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  • Grave Signs by Ivy Asher, Raven Kennedy

    Grave Signs by Ivy Asher, Raven Kennedy

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I’ve spent my whole life seeing monsters, but they could never see me back...until now.Turns out, I’m not crazy like I’ve spent my whole life believing. Too bad it took being locked in a cage and tortured almost to the point of insanity to realize that.But I’m not alone.In a cage to my left, there’s a monster who’s given up hope...
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    dark  demons  female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal  adult  alpha-mc
  • The Rotten Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The Rotten Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sometimes magic just isn't enough...Sometimes you have to start a war, and that’s just what I’m going to do.They took my soulmate. I will get him back, even if I have to destroy everything to do so.Don't miss the penultimate book in The Coven: Fae Magic Series!**Trigger Warning: This book contains a scene with minor sexual violence that some may find triggering...
  • The Fire Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The Fire Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My magic burns inside me...Not all soulmates are created equal. Some of them are relieved to find each other. Some build a relationship nice and slow. And for some of them it’s that all consuming, love-at-first-sight kind of magic, like my twin sister Tegan and her other half, Tennessee...
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    dark  demons  female-mc  magic  paranormal  alpha-mc  angels  book
  • Gray Days by Hailey Edwards

    Gray Days by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Black Hat Bureau, Book 9The Black Hat compound is rubble on the ocean floor, the director hasn’t been seen since the explosion that demolished his life’s work, and old enemies have decided it’s open season on the remaining agents. Oh. And Arden has decided now is a great time for a surprise visit to force a confrontation with Rue...
  • Ashes to Ashes by Karina Halle

    Ashes to Ashes by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    It’s been two months since Perry Palomino and Dex Foray’s relationship reached a new turning point, two months since Perry started a new life in Seattle, and two months since their Experiment in Terror show took on a new partner, ex-Wine Babe Rebecca Sims, and found a new level of success. But whenever there is light in their lives, the madness still has a way of coming back in...
  • The City Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The City Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Teach magic, they said. It’ll be fun, they said.Yeah, well, they’re dirty rotten liars.When I told Tennessee we needed to have more schools than just Edenburg I thought they’d assign appropriate people to the task. Ya know, like actual adults. Not a sixteen year old who still has to finish high school herself...
  • False Dawn by Vanessa Nelson

    False Dawn by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In the city of Accanter, forgeries can cost lives.Someone is faking the ruler’s currency in her home city. And unless Thea can find out who is doing it, no one will be safe from the Archon’s and the Ageless’ wrath.Thea just wants to do her job. Catch the criminals. Keep the people safe.If only life was that simple...
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    paranormal  magic  female-mc  demons  psychics  dark  fantasy  mystery
  • A Long Spoon by Jonathan L. Howard

    A Long Spoon by Jonathan L. Howard

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    You may have heard of Johannes Cabal; he is a necromancer and a little infamous. He is also very sensitive to attempts on his life. When a murder of crows tries to... well, murder him, and the contents of his bath are transmuted into hot nitric acid, he suspects someone may mean him harm. The trail leads to one of the less travelled parts of Hell itself, and there Cabal will need a guide...
  • Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap by Michael Todd

    Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap by Michael Todd

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It's time to ask the right team for the solution. The Demons have turned the tables on the Damned, and it takes a little while to catch up.It's quiet, too  quiet. Pandora reveals a little bit more about herself, who she is, and what she can do. And Damian has to make some hard choices.There is someone new coming to the team, and he is just this side of ... different...
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    demons  female-mc  humor  paranormal  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book
  • Welcome To The Jungle by Michael Todd, Michael Anderle

    Welcome To The Jungle by Michael Todd, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The weapons are being released, the military is sniffing around, and Katie is bitching up a storm about her lost Ferrari. Stephanie is helping the team move to a new location, and focusing her talents where she feels they will be best used.On the team. In New York, T'Chezz is starting a new effort to acquire information acquisition contacts. Otherwise known as spies and turncoats...
  • What the Hell by Hunter Blain

