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  • He Who Fights With Monsters 7 by Shirtaloon, Travis Deverell

    He Who Fights With Monsters 7 by Shirtaloon, Travis Deverell

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Jason arrives at a kingdom in peril and he's surprised to discover that it's not his job to save it.With the authorities fulfilling their responsibilities (for once), he looks forward to some quiet time to rest and recuperate.The locals might not find ceaseless monster onslaughts and an inter-dimensional invasion relaxing, but Jason has had a rough few years...
  • Anghellic by Shayne Silvers

    Anghellic by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Callie Penrose has taken over Castle Dracula all for herself, finally feeling like she has time to take a breath and relax. Until she learns that her new real estate acquisition comes with a few unsavory job perks, Nate Temple has been abducted, and Darling and Dear—the mysterious Armorers of the Apocalypse—have been hiding much more than even she suspected...
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    magic  adult  audiobook  book  coming-of-age  dark  demons  fiction
  • Gray Dawn by Hailey Edwards

    Gray Dawn by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Black Hat Bureau, Book 10In this tenth and final installment of The Black Hat Bureau series, Rue races the clock to find her little moth girl before it’s too late. As much as she wants to believe that Clay will protect Colby, he isn’t himself when he’s under the director’s thrall. And the director would toss a loinnir back like a shot of pure magic if he got his hands on her...
  • Badge of Honor by Hailey Edwards

    Badge of Honor by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The Epilogues: Part IHadley has worked her butt off to earn her title as Potentate of Atlanta. All that’s left for her is the gauntlet. A show of prowess for the citizens of Atlanta. A taste of what their new POA can do. She’s ready to dazzle them and bring home the prize.Until an old friend gets kidnapped. The price of his freedom? Her flunking the gauntlet...
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    magic  adult  audiobook  book  fae  fiction  ghosts  low-fantasy
  • Dangerous Ways by R.R. Virdi

    Dangerous Ways by R.R. Virdi

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    From the Dragon Award-nominated author, R.R. Virdi.Jonathan Hawthorne has lived over a century beholden to one rule: do not meddle in mortal affairs. He's broken it twice. So when he crosses paths with Cassidy Winters, he's forced to interfere again.Strike three. And the third time's not the charm.Hawthorne is swept along as Cassidy slips through the cracks in reality...
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    epic  magic  action-adventure  adult  book  female-mc  fiction  humor
  • Creepy Hollow 9 by Rachel Morgan

    Creepy Hollow 9 by Rachel Morgan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The fae world's biggest secret has been revealed ...Having escaped an Unseelie prince and a world of shadows, Emerson and Calla are now hunted by the Guild of Guardians. On the run, constantly trying to remain one step ahead, they must figure out how to find and rescue everyone the Guild has taken from them...
  • Second Term by Deacon Frost

    Second Term by Deacon Frost

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Levi has finished the first term on Taryl attending the Otherworld Academy. His break has been filled with working to correct his ignorance in the basics of magic. Now school is coming back into session and all of his friends are returning. Sadly, so are the people he wants to see least...
  • Lead Heart by Jane Washington

    Lead Heart by Jane Washington

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    An alternative cover edition of this ASIN can be found here.“The paint dripped off me like a liquid coat and I inhaled the toxic fumes, sucking the undiluted scent into my lungs. My pupils dilated as I sank into the vision of a pain so absolute, it went beyond pain. It should have rendered me unconscious, it should have affected my ability, it felt like it should have killed me...
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    epic  magic  abuse  age-gap  alpha-mc  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • A Faerie's Curse by Rachel Morgan

    A Faerie's Curse by Rachel Morgan

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.A witch’s curse. A world-ending prophecy. A daring rescue mission. Don’t miss the heart-pounding finale to Calla’s story! On the run from the Guild of Guardians, Calla Larkenwood and her team of fellow outlaws plan a daring rescue operation into the Seelie Court itself...
  • House of Royale by Jaymin Eve

