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  • Midlife Mojo by Victoria Danann

    Midlife Mojo by Victoria Danann

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A PARANORMAL WOMEN'S FICTION NOVELfrom Rita Hayworth I have a daughter who knows nothing about my life in Hallow Hill and she's coming for college holiday break. Her visit will dovetail the Solstice Court Meet. It will be close, but if all goes according to plan, I’ll be out of magistrate robes in time to meet the plane...
  • Fairy’s Touch by Ella Summers

    Fairy’s Touch by Ella Summers

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The games of gods play out upon the backbones of mortals. Leda Pierce has come a long way since she left her home on the frontier of civilization one year ago to join the Legion of Angels. She is a soldier in the gods’ army, has crossed swords with demons, and shares an apartment with her angel lover in New York...
  • Scorched by Magic by Jasmine Walt

    Scorched by Magic by Jasmine Walt

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The seventh book in this action-packed, wildly original fantasy series by New York Times Bestselling Author Jasmine Walt. Home from their travels at last, Sunaya and Iannis are confronted with a threat against which even their strongest magic is largely helpless...
  • Swing Shift 2 by William D. Arand

    Swing Shift 2 by William D. Arand

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Reports to write, forms to fill, coffee to drink, leads to run down. Gus’s life had been a tedium and boredom he’d grown comfortable with. One that he sought out after he’d come back from his tour of duty. That was before Melody, a contractor, more or less blew his life up as if it were a building packed full of c4...
  • Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

    Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 89 ratings
    Cinder returns in the second thrilling installment of the New York Times-bestselling Lunar Chronicles.She’s trying to break out of prison—even though if she succeeds, she’ll be the Commonwealth’s most wanted fugitive. Halfway around the world, Scarlet Benoit’s grandmother is missing...
  • Claimed by Magic by Jasmine Walt

    Claimed by Magic by Jasmine Walt

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Fenris and Mia's story continues in the second book of this Baine Chronicles spinoff trilogy...Now that Fenris and Mina have finally admitted their feelings for each other, for the first time, they both face something they’d thought impossible—settling down with someone who accepts and loves them for who they are...
  • Taken by Magic by Jasmine Walt

    Taken by Magic by Jasmine Walt

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Join Sunaya one last time for this final installment in the Baine Chronicles series...Even as Sunaya's fairy-tale romance with her handsome, powerful Chief Mage is celebrated in the media, all Sunaya wants is to get past the endless duties and social engagements of her new role, and spend a bit of private time with Iannis...
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    magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  audiobook  book  dragons  fae
  • The Queen of Magic by Michelle Madow

    The Queen of Magic by Michelle Madow

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Her soulmate spied on her people. Now she’s going to do the same to his.After Zane and Summer journeyed through the Immortal Mountains together, she finally recognized him as her soulmate and let him into her life. Then he told her he loved her and left her in the woods, shattering her heart.But the game isn’t over...
  • Flame by Donna Grant

    Flame by Donna Grant

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    If she believed in destiny, she would believe they were meant for each other. But that fire was put out long ago. . . Living among the Dragon Kings, Cain has spent lifetimes learning to distrust both mortals and Fae. He is a warrior born—and every instinct demands that he fight to keep his own kind safe...
  • Attack by Magic by Linsey Hall

    Attack by Magic by Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Welcome to the Magical Death Match.For five long years, I’ve wanted just one thing—to find my sister Rowan. Her disappearance tore a hole in my life.Now I’ve found her—but she’s a captive of the same Rebel Gods who hunt me. They’ve enchanted her to follow their every whim, which will make rescuing her nearly impossible...
  • Pursuit of Magic by Linsey Hall

    Pursuit of Magic by Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I am a DragonGod.Finally, I know what I am. A DragonGod. I’ve been gifted with the magic of the Viking gods. Except my new powers are devouring each other. If I don’t fix this soon, I’ll have no magic left--and no magic means no soul.To save myself, I must go on a quest through the realms of the Viking gods...
  • Tempting Fate by April White

    Tempting Fate by April White

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Seventeen-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...
  • Saved by Magic by Jasmine Walt

    Saved by Magic by Jasmine Walt

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fenris and Mina's story concludes in the final book of this Baine Chronicles spinoff trilogy!Alerted that Sunaya and Iannis's wedding may be the target of a Resistance plot, Mina and Fenris travel to Solantha despite the very real possibility that Fenris could be recognized and thrown into prison should any of his enemies spot him...
  • How Nina Got Her Fang Back by Dakota Cassidy

