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Painting the Blues in Gretna Green by Linzi Day
Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMy powers are growing, and my tolerance is low. My second week in my new role as the Gretna Green Recorder is making the first week look relaxing.I have quite the to-do list.✅ Fix a thousand-year-old injustice that threatens the future of the Pictish royal family and their realm? Check.✅ Test my new Knight Adjutant candidates? Check... -
![System Shift by Tom Larcombe]()
System Shift by Tom Larcombe
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMarc and his party are seeking the sarcophagus that they were sent on a quest to find, only to discover that it is now protected by far more than just the Guardian they'd been told would await them.When they return to Any Port, Marc discovers that Bastet's obsession with Beggar has reached new heights, forcing Beggar and Marc into taking action to foil Bastet's plan to kidnap the raccoon...Categorized as:
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![The Untold Story by Genevieve Cogman]()
The Untold Story by Genevieve Cogman
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this thrilling historical fantasy, time-traveling Librarian spy Irene will need to delve deep into a tangled web of loyalty and power to keep her friends safe.Irene is trying to learn the truth about Alberich-and the possibility that he's her father...Categorized as:
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![Hired Luck by Mel Todd]()
Hired Luck by Mel Todd
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsNew city, new job, new threat?With my best friend going to college to learn how to use her magic, I'm job hunting in Atlanta. We're sharing an apartment and I've never been happier. The last thing I needed was to be involved in a murder investigation. Now the police are sure I had something to do with it. News alert: I don't. I've got a job, Jo's going school... -
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![The Foul Mouth and the Mancy Martial Artist by Richard Raley]()
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... -
![Up in Smoke by R.J. Blain]()
Up in Smoke by R.J. Blain
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDriven by her awareness someone is out to destroy Tulsa, Jade takes Sandro into the heart of New Orleans to seek help from the Voodoo queens. If anyone can wipe out a choir hellbent on destruction, it’s them.Keeping Sandro on a short leash tests Jade in ways she never imagined possible... -
![The Vampire of Montana by Susan Copperfield]()
The Vampire of Montana by Susan Copperfield
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs a member of the RPS, Daphne Niell, also known as the Vampire of Montana, lives to serve.On a good day, she hunts terrorists and eliminates them before they can strike.On a bad one, His Royal Majesty of Montana, also known as her twerp of a cousin, sends her overseas to play nice with foreign monarchs... -
![Silent Stalker by R.J. Blain]()
Silent Stalker by R.J. Blain
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPepper Lowrance, formerly known as Penelope Francis, continues her search for the miscreant vampire who stole her life and her humanity, transforming her into a vampire. With the master of the Lowrance brood at her side, she takes the first steps towards toppling her father’s empire in order to protect her new kind and spare her mother from a fate worse than only death... -
![Inherited Luck by Mel Todd]()
Inherited Luck by Mel Todd
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMagical 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 Sorcerer's Loss by H.D.A. Roberts]()
The Sorcerer's Loss by H.D.A. Roberts
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy twin brother has started to go mad, and my powers are the cause. Nobody knows how to stop it and all the facts are telling me that unless I can cure him, my brother is very likely going to try and kill me soon. And that's just how this whole mess starts..Categorized as:
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![Cassie Palmer series 1-4 by Karen Chance]()
Cassie Palmer series 1-4 by Karen Chance
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsClairvoyant Cassandra Palmer's magical powers are a mixed blessing-she may be able to contact spirits but sometimes this can be a whole lot more trouble than it's worth. Battling with vampires, feys and mages who all seek supremacy, Cassie must use her powers wisely in order to save herself - and the world... -
![The Echo Trilogy Collection by Lindsey Sparks]()
The Echo Trilogy Collection by Lindsey Sparks
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAll three novels and both Echo Trilogy novellas bundled together!Their love is destined to shatter the boundaries of time...Archaeology grad student Alexandra Larson's world is turned upside down when her mother shares her deepest, darkest secret--that she doesn't know the true identity of Lex's father. The revelation sparks a change within Lex, and her dreams become far too real...Categorized as:
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![My Luck by Mel Todd]()
My Luck by Mel Todd
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsI'm not a mage, but that won't stop me.Cori Catastrophe. They call me that sometimes, and I hate to admit it, but it isn’t wrong. Things go weird around me. Electronics die, things break, and if something odd happens, I seem to find it. Finding another dead body just made me late to work... -
![The Music Demon by Victoria Danann]()
The Music Demon by Victoria Danann
