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  • Fangs, Frost, and Folios by Elizabeth Hunter

    Fangs, Frost, and Folios by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An all-new holiday mystery for your favorite book-hunting vampires!Giovanni and Beatrice left vampire conspiracies and supernatural adventures for a peaceful family life. But peace only lasts so long for a vampire assassin and an undying scribe.The death of an old friend leaves Giovanni with a rare opportunity...
  • A Witch of a Time by Amanda M. Lee

    A Witch of a Time by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Winchester witches are all about love and family – and, well, snark and sarcasm – and no one knows that better than the family members themselves, plus the people who love them. Follow Clove, Thistle, Landon, Winnie and Aunt Tillie as they share their lives – and innermost thoughts – through a series of short novellas that take you from the present, to the past, and then back again...
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    magic  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  cozy  fiction  humor
  • Bear Facts: Shifters Unbound by Jennifer Ashley

    Bear Facts: Shifters Unbound by Jennifer Ashley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Shane’s bad day gets worse when his sanctuary on the mountains is invaded by an un-Collared wolf, who thinks attacking him is a great idea. Shane has no intention of getting involved in this lady Lupine’s complicated life, but there’s something about her that raises his protective instincts to the highest they’ve ever been...
  • Dead Witches Tell No Tales  (The Hollows, #3-4) by Kim Harrison

    Dead Witches Tell No Tales (The Hollows, #3-4) by Kim Harrison

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Even in the Holllows - Cincinnati's home to all supernatural folk - vampires and werewolves can make strange bedfellows. Just ask Rachel Morgan, private investigator and witch. First her never-do-well boyfriend disappears into the night. Then the hunky protege of vampire crimelord Piscary starts eyeing her curves... not to mention her throat...
  • It's a Hell of a Midlife by Robyn Peterman

    It's a Hell of a Midlife by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I did not order the extra slice of Armageddon to go with my midlife crisis. Apparently , if you’re an Immortal, it comes free of charge. I have until sundown tomorrow to get to a parallel plane of existence, save my family, and kick bad-guy butt all before the world ends. Impossible, right? Not according to my posse of whackado buddies...
  • Heart of the Witch by Deanna Chase

    Heart of the Witch by Deanna Chase

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Welcome to Keating Hollow, the enchanted village where love, cupcakes, and magic collide. There are only three things that were ever important to Noel Townsend—love, family, and magic. Two out of three aren’t bad. She’s blessed with a large close-knit family and her magic has never been stronger...
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    magic  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  cozy  fiction  mystery
  • L'ordine della Croce by Virginia De Winter

    L'ordine della Croce by Virginia De Winter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Eloise Weiss è alle prese con il misterioso ritrovamento di uno scheletro di un giovane ragazzo, la cui identità è ignota, e questa volta non potrà ricorrere ai suoi poteri di evocatrice ma solo alle sue conoscenze mediche...
  • 101 Ways to Die by R.J. Blain

    101 Ways to Die by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Officer McMarin of the NYPD is in for the ride of her life when the Chief Quinns storm into her station, promote her to the rank of detective, and relocate her to Manhattan. Saddled with the dubious honor of being Chief Bailey Quinn’s primary rider is only the beginning of her woes.Her first case delves into the dark waters of the many ways in which a person can die...
  • Dark Dreamers by Christine Feehan, Marjorie M. Liu

    Dark Dreamers by Christine Feehan, Marjorie M. Liu

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Christine FeehanDark DreamShe's known him since she was fifteen. Every night, he is with her: his face, his voice. Tonight, Sara Marten will meet the man who is both angel and demon, salvation and temptation: Falcon - the Carpathian, the banished hero. Tonight, Sara will meet the dark-eyed destroyer destined to be her mate.Margorie M...
  • Ritual of Magic by Veronica Shade, Leigh Anderson

    Ritual of Magic by Veronica Shade, Leigh Anderson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    New teachers, new students, and new magical secrets.The statues at La Voisin aren’t what they seem, and one in particular appears to have changed his position since last semester. But statues can’t move.Can they?A single touch to the stone figure reveals a life before this one. One where the statue made a brother pact with another man. A very familiar man...
  • Semi-Human by Isabel Jordan

