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Vampire Academy: The Ultimate Guide by Michelle Rowen, Richelle Mead
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsPrepare to be Tested.The story that kicked off the international #1 bestselling Vampire Academy series is NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE... -
Witches Brew by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 24 ratings***OVER ONE MILLION READERS HAVE BEEN PLEASURED BY THE TEMPLE VERSE NOVELS. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN…*** Fae are missing all over Boston, and apparently, no one else is suicidal enough to look into it. Good thing Quinn MacKenna—black magic arms dealer and Fae half-breed—has been searching for a way to earn back some of Boston’s goodwill after almost destroying the city…twice... -
Moscow Mule by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsQuinn MacKenna is on the warpath to save her bartender. Bear-tender…whatever.And it might just break Russia.In every person’s life there comes a point where well-meaning people mutter empty Hallmark Card platitudes like “it’s all downhill from here,” or “the only way to go now is up.”For Quinn, black magic arms dealer and potential Fae royalty, that time is now... -
The Blood by Z.W. Taylor
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt took one bite to change her life forever. Now Charlotte has found herself in the middle of a war that has been brewing for longer than anyone could have imagined. And it's all in the blood...Join them as they race against time to try and solve the mystery that could destroy or deliver them from this horrible bloody mess... -
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Dead Statues by Tim O'Rourke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWith the Skin-walkers closing in, Kiera and her friends flee across the English countryside. Learning Potter has been keeping secrets from her, Kiera makes the painful decision to split from the group and leave her friends behind to go in search of her father... -
Demons Forever by Sarra Cannon
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThis is an alternate cover edition for B00ARI22MY Harper has come so far from her life as a foster child. She never imagined what her future would hold when she was first brought to the small town of Peachville. Since that day she’s faced great evil, found some of the answers she’s been looking for, and fallen deeply, madly in love... -
The Foul Mouth and the Mancy Martial Artist by Richard Raley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy name is King Henry Price. Yes, really. You'd think you'd be over that one by now. I'm the only freelance Artificer in the Western Hemisphere, crafting and experimenting to make objects of unique magical power. I'm also a geomancer, means I'm good at breaking metal, glass, and all the other important parts that keeps that box-like house over your head and not crashing down on it... -
Dead Water by Tim O'Rourke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith Sam and Kayla missing, Kiera, Potter and Murphy head for the Dead Waters. Here they hope to find their missing friends and the answers to why their flesh keeps cracking like that of a statue. Knowing Potter has lied to her, Kiera is struggling with her feelings for him. Therefore, Kiera tries to keep Potter at a distance, scared that she might get hurt again... -
Dark Angel by Kim Richardson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLucian, the first of the fallen archdemons, is a cosmic douche. And he's looking for me. Swell.Without the mark of an archangel, I have no protection against his dark gift. He wants to use me as his puppet, but I'm no one's puppet.The archdemon is up to something. I can feel it. Something really big and equally evil. And he'll stop at nothing until he gets what he wants... -
Forgotten Darkness by Sarra Cannon
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsCan love forget?The battle against the emerald priestess turned the peace at Brighton Manor into ashes. Lea and Aerden are prisoners in the King’s City. Jackson is out of his mind with grief and anger. And Harper—the one who once united them all—is gone... -
Dead Angels by Tim O'Rourke
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFleeing Hallowed Manor and being hunted by the Skinwalkers, Kiera and her friends take shelter from a storm in a deserted railway station set in a remote valley. As they spend the night hiding from those who are hunting them, Isidor tells his friends a story about how he had come across the word PUSH some years before on his first journeys above ground... -
Midnight Mage by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe put a spell on me...Or at least he must have, because none of this makes any sense. None of this can be real. I’m not a mage with magical powers…I’m just me. Ellie Sutton. Your average, everyday seventeen-year-old high school human student. My biggest concerns are bullies, failed exams, and missing the express subway twice in one day... -
