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  • Fury by E.L. Todd

    Fury by E.L. Todd

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author E. L. Todd comes the next installment in the Fuse saga.Cora and her allies must defeat the most vile king in Anastille's history...
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    fae  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  audiobook  book  dragons  epic
  • A Wind of Change by Bella Forrest

    A Wind of Change by Bella Forrest

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A new hero will rise...From the ruins of the final battle, a new hero has emerged. A hero who will take The Shade into unchartered territories. Who will usher in a new world order, in which no predator may ever be safe again. And who will experience and learn to love, like no man has ever done before..
  • Sentinel by Audrey Faye

    Sentinel by Audrey Faye

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Newborns change everything—even when they haven’t arrived yet.The birth of a baby raven is expected any day now, and Ghost Mountain Pack is kind of falling apart, or at least their dominants are. A tiny ball of fluff calls on some of their most powerful instincts—and slices into their deepest wounds.Rio knows it’s his job as sentinel to walk alongside those dominants as they struggle...
  • Elder by Audrey Faye

    Elder by Audrey Faye

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A note from Audrey: Some series can be read out of order - this isn’t one of them. Start with Alpha and welcome to Ghost Mountain!The Ghost Mountain pack has been waiting for their fancy new den building for months, but it won't be the only thing unloading off the trucks...
  • Magical Moxie (Midlife Witchery, #10) by Brenda Trim

    Magical Moxie (Midlife Witchery, #10) by Brenda Trim

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Dark One, Blood Magic, and a goddess with a vendetta are all in a day's work for the Backside of Forty. And they pale in comparison to being the single mom of a dragon baby.The magical world doesn't believe in maternity leave. As soon as my baby arrives the Dark One doubles her efforts to steal enough power to become a goddess...
  • The Dragon King by I.T. Lucas

    The Dragon King by I.T. Lucas

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    To save his beloved kingdom from a devastating war, the Crown Prince of Trieste makes a deal with a witch that costs him half of his humanity and dooms him to an eternity of loneliness.Now king, he’s a fearsome cobalt-winged dragon by day and a short-tempered monarch by night...
  • Wolf of Stone by Quinn Loftis

    Wolf of Stone by Quinn Loftis

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Dalton Black, a Canis lupis full of guilt and anger, never expected to find his true mate. Perhaps already slipping into madness, he had resigned himself to the fact that he would walk the earth without the other half of his soul. He was convinced that his sins were enough to keep the Great Luna from giving him such a blessing. He knew it was probably better that way...
  • Rise from the Embers by Stacey Marie Brown

    Rise from the Embers by Stacey Marie Brown

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The King has fallen! While Stavros moves to take over Lars’s throne, the war for the entire kingdom begins. However, this is no ordinary war against Seelie or Unseelie. The real enemy is the most powerful object in the world. The Stone of Fail. Lars isn’t the only one the stone wants. Zoey Daniels is next on its list. And the stone will do whatever it takes to finally get the girl...
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    fae  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  book  demons  dystopia
  • Rage by Charlene Hartnady

    Rage by Charlene Hartnady

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rage is the fourth book in a series about monsters of all kinds. If you enjoy fated mates, forbidden romance, sassy heroines, and swoon-worthy beast kings who are almost untamable, then this is the series for you.There are stories circling about a lone wolf in a town called Cherokee Hills. Talk of a creature who walks on two legs…a werewolf. I decide to go and investigate this for myself...
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    fae  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  book  fiction  psychics
  • The Last Warrior by Jennifer Ashley

    The Last Warrior by Jennifer Ashley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ben, the last of a warrior race destroyed by the Fae, has lived a thousand years in exile and now has found a place among the Shifters. He’s the caretaker of a sentient house outside New Orleans, and the Shifters turn to him when they’re in dire trouble. Even so, Ben is aware of his aloneness, his people gone forever.Rianne, daughter of the powerful Lady Aisling, is in a jam...
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    fae  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  audiobook  book  family
  • Ashe by E.L. Todd

