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  • Daughter of the Dragon by Alicia Montgomery

    Daughter of the Dragon by Alicia Montgomery

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What's a girl to do when her heart gets broken? Fly halfway across the world, and hope digging for mummies will help her forget. At least that's what Deedee Creed does. But then a fierce sand storm sweeps her up and sends her straight into the bed of a hot prince...
  • Rebel Magic by Kim Richardson

    Rebel Magic by Kim Richardson

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My Aunt Beverly is getting married.I should be happy for her. Right? But I’m not. Because I know this Derrick character is bad news. Call it my witchy instincts, but I’m convinced something is seriously off with the guy. So how do I prove it to my aunt?The pressure is on as I only have four days to figure it out before the wedding—yes, four days until Beverly says, “I do,” to that slimy bastard...
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    magic  myths  paranormal  retellings  suspense  adult  book  demons
  • Walking The Razor by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Walking The Razor by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The brightest light casts the darkest shadow.Would you kill to save a life?In order to save those closest to him, Tristan has stepped closer to darkness.In order to save Tristan, Simon must do the impossible.When Monty uses blood magic, he enters a schism—which puts him, and everyone close to him, in mortal danger...
  • Archmage by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Archmage by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Monty and Simon emerged from Hell, they did so possessing the first of the five arcane runes—Mu.Divided between the two of them, the rune is the only way to stand against and defeat a Keeper of the Arcana.Keeper Gault has only one purpose the obliteration of Montague and Strong. After his second, Tellus, failed to capture the rune, Gault finds himself forced to take extreme measures...
  • Broken Magic by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Broken Magic by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed.Tristan Montague has had his ability to cast magic broken.When his confrontation with Edith and Verity leave him unable to access his magic, he must seek out another technique to regain his access.He must learn the Restoring Palm...
  • Lost Runes by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Lost Runes by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What some call lost, others call hidden..By returning to the foundations of the magical sects, Monty and Simon must locate one of the main sources of magic.The lost runes.There’s only one problem. The runes were never lost—they were hidden, kept away from mages and humanity because of the mind-numbing destructive power they contain.The Keepers of Arcana, who hid them, want them to remain that way...
  • Blood Lessons by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Blood Lessons by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The hardest lessons are taught in blood..The power unleashed during the Ascendance, lingers.After defeating the Revenant, Monty realizes Simon’s blood has been poisoned—tainted.Simon is slowly transforming. His body is harnessing dark magic in ways thought unimaginable.Now, Monty is faced with the hardest choice...
  • Wicked Warlock by Megan Montero

    Wicked Warlock by Megan Montero

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Only my power will rule them all...Death comes for us all...at least for now. My soulmate, Becket Dustwick, has been lost to a darkness inside him I don't understand and can't fight. The council's relentless violence has started a war within Evermore that I can't stop. And the walls around our world have fallen...
  • Power by Robert J. Crane

    Power by Robert J. Crane

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Sienna Nealon seems like a woman beaten. Imprisoned by her enemies, facing the extinction of her entire race, she is up against overwhelming odds. But overwhelming odds have never stopped her before...
  • Blood Rule by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Blood Rule by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She will teach them the meaning of fear—it will be the last thing they learn.Michiko Nakatomi, an ancient vampire and leader of the Dark Council, is missing. After giving up control of the blood blades—weapons designed to destroy supernaturals—the Dark Council challenged Michiko’s leadership…and her right to exist...
  • Rumpel's Prize by Marie Hall

    Rumpel's Prize by Marie Hall

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Imp, deceiver, villainous mastermind… Rumpelstiltskin’s been called all these names and more, and for the most part, they’re entirely true. But there is more to the brooding, blond haired Adonis than brokering deals for the devil. He’s hiding a terrible, hideous secret. One that threatens to fray the already delicate strands of his sanity and reason...
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    magic  myths  paranormal  retellings  adult  book  demons  fairy-tale
  • The Magekiller by Orlando A. Sanchez

    The Magekiller by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dead bodies are a problem. Dead mages are an invitation…to war. When dead mages appear in the city streets, Ronin must track down the killer. Disavowed from Division 13 and hunted by Tigris, Ronin faces overwhelming odds as the body count keeps rising...
  • The Hallowed Knight by Jenn Stark

    The Hallowed Knight by Jenn Stark

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The world is full of magical things... With a day job that requires her to hunt down psychics who use their metaphysical gifts as weapons, Tarot-reading Justice of the Arcana Council Sara Wilde has no time for fairy tales. So when her newest case pleads for her assistance against brownies, sprites, and pixie dust, she's more than ready to file it under "not a chance...
  • Portals of Infinity: Consequences by John Van Stry

