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Skin Game by Jim Butcher
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 63 ratingsHarry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, is about to have a very bad day…Because as Winter Knight to the Queen of Air and Darkness, Harry never knows what the scheming Mab might want him to do. Usually, it’s something awful.He doesn’t know the half of it…Mab has just traded Harry’s skills to pay off one of her debts... -
Changes by Jim Butcher
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 72 ratingsLong ago, Susan Rodriguez was Harry Dresden's lover-until she was attacked by his enemies, leaving her torn between her own humanity and the bloodlust of the vampiric Red Court. Susan then disappeared to South America, where she could fight both her savage gift and those who cursed her with it... -
Cold Days by Jim Butcher
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 72 ratingsYou can't keep a good wizard down - even when he wants to stay that way.For years, Harry Dresden has been Chicago's only professional wizard, but a bargain made in desperation with the Queen of Air and Darkness has forced him into a new job: professional killer... -
Small Favor by Jim Butcher
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 73 ratingsTHE New York Times BestsellerHarry Dresden's life finally seems to be calming down -- until a shadow from the past returns. Mab, monarch of the Sidhe Winter Court, calls in an old favor from Harry -- one small favor that will trap him between a nightmarish foe and an equally deadly ally, and that will strain his skills -- and loyalties -- to their very limits... -
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Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 72 ratingsThere's no love lost between Harry Dresden, the only wizard in the Chicago phone book, and the White Council of Wizards, who find him brash and undisciplined. But war with the vampires has thinned their ranks, so the Council has drafted Harry as a Warden and assigned him to look into rumors of black magic in the Windy City... -
Turn Coat by Jim Butcher
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 73 ratingsAccused of treason against the Wizards of the White Council, Warden Morgan goes in search of Harry Dresden in a desperate attempt to clear his name and stop the deadly punishment from taking place in this latest thrilling addition to the Dresden Files series... -
White Night by Jim Butcher
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 72 ratingsWizard Harry Dresden must investigate his own flesh and blood when a series of killings strike Chicago’s magic practitioners in this novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.Someone is targeting the members of the city’s supernatural underclass—those who don’t possess enough power to become full-fledged wizards. Some have vanished. Others appear to be victims of suicide... -
Only the Guilty by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIzzy Sage is a woman on a mission. She’s determined to find the creatures wearing her parents’ faces … and end them. Unfortunately, the trouble bubbling up on Belle Isle has to take precedence, especially when violence lands in her backyard.A prison van is involved in a wreck in downtown Detroit, allowing fifty high-risk inmates to escape...Categorized as:
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Dead Beat by Jim Butcher
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 74 ratingsMeet Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard P.I. Turns out the 'everyday' world is full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in.Luckily, however, he's not alone. Although most people don't believe in magic, the Chicago P.D. has a Special Investigations department, headed by his good friend Karrin Murphy... -
No Crones About It by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsScout Randall is settling in with the northern Lower Michigan branch of Spell’s Angels. She’s feeling bold, brash … and just a little bit flirty thanks to her burgeoning relationship with Gunner Stratton, a shifter whose father happens to serve as the chief of police in Hawthorne Hollow. Things are going well … until they’re not... -
Imitation and Alchemy by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAll Ben Vecchio wanted was a quiet summer before his last semester of university. Was that too much to ask? All Tenzin wanted was a cache of priceless medieval coins that had been missing for several hundred years. And some company. Phrases like “never again” don’t mean much when you’ve been a vampire for several thousand years... -
Death Masks by Jim Butcher
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 73 ratingsHarry Dresden, Chicago's only practicing professional wizard, should be happy that business is pretty good for a change. But now he's getting more than he bargained for:A duel with the Red Court of Vampires' champion, who must kill Harry to end the war between vampires and wizards...Professional hit men using Harry for target practice...The missing Shroud of Turin.. -
Midlife Blues by Victoria Danann