    House of Royale by Jaymin Eve

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Avalon has always felt different and alone. The ocean, along with the friends she’s made under the water, is the only constant in her life. She comforts herself with the notion that alone is at least safe. There’s no one to hide her extraordinary abilities from, to hide her dreams of living beneath the crashing waves forever. Then Xander comes for her, reluctantly, judging by his snarly attitude...
  • A Faerie's Revenge by Rachel Morgan

    A Faerie's Revenge by Rachel Morgan

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Secrets define her past… Dangerous visions threaten her future… Framed for a crime she didn’t commit… Whom can she...
  • Forged by Vanessa Nelson

    Forged by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Blood may be thicker than water, but not all families are meant to stay together.Struggling to maintain her independence, and the life she has fought so hard to build, Max finally learns the truth about her own origins and her family.Max has no time to absorb the shocking news...
  • The Enchanted by K.B. Hoyle

    The Enchanted by K.B. Hoyle

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Darcy Pennington’s course was set long before she ever stepped foot in Alitheia, and when she returns for her fourth visit to the magical realm, she finds even more outside her control than ever before...
  • The Bone Whistle by K.B. Hoyle

    The Bone Whistle by K.B. Hoyle

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Darcy burned with the pain of knowing she’d failed. What happened when a prophecy didn’t come true? It must not have been much of a prophecy in the first place. And if they couldn’t trust in that, then they couldn’t trust in anything at all. Thrust back into Alitheia through unexpected means, Darcy winds up alone, scared, and without her recent memory...
  • Faded Luck by Mel Todd

    Faded Luck by Mel Todd

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For Cori Munroe, carrying a surrogate baby shouldn’t be any big deal. She’s got magic on her side, right? Wrong. Pregnancy is fritzing her magic, while she has to deal with a variety of work issues, up to and very much including a huge medal ceremony involving the United States and China for saving D.C. and China’s reputation. Then the Council of Lords wants her to represent Earth’s mages...
  • Moment of Truth by Hailey Edwards

    Moment of Truth by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Witches are marching down the streets, shifters are prowling the night, and portals to Faerie are popping up all over downtown.Hadley has one chance to save Atlanta, but it means trusting her dark side to get it done.The city will survive. She'll see to that...
  • Test Flight: Otherworld Academy 03 by Deacon Frost

    Test Flight: Otherworld Academy 03 by Deacon Frost

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Venture has taken flight and set off to explore the dimension of Taryl. Their trip should have been an easy one, traveling from town to town, instead they're facing monsters and mayhem at every turn...
  • Incubus Inc. III by Randi Darren

    Incubus Inc. III by Randi Darren

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    (Minor Spoiler and Warning at the bottom of the blurb. Please read all the way through.)Sameerixis, or Sam for those who actually know him, isn’t what you’d call normal.He had been a door-to-door salesman, of sorts.One that peddled wares, wishes, and whims to anyone willing to pay his prices.Except that life is gone now.His old business model had been modernized...
  • The Last Witch: Vol 3.5 by M.J. Lawrie

    The Last Witch: Vol 3.5 by M.J. Lawrie

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It's been six months since Lilly Hooper reunited with her family, friends, and magic.The Arcane Realm offers freedom and safety for all the witches who are rebuilding their lives and healing.But things are not as straightforward or as easy as they all hoped they would be...
  • Grimoires and Where to Find Them by Honor Raconteur

    Grimoires and Where to Find Them by Honor Raconteur

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    How do you catch an elusive thief?There is nothing more delightful than a bookfaire with his lady love. At least, until Henri learns that a grimoire belonging to the dangerous Reaper’s Set has been stolen without its protective box. When Henri and Jamie go looking for answers, they are horrified to discover more than one volume has been stolen without its protective box...
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    magic  adult  book  cozy  crime  female-mc  fiction  historical
  • Inferno by Donna Grant

