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  • The Fifth Sense by Michelle M. Pillow

    The Fifth Sense by Michelle M. Pillow

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Some secrets refuse to stay buried.By all rights, Sue Jewel should be dead. In place of celebrating her fortieth birthday, she was wrapped in plastic and stuffed in the trunk of a car. Worst part is the man she promised to spend her life with is the one who tried to kill her. With a little help from Fate, Sue walks away from the ordeal, but her husband doesn’t...
  • Sawman Werebear by T.S. Joyce

    Sawman Werebear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Slow-simmering romance, secrets by the dozen, heart-warming triumph, and a crew of sexy lumberjack werebears come together to tell Brighton’s story in this fourth installment of T. S. Joyce’s bestselling Saw Bears series. Brighton Beck’s inner grizzly is out of control. It’s been months since he killed his tormentor, but just seeing the man who stole his voice has put his bear on a bender...
  • Shades of Hate by K.N. Banet

    Shades of Hate by K.N. Banet

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    I live a happy life. I have a lover that I am quickly falling for. I have friends and family that rely on me to keep my territory safe and secure for them. My bar’s business is booming.But I’ve made enemies, some that I know and some that I don’t. Hate for me and the life I’m building is creeping in the darkness.Hate can be insidious...
  • Mack's Perfectly Ghastly Homecoming by A.J. Sherwood

    Mack's Perfectly Ghastly Homecoming by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Mack’s over the moon to not only have Brandon but to finally be done with all their training. With the official FBI stamp of approval, they are ready to start ghost busting. The very last place he wants to be sent to is his hometown of Opelousas, Louisiana, however. But a child is being terrorized, and when he discovers it’s his favorite cousin, all reluctance is forgotten...
  • Bonbons and Broomsticks by H.Y. Hanna

    Bonbons and Broomsticks by H.Y. Hanna

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Caitlyn is settling into life as a novice witch in an English village chocolate shop - although she's finding the hardest magic to master is making caramel sauce without burning it! When two men are murdered, and a ghostly black hound is seen haunting the countryside, the village gossips are sure dark witchcraft is to blame. Caitlyn decides to do a little magical sleuthing of her own...
  • Micah by Louisa Masters

    Micah by Louisa Masters

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Wanted: Demon assistant for incubus genius. Personal services required…Nobody ever expected to find a secret cave protected by a giant puzzle door in the mountains near our village. Even more surprising was the knowledge that it’s been there for thousands of years and was created by a dragon. I’m not the only one who’s dying to find out what’s inside...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  magic  lgbtq  family  romance  mlm  fantasy  demons
  • Zachary by Louisa Masters, Joel Leslie

    Zachary by Louisa Masters, Joel Leslie

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A dragon with endless secrets meets a demon with nothing to hide…I’m the easygoing one. The fun one. The rare member of my family who gets along with anyone. Except there’s a chance I may have got off on the wrong foot with our new dragon liaison, Ronan. In my defense, he rubs everyone the wrong way...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  magic  lgbtq  family  romance  mlm  fantasy  dragons
  • Succubus Soccer Mom by Jacquelyn Faye

    Succubus Soccer Mom by Jacquelyn Faye

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    You know that bitch from hell everybody talks about? That's me. I mean that literally. I was born in the seventh circle of Hell to two demons of noble lineage. Know what that means? Squat. My brimstone birth certificate and five bucks might get me a cup of coffee from Starbucks. The minute I was born, they handed me off to a wet nurse, sent me to earth, and left me to fend for myself...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  magic  paranormal  wlw  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book
  • Shelter Me Home by T.S. Joyce

    Shelter Me Home by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Alaskan wilderness is no home for the faint of heart, but Farrah Fennel has lived in the small town of Cooper Landing before and knows exactly what to expect. At least, she thinks she does. One chance meeting with her high school crush, Aanon Falk, and she’s second guessing her decision to run from the city. Farrah has come home hiding a secret...
  • Wrong Side of Forty by Jana Deleon