    How Nina Got Her Fang Back by Dakota Cassidy

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s been a while since Nina Statleon—ex-coffin lover, current chicken wing lover—lost her vampire mojo during a particularly brutal OOPS case. Her friends Wanda and Marty are worried. Nina clearly hasn’t dealt with the emotional fallout caused by losing one’s immortality. She’s got issues. Big issues. And it’s time to call in the Big Gun—Paranormal Psychologist January Malone...
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    magic  myths  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  audiobook  book  cozy
  • Angel Fury by Ella Summers

    Angel Fury by Ella Summers

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Cadence Lightbringer, daughter of a legendary archangel, has always known her gods-endowed magic comes with a price. As an angel in the Legion of Angels, she lives where the Legion commands her to live, trains how the Legion tells her to train, and marries whom the Legion instructs her to marry. Somehow it all sounded simpler in her head...
  • Fugitive by Magic by Jasmine Walt

    Fugitive by Magic by Jasmine Walt

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What happened to Fenris after he fled Solantha? Find out in this epic new trilogy following the events of Scorched by Magic from the Baine Chronicles… Fenris is no stranger to picking up the pieces of his life and starting over...
  • Once a Rogue by Allie Therin

    Once a Rogue by Allie Therin

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Once a Rogue by Allie Therin will be available Aug 2023 from Carina...
  • Angel Fire by Ella Summers

    Angel Fire by Ella Summers

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Cadence Lightbringer, daughter of an archangel, has trained from birth to one day drink the Nectar of the gods and ascend to the angels’ ranks. She’s always been the perfect soldier. She’s always known exactly where her life is headed. Until she is assigned to a mission with Damiel Dragonsire, Master Interrogator of the Legion of Angels...
  • Lover's Knot by Karen Chance

    Lover's Knot by Karen Chance

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    One of the most powerful vampires alive has gone missing, which is fine with Dorina Basarab. As a dhampir, her job is killing vampires, not saving them. But then the man sent to find the missing vamp also goes missing, and she finds herself on a rescue with a flood of long forgotten memories playing out in her head...
    Categorized as:
    magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  alpha-mc  book  fae  family
  • Vow of Deception by C.J. Archer

    Vow of Deception by C.J. Archer

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    With the wedding only days away, the Ministry is thrown into turmoil when another murder is committed by a shape-shifter. But this time the newspapers make the connection to werewolves – and the Ministry. Suddenly the attention is focused on Lichfield Towers and its residents as the police investigate and parliament wants to shut the organization down...
  • Betrayed by Magic by Jasmine Walt

    Betrayed by Magic by Jasmine Walt

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    For most women, being newly engaged to the love of your life is a time of celebration. But Sunaya’s happiness is overshadowed by loss. Her friends have not returned from their quest to bring back Noria, and though the Resistance has been beaten back, they are far from vanquished...
  • Deceived by Magic by Jasmine Walt

    Deceived by Magic by Jasmine Walt

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    If Sunaya and Iannis thought there would be time to rest after returning from their last mission, they are sorely mistaken. The Minister sends them to face off with yet more dangerous enemies—this time in a lawless port in remote Garai, where pirates and slavers thrive, and everyone is fair game...
  • Marked by Magic by Jasmine Walt

    Marked by Magic by Jasmine Walt

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    With the rebellion now in full swing, shifter-mage hybrid Sunaya Baine has no time for distractions. She must find out the true identity of the Benefactor and pull the plug on the Resistance's funding before they succeed in their grand plans for genocide and destruction. But the heat is upon Sunaya now, and it demands to be sated...
  • In Other Worlds by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    In Other Worlds by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Together for the first time in one volume... Three dazzling stories of magic, fantasy, and romance from the #1 New York Times bestselling author. Three of the author's most thrilling stories in one fabulous volume... Fire and Ice On the run, a beautiful virgin crosses paths with a sexy ex-assassin. Knightly Dreams The dashing hero of a novel comes to life...
  • Kingdom of the Feared by Kerri Maniscalco

    Kingdom of the Feared by Kerri Maniscalco

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stalking the Jack the Ripper series comes the steamy conclusion to Kingdom of the Wicked trilogy. Two curses.One prophecy.A reckoning all have feared.And a love more powerful than fate. All hail the king and queen of Hell. Emilia is reeling from the shocking discovery that her twin sister, Vittoria, is alive...
  • The Key by Marianne Curley

    The Key by Marianne Curley

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The 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...
  • Salt & Broom by Sharon Lynn Fisher

    Salt & Broom by Sharon Lynn Fisher

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A gifted healer unravels the mysteries of a cursed estate—and its enigmatic owner—in a witchy retelling of Jane Eyre . "Salt and broom, make this room Safe and tight, against the night." Trunks packed with potions and cures, Jane Aire sets out on a crisp, clear morning in October to face the greatest challenge of her sheltered girls’-school existence...
  • Kingdom of the Cursed by Kerri Maniscalco

