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  • Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson

    Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson

    Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars
    · 83 ratings
    Words of Radiance, Book Two of the Stormlight Archive, continues the immersive fantasy epic that The Way of Kings began.Expected by his enemies to die the miserable death of a military slave, Kaladin survived to be given command of the royal bodyguards, a controversial first for a low-status "darkeyes...
  • The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

    The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 84 ratings
    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings, book one of The Stormlight Archive begins an incredible new saga of epic proportion.Roshar is a world of stone and storms. Uncanny tempests of incredible power sweep across the rocky terrain so frequently that they have shaped ecology and civilization alike...
  • The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson

    The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 88 ratings
    Who is the Hero of Ages? To end the Final Empire and restore freedom, Vin killed the Lord Ruler. But as a result, the Deepness—the lethal form of the ubiquitous mists—is back, along with increasingly heavy ashfalls and ever more powerful earthquakes. Humanity appears to be doomed...
  • Keys to the Demon Prison by Brandon Mull

    Keys to the Demon Prison by Brandon Mull

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 59 ratings
    After centuries of plotting, the Sphinx—leader of the Society of the Evening Star—is after the final artifacts needed to open the great demon prison, Zzyxx. If the legendary prison is opened, a tide of evil is certain to usurp control of the world.In an effort to intercept the final artifacts, Kendra, Seth and the Knights of the Dawn race to strange and exotic preserves across the globe...
  • Immortal Fire by Annette Marie

    Immortal Fire by Annette Marie

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Once, Emi believed the heavenly gods were righteous and wise, while the earthly yokai spirits were bloodthirsty and evil. But with a traitorous deity poised to destroy her world, and the yokai standing as humanity's only defense, the lies of her upbringing have toppled to reveal a far more terrifying reality...
  • Empower by Jessica Shirvington

    Empower by Jessica Shirvington

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    It has been two years since Violet Eden walked away from the city, her friends, her future and - most importantly - her soulmate, Lincoln. Part angel, part human, Violet is determined to stand by the promises she made to save the one she loves. Living in the perpetual coldness of a broken soul she survives day to day as a Rogue Grigori in London...
  • City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare

    City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 83 ratings
    Shadowhunters and demons square off for the final showdown in the spellbinding, seductive conclusion to the #1 New York Times bestselling Mortal Instruments series.Darkness has descended on the Shadowhunter world. Chaos and destruction overwhelm the Nephilim as Clary, Jace, Simon, and their friends band together to fight the greatest evil they have ever faced: Clary’s own brother...
  • Sentinel by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Sentinel by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 46 ratings
    It's a beautiful day for a war.As the mortal world slowly slips into chaos of the godly kind, Alexandria Andros must overcome a stunning defeat that has left her shaken and in doubt of their ability to end this war once and for all.And with all the obstacles between Alex and her happily-ever-after with the swoonworthy Aiden St...
  • The Blinding Knife by Brent Weeks

    The Blinding Knife by Brent Weeks

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 63 ratings
    Gavin Guile is dying.He’d thought he had five years left—now he has less than one. With fifty thousand refugees, a bastard son, and an ex-fiancée who may have learned his darkest secret, Gavin has problems on every side. All magic in the world is running wild and threatens to destroy the Seven Satrapies.Worst of all, the old gods are being reborn, and their army of color wights is unstoppable...
  • Archangel's War by Nalini Singh

    Archangel's War by Nalini Singh

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Wings of silver. Wings of blue. Mortal heart. Broken dreams. Shatter. Shatter. Shatter. A sundering. A grave. I see the end. I see. . .The world is in chaos as the power surge of the Cascade rises to a devastating crescendo. In furiously resisting its attempts to turn Elena into a vessel for Raphael’s power, Elena and her archangel are irrevocably changed. .
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    angels  drama  paranormal  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  asia
  • Piercing the Darkness by Frank E. Peretti

