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  • Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee

    Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee

    Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Jade, the mysterious and magical substance once exclusive to the Green Bone warriors of Kekon, is now known and coveted throughout the world. Everyone wants access to the supernatural abilities it provides, from traditional forces such as governments, mercenaries, and criminal kingpins, to modern players, including doctors, athletes, and movie studios...
  • Magic Binds by Ilona Andrews

    Magic Binds by Ilona Andrews

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    Mercenary Kate Daniels knows all too well that magic in post-Shift Atlanta is a dangerous business. But nothing she’s faced could have prepared her for this…Kate and the former Beast Lord Curran Lennart are finally making their relationship official...
  • Last Stand of Dead Men by Derek Landy

    Last Stand of Dead Men by Derek Landy

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    The eighth instalment in the biggest, funniest, most thrilling comedy-horror-adventure series in the universe - and the follow-up to 2012’s number-one bestseller, Kingdom of the Wicked…War has finally come.But it's not a war between good and evil, or light and dark – it's a war between Sanctuaries...
  • The Dying of the Light by Derek Landy

    The Dying of the Light by Derek Landy

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    The ninth book in the original, jaw-droppingly stupendous Skulduggery Pleasant series.Valkerie. Darquesse. Stephanie. The world ain’t big enough for the three of them. The end will come…The War of the Sanctuaries has been won, but it was not without its casualties...
  • Empower by Jessica Shirvington

    Empower by Jessica Shirvington

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    It has been two years since Violet Eden walked away from the city, her friends, her future and - most importantly - her soulmate, Lincoln. Part angel, part human, Violet is determined to stand by the promises she made to save the one she loves. Living in the perpetual coldness of a broken soul she survives day to day as a Rogue Grigori in London...
  • Jade War by Fonda Lee

    Jade War by Fonda Lee

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    In Jade War, the sequel to the World Fantasy Award-winning novel Jade City, the Kaul siblings battle rival clans for honor and control over an Asia-inspired fantasy metropolis...
  • Battle Ground by Jim Butcher

    Battle Ground by Jim Butcher

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 46 ratings
    Harry has faced terrible odds before. He has a long history of fighting enemies above his weight class. The Red Court of vampires. The fallen angels of the Order of the Blackened Denarius. The Outsiders.But this time it’s different. A being more powerful and dangerous on an order of magnitude beyond what the world has seen in a millennium is coming. And she’s bringing an army...
  • One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews

    One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    Dina DeMille may run the nicest Bed and Breakfast in Red Deer, Texas, but she caters to a very particular kind of guest… the kind that no one on Earth is supposed to know about...
  • Archangel's War by Nalini Singh

    Archangel's War by Nalini Singh

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Wings of silver. Wings of blue. Mortal heart. Broken dreams. Shatter. Shatter. Shatter. A sundering. A grave. I see the end. I see. . .The world is in chaos as the power surge of the Cascade rises to a devastating crescendo. In furiously resisting its attempts to turn Elena into a vessel for Raphael’s power, Elena and her archangel are irrevocably changed. .
  • Smoke & Mirrors by Charlie Cochet

    Smoke & Mirrors by Charlie Cochet

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Life for Dexter J. Daley has never been easy, but he’s always found a way to pick himself back up with a smile on his face. Taken from his home, and the arms of his boyfriend and THIRDS partner, Sloane Brodie, Dex finds himself in a situation as mysterious and lethal as the Therian interrogating him. Dex learns what he’s secretly believed all along: his parents’ death wasn’t an accident...
  • The Pentagram Child, Part 2 by Stephanie Hudson

    The Pentagram Child, Part 2 by Stephanie Hudson

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    As Keira and Draven reunite, it is but a bitter sweet moment as it is time they must put their loyalty on the line in the ultimate test of trust in order to seek the truth. But making it through the gates of Hell and back in one piece isn’t something they can expect or take lightly. As for one of our destined lovers, a fight for the other’s survival is something they will have to face alone...
  • Tried & True by Charlie Cochet

    Tried & True by Charlie Cochet

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When THIRDS agent Dexter J. Daley met Team Leader Sloane Brodie, he couldn’t have imagined how slamming into his new partner—literally—would shake both their worlds. Now four years later, they’ve faced dangers, fought battles both personal and professional… and fallen deeply in love. Now their big moment is finally in sight, and they’re ready to stand up together and make it official...
  • City of Miracles by Robert Jackson Bennett

