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Neverseen by Shannon Messenger
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsSophie Foster is on the run—but at least she's not alone.Her closest friends from the Lost Cities have gone with her to join the Black Swan. They still have doubts about the shadowy organization, but the only way to find answers is to start working with them. And as they settle into their new lives, they uncover secrets far bigger than anything they’d imagined... -
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Legacy by Shannon Messenger
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsIllusions shatter—and Sophie and her friends face impossible choices—in this astonishing eighth book in the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Keeper of the Lost Cities series.Sophie Foster wants answers. But after a lifetime of lies, sometimes the truth is the most dangerous discovery. Even the smallest secret comes with terrifying new responsibilities... -
![Doggone Mess by R.J. Blain]()
Doggone Mess by R.J. Blain
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsfrom the book's foreword: "While Doggone Mess’s beginning was written before Plaidypus, there are important reasons for why I didn’t renumber the series and insert Doggone Mess before Plaidypus. Doggone Mess’s events after Plaidypus require Plaidypus to truly make sense."Originally a novella in the anthology Dirty Deeds published in Jan, 2021, this edition has been expanded into a full novel... -
![Artemis Fowl Boxed Set, Bks 1-5 (Artemis Fowl, #1-5) by Eoin Colfer]()
Artemis Fowl Boxed Set, Bks 1-5 (Artemis Fowl, #1-5) by Eoin Colfer
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsComplete 5-Book Boxed Set includes Artemis Fowl, The Arctic Incident, The Eternity Code, The Opal Deception, and The Lost Colony... -
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Flashback by Shannon Messenger
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsIn this unforgettable seventh book, Sophie must let the past and present blur together, because the deadliest secrets are always the ones that get erased.Sophie Foster doesn’t know what—or whom—to believe. And in a game with this many players, the worst mistake can be focusing on the wrong threat... -
![You Can't Fight A Prophecy, Susan: Welcome To Midlife Magic: Book Four by Lauretta Hignett]()
You Can't Fight A Prophecy, Susan: Welcome To Midlife Magic: Book Four by Lauretta Hignett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA handsome stranger appears on Susan's doorstep, bringing some devastating news. War is coming. It is inevitable.But first, Susan is going to have to fight some battles far closer to home. Bonds will be tested, some will be broken... -
![The Wizard's Butler by Nathan Lowell]()
The Wizard's Butler by Nathan Lowell
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFor five grand a month and a million dollar chaser, Roger Mulligan didn't care how crazy the old geezer is. All he had to do was keep Joseph Perry Shackleford alive and keep him from squandering the estate for a year.They didn't tell him about the pixies... -
![Triumph Over Fate by Emilia Hartley]()
Triumph Over Fate by Emilia Hartley
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKai wants to see Bearclaw Castle razed, but he can’t destroy the place with his sister inside.Not that Kai is ready to forgive Mimi for leaving him alone to deal with their father, but he does still love her. He figures he should at least tell her the old man has died. He doesn’t expect to find Mimi cozying up to their family enemies, though... -
![The Newly Witch Game: Magic and Mayhem Universe: Magic and Mayhem, Book Ten by Robyn Peterman]()
The Newly Witch Game: Magic and Mayhem Universe: Magic and Mayhem, Book Ten by Robyn Peterman
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s all fun and games until someone throws a dirty jumper rollup and you lose out in the Cornhole tournament of life.According to Baba Yoscarybutt, it’s time for me to witch up or step back down into the Cornholio minor leagues. While Cornhole is definitely not my beanbag, I can’t stand to lose.I don’t want to be the next Baba Yaga... -
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Gryphon's Instinct by Elva Birch
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSingle dad Theo has 99 problems, including a brand new gryphon-shifting baby to care for, a surly preteen son who just broke his wrist, and expired truck tags.Wendy at the DMV isn't sure what to make of the must-be-a movie star smuggling a baby gryphon in a car seat, but she's there to save the day when secrets—and lives!—are at stake... -
![House Party in Gretna Green by Linzi Day]()
House Party in Gretna Green by Linzi Day
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTHIS NOVELLA IS INTENDED TO BE READ AFTER BOOK 3 OF THE MIDLIFE RECORDER SERIES.After completing all the bondings in Ties that Bond, Niki finds herself with a few days respite before her departure for the Red Celt realm to stay with Prince Dai.But her plans take an unexpected turn when she discovers that Dola's 1400th birthday is just around the corner—this Sunday, to be exact... -
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Your Broom or Mine? by Robyn Peterman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat’s a Tree Sprite to do when she’s stumped?Get to the root of the problem, of course.Only I wood get stuck in a tree with the Warlock I love camped out next to it mea-culpa-ing for being a turdwaffle for the last decade.What should I do about it?Umm… stay in the tree and enjoy the show... -
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Dark Alpha's Redemption by Donna Grant
