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  • The Burning Witch 2 by Delemhach

    The Burning Witch 2 by Delemhach

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A fiery young witch contends with magical adversaries, courtly fights, and unexpected attractions in this romantasy set in the world of the House Witch.Lady Katarina Ashowan has never quite fit the mold of a noblewoman—and it’s not only because she’s a mutated fire witch...
  • The Death Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The Death Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    His magic ruined me....I will return the favor.He is ash and fire but I am his heir. I’m everything he can’t control and I shall become his worst nightmare.I’m not the girl I once was.I am Death...
  • Fury by E.L. Todd

    Fury by E.L. Todd

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author E. L. Todd comes the next installment in the Fuse saga.Cora and her allies must defeat the most vile king in Anastille's history...
    Categorized as:
    fae  female-mc  magic  paranormal  audiobook  book  dragons  epic
  • Magical Moxie (Midlife Witchery, #10) by Brenda Trim

    Magical Moxie (Midlife Witchery, #10) by Brenda Trim

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Dark One, Blood Magic, and a goddess with a vendetta are all in a day's work for the Backside of Forty. And they pale in comparison to being the single mom of a dragon baby.The magical world doesn't believe in maternity leave. As soon as my baby arrives the Dark One doubles her efforts to steal enough power to become a goddess...
  • Magical Twist (Midlife Witchery, #3) by Brenda Trim

    Magical Twist (Midlife Witchery, #3) by Brenda Trim

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Rumor has it that midlife is for drinking wine, traveling, and discovering the joy of life. But there's no rest for the wicked. Or for a Fae-witch hybrid like myself.Danger follows me everywhere - even to the grocery store - as the evil entity continues to stalk supernaturals in Cottlehill Wilds. But I barely have time to worry about that now that the Fae Queen is dead.My bad. No, seriously...
  • Wolf of Stone by Quinn Loftis

    Wolf of Stone by Quinn Loftis

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Dalton Black, a Canis lupis full of guilt and anger, never expected to find his true mate. Perhaps already slipping into madness, he had resigned himself to the fact that he would walk the earth without the other half of his soul. He was convinced that his sins were enough to keep the Great Luna from giving him such a blessing. He knew it was probably better that way...
  • Kiss of the Dragon by Nicola Claire

    Kiss of the Dragon by Nicola Claire

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "You do realise," he whispered, his hand reaching up to brush my hair from my face. He began twining a strand around one of his fingers. "That you are my most magnificent obsession." Magnificent obsession. I think I liked that. I certainly understood it. He was mine too.The explosive conclusion to the Kindred Series...
  • Rebel Vampire by Brogan Thomas, Poppy Royana

    Rebel Vampire by Brogan Thomas, Poppy Royana

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They warned her to be more careful. If she’d listened, she wouldn’t be staring down the ultimate betrayal. Tru Dennison won’t be burned again. Still reeling from her angel mentor breaking her heart, the half-vampire, half-unicorn shifter greets everyone with suspicion...
  • Ashe by E.L. Todd

    Ashe by E.L. Todd

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Cora's visit with the elves proves to be more than she bargained for. She learns her parentage, but it's the last thing she ever expected to hear. She came to the elves for help to defeat King Lux, to free the dragons still trapped in captivity, but she discovers a timeless place, where outside matters mean nothing...
  • 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...
  • A Faerie's Secret by Rachel Morgan

    A Faerie's Secret by Rachel Morgan

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Join beloved characters and new heroes as the bestselling Creepy Hollow series continues! It's been ten years since Lord Draven fell. Ten years since the enchanted winter came to an end and fae across the realm began piecing their lives back together. Ten years since a now-forgotten foe was thrown into a faraway prison and began planning his next move ..
  • 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...
  • Entwined with the Dark by Nicola Claire

    Entwined with the Dark by Nicola Claire

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What was wrong with me to antagonise a vampire of his standing to such a degree? I knew I had become too rebellious, too sure of my own place in this world. I was aware that Dark had been encroaching, that I played so often in its shadow I was losing sight of the sun, of my Light. There were times when I truly felt consumed in anger, for all that had happened, for all that I had suffered and lost...
  • Heritage by S.M. Boyce

    Heritage by S.M. Boyce

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kara Magari isn't normal, even by Ourea's standards--and in a world of shape-shifters and soul stealers, that's saying something. To the royalty, she's a loose cannon. To the masses, she's a failure. But Kara doesn't have a home to go back to anymore. This war-torn world is all she has left, and she'll save it even if she dies trying...
  • Abyss by Bethany Adams

    Abyss by Bethany Adams

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A mage out of her elementAfter five hundred years as a magic teacher, Selia thought she'd seen everything. But nothing prepared her for the chaos of her assignment at Braelyn. Assassins, rogue princes, and a grown, half-human student--all had caught her off guard. Now, things have settled down, and her life has begun to take on a sense of normalcy...
  • Breath of Frost by Cate Corvin

