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Hustlin' by L. Divine
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe holidays are coming, along with all the madness and materialism that comes with them. As usual, Jayd is just trying to stay sane while everyone around her is losing it. Mickey's got a major secret and Jayd's girl Nellie is trying to stir up trouble with her loose lips. Vengeful Laura is trying to undermine Jayd's performance in the school production of Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth... -
Necromancy in New Orleans by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYe screw with this lass, ye get put on yer ass.When the magical energy of New Orleans redlines, Team Trouble responds.Caught between three hostile factions of empowered citizens—witches, wolves, and vampires—we scramble to figure out who’s leaving bodies littered around the French Quarter.Navigating the crypts, catacombs, and a cagey council doesn't go our way.Big Easy my ass... -
Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWelcome to the Shop Where the Lost Things Go.If you ever lost a sock, you’ll find it here.If you ever wondered about favorite toy from childhood... it’s probably sitting on a shelf in the back.And the headphones that you swore that this time you’d keep safe? You guessed it….Antoinette has lost her father. Metaphorically. He’s not in the shop, and she’ll never see him again... -
Incarnations Of Immortality by Piers Anthony
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratings...Categorized as:
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My Magical Life to Live (Midlife Witchery, #4) by Brenda Trim
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThere's no magic in any realm that can fix this mess. I've just got to dig in and get to work.One day I'm fighting beside my best friends in the Fae realm, and the next I can't light a candle without burning down my house.I always thought witches weren't supposed to have hot flashes unless we were cursed.But then the day came when I discovered that I'm cursed... -
Firstborn: The Complete Series by Isla Frost
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHumans are prey. Holding off the hunters will require falling in with the enemy.For the first time, grab the complete box set of the bestselling trilogy readers have dubbed "SPECTACULAR," "BRILLIANTLY IMAGINATIVE," and "UNPUTDOWNABLE."The invaders didn't come in spaceships. They stepped through a glowing portal and brought death and magic to humankind.. -
Someone to Hold Me by Lisa Oliver
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSomeone to Hold Me. The Gods Made Me Do It #6 (Can be read as a standalone) Hades, Lord of the Underworld, has spent years searching the world for his Fated Mate. He's watched his brother and nephews find their "light" and yet he can't find his. On the verge of giving up hope, Hades attends his brother Poseidon's wedding; so outside his comfort zone, but his discomfort proves worth it... -
When Water Burns by Lani Wendt Young
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“Maybe you’re not meant to manipulate fire the way I do. Maybe sparks are all you’re ever going to make.”He snarled, “Or maybe you just need to be a better teacher and give me more.” Before I could reply, he grabbed my hand, twisted and pulled me into a restraining lock. Body pressed against my back, he held me in a chokehold. I struggled. Kicked. Fought. Pain knifed me as I tried to free myself... -
Someplace to Be Flying by Charles de Lint
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsLily is a photojournalist in search of the "animal people" who supposedly haunt the city's darkest slums. Hank is a slum dweller who knows the bad streets all too well. One night, in a brutal incident, their two lives collide--uptown Lily and downtown Hank, each with a quest and a role to play in the secret drama of the city's oldest inhabitants.For the animal people walk among us... -
The Very Best of Charles de Lint by Charles de Lint
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAt turns whimsical, dark, and mystical, this extraordinary collection of retold fairy tales and new, modern myths redefine the boundaries of magic. Compiling favored stories suggested by the author and his fans, this delightful treasury contains the most esteemed and beloved selections that de Lint has to offer...Categorized as:
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In Sea-Salt Tears by Seanan McGuire
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt was 1972, and a teenage girl named Elizabeth Ryan thought that her world was coming to an end. Elizabeth was the daughter of two Selkies, you see, and she had just been passed up for a skin. But then a mysterious cousin who calls herself Annie appears, and Elizabeth finds other things to think about...It can be easy to forget that worlds don't wait for heroes before they begin... -
Nightmares & Night Sweats ( by Aurelia Skye, Kit Tunstall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Sandman is causing trouble for the residents of Harrow Bay... -
Love Spells & Liver Spots: Paranormal Women's Fiction by Aurelia Skye, Kit Tunstall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLove is spreading like a virus…Love is in the air in Harrow Bay, and it’s spreading like a contagion. Between the canoodling couples practically stripping in the street and the swift escalation of her own newly developing relationship with Drake, Jody becomes suspicious. There seems to be more to this love than natural causes... -
