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  • Born to Be Badger by Shelly Laurenston

    Born to Be Badger by Shelly Laurenston

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In the Honey Badger Chronicles, nothing gets between a honey badger and her prey. And no one spins a bolder, snarkier shape-shifter love story than New York Times bestselling author Shelly Laurenston . . .Emily “Tock” Meyerson-Jackson is on a mission to rid the world of shifters trafficking humans for hunting and cash...
  • Between Cases by W.R. Gingell

    Between Cases by W.R. Gingell

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    G’day. I’m still here. Still Pet.Well, I’m only two thirds of a Pet these days, but you might as well call me Pet anyway. Everyone does: everyone but the vampire, that is.Life is more unbalanced these days—cases are cutting closer to home than usual. I thought I was the only one, but there are others like me: kids whose parents were murdered just like mine...
  • Witch Me Luck by Amanda M. Lee

    Witch Me Luck by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Hemlock Cove is celebrating a magical birthday, and familiar faces from different places are descending on the town to participate in the party. Everyone is looking forward to the festivities except Bay Winchester, who would rather be hiding from her high school nemesis than chatting her up in the town square. Lila Stevens hasn’t changed since graduation, and Bay remains her favorite target...
  • Breaking Badger by Shelly Laurenston

    Breaking Badger by Shelly Laurenston

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Fans of Thea Harrison and Nalini Singh won’t want to miss this exciting, funny, and sexy novel in the mega-popular series. It’s instinct that drives Finn Malone to rescue a bunch of hard battling honey badgers. The Siberian tiger shifter just can’t bear to see his fellow shifters harmed. But no way can Finn have a houseful of honey badgers when he also has two brothers with no patience...
  • THIRDS Beyond the Books: Volume 1 (THIRDS) by Charlie Cochet

    THIRDS Beyond the Books: Volume 1 (THIRDS) by Charlie Cochet

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Join us as we celebrate the THIRDS universe with this collection of flash fiction stories written to prompts submitted by fans. Sometimes we want to know more about our favorite characters. Where they came from, how they became who they are, their families, friendships, and past heartaches. These snippets of moments in time offer an inside look at the lives of our favorite THIRDS characters...
  • Beast Behaving Badly by Shelly Laurenston

    Beast Behaving Badly by Shelly Laurenston

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Ten years after Blayne Thorpe first encountered Bo Novikov, she still can't get the smooth-talking shifter out of her head. Now he's shadowing her in New York-all seven-plus feet of him-determined to protect her from stalkers who want to use her in shifter dogfights. Even if he has to drag her off to an isolated Maine town where the only neighbors are other bears almost as crazy as he is..
  • The Trouble with Twelfth Grave by Darynda Jones

    The Trouble with Twelfth Grave by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Grim Reaper Charley Davidson is back in the twelfth installment of Darynda Jones’ New York Times bestselling paranormal series.Ever since Reyes escaped from a hell dimension in which Charley accidently trapped him, the son of Satan has been brimstone-bent on destroying the world his heavenly Brother created. His volatile tendencies have put Charley in a bit of a pickle...
  • Secrets That Kill by Colleen Helme

    Secrets That Kill by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    As a “favor” to Uncle Joey, Shelby must deliver a letter to his associate in Orlando where she has been vacationing with her family. When things go terribly wrong, Shelby finds herself being pursued by a Florida Kingpin for the information he thinks she stole. On her own and in trouble, Uncle Joey sends Ramos to her rescue...
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  • Big Bad Beast by Shelly Laurenston

    Big Bad Beast by Shelly Laurenston

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    When it comes to following her instincts, former Marine Dee-Ann Smith never holds back. And this deadly member of a shifter protection group will do anything to prove one of her own kind is having hybrids captured for dogfights. Trouble is, her too-cute rich-boy boss Ric Van Holtz insists on helping out...
  • Witching on a Star by Amanda M. Lee

    Witching on a Star by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    When you're a witch, being wicked comes naturally. For the Winchester witches, though, being wicked is only half the fun. After a long winter, spring has finally hit Hemlock Cove and Bay Winchester thinks things are finally settling down in the town – and with her family. Unfortunately, just the opposite is true...
  • Murder Mittens by R.J. Blain

