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  • The Quarter Moon by Stephanie Hudson

    The Quarter Moon by Stephanie Hudson

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    With Keira finding death on her door she is suddenly plunged into a world of the unknown and has to face it alone…or does she? Soon this new life is filled with heartache, shadowed followers and cryptic messages, that only promise to lead her deeper into world of the supernatural like never before. For Keira, even taking a breath without the other half of her soul is painful enough...
  • The Pentagram Child, Part 1 by Stephanie Hudson

    The Pentagram Child, Part 1 by Stephanie Hudson

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    After finding out the traumatic truth, Keira tries to move on from the doors of Afterlife and the love lost through a world of pain. But Afterlife’s King isn’t yet done with her and Keira once again finds herself stood opposite the man who broke her heart...
  • Blood Father by Tessa Dawn

    Blood Father by Tessa Dawn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Kagen Silivasi is a powerful ancient vampire with a unique gift for healing – he is also a son, a brother, and a loner who has survived unspeakable tragedy and loss: Beneath his handsome, well-mannered exterior lies an alter ego consumed by rage and an undefinable impulse to “kill them all...”Arielle Nightsong is a brave human, a rebel spirit, and an accomplished healer in her own right...
  • Unspoken by C.C. Hunter

    Unspoken by C.C. Hunter

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Unspoken truths will be revealed—and they will change everything—in this dazzling final chapter of the Shadow Falls: After Dark trilogy!Della Tsang is facing the toughest fight of her life—and the most personal. In her new role as an elite paranormal investigator, she’s assigned a twenty-year-old murder case…and the accused killer is none other than her own father...
  • The Devil's Darling by Briana Michaels

    The Devil's Darling by Briana Michaels

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Packs are divided, oaths are broken, and ties are severed. No one is safe. And the traitor is still out there causing mayhem. Could it get any worse? Yes, it could.The closer Sara’s pack gets to discovering who the traitor is, the faster everything around them unravels...
  • Passion Unleashed by Larissa Ione

    Passion Unleashed by Larissa Ione

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    FORBIDDEN TEMPTATIONS Serena Kelley is an archaeologist and treasure hunter-and a woman with a secret. Since she was seven, she's been the keeper of a powerful charm that grants her health and immortality . . . as long as she stays a virgin. But Serena isn't all that innocent...
  • Dark Peril by Christine Feehan

    Dark Peril by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    A new Carpathian novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author.Dominic of the Dragonseeker Carpathians is on a desperate mission, in the very heart of enemy territory. Solange Sangria is one of the last of the jaguar people. She has long been fighting to save women who are able to shift from the hands of the man who slaughtered her family and everyone she loved-her own father...
  • Bound to Shadows by Keri Arthur

    Bound to Shadows by Keri Arthur

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    In the darkness, demons come out to play…and someone must bring their sins to light.Part vampire, part werewolf, Riley Jenson knows what can happen when vamps don’t play well with others. But she’s never seen anything like this: a series of brutal murders surrounding the latest hot spot for vampire-human hookups—and the victims aren’t just killed, they’re beheaded...
  • A Step into the Dark by Donna Augustine

    A Step into the Dark by Donna Augustine

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ollie Wit is the strongest Shadow Walker born in decades but it’s a gift with a steep price. Walking in the Shadowlands can bring untold powers and spells, and even greater risks. Every step into that other world brings her closer to the monsters that have haunted her since a child, destroyed her family and wreaked havoc all around her...
  • Kingdom of Lies by Debra Dunbar

    Kingdom of Lies by Debra Dunbar

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A gemstone might destroy the world before I get the chance to do it myself.Interdimensional rifts are opening, spilling supernatural creatures into the world of the humans. Locating and closing the gateways takes two—an angel and a demon. It’s the opportunity I’ve been waiting for, the common goal that might allow demons and angels to put aside nearly three million years of hate...
  • Dark Possession by Christine Feehan

    Dark Possession by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Manolito De La Cruz knew he was dangerously close to turning into a vampire. The last thing he expected after being called back to his Carpathian homeland by Prince Mikhail was to catch the scent of his destined lifemate in MaryAnn Delaney. MaryAnn is human, but she knows all too well the overwhelmingly aggressive instincts of Carpathian males...
  • Some Kind of Monster by Albany Walker

    Some Kind of Monster by Albany Walker

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Naughty girls need love too. A beautiful monster, that’s what I am. My packaging is just a little nicer than the creatures you hear about dwelling in your closet. With three baddies for my mates, things are definitely getting interesting. I think I’ve even convinced them not to kill each other. But I have a new purpose, someone is hurting our kind...
  • Boundary Born by Melissa F. Olson