    Portals of Infinity: Consequences by John Van Stry

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Still recovering from his two years in the void, life has been good to William. There's no wars on the horizon, everyone seems happy with the current state of affairs and the only thing on Will's mind is the upcoming wedding of his son, the crown prince. Until an attempt on his son's life signals an end to any hopes of tranquility...
  • Of Tainted Heart by Olivia Wildenstein, Katie Hayoz

    Of Tainted Heart by Olivia Wildenstein, Katie Hayoz

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ALL’S FAIR IN LOVE . . . AND MAGIC.SLATESomehow, we survived. It was supposed to be over. No more curses. No more magic. Just a calm, little life in Brume.For the first time ever, I’m ready for calm. So. Damn. Ready.Just so happens that the girl I love doesn’t like to leave things unfinished.Fine. So our little crew will assemble the Quatrefoil and bring magic back to the world...
  • Unleashed Magic: A Wizard in Bremen Part 2 by Steve Higgs

    Unleashed Magic: A Wizard in Bremen Part 2 by Steve Higgs

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    No one knows about them. No one is ready. The false gods are coming. In seven days, I have to surrender myself to a demon. That was what I agreed to. That was the price to rescue a teenage girl. What would you do with your last week? My plan to drink good whisky and relax got shot to hell within hours when the police, who hate me by the way, begged for my help...
  • Earth Bound by Jess Mountifield

    Earth Bound by Jess Mountifield

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Who is hunting who?With the Sanctuary under threat and the agency showing they’ll stop at nothing to detain mythicals and disappear them, Aella finds herself on the front lines once more. But this time the whole world is watching.Up against an agency director who appears to have unlimited resources and no hesitation in doctoring film and lying to make Aella look bad, she must be above reproach...
  • The Forgotten Goddess by Rebekah Sinclair

    The Forgotten Goddess by Rebekah Sinclair

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Library of Alexandria has been lost. The truth of history has been hidden from us. The God of War rules the earth, and we desperately need a savior.Rhea has always known she was different but never imagined that her secrets would lead her down a path of danger and adventure...
    Categorized as:
    myths  retellings  magic  suspense  paranormal  romance  fantasy  gods
  • The Day Of Darkness by Elisa S. Amore, Kiera Legend

    The Day Of Darkness by Elisa S. Amore, Kiera Legend

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Determined to restore order, Melany and her friends embark on a forbidden mission to find the Fates, coming face to face with a deadly new threat.After losing one of their own, they band together with others from the academy for a dangerous rescue, but they soon discover not everyone is an ally. Unfortunately, things go terribly wrong when Melany is labeled a murderer...
  • Shadow Kissed by Veronica Douglas

    Shadow Kissed by Veronica Douglas

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I released the Dark Wolf God. Now he’s using me.Last week, I defeated a monster hellbent on killing us all. I thought I was stopping a prophecy, but it turns out, the dark omens were about me all along.Now I’m destined to steal the souls of the pack—my pack—and help the Dark God bring destruction down on the world...
  • Hunted by Steve McHugh

    Hunted by Steve McHugh

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Cursed by witches centuries ago, Remy Roax was content with living his long life as a half-man/half-fox. But when he learned he had had undiscovered powers, he had no choice but to learn how to use them...
  • Family Ties  (Crossroads Chronicles, # 1) by B.R. Kingsolver

    Family Ties (Crossroads Chronicles, # 1) by B.R. Kingsolver

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When a man came into my shop in the Great Marketplace at the Crossroads of the Worlds and tried to kill me, it completely ruined my day. Not only did I have to clean up the blood, but disposing of his body made me late to meet my friends for drinks. A nagging little detail kept bugging me, though. As he died, he said he was hired by my mother’s family—people I hadn’t seen for more than a decade...
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    magic  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  fiction  supernatural  urban
  • 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...
  • The Four Nations Tournament by James E. Wisher

    The Four Nations Tournament by James E. Wisher

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Four Nations. One Champion. After a long Autumn, Conryu Koda is ready for a rest. His hopes are dashed when Chief Kane asks for another favor. Ratings are down for the Four Nations Tournament and having the world’s only male wizard participate is just the thing to give them a boost. An exhausted Conryu has no interest in playing in an event broadcast world wide...
  • The Awakening by James E. Wisher

    The Awakening by James E. Wisher

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Nothing has gone right for Conryu Koda since learning he’s a wizard. On his first day at The North American Alliance’s Arcane Academy he’s greeted by protestors and pelted with tomatoes. On the second day he nearly dies in a magical ritual. It’s all downhill from there...
  • Zero Dwarfs Given by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle

    Zero Dwarfs Given by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Johnny Walker figured out who killed his daughter fifteen years ago. The hard part will be bringing the monster to justice.Bounty Hunter style with his hound dogs by his side.But the assignments for the Level 6 bounty hunter keep pulling him away. The Feds want him to help a politician who got caught in the wrong places. A dark magical is using the naughty info against him...
    Categorized as:
    magic  myths  paranormal  retellings  suspense  adult  audiobook  book
  • The Grey God by Lizzy Ford

