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  • Driven by Destiny by Lindsay Buroker

    Driven by Destiny by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Arwen Forester is on a quest to remove her dark-elven tattoo and get her mother’s evil people out of her life forever. The last thing she wants is for them to magically manipulate her into betraying Azerdash Starblade, the half-dragon refugee she has feelings for...
  • First Light by Elizabeth Hunter

    First Light by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In the Shadowlands, strangers wear familiar faces, myths are reality, and lies hide behind the most beautiful stories.Lachlan Murray disappeared without a trace. As his girlfriend, twenty-nine-year-old Carys Morgan refuses to accept the police’s explanation—that he simply left her...
    Categorized as:
    magic  myths  fae  paranormal  romance  fantasy  dragons  urban-fantasy
  • Forged in Magical Fire (Midlife Witchery, #5) by Brenda Trim

    Forged in Magical Fire (Midlife Witchery, #5) by Brenda Trim

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Guess who just discovered her Phoenix lineage? I'd rather go back to just being cursed. Hot flashes have nothing on bursting into flames...Imps are taking over Cottlehill Wilds, wreaking havoc at every turn. Chasing them around my store with unreliable magic, while not alerting the mundies, is harder than raising twins...
  • A Faerie's Curse by Rachel Morgan

    A Faerie's Curse by Rachel Morgan

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.A witch’s curse. A world-ending prophecy. A daring rescue mission. Don’t miss the heart-pounding finale to Calla’s story! On the run from the Guild of Guardians, Calla Larkenwood and her team of fellow outlaws plan a daring rescue operation into the Seelie Court itself...
  • Darkness Unleashed by McKenzie Hunter

    Darkness Unleashed by McKenzie Hunter

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Midwest Pack stands together—and they might fall together.We’ve always kept our existence hidden from humans, but when a video of a were-animal in a violent confrontation goes viral, the other denizens take drastic measures to protect themselves from exposure. Alliances are broken and friendships strained as the vampires, witches, and elves all work to protect their own interests...
  • Saving the Fae by Leia Stone

    Saving the Fae by Leia Stone

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Everything Lily thought she knew about Liam was a lie. After kicking him out of Faerie, she decides to seek the crystals alone. State after state, she scours the country but comes up with nothing.When she gets back to Faerie, defeated and broken hearted, she finds a peace offering from Liam. Faerie needs her now more than ever and she needs Liam’s help...
  • Fated by K.M. Shea

    Fated by K.M. Shea

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    I thought I hated not fitting in. Turns out I hate having a target on my back even more.Someone wants me taken out. To accomplish that, they leaked the secret of my magic to all the Packs in the Midwest. Now, almost every Alpha in the region has traveled to my hometown in hopes of convincing me to join their Pack.And some of them don’t seem to think I should have a choice...
  • An Iron Fey Valentine by Julie Kagawa

    An Iron Fey Valentine by Julie Kagawa

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    AN IRON FEY VALENTINE is a story of pure, unfiltered fluff that Julie Kagawa wrote just for fun, but also a thank you to her readers and fans for all their support and encouragement over the years...
  • Ash's Letter to Meghan by Julie Kagawa

    Ash's Letter to Meghan by Julie Kagawa

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Get set to swoon: read Ash's heart-rending final letter to Meghan...
  • Relentless by Karen Lynch

    Relentless by Karen Lynch

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    Sara Grey’s world shattered ten years ago when her father was brutally murdered. Now at seventeen, she is still haunted by memories of that day and driven by the need to understand why it happened. She lives a life full of secrets and her family and friends have no idea of the supernatural world she is immersed in or of Sara’s own very powerful gift...
  • Reckless Cruel Heirs by Olivia Wildenstein

    Reckless Cruel Heirs by Olivia Wildenstein

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Imagine falling through a portal, into a supernatural prison, with the most hateful faerie. Sound bad? Well, it's worse . . .When my father, the King of Neverra, forced my hand into the Cauldron to cement a political alliance with the Farrows, I thought my night couldn’t get any worse. But lo and behold, it did...
  • Glass Faerie by Rachel Morgan

