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Hustlin' by L. Divine
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe holidays are coming, along with all the madness and materialism that comes with them. As usual, Jayd is just trying to stay sane while everyone around her is losing it. Mickey's got a major secret and Jayd's girl Nellie is trying to stir up trouble with her loose lips. Vengeful Laura is trying to undermine Jayd's performance in the school production of Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth... -
A Danger Destroyed by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYe screw with this lass, ye get put on yer ass.It is the Time of the Colliding Realms—the Keening—the Culling.Everything that happened over the past eighteen months has led to this moment. The good and the bad. The triumphs and the tragedies. Now my family by blood, by choice, and by circumstance face the battle to balance our world’s alignment.United as Team Light...Categorized as:
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Master Mage by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne spell to save us all…No more miss nice mage. This is war. This is survival. This is my destiny.I am the Stone Keeper and I will win.No matter the cost... -
Daughters of Sea and Storm by E.E. Holmes
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"And what is your destiny, Little Bird? Who will you be?"Sixteen-year-old Wren Vesper is just like every other kid she trying to survive high school and figure out what she wants to do with her life. But when news of her grandmother's death reaches her, she discovers she is not like everyone else, and that question about what to do with her life may no longer be hers to answer...Categorized as:
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Karolina Dalca, Dark Eyes by M.R. Noble
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBlindsided by an attack that destroys her home and blamed for murder, Karolina Dalca, a half-vampire, escapes, only to plunge into the magical societies from which she was sheltered.Betrayed by those around her, she abandons her dreams of becoming an investigator and flees, trusting only herself. Her police internship would never prove more useful... -
Wicked Curse by Megan Montero
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOnly my power can break the most wicked curse yet.. -
Between Worlds by S.J. West
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs both Cal and Liana journey down the long and winding road between adolescence and adulthood, each of them faces difficult challenges that most children never have to cope with. For most of Liana’s life, she’s viewed her Aunt Helena as a lonely soul in need of at least one person in the universe to care about her... -
Arcane Felonies by Ava L. Bishop, Auburn Tempest
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1 missing mentor + a whole mess of nightmares + 1 stubborn Magi = Breaking some serious rules.I’ve only been a Magi for a hot second, and I’ve already had to deal with reality-shredding storms, murderous peers, and power-hungry madmen. Yeah, madmen, plural.Welcome to my life... -
The Chosen Witch by Chandelle LaVaun
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy magic doesn’t define me.Within my secret, ancient race of witches, everyone prays to join the most powerful circle of all—The Coven. Well, everyone except for me. All I want is to discover the truth of the past that was stolen from me. So I lay low, defending the world from demons and training to strengthen my magic...Categorized as:
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Banishment by T.M. Nielsen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe final book in the Heku Series brings some peace within the factions and within the palace. Chevalier and Emily have reconciled and come to a silent agreement that will benefit not only their own family, but the Equites. Things are looking calmer until someone begins attacking women in the nearby mortal city.Fighting over land in Europe, the Equites and Encala find themselves again at odds... -
Fire Devil by J.L. Bryan
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEllie's pursuit of a possessed friend and her own worst enemy takes her across the United States into forgotten corners of the countryside through haunted hotels, ghost towns, and strange highways, and toward the site of a horrific fire haunted by hundreds of spirits... -
The Shadow Girl by Misty Mount
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsShy, thirteen-year-old Zylia has always known she was different. Most teenagers feel unnoticed and unseen, but for Zylia, it's something much worse. She's disappearing from this world and doesn't know how to stop it. At times, she's not sure she wants to. Until she stumbles across a family mystery surrounding the disappearance of her great-aunt Angelica years earlier... -
A Sacred Pact by Michael Todd, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe War of the Angels has begun, and Hell hath no idea of the fury they have unleashed. Katie has decided that too many people are trying to play with power instead of doing what is right. Does she bite off more than she can chew when she makes a statement that upsets the World Council?Even the general is at a loss... -
Katie’s War by Michael Todd, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHell has decided to get political, and their efforts are directed at Katie. Unfortunately, Katie decides she won't play their games, and leaves... -