    Ashe by E.L. Todd

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Cora's visit with the elves proves to be more than she bargained for. She learns her parentage, but it's the last thing she ever expected to hear. She came to the elves for help to defeat King Lux, to free the dragons still trapped in captivity, but she discovers a timeless place, where outside matters mean nothing...
  • 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...
  • Saving the Fae by Leia Stone

    Saving the Fae by Leia Stone

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Everything Lily thought she knew about Liam was a lie. After kicking him out of Faerie, she decides to seek the crystals alone. State after state, she scours the country but comes up with nothing.When she gets back to Faerie, defeated and broken hearted, she finds a peace offering from Liam. Faerie needs her now more than ever and she needs Liam’s help...
  • Queen Mecca by Jaymin Eve, Leia Stone

    Queen Mecca by Jaymin Eve, Leia Stone

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Winter Queen has declared war on the shifters of New York City. She is coming to destroy Arianna, and everyone she cares about. But she has not anticipated one thing: bear and wolf are learning to work together. The five boroughs are united for the first time in hundreds of years and they are not going to let a little ice storm rip them apart...
  • Honor Bound by J.L. Madore

    Honor Bound by J.L. Madore

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The rebellion has started. The goblins are coming for us. My time to prepare is over.The battle for the Dornte crown has begun and we're not ready. Ruic Breard has an army, a stockpile of weapons from the Human Realm, and the knowledge that the Amberloq force consists of two Elbirfae warriors, and me. Go team!What our enemies don't know is that Dune, Tundra, and I have a support network behind us...
  • Honor Guards by J.L. Madore

    Honor Guards by J.L. Madore

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One who possesses me. Two who revere me. And one who needs me more than ever. My mind is spinning. There’s so much I want to try, to feel, to do. I want to stay in bed forever... Except, as the Guardian of the Crown, I have a quadrant to secure and a rebellion to stop. The illegal importing of weapons from the Human Realm has empowered the goblins, making them even more dangerous...
  • The Air Omen by Megan Linski, Alicia Rades

    The Air Omen by Megan Linski, Alicia Rades

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Fire and Water fight back. Sophia The battle for Orenda Academy has begun. The Elders have spoken, and the tribe is divided. The only way to reverse what’s happened is to take a stand. We’ve started a smuggling operation to help students escape the castle, but it could cost us our lives. The prophecy is about to come true, and we’re desperate to change the course of this war...
  • Master of Fate by Linsey Hall

    Master of Fate by Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    HE'S LOVED HER FOR CENTURIES Felix, a werewolf half-blood, was torn away from the woman he loved three hundred years ago. He suffered the tortures of the damned to protect her, but failed. Haunted by torture and unable to bear another's touch, Felix has lived alone, tormented, for centuries...
  • For the Good of All by Nicky Charles

    For the Good of All by Nicky Charles

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Elijah Stone – a man committed to justice; his heart is as hard as his body. Held prisoner for years, he returns home to tie up loose ends only to find a psychedelic witch capturing his attention. When a rescue mission to Central America spins out of control, he’s forced to make a difficult decision. Every action has its own consequences...
  • Igniting Cinder by Holly Roberds

    Igniting Cinder by Holly Roberds

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Pumpkin spice and not playing nice – this ball just got more interesting, thanks to Prince Too-Handsy.The plan was as clear as glass: infiltrate a high fae court’s ball, uncover the truth behind my father's death, and avoid my sadistic stepmother and stepsisters.But now, I find myself engaged to Prince freakin' Charming, the last fae I'd ever choose for a dance partner, much less a fiancé...
  • Jewel of Darkness by Quinn Loftis

    Jewel of Darkness by Quinn Loftis

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Dalton Black never thought he'd find his true mate. His dark past convinced him that he could never be worthy of one, but the Great Luna did not agree. She saw fit to give him a gypsy healer, the purest of heart among their kind. And now that he's finally found her, she slips through his grasp and into the hands of Volcan, a corrupt high fae driven mad by his own need for power...
  • The Avowed by Ivy Asher

