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When to Fear the Living by B.L. Brunnemer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsHi, I’m Alexis Delaney. I’m your average 17-year-old girl. Except I can see the dead. And talk to the dead and help them move on. So..okay, I’m not your average 17-year-old girl. Right now, the Veil is shut off, and the Way is closed. Which means the dead can’t move on, so, they are camping out on my lawn... -
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Troubled Student by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMy name is Bevin Millen—yes, Millen! I was able to separate from my family. Legally, at least. Father doesn’t listen to anyone and will never give up since he can’t bear to lose.In this case, he lost me, and unfortunately he’s still deluded into thinking I’m an asset he owned...Categorized as:
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![Blood Bonds by J. Bree]()
Blood Bonds by J. Bree
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsAfter three years on the run, I’m back in a Resistance camp, chained to a chair as the resident monster.Everything I ran from, all of the villains of my past, they’re all here to take another bite out of me. But this time, I’m not alone.With my Bonds desperately trying to reach me and new friendships I never expected, I start to believe that maybe I won't become the weapon they want me to be... -
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Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Collection: Books 6-10 by Laurell K. Hamilton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTake a walk on the wild side with Anita Blake, star of the #1 New York Times bestselling series. These five novels of human—and inhuman—passions feature vampires, werewolves, and “a heroine as sharp as a stake and slick as a silver bullet” (J.D. Robb)... -
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![Knight Forsaken by B.M. Clemton]()
Knight Forsaken by B.M. Clemton
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBetrayal. Chaos. Love.I came to Black Veil for a new start. A chance to find myself again, and maybe learn how to control my unruly magic.Instead, I've somehow bonded myself to three amazing men, found out I'm mated to my childhood best friend, and my magic grows more unstable by the day.Danger lurks around every corner and death lingers in the air... -
![The Last by Lynnie Purcell]()
The Last by Lynnie Purcell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe war between Lorian and Darian has ended, but Clare's fight has just begun. She is determined to stop Marcus. With Daniel and the rest of the Saints at her side, Clare searches for answers and starts the fight to bring Marcus down for good. But are they enough to stop the growing storm? The Last is the fourth and final book of The Watchers Series... -
![Allies by Letty Frame]()
Allies by Letty Frame
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe council have made their move forcing Lottie and her men to take a stand. For too long these men have been in power doing nothing but the bare minimum to protect wolf kind. Danger is coming and it’s up to Lottie and her men to protect them all. The entirety of the UK supernatural community is now watching Lottie and her men. A big fight is looming and they can’t afford to screw up... -
![Growing Alpha by Erin R. Flynn]()
Growing Alpha by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDivision Chief Seraphine Thomas knows that progress isn’t made without sacrifices. Their side has lost people, and the cost to her own life is sometimes too high.But now that the political climate for supes shifts widely back the wrong way, everyone is scrambling to secure the protections supes desperately need. It’s simply impossible to play a fair game when the other side cheats... -
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Immersed Siren by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDivision Chief Seraphine Thomas’s life is giving her heartburn… And supes don’t really get heartburn. Most would think her life would calm down after Murray was gone and the supe hating president was out of office, but things are never that simple. Plus, the messes left by both situations are somehow on her to clean up... -
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Lost by M. Sinclair
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBroken alphas. A lost wolf. A fate she never expected.Silver Falls University. There was no reason for a female bitten wolf like myself to be here. More so, there was no reason that someone who grew up as poor as I did, in an overcrowded pack house in the South side of Chicago, should be making her way up north to one of the most prestigious supernatural universities in the country... -
![Void by Raven Kennedy, Coralee June]()
Void by Raven Kennedy, Coralee June
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI was born of nothing. I’m a Void, a rare supernatural capable of absorbing powers at the brush of my skin. Feared. Hated. Untouchable. Thibault Academy is full of supernaturals that want me dead, and the most powerful of them, the Paragons, will stop at nothing to ensure I go back to the hell I came from. They’re cruel, heartless, and have created an unlikely alliance to take me down... -
![Reckless Souls by K.C. Kean]()
Reckless Souls by K.C. Kean
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI’ve walked the streets of Phoenix Valley for twenty two years knowing exactly who I am - an orphan, a human, a nobody. Summoned by The Hex to test my humanity, I was prepared to fail, destined to be the same mundane girl …I was wrong. Pandora’s Box called to me, sensing a magic I never knew existed. With my world turned upside down and full of possibilities, I must now call Paradise Heights home... -
