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  • Sin & Spirit by K.F. Breene

    Sin & Spirit by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Kieran has stepped up to take his place as the ruler of magical San Francisco. As his girlfriend, that unfortunately means I'm under the magnifying glass. Everything I do is noticed, from how I act to how I style my hair. Most notably, of course, is how little I know about my magic. The Hades Demigods want me on their team, and they don’t plan to ask nicely. Kieran and I are both under fire...
  • United by K.M. Shea

    United by K.M. Shea

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    A wolf is attacking the humans of Timber Ridge and changing them into werewolves—against their will.The change process is extremely dangerous and involves bloodshed. It isn’t something that happens by accident, which can only mean one thing.Someone is doing this on purpose...
  • Resurrection Reprise by Hailey Turner

    Resurrection Reprise by Hailey Turner

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Possession is nine-tenths of the law.Spencer Bailey has spent his entire life under government oversight for something he can’t change: his magic’s affinity for breaking souls. After surviving the end of the world, Spencer joins the Supernatural Operations Agency with the intention of keeping his head down and his hands clean...
  • One Second by Dannika Dark

    One Second by Dannika Dark

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    ***USA TODAY BESTSELLING SERIES*** EXPLOSIVE FINAL INSTALLMENT IN THE SEVEN SERIES Book 1 is on sale for a limited time! Love. Family. Brotherhood. Lexi has faced personal struggles, but nothing has prepared her for the most perilous battle of her life. Shifters are on the brink of war as Northerners target Colorado in an attempt to infiltrate the borders...
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    dark  humor  magic  mlm  paranormal  shapeshifters  steamy  suspense
  • Deathtrap by Dannika Dark

    Deathtrap by Dannika Dark

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    USA TODAY BESTSELLERThe explosive third installment in the Crossbreed Series by USA Today Bestselling author Dannika Dark. For Raven Black, hunting criminals is second nature. So is denial. It’s not easy moving forward with one foot stuck in the past...
  • The Necromancer's Reckoning by S.J. Himes

    The Necromancer's Reckoning by S.J. Himes

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Every action has consequences.For a decade, Angel Salvatore has been the most powerful sorcerer and only necromancer in all the Northeast. Never one to ask permission nor apologies, he has acted with near impunity for years.Until now.The High Council of Sorcery has come to Boston, and Angel is their target...
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    dark  lgbtq  magic  mlm  necromancy  paranormal  shapeshifters  steamy
  • 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...
  • Sin & Magic by K.F. Breene

    Sin & Magic by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    I've agreed to work for a Demigod. My job? Find the spirit of his mother and release her before his vengeful father finds out and kills us all. Have I lost my mind? Thankfully, I don't have to do it alone. Kieran has brought in help: a Necromancer who loves to flirt with danger. Bria can help me find the clues to free Kieran's mom...
  • Dire Straits and Entwined Fates by Alice Winters

    Dire Straits and Entwined Fates by Alice Winters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    JulianWhen did fake-then-real dating an ancient vampire become the easy part?Casimir’s ridiculously sweet now that he’s conquered “the art of the flirt,” as he calls it. He tries hard to fit in with my family—if we forget about those silly threatening chocolates he sent my father—and he even makes me popcorn… okay, he tried. I know, I know, I’m just bragging at this point...
  • SOS Hotel: Great Service from Top to Bottom by Adam Vex, Ariana Nash

    SOS Hotel: Great Service from Top to Bottom by Adam Vex, Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Something is wrong with Tom Collins. More wrong than usual.Tom’s being nice.I should have known trouble was right around the corner. One attempted murder later, and Reynard is forced to disarm Tom (literally).No bartender, means no bar. Zee is grumpy and avoiding me, and the hotel’s measly profits are dwindling by the day.Things are not going well...
  • Taunting Destiny by Amelia Hutchins

    Taunting Destiny by Amelia Hutchins

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    I thought things were bad and weird before—hold on—it’s getting worse.Adam and I are both going through identity crises of epic proportions as we Transition from who we were, and discover who we were meant to be. More Fae are dying, and I feel as if time is running out for us to find all of those responsible and put an end to the killings...
  • Family and Honor by K.N. Banet, Kristen Banet

    Family and Honor by K.N. Banet, Kristen Banet

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Jacky Leon got away with it. She defended a little human girl, made a few unlikely acquaintances, and survived to tell the tale. Now she’s the only werecat in the supernatural community who can say a small family of werewolves lives in her borders. That isn’t a good thing, though...
  • 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...
  • Ravenheart by Dannika Dark