    What the Hell by Hunter Blain

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the last place John ever thought he would find himself, reside the scrolls of the prophecy. Armed only with the celestial key provided by the Archangel Gabriel, John must travel to Hell where no creature of Heaven can follow to unlock a box no denizen of Hell can open...
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    dark  demons  humor  magic  paranormal  adult  angels  audiobook
  • Metal Up Your Ass by Michael Todd

    Metal Up Your Ass by Michael Todd

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Katie makes an executive decision, and the mere idea is driving Korbin to drink. Pandora wants Katie to learn to fight without her extra “oomph.”For now. The military need support, but few on the merc teams trust them...
  • Mist and Magic by Lindsay Buroker

    Mist and Magic by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    As a freelance assassin, Val Thorvald leads a dangerous life.She’s learned not to stay in the same place for long and not to get too attached to anything. For example, she would never consider adopting a pet.But when she’s searching for a missing friend, she finds an abandoned silver tiger cub.The magical feline is clearly from another realm, but Val has no idea which one or how to send it back...
  • The Thirteenth by L.A. Banks

    The Thirteenth by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The entire Neteru Guardian team is on the run, having now been labeled as America’s most-wanted terrorists following the gruesome demon battle that felled the Washington Monument and crashed the front doors of the White House. The Antichrist is positioned for emergence, the powers of darkness have released the pale horse of the apocalypse, and half of the Neteru team is pregnant...
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    dark  demons  magic  paranormal  adult  angels  book  dark-fantasy
  • The Sacred Veil by Christopher Pike

    The Sacred Veil by Christopher Pike

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    It's no dream.At last the truth of what happened during those hellish days has come back to her.In her five thousand years as a vampire, Alisa - or Sita, as she was originally called - has experienced the equivalent of fifty lifetimes. Every moment of her immortal life is seared deep into her being. Every person she has loved, every victim she has killed - their faces are forever part of her...
  • The Sins of Desire by Auryn Hadley

    The Sins of Desire by Auryn Hadley

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.We're taught that people are sinners or saints. Who says I can't be both?See, I'm a bad, bad girl. The kind who loves Satan. Falling in bed with the demon of seduction, befriending the demon of knowledge, being guarded by Beelzebub, and making deals with Lucifer? This is what I call a normal day...
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    dark  demons  magic  paranormal  adult  angels  book  dragons
  • Dust to Dust by Karina Halle

    Dust to Dust by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    (New to this angsty, sexy, scary romance series? Start with book #1, Darkhouse, and work your way up through all the slow-burn spookiness) Perry Palomino and Dex Foray. On their own, they’re uniquely brilliant. Together, they’re an unstoppable team. Until now. Because after everything the duo has encountered, they haven’t come across an evil quite like this...
  • Descendants of the Rose by Juliette Harper

    Descendants of the Rose by Juliette Harper

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Selby Jensen’s business card reads “Private Investigator,” but to say the least, that downplays her real occupation. Let’s hear it in her own words:“You want to know what I do for a living? I rip souls out. Cut heads off. Put silver bullets where silver bullets need putting. You think there aren’t any monsters? . . . I have some disturbing news for you. You might want to sit down...
  • Hard to Love by Briana Michaels

    Hard to Love by Briana Michaels

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She's come too far to fall now...Tilly bit off more than she could chew when she agreed to help Valor and Bishop, and now she's choking on her decision. The consequences of her actions are stacking up and her time is running out, fast. She should have known better than to get involved. And now it's too late.No do overs. No second chances...
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    dark  demons  female-mc  magic  paranormal  adult  angels  book
  • Sacrifice by Claire Farrell

    Sacrifice by Claire Farrell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ~The final book in the Chaos Series.~ As a king’s life hangs in the balance, alliances are made then broken. Only trickery can help Cara protect those she cares about, but when her enemies show their true face, she realises the truth: every distraction feeds Chaos. Cara’s not the only one searching for a legendary treasure, not the only one reaching for power...
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    dark  magic  paranormal  book  fae  fiction  horror  supernatural
  • Devils Don't Lie by Kim McDougall