    Wrong Side of Forty by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    For many, midlife is the beginning. It was a day like any other day for Marina Trahan…until she caught her husband in bed with another woman. Before that eye-opening wake-up call, Marina would have described her life as average or uneventful, maybe even boring. But now, chaos and confusion reign supreme...
  • Onyx by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Onyx by Jennifer L. Armentrout

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

    Ax To Grind by Tonya Kappes

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Southerners keep their secrets swept under the rug, but what happens when that rug goes up for sale? Bestselling author Berlye Stone, the most famous citizen to ever come out of Cottonwood, Kentucky, has died and put all her worldly possessions up for auction, but not without leaving one more manuscript behind. A hidden tell-all about Cottonwood that’s got more gossip than a ladies’ luncheon...
  • Mountain Guardian Bear by Zoe Chant

    Mountain Guardian Bear by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A mountain man with a tragic past + a curvy amnesiac + two deadly secrets = one explosive romance! His bear-shifter clanmates know him only as Gannon, a scarred loner concealing a dark past. The mountain man of the Pinerock Bears guards the Circle B Ranch from afar and shuns the company of others, until the day he comes back to his cabin and finds a beautiful, curvy woman sleeping in his bed ..
  • Double, Double, Toil and Truffle by H.Y. Hanna

    Double, Double, Toil and Truffle by H.Y. Hanna

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "... the perfect blend of magic and mayhem. This series has me completely bewitched!" Caitlyn Le Fey is enjoying her first autumn in England, nut-picking in the forest, creating delicious treats in her grandmother's enchanted chocolate shop, and dreaming of cosy evenings with the handsome Lord James Fitzroy...
  • A Dragon for Christmas by Zoe Chant

    A Dragon for Christmas by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A single mother who wants to give her son a merry Christmas… A dragon shifter cop who doesn’t know the meaning of the word ‘holiday’… And a Christmas resort with a deadly secret. Things have been tough for Georgia. Her husband walked out and she works two jobs to make ends meet...
  • Jewels of the Sun by Nora Roberts

    Jewels of the Sun by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 54 ratings
    In her new trilogy, New York Times #1 Best Selling author, Nora Roberts returns to the lush, green hills of Ireland, where love is forever touched by magic - And where the Gallagher siblings explore the depth of their fiery hearts...
  • Dance Upon The Air by Nora Roberts

    Dance Upon The Air by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    When Nell Channing arrives on charming Three Sisters Island, she believes that she's finally found refuge from her abusive husband --and from the terrifying life she fled so desperately eight months ago. But even in this quiet , peaceful place, Nell never feels entirely at ease...
  • The House on Blackberry Hill by Donna Alward

    The House on Blackberry Hill by Donna Alward

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Family secrets, a ghost from the past, and new love will draw readers into this compelling story, first in the Jewell Cove series by NYT Bestselling Author, Donna Alward. Abby Foster arrives in Jewell Cove to take possession of the family mansion she’s inherited from a relative she never knew existed. Her plan is to refurbish it, put it on the market, and head back to Nova Scotia...
  • The Witch and the Dead by Heather Blake

    The Witch and the Dead by Heather Blake

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When Darcy moved to Salem, Massachusetts, she never expected her life to change as drastically as it did. But within a short time, the Enchanted Village has become her home, its mystical residents have become her family, and As You Wish, the personal concierge business formerly run by her Aunt Ve, has become her calling...
  • On a Midnight Clear by Lily Morton

    On a Midnight Clear by Lily Morton

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It can safely be said that Lord Barnaby Greenwood is not having the best of Christmases.He’s penniless, up to his eyeballs in debt, and about to lose his estate. Therefore, it’s hardly surprising that when a local property developer offers a lot of money to buy King’s Wood from him, Barnaby is very tempted...
    Categorized as:
    angst  lgbtq  magic  paranormal  adult  age-gap  audiobook  book
  • Born in Fire by Nora Roberts