This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsDarkness blooms in bestselling author Kalynn Bayron's new contemporary fantasy about a girl with a unique and deadly power.Briseis has a gift: she can grow plants from tiny seeds to rich blooms with a single touch.When Briseis's aunt dies and wills her a dilapidated estate in rural New York, Bri and her parents decide to leave Brooklyn behind for the summer... -
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Forests of the Heart by Charles de Lint
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the old century, they called them the Gentry: ancient spirits of the land, magical, amoral, and dangerous. When the Irish emigrated to North America, some of the Gentry followed...only to find that the New World already had spirits of its own, called manitou and other such names by the Native tribes... -
Lobizona by Romina Garber, Romina Russell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSome people ARE illegal.Lobizonas do NOT exist.Both of these statements are false.Manuela Azul has been crammed into an existence that feels too small for her. As an undocumented immigrant who's on the run from her father's Argentine crime-family, Manu is confined to a small apartment and a small life in Miami, Florida.Until Manu's protective bubble is shattered... -
No More by P.S. Power
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIf you like new things, different things, good things... You'll love this book and it's main character! Hannah de Peyser has it all.At least on paper.She's rich. Good looking. Fun. Even a minor celebrity.Also a victim of crime. After being kidnapped for ransom four times in ten years, she decides she's simply had enough... -
Battle of Forces: Sera Toujours by Ali Vali
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn book two of the Forces series, Kendal and Piper return to New Orleans, both now immortal. The peace along the Mississippi River is short-lived with the arrival of Kendal’s old friends, Morgaine and Lenore. They come with an order from the Genesis Clan for Kendal to return with them to face judgment for mixing the elixir of the sun for Piper without their consent... -
Of Water and Moonlight by Valia Lind
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI'm losing control of my magic... and a wolf shifter has to keep me in check. An Ancient evil is spreading throughout the land. When it knocks on the door of my school, everyone expects me to fight it.But I’m hiding a secret….my magic is on the fritz.Not only that, but the headmaster forces me into combat training lessons with my nemesis.Aiden Lawson, wolf shifter... -
Desired by Alpha Bear by Sarah J. Stone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKevin senses a storm coming. With a new threat against shifters on the rise, the pack is strengthening its forces, and the lieutenant is extremely overworked. Or at least that’s the excuse he’s using for these strange bouts of weakness that are coming over him. Nina, a prodigy witch, has the gift of prophecy... -
Immortal and the Island of Impossible Things by Gene Doucette
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"I thought I'd miss the world." --Adam the immortalAdam is on vacation in an island paradise, with nothing to do and plenty of time to do nothing.It's exactly what he needed: beautiful weather, beautiful girlfriend, plenty of books to read, and alcohol to drink. Most importantly, either nobody on the island knows who he is, or, nobody cares."This probably sounds boring, and maybe it is... -
A Arma Escarlate by Renata Ventura
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsO ano é 1997. Em meio a um intenso tiroteio, durante uma das épocas mais sangrentas da favela Santa Marta, no Rio de Janeiro, um menino de 13 anos descobre que é bruxo.Jurado de morte pelos chefes do tráfico, Hugo foge com apenas um objetivo em mente: aprender magia o suficiente para voltar e enfrentar o bandido que ameaça sua família... -
Frost by Jaclyn Osborn
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe first time I met Jack Frost, I was eight years old and lost in the snowy woods.He took my hand and leapt into the air, soaring high above the treetops. Carrying me to safety. He disappeared afterward, leaving me with nothing but a memory.Nineteen years later, I’ve convinced myself Jack was only a dream... -
Hoodoo & Hair Loss by Lisa Manifold
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThree weeks ago, I kicked a necromancer to the curb. Three days ago, I took a much needed vacation with my new love. Three hours ago, someone threatened everything that matters to me.I’ve just met Nina Davenport, my newest consultant, and to say she needs my help is an understatement. For starters, it turns out she’s got one hell of a gnarly curse covering her...Categorized as:
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Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgmon
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsInfatuation. Reincarnation. Damnation. Gem Echols is a nonbinary Seminole teen living in the tiny town of Gracie, Georgia. Known for being their peers’ queer awakening, Gem leans hard on charm to disguise the anxious mess they are beneath. The only person privy to their authentic self is another trans kid, Enzo, who’s a thousand long, painful miles away in Brooklyn... -