    Glass Faerie by Rachel Morgan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.Emerson Clarke: Sarcastic. Independent. Possibly losing her mind.Because that’s the only explanation for why she occasionally sees things that aren’t there, right? But one night, an impossible power erupts from her, and Em realizes the truth is crazier than she ever thought: she isn’t losing her mind; she’s magical...
  • Fate Undone by Linsey Hall

    Fate Undone by Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A god in disguise No one in the Prison for Magical Deviants knows that prisoner Logan Laufeyson has a secret identity. He is the ancient trickster god Loki, in magical disguise on a mission of his own...
    Categorized as:
    magic  myths  paranormal  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction  gods
  • Two Thousand Dreams by Jocelynn Drake

    Two Thousand Dreams by Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Blood Witch Has Changed Everything.Chen traveled to the US with his clan, hoping to rescue his kidnapped brother from the fae.They just need a witch to find the exact location of where the door between the human world and the fae world will open.The one thing Moon can’t do.Chen grabbed the wrong type of witch...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  magic  fae  myths  romance  vampires  fantasy  mlm
  • The Girl Who Cried Banshee by Kim McDougall

    The Girl Who Cried Banshee by Kim McDougall

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kyra Greene is a pest controller, not an exterminator. She has to be clear about that when the pests can be anything from pixies to dragons. But when her fledgling business teeters on the brink of bankruptcy, Kyra takes on a job that blurs those lines. Now she’s deep in the lawless Inbetween, trying to clear a mysterious infestation from a fishing village...
  • Spin the Shadows by Cate Corvin

    Spin the Shadows by Cate Corvin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I ate six seeds. Now I owe six months of debt to a dangerously sexy Fae hitman.I’d had everything a dryad could want- a job, an apartment, and a scandalous human boyfriend-Until I stole the wrong fruit from the wrong Fae.Dragged into the Seelie underworld of deception and lies, I do anything he commands: steal, spy, even fight as we hunt down a notorious Fae fugitive...
  • Twilight Rebel by Annabel Chase

    Twilight Rebel by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Wild has always had its share of threats. For most of us, that threat involves a dental deformity, a hankering for juicy veins, and a superiority complex.But that all changes when one of the villages is brutally attacked.Once again I find myself tackling the region’s problems, along with my merry band of werewolves and powerful new allies...
  • Jinxed by Rachel Rener

    Jinxed by Rachel Rener

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I keep telling myself things could be worse.Okay, so my mom's been harboring some hefty family secrets. Big deal.And, yeah, maybe there are still two or three teensy details about Zayn that I don't know – his backstory, his private life, or his real name, for starters.Oh, and let's not forget that there's a bloodthirsty, power-hungry, magical mob boss who's due to appear at any moment. No biggie...
  • Synced by Rachel Rener

    Synced by Rachel Rener

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    War is coming – and this time, I swear it’s not my fault.Sol and his reanimated Unseelie army are hell-bent on destroying the Seelies once and for all. Worse, he’s stolen the most priceless relic in this land – Zayn’s grimoire – along with my magic-unleashing gilded blood.Oh yeah, and Sol’s claim is slowly killing me (though I’m so pent-up, I might actually die of horniness first)...
  • Silverfall by McKenzie Hunter

    Silverfall by McKenzie Hunter

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A spell revealed I was marked by the raven. Now what?Well, I already know day drinking isn’t the answer. And Mephisto, with his increasing interest in me and my magic, isn’t either. But what is?The secrets behind the mark keep unfolding, revealing that I’m more dangerous than anyone ever suspected and that I’m the only person preventing the demise of several powerful and dangerous magical beings...
  • Queen of Light by Linsey Hall

    Queen of Light by Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    No one knows I’m possessed by evil…Everyone thinks that I’m a hero… that I’ve driven the darkness from the land. What they don’t know is that I’ve driven it into myself. I'm fighting a curse that will lead to the death of all I love.Fortunately, my Fated Mate Iain senses something is wrong. When he learns about the curse, he vows to help...
  • The Big A.S.S. Party by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

