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The Mask Falling by Samantha Shannon
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsDreamwalker Paige Mahoney has eluded death again. Snatched from the jaws of captivity and consigned to a safe house in the Scion Citadel of Paris, she finds herself caught between those factions that seek Scion's downfall and those who would kill to protect the Rephaim's puppet empire.The mysterious Domino Program has plans for Paige, but she has ambitions of her own in this new citadel... -
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Dragon's Ground by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsWe survived the land of the Witch’s Reign, that much is true. But our arrival home is far from welcome. My idiot brother has taken it upon himself to ride off in search of a mythical healer, someone who might help him walk again. Assuming she doesn’t eat him first. Because she’s a dragon and happens to reside in the deepest reaches of the Dragon’s Ground. Like I said, idiot...Categorized as:
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Jinn's Dominion by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIn this THIRD installment of Zamira's journey, she will be faced with losing her Pride, and her two closest friends as she fights her way into the Jinn's Dominion. There was nothing that could have prepared me for Dragon’s Ground. And I thought that nothing could be worse than what I faced there.Just my black cat bad luck, the world is set to prove me wrong...Categorized as:
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Shield of Winter by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 37 ratings"The alpha author of paranormal romance" draws us back into her extraordinary Psy-Changeling world, a world torn between violence and peace, passion and ice . . . Assassin. Soldier. Arrow. That is who Vasic is, who he will always be... -
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![Angels' Flight by Nalini Singh]()
Angels' Flight by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsIn Angel’s Wolf a vampire becomes fascinated with the seductive angel who rules Louisiana. But all is not what it appears to be in her court. In Angels’ Judgment a hunter must track one of her own gone bad, while surviving the deadly tests placed in her way by the archangels themselves. Unexpected backup comes from a stranger who might just be the most lethal threat of all.. -
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Magic Steals by Ilona Andrews
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsIlona Andrews—#1 New York Times bestselling author of Magic Shifts—once again pulls readers into the dark and dangerous world of the Kate Daniels novels...Shapeshifting tigress Dali Harimau may be a powerful healer and magic user, but she’s far from what might be called “normal”... -
![Allegiance of Honor by Nalini Singh]()
Allegiance of Honor by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsThe “unparalleled romantic adventure” of Nalini Singh’s NYT bestselling series continues as a new dawn begins for the Psy-Changeling world . . . The Psy-Changeling world has undergone a staggering transformation and now stands at a crossroads. The Trinity Accord promises a new era of cooperation between disparate races and groups. It is a beacon of hope held together by many hands: Old enemies... -
![The Immortal Crown by Richelle Mead]()
The Immortal Crown by Richelle Mead
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Vampire Academy and Bloodline series returns with the second installment in her acclaimed Age of X series.Gameboard of the Gods introduced religious investigator Justin March and Mae Koskinen, the beautiful supersoldier assigned to protect him...Categorized as:
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Last Dragon Standing by Rachel Aaron
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsDear Reader, There is no way to write a blurb for this final book without spoiling all of the others. Suffice it to say, mysteries resolve, dragons war, pigeons abound, and Julius must risk himself in ways he never dreamed possible as Bob’s grand plan finally comes to fruition. But the Great Seer of the Heartstrikers isn’t the only one whose schemes are nearing completion...Categorized as:
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Silver Silence by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsNYT 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... -
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Wild Embrace by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsEcho of Silence In a deep-sea station, Tazia Nerif has found her life’s work as an engineer, keeping things running smoothly. But she wants nothing more than to break down the barrier of silence between her and her telekinetic Psy station commander . . . Dorian A changeling who can never shift lives a life of quiet frustration—until he learns how to let his leopard come out and play . .Categorized as:
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![One Good Dragon Deserves Another by Rachel Aaron]()
One Good Dragon Deserves Another by Rachel Aaron
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAfter barely escaping the machinations of his terrifying mother, two all knowing seers, and countless bloodthirsty siblings, the last thing Julius wants to see is another dragon...Categorized as:
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Aimless Witch by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOr so I thought.It has been three years since the Destroyer sundered our world. The land is no longer whole, but broken into pieces, most technology gone, and the continents shattered into an unrecognizable place.New monsters have risen from the depths, adding danger on top of danger... -
![Play of Passion by Nalini Singh]()