    Boundary Born by Melissa F. Olson

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Something wicked is at work in Colorado’s supernatural community. Vampires are being paralyzed or killed with poison…a weapon favored by witches. This offense threatens to break apart the already-fractured alliance between witches and the undead.The state’s cardinal vampire, Maven, summons boundary witch Allison “Lex” Luther to stop the killing before it ignites a war...
  • Allison and the Torrid Tea Party by C.M. Stunich

    Allison and the Torrid Tea Party by C.M. Stunich

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Holy fucking hearts.Did you just read that?!If you did, I need your advice.I met fallen angel princes; I met a Savage Duke; I met a Cheshire Cat.And remember—how could you possibly forget—I'm the fabled Alice from the prophecy.Just a twisted, dark version of the girl in Lewis Carroll's old books.Except in those books, there was a happy ending...
  • Game Night by Katie May

    Game Night by Katie May

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    First eliminations.First kisses.First attack.What could go wrong?For this group date, I’ll be a participant in a life-sized board game night with some of the contestants I don’t know as well.Will sparks fly? Or will we succumb to the horrors of the games?Combine that with an escape room solo date with a surly cupid, and new secrets will be revealed...
  • Shadow Wars by C.J. Cooke

    Shadow Wars by C.J. Cooke

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “This isn’t just some war being waged against us from the shadows, it’s a massacre, a cull.”With the pack still reeling from their encounter with the witches, all anyone wants is time to recover. But the pack promised the vampires a favour in return for their help—and it’s time to collect...
  • Group Outing by Katie May

    Group Outing by Katie May

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    You know what sounds like a terrible idea when there is a killer on the loose? A group date where everyone is armed with guns.Paintball guns.But still.My outfit for this massive, twenty-five man group date is to die for.It better be the only thing that is.Let the group outing begin.This is a SERIAL-SYLE reverse harem romance. Each book will be approximately 100 to 200 pages...
  • First Dates by Katie May

    First Dates by Katie May

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    We've been through the introductions...Now, the men have one chance to prove themselves or face elimination.I've chosen a small group of men for my first group date, and one terrifying lumberjack tree for my solo date. But Kyler is more determined than ever to make this the weirdest, strangest season ever of Supernaturalette. Nothing on this show is as it seems, including the men...
  • Eternal Kiss of Darkness by Jeaniene Frost

    Eternal Kiss of Darkness by Jeaniene Frost

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 48 ratings
    An immortal war has been brewing in the darkness . . . And now one woman has stumbled into the shadows. Chicago private investigator Kira Graceling should have just kept on walking. But her sense of duty refused to let her ignore the moans of pain coming from inside a warehouse just before dawn. Suddenly she finds herself in a world she's only imagined in her worst nightmares...
  • The Darkest Kiss by Gena Showalter

    The Darkest Kiss by Gena Showalter

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 53 ratings
    She has tempted many men...but never found her equal. Until now.Though she has lived for centuries, Anya, goddess of Anarchy, has never known pleasure. Until Lucien, the incarnation of death—a warrior eternally doomed to take souls to the hereafter. He draws her like no other. And Anya will risk anything to have him...
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    alpha-mc  dark  female-mc  humor  magic  myths  paranormal  steamy
  • Lay the Ghost by Debbie Cassidy

    Lay the Ghost by Debbie Cassidy

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Change is part of life, but so is death. And I’ve about had my fair share of it.The shimmer man’s threats are coming to pass.Question is, what the hell am I going to do about it?A kick ass Urban Fantasy Adventure filled with fey, demons, vampires, gargoyles and golems...
  • 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...
  • Midnight Shadows by Emerson Knight, McKenzie Hunter

    Midnight Shadows by Emerson Knight, McKenzie Hunter

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’m losing control.Past choices are coming back to haunt me, and an old curse threatens to drive me from the pack.Sky is the only person who can help me with the curse. To do so, she’ll have to perform forbidden magic that will draw the attention of the witches. They’ve been vying for a reason to kill Sky, and performing forbidden magic will give them one...
  • Queen of All by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    Queen of All by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The world of Under has been remade into what it was long before the Ancients were put in their prison. They are free, and with them comes the reign of the callous, merciless King who was once the man I loved. I always knew Aon was a monster, and as the King of All he is far worse...
  • Shadow Tainted by Elena Lawson

    Shadow Tainted by Elena Lawson

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Coming soon!For news and updates on this series, join Elena Lawson's facebook fan group!Reading Order:Soul Bound - May 18thMagic Untamed - June 15thBlood Pledged - July 20thShadow Tainted - August 24thDeath Kissed - September...
  • Angel Fire by Ella Summers

    Angel Fire by Ella Summers

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Cadence Lightbringer, daughter of an archangel, has trained from birth to one day drink the Nectar of the gods and ascend to the angels’ ranks. She’s always been the perfect soldier. She’s always known exactly where her life is headed. Until she is assigned to a mission with Damiel Dragonsire, Master Interrogator of the Legion of Angels...
  • Magic Untamed by Elena Lawson

