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Spells for the Dead by Faith Hunter
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsNell Ingram faces a dark craft known as death magic in the newest pulse-pounding paranormal procedural in the New York Times bestselling Soulwood series.Nell Ingram is a rookie PsyLed agent, using the powers she can channel from deep within the earth to solve paranormal crimes. Together with her team, she's taken on the darkest magic and the direst foes... -
Rylee by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsMy name is Rylee and I was a Tracker.The final battle is over and The Blood of the Lost was spilled. In the aftermath, the humans still have mysteries they call upon me for. Except I can no longer Track, and my new abilities terrify me. A salvage is offered to me, and with it a chance to redeem myself. A missing girl, her brother desperate to find her... -
Circle of the Moon by Faith Hunter
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsSet in the same world as Faith Hunter's New York Times bestselling Jane Yellowrock novels, the fourth Soulwood novel stars Nell Ingram, who channels her power from the earth.Nell can draw magic from the land around her, and lately she's been using it to help the Psy-Law Enforcement Division, which solves paranormal crimes... -
Guardians of the Pack by Heather G. Harris
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI hate finding corpses. For some reason, my enemies think dead bodies work as a communication method. Call me old fashioned, but I prefer a letter.When I find a pulverised gargoyle on my lawn, I can’t help but think things are about to get rocky... -
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Blackout by Dannika Dark
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsThe fate of millions rests on Keystone when they embark on their most important assignment of all… After what was supposed to be a simple job, Raven and Christian uncover a sinister plot against the higher authority, and the stakes are as high as the body count. The assassins are merciless, with anyone who stands in their way becoming collateral damage... -
Afterlife by Dannika Dark
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsAnother addicting installment of the USA Today bestselling Crossbreed series.Only a week after solving their last case, Raven is itching for a new assignment. In her downtime, she’s focusing on the two most important men in her life: her father and Christian. But there’s no rest for the wicked.When an old friend seeks Raven’s expertise on a delicate matter, Viktor reluctantly accepts the case...Categorized as:
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Magical Compass by Jaymin Eve
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTyson Compass, as one of the famed Compass quads, is not a wizard used to living with regrets. Except for one: Grace Carter. Grace is a healer witch he rejected many years ago. After completely disappearing from his life, she has returned, and turned his world upside down. The attraction between them flares strongly, but she has not forgotten or forgiven his callous rebuff when they were teens...Categorized as:
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Tainted Blood by K.N. Banet
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’m Everly Abbott, and I work for one of the most dangerous vampires in the world.He’s known as Alexius, the Hunter and he’s also one of the oldest.We’ve been invited to a gathering of ancients like him, and we can’t pass on this opportunity...Categorized as:
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Eternal by C.C. Hunter
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAll her life, Della's secret powers have made her feel separated from her human family. Now, she's where she belongs, at Shadow Falls. With the help of her best friends Kylie and Miranda, she’ll try to prove herself in the paranormal world as an investigator—all the while trying to figure out her own heart... -
Family and Honor by K.N. Banet, Kristen Banet
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsJacky Leon got away with it. She defended a little human girl, made a few unlikely acquaintances, and survived to tell the tale. Now she’s the only werecat in the supernatural community who can say a small family of werewolves lives in her borders. That isn’t a good thing, though... -
Ravenheart by Dannika Dark
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratings“WE ALL HAVE SECRETS, RAVEN. DARK ONES. EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US.” Two weeks after joining Keystone, Raven Black is ready to take on the world as a criminal hunter for hire. If only her partner wasn’t a bloodsucking Vampire with a penchant for getting under her skin. Despite her lavish surroundings, Raven misses the freedom of life without rules... -
Shades of Hate by K.N. Banet
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsI live a happy life. I have a lover that I am quickly falling for. I have friends and family that rely on me to keep my territory safe and secure for them. My bar’s business is booming.But I’ve made enemies, some that I know and some that I don’t. Hate for me and the life I’m building is creeping in the darkness.Hate can be insidious...Categorized as:
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Addict by Lexi Blake