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe first time Lyric heard Shivaun’s name he knew he’d kidnapped the wrong O’Malley twin. The first time Shivaun saw Lyric, she wished he’d taken her instead of her sister.The epic saga of Black Swan and all the lives it touches, human and otherwise, continues... -
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![Ember: The Revelations of Oriceran by S.M. Boyce, Martha Carr]()
Ember: The Revelations of Oriceran by S.M. Boyce, Martha Carr
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe hunt is on… Victoria Brie has a target on her back. The assassin who killed Victoria’s parents has his eyes set on conquering her beloved hometown of Fairhaven… and Victoria’s dark magic is the only thing standing in his way. To beat him, Victoria has to go all in… even if it means sacrificing herself to win... -
![The Thirteenth Month by Elizabeth Hunter]()
The Thirteenth Month by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Time is the most fluid medium in the universe; humans are its most replaceable element."There are rules for traveling:A mage must never go forward. Keep the secrets of the order in all times.And never, ever travel during the thirteenth month.Born into a powerful mage family, Narine Anahid Khoren is a time traveler whose life is constantly in flux... -
![Courts and Cabals 4 by G.S. D'Moore]()
Courts and Cabals 4 by G.S. D'Moore
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCameron Dupree thought he had it all. His succubus girlfriend was out of jail. He was finally pulling in some serious money working for the Venetian Cabal, and he'd demonstrated his true power by completely dominating a Nosferatu of the rival Tikal Cabal. The poor, scared human who'd walked on tiptoes around the supernaturals of St. Vincent's Preparatory Academy was long gone... -
![The Book Keeper by Sarah Painter]()
The Book Keeper by Sarah Painter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMysterious, magical, and a little bit deadly... Welcome to Unholy Island.Luke Taylor was searching for his missing twin brother when he discovered a new purpose on a magical tidal island. Living in a quirky bookshop is a dream come true - he just didn't expect it to be so damn dangerous... -
![Water Witch: A Dustin Walker Anthology and Other Tales by R.J. Blain]()
Water Witch: A Dustin Walker Anthology and Other Tales by R.J. Blain
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Dustin Walker’s witchcraft awakens, he discovers he harbors a leviathan, one that could destroy him—and his family—should he fail to learn how to control his powers. Dustin Walker first appeared in the Witch & Wolf standalone novel, Beneath a Blood Moon, and is featured in the majority of stories in this anthology...Categorized as:
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![Tempting Fate by April White]()
Tempting Fate by April White
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Clocker, Saira Elian is back on the run and being hunted by Mongers. The Descendants of War are amassing power in the 21st century, bent on controlling all the Immortal Descendants. Their attempt to kidnap Saira, a rare Descendant of Time and Nature, reveals just how brazen they’ve become...Categorized as:
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![Bonds by Susan Copperfield]()
Bonds by Susan Copperfield
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the Royal States of America, magic rules all, but life—and love—always finds a way. When a sinking oil tanker threatens to destroy the picturesque coastline of France, search and rescue diver Jack Alders and his waveweaving talent stand between France and a record-breaking oil spill...Categorized as:
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![Courts and Cabals 2 by G.S. D'Moore]()
Courts and Cabals 2 by G.S. D'Moore
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's great to be alive, but being a wanted man sucks. This ain't no spaghetti western. Cam and company are running for their lives with a UN superteam hot on their heels; not to mention one very pissed off Fae. With Lilith injured, and the UN closing in, there is only one person that can save them . . . Lilith's mom... -
![The Captive King by Susan Copperfield]()
The Captive King by Susan Copperfield
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the Royal States of America, magic rules all, but life - and love - always finds a way. At the Texas Charity Auction, money can buy anything, and Summer Cassidy is under orders to take advantage of the opportunity. While she believes the marital collar once worn by an Aztec queen belongs in a museum, it's up to her to sell the priceless treasure to one of the elite in attendance... -
![Solatium by Becca Mills]()
Solatium by Becca Mills
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBeth Ryder’s dangerously sexy and seemingly all-powerful boss has disappeared, leaving an increasingly desperate group of Nolanders — and one inept Second — in charge of policing other-worldly activity across much of North America... -
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![Scenes from the Holidays by K.D. Edwards]()
Scenes from the Holidays by K.D. Edwards
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsScenes from the Holidays consists of short Tarot Sequence vignettes, released serially beginning in December 12, 2020, on K.D. Edwards’ Twitter account. The scenes take place between the end of THE HANGED MAN and the start of the forthcoming third book, THE HOURGLASS THRONE. The scenes center around Sun Estate activities during an Equinox celebration... -
![Wood Sprites by Wen Spencer]()
Wood Sprites by Wen Spencer