    Murder Mittens by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Becoming a bounty hunter and taking on the call sign of Murder Mittens wasn’t Harri’s brightest move, but what’s a lynx to do with millions of debt while working a customer service gig? The scars deforming her face won’t remove themselves, and she’ll bag and tag every criminal in the United States to get rid of them if necessary...
  • Bite Me by Shelly Laurenston

    Bite Me by Shelly Laurenston

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Livy Kowalski has no time for idiots. When you shapeshift into a honey badger, getting through life’s irritants is a finely honed skill. Until she gets stuck housing her nutso cousin and dealing with her dad’s untimely and unexplained demise.That’s where Vic Barinov comes in—or his house does...
  • Seventh Grave and No Body by Darynda Jones

    Seventh Grave and No Body by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    Twelve. Twelve of the deadliest beasts ever forged in the fires of hell have escaped onto our plane, and they want nothing more than to rip out the jugular of Charley Davidson and serve her lifeless, mangled body to Satan for dinner. So there’s that. But Charley has more on her plate than a mob of testy hellhounds...
  • The Trouble With Trying to Save an Assassin by Jennifer Cody

    The Trouble With Trying to Save an Assassin by Jennifer Cody

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Romily:You know what I’d like to know? Where the hell my romantic, how-we-got-engaged story is. Am I going to get it any time soon? Where is my bigass diamond?Unfortunately, all that relationship angst gets put on hold when my beloved son, Bellamy, is abducted by a werewolf-ish person I kinda like. Am I going to get my kid back? You betcha...
  • The Dirt on Ninth Grave by Darynda Jones

    The Dirt on Ninth Grave by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    I see dead people. No wait. I take that back. I see people I want dead. —eCardCharley Davidson is living in New York City as Jane Doe, a girl with no memory of who she is or where she came from. So when she begins to realize she can see dead people, she’s more than a bit taken aback...
  • Sexiest Vampire Alive by Kerrelyn Sparks

    Sexiest Vampire Alive by Kerrelyn Sparks

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    He was both a vampire and a playboy . . . and impossible to resist.The secret is out . . . Vampires do exist!When a video reveals to the world that vampires live among us, it's up to "young" vamp Gregori Holstein, VP of Marketing, to persuade the U.S. government to declare the video a hoax...
  • Wolf with Benefits by Shelly Laurenston

    Wolf with Benefits by Shelly Laurenston

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Ricky Lee has no plans of getting serious about anyone, but he will protect Toni Jean-Louis Parker. Not just because he’s been hired to do so, but because it’s the right thing to do...
  • Lie or Die by Colleen Helme

    Lie or Die by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Shelby has her hands full managing her new agency, but she's determined to make it work. Her first case to track down stolen money leads her into the lingerie business where nothing is as it appears. She also finds plenty to keep her busy with the police department and Detective Harris. But all that pales in comparison to what she must do to help Uncle Joey, the local mob boss...
  • The Mane Attraction by Shelly Laurenston

    The Mane Attraction by Shelly Laurenston

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Even the king of the beasts can find himself unexpectedly tamed by the right woman. Weddings have the strangest effect on people. Exhibit 1: Sissy Mae waking up in Mitch Shaw's bed the morning after her brother Bobby Ray's nuptials. Exhibit 2: the gunmen trying to kill Mitch. Exhibit 3: Sissy Mae escorting a bleeding yet sexy lion shifter to her Tennessee Pack's turf for safe keeping...
  • Grim Offerings by Amanda M. Lee

    Grim Offerings by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Grim and bear it.Being a grim reaper isn’t easy, but answering to family is even worse.Between argumentative souls, overbearing older brothers and everyday nonsense, Aisling Grimlock has her hands full.When a run-of-the-mill job goes awry, Aisling finds herself in a mess. The soul she was supposed to collect is still amongst the living, and the man who wanted to kill him is dead instead...
  • Vanished: Safe House / Sanctuary by Meg Cabot