![Into the Void by Amy Sumida]()
Into the Void by Amy Sumida
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Void, the source of all souls, is a place very few gods remember anymore. It's also the one place Vervain Lavine needs to find if she wants to bring Odin back to life. There's only one god who can help her, a god who not only remembers the Void but has been there himself. Lucifer Morningstar, Satan, Beelzebub, the Devil, yeah that guy. He also happens to be her boyfriend's father...Categorized as:
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![Perchance to Die by Amy Sumida]()
Perchance to Die by Amy Sumida
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Godhunter enters the Realm of Dreams.The excitement continues as Vervain discovers that even her dreams are no longer safe.Vervain Lavine, Godhunter, Witch, Shapeshifter, Goddess, and Faerie. Life has become a little confusing with so many titles but the one place Vervain could always find sanctuary was in her dreams...Categorized as:
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![Still of Night by Emily Goodwin]()
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![A Crown of Shadows and Secrets by Sloane Murphy]()
A Crown of Shadows and Secrets by Sloane Murphy
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOne thing I’ve learnt since I became a Hunter…Anyone can betray you.Its exactly why I find myself travelling to a place I never thought I’d go.The Shadow Realm.Demons hide in every shadow and around every corner,But here in the darkness I discover even more surprises.Things I never thought possible... -
![The King's Bargain by J.A. Stowe]()
The King's Bargain by J.A. Stowe
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat if your bargain with a king is a deal with the devil?I knew accepting that Aegis case could only mean trouble.After her attack on the Colosseum, Valeria launched a campaign of cruelty on Draqaar. With every death, her army grows, and I’m the only one that can turn the tide of battle. I’m the only one that can break the daeva curse... -
![Hybrid Theory by Penn Cassidy]()
Hybrid Theory by Penn Cassidy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI'm changing... From the inside out I'm changing and I can't stop it. Who I was, who I thought I could be... It's all gone now. A single moment was all it took to shatter everything I thought I knew about myself. A single moment was all it took to make me the most wanted woman in the world.This is the third and final book in the Noc City Trilogy... -
![Dark Fae by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti]()
Dark Fae by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsWhat do a heartless Dragon Shifter, a cold-blooded Basilisk, an arrogant Lion Shifter and a brooding, tattooed Harpy have in common...?Me. Elise Callisto. Vampire. Angel of vengeance. And a girl on a mission to destroy one of them for murdering my brother. I just don't know which one did it yet... -
![Upended Life by Erin R. Flynn]()
Upended Life by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMy name is Tamsin Vale and my life is about to get real… Really complicated and ridiculously dangerous. Which is almost funny given at nineteen I already know too much of the darkness of the world and people, the secrets they keep. Or so I thought. Turns out those quirky abilities I’ve been keeping secret expose me to a world I didn’t know existed... -
![Lunar Witch by M. Sinclair]()
Lunar Witch by M. Sinclair
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNo man would ever own me again.A simple promise I’d made to myself after escaping a brutal childhood of abuse and being trained to enact violence on unblessed witches. Since that moment, I had managed to survive on the streets by successfully pickpocketing... -
![Hidden in Smoke by Quinn Arthurs, Harper Wylde]()
Hidden in Smoke by Quinn Arthurs, Harper Wylde
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMy nightmares have started closing in. Now I’m just trying to survive them. When my past comes back to haunt me, I find myself relying on the men I’ve come to care so much about. With their help, and the help of my best friend, I’m trying to navigate the threats—old and new. When I’m summoned to go before the Council, I have no idea what to expect... -
![Courting Darkness by Katie May, Quinn Arthurs]()
Courting Darkness by Katie May, Quinn Arthurs
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMy whole life has been characterized by fighting. Fighting my family. And fighting for my life. Trust me—the first one is completely voluntary, and a lot of fun. The second? Not so much. To say my family dynamic is weird is the understatement of the century. I held my first sword when I was only five years old, and I learned how to dispose of a body before I turned ten... -
![Let Sleeping Demons Lie by Amy Sumida]()
Let Sleeping Demons Lie by Amy Sumida
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere will be Hell to pay.Deep within the Devil's house there's a room where demons sleep. They send their souls into humans and entrust their bodies to Satan. No one has ever disturbed them. No one would dare. Until now.Demons are dying; their souls taken before they can return to Hell. With only weeks to spare, Vervain and the God Squad attempt to track down the murderer...Categorized as:
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![Undisclosed Assets by Erin R. Flynn]()
Undisclosed Assets by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA succubus working as a stripper sounds like a cliché or start of a bad joke, but Lola Chase is in a human only province in Canada for other reasons. Someone is murdering women society looks down on, and she’s there to stop it. As a demon, she’s bottom of the supernatural food chain and knows how often people ignore crimes against them... -