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsRita Hayworth is not just the only American in town. She's also the only human!For all the everyday heroines over forty who know it's NOT TOO LATE for magic!Begins with the formerly reclusive, gentleman vampire hosting a murder mystery dinner you'll never forget, and ends with the case of the captured kelpie... -
Shadow in the Mine by Steve Higgs
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCalled to investigate a mystery at a local gypsum mine, paranormal detective, Tempest Michaels, expects to find a rational explanation for the strange events …… instead, he discovers a body and a horrified staff.Recent earthworks exposed something ancient, twisted, and above all evil. It has claimed one life already and the staff are terrified for who might be next... -
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Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 73 ratingsFor Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, there have been worse assignments than going undercover on the set of an adult film. Dodging flaming monkey poo, for instance. Or going toe-to-leaf with a walking plant monster. Still, there is something more troubling than usual about his newest case... -
Dating with a Vengeance Demon by Lauretta Hignett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA mysterious supernatural assassin is loose in D.C. – a man made of marble, hell-bent on murdering the most popular senator the country has seen in years... -
Between Homes by W.R. Gingell
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsG'day. I'm Pet. Not, not Pet--I am a pet. Well, I was a pet: I used to belong to two fae and a stroppy vampire. Now I'm homeless. I mean, I was always technically homeless, but this time it's different... -
Ghost Story by Jim Butcher
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 67 ratingsWhen we last left the mighty wizard detective Harry Dresden, he wasn't doing well. In fact, he had been murdered by an unknown assassin.But being dead doesn't stop him when his friends are in danger. Except now he has no body, and no magic to help him. And there are also several dark spirits roaming the Chicago shadows who owe Harry some payback of their own... -
Armageddon Outta Here by Derek Landy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe ULTIMATE story collection for Skulduggery Pleasant fans, now updated to include Apocalypse Kings AND six more new stories for this edition - 22 stories in all!ENTER A WORLD OF MAGIC AND MYSTERYEnter a world where Apocalypse Kings and ancient monsters stalk beside the killers, the misfits, the oddballs and the weirdos.Enter the world of Skulduggery Pleasant... -
Eternal Covenant by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIs happily ever after finally here?The wedding is coming! The wedding is coming!Zoe Lake and Aric Winters are ready to say “I do.” They’ve fought sphinxes, witches, and monster hunters – and all they want now is peace.Unfortunately, that’s not so easy to find. When the wedding planners – and warring mothers – descend on their happy home, Aric and Zoe are plunged into a world they never expected... -
Everlasting Covenant by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDeep down inside, Zoe Lake-Winters knew that she hadn’t yet bid goodbye to Covenant College. The realization that the final fight will be fought at the place she thought she would never see again isn’t lost on her. Still … she has no choice. Her family comes first and she’s out of options. Another attack on Sami Winters forces Zoe and Aric to embrace the inevitable... -
Hell Hath No Fury by Orlando A. Sanchez
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHell hath no fury…like an angry god of the underworld. Persephone is missing. When Hades uses every resource at his disposal and fails to locate his wife, he takes drastic measures. He hires the Montague & Strong Detective Agency to locate her, bring her back to him, and most importantly, find out who dared to kidnap his wife... -
To Haunt a Witch by Juliette Harper
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsStill recovering from their adventure into the Middle Realm, Jinx, Tori, and the gang have settled down to enjoy some "normal" time in Briar Hollow. Then Cezar Ionescu walks in the front door asking for a favor. An abandoned house owned by the local Strigoi clan is attracting the attention of the Haunted Briar Hollow web series... -
Forever Forty by Tia Didmon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA witch. A vampire. An immortal mistake.As a witch, I have a healthy dislike for the undead. While they can turn a human, their venom kills those of us with power. At least that was true until I was attacked by a rogue and transitioned into a vampire.Now the entire supernatural community wants answers, including the vampire overseer who had a surprising reaction to my unnatural rebirth... -
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Summer Knight by Jim Butcher
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 73 ratingsFor the 1st printing edition of this ISBN, see here.HARRY DRESDEN -- WIZARDLost items found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable Rates.No Love Potions, Endless Purses, or Other EntertainmentEver since his girlfriend left town to deal with her newly acquired taste for blood, Harry Dresden has been down and out in Chicago. He can't pay his rent. He's alienating his friends... -