    Ravenheart by Dannika Dark

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    “WE ALL HAVE SECRETS, RAVEN. DARK ONES. EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US.” Two weeks after joining Keystone, Raven Black is ready to take on the world as a criminal hunter for hire. If only her partner wasn’t a bloodsucking Vampire with a penchant for getting under her skin. Despite her lavish surroundings, Raven misses the freedom of life without rules...
  • 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...
  • Embracing Winter by Jocelynn Drake

    Embracing Winter by Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Winter Varik believes in only one thing-protecting his family.Even from himself.For nearly 200 years, he's kept a dangerous secret from his brothers.But Winter might have found his salvation in the form of a sexy witch named Fox.Too bad this same witch was named in a prophecy foretelling the destruction of the Variks...
  • 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...
  • Aleron by Macy Blake

    Aleron by Macy Blake

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Aleron Eastaughffe is a billionaire griffin who knows what he wants…Namely, a gorgeous city penthouse, a life of luxury, and the respect and admiration of his peers-–all the things he’s come to expect as one of the Eastaughffes...
  • Mastering the Flames by S.J. Himes

    Mastering the Flames by S.J. Himes

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Guilt-ridden after the massacre of his family, Isaac Salvatore turned to binge drinking to escape the pain. Now twenty-four years old, Isaac is a recovering alcoholic woefully out of practice in the magical arts, leaving his fire affinity hanging on the edge of disaster...
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    angst  lgbtq  magic  mlm  necromancy  paranormal  slow-burn  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...
  • The Necromancer's Dilemma by S.J. Himes

    The Necromancer's Dilemma by S.J. Himes

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    International bestselling hit The Beacon Hill Sorcerer series continues with Book #2, The Necromancer's Dilemma...Even love can die without trust.Angel’s brother, Isaac, has returned home, and the pair begins to make slow and awkward attempts back to each other...
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    humor  lgbtq  magic  mlm  necromancy  paranormal  shapeshifters  steamy
  • A Gilded Iron Blade by Kai Butler

    A Gilded Iron Blade by Kai Butler

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Saving the city was supposed to be the hard part...Parker Ferro can’t catch a break. After saving San Amaro from destruction for the second time and reconciling with his boyfriend, his current plans are to relax on his couch until his ears stop ringing.Unfortunately, the thousand realms he just saved have a way of yanking him back into service and the dead have come back to haunt him...
  • 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...
  • The Heart's Blood Arrow by Kai Butler

    The Heart's Blood Arrow by Kai Butler

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An old nemesis is out for blood…Parker Ferro’s life would be easier if his enemies stayed gone. When the man responsible for the death of Parker’s mother breaks out of prison, Parker finds himself in the crosshairs of the Bureau of Paranormal Threats when he tracks the criminal down...
  • Twisted Shadows by Allie Therin

    Twisted Shadows by Allie Therin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In a thrilling alternate-universe Seattle, empaths are disappearing—and it’s up to grumpy Reece and his mysterious protector, Grayson, to investigate. Empath hunter Evan Grayson is the Dead Man, transformed by a dark past into a perfect weapon against corrupted empaths...
  • The Enchanter's Heart by Michele Notaro

    The Enchanter's Heart by Michele Notaro

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The long-lost magic brings doom… We’ve been living in the shadow of the enchanter prophecy since my magic was released, and it seems that the darkness is finally closing in. There’s chaos everywhere; Brinnswick has become a war zone. The human and magical communities are doing everything in their power to save us, but it isn’t enough...
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    humor  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  shapeshifters  suspense  vampires
  • How the Necromancer in the Gold Vest Saved My Life: Disaster #4 by Jocelynn Drake

    How the Necromancer in the Gold Vest Saved My Life: Disaster #4 by Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Disaster #4: Who Woke the Dead?Something has escaped from the underworld!Sky would like to point out that this is NOT his fault.But, yes, something has escaped, and it has all the dead crawling out of their graves.Naturally, the humans are freaking out.Except for the sexy one living across the street.Nolan is ready to jump into the fray and help Sky round up the underworld fugitive...
  • How the Necromancer in the Gold Vest Saved My Life: Disaster #3 by Jocelynn Drake

    How the Necromancer in the Gold Vest Saved My Life: Disaster #3 by Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Disaster #3: Date NightDate night! Date night!It's date night!Life has settled down and Nolan has agreed to go on a date with Sky. There's just one Sky has to promise that it's a totally normal, non-magical date...
  • Charming by Dannika Dark