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Time Piece by W.J. May
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's time. Fame is a fickle friend... After the world discovers that the infamous Simon Kerrigan is alive, public opinion of Rae and her friends begins to shift. While most people remain fiercely loyal, there are many who call for justice. There are even more who call for blood. Caught in the volatile beginnings of a civil war, Rae struggles to keep the peace...Categorized as:
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Precious Time by W.J. May
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow much can you hide before only the truth is left? The highly anticipated Final book in the Sequel to the Chronicles of Kerrigan series, by international bestselling author, W.J. May. THE FINAL CHAPTER! The stage is set, the players are ready, and the battle is about to begin… After years of fighting, Rae Kerrigan and her friends find themselves at the end of the line... -
Living in the Past by W.J. May
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe past is your lesson. The present is your gift. The future is your motivation. From USA Today bestselling author, W.J. May brings you a spin off from the Chronicles of Kerrigan. This is a stand alone series, or can be read with the Chronicles of Kerrigan series How can you build a future, when a part of you is trapped in the past? Gabriel Alden’s problems were supposed to be over...Categorized as:
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Wayward Son by Kimbra Swain
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIs an Alpha wolf without a pack still an Alpha? Deep in the swamps of Louisiana, Francisco Meyer leads the Whiskey Chitto Wolfpack. His wife, Regina, is pregnant, and the pack prepares a great celebration for the coming Alpha and heir to the pack. Tragedy strikes and Regina miscarries the child. After many years of trying, she is unable to conceive again... -
Transcend by Stacy Claflin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEylin is hiding in the underground city from the group of ancients who want her dead, but she’s not safe even there. On the other side of some massive tunnels, an unknown group is systematically removing magic from each underground city. As pressure mounts, Eylin has big decisions to make, and each could have deadly consequences...Categorized as:
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Sweet Devotion : Mae and Tristan's Story by S.J. West
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen she was a little girl, Mae Cole met someone who left a permanent imprint on her soul and changed her life forever. Several years have passed since Mae last saw Tristan, but not even time has been able to diminish the special connection they first shared. During her Thanksgiving break from college, a force for pure evil unexpectedly reintroduces Tristan back into Mae’s world... -
Sacrifice by Stacy Claflin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's a new generation of royal vampires.Alexis' daughter Eylin is nearly grown, in the beginning of her transformation. Born with the mark of the dragon and placed under a spell as in infant, the young princess finds herself in the middle of an age-old battle between mortal enemies.Eylin starts to fall for the son of their enemy: the one who kidnapped Eylin years earlier...Categorized as:
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Fated, Part Two (Timeless) by Lisa L. Wiedmeier, Sam Dogra
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSPECIAL NOTE: *This novella is intended to be read after reading Promises, A Timeless Series Novel, as it is a companion to the story from other characters points of view. The Timeless war has begun to heat up. The true Kvech heir, Cheyenne Wilson, has been discovered, but as she transforms into a Timeless being, her life is in grave danger... -
Kismet by K.A. Poe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBeware. Sometimes you get what you ask for. Sixteen-year-old Madison Banner had the perfect life: a good home, great friends, and loving parents. Everything was normal, until she overheard that she had been adopted. After confronting her parents, Madison was left with more questions than what had been answered. Rules were set. She would be told the truth after she graduated -- two years... -
Ascension by Stacy Claflin
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwo alluring vampires. Ancient prophecies. One determined queen.Cliff Montgomery and Alrekur Vidarsson both want to marry Alexis. One is an arrogant three thousand year old ancient ruler who has waited his entire life for her. The other is the love she has waited for all her life...Categorized as:
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A Reign of Thieves by Kate Avery Ellison
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBrace yourselves for book 7 in the beloved Kingmakers' War series! In the north, Briand struggles to hold her ground as thief-queen against slavers and other threats in the wretched city of Gillspin. Meanwhile, her reputation grows as more and more misfits and orphans flock to join her alter ego, the Scarlet Blade... -
Evanescent by Addison Moore
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSixteen-year-old Laken Stewart died last summer. Her resurrection at the hands of the Countenance hasn’t run smoothly. With the memory of her past life still firmly intact, Laken moves deeper into the Countenance organization in an effort to free her mother and sister from the deadly Celestra tunnels... -