    Breath of Frost by Cate Corvin

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    If I thought working for one Fae fixer was hard, working for two should be great.Jack Frost stole me away from Avilion for more than kicks and giggles: someone is plotting an attempt on Queen Nicnevin's life, and I'm just the dryad to help hunt down the assassin.But the underworld of Annwyn holds more than just knives in the shadows—it holds the secrets of my past and future...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  fae  female-mc  magic  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary
  • Night Magic by Jennifer Lyon

    Night Magic by Jennifer Lyon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She’s a siren he can’t resist…Phoenix Torq is the devilishly handsome bad boy of the Wing Slayer Hunters. Tormented by a mysterious singing in his head, he tracks the compelling voice and discovers his soul mirror witch and his ultimate salvation. Awesome, except that she’s already engaged—to a demon...
  • Dreaming of a Blood Red Christmas by Nicola Claire

    Dreaming of a Blood Red Christmas by Nicola Claire

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    You wanted more? Well, here it is! A Christmas Special Novella (just over 16,000 words) from Michel's point of view, set after the end of book eight in the Kindred Series: Kiss Of The Dragon. A sweet surprise full of a few Kindred secrets, wrapped up in a Michel package, just in time for Christmas. "When I look at her, I see the strong, independent, courageous woman I have always seen...
  • The Dark Deceit by Emma V. Leech

    The Dark Deceit by Emma V. Leech

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A dangerous secret lies at the heart of the Fae Lands. A secret that could save three kingdoms - or burn them all to the ground. The secret is Prince Corin's to bear alone, if his sanity can stand it. But while Corin suffers, his mother's machinations continue and queen Audrianne makes plans of her own to secure their realm's future...
  • The Hunter by Lynnie Purcell

    The Hunter by Lynnie Purcell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Something inhuman is haunting King's Cross; Clare's friends are being chased by unknown Watchers; an angel falls through Clare's roof; and, worse, Clare is plagued by visions of darkness. Clare and Daniel must face these dangers and more, as a threat unlike any they have faced circles the future.Clare and Daniel are back for more adventures in the first book of The Guardian Series...
  • Lorehnin by Jenna Elizabeth Johnson

    Lorehnin by Jenna Elizabeth Johnson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I threw an arm over my eyes and just breathed. Oddly enough, it wasn’t my near-death experience that had me so bothered. It was the confrontation with the blond guy and the odd conversation we’d had. He knew about the Otherworld. His words had proved as much. But was I reading too much into it? Was I secretly hoping he was Faelorehn? And if so, what good was it now? I was human...
  • Siren's Tribute by Sedona Ashe

    Siren's Tribute by Sedona Ashe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Don’t touch my stuff. Not my mates, not my city, and not my last nerve- I’ll hurt you.Rescuing my mates needed to be done.Raining my fury on the one who took them…Well, that was for pleasure.The one who dared take them? He’s sleeping with the fishes now...
  • Dancing Dragon by Nicola Claire

    Dancing Dragon by Nicola Claire

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    'I'm supposed to be the one that calls him back toward the Light. I am the Light to your Dark. You call to me as I call to you. I will always hold you dear. But, it was getting harder. I loved him and it's not as if I never knew it would be difficult loving a vampire. I just never knew the degree of difficulty it would entail.'Michel battles his rising Dark, all but losing his Light within...
  • Alpha Magic by D.N. Hoxa

    Alpha Magic by D.N. Hoxa

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My whole life, I’ve kept the secret of what I really am far away from the entire world. It was safer that way, but I always knew that the day would come when the Sacri Guild would finally find out about my existence.The Uprising doesn’t intend to leave me alone. If I don’t do something about them, they are going to kill me. That was the reason I gave to myself when I decided to go after them...
  • Giver of Light by Nicola Claire

    Giver of Light by Nicola Claire

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    His lips met mine again, this time in a slow, soft caress, conveying everything he had just said in those beautiful words that had reached my very soul. I could have drowned in that kiss. I could have lived there for eternity. It filled me up with everything I needed to survive. He gave me life through his lips and I treasured it...
  • Shadow's Light by Nicola Claire

    Shadow's Light by Nicola Claire

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I felt hot tears streaming down my cheeks at his words. Spoken so carelessly, with such shameless intent. He knew how I felt. How I had been feeling. How lost and alone and full of grief my days had been. Avery was not a friend. Not even a trusted acquaintance. But, he understood what I was going through...
  • Nightingale by Helen Harper