    Magic Untamed by Elena Lawson

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Finding out I’m descended from royalty should have been like winning the lottery. Except I got all of the renown and none of the spoils.That’s what it means to be related to the dark prince.Still reeling, I throw myself into uncovering more about my dark heritage. Meanwhile, Cal and Adrian try to solve a mystery of their own...
  • Darkness Splintered by Keri Arthur

    Darkness Splintered by Keri Arthur

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When Risa loses the second key to hell, she angers several powerful people, and she’s starting to feel the pressure from all sides. She gets a visit from her father, who gives her an ultimatum: Get back the key or he will kill her friends.Risa also finds herself under the scrutiny of the vampire council, some of whom consider her a monster who should be destroyed...
  • Kingdom of Lies by Debra Dunbar

    Kingdom of Lies by Debra Dunbar

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A gemstone might destroy the world before I get the chance to do it myself.Interdimensional rifts are opening, spilling supernatural creatures into the world of the humans. Locating and closing the gateways takes two—an angel and a demon. It’s the opportunity I’ve been waiting for, the common goal that might allow demons and angels to put aside nearly three million years of hate...
  • Darkness Devours by Keri Arthur

    Darkness Devours by Keri Arthur

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Keri Arthur has been hailed for her “smart, sexy”* urban fantasy novels. Now, she continues her Dark Angels series set in the realm of danger and desire known as the Guardian World…Half-werewolf, half-Aedh Risa Jones can enter the realm between life and death, and she can see the Reapers who collect the souls of the dead...
  • Magitek by B.R. Kingsolver

    Magitek by B.R. Kingsolver

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    My name is Danica James. I'm a cop with the Arcane Division.I'm also a magitek. For most humans, demons, and Fae, magik and technology are totally incompatible. But some mages are able to manipulate mechanical and electrical devices.Hunter James was my grandfather, and a magitek. He wanted to end humanity's cycle of war, but instead he broke the world...
  • Blood Legacy by C.J. Ellisson

    Blood Legacy by C.J. Ellisson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Despite surviving silver poisoning, Vivian isn't out of the fire yet. Rolando is still alive, as is his desire to eliminate all manipulator vampires like her. The streets of Buenos Aires prove to be a tricky hunting ground for Vivian and her husband Rafe, especially when a paranormal serial killer starts leaving bodies behind...
  • Death and Other Calamities by Sterling Thomas

    Death and Other Calamities by Sterling Thomas

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Life doesn’t always work out the way you want. You buy into the whole “American Dream”- get married, buy a house, get a dog- but you’re never guaranteed things will end up all sunshine, roses, and magical unicorn dicks.Take me, for example. I’m thirty, own a cute little bungalow, married to the guy I love, and I get to be my own boss with my best friend. Everything is coming up Lorelai...
  • Introductions by Katie May

    Introductions by Katie May

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When I’m selected to be the Supernaturalette, I think it’s finally my time to find love.But apparently? This is a special season of the show.Supernaturalette: Fuck Up Edition.Twenty-five men are competing for my hand in marriage. Twenty-five broken, eccentric men.Everything from a man-eating tree to a vegetarian wendigo to a garden gnome...
  • The Curse of Monsters by Mia Hartson

    The Curse of Monsters by Mia Hartson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An unbreakable bond. An ancient curse. A monster to ruin kingdoms.We survived the outliers, but now Kade, Asher, Darian, Locke, and I are in the fae kingdom with a tortured prince in our grasp. The fae hold the secrets to breaking the curse over Katakin, and I intend to find out what they are...
  • Then Came Wanda...With A Baby Carriage by Dakota Cassidy

    Then Came Wanda...With A Baby Carriage by Dakota Cassidy

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There’s almost nothing Wanda Jefferson wants more than a family to call her own, and she’s almost got it all with her husband Heath, a beautiful home in the suburbs, and her soul-satisfying work with her best friends as part of OOPS—a paranormal crisis hotline. Yet still, there’s a tiny hole in Wanda’s heart she longs to fill with a baby...
  • Give up the Ghost by Debbie Cassidy

    Give up the Ghost by Debbie Cassidy

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They say not to judge a book by its cover. It's what's on the inside that counts. But what if what's on the inside could get you killed? The secret is out. Welcome to the spot between a rock and a hard place. A kick ass Urban Fantasy Adventure filled with fey, demons, vampires, gargoyles and golems...
  • Aberrant Monsters by Debbie Cassidy

    Aberrant Monsters by Debbie Cassidy

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Evicting a monster is no easy feat. Especially when the monster lives inside you.I’m a rift walker, one of a handful of humans able to step into a world of monsters and arcane magic. We follow three simple rules:*Never step into the eldritch realm after sundown.*Never stay for more than an hour*Never, ever bring anything backI broke all three rules...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  female-mc  magic  myths  paranormal  steamy  vampires
  • Succubus Heat by Richelle Mead

