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My Salvation by Alanea Alder
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPriest Vi’Aerdan wants nothing more than for his mate to be safe, but nightmares plague him with images of her being torn to shreds. Despite consulting Meryn, his anxiety persists. He remembers the helplessness associated with his failure to help his unit brothers when they were trapped in the caves of Noctem Falls... -
Destroyer by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 29 ratings“What a fantastic start to a new fantasy series! I love a strong female lead and we were delivered that in spades with Larkspur . . . This story is fast paced and exciting right from the start. I can't wait to see what comes next!” -Boundless Book Reviews From HiJinks Ink Publishing and Shannon Mayer comes The USA Today Bestselling ELEMENTAL SERIES beginning with RECURVE (Book 1). With over 1... -
My Angel by Alanea Alder
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsVivian Mercy has been running from the past for so long she doesn’t know any other way of life. When a panicked call comes from one of her only friends she finds herself returning to the city of her nightmares where her dedication as a doctor and resolve to help others is put to the test. Etain Vi’Aerlin has been watching over Noctem Falls for centuries... -
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... -
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Queen of Diamonds by Mark Henwick
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA wild ride of Special Ops attacks, unwinnable werewolf challenges, terrifying magical powers, insane Athanate politics and the discovery of a fanatic, anti-paranormal cult. Amber has to race from the Mexican desert to the swamps of Louisiana to battle past mutant shifters, and make ill-considered alliances with old enemies to take on an evil witch queen...Categorized as:
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Muted Voices (Broken Ashes) Book 1 by Nikita Parmenter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI can constantly hear them, the voices. It doesn’t matter if I’m in a crowded room or the middle of a desert, I hear them, indistinct voices. I can never really work out what they’re saying, and I’ve long given up trying.Everything changes when my life is threatened again, and the voices quiet, one strong voice telling me to run, so of course, I listen... -
Steal the Moon by Lexi Blake
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen an ancient artifact enslaves every werewolf on earth, humanity’s only hope is a thief…Zoey Donovan should be happy. Her love life couldn’t be better, her demonic nemesis is on the run, business is booming, and no one has tried to kill her in seven whole months. But without her best friend to share it with, it all seems a little hollow...Categorized as:
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Dark Whisper by Christine Feehan
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEmbrace the seductive call of the latest novel in Christine Feehan’s #1 New York Times bestselling Carpathian series. Vasilisa Sidkorolyavolkva is a Lycan of royal blood. She knows what is expected of her, but all she wants is to be out from under her family’s watchful eyes. There is a fire inside her that is building. A restlessness coupled with a sense of growing dread... -
Rebel Vampire by Brogan Thomas, Poppy Royana
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey warned her to be more careful. If she’d listened, she wouldn’t be staring down the ultimate betrayal. Tru Dennison won’t be burned again. Still reeling from her angel mentor breaking her heart, the half-vampire, half-unicorn shifter greets everyone with suspicion... -
Savage Bonds by J. Bree
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsWith my gift coursing through my veins, the tables have turned on the Draven Campus.I’m no longer the Giftless reject, no longer the girl who’s fair game to the other students for daring to run away from my Bonds.But there are bigger problems heading my way.With destiny pushing me closer and closer to each of my Bonds, I’m fighting tooth and nail against nature to keep my distance... -
The Marked and the Broken by Ivy Asher
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsMy name is Vinna, and my magic is an asshole.I mean, what else would you call it when it does whatever it wants, whenever it wants?Now I have Enoch and his coven looking at me like I’m the one, and a bunch of pissed off Chosen.I have no answers and no time to deal with this shit. Lachlan and Keegan managed to get themselves caught by Adriel, the big bad lamia who murders and hunts Sentinels... -
Don't Cheat Me by Jackie May
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOne month after Nora's violent induction to the dangerous supernatural side of Detroit, she's finally settling into her new life as the underworld's token human. All she wants to do is mind her own business, enjoy her new friends, and stay safe. But that's easier said than done when she's such an enigma to everyone around her... -
Don't Bait Me by Jackie May
