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  • Steal the Night by Lexi Blake

    Steal the Night by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She was born to be a thief. To save the world, she will have to become a queen…Zoey Donovan-Quinn is growing restless. After months of searching, her crew hasn’t been able to locate the resting place of the one man who could save Daniel. While they frantically continue their quest, Zoey is still struggling to recover from the devastating losses she suffered in Faery...
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    angels  dark  demons  fae  magic  myths  paranormal  polyamory
  • Heart of the Wolf by Cherise Sinclair

    Heart of the Wolf by Cherise Sinclair

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    All she wanted was a family. It wasn’t to be.Ripped apart at the loss of her unborn babies and the uncaring lovers who’d rejected her, Heather locks away her heart. Her dreams never come true.With nothing left to lose, the wolf shifter risks death to warn the God that the appointed guardian of Rainier territory is destroying the clan. If she dies during the ritual, so be it...
  • 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...
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    alpha-mc  angels  dark  demons  fae  magic  paranormal  suspense
  • Indebted by Amy A. Bartol

    Indebted by Amy A. Bartol

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    WINNER OF THE 2012 UTOPYA AWARD FOR BEST VILLAIN I hang my head in sorrow for just a moment when I know I am truly alone. I feel like I’m going to my execution, just as he had said. Then I move forward again. I hop a fence of fieldstone and cross a field dotted with Queen Anne’s lace. Goose bumps rise on my arms as I pass the cluster of windmills that I have seen in a dream...
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    alpha-mc  angels  dark  demons  fae  magic  myths  paranormal
  • Twisted Shadows (Black Onyx Academy) Book 2 by Nikita Parmenter

    Twisted Shadows (Black Onyx Academy) Book 2 by Nikita Parmenter

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Farren and her men suddenly find themselves thrust into the next challenge in the Warrior Games, but it appears that the fae world has taken things into her own hands, throwing things their way that they hadn’t even thought to prepare for. It doesn’t help that she hasn’t deemed it necessary to fill them in on the finer details.Yet...
  • Loved by Light by Terry Bolryder

    Loved by Light by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A down on her luck human gets the break of a lifetime when a prince of light comes to the rescue...Things haven't been the same for light prince Ian ever since a fateful trip to his world showed him everything he knew was a lie. But when a mission to protect a new beacon on Earth puts him face to face with perhaps the unluckiest woman alive, he feels a pull to her unlike anything before...
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    dark  demons  fae  magic  multi-pov  paranormal  suspense  adult
  • Broken House by M. Sinclair

    Broken House by M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    *This book is unpublished and has been replaced by Broken House in the renamed series Tears of the...
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    angels  dark  demons  fae  magic  multi-pov  paranormal  polyamory
  • Gathering Storm by Victoria Danann

    Gathering Storm by Victoria Danann

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    When Sir Engel Storm, is misplaced in a different, but similar dimension, he learns firsthand that there really is no place like home. New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Victoria Danann, brings us a paranormal/scifi fantasy adventure like no other...
  • The Last Akon by Lola St. Vil, Jennifer O' Donnell

    The Last Akon by Lola St. Vil, Jennifer O' Donnell

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An impossible mission. A dangerous love triangle. And an evil determined to destroy them all...
  • Healing of the Wolf: 5 by Cherise Sinclair

    Healing of the Wolf: 5 by Cherise Sinclair

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A decade in captivity tore away all hope.But Margery never lost her resolve to help the sick. The village she’d hoped to serve as banfasa, caring for the ill and injured, is long gone. Humans captured the young shifters and killed the adults. Finally rescued, she has a chance at her dreams—at least for meaningful work...
  • 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...
  • Serendipity by Grace McGinty

    Serendipity by Grace McGinty

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From Purgatory To Damnation. Some one-night stands are bad, and some are just epic moments of fail. Two pump chumps, three-inch champions, guys who still live in the basement of their Mom's house; these are bad. Having sex with a slumming Archangel and ending up in Purgatory? Way, way worse...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angels  crime  dark  demons  magic  multi-pov  paranormal
  • Providence by Grace McGinty

