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  • Fashionably Fabulous by Robyn Peterman

    Fashionably Fabulous by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Once upon a time there lived a Fairy. And not just your run of the mill kind of Fairy. The reincarnated Fairy Queen of Zanthia. The Queen. She was a modern woman—a human no less. Armed with a potty mouth, a firm grasp of every note in Michael Jackson’s song catalogue, and some friends in very high places, she was set. Yet this Queen wasn’t exactly sure she wanted the job. Fine…it’s me...
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    fae  magic  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  demons  drama
  • Freaky Rites by Amanda M. Lee

    Freaky Rites by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Northern California beckons the Mystic Caravan crew and they’re looking forward to some down time after their previous stop. Emotions are running high and the workers are desperate to return to their normal lives. Poet Parker and Kade Denton, for instance, have a new camper to move into and they’re both excited at the prospect of an adventure that has nothing to do with monsters...
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    fae  magic  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  cozy  fiction
  • Stealing Summer by Lexi Blake

    Stealing Summer by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestseller Lexi Blake comes a new epic-length story in her Thieves/Hunter world…A daughter lostSummer has spent her whole life wondering about the family she left behind. On the night she came into being she only had a few moments with them. In that brief time, she reached out to her father, looking deep into his soul, and gifted him the will to go on...
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    fae  magic  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  demons  fiction
  • Exclusive Chapters Outtakes Lauren Kate by Lauren Kate

    Exclusive Chapters Outtakes Lauren Kate by Lauren Kate

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
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  • Growing Alpha by Erin R. Flynn

    Growing Alpha by Erin R. Flynn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Division Chief Seraphine Thomas knows that progress isn’t made without sacrifices. Their side has lost people, and the cost to her own life is sometimes too high.But now that the political climate for supes shifts widely back the wrong way, everyone is scrambling to secure the protections supes desperately need. It’s simply impossible to play a fair game when the other side cheats...
  • Bear Facts: Shifters Unbound by Jennifer Ashley

    Bear Facts: Shifters Unbound by Jennifer Ashley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Shane’s bad day gets worse when his sanctuary on the mountains is invaded by an un-Collared wolf, who thinks attacking him is a great idea. Shane has no intention of getting involved in this lady Lupine’s complicated life, but there’s something about her that raises his protective instincts to the highest they’ve ever been...
  • Southern Fortunes by Amy Boyles

    Southern Fortunes by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When Pepper teaches a class at the Southern School of Magic, she expects a run of the mill experience. But when a gaggle of mean teachers invades her classroom, Pepper is on high alert.These women are nasty and they make no bones about disliking Pepper...
  • Into the Fae by Quinn Loftis

    Into the Fae by Quinn Loftis

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    With peace finally descending on the Romanian Grey Wolves, the longtime fae ambassador to the wolves, Perizada, has been given a new mission by the Great Luna. But Peri’s desire for revenge against her sister, Lorelle, burns in her heart...
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    fae  magic  paranormal  audiobook  book  fiction  humor  mystery
  • Freaky Games by Amanda M. Lee

    Freaky Games by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Look out Sin City, here comes the Mystic Caravan Circus. The city that never sleeps has something lurking in the darkness and Poet Parker can’t decide if it’s friend or foe. The rich history of the area comes into play when research uncovers a mine disaster more than a hundred years in the past … and a tragic outcome that still haunts the locale to this day...
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    fae  magic  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  cozy  fiction
  • Miss Frost Says I Do by Kristen Painter

    Miss Frost Says I Do by Kristen Painter

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Welcome to the North Pole, the town where Christmas is everyone’s job. Jayne Frost is a lot of things. Winter elf, Jack Frost's daughter, Santa Claus's niece, heir to the Winter Throne and soon to be newlywed. Now that she and fiancé Sinclair (and their cats, Spider and Sugar) have moved back to the North Pole, they’re firmly entrenched in planning their wedding...
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    fae  magic  paranormal  adult  animals  audiobook  book  cozy
  • Tequila & Time by Ann Charles