Between Frames by W.R. Gingell
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsTwo fae is company, but a company of fae is trouble.Which is exactly what we’ve got. Trouble, I mean. Well, and fae. Lots of fae.Something or someone is stalking and killing high-level fae around Hobart—tearing out hearts and leaving a trail of bloody bodies behind. Fae don’t like it when they’re the ones getting killed, so of course they came to hire my owners.Owners, you ask?Hi. I’m Pet... -
Homecoming by Orlando A. Sanchez
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThere’s no place like home…but they’re not headed to Kansas. The Sanctuary is the hidden home of the Golden Circle - a sect of powerful mages. It’s a sacred place of learning, magic, and deep secrets. When Tristan discovers his father, Connor Montague, is being held prisoner he vows to return to the Sanctuary and release him. There’s only one problem... -
Side Jobs by Jim Butcher
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 52 ratingsHere, together for the first time, are the shorter tales from Jim Butcher's DRESDEN FILES series — a compendium of cases that Harry and his cadre of allies managed to close in record time. The tales range from the deadly serious to the absurdly hilarious. Also included is a new, never-before-published novella that takes place after the cliff-hanger ending of the new April 2010 hardcover, Changes... -
Gobbelino London & a Melee of Mages by Kim M. Watt
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“We’ll do it,” Callum said. “Of course we will,” I said. “Why would we not stalk the scary magician who might be trying to raise his son from the dead? For free?” Like it or not, when a sorcerer asks you to track a magician, you track a magician. It’s that or spend life as a hamster. So we did.But, turns out, the scary magician is the least of our worries... -
Finch Merlin and the Everlasting Vow by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNo more Mr. Nice Guy…Finch is tired of people jerking him around—and now, it’s time for payback against the powerful forces who have made him a pawn in their games... -
Tanith Low in the Maleficent Seven. From the World of Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA brilliant, hilarious one-off novel in the Skulduggery Pleasant universe, from number-one-bestselling author Derek Landy – now in paperback.This time, the bad guys take the stage... -
Shadowstrut by Orlando A. Sanchez
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSometimes fear of the dark can keep you alive. Grey and Koda have a lead on the supplier of Redrum X—a new strain of the deadly drug that creates UV resistant vampires. Preventing the streets of New York City from being flooded with the mindless creatures was only the first step. Each night as darkness falls, body counts rise. Someone or something has made nights in the city…fatal... -
Pig Little Lies by Erin Johnson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn elixir party gone sour. An expired entrepreneur. Can a cursed shifter discover what’s in love potion number crime? After confessing her dark secret, Jolene is left devastated when her cop-crush, Peter, ghosts her. But when a popular potion maker drinks her last draught, Jolene and Peter are forced to team up to find the butcher behind the brew... -
SOS Hotel: Sleep With Us by Adam Vex, Ariana Nash
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe third book in the SOS Hotel series...Three weeks in, and the SOS Hotel is still standing. I know, crazy right? Despite the gremlins, lethal electrics, shadowbeast in the attic, vampire threats, and psycho sorcerer, our doors remain open to all Lost Ones. Also, nobody has died… in a few days... -
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The Enchanter's Heart by Michele Notaro
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe 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... -
Ghostly Ordeal by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHarper Harlow has everything she wants. She has a new house … a new fiancé … and some time off work because the stretch after the holidays is generally slow. All that changes when she gets a call from her mother during a storm. Gloria Harlow has a lot of attitude and it’s on full display when Harper and her betrothed, Detective Jared Monroe, show up on the scene of a murder... -
Death Over the Garden Wall by Honor Raconteur
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThree modus operandi to die. Four employees, six house guests, and not a single witness.Confusing clues and no helpful leads cloud the death of Countess Giada Barese, who washed up on shore two weeks after her mysterious disappearance. Henri and Jamie have no idea if her death is a homicide, suicide, or accidental death, for nothing adds up... -
Fashionably Forever After by Robyn Peterman
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA movie deal for the Devil’s autobiography slash romance? Priceless. Maybe I should choose George Clooney to play me in the movie… No. Too gray. As much as I can’t see anyone playing me but me, I have far more important issues on my agenda—like finding the woman who stole my soul... -