    The Grey God by Lizzy Ford

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    BOOK FOUR in the War of Gods series. The Grey God Darian can’t quite shake off the dark streak remaining after the thousands of years he spent enslaved by evil – or the memory of how the only woman he loved betrayed him. When given a second chance at life and love, Darian struggles to leave his past behind, before it destroys his future...
    Categorized as:
    magic  myths  paranormal  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  book  dangerous-mc
  • Let the Wind Rise by Shannon Messenger

    Let the Wind Rise by Shannon Messenger

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The breathtaking action and whirlwind adventure build to a climax in this thrilling conclusion to the “remarkably unpredictable” (BCCB) Sky Fall trilogy from the bestselling author of the Keeper of the Lost Cities series.Vane Weston is ready for battle. Against Raiden’s army. Against the slowly corrupting Gale Force. Even against his own peaceful nature as a Westerly...
  • Bangers & Mash: Paranormal Investigators of the Arcane by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Bangers & Mash: Paranormal Investigators of the Arcane by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When it’s all at risk and you’ve lost hope…don’t call them.You’ve been warned.Meet Robert Bangers & Steven Mash, Paranormal Investigators of the Arcane.When danger terrorizes the city, Bangers & Mash take it upon themselves to investigate, despite everyone advising against it.They won’t let common sense and the threat of a horrific creature capable of ripping them to shreds stop them...
  • Aftermath by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Aftermath by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Enter a new adventure set in the Montague & Strong World! Creatures are roaming the nights of the city and only nulls can face them. Meet Ursula Bjorn, werebear and Director of the Decons and Magical Nulls-Elite Division.When buildings and structures are being destroyed in her city, Ursula thinks it’s the work of Montague & Strong—the local duo of demolition...
  • Familiar Shadows by Taki Drake

    Familiar Shadows by Taki Drake

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Some days are just BAD. A couple of thousand feet in the air, hanging from eagle talons and bleeding out. Just a typical bad day for a rebellious cat. Meet Dascha, a perfect example of contrariness and smarts. This young Russian Blue is not interested in following the family business, at all! But a moment of inattention leads to danger and pain, and she is left with some hard decisions to make...
  • Broken Wolf by Stacy Claflin

    Broken Wolf by Stacy Claflin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The wolf essence stone-finding it could free werewolves from the curse of the moon. Or it could kill them all. Victoria has burned with "the fever" to find the stone since hearing about it. Hundreds of werewolves before her have died in the quest. That legacy doesn't deter her, though. She's willing to risk anything to find the stone and break the curse that forces them to shift every full moon...
  • Meta Marshal Service 2 by B.N. Miles

    Meta Marshal Service 2 by B.N. Miles

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Welcome to the Meta Marshal Service. Jared thought he craved an ordinary life. Clock in, do paperwork, clock out. He gave up magic, joined the Meta Marshal Service, and just wanted to be left alone...
    Categorized as:
    magic  myths  paranormal  retellings  adult  audiobook  book  fiction
  • Blood Ties by M.D. Massey

    Blood Ties by M.D. Massey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Best-selling urban fantasy and paranormal suspense author M.D...
  • Phoenix Rising by Lisa C. Morgan

    Phoenix Rising by Lisa C. Morgan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Maggie Henning has lived the last ten of her 16 years surrounded by the constant reminders of her father’s crime, but never knowing the truth behind it. One letter. One last visit to the psychiatric hospital. Just one night, and Maggie’s world changes forever. She is the last of an ancient race of protectors to a world filled with the creatures of myths, legends, and nightmares...
  • Shades of Fire & Ash by Ken Lange

    Shades of Fire & Ash by Ken Lange

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After surviving an unholy horde in New Mexico, Gavin Randall didn’t think things could get much worse, but the world he walked into eleven months ago grows more dangerous with each passing day. A new threat has surfaced in the form of fanatics hellbent on destroying him, his friends, and the Archive itself...
  • Raven by Stacey Rourke

    Raven by Stacey Rourke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An infamous love, destined nevermore, For death could not claim, the enchanting Lenore. Cursed by the malevolent spirit of the Headless Horseman, Ireland Crane ventures to Manhattan in search of a way to break her soul crushing bond. Instead, she discovers the lines between fact and fiction are blurring once more. Croaking ravens. Telltale hearts...
  • Blood Bound by M.D. Massey

    Blood Bound by M.D. Massey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A thieving slenderman… a dark wizard on a quest to save his favorite comic book store… and a zombie corgi with an axe to grind... Meet all these characters and more in the latest Junkyard Druid urban fantasy short story collection!Best-selling urban fantasy and paranormal suspense author M.D...
  • The Problem with Pixies by Kat Lapatovich Healy

