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Saviour of the Pack by Heather G. Harris
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMy mum told me I could be anything I wanted to be – and it turns out that I want to be an alpha werewolf. I’m finally starting to get a hang of this alpha malarkey when destiny sticks her oar in once again.There’s a prophecy about me, and it’s time for me to find out what it says... -
Necromancy in New Orleans by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYe screw with this lass, ye get put on yer ass.When the magical energy of New Orleans redlines, Team Trouble responds.Caught between three hostile factions of empowered citizens—witches, wolves, and vampires—we scramble to figure out who’s leaving bodies littered around the French Quarter.Navigating the crypts, catacombs, and a cagey council doesn't go our way.Big Easy my ass...Categorized as:
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Wizard Under Fire by Jim Butcher
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsContains Proven Guilty and White Night... -
Captive Souls by Wendy Wang
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTaken in the night.Kidnapped for her light.Keeley Moore is just trying to survive.After thirteen-year-old Keeley Moore disappears during a camping trip with her parents, psychic Charlie Payne is invited to work the case by the local deputy. But the connection Charlie makes with the girl is a gossamer thread... -
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Enduring Spirits: Witches of Palmetto Point Book 10 by Wendy Wang
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGhosts are really bad at personal boundaries...And so is her familyIt’s been a long year for Charlie Payne…and it’s only April. After her near-death experience a few months ago, she’s on the road to recovery, healing her energy. But reconnecting with the spirit world has its drawbacks. Every needy spirit within a hundred-mile radius seems to show up when she least expects it... -
Shadow Hunt by Melissa F. Olson
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsFor years now, Scarlett Bernard has counted on two things: her ability to nullify magic, and Shadow, the bargest who guards Scarlett with her life. But after a sudden revelation turns Scarlett’s world upside down, she panics and leaves town without warning, leaving Shadow with her partner, Jesse. In the chaos that follows, the bargest is stolen—and Jesse nearly dies from a brutal psychic assault... -
Graveyards, Visions, and Other Things That Byte by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe warriors have fallen. And those they previously protected must now band together to keep the invaders at bay. Mory, a young necromancer; Rochelle, a pregnant oracle; and Jasmine, a fledgling vampire, will do whatever it takes, whatever the cost, to prevent the fated future from unfolding. Even if that means they must become warriors themselves... -
Mermaid Mimosa by Gina LaManna
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen the king of the mermaids is poisoned, Lily is called to help with a problem she’s never faced before—one beneath the surface of the water. As she sets about creating a potion to save his life, however, she realizes this is only one part of a much, much larger problem... -
Queen of Diamonds by Mark Henwick
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA wild ride of Special Ops attacks, unwinnable werewolf challenges, terrifying magical powers, insane Athanate politics and the discovery of a fanatic, anti-paranormal cult. Amber has to race from the Mexican desert to the swamps of Louisiana to battle past mutant shifters, and make ill-considered alliances with old enemies to take on an evil witch queen...Categorized as:
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Storm Blood by Orlando A. Sanchez
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHow do you destroy a god? Power…overwhelming power.With Mahnes defeated, Monty & Simon must now face the entity behind the attacks.They must face one of the old gods…Chaos.There’s only one slight problem—they aren’t strong enough.When every strategy devised requires more power, Monty realizes he must make a potentially lethal choice: accelerate the shift to Archmage... -
Bullets & Blades by Orlando A. Sanchez
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSometimes magic doesn’t get the point across. Sometimes the point of a blade is required. After unleashing the power of the neutralizer, Tristan finds himself without the ability to cast magic. Assured this is a temporary condition, Tristan and Simon decide it’s the perfect opportunity to take some much needed time off. That is until a group of dark mages enters the city looking for Master Yat... -
Artifacts, Dragons, and Other Lethal Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge, Caitlin Davies
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI wasn't even remotely interested in collecting the third instrument of assassination. It was far better for everyone involved-and Warner, specifically-if I just let it be. And since I was the only one who could retrieve the artifacts, I figured it was my call to make. I was wrong. And while that wasn't unusual, I was just so so wrong about everything... -
Mirrors of Time by Juliette Harper