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNow that Nora has been outed as an underworlder, all she wants to do is lay low, figure out how to hide her fey heritage, and decide if she wants to date any of the men in her life. Unfortunately, fate has other plans. Just one week after the werewolf fiasco, Terrance is nearly killed by an unknown attacker. He's not the only victim... -
Reorganized Wolf by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDivision Chief Seraphine Thomas knew going to Russia was a trap and she would be the target. Her life changes forever in an instant when her enemies take the nuclear option to hurt her in the worst way possible...Categorized as:
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Invading Alpha by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDivision Chief Seraphine Thomas is finally handling the snowballing situation in New York. She survived her first Valentine’s Day as Alpha and a whole new mess of problems, but is feeling more confident in her roles now that she’s laid a better foundation. The problem is there’s no safe way to handle what she needs to, and alone she’s not enough. But help comes in a very surprising away...Categorized as:
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Tainted Blood by K.N. Banet
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’m Everly Abbott, and I work for one of the most dangerous vampires in the world.He’s known as Alexius, the Hunter and he’s also one of the oldest.We’ve been invited to a gathering of ancients like him, and we can’t pass on this opportunity... -
Vital Found by Kaydence Snow
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe electrifying sequel to the International Bestseller Variant Lost.Bradford Hills feels more like home than any other place Evelyn Maynard and her mother lived while on the run. But with everyone reeling from the violent clash between Variants and humans, her new home doesn’t feel safe any more.Navigating four increasingly complicated supernatural bonds in secret doesn’t help...Categorized as:
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Fated by Karen Lynch
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsChristian Kent has many labels – warrior, protector, friend, lover – but the one label he never wanted was mate. In his lifetime, the only girl he has ever loved, was the one he couldn’t have. He left her to protect her heart, but his own will always belong to her.As a girl, the one person she believed would never hurt her broke her heart...Categorized as:
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Next to Nothing by Macy Blake
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhat do you get when you mix a dragon, a vampire, a griffin, a mage, and a human? Sawyer Smith’s life sounds like a punchline, but the mates he’s come to love are no joke. They’re fierce and wonderful, protecting him from the outside forces trying to destroy him. Add in a reluctant hippocamp and an egotistical fae prince, and Sawyer has his hands full in more ways than one... -
Sabotaged by C.P. Rider
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA telepath with a lethal twist.My name is Neely and I live among shapeshifters in the desert truckstop town of Sundance, California. As a telepath-spiker, I can read a person's thoughts. I can also spike deadly power straight into their brain... -
Rootbound by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsMy name is Larkspur, and I am an Elemental.My people use the power of the earth to sustain life and defy our enemies. I am the half-breed bastard child of a king. I was not meant to survive the trials cast my way. Yet, here I stand. The world has deteriorated in the years I was banished. The Elemental families are rife with deception, violence, and madness more than ever before...Categorized as:
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The Alpha’s Pack by Tate James
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe time is now.It seems all I’ve ever wanted was vengeance. I did everything right: I protected my friends, I pushed myself to the limits, and I saved lives. Once upon a time, I was an internationally renowned thief known as The Fox. Nobody knew me. Nobody could catch me.Nobody but them, my men, my partners in crime. But their love for me, it's cost them dearly.Our enemies keep coming for blood... -
Woman in Demand by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSera Thomas has more than the FBI in her life now and nothing reminds her of that more than almost losing the man she loves. Sometimes the focus has to be on her personal life and the pack or she could lose all she’s built and treasures.And she’s not about to allow that.Which means working things out with Brian while he travels and learns what he needs to...Categorized as:
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The Alpha 5: Protect. Procreate. Prevail. by Eric Vall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt seems like just when things start to settle down, another group of shifters shows up with a bone to pick.But the game is different this time.I’m not the same pup I was when I first found out I was a werewolf, and my shifter powers are growing strong enough to complicate things. There’s also a certain stubborn agent who still hasn’t learned that I call the shots around here... -