    Piercing the Darkness by Frank E. Peretti

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.John 1:5 (ESV)It all begins in Bacon's Corner, a tiny farming community far from the interstate . . . An attempted murder, a case of mistaken-or is it covered up?-identity, and a ruthless lawsuit against a struggling Christian school...
  • A Veiled & Hallowed Eve by Hailey Turner

    A Veiled & Hallowed Eve by Hailey Turner

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Death is the last lover you will ever know.SOA Special Agent Patrick Collins has lived a life full of lies, and it has finally caught up with him. There’s no denying his past any longer, not after giving up the truth to save himself from a murder charge. But truth alone can’t set Patrick free, and time is running out to stop the Dominion Sect from turning his father into a god...
  • Reaver by Larissa Ione

    Reaver by Larissa Ione

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    WARRIOR OF HEAVENReaver is an angel with a past, a record, and a less-than-heavenly attitude. Powerful enough to fight alongside the fiercest battle angels-and crazy enough to risk his wings on a one-way mission to hell-he's agreed to go where no angel has ever gone before...to steal the most seductive and dangerous prize of Satan himself...
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    angels  demons  drama  myths  paranormal  war  action-adventure  adult
  • The Council of Mirrors by Michael Buckley

    The Council of Mirrors by Michael Buckley

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    The thrilling conclusion to the beloved New York Times bestselling Sisters Grimm series!   Grany Relda’s body has been hijacked by the Master, and it’s up to Sabrina, Daphne, and the rest of the Grimms to fight for her freedom and that of Ferryport Landing in the series’s grand finale...
  • Tiger's Destiny by Colleen Houck

    Tiger's Destiny by Colleen Houck

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    With three of the goddess Durga's quests behind them, only one prophecy now stands in the way of Kelsey, Ren, and Kishan breaking the tiger's curse. But the trio's greatest challenge awaits them: A life-endangering pursuit in search of Durga's final gift, the Rope of Fire, on the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal...
  • On the Wings of War by Hailey Turner

    On the Wings of War by Hailey Turner

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Remembering the dead will always give them life.The coveted Morrígan’s staff is up for sale on the black market to the highest bidder, and SOA Special Agent Patrick Collins will do whatever it takes to ensure the Dominion Sect doesn’t get their hands on it. Returning the weapon to its rightful owner is another step on the long road toward clearing Patrick’s soul debt, but he won’t walk it alone...
  • True Dead by Faith Hunter

    True Dead by Faith Hunter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Jane Yellowrock goes back to the city where it all began in the newest installment of this thrilling New York Times bestselling series.Jane used to hunt vampires, but now she’s their queen. She’s holed up in the mountains with the Yellowrock Clan, enjoying a little peace, when a surprise attack on her people proves that trouble is brewing...
  • Alastair by Jaclyn Osborn

    Alastair by Jaclyn Osborn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Pride comes before the fall. Or so they say.Cursed with the deadly sin of Pride, failure isn’t an option for Alastair. Win at all costs. With the war intensifying, the stakes are higher than ever. Sacrifices must be made. Throw in the awakening of a soulmate bond on top of that, and things have never been so complicated...
  • House of Chains by Steven Erikson

    House of Chains by Steven Erikson

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 47 ratings
    An alternate cover edition can be found here.In Northern Genabackis, a raiding party of savage tribal warriors descends from the mountains into the southern flatlands. Their intention is to wreak havoc amongst the despised lowlanders, but for the one named Karsa Orlong it marks the beginning of what will prove to be an extraordinary destiny...
  • Shadows Strike by Dianne Duvall

    Shadows Strike by Dianne Duvall

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    The Immortal Guardians protect the innocent in secret. Sometimes the secret gets out...U.S. law enforcement agent Heather Lane can read minds. But not the future. The dream of battle and blood that recurs every night must be a fluke, some obscure terror from her own mind...
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    angels  drama  myths  paranormal  war  action-adventure  adult  aliens
  • Archangel's Legion by Nalini Singh

