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  • Queen Of Sins by Stephanie Hudson

    Queen Of Sins by Stephanie Hudson

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    I should have felt it coming.I should have been prepared for saying goodbye.But then why would I when I had no reason not to trust him.When I had no reason to doubt his words.But now I was left only doubting my own.For surely Lucius would come for me?Surely, he would realise his mistakes...
  • A Fall of Water by Elizabeth Hunter

    A Fall of Water by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    “No secret stays hidden forever.”Still grieving from their loss in the far East, Giovanni Vecchio and Beatrice De Novo discover that for them, all roads really do lead to Rome. But nothing is quite as it seems in the Eternal City. Joined by Carwyn and Tenzin, unexpected clashes greet them almost immediately, and rivalries churn beneath the glittering facade of the old Roman court...
  • Demons Forever by Sarra Cannon

    Demons Forever by Sarra Cannon

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    This is an alternate cover edition for B00ARI22MY Harper has come so far from her life as a foster child. She never imagined what her future would hold when she was first brought to the small town of Peachville. Since that day she’s faced great evil, found some of the answers she’s been looking for, and fallen deeply, madly in love...
  • Blood and Sand by Elizabeth Hunter

    Blood and Sand by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Dead women are showing up in the desert east of San Diego, and no one understands why. When the story comes to the attention of reporter Natalie Ellis, she can't help but make comparisons to the tragic deaths she'd investigated years ago...
    Categorized as:
    drama  immortality  magic  paranormal  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book
  • Ghostly Asylum by Lily Harper Hart

    Ghostly Asylum by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Something haunted this way comes … and it means big things for Ghost Hunters, Inc. It seems Phantoms, one of the most popular shows on the Independent Ghost Hunting Network, is interested in doing a location shoot at Ludington Asylum, which just happens to be located on a small island near Whisper Cove...
    Categorized as:
    magic  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  cozy  fiction  ghosts
  • The Revenge of Seven by Pittacus Lore

    The Revenge of Seven by Pittacus Lore

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 49 ratings
    The Garde have suffered an unbearable loss. Number Five has betrayed them. Eight is gone forever. Ella has been kidnapped. The others are now scattered.In Chicago, John makes the unlikeliest of allies: Adam, a Mogadorian who turned his back on his people. He has invaluable information about Mog technology, battle strategies, and weaknesses...
  • 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...
  • Pickups and Pirates by Bella Falls

    Pickups and Pirates by Bella Falls

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A little sweet tea and a whole lot of spells won’t always put out the fire… After a hurricane attacks the Crystal Coast, Ruby Mae Jewell and her friends and family will have to deal with more than just the wreckage of harsh weather. When the ancient shipwreck of the notorious pirate Captain “Bonny Anne” Bonnet is discovered off the shore, there’s a race to claim the uncovered treasure...
  • United Eden by Nicole Williams

    United Eden by Nicole Williams

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Life's been many things for twenty year old Bryn Dawson, but one thing it's never been is easy. And it's only about to get harder...
  • Rising Covenant by Amanda M. Lee

    Rising Covenant by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Zoe Lake and Aric Winters thought they were living happily ever after. They were wrong. Five years after surviving Covenant College’s final showdown, they find themselves at a crossroads. They’re living together. They’re happy. There is no future set in stone, though. When Zoe’s former roommate Paris shows up out of the blue, Zoe couldn’t be happier...
  • Spurn by Jaymin Eve

    Spurn by Jaymin Eve

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    A paranormal romance series.An epic journey.If the Seventine are released, will anyone survive?Book two in the Walker Saga follows Abigail and her friends as they tame the world of Spurn.‘Go to Spurn,’ she was told.Oh, and by the way the planet is ninety-five percent water and the inhabitants are hybrid fish. Of course, no one seems to care that Abigail can’t swim...
  • Origin of Magic by Linsey Hall

    Origin of Magic by Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I thought I knew the world of magic. I knew nothing.By the skin of my teeth, I passed the Vampire Court trials. I’m officially an ally, with the seductive vampire Ares on my side. Everything should be good, except that there’s a magical mob boss on the hunt for dragons. Problem is: dragons are supposed to be dead...
  • Weapon by Lynette Noni

    Weapon by Lynette Noni

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The #1 bestselling WHISPER series concludes with WEAPON:I already knew he was a psychopath. But now?He's more dangerous than ever.And I have less than twenty-four hours to stop him.After escaping Lengard and finding sanctuary with the Remnants, Alyssa Scott is desperate to save those she left behind ─ and the rest of the world ─ from the power-hungry scientist, Kendall Vanik...
  • Building From Ashes by Elizabeth Hunter

    Building From Ashes by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Power, passion, and politics collide in an Elemental World that is ruled by the ancients.For a thousand years, earth vampire Carwyn ap Bryn has sacrificed for the good of others: God, his family, his friends. But tragedy rips his world apart, causing him to question everything about his eternity...
  • The Awakening by K.E. Ganshert, Katie Ganshert

