised. That is, until he finds himself on a mission with Ann, trying to figure out why shifters are mysteriously going missing. Suddenly things that were so clear cut, get muddled...
  • Midnight Sky by McKenzie Hunter

    Midnight Sky by McKenzie Hunter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Being part of the Midwest Pack isn’t easy—especially now. Sky’s life has never been simple—and it only gets more complicated. The Alphas, Ethan, and several key players in the otherworld go missing, thrusting Sky into the position of Elite Alpha and tasking her with finding them. The list of suspects grows as Sky realizes that her mating with Ethan has caused allies to become enemies...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  fae  humor  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  suspense
  • Steal the Sun by Lexi Blake

    Steal the Sun by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Zoey thought she would never have to choose, but to save one husband, she will have to betray the other…As Zoey Donovan-Quinn first sets foot in the faery homeland of her beloved Devinshea, life is perfect. Her enemy is defeated, her heart is full, and Neil and Sarah are at her side. Daniel and Dev are happy, so their visit to the sithein should be a pleasant honeymoon full of wonder and joy...
  • Viktor by Teresa Gabelman

    Viktor by Teresa Gabelman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After having his life shattered by the woman who held his heart, Viktor Valentino put work before everything. Many years later, learning the truth behind his lover's deceit, his anger shifts to the man responsible for not only her betrayal but her gruesome death. Viktor throws himself into finding him to not only appease his rage but to possibly save humanity...
  • Wolfish: fateborne by G.K. DeRosa

    Wolfish: fateborne by G.K. DeRosa

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
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  • The Wicche Glass Tavern by Seana Kelly

    The Wicche Glass Tavern by Seana Kelly

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I’m Sam Quinn, the werewolf book nerd owner of the Slaughtered Lamb Bookstore and Bar. Clive, my vampire gentleman caller, has asked me to marry him. His nocturne is less than celebratory. Unfortunately, for them and the sexy vamp doing her best to seduce him, his cold, dead heart beats only for me...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  fae  humor  kidnapping  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters
  • Druid Vices and a Vodka by Annette Marie

    Druid Vices and a Vodka by Annette Marie

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    I've said it before, but sometimes I'm a bad person. I cheated on my twelfth grade math final, I've run countless yellow lights, and I gossip about how hot my kickass best friends are. (Good thing my job as a guild bartender doesn't require moral perfection.)But there's bad, and then there's bad. And I'm not sure which applies to a certain dark druid/wanted criminal/reluctant friend of mine...
  • Steal the Moon by Lexi Blake

    Steal the Moon by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When an ancient artifact enslaves every werewolf on earth, humanity’s only hope is a thief…Zoey Donovan should be happy. Her love life couldn’t be better, her demonic nemesis is on the run, business is booming, and no one has tried to kill her in seven whole months. But without her best friend to share it with, it all seems a little hollow...
  • Rebel's Karma by Rebecca Zanetti

    Rebel's Karma by Rebecca Zanetti

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    There’s no denying destiny . . . For too long, Benjamin Reese has masked his deadly skills and temper with loyalty and humor. A vampire-demon hybrid, he fiercely protects his family, guards his brothers, and destroys the enemy without mercy. But when he discovers one fragile, beautiful blonde—a woman once mated to a Kurjan, no less—every primal instinct he has buried for centuries roars to life...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  demons  fae  fated-mates  kidnapping  magic  paranormal
  • My Warrior by Alanea Alder

    My Warrior by Alanea Alder

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Ari Lionhart is the youngest warrior in Èire Danu, yet despite his lack of years, he is trusted by the queen’s consort Brennus to act as the unit leader for every unit in the fae city. He works hard at balancing his life between being a unit warrior and being a Lionhart, and secretly fears he is failing at both...
  • Awakened And Betrayed by Ivy Asher

    Awakened And Betrayed by Ivy Asher

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    My name is Vinna and I am a Sentinel. I’m the last in a line of a hunted, magical race, coveted and killed for our power and abilities.I was hidden and protected, but now that I’ve been found, it’s a race to see who can command and control me. Joke’s on them, I bow to no one.I need to master my magic, and protect the five guys I’ve marked as my own at all costs...
  • Dreams of a Dark Warrior by Kresley Cole

    Dreams of a Dark Warrior by Kresley Cole

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    From #1 New York Times bestseller Kresley Cole comes this gripping tale of a battle-maddenend warrior driven by revenge and the Valkyrie temptress who haunts his dreams.He Vowed He'd Come For Her... Murdered before he could wed Regin the Radiant, warlord Aidan the Fierce seeks his beloved through eternity, reborn again and again into new identities, yet with no memory of his past lives...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  demons  fae  fated-mates  humor  kidnapping  magic
  • Lothaire by Kresley Cole