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNOTE: This expanded version of Mirrors of Time includes the material previously published as the novel To Love a Witch. Time. The Fourth Realm. Is it a discovery or a trap? Seconds away from making a clean getaway to a fantasy honeymoon in Paris with Lucas, Jinx gets sucked down a time-bending portal tunnel — with Glory... -
Devil's Snare by Wendy Wang
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSometimes the dead need the living to survive. Psychic Charlie Payne has been busy raising her son, helping the local deputy solve the worst of his cases, and accepting her birthright as a witch. When her cousins suggest combining a girl's week in the mountains with her induction into their coven, she jumps at the chance for a break... -
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To Haunt a Witch by Juliette Harper
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsStill recovering from their adventure into the Middle Realm, Jinx, Tori, and the gang have settled down to enjoy some "normal" time in Briar Hollow. Then Cezar Ionescu walks in the front door asking for a favor. An abandoned house owned by the local Strigoi clan is attracting the attention of the Haunted Briar Hollow web series... -
The Amulet of Caorunn: A Jinx Hamilton Adventure Book 7 (The Jinx Hamilton Mysteries) by Juliette Harper
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCreavit wizard Irenaeus Chesterfield is back, with a bigger, badder plan to go after Jinx and company. In the weeks leading up to Christmas, Jinx starts having dream visions about the mysterious Amulet of Caorunn. Trying to get more details, she and Tori try a dicey double enchantment with shocking results... -
Paws of the Yeti by Steve Higgs
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe paranormal? It’s all nonsense, but proving it might get him killed. When he is called to investigate a Yeti attack in the French Alps, Tempest Michaels is certain it will just be another fool in a costume - He’s going to solve the case in five minutes and spend a few days skiing. Yay! Guess again. The mountain, the locals, and above all, the Yeti, have other plans in mind... -
Boundary Haunted by Melissa F. Olson
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsMonths after her battles in Wyoming, Allison “Lex” Luther is still struggling with the aftereffects of the psychic attack she suffered—and with the new developments in her own magic.Then Lex’s boss, the cardinal vampire of Colorado, passes along a strange request from her counterpart in Atlanta... -
Witch on First by Juliette Harper
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJinx Hamilton walks out the front door of her store in Briar Hollow on a Sunday morning only to find her werecat neighbor and boyfriend, Chase McGregor, staring at a dead man. Under the best of circumstances, a corpse complicates things, but Jinx has other problems... -
Wonder by Cameron Jace
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEver Wondered... Who You Really Are? Alice Wonder gets an offer from a Wonderland Monster. A little help to locate the Six Impossible Keys in exchange of knowing who she really is and why she killed her classmates in the school bus. Alice agrees, knowing the consequences might put the whole world in danger.One step into the truth, she realizes she needs the Pillar for help... -
Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children Boxed Set (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #1-3) by Ransom Riggs
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe New York Times #1 best selling series Includes 3 hardcover novels by Ransom Riggs and 12 collectible peculiar photographs. The movie adaptation of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is in theaters December 2016...Categorized as:
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Witch is How The Tables Turned by Adele Abbott
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOne good turn… Someone very dear to Jill has gone missing, and the clock is ticking. Meanwhile a new friend may not be what they seem. …deserves another custard cream... -
The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 74 ratingsThe #1 New York Times bestselling series finale and sequel to A Discovery of Witches and Shadow of NightBringing the magic and suspense of the All Souls Trilogy to a deeply satisfying conclusion, this highly anticipated finale went straight to #1 on the New York Times bestseller list...Categorized as:
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The Witches Ladder: Witches of Palmetto Point Book 4 by Wendy Wang
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSome Spells Should Never Be Cast Charlie Payne has been busy learning to master her magical abilities with mixed results. Unfortunately, there’s no time to get discouraged because a rash of ghosts keeps showing up looking for Charlie's help when she least expects it... -
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Wardens of Wisteria by Angela Pepper
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsZara Riddle is used to being woken up in the middle of the night by magical creatures. Being a witch is incredibly fun, but it does have a few drawbacks. Zara's powers make her appealing to the recently deceased, who are always showing up seeking her help... -
A Dead End Christmas by Alyssa Day