    Inferno by Donna Grant

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Inferno is the explosive, most anticipated, final book in Donna Grant's Dark Kings series featuring Con, the King of the Dragon Kings!I knew what I wanted. And nothing was going to stop me.King of Dragon Kings. Driven, ruthless, shrewd. The weight of survival for Constantine and his brethren has pushed him to set aside his own yearnings—for now...
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    magic  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book  british-isles  dragons  europe
  • Inherited Luck by Mel Todd

    Inherited Luck by Mel Todd

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Magical house, insane killer, and life altering decisions—being an adult sucks.I did it, I've graduated and no more pressure. And I've got a house, me a house! Road trip time for Jo, Sable, and me up to Albany, New York. The house both is and isn't what I expected. Beautiful-yes. Locked rooms with mysterious stuff-yes. But it also seems alive, which isn't possible...
  • The Restorer's Son by Sharon Hinck

    The Restorer's Son by Sharon Hinck

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Chosen to save a people. Called to serve an enemy. Plunged again into the gray world of Lyric and Hazor, Susan and Mark search frantically for their teenage son, Jake, as all signs hint that a trusted ally has betrayed them. Assassins, political intrigue, false leads, and near misses beset their path, which will lead them into the dark prisons of Hazor before the One's purpose is revealed...
  • Glass Faerie by Rachel Morgan

    Glass Faerie by Rachel Morgan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.Emerson Clarke: Sarcastic. Independent. Possibly losing her mind.Because that’s the only explanation for why she occasionally sees things that aren’t there, right? But one night, an impossible power erupts from her, and Em realizes the truth is crazier than she ever thought: she isn’t losing her mind; she’s magical...
  • Raven House by Deacon Frost

    Raven House by Deacon Frost

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Levi Walker reached Taryl after a real bad day at college. An angry walk in the rain led to Truck-Kun and a quick trip to reincarnation. If dying wasn't bad enough, Levi wasn't off the hook for his higher education.Reborn on Taryl and sent to the Academy, Levi is expected to learn how to wield powerful magics...
  • Soul Eater by Lindsey Sparks

    Soul Eater by Lindsey Sparks

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Humans know that immortals live among them, and the world is forever changed...Kat Dubois saved the human world from a deadly virus…and she couldn’t be more miserable. Her life as she knew it is over. She has become a prisoner held captive in a gilded cage, courtesy of her newfound fame...
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    magic  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  horror  mystery  myths
  • Drafted Luck by Mel Todd

    Drafted Luck by Mel Todd

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Draft here I come, ready or not.Doctorate achieved! Now time to pay off my mandatory service obligation to the government. The same government that may, or may not, be trying to occasionally kill me. But hey a job is a good thing, right?I didn't expect it to be all rainbows and sprinkles, but neither did I envision being thrown in with a training group of misfits and potential criminals...
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    magic  action-adventure  adult  animals  book  cats  dragons  fiction
  • Hunted by K.F. Breene

    Hunted by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Book two in the Bestselling SeriesWith a new Chosen coming forward, Shanti has lost sight of her duty. With her plans unraveling, she does the only thing she can think of-- frees her brother and a mysterious stranger from a Graygual camp before heading back to beg for Cayan's aid.Unfortunately, that stranger was precious to the enemy, guarded by one of the elite...
  • The Oracle by K.B. Hoyle

    The Oracle by K.B. Hoyle

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A year ago Darcy Pennington would have laughed at the idea of magical worlds, prophecies, and talking animals, but everything changed when she visited Cedar Cove Family Camp and stumbled through a gateway. It is the summer before freshman year, and Darcy and her five friends have returned through the gateway to the world of Alitheia...
  • The White Thread by K.B. Hoyle

    The White Thread by K.B. Hoyle

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Darcy Pennington spent her freshman year agonizing over the sacrifice of her dear friend Yahto Veli, the nark who gave himself to the Oracle to set her free. But when she returns to Alitheia determined to rescue him, she soon comes to realize there's much more at stake than just the fate of her friend. Alitheia is in turmoil, and a new riddle from the Oracle hangs over their heads...
  • House of Leights by Jaymin Eve