    Charming by Dannika Dark

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    After seven hundred years, Prince has acquired everything a Packmaster could desire. But when he meets the enchanting Nadia Kozlov, he realizes there’s one thing he doesn’t have: answers. Prince owes his life to a man he hasn’t seen in centuries, and Nadia holds the key to his whereabouts, because that man is her father. Destinies collide when Nadia’s sister shows up unexpectedly...
  • His Prince by Mary Calmes

    His Prince by Mary Calmes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jason Thorpe was content living a quiet life in New Orleans. He and his best friend Ode opened their cozy curios shop in the French Quarter, and he was making some new, albeit interesting, friends….Then Jason met Varic Maedoc, the prince of the vampyrs, and his life changed forever...
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    angst  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  shapeshifters  steamy  vampires
  • Logan by Macy Blake, Michael Dean

    Logan by Macy Blake, Michael Dean

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Logan Moore is a leader without a pack...And after the rejection he faced from his last pack, he’s not sure he wants one. But when a mysterious benefactor he nicknames The Oracle offers Logan the chance to use his military expertise to lead a group of misfit shifters to protect the creatures of the magical realm, Logan’s wolf won’t allow him to say no.Bailey Cairn is a man without a protector..
  • Destroyer of Worlds by Jordan L. Hawk

    Destroyer of Worlds by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After becoming possessed by the vampire spirit Gray, telekinetic Caleb Jansen thought his situation couldn’t get any worse. But that was before Graham Forsyth, head of SPECTR’s sinister Research Division, took him into custody.Forsyth claims he can exorcise Gray before the forty-day time limit runs out. But once at RD, Caleb and Gray find themselves ensnared in a web of lies...
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    angst  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  shapeshifters  steamy  suspense
  • Malicious Midpoint by Alice Winters

    Malicious Midpoint by Alice Winters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Nothing can go wrong with being in love with a demon and having a dragon familiar whose idea of a fun time is watching me plummet to the ground, right? Now that things have settled down, I’m hoping to finally get some peace and quiet to spend with Havoc...
    Categorized as:
    humor  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  shapeshifters  suspense  vampires
  • Escaping Destiny by Amelia Hutchins

    Escaping Destiny by Amelia Hutchins

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    I thought things couldn't get worse. I was wrong. I found out what I really wanted and was forced to give him up. Just as I found out who I really am, I was presented to the elusive Horde King as a gift. This was the mystical being I was hidden from for more than twenty years...
  • NoX by Adrienne Wilder

    NoX by Adrienne Wilder

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A nude man invades Luca Suarez's home and protects him from creatures who cannot exist.Creatures hunting him.The stranger can't tell Luca why. He can't even tell Luca his name.He remembers nothing until the moment he sees Luca...
  • Wicked Edge by Rebecca Zanetti

    Wicked Edge by Rebecca Zanetti

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    If you loved the Dark Protectors series, these wicked hot Realm Enforcers are for you...Daire Dunne is more than ready to take a quick break from his duties as a Coven Nine Enforcer. When he spots a sexy blonde across a Titans of Fire party, it’s not long before she’s on the back of his Harley on the fast track to his apartment...
  • Alpha's Challenge by Renee Rose, Lee Savino

    Alpha's Challenge by Renee Rose, Lee Savino

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    How to Date a Werewolf: 1. Never call him ‘Good Doggie'! I’ve got a problem. A big, hairy… sexy problem. An enforcer from the Werewolves MC broke into my house and refuses to leave. He thinks I know the Werewolves’ secret, and he’s here to keep me quiet! 2. During a full moon, be ready to get freaky! By the time he decides I’m no threat, it’s too late...
  • Immortal Ever After by Lynsay Sands

    Immortal Ever After by Lynsay Sands

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Lynsay Sands delivers a wickedly fun Argeneau novel featuring a vampire ready to claim his mate and the beauty who resists her fate!A kiss doesn’t mean eternity . . .Valerie Moyer doesn’t believe in vampires—until she is kidnapped by a fanged psychopath! After escaping her bloodthirsty captor, she’s through with creatures of the night...
  • Devil's Paw by Debra Dunbar

    Devil's Paw by Debra Dunbar

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    For about five seconds, no one wanted me dead.Then someone started killing angels, and I’m the prime suspect. Me. An imp. I’m lucky if I can kill a gnat, but somehow I end up accused of flying first-class all over the world and murdering these angels.I need to find the real killer before the Ruling Council slaps a guilty verdict on me and locks me up in a heavenly jail for all of eternity...
  • The Magic of Discovery by Britt Andrews