    The Avowed by Ivy Asher

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Just when I think things are starting to look up...I manage to get myself kidnapped.All I want to do is figure out how the hell to get home. But instead, I’ve been shot out of the sky, netted, half drowned, and now I’ve been taken to Kestrel City, home of the Avowed.The Hidden claim the Avowed are the enemy, but I’m about to learn nothing is ever just black and white...
  • Maudlin's Mayhem by Yasmine Galenorn

    Maudlin's Mayhem by Yasmine Galenorn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "A little chaos is always good for the soul..."When chaos descends on the Bewitching Bedlam B&B, Maudlin finds herself at the mercy of Murphy's Law. Everything is going wrong. At first, some of the chaos is just annoying, but then it turns deadly and Maddy finds herself on the wrong side with Essie Vanderbilt, the Queen of the Northwest Vampire Court...
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    fae  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  book  fiction  mystery
  • Dreaming of a Blood Red Christmas by Nicola Claire

    Dreaming of a Blood Red Christmas by Nicola Claire

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

    The Dark Deceit by Emma V. Leech

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A dangerous secret lies at the heart of the Fae Lands. A secret that could save three kingdoms - or burn them all to the ground. The secret is Prince Corin's to bear alone, if his sanity can stand it. But while Corin suffers, his mother's machinations continue and queen Audrianne makes plans of her own to secure their realm's future...
  • Snow Magic by Bianca D'Arc

    Snow Magic by Bianca D'Arc

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Evie has been a lone wolf since the disappearance of her mate, Sir Rayburne, a fey knight from another realm. Left all alone with a young son to raise, Evie has become stronger than she ever was. But now her son is grown and suddenly Ray is back.Ray never meant to leave Evie all those years ago but he’s been caught in a magical trap, slowly being drained of magic all this time...
  • Lorehnin by Jenna Elizabeth Johnson

    Lorehnin by Jenna Elizabeth Johnson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I threw an arm over my eyes and just breathed. Oddly enough, it wasn’t my near-death experience that had me so bothered. It was the confrontation with the blond guy and the odd conversation we’d had. He knew about the Otherworld. His words had proved as much. But was I reading too much into it? Was I secretly hoping he was Faelorehn? And if so, what good was it now? I was human...
  • The Elemental War by Megan Linski, Alicia Rades

    The Elemental War by Megan Linski, Alicia Rades

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fire and Water join the rebellion. Sophia We’ve found all four pieces of the prophecy, but it’s already too late. The prophecy has come true, and we’ve been forced to flee our home. The Elders are hunting us down, and there’s nowhere to run. But we can’t just abandon our people. Returning to Kinpago proves more difficult than we thought, but this time, we’re coming back with an army...
  • Dance of the Dryad by Bianca D'Arc

    Dance of the Dryad by Bianca D'Arc

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A crippled ballerina and a Special Forces cat shifter dance a dangerous and magical pas de deux, dodging assassins and discovering the undeniable attraction that sizzles between them.Could she really be his fated mate?Captain Dennis Palmer is auditioning for a spot in the infamous shifter mercenary company known as the Wraiths...
  • Ward Locked by Theresa Kay

    Ward Locked by Theresa Kay

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    New classes. New director. And lots of new rules.After spending my three-week Winter Break under magical house arrest, I’m looking forward to returning to school. But when I get there, everything has changed.OSA has tightened its hold on every academy and Ravencrest’s new director takes the restrictions a step further, leaving me without my two closest friends...
  • Cain's Shadow by Lisa Oliver

    Cain's Shadow by Lisa Oliver

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hellhounds who love scritches, a hellhound baby who’s as adorable as he is menacing, a special tree with beautiful buds, and Lord Hades in a pale pink shirt. This story has everything to make you smile.Hellhound Cain was beyond frustrated. He couldn’t even visit his pack mate in New York without some curly headed blond following him around...
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    paranormal  magic  shapeshifters  fae  romance  mlm  fantasy  lgbtq
  • Honor Empowered by J.L. Madore