    Succubus Heat by Richelle Mead

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    Georgina Kincaid has been a bad, bad succubus. . .. . .which should be a good thing. But lately, thanks to her foul mood over breaking up with bestselling writer Seth Mortensen, she's been so wicked that Seattle's über-demon Jerome, decides to "outsource " Georgina to a rival—and have her spy for him in the process...
  • Magic Kingdom by Ella Summers

    Magic Kingdom by Ella Summers

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The alternate cover edition for this book can be found here.In the aftermath of the bloodbath in London, mercenary Alex Dering is just trying to get her life back to normal—whatever “normal” is for a mage with a newly-awakened dragon side. Her latest assignment: a job for the Magic Council, the leaders of the supernatural community and the people who sentenced Alex’s kind to death...
  • Seduced by Blood by Sadie Moss

    Seduced by Blood by Sadie Moss

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I once was told vampires are immortal but not invincible. I’m about to find out how true that is. Thrust deep into the politics and intrigue of vampire society, I’m doing my best to keep my head above water and prove I belong here.But the threat from the shades is growing. Inside the castle walls, whispers and stares follow me everywhere I go, and I'm pretty sure the king wants me dead...
  • Blood Magic by Ella Summers

    Blood Magic by Ella Summers

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The alternate cover edition for this book can be found here.Branded as an abomination, Dragon Born mage Alex Dering has spent her whole life hiding what she is—a secret her father died to protect. Eight years after his death, Alex finally gets the chance to track down the mage responsible...
  • Micah and Strange Candy (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #13 + anthology) by Laurell K. Hamilton

    Micah and Strange Candy (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #13 + anthology) by Laurell K. Hamilton

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A fast-paced new novella in the New York Times bestselling Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series, plus a mesmerising selection of exotic Laurell K. Hamilton short stories...
  • Immortal Danger by Cynthia Eden

    Immortal Danger by Cynthia Eden

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Being bullet proof sucks - literallyOnce, Maya Black was a kick-ass cop patrolling the streets of L. A. She still keeps the city safe, but nowadays her bad guys of choice include demons, werewolves, and assorted nocturnal scum. Something Maya knows a thing or two about. She's a vampire--and not thrilled about it. Payback meet bitch.Adam Brody hopes Maya is as dangerous as they say she is...
  • An Assassin's Deception by A.K. Koonce, Harper Wylde

    An Assassin's Deception by A.K. Koonce, Harper Wylde

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    As a rogue assassin, all the rules I used to live by have changed. I find myself working with four sexy assassin’s who test all of my self-control. Dedicating my life to a greater cause, I’m thrown into a new case - one meant to help rather than harm. If I can just save this missing girl, I know that I’ll be able to make a new life for myself...
  • Hunted by Magic by Jasmine Walt

    Hunted by Magic by Jasmine Walt

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    With the sudden disappearance of Iannis, the Chief Mage, Solantha has erupted into pandemonium. Citizens are rioting in the streets, the Mages Guild is on a misguided warpath, and shifters and humans are fleeing the city in droves. Ridden with guilt, Sunaya defies the Mages Guild and goes off in search of Iannis, trekking into dangerous, uncivilized territory to try and make things right...
  • Fugitive of Magic by Linsey Hall

    Fugitive of Magic by Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In the city of Magic's Bend, I protect what's mine. No matter what.To the world, I'm a just a Conjurer. To my closest friends, I'm a FireSoul--a dangerous Magica with forbidden powers and a dragon's soul. The downside? If anyone discovers what I am, I'm dead. So I lay low, kicking butt with my weapons, not my magic...
  • Great Hexpectations by H.P. Mallory

    Great Hexpectations by H.P. Mallory

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From New York Times And USA Today Bestselling Urban Fantasy Author, HP Mallory, Comes The Dulcie O’Neil Series!“H.P. Mallory has a quick wit, a fresh voice, and a clever way with words. If you like Charlaine Harris, you’ll love H.P...
  • Phantom Embrace by Dianne Duvall

    Phantom Embrace by Dianne Duvall

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Across dimensions . . . A gifted one, Yuri Sokolov was born with the ability to see spirits, but he knows better than to make contact with them. Yet he’s never seen one as lovely as Cat Seddon, the woman who haunts his home and his dreams. But amid their star-crossed love, a new danger may have Yuri facing a different kind of eternity.Previously published in On The Hunt...
  • Curse the Dawn by Karen Chance

    Curse the Dawn by Karen Chance

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    Cassandra Palmer may be the all-powerful Pythia now, but that doesn’t mean people have stopped trying to kill her. Most of the supernatural power players don’t want the independent minded Cassie as chief clairvoyant—and they’ll stop at nothing to see her six feet under...
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