The Demon Accords Compendium, Volume 2: Stories from the Demons Accords Universe by John Conroe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsVolume 2. Four more stories set in Amazon bestselling author John Conroe's Demon Accords universe: the mind of a mind reader, babysitting the supernatural, packing up, and what's it like to be a queen. More fun for fans of the Accords with set up for the series story arc... -
Strange Fate by L.J. Smith
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSarah Strange is a normal teenager with annoying siblings and a crush on two boys, Mal and Kierlan, who happen to be her best friends. But Sarah also has visions of a place where dragons darken the sky and feast on humans. When Sarah confides in Mal and Kierlan about her visions, she discovers her friends are not who they seem. They are part of the Night World... -
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The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 65 ratingsSaving the world is a test no school of magic can prepare you for in the triumphant conclusion to the New York Times bestselling trilogy that began with A Deadly Education and The Last Graduate.Almost singlehandedly--although backed by an increasingly large cadre of genuine friends--El has changed the nature of the Scholomance forever... -
Cast in Godfire by S.M. Reine
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMarion is tearing the world apart at the seams. The Voice of God--the woman God loves--needs to be stopped, but Seth isn't prepared to be the only one who can take her down. The final chapter in New York Times Bestselling Author SM Reine's Mage Craft series... -
Rebel Unicorn by Brogan Thomas
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHer heart is broken, and her wrath is boiling over. Will she atone for her violence or fall to darkness? Tru Dennison is tired of being judged a freak. Sick of monstrous villains wreaking havoc and mayhem on her city, the half-unicorn, half-vampire shifter channels her energy into an undercover role as a black-ops assassin... -
The Foul Mouth and the Cat Killing Coyotes by Richard Raley
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKing Henry Price, honored and learned graduate of the Institution of Elements, has settled back into his normal life, running his Artificer shop, creating new designs, selling old ones, and ignoring the occasional explosion when testing goes haywire. He's been minding his own business.. -
Out for Blood by Alyxandra Harvey
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHunter Wild is the youngest in a long line of elite vampire hunters, a legacy that is both a blessing and a curse at the secret Helios-Ra Academy, where she excels at just about everything... -
Mark of Fate by W.J. May
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsMark of Fate is the 9th Book of W.J. May's bestselling series, The Chronicles of Kerrigan. Rae Kerrigan has proven herself a vital asset to the Privy Council and yet, they still question her loyalty. Back in London, Rae returns to find that everything isn't exactly as it seems... -
Spell Bond: More Tales From the Old World by Melissa F. Olson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe ties that bind are even stronger when magic is involved. These eight all-new tales run in between and alongside the main Old World novels, allowing fan favorites to take center stage and exploring the deep bonds between allies and frenemies.Ride along with vampire ranch hand Wyatt for a night in "The Cowboy," and join Lily as she experiments with forbidden magic in "The Witching Hour... -
Someone Should Save Her by Robert J. Crane, Lauren Harper
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCassie Howell has had a close encounter with a vampire stalker and barely come out alive. Trauma of the event behind her, she has finally settled into a normal routine – school, homework, friends, dealing with her parents. Until a gang of vampires starts to terrorize her neighbor, Laura... -
Smoke Show by D.N. Erikson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEmmy Davis, the world’s most famous fox shifter, went missing two years ago.And I’ve just been hired to find her.If only things were that simple. The cops have no leads. Other PIs haven’t fared any better. The trail is colder than an arctic winter. And to make matters worse, a mysterious creature from Javy Diaz's past has taken an alarming interest in the case... -
Curses & Blood by Kim Richardson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI thought my life was finally going my way. Boy, was I wrong.When a new job lands in my lap from the Dark Witch Court, with a very large paycheck, I take it. It should have been an easy gig. I was wrong again.Nothing is what it seems. When members of the Gray Council wind up dead, a new evil closes in and I find myself on a dangerous path... -
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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... -
Deliverance by Hunter Blain
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the beginning, John was given the choice to avenge his family or die alongside them. He made his decision and has been seeking redemption ever since... -