    Lothaire by Kresley Cole

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 46 ratings
    Number-one New York Times best-selling author Kresley Cole continues her electrifying Immortals After Dark series with this thrilling tale, revealing secrets of the Lore, fierce realm of the immortals....All fear the enemy of old.Driven by his insatiable need for revenge, Lothaire, the Lore’s most ruthless vampire, plots to seize the Horde’s crown...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  demons  fae  fated-mates  humor  kidnapping  magic
  • Demon Magic and a Martini by Annette Marie

    Demon Magic and a Martini by Annette Marie

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    When I first landed a bartending job at the local guild, I didn't know a thing about magic. These days, I'm practically an expert on the different magical classes, but there's one nobody ever talks about: Demonica. Turns out they have a good reason for that...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  demons  fae  humor  magic  paranormal  polyamory
  • The Lost and the Chosen by Ivy Asher

    The Lost and the Chosen by Ivy Asher

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    My name is Vinna, and I’ve been keeping a lot of secrets. You would too if you'd experienced some of the weird shit I have: red-eyed monsters chasing me, markings on my body appearing out of nowhere, a strange power that crackles colorfully over my skin from time to time, and don't get me started on the weapons I can conjure up almost out of nowhere...
  • The Marked and the Broken by Ivy Asher

    The Marked and the Broken by Ivy Asher

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    My name is Vinna, and my magic is an asshole.I mean, what else would you call it when it does whatever it wants, whenever it wants?Now I have Enoch and his coven looking at me like I’m the one, and a bunch of pissed off Chosen.I have no answers and no time to deal with this shit. Lachlan and Keegan managed to get themselves caught by Adriel, the big bad lamia who murders and hunts Sentinels...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  fated-mates  harem  humor  magic  paranormal  polyamory
  • Don't Bait Me by Jackie May

    Don't Bait Me by Jackie May

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Now that Nora has been outed as an underworlder, all she wants to do is lay low, figure out how to hide her fey heritage, and decide if she wants to date any of the men in her life. Unfortunately, fate has other plans. Just one week after the werewolf fiasco, Terrance is nearly killed by an unknown attacker. He's not the only victim...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  demons  fae  fated-mates  harem  humor  magic  paranormal
  • Magical Compass by Jaymin Eve

    Magical Compass by Jaymin Eve

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Tyson Compass, as one of the famed Compass quads, is not a wizard used to living with regrets. Except for one: Grace Carter. Grace is a healer witch he rejected many years ago. After completely disappearing from his life, she has returned, and turned his world upside down. The attraction between them flares strongly, but she has not forgotten or forgiven his callous rebuff when they were teens...
  • Tainted Blood by K.N. Banet

    Tainted Blood by K.N. Banet

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’m Everly Abbott, and I work for one of the most dangerous vampires in the world.He’s known as Alexius, the Hunter and he’s also one of the oldest.We’ve been invited to a gathering of ancients like him, and we can’t pass on this opportunity...
  • Venery: A Why Choose Alien Romance by C.M. Stunich

    Venery: A Why Choose Alien Romance by C.M. Stunich

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’ve been abducted by an alien in a cowboy hat.He needs me to play the role of fake fiancée to appease his family of tentacle-tailed cops.I’ll keep up the charade as long as I need if it means being reunited with Abraxas and Rurik.Shouldn’t be too hard, right? To play pretend …My life force is now inextricably tied to handsome, gun totin’ Officer Hyt...
  • Broken Loyalty by K.N. Banet, Kristen Banet

    Broken Loyalty by K.N. Banet, Kristen Banet

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Jacky Leon is a member of the strongest werecat family alive; a family that commands the loyalty of every werecat that walks the face of the earth. Her family is the definition of power and none have dared challenge that for millennia. It’s not a legacy she’s comfortable with but it’s the one she’s been given and Jacky is resolved to do her best with her new responsibilities...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  fae  humor  kidnapping  magic  paranormal  polyamory
  • Gathering Storm by Victoria Danann

    Gathering Storm by Victoria Danann

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    When Sir Engel Storm, is misplaced in a different, but similar dimension, he learns firsthand that there really is no place like home. New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Victoria Danann, brings us a paranormal/scifi fantasy adventure like no other...
  • Dragon Mystics by Jaymin Eve

    Dragon Mystics by Jaymin Eve

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    When the formidable power of Jessa Lebron's mark was unleashed, during her impulsive foray into Vanguard, the American supernatural prison, she learned the truth. She's a dual shifter: wolf, and as an added bonus, dragon - of the fluffy persuasion. Yep, she's one special cupcake. Now, pursued by the Four, powerful hunters of the dragon marked, she has no choice but to run...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  demons  fae  fated-mates  humor  magic  paranormal
  • 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...
  • Pack Violet Shadow by C.M. Stunich