    The Awakening by K.E. Ganshert, Katie Ganshert

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    "I can't go home. It's not safe. Nowhere is." Tess Eckhart isn’t crazy. She’s not suffering from psychosis. She and Luka Williams are part of The Gifting. Before they can find out what that means, the man with all the answers turns up dead. The only thing he left behind? A few patient files that lead to the nation’s most lawless city...
  • Fallen Eden by Nicole Williams

    Fallen Eden by Nicole Williams

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    If happily ever after were a place, twenty-year-old Bryn Dawson would be on the farthest planet from it. Reduced to stolen glances and secret meetings as they await a Betrothal the Council is bent on stalling, William and Bryn have to settle for happily right now, but with a man like William Hayward at her side, Bryn’s hardly settling...
  • Beneath An Ivy Moon by Ellen Dugan

    Beneath An Ivy Moon by Ellen Dugan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fan favorite Ivy Bishop takes center stage in this newest volume of the Legacy Of Magick Series. Sure, Ivy Bishop’s life is a little unusual… The gothic-fabulous and youngest female Witch in her family line is now a full time college student starting her Junior year. Living on campus, Ivy and her BFF, Cypress are residents in the 160 year old Crowly Hall...
    Categorized as:
    drama  magic  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  ghosts
  • The Promise by Jessica Sorensen

    The Promise by Jessica Sorensen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    My name is Gemma Lucas and my life's a mess. Alex is gone, my dad's trapped in his own mind, and my mom's working for the dark side. Not to mention Nicholas refuses to quit haunting me. The world has also entered apocalyptic mode. Everyday more vampires, witches, and fey run the streets. Innocent people are dying. The Mark of Malefiscus is showing up everywhere...
  • Grave Seasons by Lily Harper Hart

    Grave Seasons by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Thanksgiving is here, and while Maddie Graves is thrilled to be sharing the holiday with the love of her life, Nick Winters, she’s also slightly manic about hosting her first big family meal, but that’s cause for family hijinks more than actual worry...
    Categorized as:
    drama  magic  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  cozy  fiction
  • Scorched Ice by Erica Stevens

    Scorched Ice by Erica Stevens

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Julian will stop at nothing to keep Quinn safe from the vampires seeking to use her for her special abilities. Deciding that desperate times call for desperate measures, Julian sets a plan into motion that will force him to do something he’s managed to avoid for five hundred years. Willing to do what she must in order to find peace for her and Julian, Quinn agrees to go along with his plan...
  • Forever Changed by Belinda Boring

    Forever Changed by Belinda Boring

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Waking up after an amazing night with her new husband and mate, nothing could've prepared Darcy for the epic bombshell Devlin dropped - explaining her heritage and revealing truths that completely blow her mind. When all she wants is to settle into marital bliss and Pack life, Darcy's world is once again thrown into turmoil, forced to face a challenge that may very well break her and Mason...
  • Tenth Grade Bleeds by Heather Brewer, Z Brewer

    Tenth Grade Bleeds by Heather Brewer, Z Brewer

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    In Tenth Grade Bleeds, it's another sucky year at Bathory High for Vladimir Tod. The evil vampire D'Ablo is hunting for the ritual that could steal Vlad's powers. His best friend Henry doesn't want to be his drudge anymore. And as if all that weren't enough, it's getting harder for Vlad to resist feeding on the people around him...
  • Roots of Insight by Breeana Puttroff

    Roots of Insight by Breeana Puttroff

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Quinn Robbins has just returned from spending ten days in Eirentheos, a world she had never known existed. Trying to settle back into her familiar life and establish a relationship with her new boyfriend, Zander, is more of a challenge than she ever dreamed it would be...
  • Hidden Darkness by W.J. May

    Hidden Darkness by W.J. May

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Hidden Darkness is the 7th Book of W.J. May's bestselling series, The Chronicles of Kerrigan. A race against time, a sprint across the world. The enemy has a new face now, Jonathon Cromfield. Except he's not really new, is he? Cromfield has a plan, one that includes Rae whether she likes it or not. Rae is terrified by the idea that she can't die...
  • Forget Me Not by Belinda Boring

    Forget Me Not by Belinda Boring

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Only a fool would think they could steal from a werewolf...Anticipating a quiet night alone with the man she loves, Darcy’s world is sent into a spin with the arrival of someone from the past - Mason’s. She is further shocked by the intruder’s claim she may not even be the true mate of the Mystic Wolves Alpha...
  • Trial by Magic by Linsey Hall