    The Problem with Pixies by Kat Lapatovich Healy

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A pixie-infested farmhouse. A pain-in-the-butt familiar. A hunky lumberjack shifter.Not at all what a witch on the run like me expects to find in small-town Redbud, Indiana, but life’s been throwing me a bunch of curveballs lately. Most recently? Discovering a demonic curse on the family grimoire sucking the magic straight out of my coven’s hearts...
  • Queen of Night by Katherine Macdonald

    Queen of Night by Katherine Macdonald

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A Hades and Persephone Retelling The courts divided. A heart broken. A lover lost. Reeling from the loss of Hades, Persephone grudgingly takes on the mantle of Queen of the Underworld, a role she struggles to fill...
  • A Bullet Ballet: Tales of the Gatekeepers Book 1 by Orlando A. Sanchez

    A Bullet Ballet: Tales of the Gatekeepers Book 1 by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jericho Porter was done. Out. Retired.Porter had managed the impossible: retiring from the Gatekeepers…alive. Now, he was ready to slow down and live life on his terms. He was finally free.He was also mistaken.When Malkah Hafeez, an ex-lover and fellow Gatekeeper, calls in a favor, he knows he should refuse...
  • Dawn of Ash by Rebecca Ethington

    Dawn of Ash by Rebecca Ethington

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Underneath the deep red barrier Edmund has placed over the city, Prague is in ruins… Vilỳ hide in the darkened alleys, waiting to attack anyone who passes, while Edmund’s men roam the blood-soaked streets, scouring every crumbling building in a mad attempt to flush out Ilyan and his men. Among the danger, Ilyan and Joclyn are trapped, unable to leave the city...
  • Storm Kissed by Jessica Andersen

    Storm Kissed by Jessica Andersen

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dark forces stand poised to crush mankind beneath a vicious rule of terror and blood sacrifice. Our only hope rests with a group living in secret among us: modern magic-wielders called the Nightkeepers.Dez is no angel. The former gangbanger spent years in jail and alienated the love of his life, Reese Montana...
    Categorized as:
    magic  myths  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  demons  fiction
  • Shade Cursed by M.D. Massey

    Shade Cursed by M.D. Massey

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When a shadow wizard with a dark past uncovers a supernatural conspiracy, he'll stop at nothing to get revenge on the Fae who enslaved him! I go by Crowley, no last name. The Fae took that from me when they tore me from my crib and turned me into a creature of blood and shadow. My kidnappers raised me, taught me magic, and made me their Hound...
  • Hermes by Alessa Thorn

    Hermes by Alessa Thorn

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The god of magic has lost his mind. Literally. A reluctant nurse with a healing touch may have the power to save him...She only needs to be convinced. HERMES is the fourth book in a new paranormal romance series, based in a dark, sexy city ruled by Hades and his court of gods and monsters...
  • A Reluctant Druid by Jon R. Osborne

    A Reluctant Druid by Jon R. Osborne

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Centuries ago, the followers of the new gods defeated the old gods and the folk of legend, banishing them from the world of man. With their departure, magic faded from the land...
  • Maran by Åsa Larsson, Ingela Korsell

    Maran by Åsa Larsson, Ingela Korsell

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    La bruja oscura hace un oscuro pacto con una criatura que toma el control de las personas a través de los sueños. El guardián de los sueños de Estrid no puede hacer nada y Vigo y Alarik deben entrar en otra dimensión para salvarla. Iris les advierte que ingresar en este mundo es muy peligroso, si mueres allí, también lo harás en la realidad...
  • Revelation by R.K. Ryals

    Revelation by R.K. Ryals

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Redemption series book 4 There is a prophecy forbidding Angels from ever being with Demons. Love cannot exist between the races. The prophecy wasn't supposed to concern Dayton Blainey and Marcas Craig, a hybrid Demon ruler and a Naphil. But there are those who believe otherwise...
  • Betrayal by Amber Garr

    Betrayal by Amber Garr

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Life as a mermaid can be suffocating.Eviana Dumahl has returned home as a clan leader, an orphan, and a heartbroken teenage girl. Her parents are dead and her boyfriend, Brendan, has decided that he needs some time away. While battling her inner turmoil, Eviana is forced into the war that Lucian Sutherland has incited amongst her own kind...
    Categorized as:
    magic  myths  paranormal  suspense  book  epic  fiction  mermaids
  • Brink of Dawn by Jeff Altabef, Erynn Altabef

    Brink of Dawn by Jeff Altabef, Erynn Altabef

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They walk among us as if they’re gods, and only we know what they are. Only we know to fear them, and only we can defeat them.My name is Juliet Wildfire Stone, and I barely escaped my sleepy Arizona town alive after a Seeker tried to murder me. There are three others like me—Chosen hybrids—each with different abilities...
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