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn order to destroy a legendary monster and save the royal family, Kelsey must make a deal with a devil…When Kelsey Owens returns home to Dallas, she is a changed woman. After months of training with Marcus Vorenus , she has more control over her abilities. She’s ready to start her new job, even if it means dealing with the King of All Vampire and his partner, Devinshea Quinn... -
A Killer's Kiss by Helen Harper
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA twisted killer is making his mark in London, leaving a trail of blood and devastation in his wake. It’s not only humans who are being targeted. Vampires, werewolves and pixies are in mortal danger too.I’ve been called in to help with the investigation but I can’t shake the feeling that there’s more to the murders. Someone is playing a very sick game - and it’s up to me to put a stop to it... -
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One Salt Sea by Seanan McGuire
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsOctober "Toby" Daye is finally doing all right—and that inevitably means it's time for things to take a turn for the worse. Someone has kidnapped the sons of the Duchess Dianda Lorden, regent of the Undersea Duchy of Saltmist. To prevent a war between land and sea, Toby must not only find the missing boys, but also prove that the Queen of the Mists was not behind their abduction... -
A Gilded Iron Blade by Kai Butler
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsSaving the city was supposed to be the hard part...Parker Ferro can’t catch a break. After saving San Amaro from destruction for the second time and reconciling with his boyfriend, his current plans are to relax on his couch until his ears stop ringing.Unfortunately, the thousand realms he just saved have a way of yanking him back into service and the dead have come back to haunt him... -
Atlantis Redeemed by Alyssa Day
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsPoseidon’s warriors have learned that the battle to protect humanity produces unexpected enemies - and alliances... -
The Heart's Blood Arrow by Kai Butler
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn old nemesis is out for blood…Parker Ferro’s life would be easier if his enemies stayed gone. When the man responsible for the death of Parker’s mother breaks out of prison, Parker finds himself in the crosshairs of the Bureau of Paranormal Threats when he tracks the criminal down... -
Saffron Wilds by Kai Butler
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSomeone’s cat is missing and Parker Ferro, San Amaro’s best paranormal PI can’t find it.When Parker goes looking for the wayward feline, he finds himself facing witches’ familiars, dead bodies, and shadows that move. The further into San Amaro’s underbelly Parker goes looking, the more he realizes that he is heading somewhere completely new... -
How to Wake an Undead City by Hailey Edwards
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsSavannah has fallen to the vampires, and it’s up to Grier to take out their leader, Gaspard Lacroix, and restore peace. Lacroix might be more powerful and immune to her magic, but she’s got a plan. Too bad it’s got holes big enough for a new threat to waltz through while the city is on her knees... -
Change of Heart by Hailey Edwards
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhen a lethal drug targeting paranormal citizens is unleashed on the streets of Atlanta, Hadley hits the clubs to pin down the dealer. The party is just getting started when a mysterious fae with his own agenda offers her a taste of power she can’t refuse if she wants to purge the evil from her city... -
Late Eclipses by Seanan McGuire
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsOctober "Toby" Daye, changeling knight in the service of Duke Sylvester Torquill, finds the delicate balance of her life shattered when she learns that an old friend is in dire trouble. Lily, Lady of the Tea Gardens, has been struck down by a mysterious, seemingly impossible illness, leaving her fiefdom undefended... -
Deadly Vows by Keri Arthur
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsEvil comes in all forms… and sometimes it wears a human mask. When the body of a newlywed is discovered on the reservation, Lizzie Grace throws herself into the investigation, needing a distraction from what she fears is coming not only for her but also Belle—her best friend and witch familiar... -
Midnight Smoke by Helen Harper
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsSupernatural Squad might be small, but we're growing in power. The vampires and werewolves of London are beginning to respect me more and I feel like I know what I'm doing - even if I don't yet understand what I truly am.Unfortunately, there might be a few snags to deal with. I'm trying to avoid Lord Horvath, the black-eyed vampire leader who seems intent on a more intimate relationship... -
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Pack of Lies by Hailey Edwards
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHadley is losing time, and her shadow refuses to shed light on the gaps in her memory. How can she protect her city if she can't remember where she goes or what she does when she ought to be asleep? Her grim history appears to be stuck on repeat, and the only way forward might be a scythe through her back... -
How to Survive an Undead Honeymoon by Hailey Edwards