    Tequila & Time by Ann Charles

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Tequila is a slippery devil ...Tequila is a slivvery depil ...Tequila issa slipperppery debil ... depil ...Recipe for drunken two best friends since childhood;Add four shots of tequila each;Sprinkle in a handful of secrets;Shake...
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    paranormal  magic  fae  romance  humor  mystery  fantasy  supernatural
  • A Fairy Good Brew by Samantha Silver

    A Fairy Good Brew by Samantha Silver

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to Enchanted Enclave, where coffee, chaos and cauldrons are a way of life.Invited to the paranormal world at last, Tina and Kaillie's trip gets off on the wrong foot - literally - when they stumble on a fairy's body just after arriving in Palm Rings.Between navigating this whole new world, meeting relatives they didn't know they had, and being accused of murder, Eliza has her hands full...
  • Scion by Kelly Oram

    Scion by Kelly Oram

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Russ Devereaux used to have it all—loving father, beautiful best friend, a carefree life in a town he loved, and strong magic. He was the king of his happy universe. Five months ago, that life was taken from him. Do not pass Go. Do not collect two hundred dollars. He’s spent months fighting back and building himself a new life, in a new city, with new friends he now considers family...
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    fae  magic  paranormal  action-adventure  angels  book  demons  fiction
  • Heels, Hexes and . . . Heirlooms? by Melinda Chase

    Heels, Hexes and . . . Heirlooms? by Melinda Chase

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This far into my magical forty makeover, I thought I’d seen it all.That I knew it all.Boy, was I wrong.After I’d found my Elven grandfather, Laslow, and brought him back to the human world, I was convinced that my life was on the upswing. Things with Hunter were good. Gram’s and mom were happy. And it seemed all the fires in my life had been put out.I could’ve left well enough alone . .
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    fae  magic  paranormal  adult  book  cozy  female-mc  fiction
  • Charming by Victoria Danann

    Charming by Victoria Danann

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    *A string of murders point to a hybrid killer.*A girl on the run is dropped off at Charming's door.*His previously well-ordered world has turned into one big hot mess.For six years humans have lived in peace with the human-animal hybrids known as the EXILED, integrating, intermarrying, and sharing culture...
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    fae  magic  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  demons  fiction
  • Cassie Palmer series 1-4 by Karen Chance

    Cassie Palmer series 1-4 by Karen Chance

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Clairvoyant 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...
  • I Went on an Adventure and All I Got Was This Barbarian Orc by Jennifer Cody

    I Went on an Adventure and All I Got Was This Barbarian Orc by Jennifer Cody

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Lawton:I expected challenges along the way in this adventure, but I didn’t expect to come face to corpse with the work of another necromancer. It pains me, but I can’t let just anyone carry on creating potential wights and contagious zombies. Fortunately, I know exactly how to fix the problem, even if it drains me dry. Thankfully, I have a Berklak to help me recover.Berklak:Mead—that’s all I need...
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    magic  paranormal  fae  romance  fantasy  mlm  action-adventure  lgbtq
  • Fallen Star Series by Jessica Sorensen

    Fallen Star Series by Jessica Sorensen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Books 1-3 of the Fallen Star Series. In Book One, The Fallen Star, eighteen year-old Gemma's life has never been normal. Up until recently, she has been incapable of feeling emotion. And when she’s around Alex, the gorgeous new guy at school, she can feel electricity that makes her skin buzz. Not to mention the monsters that haunt her nightmares have crossed over into real-life...
  • Secrets and Alchemy by Linsey Hall

    Secrets and Alchemy by Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Fated Mates....if they can surviveWhen Sora, a beautiful mage with broken magic, walks into my bar, two things are obvious. One: she needs my help. Two: she’s my fated mate.I’ll stop at nothing to save her from the magical mob boss she’s pissed off. It’s the only way I’ll ever be able to make her mine.Then the unexpected happens...
  • Fashionably Forever After by Robyn Peterman

    Fashionably Forever After by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A movie deal for the Devil’s autobiography slash romance? Priceless. Maybe I should choose George Clooney to play me in the movie… No. Too gray. As much as I can’t see anyone playing me but me, I have far more important issues on my agenda—like finding the woman who stole my soul...
  • Sophie and the Odd Ones by Gwen DeMarco

