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  • A Court of Wings and Ruin (Part 3 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Sarah J. Maas

    A Court of Wings and Ruin (Part 3 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Sarah J. Maas

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The epic third story in the #1 New York Times bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas.Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin's actions and learn what she can about the invading king threatening to bring her land to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit...
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  • A Faerie's Revenge by Rachel Morgan

    A Faerie's Revenge by Rachel Morgan

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Secrets define her past… Dangerous visions threaten her future… Framed for a crime she didn’t commit… Whom can she...
  • Alpha Reid: six-pack series book five by C.J. Primer

    Alpha Reid: six-pack series book five by C.J. Primer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    SIX-PACK SERIES BOOK FIVE* While this book can be read as a standalone, I highly recommend reading books 1 - 4 (Alpha Gray, Alpha Theo, Alpha Jax, and Alpha Brock) for context before starting in on this one. I’ve always exercised complete control in all things. When it comes to my pack, I’m in control as its Alpha. In everyday life, I follow a schedule and value structure and discipline...
  • Bound by Tears - Sweet Edition by Piper Davenport

    Bound by Tears - Sweet Edition by Piper Davenport

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ***This is the SWEET version of Bound by Tears, edited to be suitable for a younger audience***Jesska Shane has suffered a devastating loss, and now pushes away those who love her the most.Kaspar Baldursson is in search of answers concerning his brother’s sudden disappearance...
  • Bound by Song by Tracey Jane Jackson, Piper Davenport

    Bound by Song by Tracey Jane Jackson, Piper Davenport

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Maximilian MacMillan is brooding, mysterious, and drop-dead gorgeous. He's also the lead singer of the most popular and successful band in the world. His ability to weave a fantasy in lyrics offers him anything he desires. When he meets his mate backstage at one of his concerts, he expects she will fall into his arms and thank him for being hers. She doesn’t...
  • Family by Cameron Jace

    Family by Cameron Jace

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    How far would you go to save your family?  Family stands for 'Gathering' In search of her real family, Alice receives a mysterious invitation to a dark place she thought she'd never visit again. Sometimes for 'Loyalty' Little does she know of those invited along. Now she has to figure out real friends from foes...
  • Luna Cursed by Alessa Thorn

    Luna Cursed by Alessa Thorn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Ciara Wolf Slayer is the one Ironwood that all wolves fear. When a deranged cult decides to awaken Fenris to start Ragnarök, Ciara must put aside her vicious past and work with the one wolf strong enough to take them down.‘Luna Cursed’ is book four of the new spin-off series in the best-selling 'Fae Universe,' featuring everyone's favorite supernatural hunting family, the Ironwoods...
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    paranormal  fae  myths  steamy  female-mc  alpha-mc  romance  fantasy
  • 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)...
  • Supernatural Chronicles: The Asgardians by S.T. Bende

    Supernatural Chronicles: The Asgardians by S.T. Bende

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Inga Andersson just can’t catch a break. She’s supposed to be enjoying a ski week in beautiful Åre, Sweden, with her immortal-assassin-husband. Instead, she and Gunnar are trapped inside a bizarre scavenger hunt, unraveling an incomprehensible riddle at the bequest of a mysterious being...
  • Bound by Sight by Piper Davenport, Piper Davenport

    Bound by Sight by Piper Davenport, Piper Davenport

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    18+ for language and sexual situations... Andi Rivers has had a hard life. She's working on putting the pieces back together after a failed marriage that nearly broke her. Returning to the one place she'd rather forget, Andi finds that an old flame could reignite a fire she never knew was burning...
  • Dreaming of a Blood Red Christmas by Nicola Claire

    Dreaming of a Blood Red Christmas by Nicola Claire

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    You wanted more? Well, here it is! A Christmas Special Novella (just over 16,000 words) from Michel's point of view, set after the end of book eight in the Kindred Series: Kiss Of The Dragon. A sweet surprise full of a few Kindred secrets, wrapped up in a Michel package, just in time for Christmas. "When I look at her, I see the strong, independent, courageous woman I have always seen...
  • Sanibel Surrender by Talyn Scott

    Sanibel Surrender by Talyn Scott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Molly’s pristine life crumbles around her, she inadvertently steps over the immortal threshold, finding that her ex-husband led a double life. Through his nefarious secrecy, Wilson exposed her to a dangerous underworld, and she has no other choice but to rely on powerful werewolf males to escape the unthinkable...
  • The Hunter by Lynnie Purcell