Cast in Hellfire by S.M. Reine
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMarion Garin is the teenage daughter of Metaraon, the former Voice of God. Now she's also the steward of the Winter Court, which has been in anarchy since a revolution five years earlier. Problem: Marion still doesn't remember anything that happened before two weeks ago. Seth Wilder has a lead on her memories. Whoever stole them and sold Marion's essence to a demon lord in Sheol... -
Fates and Furies by Raye Wagner
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Olympian gods cause nothing but chaos… Hope escaped the Underworld with her life, but her memories are as blank as the Book of the Fates she brought back. Still determined to break the curse, she and Xan take an offering to the Olympian temple to solicit the goddess Artemis for aid. But the petition has disastrous results, and now the gods are hunting her... -
Trials of the Vampire by Emma Glass
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMagic. Vampires. Fallen empires and dangerous prophecies. Fans of The Vampire Diaries, A Shade of a Vampire, and Twilight will be blown away by A Witch Between Worlds... A desperate attempt at salvation has brought tragedy to Stonehold Castle. Clara Blackwell sleeps an unnatural sleep, led deeper into her dreams by a figure from her past... -
The War Mage by Orlando A. Sanchez
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHaunted. Despised. Feared. The Supernaturals are destroying humanity. Meet Tristan Montague. Leader of the elite group of mages known as the Ordarum. The war against the Supernaturals has raged for years and humanity is losing. When the Ordarum is given a suicide mission to recover an artifact that can end the war and hand victory to humanity-Tristan takes it, knowing it may be his last... -
Haunted by Jeffrey J. Mariotte
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll Cordelia has to do to win a ton of money on a TV show is to spend a week in a haunted house, surviving all kinds of evil doings staged by the producers. But this is in fact the staging ground for real live sacrifice to a demonic presence... -
Third Strike by Heather Brewer, Z Brewer
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHeather Brewer, the New York Times bestselling author of THE CHRONICLES OF VLADIMIR TOD, brings this spin-off series to a thrilling conclusion. All secrets will be revealed as Slayer Joss McMillan tracks a murderous vampire terrorizing his hometown of Santa Clara...Categorized as:
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The Resurrection by Julie Plec
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFamily is power. The Original Vampire family swore it to each other a thousand years ago. They pledged to remain together always and forever. But even when you're immortal, promises are hard to keep. Klaus, Elijah and Rebekah Mikaelson had won it all, only to lose it again by 1788. Control of New Orleans is split between the vampires and the werewolves, much to Klaus's displeasure... -
Unbreakable by C.C. Hunter
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHe isn’t everything he says he is. He’s even more…Who is Chase Tallman, the newest member of Shadow Falls? What made him into the sexy, mysterious vampire he is today? And what led him to Della Tsang?Step back in time and unearth the secrets that haunt him. The secret of how he became a vampire—and how he knows so much about being reborn... -
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A Witch to Live by Glenn Bullion
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKevin always had one ability that set him apart from everyone else. Healing. He healed his classmate Rachel when they were six years old, even though it almost exposed him.He lost his parents after starting high school. Now a senior, he struggles to stay out of his sister’s way as she takes care of both of them. He sleeps on the couch in their one-bedroom apartment and walks to school... -
The Hunted by L.A. Banks
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsEach millennium brings a new Neteru, a vampire huntress whose mission is to vanquish evil from the world. This millennium's savior has come in the form of Damali Richards, a hip-hop diva with the heart of a warrior and an attitude to match. But a war in Hell has cost Damali both her powers and her past love, Carlos Rivera. Still, Damali can't let her grief stand in her way... -
By Darkness Revealed by Kevin O. McLaughlin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat can you do when the thing you hate most in the world is also the only thing which might keep you alive? ★★★★★Ryan Blackwell never wanted to have magical abilities. He'd rather leave them as far behind him as possible - and never look back! Arriving at the military college of Northshield University was supposed to be a chance to start over and build a new life for himself... -
Badlands Witch by Carrie Vaughn
