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Jon's Helter Skelter Cold Case by A.J. Sherwood
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJonathan Bane and Donovan Havili cordially invite you to their wedding.They just have to prove a man’s innocence and get him out of prison first.Not to mention prove Solomon completely inept (not hard), and fired from being a detective.Oh, and train Jon’s new apprentice.They can probably get married this year. Probably... -
An Echo in the Sorrow by Hailey Turner
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsForgiveness is a hollow prayer you only hear in your dreams. Patrick Collins has spent years handling cases as a special agent for the Supernatural Operations Agency, even as his secret standing in the preternatural community has changed. He should have confessed to his role as co-leader of the New York City god pack when he and Jonothon de Vere took up the mantle months ago, but he didn’t... -
Dead Serious Case #3: Mr Bruce Reyes by Vawn Cassidy
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTristan Everett was finally getting used to the strangeness that was his life. Being able to see the dead and helping them solve their unfinished business and cross into the light wasn’t so bad after all, especially when he was accompanied by his best friend, dead drag queen Dusty Le Frey... -
Spells for the Dead by Faith Hunter
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsNell Ingram faces a dark craft known as death magic in the newest pulse-pounding paranormal procedural in the New York Times bestselling Soulwood series.Nell Ingram is a rookie PsyLed agent, using the powers she can channel from deep within the earth to solve paranormal crimes. Together with her team, she's taken on the darkest magic and the direst foes... -
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Resurrection Reprise by Hailey Turner
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsPossession 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... -
On the Wings of War by Hailey Turner
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsRemembering 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... -
How to Defy a Vampire by Alice Winters
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFinnStumbling into a crime scene is pretty typical for me. As a human, joining the VRC has done everything but keep me out of trouble. And now I seem to be playing a part that I’d really rather not play… if I want to keep my head, that is.By my side is my partner Marcus, a vampire who has vowed to tear the world apart—and even a mattress—to keep me safe... -
Once Broken Faith by Seanan McGuire
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsPolitics have never been October “Toby” Daye’s strong suit. When she traveled to the Kingdom of Silences to prevent them from going to war with her home, the Kingdom of the Mists, she wasn’t expecting to return with a cure for elf-shot and a whole new set of political headaches... -
Ghost of Deceit by Alice Winters
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHiroSeeing the dead has never been easy, but the last thing I expected was to be a pawn in a serial killer’s game.Moving in with Maddox was supposed to be the only thing we needed to worry about. Not a dead teacher, and not the fact that a serial killer knows my abilities... -
Jon and Mack's Terrifying Tree Troubles by A.J. Sherwood
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIt’s like a bad game of Telephone.Grant locates a murdered teen in McMinnville. He calls Jon.Jon locates the girl’s ghost. He calls Mack.Mack talks to the ghost who leads them to more ghosts. Who lead them to even more ghosts.And why are all the murder victims buried under trees?The boys are ready for this game to end, please. (Donovan especially... -
Ashes of Honor by Seanan McGuire
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsIt’s been almost a year since October “Toby” Daye averted a war, gave up a county, and suffered personal losses that have left her wishing for a good day’s sleep... -
Mack's Rousing Ghoulish Highland Adventure by A.J. Sherwood
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMack did not sign up for hunting unknown ghost-eating creatures.But that’s what he gets when he and Brandon arrive to help Eli and husbands at an old inn situated in the Scottish Highlands. Now he’s surrounded by terrified ghosts on the run, zombie-ghosts that look eaten, and no one knows what the baddie is... -
Dead Serious Case #2: Mrs Delores Abernathy by Vawn Cassidy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the business of unfinished business...It’s been over six months since a freak accident left pathologist Tristan Everett able to see ghosts, something he has yet to confess to his boyfriend... -
Dead Serious Case #4 Professor Prometheus Plume by Vawn Cassidy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsInspector Danny Hayes has something very important to ask his boyfriend Tristan Everett. Over the past six months they’ve survived reapers, chaos monsters, and biblical storms, not to mention averting an apocalypse. So, what’s left to do but pop the big question?Tristan is ready for a break from world-saving, spectral crises, and most definitely from ghosts... -
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Jon's Boom Shaka Laka Problem by A.J. Sherwood
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsProposing vs diffusing a bomb?Diffusing a bomb is much easier than proposing.Diffusing Donovan’s anger over getting on a plane to diffuse said bomb? Harder than the bomb.Jon is not liking these odds... -
A Red-Rose Chain by Seanan McGuire