Central by Raine Thomas
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratings**Optioned for movie rights by multiple-award winning producer Chase Chenowith of Back Fence Productions.**For avid student Olivia Murdoch, life on the Estilorian plane is filled with wondrous adventure. Every lesson about her new existence is both exciting and challenging. Along with her sisters, she embraces this non-human half of herself.Helping with her lessons is her Gloresti, James... -
Foretold by Raine Thomas
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratings**Optioned for movie rights by multiple-award winning producer Chase Chenowith of Back Fence Productions.**Centuries before she was born, Skye Tomaganuk was a subject of the most important prophecy in Estilorian history. As one of three half-human daughters born of the Corgloresti, Saraqael, she is part of the fulfillment of Knorbis’ Great Foretelling... -
Last One Standing by W.J. May
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLast One Standing is the 11th Book of W.J. May's bestselling series, The Chronicles of Kerrigan. Rae Kerrigan and her friends have finally crossed the line, and this time, there’s no going back. After a violent standoff with the entire Privy Council, the gang wakes up under the protection of the last people they ever expected to see: the Xavier Knights. Old bridges are burned... -
Wild Cards and Witches by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe truth shall set you free.Yeah, right.I might have broken away from the group now that I know the dirty secrets of Pandora’s Pride, but I am far from free. Those who know the truth still want to control me. They’re not about to let me walk away and live a quiet life in the mountains. There’s too much at stake... -
The Fairhaven Chronicles Boxed Set: The Complete Series: Glow, Shimmer, Ember, Nightfall by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEverything you know is about to change. Victoria Brie is getting her life together. She may be just a cashier, but she has big dreams and high hopes for what comes next. In the meantime, she has everything that matters: her family and her best friend. If only life were that simple...Categorized as:
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Paranormal University Complete Series Omnibus: An Unveiled Academy Novel by Jace Mitchell, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAt the University of Paranormal Studies, class is starting.Here's your chance to get the entire boxed set of Paranormal University in one fantastic omnibus!Claire just received her letter of acceptance despite the fact that she didn’t apply. Why does the university want her?Because ghosts, vampires, werewolves, elves, dragons…They exist, and more are crossing into our world every day... -
Shield Maiden by Charley Case, Martha Carr
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEvery time a shot rings out a Valkyrie earns her wings. Mila is earning hers the hard way hunting down the monsters that have taken her sister.It was supposed to be a simple scouting mission.But the trail is leading her to an unexpected discovery... -
Wager's Price by G.P. Ching
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFinn Wager's luck has run out. Arrested for the one crime he didn't actually commit, he's forced to finish his education at an alternative school. The Revelations Institute is an upscale, private reform school with a 100% success rate. Delinquents go in and model citizens come out. But students who don't perform to expectations disappear... -
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Destroyed by Stacy Claflin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEylin is tired of being told what to do and where to go. She has already transformed into her full powers, embodying new gifts - and secrets - that her parents never dreamed possible. The more they shelter her, the more eager she is to get away and see the world. A plague has broken out and is now affecting those under their rule. Out of fear, Eylin’s parents hold her even tighter...Categorized as:
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It's a Miracle! by H. Claire Taylor
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt would take a miracle for Jessica to live a normal life. Miracles happen when you least expect them. And if you’re Jessica McCloud, God’s only begotten daughter, they happen when you least want them. Is an uneventful senior year of high school too much for Jessica to hope for? Yes. Yes it is... -
And It Was Good by H. Claire Taylor
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe world needs a miracle. God’s daughter needs a freaking vacation.As she enters the uncharted territory of high school, Jessica McCloud could use a few more friends who believe in her. Of course, that means something entirely different for the daughter of God... -
Order of the Dragonbonded: Book of Air by J.D. Hart
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBeing bonded to a peevish adolescent wyvern can be pretty irritating, and Conner Stonefield wants nothing more than to ditch his dragon and get back to his simple life. But he soon discovers that the dragon may be the only one on his side... -
The Ghosts of Phoenix No 7 by M.L. Bullock