    Devils Don't Lie by Kim McDougall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Being a working mom chosen to save the world is going to take practice, courage, and a whole crew of creature companions as backup.The forest whispers to Kyra. Something is coming. The creatures are restless. Ash falls on their homestead. And Montreal ward is bursting with refugees.But Kyra doesn’t need omens...
  • Miracle Mountain by J.L. Bryan

    Miracle Mountain by J.L. Bryan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the early nineteenth century, hungry gold prospectors descended on Miracle Mountain in north Georgia, ripping open the ancient wilderness, driven by dreams of glittering fortunes. Local legends tell of mysterious events, like a young girl who defied death after toppling from the mountain's treacherous waterfall...
  • Hell of a Party by John P. Logsdon, Noah K. Sturdevant

    Hell of a Party by John P. Logsdon, Noah K. Sturdevant

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bert’s wedding checklist: Get the cake - check; hire a band – check; avoid being murdered by demonic assassins...working on it. Bert is getting married, whether he likes it or not. As crown prince of the demons, he’s been promised to a dragon named Samantha Cho. His marriage has the potential to strengthen relations between demons and dragons, and bring a sliver of peace to Hell...
  • Shadow Demons by Sarra Cannon

    Shadow Demons by Sarra Cannon

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    An alternate cover edition can be found here. Book 4 of the Peachville High Demons series:In Peachville, there's a fine line between good and evil.That line is about to be crossed...
  • Destroyer Rising by Eric R. Asher

    Destroyer Rising by Eric R. Asher

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It's been three years since we failed Vicky, the child once known as Elizabeth Gray. Three years she's lived as something not quite alive, but far from dead. Her path grows darker, even as she spreads light and hope through a tortured world. The Destroyer has come to claim her, and I can’t fail her again. I won't. Elizabeth's fate lies in the Burning Lands, and we will storm the gates...
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    dark  demons  humor  magic  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book
  • Red Rain by R.S. Black

    Red Rain by R.S. Black

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Red Rain Pandora has been through hell and back. Literally. She’s been kidnapped and tortured, found freedom, and then lost it all over again. She’s now the newest pawn in the age-old war between Heaven and Hell. The Triad owns her mark, Asher owns her heart, but the demon Wrath might just own her soul. Death—aka Dean—is her constant companion in these final days...
  • Havoc by Nicholas Bella

    Havoc by Nicholas Bella

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “As if chasing down a seriously dangerous demon that's killing people like that's the thing to do at night, I've got even more romance trouble brewing!” I think I'm seriously in over my head at this point. First off, we're nowhere close to finding Xora, the hell demon that's killing more people than the morgue has room for. On top of that, I've found my other mate...
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    dark  demons  magic  paranormal  adult  age-gap  book  fiction
  • The Nowhere Witch by Donna Augustine

    The Nowhere Witch by Donna Augustine

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Getting back to Xest was the easy part. It’s staying here that seems to be the problem.I have three hags, also known as Xest Immigration, hot on my tail trying to deport me back to Salem. The wall I built in the Unsettled Lands is in jeopardy. Hawk, a man who was once my ally, can’t decide if he wants to lead the horde trying to drive me out or kiss me...
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    dark  demons  humor  magic  paranormal  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Death Wish by Angela Roquet

    Death Wish by Angela Roquet

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Lana Harvey’s been through hell and back. As a reaper, it’s all part of the job, but the afterlife has been more turbulent than usual. The Second War of Eternity is underway, and the streets of Limbo City are heavy with the scent of carnage and betrayal. With the recent death of a dear friend, a lover-turned-spy, and temperamental gods breathing down her neck, Lana’s days seem numbered...
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    dark  demons  humor  paranormal  adult  angels  audiobook  book
  • Among the Stars by Jodi Lynn Anderson

    Among the Stars by Jodi Lynn Anderson

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    May Bird has always been a bit. . . different. While most of her classmates were riding their bikes, she was running around the West Virginia woods, dressed as a warrior princess with her hairless cat at her side...
  • The Forbidden by L.A. Banks