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsThings are looking up.For the first time in what feels like years, October “Toby” Daye has been able to pause long enough to take a breath and look at her life—and she likes what she sees. She has friends. She has allies. She has a squire to train and a King of Cats to love, and maybe, just maybe, she can let her guard down for a change.Or not...Categorized as:
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A Vigil in the Mourning by Hailey Turner
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe devil you know is never the one you should trust.Special Agent Patrick Collins is dispatched to Chicago, chasing a lead on the Morrígan’s staff for the joint task force. Needing a cover for his presence in the Windy City, Patrick is ordered to investigate a politician running for mayor... -
One Salt Sea by Seanan McGuire
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsOctober "Toby" Daye is finally doing all right—and that inevitably means it's time for things to take a turn for the worse. Someone has kidnapped the sons of the Duchess Dianda Lorden, regent of the Undersea Duchy of Saltmist. To prevent a war between land and sea, Toby must not only find the missing boys, but also prove that the Queen of the Mists was not behind their abduction... -
The Necromancer's Dilemma by S.J. Himes
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsInternational 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... -
A Gilded Iron Blade by Kai Butler
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsSaving 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... -
A Crown of Iron & Silver by Hailey Turner
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsNever promise a life that isn’t yours to give. New York City is decked out for the holidays, and Special Agent Patrick Collins is looking forward to a reunion with his old team when he gets assigned a new case. A human child is missing, and the changeling left in her place causes a prominent witch family to demand justice from the fae... -
GhosTV by Jordan Castillo Price
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFor the past dozen years, Victor Bayne has solved numerous murders by interrogating witnesses only he can see—dead witnesses. But when his best friend Lisa goes missing from the sunny California campus of PsyTrain, the last thing he wants to find there is her spirit.Disappearing without a trace in a school full of psychics? That’s some trick... -
The Heart's Blood Arrow by Kai Butler
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn 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... -
Saffron Wilds by Kai Butler
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSomeone’s cat is missing and Parker Ferro, San Amaro’s best paranormal PI can’t find it.When Parker goes looking for the wayward feline, he finds himself facing witches’ familiars, dead bodies, and shadows that move. The further into San Amaro’s underbelly Parker goes looking, the more he realizes that he is heading somewhere completely new... -
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Twisted Shadows by Allie Therin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn 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... -
All Souls Near & Nigh by Hailey Turner
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsYou can’t bargain with death if you’ve already sold your soul.Special Agent Patrick Collins has been reassigned by the Supernatural Operations Agency to New York City. Navigating his new relationship with Jonothon de Vere, the werewolf he’s now soulbound to, is nothing compared to dealing with territorial disputes between the vampires and werecreatures who call the five boroughs home... -
Camp Hell by Jordan Castillo Price
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsVictor Bayne honed his dubious psychic skills at one of the first psych training facilities in the country, Heliotrope Station, otherwise known as Camp Hell to the psychics who've been guests behind its razorwire fence.Vic discovered that none of the people he remembers from Camp Hell can be found online, and there’s no mention of Heliotrope Station itself, either... -
Late Eclipses by Seanan McGuire
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsOctober "Toby" Daye, changeling knight in the service of Duke Sylvester Torquill, finds the delicate balance of her life shattered when she learns that an old friend is in dire trouble. Lily, Lady of the Tea Gardens, has been struck down by a mysterious, seemingly impossible illness, leaving her fiefdom undefended... -
Dead Ringer by Pandora Pine
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCold Case Detective and newlywed, Ronan O’Mara, is sitting on top of the world. When he returns to work after his honeymoon, he finds more waiting for him than a stack of dusty cold case files. Hidden in the mail on Ronan’s desk is a letter from Tank Hutchins, aka The Riverside Ripper... -
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...Categorized as:
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Fluke and the Fantastic Finale by Sam Burns
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor centuries, the Believer cult has preyed on arcane mages from their place in the shadows. Now, for better or worse, Sage has taken arcane magic public, and all eyes are on him. While he’s not comfortable in the spotlight, neither is the cult that wants him dead.But the Believers aren’t quite ready to give up yet... -
Agent Bayne by Jordan Castillo Price
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsVictor Bayne is through with the Chicago PD. Can he handle the FPMP?After years of frustration as a PsyCop, Victor Bayne reports for duty at the Federal Psychic Monitoring Program. As a fledgeling agent, he’s ready to smoke out a few ghosts and be home each night in time for dinner... -
Malicious Midpoint by Alice Winters