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsEven though they attend a school of gifted students in New York City, child geniuses Louise Mayer and her twin sister Jillian have always felt alone in the world, isolated by their brilliance. Shortly before their ninth birthday, they make an amazing discovery. They’re not alone.Their real mother was astronaut Esme Shenske and their father was the famous inventor, Leonardo Dufae...Categorized as:
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![Marking Time by April White]()
Marking Time by April White
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSeventeen-year-old tagger Saira Elian can handle anything... a mother who mysteriously disappears, a stranger who stalks her around London, and even the noble English Grandmother who kicked Saira and her mother out of the family...Categorized as:
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![The Dark by Marianne Curley]()
The Dark by Marianne Curley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEthan and Isabel, heroes from The Named, are on a more exciting journey than ever and are joined by Isabel's brother Matt, who is still getting accustomed to life in the Guard. Arkarian, their ageless mentor, has been kidnapped and sent by the Goddess of Chaos to a frighteningly dark underworld... -
![The Key by Marianne Curley]()
The Key by Marianne Curley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe battle to protect the future is coming to an end as the evil Order of Chaos launches their final attack on the Named. To defeat the Order, the Named must locate the Key to a treasury of weapons hidden somewhere in the ancient city of Atlantis. The race is on to capture the Key before a horde of undead soldiers find it...Categorized as:
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![Project Elfhome by Wen Spencer]()
Project Elfhome by Wen Spencer
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsStories exploring the fascinating realm of Elfhome, a world where modern day Pittsburgh has collided with the kingdom of the Elves. A special entry in the the best-selling Romantic Times Sapphire award winning Elfhome series...Categorized as:
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![The Mortal Word by Genevieve Cogman]()
The Mortal Word by Genevieve Cogman
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsA corrupt countessA spy in dangerAnd an assassin at largeThe fifth title in Genevieve Cogman's witty and wonderful Invisible Library series, The Mortal Word is a rollicking literary adventure.Peace talks are always tricky, especially when a key diplomat gets stabbed. This rudely interrupts a top-secret summit between the warring dragons and Fae...Categorized as:
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![Here for the Seer by Andie M. Long]()
Here for the Seer by Andie M. Long
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat use is being a Seer, if you can't see your own future? After Ebony has a vision of her own wedding, she wonders who the groom is as she isn't even dating. A trip to the Supernatural Dating Agency soon changes that. While Kim and Lucy look for her future husband, Ebony keeps busy protecting Shelley and Theo's newborn daughter from the visiting elite supernaturals of Withernsea... -
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Reason by Taylor Longford
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThink you know about gargoyles? Think again.When a fabulous winged sculpture mysteriously saves Elaina's life, she travels across the country in her search to learn more about him. But the good-looking gargoyle she finds in Colorado isn't exactly happy to see her. Too bad he's going to be her new college roommate. Now sparks fly every time Elaina and Reason look at each other... -
![Huntress by Susan Copperfield]()
Huntress by Susan Copperfield
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the Royal States of America, magic rules all, but life—and love—always finds a way. Like the other men in Prince Kelvin’s line, only the love of another can free him from his family’s curse, but it’s hard finding the perfect woman able to love him despite all his flaws—and his tendency to transform into a white turkey during the spring... -
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![Cast in Hellfire by S.M. Reine]()
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... -
![Glow: The Revelations of Oriceran by S.M. Boyce, Martha Carr]()
Glow: The Revelations of Oriceran by S.M. Boyce, Martha Carr
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 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... -
![Night Calls by Katharine Eliska Kimbriel]()
Night Calls by Katharine Eliska Kimbriel
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe werewolves came shattering the peace of the village of Sun Return. Five were taken before the girl's parents agreed to give her up. They called in Cousin Cory, Aunt Marta, all the known practitioners. The ones who could teach me how to hide in a leaf, dip into minds, and find the secret herbs that heal. Her childhood now over, the girl must face the Dark of the Other Side...Categorized as:
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![The Great Atlantean Battle Royalchemy by K.D. Edwards]()
The Great Atlantean Battle Royalchemy by K.D. Edwards
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTaking place before the events of The Hourglass Throne, The Great Atlantean Battle Royalchemy follows Rune, Brand, and Max as they investigate a threat to peace among the ruling Arcana, all while Rune serves as a celebrity judge for an Atlantean alchemy competition.The compiled version is available for free on the author's website in PDF, MOBI, and ePUB versions... -