    The Forbidden by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The Body of a Goddess...with the Heart of Hell itself.The devil is a dead-beat dad and his consort Lilith couldn't care less. A stolen embryo stirs in Lilith's womb and a plan pulses through her veins: To unleash her child from the gates of hell--as soon as she destroys the only two vampire hunters who can possibly stop her..
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    dark  demons  magic  paranormal  adult  alpha-mc  book  dark-fantasy
  • Concealed by Vanessa Nelson

    Concealed by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A fragile peace, a suspicious death, and secrets that could destroy everyone. Oath-bound to the arrogant Erith in exchange for her life, Arrow's freedom is days away when they set her one last task; investigate the death of a high-ranking shape-changer, one of their old enemies. The shape-changers suspect the Erith of murder and Arrow nearly becomes the first victim in a new war between races...
  • Lethal Engagement by Teyla Branton

    Lethal Engagement by Teyla Branton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Guard, Protect, and Above All, Stay Alive Please note that this story from Mari's point-of-view. Two months after the announcement that rocked the entire world, Mari Jorgenson is going undercover to protect the man who has become the face of the Unbounded...
    Categorized as:
    dark  female-mc  magic  paranormal  adult  alpha-mc  book  fiction
  • Matt Archer: Bloodlines by Kendra C. Highley

    Matt Archer: Bloodlines by Kendra C. Highley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When seventeen-year-old Matt Archer set out on his last mission in the Australian Outback, he thought it would be like every other hunt. Not even close. After only two days on the ground, his best friend is possessed, a long-lost family member has returned and hidden truths have come to the surface...
  • Smoke Show by D.N. Erikson

    Smoke Show by D.N. Erikson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Emmy Davis, the world’s most famous fox shifter, went missing two years ago.And I’ve just been hired to find her.If only things were that simple. The cops have no leads. Other PIs haven’t fared any better. The trail is colder than an arctic winter. And to make matters worse, a mysterious creature from Javy Diaz's past has taken an alarming interest in the case...
    Categorized as:
    dark  magic  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  horror  supernatural
  • Hereditary Power by Emma L. Adams

    Hereditary Power by Emma L. Adams

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It's time for the Gatekeeper's final stand... The Lynn siblings might finally be reunited, but now their mother is held captive in Faerie and their family's magic is fading, Ilsa holds the key to saving both realms from total annihilation...
  • Storm Shift by J.L. Weil

    Storm Shift by J.L. Weil

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The fate of two worlds lies with one girl. Karina Lang was looking forward to her senior year, until Devyn St. Cyr popped into her life, dropping a bombshell. She is a Kitsune—a shape-shifting fox. Life isn’t always what you expect. The universe is bigger and more dangerous than Karina could ever imagine...
  • Flame Shift by J.L. Weil

    Flame Shift by J.L. Weil

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can she find the strength to say goodbye? Karina Lang hasn’t been feeling like herself lately. And who can blame her? Life hasn’t been easy the last few months, and it is only going to get rougher. As a royal Kitsune, Karina must gain nine tails in order to save a world she’s never seen. But Karina is dragging her feet. She knows that she must leave her home...
  • Saint Odd by Dean Koontz

    Saint Odd by Dean Koontz

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    The future is haunting Odd Thomas.The carnival has returned to Pico Mundo, the same one that came to town when Odd was just sixteen. Odd is drawn to an arcade tent where he discovers Gypsy Mummy, the fortune-telling machine that told him that he and Stormy Llewellyn were destined to be together forever.But Stormy is dead and Pico Mundo is under threat once more...
  • High Stakes by Izzy Shows

    High Stakes by Izzy Shows

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    It’s just not life if no one’s trying to kill you. I never meant to end up in the middle of a vampire rebellion. But when vampire’s are running amuck in London and the Baron is refusing to do anything about it, I can’t exactly ignore the problem. It was bad enough when the Baron wouldn’t help, but now he’s blackmailing me into doing all the dirty work for him...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  magic  paranormal  psychics  adult  angels  book
  • The Most Wanted Witch by Donna Augustine