    Born in Fire by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 57 ratings
    Three modern sisters bound by the timeless beauty of Ireland...The eldest Concannon sister, Maggie, is a reclusive, stubborn and free-spirited glassmaker—with a heart worth winning.Margaret Mary is a glass artist with an independent streak as fierce as her volatile temper...
  • South of the Buttonwood Tree by Heather Webber

    South of the Buttonwood Tree by Heather Webber

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Blue Bishop has a knack for finding lost things. While growing up in charming small-town Buttonwood, Alabama, she's happened across lost wallets, jewelry, pets, her wandering neighbor, and sometimes, trouble. No one is more surprised than Blue, however, when she comes across an abandoned newborn baby in the woods, just south of a very special buttonwood tree...
  • Kihyun's Vow by Liam Kingsley

    Kihyun's Vow by Liam Kingsley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’ve been waiting for the right moment to claim my fated mate … Hogan went through hell in the military, but now that he’s in Timberwood Cove for good it’s time to see if something could grow between us. My wolf knows he’s my fated mate, and I’m ready to make my move. But when I suddenly end up with custody of my brother’s baby I worry that I’ve missed my chance again...
  • Ginger by Lucy McConnell

    Ginger by Lucy McConnell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Christmas Magic is changing and the Kringle Family scrambles to keep up in this fun and romantic, sweet Christmas romance from Author Lucy McConnell. When Ginger Kringle is branded to wear the magic red suit, she has to fall in love and get married before Christmas Eve to save the family business. After being given a list (Santas love lists!) of potential Mr...
  • Lux by Lucy McConnell

    Lux by Lucy McConnell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Christmas Magic is changing and the Kringle Family scrambles to keep up in this fun and entertaining, sweet Christmas romance from Author Lucy McConnell. A normal electrical substation takes two years to build; but, Lux has 365 days to install one at the North Pole or Christmas Magic will overload the factory and send them back to the Dark Ages...
  • The Billionaire Dragon Shifter Meets His Match by Zoe Chant

    The Billionaire Dragon Shifter Meets His Match by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One curvy cop who's devoted her life to fighting evil dragons + one dragon who's sure he's a monster + a challenge he can't refuse = a fiery romance that starts with a bang! Jane Curlew always thought she knew her destiny. As the daughter of a member of the Georgian Corps, she works to keep the peace among dragons...
  • Hired Bear by Zoe Chant

    Hired Bear by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A curvy farmer deep in debt + a lonely rancher hoping to open his heart + a family farm hiding a hidden treasure = a red-hot rural romance! Curvy Crystal Martinez didn't think anything could bring her back to rural Pinerock County, but if the family legend of a hidden treasure on her grandfather's old farm is true, it could get her whole family out of debt...
  • Fluke and the Faultline Fiasco by Sam Burns

    Fluke and the Faultline Fiasco by Sam Burns

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When an earthquake shakes up Sage's night, his instinct is to forget about it. They live in California—quakes happen. But this one sends the consciousness that lives in the ley lines running to him in fear, so he and his gunslinger boyfriend set out to investigate. What they uncover is a century-old plot to destroy not only the ley lines, but the city of Junction itself...
  • Bad Boy Bear by Zoe Chant

    Bad Boy Bear by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Biker bear on the open road + BBW runaway-bride hitchhiker + evil motorcycle gang = an unforgettable red-hot road trip! Tattooed bad boy and bear shifter Remy Hayes never felt like he fit in at his bear clan's rural Montana ranch. Now, after a fight with his alpha, he's taking his Harley and hitting the road. But it's more than just wanting to see what's over the next hill...
  • Call It Magic by Janet Chapman

    Call It Magic by Janet Chapman

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome back to Spellbound Falls, Maine where love is the greatest magic of all...Katy MacBain moved to Spellbound Falls with secrets she plans to keep. The newest member of the Fire and Rescue Team, she disappeared for three weeks before arriving on the job...
  • The Billionaire Dragon Shifter's Baby by Zoe Chant