    Kingdom of the Cursed by Kerri Maniscalco

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 72 ratings
    After selling her soul to become Queen of the Wicked, Emilia travels to the Seven Circles with the enigmatic Prince of Wrath, where she’s introduced to a seductive world of vice.She vows to do whatever it takes to avenge her beloved sister, Vittoria... even if that means accepting the hand of the Prince of Pride, the king of demons.The first rule in the court of the Wicked? Trust no one...
  • A Bad Breed by Kat Ross

    A Bad Breed by Kat Ross

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Pricolici.A creature out of folklore. And nightmare.January 1889. When a Romanian village suffers a series of brutal attacks, occult investigator Anne Lawrence is dispatched to the forests of the Old Country to hunt the killer – only to vanish without a trace.The trail leads her mentor Vivienne Cumberland deep into the Carpathians to a remote monastery...
    Categorized as:
    magic  myths  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  book  demons  fiction
  • Twilight by Megan Derr

    Twilight by Megan Derr

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    More than seventy years have passed since Neirin du Lac was banished from the dragon clans he called home. Though he misses them, he and his dragon Troyes have built a happy life with his lover Barra, and their friends Devlin and Midnight. It is a not a life he would ever trade, not even for a chance to return to the clans...
  • The Lost Codex by Heather Lyons

    The Lost Codex by Heather Lyons

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Allies, once inseparable, splinter until they break apart.An insidiousness carves its way through Wonderland, challenging the land’s very existence.Battle lines will be drawn as pages, long languishing in darkness, are finally illuminated.Swords will clash, blood will be spilled, and lives will be lost.For what is written can still be erased...
  • My Soul To Take by C.J. Archer

    My Soul To Take by C.J. Archer

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    While investigating the mysterious deaths of Edith Myer's family, Quin is summoned once more to help Cara and the other Freak House residents. But their reunion is cut short by the return of Everett Myer through the portal, and the man he brings with him - Quin's nemesis: Edward de Mordaunt...
    Categorized as:
    magic  paranormal  book  dark  demons  fiction  ghosts  gothic
  • Lenobia's Vow by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast

    Lenobia's Vow by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    The second in the enthralling new mini-series of novellas from the #1 bestselling authors of the House of Night, Lenobia's Vow tells the gripping story behind the House of Night's enigmatic riding instructor – and one of Zoey’s closest allies against evil The House of Night is an international publishing sensation; with almost 12 million books in print, and an incredible 120 weeks on the New...
  • Radical by Colleen Cowley

    Radical by Colleen Cowley

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Women have no ability to cast spells. That's what wizards have said for generations—and it's a lie.In this second book of the Clandestine Magic trilogy, Beatrix Harper wants to expose that lie to protect her sister's life. Her desperate plan: Train tens of thousands of women in secret, then shock the nation with a display of their magic...
  • Vanity and Vampyres by Tilly Wallace

    Vanity and Vampyres by Tilly Wallace

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Being a reveller is such a drain... Someone is supping upon young noblemen and it's up to Hannah and Wycliff to investigate. If only they could agree on how the men are being drained of their life's blood...
  • Gossip and Gorgons by Tilly Wallace

    Gossip and Gorgons by Tilly Wallace

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One look could turn you to stone...The newly married Lord and Lady Wycliff are cordially invited to a house party--to be mocked and ridiculed as entertainment. Wycliff insists on attending to discuss business with their host, while Hannah longs to hide in the library with its rare volumes on the Fae...
  • Hessians and Hellhounds by Tilly Wallace

    Hessians and Hellhounds by Tilly Wallace

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Fire erases all… even the undead.... One of London’s most recognisable Afflicted is erased from the earth in a fiery way. Whispers spread that a hellhound prowls the streets, snatching the lost souls who have escaped the afterworld...
  • The Glamourist by Luanne G. Smith

    The Glamourist by Luanne G. Smith

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    A 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...
  • Veiled in Moonlight by C.J. Archer

    Veiled in Moonlight by C.J. Archer

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When a young gentleman is murdered by a shape shifter, Charlie and Lincoln interrogate their contacts and uncover a plot with links to the royal family—and links to more than one member of the ministry's committee. At the heart of the mystery is a sinister love triangle, corruption, lies, and treason...
  • Tiger's Promise by Colleen Houck

