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  • Dawn Caravan by Elizabeth Hunter

    Dawn Caravan by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    After this night, dawn can't come fast enough.For Ben Vecchio, everything has changed. His eyes. His diet. His new aversion to sunlight. But after a long sojourn in China, Ben realizes that the world he left behind hasn't changed as much as he feared. He wants to leave his old life in the past, but there's one job remaining that just won't leave him alone...
  • Pearl Sky by Elizabeth Hunter

    Pearl Sky by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It was a friendly visit until a priceless artifact was stolen. Now Ben and Tenzin are up to their necks in secrets that can kill.It’s not just any holiday season in the immortal world. Elder Zhang’s oldest servant is reaching the century mark and Ben and Tenzin are ready to celebrate, but no sooner do they land on Penglai Island than a mystery falls in their path...
  • Wild Irish Roots: Margaret & Sean by Tricia O'Malley

    Wild Irish Roots: Margaret & Sean by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    “The longest road out is the shortest road home.” - Irish Proverb Admitting mistakes isn’t easy. And for hardheaded Margret O’Brien, it’s virtually unheard of. When Margaret comes back to Ireland for her daughter’s wedding, she is forced to face her past. She just didn’t expect to be doing it thrown upside down over a devastatingly handsome and exceptionally angry Irishman’s shoulder...
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    female-mc  magic  paranormal  suspense  adult  angels  audiobook  book
  • Spear Song by Tricia O'Malley

    Spear Song by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Perpetually cheerful Gwenith Donovan is pleased with life. She owns a hobby store she loves, carries on daily arguments with her chubby cat Macgregor, and maintains a meticulous comic-book collection that makes her geeky heart sing...
  • Wind Rider by P.C. Cast

    Wind Rider by P.C. Cast

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author of the House of Night series, P.C. Cast, brings us Wind Rider, an epic fantasy set in a world where humans, their animal allies, and the earth itself has been drastically changed. A world filled with beauty and danger and cruelty…Mari, Nik, and their newly formed Pack are being hunted...
  • Burning Secrets by Shawn McGuire

    Burning Secrets by Shawn McGuire

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Things are heating up in Whispering Pines, and it’s not just the weather. Sheriff Jayne O’Shea is on edge. Hopeful applicants have taken over the commons area, all of them begging to become residents. Villagers who left long ago have returned, causing an uproar among the locals. The slow burn feud between the sister witches has reached the boiling point...
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    female-mc  magic  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  cozy
  • The Burning Claw by Quinn Loftis

    The Burning Claw by Quinn Loftis

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Jacque’s mind wandered as she hovered somewhere between life and death. Her body longed to let go, to sink into the peaceful abyss, to the place where she didn’t have to worry about rabid, child-snatching vampires and the carnage they’d caused to so many innocent families...
  • When Angels Break by Lola St. Vil

    When Angels Break by Lola St. Vil

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A dark secret. A cruel new evil and a mission they may not survive..
  • The Wolf Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The Wolf Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sometimes magic throws a curveball… I thought I had everything figured out. I’d gone to the academy for witches and mastered my magic. I’d opened my own witchy occult store, just as I always wanted. And my family was as close as ever. Everything was going according to plan. Until the wolves showed up and dragged me back to their land. It was all a misunderstanding...
  • Sea Storm by Christine Feehan

    Sea Storm by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In one trade package together for the first time-two stories of the Drake Sisters from the #1 New York Times bestselling phenomenon. This two-in-one package from the #1 New York Times bestselling Drake Sisters series includes: Magic in the Wind Ever since Damon Wilder sought refuge in Sea Haven, he's heard the same breathless rumor so suggestive that it carries him to Sarah's cliff-top home...
  • Sins of the Father by Denise Grover Swank

    Sins of the Father by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    As the fallout from J.R. Simmons’ death begins to settle, some of the victims are still dealing with the results of that deadly night. Rose mourns the changes in her life and struggles to move on. Neely Kate is devastated when Joe leaves Henryetta two weeks after his father’s death and refuses to speak to her...
  • Witching for Clarity by Deanna Chase

    Witching for Clarity by Deanna Chase

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Clarity “Gigi” Martin moved to Premonition Pointe for a fresh start. And that’s exactly what she got when she found a house that was connected to her ancestors and a group of witches who welcomed her into their fold. It’s not easy starting over at forty, but she’s determined to do it on her own terms with her past left firmly behind her… until Sebastian Knight walks back into her life...
  • Dragon Guard Warrior by Alicia Montgomery