    Nightingale by Helen Harper

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    All across Scotland, the resistance movement is growing in both strength and numbers. For the first time in five generations, the Mages are afraid - and it’s all because of one woman.But Mairi knows where the real power lies and that it is the Mages who maintain control of the country. She has become the poster girl for the resistance and her magic is growing stronger by the day...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  female-mc  magic  paranormal  adult  book  demons  fiction
  • Bright Wicked by Everly Frost

    Bright Wicked by Everly Frost

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One forbidden touch.Two champions sworn to destroy each other.Three days to break the spell ... or die.When Aura Lucidia becomes the fae Queen’s Champion, her only goal is to destroy the dark Fell who killed her parents and stole her memories...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  fae  female-mc  magic  paranormal  sword-sorcery  angst  book
  • The Secret Trinity: Reign by Jenna Bernel

    The Secret Trinity: Reign by Jenna Bernel

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For Aria Darwin, playing with fire has become a way of life, not because her powers have finally been unearthed, but because she’s drawn to the dormant light sparking behind Clay’s eyes. With every move towards that light, she risks her title as Queen. Even though she’s terrified of getting burned by the backdraft, Aria can’t seem to ignore the tempered blaze buried in her heart...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  fae  female-mc  magic  paranormal  book  fiction  low-fantasy
  • Lucifer by D.B. Reynolds

    Lucifer by D.B. Reynolds

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    EPIC Award WinnerMontreal, Quebec . . . A charming city on the St. Lawrence River, historic, sophisticated, but beneath it all lies an extensive underground where treacherous vampires are plotting to seize the country.Lucifer Scuderi is a vampire—handsome and charismatic, a powerful hunter of unusual skill—who arrives in Montreal to take on the most important hunt of his life...
  • Blood Lines by Bonnie Lamer

    Blood Lines by Bonnie Lamer

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Given an impossible task by the Angels, Xandra takes the first step in completing it when she travels to the Fae realm to protect the one man she would like to kill herself.Along the way, she discovers that Kallen has been keeping yet another secret from her. One that could tear them apart forever...
    Categorized as:
    fae  female-mc  magic  paranormal  angels  book  fiction  myths
  • Magic Bites - Unicorn Lane by Ilona Andrews, Gordon Andrews

    Magic Bites - Unicorn Lane by Ilona Andrews, Gordon Andrews

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Published in Small Magics and included in Curran's POV.How/when Kate and Curran first meet...
  • The Law of Stars and Sultans by Samantha Young, S. Young

    The Law of Stars and Sultans by Samantha Young, S. Young

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    New York Times Bestselling author Samantha Young writing as S. YoungPreviously released in 2013 under the title Darkness, Kindled (A Fire Spirits Novel)The Law of Stars and Sultans is the action-packed final installment in the epic romantic fantasy series Seven Kings of Jinn.Ari Johnson wishes adjusting to living with her boyfriend was her only source of excitement and anxiety...
  • Drowning In The Dark by Pippa DaCosta

    Drowning In The Dark by Pippa DaCosta

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    “I wasn’t demon enough to defeat my brother before. Things have changed.”As the veil begins to fall, and the demons bleed through onto the streets of Boston, Muse knows the battle is lost before it’s even begun. To make matters worse, Adam and the Institute have captured Akil at a time when the city has never needed him more...
  • Queen by Karen Lynch

    Queen by Karen Lynch

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Jesse recovered the missing ke’tain to keep her parents safe, but it came at a high price. In the weeks after her brush with death, she struggles to adapt to her new life, while burdened with the terrible secret she learned about her brother Caleb.On her first visit to Faerie, Jesse faces new challenges and perils amid the splendor of the Unseelie court...
  • The Whispering by L. Filloon

    The Whispering by L. Filloon

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Tharin and Lily find themselves back in Pathen in search of Julia and the key to Eirrell, but old foes and new ones are in close pursuit. Adding to their plight, all doorways to Velesi have been closed.Forced to discover a way back to their realm, the group finds help from new friends and those who once stood against them are now allies...
  • Thrown to the Wolves and Other Stories by Hailey Edwards

    Thrown to the Wolves and Other Stories by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This anthology includes several short stories set in the BLACK DOG UNIVERSE, including the all new story, THROWN TO THE WOLVES. ___________________________________________________________ THROWN TO THE WOLVES Zed lost his mate, and it broke his wolf's heart. Now he's got a second chance at a happily-ever-after if he's brave enough to take what he wants...
  • Possession by Samantha Britt

    Possession by Samantha Britt

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lissa's brother is a traitor to the crown, and her parents are leaders of the violent rebellion. Now, Lissa is alone in the capital, and she is forced to face life as the rumored concubine of the two princes. When King Roderick's returns to Draek, Lissa flees from Court with the broody Prince Brion by her side. But her journey isn't useless...
  • Raven Dexter, Paranormal Midwife by Viola Grace