    The Hunter by Lynnie Purcell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Something inhuman is haunting King's Cross; Clare's friends are being chased by unknown Watchers; an angel falls through Clare's roof; and, worse, Clare is plagued by visions of darkness. Clare and Daniel must face these dangers and more, as a threat unlike any they have faced circles the future.Clare and Daniel are back for more adventures in the first book of The Guardian Series...
  • The Keeper by Lynnie Purcell

    The Keeper by Lynnie Purcell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Clare has woken up in the desert with no memory of her past and no true direction, beyond the impulse to walk west. She has never been more lost.With no clue about the darkness circling her, Clare is on a direct path with Odette...
  • Sanibel Alpha by Talyn Scott

    Sanibel Alpha by Talyn Scott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tatum, Jayce, and Bren welcome their precious Youngling, the next appointed Alpha, into their loving family. However, their celebration is darkened when Jayce is forced to handle a troubled Pack stricken by rogue vampires. Following his inborn need, Mike Carter takes his place next to his co-mates, protecting Tatum and her newborn son with raw determination...
  • Her Desired Alphas by Jessica Hall

    Her Desired Alphas by Jessica Hall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Marabella has lived with a curse her entire life. Born as a Gemini twin, she was considered a bad omen. Always living in the shadow of her twin. Marabella is believed to be tainted by the mark of death, everyone in her pack fears her. After the rejection of her mate, she learns that there are more secrets out there than just hers. Kyan and his best friend Jonah have a dark secret of their own...
  • Giver of Light by Nicola Claire

    Giver of Light by Nicola Claire

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    His lips met mine again, this time in a slow, soft caress, conveying everything he had just said in those beautiful words that had reached my very soul. I could have drowned in that kiss. I could have lived there for eternity. It filled me up with everything I needed to survive. He gave me life through his lips and I treasured it...
  • Vicious Champion by Nikki Kardnov, Cadence Price

    Vicious Champion by Nikki Kardnov, Cadence Price

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I, Ana Hearthtender, nobody orphan of Mt. Olympus, survived the first round of Trials to become Champion of Hades House.In fact, there are only two competitors left—me and the infuriating Haven Knightfall.He’s my nemesis, my tormentor, and my sometimes partner. Except for the part where he betrayed me and took all the credit for himself. I can’t figure him out...
  • Defender by Leia Stone, S.T. Bende

    Defender by Leia Stone, S.T. Bende

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Allie Rydell left her life behind to protect the world from the Goddess of Night. But after weeks of training, hunting, and learning to use the life-giving power that inexplicably chose her, saving Midgard seems more impossible than ever. Nott’s followers have eyes across the realms, and they’re determined to collect the bounty on Allie’s soul...
  • Ragnarok by C. Gockel

    Ragnarok by C. Gockel

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Loki vowed Asgard would burn. Bohdi Patel, latest incarnation of Chaos, wants nothing to do with Loki’s psychotic oath...
  • Bones of the Witch by A.L. Knorr

    Bones of the Witch by A.L. Knorr

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    High in the hills of Scotland, an ancient evil has returned. One young woman struggling to master her magic is the only hope to stop it…On the cusp of womanhood, Georjie longs to unlock the full force of her fae-given powers. So when she’s invited to Scotland, she’s eager to explore the Highlands’ famed fairy realm hoping to find a mentor...
  • Bright Wicked by Everly Frost

    Bright Wicked by Everly Frost

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One forbidden touch.Two champions sworn to destroy each other.Three days to break the spell ... or die.When Aura Lucidia becomes the fae Queen’s Champion, her only goal is to destroy the dark Fell who killed her parents and stole her memories...
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    alpha-mc  fae  female-mc  myths  paranormal  steamy  angst  book
  • 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...
  • Lucifer by D.B. Reynolds

    Lucifer by D.B. Reynolds

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    EPIC Award WinnerMontreal, Quebec . . . A charming city on the St. Lawrence River, historic, sophisticated, but beneath it all lies an extensive underground where treacherous vampires are plotting to seize the country.Lucifer Scuderi is a vampire—handsome and charismatic, a powerful hunter of unusual skill—who arrives in Montreal to take on the most important hunt of his life...
  • Luathara by Jenna Elizabeth Johnson

    Luathara by Jenna Elizabeth Johnson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Otherworldly magic, Celtic monsters, and the wrath of the Morrigan: A Court of Thorns and Roses meets Percy Jackson.Suddenly, my pain and anger honed themselves into a sharp point, one aimed directly at the goddess's heart. She had been controlling Cade’s life, my life, for far too long...
  • Assassin's Magic by Everly Frost