    Sophie and the Odd Ones by Gwen DeMarco

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sophie Feegle needs a break. Rent is due on her crappy apartment and she's halfway through her last loaf of bread.Sophie doesn't have big ambitions. She only wants a job that will keep her landlord off her back, enough extra cash for whiskey at the neighborhood bar and a bit of free time to hang out with the naughty old lady next door...
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    fae  magic  paranormal  adult  book  dragons  female-mc  fiction
  • Dragon Released by Terry Bolryder

    Dragon Released by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Can a curvy baker help this broken dragon find peace?Born in a lab and tortured for a lifetime, hybrid dragon Dallin has never had a real home or a purpose beyond revenge. And he doesn't expect that to change now, even if he's forced to be some human's bodyguard. Then he meets Jo, the curvy baker he needs to protect...
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    fae  magic  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  dragons  fated-mates
  • Spells of the Heart by Ellen Dugan

    Spells of the Heart by Ellen Dugan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Love is a spell of the heart not easily broken... Being a Witch didn’t guarantee that Autumn Bishop would stroll through life without any challenges. Sometimes it meant quite the opposite. Autumn has spent the last six months renovating her historic home, and it turns out that she’s not alone in the bungalow...
  • The Bad Boys of Assjacket by Robyn Peterman

    The Bad Boys of Assjacket by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A dare is a dare. No self-respecting, slightly chubby, good-lookin’, crime lovin’ cat would ever pass up a dare. So I didn’t. Now, me and my boys are in hot water trying to figure out how to live on the right side of the law for a whole freakin’ week! This is complicated by a couple of hairy issues…— The half-headed bear in town had his privates pilfered...
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    fae  magic  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  cozy  demons
  • The Death King by Jovee Winters

    The Death King by Jovee Winters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hades is the Dark King of Legend, the god of the Underworld and the master of death itself. Calypso is a wild, capricious, and ancient goddess more powerful than all the gods of Olympus combined. Theirs was a legendary love until a curse came and tore through Kingdom and with it the end of all they'd once been. Without her he is lost and without him, she's lost her way...
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    fae  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  gods  mystery  myths
  • Rowan's Responsibility by Terri Reid

    Rowan's Responsibility by Terri Reid

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Over one hundred years ago, a group of witches, escaping a second wave of Witch Trials made their way from New England to Whitewater, Wisconsin, known as Second Salem. Others, seeking knowledge in spiritualism and the occult, also made their way to the city and, through their ignorance, unleashed an evil entity poised to destroy the city...
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    fae  magic  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  cozy  fiction
  • Portents and Oddities by Gwen DeMarco

    Portents and Oddities by Gwen DeMarco

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After defeating a Fae fanatic set on closing the portal between earth and the magic realm, things are looking up for Sophie Feegle. She can finally relax, drink whiskey at her favorite ogre pub, and get back to the autopsy assistant job she loves. Maybe she’ll even go on a romantic date with a certain sexy fox shifter.Yeah, right. Things never seem to work out quite the way Sophie wants...
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    fae  magic  paranormal  adult  book  dragons  female-mc  fiction
  • Cold Flame by Ann Charles

    Cold Flame by Ann Charles

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Some old flames won’t stop smoldering … Zoe Parker knew better than to play with fire. Fireman Reid Martin sparked a flame in her that she couldn’t put out. Will Zoe be able to escape with her heart before she gets burned? COLD FLAME is the third story in the “Deadwood Shorts” collection, set between the sixth and seventh books in the Deadwood Mystery Series...
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    fae  magic  paranormal  adult  alpha-mc  anthologies  audiobook  cozy
  • Claiming His Fire by Ellis Leigh

    Claiming His Fire by Ellis Leigh

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A shifter with a secret that could destroy his world…A witch without a coven to keep her grounded…A fated destiny they’ll have to fight to begin.Shadow of the Feral Breed earned his road name by being a sneaky combatant—quite fitting considering he’s been hiding the truth about his heritage for decades...
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    magic  paranormal  adult  biker  book  fiction  mystery  shapeshifters
  • The Rise of Fortune and Fury by Sawyer Bennett