    Semi-Human by Isabel Jordan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Harper Hall finally has everything she ever wanted. Thriving paranormal PI business? Check. At least some control over her psychic ability? Check. Smokin’ hot ex-slayer fiancé? Check...
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    gothic  magic  paranormal  adult  alpha-mc  angst  book  contemporary
  • Feathers by Debora Geary

    Feathers by Debora Geary

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Witch Central goes to Costa Rica for summer vacation...
    Categorized as:
    magic  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  cozy  fiction
  • Djinn Justice by Jenny Schwartz

    Djinn Justice by Jenny Schwartz

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An Ancient Egyptian spell opens the door to a soul-sucking evil. Fay Olwen is still adjusting to life as one of a couple. She never expected to have a sexy leopard-were cuddling her at midnight in his huge bed in his gorgeous villa on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. But here she is, in love and in luck--finally! There's not a demon in sight...
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    magic  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  demons  fiction  mystery
  • Kingdom of Embers by Tricia Copeland

    Kingdom of Embers by Tricia Copeland

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Her pale skin and weird diet make her a target at school. If only they knew the truth about her feeding habits…Seventeen-year-old Alena Scott is tired of pretending to be something she’s not. As an outlawed vampire-witch hybrid, she’s forced to abide by the oppressive secrecy imposed by her Vampire Chancellor mother...
  • Shadowed Flame by R.J. Blain

    Shadowed Flame by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Matia Evans has it all, except for one thing: she can’t see color. With an adopted family who loves her, a company she helps her father run, and more prospects than she knows what to do with, she’s in no place to complain that her world is limited to shades of gray, black, and white...
  • The Wolf's Secret by Claire Cullen

    The Wolf's Secret by Claire Cullen

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When is a wolf not just a wolf? When he has magic running through his veins. Fleeing Samhain Pack to protect them from his berserker nature, Barrett is alone in the wilds—and lost to himself. Until he tracks a most interesting prey and finds himself face to face with a mage. But Evan is not just a mage, he’s something their pack desperately needs—a healer...
    Categorized as:
    magic  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  lgbtq  medical
  • A Battle of Blood and Stone by Sawyer Bennett

    A Battle of Blood and Stone by Sawyer Bennett

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Another day, another step closer to Hell on Earth being unleashed.With every piece that falls into place for the queen of the Underworld, Kymaris gains strength and power that will make it more difficult to defeat her when the time comes. It feels as if we’re in a desperate race to get just one step ahead of her, but my demise feels closer than it ever has before with still so much to do...
    Categorized as:
    magic  paranormal  adult  angels  book  contemporary  demons  fae
  • Portents by Kelley Armstrong

    Portents by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A Collection of Cainsville TalesCainsville, Illinois. A town founded by fae escaping the Old World. A town both part of the world and cut off from it. A town that a young woman will run to, fleeing her past, only to discover that her past extends further than she ever imagined, into the distant history of Cainville itself...
  • Entangled by Jessica Sorensen

    Entangled by Jessica Sorensen

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Alana Avery’s life is becoming complicated. The more she looks into her grandfather’s case, the guiltier he looks. And Jayse, her best friend in the world, has been acting strange, but refuses to tell her what’s going on.On top of everything going on at home, more tagged paranormal creatures are popping up everywhere, and her grandfather might be linked to one of their deaths...
  • Disembodied Bones by C.L. Bevill

    Disembodied Bones by C.L. Bevill

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Leonie Simoneaud was once one of the elusive Lake People, Acadian descendants in Louisiana with odd psychic powers. As a thirteen year old she rescued a child from a maniacal pedophile. Consequently she was shunned by most of the Lake People for imperiling them to the external world. As an adult she has been targeted by another madman, for a reason that has everything to do with that rescue...
  • A Charming Magic by Tonya Kappes