    Assassin's Magic by Everly Frost

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Is love worth the danger?When Hunter Cassidy plans to infiltrate the Assassin's Legion, posing as an assassin-in-training, she is prepared to encounter danger every step of the way. What she doesn't expect is the ruggedly handsome and relentlessly fierce trainee, Slade Baines. It's hard enough that Hunter is the first female to be accepted to train with the Master Assassin himself...
  • Artistic Vision by Dana Marie Bell

    Artistic Vision by Dana Marie Bell

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Desire is the raw material. Lust is the spark…and love will sculpt their destiny.The Gray Court, Book 3Akane Russo, one of the Hob’s top Blades, can’t wait for her current assignment to end. She’s been tasked with protecting Shane Dunne from the Malmayne clan’s scheme to kidnap him once again. But no one—not even her Seer half—warned her she’d have to protect herself from his heated gaze...
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    alpha-mc  fae  female-mc  myths  paranormal  steamy  adult  book
  • 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...
  • The Unseelie King by Heather Killough-Walden

    The Unseelie King by Heather Killough-Walden

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Unseelie King, by Heather Killough-Walden For thousands of years, two realms of unspeakable magic and mystery have existed in peace side by side. One is a land of light, of kindness, of dreams, and of color. The other is rendered in the gray lines of wickedness and seeped in the unbearable beauty of all that is forbidden. The first is ruled by the Seelie King...
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    alpha-mc  fae  myths  paranormal  steamy  adult  audiobook  book
  • 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...
  • The Rebel Apprentice by Megan Haskell

    The Rebel Apprentice by Megan Haskell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    To save millions of lives, she may have to sacrifice the ones she loves…Rie is on the run from the wrath of elvish kings. As her enemies grow and the assassins close in, she must bring a traitor to justice to save herself...
  • Thrown to the Wolves and Other Stories by Hailey Edwards

    Thrown to the Wolves and Other Stories by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This anthology includes several short stories set in the BLACK DOG UNIVERSE, including the all new story, THROWN TO THE WOLVES. ___________________________________________________________ THROWN TO THE WOLVES Zed lost his mate, and it broke his wolf's heart. Now he's got a second chance at a happily-ever-after if he's brave enough to take what he wants...
  • Jonas by Faith Gibson

    Jonas by Faith Gibson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Some gifts can’t be wrapped. On Christmas Eve, Jonas Montague, father of the half-blood Gargoyles, is surrounded by his family, but not all of them. Instead of telling a traditional holiday tale, he shares the story of meeting his mate, Caroline, and the years that followed...
  • 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...
  • The Five-Petal Knot by Lucía Ashta

    The Five-Petal Knot by Lucía Ashta

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A prodigy pygmy owl. A possessive firedrake. A booby-trapped castle. Gargoyles come to life. Who said magic would be ordinary? No one can access magic like Clara does, but her powers are unpredictable and dangerous. She has to learn how to control them. When she falls into one of the castle's many traps before she can, becoming a prisoner of the merworld, there's only one person who can save her...
  • Bone Fairy by D.N. Hoxa

    Bone Fairy by D.N. Hoxa

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Caught between a death sentence at home, and a threat of war made by my own father in the fairy realm, the future isn't looking very good for me. Being accused of treason against the paranormal community on Earth, and getting dragged out of my apartment by ECU soldiers was nothing short of what I deserved...
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    fae  myths  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  retellings
  • Blood Moon by J.J. King

    Blood Moon by J.J. King

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A troubled relationship, a political attack, a backstabbing traitor, and a whole shitload of trouble. Elena Jensen is done being the victim. She's stronger now and ready to begin training her most valuable asset, her natural born Alpha powers...
  • The Scent of Legacy by Drina Steinberg

    The Scent of Legacy by Drina Steinberg

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Have you ever wondered if a dream is not just a dream? If a memory is more than a memory? Whether everyone is the master of their own fate, or everyone’s destiny is written in the stars? Have you ever had the feeling that there are no coincidences and that losing one’s mind is just a way of hiding the truth? Would you dare to explore the secrets the origin of our blood holds? The Scent of...
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    myths  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  urban-fantasy  fantasy
  • Mates by Viola Rivard

    Mates by Viola Rivard

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book #8 of Running With Alphas... With Alder gone, Hale makes a confession that threatens the balance of their relationship. Can Taylor find her happily ever after with the two alpha brothers, or will she be forced to choose between them once and for all?   This is not a standalone story...
  • Storm Secrets by D.N. Hoxa