    Dragon Guard Warrior by Alicia Montgomery

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Introducing the Dragon Guard of the Northern Isles. Six dragon shifters duty-bound to protect their king.A single mom getting her life back togetherWhen divorce and scandal leaves her life in ruins, Poppy Baxter has no choice but to take the first job she could get, even if it is as a nanny to a dragon prince in a faraway land...
  • As The Underworld Turns by Robyn Peterman

    As The Underworld Turns by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    What does a forty-year-old former child star do when she finds out she’s a Demon?A sitcom, of course.Age is just a number unless you’re an actress of a certain age trying to make a comeback in La La Land. Back in the day, I was the child star of the hit show Camp Bites. Today, I’m still living it down...
  • Deception by D.B. Reynolds

    Deception by D.B. Reynolds

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Kauai, Hawaii—tropical paradise, vibrant jungle, turquoise sea... and sensuous nights that hide vampires so powerful they can change the world.Raphael—powerful, extraordinary, arrogant. He’s been eliminating rivals and gathering allies, determined not just to survive, but to demolish the Europeans who think they can steal what he’s worked for centuries to create...
  • Witching for Hope by Deanna Chase

    Witching for Hope by Deanna Chase

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Hope Anderson loves her life. She has a great business that’s thriving, the best friends a girl could ever have, and a coven she can count on. Oh, and she’s been single for over fifteen years and likes it that way… until the love of her life, Lucas King, walks back into town and throws everything she thought she knew about herself into chaos...
  • Technical Threat by Julie Trettel

    Technical Threat by Julie Trettel

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    His job’s at stake, but she may prove to be an even bigger technical threat to his heart.Tarron has met his match with a ruthless cyberhacker who has a personal vendetta against the Raglan. When she breeches Westin Force’s security Tarron must move in to stop her. That proves easier said than done when his Nonna steps up to help and meddle in his love life...
  • Moonshine & Menace by Kathleen Brooks

    Moonshine & Menace by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Polly Lurie had been battling evil for centuries, but everything changed when she was selected to teach Zoey Rode how to use her new powers. Together they defeated evil and Zoey took her place among the witches, even finding love with the dark and dangerous Slade. Polly wishes to find that same love. Only the one man she’s interested in doesn’t seem to think of her as anything but a friend...
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    magic  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  comedy  contemporary  fiction
  • A Twist of Fate by Alicia Montgomery

    A Twist of Fate by Alicia Montgomery

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Astrid Jonasson’s life has been a series of disappoints, both to her family and herself, which is why she’s chosen to stay clear of her Lycan clan. When a series of events forces her back into the center of the New York clan life, she bumps into an old childhood crush. Zac Vrost, son of the clan’s Beta, has always been out of reach for her...
  • Witching For Joy by Deanna Chase

    Witching For Joy by Deanna Chase

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A Paranormal Women's Fiction with a bit of class, and a lot of sass, for anyone who feels like age is just a number! Joy Lansing is at a crossroads. Her kids have all flown the nest and just when she thought she was going to spend her golden years with her husband of thirty years, she finds herself single again and looking to rebuilt a life she no longer recognizes...
  • The Write Hook by Robyn Peterman

    The Write Hook by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Midlife is full of surprises. Not all of them are working for me.At forty-two I’ve had my share of ups and downs. Relatively normal, except when the definition of normal changes… drastically...
  • Vintage Spirits by Annabel Chase

    Vintage Spirits by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Sometimes the dead aren't so silentJulie Duncan never expected to be a fifty-year-old widow living with her domineering mother in the same lakeside house she grew up in. Winters in Lake Cloverleaf are a gloomy time for Julie. Christmas and New Year’s Eve remind her of her late husband and she isn’t looking forward to yet another holiday season without him...
  • Finding You by T.M. Cromer

    Finding You by T.M. Cromer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Finding You is a heart-wrenching, suspenseful story about one woman and her faith in true love. Due to adult themes, this book is not recommended for anyone under the age of 18.Heat level: 3.5Tissue consumption level: 1 boxShe didn’t see this one coming.Samantha Holt had the perfect relationship—until one day, she didn’t...
  • Awakening the Witch by Christina Garner

    Awakening the Witch by Christina Garner

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A paranormal women's fiction novel with Gen X attitude and a heart of gold.Welcome to Hollywood Lakes, where the water is warm, the coffee is hot, and magic begins at midlife.Shay Atwater is a talent manager in Hollywood with a knack for making dreams come true. But somehow, she's never quite found her own...
  • Third Time’s a Charm by Michelle M. Pillow

    Third Time’s a Charm by Michelle M. Pillow

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Friends don’t let friends séance drunk.Vivien Stone lost the love of her life over twenty years ago. Now that she’s in her forties with a string meaningless relationships under her belt, she can't help but pine for what might have been. It doesn't help that she's somewhat psychic and can pretty much predict where a relationship is heading before it even starts...
  • Bearly Breathing by Moxie North