    The Big A.S.S. Party by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Once upon a moon, the wild wind whispered in my ear that the true queens were returning to Solaria and I made it my mission to open up their path to the throne so that they could slip right in like an oily oyster.Now, on this most special and wonderous of days, the very day of their birth – I will prove myself to be the most loyal and dependable of their followers...
  • Walker by Leia Stone

    Walker by Leia Stone

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    With humans and werewolves on the brink of war, Anya finds herself right in the middle. When she has a terrifying vision, which her Shaman mentor says will come to pass, she stops at nothing to try and save everyone. Armed with new responsibilities, Anya is stalked by the Skin Walker who wants nothing more than to see her dead...
  • The Angel Secret by Michelle Madow

    The Angel Secret by Michelle Madow

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Welcome to Avalon Academy—where supernaturals train, and only the strong survive. After a long journey across the country, Raven has finally made it to the hidden island of Avalon. But she can’t rest yet. Because she still needs to enter the Angel Trials, become a Nephilim, and save her mom from the greater demon holding her hostage. She knew the Angel Trials were going to be hard...
  • A Mate to Embrace by Riley Storm

    A Mate to Embrace by Riley Storm

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She ran from him once before. Now fate is giving them a second chance.Grace Atkinson is back in her hometown, Five Peaks. A place she swore she’d never set foot in again. The only reason she’s back is to attend her ex-husband’s funeral. Not because of any leftover feelings, not for that jerk, but simply out of respect. The last thing she wanted while there, was to run into Braz...
  • Bloody Rosary Academy: Year Two by Avery Song, Veronica Agnus

    Bloody Rosary Academy: Year Two by Avery Song, Veronica Agnus

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hail Mary, Full of Grace. Thanks to your mercy, the truth has been revealed.Awakened by the blood of my ancestors, I join with those who will empower me to rise to my birthright, my throne. In this moment, I can finally breathe, and while I see the light that beckons, my future is shrouded in darkness...
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    fae  magic  myths  paranormal  action-adventure  angels  book  fiction
  • Lorehnin by Jenna Elizabeth Johnson

    Lorehnin by Jenna Elizabeth Johnson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I threw an arm over my eyes and just breathed. Oddly enough, it wasn’t my near-death experience that had me so bothered. It was the confrontation with the blond guy and the odd conversation we’d had. He knew about the Otherworld. His words had proved as much. But was I reading too much into it? Was I secretly hoping he was Faelorehn? And if so, what good was it now? I was human...
  • Sons of Sorrow by Nazri Noor

    Sons of Sorrow by Nazri Noor

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Tears of the Ocean. The Heart of the Flame. Lochlann Wilde is preparing for his final entering the Oriel of Fire, the most dangerous of the elemental dimensions. Acquiring the essence of fire will score him another powerful guardian, as well as complete Aphrodite’s amulet.But the world outside the oriel has its own challenges. Sylvain has discovered something difficult about his heritage...
    Categorized as:
    fae  magic  paranormal  myths  romance  fantasy  mlm  lgbtq
  • Two Thousand Tears by Jocelynn Drake

    Two Thousand Tears by Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He was supposed to be my enemy. Not my lover.Yichen is free at last…sort of.He has escaped his imprisonment, but he’s still blood bound to the crown prince of the fae.Oh gods, how is he going to explain that to his clan?Finding a way to break the bond might not be too hard. Killing the king of the fae even seems possible...
  • Spark of Pursuit by Annika Snow

    Spark of Pursuit by Annika Snow

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Catching a vigilante sounds simple… until you find out that vigilante is your soulbound.Aravenna Kalladine isn’t just used to keeping secrets; she is one. Publicly, she’s the jilted heir of the world’s largest anti-magic arms company, as Mortal as her late parents and those they protected from dangerous Immortals...
  • House of Sky and Breath (Part 2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Sarah J. Maas, David Cui Cui