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn brand-new stories spun off from the New York Times Bestselling Kitty Norville series, dark mysteries push the bounds of sanity. Cormac Bennett, ex-con and former bounty hunter, is a paranormal investigator with an edge: his partner is the disembodied spirit of a Victorian wizard, Amelia Parker. Together, they solve problems no one else can... -
The Vampire Rules by Michelle Madow
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDownload The Vampire Rules for FREE from BookFunnel ➜ https://dl.bookfunnel.com/akonrg1vwoBefore he was a vampire prince, he was just Jacen.As one of the most promising athletes in the country, Jacen has his life all mapped out for himself. Train hard, win worldwide swimming championships, and go for the gold in the next Olympics... -
Royal Blood by Debra Dunbar
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWinter weather can spell death for the homeless, but the bodies found on Baltimore’s streets aren’t homeless and they didn’t die from the cold... -
Corpselight by Angela Slatter
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife in Brisbane is never simple for those who walk between the worlds.Verity's all about protecting her city, but right now that's mostly running surveillance and handling the less exciting cases for the Weyrd Council – after all, it's hard to chase the bad guys through the streets of Brisbane when you're really, really pregnant... -
Dark Liaison by J.D. Brown
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEma Marx wishes her life would go back to normal, but there’s nothing normal about being a Romani-Vampyre with an ancestor who wants you dead. Apollyon is back, wreaking havoc on the lives of everyone she cares about while plotting her demise.Ema thought she would find a new best friend in her trainer, Bridget, until the exotic vampire vies for Jesu’s attention... -
Tether by Christina Garner
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings**Description Contains Book 2 Spoilers** Ember was only trying to keep a promise when she jumped into the demon world. But instead of saving Cole and his people, she found herself just as trapped as they are. She lives and learns with the Daemon survivors while the demon threat grows every day. Meanwhile Taren struggles with his guilt for not stopping Ember...Categorized as:
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The Witch Hunter by J.T. Lawrence, M.J. Kraus
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIs there ever a good time to face an old enemy? Everyone knows that witches have a flair for melodrama, and Jax has enough to deal with, without babysitting her old arch-rival, Isadora Crowe. But when the StarDust Coven bodies start showing up, Jax begins to believe that the High Priestess’s jeopardy is real... -
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True North by Tracy Wolff
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTrue North is a novella at the end of The Insiders Guide. It is set at the beginning of Covet and is from Hudson’s POV... -
The Return by Nicole R. Taylor
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsZac's afterlife is just going from bad to worse. He grew a heart only to have it torn out by the founding vampire, Arturius.Nobody is sure what he wants, but Zac doesn't want to know. He's more interested in finding a way to end him for good. But, it might just be that he's after Gabby, who's harbouring a secret of her own, one that Arturius would do anything for... -
Christmas Before the Magic by W.J. May
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLearn how it all began … before the magic of tatùs. When Argyle invites his best friend, Simon Kerrigan, home for the Christmas holidays, he wants to save Simon from staying at Guilder Boarding School on his own. Simon comes along and doesn’t expect to find much more excitement in the tiny Scottish town where Argyle’s family lives. Until he meets Beth, Argyle’s older sister... -
The Xander Years, Vol. 1 by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHaving a Y-chromosome in Sunnydale is never easy. But Buffy the vampire slayer's friend Xander seems to find extra trouble with the opposite sex. When he starts dating Cordelia, things seem to be working until she decides he's harming her social standing... -
Mated Exile by Lucy Auburn
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy return from exile was just the beginning.I've found out so much more. Discovered the truth that was hidden from me. But there are more secrets and lies...No spoilers!This new series about a rejected mate has action, adventure, romance, steam, and absolutely no choosing... -
Pas by S.M. Reine
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDeirdre Tombs is a Beta without her Alpha. Everton Stark is missing, just days in advance of the election to replace Rylie Gresham as leader of all North American shifters. She can’t control his allies anymore. She can’t win the election without him.Everything will be lost unless Deirdre can become a better monster than Stark...
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