    City of Miracles by Robert Jackson Bennett

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Revenge. It's something Sigrud je Harkvaldsson is very, very good at. Maybe the only thing. So when he learns that his oldest friend and ally, former Prime Minister Shara Komayd, has been assassinated, he knows exactly what to do — and that no mortal force can stop him from meting out the suffering Shara's killers deserve...
  • The Council of Mirrors by Michael Buckley

    The Council of Mirrors by Michael Buckley

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    The thrilling conclusion to the beloved New York Times bestselling Sisters Grimm series!   Grany Relda’s body has been hijacked by the Master, and it’s up to Sabrina, Daphne, and the rest of the Grimms to fight for her freedom and that of Ferryport Landing in the series’s grand finale...
  • On the Wings of War by Hailey Turner

    On the Wings of War by Hailey Turner

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Remembering the dead will always give them life.The coveted Morrígan’s staff is up for sale on the black market to the highest bidder, and SOA Special Agent Patrick Collins will do whatever it takes to ensure the Dominion Sect doesn’t get their hands on it. Returning the weapon to its rightful owner is another step on the long road toward clearing Patrick’s soul debt, but he won’t walk it alone...
  • True Dead by Faith Hunter

    True Dead by Faith Hunter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Jane Yellowrock goes back to the city where it all began in the newest installment of this thrilling New York Times bestselling series.Jane used to hunt vampires, but now she’s their queen. She’s holed up in the mountains with the Yellowrock Clan, enjoying a little peace, when a surprise attack on her people proves that trouble is brewing...
  • Deosil by Jordan L. Hawk

    Deosil by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Whyborne, Griffin, and their friends have faced down cultists, monsters, and sorcerers. But their greatest challenge is now upon them.On the return voyage from Balefire Manor, Whyborne receives the worst news possible: Widdershins has fallen before the onslaught of the Fideles and their servants. There’s still time to stop the return of the Masters, but that window grows shorter by the hour...
  • Rack & Ruin by Charlie Cochet

    Rack & Ruin by Charlie Cochet

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Action. Comedy. Romance. And that one weird guy. New York City’s streets are more dangerous than ever with the leaderless Order of Adrasteia and the Ikelos Coalition, a newly immerged Therian group, at war...
  • Rise & Fall by Charlie Cochet

    Rise & Fall by Charlie Cochet

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    After an attack by the Coalition leaves THIRDS Team Leader Sloane Brodie critically injured, agent Dexter J. Daley swears to make Beck Hogan pay for what he's done. But Dex's plans for retribution are short-lived. With Ash still on leave with his own injuries, Sloane in the hospital, and Destructive Delta in the Coalition's crosshairs, Lieutenant Sparks isn't taking any chances...
  • Shadows Strike by Dianne Duvall

    Shadows Strike by Dianne Duvall

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    The Immortal Guardians protect the innocent in secret. Sometimes the secret gets out...U.S. law enforcement agent Heather Lane can read minds. But not the future. The dream of battle and blood that recurs every night must be a fluke, some obscure terror from her own mind...
  • Lethal Game by Christine Feehan

    Lethal Game by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The sparks of unexpected passion ignite in this electrifying GhostWalker novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan.When Malichai Fortunes attacks a problem, he does it full force--a habit that earns the GhostWalker a painful injury and a forced vacation in San Diego, California. With nothing but physical therapy on the horizon, Malichai is starting to get restless..
  • Archangel's Legion by Nalini Singh

    Archangel's Legion by Nalini Singh

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Nalini Singh, the New York Times bestselling “alpha author of paranormal romance” (Booklist) returns to an immortal world of violent passion and lethal power…on the brink of a deadly archangelic war.Angels are falling from the sky in New York, struck down by a vicious, unknown force.Vampires are dying impossibly of disease...
  • Power Game by Christine Feehan

    Power Game by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    When members of a United Nations joint security force are taken hostage by radical terrorists in Indonesia, Captain Ezekiel Fortunes is called to lead the rescue team. Part of a classified government experiment, Zeke is a supersoldier with enhanced abilities. He can see better and run faster than the enemy, disappear when necessary and hunt along any terrain...
  • Conspiracy Game by Christine Feehan

    Conspiracy Game by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Jack Norton is a GhostWalker, a genetically enhanced sniper with a merciless sense of justice, a phantom welcomed by the anonymity of the night. But a mission to rescue his brother in the jungle has left him vulnerable to rebel forces. His only salvation is his power of telepathy. Then he meets Briony, an unusual beauty on a mission of her own. But they share more than the sweltering heat ..
  • Emblaze by Jessica Shirvington

    Emblaze by Jessica Shirvington

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Once again Violet Eden faces an impossible choice ... and the consequences are unimaginable. Violet has come to terms with the fact that being part angel, part human, means her life will never be as it was.Now Violet has something Phoenix - the exiled angel who betrayed her - will do anything for, and she has no intention of letting it fall into his hands...
  • The Becoming by Nora Roberts