    The Rise of Fortune and Fury by Sawyer Bennett

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s time to meet my destiny. Kymaris has everything she needs to bring down the veil between Earth and the Underworld. If she’s successful in completing the ritual, Earth will be darkened by evil. Demons will swarm our lands and the human race will be decimated.It’s up to me to stop her. My fate is to thwart the prophecy, but I’m not sure what to do...
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    fae  magic  paranormal  adult  angels  book  contemporary  demons
  • Trial by Blood by Lizzy Ford

    Trial by Blood by Lizzy Ford

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.Leslie wants nothing to do with Myca, the bloodsucking predator of humans she’s stuck with for her third trial. When he’s not trying to wear her down, he’s messing with her head. If not for the simple fact every human she crosses smells like dinner, she’d leave him fast...
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    fae  magic  paranormal  adult  alpha-mc  book  fiction  mystery
  • Outfox by Annabel Chase

    Outfox by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    No good deed goes unpunished… For years, my family was in possession of the top half of an ancient sword. Now this dangerous artifact has been stolen and it’s up to me to recover it. With the help of my friends, I must follow the trail of clues to find both halves of the sword before they can be reforged...
  • Trial by Thrall by Lizzy Ford

    Trial by Thrall by Lizzy Ford

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After the shock of her first trial, Leslie believes she can handle anything, including turning into a magic elf or whatever the fae really are. But the differences between alpha werewolf Ben and Tristan—the enigmatic leader of the fae, whose abs and sexual prowess are the stuff of dreams—soon have her wading into new supernatural waters...
  • Spell Linked by Theresa Kay

    Spell Linked by Theresa Kay

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    School sucks, even for the supernaturally gifted.The fallout from last quarter is worse than I could have ever imagined and hostilities between shifters and witches are intensifying by the day. OSA has practically taken over campus in their search for Bitten witches—and any traitors who didn’t report them. Including... me. But that's not the only secret I have to hide...
  • Goddess Claimed by Rozie Marshall

    Goddess Claimed by Rozie Marshall

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Water, Fire, and Air Only Elementals remain. I think I’m getting the hang of this and things have settled into a nice rhythm. I have uncovered more information on opening the portals. I have three men left to claim, and then we begin to journey around to open the portals. Ashe has been the hardest to get through to, but he’s opened up a lot. Ty is still my sweet innocent one...
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    paranormal  magic  fae  romance  reverse-harem  mlm  gods  fantasy
  • Of Rite and Ruin by Elena Lawson

    Of Rite and Ruin by Elena Lawson

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    OF RITE AND RUIN is the 5th and FINAL book in the Arcane Arts Academy series by bestselling author Elena Lawson...
  • Peta by Shannon Mayer

    Peta by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The long-awaited novella from Peta's point of view is finally here . . . My name is Peta, and I am a familiar. To stand at the side of an elemental as their familiar is a gift given to few familiars. Yet here I stand with my thirteenth—Larkspur, child of the earth. I do not want this charge, for all my previous have ended in deaths I could not prevent...
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    fae  magic  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  dragons  epic
  • Outlier by Annabel Chase

    Outlier by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My family's past threatens my future... It's my second year training to become a Sentry of the South at Spellslingers Academy of Magic and I'm still fighting a reputation I don't deserve. It was my grandmother's addiction to magic that tarnished our family name--a grandmother I still love and adore. When she asks a favor of me, I can't refuse her dying wish..
  • Dark Whispers by Helen Harper

    Dark Whispers by Helen Harper

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Supernatural Summit is about to start at the DeVane Hotel in London. Vampires and werewolves, ghouls and gremlins, and pixies and druids have all come together to find better ways to get along with the human community and address the strict laws which govern their existence. It's a real opportunity to change the world for the better and I'm proud to be a part of it...
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    fae  magic  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  female-mc  fiction
  • Embody by Jamie Magee