    House of Leights by Jaymin Eve

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Maya has never had much to complain about. Sure, her parents are absent a lot, having important jobs in the government, but at the end of the day she has all the material possessions a girl could want. Not to mention a great best friend, and secure spot in the popular group at her school. Yet she can never shake the feeling of displacement...
  • Loyal Magic by Jenny Schwartz

    Loyal Magic by Jenny Schwartz

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ancient secrets and modern conspiracies swirl around Amy and her griffin partner, Istvan. The inaugural South Eastern Magisterial Circuit is underway and as Amy accompanies Istvan on his magisterial duties, she faces hostility she hadn’t expected. The Faerene of Atlanta aren’t happy that a human has magic, even if Amy has sworn hers to Istvan...
    Categorized as:
    magic  apocalyptic  book  contemporary  dragons  dystopia  fae  fiction
  • Blades of Accession by Breeana Puttroff

    Blades of Accession by Breeana Puttroff

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Peace has finally come to the kingdom of Philotheum, but now William, Quinn, Zander, and Linnea find themselves facing the biggest challenge of all: coming into their own as adults. Newly re-installed as queen, Quinn must learn how to manage not only her kingdom, but the challenging history of her bloodline...
  • Leaves of Revolution by Breeana Puttroff

    Leaves of Revolution by Breeana Puttroff

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Adapting to life in a new world would have been challenging in the best of circumstances, and Zander’s circumstances were anything but the best. Trapped in Deusterros with tragedy behind him and only the unknown before him, he wasn’t sure he would ever find his way back to the carefree teenager he’d been such a short time ago...
  • Pawsitively Swindled by Melissa Erin Jackson

    Pawsitively Swindled by Melissa Erin Jackson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Appearances can be deceiving.Amber Blackwood, Edgehill’s secret resident witch, recently found her parents’ grimoires and the powerful time spells within. The malevolent Penhallow clan has been ruthlessly seeking the grimoires so they can travel back in time to undo their clan’s cursed magic...
  • The Pilgrims of Rayne by D.J. MacHale

    The Pilgrims of Rayne by D.J. MacHale

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    When Bobby Pendragon first arrives on the tropical world of Ibara, he finds paradise. There is beauty all around and the people of Ibara are blissfully happy. It's not long before Bobby discovers, however, that they are also blissfully...oblivious...
  • Stolen Magic by D.N. Hoxa

    Stolen Magic by D.N. Hoxa

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The New York Shade is home to all kinds of supernaturals. It is a safe haven for all of us and it makes no exceptions. Until I did something to piss it off and now it doesn't like me. Bad smells at every turn, empty bags of food on my face, and you can forget all about shortcuts. I don't even know what I did wrong, but that's about to become the least of my problems...
  • Fates by C. Gockel

    Fates by C. Gockel

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Leader Who Rules Chaos, Rules the Realms… Two years ago Loki, God of Mischief and Chaos, destroyed a large chunk of Chicago’s financial district and then vanished into thin air. He still has not been found. Odin, ruler of the Nine Realms, is desperate. To find Loki, he sends his son Thor on a dangerous quest to consult the all-seeing Norns. But Thor needs humanity’s help..
  • Underground by Lindsey Sparks

    Underground by Lindsey Sparks

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When immortals clash, mortals will pay the ultimate price. Kat Dubois has been sidelined. With a single word from Heru—no—her plans to save humanity from the Cascade Virus one mortal at a time are put on hold indefinitely. But Kat isn't willing to sit by, watching the world as she knows it crumble around her...
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    magic  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  horror  mystery  myths
  • Asgard Awakening by Blaise Corvin

    Asgard Awakening by Blaise Corvin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After years of slavery, subjected to torments of body and spirit by the inhuman Kin, Travis Sterling can barely recall his old life. Memories of Earth, and of disappointing his family barely seem real anymore. But even without the occasional voice in his head, Trav knows he’s different...
  • Queen Witch by Amy Boyles, Angela Dawe