    The Becoming by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    The world of magick and the world of man have long been estranged from one another. But some can walk between the two--including Breen Siobhan Kelly. She has just returned to Talamh, with her friend, Marco, who's dazzled and disoriented by this realm--a place filled with dragons and faeries and mermaids (but no WiFi, to his chagrin)...
  • Shadow Storm by Christine Feehan

    Shadow Storm by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Danger inspires fierce passion when a new threat targets Chicago's Ferraro crime family in this novel in Christine Feehan's New York Times bestselling series.A long-simmering feud between two families comes to a head in this gripping novel in Christine Feehan's New York Times bestselling Shadow Riders series...
  • Whispers in the Dark by Maya Banks

    Whispers in the Dark by Maya Banks

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    She came to him when he needed her the mostShe came to him at his lowest point. The voice of an angel, a whisper in the dark. She’s the only thing that gets Nathan Kelly through his captivity, the endless days of torture and the fear that he’ll never return to his family. With her help, he’s able to escape...
  • Chain Lynx by Fiona Quinn

    Chain Lynx by Fiona Quinn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Found in the debris of the plane wreck barely alive, Lexi Sobado is finally home. But home does not mean safe. Someone powerful, connected, and willing to kill is after her. Lexi Sobado, the young Iniquus puzzling prodigy, puts her expertise to the test as she faces a dark enemy, threatening not only her and Iniquus, but American defense and safety...
  • Hunter's Oath by Glynn Stewart

    Hunter's Oath by Glynn Stewart

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    From one Court, two are born… as a new Lord is crowned in glory But a murderer risks all their secrets… bringing shadows could burn everything down Jason Kilkenny is a quarter-human Vassal of the Queen of the Fae and the neutral arbiter of supernatural affairs around the Fae Court in the Canadian city of Calgary...
  • Murder Game by Christine Feehan

    Murder Game by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Return to the world of the GhostWalkers with “the queen of paranormal romance” (USA Today) as she raises the stakes in the ultimate game of love and death… Games should be fun, but for two expert teams across the country, they’re murder – because the winning team is the one that gets the most kills. The participants in this violent challenge rumored to be GhostWalkers...
  • Conspiracy by Lindsay Buroker

    Conspiracy by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    When you’re an outlaw hoping for a pardon, and the emperor personally sends a note requesting that your team kidnap him, you make plans to comply…Even if it’ll involve infiltrating a train full of soldiers, bodyguards, and spies loyal to a nefarious business coalition that has numerous reasons to hate you...
  • Blood & Thunder by Charlie Cochet

    Blood & Thunder by Charlie Cochet

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    When a series of bombs goes off in a Therian youth center, injuring members of THIRDS Team Destructive Delta and causing a rift between agents Dexter J. Daley and Sloane Brodie, peace seems unattainable. Especially when a new and frightening group, the Order of Adrasteia, appears to always be a step ahead...
  • Toxic Game by Christine Feehan

    Toxic Game by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    On a rescue mission in the heart of the Indonesian jungle, Dr. Draden Freeman and his GhostWalker team need to extract the wounded as quickly as possible—or risk spreading a deadly virus unleashed by a terrorist cell. When Draden gets infected, he forces his team to leave him behind. He won’t risk exposing anyone else. He intends to find the ones responsible and go out in a blaze of glory...
  • King Cave by Scarlett Dawn

    King Cave by Scarlett Dawn

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The long-awaited sequel to the bestselling, award-winning King Hall: the revolution is here, but the most dangerous attack may come from within...The safe, comfortable world of Lily Ruckler and her fellow Mystical Kings and Queens is rocked to the core by the attacks at King Hall...
  • Passion Unleashed by Larissa Ione

    Passion Unleashed by Larissa Ione

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    FORBIDDEN TEMPTATIONS Serena Kelley is an archaeologist and treasure hunter-and a woman with a secret. Since she was seven, she's been the keeper of a powerful charm that grants her health and immortality . . . as long as she stays a virgin. But Serena isn't all that innocent...
  • Ruthless by Robert J. Crane

    Ruthless by Robert J. Crane

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    When a mission in New York City goes terribly wrong, Sienna Nealon finds herself replaced as head of the government agency in charge of policing people with powers beyond those of a normal human. Marginalized, humiliated, she ponders her place in the world now that her war is over...
  • Deadly Game by Christine Feehan