    Bearly Breathing by Moxie North

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Independence has its virtues ... but sometimes you really need a helping paw. She’s not looking for a white knight ... Single mom Gemma Ellis loves her son -- and hates asking for help. Her no-account ex has taught her she can’t rely on anyone but herself, even if that means working two jobs and barely scraping by...
  • Vincent by D.B. Reynolds

    Vincent by D.B. Reynolds

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Sinaloa, Mexico . . . haunting deserts, hot nights, and vampires, who’ve been there for hundreds of years, watching from the shadows, playing their games, manipulating humans, and surviving at any cost. Vincent Kuxim, powerful and charismatic, was made vampire by an ambitious leader looking for soldiers to pave his way to the rule of all Mexico...
  • Innocent Prey by Maggie Shayne

    Innocent Prey by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    To save innocent lives, they'll have to risk their own. Self-help superstar Rachel de Luca and Detective Mason Brown have finally given in to their overwhelming attraction to each other, but neither of them is ready to let physical passion turn into full-blown romance, so they carefully maintain an emotional distance...
  • Lachlan by D.B. Reynolds

    Lachlan by D.B. Reynolds

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Scotland—sweeping forests, tumbling waterfalls. . .and towering highlands where vampire warriors have ruled for centuries.Lethal and charismatic, vampire Lachlan McRae woke on his first night to death and devastation—his clan slaughtered, his fortress destroyed...
  • Sweatpants and Spells by Keira Blackwood

    Sweatpants and Spells by Keira Blackwood

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I knew hot flashes were supposed to be hot, but I didn’t expect flames.One day I’m in anger management, normalizing the cordial hate between me and my husband. The next, we’re divorced and he has taken both our house and the business we built together. I’m forty years old and living above our empty restaurant, plotting my next move...
  • Bewitching Bitters by Annabel Chase

    Bewitching Bitters by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Be careful what you wish for…Kate Golden is living the dream in Lake Cloverleaf—a handsome husband, three wonderful kids, and a career she loves. As a motivational speaker, she devotes her time to helping people achieve their goals, to become the best versions of themselves.Apparently, the best version of Kate now includes being a witch...
  • Forgotten by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast

    Forgotten by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Before he was freed by Neferet, Kalona was imprisoned within the earth for centuries because of the Darkness in his heart. But what happened to the Other World's Kalona? It's as though he's been forgotten, or maybe he never existed at allIn the present, Other Neferet may have left her House of Night, but she has far from given up her goal of immortality and world domination...
  • 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...
  • Order of Seven by Beth Teliho

    Order of Seven by Beth Teliho

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Eighteen-year-old Devi Bennett is surrounded by mysteries: her unknown heritage, a recurring dream about an African tribal ceremony, an inexplicable attachment to a certain tree and a psychic ability she’ll never understand—unless she finds her biological parents...
  • Fern Valley by T.L. Haddix

    Fern Valley by T.L. Haddix

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rachel Campbell is doing just fine on her own. The forty-seven-year-old divorced single mother of a nearly grown teenager, she's also a shape shifter. She isn't opposed to the idea of love, but she isn't looking for it, either. But then state trooper Lee Harrison moves in across the street...
  • No Going Back: Soft Focus / After Dark by Jayne Ann Krentz, Jayne Castle

    No Going Back: Soft Focus / After Dark by Jayne Ann Krentz, Jayne Castle

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Two exciting novels by the New York Times bestselling author, collected for the first time in one volume...
  • Twilight Vendetta by Maggie Shayne

    Twilight Vendetta by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "My inspiration has always been Maggie Shayne's WINGS IN THE NIGHT." #1 New York Times Bestselling Author CHRISTINE FEEHAN Devlin doesn’t like humans. Most would support the extermination of the entire vampire race, and that’s exactly what will happen, unless his plan to organize a resistance force succeeds. Eva is the only mortal who’s ever managed to get under his skin...
  • Stardust Valley by T.L. Haddix

    Stardust Valley by T.L. Haddix

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book Nine in the Firefly Hollow Series. This is Noah's story. He loves Sophie, has since he was a seventeen-year-old kid, but thanks to a manipulative troublemaker and because he's a stubborn Campbell man (or so his female relatives keep telling him), it takes him a while to figure his feelings out and do something about them. Like more than ten years...
  • Kathy by T.L. Haddix