![Turbulent Expansion by Erin R. Flynn]()
Turbulent Expansion by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter surviving Halloween, Arabella Baker is determined to do things better while achieving what she planned with her daughters in moving to Boston. The fates seem to help her a bit, and the stars align along with putting together some helpful suggestions, and she manages a way to expand... -
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Opening Struggles by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt was a rough beginning for Karma Bakery with the out-of-control sample days and interviews that went way past fluff pieces. But Arabella Baker and her two daughters, Kary and Mary, have the needed security in place and have hired the right people to fit into the new family they’re building. They even made some outside friends of the paranormal variety, and that’s not something they’re used to... -
![Out of the Darkness by Amy Sumida]()
Out of the Darkness by Amy Sumida
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSeasons have returned to Faerie and the fey are not happy about it. There hasn't been anything but summer in the land of the fey for thousands of years, so long that most have forgotten what the seasons are. The nights grow longer and Faerie grows colder as winter approaches, and it falls upon Vervain to help the fey through these changes...Categorized as:
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![Light as a Feather by Amy Sumida]()
Light as a Feather by Amy Sumida
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMagic has no weight. It has no volume or substance. The most powerful of magic can be housed in something as light as a feather... and it is.One black and one white. The two magic feathers of Tobadzistsini and Nayenezgani, twin Navajo gods. The white feather holds the power to heal all wounds and black can vanquish all enemies... -
![The Serpent Priest by Anna McIlwraith]()
The Serpent Priest by Anna McIlwraith
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBetrayed, bereft, and beaten — but not broken. Emma Chase is the Caller of the Blood, destined to command the magic of all shapechanging races. She’s been to Hell and back and she’ll never be the same, but she’s rebuilding her life — and her sanity — with the help of some totally unexpected allies. If only she knew how to heal the one person whose soul is bound to hers forever... -
![The Vampires' Fae: The Complete Series by Sadie Moss]()
The Vampires' Fae: The Complete Series by Sadie Moss
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA complete reverse harem series in one binge-able box set! Book One: Saved by BloodThey found me nearly dead. To save me, they had to turn me…When I moved to New York after a bad divorce, I planned to re-invent myself… I just had no idea the ‘new me’ would be a vampire.Or that the three (yes, three!) vampires who turned me would be the hottest, most frustrating men I’d ever met... -
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Healer by Letty Frame
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen the unthinkable happens and lives are endangered, will Lottie be able to save an entire pack without her mates for help? The day she moved to Lupine Valley, Charlotte Montgomery’s normal life was forever changed. In a matter of months, she discovered her wolf, her mates and her heritage. It was pack politics that brought her to an Alpha coronation to support an ally... -
![Descendant of Chaos by M. Sinclair]()
Descendant of Chaos by M. Sinclair
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsStay away from mages. It was a singular phrase my father had ingrained in me from the time of my birth. Sorry, dad. I have a feeling that is going to be a f*cking problem. You have to understand… my life has been bland at best. Everything in my life, every single day, has been scripted, organized, and neat. Calm, cool, and collected. The problem? It wasn’t real... -
![Wicked Game by Sadie Moss]()
Wicked Game by Sadie Moss
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI really thought we had it. We were so freaking close.But you know what they say about counting your demonic portals before they’re closed.Now we’ve got dozens of the stupid things to deal with, and my angelic superiors don’t seem all that concerned about the literal hell that’s about to be unleashed on Earth... -
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![A Demon's Debt by Cece Rose]()
A Demon's Debt by Cece Rose
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPay your debt or forfeit your soul. Mona thought her troubles were over, but little did she know, they were only just beginning. When you owe a demon, they will always come to collect. Mona must enter the demon realm to repay her debt to the demon Adramelech. If she fails to complete her task, the forfeit is her soul... -
![Nail 'Em by Sam Hall]()
Nail 'Em by Sam Hall
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWe escaped the Institute, but sometimes you bring the cage with you.I feel like I'm a shell of what I was, part of me crying out for the man I left behind, but the other is determined to live no matter what. For my child.But living means dealing with the consequences of our escape... -
![The Wolf's Heir by Anna McIlwraith]()
The Wolf's Heir by Anna McIlwraith
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA desperate king, a dying princess, and an orphaned boy who won’t speak of the horror that claimed his pack. Of all the shapechanger races Emma’s met so far, the wolves are the most loyal — and the least tame... -
![All Shot to Hell by Harper A. Brooks, Mila Young]()
All Shot to Hell by Harper A. Brooks, Mila Young