    Storm Secrets by D.N. Hoxa

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Who would have thought that I, Scarlet Jones, the first ever Storm witch of the world, would one day work for the ECU? I sure as hell didn't, but here we are. When Jane Dunham came to the monastery to look for her sister Elisa, she had a parting gift for us: a horde of demons who came into our home and killed without mercy. It put an end to our illusion of safety pretty quickly...
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    alpha-mc  female-mc  myths  adult  book  fiction  retellings  suspense
  • Bone Prison by D.N. Hoxa

    Bone Prison by D.N. Hoxa

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I made a deal with the devil. Turns out, my soul wasn't the only thing she was after.   Jane Dunham promised me she was going to help me find my father in the magical prison my grandparents put him in. In return, I let her live.  Now, as I chase after her, I have to continue to lie to the people that matter the most to me...
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    fae  myths  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  retellings
  • Black Ice Burning by A.R. Kahler

    Black Ice Burning by A.R. Kahler

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Summer Kingdom has fallen to the Pale Queen, and it’s Claire’s fault. The Winter Kingdom faces destruction, and it’s her fault. Her mother is dead. Everything is her fault.Once the designated assassin for Queen Mab, Claire is now nothing more than a humiliated mortal, haunted by her own failures...
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    alpha-mc  fae  female-mc  myths  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book
  • The Time A Vampire Saved Christmas by D.B. Reynolds

    The Time A Vampire Saved Christmas by D.B. Reynolds

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is the vignettes with Cyn and Raphael...
  • Warrior Prince by Emma Raveling

    Warrior Prince by Emma Raveling

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is not a short story, novella, or stand alone. It is a collection of scenes from Tristan’s point of view and is meant to be a companion work to the Ondine Quartet series.Warrior Prince features seventeen scenes from Whirl (book 1) and Billow (book 2). Seven are extra scenes that do not appear in previous books...
  • Wolf Mountain Peak Complete Series by Sarah J. Stone

    Wolf Mountain Peak Complete Series by Sarah J. Stone

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Monica was done with hectic life in New York. Leaving to practice medicine at a tiny hospital in Shandaken would surely be the change she needed. Moving into her new house, fate knocked in the form of a tall, athletic man, bleeding to death and needing a doctor. Raul was a rule breaker - constantly fighting with his pack and disobeying his alpha...
  • Never More by Dana Marie Bell

    Never More by Dana Marie Bell

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Love takes wing faster than a Raven in flight.The Gray Court, Book 6Amanda Pierson’s long-overdue holiday at the Dunne farm unexpectedly turns into a working vacation when she’s roped into throwing together a last-minute dream wedding for Michaela Exton and Robin Goodfellow. No biggie for one of the best party planners at Fantasy Events, Inc., right?Right...
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    alpha-mc  fae  female-mc  myths  paranormal  steamy  adult  book
  • The Iron Sword by Jocelyn A. Fox

    The Iron Sword by Jocelyn A. Fox

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tess O’Connor has never fought in a duel, ridden a Fae steed descended from a dragon, or touched taebramh, the magical substance that gives mortals dreams. She has never faced down a garrelnost or traveled the hidden mysterious pathways between the mortal world and the realm of the Fae...
  • Partners of Persuasion by Nalini Singh

    Partners of Persuasion by Nalini Singh

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Still raw from being burned by a dominant female, wolf changeling Felix will never again risk being a plaything. But for dominant leopard Dezi, he’s the most fascinating man she’s ever met. She just has to convince this gun-shy wolf that he can trust the dangerous cat who wants to take a slow, sexy bite out of him . . . Timeline: Takes place some time after Kiss of Snow...
  • The Seelie King by Heather Killough-Walden

    The Seelie King by Heather Killough-Walden

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Tuath Stories remembered the fates of the Wishers well. Thousands of years ago, the sovereigns of the Fae lands issued a decree: The Wishers would die. Powerful magics were called forth, and in an act never before or since accomplished, both light and dark, both Seelie and Unseelie gathered together in their courts and combined their powers. The Wishers were annihilated.However..
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    alpha-mc  fae  myths  paranormal  steamy  adult  audiobook  book
  • The Drifting by L. Filloon

    The Drifting by L. Filloon

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    “Welcome to Velesi, Princess.”It is Lily’s first day in the Velesi realm but not as the princess she was made to believe, but as a captive to a strange Lithi elf name Ziri – Tharin and Tolan’s mysterious brother...
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