    Trial by Magic by Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    My secret is out.You know that saying, to hell in a hand basket? That’s where my life is headed. Three days ago, the Vampire Court learned about my forbidden FireSoul magic. It’s basically a death sentence. Except they’ve made me a deal. I have to pass a series of trials, designed to test my magic and my loyalty. If I survive, I become an ally of the Court, which would be awesome...
  • Finale by Becca Fitzpatrick

    Finale by Becca Fitzpatrick

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 69 ratings
    Nora and Patch thought their troubles were behind them. Hank is gone and they should be able to put his ugly vendetta to rest. But in Hank's absence, Nora has become the unwitting head of the Nephilim and must finish what Hank began. Which ultimately means destroying the fallen angels - destroying Patch...
  • Grave Holiday by Lily Harper Hart

    Grave Holiday by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Christmas is almost here and Nick Winters has big plans for the love of his life, Maddie Graves. A proposal is imminent, but first death plays a visit to Blackstone Bay. It seems the town’s local Santa has been a naughty boy, dating multiple women without caring if they’re single or married. Age isn’t a factor – he likes them young and old – and the suspect list is long and twisty...
    Categorized as:
    drama  magic  paranormal  adult  book  cozy  fiction  ghosts
  • Grave Haunting by Lily Harper Hart

    Grave Haunting by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Maddie Graves is in a good place. She’s engaged to her best friend and love of her life Nick Winters, and the doldrums of the cold season are winding toward Valentine’s Day. What could go wrong? A visit from the father who abandoned her before birth hits hard and fast, and Maddie finds herself overwhelmed with emotion...
    Categorized as:
    drama  magic  paranormal  suspense  adult  amateur-sleuth  book  cozy
  • Requiem by Jamie McGuire

    Requiem by Jamie McGuire

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Dreaming of the dead might mean a restless night for anyone, but for Nina Grey it was a warning. Still healing from her last run-in with Hell, Nina struggles with not only her life as a Brown University student, but also as an intern at Titan Shipping, her father's company...
  • Split Second by Kasie West

    Split Second by Kasie West

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Life can change in a split second.Addie hardly recognizes her life since her parents divorced. Her boyfriend used her. Her best friend betrayed her. She can’t believe this is the future she chose. On top of that, her ability is acting up. She’s always been able to Search the future when presented with a choice. Now she can manipulate and slow down time, too... but not without a price...
  • Sacrifice by Stacey Rourke

    Sacrifice by Stacey Rourke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Celeste Garrett has finally found a happy balance in her life as the Chosen One, thanks in large part to a certain hunky Irishman. But if there's any lesson she should heed since receiving her calling it's that everything can change in the blink of an eye...
  • Lost Library Collection: Books 1-3 by Kate Baray

    Lost Library Collection: Books 1-3 by Kate Baray

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    LOST LIBRARY (Book 1) Lost Library brings together a mysterious, magical book and a quirky heroine to create the adventure of a lifetime! John Braxton arrives unannounced on Lizzie Smith's doorstep looking for answers she doesn't have. She may have a magical book, but she hasn't a clue what to do with it--or even how to read it...
  • The Trouble With Ghosts by A.L. Kessler

    The Trouble With Ghosts by A.L. Kessler

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Poltergeists, severed thumbs, and lies… PIB agents Abigail Collins and Nick Averin are rattled when a handful of severed thumbs are found at an abandoned house, but neither of them expected it to link to a decades old murder with strange ties to the paranormal world. When Abby’s greatest enemy seems to be helping her from afar, it’s clear that there’s more to this case than the duo first believed...
    Categorized as:
    drama  magic  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Valiant Light by Jana Oliver

    Valiant Light by Jana Oliver

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    With her wedding fast approaching, as well as her fiancé's investiture as grand master, Master Demon TrapperRiley Blackthorne is just trying to keep Atlanta safe from Hellspawn. When she meets a high-level fiend who claims to be free of Lucifer's control, and allows him to remain at large, she knows there will be consequences...
    Categorized as:
    dystopia  magic  paranormal  angels  book  demons  female-mc  fiction
  • Relinquished Hood by Kendrai Meeks

    Relinquished Hood by Kendrai Meeks

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She didn't want any more werewolves in her life, now she has to live with one? Geri Kline wishes her list of concerns began and ended with "human things." You know... How to dress for the first day of your new internship or which shoes go best with a silver dagger and a crossbow. But when you're an outed red hood working in a company run by vampires, human concerns are trivial...
  • The Bear and the Unicorn by E.A. Price

    The Bear and the Unicorn by E.A. Price

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fired from his job at the Supernatural Enforcers Agency due to his short fuse, Zane Matthews starts his own detective agency. Mostly it’s cheating spouses, with a little bit of underwear theft, and Zane spends his days trying to learn how to control his anger and get back into the SEA. But that changes when the beautiful and kind Sky Danvers walks into his office...
    Categorized as:
    magic  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  cozy  fiction  humor
  • Supernatural Disasters by Ava L. Bishop, Ava Bishop