    Vanished: Safe House / Sanctuary by Meg Cabot

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Ever since Jess was struck by lightning, she’s had the power to find missing people. And everyone wants a piece of her powers.... In Safe House, Jess and her psychic abilities are being blamed for the murder of Amber, a beloved cheerleader. But when more cheerleaders start disappearing, Jess may be able to save her reputation by finding the murderer—before it’s too late...
  • Demons in Disguise by A. Kirk, E. Kirk

    Demons in Disguise by A. Kirk, E. Kirk

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    It's the Gotta Have Book 3 in the Bestselling Divinicus Nex Chronicles! Continuing the action-packed Divinicus Nex Chronicles, Aurora and fan-favorite hotties The Hex Boys are back with more mystery, non-stop action, romance and laugh-out-loud humor that makes this thrilling series irresistible. Come along for the ride where..
  • A Bite to Remember by Lynsay Sands

    A Bite to Remember by Lynsay Sands

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Rule #1: Never get involved with someone who won't be there for you when the sun comes up.Once bitten, twice shy, and sexy PI Jackie Morrisey wasn't going there again. Vincent Argeneau may be the hottest guy she's ever met, living or dead, but she's here to stop a killer from turning this vampire into dust, not to jump into bed with him.Rule #2: Never kiss a vampire . .
  • Bear Meets Girl by Shelly Laurenston

    Bear Meets Girl by Shelly Laurenston

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    He's big, burly, and way smarter than your average shapeshifting bear. He's also about to get trapped by own his game. . .Lou Crushek is a reasonable, mellow, easygoing kind of guy. But once someone starts killing the scumbags he works so hard to bust, that really gets under his fur...
  • Secret Life of a Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks

    Secret Life of a Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Nothing's sexier than an man who can keep a secret.A typical bachelor party is all about beers and beautiful women. A vampire bachelor party is no different -- except the men are drinking Blissky (whiskey-flavored synthetic blood). And no one can throw a party quite like Jack, the illegitimate son of the legendary Casanova...
  • Drop Dead Demons by A. Kirk, E. Kirk

    Drop Dead Demons by A. Kirk, E. Kirk

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    The Boys Are Back In Town! And as HEXTRAORDINARILY SEXY AS EVER! - It's the exciting Sequel to DEMONS AT DEADNIGHT! Continuing the thrill-ride adventures of Aurora and the Super Sexy HEXY KNIGHTS! -------------------------Survival. It's an on-going battle.GOING ON A TREASURE HUNT...Aurora Lahey finally knows why supernatural slayers salivate to slaughter her, but how to stop them? Not so much...
  • Be Fairy Game by Meghan Maslow

    Be Fairy Game by Meghan Maslow

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    They’re baaacckk! When a simple ‘find & fetch’ case throws private investigator Twig Starfig and newly-minted wizard, Quinn Broomsparkle, into the middle of an EBI murder investigation, it’s just another day in the Elder Realm. If murder were Twig’s only problem, he’d be the luckiest half-dragon in the land. Murder he can handle...
  • The Immortal Hunter by Lynsay Sands

    The Immortal Hunter by Lynsay Sands

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Irresistible Even vampires need a vacation. But Decker Argeneau's ends abruptly when he's asked to help hunt the group of rogue vampires targeting mortals - one that might include a defector in his own family. Before he can worry about that, though, he's got to rescue the latest victim. It's all part of the job, including taking a bullet for a beautiful doctor. Insatiable Dr...
  • Fast Money by Colleen Helme

    Fast Money by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A trip to the mall gives Shelby the shock of her life when she finds an extra five million dollars in the bank account Uncle Joey set up for her. She thought he was out of her life for good, but with this fast money, she’s not so sure. Now she must decide if she will tell her husband the truth that she can still read people’s minds. Including his...
  • Dead Case in Deadwood by Ann Charles

    Dead Case in Deadwood by Ann Charles

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    "Nothing good ever happens at the butt-crack of dawn. No doubt, the headless corpse on the autopsy table in front of me would agree."-Violet Parker Real estate agent. Violet "Spooky" Parker stumbles upon a body-part theft ring at the local funeral parlor and suspects her caustic coworker has a hand in it or maybe a foot...
  • Mischief in Mudbug by Jana Deleon, Johanna Parker