    Providence by Grace McGinty

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    If Serendipity ever got the chance, she might actually thank Uriel for locking her away in Purgatory.She’d probably tear off his balls and force feed them to him first, but still, she was woman enough to admit that if it wasn’t for him, she might have never known this kind of happiness...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angels  crime  dark  demons  magic  multi-pov  myths
  • A Portrait of Pain by Jane Washington

    A Portrait of Pain by Jane Washington

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    “I had to understand that grief would be a constant in my life, and that it would be different every time it returned to me: the same face hidden beneath a brand new hat. I needed to say goodbye to this chapter of my life, to the grief that had clawed at me, to the threat that had stalked me through the shadows …”Seraph Black’s entire world has changed...
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    alpha-mc  crime  dark  harem  magic  multi-pov  paranormal  polyamory
  • Deserted by Jaymin Eve

    Deserted by Jaymin Eve

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    A standalone story in the Shadow Beast Shifters world. Best read after Reborn for storyline continuity.Melalekin "Angel" of the Honor Meadows has been a warrior her entire life. Battle. Death. Loss. They were her constant companions until the day she met Mera Callahan. A shifter who ended up being so much more. A shifter who changed her life, and now... she has been reborn...
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    alpha-mc  angels  dark  demons  fae  magic  multi-pov  myths
  • Pack Violet Shadow by C.M. Stunich

    Pack Violet Shadow by C.M. Stunich

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The hunters have become the hunted. The monsters have become the prey. The blood of werewolves runs with the fierce, wild magic of the earth. For millennia, that's what's kept us safe, let us shed our human skins and run as beasts. Now, it's the siren song that calls our enemies...
  • Leap of the Lion by Cherise Sinclair

    Leap of the Lion by Cherise Sinclair

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She shifts for the first time on the day of her escape. After a decade of captivity, Darcy MacCormac escapes the corrupt, clandestine organization called the Scythe, leaving family and friends behind. She must find a way to rescue them. Discovered by other shifters, the brand-new cougar gets two mentors. Blademage Gawain is an easy-going blacksmith with a steel-hard core...
  • Her Royal Wolf by G. Bailey

    Her Royal Wolf by G. Bailey

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My alphas have crowns… and if I can win the rite, so will I.After arriving in Fall Mountain Pack, I found out all the secrets the Alpha’s were forced to keep from me and the terrible truths that came with them.Along with what loving them will cost me...
  • Found by B.L. Brunnemer

    Found by B.L. Brunnemer

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Forget everything you know about the world. Vampires exist, Werewolves exist, monsters hide in the shadows, and it's my job to make sure they obey our laws. My name is Evelyn, and I'm a gargoyle. The last one or so I thought. A team of Gargoyles have found me. And for the first time in over a century, I'm not the only one of my kind around...
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    alpha-mc  angels  demons  fae  magic  myths  paranormal  polyamory
  • Eventide of the Bear by Cherise Sinclair, Noah Michael Levine

    Eventide of the Bear by Cherise Sinclair, Noah Michael Levine

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    She risked her life to save a human child. Pain was her reward.All her life, Emma longed for someone to love. Instead, disaster sees the brand-new bard banished from her people for long lonely years. Injured saving a child, the werebear has to steal food from humans, breaking shifter Law. The territory’s Cosantir and his lethal grizzly warrior catch her in the act...
  • Damaged Souls by K.C. Kean

    Damaged Souls by K.C. Kean

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The prophecy declares the darkness that once brought the world to its knees will return. The timing is no coincidence and I can’t help but fear it all points back to me. With my heritage revealed, I finally know where I fit in. It’s not what I expected, but I can’t change it, just like I can’t change who I am drawn to. A shifter, a demon, a vampire, an angel...
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    angels  dark  demons  magic  multi-pov  myths  paranormal  polyamory
  • Hard to Kill by Briana Michaels