    Deadly Game by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    It begins as a mission to protect a politician from an assassination threat. But the operation takes an unexpected turn when Mari, a mysteriously beautiful GhostWalker, is taken hostage. At the same time, Ken Norton, expert assassin and himself a GhostWalker warrior, is on a mission of his own—one that reaches into Mari’s own past...
  • Blood Truth by J.R. Ward

    Blood Truth by J.R. Ward

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    As a trainee in the Black Dagger Brotherhood's program, Boone has triumphed as a soldier and now fights side by side with the Brothers. Following his sire's unexpected death, he is taken off rotation against his protests—and he finds himself working with Butch O'Neal, former homicide cop, to catch a serial killer: Someone is targeting females of the species at a live action role play club...
  • Covert Game by Christine Feehan

    Covert Game by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Rescuing an industrial spy from the hands of a criminal mastermind is a suicide mission for the GhostWalkers. And there's no one more up to the task than Gino Mazza. He's the perfect killing machine--a man driven by demons so dark and destructive that his blighted soul has given up trying to find solace. But his laser-sharp focus on his target has transformed into something nearing desire...
  • Predatory Game by Christine Feehan

    Predatory Game by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    The new Ghostwalker novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Saber Wynter is running from her past when she meets ex-Navy SEAL and Ghostwalker Jess Calhoun. But the riddles of both their pasts are about to collide, shattering the promise of their future with the ultimate betrayal...
  • Blood Kiss by J.R. Ward

    Blood Kiss by J.R. Ward

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    The legacy of the Black Dagger Brotherhood continues in a spin-off series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author…Paradise, blooded daughter of the king’s First Advisor, is ready to break free from the restrictive life of an aristocratic female. Her strategy? Join the Black Dagger Brotherhood’s training center program and learn to fight for herself, think for herself…be herself...
  • Night Game by Christine Feehan

    Night Game by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Gator Fontenot of the Special Forces paranormal squad must reel in the elusive Iris "Flame" Johnson, a victim of the same horrific experiments that warped Gator--and a red-haired weapon of unimaginable destructive powers bent on revenge in the sultry bayous of New Orleans...
  • Forbidden Nights with a Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks

    Forbidden Nights with a Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The Best Things in Life Are Always ForbiddenVanda Barkowski is in trouble. As the owner of a hot nightclub, she's more unconventional than most of her fellow vampires, and if some think her a little out of control, then so be it. But after three former employees filed a complaint about her temper, Vanda is sentenced to an anger management class. Worse, Phil Jones agreed to be her sponsor...
  • Ruthless Game by Christine Feehan

    Ruthless Game by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    GhostWalker Kane Cannon is pure male—animalistic, sexual, protective, instinctive—and his past missions have prepared him for anything. But his newest assignment, to rescue hostages in Mexico, plunges him into a hot zone he never anticipated: the hiding place of Rose Patterson—a fugitive, an ex-lover, a fellow GhostWalker pregnant with his child...
  • Oblivion by Anthony Horowitz

    Oblivion by Anthony Horowitz

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The final, thrilling conclusion to #1 New York Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz's masterful series!Matt. Pedro. Scott. Jamie. Scar. Five Gatekeepers have finally found one another. And only the five of them can fight the evil force that is on the rise, threatening the destruction of the world...
  • Catch a Tiger by the Tail by Charlie Cochet

    Catch a Tiger by the Tail by Charlie Cochet

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Calvin Summers and Ethan Hobbs have been best friends since childhood, but somewhere along the line, their friendship evolved into something more. With the Therian Youth Center bombing, Calvin realizes just how short life can be and no longer keeps his feelings for his best friend a secret...
  • Traitor Born by Amy A. Bartol

    Traitor Born by Amy A. Bartol

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    In the Fates Republic, Firstborns reign supreme. Secondborns kneel in servitude. Thirdborns face death. And Census shadows them all.Secondborn Roselle St. Sismode was pressed into military service to battle the rebel uprising threatening the society that enslaves her...
  • Reap the Shadows by Annette Marie

    Reap the Shadows by Annette Marie

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Piper is feeling a bit overwhelmed. With Seiya and Lyre missing, Ash recovering from near fatal injuries, and the Gaians picking fights with daemons all over the city, a girl can’t help but think she might be in over her head. And this time, she’s on her own...
  • Total Surrender by Rebecca Zanetti

    Total Surrender by Rebecca Zanetti

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    A fight he must win...Piper Oliver knows she can't trust him. They warned her that the tall, dark, and sexy black-ops soldier Jory Dean would try to win her over with his steel-gray eyes and deadly charm, but she won't be conned by this man they call a traitor. All she has to do is figure out the science necessary to save his life, and she's done...
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