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThere 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’m coming for you…My duty to Death drives me forward. I've never once strayed from my path – not even when the future seemed uncertain. However, Maeve's intelligence, cunning and determination challenges me in ways I never imagined... -
![All the Different Shades of Blue by W.R. Gingell]()
All the Different Shades of Blue by W.R. Gingell
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt’s a routine day and a routine job for wheelchair-bound merman Marazul. Just hack into the protective spell around a café and lace it with an encouragement to spend more. What Marazul doesn’t know is that his employers don’t feel like paying him. Or that the person who put the protection on the café has a particular reason for wanting to keep that café safe... -
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![Jinxed by Rachel Rener]()
Jinxed by Rachel Rener
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI keep telling myself things could be worse.Okay, so my mom's been harboring some hefty family secrets. Big deal.And, yeah, maybe there are still two or three teensy details about Zayn that I don't know – his backstory, his private life, or his real name, for starters.Oh, and let's not forget that there's a bloodthirsty, power-hungry, magical mob boss who's due to appear at any moment. No biggie... -
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![Stone Song by Tricia O'Malley]()
Stone Song by Tricia O'Malley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom New York Times Bestselling author, Tricia O’Malley, comes a riveting new magickal romance set in modern day Dublin. Clare MacBride has her life in exactly the order she wants it. In a year, she’ll have finished her geology dissertation, though she’s no closer to figuring out the answer to one question that plagues her... -
![Spell Crafting 501 by Viola Grace]()
Spell Crafting 501 by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe final classes have begun and the only thing standing in Imara’s way is an ancient and deadly enemy…of her kitten. Imara’s life is going according to her plans. She has her boyfriend, her kitten, and is about to earn her degree in Magecraft and graduate. Once she has that degree, she has the right to request an application for a commercial magic license... -
![The Dark Deceit by Emma V. Leech]()
The Dark Deceit by Emma V. Leech
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA 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... -
![Some Like It Psychic by Ruby West, Ella Winters]()
Some Like It Psychic by Ruby West, Ella Winters
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs a forty year old single mom, it’s been too many years since I lived for myself. So when both my kids graduate and go to college, it’s time to make some changes.When my great-aunt invites me to move to the coast to help with her bed & breakfast, I’m ready for it. Queen’s Landing has always had a magical quality to it.Maybe more than I know... -
![The Essential Bordertown by Terri Windling, Delia Sherman]()
The Essential Bordertown by Terri Windling, Delia Sherman
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBordertown. Once a normal American city, now a perilous nexus between the World and returned Elfland. From the banks of the addictive Mad River to the all-night clublands where young elves and humans fight and play, all the way up to glittering dragon's Tooth Hill, where high society seals itself away from the street--this is no city to trifle with.Bordertown... -
![Which Witch is Which? by Cynthia St. Aubin, Cindy Stark]()
Which Witch is Which? by Cynthia St. Aubin, Cindy Stark
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFour identical sisters are prophesied to hold the fate of the entire world in their powerful hands.Meet the Witches of Port Townsend...Moira. A water witch, Moira has always been a healer, but the one soul she can't mend is her own... -
![Dark Alpha's Temptation by Donna Grant]()
Dark Alpha's Temptation by Donna Grant
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDark Alpha’s Temptation is a brand new paranormal romance in New York Times bestselling author Donna Grant's Reapers series that features a brotherhood of elite assassins and the women who bring them to their knees. There is no escaping a Reaper. I am an elite assassin, part of a brotherhood that only answers to Death... -
![Tis the Season by Alanea Alder]()
Tis the Season by Alanea Alder
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOne of several Bewitched and Bewildered short stories released by the Author on her website... -
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![Dragon of Glass by Zoe Chant]()
Dragon of Glass by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJingle bells and magic spells Daniella has everything she needs for a quiet Christmas at home with her dog, Fabio. She’s got way too much food, a real Christmas tree, a cable station streaming non-stop holiday movies, and even fruitcake. All she needs now is an ornament for her tree… But what she gets instead is a glass dragon imprisoning a gorgeous naked guy from another world... -
![Piggie Pie! by Margie Palatini]()
Piggie Pie! by Margie Palatini
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGritch the Witch is grouchy, grumpy, and very hungry. The only thing that could make her happy is something extra special for lunch, and that is: Piggie Pie! Gritch zooms off on her broomstick to find eight plump piggies -- where else? -- on Old MacDonald's Farm... -
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Shell Game by Ridley Pearson