    The Magic of Discovery by Britt Andrews

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Growing up in Emerald Lakes, population six hundred and eighty-two, had been safe and comfortable. Running my own magic shop and making a living off my green witchcraft, I have no complaints...
  • Cat's Chance in Hell by Meghan Maslow

    Cat's Chance in Hell by Meghan Maslow

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When a feline fatale meets his magical match, Baltimore might just go up in flames.Carter Strike here. Siamese shifter extraordinaire, Tommy Tittoti’s right-hand cat . . . and the star of this book. Don’t let the author whatsherface tell you otherwise. That’s why its 113k. I’ve got A LOT to say.Terrible things are afoot in Charm City. Snark happens. Bad guys die. And I have a new favorite donut...
  • Liar City by Allie Therin

    Liar City by Allie Therin

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A murder has Seattle on edge, and it falls to a pacifist empath—and a notorious empath hunter—to find the killer before it's too lateIt’s the middle of the night when part-time police consultant and full-time empath Reece gets an anonymous call warning him that his detective sister needs his help...
  • Force by Kiki Burrelli

    Force by Kiki Burrelli

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cy isn't the mating kind.Cy Pataki doesn't get attached. He doesn't do coddling. And at thirty-two, he’s old enough to know his feelings won’t change. He's a damn good agent who enjoys his job protecting Crescent City, but to keep it, he must mate the witch his pack lined up for him twenty years ago.David never got a choice..
  • Moon Claimed by Kelly St. Clare

    Moon Claimed by Kelly St. Clare

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The pack of lies continues.My mother isn’t my mother.A werewolf wants me for his one-and-only baby mamaOh! And I’m the new leader of a tribe I joined weeks ago.Messed up doesn’t begin to explain it.I’m more desperate than ever to uncover an explanation for Mum’s mounting betrayals. Because this time, I’m not sure forgiveness is possible...
  • Familiar Beginnings by Alice Winters

    Familiar Beginnings by Alice Winters

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Smart men quit while they’re ahead—they lay low and hope disaster blows on by them. Not me. Especially when disaster seems to follow me and my soulmate Havoc, a demon I bound to me three hundred years ago with my magic.The dark mage Geoff is back from the dead and creating chaos by devouring the hearts of people with magical abilities, giving him overwhelming power as his followers grow...
  • Taken by a Vampire by Joey W. Hill

    Taken by a Vampire by Joey W. Hill

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Joey W. Hill’s Vampire Queen novels keep the pages turning, your imagination running, [and] your dreams carnally vivid” (Bitten by Books)...
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    dark  lgbtq  mlm  paranormal  shapeshifters  steamy  suspense  vampires
  • Circle of Trust by Nicholas Bella, Aimee Nicole Walker

    Circle of Trust by Nicholas Bella, Aimee Nicole Walker

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Lorcán Kennedy is a take-no-prisoner vampire whose grit is tested when slain vampires start showing up in his sector. His investigation reveals a blessed weapon was used in the slayings, which leads him to a rogue hunter with a grudge against vampires. Christian Wolfe is a no-nonsense hunter who believes the only good vampire is a dead one, but his code of honor keeps his hatred in check...
  • The Witch's Blood by Michele Notaro, Kenneth Obi

    The Witch's Blood by Michele Notaro, Kenneth Obi

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Listening Length: 9 hours and 36 minutes. I’ve been living with this burden for years, but my secret has finally been revealed, and I feel like I can breathe again. I’ve wanted to ask - to beg - for help, but the spell that’s held me captive wouldn’t allow it. With it out in the open, I’m more determined than ever to break the seal from my chest, so I can truly be free...
    Categorized as:
    dark  humor  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  suspense  vampires
  • Contested Crown by Kai Butler

    Contested Crown by Kai Butler

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I can’t give him up, even if it costs me my life...Miles and Cade are on the run. Without money, protection, or allies they have only each other to rely on as they flee the most powerful mage house in the country. Unfortunately, the outside world is even more dangerous than the lion’s den they just escaped from...
  • Thrown to the Wolves by Charlie Adhara

    Thrown to the Wolves by Charlie Adhara

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Agent Cooper Dayton is going to meet his boyfriend’s werewolf family. Unarmed. On their turf. And he’s bringing his cat. When Agent Cooper Dayton agreed to attend the funeral for Oliver Park’s grandfather, he didn’t know what he was getting into. Turns out, the deceased was the alpha of the most powerful werewolf pack on the eastern seaboard. And his death is highly suspicious...
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