    Kathy by T.L. Haddix

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Women's Fiction Romance Life changed forever for Kathy Browning one tragic, fateful day in 1960 when her husband murdered their children, another man, and himself in front of her. Three years later, she's battling serious depression, still trying to pick up enough shattered pieces of what's left to continue living...
  • Warrior Unraveled by Tina Folsom

    Warrior Unraveled by Tina Folsom

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Scanguards witch Wesley Montgomery is determined to form an alliance between his group and the elusive Stealth Guardians. But Virginia Robson--ex-enforcer, newly minted member of the Stealth Guardian Council, and a woman who gets Wesley's heart pumping in his chest--isn't making it easy for him...
  • My Warrior Fae by Kathi S. Barton

    My Warrior Fae by Kathi S. Barton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    All Tess Knight wanted was a loan to purchase a car but what she got was pulled into the middle of a bank robbery. She’s able to shield herself and hide in the shadows until she is able to eliminate the robbers one by one. During the attack, she’s injured and has lost a lot of blood. The only one that Bradley feels can save her is Aaron since he is the strongest one...
  • Dark Premonitions by Heather Topham Wood

    Dark Premonitions by Heather Topham Wood

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Psychic Kate Edwards had her first premonition—a vision of her own murder by a faceless attacker. With very few clues to go on, she has to use her psychic gifts to uncover who wants her dead. Paranoia sets in and Kate wonders if there’s anybody she can trust.As Kate fears her impending death, she’s desperate to seek comfort with her ex-boyfriend Jared Corbett...
  • The Final Omen by Heather Topham Wood

    The Final Omen by Heather Topham Wood

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Psychic Kate Edwards had seen her death in a premonition. She was given the opportunity to stop her murder from happening and finally reconnect with her love Detective Jared Corbett. However, fate had different ideas…Kate finds herself trapped between life and death. Her only companion is Rose Corbett, Jared’s long dead mother...
  • Call of the Cougar by Terry Spear

    Call of the Cougar by Terry Spear

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Special Agent for the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife Services, Tracey Whittington, takes down wildlife traffickers and more, but what she doesn't expect is to be in a shootout, multiple times, when the business turns deadly. Nor does she suspect she'll be working with Hal Haverton, who serves as a part-time deputy for Yuma Town, Colorado, and runs his own horse ranch...
  • FireStarter by Elle Boon

    FireStarter by Elle Boon

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Keanu uses his powers as a Fire Elemental to fight the fiercest forest fires. He lives his life dangerously as a Smokejumper knowing his abilities can save lives where others can’t. Called home to investigate threats, he finds a woman who calls to his soul. He has no clue that the biggest blaze he would ever fight, would be the one that Cammie Masters stirs in him...
  • New Revelations by Heather Topham Wood

    New Revelations by Heather Topham Wood

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Life should’ve been perfect. Kate Edwards had won the heart of police detective Jared Corbett and was coming to terms with her psychic ability. Things were blissful—until the day she met Declan Brayden.Declan also has psychic visions and wants to work alongside Kate. Kate doesn’t trust the damaged and arrogant seer, but she knows combining their abilities would allow her to help more people...
  • Charred Tears by Lizzy Ford

    Charred Tears by Lizzy Ford

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Skylar struggles to save both the shifters and the slayers, but falls prey to the mastermind behind the disappearances of both. With a price on her head and her allies dwindling, she will survive only if she trusts Chace once more. She loves her dragon but fears the man inside will betray her again...
  • Butterfly Lane by T.L. Haddix

    Butterfly Lane by T.L. Haddix

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Book Two in the Firefly Hollow Series. Women's Fiction Romance. When Zanny Franks Campbell walks in on her husband kissing another woman, she's devastated but not surprised. She's known something was wrong for a while but hasn't had the courage to find out what. Now the ugly truth is coming out, and she isn't sure she believes John's protestations of innocence, no matter how much she wants to...
  • Starlight Bridge by Debbie Mason

    Starlight Bridge by Debbie Mason

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A second chance for romance...Hidden in Graystone Manor is a book containing all the dark secrets of Harmony Harbor, and Ava DiRossi is determined to find it. No one-especially not her ex-husband, Griffin Gallagher-can ever discover what really tore her life apart all those years ago. With Griffin back in town, it's more important than ever that she find the book before someone else does...
  • Forevermore by Cindy Miles

    Forevermore by Cindy Miles

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    On a misty cliffside, mystery and romance await. . . .Ivy Calhoun's life has been turned upside down. Her new stepdad has uprooted Ivy and her mom, bringing them to live in an actual castle in the misty Scottish countryside. There are stone-faced servants and shadowy corridors, and the ancient walls seem full of secrets. Ivy is at once frightened and intrigued...
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