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Epilogues: Part IINothing says romance like spending a long weekend at a haunted inn famed for sending its guests to the ER with scratches, bites, and fractures. Or so Linus thinks when he books a trip for Grier and himself to Oliphant House. As far as honeymoons go, the choice is nontraditional, but then, so is his bride...Categorized as:
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Summoned by C.P. Rider
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA telepath with a lethal twist.My name is Neely and I live among shapeshifters in the desert truckstop town of Sundance, California. As a telepath-spiker, I can read a person's thoughts. I can also spike deadly power straight into their brain.I'm in an uneasy relation-friend-ship with Lucas Blacke, an enigmatic tiger alpha that I'm drawn to, but don't fully trust... -
Demon's Bluff by Kim Harrison
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsRachel Morgan must go on a deadly journey—into the past—in the next thrilling Hollows novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.What’s a witch to do when the coven of moral and ethical standards demands she untwist a curse—but an essential spell component no longer exists? There’s only one choice: go back in time... -
How to Kiss an Undead Bride by Hailey Edwards
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Epilogues: Part IGroom? Check.Dress? Check.Cake? Check.More cake? Double Check.Even more cake? Triple check.(Seriously, who left Lethe alone with Grier's credit card?)Anything that can go wrong has,but all the deposits have been paid, and the menus are set. Mostly. There's always room for more cake, right? All that's left is for Grier and Linus to exchange vows and set off on their honeymoon... -
Hunter Hunted by Keri Arthur
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsChristmas is fast approaching, and Lizzie Grace and her witch familiar, Belle Kent, are hoping it’s going to be a quiet one. But those hopes are dashed when, on a quest to find a customer’s errant husband, Lizzie comes across the body of a witch and a dark circle of power neither she nor Ashworth can break. Then werewolves begin to turn up dead—skinned... -
Sucks To Be Me by Kristen Painter
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe First In A New Paranormal Women's Fiction Series, Sucks To Be Me is part of a huge #PWF Launch featuring 13 Authors! When 49-year-old Belladonna Barrone’s mobbed up husband does her the favor of dying in a car accident, she thinks she’s finally free of the crime family she unwittingly married into... -
Bold Mercy by Laken Cane
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIt's hard to concentrate on work when you've just moon-shifted with your alpha...But the council that recruited me doesn't waste any time handing me my first assignment--and it just happens to be personal to me.I have to slay the warped evil that is Avis Vine--a human servant so twisted and changed by her former master's bad blood magic that she's no longer really human... -
Midnight Web by Yasmine Galenorn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJanuary Jaxson's settling into her life in Moonshadow Bay, and her new relationship with wolf-shifter Killian O'Connell. Her job with Conjure Ink is proving both fascinating as well as dangerous. But little does January realize that she's about to let the actual genie out of the proverbial bottle...Categorized as:
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Cypress Ashes by Kai Butler
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsParker Ferro is not okay. In the heart-pounding conclusion to the San Amaro Investigations series, Parker faces down enemies on all sides, including one within his own family. With his city under lockdown, Parker is fighting for everyone and everything that he cares about. The fate of the thousand realms rests on his shoulders... -
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Heart of Fire by Lisa Edmonds
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsJoin Alice. Private Investigator of the Supernatural. It has been a rough month for mage private investigator Alice Worth. Alice hasn’t had a decent night’s sleep in weeks, her relationship with werewolf Sean Maclin is on the rocks, a federal agent hounds her every step, and a powerful vampire whose ulterior motives have ulterior motives watches her every move... -
Scarred Resolve by K.N. Banet
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI thought I would have time to heal from the loss of Fenris and everything that happened in Germany. The world had different plans.After a mysterious phone call and a secret meeting, I need to get the help of my family to deal with what comes next. With two dead humans already, the unknown werecat that killed them must be tracked down and put down. There’s no coming back from the Last Change... -
Dead of Night by Pandora Pine
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNo one is more surprised than Cold Case Detective, Ronan O’Mara when he answers his doorbell one night to see members of Salem’s Wiccan community standing on his doorstep with an unbelievable story to tell. According to them, members of their coven are being murdered in a modern-day witch hunt and they want Ronan to look into the matter for them...Categorized as:
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Blood Games by Chloe Neill