    The Billionaire Dragon Shifter's Baby by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A curvy social worker in need of a break + a carefree dragon shifter + a baby dragon who needs her father = one hot and heartwarming romance! Amy McCullough has to handle just one last case before she takes some much-needed leave from her stressful job as a social worker. But when she finally gets the call from a baby's missing father, Amy's the one who gets a fairy tale ending...
  • Alpha Rancher Bear by Zoe Chant

    Alpha Rancher Bear by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A take-charge alpha with commitment issues + a midwife who's not about to give up control of her well-ordered life + a roadside winter disaster = an EXPLOSIVE romance that's about to blow up everything they both thought they wanted!This is the third book in the Bears of Pinerock County series.Alec Tanner isn't looking for a mate...
  • Zenith by Eli Easton, R.J. Scott

    Zenith by Eli Easton, R.J. Scott

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A killer haunts Prophet, and this time it’s personalThe discovery of a body at Thompson Cabins sets off a chain of events that hits too close to home for Sheriff Gabriel Thompson. When his brother Sam becomes a prime suspect in the murder investigation, Gabriel is forced to keep secrets from Tiber and call in outside help as he fights to prove Sam’s innocence...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  lgbtq  animals  angst  family  magic  romance  mlm
  • Face the Fire by Nora Roberts

    Face the Fire by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Mia Devlin knows what it is like to love with your whole heart—and then watch your love walk away. Years ago, she and Sam Logan shared an incredible bond built on passion, legend, and fate. But then one day he fled Three Sisters Island, leaving her lost in memories of the magic they shared—and determined to live without love...
  • Dancing Bearfoot by Zoe Chant

    Dancing Bearfoot by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A single dad from the city + his daughter's BBW teacher + a surprise snow storm = a steamy story that will melt your heart. Patricia works hard to keep her small-town preschool afloat, and the last thing she needs is trouble from the arrogant single father of her newest student. But when the stunningly handsome man captures her heart with a single look, trouble is what's in store...
  • The Deputy and His Enforcer by Kiki Clark

    The Deputy and His Enforcer by Kiki Clark

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A deputy bent on finding the truth and the Enforcer whose job it is to stop him...Nothing is more important to Marcus Rivera than protecting his pack, so he doesn’t understand why he has the sudden urge to tell a nosy human deputy things he shouldn’t. Marcus follows the rules. Always. But something about Robson’s scent has him tempted to break them...
  • The Girl Nest Door by Zoe Chant

    The Girl Nest Door by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Tiger shifter and businessman, Shaun always wanted to spend more time with the child his ex-wife took away from him -- but he wasn't expecting her to abandon five-year old Trevor and force Shaun to move to the tiny town of Green Valley. It’s bad enough that Shaun doesn’t know the first thing about being a father -- now suddenly he’s the father of an unpredictable shifter child...
  • A Witch For Mr. Holiday by Deanna Chase

    A Witch For Mr. Holiday by Deanna Chase

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Welcome to Christmas Grove, where holiday magic and matchmaking is in the air. When Rex Holiday walks into the charming town of Christmas Grove, all he plans to do is to spend the season helping out at his buddy’s Christmas tree farm. What he doesn’t expect is for an overzealous matchmaker to slip a love potion into his cider...
  • Blue Dahlia by Nora Roberts

    Blue Dahlia by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Recently widowed Stella Rothschild has found a new love in Logan Kitridge. But there is someone who isn't happy about Stella's growing feelings for Logan: the Harper Bride, an unidentified woman whose grief and rage have kept her spirit alive long past the death of her body...
  • Gentry by T.S. Joyce

    Gentry by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    ****Don't miss this first book in the brand new Wolves of Winter's Edge standalone series from T. S. Joyce**** Gentry Striker is right back where he swore he would never be again—his hometown. All he has to do is tie up some loose ends and escape the darkness that has enveloped this place, but he can feel his destiny pulling him deeper into the shadows of this old town...
  • Mave Fortune by Elizabeth Dear