    Supernatural Disasters by Ava L. Bishop, Ava Bishop

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    1 part Academics + 2 parts Magic + 3 parts Fail = DisasterThey say life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans—they’re right.My life changed trajectory the day I attacked the creep who stole my thesis and got kicked out of the prestigious University of Sciences in Boston...
  • Fated by Sarah Fine

    Fated by Sarah Fine

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Aislin Ferry and Jason Moros have only days until they will be called to account before the Keepers of the Afterlife. Yet as they race to restore order and make their case, their worlds fall into total disarray.Mutiny within the fractured Ferry family threatens Aislin’s hold on power and role as Charon. Meanwhile, the fearsome Lord of the Kere has family trouble of his own...
  • Dreaming of the Wolf by Terry Spear

    Dreaming of the Wolf by Terry Spear

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Book 3 in Terry Spear's Silver Town Wolf SeriesA FIERCE HUNTER...Alicia Greiston is a no-nonsense bounty hunter determined to bring a ring of mobsters to justice. Her dogged pursuit of the crime family has forced her to avoid relationships- any man would only become a target for retribution...
  • Feudlings in Flames by Wendy Knight

    Feudlings in Flames by Wendy Knight

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Ari thought being in love with her prophesied nemesis sucked. But being responsible for her best friend's kidnapping? It sucks worse. Ari and Shane thought they'd beaten Fate and ended the three-hundred year war plagu-ing their people. They thought love had won. But they were so, so wrong...
  • Dark Nebula by W.J. May

    Dark Nebula by W.J. May

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Nothing is as it seems anymore. Leery from the horrifying incident at the end of her first year at Guilder Boarding School, Rae Kerrigan is determined to learn more about her new tattoo. Her expectations are high, an easy senior year and a happy reunion with Devon, the boy she’s not supposed to date. All hopes of happiness turn into shattered dreams the moment she steps back on campus...
  • Hallowed by Cynthia Hand

    Hallowed by Cynthia Hand

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 58 ratings
    For months Clara Gardner trained to face the fire from her visions, but she wasn't prepared for the choice she had to make that day. And in the aftermath, she discovered that nothing about being part angel is as straightforward as she thought...
  • Sacrifice by Denise Grover Swank

    Sacrifice by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    **Includes the short story Middle Ground.** Everything Emma loves has been ripped away-Jake, Will, and her unborn baby. Within minutes of confronting her new reality, Emma is thrust in the middle of a war between two supernatural beings and she's the prize...
  • Warping Minds & Other Misdemeanors by Annette Marie, Rob Jacobsen

    Warping Minds & Other Misdemeanors by Annette Marie, Rob Jacobsen

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    My name is Kit Morris, and welcome to my warped life.Picture the scene: Me, an average guy with psychic powers—not that my abilities are in any way average—just trying to scrape by in a harsh world. So maybe I've conned a few people, but did I really deserve to be thrown in MPD jail alongside magic-wielding serial killers?According to Agent Lienna Shen, one-hundred-percent yes...
  • Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick

    Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 73 ratings
    Nora Grey can't remember the past five months of her life. After the initial shock of waking up in a cemetery and being told that she has been missing for weeks - with no one knowing where she was or who she was with - she tried to get her life back on track. Go to school, hang out with her best friend, Vee, and dodge mom's creepy new boyfriend...
  • Awakening by Cate Tiernan

    Awakening by Cate Tiernan

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    For now, Morgan is safe from the dark wave that has been attacking witches. Betrayed by her first love, she is trying to come to grips with her Woodbane heritage and with Wicca -- its thorn and its rose...
  • Touch of Rapture by Suzanne Wright

    Touch of Rapture by Suzanne Wright

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Rulers of vampirekind Sam Parker and Jared Michaels are enjoying the current peace that’s fallen among their species … until it abruptly shatters. A vampire unlawfully attempting to Turn unwilling humans is somehow inadvertently killing them. It makes no sense, just like the strange brand on his palm and the fact that he boasts multiple vampiric gifts...
  • Skin Deep by Karen Chance

    Skin Deep by Karen Chance

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A war mage in Las Vegas stumbles across an ominous magical ward that appears as a dragon on her skin--and has a mind of its own, in this paranormal tale from the New York Times bestselling author of the Cassie Palmer novels. Lia de Croissets's mother is a werewolf--but Lia can't shift...
  • Ascenders by C.L. Gaber

    Ascenders by C.L. Gaber

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    THE ASCENDERS Takes You To the In-between Where Teens Who Died Young Go On the Epic Adventure of an After-Lifetime.Walker Callaghan doesn't know what happened to her. One minute she was living her teenage life in suburban Chicago...and the next minute, she was in a strange place and in a brand new school with absolutely no homework, no rules, and no consequences.Walker Callaghan, 16, is dead...
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