    Queen Witch by Amy Boyles, Angela Dawe

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Dylan Apel just wants to run her dress-design shop, spend time with sexy witch detective Roman Bane, and do her best to keep her crazy family out of trouble...
  • Adventure Capital by Blaise Corvin

    Adventure Capital by Blaise Corvin

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    By working together, Henry Sato and Jason Booth have managed to survive their unwanted trip to Ludus, an experiment planet. However, Delvers LLC has made some enemies...if monsters, bandits, mages, criminals, bounty hunters, and even dark cults can be called, "some enemies." After their latest battle, the two have been separated and must adapt or die...
  • Obligations Incurred by Blaise Corvin

    Obligations Incurred by Blaise Corvin

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Henry and Jason somehow survived being kidnapped to Ludus, a monster-filled sword-and-sorcery world. They managed to make friends, pay their rent, and they even founded their own adventuring business, Delvers LLC. Unfortunately, by overcoming the odds and creating a reputation for themselves in such short time, monarchs and nobles have taken notice of the two men from Earth...
  • Misfit Hunt by Stephanie Foxe

    Misfit Hunt by Stephanie Foxe

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The prophecy was clear: break the curse before magic is purged from the world, or lose everything.Amber wanted nothing more than to keep her pack safe, but that is no longer an option. They are outnumbered. Two steps behind. And the clock is ticking.They must fight back.But they can’t do it alone...
    Categorized as:
    magic  adult  angels  audiobook  book  demons  fae  fiction
  • Warriors by C. Gockel

    Warriors by C. Gockel

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    ~ The Continuation of the USA Today Bestselling Series ~When science meets Chaos, what could go wrong?Bohdi Patel is keeping the revelation that he is Chaos incarnate a secret, and handling the revelation about as well as one would expect. He’s in a downward spiral: losing his lease, totaling his car, and trying to keep everyone he cares about at arm's length...
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    epic  magic  action-adventure  adult  aliens  audiobook  book  europe
  • Incubus Inc. II by Randi Darren

    Incubus Inc. II by Randi Darren

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    ((Minor Spoiler and Warning at the bottom of the blurb. Please read all the way through.))Sameerixis, or Sam for those who actually know him, isn’t what you’d call normal.He had been a door-to-door salesman, of sorts. One that peddled wares, wishes, and whims to anyone willing to pay his prices.Except that life is gone now.His old business model had been modernized...
  • Iron's Prophecy by Julie Kagawa

    Iron's Prophecy by Julie Kagawa

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Meghan Chase is finally getting used to being the Iron Queen, ruler of the Iron Fey. Her life may be strange, but with former Winter prince Ash by her side at last, she wouldn’t have it any other way...
  • The Stranger by Max Frei

    The Stranger by Max Frei

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    The millions-selling fantasy epic of the new Russian literary icon-a freeloading freebooter who finds a new home in a magical world Max Frei's novels have been a literary sensation in Russia since their debut in 1996, and have swept the fantasy world over. Presented here in English for the first time, The Stranger will strike a chord with readers of all stripes...
  • The Quillan Games by D.J. MacHale

    The Quillan Games by D.J. MacHale

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    LET THE GAMES BEGIN....Quillan is a territory on the verge of destruction. The people have lost control of their own future and must struggle simply to survive. The only chance they have of finding a better life is by playing the Quillan Games. Hosted by a strange pair of game masters, Veego and LaBerge, the games are a mix of sport and combat...
  • The Talisman by Stephen King, Peter Straub

    The Talisman by Stephen King, Peter Straub

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 66 ratings
    On a brisk autumn day, a twelve-year-old boy stands on the shores of the gray Atlantic, near a silent amusement park and a fading ocean resort called the Alhambra. The past has driven Jack Sawyer here: his father is gone, his mother is dying, and the world no longer makes sense. But for Jack everything is about to change...
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