    Tiger's Promise by Colleen Houck

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Before the curse, there was a promise. A prequel to the bestselling Tiger’s Curse series, this much anticipated novella recalls the beginning of Ren and Kishan’s story. Before Kelsey there was a girl, raised by a villain, whose love for a hero changed the course of history...
  • Hunted by Magic by Jasmine Walt

    Hunted by Magic by Jasmine Walt

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    With the sudden disappearance of Iannis, the Chief Mage, Solantha has erupted into pandemonium. Citizens are rioting in the streets, the Mages Guild is on a misguided warpath, and shifters and humans are fleeing the city in droves. Ridden with guilt, Sunaya defies the Mages Guild and goes off in search of Iannis, trekking into dangerous, uncivilized territory to try and make things right...
  • Hexbreaker by Jordan L. Hawk

    Hexbreaker by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Will a dark history doom their future together?New York copper Tom Halloran is a man with a past. If anyone finds out he once ran with the notorious O'Connell tunnel gang, he'll spend the rest of his life doing hard time behind bars. But Tom's secret is threatened when a horrible murder on his beat seems to have been caused by the same ancient magic that killed his gang...
  • A Forgery of Roses by Jessica S. Olson

    A Forgery of Roses by Jessica S. Olson

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    From the author of Sing Me Forgotten comes a lush new fantasy novel with an art-based magic system, romance, and murder… Myra has a gift many would kidnap, blackmail, and worse to control: she’s a portrait artist whose paintings alter people’s bodies. Guarding that secret is the only way to keep her younger sister safe now that their parents are gone...
  • A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross

    A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 50 ratings
    House of Earth and Blood meets The Witch's Heart in Rebecca Ross’s brilliant first adult fantasy, set on the magical isle of Cadence where two childhood enemies must team up to discover why girls are going missing from their clan.Jack Tamerlaine hasn’t stepped foot on Cadence in ten long years, content to study music at the mainland university...
  • Darkness Falls by Cate Tiernan

    Darkness Falls by Cate Tiernan

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    You can run from your past, but it will always catch up.Nastasya has lived for hundreds of years, but for some reason it never seems to get any easier. She’s left behind her days of debauchery to find peace and forgiveness at River’s Edge, a safe haven for wayward immortals. There she’s uncovered her family’s epic history, reclaimed her magickal powers, and met Reyn, whom she dubs “the Viking god...
  • Spellbound After Midnight by Jenna Collett

    Spellbound After Midnight by Jenna Collett

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A spellbinding mystery leads an unlikely pair on the hunt for a killer.Tessa Daniels needs a miracle. Preferably, the kind that comes with cold hard cash. Her magic shop is failing, and she'll be tossed into the street unless she clears her debt.When a financial boon arrives in the form of a young woman determined to attend the prince's ball, a risky spell turns out to be the miracle she needed...
  • Mistletoe and Mireworth: A Manners and Monsters Christmas Novella by Tilly Wallace

    Mistletoe and Mireworth: A Manners and Monsters Christmas Novella by Tilly Wallace

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Will Mireworth yield her secrets to her new mistress...? The family gather at Mireworth for their first Christmas and Hannah is determined to unravel the secrets within its walls. Why did Wycliff's ancestor hide the tower, and what grip did the long ago shadow-mage cast over his family? With Barnes as her assistant, Hannah sets out to discover the truth...
    Categorized as:
    magic  myths  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  audiobook  book  cozy
  • Vampire Seeker by Tim O'Rourke

    Vampire Seeker by Tim O'Rourke

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    300,000 books sold 4000 five star reviews Discover an underground phenomenon Discover Tim O'Rourke Samantha Carter believes a vampire is responsible for the brutal deaths of four women in London and finally she has the chance to catch him. Desperate to prove the killer's identity, she chases him onto a late night tube train...
  • Forged by Fire by Danielle Annett

    Forged by Fire by Danielle Annett

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I thought I’d get a break. Maybe catch some R&R.Boy, was I wrong.My best friend is still MIA.My foe turned friend—Inarus—is safe, maybe. Though he’s anything but sound.And now Melody, my Harpy gal pal—is missing, leaving behind a trail of blood like some macabre Hansel and Gretel...
  • Edge of Darkness by C.J. Archer

    Edge of Darkness by C.J. Archer

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Past secrets have come back to haunt the residents of Freak House and their visitors. With the help of a 300 year-old ghost, Charity, Samuel and their friends peel back the layers of lies and deception to reveal the terrible events of 1867 that changed everything. At the heart of it all is a page of spells and two missing men.But as they draw closer to answers, Charity pushes Samuel further away...
    Categorized as:
    magic  paranormal  book  dark  fiction  ghosts  gothic  historical
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