    Honor Empowered by J.L. Madore

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Four elite warriors. One fae princess to bind them. And a destiny to realize.I had a rocky start to my appointment as Guardian of the Crown, but I am resilient and determined to seize the reigns of my destiny—even if it means going up against an evil man like Ruic Breard...
  • A Trial of the Heart by J.E. Larson

    A Trial of the Heart by J.E. Larson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The trials begin.Skylar arrives in the Inner Kingdom, but the danger of the trials is only half the battle she will have to face. The courts of the High Fae are as treacherous as they are mysterious to a foreign outsider. Skylar will have to navigate obstacles in the trials, along with the politics and mind games of the other fae creatures living in the Inner Kingdom...
  • House of Sky and Breath (Part 2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Sarah J. Maas, David Cui Cui

    House of Sky and Breath (Part 2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Sarah J. Maas, David Cui Cui

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar are trying to get back to normal-they may have saved Crescent City, but with so much upheaval in their lives lately, they mostly want a chance to relax. Slow down. Figure out what the future holds.The Asteri have kept their word so far, leaving Bryce and Hunt alone. But with the rebels chipping away at the Asteri's power, the threat the rulers pose is growing...
  • Defying Eternity by Viola Grace

    Defying Eternity by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An Obscure Magic series, book 5.Trading her services to a vampire king is a price Leo pays gladly, but her human life is not on the table. Leonora has managed to save her pregnant sister from a vampire attack, but to insure the safety of her sister and niece, Leo is willing to pay with everything but her life...
  • Alpha Erased by Aileen Erin

    Alpha Erased by Aileen Erin

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author Aileen Erin Tessa—part witch, part werewolf, raised human and now the unofficial leader of a newly minted supernatural alliance—thinks nothing of her brother, Axel, texting her and Dastien to meet him. The location pin was in a weird spot, but maybe he’d found a magical anomaly there...
    Categorized as:
    fae  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  angels  book  epic  fiction
  • Moon Blest by Jay Lynn

    Moon Blest by Jay Lynn

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Unleash this action-packed werewolf shifter romance.“Pack a bag and get out!”Three days before her sixteenth birthday, Ella’s lonely life is twisted into a full disaster. The alpha’s son, Carrel, rejects her the instant he senses their bond. Refusing his mate isn’t enough. Carrel humiliates Ella, threatens her, and then banishes her from the pack...
  • Dark Alpha's Lover by Donna Grant

    Dark Alpha's Lover by Donna Grant

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There is no escaping a Reaper. I am an elite assassin, part of a brotherhood that only answers to Death. And when Death says your time is up, I am coming for you…I answer to no one but Death. I am impenetrable, impervious, immortal. I exist to do Death’s bidding and no one–not Reaper nor human nor Fae–can stand in my way. Except for the bewitching half-Fae, Catriona...
  • Linked by Heather Bowhay

    Linked by Heather Bowhay

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Leading a double life as an Amethyst and a Dentelle is difficult, loving two men is tragic, but for Lexi Adams, planning her own death is totally insane. After narrowly escaping the Ray-Pacs in Amethyst, Lexi and Jason are now headed to the safe haven on Towhead Island. Heart-broken, she understands why a Guardian-Amethyst relationship is forbidden, but that won’t stop her from trying...
  • Wanted: Vampire's Assistant by Dusty Rose, Dusty Lynn Holloway

    Wanted: Vampire's Assistant by Dusty Rose, Dusty Lynn Holloway

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She's scrappy and pure sunshine.He's a 1,000 year old vampire.Together they're magic.Ever had life kick you in the teeth after it shoved you down the stairs?Yeah, that’s how my day was heading.And then I saw an ad in the paper that changed my life—Wanted: Vampire’s Assistant...
  • Iron Master by Jennifer Ashley