Play of Passion by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsPassion and reason collide with explosive force in the newest instalment of Nalini Singh’s “mesmerizing” Psy/Changeling series. As a conflict with Pure Psy looms on the horizon, two powerful wolves fight a far more intimate war of their own... -
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![Bonds by Susan Copperfield]()
Bonds by Susan Copperfield
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the Royal States of America, magic rules all, but life—and love—always finds a way. When a sinking oil tanker threatens to destroy the picturesque coastline of France, search and rescue diver Jack Alders and his waveweaving talent stand between France and a record-breaking oil spill... -
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The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsPaige Mahoney has escaped the brutal prison camp of Sheol I, but her problems have only just begun: many of the survivors are missing and she is the most wanted person in London...As Scion turns its all-seeing eye on the dreamwalker, the mime-lords and mime-queens of the city's gangs are invited to a rare meeting of the Unnatural Assembly... -
![Small Magics by Ilona Andrews]()
Small Magics by Ilona Andrews
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsi>***The stories in this anthology have been previously published*** Now collected for the first time, an irresistible compilation of five previously published stories by the bestselling author of the Kate Daniels series; including Kate’s very first meeting with Saiman, some related adventures, and two unforgettable ‘outside’ excursions... -
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Angel Fury by Ella Summers
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCadence Lightbringer, daughter of a legendary archangel, has always known her gods-endowed magic comes with a price. As an angel in the Legion of Angels, she lives where the Legion commands her to live, trains how the Legion tells her to train, and marries whom the Legion instructs her to marry. Somehow it all sounded simpler in her head...Categorized as:
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![Eastern Expansion by Randi Darren]()
Eastern Expansion by Randi Darren
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 26 ratings[Spoiler for the faint hearted at the bottom of the blurb. Please read all the way through.] Before world war two could reach its conclusion, the world suffered what could only be defined as a cataclysm. Now, Yosemite city stands as the gateway between two worlds. The empire of humanity to the west, and the wild wastes to the east...Categorized as:
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The Song Rising by Samantha Shannon
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsThe hotly anticipated third book in the bestselling Bone Season series – a ground-breaking, dystopian fantasy of extraordinary imaginationFollowing a bloody battle against foes on every side, Paige Mahoney has risen to the dangerous position of Underqueen, ruling over London's criminal population...Categorized as:
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![The Russian Cage by Charlaine Harris]()
The Russian Cage by Charlaine Harris
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratings#1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Charlaine Harris is at her best in this alternate history of the United States where magic is an acknowledged but despised power in this third installment of the Gunnie Rose series...Categorized as:
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![A Dragon of a Different Color by Rachel Aaron]()
A Dragon of a Different Color by Rachel Aaron
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsTo save his family from his tyrannical mother, Julius had to step on a lot of tails. That doesn’t win a Nice Dragon many friends, but just when he thinks he’s starting to make progress, a new threat arrives.Turns out, things can get worse. Heartstriker hasn’t begun to pay for its secrets, and the dragons of China are here to collect...Categorized as:
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![Wild Wastes by Randi Darren]()
Wild Wastes by Randi Darren
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsBefore world war two could reach its conclusion, the world suffered what could only be defined as a cataclysm. Legend has it that an experiment failed. Catastrophically so. And when it failed, the center of the United States, from the Sierra Nevada to the Mississippi river became "The Waste", where everything changed...Categorized as:
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Unawakened by R.J. Blain, Trillian Anderson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUpon discovering the unawakened are a primary source of sustenance for dae without a bonded human, Alexa must come to terms with her status as Rob’s lover and provider. To complicate matters, Kenneth and his dae are convinced she belongs only to them. Unless she can rise up from her station and become a player in the games the dae play, she will remain a pawn and a victim...Categorized as:
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![The Sea King's Lady by S.E. Smith]()
The Sea King's Lady by S.E. Smith
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNew York Times and USA TODAY Bestselling author of Science Fiction, Urban Fantasy, and Paranormal Romance brings another action, adventure, and suspense-filled story to transport readers out of this world.“I captured her. That makes her ours…... -
![The Vanishing Throne by Elizabeth May]()
The Vanishing Throne by Elizabeth May
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEverything she loved is gone.Trapped. Aileana Kameron, the Falconer, disappeared through the fae portal she was trying to close forever. Now she wakes in an alien world of mirrors, magic, and deception—a prisoner of the evil fae Lonnrach, who has a desperate and deadly plan for his new captive.Tortured...Categorized as:
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Dawn of Dae by Trillian Anderson, R.J. Blain
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is a republishing of an older work, and it has undergone substantial editing and rewriting, including the addition of new scenes. The morning Alexa Daegberht’s macaroni and cheese develops sentience, the world changes. She thought escaping poverty and moving up in the world would be the challenge of her life, but the new arrivals, who call themselves the dae, waste no time proving her wrong...Categorized as:
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![All the Dead Shall Weep by Charlaine Harris]()
All the Dead Shall Weep by Charlaine Harris
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratings#1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author returns with the fifth installment in the bestselling Gunnie Rose series as sisters Lizbeth Rose and Felicia as well as brother Eli and Peter, are reunited in Texoma only to break apart before the Wizard’s Ball held in San Diego, which will determine all their fates...Categorized as:
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![A Longer Fall by Charlaine Harris]()
A Longer Fall by Charlaine Harris
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 20 ratings#1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris returns with the second of the Gunnie Rose series, in which Lizbeth is hired onto a new crew, transporting a crate into Dixie, the self-exiled southeast territory of the former United States. What the crate contains is something so powerful, that forces from across three territories want to possess it...Categorized as:
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![A Questionable Client by Ilona Andrews]()
A Questionable Client by Ilona Andrews
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsIn a world beset by magic waves, Kate Daniels works as a mercenary. She is tired, hungry, and there is foul-smelling blood on her boots. All she wants to do is to go home, but when Mercenary Guild offers her a job she can't refuse, she finds herself protecting a man against Russian wizards.This story was originally published in the anthologies Dark and Stormy Knights and Magic Graves... -
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Tinker by Wen Spencer
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsInventor, girl genius Tinker lives in a near-future Pittsburgh which now exists mostly in the land of the elves. She runs her salvage business, pays her taxes, and tries to keep the local ambient level of magic down with gadgets of her own design. When a pack of wargs chase an Elven noble into her scrap yard, life as she knows it takes a serious detour... -
![Beyond Everlight by Debbie Cassidy]()
Beyond Everlight by Debbie Cassidy
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor Kenna Carter, life is simple. Kill the monsters, close the breaches, collect a pay-check and keep her secret safe...until fate decides to be a bitch... Kenna Carter is one of the chosen. Branded by fate as Fearless, she and her companions patrol the night and keep the city of Lindrealm free from otherworld denizens...Categorized as:
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![The Sight by Chloe Neill]()
The Sight by Chloe Neill
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe paranormal war that engulfed New Orleans seven years ago is over. But the battle for the city is just beginning . . . Claire Connolly is a Sensitive, infected with magic when the Veil that divides humanity from the world beyond fell... -
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Infinity Bell by Devon Monk
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsReturn to national bestselling author Devon Monk's heartpounding House Immortal series, where eleven powerful Houses control the world and all its resources. But now, the treaty between them has been broken, and no one—not even the immortal galvanized—is safe.... Matilda Case isn’t normal. Normal people aren’t stitched together, inhumanly strong, and ageless, as she and the other galvanized are...Categorized as:
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![Even Angels Fall by E.V. Sauvage]()
Even Angels Fall by E.V. Sauvage
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings300 years ago, my world collided with Earth.My kind has been ruling over the world ever since, passing as archangels.Doves, swans, cockatoo, their white wings in half shifted form are the sign of their power.I should have been the next in line.I should have been the new archangel Michaël.But my wings aren’t white.So instead I have to stay hidden. Instead, I’ve been trained my whole life...Categorized as:
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![Gameboard of the Gods by Richelle Mead]()
Gameboard of the Gods by Richelle Mead
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsIn a futuristic world nearly destroyed by religious extremists, Justin March lives in exile after failing in his job as an investigator of religious groups and supernatural claims. But Justin is given a second chance when Mae Koskinen comes to bring him back to the Republic of United North America (RUNA)...Categorized as:
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![The UnTied Kingdom by Kate Johnson]()
The UnTied Kingdom by Kate Johnson
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe portal to an alternate world was the start of all her troubles – or was it?When Eve Carpenter lands with a splash in the Thames, it’s not the London or England she’s used to. No one has a telephone or knows what a computer is. England’s a third world country and Princess Di is still alive. But worst of all, everyone thinks Eve’s a spy.Including Major Harker who has his own problems...Categorized as:
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Verdant Magic by Aimee Easterling
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSparks fly when a rogue witch and a dragon shifter collide.Ever since dragon fire killed her parents, Amber Gardner has always kept one eye pointed to the sky. So when a winged shifter lands in her garden, the magic user's initial impulse is to defend her enclave of illegal earth witches using every weapon at her disposal...up to and including the use of deadly force...Categorized as:
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Tsunami Blue by Gayle Ann Williams
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“This original romance starts quietly enough, like a calm blue ocean, and gradually builds until you’re holding on for dear life, hit with page after page of creative, taut action. You’ll be left grinning, grateful for the ride, thanks to original characters, a fantastic story and action that will keep you up late, turning pages... -
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House Immortal by Devon Monk
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsOne hundred years ago, eleven powerful ruling Houses consolidated all of the world’s resources and authority into their own grasping hands. Only one power wasn’t placed under the command of a single House: the control over the immortal galvanized.... Matilda Case isn’t like most folk...Categorized as:
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Santa Olivia by Jacqueline Carey
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsLushly written with rich and vivid characters, SANTA OLIVIA is Jacqueline Carey's take on comic book superheroes and the classic werewolf myth. Loup Garron was born and raised in Santa Olivia, an isolated, disenfranchised town next to a US military base inside a DMZ buffer zone between Texas and Mexico...Categorized as:
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![Here by Denise Grover Swank]()
Here by Denise Grover Swank
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsSixteen year old Julia Phillips buries herself in guilt after killing her best friend Monica in a car accident. Julia awoke in the hospital with a broken leg, a new talent for drawing and false memories of the accident, in which she dies and Monica lives...Categorized as:
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![The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon]()
The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 67 ratingsThe year is 2059. Nineteen-year-old Paige Mahoney is working in the criminal underworld of Scion London, based at Seven Dials, employed by a man named Jaxon Hall. Her job: to scout for information by breaking into people’s minds. For Paige is a dreamwalker, a clairvoyant and, in the world of Scion, she commits treason simply by breathing.It is raining the day her life changes for ever... -
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Sunshine by Robin McKinley
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 49 ratingsThere are places in the world where darkness rules, where it's unwise to walk. But there hadn't been any trouble out at the lake for years, and Sunshine just needed a spot where she could be alone with her thoughts. Vampires never entered her mind.Until they found her..Categorized as:
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![Everland by Wendy Spinale]()
Everland by Wendy Spinale
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe only way to grow up is to survive.London has been destroyed in a blitz of bombs and disease. The only ones who have survived the destruction and the outbreak of a deadly virus are children, among them sixteen-year-old Gwen Darling and her younger siblings, Joanna and Mikey... -
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Glitter by Aprilynne Pike
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA royal murder. The promise of a throne she never wanted. And a glittering drug that is her only way out.Outside the Palace of Versailles, it’s modern day. Inside, the people dress, eat, and act like it’s the eighteenth century. The palace has every indulgence, but for one pretty young thing, it’s about to become a very beautiful prison...Categorized as:
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The Leopard King by Ann Aguirre
Rated: 3.53 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsProud. Imperious. Impassioned.Until three years ago, those words applied to Dominic Asher, the leader of Ash Valley. His family has ruled the feline branch of the Animari for hundreds of years, guiding the pride through perilous times. Unspeakable loss drove him into seclusion, a feral beast nobody can tame. Now he’s wrecked, a leopard king in exile, and he wants nothing more than to die.Fierce... -
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Discord's Apple by Carrie Vaughn
Rated: 3.52 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsWhen Evie Walker goes home to spend time with her dying father, she discovers that his creaky old house in Hope’s Fort, Colorado, is not the only legacy she stands to inherit. Hidden behind the old basement door is a secret and magical storeroom, a place where wondrous treasures from myth and legend are kept safe until they are needed again...Categorized as:
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![No Proper Lady by Isabel Cooper]()
No Proper Lady by Isabel Cooper
Rated: 3.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen a half-naked woman suddenly appears on his country estate, Simon Grenville doesn't have time to be shocked. Demonic beasts are hot on his heels until the beautiful stranger unsheathes several knives strapped to her skin-tight trousers and kills them. As he stares at her fierce, heart-stopping face, Simon knows he's in a hell of a lot of trouble..Categorized as:
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