Soulfire by Annabel Chase, A. Blythe
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAlternate cover for this ASIN can be found hereThe final book in the Magic Bullet series is here... Alyse Winters never thought she could hack life as a human. With her friends by her side, though, she feels more powerful than ever before. When a PAN asset turns up dead on her doorstep, it sets off a chain of events no one expects, least of all Alyse... -
Harley Merlin and the Cult of Eris by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsConsume the Spirit of Thine Greatest Enemy, in the Land of Erebus, on All Hallows’ Eve… Harley has a game plan to stop the third ritual: infiltrate the Cult of Eris and steal back her mother’s soul. But her only way in is through her devious half-brother Finch—the same guy who was Katherine’s most devoted bootlicker not too long ago... -
Madison's Mess by Robyn Peterman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat could possibly go wrong when a Mermaid and a Werewolf are sent on a dangerous mission by the drunken, diaper-wearing God of the Sea? Better question. What could possibly go right? Madison Unlike my sisters, I haven’t found my HEA. And I’m looking—hard. But finding a man who wants to blowhole dive in Hawaii on the first date is more difficult than you might imagine... -
Eye for an Eye by Alyssa Day
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Sheriff Susan comes back to Dead End after a mysterious trip with a haunted crystal ball, the future looks murky! But when the sheriff's grandmother is kidnapped by family members with everything to hide and nothing to lose, Tess and Jack jump in to help.A secret inheritance, missing family members, and a magical zucchini plant? It must be January in the quirkiest small town on the planet... -
Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 72 ratingsAn alternative cover edition with a different page count exists here.Harry Dresden - WizardLost Items Found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable Rates. No Love Potions, Endless Purses, or Other Entertainment.Harry Dresden has faced some pretty terrifying foes during his career. Giant scorpions. Oversexed vampires. Psychotic werewolves... -
Trick or Treat by Derek Landy
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShort story published on Derek Landy's blog; fits in best between Death Bringer and Kingdom of the Wicked... -
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The Lost Art of World Domination by Derek Landy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsA shot of Skulduggery action.It isn’t easy to take over the world. First you need the scheme. Then you need the muscle. Then you need to come up with a system for ruling six billion people and keeping them from revolting. It takes a certain kind of man to take over the world.Scaramouch Van Dreg, however, is not that man.But he has one thing going for him...Categorized as:
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Hell's Spells by Devon Monk
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn a town like Ordinary, anything can happen. Unfortunately for Delaney Reed, it usually does...Sheriff Delaney Reed’s little beach town where gods vacation and monsters reside is finally back to normal. No possessed souls, no vortexes to hell, and absolutely no one’s turned into a frog lately...Categorized as:
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Cheetahs Never Win by R.J. Blain
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWitnessing a double homicide dumps Aaron Clinton into the middle of a gruesome murder investigation. To stop the budding serial killer from striking again, Aaron must join forces with a reformed cop and a colony of cranky cats... -
The Date by Orlando A. Sanchez
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe was single and free - she had other ideas. Meet Simon Strong, an immortal detective about to enjoy a night out on the town. He’s planned this date for weeks and tonight is the night. When Tristan Montague, Simon’s partner and resident cranky mage advises Simon against this course of action, Simon declares his freedom to see whomever he chooses. There’s only one problem... -
The Eleventh Hour by Mark Hayden
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAnother Day, Another Scar… Conrad needs a rest, and so does Vicky, his partner in fighting magickal crimes. The universe has other ideas. Conrad had planned the perfect weekend in the English Lake District – tie up some loose ends before spending the night with his girlfriend. Simple. What could possibly go wrong? Everything is the answer... -
Hellhound Blues: A Brew & Chew Adventure by Orlando A. Sanchez
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA hungry hellhound is a dangerous hellhound. When the bond Peaches shares with Simon is interrupted, Peaches knows something is wrong. He must locate Simon before his body begins to expand. With nowhere to turn, Peaches visits their new next-door neighbor, Cecelia, an eight-year-old ice mage, and Tristan’s new apprentice...
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