    Pack Violet Shadow by C.M. Stunich

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The hunters have become the hunted. The monsters have become the prey. The blood of werewolves runs with the fierce, wild magic of the earth. For millennia, that's what's kept us safe, let us shed our human skins and run as beasts. Now, it's the siren song that calls our enemies...
  • Moon Cursed by McKenzie Hunter

    Moon Cursed by McKenzie Hunter

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Between 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...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  fae  humor  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  suspense
  • Wicked Kiss by Rebecca Zanetti

    Wicked Kiss by Rebecca Zanetti

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Working as an informant for the DEA, Victoria Monzelle is used to living on the edge. But she’s not a big fan of getting kidnapped. And definitely not by a bunch of bad boy witches with fancy-colored fire to shoot at people...
  • Between the Realms by Elle Casey

    Between the Realms by Elle Casey

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This is an alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B009ZMXVA0.NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR, ELLE CASEY, brings readers Book 6 in the YA Urban Fantasy WAR OF THE FAE Series. [Formerly titled Clash of the Otherworlds, Book 2] Jayne Sparks Blackthorn continues her journey as a changeling member of the Fae living in the Green Forest...
  • Dark Arts and a Daiquiri by Annette Marie

    Dark Arts and a Daiquiri by Annette Marie

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    When I found myself facing down the scariest black-magic felon in the city, practically daring him to abduct me, I had to wonder exactly how I ended up here.It all started when I accidentally landed a job as a bartender--but not at a bar. At a guild, populated by mages, sorcerers, alchemists, witches, and psychics...
  • New World Order by Elle Casey

    New World Order by Elle Casey

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Will the fae will be able to make the sacrifices they must to survive?Jayne Sparks and her Light Fae changeling friends face off in the final battle against their enemies. But the identify of their true enemies isn't as clear as it once was. Are they the ones breaking down their doors ..
  • Kiss of a Demon King by Kresley Cole, เครสลีย์ โคล

    Kiss of a Demon King by Kresley Cole, เครสลีย์ โคล

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 48 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole comes this spellbinding story of a demon king trapped by an enchantress for her wanton purposes -- and the scorching aftermath that follows when he turns the tables and claims her as his captive.HIS OBSESSION...Sabine, Sorceress of Illusions: the evil beauty who surrenders her body, but not her heart.HER DOWNFALL..
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  demons  fae  fated-mates  humor  kidnapping  magic
  • The Alpha’s Pack by Tate James

    The Alpha’s Pack by Tate James

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The time is now.It seems all I’ve ever wanted was vengeance. I did everything right: I protected my friends, I pushed myself to the limits, and I saved lives. Once upon a time, I was an internationally renowned thief known as The Fox. Nobody knew me. Nobody could catch me.Nobody but them, my men, my partners in crime. But their love for me, it's cost them dearly.Our enemies keep coming for blood...
  • Jonas by K.F. Breene

    Jonas by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The Seventh Book in the USA Today Bestselling SeriesJonas isn't the kind of guy to submit to the expectations of others, even when his life is on the line. So when he wakes up in the cell of a dungeon with torture devices hanging on the wall, he can only think one thing: this should be fun. What he didn't expect, however, is the beautiful but broken female pitting herself against his resolve...
  • Warrior Fae Trapped by K.F. Breene

    Warrior Fae Trapped by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.The truce between the vampires and the shifters is long over. So when the two factions stumble upon a lost fae warrior who has no idea what she is, all hell breaks loose.Charity hasn't had it easy. Growing up in a bad part of Chicago, left by her mother at 16, she's a survivor...
  • The Tiger’s Ambush by Tate James

    The Tiger’s Ambush by Tate James

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    My quest for answers is what’s led me here. Here, to the edge of civilization where shifters are free from persecution and able to live in peace. Or, at least they were until I arrived. In the aftermath of the trouble I brought, one man holds the answers I seek so desperately.Whether he will part with his secrets, that’s another matter...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  fated-mates  harem  humor  magic  paranormal  polyamory
  • The Monster's Den by Jillian West

    The Monster's Den by Jillian West

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Emerson Parker is exhausted. She spends her days chasing around her high energy, half-shifter toddler and her nights working full-time trying to make ends meet....oh, and add in the absolute cluster of a situation her ex dumped in her lap on his way out?Well, that's just icing on the cake.With virtually no options left, Emerson heads for Haven, a sanctuary city for monsters and humans alike...
  • Moonlight by Victoria Danann

    Moonlight by Victoria Danann

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The story continues to touch on the lives of former B Team members and their families while new characters and situations are introduced.THE NEWSLETTER: Ram and Elora move into temporary quarters at Jefferson Unit to protect mother and baby. Storm gives a surprising answer when he’s tapped by Sol to replace him as Jefferson Unit Sovereign. Litha solicits her father to help Black Swan...
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