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsAs the Disney Fantasy joins the cruise fleet, a special treat is in store for guests aboard its inaugural sail from Cape Canaveral to Los Angeles: the Disney Host Interactive teenage guides will be part of the Fantasy crew.Finn, Maybeck, Charlene, Willa, and Philby are to attend the cruise as celebrity guests, and to perform a ribbon cutting for the DHI server to go live... -
![Child of the Sacred Earth by Alicia Michaels]()
Child of the Sacred Earth by Alicia Michaels
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGet a degree, get a job, save adorable foster siblings from the clutches of the evil foster mom ... These are Jocylene Sanders' top priorities as she enters her sophomore year of college. The last thing she expects is to find herself the champion of an entire kingdom... -
![Dragon Riders by Elle Casey]()
Dragon Riders by Elle Casey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJayne has returned to the compound, but that's the last place she wants to be. She desperately needs to go back in time to rescue the friends she left behind, solve the problem in the Overworld, and fulfill her duties to Biad on the Isle of Skye...but the Council has other ideas about where she should be and what she should be doing... -
![The Slightly Supernatural Sheriff by Ardy Kelly]()
The Slightly Supernatural Sheriff by Ardy Kelly
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow long does a man have to wait for his happy ending?Sheriff Chet Thompson has seen the future. He's even met his mate-to-be, built a dream house (with a nursery), and kept an eye on Lone Wolves Ranch for the man of his visions to return.But it's been two years. And all he's gotten in that time is the nickname Chastity Chet... -
![Bounty Hunter: Ryder by Kim Fox]()
Bounty Hunter: Ryder by Kim Fox
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRyder and his crew have a job. Capture a wild polar bear shifter and get a cool two million dollars that they desperately need to save the family ranch. But when a rival bounty hunter comes crashing into his life, he realizes the job is going to be anything but easy... -
![Growing Sanctuary by Susi Hawke]()
Growing Sanctuary by Susi Hawke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSanctuary B & B—Our wards are strong and our door is open!Hey, y’all. It’s me, Darcy Valentine. I’m still enjoying a fabulous, never-ending first date with my sexy vampire boyfriend Storm. Can you believe we’re coming up on ten months? Yep, we go together like toast and jam... -
![Desperately Seeking Starlight by Zenina Masters]()
Desperately Seeking Starlight by Zenina Masters
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOksana has spent her lifetime trying to restore her mother’s legacy, and the fey who stole it happens to be her ideal mate. Well, that is what the seers tell her. She will see for herself, but she isn’t handing over her hand in marriage until she gets her mother’s belongings back. Hyther thought that a dead dragon meant the artifacts were up for grabs... -
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New Moon Howl by Zenina Masters
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA clueless shaman at the mercy of her beast meets the merman who has always been the one she ran to.When Kenzi first found out she was a shifter, the circumstances were surreal.Ten years later, she isn’t just a shifter but a wolf shaman and counsellor. Her life has gone from a nightmare to the bland plodding of bureaucracy... -
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![Guarding Sanctuary by Susi Hawke]()
Guarding Sanctuary by Susi Hawke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSanctuary B & B—Our wards are strong and our door is open!Hey, y’all. It’s me, Darcy Valentine. I’m still enjoying a fabulous, never-ending first date with my sexy vampire boyfriend Storm. It’s been over five months now... -
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Coven by Serena Akeroyd
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen a Vampire and a Dragon get it on, more than just magic happens... Mia is a nightwalker. A Vampire born of two Vampire parents. More than that, she's a Sanguenna. A coven leader. In the twenty-first century, ruling a coven involves keeping the Emperor happy all while paying his excruciatingly high taxes by running Coven, a successful nightclub in NYC... -
![Her Lucky Love by Carrie Ann Ryan]()
Her Lucky Love by Carrie Ann Ryan
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBrayden Cooper has always been lucky. It's in his blood and in the coin that he has hanging on a leather tie around his neck. He has everything in the world he could ever want: money, a job, brothers he loves, and the luck that comes with his powers. Yet he's empty. Everyone but him knows he loves Allison, yet it's going to take something stronger than luck to bring them together... -
![Secrets of Blackthorn Hall by Cassandra Clare]()
Secrets of Blackthorn Hall by Cassandra Clare
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJulian and Emma are on their travel year when the Clave sends Julian a message: clean up Blackthorn Hall or ownership reverts back to the Clave. Amidst the clutter and disrepair they discover secrets that Blackthorn Hall has kept hidden for years... They find out something... or someone... else might be sharing the space with them... -
![Of Owls and Oolong by Shari L. Tapscott]()
Of Owls and Oolong by Shari L. Tapscott
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe author of A Vampire's Guide to Gardening and Obsidian Queen brings you a lighthearted fantasy full of humor and romance, set in a cozy contemporary fae town. Welcome to Moss Hollow.There are three things you need to know about my great aunt—she’s eccentric, she’s rich, and she’s dead. No, make that four things. She also named me as the sole beneficiary of her fortune... -