    Mischief in Mudbug by Jana Deleon, Johanna Parker

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Reading time 8 hours, 38 minutes.Description: Sabine LaVeche needs to locate a blood relative fast--her life depends on it. The late Helena Henry shows up offering to help, and Sabine knows she's really in trouble when it's the best idea she's heard in a while. Then PI Beau Villeneuve takes on Sabine's case. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2009. This recording is available courtesy of Audible, Inc...
  • Blood Moon by Alyxandra Harvey

    Blood Moon by Alyxandra Harvey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    When the vampire tribes convene for the rare Blood Moon ceremonies, Solange Drake is plunged into a battle with her feral nature. The Drake brothers have been raised knowing that they had to protect their younger sister at all cost. But forbidden magic and a mysterious stranger have put them all in terrible danger...
  • How to Elude a Vampire by Alice Winters

    How to Elude a Vampire by Alice Winters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Finn When the vampire stalking me sent me a letter, I was prepared for my new life with the man I love to get thrown into chaos. But as the days stretch on and nothing happens, I become determined not to allow that monster to rule my life, and decide that Marcus and I will move on. We can’t always allow the past to haunt us...
  • Three Mages and a Margarita by Annette Marie

    Three Mages and a Margarita by Annette Marie

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    Broke, almost homeless, and recently fired. Those are my official reasons for answering a wanted ad for a skeevy-looking bartender gig. It went downhill the moment they asked me to do a trial shift instead of an interview - to see if I'd mesh with their "special" clientele. I think that part went great. Their customers were complete dickheads, and I was an asshole right back...
  • Bad Vampire by Lauren Dawes

    Bad Vampire by Lauren Dawes

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A rookie cop. A team of supernatural misfits. Recalcitrant baby vampires on the loose.My name is Cat McKenzie, and I’ve been a very bad girl…No, not in the I-need-a-spanking way...pervert.Nope, my kind of bad got my partner killed on my first day of the job. And now I’m getting punished by being thrown in as human liaison to PIG — the Paranormal Investigative Group...
  • Hot and Badgered by Shelly Laurenston

    Hot and Badgered by Shelly Laurenston

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    It’s not every day that a beautiful naked woman falls out of the sky and lands face-first on grizzly shifter Berg Dunn’s hotel balcony. Definitely they don’t usually hop up and demand his best gun. Berg gives the lady a grizzly-sized t-shirt and his cell phone, too, just on style points. And then she’s gone, taking his XXXL heart with her...
  • Vanished: When Lightning Strikes / Code Name Cassandra by Meg Cabot

    Vanished: When Lightning Strikes / Code Name Cassandra by Meg Cabot

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    A gift…or a curse? Jessica Mastriani has never liked attention. All she wants is to make it to high school graduation like any ordinary girl. But when Jess is struck by lightning, she becomes anything but ordinary: suddenly she has the ability to locate missing children. Now Jess is getting noticed in all the wrong ways and by all the wrong people. The media is obsessed with her and her story...
  • Gossip and Gorgons by Tilly Wallace

    Gossip and Gorgons by Tilly Wallace

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One look could turn you to stone...The newly married Lord and Lady Wycliff are cordially invited to a house party--to be mocked and ridiculed as entertainment. Wycliff insists on attending to discuss business with their host, while Hannah longs to hide in the library with its rare volumes on the Fae...
  • Bear Naked by Dana Marie Bell

    Bear Naked by Dana Marie Bell

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    To win a frightened heart, you have to bare your own. Halle Shifters Book 3 Glory has been denying her feelings for Ryan Williams for months. He's beautiful, strong... and a Bear shifter who claims she's his mate. The man is persistent, she'll give him that, but Glory's past has left her wary. Abandoned as a teenager, she's unsure that she can trust in the promises Ryan is making...
  • Demons at Deadnight by A. Kirk, E. Kirk