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter the devastating loss the team experienced on their last investigation, Midas is hesitant to return to the paranormal field. However, a desperate phone call from a local fire chief and a terrifying experience at an old Mobile fire station draws the leader of Gulf Coast Paranormal back to find answers for the chief and the firefighters... -
Mystical Trash by Mary Ramsey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSunny Foster waited her entire life to leave her truck stop home town of Beloit Wisconsin. Her eighteen years had been nothing but pain and heartache, from the mysterious disappearance of her father to the fact that her first boyfriend left her for a world of drugs and addiction. And her mother, a high-school teacher, was in legal trouble for dating a nineteen-year old student... -
Arielle Rainbow by Yumoyori Wilson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHave you ever wondered what it would be like to be the familiar of a badass unicorn shifter? FEAR NOT! Your prayers have been answered. My life wasn't always centered around my one-of-a-kind mistress, Celestia Rainbow. I was born into a world that wasn't so fond of a phoenix-harpy hybrid like myself... -
Awakened: Hidden Series Book Four by M. Lathan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter killing the biggest threat to their family and the world, Christine and Nathan are eager to move on with their lives, but Christine is sensing death stronger than she’s ever sensed it before. With Nate constantly threatened with losing himself again and a deranged girl with a motive to kill on the loose, a number of things can drive their happily ever after painfully out of reach... -
Dark Magic by Madeline Freeman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter darkness consumes Krissa, is there any hope for salvation? When Krissa disappears to join the Amaranthine, Fox knows he has to save her. But the magical world beyond Clearwater is more dangerous than he can imagine, and even with Sasha's help, locating Krissa can have deadly consequences...Categorized as:
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Duplicity by Stacy Claflin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlrekur Vidarsson had to wait three thousand years to finally fall in love. He spent two thousand years searching for her, but then she found him, awaking him from death. Unfortunately, she was engaged to another, and Alrekur had to wait another eighty years. Finally, he won her over and they got their happily ever after...except that it won't be that easy...Categorized as:
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Gifts of the Goddess: Telepathic Clans #1-5 by B.R. Kingsolver
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Telepathic Clans Saga, complete 5-book series, uncut and unabridged in one volume. Over 1300 print pages. The Succubus Gift Succubus Unleashed Broken Dolls Succubus Rising Succubus Ascendant Warning: The characters in this book are sex-positive feminists. ------------------------- The Succubus Gift, Book 1 of the Telepathic Clans Saga...Categorized as:
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Garden of Snakes by Keary Taylor
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsElle has survived twenty-three years as a human surrounded by vampires, but her mortality has never been a disadvantage until now. Trapped in a basement, she’s waited to make her escape and get home to Boston.There will be no forgiveness for what Charles Allaway has done, this is the end of his House, and Ian and the House of Martials won’t rest until he’s dead... -
Federal Agents of Magic Boxed Set 1 - Urban Fantasy Action Adventure: Magic Ops, Agents of Mayhem, Counter Ops, Agents of Chaos by T.R. Cameron, Martha Carr
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFBI Agent Diana Sheen is an agent with a secret... Find out her secret in this 4-book boxed set full of action, intrigue, and tons of magic! Magic Ops: …she carries a badge and a troll, along with a little magic. But her Most Wanted List is going to take a little extra effort... -
Witching Hour by Bradford Bates, T.S. Paul
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat would you do if you lost it all? Rebecca was your not so normal everyday college kid. School was almost over, and that meant she would start training to take over her mother's coven. That didn't mean she wanted to, but she had years of brutal training to endure before she would be shackled by that responsibility. Hopefully, years where she wasn't forced to live at home like she was now... -
Magic Street Boogie by T.R. Cameron, Martha Carr
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJustice in New Orleans has a new champion and she’s packing magic. Meet Cali, a not so average college student and her crew.A mysterious stranger, a mild-mannered Dwarven bartender and the magical creature who’s adopted her.Cali had life all figured out till three revelations change everything.One. An escaped prisoner shows her the underbelly of her city.Two...Categorized as:
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A Haunting at Dixie House by M.L. Bullock
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Gulf Coast Paranormal Team Investigates Dixie House!What will their investigation reveal? The Gulf Coast Paranormal team's new client is someone the team knows! Sierra and Joshua have surprising news, and Cassidy and Midas aren't letting anything come between them...
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