    Iron Master by Jennifer Ashley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Stuart Reid is an Iron Master—a Dark Fae with a rare ability to make iron do his bidding. Exiled by the High Fae who fear him, he now lives in a simple house in Shiftertown outside Las Vegas, watching over Peigi, a bear Shifter woman, and the cubs she cares for. Peigi, rescued from an evil Shifter and welcomed into the Vegas Shiftertown, knows Reid and the cubs have helped her survive and heal...
  • The Somber Call by Michelle Dare

    The Somber Call by Michelle Dare

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A tragic loss. A broken pack. A lone wolf.The pack war was drawing closer, and Ariane found herself at a crossroad amid the chaos that was her life.Which road should she follow? One gave her a chance at normalcy, while the other threw her deeper into turmoil. She had new powers, a shifter for a boyfriend, and blood on her hands...
  • Hotter Than Blue Blazes by Kimbra Swain

    Hotter Than Blue Blazes by Kimbra Swain

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Hell would have to freeze over for Grace Ann Bryant to go into the Otherworld. Somebody get the Devil a blanket because the lake of fire is an ice skating rink. With the disappearance of her brother, her bard, and her fiance, Grace decides her only option is to take a trip to the Summer realm to find her brother, Finley. She also needs to take Devin, the abandoned fairy child, to his father...
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    fae  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  book  comedy  fiction
  • Thrown to the Wolves and Other Stories by Hailey Edwards

    Thrown to the Wolves and Other Stories by Hailey Edwards

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

    Dragon Defiant by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Born nameless in a tank, they try and make her into a weapon, but she chooses defiance. Eltrinia sounds like a good name, and Lem comes naturally. After falling through the sky during a lightning storm, Eltrinia is free of the tube that they grew her in, and while she doesn’t yet know her name, she knows that she needs to get in touch with society...
  • Raven Dexter, Paranormal Midwife by Viola Grace

    Raven Dexter, Paranormal Midwife by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Raven Dexter chose to pursue midwifery the moment she helped a teen friend deliver her baby. Fed up with unconcerned physicians, she studied until she could open her small practice in a moderately sized town. Her practice was slowly growing until the night a strange man demanded she come with her to attend a birth...
    Categorized as:
    fae  magic  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  humor  medical
  • Pain Seeker by D.N. Hoxa

    Pain Seeker by D.N. Hoxa

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Betrayed.Defeated.Chained.I used to be a sister, a friend, a ruler of the elflands that belonged to my family’s House. Now, I am a prisoner of the fae, my kind’s sworn enemy since the beginning of time. They put chains around me, thinking they can keep me from breaking free and taking their lives. They can’t.The only reason I stay is because I no longer need a life...
  • Crown of Shadows by Keri Arthur

    Crown of Shadows by Keri Arthur

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Never mess with the relics of the old gods… or the pixies who once guarded them.After her mom’s disappearance six months ago, Bethany Aodhán has been running their tavern in old Deva—something her family had been doing ever since a light-fingered pixie lost them the job of guarding the treasures of the old gods eons ago...
  • Lone Wolf by Bianca D'Arc

    Lone Wolf by Bianca D'Arc

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s a holy woman. He’s a holy terror. Josh is a werewolf who suddenly has extra, unexpected, and totally untrained powers. He’s not happy about it - or about the evil jackasses who keep attacking him, trying to steal his magic. Forced to seek help, Josh is sent to an unexpected ally for training...
  • Dragon Crowned by Haley Ryan

    Dragon Crowned by Haley Ryan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    You know it’s time to reconsider your life choices when…Where do I start?Technically, it could have been worse. My visit to the dragon enclave could’ve ended with me being eaten. Somehow I survived—with a few new bruises—and now all I want is to go home. Back to Twenty-third Street. Back to my house, my cat, and my grumpy, bathrobe-wearing gargoyle roommate...
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