    A Charming Magic by Tonya Kappes

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bubble, Bubble. . .Magic is floating all around Whispering Falls. There is a new flower shop, Magical Moments, and an upcoming wedding that has the town on cloud nine.Cures and Trouble. . .Arabella Paxton, the owner of Magical Moments is smart, beautiful and has her eyes on Oscar Park. Not even the dark cloud looming over Whispering Falls is going to stop her from what she wants. Magic Stirs. .
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    magic  paranormal  adult  animals  audiobook  book  contemporary  cozy
  • Five Mornings by Elizabeth Hunter

    Five Mornings by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One morning can change everything. Five mornings can change a life. Friends. Lovers. Enemies. Allies. Alex McCann and Teodora ‘Ted’ Vasquez never had a simple relationship. But you couldn’t call it a boring one, either. Five mornings in their past shape who they will become to each other. To their families. And to the mysterious town they call home...
  • Forevermore by Cindy Miles

    Forevermore by Cindy Miles

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    On a misty cliffside, mystery and romance await. . . .Ivy Calhoun's life has been turned upside down. Her new stepdad has uprooted Ivy and her mom, bringing them to live in an actual castle in the misty Scottish countryside. There are stone-faced servants and shadowy corridors, and the ancient walls seem full of secrets. Ivy is at once frightened and intrigued...
  • Redemption by Denise Grover Swank

    Redemption by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The explosive conclusion to the bestselling series The Chosen.*Four shall fight. Two shall remain.*The game of immortal elements has advanced to an unexpected level since Will and Emma have joined. But was their union a part of Water's careful orchestration? Has the game swung to his advantage? With Emma's life -- and the lives of those she loves -- at risk, every move could be deadly...
  • Weaving Destiny by G.P. Ching

    Weaving Destiny by G.P. Ching

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Malini Gupta thought Jacob Lau was her destiny. But after months of failing to decipher how she fits into the Soulkeepers, frustration threatens to tear their relationship apart. And it doesn't help that a new Soulkeeper named Mara is ready to stop time itself to earn Jacob's love.When Malini faces her worst fears, and even death, she learns a funny thing about destiny...
  • A Lonely Magic by Sarah Wynde

    A Lonely Magic by Sarah Wynde

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nothing is what it seems…Fen, a street-smart orphan with anxiety issues, thinks she has her life under control. Then a gorgeous stranger tries to kill her. WTF?A mysterious boy and his sexy older brother come to her rescue, whisking her off to a glamorous Caribbean island and supposed safety. But the island’s atmosphere simmers with unnerving undercurrents...
  • Mercy for the Damned by Lisa Olsen

    Mercy for the Damned by Lisa Olsen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “You’d think having an angel come to visit you would be a good thing. So why did I feel like everything was about to get ten times worse as one knelt before me?”Mercy’s saga continues with Mercy for the Damned, Book III of The Fallen. When a new prophecy predicts a great evil if a fallen angel is allowed to remain in Midian, Mercy will move heaven and earth to free Adam from his deal with Raum...
    Categorized as:
    magic  paranormal  adult  angels  book  contemporary  demons  fiction
  • Wolf Hunt by Jennifer Ashley

    Wolf Hunt by Jennifer Ashley

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Werewolf Logan Wright receives a mysterious phone call from Nadia, a beautiful demon woman he interviewed in his capacity as detective in the LAPD paranormal unit. She’s breathless and scared, and begs for his help. The former Packmaster—enforcer of pack law and official executioner for his wolf pack—has developed a fierce protectiveness for Nadia, and he drops everything to find her...
  • Embrace the Mystery by Caris Roane

    Embrace the Mystery by Caris Roane

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Mastyr Quinlan pursues the artist, Batya, with only one thing in mind but soon discovers that his desire for her is just the beginning of an earth-shattering affair… He doesn’t want a woman in his life… Quinlan must keep Grochaire Realm safe from the enemy at all costs. As ruler of his realm, a woman has no permanent place in his day-to-day existence...
  • Three Wishes by Debra Dunbar