![The Wishmakers by Tyler Whitesides, Jessica Warrick]()
The Wishmakers by Tyler Whitesides, Jessica Warrick
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Looking for a fantastically fast-paced and funny read? Your wish is granted!” —Chris Grabenstein, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Twelve-year-old Ace’s life is about to change in the most unexpected and magical ways—all because of a peanut butter jar.When he opens it, he inadvertently releases a genie named Ridge... -
![The Unready Queen by William Ritter]()
The Unready Queen by William Ritter
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHuman and goblin brothers Cole and Tinn are finding their way back to normal after their journey to the heart of the Oddmire. Normal, unfortunately, wants nothing to do with them. Fable, the daughter of the Queen of the Deep Dark, has her first true friends in the brothers... -
![Half a Dose of Fury by Zenina Masters]()
Half a Dose of Fury by Zenina Masters
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSaving shifters has been her life, but locking eyes with a fey in a crowded room wakes her beast in all the best ways.Yval has been living to save other shifters from the clutches of the fey. She has had her body modified to make her job easier, but the magic used cut her off from her beast... -
![The Finder of the Lucky Devil: An Urban Fantasy Cyberpunk Thriller by Megan Mackie]()
The Finder of the Lucky Devil: An Urban Fantasy Cyberpunk Thriller by Megan Mackie
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHer magic Talent finds things. He's a dangerous cyber-spy looking for a wanted criminal. The problem is, she's the criminal he's looking for. How can she keep her secret safe from his charms?In an alternate Chicago, technology and magic vie in competition. So when the charming and deadly St... -
![Ghost of a Chance by Lauren Barnholdt]()
Ghost of a Chance by Lauren Barnholdt
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKendall takes drastic action when she encounters ghostly overwhelm in this third book in a tween series that Kirkus Reviews calls “bright, bubbly fun.”Kendall feels like she’s losing at life. The only people who will talk to her are ghosts, and she’s exhausted from trying to fix their problems... -
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![The Glitter Trap by Barbara Brauner, James Iver Mattson]()
The Glitter Trap by Barbara Brauner, James Iver Mattson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMiddle school is far from a fairytale for adorkable misfit Lacey Unger-Ware. When Lacey ends up with popular girl Paige Harrington's smart-mouthed fairy godmother, Katarina, trapped in her hair, life gets more magical--just not in a 'prince charming' kind of way. Katarina's wings are too damaged to continue her fairy duties, and Lacey must take over as Paige's fairy godmother... -
![Wizardmatch by Lauren Magaziner]()
Wizardmatch by Lauren Magaziner
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwelve-year-old Lennie Mercado loves magic. She practices her invisibility powers all the time (she can now stay invisible for fifteen seconds!), and she dreams of the day that she can visit her grandfather, the Prime Wizard de Pomporromp, at his magical estate.Now Lennie has her chance. Poppop has decided to retire, and his grandchildren are coming from all over to compete in Wizardmatch... -
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Secrets & Spies by Sienna Mercer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA funny, super-girly story with a vampire bite to it. Sink your teeth into Olivia and Ivy’s fifteenth fright-time adventure.There’s always a lot of stuff to keep hidden in Franklin Grove (like, um, the fact that vampires exist), but suddenly everyone seems to have gone into Secrecy Overdrive!Ivy’s sure that new girl Maya is up to something, and it involves Ivy’s boyfriend, Brendan . . -
![One Sweet Match Up (Bachelors of Buttermilk Falls by Robyn Neeley, Susannah Jones]()
One Sweet Match Up (Bachelors of Buttermilk Falls by Robyn Neeley, Susannah Jones
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor years, renown chef Donovan Foster made his life in Denver, way too busy with making a culinary name for himself to stop and pick up a wife and kids along the way. When he realizes that all of his friends in Buttermilk Falls are settling down, he begins to feel idle. Sure, business is good, but he’s tired of his life... -
![A Life Less Pink by Zenina Masters]()
A Life Less Pink by Zenina Masters
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRaised by a mother who loved everything pink, Cori has decided to give up her colouration and go pale. Rejecting pink, she makes costumes in any other colour for a living. A ball, a prize and a trip to the Crossroads change everything. Artur has decided that he wants a woman who doesn’t want him for what he can do or how much money he has. He wants to fall in love and sweep a woman off her feet... -
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Big Flight by Zenina Masters
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMolly has lived as a king vulture amongst condors. Her family considers her animal a profound disappointment and has ignored her until she finally decides that she has a right to a life and she wants it.When she is at the Crossroads, she notices the man sent to reclaim her, and while she knows he is in charge of her clan, she isn’t quite sure what he is...
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