    Mave Fortune by Elizabeth Dear

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When my family left our small, ultra-conservative pack back in Utah to join a giant pack in Northwest Louisiana, I thought I'd be able to coast through my last year of high school in semi-anonymity, then get the fuck away from wolf pack politics and just live my life for awhile...
  • Arcanum by Ashlyn Drewek

    Arcanum by Ashlyn Drewek

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    From the moment his new neighbor moves in, K9 officer Chris Brandt senses there’s something not quite right about the guy. His instincts are confirmed when he discovers the mysterious Greyson Darkholme is the prime suspect in a murder investigation—a murder that wiped out his entire family...
    Categorized as:
    magic  paranormal  lgbtq  animals  family  romance  fantasy  mlm
  • Wren and Oak by Sam Burns

    Wren and Oak by Sam Burns

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rowan Harbor has been peaceful for a now unprecedented two months, but everyone knows it’s the calm before the storm. The Summer king is coming for the thorn—a weapon destined to bring his end—and Fletcher has never felt so helpless. When the disturbing dreams start and his mentor, Oak, is hesitant to discuss them, Fletcher doesn’t know where to turn...
    Categorized as:
    angst  lgbtq  magic  paranormal  wlw  adult  book  class-difference
  • Settle for Nothing by Susi Hawke, Drew Bacca

    Settle for Nothing by Susi Hawke, Drew Bacca

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What do I want in a mate? Absolutely nothing.Silas Jones has no interest in getting a mate, fated or otherwise. At 22, he’s alone in the world...or would be without the quirky pack of desert homesteaders who’ve become his family. Who needs more than that? Not Silas. Everyone else can partner up and risk loving the wrong person; he’s not judging...
    Categorized as:
    angst  lgbtq  magic  paranormal  abuse  adult  audiobook  book
  • Anniston's Fate by Liam Kingsley

    Anniston's Fate by Liam Kingsley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’ll claim my mate, even if he's on another man's arm … When fate lands a punch, she hits hard. I wasn't looking for my fated mate, but when I saw Danny on a date with one of my pack mates, I knew he had to be mine. The omega is perfect for me, from his enchanting looks to our shared passion for starting a nutrition business...
  • Candy Hearts and a Witch's Ring by C.W. Gray

    Candy Hearts and a Witch's Ring by C.W. Gray

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Holiday Omegas: Book Three Meeting your fated mate doesn't automatically lead to mated bliss. Sonny is settling into mated life with Leo, but as wonderful as it is, something is missing. While shifters claim their mates with a bite, witches have a whole different set of traditions...
  • Broken River by Ruby Shae

    Broken River by Ruby Shae

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    All curvy girl Elle Masters wants to do is open her own bakery. She’s been saving for years, but when her brother dies unexpectedly, the inheritance he leaves behind means her dream is closer than ever. Unfortunately, the money is only hers if she fulfills one—tiny—little stipulation...
  • Comet by Abigail Kade

    Comet by Abigail Kade

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A himbo reindeer went hiking…It came upon a midnight clear that Santa told me in no uncertain terms I had to take a vacation this year. The thought of laying around on some beach doing nothing was my idea of hell, so hiking the Appalachian Trail was my plan. Everything was great until a near-sighted barn owl sent me careening down the side of a mountain in a snowstorm...
  • Healing Magic & Playboys by Lauren Connolly

    Healing Magic & Playboys by Lauren Connolly

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ava Bellerose may use men to charge up her healing magic, but that doesn’t mean she wants to date one. She’s fine living life as a single witch working a day job as a college librarian and spending nights as the masked performer Pearl at The Jewelry Box. Every routine on the stage means more magic power in the bank, courtesy of the customers craving her body...
  • Found in Obscurity by A.M. Rose

    Found in Obscurity by A.M. Rose

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Being a born witch doesn’t mean you actually want to be a witch. At least not in Lorin’s case. He made the decision to run from it over a decade ago, sequestering himself away from his coven and the idea of magic.Magic isn’t so easy to hide away from, however.Drawn back to his hometown, Lorin finds himself tangled up with the one thing he was trying to avoid above all else. A familiar...
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