Ashes of Gold by J. Elle
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHalf god and half human, Rue has made a vow to restore the magic that the Chancellor and the Grays have stolen from the Ghizoni and take back their land; she has more fully embraced her identity among the people of Yiyo Peak, but she is also from East Row in Houston, and girls from East Row do not give in to oppressors... -
Paper Tigers by Meg Collett
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFear University has created a new monster … The infamous fear switch research started with me, Patient Zero. But I am a failure. My mind adapted and now I move through the shadows like the creatures I was created to hunt. I spent my entire life in a cage with scalpels in my brain, but I am finally free—thanks to the Commander. I am Zero, and I will make the bad men at Fear University pay... -
Immortal Stories: Eve by Gene Doucette
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the pages of the Immortal book series, it’s Eve.“…if your next question is, what could that possibly make me, if I’m not an angel or a god? The answer is the same as what I said before: many have considered me a god, and probably a few have thought of me as an angel. I’m neither, if those positions are defined by any kind of supernormal magical power... -
Phoenix (Dragon Eye) by Finley Aaron
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOut of the ashes of a once-great dragon nation, a flame-colored dragon named Nia emerged. Alone for centuries, Nia is desperate to find more of her own kind. She indentures herself to the mad scientist Eudora in hopes of learning the whereabouts of her fellow dragons... -
Darker by Four by June C.L. Tan
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsFrom Jade Fire Gold author June CL Tan, Darker by Four is the launch of an epic, sweeping contemporary fantasy duology that is the Shadowhunter Chronicles meets the Chinese underworld, drawing inspiration from diaspora folklore. A vengeful girl. A hollow boy. A missing god.Rui has one goal in mind—honing her magic to avenge her mother’s death. Yiran is the black sheep of an illustrious family... -
Never Have I Ever by Isabel Yap
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Am I dead?”Mebuyen sighs. She was hoping the girl would not ask.Spells and stories, urban legends and immigrant tales: the magic in Isabel Yap’s debut collection jumps right off the page, from the joy in her new novella, 'A Spell for Foolish Hearts' to the terrifying tension of the urban legend 'Have You Heard the One About Anamaria Marquez'... -
Cazadora by Romina Garber, Romina Russell
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn Cazadora, Romina Garber weaves together Argentine folklore and what it means to be illegal in a timely, intimate, and emotionally powerful narrative.Werewolves. Witches. Romance. Resistance.Enter a world straight out of Argentine folklore.. -
The Curse of Eelgrass Bog by Mary Averling
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDark secrets and unnatural magic abound when a twelve-year-old girl ventures into a bog full of monsters to break a mysterious curse.Nothing about Kess Pedrock’s life is normal. Not her home (she lives in her family’s Unnatural History Museum), not her interests (hunting for megafauna fossils and skeletons), and not her best friend (a talking demon’s head in a jar named Shrunken Jim)... -
Ice Massacre by Tiana Warner
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA mermaid’s supernatural beauty serves one purpose: to lure a sailor to his death.The Massacre is supposed to bring peace to Eriana Kwai. Every year, the island sends its warriors to battle these hostile sea demons. Every year, the warriors fail to return. Desperate for survival, the island must decide on a new strategy... -
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The Cybernetic Tea Shop by Meredith Katz
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsClara Gutierrez is a highly-skilled technician specializing in the popular 'Raise' AI companions. Her childhood in a migrant worker family has left her uncomfortable with lingering in any one place, so she sticks around just long enough to replenish her funds before she moves on, her only constant companion Joanie, a fierce, energetic Raise hummingbird... -
Night of the Living Queers: 13 Tales of Terror & Delight by Ryan Douglass, Kalynn Bayron
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsNight of the Living Queers is a YA horror anthology that explores a night when anything is possible, exclusively featuring queer authors of color putting fresh spins on classic horror tropes and tales.No matter its name or occasion, Halloween is more than a Hallmark holiday, it’s a symbol of transformation... -
A Dream So Dark by L.L. McKinney
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsStill reeling from her recent battle (and grounded until she graduates), Alice must abandon her friends to complete her mission: find The Heart and prevent the Red Lady's rise. But the deeper she ventures into Wonderland, the more topsy-turvy everything becomes. It’s not until she’s at her wits end that she realizes—Wonderland is trying to save her... -