    Archangel's Legion by Nalini Singh

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Nalini Singh, the New York Times bestselling “alpha author of paranormal romance” (Booklist) returns to an immortal world of violent passion and lethal power…on the brink of a deadly archangelic war.Angels are falling from the sky in New York, struck down by a vicious, unknown force.Vampires are dying impossibly of disease...
  • Lover at Last by J.R. Ward

    Lover at Last by J.R. Ward

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 57 ratings
    Qhuinn, son of no one, is used to being on his own. Disavowed from his bloodline, shunned by the aristocracy, he has finally found an identity as one of the most brutal fighters in the war against the Lessening Society. But his life is not complete. Even as the prospect of having a family of his own seems to be within reach, he is empty on the inside, his heart given to another...
  • Emblaze by Jessica Shirvington

    Emblaze by Jessica Shirvington

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Once again Violet Eden faces an impossible choice ... and the consequences are unimaginable. Violet has come to terms with the fact that being part angel, part human, means her life will never be as it was.Now Violet has something Phoenix - the exiled angel who betrayed her - will do anything for, and she has no intention of letting it fall into his hands...
  • Dragonwatch by Brandon Mull

    Dragonwatch by Brandon Mull

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    In the hidden dragon sanctuary of Wyrmroost, Celebrant the Just, King of the Dragons, plots his revenge. He has long seen the sanctuaries as prisons, and he wants nothing more than to overthrow his captors and return the world to the Age of Dragons, when he and his kind ruled and reigned without borders. The time has come to break free and reclaim his power...
  • Baptism of Fire by Andrzej Sapkowski

    Baptism of Fire by Andrzej Sapkowski

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 62 ratings
    The New York Times bestselling series that inspired the international hit video game: The Witcher The Wizards Guild has been shattered by a coup and, in the uproar, Geralt was seriously injured. The Witcher is supposed to be a guardian of the innocent, a protector of those in need, a defender against powerful and dangerous monsters that prey on men in dark times...
  • Lethal Rider by Larissa Ione

    Lethal Rider by Larissa Ione

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    They're here. They ride. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.Born of a match between good and evil, four siblings stand between hell's minions and everything they want to destroy. They are the Lords of Deliverance, and they have the power to ward off Doomsday...or let it ride..
  • The Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa

    The Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    My name is Meghan Chase.I thought it was over. That my time with the fey, the impossible choices I had to make, the sacrifices of those I loved, was behind me. But a storm is approaching, an army of Iron fey that will drag me back, kicking and screaming. Drag me away from the banished prince who's sworn to stand by my side...
  • Scorched Shadows by Steve McHugh

    Scorched Shadows by Steve McHugh

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    In the final chapter of the Hellequin Chronicles, secrets will be revealed, friendships will be tested, and destinies will be fulfilled.Avalon is under siege. A shadowy cabal, headed by a mysterious figure known only as “My Liege”, has launched a series of deadly attacks across the globe, catching innocent human bystanders in the crossfire...
  • Passion Unleashed by Larissa Ione

    Passion Unleashed by Larissa Ione

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    FORBIDDEN TEMPTATIONS Serena Kelley is an archaeologist and treasure hunter-and a woman with a secret. Since she was seven, she's been the keeper of a powerful charm that grants her health and immortality . . . as long as she stays a virgin. But Serena isn't all that innocent...
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    angels  demons  drama  myths  paranormal  war  abuse  action-adventure
  • After the Fall  ( by Elle Casey

    After the Fall ( by Elle Casey

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This is an alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B009JT9XXI.NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR, ELLE CASEY, brings readers Book 5 in the YA Urban Fantasy WAR OF THE FAE Series. [Formerly titled Clash of the Otherworlds, Book 1] The Light and Dark Fae have come together, a tenuous peace formed at the urging of the Overworld...
  • Blood Kiss by J.R. Ward