    Raven Dexter, Paranormal Midwife by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Raven Dexter chose to pursue midwifery the moment she helped a teen friend deliver her baby. Fed up with unconcerned physicians, she studied until she could open her small practice in a moderately sized town. Her practice was slowly growing until the night a strange man demanded she come with her to attend a birth...
    Categorized as:
    fae  magic  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  humor  medical
  • Ravening Hood by Kendrai Meeks

    Ravening Hood by Kendrai Meeks

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    RAVENING: To seek or seize, as with prey. To hunt. To devour. I may be relinquished, but I am resigned. I will see the Ravens destroyed. Istanbul harbors the ancient clutch of vampires known as the Ravens, but the city has a thousand shadows and a million secrets. What I find there will be far more than I bargained for, and nothing I could have imagined. Some legends don’t want to be told...
  • Dragon Crowned by Haley Ryan

    Dragon Crowned by Haley Ryan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    You know it’s time to reconsider your life choices when…Where do I start?Technically, it could have been worse. My visit to the dragon enclave could’ve ended with me being eaten. Somehow I survived—with a few new bruises—and now all I want is to go home. Back to Twenty-third Street. Back to my house, my cat, and my grumpy, bathrobe-wearing gargoyle roommate...
    Categorized as:
    fae  female-mc  magic  paranormal  book  contemporary  dragons  fiction
  • Death of a Succubus by Kim Schubert

    Death of a Succubus by Kim Schubert

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Olivia is an exceptionally talented killer with a dark past and a questionable future. As the lead executioner for the Supernatural Council of the eastern United States, she patrols her territory delivering justice and death without remorse.Olivia has been betrayed by her closest ally and fellow leader of the Supernatural Council, Grams...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  female-mc  magic  paranormal  adult  book  crime  fiction
  • The Hidden Court by Dominique Kristine, Vivienne Savage

    The Hidden Court by Dominique Kristine, Vivienne Savage

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Magic school. Hot shifters. Hidden dangers. Was your college this fun? Skylar’s only dream since childhood has been to become a sentinel, a supernatural agent trained to fight paranormal threats. Unfortunately, it’s a role assigned to non-fae only, and she’s doomed to a life of babysitting privileged mortals...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  fae  female-mc  magic  paranormal  adult  book  crime
  • Ancient Desire by N.J. Walters

    Ancient Desire by N.J. Walters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nothing was supposed to wake half dragon, half human Lucius from his Deep Sleep. Nothing. And yet something, or rather someone has. The unexpectedly attractive human not only touched him. She kissed him. Now Lucius is awake, and more powerful than he has ever been in his 4,000 years of existence...
  • Solstice at Stonewylde by Kit Berry

    Solstice at Stonewylde by Kit Berry

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Yul stands at the threshold between life and death. Poisoned at the festival of the dead, his life now hangs by a thread. More than his own will to survive, it's his fellow Stonewylders who must save him. But will they, when Magus has done so much to undermine Yul and turn the people against him? Yet there are cracks in Magus' following...
  • Immortal Magic by D.N. Hoxa

    Immortal Magic by D.N. Hoxa

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The New York Shade is completely invisible to humans, because humans can't see magic. That's how it was supposed to be. But when a powerful spell is unleashed outside of the Shade, nobody knows where it came from or who made it. Nobody except Damian Reed...
  • King's Gambit by Ashley Meira, Felicia Beasley

    King's Gambit by Ashley Meira, Felicia Beasley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Politics are killer. Vampire politics... With her new "official" boyfriend now on the opposite side of the country, all snarky witch Morgan wants to do is settle back into her post in Manhattan. Unfortunately, she's returned just in time to witness the rise of a new regime, and vampire politics don't interest Morgan so much as they make her want to set herself on fire...
  • Midnight Coven by Tara Brown

    Midnight Coven by Tara Brown

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Wake up, Lorelei . . ." Icy words, whispered upon her lips in the night, used to scare Lorelei Huntington. But that was before. Before her mother tried to have her killed, before her world went back 50 years, before the magic of the swap found its way into Lorelei's blood. Now she finds the whispers and the cold breath of the dead a comfort...
  • Wicked Betrayal by Chelsea Luna

    Wicked Betrayal by Chelsea Luna

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The clock is ticking. Alex’s time is running out.Spring has hit Hazel Cove and with it, the pressure of Alex’s impending fate as Liam’s sacrifice is weighing upon her every thought. There’s so much to do and so little time. How do you stop an ancient pure blooded witch?But Liam isn’t Alex’s only problem. She must focus on what she can fix in the little time she has left...
  • The Time A Vampire Saved Christmas by D.B. Reynolds

    The Time A Vampire Saved Christmas by D.B. Reynolds

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is the vignettes with Cyn and Raphael...
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