    Demons at Deadnight by A. Kirk, E. Kirk

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Librarian's Note: this is an alternate cover edition for ISBN13 9781467984331.The non-stop action romantic adventure featuring the hextraordinarily sexy HEX BOYS!---------------------------------------------For seventeen-year-old Aurora Lahey, survival is a lifestyle. DEMONIC DESTINYAurora has the crappiest superpower on the planet. And it’s just unleashed a hit squad from hell...
  • Dream a Little Dream by Kerstin Gier

    Dream a Little Dream by Kerstin Gier

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Mysterious doors with lizard-head knobs. Talking stone statues. A crazy girl with a hatchet. Yes, Liv's dreams have been pretty weird lately. Especially the one where she's in a graveyard at night, watching four boys conduct dark magic rituals.The strangest part is that Liv recognizes the boys in her dream...
  • Ninth Grade Slays by Heather Brewer, Z Brewer

    Ninth Grade Slays by Heather Brewer, Z Brewer

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    High school totally bites when you’re half human, half vampire. Freshman year sucks for Vlad Tod. Bullies still harass him. The photographer from the school newspaper is tailing him. And failing his studies could be deadly...
  • No Bones About It by Allie Brahms

    No Bones About It by Allie Brahms

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    So far, my first demon hunting mission with Zhen has gone 1) We came in for one job. It was not one job. And all of our nice, conventional weapons aren’t working. (Zhen is right, EFTs suck)2) A crash course in Monocan legends and medicine. (Probably the best part of this trip.)3) The bond plays a painful game of yo-yo with us. (Which means I’m getting dragged into fights I’d rather skip...
  • Of Betrayal and Monsters by Alice Winters

    Of Betrayal and Monsters by Alice Winters

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    QuinnI thought pulling my pack away from Winsford would save us. I never realized how wrong I could be.After Rowan and I escape Mercer’s hold, we have to get the pack somewhere safe, but my only option is a pride run by a controlling alpha...
  • How to Vex a Vampire by Alice Winters

    How to Vex a Vampire by Alice Winters

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Finn Getting into the vampire-only detective unit was the easy part; what’s going to be more difficult is dealing with my new partner, an ancient vampire who keeps threatening to eat me. The unit has never had a human in it, and Marcus—or as I like to call him, Fangy McFangface—would really prefer to keep it that way...
  • Reunion by Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot

    Reunion by Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    Accidents happen. With ghostly consequences, if you're Susannah Simon.The RLS Angels are out for blood, and only Suze can stop them - since she's the only one who can see them. The four ghostly teenagers died in a terrible car accident, for which they blame Suze's classmate Michael... and they'll stop at nothing until he's joined them in the realm of the dead...
  • Wings of Death by Stephanie Mirro

    Wings of Death by Stephanie Mirro

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Good news? I’m no longer a thief. Bad news? I’m no longer a thief.Some may consider that only good news since I’ll no longer run the risk of getting my ass thrown in a grim reaper prison for the rest of my extremely long life—longevity comes with the phoenix nametag. Except I happen to enjoy the thrill of the hunt that comes with relieving goods from my unsuspecting targets...
  • Crushed by Eliza Crewe

    Crushed by Eliza Crewe

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Meda's back. This time she has a friend. The battle is over; the choice has been made. Meda Melange has officially hung up her monstrous mantle and planted her feet firmly on the holy and righteous path of a Crusader-in-training. Or, at least, she’s willing to give it a shot. It helps that the Crusaders are the only thing standing between her and the demon hordes who want her dead...
  • Playing with Fire by R.J. Blain

    Playing with Fire by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    an alternate cover edition can be found hereWarning: This novel contains excessive humor, a fire-breathing unicorn on a mission of destruction, magic, romance, and bodies. Proceed with caution.Catering to the magical is a tough gig on a good day, but Bailey has few other options. Spiking drinks with pixie dust keeps the locals happy and beats cleaning up the world's nastiest magical substances...
  • Necromancing the Stone by Lish McBride

    Necromancing the Stone by Lish McBride

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    With the defeat of the evil Douglas behind him, Sam LaCroix is getting used to his new life. Okay, so he hadn't exactly planned on being a powerful necromancer with a seat on the local magical council and a capricious werewolf sort-of-girlfriend, but things are going fine, right?Well . . . not really...
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