Magica Riot by Kara Buchanan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe last night of Claire Ryland's old life in the closet was pretty normal, aside from the alley fight with interdimensional monsters. Fortunately, the drummer of her favorite local band transformed into a magical girl and saved her.Then Claire became a magical girl as well. Things got a little complicated after that... -
Darkthunder's Way by Tom Deitz
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFIRE IN THE OTHERWORLD There are circles within circles, lands of magic and wonder that touch upon our own. But now war is on the horizon in the mystical realm of the Sidhe-a brutal clash of Faery against Faery that threatens to cross secret boundaries into the unsuspecting world of mortal men... -
Cobb Island by Blayne Cooper
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCobb Island offers not one but three romances in this novel set off the coast of Virginia. Marcy and Doug have had only sporadic contact since Marcy's family moved away a year ago. Their older sisters agree to supervise the lovesick teens during a week-long stay in an eerie island house that has been in Marcy's family since the late 1600s... -
Hunt by L.C. Mawson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the Earth is reduced to a smoking crater, the only thing left to do is turn back the clock.Lily Snow, granddaughter of Death and one of the most powerful magical beings on Earth, knows that her daughter most likely won’t survive in this timeline, so she gives her life to create another... -
Ride for Tomorrow by Alex Westmore
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMan made the virus that wiped out more than 90% of the population. Now it's up to a tough-as-nails woman and her teenage sidekick named Einstein to save what remains.First there was the outbreak...As the virus sweeps across the United States claiming more and more victims, butch firefighter Dallas was sure death was coming for her, too. Only it never did... -
Alpha by Bridget Essex
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIs love forever? Melanie Goodman has been running her entire life. Born a werewolf, she escaped to the other side of the country to try to run away from who she was...but it didn't work. Her wife cheated on her, her business is in ruins, and down on her luck and destitute, Mel has no other choice but to return home...and to the pack... -
Desperate Housewives of Olympus by Saranna DeWylde
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA riotous romp through Olympus with goddesses for the 21st century. When a new goddess moves to Ambrosia Lane, Hera decides she's finally had enough of her philandering husband. She offers herself and the crown of gods to Hades. Hades doesn't want the crown, but he'll take Hera. (Often and twice on Sunday... -
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Hard-Boiled Immortal by Gene Doucette
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Immortal Chronicles is an ongoing series of short stories written by Adam, the immortal narrator of IMMORTAL, HELLENIC IMMORTAL, and the upcoming IMMORTAL AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD.***************************************************************I knew she was bad news the minute she walked into the bar. She was a redhead. I always had a thing for redheads. One in particular, actually... -
Hex You by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwin sisters, Mercy and Hunter are witches, direct descendants of the Goode family, the founders of their town. After the murder of their mother at the hands of a foul demon, they have become the protectors of the Gates to different underworlds--ancient portals between their world and realms where mythology rules and the darkest of creatures exist... -
Lockjaw by Matteo L. Cerilli
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Cerilli delivers a stunning debut in this gripping paranormal horror novel about queer teens growing up in a community that doesn’t accept them and the insidious danger of apathy... -
This Wicked Fate by Kalynn Bayron
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsHow much would you risk to save the ones you love? Would you tempt even the most dangerous fate?Briseis has one chance to save her mother, but she'll need to do the impossible: find the last fragment of the deadly Absyrtus Heart... -
Dying Day by Kory M. Shrum
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe was the hero. Now she is the enemy.Jesse Sullivan has defeated her father and saved the world from his dark machinations. But as the beloved face of The Unified Church, his death has made him a martyr and now his murderer is public enemy number one. But it isn’t the countless government agencies and freelance assassins who want Jesse’s head that she should fear... -
My Date From Hell by Tellulah Darling
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBreaking up is easy. Dating is deadly.Sophie has to unlock Persephone’s memories if she has any hope of uncovering the ritual to stop Zeus and Hades from taking over the world.Even if it means striking a deal with the Goddess of Love. What choice does she have?The mission: stop Hermes from turning mean girl Bethany into a global mega-celebrity. The catch? Work with the Prince of the Underworld...
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