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Silent Stalker by R.J. Blain
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPepper Lowrance, formerly known as Penelope Francis, continues her search for the miscreant vampire who stole her life and her humanity, transforming her into a vampire. With the master of the Lowrance brood at her side, she takes the first steps towards toppling her father’s empire in order to protect her new kind and spare her mother from a fate worse than only death... -
Supernatural Academy: Year Two by Jaymin Eve
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsYear Two at the Academy! The year of purple.Maddison James learned a lot about life last year. Only important stuff, of course. Like how to breathe under water, how to turn an arrow into a weapon, and how to fall in love.Asher Locke. The one who stole her heart. The one who showed her the truth of her past and ... hopefully her future.Now it's just time for them to live happily ever after...Categorized as:
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Chosen of Chaos by Benjamin Medrano
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsEvelyn enjoyed living a nice, quiet life in an anarchic pirate port, far from the world she’d once conquered.Then came an attack by mercenaries that made her angry... -
Dragon Blood by Linsey Hall
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsA Race Against Time There’s no rest for the wicked. Or for demon slayers. I’m both, so things have been busy. The sort of busy where I spend all my time trying not to get killed or discovered for what I really am—a Dragon Blood with the deadly power to create new magic...Categorized as:
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Dragon Mated by Jaymin Eve
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsIn the stunning conclusion to the Supernatural Prison trilogy, Jessa Lebron finds herself deep in the world of Larkspur, the dragon king. She will have to play it smart and fight with everything to stay one step ahead of him and while at times it’s tough to keep her focus, she will do anything to escape and reunite with her boys, the Compass quads...Categorized as:
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Endless Magic by Rachel Higginson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsYOU'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR SOMETHING MAGICAL... MEET YOUR NEW OBSESSION! "TWILIGHT MEETS HARRY POTTER" The Star-Crossed Series has over 13,000 ★★★★★ reviews on Goodreads & Amazon. In the fourth installment of the Star-Crossed Series, we find Eden Matthews a prisoner in the very household she set out to destroy... -
Provoked Wolf by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDivision Chief Seraphine Thomas got the greatest gift and kicked in the teeth all by the same person she never thought she’d see again. This time she might truly hit her limit of what she can handle, but unlike for most of her life, she isn’t alone to weather the raging storm. Plus, it’s amusing when she’s not the only one freaking out and others lose it as well...Categorized as:
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Hunted Wolf by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSiren’s Kiss is open and thriving, booked through the holidays and providing tons of jobs. The new training facility is built and has stacks of applications from paranormals who want to help keep people safe. A normal woman would take a moment and simply enjoy what her hard work has accomplished, bask in the achievement...Categorized as:
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Bear Ex Next Door by Roxie Ray
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy new neighbor is irresistible, but he’s already broken my heart once...Being a fashion model had its perks until stalkers and a nasty tabloid scandal forced me to return to my hometown of Lily Valley. When I thought things couldn't get any worse, I meet my new neighbor—my old high school sweetheart.Steff used to be my brother’s best friend before he shattered my heart into a million pieces... -
Three Trials by Kristy Cunning
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsSo, I've checked off some life goals and added a few new ones to my list. Goal #5: Get out of hell's belly without letting my ungrateful charges die. Goal #6: Get a new name that's more badass. Goal #7: Stop wasting my breath on lectures and start annoying the quad hell squad every time they annoy me. Fight fire with fire. Ha! Another hell pun. Goal 8: Find out who the hell killed me... -
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Steal the Day by Lexi Blake
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen a member of her crew is dragged to Hell by a demon, Zoey plans the most dangerous heist of her career. With her team at her side, Zoey intends to sneak onto the Hell plane and steal Sarah back.The job seems impossible until a new client makes them an offer too good to refuse...Categorized as:
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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... -
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...Categorized as:
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Swing Shift by William D. Arand
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsReports to write, forms to fill, coffee to drink, leads to run down. Gus’s life was a tedium and boredom he’d grown comfortable with. One that he sought out after he’d come back from his tour of duty. A Detective in the Paranormal Investigations Department. A job he could work day in and day out in relative peace. One cold and forgotten cup of coffee at a time... -
Spirit of the Fae by Linsey Hall
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsI am the true Unseelie Queen. And it will kill me.I have a knack for getting myself into some bad situations. What can I say--I like to live dangerously. But waking up partially dead in the Court of Death takes the cake. It’s small consolation that my fated mate Tarron is at my side, since it means that he’s mostly dead too. Worse, I might love him but don't know if he feels the same... -
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...Categorized as:
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Winter of the Wolf by Cherise Sinclair
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys paranormal, sexy ménage, and alpha male heroes who have the right combination of dominant, bad ass and scary without ever being mean… ~ Accolades and Book BurningsAfter years in foster care, Breanne Gallagher has the stable life she’s always wanted, living with her foster-sister and working as a chef...Categorized as:
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Allison and the Torrid Tea Party by C.M. Stunich
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHoly fucking hearts.Did you just read that?!If you did, I need your advice.I met fallen angel princes; I met a Savage Duke; I met a Cheshire Cat.And remember—how could you possibly forget—I'm the fabled Alice from the prophecy.Just a twisted, dark version of the girl in Lewis Carroll's old books.Except in those books, there was a happy ending... -
Don't Rush Me by Jackie May
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsMost humans have no idea that a dark and deadly underworld, filled with magic and monsters, exists. They wander through life blissfully ignorant of the supernatural world around them. Nora Jacobs is different. Nora knows exactly what kinds of hellish creatures haunt the streets of Detroit... -
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... -
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Queen of the Fae by Linsey Hall
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsI am destined to kill my fated mate.Fate is a meddling b*tch. First, it decreed that my mate would be Tarron, King of the Seelie Fae. He's gorgeous, arrogant, and for the longest time, I hated him. Until I didn't.Problem is... as soon as I start to fall for him, fate meddles again. Apparently, I’m fated to kill Tarron. To make matters worse, our Fae courts are at war... -
Bonds by Susan Copperfield
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the Royal States of America, magic rules all, but life—and love—always finds a way. When a sinking oil tanker threatens to destroy the picturesque coastline of France, search and rescue diver Jack Alders and his waveweaving talent stand between France and a record-breaking oil spill...Categorized as:
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Red Rain by R.S. Black
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRed Rain Pandora has been through hell and back. Literally. She’s been kidnapped and tortured, found freedom, and then lost it all over again. She’s now the newest pawn in the age-old war between Heaven and Hell. The Triad owns her mark, Asher owns her heart, but the demon Wrath might just own her soul. Death—aka Dean—is her constant companion in these final days... -
Radley's Home for Horny Monsters by Annabelle Hawthorne
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"If you like sexy fantasy, and I do, this is one great read." -Piers Anthony, author of the Xanth series With thousands of readers worldwide, Radley's Home for Horny Monsters is the exciting debut novel of Annabelle Hawthorne. When Mike Radley inherited a mysterious old house from a long-lost relative, he wasn't sure what to expect... -
Against All Odds by Gwen DeMarco
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSophie has come back home to try and come to grips with her new She’s a Fae, not human, and her memories have been stolen. Oh, and she’s a shard – a fractured piece of... someone.All Sophie knows is that the ‘someone’ she used to be angered the Fae queen, who then split her into five separate beings and scattered them on earth...Categorized as:
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Threat by Sadie Moss
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsI have four boyfriends. Four official boyfriends. Go me.I may be a bit of a chicken when it comes to emotional stuff, but I finally laid it all on the line and told my men what I wanted. That I wanted them.Now that things are going so well in my personal life, I'm hoping to spend the semester at Griffin Academy enjoying my last bit of time with the guys before they graduate.So..
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