    House of Sky and Breath (Part 2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Sarah J. Maas, David Cui Cui

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar are trying to get back to normal-they may have saved Crescent City, but with so much upheaval in their lives lately, they mostly want a chance to relax. Slow down. Figure out what the future holds.The Asteri have kept their word so far, leaving Bryce and Hunt alone. But with the rebels chipping away at the Asteri's power, the threat the rulers pose is growing...
  • Nomad by R.J. Anderson

    Nomad by R.J. Anderson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cast into exile, she must return to free her people. Banished from her underground home by Betony, the queen of the Cornish piskeys, young Ivy sets out to forge a new life for herself in the world above. But a deadly threat lingers in the mine, and Ivy cannot bear to see her people suffer while Betony refuses to believe. Somehow she must convince the queen to let them go...
  • Blood Cure by Jessica Wayne

    Blood Cure by Jessica Wayne

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She is in hell.Trapped in the shadows, Rainey is unable to do much more than watch while her entire life is destroyed.While the Original Witch's plan continues to fall perfectly in place, it's up to Elijah to put it all on the line and save his hunter.Or die trying.Picking up from Blood Captive's heartbreaking cliffhanger, Blood Cure tests Rainey and Elijah in ways they never saw coming...
  • Midnight Shadows by Emerson Knight, McKenzie Hunter

    Midnight Shadows by Emerson Knight, McKenzie Hunter

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’m losing control.Past choices are coming back to haunt me, and an old curse threatens to drive me from the pack.Sky is the only person who can help me with the curse. To do so, she’ll have to perform forbidden magic that will draw the attention of the witches. They’ve been vying for a reason to kill Sky, and performing forbidden magic will give them one...
  • Dark Hunt by Annika West

    Dark Hunt by Annika West

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A sexy dragon. A snarky outcast. A dark hunt that ties them together.Aster King II is a lot of things.Impulsive? Totally.Sugar addict? Yup.Prone to reflexive stabbing? Every day of her life.As a supernatural citizen with weak powers, Aster's reality is mediocre. But after she finds herself in a sewer running from a deadly creature she accidentally pissed off, everything changes...
  • Nokken by Mary E. Twomey

    Nokken by Mary E. Twomey

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Lucy Kincaid wanted a simple life with a white picket fence, but once Jens took her to Undraland, she knew that wouldn't be in the cards. Learning to maneuver the landmines of laplanding with her boyfriend’s best friend is more than Lucy bargained for. Prince Jamie has access to Lucy’s every thought, making it impossible to have a moment to herself, or run away from her problems...
  • Blood of Half Gods by Bonnie Lamer

    Blood of Half Gods by Bonnie Lamer

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    How did she get herself into this? Trapped for two weeks with her biological father in the outback. With Giants. Xandra's convinced this trip is going to be a nightmare, and the fates are determined not to let her down. But, with Kallen and her friends by her side, there isn't anything she can't handle...
    Categorized as:
    fae  magic  myths  paranormal  action-adventure  angels  book  demons
  • The Elysean Trials by D.N. Hoxa

    The Elysean Trials by D.N. Hoxa

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Elyseans are so wise…Elyseans are so beautiful….Elyseans are divine…Elyseans are power hungry assholes with a god complex.Yes *gasp* I said it. Sue me and bring out your pitchforks.Unfortunately for me, the deadly Elysean Trials are right around the corner...
  • Inner Demons by Stacia Stark

    Inner Demons by Stacia Stark

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    He’s an arrogant control freak.I’m a stubborn, loose cannon.We’re a match made in hell.Luckily, that’s Samael's hometown. After the Mage Council publicly excised me, I've finally got my first real case. And I've even taken on a brand-new employee: A werewolf with impulse control issues.But my sister just lost everyone she loves, and she’s begging me to ask Samael for help...
  • Inferno by Erica Stevens