    Embody by Jamie Magee

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Not many Scorpio’s are known for their patience, and Willow Haywood is no different. Her only desire is to love Landen Chambers and redeem the lost souls of Esterious, but the path to that desire is long, dark and dangerous...Before Willow’s life had a chance to balance the sudden revelations and grief she had to endure to get to Chara a disturbing discovery is made...
  • Rough Justice by Kelley Armstrong

    Rough Justice by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Mallt-y-Nos. Matilda of the Hunt. The lone woman who rides with the Wild Hunt, tasked with finding killers who’ve escaped justice and letting the hounds reap their souls. For Olivia Taylor-Jones, Matilda isn’t just a legendary figure from Welsh lore. She is Olivia’s past, and her future, one she’s finally embraced. Having accepted her role as Matilda, Olivia must now lead her first Hunt...
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    fae  magic  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  crime
  • Hidden Darkness by W.J. May

    Hidden Darkness by W.J. May

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Hidden Darkness is the 7th Book of W.J. May's bestselling series, The Chronicles of Kerrigan. A race against time, a sprint across the world. The enemy has a new face now, Jonathon Cromfield. Except he's not really new, is he? Cromfield has a plan, one that includes Rae whether she likes it or not. Rae is terrified by the idea that she can't die...
  • The Unseelie King by Heather Killough-Walden

    The Unseelie King by Heather Killough-Walden

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Unseelie King, by Heather Killough-Walden For thousands of years, two realms of unspeakable magic and mystery have existed in peace side by side. One is a land of light, of kindness, of dreams, and of color. The other is rendered in the gray lines of wickedness and seeped in the unbearable beauty of all that is forbidden. The first is ruled by the Seelie King...
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    fae  magic  paranormal  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book  demons
  • Charmed by Nora Roberts

    Charmed by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A young woman hides her talents—and herself—from the world until a man who’s already lost enough for a lifetime reminds her that any broken heart can be healed with hope and love in Charmed, a Donovan Legacy novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts.Anastasia Donovan is an empath of powerful sensitivity, feeling the pain and despair of everyone she encounters...
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    fae  magic  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  family
  • Unholy Pleasures by Debra Dunbar

    Unholy Pleasures by Debra Dunbar

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Amber’s summer internship is dying on the vine. Dozens of different diseases and pests have suddenly infected the California winery’s grapes in a biblical-scale blight. The warmonger she thought was a one-night stand has shown up uninvited with an indecent proposal...
  • City of Lust by Debra Dunbar

    City of Lust by Debra Dunbar

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Italy is for lovers—unless those lovers are on opposite sides of a 900-year-old family feud. Mastering the intricacies of winemaking isn't the only challenge Amber is facing on her and Irix's trip to Northern Italy. Two prominent families with secrets of their own are on the edge of war, and a young romance might be the spark that ignites their hostilities into flame...
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    fae  magic  paranormal  adult  angels  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Blood Vengeance by Yasmine Galenorn

    Blood Vengeance by Yasmine Galenorn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Bewitching Bedlam Novelette When Maddy and Aegis go on vacation, a blast from the past threatens to destroy them both. Maddy and Aegis need to relax after opening the Bewitching Bedlam B&B, so they go on a post-New Year’s trip up to a mountain chalet...
  • Barbed Wire Heart by Alexes Razevich

    Barbed Wire Heart by Alexes Razevich

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Psychic and empath Oona Goodlight has had more than enough of the dark side of magic. She wants nothing more than to dust her hands clean of all things born in the gloom and go back to a quiet life in her oceanfront cottage. If only the supernatural would leaver her alone...
    Categorized as:
    fae  magic  paranormal  adult  book  crime  demons  fiction
  • Entangled by Sylvia Mercedes

    Entangled by Sylvia Mercedes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    THE LIBRARIAN AND THE PRINCE . . .Clara is an Obligate, an indentured servant of the fae.If she ever wants to see home again, she must survive ten more years of servitude, developing her newly-discovered magic and battling powerful nightmare monsters in the Doomed City Library. She can’t afford any distractions . .
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