    Three Wishes by Debra Dunbar

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dar helped his foster sister become the ruler of Hel, and helped her free the enslaved humans from the elves. It’s about time he helped himself – to a fun week of mayhem in the Windy City. Collapsing a few buildings and corrupting politicians is an ideal vacation for a demon in Chicago, but Dar didn’t count on a beautiful angel sabotaging his fun and putting him to work...
    Categorized as:
    magic  paranormal  adult  angels  audiobook  book  contemporary  demons
  • Protecting Truth by Michelle Warren

    Protecting Truth by Michelle Warren

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Seraphina’s keeping a secret from her Wandering team: she’s perfecting her fighting skills. But telling Sam and Bishop the truth would only alert them to her plan: to go back in time, save her mom, and finish what she started...
  • Luminosity by Abigail Boyd

    Luminosity by Abigail Boyd

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Just when she thought her dreams couldn't get any weirder, Ariel Donovan begins having vivid nightmares of a dog that she must follow. It leads her to find an item from her past that she must use to aid her in figuring out the Thornhill Society...but she's not the only one looking for it...
  • Shadow Magic by Cheyenne McCray

    Shadow Magic by Cheyenne McCray

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "Bestselling author Cheyenne McCray's "Shadow Magic "is dark and dangerous. And deeply sensual..."THE SINS OF THE PASTWhen Hannah Wentworth temporarily flees her life in San Francisco to join her sister D'Anu witches in Otherworld, she vows to help them conquer the evil bent on destroying the human realm. But the only one who can help "her" happens to be the king of the Dark Elves...
    Categorized as:
    magic  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  demons  fae  fiction
  • The Revealed by Sarah Kleck, Audrey Deyman

    The Revealed by Sarah Kleck, Audrey Deyman

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The chemistry between Oxford University students Evelyn Lakewood and Jared Calmburry was immediate. After uncovering their shared and magical legacy—that they are the sole descendants of Merlin and the Lady of the Lake—their connection seems fated...
  • Darker Than Midnight by Maggie Shayne

    Darker Than Midnight by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    MICHAEL "RIVER" CORBETT--Confined in the state mental hospital and heavily drugged since the death of his wife, River cannot remember what truly happened the night he was arrested for her murder. But now someone is trying to kill him, and he is forced to run for his life. A fugitive from the law and from someone who wants him dead, all he wants is the truth...
    Categorized as:
    magic  paranormal  adult  amnesia  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • Skykeepers by Jessica Andersen

    Skykeepers by Jessica Andersen

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Ancient prophecy holds that 12/21/2012 will bring a global cataclysm. Mankind’s only hope lies with the Nightkeepers, modern magic-wielding warriors who must find their destined mates and fulfill the legends to defeat the rise of terrible Mayan demons.Michael Stone is a man with a dark secret that has skewed his magical abilities dangerously toward the underworld...
    Categorized as:
    magic  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  demons  fiction  gods
  • The Healer by C.J. Anaya

    The Healer by C.J. Anaya

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Hope Fairmont is a normal teenage girl. She attends public school, gets good grades, has a normal best friend…sort of normal…and works as a janitor at the local hospital. Unfortunately, that’s where the ruse ends...
  • Azuri Fae by India Drummond

    Azuri Fae by India Drummond

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Book 2 in the Caledonia Fae series.A faerie prince disappears in the borderlands, and his father enlists the help of outcast Eilidh and her bonded druid, Quinton Munro. Tantalised with hints of a lost and ancient magic, they learn that time is working against them every step of the way...
    Categorized as:
    magic  paranormal  book  contemporary  crime  dark  epic  fae
  • Killing Rites by M.L.N. Hanover

    Killing Rites by M.L.N. Hanover

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Jayné Heller has discovered the source of her uncanny powers: something else is living inside her body. She's possessed. Of all her companions, she can only bring herself to confide in Ex, the former priest. They seek help from his old teacher and the circle of friends he left behind, hoping to cleanse Jayné before the parasite in her becomes too powerful...
  • Hunted by Denise Grover Swank

    Hunted by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Emma Thompson and Will Davenport may have escaped from the Vinco Potentia, but the secret political organization is far from their only problem. The trail to Jake is growing colder every day, but when Emma begins to display unusual powers of her own, Will wonders if her role in the prophecy is more significant than anyone ever believed...
  • Angel Dares by Joss Stirling