    Hard to Kill by Briana Michaels

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They never saw this coming… There is always a reason behind every catastrophe and miracle, every curse and blessing. Divinity wears many faces and none of them are pure. With Hell’s instability and Lucifer’s waning energy, the Hell Hounds are needed now more than ever. Valor’s pack must bond or they’ll never survive their future. Or their present...
  • Dark Alpha's Hunger by Donna Grant

    Dark Alpha's Hunger by Donna Grant

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dark Alpha's Hunger is the seventh paranormal romance novel in New York Times bestselling author Donna Grant's Reapers series featuring a brotherhood of elite assassins who wage war on the Fae at Death's behest--and the women who change their hearts.There is no escaping a Reaper. I am an elite assassin, part of a brotherhood that only answers to Death...
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    alpha-mc  dark  fae  magic  paranormal  suspense  adult  book
  • Three Trials by Kristy Cunning

    Three Trials by Kristy Cunning

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    So, I've checked off some life goals and added a few new ones to my list. Goal #5: Get out of hell's belly without letting my ungrateful charges die. Goal #6: Get a new name that's more badass. Goal #7: Stop wasting my breath on lectures and start annoying the quad hell squad every time they annoy me. Fight fire with fire. Ha! Another hell pun. Goal 8: Find out who the hell killed me...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angels  dark  demons  harem  magic  myths  paranormal
  • Ashes & Bones by M. Sinclair

    Ashes & Bones by M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Magic is real. So where does reality end and the madness begin? Whoever said magic was beautiful didn't mention the blood. The violence. Or are we just special? Better question, where is Lucida? Also, why can't Edwin or Byron answer any of our questions? AND for the love of all that is bloody... why are there bird bones everywhere? The Ravens - ever vigilant...
  • Fawn by Elaina Jadin, Marie Robinson

    Fawn by Elaina Jadin, Marie Robinson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A Dark Mafia Shifter Romance We aren't her saviors. We're her worst nightmare. We've been called vicious monsters. Brutal. Cold. Savage. We rule the criminal underworld the same way we rule our pack—with absolute control. We take what we want and demand complete obedience. When she comes to us, she's damaged. Fragile. Wounded. And oh so tempting...
  • Her Protectors by Tamara White

    Her Protectors by Tamara White

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Death. That’s what my life has become. My mother died protecting me. My father died from poison intended for me. How long until someone tries to kill my mates? The third trial is here. The day after saying farewell to her father, she’s forced to move on and complete the next trial. To make matters worse all the elders insist coming with her...
  • Moonlight by Victoria Danann

    Moonlight by Victoria Danann

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The story continues to touch on the lives of former B Team members and their families while new characters and situations are introduced.THE NEWSLETTER: Ram and Elora move into temporary quarters at Jefferson Unit to protect mother and baby. Storm gives a surprising answer when he’s tapped by Sol to replace him as Jefferson Unit Sovereign. Litha solicits her father to help Black Swan...
  • A Final Paige by L. Rose, Lila Rose

    A Final Paige by L. Rose, Lila Rose

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    One, two, learning what’s new.Three, four, it’s time to set the score.Five, six, things just might get nixed.Seven, eight, there is so much hate.Nine, ten, it’s time to live again.Dark days filled with pain are still present in Paige’s life. If it wasn’t for her men, she would have given up a while ago...
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    alpha-mc  demons  fae  harem  magic  multi-pov  paranormal  polyamory
  • Lunar Witch by M. Sinclair

    Lunar Witch by M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    No man would ever own me again.A simple promise I’d made to myself after escaping a brutal childhood of abuse and being trained to enact violence on unblessed witches. Since that moment, I had managed to survive on the streets by successfully pickpocketing...
  • Immortal by J.R. Ward

    Immortal by J.R. Ward

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author who has kept readers on the edge of their seats with her phenomenal Fallen Angels novels, comes one of the most heart-stirring and eagerly anticipated events in that acclaimed series. The Creator invented the game, and the stakes are nothing less than the fate of the quick and the dead: seven souls, seven crossroads...
    Categorized as:
    angels  crime  dark  demons  magic  myths  paranormal  suspense
  • Betrayed: Days of the Rogue by Nicky Charles