![The Lost Plot by Genevieve Cogman]()
The Lost Plot by Genevieve Cogman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsAfter being commissioned to find a rare book, Librarian Irene and her assistant, Kai, head to Prohibition-era New York and are thrust into the middle of a political fight with dragons, mobsters, and Fae. In a 1920s-esque New York, Prohibition is in force; fedoras, flapper dresses, and tommy guns are in fashion: and intrigue is afoot...Categorized as:
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![Stolen Magic by Stephanie Burgis]()
Stolen Magic by Stephanie Burgis
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Kat’s family travels to a grand country house on the Devon coast for her sister Angeline’s wedding, Kat is stalked by a dangerous magical enemy - and finds everything she thought she knew about her late mother called into question... -
![Target Rich Environment by Larry Correia]()
Target Rich Environment by Larry Correia
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHard-hitting Stories from the Creator of Monster Hunter International. The first short story collection from nationally best-selling author Larry Correia...Categorized as:
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![Firestarter by Tara Sim]()
Firestarter by Tara Sim
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe crew of the Prometheus is intent on taking down the world’s clock towers so that time can run freely. Now captives, Colton, Daphne, and the others have a stark choice: join the Prometheus’s cause, or fight back in any small way they can and face the consequences. But Zavier, leader of the terrorists, has a bigger plan—to bring back the lost god of time...Categorized as:
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![The Glamourist by Luanne G. Smith]()
The Glamourist by Luanne G. Smith
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsA spellbinding novel of bloodlines, self-discovery, and redemption by the author of the Washington Post bestseller The Vine Witch.Abandoned as a child in turn-of-the-century Paris, Yvette Lenoir has longed to uncover the secrets of her magical heritage and tap her suppressed powers. But what brave and resourceful Yvette has done to survive the streets has made her a fugitive... -
![The Shadow Dragons by James A. Owen]()
The Shadow Dragons by James A. Owen
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Caretakers of the Imaginarium Geographica are at war. The Imperial Cartological Society, led by Richard Burton, have collected all of the doors from the Keep of Time, and are building a new tower in our world at the request of an old enemy: The Winter King’s Shadow...Categorized as:
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![The Broken Cage by Sarah Painter]()
The Broken Cage by Sarah Painter
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGet the Crow.A man dies in a locked room, leaving a message written in blood and a lot of unanswered questions.Lydia is still recovering from the fallout with her psychopathic cousin, but there are new threats to the Crows, and she must fight to maintain her position as leader of the Family.Meanwhile, an actor has gone missing and Fleet is under pressure to find him fast... -
![The Indigo King by James A. Owen]()
The Indigo King by James A. Owen
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsJohn and Jack are mystified when they discover a cryptic warning on a medieval manuscript—a warning that is not only addressed to them, but seems to have been written by their friend, Hugo Dyson. But before they can discover the origins of the book, Hugo walks through a door in time—and vanishes into the past.In that moment, the world begins to change... -
![Semi-Sane by Isabel Jordan]()
Semi-Sane by Isabel Jordan
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsNo one knows crazy quite like Dr. Violet Marchand. As the preeminent psychologist to Whispering Hope's supernatural population, staying calm, cool, and collected in the face of crazy is sorta part of the gig. So, when she starts receiving death threats, Violet isn't all that rattled... -
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Sky Hammer by Jonathan Moeller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll my life I've carried out the Elven archmage Morvilind's dangerous missions. But now the game has spun out of Morvilind's control. Because the Rebel warlord Nicholas Connor has seized the Sky Hammer nuclear doomsday weapon, and he's going to burn Earth and rebuild human civilization in his own twisted image...Categorized as:
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![The Never War by D.J. MacHale]()
The Never War by D.J. MacHale
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsBobby Pendragon has visited the alternate dimension of Denduron and waded through the endangered underwater territory of Cloral. Now Bobby once again finds himself thrust beyond the boundaries of time and space into a place that seems somewhat familiar: First Earth...Categorized as:
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![Tremble in the Dark by P.S. Power]()
Tremble in the Dark by P.S. Power
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe world isn't always what it seems.That goes double when you're in an alternate reality...Gwen Farris has made the best of her new life, helping others, solving mysteries and even, on one occasion, saving the world from things that are better left unspoken of...Categorized as:
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