    Angel Dares by Joss Stirling

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Angel is impulsive. Disguising her savant ability to control water doesn't come easily to her. Then she meets the broodingly handsome Marcus at a music festival where they're both performing, and finds herself all at sea. For when he sings, her soul answers with its own music. Like the tide, their mutual attraction cannot be held back, but Marcus's mistrust of Angel's gift is even stronger...
  • A Feather of Stone by Cate Tiernan

    A Feather of Stone by Cate Tiernan

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After seventeen-year-old Thais Allard loses her widowed father in a tragic car accident, she is forced to leave the only home she's ever known to live with a total stranger in New Orleans. New Orleans greets Thais with many secrets and mysteries, but none as unbelievable as the moment she comes face to face with the impossible -- an identical twin, Clio...
  • Eternal Craving by Nina Bangs

    Eternal Craving by Nina Bangs

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Eleven—an alliance of ultimate predators. Primal, lethal, irresistible.The Prophecy—an ancient Mayan prediction that the world will end on 12-21-12.The Prey—where can you hide from pure evil?Lies. He’s been promised a new life as the hunter he once was. But Al soon learns that all the rules have changed. Now he must control his most basic urges—the need to kill, to feed, to mate...
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    gothic  magic  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  demons  fiction
  • The Book of Secrets by Melissa McShane

    The Book of Secrets by Melissa McShane

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Helena Davies just wants a job that will get her out of her parents’ basement. Abernathy’s Bookstore is disorganized, out of the way, and smells funny, but it pays well and promises to at least be interesting. She has no idea how interesting her life will become...
  • A Match Made in Spell by ReGina Welling, Erin Lynn

    A Match Made in Spell by ReGina Welling, Erin Lynn

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Lexi Balefire, matchmaking witch extraordinaire, can find just about anyone’s perfect match—except her own.Lexi hopes her dedication to bringing soul mates together is enough to counteract the wickedness that runs in her family, but without access to her full powers, she might never get the chance to find out...
  • The Mortal Heart by Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl

    The Mortal Heart by Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Everyone in Gatlin has a story...Before she met and married Mitchell Wate, the beautiful and brilliant Lila Jane Evers was an honors student at Duke University. Studying late into the night in the rare books library, she is captivated by a single line of text on an old piece of parchment: "In the Light there is Dark, and in the Dark there is Light...
  • You're the One That I Haunt by Terri Garey

    You're the One That I Haunt by Terri Garey

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The devil went down to Georgia . . .Nicki Styx has always known that the devil's in the details—but does he have to move in next door, too? Worse, he won't take no for an answer. Nicki would never leave her beloved boyfriend, ER doc Joe Bascombe, but hell hath no fury like a devil scorned...
    Categorized as:
    gothic  magic  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  demons  fiction
  • Midnight Moon by Lori Handeland

    Midnight Moon by Lori Handeland

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Under the midnight moon, dark secrets are revealed--Cassandra thought she had the perfect life until she suffered a devastating tragedy. Now she has a new identity as Priestess Cassandra, owner of a New Orleans voodoo shop, and a new purpose...
  • Kingdom of Ash by E.M. Knight

    Kingdom of Ash by E.M. Knight

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ★★ Return to THE HAVEN with the second book of The Vampire Gift series, free on Kindle Unlimited! ★★ ~THE VAMPIRE GIFT 2: KINGDOM OF ASH~ A daring rescue has freed Eleira from The Crypts.But that rescue has come at a great cost, stripping Eleira of her humanity and opening up the battlelines between the world's most powerful covens...
  • Enter the Witch by Andris Bear

    Enter the Witch by Andris Bear

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Evangeline Winther is just a normal gal living a normal life. She has a new job in a new town, and nothing can stand in her way. Except the new job. And the new town. Oh, and the fact that she’s the heir to a centuries old coven of witches, which apparently comes with a familiar—the stereotypical black cat—that spends more time licking himself than helping her learn magic...
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