    Inferno by Erica Stevens

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Librarian's note: Alternate cover edition of ASIN B008GFZXDK.Edited By Leslie Mitchell at G2 Freelance Editing and Re-released 10/31/13.Deadly. That is what her time imprisoned by The Commission has made her. Just how deadly, and exactly what was done to her, Cassie doesn’t know but she is terrified of the possibilities...
  • Over the Moon by Hailey Edwards

    Over the Moon by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Dell has persuaded the Bloodless army to fight alongside her pack in Butler, but she still has to get there. Halfway home, the rift detonates, blasting out a magic surge that sweeps across the globe, frying electronics and spells alike. Leaving her with no way to get home except on her own two--or four--feet...
  • Deal With The Devil by Cynthia Eden

    Deal With The Devil by Cynthia Eden

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Cynthia Eden spins a hot new paranormal Purgatory story with…DEAL WITH THE DEVIL. Eric Pate is used to making his own rules—as the director of the PARA Unit, he is the boss. Everyone rushes to obey his commands, and no one knows his secrets. No one ever gets too close to him. But then he meets her. Ella Lancaster is tired of being a prisoner...
  • The Law of Stars and Sultans by Samantha Young, S. Young

    The Law of Stars and Sultans by Samantha Young, S. Young

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    New York Times Bestselling author Samantha Young writing as S. YoungPreviously released in 2013 under the title Darkness, Kindled (A Fire Spirits Novel)The Law of Stars and Sultans is the action-packed final installment in the epic romantic fantasy series Seven Kings of Jinn.Ari Johnson wishes adjusting to living with her boyfriend was her only source of excitement and anxiety...
  • Bound to be Human by Lola Glass

    Bound to be Human by Lola Glass

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    BECOME A FAERY, STAY ALIVEWhen I accidentally gave Auden all of his magic back, I *may* have set myself up on a path leading toward disaster.After all, nonmagical things can't survive in Avalon. And a faery without magic is pretty much just a human girl with way too much hair, circling Avalon's drain...
  • Crypts and Crimes by Scarlett Dawn

    Crypts and Crimes by Scarlett Dawn

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Through time and crime,The crocodiles cried tears.Furious hearts will not die,Run away, my dears.Once were charmed,Forever enslaved.Rage! Rage!The Fae cannot change.The heart has no mercy... King Athon is a shifter prick.If only my dastardly soul mate was a little less intelligent...
  • The Whispering by L. Filloon

    The Whispering by L. Filloon

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Tharin and Lily find themselves back in Pathen in search of Julia and the key to Eirrell, but old foes and new ones are in close pursuit. Adding to their plight, all doorways to Velesi have been closed.Forced to discover a way back to their realm, the group finds help from new friends and those who once stood against them are now allies...
  • Crown of Shadows by Keri Arthur

    Crown of Shadows by Keri Arthur

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Never mess with the relics of the old gods… or the pixies who once guarded them.After her mom’s disappearance six months ago, Bethany Aodhán has been running their tavern in old Deva—something her family had been doing ever since a light-fingered pixie lost them the job of guarding the treasures of the old gods eons ago...
  • Dragon Hunted by Haley Ryan

    Dragon Hunted by Haley Ryan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What's worse than a fae prince with murder on his mind?How about a family reunion...But with dragons.The good news is, I survived the murderous fae prince. I also found my aunt and embraced my inner dragon. Everything should be going great, right? If only. My aunt has disappeared again, there's no news from my friends at the Fae Court, and now there's a gargoyle terrorizing my customers...
  • Wicked Vampire Lover by Bella Klaus

    Wicked Vampire Lover by Bella Klaus

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I've got more targets on my back than I can count.Time is running out, and our enemies.If I don't find a way to save us all, then I can say goodbye to my wicked vampire lover...
  • Devastation by R.L. Caulder

    Devastation by R.L. Caulder

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Whatever you do, always give 100% – unless you’re donating blood.”My new role is not to be taken lightly, but I don’t even know where the hell to start.I have to learn to be vulnerable enough to admit when I need help from those that I trust.But what happens when you place your trust in the wrong person?One wrong decision on my part, could change the realms forever...
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