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNothing 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... -
An Echo of Darkness by Kristen Banet
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSawyer Matthews is a retired and presumed-dead assassin. Ripped from her life of shadows and secrets, she’s decided to gamble it all and accept a new chapter in her life—one that may lead to a brighter future. With the Amazon far behind them, Sawyer and her team have settled in for what should have been a relaxing time to themselves, in the privacy of their home... -
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A Night of Redemption by Kristen Banet
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsExperience the final trial of an assassin once called Shadow in the conclusion to the Amazon Top 100 Bestselling series, THE REDEMPTION SAGA! Sawyer Matthews is a retired and presumed-dead assassin. Ripped from her life of shadows and secrets, she’s decided to gamble it all and accept a new chapter in her life—one that may lead to a brighter future. It slipped between her fingers... -
Bringer of Night by Jordan L. Hawk
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe vampire spirit Gray and his human host Caleb have sworn never to drink from a human again. But when a woman from one of Caleb’s tour groups is murdered by what appears to be a vampire, Caleb is arrested as the prime suspect. Not only does she have a bite mark on her throat, but security camera footage reveals her murderer looks exactly like Caleb, down to the clothes he was wearing that night... -
Cypress Ashes by Kai Butler
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsParker Ferro is not okay. In the heart-pounding conclusion to the San Amaro Investigations series, Parker faces down enemies on all sides, including one within his own family. With his city under lockdown, Parker is fighting for everyone and everything that he cares about. The fate of the thousand realms rests on his shoulders... -
Night Treasures by Richard Amos
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere’s no rest for the, erm… Well, for me.Or for Tae Frost.Chaos reigns supreme, everything turned upside down.The world is calling out for a hero.Can I rise to the challenge, or am I doomed to linger in the dark?I have to hold on to hope.For Tae.For Fizz.For the whole of my heart... -
Heart of Fire by Lisa Edmonds
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsJoin Alice. Private Investigator of the Supernatural. It has been a rough month for mage private investigator Alice Worth. Alice hasn’t had a decent night’s sleep in weeks, her relationship with werewolf Sean Maclin is on the rocks, a federal agent hounds her every step, and a powerful vampire whose ulterior motives have ulterior motives watches her every move...Categorized as:
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Loose Ends by Morgan Brice
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCold cases, old enemies, ex-lovers, and vengeful spirits are making life dangerous for psychic medium Simon Kincaide and his boyfriend, homicide detective Vic D’Amato. The ghosts of Myrtle Beach are restless, trapped by love, secrets, scandals, and spells, keeping Simon busy protecting the living from the unhappy dead... -
Dead of Night by Pandora Pine
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNo one is more surprised than Cold Case Detective, Ronan O’Mara when he answers his doorbell one night to see members of Salem’s Wiccan community standing on his doorstep with an unbelievable story to tell. According to them, members of their coven are being murdered in a modern-day witch hunt and they want Ronan to look into the matter for them... -
Cat's Chance in Hell by Meghan Maslow
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen 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
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA 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
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCy 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.. -
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Familiar Beginnings by Alice Winters
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSmart 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... -
Death Magic by Eileen Wilks
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsDEATH MAGIC opens with Special Agent Lily Yu in Washington, D.C. with her fiancé--lupi prince Rule Turner—to testify before a Senate subcommittee about her role in the magical collapse of a mountain last month... -
Taken by a Vampire by Joey W. Hill
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJoey W. Hill’s Vampire Queen novels keep the pages turning, your imagination running, [and] your dreams carnally vivid” (Bitten by Books)... -
PsyCop Briefs: Volume 1 by Jordan Castillo Price
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsVictor Bayne sees dead people for a living…and he sees them off the clock, too. After all, ghosts don’t confine their appearances to a psychic medium’s work hours. From the macabre to the mundane, from titillating to tender, these PsyCop shorts feature stolen moments between the novels. Get a glimpse of Vic’s life with Jacob between cases, from both men’s viewpoints... -
Dead Weight by Pandora Pine
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCold Case Detective Ronan O'Mara is looking forward to starting a new life in his new home, but when a strange house warming gift appears on his doorstep, he has no idea that it marks the start of a series of events that will put his life and the lives of everyone close to him in danger... -
Contested Crown by Kai Butler
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI 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...
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