    Betrayed: Days of the Rogue by Nicky Charles

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    His mate killed in a horrific explosion, ex-Enforcer Damien Masterson now lives as a rogue werewolf...
  • Freeing Fae by M. Sinclair

    Freeing Fae by M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My name is Maize.Poisonous to the touch.The bastard child of one very dead Dark Fae King.A refugee of a war that freed me from my three-year imprisonment.Captured by one of the monsters that haunted my nightmares each night.I may have been free, but I would never forget the torture I’d gone through at the hands of my father’s guard. It seemed they hadn’t forgotten either...
  • Trials by Eve Newton

    Trials by Eve Newton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The sixth instalment of the Forever Series goes deeper and darker as a mysterious Power sets its sights on Liv and help to understand it and defeat it comes from a surprising and not very pleasant source. She is thrown with time shifts and the manifestations and not helping her mood is Cole’s turn towards the dark side and CK’s plea which she just doesn’t understand...
  • The Ties That Bind by Eve Newton

    The Ties That Bind by Eve Newton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Carrying on from where 'Choices' leaves off, Devon has a decision to make which sets off a chain of events and changes the plans for Liv and her ever growing group...
  • Rescuing Air by Elizabeth Knight

    Rescuing Air by Elizabeth Knight

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Dark Lord has gone too far. It’s time to end these games.Just when they thought they might have a chance to enjoy what's left of their summer, now Jay’s mother is in danger, taken to be used against us. Pushed and pulled in every direction and still trying to pick up the pieces after the latest betrayal, Lailah and her remaining Knights struggle to make headway on stopping the Dark Lord...
  • Ravage by A.L. Rook

    Ravage by A.L. Rook

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    We promised to stick together. And then they betrayed me.In a world where more children are being born with special abilities, we were six of the ones kidnapped and hidden away for testing and training.We banded together and became a family…until one of us was killed.The others turned on me and left me for dead...
  • Descendant of Chaos by M. Sinclair

    Descendant of Chaos by M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Stay away from mages. It was a singular phrase my father had ingrained in me from the time of my birth. Sorry, dad. I have a feeling that is going to be a f*cking problem. You have to understand… my life has been bland at best. Everything in my life, every single day, has been scripted, organized, and neat. Calm, cool, and collected. The problem? It wasn’t real...
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    alpha-mc  dark  fae  magic  multi-pov  myths  paranormal  polyamory
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    fae  magic  myths  paranormal  suspense  adult  audiobook  book
  • To Enthrall the Demon Lord: A Novel of Love and Magic by Nadine Mutas

    To Enthrall the Demon Lord: A Novel of Love and Magic by Nadine Mutas

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Warning: Contains a hero who’s Tall, Dark, and Possessive, and may melt your heart as well as your reading device. Handle with care and a bucket of ice water nearby. And maybe some tissues. His hunger for power knows no bounds…until she binds his heart. To keep an ill-fated bargain, witch Maeve MacKenna surrenders herself to the scheming Demon Lord Arawn...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  fae  magic  myths  paranormal  suspense  adult
  • The Rise of Fortune and Fury by Sawyer Bennett

    The Rise of Fortune and Fury by Sawyer Bennett

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s time to meet my destiny. Kymaris has everything she needs to bring down the veil between Earth and the Underworld. If she’s successful in completing the ritual, Earth will be darkened by evil. Demons will swarm our lands and the human race will be decimated.It’s up to me to stop her. My fate is to thwart the prophecy, but I’m not sure what to do...
    Categorized as:
    angels  demons  fae  magic  multi-pov  paranormal  suspense  adult
  • Broken by Night by Jada Storm, Emma Stark