    Blood Kiss by J.R. Ward

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    The legacy of the Black Dagger Brotherhood continues in a spin-off series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author…Paradise, blooded daughter of the king’s First Advisor, is ready to break free from the restrictive life of an aristocratic female. Her strategy? Join the Black Dagger Brotherhood’s training center program and learn to fight for herself, think for herself…be herself...
  • New World Order by Elle Casey

    New World Order by Elle Casey

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Will the fae will be able to make the sacrifices they must to survive?Jayne Sparks and her Light Fae changeling friends face off in the final battle against their enemies. But the identify of their true enemies isn't as clear as it once was. Are they the ones breaking down their doors ..
  • The Burning White by Brent Weeks

    The Burning White by Brent Weeks

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    In this stunning conclusion to the epic New York Times bestselling Lightbringer series, kingdoms clash as Kip struggles to escape his family's shadow in order to protect the land and people he loves.Gavin Guile, once the most powerful man the world had ever seen, has been laid low. He's lost his magic, and now he is on a suicide mission. Failure will condemn the woman he loves...
  • Last Gift by Kelly St. Clare

    Last Gift by Kelly St. Clare

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The pendant, gem, dagger, and robe of a dead woman have decided my fate.Now over three hundred magus look to me to save them from the impossibly powerful demon king.It’s safe to say my life took a little turn. But defeating a mere demon army would make life too simple, apparently. The demon king’s magic also permeates the knolls, driving the wedge of discord deep in the coven. So much has changed...
  • Surrendering to the Dragon by Jessie Donovan

    Surrendering to the Dragon by Jessie Donovan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nikki Gray has reason to hate the dragon hunters—they brutally murdered one of her friends a year ago. Not only that, they have caused havoc on several of the British dragon clans, injuring countless individuals. Determined to defeat the hunters by kidnaping their leader, Simon Bourne, she teams up with a human male in the British special forces...
  • Covert Bear by Candace Ayers

    Covert Bear by Candace Ayers

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Vilified by strangers, Friendships aren’t Heidi’s forte. Unless it happens to be with a displaced polar bear. Hey, he’s a great listener! Alexei knows she’s his mate. But she refuses to date him. All he wants is a chance. And, as far as he can tell, there’s only one way to get it—as a Covert Bear. AUTHOR'S NOTE: P.O.L.A.R...
  • Hero Bear by Candace Ayers

    Hero Bear by Candace Ayers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    This is the second book in the P.O.L.A.R. series.P.O.L.A.R. (Private Ops: League Arctic Rescue) is a specialized, private operations task force -- a maritime unit of polar bear shifters. Part of a world-wide, clandestine army comprised of the best of the best shifters, P.O.L.A.R...
  • The Desert Spear by Peter V. Brett

    The Desert Spear by Peter V. Brett

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 61 ratings
    The sun is setting on humanity. The night now belongs to voracious demons that prey upon a dwindling population forced to cower behind half-forgotten symbols of power. Legends tell of a Deliverer: a general who once bound all mankind into a single force that defeated the demons. But is the return of the Deliverer just another myth? Perhaps not...
  • Staked by Kevin Hearne

    Staked by Kevin Hearne

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    Iron Druid Atticus O'Sullivan, hero of Kevin Hearne's epic New York Times bestselling urban fantasy series, has a point to make—and then drive into a vampire's heart. When a druid has lived for two thousand years like Atticus, he's bound to run afoul of a few vampires. Make that legions of them. Even his former friend and legal counsel turned out to be a bloodsucking backstabber...
  • Burn by Paula Weston

    Burn by Paula Weston

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Suddenly, Gaby remembers everything. For a year she believed she was a backpacker chilling out in Pandanus Beach. Working at the library. Getting over the accident that killed her twin brother.Then Rafa came to find her and Gaby discovered her true identity as Gabe: one of the Rephaim. Over a hundred years old...
  • The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter

    The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    The Omehi people have been fighting an unwinnable fight for almost two hundred years. Their society has been built around war and only war. The lucky ones are born gifted. One in every two thousand women has the power to call down dragons. One in every hundred men is able to magically transform himself into a bigger, stronger, faster killing machine...
  • Dark Tide by Jennifer Donnelly

    Dark Tide by Jennifer Donnelly

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Once a lost and confused princess, Serafina is now a confident leader of the Black Fin Resistance (BFR). While she works on sabotaging her enemy and enlisting allies for battle, her friends face challenges of their own. Ling is in the hold of Rafe Mfeme's giant trawler, on her way to a prison camp...
  • Last Wish by Helen Harper

    Last Wish by Helen Harper

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    It's not easy pretending to be dead - especially when it feels as if you have the weight of the world on your shoulders. Between an unfulfilled prophecy, the demon-occupied Lowlands, the continuing power of murderous Aifric Moncrieffe - not to mention her constant yearnings for Byron - Integrity Adair has a lot to worry about...
  • Consumed by Rebecca Zanetti

    Consumed by Rebecca Zanetti

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    SOMETIMES YOU MATE FOR LIFEKatie Smith is the best of her class, part of an elite hunting force trained to eliminate werewolves from the hills of Western Virginia. She's good at it because she has the kind of focus and drive that won't back down no matter how steep the odds. Call it southern sass...
  • To Serve and Protect by Glynn Stewart

    To Serve and Protect by Glynn Stewart

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    This is an alternate cover edition of ASIN B01MXSN5IAA small town cop with an unexpected gift A shadowy government agency on the side of justice A call no good man could turn away When vampires attack David White’s small town, only luck, firepower, and the intervention of an elite government task force save his life...
  • A Time of Dread by John Gwynne

    A Time of Dread by John Gwynne

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    A race of warrior angels, the Ben-Elim, once vanquished a mighty demon horde. Now they rule the Banished lands, but their peace is brutally enforced.In the south, hotheaded Riv is desperate to join the Ben-Elim's peacekeeping force, until she unearths a deadly secret.In the west, the giantess Sig investigates demon sightings and discovers signs of an uprising and black magic...
  • Darkness Rises by Dianne Duvall

    Darkness Rises by Dianne Duvall

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Krysta is used to getting the drop on vampires. Her "special abilities" aren't much, but the plan is simple--she plays helpless pretty young thing to lure them in. Then her shoto swords come out and it's bye-bye, bloodsucker. Until one night she finds herself with an unexpected ally. He's a vampire, all right, but different. Mysterious. Handsome...
    Categorized as:
    angels  demons  drama  paranormal  war  action-adventure  adult  aliens
  • Shimmer by Paula Weston

    Shimmer by Paula Weston

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Gaby Winters' life used to be pretty normal. She lived with her best friend. She worked in a library. She was slowly getting over the death of her twin brother, Jude. Until Rafa arrived.Now Gaby has discovered she is one of the Rephaim - descended from fallen angels. She knows demons exist. That they are coming for her. And that Jude might be alive.What she does next could change everything...
  • Call to Arms by Elle Casey

    Call to Arms by Elle Casey

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Follow Jayne Sparks, the (still) potty-mouthed seventeen-year-old and newly changed elemental fae and her friends - an incubus, a daemon, a green elf, a water sprite and a pixie - as they struggle to find their places in the Light Fae community of the Green Forest and prepare for the upcoming battle against the Dark Fae...
  • The Daylight War by Peter V. Brett

    The Daylight War by Peter V. Brett

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 49 ratings
    On the night of the new moon, the demons rise in force, seeking the deaths of two men both of whom have the potential to become the fabled Deliverer, the man prophesied to reunite the scattered remnants of humanity in a final push to destroy the demon corelings once and for all...
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