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsWhile Merit didn’t choose to become a vampire or Sentinel of Cadogan House, she vowed to fight for her House and its Master, and she’s managed to forge strong alliances with powerful supernaturals across Chicago. But even though Merit has had wild adventures, this may be her deadliest yet...A killer is stalking Chicago, preying on humans and leaving his victims with magical souvenirs... -
Mind Magic by Eileen Wilks
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFBI agent Lily Yu’s mind is a dangerous place to be in the latest Novel of the Lupi…Thanks to the mindspeech lessons she’s receiving from the black dragon, Lily is temporarily benched from Unit Twelve—until her brain acclimates and the risk of total burnout passes. At least she has her new husband, lupi Rule Turner, to keep her occupied... -
Death Magic by Eileen Wilks
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsDEATH MAGIC opens with Special Agent Lily Yu in Washington, D.C. with her fiancé--lupi prince Rule Turner—to testify before a Senate subcommittee about her role in the magical collapse of a mountain last month... -
Shadowed Steel by Chloe Neill
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsIn the third installment in the Heirs of Chicagoland series, the vampires in Elisa Sullivan's world are out for blood.Elisa Sullivan is the only vampire ever born, and she bears a heavy legacy. After a sojourn with the North American Central Pack of shifters in the wilderness—where she turned a young woman into a vampire to save her life—Elisa returns to Chicago.But no good deed goes unpunished... -
Raising Innocence by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 37 ratings"My name is Rylee, and I am a Tracker."When children go missing, and the Humans have no leads, I’m the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot. The FBI wants me on their team. Bad enough that they are dangling bait they KNOW I can’t resist. The catch? It’s on the other side of the ocean... -
Midnight Marked by Chloe Neill
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsAs the Chicagoland Vampires series continues, Merit and Ethan find themselves in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse, where winning may require the ultimate sacrifice... A vampire’s grudges don’t stay dead long... Merit is one of Chicago's most skilled vampire warriors; these days, she doesn't scare easily... -
The Oak Wood Throne by Kai Butler
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA new case won't solve Parker's old problems...Parker Ferro needs a vacation. His boyfriend is MIA on a high profile murder investigation, the fae courts have him on call at all hours, and he’s still cleaning up the mess from his last big case. Of course that’s nothing compared to the demands of the debt he owes the spirit of San Amaro... -
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Priestess Dreaming by Yasmine Galenorn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWe're the D'Artigo sisters: savvy half-human, half-Fae operatives for the Otherworld Intelligence Agency. My sister Delilah is a two-faced werecat and a Death Maiden. Menolly is a vampire married to a gorgeous werepuma. And me? I'm a Moon witch married to three gorgeous husbands, and I'm about to journey through the veils to search for a long lost legend.. -
Night Vision by Yasmine Galenorn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEons ago, vampires tried to turn the dark Fae in order to harness their magic, only to create a demonic enemy more powerful than they could have imagined. Now, even with Myst, the Queen of the Indigo Court, temporarily out of action, the new Queens of the Golden Wood find themselves facing incredible danger.. -
The Undercover Witch by Gina LaManna
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMy mother says trouble began the day I was born, but I’d disagree. I think trouble started the day I crashed my broomstick into an undercover cop car.My name is Ainsley Shaw, and I’m a Guardian Witch. The title sounds fancier than it is—really, I’m a glorified bodyguard for magical people. I love my job, and I’m good at it… most days.Except today... -
Scorched Heart by Helen Harper
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsMy parents were brutally murdered when I was five years old. Their killer has spent the last twenty five years in prison for his terrible crimes - but I still have unanswered questions. After all, I am the phoenix. When I die, I am reborn in fire and brimstone. It happens again and again and again. I have no idea where my strange ability came from and nobody to ask... -
House Rules by Chloe Neill
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsIn a city full of vampires, trouble never sleeps.At the tender age of twenty-seven, Merit became a sword-wielding vampire. Since then, she’s become the protector of her House, watched Chicago nearly burn to the ground, and seen her Master fall and rise. Now she’ll see her mettle—and her metal—tested like never before.It started with two . . . Two rogues vanishing without a trace... -
Midnight's Emissary by T.A. White
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAileen has a few rules for her life. Do her job and go home safe. Keep the supernatural world away from her human family. Stay off the vampire radar. And, above all, don’t get involved in spook politics...
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