    Broken by Night by Jada Storm, Emma Stark

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My name is Ace Bisset, and I've finally embraced what it means to be a witch. But even with all my newfound power, I still haven't figured out how to break this damned curse. And that's a problem, because time is running out...
  • Kiss of Smoke by Cate Corvin

    Kiss of Smoke by Cate Corvin

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    We’re all that stands between Avilion and ruin… The Seelie Palace was destroyed, and the royal family is in danger. But the Unstained Souls aren’t done with us. Fortunately, the guys are willing to put their differences aside to search for the princess—and the Queen herself is ready to go on the warpath and destroy all mortals living in the Fae lands...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  crime  dark  fae  magic  paranormal  polyamory  reverse-harem
  • Perfectly Wicked by Albany Walker

    Perfectly Wicked by Albany Walker

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Too bad nothing is ever as it seems.I’m back in Hill Crest, and it looks like I may have made an enemy last time I was in town.I’m supposed to lie low, but when a long-time friend of dad comes looking for help to find his missing wife, I have a very hard time telling him no.As if finding a missing woman wasn’t enough, I’m starting to think I might be haunted...
  • Covet Me by Kel Carpenter, Aurelia Jane

    Covet Me by Kel Carpenter, Aurelia Jane

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In our world, power is king, and I'm the ultimate bartering chip. I’m the daughter of the Don, but my life as a mafia princess is far from a fairytale.Trapped in a pretty cage, my family clipped my wings so that I can fill the role all princesses are tasked: to marry a prince and secure an alliance...
  • Hell in a Handbasket by Harper A. Brooks, Mila Young

    Hell in a Handbasket by Harper A. Brooks, Mila Young

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    See no evil. Hear no evil. Speak no evil. Sleep with no evil… If only it were that easy.Between being kidnapped by a psycho dragon-shifter, influenced by ancient relics, and fighting for my freedom, I’d say my hands are full. But really, my troubles have just begun.Cain, Dorian, and Elias are wickedly dangerous, scorching hot, and all too tempting. They’re devils in disguise. Literally...
    Categorized as:
    angels  dark  demons  harem  magic  multi-pov  paranormal  polyamory
  • Rough Justice by Kelley Armstrong

    Rough Justice by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Mallt-y-Nos. Matilda of the Hunt. The lone woman who rides with the Wild Hunt, tasked with finding killers who’ve escaped justice and letting the hounds reap their souls. For Olivia Taylor-Jones, Matilda isn’t just a legendary figure from Welsh lore. She is Olivia’s past, and her future, one she’s finally embraced. Having accepted her role as Matilda, Olivia must now lead her first Hunt...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  fae  magic  myths  paranormal  adult  audiobook
  • The Mephisto Kiss by Trinity Faegen, Stephanie Feagan

    The Mephisto Kiss by Trinity Faegen, Stephanie Feagan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The eyes never lie. No one’s eyes are darker than Eryx. Not even the Devil’s.When Jax and Sasha first see Jordan Ellis, they know she is no ordinary teenager. She’s the daughter of the President after all, but she’s also Anabo – a descendant of Eve.What they don’t know is that Eryx plans to kidnap Jordan and force President Ellis to pledge his soul...
    Categorized as:
    angels  demons  magic  myths  paranormal  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Wicked Wish by Veronica Douglas, Linsey Hall

    Wicked Wish by Veronica Douglas, Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I’m at the mercy of a fallen angel.I work for the Order of Magica, the supernatural version of the FBI. Sounds fun, right? Except I spend my days chained to my desk, writing reports, and wishing that I was out solving crimes.Well, be careful what you wish for.When my best friend is abducted, my life in Chicago turns upside down...
  • Winter's War by G. Bailey

    Winter's War by G. Bailey

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The blue-sided human will choose a side. When four princes are born, on the same day, they will rule true. Her saviour will die when the choice is made. If she chooses wrong, she will fall. If she chooses right, then she will rule. Only her mates can stop her from the destruction of all. If the fates allow, no one need fall. For only the true kings hold her fate and they will be her mates...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angels  demons  fae  harem  magic  paranormal  polyamory
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