    The Most Wanted Witch by Donna Augustine

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A darkness has settled over Xest, as roaming hordes of grouslies prey on the vulnerable. Witches and warlocks fear walking the streets, as lines are being drawn, and sides are taken. There’s only one way to stop the destruction coming, but tracking down an evil that doesn’t want to be found isn’t easy...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal  adult  alpha-mc
  • Wings of Shadow by Katerina Martinez

    Wings of Shadow by Katerina Martinez

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Find my brother. Learn the truth. Remember my home.The Obsidian Order is tough, they have to be if they want to turn prospects into elite agents. I want to be one of those agents, and right now I'm closer than ever to achieving that goal. Hunting Valoel down is my primary goal. The word on the street is he's recruiting mages to fight for his cause...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal  adult  alpha-mc
  • Rogues Mercy by Taylor Aston White

    Rogues Mercy by Taylor Aston White

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A vengeful witch. A shattered family. A dark threat. When her estranged brother Kyle finally reaches out, Alice will do everything in her power to help, even if it goes against everything she’s ever believed in. When Kyle’s fractured past comes to light, Alice realises they are both hunting the same target. The very man who betrayed their family...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal  adult  alpha-mc
  • Fire with Fire by Penelope King

    Fire with Fire by Penelope King

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It's been over two months since Lucky and Liora decided their fate outside the cave. Over two months since Kieron left to finish his mission. So why hasn't he returned?Crushed and confused, Liora finds comfort with a mysterious stranger, a guy whose motives include more than just healing Liora's broken heart. Meanwhile, Lucky finds herself in the arms of an old friend..
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  magic  paranormal  angels  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Grave Matters by Jana Oliver

    Grave Matters by Jana Oliver

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A Demon Trappers NovellaA legendary Demon Trapper, Riley Blackthorne frequently battles with Hell’s minions. So when she travels to Scotland to meet up with her hunky boyfriend, and celebrate her eighteenth birthday, she’s thrilled at the chance to leave Atlanta and its troubles behind...
    Categorized as:
    demons  female-mc  magic  paranormal  angels  book  fiction  horror
  • Wings of Night by Katerina Martinez

    Wings of Night by Katerina Martinez

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Find my magic. Be the best. Beat the odds. I survived the Obsidian Order's first series of trials. I stopped a madman from putting a massive crater in the middle of New York City. Good job, Seline, but that was only the beginning. As I take on my silver trials, friends become competition, competitors turn ruthless, and I still can't touch my magic without it nearly killing me every time I do...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal  psychics  adult
  • Jenny Plague-Bringer by J.L. Bryan

    Jenny Plague-Bringer by J.L. Bryan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jenny has survived in seclusion for the past year, but her peace is about to be shattered by two new paranormals, each of them with unknown intentions, both of them searching for Jenny and Seth.The nightmares of Jenny’s most recent past life in the 1930’s erupt into the present, and she will face enemies old and new...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  magic  paranormal  psychics  book  coming-of-age  fiction
  • Undead on Arrival by L.A. Banks

    Undead on Arrival by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Just one month ago, secret government operative Sasha Trudeau thought she'd tasted victory. Orchestrating détente between the warring factions of the supernatural world had nearly cost her life—but it also opened the door to a future with Max Hunter, her mate and fellow Shadow Wolf.Until now. A poisonous virus is wreaking havoc on Hunter's immune system...
  • Fearscape by Simon Holt

    Fearscape by Simon Holt

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Vours: Evil demonic beings that inhabit human bodies on Sorry Night, the darkest hour of the winter solstice.It's been a year since Reggie first discovered the Vours, and the winter solstice is approaching once again. It will be another night of unspeakable horror for those unlucky enough to be taken by the Vours, because this time, she won't be able to stop them...
  • Chasing Angel by J.L. Weil

    Chasing Angel by J.L. Weil

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Chase Winters is one of a kind. That doesn’t mean he still doesn’t get on my nerves more days than not, but his arrogance is starting to be sexy. Together our bond grows stronger, and so do we. Just as we hurdle one obstacle, two or three more pop up. Go figure. It isn’t enough that Emma once again hates our guts, now Travis has decided to go all demon-zoid on us...
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