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPlaying devil's advocate with three demons? There's no way I am ever going to win.Things were finally going right for us. We got the relics back. We defeated the dragon. I thought we’d won. But we’ve ended up losing so much more…Cain’s severely wounded, and I don’t know how to save him. Losing him shouldn’t bother me, but it does. A lot... -
![Professor Dragon's Virgin by Brittany White]()
Professor Dragon's Virgin by Brittany White
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTo protect her, a dragon-shifter professor must guard a virgin witch and shield her from their shared past.The Virgin WitchI am the daughter of a monster,A cruel witch who wanted me to follow in her footsteps.Fifteen years ago, my mother killed an entire clan of dragon shifters.As soon as I was able, I fled to escape her wrath,But another group of monsters imprisoned me... -
![Ill Will by Cate Corvin]()
Ill Will by Cate Corvin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMercilessly beautiful cruel. Relentlessly sensual vicious. Utterly delicious vile. Marrying into the famous Godalming slayer-clan was supposed to be my family’s big break. Our clan is fractured, my brother is dead, and my mother’s spirit was broken by the ordeal. I’d do anything to make her proud and see her truly smile again... -
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Revelations by J.E. Cluney
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt's time for the game to begin. The prize?Me.So I couldn't resist my housemates. Go figure.And lo and behold, it was none other than Marcus who broke me.But strange powers have surfaced, and a dark revelation leaves me with more questions than answers... -
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With Her Sight by Sunny Hart
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the Unitam Realm, power determines where you belong. And Claire just unlocked more of it. More questions than answers is the story of Claire’s life now. Where is she from? Who are her parents? And why was her vision the cost of binding her magic? She survived her first year at the Academy, but someone out there seems determined she won’t live to see the second one... -
![Magic Bites - Unicorn Lane by Ilona Andrews, Gordon Andrews]()
Magic Bites - Unicorn Lane by Ilona Andrews, Gordon Andrews
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPublished in Small Magics and included in Curran's POV.How/when Kate and Curran first meet... -
![Wildflower by Willow Hadley]()
Wildflower by Willow Hadley
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCricket Kendall moved to Colorado expecting to learn more about her magic and heritage. Since befriending three hot werewolves from the local pack, things haven’t gone exactly as planned.As her eighteenth birthday looms closer and closer, her magic and abilities grow stronger than she ever imagined they could...Categorized as:
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Blood Moon by Belle Harper
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsYou can have your cake and eat it too... can't you? Galen is a Vampire, Rafferty is a Red Wolf, and the twins, Ranger and Maverick shift into Grey Wolves.What the shifters don't know is there is a war brewing and Lexi is caught right in the middle.But Lexi isn't human... Is she the cure they all have been waiting for? Or is she the destruction that ends them all... -
![By Her Sight by Sunny Hart]()
By Her Sight by Sunny Hart
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the Unitam Realm, power determines where you belong. Blind, orphaned witch Claire has spent her entire life wondering where she belonged. She’s grown up in a small coven on the outskirts of the Unitam Realm. While the teasing about her blindness hurts, the ridicule the coven members give her about her orphan status cuts deeper... -
![Dark Horse by Kel Carpenter, Aurelia Jane]()
Dark Horse by Kel Carpenter, Aurelia Jane
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMy husband killed me.Instead of spending my immortal Afterlife pissed off and angry, I moved on. I became someone.Sure, that someone was a demon with the highest track record of reform, AKA punishment, in Hell. But who’s bragging?I’m right on my way to retirement behind the pearly gates. Everything was going fine . . . until the Risk Witches saw a terrible vision.Three men... -
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Bloodrunner Dragon by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 29 ratings**Brand new standalone series from T. S. Joyce. Don’t miss the thrilling first book in Harper’s Mountains.** Harper Keller is a shifter on borrowed time. After failing to find her treasure, her inner dragon is desperate to find anything to connect with. When a plea for help comes through from an old flame, she puts her life on hold to track him down... -
![Winter Queen by Skye MacKinnon]()
Winter Queen by Skye MacKinnon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"They say grief passes. They say the pain gets less.Well, I don’t want it to go. I don’t want it to stop hurting.The pain helps me function and get through the day. And it helps me focus on one thing: revenge." The Morrigan needs to die, no question about that. But first, Wyn and her Guardians need to find her. While the Realm prepares for war, allies arrive from unexpected places... -
![Ravening Hood by Kendrai Meeks]()
Ravening Hood by Kendrai Meeks
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRAVENING: To seek or seize, as with prey. To hunt. To devour. I may be relinquished, but I am resigned. I will see the Ravens destroyed. Istanbul harbors the ancient clutch of vampires known as the Ravens, but the city has a thousand shadows and a million secrets. What I find there will be far more than I bargained for, and nothing I could have imagined. Some legends don’t want to be told...
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