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt’s Christmas time in Dead End.And this year Santa’s bringing … murder!Join Tess, Jack, and the gang for the craziest Christmas since Fluffy the taxidermied alligator was still alive and got into Otis’s moonshine.Because in Dead End, that reindeer you thought you saw might have been Bigfoot in disguise … and you never, ever want to see elves... -
Brewing Trouble by Christine Gael
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter barely escaping the business end of the hangman’s noose, Cricket Hawthorne wants nothing more than to forget it all...Maude the magical typewriter, Zoe’s stolen cauldron, Patrick the betrayer, and definitely the witch-hating, robe-wearing cult who tried to end her. Unfortunately, pressing the reboot button isn’t an option... -
Determined is Her Path by Judith Berens
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat do a few stolen books have to do with the end of life as we know it? More than you would think.Drow princess Alison Brownstone begins her senior year ready to finally graduate and start her new life, fully trained and ready to kick ass... -
Boundary Broken by Melissa F. Olson
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsYears ago, boundary witch Allison “Lex” Luther made a promise to an alpha werewolf. Now, just when the supernatural community in Colorado is enjoying a period of hard-won peace, the alpha turns up at Lex’s door to call in his marker. Two of his pack members have disappeared in the Colorado sand dunes, and he needs safe passage to hunt for them... -
Shadows, Maps, and Other Ancient Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI had new cupcakes to bake, a new treasure to hunt, and a new dragon in town — literally. Who wouldn’t be ecstatic filling their days with chocolate, trinket collecting, and martial arts training? Yeah … me. Because no matter how much chocolate I ate, I couldn’t fill the dark pit in my soul. A darkness born from blood alchemy... -
Maps, Artifacts, and Other Arcane Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOne treasure down, two to go … Three months ago, I nearly lost my best friend while retrieving the first instrument of assassination. I also inadvertently released a rival who was definitely unhinged, way more powerful than me, and obsessed with harnessing the deadly power of the artifacts I’d been tasked by the guardian dragons to collect... -
Treasures, Demons, and Other Black Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsI hadn’t set foot in the human world for more than a few hours in over three and a half months. Sure, I was stronger and faster than I’d ever been before, and I had a shiny new sword, but I was seriously chocolate deprived. I don’t recommend quitting cold turkey. And the new sword was a problem — to my mind, anyway... -
Witch Is When The Hammer Fell by Adele Abbott
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDon’t bite the hand… The colonel is dead, and Jill’s brother-in-law, Peter, is the prime suspect. But that’s the least of Jill’s problems when Winky reveals devastating news. …that feeds you custard creams... -
Soulfire by Annabel Chase, A. Blythe
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAlternate cover for this ASIN can be found hereThe final book in the Magic Bullet series is here... Alyse Winters never thought she could hack life as a human. With her friends by her side, though, she feels more powerful than ever before. When a PAN asset turns up dead on her doorstep, it sets off a chain of events no one expects, least of all Alyse... -
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Witches Wild by Yasmine Galenorn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan you ever really trust ghosts from your past? As the mist rolls off the ocean and into Bedlam, October brings with it all manner of haunts and spooks. But the mist doesn’t arrive alone. Fata Morgana returns from the depths of the ocean, bringing with her a message. One of the ancient vampires has risen. He’s coming for Maddy, and he’ll eliminate anybody who stands in his way... -
Black to Dust by J.C. Andrijeski
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“It’s good,” he pronounced. “We need one like you. You need a ghost to fight a dead man.” Black finds himself out in the New Mexico desert, where an old war buddy of his needs his help with a rash of murders plaguing his small reservation town. At first it appears to be a pretty cut and dried case of supernatural infestation... -
Old Bones by Alexie Aaron
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEvery family has a few skeletons in their closet.Meeting the future in-laws has Mia in a panic. She’d rather face a hoard of marauding ghosts than make polite conversation with the 150 relatives and friends that have arrived to check her out."If you are reading this then I, Giuseppe Basso, am dead. I have been murdered... -
The Ferryman by Wendy Saunders
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Guardians Series 1: Book 2 Olivia has been left reeling from one shock after another. Betrayed by her family and still trying to piece together the broken strands of her life, she and Theo must also figure out how to stop Nathaniel, the demon from seventeenth century Salem, who has been let loose on the unsuspecting town of Mercy...Categorized as:
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Mom’s The Word by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMagical medieval artifacts are on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. They are the perfect target for magical thieves.Look out Lucy Heron. It’s not the usual menace looking to steal a strange magical crown.Good thing Lucy and the Silver Griffins are on the case.Meanwhile, the Underfoot Brigade are on a case of their own. Monsters are in the underground tunnels. Time to find out why... -
Rogue Mom by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHas anyone noticed Los Angeles is going to the monsters?The City of Angels is under attack and the Silver Griffins are calling all agents.What monster is making the rounds and threatening to expose magic?Mr. No has returned and is invading dreams. The sinister Dwarf has figured out how to sap away magicals’ dreams and aspirations... -
Mountain Echoes by C.E. Murphy
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsYou can never go home again.Joanne Walker has survived an encounter with the Master at great personal cost, but now her father is missing - stolen from the timeline. She must finally return to North Carolina to find him - and to meet Aidan, the son she left behind long ago...Categorized as:
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In Plain Sight by Dan Willis
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWhen a magical plague is released in a Depression-era New York soup kitchen, private detective Alex Lockerby finds himself in a desperate hunt to catch a madman before he can strike again.His investigations lead Alex to a famous thief, a daring heist, and the search for a mythic book of ancient magic, but none of that brings him any closer to finding the man responsible for the massacre...Categorized as:
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Scarred Resolve by K.N. Banet
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI thought I would have time to heal from the loss of Fenris and everything that happened in Germany. The world had different plans.After a mysterious phone call and a secret meeting, I need to get the help of my family to deal with what comes next. With two dead humans already, the unknown werecat that killed them must be tracked down and put down. There’s no coming back from the Last Change... -
The Shadows of Dark Root by April Aasheim
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom The Wandering Witch (circa 1892) In the beginning there was only darkness. And then the Goddess, in her infinite wisdom, gave us light. But in those moments when she separated the light from the darkness, she created shadow. Formed by her divine hands, the shadow grew. And grew. Larger than our own world and without the limitations... -
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The Curse of Dark Root: Part Two by April Aasheim
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings***Welcome to Dark Root: The Most Haunted Town in The Pacific Northwest.*** Things are tough in Dark Root. Shane is missing and presumed dead. Julianna Benbridge is haunting the town. And the mysterious curse has tightened its grip on Maggie. The clock is ticking down and its not looking good... -
Magical Mayhem by Lucía Ashta
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNot a day over fabulous.Marla figured returning to her small hometown would be the start of a simple life—albeit one with magic.She figured wrong.Magic was part of the deal, but the new role assigned to her wasn’t. What does she know about detecting?Nothing at all, a fact made plainly obvious during her first day on the job... -
Made in the Shade by Deborah Wilde
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsMiriam Feldman’s got a murder to solve, a mouthy golem to corral, and her name to clear. Quite frankly, she’s swamped.My new gig as a fixer for the magic community is a lot like being a full-time mom to someone else’s kids… they get annoying faster but don’t respond to guilt trips... -
Morrigan's Cross by Nora Roberts
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsListening Length: 11 hours, 43 minutesNumber-one New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts delivers an extraordinary new trilogy—an epic tale that breaks down the boundaries between reality and the otherworldly, while forging together the passions of the men and women caught in a battle for the fate of humanity ..Categorized as:
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Orphan Witch by Judith Berens, Martha Carr
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSometimes the real monsters are those within your own family. Sometimes it takes an outsider like Raine to come to your rescue. Raine Campbell has survived her first semester at the School of Necessary Magic, but only just. Time to throw herself into her studies and get a better grasp on magic. No more close calls with spells.. -
The Long Chain by Dan Willis
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhen New York is blanketed in an unnatural fog, Private Detective Alex Lockerby finds himself on the trail of a missing scientist, a stolen military secret, and a merciless killer leaving a trail of bodies in their wake.In a city the size of New York, things go missing all the time. When a Nobel-Prize winning Chemist vanishes without a trace, his granddaughter taps Alex to find him...Categorized as:
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